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GONE


She sighed in viutery days:
Alas, that spring were here,
t. waEp the bloom iu orchard ways
And lilies iu the mere;
To bless the y s're1l-s an "a wandering breeze
And hang new rgh.s upon the hacgard tIees!'
The spring is crowned once more
With vjo et- and mist:
tt wauders ina at open door
She does not see or list.
II goes and stands hes de her grassy bed,
And bless her and does not deem her dead
The trees so fair ard strong,
Tap on the window pane,
And while the warm light breaks among
Their 'glEes-tlty sing again
or silver mere aud empty, drifting boat,
Aud torch Ike .ilCs Iu the shade sh0atl
And from the rustic bridge
Where Obi. drou are at play.
The blossoms EIuU cr mp the ridge,
Were winter went away.
Tracking is footsteps through fragrant aisle,
Daisy buds -nd Wild Write Camplalls-
Alas, ttosc snowy balls
MAY fuller grow and fair
And muruUr- liEe Che voice 0f shells,
Drift fLrn' the dreamy air.
Bot one Young hand ulust miss the lDuery store.
And One young step shall press tbe bridge no laort
The woods u-y dusl with bloom.
The winds breathe from the Sea-
EE. bloom or breath shall never coIs
darling unto fE,ot
Until ihH Judgment angel. bending SAITH
' The morn is here; awake, child. from rvE,
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THE New PANACEA. Modern science
having demonstrated that alcohol is
"neither food nor physic," but, on the
contrary, a species of poison, the intro
ductiOn of potent tonic which is en-
tirely free from it is certainly subject
for congraiulatiOn. DIR. Walkers Vine
gar Bitters is q medicine which may be
fairly characterized as an unobiectiOn-
able specific for many distressing and
dangerous diseases.
Temperance organizations, heretofore
in favor of permitting the sale of alco-
hol for medical purposes, are of opinion
that Vinegar Bitters possesses all the
efficacy IS an invigorant that has ever
been even claimed for spirituOus stimu-
lants, and on this account, as we'll as
because of the singular success which
has attended it's use in dyspepsia, liver
complaint, disorders of the bowels, ner-
vous diseases, general debility, and all
maladies growing out of intemperance,
they warmly recommend it as a restora-
tive and Alternative of surprising excel
lence.
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ALCOHOLICS DEADLY RIVAL.

The Progress of Opium Rating in This
Oae hundred thousand victims Of the
opium habit in the United States Such
Is q moderate estimate Of the number
who are held in the clutches OF this ter
rIble passion. And vet it is probable
that the number of the wretcbed slaves
OF this raDidly increasing vice is larger
than the figures given would indicate.
The basis of the calculation Is the
amount of opium reported in the Gus
tom House returns, and which repre-
seuts the impOrtations of the drug at
New York, principally. But there is a
large amount obtained from other
sources, and the cultivation of the poppy
on our own soil to supply the constantly
growing demand for the sfimulaUt NAV
we'll be regarded with alarm. As ap-
pears from the information given in an.
other pant OF this article, the plant is
cultivated not only IN the warmer lati-
tudes of the United States, as in Arizo-
ma and California, but in Connecticut,
New Hampshire and Vermont.
The profit derived from the cultivation
Of the poppy is so large that with the
Increase of the habit OF opium eating
there Is certain to be q corresponding
increase in the area of land devoted to
the production of the plant. When it
is understood that during the last five
years there has been an increase of fl ON
fifty to seventy-five per cent. in the
number Of opium eaters throughout the
country, appreheusions may we'll be en-
tCrtained OF the impulse which such
increase is certain to give, not only
to imp0rtaiions of the drug. but to its
cultivation in this country. If no means
are taken to arrest the rapid progress of
the evil, We may eventually expect to
see the poppy oeaupy the position of a
formidable rival to the tobacco plant.
4 very large proportion of those al
diCted to the use of opium are females.
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IN the Bavarian Palatinate, and the
material entirely the spells of war lately
IN the form of French guns captured in
1870. The bell is to be gift from the
Emperor William to the Cathedral Of
Cologne, and by far the largest in the
empire. Il stands nearly twelve feet
high, and about seventeen in diameter
at the mouth, weighing over $4,000
pounds, rather more than the whole of
the rest of the peal already hung. The
clapper weighs about sixteen cwt., and
it is calculated that it will take thirty
pairs of hands to use it.
