Moniteau journal (California, Mo.), 1873-04-24

              i THE MONITEAU JOURNAL JOB lKI'AIiT,Ht;.T. our faclUllc. fnr J" O D A7V O IX 1, K . Unsurpassed In the Comity. Moniteau Journal. nMMM every ThniHttf HI California, Moniteau Comity, Mo, nv R B HTJNTmOTOW. K I I rerma r Sttbaorlpttoiil One GOJ v,..,r One 00p) n monllU ! Ml Mlscellaneotta selections. I VNOLB SAMMY. HT Kil l.. M , I.ARI.ITUX. "" -r bora Ungual tliinn -"in, , r, born lor ml! ' III,- II I- tt,,t rceordi-d n i- '''' ""'' " h"rn all I urn i oi.- Sammy wai osruNs m had laftttraat. am. i ro bon with a tahmt, 8omi with .rrip nnil Land l .Home with ',; .! nl nilvcr. Ami sonic wliii a iliB. irni lir.mli " -HiTmiv mine hohlinir an nr. ''in, , ' ,,i lint tlasl vacli Iiuinl. Argumenti lanMMd within Mm, Ami twintml In hi- little mi H. in) unii oalmlj it, han d ' n in n avaran I, utiles cry, Jimi Named lo in- poMerlag navely arhathat to live or to dli.. Hill PtaJOdl I on Hint aMMlOB II,' grew In.iiiilov lo day, And finally he eoni ludiil a i ,' l w 'nl'i r lor him lo ataj i Anil so into HAvi tlisctisnlon lie reasoned and reasoned Ids way Throusli childhood, y-manhootl 1 rough youlbt Into ArKHetl and argui-il het And he married a aituide maiden, ! Though .carrely In love was she: Hut he reasoned the mutter no clearly, she hurdle cold, I help hut agree. And though at nrstshc wua blooming, And the new linn started .-.trong, Ami though t'nele Summv loved her, . And tried to help her along, MM laded away In silence, and 'twas evident Bomething was wrong. Now t'nele Sjiuuniv was faithful, Ami various reihcilies tried; He gave her the doctor', prescriptions, .... . And plenty of logic besldei Hut logic ond medicine failed him, and so one day she died. He laid her away in the chiircli-vard, BO haggard and crushed ami waaf And reured her a co.tlv tomhstoue Wlta all nf her Virtues on; And ought to have added, " A victim of arguments pro and con . " For many a year t'nele ,sammv Fired awaj at his logical forte: Dueoaalon wai hi. occupation, Ami alteroatloa hn sport; Jlc Mined bimtalj out ol churches, he argued himself into court. Hilt alas for his peace and uuiet, one day, when lie went it blind, And followed his singular fancy, And slighted his logical mind, Ami married a pond, runs w idow that wnBn'tof the arguing kind I Her sentiments all were settled, Her habits were planted and grown, Her heart WM a etaived little creature That followed a will ol her own; And she raised a high hand Willi Sammy, and proei eded to play it alone. Then Summy he charged down upon her W nil all ol Ids strength ami his w it, And many a dextrous encounter, And many a lair shoulder-hit; But vain were his blows and his blowing: bu never could budge her a bit . He laid down his premises round her lie .erupt u at her with Ins saws; He ruined great lacts upon her, . And read her the marriaire laws: llul the harder lie tried lo convince her, the harder and harder she was. She brought home all her preachers, As many as ever she could With senlim, nts terribly settled, ... Aml aPPetlte. horribly good Who sat Willi htm long al his luble, and explained lo bun where he atood. And Sammy was not long in learning To follow the sw itnr uf her gowu. And came to be laithh.il in watching 1 Tlie phase of her smile and her frown ; And she, Willi the best of assertion, soon tramped all his arguments down. Ami so, with hta Itfo-uplratlon. Thus suddenly brought lo a check-Ami so, with the fool of his victor Uuceasingly pressing his neck-He wrote on his face, "I'm a victim, ' ' and drilled a logical wreck. And farmers, w hom he had argued To corners tight and fast, Would wink al each other and rhueklc, And grin at htm as he passed, As tosay, "My ambitiousold fellow, yourwhip-plelree's straightened lit last." Old Uncle Summy one morning Lay down on his comfortless bed, And lb nth and he had a discussion, And lleuth came out ahead; And the fact that sine failed lo slart him wus only because he was dead. The neighbors laid out thcirold neighbor, With huracly but leudeiest art; And some of the oldest ones faltered, And tearfully stood apart; For the cruety old man hud oftaa unguardedly shown them his heart, But on his face an expression Of quizzical study lay, As if be were sounding the angel Who truveled with him ihut day. And laying the pipes dowu slyly for an urgument on thu way . And one new-fashioned old lady Felt culled upon to sugguut That the ungel might take Uncle Summy, And givcliim agood night's rest, And then introduce him to Solomon, and tell him to do hiB beat. Harperi WecKly. LOT'S WIFE. Three of ns held joint possession of a " claim" In one of the rural districts ol the placer-mining country. At first we had excellent success; the sand seemed rich with dust, mid several small nuggets of the pure ore uttesied our rising fortunes. In a short time, however, the yield began to diminish : somehow it didn't geem to "nan out" well. Our scanty wasnings 01 uu.i grew scantie r every uny. There was little chance for romance In the life we led. We worked hard in the " diggings" ail day, taking our cold snuuk at noon ; and morning and evening "took turns" In our culinary dulies, and the keeping of our little shanty . I' pon washing days "lew and far between" alter wrestling mightily with soiled garments and creek water, augmenting considerably therein the alluvial deposit, we were wont to lounge in triune council, smoking our pipes of peace, and viewing complacently our renovated apparel, dripping and swaying upon the tops of the neighboring brush. The surrounding "claims," with the exception of one ariioiiiluc. had been worked out and abandoned long ago; but with a pertinacity born oi necessity, we nau citing to ours, we had put in everything we had, here; and it must be a hard struggle which should cause us to throw it all up, and leave empty-handed. The boy. in the next claim were either "harder up1' or more easily