Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1881 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1881

OUE FARM BUDGET.

How to t'linrn Household Soap : Ins A Xew Urass. Mak Material for Knilars; Water-Crea Winter Faraiine Hard Soap Note, Ktr., Ktr. In How to Churn. Henry r-tewart writes to the liurai ew Yorker: "The temperature of the cream and the velocity of the chum are very important elements in the process of churning. There seems to be a certain amount of agitation needed to troduce the butter at a normal temperature, which I place at sixty degrees; .... . . . ... and this requisite agitation is enecieu Dy mating sixty revolutions or strokes of the chum for twenty to thirty minutes. The effect uron the cream of this amount of agitation and aeration seeni to be precisely that which is required to produce the best quality of butter from cream that has under gone the necessary amount of ripening. This ripening process is effected by keeping the cream for forty-eight hours, on the average; ttfat is to say, if the cream has been 72 hours, ortliree days, in collecting, or there have been three skimmings, its condition will be equivalent to that of cream of one skimming which has been kept forty-eight hours. The cream should have been gathered from milk that has been set no longer than thirtysix hours. If cream in a small dairy can not be churned twice a week, being kept only three days, it should be kept at a lower temperature, not exceeding forty-five degrees, until twenty-four hours before churning, when it should be raised to a temperature of Mxty degrees for a whole day and night before'it is put in the churn. As this Ioint is very important, it may be well to repeat the rule in this case, viz.: Cream should be skimmed after the milk has been set thirty-six hours; it should be kept fortyeight hurs before churning, at a temperature of lifty-five to sixty degrees; it should go into th"churn at sixty degrees; It should be churned at least twenty niinutcs,and not more than thirty, the churn moving about sixty stroke of turns in the minute. This rule is subject to such changes only a3 will equalize the eflect; for instance, if the temperature is lower than to IU0, the 4'hurn may be moved more slowly; and if the cream is colder, the motion may be more rapid. When there is cream enough for a daily churning of six pounds only, it is better to churn daily, and for this reason, yiz.: when the conditions are always the same the butter will al way be of ttie same quality. There are two good qualifications for a dairymanone is to be able to make good butter; the other is to make good butter always, and to have no variation in the quality at any time or season. There is a French proverb to the eflect that when one excuses, he accuses himself. This is true of the dairy man j or woman, and if he or she e.er needs to excuse the inferior quality of the butter, there has been some fault committed. When the butter appears in the churn in small grains or pellets the churning should stop. One can very soon learn to recognize the sound made by the churn when butter has come; yet it is well to have some other guide, and this is easily secured by fitting a piece of plate glass in thecoverof the churn. When the butter has come the glass will become very near clear, and the small fragments of butter may be seen upon it. Wver-ehur.-'.ing has theetl'ectof injuringthetexturc of the butter and changing the waxy, almost crystalline appearance into a soft, greasy one. When the butter is in the best condition after churning, it apiears as amass of small granules loosely adhering together, but which easily fall apart when floated in cold water. The.se granules are no larger than the capsules of beet seed, and many of them are not more than' half or a quarter as larp. and when some cold water is poured into the churn to harden them they are kept separate and do not adhere in a niAss. Butter of this form is better made in the rectangular or other dashless churns than in those witli dashers, because the granules are not crushed, pressed, or rubbed, when there is no dasher wed. The great advantage of this form of butter is that it can be completely freest from buttermilk, and can be washed, salted, and packed into pails or iut'3. or iiuaue iiilu trs, uuuui any turning.When the buttermilk is drawn off, a small hand-strainer should be used to catch any of the small fragments that may run ofl" with the milk. After the milk is run otl", cold water is put into the churn until the butter floats; the churn is slightly moved to bring th water into contact with all the butter, and the water is drawn otl. This is repeated until the water comes off perfectly clear, when the butter is ready for salting. This may be done in the rotary churn without removing the butter, as the butter and salt may be thoroughly mixed by giving a few turns to the churn. hen other hurns are used, the butter is lifted out with the ladle it should never be touch by hand into the bowl or butter-worker, and mixed with thesalt in the usual manner. Household Soap Making. Mr. W. Menzies gives in the Chemist and Druggist the following practical recij for making soap without boiling: Take exactly ten ounUs of double refined !w per cent, caustic soda powder ((Jreenbank), put in .any can or jar with forty five pounds (four tnd a half gallons) of water, stir it once or twice, when it will dissolve immediately .and become quite hot; let it stand until the lye thus made is cold. "Weigh oat and place in any convenient vessel for mixing exactly seventy-five pounds of clean grease, tallow or oil (not mineral oil). If grease or tallow be used, melt it slowly over the lire until it is liquid and just warm say, temperature not over 100 Fahrenheit. If oil be