The Syracuse Enterprise, Volume 1, Number 49, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 December 1875 — Page 1

J —_—5 ; — J. P. PRICKETT, Editor and Proprietor.

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JMiExfi) Sadies. Henry Wilson, It r eleven years’ aj>prentioesMp to a fitttnUr, received 884 wsg l *- .. , | Gov. Wasuhxrn, of is U*y greatest, mill the X’nife<f «££*.« l n CT m u*l „, .„„ Henry M. of African fame, was Known to the friends of hi# youth as John Bowland. /M Gkn. Jut ireucl cular inritiig nil taraL-rs of Congress to visit the Centennial grounds. ■ ' ■■■ ~ * .. ' Ths census returns of Tennessee show that there are about two dogs to every j m.uj in J»-.aoaiCUtf th® counties Um> canine population exceeila the men at the rate of three to one. The late William B. Astor left n for* tune estimated at the ftflmfous* snm of 8150,000,000. It to have been the targ»>st Unincumbered Tortuue in Christendom. Coi. B«ni>« Axe.i., lit. Deputy ; < allet w f the | >urt i N -.■• York, J oeeupi Ma felon’s cull in A. ! Italy Pn-on. He was recently tried on a charge “f complicity in passing imported goods at an undervaluation, found guilty, and w-n-Uuiviml te two vears in tire peniteiitinrv and to pay 1 thw» of vZR/’ T«k *.p.at of T. on. Myers, Chief ► Signal Officer ofthe Artny, demohstratea totwftw. OFtuE W® raw* Wr signals displayed during the year 76 per 1 rout. hSvtwMMb&d Isen reported aa verified. No great storm has prevailed nt any of the ports which was not pnr»' announced* Gen. Myv<w cbiims that the property saved during the year by means of these signals would more than pay the entin- cost of. th. ren iee •me’ ilumuT’te'W. XJMtMU ’ ' A project is on f<>>t t<> remove the. house iu which Jtoraro Greeley was born to vhe Philadelphia Centennial ground*. j The house stands on the old (>nti«y I farm in Amherst, N. H. It W a very < old-fashioned, oak-frinwd, story and n half building, 30x40, with 71 foot stud, and contains four rooms. The old farm is of but little value, but of late years has proved a sofirco of profit through I tlie conversion of apple trees into <*in- ■ fur relic hunt. r*. At a meeting of the Royal Geograph icai Society of London, the other day, ‘ rcablntiuiis were ptuuu-d highly, commending Ib-nry M. Stanley for his sue cresful African explorations. The speakers declared then- was nothing in the gift of the society too high fur his reward, and that he deserved a re-, eeptiou on his return like that taeorded t<> Sjw>k< m Hlr.ml in th • < Id Burlington' House, when they returned after the|dui covery of .the Victoria Niyania.” A v«n< brort I illustration of the loose- j | ncsH with which juries are impaneled and justice is dispensed - iu Chicago is furnishud by an incident that in one of th • city courts the othe/ dky. [ A rnau had been indicted for frauds Hi connection with the recent election and admitted to bait When the trial day arrivtHl and the name of the offender was * called, the case had to be postponed because the accused was serving as a juryman himxdf in a c.vm oh trial at another -court! SoCtiewa tMI Dhttahu lam a controUing interest in the biu-jt Canal lim excited no littteinterest in dipiaraaUc circles at W.talimutton. It is pnshchsl that it marks the beginning of a new era of conquest for Groat Britain ; that she imudy to cofitlnu ’ her hold on u3tthfal, | It ta al*> behoved that there it WWiMl* understanding between Rusaia and England, by the terw England is to have Egypt and the Sues Canal nfed , other chntigtte aaUndXhlut are peore&ary to their pcdbAfhl poSVssiSff,'sttul Rusaia is to have Constantinople. That " the M'ir"’ iiatsr iwJlTu Ila rfrokViXPO, liTtil it ifTiutf tlltQJt **<l • »|liQ*of hw eteat* wteeti DOW agitebMalMH capitals of Europe. What «dss to the gravity of the aituatiou is the Ijelief tliat Bismarck will not permit the aggnunlixeRm» conceeaion to him of the east Ktoi of the . R&tee, r including,nilltaul .and |K>ssil>ly Denmark, thus .giving to Germany sea ( orta and areMreto -llto tweanj which is WW* | p J ago of America have been made by the reveaA «xpk>rfc|P'ifWsti«>» of Prof. Hayden and liaoA Powell in the muons of Southern Oohwado,'!tar Mexico, Ctah ( * ami Anwn,. The remarkable ruins of--a glimpee was obtained in ISM are treced dowa all the canons to the Colorado Bmr, ihoabe mto the Territorire nanted, and-oowuxdwa was traced to the cliff cities at tlm Mequis of Artema. Ourtouh dealings were found by hundred* in the aides of the gorges, aome of ttumx-4 Jong distance ’ from ymter. Extended ruins of villages - were also found on the pbana, iadicathig a people further advanced in civilisation than their auppoted tteacendanta j at today. FMnk WMpeua, earthen wild, atai'Wtor relicß wore found, and bun-! — died* of.akaU-ili.«*.«md pU4u»onph a JRP* < strange people who inhabiied tee Western wilda ages before the red man, who is no* disappearing before the advance . of another civilisation. The defense of insanity was n ß ver 1

