Pensacola Gazette from Pensacola, Florida • 2

lW irm, I iwj little spirits, and heneve, I nu.nbef of pe 'kleJ tin ifl tjt irmrij lu Ui krif Vjyfie rat fefuin Siti ii tiw depart-men: his bjsinets, he i meet Trig wltb obstacles that retarded bis progress, and ail lr the wsnt of a lew stinple tools. Dtaih uf Gea. CktfJt Tu I nab New otjfie IT.h sii A gej litunaa fe-j arrived ia ibis by the Wm Uttiou irom FbriJa oa Saiurday Ut tbal learned iVofo aa au tbentic (urce, 131 (ten. TliiMoi Cliildi the V. 3, Array died at Tampa Bay, ofyeilow feer, on Saturday ibe 8ib in si.

Gen. Cbilds atiiwi7 the uuil dil linguisked officer of our army. He ered in tbe Mexican War under (ten. Scott, aiJ received aaveral bievets lor hi gallautry. He was appointed Gov The Corui Tool-.

"A SKETCH FUE FARMKRS. ST a. Samuel Ti.oupv aad Natbin.el lkmi.e were Ud of tQeai tanner, and ihey were also near neighbor. I heir wa situ ed uu a beautilul riJge, sad was trong aud productive. In tue naiural cspacny ol ibe soil there wa not a ceul worth ol ditfereuce iu Ibe iwo firm but yet they bore a very d.stiinilar atpect alter ihey bad been worked lor a aumber of year.

Mr. Thompson' build-ins looked neat and tidy. His dewr yid was bisi window were whoSe, Ui baro uug atid warm, i orchard looked lunliy, auJ ibe trees, were care sad Irerijr lt tt" ueit Urn PENSACOLX (7 Ot Miiioa iuutcribr herJ'sPer cull il r. Perrinku CoSre lloue fur their pajer. 00" We are pained to b'e to lay tbal sue lever La agtia mde to our uidst, a til be seeo from wur uUlusrjr Wo hni hoped it bd euiireijf disappeared, but we are disap.

pjinieJ, a ltd suppose it vr i coutiaue to iutk ubuul umil me sbali hare frol. War Declared. A diptcb (received per U. Mail Steamer AtUuiie) daled laVttUaVtW'dJ Hi. Yr tie tjaafl lo.

dajr on ibe recoinrnencJatioa oftbeDivaa signed the drclaratioti ar agaiot Ru la. Krport tbat bostiiitte bafe al. readj cuiiiiiiencrd, ibe il i up posed, bare attacked tbe Tuikih poi u. at Kouilchut on Ibe Uaoulir. Pievioua reporta bad iiatrd that Austria bnd HJniu sided witb England and France, nd Uiht iniiie Hew pruiiohiull bud bef II made to 'Jle ben a dipatacb Irorn ol (be 29b ult.

announced tlmt tbe Diran had recommended tbe SuJ. lan lo deelare war. Tbe four Power opposed I be act. Tbu fleets at tbe last advice remained ia Benica" Koir.i is to embark with the congeal of Au-tru fur the United States on tbe 51st iut. Tbe cholera is slowly increasing at Liverpool.

fiance and Naples have Extended the irrm lor tbe free imporl of Breadstuff, and France has prohibited tbe export of potatoes and materiel vegetable of all kind. C0 The iSamaiituu S-iCiety of Mobile has contributed, from their surplus fund. 8 100 toward our afflicted neighbors ol Milton. Ditehiirge of Dr. Steiner, The charge Dr.

Sieiner, U. S. Am for kil ling Mjor Arnold, U- S. Army, was in vestigated by N. Brooks, Jus tic; of the Peace for Hill County, Texas on Ine 10th ol September, who, after hearing the evidence relative thereto, dis oh irged Dr.

Steiner on the ground that homicide was committed in selfde enee. v. Broome was inaugurated at Tal hihussee on the 3d int. In his address ho aJvocate ibe increase ol the Schoo Fund oh a measure of State policy, and uiges that some additions shoald be made to it from lime to tune as a due re ir for other interests mny justify. He is also in favor of consummating tbe grea' State enterprise to connect with the bands of iron its Western.

