Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 12, Brookville, Franklin County, 15 March 1867 — Page 1

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Weekly Jqöityfl ÄhlHqif - TCBLIiniD IV IST TRIDAT BT 0. II. BINGHAM, Proprietor.

OQet la tilt Hatlonal Bank Building, (third $'ory.) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! I J, 50 PER TEAR, ix asvaicb. 3,00 " ' IF HOT FAID It AOf AKCt. To postage on papers delivered wilhin this Co only. DENTISTRY. ING. W. U. i Broo 3c villoI ndiana . Insurance. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY. The Leading Insurance Co. of (he West. CAPITAL, $300,000 00. Vlrc ana Marine UlsUa Takoa ea a roatoaablottrmt as aayotbsr reliable Coinpaay. Offl 5. &J Cor. Xbirö ?ijcqh)cre $$ CU AS. C. REAKIRT, Prosld.at. J. M. RaaaoM, Socretarv. K. MEYER, Agtat, d..7-ly At Uroobvlllo, lad. ATTORNEYS. wiLao Muaaow. WB) . M. HAT. L10RROW & HAY, Attorneys at Law and Solicitors ol Claims, JYo.3 Vinton Block, Oppoiite rost Office INDIANAPOLIS, IND., If III era.ll.e la lh. 8 tat and F.d.ral Court of gadla.,andititbrortbCoart orCUImi and tbo ..rl Oar. Ii .f War, Navy, Post 01Be a4 Troaiary D.partmtoti it Waihlegton City D.C. Jool-v t. a.mi r. saaav. ADAMS & lIEUItY, (UROOKVILLE, INDIANA,) Ojjfrs oi'er Oallion'i Store, "arll-y TOBACCONIST. ADAM I-IKKG, MA Nl' FACT UK Kit AND DUAL KU IX CIGARS AND TOBACCO OF ALL DKSCIUITIONH, ami alto )YholentU and Jirtail Dmhr in CIIEWinO AND SHOKIKD B? IB & GS TJ OF ALL KINDS, at tüe Cffifttsil iFrout, Mii Street, Hroohtille, Indiana. wo-IS-flu. A. II K KCl. HOTELS. VALLEY HOUSE, EBBmiLE?B CME)0A!M. JAS. O.VAN IIOtt.Y. rROrßiFJOK. JallS-ljr. FUDGE HOUSE, DUOOKVIU.E, INDIANA, w 3I.H. bTjiy, rnopu ietok. .WDrMATnUSE", 1C3 West Fifth Street, craararaAvo, 200. Gideon Ryman, Proprietor. inebSO-lf r1IIB endsnlgntd Is tiling up bit rIJnet snJ X Is row r.attjr to .at.rtata gu.nt. Any parson lhlnf a Hoar J In Hon.. aonv.nl. nl I tu. Urook till, bcbitots, III find ibis a d.slrablo flae. It 11 ikiaat.4 on loo ralrDtlJ riko, only ono mils rroat towa. V.M. 11. LAUUC. I.t. U,tSAS-tr ' 'i. 6EWINO MACHINES. HAPPINESS. IF 7. ltb to s.o our wlr.s b.ppj, g ib.m a gool Florence Sculnff Machine, o Ibat Ih.y ao do ib.lr .la( with ..in..s and p..l. Tbo Flor.noo Is a standr4 wavblno, and annrt fall to (Wo satisfaction. tUwi'to Mahtnoi iobos..nat J.C. W.llsr's llardwaroator., Urooklllo, Ind. marl MERCHANT TAILORS. Gr. MUNSH, MERCHANT TAILOR, lit! bo.ghl .at F. P. WKIOANI. ..a ..'.. fully Invtt.s Ibo tooMo of IlllOOK VILLK to .all at Mr. WKKJAND'a oIJSlscJ, nhire lbs tau bo s.lt.d In Goats, Pants, Vests, &a, MADi: IN 11 F.ST STVLH. Mr. M'slfsa4 will stsr (III Itprlac to rseoutss.nd 0 Mostb to kl Cuitomsr. Ivo btm a olU U. MUNDIL ' LOUIS THEY. OBEflAOT TAILOR. AND f ANCrACTUUER Of ; COATS. PANTS. AND VESTS. FOR mi ma boys. ALSO DEALER JX Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods Shop on West aide Main Street, I) KO 0 K VI LLK, INDIANA. sgT-CiaJ

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VOL. G, NO. 12. THE CENTAL SYSTEM. Br resolution of the Chamber of Com merce of Indianapolis, on and after the 1st of March the cental ayetem goea into effect in the transfer of all grains. We believe this chance ia to be effected in every city in the United States, and when onco its opcrstioo Is thoroughly under tood, the wonder will be that we have been willing to work so long under the arbitrary rules of the bushel system. Ur course the tranapoaition will work some trouble and inconvenience. In or der to hare our rcadera well acquainted with the erstem, we publish below a clear and lucid statement of the change by which any one can work. The letter re. fcrred to is by a business man of Albany, New lork, as lollows: "How is tho change from the old System of grain measurement to the new standard 0 centals to bo affected?" Tho answer is simple. Suppose tho chsnge to take effect on the 10th instant at Chicago, when the market quotations wcro as follows : No. 1 wb.at (par bo.h.l 60 Iba.) S3 OS No. 1 ora (r bush.l M Iba.) 0 No. 1 oats (.r tu.b.l 32 lbs.) 43 No. 2 bail. (por baihul 4 ound 68 For the rrico of whest, dividing 12 0G by CO gives 0.342, the prico per pound, or S3 43 tho price per cental. Thus amend ed, the above tablo wruld read (adopting tho usual rule) with tue last figure : No. 1 wb.at .r rtntal M M....$3 43 No. I era, p.r c.ntal 1 44 No. 3 oat, .r r.nt.l 1 34 No. 2 barl.v, r.r ccalal. 