THE FARMER 0CiHrEIL Br 1I5II L. JACK. She dwelt rWiln a qule! borne. No mV.cl of tLt graces. Unknown to c!:re higher walks, lr Si'Mon's fi My lan-f. A th'Kihi.a; girt. o swet sj wise, With earn anil de -p gray eye The fanner's gentle tlaoghter. Prom mom till ere the Utile inaiJ Is bury at br IaSor ; She sweei and 4gu, and fecit the hens, AiMr.erermln.liiEernclKhl.or; . 'o K .'? ever listens to, (A merit rare Vwoeo ice and y). Thus Uvei the fanner's daughter. Ou baking dtys her tii.y Land. Are ilifull at the making: No bread more liHt and sweet Uian ben Vat erer ma te r baking. She chums tle bu'ter. g..Ueu, se-eet. And keeps the dairy clean an neat, Th't buy farmer's daughter. Her ginlcu Is aa E '.en fair, A-l4.om with jiliiki An 1 nes; She knows the ntme of every 11 And nukes sojie irTcouf posies. Grows pear anJ radishes, and crew. And otrn and sqash and herbi to prtss, Thli hif jy tanner's daughter. Iswg miy bravely smile on u. Our darling huusehold fairy, The queen or gnr.len, bouse and lot Aol jriBeasof thedlry: To teach u by her pci int way To 'ove the thing of "every day," Go! Dim the farmer's danghttr. IIWLD THE HI 1X8. FAKMEB LAM.OX 8 PEEP. TLete cnues a time in Pome men lives, when ihev muM, mske decip- ii.a wi'b regard to the arraotremnoti of iheir property, even wbile tbej lire, berauxc ae La come upu ibeiu. aim hi like a ttiitf in tbe oicbt; and their limit bare ht-coroe 8tifffDed, and rtlune to do the work which in tbeir Tooth watt ple&H&al. Even to ti-iiik "of (Tidily t ul weiries tbm. IVrbHii tbeir Outers are uot so htiff but that they cao milk two or tbree cows, bat tbeir Luee are nt fupple eouutfh to beod e at-ily to tbe level of the milking e-tool. Tbrv can Bit in tbe barn and busk earn, on a pleasant aututua tu'iroiofr, cod can ferd tbe flock, and even work the bay cotter; thj mu?t do xnrje few "chores," or lh.j cannot feci contented, as tbej were not liora or educated to be drones ia tbo great hee-tiFe of tbe world. At 1 or years of aje, wee toddling babies aa tbey were, tbey delighted to full iw in tbeir lather'a footsteps, and pick op potatoes, or tbrow the peed iu the furrow", and to d'el tbat they workt d and "helped father." Hut all is cbdOtred sow, and morning and evening tbev loiter by tbe fire tide, dreading to rise from tbe old arm cbair, and go out 10 see what John oi Patrick is dioi? in tbe barn or wood bouse, and give orders for the riayV work Yet wben once astir, very Ukelv a dei-ire to drive to the postofflce or tbe village store arises, and orders are ifiveu to harness toe old mare to the wagon, to brint: her to the door. Then ruuHcd op with overcuut, cap, tipitet and mittens, if it is wintry weather, away tbev drive over bill and dale, until the vi!U?e4 centre is reached, and they bear tbe news of tbe day. If they hate iveu and bui'ic), maiden daochters to receive tbem. let tfcem rtj .ice that lovtotr bandd adtniois'er tu tbeir needs. But if there blew-ias have been taken from t beni, if they have been obliged to chare tbe old farm with tbeir eons ebd their families, tho picture often bhows another ride nut quite bo briirbt. For tbe s.ns must have their por tioo, f course, as tbey have fatiilies frrowmg op cn tbeir band-; end must look forward to educfing ibeni ; and if tbeir baid work keepx the farm in jtrocperity, tbey should receive euffi cicnl to rt tuuopia e tbem fur tbeir t 'I. The tai hers usuallv recirtiii" tbe rights tbeir sons possess and make IVuj au ulloa atice. lui .f tbey are wire, they will mil keep tbe runs, partlv, in tLcir own Laud-", and will be the cwuer of the farms, and have the pover to do as they pleat-e to drive to the store, when tbe fancy t Z" tbem to do so, and no where tby choose without n.-kin;r any ooeV permtcsioD tn ebort, will remain masters of tbo eiioation. Ofien, however, the sons will oh jeet to taking a second place, and will urge tbeir fathers to make over tbe farms to them, promihiog fuiibfully and doubiles meaniotr to keep tbeir pronii-.es, that tbey t-ball have every comfort tbat tbey have fcal bereto fore; shall be Daid a quarterly allow a nee, and shall retain the old bed roro, and tbe old armchair in tbe eonggpst corner. Vet it needs a law ver whj understands human nature thoroughly to draw up sui b a con tract, and one whose heart is in favor of tbe aged rather than tbe young, iu order that tbe old man's privileges may be fully described and tbe penal t j of losing tbe fat ms atlacbtd if they are curtailed. AS IXfTANCE IN POINT. Perhaps my old friend Mr. Lam son's experience will p iiot ne mora 1 desire to enforce, tie outlived bis wife and daughters, and bis eon brought his wife and family to Gil tbeir places and muk tbe old man comfortable. Lie reached tbe age when tbe grasshopper became a bur. den. and bi heart was no longer en grossed with buying and selling anc in k'-.w iriettirni productive, bo ar raugemcnts were made whereby th ei.tiU feel well paid lor his la b'.rs, but tbe falber eb.;uld bold tbe reins, even if be did not drive, and d what work be pleased. For two years the plan worked well, and tbtr seemed a united, bap py family ; "grandpa" was well cared for and resptcted by all, and could g wherever be pleased. Almost dailv be took a drive to the village and visited tte store, wnose owner was bi friend and adviser. Butooed-y be came down earlier than usual and sked to see Mr. Manroe ia private, auo told him be wagon bis war to t. UwTer's ifiice to convey bis (arm to bis ton. Jar. Muurce shook his bead elowlv at tbis information and said : "Don't do it! Hold the