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r t [ .} 1 CECAYINOVEAR. The farmer is busy thrashing:, I hear the muffled blows. And also the fellow yelling Who gets the flail on the toes. I hear the partridge drumming Among the beeches dense, And I seethe chipmunk running Along the old rail-fence. ' And out in the russet stubble The quail doth sweetly pipe, And upon the breakfast-tablo The old slapjack is rip>\ ?Puck. A FOUR-LEAVED SHAMROCK. " I'll seek the lour-leaveu siiamroeic Through all the fairy dells, And if I find the channel leaves. Oh, how I'll weave my s|>ells!'' "If I could but find one!" said Grace, pausing suddenly in the midst of her song, and letting her hands fall from the keys of the piano into her lap. "What is the special virtue supposed to reside in the fourth leaflet of a shamrock ?" "Do you not know that a four-leaved shamrock is a supposed fairy talisman, giving its possessor an influence for good over all with whom he comes in contact? He can heal feuds, ! reunite parted friends?in fact, be every one's good genius. I think I shall look | for one, Laurence." "To what use would you apply your magic powers?'' "1 would make your uncle relent, of course.'' "I am afraid that nothing short of a | fairy spe.l will accomplish that, Grace; reason has no effect whatsoever upon ! ^ turn." "Have you been administering much of that article lately?" "I spent more than an h<>ur this morning in trying to m ike him see that ; after five years of haril work I have a : riyht to a fixed salary, he it much or i little. (We would l?e content with a i little, would we not. Cracer) lie will j not admit my right to anything, bur says that if 1 marry to please him, he wiil take me into partnership at once. As I do not, however, intend to gratify him in this respect, his liberal offers are not of much use.'' "Did he name any particular person whom he wished you to marry?" "Yes; Miss Blake, of Killora. It seems that he and old Blake have been talking the matter over after the manner ot tne larmers. ana nave come ro an understanding concerning the number of ' cows and pigs, or their equivalents, to j be contributed on each side. My uncle arranged a marriage the other day on strictly commercial principles, between the foreman's son and old Tom Byrne's daughter, and he is so proud-of his performance that he is burning to try his hand on my alTairs next. "Alice Blake is a pretty girl and a nice girl, Laurence."' "She is about the prettiest irirl I know, but for all that i don't mean to marry her. Xor do I think the arrangement would suit her much better than it does me. If I am not much mistaken, she, too, has plans of her own. But while my uncle has the notion in his head, we sha'n't be able to make him look at things from our point of view. Try to find the four-leaved Shamrock, fimco nnrl rnninrenn a little common I sense for mv uncle. A very little would | do. I must go now; will you come as ; far as the gate with me." And the two lovers sauntered out I into the twilight and reiterated their last I words at the garden gate, leaving the pretty little drawing-room to its sole j other occupant, Grace's cousin Ger- | aid, a slender, fair haired lad of about fourteen, who wa? lying listlessly on a low couch in the bow window. Grace and Laurence had been playfellows for so many years, that no one but the uncle of the latter felt any surprise . when they appeared in the character of lovers. Mr. Latoucbe, however, was thunderstruck at the announcement of his nephew's attachment to Grace Neville, and declared, in language of which he afterward felt somehow ashamed, that should Laurence persist in his determination to marry the daughter of a beggarly half-pay captain, he might bid farewell* to his present home and future prospects at Glenallan Mills. Laurence was quite dependent on his uncle, with whom he had lived from childhood: he had always been treated as a son of the house, and on his return from school, had begun to assist his uncle in the management of his extensive flax mills. Looked on by every one as the future master, and liberty supplied with pocket money, he was nevertheless without any iixed salary, and sometimes felt tempted to envy the mill-hands, who received their weekly pittance, not as a rrift hllf- oc Q rinrllf ? " * "O I He resolved, however, that come what miebt he would marry Grace, and he had j already begun to make inquiries as to the probability of his being able to utilize the experience gained at Glenatlan Mills in obtaining a salaried' post in some similar concern. "While Grace and Laurence were loitering in the garden Gerald was pondering over the only portion of the foregoing conversation intel igible to himself? Grace's jesting wish for the four-leaved shamrock. Poor Gerald was but half-witted; his brnin had been injured by a fall in babyhood, and had never properlv developed. He was still a child in mind, with all a child's belief in the marvelous?a belief which Grace was chary of discouraging, from an instinctive feeling that his imagination was his h ghest gift, which, once weakened or destroved. would never be replaced by reasoning powers. She wag very fond of him, and devoted ^much time and trouble to the work of training him, and drawing out what little intellect he possessed; -while he. on his part, repaid her care with a passionate devotion, obeying her slightest wish, and following her about like a shadow. He was also fond of Laurence, a ride on whose horse constituted his greatest p'easurc; and, though quite unconscious of the re son. he understood, in his own dim way, that Laurence's uncle was angry, and that Grace was grieved. Anger was a terrible thing to poor Gerald, who dreaded stern looks and harsh words as other luds dread blows. Why. he wondered, did Grace want the four-leaved shamrock. An unwonted iii oi say reserve prevented his asKmg for an explanation when Grace returned, but he puzzled over the question at intervals during the night, and the wish for absolution of the difficulty guided his the next morning to bis old nurse's cabin, which stood on a green hillside, some three miles from his home. The old woman was sitting on her doo'step, knitt ng, and basking in the sunshine. She looked up joyfully us ; Gerald approached. "Master Gerald, alnnna, 1 thought I was never going to set eyes on you again. What became of you all this long while, honey?" "I don't know nurse." answered Gerald. "I must hive been busy, I think." "Busy," said old Joan; "poor lamb, sure it's you that'll never know what being busy means: all the better for you, maybe. Sit down there, alanna. an' I'll get you a drink of miik." Gerald stretched himself at full length upon the grass, and began to drink the milk which Joan brought him in a China mug sacred to his own use. "How is Miss Grace?" asked Joan. "I don't know," answered Gerald: "she is unhappy, I think. Ifer eyes werfe full of tears when she came in from the garden last night. She thought I did not sec them, but 1 did. Nurse, what is a four-leaved shamrock?" "A fnnr. lf?:ivpfl shamrock nlnnnn? Why, a shamrock that has four little leaves instead of three." "I know that. 1 mean, what is the use of it?" 44 Well, people say that 'tis a fairy charm that brings luck to them that owns it. I never sav one myself, but my mother knew a woman that found one when she was milking her cow in the meadow, an' grew rich an' prosperous from that day out. Who was talking to you about it. Master Fitzgerald?" "Grace wr^s sing ng about it Inst night, and she ?-aid that she wished siie could find one. It had something to do with Laurcncc's uncle, i think." "Ah, yes," said Joan. "I suppose Miss Grace thinks that if she had one she could make things up between Master Laurerce an1 his uncle." "And could she?" " Who knows but she might? By all accounts there's wonderful power in a four-ieaved shamrock." " I wonder if I could find one," said Gerald. ' Perhaps you might. Sure it's to the likes of you tliat the good people often send their gifts.- Look for it any way, Alanna. Tis a pity to have Miss Grace fretting. Henceforth poor Gerald's one dream > rrrriir was to find the four-leaved shamrock, which was to avert the anger of Laurence's terrible uncle and make Grace happy. Accordingly he wandered about, day after day, telling no one of his purpose, haunting every xncadow and every copse where shamrocks grew, seeking the magic quatrefoil destined to work such spells. Such freaks of nature, however.though they do occur, are very rare, and Gerald's quest was a fruitless one. lie had at first avoided the neighborhood of Glcnallan Mills from an unconquerable dread of meeting the terrible Mr. Latouche, whose stern face and iron-grey hair appeared to poor Gerald the embodiment of all that was awful. At length, after days and weeks of patient search in other places, he so far overcame his repugnance as to <ro?in the early morning?to a large meadow through which the mill-stream flowed, and where the most luxuriant tufts of shamrock in all the country round were said to grow. It was too early yet for the mill to be at work. The immense wheel was at rest, and a slender thread of rippling water flowed quietly on. giving no token of the forcc pent in by the sluices, and only awaiting a liberating hand to come rushing down and give life and motion -1? -i i-?:? u> uit* siuuii'ui iiiii linn. As he nearcd the stream, which had steep, grassy banks, gay with many flowers. the great bell commenced ringing, and the workmen were trooping into the courtyard. He should abandon his search for that morning, since he would not risk a meeting with Mr. Latouche. lie was turning reluctantly away, when he perceived a particularly huge tuft ol shamrock on the steep bank. Some sudden impulse determined him to examine it closely, and he stretched himself on the grass above so as to look down upon it. His sight was wonderfully long and clear, so ihat he could distinguish every leaflet in what to another person would