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a GOOD JOKE.-Many years ago,
when church organs first came in use,
a worthy old clergyman was pastor of
church where they had just purchased
an organ. Not far from the church
was a large town pasture, where great
many cattle grazed, and among them
a large bull. One hot Sabbath, Mr..
Bull came up near the church grazing,
and just as the Rev. Mr.. B-was in
the midst of his sermon-"boo-woo-
woo," went the bull.
The parson paused, looked up at the
singing seats, and, with grave face,
said:
81 would thank the musicians not to
tune their instruments during service !;
it annoys me very much"
The people stared, and the minister
went on.
"Boo-woo- -woo," went the bull again,
as he drew little nearer the church.
The parson paused again and address
ed the choir.
81 really wish the singers would not
tune their instruments while l am
preaching"
The congregation Uttered, for they
knew what the real cause of this dis
turbance was.
The old parson went on again, and he
had just about started good, when
"Boo-woo-woo" came from Mr.. Bull.
The minister paused once more and
exclaimed:
81 have requested the musicians in
the gallery not to tune their instru-
ments during the sermon. now par
ticularly request Mr.. L-that he will
not tune his double base organ while |
am preaching"
| This was too much. L-got up, too
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FLOWERS.-HOW the universal heart of
man bIesses flowers! They are wreath
ed around the cradle, the marriage al
tar, and the tomb. The Persian in the
far East delights in their perfume, and
writes his loves in noSegayS. While
the Indian child of the great West
ciaps his hands with glee as he gathers
the abundant blossoms-th illumina-
ted scriptures of the prairies. The Gu
pid of the ancient HindoOs tipped his
arrows with flowers, and orange buds
are the bride crown with us, nation
of yesterday. Flowers garlanded the
Grecian altar, and they hang in votive
wreaths before the Christians shrine.
All these are appropriate uses. Flow
ers should deck the brow of the youth
fnl bride, for they are in themselves a
lovely type of marriage. Tney should
twine round the tomb, for their perpet-
ually renewed beauty is a symbol of the
resurrection. They should festoon the
altar, for their fragrance and their beau
ty ascend in perpetual worship before
the Most High.
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LIME ON ORCHARDS.

The value of lime for many purposes
in agriculture is no longer a theoretical
question, but an admitted fact. On
orchards its effects have been surprising
and such indeed as to surprise the
most incredulous. For many uses.
lime in the stone is preferable, if it is
OF a character that admits of its being
reduced to condition sufficiently fine
for It's application, for it then contains
about fifty per cent, of carbon, a prin-
clple which enters largely into vegeta-
bles. Calcination, or burning, drives
off the carbon, and renders caustic lime
mild. In its freshly Stacked state, its
application is, in most cases, attended
with disadvantages as its causticity
proves harmful in many ways. In re-
gard to the application of lime on
orchards, it may be remarked that the
fall is perhaps as favorable season, on
many accounts as can be selected. Its
effects are slow and lasting, and when
spread on orchard ground in August,
or even in September or October, it will
be felt the following year; whereas, if
applied in the spring, no advantage
will accrue till the subsequent year,
which would be dead loss to the owner
of one years use of the pecuniary capi-
tai involved in the outlay of the expe-
riment. In some cases, the favorable
effects of lime have been clearly appar-
ent for twenty years.
Old lime from the walls of buildings
is an excellent stimulant for fruit trees
of all kinds; it acts Immediately, and
it acts long. In one case farmer who
was engaged in repairing his dwelling,
ordered a portion of the old plastering,
taken from the walls ofone of his rooms,
to be thrown from window, where it
was accidentally brought in contact
with plum tree which had always
been unproductive, and mere, "cum-
berer of the ground" The subsequent
year, however, it was filled with fruit.
This change was owing to the lime,
lowed its sapplicationin in various, indeed,
in ninnumerable, cases of a like character.
We advise every person, therefore, who
is the owner of an old and decayed
orchard to lose no time in giving each
tree dressing Of lime, or, better still,
ifhe can procure it, of old plaster. A
peck to tree of middling size, and a
half bushel to large one, is sufficient,
according to the experience of many;
but though we would by all means rec
ommend the application ofeven these
small quantities, when larger quanti-
ties cannot be procured, yet we would
sooner advise a bushel and half. We
have no more faith in starving tree Or
a hill of corn than we have in starving
an OK or a horse. The "penny wise
and pound foolish" policy, adopted by
so many, is bad one for the farmer
Railways results in loss.-Cor. German
to10n Telegraph.
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POWER OF HUMBUG.-An individual
owned a small tavern near the field of
Waterloo, the scene of the last great ac-
tion of Napoleon, and was frequently
questioned as to whether he did not
possess some relics of the battle, and he
as invariably and honestly answered
in the negative.
He was very poor, and one day, while
lamenting to neighbor not only his
poverty but the annoyance to which
travellers subjected him, his friend cut
him short with:
"Well, make one help the other.
