Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 36, Number 8, 19 April 1866 — Page 1

THE DIU1 TERMS OUTADVERTISING: vwj square three week.......... ....-..& " " ycb addisioasJ tsssrtius 30 " - ThrpensowUa..... ... .,, "e year-. .. .... ...... ...... .. ,oo A liberal diseoaat aaade aa larger advertise -a:-nti. r-ir the same Na. af lassrtinas as above. ,SFT- A '"square" is ta Haeaas taia tvwe. So admwnrat inserted for less taaa On Dollar, taewrb -.s ib. n Ufa liaes and far caa wis ealy. AU dts-lir-t admrrtiseineats asaaaaras) by tala rats. tW.iUr specials, 10 oeata per liae. Traa-r-cieiit special. I cents twr tlaa. - rr- AdvetttarBwate aWswld ba handed ia aa MniUt afternoons toiaaatw lasstiiaa PUBLISHED TUCKSDAT MUKXINUS, BI D. P. HOLLOW AY & B. W. DAVIS ALL KINDS ' JOB PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY, "be just and fear notslet all the ends thou aimst at, be thy, cod s, thy country and truth sisicaCAL SCCiETY. Done in the belt manner and at fair prices. VOL,. XXXVI.I RICHilIOiVD. WATiVE CO., IIVO. APRIL, 19, 18GG. 1SS. f JLW Wo Office: Waraer naildiaa, Richmond. Ia4

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T WOtTE!!T. Bkikci laurels to crown the beroe's brow ! Gire a hundred thousand to Grant and Meade - Cheers for the chiefs who nobly stood By the desr old land in her hour of need S And freely fire of your boarded store To Sherman, and Thomas, aad "Fighting Joe Bleings and pold ea these brave men pour Honor the chieftains who faced the foe 1 But Ibectippled Private Why, lethim bef 1 Show his empty sleeve or his wanting leg ; To incite some pitying heart to feet For the war-worn Private woo needs a meal t Bow down, ye rich before the great I Bend to the chieftains who nobly firagbt t ' Procession snd feasts for the brave true men, And swords, with jewels deftly wrought ; A hundred thousand for Graot and Ueade, Honors, and lands, and shining (fold ; ." Tbey have proved tlieir faith by word sod deed. And bleMsinfrs upon tbeut manifold I But the hollow-eyed Private Why, let him beg ! . Show his empty sleeve or his waotica; leg S Ho honors, no guld no fraudy shows For the battered old Private, whom nobody knows I Yoa shivering wretch in the old blue coat, With a aainjriiig sleeve and a ainle band .Refuse bim s penny ss you pass by, And give to tite Generals houses snd land I When you see shoulder graced by a star, Then doff your bat and your handkerchief wave; Bat the battered old Private Why, let him die, And then grudgingly give ium a pauper's grave! In his worn blue coat -Why, let h m be;., cihow hia empty sleere or bis old cork leg : . Ho honors or gold no pompous shows For this wretched old pri-ate whom nobody knows ! Bring laurels to crown the he roe's brows 1 A hundred thouisnd for Gra-it and Meade 1 Cheers for the chieftains wbonobly stood By the dear old land iu her huurof need 1 To those who have plenty, still give more, Give to our leaders increase of parAm! drive with scorn from your princely door The Private who bled in the desperate fray ! Old Soldier, away to the streets and beg ! Show your empty slveeve or your wanting leg Jo honors or gold no pompous shows For the battered old Private, whom nobody knows From Arthur's Home Magazine. THE LAST TIME. IN BY T. S. AKTMClt. An onnortnnitv lik this dosen't Go ia and come to a ruaa evert', day. win ; that 13 my advice. The speaker was past middle age ; and he who listened Lad made the record of about an equal number of .years hi - bis book of life. " The stock will double on its present quotation in Jessth in sixty days, Mr. Gushing, " pursued the speaker, - with ardor.' ' I've gi -'en you a hint of what is doing, and a hint only ; but, take my word for it, the stock will go up like a balloon. It's down to twenty, now ; but it will range between the thirties and forties in a month. " " And go down faster than it went up, Mr. Slocuin, " was answered. Mr. Slocum shrugged his shoulders, and looked arch and knowing. " Of course, j-ou'h be out of danger. Forwarned, forearmed. It't a 'fancy,' I know. " lint there's a game up, aad I happen to have seen the "winning cards. Take ten thousand dollars of this stock, now, and in thirty days ou may sell out at fifteen or twenty thousand. The thing's a sure as death. There's not a particle of risk. The stock's been at twent- lor the last year, and can't get below that figure. Yon can sell at twenty five or thirty, while it's on the rising numbers, if von don't care to wait longer for higher chances. " 'If I understand you," said Mr. Cushin;., " there is no solid basis for the anticipated rise ? " '"None at all; but that's no concern of yours or mine. We don't opera e fo. a rise, but only take advantage of what we know is going to be. After ixtv days, the stock will fall ? Yes ; and then 'stand from under' is the word. You'll not find me the owner of a share. Somebody will lose. . Of course. '' : i 'And be swindled, of course,' said Mr. Cushing. ' You may call it by what name you please. - But that isn't the question, now. Go hi and win is the word. " " " This winning, I think you said, just now, was as sure as death ? Death sure, Mr. Cushing. ' The remark baa set me to thinking, Mr. Slocum. Ah ! what of your thonghts ? ' . 