VOLUME 4.
THE CHILDREN
The iKtle children were In mercy eent:
The Winning beauty of their happy smiles
Is fcoriow's antidote; thetr artless wiles
Lure gladness from the wrinkled brow of Care ;
Th« Ilia or life were more than we could bear,
Had not kind Heaven the Utile children lent,
Fair as the angels, and on innocent:
They are a fount of love that faileth nerer—
CHI on th« watefs of Life's dhwouteiit—
Links in Lore's chain that bind fond hearts forever—
The trieirtd rrown of h«dy wedlock's jojre—
An unpointed spring that neref cloys
Happy that heafth and home kind Fortune bUssee
M'lt*» the rich treasure of their sweet caresses;
gftisreltanm*.
"IM EXTRAoiDINAEYr
Some years ago a race was run at the
Hague in Holland, which for its novelty
excited more than ordinary interest. It
was between a fast trotting horse in har
ness and a full grown ho*/ ; single heat—
<distanee, six Knglish miles— lor a wager
of one thousaud guilders
The circumstances which led to this
unique trial of speed were as follows :
At a sporting club at the Hagoc a
member of the club expatiated upon the
beauty, symmetry, and extraordinary
speed of* trotting horse, he had that day
purchased, e*pw»sing an eager desire to
get up a roatch to prove the sujieiior
qualities of bis horse. A gentleman, eu
gaged in a hand at cards, but whose at
tention had bees attracted by the ardent
and impassioned remark* of the speaker,
quietly remarked : "(!«». Sir ; don't be
bragging so much about ilie swiftness 'U
your horse, for 1 have a wlr.eli, lor a
trifling wager, I would not hesitatp to
run against hiih." Peels of* laughter
gteeved thisstrange proposal, to which—
when partially subsided—the owner of
"Gruuty" quietly interposed: "Well,
gentleman, I. now challenge to run uiy
hog Nero against that gentleman's last
trotter in harness, one straight heat, six
Kngligh miles, for one thousand guilders
aside." 1 Done I" was the eager iespouse
from mauy voices. "I'rovided," the
challenger resumed, "that the horse par
ry two persons, and that 112 urteen days'
*iaie be allowed me for training my an
imal." "Agreed '""Agreed !" resound
ed all round ; lot- the joke was deemed
too good and too covei to give it the go
by.
l'rcliminaries being satisfactorily ar
ranged, and the stakes deposited, it was
agiecd that the match should come off
that day fortnight at ILo clock A. M.
precisely ; and the beautiful avenue lead
lug from the Hague to the sea-shore at
Schevcningcn was selected aa the course.
The news of this extraordinary match
for a trial of speed between a fast trot
ting horse and a full-grown porker sproad
like wild fire, and caused the most in
teuso excitement, not alone in sporting
circles, but among the people generally—
all eager to see the fun The day was
anxiously looked for, and the training
pf Nero began
On the first day poor N«ro was starved;
strict orders having been giveu by his
owner that no one should feed him, hiin
.eelf alone attending .to that matter. On
the second day Nero was pietty sharp
set., wtien. punctualy at eleven o'clock,
bis master made his appcaranco. A
•rope was securely fastened to one of his
jbiud trotters, and his mister drove him
with many a kick and forcible persuasion
all the way over the course to Scheven
gen, *»hcre lie fed him upou a scanty
meal ol two herrings which Nero rav
.enously devoured, after which he had
•to trot it back to the Hague It may
be proper here to re.naik that the hog
prefers fi-h to any othor kind of food.
On the third day Nero felt perfectly
ravenous, but he had to bide his time,
and his master had to resort to the strict
er hog discipline to stm t him off when,
at eleven o'clock, ho presented himself
lo drive him over the courrs. Altera
liberal and euergotic application of the
booted foot, and- a little loud and angry
discussion between the respective par
ties, they arrived at their jouney's end,
where Nero was rcgaleu with three her
ritgs, being one extra, an I which be dis
patched voraciously in double quick
time, looking for more, but in vain. He
was then, with much coaxing and kick
mg persuaded to resume rho rxtotrn trip
homeward, and which was safely mscnui
plished, although not without eonsidora
ble opposition, accompanied by vigorous
aqueelmg and determined grunting on
the part of Nero.
