The Syracuse Enterprise, Volume 1, Number 48, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 December 1875 — Page 1

THE” Syracuse Enterprise. nirrintr o .. _

J. P. PRICKETT, Editor and Proprietor.

VOLUME I.

ruKau . > - Sechktaky Brnsrpw hiw sent letters to all Collectors of Customs in the country, infortnifig them of the necessity of making considerable reductions in the cost of collecting the duties-, and asking 1 them for sfiggortioiai as to the- method in which these reduction^shall lx- made. ’ How. Henry Wilson is the second publicofficial who has died in the Capitol building, John Quincy Adams being | the. first. Mr. Adams was taken with A' stroke of paralysis when n member of i the House, and carried into the retiring room of the Justices of the Supreme Court, where he died. There is at leas! one man in Oregon possessed of a couseionc . The Secre-' tary of War lately received a letter from , Portland, in that State, which read as follows: “ I was once in Lheaervjee of the United States, Hut now Tn the service of my God. Inclosed find poetoffice money-order for forty dollars, which belongs to the Government of the United Slates, " - Gen. Shbkuan oueo dafim d Linreli gioua tyeed to Miss Grundy thus • “ I <. Ix'lieve if jMH>ple will act only half as well as they know how in this world they will be all right in the rtext." Tlte i Genend soya h> n nut a Cut holm or a Protefttant or a d-nom?n»tionnli*t of any | kind. MrL HL-rmay is a Catholic, but she hev*«r allows font ftu-t to make her forget that she is Gen. Sherman's wife. It is rib smail Affatetohold the office of Mayor of London. A nun of modrr ate fortune can not perform the duties of the office, as in addition to the $50,000 allowed him to jmy his “expenses,” he has to gjx nd as much more, from his private puree to pay. for ail the banquets and balls he is in duty bound to give, bejide disbursing largely to public Cluir itiex. About SIOO,OOO will just take his Honor through the year. As Cotton, the newly-elected Mayor,is enormously'' rich, he stands a chance of getting through the ordeal. 1 " . - . Gen. Ono, Commander of the Military ■a Department of Ti tas, in his annual .re-/ port so the Secretary of War, after giv ing a lengthy a'OOunt of the border operations of Mexican banditti, makes ' them* significant suggestions; “Mobetiectiud means must be adopt- d than sending troops to look un while our !>< <• pie are being desjxiiled and murdered, for it is very evident that the soldiers, however willing, inn do nothing if conlined to ■ this side <>f the river, and an i oriter to mas- reprisals, with nn-ans to carry out the order, has sometime* r< suited in indemnity as well as' security.” Thn New York Tinit» recently made a tierce* aasault upon tie- publishers of the Graphic. Tlic latter, instead of reply ingin kind, makes a neat, point in the appended paragraph .“Jennings ■< more tlian .of keeping two bypothentiseS in his nouse and being on intimate t< Hus with a cosine. The <s>rhs on his head are at times so tronldcaoma , as to create a vertigo an 1 hurl reason' from her throne. ()ne of his eyes is bote tie green and hrs hair is red ; fee is afflicted, with h<terop’nemy and aphasn. When tii' sleeps he lies on one ear for a bed and uses the other as 'la quilt ; his toes lap. We call upon him to answer these charges. ” An English correspondentofa St. Louis paper gives tion of Mentmore, the country seat o( the English branch of the Itothachii Th<- vases, statuary and p|h>foifipdH‘llteh'menta and furniture of thegjeat entrance hall alone are vahuxl at M.OUH.tMMt, while the rest of tire mansion »is furnisli. d wi<| t like costlmcee. isslrooms coat $150,1)00 each, and of tii*| dining-rixim $1,000,000, lhe house is so large that ib took the uuuaepondent three hours to pass* through the rooms without stojipiug bi any nun of '-ttiem. and the Whole is alleged to surpaaeany Other establishment of the kind in Eurup.', feyuurojal d Tis swv ?t to be revenged. A fejr* years ago, writes a corrwqxindent of the Chicago Tribune, two tanner* in Emmet County, lowa, got into a controversy about a -calf,, They went into court. Both were sfiibbhrn and plucky. It did not take long to absorb thn <ulf. i Soon the surplus prop rty of the lit? gants followed the calf. Then went two flue farms ; and, when each had nothing more with whicli to feed) ttie rapacious < maw of the law, and oonld not b rrow, ! they quit, with a heavy judgment and large bill of coats recorded against them. The unsuccessful man in the suit has embarked in the gravestone business, { and declares that hia only satisfaction • now ia in the erection of a tombstone over the family burial ground of the man who cheated him ont of his calf. WiiujAM Cvllen Bbyant, in the New York fwf, gives the foHowing ‘ remarkable erfmato of Edgar Allan' Poe: “He wa* unmoral—if we may coin the word—rather than immoral; « moral idiot, rather than a moral maniac. The moral sense was aim|dy wanting; and in bis Me, as in-his wn tings, there was no indication whatever of even the vagneet tb* existence of moral responsibility. His staadaad of right —- was a purely* irsGßßc'ook tie, rnsMnr? M an I things was their artistic titness or unfit umb. In ths strong phiaee of the person referred to above, Poe regarded the writer of a defective lino or the maker of a false rhyme as the worst of criminals, holding him in utter abhorrence ; but 1

