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.f-TEEkliUw OF LOVE.
WovenwellRln inn with suohlbroe
.., , J sway. all hatband all distrust.
As eddying' siruws.and particles of dust
i Are lost by aotne kwif t river In it course.
fcouefif lore my friends, mv life, my art,
mmtA' shadow Hies the- lieht iiw .
jpvWtQptem worthyjnjny Meart
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Love is a irem irfaioh w un nun-:.
To grace and perfume sweeter than the rose; J
Bank With that vile and poison thistle hate.
Love is a Joyous thrush, Uiat wc can teach
1 1 T stag sweetlute-l ike fconrfs which all mar
,'IJ earu .tij " J 1 lu '
t)r we can silence him and tune the car
. TO caw of crows, cr to the vulture's screech.
Love is a feast; .and if the jrmfsts divide
Vith all who pass, tho", thousand swell the
van,'
xnere snail be fowl and drink for
every
The loans mad fishes will he ranttlplied.
tore Is tfee guide. I look to heights above,
Sc beautiful, so ver" far away:
Yea, I shall tread their sunlit peaks some
day
Since clasd hi miae f hold the hand of Love.
Lore lathe law. i nut yield to Its control
vAthirhairBiid all' things-work for the
best,
.Aad. in the calm still heaven of thy breast,
Vhat God Himself sits taUring with thy souL
-dBfia Wheeler, in Chicago Tribune.
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'"CAT K DELAWARE.
;PraKlBet Cittseaa Who Have Beea Id
.to, the Whipping-Post How s Jtofia-
. tirmti WuXkili to Suffer Carious Stories
of.tbe PMtT
The whipping-post in' the New- Castle
vjWrjwni-had seven ".vicUms yesterday.
TTireeHx)ys,wKo had stolen" something
like fifteen dollars, got' ten lashes apiece.
Twenty lashes.were applied to the backs
of-foor -otheT-prisoncrsvhohad" been
convicted oijlarceny. Sheriff! Clark did
jiot handle tlie-cat in a particularly
- forcible manner, and the men who were
strung tip in the pillory didn't, seehVto
xnindlhe blows rrm:h. . The -whippingpost
has greatly degenerated in late
'years. There was a time when it Was
applied indiscriminately to thieves and
felons of high and low degree,, Now it
is .mainly used as a scare-crow for
'.chicken-thieves, sneak-thieves and er
zaat tramps known us " peach-plucks.1
There are Delawareans living in this
eity who remember as children, or
l.n ,: ...i ., .-
fTUWMLl, a UUIC UUU SUIUU OI U1C DlUe
-Hen's most respectable citizens were
put into the pen known as the pillery
"ad made to expiate their offenses
against the law and morality by a forced
embrace of the whipping-poat.
As a child the writer remembers hav
ing seen men "who. after being whipped,
were W law compelled to wear the let
ter "F" (felon) overthebackof their
colB-ashprasitheyTmained "within
the .boundaries of that State. Other
eople? a little" oWer, -will recollect how,
in Dover, a man, who had been
a prominent church member and most
lugnly respectable citizen, for some act
of dishonesty was publicly whipped
and condemned to wear-, the stigma of
disgrace, the letter "F,"" as long as he
lived, or to abandon his home and busi
ness and, take up his abode in another
Stater HeTesolved to stay where his
interestsrand affections- inclined him to
remain. Although he was a storekeep
er and his occupation necessitated his
constant appearance in jmblic, he at
tendei toiushiisiiiess-iu person and it
is said by those who frequented his
tore- 'as purchasers that he had his
stock 6o arranged and "was so adroit in
ins moEcments'thaLnu-one ever caught
sight of the badge of his disgrace whilst
being waited on by him. in the old
Suae, when Delaware was more -rigid in
bar righteousness than she is to-day, it
was held by those who made and those
tolio administered the laws that dishon
esty was.much more heinous when en
gaged in by those placed by social posi
tion above want und amidst respectable
surroundings than when indulged in by
those tempted by necessity and evil
companionship., Consequently, when a
prominent citizen was caught stealing
or forging, his punishment was always
made heavier and more severe than that
meted out to rogues of- either of the
classes contemptously known as "poor
whites' or "free niggers." In fact, a
half century ago so largo a proportion
of tba criminals punished by whipping
was of the respectable class of society,
that a lady, on visiting Delaware some
years ago.-having beard that this, that
and the other distinguished citizen was
the descendant of some one who had
bean publicly whipped, asked: "Do
not all the aristocrats of Delaware de
rive their patents of nobility from the
whipping-post?"
Toward the-clo.se of the last century
an eminent and well-beloved gentleman
of SwgexCounty, a public-benefactor,
distinguished ffjr piety, fell from his
high estate. He was apVIagistrate, and
noted for&wisAonf aud excellence of
judgment, v. Qn oaeoocasioathere was
brought before liim in his official capac
ity aome counterfeiters, who had been
arreatedVfor passingTbad monejva large
amoant of' which was found upon their
personal TheMagistrateas Tvas'his
duly, took possession of the counterfeit
tauT; id destroy it was supposed. The
rogues f were rCumml tied f or trial and
subseqnenUyo pilloried' 'and wUipped.
Yeais afterward the neighborhood' wa3
noodedjwith. "bogus -money1 at-length
traced to he, i 1!urre,!,Kho had com-
nuuea tne cuipnis aiiuueu. i luul iio,
it was afterwardTdiscovered, had been
for along time passing the money he J
Toad confiscated Jor destractjon." Everyi
efforfwas made to shield this beloved
and respected citizen from the conse
quences of his offense, but without any
avail whatever Jc was whipped, most
eeirely in 'tneaU-janl.-at ; .JDoTerj and
the SlferifTwhormflicted ihe punishment
was so fearful that he might beaccused
of partiality fo acrich and respectable
criminal that he cut so deeply into the ,
fleshes to cause the blood to run off
the end of the lash" and down his own
hands, whilst the back of the unfortu
natejoffender was a sight on which the
most stoical could not look without be
ing sickened with Jiorror and pity.
