i t ii ' 3 1.' f s THE ITBOLUIV PUTtH. "Can't roa listen lo reason for ninntef wked Mr. Miles Forester, M be compelled bis handsome neph ew, Gerald, to sit down beside him on a rustic bench ia ihe garden. i "For one minute?" Certainly, un cle," replied the young fellow. "Time'a upl tfce minute's expired. Let's talk nonsense." "You are incorrigible, Gerald." I "o, tirl no, sir! Why dont yon look on life with a little of my phil osophy? Confess, my dear ancle, that you haven't been so rery happy; that yoB are not very happy now, in epite of your wealth, your fine house, your real estate and California in vestments." i -Very true, Gerald. And if this world has been intended as a great E lay ground I should confess that I ad mistaken my career. Your fath er was a wild dreamer like you ; vis ionary, unstable. He had no steadi ness, even in bis profession." "He left some good pictures, though," said Gerald. . "His subjects were so eccentric that he eould not sell them. I was almost his only patron. My bouse is full of things that nobody else would buy." "The ordinary fate of genius," re marked Gerald. "Bat had be gone into trade as I did, his wife would not bare died of privation and a broken heart." "Poor mother!" "Half of these wrinkles on my brow," pursued the old gentleman, ''were not traced by age, bat by care. The care occasioned by your father and yourself. Dut a truce to all this now. I am amply rich to allow you, if I choose, to follow your fancy when ever it may lead you. Bat I am a man of principles, as rigidly wedded to what I know to be rigLt as you are to your profitless day dreams. " If you will cot do as I wish you, I withdraw my countenance and aid, and leave you to work out your own ealvatien. I have laid two proposi tions before you ; one to go into busi ness in a profitable house, I to fur nish the capital ; and the other to ac cept the haid of Mrs. Rashton, youog, . rich and pretty. I do not iftsist ou your acceptance of both of these propositions, but you must take one or the other, or we part'" "The first, my dear uncle, I decid edly decline." "But you'll marry the widow; she comes here, to morrow, you know." "Thank yau 'or the widow; I'll keep clear of ber." "Incorrigible boy! What do you propose to do with yourself?" "I haven't exactly decided, uncle. But the world offers a wild field to a gentleman of my figure, taste, accom plishments and education. I might be a strolling player; or I have thought of reviving the traditions of the eld ages, and going about like Homer, singing my own ver?es to my own music." "Then yoi are determined to leave me 7 said the old gentleman, rising. "Poor feolish, headstrong boy." "I shall not trouble you long, my dear sir," said the young man. "But at least say that we parted friends," he added, holding out bis hand. . "Friends 1" said the old man, with a tear in his eye. "I loved you bet ter than anything else in the werld. But my principles are adamantine." "So are mine," said Gerald. "Good bye till we meet again." They shock hands in token of ami ty, and went in different directions, Gerald strolling along through a fine oak grove. He was roused from his abstrac tion, however, by the sound of merry laughter. Advancing cautiously, be soon obtained a view of an open glade ia the wood and of a group of . , persons, who bad taken posession of tbe spot And it was not long be fore be knew the group to be a par ty traveling actors. Among them was a long-faced, melancholy man, In a seedy black suit, seated beside a buxom, amBiag damsel, and a stout, ruddy-cheeked gentleman, flashily at tired, who sat opposite a second trim bailt damsel. The whole party were bvsily engaged in tattling, laughing and devouring a miscellaneous feast, consisting of bam, cold chicken, crack ers and bottled ale. In short, it was a little picnic party. "The breaking of a dried branch on which he bad incautiously rested revealed the presence of Gerald. "Ha I" cried the red-nosed man, with a theatrical start, "whom have we here ? Advance, friend, and give ue countersign." "My friends," said Gerald, advanc Ing, "excuse ny interrupting your lesuvity. l beg you will not let me disturb you. I intruded accidental ly." "Perhaps you have as good a right here as ourselves," said the red-nosed man, with a merry twinkle of the ye. "Are you the owner of this charm ing spot ?" "'o, air," repBed Geraki, with smile. , "I am only the nephew of the owner of this spot ; and allow me to bid you as much of a welcome to this place as I, only the nephew of the proprietor, may extend. Did I feel at liberty I wenld ask you into the bouse." "Enough said young gentleman," cried the red-noted man. with a wave of bis bread knife. "And for the hospitality of the forest, sir, permit us to requite yon by inviting you to a seai ai our ooara sward, 1 meai." Gerald sat down amidst the strange merry crew, and was soon perfectly ai Dome. "And now, good sir," said the red nosed man, using the same quaint pnraseeiegy tie baa already adopted. "in returi for your confidence" (Ger- aia naa 101a bis name) "let as inform you who we are. We are a company of traveling Thespians in other words, strolling players. I rejoice in the -name of Horatio Bivvins, and am ice manager or tbese unmanagea ble ladies and gentlemen. The mel ancholy man in the 'suit of sables, is our low comedian. That black -eyed lady at your left, Mr. Forester, is Miss Jones, the best chambermaid in tbe country. The other lady, Miss uoxie, is our walking lady. My friend in the red waiscoat does the high tragedy. Mr. Wolf, Mr. For rester. Tfce rest of our troupe have rone on oeiort lo enrage a hall in tbe coentry town to post the bills w propitiate tbe editor and to h. speak a favorable hearing for as and for oar tragedy." ."A'"rehPPJ'. J friends," t awiu ueraia, "Wbiie 1" "Are, you nihappy? cried the dark-eyed girl, laying ber band light ly on the young man's arm. "Tbe most miserable deg alive I" oried Genii. "How