discouraged than we, for after trying in vain to sell out, they abandoned their claim and left the mines entirely all but one man, who, for some reason best knowu to himself, decided to remain behind. There were uo other occupied "claims" within a space of three miles ; and our nearest point of obtaining supplies being a day's Journey out, one can easily imagine that in our Isolated situation the gain of a comrade was not a merely nominal consideration. Tomkins, the new-comer, or "Lot," as be was familiarly called, was a character. Originally a New Hampshire man, and shiftless as ouly a degenerate scion from the thrifty New England stock can be, he had emigrated from the "land of ateady habits," Brat to the West, and from thence to our American "El Dorado." Fated to disappointment he had drifted about hither and thither, led by one freak and another, until Anally he had Bettled down In the mines. Lot was a famous storyteller, abounding In legendary lore, and rich in store of quaint old-time ballads. In VOL. 7. fed"! of Ills life with in, he might have turn often heard hllarioiiHlv rimm ing In a high-pitched nasal tone : "The .and with gold dust I- thick. Ho. ban, ho' Hick up lump, am biit a. br ck, Of Callfcrn gold!" Humorous, CUT, and with a strong dash of egotism, combined with persistent good niton Md lively credulity -such WM I, ot, as we first kne w him at the mine.. Eventually, however, his enthusiasm died out : for, as Lo! himself feelingly expressed It ? "The darn thing wme'en-a-most glu eont !" As I have before stated, for some reason best known to himself, Lot had con-si, Jered it expedient to remain behind, at the time his partner abandoned his rial in. Our explanation of thli was, til at tn his easy disposition it seemed teM dun cult to "bear tile ills he had" than to subject himself to thecxertlon of seeking those he "knew notof." Subsequently, however, considerable additional light was thrown on the subject. One afternoon It might have been three weeks after the exodus of Lot's - partners one of onr neighbo-a, engaged , In mining three miles further up the gulch, reined Into camp on his way back Iroin the city, where he hud been to deposit Ills dust in the Miller's hank, ami get out ii lot of supplies. "Halloo! George! Chris! Here are letten for you I" lie cried, tosslug its the Welcome missives. Lot, loitering up, witli quiutcal smile, perpetrated his standing joke: " Wall, saay. ve ain't got notliln' fur me, now. ain't ye?" " No, I guess not," returned the other, with a peculiar twinkle beneath his bushy eyebrows ? " but thar's a woman an' four small children on the Way, asking fur j list itoh a looking feller as you." Lot's jocularity vanished in an instant : his jaw dropped, anil with visible agitation he blurted out : " Come, naOW, none of yer foolin' ! Ye don't pull that on with me !" " Fooling V Nary time! It's sober truth." A sickly pallor swept over the man's countenance, and he seemed to shrink within himself until dwarfed much below his usual dlm'UUtlve stature. "What? what's that yeou say?" he stammered wildly, " I say a woman an' four small children ar' coming this way, searching lor a hus. hand and lather." '"How fur behind?" gasped the anxious Lot. whose legs were fast getting tremulous under him. "Ob. a matter of three milo, or thereabouts!" mid with a nod and knowing glance, and "No further news, boys!" to us, the little mule, answering the spur of ids rider, struck into a brisk gallop, which speedily carried them both out ol sight. There we stood, inquiringly facing Lot. He gulped awhile ; but llnally out with it : "The fact is, boys I'm married!" And with tills lucid explanation. Lot, with rapid and somewhat unsteady step, disappeared within his cabin, Ar er a few seconds, he hastily emerged, beating In his hands a pack of thumbed and greasy cards, a set of dice, several worn "dime novels," and an old "Com ique. Songster." " I gnoM. boys. I shan't need these anv longer," he sold, Hushing piiinliilly alternately standing on one loot, and then shifting hit weight to the other; "sol thought I'd clean 'em eotlt. Some wiin- men folk Ii pertlokerler, ye know." Cbl'ie took the article's, and offered to keep them lor him, " Wai, if ye'vea mind to. I'd be much obleeged to ye. It monght be possible barely possible, ye know they'd come bandy some time." And Lot," his neck lost bending to receive the yoke, looked forward with vactie expectancy to a dim chance of future release. Pitying the poor fellow's evident dis-comtiture, wo refrained from joking or questioning liini, and impatiently awaiteil those "coming events" which had so unmistakably "enst their shadows before." Just at sundown, a novel train was seen wending its way toward the camp. Lot stootl in the door of his cabin, while we, drawn together a little in ti c background, watched for developments, In advance rode a figure in female apparel, perched upon the back of a gaunt pack-uorse, a child, just past the threshold of infancy clasped by one arm, and another, also of tender years, sitting astride the pillion, its limited embrace aspiring to eucirele the maternal waist. A trille in the rear came a rough mountaineer, in the capacity of guide, sandwiched between two children of a larger growth, the elder of whom could not havo exceeded the age of ten years. A monstrous dog of the St. Bernard breed formed, successively, flank and rear. Checking the beast within a few rods of us, the woman gave a keen, scrutinizing glance around, which rested at last lixedly upon the countenance of Ian. "That's him!" she exclaimed, In a strong, decided, though not unmusical voice, nodding significantly to the guide. "We'll .ton r Clasping the infant tightly, and loosing - r rne arms oi the otlier trom anout tier waist, down she slid, lithe as a young girl ; and in a twinkling had the three cimcircn on their feet, and the youngest transferred to the arms of theten-year-old. Lot