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' - ^r V,!- -y'?*]&-*-' n^ i ' k " W-PTIJ> / / * ^7 \ I A PEN PlCtURE OP tHE LOUISIANA BBXUBNINO BOARD. Jauica Madison Weils is a untivo of Louisiana, bora in Rapides Parish, and graduated early in life ns the accomplished stable boy to a famous race-coursc jockey. In the liasto of preparing him for tho world his tnoral and mental cducatiou was necessarily omitted, bat an equivalent was tupplicd by & thorough insallation of those arts by which tho favorite horse can be bull-dozed into defeat and tho "scrub" landed under the etring as tho winuer. But the ainbitiou to ""rise out of tho prison of his mean estate" 4 burned fiercely in the youthful bosom of i f Mr. Wells, and by strict atteution to business and an utter disregard of those conventional proprieties which mar the fortune of less ambitious youths, he soou bedtuio fa- ' o 8outhwo-t as not to win could infallibly be made to win." ! A fame like this brought tho youthful . Wells into conspicuous notoriety on the race course; so much so, iudeed, that the owuers of Lecouipt proposed to Mr Wells that, if ' he could fix it so that their horse could beat I ^ Lexington in the famous rucu over the Mc- , p tamo in 109^, oc ungiu ciaiui auu receive ( whatever reward he desired. To use a forcible, but not polite cxpres- ' sion. this was nuts for Mr. Wells to crack. ! He was head grooui to Lexington and knew I just how to prevail on that gallunt racer to j full behiud in the struggle. SulEce it to ( say, his expectations were not disappointed, and Mr. Wells shortly thereafter turned up 1 as a part owner of Lccompt. Lexington's < ^ subsequent triumph over the '-time" of his I fleet competitor iu uo wise diminished the reputation Mr. Wells had acquired as an ( astuto and successful opeiator on tho turf. So much so, indeed, thut shortly afterward ' his ingenious devices were employed to cn- ? giueer a ''brnco game of faro" iu a noted 1 ( vbird-house on St. Charles street in New, Or- , leans. In this lr udable and successful pursuit j Mr. Wells rabidly acquired the means to establish himself in a lucrative gambling < business, and ho discarded forever the blue l jacket an^triped cap of the jockey. Into ; this uupretentious but serene life he was , quietly subsiding yhen the war broke out, aud to escape the "necessity of taking auy ' share in its burdeus ho immediately betook < himself to the sequestered swauips of llap- 1 ides parish, bo emerge into public life again j as soon as the*Fcdoral tioops under Hanks , had got full possession of tho State. Although Mr. Wells had never devoted any 1 part of his life to agricultural pursuits, no 1 sooner had the Federal troops entered his district thau he immediately sot up a cUim , 10 uii lug conoii in lug parisu. OU mn? lf ffiBgb . t ~f% he l^erenpon certified to the couutry" that ( ^ th^.ouly real and upright Louisiauian with [ v Woom he had met was J. Madisou Wells, of , 5T jfcapRles Parish. Froui this time forth J. Madison's stars rained fortunes on hiui.? IIo became a politician, an aspirant for office, '' ? -and ran on Banks' reconstruction tick*, t in i 1864 for Licuteuant-Gdf^rnor, the first place being assigned to Miohael Ilahn. Of course, k ^ie was elected. Nojbody but loyal people voted in Louisiana lb those days, or at least i those whom General Banks accounted loyal. , The next thing whieh'cumc about was the election of Hahn to the Senate, and tlieu J. Madison Wells, the whilom jockey, the 1 expert groom, the ingenious croupier to the Bird House faro hell, leaped at one gigantic < bound into the full-Hedged Governor?a po- , * litioal nondescript, us romarkble us Miuerva when she sprang full-armored and panoplied ' J for war from the head of Jove. Of his subsequent career itja unnecessary to speak at i ength. UuhfppiRy./Jbf^Louisiana, it is al* oady familiar to the couutry. , His white associate on the lleturniug . Board, General Thomas C. Anderson, is less deserving of special mention. lie is a Vir- 1 i. ginian by birtb, and has been a planter in St. Landry parish fur forty years. Wheu politics were reputable and white men ruled , in Louisiana General Andfcrsou was respejtablo. Ho held high rank in the militia, and hie courageous intrepidity on muster days won him the distinction of a brigadier.? * An admirer of the