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PORS.VKEX.
. -0.4 nnc loved one. are tlipy trne.
J-rf you a?eSuyIuS-"I'm nothing to
jnatanSierhas taken my place In your
Qt"oYve come but to say. -Farewell,"
and we part ?
-t remember the dell where the violets
!.crVc'i promised the other to be tender
Iff-ffwiiin-erwllonsbythebalihllnsrstream
Foielfal -f "il save Love's young dream ?
irl roar trembling lip. and fa-st niling eye.
irx'voa strove to conceal, as you said
3at voj piombed to return ere Winter's
Kfi-1 fl
IHeld fast the earth In an ley death.
Bat the weeks passed on, and Summer has
i.nd ttie stream where we parted Is frozen
S.nd you answer me not ; but your paling
,c6 .ielal??oacanHol1SeftT
fe . 1T!!5 fcTs g.
i.. . -srfnriei
w:n your.owii,tey"pai,'lto.
. - 4 iid'i5i2aAiH"aethaiot
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SHIM'S STBATEGY.
'From the Overland Monthly for July.
Mapes was chivalrous by nature, he
believed in "aeeKiug tue uuuuic icyu-
..t.nn . ven in me cannon's mouiu.
Uwpnthusiiiem was aroused by the
recital of stories of deeds of desperate
L,;mr while lie had nothing but
mntviiipt fn even success won byv
crooked and indirect means. Iimms,
on the contrary, believed trial mere
via policy in war. and inai ine eiiu
(joined trie menus, uarucuinnj
Ihe end wad attained. Companions
frura infancy, their lives had been
iuent in competition for scholastic
anJ such other honors as the locality
Effiriled, without even a momentary
bieak in their friendship. But now,
inearlv manhood they struggled for a
nr.zenf incalculable value, with an
a..l(.rtl:ut threatened a complete rup-
tuwof tlieir Iriendly relatious. ine
Sheurt and hand of Eliza Reed, the
Ine'tlii'orhood belle, were to be won.
liiiJ lo lhf-e none other might aspire
lln the face f such formidable compe
tilU:i that of Mapes and Timms.
iTliey n'.one-eafh by virtue of his
own pKoiKi!ity und position had a
Iri'il to Uj' t-it'ire to me nean 01 mat
UanaLle. irritable, imperious beauty.
:id for uioulhs the strife between
'them hail ir Ke on. i.ach one had
called into play all his personal and
fioi-i.il reurt'ts, for the local society
hal taken such an interest that it was
divided in two factions, known as the
Mapeiles and Tunmaitea. And yet
Mi-s Eliza ciiuld not be brought to ox
press a preference ; if she rode with
one to-ilav. she was careful to walk
abroad with the rival to morrow.
Coquetry i- delicious to a woman ;
an! Elizi would not have been tem
jnine La1 she been in haste to have
made an election. Nevertheless fche
lid not intend to miss her isjpoiti:ni
ly. he knew well that the war
could not alwaytHast, and feareil that
when one of the aspirants for her fa
vor with Jrew from the enntept. the
low of tin other, wanting the stimu
lus of c'lrnr-i'titiou. would grow cW;
l.erice, she made up her mind, that,
ujnti llu fiivt fii'torab't opportunity,
the would s-iirmfy to Mapes that Iii
suit, f-jcftm prt ed. was at last ac
cepted. The opportunity, it seemed,
wft- not to be long wanting ; .for invi
thtioiio u re eiwn out for an api le
bee is the neighborhood, and Eliza
fjun 1 mean-, to convey an Intimation
to Mapes that she expected to meet
hunth-re and counted on his escort
home at tl.e conclusion of the frolic.
The appointed evening looked for
witn Bueh nervous anticipation by
Slap-, came at last, lie felt thut it
was the ii,os! important of his life,
eud arrayed hi mtelf as only a rustic
diid can. His way lay across the
meadow, through w hich ran or rath
er 1 -i! re.l a deep but narrow stream,
tpu'iiipd 1'3" a single loir. It V-as so
dUrk when be reached this primitive
hrHe that he was compelled to feel
his way slowly across. As he pro
jrresed, it bemm to swing lightly.
(something very unusual.) until he
reached the center, when, to his utter
oonfuion, it gave way, and he was
launched into the water. He scream
ed out ; then suddenly the night be
came hitninoiii with that lurid glare
to which people refer when they say,
In speaking of some profane wretch,
"he swore until all was blue."
Whatever illuminating qualities
this lurid light possessed, it had no
drying oner, and Mapes was forced to,
om adieu tor the night to all hopes of
plichtuig his troth to the loved Elio.
In the rural districts down cast, in
early tunes, the good people had such
habits of industry and rtid economy
that they seldom gave or attended par
ties, utile.-? such as were cloaked un
der the name of railings, quiltings.
nuskitnis. or apple-bees, thus the ap-plo-bet
fraught with momentous con
equeue to Mapes and Timms, was
but a social party in di-gui-e a few
apples being pared, quartered, cored
and strung, in the early evening, for
appearance's sake.
A iiMial, Eliza Reed was the Belle
of the occa-ion. Good lookB, entire
eir-p(hSin amj a j;(.(.n satirical
wit always assured her that position ;
and this night she shone with unusu-
a brilliancy, until, as the hours wore
away, and Mapes came not, she began
toloae herself in pondering why, and
allengih she asked Timms:
"Is your friend Mapes. ailing?"
"I Kues-a not." replied Timme. "I
aw him to-day. Be wasn't com-
plIiilng.M
"He denlPB himself much plecs-
p-V sid Eliza, 'in not coming here
w-nigiit, for this is the place we al
y. have a good time. Aunt Judy
fennws how to give an apple-bee."
"You let Mapes alone," answered
finitns, "he knows what he's about."
