No Rose TTlthont a Thom.
On* font! haari, and only oae,
OM bright *mil* ers WttV* bag**.
Ona awvst welcome wbsn 'lia do**—
And I'm waary;
One fond bsart to cheer my Ufa
Wbsn I'm weary of tha alnfa,
llarc I in my Uttla wife,
Donuy Mary t
But my roaa couoaala a thorn.
Pointing evary night and morn,
And our Ufa of bluw ia shoru
By another.
Day and night upon our hearts
Sita a shadow, and impart*
. Misery in flu and ataita—
Mary'* moUiar!
There's Danger In the Town.
There' John, hitch Dobbin to the poat; come
near me and eit down;
Tour mother want* tot*lk to you before you
drive to town. #
My hair* are gray. I aeon ahall ha at real within
the grave;
Not long wit! mother pilot yon o'er life'a tem
pestuous wave.
I've watched o'er you from infancy till now you
are a man,
And I have ml n ay* loved you a* a mother ouly
can ;
At morning and at evening I have prayed the
Qod of love
To hlese and guide my darling bey to the bright
home above.
A mother's tw ia Marching. John, old age
can t ouu us sight,
VThvii natchuig o'er *u ouly child to see if ha
dcaa right;
And very lately 1 have seen what has aroused
my fears.
And mule my pillow hanl at night, and mow;-
sued it with tear*.
I've seen s light within your ere, open your
check a glow.
That told ma you sore ou the road that lead* to
shame aud woe:
0 John ! don't turn your head away, and on my
counsel frown.
Slay more upou the dear old farm; there'*
danger in the town.
Be mem her what th* poet aays—long year* have
proved it true-
That " Satan And* *otne mischief *nU far idle
hand* to do."
IX you five on in idleness, with those who love
the bowl.
TouTl dig yourself a drunkards grave, and
wreck your daaUrle** aoul.
Tour father. John, is growmg old; hi* days
are nearly through;
Oh ! he has labored very hard to aave the farm
for yoo.
Bat it wiU go to ruin eoon and poverty will
flown.
If you keep hitching Dobbin up to drive into
the town.
Tour prospects for the future are very bright,
my eon—
Not many have your atari in life wheu they are
twenty-one;
Tear star that shines *o hrighthr now in dark
noes will decline.
If you forget your mother * words, and tarry
at the wine.
Turn back, my boy, new ia your youth: *t*y
by the dear old form ;
The Lord of Hoata will save you. with his pow
erful right arm.
Not long will mother pilot you o'er life's tem
pestuous ware—
Then light her pathway with your love, down
to the sfient grave.
SrSSHISE IN THE HOUSE.
BT T. S. ABTIirR.
" Take that home with yon, dear,"
raid Mm. Lewi*, her manner half smi
ling, half serious.
"Take what home, Caddy?" And
Mr. Lewis turned towards his wife,
curiously.
Now, "Mrs. Lewis had spoken from
the moment's impulse, and already
part IT regretted her remark.
"Take what home?" repeated her
husband. "I don't understand you."
"That smiling face you turned upon
Mr. Edwards, when you answered his
question just now."
Mr. Lewis slightly averted his head,
and walked' on in silence. They had
called in at the store of Mr. Edwards to
purchase a few articles, and were now
on their way home. There was no smile
on the face of Mr. Lewis now, bnt a
very graTe expression instead—grave
almost to sternness. The words of his
wife had taken him altogether by sur
prise ; and, though spoken lightly, had
jarred upon his ears.
The truth was, Mr. Lewis, like a
great many other men who have their
own cares and troubles, was in the
habit of bringing home a sober, and,
too often, a clouded face. It was in
vain that his wife and children looked
into that face for sunshine, or listened
to his words for tones of cheerfulness.
"Take that home with you, dear."
Mrs. Lewis was already repenting this
suggestion, made on the moment's im
pulse. Her husband was sensitive to a
fault He could not bear even an im
plied censure from bis wife. And so she
had learned to be very guarded in this
particular.
"Take that home with you, dear!
Ah me! I wish the words bad not been
said. There will be darker clonds now,
and gracious knows, they were dark
enough before! Why can't Mr. Lewis
leave his cares and business behind him,
and let ns see the old, pleasant, amiling
face again. I thaught this morning
that he had forgotten how to smile; bat
I see that he can smile, if he tries. Ah!
Why don't he try at home?"
So Mr*. Lewis talked to herself, as
she moved along by the side of ber hus
band, who bad not spoken a word since
her reply to his query, "Take what
home?" Block after block was passed,
and street after street was crossed, and
still there was silence between them.
"Of coarse," said Mrs. Lewis, speak
ing in her own thoughts. "Of coarse
he is offended. He won't bear a word
from me. I might have known, before
hand, that talking out in this way would
only make things worse. Oh, dear!
I'm getting ont of all heart?"
"What then, Caddy?"
Mrs. Lewis almost started at the
sound of her husband's voice, break
ing, unexpectedly, upon her ear, in a
softened tone.
" What then ?" he repeated, turning
towards her, and looking down into her
shyly upturned face.
"It would send warmth and radi
ance through the whole house," said
Mrs. Lewis, her tones all a-tremble
with feeling.
" You think so ?"
" I know BO ! Only try it, dear, for
this one evening."
"It isn't so easy a thing to put on a
smiling face, Caddy, when thought is
oppressed with care."
"It did not seem to require much
effort just now," said Mrs. Lewis, glan
cing np at her husband with something
of archnese in her look.
Again a shadow dropped down upon
the face of Mr. Lewis, which was again
partly turned away, and again they
walked on in silence".
"He is so sensitive !" Mrs. Lewis
said to herself, the shadow on her hus
ban's face darkening over her own. "I
have to be as careful of myself as if
talking to a spoiled child."
No, it did not require mnch effort on
the part of Mr. Lewis to smile as he
passed a few words, lightly, with Mr.
Edwards. The remark of his wife had
not really displeased him ; it had only
set him to thinking. After remaining
gravely silent, because he was under
going "a brief self-examination, Mr.
Lev is said—
" Yon thought the smile given to Mr.
Edwards came easily enough ?"
"It did not seem to require an effort,"
replied Mrs. Lewis.
" No, not n uch effort was required,"
said Mr. Lewis. His tones were slight
ly -depressed. "But this mast be taken
into the account; my mind was in a
certain state of exoitement, or activity,
KHKIX K 1 HTZ, Ktlitornnd Proprietor.
VOL. VI.
that rfpmaeil soberfeeling*, and made
smiling an eay thing. So wo untile and
are guv in company, at i*.wt of little ef
lort, because nil an* smiling attd guy,
and wo fowl the oontmou sphere of ex
citement. How different it often is
when we are alone, 1 need not say. Yon,
Caddy, arc guilty of the sober face at
home as well us your husband." Mr.
Ijcwis spoke with it tend* r reproof in
iu his voice.
" But the sober faco is caught from
Tours oftener than you imagine, my
husband," replied Mrs. Lewis.
"Are you certain of that, Caddy ?"
" Very certain. You make the sun
light slid the shadow of your home
Smile upou us ; give us cheerful word* ;
enter into our feelings sud interests,
and there will be no brighter home in
all the land. A shallow on your coun
tenance is a veil for my heart; and the
same is true a* resjH*cts our children.
Our pulses strike too nearly in union
not to be disturbed when yours has lost
its even beat."
