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BY BATABD TAXLOB.
I sat to-day beneath the pine
And saw the long late shine.
The -wind was -weary, and the day
Sank languidly away
Behind the forest's purple,rim;
ThB snn was fair to me, I lived fof him 1
I did no* miss you.   All was sweet;
Sky, earth and soul complete
In harmony, which could afford
No more, nor spoil the chord.
Could 1 be blest, and you afar,
Were other I, or you, than what we are?-
The sifted silver of the night
Bained down a strange delight;
The moon's moist beam on meadows made
Bale bars athwart the shade,
And murmurs crept from treo to tree—
Mysterious whispers—not from you to mel
T stirred the embers, roused the brand
And mused; on either hand
The pedigree of human thought
Sang, censured* cheered or taught.
Pausing at each Titanic line,
I caught no echo froni your soul to mine 1
And last, when life recast its form
To passive rest and warm,
Ere the soft, lingering senses cease
In sleep's half-conscious peace,
The wish I might have fashioned died
In dreams that never brought you to my sidel
Farewell! my nature's highest stress
Mine equal sliall possess;
'Tis easier to renounce, or wait,
Happily, the perfect fata.
My coldness is the haughty fire
That naught consumes except its full desire 1
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SEPARATION.
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A wall was grown up between the two—
A strong, tliiek wall, though all unseen;
None knew wben the first stones were laid,
Nor how the wall was built, I ween.
And so their lives were wide apart,
Although they shared one board, one bed;
A careless eye saw naught amiss,
Yet oat-h was- to the other dead.
He, much absorbed in work and gain,
Grew soon unpiindful of his loss;
A hard indifference worse than hate .
Changed love's pure gold to worthless dross.
She suffered tortures aU untold;
Too proud to mourn, too strong to die;
The wall pressed heavily on her heart;
Her white face showed her misery.
Such walls are growing day by day
'Twixt man and wife, 'twixt friend and friend.
Would they could know, who lightly build,
How sad and bitter is the end.
A careless word, an unkind thought,
• A slight neglect, a taunting tone-
Such things as these, beforo we know,
' Have laid the wall's foundation stone.
—Springfield Republican.
THE OL© MAN ALWAYS MBWl.
BY HANS 'CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
I take it for granted that you Lave
been in tha country, and seen a very
old farm house, "with, a thatched roof,
and mosses and small plants growing
-wild upon the thatch. There is a stork's
nest on the summit of the gable; for we
can't do without the stork. The walls of
the house are sloping, and the windows
are low and only one of the latter is
made so that it will open. The baking
oven sticks out of the wall like a little
fat body. The elder tree hangs over
the paling, and beneath its branches, at
the foot of the paling, is a pool of water
in which a few ducks are disporting
themselves. There is a yard dog,, too,
who barks'at all comers.
Just, sueh a farm house stood out in
the country; and in this house dwelt an
old couple1—a peasant and his wife.
Suiall as was their property, there was
a single article that they could do without—a hcse which made a living out of
the grass ifc found by the high-road.
The old peasant rode into to*wn on this
horse, and often his neighbors borrowed
it from him, and rendered the old
couple some service in return for the
loan of it.   But they thought it would
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" You'll know that best, old man," said
the'wife. "It is a „fair day-to-day, so
ride'into town, and get rid of the horse
for money, or make a good exchange
whichever you do will be right to me.
Bide to the fair."
And she fastened his neckerchief for
him, for sbe could do that better than
he could; and she tied ifc in a double
bow, for she could do that very prettily.
Then she brushed his hat round and
? round with the* palm of her hand, and
gave him a kiss. So he rode away upon
the horse that was to be sold or to be
bartered for something else. Yes, the
old man kneAV what he was about.
The sun shone hotly down; not a
cloud was to be seen in the sky. The
road ~was very dusty, for imany people,
-who were all bound for the fair, were
driving, or riding or walking upon it.
There was no shelter anywhere from
the sunbeams.
Among the rest was a man trudging
along and driving a cow to the fair.
The cow was as beautiful a creature aa
any cow could be.
"She gives good milk, I'm sure,"
said the peasant. "That would be a
very good exchange—the cow for the
horse."
Hello, you there with fche cow! " he
said. "I fancy a horse costs more than
a cow, but I dont care for that; a cow
would be more useful to me here. If you
like, we'll exchange."
"To be sure I will," said the man;
and they exchanged accordingly.
So that was settled, and the peasant
might have turned back, for he had
done the business he came to do; but,
• as he had once made up his mind., to go
to the fair, he determined to proceed
merely to have a look at it; bo he went
on to the town with his cow.
Leading the animal, he strode steadily
on; and after a time he overtook a man
who was driving a sheep. It was a
good fat sheep, with a fine fleece on its
back.
" I should like to have that fellow,
said our peasant fco himself. " He would
find plenty of grass by our paling, and
in the winter we could keep him in the
room with us. Perhaps.it would be
more practical tb have a sheep instead
of a cow.    Shall we exchange?"
The man with the sheep was quite,
ready, and the bargain was struck. So
the peasant went on in the high-road
with his sheep.
Soon he overtook another man, who
. came into the road from a field, carrying a great goose under his arm. •
" " That's a heavy thing you have there.
It has plenty of feathers and plenty of
fat, and would look well tied to a siring
and paddling in the water at our place.