1 42 'Itailrosd freights aro quoted by the cental, and the price of pram would then bo on the same Iomx, and at iho opening of navigation water freights would at onco ndjuet iIiciukcIvcs to correspond with the quotations ol railroad Ircightana ol prices. "To t fleet this result, the system should bo adopted in all western cities by January 1. Tho chango once made, the figures of tho weight masters st elevators and warehouses would not require to bo trans luted into fictitious bushels, merely fur tho purpose of selling, but tho weights as received anu bincu vy tno ranroaus, c., would then be given in tho published receipts without any alteration. The matter of commission, which is frequently changed by the Hoard of Trade, can as readily bo adjusted by the cental as by tho bushel. If the commission for purchasing corn, for example, ia now ono cent per bushel, jt could bo made two or two ond half cents per ccntsl, and so wfothcr grain. Storage charge can as c.L- bo inodilleJ, and the anomaly of a ruilrood company sending its freight bill fur cental and it warehouse receipt for bushels, bo avoided. "It i aleo to to hoped that Kngland will co operate with ua in making this much needed reform, so that tho breadstuff trade of both countries may have a nomcnclatuio worthy of its importance." Tur. Grat, (JnArr, Onorr or Grove K.8TATK. It seems that the Ural's, OrafTs, UrolT'a and Grove'a of thia country are all fjwlt, interested in tho prosecution of the invent Ration now being made by J. Her vey Kwing, a lawyer of Italtimore, looking to tho recovery of au immense estate, which, as was stitcd in a former number of thia paper, would revert to the Grove, and, by implication, to the Groves alone, and wo hasten to correct tho erroneous impression n.aJe. liana Graf, who, according to "llupp's History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," emigrated to thia country and settled on Graff llun, in West Ilsrl Township, Lancaster County, l'o., A. D. 1717, forms tho (runic of the genealogical trco beneath tho nxitt of which lies buried tho treasure, and the hranrhrt of which aro aoon to be laden with abundant fruit. A persecution against Mennonistn, of which religious faith Hans Graf waa an adherent, commencing in Switzerland, and sweeping through Holland, near tho closo of the 17th century, caused thi gentleman to vacate hi home stid seek an asylum in tho "wilds of Am erica." And, from information in our possession, obtained from Mr. Kwing, (to whom wo refer all interested parlies,) wo aro led to believe that tho investigation he ia now engaged in making will have a successful result. We havo known Mr. Kwintr for many vcars. and are convinced that ho would not undcrtako a matter of this kind without first weighing and well weighing tho probabilities involved, by a dure anularis of tho various reports which have been in exUtenco for many years; and as for qualifications, none are bolter prepared for an investigation which will trolaLly assume glgantlo proportions beut tho end i. reached, hlr. Kwlng'a plan is to visit Holland, and by a Uiurough search learn Jirtt whether thcro rootly bo a fortuno In reversion fur (he descendants of HsnsUraf, of which ho thiuks there ia but little doubt; $rvoml, the amount of the cstato; thinl, in what tho estate conists and its precise location ; sndwKrA, the parties who are legally en titled. In regard to this method of procedure Mr. Jas. K. tftewart. a widely known and highly intelligent lawyer of Mortinsburg, V. Vs., sajs: "Iho course proposed by Mr. Lwlog Is the only sensiblo and praciicoblo one, as any person acquainted with the toil and coro necessary and indispensable to thorough legal investigation must know. I am satisfied many of the effort mado In this country to obtain fortunes similarly situated in Kurope have failed for want of a proper kind ol agent to make a patient, pcraonal examination into them. It is worse than useless for individual parties to writo to persona in Kurope. An individual without being specially chargod with the business and tho wholo business might as well whlatlo against the wind." It is, of course, apparont that every man and woman whoso name Is Graf, Graff, Uroff or Grove, will promote their Intercits by giving to Mr. Kwing his or her active support and co-operation.- 8hepherdstown (W. Va.) Register, l'cb. t, 07.

