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mjmw mAtmm % a iwlir dssea sara yog bo-n t tsfesfcta'ap *er "Seed him wid my own two ffyw j oold wd stiff m di* bflve post." " miffhty flee. Joe ? " wai the neber seed mch wkoppin' '• twenty ripe ones dSs berr^ >>,on*"- " * her throat gwiate to hold meetin' «l I wish you alighiy wBl 'g'inst dumplinj day-- il'fe; vrtokiii' un de Jay-- ,, *MMi*,4ae]aatln';'> IMPen attain' away f t Bp, Prisu! eu gin it torn rtmng; " I banM wid der dlng-tiiPK-tloug j , Mffl wWaMlw Mb# : •• * ' "U. doit rtajr Jong J ilL don't «t*y long I »om-t etay J«3l r arcraapiar* todea de top er ds Ufi- n'eaWantin'; day dona ball*-- » Dataun'a a slantta'; Ba' er de nigger give ^ --hfksa Dtt aunt a alantln'; v_. 1talari tin'm a&ppm' down stilll " - ]dw holier en bawL . leas males t«r destur »« (• plantation .cad; runter wvuall! miter you all 1 , Mjr lore uatar Jtm «£|» 4 ct to impossible to teacii mtaxj 1 people of the South that • to steal u watermelon AS colored a»6 Till iuliait .i^cftlf larceny deserves the (te­ st finally of the law, and if he were •<» » jiify he would enforce it, too ; but "Set a case of stolen melons come before a foaxt, Vtd he'll stand up stoutly for '£$ aeqttilWl, g&d, if he is the delinquent, pleaV ^dMaakwence with injured air > - «f«fteiafr mnius% persecuted. Old Uncle Jered Black, a negr6 of oome repwtatJdn in the Gulf States, ex- .• •.* pressed the papular opinion in a melon case before the court where he had been awwa a ralootaut witness. " No, Jedge; I'm not denyin' Simon i' Wkme. tuck de melons, sence all dese gwnmmip seed him do it But melons, lehow, don't seem like dey's any- Folks «mt i bound to be tuck when I plants, 1 draps four seed in a' hill, and I ses, *Tre fur sne, and on© fur de tief." You j>ute your j?old and your silber in a chist, tuid you keeps de key. You plants your JDtielons rite by the road, and leads your' neighbor into temptation by makin' his mouC water fur 'em. No, Jedge, e! mel­ ons is valyblea, treat 'em like valybles •>d -hide 'em. Don't trow 'em under Mks' foots, and den kiok up • row wen they're picked up." JJncle Jered Black, however, would ^ never be called upon to defend his col­ ored brothers of O , at least for some $im« to come. T&BJ wince at the very name of melon. I will tell you why. There never was Bach a season In melons as last summer in the country around O- . They were splendid in •il the little fields and garden®, but, strange .to, say, they had been a failure in the lots of the colored population. le right time to plant them ^ when the moon was on the wane, and you can neither persuade nor force Afjxjlored pUuter to put seed into the ground at that time. The new moon cam* in wet. The melon-seed that the ooloced people huitetfcmere rotted and the crop spoiled, aid hardly count the hungry which longed for the luscious the eyes which gloated over le ifiM at Dr. Spenser's melon-patch. Me had the finest melons kt the coun- <0, hut he did not give many people a Nuance to taste them; for Dr. Spenser -was a miserly man, who preferred leav- -jgtg fruit to rot on the ground to giving . $ away. » wme JBoade on all the iralan- K',paiei|B6 for miles around, but Dr. Spen- «er • was untouched, He chuckled when amr on© asked if he was net afraid to have his melons right on the public *hen just to cross a low fence would bring a robber into the very midst of his fruit. /^'And what would Fary be doing '^Wlen the rascals were climbing my leficeT* he laughed, "You've never eeen my bull-dog, Fury, have you? Well, he keeps guard over there. No jfear of mj melons being touched. wit Th®1"* was no fear until, in the height of the season, Fury was taken ill, and in a^very^few hours gave u| :ir % all his s up his breath, wag row at his wits' end. lazy, thieving boys will be on_ my patch to-might," h« to hip wife, 88 and not a melon will they leave. What on earth am I so- tojdof You had better watch yourself, or William to do it" Am 1 not likely to be called off any r of the night?" he answered, crosa- ly. " And to talk about William watch- so scary that he'd run his of! if a cow loosed over the p&K"fr ^ktj^no^t stand beiag robbed, • WiMlever it was, it wils some mvsteri- ous transaction which kept the old doc- ^ the afternoon, "ff-f paipe on, he was seen carrying .^h a label on it, which he plant­ ed abbttt the middle of the patch, and his work was done. . ^$P*white. ttie sews of Fury's death aJji f^Md^through the colored colony il ZZ' 8 general rule, these peo- peaceable and law-abidmcr, n9' disturb their neighbors, and qnaneled s litfe among them- •elves, They bmi had quite a religious wvival lately, andlield meetings at each other's bouses every night. Lord r said old Hannah * " n the Hews of Fury's death ibin. " I prayed agin dat ^, ©l>er- sence hie tuck a nip outer my wa'n't no dog, but a plumb he'a gone to judgm«»t." -. f W^at, Aunt Hanjiali, do yon believe aogs have souis?" asked Franl^Havard a mischievous white boy, who was Joe's ootisiimt associate IMCT in pranks. Mag" I b'lieves wot I blieves. Wen --i. 