Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1874, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE A MIRACULOUS CUR Aswe stenmed out of sight of tho landing T yatched Ralph narrowly to soe it the familine andmarks ubmanned him or brought back tha »1d frremediablo troubla, X masglad to tind that ho woro tho nsual alr of coldnors and roticence that noemed o have yuits takon the place of the old reeklersness and hiopuise. Llie oyss wero sortainly fixed with anuennl interest upon tho sloping shoros of tho poninsuia; and when a it~ ilo flshing-boab dropped her sall in ono of tho snug littls coses noar by, and nboalman etop- plug out disclosed the form of n woman sud that of & Jittlo cbild elinging to her germenta, Ralph tnrnod away, & frown conirncted bis forehend, and bo put his linua to hia head 28 1f to arrest & gharp romembraneo thore, But Tl waa himaolf again prosently, wnd bogon to contrant our glori- ous barbor with that of Noples. o van xo- mluded of an amusing incident that ocourred during our rojoutn thero, and, a8 il low, somo- \whnt musical laugh fell upon tho ovening afr, I o't kuow what forco impelled mo to turn 1wy head and look at n womnn standiog at the furthesy end of the dock. Sho wan leaning sgalust ono of the plllats of the boat, the folds of hor drogn blown about it by he aeaswind, nod Lor long, slondory uneioved fingess reating csrcaslngly upon tho shouldora of a child by hes sida. Hor faco was palo, oven palor than of olit. &ho apprared not Lo seo ma ; ber gront Juminous oyes saoumod conscious of bk tho ono objeot hut thay foll noon Talph with 5 gazo magiotio onongh to lift tim from tho camp-stool and im to hor sido. fl'%“;'h‘lxtnmt\ involuatary ehudder T ghifted my tnco to ona that mado a barrior botwoen nmm‘;) Tt %o powar of hor glanca was potent onony to render Litn lrosdy Huonsy. Tho light gradu- nlly faded from hiscyes; !li!ll\lghlerl“od WY 3 « malancholy Hottled on his faco lko that of the Harluons on tho recoding shoros. ) W Como Malpty,” T eaid, wlot's go holow a bit, ik e o louuga in the ‘eabin; tho ovenivg air batl."” : o F‘ll Ltleve it muet bo,” ho replied, *for I feol asor ol browbling eonsation about me. Dy Tionven ¢ tan't achilll It would be wonderful —now, wanlduw't 1t Harry 2—if, aftor nscn{finu oo Miagoea in Syria and tho choler in Russin, T e Tdtiail n victim to an Amorican specialty, ue. i l?;"é:)‘!’i thing in tha world for that,” T eaid, earis Rouping my position In front of him, i 2 yrood dous of brandy and popher. Lob's go be- t it 5 ow ?‘l‘g\fl’v You'vo got n toreh of it, too" ho wnid, a8 wo roached tho stnirs. You'vo cithor e a nallalsreon sinca I ust Jookod b you, it the refieotion of & dismal fancy, ‘Quen reaching tho comfortable region bolow the deck, the plow from the furunos bl hedding & Sort of hent over tho place, and tho wurn color- ing in the farnituro shulting ont tho cold light »f tho dying day ug-staird, tho stroog doso of hrandy dispelliug Wil fear of minsma, Ralph and T dispoeod of oursolvedm coulo of arm-chnirs 1o thin cabin, and rosolved to remain thoro for o rest of the trip, [lo closed i oyes, and I thought ho fell asloop; ‘but, ay for me, I nover 5on maro wida awako in my life. hnt wonderrul dentiny browght thnt woman horo ot this moment 7 80 many vears lad gono by withoni s word of communication balieou them, I hogan fo hopo hat tho gap would nover bo filled up, in this world ot least, T tho other world theromight gomothing, per- tsaps, bo doua for 4o elrngghing, holpless soula; ok Bora, hommed du by eircnmaiances unrelont- ing and evon blameless, thiore was uok oyen room far compleint. ¢ was nak tho faultof Ralph that holovod Ler. 1 don't beliovo he kaow it himselt till it was too lato, When we came down oro long ngo for that cmmor-vacation, Heaven Lkuows {ho placo had fharma cvough to allure ua. The hrond wators of the by were filled with game for our piscato- iat faney 3 tho beautiful grauping of tho clouds, {ho filtering of sunghine down through tho leaves af wonds, then uatouched by the epoilor, tho flonAloss, heaven-bright daya of n Aummer on the wave, wera (illed with food for our yearning for tha boantifal. 1€ wo had only naver met Capt. Jack! Vet Caph. Jnck alone would linve been an un- adulieratad element of joy. Tlowas ag clover, Tonext, ana sonial s fotioss 08 aver went in pur- suit of ovsters in theso waters ov thase of Vir- pinin, His fishing-smack might woll heve boen falled © ynoht, it woa o handome and complete. Thut, besg the sout of hospitality, und generouk to & fault, ho would insist upon our shoring his honke snd home, and secing his wife Mury. v I you call the scow handsome, T dow't know TURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1874--TWELVE PAGES, dors of hor child and unconsolonsly extended thomuelyes to him, Y g8, yon,” ho orled, * olt, como tomol" 1lo drow ber'to his Illdn.'lm'mlr‘nfi hor with bis eyos, wwhilo hor own teil—foll, flled with toars, undor his burning gaze. At that mament thoro wns o ory of torror, o rush forward—too fate, Tho ohifld, who lad climbad unnaticod upon the tafirall of tho bunt, fell overboard into tho darkoning water. May strogglod from ho armd of lh\l“\l\. und would Liwve throws horsall alter tho child, bub I Swsght her und hold hor tight, whils' Ralph Plusiged aflar tho boy. TTundeeds of pooplo 1ushad to reo; tha traln atopped o tho bridgo ; a eort of paralysls foll upon_ all, axcept onn littlo flening-boat ; that aite, impollod by powerful strokes, wont aftor the swimmer and tho chitd, 1co, whon the litlo hoad—ol, how littlo it Joolted i1pon tho bl aurging wavo 1—went uodor, tho hands of tho boatmat soemnd atiff with tor- yor 3 o broathleay second of dospair followad ¢ Bt Ralph vas tamous af swimming, snduow his aoul was fu it Ou b went, choorad by tho mul- titudo. Now tho littia head was soen agnin, tho long curln of rollow halr drifting upon tho cold greon wave, Tho tide ssvent tho light weight of tito child to tho bridgo ; aud, juat an it was aink- ing again, Mnlph grasped tho littlo swaif, and went undor with {6 himsalf, Faintlog and ox- nsusted, battling, ail clothed as ho was, with tho clioking wavo, e gavo way at leat, and . hugo groan burst from {ho people, But the boatman ‘was not closn at hand, aud, droppivg his _onrs, sprang into this gull of blacknoss that soomed ready to dovour them all, Thit I saw the hoatman'a faco an It wont down, nud ool heart of grace. 1 wann's n bit sur- Krlsnd when lio camo np with them hoth, sud onted them with one wrm ta the Loak, whiis 4with the othior ho oleaved tho watarathat Reomad nat to bindor, even to ald, thoir old comrade. As tha littlo boat with ita drippiog cargo camo atright to our stoamer, 80mo of the wonon #ob= bed and others Inughed with hysterie jor, whilo many a atrong mau could rearcoly koop back tho tonrs.. Ono emotiounl fellow near by proposed, a8 vent to his foolings, that o pirso ehould bo raized for Lo boatman, what yowll eay to hor!" ho chucklod, with in- finite dolight,abd pride. Wa e2id nothing. How ho got her, and where, was uecless to pek ; but lind he plunged to the aatnor deop and fished up & mormaid, tho most beautiful iu that watory kingdomn, hind lis mount- od in & balloon to tho stars” and picked her off frem ono of thoro bits of firo, had ho ransacked the ctements themeelves for o prodigy of hesuty and groro, e could not. have gouo bosond littl May. Jack abways callod her Mary. hut Ralph snid sho must ba called Mav, hocause sbo way 1li0 cmbodiment of spring, of all that was fresh, aud bright, and beantiful, "1 told $au o " anid Capt. Jack, winking acd nodding with all his migbt. ‘Thio poor fellow seemed Lienrtily to anjoy the inwmago wo paid to bis wite and child,—for thero wan g buby in tho bontman's home, & yotlow- haired, bluo-oved infant, somo_such child a8 Tould dalight the ovo eud heart of a painter. Tulph, uuconsciously esough, foll into a hahit of lounging awey the lest park of hia timo in the Touee by tho whora, At almost any bour ju the Jay ono might liear his plessant voico rending hiitn of poelry to Mav, or caroling oub Anatclies f song to tho child. After o time Rl this ¢hanged; ho grow raoody and rostlons; a ehadow felt on £hio young woman's faco; and Capt. Jack woritd insist upon my going off with him for Tonrs togethor,—fishiug, ovetoring, up to tho purket, ewywhere and ovorywhere, vo thaf it Dna ont In tho open air or on tho free glad wa- torn of tho bay. % 'Henvon kuows I tried to stay at homo with them, but Capt. Jack would have ma go. I way ~feaidl to opouly Tobal, hocauso—well, becmuo I 7 not caro to breod & dovil in tnl dormunt but woywerful brain. Tins T wa ted, rendered helpteas by the hon-, eaty und copfidone of Jack, tho iumoceuco of -y, and the wugavorusblo passion of Rolph, became u vietim to all thevo terriblo agoncics for avil, without being ablo to think of's plan for ~meliorating thom, N Suddenly, and withont ony provious warning, tha kuot in thia langle beeswo nnraveled, Thero wna ool one way ous of this whirlpool, and Blph wproposed it himsolf. - Tlo camo to mo ono night, prle as a spectre, and enid, iu p hoarso whispor, that wo munt go 1t doybreniz, (302" Luaid. “ Go whera—~to tho city 2" “To Ufie city—the dovil—to tha farthost ends of the eorth1” Lo oried, raisiog Mis bhands ina £pasm of agony. 