"What do vou meau ?" asked Eliza,
Uneasily.
tl "Oh, I mean," replied Timms,
that Manes is the nrince of fellows.
and eets invitations where the rest of
n don't."
''Where is Mapps. to-night?" asked
khzn, now fully aroused.
"I don't know for sure." answered
TimniR, "he told me to-day there Were
JPecinl reasons for his coming here,
out that he had" an invitation to the
j'ch and the aristocratic Squire Hun-
'"Oll'a who ia oolphrHtinir Ilia ilunrrh-
ler's birthday, and he didn't know
filch way he would go." and Timms
I'irned away to talk to the next pret
tiest jiirl in the room.
Petted young women are seldom
joeical or'patient. When the party
ur"ke up Eliza accepted Tiram" as es
rttoher home and before he had
frlved therp. she had coi sented to
woome. without the least possible de
jay. Mrs. Timms. Thenext morn
J'"ie the engagement was announced.
&n preparations for the wedding
mmeneed. Timms was oxultaut
Ppy TinimE. '
isse.
Oldest Paper in the State."
For a few days Timius was not Been
much In public perhaps for want of
ctiurage to wear his blu3iiing honors
openly ; perhaps for want of courage
to meet other contingencies who
knows? Buta man caiinot makear-
rangements forhtsown wedding from
a fixed btandpoint, and he waH com
pelled to venture out. In a quiet nnd
secluded by-way he met Mapes. The
meeting to him was a surprise ; he
smiled .ecbly and extended his hand.
But Mupea, intent on business, stroda
Munrely uptoTimms and planted a
vigorous blow in one of his eyes,
which caused that gentleman to meas
ure his JenKth in the dust. Timms
sprang to his feet and showed fight,
but another blow on the other eye
sent him to the grass, where ho con
tinued to lie.
"Get up." said Mapes.
r-'fYou'llknockmedown strain "
I said Timm,Nrvr " .
TbeVIi'Wa&KetoMyI'Mrid Tiawrra.
said 'Siapes; "' ';.-- s3tr)fe&
I riah't help'yoUBayinsPSni
swered Timms.
"You sawed the Idg,"8ald Mapes.
"W;hat log?" asked Timms.
"You sawed the log," repeated
Mapes, advancing a step.
"Yes stop," said Timms, "I sawed
the log,"
"Well, you needn't think," Bald
Mapes, "that after your marriage
you're going to tell that story and
make me the laughing stock of all."
"I'll never speak of it," whined
Timms.
"Perhaps you won't," said Mapes,
"but I'm going to swear you before I
get through. There's another thing,
you won the woman by your d d
trickery, and I'm going to swear you
to treat her kindly."
"I'll swear," said Timms.
'Hold up your hand," said Mapee.
Timms held up his hand.
"Now, repeat after me: "I, Silas
Timms, solemnly swear that I will
never bring to lhn knowledge ofany
human being that I sawed the log
whereby Daniel Mapes fell Into the
creek and lost a wife; and. "further,
that I will, she consenting, marry
Eliza Heed, and always treat her
kindly ; so help me God "
Timms repeated the oath, verbatim.
"Now, get up and go home." said
Mapes. "I don't think you'll be mar
ried till your eyes get out of mourn
ing, and by that time I'll be far
enough away. But don't think I'll
lose sight of you ; and if you don't
keep your oath, you'll see me."
Timms arose from the ground,
shook oil" the dust, and walked away,
but when he had secured a safe dis
tance, he shouted back, exultingly:
"Mapes, she's an angel."
In twenty years Daniel Mapes had
learned many things, and among them
this: Life is very much as we make
it. In other words, the world is like
v. mirror, end looks at us with the
face we present. It returns scowl for
scowl, and smile for smile. It echoes
our laughter. To the cold it is as icy
as the northern seas; to the loving it
is as balmy as the isles of the tropics.
He had learned a still harder lesson ;
which was, to forget the griefs, the
sorrows, the slights, the wrongs and
the hates of the past. The effect of
th's lesson was to make it appear that
the lines, to him, had fallen in pleas
ant places. His rotund form and firm
muscle bespoke a good digestion,
wliile a cheerful countenance told of
mental peace. A fair woman named
him husband, and children called
him father. A beautiful home In the
Snta Clara Valley was theirs; be
sides which. Mapes had many broad
ac-es of land, as well as many head
t stock running nearly wild in the
counties of Monterey, and San Luis
Obispo.
Once in each year the cattlo that
graze ou California's thousand hills
are gathered iu bands at convenient
places, to be claimed and branded by
their owners, such assemblages being
called rodcoa. Mapes had been across
the Sallna plains in attendance upon
a rodeo, and being on his return, jog
ging along on hi mustang, he saw,
far in tlie distance, but neating him,
an equally lone traveler. Slowly the
distance between them decreased,
and. as they approached, Mapes with
California prudence, slipped his re
volver upon the belt which sustained
it from his back, round to the left
side, bringing the hilt under theshad
ow of his bridle arm, and within easy
reach of his right hand. A near look
assured Mapes that he had no occas
ion for weapons; the coming man
was of middle age, but his look was
worn, weary, dejected and hopeless
in loal phrase, his manner was that
of a person who had "lost his grip;"
and those who have met that terrible
misfortune are never highway rob
bers, "grip" being me very quality
wanted in that hazardoua pursuit.
The travelers met with a Inng, in
quiring gaze, when from their lips
simultaneously burst the words,
Mapes" 'Timra.s." After a mo
ment of mute surprise, Mapes spur
ring his mustang, drew near 'limras.
So we meet at last. I have been
waiting to see you for these many
years. "
The movement seemed ominous to
Timms. and he cried out:
n.in't don't shoot! I havp no
n.annn! He.oides. I have kept my
oath, at least as well as I could. I
never told the reason you didn't at
tend the apple-bee, nor ever breathed
a syllable about the sawed log upon
my solemn oath."
