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PER AJ.SUM, IS qSfc -m iiF- I Mite T- Kiinsas rt- vol. mt f) jorctrg. WHERE IS "OUT WEST!" IT KTUKL LT5K. 1 I'ptMtt ill wf (V l4f Yta mj atmosl btl-ftt scared tapptd fti In tha crl diwnin so lonjp i0, To sea wiob trains ptodJlnj Vs.rarl, bo'" White on ill ratsM of the horses lay The fetthery frnt of Ihe keen new die; The te miter, bear cap, and loeki were white With the partfn kiss of the Aalumo Bight. From the canvas ahelur a woman's face Looked oBitamiiimei, when the tlackeoed pice Ofthe team eaee time; or, as oil at It A little maid looked wondrinlj Ost at my haaie.

I fain woeld knew IVbhher the went?" Whj did thtj goV Where wii the spot where tiny ahoald rett! And the answer cam. They're foinf H't Alotott to I ihoditerd then, At they had jone from the homei of men, And ofl remembered the mifea'e face, Loit in that rnjtbie far-off place. Lattr itooj at Erie leip. And heard aad emcea parting weep; Saw loreri aerered, aa between That land and thla a (rare wtrereen Voices that qeavered in their woe, At Chrnl'i ynnnjp aoldier tnreed tops; rTh maiden ineaned, with heart down-preutJ, 'Gedlvep him safe la yon jr1 Weat." Then, clote to the bio fit of the rolling river, 1 aaw aoldier Lands going oet; with a snieer, Looked lonj at the facet I fain would recall, ZFor fear that remembrance in time ihonld be all. Than pot in my pnyert a petition or two the aoldiert In peril, that foet mffU be few; The pott reacb-d in artr; and when He thoajht beit, The toUieri tafe broa-ht from that terrible Wfit.

To-day am I wakin? Ti torely a dream, 'That we tnvel in aafetv, and travel by steam. Over prairie aod moentain, nor it ay till we wait Where silvery sorf Lara the jcatGoldta Gate. Can anyone tall me wbvre Ost Wett' may be? Hot detert, nor tnrrant, nor fr weitern tea, Have given it limit, or laid on a chart. Where one going westward hit journey shall start Most go on to China, by way of Japan, Tbreefb Rgitii. jeit glancing at Tartary Khan, 7iltv'coaatTng from Greeowtch wilh orthodox time, Wo leave at our backs the no longitaJe' line.

And to feel attared, by ibe wlte tavant tet We are sorely en mate to the Land of the West idect Calt THE SUEGEON'S STOEY. "Will you buy my body, sir?" Chir'les M.irkham, a young physician, was sitting nlona in the duiky little room that the oign without dignified with the title of "office," when these words fell upon my cars. I had jnst returned from visiting the few patients I could boast of, thoroughly heart-sick at the want of humanity in the world, wet to the skin, and more than half froicn. I never remember worse night in all respects. Jt was cold as the Arctic, blustering, and the sleet that rattled upon the windows soon covered them with a coat of ice.

It had stormed heavily all day, the stores were closed, and the sidewalk venders driven to shelter. "God help any ono that is forced to be abroad to-night," hid'been my thought, as I hurried along, after finishing my profs-sional duties, and breasted my way home-vrnrd. But scarcely hid I reached it, changed my saturated garments, coaxed the sparkling antharcite into a cheerful glow, and made mvlf comfortable, and begun building catl-s in Spain of the time when I ohould have a lucrative practice, ride in my carriage, and own a brown-stone front, when thestrange and heart-chilling words fell upon my cars, causing all my pleasant fancies to drift away in an intant. "Will you buy ray body, sir?" I sprang from my rny chtir, dropping my well-colored meerschaum in my astonishment, and turned to see who it was, that, like ue's raven, had uttered those terrible word. "Will you buy my body, sir?" The question was repeated for the second time, before had sufficiently recovered myself to become convinced that it came from no bird, but from a form of hum in semblance, at least, let the question was so utterly unuuil, so much at Tarianco with all preconceived notions of barter and sale, that all I could do was to pun a chair tow.ird the intruder, and stand in silent wonderment.

In a few moments the self-command I had learned during my hospital practice came to my aid, and I saw that my visitor was a woman. or a cirll rather, for she conld not have been mure than nineteen or -twenty at the utmost; and thit, if it had not been f.ir the extreme pallor of the face, the pincbej-up loofe bout the mouth, and the sad, sunken eyes, she would have possessed, far more th in is ordinarily the case, rare gift of bemty. The flickerins lijht'of thi fir nn. xn the soft, brown b.iir, givinj; it a more snow-flakes that had lodged there, miking them "litter like liquid pearls. This much, and that the dress anJ shawl were of the cheapest material, and but a poor defense nsainst Tthe bowling storm and pitiless cold, nnd the strance request dartcu again with light-1 nine rapidity tnrough my brain.

