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-$4,952 Is short, but in National
Grange that makes no matter
WHO SHARED THE SwAG

WHO SHARED THE SWAG.
There are said to have been invested in
governments $39,512 so, and cash bal
ance of $13,305 "a was reported on hand.
OF the remainder, there was expended for
salaries mileage, hotel bills, and testimo-
mails, $24,557 OF. OF this Mr. Kelley
took $6,82l "A, his salary being $4,000,
and the balance "backpay." Master
Adams drew lightly-$93I %, of which
$7O4 90 was for travelling expenses and
$113 30 each for himself and wife for
mileage. Treasurer Mcdowell got 81, 900; /;
so did Mr. Saunders this was the "trib-
ute") MIR. Thompson, the lecturer, got
$1,000, and $483 81 for travelling expen-
ses; Mr. j. r. Thompson got $500 (servi-
ces not stated, and $50 as clerk for the
executive committee, with $2O5 Is as a
deputy. The members of this committee
were moderate Mr.. Saunders charged
nothing; Mr.. Shankland took 5000 and
$lO3 80 for mileage; by the way, how
did Mr.. Shankland, or for that matter,
Gen. Duane Wilson, get into the National
Grange, and of what subordinate grange
was Mr.. Shankland ever master? Mr..
Aiken, $439 for services, and 1854 as a
deputy-deputies get fees, as well, you
must know, and their expenses. Minor
items-Col John Cochrane, of Wisconsin,
800 20 for mileage; William Duane Will
son, of Iowa, for mileage, $117 70; hotel
bills, $444 80. The general deputies not
already mentioned, received from the
grange the following sums: d. L. Curtiss,
author of the declaration, $492 II; N.
w. Garretson, secretary of the Iowa
State Grange, 1925 O6. Pault, Iowa,
$4s2 %; Vaughn, of Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi, grange organizer and commission
merchant, 1852 40; Beeman, 1892 10;
Wilkinson, $4OO; Abbott of Iowa, 1888 !;
Ohr, $77l; Baird, 1882; Smedley, master
of Iowa State Grange, SIP 35; 'other
employees" unnamed, but including Mr..
Kelley's family, $4,9s3 80.
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EGGs DURING WINTER.-A correspon-
dent of the Country Gentleman relates
his method of securing breed of fowls
that will lay during winter. His process
is rather slow one, but those who be
lieve in the hereditary transmission Of
qualities, may think it worth while to pu
it to test He writes: "There has beer
good deal said about how to make hens
lay during winter, and | venture to say
have seen hundred articles on the sub
ject. Some of the ways spoken of seem
ed so reasonable that / tried them, but
have never yet discovered sure way tt
to make hens lay when you want them
if | could [ should make fortune in nc
time, with eggs at three dollars per dozen
But | have found out how to have hens
that will lay in the winter. 1 noticed
that certain hens laid at certain seasons
and did so for several years, and if per
son had chance to pick he might FIND
two or more in hundred that would bt
sure to lay in any month in the year.
further find that if such fowls are usec
to breed from, and such pullets saved al
proved winter layers, and also bred from
in few years, eggs would be plenty dur
ing the winter-if they could get any
food to make eggs from. These winter
layers, however, [ notice are not much fol
summer, though some on Matching"
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WISHING AND HAVING.

