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Joy fl
nTfH
Hearts ond Homes. I
A .o..n l.y William Winter, read hi the i
, . ,ir i ii tt i i
banquet B,vcn t, Obver Wendell Holme,
in Boston in honor of his soventieth birth-
tiny.
If that glad song hail ebbed awuy,
Which, rippling on through smile and team,
ling bathed with showers of diamond sprsy
The rosy fields ol seventy years
Jf that sweet voice were hushed to-day,
What should we say T
At first we thought him hut a lest, .
A ray ol laughter, quick to lade j i.
We did not dream how richly blest
In hid pure lile our live were made;
Till noon the aureole shone, contest.
Upon h is crest. '' -.
When violols lade the roses blow j '
When laughter die the passion wake;
His royal Bong, that slept below, - . ;
Like Arthur's sword beneath the lake, .
Long tiiuie has flashed it fiery glow
O'er all we know.
That sewg has potired its ino! od Hunt '
On crimson Mugs in Iroodom's van,
And hleswd their swrried rtuikg, who flcht
Lite's batlla here lor truth and man
An oriflammo, to cheer the right
Through diktt night!
, That song haa flecked with roey gold
The sails that lado o'er fancy's sea;
Relouifiil the storied days ol old; - .
I'mangcd the gloikmn I lie to be;
'And many a sorrowing heart consoled,
In gii?l un1vddt' ,
', When, shattered oil thofoltiesl steep
The DtHtesmsit'a glory ever lonml,
That limit, so lku the bonndlt'ss ih-p, ;
Hitko,-ii the imp no heart can bon'id,
How did hi ilirfce ol sorro uep .
UVr VVt-bvei-yMeep!
Il-jw co'lydid hia spirit pour
The sluins thxt iiiHku ilia tenr-di-ops atart,
When, on tlii hi uk New Knglnnd shore.
With rur.t's burp and triu's hrt "
I' i t in illixl tit to bTi txAoin's core
With thought ot Mooifc! r "
Tho shamrra-k, pit-n on I.SfToy side, ' '
The liehttu 'mmth Nsw KogUnd snows,"
White d iio M ho flol'U of Clyde, ' '
Twined aidciit round old Albloa'a rose,
Bloo n, in UU Verse, as bloomi tu bride, .,
With love and pride. ' ''
ITie silUoii Jreis, the tntintling vipe,
Ked rot.'s, suiuuici's whiHpenng leaves. ,
The lips shut kits, the hands that twine, i
The hfart that loves, the heart that grieves
Tn I l.iiv'e lound a d:athlws shrine .
i Uia iirt iine, ' -4 '
Ah, wiill! that voice can charm us yet,
Aod still that shining tide of song,
lioneiuh a sua not soon to set, .
f'l golden miuio flows alonRf . j
With dw ol jsy our eyo avo wet .
ft
ii
-.KutVit tegret. . . . , :j .v ...
fr, fctill ai ooines the tetttal dayj -
In many ft leinple, (at-and tmar,
The words that all have longad "to say) '
The wor-U that all are proud to hear,
Kail from his lips, with conquering swsy,
Or grave, or gay. - " , ;c .
II a moment thi lor passion's heat,
V Vor wire the voice to give it scope,
JtVheu love and latne and beauty meet '
To crown their memory and tboir hope!
I cast white lilies, cool and sweet,
Here, at his ieet.
True bard, true soul, true man, true Irieud!
Ah, gently on that reverend head
Ys snow oi wintry age descend,
Ye shadows ol mortal night he shed !
I'eace guide and guard him to the end,
And Ood duiend.
EVELYN'S NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
! "Conic in!"
R:tlph (iraiitlcv's face had hcoti buried
in his hands, but a sharp rat-tat caused
him to look up.
The door ol his room opening, gave
.admittance to a spnre, dapper little
man, dressed in nn iron-gray suit, and
."with iron-gray hiiir and whickers, who
. with a hasty bow deposited his hat,
umbrella, and a little black bag upon a
side-table. - ...
" Mr. Crantley, I presume?" he said,
bowing Mgain, and bustling across the
room witii a quick, uneven step.
