The Djing Rosebud. Uow oft. while yet *ll infant flower. Mr onwiKWi ehweV I'va toJ Against the preen bars of my bower, Impatient of tlio ehaJe. And preeinp up *nd }eapinp through tta email md proStotw vists*. Kiphe.l for the lonely liplit and dew That bIMMd my aider eietet* 1 saw the eweet tore*® ripplinp o'er Their leave*, that loved the play. Though the light thief shite all the •!< Of dew-drwp gums away. I thought how happv I should to Sneh diamond wreaths to wear. And frolie, with a rose's glee. With sunbeam, hird, and air. Ah. me—ah, woe is we. that I, Kre vet my leaves unclose With all my wealth of sweets must die Before l am a rose. YYaiting for \ou, Jock. Winter s agoing; Tlie streams are a-flowing ; Hie May-flowers hlowing Will soon be in view. But all tilings seem faded. For my lieart it is Jaded. Waiting for you, Jock, Waiting for yoti: Oh. but it'* weary work. Waiting for you ! * As eoon a* the day'* done. My thoughts to tlie M eet ran , 1 envy the red sun. That smVr from my view. On you it'* a-shiumg. While here I am puung, Waiting for you, Jock. Waiting fot you; Oh. but it's weary work. Waiting for you I sigh when the day brains ; The |iiuful night seema To cheer me with sweet dreams. That War me to you. Each mora as you flee me. The faditig stats see rnc. Waiting for you, Jock. Waiting for you; Oh. but it's weary work. Waiting for you'. Vto, retail. fly to him. bnig aver tugh to lum ; Summer winds sigh to him; tSd hint be tru'. Where he sieeie on the prairies. Oh. wbtaper. kind fairies. *" Waiting for yon. Jock. Waiting fnrro*! Ob. bat it's weary work. Waiting for you!" A HEAVY BURDEN. Robert Hodgkins had lived in the village, next door to Samael Rollins, at least a dozen years, and no doubt the two neighbors would hare been on good terms together; but, unluckily for the poacv of Robert Hodgkins, Samuel Hul ims hvi a peas ton on account of a bad wound which he had rewired wher. fighting as a seaman under Admfhtl' Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar. Vvery week when Hodgkins went to pay Us rent up at the Unliouse, he muttered and grumbled all the way there and back, because his neighbor could afford to pay his rent so much better than him self. A:t envious, discontented spirit is one of the worst qualities a man can foster in his bosom ;■ it makes him mis erable at home and abroad ; it sours his sweetest enjoyments, and plants sting ing nettles m all his paths along the journey of life. For a time Hodgkins growled and grumbled to himself, but afterwards his discontent grew louder, till, at last, it became his favorite topic to lament his own ill lock, and to rail against those whose aioney came in whether they would or not, and who had nothing else to do but to sit in an easy chair front morning till night, while lie worked his heart out to get enough to support him self and his familv. It was on a Mondav morning that Hodgkins, who was sadly behind in his rent, walked up to the tanbouse to Mr. Starkey's, to make some excuse for not paying what was due. Hodgkins entered the tanhouse, and was soon reproved for not paying his rent by his landlord, Mr. Starkey, who told hint that his next door neighbor, Samuel Hullins, regularly paid up every farthing. " Yes, yes," "replied Hodg kins, "some folks are born with silver spoons in their mouths ; Hnlltns is a lucky fellow, no wonder that he can pay his rent with such a {tension as he has got" " Hullins has a pension, it is true," said Mr. Starkey, "but he carries a pretty heavy cross for it. If you had lost yonr leg, as he has done, "perhaps you would fret more than yon cfo now, notwithstanding yon might in that case have a pension." "Not I," replied Hodgkins, "if I had been lucky enough to lose a leg twenty years ago, it would have been a good day's work for me, ir I could have got as much by it as Hullins has con trived to get. You call his a heavy cross, bnt I fancy that Uia pension makes it light enough to Iran ; the heaviest cross that I know of is being obliged to work like a negro to pay my rent." Now, Mr. Starkey was a shrewd man, and possessed a great deal of hnmor, and well knowing Hodgkins' disposi tion to repine, he felt disposed to con vince him, if possible, that the lightest cross soon liecome heavy to a discon tented spirit •' I tell yon what, Hodgkins," said lie, " I am afraid that voa are hardly disposed to make the best of things; however, as yon think that yonr neigh bor Hullins' cross is so very light, if you will undertake to carry one much lighter, you shall live rent free as long as you abide by the bargain." " But what sort of a cross is it that yon mean to put upon mv shfulders!" inquired Hodgkins, fearing that it might be something to which he could not agree. " Why," replied Sir. Starkey, fetch ing a large lump of chalk and making a broad cross on Hodgkins' back, " that is the cross, and so long as you like to wear it, I will not ask yon for a farthing of your rent." Hodgkins at first thought that hia landlord was only joking, but being as sured that he was quite serious, he told Mr. Starkey that lie must look for no more rent from him, for that lie was willing to wear tuch a Croat at THAT all the day a of hia life. Away went Hodgkins, chuckling with in himself at his good luck, and think ing what a fool of a landlord he had got to let him off so easily from paying Ttis rent. Never was he in a better humor than when he entered his cottage. Hodgkins having seated himself with his back to the cupboard, his wife had not seen the cross on his coat; but no sooner did he turn ronnd to pull up the weights of the cuckoo clock, than she cried out with a shrill voice: "Why, Hodgkins, where have you been* ? There is a cross on your "back a foot long ; you have been to the public, and some of your drunken companions have played you this trick, to make you look like a regular simpleton ; come, stand still, and let me rub it off, or every lad in the village will be laughing at you." Let it alone," said Hodgkins, turning quickly ronnd ; " I won't have it nibbed off. Go on mending your stockings, and let my coat alone. "Bat I won't let it alone," replied his wife ; " do von think my husband shall play the fool in that manner? No, that he shan't; 111 have every bit of it off before you stir out of the house." Hodgkins knew very well that his wife was not easily turned when she had once Bet her mind upon a thing, so, striding across the cottage, he hastily made his escape, banging the door after him with all his might. "An ill-tem pered vixen !" muttered be to himself; "I would have told her of my good luck had she been quiet, but now she 6ball know nothing about it." "flalloo, Robert!" cried old Fal lows, the bricklayer, as Hodgkins turned round the corner; " who has been playing yon that trick? Why, yonr back is scored all across. Come liere, and I will give you a dusting." KRKD. KURTZ, Editor mill IVopriotor. VOL. VI. "Mind yonr own back, and let mine alone " saul lbxlgkins. " Mr. Hodgkm*," cried little Patty Steven*, the huckster's daughter, run ning after him, "if you please, there ha* somebody been making a long score all down yonr coat; mother will rub it off for yon if you will come back.' " You and yonr mother had better uiitul vottr red herring* and treacle," replied llodgkinx, sharply, leaving the little girl wondering