have scored but a confused mass of green. At length, to his unspeakable delight, he perceived the object of li s search?a leaf actually composed of four divisions, at the end of a long, trailing stem. Grasping the herbage firmly with one hand, he stretched the other toward his prize. As he did so, the sudden barking of a dog. accompanied by a loud shout, startled him, and losing his hold, he slipped down the steep bank into the stream below. At the same moment the gates of the milldam were o ened, and the pent-up waters, released from their prison, came I seething and foaming down, seizing on poor Gerald's helpless form, and bearing him swiftly toward the certain destruction "of the pitiless wheel. The shout which had scared him was Laurence's, and the bark that of the hitter's Newfoundland dog, Carlo. As the boy disappeared from view, Laurence ran forward, urging on his dog with voice and gesture, so that when he reached the bank he found Carlo already struggling with the stream. To take off his coat and plunge in was the work of a moment. The dog's efforts had somewhat retarded poor (lerald's fate, and Laurence was enabled to seize him just as he was being drawn under the wheel. A few long moments of desperate " t a u: ir struggle, ana jLaurence loiuiu juuisvu once more upon'thc bank, besiie the apparently lifeless form of the lad whom he had saved, and whom he now. for the first time, recognized. A little crowd of men had by this time gathered around him, one of whom, under his directions, carried poor Gerald into the house, and laid him on a sofa in the dining-room. Mr. Latouche and his sister were summoned, and every effort was made to restore the boy to consciousness. When, after a long time, he opened his eyes, his first word was, "Grace!" "Do you want her, Gerald?" asked Laurence, bending over him. "Yes," said Gerald. "I have found it for her at last." "Found what?" "The four-leaved shamrock.'' And opening his hand, he showed the little leaf which he had all through managed to keep safely iucloscd within his palm. "The four-leaved shamrock?'' "Don't you remember? Grace wanted it. She said that if she had one she could make your uncle forgive you.'' "I remember," said Laurence, with a pang at his heart. " What does he mean?" asked 3Ir. Latouche. j "I am afraid he must have over-heard some jesting nonsense of ours about a | four-leaved shamrock. You know it is j said to be a talisman. May i uring Grace here, sir." "Certainly, if the pour child wishes for her. Take the pony-carriage." Laurence hurried away, and in a little time the doctor, who had been sent for. came. lie said that Gerald had received some injury, causing internal hemorrhage, and that his life wasa question of minutes rather than of hours. After a little time he opened his eyes and asked again for Grace. " She will be here very soon now," answered Mr. Latouche. He was standing a little behind the sofa, and Gerald was quite unconscious that the gentle tones to which he now listened were those of Laurence's terrible uncle. " I am so afraid of being asleep wheu she comes," said Gerald. "1 want to give her the tour-leaved shamrock. She will be so glad to get it; she need not be afraid of Laurence's cross uncle any more." " Does Laurence say that his uucle is cross?" asked Mr. Latouche, his face changing. "No," said Gerald: "Laurence is very fond of him and Grace says that he is good, and that it is foolish of me to be so much afraid of him; but I think she is afraid herself, for she never will walk near the nulls for fear of meeting him. The sound of wheels was now heard, and a moment later Grace entered with Laurence. She went straight over to the sofa and knelt beside it. When Gerald saw her, his whole face lighted up with joy. "See, Grade!" he whispered, showing his prize. "1 have found the four-leafed shamrock!" "<>h, Gerald!" sobbed Grace, "I shall never forgive myself if my foolish talk has led to this." "Don't cry about me," said Gerald, "I am not really hurt. Put your arm round me?so. Now I cango to sleep comfortably. You need not be afraid of Laurence's uncle any more." "I would rather never have seen Laurence again than this, should have V...,..1 V "Kight," said .Mr. Latouche in answer to Laurence's look of dismay, '"she is all the better worth winning for not bein^ ready to Jlinij old ties to the winds for the sake of her lover. How fond of her that poor boy seems!" When Gerald next opened his eyes .Mr. Latoitche, moved by a sudden impulse, bent over him. "Gerdd," he said, "I can promise you that your cousin need never again be afraid of Laurence's uncle."' '1 know," said Gerald, dreamily, "she will always be happy now." As happv as Laurence and I can make her." Gerald smiled and closed his eyes. After a time Laurence, seeing how it was, took him from Grace's arms, and laid him back upon the sofa. 'It is best as it is, Grace," he. whisnf>ro(l ? "liis life :is hf? jrrisw older could scarcely have been a happy one. I'p to this you have made it so." | * * # * * * The four-leaved shamrock, inclosed within a golden circlet of <J e raid's hair, hangs in a locket from Grace's watchchain. Either by means of this, or of some other talisman in her possession, she lias cast such a spell over .Mr. Latouche that not even Laurence himself is more devoted to her than is the stern uncle to propitiate whom poor Gerald lost his life. Epitaph on Webster's Horse. Daniel Webster once had .1 favorite horse, called Steamboat, remarkable for speed as a roadster. At his death Fletcher Webster had him buried on "Gotham hill," at Marshfield, ami a stone erccted to perpetuate his memory. The crest on the stone is a horse's head, and underneath is inscribed the following epitaph: Hie jaeet Equus c-liU-rrimus Daniel. Webster's Steamboat Voc ttus, Oblict Nov. ;{, 18:5?. ".Sisto. v in tor, major ta viator hie sisto." This epitaph, translated, is as fol'ows: ' Here lies Daniel Webster's celebrated horse, called Steamboat, died Nov. :3, 18U8. Stop, traveler; a greater traveler h an you stops here."?Ben \Perky Poore. i ^ * Q A CITY HIGH IN THE AIR. THE WOinJEBFUI. PUEBLO OP ACOXA, NEW MEXICO. One of tlic llo*t Remarkable Communition in llic United States?A . Climb to the Milage. A letter from Santa Fe, New Mcxico, to the Lawrence (Kansas i Journal gives i the subjoined interesting description of a remarkable Indian community: The j pueblo of Acoma. situated ninety miles west of Alberquerque. is one of the most j remarkable communities in New Mexico | or the United States. To reach it take the Atlantic and Pacific railroad to Mc- I arthy station, and then transfer to an In dian pony and ride eighteen miles south , by cast. When near your journey's end I you descend almost imperceptibly into | the valley six miles in width, in the mid- j die of which stands a butte, and on the j top of this is Acoma. Light hundred : people arc living there, and they and their ancestors have gathered there the j sum of their possessions for nearly three centuries. This butte is one of many j that are remnants of a mesa that has been j worn away by the erosion ot the ages, j and survives only in tiat-lopped moun- j tains here and there. The valleys be- j tween are fertile, and untold generations j of men have seen them covered with i waving grain and Hocks of sheep. Some time in the seventeenth century the Laguno, or valley Indians made war upon the Acomas for the possession of the country, and the latter being the u'nnl'nr nwnniml this lmtte ns a defon <uve position believed to be impregnable. Their judgment 1ms been abundantly indicated. It has proved a Gibraltar of strength and safety. The comparison is not inappropriate, and in approaching it from the north I was struck with the resemblance to the pictures I have seen of that grim fortress that frowns over the straits of the Mediterranean. The height above the valley is nearly 400 feet and the walls in several places nearly perpendicular. There arc two means of j ascent, one by a flight of steps cut into j the face of the wall and rising at an angle of forty-five degrees and the other by a fissure in the rocks leading up into the heart of the mountain, Hoth ways have been trodden by human feet until the steps arc hollowed out like shallow troughs. Either one is exceedingly ditlicult and neither is tolerably safe. We chose the one along the fissure. To give an idea of the laboriousness of the task, imagine a stairway starting at Mr. Grosvcnor's otlice and rising to the topot the spire of the Methodist church, then continuing on an easier angle for lOOfeet, I and then rising again by a steeper grade I than ever to an elevation higherthan the | neat her vane on the university, and this stairway a precarious lummy muug iuc sides of a gash in a rugircd mountain, and you may know how we readied Acoma! "With all tlie danger and fatigue, it is a laughable sight to see a person?some other person?make the ascent. One has to stride over the fissure, one foot on the right hand side and the other on the left, and at the same time press the hands alternately against the rocks for support. An Indian will throw a live sheep around his neck and go up quite rapidly without touching either hand to the rocks; but 1 am satisfied I could never do it; They told us of a pathetic incident that occurred on the outer stairway sev eral generations ago. Several men started up,each with a sheep on his back. When nearly to the top the sheep carried by the foremost man became restless, and the shepherd in trying to hold it fast lost his footing, and in falling swept his companions over the precipice, and tVw>v sill fell on the rocks at the foot in a lifeless heap. The Indians have carved a representation of the accident on a rook near where it occurred, which scarcely serves to steady the nerves of those who pro by that route. The top of the elevation is level, and contains an area of. sixty or seventy acres. At one side stands the pueblo, a blunt pyramid of adobe and stone honeycombed