Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 52, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 June 1872 — Page 2

THE OLD FENCE RAIL.. "Diversions of the Boko in

y'| Atlantic Monthly tor Jujy.) It lie* and rot* by the roadside, Among the withering weeds

The blackverry-vlnes run o'er it, -A And tlie thLiilrt drop their fee*!*1 Below, the Miami murmur* ,? lie flows a* he alwnyrf flowed And the people, eaxtward and wcil#*ro.'

Travel the National Road.

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At time* a maiden's glanres Olid It with the tlnu of dawn, "But the school-boy snorts with hl« nostrils,

Kicks It. and hasten* on. yvteore lithe pioneer'sehlmacy. Lonely nnd rickety, lean" JUenide it Uie pioneer's gartlcu .. Is a wllderlng growth of *re«n«.

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It WTW split by the stalwart settler, One or the ancient race, „And the bands of hi* tow-halreC children

Lifted It into it* place. Yearn after, the gawky lover Sat on It, dan/llng hi* heeV-, SWhlJe fii» girl forgot her milking,

And the pen, with Its hungry sqtie&l*. sAh, the rail has lis own romance*, The scene* and changes of years "1 pause whenever wee It,

And drop on It several tear*.

(From the Cleveland Leader.j -IR'JUS VERSA TION. What, you wouldn't charge anything lor letin' a mere child like that go ill, would you? No, Madam, we would not charge a cent oar bookkoepor is sick, hut you will havo to pay me hall price before ho can enter. Why, ho ain't but ten! Can't help that, Madam, them feet ol bis is what takes up room, 1 ought to ask you a dollar and a half, but twenty-live cents will do. Well, there's your money, but itsa swindle—come alongdarling."

What on bevin and airtb ails you, John Stimmet, that you drag that child right by every tiling and don't give him a chance to see anything. Slack up a little, I'vo paid for these ticKets, and am going to see what's going on, and if it don't suit you, yon can poke ahead." "Thero, Isabel, look there don't you seo his jaw drop, and chest go up and .down? That is the Dying Zouave just .-as be looked when he was dying. O, «ny, I can't look at him, John keep hold of my hand. Is ho alive? No lio's embalmed, and they run the body by steam, so the show feller told me. That woman there is his sweetheart, waiting lor his eyes to get dim so he can't see hor go for his watch and pock-ot-book to rernombor him by."

Oot off my corns, you tarnal great iubbor you, can't you get around without running over people? If I had you outside I'd put such ahead on you you would have to git into yonr shirt loot first for a month, (jot to step somewhere? Woll, what of it? You bad better keep off from my mud hooks, confound your picture." "There, my children, you see an allegorical representation of what drink•ing leads to. Thero is the 'Drunkard ftud his family.' Oh most horrible of all! Here, Maria, hold the twins up so they can have a good view, whilo I boost Johnnie. What ails that woman's eve, pa and her legs is cut off. That in tho effect of whisky, my child. "The drunkard has 'pasted' her one on the oye, and tho stulHng has run out or hor legs from riding on the cars. Hut «oe that big bottle sticking out of the man's vest pockot what is in that? old Hyo, my boy, and that red color you SPA on tho drunkard's nose and /'aoo is tho bloom that's on the rye. All drinking men carry pint bottles of liquor in thrlr vest pockets. Hut you must take warning, mv son, and nevor ^arry tho accursed stuff thus hido it an a more sccret place—in your boot."

There thero it is—tho lainily of the tomperato man in that cage. Look, children! see tho differenco botweon this see no and tho one you havo lust ioft. Hero tho man that don't drink Is «eeu silting in his houso, surrounded l»y his wllo nnd children, who wear their Sunday clothes all tho wook. Sec tho bullfinches and parrots sitting around on tho trees. Everything betokens comfort and health. If you don't drink, Johnnie, you will have a wlf\ two children, a parrot and side whiskers when you area man." •'Come, ladies and gentlemon, move on don't stand thero staring at one thing an hour at a time. Hore, youibig IUMIUOX, git out of the way and give that woman with a bile on lior elbow a chance to see. Pass right on into the next tent." "Oh, fatherloomo and sea this cago of monkeys. I*ot go my coat tail, you young rascal: don't toar mo to pieces you've seen them little, nastv monkeys a hundred times before. Mister, why don't yougtvo your monkoys fine tooth 'Oinba? They wouldn't havo to work half so hard if you would."

