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THE BEAUFORT TRIBUNE
AND PORT ROTAL COMMERCIAL.
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YOL. Y. NO. 17. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1877. $2,00 per Aim Single. C097 5 Cents.
Work and Wait.
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Forty days and forty nights,
Blown about the broken waters, ^
Noah and his sons and daughters ; j
Forty days they beat and blow? 1
Forty days of faith, and lo! j
The olive leaf, the lifted heights, I.
The rest at last, the calm delights. 1
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Forty years of sun and sand,
Serpents, beasts and wilderness, (
Desolation and distress, i ]
War and famine, wail and woe? j
Forty years of faith, and lo ! ]
The mighty Moses lifts a hand j 1
And shows at lest the promised land. ! f
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Forty days to fast and pray,
The patient Christ outworn defied ,
The angry tempter at his side. 1
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Forty daya or forty years j
Of patient sacrifice and tears? <
LoI what are all of these the day ]
That time hag nothing more to sav ? ]
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Lift your horns, exalt and blow,
Believe and labor. Tree and vine {
Must flourish ere the fruit and wine
Reward your planting. Round and round '
The rocky walls, with faith profound, !
The trumpets blew, blew loud, and lo !
The tumbled walls of Jericho.
*. ?Joaquin Miller. (
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WINNIE'S FORTUNE.
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The handsome dining-room in the
May berry mansion was ail a-glitter with (
floods oi gaslight and the genial glow of *
the tire?-for Mr. Josiah May berry was u (
very " queer man," according to his
wife's opinjom and this fancy of his to ;
have nasty, ashy fixes-all over the splendid
mansion before the weather became 1
cold enough was one of his "eccentric *
freaks," Mrs. Mayberry called it, with a
curl of her lip, a toss of the head and a T
smile, almost of contempt, directed nt *
the bade, hearty, lionfest-faced old gentleman
who had married her for her pretty
face, ten years ago, when he was an im- y
mensely ncli widower with his handsome ?
half grown son for a not undesirable encumbrance.
They were sitting around the hand- i
some table, discussing their seven o'clock j
#dinner, with the solemn butler and his c
subordinate, in silent, obsequious attention?these
three Mayberrys, father, sol g
and the haughty, well dressed lady whi
was wearing a decided frown of dis- j
pleasure on her face?a frown she had j
barely power to restrain from degenerat- ^
inginto a verbal expression of anger wnue
the servants were in waiting, and which, ^
as the door finally closed on them, leav- fi
ing the little party alone over the wine c
and nuts, burst forth impetuously :
"I declare, Mr. May berry, it is too j
bad ! I have gone over the list of invitations
yon have made, and to think j
there is not one?no not one?of our set
among them, and such a horrid lot oi s
people a$ you have named !" ^
Mr. Mayberry sipped his wine contentedly.
1
"I told you, didn't I, Marguerite,
that it was my intention to give an old .
fashioned dinner ? And by that I meant, t
and mean, to whom it will, indeed, be
cause for thankfulness. As to making a y
gran .1 fuss, and seeing around our table *
only the-people to whom a luxurious (
dinner is an everyday occurrence?I
shall not do it. And as to the guests on ]
ray list being 'horrid' and'common,' j
yoir are mistaken, my dear. None of
them have a worse failing than poverty, j
There is not a ' common,' vnlgar person 1
among the ten names on that paper."
Mr. Mayberry's good old face lighted j
^. up warmly as he spoke, and Ernest May- j
W berry's handsome face reflected the satis- (
faction and pride he felt in his father'6 j
views.
Mrs. Mayberry flashed, but said noth- ^
in& i
She knew from experience that, kind \
and indulgent as her husband was, there {
were times when he suffered no appeal ]
from his decision. And this was one of }
those times. \
"We will have dinner ordered for ]
twelve o'clock, as it used to be when I \
was a boy. We will have roast turkey, ]
with cranberry sauce, and mashed pototoes
and turnips, boiled onions and ,
celery, 'and all on the table at once. For ,
dessert,' pie, cheese and cider, and nothing
more.- Marguerite, shall I give the ,
order to Lorton, or will you attend to
it?"
Mrs. Mayberry twisted her diamond
rings almost roughly. j j
" Oh, don't ask me to give such an in- : j
sane order to him! I have no wish to ; ,
appeax as a laughing stock before my j
servants, Mr. Mayberry. It will be as
severe a strain on my endurance as I am ,
capable of to be forced to sit at a table
with such people as the Hnrds and the j'
Masoni, and that Thyrza Green and her },
lame brother, and that little old Wilming- j
ton and his granddaughter, and "?
Mr. Mayberry interrupted her gently: |
" Old Mr. Wilmington was a friend of j
mine long before he went to India. Since
he came home with his son's orphan ,
. daughter and lived in such obscurity?
comfortable although plain, for Winnie
earns enough as daily governess to support
them both cheaply?I regard him as
more worthy than ever. Ernest, my boy, j
I shall depend upon you to help enter
tain our guests, and especially at table, i
for I shall have no servants about to |
scare them out of their appetites."
And Mr. Mayberry dismissed the sub
ject by arising from the taDie. . i
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14 Would I like-to go? Oh, grandpa,
I should ! Will ve go, do yeu think ?"
The little, wizened old man looked
fondly at her over his steel rimmed ;
glasses.