with rooms, at the other the church and graveyard, and near the centre a pond of pure water thirty feet in depth and several rods in extent. The priest was made acquainted with the object of our visit, and the ringing of the church hell brought the inhabitants of the village around us. When they understood that the title to their lands was in question and we had come to take testimony they showed great interest, and discussed various points involved with remarkable intelligence, considering their limited opportunities for a knowledge of law. As nightfall came on a number of the men who h:id been at work in the valley came up, bringing delicious peaches and -grapes, which we were glad to accept in view of the meagre preparations for supper. We slept in the church, wrapped up in our Navajo blankets and never felt more secure or liiniHiop in nnr livos. When the gray dawn peered through j the little mica window-panes, it revealed great roof beams more than a foot in diameter and thirty or forty feet long, and through the open tower a bell that was east in 1710. How these immense timbers and this bell were brought up to the top of this cliff no one living knows. The Indians shake their heads and the priest shakes his, but no one ventures an opinion. The timbers are there, however, as witnesses, and morning and night, as the seasons come and go and generations pass awav, the bell speaks for itself in the silvery tones that pleased its founder in far-oil Spain when | King George was on the throne. The adobes?or the earth of which they were made?were brought up from the valley also, for the top of the but to was a bald rock in the beginning. And the earth for the graves came the same way, requiring forty years, the priest said, to complete the graveyard. It is the only completed graveyard I have ever seen. The old priest seemed very happy in the cnarge 01 ins iiock ana nis tiock seemcu happy in possession of him. When the time for our departure came there was handshaking and a gracious blessing from the old man and u message to Father I)e Flouri, and we climbed down from the city in the air and rode back in silence to the railroad. The Washington Monument. The workmen who are putting the finishing touches to the Washington monument have to work very slowly aud carefully, writes a correspondent of the Philadelphia llecord. They are experts in high altitude work, and think no more of a high wind at 300 feet than would a member of the Alpine club. Hut the work must be done with the greatest delicacy, and so cannot be done rapidly. Nevertheless, Colonel Casey thinks that it will be finished in time for the celebration of its completion on tlie "J'Jd of February. The keystone is already in place, and the capstoue will soon be hoisted to the top, there to be placed in position. .Meanwhile, a neat little trade is driven by some of the workmen in pieces of the granite of which the monument is composed, every one of which is credited to the capstone in order to enhance its value. They have drawn the outline of the monument on some of the pieces and find no dillicult\ in ?etting fifty cents apiece for them. In a stationery store down on Pennsylvania awnue you can buy more expensive bits of the monument with (lowers and even pictures of the monument painted on them by hand. Th"se bring from seventy-live cents to $-2.50. They are the most popular souvenirs of the day. But they have really very little relation to the monument itself. They are simp'v chips from the granite brought here to be placed in it. Whether it was so placed or not must always be as to any particular piece very problematical. Colonel Casey makes a very proper comment 011 the generally received idea that when the monument is "finished" in Feb ruarv it will be really completed. <>f caurse, the only thing that will be finished"' in February will be the stone work. The trimmings and furnishings will be added next spring and summer. When actually completed it will have all the modern conveniences?an elevator or two, electric bells, electric lights, and what not beside;. Hut there will be no twopenny gimcracks on the top. It will be severely simple?11 good deal like the country's falher. despite the stories that lhey tell about him over the river. Utilizing1 the Festive .Mosjnito. The idea may soon be forced?such are the works of science?to regard even the mosquito as a blessing in disguise. Dr. Carlos I* inlay, the CuWan physician, believes that hi- has demons!rated that inoculation with yellow fever may be made by the sting of the Cuban day mosquito, and that the fever thus imparted will vary in duration and intensity in proportion to the number of punctures and the quantity of poison retained by the insect's sting. Results already obtained lead him to think that a form of the disease may be given by one or two mos |uito bites which will be free from danger and will render the subject of the operation secure against a severe attack of yellow fever.?Medical Ncm. FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD i Farm and Garden Notes. Save your coal cinders and ashes; sift the ashes and use them about the currant and gooseberry bushes. , About 5,000 patents have been granted i by our Government for churns, and 3till i inventors are at work perfecting new do- i signs. As a remedy for the so-called scab in 1 potatoes, Ilenry Stewart recommends : the growing of them with fertilizers,and not with manure, especially old manure. After the age of nine months a good hog may oe made to weigh as many pounds ns he is days old. He should be farrowed early in the spring and slaughtered before January. It is a well-known fact that all animals grow better and take on fat faster in warm weather than in cold, and it is well to take advantage of this fact in preparing the surplus stock for sale. In order to secure the fastest walking horses tliey must be tested, and the best retained for breeding, as careful selection will result in the establishment of a breed of fast walking iiorses if persisted in. Fodder that is properly saved and fed Ill CUIUUIIJUIIUH WILLI U1UVUI, llttj ilUU I grain is of equal value with timothy hay i by weight, seys Professor Sanborn; but such fodder is very different from that which is exposed to frost and bleaching rains. One pint of oats, with a like measure of brand, is a day's rations in two feeds for a breeding ewe. A week after lambing the ration should be increased by adding one-fourth of oil meal. She should also receive as much cut hay and straw as she will eat. The rapid growth and dense shade which buckwheat makes give it great value as a weed destroyer. Even thistles can be kept down by it if the land is sown as soon after plowing as possible, and the first thistles that appear arc pulled or cut with a hoc. The farmer with an undisciplined , mind usually hates exactness, lie don't , like to be asktd how many acres he has j of anything, what is his yield per acre, ( his income, his expenses, or whether he < is advancing in wealth. To keep ac- ] counts is horrifying. The fanner of the | future will do better. The value of an ordinary ton of ma- i nure is estimated at 300 pounds solid, 1 worth $1.40; 800 pounds of straw and litter, worth $1, and 900 pounds of water and useless matter, the value of the entire 2,000 pounds being .$2.40. Manures, however, vary in composition, and the | figures are not reliable. ' The whole operation of butter-making from the taking of the milk to the de- 1 livery of the butter to the consumer, is | entirely mechanical; but it is a branch of mechanics that tolerates ;_o mistakes, j for the least failure to perform the proper operations at the proper time re- 1 suits in an inferior article, and perfect j butter only commands the highest ! I'llVVi | Even a stiff clay soil may be rendered 1 more fertile by under-draina^e, which not only carries off the surplus water,but ( allows the air to penetrate the soil. In ; dry weather the air carries a proportion J of moisture with it, while the warmth , of the sun is absorbed more quickly in early spring. A thoroughly drained soil . produces better crops and starts an 1 earlier growth than one which is al- j lowed to drain itself naturally. Washing butter with brine has two effects. If the fine-grained butter is al- ] lowed to stand for some time in the j brine the latter will, by the natural laws ? of gravity, cause the solid or cheesy i matter in buttermilk to assume a lower 1 strata, and can thus be drawn out from ] under the butter. The added water has < also an affinity for the sugar of milk,and < takes it with it when drawn olF. The j brine also causes a slight contraction of < the butter globules, which causes in- i creased firmness. i If butter is drained drv before the salt ' is added a marbled appearance may be i noticed to some extent, but if the gran- < ulated batter when put upon the worker is fall of the brine used in washing it ] out to free from buttermilk, it will so j dissolve the salt during the working that when ready to pack tbe objection raised i will not exist. The packing would have I something to do with it if put into tiftysix pound tubs. Butter does well if put j in well-glazed one-gallon crocks. About j one pound of butter should be putin each time, and most thoroughly crowded in with a wooden potato masher, and it will come out of the crock of as solid color as one could wish. The whole > trouble of marbled butter is one of saltinir it too "dry" and putting too much in the package at a time when packing. It is a well-known fact that some hogs, when reduced to an impoverished state, are really very thin, as the term is understood, while others have a meagre amount of fat as the thinnest, yet have irreater fullness of all parts, and under no circumstances do the}' become so lean in appearance as the other. This difference is owing entirely to the greater size of the muscle, the motive pans, and this : difference is invariably shown in the cutup meat. Farmers must