Again Mr. Lewis walked ouin silence,
hi* face partly averted ; and again his
wife beg.iu to fear that ahe had spoken
too freely. But he soon dispelled tin*
impression, for he said:
" I am glad, Caddy, that you have
spoken ihus plainly. I ouly wi*h that
yon had done so before. I see bow it
is. My smiles have been for the out
side world—the would that neither
loved nor regarded aie—and tnv clouded
brow for the dear ones at home, for
whom thought and care are ever-living
activities."
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were now at
their own door, where they paused s
moment, and then went in. Instantly,
on passing his threshold, Mr. Lewi*
felt the pressure upon hint of his usual
state. The hue of his feelings liegan to
change. The cheerful, interested ex
terior put tm for those he met in busi
ness intercourse, began rapidly to
change, and a sober hue to succeed.
Like most business men, his desire for
profitable results was even far in ad
vance of the slow evolutions of trade ;
and his daily history was a history of
disappointments, in mime measure de
pendent upon his restless anticipations.
He was not as willing to work and wait
as he should be ; and, like manv of his
class, neglected the pearls that lay here
and there along his life-paths, because
they were inferior in value to those he
hoped to fiud just a little way in ad
vance. The consequence was that,
when the day's business excitement was
over, his mind fell into a brooding
state, and liSgercd over its disappoint
ments, or looked forward with failing
hope to the future—for hope in many
Ahings, has been long deferred. And
so he rarelv had smiles for his home.
"Take that home with you, dear,"
whispered Mr*. Lewis, .* they moved
along the passage, and before they had
joined the family. She had au in
stinctive consciousness that her hus
band was in danger of relapsing into
his usual state.
The warning was just in time.
" Thank you for the words!" said he,
"I will not forget thom."
And he did not; but at once rallied
hitn-.elf, and to the glad surprise of
Jenny, Will, and Mary, met them with
a new face, eovered with fatherly
smiles, and with pleasant questions, in
pleasant tones, of their day's employ
ments. The feelings of children move
in quick transitions. They had not
expected a greeting like this; but the
response was ins'ant. Little Jennv
climbed into her father's arms. Will
came and stood by his chair, answering
in livelv tones his questions, while
Mary, older by a few years than the
rest, leaned against her father's should
er, and laid her white hand softly upon
his head, smoothing back the dark hair,
jnst showing a little frost, from his
broad, manly temples.
A pleasant group was this for the eyes
of Mrs. Lewis, as she came forth from
her chamber to the sitting-room, where
she had gone to lav off her bonnet aud
shawl and change iier dress. Well did
her husband understand the meaning
look she gave him; and warmlv did her
heart respond to the smile lie threw
back upon her.
•* Words fitly spoken are like apples
of gold in pictures of silver," said Mr.
Lewis, speaking to her as she came
in.
" What do you mean by that?" asked
Mary, looking curiously into her fath
er's face.
" Mother understands," replied Mr.
Lewis, smiling tenderly upon his
wrife.
" Something pleasant must have hap
pened," said Mary.
" Something pleasant ? Why do you
say that?" asked Mr. Lewis.
" Y'on and mother look so happy,"
replied the child.
"And we have canse to be liappy,"
answered the father, as he drew his arm
tightly around her, "in having three
such good children."
Mary laid her cheek to his, and
whispered: "If yon are smiling and
happy, clear father! home will be like
heaven."
Mr. Lewis kissed her ; but did not
reply. He felt a rebuke in her words.
But the rebuke did not throw a thill
over his feelings ; it only gave a new
strength to his purposes.
" Don't distribute all your smiles.
Keep a few of the warmest and brightest
for home," said Mrs. Lewis, as she
parte d with her husband on the next
morning. He kissed her, but did not
promise. The smiles were kept, how
ever, and evening saw them ; though
not for the outside world. Other, and
many evenings saw the same cheerful
smiles, and the same happy home. And
waa sot Mr. Levis a better and happier
man ? Of course ho was. And so would
all men be, if they would take home
with them the amiling aspect they so
often exhibit, as they meet their fellow
men in business intercourse, or ex
change words in passing compliments.
Take your smiles and cheerful words
home with you, husbands, fathers, and
brothers. Yonr hearts are cold and
dark without them.
Peril* of Whaling.
On the 14th of September, 1872, the
bark Orray Taft, at anchor near Marble
Island, Hudson's Bay, parted her rabies
and went ashore, landing high and dry,
in such a position that she cannot be
got off. On the 19th of October follow
ing the bark Ansel Gibbs went ashore at
the same place, went to pieces, and is a
total wreck. The Orray Taft had no oil,
but the Ansel Gibbs hat! 660 barrels of
whale oil and 11,000 nonnds of bone,
most of which was lost. A small
amount was saved by the Abbie Brad
ford. No men were Jost at the time of
the wrecks, but both crews were obliged
to live on the island until the 2d of Au
gust last, and f'-om exposure and the
lack of proper food were attacked by
scurvy. Tiie winter was fearfully cold,
being the most severe for a number of
years, so that the natives of the island
died by scores, apd the wrecked crews
suffered exceedingly. Ten of the crew
of the Ansel and four of the crew
of the Orray Taft died.
Under the new judicial system of
Ohio the Supreme Court judges are to
hold office for ten years instead of five,
as at present ; Circuit Judges for eight
years; Common Plea Judges for six
years ; and Probate Judges and Jus
tices of the Peace for four years.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Two Moil-Combatant* Killed.
-%w KC|*lmlt In tl® Kltf With lit* lu
ll In u uf ilt BlwtliMvil*
Two Indian* of the party who were
engaged in the tight with Ouster in the
Northwest, says a reporter, who hud
made the diversion from the mam body
to cut of stragglers from the train were
seen making for the " Bod Land*."
They were hotlv pursntsl by the cavalry
and 'Lieut. Brush, but under rover of
the numerous ravines which afforded
them a favorable opportunity of escape,
succeeded in eluding their pursuers
The Indians sn* thoroughly acquainted
with these "Bad Lands," and their
ponies sre used to climbing them. Iu
such ground they sre more than a
match for our best American horses.
The two bodies were fontul by u party
of iufaiitrv. They proved to be the
bodies of l>r. Honsinger and Mr. Bah
ran, the cavalry sutler. Dr. Honsinger
was shot through the laxly by a Henry
ride ball. Mr. Balirau was killed by
two arrows which entered his back,
coming out through his stomach. Ever
since we left Fort Rice, in spite of the
order prohibiting straggling, many of
the men had been in the habit of cut
ting loose from the train, to hunt game
or moss agate, wandering from half a
mile to two miiea ; but Dr. Honsinger
was never known to leave the column.
Mr. Balirau seldom left it. Dr. H. was
tin* last man in the expedition who
would have been selected as a victim of
this dangerous habit. His absence
was easily explained. The day was one
of intense heat. The Doctor's horse had
had no water since morning. The river
lay only a mile away. The train would
evidently camp on the river bottom.
Oen. Custer, he knew, had gone on
with his soldiers. A couple of miles
back along the river was the surveying
party with a cavalry guard. There
seemed to l*e little daugcr in going to
the river. He took the chances, risking
his life to give his horse a drink of
water. The Indians won the wager.
Mr. Balirau waa in company with Dr.
