tu-,- - JJ1 t. i ,.! Uri 1 II Kay n .vv! ! HI9 (i i j i.-fnwAft-'tm. ZSSZZttaBBGSl FIRST LOVE. BY JTULIA WAIIS HOWE. Whom first we love, you know, "wo seldom wed; Time rules ub nil. And life, indeed, Is not The thing we planned It out ero hope was dead; And then, we womenconnot choose oar lot. Much must bo borne whloh Is hard to bear. Much given away which It were sweet to keep; God help us all! who need indeed His care: And yet I know the Shepherd loves his eheep. My Httlo boy begins to babble now Upon my knee his earliest Infant prayer ; He has his father's eager eyes, I know, And, they say too, his mother'ssunny hair. But when he sleeps and smiles upon my knee And I can feel his light breath come and go, I think of one Heaven help and pliy me Who loved me and whom I loved, long ago: Who might have been ah, Tdare not think. ' We are all changed. God Judges for us best; God help us do our duty, and not shrink, And trust In Heaven humbly lor the rest. But blame us women not. If some appear Too cold at times; and some too gay and light; Some griefs gnaw deep ; some woes are hard tobearr Who knows the past? and who can Judge us right? Ah, woro wo Judged by what we might have been, And not by what wo are, too apt to fall ! Sty Httlo child ho sleeps and smiles between These thoughts and me. In Heaven we shall know all. CAPTAIN MOLLY. It was a warm, sultry morning in tho month of June. Tho Inhabitants of Monmouth 'were nil astir with the knowledge that the two armies were in their midst, and by their motions BUBtainlng the probability that a gen eral action was about to be hazarded. The British army, now commanded by Sir Henry Clinton, had assumed one of the strongest situations, upon tho high grounds about Monmouth Court House ; they laid their flank on tho border of a small wood, the last guarded by a deeper one, and the rear running toward a morass. The Continental army was disposed in such an adjacent position as to har ass the enemy in the rear, and to take advantage of their first movement. The other generals, Lafayette, Greene, Wayne, Stewart and Bcott, were di rected to hold their troops In readi ness to support the front. Early In the morning notice was given that the van -of the enemy was in motion. General Lee Immediately prepared to make on attaok upon them, and he was soon joined by Gen erals Dickinson and Morgan, with their troops. In full view of the house of HolHs and Molly, this action commenced. Hollis put on his military suit at once. The spirit that animated every true American was newly aroused at this spectacle, and he was impatient to mingle la tho strife. "Will you go, Hollis?" asked Mol ly, anxiously. "Yes, dearest. Can I remain here tamely, and. not offer my asalstanoe in defenoe of my country ? I shall be only a private, but there will be work enough for me to do." "Remember the fate of your fath er,7' faltered Molly. "I thought you were brave, my own wife," said Hollis, wltk-a smile of affeotionate pride. "Battle scenes have not lost their oharms for me yet, though I confess to unusual missglvings this morn ing,'' replied Molly. "I shall return at night, darling, it may be with new glory attached to the honorable name which my fathts transmitted to me. I must-fight these red-coats, Molly. God bless you, and good-bye for the present," returned Hollis, bringing-her to his heart for a parting caress. "A blessing go with you hus band,'' Bald Molly, as- Hollis sped rapidly from the door. The enemy advanced so near Mol ly's house that she oould plainly dis tinguish their motions. "O, that I were a man !'' she ex claimed: "I would give those Brit ish tyrants free doses of death. To think of their approach to our very door! Of their burning the beautiful homes of some of our neighbors, be cause they would not turn traitors." She discovered Hollis engaged in the duty of cannonier, and she watched his motions with the deepest interest. As the morning, deepened into day, the weather became Intense ly warm ; not a leaf of atree moved, and the Bun poured down such vol umes of heat, the earth seemed bra zen and parched to a painful endu rance. "Hollis will Buffer with thirst!" Molly bethought herself. "I will go oarry him a- pitcher of cool water from the spring." She hastily communicated her ln tontlons to Mrs. Bogers, the house keeper, and throw on her hat. "I