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Insolence of Railway Employees. An article in Jhryer't Wttkly, entitled "Tricks upon Travelers- enumerating a variety or impoaitiona to which they are ..- ; r a SUPjeciea on rauwaye in una iree country, has the following in regard to their treatment by railroad employees, to the truth fulness of which every one who is so un fortunato as to bo compelled to go from home ean testify. There are. of courso, exceptions, but they aro too few. Toe insolence or railway employees is one of the most painful trials paaseogera are subjected to. Good Mr. Pecksniff, who travela once a year, and meets with no untoward occurrence, soys as he reads thia, "I wonder what this, grumbler is talking about now; no one ever insults me!" I would suggest to 31 r. Pecksniff that if he will travel two hundred and fifty days in the year,, as I and many others do, he will havo somo new ideas on this head. On somo roads you will meet real ly civil conductors, who stop and answer questions with great patience and goodnature, and give you all the information in their power; but unfortunately theso are rsre, and in a majority of instances if you ask a conductor tho time ho arrives or lesves, ho will throw you an answer over hh shoulder, moving on; tsking itfor granted that as he knowa all about it every one elsodoes, and it is only a bother somo passenger who ia not entitled to consideration. 4 Dut," says Pecksniff again, "they have to answer the samo question so irany times a dsy it makes 'em cioss." Yen, but is it not their duty to answer the Questions of passengers relating to the affairs of travel? Yes, even if they inquire ninely-and-nine hundred times I Tliev should take scrvico with that understanding, and tho presidents and superintendents of tho road ere responsible for there thing, by not discharging rude men from their employ. We do not expect to find Lord Chesterfield "braking" on a train or selling ticket, but we do expect ordinary civility and decent treatment as travelers. Just ask a baggage-man, the next time he throws your trunk end over end out of . a, .a mm a boggspe-csr, to lo a little more carclul. say to him as follows: "Mr frieml, you will srossh my trnnk all to pieces if you uso it so; handle it with common care. What do you think you will get for an answer? Just this: " your $ul! Jhm't yon ym both' rrW round mt, or 77 . yM tcorie than Iht trunk." Now should any company suffer, such a profane blackguard to inault passengers in thi wsv? Thev do. however, and all - a - . - - F over tho United State thcro are plenty of them reading these lines at this moment and laughing; a if they were written io-j cause merriment, instead of being, as they sre, a public rebuke of their shameful want of decency. The fact of it is, Mr. Editor, that American are the most long-suffering and patient travelers in tho world. They will stand up for fifty miles, or sit on a wooden box whilo they have paid for a scat, rather than bo abused for claiming what thev have paid for. Officials all over tho country know full well that they havo conductora, baggngomasters, and braltemen on their lines about whom complaints are made every day. Why are they retained? Perhaps I am answered: "Hocauso they understand their business, and are good men for the Company,'1 Very well I aro thcro no civil f eople in the world who aro good for the Company and understand their business? It is very plain that you cannot legislate thia matter; you can only appeal to tbo better feeling of the controlling officer. Mr. would not tolcrato a rude servant In his household for an instant. Ono that iosulted his guest would be given in chargo of the police; yet every day, yea, fifty times a day, on his line, people who pay for the frivilcgo of riding in hia cars are abused and maltreated most grossly without any remedy. Instructions ought to bo posttd in every conductor's room, and, in every car, to the effect that they are required to answer all questions of passengers rclsting to travel in a full and aalisfactory manner, and that any rudeness, elearly proven, would be punished by stoppage of pay cr discharge. Surely this is not unreaionablo. We are compelled to pay what tho companies choose to chsrge ua, but are the officers not bound by tho commonest principles of trade to fuluil their contract with tho pur chaser of tickets? If one of your clcrka should insult Iho President 01 a railroad when ho camo to buy a paper, I think you would bo apt to hoar of it; or if you sold hi in half a paper At tho prico of a whole one, he would indignantly demand if you intomlcd to swlndlo htm? Hut thi samo person will look on In his car, ico passen gor standing up