I wasn't thinking of the ducking,"
said Mapes.
"Don't come any nearer,'; returned
Timms "I have always trieu io use
that woman well, but she wouldn't
be used well. I have dono my best
to treat her kindly, but she wouldn't
be treated kindly."
"It i ho" use to go over the grounds
n mo Timms."
.n.. ronlied Timms. "you have
tin ulna WIIHL LllilU " 1 J""
.. ... 4lAt n,,VWlfl IB 'tll
wouldn't blame me, if you only
knew. She browbeat me till I ain't
half a man'.'"
'So I see." said Mapes.
"No you don't pee,"-rcpIied.Timms.
'You don't, see half. Look at this
Par" taking off his hat and show
ing a long seam on his scalp that
was done with the skillet."
"You havesuliereu." saiu xapv.
"Suffered !" returned Tim msT "lou
ought to have sworn her, too. If you
only knew how I have thouglitof
vou and of my oath to you. and'how
I have borne blows and been quiet
how I have been called a brute and a
fool and kept silent how I Jiave en
dured taunts and sneers, hunger' and
discomforts, without a word of re-
proach you wouin rorgive me ju
. . .. i ii ko nf ro
wnnhln'fc harbor thoughts
- --------- , g-
venire.'
"Revengp!" answered Mapps. "Let
.. .Homnnnf nnd have a settlement,
ffor r&ee iny.oban,ce,haa come ?t last.
a.-
"Mapes, would you take the lifo of
an unarmed man?"
"Timms, you're crazy. Let me ex
plain. I have no wrongs to avenge.
-It isn't for vengeance that I have
wanted to see you. I- have heard
about you often know all your life
and experiences and I have only
wantid to meet you lo offer' you a
home and friendship, employrrieht
and opportunities for prosperity, here
in California. I owe no debt but one
of gratitude for the Inestimable serv
ice you did me b' that little job of
carpenter work ; and that I mean to
pay. Come with me."
He took Timms' horse by the bri
dle., turned .him alout without re
monstrance, and they traveled on in
silence.
After awhile Timms raised his eyes
timidly from the ground jind said :
"Mapes she's the devil,"
1 KIXTS-S'OR WIXTSK. j
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stra w.
Feed horses according to tho work
they do.
Early rising is good; getMngatyour
work early is better.
Clean up the premises and make
everything tidy for winter.
Remember that the more work a
man does the more he can do.
Make your hennery tight and warm
and feed poultry warm food.
Sows that are destined to hreed next
April should be coupled next month.
Thinking is harder work than chop
ping, and much more remunerative.
Better hire an extra man that de
vote your whole time to the mere rou
tine work.
Shelter saves food. It sometimes
does more than this. . It saves the life
of the animal.
Breeding ewes and store sheep will
winter well on good straw and half u
pound of corn daily.
Chaffing hay and straw add noth
iug to their nutritive value, but
makes them more convenient for
feeding.
When feeding hay, it is a bad prac
tice to let the horse stand with a rack
full of hay before him all the time.
The bu?iest man is the man of most
leisure. The indolent man has never
time to do anything he does not wish
to do.
Machinery does not do away with
tho necessity for labor J it merely
changes its character. It demands
brains rather than muscle.
Animals require daily ,care. Make
them comfortable. Feed regularly
and liberally, and see that they have
a constant supply of fresh water.
Give sheep' grain. One pound of
corn per head per day for Meiinos is
an average allowance. Tho large
bree 'B may be fed one pound and a
half each per day.
A good boy can frequently be ob
tained in the winter for IitUe more
than his board. It is poor economy
for a farmer to upend several hours
every day in doing work which sueh
a boy can do nearly or quite as well as
he cau.
ItlliLED HIS KAN.
You have doubtless heard of Dr.
Thompson, the waggish proprietor ot
the Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.
Well, ouce upon a time tvo gentle
men (the one decidedly under the in
liueuce of a spiritual presence, and
tho other anuroximatiug the same
condition) stopped at the doctor's ho
tel. Iu consequence of some extraor
dinary inauilestatioiis on the part of
the "tightest" gent, he soon found
himself "nigh unto a muss" with the
doctor. His friend, however, carried
him off" bifore matters reached a cri
sis. After stowing him away, the
friend returned, and accosting the
proprietor, said, very emphatically
"Sir, you have been trending upon
dangerous ground, sir; that man is
not to be tampered with, sir; do V"ii
know, fir, that he has killed his man,
sir?"
"Killed his man !" eays Thompson,
with a voice like a thunder-clap, and
a most in'ense expression of contempt
upon his phiz; "by Jove! sir. let me
inform you that I have practiced med
icine for twenty years, and you must
not attempt to frighten me with a
chap that has only killed his man.
Bah ! sir, it won't begin to do. '
The fellow collapsed, and forthwith
settled his bill.
A WASAIi BIL.LIARDIST.
From the New York World.
An American named Jefferson has
lately been astonishing Lotidou by
playing a game of billiards, oOO up,
against the English player. Duftou,
and winning it, using his nose as a
cue. To anticipate Punch, it may be
as well to remark, perhaps, that this
is tho first instance known of an
American traveling on his nose in
stead of hia cheek; but mis mereiy
by tho way. Mr. Jefferson may be
an American or otherwise, eo far as
we have any positive informat.on on
the subject, but as a man who knocks
billiard balls about with his nose, he
belongs to the world at large, and
doars above classification. And yet
we would not lightly part with Jeffer
son -eeelng that he is the only man in
the' world who has a cue growing
from the middle of his face. Let us
t.,i, na. with him. and hail him
as a citizen of our great Republic, As
nan..i0 wo have been accused, by
t UCi'PiUi - -- - 11"
'iTete European monarchs and their
boated retainers of a great many in-
bloat
itnfooxihle nractices
connected with
tha nose. Wo speak thro our nose-,
they say, aud are addicted to intrud
ing the national nose Into places
where it has no business Perhaps;
but our rejoinder Kthat we have , full
blooded, BnrkdolajiiiiK, nnc-ta I roar
..?. I-., ill o fa mllinros Wit h
er or a citizen !".
his nose, and, we
duce his match.
defy them 'to pro-
BOUND TO I.Aff OVBll.
