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**' . from hi« dripping brow, pull-
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, . way to himself, awhile, and called
He wliiitlfi ***:
... hi« little
1 qM int and tidy kitchen, ilie came
1 ibc opeudoor;
* rh hrr sleeves jiiuucd up to her •boulders and
l, rr >kirt pinned up before.
V K r J.w.knl a** faded, wrinkled and worn as the
fold* n! her gingham gown
Whensl* 1 ' the haggard and hopeless look on
the face of fartnor Ilown,
Then down in her rocking-chair she sank, in a sort
of helpless war,
>\,r :»j*oke one word, but listened and looked to
hear what he might «ay.
•• Hannah, I’m sick a lltin’here, an’ a workin'
from spring to fall
A raisin’ Maters an* corn to sell, that don’t bring
nothin’ at all.
)|,-r«* wo have worked together, for forty years,
like a pair of ftlnavs.
An' that old mtrtffiigc ain’t lifted yet, that 1 owe
i;ide«»n t* raves.
That judgment note o’ Deacon Uunn’a will soon
failin’ due,
\n' where’s the money cornin’ from, why 1 can't
No. 11.} Athens, Georgia, Saturday, Gedember 13,1878, ;
MIRTH.
A tiUU nomente note and then
It rrlithed by the vital jam.
[THE VILLE DU HAVRE.
==*==
\ kep
..if:
in siii h a worry an’ fret, by all of these
..I tilings,
;ITe to sell the stutT that 1 raise, rite off for
i it brings.
„> much for my taxes now, an’ to keep the
chance to make a cent, an’ that
That 1 havn’t u
i, what’s to pay.
llamuh, we’ve l»oth of us grown old, an’ our
«hihlren all are gone,
Thrr • t' no «no now that is left at home for us to
dc; end i«l"»n.
I ain’t a' strong as I used to l»c, nor as able to work
1 k n
th'
got to set these matters square, an’ the
i ll have to go.
‘ the world lives idle, with plenty to eat
wear,
trim work the hard eat, have often
hf least to Spare.
farmers work till their forms are bent, an’
heir hands are hard ami brown ;
workmen delvn in the dust an’ smoke, o’ the
ok-hops in the town ;
.tardy sailors bring to our shores the wealth
uf foreigh lands,
the other half of the world subsists by the
work of these hardened hands.
•hi* is one of the reasons why I can’t pay
hut 1
’ 1 are gutting old an’ the farm’ll
e to go.
worked in the woods in the wintertime,
plowed an’ sowed in the sprint?,
i d an' dug through summer and tall, an’ 1
n’t made a thing.
ires I lie awako all night, an’ worry, an’
1 let.
n bit o’ rest
the life
A u' never a single wink o’ sleep, nt
lgM.
I think o’ oar grown up children,
they’ve just begun—
They’ve got to hoc the same hard row as you au’ 1
have done.
1 think o’ the politicians, an* the way that they
rob an* steal.
Ae' the more I think./ tire farmin’, tho poorer it
tusker me feel.
The speculators buy up our chosse, our butter, our
w.hiI an* hay ;
la’they sell’em again for naor’n twiceaa much
as they had to pay.
They bleed us iu irausportation, they fleece us
everywhere ;
They cheat us on our provisions an* the very
clot ires we wear.
They li\e in their lofty house*, on the best that
can l*e found,
Their wives wear daclln* diamonds, an* their
children loaf around,
la «miner, they go*to the seashore, an* the
springs to make a show.
An’ that is the way our butter an* cheese an* our
corn an’ talers go.
“ We work in the sun all sammer, raise cotton an’
rur* «*• shares,
Tk.a ihe railroada au* politicians may cheat us an*
Vat .-v airs.
Th.y tarry the reins o’ |»ower, an* will till wc fill
:in the markets, an* wo are a pack
te? God only knows, I*\© failed
IViim ’> to he do
•Ij Vi.
»lay a lectio by to ease my decliu
How to raise beets—Take hold
of the top and pull.
—Some people have their thinking
like their washing, done out.
—Before slates were used people
multiplied on the face of the earth.
—A Troy shoe manufacturer adver
tises for “five hand-sewed bootmen.”
—A bookseller apvertises “calf
poets, two dallars and fifty cents
each,”
—Do not run in debt to the shoe
maker. It is unpleasant to be unable
to say your sole is your own.
—A Chicago lady complains of the
unremitting love of her absent husband.
Ho never sends her any monej,
—The mothemf a Danbury girl
would not let her marry a conductor
because she didn’t want her doors
slammed off.