Eastern and Southern sections, and will take pleasure in co operating with the Legislative De. paitments of the Goven-ament in all pro measures for securing it. He speaks al much length of the urgent necessity o' the removal of the Seminole Indians, and declares his determination to do every thing in his power towards the cousurn. inution ok this object. The Softs and the Ilards.lan, ofth' Baltimore Sun, commenting on the di-visions in the Democratic party iu New York, say "The present administration is no1 deficient in boldness nnd decision, as the edict of the 8d October to the bard shell office.

holding malcontent, of New York well proves. Phis general order is is sueckby the adminisiration as a writ and those who do not respect it are denounced as traitors to the parly. Collector Brownson did not take his stand a gain-l the barnburner without counting the cost. He is quite confident in bis own power and position, social and po- lineal, iu New lork, and will be a hard opponent of the administration. The war ihe bard shells against the administration is now open and undisguised.

We shall see bow it will end. Judge Bron sn will not submit be may resign, but it is more prouauie ttiat he will put ihe ad ministration to the trouble of turning him nt. I think the barnburners will carrv he ulfctinn. They will either elect ttfpir own ticket or throw the State into the bands of the whigs, which party is! for the most part, of tbe Seward stripe. Of tho nine nominees of the whig convention, six are Seward whigs, and three national whigs.

It is to be presumed thai either of the parties will carry out the policy oP tbe enlargement, woich is the principal question belorenhe people of ihe Empire State." A German Colony has been, for a couple of years, settled in Pickens district. South Carolina, on a tract of 20. 000 acres of land, which it has purchas. ed in common, to be divided among the everal families of the community. Hou es have bien erected and a village laid out, uamed 'Valhalla, and school and churches hare been insiiuted.

The colony is said lo be now in a Very 0ourjhim condition, titj 10 greater ItikD iulS.rS da; ie wiliir.g i'mgrr; Lr. Casiie, ul fornuAii-na 1.1 i itif atvl Sard esi JjutiuiI t3e tiflioWtB m'nwwi itKiff'f' Obi, tlllll'll bittl, iut ti ffc-afiClg 1 y.Aliig la tj tnigsr lio.u a.rtu wuicu attvMJ i.i far tier. Wo give hi oi t. owa language: "An luicicsiiug youiig Is Jr. Uu! id' enlreu year bad presented lu Uei iJ ring, nbicli he loteedtner the juiuij other middle finger.

After a tew minute ibe finger coiuiuenceU swelling, an iti ring couid uol be retuuvrd. '1 latilily pLiciau, Mat sent Iil 1ml Comd du nuttiing, 'Ibe Uiutly iu: young lady especially, weie wo iu the gfeaiesl eoiislerua.tou. A jeweler wa. eeitl lor. Alter uUiijf lolne aileiupts cut ibe ring itu cuiimg uiprn and i a it apart itu a lii.c i and alir lion and leeches cfc ajiji.it-J, tul mi wilboul affording lb itgUiet l-ltrtji.

Dr. requested utj pieeiu.e a itli itir compliment that, perhaps ti) 1 tul ingenuity tuigbi ogei 1 kl once proceeded lu Ibe house il" tiie patient, and Ibe young sauy iu Hit most deplorable Uie of iiieu.ai auny 1 tie doctor eiuLaf and Ibe laifSiy iu a high tittle ul excitement I procuieu some prepared chalk, nwi uppurd ll be. iweea ibe rklge ol iwuhru rtr.i,, ktl ruuud klKl succreueii in Ui)itllie uoziug arid blirndcU derli; tUrtt, "I it unrry piece of uil iu.eli I uctfedrd iu Hitiiiitiig ibe 1 1 11 Ix-i (. 11 parts. 1 ibru kpptird uti tt ibe wbole rLiilu.ee ul ibe rilig Iu let lb in three minute ibe rin Siru-ken (bjr pressing it lueiher) lour pie.

ces, 10 the reiki of ail parlie. in a similar iiMijncr vviiimi chuik) I 'line lime ince ettrttciru uili lr ring (ruin the tar ofk cuiiu. bu i'lj bad inserted it lutull.e iu ear. '1 be op? rktiun wm inore pnimul 'mm teditiut, Jul wks eiiuuil celu. "i be modus oprrandi.