waited in an apparently dejected mood, while she settled with the guide from her own poc ,ct, with business-like dispatch. Then she led her little brood, followed closely by the dog, up to the door of our neighbor's cabin, "Well, Lot, we've come." "I see yott have, Marler!" And the door closed upon Lot and ids family. On the ensuing morning we were able to arrive at a more correct estimate of the new comer, who early introduced herself to us as "L.ot's wile." She was of fair complexion, short in stature, and very slim ah, ut the waist. Her thin flaxen hair was drawn smoothly back from a prominent forehead, and fastened Id a tight button-like knot at the back of tier neck. Restless blue eyes, a sharp nose, thin cheeks, and a firm, large mouth, filled with even, white teeth, completed thy list of her personal characteristics. Energy, declflon, business, was written on every lineament of the little woman's countenance spoke in every restless move of her "lissome" body. In the first three sentences she spoke a contract was matured, to the effect that we, furnishing the wherewith, should thenceforward look to her to "keep the not boiling," at the average rate of "twenty-five cents a head" per diem. Lot's children were miniature reproductions of the mother ; and were under a control little short of automatical. Even Lion, the great St. Bernard, seemed to know his place, and performed various useful duties, under the judicious eye ol his mistress and ruling spirit. " Never had much opinion of dogs, any way," she said, rather apologetically, one morning, as distributing our breakfast, sheglanc d at I .ion and tlie Infant, rolling and gamboling together In the deep, warm wind. Never coidd bear one, until Lion tin re, then only a half-grown pup, saved my first baby. He, just a weeny, toddling CALIFORNIA, MONITEAU CO., HO., THURSDAY, APRIL j thing, cot out of Hi door, and down to the crick ; and the llrst thing I saw-was the dog, bringing him out, strangled and I dripping tn Ms mouth, i wouldn't part with that dog for his weight in gold ! ' Whatever Lot's Inmost mind or Mere. repining, his outw ard life bore evtdenoe oi a marked revolution toward the ildeol I iii fill and virtunu' industry. No more loitering, at tasks (r levity of demeanor: no judicial magnate ever clothed himself In dignity and reticence more severe than characterized Lol under the new admin. nitration, at Whose head stood hit brisk little wife. To ns. the advent of Lot's wife mnrki-d the commencement of a new era ; whole, some food, a tidy caliin. and, above all, no more darning Of socks, or washing-days. The wilderness had begun to blossom. We even attained to, now and then, the luxury of a " hlled shirt." We were Opening Un a new and richer vein In our Claim, and prosperity and contentment smiled upon us. It Was an evil day thai dawned upon our cjimp In the gulch. When one ol the boys, ten miles above ns. turned in on 111 way to the jlty, almost prostrate from a sudden attack of mountain liver, and with money to pay a note w hich had become due on a quart, mill. He wanted to know If any of us were going in. as he eonid make It worth our while to do the errand for him. he remaining at our cabin until the messenger's return. As It happened, we were not intending to go for several days, our stock of supplies on hand being considt lahle. and not having enough dust to pav lor carrying it to the hank. Lot's wife, however, on learning the state Of affairs, was observed to communicate some Instructions to theten-year-old, who immediately "lit out" In the direction of his lather's claim. A few moments, and Lot himself came in. He was willing to accomodate, and would go to the city. His claim wasn't paying him much ; and he might as well look about a little. All of which familiar terms might have been translated to mean that bis wile was not at all averse to earning the "something" before intimated, which should "make it worth his while." None ol us questioned Lot's honesty, nml we made basic to get him off as soon as possible.It was alter nightfall of theetisuingday, when he Was seen riding furiously toward the camp, looking neither right nor left, bating neither breath nor speed, until, opposite his own threshold, he leaped to the ground, dashed inside the cabin, and slammed to the door. We had scarce time to wonder at this strange and unusual proceeding, when there swarmed upon us a parly of men armed, and stern, members of a vigilance committee. Their errand was soon made known : they wi re in pursuit of the unhappy Lot. A party instantly surrounded his cabin. Thi n the whole of the unfortunate affair came out. Lot's spirit, released from its accustomed restraint, had rebounded like a balloon that has thrown over its ballast. "Marier's" last words were useless as the Wind against this sudden and overwhelm Ing elation, born of renewed liberty. His journey furnished him a golden opportunity, though brief, for tile renewal of those harmless Indulgences of late SO religiously foregone. a chance acquaintance, met just in tin- ctlge or town, easily lea tile way to a friendly tipple in the nearest saloon. This exchange of goodlellowship eventually resulted in many more, under the combined influence of which, no Rotbsohlld ever felt richer than did Lot with the trust-money in liis hand. What occurred thereafter, passed to Lot like a troubled dream. There was a vague remembrance of all hands at the bar. a sculllc, a pistol-shot or two; and then the mad race home, a trust betrayed, the stain ol blood on his hands, and tlie "Vigilantes" close upon his heels. They were sure enough ol him now 12 men to one, and he trapped like a prairie-dog in Ids hole. Clou, the huge St. Bernard, came smelling at the garments of the invaders, looking up with large inquiring eyes. Half unconsciously, tlie leader patted the rough head carrcssinglv, PS it rubbed against his hand. The dog. friendly to the