Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1878 — Page 4

THAMATOraiS. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. To him who, in the lore of nature, hold* Communion with her visible forms, she speak* A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker inusings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he Is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and the lad images Of the stern agony, and shroud and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart, Oo forth under the open sky, and list To oat ore's teachings, while from all around— Earth and her waters, and the depth of air— Comes a still voice: Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding snn shall sae no more In all his course; »or yet In the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thv growth, to be resolved to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrendering »p Thine individual beingshalt thou go To mix forever with the elements; To be a brother to the insensilde rock. And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share and treads upon. The oak Khali send his roots abroad and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone—nor couldst tbou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world—with kings, The powerful of the earth—the wise the good, Fair forms, and heary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; r vers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old oceans’ gray and melancholy waste— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite hosts of heaven, Are shining on the sad alxxlen of death, Through the slill lapse of ages. All that tread The-globe a e but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, traverse Barca’a desert sands, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Have ills own dashings— yet the dead are there! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep—the dead reign there alonol So ahalt thofi rest: and what il thou withdra v In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care l’lod on, and each one, a< before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their lied with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men— The youth in life's green spring, and he who goes In the full strengtli of years, matron and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray headed man— Khali, one by one, he gathered to thy side fly those who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the <|Uirry-3lave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach Ifiy grave Like one who wraps tho drapery of his couch About hiiu, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

NANNIE.

I cannot set down in so many words just when or how it came to be understood between my partner, John Stillmau, and myself that I was to marry his daughter, Nannie, when she was old enough. I have a vague impression that she was in long clothes at the time we first talked of it. Her mother died when she was a little girl, and old Mrs. Stillman took her home to the family house at Owl’s Corner, one of the prettiest little villages I ever had the good fortune to see. But Nannie was 18 when I first met her as a woman, and this was the scene of our meeting. John had sent for me to come to Owl’s Corner on a certain July day, promising to drive over to the station and meet me, as my elderly legs covered the ground but slowly. We had retired from business, rich men both, some live years before, and corresponded regularly. But I had been abroad, and this was my first visit to Owl’s Corner in ten years. I remembered Nannie as a romping child, fond of swinging on the gates, climbing up grape-arbors, and imperiling her neck fifty times a day, John always saying on eac i occasion; “She’s a little wild, but she’ll get over that. ” I waited at the station for half an hour; then, seeing no sign of John, I started to walk home. It was midday and fearfully hot, and when I accomplished half the distance I turned off the road and started through a grove that gave me a longer walk, but thick shade. I was resting there on a broad stone, completely hidden by the bushes on every side, when I heard John’s voice: “ Where have yon been?” There was such dismay and astonishment in the voice that I looked up in surprise, to find that he was not greeting me, but a tall, slender girl coming toward him. Such a sight ! She was dark and beautiful, dressed in a thin dress of rose-pink, faultless about the face and throat, but from the waist down clinging to her, one mass of the greenest, blackest, thickest mud and water. “In the duck pond,” she answered with a voice as clear and musical as a chime of bells. “ Don’t come near me.” “ You are enough lo wear a man into his grave!” ~ “ There, don’t scold,” was the coaxing reply; “ little Bob Ryan fell in face down. It did not make any material difference in liis costume, but I was afraid he would smother, so I waded in after him. The water is not over two feet deep, but the mud goes clear through to China, I imagine. It is rather a pity about my new dress, isn’t it?” “ A pity !” roared John ; “you’ll come to an untimely end somo day with your freaks. As if there was nobody to pick a little brat out of a duck pond but you !” “There actually was nobody else about. There, now, don’t be, angry. I’ll go up to the house and put on that bewitching white affair that came from New York last week, and be all ready to drive over to the station with you, at what time?” “About 3. Lawrence is coming on the 2:10 train.” And I had come on the 12:10. This , accounted for the failure to meet me. I kept snug in my retreat until John and Nannie were well on their way homeward, wondering a little how many young ladies in my circle of friends would have so recklessly sacrificed a new dress to pick up a beggar’s brat out of the mud. When I, in my turn, reached the house, John was on the porch, waiting for N annie’s reappearance. He gave me a most cordial welcome, or rather a luncheon, called Nannie, his mother, and a man to go for my trunk, all in one breath, and seemed really rejoiced to Bee me. Presently a slender girl, with a truly “bewitching” white dress, trimmed with dashes of scarlet ribbon, and smoothly-braided black hair, tied with scarlet bows, came demurely into the room and was introduced. But the halfshy, half-dignified company manner soon wore away, and Nannie and I were fast friends before dinner. She sang for me in a voice as deliciously fresh as a bird s carol; she took me to see her pets, the new horse that was her last .“ygift from “papa,” the ugly little Scotch terrier with the beautiful irown eyes, the rabbits, Guinea hens, and the superannuated old pony who had preceded the new horse. ’

In a week I was in love as much as ever John could have desired. Nannie was the most bewitching maiden I had fever met, childlike and yet womanly rank, bright, and full of girlish freaks and boyish mischief, and yet well educated, with really wonderful musical gifts, and full of noble thoughts. She was a perfect idol in the vfljago, her friends and neighbors thinking no party complete without her, while the poor fairly worshiped her. > John allowed her an almost unlimited supply of pocket-money, and she was lavish in all charity, front blankets for old women, tobacco for old men, to candies for the children, and rides on horseback for the urchins. And she had a way of conferring favors that never wounded th© pride of the most sensitive.

