Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 January 1871 — Page 2

Rural.

MOS fitUsE FABMER^X'L WB. MONTBOSK, 1)»CV 20, 1«?0. The Club .-.l tfoe uifcal tim|..mid plac£—President J. D. Parker in the chair. The minutes of previous meeting were read sr.ci approved

Mr. K"ith propounded tlie following question: Can corn crop be increased by planting seed corn haying eighteen row* to ear,

Mr. iiarues—I think it possible to improve Kiicli eorn in some retpects, but would not select such corn for se'd. Would prefer corn with a less number of rows to ear, because of the less number of intertices between grains, resillting in a greater amount of solid corn to the ear. The solidity of the corn will certainly lie increased with the diminution of grains to ear, and the weight will be correspondingly increa ed

Mr. Ilaney—• All does not depend on kind of seed much depends on quality of soil. Sc"d corn should be deep grained and well matured.

Mr. Brown—Gentleman do not touch the point in the question. Corn with many rows 1 think best .or st-ed. Quantity as well as quality is what is desired in corn-raising. The turning point in this question is on the kind of seed that will produce the greatest results. I5ig ears for seed will yield more than little cars. Would recommend largo oars wilh large well developed kem.ils for seed.

Mr.

Ilaney—Large

ears have large

cobs. The grain on the cob should weigh more than the cob. Where the cob is large this relation cannot exist. Deep grains give small cob and weighs inoro to a given bulk. Large ears have to many spaces between grains.

Mr. Keith—Have seen this matter tested recently. The corn in a 20 bushel wagon bod weighed 4 bflshels more when filled with hoininy corn with 12 rows to the oar tha'n when filled with common corn having 14 and 18 rows to tho ear. A difference of 12 bushels in 100 Is quite an item with the farmer.

Mr. Gilbert—'There is great difference in eorn. The corn known as hoininy corn in this vicinity is not the real hominy corn. This, that has the name only in (his country has been culled from tho common eorn. The genuine hominy eorn is a small-grained,smooth, llinty, wilh 8 to 10 rows t» the ear. Should s-'lect large ears with much corn and stirill cob for seed.

Mr. Mui"—Mini llinty corn weighs most. Mr. II inn s—I think the tost alluded to by Mr. Keith settles the question. The hoininy eorn heiv is our largest corn, I oare nothing about size of cob solidity of corn Is the mosi important

t^corn, Jfi&-

ols to ttflFlOO In tho bulk,SR. behooves fanners to plant fho small hard corn. But stock limn object to it for tho reason of its haing hard or to crush in tho mouth.

All avingthm thoroughly "acknowledged tho corn." Tho Club ordered that tin following be made a part of the record

Is the time not at hand when tho fanners an I fruit.growers should protect themselves against depredations of roving binds of idlo men and boys, who, with dogs and guns, overrun tho fields, orchards, and very door-yards of tho country people?

W. M. lAc—It there is any one subject at present, that duservedty claims a greater share of tho Club's attention than an other, I do think it is this one. lit earlier times, before our fields, and orchards. and gardens were known by metes and bounds, and while they were yet a part of tho wild unbroken domain, inhabited by almost all manner of wild game, it was no wonder that the hardy pioneer was often seen with trusty riile in hand bringing down tho door,* tho turkey, the wolt, and other large gaain, worthy his attention, that roamed their prairie and woodland homes. Itw.istlien a matter ot necessity on tho part of tho hunter. Hunting was a reality because of the then large game that 'amply rewarded the hunter for his time and trouble invested. Hut now that such inducements have disapjwared at the approach of the farmer, the gardener, and tho orehardist, it is certainly surprising and not a little provoking that their small places must re overrun by idlers with dogs and guns, in search of little birds, rabbits, and other insignificant game, which, if sold in the markets of the country, would scarcely pav for the powder and shot expended, to say nothing of the lavish waste of time and muscle in the vory exhilarating and refining (1) chime after this "small fry."