44 So you'd like to accept Mr, Mayberrv's
invitation to dinner, eh, Winnie ? I
T*ou wouldn't be ashamed of your oldfashioned
grandfather, eh, among the i
the fine folk of the family ? Remarkably
fine folk, I hear, for all I can remember
when Joe was a boy together with myself.
Fine folk, Winnie, and you think
we'd better go ?"
4I would like to go, grandpa. I don't
have many recreations?I don't want
many, for I think contented honest labor
is the grandest thing in the world, and
the best discipline?but, somehow, I!
can't tell why, but I do want to go. I,
can wear my black oaahmere, and you'll
be to proud of me,"
"Proud of you, indeed, my cliild, no
natter what you wear. Yes, we'll go."
And thus it happened that among the
en guests that sat down at Josiah May- |
jerry's hospitable, overflowing board i
iiat cold, blue skied day, Winnie Wil- '
nington and the little old man were two j
?and two to whom Ernest Mayberry
paid more devoted attention than even
lis father had asked and expected.
Of course it was a grand success-all ;
?xcepting the cold hauteur on Mrs. ^lay- .
and that was a
:ailure, because no one took the least
notice of it, so much more powerful |
were the influences of Mr. Mayberry's !
rnd Earnest's courteous, gentlemanly attentions.
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" I only hope you are satisfied," Mrs.
Josiah said, with what was meant to bo
withering sarcasm, after the last guest i
tiad gone, and she stood a moment before |
die fire; " I only hope you are satisfied? ;
particularly with the attention Ernest
paid to that young woman?very unneces-j
*ary attention, indeed."
Mr. Mayberry rubbed his hands together
briskly.
"Satisfied? Yes, thankful to God, I j
jad it in my power to make them forget1
:heir poverty, if for only one little hour.
Did you see little Jimmy Hurd's eyes
zlisten when Earnest crave him the sec- I
md triangle of pie ? Bless the young- j
iter's hearts, they won't want anything '
:o eat for a week."
"I was speaking of the young woman
vho "?
Mrs. Mayberry was icily severe, but |
jer husband cut it short.
" So you were?pretty little thing as j
jver I saw. A ladylike, graceful little :
*irl, with beautiful eyes enough to ex- ,
;use the boy for admiring her."
" The boy. You seem to have forgoten
youi son is twenty-three?old enough {
o fall in love with, and marry?even a i
)oor, unknown girl you were quixotic
mough to invite to your table."
" Twenty-three ? . So he is. And if he
rants to marry a beggar, and she is a
jood, virtuous girl?why not ?".
A little gasp of horror and dismay was
he only answer of which Mrs. Mayberry
vas capable.
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" Grandpa !"
Winnie's voice was so low that Mr. j
Wilmington only just heard it, and when
le looked up he saw the girl's crimson
heeks and her lovely, drooping face.
"Yes, Winnie. You want to tell me
tomething ?"
She went up behind him, and leaned'
ler hot cheek caressingly against his,
ler sweet, low voice whispering her aniwer?
"Grandpa, I want to tell you somehing.
I?Mr. May?we?Ernest has
isked?he wants me to?oh, grandpa,
san't you tell what it is?"
He felt her cheek gr^w hotter against
lis.
He reached up his hand and caressed
he other one.
" Yes, I can tell, dear. Ernest has
ihown his uncommon good sense by
van ting you for his wife. So that is
vhat comes of that dinner, eh, Winlie
?"
"And may I tell him you are willing, '
jerfectiy willing, grandpa? Because I
lo love him, you know."
"And you are sure it isn't his money
rou are after, eh ?"
She did not take umbrage at the sharp
juesticn.
"Iam at least sure it is not my money
le is after, grandpa," she returned,
aughing and patting his cheek.
" Yes, you are at least sure of that; i
lioro T honr the vonnc man coming i
limself. Shall I go, Winnie ?"
It was the "young man himself,"'
Ernest Mayberry, with a shadow of deep
;rouble and distress Qn his face as he !
same straight tip to Winnie and took her 1
land, then turned to the old gentleman. !
"Until an hour ago I thought this !
vould be the pjroudest, happiest hour of
ny life, sir, for I should have asked yon 1
? give me Winnie for my wife. In- I
dead, I must be content to only tell you !
low dearly I love her, and how patiently I
md hard i will work for ner to give her }
ihe home which she deserves?because,
Mr. Wilmington, this morning the house .
if Mayberry & Thurston failed, and 1
both families are beggars."
His handsome face was pale, but his 1
3yes were bright with a determination
md braveness nothing could daunt.
Winnie smiled back upon him, Ber !
iwn cheeks paling.
"Never mind, Ernest, on my account, {
[ can wait, too."
Old Mr. Wilmington's eyes were al- ;
most shut beneath the heavy, frowning
forehead, and a quizzical look was on his ,
shrewd old face as he listened.
" Gone up, eh? Well, that's.too bad.
You stay here and tell Winnie I am just
as willing she shall be your wife when
von want her, as if nothing had happened,
because I believe you can earn bread
and butter for both ?f you, and my Winnie
is a contented little girl I'll hobble
up to the office and see your father ; he
and I were boys together; a word of sym
pathy won't come amiss from me."