1 enfd no wore, but packod our. portmantoans and got to bed, while poor Nalph walked tho Toor tilt morning, With tho firat bnao of tho sun came tho ery of e baby in tho rdjoiniug roow, aud Ralph camo ver Lo tho bed. “I¢ it lindw's hoon for tho child—" bo suid, wd lmnsod. “\Well, thinnk God, then, forthe child, Ralply,” Tenid, * Yowll say'so yourself sone dny." Wo wore kbourd “a_slnamior tho uost weok, bound for Bpunish Main, Irom thenco wo sot snil for Egypes and heaven knows whero the Yoatless ponl of my comiudy bad not druwn me. At 1ast ho came to me himmolf. * ' homosick, Hal" ho sud, “Yot's got buck to Americn.” Ttgolens to dexcunt upon my rapturo, 1 wan {ho most disgusted and worn-ont pilgeim that ¢ha world had over scou, There ware na perild for us by lund or eea till we ronched tho Kill von Kull” To got to the dwar old mansion whero abodo tho dearest old Quakor lady that over wus moved by tho uplilt o hnvo such & fon 8 Taiph, we had to takie tho Tivar-bont. Apdnow tho nun wud solting over tho familiar bills, the waters of thabay altaglow, 1Worl reason Lo Mope that in s hour’ wo vould g uafe, Tt fust thon Ratph stavted to s foot. I lhad Toput ho wes usleep: but thera was & slumber- Sy Mgt in i oo thal told of hrooding aud div- eontont. ' Come,” ho eaid; *bofora the light dien quits oway I must liave ono look b the ore.” SO, Torled, oWkl £ ask it of youl" Taup ho was hidf-way wp the teirs—not the pteivs wo had deecendad; tho others, tho onci fhat led to May and the eluld, It was destiny. They etood by the pillar Iu almoat tha vume utti~ uda ay whon I fust saw (ko alph, in mounting the last atep, {umbled for~ ward, *1 beg pardan," ho said; and then yemuined, with month agupo aund slaring eyes, looklug ot the womun sud tho child, 'Hho said not n word, 1t will bo yomembored {hizt sho bad seon him before, o staggered forward, “IMay" ho sald-—- o why, Muy?" thon put hiu hand to his head in pamidermont, Bhe still remuined npecchlons: b hor lips trawmbled, hor handa loft the ehouls 4T §b hodn't been for him, the fathor and child wonld both linye gono under,” 1o fald, ear- rying lis hint around. When thoy cama to mo for a contribution I ro- tased, In the firat placo, tho way to my pockoy was obstrutctod by tho fainting form of Moy, and, besides, It waa ridiculos, *Yowd bolter givo tha monoy back ngain, now that you fecl calingr,” I enid to tho emotional chnp, * It don't look woll to oy for snv- ing his own child. Bosides ho don't want nny monoy s ho's rieh." . “But wo moan tho boatman.” “8odo 1" *Who in thundor ts the athier follow, than, that jumpod off the beat horo 7 v A possonger, (hat's all. Why, its nothing. You, o I, o anybody would hnve done tho samo lhiuf it we'd thonght of it quick enough.” “Hum!" waa tho skoptical remack of this cbap, walking off with o hatful of monoy. Half an honr afterward the littlo Ind was cud- died closo to his mother's heart ; Ralph w lving back among the cushious in (he cabl Capt. Jack was'cioso at havd, bursting )l tho buttous oft nu ovareoat that tho omational fel- Tow hnd insisted wpon his sccopting nsa mark of bia estecw, and looking &t May and tho child with oll Iiid honest aoul I hin ayes. “ Gracious Godl” lo snid, woing oyor to Ralph, * suppose you hadn't boon nboard I" * Aund supposio vou hadn't been out with the ‘boat 7" suid Halph. ““Bupposo we lookabove for asolution to thoso things.” T said, Wo slopt that night at our old quartors at Qant. Jnek'a ouso on tho sliore. AL sunriso tho little chap wan ot hig old triclk again, aud, criod out frow his sleap iu the adjoining room, Ralph graspod my wrm, * Thawlc God,” ho said— *thank Gad for the child. 1 told you so thrao yoars ago," I rojoiuod, # I'ny cuted now, Hal,” said Ralph, * for onco and all.” *Yoit onght to bo, Ralph: it taok miraclo to do it."—ZHarper's Weekly. THE FARM AND GARDEN. Faflure of the Grange Purchasing Agentn—Sugrestionn in Itexard to Witnesy and Other Fees—Giung and Sullcy Plows—Five Apples for a Large Orchusd—Clantiug of Gooscs Borry=se r into the Conutry ~Xho W . I'rom Our Agrienitural Correapondent. OHAdEAIGY, 11k, Dec, 10, 184, GNANGE PURCUASING AGENTS, ‘Thero hins buen an immenso cackling In regard to this dopartment of the Grango ; but, after tho o was laid, it hau proved addled,—at lenst so {far a9 thin Binte1s interosted. ‘Mho County Pur- elasing Agonts mot 1 ansual conclays st Galos- burg, Nov. 10, tho ropart of which ia just pub- lighed in tuo “organg,” which profoss to lake great satisfaction in tho result,—not so much for what hny heen dono a8 what is in tho fiture. Tu thew tho bumy of Liopo s large; for fuss now ix the time for tho Patrons to come forward aud subreribo liberally to the * organu." Whatever tho Grangers may havo done, wise and otherwise, this matler of sotting nside tho middlemon, and purchasing through Caunty and Stato Grongo Agonts, line proved r mast slupon- dous failure, and the end of the wholo thing mugt soon Lo reached. Lho result of the meet- ing was, twenty-throo connties woro represonted, with tho showing that Chumpaign County had ono ptaro with s *‘canb capital of £4,000, and is doing nu enconraging buviness. McLesn County has recontly opened n samplo-room. Knox County has a samplo-room and store, whore they Xeep & genersl nssortment of goods Verily, {his in o groat sbowing for two years of offort. OF cditrsn, overy ronsouablo business-man well know that this would bo tho result; but therank aud filo of tho Order must have a scapogoat for their bad managoment, their ostravagauco and ranning into debt. Tho pavio brought things up stendiug, and thero was an end of oxtrava- gines, of Tuuning into dobt, aud a lively calling in of indeblednoss. Tho rorult was A HYSTEX OF CABN PAYMENTS; and the Grangors, in common with all othorpoo- plo, found that, for cush in land, farming im- ploments and sll other goods could bo purchased ot much less rates; bub tho men who wunted plnces, for the handlivg of otlierpeapls monoy, insisted that tho Grange hiud sccomplivhed all thiss and that, if all tho purcheses conld bo put {nto their hands, the Millenniunt would soon ap- pear, At Polonn, in this county, & company wa formed, with n capitai of $100,000, for thy pur- choso and handling of graing but this fell turough, and one with o partially-paid-up capital of #25,000 nctually wont iuto oporation, and to- day Tom told thub ol thik stocl hns gono into the hands of four or fivo Dusiness-mon, and thst tho favmors, who subscribed thoir £50 nud 100 to the stock, buvo sll 4ol out. The busineu hay beou prosperons : for why should it not, a8 grain hua advanced from week to weols, and it would have beon very groms mismanagoment to hava failed to ninke profit, Tho stara ut £, Jo, in this county, as Mated Ly tho Stato Agont, i in shioros of 10, on which intoroet st 10 per cont must bo puid, us o part of the costof the goody, Bo furun L cau Joarn, it han boen pradontly neneged, Tast Week tho Manters of tho Qrauges of tha county et for ko puposs of cutablishing & connty- storony Urbuma, 'Tho County Agent asked for 52,000 fo stast & sapla-storo s but the indica- tiohs nre, that not o doller will by fartheoming, for the simple rention Lt PRORLY ARG AETTING GODL snd are taking the sober second thonght, snd aro dono runaing o tile ngalust tho windraills, Toven Papa $iith, with hin wamples of boaver- cloth fromi