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Loath to go ami loath to stay : For he thought : "Since the sweet tomorrow" Waits on my delays, ^Prithee why should J sorrow For a flowe; that blooms always, '"Where she blossoms i surely can find Or ever the season takes flight, .Blushing and smiling behind her Lattice, morning and night. fthall I squander life's.early hour, Ere the dew is dry on tlie May, In reaching my liand-for a flower That may be plucked auy day?" Bo he passed. And the sunshiuo passed with him, And the dew dried up on the thorn, And the roses dropped all their petals, That had crowned her the queen at morn; But once when his heart was tried, And life of it* glory seemed shorn, He turned him again to her lattice, But site and the roses were gone! ?ifUrpcr'u Magazine for September. n.n x n -i i uaiianuy i^warceu. * 1 say, Had !ox, what arc you going to do now?" "I am going to help the old lady on tho cars." "Well, if yon don't beat all for a spooney, then I'm mistaken. Do you take charge of all the old women, unprotected females and stray babies that yoil meet in traveling?" "Yea, if they need help, so if you hnve no reas onable objection to offer, I will leayo you lor a few moments' and assist that lady as I proposed." So saying young Maddox sprang from the train, which was just smarting, and wont to render assistance to tho person in question. She was hiuriod down with ?r-nrnet " ? i bag, band box and parcels innumerable. lie took the two first, and some of the last, and then putting hor safely on the cars, came near being Jell behind, so very awkward did he find it to manage so many incumbrances. After he had got the old lady seated, with, her numerous packages all about her, she counted' them several times to be sure none were missing. "My rubber#are in this one," said ! she, because I thought it might rain, i and f always have rheumatism when I 1 wet my feet. My best cap is in that, i'or I expected to stay a day or two' i perhaps, and our folks sec lots of j company. sMy knitting is in that one I tht?re, for I thought 1 might get tired { silting with.my hands folded. This one is full of doughnuts for the children, and that, near you holds two j pairs ot* new socks for my son, be- j cause bethinks Ire cannot buy any as good as his old mother makes. They are all here, I sec, safe, and 1 am much obliged to you, youug.ruan, for attending mo. ion win maiie a goou husband one of these days." ? . So, blushing and laughing, the gentleman \v?iit back to join his disgusted companion, who had watched the proceedings with a smile of withering contempt. "Now," he commenced, "will A'ou tell mo what you wanted to make such a fool of yourself, in that way for?'* "I do not acknowledge that I have done so, yet. Another thing?11.y mother sometimes travels; doesn't, yours?" "She never goes alone," was-the short reply. "If she docs,, she will have too much sense ever to trouble other people with her b:;gs and bundles." "Yes, if she forms her opinions of other people from, her own sou. In thatcast>j I think perhaps she might hesitate some time. I am going now to talk with the nice old lady." And Harry Madtlox left his old > friend to join the new one, for such she afterwards proved, fcuo put %>iiic all her bundles, and made room for him to sit down by her. "80 you have eoine to tallc ith the old lady, have j*ou ?" she asked smiling a cordial weleonc. "Yts, ma'am," ho replied, "if it' will not be intrusive." "Oh, no, wo old folks liko attention as well if not better than pretty young girls; and you arc a very good looking fellow." 'Thank you," answered Harry, "but f did not know- that you would care to talk to a giddy pate like me-." Harry began to bo much amused, anil so they kept up a merry talk until the train stopped at the station where the lady intended to get out Put just before this, she said to the young man: ">iow, Mr. Maddox I think you will be rewarded i'or your lewdness tc an oTd woman. I will introduee you when wo ston. to iust as nrettv a girl as thcro is in New York stale, it phe is my grandaughter. Thoy say she looks just like me," and she laughed mischievously. Whon it was time to loavo'thc cars Harry took tho carpet bag, band bo* big bandlo, little bundle, and as soou na ho had lifted the lady on to the plutform, she was saluted by tho pret ticst little specimen.of female human ity that he had ever seen, tho youns man thought. Eyes black as night but soft and melting, red chceks ani Hps, lack curling hair, .a neat tilth figure set off with an elegant trav /eling suit, all presented a picture tlia ho never forgot. f, n,May," said hor grandmother, '-this I / is Mr. Maddox; he Jms been very t I kind to me, and now I wantynu to be j kind to him, and not treat him as some youn^ men I know." She made a saucy bow and Raid : "15ut, grandma, you don't know as Mr. Maddox will care