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JOHN JONES AND I. BT CHARLES O. AMES. - We hd a tiff: "John Jones," said I, "You nhouldn't leave your cow at large !" " You mend your fence!" was bis reply; And 60 ran charge and counter-charrc. A 4a.i1tnnr IliIrnT" iliA rnw a il nrnrkiwil LI lill'Ifa, V " - uv I U ' VH home blades of prass, some heads of grain; yiiu yei lur una s irienu i uroppeu. And wrought for both a lasting pain. I knew that I had played the fool, et thrust my better thought aside. And, when my blood had time to cool. Became a greater fool through pride. Upon two homes a shadow sate; Two cordial wiv grew shy and cool; Two broods of children learned to hate; Two parties grew in church and school. John Jones's pew was next to mine; What pleasant greetings passed between! As sacred as the bread and wine Had our communing friendship been. Oft had our Toices swelled the song, Oft had we bowed in common prayer, And shared the worship of the throng Who sat in heavenly places there. But how shall souls in exile sing The Lord's sweet song? The holy notes Of fellowship, and joy, and peace, And pardon stuck in both our throats. Borne lessened relish for all good Made life for both to deadeu down ; And nature darkened to our mood. And answered back our settled frown. One summer eve I sat and smoked ; Good Doctor Dean came riding by; fie said, in voice a little choked: "John Jonns is hurt, and like to die." A sudden fire shot through my brain. And burned, like tow, the sophist lies; And on my heart a sudden paiu Fell, like a bolt from hidden skies. I stumbled o'er the threshold where My shadow had not passed for years; I felt a shudder in the hand A woman gave me through her tears. When he no more the pulse could fuel, I saw the doctor turn away; Some mighty impulse made me kneel Beside the bed, as if to pray. Yet not the Maker's name I called: As ne who plunges 'neath the wave, - A swimmer, strong and unuppallcd, Intent a drowning life to save, So all my soul's up-gathered powers, In anguish of desire intense, Sent that departing one a cry That leaed the abyss of broken 6cnse. Back to the dim eye came a ray; O'er the white face a faint smile shone; I felt, as 'twere a spirit's touch. The stiffened lingers press my own. O resurrection power of God Which wrought that miracle of pain! From buried hearts tore oil" the shroud. And made dead friendship live again! Beside one grave two households 6tood, And, weeping, heard the pastor say: "That out of death He bringeth life. And out of darkness couielh day." Was I chief mourner in the train ? All, who could guess, of all the throng, The strange, sweet comfort in the pain Of one w ho mourns forgiven w rong! Christian Un'uai. THE (JREAT IUZAH IN FIIEE-YILLE. 1 iiey were poing 10 nave a uazar in that town. There, was a good deal of distress among the poor, for the panic came, and hard times came, and the inan- utacturers failed, and those who did not reduced their working force, and a great many operatives were out of employ and were wanting help. Economy and retrenchment were the order of the day. ihe lauics, some or them, did their own sewing. Some did with but one servant ; some did without any. They kept their daughters out ot school to retrench school expenses, and the academy dis missed one teacher, a young lady with an invalid mother. The ladies who kept house managed very closely indeed, and deserved much credit. Mrs. Millyun concluded not to buy the ten-dollar silk she longed for, and took one for four. Kvcn more, she got a friend to smuggle it from r-urope, and it cost even less. Everybody said, "What a good ex nrnple of economyLrs. Millyun sets us! There it is not at all necessary, only it rnaKcs it easier ior us 10 uo it wno are obliged to do it." But Mrs. Jones, the dressmaker, missea tne patronage or Airs. Millyun, and thought that her work, which had always been good enough before, was goou enougn now. ijui mere was no use to employ so many hands if she was not going to have the best custom, and all of it too. So two of her sewing girls were paid oil weeks before the usual dull season; and even then it was not easy, w ith her sick husband and lame little boy, to bring her profits up to the expense point, jet alone saving any- tning. Then Judge Rochester set an example 01 economy, ins Darn needed repairs: but although material was low and labor plenty, it was no time to have extra ex penses; so he let it go. So poor Duff tale's little boy had no overcoat, and stayed out of school. It soon became ob vious that something would have to be done for the poor to keep the wolf from their doors, and " the bazar" was the talk of everybody. The tender glow of nencvoience pervaded society. Judge Rochester gave fifty dollars, with a warm feeling round his heart that did him credit. Mrs. Millyun gave a hundred toward paying expenses of getting it up; and so on through society. The young ladies worked early andlate over fancy-work and the pretty costumes in which they were to appear at tne ba zar. The wisest economy was practiced. Everybody did everything herself that could be done by unprofessional hands; and when necessity called in skilled la bor it was always expected that a hand some deduction should be made, as it was a " Charity." Sometimes the em ployes grumbled, but dared not offend rich patrons; and so they did it, even though grudgingly. " hat a blessed thing it is," said Mrs. George Allen, her fine eyes suffused with moisture, " that we are getting on so well with the bazar! Everybody seems so willing. Thus Mrs. Johnson finds time to help ns, even with her seven children; and Mrs. Trilobite has lent us her grandmother's brocade forour 'Marie Antoinette; and Mrs. Millyun has given so much to bear our expenses. We shall not be obliged to hire anything done scarcely!" "Humph!" said Miss Mary Ilryant, who waa Mrs. George Allen's single sis ter, and had $5,000 a year of her own, and no questions asked. As I said be fore, 44 Humph!" said Mary Bryant. "Who makes the coffee this year?" she asked "Oh, we are going to do that ourselves. Mrs. O'Lay asked us two dollars a night, and we are going to save that, and Mrs. .Brown said she would do it." " 1'jI see to the coffee," remarked Miss Mary Eryant, dryly. ' What! you make coffee! What did you say about cooking yesterday?" " Is ot at all. I'm going to pay Nora O'Lay two dollars a night for coffee and frying oysters. Her husband is out of work, and she has six children. For the four nights of the bazar it will be quite a lift, and she will come 'in at the death' and help clear up." "Well, of course, if you pay out of your own pocket, it is nobody's business, but the Relief Society won't pay any bills." "Generally speaking, I