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PLATTSMOUTII. N. T., AVEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1865. i0. 16.VOL. I

THE HERALDIS rcnLisiiD F.VEItY

WEDNESDAY MORNING,

H. D 1 1 ATI I AWAY,EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

w '"PI-- on Main ii.--' t, Amisun, DaWey 4t Co .

Terns: 2.50 per annum, invariablyejii advanc.

Raits of .ldrcrlisivir.0nr .qjare (s of ten lin") one insertion, jl

!-

&0

i snl1s.-411.- r1l lnerti..nl'iof-nna- l rr-- u .t six line 10 on

.: 4 airier coi imn or per annum i.BIX MlODthS lJi i'O

" tbr-- monthsae half co:u,u twelve tuouilis 4."i IK

t. nx month 2.im)' three nvuih l.

Oos column twrlve month- fill (

.1 X month. - . - . - 43. I'O

three niontn - - -All transier.t a lverti emnts ma-- l be paid f..r iu

a Ivame.Jrf- - We are t . a 11 V irMs of J b Work

on .hort nonce, and iu a style that vri 1 Kive s:ti.fa :t ion.

gusinc.oc. givectonj.WILLITT POTTENGEIt.

ATTOKNEY AT LAW,IT.TT?MOUTII - - NF.HRASKA.

T. .11 JlTvUCll'IiTT.attouiney at law. -t- m-

Solicitor in Chancery.ILTTSM)l'TII, - - XEBR.tRKA.

NOTARY PUBLICAND

CONVEYANCER- -

Real ki-.l- e Anent.TaX Fayer for Iowa aud Ncbraa-k-a.

T.tl of Lan-- I invejturated, lie.

Iff ail b.i.ine-i- j entrusted to bu care will receive.....iT.pl attention.

N.T., April J0ili. tf

I. II. AVIIKELEU.NOTARY TUI3LIO

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COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS. Tirt and Life Ins, Ag't,

A 'T.r f..r c.rertii.n of tlaitii. acniint tiovernnient,foi v. JI-- their wiJ..wj an l tnin..r heirs. AKer.t

r the an.l "ale of IjiQ.Is an-- ! proper-t- y

l.e-iti- e of Tenement., J'ayimnlof Ta la allpart, of iedraeka and Wetern la. Attendjl to

(aniKitp rtaimiiff toaOeneral Land, Insurance,1x Piyine and Collection Aeenry.

r jn.feri t- all bair,:!' men in Nebraska.i'li:i.iouth, '. T., May I'. 1KS-5- .

.National Clniiu Agency.WASHINGTON. D- - C- -

F. M. DORRINGTON.H.VTTS.MOUTII, - - NEBRASKA,la to pretit and pr..eenle claims bef-r-

4vvr--- . t'aurt of Ci;iim. aa.l the I'epartuieiit... Ta-!u- :..

I'er-'..n- ., llount e.. and Lamf9 aecu-e- J KCnar)f.; mo'k rnt-.-- . and In proportion tothe am rnnt of tue cliiiu. F. it. INRMXGTO.V

Apr.l I o, H5.

PLATTE VALLEYG. W.CROW, PROP.

I am prepared te furn'mli a'.l who may favor roew.th their patronatfo. With lodrliit- -

' meal ort. tv the week. O.W.CKUW.

riktt.m iith, April I5, yl

JOSErn SCHLATEn.

WATC 5T MAKER and JEWELER,J1AIX STaEET,

PLATTSMOUTII, - - NF.LRASKA.A eood a.orttnen of W.it t Cl Pen.wclry, hilver War.-- , F';incr tio :9 Vi..Iins ai d Vi-

olin Trimmings j!win n hand. All work com-muted to hi. re wid be warranted.

April 10, IrtiV

TO FREIGHTERS and FARMERS!

Blacksmith, Outfitting,1AXIe

VTf liar orTiHl a Blacksmith, Outfitting and Ka-e- li la j s tiop wa

Main Street, South Side,her ton can Ktt any kind of woik done lu uur lice

V( le a

Wagon Shopla connection, whore all kimls of wood-wo- rk will bedwtie oa uoti.. if All work warrnnte-1- .