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more aMtoWi Uiau * n 2s applicationto the case of John SedLnell, of New York, who lias jusl been Jjjqnitte<l of the murder of Thomas Dtanliue. , fcJcanjjell had a grudge against ' gml bail dogged his victim for two years [ wilnxJjA H.wl determination of having his life. He had repeatedly attamugnf to assassinate him, and finally They met in a crowded saloon eve of an election. Donahue tried to | IM him in fam iintomi, Dr.«ri|'.g.li»ti qtHslol jvjuph lie luul Virried for two years with tjie sole object of taking his enemy s life, Ihe shot him down like a dog. Standing ' ‘ over the <>|ldp victim, ho I tbr Uli bilfet iit<# the dying man, to make sure of hfs murderous work. No denial of the facta, no gating circumstances were offered by the defcdap,icave the simple plea that the to|ird|rp- was insane, not only at the time of the commission of the deed, but during the years that he was "KuhtSg"’ down his victim. , The jury believed, or at least affect *d to such waa , L the rase, nod have art this dbld-blooded ■ iu4 itoiu loose nponj totiwyligain. He returns to his acciistoihed haun * **' is a standing encouragement toallintetab- I ing murdereri to .cultivate eccentric hal'lte. a- i u -<e.nt u*«- of jucq her*ut < xAh-Monp. Verfly, is not ’ our 'teHgfrrtiLU. oi k ri hi.i< i.xin: The actual aggregate amount of State and local indebt«slneis<« in this country | b-ufltoartliHmbj.-ct ■of cento >versy at home and abroad. We give wan authentic tabl- of the. ptesuftt; aggri'gati- of Stat’’ The figures ( in each caae we have condensed from the Investors’Supplotnent of the <bre vier S <nV and fi'inao’ < il' JV porft r for the hat w«s-k in Oetebte", 1875 : U«‘W »... s •KWW.FOXMutwuii ......t-l.SM.ra'o ' arUMMA.I. IMMjiA-a.X- aia .i .. WU.OOO 1r.mA.14. J. xm.up fOauAoAl I y ‘V«»T- ■ <V4,nn>«»»-i«fTr.s am v-w Y-.rt 'Florid* ....... *,4>n,tarfMavUi CWrotate ‘Ja.4IS.V4S . .1 ...... is.i3i.4a>|oiuo...„ r.sas.ma i lutaito. ...... ....... J4ft,cJi It: :>ana ...... 4.Hl4.*3*ji*vniM)lra£.i« > . M,33XMt i t t0n»»»..... . l.dXslt.'ju» «ie IMaa-l S vaytaO' ’ n.T*»>tX>'South U,’J42,356 1 Main? TgFTjam rm,,, e. . <5.1'37.0x1 .Mm><4» ■ ii,w\iinu- >v ....... 4,iuio»- ■ kMMtorOi. 'v«.naval isift.o*» ! Mtouaatt...-. VliKlttl* sU.sM.4asi mht.xoi* . Tow .....54W.1W.40J . ouly. . L Here is an aggregate of the public ljb bte of "tee fffilt’W futAih;! up over ■ M mmW at the time of the ninth census, five years ' ago. The amount of municipal—that ia, 1 town and city —indebtedness, by the cenaus of IS?0, w;i»ij{!s,000,000, where aathe present aggregate of d< Vta due by ’ only thirty cities, as Sj>p*»ars from' carefully detailed tables of the Zurestors* ' .Vtinwnf. is no less a sum tluin $490,000, ■OOO.'. Thia is more than (JO ja>r cent, in- r cre.u.<- u]>on tin aggregate indebtohiess >f all the cities and towns of the country five years ago. The amount of the comity debts of all the States in 1870 was given at $187,500,000, in round nambtis, and the aggregate of public debt, not national, i. e., State, and - municqial, was made by the a itae , cvuiiua ti7(j,75.5. This is now increased to at leapt 81,H00D00,000, to, : which, if we >ld t!>- (81,205,001,000 of ! the national debt of the United States, | we shall have an aggregate or - I OUO,OO> lying as a more or leas p-rru*-sent mortgage upon the property and _ means of living ot the whole cbtmtry. If we ;uld to this an amount approximating half as much more of nulroad debt, a large share of which, in the form of . bunds, is owwd abnmd, we shall have an aggregate of indebtedness approximating tW\OOO,OOO. —- (Uneinnati < ' XAVOI-KOX'H The accumulating facta about the monHL - j preolW»ns fur -tlie Eh* of. I s 7o have xh|Adfel >ft : <«t Opacity for taking surpriat-d, but still tluy come. We quote a fe’w fresh instances of criminal 1 stupidity. AU the 8,000 nrtilleryfiteg<i|t|.j ’ were in a strong eadowire at Vernon, winch wwa provided with one narrow en- j trance. The wagons were so ingeniously and intricately piled together that it t would -taken < ig*l monte* to Q. u. parrot testi- , tied that, of the 2,000 cannon in Strasburg, less tliau 500 were fit for tssx Tta» .iraenai was full of stone UnsFof Luwt AtV . Tlu-re I were cooking pe's for only 2,000 myu ‘■And cwAteen# Andrew WkOOO; there were 1 no baiters or picket-ropes f but there , was euougli black doth to dreaxlOtl.OUO * men. M Duerutoiaid he “ spqpfc five years ! Utf indispensable «hidW" Jin Aeta, MIT Ub the basis of supply for three army corps, the supply of biscuit and <«ta was exhausted J within a week. There wsas not an ambu- - lanev -wagon, not a Cart, in town. Ofthe 1 ' &850,Q00 mnsxete, only were , clMMMKpot*, and many of the others had been sold for old iron. BOt,p»r delivered. There were only 150 rounds. ( of ammunition for each chaseepot The troops were handled with shocking inca * parity. More than lOO.OOOof them, who i were absent on leave, were left without orders, without transportation, without 1 arms, and without rations, to join their j regimenta ta best they could. Mw,whoJ were ordered to the frontier from Pari ' were actually sent tliither byway of AL . i “j4yw*Ste>' in the moth-eaten uniforms, whi<^. v lying there. It is needleea to -pile up ‘ pacity such as his bitterest enemies newr 1 dreerned of him. before his bubbLe-reputatiuu bnrst andjFrance fell a victim to he» faith iu him. - - I Howto make good advtoe go a long way—Send it by telegrapli.