'J be tjuii kMlvrr at once perrueaie Mi im uU it cleun, (wilb fjcepiiuu ol iron, teel, plaiina, Hiid uiie or two otber,) unci iiiuljuiate i li i be in. It immedittiely civstunie und render! il a bard ud brittle as via Hence ibe eaue wHb udicu uieial unml. gammed wilt) quicksilver can be biok- Touching iVetcacy There were in ny little ccuileuces which to me, with steal Consolation, bow ral il is to be cuuiderate and deilcute to ward an inleiiority. One ol tbeoe particularly touched me. lbappeiu lu atioli into ike little chuich, when a muiriage was jusl concluded, and the young coupie had lo sign the register.

'1 be bridegroom to whom the pen was brt handed made a croos for In lunik: the bride, who came next, did the same. Now 1 had known the bride when 1 was last there, not only a the pieliie.i girl in ibf place, but a having quite distiu, guished berscll in school, and I could not tielp looking al ber with some surprise. She carae aside and whimpered lo me, while tears ol honest love and admiration stood in her bi ight eye, He's a dear, good lellow, iM ia but he cun'l wiile yet; he's going to learn ul me and I would'nt tbame him for the woilul Why bad 1 lear, 1 thought, hen there was ihis nobility in the aoul ol a laboriuj ntun's daugbier. Bleak A Cheerful lieurt. 1 once heard young lady say loan individual "You connteiiance to me is like ibe using un lor ll always gladdens me with a cheerlu look." A cheerlul countenance is one ol tho thing hich Jeremy a) lor aid hi enemies and persecutois could not lake away Irorn bun.

1 here aie oome person who spend their lives in ibis world as il shut up iu a dungeon. Every thing is made gloomy and Iwrbidding. 1 hey go mourn tug and complaining bom day day thai they have so little, anu are conaiantly am ious lest bat (hey have should escape out ol their hands. 1 bey always look upon the dark tide, and can tlever enjoy ihe good. Religion niukes ihe heart cheerful, and when its large and benevolent principles are exercised man will be happy iu spite of himself.

he industrious bee does not stop to complain that there are so iait. ny poisonous flowers and thorny branches ol) road, but buzzes on, selecting honey where he can lind und passes uuietly uy me piaces wneie it is not. intra is enough in this world to complain about and bud lault with il men have thedisiiu sition. We often travel on a hard atid'even road, but with a cheerful spirit, and a heart to praise liod lor his meicies, we may "walk therein with comfort and to Ihe end our journey with peace. Or.

Dewey. Do at Id. This morning a celebra. tea last man Irom tbe boutb End entered relresbment saloon, whete some fifteen or twenty of his friends are in the habit ol congregating about 11 o'clock. He, with Ins usual and generosity, "aek ed the crowd." Tbej, Dotbing loib, stepped promptly up "You must all do as" I said the liber al friend.

"Oh, certainly, certainly," was the universal resonse, "what i yours going to be?" "I shall lake bran- dy and water," in mine." "Very well, we'll lake brandy and wa ter," they cried. Tbe party drank, and the wagish invi. ter laid down his lourpence upon the counter, and immediately retired, whisper ing in the softest tones, "do as I do, gen-fjmen." The parly loked al each other for a moment with a most comic expression of lace, when one, who fell the lull force uf the idea creeping powerfully through bis hair exclaimed; SoH, f.j "Here," he added. tbe -village, which was "tW's week, 1 would drink t0 or ihL 1 I kfifcsW Hoi Lai I me no good, aud ibai it tkL might grow into a big evil. LcoULraicuiate, the spirit I cost me on an average, temy.fi a week.

I suppose il cust. now. Yes, every cent of it." elt, I commenced on il. i January to lay up my cme a peculiar save in other ays, and 1 6on il.V mens of stopping up many more my financial affairs. 6 4 "I saw bow much might be s.i could only do some of the work that then obliged to pay for, and Io tu commenced buying su-h tool, (b 1 would come most bandy.