It is no unusual occurrence for these depredators to wine into orchards and within the vory do«r-rards and other cnvhxMircH, and"whang away" «t small guuto unions trees and shrubbery regardless of damage to premises. Your spunkcr has bad trees seriously damaged in Uvjs way. Instances aro not wanting in our own immediate neighborhood whecothe shot, from guns in the hands of some of these thoughtless fellows, have bttcn tnadc to rattle •gainst dwelling houses, to the infinite surprise and consternation of the ocoupairt*, thus jeopardising their safety and tuace of mind. And, what makes these Ning* the inoro annoying and unb®araiC majority of these idlers set

apart

{^lest day, the Sabbath,

for their gtVjjjng sprees, thus adding insult to injdV They seem to entertain no reg',r,*\jr the Sabbath them selves and dis feelings of othei the day and keep

the rights and

tho wish to observe

Damaging tw**

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ahmbl»ery, en­

dangering the 111* of families*. Sabbath breaking attendant demoralising influences at

tlje

er minds of the voung,

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only

annoyances incident to thjv. jj.jn forth oft lies© follows aruiod ped as if for chase of ui'd roaring lion.

If, in prowling among currant os, grape vine*, and pea sticks, chance upon nothing worthier of •••teel" (steal) than the innocent lit! bltil, the friend of the orchard 1st, they bare been known to"blaw»away,"and, bringing it down, rush forward and secure the oovetcd pri«e(!) with as much aatiaAictioii and complacency as did Daniel Boone when h« killed the bear,

or Davy Crocket when ho grinned the coon down the tree. It is now becoming well-known to*-" fro

It growers and otfceraphaHhe birds area geat protectio^aga^tt|#rafiges of fruit-destroyiir nsects io\vn to frlspis of the, is, that 1 enter against their nate destrue-

the age. They attl husbandman. lie hero my humble JEffot w..nton :.nd ind:

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And now, gentlemen of the Club, in view of all these facts, I do sincerely think and insist that the time is now at hand when we should unite together as one man in preventing, in the future, such incursions as many have meekly submitted to in the past and in securing that degreo of security and respect on the Sabbath day that is due to as and our families.

There being nothing further before the order, on motion, the Club adjourned.

CAVSE

OH MI A

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NESS.—Harsh

judg­

ment, rough words, small but' frequent acts of selfishness and injustice, sometimes quite poison the heart that promised to be healthy, and curse the start that promised to be blessed. There are families that possess every earthly coinfort—health, money, and occupation— but are miserable from the jealousy and quarreling that prevails within them. There are married couples who live in daily sorrow, not because they are in want, but because each thinks tho other unkind, arbitrary, and inconsiderate. Young people sometimes marry with their eyes shut and thus, instead of being mated with angels, as they f°°j* ishlv imagined they might be, they find out "afterward that they are only men and women, with the common work-a-day weaknesses and faults of their respective sex. This sham love easily gets soured, and then each reproaches the other for not fulfilling the sentimental prospects with which they entered into the marriage state. Take any of tho relationships of life, and we find that far the greater part of all our sorrow comes from the same causes. Get any one to tell you honestly what gives him the most ."innoyance and disquietude, and ho will tell you they come from want of kindness, sympathy, and fellow-feeling. He could tell (•on that he would bear other things, if le only met with more consideration, support, and encouragement from the people with whom he has to do.

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TIIK following is the last thing written Wy the late "Artemus Ward:" Ontil quite recent I've been a healthy individooal. I'm nearly sixty, and yit I've got a muskle into my arms which don't make my lists resemble tho tread of a canary-bird when they fly out and hit a man. Only a few weeks ago I was exhibitin' in East Showhegan, in a b'ldin' which had formly bin ockepied by a pugylist— one of them fellers which hits from the shouldey, and teaches tho manly art of self-dofiJns. And he cum and said he was goin' in free, in eonsekence of previ'ly ockepyin' .sed b'ldin', with a large yelier dog. I sed, 'To be sure, sir, but hot with that yelier dog.' He sed, 'Oh, yes.' I sed, 'Oh, no.' He sed, Do you want to.be ground to powder?" I sed,

Yes, I do, if there is a powder grindist handy.' lichen ho struck mo a disgustin' blow in my left eye, which causod that concern to close for repairs but he didn't hitrt mo any more. I went for him* I went for him energet'call v. His .parentis liv.ed.near by, and I will

!sSir^MX8,tate

ith, weighs 112 hukth-

that fifteen minutes after

rd gone for him, his mother, seein' the prostrate form of her son aj)proaehin" the house onto a shutter, carri'd by four men, run out of doors, keerfully looked him over, and sed, 'My son, you've bin foolin' 'round a thrashin' masheen You went in at the end where they put the grain in, come out with tho straw and then got up in the thingumajig, and let the bosses tred on you, didn I you, my son?' You can imagine by this what a disagreeable person I am whom I'm angry.