to receive any j kindness from me. I should not <jive ] him quite so many bundles to cany, ' I however. Why, grandma, what have j l : ~ ?l Ji J on you gOl 111 1111 ill ill 1 I * ".No matter, you sancy girl. 3Ir.; Maddox, are yoa willing to take , charge of such a vilo thing?' ''Icon- ( sidcr myself most fortuuate to have the chance. But the cars are aboutj to start, and wo had better go 011 at i />nco." So the young lady bado her friends ] good bye, and iri> j.ed along-side her ; gracious hero, who handed her in, and swept past his ungracious chum, ( to take the safnc seat the old lady had j occupied, enjoying the little episode, exceedingly. I The young lad}* was intelligent as well a* pretty, and chatted with liar- 1 ry as if she had known him for years. 1 -After a wliilo iio thought he would | go and see how his friend-was feeling, 1 so excusing himself, he loft the pretty ( May and returned to the former. r "Who is that handsou.o girl?" was $ the first inquiry. "She is that old lady's grandaugh- { tcr," replied llarry. Introduce me, won't you?" ''Indeed I shall not do anything of c the kind." .' "Why not?" "Because.I did not feel privileged v to take any such liberty. 1 have just been introduced myself n ( .QtiA w I Kn It ?t iii IwArnoct rrivl T lintrn k'liv JO l*jv liUII\(OVItlVnv ^11 I A. lit* ? v "I seen this long time, and if you don't j introduco me, I will manage some way to make her acquaintance, you ^ sec if I don't." a "I hoj)e, fur your own sake you will t do nothing rude. "Don't be concerned ^bout that, I beg of yon. But 1 do think, Muddox, that you might be good naturcd j enough to introduce an old chum like q mo. .She is denced pretty, loo. Why, her eyes flash like stars!" "Yes; and she is fully as agreeable as she is pretty. I never tuet a brighter, mcro intelligent girl. Sorry that I don't feel well enough acquainted s, to. introduce a friend. Good b}'c, j, Sam; there is something real 1}' mag- s, netic about that young girl. I feel j( drawn to her in a way that is quite j j incomprehensible, so 1 will hid you J j, good' bye and go back to enjoy her |, society once more;" and with a pro- ! j voicing smile, Harry left his compan-1 p ion. who could only enjoy tho privi- j, l<-ge of looking at the attractive little ^ . ' ai He watched the two in quite a dis- 0] consolatc manner, for to tell the c.( truth, he had fallen desperately in tj love with .May, and "envied Harry. n] every beaming glance and smile that ^ she'bestowed upon him. She was st going to visit in the very town where fr the young men lived, so that our hero 'c| had the pleasure of her society for I (several hours, during wh'ieh timo their acquaintance ripened very rapidly, and when they parted, May gave ; him a cordial invitation to vi?it her, j which he accepted with evident do! light and very soon took advantage j of. j Tho young lady was visiting her i aunt, a Airs. Cook, who knew llarry I by reputation, and welcomed him ! graciously to. her house. Boon he I became a frequent visitor, and then i offered to give his friend Samuel Bur! leigh, the introduction he had for; ' some time desired, and which ho now j ! eagerly acquired, becoming there-' upon a more constant caller than ! j llarry himself. I ! One evening a number of young j I people were collected in Mrs. Cook's! ! elegant parlors, when tho conversa-i lion happened'to die out for awhile.! ' May proposed that each should tell a' [ |story. ! fin !,!..? 1 1 | 1 Uf.jMUJXJMlIUJI IIIUO Willi gviivuii j approval'and was carried out wilh I great zest and enjoyment l>y all eon-1 ; corned; laughter and applause prov- j ! in?r tlio bueccss of each narrator. I Wnen it came May'slurn, she gave j ; a full and lively account of the inci-! .dentsjust related, repeating the con- ! versation of the young men alrno t! i.word for word. Harry's face grew j redder and redder, ami would ccr-1 i tainly have betrayed him if May had i once glanced in his direction, but she ! j earsfully avoided meeting his eyes. 'j "Sam in the meantime, instead of! 1 being red, grew very pale, for in this ! i sudden disclosure of his rudeness, J he read Uio downfall of his dearest! ' hopes, and excusing himself very j j soon after ho took his departure, an- ! ' j gry and mortified enough. i j The next morning he called bright . anil early at the olficc of Maddox j ?! and saluted him at once with the ex- j ' clamation: 1 "I say, Harry, that was a pretty mean trick you served me 1" 1 j "What do you mean ?" j 'Why. telling May Stivuton all that , i ridiculous story. ' ( "I never told her one word about it, 1 and I am just as much ill the dark as i, J; | you are." "You novel- told her! Who iu this ; world was it, then?" ' j UI have not U>? slightest idea, but I j j must say that my curiosity is a good j1 J | deal excited about it, and 1 am going j ', around this morning to ask her." I | i , "Well, I have received my cotigr, I . that is evident enough, and 1 suppose 1 that I shall'soon have-an opQorliini-! r ty to offer you my congratulations." , A short time afterward Maud ox 1' was seated on a snn<j Jittle so'a, oy 3 the Bide of his fair Iftdy lovo, looking - f very well pleased with tho situation, t which perhaps mi^ht have bceu said of his^companion also. "Will you tell me," lio said, "how you found out nil tliat story j'ou told last night?" "Do you wan't to kuow very much," she inquired, mischievously. ' Yes, I do, indeed," ho replied. She laughed a little and said? "I was introduced yesterday to a lady who immediately exclaimed. have seen you before, jliss Stanton." "Where?" 