On the fourth day, punctually at elev
en o'oloek, when liis muster presented
himself, Nero seemed to uudersUnd
somewhat the object of his calling ; he
Walked off not on>y withrmt compulsion,
tut with considerable alacrity, at a good
round pace, to gbt to his journey's en i.
where his ins.«t«i rivaled huu not alone
with his coveted Uitn* r of three hei
ringa, but, us a reward for his tractabil
ltj ami good with one hei-JOt; J
extra, and which Nero devoured with iu
credible velocity as soon as they came
-.within reaeh of his grindets'
On the fifth day Nero was fully up to
the game, and his master experienced
considerable difficulty to keep np with
htm. At scheveningen the usual allow
anoe, now, of four herrings was placed
at his disposal and disposed of by him iu
short metre.
On the days following, and np to the
time of the race, bis master had no
further difficulty with Nero but to keep
up with him; Nero invariably taking
the lead ; although on the return trips
the same difficulties always recurred. A
vigorous application of boots waa in such
oase the only convincing argument with
Nero, who never conld °ee the point nor
comprehend the necessity of this back
track movement, and every obstreperous
ly squeeled and grunted hit objections,
deeming this extra exercise probably su»
perfluons to his health, as be had uever
shown any signs of cither dyspepstaor
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
indigestion. Hut, be that as it may,
Nero Lad to submit to strict discipline,
bis master intending to thul train him
up to fame and renown.
On the day set, Nero had become pers
fectly trained, and baring grown extreme
ly thin upon bis soanty meals he now ran
like a race horse, a veritable Kclipse, in
variably distancing his master, who fol
lowed with a fast trotting horse in har
new* both exercise and spare diet
were, however, strictly adhered to up to
the day |.ieci:din;r the oue on which the
race was to uouie off. On that, the thii
teentli day, as on the first day, poor Ne
ro Wiig agam starved. At the usual hour
of eleven his master appeared, but Nero
was doomed to disappointment—no trot,
no herrings on that day. With eager )
eye and impatient grunt be signified h's
desire to bo released from his pen, but
alas, it was not so to be ; he had to sub
mit to a day of fastiug and prayer—or,
at least, prtj>aie for the race.
On the fuuiteenth dry both horse and
hog appeared at the starting po-t. eager
tor the race, it was a beautiful day.
and the road was lined the entire dis
tance, on both fides, with nuxmu? and
eager to see the
sport, i'uuctually at eleVen o'clock, at
tap of drum, oft they started, amidst
shouts ami liarrab-i of the multitude.
The first two niih;s were closely contested
—it was emphatically a neck and tieck
race ; bui Nero, light as a feather (iiqd
having in his mind's eye, probably, his
delectable men),) nflw fairly flew over the
course, gradually leaving the horse be
hind, keepiug the lead the entire dis
tance. Amidst shouts and hurrahs, the
waving of handkerchief's, and the wi'Jcst
excitement, he reached tlm ending post,
beating the horse i y half a mile and
winning the race triumphantly.
For this extraordinary performance
Nero was rewarded with a pailful of her
rings, which, having feasted upon to hl3
heart's couteut, he waddled back to the
ijtgue, in the care of bis master, "the
admired of all." 1 iis master, pocketing
the purse of one thousand guilders, gen>
erously spent one hundred guilders for
Nero's portrait, and which is now pre
served at the sportoian's club at the
Ilnguo.
Light Your Fires.
The unexampled wot summer, followed j
by a warm, dry autumn, has produced its
natural and disastrous cltcct upoii the
general health of the country. T' nc I
curth, first deeply saturated with mois
ture, and its surface subsequently baked
and clacked with heat, has become a
veritable Pandora's box, with an open lid,
from which is escaping its plentiful sup>
ply of disea-c . Thus :n the Southern
portion of our country the intense mias
matic poison has generated yellow-fever,
with a virulence hardly ever before equal
ed", and in the North and West, where
congestive and intermittent fc\ers usual
ly prevail in a mitigated form, even in
seasons most favorable to health, they
have this year become more rife and se
vere. Ho intenso is the miasmatic poison,
ind such its diffusive force, that there is
reason to believe that it is exerting its
baleful power in places which havo been
hitherto pruol against its influence
Habit, it is >uid, will so accustom an
eel to skiuuiug that it will submit to it
without squirming ; and thus ague when
once become luuiiliar by frequent visita
lions, so loses all its awe, aud is received,
if not with welcome, with indifference.
