Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 34, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 February 1871 — Page 2

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How TO FATTKN

Feed two or three quarts of the mixture two or three time* daily, mingled with a peek of cut hay and straw. If the horse will eat that greedily, let thy quantity be gradually increased, until ins will out four or six quarts at every feeding, three times a day. But avoid the practice of allowing the horse to stand nt a rack well tilled with hay. In order to fatten a horae that has run down in flesh, tho groom should be very particular to feed the animal no more than he will eat up clean, and then lick hit. manger for more.

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And if the time comes when it is best to sell the farm, fifty dollars so invested, will often bring back five hundred. For a man is a brute who will not insensibly yield to a higher price for such a faVm, when he thiuks of the pleasant surroundings it otters to his wife and children. Farmers*beautify and adorn your farms set out orchard^ sbrubliory, so ado-trees l«iy oil" lawns build good, follow put up good gates, and paint or whitewash your outhouses and fcllCC.'.

KHuiiP IN* INK SNOIV.—The Xevrtd.I says:—" The Brown Brothers, ran J|ing no ir Sniartsville, have isiyiijd l.WOO AtWj) tlio pant .summer on FaU ^'renk. A iiout :.h" l'ut of Noveinl»er, fearful of being caught in a snow Htorin. iiev drove their lli^ek down to the Six Mile

II-MISO

IT is proposed to make sugar from pumpkins, which contain about four per cent, of saccharine matter.

I't ill 11 OI'SKK KKI'KHM,

A Ciii:.\r Ci S I A .—To one pint of good milk add '1 eggs, well beaten sweeten and spice to suit the taste, and bake until done. 'OIIN-ST Utcit CAKK.—Take four eggs, and beat the whites and yolks separately to the yolks add one coffee-cup of pulverized sugar and one-half CUP of butter, beaten with the sugar one-half leaspoonful soda, and one of cream tartar thicken with corn-starch, and flavor tosuit the taste then add tho whites of the eggs.

Porri:i» Ptur.oxs. -Stew tho gizzards and liver chopped tine and grated ham, bread crumbs, and herbs make into a forcemeat, rolling it around the yolk of a hard-boiled egg, and st nil' the pigeons nut Into a stew- pan, with water and a li'tle butter add gravy of the gizzards, little Hour, and an onion stew gently until done, adding a glass of wine.

LKMON RICK PI IUUNH.—Wa.sh*i

*Rural. Young Folks.

HOU-SKN.—Man*good

horses devourlarge quantities jf grain and hariamMktilhcoQtiniH^ tmn anij poor—ttt is not pfojK'rly asl siiuilatjib If lire tlsiuil feed bus leen ungroulln grain and hav, nothing but ft change will effect any desirable alteration in tho appearance of tlio uniiiial. In case oil-meal can not be obtained readily, mingle a bushel of flaxseed with a bu-diel of barley, one of oats, ami another of Indian corn, and let it iK^gfrfmd into a fine meal. This will be a fair proportion for :tll his feed. Or the meal of the barley, oats, and corn in equal quantities, may first be procured, and one-fourth purt of oil-cake mingled up with it when the ineal is sprinkled on cut feed.

FARM-Hon.sjflfi.-~Of ail .the

dreary places, deliver us from the dreary 'farm-houses, wldeh (to many people call home. liirs for a front gate chickens wallowing before tijo door pig-pens elbowing the house in the rear scniggv trees never oared for, or no trees at all no cheering shrubs no neatness no trimness, And yet a lawn, and trees, and a neat walk, and a pleasant fence around it, don't cost a great deal. They (MII be secured little by little, at odd times, and the expense hardly felt.

above this city.

Til is morning they started tliein down I'm" Mm trtsvillo. Tii" snow at the Six Mile House was eighteen inches deep, and they had to break a 11 irrow track, and, placing the sheep in single (ilo, 111 Uiiiged to get all 1 MIt about twenty 0111, and they passed through town this afternoon the drove, in single file, while coining down the ridge above the city, was over a mile in length. The l!ork appeared in good condition, the result of good past lira go in tho mountains.

A NKW MOUSK KAKI:.—Josh Billings thus speaks of a new agrieultual implement, lo which (he attention of fanners is invited John Rogers' revolving, expanding, unceremonious, selfi4)ustiug, self-contracting, self-sharp-ening, seif-grea*ing, ajjd self-righteous boss-rnke i/ now and forevur offered te.w a generous pubiik. They.e rake are a/, easy to keep in repair az a. hitelpng post,and will plckupa paper ofpinssowod broadkast in a aV re field of wheat slubie. The/.e rakes kan be used in the winter as a hen-roost, or he sawed up in stove wood lor the kitchen fire. No farmer of god utorl karakler should be without tliis rake, even if he lias to steal one.