1 inquired, and then shewent on to say that she saw mo in ilie cars on mat <Jay, and noticccl everything thai occurred, as she ocL*upied tlie scat right bchiiui )'ou and Mr. Burleigh, and heard everything you said.?Funny how tilings sometimes happen, isn't it?" "Xot so funny forpoorSnm, < hough, lie is feeling very much mortified ibout it." "Did you comc here to plead his ;auso, then?" inquired -May, quite ictulanlly. lie looked at her for a moment aud hen said: ".Xo; I would much rather plead ny own"? which he must have done nost successfully, for Mrs. Cook happening to enter in a quiet way, about lalf an hour afterward, withdrew ather [more quickly than she had ;one in, and meeting her husband, aid : "I just interrupted a pleasant inerview between May and Maddox." ''Indeed ! what's .the matter?" "Well, the matter is that they arc ngaged, if 1 can judge from the ffectijiirttetableau they presented."} 'I am glad of it. for Maddox is a cry fine young man." Sam Burlcy felt his disappointment nost keenly for awhile, but he finally icknowledgcd that;was adjust punshment for his churlishness. Jhral?Young mon should always '0 polite io old ladies, for old ladies re very much inclined to have pret)' grandaughters. o? VALLANMGHAM. Gorge H.- Pendleton's Eulogy of tho Dead Statesman. [From the Loveland Speech.] I did not know Mr. Yallandigham r> lung as many of you, but I knew im very well. During his whole ; l'i vice in Congress 1 was his col-j, ague. During the ev.ei.tful sessionsoi i SC1-2-3 I was his daily associate and j: itimate friend. Durinir the days of:, is arrest and trial and imprisonment ! saw him at every liour that it was j j ossible, and did what I could to mit- I 1 fate the pains which an infamous j 1 ( runny inflicted; Jii those limes of'.1 uxiety and care and mi fieri ng, I nev- I ' ; heard from his lips one word in- 11 3nsislent with the loilicstpatriotism, < 10 most unfaltering hope, and the < ost unbleneiiing courage. You j | now ho was able and eloquent, arid j ( df-rcliant and studious; that lie had j , reat strength of will and force ofj baracter, and that magnetism which j . ttraeted and attached men closely to ' im. JIo was also cool and dcliber- ? te and patient. Beyond most iticn hum I have known, ho was sensitive" } attacks upon the purity of his moves and character. I have seen him ounded to the quick?his heart lacrated'until it seemed sore to tho Duch, and bleeding his life awaj'? by j he vindictive, savage abuse so tin-!' paringl}' heaped upon him during!' ho war Never were attacks more j1 - i i. e. - "W, l,x j i Mjlltrt iUJU lliiiiiiiuiiss \j ituui iwvi'ii is country more intensely, and ! ought for the widest policy more con- |: fictitiously, or would have sacrificed j tore readily or more abundantly icalth, and strength, and fortune, and ven prejudices and preconceived ! pinion, to secure its welfaic lie! L'ould have been . a war man if-he ould have believed that war would ; cstore the Union, lie would have , icen a devoted supporter of the ]Je-. uiblicnn party, if he couhi have be-j ieved its policy, would hnvo main-j ained the guarantees of liberty alfor-; led be our Constitu lion. As he'could lot believe this, ne would not swerve rom (he convictions of the''faith that | vasin him,'' evj>n though his heart } hould bleed and break at the blind | nisconstruetion of his character, and i he willful perversion of his words j md aspersion of his motives. I thank j iod he lived long enough to see that i ,ime?the Avenger, in whom lie had | ;uch unwavering faith ?had com-1 nenced his work; and that many] ivho had maligned him most were be- j - ? - i~ ..... -i...: 1 i ^ ,i? I ruining lu scu wii'ir uiiui unu lu uu iim justice. I thank God that at the last the sun penetrated tho darkness of the light, and that his eyo saw, even | .hough on'y for a moment, the mists | >f* the morning dissolving heforo its ' radiant beams And if it be given to men who have irone henco to care for, I 3r to know the estimation in which Lhcy are held on earth, I know his spirit will be gladdened by the fact that all his countrymen, without dissent, will believo that ho was as pure us he was able, as honest as ho was brave, and as faithful as ho was persecuted. * ?