The story is well known of thu traveler
who, meeting tti the West a pale, einack
ated creature, who had shaken apparent
ly all his clothes into tatters, asked him
what was the matter. "N n n-o thing,"
was the reply. " Then why do you trou
ble so?" "Its n 11-no thing uU-bu but
th til the sh sh shtt kes 1"
The fever and however, though
its immediate effects can be readily re
moved by that blessed remedy, quiniuc,
is by no means a disease that should bo
regarded with indifference. Repeated
attacks of it are sure to engender affec
tions of the vital organs, aud so under
mine the constitution as to render life
miserable aud hasten the approach of
death.
There is a simple and most effective
meaus of weakening, if not of an nul
ling, the force of the miasmatic poison
Where this is less intense such means
will of course be uiorc advantageously
applied, although they will be of use
even in the presence of its must virulent
manifestation. The means alluded to
cousist merely of a good blazing tire, light'
ed at least every morning and cvenittg,
but still better kept burning the whole
day. In spite of onr sunny autumnal
days, and seductive Indian hammers, it
would be advisable for every family in
town or country to have daily a fire of
wood or coal in each inhabited room of
the house. No furnace will do; thcie
must be a blaze in the open fire-place, so
not only that the apartment may be dried
by the heat, but that it may be thorough
ly ventilated by tho current set in motion
by the burning fuel exposed to the air.
Uon't be governed cither by your senfa
tions, your thermometers, or the date of
the month in first lighting tho tires.—
Light them betimes, eveu noie, aud keep
them burning long. If the heat should
force you to open the window, so much
the betteT, for thus yon will have a strong
er and purer current of air. If you wish
to teeape agues nu fevers, we repeat:—
'• Light your fires."— Harper t Weekly.
—I say. Sambo, can you answer this
| conunderfrum ? Supposin' I gib you a
bottle ob whiskey corked shut with a
cork; how would you get the whiskey
out without pullin' do cork or brcalcin Ue
bottle V' " I gibs dat up." " Why push
de cork u. Yah, yah !"
'' Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A - LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1867.
REPUDIATION.
Whtn the black flag of repudiation
is deliberately hoisted by politicians of
note, like Butler and Pendleton, who
boldly and without shame advocate raids
upon the national credit, it becomes nec
essary that the public dissent should be
manifested in a way that can not be mis
understood ; not so much because there
is absolute danger that bad counsels may
prevail—the iutejyity of the nation is
too sound for that—but because there is
a disposition in some quarters to enter
tain the of their possible success
The fault ot those who handle the mat
ter gingerly, is in giving it any consid
eration whatever beyond an iostantane<
ous and scornful rejection. Tho first
whispered intimation of so vile a scheme
should provoke an outburst of houest in
dignation, just as the virgin check man
tles with its first blush Of chame.
The national good faith is the chief
cornerstone of the national lite, and he
who aims a blow thereat is the enemy ol
out common unity and existence. It is
these extreme measures, so constantly
sprung up in the people, that wa have
must to depreciate and most to fear; but
so loug as the public sense of honor re
mains unshaken we have a safeguard
which will always afford us secure shel
ter. Our present debt was contracted
uuder ciroumstauces of no ordinory char
acter, and the natioual obligations be-.
Came of tho sacred uaiurq; for the war
could never have been fought to a sitc->
cessful ij<uo without a pledge of the'-na
tional credit. Tile bltlod 'of every sol.-
dier who fell in battle cries out from tha
ground against Repudiation, no matter
in what shape it coiuos ; whether u
wholesale wiping off of the slate, or the
payment of gold obligations with paper.
Our foreign creditors—the holders of our
bonds—have had such confidence in our
plighted faith, that they huvo deemed
Five-Twenties the most desirable of se
curities, and their market price has rul
ed higher at Frankfort and London than
in New York. These creditors nev?r
dreamed of United States repudiation,
although they had heard of Mississippi
and other individual State delinquen
cies. They are now sharply scrutinizing
the Aniericon physiognomy to discover
with what temper these schemes of the
political agitators are received. Should
the national credit receive serious dam«
age at home and abroad, the first result
would Ic a return of our stock from Eu
rope to nu naiouut Which, with our im
portations, dra.S !"»of every avail,
able dollar of coin, ii bo differ
ent if our debt were anything less tfcan
a thousand millions. \V&coul«i then,per
il *ps r afford to strain our credit a. little;
but such experiment* just now arc dan
gerous, and might prove ruinous.
