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Year: 1875

BY MARK TWAIN.


What with lymg on the rocks four
days at Louisville. and some other de
lays. the poor Paul Jones fooled away
about two weeks in making voyage
from Cincinnati to New Orleans. This
gave me II chance to get acquainted
with one of the pilots. and he taught me
how to steel the boat, and thus made
the facination of river life more potent
than ever for me. He agreed to teach
me the Mississippi river from New Or
leans to st. Louis for five hundred dol
lars, payable ont of the fist wages
should receive after graduating. en-
tered upon the small enterprise of
''lcarning' twelve or thirteen hundred
miles of the great Mississippi river with
the easy confidence of my time of life.
If | had really known what was about
to require of my faculties, | should not
have had the courage to begin. ! sup
posed that all pilot had to do was TO
keep his boat in the river, and | did
not consider that could he much of Il
trick, since it was SO wide.


The boat backed ont from New Or
leans at four o'clock in the afternoon,
and it WAS "our watch" until eight.
Mr.. B. my chief, ''Straightcncd
her up" plowed her along past the
Sterns of the other boats that lay III the
lcvee. and said, Here. take her, aud
shave those steamships as close JUS You
would peel an apple" took the
wheel, and my heart Went down into
| my boots for it seemed to me we were
about to scrape the side of every ship
! in the line. we were 50 close. | held
my breath and began to claw the boat
away from the danger | had my own
opinion of the pilot who had known no
better than to get lis i'll such peril, but
| WAS too wise To express 1t. In half an
hour had il wide margin of safety in
tcrVcniug between the Paul Jones and
the ships; and within ten seconds more
| was set aside in disgrace and Mr.
B-- was going into danger again
and tiaNing ne alive with abuse of my
cuwarlice. | was stung. but | was
obliged To admire the easy confidence
with which my chief lOafed from side
to side of his wheel. and trimmed the
ships so closely that disaster seem
ed imminent When he had cooled Il
little he told me that the easy water
was close ashore and the current out
side, and therefore we must bug the
bank up stream, to get the benefit o
the former and stay well ont down stream
to take advantage of the latter. Ii
NV own mind | resolved to he ii down
stream pilot and leave the up steering
to- people dead to prudence.


Now and then Mr.. B calleC
NV attention to certain things. SaiC
he. this is Six Mile Point" assented
1t was pleasant enough information
but | could not see the bearing OF it
Year: 1875

WELL SAID.-Parton talks as follows
" Traverse the world over, search the history
of our race in all times, and whenever YOU
find man truly superior to his fellow,
natural king of men, born to command, you
will find him attentive to the interests, and
to the welfare, and to the dignity Of those
who execute his will. If he is not man
enough to do 50 from good feeling, he is
man Of business enough to do it from policy.
If there is any one here who snubs persons
dependent on him, begrudges them their
just compensation, cares nothing for their
interests or their honor, that man is not
naturally master-he is one by accident
only; he belongs by birth, or both, to the
class Of the defeated and the servilc. He
is merely beggar on horseback, and per
haps he stole the horse"
Year: 1875

We trust our readers will bear in mind
the suggestions already made on this inn
portant subject. There is no escape from
the conclusion that local trade is being
gradually but surely undermined by the
system of going abroad for what should be
procured at home. We commend the
following rules, which have been doomed
50 suggestive that merchants in other
places have united in causing their publ
cation as an advertisement:


lst. 1t is your home; you cannot i'm
prove it much by taking your money away
to spend or invest


2d. There is no way of improving a place
so much as by encouraging good merchants,
good schools and good people to settle
amongst you; and this cannot be done
unless you spend your money at home.


Sd. Spend your money at home, because
that's where you generally earn it it is
your duty.


4th. Spend your money at home, because
when it is necessary for you to get credit it
is of your town merchants you have gen
orally to get it, and they must wait for the
money; therefore, when you have the cash
in hand spend it at home.


9th. Spend your money at home. twill
make better merchants Of your merchants
| they can and will keep better asSortments
and sell at lower rates than if the only
business that can do is what Is credited out
while the money goes to city merchant,
who do not care a fig for you or yours.