reins and let Wim anve. Human nature is too weak to trust. Don't tempt Jim" Tempt bim !"ecboed Mr. Lamson. "VVfcy, Munroe, m bat do you mean? I give bim tie farm and be boards rue, atd gives me $25 every tbree months, ant I give bim tbe stock and farming tools and a tbonsand dollars in bank stock. See, bee's the agree ment all written down ; can't be no mistake and I needn't worry about tbe crops or tbe stock or anything, but jutt sit by tte Cre atd d re, and tead tbe newspapers and see how the politicians fight, aud drive a.wa the tiu acd see jon every day." tbe (rreeroen bii slow, quiet wav: lluti ! Nothing about a horse to drive here When tbe old mare isn't our, bow'll you come down tbe tiiil ? Vou cn fon it very spry." -Foot '!"' cried Mr. Ijamsnn, Lud o' (jioeben ! Who's a going to foot i: r Haven't I got tbe old mare anJ tbat fine team bebides, and three as lively colts as this country ever sawT What are joa thinking about?" -.Viae on'eu yours after ym'v -iVned that deed," 6id his friend 'Mi ad vies is, hold on to vour farm ill you're dead. I've been in tbis town over thirty year; I've seen such cases afore." But Mr. Lamson bad a 6trong leaven of -bs.iuacv in bis compoai i .o, aod tLe more bn friend urgeb him not to convey tbe farm, the more oe was bjusd to do it. ii the liwwr'- oIE'e was visited, and tbe deed made cut, but as tbe son was not there, be coucluded to curry it home to Lave it signtd, and laok rwo neih rs t it.-i-it- it. When he returned home,the deed was shown biiu tuo Lis n', aud tbe el iest t t, and iDey all rejoiced that at last "grandpa" had been made to do what as f .r the i: od of tte whole family. At tight, Jim laid bis plans for tbe urxt rpriug'a w ot k, ioteuding to make radical changes in everything, wbile ti 8 wife pUuutd a famous dairy, and laid scoeuies bicti equaled those f tbe milk maid cf etory bjok fame. Ntxt day the winds blew loud and obnll, and saosc fell ceaselessly, so thai the neighbor could not be sum moned, and tho deed signed But Jim and bis wife cared not for wind or btorni, aiid Jlecusi-ed their Lew olana before the old man, until bis ,e wti:e bairs alniist s;ood on end at the changes that were to be made The piae grove near tbe house.which eUeliertd it from the north wiud, ujunt Cjuio dowD, Jiui said "it ought to l ave Ke- cot long ago, father, and plowed up for potatves. I e.ria!l bve tho trees felled at once. Aud the back let mu-t be drained and sowed to corn. 1 ahall make tbe Urui proCUL-e tice ts luueb as Vou did, but to Co this 1 niUft k'ep twice as much stock, atd Eliza thiuka she would like a UrgH dairy ; aud pT bap you woulda't mind going up stairs to sleep, aud let us have a milk room made out of your bed room. In -uuiuier uoie you w oultu't mind it, od in wiatcr we will Sx yi,u toaie way." The father made no reply, but he thought of Mr. Monroe's advice; aDd while Le seemed to doze, be was ihiiik-n;; of ife and Utile child ren, and of tbe pine grove he bad seen grow up to tail, stately trees, from tiov seedlings and ot ine asso ciations that made the old bed room, with its quaint chest of drawers, its curtained tic-ddicstd, and old tab!e and cbairs and desk, so dear to bim. An- ottier 0y pureed, aud Mill the Sturm raged ; the plans for changes wen continued, and tbe old man was made to feel that not a foot of the land be longed to bim, and hardly the cnair he sat in. N.t tbat Jim and Ei;za were on- kind to bim, or tLe children less re spectful, but the very aimosphere of the place seemed changed to bim, and be went i0 bed &l least an hour earlier than u-u! Jim said to Eliza : "Father don't seem as chirk a us na". ; bpe be hasn't taken any cold But be is an old man and it can't be expected that he'll last much longer. I saw t iiu looking at mother's and sister Mary's pictures this afternoon. He'll join Vui soon Aud tbe good wife looked as if she would say "Amen!" but like a wise woman she kept silence, answering only by an aflirmaiive nod Oa tbe third day, however, tbe sun shone bright and clear, and the snow bad fallen in suQicieut quanti ties to make good sleighing. Jim was early astir and bad the paths all broken out and arrange ments mude for cutting tbe pine wood the next dav, and the bouse bold were jubilant over the return of sunshine. Bat. "grandpa" sal ia hiserm-chai and though:: "Snail I let things remain as tb re ? Shall 1 give up ny bed-room let uiv woods my pride be cu dwn? Ye, yes, yes, lam aa old man. I shall soon ero. I'd better let i be young ones bave their way, even o Kivmg op mv di-ar old bedroom Only a little wbile shall I remain; give u:e peace wbile I do." Diouer came in due season, and .ben Mr Lam-on thought it would do bim good to take a sleigb ride ti 'be "store." to see his old friends So be w alked out to the barn where l'i rick was feeding the cattle d t ld bim to harness up tbe old mare. "Mr. Jim just told rue to harness her for b:m ; be atd his wife are go tug to tbe corner," said Patrick. "Well, let him take Dick or Tom I want my old mare, aud you brint; ber around," said tbe old man as be turned awav and went into bis bed room to put on bis outer garments As be sirutfeltd into bis coat he heard Pat tick briog up tbe sleigb and tell Jim what he had said about goinir to the store. "Hey! what's tbat?" asked Jim ''wanted to go to tbe store ? Well, be'll bave to wait till another after oon. Come along, Eliza ; bring tbe children: tumble in here, Jimmie. 