Honsinger, and going to the river for
the same reason. One of our Indian
scouts who could not speak English
met the two us they were descending
into the valley. The quick eye of the
scout had seen the Indians. He stop
ped the Doctor, and said: "Indian*,
Indians." " No. no," said the Doctor;
"they are cavaltr, cavalry." The
scout took hold of their bridle-reins
and tried to turn their horses back.
They refused to be convinced, and the
scout left them to their fate. It must
have been soon after that the Indians
were upon them. The nature of the
wounds showed that both men must
have been shot in the saddle. They
had turned after seeing the Indians,
and tried to climb the bluffs. The
Indians had fired and brought them
both down. The Doctor, having the
better horse, had nearly reached the
top of the bluff, when the ball overtook
him. Strange to say, neither of the
party were scalped. The Indians took
Mr." Balirsn's money, amounting to
about SIOO, and the Din-tor's watch.
The bodies wen* not mutilated. Per
haps the sudden departure of the
frightened cavalryman for assistance
was seen, and their departure thereby
hastened. Dr. Honsinger had served
through the war, and had previously
accompanied (ten. Fremont on some of
his expeditions. He had lcen a long
time connected with the 7th Cava'ry,
and was greatly esteems*! bv officer*
and men for his personal nnd profes
sional qualities. He resided in Adrian,
Mich. Mr. Baliran was also a favorite
in the cavalry. He has a wife and
child in Memphis, Tenn.
The Sathan Murder.
Benjamin Nathan was murdered in his
bed-ch*ml>er on the aeeond floor of hi*
residence, near Fifth avenue and
Twenty-third street, New York, in th<
early morning of the 29th of July,
1870. The occupants of the premises
st the time were the deceased, hia two
*ona, Washington and Frederick, a
woman servant and her son, a young
man of twenty-four, named Kelly. All
the circumstances pointed to the fact
that the murderer or murderers were in
the building before the family retired.
There wire no signs of housebreaking,
and it is probable that, as tho house
was undergoing repatr*, and as the
front door wa* left wide open during
the whole day to allow of the easy in
gress or egress of the workmen, the per
jietrator of the deed entered from the
street in the ordinary way without at
tracting attention, secreted himself in
the library, and awaited tho coming of
Mr. Nathan, to possess himself of the
key of the safe which it was his inten
tion to rifle. The instrument used by
the murderer was a ship carpenter's
iron dog, which it was supposed had
been stolen from a house in Fifth
avenue in 1869 by burglars who used it
on that occasion to open drawers and
safes. This dog was looked upon by
Superintendent Jourdan as a most im
portant clue. Some of tho burglar*
who bad entered the Fifth avenue man
sion and stolen tho dog therefrom sub
quently committed another burglary
and were sent to Sing Sing, where they
were at the time of the Nathan mur
der. This murder has received new in
terest from the confession of Irving in
California, who confesses to a partici
pancy in the affair.
Assaulting an F.ditor.
A Harlem, N. Y., correspondent,
gives the details of the brutal assault
upon theeditorof the/ocaf of that place.
The paper had been out spoken in local
politics. Threats annoymons and open
were made, but the editor kept on.
Some months ago Gibson, tho editor,
having received a caution not to attend
a meeting, persisted in attending, and
there made an exposure. Within two
or three nights n young man so like
Gibson as to Le easily mistaken for him
was set upon and beaten so brutally
that he is still an invalid, and may bear
tho penalty of his unluckly resemblance
for years. Gibson, despite this warn
ing, persisted in his course. A man ac
costed him at tho door of his offlce,
asked him if his name was Gibson,
and on his afllrmative reply threw the
contents of a tin cup in his face. The
cup contained vitriol, and as a result
tho editor had one eye burned out and
the sight of the other impaired. It
seems probable that as Mr. Gibson had
a clear view of the assailauts, there were
two in company, and as he did not
know them they were imported scoun
drels—murderers by the job.
Bid not Like It.
A South Boston woman of wealth who
had run up a milliner's bill, when it
was presented, gave the money to her
husbund to pay it, but he instead put
the money in "his pocket, and gave a
forged receipt to liis wife. After sev
eral months of waiting, the creditor
dunned the lady for her money. "Why,"
said she in surprise, " your bill is paid,
and I have your receipt in my pocket."
Thus was the forgery discovered ; but
it is liardlv necessary to state how that
woman whirled out of that shop and
went for that recreant husband ; she
" saw " him and the bill was paid be
fore night.
A whirlwind on a Manitoba prairies is
related to have formed a "Lay spout,"
CENTRE IIALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1873.
Ilun Salt is Made at Kanawha.
Wit recently visited the great Kan- !
awha Valley to examine the salt work*
and to ace the process of manufacturing
tin* article of universal table use. l'lic
deposit exists here ill the form "f brine,
which is drawn up from wells from IKK) j
to I.IKKI feet iu depth. It i* found on
Initli sides of the Kanawha riv. r for flf- ;
teen miles above Charleston iu K est
Virginia. The brine ut the Snow IliU
Furnace Works, wlti.Hi is HI the heart
of the saline district, is reached by Imr
ing to the depth of tHK) to 1,100 feet.
The well at the bottom is three and a
half inches iu diameter aud grows larger
toward the top. The water rises natur
ally to within 200 feet of the surface,
anil is taken from this depth by steuni
pump* into a large reservoir above the
level of the evaporating vats. Each
pump deliver* from 15 to 40 gallons u
minute according to its capacity, and it j
takes from 50 to 60 gallons of the brine j
to make a bushel of the salt. The first
process is to get rid of the iron which I*
found iu the brine. It p;ia*es through
eight large vats heated by steam, and
the irou i* precipitated to the bottom, .
leaving the briue pure. The heating i
done bv copper steam-pipes. Three five
inch pijws pass through each vat, which
evup >r.ite# the water rapidly. After the
iron is disposed of the brine paascs into
other vats at a lower level, and the salt
settles at the bottom of the vats as a
sediment. The rait is shoveled from
the vats every morning upon a pisi
form, and after draining and drying a
few hours is removed in wheelbarrow*
to the large bin where it is packed. The
brine ia free from sulphate of lime and
the salt ia remarkable for iu dryness
and purity. The help employed over
these steaming vats is mostly f recti men,
who are stripped to the waist and si-em
to enjoy the steam bath iu which they
spend their working hours.
The packing is principally in barrels,
winch an* found to be cheaper and bet
ter in some respect* than sacks. The
barrels arc made of oak staves at
Charleston of two sizes, holding 5j and
7 bushel* each of 50 lb*, to the bushel
—hooped with hickory. Both white oak
and hickory abound iu the neighboring
forests, and the cooper shops are cheap
ly supplied from this source. The bar
rels are made strong and solid at 40 to
44 cents each by the quantity. The salt
is put immediatelyou Isiard the steamer
at the Snow Hill wharf to be shipped
down the river for the Western market
or to be transferred to the Che*iqeake
and Ohio railroad at Charleston for the
East. The capital invested iu these
works is about $125,000. The copper
pipes used in pumping and cva|H>mting
cost about $30,000. One very great ad
vantage which the manufacturer* here
have is the extreme low price* of fuel
and the facility for transportation. The
liest of splint coal is taken from the
mines close by and delivered at a cost of
from one dollar to a dollar and a quart
er a ton. The salt has water carriage by
the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers to all the
large packing cities in the West, and
rail communication with the East. The
retail price of the salt here l* $1 $0 per
barrel, which is altotit 50 cents a bushel
of 50 lbs. From the impurities in the
manufacture 120 lb*, of bromine are
made daily, which is sold for 75 cents a
pound. Lands in the valley for aoricul
tnrsl purposes are worth from SIOO t<>
<l5O jer acre, and the lands that will
yield brine worth from SSOO to $2,00u
per acre.