At the end. a first year, I found myseli the owae, ofn teen dollar worth of tools. AnA comes from tbe money that 1 otherwise disnk up. I felt heartier than I did belore, mid 1 1., happier, for I knew I was hying the U. dation for future noml.

Tim rwij and my twenty Dve cents a coming in. it was now a 8a iLm hammer, then another plane, tben auger; then a bit-stock and bin, until, eleven years, I have not Only colieciJ excellent variety of tools, but I have dnua directly Irom my grog fund nearly a died dolars in cash besides; but the ul. ue ol my tools cannot be estimated in ey, as I have already shown yuu. are not only a source of great profit. they are also a source ol aa lllCU ofcomloit.

A sma.l a business affairs may a Udhin at first, but iVisJike a ijuie bote iu bank that routines the bigii waters ul ake. I lie almost lusiguincanl stream will he sure to grow frighlttiHy larger, andoni -less soon slopped up, the pure u1crui lake will, ere long, lose themselves iu it neighboring streams. 1 believe, my friend, that in giving up my grog, I hme ml sacrificed one single comlorl. Now.duu'i you think you would feel a well without it? Compare the products ol )our gruf money with the products of mine." Mr. Holmes made no answer, bul hu poked deep into the shavings with tu loot, as thought be expected lu find in ideui there.

"Thompson said he, wish you bad explained this to me years "I was atfraid il might ollend ycu, lor lu touch upon a man's private attain is, it best, a delicate matter." "1 know ii but Nathan Holmes is nT liie man to be offended with his Iricndlor kind adinouition and instruct luii." "Well," said Thompson, with a look of eitreme gratification, "it is nol looUtt now "to commence, and il, ever juu hn an opportunity to take advantage, ul the market, and il filty doliars or so wotlid be of any use to you, I will lend it lo with pleasure." Mr. Holmes thanked his friend wiih moistened eyes, and shoitly ulterwarJi went home. The next day he went lu the village, but instead of bringing bum his little brown jug, he brought home mi auger, and be teally felt proud heu lis lound himself at worlf with one of bis on tools. The winter passed away, and when spring came Holmes lound hinioell ibe owner of six dollars worth of tiwls, all from money lhat would have berii worse than waisied, had be not Iwuglil them. But this thing opeialed in imJ ways lor good.

Now thai he had tlio bility to fix up hi buildings without borrowing he began lo lake a decree-of pride in them that he had never leli before. He built racks and stands lor hu farming utensils, re-set his windows, tiled up his beehives and roofed them over, tightened bis barn, and, during lb ny days, he found himself with plenty ol useful and profvable work to do. His children never wear worthless shoes now, nor do his cow break through the barn-fl 'r, but he is a happy, thriving, contfnied farmer. His cows give as much milk, his bees makes as much honey, liis trees yield as many and as good apple, bis Chambers hold a much giain, and tie gel as much money for his wool as does an neighbor, Thompson; and all ibis is because he stopped his grog and bought hu own loois, aud left otf depending on bu neighbors for what he ought to do him'- Appearance. 'How do you think ap peared at the pafy Jast evening?" 'Oh, finely, as 'Do you really think 'Certainly, i Du you think 1 Hppear as well at party us tit a ball 'Yes; though I have never lanen iicular.

nonce. 'Now really, tell me" hones' I To be sure, lil tell you hunesuy tall you at 'Well, now I am anxious io hu" when do you think I apptiar the he si- 'When vou are al home minding own business, weaned. When ihey are babies, Ihey suck iDf mothers; when they are middle aged -jck the old; when advanced ')'' me MICH lOHg-irgru 1'T" wj, of some kmd seems mdispensiblu i happiness. To ihe ublive, Ihd editor of th Carolinian adds; Yes, and just as soon a makes its appearance mi their chins, collars begin to sprout under their -hey all Uke'o sucking straws, on oilier in Wur in iueir alirrv roll! ilr. and such itno One rainy day in the falL.

wbeajhe ban vesting wa cuinpleieJ. Mr. boinpon was iu his tool chamber, making some apple boxe, when bis neibborJlolme, appeared. "Thompson," said tbe latter, after be had watched the movements of his neigh, bor's foreplane a few moments, "bow much did that ox sleJ of yours cosl? 1 have got to have me one ibis winter." "On that cost me iiothiug, 1 made it my-sellduring one of Ibuse rainy days we had before harvesting. I got out the timber when I hauled out my wood last winter, so lhat the job became quiwl eay." "Well, neighbor Thompson," said Holmes, ailer ioiiw little time spent in hard study.