's reason, dey's got soula." What were yon doing, Joe, when, wpped yonf* was his next Sgiel w» wttin* on the upper bars, . i ' J®84, ®o*i»tin' dewhoppin' doctor had, and neb- «jot wiKin ^ob dogs, nor noting, wen that and fust ting I knowed "^waa a awful . Wl I got away somehow. 9 mean out of my leg. Look : up his pants and show- j not yet healed. th® last nip he'll get at •nyonermfcni «ud. « That old hunks wont have a «ieloB left by to-morrow ^rres.bim right. I wouldn't mind at 'em myself" and he a off whistling. de dog's dead, JToel" old Han- m it** .torn*: i << fellars. -EM' " W^ss „ Brudder Foini's to-night, rite 'longside de doctor's field. Brudder Ford's water is monstrous bad. It makes me rite sick. Tslkin' ob water-melcms makes me hone fur 'em. Tink you kin find one or two ia Brudder Ford's patah^ a^ud ialch 'em to me after meetin' ? " " I reckon," was Joe's answer, given with alacrity. Nothing more passed be­ tween mother and son. Well, before dark, half-a-dosen at the young scamps in the neighborhood knew that Fury had barked his last, and combined with Joe to rob the patch that night They were to take several bags of fruit to the people at Ford'r, and then help themselves. They knew no ques­ tions wonld bo asked by their friends, who would be conveniently blind. What boys chose to de waa a matter of little oonaequenoe % Item, and, if they kept their own hj^cWfrozfr tlie very act of theftv they oeuld not be made toun- daratanl mat ttiey sliarod the guilt by sharing the s^Mnls. This may even aeem singular morality to m> young readers, but where the col­ ored population is ignorant, it is the commonest thing in the, world for them to defend themselves warmly against an abrogation of theft, and really believe themetlv gated th®ir own. children to commit it Joe diM Het forget his friend Frank in the proposed raid upon the watermelons. About dusk, lie hunted him up. "You see, Mars' Frank," he toaid, " me and dem niggers will tote de water- millions for our mends fust, and den I'll save de biggest fellars fur us. We kin eat den in peace. It'll be dark till 'bout 9, and den we'll hab a moon. We kiu eat all. we want ter 'fore dat" Like a General,' Joe marshaled his forces, and soon after dark dusky fig­ ures might have been seen stealing noise­ lessly in and out of the patch. Frank Havard was there. His father was a lawyer of high reputation, who lived in constant dread that his young scape­ grace would some day get into a scrape from which no law quibble could free him. The boy was a thorn in his re­ spectable papa's side. He lounged against the fence, jesting with the boys, who were securing the melons, and taking them to Ford's--for they carried a part of them there--but not taking any active part in the raid. "Now, fellars, here's yer bag ob melons," said Joe, " and jest Bcoot away wid 'em. Ef I was you, I'd eat 'em by de brick pond, so you kin pitch de rinds into de water. Me and Mars' Frank, we's gwine to hunt a safe place, tao." '• Where iiave you put our melons?" Frank asked, when the boys and their plunder had disappeared, Joe led him to & place where he had concealed some splendid ones. By the dim starlight, Frank saw they were"real­ ly the largest and finest he had ever seen. The two boys seated themselves on the ground, eaoh with a whole melon before him, and began their frost. The last mouthfuls were hastily swallowed, for the moon had risen, and was now shining brightly on the field. "Let's hurry, for goodness' sake, Mars' Frank !" whispered Joe, casting uneasy glances around him, but cram­ ming down melons at the same time. "Dat moon is run up mighty quick. Wot dat post doin* dar ?" as his' eyes fell on the post, with the label, which in the darkness had escaped their notice. "Look, Mars' Frank, at dem big white letters on de board." Frank had risen, and stood now be­ fore a board, painted black, with a large label on it, written in chalk: "Take warning--these melons are poisoned!" " Thunderation!" he cried, m he read it aloud. " I believe the man only wants to scare us." But he turned white aa lie spoke, and trembled like a leaf. It's true 1" yelled Joe, leaping up. " He's jest de mean man to do it. Oh, ob, oh ! We's p'isoned dead, and mam­ my and all de folks is done p'isont*!, too 1" Like a flash of lightning be was over th© fence and running to Ford's, while Frank made equal speed toward his own home. On Joe's way he passed the brickyard pond, where the boys still were. "Demelons is p'isoned!" he cried. " We's all done dead I" and without further explanation, followed by the terrified boys, he burst into " Brudder Ford's" jiust as the last melon had been cut and distributed. The boy waa Iran- tic with fright. "We're p'isoned I" he pcreamed. " Old doctor put p'ison in da and we's just found it aut O mammy, mammy!" First, the silence of utter stupefaction, and then commenced screams and groans. Men and women foiled 'on th® floor in real or fancied agony. "I feel it a-comin'!" shriekad one woman. "I feels it a-cemin' I Lord hab massy on my sinful soul!" "Is it quiek p'ison? Will it gib na time to pray ? " groaned another. "Oh, catch hold on me, 'fore I faints!" But nobody cared who fainted in «W dreadful hour. The only one in the yell­ ing crowd who had on® atom of sbnse 1 left was Ford himself. Being qnite in­ disposed, he had hardly touched the melons, and. therefore, not having the fear of death before him, he knew prettv well what to. do. . ?e to Dr. Spenser's house, and fortunately found that gentleman up. 