The only drawback to the prosperity
of the large salt manufacturer i* the
danger of over production, which de
presses the price. To guard again*' tin*
the strong parties in the business rent
the works of their weaker brethren to
lie still. This prevents eoni|>etiti<>n to
a certain extent, and looks a good deal
like mouojioly. It would seem that an
article of necessity, in use upon every
man's table, should have all the advan
tage of competition, and be furnished
is cheaply as possible. It is claimed
by the salt manufacturers here that
they make the purest and best salt in
the world. Tin* will lie received with
some grains of allowance in the East,
where they managed to park meat and
salt butter in a very creditable manner
before Kanawha came into their mar
kets. Now that communications are
opened and Snow Ilill comes in eompe
tiou with Onondaga and Liverpool, we
shall soon have npportunity to judge of
their comparative merits.
The Hudson Baj Com pan j.
The Hudson Bay Company had, in
an early daj, nearly a monopoly of the
trade of the north-western section, and
they were as independent of all the
arts of winning custom by obliging
manrers as the French merchants in
the days of Moliere. The store wa*
hut np three hours in the nusdlo of
the day for dinner, and the customers
roasted in the sun outside until it
opened. A clerk throws tlio desired
goods at a purchaser and seizes his
money abruptly. No wrapping-paper
is furnished, but each customer brings
a large colored handkerchief for tea,
another for sugar, and so on. Only one
qnality of tea is sold; but that is good.
A certain number of chests are o|>ened
every morning. If they should be emp
tied by noon none will be opened until
the next morning, though somo custom -
crs may have come twenty miles to buy
tea.
The commerce of the settlement in
that day was carried ou by meaua of
carts, to which were hitched single oxen
or ponies. The same carts are used now
on the hunt. These carts nro made
without metal; the wheels are tired with
deer-thongs. The long trains of sever
al hundred carts, with great cumbrous
wheels, arc straugely gortesque. In the
winter this gives way to dog-sledges.
Such dogs! I trembled at sight of them,
until I found that they were not given
to biting. One man kept twenty-four
of thees monstrous dog-liornes.
In tho oldeu time, before communi
cation was opened through St. Paul, the
mail reached ,the settlement jnstonoe
injsix months, byway of Hudson's Bay.
One enthusiastic resident took the Lon
don Time*, receiving it in half-yearly
installments, which he straight-way
spread out in a heap, oldest papers up
permost. Every morning ho took off
just one paper, and thus kept up the
sensation of having fresh news every
day. Ha would lay down his paper in
the midst of a buttle and save the rest
until the next morning. lie was nearly
a year behind tho world, hut that did
not matter. The news was fresh to him.
Hon Milk Is Manipulated tn Chicago.
This is the way the Chicago milkmen
"fix" tlicir lactial wares: They skim
the milk, tokiug from every twenty gal
lons from two to four quarts of cream,
which they sell at the rate of one dollar
per gallon. They then put about a
tablespoonfnl of brown sugar in liquid
form to every eight-gallon can of this
skimmed milk, and this restores the
rich, creamy color to such an extent
that the most experienced dairy-woman
would be deceived. They also add a
trifle of salt, which improves the taste,
snd the fluid is theu ready for sale.
Ml this on the authority of an indig
nant milkman, who contends that the
public will not pay enough for pure
milk, and goes on to expose tho tricks
of the trade.
The Oneida Communists are overrun
with applications for admission.
The King of Forger*,
Tbs l.ssl Via) *#• strOunnrll, the ll.uk
uf Kuslou'l ttuu<l Itubhsr.
The attempt af the Bank of England
forgers to break jail in the old country,
ha* called attention again to those
worthies, whose sentence is penal ser
vitude fur life*.
Two years and ten mouths ago Me-
D'lmell left the N. Y. with a capital of
twenty thousand dollars. Before that
time he had served a term in Huig Sing
for forgery and a short term in an East
ern prison for the same offence. Im
mediately before hia departure he hud
been arrested for giving a forged order
on a dry goda house, iu con junction
with an accomplice. Instead of going
to Eum|>e, as is generally supposed,
McDonnell started for Vera Crux. Here
he lodged a portion of hia money and
obtained letters of credit on a house in
Rio.
He urxtset sail for the latter port and
introduced himself to some of the banks
there by dejHisiting smull amounts of
money. He represented himself ss a
gentleman traveling iu South America
for pleasure. From Rio he journeyed
in and crossed the Andes, and after vis
iting Lima and other port* along the
western shore line he prepared to return
to Rio, having meantime lodged a few
thousand dollars in each place, Tor which
he received letters of credit Having
provided himself with theaehe returned
to Rio, where he met Bnlwell, who had
just come from Havana on a similar
mission, and the worthy pair of broth
ers sailed for England.
On the passage the letter* of credit
were auci-esafiilly manipulated aud a
credit of fifty thousand dollars waa
easily raised on the paper they held
witli'which to commence the banking
and brukeiaga business. These letters
of crediy first gave the Roths -hilJ con
fidence ill McDonnell, who had so ar
ranged hia deposits that the letters of
credit could not IH* verified by telegraph.
The swindlers had only a limited tune
to run and yet immediately after his
arrival in Loudon McDonnell was stric
ken down with sickness, aud was oou
fined to his bed for six weeks, everyday
of which was must precious to him. He
had scarcely n-eovrred wheu the "firm"
was started, and the remaiudrr of the
story lisa l>een told in the courts. Sim
ple carelessness in sending in a raise*!
check without ir-date aroused the suspi
cion of the Bank of England officials
aud burst the " bubble." Bnlwell had
ordered a magnificent trunk for his voy
age to South America when the explo
sion came, and in a few days more the
swindlers would have bade England
good by for ever with six hundred thou
sand dollars between them. It is be
lieved ly the detectives that McDonnell
gave a large sum of money to a young
Herman woman on his last voyage to
New York. When he was seized she
managed to get sway with the crowd,
and has not since been beard from.
McDonnell's magnificent dressing case,
worth five hundred dollar*, is still IU
the Sheriff's office in New York, uuder
attachment.
Some time time before be wss extra
dieted McDonnell was a*krd by one of
the of Ludlow Street Jail, who
stotal guard over huu :
" Mac, what can they give ton on the
other sida?"
" Anything from two years and a half
to life." was the answer; " but if
they get me there you can bet I'll get
life."
At this time be did not expect that he
would tie extradited. It la said that he
was quite chiralric in his notions of for
gery. lie would never forge the name
of s poor man or a poor corporation. It
is aaid that lie was so marveloutly
expert that ht had only to get s glance
si any hand writing to successfully coun
terfeit it.
llow it Is Done.
A New York paper gireathia instance
of the way careles* people are taken in
in that city. The same game is played
every day with success: A tall man.
about forty years old, with whiskers,
l>eard, and moustache, called on Police
Superintendent Malscl] and said that he
had l>eeii swindled out of 8140. In
Shandakm, Ulster county, he carries on
business as s chair maker, keeps a saw
mill, and works a farm. He comes to
New York about onee a month to fill
orders for chairs, ami collects consider
able money On Wednesday he arrived
here, transacted soma business, and
took a room at a hotel. In the evening
he made the acquaintance of a atyliah
ly-dreased young 'roan, who by adroit
iincstioning learned that hia name was
Hiram Whitney, and, in fact, all about
him. While walking down Broadway,
he waa accosted by a well-dressed man
with, "Why, ia it possible, Whitney, my
dear fellow, how are you? when did you
arrive in town? Where are yon staying?