i--’" 11 "™ ‘ f that a man should do myrdq^in tluynir- i suit of a litft’iiltogether natuirtNnrtTnvrprrrmmgft.'** ! The following is a synopsis of the re- i I suit of the post-inortem pf the late Vice-1 f President remains: It lx*gan liar. a. m., fortr hours after death; , thurmoiuater, -external - nothing unusual; foe brain weighed 49 I ounce*; texture of the brain full of black * snn (Wrwnffn normai; cyM TnWsize of a pea in each chroyd-plexus; afoere- ; matous deposit in arteries at base of j brain, and in the .anterior and middle ('erebral aitoru a. 'L'iiv being abnormal in voter or dOßsistenc*', a microscopic examination was made of this. The lungs disclosed okj pleuritic ' adlieaions on the left side. There was a calear<x)us dep<wit the size of a pea on tlje mi-Wh.- lelxrof the right lung; lungs congested. Heart normal, except a cateareous deposit on the aortic vilve; prricardial fluid normal. Stomach empty; congestion throughout with slight retetous or points;; pyloric fxirtioa norikin. Liver congested Bud somewhat fatty; small cyst on upper surface. Gall bladdez full of bile; normal. Kidneys—Weight, . b ouncea; ouch congested with un« or I tg<’ wall cywt-s and cfcatefoe <if ’ aUfilnr 9pl«*n large and «hwk. Otte r l Wwe normaL Other viscera normal. Cause of-death, apoplexy. . - - i i i-v .< .v< r k.n r n.u av. In lhawwrilrohe of a Hebrew lady.the .most did article of. clothing was tli»' tiirliah, for those who could afford it, , The poor people Lui toJx'Tatudied with wituliug a piece of elotu round their flead and fixing it as well as they could. T The turbans wore of various colors, and wound in different ways ; some of. them w< re likß a ’high Shoes Bud sfex-k »gH wdre üßkurnrii. but s of leather Web fastened with two latrhets. The udtea, who carried luxury into erety'4e- , partment, and who are supposed, even in the present day, to be far from indifferent to a luce, mwt boot, or to elegant slipix-ra, had their slkx-s, or rather sandals, and their latcheta, made of colored < leather ; dark blue, violet, and purple were favorite colors. .Tlie ankles were ' dewratecl With bracelets of gold or dainty ■ «f!v»-r rbning ans wi|h tiny rilver Im*lL. Mair nets and bead-1 •Buds wdxe in great rerjuest. The latter wen 1 made of gold or silver, and worn under the net, extending from one ear to the-other. Ear- , rings w»tv much thought of ; we are told <>f BOHM that wvightxl a thousand and ■ s< veil hundred shekels of gold, and were ( so large that a man could easily put his hand through tliem. Some of the wiwn wr»re several rings with little Ix’lls attaclnsl to them. Tliey wen* generally ,inado of horn or of silver. But the most pipnlar ring was the n'«se-ring. -The b-ft n<>stril was pierced for the purpose, and a ring made of ivory or metal was put thybugCi it Bracelets were favorite .ornaments, and wen 1 gvnendly worn on the right arm. Some of them were 'ex-' eveningly large, so that tliey up to fooripww. on th# ting»>ra were > ili|in*<‘f tine go|l. <» itritgs of pearls with little fdl/er balls or small tin- ‘ kling bells, worn i round foe neck. -V «ov> <vp While I ”the Western Union telegraph monopoly keeps buying off competition, budding new Ibiea, watering its stock, and making regular dividends, it whines all foe teiue about “poverty" and aays-rt > cannot live nt reduced rate*. If any lit ‘ tl- redaction is mmtetho figures are soon pnt up again. The pretext is that our country is one of such magnificent distances that cheap meaaages cannot b > Tba taiaeh-iMd so tom piutem > M-ttrjy |«m 'in (biidy I Erto thsi|. uniform rate is twenty-five rente Tor ten worite, whether 100 or 1,000 miles, and 1 where the D iminion company make* reg liter eight per rent, dmdendt*. It is proved still more strongly jn Australia, where under Government manageruefit* messages can be sent nearly 4,000 ..for lllty w-teks toid Ufoprofit of tb«J>nsi »tews test ywr w.is Wo lu*v.pay’fStty cvtftk to xJetroft, tifrir cents to Chicago, and $1.25 to New York. No wonder foe Western Union can bSB&L eight-story palace* in the great ertiaa, ’ and make every large stockholder rich. , I when it exacte so much higher rates than ‘ are i»id in countries thinner peopled.—* Laneing lleptMiean. UA rs sk£x. rritonuwftwfao <4«ee»a«raUyibare ' ’oi- IM* JuAd, h-llMkime thtogs lie has seen : I have seen a young man sell a good , farm, turn merchant, and die in an in - sans asy lam. I hate seen a farmer travel about bo much, that there was nothing at home worth looking after. I liave seen a man spend more money in folly than would support his family in comfort and independence. I have seen a young girl many ayouag f man of dissolute habits and repent it ba * long as foe lived. I liave seen a mara depart from truth where candor and veracity would have., served him to a much better purpose. * I have seen the extravagance and folty I to I eriy"^<l'* M wanl , and Themselves to diswhen her huabaml pulled at the other | end of the rope. | I have seen a young man whodespised foe counsels of the wire, mid advice of th- good, and his career ended in pov--1 erty and wretchedness

