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TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW.

TAKE Nc THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW.
eff the most anxious and unhappy men OF
the world,'' says DR.. Chalmers, "were
anined as to the ground of their disquietude,
it would be found, in nine hundred and nine
ty-nine cases out OF the one thousand, that
the provision of this day was not the ground
of it. They carry forward their imagina-
tons to a distant tuturitA and fill it up with
the spectres of melancholy and despair.
What a world of ~unhappiness would be saw
ed. if the things of to-day, its duties, IN
ployments and services were to occupy all
our hearts ; and as tomorrow, how delight
ful to think that we have the sure warrant
of God for believing that by committing It's
issues in quietness to him, when the future
day comes, the provisions of that day will
come along with it What would like to
impress upon all who are beset with ankle
ties about the future days they are to live III
this world is, that daily bread is one OF the
objects it is agreeable to the will of God that
we shoult ask, for it is the very petition
which the Son of God taught His disciples.
We have a full warrant, then, for believing
that we shall get it, and according to the
faith of our prayer, so will it be done unto
u.s."
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-09
A PRINTERS

Some years ago, when the writer was a
reporter upon an Eastern paper, it devolved
upon him to write for the same edition an
account OF the presentation of a gold-headed
cane to the Rev. DR.. Nudge, the clergyman
of::the place, and a description of a new hog
killing machine that had just been put in
operation at the factory. Now, what made
Mr.. Nudge mad was this: The inconsider-
ate buccaneer who made up the form got
the two locals mixed in a frightful manner,
and when we went to press something like
this was the appalling result:
Some of Mr.. Mudge's friends called on
him yesterday, and after a brief consultation
the un%suspecting hog was seized by the
hind legs and slid along the beam, until he
reached the hot water tank. His friends
explained the object of their visit, and pre-
sented aaim with a handsome gold-headed
butcher, who grabbed him by the tail and
swung ham around, and in less than a min
ute the carcass was in the water. There
upon he came forward and said there We're
times when the feelings ~overpowered one,
and for that reason he would not attempt to
Go more IMAM J1ank GllOSc diOullu. llllll: "
the manner in which so huge an animal was
cut into fragments was astonishing. The
doctor concluded his remarks, the machine
seized him, and in less time than it takes to
write it the hog was worked into delicious
sausages, The occasion will be remembered
by the doctors friends as one of the most
delightful of their lives. The best pieces
can be obtained for fifteen cents per pound
and we are sure those who have sat under
his ministry will rejoice to learn that he ha'
been so handsomely treated.
Mad! Well, about nine o'clock tina
morning the office had been abandoned By
every man but the advertising clerk, and M
assembled to the roof and robed himself il
boiler iron, so that he could see the clergy
man tearing around down in the street witt
his congregation, all wearing the panoply 0
war, and carrying butcher knives and sucl
things. The next day we ~apologlzed, BIZ
i, the doctor stopped his subscription.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-09
THE WITREss THAT KNOWS NOTHING.

Some witnesses in courts of justice won't
comprehend questions, no matter how pert
or how skillfully put. MIR. Parks, the
alluded to below, is a fair specimen
of the lot. The prosecuting attorney thus
addressed him:
"Mr. Parks, state, if you please, whether
the defendant, to your knowledge, has ever
followed any profession"
"He mas been a professor ever since [ have
known him"
"Ah? a professor of what?"
GA professor Of religion"
"You don't understand me-, MIR. Parks.
What does he de"
"Well, generally what he pleases."
"Tell the jury, Mr.. Parks, what the de-
tendant generally follows"
*'Gentlemen OF the jury, the defendant
generally follows the crowd when they go
to drink"
"Mr. Parks, this kind Of prevarication will
not do here. Now, state, sir, how the de-
PENDANT supports himself,"
81 saw him last night supporting himself
against a iamp-post."
"May it please your Honor, this witness
shows an evident disposition to trif1e with
this honorable coErt."
The Court-'Mr. Parks, state, If you
know anything about it, what the defend
ants occupation is. The Court, let ME say.
has no idea that you mean to be lisingenu-
ous."
Occupation, did you say. sir?'
"Occupation." answered the judge.
..Yes.' echoed the counsel. what is hi
occupation?'
eff l am not mistaken. he occupies a gar
ret somewhere in town."
.sThat's all, MIR. Parks. understand yot
to say that the defendant is a professor o
religion"
"He is"
.'Does his practice correspond with hi
profession?'
II never heard of any correspondence, O
letters OF any kind"
.You said something about his propenslt.
for drinking. Does he drink hard?'
..No.s sir. I think lie drinks as easy as an,
man [ ever saw
, ..One more question, Mr.. Parks: 70
have known this defendant a long time
What are his habits? Loose or otherwise
.sThe one he has got on now, think,
rather tight under the arms; it is certain
r too short-waisted for the fashion,"
"You can take your seat, Mr.. PARKS
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-09

