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z, and to use their best efforts to

bne, and to use their best efforts to
d vate the same. It will be seen by
Aabstract that the Sioux have granted
i government so much of their Perma-
nat reservation set apart in 1868 and
lvng east of the 103d meridian as lies
beween the north and south forks of the
Cayenne river, which exceeds the re-
agreements of the act creating the COM
mission, and completes the title of the
po,ernment to the entire Black Hills
country. The rights of way granted
ovg the permanent reservation to the
neyly-ceded territory will afford transit
though country which has been, IN
recent years, the most unsafe to travellers
# any in the west. The area coded ID
the treaty is estimated at from 10000 to
25D00 square miles.
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lGRICUTURAL.
1he TURNER'S Wffe.

The farmer came In from the field one day:
bis languid step and his weary way
AS beaded brow, his sinewy hand,
All showed his WORK for the good of the land:
FOR he sows, sovs, sows,
For he hoes, hoes hoes.
And he mows, mows, mows,
All for the good Of the land,
By the kitchen fire stood his patient wife.
1ignt Of his home and JOY OF his life
With Lace all agiow. and busy hand
Preparing the meal for her household bard
For she must boil, boil, boil,
And she mast broii, broil broil,
= Nd she must toll, toll, toll,
All Tor the good OF the home.
The b:ight sun shines when the farmer goes out,
ne oirus siRe sweet songs, the lambs frisk about
4 ne brock babbles softly in the glen
hhne ne works so bravely for the good of the men
For he sows, Sows sows,
For he mows, mOws. mows
Aad he hoes, hoes, hoes
All Tor the good OF the land.
How briskly the wife steps about within,
ne dishes to wash, the milk to skim;
Inc ilre goes out the flies buzz about;
for the dear ones at home her heart is kept stout
There is bread to bake bake, bake,
And steps TO take. take, take,
All Tor the sake OF the home.
When the day Is DER and evening has come,
Inc ne creatures are fed, the mil king is done,
ne taxes his rest meath the old shade tree,
FROM the labor Of the land his thoughts free
Though he sows, sows, soWs,
And he hoes, hoes, hoes,
ana he mows, mows, mOws,
lie rests from the work Of the land.
But the faithful wife from sun 10 sun,
lakes her burden up that's never done;
There Is no re [, there is no play.
FOR the good OF her house she must work away.
For 10 mend the frock, frock. frOck,
For to knit the sock, seek, sock,
And the cradle to rock, reck, rcck,
All Tor the good of the home.
When autumn Is here, with its chilling blast
The farmer gathers his crops at last
His harms are full, his fields are bare:
FOR the-Sood Of the land he ne'er hath care;
While it blows blows, blows,
And II SHOWS, SHOWS, SHOWS,
I'LL winter goes, goes, goes,
he rests from the work of the land.
But the willing wife till LIES closing day,
is the ehildren's guide the husbands stay;
FROM day TO day she has done her be ST.
Until death alone can give her rest:
For after the test, test, test,
Comes the rest, rest, rest.
With tho blest blest blest
In the Fathers heavenly home.
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Market Crops Jor small Farmers.