TIIK BKLOVKD WIFE.—Only let a wo man bo sure that she is precious to her husband—not useful, not valuable, not con.venient, simply, but lovely and bo loved let her be tiio recipient of his po lito and hearty attentions let her feel that her care and lovo aro noticed, appreciated and returned let her opin ion be asked, her approval sought, and her judgment respected in matters of which she is cognizant in short, let her only be loved, honored and cherished in fulfillment of the marriage vow, ami she will be to her husband, her chil dren,and society,a well-spring of pleasure. Sho will bear toil, and pain, and anxiety for her husband's love is to her a tower and fortress. Shielded and sheltered tin rein, adversity will have lost its sting. She may suffer, but sym pathy will dull the odjje of her sorrow A lio"use with love in it—and by love 1 mean love expressed by words, and looks, and deeus for I have not one spark of faith in tho ldvo that never crops out—it is to a house without love, as a person to a machine the one is life, the other mcchanism.

CI'tuors HAILHOAD ACCIDENT.—A countryman in England happened to be in a railway train, accompanied by his wifr, when a o* 11 is ion happened. Ills wife received a severe contusion between the eyes, for which tho jury awarded £50 damages. Sometime after the following was elicited from the plaintitr, in a moment of unguarded conviviality Well, you see't collision happened, Could woman and I wur all reet but then whon 1 got o't' carriage I saw a lot of fellows in a terrible state. One sings out: Eh, lad, I've gettin' my head cut open, I'll ha' twenty peownd for this? 'Twenty poownd,' cried Another, 'I'se gettin' my shoulder out, and I'll have forty for it.' When I heard this, continued tho clever husi news man, I jumped at t' ould'woman stniight out, and dniv my head reght between her eyes, and we'se gettin750 peownd for't."

OFFICIOUS BKMTVOI.KNCK.—The St. Bernard dog has his own way of saving people. So all-of-a-rush with eagerness la ho fo do the christian thing, that he will take hold anywhere—bv the arm, by the leg. by the throat, lie is well' up in phvslcs, too. "SFttlly appreciating the preliminary importance of a good hold for a long pull and a strong pull, he always makes sure that his teeth meet, and that they get a good clinch on a bone or something. Then he know* where he is, and feels a glorious confidence that he will have you out, utile** something breaks. Enthusiast tic, no hie-hearted fallow I there is nothing half-way about hitn. Strong as a buffalo, every fibre in him is at y^ur service.—The Aldim/or January.

A NRW LAV,—1he reporter who described the CMS of the hen discovered the bark premises of a hardware vainly trying to htoh-oat two latn door-knons, most have be lg for a handle for a story, and courm!he handle to some urpose. Of knoi^ren a hen would know no door\*atoh!

"Sunday Readin

PTIMS

TER RK-HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL. JANUARY 7.1871.

?or tl»e aatuitoyEve||ig MSfl.] Tit VE ST A NVAliD. •AS a nations ideas 6f Deity are exalt* ed, it rises in the scale of mor&Mxeellence. A people that recognizes the highest attributes in divinity, will ever occupy the first plaeo in history. Superstition has been tho clog to human progress in all generations, and the worship of objects endowed by man's imagination with powers greater than he himself possesses, and yet imperfect, inasmuch as man devoid of inspiration cannot create a being superior to himself, degrades instead of elevating. The recognition of a supreme power is necessary in all Governments, whether human or divine, and the stronger that power to administerjustice, the greater the confidence reposed in it. Where do we look for the greatest advancement in science, art, and literature Certainly not to those who are enveloped in a cloud of superstition, but where all things are subordinated to the grand idea of one God, to whom all are answerable. This being must possess a power infinitely greater than man's most sublime conceptions for the human heart is always loth to acknowledge a superior, and added to this is that natural perverseness which tempts us to deny what is not absolutely infallible.

