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NEW GRASS.

Whoever reads these lines has felt
That breath whose l9ng-lost pei fumes melt
The Splrit-nowly found
While the sweet, banisAcd families
or earths forgotten sympathies
Rise from the sweating ground.
II Is the subtle breath Of grass;
And as pause. or lingering pass,
With half-shut eyes beoold
Bright from all Baptisms OF the dew,
Fresh meadows hurst upon NY view,
And new becomes the old
Old longings (Pleasure kissing PALM,
Old visions visit me again
LIES quiet deeps are stirred;
The fountain heads OF memory How
Through channels dry so long ago
With music long unheard.
Thy rural lanes, OHIO, come
Back to me, grateful with the hum
OF everything that stlrs;
Dear places, sad1ened by the years,
Lost 10 my sight send sudden tears
Their secret messengers
john James PidH
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GAREiEID's DUpLIcT-Y.
HOW TIE PRESIDENT MADE PROMISES AND
BROKE THEM

The New York Uerald of May 11th
contained five column Washington let
ter purporting to give the inside history
of Garteld's pledges and the inside his
tory of the last Presidential campaign.
The letter says: Senator Conklng has
not asked the present administration,
either before the election or since, for
single appointment. Garfield has invi.
| ted suggestions from him and obtained
them. Before the great battle came off
there were days and weeks and almost
months of gloom and uncertainty, when
| the intimate friends of General Garfield
among the leaders of the Republican
party, were on the very verge of despair
| concerning the success of the contest. 1t
was difficult to gctmoncy. ncvery section
Of the country there was Il feeling of
apathy and Indifference as to the result
that it was almost impossible to shake
off. In this gloomy condition of affairs
General Garfield, in II sort of despair,
suggested conference in the city OF
| New York of the leading men OF the
party from all sections of the country.
TIE ''spous' CONFERENCE.
The object of that memorable Fifth
avenue conference was to devise ways
and means by which II few rays of sun
shine and a little spirit might be thrown
into the campaign. 1t was then felt that
New York was u pivotal State in the
battle. The Importance, nay, the abso-
lutte necessity of securing the support ano
advocacy of Senator Conkling and Gen
eral Grant was universally recognized.
| Among the plans for improving The
situation was one suggested by Genera
Garfield himself that Levi p. Morton, o
New York. should act as Chairman o
the finance committee, subscribing liher
ally himself, of course. As an induce
ment to Mr.. Morton to undertake. h'
labor of raising money for the campaign
General Garfield then and there Offered
him in the event of his election the Sec
retaryship of the Treasury, the headshil
of the new syndicate then contemplated
for refunding the debt, the Englisl
Mission or the French Mission. This
offer was refused by Mr.. Morton. The
next question considered was the distri
button of the patronage of New York
and the promise was given by Genera
Garfield that in the event of his election
the wishes of the State organization
Conkling, Platt, Cornell, etc, in all tn
appointments should be fully consulte'
and that their advice and recommends
tions should govern him in all that h
| did.
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A WISE DEACON,

deacon Wilder, want you to tell me
howyou kept yourself, and family well the
past season when all the rest of us have
been sick so much, and have had the doc
tors visiting us so often
"Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
used Hop Bitters in time; kept my iami
ly well and saved the doctor bills Three
dollars worth of it kept us well and able
To work all the time. I'll warrant il has
cost you and your neighbors one to two
hundred dollars apiece to keep sick the
same time"
"Deacon, III use your medicine here
after"
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IMPROVEMENT For MIND AND nonY.

For genuine merit there is no tonic
sold that begins to compare with Par
kcr's Ginger Tonic, One 80 Ct. bottle
contains more life and strength, restoring
power than bushel of malt or gallon
of pure milk. As an appetizer, blood
purifier and kidney corrector, it meets
with astonishing success, and invalids
find its use promptly followed by re-
newed energy and yiyacity, mental and
physical Improvement, and gradual res
toration to perfect health See Other
columns. - Commercial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-20

Now that they are making everything
out of paper, they should apply it to
boxing gloves-paper mashy, 50 TO
speak,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-20

Don't judge of mans character by
the umbrella he carries, 1t may not be
his.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-20