'There is a last time coming for us all V So the preachers say. Mr.. Slocum shrugged his shoulders in ananner peculiar to himself. When some of the fancies will rule at Very low figures, I apprehend. 'For one, I should not like to hold them largely. I am afraid their value would be light among the treasures we are commanded to lay up in heaven. ' - You're too serious, Mr. Cushing. I don't see what this going in on a rising market has to do with treasures in heaven. We're not talking about dying, but. living. The stock will move np in spite of anything yon or I can do ; and, for the life of me, I can't see where the harm is in taking advantage of a rise. f All that I would gain, somebody else most loose, said Mr. Cushing. Of coarse. . Mr. Cushing shook his head, and said It won't suit me,' friend Slocum. I should be certain to hear of some doped and unfortunate loser on the very stock I sold as a fair article, when I knew it to be valueless above a certain rate. If I were to buy at twenty, I am afraid niy conscience would never permit me to sell at thirty or forty, when I ; knew the purchaser would be swindled ont of half his lBeaey. , . ,

You're too squeamish, Mr. Cushing. I call myself an honest man, and a Christian man, also ; and, for the life of me, I can't see any harm in taking advantage of a rising stock, 'fancy' or not 'fancy. Excuse me, Mr. Slocum,' said the other; ' but your remark about being a

Christian leads me to say that I'm afraid Christianity hangs very lightly on the conscience of a stock speculator. Did you never speculate in stocks, Mr Cushing?' The interrogator frowned a little. He felt the remark as rather personal. Yes.' 'What i .bout the Christianity of your conspience, ha t 'It hung too lightly, ir too lichtly. I vp gone in a few times, on tu rising market, and won. But, for everr dollar gained, I made a loss in another direo tion.'. - Ah ! That was unfortunate. 'So I felt it to be. Yoa had one consolation, Mr. Cush ing. ' ' What ? 4 The stock speculations saved you. ' ' How so ? ' : Of course, the misfortunes 3ou speak of had no connection with them ; so what you lost by one hand, you mada up with the other. On the contrary, Mr. Slocum, tbey were intimately connected, and the losses were in consequences of the speculations.' 'That's a little remarkable. ' Hut no less true, sir. ' W hat was the nature of these losses ? ' Tlieie are two kinds of riches, Mr. Slocum eartlily . riches and heavenly ri'.hes gold aud good. I gained gold, but lost good. In securing earthh' treasure, I laid up just so -much less of treasure in heaven. ' ' I can't understand why, Mr. Cushing. You didn't cheat anybody. Speculation is neither robbing nor stealing. The article is in market, and you buy at current quotations. When a rise takes place, you sell. It may happen, and of ten does, that the price falls, and then you lose. You have adverse as well as favorable chances. The thing is all open to the day. Giiubling, sir ; mere gambling, answered Mr. Cushing. A strife to gain I what others may lose; not a system of reciprocal benefits, which is the Christian law of social life. It is founded in an intense and eager selfishness, that will not wait for the slow returns of use ful work. It helps nobody, and generally hurts everybody whom it may happen to reach. Money, where it does not coma as a gift or benefaction, should always represent a useful equivalent. It 13 a sign of value. But when I would possess my neigrtbor's money without a fair return, then, am I not covetous? Do I dtsire' his good? Am I not violating a divine commandment? The agriculturist, the manufacturer, the merchant, the artisan, and all who are engaged in productive work or useful employments, serve the common good, and become sharers, by virtue of this service, in the commonwealth ; but the specula tor, like a tumor in the body, draws in the rich blood, and aives back nothing but fever, unhealthy excitement, disturbance of the useful functions and pain. That tumor, sir, is no part of the true body of society, and it will be extirpated j in the last time. It may arow, as other evil thinri irnw lir but its life is (in. posite to heavenly life, and it will not be found in heaven ' j You are too