Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1878 — Page 3

The Rensselaer Union RENSSELAER; * INDIANA.

MY BREAD ON TIIE WATERS. •* Miiiter,” the little fellow aftid, „ * Heate gimme a dime to buy some broau. I turned to look at tho nigged form. That, in the imdut of tho pitilean idorm, '’ Ttbched, and Imgganl, and old with caw, In accents pleading, whm atanding there. ’Twm n little l>oy not twelve yeMl old: lj ■ «liivered amlslioolc in the bitter cold, 111, eve* were red witji wecpinß. I WrAnd adown his choeke there rolled a tear. E’en then. . , . .r Hiamisery ntruck roe dumb . ’Twaa a etreet in a crowded city wliim, Where an ermnd of duty led my fi*et That day, through tho atorm and blinding u'ect. •* Prior little follow!” at last 1 said, “ Have you no father ?’’ “ No, ho s dead!” Thoaruiwcr came. “ You'vo a mother, then?’ “ ¥e». »ir,” ho said, with a Hob; “Bhe'« boon Hick fora year, and the doctor said She'd never attain net up from bed.” ** You are huntfry, too?” 1 aiikod, in pain. As 1 looked at liin poor, wan faeeattain. * ‘Hiinifry,” he laid, with a bitter groan That would melt to pity a heart of stone; “ 1 am starved; wo are all starvimt," he mini. “ Wc haven't tad a crust of bread— Me, nor mother, nor baby Kate— Since yesterday morning.” I did not wait To ask him more. ” Coino. come," I cried, “ Yon shall not hunger;” and at my side His iKtor little i ante ring footsteps fol tin my car with a sadness 1 cannot tell. Hut Ins eyes beamed bright when ho saw me stop Before the door of a baker's shop. And wc entered. “ Now eat awav, my boy, As much as you like," I said. With joy, And a soft oxpre.-sion of childish grace, He looked up into my friondly face, And sobbed, as he strove to hide a tear; “ Oh! if mother, and baby Knto were here!” “ But, eat," said I; ” never mind them, now." A thoughtful iook Btole over his brow, And 10l from his face the joy had fled. “ What! while they’re starving at home!" he said: ” Oh! no, sir! I’m hungry, indeed, ’tistrue, But 1 cannot cat till tney ve hail some, too." The tears came rushing—l can’t tell why— To my eyes, aH ho spoke these word-4. Said f; “ God bless you! Here, you bravo little man, Here, carry home all the bread yon can.” Then 1 loaded him down with loaves until He could carry no more. I paid the bill; And lieforc ho could quite understand Just what 1 was doing, into his hand 1 slipped a bright, new dollar; then said: ” Good-by,” and away on my journey sped. ’Twas four years ago. But one day last May, As i wandered by chance through East Broadway, A cherry voice accosted mo. Lo! 'Twas the self-same lad, of years ago, Though larger grown -and his looks, in truth, Bespoko a sober, industrious youth. “ Mister,” he raid, “ I’ll never forget , The kindness you showed when last we met. 1 work at a trade, and mother is well. Ho is baby Kate, and I want to tell You this—that we owe it all to you. 'Twas you—don’t blush, sir—that helped us L, through 1 , , _ ; In our darkest hour; and we always say Our luck lias been better since that day Whoa you sent mo home with bread to feed Those starving ones in their hour of need.” —George L. Gatlin in .V. Y. I.ttlqtr.

TWO FAIR DECEIVERS.

What do young men talk about wlion they sit at the open windows smoking on summer evenings? Do you supposo ilisoflove? Indeed, I suspect it is of moiiey; or, if not of money, then at least of something that either makes money or spends it. (Jleve Sullivan has been spending his four years in Europe, and he lists just been telling his'friend JohnSelden how lie spent it. John has spent his in New York—ho is inclined to think just as profitably. Both stories conclude in the same way. “ I have not a thousand dollars left, John.” “Nor I, Clevo.” “I thought your cousin died two years ago; surely you have not spent all tho old gentleman’s money already?” “I only got $20,000; I owetl half of “ Only $20,000! Wliat did lie do with it?” “Gave it to his wife. He married a beauty about a year after you went away, died in a few months afterward, and left her his whole fortune. I had no claim on him. Ho educated mo, save me a profession, and $20,000. hat was very well; lie was only my mother’s cousin.” “ And tho widow—where is she?” “ Living at his country seat. 1 have never seen her. She was one of the Nt.