We do not exactly seo by what pecu
liar signs of the political heavens the
mischief makers are encouraged to pro
sent their vile schemes just
tiveness uuder existing oppressive bur
dens have been manifested. The public
docs not conceal its desire of relief from
high tariffs ane heavy taxation ; but it
never thought of looking for it through
the*door of Repudiation. When relief
is afforded (which it soon will be), it
will result from judicious statesmanship
and sound views of national policy. It
is by no means improbable that public
will roooucilo itself to the plan of
caving tho largor part of the principal
of the debt for suocooding geuerations
to liquidate. These thoughts, however,
are irrelevant to the gist of this article.
The people will await in patiencs the de
velopments of tho future. They have
every reason fur confi ience in their abil
I ity to meet their current obligations,even
yjhcu swelled inordinately by official mis
management and political intrigua. The
customs revenues (gold) are movo than
adequate for the payment of tho interest
on our funded debt, and are specifically
pledged to that object. Current expen
ses must he met in great part by taxa
tiou. An income such as the country
has enjoyed the. past two yeurs, and ap
piled as it has been, bus proved suffi
cieut, uot only to meet all requisitions,
but to cancel a very considerable portijn
of the principal of the public debt, as
the reports ot the Secretary of 'he Trens
ury show. Such satisfactory results do
not point toward tho disgracofal make
shift repudiation. Ccrtaiuly we do not
need to pay interest on our Five-Twenty
bonds in greenbacks Lecau-e ofa laclc if
coin. Where, then, is the urgency for
so doiug, as ,-et forth by tin? political ex
ticniists ? There tire really no pretexts
for any such measures, unlets it bo the
cry which tho pickpocket raises in a
crowd wheu lie proposes to pursue his
dextrous manipulations. No doubt the
plan will receive some advocates, such
as Copperheads who never invested a
dollar in "Governmentscormorants of
any party who thrive most upon the pub
lic disorders ; sharpers and speculators
of all kinds; and the small gamblers of
-Wall Street. But so long as our coun
trymen are proud of claiming American
citizenship, they will ipurn all sugges
tions that squint toward Repudiation.—
Harper't Weekly.
—A bickering pair of Quakers were
lately heard in high controversy, the
husband exclaiming, '-I am determined
to have" one quiet week with thee !"
"But how wilt thou be able to get it ?"
said tha taunting spouse, in "reitera
tion," which married ladies so provn.
kingly indulge in."l will keep thee a
week after thou art dead," was the Qua
ker's rejoinder.
—There are a great many laughable
things apon the old earth, but she al
ways keeps her gravity.
GENERAL BUTLER'S FINAN
CIAL SCHEME.
General Butler's suggoetod plan of
paying the national debt in greenbacks
has been very ably reviewed in a com
munication to a Boston paper. The
writer exposes many gross misstatement!
on the part of General Butler. We will
endeavor to compress his views in an
intelligiblo abstract General Butler
stated that the first fifty million loan of
August, 1861,. was issued at 7.30 inter-.
»>at, principal and interest payable in gold
and that the loan was so tukeu nud paid,
but he .remarked tliat when ihe Five-
Twenty Loan was passed it made the in
terest at six per cedt. payable in gold,
but said nothing as to the currency in
which the principal wns to be paid. The
writer whose communication we are not
ing, says that the aet creating the first
loan dcics not contain a single word im
plying that either principal or interest
should be paid in gold, and in poiui of
fact not a dollar of the pirncipal ever was
so paid, lie further asserts that the first
Five twenty bonds authorized by the
second section of the act of February 25,
and so far from its being true that
' the interest was made payable in gold,
while nothing was said as to tbo curren
cy in which the principal should be paid."
the fact is that in this section, which
alone confers upon the Secretary of the
Treasury the power to issue five hundred
millions o( Five twenty bondß„not a word
as' U| nither" principal or iuterest beiug
paid in coin.
Goneiu,! Butler's inference, therefore,
that because nothing was said as to the
principal, while (he iuterest was payable
IU gold, Congress intended that the prin
cipal should be payable in currency, falls
to the ground. The language of the
'aw is precisely the same, both as regards
the principal and interect. The obser
vation is also made with great force tKat
as it had always been the practice of the
Government to pay the principal and in
terest of the public debt in coin, if thero
had been any intention to change this
policy it would have been good faith to
the public creditor cxplicftly to have
stated the departure from oxisting custom
What Congress did intend in regard to
this loau is shown in the fourth section
ol the act creating it, which provides for
the first time that duties upon imports
should be mado payable in coin, and then
proceeds to say :
And the coiu so paid shall bo set apart
as a special lurid and shall be applied as
follows :
First —To the payment in coiu of tlio
infere3t on the bonds and notes of the
United Still a.
ii'Cond —To tlio puroliase or pay-mint
of one per centum ol'the entire debt of
the United States, kc., for the payment
of all the public debt.