when they havo paid full furo, and if ho notices tho matter at all from hia'own comfortablo seat, look at It as one of tho inevitable results of owning a railroad, and so dismiss the matter utterly. What is wrong in one Inatsnce is certainly so In another whon a princlplo is Involved If this letter is pointed out to a railroad president, and he lo requested to read it, as it coDlsins some wholesome truths plain ly told, bo will reply that if he noticed all the attacks on his corporation grumbling or irritable passengers wrote to tho newspapers, he would htve no time for any tiling else; as for honestly setting sbout reformation, endeavoring to roraove all reasonable eauso of complaint that is a thing not to bo thought of. IxirnovicD Faruinu in Yikmont. An old Ycrmontcr who recently vlsltod his native State, snj tho stylo of farming, and especially tho farm buildings, has under gone rcmarkablo changes for the better since he wss a farmer boy. Now tho homes of the farmers aro tasteful in all their surroundings, the laod Is well cultirated, and ovorytuing betokens thrift and comfort. A rare combination dollar and sense.

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imOOKVILLE, IND., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 18G7.

Constinoy. As to tbo dUtaot moon Tbs ssa forsvor yoarns, As to tbo polar star Tbo oar lb forovor tarns 80 does ray constant ksart Boat bot for tboo .too.. And o'.r It Isr-off h.ar.a of drsaais Tblao Imag bljh nthroa. fiat ab 1 tbo mot a aid ..a, Tb ssrtk aad stars met asvtr. Aad spooo as d.p and dark aad wldo Dlrld.tb at forov.r. Reasons for the Primitive Indian's Lon flcvily. 1. He wss not born of a sickly mother, nor injured in infancy by sugar-plum nursing. N 2. He entered manhood with a vigorous constitution. 3. lie usually breathed a pure atmos phcre. 4. He seldom ate more than naturo re quired. 5. He ate no highly seasoned food. G. He went to bei at dark and rose with the sun. 7. He drank no intoxicating or stimulating drinks. 8. He took no chemical medicine. 0. He waa never excited to deadly ro Tenge or suicide. 10. He was not mardcredby a drunken neighbor. 1 11. He was not killed by the accidental discharge or bunting of his own fire arms. 12. He was not killed by a stesmboat cxrdoBion or a railroad smosh-up. 13. He did not take eold, and in it death, by going from a closo room over heated by a stove into a colder atmosphere. 14. He was not killed by a psstry-cook through the process of indigoitlon or pout, 15. He was not burned to death in the fourth story of a dwelling ho could not escape from when on Ire. It). He was not suffocated, either by escaping gas or burning charcoal in a close chamber, or from Inhaling miasma at the bottom of a deep well. - 17. lie was never blown up while blasting rocka nor by falling from a balloon. 18. He was never mutilated in the gearing of a cotton-mill or any other mill. 19. He never fell through a tran-door and broko his neck, or met Judge Lynch beneath a Californian oak. 20. He never killed himself by working beyond his strength from pi-cuuiary motive. 21. lie waa never quietly killed by a newspaper criticism, or muidercd in con Wquencerfon ' 22. He nevcried'rroV-Pcisense hts peoplo had never known until tho whites eame among them. 23. Ho never died of grief for having turned his back upon a former friend. 21. He wo never a bleeding politician, a gambler ora drunkard, but literally ho was temperate in all things. - Thua wo havo given our readera aomo reasons which we think logical for tho longevity fit tho primitive settlers of this country aa compared with that of ita present inhabitants. Painfully Neat. Thcro are extremes in almost every thing. There i such a thing a absolute slovenliness on the one hand and a raini'ul neatness on the other both should bo avoided. Journeying upon the high road from town of late, we rWCl1 the house of a cititen who ia blessed with a wifo whose ruling passion ia a love of extreme order. Sho has a fit of horrors ir a particle of dirt, from any ca''is seen in her house. No child is ever Wed to visit her premiscs, lest it shoultr make tracks upon her cleanly floor, or placo it awcaty hand upon tho polished furniture; iudced, for this reason, we suppose, sho bus no children of her own, and would not bless or curse her husband with such troublesome responsibilities. A married old maid, that is ono who remains on old maid after marriage, may make a man a neat wifo, rather a neat, housekeeper, but that is all the good alio will do him. Tho lady alluded to refuses to open her doors to the calls of hor neighbom, or Iho visits of her husband'a business friends, fwr fear they will pollute her floor or soil her furniture. So, though