— ' orM fflftuii’ ME cam* tc be a; WW ..-wbn basing. nM-a ataidtng have been kno*» t<> n tm* ,b * «***»• ««< SSMBta-swry war nWret»tom»etai4 j teMmtehaAJngK-hilflN-.rv -mlii.-ay. An aatari<ta*fwußtataß|wTO follow i aa a» they may againat it-even Jarau -iw » cradle to Such luuat have l«-u th«- ;xI**- iWßiro ery— My trouble ia paxt, lam row to die ; , I The hill |i*UU* over. I’m beat in the raw. ' A 7 For the wind of the world alaray. blew iu«uy NkH Ml 1 All ied «»d I r .a»dl !r.«i H ; | but, nght you or Bee, it', a <le*p«-ra*' <v»S ■*' -y - I«<*Mmbar Wf> laU withak. wind to your faiw. . Sweet, aweet ate the meadow* by river ot rilj, . Where the turf i» al! Rreeu »nd the weaker i« sliU; But people can! all have the eaxiert place— Y<Mi'r- belter without me, you won’t be ato«M>t Ton have borer with my aorro-ev a weartfWl apace, . ami,tte wind that dmmayvd m< haa bktet tn year faaa. t WBBIb-ta. WtUr MvSHr. »IK m WW -tend ta yaw tnntato*, aiy dayhot. my roae es thataadl i ilj troutil. your bnghl head ahall uerr r abase— J Thu wmdof th- a -Kid luVur’U !•!-nr in your face. G.’-.t-by. ,b aiv. ROod-l.y. I wonY Um yon again, I'm far on I ton wearv to letntth- n tny twin. The heavenly *un»hme will warm me up the re. , No wild wind or tball vex the air.; j i hm la< aal. 46 grant W Uu i gract' To rest when* the wind cannot blow in «iy face. THE LUCK OF THE LAST BISCUIT. Pmdenee Hu mes s it alone in the wide, f tiltad. v IdteUcn. busily engaged in picking l over whortkberrkvi. Witotat, the gold- 1 en sunshine of an August afternoon i bathed the green fields anti dusty road t | that wound away to the village, a»d touched with richer color the nastur- j tinms, sweet peas, genmiiiuis, and zin I ni.-ts in the tiny garden, and the heavy Vjrgiaia that aLmib*'d and bios ■ wmed above the door. Prudence made 1 a pn-tty picture aa she sat on a low cricket, with a big calico apron spread over ! her blu’ v sprigged muslin drer-s to defend I it from the stains that had soiled her , ! little tex.wn hand*. She -was a petite, j daintily-rounded maiden of eighteen, , with great dark eyes and glossy dur Is shadowing a fair brow and cheeks that had a touch of wild ruse bloom iqsui * them. The kitchen, too : such a pretty I picture, with i|s well-eooured floor and | 1 dri-sser, its :uq«iragus-topped clock, its . shining stove, w ith bunches of herbs • hung behind, and great bouquet of j vivid cardinal flowers set on the snowy i ’ table. The kitchen was perfectly still, save the bittx of the flies and the tick of |! the clock ; and outside the cricket and the locusts alone disturbed the silence. • Prudence believed that every one in the house Was asleep but herself, and yawned 1 somt wliat wearily as she tossed over the berries, finisliing the yawn with a i bit of soliloquy uttered half aloud |L “ Oh, dear ! this having summer hoarders isn't very nice !“■ ' • . “ Miss Prudence.'’ Mid* voice in the , doorway HQ that Prudence nearly iq»u t her berries in her sur prise. “ OX Mr. Wentworth, t< ft you i” slusaid, bashfully, bending down to pick up a few iH-rries that had rolled from her apron. ‘ 44i’y ptek tarn up ! u -retd the new comer— a tall and rather aristocrat to- looking , youth of twenty one, with natty bine eyes, short auburn Lair curling ckmely i under a straw list—diving for the miss-1 ing lierriea with ungraceful < “ Yes, it is I, of course. Have y&t forgotten your promise to go after lilies ' with me, this afternoon 1" ” Oh, lint T didn't say this afternoon, you know ; only some afternoon Uiia wiv'k,” responded Prudence, ilemureiy. “WeUi- woM call it this afternoon, j won’t we 1” was the persuasive rejoind ! er,jw the straw hat was tosfeed on aj elixir.. i 1 l j Wiut; twik’t to pick ow.” »' ,a k ' 1 ' “I’ll help you. Lend me half that apron, and we’l! have them done in a * • triee.” “But I shall have supper to gel. Mother's away, and there arc biscuit to make,” insisted Prudence, turning her j ■ fsee away to hide a smite tiurt wowkl . curt oher ltps. “Never mind that,’’ responded Mr. . Abbott Wentworth, bringing a chsur to her side. “ Tea’s at ft, isn’t it ? and it’s : . only Laif-jatot X AVe’U. be back by 5,. . wiUkutt fril, and" hive time to get half; the lilies in the river;’’ and he began to assort a handful ot berries with urach • earuustaceex “ WTritacqi*, after a ‘ pause for remstderetion and i' glance at : the clock, ’’ I can go for a little while, , ( perhaps. Oh. dun! stain yoar coat, W. Wentworth.” - | w, .But Mr. Wentwoith was sublimely in * different to ,his coat, and worked with < such s good**ill that the berries ware i > roon picked over, am! Prudence and { .Jrimaelf owtlteir way totke minutes later, Prudence, with 5 peries daintily bwtowed aroj®iff*TOf,* > -was psatefl in the stern «f a little IxMKp which, propelled by Mn Wentwojth’a | Frictfaff hinds, Jkpmstrcam. Although Mr. Wutaumth said to flwM«h**iiithin an brar ; that X was a lovely day/’and ’ Ptudenoe assented ta«y time, I hardly 4 think they appreoated the beauty • aronnrt tbem, for Pcndeace was quite , absorbed wfflt the lilics and the reflpni Ij-iiyi AKa wmAtar- Ofwl Mr Wantvorth locked mcro at hi* ooiniMHiioe than ai • the aqiecteof fhsybad gathered : enough Hire to roriefy the®, and Prudence was leaning backward and idly trailing one hand in the water, when she

