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ONE HUNDRED MILES OF HEDGE.-The
Illinois Central Railroad Company have
contracted with James Sumpter & Co.,
of Montgomery county, Ohio, for hedg-
ing with Usage orange one hundred miles
of the Illinois Central Railway. The
contract commences fifty miles south OF
Chicago, near the Kankakee River.
These two hedges, each one hundred
miles long, will require about two mil
lions Of Usage plants. The ground along
the line is 10 be broken this summer, and
the planting to be done in the spring of
1855.
The portion 10 be hedged is through
the centre of the Grand Prairie of lii.
nois, where groves are frequently thirty
or forty miles apart, and the plants OF
this hedge will be the only thing in the
shape Of tree in sight upon some parts
of the line. 1t will have very pleasing
effect, in breaking the monotony of the
landscape and marking out the line Of
the road L. Tribune.
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JUMP TN.--So said good-natured gen.
tleman riding alone in his chaise, as he
overlook youngman on foot, several
years ago. The youngster jumped in
and was much obliged.-Since that timc
he has often thought OF the very timely
and acceptable invitation then extended
TO him; aad now, when he himself over
takes a lone traveller, wayworn and
weary, he pays the old debt. by repeat
ing the invitation-"Jump in" A small
surely, to help stranger a mile
or two on hh way; yet is it one of those
little things which go toward making up
the sum Of human beneficence, and
which pays the doer large interest on
the amount inyested.-POrLland Eclec-
tic.
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We remember being at Conference
Meeting once, in Yanke Land, when one
of the deacons came around asking the
people if they wanted salvation. Near
US sat butchers boy of nineteen years
old, about as amendable to salvation as q
lamb in his hands would have been TO
mercy.
"Do you want salvationl" said the
deacon. looking into his brutal face.
"No, darn you want Sal Skinner,
and the sexton won't let me take her out
till meeting over"
Then v as the time we roared.
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The New Orleans True Delta says
that compositors have made twenty-six
dollars per week on that paper, and that
on account of the advance Of pay from
iony to fifty cents per thousand ems,
steady hands will be able to realize thir.
ty.two dollars and fifty cents per week
for the future. The article in the Delta
on the subject, is very appropriately
headed, paradise Of Printers Not one
man in the office of the True Delta died
of the pestilence, though all were uncli-
mated.
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SELECT TALE.
THE sK1PpER,s JACK-AT-a-pINcm.

i
"This is fact and no poetic fable. "-BYRoN.
About two O'Clock of the afternoon Of
the - day Of May, 1907, four persons
were assembled in the parlor Of a house
on the stage-road, ten orlffteen miles be-
low Tarrytown, A gentleman of middle
age, the master of the house, with his wife
and beautiful daughter were in colo
guy with an individual of a dignifed air
and singularly handsome countenanee,
about thirty years Of age, who, with his
hand, and his cloak on his arm, appeared
accoutred for travelling. tf.
Il am sorry, Judge" said the host,
"that We can detain you no longer
"We certainly expected you to remain
another night with us said the wife.
.l'At least" said the daughter, with an
ing smile, "you will wait until The
passes Tomorrow noon.' e
tits difficult, my kind friends 'replied
the Stranger, 'to resist invitations SO
pressingly offered and" said he, turning
to the daughter, ''if anything could in
duce me to forego my resolution, my dear
young lady,it would be your solicitatieni
butl have been long absent from home.
The circuit has been prolonged far beyond
my expectations and Indispensable en-
gagements hurry me away II Tecols
lect right" continued he, turning to lthe.|
host, there is q fishing hut on the river
side, somewhere opposite us and thsreA
was once a path thatled down the lhoun-I
tain to the spot; be good enough TO put
me in the way to find it, and ! viii make
for the station," .,ss.s!f
"Itis passable onlyon foot, 5Fon hCfseS
back" said the host, "or I IwNuld take \
you down in the carriage; but tliere is at1lI
opening in the wood, just yonders which /
leads to the path, and that once gained,
you cannot 60 astray.p
After many friendly greetings on all
sides, the stranger made his bow, and de-
parted. n
The path was found and trudging on
ward, he soon emerged from the ravine a.
boye the beach, where group of fisher
men were awaiting the propertime oftide,
TO resume their laborS. A couple fskiffs
were drawn up on the shore, near which
she congregation were assembled.
