Hems.
r.XI-RESSIOS
Expression is tlie dress of thought, anil stilt
Appears more decent, as more enitahle ;
A vile conceit in pompons word* express\t
Is like a clown in regal purple disss'd.
- Top.
ttrssisit WATita.
Fast Iweulc there trickle,! softly down
A gentle stream, whose niurni'nng wave did
play
Amongst the puny stones, and made a sound
To lull hint soft asleep that by it lay.
-ifrwww.
awrr.
lie strong to l>ear, 0 Heart !
Nothing is vain ;
Strive not, for life is care.
And (K*l sends pain ;
lleavwn ts tbota, and there
Host will remain!
* -.tdroh.ir A. Procter.
kite Always Made Home Happy.
In an old churchyard stoivi a stone,
Weather-marked and sums,!.
The hand of Time had crumbled it.
So only part rcmvnied,
Upon the one side I could Just trace,
" In memory of our mother!"
An epitaph which spoke of " hoaw
Vas chtselovl on the other.
I'd gaccd on monuments of fame
High towering to the skies;
I'd seen the sculptured marble stone
Where a great here lies .
But by this epitaph I paused.
And read it o'er aud o'er.
For I had never seen uvserihed
Such words as these before.
" She always uia.ie houie happy 1" What
A noble record left
A kg*oy of memory sweet
To those she left bereft :
And whai a testimony given
By those who know her best.
Engraven on this jilaiu. rude stone
That masked (heir mother's rest
It was a humble resting place.
1 know that they were poor.
But they had seen their mother sink
At4 patiently endure ;
They had marked her cheerful spirit.
When bearing, one by one.
Her many bwrdena up the hill.
Till all her work w as done.
So when was st.'.hxl her weary head.
fo4d.ee. Iter hand* to white ;
And ale was carried frotu the home
She'd always made so bright.
Her children raised a monument
That money cold not buy.
As wiuiee* of a nolle life
Whose record is on high.
A noble life .- but written wot
In any book of fame ;
Among the hat of noted once
None ever saw her name;
Far only her household knew
The victories she had won -
And only them could testify
How well her work was dene.
THt" JAWS OF DEATH.
" And may God have mercy on v or
soul 1"
These—the closing words of the
sentence of death which had been j ro
uounced upon me—were the only on- 11
heard from the time when, by order of
the officer, I stood up to receive the
judgment of the law. The court-room
was crowdedalmost beyond its capacity,
and all ages, sexes and conditions of
life were represented in that throug.
The dock was situated to that about
two-tldrds of the room came within the
range of my vision—the other portion,
including the gallery above, I had
noticed when I came in. During each
and everv day of my protracted trial the
crowd'of curiosity had been large, but
now it seemed redoubled. What
thoughts and emotions filled and agi
tated my mind for the short time I sat
there on tliat hard nnd cruel seat! In
all that mass of living beings there was
not one who eonld partake of that
knowledge whi'-h was restricted to me
alone—the knowledge of my innocence.
All, from the evidence on the trial, and
the verdict of the jury, from the state
ments and deductions of the news
papers, from a thousand other causes
which operate on a populace excited by
the commission of a great crime in
their midst, and whose convictions are
already half made np by the arrest of
somebody, all were sure of my guilt.
From the time 1 had made the ac
ijuaiatance of him for whose bloody
vieeds I was condemned to suffer, the
hand of Fate Lad lain heavily upou me.
That man—theretofore a stranger—had
-one month ago so worked upon my
frank and unsuspecting nature, bad so
insidiously and artfully opened my
hiart and crept therein, that within two
hours of our meeting we were pledging
and repladfing our rteroal friendship
in bottles of wine. All this alone.
In tweity-four hours afterward I was
taken to jwison, there to remain until in
due time I should be brought to the
bar of the court to answer for the mur
der of a citizen. The forms of justice
(I was told) must he observed, for as to
my conviction there was no earthly
doubt The following report from a
paper shows why such was the general
opinion:
" Our usually quiet town was last
night the coene of one of the most bru
tal murders on record. At 12 o'clock a
cry of pain, followed by the report of a
pistol, was heard near the southeast
tollgate. The few people that were in
the neighborhood hurried to the spot,
and beheld prone on the ground the
lifeless fcrm of one of our wealthiest
aud most respected citizens, David Ei
burne, Esq. A pistol-shot through the
head, from which the blood poured out
freely, and his rifled pockets told that
he had been cruelly assassinated and
robbed. Search was immediately in
stituted for the murderer, and he was
soon afterward found secreted under a
shed near the scene of the dreadful
deed, with an empty pistol in his hand,
blood on his person, and the watch of
the deceased in his pocket. His face
was livid with fear when detected, and
his attexapted explanation of the condi
tion in which he was found was a mass
of contradictions. He bad a bearing
before the Justice and was committed
to prison. The name of the villain is
Leonard Manor. Let speedy justice be
meted out to him."
All the above, as a recital of facts,
was true, but the statement that I,
Leonard Manor, was the author of the
crime, was untrue. Eat a mighty and
trongly forged chain of circumstantials
evidence was bound around me, which
I was unable to break, and mv counsel,
Mr. Cook, met with his first defeat as a
criminal practitioner. The only witness
that couid rebut the violent presump
tion of my guilt and disprove what had
been brought against me, was not to be
fonnd; made way with, no doubt, by
him. And there I sat alone in that dock
end felt what no may can describe.
Protest my innocence I might, and
swear it with all the vehemence* of an
earnest soul; but I wonld be either
'auglied at for my audacity, or whistled
down as a feigned lunatic. Oh, God !
what it is to be falsely judged ! To have
aa iron wall between your self-con
sciousness and the belief of the outer
world 1 To see yourself crowded into
the grave by the torrent of popular
fury, and yet have that in your bosom
which might rollback the tide aud save
yon could it but reach out beyond the
narrow circle in which it is confined t
Ob, what is physical strength to the
power of this internal sense in such an
hour as this ! How willingly would 1
have bartered the best gifts of nature
if those around me could have partaken
of this feeling aud know what I knew.
The mercy of the Almighty seemed a
meaningless thing. But he could not
break Hi law, even to save the life of
one of His creatures from an unjust
death!