take greater ' - 1 *1--I- 1 -1 1 1 care to Keep uieir uu^s clean, <uiu mi, them eat only clean food to make the best pork. Don't overfeed the hogs and let them eat sour feed or feed left over, hut give them freely three times a day all they will eat up clcan and relish. Add to the corn diet turnips, pumpkins, potatoes, etc., as a relish. It will help them to cat and digest more corn. A Chapter on Soups. Of all soups the most common and susceptible to variations is one in which the stock is prepared of beef. The trouble with the average American-prepared meat soup is that it is too greasy and thick. German souds are often thick, but seldom greasy. Every thing is liable to be run across in a Scandinavian soup, from a small sardine to a raisin or a grain of allspice. But the delicious French soups are always clear. i During cold weather the stock for beef st>up can be kept on hand. At any season it should always be prepared the day before using. The sliin is a good piecc for this purpose. Have the bones \ well cracked and extract the marrow, which should be put in the soup. To each pound of lean beef allow one quart of water. Put the beef, bones and water into a close kettle and set it where it will heat gradually. Let it boil very slowly for six or seven hours. Look at it once in a while to see if the water is sinking too rapidly. Should this be the case, replenish it with boiling water, taking i care, however, not to add too much of it. When it has boiled seven hours, set < it away and let it stand closely covered till the next day. Almost an hour before it is wanted for dinner take of! the i cake of fat which will be found 011 i the surface of the stock; remove the I meat, which can bo used for mince meat < or in making a nice salad with cold po- i tatoes and onions. Set the stock over i the lire and throw in a little salt to bring : up the scum. When this has all been I carefully removed, put in such vegetn- I bles as are desired. If these arc cut fine, it is "Julian" soup. If young cabbage, ] quartered and boiled, and young carrots ' and turnips arc put in whole and dished ( up with the soup with the addition of i toasted crusts, it is the French family t soup, according to the taste. The vege- t tables are better when cooked by them- t selves and added with their juices to ? the soup. The seasoning, too, is a mat- i ter o! taste. Vermicelli or macaroni f which has been boiled tender can be 1 added if desired. 1 There is no more absurd notion in re- 1 < gard to soup-making than the idea that I < all sorts of scraps can be thrown into a j 1 pot and made into a good soup. A skill- j fill cook can create a good soup from j < chicken or turkey bones, but for meat | soup only fresh and uncooked meat must | be used. ( Veal soup can be prepared in similar ; manner to beef soup. It is unnecessary, < However, 10 uou uic meat im: why uuujru it is wanted. Three liours is suflicient length of time for it to be over the lire. The same proportions of inu.it and water are used as for the beef. Be careful to skim it close, and if not clear to strain it through a colander. If macaroni is used put a little butter in with it before ad- | ding to the soup. i To make mutton or lamb broth allow, ( as for the preceding soups, a quart of | water to a pound of meat. JJoil it for i two hours slowly. Add half a tcacupful j of cooked rice at the expiration o.' this t time to the boiling soup. Cook one j hour longer, stirring frequently to keep j the rice from settling to the bottom. | Heat an eirg to a froth and stir into a cup ( of milk into which has been rubbed a j tablespoonful of flour. Mix this a little t at a time with some of the scalding liquor until the c#g is cooked so that it will i ot curdle the soup. Take out the meat and put the eg% and milk into the c pot. Reason with pepper, salt and such i herbs as desired. c The most common of vegetable soups f is bean soup. Any kind will do, al- r '' ' " " '** $ IBS V> though the best are the French beans. Soak a quart of them oyer night in lukewarm water. Put them over the fire next morning with one gallon of cold' water. Boil for three or four hours. A.dd celery, onions if desired, and one ar two sliced potatoes. Simmer until the vegetables are done. . Caraway or dill seed is a good addition to the seasoning of bean soup. Split-pea soup can be made in the same way as bean soup, except that it requires less boiling. Tomato soup can be made in the two following ways, and no one who has not eaten it can have any any idea how good it is: To one pint of canned tomatoes or four large raw ones add one quart of boiling water. Let the vegetables boil till thoroughly mixed through the water. Then add one tcaspoonful of soda, when it will foam. Immediately add one pint of milk. Put in plenty of butter, salt and pepper to taste. It is then ready to serve. Tomato soup can be made without milk. To six large tomatoes, or a pint and a half of the canned vegetable, allow one gallon of water and boil thoroughly. Add a large piece of butter. Beat an egg to a froth, add a little milk or cream and put into the soup just before it is sent to table. One soup is made by frying finely sliced onions in butter and turning boiling water over them. To six good-sized 11 /-1T-I r\f Hrkilinrr TUJlfpr UJ11UUS UULMV U ^(Uiuu \JL Throw in some parsley, pepper and salt to taste. Serve with a slice of bread fried a light brown in each plate. Pumpkin or squash soup is almost a national dish in France. Indeed, the first-mentioned vegetable is scarcely employed there for any other purpose thai> for soup-making. To two quarts of thoroughly cooked" pumpkin or squash allow one quart of milk, plenty of butter, pepper and salt. Serve with toasted bread. Sorrel is a pest to many a farmer, and almost takes possession of his freshly broken fields. However, sorrel makes ii fine soup, albeit, like the pumpkin, it is essentially French. To two quarts of sorrel add a good handful of spinach and ft few leaves of lettuce. Put them into a frying-pan with a large piece of butter ind cook until thoroughly done. Then put them into a kettle with a gallon of boiling water. Just before serving udd two beaten eggs with a little cream. Have squares of toasted bread in the soup tureen. This soup is highly esteemed for invalids.?New York World. A Newsboy's War Romance. In the town of Bennington, in the jreen mountains of Vermont, in the spring of 18C1, there lived a poor woman with six children, five boys and one little girl, the youngest of the former a (tripling fourteen years old. When the wires flashed the news from Washington nil over the land that Fcrt Sumter had been fired upon the four older boys responded to the country's call and hurried to the sent of war. The youngest Ind, his heart fired with genuine Green Mountain patriotism, ran away from home, and eluding pursuit, made his way to the camp on the Potomac. But his irdor was somewhat dampened by the discovery of the fact that he could not, in consequence of his youth and diminutiveness, enlist as a soldier. Determined to remain at the front, ind having, as the saying is, to scratch for a living, he went to selling newspapers to the soldiers. Leaving the camp between New Baltimore and Warrcnton, ibeut the 10th of November, 18U2, he went to Washington for a supply of papers. Having accomplished liis object, the young lad set out on horseback for the :amp, having to travel a distance of thirty miles. A change of position by the army during his absence had occurred, and as a consequence he ran into the lino on<1 WflQ til Iran tf? LUlULUtmn, General J. E. B. Stuart's headquarters, it a hotel in Warrenton, and from there tent ro Libby prison, in Richmond, arriving there November 13. Major Turner was in command of the prison, and when the young prisoner was brought into his presence, observing that he was i mere boy, the major apoke kindly to him, and after his name had been enrolled asked him the customary question, if he had any money or valuables about liis person. The frightened boy had managed to conceal his money, $380, in his boots, anil iu answer to the question put his hand down, and while a teardrop glistened in his bright eye and his boyish lip ijuivered, he brought it forth and banded it to the Confederate major, and trying hard to choke down the swelling in his throat, he told of his widowed mother at home, his four brothers in the army, he having made his money selling papers, and saving it to send with his brothers' waccs to his mother. The major folded the boy's passes round the money and said to him: uYou shall have this again, my boy, when you are permitted to go from here. Six weeks afterward the lad was paroled, and repairing to Major Turner's office the kind officer, handing him the package of money and the passes, just as he had revived them, said : "Here i3 your money, iny boy." With trembling hand but a joyous heart the little fellow took the package. lie was sent to Washington, and a few weeks afterward was going his old round selling newspapers. The boy was Doc Aubrey, the newsboy of the Iron Brigade, who now resides in Milwaukee, and he gave us these facts during the late reunion of the Iron Brigade in this city*? Grunt Co. (Hrw.) UeruUl. Bobbers Thwarted by an Engineer. A recent issue of the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Journal, says: From II I). Fergusson, Esq., who came up from the South on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train Friday night, we learn of one of the most dastardly attempts at train wrecking and robbery that has ever been known in the Southwest. Mr. Fergusson tells the thrilling story wi:h all the vim and feeling of one who was present when the allair occurred. lie said: "Just after train Xo. 102 left Socorro, with J. I). I led rick us conductor and James Skuse as engineer, arid when it gone perhaps two miles, the train stopped, but almost immediately started up again with a tremendous jerk. After this jerk a promiscusous