serious, altogether,' Mr. j Slocum made answer. T.'iis is an extreme and abstract view more ethical than p-actital. S Than practical! Why, my dear sir, j the evil consequences of what I am condemning, ail right-thinking men see and f deplore. The causes lie, as I have inti f mated, in an intense and eager selfish ness, that grasps lor gold as the roll Ik r grasps for plunder. Neither the speculator nor the robber cares for others, he does not gain by vork. production or benefit of any kind, snd take his money as the reward of things useful, but by tfie law of force or artifice. Is it not so ? Think !' Mr. Slocum was silent. There is a last time for us all, my friend, eaid Mr. Cushing, speaking even more seriously than before; a last time that is sure to come. You and I have stepped across the line of middle age. I will be fiftj" in a month, and you have already accomplished the half cen tury. Five, ten, fifteen, or twenty years at most, and wc shall be missed from our places among men. Hare you made your will ? The question, coming so unexpectedly, gave Mr. Slocum a start Yes ; of course, he answered ; ' I am too systematic to neglect a thing of so much importance. Life is uncertain. And in making it. said Mr. Cushing, you considered well the nature and value of your property, and disposed of it with justice and judgment. As no pat of your earthly possessions could be taken into the other life, you provided for their equitable distribution. ' I did.' As a wise and prudent man. And then, Mr. Slocum, did not your thought go beyond, to that state of existence which succeeds ? To that real world, where we are to abide forever ? Did you not think of the riches divine, which are spoken of in God's Holy Word, as possessed by the righteous there ? Of the treasure which our Lobo enjoins upon us to lay np in heaven ? In leaving everything of the world behind us at death, our future becomes a thing of momentous consideration. The wealth of tLis world is represented by gold and silver that of the spiritual world, Into Thich we rise at death, by goodness and truth. If we do not possess spiritual riches at death if we have no good in onr hearts nor troth in our minds we shall be poor, miserable and wretched in the other world. These things have pressed themselves on my consideration, of late, and rtw remark aboot tke gain

in this fancy ' stock speculation being as sure as dsjath, sent them trooping through my mind again. But I have occupied both you and myself too long. Good morning. So you decline this opportunity?" said Mr. Slocum, as his friend moved away. I turn from it. and with a shudder at the thought that I was for an instant tempted. No, sir; there is a last time coming, and it may not be afar off. I will not burden my conscience wit!t any transaction that is against tje law of heaven, into which I hope to rise when mortal shall put on i mortality. Good morning. ' And the two men parted one to ponder more deeply on the principles cf rectitude and ttie laws of heavenly life bv which man must be governed, if he would build his house upon a rock ; the other to forget warning and suggestion in the selfish love of guin, that impelled him to fie use of any means not iu contravention of human law, by which gold was to be won. Have you heard from Mr. Cashing, within a day or two ?' asked a business friend, addressing Mr. Slocum. two or three weeks s'l'equen'lv. ' No. Why do you ask ? Is he sick ? Very sick. The Ust I heard of him, the doctors had but small hope of his recovery. 'You shock mei. Mr. Cushing ! Can it be possible? What ail him ? ' Some disease of the heart, I understand. And not expected to recover ? ' No.' Mr. Slocum's countenance grew scri

ous. His thoughts recurred to his last interview with Mr. Cushing. and he felt a slight chill running along his nerves. In drawing so near to his friend and ac quaintance, death seemed to stand most unpleasantly near to himself. All day the thoughts of 3Ir. Slocum kept turning to the sick man, and in the evening he called at his house to make inquiry as to his condition. Will you go up and see him ? ' asked the sad-faced wife of Mr. Cushing. Mr. Slocum went up to the death chamber; for, to one of them, that last time had, indeed, come. A pale, placid face, and clear, calm eyes met him. The Angel of Dissolution had placed his signet there, and none could mistake the sign. Mr. Cushing smiled, feebly but sweety, as he took the hand of his old business friend. 