Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1874, Page 4

4 GRASSHOPPERS. The Destitution in Kansas and Nebraska. A Sad State of Affairs in the Ar- Kansas Valley and Else- wheres Starvation Immineat Unless Help De Speecily Given, Why Contradictory Storles Aro Recelved a3 to the Stalo of AMalvs In tho Devastated Districts. The Suifering in tho Grasshopper= Mistricte=\Why comrmn‘cmrly stortoy re Kiccerved Fogard to Lt 4 oxnor, Wis, Nov, 33, 1874 o the Edifor of The Chicaqo Tridune ¢ Sim: As you seom to have failed, thus far, to obtaln relinble lformation respecting the solual dostitution of tha people in tho grasshoppor-dia- trlots of Knneas and Nebraska, 1t may bo well to enll sour attontion to the fact that certan truthe traval very slowly from thoso countries East- ward, It |8 vow nearly four montha ainco noarly 1) of Kansas, ab least hnil of Nebrasha, and smaller portions of othor Siates, HAVE DEEN DESOLATED by tho cloan reapora of tho desert ; and still no retiablo roport of tho condition of the daapoiled inbabitants has yot roached tha most entar~ prising of our Lastorn dailical When Chicago wna destroyed by fire, the tele- graph flaghed tho story of Its Liomoless and hungaring people all over tho land, and the re- turniug currents of tho wires gave promise of both food sud sheller for all the destitute, Thore was na ditleulty n comprehiending tho gituntion at onee, becanso it was o calnmity vise [ted npon thousands in tho midst of surrounding plenty, and thoro wero no parties interested in concealing tho truth, Tha situation of thoso visited by the geaeshoppor-plaguo is ditectly tho roverso of this, Thov ure seattored ovor n counn- try of at least 500,000 squnro miles in oxtont, with their homos on the inhogpitablo plaine that ean furmeb thown noither food norshelter; and they nll feel it in for thoir {nterest to say as little about their coudition ns possible, lest they might trghton ‘away the incoming immigration, with which thoy hope to bargain for un oxchauge of places, The conflicting etories respocting their dosti- {ution aroso from tho diflicultica of their situn- tion, Oune clags of storios is for tho enr of the incoming immigrant; nnother 14 for tho ear of sympythy, and 14 detigued to bo kopt soparato from bukinesy. Tho impiession s, thereloro, sought to bo mado upon the mind of the public, that ouly o fow improviden: aud sbiftiess sot~ tlera ara Buffering ; that the mass of the sottiera n1a not in disiress thrauph tho eslamitios of tho sountry, Thus tho Goveruor of Kausasy gives pul that **Lho reople of Kansns can provido for their own destitute;™ anl the Leuislature ia convened, sud makies provision to loan a tew westorn _countiea $100,000 for the purchase of supplics, and then n Relief Boclety is sturted in 7Yopeka, under the shadow of tho Cupitol, for tad purpaso of soliciting axd for- wardiog supplies to the desiitu'e from other Btates, Tho facts will by and by begin 10 come oul that the storv of drought and of the grass- hopper-plague has OT YET DREN WALF TOLD. [ can sponk of Keusae from actunl knowl- edge of facts, having doue business in the State for ucatly five yeats ; aod i scems to me thut tielp for that plagne-cursed country cane not go forward Lao soon, or in too great quan- Liticn, to teet the pressivg wants of deserving thourands, who are now tuking their first lessons tn the ranks of tho helpless poor. Tho tioubles of Kansas commoncedin thoe late- ness of tho spring, rexulting in the total consump- You of all the havand course grains of tha couutry, togother with the loss of great numbers of cat- tle from lackol food. ‘I'ne rpring was otherwise favorablo for the farmer, aud o farger breadth of erops Whs upou tho ground thau I had ever ecen In the Btate; but all that was harvested was simply o light crop of whest aud oats, Tho torn-crop, the chief dependonce of tho now 1ottlors, and really the great erop of Kansas, was 1lmost a total failure, togethier with nil vegetable tnd root erops, With tiiese also wout tho Loy trop, which was bopinning to be of great m- [Jormnco to tho oldor setilomonts of tho Blata. t must be borne to mind that nearly the whalo Brata was thus desolated. A wortion uf Soush- sastern Kausas was uot yisited with Lhe grass- hoppers ; but the drouebi did not leave oven that portion of tho Biato uuscourged. Witk uch a state of facls, 1T 13 FOLLY to say that Konens can care for her own dostitu- Shio lias nelther supphics uor nioney with wliich she cau do tho work. 1t musi bo borne in mind that Kansas 18 mostly o prairio-country, and that fuel, ny well as food, must bo classed xmang the suvplies that tho now settlors must bavo or porish, 1t i3 not tho warm country that roso-colored advertisern- tn bave pictured it, Cattlo noed both by ana gral, and ‘elso a good sheltor for winter ; and the peoplo need as warm bouses, and nearly as much tuel, for tho winter, 18 in u mora Northarn latitudo, Tho destrtutinn of Kousas will bo con- fned mostly to the mew countles lying wewt of tho Bixth Prinelpal Meridiun, anuing through Wichita, Newton, 2u Abaliue, This wsection of tho Stato gonuti- mted the grent cottle-plrnns of Kananw, iill witbin two yosrs; aund, ginco then, has re- selved tho Inrgeat share of the immigration to jho Sinto. ‘U'ne great Vulley of the Atkansas is tomprossed within ting desolated disttict, Tho peoplo who seak these oxtromo points of sotile- ment hava but hittle means, and wounld suffer rreat privatious had good crops beon bnrvested, Whanee, then, ena como faod zud fuol for theso tousands in the wildorness ? in THIE OREAT QUESTION that now demaunds an auswer, Bupplies must 1omo from & great distanes, and 8% o lurgely-on- sanced prico over former yoars, ‘These statements aro mado that tho sympa- Shizing public may boabls to study the situstion wnd onalszo the conflicting ttories thot puss through tho prees, A few touching stories of destitution will do but lttle to prepara tho pub- tie mind for what it needs be prepared to meet, it any send forwma rupphics, they should tako great paing to vee that thoy reach tho peonio 1pon the extreme fioutiors, aa they will be the hnt 10 tell their story of want, aud sro in the yreatest poril, B. E. ML Destltution in the Valloy of the Ar- iKunsns, Prace, Kan,, Nov, 23, 1674, Fo the Editer of The Chicage vibune: Bin: Wo of the great Arkausss Valley bave beou sovorely scourged by tha grasshoppor thiy fall. Thero wilt bo a OREAT AMOUNT OF SUFFERING imonget our peoplethis wintor, unless eomelling ¥ doue by out friends in the Eagt in the way of tonding in food and clothing to the destitute, 3Jomo familics now Lavo enly tea made from tho xild-sago, and bread; whilo others Lave only soiled milk, to live on. Winter ia now upon ue, Wany wust porish witls cold aud Lungor, uulesy Jd reaches them soou, Our county (Rico) in situated 170 milos nouth- rest of Topeka, an tho lina of the Atchinson, Popeka & Banto Fo Railrond, It containg some~ iiing noar 2,600 inbabitunts,—all, or nearly all, settled horo sinco 1871, Almost all camo bero with linntod meauns, secking homes for thom. tolves and famiilos, and exhausted what little ihey Lind, the firat year, in buitding Lousos, and yroaking sod for their lrst crop, Everything was prosporiog fluely until the grusshoppors jame in myrinds, and, in less than thirty-six pours, tho corn-flolls of onr county were strip- od to the bure gtalk, Farmera stood appallod betoro the ternblo scourge. What it had takeu thom weary months of hard labor to perform meltod betore their eyes like dew bofora the norning sui. Wht they are to do, or how they wro to live turough the wintor, aal ONLY KNOWS, Thoy must have foroigu aid. Lhero is nothlng bere to subsiat upou. Wo elaim to be tio boggnars or paupers, It s by 'no fault of ours that we a1 Tendeyod desti- tata. Most of us are wold.ors of the lito War, thut never stuank from duty when our countiy was in danger, aud puriled our hives treoly tnat the country mirht hve, Aftor the War wan over, we came Weat to locate our Boldiors’ home~ stoady, that wo wight hve u qulob wud plouty THE, CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: the rest of our