That would be something for my old
woman; she could mako all kinds of
profit out of it. How often she has
said: 'If we only had a goose !' Now,,
perhaps, she can have one; and, if possible, it shall be hers. Shall we exchange? I'll give you my sheep for
your goose, and thank you into the bargain."'
The other man had not the least ob-
ection; and. accordingly they, ex-
hanged, and our peasant became pro-
rietor of the goo"se.
By this time he was very near the
town. The crowd on tlie highroad became, greater and greater; there was
- quite a crush of men and cattle; they
walked in" the road, and close by the
palings; and, atthe barrier, they even
- walked into-the toll-man's potato-field,
where his one fowl was "strutting about,
-jyitlf & string to its leg, lest it' should
take fright at the crowd and stray away,
and so get lost. This fowl had short
tail-feathers, and winked with both its
eyes, and looked very cunning.
"Cluck, cluck!" said the fowl. "What
it thought when it said this I cannot tell
you; but as soon as our good man saw
it he thought, " That's the finest fowl
I've ever seen in my life! "Why, it's
finer than our parson's brood-hen. On
my word; I should like to have that
fowl. A fowl can always find a grain or
two," and can almost keep itself. I
think it woulcf be a good exchange if I
could get that for my goose."
"Shall we exchange?" he asked the
toll-taker.
"Exchange!"    repeated    the    man;
"well, that would not be a bad thing."
And so they exchanged; the toll-taker
at the barrier kept the goose, and the
peasant carried away the fowl.
Now he had done a good deal of business on his way to the fair, and he was
hot and tired. He wanted something
to eat, and a glass of brandy to drink;
and soon he was in front of the inn. He
was just about to step in when the hostler came oufc; so they met at the door.
The hostler was carrying a sack.
"What have you in that sack?" asked
the peasant.
"Rotten apples," answered the hostler;
" a whole sackful of them—enough to
feed the pigs with."
"Why, that's terrible waste! I should
like to take them to my old woman at
home. Last year the old tree by the
turf-hole only bore a single apple, and
we kept ifc on the cupboard till it was
quite rotten and -spoilt. 'It was always
property,' my old woman safd; but here
she could see a quantity of property—a
whole sackful. Yes, I shall be glad to
show them to her. /What Willi give?
I 'will give my fowl in exchange."
And he gave the fowl accordingly,
and received the apples, which he carried into the guest-room. He leaned
the sack carefully by the stove, and
then went to the table. But the stove
was hot; he had not thought of that.
Many guests were present—horse-dealers, ox-herds, and two Englishmen—-y.
and 'the two Englishmen were so rich
that their pockets bulged ont with gold
worth the money." So they paid a
hundred weight of gold to the peasant,
who was not scolded, but kissed.
Yes, it always pays, when the wife
sees and always asserts that her husband knows best, and that whatever he
does is right: "       -
THE HATIOSiliiAMTAL.
TABDY KEFEEBYE.
Thirty Seconds Too late—An Extraordinary
■Scene at the Hanging of McDonnell and
Sharpe, in Miiuch Chunk, Pa. *
"While the noose was being adjusted
McDonnell trembled violently several
times and was as pale as a ghost, but he
stiilkept repeating Jiis prayers. Sharpe,
on the contrary, was the pictureof coolness, and manifested no more concern
than if he was taking part in an ordinary
every-day scene. All being in readiness, the Sheriff and assistant descended
from the scaffold. The supports were
withdrawn, and at 10:42 o'clock McDonnell and Sharpe were swinging in
mid-air.
Scarcely had the drop fallen when a
most   extraordinary scene took place.
The bell at theprison door was rnng"so
violently as to cause the sound to reverberate thronghout the build-ing^;fThe
Sheriff was so annoyed tlia1rli6"seal* a
deputy outside with orders to arrest the
person  who   committed  the   outrage.
Scarcely had the deputy, opened the door
when Sharps and* McDonnell's brothers
rushed in, one of them flourishing a dis-
.patch, in the highest   state of excitement.   Hardly  had  they entered the
corridor before they saw that the sentence of  the law had been executed.
Both rushed forward to the foot of the
scaffold, when McDonnell's brother, an
old, -white-haired man, screamed at -the
top of his voice, "Oh, you murderers!
Here  you are all around  them now.
Pontius Pilate sentenced -Jesus Christ
and you«have  murdered my brother.
The priests immediately rushed forward
to quiet the men, but for a long time all
their efforts  were  unavailing.   Being
confronted by th<j Sheriff, they said the
reprieve had been there before the rope
was around   their  necks.   While   the
clergymen were trying to quiet the ex-
..   n       , ,      .-        . ,, - ,, , cited men the Sheriff obtained posses-
coins and almost burst; and they would. sion 0f m dispatch, and,read that the
het, too, &s you shall hear.-
Hiss-s-s! hiss-s-s! What was that by
the stove? The apples were beginning
to roast.  ■ " '
"What is that?"-
"Why, do you know—" said the peasant.
And he told the whole story of the
horse that he had. changed for a cow,
you well when you get home!" said one
of the two Englishmen. "There will be
a disturbance."
"What—give me what?" said the
peasant. "She will kiss me and say,
'What the old man. does is always
right!'"
"Shall we wager?" said the Englishmen. "We'll wager coined gold by the
ton—a hundred pounds to the hundred
weight!"
" A bushel will be enough," replied
the peasant. " I can only set the bushel
of apples against it; and I'll throw myself and my old woman into the bargain
—and I fancy that's piling up the measure." '""■:'■
"Done—taken!"
