Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 14, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 April 1869 — Page 1

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C. II. BINGHAM, Proprietor. 0Z.cs in the National Back Building, (third s(ory.) . , I,. JL TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $2 50 PER YEAU, in abtavce. $3 00 " " IF NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. jj0 posfegs on papers delivered within tbi.-? Connty. TREASURE TROVE. "Don't fret, Jennie lass, you shall have the ear rings, and something over for a frilled, tucker, or whatever you may fanCJ. Come, take your choice, girl." Jennie came slowly forward and rested her hand on her father's shoulder as she glanced listlessly over the wares which the redJlcr spread before her. "Hump! it's not the ear-rings nor the tucker that she's worrying about," observed the mother, glancing up sharply from her inspection of a gay chintz. "She's takior, on about that lad, Frank Duncan, who, neighbor Brunwell told us. is to leave the day alter to-morrow to seek his for.na ni hi savs. ndl hope he'll find it," said thei farmer, "He's a good enough lad, and I'd have nothing against him it' he'd give less time to books and more to work, to make money enough for a wife to iiye on. When young Duncan comes back with five hundred dollars Jennie I'll think better of him; but no daughter of mine shall marry a penniless man." As the faTmtr spoke, he was slowly ana carefully untying a well worn wallet, i.;,.i. i, I,., I t:.len from the upper draw er of an old-fashioned bureau with brass j handles, which stood in a comer cf the large kitchen. From a goodly sized bundle' of notes he selected oneof ten dollars, which he handed to the peddler. 'I've no change,"' ho replied to seme remark of his wife. 'i'hey'ie all tens and twenties ere hundred and twenty-five dollars in all." h idded, in a" tone of sat ! isfaction. "Jckls done a good joo wi A. die c.i' .n .c- , t out we i. vi u rIiaiI Have 11 have somcthin-r better ' than that chintz. Hetty, for ami you too, Jennie, lass. ' The tciJIer's small black Chri-tm-s ; j eves olanced 1 furiiively at the notes as the sin, ihe 1 them out on his knee farmer and jilaccl tl em. "ill re s a hundred, clear, for the bank he ol.-erveil as he tied the wanet securei with his red tape string. "I'll take it to';" LoL'.-insvillo. 1 hudii v. Jinautinie lle'tv. i 1 jut it away in the little box." Mrs. liallet, !epoiied the wallet carefully in a tin hex and replaced the box in the bureau drawer, which she Kicked, Landing t he key on a nail which was in the hack of the bureau itself, Jennie having selected her car rin-s anil a piece of law for a "tucker, ' sat down tu ew the latter on the nick cf her best line ih'laine dress. There was to he a ' at neighbor ISurtwveU that even - i nd a dance i r, mi I though in no (huicinj; uiod,hhe would go, for she knew lii:it Frank lu:ieiii w.ts to bo there, and tliir- would be their last nice "ins; before he h i :iit.d to Seek his loi 'uiie" in the ci'y. l'oor 1 1! it w:;s iier first sorrow; ;ii'd we nil know Low ImmI are suv-h to the voinur, with their helnlessne.-s, their in-! al,t txi-t i itnee. and their icomtice of 1; ie As sfi sat on ti t tie 0! ihe bed sewin: the l;u e on the i lue dress, she looked ml 1 hit vrry sad. Mueh as she loved her pa reiiis. she could not help thinking them cruel and uiilleiing ki this in.-t.mce, when tl.ty must know how dearly she loved Frank, and that she could never, never be happy without bitn. He was so clever, so handsome, so good and they objected to hilt: because he was l-oou! As, if she, or Frank cither, minded poverty! Oh! il' ha had only that five hundred dollars! bow in tt.i wi ri'i could F'rauk" make that enorlt.' 11 SU 1.? hei n . tlei's V.dci f illini; Iier to supper aritM.u her. V i;h countrv hosrit.il!V. II .- d:.n.o ad h t: the u-11 tl c enino looked a iitiic dis.q ( dhir s liotlapp; ei i.iloiii u eime extra uisns meal, and she lintel at the ped j of the good things i set iM iore in 111 . lie seeaie d absent and 1 rest. ess; and derliir mr the proffered niirht' 1 I e i e 1 longing, said he must go "right on" to l.ogatisviiie to-night, in order to meet al frit wit he exi eeted there. 80, af ter joining in a fervent "amen'' to the hosts after grace, and thanking them in a piunsstrain for their hospitality, be shouldered his pack and resumed his journey, from the window Jennie, looking listlessly nut, saw his tall form disappear at 9 hend in the road about a mile distant, and dreamily heard her father's remark ' I don't fancy that stranger. Somehow he don't look like a gen-nu-ine pedler not sharp enough at a bargaining, nt interested enough at bis. business. And then I noticed he never looks vou atr-.g ht in the eve always a bad sign.' "Well. bserved his thrifty wile, "I i Mii't fay I liki ca iiim tne Lest lor easy Pari: :ins. lie dou't make much bv em. tl nougu.juJgiria by the old camlet with its patched elbows and ob ceaf of old fasbined long tails flapping about bis heels cm ren.cn. bcr my grandfather had iust ' i-ueu u('li another. 15ut Jennie, girl, if you're wiig to the bee, its high time to bestir ! cursclf. Why, it's nigh :x o'clock al-1 it wns a still, moonlii-ht summer nioht . , n"',e "allet walked liugeringly along e u:eai! w j-ath, homeward from Farmer 1 11 w e ; i Idngeringly for her hand i as ei; lie was passe ' d in that of Frank Puncan, and j talking to her earnestly, as they under the shadow of the waterwill ows ior paused for a moment ou the j tint;,, i i '- urtuge that spanned the meadow ! crcpV, "l'd do it, Jennie! '('h, frank, don't ''lhcn I promise--yes, Here I promise lju 1 i "',lt until i nave uve ', i io rest day or to t. T iut how will . i O t J ?.lliW OUl l.lLtlt'l. J. . .... ! you got it, ! rank.' ; U'"J 1 know- yet; but I'll find out. a tune." T''ey walked on v 1 v,,.,, avo .itii ie in snence. 1 wish I was rich! ' burst fVoui Duu"an kef ,.' I''onafely. I never cared for i t "'S out i j., n,-,r.. (, Trtlir ,.,!,- nn,l I Jennie. n it t i a"J dollars' ii i nau only oue thou- j A thou. -and dollars, Frank?" o her idea, he might as well have wisher the wealth of ilonte Christo. s not a large bum, Jcuuic Yet five