T.unMlnrd " said a transient" guest
at a cross-roads tavern, as he drew
near the end of his .dinner "won t
vou give me a little more pork to eat
with this potato?" A little later he
said : "There, was more pork lhnl
t..A . lot m trouble vou for a. lit
tle more potato to,eaL with the pork,
and shortly afterward : "Well, I de
clare I've got some.inore puu." .
aiid.it seems a pity to leave it-just a
small piece more of pork, .-ynu
please." It ran on so for som6 time.
At length the landlord stopped short
in front of his guest and remarked:
..f.u-here. stranger, 'tain't no use.
I'm willing to do anything iu reason
to make that pork ano pouwi . .
out even, but I've made up mind, the
way you eat. it can't be did. ou re
bound to lap over on one or the-other
evervtime. Now jest make up your
mitwl whlnrrnmPd rutner -leave,
and
leave it and quit. I've got -enough-pork
and.,potatoes, but; if you keep
on, voa'Hbusfc."
AJtYeltoftfs RiWiemliiaerand n ehtvf ! mn
. -c.6.r-i --r ptfTv J;i. rrtttimmr
BROWVILLE, NEBRASKA
"WHO UT MOWOSDAT
The recent plan of our enlightened
Secretary of the Treasury for resum
ing pec.e payments with a teapot ul
ofaiver halves and quarters tone paid
out in sums not exceeding $5 to each
bill-holder as loim .?.. T?..t?.,.n
minds us of an incident eaid to have
occured at a small faro bank kept by a
colored gentlemen In St. Louis at the
beginning of the war. The proprie
tor, a haughty old house-servant
. u lfl"ia' ana who had somehow
got his freedom ana had strayed west
ward, although his capital was small
and his- banking house a bd rabid
shanty in the suburbs, inspired im
mense awe in the crowd of blacks
who came to woo chance under his
roof by wearing a terrible ftown, a
uit of seedyblack, a vast shirt collar,
and a ruffled shirt, to which last gar
ment the boldest African mind ur
renderedstvtHseretiotu The "stakes..
m jqe . UMtfaglned .vere exceerJJ ng-J
l ".'.wji.wmK niceiy porpprunneu to
geijw&piuiivju tnef'.oank, and
"fl$IK5h'Alf irlimwi.'n !nUti''.
-" "w - VI c W
single bet that was, permitted. The
son of the proprietor acted as deaie'j
while his dignified sire paced the
room during the evening sessions and
kept a general oversight of the. game
sters. One evening a couple of army
officers induced their black servant
by the present of b small fee, tosmug
gle them into this temple of luck,
where whites were not commonly tol
eiaied, and, providing that facile
theniul with ten silver dollars, in
structed him to put them on the ace.
The proprietor, who was absorbed in
spelling out the news from the even
ing paper, iiad not observed tlie en
trance of the strangeis nor the queer
turn the game had taken. Presently,
however, he lifted his eyes and espied
the fabulous pile of specie glittering
over the painted cards. For a mo
ment he was struck dumb, but re
covering his voice, he cried out in a
tone of thunder : "Who put dat mon
ey on dat ace?" There was a dead
silence. The trembling darkies were
all afraid toanswer. "Who put mon
ey on dat ace?" reppated the dutrag
ed son of Guinpa. There wan still no
answer, and hb went on: "Whoever
pht dat money on dat ace had hetter
take dat money off dat ace and be
dam quick about it too. You niggahs
mil' think tha's some of dese hero
RorTschile3 roun' (lis bank."
SOWED CORN
FOR
AGK.
WINTER FOR-
We clip the following correspond
ence from the Rural Neiv-Yorker :
"I thought I would attempt to au
swer some questions asked on page
284. No. 18 of the Rural A'e- Yorker,
about the use of sowed corn for win
ter forage. I have used it, and 'shall
be obliged to depend almost entirely
upon it this winter for forage. First,
Plow tho land and harrow it as for
planted corn. Second. Sow or drill a
bushel or a bu.-hul aud a half to the
iicre, according to quality of soil, on
poor land ; it should not be sown so
thick ttmt it will not blossom. Third.
It should not be cut until the little
ears found here and therethrough the
field are quite hard ; after it has wilt
ed a little it should be tied iu bun
dles, each about six or eight inches
through at the band. Shock it as
you would wheat, tying it very, tight
at the top, It should remain iu the
shock for six or eight weeks, or until
the stem is thoroughly dried ; for if it
is stacked before tlie steins are cured,
even il the leavos are dry. (as they
will dry in two or three weeks,) the
stack will become a first-chlss hot bed,
that will cook an emr or roast a foot.
Commence theatack as for wheat, us
ing only two courses or tiers of sheaves
on each side : make it long enough to
hold the crop and about ten feet in
bight. Several of my neighbors lost
their corn forage tblo fall by stacking
it too green.
John S. Kater.
There used to be a Judge in the
wehiern part of Michigan who had
one expn ssiou under which he cloak
ed all his ignorance and perplexities,
and that was that he must decide ac
cording to the principles of substan
tial justice. On one occasion a cul
prit was undergoing his trial for petit
larceny. The 'offender was an old
one. and every one believed him guil
ty, but the evidence was lamentably
deficient. After the arguments were
closed, the Judge rose to charge the
jury. He had determined to have
the fellow convicted, but he could not
fortify his purpose by the facts and
the law. At la3t, after floundering
about for a lonir time, he closed In the
following summary manner :
"Gentlemen, you must never lose
sight of substantial justice. That is
the end of all law. The evidence
mav be rather deficient in this case,
but, gentlemen, you ought, I think,
to keep in view the eternal princi
ples o"f substantial justice. Gentle
men. I think this mail ought to be
convicted. He is a d d rascal ; he
stole my wood all last winter and I
think 3ou had better bring him in
guilty any how."