And the bet was made. The host's
carriage came up, and the Englishmen
got in, and the peasant got in; away
they went, and soon they stopped before
the peasant's hut.
" Good evening, old woman."
" Good evening, old man."
" I've made the exchange."
" Yes, you understand what you're
about," said the woman.
And. she embraced him, and paid no
attention to the stranger guests, nor did
she notice the sack.
"I got a cow in exchange for the
horse," said he.
"Heaven be thanked!" said she;
"what glorious milk we shall have, and
butter and cheese to" the table! That
was a capital exchange!" „
, . "Yes, but I changed the cow for a
sheep."'
"Ah, that's better still!" cried the
wife; "you always think of everything;
we have just pasture enough for a sheep.
Ewe's milk and cheese, and woolen
jackets and stockings! The cow cannot give those, and her hairs will only
come off. How you think of everything!"
"But I changed away the sheep for a
goose."
• " Then this year we shall really have
roast goose .to eat, my dear old man.
You are always thinking of giving me
pleasure. How charming that is! We
can let the goose walk about with a
Siring to her leg, and she'll grow fatter
still before we roast her."
"But I gave away the goose for a
fowl!" said the man.
" A fowl! That was a good exchange,"
replied fche woman. " The fowl will
lay eggs and hatch them, and we shall
have chickens; we shall have a whole
poultry-yard! Oh, that's just what I
was wishing .for." . ."   .   -"     ,*'_-•:
" Yes, but I exchanged the fowl for a
sack of shriveled apples."7
"What? I must positively kiss you
for that," exclaimed the wife. "My
dear, good busband! Now, I will tell
you something. Do- you know you had
hardly left me this morning before I
began thinking how I, could give yotit
something very nice tMs evening? * I
thought it should, be pancakes, with
savory herbs. JE liaH eggs j ainU * bacon,
too, but I wanted herbs. So I went over
to the schoolmaster's—they have herbs
there, I know—but the schoolmistress
is a me^'-wpman, though she looks.so-
sweet. "I begged her to lend me a
handful of herbs. ' Lend/ she answered
me; 'nothing; at. all grows "in our garden
—not even a shriveled apple. I could
not even lend you a shriveled apple,
my dear woman.' But now I-can lend
her ten or a whole sackful. That I'm very
glad of; that makes me laugh!" And.
with that she gave him a sounding kiss.
"I like that!" exclaimed both the Englishmen together. "Always going
down hill,  and  always "merry;; that's
men had been granted a reprieve by the
Governor until Monday, Jan. 20. The
brothers accused the Sheriff of desiring
to- hang them while anticipating a reprieve. The priests denied this statement, ancl said that the Sheriff had told
them he was willing to postpone the
execution until 2 o'clock, if necessary,
but they had told him to proceed when
Another brother of McDonnell, who
knelt at the foot of the scaffold while
the execution was in progress, also took
part in the altercation, and for a time a
most disgraceful scene ensued. Meanwhile Mrs. McDonnell, who had been
telegraphed for by the Sheriff, had
reached the jail too late to see her husband again in life, and, accompanied
with her daughter and the friends of
both men, was screaming at the top of
her voice. The spectacle was one to
touch the heart of the most sordid, and
the poor women received sympathy on
all sides. At length, after much difficulty, the policemen succeeded in clearing the room of all except the officials
and the friends of the dead men. The
bodies, which had been forgotten by all
except the physicians during the exciting altercation, were cut down. Both
men had died from strangulation.
Though the .statement of the priests
partially acquits the Sheriff of undue
haste in the execution, the fact has been
learned-that Sheriff Baudenbush telegraphed to Mrs. McDonnell last night
to come to Mauch Chunk if she wanted
to see her ^husband alive for the last
time, and, wTell knowing that the train
arrived at 10:20 a. m., and that the poor
woman could not. have had time to
reach the jail, which is a mile from the
depot, he swung her husband into eternity just as she reached the jail door
panting for breath. This* instance subjects the Sheriff to much censure, and
people of all nationalities are loud in
their denunciations.
opposec
it it ■svpnld
^cposiCk «i
Going Back to Farms.
Just after the war, when inflated
prices painted pictures of fortunes in
all kinds ofl city and town vocations—
when banking, insurance and the agency
business were supposed to yield wealth
almost without limit, and when it "was
believed that fortunes could be made by
merely organizing some kind of stock
company and putting the shares on", he
market, there was a general flocking jf
young inen from farms to cities and
towns, to get rich without labor. Bufc
that delusion has ended in bitterness
and disappointment to thousands ail
over the land; and proved that the game
of living by the wits is one that very
few can thrive at. We are beginning
to 'realize that farming possesses one
pre-eminent merit—it will yield a living,^ if nothing more, and that is more
than can be said of many city pursuits.
It is generally esteemed a plodding, un-
romantia business;, but this, is offset by
its exemption from the harassments and
tragic features that too often mark the
painful and .exhausting struggle for the
maintenance of credit and social position in city life. It requires but a
small capital to go to farming. This
offers a simple solution to the livelihood
problem to all who are willing to work,
'and ifeis gratifying to find that "the fact-
is beginning to be realized by many
weary of prolonged idleness in cities.—
St. Louis--fiepublicani.-
Not Sorry.
; i[oTi will not be sorry for hearing before judging.
,  Eor .thinking before speaking.
Eor holding an angry tongue.