'That is my rame!" replied Ralph,
fixing his haggard eyes upon the new
comer. " May I nkjhe business which
brings you here?"
"Certainly, my dear sir ! My uamei3
Bowles, f)( the firm of Clark, Standish
iS; Bowles, solicitors, Clement's Inn. 1
am pleased to make your acquaintance,
Mr. (irantley, and heg to w itih you u
happy a very happy iew Year!"
'lfave you come here to mock nie.-"
asked the young man, with clenched
hands and Hushed cheeks.
" Dear me, ho! Certainly not!"
"Then you are not acquainted with
my circumstances!"
"Well really-I a "
" Then if you arc," continued Ralph,
fiercely, " what is it but a mockery to
wish 4 a happy New Year' to a beggar"
like myself bankrupt alike in purse
and-expectations?"
My dear sir, I
" Your business relates to money, of
course !"
"Wliy, yes; I-"
"I guessed as much. Well, then, let
me tell you it Is vain to press me for pay
ment. I have no money no effects no
present means of obtaining even a bare
livelihood. My grandfather, to whose
inheritance I aui lawful heir, has died,
Kir-di ;d and hftnie not one farthing,
but de vi
ui-Mm re
-d the whole of the e&UUe to a
itive, of whose
very name I
v t in i :tvu.tn c."
- " Yes, I knew that. I-
., 'J0.--' you knew that!' interrupted
Ralph, vehemently. ."Perhaps you
.'too. for wh4 roaHon 1 have been
ilUinhni-iia.1 3"
' " No ; but"
i ncn l win teii-you
Nearly throe
diu.e i hi
years ago I was made a
K-nn of villains, who, profiting by my
i inoranop of the world, fleeced me and
Involved main some Rambling trans
actions! in which toy conduct was tnndc.
i to bear a worse construe' ion than it dp;
C7 a v j 4 1 in ivaJtfrwit;!. n-ujic ivi TT ni VI f
and by payhur clown a larjre sum bf
money efl'ccted my deliverance.' It whs
my first folly it has been my lasti In
spile of all, however, I have never been
forgiven, - He deelsrod while he had
power 1o help it his property should
never fall into jmmbier's hands. A
time wenton I thougtt that my conduct
would diminish his resentment; but it
WW8 a vain hope. - He has died, I tel
you, and uot left me vone eingle far
thinK!"
Haipli spoke vilh so much bitterness
and fury that Mr. Howies began to feel
omewhat alarmed.
Calm yourself, mv dear sir." he
said, in most persuasive tones. "Calm
yourself, and listen to me. It is natural
that under the circumstances' you
should feel a pood deal annoyed." .
" Annoyed !" echoed Kalph. " I tell
you that I am almost penniless, and
heavy in debt, and yet in the face of all
this you wish me a happy New Year!"
" I do widi H. Mr. Grantlev. in SDitfl
of the dilVicullies ol your positions
tuouph when I uttered Che words I little
thought what a storm f was about to
brinjt down upon myself." -
"I'artlon me!" said Ralph. "I am
half mad, I think! Tell me your busi
ue,ss and begone!" ; ' .
."One moment." said thfi lawver.
"You think I come 7a .behalf of your
creditorsr- " '
"Undoubtedly."
"That, then, 19 a mistake of yours.
I am here about money it in true, but
it is for the purpose of paying not re
ceiving!" Ralph looked at Mm in amazement.
"louare surprised, bo doubt but
listen: As you nave correctly enough
stated, your lately deceased, and much,
lamented grandparent bequeathed the
who'te of his prop'erty, real and per
sonal, to hi lister's pranddaughtcr,
Miss Evelyn JDoningtoR.!' . . .
"I did not know the name, nor did
I wish. What has it to do with me,
Mr, a a- -
"Bowles." . t i
"Mr. Bowles, then,' I ask' what has
this to do wit h me?" ' ' ' .
" iou win Know airecuy. It is-
roughly estimated that the whole of the
property Kit by the; deceased would
realize in round numbers a hundred
thousand pounds. It appears that you
ana Miss Donington are the only sur
vivlng relatives no one -else" has any
claim- Miss Donington vho is, I
should tell you, our client knowing all
this, and feeling the injustice of the will
which deprives you of everything, has
contrary to our an vice, you under
stand insisted upon having a deed of
girt nrawn up.