This section our writer justly quotes
as proving that the five twenty bonds to
be issued under that net were considered
iu precisely the. same light as all theoth>
er existing public debt of the Uuited
States, and that if Congress had intend
ed that these bonds should be paid in
currency it would not have in the same
act which created the loan made the
Custom Housn dues payable only in coin
and specifically pledged them for its re
demption, It is important to remember
too, that the same act of February 17,
186.2, by its first section authorized fir
the first tiino the loan of 8160,000,000
of greenbacks, and, in making them le
gal-tender, provided ihatlbey should not
he paid "for interest upon bonds and
notes (of the United Stutes,) which shall
be paid iu coin." This applies to the
interest upon all the bonds of the Uni
ted States—the hoods of 1562. which
have since been paid off in gold ; the
bonds of 1867 and 1808 ,sooa to be paid,
and all other existing iudebtednes of i-ho
United States. There is, says General
Butler's reviewer, not a word in the
statute to justify even a suspicion that
Congress regarded the five-twenty hoods
in any other light than as all other parts
of the public debt
It appears that during the stle of these
bonds the question was raised as to vh til
er tlui/ icoutil he paid in coin at maturity.
In reply to inquiries, Mr. Field the As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, Jay
Cook & Co, Spencer Vila & C<*, Brew
ster t-weet &i Co.. and other anthorized
Cfrotrumeitt again a* I lot the sale of tho
bunds stated positively that the bonds of
the Uuited States would be paid in coin
at muturity. We need not quote the let
ters. So in the Treasury advertisement
of the 10-40 bonds put forward in May,
18(54, when the whole five hundred mil
lion loau bad been taken, to the general
pledge that the principal and interest of
United States bonds would be paid in coin
no exception was made against tbe 5 20's.
Gen. Butler had propoundod the qucs
tion, how could the Government expect
the five per cent, gold payable and gold
bearing loan to be taken up when it had
the six per cent, gold payable and gold
bearing loan still out. The answer is
made that tho Government did not ex
pect it and made no effort to sell the ien
forties until one year later, in March
1864, when the five-twenties had long
since been taken, and some two hundred
millions more of paper money issued to
prepare tho market to float a five per
cent. loan.
The writer concludes his successful ex
posure of tho fallacies and downright
false statements, by whisk Gen. Butler's
national scheme of repudiation is bolster
ed up, in tho following tcr.*e language :
'• The country still remembers the ser
vices of Gen. Butler during the war, es
pecially ia showing his fallow-member!
of the Democratic party that their alle
giance to their country was superior ti
their fealty to party. Throughout th«
war he was ready to do what he could
for the Government, and it is unfortunate
for hia reputation that his love for the
sensatioual has tempted him into regions
which it in evident he nas hitherto but
carelessly explored. He should remetm
ber that the eaphistries of*.the orimioi.l
lawyer all become the statesman, and that
for nations as for individuals, in the long
run, " Honesty is the best policy." Even
more so, for while contracts between in-*
dividuals can be enforced by legal pro
cess, the contract of a government rests
only upon the honor aud good faith of
the sovereign in this case, the people of
the United States."
CRUELTY AVENGED
In the reign of Queen Annie, a soldier
belonging to a marsbing regiment which
was quartered in the city of Worcester, was
taken up for desertion, and being tried be
fore a courUmartial, he was sentenced to be
phot. The colonel and lieutenant Col. be
ing attliat time In Lnndon, the command of
the regiment decended of course to the iua»
jor, a most cruel and inhuman inan. The
day on which the deserter was to be execu
ted having arrved, the (eziment, as is usual
on those occasions, was drawn out to see
th» ; execution. ~
It is the custom on such occasions fur
the unrporaU to east lnt< for this disagreea
ble office, nnd when every ni\e expected to
see the lots c «st ss usual ; tli"i were surpris
ed to find that thfl'ftristitWr should dieliy the
hands of hia own brother, who was only a
private soldier liV the satfie ' etifpf any : and
who, when the cruel order arrived, was
taking his leave of his unhappy brother,
and with teurs fust flowing , that express
ed the anguish of his soul, hanging about
his neck.