WHEN reproved for failing to keep an en-
oaeement with another gentleman, a brave
h,t devoted Utica husband replied: My
deer sir, my intentions were excellent, but a
man with a red-haired wife is liable to break
MANY engagements against his WILL"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-09
HOME HAPPINESS.

11ov- mich we all strive Tor happiness,
Is how much of life is spent in anticipa-
Il - fine things we think will give us pleas
~ Home should be the place to find our
--latest happiness. 1t is there we should
4. b 1--we and sunshine. One may not find
81 fine flowers they would gladly gather in
~ cardeu-plot of the home circle; yet how
adv W, Join it when the toling is done.
M nearest approach to human happiness
&is side the grave is the enjoyment Of
n slth, wisdom, and a happy home. These
blessings that many are denied, some
nam the part in which they contribute to its
81 a1s. and some from the loss of loved ones.
III such mournful memories rise and sadden
heart. for home memories seem enGoW-
N with life and feeling, and like FELLOWSHIP
hers sympathise with our misfortunes. TO
fhe poor tempest-tossed wanderer, his emo
NSJons are all sadness, and in his heart is an
dissatisfied thirst and an ever-gnawing hun
er after the pleasures which grow only
%sfound the alter of home. IS happiness is
96nrs how natural to think of those who
&yould have participated in it with us, and
Mn hearts 90 out towards them in sympa-
Eay. Hearts, like fruit, need maturing, they
2hould grow fuller and richer toward the
n ose of life; their spring-fowering and
Tpmmer growth may be more beautiaal and
hrifty, but their aatumn-ripening and VIM
Rr-mellowing should be sweeter and far
lore satisfactory. All might a%pundantly
rove this. Loving parents. loving children;
larreling parents, quarreling children, is
he rule. For the sake of prosperity let us
~ltivate the more amiable qualities. One of
he means to do this is to make home hap
y. Happiness GENES only by seeking.
Who does not love the long, qriet winter
Fenings in a bright, happy home? These
Re the crowning glory of winter and its
obtest compensations. Those who bundle
II to bed early night utter night, live OILY
b the lower plane of their existence. The
png winter evenings are the best time fo1
Judy and improvement. They are the treas
~ Of the year. Let us cultivate a taste il
ur children for reading and study. Man.
child goes astray, not fer want of praye
= virtue at home, but simply because hom'
= acks sunshine. A child looks little beyon'
he present moment. If a thing pleases
apt to seek if it displeases it is prone t.
Sold it and if home is unhappy. it vii
pend as many hours as possible elsewhere
There are those who rejoice in the im
foyements of the age in which they live
! Other words. CHEEKY people, those who ar
never too old for study and culture, $ thos
Fao never grow old in spirit, though the
Pfo" oid in years. Old people of tn
f"hp DO not get out of Jfashion ; but the
[ohpany is preferred by the young to thu
! persons of their own age ; and the know
- they have acquired by years of exper
p"ce ana study, make them valuable con
= '"'"ois for the young. If there were on
F' sure and certain RECEIPT for making chez
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elbow nicely this corn pops," observed
he, as they sat eating it together by the fire.
Eyes," replied she, holding down her head,
''it's got over being green" OF course he
couldn't stand such aka inference rs that, and
might soon have been seen popping" him.
self, and watching the glad light in her eyes
as she blushingly said: go ask poppy"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-09

"WHAr are you trying to do?" demanded
an irate father of his boy, who was standing
OH a chair in the closet, trying to grab a So
bill which lay temptingly On the upper shelf.
Trying to reach a high note" calmly sang
out the lad. The even tenor of that boys
way was Immediately interrupted.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-09

! lWHEN a Fulton father came home the
other evening and stepped into the parlor
to fill up the coal stove, he was startled to
see. when the flame Of his hand-lamp dissi-
pated the darkness, that his daughter and
her ducky doodle Adolphus were s%ojourn-
ing in the shadow of the lowered gas jet.
But they were in separate chairs! And
were engrossed in a box of figs! He felt
compelled to ask: "Something the matter
with the gas ?" And the time-tried youth,
grasping one of the golden thoughts that
cverwhelm us in the time of emergency,
answered, as he mechanically picked up an
other fig mo, Sir, we turned it down SO
as not to notice when we bit into a worm! ~
- Fulton Times.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-09
THE OLD TRICK WOULDN'T WORK.