Hero, ladies and gentlemen, you iiave tho greatest curiosities ever soon couple of sea lions caught by Mr. llarnum while bobbing for Alaska eels. They require two hogshead? of fresh water dally, and a clothes-basket full of speckled trout every two hours, though they will oat on a pinch, suckers and bullheads. Stand away from the ropes, young man, give tho pickpockets a chance to work." "Are those really sea-lions, Jack, and what smells so fishy?" "Yes, I supposeeo thev look just like those I saw while at the t'MV House near .San Francis*-o. Tho Stale protects them thero. I guess the fish smell you perceive comes from that young man with two girls an your right. Ho j»eddle» while fish around town, ami obtained admission to the show by furnishing the teals and sea-lions with a mess of Male fish."

Ixok at that showman ml face, what makes him blush so father. I ion't know, my daughter, unles* it is lecause he Is Hood Tfainplor who is on a strike, or about to join tho lager hoer drinkers eighi hour movement. His face looks like a piece of raw beef. Yes, that's a fact, and eouio to think of it that's why he walks up and down before the animal cages a* to make them hungry and keep them in good Condition.

Look, I.nogene, what an elegant shade oi green on that parrot's tall I would give the world to nave a drees of that shade, and gloves and parasol to tiiASch*" "That's a pelican, deaxest,that bird witla the goitre, In the little cage on your left.

That

thing that looks like a

swelling, or as if be had the tnuiups, is the pouch where

lays its eggs and

carrW its young until they are old enough to cot bait and ftah lor therueelvee. How does It lay egrs In (here? That's more than I know. Naturalists stale that such Is the fact, hewevwr, and that, like the oposwom, it carries lis voung there until they cau go it on their own book.

I dont believe yon, Nathaniel, and 1'tn going to ask that showman, Mis-

vrhat Is that bladder under that bird's chin for?" "That's what 1Mnsse a* a lite preserver, madam,, when be Is out fishing and happens to wade into a deep hole that is over bin head, which is not often as you will see by toe lenjrtfc of them ley's o' his'n. He

aLing,

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uontly nils it tip with ftah when trarso as to hare a lunch with kim,

Ue pulls it over his bead wheg

ar."alsoasawaterproof."

rains "Thank yott,

••Is that an ostrich, sbr?*1 "Yes'm, that his the hoss-tretel) so tailed because ho runs faster titan ahy 'oss, and stretches his neck all the time forgrub. We just fed Mm a keg of railroad spikes, mum, but hi/you havo pook«t knife that you.w6uld nke to give 'iirl, I will see tlfftt ho receives it when he is hungry." "Take your hsifd-ont of my pocket you rascal? My baud wasn't in your pocket! Yes 'twas, I felt it. Your own hand is in there now what are you blowing about? Well I swear to gracious so it is. I beg your pardon mister. 1 saw that sign there, 'look out lor pickpockets,' and leellng something squirm in my pocket thought it was your band. *1 am so used up by this this crowd I onn,t remember which end I'm standing on." "That is a «wart hog,' gentleman, and was first brought to this country by the great American farmer, Horace Greeley, who wanted to see if warts could not bo raised at a less cost than by the old tashloned method of stoning bull frogs to death and handling toads. Horace crossed tho breed of hogs with the common wart toad and the result was a now species, which, when fullgrown, consisted of two-thirds wart and ouo of pork. The experimenter became disgusted and sold out the original bog which you see before you. Any lady or gentleman wishing to rid themselves of warts can do so by holding the excrescence in tho animals cage a few minntes."

Well there! Marie, I declare, I never thought I should live to see a Giraffo. Whore is Josiab, I wonder? Back in the other tent looking at tne sleeping beautv" I'll beta cent. Yon stay here Maria, and I'll go back and give him a hint that he will remember." "Don't be afraid, you lunatic, they uave been to break fast,and would not take a mouthful of you if thoy could. Mr. Barnum keeps two or three watchmen in the tent all the time to prevent any outbreak on the part of tho cannibals. That one with her hair frizzled and standing on end is tho only ono of the three who has not tasted of bakod missionary.

There goes the circus band—Come on quick or we won't get seats—Never mind the camels—Rip goes my overskirt—Mercy what a crowd—Fans, nice cool fans—Ouch! get off my feet—Hurry up mother, here's a seat—Aint this hot—Here's your nice lemonade— There's that hatelul Mary Sprigs, look at her hat—If I had a baby as young as that I would stay at home—Don't bow to John Smith, he's tight—There they come, Oh! Oh!! Oh!!!"