And off he strode, leaving the lovers
alone, getting over the distance in a remarkable
time, and presenting his
wrinkled, weather beaten old face in
Mayberry & Thurston's private office, i
where Mr. Mayberry eat alone, with
rigid face and keen, troubled eyes, that,
nevertheless, lighted at the sight of his
old friend.
"I'm glad to see you, Wilmington. ;
Sit down. The sight of a man who has
not come to reproach me is a comfort. ''
But Mr. Wilmington did not sit down.
He crossed the room to the table at
which Mr. Mayberry sat among a hopeless
array of papers.
"There is no use wasting words, Mayberry,
at a time like this. Did you know
your son has asked my Winnie to marry .
him ?"
Mr. Mayberry's face lighted a second,
then the gloom returned.
" If my son had a fortune at his command,
as 1 thought he had yesterday at
this time, I would say : ' God speed you
in your wooing of Winnie Wilmington.'
As it is?for the girl's sake, I disapprove."
"So you haven't a pound over and
above, eh, Mayberry?"
" There wiil be nothing?less than
nothing. I don't know that I really care
so much for myself, but Ernest?it is a
terrible thing to happen to him at the
very beginning of his career."
Mr. Wilmington smiled gleefully.
"Good. Neither do I care for my- [
self, but for Winnie, my little Winnie, j
I tell you what, Mayberry, perhaps you :
will wonder if I am crazy, but I'll agree
to settle a quarter of a million on Winnie
the day she marries your boy. And I'll
lend you as much more if it'll be any use,
and I'll start the boy for himself, if you
say so. Eh ?"
Mr. Mayberry looked at him in
speechless bewilderment.
Wilmington went on:
"I made a fortune out in India, and J
it's safe and sound in hard cash in good j
hands?a couple of millions. I deter- j
mined to bring my girl up to depend on
herself, and to learn the value of money
before she had the handling of her for- J
tune. She has no idea she's an heiress
?my heiress. Sounds like a story out j
- * - 1 v. -1- -hr?Ttf^ll mil I
OI 14 uwa, CXI, XUUJ IXCliJ I n til, nm |
you shake hands on it, and call it a bargain
?"
Mr. Mayberry took the little dried up
hand almost reverentially, his voice
hoarse and thick with emotion.
"Wilmington, God will reward you
for this. May he, a thousandfold !"
Wilmington winked away a suspicious
moisture on his eyelashes.
" You see it all comes of that dinner,
old fellow. You acted like a charitable
Christian gentleman, and between us
we'll make the boy and Winnie as happy
as they deserve, eh ?"
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And even Mrs. Mayberry admits that1
it was a good thing that her husband I
gave that dinner, and when she expects
to see Mrs. Ernest Mayberry an honored
guest at her board, she candidly feels
that she owes every atom of her splendor
and luxury to the violet eyed, charming
girl who wears her own honors with
such sweet grace.
A Balky Cow Surrenders to Steam.
The San Francisco Chronicle says :
A ranch hand arrived by the San Rafael
ferry in charge of a milch cow and its
young calf, which he was to deliver to a
family residing in the Western Addition.
He tied the legs of the calf, dispatched
it to its destination on a tnick, and followed
up Clay street, leading the cow by
a stout halter with a long, flat, strong
leather shank. He had little trouble till
he got between Kearney and Dupont
streets, when the cow plauted its fore- ,
legs at a resolute angle of forty-five de- <
grees with the street railroad irack. The
driver exhausted every variety of cow- J
dozing known to the profession. He
went ahead and tried to pull her along ;
he went behind and argued with her by i
twisting her tail into a short and crack- !
iug spiral; he 'trjed various devices
it cnrrnroefxiil hr th#? fMYYWfl tlljlt, bad I
iviiivuj "j r-~
gathered around, and finally fell back on
the eloquent and effective profanity j
fashionable on a thoroughly conducted ]
dairy ranch.
But the cow was stubborn and wouldn't ,
move, and the desperate vaquero had i
just come to the conclusion that he could
only tfait helplessly and witness the terrible
telescopic tragedy with the dummy j
of the next up train, when an ingenious
and airily dressed young Barbary coaster i
took the job off his hands. He slipped \
the end of the halter shank flatwise 1
through the slot in the street railroad ]
track and dropped it on one side of the ,
moving wire beneath, then he reversed <
his attenuated cane and slipped it (
through and past the wire on the other j
side ; then he twisted the hooked top of j
his cane around, caught the end of the j
*hank, drew it up through the slot, tied :
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11 Willi Hie Slipping tuoi. rouuu meeuuiu- i
ing part of the shank, then drew the !
knot through the slot and tight round
the wire. The halter shank stretched
out, but it was of the toughest and best
tanned leather ; the cow's horns cracked,
but declined to come out of her head ;
the vertebrae of her neck elongated,*but
stuck to the remainder of her body ;
there was an instant abnormal strain 011
the engines over the hill, and a clatter of
the great wheel in the Kearney street well
for taking up the slack, then the cow reluctantly
raised one foot set and it down
again quick, then another and set it down
quicker, and then she surrendered to the
superior powers of steam and wire cable
and trotted rapidly off. With head down
and tail up, like an eager and well train- j
ed setter beating a stubble field for;
birds, she went over the hills and far j
away. Dexter couldn't have made as !