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The Telegraph in African Deserts.

A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Berba, in tropical Africa,
says: 1t was singular to meet with the
telegraph in the heart of the desert be-
tw en- hryab and Berba; not the tele-
graph put up in working order, as we
see it in Europe, but all the appuTte
nances of that instrument of civilization
carried on the backs of hundreds of
camels, which, laden with coils OF wire
and hollow iron posts, trod their toll
some path through the burning sand.
Every now and then we met one of these
poor beasts which, Overweighed and
broken down by the weight of his load,
had fallen on the ground and been
abandoned q victim to the vultures.
All this telegraphic scar was marked
" Siemens Brothers, London" and was
en- route to Khartoum, from which town
it will be forwarded on to span the
desert between KOrdOfan and DarfOur.
A good many lives will probably be
sacrlfcedssb efore the line con be con-
sidered open, as the Arabs. who eagerly
steal every piece of iron they can meet
with for their spear points, have to be
very severely punished before they
leave off cutting down the poles. How
ever, this difficulty once got over, the
telegraph will be as easily worked as
the one between Khartoum and Cairo,
which, when it was first LAID down, was
continually being interrupted.
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better, the philosophy of human life.
For instance, the Americans have the
good sense to know that man is not
eternal on earth. He passes, he plants
his flag, and does not bother about his
epitaph. "Here lies a man who work
ed" is the best of funeral orations.
For the American, life is voyage, the
earth is hostelry; while for the French
man life is the everlasting habit of al
ways doing the same thing.
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Conversion of Boncs into Fertilizers.


The Russians have credit for being
the first to mix common wood ashes
with ungrOund bones IN a way to render
the bones soluble aud powerful fertil-
ilzers, combined with the alkalies in the
ashes. Where one has a considerable
quantity OF both long trench is dug
in the ground some three feet deep, and
filled with a layer of ashes at the bot
tom, then one of bones, say six inches
thick of each, till the trench is full,
having ashes at the top as well as at
the bottom. Each layer of ashes and
! bone must be wet with water, for chem
ical action to take place, and the bones
become decOmpOsed. Stakes are driven
into the pile three feet apart to the bot
tom, by the removal of which every
eight or ten days, as much water is
is poured into the mass as will keep up
the saturatiOn of the fermentiug com
pound After Ell ght weeks the ashes
and softened bones are mixed by fork
ing up the pile, which receives more
water unless wet, and the mass is left
for further decomposition.
In three months a rich compost is
ready for use. Where wood ashes are
not to be had as in countries where coal
is burnt, like in England, stable manure
take the place of ashes, with this differ
ence The manure should be twelve
inches thick, and the bones three
Bones are soaked several days in large
tubs, hogsheads and a vat before laid
up with wet manure. The water in
which the bones were soaked, goes into
holes made into the compost heap as it,
timated. The pile is finally covered
heavily with a layer OF earth, and re-
mains four or five months to rot. This
process renders all the virtues in the
bones available as manure. The add
tiOn of as much plaster as bones, aud
half as much salt, greatly improves Che
fertilizer. The best stable manure will
go from five to ten times further if
strengthened by mineral fertilizers.
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Hospitality.

This is a question of great Importance
In family, from the educational infu-
ence it may have upon the younger
members of it and variety it gives to
the monotony of daily household life.
To entertain ones friends ard ac-
quaintances frequently and easily is a
very pleasant aud desirable thing, but
in order to do this one must not attempt
too much in the old-fashioned way of
loading the table with a great and per-
haps homogeneous variety of food.
1t is a very good plan to have COM
pany day; to take the one day in the
week which by trial you find the most
convenient, and make habit of inviting
some one to dinner or tea on that day.
Thursday answers very well for this
purpose, as "Wednesday is usually the
mid week baking day, and whatever is
baked on that day is fresh for the next.
1t should be made a matter almost of
principle not to make a wide difference
between the family table and a table for
company. If it is all that it ought O
be for the family it is very nearly all
that it should be for friends. OF course
there are occasional luxuries and addi-
tional graces which we like to share
WILL OllI EltC6bos Dub ~ 10 d llloLdhtu
policy, and certainly very far from the
true spirit of hospitality, to minister
more to the appetite of our friends than
to their social and intellectual faculties.