W. 1. UKlrt lX 4 CO.Plattm.'iith, April 10. "6.V

NOTICE.Filing Claims against Instate of P. A.

Harpy.Koiire is hereby gven 'hat all pron having

Cilaaiini against the estate of Peter A. Sarpy, deceasi-d-,

late of C.tss county, must file them duly autheuticate-- l hy oaih. with the Probate Court of Cass r.inty, S T.. on oi before the SECOND DAY Ok JAN-I'Ah-

lt,"-l'.- at which time there will be a hearingat all claims thus tiled, aod au allowance made bythe Court of all ciaiuis proven to be just.

Wita- - .i my iand and real this l.Vh dny of May,1,41 D. U. WHKKI.fcK,

May IS. mt Probate J udce.

TOOTLE, HAH1TA & CO- -

Hare for sale

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McCORMICKS

aw am l.li aa ai sl ai m, s--e w v ajaj.BROWN'S

Illinois Corn Planters,AND

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PROSPKCTT?.The Military and Naval of 1S64. with the

re-u- lt of our lreileot ial e..ntewt, liavalifred a heavy weight from the l.rea.ta of theniil!i.-- of our countrymen. It is nw felt, eveu t.ythose who have been distrustful and faint heartedth:it the L'uii-- is to emerge triaiuphaut from theilea.ily atrife wLeremtoite was o wickedly pr.cipi-tat- e

I by her aaaailauts. and tha t slavery, her re-

lentless foe.l a to encounter the fste of Hamaa. Theperils of foreien itervention and of Western insur-rection are safely pawl : Abraham Li.sroL.v,. nolonper assailable as a choice !of the minority, holdsthe helm ofMaSe for fonr yoars longer; the rcbehioa,palpably wakened by its defrau and losses duringDie pait year with its credit so reduced that itspur;e-heare-r etllciallv declares that its Treasurynotes can only be exch mged for coin at the rafe otwenty-liv- e for n. w hile lis" bonds command tratsix cents on tha dollar--b- nt awaits the blow whichshall toon strike the . word from its paracidal haadand remit lu master spirits to the jnstrce, or it maybe to the of a sorely wronKed and justlyineen-r- d but forbearing and msf-ammo- us people.Such are the aiispicra which justify our faith that thepresent year wif! w the Stars and StflRj-- s float un- -

nteJ from every battlement in the Itepnblic,and the perfect law of Liberty f..r All immovably

in the Constitution of .sir L'niou.Tub .New Cork ThlbC.sk, A.unded in Js41. will en

ter ujon its twenty-fourt- h year with qaickenedhope, and enlarged nttfans of lis princi-ples need no re-.- iiem.-Dt- : its aims are the d.d'Hionof Jnteliiireoce and the inuculalio of a spirit of free-dom and Humanity. When this truth shall have

(enerally recognized and eetahlished as the ba-

sis of our institutions and polity, tbat iiijusiioe to theiwores, the weakest, h roit despised, is a fearfulmistake that no community or state can allord tosri ok even its humblot member theu will onrland baik once more to the calm sunshine of peaceau-- l prosperity.

Tue I'ridc.vc hss for the last year been publithedwithout protit to its proprietors, solely because of thedepreciation of our currency below specie standard,compelling os to bny paper and other materials at aco.t eon.i Wahly above the auouat received froiaour sotcribers'. On our weekly edition, the net losshas amounted to several thousands of dollars; wi.ioar larse receipts from advertiainn have been whollyabsortie.1 by the extraordinary exponsea for Corrta-jHindenc- e,

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and instructive Engravings in every annualvolume.

It contains each month a Calender of Operacdmto be perform d on the farm, in the Orcluird andGarden, in and around the Dwelling, etc.

The thousands of hinta and suggestions given inevery volnme are prepared by practical, iateiligentWorking Mm, who know wbat they write a boot.