7 f*j*«a.^JJRDER.* ***,:

The Mysteries of New York—The Na~ than, Bunlcll and Rogers Tragedies.

Every day that I gaze on the Nathan house, I am moro surprised at the boldness and success of the deed. Most oi our murders aro committed in low life, but this building is in the very centor of fashion. It is really one of the Ynost fashionable houses in this city, and was built undor the elaborate inspection of its late owner. Tho lot runs through from one street to another, a distance of 200 feet, which is an unusual thing in this city, and the entire property was valued at f'225,000. Sinco that fatal night on which its owner was so mysteriously murdered the house has been under a ban. The family has forNaken it and at the same timo refused to part with it. Every little while, however, some paragraph announces its sale at a great sacrifico. A few weeks ago I was conversing with a real estate agent in that neighborhood who said that he had repeatedly met gentlemen who oxpressed their regret at losing the opportunity of buying a place which went so cheap. The facts are simply these. The family deserted the scene of so terrible a tragedy and toek board on Fifth avenue, where thev havo a costly suito of apartments. They loft tho lurnlturo standing in the homestead and placod tho wholo in charge of a famllv of servhnts, which occupies the base'ment. Here, then, is a palatial dwelling entirely different in chariicter from any other house in the country. It is closed and sealed by blood. The carpets are down, the piotuies aro there, the mirrors tho piano aad all the sumptuous furniture of this day of fashion—but they are shut up in darknewr and sitonce and the mystery of sudden and bloody death. So the Nathan mystery is to bo added to the llond-stroct tragedy, which has given the world the names of Mrs. Cunningham and Dr. Burdell, united in mystery and infamy. An old man might be stunned by a sudden blow with an iron dog and then be killed with the same weapon, as Benjamin Nathan was, but the Burdell affair was very different. How an able-bodied man could have been assaulted and slain with a dagger, receiving in all moro than twenty wounds, in so public a place as Bond street is indeed wonderful. Fifteen years eave passed since then and it is now probable the author of the crime will never be known. A deed still twlder was tho Rogers affair, for here a man was killed in broad daylight. James Rogers, a quiet man, one recently arrived in this city, where ho kept a boarding honse, was murdered while sweeping his sidewalk. The affair was one wnich defiled all investgation and It remains still a mystery. A few years before this Dr. Lntener, a physician, was sitting in his office in Broadway when a woman entered and shot him, and then quietly departed, leaving him weltering in his own blooa, while she pursued her way amid the passing crowd. The mystery was impenetrable and no clue was discover^ 9yen sufficient to make an arrest.

ROMANTIC STORY.

Some years ago a pastor of Williamsport became very intimate with a wealthy member of his congregation. So strongly was the latter attached to the pastor that he exacted a promise that he would preach his funeral sermon. The pastor promised that no matter what tho distance tbat separated them, or the difficulties that might be placed between them, he would, when informed of the doatn of his old friend, drop all else and hasten to the spot that was to be the resting place of his mortal remains. The pastor afterwards moved into this vicinity aad a short time ago received U« sad intelligence that nis friend wa* dead. Instead of keeping bis pxomisift, he replied that he was unable to be present, as he could not dose his church, etc. The Mineral took place in das season, but the pastor wss not there to pertorm the last sad rites over the body of bis departed friend. The ceremonies, however, were performed by another, ami afterwards, when the will was opened, appeared that the old man bad been faithful in death as he was fn life, snd bequeathed a thoumnd dollars to bis old friend, proruitd, he wottld preach his taneral sermon. His feeling* paa better be imagined than deaorihod, suppose.—Lehigh R«gist«r*

TERRE-HAUTE SATURDAY. EVENING MAIL. JUNE 29,1872.

JTHE LITTTE PEOfLrE^

A pair of New Haven parents flirted with a boy thai dooau'*,Bt(ft whistling OTfn lp$to shwp. Vj "(Mamma, said litis boy who. hsd been ssnt to dt-y a towel before th® l^done Unit's

A llttlo girl in Louisville dropped a match into a can of coal oil *4to see it explode,"The fire department and a physician were called in. The damage to tho bouse didn't exceed $500. and tho little girl is doing as well asoould be expected.

