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^ A 5 ^ ^fc , y """ " 'W' A PEN PICTURE OF THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD. Jauics Madison Wells is a uative of Louisiana, born in Rapides Parish, and gradu ated early in life as the accomplished stable boy to a fatuous race-course jockey. In the liasto of preparing him for the world his moral and mental education was necessarily omittcd, but an equivalent was supplied by a thorough iusallation of those arts by which the favorite horse can be bull-di zjd into defeat and the "scrub" landed under the -string as the winner. Rut the ambition to "rise out of the prison of his mean estate" burned fiercely in the youthful bosom ol Mr. Wells, and by strict attention to business and au utter disregard of those conventional proprieties which mar the fortune of less ambitious youths, he soou bccftmc famous thm^hout the Southwest as a successfulundlHHpsiug jockey who kucw norfeotly*ttiopWoetfpny witii.which Mr. Ml^, Tofflitfttfiar: irtt'w the horse that ough^4 not to win could infallibly be uiuae to win. A fame like this brought the youthful Wells into conspicuous uot'?riety on the race course; so uiuch so, indeed, that the owners of Lccompt proposed to Mr Wells that, if he could fix it so that their horse could beat Lexington in the famous race over the Metairio in 1852, he might claim and receive whatever reward he desired. To use a forcible, but not polite expression. this was nuts for Mr. Wells to crack, lie was head groom to Lexington and knew just how to prevail on that gallant racer to fall behind in the struggle. Suffice it to say, his expectations were not disappointed, aud Mr. Wells shortly thereafter turned up as a part owner of Lecouipt. Lexington's I subsequent triumph over the ''time" of his licet competitor in no wise diminished the reputation Mr. Wells had acquired as an astute and successful opciator on the turf. So uiuch so, indeed, that shortly afterward his ingenious devices wore employed to en- 1 giueer a''brace game of faro" in a noted bird-diousc on St. Charles street in New, Orleans. in thiskudable and successful pursuit ' Mr. Wells rapidly acquired the means to establish himself in a lucrative gambling business, and ho discarded forever the blue i jacket an<$Btriped cap of 'he jockey. Into ; this unpretentious but serene life lie was qutetly subsiding when the war broke out, and to escape the "necessity of taking any share in its burdens he immediately betook ( himself to the sequestered swamps of Rapides parish, to emerge into public life again as soon as the Federal t: oops under Ranks had got full possession of the State. Although Mr. Wells had never devoted any 1 part of his life to agricultural pursuits, no sooner had the Federal troops entered his district than he immediately set up a claim . to all the cotton in the parish. 80 largo .a property owuer jUvu. Bauka couejude'd* tttli - lie a if efiflncut eTTIzou, pud ' he thereupon certified to the country that { , the only real and upright Louisiuuiun with whom he had met was J. Madison Wells, of Rapides Parish. From this time forth J. Madison's stars rained fortunes on him.? lie became a politician, an aspirant for office, and ran 011 Ranks' reconstruction ticket in 18(11 for Lieutenant-Governor, the first place being assigned to Michael Ilahn. Of course, he was elected. Nobody but loyal people voted in Louisiana in those days, or at least those whom General Ranks accounted loyal. The next thing which came ah ut was the election of llahn to the Senate, and then J. Madison Wells, the whilom jockey, the expert grooui, the ingenious croupier to the Bird llouse faro hell, leaped ut one gigantic bouud into the full-lledged Governor?a political nondescript, as rcmarkblc as .Minerva when she sprang full-armored and panoplied for war from the head of Jove. (X his subsequent career it is unnecessary to speak at eugth. Unhappily for Louisiana, it is alcady familiar to the country. Ilis white associate on the Returning Board, General Thomas C. Anderson, is less deserving of special mention, lie is a Virginian by birth, and has been a planter in St. Landry parish for forty years. When ^ polities were reputable and white men ruled Ill JJUUIOItllia VJI lyllV. I til H UO VOJ/V, s/tabic, lie held high rank in the militia, and hid courageous intrepidity on muster days won him the distinction of a brigadier.? An admirer of the old axiom to let well enough alone, he surrendered his military emoluments at the breaking out of the war and generously permitted his less