Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1880 — Page 4

THE LOST LOVER. I. A good ship Bailed out on the sea, And bore my lover far from me; With wind-pnffed Bails bo fresh and free, And left me sad and lonely as could be. • * • * * • 11. We'd been dear friends since childhood's (Jays, Together played our youthful plays; We both were but of humble birth— But that did never check our mirth— Our fathers both were fishermen Who cruised and fished along the coast; Hometlras they'd take us with them, then Of those Yard times we’d make the most. Our homes were huts, close by the sea. Half made of timbers washed ashore; Though poor, from cares and troubles free, With health, we wauted little more. 111. And so our youthful days passed by In one sweet dream of happintsc. We'd ramble and we'd clamber high. And neither loved the other less. IV. Bnt as dear Frank did older f row Strong passion for the sea he'd show. And well 1 think that sad day when Although he was but scarcely ten - He told me. in exulting glee, He’d go away from me 'ere long To some great city by the sea, And to his uncle’s ship belong; s How gr.eved I when at last he went, And hardly could be comforted; How many months and years had s. ent, ’Ere bis remembiance dear had tied. V, How slowly year by year had flown, And lie at last returned again, To robust, stalwart manhood grown; And had come back, here to remain. VI. He sought me soon, cud then I found That he had sailed the whole world ’round; Ere loh < we loved each other inoro Than we had loved those years before; Two years he stayed, an t those two years • Were happiest years of all my life What more tha t love one’s life endears? For X was then his promised wife. ‘And then again ho went away; This time he went to toil for me; 'J ho eve before, th’ embarking day We took a stroll down by the sea. VI f. II spjke to me of hfs return, What riches then he would possess, How th n ho would the oceau spurn; And of our life of jess. VIII. N xt morn a ship hove near our bay which was to carry him away; I’d keep him not, he must not stay, I loved him much, yet could but say: “ tio, darling I go, but leave the sea Boon as you can and come to me.’’ A moment, theu, he held my hind— His comrades waited on the strand— As we stood lingering on the sand; A few warm words of love and theu A kiss, and joined the wuiting iusd; All broken now did seem the band Of love as he sped fr-.m the laud. IX. Years 1 waited, long and dreary, Til' at delay my soul grow weary; often when I'd kneel to pray I'd pray for him, so far away. And hope him back some future day. But yet it ecetned that fate denied, That I should ever be his bride. At last I took it hh God’s will And bade iuy rebel heart he still. One night w.ien father came from cruize He brought a paper with the news; My gruff, old father loved me well, And shunned the news he had to tell; " Daughter,” he said, he pilled me. II I’bls paper tells had news from sea—” I guessed the rest; ah! but too well, And fainting in his arms 1 fell. ' X. The noble ship was fiercely wrecked, When stormy waves with foam wore flicked; My lover’s h tried in the sea. <>h! why. I ask, should it thus bo, That he should not como back to me? Oh I Frank, my love for you was great - How proud I was of you. Remorseless, cruel hand of fa!o, To you we all subdue. lowa City, lowa. Hai.iet 11. Hewitt,

CONNOR: A PATHETIC IRISH STORY.

To the memory of Patrick Connor; this simple stone was erected by his fellow-workmen. Tiioao words you may road any day upon a white slab in a cemetery not far from New York; but you might read them a hundred times without guessing at the little tragedy they indicate, without knowing the humble romance which ended with the placing of that stone above the dust of one poor, humble man. In hia shabby friezo jacket and randladen brogans bo was scarcely an attractive object as he walked intoltlr. 13a wne’s great tin and hardware shop one day and presented himself at the counter with an—“l’ve been told yc advertised for liTri Is, yer Honor.” “Fully supplied, my man,” said Mr. I3awne, not lifting his eyes from his account-book. “I’d work faithfully, sir, and take low wages, till I could do better, and I’d learn—l would that.” I was an Irish brogue, and Mr.l3awno always declared that he never would employ an incompetent hand. Yet tho tone attracted him. He turned briskly, and, with his pen behind his ear, addressed the man, who was only one of fifty who had answered his advertisement for four workmen that morning. “What makes you expect to learn faster than other folks—are you any smarter?”