"A deed of giftP"
" Yes, hear me out. With a spirit of
romantic generosity and Quixotic
equity, whicn oeems to tie ridiculous,
she insists upon taking only one-hali of
the inheritance the other moiety ahe
gives to you, as being rightfully your
own.
"Can it be possible?"
" You may welj doubt the evidence of
your senses, nut you can veadilv con
vince yoursel f of the reality of the whole
transaction, for the sum of fifty thousand
pounds has been this morninir.paid into
your bankers' hands and placed to your"
credit."
Stunned and bewildered by these un
expected tidings, Ralph could do nothing
hut glare incredulously at Mr. Bowles,
who, rising from his scat, took from the
little black hag-a parchment document,
v iir.-ii no spicaii i-ui upon i.ir i.iiiir.
. " nere, tie sjmt, nere is tii" ueea oi :
gift, by virtue ot which half of your !
grand faUiers's pmnerty is yours."
"No no!" said Ralph, amazed at
such an extraordinary instance of gener
osity, " I, cannot I will not permit
such a sacrifice to be made on my be- 1
half!"
"Tut tut tho deed is done, and
cannot be undone or rather will not, j
I am certain. Miss Donjngton says that
fifty thousand pounds i an amplo for- i
tune lor anyone antt especially
her politic n."
one in
" ller position, what was that?"
" From her earliest years a struggling
oife. When she reeived the news of her
good fortune, sho lield the - situation of
nursery governess."
"Nursery governess! then she is
young?"
"les; you might have guessed that.
It Is only the young who can be actuated
by such generous impulses as these."
" She must have a noble spirit," said
Ralph, much affected. - ' v-
" And yet," said Mr. Bowles, " she
disclaims all idea of having done any
thing ex raordinary. She declares she
is only performing a simple act of
justice."
"Heaven bless her!" exclaimed Ralph.
" But she shall see that my generosity
can equal hers. I could never forgive
myself if I consented to such a sacri
fice." " You cannot refuse. Sho has taken
the power out of your hands. ' She
alone has the power to cancel this
,bo:d."
"(live it to me, then!"
"Certainly it is yours." .
"And now the, address of this Miss
Donington?" ,
"She is at the Hall. In accordance
with our advice, but against her inclina
tione, she has gone down there and taken
formal posbession.
"Then," said Ralph, shaking the law
yer bv the hand, " I am off by the next
train!" .
U wits fast growing dark whenRalh
Grantley, having inquired for Miss Don
il"2;tou, " was shown into the drawing
IVurn ;tt his grandfather S re sidence
;!
simply m the vicjnity a9 " The Hall."
His heart throbbed strangely as he
found himself in the old familiar room.
Years had elapsed since Inst he crossed
Hie threshold, yet all things in and about
the spacious apartment had underzone
so little change that he coulI almost
fancy he , had not been absent many
days. , ,. i .
A servant entering with lilris dis
turbed his meditations, and Immediately
afterward there Was a soft rustle of silk
and erf pe, and the heiress stood before
He lowed deeply, but MisI)onfrirlon
was less Ceremonious in hef greeting.
Advancing quickly, with her hand out
stretched, she said, gently and sweetly :
it is kina oi you, indeed, Mr. Urant
ley, to come so soon very kind. ,. I
foartd almoRtrthal you "would chervil
some harsh foelmra toward me for t n vv
ingTt-thoutflr. quit .1 unknowingly de
pi ived you of your grandfather's inherit
ance, that you would shun me alwavs.
The thought gave me the keenest pain,
anu l am gian so glad to und my lears
unfounded! Wo are the sole living re
presentatives of one family, and for that
reason only we ought surely to be good
friends."
: Ilalph had taken her" liaild in hW, and
he retained it while1 she spoke. His
pulses throbbed as he gazed upon the
lovely f:ice before him, and her voioe, as
she made that earnest appeal,, was so
full of the sweetest music that he felt he
could be content to listen to its tones
forever.