Unlike Geueral Garfield, his competi
tor, General Hancock, was not so crazed
on the subject of the Presidency that he
was willing to put his honor in pawn to
secure it. Some of the Democratic
politicians and leaders who We're striving
to elect him were restless and IN easy
over his reticence in regard to the future.
His election was almost ccrtain,and with
a spirit Of thrift for which the leaders of
that party have always been distinguish
ed, they thought it time to put II mort
gage upon his administration. And so
they came to him to consult with him
and bind him up in regard TO the Treas
ury and the State Department and the
Post Office, the Collectorships and the
foreign Consulates. Instead of offering
to auction them off ats much in consid-
Grafton of money for the campaign fund,
General Hancock replied, substantially:
| mo, gentleman; ! cannot do what You
ask. / cannot pledge myself to you.
have been nominated for the highest
office in the gift of the country and if
am elected must go into it free and un
trammeled. can make no pledges
| Mr. Garfield was not only willing tC
make pledges, but he was willing to bar
ter away everything in his gift, provided
he could only win. While through g
friend he was urging Starroute Brady tc
come down and help along the good fight
he was masquerading as refonner anc
Il Christian statesmen.
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All this time neither General Grant
nor Mr., Conkling had madea sign. Gar
field was fairly driven to despair The
impression was steadily gaining ground
that the ex-President and the political
chieftain who led the famous 500 at Chi
cago secretly desired the defeat of the
Republican ticket, All efforts to draw the
one or the other from his retirement had
failed, Finally the good offices OF
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FARM AND GARDEN.

NORWAY SPRUCE FOR WINDBREAKs -One
of the best trees for windbreak is the NORWAY
spruce 1t is one of the hardest of eyeroreens
and growing easily from seeds. Nurserymen prom
agate it to a great extent, and sell the plants
very cheap. Nice plants. , feet high can be had
at a cost of about So per hundred, from almost
any large nursery. Evergreeens do very well
planted IN early autumn. The roots become a
little active before winter, making the task of
going through the winter easy, and the plant is in
a good condition to go through the heat of summer
The hardy character of the Norway makes it the
most sought for for planting for screens in the
winter The north side of exposed farm buildings
should have these trees planted there at once
not TOO near, or 1t makes the place too much shut
up IN summer. Thirty feet is near enough to the
buildings. The comfort all animals would de-
rive from such trees in winter time would prove
very much to the profit of the owner.
The SHROPSHIRE SHEEP-The DEVELOPMENT
OF great industries IN iron and coal in the districts
of Shropshire, at the beginning of the century
gave rise to a large and increasing demand for
mutton To meet this demand the farmers Of
that part of the country turned their attention 70
the raising of mutton sheep. Breeding ewes were
ties and in time Shropshire became not ONLY a
leading sheep-raising region, but also the home
Of an important breed, the parentage of which it
is difficult to state for the reason that it is derived
from and combines a number of the best mutton
breeds. The Shropshire is more strictly speaking
a crOss-breed, in which the natives" of the dis
tricts, the COtswold and later the Leicester and
SouthdOwn have been combined. On account of
this complex admixture of blood, the Shropshire
breed is one that varies somewhat in character
The original sheep was horned, black or brown
faced, hardy and free from disease, producing
torty-tOur to ffty-six pounds of mutton 10 a car
cass, and fleece of two pounds of moderately
fine wool. The present Shropshires are without
horns, the legs and face dark or spotted with gray
the neck thick, the head we'll shaped, ears neat,
breast broad, back straight, barrel round and the
legs strong. They are easy keepers, hardy, fatten
quickly, and at the age of two years give 100
to 120 pounds of excellent flesh. The fleece is
longer, heavier, averaging seven pounds, and
more glossy than that of the SOuthdOwn The
Shropshire is a valuable sheep for American farm
ers.-Dr. Byron d. Halsted, an american 4gricuI-
turist for NOrember.
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CARRYING HIS SKELETON OUTSIDE.