"I dou'i see how you get a-long sov Your farm don't produce any more than ruiue does, and I am sure you don't work as hard as 1 do. Your wife don't make any better butter nor cheese than mine does: your sheep don't bear better ool lhan mine; your bees don't make better honey; you raise more fruit than I do, to be sure." "But I have no more trees," said Thompson. "No but then your fruit is of a better quality, and finds a more ready mar ket." Certainly; liecause I have grafted in tbe best varieties. My trees were the ama as yours were twelve yea is ae: and with regard to otber mailers. I think, il you will look about the Itvo places, you will find in many respects, mine is ihe mist productive.

My cow give more milk than yours do through the winter, bo-cause they have a better shed-room, and a-warmer barn. rate morn pork than you do, because my pens and pig houe are right comfortable; and then I am in. ctiued to think that my bees make rather more honey than yours do, for my hives are in better order. I may not raise more than you do, but I guess tbe rats and squirrels don't have such an entrance to my grain chamber as they do to yourr." "Pertiaps you are right, muttered Holmes wiib a crest fallen look; "aim I suppose vou are laying up money?" Certainly I am one or two hundred dollars every year. "So much as lhat? uttered Holmes with a look of surprise.

"Why, I can't lay up a cent. "Lei mo give you a bit of a secret," said Thompson, iu a kind, neighborly lone, as he laid his plane upon ihe bench." '-Last summer you bought lour new rakes and a pitch fork. Now, how much did that cosl you?" Let's see the rakes were twenty. five cents a piece, and tbe fork came to one dollar. Well, now, my fork handle got bro ken accidentally last winter, and so.

did some ol Ihe rakes butl immediately took such parts as were good, and brought them up here, and then at my first leis- ure opportunity I fixed them up. There are two dollars saved. Now, you have nothing to do to day. No, it rnins too hard." And yet you see I am at woik. Now, how are you going to gel your apple boxes Martson is goitr to make them for me, and 1 am going to give him a barrel of apples.

There are two dollars more. Now, if you hire a sled made as good as mine, it will cost you two dollars. That will be sixteen dollars that I have laid up, while you have been able to do nothing. Now let us see how that sixieen dollars will multiply itself. You sold your wool last spring as soon as you had sheared your cheep.

Y'es, I had it to do, for I needed the money." And how much did you gel "Thiny cents a pound." i ir you naa sixteen aoiiurs by you in ready cash, you wouldn't have bilged to sold then No, replied Holmes, whose eyes were beginning to open. 1 could have squeezed along with lhat sum." "Now, continued Thompson, I sold my wool yesterday, and they sent to my door and took il. I not forty. two cents a pound for it. I had one hundred and sev.

enty five pounds, and by reckoning it over after 1 had sold it, 1 fouudtal I had made just twenty one dollars; that is, 1 had obtuined twelve cents more on a pound than I should if 1 had sold it when you did. So you see how all these little things multiply themselves. And all this comes of your having tools to work with," said Holmes, in a sort ol suMued tone. "Mostly," returned Thompson. Well, il I had tools I might a good many small sums in the course ol ihe year, but I never bad money to spare lor mem.

Why, the tools you have here in the house, over and above your lann ing utensils, must be worth fifty Just about that cnn." "Then I tear I sha.l Tiave to scrape along with borrowed tool. I can never spare any such num a that." Y' don't understand the secret, Mr. Holmes. Let me explain. I never should have gone with a liliy dollar bill and bought tools.

I have bought every tool i have on my premises wiih my grog money." Grog money reiterated Holmes in blank suiprise. Yef" relurned Tohn'soii with a slight smile" with my giJ I am not going tiganyifu lem-perance lecture, you are a teell able lo lodge for yogrcss am but am giv. utg you a iplle principle economy, and show you its consequent comlorl, content and happiness. The first year was on ernor of Puebia after its capture by our troops. in tbe death of ibi gallau! son of New England, the army and country have sus tained a lots I bat will not soon he sup-plied.

