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THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1SS3. Esterti a: c!u: -v.'.::. kg, P zaizs. Sei.. ai t:? Zm' FARMEfllS wife. Up Jn the morninir at hraW of d -w Tiie nlc your nnuTu. is U For every season some duty Anil with care xud toil cic Through the irlgjfcome. budd prior. cfThr wrb theTSJ'W nttis when DIOS- soms irloiv. TnrouEh the sututuo, rick with fruit of gold. No rest con this busy housewife know. Up In the morning, yet naught to her Is the iHowiiisr. rosy-tinted east: And naught are the r. .bin's rinsrln? notes. As he calls h!s mite to the cnerry-feast. The bnjok iroes siintfnjr on its way. Ttre bree'.e is balmv. the wod are irreen. But morn comes early, aud eve coaiea late, And Care und Duty lie between. Up liithemorning no farmer waits For a lureard wife when the fields are re4; And after "the haying" the rra!n U npc. And the corn Is soon to be harvested. And the out-door work and the healthful Give such ret to the farmer's appetite There is need to boil, and bake and roast. From dawu till the stars am out at nOjht. Then the lads and Ias3es must never think Her heart Is merely on wm1 Intent: She must lilt their hopes above the thought That life i only for labor meant. She must take them up to tha top of the hills Wtieie a broader aud grander horizon waits. Aud (five them a Klinuiaeor the lire that thrills BeyouJ ttie narrow farm-housu Kate. The busy world is a sealed book. Within whose overs hr. may not glance; Vet here isji generous sacrifice. Who lives another's good to enhance. And when the struggle and strife are o'er. And, done with earth, she lies at rest, j Noaweeter words can be said than these, "Her sous und daughters call her blest." -A'. Y. Ledatr. TOM'S MONIMEXT. "I dreamt last night o' settin' at a lonjr table, 'u I'm jest as aartaln tha- Tern is drowuded as ef 1 see him to the bottom o' the oceau this minute," said Mrs. Job Feruald, w:tin; the tears from her tan-colored cheeks With her calico apron. "Ef it didn't stand to reason thet lie wuz dead, thet sisu uever falls, 'u' 1 dew think vre'dorter hev respec' ernough for he poor boy's inem'n to git him a e an, u' put it up in the lot without waitlu' no longer " 'Yes, It's more'n a year now, 'n' the Sarcy Saily hain't been heard from. I s'pose likely she must ha' been lost," agreed Cynthy Ann, i he daughter of the house, not without a certain grim e ijojmcut of the situation. "Stun is drtfu! expensive, anyhow, butseeln' ez we hain't ben able to give him any funeral, nor hcv the minister, nor cook up for the mourneis, It seems ez ef we'd orter buy a mo .imeiit forhim. I can't reely see bow we kin do less, ez the Peter Fcrnalds got one fur their Charles, 'n' I say to marm, it won't do to let them ffit ahead of us, poor ez they be. I'Vaps, Khody, ez you 'u' Tom wuz ez good ez promised to one t'other, you'd be willln' to give a Uttleoutovycrschool-keepin' money towards cittiu' i he mouimen', 'u I'm goin' to put o3 gittin married for a while though ijeih is drettul put out about It 'n' save all my rug money, till, with what marm takes fur butter, we shall git enough." Ttie person addressed, ayoung woman with a preltv, sensible face, shivered a little, and shook her head decisively- "I don't believe tha Tom is dead," said she. "O. don't talk about buyinga monument yet. Wait another year, a d if you do not hear from him by that time, ibcre will be reason to " "That's jest what pa savs." In'errunted Cynthy Ann, "jest because lie don't want t hev It that Tom is diownded. lie seems ter think, somehow, that by hatiein' off 'u' net even wuin' ol it to himself, he ken keep it frutn bein' 60. Tha 's a way some folks hez." "He wuz alwuz jest so headstrong an' un reasonable," sighed Mrs. Fernald. with pro longs! use of the calico apron, "lie had the impfr once to sav this ver. morula' thet it eared ez ef we watite t him dead, for the sake ov hev:u' a iiioiiimcut fur him like Peter's Charles'. But to look a things fair 'n' square, what chance is iheie that he kin be in the land o' the livln'f lii-m't Seth Stnilliilge himself goto se the owners of the farcy dallv over ter the Port mor'n a month ago, 'u they said tSiey hadn't no more idee of ever hearin'frum either vessel or crew than nothiu' at all!" "At that consumed monimeutagiii, be they, Rhodyl" grouleda weather-beaten old man, whose face bore a curious resemblance to a wood carving, appearing suddeulv In thedoor wa "But don't you lis en to 'em, dary, fur you 'u' I knows that our boy ain't no more dead than t hey be. Eveu ef he wuz, we cou dn't afford Ut git a tnonluient fur him. Dead folks sleejts jet as well without anv stun whatso ever, 'u' ef tln-lr bones is a-restiu' in the sea, of what use Is a stun on the laud! It car n't tell nobody je-t where thev le. Somehow the folk.- in 'his jiUce, 'sjieoialiy in this family, has got a luariL'Io'Jserazeforu'ionfmeuts. Bro her I.jsarnder In- made mention of it wheu he was to home Ave years a-o, 'n' seuce that he craze has ben gowlu' 'u growin'. Even the sum mer boarders orer to the Ha bor poke fun at us abou- it Sam Smith showed me a newspaper where one on V tu had been a-wrltin' up the place, an' it did sound m ef we wuz cur'us I Iks. 'Twhh everj word of it true, too, n' went onto 6ay th it the Herriu' Point folks fur the rnoit part lived in lit le weather-beaten huts the ere dretful jKor per ection frum wind 'n' rain, 'n' wuz a picurer leanness 'u' poverty, coz thev-'re a-saviu' up munrv to buv themehes mouiments to look splendid over their graves w.ien hey wuz dead and gone. But f r m pan I don't Waif t to go about so hollrr while I'm a-livin', for thestke o' cuttiu' a dash hu I dot a chor. Anyhow I w -uldti'L agn-e to a jrreat inoniment a-loomlu' up out o' Uie family buryin' ground 'n' overtoppln' i he old ho mf, hk- a steeple over a mushroom, the ay Peter's C hailes' does." ' O, pal 1 never tlioiigntyoii wuz so awful worldly minded liefote," uroaned Mtsa Cyuthr Ann, with a look of horror. "Well, I be jst worldlt-mluded enough t sthk to ii thet 1 won't live on them 't rnil bony hen in' till the bones prlek through my llrsh, no drink currant leaf tea, nor go w h my anus a stick-In' through Tom's old clo'es. while you wiuuneu-folks Is a-sivln' upfur the theie imaginary sort o' inoufmcnt as it were i-ouie of us il die in eaniest roon enough, 'n' then you'll have a chance to sliow all the re spec you want to, n' hev a stu i in al nesU" " O, pa, bo km y.m talk 8' bigotedf Ain't It awful to hear him, Khody I" Rhody hiii led, but remained silent, and evi dently wishiiur to hear no mote concerning the alTaii, si-M nl reuiembered that it was school time, u.i looka hurrieddeparture. The old mau returned to his net iiienditigou the uiiim side of th? wood-pile at the h ick-door, and he two wo.uen. altera prolonged cousul ta Ion, II ally decided that 'hey would wait :.u-ither jear before buying the monument, as Khody had suggested. In fact, it woild be uecessarv to do so. as the girl would contrib ute nothing toward the fund, and pa was dret ful troublesome when he waru't humored. But as tor there beii a chance that T in ua;..'t dead, it was all nonsense, and 'twas treating him shame.'ul not to take a mite o' notice of hit deal h, too. Daxs and weeks went on In the old monot- 0 .oas ma inerat Herring Point, The gorge .us raukb of the golden rol and asters were cut down by the Host, and the winds swept away the few rod leaves which colored the