good time up the grades. John Gilpin's
rde never attracted so many astonished
eyes. As she went over the divide and
let out a link or two on the down grade ;
the train men at the terminus were
thrown into a temporary panic at the
new and inexplicable dummy bearing
down on them, but one of them had the
presence of mind to cut her loose before
she was drawn in and cut into steaks on J
the friction wheels. She was a little out 1
of breath and a trifle astonished at her
own outcome of speed, but she was cured '
of balking, and continued without fur- j
tlier trouble on to her new residence. ,
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A Cure for Stammering. !1
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. A Canada journal contains a letter from
a correspondent who professes to have
been a stammerer from childhood almost
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to maniioou, ana who wisjicb 10 give
other sufferers the benefit of the treat- (
raent by which lie was cured. He says : ,
Go into a room where you will be quiet <
and alone, get some book that will inter- 1
est but not excite you, and sit down and 1
read two hours, aloud to yourself, keep- !
ing your teeth together. Do the same
thing every two or three days, or once a I <
week, if very tiresome, always taking \
care to read slowly, and distinctly, mov- '
ing the lips, but not the teeth. Then
when conversing with others tiy to speak
as slowly and distinctly as possible
| and make up your mind that you will
not stammer. I tried this remedy,
! and read for tw<^ hours aloud, with
my teeth together. The first result was
to make my tongue and jaws ache?that
is while I was reading?and the next to
make me feel as if something had
loosened my talking apparatus, for I
could speak" with less difficulty immediately.
The change was so great that :
j every one who knew me remarked it. I 1
repeated the remedy every five or six i
days for a month and then. at longer in- j
tervals until cured.
The new sultan of Turkey is the husband
of one wife, who is said to be a
i Belgian, very pretty and very elever.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
The feonthern Question-Civil Scnicc Reform?A
Reeoniniendarion?The Finance?
National Arbitration?The Settlement of
the Presidency.
The following is the full text of President
Hares' inaugural address :
the address.
Fellow-Citizens : We have assembled to re
peat the public ceremonial, begun by wasmng- i t
ton, observed by all his predecessors, and now t
a time honored custom, which marks the com- i
mencement of a new term of the Presidential t
office. Called to the duties of this great trust, g
I proceed, in compliance with usage, to announce
some of the leading principles on the g
subjects that now chiefly engage the public at- f
tention by wliich it is my desire to be guided in t
the discharge of those duties. I shall not tin- r
dertake to lay down irrevocably principles ^>r c
measures of administration, but rather to speak g
of the motives which should animate us, and to g
suggest certain important ends to be attained t
in accordance with our institutions and essential
to the welfare of our country. c
HT8 LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE REITERATED.
At the outset of the discussions which pre- t
ceded the recent Presidential election it seemed t
*/ ? mo fitHnrr that. T should fullv make known !
my sentiments in regard to several of the important
questions which then appeared to demand
the consideration of the country. Fol- ?
lowing the example, and in part adopting the f
language of one of my predecessors, I wish now, f
when every motive for misrepresentation has c
passed away, to repeat what was said before 1
the election, trusting that my countrymen will *
candidly weigh and understand it, and that ,
they will feel assured that the rentiments de- 1
clared in accepting the nomination for the c
Presidency will be the standard of my conduct
in the path before mo, charged as I now am, :
with the grave and difficult task of carrying J
them out in the practical admihistration of the [
government, so far as depends under the Constitution
and laws on the Chief Executive of J
the nation. ?
THE BOUTHEBN QUE8TI0S.
The permanent pacification of the country j
upon such principles and by such measures as c
will secure the complete protection of all its ^
citizens in the free enjoyment of all their con- 8
stitutional rights is now the ono subject in our j
public affairs which all thoughtful and patriotic ,
citizons regard as of supreme importance. Many [
of the calamitous effects of the tremendous
revolution which has passed over the Southern
States still remain. The immeasurable bene- .
fits which will surely follow sooner or later the J
hearty and generous acceptance of the legiti- :
mate results of that revolution have not yet J
been realized. Difficult and embarrassing questions
meet us at the threshold of this subject. c
The people of those States are still impoverish- r
ed, ana the inestimable blessings of wise, ?
honest and peaceful local self-government is 1
not fully enjoyed. Whatever difference of c
opinion may exist as to the cause* of this con- f
dition of things, the fact is clear that, in the ?
progress of events, the time has come when 1
such government is the imperative necessity cf
required by all the varied interests, public and
nn vnfo of those States. J
Bat it must not be forgotton that only a local 1
government which recognises and maintains inviolate
the rights of all is a true self-government.
With respect to the iwo distinct races, whose
peculiar relations to each other have brought
upon us the deplorably complications and perplexities
which exist ih those States, it ipust be a
government which guards the interests of both
races carefully and equally. It must be a government
which submits loyally and heartily to i
the Constitution and the Jaws?the laws of "the
nation and the laws of the States themselves?
accepting and obeying faithfully the whole
Constitution as it is.
Resting upon this sure and substantial foundation,
the superstructure of beneficicnt local gov- j
ernments can bo built up, and not otherwise In
furtherance of such obedience to the letter and
the spirit of the Constitution, and in behalf of
all that its attainment implies, all so-called party i
interests lose their apparent importance, and >
party lines may well be permitted to fade into
msignifioance. The question we have to consider
for the immediate welfare of those States
of the Union is the question of government (
or no government ; of social order and all the f
peaceful industries and happiness that belong i i
to it, or a return to barbarism. It is a question ; t
in which every citizen of tho nation is deeply }
interested, but with respect to which we ought ! *
aot to be, in a partisan sense, either Republicans I
or Democrats, but fellow citizens and fellowmen,
to whom the interests of a common coun- I ]
try and a common humanity are dear.