Maurs of Maryland.” “Good family, and all beauties. Why don’t you marry the widow?” “ Why, I never thought of such a thing.” “You can’t think of anything better. Write her :t little note at onee; say that you and I will soon be in her neighoor- ' hood, and that gratitude to your cousin, and all that kind of thing—then beg leave to call and pay respects, etc., etc.” John demurred a good deal to the plan, but Cleve was masterful, and the note was written, Clevo himself putting it in tho Postoflice. That was on Monday night. On —Wednesday morning the Widow Clare found it with a dozen others upon her breakfast table. She was a dainty, high-bred little lady, with “ Eyes that eirnwse with dreamy splendor. Chocks with rimo-loaf tintipgs tender, liips like fragrant posy,” and withal a kind, hospitable temper, well inclined to be happy in tho happiness of others. But this letter could not be answered with the usual polite formula. She was quite aware that #ohn Selden had regarded himself, for many years, as his cousin’s heir, and that her marriage with the late Thomas Clare had seriously altered his prospects. Women easily see through the best-laid plans of men, and this plan was transparent enough to tho shrewd littlo widow. John would scarcely have liked the half-contemptu-ous shrug and smile which terminated her private thoughts on the matter. “Clementine, if you could spare a moment from yo<fr fashion-paper, I want to consult you, dear, about a visitor.”

demesne raised her eyes, dropped her paper, and said, “Who isifc, Fan?” “It is John Sclden. If Mr. Clare had not married mo, he would have inherited the Clare estate. I think he is coming now in order to see if it is worth while- for, incumbered by his cousin's widow.” “What selfishness! Writo and tell him that you are just leaving for the Suez Canal, or the Sandwich Islands, or any other inconvenient place.” “No; I have a better plan than that —Clementine, do stop reading a few mijtutes. I will take that pretty cottage at Ryebank for the sutatner, and Mr. Selden and. his ft+end shall visit us there. No one knows us in the place, and I will take none of the servants with me.” ~ t "~ , i “ WellP” “Then, Clementine, you are to be the Widow Clare, and I your poor friend and companion.’' “Good! very good! ‘The Fair Deceivers’ —an excellept comedy. How I shall snub you, Fan! And for once I shall have the pleasure of outdressing yon. But has not Mr. Selden seen you P” “No; I was married in Maryland arid went immediately to Europe. I came back a widow, two years ago, but Mr. Selden hka never remembered

me until now. I wonder who this friend is that he proposes to bring with him?” • “ Oh, men always think in pairs, Fan. They never decide on any thing until their particular friend approves. I dare sav they wrote tho letter together. What is the gentleman’s nameP”

The widow examinod the note. “ ‘ My friend, Mr. Clevo Sullivan.’ Do you know him, Clementine?” “No; I am quite sure that I never saw Mr. Clove Sullivan. I don’t fall in love with the name—do But pray accept the offer for both gentlemen, Fan, and write this morning, dear.” Then Clemontino returned to tho consideration of the lace in coquillcs for her new evening dross. The" plan so hastily sketched was subsequently thoroughly discussed, and carried out. Tho: cottage at Ryebank was taken, and one eveuitig at the end of June the two ladies took possession of it. Tho new Widow Clare had engaged a maid in Now York, and foil into her part with charming ease and a very pretty assumption of authority; and the real widow, in hor plain dress and pensive, quiet manners, realized effectively the idea of a cultivated but dependent companion. They had two days in which to rehearse their parts and get all tho household machinery in order, and then tho gentlemen arrived at Ryebank. : . * . Fan and Clementine were quite ready for their lirst call; tho latter in a rich and exquisite morning costume, the former in a simplo dress of spotted lawn. Clementine wont through the introductions with consummate case of manner, and in half an hour they were a very pleasant parly. John’s “ consulship” afforded an excellent basis for informal companionship, and Clementine gave it full prominence. Indeed, in a few days John began to find the relationship tiresome; it had been, Cousin John, do this,” and “Cousin John, come here,” continually; andone night when Cleve and lie sat down to smoke their linal cigar, he was irritable enough to give his objections tho form of speech. » “ Chive, to tell you the honest truth, I do not like Mrs. Clare.” “I think she is a very lovely woman. John.” “I say nothing against her beauty, Cleve; I don’t like her, and I havo no mind to occupy the place that beautiful ill-used Miss Marat fills. The way Cousin Clare ignoresor snubs a woman to whom she is every way inferior makes me angry enough, I assure yoof 7 ‘ —-—— “Don’t fall in love with tho wrong woman. John.” “Your advice is too late, Cleve; I am in lovo. There is no use in us deceiving ourselves or each other. You seem to like tho widow why not marry her? I ani quite willing you should.” “Thankyou, John; 1 have already made some advances that way. They have been favorably received, I think.” “You are so handsome, a fellow has no chance against you. But we shall hardly Quarrel if you do not interfere between lovely little Clement and myself.” _