sides of the t-ea looking hills, to make a clear path for the fiosiy inarch of whiter. The sea. so long asleep under the summer sunshine, began to show once more the wild hereon ess of it- nature, ami drove home the boats of the IMicrmen, and lashed the rocks angrllv through wiid niehts when only the lamp of the lijrht house over on -he Ledire shed a ray of liirht through the stonuy darkness. Mrs. 1 eri.ald, when not attending to her two cows and her butter-making, su iu the chimney corner and knitted blue yarn stockings for the market, and Cynthy ,V n, with a zeal that never tired while the lislonof thesuleiidid tall monument Hashed befoie her mental j;aze book.d rugs from earlv In the mo. niujr until late into the night. Hrr hooked rugs were in demand now, for several summer boardere had admired and purchased them, and since that time'ieaily every lady at the Port had been seized witfi a desire to posse? nc as an oma men to her l-st parlor. Pa divided the time lietwi-cn eossipinjr with his old sailor cronies at the store aud sltttn: meditatively by the fire with his pine and. almanac. No mention wa made of the mo muient, and the old miu drank his btore tea in triumph, ffering no objections to the currant leaf beverage with which his wife aud daughter saw fit to resale themelre3. save bv an occasional giunt efdisafiproval. Nu Mews'awie of the Sarcy Sallv or the fate of her crew, and as the d tys crept slowly and dreariljr toward spnu -, though pa stili jer- sted in his belief that Tom was living, all hope died in' Kho-U's lieirt. But as lu?ller ring Point parlance she and Tom had not be?n really promised to one t'other, she fe t thai" she could uot srra iiy Cynthy Auu' w sh and express hergrief by ueiring mourn ing garments, though it would haw given ner a sort of dreary satisfaction to Ik: able odo so. "'.She couldn't ha' cared nothin' about him, or she wouldn't eara blue b nuitto meet in, 'n' him dead 'n' son?," said the neighbors with one act-ord, for the real state of the case was unknown to them. ". 'r'aps she's afeard o' searioj1 away Joe Co lins efhe should put ou black; he's alwuz ben a-tryln' to sit her awar from Tom pence they wuy bovs 'n' girls together: u' now Tom's lost, they say he's j attentive to her ez a bumble-bee is to a mart tool." Hut Khoda was lit le disturbed by these remarks. Her heart was very sore because ot Tom's loss, but her.: were circumstances ccn-' liected with his going away which caused it to be i-orer s 111. Why had he not spoken before hl departure, if, as she had every reason to think, be really cared for her, and Wiahedto saakeher bis wife I More than oaos duriag fbMC lst stys te kai mmmA tte psH ac fgnuccjSTe; ur. m Huur iSK. iLilaV SBBpner Its Marco, vd then hesitated, with a painful doubt clouding his brow. In tn '.h he had not been qui e himself duriaz his suy on shore; omctblnz seemed to trouble and vex him, and he would remain silent a rt lost in thought for almost hours while they were tSKfither. But on the dar or his departure his fa :c hHgrhtenM, his manner changel, and whin ;hi?y pjrtsJ he siid, wl h a great deal of m .suing in Ills glance and tone: "I shall r' t you as soon a I reach Boston, Rhody, r.l mind vou auswer.fny le tersoos." But the letter never canif. Now the buds were aweiliuz Jn th April sunshine; flshl-ig boats were rockins o.i the water; the women gossiped with each other in tb?ooen d.orwayi:tli happy yottni people looked forward "to days that were4 coming; the sad young- and old people rcmem- painted pictures of them. The birds and wl-idl oerea aava mat. were past, i ue auusumc and sea sang ana taiKeaaoom mem. To Rhoda evervthiua- wa alive with Tom's memoir, and o:i soft, lovely morning after J i-atn, wsen anguimisiiurae-iiu mu violet sky, as if Nature were drying her eyes on the airest of handkerchiefs, she walked up to he Fernald cottage and' presented Cynthv Ann with a folded enveloi which &nt.lni4 all the little board of money which lie In I saved from childhood, saying'ln a oioked Tolce that she tiionght it was time to think about the monument now. Cynthy Ann's face become fairly radiant. " I'm glad y u've come to be so right-mind ed," said she. Pa hs's bigoted 'n' sot ag'lust Itylt But there's no need o' sayln' anvmln; about It to hi.n tell the Stan's all bought ;u' paid fur, 'n ready to be sot up. He won't hev ter do without no worldly comforts by n means, ez Uncle Lysarnder hea jest sent us a little present o' mouev. It come jest like Prorerdence by mall when we wuz a-taiKtn about the inoniment t'other day, inarm 'n' I. u' no name to it at II. What do ye think about the vers?, Rhody? It h d orter be somej thlni solemn 'ti' warnln', I s'ose." But Rhoda had al e dy slipped out of the door. She was in no mood for talkiu? 'o Cvnthv Ann. She had felt assure I of Tom's dea h for some Mine, but conseu in? to the. monument seemed like fonnally giving him up, like preparlig for his funeral. But it was all she could do forhim now, and it was uttin that the stone should ba raised in his memory, though she dreaded the talk it would occasion and the mournfully festive scenes which would be enacted In thel'buryIng-lot." The next day Mrs. Fernald and Cynthv Ann, accompanied by Seth Smallidge, a'brlsk little fisherman who resembled a sand-peep In bltck ..tn.Ko .Ik...a M.VA.. k IA f..,t .tl4 dffflll. - treat deal of bickering aud consultation, ofJl waiting and doubting, and delight and depres sinn, made the purchase of the moiiumen . Cynthy Ann carried the money In the toe of a Sunday stocking, an ordinary pocket book not being considered sulliciently safe, ad both Mrs. Fernald andeth nsslsted her In eount'nj out the sum required to complete the pur chase. "Well, I guess Peter's Chvlei' won't look much compared to this, but I'm d xaiip'inted that It carn't be sent home before to-morrow," xalil Mrs. Fernald. as thev drove home.vard to ward evening. .J "There ain't nothin' like It In the place, but pa'll grumbleabout the cot. We sha'n't hear the last of it for nobody knows when, pa's jes' soblgotel," gonidl 'ynthv Ann, a shadow clouding her shining counte ance. Early the next morning the monument, tall,, shlninz and splendid, was brought over to theJ Poln, Tom's name and ago, and the suitable and solem i verse from a hymn which the minister himself had "picked out," engraved on Its surface, and was deposited on the ground in the little family lot. In the after noon is was to be set up with appropriate ce re ts nice. Mrs. Fernald and Cynthy Ann were out falling into raptures over It, as fashionable city w. men would have fallen int raptures over a newly-Imported Paris gown, when pa, who had been "se tin' in the store," catne strolling homeward along the path which led through the orchard. As the stupendous column of white marble met his eye, he stopped short with wrath aud ast. mishtnent. "Well, ef this ain't the set-liredest piece'' work I ever heerd" tell about 1 Heave in-overboard ef I'll slau' slch nonsense! Here you've bin a buyin' a stun ez big 'n' grand ez Bunker Hill Moui ment for a livln' boy, to say nothiu' o' the rldlckilousness of slch co'icarned poor folks a-sportln' s cha thing. Et's wth more'n the old house 'n' the lot o' land'n' the nets 'n' fishln'-boats a'l hove t gethr. 'u' you've bin 'n' spent all l.ysatnler's money, 'n' RhoJy's too, I'll be bound, ef she wuz fool enough fur ter give It teryer, poor gal; 'u' drank cirrant- leaf tea wi. sweet'niir, 'n' pinched ye d w.thout no butter, till giy ez two bv, too, ef witches. 