"Draw nearer to the fire," said I. "You are numbed. Warm yourself, and "I have no time, and must not stay, shi answered, with igh, though she dropped hesvily into a chair, and brushed the snow drops from her face with her thin bands; Without waiting for further remon. strance, I hastened to get some reviving of which I saw stood much in'need, and with a rentle force, held it to herlipst cannot, I cannot," she gasped, half pusBiDgiVnway. io.

i "Tfou mu9t," I insisted. "Ilcmember that I am a physician, and this is a'pre-scription. and that your life may depend upon it." "Life! Ob, God! How long and gad I Will it give me strength?" "That certainly is toe ooject nave in urging you to take it. What else should it be?" "Give it me." "And she swallowed it without a murmur, save one of thankfulness. I wheeled her chair up nearer tho fire, and stirred the coils to a more brilliant glow, hoping that the potion would quiet her excitement, awake the chilled blood to a warmer, swifter glow, and that sleep would follow.

And for a moment I fancied I was right. Tho little hands dropped nervelessly into her lap the softly veiled lids dropped over the deep-blue eyes. The head dropped forward upon the breast. But alas it was a momentary delusion. In another instant she sprang to her feet again, pressed her hands upon bcr temples, as if to still their and looked wildly around.

"Oh, God she exclaimed, "I here, amid warmth nnd comfort, and Convulsive sobs choked her further utter-ice. "Sit down, and tell me the reason of your coming here, 1 almost commanded, as 1 placed ner in me cnair. "An! I remember all, now. Itemember! Is there no such thing as forgetfulness? Yes, I remember all. I came here to to "Be calm I understand, you are in need, and came for assistance." "I came' she replied, and looked on me with utter despair, and spoka so calmly that it made my blood run cold; "I came, doctor, to sell ypu my body." Was I talking to a woman or maniac? The latter was certainly my thought; but I could detect nothing in the clear, blue eyes of the wanderings of insanity.

"Sell her body 'She spoke of it as an every-day transaction. "Great heaven!" I exclaimed, laying my fingers upon her pulse, with the expectation of finding it bounding with race horse rapidity; but, on the contrary, finding it far more" calm than my own. "Great heaven! You cannot bo in earnest!" "I in earnest. God alone knows how how raticn in earnest. It was my last resort.

Will you buy it?" And she reached out her band toward rac ns a miser would have done, who beard the dear sound of jingling gold. "How can I purchase it, when you are still "But I will soon be.deid, and then then you can claim it. For the lovo of heaven, give me a utile, just a nine money." anu the hitherto eyeys were flooded with tears. "Why do vou wish to sell it? You can not but understand that it is nn unheard of proceeding. Our profession never purchase bodies (how I shuddered as I gated into her face while I was forcing myself to calmly utter the words) before death, no matter what they may do after." 'I know it; but 1 must nave money, and there'll no other means left me to get it.

I must hive it now instantly." And she would have risen agairr, but I resolutely held her down. "For what purpose do you wish it?" "To purchase food, fire, medicine." "For yourself?" "Ah! nc. Had that been the case, I never would have como hither. 1 would have laid down in the gutter and died. God knows bow willingly." "But tell me," she continued, almost fiercely, "will you give me some money? I must have it must have it." "If not for yourself, in the name of heaven, for whom'would you make such a fearful sacrifice? Is it" for one who is very near and dear to you?" "It is is my little sister." The words dropped from her tonguo as tbevmi'ht have from that of nn angel, nnd herfacewore as.

holy a light as if she had been already star-crowned. "Then she is sick?" "She is dying! dying! and I am sitting idly here!" "Why did yoju not tell me this before?" "Because I had begged 60 long in vain. I had no money to pay the doctor, and who wonld go forth on such a night without it?" My blood boiled so that I could not answer. Could there be such men? Ala! reason told me in a moment that her words were but too true, nnd I almost curbed my race. Without delay, I gathered up such things as I thought miglu be ot service, wrapped the delicate form in a heavy cloak, and, with a few whipercd words of comfort, we sallied out together into the black night, land merciless storm nnd cold.

Fortunately, the distance we had to travel was but a short one. A few blocks passed, and she led me up several flights of dismil, creaking stairs, into a room. "Florence, is that you?" I heard asked by what mv ear convinced mo was a pair of childish, almost infantile lips. "Yes, for a moment." "I am ho glad. You have been so long so very long away, and I am so sick, and cold, anil hungry, and it was so dark; and I have been so" frightened at the" strange noises!" My fair guide had been mating preparations to obtain a light, But when she heard these words, she flew to the other side of the room, nnd I knew many warm kisses were given and returned.

