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MAMMA'S LESSOR'S. Mamma busy as a boo Doiutf many ttiinirs that we Dec in so very little; Never dreaming they may prove Lenons time may not remove, Neither jot nor title. Mamma's words and mamma's deeds Drop around like tiny feeds, hich sometime will jrrow; "Whether flower or whether weed, Kind after kind, in life, succeed, Bringing joy or woe. Children's heart are fertile places; Careless seeds will leave some traces, Spite of later nkill; Then, O mother, be so careful. And so watchful, and so prayerful, Dropping nothing ill. Mamma's life may seem most lowly; Weary hours may oft pass slowly, Doing homely duties; Tet the future may disclose Poetry, hid beneath the prose, Full of shining beauties. Life is not a pleasant stroll; You are shaping heart and soul, Either right or wrong; May you make them pure and true, Show tbem noble things to do; Make them brave and strong. HousehubJ. OSHKOSH AT THE VATICAN. BY DU. J. JT. HYDE. Lieut. Dixon was one of those rugged youths, full of muscle asd ambition whom our great West has contributed to the roll of officers of the United States navy. His exterior, it must be con fessed, was neither that of a Beau Brum mel Dor yet of an Admirable Crichton. He was, it was true, large of limb and tall of stature; but then he had also red hair, square brows and jaw, a straggling beard and wide-set teeth. lie spoke the French and Germnn languages as though he were cracking nuts between those same teeth, and his appearance in the dance wa highly suggetive if the mo tions of the farm-horse in his old home at Oshkosh, Wis. When his vessel, the United States eloop-of-war Muskaloosa, was stationed at uivita Vecchia, in Italy, in the year 18G6, he visited the Eternal City on a leave of ab.-ence, and took up his resi dence in the Hotol de Rome, on the Cor so. He wis assigned an apartment on the third floor of that spacious hostelry, and there he soon forgot the ship biscuit and salt pork that arc as inseparable from sea-cruising in the Mediterranean as in less historic waters. It happened that his room faced upon an alley, on the other side of which was a larrre stone residence, one of whose windows was exactly opposite his own. This circumstance of itself would hardly require men'ion, were it not for the addi tional fact that twice every day at ten in the morning and four in the afternoon he discovered he had for a vis-a-vis the gir.ish face and graceful figure of a love ly young Italian. The rough stone-work of the old walls made a frame that con trasted delightfully with the bright pict ure it inclosed. The Lieutenant con cluded that he had never seen anything half so beautiful before. Whether this was due to that isolation from all repre sentatives of the sex which is incidental to the life of a sailor, or the natural sus ceptibility of the heart of the youth, is a matter of conjecture. It can only be said that, with him, to look was to look long and often, and surprise was soon succeeded by admiration. The young lady, Signorina Aliza Cozzi, was related to Monsignore Bella, a gen tleman well known iu all political and religious circles in Home. He was under stood to have a decided inclination to wear upon his head the hat of a Cardinal. But of this, of course, Lieut. Dixon knew nothing. He only saw clearly enough that the young girl was about sixteen years eld, and had great, lustrous black eyes that served a double purpose: they not only gave forth the indescriba ble light that dances in the eyesot youth and beauty, but they also rellected" por traits of young gentlemen with red cheeks and incipient whiskers. Her hair was as black and almost as plentiful of light as her eyes. And as to her figure, that was as gricelul ana lithe as the forms of the Sabine beauties that her re mote ancestors led buck captive and re luctant brides to their honivs in ancient Home. Dixon could hardly blame those old Latin bachelors. She did not apparently notice the ad vances made by her neighbor, but we may be quite confident that she had a suspicion ot trouble brewing beneath the bras i buttons that covered his broad chest, for although, as we have said, he commenced by looking, it must be con fessed that he concluded by actually blowing Kisses to her across the alley, acd flinging expensive bouquets into her lap. I hope the fair Aliza, should this chronicle ever reach her eyes, will par don the publication of these de tails. It must be remembered that she was only a young lady, and had neither the requisite strength nor skill to fling the bouquets back agan. On these occasions she rose hastily from her scar, and thus the flowers fell to the floor. But somehow they afterward invariably louod their way to mr toilet table; and somehow, al.-o, it always happened that when he was at his window she was at hers. Affairs were rapidly progressing toward that point when it seemed as 11 iuc iict iiuici auu tut; jiu I'uusiuii were to be on most excellent terms with each other, when one morning our Li' utenant heard the young lady sinking Ro-sini's exquwte cava ina, "Una oce." The vo ce was that of a sweet and rich con tralto, and the words of the native tongue of the fair Italian seemed to the Ameri can full of meaning. It led him to form a sudden conclusion. lie vould secure an introduction to her at all hazards. He made no delay in his efforts. It was easy to aiscovcr mr name, ana he learned in cidentally of her relationship to Monsig nore Bella. Aow it so happened that he bad already been introduced to mn sinvore at a reception given by the American Minister at R mic at the lega tion. His plan was then soon perfected; he would go to monignnre, and ask for a letter of introduction not to the young lady, but to her father. It could not but happen ttat he would thus be put iu communication with the daughter. Lieut. Dixon drove at oncu to the Piazza di Spagna, where the gentleman he sought uveu m apartments. It has been already remarked that Monsignore Bella was exceedingly anx ious to piace upon ms Dead the hat o' a Cardinal. At this very time he was up to his ears in all sorts of plans and proj ects looking to his advancement in the -church. He, however, received the Lieu tenant with considerable courtesy, ex tended to him one finger, apologized for the little time at his di.