*. ? Men speak too much about the world, iv.ich one of us, let the world go how it will, and be victorious or i? ? i. ? i:r.. Iioi, viuiuiiuus, juift uu uui> <i jut; ui m? own to lead? Tho world's being paved will not savo us ; nor the world's being lost destroy us. We should look to ourselves; there is great merit hero iu tho "duty of slaying at honic." $ 40+ Prineo Alexis, of lliiRsia, has startod for America, and will bo in New New York as soon as steam and sail can bring him. The Horse from, a Moral Standpoii The driver who flints Ins Lor: lias got through the first lesson i the management of these animal Some strike their horses in a fit < anger; others beat them as apm ishment for what they conceive 1 he sinful acts on the part of tl; horse. Now, the fact is, the liors never docs wrong on purpose. I this respect he is better than moi men. If lie refuses to pull, it the fault of education; and if h runs away, and kicks tiling to pieces, it is because h is frightened. Men, when the arc scared do some very foo ish things, and they arc excused but no allowance is made for th runaway horse. He is kicked an cuffed and beaten, is if what wa done, was done nn nnrnnsfi to Inn somebody, and not in consequenc of some supposed danger, wliic the poor animal was trying to fie from. Ilorses never kick withau a motive. Tliey use their heels fo defence; and the first kick at th traces is given to ward oi what to them seems dangei Xo horse ever kicked for air other purpose. They cherish noil feeling against any one, and alway do, as far as they know, what i right. All horses can be educate* to do what ever the driver wishes They obey cheerfully and wilhou grumbling even although, put t rest at half rations in a cold, filthy muddy stable. A horse can b taught to know the harness will no hurt him. Then he will not kjcl at it and run away. lie is casih taught to pull by the traces, orb; the halter strap. If you want bin to null on the halter, all von havi to do is to hitch liirn to something he can easily break, andhe'wil soon loam to pull back with suel force that no bridal can hold him If you want him to pull ivell in tin traces, give him a-light load uuti he learns to move it, and he wil soon pull his best at heavy loads Horses balk or pull just ns they an taught. It does not matter whicl end of the horse you fasten tin weight to. They will balk as read ily when hitched by the traces, i properly trained, as when hitche< by the halter, and they will pul back as faithfully by the halter, i trained to do so, as they pull for ivard when hitched by the trace to a wagon. It is an*easy matte ;o teach a horse to refuse to pull a either the halter or traces, and itii ?qually as easy to teach him to pul jy the same means. If those wh< Irive horses would keep this ii new, they would never be ''guilt} 5f the shameful act of beating thei team, 111 u mud hole or on tho lull side. ? JIuio . to Malm the jb\irn Pay. * <B> Anecdotes of Thomas Jefferson. Near "Washington lived a fricnr with whom 31 r. Jcllerson fix\pieullj stopped when en route to MonlicclJe !iii(J on one of these occasions a sei vant. rushed in . to say a negro mai was bleeding to death from a cut will ;m axe. The distance to.a physiciui being considerable, .Mi1. JcJl'orsOn pro posed that lie should sew up tin wound, which was in the calf of tin fellow's leg, and did successfully, re marking at the time it seemed strapgi that the I hick flesh coverings and dc fi-nces of the bones in ihe humai 1 ! il . t 1*1 iuius were i?n muse incmuers, winr the danger of Iracturc came general ly from the front. This being men tioncd as an instance of iMr. Joifei son's aeuteness^ of perception to tli physician, who had arrived lute upoi tiie scene, that worthy man, parif from*disgust at having been robbed o his patient, and p-irtiy from being mosL bitter political opponent of th President, broke out raising his hand with horror: "Weil, what is th world coming to? Here this fello\ Jelforson, after turning upside tlowi everything oti the earth, is now quai Veling with the Clod Almighty him self!" Instance number two is to!? of an equally devoted parly iriend (. Mr. Jet'ersou's who was exultin that even in dying on the Fourth r July his hero reflected new lustre o the principles of the party. Som one hero brought the news that J oh Adams, the leader of the Federali.or opposing party, had died en th same day. For u time the ardei: Jefl'ersonian would not believe it, bu being at last satisfied of the fact, e: claimed in a passion, "It was a mca Yankee trick!"