“I’ll not say that,” said tho man, “but I’d be wishing to, aud that would make it asier.” “Are you used to the work?” “I’ve done a bit of it.” “Much?” “No, yer Honor. I’ll tell no lie; Tim O’Toole hadn’t the like of this place; but I know a bit about tins.” “You are too old tor an apprentice, and you’d be in the way, I calculate,” said Mr. Bawne, looking at the brawny arms and bright eyes that promised strength aud intelligence. “Besides, I know your countrymen--lnzy,good-for-nothing fellows, who never do their best. No, I’ve been taken in by Irish hands before, and I won’t havo an other.”

“The Virgin will have to bo after bringing them over to mo in her two arms, thin,’ said the man, despairingly, “for I’ve tramped all the day for the last fortnight, and niver a job can I get, and that s the List peuny I have, yer Honor, and it’s but half a one.” As he spoke ho spread his palm open, with an English half penny iu it. “Bring whom ever?” asked Mr. Bawne, arrested by the odd speech, as he turned upon his heel and turned back again. “Jist Nora and Jamesy.” “ Who are they?” The wan s me wife, the other mo child, said the man. “O, masther, just thry me. How’ll I bring ’em over to me, if no one will give mo a job? I want to be aiming, and the whole big city seems against it, and me with arms like them!’ Ho bared his arms to the shoulder as he spoke, and Mr. Bawne looked at them, and then at his face. „ “EH hire you for a week,” he said; ‘ ana now, as it’s noon, go down to the kitchen and tell the girl to get you some dinner—a hungry man can’t work.” With an Irish blessing, the new hand' obeyed, wnile Mr. Bawne, untying his apron, went up stairs to his own meal. Suspicious as he was of the now hand’s integrity and ability, he was agreeably disappointed. Connor worked hard, and actually learned fast. At the end of the week he was engaged permanently, and soon was the best workman in the shop. He was a great talker, but not fond of drink or wasting money. As his wages grew, he hoarded every penny, and wore the same shabby clothes in which he made his first appearance. “ Beer costs money,” he said one day, “ and ivery ciut I spind puts off the bringing .Nora and Jamesy over; and as for clothes, them I have must do me. Better no coat to my back than no wife and boy by my fireside; and, anyhow, it s slow work saving.” It was slow work, but he kept at it all the same. Other men, thoughtless and full of fun, tried to make him drink; made a jest of his saving habits, ooazed him to accompany them to places of

amusement, or to share in their Sunday frolics. All in vain. Connor liked beer, liked fun, liked companionship; but he would not delay that long-looked-for bringing of Nora over, and was not “ mane enough ” to accept favors of others. He kept his way a martyr to his one great wish, living on little, working at night on any extra job that he could earn a few shillings by, running errands in his noontide hoars of rest, and talking to any one who would listen to him of his one great hope, and of Nora and little Jamesy. At first the men, who prided themselves on being all Americans, and on taming out the best work in the city, made a sort of butt of Connor, whose wild Irish ways and verdancy were indeed often laughable. Bnt he won their hearts at last, and one day, mounting a work-bench, he shook Ms little bundle, wrapped in a red handkerchief, before their eyes, and shouted, “ Look, boys; I’ve got the whole at but! I’m going to bring Nora and Jamesy over at last! Whoroo!! I’ve got it at last! 11” All felt sympathy in his joy, and each grasped his great hand in cordial congratulations, and one proposed to treat all round, and drink a good voyage to Nora.