used, no heating is required. Tour the lye slowly into the melted grease or oil in a small stream continuously, at the same time stirring with a Hat wooden stirrer about three inches broad; continue gently stirring until the lye and grease are thoroughly combined and in appearance like honey. I)o not stir too long or the mixture will separate itself again. The time required varies somewhat with the weather and the kind of tallow, grease or oil used; from fifteen to twenty minutes will be enough. When the mixing is completed, pour off the liquid soap into an old square box for a mould sufficiently large to hold it, previously dampening the sides with water, so as to prevent the soap sticking. Wrap up the box well with old blankets, or, better still, put it in a warm place until the next day, when the box will contain a block of 130 pounds of soan. which can afterward be cut up with a wire. Remember the chief points in the above directions, which must be exactly followed. The lye must be allowed to cool. If melted tallow or grease be used it must not be more than warm. The exact weight of double refined OS percent, powdered . caustic soda and tallow or oil must be taken; also the lye must be stirred into the grease, not grease or oil added to the lye. If the grease or tallow used be not clean or contains alt. it must be "rendered," or purified, previous to use. that is to say, boiled with water and allowed to become hard again to throw out the impurities. Any salt plesent will spoil the whole operation entirely, but discolored or rancia grease or tallow is just as good as Iresh for soap-making purposes. If the soap turn out sticky and uneven it has not been thoroughly mixed. If very sharp to the taste too much soda has been taken. If soft, mild and greasy, too little joda has been ued. In either case it must be thrown into a pan and brought to a boil with a little more water., In the first case boiling is all that is necessary; in the other instance a Tery little oil or a -very little

more of the double-refined powdered caustic soda must Ie added to the water. These things will never happen, however, if the directions are . exactly followed; and after the soap has been made several times with the experience thus gained the process is extremely easy, and the result will be always a good batch of soap. Beef tallow makes the hardest soap, mutton fat a rather soft soap; of oils,' cotton seed is the cheapest and best, but the soap is much softer, lathering very freely indeed. Ordinary household fat or dripping will make a nice soap, and in many cases can be obtained at atritling cost aiid in exchange for goods sold. Such grease, however, must be carefully examined for salt, which it often contains. It will be evident that any smaller quantity of soap can be made at a time, according to the above directions, by taking the ingredients in exact proportion. It is not advisable to make more than double the quantity prescribed, as it is difficult to work more by hand. Material for Knallarge.

The first materials converted into ensilarge in France, where the silo was introduced. were beet leaves and the leaves and tender branches of crane vines, tkxrn afterward the puln of beets, from which the sugar had been extracted, alfalfa and maize, or Indian corn, were added to the list of materals to be preserved. On the introduction of the silo into this country, the immature stalks and leaves of corn produced by sowing the seed broadcast or In drills, were employed for filling it. This was in Maryland, where corn produces a heavy crop, but where the growth of grass is not generally large. A fashion once set is likely to become general in agriculture as in anything else. Asa consequence, corn fodder has generally been employed for filling ti e silos that have Wen erected in other parts of the country. There are several good reasons why corn should be employed for this purpose. The yield in most parts of the country is large. The expense of harvesting it is slight, while the labor of handling it is comparatively small. It is, withal, a very fair article of stock food. There, are many ortions of the country, however, where corn can not be successfully produced, but where excellent crops of other good forage can be raised. In them other material than corn will be wanted for tilling silos. In any part of the country it is desirable to preserve more than one kind of food, so as to have a change of diet for stock. With little doubt Hungarian could le employed to excellent advantage. The principaf object ion to its use when drv is the dust that accumulates on it during the process of curing and gathering. I?y preserving it in its green state, all objections to its use would be removed. This crop mav be sown soon enough to have it sufficiently mature for cutting after a crop of w inter grain or early potatoes lias been harvested. It matures quicker than almost any field crop, and the yield is very large. There is often much trouble in curing red clover on account of its heavy growth, or the fqucncy of heavy rains at the season when it should be cut. On these accounts it would be well to preserve it in a silo. That cabbages would be admirable for preservation in a silo is evident, since sour krout is but an ancient form of ensilarge. A New lira. K.pry season new varieties of potatoes, corn, wheat and other small grains are introduced and distributed throughout the country. Most of them sell for verv high prices, end some of them prove to beof great value. ow, although grass is by far the most valuable crop produced in the coiintry, new varieties are rarely introduced from foreign countries, and no pains taken to cultivate those found growing wild in the distant territories. Timothy is the fashionable grass, largely