old axiom to let well enough alone, ho surrendered his military emoluments at tho breaking out of the war 'mod generously permitted his less distinguished countrymen to seek "the bubblo reputation at the cannon's mouth." llut if (he sword no longer fascinated the Opclousas brigadier, he was uot insensible to the honors which might be acquired iu the Seuate?the State Senate?and he met with ("((Ilirti. T ifjf WllUoul . Henry A^jgu, the great Irar Gorerpor qf Louisiana, at Slireveport. . When that body adjourned, Gen. Andersdp returned to his plantation but caine baok into public life wkh the advent of Warmoth's administratis. In oonsideration of a promise by Warmoth to send him to the Senate, he bocame his facile supporter and convenient {leitfdiman. But Warmoth was accustomed to use suoh men without rewarding thorn, and, when too late to redress his grievance, aw** Anders >n discovered that a carpctbagger's promise was full ofguile and deceit. Nevertheless, he was permitted to engineer through the Legislature a claim tor $160, 000, founded on the disloyal service of pro visions supplied by a man named Weil to the Soutliorn army. Think of a loyal legM islature passing such a claim. Hut GenerV al Anderson alleged that ho had purchased the youchcr from Weil, giving him $1,000 Jf."/. m equivalent, and his associates rewarded hfe patriotism by giving him an order on the treasury for the original sum of a hundred und fifty thousnnd dollars. Thus supplied with the sihows of war, the General .pushed his political oareer into Kellogg's term, lured thereto by his gorgeous dreams of the senatorial toga, which, alas 1 the election of Pinchback momenta.<= ^rily dispelled, but which Kellogg again reL. - - W ' '/ THRZE THINGS TO DO. ' Ilti is si id to bo a bcuciiiptor to his .raco who causes " two blades of grass to grow where but ouo grew bcloccthis Icing true, thero are several, ways by which farmers may secure a Unfold production vherc but meagre nutritious vegetation hot oppears. Many ditch banks arcuow undghtly from tangled briars and weeds; lot :hcse bo dug up and thrown ten or twelve yards into the field and there burned ; thou let the bank of the ditch bo thrown ns far as cotavcnient with hoe and shovel towards the burnt mass, aud the ucxt crop, with good culti...:n i.. 1..1 i i vived by tho promise of West's placo when his term should ox. ire. Of the colored gentlcuic-i who complete the political quartette ol the Louisiana lieturning Board, it is only necessary to say a few words. Keuner is au octoroon, who up to 1871 was engaged as the usher and door-keeper of a gambling-house on St. Charles street. His knowledge of political economy was acquired in that school and his practice is consistent with his profession Casanave, tho other colored member, graduated from a waiter in a lunch saloon into a prominent factor in Louisiana pnl> tics, and is perhaps the most honorable and virtuous Of this entire Board of distinguished politicians. Anecdote op Telegraphing.?The fol"tSinK Ino most curious fact that 1 havo ever heard of the electric telegraph, was told uic by the cashier of the Bank of lOogland. 'Once upon a time,' then, on a 3ertain Saturday night, tho folks at the bank could not make the balance come out 2orrect by just JCIOO. This is a very serious matter in that little establishment. 1 lo not mean the cash, hut the mistake in irithmctic, for it requires a world of scrutiny. An error in balancing has been known, I am told, to keep a delegation of flerks from each office at work sometimes the whole uigbt. A huo and cry was, of . ourso, made after this ?100, as if the old ady in Throadnoedle street would be in the Gazette lor waut of it. Luckily on Sunday iiorniug a clerk, iu the middle of a serin.u, [ dare say, if. tho truth were known, felt i suspicion of the truth flash through his Diud quicker than any flash of the telegraph itself. lie told the chief cashier that perhaps the mistake might have oc- | :urrcd in packiug some boxes of specie for die West Indies, which had been sent to Southampton for shipment. The suggestion was immediately acted upon. Ilcrc was a race, lightuing against steam ! steaui with .light aud forty hours the start. Instantly the wires asked, 'Whether such a vessel had left the harbor ?' 'Just weighed anchor,' was the reply. 