“ I could not afford to smile on her, John; she is too poor. And what on earth are you going to do with a poor wife? Nothing added to nothing will not make a decent living.” “lam going to ask her to be my wife, and if she does mo the honor to say ‘Yes,’ I will make a decent living* out of my profession.” From this time forth John devoted himself ’ with some ostentation to his supposed cousin’s companion. He was determined to let the widow perceive that he had made his choice, and that he could not bo bought with her money. Mr. Selden and Miss Marat were always together, and the widow did not interfere between hor companion and her cousin. Perhaps she was rather glad of her close friendship, for the handsome Cleve ipade a much more delightful attendant. Tlius tho party fell quite naturally into couples, and the two weeks that the gentlemen had lirst fixed as the limit of their stay lengthened into two months. It was noticeable that as the ladies became more confidential with their lovers, they had less to say to each other: ami it began at last to be quite evident to the real widow that the play must end for the present*- or the tlenouement would come prematurely. Circumstances favored her determination. One night Clementine, with a radiant face, came into her friend’s room, and said: “ Fan, I have something to tell you. Cleve has asked mo to marry him.” “ Now, Clement, you have told him all; I know you have.” “Not a word. Fan. He - still bolicvcs mo tho Widow Clare.ll“Did yon accept him?” “Conditionally. lam to give him a final answer when we go to the city in October. You are going to New York this winter, are you not?” “Yes. Our little play progresses finely. John Selden asked me to bo his wifo to-night.” “1 told you men think and act in pairs.” “John is a noble fellow. I protended to think his cousin had ill-used him. and ho defended him until I was ashamed of myself; absolutely said, Clement, that you were a sufficient excuse for Mr. Clare’s will. Then he blamed his own past idleness so much, and promised if 1 would only try and endure ‘ the slings and arrows' of yonr outrageous temper, Clement, for two years longer, he would havo made a homo for me in which I could be, happy. Yes, Clement, I should marry John Selden if we had not a flve-dollar bill between us.” “ I wish Cleve had been a little more explicit about his money affairs. However, there is time enough yet. When they leave to-morrow, what shall we doP”

““We will remain here another month; Levine will have the house ready for me by that time. I have written to him about refurnishing the parlors.” So next day the lovers parted, with many promises of constant letters and future happy days together. The interval was long and dull enough; but it passed, and one morning both gentlemen received notes of Invitation to k small dinner party at the Widow Clare’s mansion in -'street. There was a good deal of dressing for this party. Clove wished to make his entrance into his future home as became the prospective master of a million and a half of money, and Johu was desirous of not suffering in Clement’s eyes by any comparison with the other gentlemen who would probably be these. Scarcely had they entered the draw-ing-room when the ladies appeared, the true Widow Clare ho longer In the unassuming toilet she had hitherto worn, but magnificent in white crepe lisse and satin, her arms and throat and pretty head flashing with sapphires and