why he did not stop to have his coat brushed. No one else noticed tlie cross on lLslg kins' back till he got near the black smith'* shop, where Iho butcher and the blacksmith were talking, the butehet cutting a piece of elder, to make skew era, and the blacksmith with hi* * run across, leaning on the half door of hit ahop. " Yon are jn*t the very man 1 wanted to see," said the butcher, stop ping Hodgkins j bnt before he had spoken a dot Son words to him, old Peg gy Turtou conic up, in her red cloak and check apron. " IK-ar mo !" cried old Peggy, gathering up her apron iu her hand, "why, Mr. Hodgkins, yonr back is quite fright; but stand still a moment, and I'll soon have it off." When Hodgkins turned around to tell Chl Peggy to be quiet, the blacksmith roared out to ihe butcher to " twig Hodgkins' back." "He look* like a walking finger-post," cried the butcher. "Ay, ay," said the blacksmith ; "1 warrant ye his wife has done that for him, for spending hi* wages at the Malt Shovel." There was no other method of escaping the check apron of Peggy Turton, aud the laughing and jeering of the butcher and blacksmith, than that of getting off the ground as soon as pos sible ; so, calling poor Peggy a med dling old husay, and the other two a brace of grinning fellows, he turned the first corner he came to, feeling the cross on his back a great deal heavier than he hail expected to find it. Poor Hodgkins seemed to meet with nothing but ill luck, for just before he got to the school all the scholars rau boisterously into the road, full of frolic and fun, waving their caps, and fo low ing Hodgkins, shouted as loudly a* theT could brawl, "Look at his bk! look at his back!" Hodgkins was iu a fury, and would jerhap have done soli.- mi*chief to hi* yomip tormentors had it not Ixn n fot thir sudden appear and of Mr. Johnson, the schoolmaster, who at that moment came out of tlie school-room. The boys gave over their hallooing, for Hodgkins directly tohl Mr. Johnson that they were "an impu dent set of young jackanapes, and ever lastingly in'mischief." Mr. Johnson, who hail heard tlie up roar among the boys, and caught a glimpse of Hodgkins' back, rvplied, mildly, that he would never encourage anything like impudence in his schol ars, but that perhaps Hodgkins was not aware of the cause of their mirth ; he assured him that he had so large a chalk mark on his back, that it was enough to provoke the merriment of older peo ple than lxis boys, and advised him by all means, if he wished to avoid of be ing laughed nt, to get rid of it as soon as possible. Hodgkins said peevishly that hi* back was "nothing to nolxah ," and muttering to himself, walked on, feeling his cross to be heavier than ever. The reflections which passed through Hodgkins' mind were not of the most agreeable description. It was, to be sure, a rare thing to live rent free ; but if every man, woman, and child in the village were to be everlastingly torment ing him, there would he no |>eace from morning to night. Then again, even if his neighbors got used to the cross on his bark, and said nothing about it, he knew that his wife would never let him rest. On the whole, the more he con sidered about it, the more was he dis posed to think that the bargain was not quite so good a one as he at first had taken it to he. A* Hodgkins went on towards the Malt Shovel, he saw, at a distance, his landlord, Mr. Starkey, and directly after, to his great consternation, bis neighbor, Samuel HtilLius, came stump ing along, with his wooden leg, in com pany with Harry Stokes the carpenter. Now Harry Stokes was quite the village wit; and Hodgkins dreaded nothing more than to be laughed at by him, in the presence of Samuel Hullins. His first thought was to pull off his coat, but then, what would Mr, Starkey say to that ? Not knowing what else to do, he took refuge in the Malt Shovel, but soon fonnd the house too hot to hold him, for when those who were drinking there began to laugh at the cross on his hack, both the landlord and landlady declared that no customer of theirs should be made a laughing-stock in their house, while they had the power to hinder it. The landlord got the clothes-brush, anil the landladv a wet sponge, and Hodgkins was obliged to make a ha*ty retreat, to secure his coat from the Rponge and the clothes-brush of his persevering friends. When Hodgkins left home, he in tended to go to a neighboring village about some work which he liad to do, bat his temper hail been so ruffled by old Fallows, I'atty Stevens, the black smith, the butcher, and Peggy Turton, as well as by Mr. Johnson and lib scholars, the company at the Mall Shovel, and the landlord and landlady, thai he determined to get home as soon as he eould, thinking it better to 1m railed at by his wife, than to be laughed at by the whole village. If you have ever seen, on the first ol September, a poor wounded partridge, the last of the covey, flying about from place to place, while every sportsman ne came near bail u shot at him, yon may form some notion of the situation jf poor Hodgkins as lie went back tc his cottage ; sometimes walking foal that he might not be overtaken, some times moving slowly that he miftht uoi overtake others. Now in the lane, then in the field ; skulking along a* thongl he had been robbing a henroost, ant: was afraid to show his face. Tlie crost by this time had beeotne almost in tolerable. No sooner did he enter his cottagi door, than his wife began ; " And so you are come back again are you, to play the tomfool ? Hen have been half a dozen of your neigh bors calling to know if yon are notgoni out of your mind. If ever there was i madman, you are one ; but 111 put tha coat in a* pail of water, or behind tin fire, before I will have such autici played by a husband of mine; come pull off your coat! I say, pull off youi coat!" Had Hodgkin's wife soothed him, lit might have been more reasonable, bu as it was, her words were like gunpowdei thrown into the fire. A violent qnarre took place, words were followed bt blows, and dashing, smashing, ant crashing resounded in the dwelliug o Robert Hodgkins. The fiercer a lire burns, the soone: will it consume the fuel which supporti H ; and passionate people, in like man ner, exhaust their strength bv the vio lence of their anger. When Hodgkini found that there was no prospect o peace, night or day, at home or abroad either with wife or amongst neighbor and villagers, so long as he continue! to wear his cross, he of his own accort robbed it from his back. The next Monday Hodgkins went ti{ to the tan-house betimes, with a week'i rent in his hand. "Ah, Robert," said Mr. Starker shaking his head, "I thought you wool! soon repent of your bargain. It is i THE CENTRE REPORTER. pan! thiug to encourage a contented disposition, nud not to envy others, nor umioccsMarily to repute nt the troubles a Inch thai has been pleased to lay upoti tta. Let thin little affair be a lessou to us both, for depend upon it, we never commit a greater mistake than when we imagine the triala of other* to be light, and our own croasea to be heavier than those of our neighbors. ••o >!liu*e e'th fouteutruoiit in great s*l" The Shah and III* People. The Shah of Persia ha* arrived in F.tgbiml. Extensive preparation* were made for hia reception, anil Great Britain propose* to show Naaar-ed-Diu the full glory of her kingdom and the extent and source* of her prosperity. He goes to Buckingham Palace, where he and his suite w til le accommodated. There will be a grand review and a march through Louden, which last ts really the most effective means of impressing the Khali with the force at the command of the Queen. No city in Europe can turn out so large a crowd, and Loudon is but a fraction of Ktiglaud. The Persian King will visit Manchester and Birmingham, and there behold some what of the impulse which labor gives to empire. There is deep |K>litical significance iu tlie visit, so fur as Russia ami England are concerned and the Government of each of these countries i* exceedingly anxiotu to secure the good will of the Prrace, not lns-ause he is powerful, but because he statu!