Tfce lltiUnduM Ipartmrt Is valuable to everyHousekeeper, affording very many useful hints anddirections, calculated to lighten and facilitate

The Department for Children and Youth is pre-pared with spe-ia- l care, to furnish not only amuse-ment, but also to inculcate knowledge and soundmoral principles.

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53-T- KT IT A YEAR.ORANGE JUAD.Fca. Aror'.

;21 Park Row, Xrw York Ctty.

Probate TSotlce.Notice is hereby given tbat W. H. Shafer has made

application to be appointed Administrator of the es-

tate of Sarah Shafer deceased, lata cf Cass county, N.T. The Court will hear said appUtotiwo. for said

Saturday, July 20iA, 18G5, .

at 10 o'clock a. m. ot said day,' at whtt-b-. tlm rl

persona Interested can appear. i - "

Witness my baod and seal of offiee onthia th 80tb day of June, A. D. I86S-D- .

H. WHEELER. -

rxobatt Jitdf..

THE HOMESTEAD IaAW.There are many of our. returned

soldiers who on being mustered out oferrice and reaching home, will find it

hard to get work hard at any rate, to

get permanent employment. , ( Theirplaces have been rilled, during theirlong absence. The sudden end of thewar sends hundreds of thousands " ofmen home to compete for employment,and the. demand for labor of manykinds ceases almost as suddenly as thenumber of those who "want to laborincreases. What are they to do ? r

We earnestly urge upon all such tar

tare theiir faces Westward and colonizethe pubHe lands Thanks to the bene-ficent policy of the Homestead Law,land is open' to alL The poorest citi-

zen can scarcely be so poor asto: beunable to acquire a faTm, which a fewyears of industry' and frugality will

enable him to cultivate, and make hisown. In the most unfavorable circum-stancesj- a'

man of energy and goodsense will work his way clear of theembarrassments which in a new coun-

try and et a distance from marketssurround the settler.' But many ofthose obstacles may be avoided alto-

gether. We know of no better wayby which new lands can be renderedspeedily and sure profitable than by

the formation of colonies or associationshere in the East which shall settlewhole townships together. There isnot much difiiculiy ia finding landssuitable for such enterprise, and acommunity starling thus ready organi-

zed transplants at once into the wilder-

ness some of the best helps of civiliza-

tion. There are many regiments latelydisbanded in our State which were rai-

sed in adjoining towus or counties, themembers of which, already know eachother, and could easily-- reunite forWlstern emigration. Not all of themwill want to go, but enough to form anucleus can be found in every county.Together with some bad habits, theyhave acquired many good ones in thearmy, and have acquired also no littleexperience, which can be turned to useIn the pioneer life of the West. Famili-

arity with hardship and the halit ofelf-relian- ce they have been thoroughly

taught, and there ii no better capitalthan character of that sort to startwith.

The provisions of the HomesteadLaw are few and easily complied with.The act, passed May 20, 1862, declares"That any person who is the head of afamily, or who has arrived at the ageof twenty one years, and is a citizen ofthe United States, or who shall havefiled his declaration of intention tobecome such, as required by the rSaiu-alizati- on

laws of the United States, andwho ha9 never borne arms against theUnited States or given aid and comfortto its enemies," shall be entitled to thebenefit of the act. Eeverysuch personmay enter one quarter section (160acres) or less of the unappropriatedpublic lands of the United Stales whichare subject to pre-emption'- - at SI 25per acre, .or upon whicn he has filed apre-emptio- n, claim; or he may. entereighty acres which are subject to pres-ernpti- on

STJ"S0 p'eracrV,Suc pe'r-so- n

raustiappJj lotbe Register 'of theland office in which the entry is to bernadef.' making aVi ''affidavit before" theregrster or receiver1 that : ne-- or she isentitled, 'as 'above described, to thebenefit of . the act',. 'and also that theapplication is made for his or her ex-

clusive use nI benefit'. for the purposeof actual settlement and cultivation,and not either directly or indirectly forthe use or benefit of any other person.This affidavit, forms for which will besupplied at the land office, is to be filedwith the register or receiver, the applicant paying a fee of ten dollars, andalso a commission to the register andreceiver each of one per cent on thecash price of the land as fixed by law1.