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spoonfuls of rice, and boil till softened I quart of milk, sweetened to taste bulier, si/.e of an egg when nearly cooled, add the beaten yolks ot 1 eggs, and tho grated rind of'a lemon lo ihe beaten whites of the eggs add the juice of the leinon, and I spoonfuls of powred sugar pour the bitter into nj dish, put the whites on too, and tmke.j tiil brown. To be eaten cold.

To CooK U-KKKI I.,—Take your miekerel from the kit. cutoff the head and tAil. ami wash well in fresh water then pour on boiling water, and allow it

soak over night wash again from salt water, and put it to stew in a pint of fresh milk. When done and soft, remove it from the miKk in which it has been boiled, and serve with a little ere.uu in which a out of frvsh btuier has been molted. vnm.R

CAKK.-

suirar, one cup: molasses, one-half cup Chinese have notions that might be adbutter one-half cup sour cream, one- vantageously adopted by Christians. half cup: one teaspoonful of each of The way they celebrate their holidays the following spices: nutmeg, cinnn- l* one of them. The first thing they iio inon, cloves, and allspice: one-half tea- is to piy off old debts, and square M|Koiiftil sola ami two ami a half cups counts to a fraction. Money matters of Hour. This make* two eakes. having boon thus adjusted, they next

VK»D I'OTATOR*. Potatoes are more

nutritious baked than thev aw cocked

in any other manner* ami thev rehsh

botter with those who have not been ac-1

customed to eat them without season-

ing. Wa«h them dean, but do not «oak them. B*kc them as quicklv as possible without burning in ii«j 1c v. As soon as they are done, pr« oat jiotito in a cloth so as tocraek the skin and al-1 low the slmcM to W!i|x, If this is omitted, the !»«**t potatoes will not bo nioalv. They should Ix*brought immediately to the table, as they wiil noon Invomo solid and l»«, their ll_i\ v.

No ptf 1 is will be spired bv the managers to make the next Vig.* Countv F»ir the st Interesting, popular and attractive ever held in th Wabash Valley.

ENIGMA.

The great men of the day A To us attention pay With us pass |toim» awcay In conversation

.? Oft lower we "IJceonie the pdfcr man's friend ..""'With us, too, he will spend ,UIis hours for useful end. "And this you'll say is true

At cribbage, whist, or loo,— Yes, ami at all-lours too,, -~i We oft appear to yon. My folks in lands afar. wsiWp'r# used in time of war *We kill, or leave a scar.

!Now please say what we are. WlNPOVKlC WORKMAN.

COXUN l')Rl"MS.

1. When will a gentleman's hat be like la belle France? 2. Why are the Germans like rocks?

W. ITt fiiiK-s.

rebus.

Intact is my foremost part, That ev'rybody knows full well: My second is an auction mart.

And now myir.W« I'll briefly tell: Of letters nine I aui composed. And if the truth you'd have me any, Iaina word tiiat is opposed I To trade that's in a petty way.

My I*2, 7, S, and ", With name the largest thing alive My '1 and 7, 1113' 4 and 0,

Will clearlv health and strength dotine. My 3 and 1, likewise my

A bird of night will designate. My 1 and !), and 7, 4, Tho rich enjov, but not the poor.

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CHARADE.-

In the midst of peace and war alike, My Jir.it is always seen Without my next the good or great

Would not be so, I ween. The eye and ear then claim n1y next, The first too in their way Mv whole of time a period is

Xow toll me v. lu.t, I pray.

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INSERTS ENrtJMATK'ALLY EXPRESSEU. 1. A colony and a roceptable. 2. A favorite ganit-. 3. A production ot tho eow, and an insect. 4. A part of the bod3* and false hair.

W. F. THINDEI!.

SQU

VliE WORDS.

1. To squeeze to accustom a country in Africa a town .appendage pari ot an animal. 2. A coin a weapon not rarely vigilant habitations.

J. 'I'. I' A I IM

Kit.

ANSWERS To ENKLMAS, CHA RADKS IN LAST WEEK'S I.'A PER.

Transposed Proverb.— A stitch intinu saves nine. Double .Acrostics.— Horse, snake, liippopota 111 us, on ion. rutabaga, shark, eagle. Summer season S.uccess. umpire, Malaga, moss, echo, rain.