'Stop her!' frantically slioutid the 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 hcavby ju^.oue packet of a hundred soyetcqjps than' it ought to be. 'Let her go,' stVfiktfic mysterious telegraph. The West Indies were debited with just .?100 more, and the error was corrected without ever looking into the boxes or delaying the voyage an hour. Now that is what wo call doing business." Curran's Reply To Judge Robinson. ?ALa time when Curran was only just rising into notice, and while he was yet a poor and struggling man, Judge Robinson, it is said, ventured upon a sneering joke which, small though it was, hut for Curran's ready wit and scathing cl qucnce, might have done him irreparable injury. Speaking of s-ouie opinion of counsel ou the opposito side, Curran said he had consulted all his books, and xould not find a case iu which the principle in dispute was thus establish ed. "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 aui poor, and this circumstance has certainly rather curtailed my library. My books are not numerous, but they arc select, and I hope have been perused with proper dispositions. I have prepared myself for this profession rather by the study of a few good books than fcy the composition of a great many bad ones. I am not ashamed cf my poverty, but I should bo ashamed,of my wealth if I could stoop to acquiro it by sorvility and corruption.? If I rise not to rank 1 shall at least be honest ; aud should * -? ? bo j^?nj au example shows me that an ill-acquired ejevetion, byniskhig -me the more conspicuous, would only meke me the more universally and notoriously contemptible." Mrs Janette M. Robinson, of Chicago, says that she has been cured of paralysis in direct answer to prayer, and soveral of the clergymen of the cxijf' touch for (he 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 ber Bible the text:? "All things whatsoever yc ask, believing, ye shall receive." She had faith in that Scriptural promise, and she prayed fervently that she might be miraculooaly oured.? Suddenly she was able to move her jaws, and to apeak. She got up and walked without difficulty and has been well over since. - # ... .1 Curiosity in ohildron is but an appetite after knowledge. I doubt not but one great reason why many children abandon themselves wholly to eilly sports, and trifle away all their time insipidly, is bccauso they found their curiosity baulked, end their inquiries neglected. vaviuu, mu uuiyijr mu liiuur, iiuu ifavu, j for years to couic, a garden spot of decided 1 beauty, verdure and fertility up to the Is there a hillside waMi defacing your 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, descending the hill with as gradual a slope as possible, after which so arrange your rows as to allow the waters to pass off through this trench with as littlo dcscout as may be.? In a little time the decaying debris will make the ghastly chasui a cheering view of goldcu grain or snowy cotton, while the conquering farmer will feci that he has not ouly enhanced the valuo of, but beautified his landscape and curbed the fierce torrents to his will. Is there a dense forest bordering your farm, whose searching roots eat out the fertility of your fields far iuland ? Cut a trench a spade's width and two feet" deep, bordering your fence?thus cutting the roots?and next year and years alter ward the crowning crops, abundant aud thrifty, will look defjauce at the forest and its shado. Now is a good time to do these things, and the reward in every instance will be sure.?Southern Farmer. Working Land on Shanks.?Working laud on shares seems to bo a poor business for both parties. It is to tho interest of the tenant to spend as little for extra labor as possible, because tho owner of the land gets half the benefit, without bearing any of the expense. When the country was new and the land rich, a man could, perhaps, nfibrd ty givcjmlf ^he^-proUu^p as lie could get fair crops with little labo#*) but now that the laud is uiore or less run down, and it is necessary to build it up with manure and good culture, it is impossible for a man to expeud tho necessary labor and give half the produce for rent. It may be done for a year or two on land in high conditiou; but the farm must inevitably deteriorate under the system. A man might afford to rent a grass farm on shares, but not an arable