diamonds. Her companion had a«' snmed now the role of simplicity* -and Cleve was disappointed with the first glance at her plain white Chambory gauze dress. John had seen nothing but tho bright face of the girl ho loved and the lovelight in her eyes. Before she could speak ho had taken both her hands and whispered, “ Dearest and best and loveliest Clement.” Her smile answered him first. Then she said: “Pardon me, Mr. Selden, but wo have been in masquerade all summer, and now we must unmask before real life begins. My name is npt Clementine Marat, but Fanny Clare. Cousin John, I hope you are not disapS jointed.” Then she put her hand into TolinV, and they wandered off' into the conservatory to finish their explanation. Mr. Clove Sullivan found himself at that moment in the most trying circumstance of his life. Tho real Clementine Marat stood looking down at a flower on the carpet, and evidently expecting him to resume the tender attitude he had been accustomed to bear toward her. Ho was a man of quick decisions where his own interests wero concerned, and it did not take him half a minute to review his position and determine what to do. This plain blonde girl without fortune was not the girl he could marry; she had deceived him, too —ho had a sudden and severe spasm of morality; his confidence was broken; ho thought it was very poor sport to play witii a man’s most sacred feelings; ho had been deeply disappointed and grieved, etc., etc. Clementine stood perfectly still, with her eyes fixed on the carpet and her cheeks graduully flushing, as Cleve made Ins awkward accusations. She gave him no help and she made no defense, and it soon becomes embarrassing for a man to stand in the middle of a large drawing-room and talk to himself about any girl. Cleve felt it so. “ Have you none, sir?” at length she asked, lifting to his face a pair of blue eyes scintillating with scorn and anger. “I promised you my final answer to your suit when we met in New York. Yqu, have spared me that trouble. Good

evening, sir.” Clementine showed to no one her disappointment, and she probably soon recovered from it. Her life was full of many other pleasant plans and hopes, and she could well afford to let a selfish lover pass out of it. She remained with her friend until after the marriage between her and John Selden had been consummated; and then Cleve saw her name among the list of passengers sailing on one particular day for Europe. As John and his bride left on the same steamer, Cleve supposed, of coui se, she had gone in their company. “ Nice thing it would have been for Clove Sullivan to marry John Selden’s wife’s maid, or something or other! John always was a lucky fellow. Some follows are always unlucky in love affairs—l always am.” Half a year afterward ho reiterated this statement with a great deal of unnecessary emphasis. He was just buttoning his gloves preparatory to starting for his afternoon's drive, when an old acquaintance hailed him. “ Oh, it’s that fool Belmar,” he muttered; “I shall havo to offer him a ride. I thought he was in Paris. Hello, Belmar, when did you get back? Have a ride?” “No, thank you. I havo promised my**wifo to ride with her this afternoon.” “ Your wife! When were you married ?” “ Last mouth, in Paris.” “And the happy lady was—” “ Why, I thought you knew; every one is talking about my good fortune. Mrs. Belmar is old Paul Marat’s only child.” “What?" : ■ “ Miss Clementine Marat. She brings me nearly $3,000,000 in money and real estate, and a heart beyond _ja.ll price ” “ How on earth did you meet her?” “ She was traveling with Mr. and Mrs. Selden—you know John Selden. She has lived with Mrs. Selden ever since she left school; they were friends when they were girls together.” Cleve gathered up liis reins, and nodding to Mr. Frank Belmar, drove at a finable rate up the avenue and through the Park. He could not trust himself to speak to anyone, and when he did tho remark which he made to himself in strict confidence was not flattering. For once Mr. Clove Sullivan told Mr. Cleve Sullivan that he had been badly punished, and that ho well deserved it.— Harper's Weekly.

Deep Mining Shafts.