"Whose skiffs are these?" asked tFeL
new conner. 81 want to be put on boas.
one of these vessels in sight,
There was a light wind blowing Arom
.he north and the white sails bf the
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IMMORTALITY OF MAN-Why is it that
the rainbow and clouds come over US with
a beauty that is not Of earth, and pass
away and leave US to muse on their faded
Iovelness! Why is it that the stars
which hold their festival around their
midnight throne, are set above the grasp
of our limited faculties. forever mocking
US with inapproachable glory! And why
is it that bright human forms are presen.
ted to our view and taken from US, leay.
ing the thousand streams OF affection to
flow back in Alpine torrents upon our
hearts? We are born for higher des-
tiny than that of earth. There is realm
where the rainbow never fades, where
the stars will set before us like the is
lands that slumber on the ocean. and
where the being that now passes before
us like the meteor, will stay in our pres.
ence forever-Prentice.
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MARVELLOUS EFFECT OF THE NoN-UsE OF
TOBACCO. do not understand at ALL
said Augustine, how gentlemen can
smoke. 1t certainly shortens their lives
Il don't know that replied the other;
there's my father, who has smoked every
blessed day since he joined the church,
and he is now 20 years DID,
well, if he had not smoked, he might
have been eighty at this day.
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While the captain was slowing the sails,
the stranger went below, and soon re-
turned in his cloak-valise in hand.
We'll, captain, what is to pay?' he
asked of the skipper,
Pay 2 said the skipper; If there 'sany-
thing 10 pay, I'm the chap that's got to
do it, SO, mister, Just tell us what's the
damage, and | Ii shell out directly-and
lthank you into the bargain. | never
want better Jack at.a,pinch than you
are, Just say how much, and here it is.
fPoh, pohP said the stranger, you are
welcome to all l have done but l must
pay my passage. Is this enough 2 hand
ing him bank note.
Why, this here, said the captain, look
ing at the note, is five times as much as |
should have charged you, if nothing had
happened; but if you say, take it, I will
thank you kindly. And now, mister, |
should like to know where you live, and
what your trade is, if it amt asking too.
much Q
4 have been q lawyer, and live here
abouts, said the stranger.
/. well, one thing more, and l hope you
won't think me too sassy; do tell me your
name 2
efompkins,' was the reply.
s. Where from 2
:. 'Westchesterp
NO relation to Squire Caleb Tomp.
kinS. up nerea'
'0hly his brother,' was the response.
q His brother Caleb Tompkins broth.
err said the captain aghast. Why you
can't be Daniel D, q
The same, said the stranger, smiling
'Phewn here the captain gave an in.
whistle. Here,,s pretty
business! +! By all the ppers, you're the
new governorl'
SO they tell me- he answered.
'W ell, what an imppdsut fellow you
will think me. Here I've been getting
youto physic my mate, and set you to
work my old sloop; and I've been order
ing you about Just as ii Id hired you al
eight dollars month You'll never
forgive me, | know, for this; and all | can
do is to ask your pardon! ! ~.
Nonsense = said the governor; come,
shake hands, for must be Off, and held
out his hand.
The captain, somewhat hesitatiogly,
seized the prolIered hand in both his, and
squeezed it quite hard enough for the
comfort of the owner.
Well said he, I've always voted for
you; whenever you've been up; and last
April, ! and five brothers gave you plum.
Der for governor, aDd if any one of my
iit or kin ever votes Tor any body else as
ong as you arc agoing 10 stand, call me
| hunkey, that's all
There is no doubt that the skipper
.ept his word, and voted ever after for !
The Farmers Boy;' and there are few
Who ever held such close communion
With Daniel d. Tompkins, that ever Dol. !
ed at an election when he was candi.
late.
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HINTS TO FARMERS.

Toads are the best protection of cab
bage against lice.
Plants, when dropping, are revived by
by few grains of camphor.
Pears are generally improved by graft
ing on the mountain ash.
Sulphuris valuable inpreserving grapes,
ETC., from insects.
Lard never spoils in warm weather, if
it is cooked enough in frying out.
In feeding with corn, sixty pounds
ground goes as far as one hundred in the
kernel.
Corn meal should never be ground very
fine, to injure the richness of it.
Turnips of small size have double the
nutricious matter that large ones have.
Ruta Baga is the only root that increa-
ses in size.
Sweet oil is a certain cure for the bite
of rattlesnake. Apply internally and
externally.
Rats and other vermin are kept away
from grain by sprinkling of garlic when
packing the sheaves.
Do not begin farming by building an
expensive house, or erect spacious
barn till you have something to store in it.
Money Skilfuly expended in drying
land by draining or otherwise, will be re-
turned with ample interest.
To cure scratches Oh horse. wash
the legs with soapsuds, and then with beef
brine. Two applications will cure in the
worst case.
Timber, when cut in the spring and
exposed TO the weather with the bark on,
decays much sooner than if cut in fall
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An Irisbman who was once on . Jour
ney. said he never liked to see ia bles full
books and newspapers where he stopped
over night, "for," said, Il can never find
any Uhisky at such places. "A shrswd
inference.