How are thev all in Shamlakin? Come,
let's take a<frink." At length the two
arrived at 66G Broad way. The friend
said, "By the way, Whitney, I have
drawn a prixe of S4O, and I want to go
up here and cash it." Just walk np for
a few minutes, then we can goto dinner,
and as lam in luck, I'll treat," Mr.
Whitney went up stairs, and on enter
ing his friend put down a dollar and
put his hand into a hag, when he drew
a forty-dollar prize. "Good!" exclaimed
he, "why, Whitney, my dear fellow, I
am in hick to-day*." Come, try your
hand ; draw for me." Whitney did
draw, and won a prize of S3OO. "Why,
that is capital," said his friend. "Come,
now, mnko a good stake. Put
down $l4O, and you may win a
largo prize. Even if you lose,
why you will atill be a gainer of $l6O.
Whitney put down the money, and his
friend insisted on drawing for him. He
did draw, and won—a blank. "That's
bad," said he. "I fear wo can't dine
together, Whitney, as I have lost all my
money." So saying he went out, but
Mr. Whitney remained, as he says, re
monstrating with the lottery dealer, but
could not influence him either to return
u dollar of his own money or the S3OO
which he had won.
A Brutal Woman.
Maria Monico, a young woman of
great beauty ami courage, is the leader
of a baud of brigands who infest the en
virons of Catanzaro, Calabria, said to
be the most ruthless and extortionate
ever known in that country. Her hus
band, having been killed in a fight with
the geusd'urmes, she swore to avenge
him, and for that purpose accepted the
leadership of his band. Maria was ar
rested a short time since and sentenced
to thirty yeara* imprisonment, but hav
iug fascinated her jailer he oonnivrd at
her escape, on condition that she would
marry linn. This she promised to do;
but no sooner had they reached lier
band than the warden was stabbed to
death by her orders. Since the escape
of their leader the band lias grown more
daring than ever, and so cruel is the
leader known to be that the peasants
stand in terror of her, and always give
her any information she asks.
Sensational journalism is not popular
in Dublin. A newspaper reporter of
that city recent'y interviewed a con
demned murderer in his cell, and a
flaming account was printed next mora
ing. But, instead of devouring it
eagerly, the people were disgusted, and
oensnred the sheriff who had permitted
tho interview.
The Transportation Question,
WSat • K'v York Htrrktsl kM Is •ay
an fits Sutijscl.
At ,the cheap traiiafMirtation meeting
iu New I'ork, represented by $500,000,-
000 in capital, A. W. Ten lie v, iu the
course of his remarks, said: The sub
ject of ('heap Traus|M>rtation concerns
not the banker, the merchant, aud the
capitalist uf our Htates alone, but it
concerns the mechanic, the farmer, the
lusnufacturer, and the consumer of this
entire land. To a wan of wealth it
mnttcrs little what may be the price of
a barrel of fiour or a ton of coal, but to
those soua of toil who earn their daily
bread by the sweat of their brows and
the blood of their hearts it matters
much what they pay in dollars and
cents for the necessities of life. It ia
to them an earnest aud sober question.
Workmen! whv is it that you are pay
ing sll aud sl2 fur a barrel of floor
when you should not pay more than SB,
and |erhaps not more than $7 7 The
reason is found in the great expense
necessary to transport that barrel of
flour from the wheatiilelds of the West
to the grain-marts of the East. Why is
it you are obliged to pay SV and $lO for
coal when you should not pay more
than SO, and perhaps not more than $5 7
The reason is not because of the scarcity
of ctal nor the want of lalx>rer, nor is
the fsult to be found in Elixabethnort
or in and around the markets of New
York. The reason is the great price
charged by railroads for the transporta
tion of the coal from the mines of
Pennsylvania to the coal markets of
New York. Why is it that the farmers
of the West are, ss a class, poorer to
day than they were five years ago?
Why are their farms more habitually
mortgaged, and the owner* themselves
deeper in debt 7
The answer l* simply that the labor
of their hands ha* proved unremuner
ative, from the fact that they have been
unable to pay the enormous freight
charges for trui>s)>ortiug their products
to the buvers and consumers in the
East Yhe question of cheap trans
portation then applies itself directly to
the industrial interests of the country ;
and if we would have general prosperity
among all classes of our citiseua, we
must foster aud protect with jealous
care the industries of the Republic. We
must have the benefits of cheap trans
portation at once for the farming in
terest of Illinois, for the cotton port of
Mississippi, for the coal mining of
Pennsylvania, and for the manufac
timng interests of New England. The
interests of the North, South, East and
West arc mutual snd reciprocal. You
cannot, you cannot over enrich one
class of your ciliteus without corres
pondingly impoverishing another. True
prosperity depends not upon the pros
perity of a few, but upon the general
pmspeaity of all. The draft drawn at
sight upon the blood and sinews of the
door man will have to be honored and
paid sooner or later by the blood and
sinew* of the rich man. What we want
is that every man will stand shoulder to
shoqlder with his fellow man, and that
every branch uf industry shall be the
equal and the counterpart of every
other, as we go forth to lay the founda
tion! of new Htates, developing the un
told resource# of this great laud.
I honor here to-night the City tJf New
York for the promptness with which
this stand haa Iweu taken. Tin* ia not
the first time that New York haa taken
her place on the side of right and on
the side of the people.
Tbe Corse of the Hour.
There is too much lying. <Ta every
band we meet with exs|rgerstion,eqiTtlo
catinn, deception. We call it lying,
and every man or woman who varies one
iot i from the strictest fact or truth, is
indeed a bar.
The expressman agrees most solemnly
to deliver a trunk for you at a certain
hour. He delivers it a day after the
hour promised. The grvcer promises
to send voir the best ten in the market.
He takes the drat bis hand falls upon
without any can- for the quality, and
dispatches it to yon without a twinge.
The tailor agrees to deliver a suit of
clothes without fail by six in the even
ing. Yon get them "in the morning.
The dentist pledges his word that your
teeth, as filled by htm. will lie all right
for a doxen years. The filling cornea
out in six months. A man over the
way i in need of a temporary loan.
You lend him a small sum, which he
promises to retun at a given time. He
keeps it a month over the time. An
auctioneer tclla yon that a certain
picture is by a master artist, when he
knows it was painted by a fourth-rate
painter. He ia not worthy of trust. A
salesman lies nbnut his goods. A boot
maker lies about your boot*. The
jeweler lies about "your watch. The
gos*i|M>r at the dinner table tells exag
gerated stories to astonish the ladies,
and is nothing more than s liar. The
florist assures you that his flowers were
picked in the "morning, when thev are
two days old. He lies, and will lie
about anything. The book-publisher
advertises that his book is selling by
the tens of thousands, when he has not
sold s thousand. He is a liar, and not
one door from the murderer.
Evervwherc, everywhere wc hear
lying, lying, lying. Men and women
who would knock you down if yon call
ed them liars, lie* every hour. Decep
tion ia the rule rather than the excep
tion. Canvassers lie about insurance
companies. Brokers about stocks.