1t is never the extra one or two, or
three places at the table that makes
"having company" a WEAKNESS and an
effort, but it is the difference we make
between the entertainment of our friends
and our usual style of living. 1t is the
getting out the best china, which is
Kept packed too carefully away. 1t is
the "doing up" of the fine linen table
cloths and napkins, or the rubbing of
unused silver. 1t is the baking of some
unusually delicate cake, or the prepare
ton of some half dozen troublesome
dishes, and when these things are all
done, the sense of enjoyment in the
coming of our friends is somewhat
dulled by fatigue in preparation for
them.
OF course one must have chest china"
and "best linen" even if it is a weari-
ness to the flesh, but it should never be
too good to go into regular use once
week, and that regularity of use keeps
it in order and prevents the extra work
which only occasional use entails. Let
Thursday, then, be clean table cloth
day, and china day, and fresh cake and
bread day, and company day, and try
by all means to have a restful day as
we'll Do not invite more than two or
three persons habitually, and invite
them from different families, and let
them be people to whom it is a treat to
meet each other. Well chosen friendly
meetings are better than extra dishes,
as you shall find if you pursue your
hospitable experiments with iudicious
care.-ET.
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A FRENCHMAN' S VIEWS OF AMERICAN AND
AMERICANS. - Arsene Houssaye says :
" To day it Is America which is teaching
us orr PAGES in many respects. We are
attempting her boldness and enterprise
in our industrial and financial under
takings. America has the genius of
those great operations which move the
world. She leaves the mark of her
footsteps everywhere. If America has
not yet had her philosophers like Plato
aud Descartes, like Aristotle or J. j.
Rousseau, she possesses what is much
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In order to clean your kid gloves
thoroughly, put them on and wash
them, as if you were washing your
hands, in a basin of turpentine, hang
them up in a warm place or where there
is a coed current of air, which will
carry off the smell of the turpentine.
This method was brought over rom
Paris, and thousands of dollars have
been made by it.
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WE copy the following from an ex-
change, which is important, if true: Chronic
diarrhRa of long standing, also dy sentery,
and all similar complaints common at this sea
son of the year. can be cured by the use Gn-
terRalIy) Of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. We
know whereof we affirm.
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Each of these lists seems complete as
the case stands at present. 1t is posi-
bic, but not probable, that new men
may come up in the course of next fall
and winter. For instance, if Gen.
Hayes should he elected governor of
Ohio by rousing majority, he would
take place IL the republican list but
if he should be beaten, his chance of
reaching such distinction would be ex
tipguished forever. Most likely some
one of these twelve gentlemen viii be
the nsxt president. and we are bound
to say that it is possible to find a good
one in either list.-M y. San.
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Exercise for Breeding Ewes.

An Ohio fiOck-master OF much expe-
rience, writing on this subject, says
"There is nothing so much neglected
by the shepherd in the management OF
flock of sheep as that of giving the
breeding ewes a proper amount of ex-
ercise. A great many fiOcks are put
into small yard or shed and are kept
there during the whole period of gesta-
ton, without even going outside of the
yard. tt not only takes good feed, but
good keeping and proper amount of
exercise to give an animal strength.
Sheep that are intended for the sham
bles Will more readily take on fat if
they are not allowed much exercise,
but where strength. is required ex-
ercise is necessary. If strong
healthy lambs are expected, give
the eve good feed and moderate
exercise in the open air, for if they are
closely confined and fed high the lambs
will be weak and very hard to raise. j"
Not many southern farmers keep their
sheep too long in yards or pens, yet it
is sometimes done. Not providing
clean pastures free from all burrs, which
so oflen cover and greatly injure the
the fleece, is the most common error in
southern sheep husbandry. Clean nice
wool is what brings the most money,
and why not desire it and get it? Fat
lambs are selling at seven cents or more
a pound. Raise sweet grass and other
heritage for this kind of stock which
comes into market so early, costs little
labor, and may furnish crop Of wool
that will not spoil as dairy products
often do, and will bear distant transpor-
tation even better than cotton. In plain
truth, wool grows so naturally, so easily,
so proftably, on a well managed south
ern farm, that we want to see it become
a great staple.
