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Year: 1867

l love to look on scene like this,


OF wild and careless play,
And persuade myself that l am not old,
And my locks are not yet gray;
For it stirs the blood of an old mans heart,
And makes his pulses fly,
To catch the thrill of a happy voice,


And the light Of pleasant eye.
have walked the earth for four score years,
And they say that I am old
That my heart is ripe for the reaper Death,
And my years are well nigh told.
Ii is very true-it is very true


am old and d" bide my time :"
But my heart will leap alta scene like this,
And l half renew my prime.
Play on play on am with you there,
In the midst Of your merry ring;
l can feel the thrill of the daring jump,
And the rush of the breathless swing.
1 hide with you in the fragrant hay,


And l whoop the smothered call,
And my feet slip up on the seedy floor,
And l care not for the fall.
am willing to die when my time shall come
And I shall be glad to go
For the world, at best is a weary place,


And my pulse is getting low;
But The grave is dark and the heart will fail
In treadiug its gloomy way ;
And it wIes my breast from its dreariness
To see the young so gay.
Year: 1867

How many pounds does the baby weigh
I Baby who came but month ago
How many pounds from the crowning curl


To the rosy point of the restless toe 7"
Grandfather ties the 'kerchef's knot,


Tenderly guides the swinging weight,
And carefully over his glass peers


TO read the record, only eight"
Softly the echo goes around;


The father laughs at the tiny girl;
The fair young mother sings the words,


While grandmother smooths the golden curl
And STOPPING above the precious thing


Nestles kiss within a prayer,
Murmuring softly, Little one,


Grandfather did not weigh you fair"
Nobody weighed the babys smile,


Or the love that came with the helpless one;
Nobody weighed the threads of care


From which a wOman's life is spun.
Nondex tells the mighty worth


Of little baby's quiet breath
A soft, unceasing metronome,


Patient and faithful until death.
Nobody weighed the baby's soul,


For here on earth no weight there be
That could avail God only knows


Its value in eternity.
Only eight pounds to hold a soul


That seeks no angels silver wing.
But shrines it in tnis human guise,


Within so frail and small a thing
Oh | mother, laugh your merry note


Be gay and glad, but don't forget
From baby's eyes looks out a soul


That claims a home in Edenye
Year: 1867




RETRBUTION.-A curious case of
retribution took place lately at a
country seat nerr Gratz, in Austria.
The proprietor of this country seat,
Baron Prangen, had in 1910 been a
colonel in the Austrian army, and
chref of the military police at Verona.
In that position he had displayed ex-
traordinary cruelty, and had repeated
ly inflicted severe corporeal punish
ment on prominent ladies of the Italian
aristocracy. Among other instances,
he caused the punishment of the YER
ges to be administered to the young
Countess Rovina, who had been ar
rested tor concealing young relative
of hers, a member of the revolutionary
party. The sentence was carried in
to execution with unheard of brutality.
The Countess was stripped almost
naked tied to a bench in front of the
military barracks, and whipped un-
mercifully by three Croats, in pres
ence of a large number of jeering sold.
iers. The poor lady was almost
crazed with shame and indignation
at this infamous outrage, and the
speedy death of her husband, an off.
Ger in the Sandman army, brought
about her death in a few months after
the scene in front of the barracks OF
Verona. She left a son two years
of age. When the boy grew up and
heard of the cruel fate of his mother
he made solemn VOW to avenge her.
A few weeks ago he repaired to Bar.
on Prangen's country seat, in presence
of a number of witnesses, for che pur.
pose of compelling him to challenge
him. The challenge was sent, and
the young Italian had the choice of
weapons. He chose Turkish sabres
in the use of which he had, by long
practice, acquired particular SKILL
When the duel took place, the Italian
told the Austrian who he was, attack
ed him furiously with the sabre, and
hacked him almost to pieces. The
authorities only heard of the horrible
affair after all was over.
Year: 1867

are filled with women. Women lord
it at all assemblies, and are better
informed and more capable managers
than men. Marriage is looked upon
not so much as a matter of affection,
as of interest, and the sacredness of
the tie is proportionably slender.


Marriage in Sweden is commonly
governed wholly by the will of the
parents, and is founded upon interest
A stolen match is almost unheard OF,
and persons of either sex seldom
marry before the age of twenty-five
or thirty. Divorces are rare.