Editors about politics. Exaggeration
and misrepresentation tule the hour and
are ita curse.
Oentlemen —ladies—why cannot the
truth be told always and ever? Why
all this deception and lying ? Why so
much falsifying and cheating ? In the
ame of all that is gout! wo beg you to
o as you agree !
A Famllj Feud.
Kentucky papers give an aeeonnt of
a deadly enmity which has existed be
tween two brothers, named Jasper and
Clay Wadkins, for a year or two past,
and* has resulted in the murder of the
latter bv the wife of the former. The
Burksville (buricr says that Clay was
badly wounded. At any rate, Clay, as
he was leaving his mother's house, re
ceived the oonteuta of a double-barreled
shot-gun in the lianda of either Jasper
Wndkius or of his wife. The load took
effect in the-bock, ami would in all prob
ability have proved fatal. But it seems
that Jasper wus fearful that Clay might
recover. So, two days later, Jasper
and liis wife went over to his mother's
house. Jper got into conversation
With his brother Clay, and they con
versed a few momenta upon some sub
ject. Jasper's wife, who had taken a
seat near the bedside of lier wounded
brother-in-law, after sitting a few
moments, got up, and, drawing a re
volver which she hod concealed in her
clothing, walked up within two feet of
Clay and fired on liini, the shot pene
trating the heart, killiug him almost
instantly. Jasper's wife is but a mere
girl, being only about six'eeu or seven
teen years of sge, and hail been married
but a week. Saspcr and his wife were
arrested.
An impressive temperance sermon
was preached at Hampton, New Bruns
wick. A crowd of roughs went there
on s picnic. James S. Campbell sold
them liquor. They got drunk and ugly,
a row followed and they killed him.
Terms: 52.00 a Year, in Advance.
Death from Latiag Toad Stools,
Thiocotnniunity, says a Darien.Conn.,
letter, haa boon iu a state of excitement,
occasioned by the sudden death of a
well known and rea|>eetahie lady, long a
resident of the town. The cireumatan
eea of the caae are aa followa: —On Bun
day morning last Mr. Albert Bruab, a
lawyer practicing in Nor walk, aon of
Mr A. C. Brush, snd Miss Ltllie Brush,
his sister, went into *a tract of wood,
near Noroton depot, to gather mush
rooms. Their object in this waa to
present a rare treat to their father on
hi* return from church. They obtained
a pi ck lmkct full of what they suppos
ed were mushrooms, but which proved
to be toadetuote—a deadly poison when
taken into the stomach. They returned
home very happy in their aucoeas; bad
the mushrooms dressed, and Mrs. Brush
cooked them with great akill. Mr. Brush
came from church at one o'clock, and at
once the family aat down to dinner. Mr.
ar.d Mr*. Brush and tbqjr aon ate hearti
ly of the mushrooms. The daughter
simply tasted, but did not swallow any
of them. During the afternoon more
than once the conversation turned upon
the delightful meal they had enjoyed,
and how thankful they should fee) that
children could exercise so much fore
thought in behalf of their parents. At
one o'clock Monday morning the three
who had eaten of the mushrooms were
taken deathly sick. Each arose and be
gan vomiting, at the same time suffer
ing excruciating pains in the stomach.
Medical aid was called, bat little could
be done to alleviate. Mrs. Brush, being
in delioate health, waa completely pros
trated. A counsel of physicians waa
called, but it was of no nse. She lin
gered until the afternoon of Monday
and then died. No post mortem waa
held. The physicians were in attend
ance, and have*bees persistently atten
tive to the wants of the survivors. # The
son is yet a great sufferer, and doubts
are expressed aa to his recovery. The
father a condition is little, if any, im
proved, and only by the greatest care
can he be restored. The poisoning ia a
subject of general conversation, the dif
ference between mushroom* and toad
stools never having been; brought in
question before.
The Baby Shown to Visitors.
It ia an odd fact no baby ever did,
and no baby ever will, behavo in com
pauy. The -mother always brings
it "into tbe parlor where the
visitor ia, dreaaed in its clean dreaa,
and iu father and its aunt corns in
smiling at the same time. After the
visitor haa kissed the baby and taken
it on her lap, and declared it ia the
dearest little thing she ever saw, the
babv'* mother, and ahe begin to talk.
Each talks about her own baby aa fast
aa ahe can rattle, and both talk at once
apparently without caring what the
other ia saving.
Presently the father winka fnriooaly
at the mother, and frowns, and clears
hia throat, and makes mysterious sig
nals The mother snatches op in
fant and fliee from the room. When
she returns the child cries to go to iu
father, and no sooner ia it settled on
hi* knee than it betrays an irrseaitible
yearning to go to lU aunt, after which
it eriea fnriooaly because iu mother
won't take it.
Then the aunt gets a piece of candy
to quiet it, and when it* Landa have ac
quired sufficient stickiness, it reaches
over and msula the visitor's bonnet.
Then ita mother tries to ahov off ita
accomplishments ; bat it utterly refuses
to make a display ; it is aa stupid as an
<*>•*. U -won't say "mamma" or "papa,"
"ami"it won't show how tug it is. It*
• father tries to coax it to say "papa."
but it pays no attention to him. He
tries agaiu and again, getting madder
all the time, and dreadfully afraid the
visitofwill think his child i* dull.
At last he grabs the child by the arm
and ahakea it, and yells, "Why don't
yon say Papa, as I tell you ?" Tuen the
child scream# like a back-yard full of
cats. The mors the mother soothes it,
the lender it gets, till at last the father
exclaims, "G me that brat f" and picks
it tip and daahea out of the room, and
is heard spanking it in the entry. Then
the visitor goea home looking at her
dress; and deciding that the end of that
infant will be the gallowa, if iU charac
teristics are allowed to develop fully as
it grows up.
llow to Manag* a Horse.
A beautiful and kigh-apinted horse
would never allow a shoe to be put on
hia feet or any person to handle hia
feet In an attempt to shoe such a
horse recently, he resisted all efforts,
kicked aside everything but an anvil,
and came near killing himself against
that, and finally waa brought back to
hia stable unshod. This defect waa
just on tho eve of consigninghim to the
plough, where he might work barefoot,
when an officer in our service, lately re
turned from Mexico, took a cord snout
the sixe of a common bed cord, put it in
tlie month of the horae like a bit. and
tied it tightly oa the animal's head,
passing his left ear under the string,
not painfully tight, but tight enough to
keep the ear down and the cord in ita
place. This done, he patted the horas
gently on the aide of the head, and com
manded him to follow; and instantly
the horae obeyed, perfectly eubdued,
and as gentle ."and ooedieut-as a well
trained dog; suffering his feet to be
lifted with entire impunity, acting in
all respects like an old stager. The
gentleman who thus furnished this ex
ceedingly simple means of subduing a
very dangerous propensity intimated
that it ia practiced in Mexico and South
America in the management of wild
horses.
Destruction of a Slater.
"When steaming t the southward,
along the Arabian ooaat, on onr way to
Zanzibar to join the admiral, aaya the
report of an English officer of a war
vessel. we sighted, off Cape Madraka, a
dhow, which on seeing ua immediately
l>egan making for theahore. Of oonrse
we gave chase, knowing what her game
was, and steaming as hard as we'were
able; but we did not succeed in cutting
her off, and she beached, through a tre
mendous surf, in the only saudy bay
near. We then saw some of the crew
land, and those left on board
threw the slaves overboard, while
those on the shore, assisted
them to land as they were washed up.