We rode together every morning; we walked in the cool evening hours ; we spent much time at the piano, and discussed our favorite authors, and one day, when I asked Nannie to be my wife, she said, coolly: “ Why, of course; I thought that was all understood long ago.” I was rather amazed at such matter-of-fact wooing, btet delighted at the result. How could I expect any soft, blushing speeches ? I suppose I ranked just where John and Nannie’s grandmother did in her affection. But one morning, when Mrs. Stillman wan snipping her geraniums in the sit-ting-room and John was reading the morning’s newspapers, Nannie burst in, her beautiful face all aglow, her eyes bright with delight, crying : “Oh, grandma! Walt has come home ! I saw him from my window riding np the road. ” She was going then, just as John exclaimed : “ Confound Walt!”

“ Who is Walt ?” I naturally inquired. “ Walter Brace, the son of one of our neighbors. He has been like a brother to Nannie all her life, but went off to Europe two years ago, when he came of age. They wanted to correspond, but I forbade that. So he has turned np agaiD.” It was evident that John was terribly vexed, and I very soon shared his annoyance. Walt, a tall, handsome young fellow, improved, not spoiled, by travel, just haunted the house. He was generally off with Nannie as soon as he arrived, atad blind to Mrs. Stillman’s ill-concealed coldness, and John’s sarcastic speeches about boys and puppies. As for me, by the time my sleepy eyes were opened in the morning, Nannie had taken a long ride with Walt, was at the piano when I came into the room, and Walt was walking beside Nannie when the hour for our usual stroll arrived.

And the very demon of mischief possessed the giri. There was no freak she was not inventing to imperil her life, riding, driving, boating, and I fairly shivered sometimes at the prospect of my nervous terrors when it would be my task to try to control this quicksilver temperament. But one day, when I was in the summer house, a very rueful little maiden, with a tear-stained face, came to my side. “Walt is going away,” she said. “ Indeed.” “Yes, and he says I’m a wicked flirt,” with a choking sob; “I thought I would ask you about it.” “ About what?” “Our getting married. Yon know papa told me I was to marry you ages and ages ago.” “ Yes.” “And I knew it was all right if he said so. But Walt says you must be a muff if you want a wife who is all the time thinking of somebody else. “ And you know I can’t help it. Walt has been my friend ever since we were always together. And when he was in Europe papa wouldn’t let us write to each other, but I kissed his picture every night and morning and wore his hair in a locket, and thought of him all the time. And he says you won’t like it after we are married.” “Well, not exactly,” I said, dryly. “ You’ll have to stop thinking of him then.” “I don’t believe I ever can. And so I thought I’d tell you, and perhaps—perhaps you will tell papa we don’t care about being married after all. I don’t think I could ever be sedate and grave like an old lady, and of course I ought to if I am to be an old man’s wife.” “ Of course.” “And I am so rude and horrid; I know I am not like nice city girls, and I am altogether hateful, but Walt don’t care. ” I rather agreed with Walt as she stood in high confusion before me, her eyes still misty, her sweet lips quivering. It was a sore wrench to give her up. but I was not quite an idiot, and I said, gravely: “But your father?” “ Yes, I know; he’ll make a real storm. But then his storms don’t last long, and maybe you would tell him that you have chauged your mind. You have, haven’t you ?” “Yes; the last half hour has quite changed my mitrimonial views.” I could not help smiling, and the next moment two arms encircled my neck, a warm kiss fell upon my cheek, and Nannie cried: “You are a perfect darling, a perfect darling, and I shall love you dearly all my life. ” So when I lost her love I gained it. She flitted away presently, and I gave myself a good mental shaking up, and concluded my fool’s paradise would soon have vanished if I had undertaken to make an “ old lady ” out of Nannie. John’s wrath was loud and violent. He exhausted all the vituperative language in the dictionary and then sat down, panting and furious. “Come, now,” I said, “what is the objection to young Bruce ? Is he poor ?” “ No, confound him! He inherits his grandfather's property, besides what his father will probably leave him.” “ Is he immoral ?” “ I never heard so. ” “ What does ail him, then?” “Nothiug, but I have set my heart on Nannio’s marrying you. ” “ Well, you see she has set her heart in another direction, and I strongly object to a wife who is in love with somebody else.” “ What on earth sent the puppy home?”

“ Love for Nannie, I imagine. Come, John, you won’t be my father-in-law, for I will not marry Nannie if you are ever so tyrannical, but we can jog along as usual, the best of friends—look!” I pointed out of the window as I spoke. On the garden walk, shaded by a great oak tree, Walter Bruce stood, looking down at Nannie with love-lighted eyes. Her beautiful face, all dimpled with smiles and blushes, was lifted up to meet his gaze, and both her little hands were fast prisoned in his strong ones. John looked. His face softened, his eyes grew misty, and presently he said : “ How happy she is, Lawrence.” “And we will not cloud her happiness, John,” I answered. “This is right and fitting. Nannie is too bright a May flower to be wilted by being tied up to an old December log like me. ” So when, half fearful, the lovers came in, they met only words of inflection. and Nannie’s face lost nothing of its sunshine. She was the loveliest of brides a few months later, and wore the diamond parure I had ordered for my bride at her wedding. And she is 'the most charming little matron imaginable, with all her old freaks merged into sunshiny cheerfulness, and her husband is a proud, happy man, while I’m Uncle Lawrence to the children and the warm friend of the whole family.

Recognising the Confederacy.

An old soldier at Omaha prints this recollection of Col. Bob Ingersoll in action: “CoL Ingersoll fought manfully until overpowered and compelled to surrender, but not until one of Forrest’s men had him covered with a gun and had drawn a bead on him. Ingersoll Bang out: ‘ Hold on there ! What do you want to shoot me for ? I have been recognizing your old Confederacy for the last two minutes 1’ When Ingersoll was exchanged his horse was returned to him by the rebel General, with the remark that he was the man that saved his life with a joke.”