Eor stopping the ear to a tale-bearer.
Eor disbelieving most of  the ill re*
orts.
Eor being kind to the distressed.
Eor being patient toward everybody.
Eor doing.good--to ail men. ; js' './l.
>Eor asking pardon for all wrongs.
Eor speaking evil o   no.one.
For being courteous to* ail-
tetter UTrom. Our Washing Corresponrtent.
WASHffiGToi.fin. 25,1879.
FINANCIAL LEGATION'.
Two very imporfcant|nancial measures have been passekjby the House
—th'e bill authoriz® the issue
of certificates of de|sit in aid of
refunding the public cllt- and the bill
making United States vetes receivable
for duties on imports. ||oth bills were
prepared by the Ways iip. Means Committee, and both wcre^fejsed by a two-
thirds vote without-"fisision. There
was an interesting disc^on on the bill
for convertible certifieses of deposit.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsy$aia, wanted to
amend it so as to ifllp the certificates convertible with, aarued interest,
after sis months, ittfof&wful money,
and at any time into k |§r cent, bonds.
Mr. Wood, the author.$| the bill, op-
posed this. He thought the bill, as
drawn, would afford titijpoorer classes
an opportunity of inve^iaig their small
earnings  where  they 'iould  be   safe
and secure and not Mbject to the
instability of private crrporations. It
was proposed by this bit to make a national savings bank whes there would
be positive and absolute Security for every dollar deposited >j the poorer
classes, and the result 6' which would
be to make these classed of people copartners in tho Government itself.
Another effect of it wou^l be to cement
fraternal concord throuiaoitt the land.
"Mr. Kelley said the onlj: >Tovisioninthe
bill which was character! >iic of a savings
bank was thafc the Gov'jnment would
receive deposits as low \.*i $10. There
was no other. The Unifrd States Government proposed to en'; 'ge the laboring people in a game of esance, of which
the law was, "Heads, t trin; tails, you
lose." No laboring ma» rwald have any
benefit from the bill. "■*£ would turn
that class into game f< - Shylocks that
concentrated about the s*oek exchanges
of the country. jSnpp** e a poor man
had deposited ,$10 and iound himself
unable to deposit. m*5<J« he would
have to wait 123 yaars and four
months before he v^ild be •entitled to interest.. Wi jimit such an
amendment as jie propdftsVMr. Kelley
thought the bill was a ,§jy£fe jind^a trap
for the poori&nd a digr^Sasdf^d Government.*, %rfek- ifc$.'*i2
ffafe.iortlx^
i^h^-^overrffiefi^. „—
the bill on the grounly
cause the withdrawal of % x. ___...   .,..
the savings banks of the ^ntjtry^iforcc^
the f orclosure * of mortgages, bankrupt
the banks, and have a ban effect generally. Mr. Butler declare^the bill a delusion and a snare. THe effeBt of it:
would be that the poor*! man might,
spend a day every month-&n procuring
a $10 bond; that when jie got. five of
them together he might-^change them
into '4: per cent bonds, *ahd for that
privilege he would have "Ito' spend five
days, and would have sJ^ed just 35-J-
cent, in interest. That waj*j" all there was
of it. There was no elem&nt-of savings
bank in it. It had no safety and when a
poor man -wanted the nloney for his
bond he would have to g| to a broker
and submit to a shave greater "than the
interest. If there was anything else in
it, he failed to find it. JfThe .object of
the bill was, he intimated|to withdraw
greenbacks from circulation, for there
was no way of paying th$ca' out when
received for this purpose.^: It would be
a further contraction of the currency,
which had already depressed labor,
stopped business, and brought the country to its present condition. And the
result of thai; condition (wliich was said
to be necessary) was the beaven-born
boon of resumption at N&w York and
nowhere else. Mr. Kelley'samendment
was voted down, and the bill was passed
by the decisive vote of 117 yeas to 72
nays. It is believed that \ tlie bill will,
pass the Senate and become a law.
At a meeting of the House Committee on Banking and Currency last
week, at wliich seven of] the eleven
members -were present, it Was decided,
by a vote of five to two, fo authorise
Representative Ewing to offer the- following amendment to the bill now
pending on the calendar of J the House,
providing for the repeal of the Bcsump-.
tion act: (.
Provided, Tliat money: heroafter- received
from any sale of bonds of. tho United States
shall he applied only to %£ redemption of
other bonds bearing the highest rfcte of interest
and subject to call; ancl, »'
Provided, further, Tliat *whe]pover,' -from
time to timo, the proceeds of sales of bonds
shall agregate $3,000,000, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall issue a call for tl&t amount of
bends to be redeemed, and intereslon tho bonds
called for redemption shall cease |h thirty days
from the date of such call; and, \
Provided, further, That all' Tlihited States
notes received in the treasury fhall be reissued, and kept in circulation wUhout change
in tho aggregate amount of the saj..eral denominations existing on the 31st day of -May,* 1878,
and it shall not be lawful to.issuef legal-tender
notes of larger denomination than^l,-J00. -
MEXICAN-WAR SOLDIERS.    . .
The bill granting pensions; to soldiers
who served at least sixty days in the
Mexican wrar, which has been;, a bone of
contention in the House fortjje last two
years, was finally passed last Iweek, but
so loaded down with amendments that
it is questionable if it ever gets through
the Senate. The amendments; among
«ther things, include the f'surviving
soldiers and widows of soldiers who
served in the Black Hawk, Qfeek'- and
Elorida wars. The total ^timber of
pensioners on the Government would
be increased, in case the bill Becomes a
law4 to the extent of nearly l||pC0.