distinguished countrymen to seek "the bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth." IJut if the sword no longer fascinated the Opclou sas brigadier, he was not insensible to the honors which might be acquired in the Senate?the State Senate?anjd ho met with . Henry vVi^n. the great war Governor of Louisiana, at Shreveport. When that body adjourned, Gen. Anderson returned to his plantation but came buck into public life with the advent of Waruioth's administration. In consideration of a promise by Waruioth to send hill) to the Senate, lie bocamn his facile supporter and convenient henchman. Hut Warmoth was accustomed to use such men without rewarding them, and, when too late to redress his grievance, General Anders >n discovered that a carpetbagger's promise was full ofguilo and deceit. Nevertheless, ho was permitted to engineer through the Legislature a claim lor 61f>0,000, founded on the disloyal service of provisions supplied by a man named Weil to the Southern army. Think of a loyal leg? is la to re passing such a claim. Hut Geucrill Anderson alleged that lie had purchased the voucher I rout Weil, giving him ?1,000 as equivalent, and his associates rewarded his patriotism by giving him an order on the treasury for the original sum of a hundred and iil'ty thousand dollars. Thus supplied with the siiiews of war, the General pushed his political career into Kellogg's term, lured thereto hy his gor gcous dreams of the senatorial toga, which, alas! the election of I'iiichhnek momenta^ ,rily dispelled, hut which Kellogg again rek vived by the promise of West's place when his term should ox ire. Of the colored genllcuic 1 who complete the political quartette ol the Louisiana lie turning Hoard, it is only necessary to say a few words. Kenner is an octoroon, who up to 1871 was engaged as the usher and don'-koeper of a gambling-house on St. ('harles street. His knowledge of political economy was acquired in that school and his practice is consistent with his profession Casanave, the other colored member, graduated from a waiter in a lunch saloou into a prominent factor in Louisiana politics, and is perhaps the most honorable and virtuous -of this entire Hoard of distinguished politicians. .?. anecdote op TeLKOKAPIIINN.?The fob law i ngTis U>ld_ b^Mr. Rog^r : tiui)"R l^e most curious fact 'hat 1 have ever heard of the electric telegraph, was told me by the cashier of the Hank of Kngland. 'Once upon a time,' then, on a certain Saturday night, the folks at the bank could not make the balance come out correct by just ?100. Tins is a very serious matter in that little establishment. 1 do not mean the cash, but the mistake iu arithmetic, for it requires a world of scrutiny. An error in balancing lias been known, L am told, to keep a delegation of clerks from each office at work sometimes the whole night. A hue and cry was, of course, made after this ?100, as if the old lady in Thrcadnecdlc street would be in the Gazette for want of it. Luckily ou Sunday morning a clerk, in the middle of a serin ii, L dare say, if the truth were known, felt a suspicion of the truth Hash through his mind quicker than any Hash of the telegraph itself, lie told the chief cashier that perhaps the mistake might have occurred in packing some boxes of specie for the \Vest Indies, which had been sent to Southampton for shipment. The suggestion was immediately acted upon. Here was a race, lightning against steam ! steam with eight and forty hours the start. Instantly the wires asked, 'Whether such a vessel had left the harbor V 'Just weighed anchor,' was the reply. 'Slop her!' frantically shout cd tho telegraph. It was so done. 'Heave up on deck certain boxes marked so and so; weigh theui carefully.' They were weighed: and one?the delinquent?was found heavier by ju.^.one packet of a huudred sovereigns than it ought to be. 'Let her go,' safibthe mysterious telegraph. The West Indies were debited with just <?100 more, and tlie error was corrected without ever looking into the boxes or delaying the voyage an hour. Now that is what we call doing business." ( Ykuan's Kkpi.y To Juduk lloniNsoN. ? At, a time when Curran was only just rising into notice, and while he was yet a poor and struggling man, Judge Kobinson, it is said, ventured upon a sneering joke which, small though it was, hut for Curran's ready wit i.tul scathing el quer.ee, might have done hitn irreparable injury. Speaking of some opinion of counsel on tho opposite side, Curran said he had consulted all his books, and could not find a case in which the principle.in