—Stealing his wife’s stoic teeth is
the way a Western man stopj>cd her
from gadding about to parties at night
with the boys.
—An unpleasant quadruped was
killed in Burlington, Vt., the other day,
and the local paper says: “Itequies-
skunk in pyce.”
—“A penny for your thoughts, Miss,’’
said a gentleman to a beauty. “They
are not worth a farthing, sir,” she
replied, “I was thinking of you.”
—A good-hearted, but partially deaf,
old lady was much dislurl>cd by the talk
about the Kicknpoo Indians. She
didn’t understand why any body should
wish to kick a poor Indian.
—A Saratoga Belle has put on deep
mourning for the loss of her poodle.
Some men ought to he thankful that
they have twelve children, and have to
work for a dollar per day.
—An Irish paper concludes a bio
graphy on Robespierre with the follow
ing sentence: “This extraordinary
man left no children except his brother,
who was killed at the same time.”
The editor of an Illinois paper
thinks that fishing, as a general rule,
doesn’t pay. He says : “We stood
it nil day in the river last week, hut
caucht nothing—until ire (jot home.’’
—Mr Smith is hound to have his
joke. His wife walked nearly in front
of a railroad train the other day, and
he said that if she had gone a step far
ther his children would have had a
tep-mother.
—Josh Billings says: “I will state
for the information of those who haven’t
had a chance to lay in sekrit wisdom az
freely az I have, that one single hornet
who feels well can break up a whole
camp-meeting.”
—“My Dear,” said a husband to his
wife, on observing new red striped
stockings on his only heir, “why have
you made barber’s poles of our child’s
legs ?” “Because he is a little shaver,”
was the neat reply.
—An Irishman has defined nothing
to be “a footless stocking without leys.”
A description by another Emeralde: is
better. “What is nothing?” he was
asked. “Shut your eyes, and you’ll
see it,” said Pat.
—A negro church in Buckingham,
Va., has passed resolutions to expel
from their fellowship, “unit** they give
evidence of repentance,” all of their
members who voted the Conservative
ticket in the late election.
—A gentleman with one leg broken
in four places, three fractured ribs,
and a hand with two fingers pointing
in one direction was in Danbury,
Friday, making arrangements for
organizing a base-ball club.
THRILLING PARTICULARS OF THE
DISASTER.
Scenes on the Deck of the Sinking: Ship.
I tu t« r havo hern a shiftless man, I’ve figgereil.
1’vc worked an* tried,
»1 hi!e th* old firm’s boon a runniu* down sine,
tlvs uay that father died.
1 v,* tmrrowed money to pay my debts, nn* I’v
watched tin* interest grow,
rillits fairly got tho start o* me, and the farm’ll
bare to go.”
alood up
Thun the little wife of farmer Br<
ujM*n the floor.
And she looked at him in a kind of way that she
never had before.
The furrows tied from her shrivelled checks and
her face grew all aglow ;
/ turcr will sign th© deed, John, an* the farm
>hull urrer go.
There’s jot oue thing te be done, as surv as you
an’ 1 are born,
You must join DiefiRAYUK and votk, John, if
you would sell your com ;
Hope an’ prayer are good, John, for the inau
digs an’ delves,
But Heaven will never help u», John, unless we
help ourselves.
J ain't as chipper, an’ smart, an* spry, nor as
i Ntri>ug as I used to he,
i hut 1 m gut aASdtpo' jpujut, John, when it’s start-
* h «r the old man’s furrowed face, the tears b<v
Uc
had felt more proud and strong, sinco
M»vir wedding long ago,
gleam of heavenly hope, illumined his
J tr.<p l1 * despair,
• heeling ,j own on the time-worn floor, both
• J »ed their heads in prayer.
1*vernal Machine Sent
j U ( i . “'"thou.eu Green—The
,tl: >ehinc filled with pow-
dn< ,a *b and lucifer matches
•<> ><‘ni to Comptroller Green by
t(Hh, y . The outside was
JV.'i ° t Vl ' r with glazed paper
. .'° ‘‘dgeji around were cover-
iixr" m J M,sta ge stamps. On tenr-
tho i t U> l ,a P ep was seeu that
Tin T X °P eno< l l*ke drawers.
N together with the fact that
nn ‘r i » SS on t ' H ‘ ,K,X was made
J. " ot,t ‘rs cut out of a news-
7 V r 8o, «« printed document,
n t "o j-' ,S1 f ion ’ A llo,c was
‘ cmw mS y in thc t°P «nd the
In the LkTait^of th “T”* 1 '
Were ll art °t the drawer
over SK ro "' 9 of matches,
l»a.,or . ^ W,W 8tri P of
Wouhi ‘ which the uuitchcs
3SL M S‘. *» drawing out thc
bly Lt h* r U ‘ d luivc inevita-
b off the couteuts of the
machine.