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hundred dollars would purchase that pret- Love Lightens Labor. ty place near the old church that you ad- A good wife rose from her bed one morn, mire so much, and with another five bun- 1 ,,-A"d ,,?Ionh wlh nervoua dread j j . . i -. 11. - . i t i ul P'es of clothes to be washed, and more dred to stock it and begin with. Oh, Jen- j Than a do.en months to be fed. nie, only think how happy a little tuouey . There's the meals to get for the men in the field could make us!" j And tbe children to fix away "It's no use thinking," said the girl, ! Toschct'"il'"o be skimmed and chumsadly. "And, Frank, you are so given to i And all to be done this Jayl thinking and dreaming, that" she looked ' Ithad raine(1 in the n;4htj aad al, the wood up with a tender, halt-smiie "I'm afraid Was wet as it could be; you'll never set tO work hard enough to There were puddings and pies to bake, besides make even the five hundred." j Al& & her bln, bead "1 11 try, Jennie. .Never have fear of; Throbbed wearily aa Fbe SHid: that." 't maidens but knew what good wires know,

Thev now rPPPrl tho Iintm P f.rn.or ! lonom 01 iarmer !re they paused ' , . 3 r last sentences. Hallett's garden., and there awhile exchanging a few men, WltD. a sad, lingering adieu, they i parted. i It was eleven o'clock Jennie heard the old kitcoen clock .strike as she passed; slowly up the garden walk. She paused at ! the gate, and looked back at the meadow '! with a strange yearning and desolation at ! her heart, lie was gone, and the world ; seemed very dreary to her. She feared it I would never be bright again. So tbe young always think in their first disap- ,. ! pointliient. lurntng at length to open the gate her feet struct something sol't and yielding. ! She looked down and saw some dark object on the ground, nearly hidden beneath tbe low lilac boughs. Taking it up, she saw it was a coat her father's she fancied and with a momentary wonder as to how it should have come there, she went softly into the house, bearinr the raraient i with her. As she stole up stairs to hor she little room she f'meied "Vr. . f!".-"1 ueiUB' i "cue u , , , . , ... .. . i. -. . i acjoiiiing lier jiarents. iMie neard it again as she was retiring, and then a step n :e '',t'J bark stoop; and she locked out oi ner window, i.it;c:et that she saw a ; Was it si'iue one lookirjr for that coat';' Ami turning to where she had mechani iii.-i:. l :i -.

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the ca no !e-lirht. It was not her lathIt w;:8 a jiatched and failed, lonjr i skirted, cam let coat the coat she had seen worn by the peddler that evening. ! "He will come back for it, perhaps,"! thought tbe girl; and she hung it carefully j on a nail in the upper entry closet. j Iut the peddler jmever came back for the lost garment. And it was understood j why, when on Thursdai-, Farmer liallet, j opening the bureau to take oivt his hun-i died dollars for deposit in the Loganville i bank, found the tin I ox and the wallet, safe, but 'he money ail gone. , Search was made for the peddler, but in vain. Xo one had seen a person at all a nriweri t:r his description, unless it was a : us Methodist preacher who had passed '. liuiTie iiy through LiOganville on a journey to the west as missionary to the Indians; 1 to suspect li i 111 would be a shame! -pect i let, some time :i!ter, neighbor Turn ; well, reading in a ci y paper a description of a noted burglar who bad broken out of prison, and for some weeks past had baifled the detectives remarked that be and , the peddler must be cither the same or 1 twin brothers, so exae'ly did the descrip- ! tion t.Ily with the appearance of the ped- j Her. 80 the old coat hung unseen and ' f, rgottcn, in the back entry closet until fail when Mrs. liallet iu her quarterly ; - "cleaning, espied it. "Jennie,'" said she, "I wish you would take that old scarecrow away from here. 1 can't abide tbe si-Jit of it.'' "What shall I do with it, ruotb.c:?" ' Whatever you like. It's yours, I suppose, as you found it, aud nobody will ever claim it." "li's too good to throw away," said Jennie. '-8uppose I take the long skirt and make a petticoat for old Pegu y Hums; it is lined with woolen, and will make her a warm garment for winter,'' j8o Jennie took the 90a t in her room and sat down to 110 and re-fashion the oid garment one iituugjii 01 1 laiifc. uc was always thinking ot bun now and wondered; n-V.ntlinr & ktadIi! Ot; A p L fl tl v A linn, t V ll, 1 11V I 11 e, e t ill v a. v u u died dollars; how it rang in her head. Kip! rip! something stopped the progress of the old scissors in the thick wadding of tbe coat. Tearing it open, she drew out what appeared to be a soiled grcenish rag. It was paper however, and as she unfolded it she saw to her surprise that it was a bank bill another and another followed. Through all the body of tbe old ejuinent were carefully padded those precious bits of paper; ami Jennie liallet, sitting in counted them out hundred d. liars. a little room alone, upon her lap fifteen She kept her secret at leist from family. Hut some days after she rode or iu id.e to Lvgansville on horseback, alone, as wns accustomed to d ; and at the express otlicc deposited a little p-.ckige, addressed to mr.t is Duncan, E: q. And by return mail came an anonymous letter for farmer Ilalkt, enclosing oue. hundred dollars, "to replace the njoney unlawfully taken from him." which inci-, dent set ail the neighbors discoursing uoon the power cf conscience. And be- : f. ra Cbristma? Fiank Duncan made his arnearanee. and boldly asked farmer liallet for the baud of his daughter 1 Jennie; mentioning, in answer to the

