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▼lll ss'sr * mn pw;
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A gmttilt. to W> .
Tl># liMl# liom M sWt n' rHi
Hv* mwU'ttAjM i<k
Bo! U M •<•# tine tnnrtilut trsara
Tk sM bo tV nw i .
TB Uio*>Mio Hit!# iriwn-
VWtl SSsk.' Uw d*v tk# *k.
NotlKHßik#ttiimkM
ta f%rf>l#>s taisaßS •">• ;
tp<iic°> ohoU Stilli miss# <**•
n ■take hrr qwreu f qws#.
Csnn the- rnvbsia rain tmitt *ll.
X4 MMk ft#* fcrwwh to W#tt-
And bl#--©i, hToooi *M f#4'." *lth#l.
Bribes th# ftwu t> .rsU.
th# terser tracX, mo#t #w u4 ull.
Atw! wall lb# k ,
fi#Aen<lt. thro-ta and r* ta aaUl.
B-fttr# tlx brvad T WM.
Swift b##l maj at ths sasty -boat.
Bat >ptt<' <>l 11 ihcdtn.
It to tii* patient WsMlaa out
That auk#- th# tuner win
M oka ihl ran motto, tlran.at otan.
Aba Twill kelp to anwoUt th •>.
And t#idr ap Kstta hattil and Irasrt
* Roan waant kttllt ta adaj r
—Sues Caai
Uood Kris Kringle,
Ike wind blow# ap through ths avenues,
And the itresis are while with snow,
Am) he blinding Askes iu a silvery shower
Oat from the gray clouds flow.
Jingle. Jangle,
Jangle, jingle:
Hark to the belts of ok) Km Kringle I
Tlie night is uear, but no star Is teen.
And the lost moon hides her face,
And s voice is heard muttering coarse and
fond
Muttering in every [Usee ;
Jangle, jingle.
Jingle, Jangle i
Hark to Uie winds as they loudly wrsngle!
The lights bum bright in many a loom
Where the wolf is never seen.
And s flood of song mud of isogbisr fro
Is breathed by tbe msusi.tiw qaena,
Jingte, jungle.
Jangle. jiugW;
Where are th# bells id old Kris Krlrgle?
Little ones sleep in (heir eogy beds,
And their dnsms are far froia few.
And they hear the sound of a music aweet.
As they wander fair dream-lind throngh.
Jingle, jangle.
Jangle, Jtugie;
bweetest of voices and harp-notes tutng'e.
The morn has come, and the dreamers arise
Most sniionsty from thetr beds,
Per tbe stockings slnffed thkt hung on the
walk.
Have been ull night in their heads.
Jingte, jungle,
Jangle, jingle;
Hurrah for the coming of obi Kr. Xnugfo'.
HOT JrST TET.
fifteen years ago London was s moch jol
lier pise* In every way than it is now. U
bad an individuality of its own then; it
big hotels were urbuilt, ils Houses of Per
il wort were nufinreted; it was joat a
big. brown, busy city, with a splendid
liver tunning dap through it. For it bad
a river then, with shore* ami noble bridres;
now it has but a stone trouih, with iron
drain pspes acres* it. One rode on top ©f
'buses then, or darted shout in hansoms ;
now. I declare, when 1 visit London, I
spend all my time m • .cou-Oliat. woere
there is an escape ot ga*. *b cjrt all the
hot cinders from 11 kitebr* fin-are empti
ed—l mean tbe Metropolitan Railway.
Fifteen tears ago I was in l-oudoc, liv
ing on a slender pittance, and much trou
bled in the matter of dinner*. A* a rule,
I dined in tbe middle of the day. on a chop
sent In by a neighboring publican, and
made out with bread and cheese and beer
at night. But there were times when tbe
eoul craved more luxurious living. Those
times generally coincided pretty accurate
ly with the adVent of quarter day. and then
one would go in for a cut of Simpson'*
mutton, or, if more reckless, for a dinner
at toe Wellincton. at that time just open
ed rice "Croekferd's."
Sundays were the worst day* for din
ner arrangements. By breakfasting at
noon, indeed, one avoided the necessity of
any luncheon; but at about five o'clock a
desperate craving would come over me, a
gnawing vulture in the stomach woniu
ceaselessly cry for food. Frequently I
confess, an empty purse coincided with an
empty stomach, and the vol tore cried
In vtin; but sometimes one bad a lew shil
lings in one's pocket, and then, even then,
tbe problem was a difficult one- where to
dine on Sunday.
! went often on such occasions to an un
derground chamber called the Recesses,
• not far from Long acre. The promise* of
that establishment were excellent. Soup,
fish, and joint all for tbe modest ram of
eighteen pence. The performs nee, haw
ever, was somewhat feeble. ! don't mean
to say it wasn't an excellent dinner for tbe
money—it was. But it wasn't an invigor
ating dinner. The soap was somewhat
tbin, tbe fish was generally "fresh" her
rings, and they'd have been better for a
little salt originally. Tbe joint wx us
ually boiled beer, and, you see, the jmgt
ard the soup were like the two buckets of
a well—the stronger the soup the less suc
culent tbe joint, and vice versa.
One Sunday, I remember, my funds
were getting low, very tow. I bad de
termined to remain in my lodgings and
snpport nature on tobacco smoke; but my
Sfunger was too strong. I had a few sbif
ings left, and as the evening were on, and
the cravings of my appetite increased, res
olution broke down. 1 put on my hat
and harried out in quest of a dinner.
How it everything looks so ghastly on
Sunday f Don't tell me about the prick
ings of conscience, misspent day and all
that. Good lack! I wb I'd nothing
worse than that to reproach myself with.
But I believe it to be a physical fact, that
on Sunday tbe air is loaded with bile. I
don't think it rises above a certain lati
tude; I ve escaped it on tbe heights of
Hampstrad, on the Hills of Sarrey ; but
within a certain distance above the level
of the sea I believe the air, between eleven
in tbe morning and eight at night to be
ovtrcbarced with bile, rtrbape it's owing
to so many people being in church or cha
pel, and that they leave their bile outside
as tbey do their umbrellas on a wet day.
When I made up my tn nd to go to the
Receases for a dinner, It was because I
knew I bat there was no other place open
the prices ot which would be within my
J teans. How dismal it looked this Sun
ay evening, that long, low room ! its ta
bles almost desertud, save for one or two
men here and tLFre nodding over a plate
ol biscuits. There was pea-soup that night
I remember, and it was rather good, too.
The fish was fishy, tbe joint was reduced
to a stump.
" Waiter," I cried, "can I dispense with
the other courses, sod dine off the
soap?"
" H,yau wish, of course, sir," said the
waiter
I bad tbree helps of that excellent pea
soup, and in each plate I put a spoonful
of dried mint. Bat the after result wss
not exhilarating; it rather clogged tbe
pores, I think, that soup. Miserable and
depressed as 1 went into the Recesses. I
felt still more miserible, more depressed
after my dinner. I bed spent my pre
scribed allowance. I couldn't go anywhere
or do anything. I could only go back to
my gloomy lodgings through the slonp
streets, and *u, and lonely chew the cud
of bitter meditation.
Tbe idea seemed to me bcrrible, and yet
now, as ever, there appeared to be no es
eape for me from tbe embiaccs of this dull
melancholy fiend. I couldn't help saying
to myself, as I sat with my cliln r sting on
my hands, " I wish I uerc dead.".
I didn't mean to sav it aloud, but I sup
pose! must have whispered it audibly; for
a min wbo was sitting opposite me at tbe
table—who bad been sitting
ing his heavy red moustache all tbe time I
had been dining, bis eye* fixed on his
plate—looked np of a sudden and gave me
a quick and searching glance.