Rttrfiwn of the Hm: D. Barrla get. 1 ue Cuban in I ork fteia a meeiing for the purpose of taking into consideration the acts of tbe Hon. M. Barringer, late Miuister of tbe U.

8. at Madrid, in favor of the Cuban prison- i it. i i ers. It was resoivea to present Lnu and bis lady whh a suitable testimony. Dtte.rlion of U.

S. Seamen. Eigb. teen men belonging lo tbe U. S.

frigate Columbia, deserted at San Juan, in one of tbe ship' boats, and are supposed lo have eme to Asninwall, on their way lo alifoniia. Tbe 17. S. Consul at Aspin. wall was advised ol their desertion.

A' New York, where the Columbia now is, nine others ec.aped on Monday. CapL Pendergast has offered a reward of $50 for each tibisin. Furtker European Intelligence by the Canada. Naw Yor. Oct 14.

It is said that the' French Government had received pacific overtures Irom the Emperor of Austria at Olmuiz, audi hat France was ready to joiu Au-ti ia. The Koszia affair was lo be discussed at Olmutz. Phe war party al Constantinople insist tbat under existing circumstances accord ng to the tenants laid down in the Ko ran war is imperatively necessary. The Sultan, however, has refused to sign a declaration of The allied fleets bad passed the D.ir dandles and proceeded to Constantinople for the purpose of protecting the Sultan and the Christian residents from the fury ol the Turkish populace. The "Sultan, however, regarded ibis as an.

necessary, and derogatory Id his dlgnitf, The insertion of some new me nl in the Vienna note has been demanded by England, which has caused Austria to state that she would assent to no further modification of iis tenor. Rus sia and Austria are now perfectly united. It is rumored that Russia now de mands tbe cession of the Turkish Pro viaces and payment of the expenses. A very violent siorm occurred on the English and Dutch cast on the 25th and 26ih ult. Rotterdam was inundated, Many vessels were also lost.

The stea mer Amsterdam was wrecked on the Zuy der Zee a gull of the German Ocean, in the Netherlands. (KT It is a remarkable fact, that the deleat of the party in Georgia, which, by its patriotism, saved the is now ready to be hailed a a signal Iri- umphofthe present Administration." A. 1 Journal of Commerce. Not at all remarkable. The present Administration cannot see one inch beyond the miserable, dirty intrigues of party.

So that ihey who style themselves Democrats prevai's, it cares not a jol what becomes ol principles, professions, the Inaugural and all its studied and ho. neyed phrases touching tbe Union and the Compromise. iV. O. Bee.

Ork'Ual WU. As a young woman was walking, a man looked at Ac followed her." Why," said she do you follow mep' Beeaust I have fallen in love with you." "My sister, who is coming after, is much handsomer than 1 am go and make love (o ber." Tbe man turned back and saw a woman with an ugly face, and being grua'ly displeased, returned and said, "Why did you tell me tbat slo. r)7" The womiu answered, neither didyou tell me the truth, for if you are in love with me, wny did you look lor another wo. man? We know an honesi blacksmith, in this city who clears his ten dollars a day on an average, while one of hi neighbors i starving on a profession. very mischief, ous thing is pride.

We know a lady who a dozen years ago, could not endure tbe thought ol ber sons working at a trad. One of (be young gents is now olUcialiog in the capacity of quartermaster'general to a strolling music-grindor, while the other is foreman of au institution for blacking boots True Democrat. Swift Travelling. In the South when the train get within ten miles of ihn sta lion here dinner la to be served up, tho passengers leave tbe Irain and walk to the station so as to gat through their dinner by Ibe lime tbe cars arrive. The yaller beaded boy, who formerly carried the mail by lonloe express, from Camden to Cap Jsland down Jarsey, and universally distanced the Woodbury cars-might "still live" down South, oi Ihe a-love line of travel.

ifully dreed and pruned. Holm- had no more ol a lainily, lo support thairdid his neighbor, but hi bouse and oul-buildings, and the rural aspect uluiiUtm, wa different. A few rag were to be gein in spots where there should have been panes of glas varii.ou thing were kicking aboul the yard thai bouid have been iu other places there were large cracks in the baru, through which the rain and snow sometimes beai; bis apple tree were scabbed with old bark, and the tops disfigured by scraggy dead limbs. Mr. Holmes worked hard-- harder, il anything, than did Mr.