Make some relicsn'
"But what can 1 do?" inquired the
poor man.
"Tell them that Napoleon or Wei
lington entered your shop during the
battle and sat on that chair"
Not long after an English tourist en-
tered the tavern, and inquiring for rel
les was told the chair story. The next
conner was told that Wellington had
taken drink, and the Wellington tum-
bier was accordingly sold. The third
gazed with breathless wonder on the
nail on which Bonaparte hung his hat
The fourth purchased the door posts be-
tween which he entered, and the fifth
became the happy possessor OF the fiool
upon which Napoleon had trodden.
At last advices, the fortunate tavern
keenar had n + a roof to cover his head
and was sitting on bag of gold in the
center of deep pit, formed by selling
the earth upon which the house stood
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RUSKIN ON JUDAS.

John Ruskin, in the CrOtCn Of Wild
OHUes, characterizes in his trenchant
style, those money as who like to make
imitators of Judas:
eve do great injustice to Iscariot, in
thinking him wicked above all common
wickedness. He was only common
money-lover, and like all money-lov-
eSs didn't understand Christ; couldn't
make out the worth of him. Hedidn't
want him to be killed. He was horror
struck when he found that Christ would
be killed; threw his money away in
stantly, and hanged himself. How
many of our present money-seekers,
think you, would have the grace to
hang themselves, whoever they killed?
But Judas was a common, selfish, mud
dle-headed, pilfering fellow; his hand
always in the bag of the poor, not car
ing for them. He didn't understand
Christ, yet believed in him much more
than most of us do; had seen him do
miracles, thought he was quite strong
enough to shift for himself, and he, Ju-
das, might as well make his own little
bye-perquisites out of the affair. Christ
would come out Of it we'll enough, and
he have thirty pieces. Now that is
the money-seeker's idea, all over the
world. He doesn't hate Christ, but can't
understand him-he doesn't care for
him-sees no good in that benevolent
business makes his own little job out
of it, at all events, come what will.
And thus, out of every mass Of men
your free first men, whose main OBJ
ject is to make money. And they
make it-make it in all sorts of unfair
ways, chiefly by the weight and force
of money, or what is called the power
of capital that is to say, the power
which money, once obtained, has over
the labor of the poor, so that the capi
talist can take all its produce to him
self except the laborer's food. That is
the modern Judas way of carrying the
bag and bearing what is put therein"
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VEAL CAKE.-Boil six or eight eggs
hard cut the yolks in two, and lay
some of the pieces in the bottom of the
pot; shake in little chopped parsley;
some slices of veal and ham, and then
eggs again; shaking in after each some
chopped parsley, with pepper and salt,
till the pot is full; then put it in water
enough to cover it, and lay on it about
an ounce of butter; tie it over with
double paper, and bake it about an
hour; then press it down together with
a spoon, and let it stand till cold. 1t
may be put into a small mould, and
then it will turn out beautifully for a
supper or side-dish.
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RED CLOUD, THE INDIAN LEADE

RED CLOUD, THE INDIAN LEADER.
Speaking of the fourthcoming war on
the plains, the Reese River ReUeiUe
says: The great leader Of the Indians
is Red Cloud, or Mahpilatan, who is
represented as one of the ableSt Indian
warriors of any time. He is about
thirty five years Of age, tall, handsome,
athletic, and as perfect in his horseman-
ship as in his physical appearance. He
has commanded in several battles pre-
viOus to the massacre of Col. Fetter-
mans command, and has never been
whipped. He was at Laramie last
spring, at the treaty making, enjoying
the farce aud treating it as such with
out disguise, yet accepting all the pre-
sents offered, but left with the declar-
alton that his country should never be
occupied by the whites, nor garrisoned
by them, nor should their roads cross
it. Then he was at the head of about
320 warriors of the Ogaiallah Sioux, but
his marshalling 1900 at Fort Philip
Kearney shows the influence he has O.
yer others, and his determination to
make his threat gooG. He is an active
energetic, and able warrior, and he
who conquers Red Cloud will do more
than he who conquered Tecumseh, OF
Black Hawk, or Osceola.
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A SAD TALE.-A st. Louis cores
pondent says: "a year ago, the daugh-
ter ofone Of our wealthy Main street
men married clerk on $1,000 year,
against her fathers will. The honey
moon bliss was scarcely done, and the
battle of life really begun, when she
found that her husband was not all
that her fond imagination had pictured
him to be, nor welded bliss so rosy as
she had dreamed. She told her moth
er she would like to come back to her
home, and her mother pressed her to
do so but her father made of stonier
material, did not comeinto the arrange
ment so easily. Leaving the following
note on her husbands table, repaired
to her paternal hearth-stone:
4 have gone home to my father
Farewell. Be happy. MARY
"Home that was, alas! she went to ;
but icy glances and rude rebuffs were
all the greetings she received. She
could not live here, and receiving no
intelligence from her husband, she
started out for herself. Rent day soon
came round, and having no means,
she repaired to her father, and implor-
ed him for money, and begged for E.
nough to start herself in business so she
could earn a livelihood. He refused,
andshe said, where shall go, father? p
He replied, I don't care. Go to hi,
if you will In her desperation she
said, 4 will, father, and hold you re-
sponsible.'