Some thirty-five or so years ago a
well-knowaiandrrery-able 'politician of
Wilmington ran for. Congress and came
within three votes of being elected. He
speat aore money than he could afford,
and'i'n ordecto tide over a temporary
embarrassment forged the indorsement
of his brother-in-law, a distinguished
physician of the city, to a note given bv
n.,;dg.if-t::r - "t -i-
came'toJmaCurity and so eseape any bad
consequences. It so hapcpened that he
was not e -good terms with' thebrother-in-law,aditbi8tkeiTellerof.the
bank
at which the note was presented for dis
count knew. It was therefore retained
until the matter ouldbe inquired into.
The Teller took occasion speedily to see
the doctor, and said, suddenly: "Why,
Jou have made your iquarrel ppwith
-, and, have commenced i indorsing
forhinuieh?1!;; "1 have dope nothing
of the sort," said the doctor, who was
thrown off his guardrand-who, for family
reasons, weuld have cut his tongue oat
feefore giving his relative away had fhe
taken tine to think before speaking.
His after-attbinpts tohiish up the matter
ware without avail. Eolitical opponents
ol the unfortunate, culprit got hold 'of
tbestotyY.andcTiejwas indicted, tried,
and found guilty of 'the crime of forg
ing, and sentenced to be -whipped. That
he, would have. been so. punished there is
bo doubt had.not Msj lovely and loving
wife gone to the Governor" and' to the
Governor's wife, and so wrought upon
Ihe sympathies of both as to secure his
BBBBp&GWfa&b
pardoar-Bat frcwij that :tim forth he
was politically and socially dead.
Among the most beautiful, highly
cultured and charming women of the
State some thirty years ago were the
four daughters of a high official who had
the misfortune to be born kleptomani
acs. It was well known to all'tho citi
.zens of the town in which they resided
that they had inherited this mania from
their mother, who was a constitutional
thief. The$e girls would take anything
they could lay their hands on from
mouse-traps to fishing-tackle. The ac
quisitions made in this way were, in
nine cases out of ten, wholly useless and
worthless to them. Theirfather. know
ing this propensity of wife and offspring,,
visited the different storekeepers of the
town and' requested them to send the
bill to him for any articles they might
miss after visits from the female mem
bers of his family. There was, there
fore, no particular trouble about the
peculation of these youny ladies until a
.new storekeeper came to town, who, on
receiving the usual intimation from their
father, said to some of his neighbofs:
" Kleptomania-be hanged; it's nothing
but thiefomania, and if they were poor
women they would have it thrashed out
of them at the whipping-post. If they
come into my store to do any stealing
Til have, them arrested and whipped as
quick as if they were chicken-thieves."
"wo one believed the fellow would carry
out his threat, but he did. Two of the
sisters came into his place, and after
they were gone he missed a bundle
of gloves. He followed them up the
street, called a Constable, had them ar
rested) searched, and would have had
theai" committed to jail as common
thieves had not bail been promptly of
fered by a score of citizens for their ap
pearance .to "answer to the charge at
court. Kow began the tug of war. It
was known that if the case came to trial
the young ladies would be sentenced to
be whipped, and ,that this sentence
would not be remitted by the Governor,
who was one" of tho sternly righteous
men, who believed his position demand
ed of him the exaction of the sentence
pronounced by law, save in the case of
after-discovered extenuating evidence.
The only thing 4eft for the afflicted
father who had , already been much im
poverished through the peculations of
his family, was to buv the prosecutor
off.
This he did, and reduced himself to
almost absolute want by complying with
the demands made upon him. The
father never recovered from this public
disgrace, and died soon after. The
daughters, however, who never seemed
to understand that they had been guilty
of any criminality, held up their heads
bravely, and all married well. Some of
them are living to-day, beloved wives
and good mothers, who, under the very
shadow of the whipping-post, it is said,
get their dry goods and other merchan
dise in the old fashion, whilst husbands
or sons pay up, just as their father did.
Wilmington (Del.) Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
Raisingfhe "Old Boy."
Some people seem born with a facul
ty of raising the ancient masculine juve
nile. They get folks who are minding
their own business, and merely want
peace and quiet, into all sorts of
scrapes. This faculty is peculiarly de
veloped in the commercial tourist usual
ly referred to as a drummer. One of
this class of gentlemen was at an up
country railway station some days ago,
and discovered, while waiting for a
train, a wasp's nest. An idea at once
struck him. How he achieved the feat
without getting hurt, we don't know.
Probably the wasps were dormant with
cold. But at any rate he got that nest
down and tied it" to the tail of a larg
yellow dog that was fooling round the
depot The dog started to run and
that so stirred up the wasps that they
sent a courier out to investigate, and as
he did so in a manner disagreeable to
the dog he only ran the harder and
made three wild circuits of the depot
The train meanwhile came in, and as
trains don't stop long at country sta
tions, it was just starting as the dog
came round the third time. Wild with
pain, the dog leaped aboard the train
and plunged into a crowded car, just as
the brakeman closed the door. The
poor brute got beneath a seat and tried
to curl up. The car was hot, and it
wound up the wasps) and they came
out, and in about half a minute the men
in that seat jumped up so hard they
nearly stove holes in the roof, and the
way they clawed at their legs was a
caution. Everybody looked. Then
others became interested. And the dosr
started on the run through the car.
The wasps went for him and every per
son in the car. A wild scene took
place. rMen cursed and clawed wildly.