On his knocs did t'.ie poor fellow beg
that he might not hare a hand in his
brother's death ; and the prisoner begged
to die by any other bamls than those of a
brother. The ur.relonting officer, however,
could by no means be prevailed upon to
revoke the sentence, though entreated .to
do so by every inferior officer in the regi
ment; on the contrary, ho Swore that th*
prisoner's brother, and no'other, should be
the executioner, if it were only fur the ex
ample's sake, and to make justice appear
more terrible. When much time had been
wasted in fruitless endeavors to soften the
rigor of this inhuman sentence, the prisoner
prepared to die.
The Major, strict to the maxims of cruelty,
stoud olose to see that the piece was m
haded, which being done, he directed that
the third motion of the cane be the signal to
fire. Accordingly, at the third motion, the
mnjar, instead of the prisoner, received the
billot through his «wn head and fell life'esa
to the ground.
The man had no sooner dischargced his
piece then, throwing it on the ground, ho
exclaimed :
"J I a that can give no mercy, no mercy
let him receive. Now I submit. I wonld
ratlin give my life this hour for that man's
death, than to live an hundred years and
take away the life of my brother."
J tfn person seemed sorry for this unex
pected piece of justice on the Unhuman
major ; nnd the man being ordered into
custidy, many gnutlenien pre ent ; who
bad witnessed the whole affair, >en
trented the officers defer the execution of
the condemed brother till tho Queen's pleas
ure should be known. The request being
complied with, the city chamber (that very
night drew up a very feeling and pathetic
address to her majesty, setting forth
the unparalleled cruelty of the diseased ofli*
cor, and humbly entreating her majesty's
pard»n for both tho brothers. They were
pardoned and discharged from the service
Gov.-SWANK'S REBEL, MILITIA.—The
correspondent of tho Times, in a dispatch
ol Tuesday, says : Gov.-Swanrt's recent
purchase of three butteries uf Napoleon
guns lor tho use of the Baltimore militia
battery companies, the officers of which
arc ex-rebels, has occasioned great cotn
mcut iu political circles here, and the
opinions expressed regarding the matter
are, of course, influenced by political
predelictions. There is no doubt, how
ever, that the Maryland militia, mainly
composed as it is of ex-rebel soldiers,
would willingly carry out the programme,
which has been talked of for tbem, of
forcibly taking possestion of the capital
at the ensuing session of Congress It
dees not matter whether tho programmo
originated in the fears of Radicals here,
or in the minds of tho officers of the or
ganization, it is the absorbing topic uf
couvcrsatiou on the streets of Baltimore,
and yesterday during t,he parade of the
Third Maryland Zouaves, a regiment
numbering five hundred and fifty men,
simi'ar remarks were made to your cor
respondent, who happened to be present
in Bakimoro on tho occasion. It is cer
tain, therefore, that the troops are will
ing to act, and it is only necessary to
have them act that they should be called
on from Washington.
Another correspondent says that it u
learned irom official sources that Govern
or Swann made application to Mr. Stan
ton, prior to his withdrawal from the War
Department, for artillery equivalent to the
amount in value of the arms that Mary
land was entitled to, aad Mr. Stanton
said the request should be granted. He
retired from office before the thing was
consummated; and when tho subject was
renewed to Gen. Grant, Gov. Swunn's ap
plication was refussd on tho ground, it is
said, that the law docs not authorize the
kind of substitution of arm 3 proposed.
This statement explains the report that
General Grant had refused arms to the
State of Maryland.
—Temptations are true tests, aud ac
cordingly are oltcn the best friends' wc
have. The man or woman who has n>;
j temptations can never know the streugth
of principle he or she may psssess. The
! merit of a virtue is brought out when il
lis beset by an enemy. The world like:
i tha strong and the good, but it never sees
it till it has shown itself by severe con
> tact aud struggle with the opposing ele
i ments, and been on severe trial, as it were
This will be found to be so every time.
Farmers, Write For Your Paper.
1 fiod the aboro words iu the column
of many of our agricultural papers, aud
having it thus glarißg at me, I have an
alysed it, and find that it has more mean*
iug in it than appears at first glance.
Why should farmers write for their
paper? The answer is: In order
|to make the paper a good one. HOT
often do we hear practical men (who can
communicate their thoughts if they
would,) «ivo as an excuse for not taking
au agricultural paper, that they know
uiore about practical iarmiug tliau the
editor dosfl.
To my mind nuoh nn excuse shows a
complete ignorance of the benefit to be
derived from »u agricultural journal, for
the valuable matter in the popcr dot* not
come from the pen of the editor, but
from the pen of the practical contributors
to the agricultural columns.