dispute was thus established. ''That may be, Mr. Curran," sneered the judge, '-but I suspect your law library is rather limited." Curran eyed the heartless toady for a moment, and then broke forth with this noble retaliation: "It is very true, my lord, that I am poor, ami this circumstance has certainly rather curtailed my library. My books are not numerous, but they are select, and I hope have been perused with proper dispositions. I have prcnarcd nivself for this nrofession rather l.v I "J " ' I "" " " J the study of :i lew good books than by the composition of a great many bad ones. 1 am not ashamed of my poverty, but I should l?e ashamed of my wealth if I could stoop to acquire it by servility and corruption.? If 1 rise not to rank 1 shall at least be honest; and should ' an example shows me that an ill-acquired elevation, by making me the more conspicuous, would only make me the more universally and notoriously contemptible." #? Mrs Jnncttc M. Robinson, of Chicago, says that she litis been cured of paralysis in direct answer to prayer, and several of the clergymen of the city vouch for the truth of her story. She was. according to her account, a helpless invalid for seven years.? Physicians were in vain, and she steadily grew worse. Her jaws became fixed by long disuse, and she could not speak. One day, when particularly despondent, a physician having told her that she could not recover, she read in her Bible the text :? "All things whatsoever ye ask, believing, ye shall receive." She had faith in that Scriptural promise, and she prayed fervently that she might be miraculously cured.? Suddenly she was able to move her jaws, and to speak. She got up and walked witlrJ:A...II i i i ii . - - ? win; uiitiuuiij uiiu lias iu!i'11 wuii ever since. -? Curiosity in children is but nu nppctite nftcr knowledge. I doubt not but one groat reason why many children abandon themselves wholly to silly sports, ami trifle away all their time insipidly,is because they found their curiosity baulked, and their inquiries neglected. THR2E THINGS TO DO. lie is said to be a bcuehiptor to his .race . who causes " two blades of grass to grow , where but one grew bclorcthis Wing ( true, there are several ways by which far- | ii c.s uiay seeure a Unfold production vhere , but meagre nutritious vegetation no* ap- , pears. Many ditch banks are now un.-ight- | ly from tangled briars and weeds; let these , bo dug up and thrown ten or twelve yards j into the field and there burned ; then let the ( bank of the ditch be thrown as far aseotivc- ( nient with hoe and shovel towards the burnt mass, and the next crop, with good cultiv.'itimi will Miimlv i'imviv l.lin l.-ilmr . mil liviviv for years to come, a garden spot of decided > beauty, verdure nud fertility up to the , Is there a hill siuc wash defacing your j field, fill it with decaying logs, bark, leaves , and straw, and over all a layer of soil; then | for water vent, dig a trench, placing the , dirt compactly on the lower side, descen- | ding the hill with as gradual a slope as pus- j siblc, after which so arrange your rows as 1 to allow the waters to pass off through this | trench with as little descent as may be.? . In a little time the decaying debris will f make the ghastly ehasui a cheering view ol ( goldcu grain or snowy cotton, while the j conquering farmer will feel that he has not ( ouly enhanced the value of, hut beautified s his landscape and curbed the fierce torrents ( to his will. Is there a dense forest bordering your farm, whose searching roots cat j out the fertility of yoHr fields far inland ? j (Jut a trench n spade's width and two feet ( deep, bordering your fence?thus cutting the roots?and next year and years after ( ward the crowning crops, abundant and t thrifty, will look deQaucc at the forest and t its shade. , Now is a good time to do these things, j and the reward in every instance will be sure.?Southern Farmer. x Wonkino Land on Shanks.?Work- 1 ing land on shares seems to be a poor business for both parties. It is to the interest ' of the tenant to spend as little for extra labor as possible, because the owner of the land gets half the benefit, without bearing a any of the expense. When the country t was new and the land rich, a man could, f perhaps, allord to give half jhe prodifPWy j as he could get fair crops with little labo^; 1 but now that the laud is more or less run < down, and it is necessary to build it up with < manure and good culture, it is impossible 1 for a man to expend the necessary labor 1 and give half the produce for rout. It