1 tfuess ersodpa will wait tbis time H drives altogether too much for his health, anyway." And away tbey went, leaving the Id man a prrv to disturbing thought Could it be that bis son Jim could reni him like tbat? For an hour or two he at in silent thought; then be took up tbe news paper to entertain him. But it had lost iu power, be could not read, and was, at last, t reed to go to tb barn Dd look at tbe stock, and talk to Pa: rick, w ho was verv readv to tell bim of all the work tbat bad been al ready laid out for tbe spring. Mr. Lamson beard bim in silence, and asked no questions, tor bis heart was weary witb beavicess, and be could not ronse himself enough to take auv intereat in tbe conversation, and tbe old man so returned to the house. Before the family returned, Lowe v- er, b- ntd determined upon tbe coarse he would take. Jim had commenced altogether too strong, and bad evidently forgotten tbat tbe deed was unsigced. In trntb, t would bave b-eo Hgned and re- Corded at once if Mr. .Munroe bad oot urged htm so etrooulv to keep the reins in bis own bands. Although over eighty years of age be was shrewd and thoughtful still, and be felt tbat a little trial of the change would not come amis. He would bave seen tbe pine trees cot down withcut a murmur, and perhaps bae giceo up bis bed room for the rood of the latin, but when bis old Msek-ie that be tad driven for C I teen I years was taken from mm ia tuch a, Mr Munr. rfd 4-H then said in heartless xanner, he rebelled, and bad now come to the conclusion tbat be would destroy the deed, bnt in or der to do it calmly, without the ap uearance of anger, be must sleep upon it When the sleigh bells announced Jim's return, the old man lilted his head, looked out of the window, and -a w tbe family enter the door with out moving from his arm-chair ; and seemed quietly asleep nntil tea was ready. Then Jim told tbe news that be bad learned at tbe store, and Eliza told what her sister said abont the dairy she bad planned, and that Jim bad been looking at some cows to add to his stock and so on. Tut old man made no reply, bnt Jim did not notice it, so greatly was he inter ested in bis own affairs. After they were alone at nigat, Eliza said : "Jim, did yon notice grandpa at tbe table ? He did not speak one word not even to the baby. My mind misgives me about him. lie looks as if be might have a shock at any moment. We ought not to have taken Maggie ihi aftern. on. So, nothing will come of it ; I feel sure it is all right Yon know, that deed is neither signed nor recorded " Then Jim had a thorn planted in bia pillow for tbe night, bnt he re plied witb a man's disdain of woman's wisdom : "'So, 1 didn't notice him. Yon are always on the lookout for something ahead. If he is in danger of a shock, be mustn't go driving round the coon try alone. Tben, tbe mare's mine anyway, and he knows it, too. When I go to" the store ne can go along, too." The hours aa tbey were told off up on tbe old, tall cl ck tbat night, crept very slowly, to both the falber and tbe eon. Little sleep closed their eyelids, Jim being thoroughly aak ened to tbe fact that as yet tbe farm was not bis, and tbat be ought to have attended to that needful bnsiness before he drove to the "corner" to tell bis friends of the plans he had made for his tillage. Wben Jim came down stairs next morning bis father bad just kindled a fire in tbe sitting-room stove, and as soon ag tbe fire blazed in tbe kitchen, be called to bim to come in. Jim came at once, aud seeing a folded paper in the old gentleman's hand, he said : "What's that, father T Have you bad the deed executed?" "No," replied Mr. Lamson, "nor do I intend to do so." Tbe same moment be stooped down and tbruBt tbe folded paper into tbe brirhtest flames, which shriveled it to ashes. "There itgoep," he continued, "and onr bargain will remain as it was, oi yon may make other arrangements While I live I intend to hold tbe reins, and drive when I please. Wben I am gone, I hope yon will do the same. Don't tempt little Jimmie as 1 have tempted yon. It was wrong all wrong ; human natnre is very weak, and tbe old must go to the wall if tbe young so will it Tbe Lord forgive us all. Bnt sbake hands and be friends, Jim. I'll give yon some more cows ; Eliza shall hare tbe dai ry, bat not in my dear old room. The back lot shall be drained, but the pine trees mast stand," Jim gave bim his band, or rather he took it, and pressed it warmly ; but be seemed like one dazed. Tbe farm not bis! The deed burned! Cou'd it be possible ? Beiore he was fully awake to the situation Eliza came in and tbe father told ber of the destruction of the deed and bis reasons for doing it Already she knew tbat something was amiss, so the blow was not so crashing in its effect upon ber, and she walked op to Mr. Lamson and kissed him upon the cheek and said: , "Of coarse, dear father, yon will do as yon please in the matter," and left the room to prepare breakfast Tben Jim repeated ber words, parrot like, and went to tbe barn to chew the cud of remorse. Mr Lamson lived five years longer, then died of an apoplectic shock, as bis daugbtenn law bad predicted But be never bad occasion to regret tbat he bad burned tbe deed. His heart softened more to bis children and he only held the reins, allowing 'hem to manage the affairs of farm and dairv as tbey pleased but when he pleased be could be tbe master Daisy Eycbn'jht, in Country Gentle man Tbe Valleaa. The Vatican, then, is an immense and irregular pile of buildings, erected at different times, and with little at tempt at architectural unity. It coa sists of countless balls and rooms. and these surround courts with col onnades