The Chollar-Savage-Norcross shaft has reached a perpendicular depth of depth of 2,060 feet, and is now without doubt the deepest perpendicular shaft in America. It still lacks, however, 340 feet of having reached as great a perpendicular depth below the surface sis either the Savage or Imperial Consolidated iifefincs. If continued downward until the west wall of the Comstock lode is reached, it will have attained a depth of not far from 3,500 feet, and will then be one among the deepest—if not the deepest —perpendicular mining shafts in the world. Over a year ago the Adelbert shaft, sunk on a Bilver-lead mine in Prizibram, Bohemia, had reached a perpendicular depth of 3,280 feet, and is, probably tno deepest perpendicular shaft in the world. That is a very old mine, its workings dating back to the year 1500 or more. The attainment of that depth was celebrated at the time by the striking off of a large number of commemorative silver medals of the value of a florin each. There are other mines, however, where greater depths have boen attained than at the Adelbert shaft, but not in a perpendicular line. One of these is in the coal mines of Vivier Remus, in Belgium, where, by sinking and then boring, a depth of 3,542 feet lias been reached. Another is the Rock Salt Bore hole, near Sperenberg, not far from Berlin, Prussia, which, h few years ago, had reached a perpendicular depth of 4,175 feet. The deepest bore hole in the world is probably, the.artesian spring at Potsdam, in Missouri, which nas a depth of 5.500 feet.— Gold Hill ( Ncv .) News.

—Onion Soup.—Cut into pieces twelve onions; boil them in three quarts of milk and water, equally mixed-, add a little veal; season with butter -and pepper; add a few well-toasted slices of white bread and a handful of finely chopped parsley. V #>»■■»>■- —Sponge Cate —Ten eggs, their weight in sugar, half the weight in flour, juice of one lemon, one teaspooflful vanilla; beat yelks well; stir them with sugar to a cream; beat whites to a stiff froth; add flour last; bake in quick oven. gyr-raoMumig:—a* A quiet and pleasant home is Insured to all mothers that use Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup for thalr little ones. It contains nothing Injurious.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—ln the spring and summer cultivate your farms—in tho winter -yourself.— lbid. —lt is intelligent labor which enables us to liiako the most of our resources.— lowa Stale Register. —Do not put off spring work on tho farm, because it is not planting time by the almanac. — I‘rairic Earner. —Cream Fie—One pint sweet cream, the whites of two eggs, well beaten; sweeten to the tasto with pulverized sugar. Oho crust. —Custard Pudding—One quart of sweet milk, three eggs and two-thirds of a cupful of sugar; grate nutmeg on top. Bake slowly till solid. —Macaroons —One and one-quarter pounds powdered sugar, one pound sweet almonds, bleached and pounded to a paste, whites of six eggs, grated peel of two lemons. J -pTlio farmers most likely to pay too much for farm hands are those who pay the least to cheap, inferior bands. Theso arc tho only class who receive too much pay.— State Register. —High farming means making better use of our resources—hiring more intelligent hands—using the best tools —sowing tho improved seeds —keeping the best Dreeds of hogs, cattle, horses; sheep, etc. —keeping our soil in tho best condition by rotation and manuring, and having everything guided by intelligence and energy.— lowa Stale Register. —Tinned Ware. —And now tho Scientific American warns tho public against tinned ware, the tin used in its manufacture nowadays being largely adulterated with lead, in consequence of which tho “ tinned” ware loses itsoriginal brightness, while the lead lurks round in the systems of those who uso it, biding its time for the work of Death.

—Parsnip Fritters. —Many consider this the best way of cooking parsnips: Boil tender and mash very smooth, removing carefully the strings or woody portions. For three or four parsnips allow two beaten eggs, three tablespoonfuls of cream, one tablespoonful of melted butter and a teaspoonfui of salt. Stir in a very little flour, and fry either as fritters or griddle cakos. —Baked Indian Pudding.—Two quarts of milk, scalded, one cup meal, one-half cup of flour; meal and flour wet with a very little cold milk, then turn into the scalded milk; when cool add two eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar, one-half cup of molasses, one nutmeg, a little salt and one and onehalf teaspoonfuls of ginger. Rub a piece' of butter as largo as half an egg around the pan before putting in the Ingredients, and bake an hour.—Household.

Melons.