They parted in a merry mood, most of the men going to comfortable homes. But poor Connor’s resting-place was a lodging-house, where he shared a crazy garret with four other men, and in the joy of his heart the poor fellow exhibited his handkerchief, with his hardearned savings tied up in a wad in the middle, before he put it under his pillow and fell asleep. When he awakened in the morning he found his treasure gone; some villain, more contemptible than most bad men, had robbed him. A t first Connor could not even believe it lost. He searched every corner of the room, shook his quilt and blankets, and begged those about him to “quit joking, and give it back.” But at last he realized the truth. “Is any man that bad that it’s thaved from me?” he asked, in a breathless way. “Boys, is any man that bad?” And some one answered: “No doubt of it, Connor; it’s sthole.” Then Connor put his head down on his hands and lifted up his voice and wept. It was one of those sights which men never forget. It seemed more than he could bear to have Nora and his child “pat,” as he expressed it, “months away from him again.” But when he went to work that day it seemed to all who saw him that he had picked. up a new determination. His hands were never idle. His face seemed to say, “I’ll have Nora with me yet.” At noon he scratched out a letter, blotted and very strangely scrawled, telling Nora what had happened; and those who observed him noticed that he had no meat with his dinner. Indeed, from that moment he lived on bread, potatoes and cold water, and worked as few men ever worked before. It grew to be the talk of the shop, and, now that sympathy was excited, every one wanted to htlp Connor. Jobs were thrown in his way, kind words and friendly wishes helped him mightily; but no power could make him share the food or drink of any other workman. It seemed a sort of charity to him.

Still ho was helped along. A present from Mr. Bawne at pay-day set Nora, as ho said, “a week nearer,” and this and tliaf and tho other added to the little hoard. It grew faster than the first, and Connor’s harden was not so heavy. At last, before ha hoped it, he yvas once more able to say: “ I’m going to bring them,” and to show his handkerchief in which, a? before, he tied up his earnings; this time, however, only to his friends. Cautious among strangers, he hid the treasure, and kept his vest buttoned over it night and day until tho tickets were bought and sent. Then every man, woman and child, capable of hearing or understanding, knew that Nora and her baby were coming. There was John Jones, who had more of the brute in his composition than usually falls to tho lot of man, would spend ten minutes of the noon hour in reading the Irish news to Connor. There was Tom Barker, the meanest man among the number, who had never been known to give anything to any one before, absolutely bartered an old jacket for a pair of gilt vases, whioh a peddler brought in his basket to the shop, and presented them to Connor for his Nora’s mantel-piece. And here was idle Dick, the apprentice, who actually Worked two hours on Connor’s work when illness kept the Irishman at home ono day. Conuor felt this kindness, and returned it whenever it was in his power, and the days flew by and brought at last a letter from his wife. “ She .would start as he desired, and she was well and so was the boy, and might the Lord bring them safely to each other’s arms, and biers them who had been so kind to him.” That was the substance of the epistle which Connor proudly assured his fellow-work-men Nora wrote herself. She had lived at service as a girl, with a certain good old lady, who had given her the items of an education, which Connor told upon his fingers: ' The radin’, that’s one, the writin’, that’s three, and, moreover, she knows all that a woman can.” Then he looked up with tears in his eyes, and asked: “Do you wonder the timo seems long between me an’ her, boys ?” So it was. Nora at the dawn of day —Nora at noon—Nora at night—until the news came that the Stormy Petrel had come to port, and Connor, breathless and-pale witn excitement, flung up his cap in the air and shouted. It happened on a holiday afternoon, and half a dozen men were ready-to go with Connor to the steamer and give his wife a greeting. Her little home was ready; Mr. Bawne’s own servant had jrat it in order, and Connor took ono peep at it before he started. “She liadn’t the like of that in the ould connthry,” he said; “but she’ll know how to keep them tidy.” Then he led the way toward the dock where the steamer lay, and at a pace that made it hard for the rest to follow him. The spot was reached at last; a crowd of vehicles blockaded the street; troop of emigrants came thronging up; tine cabin passengers were stepping iuto cabs, and drivers, porters, and all manner of employes were yelling and shouting in the usual manner. Nora would wait on board for her husband; he knew that.