pay my own," said Miss Bryant. " What arc the girls going to make this afternoon when they come here?" ' Dress dolls. There's a great deal made on dolls if you understand it. If you dress them cheaply and showily, and sew on the clothes, you more than quad ruple the cost in the profit. Don't you sec?" "I understand. I was sacrificed to such dolls in my childhood. Flimsy tar latan and spangles, and to cut a stitch was to sacrifice a whole wardrobe. And the doll had on nothing to speak of dur ing the rest of her natural existence. Do these young ladies propose to immolate the juveniles also on the altar of econ omy?" What a qoeer girl you are! I don't know what you meanl 0 course they wist 9 zaikc 11 they can tvr tb bar. i But here come the first of them, while we are talking, and here is Mrs. John son's man with the dolls in a clothes basket!" In truth, it was a pretty, a kindly sight to see the girls gathered together in Mrs. Allen's pretty rooms. Girls arc so pretty in themselves that it don't matter what they do; they arc always the nicest of all things to look at. But to-day they meant business. There M erc bright, experienced ones who cut, and industrious ones who sewed, and ignorant ones who botched, and idle ones who shirked, and busy bodies who inspected but did not work, as always in such affairs. Miss Bryant carac in while they were the busiest, with her walking dress on and the brightest of smiles on her fare. " Well, girls, how many have I got to dress?" " J ust as many as you please. There's a hundred here, and each one of us can dress one nicely this afternoon," said the pretty Doll's Chair girl. "That's only twenty. Well, I'll dress fifty." "Fifty dolls! Oh, Miss Bryant, you are too good!" And a buzz of approba tion ran through the circle. " No, I'm not. Fifty dolls isn't much to dress for one's bleeding country. Se lect fifty of the prettiest and largest. Put them into the basket and I'll call for them in an hour or so." And Miss Bryant walked off. The carriage was at the door and Miss Bryant drove away in it. She drove a long way up Washington street and got out at a droll little shop, kept by an old lady in her front parlor a funny little old lady in a full-bordered cap. It would have done your heart good to have seen Miss Bryant tumble over the droll little piles of goods that had lain on the shelves so long, some of them, that they were quite shelf-worn. But there were remnants of silks of bright colors, of bobbinet lace, illusions, edg ings; summer silks in little checks, and small remnants of lining silks; bright merinos and wool delaines, balls of nar row ribbons; odds and endi of all sorts and kinds. The shelves looked quite bare when Miss Bryant paid the bill, and the face of the little old lady grew lovely to behold. " How comes on the winter, Mrs. Haz ard?" asked Miss Bryant. " Pretty bad, pretty bad. You see, I'd rented my upper r om to Nelly Moore and her mother. And now she's out of work, owing to Mrs. Jones dismissing her extra help on account of hard tines, and I expect they 11 have to move, and then what I'll tie to pay the rent puzzles me "I'll just step up there," said Miss Bryant, just as if that was not what she intended to do. " :o, iseny, said -Miss Jiryant, "you arc not going to be as busy as formerly for a while. I'm ever so glad, for it helps me out ot an embarrassment. I vc go fifty dolls to dress for the bazar. Of course I'm not so silly as to do it myself ilerc s the material to dress them. Can you do it?" "In two weeks yes, if mother will help on the plain things. It's all hand work mostly, and takes time. " Well, they arc of all sizes; some of them very handsome; some small and easy to dress. Now they must be honest ly dressed, at least all the larger ones with the clothes to come olt and put on just as little girls love them best; and if you can not do it all, tell me. L,e Catharine Waters do up the clothes that need it she is out of work too and tell her to send me the bill." " Well, it's hard enough on her," said Nelly; "but Mrs. Rochester says that they cannot afford a laundress this winter, and keep their cook too." "Humph!" said Miss Bryant. "I'll bring you round the dolls before dark." hen Miss Bryant came back she lelt for a moment as if she had missed her way and got into a bee-hive, there was such a busy hum. "l ni sure 1 try to be economical," said one young laity, a teacher ot music. ' save a dollar a week washing handker chiefs and collars, and that's what I'm going to give to the bazar. 1 feel as if had earned it almost." " And the bazar is to help the poor?" said Miss Bryant, with that odd smile of hers. " Of course." " What kind of a woman is your wash erwonian?" " Oh, she's a very respectable woman I assure you." " Likely to come on the Relief Society this winter?" " Certainly not, if she can help it. But she may for all that." "Now, my dear girl," said Miss Bry am, wiin ner oazzung smnc, " don t you ininK mat aoiiar a weeK that you save, at, l am sure, some inconvenience to yourself, and. I am eouallv certain, some annoyance to your landlady, would help the Keliet Society more by keeping your washerwoman beyond the need of its help, by giving her honest pay for the only part of her work on which she makes any real profit, than to put it into the soup-house fund to help you don't know who, or how needy or deserving tney really are? Don t you see that you taKc nonest bread to give to possible mi postors?" "Lut, Miss Bryant, don t vau approve or the bazar? Don t you think the soup house is a good thing?" " i es the strikers think so, feeling sure mat their tamilies will be helped wiuie tney ngiit tiuir cmplov-ers. the frontier towns think so when thev have ioreign invasions or necuy auventurers: One who has depended on the soup 1. Ml 1 1 uouse win uepenu again; ana you uo much to encourage vice and idleness No. girls! Have your bazar. Eniov yourselves, make yourselves pretty and have your good time. God bless you all! liut wnne you are uoing it don t dis charge the music teacher and teach the little sisters if you can afford to pay her. ior sne nas a mother to support, or some body else; nor do unsuitable work and make yourself ill, when the fee for one doctor's visit will be a godsend to some poor woman glad of the job. If you are rich enough to be generous vou can be honest and help others to be. If you economize try to do it all yourself; don't crowd another's place. Don't try to leacn, ana take me place or a poorer girl who could uo it just as well, or bet ter, who lives .m it, while you only buy nmions wiiu inc money." " isut the example " "iudgc! as Burchell savs. People who are needy don't want your example; tney want your plate. 