" h have oome "tbegan Ralph j bot
his- companion-noting the "gra-venee-s of
his voice, hastened to interrupt him. .
" " Before you say anything'more," she
urged, gently, " give me tlie assurance
that yoa .bear- m enmit'-Towiird rne.
I'roniiuo me that you wilf le friends."
" Would it be possible lor any one to
say nay to such a request" asked Ralph,
enchanted by the appenrnnee and man
ner of the heiress.. lieliovemer my
dearest wish is tludVtv may be tiiends
always."
Tears of joy rose to her eyes; hut her
face grew sadder as Ralph went on s .
' "There is one condition in our bond
of friendship," ho said, drawing forth
the deod of gift while; he spoke, I am
deeply touched by, the rare generosity of
spirit which prompted you to oflerme
one-half your fortune, and I shall thank
you for it and bless you all my life; but
I have come to give you this deed back,
and to assure you that under no circum
stances can I consent to the sacrifice you
wish to make.'.'. , . . . . . w .
"But it is made the deed is done,'
she said, with quivering lips and glisten
ing eyes; "tha money is already paid
into vouf bankers."
"Then there it will remain," said
Ralph, firmly; "for I am determined
not to touch it." t a - .-
"I hopo to tbe Itblc to yiduee you. to,
alter your decision," she answered, re
fusing to take the folded parchment
which, he -hold toward, her. At any
rate," she added," as he shook his head,
" you will allow mt to offer, you some
refreshment, and invite you to uccept
the shejter ol the, Hall for to-night.
There is bo train back to town until to
morrow morning."
Ralph hesitated. " He wad determined
not to avail himself of her generosity ;
while she, on her side, was equally re
solved that as a mere act of justice tho
fortune should be divided. But Ralph
feared, with good reason, that if lie re
matned and listened Uher arguments
and entreaties, his resolutiou might
waveror be overturned t ltogether.
"Cousin Ralph!" she said, fixing her
dark eyes full upon him, "you will stay
at the Hall to-night, will you not? It
is so lonely here in this great house with
only Mrs. Rates an old friend of my
mother's to talk to. I.et us occupy.
ursiive- this evening with Banking oj
the future, for you know you have prom
ised that we shall be friends. r ' .',
Who could resist such tender words
Hllll nIClimnir limUM I ,'PI-tflin v lint
pleading
) Ralph, for. he was. already conscious
i t llUU lor IfOt
irood or evil Evelyn Doninxton
wuid iniiuence All. his tuturo. ller
generous offer to divide the lor tune had
naturally produced a deep effect upon
him, and before the evening was over
this feeling had developed into a warmer
tme. Charmed by her grace and beauty
subjugated by her winning "ways
Ralph for the first time knew what, it
was to love. " .
The next moruingT when he stood in
the hall, wishing his beautiful cousiu
good-hye, it was dear that her influence
i had not
been sullicient to cause him to
his determination. It had
change
brought aoout some, kind ol compro
mise; for holding both Iter hands in
his, and gazing ardently into her face,
he aid, in tender accents :
" Do not doubt me, dear cousin do
not imagine this is any passing fancy.
Love is a plant of quick growth, Eve
lyn, and you have only to be seon to be
loved by every one how much the
mote, then, by me? Remember our
compact that for the present nothing
more is to be said about the division of
the property that you will let me see
you and sneak to you very -very often i
that at the end of six months I shall
come forward to accept the deed of gift, I
but upon the condition that when I take j
it I shall take the giver, too that jou
will then fix the day when you will
make my happiness complete by becom
ing my wife!"
Ana Evelyn looked up with a bright
smile on her lips and a pleased look iu
br eyes, that showed short as had
been her acquaintance with Ralph
Grantley he was already far from in
different to her.
The fashion of putting fi50 buttons
down the back of the dress has disap
peared, but they now use 1.3(H) hooks
i &cd eyes on the front, and a man can't
lay up a dollar to save his life. Detroit
Free Irttt, .