A boy in Michigan, two years ago shot himself two months ago ho was choked with a fish-bone a few days alter be sot fire to a barn and called out tho fire department he swallowed a top be was run over by an icecart ho fell into the river, and ouoe he was lost for three days, ana is alive and kicking now.

Not long since a podagoguo in one of the Eastern States was examining a class of puj is touching tbo'.r ideas regarding the sea. Of one bright little follow he asked the question how be would like a sea faring llto. "First rate," was the reply, "'except the fishing ousiness." "And why not that?" "Because I don't like whaling."

Little Georgians Huston was swinging on a grape vino the other day at her home, when her aunt asked, "Georgia, are you sitting on the swing God mado vou "No, Aunt Mary," replied the little one, "God didn't make this swing Jesus made it God don't have time to make grape vino swings."

The following note written to hor schoolmate by a girl who bad been absent several days, illustrates the sweet simplicity of childhood: "Dear Susie—I Shan't attend school again until I Get some now cuffs collars and jewelry— dear Mama agrees with me that it is my Dooty to take the shine out of that Upstart Mamy Jones and I'll do it too if I never learn nothing

A gentleman not bl«ssed with much hair was endeavoring to inculcate some lessons of God's goodness upon the mind of his little four-year-old, a day or two since, and among other things, told her tbat He even numbered the hairs of her head. He was some-what taken aback when she looked up arch* ly and said, "And he knows, papa, you don't got many hairs on your heatf." ...» i&.

Tho Itev. Mr. II had a large family of unruly boys, and one of them did something very wrong but as none of them would confess it, ho declared he would whip them all, and then he would be sure to punish the real culprit. Lisping Jimmy, the youngest, retired to a corner and grumbled. "What is that you say?" asked his fathor. "I thaid whimpered Jimmy, "that that'th jutht the way old Herod did. He would be tliure to kill Jethuth." t** fc..

HANGING A MAN TWICE: A letter from McKinney, Texas, describes the horrible execution there of Stephen Ballew, a notorious ruffian, who had murdered a youth named James Golden for his money, and afterward married the victim's sister. The prisoner was taken from the wagon by the Sheriff and led up to the gallows. His faco wore a sullon and coldblooded look as he sat there, calmly smoking a cigar, while the clergyman were performing the service showing most dogged indifference.

After a few short prayers, of which the prisoner took no notice, the sheriff advanced and announced that the pris

oner

had nothing to say, having positively declined to utter a single word. Ballew was then informed that his time had come, when he got down from the railing npon which he had been perched. advanced toward the Sheriff with a sneer, and with a devel-may-care indifference loworod his head in order to allow the Sheriff to properly adjust the rope.

After tho black cap had been drawn down the Sheriff knocked the prop from under the trap, and Ballew was swinging in mid air. Tho fall luiled to break his neck, as was seen by his oonvulsivM struggles. After swayinp fifteen minutes, during which tho prisoner made desperate efforts to free himself, it was ascertained that the noose was so loose as to admit air into his lungs. The assembled crowd were unanimously in favor of a second hanging, and were not slow in demanding it. Tho voice of tho cattle drovers and backwoodsmcn could be heard above the confusion,, shouting, "Givetho villian another dose:" "Shoot him Cut his throat and numerous other ejaculations of similar tenor.

Women fainted, and a scene of the wildest excitement ensued. The Sheriff regained the platform, and, by a determined effort of his assistants, the half-hung man was raised, the noose tightened, and amid shouts Ballew was swung off a second time, and in thirty minutes was pronounced dead, Ballew was one of the most notorious desperadoes in the State, and is kuown to have murdered a number of men.

HO U" TO GET RID OFSUPERFL UO US FLESH. Not long ago a gentleman of threescore, who nad hardly ever been sick in his his life, thought he was too healthy avd began to Bantamise. He succeeded famously, and boasted to his friends that be had got rid of ten pounds in a few weeks. A llttlo later ho was attacked with a painful and dangerous inaladv, from which ho has been suffering more than a year. If a man can sleep soundly, has a good appetite, with no unpleasant reminders alter meals, the bodilv habits being regular every day, ho bad betteHeave himself alone, whether be is as big as a hogshead or as thin and dry as a fence rail. Several cases of Bright's disease have been reported by medical men of reputation as a direct result of practicing Bright's plan for getting lean.