'Come on, doctor, come on !he shouted. "Don't stop to put on your co^,t»"r', Yo« ain't got time fur it!" Whats th© matter?", aaked the doctor. " all p'isoned. You done it,"and efaey dies, youH be de murderer." The doctor smiled grimly. "So they've been at my melons, have they? Well, I put up a warning, and if they chose to steal and risk it, that's not my business." He smiled still more viciously when he reached the house, and saw the groaning, writhing mass of humanity within it His remedies, whatever they were, were prompt and vigorous, «*nd didn't leave much of the stolen melon for di­ gestion. By the time he got through with them, they were among the limpest mortals that ever found forbidden fruit bitter on the palate. * As for Joe, he was so ill that ha just asked to be let alone. He didn't seem to care if he lived or died. It was daylight before, the people staggered oft' to their own hoa56ss half afraid that the poison waa not destroyed, and that it would start up and destroy them yet. Dr. Spenser forebore to say a-word of reproach, as he watched the crowd tot­ tering off, saying, "Lord hab massy on us. Ji&t let us git oat ob dis prickly brier." " Had an awful time with young Hav­ ard," said a brother physician that morning to Dr. Spenser. "Was up WLTLL IUIIILAII ILIA NIAHFC. KA . from a melon in symptoms aa your your patch, colored p*» »•<#© lt» w*»i» the melons not really "jkAMed, though I won't aajr what I dad %b them." Even Frank Hamad does not careftir watermelons any longer.--Youiifr Got*- vanion, s •IJ* YOUNG FOLKS. ̂ . . HOUSEHOLD /• • ' ____ ' " 1, " J(Fros» th« HonMhold.] * ^ / <"! CAKK.-- One cup aider, one cup butter, one cup milk, two cups sugar, six caips flour, spice, and one teaspoon saleratu& COOKIES.--One cup sugar, one-half cup water, one-half teaspoon saleratus, spice to taste, mix moderately stiff, roll thin- and bake crisp. To BEHOVE F RRCKTJIW -I- Powdered niter, moistened with water and applied to the face, will soon remove freckles without injury to the, skin. GRAHAM CAKE--One cup sugar; one cup milk (sour); one-half cup butter; three and one-half cups fionr; one tea­ spoon soda; one-half a nutmeg. CAKB WITHOUT EGOS.--One cup but­ ter, three cups sugar, one pint sour milk, or cream, three cups flour, one pound raisins, one teaspoon saleratus; spice to taste. BREAD CAKKS.--Take one quart of milk, stir in enough bread crumbs to make a thin batter. Boat three eggs well and put them in, adding a little salt; when they had insti- j^jd two table spoonfuls of flour. Bake on the griddle and serve hot WHITE HICKORTWUT CAKE--One pound of sugar, one pound of flour, half pound of butter, the. whites of six eggs, well beaten; three teaspoonfuls of baking Ewder, one cup of milk and one and a If cups of hickorynut meats. FRUIT CAKE WITHOUT EGOS.--One pound of clear fat pork minced fine, over which pour one pint of boiling water; add two cups of sugar, two cups of molasses, and a little of all kinds of spices. Mix it stiff, use two small tea- spoonfuls of saleratAs and fruit to taste. SUGAR--A cup of water to a cup of sugar; two teaspoonfuls of corn starch to a cup of water; set the sugar and water on the fire to boil; do not stir after it begins to boil; dissolve the corn starch in a little water, and, when the candy will harden in water, put in • the corn starch, stining rapidly; when done, pour hut in a pan, add flavoring and pull. SPICE CAKE--One cup of brown sugar, two cups of molasses, one-half cup milk, one-half cup butter, two and» one-half cups flour, two and one-half ieaspoon- fuls of baking powder, two teaspoonfuls of powdered cloves, one teaspoonfui cin­ namon, one teaspoonfnl allspice, yolks of four eggs, cream, sugar and butter; add molasses, then eggs, then milk; lastly, add flour with spices and baking powder well mixed in the flour. Bake in jelly tins. Use whites of eggs for filling. A RICE DISH.--Put butter the size of a pigeon's egg into a stewpan, and when hot mix in a small onion, minced, and cook until it assumes a pale yellow color, put in the rice uncooked; stir it over the fire until it has a yellow golor also; then add a pint of stock. Boil slowly until the rice is tender--about half an hour. When about to serve add one ounce of grated cheese, stmiug for a few mo­ ments without letting it boil. MACARONI WITH TOMATO SAUCS.