friendly, reared upon his bind legs and placed liis fore-paws on the leader's shoulders standing a half head taller than tlie man himself. Meanwhile, neither sound nor light came from Lot's cabin. Lion, going ovc", pushed at the door with a low whine. Speedily following, the leader, with three of liis men, knocked lor admittance.Straightway in the door appeared Lot's wife. "Gentlemen, what will you have?" " We have business With TOUT husband, madam. Will you ask him to step outside?""Sly husband is not able to attend to business lo-iiieht." "But our business is Important, and cannot wait. If helloes not come out. we must come in." "Gentlemen, you cannot see uiv hus band to-night 1" Her voice was linn. even, decisive: perhaps a trifle more dc- cisive than usual. The dog, crouching at Iter feet, gave a low growl. " Woman, we have no time to bandy words ! Let us pass ?" The dog rose partly up, with a menacing growl. The woman behind him seemed to rise and expand in the white heat of passion that possessed her. Her voice was high and shrill : "And 1 say you shall not pass! you that come, 12 armed men, with murder in vour hearts, to take an Innocent man out from the midst of his helpless children. I swear mat you snail not touch a nair ot ms Head to-ingnt I" As sho spoke, drawing with dextrous nana a" volts navy irom ine loitis 01 ner uress, sue neiu it at tun cock. Deal ing straight upon the leader's lwart. Not a man among them but was touched at the sight or this dauntless devotion ; yet emuuou inusi noi prevent tne discharge ol dutv. "But this man has committed murder Ihe gravest crime known in the eyes ol the law. Public safety demands that we deal with him according to the let ter ef the law," expostulated the leader, more moved than he cared to acknowledge. A superb scorn overspread the woman's features. Bending to touch the dog with her hand, the huge creature drew himself erect, angry and bristling, with lips drawn threawnlhgly back from his formidable teeth. Then boldly throwing open the cabin door, she pointed with unraised nnger, sun noinmg me neaniy weapon anii, it inn ai mo issuer's neari. a seal ii lng contempt rang In her words : "Does that man look like a cut-throat? Can you oil, looking inside this cabin tell me that you are afraid to spare him to his wife and children this one lint night?" She paused a moment, glancing swiftly aiouiMi uic uircn: oi rougu laces If ITSSflll close upon her The tableau within show ed Lot, crouching upon a low camp-stool paie, uisoruercu, nun snaking Willi terror clasping In his arms the youngest-horn tht) IW0 girls, iirm and icarless as their mother, were planted at his knees; while ueiwcen nun ami tne door, tlio ten-year rest, The hc. bear and her cubs were grit to the backbone. pied hand. " that take the hu.inc.ss ,,f u,,, Almighty into your own hands, and send the -oul-" He has made unhidden Into liis presence, without a prayer for mercy? Which would be the better, you ot hh'n? Leave him to US this night, and as surely as there i- a heaven above us, in the morti-Ing yon shall come In without hindrance? Vou can guard tlie cabin. There Is no danger be will escape yen!" There was a murium among the " vigilantes." Their task was ;, harder one than they were prepared to execute: and perhaps a thought of Wives anil children i at home moved them a little to this tin wonted leniency A brisk conference, and the leader said : "Have your way. Make the mostol your time. We'll uot disturb you until morning." " You are not deceW'y, mc?" she said, wtakshln r t'ic wtaMnawti eyes winch seemed to pierce like sharp Steel points. A hoarse murmur ran through the crowd. " No ! no ! Fair play I" For a moment the woman's strength teemed to fell, anil -he leaned heavily against the casement : another, and she disappeared within, the faithful dog following, protect. ugly, close behind. The men bivouacked around the caliin. disposing themselves for the night, two or lliree appointed sentinels keeping vigilant watch. The oilier members of the camp, unable to sleep, had kept wakeful vigil, using our little Influence and knowledge of the accused's inoffensive disposition to mitigate, if possible, tlie prejudice Which we found greater than the real weight of evidence against him. In an affray, two men had been stabbed one seriously, one fatally ; and Lot's band held a bloody knife. Innocent men have been hanged, even after full judicial trial, under circumstantial evidence far less convincing than this, As the night wore away, 1 restlessly paced tlie camp. An occasional sound came from the guarded cabin, but otherwise all was still Once, about midnight, after a prolonged scratching at the door, it was opened to let OUt the dog. A stream of light flashed out : but 1 caught no glimpse of those Within, The dog, poor tallow, as though his canine spirit seemed to comprehend the fatal danger impending over those he loved. With drooping head and pendent tail, slunk through tlie open space. "uoouiiioui i ooi iciiow; uomQ nerei 1 called. He lifted liis head at the sound of mj voice, raised Ins nniz.lc mournfully in the air. then drooping it again, went on, soon disappearing n the aqiacent c uiparra . At the first faint streak of dav the "vig- Hantaan ' ,, , ...i..,,". .,, P- i..,, .'.i:,,,,,,,! ,i... . ,:..'., i.c... them. The excitement of the past night had worn away, and in these calmer moments not one of those most eager lor duty then, but Wished himself relieved from the painful responsibility devolving upon him There was yet no sign of life cabin. ibottt tic Never, 1 think, did the solemnity of the occa uon nonRal inor.t; i uiiical more loi.