may I he done lor a year or two on laud in high ? condition; but the farm must inevitably t deteriorate under the system. A man might i afford to rent a grass farm on shares, but 1 not an arable farm. It is difficult to take i one of our ordinary run-down farms and ' raise enough from it, for the first few years, to pay the cost of labor and support the i teams. It would h" cheaper, so far as im- ? mediate profit is concerned, to pay one hundred dollars an acre for a farm in high ceo- i ditiou. with good buildings and fences, than i to accept as u gift one of these run down ; farms. It is time this matter was under- 1 stood, so that those uneasy mortals who are : always expecting to sell, and cou.sc?|Ueiitly 1 make no efforts to keep up and improve the t .land, should bo couipellod to turn over a new leaf, or else dispose of their farms at a } low figure.? Ohio luinnrr. t ? ? 4 A Ukautifit. Sknti.mknt.?Shortly , before his departure for India, the lamented , lleber preached a sermon, which contained this beautiful sentiment : "Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat ulides down the 1 narrow channel?through (he playful murium ing of (lie little brook, and the winding of its grassy borders. The trees shed 1 their blossoms ovox our youns- bends, their flowers on the brink seem to offer thcniiclves to our young hands; we are happy in hope, and grasp eagerly at the beauties around us 1 ?but the stream hurries on, and still our ' hands arc.empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wilder flood, amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animated at the moving pictures of en- ! joyment and industry passing us. we are ex- ' cited, at home short-lived disappointment.? 1 The stream hears us on, and our joys and 1 griefs arc alike left behind us. We may he 1 shipwrecked, wo cannot he delayed ; wheth- i er rough or smooth, the river hastens to its ! home, till the roar of ihe ocean is in our ! cars, nnd the tossing of the waves is bo- 1 ncath our feet, and the land lessens from ' our eyes, nnu 1110 noons arc liltc<l around ' us and we take our leave of earth and its ' inhabitants, until of our further v yagc ' there is no witness, savo the lutinite and Eternal." i Bring distinctly before your own mind | the well-known fact that children delight , as much in xcrcising their minds as their limbs, provided only that which is presented 1 to them he suited to their capacities, and i adapted to their strength. ' 1 The Pit. For The South.?Black or date-colored pigu arc.^frcesl i'roui skiu diteascs in in)t climates. The choice is practically between the E-sex and Berkshire 1 for males with which to improve the native ! stuck of hardy grubbers of the root-ordiu , rartety. Those who have tried the former liave been delighted at first, but after a few ( rears begin to recall with longing the lean lauts and thin but solid and Havorous bacon jf tlit old race horse breed. The trouble with lie Essex pigs for the South is that they ire not active ouougli. They are of the eatuid-slecp, and sleep and-awake-to cat kind, ! tud their grades arc, of course, like them. , l'lic tide fatis superb, and so is the leaf lard, iodj|0 liar t^e. breed is all thai could beahtbut tuj hams and shoulders arc too Tat for profit, and the Irtm is not uiarblcd with Oat like the Bei kshircs. Those (the ( Berks) are much more enterprising, more vide awake, less easily controlled, but good bragrrs. Their grades are a wonderful improvement upon the origiuul stack, may JO Ulada VCI'V fit mid v.> 1. lli? tiiiiivirtinn - ?J - -' J ? I""I"" jctwcen fat ami lean in the hams,shoulders mil side pork or bacon is such as to dovel>pe and preserve the excellencies of the , neat. The hams are large and rich, and uicy with diffused fat. llerkshircs aie not juite so easily fattened when penned and iystomatically fed as the Ksscx grade, but hey will take much better care of them- ; lelvcsiu the woods, and when penned for attening may be finished off with half the eed the original laud pikes" would re juirc. With many Northern and Western breeders the Ivssex is a more profitable pig than be llerkshire. because his nature leads him o take little exercise, so that all he eats toes to flish ami fit. Respiration, which, f rapid, reduces fat greatly, is with him lever accelerated by moving about, aud> villi plenty of feed, the sole burden of life s to digest it. This breed is pre-eminent nnutig the black breeds, and excelled by lone as fat producers.?.1 mrrt'ran Agriculurist. ? . - a Raising C'-ntx ani? Rkas.?Plant and cratch over