The tortoise has not accomplished the feat of
taking off its flesh and sitting in its bones, but
it has done the next thing to it. 1t is the first
example of skeleton brought to the surface;
the back is incapable of movement, and the
scales with which less ambitious reptile is con-
tent have developed into the horny shield which
covers it, while the bones of the breast have de-
veloped into box capable of containing the
creature, head and legs and all. In fact, if we
belonged to past generation when inane plays
upon words were taken for wit, we should have
most probably said that the chest of the tortoise
is a box to hold its trunk. The horny integu-
ment of the SchiEd-krote, "shield-toad" as our
Teutonic brethren so graphically call him, is
scarcely less rich in associations than his family
name, suggesting, among crowd Of other memo
ries, the high tortOise-sheu combs, short waists,
whist and pump-r0Om manners of the beauties
of the Regency. The arrangement for wearing
the skeleton outside, and packing the whole body
away in the case formed by it, is convenient but
not an absolute protection against foes. The
1.-THE and willy panther, for instance, has habit
of inserting his paw into the opening left for the
protrusion of the head, and thus extracting the
animal The turtle, moreover, is at a disad-
vantage when turned over on his back, which is
a favorite method of securing those which come
ashore to lay their eggs. Against ordinary
dangers the thick shield is very useful safe
guard but the impossibility of receiving any
impression through the skin of the body must
have its disadvantages, too. How, for instance,
does tortoise manage in those cases which a
cow provides against by rubbing post? Sup
posing it to be possible for him to suffer from
any such inconvenience, he would be even worse
off than a medieval knight armed cap-a-pie, be-
meath whose steel panoply specimen of the
domestic puIer had secreted itself.-The Satur-
day Reuieac.
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PLEASANT PASTIMES.

Children and others interested in such things
as puzzles are invited to try their wit at making
what has been called the progressive sentence"
In this pastme the first word must contain one
letter. the second word two letters, the third
word three letters, and so on just as far as the
paragraph goes. Here are some specimen SEN
fences:
I do not know where Joseph intends spending
Christmas.
[ go and fish where Jemima tainted although
unwilling afterwards, considering relationship.
/ do not envy other women's chances; patience
overcomes difficulty exaggerated thousandfold.
| do not like anger; vented passion destroys
affection, diminishes self-respect, DISCREPANCIES
colleagueship; unreasonable mischevousness
I, an DID, hard cynic detect amongst mankinds
vanishing attributes punctuality, intelligence,
determination, charitableness unobtrusiveness,
light-heartedness, cOnscientiousness, irreproach-
ableness, traightforwardness, anti-hypochondria-
cSm.
| am now ust about buying several advanced
treaties concerning agriculture, palaontology,
echinodermata, electrobiology naturalization,
anti-C hristianism, Observation-Disclosures, anthropo-
mOrphirism, antimOnarchicalness, philOprOgen-
tiveness antconstitutionalism.
TO BE READ BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS
Emily sends a number of sentences that no
doubt will afford amusement. Whichever way
they may be read--backwards or forwards-they
tell the same story and convey the same sense
The only defects is the one beginning E. Nor
ton," where the ands are troublesome:
l. Selime's eye smiles.
2. Cain monomaniac.
3. Wyll of Warsaw's reign at Anglers was raw
folly. W.
4. o. C. Cabot sleeps in Ned's tub, but S. Den
mis- peels tobacco.
5. A coup d'etat saved Mr.. Otsdam, as mad
storm devastated Puoca.
6. L. Norton Artemus Rof and Della sailed,
and for Sumatra not Rome.
TANGLED VERSE.
If the following bit of verse be read in a GER
tain way the sense will be the opposite of what
now appears:
l. rich young bachelor should strive
=. To win poor but comedy BRIDE
3. To gain rich wife, would he thrive,
4. Let the unmarried man decide.
5. So too, should John be six feet high,
6. He seeks spouse four feet or less;
Z. 4 stately dame to find he'll try.
8. Who's short and stout-his home to bless
philadelphia Times.
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NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON, D. c.. NOVEMBER s.