PROTECTING SILVER BTJH|toN.
Senator Chaffee, of Coloi^io,'looks
upon silver bullion asnothing&nofe nor
less than merchandise, and, ccmsequent .
ly, as much entitled to proKption. as
anything else in the dutiable'tot]. Acting upon this view he has intgro^ced a'
bill levying a duty of 2 per c<*^»i,tlie
shining metal. Mr. Chaffee ty^k^r tile
passage of such an act would jgiuefc the
apprehensions of those wiiogeay that
the single-standard "nations «l.throw
"their silver o» ouy market,'aft^wouH,
also raise the price of silver bullion 2
per cent.
THE LAND  OE" REVOLUTION.
The recent publication of the letters
of Mr. EosterJ our Minister to Mexico,
on the internal condition of that country, is likely to lead to much unfriendly
feeling on the part of our Southern
sister republic. Mr. Eoster presents a
terrible picture of general lawlessness
and disorder, and claims that all commercial intercourse with Mexico must
be at great risk.
THE WOMEN AND THE PRESIDENT.
The National Woman-Suffrage Convention has been in session here,
and a committee was delegated to
call upon the President. This committee
visited the White House and presented
a memorial and other .papers in relation
to female suffrage, and charged that
the President had ignored the women
of the country in his annual
message. The President treated them,
very courteously, and in reply said:
"You say I have ignored the women of
the country in my annual message. I
-will carefully consider what yon have
said and the papers you have presented
to me. In my next message I will act
according to the dictates of my conscience and the best light I have." The
President, after a brief interview, asked
them if they would like to meet Mrs.
Hayes. Of course they would. Thereupon they were turned over to the "first
lady of the land," who proceeded to
show them over the Executive Mansion.
She pointed out the nursery, kitchen,
and other domestic appointments, and
dilated largely upon housekeeping
economy, culinary science, etc., but
never once alluded to statecraft. The
strong-minded sisters left the White
House with the impression that they
had been trifled with. They didn't go
there for information about housekeeping, but to talk about voting.
THE FORT ROBINSON AKFAIR.
The recent massacre of Cheyenne
Indians at Eort Bobinson, in Nebraska,
has caused considerable feeling in official circles, and loud is the condemnation Of ethe miserable mismanagement
which has led to this ugly affair. The
matter has been brought before the
Senate in the shape of a resolution, introduced by Jfix. Yoorhees, directing
the appointment of a special committee
to inquire into the circumstances of this
slaughter, with a view of placing the
blame where it properly belongs. The
resolution was immediately passed
without opposition. It.is Jioped the
inquiry wUl be m&46 • witk f as much
' \ioi'o't^k§ess as. possibles.
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been~formed betweenLEi^
Pacific and Texas Pacific railroad in
terests, by which it is hoped by the
friSnds of each bill to get both through
Congress this session, and overcome the
powerful influence the Union, Central
and Southern Pacific railroads are exerting to defeat, both bills'
Hints for Economy.
Purchase provisions at a reliable
market; nofc at a grocery. A little experience will enable one to select good
articles at less price than is usually
paid. Eor breakfast, if meat is desired,
an upper-cut sirloin steak, broiled, fried
liver, corn-beef hash, or hashed meats
of any description, furnish the substantial part of a breakfast. Graham gems,
fried hominy, occasionally corn-bread,
when eggs are not too expensive, com-
meal griddles, flour griddles, mixed in
part with dry bread crumbs, Graham
mush, oat-meal mush, will go far toward completing a breakfast, and with
many families prove a sufficient variety
with the aid of coffee. Eor hearty noon
meals I would recommend among other
things lamb-shank stew. Eor this, take
a few little shanks, boiled till perfectly
tender, about four hours. At the proper time add sliced potatoes, turnips,
parsnips and carrots, if relished, nicely
sliced; half of a red peppe^ cut very
fine; tomatoes improve it; or, in their
season, in place of the vegetables named,
add a pint of Lima beans, the same of
sweet corn, cut from the ear, with two
or three tomatoes. A pot of baked
beans, cooked in the most approved New England style, will
furnish a substantial meal at any
time, especially if you add a good loaf
of steamed brown bread. Eor tea, if
meat is required, chipped beef, either
dry or frizzled, and occasionally a lobster, will add relish. A plate of soup
pa'ade of soup-bones or bits of meat left
from the roasts or steaks, or clam stew,
bread toasted or fresh. Always have on
the table a dish of oatmeal mush, to be
served with sugar and milk, according
to the taste of each individual. The
dish furnishes every wrant required by
tho waste of the system. -Apple sauce
or baked apples, either with sirup or
without, afford- a relish, and will complete a repast sufficiently hearty and
nutritions to afford good sleep and pleasant dreams. Eor desserts, plain boiled
rice, or, what is better still, "poor man's
pudding," made of boiled rice; "cornstarch pudding," "cottage pudding,"
"apple pudding." The latter is made
by filling a pudding-dish nearly full of
apples, sliced, sweetened, salted, and flavored as for a pie. Place on top of
range and cook till about half done.
Oneandahalf hours before eatingcover
with a good crust, made like biscuit;
cover so closely that no steam can escape; place again on top of range, when
thc paste should puff very light to the
top of the dish. Send hot to the table
and serve with a liquid sauce made of
molasses and sugar, equal parts, a little
butter and flour added, and boil ten
niinutes.    '
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
A Check on Cheek.