The closing words of the sentence
which doomed me to the scaffold awoke
me from these reflections. I sank to
my seat, as a sigh of relief, like the
groan of some unearthly monster, went
np from the multitude iu the court
room, followed by a subdued hum
which now succeeded to the silence
which had heretofore [reigned. The
people began to move out, speaking to
each other and amiling, pleased that
KI\KD. K I I{TZ. I'Mitorainl I 'roprit *toi\
VOL. VII.
the end was ! they wished and !>>-
lieved it *vu!ii be. Ob, how more than
ever, then, the silent and help!e!>s
savior in my loeom struggled iu it*
hound* i one desperate eff.trt to
go out and become alotorbod iu the
thought* of others! Hut *ll in vain;
my heart sickened, and tlie pall of de
spair was ujHiQ me, aa 1 submitted my
self to the officers who were t return
ute to the gaol.
The court room was in the second
story of the building, and was reached
from the outside by a more than ordi
narily steep flight of steps of gray
stone, about twenty four iu number.
As I emerged from the front door at
the top of these steps, a bright, piercing
ray of the auu met me full in the face.
Dax&lcd for an instant I stopped, and
thou stepped forward again. Hut 1
missed the step-stone, aud, unable to
recover myself, fell headloug down the
way.
I sat rtu a low, rough couch iu the j
darks.it, dampest dungeon of the gaol.
To the oold iron gyv< i which shackled
tav legs at the ankles was attached a
chain of like metal, of, j>erliapi. four
feet in length, terminating at a ring on
the bottom of the cell. Mv hands were
free, and with them 1 rubbed my eyes
as one who hopes thereby to make
them do their duty better. I could
have but a faint view of the interior of
my apartment, as the only light that
reached it was between the two bars of
a small opening which sent d as a win
dow, situated in au oblique direction
from where I sat, and apparently about
seven feet from the ground. A con
fused and sliajioless idea of something
awful that had happened, was happen
ing, or would liappeu, weighed upon
me. What it was I could not deter
mine—eveu my situation, clad in a con
vict's garb and bound in chains, did
not strike me with any kind of feeling
akin to surprise—l barely noticed it
so emascuiated was BIT mental organ
ization and impotent of thought. It
was in this stupid state I sat, when a
noise broke upou my ear, coming, as
it seemed, from immediately iu front
of me. I peered iu that direction, but
could see nothing, yet the noise, which
was a commiugliDg of a gratiug and a
rumbling sound, continued. Presently
it ceased, and the figure of a man be
gan to define itself before my view.
Nearer it came toward me, when—oh,
heaven !—the form and feature sof Aim
fell upon my gaze.
Then it was that I saw all, knew ail, j
felt all. remembered all. A stream of
memories came rushing in upon me
like a torrent. That man's presence
drove the clouds away and all was clear.
Here I was, condemned as a felon, but
before me stood the felon himself, j
Moved by the impulse which this sud
den discovery inspired I essaye<l to
strike the wretch, but my arm refused
to obey the bidding of ruy will ; a pa
ralysis seemed to have seized me. An
attempt to speak met with not much
better success, as nothing but a whis
per, scarcely audible to myself, escaped
my lips. He now advanced, and, taking
a seat beside me on the out, spoke .
" Manor, you know your old friend
and companion, Sungin ? I found you,
and am come to condole with yon."
The tone with which he uttered these
words, and the sarcastic smile with ,
which he accompanied them, chilled me ,
through. How I could have crushed
him ! He continued :
"Crime is a science. Manor. Its
perfect practice is an art, and, like all
other arts, it requires instruments.
You have been a good one. I nsed you
in my little operation against old El
burne, and it was a jierfect success.
Yon were caught with the blood of
your—my victim, still hot upon yon.
the smoke of your, my shot, was no!
yet out of the pistol-cnamber. I tell
yon. Manor, it was a grand triumph of
art. It is a. pity yon could not live lo
aid in future snceessea of mine you're
too good a glove to be thrown awny—l j
must have more out of you before you
die—by Jove, you shall lire !"
Throughout this address I sat with
downcast face, feeling how utterly ,
miserable and forsaken of God I was.
At the word " live," I raised my eyes
and looked at him. His small, snaky
eyes glistened like diamonds, and a
sardonic smile played over his features, j
" Yes—live," he said, " and go with
me. I have cheated justice—why uot
serve injustice the same way, for the
time at least. You are bound to be
bung sometime, and I am bound to die
peacefully ; but we will postpone both
events as long as possible. My ait be
ing perfect, my resources are, of course,
inexhaustible.
Before I was aware of it ho was
manipulating my fetters, anil in a short
time he told me to rise. This second effort
at moving was successful, and I walked
several paces from my bed, free from
the irons. In this new state my re
vengeful feelings, wonderful as it
seems, eutirely disappeared. He ap
peared again as a friend, and I re
proached myself forever having thought
ill of him.
"We will go out as I came in," said
Sangin ; and divesting himself of an
extra coat which he had on, he threw it
over my shoulders and led me, as he
expressed, "to freedom and a sphere
of usefulness."
I have an indistinct recollection of
passing through shadowy corridors, up
and down steps, through narrow doors,
and over walls, and a clear idea of sur
roundings did not possess me until I
found that we were plodding through
the dust of a country road, with no
sign of a human habitation before us,
and the town sinking out of sight in
the dim distance behind us. As I
looked at my companion, as we were
walking along, I felt as one fascinated
by one he knows to bo a villain.
We proceeded in silence for some
time, when Sangin called my attention
to a riderless horse standing near the
fence at the right of the road before us.
As we approached, another object met
onr eyes—a well-dressed man lay on the
ground before us, groaning with pain.
In a faint tone he told us that, seized
with a vertigo, he bail fallen from his
horse, and, being unable to riße, feared
that he had broken some bones. Ban
gui directed me to sit down and sup
port the gentleman's head npon mr lap
while he made an examination. When
I had done this, he quickly took every
thing which the wounded man bad upon
his person, including a costly watch and
a plethoric purse, and placed them in
his own pockets. While we were look
ing in astonishment at this bold pro
ceeding, Bangin drew from his boot a
long, murderous-looking knife, and
plunged it into the bosom of the help
less traveler ! The blood spirted into
my face, and my person seemed, almost
in a twinkling, to be deluged with gore.
Before I could regain my feet, Bangin,
with the mo6t unearthly yell I ever
heard, leaped upon the horse and dis
appeared. What a situation was here
—oh, cursed fate 1 Completely lost in
a sea of bewilderment, I cannot say how
long I might have stood looking alter
nately at the bloody corpse before me
and my equally bloody self, did not the
clattering hoofs behind me arouse me.