Women got up on the seats and danced
and the dog, which everybody thought
was mad, tore up and down the aisle,
howling. The conductor came in,
thinking the people insane. He prompt
ly joined the show. As the train was
flying, folks couldn't jump off. No
madhouse ever saw sucn a scene.
There was profanity enough to sink a
ship, and the brakeman gazing in at the
door said it beat anything he ever saw
iu a variety show. Finally the conduc
tor stopped the train, folks got out, and
the car was cleared of wasps and dog.
But the passengers didn't get over it.
They were an awful mad set and occa
sionally after they got started again a
man would find a stray wasp in his
trousers and rise and yell. They talked
of suing the railroad, and if they could
have got that drummer his death would
have been frightful. But he had gone
on a train the other way. Boston Post.
A Woman Starres Herself to Death ii
Sixty Days.
Miss Chloe Ann Violet, who started
out on a starvation fast under the belief
tliit vha wn nhAVinir n mmminil rf tho
.Lord on the 5th of November last, died
at the residence of her mother, on Queen
Street last night about twelve o'clock,
having lived without taking food of any
kind for sixty days. The case is remark
able from the:fact that it is the longest
known. There is a well-authenticated
case of a lady of New York State fasting
forty-seven days, dying at the expiration
of 'that time. Mass Violet although
emaciated, retained consciousness and
talked freely, indeed cheerfully, up to
the time of her death. She was thor
oughly impressed with the belief that
her time had come, and that the Lord
desired and commanded her to abstain
from all kinds of food. She believed
further that to die fasting would be a
safe passport to Heaven, and the gates
of the Golden City v would be thrown
.wide open to her, but that to die in any
other way would be disobedience to the
command of the Lord, for which she
would have to suffer in the next world.
For sixty days she cheerfully acted out
thishJelusion, her only regret" being that
she allowed herself to be induced to
"abandon her first attempt some years
ago, to starve herself to death. She
had not taken a particle of food of any
kind since the 5th of November last; not
even medicines would she take, fearing
that her life might be prolonged there
by. Her father, Mr. Robert Violet, died
from, an overdose of laudanum, and her
brother, Albert Violet, drowned himself
in the river about ten years ago. Miss
Violet was highly respected by all wha
knew her. Every effort, force and per
suasion were used to make her give up
ther wild purpose, but without success
Alexandrta ( a.) apeaat to Vhtcago
Tribune.
What loneliness is more lonely than
distrust Qeorge Elliot.
He
meal.
fasts enough that has a bad
- -l - - SkUIfil Nrgtas
It is desirable that mothers should
truly estimate the importance of educa
ting their daughters to a thorough
knowledge and skill in all home accom
plishments. But while endeavoring
faithfully to perform this duty to their
girls, let them not forget that good nurs
inj and delicate care for the sick and
feeble is one of the most important
duties to be incorporated intimately
with the whole routine of domestic
knowledge and home duties. The gen
tle attentions and unwearying patience
so necessary to nurse the invalid back
to health and strength in the gentlest,
most unobtrusive manner, are too little
thought of ; yet cou rageous and effectual
effort is among the lessons that a moth-.
er should begin early to teacn ner
daughters. A little girl with quick sen
sibilities, and sympathy for suffering,
will lay these lessons to heart and weave
them in with growing knowledge much
sooner than 5 the rudiments were not
unfolded before her until she had seen
more of the pleasures of life, through
society, and her interest in individual
sufferings had not been brought into
action while more tender and unselfish.
It is true that some have no skill or
sympathy with this part of a woman
duty, and will probably never make
great attainments in this line. But alt
the more reason that, by early training
and unwearied and patient drilling,
mothers should endeavor that their
daughters should so far attain unto the
principles of good nursing that the sick
who may be thrown into their care
when they are mistresses of families
shall not absolutely suffer from neglect
and ignorance, or go through the slow
starvation that must be their doom ii
surrounded by those who are heartless
through ignorance, and from not under
standing some of the simplest rules of
nursing.
One can easily tell if persons have the
instinctive talent for nursing by seeing
them for a few moments in a sick-room,
or by the side of one just entering the
convalescent stage. It is torture, par
ticularly to those much reduced by long
illness weak and almost childish
through great exhaustion to have a
certain class of persons near them. The
rustle of a silk dress which should
never be heard in the sick-room anyhow
is to one very weak almost unendura
ble. Loud talking, sympathy expressed
in an off-hand way, because the nailer
thinks it the proper thing to do, buj
which has no heart in it, and a long list
of inquiries, rapidly uttered, with no
pause between for an answer: "What'o
the matter? What does the doctor say?
Have you any appetite? What could
you relish most a little soup? some
broth? a good bit of hot steak?" etc.
All this rattled off in a way that irritates
and rasps the nerves like the filing of a
saw.
With transient callers one can 'bear it,
because such calls are not often long.
But if this were the usual tone of every
day, from those on whose care the sick
person is thrown, it would be intolera
ble. However, there is a drop of com
fort and some compensation in every
dark corner. Usually those who have
no sympathy with the sick or talent for
nursing them are not often tempted to
enter the room.
One of the most important things to
bear in mind when ministering to the
sick is to ask as few questions as possi
ble. Let judgment, instinct, and close
observation teu if sponging the head and
hands will be a comfort, and, if needed,
do it without asking a question, and do
it gently and noiselessly. Turn the pil
low on which the head lies, or which
may support it in the back of the chair,
or put a fresh, cool one in its place while
the one removed is airing, but do it so
softly and with such tender touch that
the patient is not disturbed. None but
those who have suffered for the lack of
such grateful, unobtrusive attentions
can realize their value and comfort.