The applicant may then enter uponthe land, and if he complies with thesubsequent provisions of the law wilthold it forever as bis own. He willnot recive a certificate or'patent of titleuntil five years after his entry. Meantime he is to occupy or cultivate it,either himself or by some member ofhie family, and a change of residenceor abandonment of the property Jfor

more than six months at any one timewill forfeit hi claim to the land. But

if tha clai mant holds on in food faithfor five years, he may then? or ;within

two years thereafter, make the land

his absolutely by going, again beforethe register or receiver, and provingby two credible witnesses that he hasoccupied or cultivated the land duringthe five years immediately surceeding.the filing of the affidavit. He will al-

so make affidavit that he has not cold

or conveyed away any part rf the land,and that he has borne true allegianceto the government. , Upon these con-

ditions and upon paying the land-offic- e

fees', he will be entitled to a patent,and the land becomes his, free from allliability for any debts contracted be-

fore the -- patent i issued. The . lawprovides also that in case of the deathof the person making the entry,' hiswidow or. in case of her death, hisheirs or devise, or if the ; widow diesafter making entry, then her heirs ordevisee, shall be entitled to the "prop-erty and to have' the patent issue. Thesettler knows therefore that his familywill have the benefit of his entry and ofall improvements on the law if he dies.And if both father and mother diesleaving children under 21, the rightand the fee of the land will inure tothe children, and the land may be soldby the executor or administrator fortheir benefit. "' '

. For the benefit of those in the mili-

tary or naval service, "it is providedthat the required affidavit may be madekffore a commanding officer in the ar-

ms or navy; and in other cases wheretheland is actually occupied by thefamily of the applicant and personalattendance at the land office is incon-venient for him, the affidavit maybemade before the clerk of the court forthe county in whichie lives. . .

: We . have stated ajl the essentialprovisions of the Homestead Act, inorder, to show the simplicity of the law,its beneficial operation, and tHe easewith which its requisitions may be sat-

isfied. The subject is one which thepress of the country will do well to putplainly before its readers, for the sakeof encouraging the occupation of ourvast tracts of public lands which lieopen to the tiller, and whose cultivation will prove the surest source ofnational prosperity in years to come.V. Y. Tribune. '

nSrLown m Memphis, a stoutwomen of the Irish persuasion, whohad just rolled a barrel of ale into herden, sat down on the head of it to getbreath, and cool herself after the in-

tense physical exertion incident uponthe deposit of said barrel in the accus-

tomed corner. - Though she had ceasedworking, the ale did not, and presnent- -

ly burst out , the head of he' barrel,hoisting the old lady to the ceiling,demolishing her bottles and drinkingutensils, and raising the old , Nick,generally. The old lady picked herself up, and after looking for a momentat the ruin, widly exclaimed, "Ah, beJabersj bad luck to the man thrt putsa tarpedy in the barT !"' ",

S-3- The ' ' Springfield " (Mass.)Republican is responsible

(for the fol

lowing tough;; stifTy;,rA . gentlemancaptured a large turtle, cut off its headahd left it out of doors, while. he carried the' rest 'of the animal into, thekitchen to bemade into soup. There was

presently an animated squealing in theyard; and an ' investigation into thecause of it disclosed the interestingfact-tha- t a rat had come out :o eat upthe head had been seized and actuallykilled, and this decapitated bad hungon so tightly that it wjs necessary to

use an axe to divide them. The ive- -

pullican. adds : "Nobody need maligndeadheads after this.

: Sensation-ai- , Ei.oo.nrNcx, A sensational elerevman out in Wisconsintold bis hearers that the should divide

his discourse into three parts; the first

should be terrible, the second horrible,and the third terrible horrible. Assuroiog a dramatic tragic attitude, heexclaimed,' in. a startling; agonizing

tone .'"What is that I see there ?"