The little group made their way into the vessel at last, and there, amid those who sat watching for coming friends, Connor searched for the two so dear to him; patiently at first eagerly but patiently—but by-and-by growing anxious and excited. “She would never go alone,” he said, “she’d be lost entirely; I bade her wait, but I don’t see her, boys; I think she’s not in it.” “ Why don’t you see the Captain ?” asked one, and Connor jumped at the suggestion. In a few minutes he stood before a portly, rubicund man, who nodded to him kindly. “I am looking for m3' wife, yer Honor,” said Connor, “and 3 can’t find her.” “Perhaps she’s gone ashore,” said the Captain. “I bade her wait,” said Connor. “Women don’t always do as they are bid, you know,” said the Captain. “Nora would,” said Connor, “but

maybe she was left behind. Maybe she didn’ come. I somehow think she didn’t." At the name of Nora the Captain started. In a moment he asked, “What is your name?" “Pat Connor,” said the man. “And your wife’s name was Nora?” “ That’s her name, and the boy with her is Jamesy, yer Honor,” said Connor. The Captain looked at Connor’s friends; they looked at the Captain. Then he said, hnskily, “Sit down, my man; I’ve got something to tell you.” “She’s left behind?” said Connor. “She sailed with ns,” said the Captain. “Where is she?” asked Connor. The Captain made no answer. “My man,” he said, “w<s all have our trials; God sends them. Yes—Nora started with ns.” Connor said nothing. He was looking at the Captain now, white to his lips. “It’s been a sickly season,” said the Captain; “we have had illness on board —the cholera. You know that?”

“I didn’t; I can't read; they kept it from me,” said Connor. “We didn’t want to frighten him,” said one, in a half whisper. “Yon know how long we lay at quarantine?- ’ “The ship I came in did that,” said Connor. “ Did ye say Nora went ashore? Ought Ito be looking for her, Captain ?” “ Many died—many children,” went on the Captain. “ When we were half way here your boy was taken sick.” “Jamesy?” gasped Connor. “ His mother watched him night and day,” said the Captain, “ and we did all we could, but at last he died; only one of many. There were five buried that day. But it broke my heart to see the mother looking out upon the water. ‘ It’s his father I think of,’ said she, ‘he’s longing to see poor Jamesy.’” Connor groaned. “ Keep up if you can, my man,” said the Captain. “I wish any one else had to tell it rather than I. That night Nora was taken ill also, very suddenly; she grew worse fast. In the morning she called me to her. * Tell Connor I died thinking of him,’ she said, * and tell him to meet me.’ And, my man, God help you, she never said anything mere—in an hour she was gone.” Connor had risen. He stood up, trying to steady himself, looking at the Captain with his eyes dry as two stones. Then he turned to liis friends. “I’ve got my death, boys,” he said, and then dropped to the deck like a log. They raised him and bore him away. In an hour he was at home on the little bed which had been made ready for Nora, weary with her long voyage. There at last he opened his eyes. Old Mr. Bawne bent over him; he had been summoned by tho news, and the room was full of Connor’s fellow-workmen. “Better, Connor? ’’asked the old man. “ A dale,” said Connor, “ it’s aisy now; I’ll be with her soon. And look ye, masther, I’ve learned one thing— God is good; He wouldn’t let mo bring Nora over to me, but He’s takin’ me over to her and Jamesy, over the river; don’t you see it, and her standin’ on the other side to welcome me?” And with these word's Connor stretched out his arms. Perhaps he did see Nora—Heaven only knows—and so he died.

The Polar Mystery.