-l'lj in tbatwart the "vigilantes. They were conh- dent terribly conlldeiit that the prison- r would be found guilty. Witli voices ubdiit d, and quiet tnien.tiiey awaited tlie iciton oi iticii leaner, who tiiituaiiciv postponed, lo the last possible moment, his official summons. lost as the sun's disk appeared above the horizon, three of the committee ad vancing knocked upon tlie door. With yes red and swollen with weep ng, Lot s wife opened it wide. Willi a sickening sensation I f.cl to de-rlbo, I awaited what was to follow. A suggestive rope lay where it had been thrown, at the foot of a neighboring tree. With a Shudder 1 recalled the many times Lot had sat under the shadow of its branches, his children playing about his knees. Chris and George had followed at tlie heels of the other party. resoiiniimg slap upon the snniiiiicr nearly sent me reeling lo the earth. liv the great .noses, that little woman s a brick !" Wnat is it. Chris?" I asked in aston ishment ; for his lively tone was anything but appropriate for the occasion. I oine and sec : and seizing me by the arm, he commenced dragging me toward i.ot, s camn. V sudden revelation came to me. l.ot had committed suicide! Well, better so than the hangman's noose ! BnterUSI the cabin nrisnn. a singular pectacle presented Itself. The commit tee stood in a dismayed group in the center of the room : while Lot's wife, stern and resolute no longer, bent over the huge dismantled carcass of poor lion. Uoue was the nerve, the passion ami power, which had, the night previous, imported and lifted her above her sex. Plainer, more meager. If possible, than usual, there wasyeta something touching in her weakness ; perhaps because it was so foreign to her nature. Lilting her woc-Dcgone countenance as I approached, she exclaimed, broken. iy.:- , I (1 a most rat ner (lieu than a nunc it but there wasn't no other way!" Hardly had the news of tne escape spread through the camp, when a horse man, riding at oreaK-neck .qieeo., came, in the midst of a cloud of dust, flying up the trail. In his hand he uore a white signal. which he persistently waved as he had advanced. Dashing into camp, he threw himself breathlessly into the midst of the Vigilantes." "Where's the man you were going to hang?" "Escaned." "Thank God! for ho didn't doit! 'Fris co Bill lias confessed the deed!" Then the cheeis that rang out might almost have rent the heavens In twain ; but Lot's wife, alone with her sleeping children, crouched In mournful silence over the form of her poor, dumb sacritlec silent and faithful even unto death. LakettiiU Monthly. Pickles, according to Dr. Hall, are good for those who crave them. He reasons that often the system needs an acid that acids promote tlie secretion of bile. and that when a person craves something i sour it is nature calling lor a remedy tor fever, or biliousness, or indigestion. It is the vinegar that does the good. Therefore it is necessary that pickles should be made ef pure vegetable vinegar. I 'nor. Hsnuy says that fifteen tons of uutliraulte coal burned in the furnace of one ol our best engines, exerts an energy equal to that of an able-bodied slave woi king ten hours a day for thirty years of his active life. Three American gardeners will be allowed to ralso vegetables In Austrian soil to compete for the agricultural premiums at tlie Vienna Exposition. TnB police-of New Haven are no longer to be permitted to carry umbrellas. old, with a dilapidated Chair, stood behind his father? rille. is?.;. 1 MISCELLAXEOI'S I'ArUHKAI'HN. i ALABAMA COTS il up and ready to be i hoed, r tORIU grows live hundred bushels of swe, i potatoes to the acre. Am Indianapolis hen thinks two eggs a day SOUel hing to crow about. Wurlsa newspaper like a wife! Because every man ought to have one of his o wn . a voi No woman'a soft und rum Who is our IkVOrltS Itoiiiau hero? Atmnri Marina. A PHYSICIAN says mosquitoes have in their veins some ni the liest blood in the country. If SXtCO is said to Ik- like the earth, he- 1 cause it has a revolution every twenty. 1 four hours. I Yot 'na a fool If you're a walker In a pond, you're a philosopher if you ponder I In your walk. ) A msaronc Delaware judge fined a law. yer one dollar for merely calling him "a bloated Old rhinoceros." A DaNUUKY man was much relieved to i tl ml that the terns Credit Mobilicr was not , a name lor hog cholera. ; Pnor. Mudob saya that, as Kansas be. comes more thickly settled, many fossil ' iced elephants will be dug up. I A Nkw Hami'simrk woman who re. rosined a spinster until she was sixty, lias just buried her fourth husband. A i;ilA B charm hus been tna.li, amkln.t ' a young lady of Augusta, tla. SIliHs ae- CUSed ol stealing flowers from a cemetery.1 UK extensive condensed milk factories ill Switzerland use 'AUXWI quarts of milk . dally, and four-fifths of tlie product Is exported to Kngland. A iiot sK is never perfectly furnished I for enjoyment unless there is a child ill it rising three years old, and a kitten rising -ix weeks. fftaMty, Nkw Kngland farmers believe that tlie I immense abundance of maple sugar this season will compensate lor the severe , Wilder they have suffered. By. carefully computed estimates It Is ! ascertained that Kngland is now as fully supplied Willi brew 1st nil's M the ever was I at this season of the year. A rASBIORABIiR New York gentleman i thinks that if ladies would only Use their powder-pull's more sparingly, men would ; get through the season with only one t drctS-coat. pASBIONAnLI young lady of I'liila- ; delphia dropped one of her false eyebrows in a i hurch pew, and badly frightened a I coin, ,r i,i-iii n,,vl to In r whfl tl,,.,,,.1,t I, I ', 1,: ,,,, a,,. .. , nrarna.. , rw,,.-,-,. M , : , " , .S i. . .i fS , , . '';,vu "r,Ml r x.ently.