Mr.. j. B. Root, in his Garden Manual
for 1877, has the following chapter, con-
tanning some suggestions which may be
useful:
In the vicinity of every town are own
ers of small farms whose land is too high
priced to be devoted to ordinary farm
crops, and who themselves have abundant
time, one can always provide few acres
in good enough condition for the coarse
crops. The large number of queries
from such make me believe few hints
thereon may be timely.
In the east, such furnish a large pro-
portion of the supplies for the large
cities, of the kinds which they raise, and
are known as farm gardeners or ''truck-
ers," in distinction from markee garden
ers-those who raise a full line of vege-
tables, and more especially the finer and
more difficult ones
By the use If town manure in addi-
ton to his own, and judiciously laying
down few acres of clover every year to
be turned under the second season, a
portion of the little farm will always be
in condition for good crops. If butter
be the principle product of the farm por-
tion, the question of fertility will more
easily be settled, especially if sown
corn for fodder is appreciated and grown
properly and plentifully..
The first TO suggest themselves to the
beginner must be those most nearly like
often very profitable and always i p l,iose
They involve little risk, leave the ground
for a second crop, and can be kept for a
late market If not sold earlier. Late
potatoes, while less profitable, usually
pay.
Winter squash does not demand much
hand-work, and since it sells bv the
wagon-load lisa very good one. Any Door
specimens, or unsold portions of the cron
are worth more than the cost of produc-
ing for feed. Melons also sell in Iorco
quantities, and are not exacting as to soil
or culture. So many are deferred from
growing them for fear of melon thieves
that the price is good and demand %.
tive.
Late cabbage is another crop that noro
well when grown properly. 1t deliebts
IN decaying sod and abundant cnlt,,ra
This should not be grown largely mil
the grover nas "got the knacko of il %
10 speak, nor until he understands tbo
markets. Its advantages are that II nro
duces immensely to the acre, and is nal
sted in bulk, and all waste is ser,;caab1a
as iced. Cutting of clover can he taLon
from the ground before setting ont tsa
cop, Il the soil be rich enough to sn.-s
lurnips-the early fat sor,s-.
raised very easily, if soil and season -
favorable, and often can be sold a.
round price if the market be watch - =
nhey are worth twice their cost for faed :
The ruta bagas demand more laho =. ecu n
faould not be undertaken till some auu Il !,
iua' 'a'cs with the business is aco,;.as ~ n :,
~ 'rs nm nd better price tree :
,c4a- and will keep till June Tb ,eel 70
w s0'a serve an excellent use for the ,,
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COUNT MoLTKE oSRUssI4 md tyr
KEE

Fleld-Marshal Won Moltke appears "a
have had occasion to express an opinion
on the probable results of 4 war between
Russia and Turkey. He thinks that the
campaign which is imminsnt will be a
difncuit affair for both of these powers,
ana In support of that dew eite0 the
example of the year 182S;when Turkey
was IN much more critical position
lnan at present. The J,nissaries had
ceased to exist; the officerof the active
army We're young men wfhout military
instruction; the artiIIey was in
w ' condition; Infect had been
destroyed, and the sulan could only
oppose 10000 to 40 90 men to the
enemy. In spite of tpse upfavorable
conditions the Turkishsru1y, which was
miseraoly equipped, rested Tor long
'lme the Russian coluSns, composed OF ,
10000 well-armed cops, who were
constantly he;n. -.aforced. Field
MARSHAL Won NAIL includes by say !
ng lnat prompt and eaay VICTORIES oy a
ne hlssian arms nu not DC ca 'ec'eu' /
ne struggle will being ana arououS : :
y the soldiers, andgIthou' glory 81 s
re generals comm ing Vle corps 81
oTsses-- Pti5a,lef,,H Press OF
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The old orange tree atversailles,
known as the "Grand Bobon," has
finally died at the ripe age ofour hun
bred and ffty-five years. Thqueen of
Navarro gave the seed to herlrdner in
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If Congress had employed as much
scientific skill in the arrangement of its
Reconstruction Policy" at the dose. as the
War Department did in the beginning OF the
war, in arranging for the manafactu of
what was called Sheridan's Cavity Condi-
ton Powders for the use of tie Cavalry
horses, no doubt the Union would have been
restored long ago.-Erchdnge.
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EVERY MAN. WOMAN AND CHILD at
this season should take DIR. ]. II. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier,
because it pusifes and enriehes the blood
gives vigor, strength and vitality o the whole
body and system. DIR. J. FL. McLeans office,
314 Chestnut street, st. Louis.
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matron.
The best Patronized restaurants in st.
/ Louis is the free soup house. The bread
is good, the beef is excellent and well
cooked, and the soup is delicious. The
women and the best behaved men eat il
one building, but ragged and dirty males
are sent to the rabbit House," which
gets far the most patronage; and one
hundred and twenty-five families are
| supplied with one meal day. Some o.
these people are worthy but unfortunate
and the stories of their suffering are pain
fully pathetic. There are two sides te
the question whether worthy and indus
trious people who are out of work or un
able to work on accounted sickness should
be comfortably cared for, and in then
own homes if they have homes. A pub
lie kitchen which should sell wholesome
and well-cooked plain food at cost would
be one of the most serviceable forms Of
charity.
The reality of the danger of animals
! of economic value-such as the elephant
! which supplies us with ivory, the seals
that furnish fur, and the whales, which
yield US animal oil-may be 50 indiscrim-
inately slaughtered as to render the spe-
cies in each case extinct, is illustrated by
the example of the zebra. There is no
good reason to believe the true zebra has
become extinct in Africa within the last
twenty-five years. In saying this to the
British association for the advancement
of science, at its last meeting, Prof.
Alfred Newton declared it to be proba-
bly, the first instance of total extinction
Of large terrestrial manned since geolog-
zeal times. Perhaps the zebra has no
economic value; but, if so, how much
more likely is it that those creatures
which profits man to kill will eventually
be swept from off the earth. This ad-
dress by Prof Newton on the extirpation
of species has attracted widespread no.
tice and favorable comment.
The composition of atmospheric dust
that which pertains to our houses, our
Presents, On analysis, a remarkable fact,
namely, that inevery pinch of such dust
one thing is invariably found; this is
starch. No object, it is said, is more IA
miliar to the micoscopist than the grain
Of starch; it sometimes oval, sometimes
spherical, and varies in size, the addition
of little iodine giving it blue color.
which disappears under the influence of
light. There seems to be no difference,
eithe, between the starch grains found
in the dust of Egyptian. tombs and Roman
temples and that found in the dining-room
of to-day-they both resond to chemical
and physical tests in the same way. But
there is a still more curious fact, in this
connection, as observed by NJ Pouchet,
namely, that in examining the dust of
many centuries, had sometimes found |
the starch of clear blue color. The fact |
is, starch must necessarily abound is this
way, because the wheat, barley, rice,
&c, which form every where
he staple of mans food, are abundant in
starch the grains are rubbed off and
by the winds in all directions.
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We noticed in one of our exchanges
this week the statement OF Dea John Hodg-
kins, of South Jefferson, Ne. whose son was
cured Of incipient consumption by the use
of Johnson's AnOdyne Liniment. We refer
to this at this time as tending TO corroborate
the statement we made last week in relation
to this Liniment as applied to consumption.
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CURRENT MENTION.