"F.xcusc-mc, sir," she said, as she turned and lighted tho remnant of a candle. "Excme. me, but I hive been so long away I answered not. nr voice bad amelody in it. now nttnned bv love, that I wished to linger unbroken upon my ear, like the strains of some songs I have heard, which haunted me for years.

In a moment the oindlc shed a sickly light around thelittleroom. Little, indeed; and unfurnished to nothingness! One scantily-covered bed was all! But within I saw a sweet face that made me forget nil else. I approached it, and laid my hand on the pulse of the little sufferer. Who aro ou sho asked, drawing back in alarm. "He is a doctor, Bessie; a dear, good, kind friend." replied Ker sister; and from moment she became perfectly passive in my nanus.

It did not require one learned in the science of materia tntdica to see what was required. I mado the proper prescription, saw that it was tenderly administered told WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, the elder sister that I would be back in a few moments, and resisting all attempts to light me down stairs, groped my way into the street. 1 had noticed an eating house at but a little distance, as we came along, nnd, a statement of the case, backed by the all-powerful king of the world, gold, soon procured the use of a disused stove, a couple of chairs, fuel, light, and proper food, and in a brief half boar the little room wore something like an air of com fort. Another hour, the eves of the child were closed in slumber, and I urged her sister to seek repose, but in vain. "At least lie down and let me cover ypu with my cloak," I urged "Xo, doctor, was tho constant reply, "I cannot, I am so happy.

It mut have'been God that directed my wandering footsteps to you." And so wo sat, with tho night-wind roaring without, watching tho almost angelic face of the peacefully-slumbering child, sat and talked of what 1 was most anxious to hear. But the conversation of those long, dark hours can 'bo condensed into a very brief space. She who would have sold her body for tho sake of giving a little longer life to her sister, was the daughter of at least But a few years previously she could have held her head as high as the highest. Both birth nn education fitted her for it. But misfortunes came, a series of disasters upon land and sea, against which no human forethought could guard, combined, with treachery and ingratitude of the deepest dye, swept away all.

In their loot-steps followed the death of the mother, leaving an infant but few months old. The fond father struggled against the tide manfully, for a brief time, when his health gave way, nnd he followed his wifo through the dark vallcy.and beyond the shining river, leaving tho elder sister to provide for the younger. "For a tlracj" continued the poor girl, "I was able to liv ecomfortablybytlfesafeof the furniture nnd articles of value that I possessed. Then why should I unbosom myself to a stranger?" she nsked, stopping suddenly, and looking me full in the face. "Because," I replied, with a smile at her earnestness, "because you havo found a heart, and one that can feel for you." "Yes, may heaven bo thanked! I feel that it is so.

Well, I struggled on no, fought were the better word," she continued, with the lines about ber mouth suddenly becoming hard fought for life, sometimes teaching, sometimes sewing, in short, doing anything that my strength per mitted, until'sickness came; I was bound to the stake, a sweet one, my darling sister. Of the insults I received while seeking for work, 1 shall ncverspeak. They must remain forever locked up in my own breast;" and the pallid face flushed to scar let, even at the thought. "And found no employment?" "Xone. Piece by piece I parted with the little furniture that 1 was the possessor of.

until wn-ii you see was all that remained." "My poor child." "It is true" I saw shat sho was nerving herself to tell me something that was painful, nnd would have stopped her, but she resolutely continued. "It is truetbat some money was offered mo by more than one mnn, but I instantly and indignantly burled it back in my insulter's face. Then, great heaven! upon tbis bitter night, with all my hope gone, I determined to sell my body to some surgeon." "What, in the name of heaven, could have put such an idea in your head?" "I don't know. I cannot tell. Somewhere I had either read or beard of something of the kind." "You must have been very desperate." "On the verge of destruction.

I had but one dream, one desire, to save my darling even a single hour of pain." "Have you no relatives?" "Not a single" one that I know of. Both of my parents were only children when their parents came from foreign lands." She paused, nnd turned to smooth tbc hair of the slumbering Bessie, and imprint a kiss on the curl-wreathed and snowy brow; and I thought what desperate trials ono like her must have passed through in order to bring herself to look calmly upon giving herself to the knife nd the ribald jests of the dissecting-room! And I tbo't, too, oi toe sterling truth of her young heart, that could resist tho, allurements of gold, when so hedged by want and pain' in their most terrible shapes. I but she interrupted mo by saying: "My kind indeed, might say only friend whom God raised up to me in the hour when all was darkness and misery, and blak death ami a pauper's grave stared pe in tne lace. kind friend but 1 am have been keeping you from rest." A physician' rest is one that is constantly broken in upon, and will you pardon me? I had never bad my heart so deeply touched, nor my feelings so much interested in all my life." A faint rose-blush crept np from the exquisitely molded throat, and mantled the soft cheeks. She took my hand and pressed it to her lips, leaving a warm, lingering kiss upon it.