days, Tho grasshopper has do- slroyed everything wo have to live upon, WTARVATION BTARES UR and our httio ones lv the faco, Wil you hiclp na in this, our tour of persl? We mpposl to you —to the grest City of Chicugo—for aid, saud bavo Laith tuat ab will not be {n vain, Sawtox I, 0, Srunna. I, 8,—~Auy favora in the shape of food and clothing, directod to J, 1, Blubvas, Beorclary of the itice Conuty Buvsistonce Commitico, Peaco, tica Counity, Kan., will bo honestly distributed to the destitute, Al sent will bo shippod freo over most of tho hues, THE FRRI\I AND GARDEN, The Difference Retwveen Taking Al and Mividing — Bow Wo Earmers OficeeBoktiera~A New rd Lo the Paynront of Witness-Eees Domnnded — Golng to tho Conntry—iRoses and Shirubs in Do- Kotn—Conitry Schools—Earm Roolie lieeptng — Programme of the Stato Eorticuttnrnl Soviely—"T'he Weather. Fyom Our Agricultural Correspondent, CANPAION, TiL,, Nov, 96, 1876, Tho tarmer s preyed upon by a vagt army of animals, Inscots, fungl, aud parasitoa ; at loaat, Liis crops and his industry aro, Now that woare to have great roforms in our laws and the morals of oflico-holdors, wo wish to point out an old class of aMlico-uoldera sho are Qoing things on o now order, taldng from half to two-thirds of (heir old-timo “ frrogularitios.” Wao used to torm it stealing, bubt now wo ued o synony- mous term that is moros polite,—irregularity. Thia new systom that I am going to doscribo hing not como to tho public ear to any great ex- tent, though I have beou aware of the practico for nearly n year. I was made = viclim, in & small way, that vt drew my aitontion tolt, ond slnce then I have learncd that it oxtonds over many, if notall, the counties of tho State, It 8 what might bo called THF COUNTY-SEAT CONTIDENCE GAME, It ia mavaged in thin wise: ‘The Clorks, in- stosd of taking all tho wituess-foes, and costs of appeals from Justicos® Courts, that thoy could got, now divide and buy up these fees and coats, and tako a regular racoipt for them. Tho amount of wituosn-foen dus farmors for attending tho Circnit and County Courts is quito a large sum, aod, # paid them at tho timo, wonld po more tban pay their bonrd during the attendanco; but they aro obliged to pay this out of their own pockets, and await their chiance for tho fees whon collected, Wo will suppose that Farmer D has attended court Tour days, and has had to pay §1.50 a day for his board, and is outitled to §1in fees, Aftera year ho meets tho Clerk, aud inquires aa to his witness-fees. * Can't sav that they will ever be paid in; tho party is not of ho paying kind.” knys the Clerk, ** Butlio ls roputed to bo well able to pay, and it ia time the matler was closed up, I hear that tho whole thing has been paid up.” ¥ Well, I have uct seen the money; but I will buv your claim 1f you will take balt of ita face," replics the Olerk, Yo Graugor dooa not soe & good proapect befora im to got tho monoy, and signs o recoipt for the @1, taking 92, Meeting the attoruoy of the party who had the custs to pay, ho inquires in rerard to the matter. Tho roply ls, that **Costs aud all wero paid in full moro than eix monibs ago.” “That is stiange," muees Farmer D. *‘Tho Clork must bo mistaken, though he told me that Lo hod not soon the money, Doubtless It was pald over to his Doputy. 1 voted for that Clerk, aund now he pays mo for it in taking $2 out of the witnous-fdes that cost mo fonr days" valuablo time and &6 forboard." ** Why, that ia nothing," suys his ncigbor P, * Theso fellows have bocn In tho babit of taking the whole sum, and it s a step in the right direction that thoy aro uow willing to divide, It s our fault in not looking after our own rights, If we put a _ for of these fellowa through, wa shall wake them o hittle mora honest, Tho press is on our vide, and sl wo hinve to do is to ¢all publio attention w0 this malter, I was in —— County lasl weok, whero the son of tho Sheriff bos an ofiico for tho pmchass of fces, and ho does a good bnsiness, Mo took in the County Judge the uther day by the purchase of o cost bill of £10.25 tor 3, in & case that hed been epposlod, the costs of which bad been pald to {ho Circuit Clerk in full, The presumption is, that the Circuit Clork and tho Sheril’s son have un understanding, or tho latter could not be =o fully posted as regards who Lns witnoss-foos aud ©costs duo them, aud tho oxact amonnt.” ‘Lhe nmount that farmers pay in extra feos, aud that tuken fiom Lhom in tho way of withees- 1eos, has nmonnted to many thousands of dol- lars ununatly in nearly all the counties of tho Stato. Thore has been soma reform in the Cir- cuit and County Clocks' oflices, and the law is vory stringent ; and yet almost every case inves- tigated in'some of the countica has shown that oxtra feos buve boen collected, and some of the Clerks aro now being overhanled and made to diggoige, But this matter of witnoss-feos has uoibeon rovoked, and neods atteution. In all cascs litigants shoutd bo made to pay tho costs ot the time; faillng to do this, tho case ehoull etop, unless, for romoa good reason, the Judge ehould make un excoption where tho ends of justice would be de- foated. Ttisa groat hardebip for poor mon to Le compe lod to attend cours dn{ after day, in sowe frivolous esse, when botb plamtilf and do- fendaut aro no worih a ceot, and the wholo tro- cncdw;i based on potty spite, Wo farmors have to pay hieavy taxes to support {he Grund Jury, tha Btate's Attorney, and otber oflicers, in conso- quence of this lax law in regard to foes. -Leb the wau who desires to go to law pay tho costs ad the suik progrossos, taking hiy chauco to col- lect of his ndvorsary, This i3 s important a reform to the farwor as that of nuy other monopoly that is eating out his substauce, In our small counties tha cours ls In sossion at least forty days in & yoar, aud we may Luke ton a8 the aversgo ationdance of farmors per day as witnesses, who hava not the loast intereat in the cauey on trial, That would mako 400 days, at a cost of nol less than 600 to those parties, who do not get back, on the average, one-fomth of (ha focs due thew, aud which feos uro cither lost I& I{{npouuuluun litigants or pocketod by tha crli, Much bas beon eaid in rogard to_salary-grab- bing, the extortionato feos of middlemesn, and ovorcharges oy tho ratlvonds ; but our Gravgers liave soparently lost sight of the smull graboing and overcharges at our county-soats mu‘i’v In our Jaige towus; for some of ouv Justices of the Poace are not wholly free from the chargo of witnesu-foo grablivg, Now that we have n Legislature composed in & great measuro of busincsa-wen, it is proper to call their attontion to thisevil, that is conatantly abatracting from the timoe and money of thowo I“lm Iubor bard for & living and can il afford the ot In large counties, hundroda of farmers are dragged ta the county-seat aa witnessos, in the most busy sesson of the your, and these men must manago to pay their voard day atter dny, withiout hope of more then a trifla of pay in re- turn, fl'hetru zro aleo many cases of hardship growing outo OUR JUSTICER' COUNTS that noed attontion, I will poiut out a casa: A wau in the village agreed with Iarmor A todoa certain job that requited suitablo tools aud xomo #kilt, ali of which he claied to possoss ; but ke fulled in tho undestakieg, both for the want of proper tools nud the requisite skill. Tho job was a fuluro, and to the dumnage of Farnior A to the amount of sovaral days' bourd,—a damage, as proved, of §20, Tho rosult was, that Farmer A was suoid, nnd bad to dofend Lie osso, which reaultod in judgment against tho plaiutift for he plaiutiir had two witnesses and tho de- fendant three, Now, thone witnowses spent a duy oach, bad to pay haif u dollar each for tholr di- ner, and got notliing; for,in this caso, the plaintif {8 not supposed to bs nancinlly sound, I would enguent that tho law compel a doposit for ench witnee from the party dasling them, to the ond that witnenses aze not defrauded of their fees, citner by tho puries to the nit, or tho Justico. Lot thém bo paid, ¥ sntwmoned, whether thoy doardoyot testify, If this were a aule, thero would nat Lo