--PUT butter, size of au egg, into a sauce-pan; when it is at the boiling j>oint throw in an onion (minced), two sprigs of parsley, chopped fine, and a little pepper. Let it cook five or eight minutes longer. Now pour in a coffee cup of tomatoes which have been stewed and strained through a colander; stir all together. Boil your macaroni in salt water until tender; put in & layer of macaroni in a baking dish, pour over sauce and again macaroni, and have sauce on the top; set in a moderate oven for three minutes. Serve immediately. DOUGHNUTS WITHOUT EGOS. -- T w o qaarts of fleur, one pint of 'milk, one heaping cup of sugar and a piece of but­ ter the size of an egg. Scald the milk, and when tepid add the sugar, the but­ ter, a half cup of yeast, and a half tea- spoonful of soda. Pour this all into the center of the flour, using enough of the flour to make a sponge. Let it rise all night in a warm place. In the morning sprinkle in whatever spice you want;: knead in the rest of the flour. Let it rise again until light; knead again and roll them. After they are cut outlet them stand five minutes. Fry in boiling lard. To BOAST A SUCKING PIG.--If you can get it when first killed, this is of great advantage. Let it be scalded, which the dealers usually do; then put some sage, a large piece of stalish bread, salt and pepper in the inside and sew it up. Observe to skewer the legs back, or the under part will not crisp. Lay it to a brisk fire till thoroughly dry; then have ready some butter in a dry cloth and rub the pig with it in every part. Dredge as much flour over as will possibly lie, and do not touch it again until ready to serve; then scrape off the flour very care­ fully with a blunt knife, rub the pig well with a buttered cloth, and take off the head while at the fire; take out the brains and mix them with the gravy that comes from the pig. Then take it up and cut it down the back and breast, lay it into the dish and chop the sage and bread quickly as fine as you can, and mix them with a largo quantity of fine melted butter, that has very little flour. Put the sauce into the dish after the pig has been split down, the bat* and garnished with the ears and the two jaws; take off the upper part of the head down to the snout. In Devonshire it is served wliole if very small, the head only being out off to garnish with as above. It will require from an hour to an hour and a half to roast, according to size. IN America (says London Truth) chil­ dren aro frequently vaccinated above the ankle, and the same is almost al­ ways the case in the south of Ireland. Some years ago a Mend of mine was appointed surgeon to a ship tliat was conveying emigrants to Australia. Be­ fore starting he called upon all the women to show their arms, in order that he might see whether they had been vaccinated. "Sure, then," they said, "it's 'n the fut," and they proceeded to bare that portion nf their lower limbs which they delicately called "the fut," and which I, with equal delicacy, call "above the ankle." Many a pretty arm is disfigured by vaccination marks, and it is really too bad pf English mothers to continue the practice. Water-Tight Mail Cases. As a means of saving the mails from goihg to the bottom with a sinking ship, it has been suggested that they should be inclosed, not m the usual canvas bags, but in water-tight metal cases rendered floatable on the sea by an air-chamber in the lid. If the boxes proved too ex­ pensive for general use, they might, at least, be employed for registered letters. Moreover, beside their function as aaail- •4MMK ran A pink-wait* %ud wi ' ~ wis ktu»wluf> i te'ft 'if on tiptoe staiidinf, «r th* bud, then rn »way,* ?i* ijing 1" *Ks\ ~h$z-<£2r!X •y&KrtSi.' 'Why, mftmmt, fc j and ltsp<n««ld, ' fwhat he'd done, . .. »m», here ' th t h« ittta Mai! X>k« It, and thaw it oa." i . THE OPOSSUM IN THE HEH-HOUSl • " O George, the circus is ooming! the handbills are all up, and such pictures of horses and lions and tigers, and every thing!" Ned jumped about for joy, until George said: "But how are you going, Ned? We have no money, and papa said he could not give us any- more this month, if he gave us a gmn. " The new gun--so he did," said Ned, sadly. "But the circus takes so little; they would let us in at half price." "I will tell you," exclaimed George; "let ua sell our white Leghorns to mam­ ma. She wants them, I know, and the money we get for them will take as both to the circus." This was settled, and at dinner mamma was told of the plan. " Pat them up in the hen-house to­ night," she said, "and to-morrow I will look at them and we will fix the price." The boys went to bed early that night, but had hardly settled themselves to sleep when Melissa, the little servant- girl, rushed in with a light in her hand. " O,' git up, boys, git up! Sompen's in de hen-house, Mlin' all (le fowls. They jumped'up and huddled on their clothes as fast as they could, then ran after Melissa, who held the light while they armed themselves with sticks. There was a great stir, sure enough, in the hen-house--fowls were cackling and screaming with fright, and a curious snapping sound came from one corner. When the light fell here they saw a rough, hairy little animal, with small bright eyes like a pig, and along smooth tail. But, worst of all, one of the beauti­ ful white Leghorns lay before it, all mangled and bleediug. The horrid orea- ture was tearing its Boftbody, and would hardly stop eating when the children attacked him. At last Melissa caught up a stick, and killed the little beast with a quick blow. She held it up in triumph by its long tail. It looked very much like a little pig, and had five fingers, like toes/>n each foot. " 'Tis a 'possum," said