for the reason that it is easy to cut and cure it. There are, however, ninny objections to it, the chief of which is its tendency to run out very quickly when once introduced. Most of the grasses introduced from Kngland do not succeed well here on account of our frequent droutlis. The Battle Creek (Mich.) Orange of the Vatrons of Husbandry calls attention to a new variety of grass called "Evergreen," and cultivated by one of its members. A C'onimittee appointed to examine it and decide on its merits, made the following reportr "Your Committee, to whom was assigned the duty of examining the new variety of grass which is being introduced by Brother Caine, would most respectfully report that they have examined it carefully and are very favorably impressed, and believe it to be a valuable acquisition to-our list of Held grasses. Your Committee would recommend that it be generally introduced and thoroughly tested under all conditions, tlat its exact value may be fully known. At the date of our visit (May 5), we found it growing on the farm of Brother Caine, and elsewhere in the vicinity, standing from four to ten inches in hight, and the roots extending into the subsoil two feet and upward. It appears to bo perfectly hardy, having withstood two winters without protection under unfavorable circumstances. We believe there will be no trouble in eradicating it as we saw sods, turned in Octoherlast, which showed no sijjns of life at the time of our visit, although tliey had not been moved this spring. Your Committee would especially recommend it for light soils, or those which are subject to 'wash or 'gulley with heavy rains, as the roots form such a com pact mass in the soil as to render injury from this cause almost impossible. Paraffin ns a Wood Preserver. A German chemist, Dr. Schal, has estab lished the useful fact that wood im pregnated with parafline is preserved from rot. where it is exposed, to the decaying action of damp, acid, and alka line lyes, o-xlen ves.sels which become totally rotten in two months last for two years when impregnated with parafline. The preparation of the wood is clieeted by drying it in warm air for three weeks, then steeped in melted parathiiR to which has been added some petroleum ether or sut phuret of carbon. In preparing this bath great care must, however, be exercised, owing to the inflammability of its ingredients. To prevent the parafline from escaping from the pores, the wood should be coated with oil varnish or soluble glass. washed after drying with with diluted hydrochloric acid. The silicic acid thus formed clogs up the pores from the outside. and protects the iarafline from the action of water. 1 71 ratline, melted with equal parts ot iinseeü or rupeseed oil, is also, according to Dr. Schal, useful forcoatiig iron vessels. which in chemical manufactories, are other wise very liable to rust. Water Cresne in Winter. The Gardener's Magazine thinks that many of the writers in the horticultural papers do not know that frost kills water cresses. The delectable Nasturtium officin ale is proerly classed as a hardy plant, for it takes care of itself as a weed, and who. therefore, shall accuse it of tenderness? Where cresses are fast rooted and nourishing in a brook or any other water.it will be found that after a coat of stout ice has been formed the erop is gone entirely. That is to say, all the succulent leafy stems that might1? have been cut before the frost came have been destroyed by ordinary freezing, if only to the extent of about seven to ten degrees. It follows, therefore, that to pre serve cresses for winter use anywhere A. . 1 . . 111 out oi aoors sneiier ot some kind is necessary. There are many ways of doing this. It is not unusual for the market growers to let in a Hood of fresh water when a sharp frost is exacted. This covers the plants, and the ice is formed ao far above them that they escape its effects. Another plan is to lay planks or tree loppings over the bed, and rough contrivances of this kind will carry a crop through a moderate frost, but a continued and severe frost will find its way through such penetrable stuff. Where it happens to be convenient, a frame is the best protection, nd those who have to supply the table plentifully in winter would do well to arrange their plans with a view to the use of frames ultimately. That many who shoulä know do not know that

frost is destructive in its ellects on cresses is

not surprising, because hitherto the subject has but rarely obtained any special atten tion. Hard Soap by a Cold ProeeM. . Mr. R. F. Fairthorn, Ph. IX, has contrib uted the fellowing recipe to the Druggists Circular: A good hard soap can be easily produced if four pounds of olive or sweet almond oil mixed with two pounds of soda lye, or the strength of W Baunie. are stirred until of the consistence of thick paste, when it should be poured into molds, covered by several folds of muslin, and kept in a warm room fcr twenty hours. By this treatment the process of saponification, or union of the acids in the oils with the alkali, is complete. When these materials are first mixed the temperature of the mass rises, and in order to effect the entire union of ingredients so as to form the compound called soap, it is necessary that the heat thus generated chould be maintained for some time, hence the necessity for covering the molds and keeping them in a warm room. lie has found that it is desirable to use oil that is slightly rancid, or, if free from rancidity, to add about 10 per cent, of oil that has become so Oil that is jierfectly sweet requires two or three days to effect saponification. New Milking Stool. The seat or stool carries a support for the pail, and is provided with a circular guard rail for retaining the pail in