Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 April 1871 — Page 2

Rural.

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I'ES.

The following report on grapes was If^ad at the last meeting of the TerreIlautc* Horticultural .Society:

Owing to the warm Fall starting the «ap of the vines and swelling the Cuds, they wort? not as well prepared to endure the severe cold weather as thev would otlierwi.se have been, and yet the winter though usually warm and open, has giver* us three colder days than any winter Mince '63 and '04, which was HO destructive to fruit trees, etc. Rv examination of the vines, your committee finds that at present, helves Seedling, Martha, Concord, Harttord and Clinton, have not been HO much injured by the winter, but that there are sufficient sound buds to makeover half a crop. The Norton'* Virginia, shows a little more injury the Delaware about the same as Norton's. Both of these have sufficient sound buds to make a small crop. The Isabella and Catawba are badly injured and can produce but very few grapes. Other varieties not examined with sufficient carefulness to report their condition. The vines ox aminod are upon trellises and unprotected. With the experience and knowlodge your committee has of grapes, at this time, would put the Concord as 'he most profitable market grape.

Ires Seedling is the most profitable wine grape. Concord juice alone is noj very good for wine, but mixed with Ives, a first-class wine may be made. Your committee is of the opinion that for wine making, and for profit, regarding certainty of results, that Ives pure, or Ives and Concord about one-half of each, offer the best prospect at present of all tho list of grapes for this locality. The color is beautiful, the boquet is rich. It has body and is sufllciently sparkling for a| medical stimulant and would find a ready inarkot if made in quantities. The Norton's Virginia pure or ft verv small quantity ot sugar added, say

pounds to the gallon makes

an excellent medical wine where the person is pro-disposed to fever. I doubt whether there is any quality of wino in the drug stores, so well suited for medical purposes where there is need to guard against everything that may conduce to fever, as Norton's Virginia wine so made. This grape is rather hardy, and a good bearer, and has been as far as your committee has observed free from rot, and as a pie grape, it hnx no riwt/ and your commit tee is of the opinion that stewed or canned, it would be a superior grape. Wo would prefer not to make especial mention of other varieties of grapes until they aro further tested.

In canning grapes, the ovidenco so far is, th it glass is preferable to tin. Kcspectfully submitted,

J. F. Sol'I.K.

"UMEFVL IlK.nas.—There should bo a g$od collection of useful herbs in every g.lrden, or in some other place adjoining the homestead. Some persons find the apiary to bo an excellent place for growing herfts, as many of them produce an abundaneo of (lowers early in the Spring, and all furnish very desirable food for tho bees. A small bed of ouch kind will supply tho requirements of a large family. The following are some of the most desirable herbs, etc.: —Halm—a hardy perennial plant, the loaves of which have a lemon-like odor, and an agreeable aromatic taste. They are used lor flavoring dishes. A solution of them is beneficial in discasOH of tho lungs. Basil—the leavos when bruised liavo tho odor and flavor of cloves, and aro used for seasoning. Caraway—a hardy perennial plant, valuable for its seeds which are used in confectionery and also in distillatioh. Coilander—a hardy annual, cultivated tor its seods which aro usod by confectioners, druggists, and distillers. Tho young leaves are used in soups and salads. Lavender—a hardy, shrubby plant, of which thero aro several varieties. It is sometimes used for seasoning, but is more esteemed f»r making tho distllod water which boars its name. Common Marjoram—a shrubby perennial plant which may bo raised from seeds, but is generally propagated by dividing the roots either in Spring or Autumn. The young shoots cut at the time of llowenng, and dried in tho sh -de, are used for seasoning. Tho plant is highly aromatic. Sweet Marjoram is raised from seeds sown annually in Spring or early Autumn. This plant is highly aromatic, HIUI is much used both tho green and dry state for flavoring soups, etc. Rosemary is a half-hardv shrubby plant, which requires a light, dry soil and sheltered situation. Tt is propagated by seods or c\ttliiiips or dividing the roots. It is sometimes employed for flavoring irieals and soups. It Is used in tho iimnufact tire of "Fan de Cologne," and "Hungary Water." Sago-—a well-known tilrden herb,

Anion norn, which thrives best In rich, loamy soil. It is generally propagated by seods, but may DO grown from slips or cutting, or dividing the

^ght,

roots. The leaves aro used both in

grven and dried state for seasoning, also fur flavoring choose, and for medical purposes.