farmer's inquiries, that he had "more than j An English Judge, Baron Alderson, on ! ent, but doubted whether he could make Here I swear " I fifteen hundred dollars in hand." The ; being asked to give his opinion as to the ; himself useful either as a clerk or salessweai!"' i next thing was that Mr. Duncan purchased j proper length of a sermon, replied: j man, put the interrogatory to him which

the pretty place near the old chuicli, aud ; tintiicr took ins young onue, wnere uiey ria Sltl : III1V S I I'K ill I' 1 IlfOI'iri " IW - l- i - ge neral 1 y arc. ! Jennie said that her and Frauk had only borrowed tbe mouey, and tha e - tjiv i t o i iiic ui'uti. mm iav that it should bo restored as soon as the ow ner ; appeared. Uut we have as yet heard ; ot no claimant. .New lort euaJaj I Times A new hand in a Boston shop made I terribly rough work in shaving a custom- ! -1 11.1 er. tim When the haggling ended the viesk: "Did you ever shave anybody before?" "Yes. sir." "Ah! did the man livc'i

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hey would be in no haste to wed "Jenn'e what do you think I told Ben Brown?" Called the farmer from the well; Ab(1 a flush crept up to his bronzcd brow, And his eyes half bashfully fell. " this," he said and, coming near, ki;5 h,7 eV.;Tw.: 1:"', the best that you were And tno dearest wife in town!" The farmer went back to the field, and the wife a emiiing and absent way, etnyLr'ar"3 And the j.ain in her head was gone, and the " ces irllYV a,s ? foar?.of "er bread was light, and her butter was sweet And as golden as it eould be. ,.Just tllink lhe ehuJren al, cal!ed in abreath "T, m Wood has run cfi- to seal He wouldn't, I know, if he only had As haj-jiy a home as we." The night came down, and tli g od wife smiled To bi:rself, as she softly said: " 'lis so sweet, to labor for those we love, it's not strange that maids will weii!'' Doa't Stay Late Tc-lTight. The hearth of home ia beaiciug With rays of rosy light; And lovely eyes are gleamiug, As falls the shades oi night; Ai'd while thy gteis are leading The circle nure and bright, A tender voice, half grieing, fcays, "doii't stay late lo-ijight." The world in which thou raovest, Js busy , brave aud wide; The world of her thou levest Is nt the ingle side; She waits for thy warm greeting; T'l'y smile is her delight; Her gentle voice entreating, t?ay, "don't stay late to-night." The world, cold, inhuman, Will fjiurn thee, if thi.u fail; The love of one poor woman Outlasts and shames them a'l; Thy children will ciing around tliee; Let fate be dark or bright; At home no shaft will wound thee, Then, "don't stay late to-night." How Many? A young man asked an old man for his daughter iu marriage. The answer was: "Uo iuto the orchard and biing in a number of apples. (Jive me one half of the whole number, and the mother haif of the balance aud haif an apple over, aud the dauihter one-half of the remainder aud halt an apple, and have one left for yourself without cutting an apple, and have her.'' then if she is willing, vou can He solved the questiou he brino? How many did Strawberries. mere is no lacx ot new varieties ot straw hemes, but the much abused ilti" s Albany remains at tbe head of tbe oi' market varieties, and it is doubtful j ir il ,ose its position until an equally prouueuve variety appears, vuanuiy is the ruling idea among fruit-growers, and so u'"r? as variety 1111s tue measure, 11 will hold its peace. 1. - 1 " ' 1 Inquisitiveness. We have a post-office incident too good

to omit. An up couutry girl stepped to j edly attached to the old warrior aud states the window of the post-ofhoe in a Long'uian.