its position. There are two nurtures in the seat, forming a handle by means of which it may be easily carried. The (tail .support is pivoted and is capable of moving up or down to accommodate itself to inequalities in the ground surface. Farm Notes. White flowers are generally more agreeably fragrant than colored ones. You may enlarge your pinks bj watering them with a weak solution of nitre. The sheep and wool interest of Michigan was never in better condition that at present. Deciduous trees are those whose leaves fall off every year, as opposed to the ever greens. Winter is the time to thoroughly repair all tools, plows, reaping machines, cultivators, and the like. The Thawville (111.) Creamery, in Iroquois ouniy, recently paiu a uiviaena oi u per cent, on its capital stock. A Mr. Cox, near Battle Creek, Mich., re cently slaughtered a three-year-old heifer which, when dressed, weighed 817 pounds. The French Academy has lately discov ered that some plants are as sensitive to the effects of chloroform as animals are. It is said that if sod land" is plowed iust before t lie corn is planted the worms. will feed upon the sod and not injure the corn. Ten millions of cattle are annually slaughtered in this country to supply the home demand for meat, which is valued at $400,000,000. The Courrier de San Francisco speaks of three vines near Sonoma, Cal., twenty years of age. eacli of which yielded this year 150 pounds of grapes. In midwinter, when the weather is cold, corn is the best feed for promoting plumpness and warmth in horses. Oats constitute the best muscle-producing food. An Oregon farmer made considerable syrup from watermelons last year. The melons were run through a cider mill and the juice strained and boiled down. Two or three acres of corn will supply a Western family with a winter's fuel. The same corn sold and turned into wood or coal would not supply fuel for a month. The rejeated application to copper or brass of alternate wastes of diluted acetic acid and exposure to the fumes of ammonia will give a very antique-looking green bronze. It should never be forgotten that rich cattle food make rieh manure, and rich manure heavy crop, while, on the other and, poor feed means lean cattle, poor ma nure and inferior crop. The average yield of corn is less than onehalf of the iossibJe yield. When we think how little the second half of 100 bushels of corn costs per acre, the profit of growing such a crop becomes apparent. By striking young verbena plants early n autumn, ana putting them hrst into small pots and then into larger as soon as tlroots have reIed the sides, and keeping them in vigorous .growth, pinching back the leading shoots and nipping off every Mower head, the verbenas may be made to bloom in the window ull winter. Kvery rose will not come from the slin. Of the three- great divisions into which the rose family is separated, viz., the d:uuask, the noisette-and the tea, the last two isay be propagated with more or less readiness from the slip, or by budding; the first cily by dividing the roots and Ranting the seed. which latter method is resorted to, Lowever, oniywncR it is uesirecl to ob tarn new va rieties. Few progressive agriculturists i America have not heard of J. J. MechiKof Tiptree Hall, near London, Kngland. Fbr nearly or quite a generation of men this enterprising larnier lias cultivated a large varnf on regu lar high scientific farming principles, and has always found profit as well as great pleasure in so doing. The rcent reverses which have befallen so many English farm ers bore heavily on him also and his bank ruptcy, wbich was occasioned by bad crops and reverses in ins business as a line cutler, which he still kept up in London, utterly overwhelmed him, and wre the cause of his recent death. His sad en! will be heard of with regret by a hct of sympathizing Inends this side of the Atlantic. Judize Davenport, cS Montana Territory purchased 1,000 ewes, which cost him about' $.1,000. He put th es in charge of a young man, who was to tata them on to a range. take all the care of them, pay all of the ex penses of the band and to receive as Iiis share one-half of ihe wool produced and one half of the increase of the hock. At the end of four years a settlement was to be made, ana Judge Davenport was then to receive back 1,00) of the best ewes which the band contained. When the settlement was made, Jndtre Davenoort had received for his share of the proceeds of the wool $ti,.V)0 and for his share of the increase ssOOC lhe profits on the investment of $3,000 for four vears wer $14,500, or 120?4 per cent, per annum. Women as Drummer. "Why couldn't respectable, intelligent women sell goods by sample a well as men?" asks a correspondent. 'It wouldn't be any harder work to go from town to town with samples than to stand behind a counter or run a sewing machine." But what lady would endure to be called a drummer? What lady would travel all night after working all day? What lady would swagger around hotel bar-rooms "telline: anecdotes of her various love affairs? What lady, on meeting a rival drummer, would sjx-nd two hours in trying to Dump him as to his proposed route and then skip a city to cut into his trade? What lady, after being kicked out of one establishment for her persistence, would pick herself up cheerfully aiyl skip into another? The Project for Dividing Texas Does not rest entirely with the Legislature of that State, a the Chicago Tribune shows, quoting this paragraph from the act under which Texas was admitted : "New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the Territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution." These "provisions of the Constitution" are that they 'may be admitt by the Congres Into Ulla Vnion."

THOMAS CORWIN.