At a recent com ci t it was the subject ol re
mark that in whut tine "voice" tue tingms
were: in couiuiei.Jiui Lia itood iuili n.-iit Uia
- J k-aJur will pardon us lor whispering that he
j always recouinieuda Dr.Bull sCough Syrup lor
a clcnog and strengthening the voice.
substantial, red-bricked manskn,known
Lincoln's AssaHSiiifltlon.
Silas Owens sends the following letter
to a Troy(N. Y.) paper; Among the
news items in your paper of Thursday
last appeared a statement that William
Wit hers, Jr. leader of the orchestra at
Ford's theater on the occasion of the
assassination of President Lincoln, im
peded the progress of Booth across the
stage after the fatal shot. This is amis
lake; no one was on the stage before the
scenes. When Booth jumped from the
box at the time, the murdered president
still sat in his chair. Lnnra KWne stood
In the right entrance, about to come on
the stage .at,the commencement of the.
scene, and Booth, as tie parsed her, rudely
pushed her aside with the hand that
held a knife. The knife caught in the
Sleeve of .her dres and cut it. Booth
hastened ron to the door in tho rear of
the theater; and Miss Kcene, who had
recognized him, rushed to the footlights
with birth hands above her head, and.
With all her dramatic power in voice
and action, rrled: "It's John Wilkes
Booth! ' Kill him!" kill . him!".. Until
fen hot a man or woman in the aud ience
had moved. All thought that the tiring
of the pistol was a part of tho play, and
the appearance ot Booth at the edge of
the ..box, the jumping to' the stage, and
tho screaming of. Mm-Lincoln had the
eject of palsy m the people, and no one
stirred, until Booth had -'disappeared.
Then there was a rush for the stage, and
the first one to reach it was". William
Flood, a master's1 mate in the navy, and
attached to the United States steamer
Frhnrose. He climbed the scroll work
on the face of the box, assisted, by Miss
Harris, of 'Albany, who was with the
president's party, and lilted Mr. Lincoln
from the chair, and laid him down on
the door with his head on Flood's knee,
and resting on his hand. A search was
made for Jlie wound, which, was not
found until Mr. Flood, feeling a damp
ness on his hand, removed it and found
nearly a teaspoonful of the great man's
brain, that had issued from the wound,
in his palm. Mr. Flood now has the
particle vol brain preserved in alcohol:
The stage was crowded with an excited
multitude searching for the assassin; and
from twenty difl'ermt points over the
balustrade of the gallery dangled ropes
with a hangman's noose, and.'above the
oonfusionr and -cries, voices fronV the
gallery Shouted:'" "Bring him here!
Bring hm here!" Booth was beyond
their reich, however.' ' The ' mardeied
President was removed, and ten minuttB
after the theater", vasffmpty and the
lights out. These are facts known to
the deponent., . t - -- ',:
tieneral L'reok's Xrrpw; Escape.
An Omaha (Neb.) letter to the New
York JJeraM. says: Brigadier General
Urook, ! commanding the department of
the Platte, and two friends who reside
in Omaha, have just returned 1 from a
hunting expedition to the Platte vallev.
near Schuyler, during which the former
had a narrow escape from death and
sustained injuries from which he has
not yet fully recovered. The party were
hunting wild geeso on tho Platte river,
two miles from a farmer's house where
they made their headquarters, and were
on a sand bar In the middle ol the stream.
which at that point is about a mile
wido. General Crook 1 was ooncealed
behind a " blind" and one of his friends
was behind another. Suddenly the
wind began to increase in violence, ac
companitd by snow, nd the cold grew
more intense. ' In' a few minutes the
party were in the midst of a prairie
"blizzard."- General Crook shot
goose and In attempting to get it lost
his" hat. In following it he dropped
tmonen. an ice hole. 1 lie water for-
tunatelywas not (Jetp, but it thoroughly
chilled him. He recovered his hat and
remarked that.. he was. .cold and numb
and would return to t he house.