the Giobs Mills, failed to ke & G emaution ut tho Ualesburg meoting, M. Frow, tho Stato Auent, sald: * Undor our present Bystom, wa wera Attampting to cary on a rotuil Tindo o 1 whalesale basls, which would not do. Entess implomonts sud farai-supplied wero piur- e o Tarsa. lote, und shinped it oar-loads, tho purchasors ueed nok oxpect inwido prices, nor Lo gou_the benelit of low froight-chargos,” Whis 18 tho wholo tenth in u mutsholl,~the Granger domunding goods ut rotalt on & Wholo- unlo basin, When tho Connty Agent has pakd ront, trolght, Jutoront, insnrante, aud nolitontal chargos, (0 finds that he camot soll tho goods Tor Lo thaw otlier alnens-bourios, Very fow of tho many thousand co-oporative stores thnt Iave huon’ started from time to time in the, vountry, but havo VAILED T0 MEED 'TUE EXPEUTATIONS of the stookholders, for tho romson iy the Business in ruron w salary, nud nob always by nion of exporianed and jntogrity, a1 no hushiosy i 50 well mnnaged ns thut in ohareo of & erson Qircetly intorestod in tho provont or uitimate prod, Wo tuay, thorofore, considor thii plan of distrilnting cheap goodsby the County Pur- chusing Agents as & feilure, und that bubtnees will horewttar tako Lo legitimato channoly, Tar the preaent, the war on ratlroads, monop- oliesmiddlemen, szricultural-imploment makors, aud gouowkl mAnufavturers, bay beooms stals, nani 4o poopto will have lolstro to laok attor tho I o rogulato and losnon (he birdan of toxos; to dinponss wilh tho Grand Jury; to com- pol_nll cnoos of notlon for loas than %100 to bo irod boforo n Juntico of tho Ponoo, glving elthor party tho privilogo of adding to tuo Justlco's Conrt'n Bonrd of thros Atbitritors,—thus cutting off appual, excopt ny to conntitutionnl Iaw; to paos & Inw protacting shoo from dogs; snd many othor maayurou of Nboded roforme It Ia out. businoss as formors 1o fico Lo thoan things, and o inform tho mont. bors of the General Aksembly of our wints, IT wo do thils, wo sl nob onfy have & respectful heanag, NUT THE NEEDED BELIEF, ern fs o lettor frow Jowa on this subjeot. that is woll_worthy of perusal. In this Siate thoro It no Inw compolltiig tho peymont of wit- nos4on from day o dny, bul thoro should b one. I farmors could save thomeclvos from this euds lass Jitigation, it would bo n grent blessing, As ab prosent constitntod, thy “machinory of our courta adda greatly to the burden of inxation, and it In tino it au olfort way made to_ roduco it: I do not think, an the writer sayn, that tha ‘wholo difiowity Yiow wilh tho peoplo, thongh the peoplo have tho powor of redross. A gontioman tamillar with l)\'urchnrglhf: in BhoriMs focn says that, with somo Shorifis, it is foarfnl to contem- piate, And nlotter bpforomo statos that, with one ontgoing Shori, thero aro cases dally of ox- ocutions thiat have héon roturnod, “No property found,” on which tho dobt and costs have hoon puid:’ mnd, tiat all such coros aro now boing catod by Insuing now oxeentiour, In order to Dring out all the Tacts, The Sherlll had baon in olfico two terms, und, Jiko tho Milwaukoo Trens- uror, wantod anoitior to nsiet him to go ahond. Tt §8 somowhat surpriaing that tho farmers stand by and weo theso wrongs porpolratod agaiunt themmojven, O tho one-ierm principle, things \wero not Ko bad; nrud wo might enfely return to it. No wonder'that many farmors complain of hard times and liitlo profit in farming, when thore nro o many parasitos proyiug npon thom, Now is o pood timo to begin to mond thoso things, aud lot uy go at it in tho right way: “gosmier.” CouNty, In,, Nov, 30, 1674, ‘win pleased 10nco you wieldiby o el s (ho shutu o our mt, du of obtatuing winb 14 reverently ealled “ juatice,” it fn prctico results In w yost deid of fufustico Lo tiy Topie amd tas-myerat agge. o fowetnl grawtl of itzation in our covntry, with its frivolities aid Duni~ herloen delays, farnlshed watter for serious thought and actlon, A rocont communloation from_ yome Jidgo Dice Adlister 1 sovercly fo tho pofat, 1o lays tho blamo inrely nt thodoor of the lswyerss but docan't the Judgo know thut, of all ron in (he world, Iawyer will 1o the lust fo “4loy tho gooso that lays thio” goldon ogg"? Tho respeolablo lawyors Lo npeaks of are latgely In thio minorlty, and can’t control thin thing, It tho mntter you refor Lo in Raturiay's Tnupxy, of witnenssfeen andt the suaep doings of yow Gounty Olorks, tho QiMieulty lica \ith thio witnoasca hum= vefves, I prosuine shat in Hhnol, asin Towa, oL un- willing witness cun protect himself by demouding his foca every dny in udvance, so that nothing noed bo 1ot I thnt way. I foar that you forget tho _demnorall- Zation of (ho poapla themeclven on this subjoct of Jarles and wituenses, ad epcuding Hino to no purposc, Lo fact 18, tlat, of fen'men you meot who duclsim %o fodly sbout (o wuprofitatiteuess af eitting ou tho Jury, e(c., ntwo of tho number, i their wocrel. iearts, aro gind of the chauce 10 apend a fow days fu thls way. “Tiiey Il thio fun, thenport, or {o lnzy reapeotabil- ity of o thing, Aud, when the Trustees nro making up tho ists of jurors to bo returnrd for drawiug nod sorvice, thoy will quictly sidlo np ond miggest thut Hiey Would 1l fo have {hioiz names put ou tho lst, slr, Your ruggestions ara good an far sa they gog bitty to eradicuto 1o ovll, the ¥ geubber” must’ go' deoper, Tiits wholo moattcr of cioup Iitiyetion must Le tors ont, Toot and branch, “ Justice® I u very fino word Lt n tru practico novor reqnirod bt tho community should o compolled to pay 3100 or $500 in order Tt auy narsou, large or emall, ay recover $10 oF w7 other (il stn, Examination of the rocords of any of onr courts will disclono tho fact that a very Tatga proportion of Migated cases are for trifiini atins, the most fmportaut of whicl fs geucsally ¥ pare cusseitaces ” alono, e MeAlimer foifa fo suggest what T expected bim 10, fo-wits tho confinfug of tausca for mull sanduth 10 8 Himple caurt af latw dugree, und all cast ot il pramply tn advauce by the Bttt ¥or oxmnplo lot all_mity for tuma fons tha 5i00 Lo Traiight hofora & Justico of tho Peaco for inal trinl and njudieatlons avd, It sny anoro wislom i3 Wanted, et thero Do summonwl threo men 11 ndtditlon, as Jurors or arbitratora,—one to b clioson by cach party, and tho third by the Conrt o the other oo 5 oo et thole finding bo finl, and then lot tho fees ba patd aa tho eako proceods. “An to the Graud Jury, tho light of tho presont age weuds 1o suicl Snauisiiorial datkness, Lot tho man ac- {tsed of erimo liavo spoedy Ghd_cOMMEN-1on30 trisl in broad drylight, nnd lot thie nentenco bo Aure and n]w‘nfliu ‘Lot the funotent man Lave womechiancs of Wonding his decliniug veans without - haviug Voo worn out and Droken fn Apiri wid Doaith in the efort mocesrasry fo eqtablieh his Iunocenc. “Fheso are but Linte, I hopo you will keep thls ball volling ntil the peopio who pay the tuxer ave thor- oughly aroused, - 'The fact I8, tnt wholo torraa of our Corirt3 are leld whorein tho caeh Yalus of all the Judg- hents ronderod docen't amount fo thio actuol cost fo the proplo of e tur, ‘it after all, o T rald ahove, thia people Lievo thom-= solves’ Inrgely fo blanie, Lo my uind, It uppeats Hiat Hiio American peoplo aro fast drifting into the Javits aud idans ot the peoples of thu O1d World, 1p thiu: Dl the Govermuent must eupport them, fistead of relylug upon tholr own £frong arma and lruva bearls, ‘B levig tho Government o ita legitimato work. "Tlio ¢ountry needs more homes huppy i al ther kur- Foundingy, and fuwer lecches in_{he shapo of ofiicfals. "lig praple need o undetataud tho truo theory of & Ropuiblican (lovernment: that thoy themerven aro tho sovercigiin, (b priucen, md the truo sulers in o Jons 4 tht theso peoplo wa mako foto Yroshdontn and Cougresamen aro bug tho flocting shndowa of tho Tiour compared with thy truo #overelns who inbabit (o hume-castles seattorod sll over the broad land, Enrapenn peoples, Who hiavo for ages Taokol to thio Kiug a8 thelr Great, Fatlier, uro_oxotisablo _for Toning on thele Govornmonts for bread atd sUPport ¢ it 10 triie Amorican ought to bo o _forgettul of tho trup functions of bis own Governmont, No trile ro- form cen bo carried out until the fundsmeutal priucl- lea whieh 1o nt ho fonndation of our Amerle Hya- {em ave thoraughly nnderstood und worshiped by tho Deopleat largo, Wo waut i upan