Did I suddenly build any castles in Spain? When the morning-light broke again over the gay city, tho storm bad ceaed, and nature smiled, coldly, it is true, but brilliantly. There was "a peaceful breakfast served in that little room, but the dinner was served in far other quarters. As I write these lines, with some, at least, of my dreams of wealth and position realised, sit in a coxy study, nnd listen to the wrathful howlings of the tempect without. There is a beautiful brown-haired woman sewing near, and sprite of a girl deccrating-a snow-wbite kitten with crimson ribbons, on the rug in front of tbc glowingrate. I look up suddenly from the book I was reading, at the former.

Our eyes meet. Are we both thinking of the past? It may be so. She steals softly behind my chair, and twines her arms around my neck. do you remember such a night as this, scarcely a year ago?" she asks. "Yes; I was" thinking of it." "And of what brought me to yoa!" "Yes." She bends still nearer to, me, I feel her warm breath upon my cheeks.

I feel her fervent kiss, such a one as only a young and lovely wifo can give; and I hetr, as it were whispered rather by spirit than by mortal lips: "Xow, my darling, I am roars, body and souU" GMYY Yl uscmrans. BBI50 THfi HATIOHS HE1BXS. X. ocouc w. anaiTt Under the ocean waves ffal.

Where the Wait (fa I toe-alda ire Beyond the hjhl ofata ot star. Or the ton ad of the canoon't greet! af Th encoded Cabto lies amteen, th the deep fa re its still aid (tees, A fiery artery between The CQatinaoU, with HfhtaiBf beatIofk Lodjlo here on a moantalo tat1; Leantar then on aa island wall. Arching above a rr vital hall; Toochinj the trees at green aa Uorel, Sweeping for It age at tho ocean bed, Pelting softly where sleep tho dead fiot they heed not a word that la said Of tbt newt In their tombs efcoraU Bearing the monsters op to tho leaf. Breaking the branehet from tho treat Which grow (a gardens ander tho teat; Breaking down gray-haired oppression, Reaching afar from taa to tea Tooehlng with tidings4 yea and me' lighting a pathway for the free Kindling tho torch of tree progression. Tho Cable brings tho good tint nigber.

And lifts tho plane of coltare higher, And speaks with sloven tonga1 The varied speech c'f many peoples. Now, (htnlnga flash aronnd the world; Where bills arise and wtves are ear led. The flag of atars aha II bo naforted. And wavo fiorn roofs and ringing tU splat. Fire comet from the firm a an eat.

And flames ecrosa a continent. And lo! the flaming menage tf nti Solves the hard problem tnahea It clearer That geaiaa, caltare, selenco. nrt. And thinking brains and loyal heart, Cln bring the nations, D0W mart. In faith, and trait, aa honor nearsr.

The Traill About Ilnrbnra. Frit clile A. letter from One who Icnevr Her. We need no apology for letting tho readers of the Cqurant see the following letter, which has been received at this office: Frederick City, July 13, 1869. General In accordance with a promise mado on Tuesday: I take the pen to write a few words about Whittier's heroine.

Barbara Fritchie (not Frietchie) was the widow of John O. Fritchie, deceased. She' died during tho winter of 1862-3, and was buticd in tho graveyard belonging to the German Reformed Church of Frederick. She was nn honest, earnest, faithful Chris tian woman, nnd an ardent lover of her country. During th passage of the rebel army through this place in September, 1862, th a kept a small flag in one of her windhws.

Her intolerance of the rebels was so ex treme that she is said to have used her cane with great briskness in clearing her porch from a number of them during the occupancy of Frederick, and to have employed terms far from complimentary while thus engaged. When our own troops entered on Friday evening before the battle of South Mountain, Reno is said to have been so struck with bcr enthusiastic waving of the flag at the window, that be asked her age, and called upon his men to give ''three cheers for the loyal grandmother." Although most of Lee's army passed by her bouse, it is asserted and probably with' irum mat Jacitson mmselt aid not pass directly by the same, but through an alley which crosses the street, obliquely, at a short distance west of it. Whittier has evidently taken a Gi nucleus for an exquisite poetical ideal, this, brave, honest old patriot, who certainly kept her flag up when others pulled theirs down, who so disliked traitors to ber country that she could not tolerate them even on her porch, and whose enthusiasm and venerable appearance provoked ono of our brave officers to call upon his men to cheer ber. I believe the foregoing paragraphs contain the facts upon which Whittier has framed the poem which has linked Barbara Fritchie's. name to immortal verse.