Island village a lew days since aud asked lor a letter. "To what name?"' was the inquiry. "What name?'1 inquired the damsel in a rage. "You're mighty inquisitive, to be sure!" and out she flounced. Be Courteous. The intercourse of people, of Christian people especially, -should be marked by au easy an a(J easy and O t r:icif i! I conrteousness. sncli . 1 refinement. A courteousness far distant, ou the other baud, from a stiff, punctilious, self-assuming manner, aud from a rude, coarse familiarity on the other. It maybe difficult to determine which of these two is the more offensive to a correct taste. Kveu where there is a close iutiuiacy, and strong mutual confidence, it is better not to aliow the manner and the address to sink iuto vulgar familiarity. Close intimacy and confiding friendship are strength ened and perpetuate! by a reasonable de gree ed uutuji rest.ectiutncss. Conundrums. When George IV. went anglin bird was be iike? A kingfisher. what ; When is an enemy s encampment most I ; likelv to be set Ure to? Wueu the tc cr-3 pirci e h V by is a teller at the bank like a cou 1 , ieir lie hand.es the co u. Why is a state horse heavy? He is lead (led). I Whv is a iailer like a musiciau? lie I fino-ers" the kevs. i Why is money like the whip? It makes j the mare no. I When mav we think a woman is nast re-! covery? When she is speechless. Twenty minutes, with a leaumg to the side ol mercy. . - ' If you had eighty vears to live, how , wou!d you speud it so as to be perfectly j ha,,ry here below?" ask lurnv utrii r.t,ivL" nSKtn ;i r rp c I w ri . . jer and answered it himself: 'The first thirty years as a pretty woman; thirty j eral, aud the rest as a ! mnr,. as a orcat "eneral Li C3 O ' SUOp. A young girl once asked: "Do tell me ! why it is Cupid continues, so long after I the invention of gunpowder, to use . arrows? To avoid the report of fire-arms, which j would attract the jealous," was thj reply. 1

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Whom do Great Wen Marry. Br CHARLES B. STEVENS. AVomen,oT couse. But they show the same diversity of taste that ia seen in the lower ranks, and on the whole make worse mistakes. Thev. however, renenerallv ! show the same sense in choosing wives tnat tliey sliow in managing other peo ,1,.'.. ..jr..: :. t i i j pie's affairs, whether it he good or bad. j John Howard, the great philanthropist, married his nurse. She was altegether be- ! neath him ia social lite and intellectual capacity, and besides this, was fifty-two years old while he was but twenty-five, j He would not take ' No" for an answer, i iti,d they were married, and lived happily together until her death, which occurred

two years afterward. i "What is that?" was the inquiry. I'eter the Great, &f Russia, married a ! "Well sir," said the sergeant, "he has peasant girl. Sbe made an excellent wife never been forgiven." and a sagacious empress, llumbolt mar- ''Forgiven!" said the colonel, surprised ried a .poor girl because he loved her. Uf.at the suggestion. course they were happy. j l'e reflected for a few moments, ordcr-

fchakspeare loved ai.d wed a farmer s daughter. She was faithful to her vows, but we could hardly sa' the same of the bard himself. .Like most great poets, he showed too little discrimination in bestowing his affection on the other sex. iyron married lHiss money to pay his debts, bad shift. . : , - I - M il bank to get It turned cut a Hubert Burns m arried a farm girl with ve while they worked wnom ne leii iu love wnne tnev 1 1 r- h together in the plow-field. He, too, was irrccular in his life, and committed the most serious mistakes in conducting his domestic affairs. iiilton married the daughter of a country squire, but lived with her but a short time. lie was an austere, exacting literary recluse; while she was a rosy, romping country lass that could not eiidure the restraint imposed upon her, and so they separated. Subsequently, however, the returned, and thny iived tolerably happy. Queen Victoria aud l'rince Albert were cousins, and about the only example in the long line of English monarehs Vhereiu the marital vows were sacredly observed a ri il si iii'(ro .i tVw 1 1 1 (ttiw-l-jl Washington married a widow with two children. It is enough to say of her that she was worthy of him, aud that they lived 1 as married folks should, in perfect barmoI ny. John Adams married the daughter j of a Presbyterian clergyman. Iier lather j objected on account of John's being a lawyer; he had a bad opinion of the murals of the profession. J Thomas Jefferson married Mrs. Martha I Skelton, a childless widow, but she brought I him a large fortune iu real estate. Alter i the ceremony site niouuUd the horse be I hind him and they rode home together I It was late in the evenin j the tire out. Uut the and they louuu ;rcat slaiesman j bustled around and rebuilt it, while she 1 seized the broom and oo.i put things in order It is need.ess to say that they were nappy, tnouiin JtiUisou died a poor man on account of las extreme literulitv I aud hospitali'y. i lct:jumin Fianklin married the airl wboood in hi r father's door and lau-h-ej at him as ho wandered through the strects of rhiladelphii with rolls of bread under his arms and his pockets filled with dirty clothes. he had occasion to be happy when she fouuJ herself the wife of such a great and good man. It is generally known that Andrew Jackson married a lady whose husband was stiil living. She was an uneducated but amiable woman, and was most devotJohn C. Calhoun married his cousin, and their children fortunately were neither diseased nor idiotic, but they do evince the talent of tbe great "States' lights" advocate. Kdward Lytton Bulwer, the linglish statesman and novelist, married a gril much his iuferior iu positiou. and got a shrew for a wife. She is now insane. Gen. Sam Houston iived happy with a sil l:MT IV IP willow lairi 1. .in Kill ur vna f . butler .1 - 1 x1 uivorcea iroui an aeconipiisnea laay. Edwin Foirest, the great tragedian, married a beautiful actress, from whom he was divorocd. Gen. Vermont married the daughter of Thomas 11. Benton against ; tbe latter's whsb, which obliged him to ! elope with her on a stormy night. Tbe i union proved a happy one in spile ol the squaiiy beginning, tloraee Grcely married u schoolmistress whose beauty was questionable, but whose sense and good ne.-s satisfied ouo of the greatest ueu of his time. Gen Sherman married the daughter of Thomas Hwing, of Ohio, who was a mem- ; ber of Geu Taylor's cubiuct. Thw Miotic 1 HIS alOtie would have been a ood start in lite lor. , any young man. .leu Uavis, lor HIS tirst , , - ... i wife, won the h.md of Zieiiary Taylor's daughter; and Cc:i. Graut married a Miss , L'eut, 01 ct. jouis. cue apparently nas ... .1 .t - 1 :., ,i .. itieiie senst? iikiii mkmi, u:;u is lueicioie- uor a President's wife. ., , VVhy Don t ou Leam a Trade? This question was pronounced incur hearing, a few days since, to a young man who had been for several months unsue cessfully seeking employment as a clerk or salesma in some of our leading houses . complaining oi uis iu iuck, one oi nis ' friends who knew he had mechanical talwe nave piacea iu me caption ot una arj ticie. xue repiy was, luat, a iraue was not so respectable as a mercantile occupation. C nder tins delusive idea, our stores are crowded with young men who have no i . -. v. ..... . , - 1 the fancied respectability oi aoing notning. . t -. -. r i - .1 waste away their minority upon salaries which can not possibly liquidate their ex penditures. .Late, too late in hie, they discover their error, and before they reach the age of thirty, many of them look with envy upon the thrifty mechanic, whom, in days of their boyhood, they were accustomed to deride. The false views of respectability which prevail iu the fashionable society of