—A Mill-Plain woman was prevent
ed from attending the funeral of her
sister by the non-arrival on time of a
laee handkerchief from New York.
Thc brutality of thc express company
is severely commented upon by thc
neighbors.
—A Herman peddler was asked if it
was not heavy work carrying a big pack
about day after day.” “Oh. yes,” he
replied, “it was heavy.” “Well,” said
the querist, “do you make much ?,,
“Yell, I tlunno. Some days I makes
notting, and oder days twice so much ?”
—A Frenchman soliciting relief of
an American lady, said gravely to his
fair hearer. “Madame, I nevaire beg,
hut dat T have one vife, vid several
small family zat is growing very large,
and nossiug to make dcre bread out of
hut dc inspiration of my own eye
brow.”
—Little Matthew, being taken to
church on Sabbath evening, kept awake
as long as he could, hut finally went to
sleep, and had a good nap. When he
awoke, finding the minister still preach
ing, he innocently whispered—“Mother,
is this Sunday night, or is it next
Sunday night?”
—A nieequestion of taste: Jeweller—
What kind of a chain would you like ?
Young Man—Well, I don’t know,
hardly. What kind of a chain would
you think I ought to have; that is,
what style would you think would be
thc most becoming for a young man
what carries groceries to some of the
best families in town ?
—A deaf old gentleman, walking
lately in his garden, heard the milk
man shout on thc other side of the
wall. Imagining some one called to
him, be cried, “Here,” and turned
his car-trumpet in the direction of the
wall. The milkman, in his hurry,
took the trumpet for the servant’s
pail and delivered a quart of milk
therein.
—A young backwoods lawyer late
ly concluded his argument in a case of
damages for injury done by defendant’s
swine, with the following eublime
burst: “If, gentlemen of the jury,
the defendant’s hogs are_ permitted to
roam at large over the fair fields of my'
client, with impunity and without
yokes—then—yes, then, iudeed have
our forerathers fought and. bled and
died in vain.”'
The telegraph has already fur
nished us with brief and discon
nected accounts of the collision of
thc ship Loch Earn and the steam
ship Ville du Havre, by which the
latter was sunk in mid-ocean, with
ninety-seven out of one hundred
and t wenty-fivc passengers. From
thc New York Tribune we take
the following thrilling acoount of
the melancholy disaster:
The YiUe du Havre sailed from
New York November 15, and,
after passing five days through a somc
thick fog, struck clear weather on
thc 20th. The next day was
windy, and a heavy sea was on,
but the night of the 21st was
bright and starlight. The captain
went below at midnight, leaving
the second officer in charge. Two
hours later—that is to say, at two
o’clock on the morning of the 22d
—the collision occurred. With a
terrific blow, the Loch Earn struck
thc Ville du Havre amidships.
Men, women, and children,
seized with terror, rushed on deck
in their night clothing, and all was
onfusion. The Loch Earn’s how
had cut a fissure in thc deck of
thc Ville du Havre twelve feet in
depth; and the iron plating of her
side was crushed in for a distance
of thirty feet.
Thc collision took place in lati
tude 47 degrees 21 min.; longi
tude 35 degrees 31 min. There
was a heavy sea running, but not
much wind at the time.
Most of the passengers were
too terrified to try to save them
selves. Many prayed and many
laid down .with the calmness of
utter despair. Some, hearing the
water pouring into the ship, never
quitted their stateroom; whole
families thus went down together.
The means of escape were crippled
by two boats being crushed by
the mainmast and mizzenmast,
both of which fell over five minutes
after thc collision, killing and
maiming many persons.
Two boats were launched, the
whale-boat being under command
of the First Lieutenant, and the
Captain’s gig was manned by seven
sailors. Thc Loch Earn, after
getting clear, sailed a mile, then
hove to and sent four boats to the
wreck, which sunk in twelve
minutes after thc collision. The
whale boat of thc Ville du Havre
saved its load of passengers, who
were put on 1*oard the Loch Earn.
The boat then returned to the
wreck and saved a second load, in
cluding the Captain, who remain
ed by thc Ville du Havre until she
sunk.
The boats found the passengers
and crew floating on the waves,
holding to planks, buoys, spars
and whatever could be seized as
thc wreck went down. Many had
thus prepared themselves from the
first. Many of the women saved
were floating in the water for two
hours or more before being picked
up. One of-thc officers of the
steamer swam to the Loch Earn.