Anecdotes of th Once YTldelj-Known Ohio Statesman. HowaWreatllng.aiateb. Canned a Chans la Ilia Life Career III Keadineaa of Repartee on the Stump Knowledge of the Scripture. Cleveland Letter to the Chicago Tribune,! About thirty miles northeast from Cin cinnati, in the midst of that beautiful and inexhaustablv-fertile region lying between the two Miami Rivers, is situated the an cient village of Lebanon, the County seat of Warren County, Ohio, and THE OLD HOME OF THE 'CORWINS. Matthias Corwin, Sr., was one of the first settlers of this region, having removed from Bourbon County, Kentucky, and settled on a farm near Lebanon, in the year 1798. Thomas was then four years old. The Corwin family, of which this is the principal ranch, are of Hungarian descent, and immigrated to the American Colonies early in the eighteenth century. They trace their lineage back to Matthias Corvieus, and Matthias has always been a favorite name in the family. Thomas' father was a firm believer In the theory of primogeniture, and carried his opinions so tar as to hold that the elder children are superior in intellect to the younger, and should have, provided there be no inheritance, at least the choice of professions. II concluded that his first-born eon, whom he christened Matthias, was intended for the ministry, and to this calling dedicated him, Next came Jesse, who showed what the father considered traits wbich would fit him for a practitioner at the Bar, and he w as accordingly placed in training for his profession. Thomas, the third son, was robust and muscular, jovial, fond of a joke. and withal had early developed a liking for a team. The elder Corwin thought it required no great power of discernment to discover that THOMAS WAS INTENDED FOR THE FARM. So far as is now known, this decision wa6 for a time satisfactory. Thomas' content ment, however did xot long continue. In referring to tho experiences of this time, he 6aid to his son: "This decision of father's used to trouble me much in secret. I remember especially thinking over the subject a good deal one season, as I plowed corn in the Qelds. 4 Will this be my work for life? I would think. Is it possible that I am to know nothing of books or literature, while my brothers leave me in the racei" And, as i so thought THE TEARS WOULD START involuntarily to my eyes. But this was al ways in the high corn, and 1 would brush them away, so that, when I reached the end of the rjw, my face was bright and happy, and nothing ot my inmost thoughts were known to mv father." Matthias, the vounger, had been supplied with hooks for his prenaratorv studies: and .. i i i these, by the light of the sugar-camp fire by night and during all leisure hours, Iho jias used to such good advantage that he was greatly profited when the harder struggle tor systematical self-education came- in ma tu re r years. At length a fortuitous circumstance turned the whole course of his life. IL had reached the age of seventeen, and was nearly full-grown. On a certain occasion, when there was somewhat of a public gathering, as usual Tom was brought out as the- cham pion wreptler, and was matched against a man much his superior in physical strength. After two trials, in which Tom had been equally successful with his antagonist, the rubber" came which was to decide the con test. At length Tom was, by forae of sheer muscular power, crowded down with groat violence upon one knee in such, a manner as to split the cap, and from that moment to the end of his life was a cripple. TUE CAMPAIGN OF IÖ4U was the one in which Cor wis..' a powers a a stumr orator manifested themselves to their fullest extent. It was a great popular uprising, and he was everywhere the hero- of the hour. On one occasion, when ha was engaged in speaking to a 1 irge crowdv he was interrupted several times by an impa tient little man, who iru tenor voice- de. manded, "bpeak a little louder, ilr-, Corwin T' Finally the speaker stopped, and. looking with the peculiar quizzical expres sion which was a charsacteristic of toe man, began to stretch himself up to his fullest height, and bend his head in every direction, as though endeavorisg to see a very diminutive individual At length, hla eves re mained fixed, ard he said, in the loudest, most resonant tonof which his- lemir kable voice was capable 'Fellow-dizecf In that great day when the heavens shpjl be rolled together like a scroll when (Gabriel, standi&g with one foot upon the 3ea and tho ciher upon the solid land, shejl say in trurap-t tones that time shall be ao more soma squ aky-voiced Democrat, avay over in tha outskirts of the crowd, will 11 out, with, what little force he poesessg, 'Speak a little louder, Mr. Gabriel 1' ' This iniident recalls the fact that M.j Corwin vn&s A STUDENT OF IMS SCRUTCRKS in early life, and d&llghted ever in. lis speeebfe) to draw illustrations from t4m. He was a strong supporter of Linco'n for the Residency, and was a delegate the Chkago Conventica. On the returs. trip twyoung men we? sitting in the car-seat d'urectly in front cS him, engaged in talking alout the nomination which had jst been announced. Thay considered tho, choice of the Convention a mistake. The