SRIM-K-HXtSlNO IS TRXAS.—lurlng tho twentv-fivo year* that 1 have lived la Texas,"stock cattle of all ages and sexes, except beef steers five or six years old, have not brought more than or $0 |H»r head, and a greater part of the time not near that price. Spanish horses have commanded &S) to per head, and sheep from $1 to ft!. But all an1 native stock of inferior quality. Wherever good stock has been introdueed it paid well. A large portion of Texas, especially Western Texas and tho wast counties, la better adapted to stock raising than anything else in tact, it pays well if a man takes hold of it In earnest. Tho stock cost nothing but tho branding. Those who own large ranches keep men employed for tho purpose, and every spring and fall

send

them out with a few changes of ponies ami ft quantity of provisions, and they kept at their business as long as their" suladstenco lasts, or until all the stock is branded. They do not drive their oaUle to any particular point but herd them at the most convenient place. The* then build a lire, heat their irons, and send into the herd the most skillful roper*, who throw the rope over such cattle as they want and lead them out and brand tho in. The rot tic are then turned loose uutil they are fit for market. If a man can keep cattle from wandering or dying, ami gxts anything for theui In market, he i* making money. since the war beef cattle have brought o«dy fio per head. Before that time I/ouisiana planters gave us better prices. Beer is slaughtered, and packed at several points in Texas, tho establishment at Columbia probably shading off the largest quantity, or salted beef. Tlie hides ant! tallow nearfv pay the first cost, which leaves a margin for large profits to the packers. Texas should supply double the quantity of t**f that sbo nss at any one time yet. Nothing is done here with the SnergV and enterprise with which businen* ia conducted in the older State*.

I believe thut it Is generally admitted here that with a small capital sheep raising JMIVS better than any other stock but "that requires constant attention to business. A shepherd must be kept with the sheep all tho time and then we want letter stock than we now have. Men of means and industry can engage iif stock-raising hero and make money and the prospect will improve as the resources ot the country are developed.—High Mil (Texas) Cor. New York• Sun. .*1 i'

NEW L*SK FOIL ()I-D PAPERS.—Though the approach of Spring give# relief from tho risk of freeing in the cellar, still it may be worth while to preserve tho following suggestion—which wo find in the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture for future time of need

An agricultural friend has tried an exiteriment with a cellar of an outhouse, in which, on several occasions, vegetables havo frozen, although tho cellar was fortified against frost by a process known to farmers as "banking. Tho walls and the ceiling were pasted over with four or fivo thicknesses of old newspapers, a curtain ot thesamo material being also passed over the small, low windows at the top of tho cellar. The papers were pasted to the bare joints over head, having an air space between thom and tho floor. He reports that tho paper carried his roots through last wintor, though the cellar was left uubanked, and lie is confident they have made the cellar frost-proof. We*do not counsel the special uso of old newspapers for this purpose. It is just as well or better to use coarse brown paper. Whatever paper is used, it will be necessary to sweep down the walls thoroughly, and to use very stiong size to hold tho paper to tho stones. It is not necessary to press the paper down into the depressions of the wall everv air space beneath it is an additional "defence against tl^e cold.

WHITENINO WOOL.—M. Frezon, in "Dingler's Polvtich. Journal," recommends substituting for the sulphurous gas, ordinarily used for whitening wool and silk, a solution of marino salt and oxalic acid. This solution may bo used for silk in all its forms as well as for wool, and facilitates ilie dyeing. The operation is as followsThere is placed in a vessel of the capacity of 100 litres, (about 100 quarts,) oxalic acid, 2 kilog. (about 4 lbs. chloride of sodium, (common salt,)2 kilog. water, quantumsuficit. Into this bath place as much wool or silk as can bo introduced without preventing the mixture of tho liquid with tho material to bo whitened. Leave it an hour or two in the bath, then withdraw, drain and wash.