* closely related to their dominions in Asia, ami because Persia is a field aoon to ha opened to railwrays aud manufac tured good*. The Shah has eorne with a liberal purse. He has some $"20,000,- 000 put by for his traveling expenses. "I'he-e, however,are tionie chiefly by the Governments to which he pays visit*. He will, doubtless, scatter largess with a liberal hand, aud make many pur chases. The Shah wear* a robe wuich is valued at $1,000,000. He brought an assortment of wive* with him, but they were too much for hi* Persian temper aftc/ he reached Europe, so he sent ill em all back from Moscow, to raise a breeze in the harem, aud vilify their absent and unreasonable lord. The absence of these gentle dames will be a relief to the good Victoria, who has a keeu sense of propriety. The Shah is very rich ; he has absolute w-ay, and he absorb* the revenues of the country and adds litem to hi* private fortune. II is poor subjects are crushed by jtoverty and public burdeus, and within the last two years thousands of them have. perished from famine, while luxurious rulers have added to their hoarded treasure and mud no heed to the want and misery which devastated the King dom. The Shah, in August, 1871, re turning to the capital, was met at the gates bv "thousands of howling wo- I men," wkowtre dispersed by the police. He issued an order that bread should lie sold at a nominal price, bat the bread did not come. He then ordered the Vizier of the town to be put in \ chains, tlie chief baker to bo cut open, and the other bakers to bo roasted in their ovens. Strange as it may seem, bread by this means, was made no cheaper, and now the Shah is wander ing around to see with "how little wis dom" ether lands are governed. How the I*robabllltles Are Cast. At the seventy odd station* in tlie United States the observations are mmle sit times daily with each of the instruments named in regular succes sion aud at the same moment of time. The first is made at seven o'clock in the morning and the last at ten o'clock at night, three of which are forwarded to the central office at Washington, from which the "probabilities " are east at 10 A. M. , and 1 A. M., constituting the morn ing and evening weather report*. The headquarters here are connected with all the telegraph companies, and work at stated times in long circuits in re ceiving cipher messages. The cipher system injures accuracy and brevity— one word giving the degree ami fraction of a degree of temperature instead of being fullv written out—and is used to make up the meteorological condition of all the station*. These cipher mes sages commence to come from five to eleven r. M., and when finished are ta ken into a transluting-rooin and read aloud, when three clerk* write them out from memory, so familiar have thov become with the cipher, one on n rough map and two on the manifold hnlletins. When these report* are all noted on the map—the condition of the thermometer, the state of the barometer, tlie direction of the wind, the condition of the heavens, tc., —a careful study of the entirp country is made by Lieutenant Craig or Professor* Abl>ee and Maury, and the svnopsis of the weather made for the New England, Atlantic, and Middle, and tlie Western and Gulf States for the post twenty-four hours, and the probabilities indicated for the next eight hours. These aro in turn placed on bulletin-maps and arc tele graphed broadcast to the daily papers by the Associated Press. Politiral Intrigue* In France. Tilings in France remain stupidly lull on the surface, probably because all parties are working in secret to cir cumvent and outwit each other. One of the fine schemes of the Conservatives is to get up aplebieciirto decide wheth er the government shall be Monarchical or Republican. They imagine that, it all the Imperialists and Monarchists and anti-Thiers men will unite in voting for the Monarchy, they will find them selves in a largo majority, and enn set tle the little matter of whether the na tion shall have a boy Emperor or a King among themselves afterward to their entire satisfaction. But already the various factions have begun to count the chickens before the eggs are fairly laid, and the people who might vote for a Monarchy with one man at the head of it decidedly object to going for n Monarchy in I he abstract, without know ing whether they nro to have the old clothes of Louis Napoleon, or a royal commonplace in the person of Cham bord. " Show ns the man," they ex claim, very naturally. They don't pro pose to play blind-mnn'a buff any more when a throne iathc stake. Meanwhile, M. Thiers has shaken hands with M. (lambettn, and henceforth the Republi cans will be one. This is a decided gain ; and so long as the file of public danger keeps the Republicans pressed together in a common interest,idea, and policy, their cause is safe. IIAIH Oll,.— Tlie following oil is rec ommended as an excellent compound preparation for the preservation snd growth of the hair : Take, of purified beef marrow, ssv, four ounces : of puri fied lard, two ounces; concrete oil of mace,four onnces; oil of aloes, lavender, mint, rosemary, sage, and thyme, each, two drachms; balsam of toln, four drachms ; camphor, one drachm ; al cohol, one ounce ; place the alcohol in a glass mattrass, and by the heat of s water bath, dissolve therein the balsam of tolii; aild the camphor and essential oil. On the other hand, melt together the marrow, lard, oil of mace, and, as it congeals, add the alcohol solution made, and stir the whole well until it is entirely cooled. Lubricate the head with the oil once or twice every twenty four hours. CENTRE lIALL. CENTRE CO.. PA., THURSDAY', JULY 17. 1873. Nanisna Kajr \\ t.t IX riltlr Ml >• or !