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Farm. - In breaking a colt, never lie to him. That is, make no false motions or wrong words, or yon will confuse him. The man who pays no interest is always in clover. It is interest which tats he profits np, and few farms are profitable enough to stand heavy mortgages.

When muslin is only 8 cents per yard no one is-excusable in letting his patient and faithful horses be annoyed and eaten by flies. Covers give comfort to the horse and patience to the driver. Mb. Shelby Reed thinks there is something in a name. He remarks that “it would add to our enjoyment, when riding about the country, if farmers would practice painting their names on their front gate, or in some conspicuous place.” Hellebore is a well-known specific for the currant worm, and one good time and way to apply it is when the leaves are dry. sifting it on through the fine nose of a watering-pot, into which a broom handle is thrust, making such thorough work that the bush is enveloped m a cloud of dust.

It is not worth while to set hens after the first week in June, ordinarily. With the Asiatics it is not profitable, since they feather slowly at any season, and chickens hatched out later than the last of June are caught without their new plumage in September and October. This retards their growth and development; the pullets are useless as winter layers, and they will rarely mature to so good advantage as the chicks got out of the shells prior to Jane, either in size, hardihood, or physical condition generally. — Poultry World. My method of milking a young heifer which is rather restive is this: I have a man card her on the off-side when I begin milking; ninety-nine times in 100 she will stand quiet, and give down milk freely. I never raised a kicking heifer. I bought one once that kicked; L used to make her stand with the off-hind-foot in advance of the other—with this she could not kick in this position—then I put my knees forward of the other, and my left arm also forward and close to the leg, which she cannot raise very well against these barriers. Patience* perseverance and kind treatment will generally succeed in producing a quiet cow. — Than. Whitaker, Hillsdale Farm , Mans.

A neighbor bad a fine flock of young ducks, some thirty in number. For some cause unknown to him, they died off rapidly until but twelve remained. In distress he asked my opinion of the cause of his loss. My first question was in regard to their food, and when I learned that meal—corn meal—had been fed, I assured him he could attribute his loss to that. Young ducks should have curd; not a particle of meal until six or eight weeks old. Mr. Berry has since substituted curd, and the ducklings are healthy and growing finely. Chickens, too, are very fond of sour milk. I always keep a supply where they can have free access to it at all times.— Cor. Moore's Rural.

Nothing adds so much to the beauty of a farm as neat, tidy surroundings. Farmers are too much occupied about the plowing, planting, etc., to give much time to light work in spring, yet it would require but very little extra effort to spare a few hours about the house and bam; but it would add so very much more to its attractions, and make it far more valuable in the eyes of others, particularly those who are in search of a farm to purchase as a home. Add to this the repairing of broken hinges and gates and all kinds of machinery, and one has relieved himself of great discomfort and has been rearing a refined influence, both in his own family and that of his neighbors, and also prolonged the life of his family by the removal of that which creates disease and death. “An ounce of preventive is worth a pound of cure.”

A correspondent ob j ects to Hungarian grass as feed for horses, on the ground “ that the seeds are small and hard, very diffiault of digestion, and liable to cause inflammation, producing all the symptoms of founder; the grass also is a diuretic, acting strongly on the kidneys and causing weakness of the loins.” This is the first time we ever heard charges so serious made against Hungarian grass, and we have known of its being used for a feed for years. The best time to secure the crop is when it is in blossom, and before the seeds have formed. The beards at this time have not reached that degree of stiffness which the writer thinks causes injury to the stomach of the horse, while the embryotic seeds are perfectly harmless. One large farmer in the State has, to our personal knowledge, been using it for feed for his horses, at one time keeping eight on it without injury; but then he always aims to cut at the right time.— St. Paul Pioneer Press.

About the House. To Prevent Metals from Rusting.— Melt together three pints Of lard and one pint of resin, and apply a very thin coating with a brush It will preserve stoves and grates from rusting through the summer.— New England Farmer. Paste for Cleaning Metals. —To make a paste for cleansing metals take one part of oxalic acid and six of rottenstone and mix with equal parts of train oil and spirits of turpentine to a paste. The oxalic acid is poisonous.— Exchange. lo Preserve the Aroma of Coffee. —By mixing 25 per cent, of well-dried bread crumbs with coffee, when grinding, a German chemist claims that the delicate aroma of the fresh ground coffee will be retained for an indefinite period, which otherwise soon escapes. Improved Stove-Polish.— The housewife who finds it necessary to keep a stove up in the sitting-room during the summer—and, if there is no grate or fire-place, there should be a stove kept up for cool nights and mornings and damp days—will find that a table-spoon-ful of molasses added to the blacking will cause it to adhere better and retain the polish longer.— Economist. Washing Glassware. —lt is a mistake to wash glass tumblers, goblets, and the like in hot water; if cold be used a brighter and clearer appearance is left when the glass is wiped dry. If the glass is p. rticularly soiled, a pinch of soda in the water will cleanse it easily. —Chicago Inter Ocean. Removing a Glass Stopper. —Let alone all violent measures, as hot water, fire or steam, and put a drop or two of glycerine in the crevice around the stopper. Set it aside, and forget all about for an hour or two. When you do give it a little twist; you will be surprised to see how kindly it yields to mild pqpsuasion, like a balky horse.— Chicago Tribune. Papering a Whitewashed Wall.— Frst scrape off any of the lime which may be loose or inclined to fall; then sweep or rub off the dust; then with a whitewash brush give the wall a coat of glue-water—about one-half pound of glue to three gallons of water —this the paper-hangers call sizing. After this dries put on the paper ; the glue sticks to the lime, and the paper sticks to the glue.— Western Rural. How to Cut a Glass Bottle.—Saturate a piece of common twine in spirits of turpentine, and pass it once or twice around the bottle where you wish to cut it ; then light the twine," and hold the part of the bottle which you wish to keep in your hand. Turn the bottle so

the fire will burn on all parts of the twine at once, and when it cools, if it does not drop off, give it a gentle tap.— Science at Home.