THE FOL OF Pit TDK It is highly essential for all to cultivate a certain degree of pride, and indulge therein to a certain extent it helps to make the true man and woman, and keen them as such and every true man and woman is endowed with that degree of good common sense and judgment which tells them to what extent that pride shall be cultivated for the good of all. But it seems natural for humanity to carry all to excess, or to niako evil of all that should be good. Thero is no vice to which tho human race is so prone, and none as unsuitable to their naturo and condition, as pride that self-lovo which springs up so rapidly in our souls, and loads us to view our own qualifications through a magnifying medium which gives existence and reality to tho phantoms of imagination, l'ride, truo pride, commences with our birth, and should be with us through all the paths of this tempted life, that wo walk straight therein. But in tho present age, more than any since the world began, are all inclined to overstep that true pride, and worship a vanity which is not only a detriment, but quito a eurso to all humanity. It grows with our growth, it accompanies us through every stage, condition and circumstance of our terrestrial course, intermingles with almost every action wo perforin and every pursuit in which wo engage attends us as wo aro borne to tho silent grave, in all tho pomp and cxponso ot funeral engraves ostentatious inscriptions upon tho stono which marks our last resting place and when that copy is incorporated with its original dust, and the words of vanity aro no longer legible, attempts by escutcheons, pedigrees, and genealogical legends, to perpetuate tho name which wisdom had perhaps consigned to oblivion. Prido appoars in tho cottago as well as in tho palace sho sits on tho monarch's throno she struts

in driving a flock of sheep as well as in marching at the head of a victorious army. Pride is indefcd tho deep-rooted

lg at the Pride is ii

vice of all mankind.

SAN DOMINGO.

A correspondent who is dancing attendance upon the San Domingo Commission describes specimens of tho native militia of that Island, as follows "Tho soldiers of San Domingo are a curious lot of fellows. I imagine Falstatrs soldiers must have been dressed like Princes in comparison. I/ooking out from the piawm we soe the following assortment, part of them guarding tho palace doors, and part doing duty at tho tower across the way. Here is a tall negro, very black and very thin, with a white slouch hat, a shirt of uncertain color, and material, blue cotton pantaloons, and barefooted. He is armed with a mnsfcet. Near him is a redfaced mulatto, with red whiskers and rod hair, who wears a long black frock coat and brown liuen pantaloons rolled up to tho knees, barefooted, and armed with a sword. Another one of very small stature, wears a black silk hat— probably fifteen vears of age (the hat, not the man)—a Iduo coat faced with ml, and indescribable pantaloons, barefooted, and armed with a machete, or long knife. Another is in his shirtsleeves, another has a full suit of blue cotton, another is ragged in the extreme. Nearly all in "the city have cart ridge-boxes and waist-belts, marked with brass plates containing the letters 'U. S»,' the same as worn by our soldiers during the war, and similar to those now in use in our regular army. Many are armed with Springfield rifies, and some with the superior Keiuin«ton breech-loaders or English Tower muskets. All these wore l*ught from the United States, or received in part for rvntal of Hainan* IU»y, except the old Tower musketa."

MollK OP CHR1ST1AN17.1XJ TNDIA.— One mode of Christian iaing India might be to begin by Anglicising ita

Thlmvat any would be

an ucelliint preparation for the task. Although no ctttir** of reading, however special, could be depended upon lor converting East Indians to any i«artlcular crecd. there no coarse of English reading, however general, that would permit them to retain their present creed. All the I?WMKW of Paler, and of all hi* collaborator*, might fail to

make them Christians but Ixtndon 1

ins:

newspaper* alone wonM prvvent fheir remaining Pagans or Mohammedans,— answer:

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Young Folks!

CHARADE.

Mv flfit bidden in tho ground, y,... In caverns deep 'tis mostly found But, then, 'tis often soen again, Wit\» vessels on the boundless main Indeed, no voyage could be made In safety e'er without its aid. Now view the rabble in the street, With angry look and gesture meet

Kill OllftiJ r? When npiso and clamor nil the air, You'll plainly see my second thero. I'vo nought to say about my third, Exoept it ia a counuou bird. My whole, too, is a bird you'll see when vou havo now discovered inc.

WINDOVKI WORKMAN.

SQUARE WORDS.

1. To diminish oak-fruit firm the intestines finished. 2. A sumptuous treat to go into to appease faculty of perceiving mostly seen in ft forest. 3. At which place a resort for travelers a female's name a steward a femulo's name, so-5 C. H. HABDCASTLE.

DECAPITATION.

Complete, tho ladies I embrace, "ft: Yet feel no dear delight Behead, I'm found in woodland chaso,

On plain and rocky height. («KO. J. BELL, jun.

LIPOGRAM.