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■ II BJ. I I ■ ■■■ I II ,11,, II I, I ■—ta-ta— I sndJt uly uttered a little scream I < HX‘t with wlute cheeks, from which the t color fmd been frightened. < ' 1 Ob. I jlliuosf lost it! How careless I nhft. an oldfashioned ring, set with a tfny circle of *‘tnbi*'e, . ei her Gnge*. “ Dnl the- water sweep it off tout |hte»dr - I 1 ■ “1 suppose «?. l»’s too targe for me. I i I’m always taring it and fiuding it again. ' I wouldn't kw itcctiraly for the world, | because it used to be grandmother's. I I Stale gave it to roe.” ‘ ‘•’What a curious old ring it tel” said I | Mr. Wentworllk, with interest. "May 1 look at itt don’t trouble yourself to ’ take ft off,” he added, drawing bis oars , and leaning toward his companion. Prn- i I dears allowed her tiny brown hand to 1 1 lie in his aristocratic white one a mo- ! ; meat, then coqnettislily withdrew it. ’' “ Isn’t it pretty?” she inquired,; i areldy. "Very pretty. Shall I tell yon how to guard against losing it in the future?” . “f itirrvt.ifTHTT please. ” “ Wear tliis little ring of mine to ; guard it ; or, better yet, exchange with > me. Give me yours and take this in- • st tad,” said the young map, daringly. . Provoking Prudence looked at the ■ heavily-chased gold ring he held out to her, and then looking back at the water with an innocent "Oh, I don’t think it would St.” “Try it,” suggested her companion, softly. Prudence shook her head, but finally agreyd, blushiugly, tint it would be no I harm to try, any slipped the ring on her I furefiugur. “It’s a perfect tit?” cried Mr. I Wentworth, delightedly. "Nothing 1 could be better. Why, Miss Prudence. ydu surely don’t mean to give it : back?”"” ' ~ | "Os course I do,” was the saucy re- I joinder. “Whynoti” "Because,” said Mr. Wentworth, speaking very earnestly and disregarding his oars altogether, while he tried to get a glimjwo of tl»e face hidden by : the Hat hat, “ because I meant to ask you to wear it always for myVake. I meant to ask you ” "Ob, Mr. Wentworth,” cried his listener here, “do you see that lily on 1 yonr left—won’t yon get it for me?” i "I’ll get you that and twenty others, if you’ll listen to njg first. Do yon care for me, Prudence? Will yon marry ’ me ?” Prudence’s' face was tnrned away and her head bent lower. A crimson flush ' stole ovex cars, neck, and chin. “Prudence!” No answer. Her companion leaned over and took her hand again, ventur- I ously. “Prudence, will you wear the ring?” j he questional, softly. But the hand was hastily drawn away ; a l.wir of saucy black eye* flashed into his own, and Prudence’s merry laugh rang over the water. " I’d rather have grandma’s, please. 1! ought to go home, Mr. Wentworth, fori know it’s almost tea time.” Mr. Wentworth pnt his ring in his pocket and took up the oars again ener- : getically, without a wont He was f fresh from college and had held the : stroke our in many a face, but he never : made better time than he made, that ! afternoon, in rowing up tl»e river. Tire light Itosd shot along with the rower’s ' brows knitted and his teeth set. Not : once dhl he took at PrudenOe, who rat in lialf puzzled, half alarmed silence, now and then stealing sidewise glances at the offended young Hercules from ■ under her hat. Mr. Wentworth drew a breath of relief when the boat at last grated on the sand, and, having assisted j i Prudence to land, and cm By offered to i carry ter bliss, te» shouldered the oars i and marched grimly t o war <1 home by her ■ ■ «ide. Prudence, somewhat bewildered > t and mon* angry, made no effort to I i tiredt the silence, and studiously en- i deavored to keep from crying. When . at List left her at the door, with a ; cool "Thank you, Mite Prudence,” and I departed to carry the oaie to the barn, it I was well he did not look back, for Miss 1 ’ Prudence tamed the lilies aside with a ’ I petalant gesture and had a fit of crying with her head on the kitchen table. ; When Mr. Wentworth returned from the barn, half an hour later, he did see a picture that comforted him a little through the hop-wreathed pantry win dow. It was Prudence with her sleeves pinned up, molding biscuits with des- I perate haste, while the tears fell thickly on her high calico apron. This pictunso amazed Mr. Wentworti that be retreated hastily Itehind a lilac bush to observe it, ami lingered ao long that be wm late st tea. This was a' model tapper. There was a of berries with snowy ertain beaide, flanked by | cheese and raspberry jam. There wesre i two mountainous phtea of snowy biscuit, J contrasting with the gold sponge cake ismi the sialangilil if tki ktattr. Mr. *® aM Appetite quite * revived by this table and tbs jpemory of ptotufe. MEw rest of the boarders stoned to share the sensation, for the group of muslin was very the -pots, teemed rather out of spirits, but Farmer Holmee atoned lor her silence by unusual jollity. Wbt* Uratate veaa ftrawd a second time to Mr. Wentworth, be saw that cm was IrfL and would have nofmed decorously, but the farmer pressed it upon him. "DbuT be afraid of it There’s plenty more in the kitchen ; ain’t there, Prudence ?” Thus