'tis springww, 'n' my ter much. li is year. I' won't amount tin' too old'a sttiT terfiafo out now; foUs hez too much human natur' ter le able ter work after " u.,.a!t git ter he seventy, 'n' Seth Smallidge got no more backbone then ajellyiish. Et's good luck ef we don't all starve ter p?.y fur this. I tell yer Tom ain't dead, nuth'er; I know him a jro d deal be tcr'n vou wiinmen- folksdld, hat never cared nothiu' about him. but ter s uff him with verses to sh w offiavoF the parson with, 'n' ter st irve hi:n inter savin' the herriu' wuz ez good ez roost beef ; 'u' I know he ain't the kind ov a feller to git drownded frum a wrack ser dretful easy; nor ter give In 'n' cast auchor ashore, 'less suthln' more'n common tackled him." "O. pa, how you do diseounternance Pror erdence !" sobbed .Mrs. Fernald. "Dlsio-internance Proverdeice fr not, 1 won't hev that there monitnent put up in my lot. I reckon I'm master here while I live, whuther or no. Wheu I heave to, though I'm hoplu' that won't be till my hoy comes home" with a little softened quiver in his wrathful voice "you'll cut up ef yer think flt, ov cour-e, but while I hev my senses that there thing will be out of sight. I may swoond or lose consctentt usnes, but er yer set It up then, I'll hev It haaisd dow agin ez soon as I come to myself, '' so there's no use ttlkin'." And so it proved. The tears ami remon strances of his wife and daughter only caused the old matt to !-; more set in his dete initia tion. The s lr-mn advice of the minister, who was called to thr rescue, was without avail. "Ef thev had bougma sin 1 1, reas jn ible stun. I wouldn't ha' tnadenoohjecti'in ter their put tin' on it up, pardon, ef it would ha' glvei 'em io sa Isfactlon, though Tom ain't dead," he sa'd; "but that moniin it I.ordyl l would ha' shamejijthe asm piaeei". So the.mohiimcnt waAuJed Into the shed, plxwd wone agntscY lng proudlv iHar.r flia sic tue numiratioiroi ail' o-noiueSB as .tsr rer uald and Cynthy Aun had fooiK unSa ed, and was me i langj'no more lulHaeliold for a long tlme75ar!y Iii the HUtffwwCvnthv Aimi and Seth Smallidge were married, and Seth came, bringing his worldly effects with him, to dwell In the Fernald cot age. As she old man predicted, the winter proved to be a hard one, and at times food was scarce In the household. Seth, who never was known to have good l'tuk, went off to the Banks on a fishing voyage after the houevmoon was over, but soon returned with a frozen foot, and spent the remainder of the winter by the Are side, dozing over a pile of ancient newspapers! But toward spring, when pa was attacked with his annua' spell o( rhumatics, and fortune seemed darker thau ever, another gilt of mouey came from Lysander. "S'prtsin that I.ysarnder should be so llb'ral, fur ef he is rollln' in riches, he's got a family ov his own er look after, 'u' he's only half brother to me, nuttier, 'n' ued ter be tnod'- ratcly tight till a siell ago. Strauare he don't write nothin' whe-i he sends the money, too. The fust time ha sent an V he kinder hinted t het we'd oner le obleeged ter him in two hull pages. It seems now ez l' it come frum the Lord, ef I am a miserable sinner, 'n' don't m ik no gret effort to keep clear o' Sa an. But the Lord knows I'm thankful, anyhow," said the old in in from his slck-beL Time rolled on iu much the same fashion at Herring Point. Three more tempestuous win ters beat about the little hamlet, froze the sea spray on to the window-panes, drove wrecks against the shore, aud plnc'ied and desolated the homes of the poor. Four still, fair sum mers stirred the sleepy scents of the pine woods, ripened the berri.-s o i the hills, opened the brilliant flowers in the salt marshes, and bronzed the cheeks of the tlsher-rolk with Ia hot glad sunshine. Life seemed prosperous aud peaceful at this gracious season. Seth Smallidge was still unlucky, but pa, in spite of his "human natur'," his seveutv-four year, and his "sell o' rheumatics." continued to be hileand hearty -enough uo only toenjov his fishing trips, bu to make them successful, and Lysander still sent his yearly contribution of mo iey, so, though there were two other mouths to feed under the Fernald roof, there was nothing like want iu the family again. Store tea bubbled fragrantly over the fire, and "them pesky bonvherrin'" were not always the chief of the family diet, greatly to the old man's satisfaction. During all this time nothing had been heard from Tom. The men who sat In the store low ered the r voices when they spoke of the Sarcy Sally, and were never tire I or c nj-cturihg how she came to her fate. But the monume itJ still reitosed In the seclusion of .he wood-shed u derits cover of rag carpet. F.ve.i Cyithv Ann had so far forgotten Its glorv as to make It a retius-pl-ice lor her wash-tubs, and Cynthy A ill's diughter, a chubbv little maid of three, found no such r(sei atl g seat for herself or her famdv of rag babies. Pa was as obti ate as ever in his determination -.ot to have it set up in the hnrytng-lot, and h d even forbidden the mention" of the " cousarned thing" in his he ring. But lite i-i this fourth summer the old mau wa seized with a severe illness, from which he was not expec ed to reoover. Cv thv Ann put aside "her rug rags, arid uursed "him" pa iently by day and lght. Mrs. Fernald sat with her head imitc onvelopedd i hsr aprou, and when ever a neighbor entered the house would re move It for a i I stat and burst ito tears, exclaiming: " Pa wnz dretful bigoted abo-tt there monl me t he ro-Iy mii; 'u now I'm afeared he won't uever git weli, fur he twites water-gruel jest ex lu-jci; ez a lamb, 'u' he wouldn't never lookatitbo.'ore if he otarved te.-jdeath. Thet's aa awful bad sigu It really l." But, cuutrurv to allexpscta Ions be suddenly "began to me.'d, and before the Indian summer sad smoked itself awaxJie .sat up fit his e chalrAsvt xne wi.iaoBHBBBjftxtue old man Ilk isaniei lasses mr vcn iniuu av ne're Bk lean IK u Vwlitcr's aaunlii'Bni! nnflp the wall, anfliV; L. f .. iff nf a.& 3WIU UiMHCI Aand attesting t j ofteneaTrrmsmness. and wu i geatie in his demeanor that the family gazed upon blm in astonishment. " "Mirm," Cya by Auu," he said, one bright morning when he was able to walk as far as the shore, "I'm afeard I hcv bseu a set-flred bigoted old man, cz voa've alius be i a-jajlu', bntccin' ez he Lord hez spared my life fur which I'm truly :ha:ikful, tbo'ish not beln afeard o death, fur I hiln't got tired o lirin jit, ef I be oM, 'n' hain't quite outlived in usefulness maybe I'm a coin' "er take a new tack, 'n' sail ez fur ez I know how ter steer, 'n lie helpin' m, in the ritrut way. Now about the there monitnent, I -houyht whan I wuza-layin' here sick that praps I hadn I 1 -ne quite the sqnare thing along- ov it, 'n' 1 gaess you'd better git li 6otup now, 'n' InviU the neighbors 'n' the parsou, 'u' heez goof a tlms cz ye ken. I hain't come ter say el how I 'prove ov them nlmenttio more'n ever nor like the notion ov it a-t.werin' over this little cabin or ourn, llke.a light-house over a clsm-shell, but ef you'll find satisfaction in It I'm more'n willln' 't yer should be g.-atitieJ It don't seem likely 't the boy'll ever com back" with a hoarse, choked voice "but some h w I ke.i't seem ter feel thet he wui drownded. Now alter brother Sarmwel wu lost, though we didn't know nothiu fur cer tain, every time the wiud rose at night she kep a-s.iylu', ez plain ez ken be. 