I have heard of a curious case of successful impudence that took place a
short time ago. A well-dressed man
entered the Bank of England, threw
down a penny for the stamp, and asked
for a check. When it was handed to
hfm he filled it up to " self for £100,"
signed it, and, receiving the money,
withdrew. As he had no account at the
Bank Of England, that institution lost
'"£.100 by the transaction, while the Government gained 1 penny.—Londori
Truth, *  *
Tuesday, Jan. 21.—SENATE.-^Bills were introduced: Providing that administrators and executors of estates have full control until settled,
or the Probate Court directs the turning over
of property to heirs or devisees; also directing the appointment of temporary administrators over estates of missing persons
or those absent and- supposed dead.....
In committee of the whole tlie motion to repeal
the law of 1871 authorizing the appointment of
Drain Commissioners was carriea....The bill
reducing the rates of legal notices published in
newspapers from 70 cents for theiirstandSS
cents for every subsequent insertion to 50 and
25 cents respectively, was carried.
House.—Petitions were presented asMng for
the establishment of a reform school for girls;
for the arrest of horse-thieves, and for tho incorporation of tho Michigan State Police Association Mr. Mosher, of Hillsdale county, introduced a bill amending the Liquor-Tax act, so
that taxes raised from saloons, distillers and
brewers be thrown into the general fund of
each county, and not into the village, township
or njunicipality treasury. He thinks that the
present practice leads municipal officers to encourage the sale of liquors on account of the
taxes arising therefrom Bills were also introduced to prevent the extermination of "deer by
hunting them with dogs; to authorize the issuing of injunctions by Circuit Judges of adjoining counties in certam cases, and to make
an    appropriation    to    cover    a  deficiency
in   the   funds   of    tho   Reform   School	
In committee of the whole bills were passed authorizing the transfer of Michigan's interest ih
the Antietam Cemetery*to the United*States: to
authorize municipal boards of health to furnish
bovine virus free for vaccination; to amend
section 1,940 of the law of 1871, relating to municipal boards ef health, and for the incorporation of Hibernian benevolent societies..
"Wednesday Jan. 22.—Senate.—The Senate
passed  a resolution,   which has previously
passed the House, to investigate the Insane
Asylumat Kalamazoo A joint resolution asking Congress not to raise the tariff on certain
grades of sugar, the object being to protect the
stave aud hoop interests of the State, passed
unanimously.
House.—Bills were passed: To amend the law
relating to stray beasts; to facilitate the transfer to the United States of the Antietam National
Cemetery, in the State of Maryland; to "amend
an act relative to the duties of County Clerks
and County Treasurers; to authorize Boards of
Health of cities, villages and townships to furnish vaccination to the inhabitants thereof; to
amend law relative to Boards of Health in
cities and villages; to provide for the incorporation of Hibernian benevolent societies... .Bills
were introduced: By Mr. "Willet, to more effectually protect inmates of insane asylumsin postal
rights; by Mr. Moulton, for the better protection
of orchards, gardens and vineyards; by J.
Strong, for the preservation and protection of
game; by Mr. Moulton, to regulate and govern
the State House of Correction at Ionia; by Mr.
Knight, to reduce tolls on" the Bay City, "Vassar
and "Watrousville plank road; by Mr, Sawyer,
relative to public schools of the city of Ann
Arbor; by Mr. Sawyer, to regulate themanage-
ment of .asylums for the insane and recovery
of the insane; by Mr. Ferguson, for a uniform
assessment of property and return ol taxeB
thefeon; by Mr. Littell, relative to the "time
when State tftses shpJLcoiae due from Jlje coun
-praiBaTbt: estate^of cTet:easfpL persons Chy Mr.*
... .A very strong bill fpr a prohibitory liquor
law was introduced and passed to a second
reading. The provisions are very stringent,
$100 to $500 for.first offense, and 'three times
as much for any subsequent violation, with imprisonment from thirty days to six months.....
J. D. Ross, the only missing Bepresentative,
presented himself, and was sworn in.
Thursday, Jan. 23.—Senate.—Apetitionwas
presented asking for an enabling act to authorize the Superannuated Preachers' Aid Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Hold annual meetings The - Committee   on Mine?,
Minerals and Mining Interests reported in favor
of amending the Mining Corporation act so as to
alio w companies to ownl00,000 acres of land	
The Judiciary Committee reported adversely
on Representative Noah's House bill to provide
for bringing joint suits by fellow workmen.
 Senator Moore introduced a joint resolution asking for an appropriation for the improvement of the channel of Lake St
Clair at the mouth of Clinton river,
and for dredging the channel of the river....
The joint resolution authorizing the transfei
of St. Mary's ship canal to the General Government, and making it a free thoroughfare, which,
has passed the House, was referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Federal Relations,
jointly. The Lake Superior members are quite
anxious to have the bill passed, as State tolls
are a serious burden to tlie iron, copper and
lumber interests of that section.
House.—The House passed a bill to amend
sections 5, 6 and 7 of an act entitled "An act to
provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches," approved Feb. 17,1857, and
to add a new section thereto, to s*and as section
8, of said act, to take immediate effect....
Bills introduced: By Sir. Thorpe, for foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement; by Mr.