I turned and saw a mob of horsemen
bearing down in the direction where I
stood. Leaving a few to take charge
of the unfortunate wayfarer, the rest
turned in the direction whence they
came, first having secured me ou one of
the horses.
Fleet aa the wind we pushed forward,
THE CENTRE- REPORTER.
until a sort of dimness noised me, and
I felt as if 1 was l>ettig whirled through
some wild and awful dream, and yet
with just enough eouaoiousueaa to ktiow
that there was a basis of reulitv to it all.
All at ouoo we halted on the bank of
tire, which shot up a million forked
tongues of lurid tlame. A heavy black
cloud hung all around, and the air was
dense with a sulphurous odor. A
dreadful wad-liou-u u-ivo rnaouuded
in my ears, anil 1 thought that here wis
Tophet, and 1 was to he a v.otnu to the
insatiate Moloch. A muffled bell tolled
one stroke like an echo frotu a tomb,
on my right, aud, looking up, my eyes
met a black-draped gallows whuib roar
ed its hideous form iuto the air. No
time was allowed me to contemplate
this ui-.v feature, eveu had I been ?o
inclined, for I was instantly taken
charge of by a pair of hangmen and
placed ou the scaffold. The rope was
placed around aiy neck, aud the still-
Uisis which took the place of the walk
ing to and fro ou the sce.ffold, told me
that 1 stood there alone ! 1 muttered a
praver, but 1 viore a doreiiv *> B
were uttered, all that was siibstautial
beueatli ine gave way, aud 1 dropped
suddenly iu a direct line downward ;
a piercing pain ran like a dagger
through my head; everytliiug grew
daik aud red, and purple nud white, by
turns- until, after what seemed an age
of ng> uv, mv feet touched Menu-thing, a
momentary light ll ashed upon me, and,
in a syncope, 1 lost all thought and
memory and feeling.
•" • •
A murmur /f voices crept upon my
ear, and slowly and gradually t re
vivtd. I opened my eyes ana found
myself in the company of sevetal
people, some of whom were rubbing my
hands, others administering rtmtora
tives, and all, more or less, contribu
ting to my restoration. As my seus< s
returned, I saw that 1 was in a strange
room and sitting by a window. Out of
t'uat window 1 looked, and -great
heaven ! what a spectacle met my eye!
It was the yard of a prison, and pend
ant therein, from the cross- IK-SUI of a
gallows, hang the lifeless body of San
gin ! The sight at once recalled all the
memor as of the past; but there was a
hist wlimh was vet to be explained.
It was done so by a kind attendant,
who informed me that my fall at the
court-house steps m arly deprived me
of life, and did deprive me of reason—
that after a brief incarceration iu my
cell it v. as thought la st to place me
under medication, and 1 was removed
to the hospital department of the pris
on—that while there the criminality of
Sungin, the author of the murder for
whioh I had bceu condrmtud, was dis
covered through the appearance of lay
missing witness, aoine uuguarded ex
pressions of Saugiu himself during a
debauch iu a neighboring village,
and other circumstances which had
come to light since my trial—
that he was tried and condemned,
and made a confession, in which he
stated that ho had administered a nar
cotic potion to me, pushed me under
the shed, and then after waylaying Mr.
Klburue, and taking a largo amount of
money from his person, hail placed the
watch and pistol on me, smeared me
with blood, aud then escaped ; that ho
gave poisou to a cabman who was cog
nizant of how and bjr whom I w:vs
placed under the shed. The eobman
was my missing witness, and liis re
covery from the drug, although ho was
for some time in a shite of insensibility,
and on the verge of death, was tno
main cause of my salvalion. That, fol
lowing the opinion of one of the medi
cal board attached to the prison, I was
placed "at the window, in the belief
that the sight of my would-be destroy
er iu the hands of the law would have a
beneficial effect. That when he mount
ed the scaffold I looked calmly and
vacantly at lqm, but when the drop fell
I swooned. As I revived, there were
evident iudications of the much-wished
for change, aud when, with a clearer
understanding, 1 looked upon the
dangliug body of the villain, it was
complete, nnd reason resumed its reign.
I returned to ray home to recuperate
my physical health, and it is in the
pleasant days of convalescence that I
commit to paper and give to the world
this recital of my entrance into and exit
from "the jaws of death."
( hang and Eng.
The Philadelphia physicians who liad
mad an autopsy on the bodies of the
Siamese Twins made a full report to
the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The following is a condensed account
of the conclusions arrived at:
The supposition that the band con
noting the twins WM simply of a fleshy
nature lias been decided in tbo nega
tive. It was found lb a peritoneal
connection did exist; that is, a refl<o
tion or extension of the peculiof moin
brane lining of the abdomen extended
into the band, though it was not e<ui
tiuaons. Sacs or pouches were formed
by tlio reflection, possessing no com
munication between the two. The in
timate visceral connection between the
twins was shown by the infecting fluid,
which was passed into the mesenteric
vein of one and appeared in the mesen
teric vein of the other. The liver of
Chang occupied its normal position on
the right side of his body below the
diaphragm. The liver of Eng was on
his left side, next to Chang, his spleen
being abnormally situated on the right
side of his body. The two livers had
eridently-at one period of the existence
—possible fietal—of tbo twins been
virtually one glaml, but had eventually
lieeome separated. This is shown by
the passage of the injecting fluid from
the mesenteric vein of one to that of the
other. Tiie fact of a common umbilimd
cord between the twins is also settled,
the naval being situated in the middle
of the band. During foetal life, there
fore, the circulation was conducted to
the twins from the mah-rual system pre
cisely us to a single individual. These
facts show that a separation of the
twins during life would have resulted
fatally to one or both of them. The
nervous intimacy through the band was
extremely alight, und the individuality
of the two men so strongly marked that
it was not deemed advisable to examine
the brains, nothing further than a com
parison of the weight of the two beiug
expected from such an operation. The
extension of the ensifortn cartilage or
breast bone, which formed acoiwtituent
of the attachment, was A mere flexible
flbro-cartilaginous substance, in which
there was nothing like an appearance
of an elbow-liko joint, as Ims been re
ported.
The India Famine.
The famine in India is already caus
ing great suffering. In Upper "firhoot
the inhabitants arc eating wild roots.
The Indian Government has arranged
for the supply of 312,000 tons of rice to
the distressed districts by the middle of
May, at a cost of £3,000,000. The
Government estimates that it will pos
sibly have to provide fer the subsist
ence of 2,500,000 persons—equal to ten
per cent of the population of the dis
tressed districts—for seven months. It
will require for this purpose 210,000
tons of rice, The amount secured
shows a reserve supply of 100,000 tuna.