would advise you," remonstrated Mrs. Rogers, "to keep within tho houso to-day. The Britishers will kill you, like as any way, if you go out there." "I ehall go," replied Molly. "How good tho water will taste to him, when he is struggling so bard in this heat." Her glanoo fell upon Hollis again ; his hair was thrown back from his forehead, he had cast aside his aoat, and was loading and discharging the oannon with an admirable ooolness, while the balls of the enemy whizzed about his head. Molly was strongly Impressed by the pioture; he had nev er looked so glorious to her before, save when he was about to saorlfice his life at the pine tree, the central objeot of savage Ire. She oould not be restrained longer. Skipping away to the cold spring a few rods distant, she filled the pitoher, and remembering Hollls's liking for spearmint, paused a moment to break off a few leaves of the rioh bed, fringing the bank at her feet. These she settled in the pitoher as she ran up to Hollis. He received her offering gladly, blessed her for the thought in a low voice, and drank the whole before be resumed his duty. Molly ran away ngiln, regardless of the many eyes which had been at tracted by the strange sight of her white muBlin dress amid the bloody strife. She returned to her post of watching with breathless anxiety, for the battle waged fieroer and closer. Unconsciously Bbe would break into words of encouragement for her favo rite generals, as she distinguished their uniforms, or thenoble horses which they rode" falling dead beneath them. Once more she ventured to carry water to Hollis, for he nobly and un remittingly worked on in the very face of the foe. She had refilled her pitcher, when, turning. 6he saw Hol lis fall to the ground. With a blanched cheed, and a horrible fore boding rushiug over her heart, she lost no time In reaching the spot. Alas ! he was dead ! A shot of the enemy bod killed him- Instantly. "Take the cannon away," said Gen eral Wayne to one of the soldiers J "weoanuei fill the plaoe by as brave a man as has been killed !" "No!" returned Molly," looking up to the General with a face like death, yet calm In its inspiration of bravery, heightened to heroism ; 'the cannon shall not be removed for want of some one to serve it since my brave hus band Is no more, for I will use my utmost exertions to avenge his death." Molly was now fairly aroused. She loaded and discharged the cannon, while officers beheld her with undis guised admiration. "There!" she exclaimed, after tho first fire; "take that, ye remorseless Englishmen, and wait for the next." Again and again she discharged the cannon, dealing death and destruc tion at every shot. "Whom have we'here?" inquired General Washington, attracted to the spot by the singular speotacle. "An angel of the host of Michael. The powers of hell would drop before her!" replied General Wayne. Molly now determined" on a cour de maiirc. Accordingly, she reloaded tho cannon with double the ordinary quota, then discharged it. A terrible crash succeeded. Molly was thrown into tho air several feet ; then she fell to the ground with violence. Three British soldiers were killed, and an officer of high rank was apparently mortally wounded. Many who stood by were thrown down, and general confusion prevailed. The last discharge had broken the oannon into fragments. For a few minutes Molly was in sensible, but she eoon rallied, and rose with a steady eye. The soldiers loudly applauded her, notwithstand ing whioh Bhe immediately withdrew to her home, followed by two soldiers with the body of her husband. On the following day Molly was surprised by a visit from Generals Washington, Wayne and Lafayette, who had witnessed her brave conduot at the late battle-ground. Molly re tained her self-command. "Our army, madam, being about to leave Monmouth, we take thlB early opportunity to express to you our en tire approval of your aotlon yester day," said General Washington. "Sir," said Molly, "I only wished to serve my county ; the death of my husband made me.oImoBt frantic." "You merit a coat of arms like our Joan of Arc," observed Lafayette ; "hers contained two golden lilies, and a Bworu pointing upward, Dearing a orown. "I shall have an epaulette for your ooat of arms," said General Washing ton, rising hi-his accustomed dignity of manner; "I here