NEARLY $2,000,000 A YEAR.

The Bell Punch to Reduce Intemperance and Taxation Simultaneously. A special committee of the City Council of St. Louis has made a report strongly in favor of the adoption of the bell-pnnch system of taxing malt and alcoholic liquors. They say that, “upon information furnished by a distinguished Virginian, they are’satisfied that the revenue in Virginia this year will be nearly double what it was last year, and the Auditor of the State asserts that its working is satisfactory to saloon proprietors and to the people to, such an extent that if it were put to a vote in Virginia now it would pass by more than nine to one.” The committee claims that the tax is not an involuntary one, but a voluntary tribute by the consumer. He is not compelled to take the drink, and the saloon-keeper is not charged with the tax until he has collected its from the consumer. The effect of the law would be measurably to decrease the number of cheap whisky shops, and to increase the consumption nf beer. The statistics in Richmond, Va., for two months, show that in that city, in September, 1877, the alcoholic registrations were 126,880, and the malt registrations 135,536. In the month of April, 1878, after the law had been some time in operation, the number of alcoholic registrations was 119,535, and of malt 156,807. The committee are of opinion that upon the diminution of alcoholic consumption may be safely predicted an increase of sobriety and a diminution of crime, thus decreasing the necessary expenditures for police and the criminal courts and jails. Coming to the important question of revenue, the committee estimates that $600,000 would be realized in St. Louis from beer alone, and that the sale of whisky and other alcoholic drinks would certainly double this sum, thus showing a revenue from this mode of taxation of near $2,000,000 a Besides the floating population, strangers as well as residents would thus help to bear the burden of taxation. The committee paint a glowiDg picture of the practical benefits likely to result from the bell-punch. The nowfilthy streets would be well paved, the bonded debt of the city would be rapidly retired, and St. Louis, independent of creditors, would be one of the happiest, as it is one of the most energetic and prosperous, cities of the Union.

Out-Door Sports.

The season has now arrived when outdoor sports are apropos. The caterpillar has left his den, the mosquito has turned over in bed and uttered a warning shriek, and big green worms are skylarking around on shade trees, and betting on their chances of dropping down behind a man’s coat-collar. An interesting lawn game is played as follows: At the supper-table the wife remarks: “ James, I want $lO to fix up my summer silk. Don’t go away without leaving it. ” James makes no reply, but manages to slip out of the house unseen. He is stealing softly across the lawn to jump over the fence at the corner, when his wife comes rushing out and exclaims: “ James ! James ! see here !” He begins to squint into a cherry-tree and talk about moths. “ You walk back here and hand over that cash, or I’ll send for my mother to come and stay all summer !” According to the rules of the game, he turns and looks at her, and mutters to himself: “That wilts me!” “ The idea of your skulking off like that!” she continues; when he advances, hands out the “X,” and, if he can convince her that he had as soon give her S2O as $lO, he wins the game. Another out door game is played between 10 o’clock in the evening and midnight, in order to avoid the heat of the sun. It is played altogether by married people. Nine o’clock having arrived, and the husband not having reached home, the indignant wife nails down the windows, locks all the doors and goes to bed, feeling as if she could smash her partner in a minute and a half. Along about 11 o’clock Charles Henry begins to play his part in the game. He is suddenly seen under the kitchen window. He seeks to raise it. He fries another and another, but the sash won’t lift. Then he softly tries all the doors, but they are locked. The rules of the game allow him to make some remarks at this juncture, and it generally begins to rain about this moment. As he gets under the shelter of the garden-rake, he muses : “Nice way to treat me, because I found a stranger on the walk with a broken leg, and took him to the hospital. ”

As the rain comes harder, he boldly climbs the front steps and rings the bell. After about ten minutes the door is opened, a hand reaches out and pulls him into the hall, and the game goes on: “ Oh you vile wretch 1” “Jarling, whaz mazzer—whaz iz it, jarling ?” “ Don’t darling me. Here it is almost daylight, and I’ve shivered and trembled, and brought on a nervous fever which may carry me to my grave ! ’ “Jarling, I found a leg on the sidewalk wiz broken man, and— !” This game is always won by the wife. Another, and the last out-door game to be described here, is called “ Waiting for Her Darling.” A woman waits for her husband to spade up a flower-bed. The Eastern question absorbs his whole time. She goes out to wield the spade herself. The game is very brief. She tries to dig in the spade by pressing with both. feet at once, and when she gets up and dashes into the house she realizes that she rolled over three times and barked her nose against the iron vase, and that four carriages were right opposite the house at the time. She may have a speech to deliver when her husband comes to dinner, but the husband wins the game—it is so in the rales. —Detroit Free Press.

Tom Thumb and Jenny Lind.