1 our room in the annyoi leathers is lar better than your company. Now there is a large class of people born and bred to better days who will grow very cold and feel very hungry and never tell anybody, who will always be decent and pinched and patient, and I hold it is the business of good Chris tians to help these, and help them with honest pay for honest work, and with such timely help, delicately offered, as will confirm them in their own self-re spect." I his was quite a speech for Miss Bryant. But the result was seen: for al though not nearly so many persons " do nated" work or articles, or were asked to o so, so much was paid out for such offices that there were not so very many iwxr folks to help that winter, for Free- ville is only a small place after all. And the young folks had a glorious good time, and will talk of it for ears 10 come. uarper s uazar. A Woman's Adventure With a Mouse. A Keokuk woman immortalized her self and wants a crown of glory of which very few of the sex are worthy. She is not atraid ol a mouse. She proved that she whs mistress of the situation in the very face of the mouse himself. The lady, while pursuing her domestic du ties, cornered a mouse in a flour-barrel. He had been there before. The l.ulv had been hankcriner after him. Sim slammed down the lid, plugged up a hole wiui me uuu-end ol a Hour-scoop and the ravenous animal was nicely caught n his own trap. Now ninety-ninr women in a hundred would have taken refuge in the garret or cellar, as most convenient, uttering piercing shrieks that would have alarmed thn w-linlp vicinity, like cries of "murder" or Ore. 1 he Iveokuk heroine in her nd. venture with a mouse did no such thine. Sat tteed hr cround manfullr. ghV summoned the hired man. ITe came, and a council of war was held in the store-room. The man, according to the settled jdan of the campaign got a shot gun and stationed a big, clumsy bull dog in a commanding position. Every thing being ready for the attack, the lid was lifted and the lady vigorously punched the Hour-barrel with a pole. Soon the mouse started across the floor the dog in hot pursuit. The man fired ; the dog dropped dead. The lady fainted and fell down-stairs. The frightened hired man, thinking the woman was dead and he would be arrested for mur der, dropped the gun, ran away from the house and has not been seen since. The mouse escaped unhurt, but very much scared, and that lady over her victorious field ing so noble as pluck Lou in liejmbliatn. walks proudly There's noth in women. iSt. Dresses and Bonnets in Tarls. Di esses longer and longer, and cling ing closer and' closer, with all the trim mings imaginable and not yet imagined such is the aspect of the present toi lets. Large perpendicular pleats, some in the middle of the back and others on the sides bordering the tablier and form ing its revers such are the most popu lar features, if any preference can be discerned amidst so much variety. Bows made either of ribbon or of the material of the dress, flounces, puffs, ruches, bias folds, fringe and lace such are the ele ments from which are combined the trimmings of dresses. Steel buttons in the form ot a star arc new, and lorm a simple and effective ornament of gray velvet toilets. The association of two shades of the same color, one very dark and ihe other very light, or else of two different col ors, will be largely used during the com ing spring. Very dark blue-gray and very light blue-gray are the fashionable shades. Among the different colors that are combined in a dress, those which arc seen ottcnest together are gray and blue, olive bronze an 1 blue, flesh pink or sal mon and garnet, and violet and light green. The dressmakers of the day arc forced to study painting, or at least the works of colorists, for the least doubful combination would make this fashion a ridiculous fright. If every dress has a different trim ming it must be added that there has never been seen so great a diversity in the shape of waists and sleeves. Al though the cuirass or armor waist is uni versally worn for street dresses as well as for evening toilets, it must not be concluded that these are all alike. It is true that all participate in the same style ; but as every lady has a number of dresses, she naturally wishes them to vary in style. The waists are therefore made with round points in front and basques turned up behind; with revers, single or double breasted, and buttoned at the side; with heart-shaped or square necks, or closed at the throat and opening below over a vest; but always, and above all, with a profusion of jet em broidery or jet braid. And this is by no means the old-fashioned passamenterie braid mixed with jet, but the braid is entirely composed of jet, the long, hol low beads of which, in the shape of tubes, are strung together without inter ruption, so as to form long, glittering ribbons, with which waists of all ma terials arc striped, evening and ball dresses being covered with them, as well as those for the street. Bonnets are decidedly, though imper ceptibly, increasing in size. Each new bonnet is a little larger than its prede cessor; and this progress will lead us tm, without suspecting it, to the large brims which we have an nounced for straw hats. For spring bon nets there is in preparation the ancient Fanchon shape, but enlarged and modi fied, and covered with a mantillaof black lace embroidered with jet, nd confined on one side by a cluster of roses without leaves a true Castilian bonnet, which is appropriately termed V Espajwl. There is also in preparation both for the present season and for the earliest spring-time a great variety of telt bon-. nets. Fashion has just decreed that felt is more elegant than velvet; nothing, moreover, is prettier when the bonnet is well made and wisely chosen, without exaggeration of any kind. The Charles II., a black felt bonnet with a broad brim, turned up on one side over a large black leather, which falls backward, is charming for a pretty blonde. Mixed bonnets that is, of faille and velvet, or gauze and velvet or faille are trimmed with jet (leaves and flowers), and also with flowers and fruit; there are branches of cherries, bearing at the same time the blossoms, the green and the ripe fruit, which are charming. I know well that this is heresy from the botanical standpoint, but fashion never troubles itself much about the exact sciences, but lavishes on coiffures grapes of all colors and kinds, even of gold, which have never ripened, that 1 know of, on any vine, auu perches a tropical bird on European plant, without caring lor prob ability. The fashion of woolen fabrics contin ues, ana is adapted to all occasions, t or instance, a dinner dress which I saw yesterday in preparation, and which