the corn in the usual way noil knee-high ; then sow peas broadcast bebrc the plough. Run toe bar of a turning *lv lac corn, aim lol! >w with a juli/tougue in tho same furrow, as deep as >ne Verse can pull it through still clay ncv?r lxiforc stirred since the world was made, [fating run around the rows thus, then go jack and turn the wing next the corn, and 'ullow with the bull tongue in each furrow if the middles. The turner ju>t prepares he way for your bull tongue to do ploughtig that will benefit the crop. If you have limited in checks, you should then cross with a good harrow, and your crop is then laid by." One ploughing and suhsoiling in this way, is Worth more to the corn than twenty 'oinniou scratchings It breaks through iml causes to pulverize the crust then beginning to be formed; and it prevents any More crust .from forming during the season; uid the roots of the corn go down and take mid of the elements upon which it feeds, iml permeate every part of that deep, loose led, and bid defiance to any drought that nay conic. This system secures, even 011 thin land, a jootl crop of both corn and peas, without rain in summer. Turn under the vines and .talks, all chopped up, and soon you will nako your farm rich without expense or . xtra labor.?J! in a/ &1//1. Tiik ToitrrttK of IIkauino Hkivs.? i'lie severe bearing-rein, as used by coachmen generally, is nothing more nor less tliau horrible and needless torture to the poor >ulFering horse?torture while in harness and the cause of infernal maladies when he is put back, 'nfc' his stall for food and supposed rest. If there is oue thing more opposed to uatftra! health than another it is the increused production and then the waste of the saliva which is so necessary to the function^lff the body. Who ever saw a horse in a field foaming at the mouth ?? Who ever saw a properly bitted hunter do so when ridden to bounds in an ca?v bit and obedient to a light hand? I never saw it, n4r do I think any one else has scon it ; therefore, to begin with, the position of the infringe horse's head,gagged with bearing-rein out of place, and that profusion of -afivn ever falling from the mouth, must show something essentially wrong. The perpetually tossing head arises from the revered state of tho poor animal, and his consequent attempts to get rid of an irritating infliction, and not from the vulgar idea if a fiery wish to be put in action. Of this [ >11*1 enrfuin # lw* l/>ou nnlifi/.!..! l? VVI Vlllll) ?' ??* V V II W I103 HI Ulll l>ll Ul'll^ll illlll > you put into a horse's mouth the better.? f he less you cumber his graceful limbs with lumber in the shape of harness the better, rite freer you keep his limbs and his respiratory organs the longer ho will serve you, tnd the greater will be the labor he will perform for you I'-rhr/e}/. THE DOG OF ST. BKRHAJU). Fast falls the suow on St. Bernard's high mouutain Storing its wealth in the gullies below ; tiding the streamlet, and sealing the fountain, And making the valley a wild waste of suow. S'ature is silent ? the winds ure all sleeping ; Ceaseless and stilly the snowy-Hakes fall dutcly the monks of St. Bernard ure keeping Their vigils around the red blaze in the hall, 'rash !?'tis an avalanche ! Silence no longer tVnununcs with night, and the winds cry aloud, I'ho wrath of the tempest grows stronger and st ronger. Wrapping St. Bernard around with a shroud. Holy St. Bernard ! succor the dying, W here but this instant the avalanche fell: Mother uiul child in the deep snow are lying, Making their grave in thecold mountain dell. No ! there is one who is eagerly tearing The hillock of suow from the child's freezing br+u&t; ?- - ~And now he in triumph is rapidly bearing Away to the convent a perishing guest. Itol.b'd of her child, as it quits licr embraces, Life comes to the mother, its value has lied, l)f her first, of her only born, gone are all traces, Save on the snow-wreath that pillow'd its head. ce ! the bereft one with wild terror screaming. Flies o'er the mountain?away and away; Frenzy itself lias no hope of rcdteuiing ller child, to the wolf or the eagle a prey, "die reaches the convent?she faints at the portals? She is home to the hall, and to life is restored; die sank at the gates the most hopeless of mortals; And sought, him in dying the child she adored She opens her eyes?011 her balie !?on her t rcasurc. Once more 011 her mother her darling has smiled, She weeps, hut such tears have their fountain in pleasure, The dog of the mountain has rescued Iter child. ?TT HOUSEKEEPER'S HEXP. Wash 1 mi Flannels.?I