<■ I'i.nluiU •ml l'lu,|raila. A few days since Judge J. P. <>"Sul bvau aud tiovcrnor Fnbi-us, of Maiuana Bay, arrived IU New Y'ork from Han to Domingo City, stopping at Huuianu and Porto Plata. These gentlemen are both engaged 011 business in connection with tlie construction of a new railroad from Samaiia to Santiago, as well as devising the best means for developing the resources of that portion of the country. The writer called upon Judge O'Hulfi vau to learu what were the present prosjiecta of Mamaini Bay and Santiago *inoe the Banians Bay Company had taken po**c**iou wf that portion of the island. Judg O'Hullivan stated a* *OOll a* the proposed line is completed nasseugeni ami frieglit will lie rapidly conveyed from Humana Bay to Santiago and oilier parts of tli* island, whereas it now take* days. The expense of traveling will also be greatly diminish ed. At present it exists at least SI(W iu gold to travel from one of these point* to the other. To get from Kamaua Bar to Santiago takes from three to four days, and the journey is anything but a pleasant one. Mr. O'Sulllvaii said also that during the past twelve mouths the population had greatly increased throughout the island, owing to ail in influx of people from all nutious, and there* was every reason to think that it would continue. He couaidrra the climate a good one, aud not unhealthy, a* acme people tielieve it to be. The principle products raised are coffee, tohacext, indigo, and sugar, while of fruits almost all kinds can be grown to great advantage. There are large quan tities of mahogany to be had, and several American merchants liuve com menced the cultivation of cotton. For lattor there will be ample employment as soon a* matters can be brought to a satisfactory condition and commercial interests between the island ami other countries established. Mr O'Hollivan consolers an acre of land near to a sea port on the island worth at least twenty acres of land in New England. There is one continual spi ; ug there, and with proper farming two cre|*. at least might be raised. Living is also cheap, particularly if a man occupies his own house. Most j>ersous subsist ou fruits of different kinds, and meat is very cheap. Haul Mr. Hullivau : " Twenty dollars iu gold will buy you a whole bullock, ami 1 have bought half of a lamb for $1 and $1.60." The poorer {Mcal criterion of all that wa* honorable in man. Many years ago he came thither to a dry-goods "clerkship in a thriving house, bringing a reputation for moral fastidiousness which his whole future manner and practice publicly substantiated. Ab staining rigorously from every form of equivocal self-indulgence, scrupulously decorous in his language, tireless in his husiucss duties, he advanced as rapidly in enviable social appreciation as in Ins interests as a tradesman, and, u|xra ac ceding to a minor partnership with his former employers, married a lady frein one of the Inrnt families in the city. He became a father, a substantial citizen, and a fall partner. After a while his business associates wished to sell their shares and retire, when it wa* found thai lie had accumulated enough inde pendent capital to purchase the greater portion of the concern and become chief proprietor. Thenceforth he waxed richer and richer ; his credit was good for any amount; he was the modet man ' of trading and social circles ; and so un til a few weeks ago, when some unrelat ed circumstance prompted one of his latest partners to institute a private ex amination of the books f their partner ship and the firm preceding it Thence the discovery, that for more than thir teen years this universally respected and trusted merchant had been a secret brigand to his employers, partners, and every one else whose property he conld reach. He had been a* regular in his stealings a* in his other and Imtter known habits; systematizing and hiding it with a genius worthy of the noblest human attainments, and putting the steady dishonest profit* out in invest ments so unconspictioiiN that they had attracted no suspicions attention. As a consequence of this diaooveiT, neces snirlv made public at last, he is now n wrecked and ruined man, having sur rendered to his old employers aud sub sequent partners his whole fortune, to escape prosecution for felony. Y'egetable Perfumes and Health. An Italian professor ha* made some very agreeable medical researches, re sulting in the discovery that vegetable perfumes exercise a positively healthful influence on the atmosphere, converting its oxygen into ozone, and thus increas ing it* oxydizitig influence. The es sences found to develop the largest quantity of ozone are those of cherry, laurel, cloves, lavender, mint, juniper, lemons, fennel, Wrgamot; those thst give it in smaller quantity are anise, nutmeg, and tlivme. The flower* of the narcissus, fiyocmth, mignonette, heliotrope, and lily of the valley de velop ozone in closed vessels. Flowers destitute of perfume do not develop it, and those which have but slight per fume develop it only in small quantities. Reasoning from tliese facts, the pro fessor recommends the cultivation of flowers in marshy districts, and in places infested with animal emanntions, on account of tlie powerful oxygen influence of ozone. Tlie inhabitants of such re gions nhonld surround their dwellings with beds of tlie most oderiferous flow ers. "I say, old boy, cried Paul Pry to an excavator whom lie espied at the lx>t tom of a yawning gulf, "what are you digging there?" "A big hole," the old hoy replied. Paul waß not to be put off iu this fashion. "What are you going to do with the hole?" he asked. " Going to cut it tip into small holes," rejoined the old boy, "and retail them to farmers for gate-posts." Our Home Department. U hoi o U ■•!*! u Kalllor ••> •ot lit* l.w *1 U*|>artuicul at o *>Ha|W|wr. Tha local inure is the most important feature of a new*pa|>er, suys Colonel Calkins iu las addre >• before the \V'i couaiu Editorial Convention, for the vast majority of readers. It is like so cial gossip, and it has a pungency and attraction, if well told, which a record of the most im|Mirtant remote events does not pusses*. If the reader know* |>tecn one of the most successful in the pro duction of that staple known to the Egyptian planters. Tlio whole crop of the year is estimated at two hundred million pound#, which at Liverpool brings price* ranging from 10 pence per pound for common to thirty-five twnee for the liest Bea Island, there being Ashmoor and Galini as intermediate grade*. The traffic in cotton has been taken out of tha hands of speculator*, •nd committed to commission houses. The writer touches upon the enterprise of the railway that is to unite Soudan, Abyssinia, and Middle Africa with Alexandria, Cairo, and the Red Sea, and indicatea the great development of country which is expected to result from it. The Viceroy has recently largely increased hia sugar interest* in Upper Egypt, and while he hitherto plan toil oulv 15,000 fedara, or acres, of land witli sugar cane, he now has 150,000 under cultivation, each fedar yielding under good management one hundred cantor* of gray sugar and twenty-five cantors of molasses, a cantor being 98 pounds. It ia no wonder that the Vice roy ia the wealthiest monarch in the world, when all his revenues, of which this is but a small part, arc so immense, but the gentleman who writes of him say* that there can be no doubt " that the actual Government of Egypt is the best she has had for manv centuries (mat, and that nothing is neglected to develop her resources." The French Indemnity to Germany. Here is the briefest statement of the French indemnity payment that ha* yet Wen made public. The Journal Offi ciet, the French Government news paper, declares that of the three milli ar\s which remained to W paid Ger many, one was entirely discharged last autumn. The second ha* been already paid. The third and last milliard (the fifth of the entire indemnity) will be delivered to the German Treasury in four equal payment* —on the sth of June, sth of July, sth of Augnst and 6th of BeptemWr of the present year. In return, the Emperor of Germany ha* engaged to evacuate, on the sth of July next, the four department* — Vos'gcs, Ardennes, Mouse and Meurthe et Moselle—as well as tlio fortress snd arondisscment of Belfort. The evac uation is to W affected within four week* from that date. As a pledge for the two last monthly payment*, the fortress of Verdun *nu the military dintriot around will alone continue to be occupied until the fifth of BeptemWr. They shall be evacuated within two weeks from that date. IDs VIEW or THE MATTKR.