As Christianity advances those arts which ennoble man, and lift him above the savage are developed, and the lapse of centuries has established the iact that the greater the acknowledgement and practice of those principles laid down by the Great Teacher, the greater the power and influence exerted in developing those qualities which -are necessary to man's greater happiness. We, as a people, in encouraging the dissemination of religious knowledge and the spread of the Bible, are preparing ourselves for a more glorious diestiny than any nation since tne gathering together of the mighty hosts of Israel. As with nations so with individuals. Superstition is the bane of our social life, and only through an intimate acquaintance with the teaching of the Bible, and the practice of those virtues inculcated by it are wo to find ah antidote. Education in the common affairs of life tends to this, and in that it begets a love for something more than is absolutely necessary to discharge successfully what is incumbent upon us in our relations to society. The first and greater duty imposed upon man is the the acknowledgement of the claims of the gospel, and tuis once settled, his intellect is lolt free to soar above the debasing elements that surround him, and bathe in the purer atmosphere of a higher life. Among tho better elements of society, wo recognize that as the lowest which is certainly seeking the gratification of its most degrading passions. He who is so lost to all sense of shame as to forget his manhood, and the tions which are imposed upon the requirements ol' his own ses his ears to the voice of wisj justly merits the condemns is visible upon him. Soeie ready to acknowledge the virtue over vice, and pursuit of the former safeguard against the the latter, but the negl every possible means, free to combat it, and the most certain victory. For ir urally inclined to accept that ev" ho is not actually engaged in ting. The only true standard tho most exalted conception form, aided by revelation of E acknowledging that as the supreme guide we shall ^ttain to the highest excellence. EDWIN FOUESTER

IIKNRY WARD BEECHER explains a little professional matter as follows: "Once in ten thousand times twin gifts come to tho same man but,as a general rule, our churches must make up their minds to it tha if they have a perfect preacher he cannot be their pastor, or if they have a perfect pastor he cannot be their preach woman kept boarders On Monday she bought twenty pounds of juicy beef, a splendid roast. One day's soup will hardly bo misscu from it,' said she. And Monday's soup was made and praised and the beef was still juicy. On Tuesdaj*, too, she had soup, and so on Wednesday. By judicious cutting, letting in water and letting out juice, soups tolerable, but weaker and weaker, were enjoj-ed and then endured every day and Saturday. On Sunday she roasted the beef. At dinner tho boarders said one to another, This meat, is a little dry. Our landlady is great on soup but she breaks down on roast.' There are faithful pastors six days in the week, who aro rather dry on Sunday."

THE reply oneo made by an English embassador to a French king is regarded as one of tho finest on record. Tho king of England had instructed his representative to sue for the release of certain Huguenots who had been thrown into the Bastile for their religion.

What would your master, the king of England, say, if I sue for tho release of the prisoners in Newgate," was the French king's reply. The embassador's reply was perfect in Spartan simplicity, keen in wit, cotirtcsy, and magnanimity. He said our majesty may have every one of them if you will claim them as your brethren." But what a thought that the Lord Jesus Christ makes precisely this claim in behalf of all on the earth who trust in him!

RKV. E. P. ROE gives, in the Evaagel ist, an account of religious affairs in the Military Academy of West Point. He says that "the religious influences are steadily growing stronger at West Point." Several of the officers are earnest Christians, and General Upton, the new commandant, and his accomplished sister, throw the whole weight of their influence .and constant otforl towards promoting a Christian life and spirit among the students." In calling for General Howard on Sabbath evening, he found him at the oadet prayer meeting, which is now regularly sustained twice each week, on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. There are about fifty students present," who are no longer a despised minority, but have weight and influence with the rest.

BRKT HAKTK, the California poet, oomes of one of the old Dutch families of the Hudson River, and he is dainty, refined and fostidious. In stature he is about five foe eight inches rather slim and alightly inclined to stoop, and in complexion dark. The regularity of bis features^ which are of the Grecian type, is disturbed by the prominence of his nose. His beard is worn after the mut-ton-chop style. In dress he is exceedingly neat In manner polite, unassuming snd dignified and altogether unpretending.

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Young Folks#

I am composed oif 0 wttem. My 9,1, 7, 2 is a noun nninbef. My 5, 6, 8 is an Uwect. My 3, 4 is a preposition.