liae, cie. LB, PLOWD, CLrtos, Troquols o, 1i,, Nov, 14, 1874 MR, “RURS RSt Lwant tonsk yor afew picstions, 3£ yom will b %o ki 8a to answer (hom ; Firat, of (e various maufuctueora of plows, whicls, f youis oplt- 1, makea tho very best, elther "sulky or ging? Hec ond, for o man thut hus got only £0 acres, which would yow'xcconunend st to got, sulky or gunz? On an 80- 2ero farm T would prefor to ke & walking plow aud e oruca, but L alting pretty old, snd tnd walic g nfter o'tenm, i o spring of tho year, protty hined work, Tiespootzully, A, 8. Mazser, It i doubtful if » jury of farmorn wonld agree 25 10 tho very best plow, whon g0 many very su- yoridy raekes of plows are ou the market, I hwye plow from nearly nll tho large manifac- wirers, and I ind one hotter in mome respoctn than unothor; but, when all their virtuos aro summad up, to way which 4 roslly the best is too complox & quostion. havo yel Lo sco noy aluo in tho gaug plow, and yeb they appéar fogain in popularity. As & goneral rule, 4450 horsos ara ouough for ono men to mungo; owd, for thess, s Li-inoh plow is subiciens. Thero ure n fow furniers and furm- bauds who con thanaga fonr horsos and & gAY of twa plows, and such men ouzht to have tho gaog plows; but -the averuge farmer, favm-iaud, o boy, ehould ho oxoused fram using thom, Eab tho winglo snlly plow isan hu}:lumem. that onght to come into gonoral uee. 1 hiave had & Skinner sulky for neatly tan years, und could not well do without_it, or a Bunitar onn. ‘The past fult I nsed o lnpgood wniliy for plowing out poratoes, aud it proved tho boet thing for that purposs that 1 have soon. There was no dodging of the hills, A nelglibor, who bnd a 325 potuto-digger, also gave ita trinl, nud prowonuced it beitex than tho digger, ws it did bottor vork. For all but tho most uble-botied miew, the eulky plow I3 of in- entimuble value. T kuow ¢ woldior who lost a log and at s, who doos all of lus plowing with neutky plow, dives hin planter, and does hin cultivating with s sulky cultivator. Without thoeo he conld do littlo of hin Tarm-work, bug, with them, is enublad ta grow flno cropy, With a small amonut of help. At tho Sidny trial, lust year, o large yumber of enlky and gaug plows woro prasont. Ouly & few of the latter wore sold, whils orders for the foumor were lively, Ono agont told e that Lo hiad taken ordors for soventy. Tho most, if not ull, of tho sulky plows ire mado too heavy, snd na'donbt thiy defect will bo surreeted, 'I'he cosh of a sully plow istho tnost torious objostion against thont; but 1 hayeno daubt that a good ono .wilt ba put ou tho markat ab 850 to f35, ugninug 200 to 70 ns at preyout, Iu tho first nince, thoy wil bo cheaponed by usiug loss miatarinl ; and, in the rezond place, by the munufaoture fn greator numbors, . GOOHEBENRRY HREDS, Gntnor. Havis ov, 24, 1874, 3w, Lenan "= i biulvod 8 paclie af very eholes gonsoberry ueeds from Beotland, pleane infornt nie, throngh he colimns of “Tux TRINUNT, o unid ehen 1 wlall plant fhens, Yours sospects ully, BN, ‘Cho weeds muy lie kown now, ot early in the pring, Cover ubont halt-su-inch with fine oncthi, and sprinklo ou Wl un mieh moro sand, i with koop the woedy motst, wid provent the sarfaca srom hakiug, ~Apnle, and ‘maut other veods thab aro planted i hoavy clay solls, wro bonotited by u light nprinkle of vand, for the rumson wbove given, The gouashorry ia of littl value in this conntry, on account of 8o muny other mare valuable tmmor-fenitn that come ab the oo time, Hnfore tho War, { used to sond from 100 to 200 busbola of thy zovsehersy ta tho Chivngo market, but luyve einco dus up tho whole plautation, nud thore i not now u single bush of the guoselisrey lalt i wy gardon, WIKTEl-A PRLL PLAINFIELD, [, Niov, 31, 1674, A, Ruuar "~bri: Will you Jluseo give ma o Jtap of fiva winter-apploa for i orchard of 3,000 troes 'l ko that Dr, Wardor, i his Amorican Tomolbay, Fefere to you {n sperking of tho Rlanssd apble, oW 0 you liko 1t o g orolinrd largel "I'ia merctity wtood 18 degrcos liclow xaro this morn. (oo Jeew Witrie, T supporo thnt o liat of applos for Contral | diaua would ot dier Inrgoly from Gontral Illi- nols. Jouathan, Winasop, Willow” i, Tomo Tonuty, Smith's’ Cidor, and Bon Davis, would mako a good list, Stanard I o fall-npplo In- thin part of tho Stato, aud tho most attractiva and mnlablo of its soakon ; and, a8 it 4 targe wud very rich in flavor, ovght to command attention as an spple for desiog. Tuis n profuse bunror, It gront misforliiue a, that, in thia olimato, (b will not keop, Jouathan 1w desitablo ns an carly winter-applo, and good qualitiea command o rondy salo ob'n good prico. Al tho apples in thia list aro rod 1 if n_yollow applo s dosired, thi bost ond 18 White Tippin. It producos good craps in alternato yoars. Ilomo Leauty 18 moro valuablo for_gonoral culburo than it “has hind crodit for. Thoro In o rod apple that Jeops well, {s linrdy, productive, aud_ whowy, oqual in this roupeet to Bou David, it vastly suporior for wso, that I havo beon watching for somo yoare, L lava it undor tho name of Uhlo Winter, “—so callod_by tho Into Jamos W, Wakoman, of Elwhurst, DuPago County, in whoso orchard L fvst anw it, I obtained n fow clons, and have sovoral troon in boaring, and _horonftar lutond to plane e in place of Bon Davig, a4 it in equal to b in all rospocts, and vory superior to it in quulity, a how wonld it do to put in tha (OING INTO THE COUNTRY, Cutcano, Doc, 3, 1874 Mn, #Ronat"—Sm: For tuo beiielt of I, ., on going Into tha conntry, in sour Intier of Jast week, I Sromld recommend Lowell, Lika Connty, Tl Jti4a ood pince for s entyoutz,and protelt ity o had at o low fignre, Larms aro worll $33 o 10 s ot mone iz, Carpentoes oe wantod I oth villiro and country, cnioaco. ‘Thero aro bundreds_ of new towns springing up nlong owr ratlronds, whoro wmany o city me- chunie would find o batter hiomo for Lfe family than o can obtain in tha city. And sl such would do wall ta makoe tho chaugo. Our oxrpon= tors, brick-lnyors, and otliors, think thoy st hava n home {n tha_city or villago in order to olitain employmont ; but thia is not tho cngo, ns ngaod warkaian who _rosidos in tho countrs In soldom out of a job. Frrmors must havo build- inge, and thess reanirs mechanica to put them upe " 1flho conntry moehaufe can_have by pony, audrido to aud from his work. T masv this plan veritiod at the Hast lnat yoar, and enn call to mind o fow iustances of the ssmo kind noar me, It i muoh ohonper to Aup- Yort o darge fawily in tho country iban in the oty or villago, s tho Younger mombars of the family ean look aftor tho gar- den, tho piga nnd poultry, bofora and after achaol. | And thon it is uot nocossary to drosn o expensively, whilo tho fohools aro genorally hat- tor, or, at lonst, tho smroundlugs naro botter. Tho mechanie i thus onnbted to beard himsolf, and vol do work ot some distance. Thoro aro Vary faw farmers propared to board thoir work- men when putting up now buildings, and the preforanco will bo givon 1o thoto whio ean board Thomaclves. Tast month, w lorgo burn was arcetod on wn adfolning farm, by & villago con- tractor, who hasn tonm for tho purpose of tuking his workmon o nod from tho worlc ; and somo 4 mmiles from tho villaze, another contractor put up a farm-houso costis ovor 35,000, ‘This i boroming & vory common practico, Thomost of these meelanics hove au gere or G-nere lot in tho outslirts of the village, and liavo raom for cow aud ono or two lorses, Thuso moen have Ghoap reutn, nud, in bad wostior, mannge to havo noma work o do at homo. At present, tho vil- 1ago meehanic gots botter wages iud moro sLondy enployment than is found in the city. TIRE WEATHEL On tha 40th of Novambeor, the moronry went to 8 dog. bolow zoro nt 1 n. m. ; while noar Indinn- apolis, o8 atated in @ lotter from Plaiofield, it was 13 deg. below. Tho foliowing day wo tnd = south wind, and tho 8 inches of snow disap- Deavad, with fino wenther for tho weok, Tarm- ora resumod thoir fall-plowing with s will, with 1 promiye of soma days’ continuance. The pum- betof mow buildings and repairs of old ouves fn the country show that tho farmers are Dotter proparad for wiuter than usual. Sheds and shelters have boen largely ndded for tho somo purpdse. The shortnoss of the corn and fodder-orop makes it neccesary to sholter tho stock, ‘Tho Tain wad enow slorwa have improved the condition of the soll, and, to soma extont, added ta the !ll‘:ply of stock-wator. 