The North Carolina railroad has de-
clared dividend of six per cent.
The constitutions of twenty-eight OF
the states of the union recognize the ex-
istenee of God.
1t is said that the pay OF regular
soldier in China amounts to about cent
and half per day.
VIM. H. Vanderbilt succeeds his father
as president of the Hartford and New
Haven railroad.
Mr.. Alexander II. Stephens is very i'll
again, having had a hemorrhage Of the
lungs.
One hundred and twenty whites and
thirty colored applicants were supplied
in one day last week at the soup-hOuse
for the poor in Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Turner, United States minister to
Liberia, says that his residence there has
confirmed him in the conviction that the
American negro can live in no country
half so we'll as in the United.States.
A bill has been introduced into the
New York legislature authorizing all
females above .twenty-one years of age,
resident of any incorporated village. they
being owners of property therein, to vote
upon all questions of raising money by
tax in such village.
Mrs. Julia Gardner Tyler, the widow
of the late President Tyler, is residing at
d" Sherwood Forest" on the James river,
the old ante belltm plantation homestead
of the ex-president, where she dispenses
her Inequalities like true virgin
matron.
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Twenty-Five cents VIII buy box Of Or. TUrTs
Pills and they Will restore the functions Of the liver
stomach and bOwels-the sources from which nearly
every disease originates II these organs act well a
long and healthy lie is assured.
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To Continental and Security Life
Insurance Co.'s Policy
Holders.

Mr. SHEPPARD Romans. Aetaary Of New York.
any p.iIcv holders Of the above III ned comraules.
aud viii act their attorney in settlement 81 their
claims. without any charge for lis services. Cen
upon or add ress II. NJ. FRIEND. Mobile Ala
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Is THERE ONE reader of this paper suf-
fering from rheumatism? Ii So write to
Helphenstine Il Bently, Druggists Washing
ton, ID. c., for a circular of Durang's Rheu-
matte Remedy. This medicine is taken in
ternally, and will positively cure any case Of
rheumatism on the face of the green earth.
Price one dollar bottle
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-02-07
Watering Stock.