1 knew him then; it was Medhurst, an
old schoolfellow. As a boy he had always
been a mystery to us; that quick sudden
glnnce of his always bad such a strange ef
fect npon all on whom it fell. We used
to say that he had the Evil Eye, 'and won
derful tale* used to be fold at school about
the eflect of Medhurst'slook. Still I was
glad to see bim ; any relief from the loee
liness and monotony of my life was plea
sant. He recognised me alao, and eame
over and sat beside me.
" Well," he said, sfter we bad shaken
hands —he bad a strange flabby, chil
ly band, which somehow sent an icy
thrill to my very heart—"well, and so you
wish you were dead?"
" Did you hear me 1" I said. " Oh, it
was nonsense, of course. I often say so.
A foolish habit I have. I don't mean it,"
FRED. KURTZ, Editor nd I'repririor
VOL. VI.
" It ws nonsense," ho said, be talked in
• low, iHNotMMai voire, intelligible
enough to tie et lor which it ws intend
ed, but not to Ih> ovvrbestJ bv olhera.
" It vii rowteusc, but a trerv rational pru
deat wish. (.wish no myself; and what ta
more," be said, " I hate tbe tueaus to car
ry out both onr wishes."
I laughed uneasily. "You are joking."
" I never joke. Until oow," be weut
on, " the *rva deterring iuflucncs which
has restrained these arise men, who see tbe
folly aud emetines* ol life—who measur
ing thetr fieble esjiaoitiex for enjoyment
with their unlimited capabilities for sufi'er
iug, would gladly re*igu a possession which
has no advantage for them—the great de
terring influence has been, tbe doubt
whether death be really a complete sever
ing of tbe body and soul; whether, indeed,
there w r.ot a lingering capability of teel
tng still hanging to tu# relaxed Dims, a
lingering conwu<u>uo in the decay ing
brain; that, in addition to tbe bitteinos
of death, one niav taste also the gloom of
tba grate, tbo horrors of tbe charuel
i kwise."
* Good heavens!" I cried. "What a
horrible idea!" He fascitis ted me. this
man. 1 would gladly have risen and gone
a tray, but he stopped rue with bis eye.
" Listen," be said. " I bate overcome
this impediment; 1 bate ojieiied the pates
of death to all maukind. To you. my
young schoolfellow, I trill reveal this se
cret; lest, tempted some day to cross the
boundary, 1 should die. and Lave mankind
as wretched as ever. You see this powdcr
ed btrb; it is like mint, is it not ?—the
smell, the taste, everything is like mint—
yon would not know tbt-m apart; and yet
tn a small quantity of this |>>ler lies a
release Irom all the miseries of lite. l>on't
shrink back; it is innocuous in iruall doses
produces merely a pleasing lanpeur; but in
such a quantity as a teaspoonfui, it pro
d-ecs lethargy; twice the quantity bring*
on syncope; tnrtc* ineeiiable death. I
have often ventured as far as the second
staje, but have always stopped short of tb
third. But I have brought back thus
much assurance from the world of shadows;
con*ciouness cease* altogether at the
second stage. There ate no dreams in the
the sleep of death.
, "The preliminary stage of lethargy is
delightful—l otten indulge in it; but 1 bare
had a doubt sometimes whether I might
not possess an exceptional pbysiral organ
isation; whether the herb would produce
exactly the same effect on others. I de
termined to try the eWcct on a Urge *cale.
I cams* here to-night to do it. I have no
ticed thit each frequenter of these rooms,
on pea-soup nights, which are frequent,
take* one plate of soup, to which be adds
one spooniul of mint- Well, I watched
my opportunity, i came here as soon a* j
the door was opened; and, wbilst the
waiter's back was turned, [ emptied the {
contents of the plate ol mint into my poc-1
ket, and filled the plate with my own
powder. The experiment was a bold one.
I might have caused the death of innocent
persons. However, I persevered, the in
terests of science overpoayi considerations
of humanity. The -xperi*ent has com
pletely succeeded. Each habitue ot these
rooms has swallowed his plate of soup, his
spooniul of precious herb; eich has gone
through the sage of lethargy. There arc
some now. you observe ; passing through
that stage."
1 threw an agonised glance around.
Yes, sure enough, tbeie were two or three
men lying buck in their chairs, their heads
sqnk on their breast*, in a state of com
plete lethargy.
" And," he went on, " I can see the
symptoms of the approaching lethargy up
on you—the ddated pupil of the eye. the
expression ot anxiety in the face. Yes,
all is pertect; the symptoms are "
" But," I gasped, '• I have tskea three
spoonfuls!"
u Martyr of science!" he cried, springing
np and grasping me by the band, " bow
carefully, how painfully 1 will watch every
symptom of your declining vitality! Dear
Irienl, your iae will be an era in the his
tory of humanity. Like Curtiu*, you have
leaped into the cba*m for the public weal."
" Bnt isn't there an antidote ?" I
gasped ; "a remedy ?"
" There is none ; and were there, you
would not go back from the noble path? j
My dear friend, imitate tbe example of j
the ancient Roman; a quietude and ser
enity in yonr laat hours is indispensable
for the proper noting of your phe
nomena."
•'lint I won*fdie!" I shouted, getting
np. My limbs trembling beneath me; I |
felt the very chills of death upon me.
" I won't, I won't !" Here I screamed, j
"Send for a doctor—for a policeman.
Quick! Qnick! I'm poisoned!
All the lethargic men jumped to their j
feet, tbe waiters came running in. the j
proprietor appeared pale aud wonder- |
ing.
"Fm poisoned!"' 1 shouted; "poison
ed in the mint! Bend for a doctor, you
foola! do vou bear ?"
Mad !" raid a ouiet voice; " mad as
a hatter. Poor fellow! he's subject to
those fits. He'll fall down directly; look
out for him!"
" But I am not going to have the
character of my house taken away for
no read freak. What do you mean, sir,
by attacking the quality of my victuals,
sir ?"
" It was he," I shouted, pointing to
my friend, " who now seeks to screen
himself by calling me mad. But, good
heavens I will you see a fellow creature
perish, perish, PERISH ?"
" There, don't aggravate him," said
my friend. " Put him into a cab, and
send him to a police station; he's sore
to have been advertised for.
I was dragged and hustled from tbe
room, and hurled into a cab. Two or
tbree policemen bad come np, and one I
took charge of me inside while another
moan ted the box. I was qniet now,
overcome bv my struggles, ami lay ex
hausted in the corner of the cap, waiting
the insidious advances of the deadly
narcotic.
Presently the cab stopped. "We've
got that chap they advertised for." cried
the mau outside, to a policeman who
was lounging at the door of the police
station.
" The deuce you have said the inspec
tor, coming up. " Then vou've done a
good job to-night. There's fifty pounds
offered now. Take hira right off to the
asylum at once. Let's have a look at
him, though. Why, this ain't the man
at all; this ain't Aledhnrst! Low, you
ought to have known better. Red full
moustache, drooping eyelids, aquiline
noee—why, they're as different as light
from darkness."
" What! is Medhurst mad ?" I said, a
light bursting in upon me.
" Yes; has he been playing any of his
pranks upon yon, sir?—making believe
to give you poison or anything of that
sort ? Lord, he's the ennningoat chap
in creation, that Medhurst. He's a small
fortune to the police to bring him hack
after his escapes. He's quite harmless,
too, though he's always up to so many
tricks. Quite a gentleman, too. I've
■wallowed a pint or more of his poison
just to please bim, and theu he'll stand a
bottle of champagne afterwards. That's
how you ought to have served him, sir.
There, you won't get hold of him to
night, chaps; he's miles away by this
time."