1t iy not probablo that this open weathar will continue for more than & fow days when winter will be no fickle play Tho farmer who lms things soug and brim will then tako thingy_oasy fot two or throe months, Desweon his stock, his dnily puper, and the Legislatures, Stato and Na- Honu ho may_apend tho most of his time, A Auggeation 0 to nocded Tnwa will bo in order, ani 2t 1o timo was there such nacesaity to keep out logislative servauts posted in the right direction than now. Tho farmer is gronnd down with taxes and oxactions too griovous to be borne without an effort nt redress. Rurar. FRUIT. ‘The Western Pruit-Distributing As- aocintion, o the Xditor of The Chicago Tyibune: Siz: Unilor the hending of * Distributing TFruit from Chioago, your able correspondont, “Rural,” in Saturdsy's lssuo of your pnper, takes fesno withn plan for distributing fruib that Is fast finding favor with orchardints, and fruit-dealors, and suippors, in both ichigan avd Soutborn Liivols, Heshows that bo does Hot fully comprobend tha situstion nor the sub- joot, whon o says, **Somo parties at Bonton Tfarbor and othor fruit-polnts in Michigan,” «when ho haa ressan to know that thero are just 2 many “parties” and Eruit-growers in Sottth- ornIllinoia thatoro interesting themaolves in tho movement s thore are ap auY poiut in Micigsu or olsowhoro, os tho auterprivse i ouno thob vitally intoresta overy peraan Intarosted fu the frait-busineas, "Plso movemont i nat local in ita proposed houe- fits, bul is goneral, and commends iteolf to ovory orchardist, or ofher porsons intorestod in the shupping or Aalo of fruit in tho West. Itis simply a plan to dlstributo tho fruit diroct from the orchard fo tho vicinity of the consumer, om- ploging & fow intermodiato agoncies in tho trans- foras ponaible. Tho movement is assuming shape, so far, only ag taking tho preliminary stops lo offect an organization tunt can ba carried into offect in the nost and succcoding frult-sowsous, and is to bo styled “Tho Wostern Finit-Distributing As- sociation " and, to oxplain its objeets, 1 now no ahortor way than to give vour ronders tho preliminery ngreemont of the promotera of the movemont, whick, 18 i s short, Twill give in full PRULININART AGRFENEST YOT i PRUIT-DISTUTIUNISG ABSORIATION, e, fho undorsigned Srit-groviers, frnit-dealers, amd Gtherwino fnterested i dli kalo of ‘feult, helloviug st S0 e st yrownale one fnterests, pocuniarily, Dy naited netion, do ageee to_ussocinto ‘ourtclves toe uther wndur tho nawo and stylu af th Wetor Frujt- A hrtuting Asroctstins tho obfect of flio Associa- {on 1o bo thie proper dirtributlon of the frult gruwn SO atorn oreliats and vineyards In the morksts of ho cannitry, i ordar th preveut great acoumuiations 51 brait A ho reat consmorclal coutren, by whipying f divaot feons the acchard to tho netghbdrliood of thw Penliuunet s 48 wo have learned, by the axperience of e Penitoweusons of 1472 aiid 1874, that grost accuniu~ fatlou of fenit t onv polut uve provow destriiotiva to e Interents, oy AU bo avohled in {ho ftheo, Ehetare, eliovingt nnd kuowlug Ul Lo be trud, we itt it it sm nasociated capavity (o promoto out it teveta by Curnloling the means {0 dofray tho axpentes ikl » thorough canvass of tho principul villages O aitienrot tle Western und Northwestorn Statcs, In Stdor to tharonghly wcquuint ouraclves with the reial st Al respousiLily of pursoi v et o racoivo o Fenit, und setl A€ to (o best Adyatao ou our scconnt wlien ebippod o thavt, Y atiion abjoct of this Aswiciation will hio to obtatn relinbte Ifortnntion n vegard to the fsut-crop of Al Kide, tiw ather loeilitioa, beforo our Wit erapy nia- Bt so that wo eat the woro dntolienlly form i hinton ah to e proper boiul 1o alip oz Fruit, 0 ob- tain o boat pricus, “Fo further {boobjectaat iy 1 thig agreoment, we will pay Uios by conmet 1s apported (enorary Teeaurot o R Rasootatian, (o e of §5 each~this mouit b T wotaberlip feo fur ono year § sakd money to it ospended i defraying tho expuses of cuuvusing, v utitla thio pusson paying that smount to wlt e amiapes vf 1y fnformation obtulned by tho i falL It of stiea of persou whio will e Tkt th ot frou ad on nceount of membors Ay aclatlon, R 'Jy'm:-l.lni' In Tanuiary, 1875, thoro will be 2 neutiig of thts Arwuclutlon hioli {f th Oty of Chi~ o, furie prpow of adoptiug w constitution und Sivetiayt onlceps toe tho term of oo yoas uud appolit- Tt & ttabio pesson to make the cajivass of the villagen b oy an mpentloned I e sgreoment, and trnd= g Ky oimer buRmees it Wy come Dufors (e Uiat ey hoet. promole the intercsts of membory of 1li Ansuctution, 3t will thus bo sean that it 1a for the purposo of abtaining infornation In vogurd to the com- merelnl part of tholy bunbosn, that tho fruit- growors sra assoolnbing themselves togothor,— 1ok t control tho shipmonts through wuy puctic- wlar chennel or groove, 'Tho member payy Lis Juo for tho purposo of defraying tho expouseh of provaring thi Inforwation. When tho formn- tlon Ia farmuhod him for which o bas paid, be I gt porfact liborty t0 w0 it o nol, s ho seus (. 1f hechooses to goll hia frult at homo, he vi- olatos o tuls of the Assoointioa tu dolng o, 17 1 tlloko hie latorest will Lo boul Wromotod by ONGANIZATION OF soclation, assot forlh of —, hipplug to Chicag 00, Dotrolt, Daw: nport, Omaha, o other point, ho 1 to Judge for himeelt. Aha information ho hag prud for will aselat I to farm aw intolligent Judgmont as to tho boat markot to sond tho fruit Lo,—ta him bost, 1ot tho canvass to obtnin this information is comploted, the roport of thio Agent cuosen to mako the canvass will be embodiod in & hook, or businesu-diroctory, of soue 200 or 200 pagos, thet wil give the namen of villages or citlos, tho numbor of inhabitants, the ralirond and oxpress rautos by which thoy ara roaclied, aud the namos of tho donlurs in fruit, whether by purchase or on compuisslon, that reside in Lho places, Lt aro rollablo and responsible, Thoso the tnom- bera can correspond with ‘to tho oxtont that they wish, and malo auch arrangoments for tho snlo ot tlhole fruft ns thoy choodo,~oithor solling it outright, or consigning it to bo sold on commis- alor. 'T'ho ook will also contain thie full procoadinis addrauses, raports, nanion of ofileets, Lo consti- tutfon udoptod, ote., oto., of tho Chicaro mant- Ing of Jau, 51 nlso, namoa of tho mombers, the varioties of fruit thev cultivato, and the num- ber of acrod thoy enltivato, and thoie post-oliico addross, and nns‘ and all othor informntion that will ho wnoful fo thomin their busluesn, or of genoral interast. It will thus bo seon that the firsb_meoting of the Association 1s to be hold in Chicazo, tho groat amporiem af tho fruit-trado of the West, tiud in dosigned to bo & grent_ lioliday rennfon of tho fruit-growors and Fruit-dualers of Michigon and IHlinois, or any othor poriion of the Great Went ond Northwoat, Tho followiny nreangements isve boon made with railronds_thus far, and othors not men~ tionod will perhaps como into the arrangemonts : Tho Illinois Central Rnailroad gives u frae axenr wion to the lavga fruit-shippars n\on‘: the line of that rond,—{icketu good from tha dth to tho 10th af Jannary, to como and roturn. Lhe Michigan Cantral nud tho Chicago & Michigau Lake-Shore Raitronds glve excuraions at ono fare and n fifth, "o Ulieago, Alton & St, Touts witl bring ex- curalouiats for the ronnd t1ip for ono faro and n firth, No doubt othor raflroads will do ns woll, i€ not bottar, than tho Jaet nanad, Soma hotels nud_firat-class privato boneding- Toues havo ageeed to reduco_ faro for tho ocea- slon slnoet ona-lalf o membera of tho Asuo- cintion. As it Is o sopson of gonernl leisuro awoug frait-growars, 16 is anticipated that ther will bo o Jargo attondance. "Tho ngrosmont given s alroady sfgnad by & great many of £ho leading fruit-growers n Mich- igau and Southorn Illinois ; and it shows that ?