a housekeeper for tho last fifteen years, wo prosumo ten persons never saw tho order ly neatness 01 her parlor, or took a cup of tea at her table. The day we passed tho houo wo notic ed a profound stlllnos about the prcinUu. Tho crass In tho door yards had received the impress of no fcut, human or canine; none but the full 110 race wa allowed thi liberty. Not a stick or stone was out of ita placo. All was exact to a fuult. Tho blinds of every window, abovo and below, except ono lu the back-kitchen, whero Iho lady kept her privato throne, wcro all clo. ed, and two seta of curtains within mado darkness visible in every room, lest a fly should havo light enough to live therein. It looked like a tomb -so quiet, so order ly,ao aolitary, 00 painfully neat. We do liko to see somo marks of care less freodom somo token of notivo life somo evidence that the world 1 not all made for the mint and cummin, but that the weightier matters of tho law are allow ed a preponderant in tho calculations of housewifery, A Happxcjolnder. At Oxford, somcj cnty years ago, a tutor of ono of th alleges limpod in his walk. Stopping oA iday last summer at a railway station. heJs accosted by a wellknown politician, who recoguiied him, and asked if ho was not the chaplain of the college at such a time, naming tho year. The doctor replied that ho was. "I was there," said his interrogator, "and I knew you by your limp." "Woll," ssid the doctor, "it seems my limping mado a deeper impression on you than my preaching." I'Ab, doctor, was the

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CT reply, with resdy wit, "it is the highest compliment we can pay a minister to say that be is known by his walk rather than by his conversion. Influence of Woman. HY DANIEL WEBSTER. It ia by the promulgation of sound morals in the community, and more es pecially by the training and instruction of toe young, that woman performa her part towards the preservation of a free govern ment. It ia generally admitted that public liberty, the perpetuity of a free constitution, rests on the virtue and intelligence of iho community which enjoys it. How is that virtue to bo inspired, and how is that intelligence to be communicated? Bonaparte ouce osVcd Madame de btael in what manner ho could most promote tho happiness of France. Her re ply is full of politicol wisdom. She said: "Instruct the mothers of tho French peoplo." Mothers arc, indeed, tho affectionate and effective teachers of the hu man race. The mother begins her process ot training with tho infant in her arms. It is she who direct, aa to speak, its first mental and spiritual pulsations. She conducts it along tho impressive years of childhood and youth, and hopes to dcliv er it to tho rough contest and tumultuous scenes of life, armed by thoso good principles which her child has received from maternal care and love. If we draw within tho circle of our contemplation the mothers of a civilized nation, what do we see? Wo behold so many artificers working, not on frail and perishable matter, but on tho immortal mind, moulding and fashioning beings who aro to exist forever. Wo opplaud tho artist whoso skill and genius present tho mimio man upon tho canvas: wo ad mire the celebrated sculptor who works out that same imago in enduring marble; but how insignificant aro theo achieve menti, though the highest and fairest in all the departments of art, in comparison with tho great vocation of human mothers! They work, not upon tho canvas that shall fall, or the marblo that shall crumble into dust, but upon mind, upon spirit, which is to last forever, and which is to bear, for f;ood or.evil, throughout its duration, Iho mprcs of a mother's plsstio hand. Our socurity for tho duration of the freo Institutions which' blos our country depends upon the habits of virtue and the prevalenco of knowledgo and of education, Knowledge does not comprise all which ia contained in tho larger term of education. Tho feeling aro to bo disciplined; a profound religious feeling is to bo instilled and pure morality inculcated under all circumstances. All this is comprised in education. Mothers who aro faithful to thi great duly, will tell their children that neither in poltical nor in any other concerns of lifo can man cur withdraw himself from the obligaliona of conncienco and of doty; that in every act, whether publio or privato, ho incura a just responsibility; ana that in no condition is ho warranted in trifling with important rights and obligations. They will im. ptcss upon their children tho truth, that Ue excrciso of the elective franchiito is a social duty of as solemn a nature aa man can bo called to perform; that a man may not innocently trifle with his