is destined for a very wealthy and extreme ly elegant young married lady, was com posed as follows: Very long skirt of pink faille, trimmed with ruches of the same faille raveled out on each side al most their entire width, thus resembling so many bands of feathers, but lighter even than feathers themselves, and, at all events, more brilliant. In tront thest ruches were arranged in curves on the bottom of the skirt, while in the back they extended up very high. Tablier of India cashmere of a paler shade of pink than the skirt, trimmed with similar ruches and tied behind under a bow of pink faille ribbon three-eighths of a yard wide, corsage open en earre, but ar ranged in such a manner as to simulate a faille corsage, over which was worn cashmere corsage shorter than the first Faille s'teves with cashmere trimmings, reaching to the elbow, with full under sleeves of fine lace. The same lace edged the neck of the corsare. The dress was completed by a parure of diamonds and garnets en caborhon, composed of a neck lace with pendants and a large breast plate. These garments are considered as representing the dark shade of the hair was worn simply a a butterfly of diamonds toilet. In the rose supporting and garnets. Stutls, laces, passementerie, fur and feathers arc no longer deemed sufficient for the trimmings of dresses. Metal even is mixed with them. Large plates or buckles t)t g., id or silver are used to fasten the drapings of over-skirts and tabliers. And even these arc not enough; H: tic c hains of gold and silver are added, according to the dress and its ornaments. I mention the fact only to fulfill the duty which makes it incumbent on me to chronicle everything that is worn, but I retue my approbation to this 6trange fashion and hope aud believe that it will continue to be stamped an extravagance. It Mould be strange if we should choose the instant when we have become a re public to cover ourselves with chains. lla'jwr s Uazar. If we cannot bury our dead in the ground for fear of unwholesome gases generated irom inem, nor yet burn them and let the odor be watted into ihe air, what shall we do with them? A London medical journal now tells this story about cremation: "The, remarkable statement has been recently made that the immense number of corpses burned by the Hindoos, who arc compelled by the worship of Bra'ima to burn their dead, is the real cause of Asiatic cholera. The poisonous gases generated in this way hover in the air during the day, but at night sink into the lower atmosphere, mixing with the water and the various kinds of food, and permeating ihe lungs in the process of respiration. In Hindu stan the Asiatic cholera is endemic, vet. subject to certain influences in the at mospheie.it becomes epidemic, and then causes ruin and destruction in the re mo'.esl countries." AGRICULTURAL ASD DOMESTIC. The Court of Appeals of New Tdrk State has recently decided that a man has ho right to the fruit growing upon branches overhanging his land where the trunk of the tree stands wholly upon the land of his neighbor. But the law re gards the overhanging branches as a nuisance, and they may be removed as such, or the owner of the land shaded may remove them if he is careful not to commit any wanton or unnecessary de struction in so doing. Where the trunk of a tree stands on the line they have a joint ownership in the tree and fruit, and neither has the rieht to remove it without the consent of the other. This question, which has been the source of much litigation and many personal quar rels, is now finally settled by the court of last resort, aud interested parties Can now know their rights and also their remedies in all such cases as may arise in the future. The Scientific American mentions a new "steak tenderer" which is thus de scribed: It consists of two toothed plates which are hinged at one end, to be adjustable to greater or less thickness of steak, and closed by means oi a lever, with sectional pinion pivoted to the in ner pla'c and gearing with a toothed stationary arm of the Tower plate. Both plates are carried toward each other by swinging the lever to the front and act with considerable power on the steak placed between them. Rye Griddle Cakes. Take one quart of rye flour and one cup of wheat flour, wet it un with sour milk or buttermilk until the batter is thick enough to cook" easily on the griddle. Add to it a pinch of salt, a small teaspoonful of saleratus, dissolved in warm water, ana one wen beaten egg. All plants placed before an ordinary window will grow one-sidea unless ire quently turned round, giving both sides an equal chance for the light. The young folks are having it all their own way, Look at tha young aprig on tha throne of Spain and the five. ytr-old tht ia comlpg up la China, Nnl-Bearing Trees and Shrubs. It is to be presumed that most persons have at some period in their lives de rived more or less pleasure in cracking and eating hickory and butternuts. It is said of Washington that he always kept his camp-chest well supplied with dick- ory nuts in winter, passing many an after-dinner hour over this primitive but, doubtless, healthful dessert. Our forests have, and do still furnish, quite an abundant supply of the various kinds of native species of nuts such as the chestnut, hickory, and butternut but they are constantly decreasing, and many a boy is obliged to travel a goodly distance from the spot where his father once filled pockets and hat right speed ily. The fact is quite apparent that the planting of nut-bearing trees has been to a great extent neglected in this coun trv. owing, no doubt, to our free forests as well as their abundance. The residents upon our Western prai rics feel the loss of the nut-gatherings and nut-crackings far more than those of the Eastern States; but they need not be long without these pleasant adjuncts of country life, for the trees can be ob tained and will grow rapidly if planted carefully and then given good culture But, whether a man is located upon a prairie or in a region where forest trees are abundant, a few nut-bearing trees and shrubs will surely add to the value and pleasures of his home. In many localities the young trees of various kinds may be obtained from the woods, and by carefully transplanting thev may be made to live and grow vi orously. In searching for young trees of hickory, butternut and black wainut one . . ... t should look lor those which arc supplied with side or lateral roots and a short per pendicular or tap root. I have usually bad better success with trees found in low, rather wet, soils than from high ridges and heavy clay soils; for it is well known that trees growing in swamps usually have an abundance of small, fibrous, sur