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THE cathartics used aud approved by
the physicians comprising the various medica
associations of this State are now compounded
and sold under the name of Parsons Purga-
tive Pills,
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THE PRESIDENTIAL LIsT.-Tbe names
of tn gentlemen from whom the re
spective rites will be pretty sure to
select their candidates for president
next year are hot many. Here is a cata-
lOgue:
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In the rousseau of Mile. Say, just
married to the FRINGE de BrOglie, there
were thirty complete costumes, and
camel's hair shawls enough to make a
rainbow.
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"EADATHE IA sure cure; 25cts M-iled By
III A.JOHNSON, BOX 1855. Paris, Texas.
WANTED / GENTS. Samples and Oiiidt fres
w Batter th1n fOLd A. COULTER d Co, hicas 0.
TTOp CORNELL7z PILE OINTMEET.-SOld by drug
UDfI gi-ts. Nm. II. Cornell, Propr, St. Louis, Mo.
ENyERy FAMILY WANTS IT. Money In H..
II old by agents. Address Nj. ". Lowell, Erie. Pa.
QOnn = month 70 agents everywhere. Address
DGUU EXCELSIOR NJ pc Co.. Buchanan. e. tch.
OK IN Q00 per day at home. Terms free. Address
OJ lu OLU GEo. STISsoN & Co., Portland Maine
M0 WPLE Free and Big Pay to Male and
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w THE UNION PUB. Co, Newark, N. J.
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Ut. y. walker california VIC
egar BitterS lo a purely vcgetab
prepae;t ION, made chiefly from tho ar
live herbs found oU The .Ovor rauFrf e
tie Sierra Nevada mOuuta us uI Ja#.H.
MIA. the medicinal proper lc. ID. VI. ..H
arc extracted thercirum without 'EC
of Aicohui The question a rIr
daily asked What Is che cause rI t
unparalleled success of NINEGtI E
rERSw Our answer is that they wWHrt
the cause Of disease. and The ufor a..
covers his health They mD no H.
blood purifier and q u,o- giving Uruuu
perfect RcuoNglUr ami lw 'Eul..
II the SYSTEM Never before g..
h',tur, IT tho world has 20 medicine sH.
compounded possessing tly rgm1rNE
qualities OF VINO Az BIrrEEs Iu Urli.uE
SEX OF rlC.t lIsua.. man a. hc.I .H. I.l
are grutb "r -u1Ifvc as well a. t..
relieving Congestion pr luHlwmpr
The Live au" F"nn' Organ. 1
Disease.
The properties of Ia NAIkf.
NEGAR BITrEBs are Aperieut pIupH..e..l
Carwaatiyc Nutritious Laxative, DYrs
Sedativc. Counter iwitaut Sudnritn Ntys
owe. and Art" uH'-----
H. ~. aIcDONALD - co.
Druggists and Cen. Arts. san Francisco C.II.UIa.s.
tud .'ur. uf Washington iud Charlton SfH.
>Otd 10y at nrur zt-t- ana u'rtrrs.
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DIR. TutI's Hair Dye il easily applied, i'm
parts beautiful black or brown, and acts like
magic. Try box, and you will not be sappointed
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A BOsToN girl Just one month married,
upon meeting an old schOolmate III the
street, put on a very wise look and re.
marked: You cannot imagine the
labor and anxiety incident to the care
of familN"
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4 Romance Of the West.

4 sad, sweet story is told of the
daughter Of Spotted Tail, the noted In
dian chief, which illustrates most fOrci-
blv the truth of the Oft-quOted remark
Zone touch OF nature makes the whole
world kin" During the latter years of
the recent war, the family of Spotted
/ IaIires.ded at Fort Laramie, and among
them was his favCrite daughter, q young
! girl Just emerging into the mysterious
| rea.m of wOmRnhOOd The fort IVES
/ gaIrisoned by a regiment of Ohio vol
/ uuteers, and among the officers was
/ young man of good address aud hand
! some appearance, with whom the young
/ Indian girl became infatuated. Her
/ passion was not reciprOcated by the
[ officer. who hal honor enough to tell
/ the child of the forest that he did not
| ana could not love her ormarry her She.