firing bepan from both sides of the track, but the train kept moving on faster and faster. All the passengers, of coursc. got down between the seats, and it looked for a while like a prayer meeting. About fifty shots were fired. Every car in the train was hit and many of the windows broken. The conductor, who stepped out on the platform, came near being killed. One bullet passed through a sleeping car window over the heads of two ladies, and was flattened on the opposite side of the car.11 The story of the affair was told .Mr. Ferguason by the engineer when they arrived at the next station Said the engineer: "I saw ahead of me an obstruction on the right side, which consisted Df a pile of stones fully twelve inches ibove the track. I stopped, of course, md then told the fireman to get down md remove the stones. It was moonlight, so that 1 could see plainly. At :he moment I stopped I saw three men jump from behind a clump of trees, and minting their guns at me, they said Stop! We want you. We've got you.' Juick as lightning I saw our predicanent, and decided what to do. I told hem 'All right, don't shoot,' and then ;o the fireman, 'Dropdown.' I gave the hrottle a jerk wide open and dropped lown myself. As 1 jerked they lired nto the cab. I didn't know whether we should jump the track or not, but I wasn't going to have my passengers robjed. The obstruction damaged the cowsatcher considerably. I saw three men in my right, two on my left, and one on lorseback." The passengers, after realizing the xre-it danger through which they had Kissed, and the daring but splendid uesence of mind and the bravery and lecision '?f the heroic engineer, made up i purse and presented it to him as a token )f their appreciation, and nearly all hanked him personally lor risKin^ ms nvn life to save his passengers from obbcry. It was a splendid act, and lames Skuse will go down to history as i real hero. Henry Irving says that of all the people on carlh the American people cat .vitli the most intelligence. It is plain :o be seen that Mr. Irving means well; >ut it can't be possible that lie has ever ivatchcd our people paralyze a sixty ninnlc meal in twenty minntes at a rail oud saloon, or he never would have n.idc that lcmark. When Americans Kirtake of a twenty-minute railroad dinicr intelligence takes a vacation. Everyhing is done on the get there-Mi plan, ind he who cats the most is considered he best man.?Peek's Sun. The French me'hod of administering :astor-oil to children is to pour the oil nto a pan over a moderate fire, break an | gg into it, and stir up. When it is done I lavor with a little salt or sugar or cur- I ent jelly. I VV; V- . VICTIMS OF. SPECULATION. HOW THHT ABB DBAWJT UTTO TSB MAB1STBOM. Human Nature and the Stock market ?Gambler* in Stock* and Their Pecullarltleii?Speculator*' Omens. " There's a better opportunity to study human nature on Third street than almost anywhere else," said a member of the firm of L. H. Taylor & Co., yesterday. "The most experienced operator on the street meets witn surprises in his rough estimate of different men daily. Stock speculating is utterly different from any other pursuit, and it brings to the surface the stuff men are made of. If moral courage was divorced from stock speculating more men would lose fortunes than is the case. "It requires courage to dabble in stocks. The man who makes a venture on a hundred shares of a doubtful stock and regrets it two or three minutes afterward will never be a successful speculator Tf'a flio mnn ivhn isn't, nfrnirl thnt. comes out ahead. Some men when they make their first venture and lose are afraid to follow it up and retire after a brief and expensive experience. " Some men won't buy stocks on a Monday; others are afraid of Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday, and a good many will hardly go near a ticker on Friday. Others, ugain, can't be induced to buy on a rainy day. One of the best known newspaper men in Philadelphia used to hold his watch in his hand and buy at fourteen minutes of eleven o'clock, for instance, and sell at eleven nJnutcs after twelve. In three days he had lost all the cash he had. Some men have certain hours in the day when they buy and certain hours for selling. There are thousands of superstitions; and yet the men who dabble in stocks are intelligent men. " Frequently the men who do not look overly bright are the shrewdest. Some bright looking man will get the report of a railroad and study it carefully and then begin to speculate with the stock. Now, he's not the successful speculator. There's no system. . No science in speculation. It requires knowledge to be sure. That generally has to be bought and paid for. The man who studies the crops and knows how many thousand bushels of corn and oats are produced throughout the country and studies the fluctuations of different stocks is what is called a good speculator." "Beginners generally buy a hundred shares of some stock on margin," aaid Charles \Vray, of the firm of Fell, vvray & Co. "If "they make money on their first venture they become reckless and buy stocks promiscuously and, as a rule, come out at the little end of the horn. The novice on the street generally makes his first investment through hearing of some hicky hit a friend has made. Of course he never hears of his friend's losses. The friend never tells about them. It's only when he makes a hundred or two that he tells his friends, and that generally results in some one of them making an investment. "About the men who arc wrecked through speculation, the stories are exaggerated very greatly. There are failures in every business. The only difference between the speculator who loses and the storekeeper who fails is that the speculator loses his pile quicker. What the speculator loses eventually goes into the coffers of the big operators like Vanderbilt and Gould. The man who takes the quick profit makes the money. The man who holds on. hoping for a bigger rise, loses, as a rule, ia the end. I reI member a errocerv clerk who was dis charged from a large wholesale house in this city. He had $1,500 and went right on the street and begun selling Northern Pacific preferred short. He kept it up for six or seven months and then stopped short, worth nearly $100,000. Not long agw he went abroad to see the world. ' He'll come back again after he's spent 3ay $15,000," went on the broker, and he'll be back on the street. Nine chances out of ten he'll bse all he's made. The great wise man is he who knows when to stop. But I know of hardly any instances where men let well enough alone. "Gamblers who win at cards, invariably lose at stock speculating, and yet they are nervy as a rule. I know of many instances where large pots won at poker found their way a few hours later on Third street, and that was the last the gambler would see of the money. Some gamblers are successful, but not many. "Politicians are great speculators, but taken as a whole they're not successful. Several well-known leaders have made strikes on Third street, but they didn't stop. They went ahead the next day and left it all and a little more. There are not many men on the street now who do nothing but speculate in stocks. Nearly all the speculators are merchants and business men, who want to make a little something outside.?Philadelphia. Times. What the Moon is I)oln? to the Earth. The tides are caused mainly by the moon, as it were, catching hold of the water as the earth revolves around on its axis. This must cause friction on the earth as it revolves, and friction,as every one knows, causes a loss of power. Suppose a wheel, with hair round its rim, like a circular-brush, such as is used for hair-brushing by machinery; if this brush be revolving rapidly, and we hold our hand ever so lightly on the hair, so that it is slightly rubbed backward as the wheel revolves, we can understand that the speed of the wheel will be gradually diminished, until at last it will be brought to a standstill, provided there ia no additional power communicated t the wheel by machinery or hand beyond what was given to set it spinning round. Now this is somewhat analogous to what is happening to the earth in its rotation. TV,or/> in ron?rtn to sunnose that the ac tion of the tides is slowly but surely lessening the speed of the earth's rotation, and consequently length of the day, and that this action will continue until the earth revolves on its own axis in the same time that the moon takes to revolve round the earth. Then the day, instead of being twenty-four hours as now, will be about twenty-eight, days, and t'-ie earth will be exposed to the full blaze of the sun for about fourteen days at a time. The change this will bring about on the face of the earth can hardly be exaggerated. All life,both animal and vegetable, will be destroyed; all water will be evaporated; the solid rocks will be scorched and cracked, and the whole world reduced to a dreary and barren wilderness. It is supposed by some that the moon lias already passed through all this, hence its shattered and bare-looking surface. That the earth, being so much larger, Whs more quickly acted upon the oceans which once were upon the moon's surface, and stopped almost entirely its revolution round its own axis, thus causing it to have a day equal to twenty-eight of our days, and the heat of the sun has already done to t what in future ages it will do to the j artfc. r.???!nflci aP <1 Hnonnt J l;U|M 1VOO UI ? Ivan the Terrible, of Russia, forgot neither his devotions nor his diversions. Ilis palace alternated with prayer and carousing. For his pastime bears were brought from Novgorod. When from his window he saw a group of citizens collected, he let slip two or three of these ferocious animals, and his delight on beholding the lliglit of the terrified creatures, and especially on hearing the cries of the victims, was unbounded, his bursts of laughter being loud and longI continued. To console those who were maimed for life, he would sometimes send a small piece of gold to each of them. Another of his chief amusements was in the company of jesters, whose duty it was to divert him, especially before and after his executions. J5ut they often paid dearly for an unseasonable joke. Among these jesters none was more distinguished than Prince (Jvosdof, who held a high rank at court. The czar being one day dissatisfied with a jest, poured over his head the boiling contents of a soup basin. The agonized wretch prepared to retreat from the table, but the tyrant struck him with a knife, and he fell senseless and weltering in his blood. I)r. Avnolp was called. " * ? ? ?