— gss. "T-g- u n , tv wJßmutnxo anty. ST SJUUB *. HAZK. ■ a.. -ifbtjLordof glory! < w pratee to Him we brim K! A obentotfrcoOTrtry'.rtCW, W f Wtare Godrioue bKtag; Hie anu enstStelns, Behold the Mayflower come ! I Hilt mercy foreordaining The faithful Pilgrim Falhen* t C'ould loot within the vail; O joy aitiid the sadne**! They ’re free and jray, t Ah< pl* KlatatM Their firet Tbapki»giving T>ay. Thene seed* of Yaith and Freedom God’s Word bath wafted free; O'er rock a outeoarfng Edcnn They rracb th* Sunset Sea ; «* r rvW*/^e«V’w» n i rijry i ♦**•£. totetsoktbafoWfol* vail ww. ■. j With North and Sooth nliubting T toefotafo —We re all at Hnw ! [ W,th half of lloavcn abovo u«. : i . An oce-an on escii Hn4, so ; We’te rrxyi fnr all whfl ' ■ * < !<?•? V)> r t'retbertend j Onr Home Fraet we dieplay, AnAlirfotrftl the Jfar».£«r> rer Keep Iriri Tliauk*g!ring flay. In mla<x- and in prison ; i OF* JP T** ▼ I Mt i Gocdowili for men mran; Oar hvartw one tope rejoice*. Mid pomr» of choral voice#— God b’.t *s* Thank eg ivxng Day! fc GOH DON DOANE'S THANKS“You will have to get along at the • . office without me to-dav, Harrv,” said - .cm. coat ; “ there is no prospect of Smith’s getting about again for weeks, perhaps ! months, aud I must see aliout that tenement property. I wish I was well rid of it." ‘ . “ Money-sinking, sir ?" asked his > nep];ew. a “ Yus, and troublesome. I would have sold it oft’ long ago, but—" And foe* gentlemau Li'iiitated. » Mrs. Everett, his sifter and Hany’s 1. mother, spoke for him. j “ But you thought abtufoer laudlord, i while he made moremomvy, would living still more misery into those crowded ’ houses.- Have I not guessed right, Gor- : dou ?” I' “ Yon are always right," was the fond I reply. “It is now two months since my j agent lm» l»een ill, nnd there law been no demand mpde for rent, so it is fully . time for me to see about foe matter. It will be a hard winter for foe poor, and I 1 wteb so judge of Mmie of my tenants’ wants hiysefo By the way, Harry, in making up the bank money to-day, leave j out five hundred dollars. To-morrow is | Thanksgiving, ami the clerks ami sales- 1 ■ men are to liave a good dinner, as well ns every employe of Doane i Co., ami I want to send a donation to the souphouse. ” “ All right, sir. By foe way, Uncle (iordou, don’t upend all the rent you collect upon turkeys for your tenants. And take care of your heart, for I liave , no doubt there are plenty of pretty i .seamstresses ami milliners in Flyaway court." “My heart br such an old fossil, it is well protected. I should not care to trust yw, now, but you need not fear for tue.” Then he was gone, and Harry, looking rather wistfully after him, said : “ It is oild, mother, so soft and warm a L-art as Uncle Gordon’s has found no ' pnrlmTF orefSß. is Ke miFF “Just 50. I will tell you his love. story, but you must never refer to it, for E he dbea not guess I know it. He was about 19 when the Rev. James Appleton . came to Millhaven, our country homC, J and brought one child, his daughter, May. She was a fair, swtx-t girl of 10, educated in n city seminary, and more |, refined and gentle titan foe country girls" around ns. I was engaged myself to your father, and it may have been my own love that made me quick to read Gor-1 ■ don’s. 1 But from the first it seemed a we could be ‘and escape starvation. When I G*>rdou came to the city, after selling foe farm and giving ’ j half the proceeds to tnc. . I knew he . aud toil, and I sunrawed tktwply wben| ‘ she married a young fo«;i'logicalstudent, 1 a friend of her fatfier’s. Rhe went Milihaven, after her marriage, with 1 Tbaddenu Mud jf nwer hard Ker again. It was later *h<fo father’s me again npou'foe woNd, poor imu^uMstricben,, j that Gordon scut for me to keep hotme . for him. I earn* gladly, though I did, ly to be a Lome for me and for you. What kindness we have met here, you know as well as I do. But your tunas’’ told me only once that I need never fear I being left homeless. He said he would < cured to me tor life. I knew then tl»t * the love of his boyhooil had been the r .IpreX Ipslifo- Absorbed in business, I ‘ h*» lias gsdncM great wealfo, but-hfa heart I has never hardened in prosperity.” 1. j “Do you ttiink May Appleton guessed ‘ though she liked him,well, she never' hriK engaged |-to TUildeW Moore tbsTrade amongst us.” "It tea pretty story, mother. ButT must lie off, if "I am to In alone in the office."