I have never wished myself dead sinoe
then. ______
Ruth Young, a girl of sixteen, and of
unsound mind, strayed from her home
In Lexington, M., and wandered tbree
days and three night* in the jvoodi with
out food or drink and barefooted, before
she was discovered.
r RI r K CENTRE REPORTER.
The Night After Christ hum.
naivnirn sv u. seurraaaottn.
"Twas tbe night after Christ mat, when uM
throngb the house
Every soU was abed, and still as s mouse .
Tlisee stockings so talc in Ml. NtoUulsa' cere
Wore empty of ali that was eatable there.
The darlings had duly been tusked in thetr
bods.
With eery lull stomach*, and pains tn their
hoad*.
I
\ \
* Huh ##•. VII *mi pa is m H<r .v*S#
1 was doaing away in my new cotton cap,
And Nancy was rather far gone in a nap.
When out in the uurser r rose anch a clatter,
I sprang rom my sleep, rrying, " What ta thr
matter?"
I flew to each bedside—still half in a dose
Tore opt n the curtains, and threw ofl the
cl thea;
-/ gear is tmch MSA ••ill Us if m • Im"
While the light of the taper served clearly to
show
The piteous plight of those objeeta below ;
For what lo the fond fat her "a eyee sboahl ap
pear
Out the litUe psic face of each au-A itttk do#: 1
For each pet that had crammed tlaelf full aa a
nek
I knew in a moment now felt like Hid Ifltek.
Their pulses were rapid, their breathings the
aame ;
Whs! their stomachs cjeeted I'll mention bjr
name :
Now turkey, now stuffing, uiurn-pudding, of
course,
And custards, aud oruilers, aad cranberry
sauce:
Before outraged nature all went to the wall,
Yea, lollypops, flapdoodle, dinner and all.
Like pellets which urohiae from popgun# let
fly •
Went figs, nuts, and raisins, jam, jelly, and
pie;
Till each error of diet was brought to my view.
To the shame of mamma and of Santa Clans,
too.
. M|)
* TUi *mch'rrtr%! Swf was Hrutht I# say rw '
1 turned from tbe sight, to my bedroom stepped
beck,
And brought out s rial marked " Fulv. Ipe
cac.;"
When my Nancy exclaimed, for tbeir soften tigs
shocked her,
•• Don't you think you had better, love, run for
a doctor?"
I ran ; and was scarcely baek under my roof
When I beard the sharp clatter of old Jalap'a
hoof:
I might say that I had scarcely turned myself
round
When the doctor came into the room with a
bound.
He was covered with mud from bts head to hia
foot,
And the suit he had on was his very worst,
suit;
He hardly had ttme to put that on bis bsok,
And he looked like s Psletsff half fuddled srith
sack;
Hi* eyes, bow they twinkled 1 TU<] the doctor
got merry T
His lip* looked like port, *nd hie brestli smelt
like sherry.
He hadn't been shared for a fortnight or to,
And the beard on bis ehbi wasn't white as the
snow.
Bnt, inspecting their tongue*, in spite of their
teeth,
And drawing his watch from his waistcoat be
neath,
He felt of each poise, eaying, "Each little belly
Most get rid"—here be langbed— "of Ihe poet
of that JslbV
- t <KA gmtot .••- NTOEA unit^R''
[ gased on each chubby, plnmp, sick little rlf,
And groaned when he raid so, in spite of my
self:
Bnt a wink of hit eye, when be physicked onr
Fred,
Boon gsre me lo know I bad nothing to dread.
He didn't prescribe; but went ataightwsy to
work,
And dosed all tho rest—garo hie trowsers *
Jerk-
Ami, adding directions wbiio btow'ng ma nose
He buttoned his cost, from his chsir he aroes,
Then jumped in bia gig, garo old Jalap •
whistle.
And Jalap dashed off aa if pricked by a ftiistl*.
Bnt the doctor exclaimed, ere he drore nut of
sight,
"They'll be well by to-morrotr; good-night,
Jones, good-night,"
" Thtv'll t nil Mlf tt morrow, Oood-night, Janet.
Good night f
Honest aiahitectnie is the need of the
l our. Banded kindling-wood may look
i like adamant, bnt it burns like kindllpg
wooA
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1873.
Ike Sew lark lletel lire.
The Pire Marshall of Sew York Olty
has uitul* the follow lug report relative to
the kifth avenue hot-l fire:—There 1s uo
room fyr doubting that the fire origin
ated tu itMun No. 63, occupied by Mary
(♦rove*, the room being sitnateil inside
the Mtvauts' hall between the aecoud
and third floors of tlio hotel Room 505
six by nine leek The ln-d atood ou
tlift east side of the room, and the eleva
tor was at the south west corner. Thi
elevator ran from tbo laundry in the
basement to the top floor of the lionsc
und through rooms aimiltsr to No. 585.
Now for the cause of the fire: From
some uufortuuate accident, poaaikly
from stepping ou a notch wliou getting
into bed, Mary Groves'# garments were
set on fire. They smouldered until after
sha u asleej!, and then the flames
burst forth. The draft throngh die
eh-vator carried both sntoke aud flame
from the room to the top of the house
U'fure the heat became sutlLrieut to wake
the sleeping woiuaii, and when she be
came aroused her face was Wily burned
but her Ihklv Uiug euvcrcd by the lied
clothes, was protected. Her room was
then all ablaze, and she rushed out,
leaving the door upon, and getting iuto
the corridor of the main building, gave
the first alarm to the inmates of tbe
hotel. I urn satisfied that the domitory oc
cupied by the scrubbers wan tilled toMif
fiK*ation with ainoke and flame earned
through the elevator t that point. My
opiniun is that the suflcrvrs were suflo
eated before being burnt, inasmuch as
the fire had to btiru from the hallway
through the partition walls into their
rooms before the fire reached their
bodies. The time thus consumed would
lie fifteen or twenlr minutes. The eleva
tor naturally filled with smoke and fire
first, ami as the upper stories* filled the
unioke backed down, and fire and smoke
were een iu the lower stories. This ac
counts for the fire lieiug discovered
simultaneously on all the flooro. The
screams at the girls iu the dormitories
were heard almost immediately on the
discovery of the fire below.
Drath ef Mr*, Disraeli.
The illness f the wife ot Mr. Disraeli
ha* terminated in death. She wax the
daughter of I'apt. Yiney Evans, It. N.,
and nrico of General Blr James Viuey,
K. C. 8.. of Tsynton Manor, Gloucester
shire. Her given name was Marian.
Early in life she nisrned W\ mthsm Le
wis, Eq , afterwstds a member of Par
liament sud n colleague of Mr. Disraeli.
She survived Mr. Lewis, ami in 1839
married, as a wealthy widow, the young
" Dshemian " who) hod struggled into
Parliament, was struggling with good
prospects of success to get s hearing iu
the House of Commons, to whoa* fame
ho has since added, and was, before this
happy event relieved him of anxiety,
fighting a losing kittle with financial
and social difficulties. The marriage
was a most happy one. Not very long
ago, when Mr. DisraeJi was on his way to
the House of Commons lad n with a
groat speech, btx wife had her Auger
crushed by the door of ber carriage.
Her husband bod not noticed the acci
dent, sod hia heroic wife, though in per
fect agony, refused to speak of it, lest it
sbonld disturb the subject ujx>u which
the orator wax meditating.
W ben Disraeli vos about leaving office
in It6B the Qtieen offered him a peer
age, but he declined anything for him
self, adding that anything Iter Majesty
could do for his wife would be more ac
ceptable to him thsu honor confered on
himself. Mr*. Disraeli was, in accor
dance with Uiis suggention, created Vis
countess of llcacousflelil, and it ia no ex
aggeration to say that Disraeli never saw
a prouder moment than when he handed
the (Jaeen's patent to the " j>crfcct
wife," to whom—and it is no disparage
ment to him to state that fact—many of
his triumphs were due. Thia happy
union, which has just been severed by
death, wax blessed with no children.