Crushing from her home, she soon
met gay young man about town,
told her tale, and said, she was ready
for anything He made an appoint
ment with her at a well known assig-
nation house on Washington avenue,
and she poor creature, has commenced
to be numbered among those whose
footballs patter over the ashes Of hell"
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THE VIOLET.-ThOSe who wish to
cultivate the violet in their gardens
will do we'll to avail themselves Of the
following hints concerning this charm
ing little flower. There are more than
twenty species, those most esteemed
for fragrance being merely varieties of
the sweet violet Of the botanist, or, as
it is better known, the English violet.
Many of the varieties will flower at any
season of the year, if the conditions are
favorable. They require cool weather
and rather shaded, moist situations.
They flower in the spring and fall, and
can easily be kept in bloom from Octo-
Der till the end of May, by the simple
help Ofa cold pit, well protected in
winter. For this purpose they must
be grown in some moist spot during the
summer, and transplanted to the pit in
October, the only additional care nee
essary being to shelter them from actu-
al frost, and to admit the rays of the
sun whenever it can be done without
letting in the frost also. By this SIM
pie method we may have these delici-
ously fragrant flowers around us the
whole year. Those who choose to try
it will find it an excellent plan, and
will be amply repaid for their trouble.
Violets may also be potted and placed
in the greenhouse, care being taken to
keep them in the coolest parts, and as
near the glass as possible.
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CURE FOR TOBACCO CHEWING.-A
friend gives the following peculiar case
of tobacco chewing and its cure: A
gentlC man in this vicinity was eXces-
sively fond of the weed. A whole pa
per made just three ''quids" for him.
His better half was neat woman.
She disliked tobacco, and especially did
she dislike the appearance of a pile of
"old soldiers" back ofa fire-board, where
the gentleman was in the habit of
throwing them. They were ugly look
ing customers, large and nasty. The
gentleman himself was otherwise neat,
and took pleasure in spending his eve
nings in his well-furnished parlor.
His lady finally determined to make
the sold soldiers" in the corner as obi
Gus to him as possible, and the next
day she gathered them all together,
and added all the outsiders; she had
no difficulty in getting enough, as the
gentleman not only cheWed large 'cuds'
but changed them often. She placed
them IL conspicuous places on the beau
tiful Brussels carpet; in the centre of
the room she placed ''king pile" com
posed of five of the largest and coarsest.
Around stood on end the sentinels in
regular order. The whole were made
to the best advantage, and they really
did tbamCpIVpC credit They stood nm
on end in full proportions.
At dark, the gas-lights were brilliant
ly burning, and shortly after the gen
tleman came in. He stopped short,
and at first commenced some hard epi-
thets, then he burst into loud laughter,
and his wife came in to see what the
matter was. "Who did this?" said he;
"who put these nasty things here?
they'll ruin your carpet" and he rang
for the servant to clear them away,
when his wife interposed, "these things
came directly from your mouth" said
she. care they nasty will they spoil
the carpet?" And then looking at him
sharply, she added, ''if these things are
fit to be held in my husbands mouth
for hours, they are certainly no disgrace
to lie upon the carpet which we tread
upon"
"Just so," said the husband, and for
some reason he has not had any tobac-
co in his mouth since that time.
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TERMS OF PUBLICATION.

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PHILOSOPHERS say that shutting the
ewes makes the sense of hearing more
acute. A wag suggests that this ac-
counts for the many closed eyes that
are seen at church on Sunday.
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NEVER chew your words. Open the
month and let the voice come out. A
student once asked "Can virchue, for
tichude, gratichude, or quietchude,
dwell with that man who is stranger
to rectichudew The words here are
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1ru-6oods, &c.
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Hats, Boots and Shoes, Sun Umbrellas, Para
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Best styles DELAINES 224 and 25 cts.
CALICOES, 9, 10, IL, IA, 10, 16, IS, 20 cts.
GLNGHAMS, II, Is, 20, 25 cts.
MUSLINS, 9, 10, IL, 15, Is, 20, o. 25 cts.
CASSIMERES, rs, 85, u.s. I25, $50, 165 cts
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1t is not little remarkable that
Charleston, the head and front OF the
whole secession movement, is to-day
pattern of morality, peace and quiet
ness,
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JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with
neatness and dispatch. The GAZETTE OFFICE has
just been reftted with Power Press and new type,
and everything in the Printing line can be execu-
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
rates.-TERMS CASH.
ty7 All letters should be addressd to
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much agitated at the idea of speaking
out in church, and stammered out:
''It is-isn't me, Parson-; tit is
that id town bull"
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- POSTERS, and all kinds of PLAIN AND
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