"Here a little old woman in blackcried out, with a shrill treble r

"It's nothing but my little black dog

he won't hurl nobody, if' nobody won'

hurt him.' '

The thread of the discourse was so

badly broken by this curious interruption that the terrible horrible was never

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.From the Loadoa Times Jjae 1. -- ' '

At length all the preparations con

nected' with the final departure of this

great telegraphic expedition are com-

pleted. On Wednesday the Amethysteft the telfgraph works with the lastength of 245 miles of cable on board,

and on Saturday the operation of coil

ing this in was begun. This work willprobably last till the 22nd inst. Beforethe following springs tides set in, aboutthe 6th or 7th - of - July, the GreatEastern will start for Valentia Thereshe is expected to arrive about the 9thor 10th, and there she will be met bythe two ships of war appointed to convey her the Terrible and the Sphinx,Both these vessels are being fitted withthe best apparatus for deep sea soun-

dings, with buoys and means for buoying the end of the cable if ever itshould become necessary, and withBollen's night light naval signals withwhich the Great Eastern is likewise tobe supplied. To avoid all chances ofaccident, the big ship will not approachthe Irish coast nearer than twenty ortwentyrfive miles, and her stay off

Valentia will be limited to the timeoccupied in making . a splice with themassive shore end, which for a lengthof twenty-fiv- e miles from the coast willbe laid previous to her arrival.

With regard to the process-o-f laying,it is hoped the Great Eastern may bekept throughout the whole voyage at auniform speed of six knots per hour,faster than which it would not be safp,as a rule, to run out the cable. Atless speed than this, however, the bigship would fail of steerage way, andwith a beam wind would certainly goto leeward without some counteractinginfluence. This influence will be afforded if necessary by the paddle engines, which are to be disconnected,and the efjorts of one wheel at eithersile would be quite sufficient to overbalance the effects of anything but avery violent storm. The latter risk isnow literally ail that has to be feared.On this only doubtless po'nt, therefore,it is gratifying to know that CaptainAnderson is sanguine of all goingwell.

xet in this estimate of events, itmust not be forgotten that, in the lastmemorable expedition in the Agamemnon midsummer was fixed on as thetime when a storm in the Atlantic wasalmost impossible,' and the records ofthe Meterological Departments both

here and in America ceruinlyjusiifiedsuch an expedition, as they showedthat for fifty years no storm had takenplace at that time. Yet it. was precisely on the 21si of June tbat the hurricane with which the Agamemnon andNiagara had been battling for somedays, was at its height, and those onboard the illstowed Agamemnon, atleast knew cot from hour to hour whichwas to be their last. Most earnestlyis it to be wished that on thii .greatoccasion the calculation of averages, ifnot more jut, may prove at least morafortunate. As far as regards the cableitself, there' is absolutely nothing to be

' ' 'desired. .

aiAn old gentleman, who wasalways brarrging how folks used towork in younger days, one day challenged his two sons to pitch on a load ofhav as fast as he could load it. Thechallenge was accepted, the hay wa

. ...rvnn rlrivon mil nrl. nnrl I hp trial mm.menced. For some time the old manheld his own very creditably, callingout, "More hay ! more hay ! !" Thickerand faster it came. The old man wasnearly cover, still he kept crying,"More hay! more!" At length, struggling to ke-- p on the top of the ill-arra- n

ged heap, it began first to roll, then to

slide, and at last off it went from thewason.andtbe old man with it. -- Wha

are you down here for?" criedihe boys"I came down after the hay? answeredthe old man, stoutly.'

EsSThe Vermont Standard, prin-

ted at Woodstock, naively says: "Anyimprovement noticed in our paper thisweek may be attributed to the absenceof the editor for several days.

XSy.The editor of a Buffalo paperhas got himself into a very bad fix.

He is between the horns of a dilemma.

HaviDg dunned an 'erring one - for hissubscription, the subscriber refused to

pay,, and threatens to thrash the . editor

if bi paper is stopped.