all about cooking and chemistry and SUCH 1
should like to know.
1t was really Sues fault. Nothing would do
but she must give party, and of course she
must have ice-cream. Now the ice-cream that
our cake-shop man makes isn't good enough for
her. so she GOT father to buy ice-cream freezer,
and said she would make the ice-cream herself.
was to help her, and she sent me to the store to
order some salt. asked her what she wanted of
salt and she said that you couldn't freeze ice
cream without plenty OF salt, and that 1t was
almost as necessary as Ice.
| went to the store and ordered the salt and
then had game or two of ball with the boys
and didn't get home till late in the afternoon
There was Sue freezing the ice-cream and suffer-
ing dreadfully, so she said She had to 90 ana
dress right away, and told me to keep turning
the ice-cream freezer till it frOze and don't run
off and leave me to do everything again you
ood-for-nothing boy wonder how you can do it.
| turned that freezer for ever so long, but moth
ing would freeze; so l made up my mind that it
wanted more salt. | didn't want to disturb any
body so | quietly went into the kitchen and got
the salt-cellar and emptied it int the ice-cream
1t began to freeze ri ght away; but | tasted it.
and it was awfuly salt, so got the jug Of golden
syrup and poured about pint into the ice-cream
and when it was done it was a beautiful straw
color
But there was an awful scene when the party
tried to eat that ice-cream Sue handed it round
and said to everybody, "This is my ice-cream,
and you must be sure to like it," The first one
she gave it to was DR.. Porter. He is dreadfully
fond of ice-cream and he smiled such big smile,
and said he was it delightful, and took
awhole spoonful Then he jumped up as if some
thing had bit him, and went out of the door in
two Jumps and we didn't see him again. Then
three more men tasted their ice-cream, and
jumped up and ran after the doctor, and two
girls said, oh my" and held their handker-
chiefs over their faces, and turned Just as pale
And then everybody else put their ice-cream
down on the table, and said thank you they
guessed they wouldn't take any. The party was
regularly spoiled, and when l tasted the ice
cream | didn't wonder 1t was worse than the
best kind of strong medicine.
Sue was in a dreadful state of mind, and when
the party had gone hOme-all but one man. who
lay under the appIe-tree all night and groaned
like he was dying, only we thought it was cats
she made me tell her all about the salt and the
golden syrup. She wouldn't believe that l had
tried to do my best, and didn't mean any harm.
Father took her part, and said ought to eat some
of the ice-cream, since l made it; but l said I'd
rather go up stairs with him. So l went.
Some of these days people will begin to under
stand that they are just wasting and throwing
away a boy who always tries to do his best, and
perhaps they'll be sorry when it is too late.-Har-
per's Young People.
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OUR ICE-CREAM.
BY JIMMY BROWN.

After that trouble with Aunt Eliza-the time
she staid up ON the roof and was raned on
had no mistOrtunes for nearly week Aunt
Eliza went home as soon she was well dried,
and father said that he was glad she was gone,
for she talked so much all the time that he
couldn't hear himself think though l don't be-
leve he ever did hear himself think. | tried it
once. l sat down where it was real STILL and
thought just as regular and steady as l could; ;
but couldn't hear the least sound. | suppose
our brains so well oiled that they don't creak
at all when we use them. However, Mr.. Travers
told me of a boy he knew when he was a boy.
His name Ananias G. Smith, and he would
run round all day withous any hat On, and his
hair cut very short, and the sun kept beating on
his head all day, and gradually his brains dried
that whenever he tried to think, they would
rattle and creak like wheelbarrow wheel when it
hasn't any grease on it. OF course his parents
felt dreadfully, for he couldn't go to school with
out disturbing everybody as he began to
think about his lessons and he couldn't stay
home and think without keeping the baby awake
AS [ was saying, there was pretty nearly
didn't last Boys are born to fly upward like the
sparks that trouble and yesterday | was up to
mischief again" as Sue said, though | never had
the least idea Of doing any mischief. How should
an innocent boy, who might easily have been an
orphan had things happened in that way, know
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THINGS TO MAKE NOTE OF.