Tho very best snd safest way to set rid of flesh is to work it off. This niay be aided by eating food that oootaios largo amount ol carbon. Nitrogen food It that which gives strength, power to work, as lean meats: carbonaoeons foods are those which make fat, such as cheese, potatoes, rice, corn, pess, beans, tapolca, arrowroot, cornstarch, milk, sugar, syrup, slid sll oily and fat food. Raw mist, aad berries largely eaten are great aids to reducing weight. But. sfter sll, the great reliance ahould oe on exercise and work in the open air. Barclay, the great English pedestrian, who performed greater feats than Weslon, lost ten pounds in two or three daya' walking and wss never the worse for It.—[Hall Journal of Health.

TH* man with the iron law livw fa Taunton Massachusetts. He takes thick, heavy flint-glass tumbler and bites large pices oat of it with perfect esse, snd chews them te powder. He does not swallow them, however, for fear of having a pane in his stomach.

LO VE'a YO UNO DREAM. Tho following oholoe piece ofssrea^m wbioh purports to hsve been written by a younfe lady of MWTonc to hpt prim,spectacled maiden aint |n Boston, may in truih hsfe I amiable la«y Mrs exposing t$e which tne' *iiV»rid^ up in the delusion that their husbands aro embodimeAUi^f perfection. If the old lady did&Olte'lbe document it was hardly fair ol her to go and palm it off upon the innocence of inexperienced bridehood:

juihtuanon With shot themselves

MT DEAR AUMT -Although YOU told me when you invited' me to your wedding tbat I was too young to marry,and not capable of choosing a man for life properly, and with due consideration, I know that you may now feel that was wiser than you thought. In selecting dear Orlando I have gained a most affectionate and attentive husband, and one who has neither a fault nor a vice. Heavens! what must a girl suffer who finds herself united to a dissipated person, neglectful of her, and disposed to seek the society of unworthy persons who drink, smoke, and do all sorts of dreadful things!

Thank Heaven, Orlando is perfection. To-day is my eighteenth birth day, and we have been married a year. We keep house, now, and I can mako pretty good pios, only tho undor crust will be damp however, I think that must be the oven. Once I put peppermint in the pudding-sauce, instead of lemon flavoring then Orlando was trying to me right before the girl, who didn't like either of us going into the kitchen at all.

Tho flowers are coming on beautifully in the back garden. We sowed a great many seeds, but barely expected so many plants. Among the most numerous is one variety with a small leaf, that scratches one's fingers and don't smell nico. I wonder what it is? Orlando frightens me by talking about weeds but seeds always come up, don't ihe-y

Dear Orlando I come back to him again—so excellent, so temperate, and truo. Tell tho girls to marry as soon as they can, if they can ftnd a husband like mine.

I have but one trial, business takes him so much away from me. A lawyer must attend to business, you know and sometimes they carry on the case until two at night. Often and often he has examined witnesses until halfpast twelve, and comes home perfectly exhausted. And the nasty things smoke, so that his dear coat quite smells of it. And it makes him as ill as it does me I havo to air and sprinkle the lining with cologne water before he dares to put it on again. 1 had a terrible lright the other night —dreadful! Orlando had told me that business—I think ho said it was a case of life and death—would detain him late. So I sat up, as usual,with a book, and did not worry until one o'clock. After that I was a little anxious, I confess, and I caught coid in my head through the up-stairs window-blinds for, ae'ar aunt, it was not until three o'clock that I heard a cab driving up the street, and saw it stop at our door then I thought I should faint, for I was sure some dreadful accident had happened to Orlando.

I ran down to open the door and Mr. Smith, a friend of Orlando, who is not, I confess, very much to my taste—such a rod-faceu, noisy man— was just supporting my dear boy up the steps.

Oh, what has happened cried I. Don't be frightened, Mrs. White," said Mr. Smith. "Nothin' at all only Mr. White Is a little exhausted. Application to business will exhaust a man. and I thought I'd bring himhouie. "All right, Bella." said doar Orlando—"Smith tells the truth—I'm exhausted."

And de irest aunt, he was so much so that he spoke quite thicn, and couldn't stand up without tottering. Mr. Smith was kind enough to help him up stairs, and ho lay on the boa so prostrated that I thought he was going to die. Then I remembered tho French brandy you gave me in caso ol sickness. I ran to get it out.

Have a little brandy and water, dear?" I said. "The very thing. Smith is exhausted too—give some to Smith," said he.