>> ooi'il i Vm o'/nv " save my jjuuu oti.oiii, "I have jested with him a little too hard." " So hard," said the doctor, "that only God anc your majesty can restore him to life, lie no longer breathes." Ivan expressed his contempt, called the deceased favorite a dog, and continued his amusement. Another day, while he sat at table, the Vovvod of Staritza, boris Titof, appeared, bowed to the ground, and saluted him after the customary manner. " God save thee, my dear voyvod! Thou deservest a proof of my favor," said the czar, and he seized a knife and cut of an car. Titof thanked him for the gracious favor, and wished him a happy reign. I ^'-Wi--V* v.-;.' > ' ! ' - V ' rV-v" * K* ' *. '' S after a little while. There is a strange sweet solace in th thought That all the woes we suffer hero below May, as a dark and hideous garment wrought For us to wear, whether we will or no, B? cast aside, with a relieving smile, After a little while. No mortal roaming, but hath certain end; Though far unto the ocean spaces gray We sail and sail, without a chart or friend, Above the sky-line, faint and far away, There looms at last the one enchanted isle, After a little while. Oh, when our cares come thronging thick and fast With more of anguish than the heart can bear ' I ' l? ? I? ? ? .1? Joasiat on V* rt/irl 1*103 i uuugu irienua ueseri/, uiu, o.i kuo uimmm blast, Even love pass us by with a stony stare, Let us withdraw into some ruined pile, Or lonely forest aisle? And contemplate the never-ceasing change, "Whereby the processes of God are wrought, And from our petty lives our souls estrange, Till bathed in currents of exalted thought, Wo feel the rest that must our cares beguile After a little while. ?Golden Hours. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The "palmy" days evidently refer to childhood.?Scrnercille Journal. The plumber may not be a musician, but he often plays on the pipes.?Boston Star. Dr. Tanner is giving his starvation theory a thorough test. He lives in a 1 ~ l/llicugu UUHIUIU^-IJUUOC. L 'IttttUCty/'ttff Call, A man may successfully paint the. town red, but when afterward he has a brush with a policeman he loses color.? New York Journal. "One glass sometimes make a tumbler," remarked the chap who found that a single drink of applejack twisted his legs in a b^w knot.?New York Journal. Newpapaper reporters will always be found fault with until they can write up an account of a street fight that will please the man who gets licked.?Picayune. One single oyster will produce 128,000,000 young oysters in the course of a year. It must give an oyster some anxiety to look after his family.?Boston Post. A Pensacola man who went out to fish for sharks about four weeks ago, is supposed to have caught one, and he has not been seen since. Inquire inside.? Detroit Free Press. "You are opposed to the use of slang, then, Jennie?" he said. ;,\Vell, I should twitter!" she replied, and then he knew that he must not use' slang any more in her presence.?Somcrcille Journal. She accepted his fond attentions. While the ico cream season held, But now his name never mentions, Not liking oysters shelled. ?Attleboro (Mass) Advocate. It is said that American babies swallow 1,500 thimbles annually. This may account for the surprising amount of brass noticed in tho composition of the grown-up American baby.?lioaton Transcript. Some one asks why women button their clothes from left to right. AVhile we are on this topic we should like to inquire why men button their clothes with pins and shingle nails. That would be a more interesting subject to investigate.? Graphic. Alonzo Moore, of Cumberland, Penn., * ~M **1/1 noli, nf onmmor fro iqain jjllb UU UU U1U ^(*11 VI ovtMAtuw* and found the right pocket unusually heavy. He put in his hand and drew out a black snake three feet long. Ludies who are in the habit of going through their husband's pockets whenever they get a chance shouid make a note of this. ? Call. A man in Chicago claims to be the owner of a massive silver tankard which is said to have once belonged to John Bunyan, author of "The Pilgrim's Progress." There appears to be only one of the tankards now, but since its existence has been made known, it will soon become as plural na General Lafayette's sword, ancl will be owned by parties in every State of the Union.?NorrUtom Herald. MUCH TRUTH AXO SOME POETRY. As a rule Man's a fool, When it's lint, He wants it cool; When it's cool, He wants it hot; Always wanting What it's not; Never liking What he's got. I maintain As a rule, Man's a fooL ?Every Other Saturday. Plants as Purifiers. I)r. James Evans, in a paper reid be^ fore the South Carolina Medical association, says that the net work of fine fibrous roots of trees and plants travers ing the soil in every direction feed or the organic matter which would other wise undergo decomposition, and pollute the soil, air, and surface water. The vegetation also absorbs any excess ol moisture, and drains the soil. This isnc doubt true, but it is very difficult to so manage plant culture that there should neither be too many nor too few about our dwellings. The exhalations of tree: and smaller plants may aid greatly in dispersing moisture, but it is also true that shade arrests evaporation and keeps the soil moist for a much longer time than when it is exposed to light and the direct rays of the sun. Plants and trees are. no "doubt great purifiers, but the T?/1in onrl fVin cwnmna nf A f JUU^IUS Wi JL.iAi4.it* UU?* ??. w. ri'a arc not healthly localities, although vegetation in great variety abounds, and in the utmost profusion.?New York Sin. Even cloth suits are now made with a square opening at the throat, but they have a high collar, and the apace between the top of tlie waistcoat and the collar is tilled by a cravat knot ot a contrasting tint. The number of bricks handled by the trade in New York is between 700,000,000 and 800,000,000 per annum. Dakota, is is said, is the only Territory that yields revenue to the Post-office Department. The Mason & Hamlin company, long th most famous manufacturers of reeJ organs in tho world, have commenced the manufacture of upright pianos, having effected an improvement which they regard as the most important introduced in many years. An ingenious arrangement fastens the strings directly to the iron plate of tho instrument, giving greater clearness and purity of tone, with absence of all mere noise. At the same time it rendors the instrument more durable, less liable to get out of order. The Mason & Hamlin uianos are certainlv exquisite instru meats, and, coming from "these thoroughly well-known makers, may bo depended upon to be all they represent them. ? Boston Journal. The smallest county in Dakota is Clay, which contains about :i.")f>,00) acres. "Itouifli on Cough*." Ask for " Rough on Coughs," for Coughs, Colds, Hore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches, 15c. Liquid, 2*ie. For. dyspepsia, indigestion. depression of spirits and general debility in iheir various forms, also as a preventiveagainst fever and ague and otluriuteriuittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists, iu the best tonic ; and for patients recovering l'rom fever or other sickness it has no equal. The Hope ofthe Nation. Children,slow in development.puny,scrawny ond'delicate, use "Wells' Health Henewer." A Paris chiropodist says seventy-five per cent of the French people have deformed feet There are nearly 500 female missionaries in India. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetablo Compound cures dyspepsia. Oxe bushel of ashes represents about two and n-half tons of dry wood. Lost Faith la Physicians. Thero aro innumerable instances where cures have been effected by Scavill's SarsapariUa, or Blood and Liver Syrup, for all di? ases of the blood, when tho patient had been given up bv physicians. It is one of tho best remedies over offered to the public, an.l as it is prepared with the greatest care, as a specific for certain diseases, It is no w nder that it should be more effectual than tastily written and carelessly prepare i prescriptions. Take Scovill's Blood an d Liver Syrup for all disorders arising from impure blood. It is ndorsed by all leading professional men. "Rough on Pain" Plaster. Porous and strengthening, improved, the best for backache, pains in chest or sido,rheu matism, neuralgia.* 25e. Druggists or mail, j Cnrbo-llnes. Strike the bosom of old mother earth, And from her veins unseen Thero flows an oil of untold worth When made into Carboline. Catarrh of tlio Dluddor. Stinging.irritalion,inflammation,all Kidney and Urinary Complaint*, cure;l by " BuclmPaiba" $1. Only five States now have annual sessions of their legislatures. ; - .. 