BY r. H. sToDDARD.
Ii to wish and to have were one, my dear,
You would be sitting now
With not care in your tender heart,
Not a wrinkle upon your brow:
The clock of time would go back with you
All the years you have been my wife,
Till it's golden hands had pointed out
The happiest hour of your life;
Iwould stop them at that immortal hour;
The clock should no longerrun;
You could not be sad and sick and old
If to wish and to have were one.
You are not here in the winter, my love,
The snow is not whirling down;
You are in the heart of the summer woods
In your dear old seaside town;
A patter of little feet in the leaves,
A beautiful boy at your side:
He is gathering flowers in the shady nook,
1t was but dream that he died.
Keep hold of his hand and sing to him;
NOmother under the sun
Has such seraphic child as yours
If to wish and to have are one.
Methinks / am with you there, dear wife
In that old house by the sea;
have flown to you as the bluebird flies
To his mate in the poplar tree.
A sailors hammock hangs at the door,
You swing in it, book in hand;
A boat is standing in for the beach,
Its keel now CRATES on the sand;
Your brothers are coming-two manly men
Whose lives have only begun;
Their days will be long in the land, dear
heart
If to wish and to have are one.
If to wish and to have were one, ah me!
1would not be old and poor,
But young and prosperous gentleman,
With never dun at the door;
There would be no past to bewail, my love
There would be no future to dread;
Your brothers would be live men again,
And my boy would not be dead.
Perhaps it will all come right at last;
1t may be, when all is done,
We shall be together in some good world
Where to wish and to have are one
-Harper'S Weekly.
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New VARIETY OF WHEAT.-With thi.
l mail you sample of wheat which
have been propagating for four or five
years, and think very worthy of cultiva
tion. 1t is grown from selection made
from field of wheat we called "weevil
proof" wheat, which had considerable
white wheat mixed through it, and this
new wheat has the appearance of hybrid
from the two. l have grown some four
crops, and it has proved very good
wheat to yield, and an extra quality Of
grain, with a stiff straw. This year
thrashed from twenty acres of land 1854
bushels, as measured from the machine,
weighing strong 63 pounds per bushel
making, l think, very fair crop, even for
a wheat year. JEFF. VAN HORN.
Muskingum Co. D.
The wheat sent is iight-colored amber
wheat, with good length of straw and
heads bald with white chaff. The yield
reported by our correspondent-over for.
ty bushels, by weight, per acre-is large
one even for that part of Ohio. IF we
may Judge by the sample sent, which is
very clean and handsome, the variety is
worthy of trial in all sections where
winter wheat can be grown.
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The following instance Of youthful ex-
actness comes to US from a friend in
bingham, Mass, where it recently occur
red:
An exhibition was given here some two
months since by Tom Thumb, at which
the prices were twenty-five cents for those
ever ten years of age, and twelve and a
half for those under.
1t was Johnny's tenth birthday, and
his cousin May, aged thirteen thought it
to be her duty to celebrate it by taking
him in the afternoon to see the dwarf.
Arriving at the door she put down thirty
eight cents, and asked for two tickets.
"How old is the boy?" asked the ticket
seller.
swell" replied May, "this is his tenth
birthday; but he toas not born until late ID
the afternoon" So.
The vendor of tickets accepted the nc
curacy Of the averment, and handed hel
the proper certificates for admission. But
it was a close ft.-Hayper's Magazine.
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EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY E. G. TABER.
What are the Young Folks Reading!

Well, what are they reading? Any
thing which will induce them to have
higher, holier thoughts? That will cause
them to think of something aside from
the mere enjoyment of life? If not, on
whom rests the blame? I answer. prin-
cipally on parents, teachers and asso-
ciates.
Your children come in from school, pick
up magazine-even if it is minus the
yellow back, it contains reading of like char
acter-and take in thoughts much more
interesting to them than their lessons of
the day have proven How do I know
this? From the fact that they would
naturally take to the more interesting,
and this is, almost invariably, the maga-
zine.
God gave us pure, uncorrupted minds,
which we are to cultivate, to store with
useful knowledge; He does not mean for
us to return it to Him unimproved such
as we would CLEAN from light reading?
Ah, no! Instead, he would have US grasp
the most difficult problems, the most COM
plcated thought, and by unceasing study
make it as our own, thereby strengthen
ing our mind, making it less susceptible
to error.
Parents, you do not think there is
day not far distant, when you will be GEN.
sured for allowing the young mind with
which you have been intrusted to become
SO impaired? You may not think it your
duty to guide the thought of your son or
daughter; it is; and 1 hope you will see
the day when you will fully recognize this
truth. AS a general thing believe teach
ers think their influence over pupils ex-
tends only to the school house door; did
you ever think you had responsibility rest
ing with each of you? To assist those
under your care, could you not read an ex-
tract or something of an historical nature,
thus encourage them to look higher than
mere school books, to have desire to
know something of ancient as well as of
modern times.
Trusting you will think Of this-allow-
ing children to read that which pleases
their fancy, instead of aiding them in the
selection of useful reading matter, l sub
scribe myself, IDA.
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IOWA AS 1T Is.