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1875.

— In the hours that followed, Gordon Dodsu', with his agent’s lists in his bauds, was busily employed visiting his tenants in Flyaway court. It consisted of a double row of small houses facing each other, in a court leading from one of the main streets of the city. Some of these houses, in good repair, were inlukbited by only one or two families, others were crowded with a poorer class of mechanics. But though there was poverty and labor represented there, Flyaway court had not yet sunk to the level of crime. Suffering met the landlord in many an honest home where want of employment » tied the bread-winners' hands, but there was no insult for him, no complaint against his just demands. And if, the i prayers of gratitude may help to waft a ; soul heavenward, Gordon Doane’s name | went up from many a lightened heart that day toward that bourne. Witi# all his generous impulses be was J ’ juflicious and thoughtful, and while he extended present help to many a despairing heart, be also took a list of names for future work he hoped to be able to procure or provide. The long forenoon was nearly over when the landlord knocked at the door of “ 73,” second floor. Upon his list this floor was noted, "Mr. Moore, mother and sister,” and opposite the j name, "punctual.” It was a neat house, | and when the door of the sitting-room was opened the landlord saw at once that the tenants here were people of refinement, even if poverty compelled them to 4 act up their Lares and Penates in Flya- I way court. An open piano, a few choice plants, a canary ura gilded eage, a book-case of wen-selected voltunes, and some inex- ; pensive but tasteful ornaments, relieved the simple furniture. The ingrain car- * pet was of soft, pretty colors, and the curtains white as milk. A young girl, about 19, in a simple dress of blue woolen, had opened the door, and waited to; hear the stranger’s business. “ I am Gordon Doane,” he said to her, ." the owner of these houses. My agent; Mr. Smith, is seriously ill from a fall, and cannot attend to the business for me, so I have to come myself.” . But while he spoke the color came and went upon his noble, handsome face, and bis voice faltered like a girl’s. For the face before him stirred tender ! memories in his heart, and he read trouble there that moved him strangely. | “ Will you walk in and take a seat 1” j the girl said, in a low voice. “ I will speak to my mother.” But when he liad accepted the invitation, She hesitated, looking with her soft brown eyes wistfully into his face. Heading there nothing to frighten her, ’ she said : ‘ ‘ Before she comes, I must tell you we ! are ni>t prepared to pay the rent. I know,” she said, hastily, seeing him about to sp'ak, " that it is two months due, but yet we are not ready. My brother was discharged from the house where he has been employed for seven years, after the panic, and I lost more than half my music scholars. Mother had not been obliged to do any work ex- ' cept to keep house, for some years, and she cannot now obtain it lam very sorry, but if you will let us. remain here we will try soon to make up what is due. | We have one month’s rent for you, but not two. ” " What position did your brother occupy ?” i t " He was salesman in — & Co.’s dry goods store. Tl»y wul speak well for him, sir, but they were forced to reduce ' the number of employes.” " Is he at Lome now I" “ No, frir; he is seeking work. ” " Will yon ask him to call at this ad- | dress ’ It may be in my power to help him obtain employment 1 ’ said Mr. ’ Doane, offering liiw card. " I should ( tike to see your mother.” “J will send her to you. ” Tn the Iktle kitehen, busy about <lin- i ner, the widow, in her faded black dress, looked hard at the visitor's card. She t was very pretty yet, though middle-aged, :• with gloss? brown hair, and eyes as soft i ami dark as a fawn’s. Her dear complex- 1 ion was like a child's, and her figure was ' straight ami graceful as that of hex {laughter. IVUMTufIUK never kaav th< Mr. tinith waa not our land- j Jucd. KaUnti - GtialoulMaie: I "won- ! def-’' ■' ' ' "What, mother* Your cheeks are '•yeijais-roeea.” . "Nothing! nothing! It is not likely 1 Wf flrardon Donee. Watch tin* pies, Nellie; we will tty to give . Thsddens some dainties on Tbanksgtvi ng • Day. It can't bo Gordon Duane’” *■ And yet whispering tins, Mra. Moore’s 1 heart flattered aa she entered tbohttle sitting-room. A tell, handwome man rose I | *» gieeOMt a mam with tam-gvti^hair 1 ondtfiildMue eytte; aihan of fifty, and . no lean the country boy who had i ctihxedher silent homage in her girlhood. J Her landlord m?w and wealthy, yet as ' hntnble standing there as the boy who * had raid farewell so many yearn ago. “It is May Appleton,” he said, ex- 1 tending both hands. - ' Ali, so long ago!” she answered, ■ smiling. - " Mrs. Mocre,” he said quickly, I ask The sight of your face blotted ' outairilie yearasibcel rawiilast. How will be.’* j “InHattie kerei” " Yra, a widow for many years, with a jk>d talter than hia unde. Yon have a l gon also, your daughter tells toe.” T J I Save fwo'ciJdron.” Then from one commonplace to an- 1