And so I reproached myself for not having thought of it before he was gone. But I gave a glass to Orlando, and under Providence, aunt, I think it saved his life for, Oh, how bad ho

W"SBellasaid

ho, quite faltering in

his speech, "the room is going round so fast that I can't catch your oye and besides there's two of you, and I don't know which is which."

I knew these were dreadful symptoms. Take a drink.-lear," said I, "and I'll try to wako up Mary and send her for the doctor.

No," said he "I'll be all right in the morning. I'm all right now. Here's your health. You're a brick. I—" And over be fell, fast asleep.

Oh, why do men think so much of money making Is not health better than anything else

Of course, as he hsd lain down in his hat, 1 took that off first And I managed to divest him of his coat. But when It came to hisboots—dearestaunt did yem ever take off a gentleman's boots probably not, as you aro a singlo lady—what a task! rlow do they over get'"in off? I pulled and pulled, and shook and wriggled, aud gave it np.. But it would not do tq leave them on all higbt so 1 went at it again, snd at last one came off so suddenly, and over I went on tho floor and into his hat, which I bad put down there for a minute. I could have cried. And the other came off the same way, just as hard and Just as sudden at last. Then I put a soft blanket over Orlando, and sat in my sowing chair ail nigbt. Ob, how heavily he breathed! And I bad. as you may fancy, the most dreadfnl tears. He might have killed himselfby his over application to businesa, for atl tbat I knew. The perfect ones go first, it is said.

Oh, bow differently should I have felt had anything happenod to my Orlando. He has not bad so exhausting a day since, and I think sees the folly ol overwork theogb, if courts will keep open so late, what can poor lawyers do? I think it very inconsiderate of the judge. I wondep'whelber he has a wife —the mean old thing!

»nemc»i9composed of Roeti,llarki and Herbe. It is very pleasant every child likes it. ,,i

?is

Vegfetine is acknowledged by all classes of people to be tbe best snd most reliable blood purifier in the world.

Yegetine—by its use you trill prevent many of the diseases prevailing la tbe Spring snd Summer season.

Vesetine has restored thousands to health who "hsd been long and psinfhl sufferers.'

Vegetiee will enre went cases of Scrofula... ..

MR. GREELEY'S FIRST MREAT TEMPERANCE LECTURE The laying of the Atlantic cable was celebrated by a dinner In the Metro-

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idi by. tbat view to

iHtan hotel. Many old New Tork whD'had#een fritters snd mechanics in their boyhood days, were araorife the guests. Of the lattfr was Horace Greeley, who qccupied a seat near tbe presiding officer. Many of theold merchants appeared with old steel watch-guards aua antiquated swallowtailed coats. Mr. Greeley wore bis usual claw-hammer. The merchants did not understand the French bill of fare, and without waiting for the tegular oonrso, many of thom ordered the waiters to bring up beafstoak. Mr. Greeley followed suit. When the wine was brought on the majority of the company drank freely. Mr. Greeley placed his hand over bis glass and refused to accept wine, saying tbat be drank only water.

Warren Leland, tbe proprietor of tbe hotel, felt much chagrined at Mr. Greeley's action. He went to him and said:

Now, look here, Horace, this is not treating your old ueighbor right. You snd I have been farmers for years together. You have borrowed my harrow and I have borrowed your plough. When I wanted a scythe went to your place and borrowed it. If you run out of corn my barn was always open to you. Hero it is the first time that you have ever been in my houso, ana I think that neighborly feeling ought to require that you should take a little something and not drink cold water."

Now, Warren," answered Mr. Greoley, "there's no use talking, I never drank a drop of spirituous liquor since I signed the pledge in 1821, and I shall never drink a drop. If I was going to drink a glass of rum I would jilst as soon drink with you as any other man. But I can't do it now go away and let me alone."

Warren grow red in the faoo. "Mr. Greeley," lie said, ''this is not treating me right. Here I have kept hotel in New York city for nearly twenty years, and the first time you have come into it you refuse-to drink my health." "No, I don't," replied Horaco: "I will drink your health with great pleasure," raising his glass of water. "Not in water/' answerod Warron "that is not the fluid to drink a man's health in. I insist that you shall let me mix you a drink. I will mix it with my own hands. I can assure you that no man in New York understands mixing drinks better than I do."