The family had a beautiful residence
in London.
So Nice to be Engaged.
Every one mast have noticed the great
difference, as a general thing, between
the conduct of the youug betrothed man
and the young betrothed woman. lie,
the braver and stronger of the two, is
utterly confused and bashful, and seeks
to make a secret of the fact. She. on the
contrary, tries to parade it, is proiul of
it, awtmesa eertaiu air of propneforship
over him, aud oilers to her friends little
delicate confidences as to how nice it is
to be enraged, and how dreadfully jevl
ons he Is if she looks at any one else.
The cause of this is jnst one thing ;
the man is in love ; the girl ia not.
I have studied human nature, I have
looked into the depths of hearts, I have
made man and woman the study of my
life, and I aver that the girl iu love 11
rarer than a black rose. She simply
has for her lover exactly the feeling that
the young mother has for her baby.
Hbe has an anxious da*ire to see to him
for life, to make snre that he ia comfort
able, that his buttons arc all right, and
that his food is what it onght to ho.
She understands that he is in love with
her, and rejoices in the knowledge.
The idea of losing his love ia madness to
her. but of herself sho does not under
stand it.
A woman who is not selfish, and
greedy, and mean, who does not smile
on any one who can give her Cue clothes
and grand establi hmi-nt, overflows with
the mother feeh ig all her life. Bhe ex
pends it on her dolls in childhood, on
her poodle, or her kitten, or her canary
afterward, and, when the time comes,
on her lover. Muiiy a man would lose
a great dk-al of his conceit and vanity if
he knew just how tbe girl whom ho sup
posed to l>e in love with him really felt.
Mhe, also, would be surprised to hear
that she was not in love at all. bat only
delighted to have some one in love witli
her, and in a measure awakened to the
knowledge of that love which she will
some day give her children. It is the
best sort of love too, and when a man's
wife really loves him, she makes him
happy.
But I think it ia time that some one
who knows the truth ahonld tell it. A
good woman's fiox-e is something to lie
happy in—net the fleeing gallantry that
mnn calls by that name, but a pare and
high aflection, and with so ranch of the
motherly and protecting in it, that I
have often heard a little eighteen-year
old woman say of a six-footer of two hun
dred pounds weight, and a brigadier
general to boot:
"Oh, isn't he a darling, cunning lit
tle thing ? Just as sweet as sugar !"
COAL AND CORN.— CoaI is 817 a ton
at Bt. raid, and cord wood 88 per 9
cubic feet. In the Western States wood
is scarce, and the cost of marketing very
expensive : hence the use of corn a*
fuel. Experiments with this cereal show
that at the present prices of corn in the
Western cornfialds there is economy and
comfort in its use. A ton of corn, 63
bushels, at 17 cents per bushel, costs
$5.60. This is equal to a cord of ban!
wood, as snppliednnd measured in corn,
at $7; cutting of the cord, ($1.50;
total, 8850. Thus making a saving of
nearly $3 a eord. For kitchen fnel corn
is to wood, except hickory, and
cheaper than that. It makes a hot fire
with a great blaze. Tliu adaptability ef
this grain to fuel ia on account of the
j presence of a very large per cent, of dex-
I trine (gum) and alhnminaus matter in
I both the kernel and cob.
Massacre of French Colonist*.
Th* Coin t of Assise* at Conatantina
lm just tried tvsnty one Arabs of the
Helesuia, charged with the massacre o(
twelve French colonists In April hut.
The victims were all employed at soma
extensive saw mills aitnntrd in a forest
about ten mill*" from IhUna, aud belong
ing t< M. Frudhumme, who wax one ot
the murdered. The natives had always
btHn ou friendly term* with the Euro
peans there until nl*out the mouth of
March, when an insurrection broke out
in the province. The tone of the Aralm
suddenly changed ; they became, first,
more reserved and then tr.ore insolent,
boasting that Franc* was ruined, and
that all the Freoch would noon disappear
from Algeria. Home of the tribes, how
ever, remained, if not friendly, at least
leas hostile. The revolt had become
general, ami on the 21 at of April the
Clicik Hrahiui of the Halymias informed
the little colony that tlrnv were no longer
*afe in the loreat, and offered to tacort
them to Datum The Europeans consist
ing of thirteen men, one woman named
Dor hat, ami her fonr children, set out
the next morning aocom|sanicd by Bra-
U'ui ami about forty of his men. They
tiad gone but a short distance ou their
journey when they were warned not to
proceed fuiUier, ox the Arxbs would not
a Row them to pax*. After some besita
tion they resolved to continue, confiding
iu tbe nwiurnnccs ot the cheik ihxt thev
wr<* under his charge ; but on arriving
iu n ravine, they were snddeuly sttackiai
by a large laxly of the rebels. Btx of
the part # , who were iu the rear, succeed
ed iu escaping, but twelve of the men
were massacred. Mme. Dorliat owed
her life to a native tunned AtxlaUaii at
the saw mill#, who on seeing her in teen
before starting, said to her, " WoimE
you have nothing to fear ; no harm wili
be done to yon or your children ; aa for
the men, I will not answer for theni."
As she continued to weep, he added,
" Disteu when you se-* the guns poiutod
at your brenat, say this prayer, ' Allah !
Allah ! Mahomed racoai Allah !' and you
will be saved." He also taught the xstne
prayer to her children. In the midst of
tte slaughter several Arabs had leveled
their Are arms st ber to shoot her,
when she remembe-ed Abdullah's leason,
and throwing herself on her knee* ts
them, repeated the invoestiou. The
mnrvlerer* stopped, made her say it
over again, aud aakod "Do yon mean
it ?'* Ou her replying in the affirmative
they spared her, but stripped her entire
ly naked, and took from her three of ber
children ; she ouly recovered Uiem thir
ty-two days later, and one of them died
from a sabre wound in the besd. re
ceived iu the tight. The woman's hun
liand was among the killed, and al
though her life was spared she was groes
iy outraged by aa Arab who bad offered
to conduct her to a place of safety. The
natives who had started with the jairty
as an escort either fled or joined the has
tile natives during the attack. Of the
twenty accused now brought to trial,
twelve were coudemt.ed to death, and
three to hard labor, the others, among
whom was the Cheik Brohim, being ac
quitted. __
Where to Nettle—Healthy 1/OcsliUea.
People are growing wiser on the sub
ject ot health. They appreciate its im
portance and value better than they
used to.
When they are looking for s new
home now, their first inquiry is. is it
healthy t
Thi is wise. No nutter how fertile
the lands may be, na matter how beauti
ful the rivers* or sunny the skies, man
should not dwell where health is not
Nothing compensates for the loos of
health. What avails your immense
growth of crops, if the fever and ague
be growing in vonr blood and hones
with like exuberence ?
Emigrants to the West cannot be too
careful on tHs jwiut. To aav nothing
of the danger to one's aelf, what moral
right hMany person to expose his family j
and ehildreu unnecessarily to Oluess and
death ?
The mistake for a long time prevailed
of regarding chills and fever Ma tempor
ary and rather contemptible inconveni
ent* merely. People laughed and joked
about "the shake*" a* it it were some
thing they eonld soon shake off.
Hut experience has shown that chills
nod fever impair the strength of the
constitution, and expo e it to other and
more directly fatal diseases,
Health and happiness are almost as
nearly related M twin brothers. It is
not woith while to try to sepersto them.
Ltdytr.