9th. Spend your money at home. You
may have sons growing up who will some
day be the best merchants in town hell
lay the foundation for them now: it is yOu
duty; it may be your pride in after years
to say, BY my trading at that store 90
my son a position as clerk, and now he i
proprietor" then you will think it hard i
your neighbors spend their money out o
town. Set the example now


9TH. Spend your money at home. Yol
may have daughter who may marry
merchant; you will then want everyone t,
trade at the store. Set the example ant
this Spring try and buy your dry goods
groceries, meats and everything at home
and you will see a wonderful change in
short time in the business lookout of til,
place; therefore, deal with your merchants


Sth. Spend your money at home. Wha
do you gain by going off? Count the cost
see what you could have done at home b,
letting your merchants have the cash
Strike a balance and see if you would no
have been just as well off, besides helping
your merchants.


9th. Spend your money at home; you
merchants are yourncighbors. your friends
they stand by you in sickness-are you


associates; without your trade they canno
keep their business. No stores, then n
banks, no one wanting to buy property, t
f settle in and build up your town.
Year: 1875

Soak about a pint of clean, white wheat
in warm water for twelve hours or longer.
Then boil it for three hours, or until the
kernels are thoroughly cooked, in a farina
kettle, or in tin pail placed in another
kettle containing water. Let a few large
nails or small stones be put in the large
kettle to keep the pail from resting directly
on the bottom. BY this means the wheat
can be cooked for long time without
scorching it. If the vessel containing the
wheat is not kept in hot water, it will
scorch and burn, even if the mass is stirred
while being cooked. After.the kernels are
quite soft, add salt to suit the taste. But
wheat should never he salted before it is
cooked, as salt will render the bran tough.
Wheat thus prepared is excellent when
eaten in milk, or dressed with cream and
sugar. Procure the best quality of white
wheat, as red wheat is liable to be tough
The practice of the writer has been for q
few years past to procure a small bag Of
clean wheat from somo good farmer who
cultiyates clean, plump grain.


Aside from the surprising economy ii
providing such an article of diet, boileC
wheat is one of the very best kinds of fooC
thatinvalids, bilious and dhigh-living dyspcp
tics can cat. No medicine is comparable t.
it for giving hcalthful tone to ones system
when it is somewhat run down. 4 frienC
who has been accustomed to subsist largel


on beefstcak and oysters was laid on a sicl
bed last autumn, and his physician assure,
him he could prepare for an unwelcom
case of typhoid fever. We sent to him


few pounds Of wheat, with direction 70


cooking and eating, and, as we anticipated


he was at his business in four days, quit


well. lie abandoned the use of meat, e,


cept in small quantities two or three time


per week, and says the wheat has almo,
made new man of him. Such food wi
digest easily, it is sufficiently bulky t
distend the stomach, and no other foo
will make better blood. Boiled wheat
far superior to wheaton grits and Grahai
. bran.-CHriStiaH Weekly
Year: 1875

VINO LIVE LoNG.-Lazy persons dieyoung.
1t is the active in body and brain who live
to extreme old age, as a rule. 1t is abur-
dainty proven that exercise Of the mind
invigorates its bodily receptacle, even when
that exercise is carried to an apparently
extreme point. The brain, the reservoir Of
nervous energy to the rest Of the system,
increases in volume and vigor by use, Just
as the arm of the blacksmith or the leg Of
the dancer gains in muscular development.
The general system benefits by the en-
hanced brain-power and greater vitality
and longevity is the result Work by
method and on system, even when severe,
is not only quite compatible with long life,
but is actually conducive to it, while the
torpor of idleness or the excitement of fitful
effort are the sure precursors Of mental and
physical degeneration. This is a useful
doctrine to preach, and still more useful to
practice.-Dr. Hail.
Year: 1875

What shall do when am old? You say.


Do You think shall wish in vain
To recall the words have said to-day


When spoke my thoughts so plain?
DO you think shall wish in my g;lileicss lot
That had your wealth, though loved you not?
I can picture a woman. aged and poor,


Toiling for daily bread,
Recalling hopes she can wake no more


Remembering flowers that are dead,
And thinking sometimes when her heart beats low
Ola happier youth time long ago!
/ can picture her trcading a lonely way


Through land whence summer has flown
Bearing Life'S crosses from day to day,


And dying at last alone,
With never a friend or Il kindred face
To follow her dust to its resting place.
l can fancy this; but know to her heart


Shall never wish come nigh
That She had chosen the easier part


OF wealth She had bought with a lie,
And bartered her faith-a Sordid thing
For fear of the sorrow that age might bring.
Year: 1875