'He's gone 1 he' g.-neP The -waves kep' repeatiu' the sants words too, 'a' ef that cousarned bell-buov .didn't keep me awake n gbts with Its ever 'lastin' tollin' 'n' kuelliu'. fur it seemed edzactly ez ef 'twas a-sayln': Mle's hen under the water! he's here!" -Marm aui Cvnthv Aun were both moved U 'ears when the monument was mentioned though to tell the truth, the proapetO: "hevm' it so' up" was not as delightful as d would h ive bee i once. They h 1 1 b vom? used to being otitdout by Petvr's Charles; and then inonume.its had become less faihioaabld al Herriug Point, a "aste for drss and hotis decoration havingbeeii excited by the suminei boarders. Si ill, it was a great satisfaction Land iu 'he co ir.s- of pre para iou for the iia fpor.aut event Cymhy Aun recovered some thing of her old enthusiasm. Mrs. Fernald dreamed ugaiu of tiie long table that ulght, aud d.'elarel In the morning that she believed "i' me-iut sitt'iln' mtre'o common this time, fur the dream didn't run the way It commonly did bv a gre deal." To days later, one golden bright afternoon, quite a crowd was assembled arouud the littl' b .ryiug-lot iu the orchard Mrs. Keruald au' Ctuthy Aun had donned their mourning ap parel for the occasion, but presented a uot al together mournful appearance. Pa wore a look of humble expostulation on his venerable couutena-ice. Khoda, simply dressed in white. stood somewhat apart from the group and answered as briefly as possible the neighborly greetings which were showered upo l her. But all he other women were iu gay holiday attire, and chatted with unrestrained cheerfulnej' uutilthe services hegau. Itosy apples droppeo from the boughs overhead; asters and golde red nodded merrily against the rocks below Some gulls flew overhead and broke into a sop of hoarse laughter, as if amused by the ap pearance of the monument which towered so high and giit'ereu so granaiy tu the sunshine. But when the minister commenced to pray in his chill formal tone, a change was felt in the atmosphere. Even the sunshine seemetf to lose Its warmth. Many of the womei sobbed, remembering their own old sorrow, it may be, aud two great tears stole Into Khoda' s eyes, aud remained undried upou her cheek. Then they commenced to wail a dis mal funeral hymn, but faltered in dismay as a broad-shouldered, bronzed youn man leaped over the orchard wail, gave a quick, amazed look at the monument, and then darted for ward into their midst, seizing Rh -da in his arms, and kissing her repeatedly. "Couldn't help It, Rhody, seein' those tears on your checks, and conslderiu' the oucashun," he ex claimed, aa she stared at him rather wildly. "It isn't o ten that a man comes ter life at hk own funeral." "Tom Fernald!" "Why, Tom Fernald 1" "How on aTth!" "What blowed you heie!" "Where'd you comefrum!" '"T can't be your ghost, ken it!" were exclamations heard from every quarter. "I deel ire ! got here jest in sea son to see his m mlmeut sot up I" said one jolly sailor. Aud then It was noticed that pa had grown very white, and was holding on to the wall for support, and Cynthy Ann, aft-r making a greafeffor to greet her brother in a suitable mat: ier, fell back, and, a the family were wont to express it "lostco-iscletitl msuess." "I alters ku wd ez how y.mlmln't cast anchor, Tom," said the old man, noy.-ring himself almost immediately, " 'n" now here yc be, 'n' here I be, seein' the Lord presarved me to see ye." Marm, for the lack of au apron, removed hr shawl from her shoulders and completely cov ered her head therewith. "Kf -nil liulit'F hill ilm1 TTim whfr tirtW var "y-pieen!" she inquired, faintly, from its depths, af er a little interval. Tom, who was sta'ioiied between pa and Rho.Ia, holding aha id of either, turned to her with a disturbed countenance. " Where I hadu't orter have been in Australia, with U icle Lysander. It wuz all owlu' to that pesky J -e Colli is. You see, before I went away, folks were a-sayin' that he had stolen Kho la away from me he as good as told me himself that it was so 'u' I thought she seemed kin le- strange 'n' distaut. But I was too big a coward to -ay auy thing to her about it; I thought I couldn't be ir It if she should tell me she liked him. But I wrote to her from Boston, where we were loading the vessel, and t dd her If she didn't care enough for me to marry me wheu I got home from the voyage she needn't auswer the letter, but if she did to a-iswer rl ht away. We staid at the wharf two weeks after that, bit I didn't hear a word from her, aud whe the Sarcy Sally sailed I felt as If I'd ruther be drowned than not. Life didn't seem wuth living." " O, Tom, I uever got your letter," sobbeA Rb da. "Most likely that scoundrel .Toe Collins got holt ov it. I'm a-goin' t hey a little In terview with him when I ken ketch him well he ain't here ter-day ! But when the vessel did git wracked, 'n' everylwdy n' everything was a-goin' to the bottom, I thought 'twould be worth the while to save myself, after all; 'u Joe (irlflln -one of the crew 'n' I clu-ig holt ov some spars till we was picked up bv a brig boitu I fur I'aiiforny. Frtm there I thought I'dgoto ustralia 'n' hunt up Uncle Lysau der. I couldn't come home as things stood, for I couldn't ha' borne to see Joe 'n' Rhody together, so I eeeko ed you might as well all think I was dead fur a spell at least: I wam't inuch bctter'n that at the time. Uncle Lysander agreed to keep dark, though he said Le dldn' believe in such nonseuse, and I tell you i he old mm gave me a gool chance. I've picked up quite a little pile of cash tn these few years. You've got the money I sent yon every winter all right, hevu'tyouf" "Sho! o Lvsaruder waru't so set-fired llb'ral, alter. all!" said pa, wipluflBSUaeyes with his coatrsieeve. "But I was beultiu u' to courage, 'u' to tun k I might K able to go home 'n' see the foLcB before loK wnen Sam Muiley he feller tia' used o Kirk over tu Squire White's mile his aptxS&'ice at the diggln's one day, 'I' said he'dBeeii over to Herriu' Point only the week heK-e he sailed last spring. And wl fcn I heard Am him that Khody wara't marrlA ut all, nV goiu' with auy one, 'n never haShad auytlflag particular to say to Joe Collliiwence l'Qeen gone, I didn't wait overnight be fore lacked up my dubs 'u' got ready to sart for amerlky." " I said ez how inyrcjinJBout the loug table wuz d tf' eut froiiiVMUlFi. You see it meant a weddiu' this tiinfswjuaverrd marm, speedily unveiling herseif. "Yes," ag esd pa, brightly, "so It did: an', Cynthy Ann, even you can't keer nothin' fur that consarneu old mo ilmeut n vr. Let's haul it down 'n' Xtver It up agin, 'u' ef the parson d n't object, turn the solemn delights of thlsocfcash'tn intoa bit ov a frolic" .S'imuii Hartley Hai-elt, in Harftft'x .VontUi. Waltzing Iu England. Since the peace of 1815, from which period or, indeed, from a few years earlier Miss Mitford's correspondence dates, remarkable changes have, indeed, taken place in English society. One of her most intimate friends. Sir W. El- .ford, had undertaken a crusade against waltzing, which he was sure "would never be tolerated in this country unless the moral feeling of the country had un dergone a change." While Byron at tacked it in a famous poem, Sir V. Kl ford wrote iu prose a satirical history of its origin. Everybody condemned it, aud Miss Mitford. of course, among the rest. It danced itself into fashion all the same, and that very rapidly. It was the first innovation introduced into England from the Continent after the great peace; and there was significance, no doubt, in the welcome it niuL with. :is foreshadow ing the acceptance of others from ,the 8amejpnrter:V "'' " It seemed as improbable in those days that the wait, would ever become a favorite a id even a popular dance in En gland as that the system of franking let ters would go out, or that America would come to be looked upon as a couutry which well-bred English people could visit without fear of being shocked. 