A NEW IDE*. — This is a jolly sort of an
idea: The New York and New Hiven
Railroad Company have been experiment
ing with a new aalety switch, which is
thus described: u The lever ot the switch
is inclosed in a small bo:-scor a< ntiy-box,
(he door ol which ia locked. When (he
switchman enters the bouse and open* the
switch, he thereby shuts tbs door of the
bouse or box, I rum which he cannot make
bis exit till, hv shutting the switrb, be
thereby opens the door of the box. 11 by
any chance a train came along while the
switch is open, lie must make his escape
from the box to avoid the probability ol
being,bimsell, killed. He cannot make he
escape without abutting the switch. Then
fore, every time a switchman opens a
switch be is bouud under penalty ol death
to have i closed belare any Wain cornet
along. One IH • trtiu to only one
switch."
THE CHOLEKA 15 Rrssia.—lt appears
from official statistics just published at
Bt. Petersburg!!, that during the past
year over KO.tKM) persons died of cholera
alone in Russia. At the present mo
meut small pox is adding its terrors,
and it is feared that an equal mortality
will result from that disease IK-fore its
spread can be checked. The chief cause
of the spread of these terrible diseases
is ascribed to the negligence of the au
thorities. In that country the rules ol
governmental authority are no severe
that no private individual darea to in
troduce sanitary reforms on his own oe
oount, or take means for checking the
spread of disease in community exceys
under orders. The consequence is. when
a contagious disease ia introduced it is
left to work its way unmolested until the
necessary orders are issued bv the gov
ernment for the adoption of precaution
ary measures.
HOLDS IT. — There are enrions stories
afloat, says the Chicago 7Vi6*ae, to tlist
effect that, during the recent strnggle
between various railroad corporations
for the right of way into that ait*, the
sum of SIO,OOO was deposited in the
hands of a citizen (not an Alderman), to
be held by him until favorable action
waa had by the Common Council. The
story is, further, that after the Council
had acted, the stakeholder refused to
divide, and haa pocketed tho whole
sum. If the first part of the story is
true, says the World, we hope tho second
ia aim,' and that the depositary of the
fund will not pay over a dollar of the
money to the Aldermen.
In the coarse of a "proof" in the
Court of Seosions, at Edinburgh recent
ly, a junior counsel was attempting to
break down a female witness upon a
point of time, and in so doing, asked
tier, " Why are you so certain as to Mia
drtp f Do you keep a diary f" To
which the witness gravely replied, " No,
air; I keep a publio hou**"
I'ingress ef American ire* Industry. I
Hi* iron bind nets iu tlie United State*
bus never lm u In nfoarighlßf a wiH-1
lion as at Ihu present day. In Pmnayl* |
vanta more Inm is now Uoing produced I
than by all tbo eatnbbiad mraacea ot
England and tbo Coutiuant of Europe,
una yet the d< immd i* Ur grvstar than
the supply. A correspondent at tbe
J Vtte Ymrk Timet slaves that in tbe valloys
of Eastern t'enusylvauia tlierc averages
a furnace for erary five in ilea, aud still
millions uI dolbtra' are being invtwtiNl hi
further extension and development of
tbo inn industry. All tbe iron matter*
are reaping golXan barvuai*. Fig iron
can be produced ut an averug* &mt oust
of from fil3 to Hl7 per ton, aooording to
location and conveniences at band. A
clear profit of from #35 to fltS ptr ton
is made, and when the produce ranges
from one to iwe buodretl tons per day,
tbe uggregata gain of a day's bust new
can be readily mloulsted. Tlda very
eneottrugiug stale of aflairaia cs-oaidercd
to be due in pat t to tbe fact of the coun
try being thrown upon iu own resources,
England having discontinued abippiug
pig metal hither altogether, because un
der the present state of the market in
Enrune she nan not afford to do ao. In
the ciirap time* of Uie Kingdom, ore
vaa plentiful aud labor was to he had at
verv little coat Now the mines are old
and well worn ; native ore is rare and at
advance*! rates, so that Hpaniah ore is
iis ported, which, by tbe time it reaches
English furnace* and is smelted by Eng
lish lalwr, is ad vanned hilly 100 per cent
over tbe first east of produce. One of
tbe moat eminent i juratoi* in Fennsvl
vaula publishes the information that tor
the first time in tbe history of this coun
try, America has shipped iron to Eng
land with advantage.
Our supply ef ore in-unittutted. In
nearly eTcry State new veins are being
develujied, aud in almost every case an
oocompaiiyiiig discovery of coal is au
uo'inned. Tlis track "of furnaces will
eventually find its way to Wsaiem Vir
ginia, thence to Texas, and iu time we
may look to the Territories of the great
West for our valuable pig metal. Thia
year'# produce of iron, there ia every
reason to believe, * ill exceed that of last
rear by fully a million tons, and if the
producing "rapacities continue in like
proftortion with the present increase,
the following years will ssrvll the figure
by two or threo millions more.
Hid !* I> Oat There.
Dr. Mckentie in an interesting article
on CM, NTI that on one oeouion I went
to the opera, and when 1 presented ray
aelf at the entrance to the pit (arfaicb is
called the parqurtte, is this country) my
friend and myself were very closely in
spected by Mr. Nugent, who had charge
of the ticket office there, lie wished to
see whether we were in full dreea—black
suit am) white "choker"—the role, not
yet relaxed at anv ojwra house in Lon
don, being that the occupants of boxes
should appear in lull evening costume.
Fortuuately, we were considered as
having complied with this requirement,
and took onr seats. As lack would hsve
it, we ast down under the large chande
lier, containing row above row of wax
candles. When we came out, at the
cloae of the performance, my friend ob
served, and communicated to me, the
vexatious fact that my dieae-ooat was en
lively spoiled. Tho coabi nod heat from
many lights had erpedhed the melting
of the wax candle*, and the droppingi
then#form had made a sort of epaulet on
one of my ahotridara.
Next day, I waited upon Mr. liaporte,
tho lessee of tho opera house, stated my
case, showed my ruined garment, and
received a great deal of commiseration.
He lamented the impnaibility of prevent
ing such accident* while the house wa*
lighted with wax, he said that the aristo
cracy, who rented the boxes from him,
thought that gaa was not genteel, and
also fancied that it always omitted as un
pleasant smell daring combustion.
" Why," I said, " it ia then that there
is no unpleasant odor. That oomes from
an escape of the gas which ia not burn
ing."
litis he admitted. As for tiie rained
garment he insisted on my accepting an
order on his own tailor for a suit of
clothes. 1 told him that only a oo*t had
been spoiled. but he insisted on giving
me a whole suit; and 1 accepted his lib
erality with very little hesitation, men
tally vowing never to ait tinder a chande
lier witli wax-lights again. This fact
dates tack forty years, when a spoiled
coat was a considerable object to me,
but it has indelibly impressed upon
my mind the defects of wax-lights in
theatres. At present, though gas is not
much used in private houses in England,
from an absurd dread of explosion,
every theatre ia lighted with it.
Direct Evidence.
A revivalist in Atliol is reported to
have told this story, two Sundays ago
to illustrate coming straight to the point. I
When a boy, lie waa summoned to testi
fy in n case* of assault, iu which one man i
hud hit another with a hoc. A hart of j
witnesses had been called, who "best
abont tbe Imsn" in a most tedious and
provoking manner, without Riving one
iota of inculpating proof. This exasper
ated the lawyer for the proseciftion, who
broke out as follows: "Here, hoy, we've
been going aronntj and — ,t,t * ***''
ii ,T. NITN JTT have no evidence to con
vict the prisoner. Now. sir," he sav
agely continued, "do yon hear me ? I
want you to come to the direct point.