7 . v " 7 ' - ' -' 'r '' A MOTHER'S DREAD. rU Wonderful Histrionic Denlopmnt ?f Famous Child Aotrooa. Chicaao World. The New York public was surprised a fr* frais ago at the arrest, at the instigation of the. Society f<?r the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of little Corinne, the child actress. The little girl, 1ms than eight years old, was taken from her parents ana kept in confinement until released by order of the court and mayor of the city. Mrs. Jennie Kimball, the mother of Corinne, irho has been known to the public for many years as vocalist and comedienne, has devoted the greatest care to the training and education of Corinne, and the result is a development of natural (acuities really phenomenal, "When did you discover Corinne's remarkablo talent?" was asked of Mrs. Kimball. "I can hardly remember the time when her eyes would not sparkle at the sound of music; sh? began to sing before she could talk. Before she was four years old bhe created a sensation and received the prire of a gold chain and locket studded with diamonds, at the National baby show in Boston. Next she sang iu a concert" given by Brown's Brigade Band, and in 187!) made her debut as Little Buttercup in the Juvenile Pinafore Company. Since then she has sung in opera and piayed Mrs. Kimball is a lady o? fine presence, and when playing at the Boston Museum, waa liersHf known as "Little Jennie Kimball." "What has bacomo of the little ladyr asked the reporter. "She has given place to the person you see before you. Like so many others I hare grown somewhat fleshy. Indeed I assumed such proportions that I began to fear for my health. Why, at timea I would have the most suffocating sensation in my heart; then again my head would be attacked and I have frequently fallen to the floor in a dead fainting fit I consulted several eminent physicians and they told me I must abandon ttie stage if I expected or hoped to live. This seemed terrible, for I am devoted to my profession and also to the development of Corinne." "And yet you appear perfectly strongr "And so I am. Why, I have reduced my weight over twenty pounds within three months, and I never felt better in my life. If any who are troubled as I was questions this, let them try Warner's safe cure, the remedy I used, and they will, I am sure, be speedily convinced of its truth. I believe it is the finest medicine in the world, and anynomber of my friends to whom I had recommended it have found it as beneficial as it has been to ma." "Is Corinne's health good?" "Perfect. Tho child ho3 so much life ""(1 vivacity she is overflowing with it, on and off the stage." The only previous instance oi such remarkable precocity which history chronicles is that of the famous Peg WofBngton, who first appeared in "The Beggar's Opera," whan but a little older than Corinne. Theue are 200.000 sheep in Umatilla county Oregon. __ _ "Work, Work, Work!" How many women there are working today in various branches of industry?to say nothing of the thousands of patient housewives whose lives are an unceasing round of toil?who are martyrs to those complaints to which the weaker sex is liable. Their tasks are rendered doubly hard and Irksome and their lives shortened, yet hard necessity compels them to keep on To such Dr. Pierce's ''Favorite Prescription" offers a sure means of relief. For all female weaknesses it Is a certain cure. All druggists. , A London baker recently bought 42,600 sacks of flour in one day. Young and middle-aged men suffering from nervous debility, premature old ago, loss of memory and kindred symptoms, should send three letter stamps for large illustrated treatise suggesting sure means of cure. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. The dentist to the court of Italy Is an American. . A Bargata In Corner Lots is what most men desire, but to keep from filling a grave in a cemetery lot ere half your days are numbered, alway3 keep a supply of Dr. Pierce's " Golden Medical Discovery" by you. "When the first symptoms of consumption appear lose no time in putting yourself under the treatment of this invaluable medicine. It cures when nothing else will Possessing, as it does, ten times the virtue of the best cod liver oil, it is not only the cheapest but far the pleasantest to take. It purifies and enriches the blood, strengthens tne system, cure3 blotches, pimples, eruptions and other humors. By druggists. Philadelphia has seven public libraries aggregating 1,000,000 book?. Important. When 70a visit or leave New York city, save barrage, eipressago and S3 carriago hire, and atop at the Gnoa I Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot. (juoolognn rooms, titted up at a cost of one million dollars, si and upward perday. European plan. Bievat'ir. Kestauraul supplied with the boat. Horse out, stages and elevated railroad to-all depots. Families I can lire bettor for lets moLny at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other liral-claas bot?l in ths olty. Catarrh T? ntwfanhtarilv CfiM&d hr lmDOTtJ blood. H611 CO ft medicine wbleh purifies the blood remove* the oatue'of the diseaaa and opens the way for * thorough cure. Thli U exactly what Hood's Siraaparllla does, end It makes the cure complete by giving the system health I and strength, and enabling it to throw off the depressing effects of the disease, "I had been troubled by neral debility, caused b) catarrh and humors. Hood's Sarsaparilla proved jut 1 the thing needed. I derived an Immense amount ol 1 benefit from it.H. F. Millett, Boston, Mast. "I suffered with catarrh fifteen years; tried all ths catarrh remedies without benedt, and was about to try a change of climate, when I took Hood's Sarsaparilla. I would not take any money consideration for the good one bottle did me. Now I am not troubled any with catarrh-"?I. W. Liujs, Chioago, 111. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. Ql; six for 83. Made only by C.1. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar Gilbert Mfg Co.'s DRESS LINiNCS. (THE NEW FABRIC.) MERCHANTS AND DRESSMAKERS LIKE A CLOTH where great strength is combined with a sot; satin finish. They also, if they want their silks to give satisfaction, should recommend for linings the Sovereign Twills, Eoyal Twills, Improved Boyal Twills, Cable Twills, Satin Morveilleux Twills, ??- r?..? rnnvHlo Wiua Satin Cl?ssiqae Twills. ) Many a silk has been condemned because the common SILESIA or a poor waist lin ng baa been tu^d. > You should also ask for the [ BLACK PRINCE TWILLS, ' A Cloth we guarantee to be fast black, and that PEE 1 SPJRATIOX or ACIDS will not change. neither canic be made to CHOCK in the SLIUHTK.V1 DEGREE. 1 You will tind oar initials on each yard, representing and ?? yards, thus: G. %?M.?1 yd., and st> on; all other 3 Leaf goods ar? an imitation. Look for the letters G. ? M. i-.n K?lva*(i, none others arasennino. O. P. POR.MAN, President. ^""Yonng Folks," beautiful Boys' & Girl*' g^VVcekly. Only SI.2o a year. (J free pre* I tr iniami to every ?ubncrlber. Elegant club CB^prtze*. Maniple copy free. American gypubllahing Co., 7o? Broadway, M. Y. HPfGOOD NEWS HHg&i Z2 LADIES! W' m ' Greatest inducements erer ofBP fered. Now'i your time to f*t up _J9gnsra_. orders for our celebrated Teas Bm Tn'] and Cotfees,and secure a beaatiful Gold Band or Moss Ro?e China I*** . J '< TeaSet, or Handsome Decorated Gold Bsnd Moss Rose Dinner Set, or Gold Band Moss Decrrilod Toilet Set. For full particulars address 1 THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO., I P. O. Boi US. 81 and 3a Vesey St.. New York. -N&S&JP Wide awake Agents #*r?frr<f5SSP3S wSP* ore making from $100 f< to $200 per month ^HJSETvr nir 89iiln^ the original MISSOURI STEAM WASHER. Over 40.000 sold. A new principle. Savin* of Clothe* Labor, Mending and Health. Made of metal. Control of territory (riven. Write for terms and circulars TIIK tlO.'STK.lJI WiSllBIt CO.. ?18 8Ut?8t.. CUes?o. TII8 MO. STEAM WA8IIKB CO.. 3IX) X.M?la gl..6l.LdBl?1 ? HOME MADE TABLE SVItUP. Pore. wh littsoma, clelioious, ctirap. Molaaaai and syrup aro edulteratud and dangerous to health. Sind tw#!vn 2c. stampa fnrmyrucipe. Harry Jon-*. HoHnkus.y.J 1800,000 HOLIDi Everybody who sends as directed gets a The proprietor of the ILLINOIS AGHICtJ well known and popular paper more widely clrculat ready Known, has determined to throw oft all prof tal for the tote purpose of Increasing the clrculatloi tenslvely advertise than ever before the following i For 50 Cents sSSMSftu" and Immediately send a numbered Receipt, which r cnt?. If any ono deilres two receipts they will be?< six months. Thli offer Is good only till January 1,1 List of Presents t 10 r. R. Government Bonds of $500 $5,000 10 U. S. Greenbacks of (500 6,000 |jl 10 U. S. Greenbaekscf 3100 1,000 M 1 Nickel plated Columbia Blcyelo ISO Iw3 1 Grand Sijuare Piano S00 11 Oraild Cublnot Orfjan JW 1 Three ??*t Itockaway {00 1 Silver Dinner Herrlco 100 & Top Busriflc* 1,000 S5 U. s. Urrenbt<-kior3'<0e?rh 1,000 lOCO Auto(rr?p!i Aibanu, 5J oacli t.fOO i Villas# Carts 200 Gen!?' Scarf Pins, Lockets, Fans and Chains, and makes i\ crand assre.catlon of KAi*)0 presents, thus i s,Tiber who sends uaiOccnt*. All of the above prci i:t. Presents will be sent to any part of the Unite r* us is the regular price for three months' subscripts L 3 <Snr profit will be In your future patroaageandth I Your Subscription Free. Get live ofyour friends to Rend us 82.CO and we will seadyou t he I I.LI.NOli numbered receipt for each of tout subscribers,ai Hcv.ti ten ubierlbnra with #5 and wo will PQR CO DAT?OM,l I-Tiil.oTrr will bol number of new subicnptlons to ]<M,!>ju, so we would ti-.rtv d*tf>. J&Jll.f.lU? will they bo recelred AGKICILTCRIST In the best end ablest edit' tlon of 20,000copies, and only require! 80.000 more to r!!ff^\500G lUUudnfy TO InmaklDBt Get This R @!.Wk v\ (Hiu a isksskl I Gold Watch or For SOc. ^BpsS-^ agkicu?' '5 rnay direct. Our Old Patron* and flnbucrlbc ii once go to work mid help us to Incrcaso otir list, by t A On!w Rfl Rants 6ccure? the ILLINOIS A .*3 U.1J J oU UCllldcelpt eoodforonopresent. 0 :'l script Ion prie?. At Co rfUabtlity wereftr thoit ichn i i >| tW JlKMRMnEK theae *ro I'rkiiU t?i tly Fpm. '2-Cent Foitueo Stnnipi lnU?n. 1 "X Inarvietter at our risk; larger tumi nhoulri lie ?cnt 1 m mmm?mmmmmmmmm?mmmrnmmd ' ' ? ? y*im*#u* LYOIA*. ; VEQETA6LE COMPOUND J?APoamr> etna ?)* \? At ilOthou ptlnfld CowiibM* ! *ul WMbtNNHMUn" J (SSlaouNrt****#* miIJI POPULlTIOy. J ' rriM91laU4>U,?<n?rUMa(?fcMfa Tt* pvrpou U tolely for th* legltimat* toUao cf dlteou and t\4 rtl itf of J?