HOW VmGIXIA " TIIAXHED- god. - ;' 'v,(4

' In the Colonial days, the EnglishGovernment addressed' certain ques-

tions to the'American Colonies respecting their condition. Inr aoswer to one

of these, the Governor of Connecticutresponded that one fourth ' of her in-

come was expended in the maintenanceof public schools. The Governor ofVirginia' replied: "I thank God tbatthere are no free schools nor printing,and I hope we shall not have them

these kindred years." The fruit hasbeen like the planting. In 1860 three-fonrt- hs

of the children of Connecticutwere attending public schools, whilenine-temh- a of the children of Virginiawere suffered to grow up in ignorance.In the same year, the free States ofOhio, Indiana and Illinois sent seven-nint-hs

of their children to the commonschools, while the slave State of Kentucky, but just across the border, out of492,000 children, educated but 92,000,or a little over one-fifth- .-

JCSrNorth Adams is known as apleasant village in the Berkshire bee

tion of Massachusetts. A few dayssince a mysterious gendeman, a stranger, engaged board at the village hotel,

lie desired that no person would speakto him except the landlord. He wasgood looking and well dressed. Several ladies endeavored to make his acquaintance, but failed. Finally bolderones appointed a committee of five tovisit him. They did so, and statedtheir business. He eyed them, andreplied: "I am a stranger and a criminal. I was convicted in New York ofa heavy crime. The Judge sentencedme to eight years in Sing Sing, or tolive in. North Adams six months.chose the latte." The ladies retired.and the stranger was not again distur-

bed.

A Youg minister, in a highlyelaborate sermon which he preached,said several times, "The commentatorsdo not asrree with me here." Nextmorning a poor women came to seehim, with something in her apron. Shesaid her husband had heard his sermonand thought it was a very fine oneand as he said "common tater did notacree with him," he had sent tome ofthe very best kidneys. .

gaSSome bibulous chaps at Rutland, Vt stole some "pretty goodwhiskey" from a cask that nobodyseemed to own, but found to their infinite horror and disgjst not long after,that the cask contained, besides thewhiskey, the body of a dead negronreserved for dissection. All , ther r

aforesaid chaps are staunch temperancemen now

5?"A Yankee has invented a newmethod to catch rata. He says: Locateyour bed in a room much infested withthese animals, and on retiring put outthe light ' Then strew over your pil-

low some strong smelling cheese, threeor four red. herrings, and a sprinklingof codfish. Keep awake till you findthe rats at work, and then make a grab.

..: ST"A Dutchman on . seeing one ofthe poster, announcing the coming ofthe panorama of "Paradise Lost," andreading this line, "A Rebellion inHeaven," suddenly : exclaimed "ARebellion in Heaven ! Mein Gott 1

Dat lasts not long now. Oael Abeish. dare."

OrrsiDK Duties. Every good and con-

scientious teacher will admit tbat hisdoty towards the children of his class, isnot ended when the school is closed. Itis not enough for him to attend regular-ly on the Sunday and go through tha ap-

pointed lessons with his children, how-

ever careful and diligant ba may be inthe preparation... If we are to effectpermanent good, and have lessons whichwe tach imprinted on their hearts, andpractised in their lives, we must followour children to their homes with our kind,ly care. We must labor earnestly in or-

der that the good result of our teachingmay not be hindered, and its lessonwholly obliterated by the example andthe influence .which surround our scholars daring the weektland which are oftensuch asto render them unable to retain,as well as unfitted to receive the teachingof the Sunday. We have not enough forthose who are entrusted tti oar eare, anless we are causing oar influence togather round - them, and in sohjeotthem, at all tlmisa to its control.' . .