The Captain of the Ville du
Havre is reported to have been
quite exhausted by his three days
ami nights of uninterrupted duty.
The officer who was in command
when Ihe collision took place was
lost. The boats remained about
the spot where the steamer went
down' until there was no longer
any hope of saving more people.
Among the survivors was one
lady whose luishnud and four child
ren hath perished in thc sea.
Three young ladies lost their father
and mother. One young man lost
his father, mother and sister; and
another gentleman lost his sister,
whom he was taking to France Ibr
her health.
The sufferings of those who
wore rescued were intense, the
cold Ircing severe, many persons
were nearly insensible, amt would
have utterly perished in a few
minutes more. The rescues were
nearly all a matter of haphazard,
as the time permitted no organized
effort or attempt at choiec.
The Loch Earn was found to he
much damaged by the collision,
and hoisted signals of distress
The Trimountain sighted her and
responded at 8 o’clock Jn the
morning. A second inspection
of the Loch Earn made it manifest
that it was 1 rotter to transfer the
rescued passengers to
injured. The French authorities A D
will inquire into the cause of and
responsibility for the collision.
THE PURSER’8 NARRATIVE.
The statement of thc purser con
firms the . foregoing. Ho adds as
follows : The steamer was struck
on tho starboard side; the main
mast and rigging were carried
away. The long-boat was not
crushed ou deck but after beiug
lowered, tho mizzenmast falling
upon it aiid killing nearly all its
occupants. The mainmast fell
after the mizzen, toppling over on
deck and killing many persons.
In a few minutes thc ship began
to sink amidst great disorder and
frantic terror. The scene was
awlul-heyond all description. The
air was rent with shrieks; but
were heard saying calmly,
" As wc must die, let us die
nobly.”
The water rushed into the hold
with incredible velocity. I un
dressed myself, and with a com
panion jumped overboard and
swam toward thc Loch Earn, then
half a mile distant. As I left, I
heard the ship cracking, and, look
ing hack, saw her go down with
one plunge forward. For a mo
ment the shrieks were terrible ;
then all was silent; it was the
silence of death.
The Captain remained on thc
bridge of the Ville du Havre
during the whole and went down
with the ship ; he was picked up
an hour afterward. All the officers
who were rescued were saved in a
similar manner, except the First
Lieutenant, whom the Captain
sent to the Loch Earn to see if
she was in a sinking condition, or
if she were able to receive the
passengers of the Ville du Havre
1 swam half an hour and finally
reached the Loch Earn, but missed
the ropes thrown to me. I re
mained in thc water for another
quarter of an hour, but was even
tually rescued hy the Loch Earn.
Among the passengers on the
deck of the Ville du Havre was a
French gentleman of remarkable
coolness and presence of mind.
He comforted many hy his words.
A priest asked, "Are you a
Roman Catholic?” "Yes,” was
the answer. " Repent, then,”
said the priest, "and I forgive
your sins.” With these last words
thc priest sank in the waves; the
penitent was saved.
Thc boats crossed and recrossed
the scene of the disaster, scarchr
ing for survivors, until 10 a. m.
All further efforts were then aban
doned as hopeless. The survivors
remained on the Loch Earn until
3 p. m., when they were transfer
red to the Trimountain.
CAPTAIN URQI IIART's NARRATIVE.
On Saturday morning, Novem
ber 22, being in latitude 47 deg.,
27 min., longitude 35 deg., 30
min., we sighted a vessel on our
weather how with bowsprit gone
and sails flying. We hove to, and
saw signals of distress flung out.
Coming nearer, thc ship proved
to be the Loch Earn, eight days
out of London for New York.
Coming alongside, the Captain
af’cod me to receive the survivors
of the Ville du Havre, which had
boon sunk hy the Loch Earn at
two o’clock that morning.
After consultation, it was deem
ed advisable to transfer all the
rescued people hut one French
clergyman, who had become de
ranged ; another of the party was
left to lake care of him. The
survivors were crowded into the
small cabin in a pitiable state.
They wore heart-broken, ill-clad
ami destitute; hut, amidst their
grief, they expressed their grati
tude to the captain and crew of
the Loch Earn for saving them
from a watery death.
I supplied them with all thc
clothing which could possibly he
spared on my ship, and with other
requisites. Nevertheless somc
were almost hare, and others were
badly injured hy fragments of the
wreck coming in violent contact
with them.
After receiving all on board thc
Trimountain I decided to cruise
about the scene of the wreck.
The scach was continued until
nearly dark that night, but we saw
only two barrels floating, and the
search was finally relinquished,
and wc proceeded on our voyage
to Bristol. I intended to land at
Queenstown, but a favorable wind
enabled us to reach Cardiff.