notice that stiiiic one in your journal asks how to wash llatitK-ls. The following directions arc given by the blanket manufacturers: "All that is necessary is abundance of soft w-i tor, and soap without rosin in it. lutsiu hardens I lie fibres ol wool, and should never be used in washing any kind of iluntu] goods. Hlankcts treated as above will always cotno out clean and soft. A little bluing may be used in washing white blankets."' The same principle which is applied to blankets, may be as successfully applied to all woolen fabrics. Of course all well regulated groceries keep soaps free from resinous preparations. A Dki.icioi:s and Ivvsii.y iLuit: Stkw. ?Which may bo left in as iow oven several hours, or even all day. Take two pounds of gravy beef, cut oil the skin and fat, divide it into pieces about an iueh square, wash it, then place it in a l arge bowl or jiuall crock, cover it wiili water, or rather add as much as desired for gravy or beeftea ; lot it stand an hour, then cover it with a plate, and place it in a slow oven, adding previously a little salt, and, if diked, an onion cut up line. It should cook four or five hours, ami then there will ho enough gravy for delicious and most nutritious beef-tea, as well as an excellent dish of wholesome meat. I'lK Cut'st ?The most healthy pie crust is made of thin, sweet cream and flour, with with a little salt. Don't knead thin, lbikc in a quick oven. Another way is, sift a quart or two of Hour in the pan. Stir in the centre a little salt and half a teaspoouful ol soda, well pulverized Now put in the whole a cup ofsoft(not liquid) lard, or butter and lard, mixed ; stir it thoroughly with the flour; next add two scant cups of good sour milk or buttermilk. Stir all quickly with the flour, in such a way that you need i 11.. . l. ...!at. .... i i .mi uiuniv iimiii u wnu your nanus mi you can roll it out. Hake quick. This wiil make three or four pies. Dhksskd Mutton.?To have it as it should be, the dish must be lined with mashed potatoes, the mutton nicely minced and properly seasoned, placed in the dish, a little stock added, and then covered over with mashed potatoes roughed with a fork, and placed before the lire till the little dish assumes the appearance of a nicely-browned hedgehog. The hotter served the better it will be relished, provided it has only been allowed to simmer and not to boil. Enkmiks.?Have you enemies? do straight on, and mind them not. If they block up your path, walk around them, aud do your duty regardless of their spite. A man who has no enemies is seldom good for anything; be is made of that kind of mat(^ rial which is so easily worked, (list every one has a hand in it. A sterling character ?one who thinks for himself, and speaks what he thinks?is always sure to have enemies. They are as necessary to him as fresh air; they keep him alive and active. A celebrated character, who was surrounded with enemies, used to remark?uThcy are sparks which, if you do not blow, will go out of themselves." Let this be your feeling while endeavoring to live down the scandal of those who arc bitter against you. If you siop to dispute, you do but as they ilnuirn nn/1 - - ? 1- ? - uvraK-, iiiiu lliu ?d J IU1 III'JJ U ?UUM' Let the poor follows talk; there will be a reaction if you perform but your duty, and hundreds who wore once alienated from you will fl >ck to you and acknuwrleoge their error.?Alexander's Mr.wni/rr. .Toy Anu Snitituw okCiui ntuw ?Children sweeten labors, but they make misfortunes more bitter; they in -.Tease the cares of life, but they mitigate the rotnembranco of death ?Ltirtl Jittcou. Kvcry man is said to have at least one cbanco to acquire wealth. In the case of a newspaper man, this opportunity comos on the 2!>th of February every year, except leap year ^ * r ? , Dust koh Animals in Winter?The . almost indispensable necessity of an ample supply of dust for auiuials in Winter, is ondorstood by very few stoek growers. All sorts of animals delight in a dust batli.? Chickens who have easy and continual access to it will never be troubled with vortniu, either in their houses or on their bodies. Cattle delight to stand in a dusty road, scraping it up with theii fore feet and Hinging itall over their backs. The cheapest and most effectual euro for lice on cattle is to scatter a quart of perfectly dry dust along the spine, from the horns to the tail. In Winter, when they cannot, get it, many animals become covered with vermin. The writer has a rain tight wagon shed, with strips eight inches wide nailed close to the ground on three sides, iuto which half a dozen wh elb.irruw loads of dust arc placed, every Fall. Here the poultry delight to wallow and roll in the sun. It is also kept and used on all the other stock at stated intervals, and no vermin of any sort is ever seen on any of them. This is at onee the most certain remedy for these pests, while the stock thrives by being supplied with what they crave, and what in a state of nature tluy would surely supply themselves with, but w hich they cannot when restrained and t! ?] up in yards and stables.? /VaiV/r i F. ' ('i.osk.I) Knit Kkithns."