Russia seems to be the most pre-
posterous country in Europe in its
treatment of women. The nuptial
ceremonies, all and singular, are
based upon the idea of the degreda-
dion of the female. When the par
ents have agreed upon the match, the
bride is examined by number of
women to see if she has any bodily
defect. On her wedding day she is
crowned with a garland of worm
wood, to denote the bitterness of the
marriage state. She is exhorted to
be obedient to her husband. and it is
a custom in some districts for the
newly married wife to present the
bridegroom with whip, in token of
submission, and with this he seldom
fails to show his authority. In this
cold and cruel country, husbands are
sometimes known to torture their
wives to death, without any punish
ment for the murder. If a woman
proves barren, the husband generally
prevails on her to retire into a con-
vent and leave them at liberty. II
he fails in persuasion, he is allowed
to whip her into condescension.


Such is the slavery in which the
Muscovites are kept by their parents
and guardians, that they are not al
lowed to dispute any union agreed
upon by their elders, however odious
or incompatible in may be. This ex-
tends so far, that officers in the army
are not permitted to marry without
the consent of the sovereign, and
wives whom they do not want are
even sometimes forced upon them.
Whether it be the result of this
system Of oppression, or of their saw
age climate, or of the unnatural hot
air Of the stove-heated apartments, it
/ is certain that more unloyely race
of women than the Russian would be
difficult to find. They want" says
an English traveller, ''the genuine fla
vor which only nature can give.
That charming frmness and elasticity
of flesh, so indespensibly requisite to
constitute beauty, and SO delicious to
the touch, exists not among the Rus
sian females or in very few Of them" :"
We are told of the Aleutian Is
landers, who form a part of our new
Russian American acquisition, that
they marry one, two, or three wives,
as they have the means of supporting
them. The bridegroom takes the
bride upon trial, and may return to
her parents should he not be satisfied,
but cannot demand his presents back
again. No man is allowed to sell his
wife without her consent; but he may
(and often does) assign her over to
another. This custom it is said, is
availed Of By the Russian hunters,
who take Aleutian women or girls to
wife for time, for trifing compen-
sation.
Year: 1867

We think our farmers in Maine have been


quite too easily discouraged in their attempts


to raise winter wheat. In our own experi-


ence we have found it to be as successful as an


average of other cultivated crops. 1t is less H.


able to rust and weevils than spring grain of


any sort, and this fact is fair offset to the dan


ger of its being winter-killed. When it sur


wives the winter. it starts with the earliest


spring, advances rapidly in its growth and


sends up its stalks, forms its heads flowers


and natures its kernels before the weevils ap-


pear and before the warm, muggy weather of


summer produces rust upon the leaves. Its


earliness is pretty sure escape from either of


those disadvantages which visit the later grains


s0wn in spring. We have, indeed, sometimes


seen rust and weevils on winter wheat, but


very seldom. The grand object, as it appears


to us, is, to sow the seed early in the preceding


autumn-so early as to insure fair growth


before the ground freezes up. In this case, the


roots get firm hold in the earth, and the lux


uriant tops, like coating of thick grass, af-


ford covering and protection TO the plants


during winter 1t ought, in this climate where
the autumns are short, to be sown in August.
1t mag do in September, if the remainder OF
the season should prove warm and favorable to
growth. AT any rate, it must have time to get
well rooted before winter. 1t is too late to fol-
low crop of corn or potatoes. Further south
Or west this may do, but in Maine it will not
answer; unless, as we have known to be the
successful practice of some, the seed is hoed


into the cOrnfeld at the last hoeing of the corn.


In this case the young plants put forth very ear
| ly, and, though somewhat shaded for uiie py
| the maturing corn, will obtain good growth
| in autumn. The practice is entitled to serious
| consideration. When this Is not done. there
ia no oround ordinarily on the farm in readi-
ness for the seed. The best method which we
have found is to plough up piece of the
,rass land, after moving, let it lie fallow till
the middle of August, then spread on suita-
| BILE quantity of manure, or some of the concen-
trated fertilizers, harrow it in thoroughly, SOW


the wheat, brush it in and pass heavy roller
over the plantation. The roots of the grass
will rot and the soil become mellow by the
| time the grain makes its growth the ensuing
season. Either of these methods will be pret.
/ ty sure to enable the wheat to Withstand the
/ rigor of winter. Care, too, should be taken
Year: 1867