The Oongregationalists of the far
West have decided to establish their
central university at Colorado Springs,
Col.
I'K.NTHK HALL, CKNTISK <'<>.. PA.. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1874.
Moscow,
l*ulkln| AlHxit llir t Capital or
It !■*)•.
Moscow i the IMC c)lortxl city 1
know tiic tiin't <■( nil oitics when ouu
in distant perspective, with tier Ue'U-
Miil unit one goljcn dome* glittering
in the sun UKttiitst the sky. Cairo,
viewed from the citadt 5, mid Calwliiiiti*
i topic. from the tower of Ualttta, nro
comparatively gru.T and dukirlww. Mos
cow. when illuminated under Mitioot,
■itiueo with Oriental splendor; the eye
is lUuliil as by a briiliuiit stage tnHtio,
more like enchant ment tl.*u reality.
Sot tliAt th* color it rufinrd ir in strict
hariuonv ; often, indeed, ail that ran l#
said IS that the painter has used Ills
p.iinH K,t geuerou-*b. that v< How oehrea,
rods, tihlM, and Of* mid Much
ly. But Anything that in >\ be wanting
o'n tho port of the Artist I suplduxl by
the hand of nature; tuue bring, the
harshest of pigments into tone ; atmos
phere oasts a dedicate veil over the per
spective vision ; distance, ill ahort,
lends enchantment. It often hap|>ena
iu semi-burbaric structures that what
tbn artnt inteiidsil may be eomuou
placc and coarse, but that what he did
not intend, that is, unforeseen sceideuts,
or combination* which f.dl out by tin
happy chance of cwotmistunce, prune*
most effective. Such are tho pano
ramas which arrest the traruier'a steps
as tli# eye sweeps over the house-tops,
chimneys, towers, gilded and
many-colored domes which alt etch from
foreground to horizon. There ute
cities which the stranger should newr
cuter, there arc buildings which * .#
critic cau aowroelv dare to uppruecu.
But magnitude anil multitude move the
iiu agination.
One minaret may he mean, one dome
insignificant, but the moment the umt
becomes a thousand, aud as soon as
lipftC# sufficiently expand* for atmos
phere to suggest magnitude or mystery,
then literal facts give place to phan
toms, aud poems and picture* arc
wrought out of even commonest mate
rials. Yet these many-colored dome*,
though they tloat aa a'thing of beauty
betwi-en earth and ky, are rather bulb
ous in character: indeed, lometiines
they thrust thtsmsolve* upward arid on
ward as excresceucca. The eoustrne
tiou, too, is ralher gimcrt.ek ; in the
Kremlin 1 examined aev. rul cup laa
under repair ; wlwn the outer covering
of thin metal is removed, ribs, as of an
umlipnUa or of a lady's crinoline, are
laid Mm. A ruako-uf> thus flimsy and
slight admits of more easy adaptation
than bricks or mortar to the many
varied forms which fancy mar aujgcst.
The curves and outlines assumed are
aomctimca graceful, often fantastic ; in
some direction* the eye seems to !dbk
ou a iiuittb'-rof K®#! sUrvl, in other*
a group of Turks tttrhals may ba sug
gested, while the Mnalior doiiuv may be
mistaken for pepperboxes, decanters,
or wsatora fatuilmi ou dtnnm table*. In
short, the variety of forms already in
existence la ail but infinite, u*4 other*
might readily he iuweilaL Hpceially
graceful is a common type, rot Lqrt r
xn diameter then a lauieret, licariug a
golden dome as its crown. One pretty
efteet I oheorved within the Kremlin.
The ncwlv-wrotight cupolas of highly
burnished surface serve aa Claude Lor
raine mirrors to reflect the moving
cloud*, th pv*iig crowds, the tree*
and encircling lid*eape. It mar
easily be imagined how gay and glit
tering a city looks thus net with jewel*
and shilling with patens of bright gold.
The colors, too, are scarcely 1< s va
ried than the forms ; besides gold, there
is silver, often blue and green and red;
sometime* also a green ground is set
with gohl stars; inscriptions in letters
of gold may likewise be aeon as friert-s
aronnd tower*. So mnch, indeed, is
Moscow n city of colors, that the w Is
even of er.Hiurry dwelling* are illumined
brightly villi ml and yellow, and the
roofs are grmn. Tlic climax i, of
course, reached by tlic Kremlin, which
dominate* over the city lying beneath
as a church, a palace, and a citadel.
This stronghold, the acrojxilis of Mos
cow, is flanked by massive and pic-
UtrotMpie towers, aurmomitrd by rough,
steep roofs, mnrked and colored like
the scale* of kmtmat* ; rUao over gate
way* and at angh-s are many other tow
er*. which group with domes and
pointed pinnacles and golden crosses
into ever-varying panorama* as tire
spectator makes the circuit of tlw walls,
or as the son, traveling from east to
west, alternates light nnd shade ; the
scale is sufficiently extended to gain
changeful play of" ntmospheric effect.
One of the towers, that of the "Spaaki"
gate, was erected by an Kugliahmau,
Christopher < tallow ay, in ltUd. The
"Troitskl" tower vu also biult by him.
While the basement* are heavy and
gloomy, after the Oriental fashion, the
upper"stories, or sky outlines in infhtite
fantasy, plnv witli cloud land and seem
BO to hold thetnsdve* aloof from earth
us to bacomc ereature* of the element*.
The Kremlin shonid he seen by sunset,
twilight, and moonlight.
Clothing the Limb* of IJttie (ilrls.
A sensible mother, writing of chil
dren's clothing, say* : I sec many chil
dren whose lower limbs are qnite too
much exposed for health or oomfort. It
ia not lufrequcnt to meet little girls
with dre**es up to the knees nnd but
one pair of perhaps o.nubrie drawers
open nt the bottom, and perhaps cot
ton stockings. Any grown person, or
boy, would freeze if clad No
•wonder that so many, when they arrive
at the age of womanhood, have no
constitutions, ami are good for little
bnt fashionable invalids, whose chief
business through life is to njq>ly the
doctor with good fees. Ever* child
should wear a pnir of nnder-arawore
made of Canton flannel (or, hotter still,
of wool) buttoned t the waist of the
chemise, cut as small an the leg at tho
bottom and left opeu a little way nnd
extending down uuder tho stockings
to the top of the high shoe ; over tlwae
a pair, cut moderately full, buttoning
jnst below the knee. Tho band is
pretty finished with a narrow ruffle or a
bit of embroidery. 1 know many think
they do not look its well as when made
open nt the bottom, bnt they are cer
tainly much more oomfortable aud sen
sible.