My holo is a city in Scotland.

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BKTTIE.

WORD PUZZLE.

My first is in mine, but not in yours. My second is in windows, but not in doors. My third is in speak, and also in spell. My fourth is it) sick, but not in well. My filth is in borrow, but not in lend. My sixth is in squander, but not in spend. My seventh is in run, but not in walk. My eight is in write, but not in talk.

My whole is.the name of a large river in the United States. EDDIB O'BRIEN.

PROBLEM.

A man owns 16 9-10 acres in the form of a right angled triangle. The sum of the perpendicular and hypothenuso is 168 24-100 rods, and the Dase and perpendicular are as 1 to 2. Required the length of each side.

GEO. E. DAI.TON.

LOGOGRIPH.

Whole, I am a vehicle beheaded, I am an effect of the sun again, I am an exclamation restored and transposed, I am a measure restored and syncopated, I am a division of time.

CHARLEy.

CHARADE.

I put my second in my first, and she complained because my wholo was not there, and her leet were cold.

ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS CHARADES AC. IN LAST WEEK'S PAPER.

Enigma No. 1.—Scotch Highlander. Geographical Questions.—4. EeavcnI 1

SQUARE WOHl). E N j* E RE ,.1*^

N E W

A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR.

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JAMES.

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Long Bay.

worth (11 w-o'cr-th) Crooked Laka. d). 8.Ellsworth(Ls-w-o'er-th). O.York (Y-o'er-k).

7. Concord (Con-c-o'er

Poets Enigmatically Expressed.—1. Cowper. 2. Dryden. 3. Longfellow. 4. Browning. 5. Addison. 6. Bowring. 7. Campbell. 8. Crabbe. 9. Goldsmith. 10. Moore. 11. Pope. 12. Willis. 13 Hood. 14. Wordsworth.

TUZZLE.

Thus our little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity.

BY PROF. L. C. COOLEY.

Sitting quietly at my desk this calm October evening, the wind hushed out' side, and the sound of conversation unheard in the house, how can I believe that in spite of all this silence I am not at rest. It is true, as I have been told it is, that while I sit in my arm-chair, I am at the same time traveling more swiftly than the swiftest triiin of cars were ever driven, or the swiftest bird can ever fly? If so, then in what carriage am I drawn and where is the _ed which draws it?

Von and I am traveling more rapidly nan the swiftest antelope can run. Tho world itself is our carriage, and tho power which drives it is the force which God, who made the \vorld and us, has brought to bear upon it.

Look at the sun in the early morning, It is seen in the eastern sky, just rising over tho hills or the tree-tops. Higher and higher it climbs, until noon, and then lower and lower it sinks until it goes out of sight behind the western

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did thus travel every day from oast to west! Wo are not to trust tho appearance it tells us false. It is not tho motion of the sun over heads it is the motion of the earth itself, which makes the sun appear to rise in the east. Every day the earth turns around, and carries us and all its other burdens of hills, and forests, and rocks and seas. Just as riding swiftly in a railroad car, we sometimes, for the moment, think the trees and houses, rocks and fences to be hurrying past us in the opposite direction, "so the world, carrying us swiftly onward from west to east has made it appear that the sun, and moon, and stars were traveling from east to west.

But who can tell how fast the earth is turning on its axis? Why, any boy or girl who has studied arithmetic can tell. For the earth is 25,000 miles in circumference and turns once around in exactly twenty-four hours. Now, Jamie says, divide 25,000 by 24, and you get tho number of miles it must turn in one hour. And I find it to be a little more than one thousand. So, while you and I are sitting by our evening lamps, quietly reading or writing, we are being whirled along our journey, never stopping, and at tho rate of more than a thousand miles an hour.—Bright Side.

PERSEVERE.—"I learned grammer," says Cobbett, "when I was a private soldier, on the pav of sixpence per day. The edge of my Wrth, or that of my guard-bed, was" my seat to study in my knapsack was my book-case, and a bit of board lying in my lap was my writing-table. I had no money to purchase candle or oil in winter time it was rarely that I could get any light but that of thejfire, and only my turn even of that. To buy a pen or sheet of paper, I was compelled to forego some portion of food, though in a state of naif-starvation. I had no moment of time that 1 could call mv own and I

had to read and write amid the talking, g» whistling, and bawling of at least half a score of the most thoughtless of men and that, too, in hours of freedom from all control. And say, if I, under circumstances like these, could encounter and overcome the task, can there bo in the whole world a youth who can find an excuse for the non-performanec?"