vote; that every freo elector is a trustee, as well for all others as himself; and that every man, and every measure ho supports, has an im portant bearing on tho interest of others as well as your own. It is the inclination of high and puro morals, such as ibeso, that, in a free Republic, woman performs her sacred duty, and fulfills her destiny. A Homo for Declining Years. A correspondent of the New Kngland Farmer thinks that when declining years and failing health make it difficult for tho old peoplo to attend to the different kinds of work on tho farm, or properly to oversco and attend to tho hired help necessary to carry it on especially when it is so difficult to find men that can be depended upon to work alone, without the ''boss, or girls that will work in tho houso with out constant oversight, and ore to often anything but the quiet, agreeable people that it is pleasant to hnvo around them it is lime to sell Iho fur 111. Hut because it is time to retire from tho farm, it does not necessarily follow that one must go into a crowded city, That would be going lo the other extreme Thcro I a way in which may bo enjoyed many of the advantages of town life, and still havo nearly all of Iho conveniences and comforts of tho farm. Tho kind of life suitable to such a farmer would bo to liavo n siiinII placo ofl'ioiu (our lo Iwelvo or fifteen acres, according lo tho location and fertility of (ho land, tho rrinclnul ob ject being to havo enough to keep n hot so and cow, stid to ruic corn, potatoes, vegetable und fruit for a smnll family, and also to have enough grain and other feed to mnko his pork. Tho amount of land will also be governed by Iho location und prico. If closo to a large city, where land is several hundred dollars an acre, from four to six acre will often be enough. Then the cow and horso may bo kept on tho soiling system altogether, or for the most purl, and what moro fodder thcro is needed be supplied by purchase If away from such town, whero land is cheaper, the placo should be largo enough to supply plenty of pa, turoge for a horse and cow during the Kummer, as well as hay and other feed for Winter. Hat if mean will permit, it I very dosirublo to locate ncur a villago of somo sixo. It Is also very deslrublo to livo near a railroad station. A Hootch woman, who fancied tho preacher was rending hi sermon a prootlco abhorrent to the faithful wus told by her neighbor, "ho carina bo a reader, for bo's blind." "I'm glad to hear it," rejoined tho orthodox old wife, "I wish they were a' blin'l" It was her way of scouring obedionco to the old rule of tho Kirk with regard to preaching without notes.

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WHOLE NO. 273. How to Kill Little Girls. Warmly aud fashionably dressed mothers msy be seen on the street at any hour leading their shivering little daughters around, with hardly enough of clothing on their lower extremities to protect them from sight, to say nothing of tho piercing blasts. An exchange says: Yesterday we saw a little girl led by its mother through the streets. Her little collar and muff and hat were of the warmest fur, and well she needed them, for it was bitter cold, but her legs, bare and blue between her stockings aud skin, told a shivering tale. Who docs not daily sco the same thing? Littlo frail girls with head and shoulders bundled in un needed furs, while from the feet to a point above the knee the little darlings aro almost literally naked. Of courso mothers who dress their children are very far from intending to kill them or render them permanent invalids, but such is tho probable result of this fashionsblo exposure. It is true that most children have their limbs well protected, becauso most mothers havo an intelligent regard for the health of their offspring, but there are many who are clad aa we have mentioned, and to the mothers of these wo address our appeal. As little girls are now dressed, their skirts aro no protection against wind or eold below the knee, and what do they have as a substitute? Linen drawers, reaching just below tbo kneo, and thi re meeting the ton of stocking, which usually havo about half the warmth possessed by men's socks. Let us compare this armor with the clothing of boye and men, who have at least fivo times tho power of endursuco possessed by the little girl. Tho father of this somo littlo six-year old girl would consider himself coldly clad, and a candidate for rheumatism if bis lower extremities wcro not protected against the winter blasts by first, thick wool locks reaching moro than half way to his knee; second, wool reaching nearly to the knee; fourth, thick wool pantaloon covering all else, and reaching to tho foot. And