We have received one or two communications about watermelons. There are various modes by which growers have succeeded in raising large and delicious melons. They require a yarn, dry soilground with a southern isprcferable. One mistake with many is in trying to raise them in grbund which is allowed to get foul after the vines begin to run. To insure success, let the ground be kept clear. We will give tho different modes: Break up the ground deep; harrow, check from ten to twelve feet apart. Have little or no hill; leave the hill concave. Six or eight inches from the hill put stable manure two and a half inches thick. Cultivate well; plant good seed; have no squashes, pumpkins or gourds near. Clip the ends of the vines if you wish large melons. Another plan: Plow and harrow and mark out eight feet each way. Then dig a hole on each square about eight or ten inches deep-and two feet across. Now fill up with rotten manure, pack it slightly with your foot and spread about one inch of good soil over the top; then drop your seeds and cover them one inch. Hog manure is a good fertilizer for melons. Work them well; thin out to three in a hill. This plan will raise line melons. Another: Plow your ground deeply and lay it off ton feet apart each way, digging holes two by two feet apart and one foot deep. Take good barn-yard manure and fill up to within three inches of the top, covering this manure with soil, so that the hill will be a little above the general level. Plant from eight to ten seeds in -a bilk When up, thin to two plants and cultivate light. If bugs trouble the vines, dissolve gum camphor in water and sprinkle the plants for a few days. Another plan is to prepare the ground as above, using chip manure, mixed with leached ashes and hen manure. After the plants are up, use a cultivator or double shovel. As the vines grow, draw surface earth to the plants—never draw tho earth from the vine, but replace with fresh dirt. Keep the ground clean with a hoc after the vines begin to run. One more plan: Plow the ground deep, harrow it and havo the surface soil in tine condition. The distance to plant should be regulated by the variety, some requiring mqre spaco than others. Let your hills be, say, rather flat, not more than two inches,. After the plants come up, give clean culture, keeping tho ground loose and level. — N. Y. Herald.

Jewels of the' Crown ot Scotland. At Edinburg, Scotland, some .years since, the Jewels of the Crown were locked in a box, that box in another, and so on, until they were supposed to be burglar-proof. They were then locked up in the vault of the castle, there to remain for one hundred years, the keys being placed in a mortar andtlrad Into the sea. Scarce fifty years passed by, and the modem lock-picker opens the vault and boxes without trouble. So the science of raediciuo, when studied with ,the aid of chemistry and the microscope, becomes plain and simple, and diseases that were regarded Incurable a generation ago, now readily yield to remedies employed by the modern and progressive physician. A decade of years since, and women were taught to believe that their peculiai diseases ana weaknesses were incurable; but now hundreds and thousands of once bed-ridden women in the Unite<i States will testify to the fact that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has effected their perfect and permanent cure. Tolkdo, Ohio. Dec. 6th, 1816. Db. R. V. PucmcE, Buffalo. N. V : Dear Sir —About fl.yp years since my wife was taken sick, and though we employed the best physicians In our city, yet she gradually grew worse, so that she was confined to the bed. Every, remedy I had tried, or could find, failed to cure or even give relief. At last I procured a bottle of your Favorite Prescription and to my sunrise it gave almost Instant relief, and with a little perseverance an entire cure was effected. “Ever gratefully yours, geobOdenmiller. mothers, mothers, mothers. Don’t fail to procure Mbs. Winslow’s Booth ino Sybup for all disease* of teething in children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind oolic, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief and health to the ohild, gives rest to the mother. Ths tobaccos that are now taking precedence over all others are the 801 l s Eye and Nigger Head cat cavendiah,' manufactured, by Wm-S. Kimball A Go., Rochester, N. x. Ask your dealer to get a supply. . I will send free, to all afflicted with Catarrh, prescription for infallible cure. Address, with •tamp, Rev. T. J. M*ad, Byracuae, N. Y.

Expense of Farm Teams.