The sweeping revolution of the entire labor j ,
system of a large portion of our country, and the
advance of four millions of people from a con- ' j
lition'of servitude to that of citizenship npon ! j
an equal footing with their former masters, j .
eonld not occur without presenting problems of :
the gravest moment to be dealt with by the j
emancipated race, by their former masters, and J
by the general government, the author of the J j
\ct of emancipation. That it was a wise, just
md Providential act, fraught with good for all ! {
loncerned, is now generally conceded through- :
wif tlip ftonntrv. That moral obligation rests .
upon the national government to employ its con- ' '
stitntional power and influence to establish the j *
rights of the people it has emancipated, and to ! i
protect them in tne enjoyment of those rights v
when they are infringed or assailed, is alRO gen3rally
admitted.
The evils which afflict the Southern States can j
snly he removed or remedied by the united and I :
liarmonious efforts of both races actuated by j p
motives of mutual sympathy and regard ; and , j
while in duty bound and fully determined to j c
protect the rights of all by every constitutional '
means at the disposal of my administration, I ' j
im sincerely anxious to use every legitimate in- j f
fluence in favor of honest and efflcient local self- j
government as the true resource of those States { t
tor the promotion of the contentment and pros- i j
peritv of their citizens. In the effort I shall j
make to accomplish this purpose I ask the cor- ! ^
iial co-operation of all who cherish an interest ; a
in the welfare of the country trusting that , *
party ties and the prejudice of race will be free- T
ly surrendered in behalf of the great purpose to j H
be accomplished. i
In the important work of restoring the South v
it is not the political situation alone that merits I p
ittention. The material development of that c
section of the country has been arrested by the j H
social and political revolution through which it ; f
lias passed, and now needs and deserves the
considerate care of tho national government ; i.
within the joint limits prescribed bv the Con- 1
stitution and wise public economy.
FllEE SCHOOLS.
But at the basis of all prosperity for that as
well as for every other part of the country, lies .
the improvement of the intellectual and moral "
condition of the people. Universal suffrage f
should rest upon universal education. To this 1
end liberal and permanent provision should be <:
made for the support of free schools by the
State governments, and, if need be, supplemented
bv legitimate aid from national author- I
ity. * i
Let me assure my countrymen of the South- g
ern States that it is my earnest desire to regard ?
and promote tlieir truest interests, the inter- * ~
eats of the white and colored people both and ; I
equally, and to put forth my best efforts in be- j '
half of a civil policy which will forever wipe \
out, in our political affairs, the color line, and t
the distinction between North and South, to f
the end that we may have not merely a united j
North or a united South, but a united countrv. ' *
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CIVIL 8EBVICE BEFORM.
I ask the attention of the public to the paramount
necessity of a reform in our civil service
; a reform, not merely as to certain abuses '
and practices of so-called official patronage r
which have come to have the sanction of usage ;
in the several departments of our government, *
but a chango in the system of appointment it- ; ^
self ; a reform that shall be thorough, radical (
and complete ; a return to the principles and .
practices of the founders of the government.
They neither expected nor desired from pubh'c '
officers any partisan service. They meant that ]
public -officers should owe their whole eervice i
to the government and to the people. They j
meant that the officer should be secure in his
tenure as long as his personal character re- j.
m&ined untarnished, and the performance of ;
hie duties satisfactory* They held that ap* I
xnntments to office were not to be made nor
iipected merely as rewards for partisan serrices,
nor merely on the nomination of members
>f Congress, n s being entitled in any respect to
he control of such appointments. The fact
bat both the great political parties of the
farm, Garden and household.
Practical Farm Note*.
Barley.?Skillful management is required
to succeed with this crop. Peculiar
soils are required to produce a clear,
thin skinned, bright colored sample,
such as brings the best price in the market.
A friable, clean, mallow, dry,
limestone clay loam is perhaps the best
soil, but some lighter soils, that are
warm and rich, will produce good barley.
The soil must be thoroughly worked,
and free from weeds. Barley should
always be drilled, and the seed placed at
an even depth below the surface. There
is no better crop with which to sow to
clover.
Oats will succeed upon soils where
barley would fail. A rough sod and a
moist soil will grow good oats; it is the
best spring crop for a reclaimed swamp
or a newly broken clayey meadow. Two
and a half bushels of seed per acre is
light seeding; tliree bushels, if drilled,
or three and a half, if broadcast, is
sometimes sown with good results. The
thick seeding yields a finer stAlk, which
makes a more desirable fodder than
stouter straw.
Oats and peas, sown together, produce
a very nutritious fodder. The two
crops together, upon one acre of good
Boil, will yield nearly, if not quite, as
much fodder as would an acre of each
sown separately. We have sown two
bushels of oats and six pecks of peas to
the acre. If sown early, the fodder may
be cut for soiling cows or horses in May
or June, and a succession for continuous
use may be sown every two weeks until
earlv in Mav. Roll the ground after
sowing, so that the crop may be cut
with a mower, which may easily be done,
as the oats support the peas and prevent
lodging.