Her house has passed into the hands of the corporation of Frederick City, and has since been removed so ns to widen the bed of Carroll creek, which washed its walls, with A view of providing against a recurrence of a disastrous flood, such as visited the place Iastsummer. Tbecanelsentyon was made from one of the oak timbers of the bouse. Inclosed you will find portraits of the old lady and the famous house. I also send a copy of a diary kept during the rebel occupation of this place in 1862, which will acquaint yon with some of the incidents connected therewith. With great respect, your obedient servant, Lxwis H.

Srtm-i. General Joseph R. fiawley, Hartford, Conn. Mr. Nasrt Heard Frox.

The following brief epistle from tho suffering Democratic saint was received just as we go to press: FirriR's Taverx, Holmes August 9tb, 1869. The nominashen uv Pendleton wui a severe blow to my hopes, but I easily recovered. I am ez elastic ex a injy rubber ball. Ex I can't bev tho nominashen, I am rejoiced that it fell into the hands uv one who is so near like me. George is the nashin's hope.

His politikle principles are so near like mine, that be cooa to-day carry Kentucky by a overwhelmin majority. Ther ain't a Confedrit soljer in that State who woodent vcte for him cbeerfly. Ther-fore let the Dimocrisy uv Ohio buckle on ther armor and gird up ther loins. We are rid uv Rosecrans, and her a man wich all ur as kin hurrah for. In baste, PcTsoLinc V.

Nasbt," (Wich wax Post Master.) nsNRT A. Wise writes to somebody that be is at the point of death, and adds in the same letter, "Great God! I thsnk Thee!" Well, for once in oar ca say amen to Wise DorCTLESS Frank Blair will como np spouting somewhere, before long, bat he is at present nowhere. Boswix, is called the managing editor of Peitex. pester is oat with a ldgtr tail. Useful aid (forkts.

Canned Fruits. Now is tho season for preparing these additions to our tabic, which recommend themselves not only on of their superior flavor to other methods of preserving fruit, but also on account of the economy of the process, as only one-e-nrth ns much susar is required: and now that the price of sugar is so bigh, it becomes all to use as little as possible. Properly put up in glass jars, "there are many fruits which require no sugar, such ns gooseberries, and blackberries, huckleberries, and blueber ries, and even tho most acid need but one-fourth of their weight, which should be, however, of the best quality. There are various patterned fruit jars, ui giass, sione, anaiin; tne latter should never be used. Our physicians, durin? the war, saw theirdeletcrious effects among me smuiers, anu are reaay to Ueclare that even lives were sacrificed to tho eating fruits canned in tin.

The acids of fruits or to matoes acts upon tho poisonous properties Lof the tin, and absorbs them in quantities sufficient to injure the blood. Glass and stone jars are perfectly harmless, and are quite as cheap if purchased by the dozen. To can fruit, mix in the proportion of one pound of crushed sugar to four pounds of fruit using crushed sugar in preference to granulated or powdered, as it has tbc least adulteration. Fill the jars within an inch ofthe top, and place them in cold water, which should then be heated to a boiling point and allowed to boil fifteen or twenty minutes, or until the cold air has been expelled, nnd the fruit forced up to tho top of the jar. Now is the time to cover it, and with a cloth so as to prevent the steam from burninz the hand, vou ad just the sine cover and screw it down tightly, while in the boiling water.

Now take out me jar anu set in tne ugnt to cooi if bubbles appear in it, it was not cooked suwcieiuij, anu me process must ne repealed. Fruit cooked and canned in tbis manner Will keep for years. Strawberries retain their flavor perfectly, and when opened will perfume a room. Raspberries are very delicious, also cherries, peaches, quinces, etc. Manson's patent is con-idered very reliable few jars have spoiled if properly cooked.

Nearly all fruits are better steamed than stewed or boiled tho fruit is not so badly broken and mashed it retains moro of its original flivor, and no water is required to cook it. In preparing blackberries, hucklo-berries, no sugar is needed. The jars are filed with ripo fruit, placed in the cold water and steamed half an hour from the time the water boils. When required for pies or tho tabic, sugar can be nuded when the jars are opened. Most delicious pics can be obtained in tbis way for Christmas or New Year's days.