Did yon seethe blow struck?* "Yes
sir!" "Ah ha," chuckled the lawyer,
rubbing hi* palms together, and grin
ning immoderately; "Now we shall
have something to work upon. Here,
mv good lad, take this e.ine (handing him
his walking-stick). If yon saw the blow
struck, yon must kr.ow jnsi how it was
given." "Yes air, I " "Now then,
no words about it, I tell you I" thunder
ed his interrogator. "I am the defend
ant and yon are the prisoner. Now just
raise the stick iu.<l show the court."
The bewildered lad did raise the stick,
and the next minute it came crashing
down upon the bead of the astonished
lawyer, echoing trom his bald pate to
the end of the room. And sent him
staggering to his sent. "That's the way
it was done, sir.*' said the boy, amid the
shrieks of luughter of the whole court
room. The discomfited counsel, with a
ghastly attempt at a smile, snid that he
had done with the wilneaa—the evidence
was direct.
A TRAOKPY x* SALT LAKE Crrr.—
There was a terrible tragedy at Salt
Like Oity. A man named Griffiths, a
Welshman, and an old resident of the
Territory, went to the dwelling of hia
wile, who had separated from him be
en rise of brutal treatment, and commen
ced an assault on her. A negro near by
Interfered, wLereupou Griffiths drew a
revolver, and, missing the negro at the
first fire, pursued his wife to the street
and shot her twice, inflicting mortal
wounda. He then shot himself throngh
the head, and died in a few minutes.
The cause of the tragical affair, so for as
known, was jeolouslyy.
AN KDWOHIAL DUEL.—James 8. Hey
ward, editor of the Timet, and Malcolm
,J. Browning, editor of tlio Newt, two
weekly uew*pnper* published at Orange
burg, 8. 0., fought a duel at Band Bar
Forry. After the exebang of two shots
without bloodshed the j arties saluted
and laft the field.
TKRMB : Two Dollar, • Yor, in Adoosor
, Treat and their Deter.
A cot respondent who has studied the
character and habit* of the trotlt, writas
that they are pot naarly ao delicate • flah
sa it generally sUnposM. At * farm*
yard is Vermont they have two trout,
aboat sis indies or mort in length, living
ia a wooden trough out ot which the earl
bores* dunk. They ware caught ta •
stream last Aagtiat, and throughout a
severe cold spell havs lived, and ap
parently continued In good condition, al
themoh sometimes in psasing onr eerre
sjxmdrnt had saeu tbe water so firmly
frozen, and the tee apparently reaching
so low, that the front bid soiiwlj 1 room
to tsrim. Wbsn fresh water ia put In
fhey always come to the piaoe where it
is poured, and seem to looa for any par
ticles ot foud, or any insect# that may
ooue in with it They bad on worms
which the boys bring U. ui, and which
flicy take immediately without fear.
The change of color in fish is veryuw
m .rkable, and takes place with groat
rapidity Fat a Hiring Mack trout into
a white bantu of water, and it becomes,
ortthin half an boar, of a light color.
Keep the fish living in a white Jar for
aome days, and it bcoomea absolutely
white; but put it into a dork colored or
black vessel, and sllhoflglt on being first
placed there, the while colored fish
allows most eouapidouaiy on the black
ground, in a quarter of an hour It be
come* as dnrk colored as the bottom o
the jar, and consequently difficult to be
seen. No doubt Uua facility of adapting
its color to the bottom of the water in
which it lives is of the greatest service
to the fiah.in protecting it from its num
erous enemies. All aagiern must have
observed that, in every stream, the trout
are very much of the same color aa the
gravel or aaod on which they lire.
Whether this change of oolor ia a vol on
tary or involuntary act on the part of the
fish, we leave it for the m ienttfic to de
termine.
AttaJ M rr Ki
iMfl ncreehi
The funeral of Mary Aun Smith, *A*s
Monde Merrill, the murdered girl, took
place from the establishment of the
undertakers. The body was enclosed ia
a walnut casket, with silver mountings,
bearing a plate giving the name, age,
(twenty yeats,) and date of the finalb
of the murdered woman at Keilson place.
At noon the crowd was ao great around
tbe store that the door had to le closed,
aad an officer Stationed ou table to keep
out all except the friends of tbe deceased.
The coffin, on which was hud t floral
anchor aad wreath, was placed la the
center of the utotp. At the head *at tbe
si star of the deceased, an laUdligent
young girt cf seventeen, while around
ibe remain* were twenty of the murder
ed girt'# companions Heveral clergy
men of different religions denomina
tions had been requested to perform a
funeral service over the body but all re
fused, The undertaker at length got
Rev. John J. Drouusr, psator of the
North Baptiat Church, aad at lj o'clock
the service commenced. The only men
present betides the undertaker and
clergyman were throe reporters. Tbe
solemn service having been read, the
reverend gentleman engaged in s long
and docply-ttflectukg prayer. Me than
addressed the women pnsnt, dwelling
on the tragM death of their unfortunate
friend, *nd implored them by the mem
ory of their infant da}*, their affection
ate parents and in tbe name of every
thing high and holy, to determine over
the dead brdv of their companion on
give np a life of sin and shame and seek
to lead virtuous lives. The poor thing!
were deeplv affected. The body was
then jdaced in a t eerse and followed by
three notches to Greenwood. X. Y,
Taper. ,
* The Raking nf WeoL.
The destrocti ola large quantity of
wool by the Ration fire bee gives rise to
s froth discussion of wool rawing In this
oonntrjr, Mpertaliy is lbs Pacific States.
This interest has tor several years been
regarded as the most remunerative of say
branch of agrieoHnn oa the Pacific coast,
sod seetnn deetined bo rapidly expand.
There were in 1871 shoot 83,000,000
sheep in the United States, yielding aa
average of four ponods of wool each, or
128.000,008 pounds in the aggregate. In
addition to this product the anneal I®!**"-
tation of wool amounts to about 70,000.-
600 ponods, at a cast of nearly #10,000,000.
la addition to this Importation, the United
States import woolen goods to the araonnt
of nearly #44,600,000 per annum. There
is room, therefore, for ea increase of
17,000,600 more sheep ia the country to
■apply the borne demand for wool, and
for aboot 12,000,000 more to displace the
importation of weolen goods. It is a
noticeable fact, based on incontestable
figures, that while the demand for wool S*
constantly increasing tbe faculties for pro
daction are gradually decreasing. A new
trrritery is occupied by permanent set*
tiers lite natural pasture# art* contracted
and diminished. There is, however, a
large area of territory In California, Ne
vada, Utah, Arirona and Colorado which
Is well adapted to sheep raising, and pre
sents a tempting field to those inclined to
embark in this branch of bcuineua.
The New I'mMwUal Bill-
Mr. Bank's proposed constitutional
amendment has Lbe follaaruus ! -
worm:—
" The executive power shall be vested
in a President of the United SWM of
America. He shall hold his office doting
the term of six years. No person
elected to the office of President shall
be eliiikle for re-election.
"The Vice-President shall hold his
otfiee during the term of six veers. TKb
President and Vice-President shell Le
chosen by the electors qualified to vote
in tha election of Representatives to the
Congee-s of the United States at an
election which shall be held for that pur
pose, on tbe same day appointed in tbe
several States for the election of Repre
sentatives to Congrew, in such manner
and nnder such regulations aa Congxeaa
mnv by law direct."
Supjiose, says a reviewer, a President
dies early in his term and the Vice-Pre
sident succeeds, what Is to prevent him
from using all the powers of his office to
seenre anether lease ? Ho was not elect
ed President, and therefore does not
come nnder the provision marked.