-posal and acced ed to the request. He promised to send a letter of introduction ihat verv after noon o the adaress on the card of his visitor. Monsignore was as good as bis word The letter of introduction was duly in dited and read as follows: MtDearCozzi: I have the pleasure of miroaucing to your cone lderation Lieut. Euirene Dixon, of the American marine, who win, i ocuot not, receive at your hands that general hospitality which, I am sure, you ui agree ne deserves, t ailhiuiiy yours, Bzxla. It appeared, however, that Monsignore . Bella, stimulated by his ambition and zeal tor the church, had occasion to write anotht r letter that same afternoon. Both of ihese he handed to his valet with in structions as to their delivery. The lat ter, however possibly in consequence of an nndue libation of the "lachryma christi" in his master's wine-closet be came confused as to the destination of these two epistles. He accordingly dropped the letter of introduction to Coz- y.l in I lip mail ofBrp nrl Hlitrrr-il llm other into the hand of Lieut. Dixon at the hotel. Mr Lord: Signor Blanquard, an officer of the French army, will repair to the Vatican to morrow morning. I begr your Lordship to secure for him an immediate and private in. - terview with His Holiness, as he has important and secret information relative to the Austrian occupation of Venice. There should be no delay. I will be responsible for the authen ticity of his report.6. Your Lordship's faith ful servitor, Boeachio Bella. "Hullo!" said Dixon, as he read the address on the envelope of this note " a letter of introduction sealed, and ad dressed to Cardinal Antonelli? I sup pose that's what might be called the Italian method.' Perhaps the gentleman I'm looking for is a sort of purser or chief boatswain's mate in Cardinal An tonelli's office at the Vatican. Seems to me this is fetching rather a long tack in order to make soundings!" But our hero was not to be deterred by any such consideration from pursuing his project. On the ensuing morning he arrayed himself in full uniform cocked hat, epaulet, and sword-belt and de scended to the court-yard of the hotel, where he entered a carriage which he directed to be driven to the Papal Palace. As he was whirled past the yel low waters of the Tiber and the gloomy castle of St. Angelo he did not feel any interest in looking upon these memorials of a remote past, which others have journeyed so many miles to see. His mind was intent upon another problem. In what manner should he accost the gentleman to whom he was about to be introduced? Should he attempt the curtly manners of the noble ecclesi astics of the Papal Government? Or should he imitate the sleek and almost fawning subserviency of the lower order of priests? lie resolved to do neiiher, but to adopt the style most congenial to one of his education and intincts the "rough and ready" behavior of the West ern American. Once arrived at the Vatican, his coach dismissed aDd the magnificent staircase ascended, his reception was of the most formal. He was ushered past the Siss Guards, whose harlequin uniform still contrasts strangely with the gravity of their demeanor past groups of Cardi nals whose crimson capes did not fail to remind him of the birds that are their namesakes past the grand saloons where the genius of Michael Anirelo, Giulio Romano and Raphael have hung the wall with glowing portraitures of human life along the corridors of that immense building which is said to cover as much space as the city of Turin past the unrivaled collections of an tique sculpture impossible of reproduc tion .and the despair ol modern art past all these to the ante-chamber of Car dinal Antonelli. Here he delivered bis letter to a gentleman in waiting, who left the room and speedily returning ad dressed him a few words in the Italian language. The messenger, in fact, an nounced that Cardinal Antonelli desired that the visitor should be conducted without delay into the presence of His Holiness. Now Dixon knew about as much of the Italian language as of the Choctaw j of his native land. He had not, there fore, the remotest conception of the pur port of this message, lie was, indeed, inclined to believe, in consequence of the extreme politeness of his companion, that the latter had inquired after the health of his estimable mother, who was then busily engaged in the dairy of the oid farm in Oshkosh. Dixon responded 41 that she was enjoying excel lent health, that he had heard fiom her that very day, and that a saw-mill in the vicinity of their resilience had been burned down since he left home total loss; no insurance!" His companion regarded him for a mo ment with a slightly puzzled expression of countenance, and then, beckoning the visitor to follow, he led the way through a series of corridors to a secluded part of the palace, where he opened a door. After the Lieutenint had entered the apartment to which it admitted, his con ductor closed the door and remained within call in the ou'er passage. The American found himself in a small room, furnished with extreme plainness. There was a small table near the center, upon which lay pens and paper. Beside this stood a carved oaken chair, with a high back, in which sat an old gentle man of very pleasant expression of coun tenance. He was unostentatiously dressed in dark-colored clothing. He wore, also, a pair of embroidered slip pers. On his head was a velvet cap. His face was clean shaved, and, consequent ly, there was nothing to conceal the play ot" his features. By the side of the en trance-door stood a second and smaller chair. Now Dixon was actually in the pres ence of the Pope ; but he believed that he saw before him Signor Cozzi, to whom, as he thought, his letter of introduction had been delivered. Never having seen Pius Ninth he had not the remotest idea of the identity of the individual whom Le was addressing. If he had, we miy per haps doubt whether he would have acted very ditlerently. But yet here he was, in the very chamber which Kings and Emperors have entered with bended knees, in order to kiss the sacred signet on the finger of him whom they regarded as the vicegerent of Heaven upon earth. Other and less exalted personages, in ac cordance with the requirements ot the Papal court, are not admitted to this privilege. They, too, arc expected to advance upon their knees, but not to venture upon saluting the hand of the Pontiff. It is theirs to press their lips upon the emblems embroidered on the point ot His Holiness slipper a per formance which is vulgarly known as " kissing the Pope s toe." They who have seen the wonderful picture by Healey, recently exhibited in the art gallery of the Chicago Exposition, can form a just conception of the sweet uess and benevolence that beam in the countenance of this primate of the Church of Rome. Whatever may be said by