— "I give and bequeath to Mary, my wife, the sum of one hundred pomids a year," said an old farmer. "Is that written down, master ?" "Yes," said the law yer, "bnt she is not so old but she may marry agniu. YVon't you make any change in that case ? Most people do." "Ay! do they? Well, write again and say": 'lf my wife marry again I bequeath to her the sum of two hundred pounds.' That'll do, won't it, master?" "Why, that is jnst doubling the sum she would have received if she remained unmarri ed," said the lawyer. "It generally is the other way—the legacy is diminish ed if the widow marries afterward." "Ay! but he who takes her will deserve it. Artificial fruits are much used for hat trimmings this season. I'unishiuettt In Delaware. t li* U hl|i|iiS| Pest, •! Plllnrjr •** ll* Usllswa. A correspondent who visited George town, lMuware, writes as follows: About the centre of the town, which uuuibcrs between eight hundred aud nine hundred inhabitants, stands a re spectable Court House, fronting north directly to the southeast stands a com im>n looking pump, as I supposed, but upon more careful examination it proved to be the far-famed whipping post, for which Delaware* is so widely reputed. The post in question is sn old one, and has ort them than to work themselves. Directly in the rear of the Court House, about one hundred vsrd*, stands the jail, a substantial look ing two-story building, the yard of which ia about thirty by forty feet, and is enclosed on three side* with a brick wall sixteen feet high and on the third by the jail building. Within this yard is' the gallows erected for the execution of Green, alias Burton. Thi# structure is also worthy of our forefathers, and would hare probably answered excel lently fifty years ago'aa a swift means of transit into the next world. It i*. however, somewhat behind (or ahead ?) the inventions of the present age. It is made of two uuluirked osk saplings, sixteen feet high and six inches in diam eter. These are erected about eight feet apart, and across the top ia placed and bolted flrmlv with wooden bolts an oak log, hewn about aix inches square. In the centre of this a large iron book i* placed, to which the rope was tied. Piece* of timber are nailed from the uprights to the jail walls, about two feet distant, about eight feet frjm tlie ground. Upon these cross-piece* ate placed three sixteen feet pine planks, thus forming a platform. In front of this and directly in the centre of the gallows is the trap, which is about two by three feet. Two large hinges attach it' to one of the planka forming the platform, and it was supported by three pieces of timber sbont one sud a half inches thick, extending from the ground. To the centre piece wa* at tached a ro{>c. At the conclusion of the services and after the cap bad been drawn over the face, the two outside post* wvre removed, and at a given signal the remaining one was suddenly pulled out and Burton was launched into eternity. A Russian Emperor. Ivan IV., of Russia, one of that country's notable •mperer*, was justly •uroamed the Terrible. He possessed the ferocity of a wild lHa*t, aud on the •lightest caprice would condemn hi* subjects to death. In a single year sixty thousand men were killed by hi* orders, inanv of them by the moat cruel torture*. One of his favorite amuse ments wa* to bend down two small and supple tree* bv the united strength of half a hundred men, so that the tojs of the trees would lie brought together at the ground. The victim would then be led forward, and hia feet would be fastened, the right to one of the tree*, and the left to the other. At a signal the straining pressure would be re moved, and the elasticity of the wood swung the man into the air, where he was generally torn in two. Burning at the ntake, tearing the flesh with hot pincers, roasting in oven*, aud the like, were among the jovial fancies of this Muscovite ruler ; aud to ahow that he had no fastidious fondness for his blood relation*, he murdered with hi* own hand hi* son Ivan, who had been a sharer in hi* pastime* and erneltie*. A modern jurv might acquit him of any intentional crime, aa ne professed re pentance aud sorrow for what he had done, and in hi* old age determined to enter a convent—a piou* and p raise worthv resolution, which death pre vented him from fulfilling. Despite hia cruelties, he did more for the great ness auil glory of Rufeba than any of his predecessor*, and it wa* in consequence of hi* cruelties that hi* country twguu that career of conquest in Asia which is slilj progressing, and has let! to one of the most important political ques tions of the day. Young Men and Marriage. The Rev. Howard Crosby, P. P., in an article discussingtlie obligations and duties of young men, uses these words; " The true girl has to be sought for. She doe* not parade herself iui show goods. She ia not fashionable. Gen erally she is not rich. But, oh ! what a heart she ha* when yon find In r—so large, and pure and womanly ! When you see it you wonder if those SIIOWT "things ontoide sre really women. If yon gain her love, yonr two thousand are a million. She'll not a*k for a car riage, or a first-class house. She will wear simple dresse*. and will turn them when it is necessary, with no vulgar magnificat to frown upon her company. She'll keep everything neat and nice in yonr sky parlor, and give you such a welcome when you do come home that you'll think your parlor higher than ever. She'll entertain true friends on a dollar, and astonish you with a new thought of how very little happiness depends on money! She'll tuake you love home—if yon don't you're a brute —and teach you how to pity, while yon scorn, a poor fashionable society that thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to think itself happy. Now don't, I pray yon, say anv more "I can't aflord to marry." Go find the true woman and you can. Threw away that cigar, burn up that switch canc, lie sensible yourself, aud seek your wife in a sensible way." Kesurgam. A strange ease of resuscitation lately took place at the hospital af the Yal de Grace, at Paris. A man had hanged himself in a garret in the Rue St. Jacques, aud having Wen cut down and examined by the medical men, was pro nounced dead. The clinical lecturer, however, desired to try one last experi ment, and he opened the chest ana at tempted artificial respiration, but with out success. He then applied the pole of an electrical battery to the pneumo gastric nerves, and passed a strong cur rent nt intervals of four seconds. Soon after some signs of respiration appear ed, and in five minntes the cardiac pul sation was perceptible. The epiglottis was tumefied, and the tongue had to be drawn out with pincers to leave a pas sage for the air. A few ounces of blood were obtained from the medico-cephalic vein, the dilated pupils contracted, the signs of life Wcame more and more manifest, a few drops of alcohol were given, muscular contractions Wcame visible without electricity, w-armth re turned to the feet, the pulsation in the carotid arteries recommenced, and the patient was Raved. Terms: &2.00 a Year, in Advance. The Shah u( Persia. Ill* Mod MoMWoro on* Hia llow ll* Uokt, atol*. awA **•. 