Inc prosperity of our State is not only
mltter for pride and congratulation of
her own citizens, but is highly thought of
abroad. The following compliments are
from the Chicago Journal. All it saws is
true, and to the facts may be added that
Iowa is a State literally out of debt, and
can be exhibited to the world as State
which has secured and is retaining all of
this prosperity under the rule of the Re
publican party:
The most prosperous and most fortu-
nate State in the Union is Iowa. While
the industrial and commercial interests
are languishing elsewhere throughout the
country, in that State nearly every inter
est is attended by an unusual degree Of
prosperity, and the mass of the people are
in cheerful and encouraging circumstan-
ces. The only exception, really, is found
in those counties in the northwestern por-
ton of the State in which the grasshop-
pers desolated the farms of the settlers.
1t is fact of which Iowa may well be
permitted to boast, that her producers
have raised more wheat, corn and hogs
than any other State in the Union. 1t is
estimated by intelligent judges that
lowas pork sales in the Chicago market
alone this season reach $lO,OOO,OO0. The
lowest estimate for the corn crop for S74
is 160,O0O,OOO of bushels, and her
wheat crop 35,OOO,OOO bushels. These
are big figures, but we have the best as
surrances that they will rather fall below
than rise above the actual facts.
All of Iowa's railroads show increased
earnings this year as compared with last
years, and large appreciation in the val
ue of farming lands is apparent all over
the State, especially along the lines of
railroad.
Our Chicago merchants and bankers
inform us that Iowa's merchants are re-
markably prompt in the payment of their
Indebtedness as it falls due, and that as
rule her merchants and farmers are rap
idly freeing themselves from debt. This
is the result of prosperity, and is an un-
mistakable indication.
We congratulate the people Of Iowa.
They have glorious State-fertile, pro-
ductive, and inhabited by an indurtrious,
frugal and vigorous population, which is
continually and rapidly increasing. AS a
grain growing State, she has no equal,
when we take into account the extent of
her area and her acres under cultivation.
Her farmers are generally intelligent, and
her business men are careful, energetic
and honorable. Gradually, too, manufac-
tories are being established, giving the
farmers home market, and the commun-
ties new resources of thrift. As the
State grows older and wealthier, the man.
ufacturing interests will increase and null
tiply, and it is only a question OF time
when Iowa will be as prosperous perman-
emily as she has been during the present
year Of her good fortune.
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s. B. Turner of Quincy, who exhibited,
says the Western Agriculturist, some very
fine specimens of Rawle's Janet apples,
produced by very close pruning, cultivat-
ing and thinning the tree, thoroughly
leaving the head open, being asked about
his theory of pruning, at a late meeting Of
the Adams County Horticultural Society.
said: The more l prune the more am
satisfied of its benefits. Prune out the
small thick limbs, especially of the Janet.
ing, and also thin out the fruit; and /
get more bushels of saleable apples of
superior size, than to let them grow thick
on the trees. Pruning alone viii not do
all the work; We must cultivate to get
good apples. Trees should be wide apart
to admit light and air. Cultivate in corn
and in the fall plough up thoroughly
Prairie Farmer.
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knowledge in Youth.

l hold that every child, not a Ounce
ought to knov on its eight birthday the
names and the succession of the English
sovereigns (mind, 1 don't say anything
about dates, but the names and success
sion) from the Conquest, and should also
have an idea of Alfred and Canute, as
well as OF Edward the Confessor. l
choose this piece of history particularly
because, as has been very happily said,
it bears to other history of modern times
very much the same relation that the null
tiplication table does to arithmetic. 1t is
learned very easily in virtue of the child
ish eagerness for stories; and long before
they can read themselves, children will be
able to repeat perfectly the story of AL
fred and the cakes, of Canute and the
tide, the Conqueror and the curfew. or
the tapestry of Matilda, and so on, down
through the rich store of English history
to the traditions and stories of our own
colonial times and of the Revolution.
The succession once accurately learned,
it is very short and easy step to relation
ship OF the more obvious sort, father and
son, brothers or cousins. / should not
trouble them about the great granddaugh-
ter of John of Gaunt, or Sophia, Elec-
tress OF Hanover; but one who has not
seen it tried would be surprised to find
how soon a class can trace back Victo-
ria to Henry the Seventh. There is
kind of .sHouse that Jack built" fashion
about il that pleases children, and they
learn without knowing it. :. / leave out
dates as dates; but the notice of long
reigns and short reigns, the kings that
died young, or died unhappily, the queens
that were beautiful, or the princesses that
went away to marry great dukes, or had
kings come to WOO them, the great bat
ties, like Hastings, and Poictiers, and
Agincourt,. viii gradually fix the idea of
time correctly and ineffaceably in the
A
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SUGAR BEETs FOR COWs.-Wi