those who disagree with him, respecting his doctrinal belief, his firm adherence to the ancient perogatives of his office, and his unmitigated hatred of those whom he considers the spoilers of the church's heritage, certainly there is but one opinion respecting his privaie character. He is universtlly admitted to be a kind-hearted, urbane, Christian gentleman. It must be confessed that he was hot a little surprised at the manner in which he was approached by his visitor on this occasion. Dixon strode into the room as though he were pacing the quarter deck of a frigate, and, advancing to His Holi ness, seized the hand of the latter aid shook it with all the unaffected earnest ness of sincerity. "Sir," said he, in his execrable French, 44 I am delighted to see you. 1 am proud to make your ac quaintance upon my word 1 am. Per mit me to hand you my card. Mr. Bella was very kind in giving me the letter of introduction. If he hadn't I think I should have dipped mv colors and intro duced myself. You stem to be pretty much at home here. Private ofhec, suppose, and all t hat sort of thing. Not much of a run, after all, down to your house on the Corso. Well, you don't do much more in the way of style here than I did when I entered a midshipman's steerage and bade good-by to the corner grocery in Usbkosh." The Pope was at first startled, then shocked, and finally convinced that an error had been committed somewhere. He accordingly rose from his official seat, and, extending three fingers of his soft white hand, in the manner according to wnicu it is customary to give the papal benediction, pronounced the fol lowing words in Latin : " Pax tecum -in pacedemitto.filio!" Now this was a po lite intimation to his visitor to terminate the interview. But the young gentleman had never enjoyed the advantages of a classical education, and was therefore not to be blamed for supposing that his fco9t pointed to a vacant chair in the room wuh a request for him to be seated. He accordingly deposited his cocked hat on the floor, placed himself in the chair. tipped it back till his head rested against the adjacent wall and regarded his com panion with a look of the most bland and cheerful serenity. " That servant of yours," he continued, "the one that showed me in here, hasn't got any confounded nonsense about him. He introduced nic wi'h about as little ceremony as Foldjer did when he made Sam acquainted with the ward-room mess. Foldjer is one of our Lieutenants on the Muskaloosa, and Sam is the name which the sailors have given to a ring tailed monkey we've got on board ship. You see, the other day, when all the offi cers were seated at mes3,the monkey took it into his head to suspend himself in an open hatchway just over the mess table. To make himself fast ho had taken two or three turns of bis tail around the lanyard of the next windsail. There be swung, much to his own de light, and unperceived by those beneath, when Foldjer, wh was officer of the deck, happened to be passing, and no ticed the animal's position. Well, sir, I'm blamed if he didn't then and there cast that tail loose from the lanyard ; and in less than a jiffy the animal landed plump into a bowl of red-hot bean soup on the mess table be low. The next instant the pro visions for that meal were distributed about the ward-room as if it had been the corner-grocery in Oshkosh with a row at the bar, and the monkey was dusting up through the hatchway, with a look of determination in his coun tenance and all the hair olF one side of his body. And it took as much as ten minutes to convince the chief engineer, who had received a full charge of soup in his eye, that the steam-heater had not exploded." By this time the Pope was walking to and fro in the apartment, rubbing his head occasionally with his hands, and moving with that quiet ease which Is familiar to all who have seen him in his promenades upon the Pincian Hill. His facial muscles had first relaxed then a smile rippled over his face, and, finally, laying aside all restraint, he burst into a genuine and hearty laugh the first, probably, that had awakened the echoes of the somber Vatican for a long time. "My son," said he, speaking in the language which his guest had employed, " verily thou hast the gift of story-teiling which is peculiar to thy people, and which, it is said, thy illustrious martyr, Abraham Lincoln, possessed. Thou hast made me forget myself in this display of merriment. " Well," continued the Lieutenant, who now brought his right leg over the knee of the other, and nursed it in his left hand with unconscious tenderness, " I have always been of the opinion that the land of the Yankees was chiefly re markable for its Dretty girls. And I ain't willing to allow "that there's any in the worhlthat can manufacture a buckwheat cake or spread studding-sails along side those ia Oshkosh. But when you come to talk about eyes there's a pair of brilliants in the head of that daughter of yours that puts out all the port and starboard lights of any craft that I ever saw afloat." " Daughter, daughter!" ejaculated His Holiness, in an ill suppressed effort to smother his laughter in his handkerchief. 44 My son, dost thou not know that the Pope hath neither sons nor uaugnters, save only those to whom he is father be cause he is also head of the great family of the church." Dixon bounced upward from hia chair, and stood before the other in blank amazement. The amusement depicted upon the genial countenance of his host did not escape his attention. "Mr. Pope," said he "excuse me, your reverence your holiness, I mean this is a big blun der, and undoubtedly due to the care lessness of Mr. Bella. But," continued he, brightening up, and extending his hand, 44 I'm just exactly as pleased to see you as Mr. Cozzi, whom 1 expected to meet here. I shall always be proud of the honor conferred upon me by this ac quaintance, even though it results from an accident. And" this with a slight huskincss of voice, but in tones whose genuine sincerity would have carried conviction to the most stoical of audit ors " upon my honor, I think you're the most perfect gentleman 1 ever met in the course of my life." " Espeta una miimto," responded the Pontiff, forgetting the French in his native vongu3. He then withdrew from a cabinet, on one side of the apartment, two articles, which he brought to the center-table, where he inscribed a few words with the pen. He then returned and laid two gifts in the hands of the as tonished youth. One was a photograph of himself in full pontificial robes, taken by the well-known Cucciono, on