and fountains. Many of tbem are lighted from above; but others, especially in tbe library, look out on sunny garden spaces, wbere are close clipped hedges, trim flower beds, and orange and lemon trees ladened with eolden fruit. Tbe balls given op to tbe statues and pictures and there is half a mile of tbem, according to Murray are cold and stately in tbeir effect; and, despite a scaldino here and there, tbey chill oje to tbe marrow of bis bones in balf an hour. Tbe Etruscan and Kypt'an museums beneath are gloomy, bnt tbe library halls are warm and bright. Tbeir walls are adorned with frescoes, tbeir door wars and columns are of marble in all varying tints Tbe book-cases are of rare woods, some paneled and carved, some painted with fruit and Qiwer designs on white or gold ground. These are ail you see, tbe books being invisible. Uare marble tablss bold presents made the popes by kings and emperors in tbe last century ; Sevres vases from toe A.mg f Prussia; malachite from rnoce Demidoff; splendid candelabraa from Napoleon l ; mile I rince Liuiss baptismal font sent by Eugenie so long ago ; rare illuminated missals whose covers are adorned with era broideries ot gold and gem ; a won derfol aid-stool rrom lours, a mass of delicate carving in light brown wood, all feroa and wandering vines and bell fl jwers, and Jace-like cano pies over ivory saints six inchfs high which jewel tbe sides ; all these are bnt a little of tbe beaotitol things yon see. ion walk tnrougn call after baii lled with rich, rare and curious articles, and get from every window glimpses of garden-green or silvery fountain. Yon look back from tbe ast ball down a vista so long that; you cannot distinguish objects at tta ouuTnd. Tbe wbole effect u of bewaiaerui richness and beauty. But all these jaueeums are much alike, I suppose, to ignorant eyes. Tbe first one seen always atays in your memory as biggest and beet w Good Company. A yoong woman wbo was "driven to distraction" now fears that she will have to walk back. j Cral Aaaaaa (be Krarora. It has been stated, with perhaps some show of reason, that the candi- dacv of ex-President Grant is beiag forced upon tbe Republican voters of the North and West; that his nom ination to the Presidency is not de sired by tbe great rnas-es of his party in those sections; ia short, tbet tbe whole movement in bis favor is the work of interested politicians, who hope to profit by bis scccesa. With out stopping at this time to discuss tbe merits of these and similar state mente, it will not be amiss to consid er another aspect of tbe same ques tion. Whatever may bo said of Gen. Grant's popularity among the Republicans of the North, there can at least be no doubt that he is, above and beyond all other men, the choice of tbe Republican voters of the South People who have not traveled in tbe Cotton States can bave no adequate idea of the estimation in which the distinguished ex-President is held by tbe colored citizens of tbat sectioa. He is to them the one representative bead and front ot the Republican party, tbe embodiment of tbe senti ment which demanded, and in the end achieved, their freedom. There are many good reasons why be should be so regarded by Southern black men. From tbe first be has b-n. kaown and praised among tbem a "the man who won tbe war " As compared to his great success in tbis direction, tbe achievements of all other prominent Republicans bave, among the negroes, sunk into insig nificance. Indeed, it must be con fussed, even though tbeonfessioa be an argument agaiast tbe iutelligence of tbe freedmen, that in tbe more re mote districts of tbe far South there are very few of them who know even tbe names of any candidate for the Presidency except U. S. Grant Blaine, Sherman, a 'id the re-" are absolutely unknown to them Even among tbe better informed black men, particularly those of Sjuid Carolina aud Louisiana, wbere the Senator from Maine and the Secretary of the Treasury may be known, tbey are uot liktd. Mr 'Biaiue is uup puUr because of bis action in opposition to bat was known as tbe Force lli. wbile Sherman, on account of his re lation to tbe present Administration and his direct connection with the conferences whicb resol ed in the overthrow of Govs. Chamberlain and Packard, is heartily defeated. Upoa the latter subject it is u it-less to argue with the belter claso of Repubiicaus, either white or black Tbey have been aseured again and again that the Republican State Qjvernment of South Carolina and Louisiana elected in 1 87, being unable to sus tain themselves without tbe aid of United States troops, were destined sooner or later to fall of tbeir own weight; they bave been told that popular sentiment at tbe North wouM no longer sustain the employment of Federal soldiers fur tbo purpose men tioned, end that even Go. Grin'. toward the end of his term. b?carae assured of this. Suuu statements count as nothing against tbe fact that John Sherman, who long professed to be a stalwart of tbe stalwarts, wa a leading spirit in the memorable and to mis uay mysterious negotiations which resulted in giving the Execu tive cbairs of South Carolina and Louisiana to White League Demo crats woose utie to sucn seats wa not as good as tbat of Siraael J. inaenio me j residency. Ja the face of tbis fact, and of the further one that in nearly all the Southern States Democrat or Democratic sym pathizers hold Federal positions for whicb there were dozens of competent and faithful Republican applicants, it is, perbaps, not to be wondered at that Mr. Sberman is