These same cattle were always we'll fed
that is, they had plenty Of good hay and
fodder-the cows we're usually dry during
the Winter-bus the effects of the want of
sufficient water in the proper places and
times was very observable in the condition of
the stock every Spring, and | have often
heard the remark, Il do not see why Blank s
cattle are 80 poor, as he always feeds them
enough" Very different from this was it at
a neighbours near by. At this farm log
aqueduct carried spring water into long
trough in the yard, where the water seldom
froze entirely over, SO that the cattle, when
ever out in the yard, could take drink Of
water any time, consequently would never
overdrink and be SO chilled and curled up.
| have often watched the sheep, when taking
their morning or evening meal of hay, run
every few minutes to the water, drink lit
tie, then go back to the hay.rack, eat little,
and then trot off to the water again and the
crowd at the water-tub was fully equal to
the crowd at che bar Of one of our Pittsfeld
liquor saloons, but not quite so noisy. For
mich COWS in severe weather, it is better to
give water with the chill off if possible, and
| always notice falling off 10 our milk
when the COWS have to drink ice cold water
1 expect considerable shrinkage now that
they have TO 60 30 far and then take ice cold
Water.-Mrror and Farmer.
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samaritans Nearly Extinct.

In corroboration of similar statements de.
rived from other sources, the National SUI.
dag School Teacher says: "The Samaritaus,
os 8 sect, are nearly extinct. Only about
fifty cling to the immediate vicinity Of their
sacred mountain (Gerizim) A few scatter.
ing families along the Mediterranean coast
join them in their annual observance of the
Passover, and the other two great feasts, and
these are ali that are left As marriage out.
side of their sect is forbidden, a few yearp,
at most, will witness their entire extinction.
! We confess TO feeling of sadness as the
time Of their seB-extermination draws nigh.
There is touch of heroism in their long
continued worship on Gerizim, and in their
steadfast devotion Of themselves, on account
of their faith, to fate which for generations
they have seen steadily approaching, that
compels our sympathy. When they pass
away one Of the most ancient sects in the
world will cease to exist.
"The observance of the Passover by the
Samaritans on the summit of Gerizim, as de
scribed by F. G. Morgan, in the Christian
Advocate, ia really q1ite dramatic. Just be-
fore sunset the old men, clad in epotless
white, after service of prayer, apply the
fire to the fuel for the sacrifices, while the
rest repeat appropriate passages from the
Law. Just as the sun dips his disc in the
Mediterranean the high priest, with up-lifted
hands, repeats Exodus xii 6, and then, be-
fore the echoes of his voice have died away,
the lambs are seized and sacrificed. The en-
trails and right fQre-leg are burned, and then
the carCasses are placed upon live Goals, a
frame work is placed over them, and this
again is covered with moist earth. At mid.
night they are drawn out of this oven, de-
posted on mats before the communicates,
and, as the command is, eat in haste, the
participants crouch down in Eastern fashion,
and, in the manner Of raVenously hungry
men, tear off with their fingers every morsel
of flesh which remains of the sacrifice, and
devour it. Bits are carried to the tents to
the women, and the bones, aud whatever else
remains, are carried to the smaller furnace
and burned to ashes"
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4" StOp-a-while.'