the Via Condotti. Beneath this he had written ina bold band in the Italian language: " Lieut. Eugene Dixon, from his friend, Pio Nono." The other was an exquisite ly-wrought cameo, representing the pro file of his face. 44 My son," said he, " God bless and re turn thee safely to thy native land. When thou lookest upon this face, re member one who takes a profound, in terest in the cares of thy great nation. I suspect from thy words that thy heart hath been taken captive by a daughter ot our Italy, lake an old man s advice, give not thy heart to her who is only love ly to thine eyes. Beauty is often a fatal gift. Search rather for her who is truly beautiful in her soul. Having uttered these words he con ducted his visitor to the door, receiving bis profuse thanks with a kindly smile, and dismissing him with a warm pressure of the hand. Dixon returned to his hotel, half-dazed by his adventure. Here he found two letters awaiting him one, the genuine letter of introduction delivered through the mail, which thus gave him a clew to his morning's experience; the other con tained an immediate summons to return to his ship, which was under orders to proceed at once to sea. He gave one look to the window of the fair Aliza, but she was for the first time absent. She had misconstrued his non-appear ance of the morning, and was, in this manner, attempting to repay him for it So, with a sigh, the outh packed his trunk, took the next train for Civita Vecchia, and was soon plowing the blue waters of the Mediterranean in the gallant Muskaloosa. I saw Dixon in the city of Boston not long since, where he is now engaged in the practice of law. He then informed me, confidentially, that the little finger of the girl with blue eyes and light hair, to whom he had been married, was worth more to him than all the black-eyed and dark-hairtd beauties that ever breathed the air of Rome. Overland Monthly. AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC Hunter's Beef. For a round of beef weighing eight pounds allow one ounce of saltpeter, one ounce of coarse sugar, one teaspoonful of ground cloves, one grated nutmeg and four ounces of salt. Let the beef hang for two or three days and remove the bone; let the spices, salt peter, etc., be reduced to the finest pow der; put the beef into a pan, rub all the ingredients well into it, and turn and rub it every day for a fortnight, then remove from the pickle, mash, bind securely with strips of strong muslin and put it into a baking-tin with one-half pint of water; mince some suet, cover the top of the meat with it, and put over all a close fitting cover, bake in a hot but not scorching oven for six hours and serve cold. When glazed and garnished with jelly this is a handsome dish. The gravy that flows from this beef while cooking should be saved, as it adds greatly to the flavor of hashes, stews, etc. Household. Bruket of Beef, a la Flomande. Put into a stew-pan from six to eight pounds of brisket with four or five slices of bacon laid over and under the beef. Add two carrots, one onion, a bunch of savory herbs, salt and pepper to taste, four cloves, four whole allspice and two blades of mace, and cover with weak soup stock or water. Close the stew-pan as tightly as possible and simmer very gently four hours, strain the liquor, re serve a portion for sauce and the re mainder boil quickly over a sharp fire until reduced to a glaze, with which glaze the meat. Thicken and flavor the liquor that was saved for sauce, pour it round the meat and serve. Garnish with parsley or carrot-slices, as preferred. Cure for Ringbone. Take one ounce of origanum oil, one ounce of sweet oil, oue-half ounce of aquafortis and one half pint of spirits of turpentine. Apply every day for twelve days, and skip every other day, until the medicine is used up. li.eep well cleansed with cas tile soap. Cor. Cincinnati Times. Rice .Tcllv. Boil one nound of rice flour with half a pound of loaf sugar in a quart of water until the whole becomes a glutinous mass; strain off the jelly nnd let it stand to cool. This is nutritious and light. Feeding Apple Trees. "NVe would think a man wild to feed a row of cattle in stanchions, on the side next to their bodies, instead of putting the fodder before their heads. This i, however, substantially what I saw a man doing yesterday. He was feeding a lot of apple trees with barnyard refuse, and piled it carefully up by the body of the trees, instead of placing it where the mouths of his subjects could readily get at it. The fact of the business is, we do not know much about roots. Square and cubic roots we learned by heait in the school-room; but these cylindrical roots that feed our crops and trees are pretty nearly a scaled book to us. An idea in sinuated itself into my cranium last sum mer while digging in the orchard to see if the apple-worm did not hide beneath the sod. I noticed the sod was tougher next to the body of the tree, while at the distance of eight and ten feet it was quite meager. I scratched my head a good deal over the matter, but a little scratching of the ground did me better service. I found the mouths of that ap ple tree were out there several feet from the trunk of the tree, and sucked in so much of the moisture and nutriment that the grass had but little to live on and gave up the fight. I know now where to feed my apple trees. Detroit Free Press. Mignonette as a Tree. Buy a pot of ordinary mignonette or piant seea. mis pot w in prooaoiy con tain a tuft composed of many plants. Pull up all but one; and as the mignon ette is one of the most rustic of plants, which may be treated without any deli cacy, the single plant that is left in the middle of the pot may be vigorously trimmed, leaving only one 6hoot. This shoot must be attached to a slender stick. The extremity of this shoot will put forth a bunch of flower buds that must be cut off entirely, leaving not a single bud. The stock, in consequence of this treatment, will put out a multitude of voung shoots that must be allowed to develop freely until they are about three inches and a half long. Then select out of these four, six or eight, according to the plant, with equal spaces between them. Now with a piece of whalebone make a hoop and attach your shoots to it, supported at the proper height. When they have grown two or three inches longer and arc going to bloom support them by a second hoop like the first. Let them bloom but take off the seed pods before they have time to form or the plant may perish. It will not be long before new shoots will appear just tclow the places