?Mrs. Rundo'ph'a D mettle Life of Jefferson. ? ?p ? A New Railroad . Project.?, project for the extension of tli King's Mountain Kail road froi Yorkville to Lincolnton, N. C and thence to Hickory Taver.11, town oi) the line of the western e: tension of the North Carolino Kai road, is warmly supported by tl Chester -Reporter and Yorkville Ei fjuirer. The proposed road will L fifty-seven miles long, and, as narrow-gaugf, the estimated cot for buildiug and equipment is onl seven thousand dollars a mil We are glad to see the press wori ing so heartily for tlie improvemei and completion of railroad tonne tions. . it WAITING. se A listless holiday: the creamingspray Beats upward to the sky, A nd not a living dye S. lieliov'cs the lifeless day. Df j. I sitand pant with all this summer toil l That takes fro in me my strength An unavailing length 10 Of years without one spoil. ;e D Anil nothing have T garnered, nothing won: . Nothing had come to me? is .Nothing that I can see? ig In ail the work' begun. ;s So pass the Innqiiid summers one by one, And one by one the days? y A life of J unes and Mays? |- With all I would undone. . e . Open Windows at flight. Very much has been written on this pubjoct, and written unwisely; .c? ilie lacts arc that whoever sleeps uncomfortably cool will got sick. Q To hoist a window sky-high when tlie mercury is at zero is au absurdi1 ty. ? " The colder a sleeping apartment is, the more unhealthy does it be" come, because cold condenses the }. carbonic acid formed bv the breath ingot' the sleeper. It settles near * the floor and is rebroathed, and if j in a very condensed form lie will die befpro morning. Jlenee we !' must be governed by circumstance; the first thing is, you must be.com0 fortably warm during sleep, other' wise you arc not refreshed, an in^ ilamniation of tlie lungs may be engendered, and life destroyed ^ withiu a few days. \ An open doorand an open fire^ place arc sufficient for ordinary pur* poses in cold weather. When " outer windows are opened, it is 5, well to have them down at the top two or three inches, and up at bot1 torn for the same space. ' In miasmatic localities?and l| these are along watercourses, be? I side mill ponds, marshes, bayous, river bottoms, flat lands aud the I like?it is iuost important, from the lirst of August until severe frosts have been noticed, to sleep j with ail cxte.nal doors and win- . i ' i i i ii _ . ^ i ..:.. *. v I . uowa cioseu, -uecauso uju eooi uiroi j sunset causes the condensation of I the poisonous emanations which P were caused by the heat of the noonday sun to rise far above the " earth ; tnis condensation makes the ' air heavy at sundown, made heavy k by the greater solidification of the , emanations by cold; and resting on I the surface of the earth in their 5 more, concentrated and malignant 1 form, they fire breathed into the . . lungs, and swallowed into the stomach, coraupting and poisoning the blood with great rapidity, Jiy ( daylight thesg condensations arc made so compact by the protracted coolness of the night, that tliey are too near the surface of the earth to be breathed into the system; but as the sun begins to a.scend, these heavy condensations, miasms, be1 gin to rise aga'wi to the height nf ' several feet above the ground, and '? ai?e freely taken into the system by ' every.breath and swallow; hence 1 j the hours of sunrise and sunset are j i the most unheallliful of all the hours ot the twenty-four in the loci j calities named; and noontide, when o I the sun is hottest, is the most j healthy portion of the day, because 0 the miasm is so much rarefied that - it ascends rapidly to the upper rc1 gions. u The general lessons are, first? avoid exposure to the outdoor air f in miasmatic localities for the ~ hours including sunrise and sunn i set. Second. Have a blazing fire v- j on the hearth of the family room I*| at those hours, to rarefy and send !t! the miasm upwards. Third. Take o j breakfast before going out of doors s ! in the morning, and take tea before ?i sundown; tiicu being out after v | night is not injurious.?Hall's J1 ; Journal of Health. i Beyond Fek Cent.?General Craft, .! one of our prominent Inwj'crs, was j hailed while passing Fryman's jew-. 1 dry store by the -proprietor with : ' ! "Onfivsil. fonio in lit>ra :i mnriiont.: un nJ have something for you to solve. If 0 ; a man brings his watch to be fixed, l! j and it costs me ten cents to do it, and "II keep it a week, and charge him six ^ j dollars, what-per cent do I make? 1 | We have been figuring, and make it \ ! nine hundred per contend have only v" i got up to one dollar. How much do 11 I you say it would be at six dollars?" ?" "Well,"replied the general, "I d<j not wonder at your perplexity ; for it is well known, and the celebrated . ' UaBbit calculating machine has dem^ I onslratcd, that at certain points in e progressive numbors the law governn j ing them changes. In this case the , | law would change, and long before a | it would reach the six dollars it would | run out of per cent, and into what i? 1- known as larceny. (C # i.. The baby-brokerage business in )G 3Ncw York is curiously illustrated in noon /-\f' 1}i? Willnlf. TIiJj Itinn J IUV w? ?? iliVbV -X ilio ? > received S30 to takochargo of .a baby I and keep it until some respectable " person would adopt it.; but an hour ?