exriimed the manager, in bis deep attge tones, "My uncle wants to set me op in business." "Hang business J" aaid the ruddy cheeked rentlemaa, Mr. Wolf. "Aid be wants me t marry a rich widow." ;-.if a i "Hard-hearted eld bunks 1" cne3 the black-eyed girl, winking slyly at the tragedian. "In short," said Gerald, "we must part I have been casting around for a profession, and I don't see that I can do anything better than turn actor." . . "Sir," said Mr. Bivvins, "your good star led os here to-day. You're born to shine upon tbe boards, air. Are you op ia any parts, Mr. Forres ter?" ". "I know fifty plsys by heart" ' j - "Romeo, for instance ?" "Every word of it" "Then we're ia lack!" cried the manager. "What do you say, Mr. Wolf. Two first appearances for one night Itll draw like a pitch plaster. Tberell be a twenty-dollar boase. You know you only consented to do Romeo to oblige me. Well, yoa take Tybalt, and let Mr. Forrester take Rotreo." Mr. Bivvins then explained to Gerald that they were to play Romeo aud Juliet that night to introduce a debutante, Mrs. Mortimer, to a gen erous and discerning public. Mrs. Mortimer was a romantic young wid ow of splendid talents, who had run away from the tyranny of ber friends in ew York and just joined the com pany. She was beautiful and ac complished. . , . Gerald did not see ber face till he encountered her upon the stage at night Then he was daxzled by her charms. They were not those ficti tious beauties which tbe close glare of the fjo'Jighta revealed in all their treachery to the actor though they strike the distant audience with be wilderment No pearl powder and carmine bat the roses and lilies of vooth and health adorned ber lovely face. Her rounded arms and shoul ders shamed the pearls that rested on them. Amid tbe awkward figures that surrouoded ber she moved with tbe grace of a queen. It was not difficult for the Romeo of the even ing to feign an attachment to so beau tiful a creature, and h f re the cur tain fell, amid thunders of applause, be found himself pleading the cause of a real passion. And from this moment he wooed tbe lady in downright earnest, and was ultimately accepted. She never asked what hfs prospects were, nor did be inquire for her antecedents. It was enough for the giddy-pated fellow that she was beautiful and lov ed him. Tbey had about a hundred dollars between them, and with that to live upon till something turned cp they concluded to abandon the strolling company without beat of drum, and, eloping to .New lork, they there got married. Before the month was out they had run for to want of funds. Then Ger ald, with starvation staring him ia tbe face roamed New York in search of employment Disappointment met bim everywhere. .Nothing remained but to throw himself on the generos ity of his uncle. He communicated bis project to his bride : she acquiesc ed in the arrangement, and, raising funds by pledging a gold watch, they started for Forest Hill. - - Mr. Forrester was reading in his library when tbe couple were an nounced. He dropped his paper, and tbe couple fell at his feet "Uncle pardon me I" exclaimed Gerald, for running away without your consent" "Uncle my uncle!" cried Mrs. Forrester ; "be an uncle and please pardon Gerald !" "Get up, you blockhead! you II burst the knees of those ridiculous tight pantaloons !'' cried the old gen tleman. : "Julia, don't be making a fool of yourself!" "Julia!" cried Gerald; "how did you learn ber name ?" "Ob, she's an old friend of mine," said the old gentleman, winking mis chievously. "Eh Jule ?" The bride burst into a fit of hearty laughter. "Nephew," said the old gentleman, "allow me to present you to Mrs. Rash ton, that was." -. "Mrs. Rashton!" exclaimed Ger ald, in amazement "Yes the widow yoa tried to run away from bnt whom yea ran away with, after all, my boy I" "What ! have I been a dope?" cried Gerald. "Don't be angry, my lad. Your old undo only borrowed a little of your romanee to cure you of your visionary notions. I engaged those strolling actors to come into my grounds, because I knew very well you'd go with them. 1 induced J a lis to make her first appearance and I saw it, too, through a pair of green spectacles, with a red wig en my head and an old plaid cloak around me. let I paid my quarter to see the show. Ha! Ha!" "Fairly trapped!" cried Gerald. "les, and if you go tramping around tbe world like a gipsy, try ing to realize your day-dreams, you'll oe everybody's aope. let I sup pose yoa are determined to make tbe stage a profession." "Not so, uncle," said the young man, ratber sheepishly, "1 tried to get a clerkship in New l ork." . "And they wouldn't have you Ha, ha! Well, dont let old Trapball know that, or be mayn't allow you to come in with a capital of fifty thousand dollars." "My dear, generous uncle !" cied Gerald. "Tat, tut, boy. I'm only too glad tbat you'll let me be generous, mas ter Romeo. Ob, Romeo! Romeo! wherefore art thou, Romeo: Egad; I think I could play it myself as well as Bivvins." We need hardly add tbat Geralj became a steady, thriving merchant, and never 'everted, without feeling his cheeks tingle, to the episode of bis connection with tbe strolling players. -,-.T.fr A Kcw T.rassm ml the Bible" "Seventeen hundred and seventy six years ago our forefathers crossed the ocean and planted a Mar flower on Plymouth Rock," shouted a patri otic and siigbtiy inebriated orator, on tbe glorious r ourth. ; ' ' "Yoa have all tbe points, but their arrangement is slightly discombober- ated," interrupted a matter-of-fact auditor. ' "Arrange them to suit yourself, then," replied the orator.' - ' Which reminds us of tbe saying of "tbat boy? to bis rather, when tbe family were assembled for worship : "Bring me the Bible, my son," said pater iamuias. He went into an adjoining room and returned with a grave counte nance and Webster's dictionary, and placed the latter oa bis father's lap. Tbe old gentleman took bis specta cles from his pocket, wiped them and placed them on bis nose, and solemn ly opened tbe book ia his lap. "Yoa young scamp," he shouted, "yoa knew yoa were bringing me tbe dictionary?" .... "Well, pa," said yoong hopeful, still wearing his grave countenance. "the words are all there ; can't yoa put together so as to make 'em read Tight?" ' feTAtiEacTr sa." wxear. 