yet that samo father permits lis delicate, bluo veined child to go out in winter with leg encased in a slugle thickness of linen! How would- ho like to walk tho winter streets clod in linen pantaloons, and nothing else? , Anecdotes frcm Scotland. The following is related of the great and good Dr. Chalmers: A benevolent lady once asked a poor woman if she ever went to church?" "Qu, ay," sho replied, "there's a jnan cn'd Chalmcra pnüchea hero, and I whiles gang in a him just to eneouroge him. puir b Tho same great preacher wu ing his sermon annoyed by some dogs in tho church. He stopped and ordered Ibem to be turned out. When service was over, one old woman said to another, "An' how did ye liko the Doctor to-dav?" "Ach, but ho wus gran'!'' she replied. "Did ye undcrstun' him?" inquired her compunion. The Lord forbid," she answered, "that 1 should line sio presumption; but wasn't he bo n nie on thue dogs?" A man waa fiercely denouncing tho doetrino of original sin. "Mr. II.," said a neighbor to him, "it tccma to mo that you nccdna fh yourscl' about vriginal sin, for to my certain knowledgo you have as much ukual (actual) sin as will do your bu!iiiM.' dor Thrive Slovtly. It is dangerous for a man to grow rich and strong taster than ho grows good. 1 I do not think it wiso to grow rich too fast, at any rate. 1 do not mean to ray that there may not bo men of such stature that they cuu grow rich rapidly without being hurt by their riches; but generally (Jod make ihcir road to wealth ono of enre, so that tho process i ono of education, and so that, when a man has attained his competence, bo ha gone through that which ia a t'rengthener, sliffener, aud which prevents hia much being injured by it. Uul when men come into the possession of wealth without having earned it, I hoy are apt lo be injured by it, becauso they have not received that educution winch is necessary tu enable the tu to administer it propci ly. llcccher. Men One Would Rather Not Meet. Men who tell stories that run Into one another so that you find it very difficult to get away nt tho end of any ol litem. Men who havo quarreled vlih all their relations. Men who have been betrnyod and sbondotted in iho most heartless manner by all I heir fiicnds, Men who have been persecuted ard swindled by a general cotuplracy ol'cvcry boily. Men who imitate popular actors. Men who aro alwsys asking, "Don', you think so?" Men who aro always "putting a case." Men v. ho agreo with you too much. Men"whofcol iuiliucd to join issue with you there." Jamc T. llrady, I'.sq , in a recent speech on tho propoxed changes in iho lScw York City School Law, said ho was reminded by this proposition lo pass a new school law of Iho wi lds of the rural poet: "I thank tho goJt lb. sun and moon's stuik op so bljh, That iiu 1 iraum tuout band can labo tb.ui from tho If lli.y v.r. not, Mut ilupld s ni n luiutrig an Would tsk.tboin dou aid licit lb wvilu Üb Moil are never placed in such extremes but that there ii a right lo guide them. - ... Hcauty has its privileges. A woman who hna plainness of countenance must not Indulgo in the luxury of plainness of speech. The less a msii makes of hioiHlf, the more of a man he is.

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TJlA58II!tT. . 3a qoar, (IS lla.i,).. las.rtl.a..M..M..f t Oa sqaar., two laiorlloas. m I St Oo. saoaro, tbroo iasortloas. S All sabsoOjO.Bt iai.rtl.M, f .. SS Y5AP.LT. Obo ooIoibb. obaag.ablo o1BrtorlM.M.MM..7S N Tbr.-oartors of a oolaaa S e Oo.-balf of a oolana SS SS Oa.-q.art.r of a iiiliai,,.,., SS SS Oao-olgblk of ovlataa ...... IS SS Traail.at adv.rtU.ta.ou ib.ald la all oasos le paid for la adiaeco. UbI.is a partloalar tlrao Is spHB.d wb.a baadsd tn.adf.rtli.a.ats will b ablib.d aalll or d.r.doot sod .ha'f.d aeeordlagty. t - Too Uttle Recreation tnd too Utile Amusement. The Journal of Cvmnvnct, in an article on places of amusement, ssys: There will alwaya be person who re gard thia world aa a school which ha no play hours, and who look on amusement aa only ao mach time asled that should have been devoted to making money. Dot it ia a comfort to believe that the in fluenco of auch in the community i be' coming lesa and less strong-- circumstance ' which will continue a long aa parent study for Improvement in Iho meuul and physical health of their children. ilusiness and professional uieujtake far loo little recreation and exercise, and, although the bau ia svmehat rcmvvrnl which fT so long waa held over the tlerical profession, some of tie old prejudice remain which forbids recreation, especial ly field sports, to that class. Choa and ' the playing upon musical instrumenta, even the violin, is allowed to Iho minister. Indeed, the canon of proptiety