Other fodder crops are barley and
tares, or vetches, spring r^e,
and in the Southern States the cowpea
may be added to these. A few acres of
some early fodder crops will be found
very useful for feeding green, or for
cutting and curing for hay.
Potatoes. ? Earlier planting than
asual will be advisable. * Few plant
early enough, and now that the Colorado
beetle is around very early, it will be
well to get the start of him. We have
planted as soon as the frost was out of
the ground and the soil dry, without
heeding occasional night frosts. When
the potatoes appear above ground, an
inch of earth thrown over them with the
hoe, or a light furrow, will be sufficient
protection, and if the tops are nipped,
the plants will sprout again.
The Colorado Beetle.?Where this
pest has been around for years past, it ie
not feared. No one thinks of being
much troubled about it. Yet we lieai
farmers ask : " Shall we plant any potatoes
this year or not ?" Potatoes must
be raised, even if the beetle has to be
fought, and paris green is a safe and effective
remedy when properly used.
Winter Wheat and Rye.?These
crops are much improved by harrowing.
If the ground is dry, the plants will nit
be harmed, but the crust will be loosened,
earth will be drawn over plants
that have been heaved, and the just
starting weeds will bo killed. The
Thomas harrow, having light, slanting
teeth, is admirable for this work, but
the common harrow may be used instead
of it.?Agriculturist.
The Household.
Ants.?A certain way to keep ant*
from sugar barrels, lard cans and preserve
jars, is to tie a string wet with
kerosene around the barrel, can or jar.
Repeat the wetting of the string every
few days.
Oatmeal Breakfast Cake.?Take one
pint of oatmeal, a pinch of salt, and just
warm water enough to stir up into a
batter. Pour it into a shallow baking
pan, and bake for twenty minutes in a
hot oven. Or bake it in'small cakes on
the griddle iron, first putting in a handful
of wheaten flour and a little more
water. The cold porridge will also make
delicious griddle cakes.
Cold Slaw.?Cut up a quantity of
cabbage very fine with a sharp knife,
and sprinkle upon it a teaspoonful of
salt. For a large dish use two eggs-, a
piece of batter the size of an egg, half
a teacupful of water, and half a tcacupf ill
of good vinegar. Beat the eggs, whites
and yolks together, very light, add the
water, vinegar and butter, and put all in
a tin on the fire, stirring all the time
until it is of a creamy thickness. Pour
it hot over the cabbage, stir up well with
a fork and leave to cool.
Wall Paper and Typhoid Fever.?
An Englishman, several members of
whose family had been sick with typhoid
fever, had a room repapered, and found
that there were no less than twenty-five
wall papers already on the wall. The
presence of this mass of decomposing
paste and paper sufficiently accounted
for the disagreeable smell that was always
noticeable, although drains and
water closets were well trapped.
Scotch Cakes.?Into two quarts of
flour rub a tablespoonful of butter, stir
in a cup and a half of milk, a cup of
yeast, two eggs, and half a teaspoonful
of salt. Let this rise over night. In
the morning roll out and make into small
thin biscuit, let them rise and bake
quickly. Dip each biscuit in melted
butter before putting it in the pan, and
they will readily part from each other
when baked.
A Mother's Terrible Adrenture.
A letter to the Galveston (Tex.)News,
from Kaufman, in the same State, says
A few evenings ago a Mrs. Thompson,
living near East Fork, took her thre?
children, the eldest four years old, anc
started out to look for a cow. The daj
was cloudy, and in the evening a colc
norther with rain set in, and the mother
lost her way in the woods and was ou
thfrty-six hours, during which time i
was very cold and rained continuously
When found two of her children wen
frozen to death,iind the other nearl;
dead. The poor mother had made then
a kind of bed of her shawl and othf
gaVinents, and Was leaning over them t
protect theni from the storm, Th
mother asd dtrviving child are iaprov
ttf.
Seaweed.
Alas, poor weed ! The careless tide
Has left thee with his lightest foam ;
And now a desert drear and wide *
Divides thee from thy wiahed-for home.
His flow may bear thee b-'ck once more,
But canst thou live thy life of yore?
I Alas! I, too, am left awhile f ,
By her I love, in lightest play? m
' On distant loves I see her smile,
I hear her laughter far away.
Her heart may turn to me again,
But can my heart forget the paw t
Sober, Second Thoughts.
Contentment abides with truth. And
you wiM generally suffer for wishing to
appear other than you are, whether it be
richer, or greater or more learned. The
mask soon becomes an instrument of
l torture.
If we need a strong will in order to do *
good, it is more necessary for us still in
order not to do evil, from which it often
results that the most modest life is that
1 where the force of will is most exercised.
Charity is that rational and constant
affection which makes us sacrifice our|
selves to the human race as if we were
united with it so as to form one individual,
partaking equally in its prosperity
: and adversity.
If we will take the good we find, asking
no questions, we will have heaping
measures. The greatest gifts are not by
i analysis. Everything good is on the
highway. The middle region of onr
being is the temperate zone.
It is the great privilege of poverty to
be happy unenvied, to be healthy without
physic, secured without a guard, and
* - ? * A # __ _ X L -1
to obtain from tne county 01 nature vast
the great and wealthy are compelled to
procure by the help of art
Thus a certain wise man replied to one
who said: "Such and such thoughts
have come into my mind," by saving:
"Let them go again. "And another wise or- >
acle said: " Thou canst not prevent birds *
from flying above thy head, but thou
canst prevent their building their nests
in thy hair."