I pressed, Mr. Wentworth accepted the ’taff ‘Prudence disapiwered to replenish the plate. Mr. Wentwoith divided the biscuit, then dropped it suddenly with an explanation that brought every eye upon him. There, imbedded in the light, white bread, tay Prudence’s ruby ring. ' l ira ! Such a ebout of laughter arose that * brought Prudence back from the kitchen ’ in haste, just in time to see Mr. Wentworth coolly remove the ring from the ' biscuit, amidst the merry chorus, and ilrop it in his waistcoat pocket, to “be 1 kept till called for/’ he said, with a sigt nifioant gjauesjat her scarlet face. I’oqr > Prudence > there was no peace for her i after that. An army of jokes quite owr--1 whelmed her protestations and diaclaim- ’ ings, and she was thankful to beat a I retreat to ths kitchen when the meal tvns over. But even there she was pursued I by a L.nghingtrio of the ladies, harrassed with questions and wonderment and , merriment until the last dish was set I away and ala» had seized her hat, with the excuse tliat she must go to tin* vii- ‘ Inge for * village, however, she stole along the ■ hedge, climbed the wall and ran to the ! furthestread <ff the orchard, where she Hung herself on the ground and cried as if her heart would break. She had, jx'riiape, cried half an hour when a step crushed the dry grass at her ride, roused : her, and the very voice she most dreaded ' to hefir Said : “ Tvc come to return your ring, Miss ' Prudenro.” | Poor little Prudence sat up hastily | and took the unfortunate ring with a ' faltering “Thank yon then immedi- , ately hid her face again. i “You ntanln’t thank me. I should have brought it before, but I couldn’t ■ find you. I hope you’re not troubled ' about those ridiculous jokes,” he added, , digcifledly. “N-o,” respondetl Prudence, piiser- ! ably, between her soba;" I—l thought you’d think I did it on purpose.” “ How could I have thought Bo? It was a mere accident my getting that particular biscuit. I’m very sorry you’ve ; ! been so annoyed in this. I’m going away, to-morrow, Miss Prudence.” The sobs partially ceased, and Miss Prudence said, surprisingly, '‘Are you?” , j ‘ ‘ Won’t you bid me good-by ?” Prudence said “Yes,” unsteadily, but ■ did not raise her head. “You will shake hands, won’t you, I Miss Prudence ?” No answer. i “I can’t go away while you are offended With me. Won’t you at least tell me why you are crying ?” “Because I—l loet my grandmother’s ring,”sobl>ed Prudence, making a great effort for composure. Mr. Wentworth laughed in spite of himself. “ Why, it’s safe on your fingt r and not a whit the worse for its baking. Is there no other reauon ?” | “N-no.” “ Bnt there is. I shall never have an- ; other happy moment if Pve offended you,” said Mr. Wentworth, tragically. ■ i “ I was a brute to treat you as I did,; this afternoon; bnt I’m going away, and sha’n’t annoy you again. Won’t you tot's give me now, and shake hands?” Another long siL'nce. Mr. Wentworth turned away in despair, but was detained jby a faltering voice. “ I—l’ll forgive ' you, if-—” | “ Well ?’’ was the breathless interpoei- | tion. “ Yon—-won’t—go—away.” The more observant boarders notion! i at breakfast, the next morning, that Mr. Abbott Wentworth wore the ring he had found in the biscuit on the hi tie finger of his left hand, and that Prudence wore a heavily chased gold circle in the place jof hex lost ornament To use the words ;of one of the before-named boarders, “ That tells the whole story.” 'JV KTBKKAI. KXIVBAKT t'JtttJ.Y. At one of the stations on the plains ! eart of Cto ysnne, white the other pas--1 sengers were taking their meal, we j strayed away to breathe the invigorating j air, and were attracted by a common : housekeeping arrangement not far from I our train. The horse and cow were grazing at a little distance from the empty wagon, from which the toj) bad i been removed and converted into a i h u«e. Upon a miniature cooking-stove the lady of the mansion, a roay-che« ked young woman, was prep ring the dinner, ! white the huslauMl w.:s engaged in an employment the practice of which would | not have suggested itself to ns— beating into slabs the tin cstns that he had picked up on his journey. 'J’hese, he said, wi re for the purpose of covering his roof witen he ba it a hou c e somewhere. “ Somewhere I And where is that ?” we asked. / “Well, now, Mister,” he replied, “you are too much forme there. I suppose we must stop somewhere by and by, bnt the further we go the leas we want to. I like to keep going this way; my wife likes it, and the baby in there seems to like it, for she grows like a weed. We are none of us sick; we always have plenty to eat, and so we don’t see the use of stopping. One of these days, I Buppoee, we shall get to the Pacific, and then we shall be obliged to atop. In the meantime, if we strike a good place we may build a house to live in for a spell, but for the preeent we are well off.”— Wartem Cor. New York Evening aPtet. TnsMBKDOrs tawamt there wte at Sauk Center, Minn. Five lawyers wrestled with it for two weeks, and then an intelligent juxy gave the plaintiff—three quarters of a pillar.