face roots, and few which penetrate very deeply. In digging up such trees it is a very easy matter to lollow out to the end and preserve the roots almost if not ouite entire. It will not be necessary to dig holes for the reception of the tree as wide as the roots would extend it stretched out their full length, because if only a lew arc very long they may be bent about the stem or a shallow trench dug for their reception, thereby laying them in a natural position when again placed in the earth. In transplanting the butternut and hickory, especially, it is quite important to preserve all the small fibrous roots; hence the necessity of following the laterals to the very end, not cutting them oil' at a convenient dis tance, as is generally practiced with ap ple and pear trees. Pruning a portion of the branches (and I might say the more the better) is also an important matter m transplanting all tho different kinds. When nursery-grown trees can be had they will be lound preferable for removal to those from the woods, and the smaller they are the more certain to grow. The American sweet chestnut is well known as a beautiful, rapid-growing tree, valuable for its timber as well as the nuts. The European, or French chestnut, as it is usually called, succeeds in the Mid die States, but is very liable to disease further north. The nuts arc much larger than our native sort, but inferior in quality, being scarcely eatable until roasted. The foreign varieties may be readily grafted upon our native stocks The operation may be performed early in spring, and precisely as with the cherry or other kinds of fruit trees. Of the hickory we have two species which are especially desirable the shellbark and the pecan. The former is a native of all the Northern States and will thrive in almost any soil not too light and sandy. The pecan is found in Southern Illinois and southward; but it appears to be quite hardy further north, although its productiveness in colder climates has not been fully determined. There are also many native varieties of these, some of which are very much superior to the general type of the species ; but thus far all attempts to prop agate them have failed. The Hale's hickory nut is a splendid variety, found growing wild in Jiergen County, XM . .1 The nuts are very large, thin shelled, and have a rough, uneven surface, some what like the English walnut. Ouite ex tensive experiments have been made to propagate this sort by budding, grafting. and cuttings of the root; but out of sev eral thousand placed in the hands of an excellent propagator of other plants all failed except three. One seedling raised from the original tree has borne fruit for several years, but it is not different from the common wild sorts,' showing that variation in our nut-bearing trees is as natural as with our cultivated fruits. When our nurserymen are able to show us how to propagate the hickories by budding, gratting, or cuttings, then we shall be able to select the very best vari eties lor cultivation. The black walnut and! butternut are two well-known nut trees, worthy of a place on every farm, as they grow readily in almost any good soil and up to our northern borders, except, perhaps in the Northwest. The young trees can be had of almost any nurseryman and theyare noi uiincuit to make grow. Ihe Lnglish walnut belongs to the same genus and succeeds moderately well in the latitude ot isew lork city and in some favored localities a little further north. The tree grows rapidly and bears abundantly if the climate is favorable; but I have known quite large specimens which seldom produce a nut, while oth ers not more than a mile or two distant seldom fail to bear a lull crop. The common beech produces an excel lent although quite small nut; but the tree is a beautiful one and valuable for timber. It has been too generally neglectedfor ornamental as well as o:her purposes. Ot the nut-bearing shrubs we have but few native kinds The two wild soc- cies of hazel nuts are about all that are worthy of attention and very few at tempts at cultivation have been made with these. There arc, however, wild varieties, some much larger than others and worthy of propagation. Hundred of varieties have been raUed from lh European, hazvl nut cr filbert (Corylus Acellana), and the same might readily be done from our two native species (C. Ameriiana Jnd (J. rostrata. They propagate readily from suckers and thrive in auy good, rich soil. New Sorts may be raised by planting the huts soon after gathering in the fall. Many attempts have been made to grow the European varieties of the fil bert in this country; but in the North ern States they appear to be attacked by a kind of blight soon after if not before the plants come into full bearing. 1 have cultivated several varieties and know of a number of persons who attempted fil bert culture on a large scale; but the blight has "wiped out" every plantation and I do not know of one now remaining. We have an abundance of native ma terials of this kind and it is quite time that we make the best use of it possible. A. S. Fuller, in N. Y. Independent. Diphtheria. At a meeting of. the Public Health As sociation of New York, Dec. 10, 1874, the cause, nature, history and proper treat ment of diphtheria were discussed by the physicians present. A paper read by lr. Elisha Harris brought forward evi dence showing that diphtheria is not a new disease, but, under various names, has been known since the very dantl of medical science. Four centuries ago it was described in Europe under the titles of "putrid sore throat,'' "malignant angina," " angina suffocative," etc. It was this disease which carried George Washington to the grave in 1708. Up ward of 100 years ago it prevailed ex tensively in the city and colony of New York. The first fatal case recorded under its present name occurred in New York, Feb. 20, 1850. Before the close of the year fifty-three deaths had resulted from the malady in that city. In 1838 and 185'J it again prevailed in New York in a mild form, but in January, 18G0, fourteen deaths were registered in the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and the disease became epidemic and, in certain localities, ex ceedingly malignant. The abstract from the mo-tality of the disease shows that, from this time until 1864, diphtheria had become a serious enemy to human life in New York. In the spring of 1858 the disease appeared in Albany, and 2,000 cases were recognized in the first ten months of its prevalence, and 17!) deaths were registered. During all this period not a case occurred in Troy, a city only seven miles distant. During 1800 and 1801 diphtheria prevailed as a local ep idemic in many towns throughout the Union, and the fact was gradually ac knowledged that it was, in a certain way, infectious. The actual deaths charged to the disease in New York in 1874 were, up to Dec. 10. 