Bad Mnnncrv.
Many pcoplo who consider them
selves very well bred distinguish them
selves in public places solely by their
had manners, These people are con
spicuous at lectures and ooncorts, the
t houtro and opera, aud oven at church.
The crowding in and pushing out,with
out regard to the rights, comfort or
evun safety of others, stopping on
dresses anu crashing hats and toes,
sometimes approach barbarity. Some
times tho finest strains of an exquisite
piece of mnsie aro Inst in the chatter of
a pair of girls, or the loud chattering
of what might others isehavo been mis
taken for a young lady and gentleman.
Otteu the climax of a lecture is de
stroyed by tho going out of people who
advertise their ignorance ana bad
breeding in that way. Sometimes the
ileusnre of a dozen people, during the
most touching part of a performance,
is dissipatd by the restl.nsnoM of a
fruit-eating couple near them, who for
get they are not at home. And this is
ono of the ills for which no cure has yet
been found, and must be borne
patiently by a suffering public.
Tlie Franking Prl liege.
Contrary to the cxptx-UUeu of a large
majority of tho I . b. House of ll>-pro
- •ntatives, the bill providing for the
free distribution of public document*
Uiid seeds, und for thu free circulation
of ii-vjpcr* w.thni the counties
ajlirs puhfishid, ■* defeated by a
vote of 12lye*n to 131 na>*. It was
confidently pivxlictcd ly the Represen
tatives wlio had closely watched the
debate that the bill without ut>stantiul
amendment would p* by a majoritv
uf twenty. This belief wa held on tw.tli
ante* of the lloue. Had a voV- lecn
united upou the bill shortly ufU-r it wa*
brought before the House there is Uu
doubt lhat it would have passed, but
there ha* been BO luflch delay that ltep
rewrTitative* diu'overed from private
and the press that there was
danger that in many localities the pas
sage of the bill would create as much
dissatlnfactiuu a* an absolute restora
tion of tlie franking privilege, llcpre
sentativc* w re, consequently, dcUirred
from voting a%*iriliug to their |mraonai
dvsirc* or conviction*, *o the corrv
apobdmt of the N. Y. Timrs a**ert.
Another cause operated to defeat the
trill. There were tnmy who dcsirvd to
vote for the section providing for the
free circulation of newspaper* within
the counties of their publication who
would not vole for the aeotioii* provid
ing for the free distribution of public
document*; but as the committee would
not permit any division of the vote,
the-e members pr,-ferr\l that tlm bill
*hotrld be defeated, hoping, jerhapa,
I t-ti-after t lc able tt legi-lnte iu favor
of their country newrap rw.
Notaithstauding tiic fact that the
L'ostmssU r Vieiivral ha* not been able
to make any delimte calculation of the
cliauges of ripatuta incident to the
aboliUou of the franking privilege, the
sUUwneul was made Unit the i xpendi
turv* hud been increased million* on
that tm:iniL Ellis H. Roberts, of New
York, at the flrwt opportunity, moved
that the whole subject lie npou tlie
table. This motiou was defeated lor a
vote of Ilk yeaa to 140 nays. The
amendment aeocpU*d by the committee,
wbioh pro|H>scd to give the l'ustmaster-
Clenerml discretion at any time to delay
for thirtv days the transmission of free
pttblic fi<cnmeuts, as the ncccasiUea of
the service might rv<jnire, was defeated
by an overwhelming majority, it being
tiic general conviction that auoh dia
eretiou might be used for political pur
poaea by any Admi mat ration of the
Govt mnidnt at time* when party ex
citement ruaa high. F'or Uie amend
iiu-at gf Air. It. S. Ihup, of New York,
which was in the nature of a substitute
for the bill, and which proposed an
absolute restoration of the franking
privilege, there were only forty-niiM
votes given. Tlic*.- forty-nine voU-a
were about e.jnai!y distntnited be
twvxm ltepubtsean* and lVmoerat*.
The defeat of the bill ra,say ithe Timrt
e>rrespoiMb-ut, without doubt, due to
lien. Butler, who thought that if it
were defeated a demand Would be
made for Hie passage of a bill for the
•xuupleW* twtcr*Uon of the privileges
of tho frank, for which ho lis* a new
lull drawn. liu |asscd around among
the forty-nine who votxl for Mr. Hale's
amendment, and impressed some of
thejn with lit* view on thu result* of the
defeat ot the pending bill, arid without
doubt changed vote* enough which
would liato been giren for the bill to
secure it* defeat.
K ric-Bltlag Match.
The people in New Mexico originate
*otm' curious aociet.ee. In Mosilia and
Los Crncea, they have or it is said
they have what are knowu as the
" Pie-Biter*,'* composed of per*'ll* pa*-
ai.vnntclv fond of pie*. So strong has
the rivalry grown Iwtw.xm the two so
cieties, that a challenge rvsnlbd, and
the contest ia r'|Krt-tl to have been aa
follow*;
" The pie* were to le mince, and one
inch thick, Mesilla to bite ilrsi, aud no
bite to count unless it reached the cen
tre of the pie. Mesilla piled up nine
pies, nnd sunt down on them without
an cflbyt. let* C'rneea elevated tlic top
of hi* head and closed his jaw* over
eleven. (Ureal enthusiasm among his
frieitda). Mesilla then came to the
bcratck, or bitn, maniully, and flopped
his lip over a dozen sncveawfully. (Odd*
ofTorcl on Mesilla). La* Cruee*. Nt
this jroint said; ' Well, it is time to
stop this nonsense; hand me fifteen.'
Thcv were given hitn; he smiled, laid
the Iwok of his head on his shoulders,
and caiao down on the bundle of pies
like ua alligatur ou a mouthful of the*.
Lut hi* tooth did not come together.
He struggled and jerked, but it was no
use. Three of his teeth broke, and his
lryfd gave wy. On examining, a dog
collar wa* found in the centre pie, nnd
La* Orttccs hnd got liis teeth tangled in
the bnekle. Jack Martin, the referee,
dicided in favor of Mesilla, on the
ground that everything wa* fair iu a
uiaao-pie."
Billing Mirrors.