1 -- - - - - - -- --- -- - --- -- —- - EAXLM AND HOME. . ad> rails rad !«*. <; taa’. u ' p/ <.co— — ..jwrm XtaMno*. Tmrei? pounds of lay cut flue will ftfed 1 , as; mugh as four pounds uncut. This is a gain of otioteird, and if hay is worth Sniper tan, gi\T« yoa >l fur cutting. Coux Mkal ron Mnjs.—M>»-t dairymen who make the. best butter sent to OUT markets now feed more-or less corn meal to their cows the yeararound. It does not dry up the cows when fed xeg'ilarly in reasonable quantities, but adds to tin' yield of butter and to its quality. I do not advocate keeping or breeding , from poor stock, but I believe that good hens for farm purposes are more common and cun be had at much lower price tlian dealers in fancy fowls are willing to admit.—fare Journal. Kiuuxo Rep Sokreu—Samuel. B. Turner writes to the !l’c-*frrn Ayrit:uUuriet; To kill red sorrel in meadow or pasture land, if it is only in small spots, cover them with gas lime about an ineh'i thick, and let it remain one year. I; can be had at gas factories in any quantity, , It is the only practical way of coutndihg . it, after ten years’ experience, that I have ( foinni. Ears fkom One Grain of Wheat.—An English farmer accidentally dropped a grain of wheat among some seeds he was > sowing in.his garden, and, “having a curiosity to protect it, gave it every chance to eome to perfection.” The result was 63 heads (10 tafy large), con- < taming 3,044 counted kernels, not in- , eluding some picked a vay by an enter- , prising hen. He leaves readers to draw their own conclusions, only adding that, , as the result of frequent investigation, he never found more than 25 ears to one i root growing in Ids fields. Db. Hull., a noted horticulturist of Illinois, says that Iris lime remedy for , tire codling moth has proved completely effectual. The lime is thrown into the , trees when the dew is on, or just after a rain, and after the fruit is set. A dipper j or large spoon may be used ; or,>best of all; a bellows made for the purpose. The insects “ will not go where the lime is scattered,” he remarks—“they go away.” I When you think of buying a harness, I examine the leather of the hamestrap ' and the near tuck of the throat-latch, and . likewise the crouper. If these ends are of sleazy stuff’, calculated to squash and plague you while trying to make them enter their loops, don’t buy. The man who cut the harness did not have the interest of the purchaser in his mind. , At three separate and distinct scowls for each buckling the harness would be dear as a gift. And most likely faults and* oversights run through the entire rig.— . Hartford Courant. Keeping Cideb Sweet.—Allow the cider, after it comes from the press, to stand until the pomace settles. When this point ia reached, put it in a clear vessel, and let it come to a boil, skimming off the scum carefully. It is then ; put into kegs and demijohns, and tightiy F corked and st aied. By this process cx- ' cellent sweet cider may be had, not merely for the entire winter but for* years. This method would not of course i lie available where large quantities are f made, but for an ordinary family it answers admirably. When blinds and doors do not close snugly, but leave cracks through which i drafts enter, the simplest remedy, rec- ' ommended by Mr. Schuetse, Building Commissioner in Dre sden, Germany, is j this : Place a strip of putty all along the jambs, cover the edge of the blind or door with ehaik, and shut it. Tho putty will then fill all spaces which would remain ojh n and be pressed out where not needed, while the excess is removed with a knife. The chalk rubbed On the edges prevents the adhesion of the putty to the blind or door, which then can be opened < without adhesion and the putty is left in ptace, where it soon dries and leaves a ’ perfectly fitting jamb. Jfomratir KnumHf. Chixiride of Lime will generally re- ! move mildew without rotting the cloth or destroying delicate colors. Dig the I mildewed article in the lime-wateiSSlnd dry quickly in the sun. - Ykuuow stains, commonly called iron , mohl, are removed from linen by hydrochloric arid or hot solution of oxalic acid. Wash well in warm water after- ,' ward. * < ’ \ [ i A small piece of p*l<r or linen, ; moistened with the spirits of tiupentine [ ■ and put into a bnreau or wardrobe for a ■, single day, two or three* times, is said II *o be a suflick'Lit preservative against moths. Meats should be cooked by »quick fixe, as the rapid closing pf Ihe outer I pores retains all the juices within, and i ’ these, bee uniug heated, create a natural • ' process of steaming in its o sn gravy. ' i Good Disinfectants.—Plants are not 1 1 unhealthfnl in sleeping apurtmente or ’ ? sitting-rooms. Os course, if the flowers ’ exhale a strong perfume—such as t’.at of 1 J tuberoses, hyacinths and daphnes—they I make the air too odorous to be desirable !at night; hut healthy, growing plants *! absorb the carbonic acid in the atmos- ’' phere, and keep it pure and agreeable. ’ j They are, in fact, the best disinfectants k that con be employed. ■ Bexteb Without Chuhning.—The ' t PacVic Hural Sun writing of lira California State Fair, says : A new metho J of butter making Wta explained to us by t ti|e inventor, Mrs. M. J. Clark, oditNill. County. She -1 prepares the cream with a secret powder, » drains it with a cloth and a perforated false bottom in a pan during the night,