6HK DBCLAfiES THE M CEDES. A POLIT ICAL ONE A DTTSa PULIH EECITAt OF THE FACTS DIXON'S DTINO WORDS. . . . ' . Politics! animosity and personal hatred have at length accomplished their dire purpose. My husband was murdered ia the streets of Ya zoo City on the morning of tbe 19th by James A. Barksdale, Democratic candidate for tbe office of Chancery Clerk. Withoat proof, yet without remorse, have the epithets of liar, infidel, murderer, gambler, etc., been heaped upon him. I can refute eve ry slander ever produced against bim, J ... . i l: ana u was ine mieauon oi mm was so ruthlea. !y aad violently torn from the arms . f bis wife and little ones. This so called liar, infidel, murderer, gambler, etc., was the same whose name brave men wore proudly op n their bosoms in 1815, as indicative of bis leadership of tbem in the hour of his country's per il. Drawn op in rank and file on tbe streets of Yazoo City, my hus band and his brave comrades receiv ed the commendation of Lamar, Sin gleton, George and others, for bis courage and fidelity to bis country. Ia this present camoaign, wbicb bas cost bim his life, when charged with midnight meetings and incendiary in fluences upon the colored race, be re peatedly demanded an investigation of theso charges, and challenged his accusers to produce any responsible man, white or black, to assert this up on his personal knowledge, and prom ising when they would do so, he would leave tbe country never to re turn. In all bis political meetings he invited the participation of his op ponents, and ao one has ever been able to produce nv argument or ap peal from bim calculated to bring about discord between tne race, ue was called tbe "man of violence." I leave it to tbe public to decide who were tbe men of violence during tuis campaign, wnen ine moo oi me 25 lb of July threatened bis me, ana he was ordered like a thief and an outlaw to leave his home and family, and theBe demands made in the pres ence of his family; the ssctuary of his home polluted by these lawless .scenes, even over the cradle of his almost dying babe ; was there from him or his friends one single act of violence or retaliation? He was a strictly temperate man, and no one had more regard or appreciation for the virtue and chastity of woman. As an enemy, be was bold and aggres sive ; as a friend be was warm, affec tionate and true as steeL 1 bat be was not tbe outlaw portrayed by his political traducers, I refer to tbe fact that at bis funeral was garnered a larger concourse of people than have ever assembled at this place to pay the last sad tribute of respect to the dead. It this be not a political mur der, why is the Herald so careful to stifle public sentiment, and so eager to prejudge tbe case? When before was a citizen or any town snot down without warning, tbe case tried aad judgment rendered beforehand by the journals? And if this was not a po litical i utter why did tbe democrat ic Convention make tbat significant appendage to their scurrilous resolu tions passed on tbe 15th of August, which reads as follows?: "The names of two reliable men have been banded to the secretary of this meet ing stating that threats of assassina tion have been made by 11. ju. Dixon against James 'Barksdale, Demo cratic condidate for Chancery Clerk." Pointing to this my husband said to some of his friends : "That mesas murder ; I em to be assassinated ; this is another way to prepare the public mind for it ; 1 shall demand the author of this Blander, hold bim responsible ; also inform James Barksdale I never made such threats :" all of which he swears in his dying testimony, under oath, and in view of eternity, to have done the day before he was murdered. My husband was an infidel, say his accusers, the Democratic Commit tee. No one of their falsehoods has less foundation than this. In the privacy of his home, and ia his Be rious moments, did be always avow bis firm belief in the Christian relig ion. While be was not a pious man, he was not a scoffer nor a skeptic No man for bis means contributed more largely to the support of the churches of this place than he. A few hours before his death be was baptized in the Catholic cburcb, and his last word was "Bible." When dying be forgave his murderers, say ing: "1 bad rather been killed than to have killed any of tbem." Immediately after tbe shooting of my husband, telegrams were hastily sent from this place by the chairman and others of tbe Democratic Com' mittee, stating that be was killed in a 'street fight,' 'personal encounter,' etc It takes two parties to make an 'encounter,' a 'street fight,' and in this affair tbe murderer was the only actor. My husband, after being shot in tbe back, with broken and muti lated hand, and in a fainting condi tion, crawled op a stairway opposite, and fired bis pistol four times, with broken right hand supported by the left band. Here is my husband's dy ing testimony, taken by our estimable and faithful Mayor, who was tbe on ly efficer whe dared perform his doty wben tbe mob of tbe 25th of July threatened to rnsh into oor home and tear my husband from his family, to commit the deed of violence for which they were thirsting : At 9:30 o'clock on the morning of the 19th instant, my husband was brought home on a lounge borne by the populace, naked to his waist, tbe City Physician bavin torn off his ) clothing down the street to examine his wounds, r When placed upon his oea, my nusoana gasped: "Oh ! I am murdered ;" then, after a moment or so, "for nothing. .,: If I could only live long enough to tell It all." -- . Then, upon tbe arrival of Mayor licit, my husband, being duly sworn, mads tbe following statement : "I was walking down tbs street. as I neared McCormick's drug store. 