A few minutes, after, his friend? aiso
started, shaping' their course by the
river's course. One remarked that ho
felt uneasy about Crook, who, he feared,
might have missed his way. -The other
lejected the idea, but during a slight
cessation of the storm the first sports
man insisted that ho could see thaliguro
- .i . i i .
oi a man ocuino mem. a iouu mioui
was sent, up and repeated again and
again. Finally Crook' figure was re
cot-nizod as he canio staggering up, and
Lit was discovered that he was well nigl
chilled to death. II is ears and feet were
frozen, his neck was covered with ice
and he was unable to speuk aloud. His
comrades helped him to the house and
for two or three days he was unablo to
proceed further,' his friends remaining
with him. lie had become confused
and traveling in circles had fallen Into
the river a second time, when he dis
covered his mistake and rapidly retraced
his steps, but none too soon to save his
life. Crook has always prided himself
on being able to endure severe storms
without any protection but an overcoat
and in many winter campaigns lias set
his men, rare examples of endurance,
But for his friends, however, he would
have tested his physical powers once too
olteu.
The Harvests of the World.
Tho MoiiUatr Lt fae publishes the fol
lowing estimute of the harvest in vmi
ous countries: Belgium, yield below the
average; Austria-Hungary, moderate
harvest, no export of grain this year
Russia, pretty good harvest, exports o
grain will bo between 3,600,000 and
5,000,000 qrs. ; Germany, satisfactory
harvest; in Prussia and Wurtemburg
up to the average and in Saxony and
Bavaria considerably beyond it; Italy
bad barvefct; bpain, tolerably good
Switzerland, average harveat ; Turkey
harvest generally good; Holland, liar
vest only middling; France, the harvest
will be 15 per cent, below the average,
and it will be necessary to import
5 0(10,000 ors. England, bad harvest
will require about 24,000,000 qrs of
wheat more than she has grown ; Uni
ted States, good harvest, estimated at
-le(J.0i; j,5(O qi s. ; which, after deducting
the S10,ii-J5.0O0 qrs. required for home
c-onsUiiinlion and seed, leaves 16w,4:t7
')i'0ip fur exportation to Europe.
TIMELY TOPICS.
The tenant-farmers of England, ac
cording to a member of Parliament, will
be satisfied with nothing less ttian:
1. Better representation. 2. Security
for capital, .V Freedom of cultivation.
4. Liberty to dispose of produce to best
advantage. " 5. Abolition of distraint.
6. Reform of the game laws. , 7. L?giti.
mate share in county . government;
8. Fair apportionment of local burdens.
' A story comes from Nemehah county,
'Mo., that one David Meisenthaler was
killed there by a meteor of aerolite. He
was driving cattle from the lield when
tne meteor oe-wenueo onuqueiy inrougn
a tall mflplc, t utting the limbs as clean
oS. if it , had . been a cannon ball.- It
struck near the shoulder, passing
through his body obliquely and burying
itself two feet in tho earth. , The meteor
is composed of iron pyrites, round and
rough, about the size of a common
patent bucket. , ; r 4 , ..,
The movement to "recognize the "ster-
ing qualities of Adam, by the erection
of a monument at Elmira, N. Y, is
booming. ThC Free Ires of that city
contains a report of a meeting held there
to perfect arrangements; for tho desired
testimonial. ' Tin? iVce Press says r "A
committee of three was . appointed to
correspond with eminent sculptors
with a view of getting designs sugges
tions and estimates ution the cost of the
memorial, according to a plan which at
the meetin"had been generally pre
ferred. Thematter of the location of
the work was informally discussed, and
several sites, any of which would be-
favorable, were named i The work un
dertaken, will be earnestly and zealously
pushed until the design of theprojectors
shall be an accomplished fact. '
The foolish man who' told his sod that
wine, is made of grapes iwas, as every
one knows, very far from the. truth.
Still people have been of the opinion.
that American home-made . wine, at
least, was manufactured from grapes.
It seems that in this also they are mis
taken.. Thu Sandusky (Ohio) Register,
in its annual review ot the vineyard prp-
.uetior. of Northern Ohio, says that of
the -million and a half gallons of wine
that.' was made there this-season, less
than' a million gallons of grape juice
was used. It adds that dealers make no
secret of the fact that they use spirits.
sugar and water largely 11 the produc
tion of wine, and claim that this is d me,
not so much to make money as to suit
the taste of their patrons, who prefer the
adulterated product to the pure article.