Wife’* Ghost Haunts 1 The Ash an tee War—Four Vil-
her Former Home,
•.r?i t*
Iu tlie town of Vinland, about
seven xa9e&: from Oskosh, they
have a Veritable ghost. It appears
that ahoa^ two - weeks ago a airs.
Courtney died at her residence.
When tKe last spark of life went
out there was no one present, her
husband*.being in au adjoiniug
room. When he re-entered the
death chamber he fotlnd his' wife
a corpse. It is said that Courtney
and his ,wife lived on rather un
friendly terms, and that at one
time she had lafk tho house refus
ing ht live wim' hiiu, hut after
ward let urneil and stayed Until her
dsatfc ;/A few day after the fune
ral tiic seiwant girl, who still re
mained in Courtney’s employ,
heard lappings on the windows in
different parts of the house. She
was so alarmed that she left the
premises. Mr. Courtney subse
quently departed and cannot now
he persuaded to visit his former
residence. Since the house has
been vacant strange lights have
been seen by the neighbors and
several have noticed a shadowy
form pass in front of thc light
wh’cli bore a resemblance to Mrs.
Courtney.
A number of visitors went from
Oshkosh the other day to inves
tigate the strange phenomenon,
and although they saw the lights
and searched the house, they could
•not discover any v possible cause
for them. The lights appear in
all parts of the house, and are of
different shapes, sometimes sim
ply a circle about six or eight
inches in diameter, with smaller
lights circling around thc large
one. At other times they take
an oval shape. One peculiari
ty is that the light does not re
flect, but is simply a flame with
clearly defined edges, while all
around is inky darkness. The
neighborhood is greatly excited,
and attribute the unearthly sights
to the presence of a ghost. Last
night a number of gentlemen went
from Oshkosh to ascertain the
cause, .hut without success.—
From the Milwaukee Mews.
logos Destroyed.
Robinson’s Circus Attacked
by Fontier Ruffians—Three
Killed and Several Wound-
K\>i-erSU LauiSy. December 1.—
Thc Kansas Cit;/ Journal of yes
terday has a private letter from
Crockett, Texas, stating that a
party of Texas desperadoes at
tempted to break up thc perfor
mance of John Robinson’s Circus
at Jacksonville on the 23d of No
vember, hut were prevented and
order restored. About five o’clock
in the evening, however, as the
circus men were loading their ani
mals, wagons, etc., on the cars
preparatory to leaving the town,
a large number of roughs attacked
the men with knives and pistols.
A general desperate fight ensued,
in which three Texans were killed,
several wounded aud six circus
men wounded. Robert Stickncy
had his knee dislocated and it is
feared he will never he able to ride
again. Allen Rose, another per
former, was shot through the
hand. Chas. Robinson was
knocked down with a club. Three
canvas men were shot through tin-
legs ; one hostler through the
breast; and another stabbed in
the hack: As the train was leav
ing town it was fired on and one
man slightly wounded. Threats
were made hy the Texans that
they would go to Crockrtt and
again attack the circus, and Rob
inson has sent to Houston for am
munition.
Ringbones and Spavins—A
correspondent of the llural Mew
Yorker says he has cured a num
ber of ringbones and curb spavins
by blistering with Spanish flies.
Get ten cents’ worth of thc pow-
iler-from the druggists; put it ip a
bottle ; cover one and onc-lialf or
two inches with alcohol or spirits
of turpentine; after standing
twenty-four hours, shake it hy
rubbing it in three or four times.
If that docs not kill them, apply
again iu ten or twelve days.
When getting well, it, and all other
sores, should be greased, to pre
vent white hair.
Lute English newspapers pub
lish despatches from Sir Garnet
J. Wolseley, tho General m com
mand of the forces on the Gold.
Coast..- From them 4t appears
that on Got. 14 he led a detach
ment of troops from Elmina against
some hostile villages. The ad
vancing column consisted of 550
fighting men, and aliout 300
carriers. The blue jackets- con
tributed 27 officers and men, and
the marines 163 officers and men.
The Second West India Regiment
furnished 205 officers and men.
The enemy was encountered iu
a dense bush,a short distance from
the village of Essaman, about a
quarter past 7 o’clock in the morn
ing, after the coliftrfh had march
ed along a track at times through
swamp knee deep, and at others
through high hush. The enemy,
after a short action, gave way.
uid were then disloged from the
village hy the use of shells and
rockets. Essaman was captured
and burned. A large quantity of
powder and many guns were
found. X few dead bodies were
seen, but the nature of the bush
rendered all estimate either of the
enemy’s numbers or loastis purely
conjectural.