-.i; M TMil A rl-MW oJ itfhsdl’.* «* i atci* I and IwsbntUx ready for working in the t morning without die necessity of ehurn(iiigatall. ahflt'udji Fawr> Sweet Potatoes. —The evening before they atv wanted, peel and slice ■ them ; lay them iu a stew-pan *od sprinkle sugar between the layers of potatoes; pour on wutvr enough to eover them, and set the stew-pan on the stove. In tboffioruing, by the time you are ready f to fry- them, they will be Cooked just enough; fry iu hot lard to alight brown , on I Kith sides. t , n , Most poople in cleaning lamp chimt neys usi either a brash made of bristles I twisted into a wire, or a rag on the point ;of scissors. Both of these are bad ; for, without great care, the wire or scissors wi>l scratch the glass as a diamond does, winch, under tlie expansive powersof heat, | soon breaks, usallscr-atchedglasswill. If ■ you want a little thing that costs nothing, and will save half your glass, tie a piece of soft sponge the size of your chimney t<x a pine stiak. .— ■ ! • <&base or paint spots in clothes are easily rumored by oil of turpentine, or a t hot iron pressed on the place over coarse ■ brown paper, after scraping all that can ilißgototl* with a blunt knife. Stains j may be removed from light-colored clothes, such as drabs, buffs, or whites, with fuller’s earth ; but this is apt to take ihe color out of dark c-’othes. It should . be dissolved iu a Lttle boiling water, put ,on the spot ohm hot, held to the fire to dry, and [then brushed out. , Pitch is removed, first, by rubbing the , place ovex with grease or oil, and then , taking out the oil by the application o spirits of turpentine. - RUSY LIFX. The life of the late Vies-President ‘ Wilson lias been a marked one, and its record is one that may be profitably i studied by all Americans. It is, says a , contemporary, a ree'ord that should be ■ carefully observed by all young, men, of I whatever occupation or pursuit. Bor* in 1812, in poverty, he was apprenticed to a farmer at 10 years of age, and served laboriously until his majority, in 1833. With little opportunity for schooling, he found the means, even in those days, when books were not as plentiful or as i accessible as now, to read a great many volumes of history and biography. As soon as he had completed his apprentice- . ship on the farm, he walked to Natick, Massachusetts, where he engaged at shoemakiug, at which he worked dili- ; gently, practicing temperance and rigid economy, until he hail accumulated some five hundred dollars. H* then tried to ’ improve his limiti-d education by attending an academy in New Hampshire, but the depository of* his savings having be- ; come insolvent, he returned to shoemaking at Natick. His good habits and • his natural abilities, however, made him conspicuous among his associates, and in 1840 he was enlisted iu behalf of Gen. Harrison’s election to the Presidency, be making a great many speeches. From that time to the present he has been conspicuous in American politics. He was almost continuously a member of either one or the other branch of the State Legislature, and frequently the presiding officer. He was an active Anti- ' Slavery man, and opposed the annexation of "Texas. In 1848 he left the Whig National Convention when it rejected the Anti Shivery platform and united with the Free-Soil party. For two years he edited an Anti-Slavery paper in Boston, serving also in the Legislature. In 1852 he presided at the Free-Soil National Convention in Pittsburgh. In 1853 he was the Free-Soil candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, but was defeated. When the Know-Nothing organization elected Gardner Governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Wilson was a member of that party, but when that party, subsequently, rejected an Anti-Slavery platform, he abandoned it. In 1855 he was elected to the United States Senate in place of Edward Everett, resigned, and continued by successive elections a member of that body until 1873, when he resigned to become Vice-President, to which place he was elected in 1872. Mr. Wilson lias been a laborious public officer. For tli : rty-five years he lias hel-1 elective offices, and in all of them had borne himself honorably and creditably. From gje humble position of an uneducated farm hand and a journeyman shoemaker he had progressivelyascendcd in public favor and confidence to the iKKf >nd office o£ the B- publie. I! ■ began his public life as a determined opponent of slavery, and at ouee was in sympathy with the popular sentiment of the State. Bat it was not merely because he was oh the popular side tU.it he was successful; his success was du J to tho earnestness and the abil.ty, rance and the energy with which he advocated the right and opposed the wrong. His suociss did not prove too gicat for him ,to bear He was pot so dazzled l»y hishonors, nor overcome by hii unexpected eminence, as to follow the example of ;so many others in like circumstances. ‘ He maintained bis personal integrity, preserved liis strictly temperate, abstemious habits, and to these circumstances, as well as to his natural abilities, are due the popular respect and confidence ho has so long enjoyed. Oawa n* in Bm-TnAcka. —A chicken , thief/who shall be nameless, left the bed 01 his boot in the coop, evidently h*ying been frightened and gone off in a i j hurry- The diicken-owner straightway . net to the police station, but (Iqa oobbleiX inferring tbit the vbu W Meel w not going to • I wear again until it was mend- » ed.' Prtagfetbg a man game j* to have a , little cobbling done, and, to his great I surprise, found ont that that shoemaker , 1 kept ready made heels that fitted exactly.