<*> end t*cSU it claim* to do. tMoiuands of ladltt tan gladly Utlffy. It will care entirely all Orarlan troublce, lnfl?mma> tlon wt Ulceration, Felllnf ud I)l?pUe?iiwnt?,*gd ooneequent Spinel Weekneee, nod J? i*rtlcuUriJ adapted to the e&anfe of 111*. '?'?'?'<. > .. It ranoTM Eelntntes, Sletolency, deftrojy *C avnag foretimnlante.andr*iIoT?e Wee rii? ot theStomach. It curee Bloating, Headache*, Ferrous IYoitrailon, General Debility, ?eeple?inee?, Depreedon and toU* ceetlon. Tlut foeilut ot bearing down, eAnein* pain, and backache. 1* always permanently cured byiUnac. B T 5 P?48 |Mg| WONDERFUL CURES OF i/jjj K IDNEY DISEASES Q\ V AND Q LIVER COMPLAINT8. o Becaase it acts oa the LITER, BOWELS ud KID5ETS at tke itme tln?. . Because It oleanses the system of ^poisonons humors that derelope in Kidney and Urln u.tj TUnfni. BUicmziM, jAundico, Constlp*tlon, 711a, or In RnerrmsHfm. Neuralgia, HerTons Disorders and all Female ComplAlnts. araouDPsooror jmb. TV WILL SUBJECT OUSM CONSTIPATION, P1LE8, and RHEUMATISM, By oausln* TOSS i-CTIOK of all theogsas and Amotion*, thereby CLEANSING the BLOOD restoring the normal power to throw off JJiwee THOUSANDS Of CASKS of the wo: it forms of theae terrible diseases hare been quickly relieved, and In a short ttoe PERFECTLY CURED. ' raicx, ft. LIQUID OB BIT, SOLD BT BSUMBXS. "Dry oca bo by r*0 WBLLB.BICHABDflOW ft Co., Burlin?ton, Vt. 8 Sod itarap for DU17 iliMnxi for UM. IIMMiliSflglilB m Sawing Made Easy. HOHABQH LHEHUmrO SAWING MAffffTlI Xis&'ss^iss^stssssS rhmtmit mU (Mriy, A 007at It C*n CItw log* #?*? wy. Immam MTfag <& bw and .?*/ W?tt? for eleffantiy UlnjtrateJ catalogue In 0 brilliant oolor*, il?o brilliantly lUnmln>todpo?tertna comm. AMltiua, issss?8&&ca>?jsy?t.citor.n. A. Ill III III MASUN ? HAMLIN I TYLES ORGANS 900. HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL GREAT WORLD'! -: EXHIBITIONS FOR SEVENTEEN TEARS. Only American Organs Awarded inch at any. For Cash, Easy Payments or Rioted. - - . UPRIGHT PIANOS presenting verr highest excellence yet attained Inanoh instruments; adding to all prerlonj iaprov* msnts one of greater value than any: -aacerinf meal pan, refined, muolcal tone* and increased durability; especially aroidinf liability to cat oat of tea*. Ili*? trmted CatalofDM free. > 'A Mason & Hamlin Organ aid Cm, B~^tssxri&u22Mii?-u* ? , dP| , This Plaster a BMP 5 Acta directly npon tha N HNW 2 muicieaand the nerrea of Wra r the beck, the aeat of all ? JgriB a pain. 33rK? medidaa to * iffj " throw your ayttem out of 7\ For an L?n* TKmblea, (* ?T . _ . 1 \ whether local or deeply EI. a ^ A Hit U\ tested, tola plaster wlUbs ft una to (in umui re felK x I . A A $& For Kidney Trouble, g Bk f / Rheumatiam. Xenralcla, fe b mhmkh i Pain id the 31d? and Back IIIU I' i'ii lAc^' ?<**i? ? lilMHIa jtndipeedjrcurt. ImP- ImWBBP M Sold by Dniffiiti fora \m? aho ,M?c?nte,orflveforT?l. _ %A C)( W Mailed on receipt o* , (Dl ICTrof iriASTER! &&&?? ^Inerery town can obtain as OlaabaM 860 pat* Sbny Book M? X-KAS PRESENT FREE Send 8 two oeot etampe to the ^nhltohew ?f the beet of aU the BOTS A OIBUT Macaalnee. WIDE AWAKB,?d?et STO lEitnictlone at owcx. JLUr,.,, D. LOTIIROP Sc COn 32 Franklin St.. Bojto*. Mam. FREE Information about L!Lk? the Southwest. Maps, pamphlets, papers, etc., giving detailed Information concerning Lands, Farming, Stockraising, Fruit-growing, Mining, Manufacturing; etc., in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Ajuzoka, California and Old Mexico sent rtn on application to G. B. SCHMIDT, Commissioner of immigration, A. T. Si S. F. & R., Topeka, Kas. WE WANTlOOOlSOOK AGENTS lor the new book THIKTY-T11REE YEARS AXMA OUR WILD INDIANS By GenDODOCandUen. BIIEBMaN. Tb< latest Ml]}ag book out Indorted by Prtj't Arthur, Gen's Oraat. Bhermsa, 8h?rldaa, and thotuandi of Emln-nt Jndr**, Clerxymen, Editors. etc., u " TK* Bat and Finrit lUuttrattd fttiiem . Book Eccr PW>lished." It takes like wildfire, and/patenA 10 to 20 ad&y. arTB.OOO told. Ite Oreot Avikonhto tad Solid Merit make It <*? bnnmixo hook for JlomtL ftj*Send for Circulars. Specimen Plate, P.xtrn Tenia. KO-,to A. D. WOHXIILN'GTON A CO., lIartford,C?a?. DRjXjnjgSsmwai ^1* wV?V Spinal Cornet, a 00 UBiMr SpinalIVnraliigCoraet,... AM jRSRL SplnalAbdomin*lConot. H7B JBgVla Recommended by leading phyaidanj, '"S delivered free anywhere la the U.S. on receipt of price. Lady Agents Wanted. * Dr. Linquiit's Spinal Cerwt Co., 412B'way,N?w York. ASSk r. u. aware jOflflU THAT Lorillard's Climax Plug \CWBy bearing a red (in tan! that Lorlllard'i Roae Leaf fin# cut; that LorHlard1* Navy Clipping*, and that Lorlllard's Snuffa, an the beat and cheapest, quality considered ? Tonsumptiom I bar* a poiltlro remedy for the abort dlMua; brlti vie thoaiasdsof eutiol tjio wore klndan^of loot taodln* bar* been tared. Indeed. >o?trsmrltniTfaltS tnlueffleacy.t]>?tlwli| Herri TWO BOTTLES FBXB, together with a VALCABt.KTItEATISK on t&U dieaaM to any laffsrer. <jlT?expre?jun<t P O. *ddr >. / DB. T. A. SLOCUil, 1M Tcarlgt.. .NowTorfc. pillsof tansy^^^s I im^mhbmmhmbm tScolcdrxirticulart 2 dx Wilcox Medicine Co., I'mladoiphla, fa. prirs beard iuxis^~x ffffft ik? wtu} 7?r I Flf* % L!T hbTTH'jTiro.Tir^i J'?i*u??,1iL Ab'ia /vrCCD To lDtrodne?tH?nt,w? Dl V UP r Ll\.?rf(ollntoOI?lAwiy 1,000 Self-Operating w&abtaf Machine* iryon wujI one seed osynnr ntm?, eddrets, and express office el once. M. I. STODQART A.C0.. 126 Cbambecs 8C, N.T* n * to JK'IdlMB i lieira. Send stamp r AHCIAH6 f?r Circulars. COL. L. KING. 1 CIIOIUIID HAM, Att'y. Waahimton. D. 0. I CADK Telegraphy or ShortHand and Type 9 E A11II Writing here. Situations fnrnishad. fc Addreaa VaUESiisk Biios.. J^noariUa. Win. OITr BIT A Send stamp lur our.?w Bookon P ATll MTVPaterts. L BINUHAM, Pat. I M 1 Hnll I ent Lawysr. Washington.D. U. \f m n Tor Man. quick, anra, aa'a. nook ft??, V I VC U IX ClTlala Ajeocjr, ICO Pulton at, K?w Tack. XY PRESENTS 13 , present worfh from 20 cents to $500. < I LTUR18T being desirous of having tbo already B :ed and Introduced Into houses where Ills notal- B it tills rear, and In addition use a port Ion of hit cap!- B ito 100,000 copies. After deciding to more ex- B itan lias been adopted by us: B me on our subscription book and mall the II<U? B TUBI9T regularly to you a months on trial rill entitle the bolder to one of the following prea- B :nt for 11, and tbelr subscription will be entered op B S85. M 0 Be Given Away. I 1 1 Pony Pbaton |100 B l.oco Pocket Sliver Fruit Knlvas 1,000 B l.KO Gent's Pockat Knives 1,000 B 1,000 U. 8. Oreenbsckaotll each 1,0:0 B 10 G?nti' Gold Watches, English Movement 140 B 10 Indies 600 SO Hoys'Silver " American " ... i too B S Solltal -. Plsmnnil Finger lUngi 100 B S l'^t?nt lllrvuE'rl 1.CC0 Q 1,000 KI?er.nt Art Cms l.ccc H 5 R*wSlllcrar!"rSul{Fnm;tnr? 1,00# I 1,440 Gold Finger lungs, LAd.cs' llreut Pinj, ffl 92.421 other present*. valued from SO cat* to (1. H pjuaranfelnga present to cae.i and every new *ub- M lent* will be awarded In a fair and Impartial man- H d Status or Canada. Tlie SO cent* which you send in. and therefore we charge nothing for the present. o Increased rate we wlilcet for oaradvertlslci; space. Jolnynu by cuttlriethlsoutand showing It to them. 8 AOBlCUl/ri'IllSTfertlireomonthJ.andono id aue extra for your trouble. >'? postponement. . *end you IS subscriptions and thirteen receipt*. I d arood for alxtytfayaonly. as v.culmllllmlt th# advise all our friends to forward subscrlntlons at an later than January 1. 1SS5. TIIE ILLINOIS cd paper In the conntry and already ha* a clrculaget, the desired number. It contain* eight page*. OLD WATCHES FREE! ap the above list of fUIO.OOO !n Present*, we ervetf.Oui to be divided equally among the flrst SCO celved. If you 8end5oce:il?you will be entitled to good for on? present, and If Tour letter Is among :elved you will be entitled to tills heauilfnl watch. H n tun in win tenruaryiMue or in* ii.uAuia me Tl'KIST l tie nami'i and aiiilrofics of the wlnneri m told Watches. Ttila offer la bona flile ?nd will b? the letter. Send now, don't wilt. The lL.l<IXOI9 l'l'RIST In io well established, having already 20,1X0 Subscribers, and Is lucked by ample capital. so that everyone of our subscribers may be sure or EH getting what we promise. Indeed we could not m , ffnrdothrrwlsewlthapuperthsthas alreadyse- KJ ? currdau'/Osubscrlbersonlismerit. Undoubted* S3 ]y some who read this new departure will thlnlc an B offertoglv?s away$oU.f<01n prenents Ismostunrea sonablc and unprofitable; hut let us say toall auch B persons that It cosls any where frotnSi&CU) to I1W," m l ttO to secure ? laruc circulation to n paper. We H |l know of a publisher that spent tSO.tXOln one week H ft Inglvlngauay fn e copies and advertising his pa- ?4 Sper.and the mcney was well spent, for It secured Eg ifor blin an established circulation that paid good H 3 Interest on the Investment. Publishing nowadays B g must cither bedoneon an extcuslve scale or not at B Pail. Iteostsjtistasmuch formatter, and Just ai B I mtieh forlllttstratlons,electrotypes.edltcrtalierr- B " lees, rentandforsettlngup the type forapaperB of ]C0clrculatIonasltdoc9forapapcrwUh3U0,0C0 B circulation. On small editions, each one of the PS above Items swellsthecobtof a single paperalarm- H lnRly.but on very large editions, the expense Is fifl spread over so many papers that His almost en- M M tlrely lost; thus you can bee that large profits can N l| be made only by doing a larce business. This Is H 1 rlvwhat wenrorose doing with the 11XLNOIS B I VTLLTrKIHT. H i vlU send rv printed list of the Awards Free, and all H ] its will he forwarded to Iluldcrs of Receipts as they B J whom we number by the thousands, should at H A hlscrnnd and generous offer. H M OKIC'ULTtJBIHT threo months, and onerc- {3 B nonumberof thepaper la worth double the sub- B -lonntknntpustnany Bankor Mercantile Agency. I > our 8at?crlbcr? tlvra to thcin abaolate- I Money In sums of or less may be sent In an ord jy Registered Letter or Postal Note, and addrcsiect B m 10a LaSalle 8tract., CHICAOO? M J i