Square Word.-Lamb, Asia mill, balm. Conundrum.—The "lighter"' men of the Thames in Loudon. lIU)l'-r.i:TTKK IT/Zl.K.

Patience and perseverance Will both promote success, !. And you will greatly need them^

Ere you this puzzle guess. Omissions.—Scrape, capo, scrap, apo, rap.

Square-Word.— Foot, ogre, ores, test. ('oiublnaiioiis.—Antimony, rampart, cle^v.

A TiU's rv Bor.—A few years ago, says a New York paper, a large drug firm in this city advertised for a boy. Next day the store was thronged with applicants, and among them came a queer looking little fallow, accompanied by hi{i aunt, in lieu of faithless parents, by whom he had been abandoned.

Looking at this little waif, tlie merchant in tiiestore promptly said, "Can't take him places all full besides he is too small." "I know ho is small," said the woman, "but he is willing and faithful." There was a twinkle in the boy's eyes which made tii" merchant think again. A partner in the firm volunteered to remark that "he did not see what ihey wanted of such a boy— ln wasn't bigger than a pint of cider." But alter consultation the boy \yat set to work.

A few days later, :1 call was Made on the bovs in the store for someone to stay all night. The prompt response of the little fellow contrasted well with the reluctance of the others. I11 the Inidiile of the night, the merchant looked in to see if all was right in the store, and presently discovered his youthful protege, busy scissoring labels. "What are you doing?" said he "I did not tell veil to work nights."' "1 know vou diii 110I tell me so, but I though: I might as well be doing something." I11 theinorning theeasiiier got orders to "double that boy's wages, for lie is willing."

Only a few week* elapsed before a show of wild beasts passed through the streets, and very naturally all hands in tho store rushed to witness the spectaele. A thief saw his opportunity and entered in a rear door to seize somethins but in a twinkling found himself tirnily clutched by the diminutive clerk, aforesaid, and after a struggle, was captured. Not only was robbery prevented but valuablearticles taken from other stores were recovered. When asked by the merchant why he stayed behind to watch when all "others 'quit their work, the reply was. "You told me never to leave the store when others were absent, and I thought I'd stay." Orders wore immediately given once more.

White portion—The "Double that bov's wages he is wiiliug

whites of four eggs, beaten, to a froth «nd faithful." Li ISCH, that 1H was rewhite sugar, one cup butter, one-halff eeiviug a salary of and* in 1870 cup two table-spoonfuls sweet milk was to become partner in the estnb-one-half teaspoonful stnla oneof cream lishment. tartar: and one-half cup of Hour. Park l*»rtion—The volksof ftjur eggs brown

CHINKSI: II«t.u,\vs.—Tho

n,ak°

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heathen

upoldquarrels, and shake hands

c"»iari5y

tiro-crackers. The paying of debts and

the making up of quarrels are certainly a trood way to begin a celebration of h-l lay*.

Two

and by just will, an ecclesiaof England, I

of which it shall not be said, "See what manner of stones are here," but what manner of men."

KKV. DU. GARDENER,

™u"d' "J»ving thus got square setts, in a recent sermon, 8*id:-"The

socially, thev en, drink, resurrection of Jesus Airiiishes the ba-

are merry, arid finally wind up of cur Christian Sabbath. This is

^l^kling discharge ot hinese

in Francisco rbors,ong.«ged to

fight a duel, agreed to start and walk around a b!« k, and wh« they got in sight of eaeli other t* away.

TfiRRB-HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MA IK FEBRUARY 18,1871.

Sunday Reading*

JESUS WNfT."

IIY IIOHA V. JOMIKON.

4 A human grief, an eur^flygloom, The Saviour's ,-plrlt swept! Ami by the cold and silent tomb

Of ijvzaius, lie wept. Yes, -'Jesus Wept," and lo! 011 high The angel* ceasHl to slnn, While every seraph in the sky

Low drooped Ids shining wing,

CJ The son of God with grief Vnil striven, Had mourned o'er iiirnian 111, And every voice was hushed hi !:enveii,

And every harp was still. The Saviour's eye grew moist and dim, And sad with human team, And all the aiigd-is wept with Hlin

Through countless Klitterini? spheres.

O holy uricf, that thus could move The (ioil whom saints revere, 1 And concentrate a boundless love

In God's own dljfllelll.