idea," said one, 4that th, people of this country roast go out into tL backwoods of Illinois and take up an unkrvawn, thirdrate lawyer tar such a position, as this!" 0 well, ie will probably 1 defeated anv way," said the other. ''If h- were much o f a man he -would not be so pccr. A man wh can't make money is a po one to take for the Presidency." Mr. Cfcrwin could nek longer hear s ch sentimts in silence. you will ex.iuse me," &e began, "I oncfc read in a very old book, of a very resarkablo perse age, the most remarkably perhaps who ever lived. But on o le occasion this personage roda into Jerusalem onthe bare back of an n&s b&cause he hadn't money enough to buy a horse and saddle. Yet the people received him with honor ar.d welc&Bae shouts, and he has often been called gttat. Ther may be more in this Illinou lawyer ttiao yoü think." To illustrate Corwin's manner of HANDLING A TROUBLESOME icE.HTIONF.R, no better anecdote can be recalled than the following: He had only got well started in his speech at a certain place, when some one began to ply questions. For a time they were answered with care, notwithstanding the cries that were made of "pr.t him outl" etc. "No don't put him outl' said the orator, "I am glad to answer questions.'1 But they came thicker and faster, and there seemed to be no likelihood of a cessation. Finally Corwin said, iQ hia confidential

tone: "Now, my dear old friend, I wish you wouldn't ask any more questions at present for you see I am in a great hurry. I have a good many people to talk to, and they want to hear what I have to say. J Jut I know where you live; and, if you will keep still now, when the campaign is over I will remember you, and come up and stay all night with you, and we will sleep together and talk it all over." IN His PRIVATE AND SOCIAL LIFK. Mr. Corwin was no less peculiar and unique than in his public career. He was passionately fond of his family and friends, being ever willing to make any sacrifice for their sake. The love which he cherished for his three daughters was go intense that it partook of the form of jealousy when they began to be courted by the admiring young men of the vicinity. At the marriage of his oldest daughter, Eva, to Mr. George K. Sage, a young lawyer of Cincinnati, Corwin manifested so' much feeling that the occasion partook more of the aspect of a funeral than of a wedding. During the ceremony he shed tears, and at the supper, after a prolonged and solemn silence, he buddenly broke cut: "Now, I want it distinctly understood that this thing is never going to happen again in this house. There will never be another

wedding here. I will get a nijreer six feet tall, and give him a pole ten feet long, and post him at the front door, and instruct hirn to KNOCK ANY Y0USO MAX IX THE 11 BAD. who comes to see my daughters." Ueneral liarfleld relates that, shortly Deiore uorwin's death, when he returned to V ashington from a living visit to Lebanon to attend the marriage of his youngest daughter, he referred to this" marriage of tva, ana said that he shut himself up in his room for three or four days before it occurred, and could not be persuaded to take any part in the preparations, and only on the most earnest solicitation did he come down, to witness the ceremony. lie said: ,4I could not endure the thought of my dauchtcr loving another man better than myself; and yet she married a noble fellow. And now the old feeling has returned. I tell you I had a horrible time of it until the ceremony was over." As would be supposed, Mr. Corwin, was FOND OF FA MILT GATHERINGS and associations of friends. A cousin relates, as his earliest remembrance of him, that he was at the house of his grandmothe? at a Thanksgiving party. Among the guests was a Baptist preacher, a collateral relative, who, in the most solemn manner, began to belabor Mr. Corwin for not attend irnr Church more regularly. The latter listened seriously to the close of the exportation, and then said: "I know I don't attend Church as regularly as I ought, but the fart i 1 - . nave conscientious scrupies agamic co'flc on Sunday. My Bible commands me to remember the Sabbath day and keep it Vly, and observe it as a day of rest. Now, if I go to meeting I break this command. If you will appoint some day during the week and preach then, vIwill every. tim be in my pew and listen attentively-to whai you have to say, But, when you. insist upon fetting a living by work upon a holy day, can not contribute to the sin.'