other the talk drifted, till the tones grew more earnest, memory had reasserted her power, and in simple but earnest words Gordon Doane told the story of his love. ( "In 'all these years, May," he said, l ; “I have seen no face, have heard no! voice that made me for one moment wish ( to till your place in my heart, though I j ( knew tliat another had won the love I <. had hoped to gain. I thought of you as ' one removed from me by your marriage, ; and I prayed for your perfect happiness. ! 1 But yon are free now, May, and I can ' offer you the love yoa never suspected. ” 1 1 “I more than suspected it after you ’ 1 left Millhaven, Gordon, and I grieved ' ■ for you, knowing how honest and loyal 1 your heart would be. In the yoom you ' left, and which I helped Hattie put to 1 1 rights, I found a slip of paper folded in ‘ 1 j a Bible, and upon it was written—shall 11 ■ ' tell you ?—May Doane.” !' “I had forgotten.” ; “It told me your secret. I loved my ' 1 busband with all my heart, and I often 1 hoped that yon had forgotten your boy-; ish love in the happy domestic life you 1 would be sure to give any woman who j loved yoa." "But now, May! Now, knowing I 1 have ever been true to you! Now, that you are free!” _ ; . > She put her hand in his. | 1 “If my love now can add to your hap-; I piness, Gordon, it is youra.” " Not come feme either! And it is 1 six o’clock!” 4 Mrs. Everett looked up as her son en- ■ ; tered the sitting-room with these words, j “Do you mean your uncle? Has he ■ not been to the office ?” “ Not all day. Could aay harm have J come to him 1" “No; I heer his latch-key now.” j A quick step across the hall and Gor- ( don Doane was in the room, his face raj, ' diant, his lips smiling in perfect content. "Hattie, little woman,” he said, “ can |, you fix up rooms for a new family to ( morrow?” “ A new family , "My wife, my son, and daughter 111. ’ have found May I” Harry grasped his uncle’s hand with a '■ , quipk, warm pressure, while Hattie, ; : woman-like, began to cry, L "May Moore! Oh, Gordon, I am so i glad!” “ I knew yon would be ! She is a widow, with two children, a son three years older than our Harry, and a {laughter of nineteen. Like a dutiful mamma, ’ ( : she asked their consent to be my wife, ; and they gve it. To-morrow morning, ■ j Hattie, you are to go to her, and I will i, send carriages for all of yon to come jto I the church where Harrv and I will meet 1 you. Mr. Hayden has consented to < ( j marry us after the service, and we will , 1 all come home to dinner. Can you be ( ready on short notice, dear t” j " I will be if I stay up all night. We ( can alter and arrange later. Oh! Gor- ( don, to think you have found her, the i sweetest, loveliest woman in the world, i Harry, if her daughter is a bit like her, I mind you do not let her escape being my j 1 daughter, too!” J It was u’.l nearly a year ago, and I was I ‘ reminded of the whole romance as Hattie Everett told it to me, by receiving, ■ this very day, an invitation to a grand ' wedding at the house of Mr. and Mra. 1 i Gordon Doane. It is to be on the even- j ing of Thanksgiving Day, and the happy couple are Harry Everett and Nellie Moore! gee.! "X'USIJ. »■) !4! . JAPAAKSE LEGEXD. A certain white fox of high degree, 11 > and without a black hair upon him, ■ ! sought and obtained the hand of a young j female fox who was renowned for her personal beauty and her noble connec-, tiona. The wedding was to be a grand affair ; Init, unliappily, the families of : the betrothed pair could not agree upon I the kind of weather to be ordered for the , < oecaaioa. The parents of the bride • thought it good luck that a shower i shwdd fall on the brklal procession. The 1 bridegroom and his friends objected to ' ! having their good clothes spoiled thus, | and to the damper which a rain would put upon their merrinx-nt. These was I danger that the match would be broken •> I off, when a very astute old fox suggested a compromise. They might have ran- ■ shine and rain together. Thus happy thought was received with acclamations, and the order was given accordingly ; the bride’s palanquin or norbuon was 1 borne to the house of her future husband with blissful satisfaction on ail sides. In j !Japan, a sun-shower is called “The I Foxes' Wt ddmg." In New England, I the natives mysteriously remark : **The devil is whipping his wife, with a * cod- ? fish tail.’”— Brookx, m Scribner for, | December. '<• STAX LET DISCOTEJIS A STSASHS rxorzx IX ATEICA. Stanley, the Herald. African explorer, ' writes that in Urimi, at Buna, "we diai covered a people remarkable for their manly beauty, noble proportions and nakedness. Neither man nor boy had either cloth or skins to cover his nudity; the women bearing children only boasted 'of goat skins. With all their physical j i beauty and fine proportions, they were | - the most suspicious people we bad yet seen. It required great tact and patience io induce them to part with food for our doth and beads. They owned no Chief, <bui reapeetad the injunotioiui of the elders, with whom I treated for pennis-1 aion to pass through their land. The I l>ermissiuu was reluctantly given, and I food WM begrudgingly sold, but we bore [ wife titisfahmt patiently, anal Stock great care that no acton, the peril ’ o(~ the expedition should change this ‘ suspicion into hatred.”