There is growing in Africa thorn called
"Stop-a-While." If person once gets caught
in it, it is difficult that he escapes with hi:
clothes on his back, for every attempt tc
loosen one part of his dress only hooks more
firmly another part. The man who gets
caught by this thorn 10 in o pitiable plight
ere ne gets loose. You would not like
would you, boys?-to be caught in this
thorn. And yet many, / fear, are being
caught by q worse thorn than "Stop a
while" Where do you spend your even.
inga? At home, I do hope, studying your
lesson and attending to mothers words; fol
if you have formed habit of spending them
on the streets with bad boys, you are caught
in thorn worse than "Stop-a while" II
you spend your evenings at home, do not
allow any Of your playmates persuade you
to go out and join them for one evening
only, for if you do, the desire to go again
will be strong; you will have laid the foun.
datiOn of a bad habit, and you will have a
harder struggle to escape With your life than
if in the brambleU of 'StOp awhile"
Boys and girls who disobey their parents,
who loiter about on the Sabbath instead OF
going to Sabbath-school, who take the name
of the Lord in vain, are caught 10 the worst
of snares, from which it will be moro difficult
TO extricate themselves than from the Afri-
can thorn; for bad habits are strong, and
constantly lure on their victims to pleasures
which satisfy not.
The boy who rOams the streets at night
has fallen into one of the worst of habits.
It soon teaches him to neglect his studies,
adopt evil practices, and to corrupt his
heart; while ne who spends his evenings at
home escapes evil and grows wiser, better,
snG happier.-S. s. Gem.
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In PROSPERITY We should not forget our
poor relations or acquaintance, but should
ask after them and help them. Gen. xiii: q.
Snsb auaEp.
Fast. Walking Horses.

1t has been shown in these columns that
the production of thoroughbred and trotting
horses has been largely in excess Of the
death rate, that as necessary sequence the
stock in the country is increasing each year,
and that unless foreign demand be created
prices must inevitably decline. Breeders
should therefore turn their attention more tc
the production Of fast-walking horses, both
for the saddle and general drsught. The
business would pay handsomely, for the utili-
ty and value of such horses would soon be
properly appreciated, thus creating steady
demand, which would not likely be dimin-
ished, for the next half century at least
On the farm a slow-walking horse does not
do half the work that rapid walker is able
TO accomplish. In towns and cities, where
draught horaes are used in the truck, cart,
drsy, &C., it is the same; not half the work
is performed by the slow walker, who crawls
along at snail'S pace, and, when drawing a
load, cannot be galvanized into rapid motion
As traveller, both under saddle aud in hsr
ness, the slow walker is nuisance. No
matter what work he is engaged 10, time and
money are lost to his owner every day thai
he lives.
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What gusy Learned From her Story Boo

Susy thought she had never read so inter
esting a book as that last one she got in
Sunday School. She meant to be just like
the little Amelia it told about, and do good
to others all the day long. It seemed SO
beautiful in the story, and then every one
seemed to love her SO we'll. Sac arose on
Monday morning with strong determine
ton to do her best, and she took the very
first step in that direction. She asked God
to help Der.
Down stairs her canary greeted her, and
the morning sunshine, with the brightest of
songs; and she went right away and filed
his cups with seed and water, and put lump
of sugar and bit Of sweet apple in his tiny
plate; and then ran out for tufS Of fresh
grass, in which he greatly delighted, SO DAT
fodil was made comfortable for all day
Mother was pleased to see that her little girl
had done all these things without being told
two or three timeu. Susy was child whose
failing VAS thas ans vas always 'tjuot goiDg"
to do things.
After breakfast and prayers she thought
to herself, "What cozy time shall have
reading my book until school timo;" but
Just then her mother said:
CT would like to have you carry this pale
of milk to poor Mrs. Lake. It is not far,
and you will have plenty Of time"
Susy said, go dear" bat she thought
how different Amelia would have felt That
changed the current Of her thoughts, and she
said softly, "Now here's chance"
So she put on her hood, and coat, and
over.8hoeS, and was on her way in three min
utes.
"It wont take long, and l shall have time
to read yet. 1 do want to know how the
story ends"
Poor old Mrs. Lake was especially trou-
bled that morning with the rheumatism.
60, how glad I am to see you, deary,
she said. "My fire is SO poor, and |. can't
pick up my chips to mend it. ItwOrriea me
to have my house SO out of sorts; but what
can poor body do? Thank you kindly for
the milk. Now can have nice little pud-
ding for my dinner. That pint basin full
makes me big dinner, with my sup Of tea
Just you run out Susy, dear, and see if old
speok has laid today. 1 thought heard her
cackle quite early; but may be it was the !