THE Bonn QPEHTIOK. —B< iantjfie
pa porn wo discussing the boiler question
T*jr seriously. An engineer, who wishes
to have his say in the discussion, writes:
I hare ran a steam engine 17 years, and
one time teeing steam coining ont of a
sheet of iron in one side of the boiler, I
went in and examined the place where
the steam came out and not being satis
tied, let the steam ran down and stopped
the work. We had on at the time 60 lbs
of steam, and when wecaxne to examine
the lioiler after the steam was down we
found a place abont 12x22 inches that
was rust<xl almost through. The sound
iron was not thicker than the shell ef a
wasps nest, and yet it held against
the pressure of GO lbs of steam. Tbia
satisfied me that no ordinary preestue
of steam blows up a boiler. Keep the
water at the proper height in a boiler
and such disasters will be scarce.
A aea captain, juet returned from along
▼oyage, w told bj a comminion nier
obant the aad news that his wife had died.
"Wife dead 1" *ld the captain, "well now
no yon know, I didn't think ebb won long*
ileedf How's freighter
s
NO.
(oaeernisg Christmas.
"Yawning fir Cheshire eheeae" hi
mentioned it tto Bpsetetor as a Christ
mm gtbol. "
It was customary for toe Kteflp to
France to give prwata to their towicra
at Christinas time.
It was formerly thought tto* bread
baked on C!\twtoe lee would ma^ipro
llfitiiiß the last hundred years" fto
festivities appropriated to Cbristmw
have mack fallM tma
In the torth oi EwgiMsd a aooec Is al
ways tto chief ingredient In toe compo
sition to a Christmas dinner
The young pirie in Rossis ate the
bertoum to toe Cbristmm fsstivals,
which seem invented but for their
amwmmeat.
la th* Roman Catholic church tome
masses are performed at Chrirtmas—<e
at mi Jnight, owe to darbreek, sod one
in the morning.
By the Puritan parliament Christmas
was abolished altogether, aad holy and
Ivy were node seditious bedgro.
Christmas Day was toweys otmaveefl te
the Primitive Chwcb, as the Babbath
day, and like that proceeded by aa eve
or vigil.
"Giona ia Escuimt," th writ known
hymn sung by the angels to. the shep
herd's to the Lord's nativity, was toe
earliest Christmas enrol.
Christmas ems -itM-ff toe Eeaet of
Lights in the Latin rtuueh. bewauee
they bad many lights or candle* to the
feast.
It in n saying in Lmcolasluav, Eng
land, that if there ia as much fop before
Christinas at wonlo bear a goosm there
will not be so much after aa will boar a
duck. . >1
"The mistletoe, a magical shrub *
says the Gemtlnsn* Mamuioe. ia I*9l,
"appeared te be the forbidden tree in
the middle to the trees to Eden. * *
The vote-Dough was a kind of baby,
or little image of paste, which baker*
used formerly to bake ad Christmas time,
and present to their customer*, j
Mistletoe wss formerly hung in the
kitchen or wrvsnts' balL Mow recwntly
I it has been raised to the psrlor and draw
iag-room, without, lionever, redeeing
: the kimiag below.
Mistletoe una abtofobed in ton Christ -
[ mas decking of ebnrcbes beosoae ft was
, found to set the young ladies and gsotto
! a reading toe marriage services.
la the Soil!j Itlaud* they have a cas
| torn of tinging carols on Christmas Day
I at church, to which the ooogrggsthmj
make contributions by dropping money
1 into a hat carried abate theehnrok when]
the pecforaanee it over.
It is the praetiee in England to ont
ashen fagou n Christmiis eve. The ash
| is said to be the only wood that wfit
! l>uin green and it fo the policy of toe
wood-choppers to foy on M many
" binds " npon the faf- its as possible, aa
it is an old ceteblisbed eastern tbte orory
i bind should represcnti * jag to afofofV
not that this ia to Hmitatlon of ouantity
oonsumed on the ooeasion, only that this
is a pert of the rrcsmonfot
The Bent L'mberger. .
j ■ , , At# ♦to ll
A few years ago LunUrger elteene was
imported into this country *0 aupplj the
wants of our German population ; now
all, or nearly alt, of this character of
eheeae needed fs produced in toe United
States, and the greatest bulk to tt made
ia the State of Sew Turk. Extensive
dealers ia the nrtieie, with whom wn
have converted, says the Jbete Jhv
I'oriw, as well as those who are
ing it directly to the consumer, mf Art
the American Limberger i for auperiori
to that made m Germany, and that
an imported could not be sold
here in competition even though An
price was made tbe came aa Ate for
American. One reason for Aft, we tap
pose, is Ate Limberger taqnires to be
eaten wnen ripe, ami Art it rapidly de
teriorates, or fo liable to deteriorate,
when over-ripe, and Ana Crate sappHcs
from the factories give better satiatem
lion than that which ia imported. • iiV
Limberger fa a small, fhtt, brick-like
cheese, aboe* iv* Isehea square by twb
mid a half to Ate* inches thick, and
weighing, when rip* about two pounds.
The shape varies, however, from a square
to an obi ng. lis moat distinguished
peculiarity, when cc-side red ia prime
condition, ia its odor, which ia intensely
string, rank, approaching, if not quite,
that of putrid annual matter. Even the
Germans who have, from lon* use, been
educated to like Limberger better than
any other kind to eheese, admit that It
smclle badly. Tbe chess 1? under tbe
tongue is salt, sahy, extremely rush,
and battery, To most American palates
the flavor would be regarded ss too rank,
wiA something of • tomt tittle leas dis
agreeable AaiP its' ddor. w -RteU. when
•teen earlier in its maturity, or before
tt has begun to small badly, the flavor is
mild and tbedtwte fo excellent. We
have eaten Limberger in this stage of,
development and found it perfect ly de
licious, being sweat, mild, and full of
mast*
Jefferson county, S. Y., has 7,418
cows furnishing milk for Ltmbergsr;
Oneida county, 1,706 cows; white Wayne,
f)onnduagu* and other conn ties engage
ait In Jcfieraou aloae, one mu has
twenty eight Limberger factories The
ngteo ,.f thwali seas -fo im-*—-***-
pound. _____
Tenug Misses ftetonmee.
Young girls in their teens wear dress
skirt* reaching to Hair ankles. The
skirt proper is often formed entirely of
kilt plcatiny, a eemforiabte faahicn for
winter, provided the rikirt ia not made
too besvv fr tout hip* to carry. Grace
ful toort upper skirts, with apron fronts
and simpte joefcey tammies, eemplete
such dresses. Sleeveless basques of vel
veteen of the seme shade are worn with
dark brown and olive suits of cashmere,
serge, merino, or empress tooth. These
basques are dressy and inexpensive, as
they require only a yard of velveteen,
and are simply trimmed with a thick
cord of silk. Dressy suite for young
girls are ateo made with a polonaise over
a kilt-pleated skirt. One to them has
an olive brown silk akirt, with its full
length in kilt ptetoa, aad a Marguerite
polonaise of reseda silk. The edge of
this polonnfoe fo scolloped, bound With
silk, and s side pleating appears below
the scallops. A belt of brown silk fo
laid in four folds, and a sseh fo knotted
on the left aide. Another pretty drew
has a akirt of blue poplin, with a bodice
of white cashmere. The over-skirt of
blue silk te formed of an apron front
rounded, and a single side gore, to which
te attached on toe tides a sash of silk,
tied up intricately to form a black drap
ers White gtupure over black fooe
edges the over-skirt V| ],
Exhaijixd.—Tbe mystery to Dover,
Del., has been explained. Prof. West was
not killed. It now tarns out that by
killed s colored man, whom he hired tem
porarily. After the man was dead, the
Professor cut bis bauds and feet oil and
burned them. The object, it te said, waa
to make the authorities believe the body
was his, so tb*t his wife could obtain an
insurance of 925,000 on his IA. He ac
knowledged to John O'Grady, an ex-special
ul thia city, that he had killed the
negro, but that It was in self-detense.