1,003, being 514 in excess of the number registered in 1873. A paper read by Dr. Lewis Smith gave a review ot the cause and naiure oi diphtheria. The malady is contagious through exhalations from the suriace and from the breath of the patient, the theory is pretty clearly substantiated that the disease owes its origin to the pies ence of bacteria small vegetable para sites. The grayish-white spots that ap pear upon inflamed surfaces at the beginning of the disease are entirely composed of bacteria, which, if not pre vented, multiply rapidly, and, by bur rowing in the tissues, mlcct the whol system. This bactenan theory, developed by microscopical investigations, is sup ported by the fact that diphtheria pre vails most in localities favorable to the development of low forms of anima and vegetable life, as in crowded and filthy rooms and in low grounds. Con hrmation of the theory is also round in the fact that the disease begins in a single spot and may then be easily cured. It is only in later stages that it becomes dangercus malady. But Dr. Smith con siders that an important factor in the propagation of the disease is a predis posing condition of the system. Bac teria sometimes exist in the atmosphere without producing diphtheria and are even found occasionally in the mouths of well persons and when breathed sonic times cause no injury to the lungs. These with other considerations, indicate that diphtheria is in certain cases a constitu tional malady in its circumstances though in the majority of instances it is primarily local and only subsequently constitutional. W hen diphtheria spread from house to house or from room room it is never carried by the clothing. but by the visits of persons infected with it. From these facts it is obvious that cases ot diphtheria there should be an entire separation of the sick Irom the well. Children should be especially pro tected from contact with diphtheritic patients. The same sanitary precautions should also be adopted in treating the disease as in dealing with low levers cious as to husband money with proper economy, and every one who wishes to be able to face cold with Impunity should regard the avo'dabie expenditure rind loss of heat as foolish extravagance To attempt to "harden" people, and es pecially children, against cold is all nonsense. Cold can only be resisted by vital combustion within the body, iul ihn lxidv can onlv burn what is sunnlied to it. and that only in the measure of the capacity of the furnace, Every one who is exposed to cold draws nmin his bcjit-nroducing power for hi; means of resistance, and has so much less remaining with which to meet the next demand. Persons who live in warm houses, and who wear warm clothing, may go out into auy degree of cold with impunity, while those who suffer them selves to behalf-chilled at home must ex pect to be half-frozen when they are abroad. In regard to food, adults would do well systematically to eat more fat than usual in winter; and children inav otten be in duced to do so if it is concealed by any of the familiar artifices ot cookery. 11 thick gravy of an Irish stew, lor exam ple, may be made to carry much fat that would otherwise be wasted; anil if the matter cannot thus be managed it will be found that nearly all delicate children will readily take Cod liver oil during Lhe colder months. iV. 1 . Vbnereer. Making Money Out of Pancakes. The Belfast (Me.) Journal tells how ah enterprising woman is making money there: " It is not of that article of diet made by our grandmothers that we arc to speak, but a pancake of a less digesti ble nature, manufactured at the Belfast shoe-factory. Nothing in the shape of leather is allowed to go to waste in that institution. Even the shavings from sole leather have their use, and from them the pancakes arc made. These shavings are placed upon a table before the opera lives, who separate and carefully spread them out within a small casing with paste, in layers, like raisins in a box first leather, then paste, and the whole patted down compactly. hen a cake is com pleted it is about one fovt in length, four inches wide and half an inch in thickness. Thev are then laid away to dry, and in three or four days are ready for use. which is to be cut up into inner heel lifts. Their manufacture is not very pleasant lot, as the girls who make them arc up to their elbows in paste When the factory first started, this work was given to Alma House, at four cents per cake. She became so expert that she could easily make 100 per day. Being an enterprising woman, and seeing money ahead, she closed a contract with the pro prictors lor the sole manufacture at four cents apiece, and then hired help. To day she has an apartment oil" the sole- room, and employs six women, who turn out from UOO to 400 a day." in Regular Eating. Half of all ordinary diseases would be banished Irom civilized life aud dyspep sia become almost unknown if everybody would eat but thrice a day at regular times and not an atom between meals the interval not being less than fiv hours, that being the time required to di gest a full meal and pass it out of the stomach. If a person eats between meals the proc ess of digestion of the food already in the stomach is arrested until the last which has been eaten is brought into the condition of the former meal, just as if water is boiling and ice put in the whole ceases to boil until the ice is melted and brought to the boiling point and then the whole boils together. But it is the law of nature that all food begins to decay, to rot, after exposure to heat and moisture for a certain time. If a meal is eaten and in two hours another the whole remains undigested for severa hours, before which time the rottening process commences and the man has his stomach full of carrion the very idea of which is horribly disgusting; but that such is the case the unendurable odor of the belching demonstrates. As, then, all the lood in the stomach is in a rotten condition, in a stale of fer- mentivc decay, it becomes unfit for the purposes of nutrition and making pure blood in the whole body; hence the nerves, which leed on this impure and imperfect blood, are not properly nour ished, and, as a consequence, become diseased. "They complain" they are hungry and like a hungry man they are peevish, fretful, restless. We call it nervousness, and no one ever knew dyspeptic who was not restless, fidgety. frettul, and essentially disagreeable and uncertain. The stomach is made up of a number of muscles, all of which arc brought into requisition in the process