AN IRISH CURE FOR TIIK TOOTHACIIB. —There is a story extant of sn Irishman who had the'toothacbe. He was a quarrvman by profession, and he concluded that the best way to rid himself of the afflicted tooth would be to blast it out.

He filled his mouth with powder, fired a slow match and ran around the eorncr to get ont of the way of the blast and watch the result.

When the explosion occurred he was surprised to find how close it seemed. It was very successful so far as the tooth was concerned, but when the Irishman went home the general aspect of his month resemblea that of the Delaware water. would not under-

UNTING

COON

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cooh-h WW, nasi eicitinf oFCey]

many sections it is made profitable^ as- -vtfe good coon-skius are worth from fiftv to seventy-five cents each. The eooh is usually hunted at uight, by men armed with axes and guns, and dogs gifted by nature yith a delicate sense of smell. The coon is a nocturnal prowler, at night rioting in the eorn-field, when the succulent roastiug-ears are in season, carrying terror and consternation to tho hen-roost, or fishing for crawfish in the swainps. using his ringed caudhlity for bait, ana whisking the luckless crustacean from his native element by a dexterous movement of his hinder parts, so soon as he feels a bite. Your coon is a rollicking rover, and in tho course of a single night he will probably engage in all these various amusements, and as morning approaches, with his stomach distended with good, rich food, he seeks retirements in the hollow of a tree, and gently snoozes away the rosy hours, until returning hunger and the shades of night call him forth to fresh seenes of devastation on corn-field and chicken-roost. So the exssperated farmer who would be revenged upon the spoiler of his poultry-yard must hunt nim at night. To do this a good dog is indispensable none of your blooded dogs, but a low-bred, brindle cur. The party, equipped with torches, guns and axes, beat up the hunts fre-

uented by the animal, and the fiiithful strikes a trail, which he follows until coony is obliged to "tree." If not pressed too closely, the game seeks some hollow tree, and retires within but if his four-footed enemy presses too close, he takes to the first tree that comes handy, and ensconces himself among the Branches. If in a hollow tree, tne axe comes in requisition. If not, the gun brings down the game. The raccoon is the garnest animal that lives. He is unconquerable, and caji not be subdued. A full-grown male will amuse the largest dog, and, though overpowered, will sell his lifo dearly. He nghts with skill as well as courage, and his quickness, agility, and sharp, needle-like teeth inflict sevoro wounds upon the dog. An inexperienced dog will be severely handled Deforo ho kills a coon, and an old coon-dog can alwnj's be distinguished by his scarred nose.— Muncie lelegraph.

USEFULNESS OF THE IIORSE. As soon as the hofse is dead, his blood is sought^ by tho manufacturers of al-

mane and tail are WluitedTor hair-cloth, sleeves, bow-strings,tind br\lshes. The skin is converted into leather, for cart 'harness, for boots atid shoes, and strong collars. The hoofs-are used for combs, horn-work, glufe, tfnd, irt old times, were the chief source of tho spirits of hartshorn, now obtained from the gas-house The flesh is boiled down' in the rendering vat, and much oil and fat is obtained from it. £tome of the

vtfho

STERIO Ui

To see a

cc bits may

find their way into cheap restaurants, and play tho part of beofctoak, or help to enrich the hasty plates of soup to those establishments. Tho flesh left, after all has been extracted from it that is of any service, is sometimes "burned, to be used as a manure, or is worked up into nitrogenous compounds, such as the cyanides, to be used by the photographer for taking our pi'ctogns. Tho stomach and intestines make raluable strings and cords tor musical instruments, and out of the bones so many uselul articles are manufactured that it is almost impossible to make out a complete list of them. Among them aro buttons, toys,.tweezers, knife-handles, rulers, cups, dominoes, balls and the residue from all those things is burnt into bone-black, to bo used by tho su-gar-refiner, who thus puts in a second claim upon the dead horse and some part of the bone-black is burned white, to bo used by the assayer in testing for gold and, when the refiner and assayer have finished with it, it is converted inlo super-phosphate, to servo as a valuable manure on our land. The teeth' aro used as substitutes for ivory and the iron shoes, if not nailed up over tho door to insure good fortune to the household, are worked up into excellent wrought metal. Some portion of the bone-black is converted into phosphorus, for the manufacture of matches, and lately a valuable bread preparation is made of the phosphate, and medicines are prepared for the cure of consumptives.