disked by in telligent Southern black men At all events, and no matter what the rea son, there is no doubt that tbe Secre tary of tbe Treasury is disliked bv tbe cUss in question, and tbat among tne great mass or me colored voters be has never been heard of. Such being the case, it is suflBcientlv obvi ous that even tbe most questionable methods of machine pujiticians prac ticed to forward tbe candidacy of Gen. Grant, such methods, tor ia stance, as those employed in Albanv by Smyth and bis henchmen just prior to tbe recent sate Convention, may almost be regarded a legitimate wben compared to the efforts which interested and unscrupulous political tricks era have been and are still ma king to secure tbe vote of tbe South in tbe National Convention for any candidate other than General Grant There are in the Southern S:ates up ward of eight hundred thousand black Republican voters. At a reasonably fair election, these vote would elect at least thirty-seven Republican; to the Electoral College Tbat such an election can be held, or tbat tbo black men will be ab'e to secure tbe repre scctetion to which tbey are entitled, there ia, of course, no doubt. Tne very fact of their being thus power less, however, is only an additional argomeut agaiast tbe men who are trying by disreputables methods to misrepresent tbem in the Naiioo.il Republican Convention. No one will question their ri ht to represent aiion in tbat meeting. They are overwhelmingly in favor of tbe nom ination of Grant, aud every delegate from tbe South who goes to Chicago in tbe interest of any other candidate may safely be Hoarded as a servant of designing politicians, cot a repre sentative of tbe hlack men, who con stitute what is left of tbe Rpub!icnti party in that section. New York Tribune. T Maae Vp the Bady. Suppose your age to be 15 or there abouts, I can figare you tr the d t You have 1G0 bones aoO 500 mos- cles ; your blood weighs 52 pounds your heart is 5 inches in length and inches in diameter ; it beats 70 times a miaute, 4,200 limps pr b ur 100 800 per day, and 3C,i2 000 per year. a; eacu oeai a .uue over Z oudcs . t, . of blood is thrown out of it, and each day it receives and discharges about seven tons of tbat wondeiful fluid lour lungs will contain a gallon of air, and you inhale 24 000 gtllons per day. The aggregate surface of the air cells ot your lungs, supposing them to spread out, exceeds 20.00o" inches. The weight ol your braiu is five pounds j wben you are a man it will weigh three ounces more Your nerves exceed 10 000,000 in nom ber Your ekio is couipsed of three lv fib, auu vanes 10 tniesnvo 1 oe area of your skin is about 1700 square inches, and fon ere subject to that atmospheric pressure of pounds to tbe square inch. Each square iscb of your skin contains 3 600 sweating tabes or perspiratory piies, each ot wbieh may be likened to a drain tile, one losrib of an inch long, making an aggregate length of the entire sur ace ot your body of a drain or tile ditch n j - : . t i . m . for driDirj(f the body 23 miles long Bio Leicis. riflrcau No pestilence bas ever visited tbis or any other country whicb bas spread with tbe awtul celerity of what is popularly called tbe "Fifteen Puzzle." it is only a few months ao that it made its appearance in B istou, and it bas now spread over the entire country. Nothing arrests it. Neither age nor sex is spared by it, and it now threatens onr free in stitutions, inasmuch as from every town and hamlet there is coroiag up a cry for a "strong man" who will ' stamp out this terrible puzzle at any cost of constitution or freedom. In the presence of tbis giant evil, all our customary defenses prove val ueless Tbe police cannot arrest a seller or a victim of the puzzle, since the law knows nothing of it. Mr. Conmock bas in vain tried to fiud something in it which would warrant him in attempting to suppress it. Toe pulpit and tbe press set forth its dangerous nature, but no one heeds tbem, and even the various Societies for the Prevention of Different Things seem utterly powerless. Meanwhile the evidences of the wide-spread ruin wrought by tbis fa mous puzzle meet us on every side. Thousands of men who bnt lately were honest and iudustriuus have yielded tu its fatal fascinations, acd, neglecting their business and tbeir families, spend their whole lime over tbe demoralizing box. In the rail way crs and ferry boats we meet shameless victims of tbis tearful vice, who opeuly take out tbeir boxes aud publicly indulge ia tbe maddening moves. In many once happy homes tbe father of the family spends day ana night, seated, with box in hand, and too often, wben remonstrated wi;h by Lis unhappy wife or children, brutally answers, "Lemmeloue !'' Th- saddest spectacle of all is afford ed by tbe young bjys and girls who bave contracted the unholy taste for "fir teen " In Va-isar College the worn and h.ggard look of tbe studeu.s is said to ba appalliag. They bave ceased to do their back hair witb any care. Their Tribune extras hang idly ia their closet, and so marked ia tbeir lack of interest ia dress that six girls can now readily sit ou a bench tbat heretofore bas held but five. At early dawn tbey draw tbeir puzzles from underneath tbeir pillows and shift the blocks until the last bell has rung ; and at night they rise up at unholy U'iurs and contiuue their hopeless la bor by the light of surreputi us cn-dle-nds What is true cf Vassar, is true of all other female seminaries, and no thoughtful man can eontero plate this fearful spectacle without trembling for the