Melissa, "and very good to eat I's right glad I killed it, cos now 'tis mine." " You aito welcome to it," said Ned, half crying. "What shall we do now our pretty Leghorn rooster is dead? We can't go to the circus." „ Next morning they told their . tale at the breakfast table. ' "Never mind," said their father; "I think you may go, alter all, as I owe you something for killing the 'possum. He would have destroyed the rest of the fowls," "Yes; but, papa, Malisakilled it; we only struck at it." " Well, I think I must treat the whole party, as all did their best We will se„ a trap to-day for the next opossum that may come to see ul.M f The boys and Melissa went to the olr- eus, and enjoyed all they saw, and Mel­ issa had a fine cpossmn stew into the bargain. j ' *•/• Vora*9 When Boy was a little boy he had many fine horses. His first horns waa nurse's knee. It was a hard horse to ride, for it oouid only trot Iloy was very small wheu he rode this horse, so small that he could not hold his head up. When the horse would trot, Boy's head would roll round as though it would drop off; and nurse would sing as loud as she could:-- r ? , . . • " T r « v t a w a y t o B o a t o r , * Trot away to Lynn, , ' 'Jrot away S© ttoaton, Trot bouse ggalb," Boy's next horse waa a This was his father't foot venr gay O, whai one. ,t fine rides Boy had on this horse! . His father held hia hands so that he oonld not fall ott His next horse was a pretty tin one. It was a red horse with Una mane and tail. He held his head high, and was a fine horse to look at, but Bpy could not ride him. He could only lead him about with a string, so he was soon tired of him. But Boy had a great deal of sport with his four-horse team. He ooula ait in the arm-chair, that was the coach, and crack his whip and make a great deal of noise. To be sure, the horses were only four chairs, but Boy held the lines in his hand and said, "Get up, Charley! Gee! Whoa!" and had great fun. Next came the rocking-horse. Ah! then Boy was happy 1 This was a fine horse--dark bay, with white main, and tail made of real horse-hair. Boy named him Dick. He never got tired of Dick till he had a live horse. That was the best of all. A real live horse! Boy was. seven yean old. He used to ride after the oows. Boy waa a happy boy. To be sure, the ears of his horse were very long, and his head was large. He was only a donkey; but he was a live one; aud Boy eould ride him all day. The only thing Boy did not like was, that he could not lead Tom up to the fence to get on his back. For a long time Boy eould never get a rule unless seme one was near to lift him on the donkey's back. But Bov was smarter than the donkey, and one day he thought ot something. There stood the donkey, and Boy wanted to ride, but he could not lead him any­ where, so that he could get on. All at once Boy spied a fence board on the Sround, snd he out one end. on the onkey's oack, and then crawled up on the board and got on. Boy never had any more trouble about getting on his donkey when he ootdd find a board. Boy, who is very kind to his sister, aaked his mother to let her go. Alice earned the basket-a pte^y lame one. ttw to be sure and get it fotO of flsh, ib that nlie could fry them'fbr dinner. How proud and linppy they were! Their mother could see then from the window all the time. When they reached the brook Alioe sat down on a rock. Boy put» worm on the hook, and dropped the end of the line into the stream. But it was a long time before he got a bite. At last he thought he felt a nibble. "1 ve got one, Ally!" he shouted. "Q, such a big fellow! You will have to oome and help me pull him out" They tugged away on the line, and then they both fell over backwards. "There he is!" cried Boy. But when they got up and looked, it was not a trout at all. It waa only a piece of a black root that broke off and gave a tumble. Boy tried again, anil alter a good while he felt another nibble. He jerked the line out so quickly that the hook caught in the back of Alice's dress. It pricked her shoulder so that (die had half a mind to cry. Boy could not get the hook out of her dress, and they went home for their l^pti^er to help them. tlie Old BankingSjstem. tfebe banking system in vague previous to the act of 1864 was simply that which placed the charter of hit banks of issue and deposit in the hands of the several States. In 1856 and 1857 there were about 1,400 of these State institutions; in New England alone there were 507 banks and branches, with a capital of $114,611,752. At that time an important feature in New England bauking was the "Suffolk banking system," through which tho notes of all New England banks were collected and redeemed at the Suf­ folk Bank at Boston, each bank making a stipulated deposit for that purpose, amounting in the aggregate to $300,000. The older banking system of the United States dates back of the State banks. During the revolutionary war the coun­ try was extremely poor, with few indus­ tries except agriculture, and with no precious metal to speak of. Congress, May 10, 1775, made preparation to issue Continental paper, $2,000,000 of which were put in circulation