where the flowers were. From among these new shoots choose the one on each branch which is in the best situation to replace what you have nipped off. Lit tle by little the principal stalks and also the branches will become woody, and your mignonette will no longer be an herbaceous plant, except at the upper extremiiites, which will bloom all the year without interruption. It will be truly a tree mignonette, living for an indefinite period; for with proper treat ment a tree mignonette will live twelve or fifteen years. Household. The Sultan of Turkey employs in his palace 6,00 servants of" both sexes. He pays and feeds 300 cooks, 300 gardeners, 500 coachmen, and 600 more to do odds and ends about the house. To - feed these people and their hangers-on 1,200 sheen and 2.000 fowls are killed every day, and C0.000 francs for lights are ex pended. N o wonder they can mm the sick man of Europe. The Best Way of Pruning Standard Roses. A. very success! ul rose cuiturist says that in pruning standard roses every shoot of last year s wood should be short cned to three or four buds. If not pruned in this secure manner the head will become straggling, the shoots weak ly, and the flowers small. Only as many shortened shoots should be left lor blooming as will keep the head properly supplied without crowding, bearing in mind that each of the three or four buds left will produce a shoot. Attention must also be paid to have the head prop erly balanced. Where the head of a standard has been improperly treated, and, in consequence, the shoots of several years, now old wood, are too extended. then cut the shoots of old wood back to within a few inches of their origin and so form a nev head. The portion of old wood retained will push shoots, which generally bloom the following season; and if they should not they will not fail to do so every subsequent one, if properly treated." Severe but Judicious pruning is essential to secure success in blooming the rose. An annual dressing of manure on the surface of the bed should be given to be washed in by the rains and thaws of winter and spring. How Chickens Get Ont of Shells. Take an egg out of a nest on which the hen has set her full time, carefully holding it to the ear ; turningit around you will find the exact spot on which the little fellow is picking on the inside of the shell; this he will do until the in side skin is perforated, and then the sheli is forced outward as a small scale, leiving a hole. Now, if you will take one of the eggs in this condition from under the hen, remove it to the house or other suitable place, put it in a box or nest, keeping it warm and moist, as near the temperature of the hen as possible (which may be done by laying it be tween two bottles of warm water upon some cotton or wool), and lay a glass over the box or nest, then jou can sit or stand, as is most convenient, and witness the true modus operandi. Now watch the little fellow work its way into the world. and you will be amused and instructed as I have been. After it has got its opening, it commences a nibbling mo tion with the point of the upper bill on the outside of the shell, always working to tne right (U you have the large end of the egg from you and the hole upward), until it has worked its way almost around, say within one-half an inch, in a perfect circle; it then forces the cap or butt end oi the shell olt, and then has a chance to stra ghten its neck, thereby loosening its legs somewhat, and so, by their help, fore ng the body from the shell. American Farm Journal. Clover Turned Under. Mb. J. Gregory, a few years ago. moved from Tennessee and bought a plantation in Murray County, Ga. The land at the time be purchased it with a good season, would produce ten bushels of wheat to the acre. In Octo ber Mr. Gregory sowed broadcast fifteen acres of white Boughton wheat, one bushel to the acre, and in February fol lowing he sowed the same ground in red clover, sowing broadcast in two ways, one bushel to eight acres. He harvested ten bushels of wheat per acre and cut a fine crop of hay the same season. The next year ho mowed two crops of good clover hay, averaging two tons per acre. The third crop grew up from four to eight inches high, and in October he plowed the clover under, plowing deep and subsoiling; sowed one bushel of white Boughton wheat per acre. The result was an average of thirty and one half bushels of choice wheat per acre. Thus, you will see that the only manure used to improve the land and get thirty and one-half bushels of wheat where he could only raise ten was to plow under deep a good crop of clover and subsoil llural Southland. TnE art of voicing reeds, the most dif ficult and important in the manufacture of cabinet or parlor organs, was invented by Mr. Emmons Hamlin, of the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., in 1847. It has been universally adopted by American and largely by European makers, but none have attained that high standard of excellence in it which is reached in the Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs. This fact is universally recognized by musicians. P. T. Uarnum's Latest Wonders A Colossal Exhibition. Timer's Weeklu devotes nearly two col umns to explaining and extolling the great enterprises with which P. T. Barnum is mak- most liberal and daring showman in the world. The statistics which Harper Brothers stivpl us from authentic sources are nearly overwhelming. They make an ordinary head dizzy. Mr. Barnum has always ooasiea mat he gave his patrons double their money's worth, and his claims are generally acknowl edged; but this time he seems to have far out stripped himself. Last year he obtained from Hie uounecucui ix-K'siaiure u tuauti iui " The P. T. Barnum's Universal Exposition Company," with a capital of a million of dol lars; Mr. Barnum, who is President of the company, and Mr. Coup, his Manager, have spent many mouths in Europe perfecting their plans. The object of this great company, as they announce, is to eievaie omusemeuis, ui vest them of all objectionable features, and thus render them worthy the patronage of the mo6t moral and refined classes. They say that eventually they will have a score or more of exhibitions (traveling and permanent) in America and Europe, and they intend that their chartered title shall be a guarantee of the merits of whatever they bring before the public. The present season they have but two exhibitions. One is Mr. Barnum's well known "Museum, Menagerie, Circus and Traveling World's Fair;" the other is simply called "The Great Roman Hippodrome." Mr. Barnum