A well-known Sacramentoan, who had
been ont with 1.-THE boys until 3 O'Clock in
the morning, felt a trifie uneasy as to what
his wife would say upon the subject, and de-
termined to adopt q little strategy. He en-
tered the house cautiously, noiselessly re-
moved his boots, and then made his way to
their bedroom. He was not so obfusticated
but that he knew it would be dangerous to
attempt to get into bed, so, after disrobing,
he took up his position by the side of the
baby's cradle, and began rocking it like a
'49-er. His wife, aroused by the noise, dis
covered him. as it was part of his deep-laid
scheme that she should, and called out:
"Why,-, what on earth are you doing
there?''
"Doing? I am trying to get this baby
asleep! She's been crying half an hour and
you've slept through it ALL" His air OF
righteous Indignation was we'll put on, but
it wouldn't do-luck was against him.
"What do you mean ?" his better half
sternly responded. ~ have got that baby
in bed here with me, and she hasn't cried
tonight! When did you come home"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-11
THE MATRIMONIAL LOTTERY.

A young stranger called on DIR. NC
m evening, while he was a pastor in New
York City, to engage his services in the
performance Of n nuptial ceremony.
Il wish to make a bargain with yon
doctor" said the young man. II think the
girl i am to marry will make a 6rst- rate
wife. If you will wait n year for your fec,
and she turns out MS / think she will, III
then give you fifty dollars"
They agreed the young couple were
married, and the incident passed from the
doctors mind. At the end of n year, at the
same time in the evening, the young man
called again. The doctor did not recognize
him at first.
dc you not remember the bargain we
made when you married me a year ago.
"0h yes, replied the doctor.
WELL" snid the young man, q she il
twice as good as ! thought she was. There's
one hundred dollars for you.
Exactly the opposite of this is the follow.
ing:
A clergyman in one of the Hudson River
towns united n German couple in marriage.
When the knot was tied, the bridegroom
said, "Dominie, I've got no monish, but
I'll send you Won leetle pig" 1t was done,
and the circumstance was forgotten by tho
clergyman. Two years afterward he met the
German in another town, for the FIRST time
since the marriage ceremony was per-
formed.
Dominic" said the German, "you re-
members you married me, and l gave you
Won leetle pigg" =.
yes" E
well, if you'll unmarry me, L will give Won
tro leetle pigs."-Editor's Droper IN Har.
per's Magazine for April.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-11
A LADY DausKAnD IN THE TREASURY.


One Of those ingenious women whose bust
meas 1t Ia to examine mutilated and iIlegi-
BILE currency In tho Treasury, has recently
come to grief. This woman had so ably
performed this intricate work for several
years as to have become almost in~dispensa-
BILE not only TO the Department, but scarce
ly less so to numerous banks in different
parts OF the country, who. but for her
patience, must have lost considerable sums
In worn currency. Her skill in restoring
what looked like a hopeless mass was mar
~vellous, and, in consideration OF her perse-
vernnco In this direction, some Of the banks
have from time to time attested their mp
probation Of the material benefit thus de,
rived by handsome donations of money,
one or two, it Is understood, paying her as
high as one thousand dollars per year.
These gifts from the banks were, OF course,
in addition to the regular salary paid by
the Treasury, Of n thousand two hun.
dred dollars. For a considerable time it
sadly noticed that this woman was
manifestly falling into the insidious power
Of a terrible siren, Often and ngain, it
could not be denied, she was not quite her
self long before the hour for the close of
work. Admonitions, kind and gentle, and
warnings oft repeated were OF no avail.
She was hopelessly enthralled. At last
she cnme to the office one morning already
too oblivious to faithfully perform her
usual task, and us patience had long since
ceased to be a virtue, a carringe was called
and she was sent, u victim Of alcohol, to
her home, there to find that the ominous
yellow envelope containing n notice of her
dismissal from service had preceded her
coming. Strange to say. her predecessor
in the same position, who had served long
and acoeptably, but for this weakness, was
discharged for the same cause.
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A sERPEsr AMONG THE BOOKS.