About 150 slaves were landed in this
manner, and then the dhow broke up,
and the slaves were conveyed in a long
straggling line away toward the hills.
Where they went and how they lived it
is impossible to imagine, as there is no
water for twenty miles round, so far as
we know, and it ia an uncommonly
thirsty-looking spot. The object of the
captain in wrecking his vessel in this
extraordinary manner Was to save as
much of his cargo of slaves as pos' lble,
though his chance of saving many was
very doubtful.
A correspondent at Munich, where
there were, at last accounts, several
cases of cholera daily, mentions the
curious circumstance that the rooks
aud crows which hitherto flew about
the church steeples, and thronged the
trees of the public promeuadss, have
suddenly left the city, and it is asserted
that the same thing happened in 1835
aud 1854, in which years the capital suf
fered from a severe visitation of cholera.
NO. 40.
Foots and Beaton.
*•.• ta Ih* V. a. a.a.l. ciuak.l.
la one at bin remiaiaoeneea, Hon.
Henry 8. Foots gives tbe following:
" A mtu occurred in tbo Senate be
tween Mr. Benton and myself wbtch I
abould here briefly explain. In the
summer of 1890, wbile Mr. Calhoun's
remains were being transported from
Washington to South Carolina, bnt be
fore they bad left Washington, Mr.
lien toe rune op one morning and made,
aa I understood them, aome eery disre
spectful alluaiona to tbe iiloatriuua de
ceased. I stepped to the cbair of Mr.
Butler, Mr. Calboun'a own Senatorial
colleague, and urged him to aay some
thing in response. He aeecned not ex
actly to understand the import of Mr.
Benton's words, and therefore responded
to him in a eery confused and ineffective
manner. I roan np to anbjoin one or
two observations, in a style, aa I am
willing to acknowledge, not a little ani
mated and indignant Mr. Benton rose
np suddenly from his chaur, which was
some distance from mine, making at
the time a prodigious noise, and ad
eanced rapidly in the direction of my
position, which was on the onter circle
of seats, not far from the central door
of tbe chamber, and seemed to be aim
ing to get behind me wbile I was speak
ing. in order to strike me whan in tbis
unprotected attitude. I bad been
warned by Senator Pratt only a day or
two before that be had publicly threat
ened to do me violence in tbe Senate if
I ever undertook to allude to him again,
and I had deemed it expedient to pot on
arms for my own defence. I was wear
ing at the moment a Colt's revolver,
which I certainly intended to use should
it beoome necessary. On drawing it, I
took a step or two to tbe right, which
carried me to the central aisle of tbe
Senate. I then turned toward the cen
tral door of the chamber, intending
certainly if Mr. Benton abould paas the
comer near my seat and advance a sin
gle step down tbe aisle I was standing
in, after having warned him of ray in
tention, to fire upon him at once, con
ceiving that in shooting in tbe direction
of tbe central door I should be able to
avoid doing injury to any one else ; for
I undoubtedly did not intend to suc
cumb to bis violence wbile in tbe de
corous performance of my Senatorial
duties. When Mr. Benton taw I waa
armed be paused, and ia a second or
two allowed Ckrv. Dodge, tbe venerable
Senator from Wisconsin, to conduct him
to bis cbair. Before be bad fairly re
seated himself, Mr. Dickinson, of New
York, asked me for my pistol, which I
willingly handed him. Then it waa
that Mr. Benton broke out again vo
ciferously, exclaiming : •Lettheaaaaaain
shoot!' at the same time theatrically
tearing open big vest. I made a abort
explanation of my oondnct to the Sen
ate, after which the affair waa referred
to a special committee, whose report
and tbe evidence annexed thereto oc
cupy one large printed volume, in which
future generations will fiud a huge and
somewhat incongruous mass of facts of
a very ludicrous and interesting char
acter."*
Fettering a Bad Practice.
There is a good deal said in ©ensure
of the custom of jumping off and on the
car* when in motion. It is righteous
condemnation, but ia not oon*latent
when coming from railroad companies.
If they truly desire a reform they must
begin'at home, for aa ion# as employees
wiu jump on a train when in motion,
and persist in doing it as gracefully aa
thev do, an imitative public will be tbe
sufferer*. People don t jump on a train
before it stop# because they are in a
hurry, bnt Iwoanae tbey have seen a
brake man or conductor de it, and have
a terrible dread of being surpassed.
Now, at tbe station the other day,
Conductor Phillips, of the eastern train,
after giving the word to start, waited
until the last car reached him, and then
raising one hand to the rail and one
foot gently from the earth, he swung
majestically around, and waa at once
firmly on tbe ear. Mr. Phillips weighs
two hundred pounda, bnt there waa
such grace and poetry in his motion
that he seemed to blend with the car.
F'i*t there waa yellow paint, and then
gold leaf, and maroon, and Phillips.
There was an elderly person who saw
Phillips do this, and his eyes glistened
with anticipation. He waa going on
the western train, and when it came
along be waited until a fine rate of
speed was gained, and then raising bis
hand and leg, just aa he had seen
Phillips do, and looking carelessly
away jnst as Phillips did, be reached
out "for the rail, and tbe next instant
was trying to push his head through
the platform planks, and fighting tbe
air with his heels, and madly pawing
around with his hands, and swearing
and praying at an awful rate. Tbey
stood him up on his fset and rubbed
his bead with some snow, bnt it *[as a
long while before they oould convince
him that the locomotive had not ex
ploded.
Liability of Railroads for Fire*.
A Pennsylvania farmer *ned • rail
road com pan v for the loss of a barn by
fire kindled Iby the sparks from a loco
motive. In the lower court the jury
awarded the farmer $2,300 damages.
The railroad appealed to a .superior
court. It was shown that the larn was
some distance from the track of the
railroad, and that the intervening space
waa occupied by abundance of dry
grass, weeds, Aa, by which the fire was
communicated to the building. The
court overruled the first decision, on
the ground that aa no one ia reepon
ponaible for the accidents from remote,
but only for those from immediate
causes, the owner of the barn must
bear the loea. " Tbe sparks from the
locomotive did not fire the barn, bnt
tbe grass, and it was the grass which
fired the barn." If a farmer should
fell a tree or dnmp a rock on the brow
of a bank, and the declevity of the
bank ahonld roll the tree or rock on to
a railroad track, would be be held liable
only for the remote cause of felling the
tree or dumping the rock, and the de
clevity made answerable aa the immedi
ate cause of the obstruction ?—Ex
change.
A Long Journey.
The Hartford Courant relates the fol
lowing story: "A young man, resident
in this city, who was recently in a citv
beyond the Mississippi, found himself
possessed of twenty-five cents and a
longing for home. Not being able to
raise any more funds, he stepped on
hoard a train of cars bound for New
York. In time he was met by the con
ductor, but was unable to pay him, and
was put off at the next station. Board
ing the first night train after that, ho
took off bis shoes, and when the con
ductor questioned him his shoes were
not to be found. Being kind hearted,
the conductor let him ride until be
found them, which was not at onoe. In
this way and by other shifts the young
fellow actually reached New York last
week. He was almost starved to death,
having eaten nothing but a few crackers
all the war. On this arrival here he"
learned that funds to enable him to
oome in the ordinary fashion, witheut
so many changes of trains, had been
sent to him.
w Fanck*.
ha* 10,800,000 acres of lend un-
The United State* currency now out
standing is said officially to be #401,-
583.484,08.