Let one with no knowledge of how to
act come in and attempt these kind
offices, and mark the difference. With
a loud voice, and rapid movements,
" Here, lets change your pillow your
head will be cooler. Raise your head
while I remove it, and give it a good
shaking up," and with energy sufficient
to knead a batch of bread the kindly but
too Doisterous mend, pulls out the pil
low with a jerk that sets the head throb-
bing, and with much noise and rapid
motion beats and shakes the pillow, and
as roughly pushes it, freshened and
cooled, to be sure, behind the drooping
head, with a vehemence altogether out
of place in the sick room. If one could
note the sufferer's pulse before this
" mighty rushing mind" swept into the
room, and compare it with what it will
be after the pillow is twitched out, and
this energetic shaking up has been ac
complished, and the victim is permit
ted to lay the head back in peace, she
would readily comprehend the import
ance of quiet, gentle ways in a sick room.
The next important step is to find
food absolutely necessary to a healthy
convalescence after a long and protract
ing illness. That is just the time when
the nurse's skill and ingenuity will be
taxed to the utmost. To coax the ap
petite, never ask the patient what is
wanted. Bring in some dainty unex
pectedly. If on first trial it is not satis
factory, say nothing; do not look or feel
disappointed; quietly remove the dish
from sight, and then try again, prepar
ing something entirely different, until
atlast you hit on something that pleases
the eye and which the stomach will re-
tn without any nausea, and then there
is an important step taken which tends
toward rapid and healthy recovery.
No professional nurse can for a mo
ment be compared with the mistress of
the family, who has catered for the
Eleasure of her flock for years and
nows each individual- taste and pecu
liarity. Taking counsel with the physi
cian, and learning what will be harm
less, in case the patient fancies it, she
will with her own hands, if at all effi
cient, prepare some dainty form of nour
ishment, or superintend its being pre
pared, watching carefully that nothing
is scorched. Always remembering a
little more sugar or salt can easily be
added by the patient if not quite enough ;
but if too salt or too sweet for the weak
stomach, love's labor is lost and the in
valid suffers. When neatly prepared,
choose the prettiest bowl or cup, cover
a small waiter with a snowy napkin and
quietly bring it to the patient. Sit down
and gently ask if the repast seems pleas
ant, and can be tasted without any dis
turbance. But suppose this proves a failure.
Don't be irritable or impatient, but
cheerfully, after a short time, try some
thing simple, but entirely dissimilar,and
offer that. It will not be long, if patient
and quiet, before the very thing will be
found.
Until similarly situated none can fully
realize the horrors of convalescence, un
less some good angel, with placid brow
and smiling lips, stands by the side
ready at the right moment to step down
and trouble the waters continually, until
the right spring is touched that will
send healing and strength through the
languid veins. Mrs. Henry Ward Beech
or, in Christian Union.
A local potentate on the west coast
ef Africa, styled King Ja J a, wishing to
divert the trade of the Qua Eba tribe in
to his market, sent an expedition against
the people who opposed his views, and
after a short and sanguinary war mas
sacred his prisoners, boiled their heads,
and had their skulls-utilized in the orna
mentation of his palace.
m
On the homestead every boy aai
CI should have their own tree t aara
, and have the fruit. They should to
Hght to plant the seeds of fruits aai
to care lor the seedlings, and how sa
ted or graft. QreerfdiFrwU Grower,
Distenper !a Horses.
The disease usually called distemper
or strangles in horses is a peculiar form
of specific fever, mainly confined to
young animals, and m.iy originate from
various causes, such as changing from
field to stable, or from grass to dry
feeding, and especially from a change
! of locality. Young horses, and even
those well advanced in years, when ta-
xen lrom tne countrv into the city are
very liable to have the distemper. This
is so well known that purchasers of
horses when visiting the sales siahles in
our largercities are not surprised tofir.d
that the very animal they wish to pur
chase is more or les "off his feed" on
account of distemper. It is al-so very
annoying to the salesman to find his
Jroungest and perhaps most promising
torses showing general languor and a
rough coat at the very time he would
have them look their bW. B-it it is one
of those things that he can not well
avoid, for lhe.se are the symptoms of
distemper. A few days later the ani
mals will begin to cough, and there will
be a redness of the nasal membrane,
and a watery fl w from the nose and
eyes. Theauim.il finds it difficult to
swallow food or water, and there is a
swelling between tlie bones of the lower
jaw, followed, perhaps, by rupture and
abscess, after which the animal obtains
relief and rapidly recovers. These are
some of the symptoms of dUtemper, a
disease which appears to be more or less
prevalent among; young horses in all
parts of the world.
Ihe disease possesses the essential
features of scarlet fever, measles, and
other eruptive fevers in man. Its devel
opment and course are always charac
terized by fever, which has its incuba
tion stage, lasting usually eight to ten
days. It is not safe to check the fever,
but the better way is to allow it to run
through its uniform course, accompanied
by treatment alleviative rather than cu
rative. Sustain the strength of the pa
tient with soft, nourishing food bran
mashes, linseed meal, warm corn meal,
puddings and gruel. The nostrils may
be steamed and warm poultices applied
to the jaws ; in fact, anything that will
promote the formation of matter and its
expulsion from the system is worth try
ing. What may be called medicines or
drugs are seldom required in distemper;
but unless soft food is supplied, phytic
may be required to prevent costiveness.
More horses are injured by giving them
too much medicine than too little when
they are afilicted with distemper, be
cause their owners or attendants, in their
anxiety to relieve the sufferings of the
poor brute, pour down a larger quanti
ty and more powerful medicines than
are either safe or actually necessary.