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AT FORTY. The sun of life has crossed Rie hue,. . The summer shine of lehjjthenM light Faded ud rifled— tni, lbw 1 $¥ ld > ’TIs equal day and eqnil liigttf. ‘ ■ --ic <'■*'s K fevil r leas* One after one, as dwelling hour%, ) Youth’s glowing hopes have away, And soon nmy barely leave ths gleam That coldly scores a winter's day. f I am co* yeung, I am not old; - q ei monk, ihe sunset calm, Paling and deepening, each to eaOh, Meet midway with a solemn chaym. One side I see the summer fields; Not yet disrobed of all their green; While westerly, along the hills, llarne the first tints of frosty sheen. Ah, middle point, where clouds and Morni Make battle-field of this my life I Here, even matched, the night and day Wage round me their September strife! , | I bow me to the threatening gale! I know, when that is overpast. Among the peaceful harvest days, And Indian Summer comes at last. PLEAS AHI TRIES. A fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a high mountain—everything seems small to him, and he appears small to everybody. A citizen of Rome, whp hail been blessed with two wives, both of whom have left him, now calls himself “the no-blest Roman of them all. ” Ovr Dan, on seeing a laundry wagon smashed Tip lately, remarked that it seemed, to need ironing. At all events it was well mangled.— Boston Olobc. “My native city has treated me badly,” said a drunken vagabond, “but I love her still.” “Probably,” replied a gentleman, “ her still is all that you do lore.” - “The prisoner at the bar seems to have a very smooth face,” said a spectator to a jailor. “ Yes,” replied the jailor, “he was ironed just before he was brought in.” A Chicago debating society is preparing to wrestle with the following question : “ Resolved, that a man who plays on an accordeon and keeps abarking dog can’t be a Christian.” Four memlfers to one want to take the negative side. “Yes, sir,” remarked a sanguine speculator to a capitalist when he was endeavoring to captivate for an invest ment; “yes, sir, my project is the weightiest on record.” “No doubt,” dryly replied the moneyed map, “ And that’s why you’ll find it hard to carry it out.” “As to opening Oysters,” said Old Hurricane, “ why, nothing’s easier, if you only know how.” “And how’s howi” inquired Straight. “Scotch snuff,” answered Old Hurricane, very sententiously; “ Scotch snuff; bring a little of it ever so near their noses, and they’ll sneeze their lids off.” The steamship Colon, of the Pacific Mail line, has met with an accident which brings her to a full stop. When the passengers on; the Colon saw the vessel about to be reduced to a semicolon; or less, they all made an exclamation and point-ed for the deck. Several were reduced by fright toja comma-tose condition. — Chicago Times. WISDOM.' > “ Wisdom," quoth the s*ge, “ Cometh only with *ge.” t " Fool I" quacked aXoose, “ Then Tta no use !• IX HOMkOk’ATHT. ■’lf like like,” quoth Bibulus athirst, “ Each second glass must surely cure the first. ” Alas I he missed his count, and, sad to see, The drinks came out uneven—so did he! —ScriHtu-r for The poor fellow who sits through an Italian opera without appreciation, and begins to feel that nature was unkind to him, may find some solace in the thought that Rufus Choate, the brightest and best of the sons of New England, used to say that he never dared to visit the Italian Opera unaccompanied by his daughter, a brilliant and thorough musical amateur, “lest he should dilate with the wrong emotion 1” An apple tree grows on the line dividing two lots on Elizabeth street, and the lot owners can never divide the fruit satisfactorily. At a mass convention of the two men held at the tree yesterday one of them remarked : “It’s a good tiling for you that they have abolished the tax on dogs.” And the other hotly replied : “ And it’s well for you that they have discovered remedy for the hog clxoleral” Then the Angel of Peace had to get ont of the way of the flying apples. — Detrdit Free Press. __ A’OT BY SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS. . An exchange tells us that a new religious belief is gaining ground in Ohio. Its adherents are called Etemalists. They hold that the soul is immortal, and occupies a succession of bodies op earth, both of men and animals. >4Mef in the transmigration <of souls !Wwer than anyof thehalf dozen materialistic and pantheistic philosophies which during the last ‘ half-dozen years have attracted attention. In Greece from the time of Thales transmigration was taught. The Druids in Britain believed in it; so did the early German tribes. It is a superstition with most heathen nations. If the adherents in Ohio wish a full explanation of the 1 belief, they should turn to Hindoo literal ' ture, where, »« integral part of the Brahmanie religion, it is fully set forth. i those sad leaves. • She, a girl seventeen, walked under - the maples a month ago, and gathered k the golden leaves and said: r “ Oh, leaves, you remind me of crushed t hopes and scattered plans.” ) He, her father, found them in a nail- * keg, tlie other day, and Bhook - down in a corner of the woodshed and a said: . . , . . - —— t ‘ 1 There, that dog has got justasgoo<| r a bed as any caninein this town! r. Press. - .