AN INDIAN ROMA NCE. A young mechanic, of Norwich, Conn.', named John Bull, lately became enamored of an Indian maiden, who

dwelt in a wigwam just out of town, where braided her mats and wrought her ornaments of beads for tho market of the pale-faco»».

In her romaiui.: retreat the anient youth sought out his "dusky mate" and woed her to become his own.

He found her "willin," and took a lover's pride in lavishing upon her such gifts as his slender pui«e could buy, and no doubt clothed tier witn all tlie graces which poets and romancers had esto\vcd upon "bright Alfarata," faithful Pocahontas, and other unsophisticated daughters of the forest.

But his hopes were destined to fade, and his dream of romance to be changed into very ugly reality.

A few days ago his adorable daughter et the forest visited the city, and with the proceeds of her traffic and the pawning of her lover's gift's, got gloriouslv intoxicated and stood' on her head in the open square.

In this unseemly attitude she lost forever the affections of tho youthful Bull.

His dream of delusion is over, and he goes the dull mechanical round, once more a sober citizcn of Norwich.

FINING THINGS. sudden and rapid Telegraph is mainly

The

Western Union based upon the herculean "efforts whici are to be made this winter to Aell the entire corporation to the Government. I hear that overwhelming pressure will IKS brought to bear upon Congress to push through the scheme. Hitherto the Western Union folks have labored most zealously to convince both Houses that Governmental, as opposed to private, lines were most unprofitable ana undesirable. What an array of statistics concerning the telegraph systems of other oounines were, for example, laid before Congress by the Western Union officers, daring the last winter and the winter previous? This opposition to the Government system will now, it is said, be wholly withdrawn, as soon as ''things are fixed," that is to say, when Congress consents to buy the Western Union, instead of building new lines, in accordance with the Huhbarrl and other bill*, then the Western Union

gap. folks will "push things*" The Western

The dentist says ne would not under- Union appears to have abandoned its take to fit him with a new set of teeth, whilom policy of buving up competing of the necessary sire, for less than a lines. Report says that it does not pay. thousand dollan.

1—New

York Oor. "Chicago Jovmal.

room, of wlic not likely bio coincidence!* uion occurrence,] speculative^ sOppose that tl nave been speaking or thinking ot'r him but it really seems as though"" something heralds his approach, and from that mysterious cause we speak of him. What that "something" is, we-" must set down as one of tho grand secrets of life—animal lifb^-in its broad- rj est sense,'and not limiting the term to human life simply because we really know TOthfng, or next to nothing, of a* what passcathrough the brain or inner hinkingfpy iippl^ of our dumb fello^

"Talk of tho devil and he will appear," is the old saying, which mixes up a permanent philosophical tact with old monkish superstition. For it is not only the devil, or some Very bad fellow, equally wicked, butwith no equal dig- .• nitv," that is implicated but the wholo saving, if rationally modernised, might just as truthfully ba rendered,44Talkof an angel," "Talk of a loved one," "Talk of a hated one,"

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that all the present company are interestcdin"—and hell appear! And tho,slatter case is of the very commonest oc-»• currence unless, indeed, the dinner is "waiting for hitn," and then, by the perversity of things, ho does not appear until you have ceased to think of nim b-r-—in fact, "begnn without him.