any unnecessary witnosses, as, on an ayoiage, half of tho wituesses summoued uro nol sworn In the case, or know nothing of it, The result wonld bo a caroful scrutmy of Witnesde, wnd ho hopes of the shystor would —dle within himy for ihose follows mmnage In some wa: to get thalr feos, whother tho wilnossea do or vot, Not long since, I suw a caeo of iros- puss tried, In which tho Judgment was &1, and costs over €400, Te hud “stitred np tha bud olo- menta in s neighborhood for uver twu yearw, the result of which was, tho wihning patey had to loavo the nelghborhood, and the unfortunate do- fondunt was 00 puor Lo pay 1ho costy, aud yob the attorneys, or ruthor shyslors, an both sides, mansged o pat thoir feow, We should give ovary person #popdy snd chosp Justice, but lut iv ) = i bo paid for ot tho time, and nob drag in tho un- fortunato witness, aund ciempel him to Lears ebara of tho burden. A It s truo that theeo wrongs have boen cAnone ized by tine, yot that oy mob mado them lers wrong, The Grand Jur:, a! rehio of barbarism and of the Inqusition, costs us an immousa sum annually, and should bo caat ‘out of tho tax-lst, It fsan dagine, in thehandso? a dishonest Btata's Atio:nov, “for the_lavy ofblackmml. Lot tho Furwors' Olubs aud Grangen turn thelr attontion to theeo abusos, and demand n chiango, that, with. out infringing on tho righta of othora, will lesson thelr taxcs, and givo o highor moral tono tathioso inoftico. Our taxes hiavo boccino a burden for the farmer groater than wa can boar, aud thoy must in somo wav bo lossened, Tho Court-Touse rats have loft no stone utturriod that wontd yield atnx, If thoso ofiecrs cannot live on the legal fees of the officos, it I time ‘thoy reaigned and allosyed botter men to fill thel places, 00ING TO THE COUNTRY, Cuicaap, 1il, Nov, 10, 1574, Mn, “Roman'—Sm: T am o consant reader of Tute Tronune, snd witl great pleasurs read articles undor the bead of * Farmand Garden,” and have no- ticed thut you kindly anewer quications on farming and kindrsd subjects, I am a eurpantor by trade, with a family of wife and alx clidren,~two being boys, well grown, T find It very ' hard ol present fo ot work snougly to muintain my family, s trula is dull, "My Loy cunnot get stoady employment, sl ostn barely enough (fo _ clothe °thom, I own ‘a small louss wnd loff here, which I cau moll for $1,200, aud have tho ntentfon to sell it and go to 'furmiug, Wiat I ,want your advice on s, Would It bo safe fo Wuy an fmproved 40-nora farm, at $25 por acros, and pay balf casl, bal- unca in bwo yearss or rent p farm of 160 acres Aly wifa wanta me (0 frot & placa i Tiidnols, but T havea notion that T could purchase aciren of Jaml from the faflrand company in Iows, aud iaks ine o food Loms ina fow years, Would it Losafo! AsI kuow {hat I am not alone Inferested, an carly auawor through #Tho Farm aud Gerden ¥ will much. oblige, yours, P. 8,~T have lived and worked ©n a farm when a boy, and would like a fann-life, vl my family want ta leave liero, J, B, The best placa for yon to lotate is In somo woll-gottled part of "the country, whero you could ges work at your trade a part of tho time, and thon a 40-ncre farm would lio sufficient for tho present, A span of horses, harness, wagan, plow, barrow, cows, and otber tihings to enablo you to begin farmiog, wonld coist abouc §500 5 nud n good 40 acres of land, wiils » howss on i Just possible to liva in, woull cost at loast §2,600, ‘This, on caual timo, wo1ld absorb your 1,200, and_leave yon a debt of $1600 & year and intorert, If tho "boys sro dimposad fo work, thera wonld bo no trandto in rauking tho pav- ment. If vou take wild lsud, it would requiroe the wholo ‘of tho £1,200 to put it in shape for our family, and thon you wouXl hava no time 0 worit at yonr trado; and n fuluie of the fitst crop or s low prico would be your ruin, Lrom letters that I hava from tho Frnuhoppu roplon, the evidenco i vory stroia ¢ that o groat deal of mufloring would bave been exporlenced for the want of funds and tho want of omplov- mout in all that section had no '\ oppors sppoar- ed. 'The man with o large family and lmited capltal is batier off in an old-settied part of the country, as e can almost alw: ot omploy- wont at mors o lesn wago« s but, on the wild Iands, 18 often out of huawnity's veech, and must suffor, . Thers are many places at ther Sonth whers ohenp lands and plonty of Inbor invite meu of modorato means and industriorss habits, es- |vun‘i]nlly new places on tho line of; leadwg zail- ronda. : Young peopls may go Waest and brave the bardatups of plonoer life, but largies families are eater in old communitics, where th o advautages of education can be rea'ized, Torty-ncre farms, with housca on them, rro not plenty; but, in tha older-setilvd part of tio country, hiouses may bo ronted fora lime, and, o8 Wo nre not compolled to fent agaiust our neighbare’ stock, a 40-nero lot taleon out of a largo farm mav be put in orler fo+ farning at a roasouable cost. Such inud, woil focated, may bo had at €80 to 860 per acro, noar dopot, schiools, .and churches. Tho gront number of farms for snle coutain 160 acres, and thesa cost from $30 to %50 rer aore, 'I'ne better plan, perhaps, < would bo' to rent & {arm for & year or Lwo, aud Bwait & good oprortunity to purohase. Farms aro ususlly ranted before tho 184 of Februarve. Farms are oneraly rented for o pwtof the crop,—the land- fi)rd unuilly taking one-third of thu erov. Asa rule, this i8 tho be-t plan for both parties, In this pars of the State, corn i the main crap, to which is added oats, flax, and somettnios winter- wheat, Ono wan an:d toun can put in and oulti- vato 60 to 70 acros 1f tho season ‘is {avorable, Mauy tonmants lavo taken fums {he first” year st o reat of 14 to I6 bushelsy of corn to tho acro: bk, a8 tha cicp does not average motg than 20 bushels, they have mado a bad vargain, lo Douglas Coun I am told, tho avernge orop in mot lais than €0 bushels,—some fickls gaing 80 to €0 bushels,— two timoly showora wmaking tno dulfurouce in yleld botween the two counties, SHRUNNERY IN DAKOTA, CanroN, Dakala Ter., liov, 15, 1874, Mg, ¢ RURAL "—8in: My yose-bi 3, that have eon planted fhree yeara, Liuve uot blnomed as yet; aud a snowhall has not grown rors thaty 6 foches dur- ing that time, Wil my pronias Moot izt spring f T move aud reset thom this fall? Tha gronud has bren frozen about 4 luchea deep for the past throo weeks, Your rose-hnshes must Lo bent dawn and cov- erod with prairio-iny or straw, as-they caunot Fiear 80 long n porivd of froat aud cold wind. Do not take off thastraw too esrly. Tue suowkall may have some raason tocomplain. * I would ro- set It in tho spring, eive 1t good enlture dur- Ing the summer, mulel with a good reoat of ma- nuro, but-do not put auy in the soil at tho time of planting. Bome peovnle will pe:siiss in mixing mauure in the eoil in planting roses aud othor eliruba; but nothing i so dnmaging to them. Put the mannre on the noil, not into it, and grsdually mix it in nbove the rootd as it becomes drcomposed in tho form of hnmum, In the moantime, {ho raius will have leaccod out the plant-food, ond carried it to tho 1uotsof the ilants. ‘Tha peoning will not ‘bloom the follow- ing spring nftor hoing transplanted.’ 