. When Cowin's only son,. Dr.. "William II. Corwin, was attending College ai Dennison University, his teacher-- complained that be set up too late nights, and they were afraid he would injure himself with over mental exertion. Th statesman WROTE ON THIS OCCASION- AS-FCS.L0W8: My Son I am informed that you are seriously injuring your health by. study. Very few young men nowadays are likely to be injured in this way; and; all I have to saj to you is, that, should you kill yourself by study, it would givo- me great pleasure to attend your funeral.' A feature of Mr.. Corwin.' character which should not be overlooked was his sympathy with struggling youngmen. He assisted many a boy to a. good education, and his law office at Lebanon was constantly filled with students. Many ot these at tained eminence in. their, profession, annow relate with pride reminiscences of the kindness and humor of thein-old tutor. Judge K, of Illinois, who-'ioasts of some Indian blood in his veins while a law student in an Ohio town wont some distance one autumn clay to hear the orator. lie found Mr. Corwin in the oJSce of the hotel, as usual surrounded by friends who ware listening to his conversation. The young man notice i-that he attracted Mr. Corviin's attention, uid was somewhat embarrassed But he had no time to rMreat, for the latter, breaking off abruptly and uncovering his head, saicbto him: "HERS, TAJUI MY HATl" The jung man stammered out a question in regard to what lliaA was for. "Because you are a blacker ma:, than I am," eaid Mr. Corwüia. Ur,on learning. tb t the young man was in somewhat straitened circumstances. Mr. Corwin invitid him to entar his law.r-off-te at Lebanon; and, upon tha invitation be'jng accepted, ,t)he young man was assisted tljough to the e ad of hi studio. Jmt before sailing from Mesico he wpfci r9 characteristic letter to his jousin, Robert Ö. Corwh.of. Diytoa, 0., riich, togcir with some v. J.. contained i good truth, and had a somber strain clear throub it. He said that he complishedi ill that could sow be deaj of rucking htt a5-da-a in bis missioa and was noo: to return iVhen he arrived in the Uniteu States, ha. should want EOTfething to do. lie had some skill in 3011th in imparling knowing, and would 3ggest that a country schoS be obtained. him. Butfc.incase he iiiuould die beforcte arrived hce, he requited that NO COSTIf MONCMT.Ä.(r be pUtced over his irave. He desired tc- bv burled in Lcbano; and 8Ugcc,eJ the foViovfc ' - - . . V . V . i I idj- juscripticn ltj iiu toinoB)-: T juWMAS COKVK Boa :t 29, 1791; Dearly tx-loTvi ly hia fairly; nDieraa'iv ie. pied by r-n.jrats; useful ;iiü only to X.'Vi'M and pretended frieuds. rU or the XffyJJM House. If any ce thinks Jie PresideKi Jthe United .vtates has p,easy life, fay a correspondent of The Philadelphia Tpccjrd, let him tf&ft an hour'.1, sitting in , thfete-room of the 3oond floewvof the WhiU Rouse, or, what.' ia better. & the Prcsi0lQ4i Room, whet tho movysata of His Excellency can be Vtter observed Mr. Ha3. ao&tles down to ikusinesa at. b o'clock eac rabrning, and f Km then vatil noon his open to call$.j Rom benautfs and Kepresentyjves, Cabinet Ministers and foreign rwepreaftntativos. 3) ha? no opportunity to 50 through his vftil in the raurnlnjr, that cUty being intrusted, to a confidential clerk i the, office of Frigate Secretary Höge, who opens the letter, notes tho contents, and aborts then, A Senator calls and roquesU the IVeaident to appoint a certain manas Collector of the Tort, and goes on to give his reasons. The President smiles and promise to gire the subject his earnest attention; is glad the Senator called, and the latter departs satisfied that his "influence" ha, been felt. Scarcely has he left when in -walks a member of the opposing faction, -whoaski for the place of his friend. Then ther are more smiles and promises of consideration, and the Repreeen tative also strut oat feeliust that he

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in g both men read in the papers that Borne one else probably a man they never heard of has carried off the prize. This is what has soured the politicians on Mr. Ilayes, and is what Andy Johnson would

nave termea -my policy. A. silent spec tator, studying me visitors, recently counted five Southern Democratic Representatives to every one Northern Republican who called on the President. hue all this has been going on inside, the ante-room has been filling rapidly with people who have no "influence" notably young married couples on their wedding tours all waiting for a chance to pay their respects to the President. "Word is sent inside. Ilia Excellency takes a position in tho center of the room, and the crowd surges in and shakes hands with the Chief Magistrate, It is the plain pump-handle ceremony, with smiling variation;. Then the folks pas out to go to their homes, and tell how they shook hands and spoke to a real live x'resiaent. i nese mile daily receptons are events in the lives of thousands. Mr. Ilayes takes great pleasure is them, and gives each person such a cordial grasp of the hand that you feel as if he had known you personally for some years. The President b overrun with visitors. Some come to borrow money, and others to seek his aid in the procuring of pensions for them. ot a few call and request mm to give them positions in the Treasury Department or some other bert! they have singled cut. And the amusing part is that many of these people think the President has nothing to do but to say "yes and their salaries will begin at that moment. One of the most uunous visitors is an old woman who comes to Washington once a year regularly from- .ilain e. She has the idea in her head that she owns the whole United States. The deluded creature brings an armful of papers old deeds and takes a seat in the waiting-rooi. Here she goes ! over the documents and prepares them so that the President an- sign