Tomatoes can be preserved in stone jars with perfect success. lneymustDosteweu for two hours, nnd while cooking, tbojars must be thoroughly heated, either in the oven or in pans of boiling water. Large corks come with the jars, and pieces of cotton cloth should be placed under tbcm to prevent them from comming in contact with fruit. Make a strong brine, and when boiling dip the square bits of cotton into it. Make asealinz wax of ono pound of rosin, two ounces of beeswax, and ono and abalf ounces of mutton tallow all melted together.

Fill the jars nearly to tho brim with the boiling tomato; which must he kept boiling all tbe time. Lay the cloth over the top, put in the cork, nnd with a brush drop the sealing wax all over it, seeing that every bit of cork is covered well. Fill and seal all tho jars in this manner, nnd you will certainly sucecd in preservinz tomatoes for winter Springfield Republican. A Pest Prescription-. TheLondonFIor-icultnral Cabinet promulgates a remedy for tbe green fly, mealy bug, tbrip, and kindred insects, which infest bouse and greenhouse plants.

Tho editorstates that, from experience, he knows it to be effectual Dissolve half an ounce of bitter aloes in a gallon of water. With this wash svrinze your plants so as to wet them under ns well as over tbe leaves. It tbe enemy be there, he will be destroyed if be be not there, he will uotcome, Whether it bo the nauseous bitter on the surface, or the smell, or both, we know not but so far as it his been tried, infected plants may be put all round one so treated, and there will bo no sign of tbrips, bugs, or aphides, even if the others De covered, it is the only thing mat destroys the tbrip for us; and we believe that, while the bitter remains on the surface, nothing living will touch it. We feel great confidence that evtniemaila and slugs will not meddle with it; and all we can say about its effects on caterpillars is that tbey have not yet attacked a plant to prepared, and that they have committed de precations on punts very ciose. nATXAKXRs' Beer.

Pat a good handful of Dressed hops in a kettle containing from four to six quarts of cold water simmer slowly one or two hours, tin toe strength of the hops is oat. Strain carefully, and add, while hot, two quarts of mclasses and snch flavoring as yoa prefer. Pour into a strong, iron-bound ten-gallon eask, having a good faucet, and nil witb sou, para water. Bane tiebt, and in from one to three days, it will work so as to be qaite lively. To make a heavier, stronger beer, put in more hops and more molasses to modify and flavor, steep the hops with a table-spoonful of ginger and a handful of cheek- erberry leaves, or snch roots ana oarxs-as one chooses.

Fourteen years' experience with this kind of drink in tha bayfield, shows that men work better on it, and prefer it to food between regular meals. It ia both refreshing and nutritive. A. it. Rraovirc Gas raox TYrixs.

A corres pondent of the Scientific American gives an account ot aa ingeniously exiemponzea apparatus for removing carbonie acid gas from wtrlls. It was simply an umbrella let down and rapidly hauled up a number of times in succession. Tbe effect was to remove tbe gas in a few minutes from a well so fool as to instantly extinguish candle previous to.lbe uso of the umbrella. A coob way- of cleaning oil-cloth is to sponge it with skisa milk, it brightens it aad preserves th color. 1869.

Ce Jfim of ijje CJjing. Tfijt FICHIC. If la toil fcth tad to batter, botll. itie ud lo pick, To ft off brif roo. art rtaJj, Aad bafcro ioa tra raad como back; If takinr a lat (a a pia-diah.

And toila joar most ia xht rail, Aad batiti; bot drop ia tba Aad inalli Uko a bath ia yoargUw! If toadi bolJIng hftp on joaf tanJirieb, Aad battle! iaiptctia; joar braad. VYbllo bnmbUi aad tboraa catch feet, Aad worma pttl down on joar bead; iraeattcriar ia trify direction, To acek from tho folia- a corer, Aad find, job hara jail been dotilrippad Bj loina Siry Jaoa aad ber lorer; If galhtriflg np all tha fragment Of racb an Arcadian Teail, Yoa can't tall whether 'twaa moat lik Eatrruinmeat for man or for beait; If that kiad of thin; ia anjojment. In longer or in ahortrr maaanra. And roaro elmpla cnoasjH to behfTO to. Why, then help jonrtelfto tho plritaro.

Bat far me. (1 apeak rHm oxperianeo, Tba aabject I't a etoelv poraaed.) Tba replj will foand In tho Scriptart: I pray the have en axeaaod. WniLX Thad. Stevens was a young law yer, be once bad a case before crusty Judze ot an obscure Pennsylvania Court. Under what he considered a very erroneous ruling, it was decided against him; wherc unon he threw down his books nnd ricked up bis hat in a state of indignation, and was nbout to leavo tbe courtroom, scatter ing imprecations all around' bim.