Col. McNeill, the chief staff
officer, and Capt. Fremantle, the
senior naval officer on the station,
were wounded.
Thc deserted village of Am-
quana.was reached about noon,
and was destroyed. Akimfoo,
another deserted place, was shell
ed and destroyed later in the day.
While tho soldiers were burning
Ampcnec, some eight hundred
yards further to thc westward,
the Ashanteos fired on them,
wounding a Houssa, one of thc
native police. As thc troops
were returning,’ quite a number
of Ashautees moving through the
hush got to the eastward of them
and opened fire. It was returned
with great execution, and thc
Ashanteos were driven back.
The men reached Elmina about
8 o’clock in thc evening, after a
tramp of twenty-one miles, well
satisfied with their day’s work
The casualties amounted to only
twenty-two wounded officers and
men, but two Houssas have since
died. It is thought that the
Ashantee loss was considerable.
The English officers were not
particularly pleased with their na
tive allies, as they showed a wild
propensity to fire in thc air or at
imaginary foes in the hush.
Fran tbe Daily qtaphlc. .j
Eli Perkins on the (Cuba)
li V War Path.
> Recruiting for the Spanish Ttar
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1 am here in Terre Haute. Hie
room where I now write ontee re
sounded with the eloquence of
Abraham Lincoln. To-morrow a
Chicago drummer will occupy it
to sell cheep clodiugs. It is a
shame—a national shame—that a
rooni once occupied by Abraham
Lincoln and myself should ever
echo, to the trafficking voice of a
commercial traveller. Alus! we
live iu evil times.’ Qnly yester
day I saw them using Mr. Lin-
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- Icbland.—We all-learned ho - *. .
our geographies that Iceland - wa?r
tlie seat ot content, 'where thd y ■
people boasted that they would * iff
not exchange their ice-bound land. i. Mi
for any that enjoyed perpetual,) ififm
sunshine. Here the girls werpall , v „
true and pretty. Ilero was no
war. j law-suits not ignorance.
Fishes came from every sea to Ice- T
land ro lie’caught. To the satuo,. r
spot inrood was washed, from dis^ ;
taut Norway to keep the people,
warm, lint discontent has reach- \
ed the Iceland at List. The people
demqnd either a new constitution
frond Denmark, or a total separa-' >J ‘- '
tion.i They want a parliament qf f> ,
their 1 own, if not au independent
statej. They want to pay no taxes
ciay j. saw tuem using Mr. Lm- statev lliey want to pay no taxes
colni* two 'tliffawiml^lcr!*- to support Danish officials, or th
lar monument over in Springfield
as a profane theatrical billboard.
They were posting the yellow
luiud-hills of a minstrel troup
on it.
” Go, base imitation negro!
leave this sacred monument,” I
said ; but he kept on pasting the
hill, as he remarked, " If Mr. Lin
coln was alive, Judge, he would
he the last man to object to a poor
negro minstrel pasting a few hand-
hills on his monument.”
maintain a Danish army. In the
meantime, Denmark tells the peo
ple that they had better keep still, *
or the island will he offered for
de, and the money received will
he put in the national treasury.
It is said that Germany and sever-
d other countries would be glad
to purchase Iceland for a penal
colony.
mouutuin; this was accordingly
done. Every attention was shown
to the survivors by Captain Urqu-
hart of the Trimountain, which
ship reached .Cardiff Roads on
Sunday night, November 30. The
rescued persons were landed and
heritably received at thc hotels
of the city.
Thc saved include twenty-three
first-class passengers, one second-
class, three third-class, six officers
and fifty-four of the crew. Two
of the survivors remained on the
Loch. Earn,. having been; severely
Preparation of Hides.—The
following method is recommended
for preparing leather. Begin by
thc Tri- J soaking thc hide eight or nine
days iu water, then put it in lime;
take it out, remove the hair hy
rubbing, aud soak agaiu in clean
water until the lime is entirely
out. Put one pound of alum to
three of salt, dissolve in a vessel
sufficcntly large to hold the hide;
soak the hide in it three or four
days; take it out, let it get half
dry, and then heat or rub until it
becomes pliable. Leather pre
pared by this process will not do
well for shoes, hut answers for
Jnunestrings, backhands and other
purposes-on thc farm.
Marriage Maxims.—A good
wife is the greatest earthly hlcss-
ing.
A man is what his wife makes
him.
It is the mother who moulds
the character and destiny of the
child. e
Never make a remark at tbe
expense of thc other; it is mean
ness.
Never part without loving words
to ponder on during your absence.