confer upon you the rank of Captain, as a testimonial of my regard for your services." Tho other Generals arose, and cross ing their arms upon their breasts be held the scene with a smile of gratifi cation. "Many thanks, General," Bald Mol lv. the tears rushing to her eyes : "but would that my husband had been spared to receive this honor instead of myself." "I trust that you will come to a glo rious end," remarked Lafayette, "un like the Maid of Orleans, who was burned at the 9tnke.' "I have come to that already," re turned Molly; "at least I have been taken prisoner by the Indians, and confined to a tree, where I should have been burned alive had. not he who afterwards was my husband, no bly offered his life for mine." "Are you, indeed, that young. girl who figured so conspicuously at the murder of Mis3 McCrea?" Inquired Gen. Wayne. Molly bowed. "Brave madam !" exclaimed Lafay ette, "before wo leave, permit me to salute you after the oustom of my country, when we would honor noble ladies like yourself." A blush suddenly overspread Mol ly's cheek ce tho chivalrous General imprinted a kiss upon her brow. A few calm, earnest words, like a bene diction, General Washington added to Molly, and the distinguished visit ors took their leave. "Meroy on us !" oxolalme Mrs. Rog ers, who had partially witnessed the soene ; you are now really a Captain. This is the most wonderful thing I ever heard of in all my life !" arm and fiauseltotd 1856. 1876, THE Preparation of Rye for Taolo Use. Bye and Indian Loaf. Take two nnnrtn of coarse corn meal, wet It thor oughly with two quarts boiling water, add two quarts rye meafrmix intim ately, make into u loaf three or four inches deep, or, if convenient, put it into Boston brown bread pans, plaoe on top of the stove, where it la barely hot enough to make it simmer ; let it stand hpre until it craoks well over tho whole surface, say an hour and a half or two hours. Then put it into a hot oven, bake two or three hours, ac cording to the size of tho loaf, then cool tho oven gradually, or take the loaf out and steam it an hour or two. Bye Mush. If the rye meal or rye Graham be coarse, sift it into boiling water with ono hand while stirring with the other. If it be fine, pour the meal into boiling water and Btir vig orously, until thoroughly wetted and of the consistency you wish it when done. Then, in either case, cover close and set It where It will cook slowly, from forty to 3ixty minutes or more. Dates may be added to this if desired, stoning them and Btirrlng in just before serving. . Dress the plain mush with stewed currants. Bye and Indian Mush. Use two parts rather ooarse corn meal and one part rye meal, stirring in the oorn meal first and cooking awhile if de sired, then adding the rye meal, stir lng very carefully, then cover close and cook slowly one hour. Byeand Bice Mush. Boll one pint of rice in three quarts of water for twenty minutes, then add rye Gra ham as above and oook one hour. Nebraska Advertiser State Banks f ij ebraska. J3unA.Ts mm mam Sf?g& Vva " "-U 1 About Pea-vine Clover. An Ohio Farmer correspondent advises an inquirer to sow pea-vlhe clover for pasture. He says: My plan Is to seed with timothy, in the fall, with wheat, then sow one bushel of pea-vine clover to eight acres. This will produce about twice us much pasture as the common clo ver, and If you have good soil, and it seeds well, you will have a heavy lay er of olover, tramped down to rot on the ground. In this way you oan en rich your soil and keep more stock than by sowing oommon clover. I have been cultivatiug this clover for tho lost six years, and would pay twice the price of common seed rath er than to do without it. I usually pasture two years, and then follow with oorn, but the out worms were bo bad that in July, '73 I changed my plan. I plowed a.field of pea-vine clover that had been pastured In '72, and from eight and one-fourth acres, without manure, I raised two hun dred and fifty bushels of wheat. I had to harrow down the clover and ride the harrow before I oould plow it, and the plow would then ohoke. I shall follow the wheat with oorn. Pea-vine is nearly two weeks later than common clover, and should not bo pastured too soon. To save Beed, pasture till the middle of June, after whloh it will fill well, and yield more than the common clover.