farm. It is difficult to take one of our ordiuary run down farms and raise enough from it, for the first few years, to pay the cost of labor and support tho teams. It would b* cheaper, so far as immediate profit is concerned, to pay one hundred dollars an aerc for a farm in high condition, with good buildings and fences, than to accept as a gift one of these run down farms. It is time this matter was understood, so that those uneasy mortals who are always expecting to sell, and consequently make no efforts to keep up and improve the land, should bo compelled to turn over a ucw leaf, or else dispose of their farms at a low figure.? Ohio Furmrr. A Beautiful Sentiment.?Shortly before his departure for India, the lamented Heber preached a sermon, which contained this benutiful sentiment : 'Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat glides down the narrow chanucl?through the playful niurmuting of the little brook, and the winding of its grassy borders. The trees shed their Id mng)flpip> 1 r heads, their flowers on the brink seem to offer thcimclvcs to our young hands j we are happy in hope, nnd grasp eagerly at the beauties around us ?but the stroflo* hurries on, and still our hands ara^npty. Our course in youth and manhood isftbng a wilder flood, amid objects more striking nnd magnificent. We are animated at the moving pictures of enjoyment and industry passing us, we are excited, at home short-lived disappointment.? The stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs arc aliko left behind us. We may be shipwrecked, we cannot be delayed ; whether rough or smooth, the river hastens to its homo, till the roar of tho ocean is in our ears, and the towing of the waves is beneath our fcot, and tho land lessens from our ejes, and the floods are lifted around us and we tako our Icavo of cnrlh and its inhabitants, until of our farther v yage there is no witness, save the Infinite and Eternal." Bring distinctly before your own mind the well-known fact that ohildreu delight as much in zeroising thoir minds as their limbs, provided only that which is presented to them be suited to their capacities, and [adapted to their strength. The Pw For The South.?Black or slatc-colorcd pigs arc.?frec?t from skin diseases in hoc climates. The choice is practically, between the Essex and Berkshire for ui^lcs with which to improve the native stock of hardy grubbers of the root-or-die variely. Those who have tried the former have been delighted at first, but after a few years begin to recall with longing the lean hauif and thin but solid aud flavorous bacon of th old race horse breed. The trouble with the Essex pigs for the South is that they are u<)^ active enough. They are of the eataud-sl^ep, and sleep and awakc-to cat kind, and tlupr grides are, of course, like thcui. The hide fatis supcib, and so is the leaf lard, ft'tdj^farjAjpJwe^ia all that oou'.d bo dotuj hams and shoulders arc too fat for profit, and the h im is not marbled With Sat like the Berkshires. Tho.se (the Berks) arc much uiorc cntcrprisiug, more wide iwake, less easily controlled, but good foragers. Their grades arc a wonderful improvement upon the origiuul stoek, may bo undo very fat, and yet the proportion betwem fat and lean in the hnuis, shoulders aud side pork or bacou is sueh as to developc atd preserve the excellencies of the meat. The hauis are large aud rich, aud juicy with diffused fat. Bcrkshircs aie not quiteso easily fattened when penned and systematically fed as the Essex grade, but they will take much better care of themselves in the .woods, and when penned for fattening tna'^ be finished off with half the feed the original ;'luud pikca" would require. With many Northern and Western breeders the Essex is a more profitable pig than the Berkshire, because bis uature leads him to take little exercise, so that all lie eats goes to flesh aud fat. Inspiration, which, if rapid, reduces fat greatly, is with him never accelerated by moving abuyt, and? with plenty of feed, the sole burden of life is to digest it. This breed is pre-eminent among the black breeds, and excelled by nouc as fat producers.?American Agriculturist. l(iK!?n t' ,11V "1 1 A?ai0i?vm v 'H * .?.