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; the present day, have ruined ihnvsands oi young men, and will ruin thousands moie i ! Tha Poar ' Forgiveness, ! -A soldier, whose regiment lay in a gar riaon towu in England, wae about to le brought before his commanding officer ior some onense. tie whs an old tllt:i;der. and.had been often punished, '-litre he is again," -said the odicer, on his name being mentioned; "everything flogging, disgrace, imprisonment has ben tried upon him.' hereupon the sergeant stepped forward, and apologizing for the liberty he took, said 'There is one thinir which has never been done wuh hun yet. sir. ' i ea ,ne culprit to be ui ought in, and asked hitu what he had to say to the charge ''Nothing, sir," was the reply; "only I am sorry ior what I have done." J urning a kind and pitiful look on the man, who expected nothing else than that h punishment would be increased with !'c of bis offense, the colonel addressed him, saving: x"Veil, we have j resolved to forgive you!" , The soldier was struel k di'tiib with as- ; tonisimient; the tears started in ins eyes, ! aI1(i he wept like a child, lie was humbled to the dust; he thanked his officer and retired to the old refractory. nenrri gible man? No; he was another man from that day forward. He who tells, the story had him for years under bis eye, and a better conducted man never wore tbe Queen s colors. In him kindness bent one v. ho in harshness could not break; he was conquered by mere-, and, forgiven, ever afterward feared to offend. Useful Memoranda. A lint O-l inplien Vitt 1 ft in.ioc ainiro n A ! j -m i ' .1 c j im-iics ueeo win eoiiiuni a oaiiei. or ; bushels, or 10. 752 cubic inche A box 24 inches bv 1G inches souare H inches deep will contain a half j harI nr 01 i.i . r, r,.. ' , . - i,0 :hes square Oiie uoli A box 16 inches by 1G 8 incl and b inches deep will coutain el, or 2150.4 cubic inches. 1 1 .1 : .. t. . - 1 t 1 - , To , "V T l ,: unj iiitiicn ucc) win euntaii nail a bushel, or 1075.2 cubic inches. A box S inches bv S 4 inches souare antl S inches deep will contain one peek, or .:7 G cubic inches. A hex 8 inches by S inches square and 4.2 ineh.es deep will contain half a peek, or 2tic 8 cubic iui-hes. I'llY t likii. lie d. 1 t . 1 1 r i cmiirfl o 11 A , j b i,K.hc9 decp wiiU-uutaiu hall a gallon, , or :liA culiincbes. Size cf squares containing the fractional arts of a 11 acre: Due sixteenth of an acre contains 2722squaie leet, and tne Side ot a square euc.osing thflt :irp; rv-il! l.A ulnmt -"i-' font V inches. One square square ..... ti 1 . r , K 1 1eight of an acre contains 544-j - , , .1 -j r,i 1 feet, ano the side of the enclosing ! , , . r t 1t. . p will be about to leet 10 inches. One quarter of an acre contains 10,890 square feet, and the side of the enclosing square will be about 104 feet d inches. One half of an acre contains 21, 7S0 square feet, and the side of the enclosing square will be about 147 feet 7 inches. One acre contains 43 500 square feet, and the side of the enclosing square is n, . c- ioa r 1 ' Iwo acres contain b . I 20 square feet, ; and the side of the enclosing square is ; about 205 feet 2 inches. - 1 How to Make Hogs Tat. Hogs well fed and kept clean will fat- i ten rapidly. If true economy be consulted, tbe grain will be greund and cooked Hogs have good appetites and a powerful ' digestive apparatus. It is a well known fact that tbe appetita will fail long before tbe bog's ability to digest well is impaired by surfeiting. Though swine in thin flesh fatten very rapidly, fat hogs increase in weight slowly, c-lten greatly to the dis appointment of their feeders. Thi is due 1 usually to the failure of the appetite: and' ! in case we want bogs very fat. we seek to (remedy the difficulty by varying the food and stimulating a desire to eat. in various .b ways, feedin little and often, in order to! 111 u L A lllri O lilfll 'llfl put ft C It llj.ll l-t.w'l Ii'iA A irooil store? v:is latelv told n nt' spvptI 1 it t i-. - i -.i 1 nei-'libors. who. vear alter vear. vied with : .. - . ." . oue anotner in trying to produce tne . J .. I , . - fa v A - i (attest hog, each taking a pig lrom tbe snnia nr:ir or in Kiinip e nrnnff i-iir . - auu ! id i e. n ilii i'iia e'i iijc .tuijic aiKZ auet i size, and doing his best to make it as fat as possible before Christmas. One farm JK i i iii'-in j!i! p h.it t h c trj nut a i fl rvnt , , ,i . i - ii l ' i so thoroughly that his good Iuck coulu: ,i ,ie - i .t Tt 1 not be accounted for as accidental. Ihe, .i I r i nnf t li ioon t r t i n -r ttt ir,.n J 1 ..1 1 .! .1 "c lu veu, I