Mr. Greeley laughed and shook his head. Warren redoubled bis pleading so earnestly that at last Horace said: "Well. Warren, you can go down stairs and mix me up a lemonade that's tbe best I can do for yoq, and I don't thiuk you ought to ask me any more. Now go away and let me alone."

Warron wont down stairs. Ho mixed up tbe most delicious lemonade ever concocted in the Metropolitan Hotel. He took a glass nearly as large as a weiss beer glass. He filed it with ice, withsugar, with peppermint, with a big piece of pineapple, a bit of orange, slices of lemon, some tansy, Stoughfonn bitters, and last of all about two tablespoonfuls of Sncarac brandy. Then he stuck two straws into it and took it to Horace. "What aro these for. Warren?" asked Mr. Greeley, pulling tho straws out of the glass ana flourishing them iR Warren's face. ii'A''ji» "Why, that's tho fashionoblo way of drinking lomoinado," Warren replied. "Did you ever suck cider with a straw out of a bung-hole, when a boy?"

Yes," replied Horace, "but this is not cider, and I don't see any bunghole. I prefer tho old-fashioned way of drinking lemonade," and he pulled the two straws out of the glasa and dropped them into his hat, which was on the table at his side,

Then Horace drank the lemonade. A pleasant expression stole over his countenance. He stopped when half way through, and said: "Well, Warren, this is great lemonade. This is good letnonado. I never tasted any better. Yon oertainly have a remarkable faculty for mixing lemonade."

Warren puckered up his mouth like a rat-holo, and gave vent to one of his heavy laughs. There was more vim than sound in Warren's laugh. Mr. Grecloy finished his lemonade. After it had disappeared a strange light began to caper in Horace's eyes. He talked more freely than usual. His sayings were spioed with quaint oddities. He talked of ploughs, coulters and martingales, then ol breechingstraps and Yankee scythe-snaths, of new jumped axes, saw-bucks and patent 'cam-shelters, of old dog-druins, and of the thousand and one things connected with farming.

It was ono of the most interesting conversations that was ever heard in the Metropolitan hotel. Warren drank in Horace's words of wisdom after Horace bad drunk Warren's lemonade

In a few moments Horace said, "Warren, I would like another lemonade, but don't take the trouble to go down stairs and mix it yoursell let one of the waiters bring ft." Warren fired up in an instant. He said he could be guilty of no such act oi discourtesy to an old friend. .He Insisted upon going himsolf, and be went. The second lemonade was mixed liko the first, with the exception that Warren chuck ed in three tablespoonfuls of Sazarac brandy instead of two. Horace took the tumbler and sucked tbe drink In like a three-year-old child. "Warren, he said, "this lemonade is oven better than tne other one. You are a great man, Warren, and you know how to keep a hotel your art of mixing lemonade is unsurpassed."

Horace drained the glass. Ho put it down, and looked as though he was sorry be hsd got through it eo quick. The merry twinkle in his eyes increased. His talk flamed with wit. Those who were fortunate enough to bo seated near him roared with laughter. Tbey were filled with wine, and Horace was filled with lemonade. Lemonade was productive of more wit than wine. It was a great temperance lecture, though neneof them so regarded !t.

The company broko up at a late boUjT, and thougo Horace took not a drop of tbe 100 bottles of wine that disappeared on that night, be went home the most intoxicated man in tbe whole

A DASOESpcsKwtrK.—A ForttVsyije man hsiwi pocket knife which belongs te WlUifl OetHtis, snd has a history. It waa^usdetiq ShsiBeld. Collins bought it and htA JUs name engraved on it. He Io«t Itlti Tours, Franco. The finder cMHtiHteed mofder with ft. Collins chanced to be in attendance- at his trial, snd recovered the nlfc. He lost It sffain at Bsth, Bngland. and the Under committed suicide with ft. Collins

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ain recovered the knits, bat lost it time. This time it was fonda in Fort Wayne. Tbe gentlemon who picked it np claimed to oe a great ad* mirer oi tbe novelist, and wrote to bin., receiving in reply a letter detailing the above Cscts.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKS.—Whitesof two snd one enp of sugar, beat to-|

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ather add one^halrcup of butter, one cup milk, two cupe of flour, tonei teaspoonful of Ckeam Tartar, one-halff teaspoontul of ssleratus. When baked cover with frosting. Extract of nut-» meg may be added to the cako.