on June 22 fol­ lowing. These issues aggregated $300,- 000,000, and depreciated so much that eventually they became valueless, al­ though laws were passed making them a legal tender for the payments of debts. Then a plan was submitted to Congress, May 17, 1781, by Robert Morris, for a National Bank, the principal provisions of which were: The capital to be $400,- 000, in shares of $400 each, each share to have a vote; that twelve directors be chosen from those entitled to vote, who at their first meeting shall choose a pres­ ident; that the directors sneet quarterly; that the board be empowered from time to time to open new subscriptions for the purpose of jncreasing the capital of the bank; statements to be made to the Sup- perintendent of the Finances of America; that the bank notes payable on demand shall by law be made receivable for du­ ties and taxes in every State, and from the respective States by the Treasury of the United State?; that the Superintend­ ent of the Finances of America shall have the right at all times to examine into the affairs of the bank. This bank became an important auxilary in aid of the finances of the Government, and so con­ tinued to the end of the war. Tlien^fol­ lowed the Bank of the United States, commonly called Hamilton's bank, which was chartered in 1791, and continued till 1811. From that time to 1816 the fiscal service of the Government was performed by banks operated under the State law. In 1816 the second Bank of the United States was created; its capital was to be $35,000,000, in 350,000 shares of $100 each; $7,000,000 of the stock to be sub­ scribed by the United States, and the remaining $28,000,000 by individuals, companies or corporations. The bank went into operation Jan. 7, 1817, and continued till 1836, when it ceased to act under the charter granted by the United States, but the same year was re- chartered by the State of Pennsylvania, with the same capital. On winding up its affairs in 1840, after paying its debts there remained nothing to the stock­ holders, the entire capital being stink.-- Chicago Inter-Ocean. cases, they could also be made available in the construction of life-rafts for the rescue of passengers from the doomed How Roy Went Fishing. Boy had fished in the*ditch by thp road a great mamy times; but h* had only a bent pin for a fish hook, and a piece of twine for a line. He never caught any fish there. When he was six years old his uncle James gave him a real flsl. hook and a line, and after a good deal of coaxing, his mother said he might go down the cow path to the brook and fish for trout Uncle James caught a great many trout in the brook. wanted to g». with Boy; end Hew Care for Crime. An idea, npt exactly new, but now re­ ceiving new attention among scientists, is deserving of notice. The theory has been advanced that murders and such crimes are not the fruit of devilish dis­ position, of revenge or of hate. They are simply the natural results of some abnormal condition of the brain. The undue growth of the bone in the region of the medulla oblongata presses upon the brain and drives the innocent man to innocently seize an ax and blamelessly chop his wife's head open. It is her mis­ fortune, not his fault. The post mortem examination, of the brains of a number of murderers shows in a majority of cases some tumor, malformation, or softening of the brain. The brains of assassins are usually larger than the average. Suicides in almost every case show soft­ ening of the brain in one or more lobes. The radical believers in this theory argue that this being the case, hanging is not the remedy for crime. Murderers are to be pitied, not punished, and placed un­ der medical treatment, instead of hanged. At least, while the theory is not yet gen­ erally accepted, they hold that a con­ victed murderer should be given to them to experiment on, cut a section out of his skull bone and try to mold his brain into new shape. However this may be, in places where hanging is still in vogue, where the «3tioi#e is between confinement under medical treatment and turning the crim­ inal loose on the community, tlie de­ cision should not be one long to oon- sider.--Pittsburg Telegraph. Beliglen of the Presidents. Washington and Garfield were the only ones who were church members, but all, one excepted, were men who revered Christianity. Adams married a minister's daughter, and was inclined to Uaitarianism. Jefferson Waa not a believer, at least while he was Chief Magistrate. Madison's early connec­ tions were Presbyterian. Monroe is said to have favored the Episcopal Churoh. John Qnincy Adams was like his father. Jackson was a Methouist, and died in the communion of that churoh. Van Buren was brought up in the Reformed Dutch Church, but after­ ward inclined to tho Episcopal Church. Harrison leaned toward the Methodist Church, and Tyler was an Episcopalian. Polk was baptized by a Methodist preacher after his term of office expired. Taylor was inclined to the Episcopal communion. Fillmore attended the Unitarian Church, and Franklin Pierce was a member, but not a communicant, of a CongreRationalist Church at Con­ cord. Buchanan