“Where’s Tom Thumb now, Mr. Barnum ?” “He is living in Middleborough, Plymouth county. Mass., near Taunton. He is a great, big fellow now; weighs eighty pounds. Yet he * draws’ pretty well. He and his wife and Gen. Grant, Jr., and Minnie Warren give drawingroom entertainments every winter. They net about S2OO a night. Tom Thumb should be very well off. But he has squandered a good deal of his money in yachts, etc. He is 41 years old. I will tell you something in the strictest confidence. Minnie Warren, you know, who married Gen. Grant, Jr. (his real name is Newell), a short time ago, is in a very interesting condition. She is a nice little thing. Her parents and the other little people’s parents all live in or near Middleborough.” “ Is Jenny Lind poor ?” “Not a bit of it. The reports to that effect in the newspapers were the grossest slanders—all that story, you remember, about her husband’s being a spendthrift and making way with her money. He sued one of the publishers, and proved in court that Jenny is worth $2,000,000. She made $1,000,000 in America, and Mr. Goldschmidt invested it so successfully that it has doubled itself. He is a real nice, quiet, little fellow, a Jew—though be became a Christian when he married her—an l three or four years younger than she. I saw

her only a year ago. She is well and happy. She has a grown-up son and daughter. Sir Julius Benedict, the composer, Jenny’s old teacher, told me that the daughter would have been as great a singer as her mother ever as if she hadn’t been rich. As for the son, he knows that Jenny is rich. He likes to spend the money, and Jenny likes to have him.” —lnterview with Bamum.

Congressional Personals.

Senator Sargent was a printer in early life. Senator Oglesby was once a California miner. Senator Ben Hill was a prisoner at Fort Lafayette in 1865. It was Senator Bayard’s original intention to be a merchant. Hon. Thomas W. Ferry has the finest Senatorial beard in Congress. The parents of Hon. Benjamin A. Willis, of New York, are Quakers. Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas, has been the President of a tool company. Hon. Clarkson N. Potter has the degree of LL. D. from Columbia College. Senator McPherson made his fortune as a farmer and dealer in live Btock. Senator Whyte, of Maryland, was once a banking clerk of George Peabody’s. Senator Lamar is a fine mathematician, and has been a professor of mathematics. Senator Jones, of Florida, was 10 years old when he left his native Emerald isle. Senator Conkling will not allow himself to be called out of the Senate during a session. Hon. Jacob D. Cox was born in Canada, and paroled the troops of Gen. Joe Johnston. Hon. Benoni S. Fuller, of Indiana, commenced life as a school teacher and a Sheriff. Hon. James B. Beck can never be President, having been bom in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Senator McMillan, of Minnesota, was a law student in the office of the late Edwin M. Stanton. Hon. William W. Garth, of Alabama, is a graduate of Emory and Henry College, Virginia. Senator Edmunds’ vinegar cruet is ornamented with a figure of Moses turning his rod into a serpent. Hon. A. H. Buckner, of Missouri, was a student at Georgetown College, in the District of Columbia. Hon. Otho R. Singleton is a native of Kentucky, and has been in public life for over a generation.

Senator Mitchell was once a professor of medical jurisprudence in Williamette University, Oregon. Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, was Attorney General of that State in 1852, at tlie_early age of 26. Senator Burnside resigned from the army in 1852 to manufacture a breechloading rifle of his own invention. Hon. George A. BickneM, of Indiana, is a doctor of laws, was a fence-viewer one year, and a Judge for twenty-four years. Hon. William A. Phillips, of Kansas, graduated into the politics of that State from the staff of the New York Tribune. Hon. Horace Davis, of California, is the only man who ever fitted himself for a miller by graduating at Harvard University. Hon. Fernando Wood commenced life as a shipping merchant at 19, and retired at 38 with an ample fortune. Senator Thomas C. McCreery, of Kentucky, has that happy expression which settles on the face of a cat after it has eaten the canary. Hon. Thaddeus C. Pound, of Wisconsin, is the only member of the Congressional delegation from that State who is not a lawyer. Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, of Pennsylvania, was Chairman of the Democratic Convention which met in Baltimore in 1844 and nominated Polk and Dallas. Senator Armstrong was a school teacher for seventeen years, having opened and conducted at St. Louis the first public school ever established in Missouri under the laws of that State. Senator Kirkwood, of lowa, is a Southern man by birth, and received his scholastic education in Washington. None of the Congressional delegation from lowa were born in that State. Hon. R. P. Bland, of Missouri, practiced law in Nevada during the “flush times,” when the Coroner charged SI,OOO for holding an inquest and had to employ three deputies to help him keep up the day’s work.— Washington Post.

Fashion Motes.

Tinted veils are very fashionable. The fashionable fan is of medium size. Veils cover the ■whole face this summer. Wide collars and deep cuffs grow in favor. Gray is the color for a mountain or seaside suit; The “ Mignon ” is a pretty summer basque mantelet. Japanese fans are still the favorites for ordinary use. Fringe or trimming is not suitable for mountain suits. White is the favorite garden-party dress this summer. The “ Carmen ” is the popular blousewaist this season. The Mignon visite is the popular dressy wrap of the moment. Parasols have round tops this season, and are of medium size. Surplice basques are worn by matrons; blouse-waists by girls in their teens. Pongee parasols, lined with contrasting color, are the thing for dressy summer toilets. Coarse straw hats, raised on one side and trimmed wi' b great simplicity, are suitable for mountain wear. Blue, rose color, and yellow are the favorite shades for tinted tulle veils. The dots are either white, black or straw color. Archery costumes have skirts escaping the ground, trimmed with kilt pleated flounces, a lavense overskirt and blouse waist, with basques. The yoke, sleeves, bottom of the basque and overskirt are trimmed with ecru torchon lace. Dark blue berege de Luxe is the material for archery suits. — New York Sun.