>?? I ? I Ulllt illill scratch over the corn in the usual way until knee-high ; then sow peas broadcast before the plough. Hun the bar of a turning (he corn, aim lollow with a bulttonguc in the same furrow, as deep as one perse can pull it through stiff clay never bpforo stirred since the world was made. Hating run around the rows thus, then go bael and turn the wing next tlu corn, and follow with the bull tongue in each furrow of trie middles. The turner just prepares the way for your bull tongue to do ploughing that will beneGt the crop. If you have plautefi in checks, you should then cross with a good harrow, and your crop is then "laidfby." One ploughing and subsoiling in this way, is Worth more to the corn than twenty common scratchings Tt breaks through and causes to pulverize the crust then beginning to be formed; and it prevents any more cru*t front forming during the season; and the roots of the corn go down and take hold of the elements upon which it feeds, and permeate every part of that deep, loose bed, and bid defiance to any drought that may come. This system secures, even on tliiu land, a good crop of both corn and peas, without ruin in summer. Turn under the vines and stalks, all chopped up, and soon you will make your farm rich without expense or extra labor.?limal Sun. The Torture ok Beakino-IIeins.? The severe bearing-rein, as used by coachmen generally, is nothing more nor less than horrible and needless torture to the poor suffering horse?torture while in harness and the cause of infernal maladies when he Is ptrt back +R(b his stall for food and supposed rent. If jLbcfc is one thing more opposed to natArin health than another it is the increased production and then the waste of the saliva which is so necessary to the function#ff tho body. Who over saw a Rorse in a field foaming at the mouth ?? Who ever saw a properly bitted huDtcr do so' when ridden to hounds in an ca?y bit and obedient to a light hand ? I never saw it, n4rjfcl think any one elso has seen it; therefore, to begin with, the position of the carrfege horse's head, gagged with u bcarirffc-!*itt out.of place, and that profusion of sa|[vl'ayer falling from the mouth, must show something essentially wromr. The ?-* V cv perpetually tossing head arises from the fevered state of tho poor animal, mid hia consequent attempts to get rid of an irritating infliction, end not from the vulgar idea of a fiery wicfeto be put in action. Of this I am certain, that the less artificial constraint you put into a horse's mouth the better.? The less you cumber his graceful limbs with lumber in the shape of harness the better. Tho freer you keep his limbs and his respiratory organs the longer he will nerve you, aud the groat^r will be the labor he will perform for yog.? Grant fry F. Berkeley. ii 11 i?j - iif ? THE DOG OF ST. BKIUfABD. Fust falls the snow on St. Bernard's high tnoanItin muring us wealth in mo guinea ueiow; Hilling tlie streamlet, and nettling the fountain, And milking the valley a wild waste of suow. Nature is silent?the winds are all sleeping ; Ceaseless and stilly the snowy-tlakcs fall Mutely the monks of St. Bernard are keeping Their vigils around the red blaze in the hall. Crash !?'tis an avalanche ! Silence no longer Communes with night, mid the winds cry uloud, Tito wrath of the tempest grows stronger and stronger. Wrapping St. Bernard around with a shroud. Holy St. Bernard ! succor the dying, Where but this instant the avalanche fell: Mother and child in the deep snow arc lying, Making their grave in thccold mountain dell. No! there is one who is eagerly tearing The hillock of snow from the child's freezing breast; ~ And now he in triumph is rapidly bearing Away to the convent a perishing guest, ltobb'd of her child, as it quits her embraces, Life comes to the mother, its value has tied, Of her first, of her only born, gone are all traces, Save ou the snow-wreath that pillow'd its head. Sec! the bereft one with wild terror screaming, Flies o'er tlie mountain?away and away; Frenzy itself has no hope of redeeming ller child, to the wolf or the eagle a prey. She reaches the convent?she faints at the portals? She is borne to tlie hall, and tolifc is restored; She sank at the gates the most hopeless of mortals; And sought, him in dying the child she adored She opens her eyes?on her babe !?on her treasure, Once more on her mother her darling lias smiled, She weeps, but such tears have their fountain in pleasure, The dog of the mountain lias rescued her child. ttt housekeeper's help. Washino Flannels.?1 notice that some one in your journal asks how to wash flannels. The following directions arc given by the blanket manufacturers: "All that is necessary is abundance of soft water, and soap without rosin in it. llosin hardens the fibre* ol wool, and should never be used in washing any kind of flanml goods. Blankets treated as above will always come out clean and soft. A little bluing may be used in washing white Llaukets." 