Within one human teiirl Bright, viewless watchers bore away That spiritual gem, a ii ii a a

When ninny a deouand crusliing wrong Was heaped llpoB him lieie, ..... He mounted o'er the misguided throng,

Hut oiled 110 selfish tear. Tht CIO:J» to Calvary bore, Within a manger .slept, The torturing crown in meekness wore,

But only once he wept.

But once the waves of sorrow rolled Above his sacred head, The awe-struek gazers cried, "Behold 1

How Jesus loved the dead He who but truth and wisdom spake Had said that. Lazarus slept uu was it sit range that lie should wake

When Christ above liiiu wept?

What wonder, if the stain of even Had wandered from their spheres, To tell the startled hosts in heven 01 the Redeemer's tears? If buruingsuns, whicdi lmvegrown bright in God's perpetual smile, -To see him weep had veiled their light,

And paused in grief the while?

Anil was it strange the eternal choir, Amazed, should cease to sing, -«-That tears should steal o'er every lyre,

And dim each golden string? Well might tho roses of the Mtv, In their immortal bloom, (irow pale to he:ir the Saviour sigh,

Beside a mortal's tomb.

Perchance, where unknown system* blaze, Of which we in but dream, Jin mortal souls through endless days,

Si ill chant this wondrous themef IVrehance with sweet and mournful tlirill,

Forever onward swept, Kteriiai echoes murmur still The gentle Jiisus wept

[For the Saturday Evening Mail.] TRIFLES. Mau is inclined to view tho little acts that make up the suni of human life as worthy of no serious consideration compared with tho great ones he hopes to accomplish overlooking in his blindness tho small linl^s that unite the chain into one harmonious whole. The greater the object for which he labors the more insignificant appear tlio intorinoduite steps necessary to be taken in ordor to accomplish it. lie hopes to leap at a singlo bound tlio chasm that separates poverty from wealth and failing to recognize the true principle, that, only hard earned pennies make dollars a blessing, in his'haste loses all that is worth striving for. To rise from a .subordinate position,£oumo of distinction is seldom the work of a few monflis and j-ears of patient toil and untrJ&i ing purpose sometimes fail to make success a certainty. Many a weary hour does the artist spend in his little study over the beautiful picture. With chisel and mallot tlio sculptor labors day after dav 011 the great unseemly block of marble, ero tho long concealed form bursts into beauty. Long years are spent in solitude among musty manuscripts and age bound books before the sublime creations of the intellect are given to the world. Age after ago the tiny coral rises from tho ocean's bod to kiss the waves upon its billowy surface. Sometimes the heart grows weary waiting for the promised reward. The little streams along life's pathway have all been crossed, and wo near tho goal but way back near tho commence mcnt of the journey there was 0110 neg lot ted cull it seemed but a trille then, and was soon forgotten a still small voice had whispered words of warning, but wo journeyed 011, unheeding, and now it is too late. Life has boon a failure for the end is lost. In tho formation of character nothing is so import ant as close attention to tho record of the hours, tho years will keep their own. When at last the sunset appears, and the roll is spread out to view if it has boon well kept, tho hours will make glorious tho sum of life but if at the beginning there is a blotted lino, per haps with tears, all tho rest will not wipoout the stain, however trifling it may seem to us, Tho sands of life are small, but one by one they drop through tho glass till all at hist are gone. Our opportunities are dropping away through the lapse of years each returning day finds thorn either neglected or improved and when at last tho sands aro gone each one will have its history forever written.

FRENCH A ID I) IJRINQ TUB RRVOLUTION. H" In these days it is popular irflkioerica to sneor at France and to cxpifitf pro* found contempt ftr her heroi^triqpglo in dofenso of the Itepilblloan J-indlple In strong contest With ^thi* tftgp affairs was tho treatment of the strug gling Ameri(^jp"-»colon 1 es by France during our resolution. Tho following succinct statement of tho aid given by Franco to America, which furnishes good fftod for thought, Is from tlio pen of tho historian Douthrio:

Shortly after the American Declaration of Independence, threo deputies from the now Republic—Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Leo and Silas Deane —arrived in Paris to solicit aid from Franco. Their presence created an extraordinary sensation and tlio enthusiasm thus produced was undoubtedly OHO of tho onuses which contributed powerfully to tho subsequent outbreak of tho French Revolution. Louis XVI was strongly averse to any proceeding at this moment which might involve him in a war with England. His ministers, especially Meeker, shared his sentiments but'thc expression of popular 8 jTinputby for tho Americans was so ardent and" so general that it was doomed iniprudenfto resist it, and at length a treaty of commerce and alliance was signed with tho United States, wherein, though the French, Government expressed a wish to remain neutral in the contest, it was agreed that in the event of war an auxiliary French force should be sent to America, and that peace should not be made until Great Britain had l'ully recognized the independence of the colonies. The young and high-spirited Marquis do Lafayette loft his youthful wife, though she was about to become a mother, and, equipping a ship at his own expense, proceeded to join tho army under Gen. Washington. Later in the war, at the urgent request of Gen. Washington, a powerful armament was dispatched to his assistance under the Count do Roeliamboau, who placed himself under tho orders of the American leader. A splendid fleet of twenty-eight sail, commanded by the Count do Grasse, crossed the Atlantic early in 1781, to support this movement and having lought a battle with the English Admiral Graves, anchored in the Chesapeake on the 10th of September. The combined French and Americans now blockaded the English and tho Hessians under Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. cut off their communications with Xow York, and reduced Cornwallis to the mortifying necessity of capitulating with his whole force 011 tho 19th of October, 17S1. This may be said to have sealed the triumph of the insurgent colonies."

TOKACCO FOK TIIK WOUNDKD.—There

is 110 deprivation which tho habitual though not excessive, smoker feels so much as the loss of tobacco and soldiers of all nations, especially of the French and German nations, smoke it. It was a standing injunction with the First Napoleon "that his troops should have tobacco, and they found it of the greatest advantage in the retreat from Moscow. The soldier wearied with long marches and uncertain rest, obtaining his food how and when I10 can, with his nervous system always 111 a state of tension from the dangers and exciteanent I10 encounters, finds that his cigars or pipo enable him to sustain hunger and fa'tigne With comparative equanimity, lilxp^ain it, as wo may, this is .physiologically true and medical officers, who would not bo sorry to see the issue of a "spirit ration" discontinued, arc compelled to allow that the moderate use of tobacco by soldiers in the field has several advantages. For the wounded it is probable that tobacco has slightly anodyne and narcotic properties, that enable the sufferer to sustain pain better during the day and obtain sleep during the night.

How TO

FOHRKSTKR.

RrsiiiN, 111 one of his Oxford lectures, says:—"I pray you with all earnestness to prove and know within vour hearts, that alt things lovely and rfghteous are possible for those who Iwlieve in their possibility, and who determine that for their part, they will make every day's work contribute to them. Le*t every dawn of morning bo to you as the beginning of life, and every setting of the sun be to you as its close then let every one of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others, some goodly strength or knowledge pined for yourselves so from day today and strength to strength 1 ,. you shall build up Indeed,W art tbouffht

of Massachu-

the lord's day, as it is IJis resurrection day. If Je«us be not raised, then we hare no distinctively Christian 8abbath. It Is true the sablwtic institution is inipregnably intrenched in the moral law but the Lord's day rest— which is still rather a worship than a rest—finds Sta warrant in the resurrection of our Lord. Hence the Lord's day belongs to the risen Lord. The

When they turned the comer out of hVistian Sabbath mav be devoted onlv Sight, both started rnt a run in diltl*r- to Christ and his cau*%" cut directions, and one hi A! i-kalor his winter chit 1

sent froui s, and the I

itt

„.h written to hi* «.! difficulties are the l*»t cure for bleu, egg*, and fish, mid drank 7.000 iiv« has written to his

ity of Mexico, asking her to his us in linen coat and palm-leaf hat. ashamed of the others. feet deep.

OBTAIN OBESITY.—Eastern

travellers tell about tho very curious mode of fattening for tho Imperial hare in practised in Morocco. You take a plump young damsel of about fourteen, with a tendency to obesity—tew Mooresque girls are ilostituto of such a tendency—and you shut her up in a room of which tho windows are carefully darkened by heavy curtains of green silk. You cause yournlump young damsel to sit cross-ieggetl on a diynn, and then, having by your side a bowl full of cowscomsou, or moistened meal rolled into balls, you erarn her during a certain number of hours every day with as many of these balls as she can conveniently swallow. Well crammed, tho Emperor of Morocco will pay an exceedingly handsome price for her. That nothing may interfere with the due conduct of the fattening process, a black nurse stands behind tho incipiont favorite with a mat-rank, or big stick, much used in Moorish domestic economy and, if tho patient manifests any reluctance to swallow the balls of comC'I/IAWH, she is immediately and unmercifully thrashed.—Eaxlcrn Journal.