?At eight ??'cluck yesterday morning the proprietor of a small saloon, on Haubeui street put down tlu* curtains, locked the door, and was walking ofl' when he was hailed by a policeman. The saloonist crossed the street to the ofliccr and said: "Dot bluee is glosed up for von week." ' What is the matter?" asked the officer. "Well,! gnn't stand such fooling aroundt. In the first place a man comes in and says: ' Well. Dilden is eleeted," andhc kicks oi'er the chairs. J'ooty soon comes unuddcr man in utid ho s.iyes: "Ilooray! Hayes has got 'em now!" and he kicks ofer a dahle.? Anodcr man in a leotlc vhilo comes in and galls out: "Nobody is elected any more!" und he preaks some glasses. Shust like dot .has it been for a week, and I am glean discouraged. 11" somopody says Dilden is elected, I pelieve dot; I f sonu podysays llayis is elected, I believe dot; if somepody says nopody is elected, 1 feels liks dis country vhas going to some dogs right away." "Yes, it does bother one! " consoled the officer "Tell all dcr poys dot I have gluscd up for returns, ami dot soincdody gan'l get in," replied the maa, and lie turned his face homeward. "?li ichmoutl Whi;/. Hut Whkhk's tiik Cat??The skeleton of' a cat walked into liysin's store at llohokus. llyan seeing her bawled out, "Mickey, didn't 1 tell ye a month ago to fade that cat a pounu 01 mate a day until ye had her tat r "You did, and I'am just after fading lier a pound. " lias that cat ate a pound this morning r ' Yes sir. " "Shuro, I think it's a lie ye're tolling.? Hriug 1110 that scales. Now bring uic that cat." The Cat turned the scale at exactly one p uind. "There, didn't 1 tell ye she hf.d eaten a pound of mate this morniii' ?" " All right, my hoy; there's yer pound of mate, hut where the divil's the cat ?"?A'vie York Mail. ? - <? Caiibaoe Culture.?The question is of frequent occurrence, says Lnmlrcth's Rural Rri/istrr, why cannot private families have head cabbage as early as the market gardeners ? Simply because ol imperfect culture and insufficient manuring. The market gardener feeds his cabbage crop without stint, and with the rankest food j frequently ploughs in the manure in the atunin, turns it up in the spring, and thoroughly incorporates it with the soil?plants early, cultivates deeply, not simply tickling the surface with the hand-hoc, but uses the plough, and the horse-hoe ; that cannot always be d' lio in the comparatively small family garden, hut the spade can he used, and that is the next best thing. Use it freely, dig deeply, and the result will surprise those who have heretofore relied upon the hoc a! >nc.? American Farmer. ? Listening to Kvil Ketorts.?The longer I live, the more 1 feel the importance of adhering to the rule which I have laid down for myself in relation to such matter?: 1. To hear as little as possible whatever is to the prejudice of others. 2. To believe nothing of the kind till I am absolutely forced to it. 3. Never drink into the spirit of one ?ho circulates an evil report. 4. Always to moderate, as far as I can, the unkindness which is express d towards others. 5. Always to believe that. if the other side wore heard, a very different account would be given of the matter. About 400 shanties aro far out on the ice in Saginaw Hay. Thoeo structures aro made of thin wood, lined with heavy building paper, and rest on runners, so that they may bo moved readily. The inhabitants are fishermen, who out holes through the ioe and oapturo great quantities of fish.? The population is over a thousand, and there aro stores, saloons and a hotel in this strange village, which will probably lust until March. Tut Ukst Fhikm)?The most ngronblo 1 of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an opprcssive greatness ; one who loves life, and understands the use of it ; obliging aliko at all hours ; above all, of a golden temper, and steadfast as au anchor. For such a one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wjt. (he pioibuudist thinker. ?Letting.