FEATHER CAKE-One cup sugar, one cup milk,
one tablespoonful butter, one egg two and one
half cups -four two teaspOOnfuls cream tartar, one
teaspoonful soda. Flavor to taste with nutmeg
or lemon.
A QUICK PUDDING.-Split few crackers, lay
the surface over with raisns and place the halves
together again; tie them closely in cloth, and
boil fifteen minutes in milk and water. With q
rich sauce it is excellent.
FRENCH CAKE-Five tumblers sifted -four,
three of white sugar One-half tumbler butter, one
tumbler milk, one teaspoon soda dissolved in
little water: mix well, beat three eggs, yOlkS and
whites beaten separate, one teaspoon nutmeg;
beat all well for ten minutes. Bake in moderate
oven.
RIZ La TURQUE.-Put into saucepan six
cupfuls of stock or broth into which you have pre-
viously dissolved good allowance either Oftomato
paste, French tomato paste, or the pulp of fresh
tomatoes passed through a sieve pepper and salt
according to taste. When it bOils throw in, for
every cupful of stock half a cupf1l of fine rice,
well washed and dried before the fire. Let the
whole remain ON the fire until the rice has absorb
ed all the stock, then melt gOOdly piece of but
ter and pour it over the rice At the time of serv
ing and not before stir lightly TO separate the
grains but do this off the fire.
A STRONG AND HANDY CEMENT.-One of the
strongest cements, and very readily made is OBJ
tanned when equal quantities of gutta percha and
shellac are melted together and well stirred. This
is best done in an iron capsule placed on a sand
bath. and heated either over gas furnace or on
top of stove. 1t is combination possessing
both hardness and tOughness, qualities that make
it particularly desirable in mending crOckery.
When this cement is used the articles TO be
mended should be warmed to about the melting
point of the mixture, and then retained III proper
position until cold, when they are ready for use.
To CURE CoRNs-SOak the foot for One-half
hour in a solution of Soda and pare the cOrns as
closely as possible; then apply plaster OF the
following ingredients: Take ofpuritied ammonia
and yellow wax each two ounces and acetate of
copper six drachms melt the first two ingredients
together. and after removing them from the fire
add the acetate of copper just as they grow cold;
spread the ointment on a piece of soft leather or
linen and place it the corn, removing 1t IN two
weeks.
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MR.. DANA ON WASHING BABIES.

Mothers and nurses cannot be too careful about
the soap they use on the little ones. Few but
physicians know how many of the sO-called skin
diseases among children are caused by the use OF
adulterated poisonous soap. An analysis of sew
eral cakes of the pretty and perfmed toilet soaps
that are sold on the streets showed the presence
of ground glass, soluble glass, slick, plpeciay'
rotten stone, borax, plaster OF Paris, TIN crystal
magnesia, pumice stone, oatmeal, and other SUD-
stances which are added to give the soap "elSh1'
hardness, toughness, or clearness- Inc common
colorings are vermillion, Venetian red ana car
mine, ultramarne green, pot-plgment green cop
peras. Spanish brown, ultramarine blues, yellow
and scarlet anilines, and burnt lumber. Many OF
the pertaining ingredients, though harmless in
themselves, become chemically poisonous by adj
mixture Adding the dangers from all these to
the rancid, diseased putrid qualities of grease
used and mothers may well be appalled, at the
permanent evils these neat-looking, delicately-
scented blocks of toilet soap contain, ready to be
released whenever mostened and applied to the
baby's body.-Ne,o York SIN.
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And lodge Dodson! Odge Dodson!" was
echoed from all parts of the school-room.
The secret was out. Poor, unhappy Odge Dod-
son! His rebellious heart was completely sub
dued; and as he crouched there on the hearth,
the picture of abject calamity, sobbing out his
misery and shame not a scholar but felt great
compassion for the wretched little lad, though
more than one boy was yet suffering from the re-
cent sharp encounter
Indeed he was an object of commiseratiOn.
His nose might, for size, have properly belonged
to the giant Chang; one cheek stuck out as
though he had had the toOthache for a month,
and both eyes were nearly closed. Numerous
"bunches" blotched his hands and feet while
half his toes were swollen to bursting. His face
was streaked with smut and his clothes and
hair were filled with SCOT and ashes.
1t was some moments ere the confusion sub
sided then Origen was drawn forth from the
cedar-boughs.
"An' you amt a-goin ter lick me?" queried
the lad, in amazement, as the teacher kindly
bound up his wounds with fresh, wet earth.
"Oh maam, I'm the meanest boy out O. jail. g."
he cried brokenly.
''My lad, you have been severely chastised al
ready and I have no desire to add to your suffer-
ings. Learn to restrain your unfortunate dispO-
sition and thank heaven that it is no worse with
YOU" said the teacher, with a shudder But
now you must 60 home to Miss Betsey."
Doubtless the stout Jean jacket and trousers
and souched felt hat had saved his life; it was,
several days passed before he was able to be out
again.
| have no need to add that whenever Origen
felt inclined to indulge in revenge or spiteful
mischief-for it was long time before he wholly
conquered this propensity-the thoughts of that
big hornets nest proved a wholesome restraint