' # ' ' *”' ' FARM AJfli HOME. 1 JY»rm H’fijUMfMThe Maine Fanner suggests that 1 farmers, by building on adjoining cor- : ners of their farms, might organize little 1 “farmers’ villages,” which would give 1 them advantage of society and make their children much more contented with 1 farm life. j 1 Swelled Udder. —When a cow’s bag becomes swelled, a simple and generally effectual remedy is found in applying ' fresh lard, which should be thoroughly and repeatedly rubbed in. Some people use beef brine instead of lard, with good results. Plenty of rubbing without any application will often effect a 1 cure. The calf should be allowed to suck until a cure iis effected, and, if a portion of the mills is drawn from the i cow before he is given his rations, so he I will be obliged to do a good deal of p stripping, he will help to reduce the !' swelling. Rye fob Cows.—Referring to its use as a soiling crop, the New England ' Farmer says: “We have grown rye for feeding green to milch cows for sev- ■ eral years, and with an increasing esti-! mation of its value for this purpose. ! Our course is, to sow grass seed with the ’ rye., and then cut one or two crops of good fodder after the first crop of rye. One not used to feeding green rye to > ebws, would be likely to delay beginning to cut too long. The earlier it is cut the larger will be the second crop, and the ! better the cattle will eat it. It is not fit • to feed after it comes into blossom. To Prevent Splittino of Handles. —All carpenters know how soon the butt ends of chisels split, when daily exposed to the blows of the mallet or hammers. A remedy suggested by a Brooklyn man ; consists simply in sawing or cutting off the round end of the handle so as to make it flat, and Attaching by a few small i nails on the top of it two round disks of < sole leather, so that the end becomes similar to the heel of a boot. The two 1 thicknesses of leather will prevent all i further splitting, and if in the course of time they expand and overlap the wood of the handle, they are simply trimmed off all around. Treat hens kindly if you want them to lay eggs. A petted hen is a singing hen, and a singing hen is invariably a laying oner The housewife who feeds her flock of a dozen petted fowls out of her apron will have eggs to‘spare ; when her neighbor, who counts his hens by the hundred, but pelts them about his , premises with sticks and stones, and sets the dog on them whenever he catches • them in the stables, will not have eggs enough for his own use. Avoid chasing or frightening fowls. If you want any to kill, take them quietly from the roost at night, and allow neither flutter nor scream to disturb the rest If you do ! not wish to kill them in the evening, put them in a coop, where they can be had ' the next morning without any trouble. 1 Facts Worth Remembering.—lt is [ "worth while for all farmers everywhere to remember that thorough culture is better than three mortgages on their farms. That an offensive war against weeds is ' five times less expensive than a defensive one. . • That good fences always pay better than lawsuits with neighbors. That hay is a good deal cheaper made i in sumtter than purchased in winter. ’ I That more stock perish from famine i than founder. That a horae who lays his ears back and looks lightning when any one ap-} proaehee him is vicious. Don’t buy him.. That scrimping the feed of fattening! hogs is a waste of grain. That over-fed fowls won’t lay eggs. That educating children properly is money lent at 100 per eent. That one evening spent at home in study is more profitable than ten lounging about country taverns. That cows should always be milked regularly and clean. Ifotnnrtir Erortomy. Removing Warts. —The juice of green , bean leaves rubbed well into them, will, | it is said, <«ntirely remove them. Bbass omamentsshould be first washed | with a strong lye made of rock alum, in the proportion of one ounce of alum toa i pint of water ; when dry, rub with leather ' and fine tripoli. This will give to brass ‘ the brilliancy of gold. The BbooM.—Do not set the Inoom I away with the brush end down, for in a little tinw it becomes one-sided and unfit to sweep with. Either turn it over and stand it up on the handle, or, better ' still, screw an eyelet in the < nd and hang ; it Up. Washing Bpcn Bile amp Sum Stockings —A ny carpenter can make a model somewhat the shape of a leg and foot; on this draw the stocking when wet, Jet it dry, tie it at the top to keep it firm ; palish it with a bit of new flannel before removing the stocking. Chapi to Hands.—Now is the time to 1 I have a bottle of glycerine in the house; I when the boys come in with chapped and cracked hands there is nothing eo heali ing to apply as this substance. A good preventive to sore bands is drying them oner the fire every time after wash- ■ ing. / Indl.n Cakes Without Eggs.—One , pound of Indian meal, one . pint of cold f , milk poured over it twelve hours before ; using. Just before baking add one pin 1 of miO , pinch of salt, a small teaspoonful oi soda. Then add wheat flour Pi|MMdit4o make a proper consistency for i bakfeg on griddle. Small Sleeping Rooms.—A large . sleeping room is but little better than a •