Being constructed with the AUD and SUPERVIS-
ION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
is destined to be one of the most n portant and val
liable Railroads in the world, it is the sole link of
Communication between the Pacific Coast and the
Great Interior Basfn and the
Year: 1867

The progress from bar5arism to civil
zation does not show itself in British
jurisprudence. The sentence pronouuc-
cd on Burke and Doran, the condemned
Fenians, is thus reported:


"The Chief Justice, addressing TIE
prisoners, said 4: Thomas F. Burke and
Patrick Doran, after a protracted and
careful investigation into your respective
cases by a jury whose patience was un-
wcaried, you have been found guilty, and
you are now called on TO receive the last
sentence of the law for the highest crime
kEoxn to the law, that of high treason
against the queen. Nothing indeed re-
mains for me but to perform the sad and
painful duty imposed upon me By law, and
that duty is to pronounce the sentence
which | cannot change or alter. Oils
lordship here put on the black cap.)-
That sentence is that you and each Of
you shall be taken from the place where
you now stand to the place from whence
you came, and chat on Wednesday, the
10Th day Of this month of May, you be
drawn on hurdle from TIA, place to the
place Of execution, and that there you
and each Of you shall be hGnged Gy the
neck until .you are dead, and that after
wards the head Of each of YOU shall be
severed from the body, and the body %
each of you divided into four quarters,
shall be disposed Of as her Majesty and
her Executive shall think Et, and may
the Lord Cod Almighty haze mercy on
your souls. (IIis lordship here appeared
deeply affected, and many persons in tho
court she'd tears)
Year: 1867

On reasonable terms.


by strict attention to business. he hopes TO
receive as heretofore, a liberal share OF pub
lie patronage Give him a call AMI inspect
his styles of cutting and workmanship before
going elsewhere. feb 20' Oily.
Year: 1867

| ~ NeNefl IN Wered the old man.


As soon as | heard my companion pro-
nounoe the old man's name. the truth rushed
upon me in an instant; and | was not alone
in the conviction; the quick heart OF the
mother had caught the spark Of hope and
love. Az that moment the FIRE upon the
hearth blazed up, and as the light poured in
to the room, my companions face was fully
revealed. The woman arose and walked
towards him She laid her hand upon his
head aud trembling whispered;


" For the love Of heaven don't deceive me.
But speak TO me, let me call you Nathan
Nathan Leeman."


And shall answer, for that is my name,"
said he starting up.


And what would you call me" gasped
the woman.


My mother ~


The FIRE cleaned more brightly upon the
hearth, and | saw that aged woman upon the
boom of her long lost boy, and then saw
the father t'tter up and join them, and
heard mlrmured words of blessing aud Joy.
| arose and slipped out Of the room and went
to the barn.


IL was an hour before returned, and then
| found all calm and serene, save that the
mother vas still weeping and the head Of her
returned boy was resting upon her should
ers, and her arm was about his neck. Ma
than arose as | entered, and with a smile he
bAde ms bs seated.


"YOu know all as we'll as | can tell you,"
he said. When we first stopped here had
no hope Of fnding my parents here; for when
| went away sixteen years ago, | left them in
Kings Troupe on the Ken. knew them Of
course, but | wished to see if they would
know me. But from fourteen to thirty is a
changing period. | think God sent them
here he added in low tone; for only think
what curious circumstances combined to bring
me to this cot.


On the following morning l resumed my
journey alone, but had to promise that l
should surely call there again on my return.
Which | did in eight or nine days, and spent
the night there.


Money possessed some strange charm as it
had not only given to the poor peasant a
home for the rest Of his life. but it had
brought back health to the sick boy. An ex-
perienced physician from Salisbury had visit
ed MIN aud he was nov able to be about.
remained long enough to know that an earth
y heaven had grown up in that earthly cot.
Nathan Leemin told me that he should take
his parents and brother to some luxurious
homs when he found one to his taste.