The Judge straightened himself tn his full height, assumed an air. of offended majesty, and akedThad if he meant to "express his contempt for this Court.1' Thad. turned to him very deferentially, mado a respectful bow, and replied, in feigned amazement: "Expreis my contempt for "this Court! No, sir! I am trying to tronc(tit, your Honor," adding, ns he turned to leavo, "but I find it bard to do it." A srXAKER at a jnvenilo picnle is said to have delivered nn address, of which the following is a sample "Yon boys ought to be Terr kind to vonr litlc sisters. I once knew a bad boy who struck his sister a blow over the eye. Although she didn't fado nnd die in the summer time, when the June roses were blow ing, with sweet words of kindness on ber pallid lips, she rose up and hit bim over tbe head witb a rolling pin, so that be couldn't go to school lor over a month, on account of not being able to put on bis hat." Two Irishmen stopping at a Toledo hotel wcro driven to desperation by tbe hungry mosquitoes, ine clers was appealed to, and told them to close the windows, and to put out tbe gas.

They acted on the sug gestion, bat just as they began to doze, a lightning-bug, which bad strayed into tho room, caugnt tbe eye of one of tbc travel lers, llo roused bis evmnamon with a punch. "Jamie, Jamie, its no uso! Here's one of the crayters sarchin' for ns wid a lantern A lawyer in a certain city in Connec ticut, not remarkable for his cleanliness of person, appeared at a party a while ago with a rose in his buttonhole. "Where do yon suppose it came from?" said he to a brother lawyer who was admiring it. Tho latter looked up and down the entire length of the questioner, and with great delibra-tion responded, "Why, I suppose it grew there. A DcTcmiAX met an Irishman on a lone ly highway.

As they met, each smiled, thinking he knew the other. Pat. on see ing bis mistake, remarked, with a look of disappointment: "faith, an 1 thought it was you, an' you thought in was me, an' it's nathcrof us." The Dutchman replied: "lan, aat isninrue; am anuder man. and yoa ish not yoarself. We be both some other Domes." A Umtersaust minister who was a member of the last Ohio' Legislature, and who wishes to go again, received the following notice irom a local paper: "politically he is dead to all eternity.

Clever man, though, and neighborly, but as a politician, ho scatters awfully. He's too wide at tho muzzle." Tflc following is good, though slightly touched witb age A lady and gentleman. while admiring a poplar tree, tbe latter gallantly remarked. "If I add you to it, it will become popular." Better add us," sna replied, "ana win become populous. He took the hint, and married her soon after.

Ax absconding wife, is tbas pathetically appeaiea 10 in a "pergonal column; "Jane, your'absence will rain all. Think of tbe childoen, your parents, roar hus band. Return, return all may yet bo well. At any rate, enclose tbe key of the cap- uoaru wuere iub giu io. Gor.

Weller, of California, was wrecked on tbe Golden Rule, and on arriving at San Francesco he remarked to a friend Lost everything, sir, everything bat my reputation. 'Governor," replied bis friend, "yoa travel with less baggage than any one I ever saw." A Tocso man, "illiteratebutnolite." on being invited to attend a wedding, sent a note in response, saying, "I regret that circumstances repugnant to the acquiesce win prevent my acceptance ot tne invite. "I havx millions of money," said a dashing gent to a girl about to ran away with bim, "bat yoa might as Nell ssrape op all the jewels and spare change yoa have got." "Ir this should meet tbe eye of John Smith," said an enraged' man, donblingbis fist, and shaking it as he spoke, "be will bear of something to bis A rnrsiciAY boasted at dinner that ha cared bis own hams, when one of his' guests remarked "Doctor, I wonld soon er be your turn than your WHOLE 634. 1 Jar JkmctV' InTRESTixa to Faruers. Tho following bints, taken from an agricultural piper, will be interesting to our farmer readers; Tho farmer who has land well tilled, will reap his reward in a bountiful harvest; arid now is the timo to get tho farm into thebest state of cultivation beforo tho fields aro sowed with tha crops for next year.

Now is the time to sow wheat, which should bo dono from the 10th. Grass land, which was manured last year, and broken up this, will give tho best yield. This plan has been adopted by many farmers with favorable results. Whcro this has not been done, Eut a good top-dressing beforo seeding, and arrow in well then seed and harrow again. Two inches is the proper depth.

By drilling tho seed in larger yield will bo obtained than by broadcast sowing. Manura should bo applied ns a top-dressing to grass land this month. It will protect the roots and give, nn early growth in tho spring. Next summer or spring it can bo plowed up for tbe wheat crop. Threshing should, lie attended to as soon ns you havo leisure.