On the evening succeeding his elec
tion to the United States Senate,
Governor Booth, of California, was
visited by his friends, at his residence
in Sacramento, and responded as fol
lows :
"I wish my heart was as big as all
of yours put together. You do not
know how lhave leaneu on you on
all the people in every hour of dis
couragement, calumny and virtuper
ation and I have had a good inanv
of them but "I never failed to get
strength when I touched the heart of
the people ; aud when I prove fale
to them, may my touugue cleave io
the roof of my mouth. There is no
room in my heart for any recollection
of any injury lever received in rny
life. I trust I may be as true to the
people as they have been true to me."
!
A gentleman of our acquaintance,
who wjia.ii 1 Memphis week before last
calied on eX-PresiiSent Jefferson Bav-
is. haviug known him well previous
ly. Iu the course of conversation,
forgetting for the moment the differ
ences which had existed between .tjie
Late" President and Vice President of
the Confederacy, our friend referred to
a recent remark of Mr. Stephens, in
Augusta, that "We must take Cuba
at once." when Mr Davis, with a
look of infinite distrust, said : "Well
I am glad Mr. Stephens is getting up
to the fighting point at last!1'
Charleston (N. C ) Observer.
A piece,of red- pepper the size of
your finger nail, put into meator veg
etables when first beginning to cook,
will aid greatly in killing the un
pleasant odor arfsin therefrom. Re
member c this . for boiling abbage.
green beans, onions, chickens, mut-
jton, etc, f; '
dollars,1 the- last balug the Iggiijwara, and lias, etefc1HyfnoVed.-,:upr
THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 1874
GOOD READING.
The Christian Onion is now publish
ing Edward Eggleston's new story,
(which he himself considers his best.)
"The .Circuit Bider: A Tale of the
Heroic Age."' Mr. EggleBton is one
of our freshest and most vivid story
writers, and hin sketches of Western
life and character are superior to any-thing-we
have. The Union shows as
much tact and enterprise as any daily
journaUn the cb'uhtry. It hasacorpa
of the best contributors, of all shades
of recognized Christian opinion, and
gets the, best thought out of all of
them. It shows more plainly than
anyothr religious family paper in
the Unfted States the' evidences of
careful, thorough editorial work. Its
eommnf,
Mtter
h,ljH-nff5t
v.natMpyiraBfMnSMi:
rVll
It has been ia very 'readable ?sap$rifbr
V
on ita own excellence. It advocates
unity in asplrit-of conciliation -rather
than of dogmatism, and seeks to
draw by fairness when it could not
drive by pugnacity. In this' respect
it is a model Christian paper, and its
temper and spirit are a beautiful illus
tration of the ripened character and
mellowed experience of Its editor. Its
pages give ample evidence that Mr.
Beecher's heart aud hand are thor
oughly enlisted in the great work the
Christian Union is destined to fulfill.
The chromos "The Dinner" and
"The Nap," which5 Messrs. Ford &
Co. are now presenting to all subscrib
ers to the "Christian Uuion" for 1874
genuinely beautiful Paris-printed
oleographs are even superior, in con
ception and execution, to the famous
pair "Wide Awake" and "Fast
Asleep," whose issue, by the same
fiun, caused so great an excitement
two ye'dra ogo. The subjects of the
new pictures are boys real boys and
the accessories are very natural, sug
geitive and amusing. They are real
ly artistic pictures, and quite as pleas
ing to a refined taste as they are to
the popular eye and the hearts of the
cLlldren.
'The Lord is:Risen" is the title of
ai exquisite oleograph presented by
the same firm to subscribers to "Plym
outh Pulpit," which is a weekly pam
phlet containing each week a sermon
by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
and is eagerly read alike the admir
ers, aud opponents of that distinguish
ed diyine. The subjeut of the picture
is a Cross, old and moss-grown, aud
wreathed with violets aud Iillies of
the valley. We have rarely seen th
central sentiment of the New Testa
ment so beautifully expressed by a
picture as iu this tender but striking
sketch. Its value may be guessed
from the fsct that In the picture stores
it frequently sells for $5.00.
Mr. Geo. B. Moore is the agent for
thin town aiid vicinity and will call
and show the poper and pictures. We
advice ever.i body who is going to
spend $3.51) in any way, to Wait till
they see how much is here offered
them for the money.
TWO PAIRS OP JACKS.
It was a Mr. Simmon's deal. Iwas
the oldest man, and the blind was
three calls seveu. Ike Ragales saw
it; then it was risen by Jones to fif
teen for play. Brown came iu, aud(
also the dealer stayed. Then it took'
me twelve to make it good, which I
put up. and I remarked to the society
that it would coat only twenty-five
more for to draw. , Every last geut.e
man stayed but it' was not risen any
higher. The dealer then said to me,
How many will you tuke ?" Suid I.
"A card." I had aces and kings and
got an ace in the draw. Ike took three
and Jones two, but Brown had
euotigh and told the dealer to help
himself, which he took only five.
There was now about a hundred and
fifty chips on the hoard. Ike bet one,
Jones went ten -better, and Brown
raised it to twenty, baoause he stood
pat.. The dealer said that his'n was
valued at twenty more. Then, said I
"How many does it take mc-?"3Some
one said "forty chips," which I in
vested likewise, with sixty better.
Then r.'ti pased up to Brown, and I
wanted him bad to stay with hi steel,
hut his sand gave out, and he parsed.
Says the dealer to me: "How many
did you draw?" Says I, "A card."