seems to have devoted years to per fecting this great enterprise, and nearly one year of hia personal attention was paid to it in Europe. At an expense of fcveral hun dred thousand dollars he erected a great hip podrome building in the heart of New Yoik city, and under an outlay of over 15,100 each day he has run his establishment in New York for nearly a year. This Exposition Company are engaged to 6hip the entire Hip podrome to Europe next autumn; mean while they have undertaken the diilicult task of transporting it entire to the principal cities in America. Harper's Wtekly says: "The Great Roman Hippodrome will re semble a moving camp. There are 1,200 men, women and children in Mr. Barnum's service, and the stock includes 750 horses and ponies, besides elephants, camels, English stag and stag-hounds, trained ostriches, lions, bears, tigers and other animals. For the exhibition of the menagerie and the various shows, dis plays and performances connected with the enterprises, two enormous tents, each 500 feet in length and oOO in width, have been provided, one ot which will be kept in advance in order that no time mav be lost by delaying in making ready. The question of transportation by rail a very serious one was solved by the construction of 150 cars twice the usual length, built expressly for this purpose. Among them are a number of 'horse-palace' cars, constructed with com modious stalls, in which the horses cau lie down and rest while on the journey and arrive at the place of exhibition quite fresh for the per formance. Besides moving the tents, animal nnd all other material in these Hippodrome cars, berths will be provided in those devoted to the irnonnel of the company for nearly all the employes. Besides the great exhibition tents, and 6table tents for the horses and other animals. There is also attached to the oinpany a large corps of blacksmiths and carpenters and builders, some of whom pre cede the show several days, to make ready for the exhibition by preparing the ground, erect ing seats, etc. The dressing-room tents alone will cover more ground than an ordinary circus. "To move 6uch an enormous establishment without hitch or delay requires the employ ment of clear-headed, practical men at the head of each department. Everything is so arranged as to move with, the smoothness ana precision of clock-work. At the appointed hour the canvas will go up, the street proces sion will move, the performance will com mence. When all is over, and the great tent emptied, everything will be packed up by those detailed for the work, and the caravan, with out the loss of a minute, will be ou the move toward the next piace of exhibition. " The programme of performance will be varied and attractive. Donaldson will make daily balloon ascensions with a car large enough to contain a company of five or six persons, at a cost ot aDout 5000 a aay lor tnis feature alone. Then there will be the 'Ko- man races' in chariots driven by 4 Amazons;' the 'liberty races' in which fotty wild horses are turned loose in the arena, in exact imita tion of the famous carnival races of Koine and Naples; 4 standing races,' in which the riders stand on bare-back horses; hurille races for ladies; flat races by Eoglish, French aud American jockeys; besides camel, elephant and ostrich and monkey races. Another feature will be the exhibition of Indian life ou the plains, in which the actors will be scores of Indians, with their squaws and pap poo?es. They will put up a ueuuine Inuian encjiiipmcnt, hunt real bullaloes, give war dances, pony races, loot races against horses, exhibitious ot uaring norscmansiiip, lasso- throwing. A band of Mexican riders, uiount- cu on famous mustangs, will make a pretend ed attack on the Indian camp and give a mimic but faithful representation of the wild scenes enacted on the Western frontier. The English stag hunt will be a:i exact pict ure of the sport lt.-eif, with a company ot 150 men and women in full hunting costume, ana a large pack of English stag-hounds. There will also bo many other interesting anil at tractive features, the mere mention of which would make a small volume. " Mr. Barnum cci tainly deserves great credit lor an enterprise winch is calculated to auord a vast amount ol innocent, popular amuse ment; and although this gigantic venture involves au enormous outlay of money it will present too many attractions not to be gen erally sustained. ' Amazing as this exhibition 6ecms from the description given by llarjer', we can say, from actual observation, that one feature is to be introduced into the traveling Hoinan Hippodrome more interesting and instructive than any other. It is the great procession known as " The Congress of Monai cl;s." The Harper's omitted mentioning this because, probably, they supposed Mr. Barnum would not dare incur the expense of transporting such an enormous all.iir through the coun try. But he will do so, and here is a brief de scription of this dazzling and bewildering exhibition, as given by a New Yorkcontem- pjr.try: 44 Ot all the gorgeous pageants the world ever saw the 'Conirress of Nations' is the greatest, and how the surpassing genius of even Barnum could produce it is a wonder The costumes are true to life, and many o them are genuine, having been procured di rect from the nationalities which they repre sent. The individuals employed to personate the historical characters have the most faith ful resemblance to the originals in face and physique. Each nation tiuds its special por traiture in some kind of triumphal car, brill iantly bedecked with appropriate flags, em blems, colors and intricate devices, and ail sorts of characteristics in the wav of pecul iar uniforms, animals, soldiery, attendants and music. Scores of glistenin g gilded chari ots illumine the arena with a halo of luster. as it were, and the display of royal splendor is far more imposing and impressive than words can describe, thrilling the auditor with unspeakable amazement and admiration. "As the name of the grand Congress implies, it is a stupendous gathering of the Monarchs or the universe, bringing la vivid view the living Kings, yueens, Kuleis and Potentates of t:.e past nine centuries, culminating in an alTecling Jlnale so touching that it must awuken the emotions of a stoic. Her Majesty, the Queen of England, heads the glittering column, surrounded by her royal court ana followed by a long ancestral line, the notabil ity and richly-uniformed 44 life guardsmen." Then France, in the person of Napoleon the First and his famous Field