DRAWINO IJOTS FOR LII'K OK DKATU.

—Death has taken from our midst, in tho persons of Abram 1). Hedenberg, a soldier who has not only survived the 'Lost Cause," but who, after the battle of Mier, on tho 25th and 2i5th of December. 1842—on tho days of Sain Houston, when every tenth man captured was shot—in drawing lots for life, drew a white bean. The decimation took place bv drawing black and white bean* from a mug. The white signified exemption and tho black ones death. One hundred and fifteen white beans were placet! in the bottom of the mug, and seventeen black ones placod upon the top of them. The bones of his less fortunate companions now lie bleaching upon the plains of Salado, a remembrance of patriots executed falsely, as robbers and marauders upon Mexico.—Satchex tMi*x.) Charier, January 'SiUi.

SAJTOAI, WOOD.—This

article of com

merce was formerly obtained by the

K,wt Ind,n

r°raPa«J'

in large quanti-

Hes-I." t!lc_Feo-lK.. land8*.

,riany

as seven lsrge Indiamon have been known to be lying at anchor in one of the bains at once, waiting for cargoes of this precious wood. Hon. Herbert Meade, a yonng English naval officer, in his journal, written while his ship was stationed in Australian waters not long since, says the trees have been felled with such reckless improvidence, that on the shores of this same bay he was shown a solitary sapling, planted by a missionary, am! now the only living sandal-tree tor many miles around.

ArrxHlM*o to the French statistician, taking the mean of many accounts, a man fifty vears of age has slept fi.OOO days, worked 8,50») days, walked WO days, nmtiwd himself 4,000 da3'», was eating 2,500 days, was sick .i00 days, etc. II® ate UjOOO pounds of bread,* 18,000

.tm 1,. .S pounds of moat, 4.000 pound* of vegeta-

fr the imaginary ones, Wcsu*« Heaven helps gallons. This would make a respecithe real one% and, makes us able lake of SIX) feelsuitaoe and three

The entire famih* are living, and not one of them weighs less than 500 pounds. The oldest son weighs 030 pounds, and the youngest, our huge client, outstripping them all, weighs 50 pounds. Not one of the family is less tl\an 7 foot S inches in his stockings. Ho is not an unduly fat man, is merely what would be called moderately portly, and is 33 years old.

He was a colonel jn the Austrian armv in 1859, and a colonel commanding in the Mexican army at the battle of Puebla, May 5th, 1802, in which the Mexicans were victorious. His father at one time resided in Leeds, Eng., but returned to Turkey in 1845.

The colonel states that there has never been any sickness in the family to speak ot, and that all are—so far as he knows—well and hearty. It was at Leipsic, Germany, that the colonel met his fate in the person of a fair made/ten, weighing 1«»0 pounds, and 5 foot inches in height, and tho union has been blessed with two sons, who give promise of rivalling their father in stature.

The colonel is a finely-proportioned man, and walks with a firm and elastic stop. He is as straight as an arrow, and has coal-black eyes, hair, and mustache.

Ho is an actor by profession. He informs us that his last engagement was at Simm's Theater, in Bal imore, and thai lie expects to play an engagement, in New York during the present season.—Sciailijiti A mrrican.

A STRONG HINT.—A 11*!lo

Oli, yes, they smell nice,'' was tho lady's tantalizing answer Well," said the boy, "I suppose if any little child that was hungry should come in here when you wore eo king, that you would give him something to oat?"

Well, yes I think I would." Well," said he, after another turn with the cat, "I guess I musj, go homo, for I am very hungry."

It is needless to add that ho got a doughnut.

BKAI'TIITI.

The food that nourishes contains tho elements of decay the soul wears itself out by its ov action. Death lurks in ambush along tho patii. Notwithstanding this truth is so palpably confirmed by tho daily examples before our eyes, how little do wo lay it to heart. VVe see our friends and neighbors die, but how seldom does it occur tc us, our knell may give the next warning to the world.

is related of .in estimable and pious lady, whoso exertions in every work of charity and benevolence endeared her to the community, that on her way to Sunday school one morning she saw several boys seated in a doorway playing cards, one of whom was a Sunday school scholar of tho lady. She stopped and insisted that they "should accompany her to church. Aftersomo persuation the three oldest consented, the youngest, a lad of some six years, persistently refused, "Why iv.-.rrt you come my boy?" said tho lady "it is very wrong of you to refuse." "The impatience of the little fellow waxed desperate, and in an indignant voice he exclaimed, "Would vou go to Sunday school with a handful of trumiw* like that?"