'Thers are few rores thn wili_bear tho Dakota swinter with- out protection. In wome winters, an ompty barrol tuimed over the plants will be 'anflicient’; but experience fs tho true guidoin this case, Ttig not uncommon to have what wo calt hardy Tune roses kitled hero fo severs nintors, (liongh the Red Boussatt, Michigan, Prairle Queori, Maiden’s RBiugh, and rosen of this clasy, appear hardy, The herbaceous plants, such as pennias and lilien, do well, and should bo libernliy planted, It is not probablo that Dakots w1l ba ai¥ig to arow any great amount of fruit, though tho Tarly Richmoud chorry, the plum, and oerns, shond bave & trial, Among tho small fraihs, the our- rant, gooseborry, Blackenp raspbercy, and tho atrawberry, will no doubt produce gond crops, A COUNTRY-BCHOOLS, Foup Counry, 11, Nov, 19, 181 30n, 4 RoTAL "SI0 ¢ Av you veers {0 L?.’:lu]l:h rhilosoplier on the affuirs of the farm, yon will pleaso 3y 8 word on farm educatlon, Yon ate awars fhat every four or flve feaions malntuin xhoolhouse, with two schoolermn of threa months In: the_year, Now, If it were luw to hiave each alternate nshoolliauso comsmence its torm the day the other lesyies off (the achool Lo e open to all coiners), tha majority of tho Loya could have a continous corrsa of Instruction, without adding furthor oxpense to onr ilready ore pourive system, Such nn arrangement, 1 Lnllave, would forju a kind of al\uallnflfln hotween itarma nigh and distant to the schoolhiouss, and ba of fiestimabla vatue to the rislug generation, You will kindly give tho aliove your coru {deration, and submit the same (o your farmer-frienci of Tuz WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Youirs, W R, J, I suppose that tho writer of the bove has rofarenco to the proper mansgement 0’ countr, schools ; and I suppose, further, that lio wunlx lave his childron nttend achool tha wholo vear, without intermission. Nothing, to niy miud, oould bo worsg, unless {t was no solisol at all, ‘The dilliculty is that our children attenql achool too continuously, esoecinlly In the citie:s and vil- lagos,—a practice that the country soiiools aro abnodouing, and now most of them bave a eum- moy, or. rather spring, term of throo ‘months, and & winter tewn of four mnthy,— giving tho child flvo months tcn labor, and " the learniug of what will mid him o afterlifo to win lis bread and ' buttor, ‘Ihe boy or girl who attenda school until 20 cll;l have but a superilcial ides of the busdiness of lifo, A faw Lookworms are woll enough fn their wav, but thera are few farmers who lziwve the meany to allow this continuous attentling of school a8 contemplutod by our correspondent, Nor it dosirablo, ducation in part is isbiained outside of ho school-rorm, Farmerase wd their boya to tho so-callod bumness-collegos, and, nn thoir raturn, domand s place for them :Ta somo Lusivess-houss at high wagos, and oy indig- nant whon told that the Loy 1 to learn ahout businoes, uu‘d, t-:" :zfif form to bumuoss-havits; and yel this in o truth, A pomson having eomiy expu- rienca may improve himeolf fu theso coligges in sotug of tho farmk of buainess aud of bot diteop- mg; but tho bust place to sndy is 10 tha busle nese-houso, And this leads mo to make a forw rowsrks iu regurd to . FARM BOOKKEEPING, which in no respect ditfers from that ot the business-houso, It in tho quantity, not the quality, that makes tho difforonco, = Forine for farmors' books, a3 mold in our bookntorihs, nre tho morest (rash, sud rendor o plaiu thing' com- plicatod, Dooskeeping 18 no mystory (6 the business-man, for 1t no piain “that all may tully cunderstand 1 and yor all arg noy equally good boolkeopors, as 1t roquires great care and & veady nnd corroch msnugome mt of fgures, Tyory Tarmor should keep Journa) aud a lodgor, and entor wli traneaction eli Lliem, tho Famo aa the morchant doow Iu bis, [le oan keop an accouut with any fluld, ax paréhsulax . bumness staled in an intolligible form, stop, or vullding thatie being erectod, as thoush it was an actual porson; ahd, ot the ool of the account, it 1a closer by the sum lotal polng to ‘*profit and loss,"—which sccount reprosouts $hio resulls of tho yoar's or mouth's busiuoss, Tue farmor mny keop o Iabor accouut, 8 family- expensp accottut, o farn-oxponse account, a building account, a garden acoount, an orchard "ccount, of an aocount with any speoinl dopurt. mant of his businass, Tho entrics i tho jourual aro mado daily, and postod to the ledger it ench intorvale as his thna will permit; and, at tho and of the year, ho may have the resalt IolI his o 1ad tho romark made to mo & thousand timen, “Wby, Mr. Rural, you kesp a regular sot. of morchunts’ books;" aud ofton coupled with the romark, that It must reqniro s groat doal of lu. bor. Nothalf ne much as to kuep my business on one of thomo printed hoadinga that are ealled farmers' bookkeeping. ‘I'hio farmer's boy neads ta be taught reading, writing, aritimetie, and grammar, ag indispansa- ble, 1ls reading-lorsons may bo largely on thona subjects that pertaln to his ealllng 5 and, ir his fathor ia wise, he will also nupuly bim with tho nowa of the day, Daxter's Sints’ Reat, the Pilgrim'a Progross, the Baok of Martyra, Clark’s Commantarles, and simitar works, aro valuablo 1 thojr way; and yet boys and girls do not take to them kindly. “They profor stories, sctence, travels, blo;:rn?hlcu clo., and, most of all, o Lively nowspapor, for that biings oyoryday life bolore them. ~'The common school is tho laco to obtain the elemouts of an cducation ; ut it muat Lo completed in tho sctive busincss of lifo. A learned Judge mado & re- marlk, 8 fow doys alnco, to tho offect that the reason of "o much finforiority amoug lawyers was, that they turned all the courts into ** moot-courts," and most noticenbloof thoso waa the Supremo Couct of this Stite, Fducation menny aomulmnfi moro than atteading school twelve months in tho year, As regards tho sizo of echool-districts, the mon!, of them aro too small ; that iy, thoy contain too small s number of nchoizrs. This schoo!-uistrict and tho ona routls of it have been uplted, aud a Intge Lrick echoolhouse erceted, A faw of the scholars have a long dmtance to wall; lut, whon thoy rosch tho schoolboneo, havo tis patlgfaction to know that they ava & comfortablo house, a good teacher, and Dlenty of ~ intellizent associates, Tho farmor's oy will bo interested in batany, ontomology, natural philosophy, or other sciences, all of which shonld hava o place I tha common selico), Not that the boy would have tha °J"’°'"'""§ thera to obiain a very scloutiflo education, but such Jittle Lelps would encourago and lead him on in the right divection, Our bost botanista and entomologists had litile morp than elemontal luatruction, and bavo mada out the rest from books, and from the study of the specimons that eamo within thoir ronch. ILLINOIS STATE NORTICULTORAL BUCIETY. The following is tho Frm:rnmmu of business for tho mooting of tho Illinots Stato Iosticul- wral Soclaty, at Poorin, 1ll, Dee. 8, 9, 10, and 11, 18743 RAILROAD ARZANGEMENTS, ‘The Clilengo & Aiton Rafiread, snd the Toledo, Pe- orla & Warsuw ltaflroad, will retiirn membora over the snme rauta traveied In golng to thio oicoting, at one- Ath fate, on presenting tho Secratary’s cartiticato to the Tivket-Agents, The Ro kford, Rock Irland & St, Louls Rallroad wiil return uombers by their previous route froe, who have paid one und one-fifth fars In going to tho ment. ing, on_prementation of Socretary’ certifieato fo the Condueter on tho train. Tho Tlitnois G-utral Ratlrosd Company will return mewmbera from El Pugo sud Gliman, st one-fth fuye, who pay full fara {n golug to tho maoting, : TURSDAT, DEC, §, A. AL, 1, Opening oxcretses, 2, *lteport of Secretary, O, B, Galurha, Normal, 3. Roport of Treasurer, Jonathun lluggins, Wood- urn, 4, Tutroductory remarks by tho Presidont, Robert Daiglas, Waukeon, 2 8, Lteurganization of the Socloty In aceordanco with Al nct 10 rearganizo tho Tiiinoly State Horsseulturul Socioty, upproved March 24, 1574, TUXIDAY, I, M. 1, Reorzanizatton concludéd, 2. Annual addreas by the Preddent, . 3. Bepors of Vice-Presldent for Firat Diskrict, 8, @, N eort of “ice-Prettent 1 . Heport of Vice-Prestdent for Socond Dilatrict, A, R. Wuituoy, Frauklin Geove, B, Meport of Vice-President’ for Third District, A, ©, Hamiuond, Warsaw, TULSDAY EVANING, 1, Appolnsment of Speciul Comnuiitees, 3. Report of Stauding Gommittes on Entomology, D, ‘B, Wier, Licon; IL, J, Dunlap, Champaign; d. it Mublowaus, Woodburn, U , Addresses on Entomology by Prof, O, ¥, Riles Stute Entomotughit of Mieeourh au Dr. Wos: LoDaros, State Entomolog'st of 1hinols, ; LR Lot ¥ KE:DAIIV Dro, 0, A M, , Roport of Vico-Prusidont for Fourth District, T, ©. Frunels, Springheld, ety L. 2, Roport of Vico-Prostdent for Fifth Distrlct, T, Filens ce""?"