was a Presbyterian. General Graut attends tlie Methodist Church, and President Garlield is a member of the Churoh at the Disciple*. FARM NOTES. should not be niore THKJW IS no way of discovering the sex of an'eg$ before hatching. THE seed of the amber aorgum eane is said to be valuable for hens. GBOUSD bone, fish guano and wood ashes are fertilizers far straw­ berries. NEARLY nine-tenths of rice is ataroh; of Indian corn and barley more than two-thirds. ALL explosions of petroleum lamps a by lecte above the oil. are caused by the vapor or gas that ool- EARLY springs rarely bring bonntifal March grass harvests. It is said that makes light haymows. THE refuse corn, after the gluecloee has been extracted, sells in the West at $8 to $4 per ton for food for stock. CORN requires fertility and cultiva­ tion, without which, it matters not how good your seed, you will never have a good crop. IF yon want good-sized potatoes, use good-sized tubers for seed. Do not, if you can avoid it, cut more than one eye in a set IN France it is generally recognized as a rule that the sugar beet should never be cultivated upon a fresh manure or barnyard manure. Every acre of land that a farmer owns that pays liim nothing and is not in­ creasing in value is running him behind, because the taxes must be paid. THE usual time allowed for lambs to suckle is four months. When separated from their mothers they should, if pos­ sible^ be so far removed as not to hear each other's bleats. A GOOD acid-proof cement is made by mixing a concentrated solution of silicate of soda with powdered glass, to form a paste. This is useful for luting joints in vessels exposed to acid fumes. IN testing eggs, the fresher the egg the smaller the air chamber. This can be seen at the broad end of the egg if it be held up against a strong light in a dark room. Stale eggs haye a mettled, greyish look about them. A new-laid egg will always give a telling of warmth if the tongue is press&d to the large end. CEMENT for an aquarium that will not crack or peel from gloss or gal van* ized iron: Take by measure ten quarts of litharge, ten parts of plaster of Paris, ten. parts of fine dry white sand, and one part finely powdered resin. When wanted for use, mix into a stiff putty with boiled linseed oil. Do not use the tank for three or four days after ce­ mented. POSEY Connty, Indiana, claims to have raised the largest cow in the world. Her name is Lady Posey ; breed, mixed Dur­ ham and Big English. Her measure­ ments are: Greatest height, five feet ten inches; girth, ei^ht feet nine inches; length, ten feet six inches, or, including tail, seventeen feet. Her form is good, and, though not fat, she weighs 3,000 pounds. AN English ship captain states that he can always get a bullock upon shipboard when other measures fail, by adopting the following simple method: Taking out. the stopper of a vinegar cruet placing his finger on the mouth of the cruet, turning it up and then applying his wet finger to the nose of the beast. The ef­ fect is instantaneous; the bullock, with a sneeze and a shake of his head, ia oahis legs at once. ^ Substitutes for Wood, Year by year other materials are be­ ing substituted for wood in the erection of dwellings and buildings of all kinds, in the construction- of bridges, fencea and sidewalks, in the manufacture of caH'iages, agricultural implements and furniture, for producing beat for cooking and warming dwellings, and for generat­ ing steam. In many parts of the coun­ try it is quite as cheap to erect buildings of brick or stone as of wood, though tne time required is somewhat longer. Within the past five years boards have given place to wire' in building farm fences, and in ten years more wooden fence pests will gi\e place to those of atone, cement or iron. Wood is rapidly going out of use as a material for hoops ior barrels and other forms of cooper's ware, and, indeed, barrels and casks of any kind are giving way to other kinds of packages for holding other substances than liquids. Wooden pavements are now generally condemned in all large cities, and wooden sidewalks will soon share their fate. Recently baskets made of strip-iron for picking cotton, gather­ ing potatoes and harvesting fruit have been introduced. They are light, dean, very serviceable and comparatively cheap. Furniture made of metal or stone is fast displacing that manufactured from wood. Wood supports are still used for rail­ way tracks, but it is likely that a substi­ tute for them in some form of metal or stone will be found before trees can be grown of sufficient size to convert into ties. Not only sea-going steamers and vessels are made of iron, but many smaller boats are constructed of the same material. With the exception of steam­ boats navigating rivers and lakes whose banks and shores are lined with forests, or locomotives running through sections of the country that are heavily wooded, there is no longer a demand for wood for generating steam. No one will question the excellence of a wood fire, whether it burns in a stove or open grate, but it is no longer economical in mest places, even if the material to support it can be obtained at a comparatively low price. Wood is bulky, while coal is compact. The former requires considerable prepa­ ration before it can be used, while the latter needs none. Much more labor is required to keep up a fire of wood than one of any kind of coal. Wood needs better protection than coal, and depre­ ciates in value much faster when kept in any situation.