ed by soma one determined to find out, i c . , - . , , i r- ..!,,.. .-, 1 of bciences that there might be somchmg the discovery was maue tnat jeaiOUsy is o . . ,, . .,. . & 3 ? t i, , "i , .ya , i iu it alter an; and, it so that it would turn grand appetizer for hogs, i-irst, the pet . . , ' ! . . i , , 5 .cm i : ,' i, i -.out to be one of the most wonderful on monster was allowed to uu himseif to ht , . . . . i .- . j it. . , reeora. Answering various objections hearts content, and, wheu bis appetite , . , , . - . . ' . ,- r i u ti' . i,, . which have been made, he reasons thus: was satisfied, a haif starved shoat w as iet . . , . .v. V. -i i ti, r . A' ,? true that M. de C rety is the only oue into the pen by a side door, ine fat one, , . . , . . . , , J , . i , -, - . who witnessed the phenomenon, but he would at once begin to faght it off, and . . , . ' , ., 3 'i r- . i , i was also the only oue whose eves were meanwhile to gorge himself, simply to , f , , , - , c ,- ' .. ' ' fresh, he having been precluued tiom tapreveut the poor squealing victim ot un- , . .' . . - , . r , ... t . , .' 1 . r a ri-1 I tiguing them by the clouds which screensatisfied cravings getting any food. Ilus; r - . CT ,. J .-. ,. , -, c r i, 1 ed the eclipse from view uutil a!:er the was a daily programme, and the result! . : , ! -,u i totality. Moreover, the other obserters. was as stated, ihe fact is worth bearing 3 ' . , , T ' . ... - l i- t :i - as soon as thev had ascertained all tbr

III lUIIHl, lOl III L'lfLiailll JlOii? ll'l CiUIUl-l c r 1 - - j ' tion. or for some reason, we are onen dei - .i i . . . . strous oi fxpeuiiiug ine laiting oiocess. i , - i. ' Aiueucati Agriculturist. .. ; White kid gloves a ionable for full dress e no longer .1, ! (io.ivtlli T.itrllt t yellow, cream or lavender aro the correct "colors," no in vogm. The next style of a bonnet is to he a bead and two inches of ribbon fastened with a hair-pin. The bonnet will be strictly for use, not ornament

L WHULb rsO. 39.

How the Big Debt is Melting Away. From the New York Times. Our civil war closed in .April, lSta,

and had cost us over twenty-three hun- nnm- . f enj.,;ue in - iter would be lancetdred millions of dollars, (S2,3G3, 935,077.) shaped, and mt have the form ul' si ronh-

Durine three years and seven months

since, witn a tnira oi tno union desolated -r.-.'n,v m:y. there! ore. just by war, with all the losses of workiag i have fcpu tht- t..p hrc cu.-h columns hands which the struggle entailed, with issuing lW.ui t-uteis citcoslcd from view, the enormous destruction of capital in ev- (At a distance from the lunar border a ery part of the country, we were still en- j crater eighteen thousand feet high would abled to pay off over six hundred millions! De oat of sight, and just grated by the (SG30,43l,125) of war debts previously i v'Ua' ray- ia this case the three craters due, and reduce our actual debt by over ! are supposed to have be?k cloe together, four hundred and seventy millions, ($170,- j and connected wiih each other. If this 250,640,) and at the same time advance j explanation be correct, we possess in M. over forty-two millions (842.104.000) to ' de Crety's observation the first tidiugs of the Pacific roads, and pay 7,200,000 for a world we shall never sec."

Alaska, besides paying the current expenses of the Government and the inter est on the debt, which alone reached the enormous sum of over one thousand millions of dollars, (81,142,825,411,) or an average of S31S,92S,021 per annum. To accomplish this grand result, there had to e raised from all sources, the immense i sum of over sixteen hundred millions aU..a. j.vuj.ui-; ju imce ) ears and a hall. may fairly challenge the history of tne wond tor such extraordinary produetion of wealth after such a destructive struggle, lo pay ever and above our nilI .1 P ( A AAA Ann ! mense expenses tne sum oi ci i U.uuu ,vvv

annually toward the debt and national j own hands. improvements, is a result that not our ! Mothers arc frequently so nice and parmost sanguine financier could have ex- ticular that they do uot like to gire up peered, aud to find us in three years audi any part of the care of their- children, a half owing 470.000,000 less is some- ! This is a great mistake in their rnana' thing that may well give us confidence as i menf,- for they are often burdened with to the further entire payment of our ob-i labor and need relief. Children should lijzalions. We have struck off neaily all be early taught to make themselves useful; the direet taxes from the manufactures of to assist their parents every way in their