Some of tho earlier veterinarians de
nied the contagious character of di-r-
temper, believing it to be only the re-
suit ot some special condition of solt
peds due to domestication and restric
tion of liberty. Later authorities, how
ever, class it among contagious diseases,
but consider jt one of so mild a charac
ter that it is confined altnosC entirely to
young animals. Sometimes, however,
it assumes a more virulent form, and
will spread through au entire neighbor
hood, attacking the youug animals first,
and then the older ones, unless they
have had the disease in their younger
days. It is seldom that an animal has
distemper twice ; the first attack, as a
rule, protects the patient through life.
All animals of the equine species are
subject to this disease, iaclu ling asses,
mules and zebras. An English ve
terinarian, in speaking of this feature of
the disease, says: "This general lia
bility would indicate that there is some
material in their blood which affords
fitting pabulum for the feeding and mul
tiplication of the specific germs, some
what in the same manner as a few par
ticles of yeast grow and reproduce them
selves. One of several vexed questions
connected with strangles is whether it
can be produced de novo; whether, un
der certain circumstances, perhaps by
retention of effete matter from gastric
derangement or checked perspiration,
the morbid virus of strangles can be de
veloped from within."
We can see no good reason for doubt
ing the possibility of strangles being de
veloped, starting, as it were, in one ani
mal,any more than that it can pass from
one to another. What is termed by
some old horsemen "breeding stran
gles" does not involve the mooted ques
tion of the "creation of something out
of nothing," for the germs of this dis
ease are probably akin to the spores of
our microscopic fungi, smut, rust and
mildew, which seem to be everywhere
present in the air and earth, and when
they reach a congenial place, sprout,
grow, and multiply rapidly.
This germ theory of disease is attract
ing increased attention nowadays, owing
in part to the recent great discoveries of
Pasteur, the eminent French microscop
ist, and it will probably not be many
years before the true origin and cause
of some, if not all, of our most common
contagious diseases will be rally known
and understood. Of .course, the air
about a horse with distemper will con
tain more germs of the disease than
that at a distance ; consequently another
animal coming within the radius of this
infected circle would be more likely to
take the disease than if he remained
outside of it. The germs of some dis
eases may be carried a long distance be
fore losing their vitality, while others
soon die, and this may account for the
rapid spreading of some diseases over
a country, while others remain for a
long time within circumscribed limits.
We know this is true with diseases of
plants caused by microscopic fungi, and
it is proDaDiy tne same witn tne germs
of disease affecting animals.
The disease known as pleuro-pneumo-nia
in cattle, although known to exist in
a few localities in the Eastern States for
several years, nevertheless makes no
progress, or at least has been kept con
fined to very circumscribed limits, while
the epizooty which prevailed among
horses a few years since spread over the
entire country in a very few weeks. Is
the germ of one lighter than the other,
thereby allowing a more rapid dissem
ination in the air, or are they more po
tent and certain of finding victims?
This is a question which our scientists
will probably be able to answer at some
future day, if not at the present time.
Why a horse having strangles when a
colt should be able to resist the disease
in after years is another question easier
to ask than to answer. N. Y. Sun.
Sweet Potato Pudding. One pound
of sweet potato, boiled in a little water;
when done, take them out, peel them,
and mash verv smooth ; beat eight eggs
very light; add to them half a pound of
butter (creamed), half a pound of sugar,
half a teaspoonful of powdered cinna
mon, a very little nutmeg, one wine
glass of rose-water, one gill of sweet
cream; stir all well; then add the sweet
potato, a little at a time; mix all u
gether, stirring very hard; then butter
a deep dish, put in tho pudding and
bake three-quarters of an hour; or line
a pie-plate with puff-paste, put in the
pudding and bake twenty minutes.
To mend broken ivory, moisten
thoroughly a small quantity of very
finely powdered good quicklime wita
white of egg to form a paste. Use af
once, clamp the parts, and do not dis
turb for twenty-four hours. Do not usa
an excess of the cement.
A
young woman of Wallingford.
Conn
OT3 IliatliCU U1U U11IC1 CGlIMjf
and, while the festivities that followed
the ceremony were at their height, she
eloped with one of her old admirera)
who was among the guests.
m m
Serpents coil around the arms ani
W the hair of fashionable women. Cati
appear in brooches and earrings.
- Farm Work in Winter.
- The winter season is not only a good
thinking season for the farmer, but
there is a good deal of practical work
that can be done during the short days,
which is often neglected. Here is some
good advice about such work, that a
correspondent gives to us through the
columns of the Country Gentleman:
Few farmers are aware how much
farm work can be accomplished in the
winter season. Many farmers confine
their operations in winter to "ing
wood, filling the ice-houses, etc. A
smaller class, more enterprising, draw
out the manure as it is made. Tba
Very best fanners keep all their avail
able force busy all winter. There are
many kinds of farm work that can be
performed very advantageously in win
ter, if it has become necessary to lay
a stone wall in any part of the farm,
and the stones are in piles, so thev can
be got at, they can be drawn now much
cheaper than next summer. Those
who have never tried it would be sur
prised to see how much easier a loaded
stone-boat draws when there is a little
snow on the ground. When the snow
is a little deeper, a sleigh can be sub
stituted for a stone boat. Farmers who
have stones to draw from meadows or
other fields would do well to prepare
for drawing the stones in the winter.
Small stones can be piled in heaps, and
large ones can be raised from the
ground, merely to keep them from
freezing down. Large stones can be
handled in winter by simply hitching a
rope around them, and with the im
portant advantage of not plowing up
the field. I think that such stones are
much more easily handled with about a
foot of snow on the ground, as such a
depth of snow tends to prevent anv
pitching or rolling, which always causes
annoyance. Stones for building pur
poses can be hauled to better advantage
in winter than in summer.