Lfs th fr dd nd ctn Dth's th rst, th tin ught II rks th stsfctn

Itks hi th hrs lght. C.

NUMBERED CHARADE. I consist of 11 letters. My 6, 2, 9, is a number. My 1, 8,3, 4, 9, is an evil spirit. My 7, 8, 9, is a bird. My 3,10, 9, are human beings. My 7, 4, 11, 6, 5, are multitudes. M3' 3, 4, 11,8, f, is the Pentateuch writer. My 6, 7, 10, is an article.

My whole was a famous Athenian orator. RIT.

ENIGMA.

Without me, travellers could not roam, Nor ships sail o'er tho sparkling foam I'm somotimes cold, I'm sometimes hot I'm o'er found in palace and cot I'm sometimes dirt}', I'm sometimes clean I'm used by England's noble Queen I'm sometimes hard, I'm sometimes soft I sometimes drop down from aloft. I'm so essential to ev'ry one, That if, without me, a mile they'd run To obtain mo, and, perliays, cause strife. I'vo often ta'en a human life. And, now, if you know not what I mean, I guess you must be very green. ..V RAJAH, MADRAS.

i4*DIAMOND

PUZZLE.

A consonant a vessel certainly a largo country decayed a metal a vowel.

The centrals, read down and across, will name a country whose statesmen are rather aggressive.

JOHN JONES.

LOGOGRIPH.

That I'm a sharp and cutting thing, All the good people know^ Cut off my head, and then again

Another do I show. AMGINE.

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

Enigma.—War. Double Aerostic—Storm, W reck, thus: StoW, TetnpeR, OozE, RubriC, MasK.

SQUARE WOK DS. 2, 3,

O A E S S A I E E E I E O E N E A I A A E A I A A

E N S S E E S Metagram.—Meek, seek, leek, week, roek.

Conundrums.—1. His reaping machine. 2. Because brevity is the sole (soul) of it. 3. Aspen (ass-pen.)

Charade.—Pip-kin.

THE LITTLE DUTCHMAN. O I'm a littlo Tuchman, My name is Van der Dose,

An' vat I cannot g«t to eat, 1 smells It mlt my nose.

An'ven doy vlll not let meblay, I takes it out tn vorb And vou clev makes me vork too hard, v* I soon deJop will shirk.

An' von «loy sends me ofT to ped, I lays awake all night An' ven dey comes to vako me up,

I shuts my eyes up tight. For I'm a little Tuchman,

name Is Van der Dose,

Au' vat I do not know myself, 1 never vant to knows.

HUMAN HAIR.—Tho ancients believed that the individual whose hair was straight and lank, was weak and cowardly. Frizzly hair was indicative of coarseness and clumsiness. Th« hair that specially won thoir admiistion was that which, flowing down, tertiinated in ringleU. The Emperor Ajgustus was favored by nature with won derfullv finewnd abundant hair. Auburn or light brown tresses were thought the most distinguished, and the possessor of hair of either tint was pre-supposed to be intelligent', iidustrious, and of a peaceful disposition. Black hair was not held in estee« by the Romans. Red hair was positively hideous in their eyes. Ages befort the time of Judas it was an object of iversion. It was even held to be an «men of wickedness in its possessor. Fortunately, the*e old-time prejudices have quite worn away. Men no longerbase their estimate of character upoij the color of the hair.

TIIK HORSK TIIATOOTTIIMSELF Slion. —A horse that was owned by a Mr. Lane, of Fascombe, near the "towti of Ashelworth, England, was inifwed,one morning, from the field into which he had been turned the night before. Inquiries were made concerning him. He had been shod, "all fonrs," a few Jays before, and one of his shoes pinchel. Feeling, tin doubt, that he was n»t properly shod, and desiring to be relieved of his pain, he managed to uifasten the gate of the pasture with his teeth, and set out upon his way to tic Aniiihv, a distance of a mile and a twif from "hi* home, and waited patiently until (be bungling workman got The smith says that he found him wasing at the door of his shed, and upon opening It, the horse walked up to tie I forge and held np his painful foot. Tie smith, upon examining it, discovered the fault, and look off the shoe and &-! placed it more carefully. When tHs was done, the sagacious animal set at a merry soeed homeward. Soon rfter, some of Mr. Lane's men passed tie forge in search of the horse, and np*n making Inquiry for him, received Ufa **Oh I he has brtn here a*d jp

iW, ami Jkw gome home again.'