67. Jam&s1 Gazelle. The humorous editorial writer in the New York Times says that women do J not grow old as rapidly as men, they somehow do not celebrate as many birth days. The average-woman, if unmar ried, rarely becomes more than twenty four years old, although au occasional woman of exceptional truthfulness and boldness sometimes reaches the age of j iweniy-nve Recent statistics prove that only one- tenth part of the sailors aboard Amerioaa, OMrshint ship tin iaicui. What to Drink: There fs no questiajLthrtt in all coun tries water is the uaiitnfi drink for both mau and animals but tkeru is a great difference Jki watoK- an I J&mc kinds an so adulterated aso b eutuvly unlit f'r drink. To'go ndjfurtlior, we lrivo t!n two kinds of'watflr de.'natod as hard and soft. Rain watei' is never hard, though .spring -wter is o teno. If wtiter with good jpap will not make a lather it is called Etrl. an 1 will . t'.iund to contain lime or magtirs'a, or both. Wheu such water isM'tibb.sl in contact with soap some of the constitu-'iits of the latter unite with the minerals con tained iu the water, and form au indis soluble compound. On tin other hand, soft or pure water Jiolds the soap in solu tion, and makes suds readily." Of "hard water there are two kin Is, ono is perma nently ha'il and the other eati ba made soft. When lime ami magnesia are in water in form of sulnhat s it cannot changed, but when in the form of car bonates it is only temporarily hard, and the hardness can be removed by any process that will eliminate the carbonic acid gas. WU3 'an sometimes be done bv boiling, Wam the gas is expelled and the mineral comes attracted to the .-:.." ..:.... - kettle iu the l'drm ot incrustation. Or, if anything be ail led to the water that will combine withstlb earlonates. they will sink to the bottom aud leave the water soft. This is the ease when slaked lime or soda is used. Some have the idea that hard water, because of the mineral it coitlams, is bet ter thau soft, for ciiillren from the fact that just such ingredients are neeesarj' for the growth of their bones. A sulli eientatiiwer to tijis is that, if itffre given to a chihl4niF uot iu the kiit of using it, the ill eltoels can at ofrce be seen, while there is plenty of natural and proper food that will furnish the same minerals iu abundance. If it be said that in regions where hard water abounds it is used bv old ami young alike without apparent harm, we merely call attention to the word 'apparent,'' aud add that the human system is of such a nature that it can become habit uated to the use of almost auy poison, as arsenic, alcohol, or tobacco. But soft water is not always, or usu ally, pure water. It. as a rule, holds in solution more or less organic matter, mostly vegetable, that coutftius the seeds of disease and death, and should be cleansed from these by tillering, boiling, or other means. No house iu city or country should be without its cistern or tank for the reception of rain or soft springy water with an attached lilturof gravel ami eli ireoal, through which all that is u.ed for drinking or cooking should be drawn. It is true that so far as cookinr is concerned, lueuoilinn; in a measure remedies the ov but it is best to have no evil to remci Sullicient care is not ta! to have wells situated away from possible contamination b' drainage in hem of cesspools, barnyard, or other lgs ob- lectiouable. It has become common to sa' that earth is-a perfect filter, disin fectant, and deodorizer: but it must be remembered thatjthc best li Iters become stopped and impaired by long usufe-so ruuch so that even pure water pasWng through them becomes polluted. A little care and forethought will prevent trouble from this .sotiree. In some things we liud more attention given to the sanitary condition of hordes aud cat tle thau to'that of thair owners; but so far as their drink iawoncerued. this is not the ease, the welSfrom which the' are supplied being molMrgmtently sunk in barnyards or their clop-oximity. It is true that our domestic animals are not so eaily atVecled by what they take in ternally as is mau, but it is nevertheless desirable that all causes of disee should be avoided. iV. Y. Sun. V tyiecr Doings in Oil The summer of 1882 must pass into history as having witrfflSsed tlie most memorable doings iu4Rie annals of the petroleum trade t Pennsylvania. In the Scientific Aih Hcan for July 22, 1882, reference was tie to the results which ning, in May, of the iolloweu tne ot new oil deposl in Warren County, most ruinous policy Pennsylvania. was followed bv reproducers, who suc ceeded iu obtaining a lease upon the prolific sand rock-JLFive wells to the acre were pierced u the heart of the rock, and when sigtvjfof weakness were noted in the flowing cJLthese wells, nitro glycerine torpedoes, oRorty quarts each, were exploded in the Qgitom of the well. The latter, in a numbenpf cases, yielded when first struck 2,50Ejbarrels every twenty-four hours; atsKast one pro duced o.OlK) barrels, an a ouu-baiTel well w:ts regarded as mall affair. Other and older oil regioi rere com- paratively deserted, and ugust last the new field, from less tha wells. was yielding 2o,000 barrels pil daily. bringing up the production ok entire oil regions to the unparalleled Bft'e of 10."),U00 barrels daily, and soniimg the f i rice below lift' cents per barrel. But t was the fable of the killing of the goose that laid the golden v.r modern ized and enacted on a stupendous scale. Early iu September, after the best Wells hail been 'shot" by torpedoes re peatedly, they suddenly ceased pro dueitig iu a way that caused a re ulsiou of fceliug and intense excitement among all interested in producing petroleum. By October 1 the daily production had, in all the regions, fallen oft nearly 25, 000 barrels, and for the lirst time in live years, production and consumption nearly approached each other, namely 70,000 barrels per day. Prices advanced and the excitement at the Oil Exchanges of Pittsburgh, Oil City, Titusville. Brad ford and New York Bity was so great, and tho activity so intense, as to be phe nomenal. The sales at Oil City during September reached lW.OilO.OGO" barrels. On one day alone, September 18, the sales were over 11,000,000 barrels. Meanwhile seventy wells iu the choicest territory ceased producing, and earl' in October the new territory was not yield ing over 5.000 barrels daily, and the price hud mounted to one dollar. The records of the oil trade show but feeble parallels to last summer's development, and the rie and decline of the Cherry Grove, Warren County, Pa., regions is a unique bit of oil history. Scientific American. The City or Cuihuahno. This city is said to contain about fifteen thousand inhabitants, the majority sus tained by the mining interests. The city is laid out ucatly at right angles on the banks of tin: Chihuahua River, a small stream having its rise iu the mountains to the southwest, giving to the city a large supply of pure water, carried to