-fArcma. I Yes, she married a fellow named White, an I then turned him out of doors thrci weeks alter the event. A ci i.ti vatkd showman propounds the following conundrum : Q, What transformation takes place in an infuriated elephant when he charges upon a crowd ol people? A. He becomes a turner in I ivory. (Vaults has now all the respect paid I to it whi Ii is due only to virtue and I talent: I tit ,i - ...in ,-,. what aarlmata 12, l I I places upon It, since lie otteu bestows n i upon the meanest and most unworthy ol i all his creatures. Dm our readers ever hear their young lady iicouaintances nsk each other " Vt hat's your politics ?" and then giggle? The question has a hidden meaning. For explanation apply to the first lady you know who wears a large bustle. No man, when he violates the truth, can tell of what sin lie is guilty ; where his falsehood will penetrate, and what misery it will create. It may culminate, it may kill, it may embitter, it may impoverish. What evil it may prave you cannot tell. In a Chicago court of justice they tried, the other day, to decide how much weight constituted ii load (or a horse. The question Is just as easy to decide and no easier as how much a man can lift, or how much a man can do. It depends upon the horse slightly. Ik ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that hind the wealthy and the proud to home may be forged on earth, but those which link the poor man to his humble hearth are ol the true metal, and hear the stamp of heaven. A Nkw Enoi.anii farmer sent to an orphan asylum for a boy that was "smart, active, brave, tractable, prompt, industrious, clean, pious, intelligent,good-looking, reserved, and modest." The superintendent wrote back that unfortunately they had only human boys in that institution.KvmiYBODY eats peanuts, and everybody knows that some are full and plump, while others have little or nothing in them ; but everybody does not know that before the retailer gets Ids peanuts they are separated, the full from the empty, by means ot a fan, and sold ut different prices. "Gbn ii.emkn of the jury," said a judge in summing up, "in this case counsel on both sides are impudent and incredible ; the witnesses on botli sides are indecent and incredible , and the plaintiff and defendant both stand such acknowledged rogues, that it is to me utterly indifferent which way you give a verdict." Tub last dog story : A New Hampshire canine being repeatedly baflled in the attempt to cat, Ii a woodchuck In a long drain, as it made 1's exit at the other end as the dog followed through, brought a neighboring dog and stationed him at the other end of the drain. He then drove the woodchuck through, and lie was caught. We have llnally, in a paper, something nersonal" that is both trcsh. auinentic, I and satisfactory. A lady writes to the 1 able editor asking the original of the ' phrase, "The army swore terribly at Flanders, and w hat occasioned the profanity? Answer: Mr. Flanders was a sutler, and his prices and general disregard for all the rules of trade so Incensed the army that it cursed him with all Us strength. hissing the Bride. A stalwart young r ii -tic, who W.iS known as a formidable operator in a "free tight," had just married a blooml, g and beautiful young country girl ouly eighteen years of age; and the twain were at a party where a number of young folks of both sexes were enjoying themselves In the good, old-fashioned pawn playing style. Every Klrl in the room had been called out and kissed except Mrs. B , tlie beautiful young bride aforesaid, and although there was not a youngster pre-cnt who was not "dying" to taste her lips, they were restrained by the presence ol her herculean husband, who stood regarding the party with n look of sullen dissatisfaction. They mistook the cause of his anger, however, for. suddenly rolling up his sleeves, he stepped into tlie middle of the room, and, in a tone ot voice that at once secured marked attention, said: Gentlemen, 1 have been noticing how things have been working here for some NO. 46. length of time, and I ain't half Satisfied, I don't, want lo raise a fuss, but " wit it's the in in. r. John?" Inquired half a dozen voices; "what do you mean: have we done ait) tiling lo hurt your fni-Ings?""Yea, you have, all; all of you have hurt my feelings, and I've got justthls tosay about It: here's evrrygal hi the to in been kissed nigh a dozen times apiece, and le ic's my wife, who i consid er as slngl likely as any Of 'em. has MM had a I one to-night, and I usl tall V olt. now, Ifslte don't get as many klse.the luuaiicr of Ihe time s any g slights h, I in the) room, the man that me to tight, that's a'l, your plays." lias got Now go ahead with llrel Sugar. Now that the tubjeol of hect sugar i- engrossing the attention ofs many farmers, everything from which Information ... gained on tins point, is of interest, i delivered before the Oakland, t'al.. Farm- .-, club, by Pwr. Party! : i-jti.i.u i nil' l.illolllg irotll a lecture in i ue ear no, nu rgraf, a Berlin apothecary, discovered In s plant growing wtni on uir snore, ol the Hi illterranean, ; a certain amount of sugar identical with cane sugar. He communicated the fact U) j the Berlin Academy and recommended the cultivation of the plant lor the extraction of .-ug.ir from i: ; but al thai period chemistry was just struggling forth om of alchemy and the time for the realization of such a plan bad not ycl dawned. Since then front that wild plant has been developed the present sugar beet, and out of I that little discovery by Margraf. has grown one of the greatest Industries Of the present day, an Industry which has Spread all over Central Europe and is evl-' ifently destined also to -pi i ad over a large portion oi this continent. In i"":i Achard, another Prussian, revived Margraf "s project, lie carried on a series of experiments in raising beets and making sugar on his farm at Caulsdorl, I near Berlin, and aided by the government, he founded in 17! pon the domain oi Cuuern in Silesia the nrst heel sugar fao-' tory. In lTbli he presented several lo ivi-Of beet sugar to the King of Prussia; however, the enterprise not being remunerative and giving too little promise of becoming so, was abandoned. Alter Achard had published in 1797 his Hrst report of making sugar from beets, the Buglish government, frightened at the prospect of a competition with the cane-sugar of the West India colonies, offered him a large sum of money to ac-knowledge publicly that he had been mis-taken in the results of his trials; but lie Indignantly refused the offer. The statements of lite amount of sugar obtained by Achard vary between one and three per I cent. The beet sugar project assumed a different aspect when, by Napoleon's decree of the 81l of November, 1808, the harbors ol the European continent were closed against the products ot British colonies, while Kngland in return, prevented the products of other colonics from entering continental harblrs. The price of sugar rose in Germany to over one thaler per pound, aud there, as well as in France, beet sugar factories sprung up and did a lucrative business, although the yield of ir scarcely reached thnY pi r cent. It .