future of our couu- Who introduced the Fifteen Puz z'e into the White House no one knows, but ia all probability th guilty persoa was a S lUtbera Briga dier of more tbau usual villainy He must, however, bavo been ia collusion with one of tbe servant, for oa last Friday night tbe puzzle was found on the table ia the roui ia wbich Ctbiaet c msultatioas are held, aod it bad evidoutlv been placed tbere only a few moments befoie the Cab inet assembled. Mr. Key was tbe first ?bo noticed it. He picked i up and was examining it carefully, wheu Mr. E'artn asked bim what it was Mr K.ey explaiued tbe nature of the thing to tbe Secretary of State, who turued scornfully away, remark ing that as a puzzle it was ridiculous Iy si.nple wbeu Compared with tbe civil service reform p licy of tbe Ad ministration. Tbe president paid 00 attention to tbe matter, and opened the meeting by bringing before it the subject of the Panama Canal. Prob ubly the puzzle would have been for gotten, aud tbe fiendish purpose ot the wicked Brigadier frustrated, bad oot Mr. Schurz walked toward the piano, remarking that be would "blay 8omediogs." Now, as it is well known, Mrs Hayes always locks up tbe piano aod ttifres away the key btforeeacb meet- 01 me iauioer, ana wun tnis knowledge the Ctbiuet, on tbis par ticular occasion, felt perfec ly safe What was their horror, however. w bee Mr Schurj drew a key from his p icket, unlocked tbe piano, and Ngn to play one of his own u mpo silioDS. Mr Key, witb great pres ence of miorf, beihoogbt bim of ihe puzzle, and called out: "Schurz. here is something tbat you can't do." Mr Schurz, piqued by this assertion, left the piaoo, sayiog: "Ah, yoo baf a plan for managiag tbe Indians, don't you T" and fell un-uspectingiy into tne 1 osimasier s trap. iben tbe President, anxious ta kioy what it. was that had ibe ptw er to draw Mr Scbmz from tbe pi auo, askel to see tbe puzzle, and, af ter lookiog at it a m me tit, said tbat be thought be could do it "It look a a a ..m. eay, ne remarsea. "there are fifteen numbers, and yoa bave to ar range them so tbat tbere will b eight ia one row aud seven in anoth er It certainly seem to me as if ! bad tried that kind of a puzzle some where, thougb I can'tat tbis moment recollect where it was" Mr Kev corrected him, aod explained tbat the grsat dilhoulty was to arrange tbe n limbers ia ordr. Mr Snermau -coff-d et tbe puzzle, and exclaimed that., to a man wbo bad to spend bis days and nights in shifting S utbern Custom house officers s as to briog x or seven Southern States into tbe Cbictgo convention prepared to vote for the ablest financier, tbe mere -hifitng of a lot of wooden blocks would be child's play. Mr. Hayes. aftr watching Mr Suhnrz a little longer, hecame so much interested trial he sent out and bought another set of block, and undertook to solve ibepuzz:e before Mr. Schurz could do it At 8 o'clock the next morning Mr. Schurz was tnkea home ia a carriage, c impletely exhausted and leaving bis bl ck iu tbe posiiiou 13,15 14 Mr. Hayes, wbo is a less nervous mao, went to his breakfast wjtboot exhib iting any signs of nousua! trouble, and returned to tbe puzzle immedi ately afterward. Since tbat time it is alleged tbat be ba not been seen except by Mr. W, K Rogers, who reports tbat the President is closely occupied with public business, and cannot see any visitors Meanwhile the Brigadiers are chuckling over the success of their infamous conspiracy, and spend most of tbe day silting on the fence in front of tbe White House, waiting for Mr. Hayes to be removed to an asylum. It is co be hoped that tbis story is not true, but at all events it shows us . . . j iur im p.is-iiinics lorrvil w 1,11 u ! ihn P rtuwn Phyt k noauuuj anil if ! 1ia . K : u : 1 : : f. . . : l . l : u bould a'otie u to a perception of the terrible danger witb which it now threatens us N. T Times. An Illinois wwtcao. when they first began to have jC uere-smeo-at laVcp ! out mere, bearing tne ;aci alluaeq f, stra ght y rust ed i.to the kitchen. exclaiming, "Sarah Jane, don't leave he clothes oat U night, for there's Congressman at large. Blphtfcarlw Dr.W. A.Scott, of Sands ville. sends the followiog communication to tbe Chicago Inter Ocean: "I bave noticed iu the newspapers the terriole ravages of tbat fearful disease, diphtheria, aud koowiogtbat death by this disease would be an unusual occurrence if proper treat ment was ased, I send yoa mine, which I have used for about fifteen years, and through several epidem ics, witb invariable success, if the dirrectiooB were followed and the remedy used in any reasonable s age of the diseaee. Tde disease is very dangeroaa because of its want of pain, or sj rap tons, to show its terrible character, and the whole syat m is frequently under its poisonous influence before the danger is suspected Tbis need not be wben the disease is prevail ing, for if there be aoy complaint of tbe tnroat it should beca e ully ex- amioed and tbe trouble can be eas- iy detected by tbe wbitisb-lookiog natehaa nf mucua adherinir to the the tonsels, or organs at tbe top of -the ettire quality of fiod that the the thtoat Toe disease is undoubted auimal consumes. To make our Iy local at tbe start, and I treat it as statement mre comprehensible, let such. It is always contagious, and j suppose the diet to be corn meal, I think, infections also, eo one should j which contains 83 5 organic matter use great care to keep seperate, andjod 14 5 w ter. If we add to each cleanse thoroughly before ue by pail of uie.l a IM le. than 2 pai's others, everything