Marshals; Ireland, Rome, Russia, Germany, Italy, Turkey, India, Japan, China, and soon, until all the Mon archs and Courts of the entire world jiass in review, winding up like a jewel-bcsprinkled coil around the continuous circle. To look upon this beautiful historical procession in all its grandness and greatness is equivalent to sitting in full view of the courts of all the earth, so truthfully realistic are the bewilder ing pictures revealed in rapid succession. Such a dazzling half mile of 6olid gold, jewels, silver, precious stones aud tin sel could only be produc-d after years of preparation and the expenditure of half a dozen competencies. Any attempt at imita tion on the part of ambitious and unscrupu lous 6howmen for years to com will result in the most inglorious failure. None other than the 4 .Prince of Showmen' himself would undertake it, and none other than the great and irrepressible Barnum could achieve so signal a triumph." This entire exhibition fs advertised to ex hibit in New England in May, New York, elc, in June, Chicago early in July, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan in July and August. It is due to our readers that we inform them that Mr. Barnum announces that certain im porters in Cincinnati have copied his bills, postors, cuts and advertisements, and with a few broken-down circus horses and wagons will precede his exhibition in the West, and tV announcing the Great Uomanllippodroui-s will attempt to make the public believe that it is his unrivaled establishment. He cautions the public against being thus deceived, and reminds them that it would bo Impossible with any amount of money to organize and equip even a sem blance of his establishment without a prepa ration of several years. The Cincinnati L'aHy E-quircr of Feb. 27, 1S75, says that this pre tended 44 Hippodrome" is simply the 44 wreck of that stupendous fraud known aj the Great Eastern and Great Southern Circus and Me nagerie combination, which exploded at Sel mau Ala-, the 16th of last November, a num ber of horses havine to be soldi to pay the expenses of shipping the show to this city, where the proprietors left a number of their employe unpaid and penniless, and vamosed. Who the real proprietors of the business were still remains A matter of considerable mystcrv, but it is generally believed that Andy llaight, one Gibbons and George W eber and others were large stockholders. The defrauded circus men and others connected with the concern finally obtained the aid of the law to compel a settlement c.f their just claims, and the whole matter end ed in the show being attached at Hamilton, and iu an auction sale of the circus prop erty at Lebanon yesterday afternoon. "The best of the joke is that De Haven, w cb bcr, Gibbons and others are about to reorgan ize a Hippodrome out of the 4 wreck' to start out with next summer on another tour. 44 The whole show w as rather a poor concern, onlv a few lions being in good condition, anu the "menagerie including no really rare or val uable animals. Our readers have only to use ordinary cau tion to discover which is tho real and which is the bogus concern, though we see that Mr. Barnum complains that some shows obtain au employe named Barnum, and then adver ise 44 Barnum's latest enterprise," and resort to other devices wherein they use the name "Barnum" to deceive the public He says that all exhibitions with which he is connect ed will give his initials, 44 F. T.," and also pub lish his portrait by way of identification. To be forewarned is to De lorearmeu. -a worn to the wise is sufficient." As Mr. Barnum's great Hippodrome travels under an expense of nearly $!0,COOcach day it can exhibit only in large cities. These can be reached by cheap excursion trains. Mr. Barnum savshecan easily lose half a million of dollars bytiiis summer's experiment, and that in any event he shall not bring back his Hip podrome from Europe. It is patronized and approved oy tne clergy and religious classes, as well as by school-teacher anil all heads of refined families who desire their children to improve their minds under this great sys tern of 44 object-teaching." Beyond all question ium is me must caujusivb anu extraordinary exhibition on the face of the earth, and prob ably this generation will "never see ita like again. Six Millions. About two years ago Dr. J. Walker, an old and prominent physician of California, discovered, by actual experience upon his own system, a medicine which may honestly be termed 44 a boon to suffering humanity." 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No fever and n-ii'e ; 110 ra- shoppers : land 1 ravrrscd by railroad from Chicago, with no change of cars, and hliuilar la soil snd climate to the lauds of Central Illinois. ;f"Strt riifiit ! l'or l-:xeurslon Tickets, free to pur chasers, lrom 'hicro or stations on the Chicago & N. W. ai.d III. Cent. li. IJ. i'l Illinois, out and hack, or for Maps and rampl.lets trivinsi prices, terms, etc., wilt -free, uddre-s .Kill li. CALliOlN. Land Com missioner, ! 5 itnmlolplt Street, t liirao. 11 jji jagr-rTagaawr 17.1- La W&Ia TJ','1.4 ii'T,'';:A!jr'.-ri NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.'S "VifiratofTlireslier. ThenniLL,IArVT SVCX ESS of this Orain Sarin;, Time-Saving XilltESIIKIt la un pn cedemed in the annals of Farm Machinery. Ina brief period it has become widely known, and TiIUCSIIl.a MACHINE." r & it : TV w"if-,l .- i, 'V, 'i-u"' V ' ' - GRH.n.IEHS KKFt'SK to submit to the wasteful and imperfect wor cf other 1 hrcshers, wneij posted on the Ml itprrtorUy of this one for saving trrain. sarins time aud duiutr fast, thorough and ccon i7nic.il work. 1 IHJI-.SHKKJIKS FIND IT hihlr artvflr.tntreonsto run it mac lane tluil has no Beaters." " I'm kcr."' or Apron that hand'es Tvnnp ;r:iin. Long straw, H'-a.iinss. Flax Timo'hv. Mil et nn.l nil sue. clitflcnlt CTain and se-ds. w if ti K.1 UtE KAH A1YOKF FK.( "riVK.VKsS, CU.ns to perlcctjuu: saves the farmer hia thresh-bill hy CTtra saving ofprain; make; po I.itterirnrs :' reouire 1.F-.S 1 IT i ONE. ll 4 I, F the usual Belt. IIom-k. Journal and Ocars: ei?-ii r managed; le.-s repairs one that pru;n-raiscrs prefer to einnloy arid wait for, even att nd v.iiirtd priccf, while other Uiai-Li:iC3 are "out of ohs." " ' Four sizes mftrle. with 6. P. 10 and l'i horse Jloiiiitetl" J'owt .4, nlxo f sp.-cinl-ty of Separatim alone," expressly far STEAM iHJAVKK., and. to match other Horse Iover. If ir.tereteil in irraln rHlslni or threshing, write for Illu-tratcd i 'ircular ent ".- . with full iuriieular of size.i, styles, prices, terms, tie. NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.. Battle Creek, Ilichigan. v. .