Winter is a good time to prepare for
changing or repairing the fences on the
farm. In drawing manure in winter it
is not advisable to pile it, unless for the
purpose of decomposing straw or kill
ing foul seeds. I have followed the
practice of hauling manure every win
ter, and I think the most beneficial re
sults follow the practico of spreading it
directly from the sleigh. I have to go
over the fields in the spring and break
up the large lumps, but this is benefi
cial. The manure Is very much more
valuable when applied in a green state,
and when it is mingled to a great ex
tent with frozen liquid manure, than if
it has been allowed to leach and dry for
months before beiug used. A "very
good sleigh for this purpose is made
with wooden runners, and it is best to
provide a tight box for the liquid
manure. When the manure is all out
it is disposed of, there can be no fur
ther waste, and it fertilizes the first crop
on that field. Ihe true principle of
farming is always to keep ahead of the
work. Christian Union.
Fighting the Canker Weneu
It is very common for writers on cank
er worms to recommend that the trees
to be protected be treated with printer's
ink quite frequently, beginning in Octo
ber or November, and continuing the
practice till the trees are leaved out in
spring. It is not improbable that the
moths may occasionally mature suffi
ciently in their pupa skins to burst them
and come forth, during unusually mild
weather in autumn, but in average years
the number Umt come out of the ground
before spring will probably be found to
be very small. Mr. O. A. Hillman,
whose apple orchard on his farm in
Marlboro1 is one of the best in the vicini
ty, has made the habits of the canker
worm a study, and has found that the
female mollis which are wingless, very
seldom crawl up the trees till the first
really warm day in spring. His method
of protection is printer's ink spread upon
strips of paper some six inches wide,
which are wound around the trunks of
the trees and fastened by two or more
carpet tacks at each end of the band,
the paper receiving one application of
the ink early in the spring, and then the
trees are examined every warm day till
the moth begins to move, when the ink
is again applied. His observations lead
him to believe that the moths move al
most solely by night, and that the great
er portion leave the ground the same
night and immediately following the
first warm day. By watching closely,
and by having the papers all in place
and covered by one application of ink,
he is able to know by the few scattering
moths caught, just about the right time
to give them a sticky path to travel in.
Last spring, a very warm day in April
gave promise of starting out the moths
in full numbers, and by painting the
bands of the entire orchard one after
noon, he was enabled the next morning
to see nearly the whole previous years
crop of moths imprisoned in the sticky
mass. The number which crawled up
later was too insignificant to be worth
paying much attention to, unless utter
extermination of the species be aimed
at, which would be an undertaking of
no small moment where an orchard is
surrounded by trees belonging to care
less neighbors.
At the close of the pairing season, the
tacks are drawn out from one end of the
paper bands and they are allowed to
hang loosely, during the growth of the
tree in summer. Before winter the pa
pers are replaced, and if the trees are
now too large to be encircled by the
bands, the ink is brushed over the inter
vening space on the bark itself. New
England Farmer.
The Tree-Planter's Oppertanity.
It is the season for making out a list
and selecting trees to be set in spring.
Those who will trust a wandering and
wholly irresponsible agent with this im
portant work choose to incur risks, and
almost always find that they have met
them. The wiser way is to go to the
grower, who has a character and a busi
ness at stake, and is pretty sure to raise
the varieties that give most satisfaction
in the particular locality while making
irmi oi new surisoi promise. j.ne pur
chaser can then see whole rows of the
kinds he determines to plant, and can
mark with colored string or otherwise
the trees he prefers. An inexperienced
person is very apt to select a neat,
clean-stemmed, straight specimen,
grown like a weed, such as one sees
where trees come up thickly in each
others1 shade and on rich clean soil.
But such trees, with their thin, delicate
bark, unshaded by leaves, are least fit
to endure exio:ure to sun and wind,
and unsheltered, uumulched soil. The
knowing planter prefers a stout stem,
short rather than long, and full of buds
and spurs from which leaves can issue
to shade the stem and help the ascent of
sap; which will also yield early first
samples of the fruit. If shoots issue
from these lower down than he would
have the head he stops the extension by
a timely pinch with thumb and finger as
.growth goes on. If the stem is not
erect, that is a minor and temporary
drawback, easily remedied by a stake
and string rightly applied. It is im
portant that the roots of a tree be fresh,
undried by wind and unbitten by frost.
If a scrape with a finger-nail shows a
white, bright, moist surface under the
outer him of brown, the roots are sound.
As to the top, the ripe free shoots of
last year indicate health and vigor.
These shoots should . be shortened in
(except the one or three to form the
head). Thus we examine the. three
constituents of the tree the roots that
supply, the stem and its baric that car
ries, and the leaf-bearing owls that
digest N. I. Tribune.
A satirical innkeeper advertise ha
bouse w " the only second-daw
ia the world."
REMOVAL OF
G. HEITKEMPER & BRO.'S JEWELRY STORE!
We do hereby notify the people of Columbus aud vicinity, thit we have moved our Jewelry Store to tho building
BETWEEN OEHLMCH'S AND KRAMER'S ON ELEVENTH STREET.
It Is a oaw, large, commodious building, where we have now on hand, and will sell either at Retail or Whole
sale, anything in the line of
Wains, Clocks, JBWBlry, Sihf si Plated Fare, Spectacles and Optical Goods, &c &c.
A fnll
Hoe of Toys, Organs, Pianos,
in and see our new
I
A lrl' E.ire ! Ye
Ac.
One huadred yer ago a little girl
fnamed Mary Butt was living with her
parents at the pretty rectory of Stan
ford on the Terne. in England. She
was a bright and beautiful child, aud
when she grew up she became Mrs.
Sherwood, the writer of a great many
charming stories for young people.