But a more discursive and perplexing mystery exists in the fact that wo

there is no particular lovo, or regard, or admiration on your part toward that

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iddenly, and with no conscious cause,

think of a person that we have not seen for years know not where he isif living have no conscious object or interest in seeing him, nor any express JP wish for it. Yet the thought occurs, and again ocsurs and you know not why, after all these long years, especially as

nor the least impression that he any thcught about yon. Yet, aftor Iho lapse of weeks, or even months, suddenly we meet that very person, as iff the thought or memory of him, or her, had only occurred Uie"uiinuto before,

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A NEC DO TES OF CA IiL YLE. The curious aud '^tro.uble omo" st}*Ic of Carlyle is said to be-quite In contrast with hfs simple, straightforward way of talking. Hatred of sham is one of "his notable characteristics. Ono ovening at a small literary gathering a lady famous for her "muslin theology" was bewailing the wickedness of the Jows in not receiving our Saviour, and ended her ii diatribe by expressing regret that He had not appeared in her own time.: "How delighted," said she, "we should all be to throw our doors open to IIiin,» and listen to His divine precepts!.. Don't you think so, Mr. Carlyle

The sturdy philosopher, thus appeal-: ed to, said, in the broad Scotch, "No, madam, I don't. I think that, liar lie como very fashionably dressed, with

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Tho magistrate made Ilydo givo bonds not to do it again. And Ilydo now pitches her out of the back-win-dow, every fow minutes, on tho cook while she is hanging up tho clothes.

AN Englishman, stopping at a country inn in one of the Eastern States, was continually boasting of the superiority ef everything in England, and depreciating t^ie productions of America. The Landlord, as may be surmisod, did not relish this, and, thorefore, thought of a plan to "get square with tho English blower. Procuring a bushel of largo, healthy crabs, ho poured them In tho Englishman's bed then telling his guest that the room was ready, he lighted a caudle and escorted him up stairs. Upon reaching the door the Yankeo managed to put out the light. Of course, it didn't make much difference to tho Englisher, so he undressed himself and jumped into bed. Immediately he gavo a terrific yell.

Landlord landlord! come hore! What are these in my bed 7" Tne landlord, who was outside tho door, came in, looked in the bod, and coolly said:

Them's bedbugs can you beat them in England?" The Englishman left at once.

HARPERS BAZAiisaysconoernin^nuptial arrangements: One p. m. and 8 p. m. are fashionable hours for weddings at church. The bridal monogram, in white flowers adorn the front of the altar. during the silent prayer that precedes the ceremony^ and while the cerornctny is being performed. casing only when the clergyman is about to offer the final prayer. There are usually four ushers, young gentlemen selected from the intimate friends of tho bridal party, to receive the guests and conduct them to the seats reserved for them. The ushers are arrayed full evening dress. They meet the bridal party in the vestibule, and walk, arm in arm, before them to the altar. Each bridesmaid has an attendant groomsman the groom escorts the bride's mother, and the bride comes last, leaning on the fcrm of her father or guardian.

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plonty of'money, and preaching doctrines palatable to the higher orders, I might liave had the honor of receiving from you a card of invitation, on the back of which would bo written, 'To meet our Saviour.' But if Ho had como uttering His sublime precepts, and denouncing the Pharisees, and associating.,S? with the Publicans and lower orders, ns Ho did, you would havo treated Him much as the Jews did, and have cried out, 'Take Him to Newcastle and hnng ,, Him!'

On oeotlier occasioiy whon Ernest Jones, ifciwell-known Chartist leader, was haranguing, in his violent manner, against tho established authorities,Car-, lylo shook his head, and told him that, "had the Chartist loaders been living in the days of Christ, IIo would have sent the unclean spirits into them instead of into tho swine of tho Gergesenes, and so we should have happily got rid of them." This delicate allusion to the suicide ot the pigs so astonished the respectable represontativo of tho liumerous family of tho Joneses that he said nothing inoro about Chartism that night.—Harper's Magazinr.

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Tn«»rnt.K.—Mr.

llvde, of Pittsburg has been in the habit of pitching his wifo out of the window three or four times a day, and he has at last got himself into trouble about it.

Several passors-by had their hats smashed into conditions of vilencss by the descending Mr. Hyde, and the annoyanco at lost became so great that Mr Hyde was arrested. The magistrate said that it )vas an outrage that such disgracoful occurrences should happen in a Christian community citizens couldn't afford to be buying hats every few minutes, just because of the foolishness of Hyde.

Mr. Hyde said it was his wife's fault for not being softer, and not slighting more gently upon hats, when sho saw them underneath her as she camo down.

Tho magistrate said he could not accept such an excuso, because her husband need not throw her out with so much force. I