* after tho receipt of tbo child and money, the former was Irft at the door of the Founding Hospital suffering C- from some powerful narcotic which "Willctt had administered, ! Farm, Garden and Household - ~ , " i WniTEWASn.?Mix up half a pailful of lime aud water, take hall a piut of flour and make a starch of it, and pour into tho whitewash while hot; stir it well, audit is ready for use. To Pickle Peaches.?'Take any quantity of good ripe peaches, wipe them clcan, lay them one day in good .brine, take them out and pour suflicient cold vinegar over them; let them stand 0110 day and they arc lit for use. Vermin on Stock.?A correspondent says he feeds his stock a teaspoonful of sulphur to each animal,..with their salt, once in two weeks. When he has done so, no vermin have troubled them, and his dairy cows have not been affected with garget, nor liis sheep with grub in the head. lie has practised this twenty years. Lime for Fruit* Trees.?The Horticulturist Hays: It is a good plan for all fruit growers to apply lime frecely iu their orchards every two or three years. A half bushel to each tree, or 100 bushels broadcast, per acre, will suffice. Light loamy lands will bo the best benefited by the lime, and shell lime is better for fruit trees than the usual stone lime. ? Remedy for' Toll Evil.?-If it has broken, wash the sore cleau with Castile soap and warm water, then inject and d^ess it with spirits of turpentine, pyroligjicous acid and linseed oil, equal parts, mixed. Fir balsam hasjalso a very fiueoffect on indolent and morbid parts. ?3o soon, however, as the parts show, a disposition to heal, dress with tine ture or aJoes aud myrrii. ileep the bowels open. Fear Marmalade. ? To six pounds 6f small pears take- four pounds of sugar; cover it, and Set it orertlic lire until the fruit is soft, then put them into cold water, pare, quarter and core them; put to them three teacups of water, set theru over the lire; roll the sugar tine, mash the fruit fine and smooth put the sugar to it, stir it well together uutil it is thick like jelly; then put into tumblers or jars, and, wl^en cold, secure it as jelly. English Mode of Serving Cucumbers.?The English mode of serving cucumbers is said to ren tliem less liable , to cause indigestion than when cut up raw in vinegar and salt for half an hour. Dry them in a clean towel, and fry in butter a very li^ht brown. To the butter in which they were fried, add a little flour, the yolk of an egg, and some meat gravy; mix all well together, pour over the cucumbers and serve. Preserving ToMATOES.r-Wasli, bruise them at. d put in a boiler over a lire, boil half an hour and strain; boil the juice until reduced one-half, cool, put in jars and seal; then place the jars in a boiler of cold water, with straw or rags to prevent breakage; boil twenty minutes; when perfectly cold, place the jars in a cool, dark cellar. They will keep for years. Add seasoning when used lor the table. For catsup add to the'above peppers, pimento, clove, etc. Tomatoes may bo prepared as n t A ? ?! i i? f a f 1 An Pah 4'ii . dUiiVU ill Ml put in iu uuitn;a iui iuturo use. Of course, they should be well cooked and sealed. Noxious "Weeds.?It seems to be a great puzzle to some persons how to get rid of noxious weeds. There is one certain method, which never fails if it is properly and persistently put into practice, viz., keep all the leaves and stems cut close down to the surface. It makes but little difference what kind of an instrument is used for this purpose, whether it he a hoe, plosv, or cultivator, only lot them be used so frequently that the plant can get no opportunity for breathing, as it were, through its leaves. There is -no species of noxious plant that will live any considerable time without leaves, and this peculiar characteristic should be tsiUcn advantage of in their destruction. Even Canada thistles and toad flax will succumb under such treatment. To Can Peaches and otiier Fruit.?Allotv half a pound, or less, of sugar to one pound of poaches. Make a sirup of the sugar by adding a pint of water to a pound of sugar, and boiling for a time. Pare and I alve the peauhds; drop them into the sirup and boi! ^ Pnf infn none IOI Li.'II I J I 1 I 1 11 L V ""* X ill/ 1IJIV./ VL41AO glass ones?and seal tightly. A113' other kind of fruit may be preserved in the same manner. They will keep equally well without sugar, but it is usually quite as convenient to add the sugar when canned. Some add a few peach 'kernels, blanched. For convenience sake, and safety s sake, place the can, being lilted with the hot' fruit, on a wet napkin or towel, folded a number ot times. Some varieties of pears require longer, cooking, \^hi