\‘i’ President for 5t . Ttoport of Vico-Presldent for 8lxth Diatric Sn‘mllnkgr, el ot 't , Report of Vico-Presidout for Soventh Dlat 3 AL i Tvicoub, Gabden, T WEDNESDAT, P, M, 3, Roport ot Standuig Colmiitéo on Ornumenta) aud "Tiwber Trees, 11, C, Graves, Sandwich; £. Duggy, Tuscaia J, 5, Taylor, Ceutralfa, Lotk 2, Report of Stinding Connitteo on Ornithology, L. K. Scofleld, Frooport; G, W, Minler, Mmlor; Mrs, D, Gow, Cobidon, 3, ‘Hoport vf 1ho Staniling Committes on Vineyara Culture, J:nca Crow, Crystal Luko: Dr, J, W. ok lowbush, Waraaw 3 . Iull, Alton, WRDNEADAY LVRNINQ, 1, Report of Standing Conpnitteo on_ Motcorology, Edward I, D:obe, Genova; Prof, J. B, Tuiner, Jack= sonvillo; W. C. Flagg, Molo, »3' x.Luclm ‘ou Meteovology by Prof. J, M, Tice, St uis, ‘TIHURSDAY, DEC. 10, A, af, 1. Eleetion of oilicera for 1377, 4. Location of hio next Annusl Meating, 4, Ttavort of Standing Commitice_on Urchard Cul- ture, D, W, Seolt, Galenus Tyra Montgowmery, Mat- toun'’s A, M. Brown, Villa Ridge, i dresmluadon bl diseussion of apples on exhibi- tlou, THUNSDAY, ¥, M, 1, Roports of Speclal Comultiees, 2, Roport of Stunding Commiltes on Utilizing Trults, Satitel Edwards, Princeton; B, L. T, Bourlaud, Peor riv; Dr, B, . Long, Alton, 3; teport of Simiding Committes on Ornamental and Lindseare Gardeutng, Dr. A, G, Humphrey, Galesburg: W. W. Olayton, Jacksouvitio ; J, C, Hug- gius, Woodburn, THURSDAY EVENING, 1, Roport of Stundiug Copunittea on Geology and goll, T, McWhorter, Aledo: Prof, D, O, Taft (u- gu\.hrm Univeraity), Obampaign; H, O, Freeman, abiden, 9, Koport of Blanding Committos on Florienlture, Mra, Ocar Taylor, Frooport : 3, O, MeLalu, Churles: ton§ dra, I\ R, Wright, Colden, 3. Loport of Blauding Commilteo on Botany snd Vegetabio Pliyslology, Mcs, P, V, Hatheway, Damscus 3 Prof, P, J, Burdl," Chumpalgn ; 3les, T, A, E, ol comb, Cobden, IRIDAY, DEC, 11, 4, af, 1. Roport of Standiug Committée on Vegotablo Gar- doning, E. C, Hathoway, Ottuwn ; A, L, Huy, Jackson. Villo: 0, T, Barler, Upper Adon, 2, Report of Bundiug Committes on Fruit Garden- Jug, or Berry Oulture, G, I, Rugg, Ottawa; D, F, Rico, Pullo ;" 11, J, Hyde, Guifrey, 3, Unfinisked sud deferred buainous, FIIDAY, 7, M, 1, Miscellnneonn bnsinces, 3, Funal rosolutions a0t raport will bo_Immediatoly follawed by a dlscus- sian of th sutjocts ombraced, ualess tha Sodiety ahall othiorwiss order, Tt will boeoon thnt the soveral railroads have shown s liberality toward this Bocloty worthy of all praise, aud yet it is ono that pava thom Inrgely in ioturn. ~ Tho Booretary writes that the prospeot of a Jargo attendsuce is very flattoring. TiE WEATIER 1a beginning to show siens of approaching win- tor, aud & heavy rainfall bas given the orchardist 10at comfort, a8 e bas loaraed to bis cost that fin bas much to feur from o dry soil in_wintor,— s much or more than in summer. Corn-huslk- ing ia pretey woll along, and the demand for furm-labor i about cloved for tho season, leav- ing au inunonse number of farm-hands out of oploy. Runar, WHAT THE CHIMINEY SANG. Over tha chimnoy the night-wind sang Aud chatted » melody 1o ouo knew ‘Aud the Woman stoppod, 54 licr Uabe ahe torse: ‘And hought of the ono she b long since lost, And suld, as lor tear-drope back she forced, 1 Litto tho wind fu tho chimuey,” Over tho climney the night-wind sang And chanted » meludy uo oue kue & Anil tho Children sald, ne thoy closer drow, WrTla momo witch that fs cleavivg the blsck night hroughi— "Tia a fujry trumpet that just theu blew, Aud we fear the wiud 1 the cilmnoy,™ Over the chimney ths night-wind sang Aud chanted & melody 1o one know § And the Mun, na e wit on his hoarth below, Bald to bimself, ** It will surely auow, Aud fuel 38 dear, and wages law, Aud I'll stop the loak I the chiliuney,” Over the chimney the night-wind aing And clunted o melody 1o o knows But the Poot listened und umilsd, for e Wu 3tan and Womun wud Chill=all thres, And wafd, # Tt §a Goil's own harmony, Thin wind we hear in the cuimuey,” —~Dred Lartesn Frank Lex.ic's Nlustrulted. —_— Depending on the Vintages dov, Dix, in his oxplanation of tue late rout of his paity, makos & very shtewd application of » Pronoh incidont, A luborer teimming grapes viues was nskod which of two candiuatoa would bo eleoted, *Well," roplied the wtorsouated, “ihat_aepends eutirely ou the viutuge, If that is gaod, tha Consorvative will bo olocted ; Lut It 1 Lo deficiout, you may bet all your mnnc{ that the waa opposed to the Guvermment will win" ‘Tho vintage bas beou s failura with us singa the fall of 1873, and the Governor's sppli- cation is obylous, . acquaintancon AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. I was geated with my fidond B— (o other nlgYiton tho back piazza of hia Louss fu Thirty- fouinth stroot, enjoying with zost the cool of tho ovotring, and on tho whole making it o tople for congiimaulation that wo wero back agam 1o town. Wa wero not unmindful, howevar, of tho enjoy- mont. of our summar waddorlogs, and wa ex- changed notes froelv on our varlous adveptures and ca:porloucen. In tho coures of our convere agtiom, 1 remarked upon soveral agreeablo which I had: mado, add- ing that thoe most lutimate frioudships of my lit's were tloso I had happened (o form while oo my tiavols. B— was ellont for o momertt, * On roffection,” ho sald, presently, “|L thirsk 1t bas Leen the samo with mo, In fact, this vorry summer I mado tho acquaintance of & most Macinating person I sball probably never eoo her-again, and I win half inchined to toll you about fta" I prossed my friend for the narrativo, and ho Hegan: “It wae a dolightfully cool afternoon abont the widdle of August that I hed acos. sion to run into Now York for twenly- four hcmrs, I hod beon ransacking the glorious forcsts of MNaino, and, coming from Portland to Doston, I bad rencled tho lattor place just: In time for the late Stonington train, Entering o enr, I ant down where I conld have, a8 I hopod, the whole seat to myaclt, lenving two soats 'vneant immeodiately behind me. I wan soarcely lotated when sn appetizing rustiing of aliks annquncod that theso last woro occupled. I managed the oxouse for turnjug my head, and discovered that o very distingue-looking lady, probably 80 yeass old, had takon postession, in company with a flne lad, not moto than 121 shonld eny, ovidently hor son. The mourning sult for tho boy &nd the exquismtelv fitting biack lombnzine traveling dress, trimmed with erapo, for the besmtiful mother, permitied but one ex- planation, te-wit : Showas o widow, More than that, she wni s young widow. Further, sho was roally vory bndeome, - Further still, she was in- dubitably” cbarming, I folt very morry she should have found tho antirs seat nnoccupiod. by which £ was provented offering her one by my sido. “'Tho trafa was nader way. Tappily for me, tho interesing stranger, though sho did not (hesven forbid) ~ speak In g lond voleo, euumetated ln exceodingly clear and rich fones, Ly which I wns ennbled (without any painetating (hat wonld partake of lintenll:{( or eavesdroppiug) to bear avory word eho enid; apdd L must confess tho talked almost inceanntly~«a trifling dinwback to my delicate appsecintion of ter, 8he anpeared to have & griovous tronblo which eat hoavyat hior heart, to-wit: What would become of dear Willie (hor bay) au reaclidug tho boac? L gatheted (rom bor ‘conversadlon that whilo sha had been able to seoura n teieroom in Bostou for hereolf, tho very laat are recerved cn tha books, it waa fm- orsiblo to obtain ancthor; and what would Willio do! Unconsciously I fonna mygolt in com- ploto svmpatkwy with the fascinating but unhap- py mother, and anxioualy wated further de- vetopmontd. Something spoedily occurred to quicken the interest Ialrendy cherisbed. The dust was posoming dlaaerceabls, and when she attempted to close the window, shs mot, ovidont- 1y, with an itapediment. It wan now my oppor- tumity, 1 ros with an air, and beggod permis- sion to undediake tho matter. Stsudiug in my own place, [had of coursato bend aver a gou deal, with both arms outstretchod. Tho window occupied the asido seat, and I was thus bronght very _closo % her. As soon s L satisfied mywolf (it tho window was under control, I affected n great to do about it. It neemed to ek vory tlzint, but T was datermined, At last Iioquosicd * Willie* to step out a_womont and I would meke‘shurt watk of it. This Lrought mo in hnmediato contact with my charmer. But I dared not prociastinate. Down camo the window with aelam, and 1 mado 8 ehow of lmeto in regnining mny eont and asllowing tho voungster to tegain his. Theroupon I was ovor- powered with thanks, which woe bestowed all the more gracinusly from {ho oxtraor- divary offorts I hind made, snd the prodigious strength I bafl exbitited. Wo were now on zood terms. Conversation heeamo oesy and un- constralned. My now ncquaintance resided Brooklyn—hero shio lieaved a sinh—sho once re- elded in New York, but—eircumstances had changed. “Yor the saka of hor doar hoy, har only child, she was willing to economize; sho did agonomizo, No ono but a mothor could under- atand a mother's heart—n mother's foelings; by which I was lal\ to the wretchoduess of inierring thnt glie though it was quito imposaiblo for ma, with my mmsoulinity, to kuow snything about tho o feelings. 