‘om‘ valuod corrospondent, for once, is not fully informed in rogard to tho mattor, or cléo ho wonld not havo auid of the movemont, * Thus far tho plan hns mot with Littlo rosponeo,” whon, o far sg tho pian has boon prosontod, it has mat with almost & genoral ro- gponso _fa ita favor, Bub it only shows int * Rural" i not at {ho fountnin-herd of information at all times, and thatsomntimes bo will_misconcoiva tho inforntion that ho doon obtain, and give it a coloring tho facta will not warrant. T know, from his groatjenudor in haud- ling subjccts, that, had ho hind o comprohensiva rosontation of tho facts. hie wonld not have writton 80 purtlally and slightly of the plan ng boing only a local organization of * romo parties at Bonton Harbor andother frmit-points i Mich- $:l " when tha plan is adapted to the wholo \West, from Detroit, Put-In Bay, and Koliys Talands, Borlin Heights, south-houndod by tho Olifo Xivar, to Cairo, up tho Missisaippl, to tho Towa line, aud all tho country nosth wnd wost, whorover thero nro railronds to omry the great sunual abundanco of the Westorn orcunris aud vinoyards to matlots_tlat will pay tho pro- ducer, It is true, as “*Rural™ ways, that tho Association la & ‘*commercinl sgency of the fruit-denlors and orchardints;” but 16 is nlso {rue, that overy mombor will 'bo his own ugant, and control Lis businees in his own way. Ho will have the informntion In his posnession thut wili enable him to do it very satisfactorily to hjmsolf. I havo not diensnod tho bearing and influonce that the Asaocintion will hiavo on the frait-trade of tho country in the future, but will do iv at an { your columns pre open to mo. A S10NER OF TUR AGREEMENT. Lot ) “PINDE-OVER " BUTTER. Tho following is n privato lotter to the firm at C. D. Osborn & Co., of this city Oswrno, N, Y., Dea, 3, 1874, Dran Sins : A paragraph in the Commercial Bulletin, in rogard to ** made-over " butter, hus altractod my nitention. 1t does not stato tho wholo teuth. Tt says that such drugged stock can only ho uold at low prices, as doalors in your city are good judges of thas staple, and do not buy the stock roforred to, savo b Jow prices. ‘Phis, in o great meanuse, {8 not tho fact, for it 16 true that tons of that wretchedly-ndultorated stock aro #okd in your market n funoy crenm- ery,” at faucy prices, and your dealors don't know the difference. It outsells fino sweeh Gnirlos thatarou littlo off 1o color,—the olor Doing the only fanlt, 'Tho way this * mnde- ovor” utock in ot up preoludes tho possibility of its bolg anywhoro near tho daicy nbovo men- Honod, ju froshnosy, weetness, Of grain; nnd yet it will bring n hotter price, beeauss of tho color, nnd only for that reason. Do you call stich danlers good judges of what they aro buy- fug? Meally, thoy know butlittlo about what constitutoa . fino grada of buttor. Of courso, thoy kuow nost to nothing about that fresh croamy Navor thab is found m woll-handled Quiry-butter, Nover has thero boon one pownd of ihiat stuff on your murket, possensing tho flavor or grain of whut should be gradod o first- clags srticle ; vot tond upow tous of it aro sold o sk, aud'at faney pricos. Tbis is the man- or i which it i8 gotup : 3 A man wilh o lonm gels tho machinory und tlio necensary drigs to color and destray tho Fancid, bitser, aund sour fasto in tho poor buttor he gatliers In’ from Mty or more fanmera; takes it o ha placo; melts it all tozother (good aud poor); puti it tho drigs; worka it in u patent inachine; packs b in small, neat puckuges, Dbrands it © Crosmory,” snd it is gradod nnd sold ag *Qllt-odgo,” and 0t tho highost prices. Now, Tinsiet upon it, it hiws not Lo iirst roquiremont of u fino grade. It haw color, but ot tho right color. If i not raneid, mor sour, nor bitter; Toithior hing it tho fresh, oy flavor alweys to o found 1 grood dniry and fuctory producis. Tho drugs dostroy tho ono a8 well a8 tho otber; uud last, bub by no monns lonni, the gisin i utterly pone,~—thus deatroving s keepiig qualitios. T'ho sbamo to your mavket i, that Jot grnde and sell this cbominsblo stnft dbove 1ino, Bwoot dnfrion, One thiug i cortoin: i2 thiu 18 not cotvocted, tho standard of the product saclting & nrirkoet in Ohizago will bo vautly lowored, and it will tako Joug to right tho ovil and got back to whoro we now are. T'ho worst featuro af tho businous i, that theso men gathor in ail kinds of stock, pay~ ing o samo yuico for ull, which i about 37 conte, claimiing that ofl, pood ox peor, is of qual vaie to them; and fhe yosult will be o great Jowormg of quality, thero being no_inducement do excel. ~Chorg i no donbt but fhnt thin * msde-over Drodnet 1s pus into sour murket ue abavo dor #eribed, nud o liandsome proflt ia roalized on the transaction, 17 you call dealers who buy thly truck of. high prices, good judges of wha thoy ato doing, allow mo, inont xospactully, to- difier Trom you, Thoy aronut, 'Chat it is dong, there js no doubk: ‘hat the busmess 18 carried ou at profit, i3 proof of it. Tho New York Praduce- Txchange, over n yent ago, you witl remombor, put thia stook whoro 1t Yighitly Uolongs; and it yomaing for Chicago to do likowiys, or the daivy interost of {he West will suffer. Youra very traty, D. M. Halour. 1. NOHORLD. O weary dags and nigbts, 80 still, no stil— ‘he uneloks gails bing Rapplog ST nait slow § We piuo and cheip, and wet our helpless witl In vabi rovolt at what {0 elane, 1o khow T not for tis, Wo hear tho strong winds blaw Au fret oo i {ho east, the west, wa ke Great shiys sud smull go sliding fust and freo, ADRUT, , k0 durk, 80 cold— e awige waves mock uid leap on every at 3§ 10 DU, WO KT, can i Wo thiuk no sar conld liear un 1€ we erlod Wo think God wanld 1ot snis3 us it o d W feol forgotten, belldeas, cant away ; Wo bt ouE cyen and do RO} Vel DRy TL—ON BItOUE, O yeaceful duyy, nd peueetul ights whose peaca anot Lo nttered {0 green photea of Jifa Bayow the body 1 18ball e ever crano Yo milo (hal through wieh hot and silly atrite o gampTUAL s sl Jusra conud) grore wa bt That we conld fafl to seo Low Goil'a goold hand Our anchoringy uud Ariftings phimvd 3 - Mary Clomner Amow) Ulusband ©b= tnins o Blvoreo. From the Wahinoton Chronisle, In tho Jofferson County (West Virginia) Clveniy Conrt lnst Monday Daviol Amon, fornier Minyor of Hurper's Ferry, obtained w divoren from My Clenunor Amon, o litorary colebrity, who is now reuiding in Washinglon, W trust e ixsue of {his aftair will bo nd fortunuto ay that of * Miy o Wives," % novol which iy, Amas has just conclndod m Keery Saturday, in whieb, altor being divoreed, tho misorablo toupiy moot, make up, vomersy ARA kaltle down e PRoIIsIONt brppiacss, SPARKS OF SCIEN TOE DISIKTEGRATION OF ROCKF, AND 178 GEOLO0IO- AL BIONTFICANCE. At o 7econt mooting of tho American Sclentifla Arsoclation, Prof. W, Htorry Hunt, of Bonton, ‘mindo 5omo remnri on the abovo atbject, whieh hio hind noticed brlefly in a communication ‘to the Aesocintion Inst your on thu geology of tha Tlluo Ridgo. The chango of the rocks jn question I8 o cliomical one, which 18 most obvioua in tho case of cryrtulline rooks ; the Foldapar lones Ity alkallea and part of ite stlyor, belug changed in- to clay, aud the hornbleuda ita lwe and nug- nesin, rotnining its {ron and peroxydo. From {hin rosulta n softoningz and docay to greater or lons dopths of tho strats, ko that, while thn beds wtill rotain thelr arrangomont, and nre somu to bo travereod by volns of quertz and motallie oros, tho strata nro often o much changed to dopthe of 100 foot or more from the urfnco as to bo rondlly removad by the actlon of tho water, ‘L'z plionomenon in woll neen in tho crgatalliae rooks of tho Diue Ridgoe, and not lass romork- ably In thoso of Brazil, whero it has been naticod Dy 1muuy observers, imong tho atent of whom:s Trof. Harit Darwin, who long ugo demoribod it, 'ond imagined the cbuugo to hava been offectod benoath the soa; but, according to tha speaker, it bas huen a sub- norial process, which hag boen &t worl durlag past ages, whon tha composition of tho atwos- phero and the climatic conditions difrerad from ttiono of ta-duy, and whencarbauto acid, sided by warmth and moisture, nboundod. e connocted it with that slow purilication of thd atmosphore swhich fram very aarly timos has been golug on. Thyo alkakics, sud lino, and magneele, eet froo in thin procoss, sbsorbod the atwospheria carbonte acid, and tho varbonates carried down to tho sen gave rigo to limostones, dolomites, und son-salt, Sueh o procoss of decay was alrendy In action ab an ontly period, nd, from facts obsorved by sumpelly in Missours, had affcoled tho iron- bearing foldspnr porphyries at tho commenco- ment of the pnleozoic timo. It was, according; to tha Bponkar, feont the washing down of tho thum decompoued crystalline rockn that all tho clays and sands which had gono to build up tlo nadi- wents of our vant beda of paleozoie and more re~ cont rocks fad beon dorived. Ifo thought it Drobablo that the procons of dosay had ' goue Bn with decroasing onorgy fo_our own timew, thotgh it is now insignificant in its action, owlng to cliangod atmospharic conditionn. 