Stanchfield, for the better protection of cfit;-
itors in eases of assignment for their benered
by Mr. Pray, for the better support of teachers'
institutes; by J. Strong, to provide for County
Superintendents of Schools; by Mr. Turck, to
regulate the practice of medicine and surgery
in the State; by Mr. Probert, relativo to salaries
of county officers; by Mr.. Sawyer, relative to
appeals from tho Supreme Court from the Circuit Court, in chancery; by Mr. Turck, to constitute the village of Ithaca an election ward,
for general and special elections; by Mr. Bowen, to ascertain the annual cereal products of
the State of Michigan....In committee of the
whole, tho bill relative to jurors' fees was considered. Tho bill provides that each grand and
petit juror shall receive $2 for each day and $1
for each half-day, and 10 cents per mile. Jurors in Justice o' courts, or before
any officer on special proceedings, "to
receive $1 per day, 50 cents per
half-day, the fees to be advanced daily by the
party requiring such jury. Eajh juror in attendance at an inquest on a dead body to receive $2 per day and §1 for each half-dav the
samo to be allowed by the Board of Supervisors
in counties having no Board of Cunty Auditors.
Fkiday, Jan. 24.—Senate. —The Senate held
only a morning session. ' Ib passed several local bills, and also a bill relating to blanks.furnished to Commissioners of Highways by the
Auditor General A joint report of the Committee on Railroads and Public Lands was
made, recommending the extension of time for
two years, making three in all, for the com-"
pletion of the Mackinac and Marquette railroad.
House.—Mr. Moore introduced a bill providing for the publication, stereotyping, distribution, and sale of Supreme Court reports	
Mr. Sawyer introduced a bill relating to
tramps. 'The bill defines a tramp as a person
going about from place to place subsisting on
charity, and provides that when a tramp
receives assistance from the authorities
ho should render an equivalent in work, or
be fined $10, or thirty days in-jail; that when a
tramp sliall enter a dwelling houseor'other
building and kindle fires against the consent of
the owners between May 1 and Dec. 1, or shall
be found carrying fire-arms, he may be fined
$100, or given two years in prison; that tramps
injuring persons or property, or procuring food
or clothing by threats, shall get from one to
five years in prison. Tlie act is not to apply to
persons under 10 yoars of age, or females, or
blind persons...".Bills passed: Asking Congress for an a;ppropriation to build a lighthouse on "Whale's Back point; to prevent the
destruction and exportation of deer; asking
Congress for an appropriation for tho harbor
of refuge at Mackinaw; to amend law relative
Ann Arbor school.
Saturday, J6n. 25.—Senate.—Bills were introduced :   By Mr. Palmer," to enable ihe Super-
aunuaAed Preachers' Aid'Society of the Methodist ^Episcopal Church to hold its annual meeting at tho session,, of the conference of said
church ;.byMr.;Athbler,--to'ani<iUd "An act-to
provide for the payment-of.the salaries of tlie
State officers ;"* by Mr. MeEiroy, to authorize
lioswds of supervisors of counties to appoint
probate -regiat^rs; to authorize boards
of supervisors of counties to appoint assistant
prosecuting attorneys; by Mx. iaooro, to
amend an act relative to Circuit Courts; to incorporate the village of CoIumMaville, in the
county of Lapeer Bills passed:   To amende
an act relative to pl&uk roads; to amendjm
act relative to elections other than for militfe
and township officers....Mr, MdElrqy presented a petition asldng that the la*vvs be amended so as to" more effectually protect creditors
 The    Committee    on   Health  ^reported
favorably a bill to prevent quackery ""by compelling physicians to have diplomas from State
medical societies of the respective schools of.
medicine, the diplomas to be recorded in
the office of the County Clerk, and providing
punishment for having bogus diplomas Senator Weir's bill abolishing toll-gates on plank,
roads in city limits passed.
House.—In committee of the whole, a joint
resolution was introduced asking for the abolition of polygamy The Committee on State
Affairs reported adversely on Sawyer's tramp
bill and several other bills of the same character.   Referred to the committee of the whole.
 Bills passed:   Incorporating the village of
Manchester, "Washtenaw county; amending
the law relative to the affidavits of persons in other States and counties, which
shall ba valid and regular when authenticated
by a court having a seal, or by a commissioner,
notary public, or justice; to amend the law
relative to forcible entries and detainer; amending chapter 218 relative to foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement; joint resolution to
prevent the adulteration of sugar ; bill
relative to establishing water courses and
locating ditches or drains; relative to
issues of fact in courts of chancery....
Bills introduced: For the appointment of inspectors of boilers and stationary engines; to
punish corruption at primaries and elections;
by Mr. McGurk, relative ta JustiSes' fee in
criminal cases; by_ Mr. Sawyer, relative to returns and summoning jurors; by Mr.-Hamil-
ton, relative to incorporating the village of
Constantine; by Mr. Miller, to limit pay of Supervisors on special meetings; by Mr. May, to:
vacate the township of Sherman, in "Wexford
county, and attach to Bpriflgwells, Antioch,
Hanover and "Wexford, in Wexford county; by
Mr. littell, as to time of statement df account
of County Treasurers to Auditor General; by
Mr. Barnes, relative to appraisal. of estates of
wards; by Mr. Shattuck, relative to incorporation of railroad companies and amendments thereto; by Mr. ChaBe, for a tax on dogs;
by Mr. Ludington, against the killing of elk' in
the State; by Mr. Pailthorp, relative to maim^
ing, catching or killing pigeons A joint resolution was introduiced by Mr. McNabb relative
to polygamy in the Ouited States,.. .The Committee on the University reported that the total
disbursements in the "university account Since
the formation of the institution were $1,521,127.