But nothing that she wrote i so en
tertaining as tho story or her child
hood, which, when she was an old
1-idy, she told to please her grand
children. I wonder how the girls
who read this paper would endure
the discipline which little Mary sub
mitted to so patiently in 1782. From
the time he was six uutil she was
thirteen she wore every day an iron
collar around her neck, and a black
board strapped tightly over her shoul
ders. This was to make her perfectly
straight. Perhaps you may have seen
here aud there a very stately old lady
who never was known to lean back in
her chair, but who always held her
self as erect as a Poldior on duty. If
jo, she was tnuzht, you may be sure,
o carry herself in that way when she
was a little girl. Poor Mary's iron
collar was put on in the morning, and
was not takeu off until dark, and,
worse than that, she says : I gen
erally did all ray lessons standing in
stocks, with tho collar arouud my
neck. I never sat on a chair in
tuothei 's pretence."
my
Her brother aud herself were great
readers, but you can count on the
fingers of one hand all tho books
i hey had to read. lCobiuson Crusoe,
twoselsof Fairy Talen, The Little
Female Academy, aud Esop's Fables
formed the entire juvenile library.
They used to take Hobinson Crusoe
aud seat themselves at the bottom of
the wide staircase, the two heads bent
over the page together. Whenever
hey turned a leaf they ascended a
tep, until they reachod the top, and
then they began to go down, again.
Little Martin was not very pernor vet -
ing with bis Latin, so, although it was
not then the fashion for girls, Mary't.
mother decided that she should begin
tho study in order to encourage him.
The sister soon distauced the brother,
and before she was 12 her regular
task of a morning was 50 Hues of
Virgil, tianslated as she blood in the
HIOCKS. il
lou will ask what sort of a dress f
this little girl was allowed to wear 100 j
years ago. in summer phe had cam
brie and in winter liuseywoolsey or
atnfT onans r!K ..: i v.
fliuil gowns, With a simple white
Illll8lin for best. Her mother alwavR
insisted on a pinafore, which was
a
great loose apron worn over every
thing else and enveloping her from
head to foot. It is quite refreshing to
unu mat, neiiner tue oiacRDoara nor
the Latin took from the child a love
of play and ot dolls. Her special pet
was a huge wooden doll, which she
carried to the woods with her, tied by
a string to her waist, after the grown
people uau decided that she was too
uig iu care ior uous. a. iricna one
day presented her with a fine gauze
cap, and this was the only ornament
?he ever possessed as a child. I think
the little girls who compare 1882 with
1782 must be thankful that they were
not born in that century. Tet little
Mary Butt was a very happy child,
spending, when permitted, bourn ol
great delight iu the woods and grove?,
aua listening eagerly to the talk oil
the learned and traveled visitors who),
came to the Stanford rectory. Hin
per's Young People
The prevalence .of small-pox
throughout the country has caused
ome 8trauge"exhibif!pns of fright
ind selfishness. Only nine miles out
of St. Louis a uegro lay sick with the
disease on a pile of straw at the read
side. Thenext morning he .was dis
covered and, att the weather nad-Deen
cold, it is probable that he was badly
(rozen ; but nobody, would go to his
aid and be was left to' dje all aloue,
which he did after another night of
I'Ytintliria. An Htrtinr, rrmmu.. -a
similarly left to herself in a suburb of
..gwu.. v. m. AftAv.tau nvuiau no.
Ciucinuati.-Afterjier death. the shanty
iu which her body remained was
set on fire by throwing' blazing wad
ul straw at it Three children were
ibandoned by their parents at Selma,
IVnn., and iu this case there was not
ihe excuse of real danger, for the
ather and mother had been protected
by recent vacciuation. In a Wiscon
sin lumberman's camp three men were
left by their companions with food
lud water for only three days. After
that they would have starved to
death had not a man, who heard of
their plight through the fugitives.gone
to their succor. On the other band,
cases or seir-sacrincuig bravery are
Mao numerous.
F. GERBER Sc CO.,
DKALKRS IN-
FURNITURE,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
Claire, BgMs, tans,
' TABLES, Etc, Etc
GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH SIDE lllfc ST.,
Oiie door east of Heintt's drug store.
Sewin Mftohim?-, and a great many articles too numerous to mention,
store pric.'-. vei r lu , and everything will be guaranteed.
KENDALL'S
IT CURL Sl'AVIWS,
SPLINTS l: I N O-
BON'ES. t I'ltBS AND
allsimi . i:bli:v
ISHrJS , XI) Kh
MOVES Til L BU.NUL
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jfl?5'KENDALL,3fc
Ffl iTrmv "7
IINDALLS SPAVIN ODEI!
It hai cured thouiands of cases and is destined to cure millions and millions more.
KINBALL'S SPAVIN CUR1!
Is the-only positive cure known, and to show what thN remedy will do we give hero
as a sample of casen ;ureil br it, a statement hich was
GIVEN UNDER OATH.
To Whom it Mav Concern. In the
year 1375 1 treated with "Kendall's
Spavin Cure," a bone tfp: in of several
month' growth, nearly half as Iars;e as
a hens egg, and completely stopped the
. lameness and removed the enlargement.
1 have worked the horse ever since ver
hard, and he never ha been lame, nor
could I ever see any dillerenee in the 4
size of the hock joint Miice I treated
him with "Kendall's Spavin Cure.'' '
K. A. Oainks. '
Enosbursch v.uin. vt.. Feb. 'Si, '71.
Sworn and (subscribed to before me '
this 25th day of Feb.. a. d. 1ST!).
John G. Jkxnk.
Justice of Peace.