-ecu to f-ignr. in Germany and Uussli per cent". A sugary beets iii ;i campalgi quite extensive ; thel meilts working over attention was paid pari of ihe buslnes raising of the right from eight lo nine working 600 tons of was then thought e are now establish 60,000 tons. Great 1,1 ihe agricultural especially to the kind ol' beets, since experience bad tan lit that beet- were wanted which were licit in sugar and poor in salts. Although the sugar beet will grow in almOSl any soil, a deep, sandy loam is best suited to its nature. In fact, good grain land Is also good beet land. In a country where the summers are hot and dry, a stronger and more retentive soil is required than where they are cooler and more humid. Soil charged with mineral salts must be avoided tor they are eager- i ,r ly absorbed by thu bccls and are a bin- I if d ranee to the extraction ol tne sugar, it is ut for cultivation nearly all over the United .States, so far as the -oil permits. Concerning Door-Hats. l-r is reported from Philadelphia that tlie noble little boy who. during the late appalling winter, stole three hundred and ten door-mats, and with the proceeds thereof maintained bis Infirm and irreproachable mother, is at present seeking some new opening lor bOUSSt industry. In calling attention to his case, we desire less to advertise bit individual Worth than to remark that liis theory of life is by no 1 to us that American society, just now. has re solved Ittell Into a vast organization to encourage tlie lifting of door-mats for ben. evident purposes. Kinincnt business men who lend their nanus to strengthen a rotten speculation, and sell their preferred stock at a premium, putting the money into thecontribution-box, are following file footsteps ol the filial little boy. Traders who sell dishonest goods, and who live cleanly and build churches ; young women who, with out love, marry for money or a position or ease, and never forget morning prayers northe claims ol Muulay-scliool, nay, who help indigent parents and forward the prospects of fair and needy sisters; clergymen who, though God-fearing men, scruple net bo till their jiews by charlatanry, and raise church funds by worldly and unAanOtified means ; that whole greedy public which hankers for money and gets it how it may, instilled to itself by the self-assurance that the base store shall be spent I nil for humane and useful ends each anil all of these are taking tlie door-mat, and thanking heaven tot their line intentions concerning its disposition. There is something tragical in the present blindness of society tothe value ol , .,.,. 1 11. ,. . U.. moral oougauoiiH. aim win i hm i end justifies the means is tlie worm at the root of the social tree. The carelessness of unimportant engagements, the postponing of the payment of bills, the spending of money tor nothing all these habit in the most well-intentioned people are very dangerous. Society rests on absolute integrity aud honesty. If yea becomes nay, and nay yea, if a public man or a iirfvate citizen mav. bv anv indirection, take an lota wmcu is not iruiy im imu without general reprobation, we have started on that road which leads to general chaos. No great trade can be health ily maintained without an absolute reciprocal rellauce on the mere word ol masters and men. Commerce would be disastrously hindered it commercial obligations were lightly held. Horace Menu used to sav thnt tlie familiar maxim, "Let Jutice be done, though the heavens fall," ought to be rendered, " l.ct justice lie done, Utt the heavens fall." since It is only Justice that keeps the eternal arch self-poised. And justice means absolute honesty. Each of us knows tor himself wherein he Is con victed of the habitual takl g of door-mats lor nonie i-iiiis. it is lor each ot us to make private restitution, and to abjure Ills pleasant peculations. Htarth and Home. Ei.cut.tl at living Rate.. in MXA.V IirsPiESS. The English Poisoner. I a lab paper I read the trial and conviction of tne woman Cotton, who. I sii-poe, has poisoned twenty persons some husbands and many children of her own among thein--unler clreiim.tann'. nf the most sen ne and complacent selfishness. It Is difficult to Imagine thur thl woman should In' a Icllow-eivatuie, and almost iiiiiLis nna ,,.,,1, . ,,.,,.t),.,r nf i,a r not dvlla ln,ili- Will. r. sncct to Ibis ,'Li, 1 1 , r . I : . . b,,r -as sc.ms te contradict a very striking remark that I once heard made by lr. I lelane, the editor of Ihe Tuaaa. and one who by Ids Social position must needs I, as well BO I quainted with our aristocracy M most : men. lie said that more murders were committed quiet puttings away of fathers and elder brothers in the few acres on which stand otfr most fashionable squanSLtDan In any similar area in Kng-liitul, because the position of the Inhaoi- fants pla,-cs them above the n aeh of a I ..r.,i,(.-'- l.,..ii..