- ViA . ' ' j-.''' -p-a iii. .1- Walker's Cftlf foriifa Vin egar J Jit ter'S aro a purclj' VcKCtnUo preparation, lawU cbitly from tbo na tivo herbs found on tho lower rans of tho Sierra Nevada raotmt.ifn.i of Califor nia, ilio medicinal properties of which aro extracted therefrom without tho uso of Alcohol. ThO question is almost daily ashed, "What is tho causo of th unparalleled success of ViKKar E:t TEliS?" Onr answer is, that they rcmorn tho causo of dlno, ami tho patient re covers his health. They aro tho great blood purifier and a lifc-ftivlnsf principle, a perfect Innovator and Invi;;orator of tho system. Kver before in tho history of tho world h.1.1 a medicine been compounded posscssiiiff thO Tr-marUahlo qualities of Vim-oar Hitters in Iica.iuR tV.o tick rf Otvry thM-aso man ia heir to. lliey aro a cetl'.'t rtirpuliro J" well a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflaiuinutioii of tho Liver and Visceral Organs, iu Uilious Diseases. The properties cf Dk. Walkeu's TlSKOAUlJiriCftsaro Aperient, Diaphoretic-, Carminative, Nutritfrm, Laxative,"Linrctic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, fcadonhc, Altera tive. nd Ant-Bilioua. Gratefli? Thousands proclaim in KGAii UrrrKKs the most wonderful Ii viporaut that ever sustained tho sinking Mo I'erson can UVc these Hitters according tc? lirections, and remain long unwell, provided their oiies aro not de stroyed by mineral poim or other means, aud vital organs wasted beyond repair. JJilious, Remittent and Inter mittent Fevers, which arc ro preva lent in tho valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, MMmri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, lied, Colorado, llrazos, Hio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro anoke, James, and many others, witll their vast tributaries, throughout our entiie country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably no during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro invariably accompanied by extensive de rangements of tho stomach ami liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful iulluenco upon thew various or gans, is essentially ncccary. There is no cathartic for tho purpose equal to Dk. J. Walker's Vinegar Hittkiw, as they will speedily remove tho dark colored viscid matter witll which tho bowels aro loaded, at the same lima stimulating the secretions of tho liver, and generally restoring tho healthy functions of the digestive organs. Fortil'v tho body against disease bv purifying all its Uuid with Vixeoak ifiTTEits. No epidemic can tako hold of a svstem thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head ache, Pain in tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of tho Stomach, Had Tasto in the Mouth, Uilious Attacks, Piilpita tation of the Heart, Inflammation of tho Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle will prove a better guarantco of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. w Scrofula, or King's Evil, White) Swellings, Ulcers, Kryt-ipdas, Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Iiiilaiiunatims. Indolent In'liiiiminuous, Mercurial A Meet ion, Oil Sores, Kruptions of the Skin, Soro Kyeet.o. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis eases, Walker's Vixeoak Uittkrs havo shown their great curative powers in tho most obstiaato and intractable ense. For Inflammatory and Chronic Klieilin.'ltisni. Gout, Uilious. Kernit tcnt and Intermittent Fevers, 1 liseases of the Ulood, Liver, Kidnrvs and Hhidder, these Hitters have no equal. Such Diacu.se arc caused by Vitiated Jilood. Median iral Diseases. Persons on gaged in Paints and Minerals, such ni. 1'lumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, arts subject to paralysis of tho Boweli. To gu:ird against tliis. take a dose of Walkek's Vis K'J a R IliTTK'it.s occasionally. For Ski u Diseases, Kruptionn, Tet ter, Salt-ltheuni, Ulotchcs, Spots, Pimples, lustu!es, IJoils, Caibuucles, King-worms, Scald-head, Soro Kyc., Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discoloration tf tho Skin, II union and Diseases of the Skin of whatever namo or nature, aro literally dug up and carried out of the sytstein iu a bhort time by the ue of these Hitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in tho svBtem of so ninny thousands, aro effectually destroyed and removed. .No svstem of medicine, "no vermifuges, uo an thehninities will free the syttcui from worma like these Bitters. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo manhood, or tho turn of life, thceo Tor.iu Bitters display bo decided an inli jence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated Mood when ever yon find its impurities bursting tlirni-:i tho skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleunso it when you find it obstructed and plucrgish iu tho veins; cleanse it when it i foul ; your feelings will tell you wheu. iw-e; the blood pure, and the health of the f-yst-m will follow. IC. II. McDO.Al.n .V CO.. DnipfrUts nnil Gn. Act-. S;m Kranciwo. CulifnriU and cor. of Waslii ipt" ""'1 Chariton M.. X. V. Mold by all Druggl! mid 1 nli-i .. t 7 l 11 BEST PRAIRIE LANDS IS Iowa and Nebraska t on saxe ny Ths S:rl;:gt:n I Hirer E. E. C: On 10 Years' Credit, t 0 pr r cut. Interest. OXE MILLI0X ACITKSlii IOWA nd SOUTHEKK i.lii;AbKA. FAH.HI.M. aavrf M 1 a..HAIl.X.. Products Hill Pay for Land and Improvrments Lon; Before the Principal Becomes Hue, LAUGK IMSCOCXTS FOR CASH. The no-called destitution In Kerira-lf lien In tlm far wtvtern region, beyoud the lauda ut tho li. M. II. I!. To." flfVuT circular that will dencrlhe folly these laud ftlid UiC terms of aale, applv to or arMre-i LAM) t 03I .MISSION K II, Uurlintrton, Iowa, for low l-anda. Or .Lincoln, .Neb., lor t brk Lan1. CHEAP lull lea w UAani Ti mean, Home Sewing Machines. LARGE DISCOUNTS FOR CASn. Machines sest on trial to any part of the country at OCR expense if not ac cepted. Send for latent circulars and terms to JOHNSON CLARK & CO., (in'l Aic'tM V. S. A., CHICAGO, ILL. ft A Barrel of ftloney Made hy our Mrenla. arl I'retzel'd IlliiMtrated Bivk Iv. rhU-airo. jpar. Spire W-,-atir?. Splen did I'rtuniiin Li.. The liem terms ever olii-rul AcnU. Kavpleh Ci(TLe Kara. BIFI.ES. KHOT-firyS. PISTOT." BETOLTEBrV Of any andewryklndTserid it nm n lr Cat -iloj: Art.lrt&a -rr m t Vralrra timm mm rial.l W.rki. I t T II B t H M, , A. ?!. K. 303-B. P. E THIS PAPER Is Printed with IVK manufsctitred b, G. B, KANE CO., 11 iV.rlKirn St., t h gj For sale dja. a. ixm.l.iw va-v - v....--