That was sons yelrs ago. have received
several letters ftom down in the suburbs of
Bradford on the banks of the Lower Avon,
where he has bought up a large share in sev-
eral Of the large cloth factories in that place
aud am under solemn promise to visit
him il ever land in England again.
Year: 1867

CULTURE OF RosEs.-There is no Towering
shrub or plant that requires msnuring so much
as the rose, which produces such large guam
tity of flowers that the soil within reach Of
the roots soon becomes exhausted of those in
gradients which are necessary for sustaining
the health and yigor of the plant. Well-rotted
COW manure ia best for the rose aad as the
plant is gross feeder, liberal supply will be
required. Moderate root pruning has very
good effect in conjunction with manuring.
Year: 1867

A HEAVY INCOME TAX PAYER.-The
man who drew the Chicago Opera House,
says the Lancaster Erpress, may probably
find himself in the same unhappy condition
as the man who won the elephant. The
prize, as it now stands, is gain or profit for
the year 1867, and will be subject to the u
nited States income tax, which is upon sums
between 5000 and $4,000, at the rate OF five
per cent; above 5000, ten per cent. As
suming the value of the Opera House to be
S600,0o0, as averred in the distribution
scheme, the tax to the United States upon
this gain will be Sol, 600. Add to that ten
per cent on $50, 900 the reported value of
the rents for year, and this lucky fellow will
have to put his wits to work to raise $64,


600, as a taxation upon his good fortune tor
the first year. Now, to poor man, the eff
fort to raise this sum will be considerable
strain, and puzzle his financial abilities
greatly. Should he be compelled to sell his
prize to raise the money, his income tax
may not be so great, but all that he gains in
that way will be nothing to the depreciation
in value consequent upon a forced sale. He
may not be able to get more than $780,
600 for his property, and then there will be
loss so serious as to make many weep.
Year: 1867

The most awful event of this century Is
the great famine in India. In Orissa, it is re,
ported that t,to millions fire hundred Thousand
people haze persisted Dtthin the last fve Iao,.as
from Starvation Before this terrible calamity
even our awful war seems Insignificant
Year: 1867

ing away mems liberties Generally the Germans ap
pear to DO pretty happy slaves What kind OF noerne
did you have In Germany, France lrelandt Ana ye
you say hat you have lost your liberties NO one oyer
complains or the lquOrEhOps being closed on eiecuon
days because the ballotbOx must be rendered saered
On Sunday we only undertake do the same thing IN
each case is measere for the good Of the community
Some say that this Excise law II relic OF Puraisn
Sly German friends, 1 think borrowed Puritahlsih
from you The Puritan discountenance OF amusements
owing to the fact that they opposed to oppcs
and their ways OF tickling the people In order 10
prevent their thinking OF political subjects Any custom
that found 10 inure the morals of the common people
ought to be abolished 1t is still felt that this Excise law
deprves the labOrfng man or his cnoymens on the SAD
bath There is much Interested in this Excise
law the wOrkingnan- The poor not the rich, IS
interested mostly IN the Observance OF the Sabbath ~
makes very little difference TO the rich whether work IA
done the Sabbath not for the poor has TO do all


the work All the burdens Of the violation OF the sabbath
fall on tire wOrkingman. Sunday Is Equalization o
then every comes down 20 common level IL is the
poor mans day OF privilege the only day out OF seven
pleasures by hindering him from drinking h Rhine wine
and lager beer. But In any community where ntemper.
blgbs and blasts, with Ats usual concomants OF
jails, poor-houses, eto. all Of the vast expenses
father never chewed. smoked nor snuffed, and
gave the hereditary tendency, and i be,
leave shall transmit II to my children-th0ugh would
net vOuch for II in the way OF tobacco Ny advocacy OF
the Excise law Is TO redeem the common manthe poor
and the weak Of the community The rich can get along
without these restrictions, but the poor cannot hr
BeeOher spoke of bis experience among the German
aborers OF the West and euogized them highly for their
many virtues rs citizens They had only thing 10
ear-to control their mouths their OF the cup: when
they will readily become Americanized Anything
that tends to deterorate man should be ever warned
against by Germans as well as Americana God bless
yon! ,.,, A., :, o.. ar
Year: 1867

We are glad to see writer In the Inteltioen.
Ger csllrg attention to the neglected condition
OF the Smithsonian Grounds. He errs, how.
eyer, In suPposing that the Smithsonian au.
tborities are responsible for the neglect. The
grounds are portion Of the Public Grounds
and under the care of the Government off,
cials. For years, and in fact ever since they
were land out SO tastefully by Downing, they
have been left to take care of themselves We
believe now that General Michler has been
put In charge of the Public Grounds that a
wholesome change will be effected, and we
trust that he will call the attention of Con gress
to the necessity Of the Smithsonian Grounds
receiving their proper share Of the appropria-
tions. Heretofore the money has gone to the
pet squares in fashionable localities, leaving
this noble Public Park, laid out with SO mu ch
taste and skill, to grow up to weeds. The
writer referred to says