As KxyristTRpK-rrRK.—JercmvTay-lor's picture of a good wife reads'ttins: "A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man—his angel and minister of graces innumerable, his gem of manv virtues, his casket of jewels. Her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss tne guardian of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safetv, the balm of his health, the balsam of his life her industry his surest wealth, her economy his safest steward, her lips his faithful counselors, her t*som the softest pillow of his aire, and her prayer# the ablest advocate of Heaven's blessing ou his bead."

OF OI(,'A N'jPJO TV A'A'.S Mr. unmnghatu.of Pnfpiaiti oAfit?, 1 0tof*$jpr\ttoy, January 3t, tite floor

uf:

eo trembled fender thetitnil of 'y

led

bair (as much out-of proportion to his bulk as an ordinary baby's chair would bo to a eommon-s'izod man) this huge individual explained to us tlia nature of an invention for which ho was desirous to secure a patent. Having tr yu»aciiid iis biuuiuoss, and ero ted a jvruy nngsjoal $enfi«lio!i among the numerous attaches of tho office, he rose to depart* Ou liia way out, our associate editor adroitly approached him and succeeded ir. gaining from him die following statement, tho publication of which, in our sober columns, will, wo are sure, minister to that love of tho marvelous, trace of which always remains, even in the most philosophic bosom.

boy who

had been told that he must never ask for anything to eat when away from home, went into aueighbor's housoone day, when the lady chanced to be frying doughnuts.

Ah,"' said ho "you are cooking.', Aware that he had been well-trained, and anxious to see if hisappetite would get the better of his manners, the lady did not give him any of tlie doughnuts.

Well said he, returning to tlio subject, "your cakes look nice." Oil very nice" said the lady, "they aro i^to be*t lover cooked."

After playing with the oat. ho remarked, And they smell nice."

delivered hi«*W.lf k^the llouso r|§nt*

The name of the individual referred to is Colonel Ruth Goshen, and he resides at present in Algonquin, III. Ho is a native of Turkey in Asia, and was born among tho hills of P.destino. He is the fifteenth, and last child (the baby) of a family of fifteen—ten sons and five daughters—sired by a patriarch now 90 years old, living in tho valley of Damascus, and by occupation a coffeo planter. This venerable sire weighs, at the present time, 520 pounds .voirdudois, and his wife, aged 67, weighs olX) pounds.

r\^Ul|i.vaJ'Uld

Finnu .—Life is like a

fountain fed by a thousand streams that perish if one bo dried. It is i'i silver cord twisted with a thousand strings that parts asunder if one bo broken. Thoughtless mortals aro sur rounded by innumerable dangers, which make it more strange that they escape so long, than that almost ail persh suddenly at last. We are encompassed with accidents every day to crush the decaying tenement which we inhabit. Tho seeds of disease aro plant ed in our constitution by nature. Tho earth and atmosphere whence we draw the breath of life, aro impregnated with death health is made to operate its own destruction.

law, »nd at the oiirfiest

MKl

other assftci

speech is reported in full In tho Senti-

nel. Wo t.iko an anient paragraph or two: Tho American people, and we are proud to call ourselves that, are rocked in the bosom of two mighty oceans, whose granitic bound shores "are whitened by tho lioating canvass of the commercial world? reaching from the ice fettered lakes of the north to the febrile waves of Australian seas, comprising the vast interim of five billions«l"a«ros, whose rtllUiVialjpiains romantic mountains, and mystic rivers, rival the wildest Utopian dreams that ever gathered around the inspired bard as ho walked the amaranthine promenades of Hesperian gardens, is proud Columbia tho land of the free, and the home of tho brave! Too free and independent to indorse snob a nuisance as this. Freedom froni such oppression as this is the munificent heritage bequeathed the valorous sons of the immortal Washington. I represent a froe and intelligent people, proud to know that they live in a country indented by innumerable bays and gulfs, whoso restless tide is everkissed back by tho pebbly bench, interspersed by limpid rivers and lakes, the means by which commerce and civilization have been promoted to their present exalted status. America has been, and ever will be the most alluring and delightlul retreat known to migrr.tory world, if we are not overrun with these unjust and oppressive corporations which aro ever robbing the young yeomanry of our country.

Will this do the gentleman? Is he now .satisfied.