In no part of the country is this expense of keeping animals to do farm work as groat as in the West. This is largoly owing to the fact that Western fanners have continued, in one way ant! another, to make animals do the work that men perform elsewhere. Grass is cut, hay is spread, raked and pitched by hoiso power. Grain is sowed, harvested and threshed by the same means. Corn is planted, cultivated and, in some instances, cut up, husked and shelled by machines operated by horse power. Even potatoes arc now cut, dropped, covered, cultivated and harvested by horse power. Of late, Western farmors have stopped raising most of tho crops that require hand cultivation. Tho chief objection to raising tlax, broom-corn, tobacco and castor-beans is that they require too much manual labor. The second reason why it costs more to keep a farm team here than in most parts of tho country is, that fanners keep more expensive animals. An expensive team always calls for expfcnsive food, harness and buildings for shelter. In the East, oxen are chiefly used for farm work. They require to be shod but once a year. A wooden yoke, which will last a century and only cost a dollar or two, takes the place of an expensive harness. The food of tho oxen is grass in summer and hay and straw in winter. At the end of a dozen years tlioy arc converted into beef. They are never of much expense to their owner, in the South, the mule is used on the farm almost exclusively. The mule is more hardy than the horse; can be kept for about half as much; will work for a greater number of years, and will get along with poor quarters and a very simple harness. Most Western farmers will tolerate neither oxen nor mules on their places. They must have horses; generally' they insist on having lino horses, that will take them to town in good time and make a lino appearance on the road. Horses of this sort must bo fed grain the entire year. They must receive extra care and attention, and have good stables and harness. It is likely that it will be long before the fashion of keeping horses to do tho farm work changes in the West, though, without doubt, more oxen and mules could be used to advantage. Most Southern farmers would say at once that they could make nothing from their estates if they were obliged to work them with horses, requiring, as they do, the best of hay as well as a goodly allowance of oats and other grain. The same opinions would be expressed by tho farmers in the New England States, who use oxen for field work. —Chicago Times.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—Senator Morrissey can scarcely -sleep at all when lying down. He resorts to a bed or lounge occasionally only for muscular or nervous repose. What sleep he gets is had when sitting upright in a chair or half reclining.— N. Y. Paper. —The stories about Representative Leonard having met with foul play atr Havana are not credited at the State Department. The Department is satisfied that he died of yellow fever, for tho Consul General at Havana has written that this is the case and that he was during his illness tenderly uursed by members of tlio Consul’s family.— N. Y. Evening Post. —There lives six miles from Richmond, Va., Mrs. Martha T. Hopkins, who is only thirty-nine years old and has just been married to her sixth husband. She was first married at twenty years of age; took her second husband when twenty-four years old; her third husband when twenty-seven years old; her fourth husband' when thirty-two years old, and her fifth husband when thirty-seven years old. —The story is told of Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina, that while preparing his first message, which occupied many days and nights owing to tho important problems with which it had to deal, his face wore a very anxious expression ; and on Sunday, the day before tho document was to be delivered, he remained at home to work on it while his family went to church. The family, on their return, to their great relief were received by the Governor with a countenance beaming with satisfaction. “What is the matter?” asked one. “Have you completed your message? L1 '“““*"*"N«T* i! wasthe Governor’s joyful reply; “biitlhave found the old turkey-hen’s nest over yonder in the woods.”— N. Y. Evening Post. —One of tho oldest and best known, as well as best light-house keepers on the Atlantic coast, is a woman, Kathleen Andre Moore, of Black Rock Light-house, near Bridgeport, Ct. She is sixty-live, has tended the light-house lamp for fifty years and lives alone in her little house with two dogs and a pet lamb. She says there used to be many more wrecks than there are now on her cost, before sailing ships were replaced by steamers. She is as active its a girl of fifteen. There, aro several hundred printed rules for the instructioh of lighthouse and live-saving sta-tion-keepers, and this bright old woman knows them all by heart. She is a great reader, and prizes particularly Shakespeare, the British poets and books of travel and history. She had more than 1,000 visitors in her little house last summer.— Chicago Tribute.

—A Mr. Patrick, who was ope of Representative James A. Garfield’s earliest friends, in giving a sketch of his career to some school-children, several years ago, said: "1 want to tell you about a young man who cams to my farm-house from the canal. He had been a canal-boat driver, and as the canal had just frozen up, he wanted to do chores for his board during the winter. James, for that was his name, was a stalwart, honest-looking fellow, and so 1 took him in. My own children soon began attending school, and I asked James if he did not want to go to school with them, but he declined. 1 soon noticed that he seemed to be quite despondent, and asked him if he was troubled about anything, and ho then confessed to me that, although he was niueteen years of age, he could neither read nor wiite, and he was in such thental distress because, as he thought, it was too late for him to begin. I assured him it was not too late, and urged him to begin at once, which he did, with so much energy that within a year from that time he was teaching school himself.”

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