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NUMBER 2.
WIT AND HUM0R.
pEUTcHEs ApvERTIsEmENT.

Mine horse is sehloped, and I'm avrait
He's runt away, or shtole, or shtrayt;
Mine pig plack horse, dat looks so shbry,
'Pout fourteen oder twelf hands high.
He's peen got yust four feets plack,
Nit striped shpots all town his peck,
Two perfOre and two pehin-
Pc sure and geep desc things in mind.
He's pleck all over, dat sh drue, s
All put hish face, and dat pleck too,
He drOts and ganters, vaux and baces,
Und outyorx Peelzepup in braces;
Hevaux ubon Iish lexis and yeet,
Won lex ko town, und zen der oder,
Und always follows Won anoder.
He hash dwo cara shduck on hish het,
BOte Of denis neater Yite nor ret,
Ish plecker den &c oder be;
He's kot dwo eyes zat look vongay,
Ony he lost Won Of zem ze oder day.
und ven you wants do dake rite
Zhump on hish peck on oder site,
Uud it ish zhust ash goshbel drue,
Der eye vot's plint viii not see you.
Hish dail's pehint him long und schleek.
ony shopt him off last week,
IND derefore tishn't any more,
Ash half so lolker ash pefore.
He cocks hish ears undlooks SO gsy,
Und wants to shdrit und run away.
Zen be gets scarf und makes Won shbring.
IND zen zhunps apOut like ebey ting;
He rites apout NIT shaize und cart,
/ Ineber sect sich hores for sbmart;
Und sometimes he ko on der Toat,
Mitout nopoty for hish Loaf,
Put peg of gorn, und dakes der drsck
Nit little poy upon hish pack.
Mine horse hh not SO very olt
He younger vas ven be vas fOaltj
Und ven he'll gallOb rear or zhump,
Hsh bet CONES right peiOre him plump.
Und zen hlsh dali goes all pehiut
But zumdimes, ven be daks mint,
He's mat, und durus srount pc shurc,
Wy zen hish tam dali goes pefore.
WhOefer viii mine plack horse got.
Shall pay den tollar on der shbOt;
Und if be prings der tief alife,
Wy zen he pays me twenty-f fife,
Mitout no gwestiOns aTet py me.
Py mine 'tisement you may see,
Ifs in der woods, near Yaeop
HoyenfIochtcnschoVenn
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my DEAR said an Irish gentleman, to
his wife, i would rather The children were
kept in the nursery when am at home.
although should not object to their noise
if they'd only be quiet
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An eminent artist-American Of course
Lately painted a snow storm so natural.
ly that he caught cold by sitting near it
with his coat off.
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Modern law may be divided into three
parts-supposition, proof, and denial
Supposition is nothing. proof next to i'm.
possible, and to deny everything is the
main point.
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POET 1CAl. s
From the Dollar Times.
MARCH! MARCHI
ny E. NJ. SPENCER,

ny Z. NJ. sPENCER'
What's the use Of hating,
You have no time for rest;
Time vii. never halt for you,
Soof il make the best
EVERY hour, yea, every minute,
Nth great results is rife,
hoUs together closely joined,
keup the span Of Life,
is tho use Of halting,
e goal is still befoer,
iu time, still pushing on,
d rCst by marching slower.
stp is one the less
ther in peace or strife,
Fps together closely joined,
up the march Of Life.
the use Of hating,
be earth's slippery track,
CAST age, If you but stop,
fca'll find you're travelling back.
Don't Iok behira, or else your fate
.,sllay liEen 10 Lots wife,
- Mhat's to do, not what you We done,
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A black beard will turn white, curled
pate will grow bald; fair face will wrin.
kIe; full eye wither; bat good heart is
the sun and moon.
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A western paper, speaking of man
who died in extreme poverty and neglect.
said that he died without the aid of q
physicin. ..
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well for supper, for my cook got on 9
spree ashore, and we were obliged tc
leave him. However, the mate and |
who are all hands, will cook up something
or other.l E
The stranger had walked aft, and the
woman was sitting near the hatchway,
when the captain addressed her in an lin-
der tone, which yetwas heard on the quar-
ter-deck - @
That 'ere'S your man, take it, point
ling over his shoulder.
He ain t no such thing said the wo.
man, bridling up: 'S'my man il, rather a
guess sort Of fellow from him, | only
got that ere chapstoS put me on board
The captain now aecosted hisother pas
seDger - " @d.te q.
'This amt your woman, I ind?
:0h, no T was the reply; only a chance
Ipassenger.' -,
4 thought you was queeriy yoked
when l first saw you, said the captain =.