Capt. Howgate makes an appeal to the national Congress to ratify the recommendations of the Geographical Congress and make the necessary appropriations for his proposed Arctic exploration by means of fixed stations in the Polar regions. These stations ere in the summer months to be supplied for the long winter siege. The maintenance of tho two northern'most points have been assigned to the United States Government. The purpose is not, as Capt. Howgate explains, simply to discover the North pole, but to make regular and systematic observations for a period of years. The proposed location, where it is practicable for a steamer to keep communication open with tho civilized world, is Lady Franklin bay, about 150 miles from the pole. A fine aud easilyaccessible deposit of coal exists at this point, about a mile from the shore of a small bay, and distant four miles from the winter quarters of the Discovery. Here it is proposed to erect buildings and store provisions. The occupants of this station would not he exposed to greater hardships than are usually encountered in the Polar regions, and “the horrors of the long Arctic nights will in great part disappear before the kindly influence of improved appliances for comfort and amusement now available.” Near the seam of coal, too, is a fresh-water lake; and much game was killed there, indicative of vegetable life, also, during an exceptionally-cold winter. “In ordinary seasons it is not expected that there .will be any serious difficulty in reaching the station by the aid of a steam vessel especially fitted for the work, and the vessel can annually carry out frgsh provisions, clothing, books, implements, and, if need be, fresh details of men to replace those who may wish to be relieved. The work of observation and survey will furnish constant and useful emplojmsnt for the men. This will render them less liable to attacks of homesickness after the first feeling of isolation has worn off and they, become accustomed to the surroundings and duties. With sledges, dogs, boats, and captive lbaloons, they will be ready to avail themselves of any opportunity to push their way north.”

The scope of their observations will include the determination of thejigure of the earth by means of pendulum experiments, the magnetism of tho globe, the ocean tides and currents, polar winds, and all geographical, geological, meteorological and botanical facts that are to be obtained. The practical results he predicts will be a wider knowledge of air currents and atmosphere; better data for predicting storms; and some success, may be, in discovering and, if possible, anticipating and providing against, the cause of those extremes of temperature which sweep over the northern regions of the globe, and especially the continent east of the Rocky mountains. —Detroit Free Press.

“Amazing Grace.”

The following, says Harper's Magazine, is vouched for by one of the most reliable of Philadelphia divines: A young clergyman, having agreed to supply the pulpit of an older brother absent from home, escorted to church the daughter of the pastor, and, after seeing her safely in her father’s pew, ascended to the pulpit, unconscious that this natural attention to the young lady was sufficient to excite lively imaginations and inquiries in the audience. Upon reading the hymn to be sung, the young clergyman was surprised to perceive evident efforts in the congregation to suppress laughter. The daughter of his friend possessed the mellifluous name of Grace, and, all unsuspicious of that fact, he had chosen the hymn beginning with the words “Amazing grace,” and proceeding with: ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear Tne hour I first believed I Through many dangers, toils and scares 1 have already come; ’lts grace has brought ms safe thus far, And grace will lead me home 1

FARM NOTES.

A Canada farmer’s wife was lately batted to death by a ram. Chopped onions, with a little ginger mixed in, is said to be a sore cure for chicken cholera. American honey in the comb has become a popular article of diet in England, and very large shipments are made. It is announced that the leaves of the elder strewed among grain will effectually preserve it from the ravages of the weevil; the juice will also kill maggots. The leaves scattered over cabbages, cucumbers and other plants subject to weevil ravages effectually shield them. Fowls of all kinds are very fond of charcoal, qpd will eat it with relish when properly prepared. Pounded charcoal is not in the shape in which fowls usually find their food, and consequently is not very enticing to them. To please their palates the charcoal should be in pieces about the size of a grain of corn, and if these are strewed about their quarters they will readily eat thereof. Corn burnt on the cob and the refuse, which consists almost entirely of the grains reduced to charcoal and retaining their perfect shape, placed before them make a marked improvement in their health; as is shown by the higher color of their combs and their sooner producing a greater average of eggs to a flock than before. From tlic discussions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and from information through other sources, the fact is becoming established that the bearing year of old apple trees can not be permanently changed by removing or shearing off the blossoms in the bearing year. They are found to return to their old habit in a short time. But when the work is performed on young bearing trees, and repeated if necessary, the chaDge has become permanent. It will be observed that the labor is far less on the young and smaller trees. In connection with this treatment, topdressing with manure and good cultivation, as may be necessary t« maintain a good healthy growth, will be quite sure to result in the best success.