The misery of human life is made up
of large masses, each separated from the
' other bv certain intervals. One year,
1 the death of a child ; years after, failure
in trade ; after another longer or shorter
| interval, a daughter may have married
unhappily. In all but the singularly un1
fortunate, the integral parts that compose
the sum total of the unhappinees of
a man's life are easily counted and distinctly
remembered.
The Octoroon Ball.
A New Orleans correspondent of the
Des Moines (Iowa) State Register havi
ing noticed the strictures of the North:
era press on the celebrated octoroon ball
' at which ex-Senator Trumbull and ex
Gov. Palmer were present, protests
' against the assumption that the enter!
tainraeut was a low-toned affair. The
octoroons, he insists, are very beautiful
and proud, resembling the maids of
, Spain rather than the|belies of Ethiopia,
and displaying exquisite taste in dress. y
The correspondent went to the ball, and
hence knows whereof he speaks when he
t describes the senator's dancing. One of
; the girls with whom Mr. Trumbull had
| been laughing and joking smiled bright,
ly at him, and, with her head arched on
; one side and her arms enticingly extended,
exclaimed: "Senator, won't you
dance with me ?" " Why, of course I
will," responded the senator, gallantly,
catching the fair one around the waist
i and circling down the hall, while Mr.
Palmer looked on like a poor boy at a
At fimos lie vpa an dizzv that his
partner, who had the pretty name of
' Lnrline, fairly had to hold him up.
When a dance resembling a Northern
quadrille was put on the floor, Mr. Pal'
I mer was induced to take port, bnt his
' performance was spiritless. In this
; dance there was a figure known as the
"gents' solo." Several Southern gen'
tie men danced with agility, and finally it
was Mr. Trumbull's turn. He was fired
with the spirit of the^occasion, and gave
! some plantation steps. The correspondI
ent here usee technical language: " He
, rocked back on his hind feet a little,
, then cut the pigeon-wing to thp right
1 and left, and came around ou the alligai
tor circle, and retired to his place on the
, j figure of the windin' blades, a rare and
; difficult movement" The band was
; playing "Jump Jim Crow" the merry m
II while.
The Great Wall of China.
Kalgan commands one of the passes
through the great wall of China. It is
there built of large stones cemented together
with mortar. It tapers toward
the top, being twenty-one feet high and
twenty-eight feet wide at the foundation.
Af the most important points, less than
a mile apart, square towers are erected,
built of bricks. It winds over the crest
of the mountains, crossing th? valleys at
1 right angles, and blocking them with
fortifications. The Chinese estimate its
length to be about 3,300 miles; but in
parts more remote from Peking the wall
is of inferior construction There is
nothing but a dilapidated mud rampart,
as Colonel Prejevalsky saw it on the
borders of Ala-shan end Kansu. It is
said to have been built upward of two
centuries before Christ, to protect the
I empire against the inroads of the neigh
I boring nomads; bnt the periodical ir
ruptions of the barbarians were neve
I checked by this artificial barrier.?
i R/nr.kwnod'g Maaazine.
She Didn't Understand.
Two young ladies called at a dry goods
store on Woodward avenue, says the Detroit
Fret Press, to look at one of the
, late styles of circulars. The one who
: wanted to purchase was amazed and <lis,
appointed to find the circulars made
! without sleeves or armholes.
I " Well, that's the style," said the salesr
man, " and they are very popular. They
1 are meant to oover both shoulders ana
r arms."
t "I guess I won't buy one," whispered
t the gin to her friend. " If I had a beau
. how could I take hold of his arm with
a j that circular on ?"
r j " Why, you goose !" replied the other,
l " you let him put his arm right around
r you, of course ! That's what it's made
o j that way for ?"
e | " Mister, 111 take that circular 1"
-1 promptly observed the anxious party,
j and sne had it east Hobs#.
jountrv, in declaring their principles prior to
ho election, gave a prominent place to the subect
of reform of our civil service, recognizing
ind strongly urging its necessity in terms
ilmost identical in their specific Import with
hose I have employed, must be accepted as a
jonclusive argument in behalf of these measires.
It must be regarded as the expression of
he united voice ana will of the whole country
lpon this subject, and both political parties
ire virtually pledged to give it their unreserved
iupix>rt.
The President of the United States of neceslity
owes his election to the office to the sufrage
and zealous labors of a political party,
he members of which cherish with ardor and (
egard as of essential importance the principles
>f their party organization. But be should
itrive to be always mindful of the fact thut he
erves his party best who serves the country
>est.
In furtherance of the reform we seek and in
ither important respects a change of great lm>ortance,
I recommend an amendment to the i
Constitution prescribing a term of six years for
he Presidential office and forbidding a re-elec
ion.
THE FISAXCE8. 1
With respect to the financial condition of the
ountry I shall not attempt an extended history
if the embarrassment ana prostration which we '
lave suffered during the past three years. The
lepression in all our varied commercial and
nannfacturing interests throughout the country '
rhich began in September, 1873, still continues. <
t is very gratifying, however, to be able to say ,
hat there are indications all around us of a .
oming change to prosperous times.