- I made 4 tons of hay last year,.from a field that had been- pastured all summer, and It was as eood hav as I ever saw. but it was so dry that it oured vey quickly. ESTABLISHED ZZV 1856, now enters upon its Twentieth. Year, and is the OLDEST PAPER IN NEBRASKA! That never suspended or changed its name. Age has not caused its depreciation, nor its adherence to explod ed fogyisms, but otherwise ; and to-day it stands on a sure foundation, in the Advance Guard of the Great Army of Progression, Strong from the nourishment of long years of good principles, consistent with the American idea of LIBERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 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HILL, W.H. McCRKEKY, H. E. GATES, Cashier. CURIOUS VEGETABLE LIFE. There are many curious faots about vegetable life. We can, for example, graft the apricot on the plum, and the peach on the apricot, and the almond on the peach, and thus we may pro duce a tree with plum-roots and al mond leaves. The wood, however, of the stem will consist of four distinct varieties, though formed from oue continuous layer. Below the almond wood and bark we shall have perfeot peach wood and bark, then perfect apricot wood and bark, and at the bot tom plum wood and bark. In this curious instance we can see the inti mate correspondence between thebark and tho leaf, for if we should remove the almond branches, we might cause the several sorts of wood to develop buds and leafy twigs each of its own kind. Each section of the comDound stem has its seat of life in the cambi um layer, and the cambium of each reproduces cells of ita own speelea out of a common nutrient fluid. Recipe for Preserving Mkat.- Ab warm weather has come at last, the following by a writer in the N. Y. Times will prove both seasonable and serviceable : There ts no good reason why farm ers and their families should eat so much salt pork, leaving all the fresh meat to the inhabitants of cities and villages, when tho following method will keep meat fresh for weeks even In the warmest weather. I have tried It for ueveral years. As soon as the animal heat is out of the meat, slioe it up ready for cooking. Prepare a large jar by scalding it with hot' salt and water. Mix salt and pulverized salt petre. Cover tho bottom of the jar with a sprinkle of sal t and pepper. Put down a layer of meat, sprinkle with salt and popper the same as if it was just going to the table, and con tinue in this manner until the jar is full. Fold a oloth or towel and wet it in strong salt and water in which a little of the saltpeter is dissolved. Press the cloth closely over the meat and set it in a cool plaoe. Be sure and press the oloth in tightly aB each lay er Is removed, and your meat will keep for months. It is a good plan to let the meat remain over night after It Is Blioed. before packing. ThenJ drain off all the blood that oozes from It. It will bsneoessary to ahange the cloth occasionally, or to take it off and wash It first In cold water, then scald in salt and water as at first. In this way farmers can have fresh meat all the year round. I have kept beef that was billed the:i2th of February till tho 21st of June. Then I packed a large jar of veal In the same way du ring tho dog days, and it kept six weeks. ThiB recipe alone is worth the price of any newspaper in the land. The following recipes are-ln use at Dr. Troll's eminently Hygienio table, at the Hygian Home, Florence Hights N.J: Bye and Indian Fruit Loaf. To five quarts of fine corn meal add five pints rye meal, mix thoroughly, add water as hot as the hands will bear, and make into a not very stiff dough, then add three pints of stewed raisins and three pints of washed currants, mix Intimately, fill a deep pan and smooth it over the surfaoe, steam It six or eight hours (all night If conve nient), bake about two hours longer, and serve warm or cold. A.3 -A. F-ATMTTTrg IVAJPiEr, The Advertiser is conceded to have no superior, and few equals, if any, in the State ; and we assure our readers that it shall be kept up, in every respect, equal to its present standard of excellence, until we make it better by various improvements which we have in view just so soon as times improve among the people fin ancially so as to justify us in making such improve ments. 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