5 +In tho midet of theso oxplanations, which to my delight bopun to askumie almost a coufiden- tial toue, tho tnain 1eached Its dostination, and tho passengers hurried on bonrd tho steamer. 1 asaistod the yemng widow wut. took possession of her travoling-bawz, gave wor my arn, and, with Willia at her 1de, wo proceoded to the uppet doekt. I procured tho Loy to hior staternom and olfarod my services to seo what I could do for the boy, who biyan to bo very muoh in tho way. Lt was quita a8 bis maamn bhad said; there was not another room to bo had, o I put Willie down_for n comfortable borth, and roported aceordingly, oncé mote receiving a profusion ot thanke i reture. We went in to supper tozeth. or, and my heart glowed with havpiodss whon I discovered thal the beautiful widow had no moak dglicacy ou fho wabject of my paying the bill. Shortly after, sko went with hor boy to ioapect the place wliere ho was to pass tho night. Thav wera gona gomo timo, and when they did return [ discovercd an extraotdinary ehango, The lad Lnd ovideutly beea weepiugs fu fact, hastill hald » banasomo white cambric pocket-bandkerehier to nis eyes. His mothot's faco wos sulfused: sho, too, occasonully used her hoadkerehicf. Positively, eho was tha imara of grief and despair, I at once assed thacauso of these unhapyy dem- onatrntions. *+Oh!' che excimed, *conld yon but soo the horrible epot wiera thoy wore goiug te put Wullo—such 8 wratched, dirty, dismal place | It just broke tha poor boy's heart. No, my dear, you shall |\Pl go thore, Here i sofn right ‘by meammo's statercom. You sball iio ou " “Tha factis T had sacurad my statoroom whan I purchaged niy tiosot, boforo leavinyg Boswon. If theio is auy one thing 1 rm spocislly averse to, it is the sharing a roam mith avother por- son. Up to wow, nownithstanding my sym. pathy in ber distross, I had res. olutely kept siicat through all tho talking on the train about goor Willis and how La was to sleep. Dut with tha griovod look aud un- lappy oxprossion of this lovely eroature heforo me, bow could I lopger refrain 7 * Come,’ Ieard, *Tean put an end to ths difleulty, Tho young gontloman can sbare my room, Don't sav a ward. Ha cau do so a8 well as not.’ The widow's swiles wore radiant through ber teara; Willio hunsalf looked up {rom his white cambric haud- korchief and seid, ¢ Toauk you, sir.’ 1 took him off directly and put him in the room, and Lur- rled back to recoivo fresh thanka from his nunma. #Ii was a lovely moonlight night, and I es- corted her to o seat on the promeuade-deck, and wok ono beside hor. My heart beat norvously when I found I lind ber all to myself. 1f Iover wag Iupp{la my hifo, it was on that eventful ovoning. I was uat at all surprized to ud tha Indy oxceedingly well-informed aud very agree- ablo in conversation, Tho absonco of Ler little boy (an 8hio called him) wado ber moro resorved (which I was pleasod to notico). Blio did not run on with the samo volubility, but rather wait- ad for mo to etart topics of conversation, which tont wn addiwcional charm, if that wero possi- Die, to bor prosence. Wo talked about overy- thing; upon overy subject sho soemed vqually at home. What dotightod mo most wos that sho did not voluutoer hor opinions or sentiments, but permitted mo to draw them out, exhibiung, a8 1 thought, more and mote of modosty and re- #oryo as We beeame better nequuintod. I dissov- orod, in the come of conversation, that sho hadtravelod, sud, as I mysolf am an old voyageur, wo fouud nu agreeablo snbjeot fn ‘taliing of places and fucldomts with which both wore familiar, Sho had been up tho Nilo; so haa L _ Bhio hind boan througlh tho Suoz Canal; 80 had I 8o had visited the Holy Land evon as 1 mysol! hnd done, Tudeod, ou com- pariug datos, wo discoverad that wo wora there 1ho ramo Identical senson, and the samo mounth. I oxclaimed, *Who knows but we encounterod oaoh other golug up the Mount of Olives!’ 41 am cortuin wo did wot,’ sho replied. * ¢ Tut why 7' I askad, 41 nm suro I should have recollacted you!' eho oxclamed, {mpulsively. ‘fhen, inatautly chacking hersoif, slio added, ' T havo an extraor- dinary facultv for rememboring taces, which at times 18 almost nlll)fl)’ill%' “Wans 1 mistakou? id {he moonlight de- celvome? I think not. Even now I feal confl- dout that T deteoted Dlushos ovor hior faco, and an aluoss imporcoptible confusion of manuocr as abo hastoned to mako this oxplanation, ''he subjoct was ehanged to bomo topics ; to matters ot sooloty, fasion § to s discussion of city lite and country bio. In all tho conversation, not oud word wan uttored by (bis eharmivg young woman about her irreparable loss, her lonely coudition, or hor altered circumstancos, Bho did notindulgs in thay tonching wmall talk which soue widows a0 profuscly employ to futerent SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1874--TWELVE PAGES, and ongrossan admirer. 1Ind It not boen for ber- volubllity in makin explanations of hor reasons for toufding in Brooldyn, I could not hayo brougnt myself to bolievo that sho was a widow nt all, 1lor provious maunor, I confoss, whon I thought of it, did grale n littlo on my [oeliugs, but ny perwonal vanity—and I don't deny havo my slaro—invented n polution 'This lovely youn) widow lind Laon—ahom [—tuitan with 1o at firal sight, and eho dotermined houorably, very hon- orably, to nx]plnln Lor own situation &t the outsot—brulalement, an the Irench #ny. Hlonco her hasto to make tho rovolation, In fine, I could now perceive plainly that her alm- 8t loquagious mauner was duo ontirely to Lior foalitii 1l at oaso in ny preseuce, and it was not tili wo bogau 10 be Lotter acquainted that el appearod hor true soll. Happy in this expla~ ontion, tho momeuts uped fast. As one by ono ultied tho dock with the advance of tho oveulug, ?obuurvcd 1y compauton glance thuidly around, and, whon the only remaiuving ludy \henlunn hor- acl?) lest, sho also rose, ina quiot, dignificd way, and'uaid iv was later than sbic inagined. I could offer no possiblo renson for detalniug bor. Icon. ductod her to tho door of her stateroom, and ventured to offer my haud as I wishod bor good-nigt, Bha took It with naturaluows, 1t thrilled mo to the hemt, *I ehull soe you In the morming,’ she Bnid, eweotly, *when you bring Wilile back to me.” ! Confound the boy,' I muttored to myself, as I burriod away, * X had toigotten all about L.’ Pl littlo tollow was pleaping soundly whon I entorod my stateroom. Ho bad taken the lower borth, which struck mo as an imoertout pro- ceoding, till I rollected ~that the boy might lave thought tho upper owe wag tho most dowrable. As I looked on his funocout faco as it lay upturned, Isaw tracos of resomblance to tho niotbor, and my heart softoned towards bim, Dosides, I was in an ocitalio state, nud felt friondly to the whola Luman race. I Jny swako moro than an hour. I will not undertulie to describo mv omotions or tho tumuitioua thoughts whick filled my breast, * My timo bag como,’ Lenid to wyself, ‘Afier ail these years without o hoart-intereut, livro I am, gono boyend reclaim! I will ondura no sus- penea; to-morrow shall decide my futol' Sol- aced by thls sosalution, I foll asloen. ** Whon I awoko, tho boat had already reached tho doals in Now Yok, aud was lying motionless. it was early, however, and 1 reuclved to keep quiet for hialf an bour aud enjoy my thoughts, which wero aweotonod by visiows of tho last ovouing's oxperiences. I was fn tho helght of ny onjoyment wlion my statorcom companion. whosa prisenco I had agaiv_quito lost sight of, emerged from hin borth, and procecded to droes himsolt, Although, as L have intuuntod, I could uot holp regarding tho boy iu the hght of o nui- eance, still, wo loug a8 Lo wus with me, Ifoltthore was a link betwaen her and my- solf. The ind mads his toilet earelully, which proved hum to hovo boon well nuriured, und it wag not till ho was ready to loavo the room that ho looked towards wy borth, Thou he turned, aund, parceiving I wus awake, ho emd ‘Good- morning, ¢ir! I hopo I have not disturbad you,' What malies you turn out so oarly ¢’ I askod. ‘I huve been awakae so lony, 1 got tired,’ ho said, ‘Itboughs I would goon deck, Wa shall see you, I Bnpposn, by-ana-by, sir? he added, modestly, as he wont out and cloged the door goutly belind_ him. I, could tske no rest after that, I tried, but I could not, For, had uot tho only cortnin seomity that I should see my charming friend again vanished through the cabin-door 7 Supposa she had alsn been wakeful, bad algo tlecn early, aud was bo- comiug impatiout ‘to leavo? Would sho wait formo ? Afterall, why should she wait, if sbo was quite ready to dopart 7 Was it not ovideuce of wy indiffeienca thag I was not up botimes, to bring Willio back to her, na sha Lad so prottily expeassad (47 Panilo wera alccady deosslug and ln.wm% tho Dboat. 1 could [iear thom, I spravg impationtly from my berth and put my hand usder wy pillow for my waton, that I might know tho exnct timo, My watch was not under my pillow, I thounght possibly it ha:l slipued jnto the bed. No. Than I foaked to tea if 1t ad not fallan thioughthe floor, It bhadnot. Ol T bod lett it in my pocket. I inspocted my vest, I found no watel, but I discovered that o fow dollars which wero thers woro gone. Nor- veusiy I uought my ecat, whera I carried a pock- ctbook, whioh on this occasion contaiued, bo- sides papors of impartance, about $3J0 in monov, und o pair of golituire dnmond esrrings whicls 1 wad Lriaging to tny sistor, and which had coat me £300 more. Thora was o pockotbook on the prennses, T uow beenme thoroughly roused. No won- der, you wlll rag. I oxaminéd tho blinds which 1 had carefully sccured tho vight beforo, Thoy were precisely &3 [ ioft them. I rocollectod dis- tly bolting as _well as lockiug tho door, In [, I always do it. Buddenly thae horrible iight #oizod me—Was l—ain I—could it bo i old t-avoler (sagacious after tho event) t it was ontirely possible ; in snort, that thero 1o dowbt abott 1t 1 dressed rapidly, pushed jothe ealoon, and proceedod to Btnlo-room Ouo of tho stowards was alroadv turn- ing it upeido down, * Where is the lady who vecupied thus room ?* T asced of tho stewardoss who etood by, *The lady, sir, left thoe boat sy £0on a3 it got in, more than an hour azn ?' * Aud tho boy#' ‘I dun’t know anytming about any boy, sir!’ *Idate say not.’ wad my replv. “ I went bnois, took my valiso, burrowed five contd of the flist gontlemin I encountorod (for the littlo scamp did not loave me a penny), aud rado up to my hotel. That 18 all [* 4 But roally, nor, do you feol quite suro it was the boy who robued you ?" *Do I feol quito ‘suro?—Bah!"—Rickard . Kimball in Frank Leshe's dllustraled News- pager. B WOMAN, A Louisville ghl, of rematkablo personal at- tractions, reconcty dastroyed the boauty of her face nith seid bocauas a youngor sistor had boen led astray through tho Hattorics and ationtions of wild young mon. ~—A Culiforma woman hns started six clothes- waaliog and rapniring ostablishments i various parts of tho Binto, and married six Chiug- mon to attond thom. Sho cirenlatds around. exercising & joneral suporvision, and is making money. —A young lady, writing to her swain, ia said to havo indited: “Dear ~—: Como sud see us soon. Wa have just got anew lamp that will turn down, down, down, and maka it doliciously dork, Your aftostionato —." —* How & wonan can resemblo’s symphony " is tha subject of a recent newspaper articlo, "I would soem funny if she couldo’t. Whon & woan really scta about it, she can resemblo al- most anything, from a catamonnt up to an ange) Hx potticonats,—Now York Commercial Adver- ser, —~Grenan Bay huabands will stand s preat deal of pecking as, and will even eulmt to be struck with 8 stove-les but when their wives ask 'om to get up at midnight and bring the clothea off the line, that's tuo much, and a fight cusucs.— Detroit Freo Press. ~—The man who Invents a succossful typo- sotting machine will amass untold riches, %ut it will bo an insignificant sum in comparison to the woalth that will aceruo to that - dlvidnal who dlscovers a mothod by which & baby may bo mude to consume its owi ery. ~—Tho Russian mothur-in-law wan on hand whon tho dear boby was_boin, Ldinburg was sont on all doita of errands, and was as ducilo as alamb, e want for Victoria, carried the crib up atairs, brought up a tray of toa things, and wmada bimuolf useful in many ways. Aud thien he way sont out of tho room, and” Mra., Etiuburg aud her ma lad tho usual “talk” Edinburg lhingeroed voar the door until he heard lns wife's mother aay: ** Out ull night "—*T'ho villain "— “0ob, if 1'd known of this"—%"Llo rufllan!” And then ho loft, —A cago of extrome hardship lately overtook an Indinnapolis man, Ilo hatd achieved in tho short hifo of 80 years fivé divorces, and the alxth wag pending whou sickness put him on bLis douth-bod. Lo beur that man's prayors for lifo to linger till tho sixth decroe could” be outerod was trily heart-rending, Bix divorces ad been tho limit of bis ambition,—tho ain of his life; but the foll dostroyor lamiented not: that IToosier died marriod, and 'was compelled to knock at the pcn{ly gatos with ouly five divorcos for hus pass- port, ~—Toung man, you feol & suporiority to tho whole human race a8 you stand at tho altar with your fuir young bride. You would not clisnge Dluces with the Presidont. Yot a fowshort yonrs, a fow whiskinga of Lroom-handles, o uniimely #toppago 0+ two of wafted flat-Irons, and your woary body will vost wuder tho awaying wil- low, whilo ‘some young gallant will bring your luto afilicted partnor out to the cematory on caln Jabbath ovenivgs aud whisper lovo in hor car, ag togother they strow peahut-sholls over your grave, ** Ol why should the spirit of mortsl bo proud * —A boautiful woman of socloty, 8 momber of a distinguisbed fawily, died vory suddonly of Iato i Pavtw, After a littlo whilo it was knnwn tha sho hud boen sctackod with variolold, and, imaglulng it to bo tho swall-pox, sho had de- stroyud hiorsolf, Bha loft a littla noto, which may thus bo translated: “1 have mnot tho stiength to live without love, which dopends on loveliness, I canuot bo Jovely attor having the swell-pox, and 1 profer donth to hidcousnoss. I nsk my busbond's forgivences, 1 am sure ho would 1ather ba tho widowerof a handsome woman than the husband of a fright., You who love ma, pray for aud pardon me,” ~—Jounfe Jine got & hat that turned up on one sido nud bier husbaud eritiowod 6 8o noveroly e—— ] that aho wora Lier old bounet whon she wont ta 8O0 tho *' Sphiax,” aud lol {t waw the only ong thoro, Evor,vbmiv had on a now hat, and every one had it trirned up high on the suto. Suid heil husband, ** Good heavens! havo all the.womer, goue ainzy ?" Y You," rophiod sho, tookly “and why cau't I goocrazy, too 2" * My dear,!’ said ho, * you may 4 it would ba ridiculoud W bo tho onlv ronsibla woman in tho world."