"Well." says he, "I don't want to' lay
down thi hand ; I will bet sixty more
than you." Now the dealer was a
stranger like, to our party: He was
from the country, and didn't know
much about d. p. So I thonght it
was my charitable duty to let him
down easy; aud I only called him.
"What have vou cor V" salrl I. -two
polraP'sain the Mr. Simmons. Then
it was my time to be sorry thnt I had
an ace full of kings. "But." says the
geqi'd Mr. Simmons, "mine is two
pairs of jacks ?' Then I said "O !"
and put on my hat and went down In
the street to look for Christmas. As
I went out of the door Brown. akid
me "how many I took ?" But Brown
always was a person that would kick
a man when he is down.
John Glades.-
The apartments in which Mr.
Beecher received his guests was heau
tifully decorated with rare paintings,
entwined with evergreens. The visit
ors included many members of Rev.
Buddingtona church. Mr. Beecher
remarked that in June last he was
ixty one years of age, and his life all
through had heen remarKatiie. in
three or four years he believed thnt'hp
would be held in great e-tpem by the
ma'-sps. Durint the day over 800
leople bad called, and he felt weari
ed. It was plea-ant. though, to him,
to receive the ednerarulations of so
large a number of friend1 The no
tice on the door was: "Welcome to
all,; come in don't ritm the bell.j'
Light in the Room kortite Sick
The late physician to the Empe'rorJ
of Russia made a careful stnuyor me
effect of lteht a a curative agpnt in
the hospital of St Petersburg. He dis
covered .thera that- the number of.
patients who were cured ln..roomSj
properly lighted 'was four times as
largeas it was wber they were con.-'
fined in dark roome. -
Written for the Advurtlsor.
1UY liOVE.
BY SPOONEY.
O, Jny love she is a bonnle blowze,
She picks the ducks and geese;
She milks tho cows and slop the pigs.
And they call her "Helen, 'of greaje."
She's about the size of a one-horse ho'..
And weighs two hundred pounds.
And when she brings her trampera down,
She makes the earth resound.
She dresses up In a called gown,
And trips across the prairie.
In quest of the cow bell's distant sound,
Just like a monstrous fairy.
Her voice Is low and sweet, just like.
The lowing of the cattle;
And when ihe laughs you'd swear It was
A hundred penny rattles.
,She patronizes nature's set,
She wears.no paper bustle.
tr wvBHuure gave er au iBOMtBKf 2,3? ;
v:" .. . .r' J r i
She wears no'embroldered stockings, and
No fancy nlfea-neeled gaiters;
She got her shoes and stockings where
She go her palpltators';
Sno wears no little pumpkin seed,
Upon her upper end.
She never wears a chignon, and,
She has no Grecian bend. . y
My love is very Industrious;
Sho's.ahvays In a p.utter,
Her hands are always In the dough,
Or elso they're In the batter.
I started out last Friday night
To take her by surprise;
I found her mixing pumpkin sasij,-
To put in pumpkin pies.
And so 1 thought I'd steal a march.
Upon my little miss ;
I climbed upon a flour barrel
To take an honest kiss. ,
When she brought her hand arresSiiny face,
('Twas daubed In pumpkin butter,)
And sent me like a tumble-bug
A rolling In the gutter. "
But then I know she never meant
To hurt her love, yon see.
For honestly she said "shuo fly I
And don't you bodder me."
OUR NEW YOBK LETTER.
The Great Rinff Wlat it Is What
Keeps it TJp, and W.Uat trill Kill it
A Brief History The Pauic Luxu
ries. Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, Dec. 1S73.
When a noxious weed is cut down, it
is not always sure that it is extermin
ated. Tho root must be dug up and
cast nut before the work should be
considered completed. When Boss
Tweed was arrested, tried and sen
tenced to the ppnltentiary, the good
people of New York fancied they had
cleansed the Augean stables, and that
henceforth all they had to do was to
fold their hands aud sit down to the
enjoyment of good government. Mis
taken souls! Tweed was simply the
trunk, the rods exists as vigorons and
full of life as ever, and new shoots are
showing their heads every day,
I propose to devote this letter most
ly to the "Ring," for it is one of the
most curious chapters iu the history
of this country. The ring was, of
course, a democratic invention. The
Tammany Society had control of the
City of New York, and consequently,
of the State. It became well kriowu
that the solid mags of ignorance, ruin
and crime in the city, having but one
head, could nominate vhomsoaver It
pleased, and then elect or defeat. Ev
ery Democratic politician in the Stale
Hvore allegiance to Tammany. It be
came the party. At the beginning
this strength was used simply for pur
poses of plunder in a rather moderate
way; but when Wm. M. Tweed ee
cured the control he was not content
with that. He aspired to thy control
not only of tho City aud State of New
York, but the nation. As the poli
ticians of the State bowed to him, be
cause he could control ri State Con
vention, so the politicians of other
States courted his influence, for New
York la a large State aud has power
in a National Convention. Doubtless
the great Tweed had an idea that af
ter msking a President or two, he
might fill that great office himself.
It is not to be denied that he play
ed his game shrewdly. He first got
control of his own party, and then
proceded to debauch the Republican
nartv of the State. He f.und enough
venal Republicans who were willing
to share his stealings, and he organiz
ed a Trtinmany ring inside that party.
Editors of prominent Republican
journals. Republicans of influence in
all parts of the State, came to a pri
vate understanding with him, the
service required beJng the demoraliz
ation of the party by bolts and splits,
and the consideration being a share,
proportioned to the service, in the
millions of stealings he had control of.
New York City and State was thus
hound baud and foot, and Boss Tweed
wielded more active power than any
man in theUuited States. Hestretch
ed forth his 'hand 'to New (Jer3ey,
Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and
had commenced to work in Ohidaud
the States farther West when he met
his Waterloo ami went down.