Asparagus is ssid to be a valuable medicinal agont in cases of rheumatism and gout. Slight cases of rheu-j niatism aro cured in a few days by feeding on this delicious esculent, andw more cnroqic cases-are much, relieved/ especially if tbe patient avoids all acids whether in food or beverage.

Sanitari8ts say that the sunflower] has the remarkable property ol ptirifyair laden with marsh miasm adsorbing"* a great quantity of moist and noxious! gases, and exhaling tbe oxydiaed oxygen. Many instnees are cited where its cultivation his rendered whole quarters hoalthy and fever tree, whioh were pre-T viously uninhabitable by theprevalence^ of fever. II

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To MAKE BROWN BREAD.—Time one or two hoara, sooording to weight. Three parts ol second flour, thefourthl part of rye a littlo milk aud the right proportion of water.

Take three parts of second flour, and the .fourth part of rye lay it one night in a cool place, ana the next morning work it up with with a little milk,V added to tne water. Set it at a proper distance from the fire to rise, and thai make it into loaves and bake.

SNOW PANCAKES.—Four ounces of flour a quarter of a pint of milk a little grated nutmeg a pinch of salt sufficient flour to make thick battei^J and three large spoonsful of snow tor each pancake.

Make a stiff batter with four ounces of flour, a quarter of a pint of milk, or mote if required,*a little grated nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Divide tho batter into any number of pancakes, and add three large spoonfuls of snow to each. Fry them lightly, in very good butter,-and serve quick.

LEMON PODDING.—Take of! the thin rind ot two small lemons, qnd boil ifc till soft in a Dint and a half cream or new milk. Pound the peel with four ounces of butter to a paste, and pour the milk over four ounces of Naples biscuit. Stir both together, and when cool add four ounces of sifted sugar, thejuice of ono lemon, and the yolks of six eggs well boat. Sometimes for ornament, shavings of candied citron are strewed over the top, but many liko the pudding better without it. Bako in a brick oven threo-quartors ofL~ an hour, and serve hot or cold.

CHICAGO PLUCK)

The Chicago Mail gives tho follow^ ing: "Califorhia pears—fino pears—only ten cents each." i'

We were on the cars on Saturday evening, going for a guiet Sabbath to one oi' our beautiful suburbs, when a line, manly, hearty voice, crying with a right hearty will, "California pears," caused us to lift our eyes from a copy of tbe Mail. We beheld moving from seat to soat bearing a basket of irult, a young man of fine healthy appearance, graceful action, and wonderiul elasticity and oourage.

How do you do, Mrs. S. Have a

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ear the young man stopped at just ahead of onrs and held up before a beautiful and finely dressd lady, a ripe, luscious specimen of the fruit, wbioh the lady, acknowledging the salute, smilingly accepted, and the man passed ou. oil, I declare," said the lady to her compaion, "if that isn't Jack L. Who would havo expected to soo him selling pears on a train of cars "No one before tho groat firo," ro-»

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tho gentleman. "Jack and his lost all thoy had. Too bad, wasn't it? Always used to luxury, it seems hard to be thrown so suddenly^ on the world."

I must speak to him again wbon he comos back," said tho lady. Soon the young man returned, precoded by the cheering roiee «g*ln, crying, "California pears, California pears!"

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as thotrgn von had served along ap*" pronticeship as train boy." "Cheoilul? Why shouldn't I be cheerful ?—sold fifteen dollars' worth of pears to-day. Young, good health, guess I can make a living. Don Worry." And away he went, shouting "pears, pears, California pears."

The fire can never slnio that young man's good wilL He will find a way to make one. Those aro tho sons of Chicago snilerers. js. i» v-

CASTORIA—ft substitute for Castor Oil—a vegetable preparation containing neither Minerals, Morphine nor Aloo^ hoi. It Is pleasant to take, does not nauseate, and operates when all other remedies failed. Dr. Pitcher has experimented fifteen years in producing a preparation more eflleientthan Castor Ou, without Its horrid taste. The Castoris regulates the system cures constipation, stomach ache, CTQUP and flatulency, and kills worms. It does not distress or jjripe. By its quieting, soothing effect it produces natural sleep, and is particularly adapted to crying and teething children. «.

We desire Physicians to test this article, and will forward three bottles nralln to the address of any one so authenticated. Insist that your druggist order it lor you. It costs but 50 cents, and one bottle will save many doctors ana oiiu uuiuo wm —z— bills. J. B. Rose 5i Co., Broadway,

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