small one, unless - there is a supply fres t air for it, and egress for spoiled air ; and on the other hand, a small room where there is a constant change of air is nearly as good as a large oue. The supply of air without draft is more important than the tize of the room ; still a large sleeping room, well ventilated, is most desirable, and children should never be fuelled away in small unventilated rooms. cj.vz.vk sagacity. The following is related by the Troy ' Press aa undoubtedly true, adding an- 1 other instance to the many already re- ! corded in proof of the sagacity of the i dog : ■ Last Thursday evening Eddie Gerrold, aged nine years, of New ton vi lie, a small i hamlet in the inferior of Watervliet, went into the woods in the rear of his father’s house to gather some nuts. He obtained a little bag from his mother at his urgent request to put the nuts in, and started off’ for the woods in high • glee. As evening advanced he did not ; return, and his parents became anxious , and went in search of him, but failed to , find him. They continued their search all day Friday, and on the evening of j that day returned home tired and foot- • sore, and almost gave the child up as lost. Alxjut nine o’clock on Saturday morning, as inost of the residents of ! j the hamlet were in Mr. Gerrold’s house ■ sympathizing with the family in the loss ' ici their child, “Jack," a large New-: ■ fouudbuid dog that has lx*en an attache ■ of the Gerrold family since he was a month old, entered and seemed uneasy, i and kept whining and barking at intervals. He was put outside the door for disturbing the family, and, after remaining there for some time, he ran into Mrs. Scoville’s house next door, and grasped a loaf of bread that the lady of the house had put under the stove, and ran off with it in his mouth in the direction of the wood. When Mr. Scoville returned, his wife related the incident to him, and he felt surprised, as Jack had always maintained a character for strict honesty. He in .turn related the incident to Mr. Gerrold, and that gentleman felt pretty certain that the dog had some idea of where the child was now, and new, hope was inspired in the family and they waited impatiently for the dog’s return. Finally he did return in about an hour, ! and exhibited the same uneasiness that i was remarked before. After trying va-i-rtous ruses to attract the family to follow him to the wood, he finally started ill ' that direction with more than half the ■ residents of the hamlet after him. He ; led them through many winding paths, . until at last they reached a chestnut grove, and there they found the boy lying under a tree with his left leg broken. The boy himself told the facts of the > case to our reporter substantially as fol- j i lows He was upon the tree, and shaking j iit with all his might to shake off the nuts, and lost „ his hold and tumbled ' down, his leg striking the ground with i I force. He fainted, ami the first thing ; I that met his gaze when he became con- j scions, was the dog standing over him. . This was on Friday evening, and the I dog never left his side, but kept bark- ' ing with all his might until Saturday I morning. ■ The pangs of hunger the boy felt pretI ty keenly at this time, and he made an i attempt to reach some nuts that lay on 1 the ground a short distance from him. When the dog observed this, he started off and returned in a short time with the loaf in his mouth, which he deposited in the boy’s lap. He ate it with relish, and i then became lonesome and began to cry. i The dog started off’ again and this time ' : returned with his friends tohim. The boy was removed to bis home and a doctor I summoned from Cohoes, who set the i wounded limb. COXSOZ.ZD.ITZO.V OF RESERVE DISTRICTS. The following are the changes in the I West effected by the recent order of the i President consolidating certain revenue districts: In Ohio the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth are consolidated as the Eighteenth, Charles B. Pettingill being ■ retained as Collector. The Thirteenth 1 and Fourteenth Ohio are consolidated as the Fourteenth, with Robert C. Fish as Collector. The Eleventh and Twelfth Ohio are to be known as the Eleventh, with Benj. F. Coates as CpUector. The Ninth Mid Tenth Ohio are united as the Tenth, with Jam.* R. Swiggart ; the Seventh and Eighth Ohio as the Seventh, with Cliarlea C. Wellcott as Collector ; the Fourth and Fifth Ohio as the Fourth, with W. W. Wilson as Collector ; the Fourteenth and Sixteenth • Ohio as the Fifteenth, with J. L. Kes- ' ringen as Collector. The Ninth and I Tenth Indiana arq consolidated as j be Tenth, with George Moon as Colleci tor; the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Inr diana as the Second, with Horatio Woodbury. The Second and Sixth Illii nois are to be the Second, with Wm. B. Allen as Collector ; the Tenth and Twelfth Illinois, as the Twelfth, with i James Fishback; the .Eleventh and I Thirteenth, J. C. Willis; the Fourth ; and Ninth Illinois, as the Fourth, with John TiUsou. The First and Fifth ■ Michigan are joined as the First, with Luther S. Trowbridge as Collector. The First, Second, and Third Arkansas ate united as the First, with H. Willooper as Collector. Thirteen thousand jxnuids of farin’ tore were shipped from Corinne the other day for Helena—all purchased in St Louis by a gentleman for his new ■ residence. i

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NUMBER 48.