1 saw Jim Barksdale and W. D, Gibbs," (who, by the way, is a Dem ocratic State Senator,) , "standing in the door I thought I could ret by withoat being attacked (although for two weeks I have not rone dowa the street expecting to get back alive), wben, just as l got opposite MeCor truck's, Jim Barksdale rushed oat in to the middle of tbe street, and tzma firing at me. I felt that I was td!y shot, and made for stairway near ; crawied op, sat on tbs top step, sod fired my pistol until I fainted." f f la a cross-exemioation, : Mr Holt asked bim tr he saw Jim Barksdale with a gun. "1 did see bim with a shotgun," Mr. Holt asked if be saw anyone else shoot "I did not" Mr. Holt asked if Barksdale spoke at all and if Barksdale fired first "I did not bear a soand, sad did not dream of immediate dancer until I fait that i was badly shot in the back." Mr. I Holt asked my husband if be bad ever threatened Jim Barksdale' life, or made any threats of any nature. "Never iu my life, and only yester day sent a frienV who told him I was innocent of all charges. I wrote the same to tbs Democratic Committee, also to John Posey (who was secre tary of tbe mass meeting, when these scurrilous resolutions were read).Jand demanded of Posey the names of the two men who could say they had ever beard me plotting tbe assassina tion of Barksdale. Ue refused their names, saying tbat I wished to attack tbem. I again sent to1 bim that I did not had no desire td harm any oneonly wished to dear up the rroondless charges and the plot 1 had seen gradually thickening against me. He again refased 1 the names, and saying tbat be would confront me." My hatband said before dving: "I had rather be-n killed than to have killed aay of tbem" aad when I ex claimed : "Oh ! no, I would that yoa had killed tbem all, and your life been spared to m" be said, "No, no, yoa mast not say that" He also said: "I wish Jim Barksdale was here to see a brave man die." That some members of the Demo cratic Executive Committee, or those who indorsed those scurrilous resolu- lions of the 15th of August, have re considered tbe convictions tbey held at tbe time of my husband's impris onment for the murder (as they in those resolutions call it), tbe cold blooded murder of Samuel Harrison, I herewith append an extract from a letter writwii my husband by the Hon. J. C. Prewitt, brother-in-law to James A. Barksdale, while my hus band lay ia pruon. lie states in a letter of March 5th, 1878 : "I know yoa are ao innocent and persecuted man, and I sincerely hope tbat yoa may come oat redeemed and cleansed from all stain. The people are always right tbey will vindicate yoa in the end, and they will never forget tbe gallant man who drove out their plunderers snd oppressors ia the historic year of 1875." Thea agaia, ia April 13, he says: "With the kindest regards and tbe hope that yoa evill be acquitted, not only oa acc tint of yourself, bat your wife and children, and because of your innoce ;ce, 1 am very truly and sincerely, J. C. Prewitt" Thus, a man of legal ability, aad never at any time a particular friend of my buot)4 id, declares his opinion that he was n "innocent and perse cuted man." This ends my state ment, honest and true, sacred to tbe memory of my murdered husband. Mrs. H. M. Dixon. peelal Crop. Every year there are large sums of money lost by those who rush into tbe cultivation of special crops with out a proper knowledge of the man ner in which they should be man aged. Reading often of that Ajax in mar ket gardening, Henderson, tbe ama teur, is led to believe tbat crops yield ing a profit of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred dollars per acre are as otsily grown as a crop of wheat, the Jy difference being that they require a greater outlay for la bor and mauure, but that the profit makes this all right This mania is often fostered, and increased by agricultural papers, which from irae to time publish the results of tu jse special crops : for in stauce, one now before as gives the debit and credit side of an cre and a half of onions, which, after all expen ses (which are noted down with ex actness) were deducted, gave a profit of seven hundred dollars; but fails to tell its readers that the crop was not only an ex riordinary one, bat hav ing been sold whea oaions were high, tbe credit Bide is unnsu ally large forgetting to state that it was proba bly a pet piece of soil which by a number of years' cropping and heavy manuring, accompanied by bard la bor, had bet-ii made clear of weeds and weed k .da; forgetting to state that on the part of tbe owner the crop was the result of many years of dear-bought experience. Those who have tried i: for series of years well know tbat this crop will not yield a higher average profit than many oth ers which d 1 not require special ex. perience, ta!nt and large outlay of capital. It may be laid down as a fact, tbat if one particular crop is found to be unusually profitable, enough will find it oat to very msterily reduce the profit by increasing the supply. An old farmer once said : "Special crops require special brains." And we think he was not very far wrong. As a role the farmer will, at least for a few years, lose by .changes in crops or rotation ; by leaving out a crop in tbe growth of which he bas experience, and taking op one of wbicb be knows little or nothing, be gives other growers fearful odds agaiost bim, and, as is usual, the chances are that he will lose by it eaBBBBBHBSBBBSSSSBBBBBIBBBanBBSSBBBaaSB ' Hire eirls. A lady writing in the Chicago In-ter-Ocean, says : "I am one of those weak ones that are obliged to keep a girl, and I have always mada it a point to have no one in my bouse bat intelligent and virtuous girls ; girls that I would like my girls to associate with, and they are treated as one of the family; have the