HARD TIMES^

The Mitchell County Pnlt bits the nail on (to head in the follcy ingvwhiel we clip Ofem its colimiht g§

The farmer who ownsiiisland, is fro* from delgt, and hits tolerAblo Improvements, cannot comprehend the full meaning of the term hard times." Iloncc, farming fg tho best and surest vocation for ino mass of tho pconle as a general result it does not leaa to wealth and luxury, ,bnt it may certainly insure competence, and even abundance. To tho jaded, unfbrtnnato, unsuccessful business man, there is no prospect that looks so enticing as that of a beautiful farm, *cll improved, fully stocked, and carefully tilled. It it is a haven of rest, where the corroding care und lifo-sapping anxiety of a city business are unknown a domain over which ho is a king, and where he may enforce his own will, undisputed by any-one. The true pleausre of a farmer's vocation consists of his intimate relationship to nature, and his

fife.

tossession of all rational enjoyments of

Why then do wo hear the complaint from so large a mass of tho farmers that times aro so hard Tho answer is, they are in debt. Debt is a curse that entails far greater hardship than tho fiat which pronounced tho doom of man—till the soil and earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. War prices and war currency afflicted a large portion of farmers with a greed ot gain, which they indulged by plunging in debt. They are not content with securing good homes, putting them up in comfort and laying something by for a rainy day, but they grow lustful for broad acres and luxuries which can only be enjoyed in cities, and now that reverses cut short |expected incomes, the pressure of debt is felt, and the cry is nard times."

If we could teach only one precept with force to farmers, it would DO this: Make yourselves indepondont. Keep your business snug and safe instead of expensive and risky. Then you can sit by your hearthside, and "if "hard times" looks in at the window, you can laugh in his face.

FAMILY READINCJ.—That increasing intelligence and morality are lengthening the jwrerage duration of human life cannot be disputed it was twenty years two centuries ago it is now over forty, in civilized societies. It is just as true that increasing intelligence and a decrease in the moral or religious element, will rapidly abridge the lives of individuals, communities, and nations. Intelligence insures prosperity, pecuniry thrift but unless there bo a corresponding increase of tho religious sentiment, and of high moral principle, imposing proper restraints

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the facilities

of obtaining indulgences which wealth offers, individuals will die, communities will decrease, and nations will become extinct, lrom their very highest points of grandeur, of cultivation, of art and grace, of power and domain, and hoards of wealth. Egypt, and Babylon, and Greece, and Rome, pagan in principle and practice, went rapidly down to tho deepest depths of human depravity and human degradation.

SENSIBLE LADIES.—A Washington correspondent writes "Heretofore the ladies who move in what is called Washington society, with the' exception of Mrs. Grant,'havebeen expected to return their call. For the first time in social history the Cabinet dames, who are a law unto themselves, have decided otherwise. In a little time tho wives of the Senators will enact the same law, for they are already beginning to feel their claims, and some of the boldest assert that life is too solemn and earnest to be wasted in a giddy whirlpool of dissipation. Among the accomplished women no longer seen upon the topmost wave of society may be mentioned Mrs. General Williams, better known as Mrs.

Stephen A. Doug

las, and the elegant wife of Senator Sprague. Both have known what it is to reign as queens of beauty and fashion, and botn have retired before the noon of life to the substantial comforts and enduringjpeace to be found only in the smooth waters of domestic life."

BAKED MONKS OF MALTA.—Tho baked monks are kept in a kind of cellar beneath tho church. These are regarded as the chef d'Aitrrc of tho island, and our party were eager to see them. Tho attendant led us down the long stairway and his lighted torch revealed tho skulls and bones of this saintly cavern as if they had constituted tho world's choicest treasure. He showed tho oven, or dry recoss in the wall, where the dead corpse is placed until the work of decay becomes complete, and then the shriveled form of dry skin and bones is made to take its place in the long, long rows of skeleton saints arranged around the walls. Tho centuries roll on as these hideous old bones crumblo into dust. We noticed one skeleton that had stood in its niche ninety-four years. The odor of such a saintly cellar can readily be imagined, and long before our torch-bearer had revealed half his treasures our cuiosity gave wav, and we were glad to pay our fee and escape abovo ground.