1--WE regret TO see these grounds in so neg.
lected condition. During the war the facI.
ny 10 procure tne pest OF manure close at hand
and In the most abundant q uantities was we'll
improved, and the soil was enriched in q thor
ough manner. This, however, Is all that has
neen cone In the matter Of improvement to
the grounds since they passed from the hands
OF Downing. The trees and shrubbe have
nourished as well as they could without care,
1t cannot fail to leave an unpleasant impress
sion, however, upon all visitors having even
the most superficial taste and intelligence in
such matters to see the fine trees and shrubs
In these grounds in their present condition.
Ihey do not appear to have had the slightest
cultivation either with the pruning knife or
noe for years. The burden of grass now
stand on the grounds is very heavy. and the
person who, few days, bought the crop at
auction for $500 evidently m ade a fine nyest-
men', provided be get his hay in good condi-
ton, OF which mentioned matter the ap.
pea rance OF W hat has already been done in the
way OF cutting it Is calculated to give a good
farmer some serious doubts. A more sloyenly
looking field could hardly be made than was
that portion OF the grounds which was left
with the hay upon it Saturday night. If Mr..
Commissioners Newton has any model hay
makers connected with his experimental gar.
dens, ne would be doing a good thing to send
them with their scythes and other Implements
over into these grounds, ana give the work.
men there an idea about cutting a neat and
handsome swath. and cleaning the ground
ana putting up the hay as 1t should be after 1t
is cut. -


1--WE suppose the authorities are SO pressed
1or funas to repair the building that they do
not feel justified in doing anything for tae
aoorDment OF the grounds at present, but we
cannot think this a sufficient reason to leave
the grounds so entirely without culture 1t is
Pheasant, however. te see the desoiations made
oy the caiamltous fire gradually disappearing,
AND we Will hope that ere long, when the
Wnoie snail be completed, a renovation will be
manifested in the grounds as well"
Year: 1867

TIE SURRATT OAsB.-The prosecution In
the case Of surratt expect to get in all their
evidence this week; but as much time will be
consumed In cross examining the witnesses, 1t
IL very certain that they will not get through
with their testimony before the middle or
latter part OF next week. 1t 10 very probable
that the case will last over three weeks
Year: 1867

SEWING MAcHrNEs.-All who are in want
of SEWING MACHINES can be furnish
ed at Paul's Boot and Shoe Store with the
very best there is made, either of the Sing
er OF Grover and Baker, and at prices as
low as the same machines can be bought
elsewhere in the United States. [10tf
Year: 1867

a Democratic paper forcibly illustrates
the change which has recently come over
the Democratic party as follows: Before
the war the id niger was a slave; after
the war the ignorant negro was free; at
the present time our intelligent colored
fellow citizen is n voter"
Year: 1867

At recent debate in a debating society in
one of the schools in town, the old question was
discussed (Which offers the greater advanta-
ges, the town or the country?" The argument
vas very nicely balanced, and the society was
in great mental doubt, when some child of
genius rose and SAID, 'Mr. Speaker, look at
this bill, sir ~ and he unrolled small hand
bill Of Forepaugh's Menagerie and Circus
Sir, said the young orator, country boys as
ageneral thing can It 90 to circusses-they never
see anything 'cept possums and groundhogs-
| had great deal rather live in town than live
in the country" The effect was instantaneous,
the country boys themselves voting in favor OF
town when the question was put ChortoHes'
yWe Chronicle
Year: 1867

Our exchanges report tha case of surgeon
in the army who, after serving until the close
Of the struggle, returned to bis home near
Hope6eld, Arkansas, to find his house burned
and his wife gone. Unable, after long search,
to find the latter, and believing she had viii
fully abandoned him. he procured divorce
and returned to Hopefeld to practice his pro,
tession. A few weeks ago be received word
that his wife was in West Tennessee, and that
she was still faithful to him, but had sought
the home Of a friend after their house was
burned down A correspondence ensued. On
~ one result was possible; and last tuesday
mercial Hotel in Memphis, and were formally
Remarked