THANKSGIVING. Ob! dear beloved King of kings, WilUroll thy chariot low and list ? The regal earth exults and sings, And seas are hazed in amethyst; The joyful hills and mountains view The gold and crimson skirted dales, And silver waters glinting through The purple raiment of the vales. U. With fragrant hay the farms are swe» t, And thrifty herds the granger drives; The mows are filled with aniber wheat, And limped honey drips from hives, While every wayside vineyard yields Its vintage with ths blush of wine, And homeward lowing from the fields With burdened udders file the kine. m. So Heavenly Father, gracious King, With tanners of our faith unfurled, And rapturous tongues to Thee we sing 1 The gladness of the rolling world; For hills and vales to Thee belong, The mounts and deep abundant sea. The fullness of our gift of song, And life and love we lift to Theo PLEASANTRIES. ! A capital skylight—The moon, i* How to learn “the ropes"—Get taut. , Public spirit—Readiness to do anyi thing which is likely to prove lucrative, j It is the man with tight boo|s who talks most violently of the eternal fitness /, of things. i; - j Vermont conundrum :~IF all things are for the best, where do the rations for the ' second best come from ? A Baltimobe servant girl the other i morning tried that good old, time-hon-ored plan of lighting the fire with kerosene. Nothing has benzine of her > since. I Prudehob: Very Small Mite—“ Are you fond of sugar-plums!” Lady—“No, my dear, thank jont” Very Small Mite !—“ Then, will you keep them for me, i please?” What was th matter with that Georgia hen ? She laid an egg and on the outer portion of the shell was the complete representation of the form of a man with his arms folded. Spurzheim was once lecturing on phrenology. “What is to be conceived ( as the organ of drunkenness?” said the Professor. “ The barrel-organ, ” suggested Bannister. An "auctioneer, at a late sale of antiquities, put up a helmet with the following candid observation: “This, ladies and gentlemen, is a helmet of Romulus, the Roman founder; but whether he was a brass or iron founder, I cannot tell.” “You’re always off at nights, Leander,” said Mrs. Spilkins, reproachfully, the other evening. “Yes, my dear,” replied Spilkins. “ You’ll remember even i when I first proposed, you considered me a pretty good offer.” Two hotel runners in Sedalia, Mo., got into a fight last week, when one clutched the other by the throat till his I tongue protruded, and then struck : him a violent blow under the jaw I with his fist, so that the throttled man I bit off more than an inch of his own , tongue. I A party of ladies and gentlemen in j Keokuk were talking about theatrical , matters, when. Forrest’s name was introduced. “ The last time I saw Forrest,” said a pompous gentleman, who had been putting on all the airs of a finished critic, “was when he appeared as Leah, the Forsaken.” And then the company got up and screamed. An old man going down Michigan avenue, yesterday, met an old man going __ up, and the first old man called out: “What luck to-day?” “The worst I , ever had/’ replied the second; ‘‘it’s awful hard times for honest beggars.” “ And the harder the times, my friend.” said the first, “ the more whine ye nmst I have to, your voice, the more tears in your eyes, and where ye limped on one leg in good times ye must have a feversore on two legs now.”— Detroit Ft'c Press. ■ , > .(' GOSSIPS. ■ i These ire the spiders of society; j They weaye their pretty webs of lies and sneers. And lie themselves in ambush for the spoil. . The web seems fair and glitters in the sun. And the ppor victim winds him in the toil Before he dreams of danger or of death. Alaa, lifts misery that such inflict I A word, a look, have power to wring the heart,-' And leave it struggling in the net Spread by the false and cruel, who delight In the ingenious torment they contrive. THE EIG URES. As he came out of a Woodward avenue gate the other night and walked slowly up the street the boys heard him saying tohimself: . “I know she loves me, and I know I can never love any one else. Let’s see, it’s November now. On the Ist of January I’ll walk into the office and tell old Skinflint that I must have $25 per week or I’ll quit He’ll say quit and be darned, and I’ll go and see Tom and have him see Jim and get me into a bank at a hundred per week, and then I’ll buy a house and lot, ask Jennie to marry me, stick up y-. my nose at that old hunker of a father, fill the yard with vases and statuary, have silver stair-rods and French mirrors, and I’ll show this town what is what— Detroit Free Press. GOT TO BATE ’EK. A Detroit citizen of mature years and kindly heart caught a boy in the act of stealing some peanuts off a street stand, and he reproachfully said: “ Boy, do you know what becomes of thieves i” “Sometimes the pqjjfig catches ’em, i and sometimes they gite away I” replied i the lad. “ Well, don’t you know that a boy who * steels neannta will never go to Heaven 1 ’ “I gZ. they wont,” replied the boy i after a little reflection, " but when I gits r hungry after peanuts they ha. got to come inlees they are spiked down