4 I am pained to find you so ill, ' said Mr. Slocnm, in a troubled voice. The smile did not fade from the sick man's lips, as he answered, feebly The time has come sooner than I expected, but I am not afraid. I think there is some treasure laid up in heaven. If the amount is not large, it is in good securities, I trust ; no 'fancies friend Slocum! No speculative stocks. Nothing but what is truly spiritual and sub stantial that is, of love to Gen and the neighbor. He shut his eyes,- the smile still lingering about his mouth. But it began fading slow!, and when it died away tranquil peace rested calmly where the light had been. He was at rest. No 'fancies' in the last time, said Mr. Slocum, communing with his thoughts as he walked, in sober mood, homewards. Will it be so in my hour of extremity? Will there be no worthless securities in the treasure I have sought to lay up in heaven, when I go, stripped of earthly possessions, into tire eternal world ? God help me, if my soul were required to-day ! I thought him weak and foolish when he would not go in and win, as I have. I am richer, today, through the operation, by over five thousand dollars somebody will be poorer in the same amount before sixty days but I am glad Mr Cushing held back. He could imt hare died s peaceably with that 'burden on his mind. Fancies' amid the securities sought to be laid up in heaven ! I never thought of that before. I must look closer to my investment; for what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul T" On the next day, Mr. Slocum sold out all his speculative stock, and has not since sought to gain a single'dollar, ex cept through learitimve trade. He cannot forget Mr. Cashing, nor the inevitable last time, that comes to all. When to Revive the Democratic Party. Senator Sherman told this good thing in his speech at Bridgeport, Conn., the other day: "A modern Democrat came to a distinguished Democrat of the State of Ohio, Governor Todd. last fall after the war had ended, and said : Now my friend, you supported Lincoln all thro' the war ; now the war is over ; yoxi have had everything your own way ; and now suppose we start again the old Ohio Democratic party.' 'Well," sakl the old Ohio Democrat, 'I don't know but that would be a good thing; I like the Democratic party ; I was raised in it, and I stack to it until it deserted the country and went over to the rebels. I don't know but it would be a good thing to revive and purify the old party; bat I would not doit just yet.' Ah, said his friend, 'when would yoa doit, then?' My friend,' said the Ohio Democrat, when the Union party shall have discharged in full, all the obligations it has assumed daring the war ; when it shall have paid all the pensions that are due to the widows of soldiers ; when it shall have paid every dollar of the national debt incurred daring the war; when it hall have punished all the rebels; when in short, it shall have accomplished all that it has promised to do, then I am willing that the old Democratic party shouln be revived. " I am not willing to trust the Democratic party to perform obligations that they opposed in their contracting- I prefer to see it done myself to pay By own debts myself"

Essentials to Productive Farming. The following sixteen essentials to productive farming are from the pen of the editor of the American Farmer: 1. Good implements of husbandry and plenty of tUem, which should always be kept in perfect order. 2. Deep pawing and thorough pulverization of the soil by a free use of harrow, drag and roller 2" An application of lime, marl or ashes, where calcareous matter or potash may not he present in the soil. 4. A systematic- husbandry of every substance on a farm capable of being converted into mau iie, and a systematic protection of such substances from loss by evaporation or waste of any kind, and a careful application of the same to the lands in culture. . 5 The draining of ail wetlands, so as to relieve the roots of the plants from the ill effects of a superabundance of water, a conditiitti equally as pernicious as drought to tlieir healthy growth and profitable fiuctitication G The free u-e of the plow, cultivator aud hoe. with all row cultured crops, so

as to keep don at all times the growth of arrass and weeds, those pests that prove so d.-struetive to crops. 7. See-ling at the proper time with goo l seed, and an equal attention as to the period of working crops. 8 Attention to the construction and repair of fences, so that what is made through the toils and anxious care of the husbandman mav not be lost thronirh his neglect to protect his crops ffom the depredations of stock. U. Daily personal superintendence on the part of the owner, over all the operations of the farm, no matter how good a ma'nager he may be. as the presence of a head of a farm and the use of his et-es. are worth several pairs of hands. 10. Labor saving machinery, so that one may render himself as independent as needful of neighborhood labor; as a sense of the comparative dependence of the employer upon such labor, also liegets a disposition of obedience and faithfulness on the part of the employee. 