privilei?. of a home, and they appreciate it, too. I have a girl now who is not real ly obliged 1 1 work ; her people are farmers ia v.mfortable circumstances, not rich, but she prefers to be inde pendent, and we do not consider her at all beneath us. Wben her kitchen work is done she sits with me in tbe parlor or sitting-room, and. if tired. reads awhile, sometimes aloud to mo, and tbeu belps about the family sew ing, and is treated in every way as I would wish my daughter to be under the bsao circumstances. I think that if we would have good help we should make tbem feel tbat we do not con sider them lowered in the social scale by doing what we should surely do it health had been ours. Public sen timent has got to be reformed, and when, where, and by whom ? That is tne question, wnen yoa get a good girl, let ber know that yoa ap preciate ber. Don't be afraid she will strike for higher psy, and what if yoa do h' re to pay a little mors than jod vould to an inexperienced band, yoa yourself will be tbe gainer ntlast ' She knows the ways of tbe bouse, snd if yoa are obliged to keep your room some days.you know everything is moving along smoothly. Tbe greatest number of women who look down on their help have been kitchen girls themselves, and it is simply af fectation, vanity and ignorance, that is at the bottom of it all." "Well, youTJ own she has got a pretty foot won't you ?" "Yes, I'll grant yon that, bnt then it never mads half as much of an impression on me as the old man's." : fua urns. (From our Begater Camnpaadvat) Loxdox, Aug. 27, 1879. The hope of a revival of commer cial prosperity which ha tMntlr been raised, and whfch has found ex pression in several q-mrutrs, is, so far as the present ana i& immedi ate fature is concerned, doomed to i disappointment At any rate re vival or trade cannot possibly ensne upon a generally deficient European j harvest In Great Britain the har vest is now certain to be on of tbs worst on record, not only in respect of corn, bat also in the cases of hay, j roots, and other feeding crop, hops ana potatoes, in France the wheat crop is expected to be only two thirds of an average, and the hay has been spoilt to a great extent by wet weath er. All other continental countries will produce a crop more or lets be low average, including Roamania. with respect to which reports, a few weeks back, . were very sanguine. Only on tbe American continent is a good crop of wheat expected. lathe Australian colonies the harvest has been ooe of the worst ever known, and from India I hear no very favor able reports. The less in greet corn producing countries alone will amount to hundreds of millions of pounds, and it is a dead loss which nothing can compensate for. A commercial crisis, which has resulted from over production, rash speculation, an infls ted credit system, or extravagance of living, may be tided over by tbe re versal ot tbe conditions wbicb pro duced it, though thousands of indiv. iduals may be rained ia the mean time, but general deficiency in the natural productions of the earth is a loss forever, and nothing " can even partially compensate for it, unless it be a consequent alteration in the conditions under which agriculture is carried on, which may in the fature be for tbe world's benefit It is impossible to estimate with any approach to accuracy the loss which tbe world will suffer from a deficient harvest Even to take the United Kingdom alone, nothing bet ter than a good guess at tbe loss can be givea. According to Mr. Caird, the average value of agricultural produce, exclusive of hay, straw, wool, poultry and eggs, is 230, 237, 500L Now as the crops which are consumed by livestock, and go to produce meat and dairy produce, are quite as far short of tbe usual yield as the corn crops are, it is quite probable a very favorable estimate to state the total agricultural produce at 20 per cent below average. Al lowing, then, a comparatively small sum for the commodities not included in Mr. Caird's estimate, and dividing tbe amount by five we get at a loss of 50,000,000. I think this is much below what tbe agricultural loss for the current year will be ; but it is easy to see tbat, u other European countries are losers to anything like a proportionate extent. a general revival of prosperity is at present out of tbe qaestioa. Ia these days of gigantic manafac turing and commercial systems peo ple are apt to forget that, after all, tbe soil is the fountain head of all wealth, and that if tbe spring is low thea general impoverishment must in evitably result. The generality of people fail to realiza tbe truth of ab stract doctrines of political economy. and it is easier for them to compre hend tbe limited results oi general causes in their own countries. Even these are far from obvious to people wbo are absorbed ia tbe commercial whirlpool of great manufacturing towns and cities; but they are broogbt clearly aad painfully bom to country people, including tradesmen and pro fessional men in ordinary provincial towns. These people are, generally, dis tributors merely whether it be of commodities or knowledge and they can only deal with each other in pro portion to tbe profits which they de rive from those who either produce or possess the proceeds of previous production. Landowners, farmers, and farm-laborers, who derive their means of living from the soil are tbe principal supporters of these middle men. After a bad harvest, these pro ducing classes have comparatively little to spend on anything bat tbe necessaries of life, or what have come to be regarded as such. Thousands of farmers are on the verge of bank, roptcy ; and as nothing bat a good harvest conld have saved tbem, and tbat ia not forthcoming, there is only one result possible with them. Not only are they in arrear with their landlords and overdrawn at their banks, but their dear friends tbe us urers have been amongst tbem this year, and tbey are as sore indicators of roia