Monday, Jan. 27.—Senate.—The following
bills wero introduced: By Mr. Huston, to
regulate, attorneys' and solicitors' fees in
mortgages, antj, on the foreclosure of the
same: by Mr. Childs, to amend ah-feet concerning churches and religious societies, establish uniform rales for the acquisition, tenure,
control, and disposition of property"couyeyed
or dedicated for religious purposes; by Mr.
Brown, tn authoiize the county of _ Kalamazoo to raise money by taxatiott to
buy and improve grounds for agricultural
fail* purposes; by Mr. Bell, to amend au act
granting and defining the powers and. ditties of
incorporated villages: by Mr. Chamberlain, relating to the support of "the poor by townships;
by Mr. Huston, to amend an .act relating to
courts held by Justices of the Peace; also, to
amend an act to incorporate tbe village of vas«-.
sar; relative to entry fees in the Circuit Court.
... This body consumed much time in committee of the wliole.
House.—=-Bills were introduced: By Mr. Fergus -jp, to prevent dissemination of the disease, *
known as yellows in peach trees; by;Mr. Turck,
for surveying and establishing section corners
of unsurveyed lands; also, relative to primary
schools;,by Mr. Moulton, relative to conduct of
elections and canvassing ?u& declaring the result Bills passed: To incorporate the village Of Petoskey City; to amend, ah aetrela-
' tive to Justices' courts; to authorize .the allowance-of : injunctions by Circuit Judges of adjoining judicial districts in certain case^,       -   -
   j a    -0 ^        ft
Effects of Eailway i-celdents.*   -
" Accounts of tilroad accidents frequently state? thats-alth^ugh^ ££e engine-
aiiclKJars wem "badly damaged, the pass-
stances of: men whose health steadily
declined after they.had pa? se5o apparently* unharmed through some mishap
to a train, and-*wh'ose sufferings were
terminated "by death more or less sud-'_
den. Some light has "been cast on cases
of this kind by a paper read last month,
before the. Medical Society of the King
and Queen's College of Physicians,
Dublin, by Pr. McSwiney. In a railroad collision there may result to a«
passenger (1) shock merely, or (2) con- '
cussion, or (3) contusion of the cerebrospinal system. In shock the functions
of the nerves are impaired, and the action of the nervous system is thus lowered. It has been found that great con-
fusion and injury, either temporary or
permanent, to the nervous functions
sometimes follow from a shock to the
cerebro-spinal system, when the soft
cerebral and spinal mass is struck violently against the bony case in which it
is inclosed. That slight blows often
cause serious results is now well established. An apparently trifling injury,
to the back or sacrum may give rise to
an inflammatory process, which may,
after the lapse of years even, end
fatally. And, often, a slowly creeping-
on paralysis will ensue upon a shock to
the cerebro-spinal center, when at first
no ill result was apparent. In such
cases, the seeming contradiction may
sometimes be noticed that, whereas the
more severe and dangerous phenomena^
often result in the very cases in which
injury appears to be trifling, .on the
other hand, it occasionally occurs that
the severest primary lesions present to
observation only slight and unimportant '
symptoms. -
The Texan JFeyer.
Disease is reported to be very prevalent among cattle in Texas. The peculiar form is that of carbuncular erysipelas, or what is known as black-leg, murrain or black-quarter.' As the Texan
stock becomes mixed with the improved
races, the latter and the progeny of the
mixture, as a matter pf course, may be
expected to become victims to the prevalent diseases from which the semi^wild
race escapes. This seems to be the case',
and the more valuable cattle are suffering just now more than usual. A sad
result of the disease is the death by.
blood poisoning of", many persons who
have been engaged in skinning the carcasses of cattle that have died of the disease. This is a f earf uL f ate, as a mgst,
painful" death is ineyi^blefrom the least
inoculation of the poison from the carcass, death being*preceded by the occurrence of boils, carbuncles and ulcers:
over the whole body. 'Itis.safe to bury.-
the whole carcass, and%not risk cUinger
for tlie sake of a hide.' --
-"Eccentric Ifoali Barker: '•
• The Augnsta (Me.) Journal prints
brief biographical sketches of the members of thenewliegislature of the State. -'-.
Third in the list of Senators appears;
the following::. ' .   *■
Barker, Noah, Corinth (Penobscot cophty);;
Independent; no isms iu religion, "do right and
risk the  conpeauences;" land surveyor and
farmer, 'or " own my farm and farming tools;"
married; age 71.   Born in'Exeter, -then a plan-'. *
tation called   "Blaisdelltown."  .JEducated in   .-
the common schools and at Hampden aucTFox- ,
eroft academies, but mainly at the family fireside.   For many, years-a inembor of thp Super- .
intending School*Committee;. Town Clerk; Se-.*
leetmanj; County Commissioner and Stat© .Land ":
Agent.   Member- of Maine House of .Repre-  \
sentativ'es in 1838, 1S40, and \Wa? Was "a
Democrat^ till the psirtyieadei-s were foi; extend- -'.
ing slavdry into'onr free territories;. <thena, Jter *,,
publican till ^ifltillwdfse bondage ensued. Ja ,
regard to other events in bis life— -