The method adopted in Germany lor
preventing the slipping nnd falling of
horses on the public road is as unique
ad it is simple. The smith, when finish
ing the shoe, punches ii hole in tho two
ends, and when the shoe is cold lie taps
in a strew, thread aqd screws into tlie
shoe, when on the horse's foot, a sharp
pointed stud of an inch in length.' With
shoe3 thus fitted, the Jiorso can travel
securely over the worst possiblo. road,
never beinir known to slip under anv
mode of emnlovment draft horses bring
also shod in the same way. Wlien the
horse comes to the stable, the pointed
stud is unscrewed and a button screwed
in, so that no damage can happen to the
horse and the screw holes are prevented
from tilling. When the horse is going
out. tho only thing required is simply
to remove the button nnd screw In the
pointed stud.
Professor Willard. in a speech at the
New York dairy fair, deprecated the
present tendency of larmers to extrava
gance "pianos, line clothes and Usivkm
shoes." Commenting upon the profea
sor's speech, the New York QratJifc re-
marks: "Vow, fanners have as much
rigni to tne rcnnentcnis or ureas any
other -class of petiphv The inference
iroiu mis iicriiiHiiai iireaciijiui vi , econ
f . . . i . -i i.i e
omy to the farmer i that he must live
in a very plain houae, dress in very pl:un
clothes, abjure al! ornamentation, and
live . down to a level which borders on
squalor. If this nd"ie is good for the
farmer it should be equally good fur
merchant, lawyer or doctor. Sauce lor
the iroone is sauce for the malebird also
All of life is not embraced in nork and
cabbage,, pictnreloss looms, or a houwe
without piano, tasty furnilure or rooks
Are certain favored occupations to he
the only ones to enjoy the luxuries of
liter Helinement is not extravagance
The American fanner is by this exces
sive economy to be converted Into an
American peasitnt. If people are edu
cated up to the modern requirements it
will lollow, as a matter ol course, that
they will demand modern elegancies.
1 lie piano has its mission in the farmers
parlor as. well as in that of the Fifth
avenue. Indeed it is all the more needed
to relieve the isolation ol the country
homo. If farming cannot bring the re
fined necessities of lifo, then farming is
a very poor business. . ;
Getting Lveu Mil IT the P. M. (J.
Ever since the lato order of the Postmaster-General
came out, a certain
citizen of Detroit has been pondering on
how to get even with the old chap.
Yesterday he struck the idea. He en
tiled the' pstollice with a letter, or
rather an envelope, containing only
blank paper. He wrote the address on
tho upper left-hand corner, upset the
envelope and wrote the town, put tlm
county on the lower left corner, and tho
State where the stamp gees. Then he
stuck the stamp in the center of the
envelope, and' below it requested to
have the letter returned to him after
ten duys.
"It will come hack," he explained,
"for there is no party there by this
name. I'll nave to pay inreo cents lor
sending it l.hOO miles, but Uncle Sam
has got to blink his eyes ail over this
envelope, and then return it free.
When this old government gets ahead
of me I want to know ilS'lh iroii Free
I'res.t.
dyed, and when
the indignantly exclaimed, 'l is false !M
lie Miid he presumed so.---Z?ooi 'on W.
Jack Frost's Song. ,
I ride on tho wings ol the northwest wind
Prom my home in the frozen seas,
Whero I lie and rest with a quiet mind
When blowfith the summer breeze.
...
I fllnh the rainliow li-om out the skies
And place it on maple leaves,
T whip por the swallow,. awny ho flies
'. From his nest beneath the eaves.
I work in tho dark of the blackest night,
And paint pictures npon the pane;-
What though the sun iu ids noonday might
f rims them, I limn thehl Sgain. .
I draw, as I please, the tenfler spray
Ol tern, with its feathery grace,
And if that dies out in the snn's warm ray
; I put a pine in its plaoe . . - -
But this "is only my pleasant play
-While sunbeams lie and dream,
For I clasp in my chilling clutuii by day
.The throat of the gurgling stream. '
I still its music. ' I strip the trees
Ol their leaves, and kill the flower.
hnah the hum ol the busy bees, . "
Who work during summer houis.