Thomp son but yel hi mailers were always at loose ends, and he olten wondered bow it was that bis neighbor pushed things a- long so smoothly, and kept everything in such excellent order. "Ah, said Holmes, one day in early spring, as he came up to the door ol the former, "have you gut an inch auger?" "Certainly, returned I hompson "I can't et along on a lann without "I wish you would lend it to me for a little while. -1 hare-delayed sowing my grain for two days, because my harrow is broken, and 1 had no tools with which to mend il." I ill lend il to with pleasure," said Thompson. And then, a a sudden thought seemed lo strike him, he added They tell me, Mr. Holmes, tbat you lost one of your cows yesterday." I know it, said Holmes, with a downcast look "and I should have filed the floor long ago, if I has) the tools.

tITk dui ii no use in crying now. ir nai done can't be helped." lhis was always a source of great con solution to Mr. Holmes. When a thing was done, he tried to leel suii-fied with ihe reflection that it could not be undone, though he seldom laid up the experience for future Use. Mr.

I hompson turnwd lo. ward the shed door, and led the way up into a iieal, light chamber, and Holmes followed. Here was a stout bench, all fixed tor handy use, and upou it was a full set of planes, saws, guages, mallets, hammers, while in a rack against the partition, were arranged a set olehis gknblels, files, and screwdrivers. and overhead hang hall dozen different size augers. Iu short, there was every thing here that a man could possibly need lu building and repairing aboul ihe bouse.

Mr. Thoropsnn tok down an inch au. ger and handed it lo his neighbor, and as he did so remarked I have not seen your son Thomas for two or three days. Is ho sick?" "Yes," relurned Holmes with an unea sy look, "one ol the best cow I had." "But how did it happen?" "She broke her leg." "Broke her leg! How, pray?" "Why, you see, the floor in my tie-up had got rather worn and shaky, and night beforo last she got one of her legs thro' it, and snapped tbe bone like a pipe. stem so I had to kill." Mr.

Holmes, those are thing we farmers ought to gaard against. A little labor at the proper lime would tave ved all that." "Well, not exactly sick, bul he's got a bad foot. He can't step on it?" "Ab, how did that happen "He trod on an old rusty nail in the barn floor, and it went into his loot some ways." "Whew! that's uttered Thomp son, with a shudder. "I never allow my boys logo around much barefooted. I have found tbat pricks' and bruises generally cost more than shoe leather, aside from the comfort and looks." "Oh, Thomas wasn't barefooted, but you see there was a hole in tbe bottom ol his shoe.

I meant to oe it carried lo the village and bad it mended, but 1 for got it." "Ah, friend Holmes, I save all snch difficulties as that. I always keep a lilile leather by me, and when there is a little patching or tapping lo be dene, can fix il up iu lew minutes. All these things can be done dui ing the rainy days, when 1 might be lying idle." Well," muttered Ijolmes, "I suppose I ceuld cobble a shoe well enoujjb, if I only ad the tools; but it takes quite a collection to fill a cobbler's bench. How. ever, whal's done can't be helped.

1 guess Tofn will be out in a day or wo. But I must hurry off, now, to fix my bar. row." It look Mr. Holmes rioarly all day lo mend ins hanow, so that be had to postpone ihe harrowing of his land till the next morning, and when at length he got his grain into the ground, it was just live day behind his neighbor. His son was coiitinei) to the bogse over a week, and during that time he bad to hire an extra hand, which cosl him about four dollars, besides the doctor's bill be had la pay.

When il came baying time be had to buy new rakes, because the old ones had iroue to rack; and ruin. Perhap. ihey will, the loss of a few leeib, or lb breaking of a bow, or perhaps, even the head might aave been broken, ana thus instead ol aving a now handle, and making ihe other parts that were needed, lor the want ol piopor tool, he uti obliged to.