'Fho spenkior drow o pleturo of North Amoricn in prst foological ages, Tho froquently-tanght nation of tho growth of out continunt southward and outward from n nuclous in tho vieinby of tho grout lakos hau ne foundation in fact, aud tho abidy of tho uncrystalline sodimontary for- mation tolls » different story. Tha greak poleo- zolo banin was to tho enst and waat, a8 woll us to Tho north, surrounded by teren of decaying crys- talline rocks, 'Choso of Now Buglaud, the Biue Tidge, and tho cryutalline rocks to the cast of it, aro tho remning'of u gront disinteprated and wasted continent, whoso ruinn have built up the uneryatallino rocks to ihe westward, as well os thosa alonyg tho custern and southern hordora of ho United States. Up toa comparatively ro- cent period, the lulls of Now Ingland, Eantern New York, and New Jorscy, were probnbly, Jike thoso farther sotchward, long tho Iuo Ridge, deoply covered by tho prodicts of their own dacay; and from (hese yrero dovived the tertiary clays, ns well ns tho Dixown iton ores which ara fotad along the base of tho Bluo Ridge and its northorn contmuation, Ik wan during tho glacial period, which tho speak- o considered to bave bogh ono of pubmorgouce and nubsoquont gradual uplitt of Northeastern Amuetica, 2t which timo 1t was exposed to he ac- tion of loeal glnciers and to tho lcoborg-drif of tha polar crrent, that the finat_removal of tlia decaged coverivg from our hills had talien placo, yihils farther nonthward the mountains beyond the rench of this denuding nction siill retain to- dy their covoring of docayoed rock. A simiar condition of things is secu to tho Northwost, in Awmucwota, whero, necording to Prof. Whito, the deenyed erystalliuos hava eseaped donudation, Tlio process of docay in tho moro massive and granito-like rocks bad ofton beon incomplete, and, working from uatural joints, hind left un- chonged nuclol of haxd rock, which, whon ota- ion Look place, wera left as rounded massod or Dowlders,-n point which has beon woll brotghs out by Mr. Burbank from his swndics in Nosth Carolin, 50d throws much light on our norihiern drift dopasits, '\ prafound decay hes alao nffectod the hard aleozote Innestones from which tho carbanate of [iine i beeu dissntved, leaving & yorous, rotten vock bebind, ‘Lhis, as Dayson Las shown, is \oll seen in the impuro argillaceons Sicenton iimentone near Moutrenl, which, in localities pro- sected hy Lrappaun dxlied fron the oading setion which comes trom ilio northeast, is found deeply decayed, vihilo olsowhere, mest by, its Lard aur- 1800 18 worn down snd gluciated, PULNOMENA OV VEUETATION, A recent numbor of tho Calavoras (Cal) Chyanicle eayn: An fustance of $ho effect of boat upon fruit-trees, oxemipliticd by tho recent great fire hero, has been browzht to our notlee, Tho archard of Judgo Leavitt, sltnated in the uuburbia of Dlokelumne Ifill, was sb Sected to u consdderablo degree of heat uriug tho Drogress of the conflageation, Soma of tho trues wera kiltea, whil others wero scorched jus enough to partly wither thy leaves, Shortly affer tho fire, the trees hut slightly birned put on tiie emerald livery: of apring, blossonied, nud e niow bosring us thrlity o Lrowth of young applos 18 Wo eves Kk, Tor this aud similar phonomona of trees blos- soming sud fruiting out of their soason, thio bot- auist Jias a vory simple oxplanation, ost per- enufal plunts fuish tholr sunusl growth enrly in the sumer, aud thon direct their forces to tho praduction of buds for tho growth of tho cnsu- ing senson, Theso buds contain oll the leaves, and Dlossomy, sud longth of stem, which aro to form the new shoots of tho noxt year; while the brauchos npon which thoy rost are filled with nouridhment for their snpply during thoir rapid expangion. Through tho winter these buds re- main doxmnnt; but, when the warm breath of spring calls them to life, thoy have nothing to do but unfold and expand tnoir lenves aud blos- soms, sud extend thoir jeints of sten,—foeding mennwhilo upun the ampio foro of nutriment Iying ak their base, Thus it happous that, with muagical quickness, tho naked bougbs of sbrubs and traes are covered with folinge and flowors in tho first warm days of spring. Liko a thrifty housowife, Nnturo L overything propared be- forehand, and sho bing only to kindle hor fives, and warin tho sap in tBo veins of vegetation, 10 et it civenluting, and tho machivery of growth into netivo oporition, But il theso buds, these embryo hrauches, do not atart into Jife, Aw, in tue auimal world, thoro in provision mude by every pecics for 1more offspring thay ean Hvd meuns of subsist- onee, #0 (hera tro more huds eronted evely spa- won thau the plants bearing thnm eould posaitly sustain, Many of thow, therofore, remain dor- want, and often purvive in & latout stste for veani, On the prineiplo of tho *survival of the Hitest,” the etronzest buds push nhead, sud get their growth the Nk neason, 'Tho wenker ones may outer into _a ssrugglo for nctive oxistence, and get worated_in tho strifo,—perieh for Inck of the light nud nourishment mononolized by their moro sturdy Tollows. But the grenter por- tion do not oven make o etast, but continue for an indefinite timo in n lntent condition. Mow, if, by any eatnnity, mich as n frostoran flro, thu shioots that obtained the advantigo in thu soring, Rud recurod their growth, uro cut off, theso lataut buds quickon iuto 1ife, nud pwiftly ¢ with leaves and stema tho place of the s thot wore lilled. They bave boen ready, no ona knows how long, to coms forth st tha roqulsito moment; and thia oteura whon, Dby any necidont, ko parent planl lis, in (ho Rrowing_ uunson, hren despoilod of ita folingo, and neers a ronews! of Lo e10p in oxdor to cory ou it oporationa, Mhis_explmation. ecounty Yo the apponrunce of a sovond growth of louven and flowors uuni\lmt in n ninglo seaton, Wo often read of feult-troes putting forth bloszoms in o lute autuan, uftor their old leaves have beon dropped, 1€ i no murvel, ho unusual hent of tho ronson ks stimmlated tho froo to ronewed nction, and samo of tho buds which wore provided for tho growth of tho ensulng Eping have pro- maturely ospandad, . VANILIINE AND BALEN o munufachire of vanilling, the aromatis yrivoiplo of tho vanilla-beau, bun boon com- menced upon w large weuls hy MM, Yriomany and Harmoon, puplls of Dr, Hoftmann, aud din- covarers of_tho pravers, hio camponnd, whiel fuunid to Bo ossontially tho same as the natural product, i obtained from pue-snp, The sap of atroc of medinm holght yiolda $20 worth of va. nilting, whilo the wood, atter the procesa of ox- tenetion, romaing wuinjurd. Lo (31&\ vanills of commerco it tho fruitof an orehid, Vanilla-planl- Jolia, which is indigonousto Xlexico, Gulutin, Tira- I, Dory, ote. Lhe plaut iv & parate, upringing firmt from tho ground, aud clmbing with twintng gloma to the height of 20 or 0 faot alang tha Sronkia of troaa, futa whish 16 oandu Obrous Fuote produced, aloug with thy leayee G the joints of tho atom, By moans of 1) norial roats, the plant fisally draws sl ita nmourishmont from “tho troo ~ to which i clings, and tho rools swhich pouctrato the ground conga_tocontribnto to its Aupport, or die ntingother, Tho lonven of tho vanilia aro long and floahy ; tho flowora aro in ppikos, and ar largo and fragrant ; whils the frult is n pod (q\mnhu{ along tha side. Thoso podn ato gather. od boforo thoy ave fnlly ripo, dried in tho shado and aftorward steoped in u fxed oof, They st Tosthory dn_toxturo, and Inclowo o aoft, black pulp, in which the bosus nro omboddod: The pulp i richest in tho aromntie principlo, Done zolc nold s cometimen no abundant 1n 1t ns t4 efiforescn fn tino nocdies. 