One day q gentleman in India went into
his library and took down a book from the
shelvss. As he did SO he felt a slight pain
in HE Anger, like the prick Of a pin. He
thought that . pin had been stuck by some
careless person in the cover Of the book.
But soon his finger began to swell, then his
.aIn. and fhsn his whole body, and in q few
days he died. 1t WINS not a pin among the
booka, but . small and deadly serpent.
There are many serpents among the books
nowadayh They nestle in the foliage Of
some Of our most fascinating literature ;
they cod around the flowers whose perfume
tntoxicates the senses. We read, we are
charmed with the plot Of the story, by the
akdn with which the characters are sculp-
tured or grouped, by the g-orgeousness Of
the vurd-painting-we hardly feel the pin
prick OF the evil that is Infatuated. But it
sttnp and poisons us. When the record Of
human souls Is made up, or what multi.
tudes win be inscribed, Poisoned by the
serpents among the booksi
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-11
u THERE A cuaz,

"Do you ever have the bluesfn asked o
sufferer from that malady, and Is there q
cur for fhemf ~ Certainly plenty Of them,
just rs there are for chills and fever, but In
Ike manner they will not always work.
We Know one man who walks of an attack,
another who rows IL on. another who rides
it Oh in the saddle. These are all dyspep-
tics. The same prescriptions, aided pcrhaps
bylemon juice or diluted nitro muriatic acid,
often prove effective in the case Of bilious
folka When tho cause Is. NJ II often is,
nervous exhaustion . good remedy Is cessa-
ton Of Al eork, religious and secular, plen-
y q uIeep, and, II the constitution can
bsar II, cold water bathing. Always nm
ounce of prevention Il worth n pound Of
cure, for It Is not an easy task to fight OF
hluess Misfortune, sorrow, individual TEN.
even the accidents Of windnn
weather often combine TO weigh down the
soul until, In extreme instances, insanity
may be The result. But there is no rule to
cur every one, each must And what is most
efsctnal in his own case, and persevere with
1t to the end.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-11

The sympathies of some people are, or
| seem to be, in inverse proportion TO the
| worthiness Of the object, reminding one OF
| the pity of the good little boy, who one
| night added a codicil to his prayer, saying,
And. o Lord, please to bless old Satan,
because, poor fellow, nobody loves him"
There is also n less aminble and not less in.
furious disposition shown hereabouts to
visit on the innocent the sins Of the guilty,
and to renew the cruel burden whenever,
for q little while, it il laid down. And
here, supplementary to my last weeks plea
for payment to the children Of Mrs. Lee,
I want to say q word for another rebel
woman-taking 1t for granted that Mary
Gusts was a rebel-a word for the widow
Of o yet more unfortunate, but not more
culpable, man than Robert E. Lee-I mean
William Mumford, who was executed by
Gen. Butler for hauling down the United
States flag from the New Orleans Mint.
Impoverished by the war, and with three
children dependent on her for support, Mrs
Mumford, q gentle, sorrowful, Christian
woman, singularly meek, unresentful and
unofending, came North, where she had
some ROOD friends who at last obtained
for her a clerkship in the Treasury. Here
she faithfully, punctually, and to the best
Of her ability performed her duty, never
being known while in Office. / an informed
by other clerks in her division, to utter n
vengeful or disloyal sentiment. Still she
has been every now and then publicly
accused Of n lack Of love for that fing,
more m~ournfully tragic to her, doubtless,
than n pail and an unreconciled spirit in
regard to the act Of military necessity by
which she was widowed and her children
rendered fatherless. ] am sure she has
been misunderstood and misrepresented In
regard to her utterances, and unjustly de-
prived Of the means Of support. She is
never allowed to forget the dreadful past.
Her husband Is hanged over and over agnin,
after the manner Of most modern execu-
tions. The other day he was hanged in
the House Of Representatives now. on the
ground Of woman's rights, again, ] hold
hat this woman, who was not n United
States Senator or n United States soldier,
and never seeded or rebelled through her
own act and v~olition, is no more to be con
demned and condemned and ostracised
than is General Senator Gordon or Post
master General Key.
We are told that the hanging of Mum
ford WINS one Of the most glorious, as well
as salutary acts Of the war-we can afford
10 pay something for It. l for one would
rnther have some little amend lin the way
OF labor provided) made to this poor woman
for the husband We executed, than Virgil
mia remunerated for the college we burned,
II we did burn it. She is no more to be
held accountable for the mad act OF her
husband in tearing down the Federal flag
at New Orleans than is the wife Of n moro
illustrious parsonage for tho sending Of
that flag ont Of the State some years later.
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srmsd to have o soul and L be asacred
thing. This little seed Of the science did
not germinate for thousands Of years. II
was an instructive test Of the culture Of the
hunan mind and shows what IN enormous
amount 81 preliminary mental activity had
to be expended before men were prepared
to engage in the study of Nature. The
natural world was filed with this force
which we now call electrical all things
were prevailed by it, but it was beneath
the surface; it did not strike the senses,
and compel intention it could be dis.
covered only by thought and the investiga.
ton could not commence until the human
intellect had been turned in n systematic
way upon natural things. But when ex-
perimental inquiries in electricity were once
begun, their results were 70 curious and
peculiar that they exerted a powerful fas.
e~ination over the wonder-loving, and by
this stimulous the science grew rapidly. II
has given rise TO n brilliant series OF cleo
tricai and magnetic discoveries, inventions,
and useful applications. of the widest
range and highest utility to civilization
such rs no other science has afforded. The
intellectual movement has been from the
zero of total ignorance, through long obser-
walton and experiment, up to the richest
harvests of wonderful works.-From Ed.
to,'s T,i5,e IL Popular Science Monthly for
April
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-11
THE TOWER OF B