The harvesting of the carrot crops can be lacilitated by running a plow on one side of the rows, when the roots are easily removed by hand. Tho tops are then cut off, and surface moisture from the roots dried by exposure to the sun a day or two, when they may be stored in a cellar, out of doors, or in pits, like turnips and potatoes. Carrots, having a greater tendency to decay than many roots, should never be stored in great bulk, but placed in small heaps only, and kept at as low a temperature as poisible above the freezing point. On the approach of warm weather they incline to sprout, if left in bulk, hence, when it is desired to preserve them longer, the crown ought to be cut off and the roots spread in a cool, dry place. Horses thrive on carrots given judiciously with other feed; they are also excellent for working cattle. A New Cow-Fastener.— A humane man, says the Kansas Tim es, has invented an improved mode of confining cows without stanchions or stalls, He uses small posts, 4x6 inches, set up where the stanchion would be, 3 feet 2 inches from center to center. On theinsidoof these posts, 14 inches above the floor, a | staple, 12 inches long, is driven into each post, A 1-inch cable chain, stretching from staple to staple with a ring on each end, slides up and down on the staples, has a ring in the middle into which the cow is to be fastened. A leather strap 1 finches wide, with a strong breast-strap slipped on, is placed around the COW*» ucck aud rivetedun witlr tlixeo small copper rivets. The cow is brought between the two posts and the snap fastened to the ring in the middle of the chain, which holds the cow in the center between the two posts, bat tho slack of tho chain and the chain slipping back and forth upon the neck enables the cow to move forward and backward, to turn ber head, and she may lick or scratch herself from shoulder to rump. And when she lays down, it may be in the natural position with her head upon her shoulder. The cow carries the strap upon her neck, and it is not as much work to fasten her as with a rope.

Raising Calves.— A writer in the Waverly (Iowa) Republican says he has been raising a number of calves the past season, and gives his experience with them: “Out of sixteen head owned by us, twelve w r ero fed from a pail, they learning to drink readily when only a few days old; their feed consisted of new milk for the first Jtwo w eeks, then skim-milk was substituted. They were turned into a small pasture at the end of a month, and as soon as corn was fit, ears of green corn were chopped fine with an ax, and given them twice a day, and soon thereafter pumpkins were added, all of which they much relished. At present writing thev are fed shelled corn and allowed the run of the stalk-field, and are looking thrifty and growing finely, The other four were left with the cows during the summer months, and were in good condition when removed this fall. Bnt they did not relish the change of feed, and although great pains was taken they did not eat well, and grew thin in flesh. At present writing they are looking unthrifty, and will hardly reach a satisfactory condition before turning out to grass another year. Thus it would seem by our experience that calves do much better raised by hand and accustomed gradually to dry feed, rather then left with cow several months and then removed.”

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

Sponge Gingerbread. One cup sour milk, one cup molasses, half a cup butter, two eggs, one and a half teaspoonfuls soda, one quart flour; ginger and spice to taste. Boiled Indian Pudding.— Two quarts milk, two full cups Indian meal, one cup molasses, salt to taste. Boil two-thirds of the milk to scald the meal; then add the molasses and the rest of the milk. Stir all together, and boil eight hours. Kisses or Drop Cakes.—One cup of butter, two tups of sugar, three-fourths cup of water, one-half teasponful soda, two eggs, four and a half or five cups flourr'drop them on a tin, and put a lump of sugar in the center of each. "Lemon Butter. —One and a half cupfuls white sugar, whites of three eggs, yelk of one, grated rind and juice of a lemon and a half, or two small ones; cook over a slow fire twenty minutes, stirring all the while. Very nice lor tarts, or to be eaten as preserves. To Determine the Purity jf Water.- -To detect impurity in wellwater, put a tumbler of it in a wain place for ten days. If free from organic matter it will remain sweet, but if impure it will begin to smell disagreeably. Otherwise a small quantity »f nitric acid may be poured into a glas of the water; if organic matter is prelent it will become oxidized and tun brown and color the water in a ietr hours. I Huntington Pudding. One pint milk and one-half cup rice, put into 1 tin and set in a pot nearly half full o boiling water; keep the water boiling until the rice is steamed soft enough t< yield when pressed with thumb anc finger; then add yelks of two eggs, e little lump Of butter, and the gratecl rind of a lemon; turn into a pudding duh, beat the whites to a stiff froth, anc