How BOMBARDMENT FEELS.—A Paris letter says "The accounts given me of tho effects of the bombardment aro very curious. A lady who resides in the center of Paris, not far from the Tuileries. tells me that for sixty hours, night and day, the whole air was full of thunder, audi clouds of smoke and the lightning of cannon were all around the horizon. Every window was rattling every vase, cup, glass, dancing on the tallies. Tho roar was perpetual. They could reckon the distance of arT tille'ry by timing flash and report shells came screaming through the air, bursting near with dull explosions, and the whole din and tremor so affected the nervous system that when it ceased at last her whole body felt like a limb asleep. She could scarcely feel herself to exist, seemed to walk on air, and was in doubt whether she was any longer in her body."

A OKJrrLKSf AN, traveling on a steamer, one day at dinner was making away with a large pudding close bv, when he was told bv the servant that it was dessert. It matters not to me," said he, I would eat it if it were a wilderness."

THE rising generation "age" rapidly In Detroit. A mature specimen, eight Tears old, was hunting around the police stations for astray father the other night. You sec," be remarked, with filial exultation. the gov'n»»r's a little wild yet, but he'll grow out of it."

THE excessive politeness of the "Heathen Chinee" settled in Alabama, is too mnch for the aboriginal inhabitants. "John" goes to church regularly, waits until the parson has got fteirly started on his sermon, then gets ap and gnes lumbering noisily to findoor, where be pauses a couple of docen «f him—to bid the congregation and infuriated shepherd of the flock an affectionate "good-bye."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.: By and by there was a little stir on the staircase and in the passage-way, and in lounged a tall, loose-Jo&ted figure, of *0 cjMggoratel.port and demeanor* In whom (as being about the bdmellest nt«n I everrtw, wt by no means repulsive or disagreeable,) It was impossible not to rccognixo Uncle Abe. Unquestionably, Western man though he bo. and Kentuckian by birth, President Lincoln is the essentnal representative of all Yankees, and tho veritablCspecimcn, physically, ot what tho world seems to regard as our characteristic qualities. It is the strangest and yet the fittest thing in the jumble ofhuman vicissitudes, that he, out of so many millions, unlooked for, unselected by any intelligible process that could be based upon his*genuine qualities, unknown to those who chose him, and unsuspected of what endowments may adapt him for his tremendous responsibility, should have found the way for him to fling his lank personal into the chair of state—where, I pre-

GLASS-BLO WTXG\fm

The juvenile mineralogist, constructing his first cabinot, brings home, as a rare curiosity, a crystalline stone which shines like glass. It is glass—the glass of nature, tho foundation of much of modern civilization and science, without which neither astronomj*, chemistry, nor physiology could ever have emerged from their crude condition, since without it neither the telescope, the microscope, nor the chemist's vessels would have been possible. Subjected to an intense heat, and mixed with other substances, such as soda, lime, oxide'of iron, oxide of lead, oxide of tin, according to the fabric to be wrought, it becomes ductile, is drawn out into tho most tenuous threads, is rolled, beaten, moulded, cut at will, yields to even tho slightest breath of tho workman, and, patterned by him, takes any form ho chooses to impart to it. Cooling, it loses its curiously ductile character, and becomes again the hardest and most brittle of substances. This quartz rock the boy fancies to be

Eis

recious stono. Ho is laughed at for wild conjecturo. It is a chance if ho be not nearer right than thoso who ridicule him. Colored in nature's marveflous dye-house, it becomes precious only because it is most rare. Violet, it is an amethyst uncrystalized and waxy in its structure, it is a chalcedony red, it is a carnelian of variegated colors, it is an agate opaque, and y*t colored, red. yellow, brown, it is a jasper. In a word, the same substance which is tho chief component of glass is also the base of most procious stones, yet in its commonest form most precious of all for we might well relinquish jasper, agate, chalcodony and amethyst for glass, if we could obtain tho latter only by such an exchange.

THE Ohio Legislature is trying to work down to the "hardpan" of the liquor question. A bill has boen introduced which makes the pur- baser and drinker of iutoxieating liquors liable to

the same pains and ponnltiesHsarenow prescribed by law for the sellers of such liquors. Tho bill rests upon tho logical principle that tho man who outrages decency by getting drunk is the real criminal In all cases of drunkenness, and should bo punished therefor as much at least as the man who sold him the liquor, who, at most, is only accessory to tho crime.