eotaie other varieties of fruit nee t less. The cans should be fille f to the.top. ' ??. ' i . ' , i . . ^ " T _ ? Eating Green Corn.?Last a tumn persons who wished to obsen (||iq (nnmVfld nf r blJV , |/i VJ/tlVVIVQ III^UII VU V* t 1 whether ifc..w?s - according to goc usage to gnarw the corn from the co or if it should be cut into tbo plat Generally, though riot always, ma tcrs of table etiquette are fbugefed i common sense. ' A bird can only b properly enjoyed by picking it r-henc good usage sanctions the uso of jth lingers in removing the flesh from tb bones of a bird, while one whoshoul taketho bone of a beefsteak or arnul ton chop in bis fingers would be looi ed upon as ill-bred.. The only way t get tbo full satisfaction out of 'gree corn is to gnaw it from the cob, an* though tho operation, especially to foreigner who kuows not corn, is no an elegant ono to witness, it is pei formed at the host ordered tables, S generally is it conceded that TOri should bo eaten from tho cob, tha silversmiths now make 'silver greet corn handles; theso are thrust- iot the largo end of the cob.'and allbw i to be held without soiling tho fingers It is rather an awkward matter to cn the corn from tho car at table, espec ally if tho knives are not sharp. /] it is to be eaten in this way it ahoul bo prepared beforo it is sent to table The operation of eating from the co is much facilitated by drawing/ sharp knife lengthwise of each-row in* each a manner that the hull c cach kernel will be split. When thi is .iione, the digestiblo. nutritious coe tents of the kernels'will slip ont, am often tough hull be left upon tho col rni i * x 11080 wrwse tcoin arosensitivo or ci< fectivo will find this a great help.~ Americun Jgriculturist. ' J ' Savings op Old Age.?Xo on denies that it is wise to make pre vision*for old age, but we are no all agreed as to the kind of prov; sion it is bc3t to lay in. Certain! we shall want a little money,' for destitute old man is indeed a sorr sight; yes, save money by all mean! But an old man needs just that pai ticular kind of strength wnic young Then are apt to waste. Man a foolish young fellow .will thro^ away on a holiday a certain amoun of nervous energy which he wi never feel the want of until -he i seventy, and then how ranch h will want it! It is curious but tru that a. bottle of champagne i twenty will intensify the rfieumi tism at threescore. " . It is "a. fact that over-tasking th eyes at fourteen may necessital the aid ot spectacles at forty ii stead of sixty. We advise 01 young readers to be saving c health for their old age, for th maxim holds good in regard t health as jvoil as to monej "Waste not,- wantffltat." It ra th greatest- mistake tp suppose ths violation of the laws of health ca escape its^enalty. Nature forgive 110 sin, 110 error; she.lets off the oi fender for fifty years sometimes but she catches him at last, and ir , flicts the punishment just when an where, and just how ho feels : most. Save up for Old Age, bi save knowledge; save the reeolle< tionsof good and noble deeds, ii | noceflt pleasures and pure thought! save friends, save love. Save ric stores of that kind ef wealth whic tithe cannot" diminish nor deaf, take away.?llhral flew Yorker. How to Put tiie Children i Bed.?jSTot with a reproof for an of that day's sins of omission c commission. Take auy other tim but bed-time for that. If you evt heard a little creature sighing c sobbing it its sleep, you .could n< vcr do this. Seal their closin eyelids with a kiss and a blessin. The time will come,.all too sooi when they will lay their head upon their pillows lacking botl Let them, then, at least have thi sweet memory of a happy chiW ! hood, of which 110 future troubl ! or sorrow can rob them. Giv j them their rosy youth. .Nor nee ! this involve wild license. Theji dicious parent will not mistake m meaning. If you had ever me the man, or the woman, whos eyes have suddenly filled wlieu lif-tlA child has crent trustin^rlv t i its mother's breast, you may hav seen one. in whose childhood home "Dignity" and "Severity stood where Love and Pity shoul have been. Too much indulgenc has ruined thousands of childrer too much Love no? one. ^ A man with ono oyo laid another waijcr that ho (tho one-eyed) suv j more than tho other. Tho wage was accoptcd. I -'You havo lost," says tbo first; " I can see two eyes in your faCoj an ' vou can only see one in mine." r ? ?? Tlio severest galo of the season ho just swept over- Lake Erie. Seven vessels arc ashore. * * Tiie latest reports about John Moi rissey is that ho eon templates buiU iiiif a church at Saratoga, . '? - s"^ .,?... * * - 'd TheTerritory in GUh in- not bar-1; denod with a dollar of either - rial, mtoicipitfo* county de'bt.v' " a- OrQr fifteen iHiBions of the * ia'Stato debt has be?pfunded ;5". ^ being one-third of. tl?a ' Jr ?K r /TV-n"-; >.. b A torn tic hurricane^ lately aW5pjt ^.. & tlso Sandwich .Island t. cane, trees and nouses. No lives" n lost. * ' :'?; |e General Brown, who killed Captain. 