Let it be thoroughly cleaned ready for market. Stones should be gathered from meadows, especially thoso that are to bo mown noxt year. Stumps and nil rubbish should bo removed, so a to have a clear surfaco for the mower next season. Corn fodder, when gathered, should be placed where it can have freo ventilation, so as not to heat nnd becomo mouldy. It can easily be remedied by pla cing few poles in tho centre to form.a chimney.

Leaves should be gathered either for littering stables or for covering flowor beds. If not wanted for either of theso uses, hut them on the manure heap. They aro valuable, and should not be overlooked. Root crops will be benefited by thinning out to six inches apart, and a freo use of the hoc or cultivator in keeping down weeds. CATCitixa Swine Swino of all ages and conditions, nre, commonly, averso to being bandied, and tbey manifest such disapprobation of it by squealing, kicking and fighting; nnd, when number aro together, of certain breeds, the pugnacity of tho wholo herd is aroused when wc attempt to handlo one of their number.

Pigs nnd hogs that one man can handle, should be caught by ono bind leg witb one band, while tho other band and arm passd around tho body, and tbey are taken up in tho arms with their back against the catcher. Large hogs sohuld be caught, first by tbc hind legs, when two other bands seizo bim by the cars nnd bristles. Now be opens bis mouth, nnd like a stcntor cries, "Murderalion!" Now havo a no'osc on tho end of a ropo ready, nnd slip it around his snout. (Sows with pig should seldom be noosed.) In order to get tbc ropo on tba hind leg, I when they are feeding at Ibe trough, go up carefully behind them and lay tbe noose on Ltho floor, closo to theoot, holding it with one band, and touoh the leg with a littla stick, and the hog will take up his foot, when the nooso must bo instantly moved, so that he will step on it. Now raise it above, the hoof, nearly to tho bock joint, and draw it tight, and he is fast.

After we have succeeded in raising his leg, be is easily managed. If ho is a large, strong animal, crowd bim into a corner with a handepike, after his leg is noosed, then it will be easy to nooso bis snout. Correspondent Boston Cultivator. Coverin'o Grass Seed. It has been shown, by experiments, that bat very few of any kind of grass seeds germinate, when covered two inches deep not qver one-tenth as many as when covered one-quarter of an inch deep.

It, therefore, follows that the practice- of some farmers to harrow in grass seed is a very bad one. First, tbe grain that you seed down witb should be sown, nnd harrowed in, leaving the land as even as possible then sow the grass seed, then weavo somo small brush among your horrow teeth, in a way that tbe ground will merely receivo a light scratching, as the harrow is drawn over it. Sometimes a few, long, trailing branches of the hemlock or spruce, tied together at their butts, and drawn by a horso over tha land, will effect as good covering as can bo donein any other manner. American Farmer. Ccre tor Botts.

Somo fifteen years ago I received from a sourco that I considered above question, tho following formula as a specific for botts or cramp colic in a horse, together with the assurance that one drop of the mixture would instantly kill a bott if it could be brought into contact wjtli any part of his body. But as I have never since that time known of a horse, dying witb botts, I have bad no opportunity, ot observing its action on a living bott. 'But I have seen a great many horses said to have botts inslantly relieved by giving a dose of it, and then forcing them into a brisk trot or gallop, so as to faako.tha liquid ail over the stomach The- mixtu'ro is one pint of good vinegar with one-foorth pound of alum dissolved in it, given at one dose. It is perfectly barmlcs, n. Masks Cider.

Some farmers arc of tho opinion that anything, in tho shape of nn apple, is good enough to make cider, ns that will work itself clear in the end. It is true that cider can be mado of wormy, rot-tenand dirty apples, bat these conditions can hardly fail to affect its quality. If apples were selected with proper care and ground in a dean state, there is no doubt but tbe cider would be much better than it generally is. Somo people grind the ar-pels and immediately pnt tho pomace' to press. Tbis is wrong at least tho cider will not be.as finely flavored as it would be were tbe pomaco left in tha.vat half a day or more before being put np in tho cheese and subjected to pressure.

Now is the timo to dig up hyacinth sntl tulip balbs. "Select the best for flowering for next year. Label them and away in a seenro nlaca to dry. Bnlhs fo'r next season's sboafd be put out auuai a monta irotn now. i'repare your beds well with rich compost.

i tij! Farmers often plow when they hara tho-time to spare regardless of the oiL, heavy day soil should be plowed iivth fall, that tbe frost of winter may pulrerii the I 1 i Y. 1 II.