ne country, except uiose on ine manulaciuy; oi i.isiiiieu spirits, lermenieii liquors and tobacco. We have decreased the tax on distilled spirits, and we have suffered under a most inefSeient and dis honest civil service, and yet during the first fiscal year of 1 SliS our receipts from internal revenue were over one hundred .... I .:.. .. : 1 1 : . 'Siin nc- r'ii aim iiiiiei-ooe uiii.ioiis K'i,wi,.)t, , and will for ISC'J amount apparently to; - ovcr one Hundred aud torty-six millions i (vHt',.1 This, however, is less than half what Our receipts were in l?tG, wl)i(.h omounte( ti,cu t0 309,22 Sia : j-jle rece;pts from the tariff are even more i encouraging, amountii g to more than one i hundred and sixty-four millions ("SHU.,; il:!l!l) in TMiSund liPtiir. onlv a hi ! injj off of some iil'teen millions since lri!3. Thev were then ? 1 70,0 14,05 1. Thu, even with the present low figures V.y 1 -1 I r- , , 1 I rt,t-rtn ,m f i, .1 tl.n.t yi.... tainly le advanced fatty per cent, oy a thorough and honest collection of taxes,") we may count on an annua income of three hundred millions. This ouht to be enough to pay a good sum each year on tbe principle of our national debt, and ail the current and reasonable expenses ol cur Government. Mr. McCullocb thinks that our civil service for tbe next ten years ought not to cost us more than 840,000 - 000 per annum, that the expenses of the i W ar Hcpartment should be brought down ' . , , ,. , to ?) 000.000, and those of the navy to , , . , ,. . ' ,, , . 3 . fc-20.t00 000 annually, find tbe interest o , , the whole debt then funded at an average

rate of five per cent., or 123,000,000 per j household dunes, and h ive honored ihcmaunum. tie Ives and their husband-; by so doing. These estimates would leave us ?50. 000.-i Keonotnv. tiisie, skill in cooking, and

,000 a year to pay toward the priiifipal cf ! the debt, and considering that we ba'.e, been paying annually over three times that amount the last three years for the above object, it is not a great burdeu to be put upon tbe nation ' l Lunar Volcanoes. Of the observations of the late grca? eelip.-e we are gradually obtaining some ; into; in ition. The Lotid n S.'nr l.irts Correspondent sends tbe following very in tcresting statement: , "There is some talk just now :n the scientific world here about a strange in-: servarion t!i;J(ie at Aden during the toial i eclipse ol August. l?:h b:t. It ns je.irs. that M.de Cifty, the ohseivcr, th. ugh prevcuied by the state of tbe weather from . seeing the protuberances of the sun, iliscovestd three en the moon, vhich iio one ever dreamt of. They were of a triangular shape, and attached to the moon s limb by : their bjses; they arc further dcsci ibed as! being fainter than the body oi our satellite, j wun,a,'8 luV w" ' ! i . . . l i ... i suniigiii, e'i e;isv; ujasses oi uioiiewi uietai. ; stood very nearly in contact with eiicii OLiiti, eiecupyinirauotii mu lentil paid . I J r i . .i : .. t. ... -i. . i. . ; .of the moon, s circumference, their nititinhr . , . , ' . , ' .. , , Kr., Viont t in tvcpntiPth nirt nf t is I fi r. , , ar diameter. The m;.l.Jle Jiminishcil in beii'lit fnwro5 thp end of the eclipse, the phenomenon hav j ing fiist become visible soon :if:er the to- ! tality had ceased. This extraordinary ob-servr-ttion was poh roobed at the time and , set down as an optical illusion; but aiter a . ,. , , , ' ,,. lapse oi tnree niontns anu a nair, ir. . ,,, k , , V (.1, .11 wanted about , , careless and the protuberunees, Leca-e. . did noc wate-n the r.u.rj ou . , , . . , . . with the same care that thev had bestow- , ... . -,- ea . l0,n lI'e immers o. ..e.ice . may : easi v be conceived tnat iiipv overlooked . . J. . jiect. J his being conceded, the pheiio meuon itself may be explained by the oe . eurrence of a volcanic rlui' l,,t p.jste.ior ..eu..sp.-e..c t we never cao see. 1 he smo.-ce or ashes j ejected from lunar volcanoes would rise j to an enormous height, owing to the ex-j treme teuuity of be moon's atmoij-here,

j TER M S OF A D V E R T I SING. 4 ' ' BRASSIEST.-' ' ' " Doe niror., (TO lie8,)on in,,rria..,... ; Ja (Cfuare, two insertions. .. j -He square, three imerttoBn.. 3 MF i All subdue. i infcrtioon, er square j TKABtf, ! One tsilumii, chagebi qaaj-Uft; AIA f? Tbrre-qaart.rs t f m, column .... . -. One-half ot a column 35 f i One-quarter f a eolumn .... 39 Oae-eiKath of a eolaina li Ofr Transient adTertijemeafj faouid in all eaaai ZZZ i paid for in advatee.