10 Adams in Memp^,'',Tenn<ra9ecr> !?# "_ 0 been released on a five thousand doi'f iar-bftil' - - v-f j (1 . **?. * * j. . ? _ ? ' L- JJon. Henry A. '.Wise is engaged during his leisnro tours tfi writifiglb<f*<v o life and services qf ex-PrfSRdeob ^ General Sherman is'"jfrj. grand buffalo hunt tor- Graoa('2ktfUH&: v Alqxis ftnd his soite.V .v * 0 Miss Amelia Wait, -of Cirtemnsiij 'i ' n has recently, accepted a Vro?eaaortfkitySgjfo ity In Monmoath(IU.) College. . o 5Irs. Milne, an English la^r/ ha? ' # t obtained a divorce, but iS* compelled i. to allow her husband ?500 a yea^ foc. .. * thochildren. - ;; _ . .. . Y James McManus, a notorious bufM|#V * glar, won enduring fame by ewapiyg . 4 ? from the Albany Penitentiary, be-..' ing the first who ever did'it.-' b ? - r . a Tho California fig eroj> is ripe^ and ;,, r> somo of tKe growers, will .dry ;,.pOnsid?f erablo quantities. "boat year ; ond" v 8 grower sold 2^000 j?Danda ef figrfAom : i- one tree. 4ti0. J '* -i'-. )# Rev. Robert Thompson, a cleiw- .^, j. man-of Scotland, is ebon to preSn*" ^* _ two sermons* said to have beenwwt-' -tit ten by Sir Waiter Scott, afr Abbots >v ford, in 1828; Of tha 3,000 ^persons .under arresi' & e for "deBoancirig" others, apd th^i^^acr ^ >* posing tbemt to the, violen^^t^a,^. >t Commune, at least two thousand ore i- women. They wilf be tried?> ^ : y' Grasshoppers arc prematurely chewa ing all the- tobacco intth? y Connecticut, and thus cutting otf'thor ? smokers'supply. h . A New York defgyman * v spoke of a woman tfavi?ig the **peferl v y drops of affeotisnbangitfg glistening*-^' / od her cheeks." ILo - meant .to mv ft -r-?. .1 rr T*r - TlVy+Wf*' ' > n th?l she ?i8d- v... i $|K* ia Tbe Southern ladies at White Sale phur Springs rise about tea o'clock, . e eat breakfastat eleven, ptay croquet/ * ,+ . unlil luncheon, 'sleep unltf dinnedaird" " then danco until V Man was never inteddedtob? idle. ,, |e Inactivity frustrates the very design e of his croation; wherejts^an active i- life is the best guardian of virtu?, * ir and the* greatest preservative of} u )"f health, v , ./-& t,*?\ f Fort St/Tnllien. nrinTnf tliA y 7 -- -j . 7 of Metz, in Lorraine, "now called Ryr'; tho Germans Forte Jtfoltke, wise com-. menced. by $aj>oliaon in 1867. Upoit ^ 11 one of tho bastions is inscribed, "Com- . 11 menced tinder the reign of Hapoloon ' " . !? III, fn- 1867." Thia inscription wiR f- bo contidned so as to read, *'!? ordBT" j, io beard Prussia, and was finished My i- Germany in 1871,for German safety ft and glory." jjl The bright spots of a man's life are ? .few enough, without blotting any out;*and since, for a moment of mirth, we > l~ have an hour of sadnessj it wero.^asorry policy to diminish the few rays h that illume our chequered fcxfsteictff^ * h Life is an April day,?sunshine an& * h showers. The heartj like the earthy would cease to yield good fruit, were, It not sometimes watered with the " tears of se*isi bilifcy; and 'the iruitr o would ho wortliless, but for the pun- ;y y shine of smiles. >c . e Mrs. Margafet Finlcyt living near ...'TVdhnali rndiana. murdered her thraa )r children Wednesday forenoon. She** '' took her-babo by tbo feet and be&t its ' brains out on a atone abd. out the ? throat of hef two eldest children*,. >; = . aged nine and eight years respective-. !> ly. The -woman vr&s arrested aW 's lodged in jail. Her husband dild last > winter. She seems perfectly sane, is and srtys she killed the children to 1- get rid of them, e e A Paris paper says a rich American has offered to rebuild the Tuileries solely at his own expeuse, on condi* tion that one of the wings of the new J building sfifcll receive his name, t.nd 3t that as long as he lives he shall be ,0 allowed an apartment in it looking.-. . , & out on the gardens, and an invitation . 0 to all the corcmocics which shall ev e i er bo given in the palaoe (by any gov's crnmont which .'may be ia power... ? there. J : 'i.' A VFashington dispatchio the New York Herald says: "The special re'? port of the sub-committee sent south to investigate Ku-Klox outrages in South Carolina will be ready for difra tribution next week, and will make a 7 volume of several hundred pages. It r in intended to be a formidable indictmenfc against the disturbers of peace <! I in that section of the country. The (j Ku-Klux committee meots nere on the 26th instant, when it will^ be de termined what further investigations are necessary in order to secure additional evidence;It is probable a j special committee will bo sent to , " Alabama ana jmssipsippi. xne attprney-goneral will wait the rcasaem.. tiling of tho committee before making . p_ any recommendations to the Presij. on the enforcement of the Ku-Jvlux law ill Sooth Carolina.1' # ?