A vot'NO physician was supposed to be "keepin' company" with a young lady. The matronly friend of the latter, having praised the young man from all points of view, returned ono oay from the death-bed of a friend at which the physician had been present. She eulogized the living fully as much as the dead man, and, finally turning to the girl as if she had reached the nr plus ultra of enthusiasm, she said "Jane, he's the handiest man I. evor see fixin" round a corpse." ,^i

AJCDREW JACK*OX, of St. Louis, applied to a ju*tiee the other d.iv for the arrest of Brownlow Johnson. He said he "done went on the rut! of Johnson "house jis to frow some bricks down the chimbfy to scare a young cullud gal dat slep in de house, and Johnson done lock de scuttle and made him stay np dar till 8 o'clock de nex morning." He didn't get the warrant.

Ax ffld Iadv, slightly blind, while engaged in a futile attempt to sew buttons on voting Augustus's new* jacket, remarked: "Drat these buttons! I can't find the holes, and they split all to pieces every time I stick the needle into 'em." TV» which replied young Augustus: Now, look 'ere Granny! you Just let my peppermint drops alone. You've split moie half of em already."

AMERICAN

The homfe Titcomb.^Wrii should be ui become wid ship of tho American

pen itv,

sutne, it was his first impulse to throw his legs on the council-table, and tell the Cabinet Ministers a story. There is no describing his lengthy awkwardness, nor the uncouthness of his movement: and yet it seemed as if I had been in the habit of seeing him daily, and had shaken hands with him a thousand times in some village street so true was he to the aspect of tho pattern American, though with a certain extravagance which, possibly, I exagerated still further bv tho delighted eagerness with which 1 took it in. If put to guess his calling and livelihood, I should have taken him for a country schoolmaster as soon as anything else. Ho was dressed in af rusty black frockcoat and pantaloons nnbrushed, and worn so faithfully that the suit had adapted itself to the curves and augularaties of his figure, and had grown to be an outer skin of the man. on his feet.

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had shabby slippers hair was black, still unmixed with gray, stiff, somewhat bushy, and had apparently been acquainted with neither brush nor comb that morning, after the disarrangement of the pillow and as to a nightcap, Uncle Abe probably knows nothing of such effeminacies. His complexion is dark and sallow, betokening, I foar, an insalubrious atmosphere around the White House he has thick black eyebrows and an impending brow his nose is largo, and tho lines about his mouth are very stronglj1, defined.

The whole physiognomj' is as coarse a one as you would meet anywhere in the length and breadth of tlie States but, withal, it is redeemed, illuminated softened and brightened by a kindly though serious look out of his eyes, and an expression of homely sagacity, that seems weighted with rich results ot village experience. A great deal of native sense no bookish cultivation, no refinement honest at heart, and thoroughly so, and yet in some sort, sly—at least, endowed with a sort of tact and wisdom that are rvkin to craft, and would impel him, I think, to take an antagonist in flank, rather than to make a bull-run at him right in front. But on the whole, I liked this sallow, queer, sagacious visage, \Vith the homely human sympathies that warmed it and, for my small share in tho matter, would as lief havo Uncle Abo for a ruler as any man whom it would havo boen practicable to put in his place.—Hawthorne. ,U

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ore to degrnc anything else.

The chief end of life is to gather gold, aud that gold is counted lost, which hanss a picture upon the wall, which purchases flowers for the yard, which buys a toy or book for the eager hand of childhood.

Is this the whole of human life? Then it is a mean, meagro* land most Undesirable thing. A child will go forth from such stall, glad to find free air and a wider pasture. The influence of such a homf upon him in after life will bo none at all, or nothing good.

Thousands are rushing from homes like these every year, They crowd into cities. Thev crowd into villages. They swarm into all places whore life is clothed with a higher significance and the old shell or home is desorted by every bird as soon as it can fly. Ancestral homesteads and patrimonial acres to such children have no sacredness and when the father and mother die, the stranger's presenco obliterates associations that snould bo«nmong the most sacred of all things.

I would havo you strive to build up for yourselves and for your children a home that will never bo lightly parted with—a home which will bo to those whose lives havo been associated with it the most interesting, precious spot on earth.