Boss Tweed is in the penitentiary,
on Blackwells Island, but TweedUin
is neither killed orscotched. it is root
ed in the rum-mills, the foreign vote,
the gamblers aud thieves of the city,
and ifis as strong and vigorous to
day as ever. For the material is all
there, and other men, just as strong
a Tweed and as unscrupulous, are
there to mould It and use it.
Rpvpral of the nrinciual men in
Tweeds ring are outi of the way. Co
man, Milles, Mike Norton, John H.
Walsh are In.hiding; Connolly took
flight in lime ,and jvent into hiding.
Counolly. It will be remembered, put J
the "Salt 6ay"Jebtween bi.ro. and pros
.cution shortly after proceedings were
VOL. 18.-F0. 29.
commenced against Tweed. He took
with him not less than an even mil
lion, and is living in great splendor
iu Ireland. Tho others mentioned
got out of the way as soon as they
were convinced that the prosecution
of Tweed was in earnest, and cannot
be found. Harry Genet, one of the
most brazen of the thieves, was
caught, tried and convicted, and on
'Monday last he was to have been
sentenced to join the throng that
moves toward Sing Siug, bnt on Mon
day last he was not to be fouud. Mr.
Matthew T. Brennan is Sheriff oFN.
Y., ami Mr. B is a Tammanyite
whose terra is nearly out, and who
desires a re-election". How can Mr.
Brennan go before the Democracy of
New Yori with his hands stained
!f"wftkXthVi8nmsnt.oXa man like
.'oCa:iIejMtrjltJls truV, for days,
and on Friday night he went to his
home iu Harlem, the Deputy accom
panying him. He retired with his
wife at the usual hour, the accommo
dating Deputy lying in an adjoining
rootri on a sofa. In the morning Mr.
Gehet was not td be found, "much to
the chagrin of the Deputy."
This instance proves what I stated
at tho beginning. The Tammany
snake Is hydra-headed and -Tweed I3
only one of the heads, Harry Genet's
friends, i. c, tho rum-mills, thieves,
gamblers and murderers whom he con
trols, have power enough in their
hands to beat Mr. Matthew T. Bren
nan. for re-nomination, and had Har
ry gone to Sing Sing, they would
have beaten him. Therefore,
this perjured plunderer this con
victed thief, is permitted to quietly
walk off; and the courts are set at de
fiance. Who are these fellows, who ride so
boldly over the tax-payers of 27ew
York? Mostly Irish. The great mass
of Irish emigrants who land have no
more idea of an intelligent exercise of
their newly acquired rights than a
Virginia mule has of the Greek al
phabet. They organize about grog
geries, the keeperof the mill controls
a hundred of them for which he re
ceives a small otfice. He, in turn, U
controled by a, leader a little higher
up, whosH power in the government
m- .. i memm v
is gauged by .the number lie can con
trol und so -on up to tho supreme
hearJ.
A brief history of one of these fel
lows will throw a little light on the
way they do it. An Irishman, whom
for the sake of a name we will call O'
Brien, through that was not his name,
wi3, ten years ago, a reporter on a
Liverpool paper. He had a wife and
four children who were kindly per
mitted to care for themselves,, for it
was all Mr. O'Brien could do to keep
himself, tin liquor and other luxuries.
An affair which amounted to a felony
Brought Mr. O'B. to jail, from which
by a technicality he escaped and
made his way to New York. Here
he found his opportunity. He was a
glib talker and lost no time in put
ting himself at the head of a Fenian
circle, and getting control of a baud
of "repaythers,?' then hia course was
plain. Boca Tweed recognized his
merits and appointed him what7
Why. assistant council to the com
mission for condemn inir private prop
erty ! at a salary of $5000 per annum,
with unlimited stealings. Yon will
remember that this imposter had nev
er been naturalized, was not tl citizen
of the United States, and had no more
right to hold an office, or even vote,
than the writer would have in Egypt.
Besides he was no lawyer. But that
made no difference in New York.
For the first time In three years he
femembered that he had a family.
He brought over his oldest son a lad
of eighteen and patting him at work
a"3 a type-eettej in a daily paper, had
him appointed as his "chief-clerk," at
a salary or $3000, his two other sons
were also given places rit respectively
$2500 and $2000, Mr. O'Brien drawing
the salaries for all of them they
merely nppearlng to sign receipts
each month. It was fortunate for the
country that Mr O'Brien's other child
was a girl ele 3he would have been
quartered on the city. The mother
and daughter were permitted to re
main in Liverpool, where thpy shift
ed as best they could, the girl as a
shop girU and the mother as a wash
erwoman. It is needleps to add that Mr. O'Bri
en is one of Boss Tweed's sincerest
mourners, and that he inveighs loud-
lv against the "injoostice, sir, no
shtate interference with municipal
gooverments," and he has been heard
to say that "the ralght uv the people
to silf-gnovarment, sir, are stricken
down," and' likewise he asks indig
nantly if "this is a free coontry ? or is
Ita difpnti?fn?"
But he mourns not as one without
hope. John Morriey will answer his
purpose just as well as Tweed, for
Morrisey miist use the same material j
to do the some work. Mr. O'Brien
and his three sons will be on the city
pay-roll ere long, and trust them to
make up for their enforced abstin
ence. Tammany will be killed whenever
the decent men of the city take inter
est enough in politics to vote, and use
tho influence they possess. They out
numberthe thieves aud can oust them
if they will. But they never will.
Catch a New York merchant, leav
ing his trade to vote, or to do political
work. Not he.. He is too busy And
so New,Yorktwill coutinue to be rid
.den by the ,thievfl, to the, end of the
chapter . aJ; . .