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 Delicious and Kasit.y frLim-. Stvav. ?Which may be left in as low oven several hours, or even all day. Take two pounds of gravy beef, cut off the skin and fat, divide it into pieces about an inch square, wash it, then place it in a 1 irge bowl or mall crock, cover it with water, or rather add as much as desired for gravy or beeftea ; let it stand an hour, then cover it with a plate, and place it in a slow oven, adding previously a little salt, and, if .liked, an onion cut up fine. It should cook four or five hours, and then there will be enough gravy for delicious and most nutritious beef-tea, as well as au excellent dish of wholesome meat. 1*1 k cilust ?The most healthy pie crust is made of thin, sweet cream and flour, with with a little salt. Don't knead thin. Bake in a quick oven. Another way is, sift a quart or two of flour in the pau. Stir in the centre a little salt and half a tenspoauful ot soda, well pulverized. .Now put in the whole a cup of soft(not liquid) lard, or buttei and lard, mixed ; stir it thoroughly with the flour; next add two scant cups of good sour milk or buttermilk. Stir all quick)) with the flour, in such a way that you need hardly touch it with your hands till you can roll it out. Hake quick. This will make three or four pies. Dkesskd Mutton.?To have it as ii 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 ovci with uiashed potatoes roughed with a fork and placed before the fire till the little dish assumes the appearance of a nicely-browned hedgehog. The hotter served the better il will be relished, provided it has only been allowed 10 simmer and not to boil. Knkmikr.?sTTave you ouemies? Go straight on, and mind them not. If they block up your path, walk around them, and do your duty regardless of their spite. A man who has no cnouiies is seldom good for anything; he is made of that kiud of material which is so easily worked, that every one has a hand in it. A sterling character ?one who thinks for himself, and speaks what ho thinks?is always sure to have enemies. They aro as necessary to hiui at fresh nir; they keep him alive and active A celebrated character, who was surroun ded with enemies, used to remark?''Thej are sparks which, if you do not blow, wil go out of themselves." Let this be youi feeling while endeavoring to live dowu th< scandal of those who are bitter against you If you stop to dispute, you do but ns the] desire, and open the way for mote abuse Let the poor fellows talk; there will be i reaction if you perform but your duty, ant hundreds who were once alienated Iron yon will flock to you and aoknowloege thetl or roi.?A Irxa ndcr a Mcaaenner. Joy And Sorrow oeCiiii.dukn.?Chil dron sweeten labors, but they make mis fortunes inoro bitter; they inoreaso thi enres of life, but they mitigate tho reuiem brnnco ofdoath -p-Lord Bacon. Every man is said to havo at least on chanoo to acquire wealth. In the ease of i newspaper man, this opportunity conies 01 tho 29th of February every year, exeep leap year. II I I it*l| M.JU I >- ' > ' Dust for Animals in Winter-?The almost indispensable necessity of an nmplu. supply of dust for auiuials in Winter, is understood by very few stock growers. All sorts of animals delight in a dust bath.? Chickens who have easy and continual access to it will never be troubled with vermin, either in their houses or ou their bodies. Cattle delight to stand in a dusty road, scraping it up with their fore-feet and flinging itall over their backs. The cheapest and most effectual cure lbr lice on cattle is to scatter a quart of perfectly dry dust along the snine. from the horns to the tail. In Winter, when they ctinuot get 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, into which halt' a duzeu wheelbarrow loads of dust arc plaueiL 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 once the most certain remedy for these pests, while the stock thrives by being supplied with what they crave, and what in astute of nature they would surely supply themselves with, but which they canuot wheu restrained and tied up in yards and stables.?l'ruiriu Furmcr. ? - - "Cl,oski> for Hktfrns."