Farmers Labor too ItlanylloursUnlike tradesmen and. ; operatives, the

farmers can adopt no regular system ot.abor. IIis .hours must vary with the

kind, and amount of & kind, of labor tba performed. - The weather may retardhim at times ot again hurry him to bisutmost, crowding the proper labor f so--'

veral days into a few. An exceedinglygrowing period may force him to strainevery nerve to accomplish a given amount,of cuhuretrejit be too late'and the advan-- .tages of his. manipulations lost to thecrop: At present, help upon farms isscarce, and early and late be must plyhimself to his toil or the season vanishesand has left him no returns. Still there'must come the question whether or not aman gains by too great exertion-7-to- o

many hours labor and too little rest for.his strained and wearied physical powers.The man who rises at day brWlc and la-

bors with only his hour's intermission atnoon, on until the dusk of the evening,then eats his hasty snpper afterwardsdoes op his "chores" is certainly over--tttxi- nj

his sistem and sooner or later ,

his. constitution must give way. Hencewe see among our farmers, men perma-turel- y

old, with the 6toop of age, withlittle physical or mental vitality, no am- -.

bition and very often victims of acutedisease. Yet, properly pursued,his call-

ing could be the most health gviing andinvigorating the best calculated to induce longevity, of any pursuit in life- .-

Toil may sweeten life and lengthen it, orit may render it burdensome, and shortenit. The farmer may well pauso as hebegins his labor in spring and calculatethe extent to which he is taxing himselfin laying out the work for the eeason.

We are not certain that in a given sea-

son, in the full vigor of life, a man ac-

complishes more by laboring from daybreak to night fall; oertain it is that thanumber of his seasons are shortened bysuch incessant toil. Not exactly on theprinciple of .

"He who fights atid runs awayMay live to fight another day."

but on the principle of doing all his fac-

ulties justice, he who labors and rests,lives another season with health unim-

paired, happy in mind and youthful iafeeling. When the field is ablaze withthe burning sun of a summer's noon-da- y

a few hours retreat into some shady nookwith books and papers, or passed in qoietrepose or pleasant conversation; rejuv-enates a man, refits him for labor and atevening he retires with just sufficientfatigue to render his slumber pleasantand refreshing, and the morning finds himready to again keep time to the notes ofthe lark.

Don't work from sun to sun, but workfaster in the coal of early morning andof later evening. Live for somethingbesides pure labor, live that your labormay add to yovr comfort and happinessand by gaining these and health, fit youfor the culture of your intellectual facul-ties and for your social elevation. Inthe one case you are only the brother ofthe horse yoa drive; in the other you be-

come what God intended you should, anintellectual moral aod social being.

Bitting Colts.In the management of . colts, it Is best

to accustom them somewhat to the bit,before putting on the bitting rig. Let himwear a bridle, and pecome accustom to it,'before you draw on hint a taut rein.When first using the bitting harness," donot draw the head up to an' unnaturalposition, but only to that point, where hanatarly holds it. He will soon learn tha,he cannot lower his head, and will beginto raise it to loosen the bit. , Yon cannow draw the bitting a little tighter, andthus 'every time the bit is applied yoacan raise the head more and more untilyou get it to .the, desired position,

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(JThe late- - tornado in Minnesotakicked up some queer pranks. It bleweight oxen over a. river 800 yards wide.It took all the water oat of a pond, car-

ried it a mile and then set it down enMayor Doran's farm in a shape of a smalllake. It blew a man's boots off. Anoth-

er man's coat was not only blown short,but actually buttoned from top to bottom.One old lady went up like a baloon, wascarried 2 1-- 2 miles, and was finally land-ed astride a: telegraph wire, where shewas found .by ber grandson and relievedby a ladder. Judge Morgan says thewind not only carried . off his dwellinghouse, but his sub-cell- ar and two wells.Some tornado that.

("An ex-sla- ve applied the other dayto a lawyer in Maryland for the restora-tion of his boy of sixteen, who had beenillegally apprenticed to his former master.In repjy to the lawyer's question whetherhe was capable of taken care of the boy,the father - said.-- "Well, masso, I rathertinks l's capable as him, for yoa see datole massa has done gone and hired ds boyeat for foa' dollar a month, an' pat damoney in his pooket: aod I epeo's Ps oa,

fable of dat kind of kere, anyways!11

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