Thi total disregard of many of our
people to the titneaa of thinga ia in no
respect to clearly manifested as in the
purchase of mirrors. One kind is true
iu ita reflection, tho two others are ex
aggerative. 01 the exaggerative one
unduly cxpnndfithe figure, aud the other
unduly elongates it. Hundreds of
mirrors are bought every day without
reference to this fact. You will find
short, squatty people with mirrors that
make them look still shorter and more
squatty ; and thin, gaunt people with
looking-glasses that pare them down
fully one-half. And' thus, through
onrelessness slid indifference the seeds
(if dissatisfaction and distrust are sown,
and many happy home* are broken up,
to scatter their broken-hearted con
tents upou tho world. People with
Hipiaro, expansive face* should select
elongating mirrors, and those who are
long and thin-faced should get those
which will erpnnd them. Helf-opiuion
is stronger than anything else, and
when our own glass assures u* that we
look well, it is nothing whatever what
other people may tluuk. You know
that yourself.
Sonic Weather Sign*.
" M. Quad " enumerates the follow
ing in "Our Fireside Friend," as
auio&g the most reliable weather signs :
If Inc pear trees blossom before the
20th of March, and yon notice the cows
and hnrses nibbing themselves against
the meeting-house door, and the top
rail of the fence casts two separate
shadows, it argues well for the coming
wheat crop.
If the clouds all move one way during
November, and big girls go barefoot,
and tin-peddlers are numerous, aud
yonr wife wuuts a new pair of shoes,
"and plum trees grow the most branches
on the west side, the now year will be
prolific of thunder-storms and light
ning-rod agents.
If pumpkins an) frost-bitten l>efore
they turn yellow, and house-rent goes
up, and catnip tea baa a bitter taste,
aud saw-logs show an inclination to roll
up-hill, tho >K>tato rot is sure to follow.
If there are high winds in February,
followed by warm rains, aud cattle re
fuse to lick salt, and red-headed girls
aro conspicuous, July will be a cool
month.
It is said the best means to curb a
fast young man is to " bridal " him.
Naui's least.
Sarah's atonea were wondirful
things. To le sure, they were apt to
be a little startling, and goncmlly end
t-d by scaring her liateurr* half out of
their wit* ; but that only made them
more delightfully exciting.
lty the time the children got a hint
of the coming treat, they crowded
around, aud Hat ah began :
•• Now, all you young una muit ait
'tnaxin' aiill if I'nt gwtuo to tell a
story." „
Sarah'* virtue as a story teller was iu
her face aud manner. She wa* very
black, with large rolling eyes, a very
long faee, a monstrous mouth, great
white teeth, and long tbtu hands, whieb
had au uucauny white look on the in
side, us though "the color were oomiug
off.
Perhaps you don't think hands have
much to do with story telling, but they
had with Sarah's, I can tell you.
Quieting her audieuee with threat*
of •• during "em all out Uie houae," abe
began iu a low, sol emu voiye :
•'Ouct ttiKiu a time, 'way down in
Ole Keutuek', there lived a MAN! Ho
wa* a-w-f u-1 null, and had heaps an'
heajMi o* nice things in his dark cellar,
lint tie* au" bottles o' wine, bar'ls an'
bar'ls o' cider, an' lot* an' lot* o' hams,
bar'ls an' bar'ls o' bacon, an' bins an'
bins o' apples, an'jars an' jarau' sweet
meats, an' boxes an' boxi* o ratstns,
an" O ! pile* o' g.od things to eat, in
that dark cellar."
Harmh paused to boo the fffrtt Bush
smacked hi# hps, the eyes o( the
whole Johnson family roiled m i-watacy
ot the delightful picture.
" But he *a a-w-f-u-1 stingy ! Not
a it peck of #ll tbeae yer goodie® Would
he guv to *-ny body. Lor !he al lu#
kep the key iii his owu pocket, an* if
he wanted ham for diuner, he went
down in that yer d a r k cellar, an' cut
a alloc, null for Lioaclf. An' if he
wantetd wine, ho je# went down an'
folehtal a bottle, au' al lu# locked the
do' arter hiin, an' n-e-v-e-r gUT Bam
the f luteal a peck !"
•' Well, now," Sarah went, on rolling
her eye#, " that ar Sam was a po' uigga
—the only mgga the stingy man had ;
an' ho wait that stingy he never half fed
him no way. lie guv him a leetle corn
meal fur hoe cakes, an' unci in a g-r-e-a-t
while a leetle teeny bit uv a aliee o'
bacon. So Sam got thinner an' thin
ner, till he waa near a ahadder, an' bit
finger# w-r 1-o-n-g and b-o*n-y."
And Sarah held up hers and clawed
them iu the air, till the children could
almost see Sam and hu bony band*.
" Well, one day this bad man had to
go 'way off to the big city, an' he hadu'l
got nobody to leave in tho house bnt
je# Sam. ho he done measured out jea o
much corn-meal, an' he aaid: * Now,
Ham, 1 shall bo gone away three daya,
and that'll have to last ye till I get
back. I'll warrant ye'd like to jc# eat
it everv aormp the fust day, an'ax far
mo'—it 1 # je# like ye ; but n< t a snojen
do you git till 1 "eome back, fur I've
locked everything up. An' if I find
anything out o' order when 1 come
back, I'll- I'll—wallop you ; ae if I
doa'ti!'
" With that sod r e f-f-u 1 thrcst, the
cruel Mah'sr went off, an' left Ham all
alone. Well, Ham went to clearin' up
the house, an" when he went to hang up
hi# Mab'sr's everyday close—fur in
<# nrao he wore his Hundsy ones to go
to town Le bars aomethin' hit agin the
wall, an' he thought to hi**elf. 'l'll see
what that ar l*. Mcbbe Mah'sr's done
leff a penny in his jnicket Oh, golly!
won't 1 buy a bun!' An' he put his
hand in the picket, an' what do you
s'jxttr he found t
••THE CELLAR KEY!!!"
Snrali, looking wildly at her listen
era, said these thrilling word* in an
awful whisper, with a roll of the eyoa
and a dropping of the jaws, that made
it still more horrible.
'• 'Oh, Lor" ! here's the key!' said
Ham to hisself. ' what s-h a-11 I do?'