?At eight o'clock yesterday morning the proprietor of a smail saloon, on lhiubeui street put down the curtains, locked the door, and was walking off when be was bailed by a policeman. The saloonist crossed the street to the officer and said: -Dot blaee is glosed up for von week." ' What is the matter ?" asked the officer. "Well, I gan't stand such fooling arouiidt. In the first place a man comes in and says: -Well, Dikleti is elected," and he kicks oier the chairs, Pooty soon comes nnuddcr man in und lie s.iycs: "Hooray! Hayes has got '0111 now!" and he kicks ofer a dnble.? Anodcr man in a lectio vhilo comes in and galls out: "Nobody is elected any more!" und lie preaks some glasses. Shust like dot .lias it been for .? week, and I am glean discouraged. If somepody says Dildcn is elecA.l 1.1? .1 . n? . i n leu, i poiievc uoi; ii suiik pouy snys uayisis elected, I believe dot; if soiuepody says nnpody is elected, I feels liks dis country vlias going to some dogs right away." "Yes, it docs bother one!" cousoled the officer "Tell all dcr poys dot T have gloscd up for returns, and dot souicdody gan't get in," replied the man, and he turned his face homeward. "?Richmond Whiij. But Where's tiie Cat ??The skeleton of a cat walked into Ryan's store at Ilohokus. Ryan seeing her bawled out, "Mickey, didn't 1 tell ye a month agotofadc that cat a pound of mate a day until ye had her . fat?" "You did, and I'aui just after fading her a pound." ' lias that cat ate a pound this morning ?" " Yes sir. " "Shure, I think it's a lie ye're. telling.? Bring mo that scales. Now bring me that O O , cat." The cat turned the scale at exactly cue p uind. "There, didn't I toll ye she had eaten a i pound of mate thistnorniu' ?" " All right, ! my hoy; there's yer pound of mate, but ' where the divil's the cat ?"?JYeic York Mail 1 ? - ? 1 Cabbage Culture.?The question is of frequent occurrence, says Lundrcth's Iiural 1 licyister, why cannot private families have ^ head cabbage as early us the market gardeners ? Simply because of imperfect cul' ture and insufficient manuring. The mar1 ket gardener feeds his cabbage crop without ' stint, and with the rankest food; frequently ploughs in the manure in the atuuin, turns t it up in the spring, and thoroughly incorpoi rates it with the soil?plants early, eulti| vates deeply, not simply tickling the surface ( with the hand-hoe, but uses the plough, and the horse-hoe ; that cannot always be done in the comparatively small family garden, i but the spade can be used, and that is the [ next best thing. Use it freely, dig deeply, t and the result will surprise those who have i heretofore relied upon the hoc nlono.? American Farmer. i Listening to Evir. Reports.?The longer I live, the more I feel the importI anco 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 kiud till I nut ab solutcly forced to it. 3. Never drink into i the spirit of one who circulates nn evil report. 4. Always to moderate, ns far as I t can, the unkindness which is express d towards others. 5. Always to believe that, if the other side were heard, a vory differj out account would be given of the matter. r About 400 shanties aro far out on the ice j in Saginaw Bay. Theso structures are . made of thin wood, lined with heavy build, ing paper, aud rest on runners, so that they - may be moved readily. The inhabitants i are fishermen, who cut holes through ths ] ioe and oapturo great quantities of fish.? i The population is over a thousand, and there r are stores, saloons and a hotel in this strange village, which will probably last until March. k Tiie Rest Friend.?The most agronblo b of nil companions is a simple, frank n.an, . without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness j one who loves life, nnd understands the uso of it; obliging alike at 8 all hours ; above all. of a golden temper, nnd a steadfast as nu anchor. For such a one we a gladly cxehango the greatest genius, the t most brilliant v|t, the profouudeat thinker. ?Istsing.