JMMORTA LIT OF THE SO I 'J An eminent divine was once trying to teach a number of children that the soul would live after they were dead. They listened, but evidently did not understand it ho was too" abstract. Snatching his watch from his pocket, he said, ".Tamos, what is this I hold in my hand "A watch sir." "A little clock, another. ~. 1 0 you all seo it "Yes, sir." "How do you know it is a watch "If ticks, sir." cry well. Can any of yu hear it tick? All listen now."*

ay:

After a pause, "Yes, sir, wo hear it." He then took off the case, and held tho case in one hand and the watch in the other. "Xow, children, which is tho watch You see there are two which look like watches. "Tho littlest one, in your right, hand, sir." "Very well. But how do you know that this is the watch "Because it ticks." "N'erv well again. Now I will lay the c.iso aside—put it away, there-'-down iu my hat. Xow lot us see if you can hear the watch tick." -ii "Yes, sir, wo liearit," exclaimed several voices. "Well, tho watch can tick and, go, and keep time, you see, when the case is taken oll'and put away in my hat. "So it is with you, children your body is nothing but the case, the soul is insido. "The cash, the body, may bo t'kon off and buried in tho ground, and tho soul well as thi» who "Vlia case

ULIW UIUIUU UL L/LIU ^TOUIKL, :I

think, just as

jwi^twlll «oe,'Wj

This made it plain, and even tho youngest went home and told his mother that "//I'.V //imii fits would tickaj'ter he wax dead.

CovKitiNd Tin:

SCARS.—A

How KOSn? ts

visit to I ho

old battlefields of of the Wilderness, and in the neighborhood of Petersburg says that ho saw delicate grass andf? shrubbery growing out of the empty ammunition boxes, a lino rose bush thrusting up its graceful form through the head of a Union drum, and a cunning verbena pooping out of a burstod shell, in which strange cup it had been planted. Was not that peace growing outof war? Kven so shall thograecful and the beautiful overgrow out ol the horrid and terrible tilings that Irnnspiro in this changing but over advancing world. Nature soon covers over battle-fields with vendure and bloom. Peace and plenty soon spring up iu tho 5 tracks of devostation, and all filings in nature and in society shall work out tho progress of mankind and the harmony of tho Creator's designs.

Why, after a while the nigger swallowed liis fish, and the other fish swallowed tho nigger, and that's the last I SAW 0/ either of them."

A correspondent sends Kvory Saturday what he calls "The True Story of Mary and Her Little Lamb," hoping it will take the place of that garbled version which has hitherto been received as authentic:

Mary had a little lamb \Vhosn: llcfc wiw white na Miow, And every place that Mary went

The lamb it would iuA y«.

Ho Mary took that little lamb Anil oeal ft for a spell Tie

M*S 1 IF" ic family had It frletl nexi day,— And It went v«-ry well I

Ax exchange says: A fiend In human shape was engaged iu planking a sidewalk in a certain Western city, when a woman in gorgeous apparel stopped near tlie seen** of his lafcsir* to chat with a friend. Her train Juing other part of the house, because its atover the last plank lie had put in |»osf- inosphere is constantly ascending, and ticn, and he nuleilv slid another one impregnates every room in tho house alongside of it and securely spiked it with its own odors. In reality there down. The litmd then went away to ought not to be any cellar under aiiv dinner." 1 dwelling.

Ant

A Ki.i.AR which opens inside iidwell-ing-houseshonld bo Kept more faultlessly clean all the year round than any

MADK.—Ro«in

FISH STORY.—We

is tho

sediment loft after distilling turpentine. When all the spirits have been extracted that can bo profitably, a dark, thick fluid is left which runs and appears like molasses. It is drawn oil from tho bottom of the still by ju spout, and, where it is far from transportation facilities. is not of sufficient value to save and is allowed to flow down the ravine

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below tho distillery, where it wastes I on ihe ground. Pools of rosin are in 5 this way formed, containing, sometimes, several thousand barrels, varying in color, and glistening in the sunlight. Sometimes it flows into a basin half filled with water, and having less gravity, bridges it over with a semitransparent pavement, iu tIK cool season it is stiff enough to bear persons on its surface.

mot a boy on the

streets, and, without the ceremony of asking our name, he exclaimed You just orter been down to tho river awhile ago!" "Why?" wo inquired.

I{oeiiuse a nigger was in thereswlm111 ing, and a big catfish came up behind him and swallowed both of his feet and went swimrnisg along on the top of tho water with hiuij and they came up behind another big fish, and the niirger swallowed his tail, and the nig«er and two fish went swimming about!" "Well, then what?'