Babel, or Baalbel, was q lofty temple
built ut Babylon by Belus, both as nm oh
s~ervatory and q temple of the sun. 1t re.
mains still In existence, under the name
OF Bin Nimrod, and has been amply describ-
ed by Rich and Porter. It was formed Of
eight square towers, one on the other, $50
feet high, and the same ut zach side Of its
base Lately its height was 100 feet. and
the reeds between every three or four
layen q brick were perfectly fresh, while
the brick sesmed 70 be calcined by FIRE.
Babylon continned for 2 900 years after to
b the most splendid city in the world,
and 90 Alexander found it as late as 325
B. G. According to the Jewish annals it
WA built 2234 B. C., beautiied and enlarR-
cd In 2250, BY Semiramis, who led from it
her armies Of all nations. 1t decayed on
the building OF Ragdad by the Calipus, as
..
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ruas1Ha REssHrnlNrs.

Most of them would die of themselves
but for careful nursing. Many resentments
arr really without cause, Some arise from
dmrls nisunderstandings ; many more, 80
far q ne have observed, from wounded
vanity. And there is nothing 50 easily
wounded The egotist is easily hurt. His
hamess ~ only joints,n and they are all
open. A nndom arrow can't miss him. A
presiding elder, friend Of ours, lost the
ftmdship of,e country brother whom he
sskssmed, and year Afterwards found out
TIE cause. Il seems that the brother saw
the presiding elder In the crowded street
Of city one dsy, and bowed to him. But
thu presiding elder-a little near-sighted
witha-didno not see him, and SO did not re-
turn the brothers salutation. The brother
never forRave him for what he took NJ an
afront. Moreover, he nursed his resent
mont and told the story Of his wrongs, till
At last he concluded that the presiding
elder had done him o real injury. He
would hear him preach no more.
Resentments do not need nursing It Is
better to nurse vipers, for they will only
sting tie bosom that warns them into life
Resentmenfs nursed will sting the heart
thnt uoufishes them. Many q man has
emhittered his whole life and set a neigh
borhood BY the ears, because he fancied
that somebody had slighted him. 1t seems,
to use the mildest word the case allows,
excessively foolish. One must think his
Life Of vast consequence to spend his life
nurzing little viperlings in the shape Of re-
One other thing should be
said-it II very wicked. 1t Is not the spirit
Of Christ, mol does it lead to Christ.
What q waste Of time and feeling 1t in
wolves, II there were no greater evils in this
foolish weakness Charlotte Bronte says
on this subject, quite conclusively : " Life
appears too abort to be spent in nursing
animosity or registering wrongs.r