of digestion But no muscle can work always. The busy heart is in a state of perfect repose one-third of its time. The eye can wink twice in a second, but this could not be continued five minutes. The hands and feet must have rest, and so with the muscles of the stomach; they can only rest when there is no work for them to do no food in the stomach to digest Even at five hours interval, and eating thrice a day, they arc kept constantly at work from breakfast until the last meal is disposed of, usually ten o'cIock at night. But multitudes eat heartily till within an hour of bedtime; thus, while the other portions of the body are at rest, the stomach is kept laboring until almost daylight, and made to begin again at breakfast-time. No wonder is it that the stomach is worn out has lost its pow er of action. Many girls become dys peptic before they are out of their teens in consequence of their being about the house and nibbling at everything they lay their eyes on that is good to eat. IlaW Journal. Economizing the Heat of the Body. The correspondents of the London Times have been discussing several mat ters connected with the weather, one of w hom makes the following very sensible remarks in regard to economizing the heat of the body: He warns persons against allowing themselves to be un necessarily cold within doors, compaiing it to the act of a spendthrift who wastes his capital in bis youth and has no in come left for his old ge. To keep warm, to retain heat within thfl body ioitead ot trending it, i juil i Judi. Poor Irish woman with six children to railroad ticket agent " Plase, sir, can't you give a poor widdy with six orphan children a ticket to Milwaukee?" Ticket agent " What have I got to do with your orphan children? I ain't their father, am I?" Woman "That 'c ain't, sir. Their father was a daccnt man." A Chicago paper says that " no gentle man or lady will leave an opera house until the curtain is down and all the au dience has passed out." An Irishman couldn't do better than that. A Nation of DysrKrrics. We live fast dissipate in everything except righteousness, and fill early graves. We drink all kinds of poisoned alcoholic spirits, and swallow without mastication pork, grease, and every conceivable car bonaceous, soul-dwarfing, life-destroying, system-clogging, indigestible food. Dr. WaI.KKK's" VfXiETABl.K VlNKOAK BlTTKKS cannot stop this in a radical manner but it will remove the evil effects, and the recovering patient, with fresh, pure, vitalized, electrical blood flowing through his arteries and veins, will have a clear er head and a cooler 'udgment, w hich, coupled with experience, will cause him to abstain in the future. Good, nutri tious, digestible diet, which the most delicate stomachs may take, can be fund in cracked wheat, corn bread, to matoes, raw or soft-boiled eggs, baked apples, boiled rice, plain rice pudding, coin-starch, rare beef, mutton and poul try. With Vinkoak. BiTTEiis and mod eration in eating and drinking there is no incurable case of dyspepsia. 21 Xrealln tlie Wrong IHeae. Many times Women call upon their family physicians, one with dyspepsia, another with palpitation, another with trouble of the breast, another with pain here and there, mid in this way they all present alike to them selves and their easy-going and indillerent doctors separate and distinct diseases, for which he prescribes his pills and potions, as suming them to be such, when, in reality, t bey :ire all symptoms caused by some uterine disorder; and while they arc "thus only able perhaps to palliate for a time, they arc igno rant of the cause, and encourage theirpraeiice until large lulls arc made, when the suffering L patients jire no bettor in the end, but probably wwrse for the delay, treatment, and other coinjilications made, and which a proper medicine directed to the cause would have entirely removed, thereby instituting health and comfort instead of prolonged misery. From Miss Lokinp.v K. 8t. Ci.aju, Shade, Athens Co., Ohio: "Dr. lt.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 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It is now generally admitted by honest phy sicians mat, when once me consumption is fairly fastened upon the lungs, no human power can save the patient from death. They ilr.o say that aooul M per cent, oi inosc wn die from this disease can trace the cause to neglected cough or cold, which might have locn cured by a small bottle of Liouid Opo deldoc, or, what U the same thing, Johnson's Anvdync Liniment. Ct'T this notice out and bring it w ith you We are authorized to refund the cash to auy person or persons who shall huy ana use ar- sons' J'aroalue I ills and lail ol reiiei anu sat isfaction. Pui ssixg's White Wine Vinegar, warranted pure and to preserve pickles. A superb article TnE Northwestern IIokse-Naii. Co.'s ' Finished'' Nail is the best in the world. VeiflaMf Pnlmonnrr RhImdiI M't n- proveu. reiiHine ami wen-known rt'im-uy lor oiitrtm. 'oliln nml Consumption, net tke Htnnint. Price 31: mall SOc CL'TLKU Baos. & Co.. hoMtun. 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Tho question is almost daily asked, "What i tho causo of tin unparalleled success of Vinkcai: Hit TEitst" Our answer i. that they removn tho causo of diseaso, and tho patient re tovcr liia health. They aro tho reat Llood purifier and a life-k'iviiis principle, a perfect lienorator and Inviorator of tho pystern. Never beforo in tho history of tho -world lias a nicdirino Lorn coninouniiod pos.scpshifr tho Tf iiiiirka!!J qualities of Vinkoak Bitters in healing th Eick of cvvry diseaso man is lu-ir to. Thry arn a gcnilo rurpativo vHl a-i a Tonii', relieving Congestion or inllaiiiination of tho Liver and VwcctuI Organs, in BiQoiM Diseases. Tho proporlir.1 of Dn. Wakkr' Vinegar Bittkks aro Aprnt-nt. Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Lax.uiv.-fDiun tic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, SudortiM.-, Alters live, and Anti-Bilious. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vin egaii Bitteks tho most wonderful In vigoraut that ever puntained tho sinking svstoni. No Person can take theso liitterH according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones aro not de stroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted boyoud repair. liilious. Remittent and Inter mittent l overs, which aro so preva lent in tho valleys of our great riven throughout tho United States, especially those of tho Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, lied, Colorado, Hrazos, Kio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobilo, Savannah, Ko anoko, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entiro country during tho Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during sea eons of unusual heat and dryness, aro invariably accompanied by extensive do rangements of tho stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exorting a pow erful intlucuco unon thc.so various or- AGENTS ; 310 PER DAY. TofrtlthcIIOMR WHI TTLE SKAVIVU MA CHINK. Pit ICR li'M.li-r! von ran nmko liK.my Frlllmrt h! " II .M R SI 1 i;TTl,R" wln-1 ln-r you arc KXI'KIIIRM 101) in tin-Ihimupbs or nof. If you wIMi to liny n SKWJXU AlACllNK lor family use. otir circulars will show you how to mivo money. JUIl.VO.V, CL.AR1Z & CO.. Ciiicaoo. III. fpE LAST IJc1Bi This now Trntw Is worn with prrfiTt comfort, nlpht niifl day. Adapts ii'jf to every notion of thelxNlv retaining Knp tre midcr tlio hanlo-t 'XTCi.c or BflTPri'ct Ft rain unti 1 rKTiiianrnOy cured, bold clirupliy tho ELASTIC TRUSS CO.. f3 Itronlv.-iy, JV. V. City, . an or be uu ior circuittr ana be cured. TO LIVE STOCK MEN! Every Shipper and HaifT of I.lvf Stock should send nt once 9'i for a year's Hiilwcriplion to The Drovers' Journal. It Is the only PRpcr published that irive the naim-i) of Commitxion hah-smrn and the liuyer, wit.h the Weight mid Price, in all the tranMi'!ionH in the t hirairo I'nion Stiwk Vnrdf. It contniiiM a very larL'e nno. nut of use ful Information rrjrardine Live Stock and Transporta tion. It, iH a paper cv-rv Stockman should have. Pub lished weekly, at the Great I'lii-m stock Vnrd. GMcar go. Addresa TU JS DltU VIOltS' .IOI KVAI.. CI: lea go, ill. lVn. Ctid scut by mail WATERS' NEW SCALE PIANOS are thf. lcst mtule ; tlm tnuch -lnat Ic, and a fine K lunc.poweriui, pure uii even. WATERS' Concerto ORGANS Cfinnot excelled in tone or iimnl yt theyArfy competition. The Concerto liUipia finclm italiiinnrMelliniian Voire, I'HICKS RV- lur.nr.iii j'r faun ilurlnir ll Month, jlloiitlil Iv Installment received f 'in I'ia nns. Onn. . in 4uo ontl-li:i nil iiti-iment, St to 6r, monthly alter lirst U jxn.it. AUKVJ'K WAVI'KD. A liberul licotint lo 'Jr'teher. Mininter. (.nurchfH. .Srhool. Is,lu. etc Kneelnl 1 n.l nielli-, ig i ne f rani. Mniled. IlOltACF IJro. Ml way, Ativ If; I H ""dm I erf Cat nlos R WATKitS A ho, lurk. Mok JX7. inri ITTM F Habit Cured A tritalu and nr cure, without Inconvenience and at home. An antidote that mauds purely on 1U own merits. Send for my quarterly inapizinc, ( it ctwU yon nothing,) containing certificate of hundreds that have been permanently cured. I claim to have discovered and produced tho first. ocioiiTAI. xno ONLY RfRK Cl'tl FOR OPIC3 IATIXO. Mil. S. II. tOLLISS, La Porte, Ind. gai)3, is essentially necessary. Thero is no cathartic for tho purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Hitters. as they will speedily removo tho dark colored viscid matter with which tho bowels aro loaded, at tho sanio tinio Etinuilatiug tho secretions of tho liver, and generally restoring tho healthy functions of tho digestivo organs. Fortify Hie body against diseasfl by purifying all its lluidswith Vixkcau Hitters. No epidemic can tako hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head ache, l'ain in tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, .our Eructations of tho .Stomach, Had Tasto in tho Mouth, Hilious Attacks, I'alpita tatiou of tho Heart, Inflammation of tho Lungs, Pain in tho region of tho Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, aro tho offsprings of Dyspopshr. Ono boltlowill provo a better guarantee! of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or King's Evil, WhiTu Swellings, Ulcers, EryhipcUifi, Swelled Nock, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Iiulolnnt ludaimnaiions, Mercurial A flections, OM Soros, Eruptions of tho Skin, Soro Kj'es, He. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis eases, Walk Kit's V'rKGAit Uittkiin liavo shown their great curativo powers in tho most obstinate and intractahlo cases. For Inllammatory and Chronic 1 IUieninatisill, Gout, Hilious, Kcinit ! tent and Intermittent Fevers, Disoasos of the Wood, Liver, Kidneys and Madder. theso IJitters have no equal. Such iJiscaac.-i are caused by Vitiated Mood. 3Iechanical Diseases. Persons en gaged in Paints and Minerals, euch as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, aro Mibject to paralysis of tho I'oweU. To puard against this, tako a dose of 1'alkkk's Vin EUAR Uittk'ks oet asionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-lf henni, Motrhes, Spots, Pimples, ltistulcs, IJ-il8, Carbuncles, King uonn, Seald-head, Sore Kyes, Erysipelas. Itch, Scurfs, Discoloration of tho Skin, Humors and Diseases of tho Skin of whatever naino or nature, aro literally dur tip and carried ont of the syKtem in a bhort timo by tho uso of these Hitters. lin, Tape, and oilier Worms, lurking in tho system of en many thousands, aro ellectually destroyed and removed. So j pystern of medicine, no vermifuges, no an thelmintics willlreo the system irom worm JUk 3 theso Bitters. For Female Complaints, fn young or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo manhood, or tho turn of life, theso Tonic Hitters display fo decided an influence that improvement is fooii perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated IJIood when ever you find its impurities bursting through tho Fkin in I'imples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanso it when you find it obstructed and plnpgish in tho veins; cleanse it when it ii foul ; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, aud tho health of the system will follow. It. II. McDOXAtD & CO., DragpinU ami lien. Acta.. K.in Krniii-i.tw, California, ami cor. of Wan hinplon ami Chnrlt'io St., S. V. Sold by nil lruKlt and Dealer. IOWA R. R. LAND CO. lias for Mle l.-IOO.OOO Atf of luilrrxvl Lixmh la the iiMlo iit'Kl'jn Ct We.-tern luwa. Detter Lands at Cheaper Prices Itian can be fonnrl elxcwlK-rp within civilization. Nc jjriiHMlKijirwr. NoapitR. ?" InrtiHn. A Vfr;iK-'-r"'MU nrire ami fH.prr a r. Hart rurlit.' Call jr m ini ui the litin piuij'B olllcn. 9i Rimtulpii Mrtft, l hir;ip. ami ont.im iui ininmiauon nrxi fr. atiIrR Iowa ljil)lU, Iowa. JOHN' B how Uj riMi h IIk- Inn-Id h nrtr' ami If'rnm, Ciiitago, or Cutbir CALHOUN, Lend Cotnmlnsiouor r or mapsaml paint tUets. with price, ami Irnim, HA HIT CURED at Ilomn. So l'tiblicltv. Term, moth-rate. Time Bhort. Kour years of un- imral Ivied mwH. Dem-.rtbo. cse. &KiOtettitiionKiis. Address Dr.F.IMarflyiiincy.Mich. CQA ft and ejrpcnr.a month to airrnta. AddreM If H n f ATtUSTtrotorosT-TCCTIETX t i Chu,nuickino..pi.lpi!. (J vr 11 wiGdi-rfi.il nri'ea. ntunjiiru. 114 r. Artuu-e fft fiwrloa, Una. jt)JIIpfOj . k no- P. l". j.. A, rtMni m STVH ! J'rttitcd wli I ' K iifir.Mii hr I O. 1'. KA.VK tO 1 ii I IV.-l.t.orn M..J .!. ter : bj A- Jw Xitw 7t Jwk.ttu t, Uuc.g,