I would have that homo the abode of dignity, love and peace, genial friendship, and happy associations. Out from such a home I would havo good influence flow into neighborhoods. In such a homo I would see ambition taking root and receiving generous culture. And then I would see you, young husbands and young wives, happy. Do not deprivo yourselves of sucn influences as will come through such an institution as this. No money can pay you for such a deprivation. »o circumstances, but thoso of utter poverty, can justify you in denying these intiences "to your children.

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COSMETICS.

The extensive use of preparations for hiding nature's blootrt on tho human countenance, and presenting to our view a sort of metallic plaster, suggests tho inquiry, "how aro these pigments made?" Without going into an unnecessary analysis of tho "Bloom ol Youth," tho "Rejuvonator," the "Corpse Decorator," or tho other inventions for destroying tho skin, with wluch tho druggists' stores abound, wo may stato again tho fact, always unheeded, that all tho detestable compounds are injurious. They aro nearly all metallic poisons, and, if thero bo* any that aro innocent of this charge, they aro in every instance harmful to tho health. Tho color and surface ot tho skin cannot be chivngod by any application which does not close tho pores which aro so exquisitely fine that there aro millions of tlieni to tho squaro inch, and which must bo kept open if a healthy and cleanly body is to bo preserved. Thero is more breathing dono through tho pores ol a lioalthy person than through tho lungs and wo need not remind our readers of a ghastly piecoof cruelty once enacted in Paris (that of gilding the body ot a child, for a triumphal procession, which killed fho subjects in two hours), to show that tho stoppage, in any degreo, of tho natural functions of so important an organ as the skin, is imurious. -TUB ate effect of the^ise of compounds is to destroy tho vitality of tho skin, and to nnder it, in appearance, a piece of shriveled parchment. We must warn our readers that a temporary and meretricious "bloom" can only be attained at tho cost of l'uturo freshness and lively appearanne, so that a yoar or two of "looking like paint" is followed by a long period of "looking liko dilapidation."

HOW TO GET A DINNER.

A party who traveled about pretty extensively was greatly perplexed to understand how it was that other persons were waited upon promptly and well served in the hotels, while ho was almost entirely ignored, and could scarcely obtain asquare meal, complain to and swear at the waiters as ho might. At last his eyes were opened to the dodge of feeing tho waiters liberally, and being of an ingenious turn of mind, he determined to improve on tho plan.

The next hotel ho dined at,

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his seat very pompously at tho table, and out of a well-filled pocket-book extracted a ten dollar bill, which he laid on tho white cloth beside his plate, and plaoed bis goblet upon it.

In an instant, almost, ho was surrounded by waiters, who sooinod to vio with each other in thoir attentions. Every wish was anticipated, and ull the delicacies of tho kitchen and panfry were placed before him in tempting array.

Having fared as sumptuously a prince (to the envy of many of the other guests), he took up tho greenback, and beckoning to tho nearest waiter, was immediately beseiged by a half dozen or so. Holding tho bill in one hand, ho pointed to it with th" other, and inquired of the crowd:

Do you see that bill?" "Oh! yes, sir!" they all exclaimod in

"Then tako a good look at it," h* replied, "for you will never soe it again." Saying which ho departed, leaving the waiters aghast.

A TESTIMONIAL to tho skill of a chiropodist, testifies that "four or five years ago ho successfully extracted several corns from my feet, without Pu,'r'» as also a member of my family, wind* have rot returned since that- time. The perplexity naturally caused by tho mvstery involved in tho extraction of a member of this man's family from his feet is deepened as we wonder why that member never returned, and whether, if he did, he wonld bring those corns with him Perhaps be is travelling aljout, wearing those corns, and trying to make the public believe they are his own. We warn our readers not to place faith in such a statement .rorn anv wandering Englishman, unless he can produce a certificate that the corns are grown by himself.

TUB other evening a voong woman was singing "Come, oh! come with me, the moon is beaming," to a gentleman who had been mulcted In damages for breach of promise. He remarked: "You inust excuse me, madam. I never walk by moonlight now with a lady, unless witnesses aro present. I have been there once by moonlight, and have found It too expensive amusement." This same gentlemaii said to another lady, who was singing "Why do 1 weep for thee?" "Really, ma'am I don't know, unlewi it is that you can't catch mo in a position where a suit for damages woula give ease to a broken heart and pining Spirit."

A XKORO, after gazing at tb« Chinese, exclaimed "If the white folks is as dark out dsre, I wonder what's the color ob de niggers."