the high grount' above the cit' by aque ducts of solid masonry, built by the Spaniards when the town contained 80, 000 i habitants. From appearances, this must have been at the time a wealthy community, all the large and small mines being in full blast and the ore brought to the city to be? smelted. Of the fact there is suulcieut evidence lying here in the shape of hundreds of thousands of tons of slag, and even to this da' some of the peons make from lifty cents to seventy live cents a dav Dickinsr it over and smpfr- ing what they iind. The streets here are remarkably clean, kept so bv the nrison- ; ers in jail who are imprisoned for drunk enness anil petty crimes. When they cannot pay their lines they work it out sweeping the streets and plazas and watering" them. In the center ot the city is a line plaza Said out in flowerbeds, kept very neat and clean, the walks hav ing pretty iron park seats just put in. They are of New York manufacture; also a beautiful fountain from the same manufactory; said fountain being very near the center of the city and yield ing the main supply of water. At aKl IjgtV lliSkl imaw all hours of the day the dnrk-oy scuontas can bo seen' sromjr lor w; with their jars on their heads or s th-r. The uoorer women oom to i the heavy domestic work, such as 1112 wat-r aud grinding corn for tl: tillas I do not mean by thiuW mot. are nue; qtutc me coturary-tuoy are willing to work, and I liml thorn willing to learn. I cm say thisjr-thev will iU a great amount of wojk witli very few tools. The city can up t boast of Very much agricultural beajity, but there are some very nice stqne frout buildings on the plaza, also aKne cathe dral of the Spanish-Moorish-cStyle. of a verv elaborate front, said to have cost nearly Sl.tKHMXIQ. which was raised by a taof tvelve amhrhalf? t'ents on every mark of silver taken oat of the mine. Around the city are nie drives called alamedas. They are wide streets, with shade trees on each side, and on fine . - . a a I. ... davs mav be e seen the ladies of tho city se daily drives. Near here pleasant villages, located on be taking these are a few the bottom lands of the Chihuahua and Sacramento Rivers; nice drives with good shade and good bathing places; great resorts in summer time for picnics and familv parties. I have seen in one party twenty prettv girls on donkeys, f -.i .i ... ...i; . " ..T .1...:.. ..s.i.. tf..... Wllll llicir r.'ivaiii'ra ai uiru sine, uiiioi animals carrying provisions for the day, the senoritas bringing their guitars aud singing all day long. They sing iu a quiet, soft way. but breakout sometimes with a tune familiar to American ears. There is no riot or urutiKenness on inoso .i days. They are a quiet and ino!l'enivo people, buftlien, like everywhere else, they are botli turbulent "aud vicious people among them. Any oue who cannot, get along with them does uot go the right way to work. They love to honor their patron saints, and they have a great many of them. I think the calendar must be full. The richer people are very intelligent and verv polite and attentive to strangers. They live in good style and are kind to their. servants. Uhihuahuii Cor. Ar. 1'. Herald. Myths About Plants. With cotton a strange legend is linked in Brazil. The lirst of men was a demi god, lit; had a sou of whom he wanted to get rid; so he formed an armadillo and buried it in the ground all but its tail. Then he sent his son to fetch it. No sooner had the youth seized the ar madillo by the tail than it plunged into the bowels of the earth, dragging him after it. On emerging from tne lower world the young man told his father that there existed down below men and women who might cultivate the soil if they were brought to the surface. The demigod created the cotton tree, and formed out of it a cord with which he hauled up some of the inhabitants of the subterranean region. The first spec imens of the race were small and ugly, but they improved as the extracting pro cess went ou. Unfortunately, the cotton rope broke before the best" types were brought up a fact which accounts, say the Brazilians, for the rarity of human beauty upon earth. To find it in its per fection one must go down below. A more poetic belief is that of some be reaved German mothers who, up to St. John's day, abstain from eating straw berries, for they think that at that time little children who have died recently go up to heaven concealed in those fruits. It seems strange that the rush, which ought to be considered the friend of man, should have acquired in some lands a diabolical character. According to a Little Russian legend, the devil has taken up his abode in it. Having met the Iord one dav, the devil .asked for oats and buckwheat as his reward for having taken part in the creation of the world. The request was granted, whereupon the devil began to dance for joy. The wolf came up and suddenly asked the meaning of this frivolity. In his con fusion the devil forgot what had been given to him. and replied that he was dancing for joy at having received the rush aud the thistle; to which plants he still adheres. The creation of the tea plant is due, says a Japanese legend, of which the Chinese appear to be unaware, to the piety of a Buddhist priest who visited China about A. D. 519. In order to dedi cate his soul entirely to God he mado a vow never to go to sleep, but to medi tate uninterruptedly day and night. After some years of watching he yielded to a severe attack of somnolence and went fast sleep. On awakening, he became so remorseful that, in order to render any similar weakness impossible in future, he cut oil' both his eyelids aud threw them on tho ground. Koturning to the spot next day, he discovered that each eyelid had become a shrub. From these two shrubs is descended the great family of tea plants. The story throws some light on the fact that tea-drinking often preveuts the fall of "tired eyelids upon tired eyes." By way of conclusion we may mention oue of the stories connected with to bacco. In some parts of Russia it is looked upon as a deadly foe. The Kas kolniks call it the devil's herb, and in Little Kussia the following legend is cur rent as to its origin. Certain virtuous Little Russian carriers were in danger of being led astray by a heathen woman. A voice from heaven ordered that she should be put to death. The carriers obeyed, and buried her alive. Her hus baud planted a twig above her remains; it grew and grew and became a large leaved plant. As the Christian carriers and the heathen widower passed that way, they saw that he broke oft" some of the leaves, filled a pipe with them and smoked it. They followed his example, aud smoked what has since been known as tobacco. So delighted were they that they went on smoking without ceasing; until at length the smoke gave way one dav to lire, which burned hem all up. London AnUiemeuvi. ScobelcfTs Test of the Sentry. As a disciplinarian he was firm and strict. No point was too minute to be overlooked. Scobelelf's videttes were never caught napping. His knowledge of the detail of military duty was uni versal even to sounding all the bugle calls. An illustration of the discipline of his corps occurs to me. I had been talking with him of military breech loaders and discussing the merits of various systems. Taking a "Berdan," with which the troops were latterly armed, from a soldier, he undid tho breach and lock and explained the mech anism with the precision of a gunsmith. Returning