An' theu he thought awhile. Bnt,
sake* ! chillen, 'pear* like the Debil is
al'us waitin' fur chances, an' so he
popped into Sam's head to jas go an'
look at the good things. 'I won't tonoli
ary bit," said Sam, • fur ole Mah'sr'd
find out if one apple stem's gone—but
I'll look." That was the fu*t wrong
step, el.illen. Ye know how hard it is
to defrain, if ye look at the things ye
oughtet. ter. Well, this yer on reverent
nigga c-r-e-|>-t down stairs an' unlocked
the do', and p-e-e-p-o-d in —trem'lin.
fit to drop. He mo*' npt-cted to see ole
Mah'sr behind a bar'l. Hut it was as
s-t-i-1-1 as the grave, so he c-r-e-pt in.
There hung the 1-o-n-g rows o* hams
so juicy an' sweet ; and Sum went np
an' thought to liisself, ' Now, I'll jes
smell o' one.' Ho he smelled of it, an'
it was so nice seems like he couldn't
help jes touch it with his finger an'
clap his finger in his motif, an' then he
did it agin. Yo know, chillen, how the
old Debil stan's Bide o" yo an' help* ye
on. ArterSam had tasted ouct or twice,
he seen a t-e-e-11-y bit of a ham, way off
in the ftir corner, an' he said to hisself,
• I don't b'lieve ole Mah'sr 'll ever miss
that ar one—'tain't much 'connt no way!'
An' chillen, he was that hungry he
couldn't help it, Ido b'lieve. He
nnatched that ham, an' he eat an' eat an'
eat till he couldn't stuff another mouf
ful, an' hid the rest behind a bar'l.
Then ho went on an' went on till he
come to the apples—liina an' bins o"
b-e-a-n-t-if-n 1 red apples! And he
smelt of Yin, an" then he eat an' eat an'
eat till he conldn't stuff another rnouf
ful. Then ho went on an' went on till
he eaiue to the rhelf o' sweetmeats, an
he looked at Ym an' amelt of "em, and
finally he snatched a jar, hire off the
cover, au' eat an* eat an' eat till he
couldn't stuff another moufful.
" An' then lie con I<l n't eat any more
sure unff, an' he wont out an' hick the
do'. But lie never had ao much to eat
in hia life, an' 'pears like he was stuffed
ao full ho aort u' loat liia rcaaotia. lie
went out an' laid down on n bench, in
the aun, an' he aaid to hisaelf, ' Lor !
aint it nice to have nnff to eat fur onrt;
there'a poor Jim, I don't a'poae lie ever
hod n tiffin hia life.' An' then a w-e-ry
wicked idea oomo into hia head. So
livem by he got up an' went over to
Jim's— ho lived next do'—an' he tole
him aoou 'a it waa night to eomo ovw,
an' he tole him to fotch Sally. Sally
waa the house gal, an' Sam liked her.
An' then he went to Tom's and tole him
to oomo too; and finally, chillen, he
'vited quite a 'sjieotablo company.
Then he went homo, an' lie went into
the woodshed an' fetched in big sticks
o' wood, an' he made up a most won'er
ful lire, an' swept out the big kitchen
clean an' nice, tho* he wasn't extra neat
now, Ham wasn't. 'Bout ten o'clock his
company "gan to come, the ladies all
dressed up fine in some of their
things —low neck an' short sleeves, an'
ribbins an' white gloves. O, go way !
ycr don't see no sieli things up liar! An'
the gemmeu ! Lor', ehilleu, if yeoould
see the fine long tailed blue coats, with
buttons shinin' like marygolds, ye'd laff
fit to split y'r sides.
" Arter tli# company was all there,
an' talked % little 'bout the weather an'
6ieh topics o' conversation, ho axed 'em
•Wouldn't they like a little refresh
ment ?' They was very polite, an' said,
•No, thank ye,' an' 'l'd ruther be
'xcused.' But he went to the cellar, an'
he took'd out g-r-e-a-t plates o* apples,
an' g-r-e-a-t pitchers o' cider, an' Tom
helped him; an' they fetched out Ole
Mah'sr's tum'lers, an' he filled 'em all
up; an' he fetched out a w-h-o-l-e- jar o'
Term*: 5'2.00 M Year,in Arlvunoe.
sweetmeat*, and a g r-a-a-t diab o*
bottey, an' pick lea -oh, Lor'! snob
hi-aos o' tbinga ! An' all the time Hato
*tit, ao polite, ' Ladies an' getnmen,
hep von self, I here'* mo' iu Mab'sr's
oellar !"
•• An' they did hep tbeiraalves, aa
they eat an' eat till they couldn't stuff
another muufful. Au' while they was
all atuflSn*, an' Sam wa* gwiae round
with a bottle o' wine in each hand, aay
tn' ao polite, ' Ladiea and geinutwu, hep
vou'aelf, there's mo' iu Maii'sr's cellar,"
he happened to h>ok up !
" THEItE WAS IIIH MAII'SH 1"
A* Sarah *aid this she gave a horrible
yell, and sprang forward, clutching in
the air, a* though to swine them ; aud
her spell-bound listener* screamed, and
some of them fell over backwards.
Delighted with the effect of ber
tragedy, she waited till tbey gathered
themselves up, with awe-atrtick faces,
to listeu to thw end.
She lowered her voice to a ghostly
whisper.
*• The Mah'ar sprang to get Sam. but
Sam let out a screech nuff to raise the
dead; an' clared oot thro* the do" 's tho'
the debtl was artcr lam. The rest of the
company slunk out 'tbout axiu' t< be
"reused, an' was in l>ed every soul of
'em in two minute*, au" snorin' fit to
raise tbe roof. Ham's mah'ar run till he
gut done tired oot, an' then he draggud
hisaelf home."
Sarah stopped. After waiting a few
minutes, Ilush asked, in a scared sort
of a voice, what became of Sam.
Sarah rolled her eyes, shook ber bead,
dropped ber jaw, and said, slowly—
" He n-e-v-e-r waa beard of agin."
'• Hun away?" suggested Hush.
" S j.jw so. Mebby up uorf this very
dav, f r all I know."" And Sarah turned
tolier work.
Marriage by (outran.