I care not how talented or experienced
an editor ipay be,,l defy him to make a
good paper without the assistance of the
practical firmer; you say he may, and it
is often done—fill it up with matter ex
tracted from other journals of a liko na
ture; but even then it must originate
with the farmer.
I often hear men (and I can name
them now) who speak of many of our
oountry agricultural papers as being "ono
horse affairs." Hut why are they one-,
horse affairs ? You soy because they
<wpy their articles from other journals,
and all contain nearly tho samo things.
I think this is the fault of our practical
hard working farmers, who should furn«
ish the editor with material to fill up his
spare columns.
Some of our country farmers have not
been blessed with au education which
will enable them to commit their ideas
to,paper in higliflowp, language. Let
such remember tKat the articles are in
tended for aud are to benefit just such
men as themselves; that it is the sole
business of tho editar to arrange the mat
ter and correct mistakes; and that the
main thing which tho editor wants it.the
ideas, aud having them, he can (it he is
a mau of sense, and if lie is not his pa
per will not need writing lor long,) dress
up the articles so that their authors, al
: iuough receiving crodit for them, would
hardly know them.
Although I have written for my pa
per for four years. I can well remember
the [leasure wliich attendel my first at
tempt, aud from the result can recom
mend others to try, and feel that I can
guarantee them the samo result.
An agricultural paper is or should be
nothing more than a receptacla for the
| ideas or all for the geueral benefit.—
Without them a new idea iu any branch
of agriculture or horticulture njight,,!)?
for years in getting out of the neighbor
hood which gave it birth.
Suppose that evory reader of the Ccc
mtuilown Tcjeyraph should feel it is hif
duty to lurniih the editor thereof with at
least one article every year ? Would not
the labor of one hour employed >n pre
paring your quota to the general stock
be amply repaid by the pleasure of tnany
hours spent in perusiDg the articles of
other correspondents ?
Ouf farmers want a good, live agricul
tural journal in every household, and
they have the materials for the same in
their own hands, and they alone aro to
blame for not using them.
You say you "don't know what to write
about:" this is exactly and precisely equiv
alent to acknowledging that you don't
know what to talk about, and few arc
willing to accept this latter translation.
I have, when conversing upon this
subject, often heard old and young
ers give the abovo excuse, atid yet with
in the next half hour give me enough
new aad good idoas to form au artiele as
good as nine-tenths of thoso which ap
pear in our agricultural papers, and yet
they "don't know what to writo about."
'lake as a subject that branch of your
business in which you are most interests
ed,and write as you would talk. For «
short time it may, and probably will, re>
quire some exertion, but soon instead of
being a task it will become a pleasure.
1 will admit that the agricultural col
umns of the Telegraph are as well, if not
better supplied with original matter thin
most of Us eotemporarie«; but this matter
is furnished by a few, and too often tho
editor has, foi want of original matter,to
fill up his columns with matter extracted
r m (therjournals. Ia it ar to enjoy
tho fiuinof the labor of these few and
give them no return 112 I will admit that
no two men can contribute to a paper
without each 01 e finding in the other's
communications enongh to repay him for
his trouble; this being the case with two
how much greater must be the benofit
derived by all wher* many are employed.
The paper shouli be the receptacle for
questions aud answers; if a farmer wants
the opinion of experienced farmers upon
any point, he should state the question
in hts agricultural paper, and 1 think
the answer will be forth coming, and
will not only bo useful to the one who
requests the information, but to all tho
raiders of the paper.
Having had a peep behind the scenes
of editorial life I nan ceo how affairs
stand. At the present crisis the expeuse
are heavy, and are about as heavy with
a sma'l circulation as with a large one.
beuce the editor must decrease the,pa
i per or increase the ciiculalatiou AcoorJ
i ing to the abovo an increase of circu
lation is equivalent to an increase ol
i piofctt
What then unit bo done to insreaae
i the circulation ? Why, tho paper m'igi
i be made better and better worth the
usual subscription prize ; aud to make il
better, '■ s sJioulJ tcrite lar theii
. paper," and thereby (Ai?ge many.— Ger
numkxm Ttlegroph. '
NUMBER *3
in* Tanners' Wives.'