stir in half a cup of sugar and the juice of a lemon; spread this frosting on the pudding, and put into the oven to brown. How to Luce Egos. —Eggs are limed by packing them in a liquid made as follows, viz: One peck of fresh lime is slacked in sufficient water to make a thin paste; when thoroughly slacked, which will require twenty-four hours, water is added to thin it so that it can be strained through a fine sieve into a clean barrel, which is then filled up with water; the eggs, perfectly fresh, are laid carefully into kegs or barrels, and the stirred lime liquor is poured over them, a board being floated on top to keep the eggs under the surface. In this way the eggs may be kept six months.

Sliding Down a Mountain.

The trail leading to the Metamoras mine is both steep and narrow, and winds along the side o's Prospect mountain from the base almost to the summit. In places the descent from it is very precipitous, falling off almost perpendicularly for a distance of 200 and 300 feet. The snow fall had almost obliterated the pathway, making it peculiarly dangerous, and when James Aheam attempted to make the ascent he was forced to grope his way blindly, trusting to his knowledge of the route to carry him over safely. It was not sufficient, however, for when about half way up he slipped upon the icy crust, and, before he could recover himself, he was traveling down tho side of the mountain at a rate of speed only equaled by a meteor. While the snow was the immediate cause of Ahearn’s disaster, it was also his salvation, for it not only preserved him from contact with the rocks as he plunged down, but received him in its soft embrace at his stopping place, some 250 feet from the point of departure. As it was, his clothes weje rent and torn, so was his skin in sundry places, and, while no bones were broken, there were aggregate bruises that will painfully remind him of his experience for some days to come,— Eureka (Nev.) Leader.

Successful Effort.

A good man, conspicuous for his helpful interest in the young, occupied the pulpit of the Unitarian church in Northampton on a recent Sunday. His heart was gladdened by the sight of some bright-looking boys on some front seats. The speaker talked at those boys with genuine enthusiasm, his ardor rising at the seeming quick response which his earnest words met in the brightened eyes and attentive-attitude of the chosen subjects df his “personal application” of most wholesome truth. The preacher was a little puzzled for the moment to note the unseemly levity of some of the congregation, but his burning zeal was not quenched, and he drove the truth clean home with sledgehammer blows. Going out of the sanctuary, the visiting brother, still glowing with the pleasant warmth of successful effort, asked the pastor who those bright-looking boys were on certain seats. “Those,” said the minister, gently, “are the pupils of our Deaf and Dumb Institute! ’

Italian Marble.

The London Building News says that the extraordinary demand for Italian marble has raised a question as to how long the quarries are likely to hold out. According to a report of the French Geological Commission, there yet remains a considerable surface and depth of the true Pentelican marble untouched, but no specific statements are given on this head. At Carrara a dreadful waste of material goes on. A late traveler was ' aosmoil .ou tt© ©pot that hundreds of tons were needlessly thrown away through sheer carelessness and the clumsiness of workmen. Much of this exquisite material is removed in enormous masses for the decoration of commonplace edifices. The Italians are at length becoming alive to this. The quarries have been worked almost without iatermission since the days of the Roman Emperors. A little community of sculptors is established around the quarries, and the artist’s chisel is plied almost side by side with the marble-mason’s saw. This marble goes everywhere.

Diseased Meat.

Dr. Carpenter says that animals fall an easy prey to every kind of epidemic, for all sanitary laws are, as a rule, ignored by farmers. He was not sur prised when an inspector from the Metropolitan Meat Market declared upon oath in the Croydon Police Court that 80 per cent, of the meat which was sent to the London market was the subject of tubercular disease; and that to exclude diseased meat from the market would be to leave the metropolis without an adequate meat supply.— English paper.