An oaken color can be given to new pine
floors and tables by washing them in
solution of copperas dissolved in strong
lye, a pound of the former to gallon of
the latter. When dry this should be oiled,
and it will look well for year or two;
then renew the oil.
Year: 1875

Two small arteries branching up from
the main arteries on each side of the neck
and passing over the outside Of the jawbone,
supply the face with blood. If the nose
bleeds from the right nostril, for example,
pass the finger along the edge of the right
jaw till the beating of the artery is felt.
Press hard upon it five minutes, and the
bleeding will cease.
Year: 1875

Two brothers, one of whom fought on the
Union side and the other on the rebel side
during the war, met at Columbia, Tenn.
the other day after separation of fifteen
years but refused to recognize each other,
and separated again without speaking.
Year: 1875

WHAT WILL You TAKE?-How often this
question is asked by men accustomed to
the use of intoxicating drinks. Suppose
we put the question in a more practical
way? Will you take pain in the head !?
viii you take a stab in the lungs? Will
you take a blister on the mucous mem
brane? VIII you take a nauseating sick
ness of the stomach? Will you take a red
ness of the eyes, or black eyes? Will you
take a tint of rcd for your nose? Will you
take a rumbud for your face? Will you
take an offensive breath? Will you take a
touch Of delirium tremens? Suppose we
change the questions a little. Will you
take something that will make you more
thirsty than you were before you drank
it? There would be some sense in asking
| a man out at the elbows to take coat, OF
in asking bare headed man to take hat


or in asking a shoeless man to take pail
of shoes, or in asking hungry man to take
something to eat but it isa piece of insane
absurdty to ask man to take something
to drink-that which will not quench hi:
| thirst. Why should he take something
| Will it make him stronger, wiser, better
! No! thousand times mol 1t will make


him weaker; it will make him idiotic anC


base; and will make him an enemy t


himself and a shame to his name.
Year: 1875

And now it is pretty well ascertained
fact that the crow is the only one of the
insectivorous birds that will feed upon the
potato bug or Colorado beetle. Such being
the fact farmers should plant this crop some
distance from dwcllings-in some retired
corner of the farm, so the crow can feed on
this pest to his hearts delight.
Year: 1875

ANOTHER PoTATo BUG ExTERMINAToR.-
A farmer says that if at night fire is built
at both ends Of a potato patch the bugs can
be seen flying towards the light, and that
they drop into the flames and are burned
to death.
Year: 1875

A GENTLEMAN THOROUGH PIANO AND SINGING
~ teacher, just returned from the Leipzig Stuttgart and
Paris where he studied the latest best
rapid methods of teaching advanced pupils
beginners at moderate would also good Room
aud Board private house city in exchange for lessons
aud Of musical library Address w. box lib Herald
Uptown
Year: 1875

The Past is fading, fading,


Never to come again;


The cypress tree is shading


Half of the sunny PLAIN;
Unchanged, Wot, i $ each well known scene,
Nota branch shows new in the hedgeroW S greer
Just SO the lark from the meadow sprung,
When life and alike were young; g..
Just so the primrose peeped 10 light,
When and April hailed the sight,


Yet; Natures self, pervading,


Is the sense of something gone;


The Past is fading, fading,


And the wheel of Time rolls on
The Past is fading fading,


And gather'd in its hold,


Its mighty pinions lading,


Is much we prize of old;
The grass grows rank over many grave
of the young and joyous and gay and brave,
Many a well lov'd voice is hush'd,
Many golden hope is crush'd,
Many a happy dream is over,
With smile of kindred, friend, and lover,
The Past is fading. fading,


The blood runs cold and slow;
Harsh wisdom is degrading


The creeds of long ago.


The Past is fading, fading,


We cling and pray in vain
Where the cypress tree is shading,


The tombs of all the slain.
Slain by the years and put aside,
The darlings of love, the idols of pride.
One by one the frail links part,
Hand drops from hand and heart from heart,
One by one the sweet things given
To brighten Earth go back to Heaven,
Till love and life, pervading,


Sigh the sense of something gone,
And the Past is fading, fading,


And the wheel of Time rolls on.
Year: 1875

The Goodhue County Sabbath School
Convention met at the M. E. Church in
Featherstone on the afternoon of the
10th inst. and continued the next day.
Thesattendance was good and there
was throughout the meeting an earnest
ness in keeping with the live Christian
effort Of the present time.ft


The meeting was called. to order by
the retiring President Rev. j lFinney.
Year: 1875

For the Smyrna Times


Mr.. EDITOR Il wish to propose two ques
ton, for the consideration of those interested
IN the maintenance of good mark ct for
peaches.