There is nothing that marks tha
character of the housewife so clear
7. and unm 'Btakeable as pet tonal tr>.
dineat, It is no excuse to fay that
i tiave had so much to attend to to
day that I hare not had time to dress,'
. •"'J tIIUB continue sloreti!t-look.s
nig all day. I ftm not willing either
toailn ltthat household duties bea bar
to tidiness m its prosper seuse.' I
do nol mc a 1 that a person must be at
n\l times; -'dreessd up," but snrolv
household work, of whatever kind'
does not interfere with hating a Clear. <
frock on, however common, a nice,
plain collar, and a smooth head, of
l V" r - 112, here »■" the difference in
the world in different housewives in
this respect. Some always look brieht
nnd "smart,' but others nercr look
decently clean in toe mornings j they
seem to hare no idea that anvbody
ever notices their personal ap'pear
anee while engsged in their houehold
duties, pr that it is a matter of tbe
least possible concern to any body ■»—
They fojget the have a husband
who was won when they were in'full
dress, and studied to attract him bj
the audition itgaye to thoir person?,
without regard to the time and troub
-h it require J,—whose eye is as sharp
now as it ever was, and whoso sensi
bilities are just aa acute. He may
not complain ; he may have found out
by sad experience that all complaint
is futile; but he feels and suffers the
change, and is forced to settle dow)t
into listless indifference, without hofie
to brighten the future.
With respect to the children, also,
what an example for them ! The
daughters will be educated in a sad
slicool to take upon themselves, in >
course of time,, the chance .of mar—,
riage and tho responsibilities of a
household. Mothers! you should eet
a bright example beforo your chil
dren in this as well as in other re-"-
spects. Tho Bihle says, "Cleanli
ness is next to godliness, hence, yonr.
teaching should embraoc the practice
us well as theory of religion, especial
ly in its every-day application in
the family.—> G- ermantown Telegraph.
Too Tiuje.—The world is crssy for
show. There is not one person in a thon
sand who dares fall back on his roai,
simp'e self for power togo through the
world and exact enjoyment as he gow
along There too much living in tho
eyes of other people. There is no end
to the aping, the mimicry, the false airs,
and the superficial arts. It requires rsra
courage, we admit, to lire io ona's on
lightened convietions io these days.—-
Unless you consent to join in genera)
cheat, you aro jostled out of reach ;
there is no room for youamoDy the great
mob of pretenders. If a man dares U>
live within his means, and is resolute in
his parposc not to appear more than ho
really is,.let him be applauded. There
is something fresh in such an example.
Wiiat a Dime can do. —As a weary
traveler was winding his way through
the mud in a far west region of the ooun«
try, he discovered a young maiden seat*
ed in front of tho floor of a small lofc
house.—He rode up in front of the cabin
and asked the girl for a drink of water.
He drank it, and, she being the first
women he had seen for several days, of
fered hor a dime for a kiss. .The yonng
maiden accepted the offer, and received
: both tho kiss and the dime. The trav
eller was about to resume his journey,
but the girl, never having seen a dime,
asked : "What am I to do with
dime ?" "You may nse it any way yon
wish," he replied, "it is yours/, * ''lf
that's the case," said she, ynw
back the dimo and takcjrflothcr kis^i
A Secret Worth Kfcofrixo.—An
able writer givs utterance to the fol
lowing valuable secret: "The look
ing forward to enjoyment don't pay
For what I know of it, I would, a*
soon chase butterflies for a living ot'
moonshine for a cloudy night. Tho
only way to be happy is to take the
drops of happiness as God gives
to us every day of our lives. Tho
boy must learn to be happy while he is
learning his trade ; the merchant
whilo he is making his fortune. If
he fails to learn this art, he will be
sure to "miss his enjoyment when ho
gains what he has sighed for."
—lf we would stand, Christ mtftt be
our foundation; if we would bo safe'
Christ must be our saSctuery.
Can Ant Oni Tki.i..—Can any one tel
why men who cannot nay small bilfe. can
always find money to buy liquors, nnd treat
when happening among their friends?
Can noy one tell bow young men who
dodge their washerwoman and are always
behind with tehir landlords, can play bil
liards night and day, and are always r*ndy
for n game of poker or scven-up ?
Can nnv on* tell how men live and snpport
their t'nmiHes who hare no income and do
I not work, while others who are Industtieus
ami constantly employed, half starve 7 ,
Cau any ouo tell how it is that a man
who is too poor to pny for a newspaper, is,
able to pay a dollar or two a week for tobac
co, whiskey or oigrri ?
; "Saw," said m<<3 Httie itrebin lo at/ether
j "dte« your schoolmaster over you any
; reward of merit 1" "i suppose be doee, 1 '
j was tbe reply ; « be gives; me,*Jiokii>' rep,
I ttfar evsry davJand says I mierit two."