the rifle to the soldier, he turned, walking up to a sentry a few paces distant, he said: "Let me see your rifle" extending his hand as he spoke. The man saluted and replied: 4,I can not, vour excellency." "Hut I want to see if it is clean," persisted the General. "I cannot, your excellency," again saia the sentry, as lirin as a rock. Seobeleff smiled, pulled his ears aud walked on. I asked an explanation, whereupon he said that a rule of war with him was that no sentry on duty was on any account to give up possession of his arms not even to the Czar himself. "But," said I, suppose the sentry had given up his rifle when vou were seemingly so serious in asking it What then?" "He would have been shot," quietly replied the General, "for disobedience to orders in times of war." Fortnightly Review. The New England Farmer says that the forest hinds of Maine, formerly con trolled by the State, have now nearly all come into the possession of individual .......a.... a.l.n linmltntknn, or AS . srkfri,n ' UnilUJ, YVI1U liailUlU IIIUIU au w vruituu the largest returns and yet keep them in a thrifty and improving condition. The lumberis rarely cut clean, but the best is culled out, leaving the smaller growth to be cut at a future time. In Una way a crop can be taken once in every twenty or twenty-five yean. u.m flbr- sfthe SCHOOL A5D CHURCH. Bishop Borjress, of Michigan, has ' Issued a pastoral forbidding the marry ing of Catholics and Protestants under pain of excommunication. Detroit bf. Livingstone Hall, of Fnfc University. I Nashville. Tenu.. was do heated recent- I ly. Tho etxit of the structure, $60.1)00. i was provided for bv a be juest of Mrs. j M. E. Stone, of Maiden. Mass. j The (iovernment of Japan have je solvod on the establishment of n:,7(K) , primary schools. The whole empire is divided into eight collegiate depart ments, with one college to each depart ment. Even children under six years of age will be compelled to attend the primary school. Hie Palestine Colonization and I Christian Missionary Association has . been inorporated at Boston. It is formed for the imroose of colonizing I Palestine with industrious and energetic j christians, and bv their prudence, labor and perseverance restoring it to it former grandeur. BoJon l'ot. A fashionable church in New York has an "invalid room." a luxurious apartment near the pulpit, but out of sight of the congregation, where invalids can sit, lie down, walk around, leave or enter at auy time without disturbing"any one else, yet at the same time be able to hear the entire service. X. i'. Tnde jtentliiit. A day or two ago. during a grammar I .. : .. . ..i.i:.. ,..,i...i. ,1. ii'()i in uiii ui din uitLiiii; airiiuiyi. iu. ;- , , , :, ., . . 'J leaeuer asKeu tin: mmus i turui a s- tence u-inga relative pronoun. Am the answers the subjoined came fro: sharp little urchin: '' I met my cous. On being asked where was the rei nroiioiui. the lad .looked up and " Me i!inisin iaf relative." Trait U-r. 7 .7 -The gift of John F. Slater, of Nor wich. Conn., of $1,000,000 for the edu cational benefit of the freedmen of the South, is now in charge of the trustees of the fund, which is uw incorporated under the laws of Newfeork State. Ex President Haves is the Iresident-of the board and its other members are Chief Justice Waite. William L Dodge, the Rev. Phillips Brooks, C. GHraan. John A. Stewart, Alfre Colquitt, Morris K. Jesup, James William A. Slater. ,. ce and The wealthy Methodists of Phila delphia who are building the new Trin ity Chur.-h have planned an extraordi nary edifice which is not a copy of any other ou earth. The new building will have under one roof the church audito rium, the Sunday-school, the dining room, and all the conveniences that advanced architectural ingenuity sug gest or liberal expenditure procure. The style is Gothic, with a profusion of stained-glass windows. One majestic polychromatic window is to be twenty feet wide and forty feet high, admitting a Hood of many-colorea light. The church will. seat about 1,500 persons, but is so connected with the Sunday-school room that me two can oe thrown into one, thus aecoimn.Jating more than :5.0iM) persons. Bishop Simpson laid the corner-stone for the new building. Chicago Tribune. PU.MJENT PAKAURAPHS. -An exchange prints a long article about "Courting in the last Century." it has no interest for the man whose courting days are over. He'd rather know something about courting in the next century. Norristown Herald. Up to a dozen years ago it was gen erally believed all over the world that a cat could kill a sleeping child by suck ing its breath. Twenty years hence no one will believe that dropping the dish cloth brings bad luck. Detroit Free Press. Heard at the Conundrum Club: "What is the difference between a frigid undulation and a den in the forest?" The prize answer was, "One is a cold ware, and the other is a wold cave." Music by the band. N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Among the presents received by the bride at a recent New York wedding was an order for twenty tons of coal. Probably it was from the unsuccessful suitor who felt that he owed the girl's family about that amount of fuel. Chicago Tribune. A .New York stone cutter received the following epitaph from a German to be cut upon the tombstone of his wife: " Mine vife Susan is dead. If sho had lived till nex' Friday she'd been dead shust two weeks. As a tree falls so k must stan'." N. Y. Graphic. A female, young or old. who does a man's work ought to get a man's pay. Boston Globe. " True; and if you will look at the new fall styles you will per ceive that many women who don't do a man's work are getting a pretty good share of a man's pay. Louisville Cour-ier-rfournal. A resident of Yorkville recently found a basket on the sidewalk at his house. It was covered with linen. He grasped it quickly, and rushed to the station-house, crying, " A doctor! It still lives! For I saw it kicking through the linen?" At that moment a woman rushed into the station-house, shrieking, "Mein Gott in himmel! Vy for you run away mit my Limberger cheese?" Farm and Fireside. Husbaud and wife have been hav ing a little tiff. Finally the good man engulfs his head in his hat and makes for the door, deadly determination visi ble in every outliving tail of his coat "When'll you be" back, my dear?" haz ards the meek partner of his wedded life. "Whenever I please, madam!" "Do try and not be any later than that if you can help it!" is her 'meek reply. Ex change. "Have you any black ladies' cloth?" she asked, ambling up to the counter and focusing her glasses on the mild-mannered clerk. "No, ma'am," he answered, civilly," "but we have a choice article in camel's hair." "Do I look as if I'm in need of camel's hair?" she asked, leaning over a- counter. "See here, young man, when I want hair I know enough to go to a hair store and buy it! You can't get off anj of your dead cir cus stock on me! Camel hair, indeed!" and she flounced oft' before, the dazed clerk could recover bis wits and explain. Danbury News. Fires ia the Woods -Dent Start Oae. A friend of ours once had a startling experience in a clearing on the southern shore of Lake Superior. Sitting on a large log, twenty feet long, he thought lessly held the lighted end of a cigar upon the half rotten surface, and went away without noticing the effect. The next day al the same hour, passing by the spot, he was astounded to nnd the huge trunk nearly