Done Brown.

It seems incredible that a man born and raised in Annisquam, Mass., should have been done so concededly brown as the particular Caleb described to the Drawer, as follows, by a lady: A well-to-do resident of the village, Capt. W , wished to employ Caleb to saw some wood, three cards and a Half, in all, and promised to pay him 50 cents a day. Caleb owned no saw, but as the Captain had a good one it was agreed that Caleb should hire it, and pay for the use of it at the rate of ninepence a cord. At early dawn the next morning —it was in July—Caleb was at work. Those were the days of wide fire-places, and each log needed to be sawed but once. Before night he had finished the job, and went into Capt. W ’s house to Battle. “ Let’s see,” said the Captain; “ you were to have 50 cents a day; we’ll call it a day, though it isn’t sundown yet. That’s 50 cents for you. And you were to pay me ninepence a cord for the use of the saw; there’s 43$ cents due me. I say, Caleb, you don’t seem to have much coming.” Caleb looked dubious. He scratched his head thoughtfully, but presently a light seemed to break in upon his mind. “How unfortnit,” said he, “that you did not have half a cord more, /or then we could.’a come out just square!" — Editor's Drawer, in Harper's Magazine for July.

BATTLES OF LONG AGO.

Trifling Losses in the Continental Wars ns Compared With Those of Later Tears. [From the OornhUl Magazine.] It was the glorious epoch, that of the peninsular war! Nine-tenths of the names embroidered in golden letters on our regimental colors were won in the five years intervening betweeen 1809 and 1814 k The story of that time has still power to recall to us memories full of the glories of battles won from Napoleon’s greatest captains, of sieges in which the terrible valor of our soldiers was pre-eminent, of marches and feats of endurance never paralleled in our modem history, before nor since. But, though the battles of the peninsular war, and still more the crowning victory of Waterloo, are household names among us, we have wholly lost sight of a fact that, at the time, did much to influence the national joy over our victories; that fact was our long-continued failure in any portion of Europe to oppose the legions of the republic or empire. On the coast of France, in the low countries, in Flanders, in Sicily, in Corsica, in Naples, at Genoa we had utterly failed to maintain our own attacks. In Egypt alone had our land forces been successful, and in Egypt every element of success was on our side. From 1793 to 1809 we had not a single result to show on the continent of Europe for the £300,000,000 which we had added to the national debt in that period. Our expeditions to France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Italy and Corsica had all ended in complete failure. It was on this account that the victories of the following years appeared so glorious. The nation’s faith in its army had reached its lowest ebb, and the reaction of victory was proportionately great. But the greatness of the success in Spain and at Waterloo did much toward hiding from view then and since the actual losses we sustained. When we here state that our entire loss in killed in Spain, Portugal and Flanders, including all battles, engagements, skirmishes, sieges, and sorties did not amount to the loss in killed suffered by the Germans in the two battles of Gravulotte and Sedan, we state a fact which will doubtless astonish many readers. Yet it is nevertheless true. A statement of our actual losses during the ye'ars from 1808 to 1815 inclusive will be read with interest in these days of breech-loaders : 180 S; including Bolica and Vimlera 192 1809, including Talavera 777 1810, including Busaco, etc 159 1811, including Barossa, Albuera,et- 1,401 1812, including Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Burgos, etc 1,990 1813, including Vittoria, Pyrenees, San Sebastian, Nivelle and Nive 2 23t 181', including Orthez, Toulouse 672 1815, including Quartre Bras and Waterloo... .1,829 9,254 But from this total must be taken 1,378, the number of foreign soldiers killed in our service, leaving 7,876 as the entire loss in killed during the whole war in Spain and Portugal, together with that of Quartre Bras and Waterloo. Six thousand men killed in the entire peninsular war ! Not half the Russian loss at Eylau, less than the Russian loss before Plevna, less than half the French dead at Waterloo.

A Suit tor a Mustache.

A young gentleman of Peoria, 111., has brought suit against a tonsorial artist of that municipality for SSOO, which amount, in lawful currency, he claims as indemnity for loss and damage sustained by reason of malpractice on the part of defendant, the melancholy result of which was the sacrifice of a portion of an incipient mustache, which the plaintiff had thus far reared with tender care and infinite solicitude. We do not know how the court and jury will regard this suit, whether they will treat it with gravity or levity; but a little reflection will convince even the most thoughtless man that the injured youth has solid ground of complaint. In all ages of the world the hirsute adornment of the head and face has been regarded with an interest amounting almost to veneration. The ancient Israelites, the Arab tribes of old and recent times, the Chinese and other Orientals, all shared or share this feeling. The scriptures show that the hairs of all heads are numbered. Whether the plaintiff, in this case, has taken a census of his mustache, and, in his bill of particulars, charges at a given price per hair, we are not advised. It is likely, however, that his bill is for the entire mustache, for the remaining section cannot be regarded as of much utility. Fractions, such cases, are of no account. Victims of the careless handling of razors will watch the progress of this case with interest.— Washington Post.

The atmosphere of London is vitiated by the fumes arising from its innumerable coal fires. In a paper read before the Society of Arts it was estimated that the coal annually consumed in London is over 8,000,000 tons.

A Handy Improvement in Cooking Stoves.