Besides, it may he that you will
not meet again in life.
“How gently glide* tho marriage life away.**
When she who rule*still seems hut to obey ! *
Never both manifest anger at
ones*.
Never speak loud to one anoth
er, unless the house is on fire.
Never reflect on a past action
which was done with a good mo
tive and with the best judgment
it the time.
Let each one strive to yield
oftenest to the wishes of the oth
er, which is the mutual cultivation
of an absolute unselfishness.
Never find fault, unless it is
perfectly certain that a fault has
been committed; and even then
preclude it with a kiss, and lov
ingly.
Marry info a different Mood and
temperament from your own.
Panic Talk.—A scrap of con
versation in this wise was over
heal'd in a New York office a few
days ago:
"How’s business ?”
"Dull? Awfully dull!”
"Doing any advertising?”
"No; took ’em all out a month
ago.” •
"How long since busiucss got
dull?”.. ^
"O, three or four weeks ago.”
"That is—about the time you
stopped advertising.”
(Merchant ruminates and can
vasser looks innocent.)
Mountain Cake.—Thc whites
of eight eggs; oue cup of butter;
one of sweet cream; two and a
.half tea-cups of sugar; three and
a half of flour, with two teaspoons--
fiil of yeast powders stirred: iu; the 1
flour.,
ARose That Lived Eighteen
Years in a Child’s Coffin.—
Mr. 11. F. Remington, of this
city, who was present when somc
bodies were l*eing disinterred at
Claysville, Harrison county, for
reinterment in Battle Grove Ceme
tery, Cynthiana, informs us that a
metalic case, in which had been
placed the body of a two year old
child, a daughter of Dr. Curran,
was opened. The body was found
to he remarkably well preserved,
and the features wearing almost
thc same expression they did
when thc child breathed its last,
with the exception of the sinking
of one eye, a slight flattening of
the nose and shrinking of thc up
per lip. A rose-bud had been
placed on thc breast of thc child
when buried, and when the case
avus opened, it was found that thc
bud had expanded into a beautiful
full-blown rose, and was lying
upon the breast of the sweet little
child, who had been an augel for
more than eighteen years. It
was a beautiful sight, and was ac
cepted'as a good omen hy those
who looked upon it, and truly felt
"of such is the kingdom of hcav :
en Parts E&nlu
WAR.
Yesterday when I arrived in
Terre Haute to stay over Sunday,
I registered my name " Colonel Eli
Perkins.” My arrival caused a
great excitement. It was under
stood that I was going to open a
recruiting office for the Cuban
war. All the old soldiers here
who don’t hold lucrative offices in
the " Granges” arc enthusiastic for
war. A good many rebel soldiers
have come over the river front
Kentucky to live in Terre Haute.
They are for war, too. They all
desired to be colonels or generals
axeept one man, who said his
heart throbbed so for the Stars
and Stripes that he was willing to
take a sutlership. I have tele
graphed Gcncral^Grant that Terre
Haute alone can supply 1,000
officers, and all that the Govern
ment will liave to do will he to ap
point a few privates.
Colonel Gapin says lie is ready
to fly to arms., lie has probably
flown before tills. lie says his
heart hums for the American
eagle, and he can hardly keej
from rushing on to New York,
where he can he first t > say " good
by to to thc brave Cuban patriots.”
Adiutant Sterne says lie fought
all through the late * war, some
times on one side and sometimes
on the other, and, rather than see
America kneeling at thc feet of
Spain, he would gladly welcome
—war to thc knife—and accept a
puyinasterehip. He is so enthusi
astic for thc cause that, in cas * of
no vacancy in our army, he has
telegraphed for a place on the
staff of a Spanish General.
DRILLING FOR WAR.
This afternoon wc all assembled
in the Square to drill—nine hun
dred Union officers, two hundred
rebel officers, and severil sutlers
and quartermasters.,. Wc all agreed
with Alex. Stephens that a for
eign war would heal domestic
troubles—cement us together.
This is why I led my influence to
war. I am anxious to heal up our
national wounds—anxious to put
ray arms: round ray SouJi *rn broth
cr and sell him some more dry
goods.
As thc patriots came out they
brought their old battle-flags with
them. Old officers brought out
thc battle banner which they had
carried all through the late war.
As they shook out the folds we
saw inscribed on them "Gettys
burg,” "Lookout,” "Mountain,”
"Spotsylvania Court House,”and
* Vicksburg.” The rebels pulled
out their flags and unwound the
inscriptions " Bull’s Bluff,” " Bull
Run,” " Seven Oaks,” aud " Red
River.” When our fellows saw
this they didn’t "cement”—they
didn’t " heaf’ to any alarming
extent. They said they didn’t
eujoy looking at battles where
they got licked, got wounded and
captured, aud cut up generally.