Could there he anything done, more cal
cuIated to ensure low prices to peach
growers, than to make great unnecessary
ado about the magnitude of the crop. and
as to what shall be done with it +; such pro.
cedure having tendency to cause peach
growers to h'ok for low prices, and to convey
to commission men the impression that lo,c
prices ,oW be expected?


Inasmuch as this appears to bo mainly
what they effect, is not that part of the
Fruit Growers Association who exhibit a
greater readiness to talk than to prudently
consider, as well as certain other private
persons in the State, who send unreliable
specifications to New Workers and New
York papers, as to the immensity Of the
crop, to be considered in the light of a pub.
lie nuisance? /
Year: 1875

We do not known that the Cecil Demo
crat is the proper one to decide what is or
is not our business. At all events its deci-
sion does not effect what we said about
Gov. Groome. We are perfectly content to
let it grind its ak, and shall not envy it in
its ferlorn hope.
Year: 1875

McGREGoR would give half his interes,
in soap mine If he could rub out his
hard money record. But he can't, and
it stares him in the face. 1t won't down
-Rtpostfoy,


And would not the radical Grant lead.
ers give an Emma mine or two to get rid
Of their record of wholesale legalized
robbery Did they not enact illegal ten,
ders? p Did they not enact the 2,o7t
National Banks f? Is not their resump,
ton to abolish the 382 millions of green
backs and establish more National barks
which the Government will supply with
currency gratis! Is not the whole scheme
OF forced resumption to increase the bur.
dens of the people and put more mil.
lions into the Golfers of the moneyed
power2


Democrats say if we are to have paper
money let the Government issue it di'
rect and not give it gratis to National
banks 10 loan out and speculate on
We would relieve the burdens of the
people and encourage trade, business
and labor. The people are "soaping
the Grant radical party, as witness
California and Maine and soon also
Ohio.
Year: 1875

EVERY federal office holder is in favor
ofa speedy return to specie payment.
Their salaries would be raid in geld and
the purchasing power be twenty-five per
cent greater. Contraction won't affec,
the salaries of Grant and his office hold.
ers. In fact it would only hurt the peo.
pie who pay their salaries. Ifyou have
a fat office hurrah at once for specie pay.
meat.
Year: 1875

CoMMoDoRE PERRY'S flag ship. the
Lawrence, sunk in Erie harbor sixty two
years ago. was raised last week and the
bottom found to be in a good state Of
preservation. She is to be exhibited at
the Centennial.
Year: 1875

We have not heard what action the
ladies OF the association have taken, but
hope they will avail themselves Of Cap
tain Wise's liberal Offer. By issuing
tickets Of invitation 10 such persons as
would be proper to participate in the
excursion, the association would be able
to secure very large and elegant party
OF ladies and gentlemen fJr the enjoy.
ment Of the occasion. Captain Wise is
a gentleman Of high social position, and
is proverbisl for his libsrslity and polite
ness. An excursion upon the Parker
would not only be quite enjoyable, but
profitable to the Centennial association,
which, we hope, will accept the invita-
tiOn
Year: 1875

Sunday night, when a young
man drove on: of Vicksburg sew.
eral miles to pass the evening with
the girl Of his choice, he was met
at the gaze by her father, who at
once proceeded to business by
saying:


Cum to spark Louisa, eh?'


The young man let silence an
swer the question.


Expect it'll make match2"
continued the father.