The utility and convenience of a shelf attachment to the oven of cooking stoves is now universally acknowledged by all housekeepers, who have used or seen them, and it is a matter of choice whether the shelf is permanently attached to the side of the stove or opened and closed inside of the oven by the movement of the door. The Grand Charter Oak will hereafter be constructed so as either the automatic or permanent shelf can be ordered with any size. Our attention has been called to a circular containing a caution against the use of automatic shelves, issued by certain parties who claim to own letter's patent No. 180,001, stating that they have brought suit against this company for infringement on said patent, and warning all persons not to buy or use stoves having such shelves and made by us. We have only this to say in regard to the matter, that we shall vigorously defend this suit, and have no doubt of our success in such defense, and hereby agree to protect each and every person buying, selling or using our Grand Charter Oak, or other stoves of our manufacture from any damage by reason of any claim said parties can have under said letters patent. As our conotmotion of ciioivoa »o out only covered and fully protected by valid letters patent owned by us, but are acknowledged by dealers and all others who have seen them to be much more simple in construction, to operate easier, and to be less liable to get out of order than any other kind in the market, and we will cheerfully ship a sample of our Grand Charter Oak with an automatic shelf to any responsible dealer or housekeeper who desires to examine it before purchasing, and at end of ten days, if it is not acknowledged as having more conveniences and being the best constructed, finest finished, most elegantly proportioned, perfectly operating and heaviest cooking stove ever made or offered for the price at which it is rapidly being sold, it can be held subject to our order, and we will pay all expenses. Respectfully yours, Excelsiob Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Mo.

Steck Hall.— One of the most charming halls for concerts in New York citv is the justly celebrated Steck Hall, No. 11 E. 14th Street. The seating capacity is about 600, and the acoustic properties of the buildiDg are so excellent that they surpass those of any other similar establishment. Connected with this hall are the warerooms of the renowned Steck pianos, the manufacture of which was started a quarter of a century ago by Mr. Geo. Steck. These instruments are unrivaled for tone and durability, and have taken the first prize at the Vienna Exhibition in 1873, and at Philadelphia in 1876. The firm in fnll sympathy with the times offer intending purchasers every possible inducement as to prioe and terms. It ■would seem that the commonest kind of common eense ought to prevent a man from buying trash, simply because he can get a big pack for 25 cents. Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders are strictly pure, and are worth a barrel of such stuff. If any of the readers of this paper are growing deaf, let them get at once a bcttle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. Rub well behind the ears and put a little into the ear with a feather. After you have read all of the important news in this paper read the advertisements, and the “ Don’t Forget It ” advertisement in particular.

The Beat end Most Economical

Housekeepers are giving the chew, adulterated baking powders a “ wide berth,’’and why ? Because experience has taught them that an absolutely pure, full strength, full weight article, such as DoemsT’s Yrast Powder, which never fails to produce light, wholesome and nutritious biscuits, rolls, muffins, waffles and griddle cakes of all kinds, is by far the cheapest and most economical. Dr. Graves’ HEART REGULATOR is for the cure of Palpitation, Enlargement tod Spasms of the Heart, Trembling all over and about the Heart, and all tendency to Ossification of the Heart; also, Rheumatism and Debility of the Heart, and General Debility and Sinking of the System. Also, for Nervous, Sleepless and Restless Patients, and for all complaints arising from Heart Disease, either organic or sympathetic. Dr. Graves’ HEART REGULATOR is recommended for only the cure of Heart Disease, and it does its work. Send your name to F. E. Ingalls, Concord, N. H., for a pamphlet containing a list of testimonials of cures, etc. For sale by druggists at 50'cents and $ 1 per bottle. ~ Wilhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic.— This medicine is used by construction companies for the benefit of their employes, when engaged in malarial districts. Tue highest testimonials have been given by contractors and by tiie Presidents of some of tbe leading railroads in the South and West. When men are congregated in large numbers in the neighborhood of swamps and rivers, Wilhoft’s Tonic will prove a valuable addi ion to the stock of medicines, and will amply reward the company in the saving of time, labor and money. We recommend it to alh Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob sale by all Druggists. Don’t Forget that the country is full of tramps and thieves, and that you ought to be provided with a weapon of defense. See advertisement in another column headed ‘ Don’t Fobqkt It.” Wm. T. Mason, Esq., of St. Louis, writes: “ The relief Jonas Whitcomb’s Asthma Remedy afforded me was perfect; I have not had a bad night since taking it. This complaint has troubled me for a long time, and I have tried many things, but in no case found any relief until the Remedy came to hand. Mothers ! Mothers !! Mothers!! ! Don,t fail to procure Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for all diseases inoident to the period of teething in children. It relieves the child from Dain, cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to £he mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy. CHEW The Celebrated “ Matchless ” Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York, Boston and Chioago. Don’t Forget It —That you ought to read the advertisement so headed in another column of this paper.

The Greatest Discovery of the Age is Dr.