as vultures are of death. When the farmers become bankrupt tbey will be like the first ninepins tbat fall, knocking down others as they roll over ; the latter, in their turn, doing likewise. With a bad harvest in this country alone a winter of disaster must have been expected ; and now tbat most other great agri cultural countries are also in lur bad harvests it wool! be idle to build hopes upon that revival of prosperity which eangnine people have lately been promisiog. There is, fortunately, a surplus of last years' crops in Kassis, sad ths American exports will be abundant ; bat there will be so many competitors for the extra produce of these coon tries in the coming winter that Great Britain will certainly have to pay more for bread-stuff than was paid last year. There will be no scarcity, but higher prices for food. Thus the cost of production all rouad will be enhanced, and tbe spending fond di minished. rttmm Diry Caws. - A good butter cow ought not . to eat less than from six to eight quarts of meal per day, but not clear corn meal. Bran is not worth much to make butter, bnt wben mixed with corn meal gives health and thrift The meal, fed alone, passes directly into the "third stomach," withoat re- mastication.. - The water the cow drinks may in crease the quantity of milk, bat it will not produce butter. Meal fed with hay, cut fine and wet down together, gives good returns. Do your cows drink ico water in the winter, and with rainbow backs stand shivering in tbe cruel blast of a fierce northeast er f They will barn the dollar that mif bt convert fail are Into success, to keep themselves warm. Do yoa feed withoat racks in a muddy barnyard ? Then tbe dollar that might make yoa successful is daily trampled into the mad. Do you feed yoar cows nothing out nay and straw in winter, and keep tbem on a short pasture in sum mer ? Then yoa neglect to pat a dol lar into tne expense scale. BashfulneBS, like the lustre of a IT cent ring, sometimes wears off and shows tbe brass. Subscribe for tbe Hekald. sst90dPtB Delicate Cakx Two small cup- fals of white sugar, half a enp ef bat ter, one cap of milk, the whites of 4 eggs, one teaspoonfal of cream of tartar, half s teaspoonfal of soda, nod tare eups of sutcd floor. Stir the sugar and batter together, add the suit, dissolve the soda in a little boil ing water, beat them very stiffly and stir them in with a little of the floor, after mixirg the cream tartar with it Bake in thin cakes, and ice. ir desired it can be flavored with grated lemon peel aad the juice of a lemon added instead of the cream of tartar, or with vanilla or ground mace.. . Milk Pbhch. Take the thin pa rings of 5 or 6 oranges and lemons, aad let them soak in a pint of as many oranges aad lemons ; then 3 pints of ram, three pints of brandy, and 6 pints ot water ; grate the nnt meg into 2 quarts of milk, make it boiling hot, and then poor it into the liquor : keep stirring constantly ; add 2 pounds of loaf sugar ; let it stand la boors; strain it through a flannel bag two or three limes, and poor it in glasses filled with ice. ' OnAxai Cake. Mix two caps of sugar with the yolks of three eggs, then add the whites beaten to a froth, next add a tablespooorol of batter, then one cap of milk, and floor to make as stiff as cap cake ; flavor to taste: bake in jelly pans, tilling 1 lemon, 2 oranges ; grate tbe rinds and addthoioice; 1 cap of sugar, 1 tableepooaful of corn starch, 1 cap. of water ; boil all until smooth ; cool before putting between the cakes. Savobt Egos. Six or eight eggs boiled bard, then cat ia two ; remove tbe yolks and grind them in a mortar quite smooth, with about a table- spoonful of anchovy sauce (more, if necessary), a little cayenne, and tableepoonful of cream, to make into a paste, pile tbe mixture roughly in the 12 half whites, which must hsve a piece the size of a sixpence cat off at tbe bottom to make them stand in tbe dish ; garnish with parsley. A nice stool can be made by taking a soap box or any small-sized box, from a grocery store ; fix a lid by nailing pieces in front to lift it op ; then cover it with pieces of carpet tacked on with brass-headed nails ; cut some pieces of old quilts to psd the top, thea cover with carpet and trim around the lid with.any old cast off fringe. This also makes a conve nient piece of furniture, useful for keeping shoes in, out of light. Ham Toast. This makes a deli cious relish for breakfast or tea. Chop some ham very fine, then add a little mace, two or three teaspoonfuls of cream ; mix all together with a very small proportion of flour, boil it for 5 minutes, hare ready some battered toast, cut ia piece?, on which spread the ham very thickly, scatter over it some bread crumbs, brown it before the fire, and serve hot Warm Slaw Slice a head of cabbage fine, put it ia a stewpaa, with a little water aad scald well ; sprinkle salt, pepper aud sugar over it ; then take two-thirds of a cup of vinegar, the same of water, 1 egg, one-half toaspoonful of flonr, well mixed together; poor it over the cabbage, and let it come to the boil, wben it is ready for the table. Piqeox Pie. Line the dish with steak, strew over it chopped parsley, and a very small quantity of onien or shallot ; stuff ths pigeons with pars ley, the juice of a lemon, a small bit of tbe peel, batter and a little floor ; lay tbem ia the steak, and cover them with a thin steak, small pieces of bam, chopped herbs and a couple of hard boiled eggs in slices. Tferachta. Never betray confidence. Tread not in crooked paths. Deceive not in the secrecy of your boose. Home is on earth the best likeness of Heaven. Heaven will be more than yoa ever dreamed it to be. Judge not tbe fellow man until though art similarly situated. Faith that asks ao questions kills the soul and stifles the intellect Make yoar life so that there will always be a heaven aroand yoa. No one will dare maintain that it is better to do inius'ice than to bear it Gratitude