11l an interesting letter to the New Y'ork 7W, l>r. William H. Kuaael (the historian of Bull Itum gives some iiersoual information about the Mkah of I'ersia which will not tend to raise that {Hitentete in the opinion of cultured so ciety. It seems that the distinguished < Iriental monarch is net only proud, but unpuuetual, ill-mannered, and rather immoral. As s matter of choice, he pre fers to eat with hia fingers, and eaunot l>e persuaded tlxat anybody in the world is the equal of His Hublitne Highness. Vet rumor has not been up to the mark in describing the incredible richness of his jewels. Mr. Ituaae! asys : "No one was prepared to see, rnorta/ibus orulis, a diamond nearly twice the size of the Koh-i-noor, or " Mountain of Light," (now in the possession of the Queen of Eugland, once Runjeet Ming, the Lion of Lahore's greatest glory i, stuck in front of a man's sword-belt, and fire diamonds, each larger than that jewel of jewels, m eettelon upon his coat, from waiat to shoulder. These stones are scarcely cut, and do not ahow as they ought-but they are of surpass ing purity. The Shab'a sword-belt is a treasure house in itself. The sheath is studded with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds, which shame their setting of purest gold. The front of his coat is garnished with rows of hrilliauts in ntrail of lace. The collar and sleeves are crusted with them, and hia orders are of the moat precious jewels. His spurs flash Like sunbeams. All this on the person of a man who has nothing noble in mien or face, although be is al>ove tlxe average height of the Indian Mussulman noblesse." As to the personal appearance of the monarch, we are afraid that hia picture has flattered him. For the keen-sighted journalist says : "He is not much at his ease with "European barbarians, and it is ludicrous to see him standing alone in a crowd with a clear spaoe ronnd him and no one to talk to, for he balances first on one leg and then on gnother, ' like a hen on a hot griddle,' and does not know what to do with them or hit hands. When he turus his back and the spectator calmly surveys his ex terior, freed from the distracting influ ences of his diamonds, tha Shah does not present an imposing appearance. I admit that the backs of most people fail to impress one, bnt his Majesty's tailor has rendered his rexert quite ab normally ridiculous by making hia frock coat wiUx a multitude of fine plaits like those of s Highlander's kilt or of a lady of Queen Bess * time over the hip, and so all round. His face is sel dom aiiimated, and there is something incongruous in the position of his re spectable gold spectacles, a la Thiers, on his aquiline nose, under a Peraiau cap, and, over all these, diamonds." Hia personal habits would not render him an acceptable visitor in cultivated circles, whatever "shoddy" might think of him. At least so the writer seems to suggest tn the following paragraph : " In spite of his jewels and external splendor, the Mhah-in-Hhah is, accord ing to European notions, a savage in many ri*sjccta—proud, wrilful, sensual, and "arbitrary. If punctuality be ' the politeness of princes," as it is said to be, the Khali would, in consequence of bis utter indifference to engagements, be one of the most ill-mannered men in the world. He kept the parade at Pots dam. ordered by the Kaiser, waiting a couple of hours. He kept the Queen for half an hour at the ratlwny station waiting for him. He would not go to breakfast when it was announced, at the time of invitation, but walked about in Die garden, and tlien. seeing sn srbor which pleased him, desired to htTe his breakfast brought there. When he sst at dinner yesterday ho put hia fingers in his plate and ate with them, and if lie came on a piece of some dish which he did not like, he took it oat of his month aud threw it down—not on the ground, but on tlie Queen's < Empress's) dress." As to tlie morality of the royal visitor from Ispahan, our readers will regret to learn that " there has been some trouble in teaching the Shah and his followers that women arc to IM> treated with re spect, even though they go about with their faces uncovered, and one of the most useful lessons they will cany back from Europe is tlist which will teach t beni to consider their wi vc* their equals, and not their slaves—if they earn it There ia a great * if,' for tbey do not at all approve of all they see here." On tlie whole, therefore, our people have no great reason to regret the Shalt'* determination not to come to the United States. Our manner* and morals will be the better for receiving no ex cuse for their disregard through the ex ample of a monarch. A single wife, knives and forks, and business punctu ality, are institutions which we are not a* yet prepared to part with. The Prison Ship Martyrs. Since 1808 the bones of American soldiers and sailors who died on board the British prison ships have l>een lying in a vault on Jackson street, Brooklyn, near the Navy Yard, where they had been deposited with due ceremony by the residents snd the Tammany Society, or Columbian Grder. Aa the city grew the walls of the vault were encroached npon, and several futile attempt* were mmle to procure funds and a site for a more suitable monument to the memory of the martyrs. The present Park Commissioners have erected a mauso leum for the remains on the green slope of Washington Park, or Fort Greene, facing Myrtle aveunc, and just above the parade ground. Tli* structure was erected st a coat of 96,500. The body is of Portland granite, emlwliobed with pillars and fretwork of polished Aber deen stone. It is 10 feet high, 30 feet long, and 15 feet wide. The style is partlv Egyptian, ami the general ap pearance is graceful and appropriate. Two wagons sud teu laborers conveyed the thirteen coffins from the vault to the mausoleum. Upon each coffin is a {date Waring an inscription. Upon the tomb the following inscription will W cut: "Sacred to the Memory of onr Sailors, Soldiers, aud Citizens, who Suffered and Died on Ward British Prison Ships in the Wallabout during the American Revolution." A toll shaft will probably crown the tomb in a short time. Execution of a Woman for the Murder of Her Husband. At Hariua, Canada. Mr*. Workman was hanged in the jail-yard for the mur der of her husband in February last. Great exertions were made to procure a commutation of her sentence, but with out avail. The unhappy woman, up to the time of her execution, declared that she did not intend to kill her husband, and that hia death was the result of a drunken brawl. She could not regard herself as guilty of murder. She as cended the scaffold with a firm step, and manifested fortitude and nerve which astonished all present. After the prep arations were finished, she expressed a hope that her case would be a warning to wives who have drunken husbands, and to husbands who have drunken wives. Rev. Mr. Thompson then utter ed a fervent prayer in her Whalf, and with this prayer