--Chicago Time*. Tke Yirtaoos Yeter. An instance of the character of some of the Cqpnecticut voters is told me by an ex-State Committee Chairman. It is to the effect that a Republican voter in one of tlie Lymes--a man worth $20,000, by the way--was induced for $20 paid him by a Democrat to agree to stay away from the polls at a certain close election. When the Republicans sent for to come to the polls he replied: "I shall vote Democratic if I come," but finally said that if they would pay him $20 he would keep away, whereupon he recieved the money. Next morning he went over to deposit his $40 in the Essex Savings Bank. En route he was accosted by a friend, who said: "Why did you not vote yesterday?" His reply was: "Well, I made up my mind that both parties had got so corrupt that I would keep away from the polls this year."--Springfield. Republican. A GERMAN paper says that Carl Scliurx speaks better English than any American does. We would reply to this foolish and prejudiced person in the language of Goethe: "Aucliderchowder- dowzen uichts mer zwei lager und der pretzel. Das ist ein campaign lie giedamt "-*-1Ar«e Ckmtmerotai, * v* . " ' : 0 - M [Ttila«osT**tef Mimamte thaLaagata » h^lthf «. WHIT THE DQCT8RS SAY! m DR. LTJCTCHMT W MJR.: -I «»oqmm»Bd yonr »in to a^eth#' aaxMetna for ooogha and wldlt," p ton. A. p. JOHNSOIf. ot Vernon, Hi, vritaa aom* wonderful enna or Consumption In hla nli bpUMoaaof "Allca'i Laav Baltaa." DR.J. B. TURNER. BloaataviHa, Ala., a praotl phyaicUn of twenty.flva raara, wdtaa: " U la UM praparatloxi fe»" ConanmpuoD in the world.1' POP mil Illwawi of the Throat, X^MAA Pnlmanarv Ortau, tt will b* ftail a I aseeUcnt XSeinetly. M AM SXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL. IT CONTAINS WO OPIUM H4 ANY J. N. HARRIS & CO,. Proprietory CINCINNATI, O. - FOR SALE BY ALL BRUB6I8TS, Hoiman's Pads* pi,*:".* »f4" • tBAMKOb s jt ! • t> T • Hoiman's Ague, Liver A Stoma eh Pad, For Malaria, A gum auU Stomach troubles. PRICE, $2.CO Hoiman's Special Pael. Adapted i» old chronic case*. $3.00. Hoiman's Spleon Belt. 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FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS, Or sent by ABSORPT be sent by The success of HOLMAN'S PADS has inspire#- imitators who offer Pads simitar in form an<^ Odor to the true HOLMAN'S, saying-, They are just the same, etc. Beware of all bogufe Pads only made to sell o» the reputation of the genuine. » . See that each Pad bears the Private Rev* enue Stamp of the HOLMAN PAD COM. PANY, with above Trade Mark prinMd in green. , DR. HOLMAN'S advice is free. FuU ueatiw Mnt free on application. Address, HOLMAN PAD CO.. [*>. O. lkrx. 2112.] 744 Broadwa), N. V. Sitters Why SUfCer Needlessly With tbe convulsing, spasmodic tortures of hnr and ago*, and bilious remittent, when Hostatter's Stoauwfc Bittern, acknowledged to be a real curative of malarial fsven, will eradicate the cause of so much suffering. No less effective is tbis benignant alterative in oaaas at constipation, dyspepsia, H*er complaint, rheumatism, and in general debility and nerroua waaknasa. I*" For aala by all Druggists and Daalara gaawallr. u TONIC (s a preparation of Protoxide of Iron, Peruriaa Bark and the Phoapbates, Associated with tha yejretablo Aromatic#. Endorsed by the Medical Profession, and recommended by them for Drs> ypala. Beaeral Pebiltty, remalc ~" MMes,Waat af Vitality, Herrens V trastlon. Convalescence freoa Fevevi •ad Clsroale Clstlls and Fever. It serves •rery purpose where a TONIC la necessary. by H< Br. Hartcr Mcfeiae Co. St lom The following la one of the vsty wmy testUM* mlals we are reoelvln# dally: OntlsmaK--Some three wonthe ago I bens tlM nse of DR. HARTIB'S IBOK TONIC, upon the ad­ vice of many friende.who knew Its virtues. I was Buffering from general debility to such an extent that my labor was exceedingly burdensome to KM. A vacation of a moath did not jive me much re­ lief, but oa the contrary, waa followed creaaed prostration and sinking chills. time I began the use ot your IRON Towe, ft-om. by in- Af this Which 1 realised almost Immediate and wonderful results. The old energy retained ml I fbund that my natural force was not permanently abated. I have nsed three bottles of the TONIC. Slnc<3 Urt™ It I liare done twice the labor that I ever did to the same time during my illness, and with doable the ease. With the tranquil nerve and vlgororbody, has corns also a clearness of thought never enjoyed. If the TONIC has not done the know not what. 1 give it the credit. MOSTGRAT^JON^ Troy, O , Jan. 2, Wi. Paator Christian < For Sale by Druggists and General Dukn Evoqrwhsr* B UFFA10 Pins THRE8HIN8 MACHINERY Vibrating Threshers Endless Apron Threshers Horse Powers Mounted or Down. 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