Thc rebels said they didn’t want
to fight under any such inscrip
tions as " Autietam” and " Vicks
burg,” and one fellow said if we
didn’t take the d—d Yankee
rags away they’d charge ns out of
thc square. This made our fel
lows forget all about ' cement
ing” aud " healing,” and, instead,
in ten minutes we had a little
ou our bauds. As usual, I was
first in
the hotel
And now, Mr. Editor, I don’t
sec how we are going to " cement”
and " heal” much—I don’t see
how we are going to get the rebels
to help us much in the Spanish
fight till*we get our flags changed
—till we carry out Mr. Sumner’s
ideas. At least I’ve postponed
my recruiting office in Terre Haute
till we get a sort of general flag
to fight under. What do you
J ink of it?
May heaven bless your 1 news
ier and preserve'it, from’yoiras
y, Eu Perkins..
According to the latest statis
tics, the globe is inhabited by
1,228.000,000 human beings, viz.,
360,000,000 belonging to the Cau
casian race; 552,000,000 Mon
golians ? 1110,0(0,000 Ethiopians;
176,000,000 Malays; 1,000,000
Iudo-Americans. 3,(542 different
languages are spoken, and there
ire 1,000 different religions per
suasions. The annual mortality
of the glol>e is given at 33,333,533,
or 01,554 daily, 3,780 hourly,
sixty-two j>er minute, or nearly
one per second, or pulsation of
the human heart. The average
duration of life is thirty-three
years, one quarter of the popula
tion dying at seven years or under,
one half at seventeen or under.
Out of 100,000 persons 011c only
reaches thc age of 100 years, one
out of 500 ninety years; one in a
100 sixty years. One eighth of
the male population of the globe
are soldiers. The cannibal por
tion of humanity is vaguely set
down at 1,930,000, viz., 1,000,-
000 in the Polynesian land, 500,-
000 Niams-Niauis, 80,000 in the
Niger Delta, 50,000 in Australia,
etc.—Land and Water.
How vo Estimate tim» Weight,
Live Hogs.—The following rule
for estimating the weight of live
hogs wc find in the Mational
Live Slock Journal:
" From the first 100 lbs deduct
25 lbs from gross ; from the sec-
o id 100 lbs deduct‘12 1-2 lbs;
from the thc third 100 lbs deuuct
6 1-2. Allovcr the third 100 is net.
Thus'a hog of 300 lbs : live weight
will give 256 1-4 net weight; and
as a rule, 43 1-4 should he allowed
for shrinkage on every hog of 300
lbs or over. A hog of 100 lbs will
net 75 lbs; one of 150 lbs, 118 1-8
one of 200 lbs, 162 1-2 ; one of 250
lbs, 209 1-8.
This, of course, is only as close
an approximation as can be given
for the general average of hogs as
brought to market, If they are
thin there is more shrinkage, if
large and well fatted, and especial
ly if purebred, they often shrink
even less. We have known in
stances where the shrinkagn
amounted to only one sixteenth of
the live weight.
battle—coming towards
Cure for Rheumatism.—Boil
ii small potful of potatoes and
bathe the affected part with the
water in which thc potatoes were
boiled, as hot as can ho applied,
just before going to bed. The
efficacy of this novel remedy is
increased by dipping a partially
folded towel in the very hot liquid
ind placing it over the seat of the
pain and putting two or three
layers of flannel over this.
The. next morning when, they are
removed, the affected part should
lie bathed with cold water. Somc
very obstinate rheumatic pains
have J»een cured by this simple
remedy.
A Father’s Death Caused by
False Accusations of His
Daughter.—Al*out.a year ago a
daughter of John Cokery, in
Bremen county, brought a charge
of incest against her father, for
which he was hound ovor. He
stoutly denied the charge, hut
found few believers, and lie sul>-
sequently committed suicide. His ■
daughter now confesses that, she *
trumped up thc charge, awd has >
disappeared, and it is believed has ’
entered upon a life of prostitution: -
Cup Cake.—One cup.- of .
ter, two eups of powdered'• vfhHfc..
sugar .'Tour cups sifted flour. Stir
the butter and sugar together; till
quite light. Beat c.igjvt cggfe as
light as possible, pat the yolks
iuto thb sugar und butter, stir it
until they, are light. Thqn add;
the whites.to this, mixture alter
nately' with the flour. Flavor
with, nutmeg, and the juice of a.
lbmon. Rake in littlp tins, ip a.
moderate oven, about twenty!