which is used by j water, tbe solid will be reduced the sick, and the room should be well !ODe six-b, which i about tb proper ventilated and the temperature kept comfortable not too not. Dissolve twnty grains of pure permanganate of potassa in one "uu.ee of water, and apply it to tbe afflicted parts with a swab, gently but thor oughly, every tbree hours until better; then not so often. After tbe patient gets belter, weaken the solution by adding an equal quantity of water. Tbis solutiou does not give aoy pain, uor is tbere any danger in its use, bat it bas a nasty taste which is its only objection. Apply tbe following linemeot o the throat outside, three or four times a day: rteet oil, aqua ammonia' spirits of turpentine, of each half an ounce; mix together. Keep a cotton cloth not woolen, around tbe throat till well. Toe above ia 1 I 089 io ti p'e case-1, aod all that is needed. If there is much fever, I mix five drops of liquid extract of aconite roo' who four ou ic-m of vat-tr. aii give to a small child one-fourth of a tea spoonful ; a child of five io tea years, half a Ua-pooufal ; tea to fifteen years, a teaspoooful ; over tbat age two teaspooufuls Give every oue or two hours, as may seem needed to oool the fever If tbere is blood polsening, which may be kaown by the bad-smelling breath and quick beating of tbe heart, give Kx. chloroform, one fluid drachm; cotnp cp s lav , 03h drachm; alcohol, ..ne ounce, mix. Five to twei'y drops, according to age, mixed ii cold water, every hour to two hour as may seem necessary. This will quickly qaiet the bean's tumultuous action, aid aid it to throw off tbe pjison D uot give harsh pbysics If needed, give caster oil or purgative magnesia. Keep the patient from exposure to chilly air or c dd baths Tbis treatment, whicb 1 bave published in several medical j turnals, will rob tbe disease of its terrors, and save irom ibe grave many a loved one 'GAINED A PO UND A DA T." South Stocktos, N. Y., April 7, 1876. Dn. M. M. Fesser, Fredonia, N. Y, DerSib t I had been suffering front Abscesses of my Lungs and Liver Utsease tor about tbree months. Coach e.1 a great deal, had became nervous and restless, and my flesh had wasted away. I bad been treated by three different phy sicians without any materia! nenent. At ter using two and one-bait bottles of your Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Ton ic I was a well man. Once fairly under its influences I gained flesh at the rate of a pound a dty. Gratefully yours, J. H. CLARKE. Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver Rem edy and Nerve Tonic may well be called "Tbe conquering hero" of tbe times It is the medical triumph of tbe age Whoever bas 'tbe blues" should take it, for it regulates aud e tore tbe disordered system that gives rise to tbem. It always cures Biliousness and Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dvspepsia, Constipation, Headaches. Fev eb and Ague. Spleen Enlargements, Scrofula, Eryp-la-, Pimples, Blotcnes and all Skin Eruptions and Blood disorders ; Swelled Limbs and Dropsy ; Sleep lessness, Impaired Nerves and Ner vous Debility ; Restores flesh and strength wben tbe system is running down or going; into decline; cures Female Weakness and Cnronic Rheumatism, and relieves Chronic Ur.iochitis, and all Lung aud Throat difficulties. It does these things by striking at the root of disease aud re moving its causes. Dr. Fenner'B Improved Cough Honey will relieve any cougb io one bour. Try a sample bottle at 10 ceots. Dr. Fenner's Q ilden Relief cures any pain, as Tooth ache, Neuralgia, Colic or Headache iu 5 to 30 aiiuutes, and readily relieves Rheumatism, Kiduey Complaiot, Diarrhoea, etc Try a sample bottle at 10 cents. Dr. Feuuer s ot uue Dnce Spe cific. One bottle always cures. For sale by C N Boyd. Flawing. There are minor points connc'f d witb the subject ot plowing which are worthy of careful consideration. Tbe field should be so arrange i that long furrows may be plowed, instead of short ones, i bat is, if balf aa acre only is to be plowed, ec uimy in la bor aod time would suggest a field of tigbty rods io length and one rod in width rather than four rods in width and 29 rods long. In tbe first instance tbe plowman would have to turn bis team sixteen times, providing that tbe furrow is twelve inches in width, wbile in tbe second case 67 turnings woqld be necessary, occupy ing more time than was employed ia turning tbe sod. Again the width of the farrow is a serious item in tbe cost of plowing In the first case above mentioned, if ibe furrow turn ed should be eight inches instead ot 13, not only woold 2 turnings of ibe team be required instead f 16. but tbe team Woula be forced to travel one third further, wbile in tbe second case previously stated, 89 turnings woald be necessary instead of 67. If the length of tbe furriw be the same in boib cases, yet by taking a furrow as far more pitiful than they can des-one-tbird broader, tbree acres may cribe. The bride lay on tbe sofa, ber be plowed iu tbe same time occupied jjj n u jjmwiuk auics wnu m uaoue fu'Tow. Tbere are plows in the market which will torn a 12 inch fur- row with equal ease to the "horses, as ; other plows' give in tnrning eight-J inch furrows. Yet many farmers 'still continue working with an lu sty te plow, difficult of draft, simpU necanse tpey "aooy toey catii ot aooru Mo purchase a new apd more modern implement ibat would more than jeae its extra cost io a single sea- I son. ; laavaa-aaneat r Hwia. We bave tried to impress on tb) growers aod breeders