- -
1 1 umblo the lenoen, and lilt tho grain
, '.Prom whet e it lice in tho soil,
I pinch the poor on their way to gain .
Their bread by their dally toil.
But
when spring
day conies I change my
mind, -
For I am a fickle soul, . ' '
So I mount on the wings ot the sonthwes t
winds ,
; And ride to the Arctio pote.
Trvlh.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A twelve-vear old boy in Lawrence,
Kansas, has been arrested six times for
various offenses. .
The sum of 8i0.000.000 has been
paid for mining properties in Leadvillc
district since the middle of February,
1870. :' t-it .- '
There are 10.000 well-educated young
men in Paris, who, for waut Of more lu
crative employment, accept twenty
cents per day as copyists. :..
About the guiltiest-looking people m
tlie world are a man accused of a crime
of which he is innocent, and a newly-
married couple trying to pass lor veter
ans.'-. I,;: - i. ..::. j- - 1 . -
Tlie London Railway Xews says that
dm nrdinarv life of a locomotive 18
twenty years, and has no doubt it would
live .much longer it it didn't smoke so
much. , ' ' .. .
Truth, crushed to earth, will rise .
ifgain. But if it be trusned to eanu. it
lies. And if it lies, it cannot he truth.
Therefore it cannot Tfee again. rAtto- '
iblphui Bulletin. . ; .
In tho poorhouse of Saginaw county,
Mich.", there was an old mini who for
many years had been an employee of the
Hudson Bay Company. Alone and
fricndlees, he hoped for a speedy termi
nation of his wretched existence; but
life, when it was least wanted, would
not depart. He grew to be 102 years of
age, and then committed suicide in a pig
sty at the almshouse.
Beggared hr Law.
Recently an account was givea of tho
death in the almshouse, at San Francisco,
or William Thompson, an old man, who
had been beggared by law. Ho owned
an estate valued.-whenhe died, at $400,
poo or $500,000, and he remained in un
disturbed possession of it for thirteen
years from' 1H50 to 1803 when t was ,
claimed by other parties" Under a Mexl-"
can rrant patent, lie naturally resisted
the claim, and a tedious and expensive
suit was the consequence, resultiug in a
decision; for tho plaintifis. Ho began an
action soma time after foivejectmentol
the parties, recovered judgment, and the
court tho fourth district denied a new
trial. Thcdkefendants then appealed from
the order, and the supreme court finally
reversed tho judgment and remanded
ihe case for a new trial, .which was
granted by the lower court, and the
supreme court affirmed the order. The
suit was continued from year, to year,
and Thompson had again appealed to
the Kutireme court when he died. He
had usually been driven to his grave by
near thirty years of law, than which
nothing can be more .worrying, wearing
nnd flushing. He was known by sight
to all frequenters of the San Francisco
courts, and attorneys had long regarded
him, though they did not say so. as a
man steadily going to his doom. He is
said to have grown paler andyaler,
thinner and thinner, poorer and poorer,
more and morn despondent and
wretched, month after month, year after
year. '
Consumption.
lMivsuimis used to hold that a fatal
isfue must follow tlie development of
tubercles on the lungs. So long us
tubercular formations could ho arrested,
there was hope of a patient's recovery;
hut when these had planted themselves
in the lung , their growth was inevit
able and fatal. But nature is wiser than
physicians, and te:u-hes those who
study her ways valuable lessons.
Careful dissection in recent years lias
brought to light many curious facts.
Foremost among these is tho certainty
that consumption, in its tubercular form,
is often cured. A Series of post-mortem
examinations, iu an Edinhurg hospital,
disclosed the fact that the lungs of one
third of the patients who died after forty
years of age, boro marks of tubercles,
whose growth had been checked, and in
many cases, the disease wholly cured.
Parts of the lungs had even been de
stroyed, and lli'.' cuviticB tilled by cou
traction aud adhesion of the wall. In
some cases fibrous tissue had completely
enclosed the parts disintegrated by dis
ease. If consumption is curable, :is
these facts seem to indicnl". schntilic
nhvsioinns will never rent till they have
ascertained
tv iitincnt.
the iU"t MTeci.U'v niodtsot