is tbe music of tbe heart when its cords are swept by kind ness. ' ''' It is a ' glorious thing to resist temptations, bat it is safest to avoid them. Divine guidance is to show when oar vessel tempest tossed keeps stead ily on. More pains are taken to appear good, or make vice appear for iu op posite, than is required to be really virtoous. WMla r WU4a Grumbling kills goodness. Government begins at home. Great deeds survive the flood Of time. j Greatness consists in not feeling great. Good words are worth much and COSt bnt little. ..:.::..; Good nature collects honey from every herb. Good here is better hereafter, and best at last Good words are good, bnt good deeds are better. Great souls have wills ; feeble ones have only wishes. ' Great acts are indicative of the no bleness of the actor. Govern yourself before yoa attempt to govern others. -Give a foolish talker rope enough and he will hang himself. - Genius is the gold mine : talent is the miner who works and brings it out , ; Generosity, wrongly directed, be eomes a source of evil to those for whom benefits were Intended, j ' WajlaM mm KIIM. - . St. Louis, Angnat 27. Samuel H. Pemberton and Wo. Roberts while returning from Gallatin, I1L, to their boires near. Walpole, were waylaid yesterday and assassinated. Pem berton had been lo Gallatin to take charge of a lawsuit and while there bad a difficulty with psrties interest ed in the suit, bat nothing serions occarred. The theory seems to be thst tbe persons with whom he had the trouble committed tbe deed. A deck of a lover makes a goose of a aasbend. Flattery is like cologne wster, to be smelted of, not swallowed, says Josh Billings. No baker ever made a singer. Why not? Ob, because, yoar baker never gets beyond dough. Bail deferred maketh the prisoner EL T; DIILnEOLD'S cc:.:?ou:jd Fluid Extract BUCHU. PHARMACEUTICAL AMfflCRMDYFOBAL Diseases OF THE BLADDER & KIDNEYS. For Debility. Loss of Memory. India position to Exertion or Business. Shortness ot Breath, Troubled with Thoughts of Disease, Dimness or vision, fain in tbe Back. Chest, and Head, Rush of Blood to the Head, Pale Countenance, and Dry Skin. If these symptoms are allowed to tro on. very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con sumption follow. When the constitution becomes aflected It require the aid of an invigorating medicin to strngthn and ion up m sysim wmcn wmi MM' DOES IN EVERT CASE. Helmbold's Buchu 10 UNEQUALED. By any remedy known. It is prescribed by tbe most eminent pbyscians all over the worm n Rheumatism, Spermatorrhoea, Neuralgia, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, ' Constipation, Aches and Fains, General Debility, Kidney Diseases, Liver Complaint, Nervous Debility, Epilepsy, Head Troubles, Paralysis, General Ill-Health, Spinal Diseases, Sciatica, Deafness, ; Decline, Lumbago, Catarrh, Nervous Compl'ts, Female Compl'ts, &c. Headache. Pain in the Shoulders. Cough, Dizziness, Sour Stomach. Eruptions. Bad Taste in the Mouth. Palpation of the Heart, Pita in the region ot the Kidneys, and a thousand other painful symptoms, are the offsprings ot Dyspepsia. Helmbold's Buchu Invigorates the Stomach. And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys to healthy action, in cleana inc the blood of all impurities, and impart ing new life and vigor to the whole sys tem. A single trial will be quite sufficient to convince the moat hesitating of its valua ble remedial qualities. Price ?i Per Bottle, O Six Bottles for $5. Delivered to any address free 1mm ob servation. "Patient" may consult by letter.receiv lag the same attention as by calling, by answering the following questions : 1. Give your name and Dost-office ad dress, county aad State, aad your nearest ezpreasomceT &v Toar age aad sex t 8L Occupation? 4. Married or single t v ft. High!, weight, now aad In health T 5, How Ions have yoa been tick f 7 Yoar complexion, color ot hair and eyes - ... 8. Have yoa a stoooiai or erect emit f 9. Belate withoat reservation all yoa know about your case. Enclose one dol lar as coasoltatioa free. Yoar letter will then receive ear attention, and we will give yoa the nature of your disease and our canuta opinion concerning a cure. Competent Physicians attend to corres- pondaats. All letters should be addressed to Dispensatory. 1217 filbert Street, Phila delphla. Pa. II. T. HELMBOLD, -r. Druggist and Chemist, Philadelphia, Pa cold irvrnyvmEiui OLD TEV HOUSE. BAS, A SPECIALTY. HEAD QUARTERS FOR ' 4 FANCY and STAPLE TEAS, RARE and CHOICE COFFEES. J. R. JENKINS, 28 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. OLD TEA HODSE SPECIALTIES. Tlic Celefiratesl Garlsa Tea! Quanntaed absolutely pare. T&sFaiiTMFIazFIoiir! Best In the 'World. Took First MeOal at Paris Exposition. Tie Ctleuxatet Scow mm nirar! For extreme White Bread and Pastry ase. . Mltffcainocr! In 3 and t lb. packages, ready hr baking. m CeleMel DsIemco Ccffce! This Delicious Coffee Is Cnrlvaled lor its Delight fill Aroma. . TtelaETRtacSCiia! A ftASK mixture of iakx Coffee. laiBrtelaUAnoi te! Fiery Variety Fancy Cheese. T2 Onsiia CcsnniiiiitT rmits ! Tie Pure Vara ait Hanle imi Tie Largsst TfarislT of lsmrtsi Tails Gxis! TEA! THE ONLY HOUSE IN THE CUT THAT IEEPS A A FULL LINE OF THE CELEBRATED PIUCE OF TIM. THE NEW CROP. Per pound. 