Silence again, while the young
man tied the horse. As he was
ready to go in, the father tlo,ked
the way, braced up, and contin-
ued:


"Sec here, young man. let's
have an understanding. If ye
hitch tween now and Jinu-
ary all right, but if ye don't, /
want ye to understand that can
dies is mighty high this fall and
crops don't turn out worth cussp


As the young man got through
the gate it is probable that be
gave the father d direct and agree
able answer.
Year: 1875

A Williamantic Conn., paper
tells curious story about a Nor
wich clergyman who supplied a
country pulpit last Sunday, and
WAS obliged on his return home
Monday morning to travel by a
stage coach about three miles to
the railway station. Ga the route
the driver heard something rattle
in the gentleman's carpet bag
which sounded to him like pieces
of steel striking together. Put
ting ihe gentleman's reserved man
ner, keen appearance, and the O.
minous sounds from the carpet
bag together, the driver concluded
his passenger was first class bur
glar-perhaps bank burglar
and after his arrival at the depot
he hunted up an officer and inn
parted his suspicious to him. The
officer went to the depot, and
there was the suspected burglar
pacing up and down the platform,
waiting for the train. The officer
thought him a suspicious looking
character, and his suspicious were
confirmed by the tenacity with
which the gentleman clung to the
carpet-bag, for it was never out
of his hand from the time he left.
the stage until the train came
In a short time the train came a..
long, and the travelor entered and
took a seat. The officer, intent
on duty, Aaw gentleman on the
train with whom he was acquaint-
ed, pointed ont the suspected in
dividual, impaired his suspicious,
and requested his friend to notify
the Police in Norwich if the gen
tlemsn stopped there, SO that they
might be on theiE guard. When
the train arrived at Norwich, the
gentleman alighted and went up
town, shadowed closely by the
other man until he found a po-
liceman, when, pointing out the
suspected party, he inquired of
the officer if he knew that man =
"Know him? Yes! That's one of
our ministers, Rev. Mr.. Pas
tor of the-Church."
Year: 1875

In cot beside the Rhine,
Mid the scent of flower and wine.


Sang a mother to her child, @a


Hall she wept and half she smiled


Guardian angels of my boy,


Riches shall | ask or joy?


Power; or fame, or happiness,


Hope to seal or life to bless?


Shall pray that he may wear.


Crown Of gold and ermine rare?


Shall | wish that woe or veal


May find him always true as steel,


And that to the battles din,
He may enter but to win?


Shall | ask that he may be


Strong as soaring eagles free?


Or that beauty on his face,


Tender lines and hues NAV trace?


All, the dear God knoweth best!


For no answer to my prayer


Cometh through the golden west,


Floating on the twilight air.


Yet methinks the last light falls
Like glory on the child.


Does he hear the wild bird calls?


For his soft lips curved and smiled,
All the good God knOweth best
Let him slumber; time will be


When his waking or his rest


Shall be watched no more by me-"
Day by day, and hour by hour
Grew the child to mans estate;
Gifted with an eerie power,
Loved and hated both by fate,
Never wealth was in his hand,
Never armies TO command;
Battle-helm nor monarch crown
Ever weighed his bright head down,
But mystic gift and wild
Grew with him es grew the child;
For in wind and wave he heard
Music not for others ears,
And the mornings beauty stirred,
All his spirit even to tears.
In his heart thousand strings
Thrilled to all harmonious things,
With vibrations sweet and low,
As responsive harp notes flow
With music of their own,
When one chord sends forth tone.
Bloom of May and fall of leaf,
Rush OF waves against the shore,
Sunsets crimson bright and brief,
Filled his soul till it ran DER.
From dark of night and dark of death
He would shrink with shuddering breath,
Sin and suffering were to him
Demon forms immense and dim;
And the strange OLD earth he trod,
Conscious of present God. ...-.
Cowards shook their heads, and sighed
Gold and fame he valued not
But he smiled and half replied;
They pressed on and soon forgot.
Then he Kept as knowing well
He alone must pass through time,
But the thoughts he could not tell,
Neither might he weave in rhyme.
When he died a simple cross
Marked his grave with lichens gray,
And the few who mourned his loss
Knew not there poet lay.
Year: 1875

: One day last week q young


Polish maiden at Trempealeau,


Wisconsin, had her rinbacker
stripped Of her by getting too close
to the tumbling rod of a threshing-
machine. She attempted to step
over the rod, and the thingumbob
caught in her thingimagig, and in
a second of time there wasn't
piece of raiment on her person
below the waist as big as a postage
stamp, and she locked just ready
to go into the fourth act of the


Black Crook.
Year: 1875

a rich and eccentric Belgian
wrote lately TO his relatives to
come and see a coat that he had
ordered. They, imagining that
the invitation meant breakfast,
went and were astonished to
see a series of cofins which the
original was trying one after
another, he having caused them
to be made by a number Of diff
terent joiners. AT last he found
one which suited him, laid down
in it, took poison and expired
suddenly.