11. Comfortable stabling and sheds for horses and stock, and all the necessary outbuildings for the accommoda tion of hands and protection of poultry. 12. Clover and otfier grasses to form a part of the rotation of the crops, and theso to bo at proper periods plowed into the form of pabulum for succeeding crops. The clover field to be either plastered or ashed each succeeding spring one bushel of the former and six of the latter per acre. 13. Not to keep more stock than can be well kept, but be sure to keep as many as can be kept in good condition, as it is a wise policy to feed as much as possible of the crops grown on a farm, and thus return to it that which has been abstracted from it. 14 To provide a good orchard and garden ; one to be filled with choice fruits of all kinds, and the other with vegetables of different sorts of early and j laie, so mat tne tame mny at an times j l.e well and seasonably supplied, and the surplus contribute to the wealth of the , proprietor. 15. The taking of county papers. K. It is better to cut grain just before it is 1 tilly or dead ripe, as when the straw, immediately before the grain ripens, is so dry that on twisting it no juice is extracted, it should be cut, for then there is no circulation of juice to the ear. Short Lesson on Cholera. The arrival of the steamer England, at Halifax, with one hundred and sixty cases of cholera of some kind on board, of which forty hid already proved fatal, furnishes another instructive lesson relative to the oiijia of this disease. The Knslan 1 left Liverpool on the 23th tilt , up to which time there was no cholera in Liverpool, nor any of nn epidemic character in England. Of the one hundred and ixtv cases, all but one or two. and probably all of them originated on hoard the vessel The main cause of this is found unmistakably in the enormous pnssenser list stated by telegraph at 1,200 persons. Imagine twelve hundred passengers, besides officers, waiters and crew, crowded between the det-ks of an ordinarj' steamer, heaving with the mighty swells of the stormy Atlantic in March, and heaving in consequence with seasickness, nausea and vomitiujr, breathing a close and rotten atmosphere, trying to drink bad cistern water, and to live on a new diet no pr son can fail to sec in these circumstances the superinducing causes of cholera combined iu all their effectiveness. Under such circumstances we fail to see why it is necessary to assume, what is j next to impossible to prove that thei disease was brought on board by some ( of the passengers. Of course it could i only be brought on board by the pas-t senger ignorantly, for no passenger who knew that he had the cholera wonld make his death certain oy starting on a voyage. As to the possibility of a person briaging it on board without knowing it, those who have bad the genuine cholera can speak with greater certainty than ourselves. But we can truly say of such approximate tendencies toward that disease as it has been our fortune to experience, that wc discovered the disease about as soon as it attacked us, and such haa been our observation among our friends. On the whole, therefore, we doubt whether, any circumstances that arise on land are as well calculated to produce cholera as the crowded holds and cabins of vessels at sea. And this opinion is supported by a great variety of testimony. The Medical Commission appointed by 3fajoleon III to investigate the origia of cholera in Arabia and Egypt, attributed it to two sources,the foetid atmosphere caused by killing avast quantity of animals for the food of the Mohamedan Pilgrims visiting Mecca, and the close stowage of those pilgrims on board essebj In their

jmimevs over the red Sea, Indiau Ocean,

f Nile and Mediterranean on their wav to Mecca and returning. But it is worthof note, that, unhealthy as they naturally judged the exposure of so vast an amount of animal and vegetable matter under a torid sun, in the midst, of a horde of 200,000 encamped emigrants, yet the prevalence of cholera and its mortality seemed to be less at Mecca than on the vessels going and returning. During the prevalence of the cholera in America in 1835 it followed the lines of river and canal communication, and broke out in the porta on those lines almost entirely. Villages like Auburn, but a few miles from the Erie canal were unviited, while towns like Syracuse on the line of the canal, which was then thronged with passengers, suffered se verely from the epidemic. In the elaborate report prepared by Dr. Evan, then of Chicago, now Senator from Colorado, the argument for the communicable nature