Tobias’ celebrated Venetian Liniment! 30 years before the public, and warranted to cure Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colio a»d Spasms, taken internally; and Croup, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, and Pains in the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. It has never failed. No family will ever be without it after oner giving it a fair trial. Price, 4O cents. DR. TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any other, or NO PAY, tor the cure of Colic, Cuts, Bruises Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot—lo Park Place. New York.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORR. BBEVZS $7 75 @lO 25 Hogs 4 09 @4 15 Cotton 11%@ 11% Flour—Superfine 3 60 @ 3 99 Wheat—No. 2 Chicago 1 05 @ 1 06 Corn—Western Mixed 41 @ 45 Oats—Mixed 31 @ 32 Rye—Western.; 62 @ 63 Pork—Mess 10 25 @lO 50 Lard 7 @ 7V CHIC IGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers 4 90 @ 5 40 Choice Natives 4 35 @ 4 75 Cows and Heifers 2 25 @ 3 60 Butchers' Steers 3 2-5 @ 3 75 Medium to Fair 3 99 @4 20 Hogs—Live 2 75 @3 95 Flour—Fancy White Winter 5 75 @ 6 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 00 @5 12% Wheat—No. 2 Spring 96 @ 97 No. 3 Spring 8S @ 67 Corn—No. 2 36 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 54 @ 25 Rye—No. 2. 62 @ 53 Parley—No. 2 47 @ 48 Butter—Choice Creamery. 17 @ is Eggs—Fresh 11 @ n% Pork—Mess ;... 9(0 @9 25 Lard 6%@ 7 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 98% a 1 (3% No. 2 96 @ 97 Corn—No. 2 37 @ ;-g Oats—No. 2 24 (A 25 Rye—No. 1 62 @ 53 Barley—No. 2 62 @ 63 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 3 Red Fall 102 @1 03 Corn—Mixed 35 @ 3g Oats—No. 2 25 @ 26 Rye 60 @ 51 Pork—Mess 9 40 @ 9 60 Lard 6 @ 6 V Hogs 3 60 @ 3 90 Cattle 2 00 @ 5 10 CINCINNATI. Wheat—Red 93 @ 1 05 Corn 39 @ 41 Cats 26 @ 29 Pork—Mess 9 75 (alo 00 Lard 6%@ 7% TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 1 White 1 12 @ 1 14 No. 2 Red 1 05 @ 1 06 Coen 39 @ 49 Oats—No. 2 25 @ 28 DETROIT. Flour—Choice White 5 25 @ 5 50 Wheat—No. 1 White 1 15 @ 1 to No. 1 Amber 1 05 @ 1 06 Corn—No. 1 37 @ 33 Oats—Mixed 25 @ 26% Barley (per cental) 1 ro @ 1 30 Pork—Mess 9 50 @lO 25 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 5 25 @ 5 40 Fair 4 75 @ 5 12 Common 4 00 @ 4 60 Hogs 2 75 @ 3 80 Sheep 3 25 @ 6 0>

#1 firmly believe Fellows’ Hypopliosphites has done more good than any medicine yet discovered in the cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough and kindred W. H. THOMPSON. Telegraph Station, > Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.^ Persons suffering from impure blood, or whose health is giving away, either as ministers or those who study closely, will find Fellows 1 Syrup of Hypophoephites the material to build them up, and the tonic to keep them there. DR. CLAY. Pugwash, N. S. Each effort of the mind, every act of the body, will extract a volume of nervous element in proportion to the magnitude of the thought or action, and since Fellows’ Uypophosphites really will supply the riu vita> to the body, it must support the human mechanism successfully after the vigor of youth is past. "S’PURE LUBRICATING CABTOR OIL «™ h r^H»Sl ti £ le i kllo r n fo T Ren P er ». Mower*. Thresh-rw-a-iT 1 K ® 4c.; also as an Oil for harness. IW Ask your Druggist or Grocer for it. fIY AflTTfl INGRAHAM At. CO.’S. I*l 111 ■l/ U Superior in design. Not equaled If HUIfIVIJ Ask your Jeweler for tfiem. W WWg Agency—B Cortlandt St., N. Y. fll |A A G —Tho choicest in the world—lmporters’ A. J_ixVkJ« prices—Largest Company in America staple article—pleases everybody—Trade continually increasing—Agents wanted everywhere—best inducements—don’t waste time—send for Circular to ROB’T WELLS, 43 Vesey St.,N. Y.. P. O. Box 1287 6EO.BTECK&CO. S PIANO FORTES Received the highest awards. Only Gold Meilul at the World’s Fair, Vienna, 1873. First Medal and Diploma at the Centennial, Phila., 1876. During these hard times the Sleek Pianos will be sold at factory prices. For Illustrated Catalogue and Terms apply to nearest Agent or to Headquarters, No. 25 East 14th Street, New York.

HE THAT JUDGETH Without Knowledge is a fool, and Wisdom is not in him. Yon can get knowledge of the #SO Five-Ton Wagon Scale, sold on trial, freight paid by us, no money asked till satisfied, by sending for FREE PRICE LIST. JONEB OF BINGHAMTON. Binghamton, N. Y.

Hones in Minnesota. irinnnnnDa FORTY Ml LI,ION bushels MUIfIQOmQ 0o f Wheat, making EIGHT mlilliGbUid o wte Dollar*. THIRTY-FIVE MILLION bushel of Oats, Corn, Rye, Barley, Buckwheat and Potatoes, worth over Twenty Million Dollars. Fonr bolt dred and Five FLOURING MILLS. Fifteen hundred and eleven Run Tl nft J nft 4 of Stone. The Greatest Milling Coun kF[||| jIPT try in the World The best Water Power ■*• I UUIIUI in the United States. One Hundred and twenty thounand Horae Power at St. Anthony Falls alone. FIVE HUNDRED MILLION FEET of lumber sawed GREAT HUS U for choice WHEAT JO AH US. Immense Immigration in tt™ 1878. Nothing like It ever known. Twenty P 111 Three Hundred Miles of Railroad. * and every train crowded. Land offices besieged with throngs of applicants. Wisconsin, lowa and Kansas also coming. We Invite the world into tho EMPIRE STATE OF THE NORTHWEST. Twenty-Five Million acres of land awaiting settlement. 1 Ann Free Homes, Free Schools, Free Lands. I n / I Pamphlet of Eighty Pages with a fine A U I I i Map will be sent, post-paid, to EVERY APPLICANT everywhere, to every conn try, the world over. Apply to JOHN W. BONO, Sec’y of State Board of Immigration, • St. Paul, Minnesota.

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