of faith and hope on her lips the arop fell, and the poor wo man was launched into eternity. She died almost instantly. NO. 29. An Infernal Machine Heal by • llu.band to ku wife. In stories of luliaa cunning and malevolence one often reads of destti drating botes being arut ostensibly aa appreciative preaents to prineea and other* in authority whoae extinction is deemed desirable. To-day fortunately there is not much risk of one's Wing the recipient of eo fatal a gift; yet aa in taucr of this romantic way of attempt ing assassination has but recently oc curred near Ediuburgh. A Mr. David Marrea, a contractor, not long since sent e l*>i to bis wife, 'who lives at Kaughton Hall, near Edin burgh, at the Biue time writing to her in the name of her mother that a bos of wearing apparel had loen forwarded, and could be found at the railway sta tion. Mrs. Macros suspected that her husband wis the one who had sent the bos, and wis apprehensive aa to its contents. She therefore had it opened with great care by the employees of the railway company. A loaded pistol at full cock, with a cap on the nipple, four and a half pounds of blasting powder, and broken glass made up the contents of the box. A string was fastened to the trigger of the pistol in such away that on an attempt being made to open the lid the string would be pulled, the pistol fired, and the powder thus exploded. Mr*. Marrea preferred a charge of at tempted murder against her hatband, but when the case was called before the High Court of Edinburgh, on the 2nd of June, be failed to appear, his bail bond was forfeited, and sentence of outlawry pronounced against him This treacherous method of assassina tion is even worse than poisoning, for while in the prearrangement of the de stroying agency there is shown the long deliberation which is an element in ail cases of poisoning; there is shown, too, in a case of this kind, where an infernal machine is used, s terrible disregard far | the lives of many others besides that of the hated individual A Great Library Under the Hammer. The Perkins library waa disposed of at auction at Han worth Park, near Lon don, during the first week in June, and the choice lot#, aa a rule, seem to have realised considerably above the eetimate of booksellers and bibliomaniacs, 'lbe two Mazarine Bibles, the one printed on vellum and the other on paper, formed the great feature of the Salle, the foruer fetching SI7,(MX) and the latter §13,450. which is far ahead of any sum hereto fore paid for any printed book. The copy of Faust and Sehoffer's Bible of 1462 fetched §3.900, and that of Miles Covsrdale's (1535) $2,000. The first folio of Hhakspeare, on the other band, brought only $2,925, or several hundred dollars leas than the price obtained for a copy no more perfect than this iu 1864. * The Caxton editions sold full up to the estimate. The illuminated man uscripts were in great demand, and Lydgate'a "Sege of Troye" was knocked down for the handsome sum of $6,600. The " Hundred Tales of Troy," by Christine de Pisan, brought §3,250; the " Evangelisterium," a MS. of the tenth century, §2,825 ; a " Romance of the Life of Christ," Ac., of the four teenth century, $2,000; "Horn ad Usiim Rcmanum," a vellum MS. of the fifteenth century, §2,000; and the " cEnrres Diverse# " of Jean de Menu, a splendid MS. of the fifteenth century, on vellum, copiously illustrated, $3,450. These prices will serve to illustrate the zeal of contending collectors and also the abundance of money in England, in which country moet of the bibliograph ical treasures brought together by Mr. Perkins seem likely to remain. We are not swam that any work of special value waa purchased on American ac count. The liolrhkUt Re rolling Cannon. We take the following from the Antericmt ReffMer (Pari*): "On Satur dav last, a trial wma made ol one of Mr. B." B. Hotchkiss* Revolving Gannon, at the Government proving ground, at Yeraaillea, in the presence of the French Artillery Committee, the representative* of the Marine Department, Haron Fred erickax, aid-de-camp of the Raman Minister of War, and Colonel deLaasa, militarv attache of the Italian Govern - m-nt " Forty loaded shell* were fired with perfect success. Fifteen shota were fired in fonrteeo and a half seconds, all exploding perfectly. The gun ia remarkably simple, having very little mechanism, and that very solid. It haa no breech movement, the cartridge* being introd need into the barrels through an njiening. then revolved in the barrels in front of a solid breech and fired. After the discharge of the cartridges the empty case ia extracted by a simple extractor" The ealilier of the gnn ia fortv millimeters, firing easily aixty explosive shells per minnte, of one and a quarter poanda weight each, and it gives very long ranges. All the military men present expressed themselves satis fied. 111 the most flattering terms, with the trial. Mr. Hotchkiss proposes, by the nse of canister shot for this gun. at short ranges, to fire 3,000 balls per min ute. Hi* is, probably, the moat simple machine gnn ever yet constructed, and requiring less attention to keep it in order than any other. The gun fired on Saturday, has been made for the Italian Government, which ordered it some time since, and extended trials of it will soon commence at Turin. Mr. Hotchkiss expects to go to Loriens, to prove another of his guns before the French Marine Department at Havre which has ordered one for that pur pose." Doing Penance, The wastes of New Mexico are likely to Iwoome as fanions for penance and self -torture as were the deserts of Egypt in early Christian days. A recent trav eler in that region SSTS that while at Elisabeth town, New Mexico, last spring, his attention was called to a gang of forty men, who were carrying heavy wooden crosses, and whipping them selves. Some were stripped to their lower undergarments, except a cloth which covered their heads to prevent recognition. They were walking alowly along, and the blood was trickling from their lacerated backs. One stout Mexi can, bearing a heavy cross npon his galled shoulders, was'being whipped by two attendants. He staggered along until close to a church, when he fell to the gronqd with the cross npon him. He was then raised to his feet, and bis arms extendejl by lashing them to a stick which crossed his shoulders. These penances are repeated every Lent. Food for Cholera. Near Nashville is s spring which hss been corrupted by the deposit of 200 cart-loads of filth. Persons who drank of this water were taken with a disease which ripened into cholera. The first victims resided in the immediate vicini ty of the spring, and used the water. Not far from this is a large brewery, which daily gives off a disgusting stream of refuse matter. The foul current of liquid filth is conducted through a por tion of the city in open ditches, which empty into sewers which are in bad re pair, and at various points there are Holes through which the noxious effluvia escapes and poisons the air. Nearly every case of cholera has either been near the spring or on the lino of the sewer. 