I'm thinking 1 shall give youths old sail,
which is the only thing to, sleep on, on
board, and lether have the softsideof tue
plank ! was going togisesyou.' ~
y .Byno means Give thepoor woman
the best accommodations you can. AS
forme, shaA;do well enough. /,
sfTheswind was falling the tide tuned,
and the sloop was broughtto anBL9r--the
lib hauled. down, and the InslnSail left
Standing, skipper fashion yHe9 the caps
tain and his adjunct. made PREPARATION
for reflection. e-ys ! z. 5es
4 say, ma'an,' said tbe captain I've a
notion that you canlend us "a Lift with this
ERE supper ~
I 4 shan't DO no such thing, Nbs there-
pIy, Fexpectto pay for my passage and
if you've got any supper t9fgeb get it
YOURSELF
The captain did not out.dothe Niblos
or Delmonicos Of the time and his beef
steaks would have been far from tempting
to the palate Of even hungry man. Nor
was the hysop of.the quality, or the
sugar the wbitest; and although thela-
dy grumbled, the stra6g6rtook everything
kindly. |
When it was time to retire, the lady
took possession of the'best berth, and the
old sail while the stranger, wrapped in his
cloak turned in, taking the soft side ofthe
piaPR already spoken of by the skipper
1T was past midnight, when from hor-
id dream that he was undergoing, IN con
sequence of the novelty Of his position.
probably, the passenger was aroused by
being rudely shaken by the shoulder
1 say, mister, amt you doctor z ask
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NSKppeT.
alive was returned.
10 M

lscy~ryr-for it, he continued
Here's my mate has got the awfullest
stomach-ache ever man had. was in
hopes you had something in those saddle
bags which might do him good. Do see
if you can't help him.
The passenger arose, and assuring the
captain that there was nothing medicinal
in his portmanteau, went to the man, who
WIS groaning heavily.
EHave you any gin and peppermint on
bard p he asked.
Yes,' responded the captain, I've
tied that, and it don't help him.
Have you any pearl-ashes then@ he
pquired.
Z 'Oh, yes, said the captain, Il always
keep that. With hard cider, in morning
it is capital drink
We'll, then, said the stranger, bring
it, and get some hot water as quick as pos
sible.'
THE kettle must have boiled by this
time, said the captain, for | put it on
some time ago : and going forward to the
be returned with the necessary
for drench.
Putting the proper quantity Of alkali in
to pint mug, and pouring the water up
on it, leaving sufficient 'skylight' for the
Infusion of due measure of scheidam,
sweetening the dose, and qualifying it with
peppermint, the stranger administered the
lose to his patient, which, in a short time.
relieved him; and dose num-
Der two, half an hour afterwards having
,een imbibed, the sufferer, who was en-
ircly prostrated by the pain, fell into
Iuiet slumber.
The stranger now again turned in; but
lad scarcely gotten into a dream, as un-
.asY as the first, when the captain was a
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WELSH Contribution TO THE WASH.
INGToN MoNUMENT.-The " elsh inhabi.
tants of New York have contributed a
fine alIegOrical group of sculpture for
this monument.
The group of figures and accessories
are of half life size. On the extreme left
of tho piece is a finely modelled dog, the
emblem of Fidelity. Next to this is the
figure of Industry, holding in her hand,
as a symbol. the dislaf. TO the right of
Industry stands the old Welsh harp, the
national emblem.-Around the harp is
thrown the American flag, and over it is
placed an eagle. To the right Of the
harp, and in the centre of the group.
stands the principal figure, the Genius Of
Liberty, nude, her hair bound with sim.
pie tiara, in which is sculptured in bas
relief the thirteen stars. To the right Of
the Genius of Liberty stands a tripod,
supporting Bible, to which Liberty di-
reefs the attention as the foundation OF
civil and religious Liberty. To the right
of the tripod is the figure of a mechanic
in repose. TO which are added the appro'
pirate emblems of manufactures, agri
culture, mechanics and commerce-the
wheel, the plow, the anvil, the quadrant.
Above all the figures, in the centre of the
background, is the cap of Liberty, from
which radate rays Of light. All the
above named figures and elnblems are in
alto relieU0, and are merely attached 10
The back ground. The Welsh block will
be larger in dimensions and bolder in de.
Sign and execution than any block yet
to the Washington Monu'
mi. The block will be seven feet long
Alset high, and is TO be scuIPtured
ansans.Che artist who is the
Glhor OF this fine
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Ey-A special messenger has been des.
patched by our government to Madrid 10
demand reparalion for the seizure of the
Black Warrior at HAVANA; and also 10
demand that the Captain General OF Cuba
Ayested with power to treat directly
aCgnlry, without waiting the
ssslazssiSs at so dis