A lot of diamonds, worth SIO,OOO,
were lately seised while being smuggled
into New York. I
In the Wsvarly Perk pigeon match,
Myers abot Sfl birds, missing 8: Qnimby
shirt 36, missing 13.
The lateet floral offering in ghfladel
■ phis is a boquet froxen in the oentm of
a block of iee.
The D. 8. Registered Letter Derort
roe tit earned the government 885,000
net profit tbe peat yeer.
There are twenty million eem# of
wild land along tbe Miseieaippt Biver,
of great richness of aoiL
• Four women and one child were killed
by so accident, recently, on tbe Detroit
and Milwaukee Railroad.
On some of the wooden railways of
Osnada trains bava been run at thr ru
of thirty-fire miles an hour.
u . The last murderer banged in Virginia
• remarked that be "was going to meet
r his little babies in heaven."
, Should Don Carlos gain the throne of
a Spain the estimated coat ia aa increase
I o/ooe-tbird in tb. national debt
Tbe moat bashful girl we ever heard
. of waa the young lady who blushed
i, when she was asked if she bad not been
- courting sleep.
Mother aay* I njoan't ** ia the way in
; which Peoria boarding boaee keepers
1 gently insinuate a refusal to five credit
k to uncertain young men.
A decree has been issued at Havana
i that on and after Oct 1 half of tbe du-
I ties on articles of luxury imported into
Cuba must be paid in gold.
" It ia aaid tlirt" tbw high notes of. a
. violin string arwnwaompUHiad with suf-
B Assent aammmatr to explode iodide of
• nitrogeiaon papSF affixed to it.
t Tie London Morning /W says that
- daring the last ten year* 2.302.384 per
f sons emigrated from Great Britain; of
s these, 768.165 were English.
r The new forte around Paris have been
' begun. There will be twenty-two of
- them. It is said that wben created tbe
• siege of Paris will be impossible.
1 Daniel Drew, Thurlow Weed, and
r Governor Dix, of New York, draw 88
per month from tbe United States Gov
ernment as pensioners of the war of
• 1812.
a Statistics are published showing that
great activity continues in all tbeship
! yards of the ©sentry, new and large
:, W motion orders being constantly re
e*"'
I The Norwegian papers publish an ac
count of the aisoovery of tbe bodies of
eighteen sailors, who were surprised by
the ioe to the north of SwiUbcrjeti sad
froxen to death.
Tbe steamer Jay Cooke, plying be
tween Cleveland and Pnt-in Bay, ran
down a yawl boat containing nine men.
Four were drowned and one had his
shoulder broken.
One of the beat puns ever made by
the Ute Phoebe Gary wss this: -Why
was Robinson Crusoe's man Friday Uke
s rooster f Because he scratched for
• himself and Ciuaoe."
' This sad and serious obituary is from
a Philadelphia paper: Samuel was a
j go. d child ; his temper sweet, his as-
I pert mild, and when he breathed the
' vital air he often soothed his parents'
] care.
! A few evenings since a coarse upstart
' | having at a party exhibited his lwk of
i gentle manliness ia the presence of a
j witty young lady, she remarked, *'Hn a
; almost a perfect brute; all he lacks ia ia
j attack
t Milk, it is now found out, a pint be
y. tag given every few hours, will cheek
b violent stomach ache and incipient
j ! cholera ; bnt you musa't boil it, but
,1 beat it sufficiently to be agreeably
v , warm.
In Minnesota there were reported for
' the mouth of august three suicide i and
i twenty-eight fatal accidents. Four of
I the latter were owing to the indiscrimin
e Us use of the combined mower and
e reaper.
• Brigandage still fionrisbes in aome
t parts of Italy. News from Salerno an
t nouuees the dispersion of a band near
• I that city, its chief Mtnsi, a notorious
• ! brigand, with six of his oompatriots.
bfiug killed.
" j A French physican has discovered
e j that the peculiar odor of Busaia leather
" has a vert beneficial effect upon weak
• ! lung*, sad be adeisea consumptive
" { patients to repose upon pillow* covered
' with that Material.
. I A gentleman waa complimenting a
• ! pretty lady ia the presence of his wife,
j 'lt is lucky I did not meet Mis* Hop
„ | kin* befoiel married yon, my deer.'
e j "Well, yea. it is extremely lucky—for
her,"* was the dry rejoinder."
A German editor in Fort Wayne heard
some one aay, " Consistency thou art a
i jewel," and thinking it sounded well,
i introduced it in his next effusion, but
! he made a mem of ik roying. " Ob!
Oonaiatancy, you are a diamond put.
A conn try exchange notes thrt the
! folia#* of mtnj apple trees ia cheap
< pear nig. On searching for the cause a
green worm about four inches long,
1 with a single sharp horn, is found. A
little care in exterminating these worms
• will save the trees.
A recent railway traveler in Kansas
1 reports that hundreds of tons of buffalo
I bones have been gathered by thesettler*
and piled up at the stations awaiting
shipment East, where they will be used
" | for making bone-black for the sugar
I refinery, or ground for manure.
I An order waa recently received at a
i • Canada hotel to reserve five hundred
. \ rooms for a party that would soon ar
t l rive, and when a modest Bridgeport
. ! man with four friends arrived on the
: scene, hi* remark* were not compli
mentary to tbe telegraph company.
Tbe first libel suit in Fiji has result
'edin a victory for "our side." The
- Fiji Time* was prosecuted by the Goy
f j crnment for stating that the officials
: were endeavoring to incite the natives
, against the whiten. The jurr acquitted
f the editor, and audaciously added that
j the charge was true.
During the late war Dr. ——, entering
| the hospital surgery, met Paddy Doyle,
| the orderly, and asked him which he
i considered' the most dangerous of the
! many cases then in the hospital. That,
j sir," said Paddy, as, with an indicative
jerk of the thumb, he pointed to where,
i ou the table, lay a new case of surgical
i instruments.
Asa fashionable young lady, fresh
from the boarding-school, came to her
honest old father a breakfast table, in
stead of speaking English and saying,
"Good morning," she spoke French
and said, "Ben jour." "Of course the
bone'a youra, if you say so," responded
the practical old gentleman, as he hand
ed her the ossified portion o* a beef
steak.
"O," gasped fat Mrs. Weighty, aa
she ascended the stairs of ber new resi
dence, "I really cannot run up any
more stairs." "Of course not," an- ,
swered her husband; "but if the stairs
were made of dressmakers' bills, you
could run them np very easily." "I do
. detest pnns," exclaimed Mrs. Weighty,
t the next day, recounting the oonversa
r tiou to a friend.
A Boy's Wrongs.
A boy is sent on on errand, with the
injunction to be as speedy as possible.
On entering the store he finds clerks all
busy with customers, and expects to
wait his turn ; but, just as he is step
ping up to make known his errand, a
young lady sweeps in. For some reason
or other young clerk does not see the
boy, and immediately begins to deal
out his civilities to said young lady. If
the boy does not moke a general stam
pede, tread on the poodle's, tail, knock
little children down, step on the lady's
train, tearing it half off, he waits until
the final, " Is there nothing more I can
have the pleasure of showing you ?"
Then the familiar " What do you want,
youngster sounds on hi* ear. Per
haps he mopes home, knowing ne is
too late for supper.
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