Fladver enttlejaIratM:OH-vir. J
(lOane of NonpareU apace, or ltas,) fflrat lssrtIoK
l,CO;e&chsabseiuentliuerUon.SOc '- ' -'
Sa-AUtranscIentanrertlseBaeats iaaett ji'li"1
lormnuTOTCB, ,vj;
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COPKTY.,
There Is a steady regular revivarir -business
In the metropolis. There
never should have been a -panic In
deed, this fall and winter business
should have been Bplendld. Ther "
waa no , cause for the troubles thai
came upon the country in Sentemberi-
A parcel of gamblers, like Jay Gould , Si
old Daniel Drew, e,nd Vanderbilt-N-
locked horns in" a struggle overstocks:..
Down they went, and the business .'
men, rearing a panic, did exaotly
what was necessary to make one:
They shortened up, banks suspend
ed, decent men were deprived of their,
resources, and an eviUthat wag feared
became real. Business is resumed be- .
cause confidence is restored. Sctmfc. ,
ha3 drawn out of the hole Into which.,
he had hid himself in September,, and v,
discovers that it isn't much of a show-..
er after all. He finds, that people art ,,.
going to eat, drink and wear the same',1; ,
as ever, and must have his goods,, aud .j
ao he gets his money out of its hiding,, , ,
place, and pays Brown what he oweil'
him. Browu pays Jones; Jones
Thompson ; the mill that stopped, re
sumed, and so it goes. People won
der that they were ever frightened air
all. There is nothing "hard" ia the
times, here or anywhere else. The.
.'times' are all right, and business will ,
oe very Driss: the remainder or th
winter.
But-there was ono curious feature
about it all. During the worst of th'l'
panic, when men believed that the
country had gone to the dogs, and ev-,
ery man was straining to the last
point, there was no dlmunitiou of the
trade of the great dealers in luxuries.
Stewart's front was crowded with
carriages, and the great jewelry stores
were thronged aa of yore. Tha New
York lady of fashion recognizes no
such thing as a pauic or stringency lu.
money. It is her husband's duty to
find money ftdmehow for her, for not
a jot or tittle will she yield of her
,
rights to spend all the money sho
uhooses. If there be diamonds that
she wants she has them. The $20,-
000 that the set costs her husband '
must furnish, and he must do it with- '
out a murmur. For Bhe i3 an imper- ' J
lous dame, and will stand nonons'enso
about those things. Half the failures -"4
that occur in New York may bei
charged up this account. Fashion.- S
rules with a rod of iron, and from ita1.-1
decree there is no appeal. Style must t
be maintained for when it is relaxed 1
in the least, the relaxer drops out of a
sight and the woman as good as dies;. 3
That is sha dies socially, and there is :
not one of them who wouldn't rather
die actually. :T
Once more I thank heaven, fhero is :
a country to draw from. But for the :
influx of fresh blood and fresh ideas 1
from the country, the great oitioa
would become worse than cancers?
But it takes ten years to spoil a por
eon In New York, and as thousands.
make their way We're every year, the.
Sodom grinds along after a fashion,
and will continue to do so. -
Christmas was more generally obn
served this year than ever. The iloh;.
gave gorgeous dinners the poor mod-
est dinners the dissolute got drunk, ;
and the police stations were full. Cui
Ioug notions people have of celebratn
lug the birth of our Saviour!
PittBO.
CAMPBICJ-iIi'S LiVTE ROSS POTATO.
Last April I planted, on one lot
threa-fourths of a barrel of Camp-.
bell's Late Ro.so potatoes; cut them ,
to one 'iyo; planted them in hills,
three feet apart each way, on land
that was in potatoes the year before,
and in corn th- year before that. I
put one. lwudful of Squaukum marl,
in each hill. We had no raiu for two
mouths during the early part of the
season, aud potatoes' suffered very
much, but the vines kept green. They
did not set until very late. They were
dug in October and yielded 151 bar-
rels On another lot I planted two
barrels of seed, iu rows three feet by
eighteen inches, on land that was in.
grass the year before. I put one hand
ful of ashes to four hills after they
were up, aud they yielded 210 barrels.
On another lot of 10 acres, with a
handful of marl in a hill, they yield
ed 650 barrels, planted in rows 3 feot
by 18 Inches. I used about one bar-'
rel of seed per acre on this int. T
have grown this season 1,800 barrels
of Camgbell's Late Rose potatoes..
They will yield, with ordinary farm
culture, over 100 barrels per acre. Sev
eral of my neighbors have grown;
the past season, from SO to 105 barrels
from one barrel of seed. Correspond
ent Rural New-Yorker.
"IVEL.I DOISE, WENDELL. l
Several good things were' said by
Wendell Phillips in his speech deliv
ered at the Women Suffragists' cele
bration of "The Boston Tea Party,"
even if he did talk against a specie
basis. Said he: "The representa
tive of Benjamin Franklin to-day is
not the man who puts up lightning
rods. He is a Morse inventing tho
telegraph, a Cyrus Field hiding it in
the ocean, and a Whipple, giving us a
map of the moon. The Hannah
Moore of to-day is not writing essays
on education ; she is going from Bos
ton to'St. LouiB every night, working
for the ballot iu the hands of woman.
The Copernicus of to-day Is not the
man measuring the distance to the
suu or weighing it with a greater ac
curacy. Me is tne illustrious scnoiar
who has just left us at Cambridge, to
whom Nature revealed herself in a
new language, aud whohas taught us
how the worlds themselves were
made. And thus we are to read the ;
duty of bibtory, which Is to pick out;
the leBaon and inspiration 01 a nun?
dred years ago, not putting our footj
I down actually in their tracK, out ao-
ing what they would have done naqj
they stood here to-day."
Flowers can be kept fresh a lonf
time by cutting off the ends of the
stems every morning and placing
them in clean, fresh water. A little
salt Dlaced fn the water is said te
greatly aid in preserving- their freshj
ness and beauty. The experiment u
a simple one, and you can perform it
with at least very mtie trouoie.
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