Upon the currency question, intimately con- !
lected as it is with this topic, I may be pernitted
to repeat here the statement" made in '
ny letter of acceptance, that in my judement 1
he feeling of uncertainty inseparable from an ,
v* U. 1
rreaeem&Die paper currency mm no iiuuu?ions
of value is one of the greatest obstacles
o a return to prosperous times. The only safe 1
>aper currency is one which rests upon a coin i
>asis and is at all times and promptly converti
>le into coin. I adhere to the views heretofore
sx pressed by me in favor of Congressional legBlation
in "behalf of an early resumption of
Sscie payment, and I am satisfied not only that
s is wise{ but that the interests as well as the
rablic sentiment of the country imperative de- 1
nandit
FOREIGN RELATIONS. ]
Passing from these remarks upon the condi- i
ion of our own country to consider our relaions
wjth other lands, we are reminded by the
nternational complications abroad threatening '
he peace of Europe that our traditional rule
>f non-interference in the' affairs of foreign
lations has proved of great value in past times
md ought to be strictly observed. The policy
naugurated by my honored predecessor, Presilent
Grant, of submitting to arbitration grave
[ucstions in dispute between aurselves ana for:ign
rx)wors points to a new, and incomparably
be best, instrumentality for the preservation
>f peace, and will, as I believe, become a beneIcent
example of the course to be pursued in
imilar emergencies by other nations. If, unlappily,
nneetions of indifference should, at
iny time auring the period of my administraion.
arise between the United States and any
oreign government, it will certainly be my dis
>oeition and my hope to aid in their settlement
n the same peaceful and honorable way, thus
lecuring to our country th<ypreat blessings of
)oace and mutual good offices with all the naions
of the world.
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PBESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
Fellow citizens : We have reached the close
>f a political contest marked by the excitement
vliich nsually attends the contests between
treat political parties whose members espouse
md aavocate with earnest faith their respective
,reeds. The circumstances were, perhaps, in
10 respect extraordinary, save in tne closeness
ind consequent uncertainty of the result. For
he first time in the history of the country it
ias been deemed best, in view of the peculiar
iircumst&nces of the case, that the objections
ind questions in dispnte with reference to the
: unting of the electoral votes should be reerred
to the decision of a tribunal appointed
or this purpose. That tribunal, established
iy law for this sole purpose, its members all of
hem men of long established reputation for
ntegrity and intelligence, and with the exeepion
of" those who are also members of the *
inpreme judiciary chosen equally from both
jolitical parties, its deliberation enlightened
>y the research and the arguments of able counicl,
was entitled to the fullest confidence of the
Vmerican people. Its decisions have been
laticntly waited for and accepted as legally
onclnrave by the general judgment of the pubic.
For the present opinion will widely vary as
o the wisdom of the several conclusions "anlounced
by that tribunal. This is to be anticijated
in every instance *here matters of dismte
are mado the subject of arbitration under
he forms of law. Human judgment is never
merring, and is rarely regarded as otherwise
han wrong by the unsuccessful party in the
mutest. The fact that two great political paries
have in this way settled a dispute in regard
to which good "men differ as to the facts
md law, no less than as to the proper Course to
ie pursued in solving the question in controversy,
is an occasion for general rejoicing.
Upon one point there is entire unanimity in
mblic sentiment, that conflicting claims to the
Presidency must be amicable and peaceably adnsted,
and that when so adjusted the general
icquiescence of the nation ought surely to folow.
It had been reserved for a government
if people where the right or sunrage is umver- |
al to give to the world the first example in
listory of a great nation in the midst of a
tmgglo of opposing parties for power hashing
ts party tnmults to yield the issue of the conest
to adjustment according to the forms of
aw. *
Looking for the guidance of that Divine hand
>v which the destinies of nations and individuals
,re shaped, I call upon yon, senators, reprosenativcs,
judges, feliow-citizens, here and everyrhere,
to unite with me in an earnest effort to
lecuro to our country the blessing not only of
naterial prosperity, but of justice, peace and
inion?a union depending not upon the contraint
of force, but upon the loving devotion
if a free people ; u and that all things may be
o ordered and settled upon the best and surest
oundations that peace and happiness, truth
nd justice, religion and piety, may be established
among us for all generations."
Betting.
The dangers of betting, especially on
he question of a Presidential election, is
orcibly illustratedby the case of a young
ady and gentleman of BeUevue, Ohio,
ihe bet a kiss that Tilden would be
dected?he to pay if Tilden won, she to
mv if Haves was elected. On the morn
ng of the eighth of November he called
ind paid the bet; on the ninth he called
ind took it back. That evening she
>aid the bet. Next morning she took it
jack, and he paid; then she paid, and he
>aid; and so they have been kept busy
jy the contradictory dispatches ever
lince, and both declare their willingness
ind ability to hold out until Congress derides
tlio question.
A Stupid Son and a Mean Father*
The Southing ton (Ci) Sentinel says:
rhere is a man in this town between fifty
md sixty years of age, who has steadily
worked for his father until the present
lay; never had a dollar in his pocket;
aever went to church, wedding or funsral;
never was on a car; never to a
party; never spoke to a girl except to
ask where her mother was; never had a
holiday; and yet had his poll tax abated
this year on account of poverty, while
his father's estate is estimated at
$80/000 to $80,000;