of the disease was based almost wholly upon facts showing that it followed the lines of water travel, by river and canal. The vessel which a few months since entered the jiort of New York with cholera on board had no known cases when it left Havre. The pretence that undeveloped cases were surreptitiously smuggled on board by Frcncn health officers was a mere canard utterly inconsistent with the character of the disease. While upon the nicer questionsVespecting the origin of cholera, even doctors may coutinue to disagree, we think it will very generally be be conceded that ocean travel in crowd j ed vessels, if it does not originate the disease, at least give it a peculiarly virulent and epidemic character. Chicago Tribune. Secure Your Fur. About these days, albeit the March winds battle for supremacy over April's coy yet all alluring sunshine, we all have many an anxious thought concerning our change-of vesture and consequent "putting away" of furs and winter tilings, and none too early can these prudent precautions be taken. How many a princely set of sables or real ermine has come forth in furry abjectness because too late encased in its camphorated quarantine. To be prompt and beforehand is the only guarantee of safe guardianship over j our hairy treasures. The miller moth will be seen on the keen lookout for a daity nest in which to deposit her mischievous larve- During this time of reconnoitre lies the principal period when precautions are req-iisite. This miller maybe seen usually about the middle or latter part of April, when the first flush of Spring open3 your doors and windows, ami bids her welcome to 3'o;ir hospitality, inviting her, as it were, to the. depths of your thrown-asidc furs, whose stifling odor becomes well nigh insupportable in the sultry softness of a venial atmosphere. Hide them at once! Shake well; apply a light switch cane to the tippet and muff, cape or collar. which has been so precious a friend wUiIe the ice king held court over his fro!en realm. Air them, but do not! leave them swinging from an open win- t dow. No situation could prove a more direet invitation to the dieaded enemy. Have your cedar chest or your tightlyclosing trunk free from dust; sew up your furs either in linen, or well wrap them in papers, putting in their folds I pieces of gum camphor, also wrapped ' up lo prevent too rapid evaporation j Lay them aw.iy, not allowing anj'thing -very heavy to press upon the skins. To the cedar or camphor wood chest j I do not think any reliable virtue can be ' attached. If the grub of the insect has ! been deposited in the fur before deposi- j ting it therein, I opine that like murder j it "will out" to the destruction, partial if not complete, of the skin. Camphor, j we know is not favorable to insect life, i but the moth appears of all depredators I to be the most insidious and long lived. I To keep them out, means that they shall j not be in, and to secure this put the val- i tied articles out of harm's way before the miller mother can be up and doing to their destruction. It is well to keep a trunk or chest impregnated with the camphor from year to year, in which to store all woolen, flannel, fur or cloth not to be nsed during the warm weather and it is wise to occasionally peep into this receptacle to let eye-sight confirm your mental faith in their safety. Traisixo Cattls to Jump. A Western farmer says he made it a rule that whenever cattle are made to pass a fence whether through bars or "slipgap," to leave one rail for them to pass under. This gives them a downward tendency, and lessens their inclinations to jump or look upwards, as they are sure to do when a lazy attendant throws down a part of the rails and makes them vault the rest. Cattle may be taught to go over any fence by the careful training they often get for this end, and preformed as follows: First, starve them or give them poor feed, which will make them light and restless. As soon aa they go over the lowest part of the fence after better provender, make them jump back again, and put on one more rails, saying, "I guess that will keep 'em out" .Next day, (as of coarse they will be in mischief again.) repeat the process, addirig another rail ; in a short time they will take care of themselves, and harvest the crops without charge. X HI riLSIDI5TIlL Ual BOU. Al tne f sale of property belonginz to the Gov eminent, which look place yesterday at Alexandria, by order of the war Department, the magnificent car that was built for the late honored President Lincoln, and which bore his remains to their last resting place, was sold at publie auction. The car cost upwards of f30,000 and waa bid off to ex-Marshal Ward H. Lamon for less than 10,000. Washington Republican.