West b new In JtU.
Among the war of lftflvetetAfo aho
draw their penaions roglffifiPNlle Gen.
J. A. Dix, Governor tooto of New York,
aad TkrniHWMmfm latter aa a Afar.
TNm is ■ * even fa to#
A nib..!* warn w Wur am #
of active grief.— #Mter, *
Deed bete from to# cava* are nflbd a* a
fcrtilfogrtij Kentaoky. f
The heaviest wpmttm d4% always
havethe |Mtt weight.
Thirty jwnonii two lately poisoned
by sausages at Cowl, Mfofe.
• The ihi|) G'i#te*. al KmUs, hr* bwn
lost at see with all on board.
A haystack a quarter of .1 adte.iong is
the pride of Waoiilt*, Kaww,*.
Voltaire dertaes the happy miff aa the
•* who coeaider* kiroetof o
Seven munlcrw# went m trite In New
York and Brooklyn is on# day.
AM power, even the moat, ##(iia
raeta ultimately on opinion.— Hum*.
Wo on# vr knew what frterHS* ware
worth until be bad Hrod wttfcmrt them.
Unlike the sun, Intellectual htminnrina
•hfne brightest attar Aey oat.— <kitw.
Mm Mam# tbewaafrw only for the
purpose of italic
A man* la 100 little foe one, encash
lor two and to© much for three. jftomO,
If then art a master, be aometimes
blind; if a *rraot, sometimes daat—
FVfrr.
Wo foootaia an email tot that beavtea
may ha toaod in it* hoaom,- N-
A woman in Eprtiand. Win, fottof
cane to her death by paring saorn too
ckmely.
The ana iid M ' n '
neaota ha* teccnaaad 9,oew,os?J in tto
last year.
Is Vindoor Connty, Vt., fourteen di
vorces haea been granted annually for
forty yrtit.
Tto into John A. Oris wold, of Trof 9
left an ortto# rained it from ttintd to
fire million•.
A California man fee manufacturing
watermelon syrup,and think* hi* experi
ment aenec#*.
General John A. Dix baa Wfrt ted
bu resignation aa s director of the Erie
tteil way Company.
An emante occurred in the eutorba of
Madrid, daring which twenty peraona
were killed and wounded.
It is reported that the employes of
tto English railroad companies intend to
strike on tto 3d of January.
A Marseilles hairdresser hat bom aned
for 1000 francs damages, benaiise ha
impcrtoaatelr dyed a lady's hair vinkt
instead to red.
An ohl lady at Weal Campion, N. H.,
died lately from tto effect# of a alight
•eratrib on tto Mtft adminlttered hy n
kitten.
"The dearest ma ■earth" has at
last been locate#'. Those wiahtnf to ftud
the " cpot ** will And it at tto atom that
doea not advertise. * *
A son! mine near Cbariaroi, in France,
arm aaddenlv flooded by a frrohet of
tto Kirn JSawbro, end drowned many
men who mam at work.
general of A-fcondea gaawtokera
who were wsmmoned toflppear on charge
of conspiracy tore bam sentenced to
six weeks* Imprisonment
Castas tos toenmn a dangeiwna plant
in California. It is being mate info
false curl*, and there is no estimating
the headache* it wol eaaae.
Are blacksmiths who make a lmag by
forging, or carpenters who do a tittih
counter-fitting any wpoas than men who
and Iron and steel for a bring.
f Tto hagaaat of Mr. Horace Haves, of
San Fraatomo, of ffl.Oooi.Oo© to found a
college, has 'been declared, invalid, en 'the
ground of the toetetor** Insanity.
A mas at Etna, WlnoU, lately took a
wing lady net riding and brought tor
beck dead. He has disappeared, and la
wpcii of having murdered bar.
Tto Tritm*. ia looking ow a list of
members elect of tto fort Leerdatate,
finis that tier* will to ia that body a
Lynn, a Bollock, two Fox**, and three
Drsket.
A Sentoeky man is tto depth* of
despondency was lately made happy by
fining in aa aid drawer a forgotten
certificate of tto deposit of ff1.37 to a
KnosriUe bank.
' Elder of Fourteen: Whs*toi baby.
Hedge t'' Madge : "la tto otiuw .zoom. I
think, Emily." Elder of tonitoe*: "Go
directly, and aee what she's dying, and
tell tor she motto I !.'*
a fpynn knee tahsnln, industry win im
prove tbam; If moderate abilities. Indus-
SrywUl s P |dy their
k denied to wfcß dhwetod Tdtor; nothing
is ever to to atniaed without
Tto weaithimt farmer m tto world is
tto Khedive to Egypt, who cultivates
nearly a million hcrea, k said to have
4000 •team-plow*, anl whose yearly
ianome amowata to nearly 956,000,000.
A young lady deehned takingapnrt in
private tiiitricwk inferior to the part
offered to another young ladv. because
the father of tto former was Cotoael in
the war, while the lattert was only a
Majer.
In the edming trial of the Ticbborae
ehdomnt Mr. Pigby tfoymour, Q. C-,
will to tto leading mmmooL He neives
1,000 gninraa reteiner, and 50 gnineas a
day "toAtotof" daring the coatinuanco
af the trial. >
Tto report reoeatly eircolated through
the newspaper* to the death in Frsnoe
of " Loita, the well known actress, ia
contradicted by that lady herself in a
lettertoaaMMgerof one of the theatres
in Chicago.
Tto Saltan of Benouw rtoenUr caught
sixteen of his subjects who had been en
gaged in piracy on tto coat to Borneo,
and after be beading them stuck their
heeds npon poles by the ahorea aa a
warning to others.
The workmen at tto Esvtend to the
Booeac Tannel advanced 145 tent West
ward in November, while the progress
from the central abaft was 148 feet lov
ing only 138 frot to be bow] MorcjUut
William A Lent, to Ban Francisco,
hm commenced a mil against Fhiup
Arnold, John Slack, and otbera wnneet
ed with the diamoo* case, for SA> ,000;
and attached valuable property to Ar
nolds! Elizabeth town, Ky.
All Druaden goes to bed at ten o'clock.
Tto opera, the theatre, and other places
of amusement open at six and dose at
half-pest nine. Every public house < r
restaurant is closed to ten, after which
perfect qtdet reigns until daylight.
An old lowa gentleman and Ida wito
went to Chicago the other day in search
to two missing daughters, and stepping
into* theatre for an evening's rekwrioa
to their great surprise found their prom
ising offsprings skipping it in tto ballet.
A letter from Bergen! Bates thanking
the people of England for the respeot
shown tto American flag, and for the
generous and unreserved greeting he
Motive i during his march through tto
country, is published in the London pa
pers.
The reform Church National Synod o
the Waited States suspended from the
ministry and from the church the Rev.
Henry Kepper, of Illinois, cm -the ground
that he married after obtaining a divorce,
which, though legal, was not procured
on Scriptural grounds.
Oae the little pleasantries to the
"gods" to the Dublin •pare House con
sists in throwing on the Mage a bouquet
to which a piece of twine is attached.
When the prima donna goes to pick op tto
nosegay it is suddenly drawn up again,
amid the roars of the "deities."
Children "play home" with great
attention to details. One very young
woman up town cat up her mother's
toilet cushion, mined a carpet and
nearly scalded a confiding younger
1 brother to death, treating him to a bran
" maahfora'Tdayepinoottc."
A bill is now before the Indiana Le
gislature which provides that when a
person is declared not guilty of any
prime upon the ground of insanity, the
. jury specify, and the judge should seo
-1 LdL him or her to a fanatic asylum
" for a term to- yeara proportionate to toe
; crime committed.