KENBALL'S SPAVIN CUBE;
ON HUM A XT FLESH it has been ascertained bi repeated trials tu be,
the very best liniment ever usedor any deep seated pain of loin standing
ur uj snore aurauon. auo Jor fJUliJS, JiUJS lUJYS. FtHJUT-BITES
or any bruise, cut or lameness. Some are afraid to vse it on human jlesh
simply because it is u horse medicine, but you should remember that what
is good for BEAST is good for MAN, ami ice know from Experience
that "KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE" can be used on a child I i,eur
old with perfect safety. Its Effects are wonderful on hitman Jlesh audit
does not blister or make a sore. Try it and be convinced.
I1NALL'S SPAVIN CUBE;
Read below of Its wonderful effects as a liniment for the human family.
, , IlKMAlIIlC. 3IldsilKI, All 11 -a 'JO, 1S30.
B. J, KENDALL A- Co., GENTS: I am so overjoved in view of the r.-siilt of an ap
plication of vonr Kendall's Spavin Cure that Tfeel that I ought for IIumanitiiH
nake publish it to the world. About thirtv-livo e.irs ago while riding a voting
ugly horie, I was injured in one of my testicles, a'm! from that time to three weekn
ago a slow but constant enlargement han been tin- renlt, giimr me a great amount
t.f trouble, almost entirely preventing me from horeb.u-k ruluiir. wh eh was my
usual way of traveling. I saw a notice of vour KendaMV Spavin lure, never once
thought of it foranything except for bor.', but alter receiving the medicine and
TenK over what it was good for, feeling terribly exercised about my difficulty, for
1 bud cocsulted many physicians and none gave me anv specitie but when it could
be endured no longer to remove it with the knife. I applied vour Kendall's Spavin
Cure as an experiment, and it was so painful in it- application that I concluded
not to repeat it and thought no more about it until near a week, and lo and behold
ne-half the size was gone, with joy I could scarcely believe it, I immediately ap
plied it over again, and have made iu all about i. dozen applications running over
a apace of two weeks and the terrible enlargement i almost gone, in view of which
I cannot express my feelings of delight. It has been a God send to me. may he
Bend to others with liKe troubles, John Rick.
Pastor of Hemitite Congregational Church.
1 S. You are at liberty to put this in anv liape.u mav please. I am not
asbained to have my name under. ver or by the side of it.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CBBfi!
Kendall's Spavin Cure H sure in its
ttAt lx Iu a. .. .. .... ?n. .....I ..
"""" J" "" l'cw" " " lei nu u reacn any tieep seateu pain or to re-
3 move ; any bony growth or any other enlargement if used for several days, such as
Plut spurns, caiiou. fprams, swelling,
jiuejoinu or iimos, or rheumatism in man
IS Used for mail or beast. It i- HOW known
5 acting mild yet certain in its ertects. It is
at an seasons or tue vear.
Send address for Illustrated Circular, which we think gives positive proof, of its
"virtues. No remedy has met wit 1 iiirh unoii illii d hiicijs tn mir i.nnivipiif. r...-
1 beastas Well as man. Price $1 per bottle,
. , , , ALL DRUGGISTS have it or can get it for you,
or it will be sent to any address on receipt or price, bv the proprietors,
48 Dr. B. J. KENDALL & CO, Eiosburg Falls, Vermont.
1870.
1882.
THK
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Devoted to the best mutual inter-
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; county, the centre of the agrlcul-
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by hundreds of people east who are
looking towards Nebraska as their
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Nebraska are the staunch, solid
portion of the community, as is
evidenced by the fact that the
Journal has never contained a
' "dun" against them, and by the
other fact that
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those who wish to reach the solid
pecrple of Central Nebraska will
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JOB WORK
Of all kinds neatly and quickly
done, at fair prices. This species
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ter heads, bill heads, circulars.
very short
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SPAVIN CURE!
FOR 31 AN IT IS NOW
KNOWN TO BE ONE
OF THE BEST IF
NOT THE BEST
LINIMENT EVER
DISCOVERED.
euVct.s, mild in its action as it does not
- .. - m
any lameness and all enlargements of
and i.ir anv purpo-e for which a liniment
to be the best liniment fur mn vr inpil
used in full strength with perfect safety
or six bottles for $".
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
ALWAYS TAKE THE
B. & M. R. R.
Examine map and time tables carefully
It will lie ,een that this line connects
with C. lt..Q. K.K.; in fact they
are under one management,
and taken together form
what is called
Shortest and Quickest Line to
ST. LOUIS. PE0HIA.
DES MOINES, ROCK ISLAND,
And Especially to stll.Poimts
IX
IOWA, WISIONSIN, INDIANA,
ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, OHIO.
FKIM'IPAi. AIiVAN TACKS ARK
Through coaches from destination on C.
Ii. & (J. K. It. No ti ansfers, changes
f.om C . It. .t Q. K It. to connect
ing lines .ill made iu
Union Depots.
THROUGH TICKETS
AT-
LOWEST RATES
-CAN
BK HAD
L pon application at any station on the
application
road. Agents are al-o treii.iied to check
baggage through; give all information as
to raten, route.-, time connections, etc.,
and to secure sleeping car accomoda
tions. This company U engaged on an exteu
tion which will open a
NEW LINE TO DENVER
And all points in Colorado. Thii ex
teution will be completed aud ready fur
business in afew months, and the pub
lic can then enjo, all the advantages of
a through line between Deuver and
Chicago, all under one management.
P. M. KtlNtlM.
Geu'I T'k't A'gt,
My Omaha, Nkb.
TTK.HKY UAMN,
Manufacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalit Burial Cisketa.
All kinds and sizes of Kubex, also
has the sole right to manufac
ture and sell the
Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair.
Cabinet Turning and Scroll wcrk, Pic
tures, Picture Frames and Mouldings,
Looking-glass Plates, Walnut Lumber,
ete., etc. COLUMBUS, NEB.
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