40, SO. 0, 90, cenu, SI.W), ,l.a, l.J. lHmim . iriti iAk, OLONC, i PAN Firw A PAN PerponndeO, ft. 60 M cvntx, anil tLuo. NCklSH BREAKFAST, rer ponnu. u, tt, 00, 0 cenu, tl-iO, and :. JJ. A9-A redaction of FIV E CENTS per pound will be allowed on all orders of Fit Pocsns ovTxa. VIn send in a: a written order for Tea, don't fall to mention the quality yon desire, and price. avAU the Teas quoted atwre at sl.00 per pound and apwadg are the Qakdes Oaown Trig. If ta ittired, willpmck aay oMeabew i i or IS lo.aoztt vintiu imt ciiarge. HiTi jtit BacBiTis as IsToin or tsbt Fascy CrC9 1879. FORMOSA 00LGN5 TEA! $1.00 DST IU COOD TEAS AT LOW PRICES ! GUNPOWDER IMPERIAL YOfNO HT-SIW-JAPAN-OOLOXO-ENULISH BREAKFAST, 23 CE.VTS PER POIXD. NO REDUCTION BY ANT QUANTITY. COFFEE! BABE AND CHOICE. o: THE CELEBRATED DELM0NIC0 COFFEE! This delicious Coffee Is anrrraled for IU delight ful Aroma. If ail other CoOees bare talleU to please yoa, five this a trial. THE FANCY FRENCH COFFEE! PRICE PER POU5D 28 COTS Genuine Mocha Coffee, Planta tion Ceylon Coffee, Maracaibo Cof fee, OUi Dutch Juwi Coffee, Ln- ffuayra Coffee, African Coffee Cotta Rica toffee, 'ea Berry Cof fee, Golden Jtio Coffee. A PARTIAL LIST OF GOODS Conctantly Arriving. F. Schumacher's Oat Meal, Oat Q roots, Cracked Wheat and Graham Hoar. Mackerel, Extra No. 1 Shore Mess, No. 1 Shore No. 1 Bay, No. x. No. 3 Large, No. Medium in Witt kiu. "WINTZB WHEAT FLOTC. Cincinnati Hams, Breakfast Baooa and Dried Beef. Refined Lard la Pails, 20 lb. 10 Ih. lb. and 3 lb. Freeh Lobsters. Salmon. Shrimps awl Cove Oysters. ixioKea uornea ueet ana rreueu Tongue. PICKELS and TABLE SAUCE. Sugars the best quality of each grade. SYRUPS AND MOLASSES. NEW YORK GOSHEN AND ' OHIO CREAM CHEESE. THE LABOEST ASSORTMENT OF LAUNDRY AND TOILET SOAPS. PURE SPICES. CCLKAN'S EKGUSH KUSTARD. SanD roa Catalogci axd Paica List. Jl JEMS No. 28 Film Arc, PITTSBURGH, PA. PUBLIC SALE Orphan' Own ..( s,"" '"vejsj to II ir' r. I t . w I1 " Saturday Ctiuhm . . ' t poMt ootrrr, nn th ' S ' - A Mrtata fi, , : " Somnet .nntT. f, A'si,..l uuiuii w acres more at l... farm liioiro.l ' meadow on the same la . r".'n' makes tt T.ry desirabi. - w wbail.Jiiijt.enthe he raid to the widow f th TL tl! Wm, ! tl day ..I , ,, hZS1 ?V halance In tw., e.Iul, ,!'.' h.Ll terent judgment ntb,iottl.Xlr! rv . .iKUoa, ua Ik. .. " i.i Ti, Saturday, September''. the followln dewribed real ..,"'" 5 Jt A certain tract of laadi , : foot Twp.. Somerset Vn i. ' Pper t,. John Hroucher, John f.'Jt containina- M acre., mor. 'U' are about 46 acres deare.1 ra'1D" an.1 a half frs ii? andotberonit.ai!,ii.,. . a good apple orchanl. tei:mS: Ten per cent, of the pun-hue a soun as I tie proper,, ;t third of the lnncTocnfi'" I third In ,! r,h) , 4 , ; interest on deierred i-e : rs August:; , W-s-K''HUt - SJi. JkTOTICEOFSKTTLE Notice Is hereby giTen , claims aicamst Jacob Kiln ,,! .T )" Y' " setlement. in,!,'??" to him to mike paymmt tk. nl '3 : . Koonu. Est., In Som;;,; of . ; day ol September, next. U i July KAXKLIS-aLnL H OUGHTS MOLES M KSTAUI.ISIIF.DH. Having secured the wrr T i . . ot jr. t coming wool ea.u, 1 wist, tmhack ' customers forpejt favor. ,i ilL"" Barnhart the liberal Tf'. former agents. "M t7 : I hare a very large stock of WOOIaEX UOODy or my own manufacture, eomistu, ,4 BLANKETS, CASSIMERES, SAT.Xns T t" , x; - n t-... . . ...o, nu tia. ; rs, FLA S X t.u KKL.ETS. CABPETS. YARN'S, ( which I wish to TRADE FOR WOOL Our Goods are MADE FOR SEBVItT . mi own unoerviNinn. .n.) . u 5. past, to give sat mart Ion ami lull mo, w? L will, as usual, visit all our cu.iu.mtrs d'uni WM.S.MORC.w Aor "nton'aMmV twcriii. .,,.... ltal risked, i'ua in given! . .rial witn,,ut expense. ti h, tanityerer ottered lor th ue :;; J""."' jvui-vn wuai y,u itib1i at nes we oiler. No room b eiUis ben "2 devote all your time or .mlv vmr imt ' business, and make great ym'y iMrevr, t,w you work. V'ouien make an mu. ti s r special private termj and partfcuiin i'v. maiilree. i tiuttit iree. I.,i to.m;.,M!j times while yoa h:ive u, li in A.l.lrwe H. HAL1.ETT, IVtiMiii My. Jane 1L Tbe Trot b la .Highly and will prevail. Thon-amin who )inn h.onM.l ' II,-; Bi. . statement.t hat SELLER'S LIVERPtujj aa-k, vvr.a uto " (II l istVrr t-tQka RilLanmasiiel Uoa.haha a3i... t. i . neM, CotutipaUun. Iiiz2.nmaml ill it.r-.iT- -'" "win aa uicrru.'TAJ Hirr, f -JT OT bniKK .?tfl. Price Ji cents. R. E. SELLERS k Cw., Pmp j, pntrtqrrt, C If BOY J, Agent Scir-emr C. r W ILIiEl celetrt. Hme Eai Itr iale belter itin avml cheap. Act WaVtitt m at uore. do well to ttai bim p-.stal eniti ii way let him know In nn.fr to roakv aar ul xt: oris. be in his rnttDlfl .wiling miylit M u wrto want runes. Maya obtained for new lirentitmt.nr fnr Imntwfm 4 em old ones fnr medical or atUer'nmvM-li. tn maris and laW. fVr.-n', Jmi'jwv. I"4 f-rrncre. Appeal, ffmsnr .nvn?'i..'l. i nUeninriinngm!rTine iairHt i.w.mmi ht attinded to. lnr-ntin, th'tt haer berni may ltd, must r;'. 't puUnl'.l On in. .J.iy ..i.;.we tr (.3. tw: IfejHtrtment. and euanar.l ia Prt t Utn u a clueively, wt can matt ct iser trtrrha. ndn Patent mart promptly, a vl w,th. V.irtia-- I r ' make uimiuUuhM uiW umjei.rol'."' frre ef ckanir. Mlc"rrewn:''n"ri"'' fidntint. Pri"l hn-. m-i ' 111 tC'ji' ' ii'SHMIOrJI Savl I BEIK We re fer in, Wxehinntm, to .. IW'.''.- Cenernl D. M. Kr'l. R'V. F. D. rvr, tk American AVifinn.il hank. tofQrl,:!, f tie f. Patent OIHee, and to $rnnt'rtm'l Eemvtfjti'; 1 t-wtgrext: ana e.pri(Ui"t''Tc.iTii BtaU i the I'ntn. ,,,! In ri-nnn. "-! SALE.SE00MS Union Square, Xew Vorl -AS I 1 54 State Street, MANUFACTURED SILVER F PI ATED ware: Trade mark tor Spoons Torit:k 1847. Rogers Bros. A. i :o: taken the ter Uflcaten of Auanl ''fj", hibited, both in this and '" Countries, . And the Mcridcn Britannia to. are the LARGEST and Manufacturers in this line in the WorM. J3rAsk jour Jewelr-r for llw vi(Ml- April la. ' " 14 X Kill I wimcn do a well ;. II I iIIMmalt.BwrethaBtlie " m make from 'u. to i en hour y "'"f, i-1 evenings and sare lime to thebaic . ( Kl nothing to try the businejs. "J" va'l mane making erer offere.1 oei . i pleasant and strictly "w.rat.ie- want to know all about the h",,D, n:, before the public a-nd us ttt endyou run particular. " ",, then as " tuples worth, also free ; yoa can taeu ip yoar mind for yourself. vs) ,x . " Aldress (5 LoK'J E 3TIS TkmII f.tian- - j'xw umber im L. chnrche.aoJ scbcn F : eall oa the underMinii t ,Br-her i; " ; with a- . . pUBLC SALE! Court . S.merwt ( v is?" " ;t mmWratorofti. N.snuih i. "'"ic9 foot Twp.. SnmerwicoTpi 11 Iw-fjl1 tale at public auction., ,1: 'J" '" Ul J sA . ak li'L'L' ouu S III C2500;- p r.,ir i.