A Medicine Should not be Gauged

By tho suddenness and violence of its effects. Self-evident as this proposition would seem, there are many foolish persons who are content only with a remedy which acts abruptly. The pill and other nostrum-venders who trade upon the credulity of this class find their “best holt,” as poor Artemus Ward termed it, in the sale of violent purgatives. So long as they wrench the bowels of their dupes sufficiently, they are pretty sure of a certain measure of success. If, instead of such pernicious rubbish, Hostetter’s stomach Bitters is used, the results are widely different. The bowels are relie7ed, but always gently, by this pleasant laxative, which does not weaken, but invigora es them, and endows the co-operative organs of digestion and bilious secretion with activity and regularity, strengthens the constitution and physique, aud, while it is safe in its constituents, is sufficiently prompt in operation.

A Warranted Rubber Boot.

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KATURE-S REME6V.'\ V£G£HRDi WILL CURE Scrofula, Scrofulous Humor, Oenoer, Cancerous Humor. Erysipelas, Canker. Salt Rheum, Pimples or Humor In the Faoe, Coughs and Golds, Uloera, Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Pains In the Side, Constipation. Ooetiveness, Piles, Dizziness, Headache, Nervoue- >•, ness. Pains In the Back. Faintness at the Stomooh, Kidney Complaints, Female Wtsknrss and General Debility. This preparation is scientifically and chemically combined, and so strongly oonoentreted from roots, herbs and barks that its good effeots are realised immediately after commencing to take it. There la no dleeeee of the human system for which the VeGETINE cannot be need with perfect safety, as it does not contain any metal, lie compound. For eradicating the system of all impurities of the blood lt hos no equal. It has never failed to effect a care, giving tone and strength to the system debilitated by disease. Its wonderful effeots upon the complaints named are surprising t» aIL Many have been cured by the VxGKTINK that have tried many other remedies. It can well be called The Great Blood Purifier Dr. W. ROSS WRITES. Scrofula, Liver Complaint , dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness. H. R. Stevens, Boston : I have been practising medioine for 25 years, and as a remedy for Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dytpeptia, Rheamatitm. Weakness, and all diseases of the blood, I have never found its equal. I have sold Vegetine for 7 yean and have never had one bottle returned. I would heartily recommend it to those in need of a blood purifier. Dr. W. ROSS, Druggist, Sept. 18,1878. Wilton, lowa. Yegetine is Sold by all Druggists. The Best Field FOR EMIGRANTS. AN IMMENSE AREA OF RAILROAD AND GOVERNMENT LANDS, OF GREAT FERTILITY, WITHIN EASY REACH OF PERMANENT MARKET, AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES, is now offered for sale in EASTERN OREGON and EASTERN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. These lands form part of the (treat GRAIN BELT of the Paclllc Slopej and are within an average distance or 200 to 300 miles from Portland, where steamships and sailing vessels are directly loaded FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. GRAIN AT PORTLAND COMMANDS A PRICE EQUAL TO THAT OBTAINED IN CHICAGO. The Northern Pacific R. R. and Oregon Railwnv and Navigation Co. are now building 000 miles of railway, traversing tills region In all directions. The settler Is thus assured easy and chenp transportation to tide-water on the Colombia river, and a rnpld increase In the value of these lands, which are now open to purchase and preemption. LANDS SHOW an AVERAGE YIELD ot 40 BUSHELS OF WHEAT PER ACRE. No Failure of Crops ever known. RAILROAD LANDS oflTered at the uniform rate of $2.5U an acre. CLIMATE MILD AND HEALTHY. For pamphlet and maps, descriptive of country, its resoarces, climate, route of travel, rates and full information, address T. R. TANNATT, Gen’l Eastern Pnss’r Agent, 252 Broadway, New York City.

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