1 Vests ef Interest. What ia the difference between a jailor and a jeweler I—0n watchsa sella, end the other sella watches. Capt Jack has confessed to Shack Nasty Jim that he ia the teal author of "Betsey and 1 Are Oat." V The round Josephine Waisfi la being revived for the high-necked dresaes by the inodiatee. Buffs arc now wont of such Elisa beth ■• dimensions that win* are neces sary to keep them In shape. The most stately drees ef the season is the "Prineeeee," an improved modi fication of the "Oarbrtelle." An lowa merchant won't advertise in the papers, but paints ou the fences, ' 0© tow Allen's for yer drigooda. The New York ft tat* Editorial Asso ciation, held this year at Pooghkeepeie, decided to hold the next animal meet ling at Lock port, N. Y. The genuine Signor Blitx, the old and popular magician, nays there are no lees than thirty-three persona who masque rade about the community under hie fl A sanitary commission recently ap pointed to inquire into an extraordinary outbreak of typhoid fever in London traced every case to the use of impure water. In Illinois there are 274 tobacco fac tories, employing 2,684 persona, using a capital of tl.9M.ffiM, and turning out §4,319,716 worth of the finished article per fesr. The Philadelphia jury in the case of Charles J. Cloak, for the murder of hie wife, on the 15th of March last, brought io a verdict of murder is the first degree. A Kentucky neper, in reporting a wedding, asya that the bride wee not particularly handsome, but the father threw in aevon mules, and the husband was nslisfhsl The Grocer in Augusta, Oa., who sold a can erf potash fbr condensed milk, ia to be prosecuted ae aoon as his unfor tunate pstrwu recovers sufficient cool ness to employ e lawyer. During 1872, the Lake Champlain iron mines yielded 875,000 tons of ore ; 871,474 tons were extracted from the Missouri iron mountain, and over rue million tons were mined in the lake Mufx-rior iron region. There ate caaee ia which a man would be ashamed not to have been imposed upon. There ia a confidence necessary to human intercourse, sad without which men are often mors injured by their own suspicions than they could be by the perfidy of others. Somebody, we suppose, must bear the brunt and be saddled with the re sponsibility of the great Boston fires; and it aeeaas natural enough that it should be Mr. Damrell, the Chief Engi neer. A petition for his removal oa the ground of incompetency, is in cir culation. It ia estimated that the number of miles of railroad in operation in the United States is <8,000; that the coet of the same, on a liberal oaleul ition ef 850.009 per mile, wae §3,400.000,000; that the gross earnings last year were 8568,711,250; and that the gross value of the tonnage exceeded §15,000,000,000. These means of transportation are the growth of forty-two years, for in 1830 the first railroad track wae laid. A terrible tragedy occurred near Santa Rosa, on the line of the Northern Pa cific Railroad. Charles Hoefner and Valentine Scbeiner were sleeping to geiher ill ft ftlOfft* Hoefner dreamed that aw was robbing the store, sod shot Schemer, killing him. The men were on the moat fnendly terms, and after an investigation Hoefner was dis charged from custody oa the grout d that the shooting was accidental "Lame!" sighed Mrs. Partington. " Here I have been sufferln' the bsaa mies of death for throe mortal weeks. First I wsa seised with a bleedin' phre nology in the hampahire of the bruin, which wm exceeded by the stoppage of the left ventilator at the heart. This gave me inflammation of the left borax, and now I am sick with the chloroform morbus. Tbere ia no bleaain' like that of health, oartieularlv when you're ilL* There ia aa Irish woman of gigantic strength in St, PanL One morning aim lifted a barrel of auger from the ground into a cart The next evening she pre sented her husband with twins. Two days after she did the washing for a family of ton persona. Not so fortun ate was a Missouri girL She washed all dsv, made a supper of twelve hsrd twiled eggs, and then danced all night It is mentioned that her funeral proces sion was nearly a mile lung. A common crime in London ia to en tice away children, atrip them of their clothing, and then leave them naked in the street Twelve such cases were ro oentlv heard before one magistrate. Iu one of them a mother who had hunted frantically through the streets for her child, waa so fortunate aa to encounter him. at eleven o'clock at night in the hands of a woman who waa dragging him towards Westminster Bridge, ex hausted and stripped of nearly all hia clothing. The persevering mother res cued her child and arrested hia ab ductor. According to " Burleigh," the way in which Dr. Storra, of Brooklyn, com menced to preach extemporaneously, was this: His congregation, though small, was respectable and wealthy. He found new men coming to Brooklyn and draw ing large congregation*, and he said that something must be the matter with himself if he ooald not draw. He re solved on a new departure. He laid off his gown, left his notes an his study table, and went at it. The experiment more than met his expectations, and he is now one of the most effective preach ers in the country. Freemasonry hss gained a somewhat notable success in Braxil, where the government has wsrmly espoused the order in its conflict with the priesta and clerical party of the country. The Premier gives assurance that the Ma sous will be hereafter relieved of religi ous persecution. South America, the least enlightened quarter of the civil zed world, has for many years been the only place where an open contest haa been waged with the Masonic order, and it is probable that the clerics have begun to see the futility of any further warfare of that kind. An old gentlemen went one day with his gnn to shoot partridges, accompan ied by his son. Before they approached the ground where they expected to find the game, the gun was charged with a severe load; and, when at last the old gentleman discovered one of the birds, he took a rest and blared away, expect ing to see the game fall, of course, but not so did it happen, far the gun kicked with no much force aa to knock him over. The old man got up, and, while rubbing the sparks out of his eyes, in auired of his son, " Alphy, did 1 point le right end of the gun at the birds ?" Mr. Christopher Shearer, a fruit far mer near Reading, Pennsylvania, has probably the largest refrigerator in the country" It is filty-flve feet square, and holds, "when filled* about one hundred and forty oartloads of ioe and four thou sand bushels of fruit* Lost tall Mr. Shearer placed in it one thousand seven hundred bushels of apples, four hun dred and fifty bushels of Bartlett and fifty bushels* of Lawrence pears. His brother, who is the owner of an adjoin ing farm, also stored one hundred bushels of apples in it, some of which are still there and as solid as when they were taken from the trees. Mr. Gail Borden, of White Plains, N. Y., the preparer of condensed milk, has made some experiment* forthe pur pose of determining the correct weight of crude milk. He took the milk of several oows, and mingling it together and thoroughly oooling it, he carried it directly to the U. 8. Sealer of Weights and Measures, who measured and weighed the milk by accurate Govern ment weights and measures. The result was that a quart of milk so measured and weighed on delicate scales was equal to 2 lbs. 2f ox. The tests were made with different samples ef milk at different times, but without materially altering the weight