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cut, whi, must have noticed the extreme care is taken to preserve trees and fruits from destruction. Americans would do well to copy after the example of their European neighbors in this mat ter. Yearly and daily and .hourly our magnificent forests, the distinctive bean ty of an American landscape, are fall dug under the woodman's axe sacrifice to the greed of gain. Undoubtedly cue cause of the different estimate of the inhabitants of the two countries p'tt upon the value of tree Is, that in old countries the fact ia realixed that the forests are nearly gone, and must be guarded if any portion of them is saved. -In America, on the contrary, settlers never can believe that the vast forest will be exhausted. The result, however is the same. A farmer having selected bis laud, at once goes to work to clear off the timber; aad, eeemingly possessed of an unquiet spirit urging him on, stops not nntil he has removed nearly every particle of the wood, often leaving "lis cottage standing alone without even he shelter of a solitary tree a fiery , urnace in Summer, and a bare and bleak j lace in Winter. Nor do the conseMtienoes emi here. The farmer soon I nds the cooling springs, at which he tf as wont to water his flocks either dryi ig up earlier than usual or afford ins; uu-h less watrthan when he first set!e l the farm, and ignorantly attributes . to an unusual number of droughts and dry spells," instead of finding the true uiiiUon in the fact that the chief protec:on of the cooling springs that formed tsch a prominent feature of attraction causing him to purchase was destroy -d by himself when he ont .down the : m-bts. But notwithstanding the vast ess of the forests that nature ao prod rally scattered over the country, they re fast disappearing before the axe, ' nd it is now a serious question how t ng they will last Journal of Com , icrcc. . A Vam FomaTrci. BaiUkORoou "he Davenport (Iowa) Gazette, is re jponsilde for the following case of ah 1 Mice of mind; that occurred in that re jion; Mr. , having a poor menu 'IUO. e of ir, came very near being the cause moil unhappiness to two loving souls, i t say nothing of the disappointment to ie minister and a Bobrir of invited j nests, who were summoned an eveniug r two ago' to the nuptials of a couple in i lis city who bad agreed lo join in a i.iti-imonial partnership. It appears the ( idy had made her arrangements, friends ; eic present, cake and fixings all ready, :i 1 minister present, but no bridegroom. The hour had come and passed, .snd I 1 mi the hridegrom came not. .Suspioa .of foul play, suicide, (prospective ipi'iiiess the supposed. cause) aud divr other reasons were assigned for the bsenrc of the leading member of the ' en- firm that was to be.' When eome t ne suggested that a search be instituj ;d at the boarding house of the bride room, if (lossible to get a clue to bis . he reabouts, the happy rdea Was at once ted on, and the to-be-happy. man iu in I snugly enaconsed in bed, snoring s one entirely nacofMcious of approach -.ig danger. ' ' ' ' The victim was aroused snd intcrro- , .a ted as to the meaning of bis couuuet, . 11 1 if his intentions were honorable, ' nd a dozen similar questions from the econstrcution committee, were at once o:np!.ly an3Wcwo ay; the unfortunate absentee, who indignantly denlel any noiig motive, but said he had "forgutcii all about h." Tlu-new. suit was ta;eu from the-bure&u drawer, the happy jan of brief nremory Used up, and iu M iurnph escorted to the domicile of the expectant bride. Tears gave place to . miles. The minister performed hi al,oted duty, and the company all pronounced it (the first part of the enter.ai.'iment) the best Joke of the season. (iK irnxd. Every farmer should learn o do Ids own grafting. It is very easy optartion when once ' unvferstood. A . harp penknife aad a good fine saw are in Uspensible.; Splitting the stock so that the bark shall not be bruised and i haplug the seism wedge fashion both 'vays, preserving also the bark uninjured an 1 placing the rim ttke mood of both stock and scion exactly together, no that tire sap can intermingle there i no ilanger of failure, if properly,. waxed. 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