consumed, and all glowing with an intense heat. The tire had silently eaten its war through and through the log. and nothing but its chance isolation prevented a disastrous forest fire, which might have laid waste half a dozen counties and destroyed a thousand homes. Everyone who goes into the woods every hunter, chopper, logger, picnin party, rambler, botanist, should bear in mind that a spark may cause a confla gration, as ruinous as that which occur red in Michigan last year. The forests of the United States still yield annually four hundred and fifty million dollars1 worth of merchandise, nd furnish employment to one million persons. This is the least of their use fulness to us. They prevent the too rapid evaporation of the rain; they retard the melting of the snow, thus preventing destructive floods, garnering up the water for safe and gradual use, and keeping the mountain springs ever fall and fresh. Let us unite in guarding tkiii precious inheritance. N. J. Ltdatm- afHmm DaVel 3STOTIOE! . I Chicago Weekly News. coLiriCBus, $2.50 a Yar Portage IncludL The OBIOA.GQ WBWUY .NEWS ie recognized as & paper uxuurp&sscL ic .&!! the ravdubmeuts of American Journalism. It vjuAz ;ip:cuou fctaong the metropolitan journals ot th c'itiV g & oo2.pivje Jews-paper. In the matter of UaUrb: wr, jz&Yitig the advantage of connection with sa OUCAM DIILYMZWS. it has at its com mand all the dbtifrzv'rjfi ot & yrtf&rs. Associated Press, besides a very s&y jMrm-3 rJi Special Telegrams from all Important yJiTjt. Assa Krw-ppr it has no supe rior. It is IN DEPEND EST la. Zolhl&i, presenting all political news, free from p-srtisan bias or coloring, and absolutely without fear or favor as to parties. It is, in the fullest sense, a FAMILY PAPER. Each issue contains sereral COM PLETED STORIES, a SERIAL STORY of absorbing interest, and a ricn variety of condensed notes on Fashions, Art, Indus tries, Literature, Science, etc., etc. Its Market Quotations are complete, and to be relied upon. It is unsurpassed as an enterprising, pure, and trustworthy GENERAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Our special Clubbing Terms bring it within the reach of all. Specimen copies may be seen at this office Send subscriptions to this office. 1870. 1883. TIIK jfeolinifbus - journal 1.4 conducted as a FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Dcviiteil to the best mutual inter ests of itn readers and it publish, ers. Published at Columbus, l'latte county, "tke centre of tbf agricul tural portion of Nebraska, it is read by hundreds of people east who art looking towards Nebraska as their future home. Its subscribers in Nebraska are the taunch, solid portion of the community, as is evidenced by the fact that the Journal has never contained a "dun" agaiust thetn, ml by the other f let that ADVERTISING In its column always brings its reward. Huim-ss i business, and those'who wish to reachChe solid people of Central Kebfka will Und the columns of the Joukxal a spfehdid medium. j L1UJ. m JOB WORK Of all kinds neatly and quickly done, at fair price. This species of printing is nearly always want" ed in a hurry, and, knowing thi fact, we have so provided for it that we can furnish en elopes, let ter heads, bill heads, circulars, posters, etc., etc., on ery short Qotice, and promptly on time as we promise. SUBSCRIPTION. 1 copy per annum " Six month " Three month, . S2 HO . 100 . no Single copy sent to anv address in the United State;. for5ctM. M. K. TURNER 4 CO., Columbus, Nebraska. EVERYBODY Can now atlord A CHICAGO DAILY. THE CHICAGO HERALD, All the News every day ou four large pages of seven columns each. The Hon. Frank AV. Palmer (I'ostinaxter of Chi cago), Editor-in-Chief. A Kepuhlicun Daily for $5 per Tear, Thrce mouths, $l..rn. One trial SO cents. mouth ou CHICAGO "WEEKLY HERALD" Acknowledged by everybody who has read it to be the heat eijrht-page paper ever published, ut the low price ol SI PER YEAR, Putaj;e Free. Contains correct market report, all the new, and general reading interest ing to the farmer and hi family. Special terms to agents and clubsl Sample Copies free. Address, CHICAGO HERALD COMP'Y 120 and 122 Filth-ay., 40-tf CHICAGO. ILL LUERS & HOEFELMAiNN. DEALKK-S IN WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Serf Binder, wire or twine. Paaps Repaired on short notice! SSHOne door west of Heiutz'a Drug Store, 11th Street, Columbus, Neb. 8 $72 A week made at honi bv the industrious. Rest business now before the public. Capital not needed. We will stall you. Men, women, boys and girls want ed everywhere to work for us. Now is the time. Vou can work in spare time, or give your whole time to the business. No other business, will pay you nearly as well. No one can fail to make enormous pay by engaging at once. Costly outfit anil terms free. .Money made fast, easily and honorably. Address Thus & Co., A ugusts, Blaise. 31.7. -AND THE- m -FOR- DRUGS, MEDICINES, Etc. & OK TIIE Columbus Drug .Stcr Mr "I Have the pleasure of otieriuir to their customers, iu connection with their i-mnph te line of A4list ot .Uflatprietory AaAes not c&Z celled by anv of the eastern m.-inufacto- rieH. A few of the articles on our iNt are Cflioml WSais$ii IST-A powerful alterative ami blood purifier. D. W.& Go's Cough Sjjmp. Concentrated Essence of Ja maica Ginger. SASSAFEASSO, tSTThejnQst wonderful remedy ever nfrt(ir ciiatipei nuiviins. Arc. OUR EQUINE POWDERS, ISTFor stock, are without au equal in the market, and many others not here mentioned. All the above goods are warranted, ana price icill be refunded if satisfaction ii not (iven. ' 37-."m TRAVEL ONLY VIA THE KNOWN AS FOR A LI. POINTS EAST AND WEST. Daily Express Trains are now run to Chicago, Omaha & Denver Via LINCOLN, ASH 1IKTUKK.V KaiKuiKrilj, AlchUoB Jt Men ver. 2 KXHItfrMM TKAI1N lallV -BETWEBN-- OJIAIIA AND LINCOLN. All Through Trains are equipped with new and ele.int Pullman Palace Cars. Day Coaches and ltaa;e and K.vpre-..- Cars of the l.nte.t detijiis. Through Tickets at lowest Hates Are on sale at all principal stations, where passengers can obtain tiiiorm-tliou as to Route, Rate.-, and Connections, and can secure Sleeping-Car accommodations. Quick Time, Sure Connections, N6 Delays, As trains run to and from I'uioti Depots at all principal point-. P. S. EtlMtiM. .Gen'l Tk'i A't, i' Omaha. Xkb. Special Announcement! REDUCTION IN PEICE. We otl'er the Jouk.vai. in combination with the American Agricrdturist, the best farmers' magazine in the world, for fit a year, which includes postage on both. IN ADDITION, we will send free to ev ery person who takes both papers, a Magnificent I'late Kngravingof IH'I'KK'S laM Great Painting, ir THi: 91KA MW," 11 w on exhibition in New York, and ottered for sale at K.T.OOO. Tne eminent ArtM, F.s. CHURCH, writing to a friend in the couutry last October, thus allude-, to this Picture: ". I was delighted this morning to see offered as a Premium a reproduction of a very beautiful Picture, " I.S TIIK .MKAIMMV," by Dupre. This Picture is an Educator " This superb engraving 17 by 11 inches. exclusive of wide border. i worth more than the cost of both Journals. It i mounted ou heavy Plate Paper, and sent securely packed iu Tubes made expressly for the purpose. When to be mailed, 10 cents extra is required for Packing, Post age, etc. !E7Subscriptious may begin at auy time, and the Agriadturist furnished in German or English. sonui WEAVER HKL ATEILMEDieilILM v k Jo . .B BOEIITON ROUTE A i w