1t i3 n enrloun fnot et tuo Invza nnd oxcoodingly-intorenting family of the orchids yiclan bubt ono othor product fnlop, thnt js of ‘any commorein! valie, Bulop ki employed a8 on_ articlo of fond, and consists of the tubors of various species of archis hofled and drisd, Tho bullc of this praduct is broughy from the Fast, aud much of it from Porsia, Bo- Toro coffoo borame common it Britain, snlop was considerably used in the form of o boverage, was ground to a fing powder, mixod with bofling wator, sud milk, and sngar. It was highly es. toemed es n diot-drink,~ito prinoipal inpredlonts coueliatiug of hassormo, storch, and phosphota of e, THE EUCALIMTUA ‘Pho cultivation of tho Encalyptus s propross- lug hopafully {u Californin. In Sacramento, an opproprintion of 2300 has beon made far the pure pose of teatiug tho valuo of tho iroes a8 nproe voutivo of ohills and fover. Tho oxperiment witl bo triod in Tenth and R streots; aud, If succoss« fal, tho trees will bo introduced into tho city upon an oxtomnive ecale, In Los Angoles, a company has beou formed with the objoct of raising the Eucalyptus for fuol and timbor. An arcn of 200 acros bus been dovoted lo the pur- pogo, On this, young tracs, but 41¢ yoata old from tho soed, alveady mensure 16 fuches in dis nmetor anil 40 feot In height. Each treo is now valued ot &1 for fucl, end abastill bighor rate for manufacturing burposes. It is ealeulalod that 600 of tho Lreos can bo grown to tho aoro ; Lenca tho profit of o enterpriso iu ensily dis- corulblo, Tho Lon Angolos company praposo purchasing Jand at £30 por acro, and entimato thos the cost of Beed, piantiug, ote,, will prob- ably avorage 25 conts por trev. ‘o total for tha G0 troes and thoacro of tand will thus roach nbont 8180, or, say, 5200 Atlha cnd of four yoars, tho timbor will bo worth - §600, As tho treen stump and spront rapidly, anothor oqual yield of timbor may bo eounted upon in four yenrs more, Yuol I8 vory oxponsivo in all the groat valleya of California ; but, with tho Euealyptus-troe, land« Gwnors havo the romody within rosch, aud ive ni income from tho salo of timber for manufac- turing purposes. Whou auffored to socuro a fall growtl, tho Eucalyptus attains a groat sizo, aw eraging from 8 to 12 feot 1n diameter and front 100 to 200 foot in elght. A glnnk waa oxbibite at tho Gront Exposition of 1851 whick moasur 148 foot in longth. ‘The wood is solt oud casily worlod when ficat cut, but grows hard with ag( and oxposuro. TR TULITOR. MMr. J. G. Bakor bag rccently presonted are vigion of the sub-order Tulipea, in tho Journd of the Linnean Socicty. "Who group, according to this authority, contalos 6 genera and 174 spocics, which aro confined to tho North Tom perato Zono. Ita largest dovelopment occirs ix Tiastern Asio, whonceit rangos on the ono side ¢ torope, snd on the other to Catifornin and the Hooky Mountains. Tho Tulipa (Tulip) in ths ouly gonus not ropresontod m Amorios. It inc cludes about 30 species, most of which are cone fined to Asia. A fow aro found in the Levan! aud tho Sonth of Europe, The gonus Liliu (Lily) extonds scrosa the Amorican Continont. The Zilium chalcedonicum covers tho flelds of Byria with its scarlet blossoms, nnd ia memorable a tho plant _to which tho Savior_ alluded in Hi Hermon on tho Mount: ** Consider tha llios ol tho flelds,” oto. Thoe Fritillacia, contalning tha splendid Crown Imporinl (F. imperialis) ot Pors sla, oceurs west of tha Rocky Mountains. Tha greator number of the 20 apocles ivcluded {n tha genug azo natives of I-:um,w and Asin. Tho 20 Srmora spocios of tho Calochortus, aro, on the other hond, limitod to our moro Weatorn Terria ritories. Of tho bhalf-dozen Erylhroniums (Dog-Tootls Violct, or Addor’s Tongue), ona is restricted to the OId World, aud tho rest to tha Now. A npecion of tho smallest gonns of tha Tulipew, tho Lloydia seroting, is tho mont wide- iy Qistributed of all tho kily-tribo, aud tho only ono tint s xoally Arctic or Alpine. To180NQUS DYEN. Evidence of tho poisonous nature of ths green dyoused in coloring wall-pnpor and fabrics of various toxtura has beon pretty cloarly estabe lished, nnd uow lestimony of tho samo purport in accumnlnting agninat the red oclor known ax corulline dye. The fact that persons woaring red undorgarments aro frequontly aflicted with aento nud painful vosienlsr oraptions, has beon attribnted by M. Jordien to tho poisonout quality of tho red color of tho coralfino dye. M. Ttoussin hns confirmed thin opinion by Injecting tbo color undor tho skin of dogs and rabbits, thoreby causing thewr deatlr. Furtbor experic ments_by M, Zaodrin, o veterinary-surgeon, show that coralline produces no injurious offoct upon cats apd dogs when taken into tho stom- ach. In the case of the suimals upon whick he oporated, thera was positive praof that the coralline had beon sosorbed into the systom, aa it was fonnd jn tho lungs; and, from some thus wvollected, silk was actually dyed. Receut oxporis monts offectually docido tho matter, howevoer, by showing that tho coralline dyo i not itself a Dolson, but that tha mordant used in fxing th color in both wall-paper and cloth containg arsenic, and ig tho substance which works alf thio mifchiof. 'Thoreforo, until 8OMS NOW pro- ceus is discoverad by which to employ the coral. line dye wilhout the presont noxious mordant, the urs of papers and fabrics that havo beon colorad by it had botter bo avoided. ORNITHOLOGY. Tho Unitod Siatos CGeological Survey of {the Territories, Dopartmont of the Intorior, willsoon issue & new work on North American Orpitholo gy, by Dr. Elliott Cones. 'Tho volumo was orige inally propared a4 s raport of Lho ormithological resulty of Dr. Hayden's oxplorations, and wax annotucoed for publication soveral years ago, A good doal of material sinco obtaiued by the at- thor, during = residenco on o Mistonri in 1872+ 3, hus hoon nddled to the work, swelling tho prie niary volumo 1o an actavo of nonrly 1,000 pagea. Though professediy trontlug tho buds of ‘tha Missousi watorshed, tha work will includo do- weriptions ot alien species whenovor noeded to complato Lo aecpunt of particalsr groups, Lx- tonsiv synonyinical lista aro givon of onch & clen, together tith thew bintory and zeographical distribution. From the distinguished abilily of Dr, Cones un nn observer jn vurious flolds of Katural History, and especially in that of Orni- thology, wa muny ect {hat the forthcommg worlt i} ho moat thorough and valusblo. THE NECHONETER. Dr. Donchitt, = leading physician i Paxis, han obtuined a prize from {ho French Acadeny of Modicine for tha discovery of & mothod by which to dintinguishs ren! from spparent duath. Tha point s wettled by tha uso of an inglrument de- visod by Dr. Donchut, wnd numed by bim tha Necrometor. ‘Iho instrament is of the nature ol o tnormomator, and 18 to bo placed undor ths avmpit of tha perron whogo condition is Lo be teuted, IListo gradustod fhat ity m thio posi- tian, i¢ matk zoro, the evidonce may bs conaid- ored conclugivo {has life is extinel, Whon toe tomporature of tho human hody fulls to 20 dog. abovo zoro contigrade, ar 48 dey, Falir, doath ia certain : houco, in the uso of the Necromatar, ir tho instrument mdicato i, no doubt need oxiat that the vital spavi has fled (1:0GRAPHIOAL DIGTIONALY OF GE ASIA. Tl Rtussiun Goagraphical Sucloty detormined, at a rocent meoting, to propare o Gieographical Dictiouary of Contral Aia. It why not dafinitely Qecidod what conntries will bo included in the scops of tho work, hut it iy hopod this will nod yo lmited to the pluces in tho posscesion of Husin, It shoult embraca tho IKhauates of ihiva, Dokhern, aud Khokaud, ax theso regions byt loon very imperfoctly dereribod iu the v umos of the’ CGeographival Diotionnyy of the Gountrios Adjscout to Indlu, pabliskod by tha Tudinn tiovernmout. Tho valuo of tho worl would also bo touch oubuncod shontd 1y give yoom for the plavew numiad by the Ardb googru. phors and th travelers of the Midilo Ages, oy Well as for thoso vxisting at tha proeut date, TDSTER SHEET. A flecco from o Tamwtor shoep-—a new Lread produced lu South Astralin--uiirastod consider- ablo attontion ut o recent foir in Bromen, The ool waa Of n remarkably fino, silky ehoon and softness; of an unvsmal longth—ovor 5 Inohoay and of mnowy wihitonces, 1t wea thoe apinion of 211 who oxaminei tho fleoes that yern and oloth ot a superior quality coutd bo mudo from it. It wat cul from a yourling rum, und was the yesuld af ineandein brooding of Neyretti aheap wihy oateanten (Liuncln) vama, Gt nabes of goss LGN AUNRA a8 RN MR '