i ,a;'d:,mrr11 rn be e-nuw oered oat and charged aaaurdinslj. wbh h, 'i-i i ihcu '.r could offrr but Tery icm tame: for the same and other n iii h.iiii-al nature, the col-""-'is room. as in tl.f c;i-c of urtestiial erun Girls Should Learn to Keep House. .No young lady can be too well instruct-' ed in anything which will affect the comfort of a family. Whatever position in' society she occupies, she needs a practical knowledge of household duties. She mav be placed in such circumstance tht it of; will not he npcoswr fn(U.ffr, j muen domestic labor; but on this account i she ncerJa no Iobj l-nnnlo.I.r. t1..n F i was obliged to preside personally over the .w v. fcjfcj iivi n ikui:b liiaii t A dug j cooking, stove and pantry. indeed I have thought that it is more difficult to j direet others, and requires more experiencc. than to do the name work with nn power, and to consider it a privilege to do so. , Young people can not realize the im -f ortanei: t a thorough knowledge of housewifery, but those who have suffered ihe inconvenience and mortiGeation of ig n.-rance csn well t pieciaie if. Children should b ould tie enrlv im iii'-ci 111 thnr disnnsi- . - , . . - . . Hon totiakc nd rs pei in-p n t in various ways. It is ofni but a troublesr.n.e help that they afford; st'.H it U a great dvani- ! age to iheu). 1 know a little "iri wfro fit 1 nine years old m:i ! week " during th i tsiKrht her how n, me a loat ot ?reau every o winter. tier mother uch vcast. ss.lt and rlDiir ! to uc at?d s.he became quite an expert Whenever she is dl-r.osed to trr baktr. icr skilj in inaLin s'tr.i-'e (ik?-j or pies, he is peniiitlfd to o!. s... She :s thus 1 while smusing hi-rseif. learnifv an i 11 pr tant lesson. Her mother c;Im l,,-r little ll O II -f : k O T C- T 91. A ..t'r.1!. r..--ttlitw t,.... ,.. rrf.T wn.it is ne-esary f..r the tahl-. hangs the keys by hi r ?de aiul ery musical is the jiiii!iojr to her ears. J think before she is out of hf r teens. nn.ii whicb she h.n not yet entered. 1 hat she will have some idea how to em!:. Some mothers give their daauh'ors ilie care of housekeeping, eueh a week by turns. It stems lo me a good arrange-' inent and a most s-f"ul part of their ed ucation. I'ofncsti.' labor is by all means incompatible with the hthe-r ilo-tw nf : lnei 4. reti . , he u neiu'riit and Mien fai euitui e. M.my or" mont eleg it. t, a t i inplishcd women I 1 have known, have oked well to their neatness o the kiiti.in. have a ercaf deal to do in Mnkinu iile: h-ij-pv and projier ous. 'I he chin in .,t g.H.d housekeeping n iti order, from. my xr, tui(. di-piavd in ttentit.ri ' iUi.lv bin; : -i;, ! th; e ihiugi have a wondciltil ii.f!uM.f e. A dirty fcitclien and l td cooking hirv dfien eii a one from home to .cek romfori u l t,pit e-s soft. e here . one of ..ur ex cellent girls i.re fit t.i le uii.ri.ed itmil they are tboroiiublv i clnrted in ib deep and pr.d'i.'ind niy-v rit of the ki ehen. fl'ifsl ri o. The Vil.Iiiyof Seeds. It i- importance to know how 1 rr-tain ihetr "ermina'inv r.o.r. to rrevent 1 lie towing f:iliy, a well f thor ttf impaired i to avoi.l tKrfiwiiiii way tin e which, tho.-i-jh sfer cars old, are sti'l y..tnl ' be ie refiaoie, a go..i i wi'h wa'er is not red wi'l frequently n a, and that ttl'iifi i had will often siuk. The only sure test c'limfpil riutnf-er i f .--eed in to p ant a pot or box f irdtand keep it in a warm roi m If tliree fouubs gem iuae, the seed may ljt considered of average a good quality. Good for one year Leeks, Onions,pHfsn'ps. Good ftir two years Rean, C'rro pgg-IMants, Okra, Peas, Pepperi, iih-j-barb, Sage, Salisfry Thyme. Ooivl for three yeai s Asparacus, F.' dive. Leitu e Paisley, K idi-li. Spinach. Good for four years I'roecoli, (jabbage, (I'aulifi 'wer. Celery, Turnip. (iood for five r in vear Heef. Cucumber, .lele':i, rampkiu. fqu to. sh, TtfmssTorrtatoes. Mr Jo-ej h S. Willimus, of (in nafftfrtson. New Jersey, wriirs: h is no uncommon yield to fk l.fltlt) biisjids of ' tomatoes from an acre, and that !im bush ; els will pres 4 .'t;i) to 5 Imisj giilon of jniee. w!:ich. if distilleii alte-r Hie proper ingredients art added, with due time t. ! complete fern.t'Sif titn, from 500 to 7(MJ. gallons of proof spirits, whici liave, b-y liiiu-ir dealers not knowing the. liquor, been pronounced new peach braudy, ap vil liriiiiilv I-i t Kn -i m :i iti it ma ul I Q v fi t -niotJ bolh t)f lW ..hiciaa , ,- . , . . ;.. e lll lllll JH'IC-, ntl IIICVC it IV ; liquor which i healthy and uiedie-lr ami m:, wurttt.rult.J ul bwer figures n ;larger itiiri ot ities, and with tenfold the Cfi-iainiy o-t ay other truit spirits, and ItlU-sl 111 llrtiH Oe tin; lilhitt ItsuUI'tfl ln MHiig ojoliol K: womli. Ineie 3s no iT,.rx h li will yie'd :i tHHtiy bushels per aere w,t, s;loe cort.-.iuty, wuU " ' Capital pu nitJtuieu-: oeiog with kis-e . as 111 tit exsmotberel