— Commonwealth, —Now lot all Iadion of a certain nga talt honrt, or at loast tako A pawsing intevost in g tablo racently vrinted In England to show the rolatious botwoen matrimony sud age. Eve womnan bns.somo ehance of heing marriod § i may bo oue cliangs to filty against it, or it may be ton to one that sho will marry. But whatevat that ig, roprosenting her cutira chanco st 100, her particulnr chauca at coitaln dotiued pointa ot het progress [u tima fa found to boin the following ratios: Whon botweon 16 and 20 veart sho had 43¢ por cont of her wholo probe ability ¢ whot bouweon 20 and %45 ahio has b2 pot cont 3 betwoon 26 and 80, 18 por cont, After 80 ‘y,earu ulio Ling lost 8414 por cent of hLer chanco, ut until 85 sbo hns atill 644 por_cont. Detweon 85 and 40 it ia 83¢ ver cent aud for each euoce deading flve yenrs is respootively 3, 114, 3¢, and X por cout, " Any timo afcor 60 {t I one-ton*h of 1 bor cont, or onp-thousandth of bier chancs of & chanco, 1f thia damonstratos auytbing, it is thnt #hile thera ia hifo thora is hopo, and thero is na telling tha minuto that evon Miss Authony may t‘!’gunwrnnm of orungo-bloasoms, So wmote if e TR S S A SENATORIAL MILL, Conkiing nna Chandlor — How the Michigander Paia O« nn ©id Score ~Mr, Boward, of Michignn, Sends Coniling to Grass, Waskington Correspondence aof the Pitteburg Loader, Ido not caro to eay that Chandlor drinks tg excess ;- ho might arrest ma for orlminal libely but I think I may venturo with impunity to the statoment tbnt ho 1a not x wtrictly temporance man, and thot afler dinnor ho inclines to bes como oxcossivoly garrulous, A triend roporta wo o ramplo of Chaudlor's sylo, as followa 1 Chandlor loves to honat of his ntrennth. Upon thia partioular oceasion he ralsod hiw arm ovar the table. *8oe my mnsolo,” aaid ho; 1 can lick any man of wmy #1zo anywhore, it Teman old man § that {s becauso I am #oiencad in tho businoss. Bui I wou't, lick & man usloas ho 1y ngontlersan, Now, whon o mna tells damlise about ma, my way is to go and lick bim, if Lo s a pontioman. Now, look nt Don i'ott Emnxt)- Yo tells more dumilso atout me, and [ would kel bim, but Don Pott is uo gentieman. Gaorge Townsond T was golug to licu oncs for telling n domlis about me, and Lhuntod for him ovor a woek, but bo- foro I found him I loatned that bo was no gon= ueéu:m,d ?u\l 80 h'n: fi‘d;bm“ mvm!i" anndler's groat Lobby 18 bis alkill as s pugile ist. Roscoo Conleiing is nlso a gront unxnr!’ %Iu bos o privato gvmnasinm in his residonco at Washington, where, afier dinmor, ho inviten such of hs friends o aro gvmnos:icaliy luclinod for o Friendly little bout with thoe gloves. Couk- ling 18 & very guod amatour boxor, aud, ns ko is a vory largo, powerful man, ho generally bow it lus own way with tho guests who are buld onougn to put tho gloves on with bim. Fox somo time it was an opeu dispute botwoen Clndler aud Coukling which wua tho botter Loxor of tho two, Chandlor would, after every dinner pm-t{‘ of which ho was a member, ealiniy assort tuat ho could lick any man of bLis weight in thn United States, Ono day last winter Chandler dwed with Conkling, and the latter in~ voigled the great war Soontor into tho private gywmnasium, Tho gloves ware dooned aud the two doughly ehampions began to muko graceful Senatoriel passes toward ous another according to tho most approved rules of tho P, R. The bout, howaver, was of very short duration, Chandler suddenly recoiven o blow betweon the oyes, which cansed the hugo Senatorial form u? &0 over buckward ; ia trusty logs faled him] and then be kat down #o hnrd that toars cama out of bis oyca. It took four mon to get the| war Senator upon his logs, but hie throw up th 8PODRa At ones, withont any farthor offort \ pouish Qonkling, Tho ouly remark ba was heard to mako was, * Damsirango! " aud * I’} 2x_him, yot.” \ Conkling and Chandler were much togethory in n gocial wav, and it was not long after the abovo oceurronce when Chandler recolved ans othier fnvitation to como up to his Louse aud spread his legs under Cousling's social bosrd: Chandler sont back word that ho regrotted very much his luability to bo prosent, but ha bad ot Lis boaso o gueet, o valued constituout from Micbigna, and ho could not leave him. Conk- ling sent back word, **Being your friond along.? With this form of invitation Chandler consonted to como un. Ile biought his friend with Lim} and jutroduced him as Mr, Howard, of Detroit, Micn. Iloward was o sad-syed man of difiideus manuors, who contented himsel? with paving = very closo attontion to tho theates of tho bill of fare, ratber than to join in the goseral con- versation at the dinuer-table, Conkling waa in groat gloo durivg the dinner. Ifa told uye, und over again tbe story of Coandler's dis« comfiture, and never sremod to tire of asling him what ho thought of his ability to lick an man fn the United States. Chandlor took al thoso romarks 1t an absont-minded way, a8 if, suddenly, ho had boon lifted abovo any euch acty smbiiion of copeidoning himsel! a flue a.he lcte, Aftor dinnor, Conkling led his guests inta tho gymaaeium for o goneral smoko and ohat. “Como,” sud ko, ploasantly, to Chnudlur‘ “'dou’t you want another bout with tho glovea # and then Conkling laugned again in kis most cheorful, turkey-gobbler style, sshe putoo @ pair of gloves, *No, I dow’t want to box," said Chandlor; “but perbaps my friond here would cousent ta amuso you.” Turving to dr, Doward, Chandlor remar “*You box, do you not 7" Afr. Howard still looked sad-oyed and abaente minded. o did once know somotlung about it, but 1t was such » long time ago, * Como, come," smd Conkling, * lot us have & friendly bout. I won't hurt you.” Evidently tho gieat Now York Sonator was goiug to knock some one down. The szd-oyed Mr. iToward, ovidontly flattored al tho pros peat of being knocked down by eo distinguished a maw, bogan slowly to put on a pair of gloves. As ho was drawing on the gloves, Chandler was observed to watk down alitalo to tho backs ground. A contented look was on lus face, and avaxg now and then ho would raise his hpgo right foot under his voluminons coat-tal!, and give himaolf a cougratulatory kick, oxpressive of rapture, T'te sad-oyed man now came_forward, and the round bogan, Cunkhing was for proccediug at ouco to knock bis opponent down, and_be would have done o bad he not found great diftoulty in gottwg anvihora near tho sad-eyed man, The alfair culminated by the sad-eyed man's suddenly rushing forward and landing & thundorbolt of a fist betwoon Conkiiug's oyes. 'fho Senator wont over lie a groat trao, aud rolled into the corner of tho room, wheroe he iay for 8 moment stunned by tuo concussion, Ilo was heard to say aftere wards that lio thought s houso had fallea on him. . . Conkling had enough of boxing foronco, Choudlor made soveral pleasnnl little 1omarks about the skill of his friond Conkling, which were not recoived o tho most choerful way. Judgo of Conkiing's foolinga the next dny when tie Joarnod that Chandler bad played & joke upon bun by giving Mr, Howard 8100 to como up and bounce Conkling, Tha Mr. Howard, of Datroit, Mich., wa# none other than the notorious pugi iat, Jem Blaco. —————— IN A CHURCHYARR. The louesome wind of auturan grie "Tuo northern Hgits are seen Y October sliads hior changing leaven Tpon the elurchyard groon, Whore, siltiug penaiva In the sun, Wirlly fading grassca wave, 1 wately tho crickets leap and zun Upon strunges’s grave, “Theve i# o sigh of Auttoring I No wob of risting grams © ik Tho breezes o'er 1. 3 place of griaf 1n breathloss whispers pass § A Ve, Iike & inurmur 1o a droam, Y Purls an thet iusect volcum That vacant tono which doca not sesem To mourn or {0 rejolca, A tone that hath nosoothin, A tono that notlin, ullll.' i A touo that'a liko this nolemn place Of mawmory, tuars, and deatli— t durkens hopo, it deepeus gloom, B aoks fear, and doubt profound’y Turulug tho slienca of {lo tamb 0 werd mystorious sound, ‘There's night upon the face of Famey Luera™ night ou beauty's ayeus Nor puro renown nor glovious shame From out thelr ashios rlue, Tu vuln tho surines of prayer are trody TINUK] mul{d unr‘lgllunw biresthe 1o thought that fowers upou this s Tug seoret uid baneath, o4 A, steangoly sad, forlorn, ana dreay ‘Clis nuneless WEangora aloop— 0'or whioh the slowly-dying year 18 ull that soouw to weop Qo ety Lim, i the bitter sy HHis heurt, Lis roason vave | Whto bears o crivkals chiry, st play Upon his dariing’s grave | ~Witians Winter'in £1¢ Galazy for December, ——— ~A young lady of Bedgwiok O advortigos that uh}; will g!‘vuwwog “r:?‘nr(:g:!u.& gl&n who will love her in's kind and gentle man«