of swine the importance of thorough breeding aod good management to give aucces i" this bo'iuess, says tbe Wiicbeter Stock Journal We are riealiug with au auimal tbat has a larger 8'omx-h and a more rtenoa appetite than capacity to digest There is a burn ing desire to satiate tbis greed for food. Under such circumstances health cannot be maintained except by usiog coarse, bulk v. piitriti"U ' "d. susceptible ot etty digesuoD. Milk and tbe graces -ere epvcmliy Designed oy uature tor ibe gr. u.g to liquid js .b ,u, the same io each - uuuxik ulu. as iuu buiuiii uia urrs we can add a portion of m re concen trated food, the bj ct b-ing to in crease tbe fl sb But when the de- in is tbe greatest wonb, at or time should the ratio of tt whole olid to j j lh liquid in food exceed one sxth, or 1 ' a Utile lean substantial than tbe pota-J I Tbis statement u in reference to j'"" 'or P18 alter tbey are six wees Id If i be food he grass and milk with oats or corn the amount of the! grain would sinply be suf5.-ient to' increase the value of tbe milk from j ooe-eighth to one sixth We are speaking of food for growth simply if tbe object be to produce grea'er flesb, the solid should be increased in proportion. Iu addition to the above c.ndition. it seems necessary tbat a certain per cent, of the food sboald be vegetable ; the same ratio of solid and flii fom grain d .es not answer iuc b)'uu.uvui.'.i iiio uiu1!? rc uoiu v ; there is a tonic io tbe vegitable that aid digestion iu addition to ibe nu triment. Auoiher seriou injury to the swine consiits ia tha forcing pro cess. So much has been said ab .-ut early maturity that pigs are puher) to maturity at tbe expense of every other consideration Rpid, eveu growth is deirab!e, hut extrne measures should be avoided Hogs should be hungry at least tbree times each day. If we would oh-tt-rve tbe following simple laws of bralih: lt, avoid too coucentra erl food ; 2d, ue Uo lorcinjf process ; o 1, allow Ibe pigs to get buugry daily; 4 h, make a portion of tbe diet vegi-iab.e ; to say tbe least, a largo proportion of the bog cholera will be avoided. Da Beca Dratrajr Uropn. There bas beeo qui-e a controversy between apiarians aud fruit-growers as to aheiber bees destroy g-p or uot Mr. Laug-troth and otbr.s claimed that the bee did uot aud could uot et a grapo until the skia was first punctured. The fruit-grower, however, who fouud th bees swarming ou bis gro-i and bad, a-t I did last year, bushels destroyed, ut terly disbelieved this theory, aud was ready lo indict the bee keeper for maiutaiuiug a nuisauce. 1 have uot kept bees for a good mauy years, and so bad no chaice to txpeiiiuent with beui, aud 1 fitmly bilieved that bees did destroy the grapes. S .manpur intents have be-n made r-ceutl by Mr. Lyn Bonham, a young gen le man atteudmg the Miami Classical School at Oxford, Onio, which seems to settle tbe question aod exouerate tbe bee-. He placed on tbe honey - board of a Laugtrotb bivo a butich ,. t. ot ripe grapes, a-id after leaving them two days be examined tbem ai.d found tbem perfect. He then punct ured three of tbem i.b a piu aud re placed ibem, and on examiuiug thm a few hours after, he found those he bad puctored all sucked dry and none of tbe rest damaged io the leant. Tbis seems to be coia-lu-ive, but "in ihe multitude ot counselors is safety," I wii-b to ak a number of our read era wbo bave bees to try tbis situplo test. Stlcct a bunch ot grapes that you are sure are sound, aod, after leaving tbem in the bive or ia front of it a wbile, pu icture a pan of them, and let us kuow tbe re-ult If the bees bave stood charged witb tbe sins of the wasps, boroetn and yellow jackeis, it is lime tbey were vtudicat- ed. " Waldo'' in Ohio Farmer. The Hjatcrjr nllhoMars. It is difficult, wben we look at tbe star-lit heavens, suggestive tbey are of solemn pece, to coaceive ibe stupeudou. euergy, the fii-rcu uproar aud tumult, of which even the taiot ert visible star io reality tells u- Pythagoras -poke of the harmony of tne celes.lul spbeies, which we are only prevented from hearing by lis Couiiuuity. "Toere's not ibe small est orb which thou beholdest." said ibe scieuce ot the muiJlc ages. "But In bis motion like anirel finxs, Sllll quiring lu ihe juanat-cyed UlieraMm." The ecieuco of our o.vu titu-j tell us a still stranger story. There's uoi lbesnittllei-ti.ro which thou behold est, she says, but iu bt mono, throbs a mighty heart, s ill puliatiu life to the woildn wbiub ci.cle rouud it. But while our p-jwers ot vision are limited to toe narro w range ot our pretest teler-copes. we cannot watch tbe kC lou ot there great centers of euergy. Tbe cra.-b of the thuu deb It, .be b:il.iwiug of ibe volcano, the afol groauingot the tartt quake, theroarottbe burilitat.e, ibe fever berating peals ot the loudest tbuu- der any ofthe.-e, or ail combined, Mita tbe tuuiult raging over every i-qua re mile, ever rtjunte yard it ibe surface of each oue aiujug Ihe stars. J'roctur. Miss Auuie Pickens, daughter of the Uoveruor of South Carolina, was to be ma. ried ou April 22, 1463. ii Charleston, lo Lieutenant Andrew De Rocbelle. The wedding party were assembled in the Pickets residence. and the clergyman was asking the bride if she was ready, wben a shell from a TJuioo gun in tbe harbrr broke into tbe room and buret. Nine persons were hurt, bnt ouly Mi-s Picken's wound proved mortal. She b .re tbe paio wjiji wonderful forti tods, and was unmoved wbeu inform, td that she had only an bour or two to live. 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