them. She de clares she has been c boated out of her rights, and that as soon as His Excellency places his signature and seal on the papers, she will recover all that has been stolen from her. This is carrteJb oa for about a week, when the attaches learn that her funds have run low. Then they hand her over to the District authorities, "who kindly send her back to her home ror twelve or fifteen years this woman has made these singular pilgrimages, and all'V?ho know her treat her with consideration. Then there are-two men who call two or three times a year. They generally labor under the hallucination that they are Pecident of the United States. They come separately, walk in and examine tho housa, quiz the attaches to know whether ibeyt are taking good care of tne place, ask how the machine is running. sit around awhile., and finally move otl. They always leave word that they will be back soon to take possession, and for the present occupant to hurry up and vacate. The word '-sAito,' written on the edge of a postal card, ha t-a-terrible meaning, and is the latest popular craze. The President is delusred with letters from all over the country, requesting that he will send his autograph. "Da you write your signature yourself?" he was asked. "Certainly," replied the President There are at present four hundred: letters upon his table from persons who make this modest request, and the President ia-ao conscientious about it that he will not-allow a clerk to write the name for him. He laughingly remarked that one day a week would have to be set apart as "autograph day" if the deluge did not end. . And all the Counties have net been heard from either. A Kw Apt Definitions. Montreal Herald. Tenyson;Gik take a worthless sheet of papcr,.c.ud by writing a poem on it make it worth JaJOOij That's genius. Mr. Vander: bilt can write fewer words on a similar sheet and make it worth $00,000,000. That's capi tab. And! the United States Govern ment can täte an ounce and a qiujs ter of- gu and stamp upon it a leagle bird" and "Twenty Dollars." Thra money. Tbe mechanic can take tÄ material worth $50 and make it into a wal-eh worth $llU That's skill. The merchant can taka-an article worth twenty-five ats and sell it to yon for $100. That's bus jutt. A lady can purchase a comfortable bonnet for $ltv but prefers to pay $100 for ca: because it. is more stylish. That's fooV.iaess. The ditch digger works ten hours a day and shovel out three or four tons of cartli-tor $1. TiaVs.lbor. Ostrich Farming in Callfor. . Sau Jo (Cal.) Mercury. Waiting's proposed ostrich fr-ncin the southern portion of the State, is tc b stocked with. 100 pairs. It is said that t'je birds are weeth from $50 to $500 apiece. Ibey breed at: Sour years of age, and, under fWi)er man agement, will produce four bro ;$ jf twentJ ducks each every ear. At aight montl a til feather crop is valued at $" per bird, ai.d tikis increases until it reaches for single choice clips. Here is a sugge -junior othc?. There is but little doubt that, the climatia quite as favorable for ostrLJfc. breedinaa that ot outl Alrua. The butclwrs of BrocklynJiave just s'fUd for sociability the "Lcr c Mutton Oubk" Their ruottd should be "ISwe-nion C5fci3 strength. Indieeytton, DygpepsI- fmws pr-J&tiont and all fxuisof Kvucrul OCsility relieved, by taking MEXSMAN'd I'eptonizjo Bef.f Toxin, t. only prepareiiau of beef contn.nlng its entire nutritious rotier m. It is not a -,erc stimulant like the extract of beef, but cor'i&Ins blood-rnimx, force-gene-iinR and life-srsvtalninK proptrji; la in-, vale U:4e in all erifeebHd conditions, -ivt-iher tr resJ of exhaustion, aervous pros-Uton, ovci;wo jt, or acute disease particularly if rcsultiujs fr it pulmonary complaints. CAi-iXi, 11 T .'i)., Proprietjjs, New York, "Fpchupalba." ! New. qnick. complete cut, four urinary anect:ns, smartir, frequent, ot. difficult urinition, kidney diseases $L täT w 'Druggists. 3 Washington, street. Uoc.t Die on the premises,. Ask druggists for "Ecsgb. on Rta." In clears out rata, mice, bed-bugs roach. A. Only 15c ifT box. Decline of, Man. Impot-ce of minl limb or,-vital. Sanction, nervous weaknera, sexual cubilitj etc, cured jy Wells' Falth Ilenewer.. $lat druggets. 33 Washington strjet.. Catarrh cj U Blrwlder.. Stlfviftng, sniartirg, irritatjon,of;te urinary jftssaes. di3ea5.nl discharges, cured bv Buitupaiba. $1. Druggist 38. Washing tea, street. Fettgh on Ka-ta. -The thing ilesired und- t last. Ask -JKKista for "iiouph on. Rats" It dwirs ot rate, miccv roach, bed-lugs, etc, ViU teen cents po box. Well's Hilth luewer. Absolute cure for nervoiu debility and weakness of the generative, functiotia. One dollar at drug gists, 38 Vasuington M. A Sur Thing,. Chapia's Buchupaiba -quick, complete cure for gravel, atone, kidney, bladder and all urinary affections. . $1. 33 Washington Strt. Terrible I.om of Life. Millions of rats, mice, cats, b?tl-bng?, roaches, lose their lives by collision with "Rough on Kats." Isold by Druggists, lao boxes. Brain and Nerve. Wells' Health Rene wer, greatest remedy on earth for impotence, leanneaa, sexual de bility, etc. l, at oraggists, 33 Washington

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