-l 'I,.. l,iil.,i. l,ml. lv nhvslcl faj ..;,,,, scv tne necessity or vo'l- tiwisnrc "' ,f .ii, mk, n n,. ble house from scandal t" and living the tulli -t benefit of his doubts to the case in question, he signs hi- certldoSte of " died from natural causes." This may perhaps be the case; but certainly It seems that the very poverty of a household may also ekempl what occur- In II from public ln-qlllry, since Mary Ann Cotton has been at her deadly work for these twenty years with perfect impunity. There was no pretense of jealousy, hate, or pas-Ion to account lor any of her crimes; they were all committed because the victim was more or less a burden to her. or was insured for a few pounds In a benefit club, .she is described as comely, quiet-looking, and almost lady-like, yet very resolute much the sort of pcrsou that one would picture one of Miss Nightingale's gallant hand of hospital heroines lo be. God help the man or child, however, who t r iist. il to her tender mcrcli -! She who had seen so many little children die in agonies, and tended them from lirst to last with her cruel, careful hands. was, we are told, " excessively aff ceil " by her own sentence, and protested against il In her quiet, sullen way. Quite Otherwise did a certain lively young reprobate behave on his conviction at the Central Criminal Court last week, who, by hi- careless atqwrfan and dose imitation oi' "lite Artful Dodger." won more of my sympathies than 1 care to own to. He was sentenced, notwithstanding all his gifts, to seven years' penal servitude: and after he bad heard bis doom pronounced made thi- astounding proposition to the judge. " Look here, inv lord. I'll toss you, double or quits, Whether il shall be fourteen yarn or nothing?' TiOnHon Cor. ffarptri8 liazar. A (.'lire foi Girdled Trees. .' Since the winter of 1867 and 1868, there have been none more favorable for field mice, says the A' ' ForJt THfttms, than the one just ended. Over a wide range of country the ground was covered with a heavy body of .now in December, This a as added to by frequent storms, audit remained during the entire season. In closely planted orchards, the snow was I piled in places iev l al feet In thickness for lAvhLavutu awka .FnrvUwl Jua. (he couulflens most propitious forthese active pests. tinder such circumstances it will be strange if, on disappearance ol nature's blanket, thousands of fruit trees are not found girdled, especially those standing in or near grass land. Trees from which the bilk has been gnawed all around and six to twelve inches in width, are sure to die w ithin a year unless prompt measures are taken to make connection between the b rk above and that below tin-wound. The prescriptions which have been published from time to lime are as numerous as (lies in mid. tun ni r. and most of them as unsatisfactory. Where only a third or a half Of the circle has been made, leaving a connecting strip, then, by covering the bare part with a coating of cow droppings and yellow clay, the young bark will row oyer the wound much sooner than left exposed. Where there is no such connection, however, the best and most simple method of forming om and the method that never fails is to insert scions (one, two. or three, ns the case may require), bridging over tlie barked part, ihe method la Simple and rapid, and most any one can do the job without dlfuCUlty. Take the scions ol last year's growth of wootl. from young healthy trees, cut them the right leiigtl , bevel each on the same side at both ends. Then, with a budding knife, make an incision in the hark of the tree above and la low the injured part, and carefully press the scion in place. Cover over where the incision was made with grafting wax. and then wind around he Stl scions, some harrow strips of bass matting, which will keep them firmly in place. For trees from which the bark has only been gnawed halt or two-thirds the way round, one or two scions will be sufficient ; but when there is no connection left, it will be found advisable, particularly on a large sized tree, to put In three scions. Changing Clothing. II km in and sometimes life itself Is often lost by laying aside winter clothing too early. Laying tlanncls aside in the spring Is a most pernicious practice. They are as necessary in July as in January. We can better do without woolens next the skin in mid-wintr th in in midsummer. We do not get overheated in Winter; we do in summer; and the most frequent exciting cause of coughs, colds, and consumption is a rapid falling of the temperature (if tlie body. All are familiar with the fact that u sudden checking of perspiration is always dangerous ; very little exercise causes us to perspire in sunnier, and a very slight draft of air checks the perspiration ; hence, eminent French physicians have stated, that colds taken In slimmer excite the most Incura- L , ... .... .. ble forms of consumption. White woolen flannel Is a most efficient guard against these sudden changes, because it Keeps the heat of the body in, while It repels the excessive heat from without ; It conveys the water of perspiration to its outside, while the surface next the skin is drier. We all know that silk, cotton, and linen next the skiu get saturated with water, and If, for an Instant, the slightest draft of air gets between the skin and the material, there is a charnel-like chill when that material touches the skin. The rule should be to wear white wool en nannel next tlie skin all the year ronnd ; thick In winter, a little thinner in April, a gauc mail rial on tlie first day ot .iuiy;on tne nrst or ucioncr resume what was laid aside In July ; on the first ot December put on the thickest, extending to ankles and wrists. These rub s of changes are especially neoessary to all old people, to all Invalids and young children ; day laborers and all outsdoor workers would be incalculably benefited by the same observances. Hall's Journal of Health for April. Texas Is the thlrVstate In the Union, as a beat growing State. The wheat crop of Texas was, in average per acre, Just equal to that of California last year All Work Waatly and Promptly