SUGAR BEETs FOR Cows-Will you
or some of your readers inform me,
through your paper, if feeding COWS on
sugar beets prevents making butter? ?
Since my cows came off from grass, have
fed heavily on sugar beets and corn fod-
der. The COWS are fat, give large yield
of milk, as nice looking cream as any
one could wish to see; but temper and
churn it as we will, it will not make but
ter but froths up in the churn like sugar
and cream whipped up for ice cream. S.
A. W., Minneapolis. Mr.. Harris Lewis,
Mr.. VIM Crozier, and others who are in
the habit of feeding large quantities of
beets, find no difficulty in making their
butter "come," and the cause of the
trouble mentioned lies in some other cir
cumstances connected with the surround
ings of the cows, or the treatment of the
milk. At this season, we have found that
scalding the milk when first strained rem
dered the butter more certain to 'come, "
and shortened materially the time required
to churn. We have seen it stated, also,
that If the churn is set into tub of hot
water latter the cream has become "frothy"
when churning), and heated up to 100
degrees, slowly stirring it meanwhile, the
butter will Immediately gather" when it
is taken out and churned.
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GOLDEN THOUGHTS.

Tis the privilege of human nature,
above brutes, to love those that disoblige
us-Antoninus.
Things are sullen and viii be as they
are, whatever we think them or wish
them to be.-Cad,corth.
There is small chance of truth at the
goal where there is not q childlike humili-
ty at the starting Coleridge.
Though once in his life he may crate
thee with harshness, excuse him who on
every occasion else has soothed thee with
kindness.-tSadi.
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PATCHES in THE WRONG PLACE.

One of Boston's best-known merchants,
notod for his shrewdness and penetration,
had test case presented some time since,
and came off victorious. As it is an illus
tration of this millionaire penetration in
business affairs, we give the story here.
1t appears that the merchant wanted
another gardener for his country estate,
near Boston, and an individual presented
himself for that Office
Understand the business?"
ayes, been in it for years"
"Who have you lived with last?"
The applicant mentioned a gentleman
the merchant was well acquainted with
stating that he left for no fault, but that
his former employer was going to Europe
had sold his estate, and had no further
use for him.
"What wages do you expect?"
Eighteen dollars a month"
This was astonishing low for such q
promising-looking sober man, and the
shrewd business man rubbed his chin
thoughtfully and reflected that it was a
bargain lot; but wasn't there something
wrong about it? His habitual business
caution even in this trifing negotiation
did not forsake him.
"Call tomorrow at this time, and | vii
have seen Mr.. -, your former employ
er, and give you an answer"
The gardener turned and walked slowly
away; as he did SO he displayed two patch
es on the seat of his panteloons beneath
the line of his roundabout jacket.
"Hello! come back here" called the
merchant; you needn't apply tomorrow
| see [ shant want you"
The astonished gardener stammered
out something about his knowledge of gar.
dening and good character, but was cut
short by this practical observation
"Don't want you, sir; the patches on
your breeches are on the wrong side. A
gardeners breeches ought to be patched
at the knees, not on the seat. You won't
do for me-"
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The country owes debt of gratitude
to the Hon. Benz. F. Butler for his per-
sistent efforts in trying to secure the pas
sage of the civil rights bill. Under the
rule of the House it has been in the pow
er of one-ffth Of the members voting on
the last pending question to order the
yeas and nays upon mere dilatory motions
placing it thus utterly out of the power
of the majority to pass any bills whatever.
During this short session it has been en-
phatically the policy of the Democratic
minority, not only as of old to defeat the
civil rights bill, but all other legislation,
to the end that an extra session shall be-
come necessity. Then, the President,
in administering the laws will be entirely
at the mercy Of Democratic House Of
Representatives composed of mass of
political adventurers, the bulk of whom
were not even nominated with any hope
of possible election. 1t will be as crude
and revolutionary as all legislatures habit
ually are which are suddenly swept into
power by "tidal waves" Not only is the
civil rights bill in jeopardy by the factious
course of this Democratic minority, but
also all legislation of whatever value to the
country. In all the protracted fight be-
ginning on Wednesday afternoon, General
Butler was the leader and the hero
Wednesday nigh the was not off dutyfor an
instant, but responded to every roll-call
On Thursday he suggested a division of
the Republican members into reliefs-in
order that they might take necessary food
and rest. The indomitable spirit of the
old man seemed to permeate the Republi-
can side of the House, and for the first
time during the Forty-third Congress the
House had leader who was absolutely
master of the situation, and whose posi-.
ton was acknowledged. The chairmen of
the leading committees by common con-
sent left the fight to General Butler and
the new members. For his gallant leader
ship in this protracted contest he deserves
the gratitude of the loyal men of the ma
tion.--Inter- Ocean.
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CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY

DAPTIST CHURCH. No pas
- tor. Services at l0h n. m, and IA p. m.
Sunday-school l2la IN. Prayer-meeting Thurs
day evenings.
NJ E. CHURCH.-Rev. C. b. CLARK, pastor.
w. Services at l0H a. m, and seven p. IN.
Sunday-school p. m. Prayer meetings 1hur'-
day evenings
SBiPSON CHARGE.-(M. E.) Rev. C. L. STAF-
- FORD, pastor. Services at lOss a. M ana !
p. m Sunday-School at p. m. prayer meet
ingS Thursday evenings
DONGREG ATIONAI. CHURCH.-hev }. E.
" SNOwDEN, pastor. Services ;t l0ts a. m,
and p. IN. Sunday-school at l21s M Prayer
meetings Thursday evenings.
JyIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHU URCH.-Rcv. III.
II 5. SNoDGRASS, pastor. Services at III a. M,
and GIL % m Sunday-school at Sla a. IN.
~,IrMRERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
y Rev. r. II. LESTER, pastor. Services Gts p. IN.
I,PISCOPAL CHURCH-Rcv. JAMES ALLEN,
Il rector Services at l01a Il. NJ, and ~ p.
m Sunday-school AT l2:l5 IN.
TrNIVERSALIST SOCIETY.-No regular SER
vices. Sunday-School at p. IN.
VHRISTIAN CHURCH.-Elder ID. II. DUNCAN,
" Services at l0is a. m, and p. IN. Sunday
school at ga p. M. Prayer meetings Thursday
evenings.
II p. CHURCH.-Rev. X. y. McAYEAL, pas
- .tOr. Services l0ls a. IN, p. M. Sunday
scho5 i 9is L. Prayer meetings Thursday
evenings.
SECOND NJ. E. CHURCH.-(colored Rev. L.
- j. Marshall, pastor. Services lO12 a. m.
Sunday-school 3la p. m.
LNRIENDS' MEETING.-On LIST and 18th days OF
y the week, at 10 a. m; on lst day at p. IN.
Sunday-school Immediately after service on lst
day morning.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Father HARDIN. Ser
~ vices first Sunday of each month.
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The following questions were received
three weeks ago, but on account of my alb
sence they have remained unanswered:
Ed. EDUCATIONAL CoLUMN.-I wish to
ask you some questions to be answered at
your convenience, to-wit:
1. How do you form the possessive
plural OF goose, sheep, monkey, turkey,
James and Mary?
2. Is 81 laid the book down. correct?
8. Would you advise having scholars
in country schools write their spelling les
sons on the slate?
4. Do all country schools begin at the
same time for the spring term? If so,
at what date?
5. Will physiology be taught then?
6. When are the public teachers ex-
aminations?
By answering the above you will oblige
a STUDENT.
l. Geeses, Sleeps according to Brown
and Green; sleeps according to Swinton;
monkeys, turkeys, James's, Marys'; con-
corning the word Mary, l would say that
proper names, foreign and unusual nouns
are exceptions to the general rule, other
wise it would be Maries.
2. II laid the book down" is right for
the past tense.
8. would advise written spelling in
all schools graded or ungraded.
4. There is no fixed time for the OPEN
ing of summer schools. They generally
begin in the first weeks of April
5. 1t ought to be.
6. There are no public examinations as
formerly. The county superintendent
will be in his Office on Saturdays.
f. G. T.
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We are glad to acknowledge the receipt
OF communication from Ida this week,
and hope to receive others L. G. T.