harec)cen so fur infringed aa to allow htm an occasional indulgcnco in tbo unorthodox gamo of checkers but should he appear in a shooting jacket, it is regarded a a thing if not exactly wicked that ia "greatly, tole deprecated on the patt of tho mini Icr." It is to be feared that our national game of ball, which, when first introduced, acemed to bo exactly suited to the purpose forwhich it waa designed, ia fast losing its usefulness. Upon its first introduction, if appesred to be just the thing. Clerks and employers could run out and take a hand at ball; but ita popularity soon defeated ita original aims. Like the game of "cricket" in Kngland, it bss now. become so scientific in it character that only those are willing lo play it who have gone through a regular professional course of training. And it ia fcccoidii.ly not surprising if thoso who can spare uly an , hour or two from the enervating counting, room, full to see the fun of standing up against balls which come iu from the "professional" with (he f orce of a calspulu Accordingly, after having had a finger or (wo broken in tho courso of the season, iho amateur player declare himself out of iractice, and content himself with paying ii dues, which go lo r ay slslwsrt men to make the ploying of the game their bust nets. Our Homes. Aro ihey hsppy? If not, where is the fault! Look well lo yourself. Kxamlne Ibo inmost recesses of your heart, and question it, if, in the daily iuUrcourre of life, you ate governed by a spirit of for benrunco and love tutuid those around you. If a husband, are ton ministering io the happiness of her who has trusted her fate to you? or are you of that clusa (cT whom there are ao many) who think that words of courtesy and kiudness aro wssted at home, but who scatter them without stint on the outer world? And ia it thia samo outer world that will repay this Isv ish expenditure, when misfortunes and sickues touio upou you? Ah, nof it i the faithful wifo who will minister with unwearied devotion, if but sustained by appreciation and luve. You have t elected her from (he world to ahare your joye aud sorrows, aud if in the close companionship of husband aud wife, you discover she lias faults, consider if you are yourself fault!;. Do ' you keep with fiJclity your marriage vows, the breuling of which, although tolerated by Iho usagfB il society, will yet t-ou. up in judgment before the all scurihin eye of (Jod; and when you cross the pt rials of your home, how ran y ou expert to be met with loving words snd smiles, if you bring to it, perhnpa, an .unsteady step, confused brain, and nauseou breath? Think how dip'tutting this vice is, in the sight of a delicato woman. How can she rcsprct and love a man who thu obscures Li judgment, and from whose lips issue words that in hi clearer momenta he acorns to utter. She soon looms to merely tolerate hi presence, snd turns to other sources for happiticn. Thus, love die out; cold tiers and wrrtchcUncs lake it place. How different thi from a true msrrisgf, which ia tho happiest condition of lilo. Listen to Iho words of Lather, whossys: "Theie i no c inpoiiionship so lovely, iki society so sweet, 1.0 communion so f riendly, as a man led lilc, where btisland snd wife dwell together in unity and peace." And again, alter twenty years, be writes: "he ia motu lo ine thu 11 1 date lu hope, so that I would not exchange my povrtty for the liches of I'lu'sus." ThU I what inurnVo should be, if est U earnestly eiidwavorto promote the hoppi ncss of the otl.et; ifentiro conflJ m vxisled, without whiih this hJ pii.css cull not he obtained. A Legal Question. A farmer culled st tho house of s lawyer lo "consult him professionally. "I the squecr st jhom?" ho inqtiiied of the lawyer' lady, who opt nrd the door at hia summons, He ws answcicd negatively. Disappointment shone iu hi face; after a moment's consideration a thought to vived him. Mcbby yvutself can till me as well as the squrcr, sc in' a yrr hi wifo." The lady promised lo do so, if it hearing the natura of the difficulty, sho found it in htr power, and ih fiu rr proceeded to ststo Iho case aa follows: S'poe your war au old white mar, au' I should Lorry you to go lo mill, with a grist on yer buck, an' ye should go no fuiihcr Ihuu Starr Hill, when all at once ye should bulk up and pitch and fsll di wn aud break yer nctk, who'd pay for ye?" , This wu. a question whiili the ulon irhid huly wus unable lo aiwti. .. - KriiTiMi Uli I't'WfH. To have Ihe poultry y mi J profitable, the fowl should not be kept until they sio old. TLvie ia no objection lo pmcixing fnvoiitc mk, aa Ion; a he is active and litety, but ktr sficr Iii reo years will not produce as many r;';; us thocc of one or two ycMis.