/ a princess, and daughter of the haught-
/ lest Indian chief in the west, could not
/ be made to understand Why she was not
/ a fitting bride for any one. Day after
/ day she would dress herself in her most
gorgeous apparsi, and, going to the fort,
woUll sit down upon the doorstep of
the yoUng UiHceT, content with being
Gear him, and happy when her eyes
rested upon him. Spotted Tail was
absent, hut when he heard of the sad
story OF his daughters inflammation, he
came C. her AID demonstrated, but 10 no
avail. Finally he had her removed to
tHa Rocky mountains, where she might
Uo. see her solid lover. Soon a mes
. seuger came to the father. The daugh-
ter was dying of a broken heart. He
hurried to her side, and heard her, with
o.. the simple eloQuence of her race,
plead that he would remain at peace
with the pale faces, because the one she
loved was OF them, and they could not
be bad. She wanted her body carried
to Laramie and buried near the fort,
that in death she might lie near him for
love of whom she died. Tbither thew
bone her and laid her IN the grave as DO
the pale faces their dead, and this is the
story of Spotted Tails daughter as told
to-day around the caup-fres in the
great west.
A New MOTIVE Power. Tile plan of
prouelliDg cars, Omnibuses and veloci.
pei IS by Coiled spring has now for
So time been employed in England.
and IL is said, wi h encouraging re-
suits. The motor used is an arrange
meut of powerful springs, encased in
cylinders, like watch springs on a very
large scale. The skill of French ma
chinists in this direction has been
called into Iequisition, and steel bands,
capable Of being coiled and of exerting
great pressure, have been made in
lengths os 100 yards each Ia Sheffield
some of the steel manufacturers have
turned out springs fifty and sixty feet
long, and said to be capable OF the
enormous pressure of 500 pounds. To
wind up these springs requires, of
course, more power than is obtained hy
hand, ana it is therefore proposed to |
have them wound; at certain intervals !
BIZ means Of stationary engines. Some |
of these methods consist Of a combina
ton OF spiral or helical springs.
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AFTER the proverbiaI two failures, a
third attempt to cast a new national
bell worthy of the young German en-
pire is reported to have completely sue
ceeded. The foundery employed is the
well-known private one at Frankenthal,
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OPIUM CURB g.; 4: +: "a : B; II
per Opium Kat
ing. Prof ID. MEEEER, p. o. Box as, LAports Ind
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Religious.

Nix. EDIroR:-We cannot repress the
impulses of the hearts of the people oil
the Mt. Hope region rom giving utter
ance to their love and gratitude TO the
Rev. j. A. Quarles for his unriv aled dis
aud ermon At the Hopc"rll
church, October 3Ist, On the occasion OF
the funeral OF the late Mrs. L. l.. Lee.
The large and spacious church was
crowded to overlooking; and during the
impressive sermon the fall Of a pin could
been heard in any portion of the
house. To give you even 4 synopsis OF
the beautiful address is far beyond the
ability of your correspondent. and l can
only aim to give 4 few OF the gems in
that remarkable and thrilling discourse,
rrplete with all the beauties of the CHRIS
tian life. He commenced by painting.
with 4 master hand. the somhre appear
ance OF all nature: decay and death, in
delibly stamped on every leaf of the for
est and upon all vegetation; that but 4
few short weeks since were gilded with
the color of health and life. but now lie
stricken on the clod of the valley by the
inevitable laws of nature and of death.
He took for his text the 18th and 57th
verses OF the 18th chapter of LIST Corin-
thians; and, in Il discourse of three
iourths 81 IN hour, the large audience
WAS cntranced by his pithos and many
oratorical gems, such As We have never
heard cqualed. The p]eroration vas SUBJ
lime and beautiful. crincing the III
Christian zeal of the man of God. Rev.
Wallace, of Lees Summit, closed the
services with 4 very impressive prayer.
Great feeling was manifested during the
services, and much good is expected
from it. Mr. HOPE.
Elders Proctor aud ~PlaItenburg. of
the Christian church, began 4 protracted
meeting at Marshall. Saline county, last
Sunday.
Usual services ut all IL city churches
Tomorrow.