An interesting caae of alleged con
spiracy l# on trial in the court# of Pitts
burgh, the incident# being of quite a
romantic nature. The prosecutrix •
Begins Hteiuer and the defendant* her
haband and a large number of hia
relatives. Mr*. Sterner la a large,
har.daomo middle-aged woman, a native
of Alsace. Hbo appeared in court in
the richeat and costliest of toilet*, and
with a profusion of elegant jewelry. It
appears that in 169 a wealthy merchant
named Gottfried Jacque made her ac
quaintance. They lived togeihrr for
over two year*, when Mr. Jacque con
eluded to marry some one e!#e, and
after revolving the question over he had
hired Julian Sterner to marry her,
agreeing to settle upon her an aunu.ty
of 91,200 in gold for the aupportof her
self and children. Hteiner came to
America and remained for a while in
New York, but ultimately went to Pitts
burgh, wbere be finally settled. Alter
the Lose of about nine months he re
turned to Pari*, married Begins, in
pursuance of the previous arrangements
between himself and Jacque, with
whom she had been living, and brought
her to America, together with two shil
dren. of whom the wealthy merchant
was father. In the meanwhile the mer
chant had settled on Begins an annuity
of 6,000 francs ; but, before the year
had expired after their arrival in Pitts
burgh. the husband, with the other de
fendants, commenced a aerie* of sys
tematic abuses on the wife, Thev tried
to force her into Dixmout Insane
Asvlum, and in other various ways to
riif themselves of their presence. For
s considerable time it seems her hus
band appropriated her money to his
own purposes, and with it purchased
some propertv—that waa not recorded,
however—ana he conveyed it to Adam
Weigond, a relative, evidently for the
purpose of getting rid of the diffi
culties occasioned.
The defendants deny any conspiracy
for the sake of obtaining the annuity.
The paper provide* that the two must
marry, and the inference is that the
money belongs equally to the husband
and wife.
Fashion Nates.
It ia whispered that the spring season
will bring many changes in ladiea'
dress. The milltuera and dressmakers
seem determined to take revenge upon
the forced economy of "panic times."
We hear that the gracefnl polonaise
is now really doomed to extinction.
Its admirers will not, however, part
with it readily.
The polonaise is to lie replaced by a
corsage having long points in front and
a pleated buaqne at the back, accom
panied by a rather ngly shaped over
skirt. the overakirt is to l>e open in
front, pleated at the back in fnll straight
pleat.*, and without the usual pouf.
The new style of walking skirt is to
be worn rather short which, consider
ing the state of our streets, is very
fortunate. It is flounced up the {front,
each flounce being finished by a bow
or buckle, and one very wide flounce at
the back.
Ugliness has never so abounded in
calico patterns as at present. Many of
these resemble the blue and white cheek
aprons worn by butchers. Others are
S rioted in plaid patterns. About thirty
ve cent* a yard ia the usual price for
new goods.
Let ladies beware of bright blues and
pinks. They don't wash as a rule,
itrown and violet are the moat durable
colors.
White silk richly trimmed or striped
with various shtales of velvet still holds
swav, and forms beautiful eontrasta.
There arc not many great changes in
the mode of dressing the hair. There
ia no rule as to whether it shall lie worn
high or low, and people generally suit
their methods to the shape of their
faces.
Curls are again reinstated. They
were alwava graceful, but only suited
to certain styles of beauty.
A Revival of Mohammedanism.
It is well known that Mohammedan
ism has leeu making great progress in
India of late voars, to the alarm of the
Hiudoos, amf that instead of being a
dying religion, it is undergoing s great
and ominous revival. Recent informa
tion on the subject is as follows: A
census of Bengal lately taken makes tha
population 67,000,000 instead of 40,-
000,000, as waa estimated. In some
districts there are 600 to the square
mile. The number • I Mohammedans
is far in excess of popular estimate.
They unmlier 20,004,000. Of all who
call "themselves Hindoos in faith, there
are 42,074,000. The Buddhists are 85,-
000 in number, and the Christians 03,-
000. Of the aborigiuals. included in
neither of these classes, there are over
two million. It is stated that the Mo
hammedans, with their nrmies of mis
sionaries, their theory that all faithful
races aro equal before God, and their
practice of raising any oonvert at once
to full social equality, are becoming so
numerous, that by 1900 they will be
half the population, and ultimately will
control the religious destiny of Bengal.
Throughout many of the richest dis
tricts they are already nearly or qnite
one-half of the population, and in some
they exceed the Hindoos by twenty
per cent., the most astounding instance
of wholesale conversion in modern his
tory.
Tho Massachusetts Legislature is
considering, and will probably pass a
law forbidding the employment of fac
tory women and children more than
sixiy hours a week, or ten hours a day.
NO. 11.
Mr. lleeeker's Farm.
II Pays XrtnlMlr Umt Illataall.
At the Rural C'lab dinner, Henry
'A'ard Readier said :
I knew that you all understood I was
a farmer ; but speaking not being my
vocation, I did not know that you would
call upon me to speak. I expert when
I die to have on my tombstone, " The
farmer of Westchester Gonnty." As
uch, I want il to be remembered that I
have lived a life of usefulness. I have
a farm of some thirty or forty acres,
and I am often asked whether my farm
pays. I always say, " Yes—everybody
but myself." I' has set up three or
four men in business ; they have bnilt
house* off of my farm, and there are
several more that are just going to
build. Yet although it has not taken
rare f me, as near as 1 can remember
I have always taken care of it If I
have not derived ranch from It in
poeket, I am euro I have derived
enough in enjormeat to make it a profit
able investment. I look forward to the
day when I may be released from the
contamination* of city life and may re
tire to my farm in the country. I can
say truly that when I go amoag trees I
am better pleased with my company for
the most (art than I am when among
men. I find I never had a tee* thai
lied to me, and. although they do a
great deal of whispering among them
selves, I have never any reason to sup
pose there was sny scandal in it. I find
in nature neither peevishness nor
trouble-making, but much instruction
utd much comfort. After a man h*->
I teen in the excitement of active life 1
think there ia nothing mow wholesome
than the bath which cms gets by going
into the country. I think there is no
inheritance, there ia no bleating that
anybody oan confer npon hia children,
no money, no MOM thai can com par*
with a gift for natural scenery and ru
ral occupation. The gift of being in
the presence of nataw ia a greater gift
than any fortune that can be imagined.
I am sorry to say that this ia a gift leas
often found among those who live in
the country than anywhere else. I see
a great many person* that talk about
the country a great deal indeed, but
they know very little about it with the
inward man. But to love it until, so
liciting it, it IOTCS jouj until when yon
go there the trees lay bare their shrines,
and bend and welcome yon, until na
ture herself peroeive* you and wants to
be the almoner of God's oounty— that
is a pleasure which we cannot expert
everybody to have. The New York
merchant ha* got to be worth several
hundred thousand dollars if be is going
into the eonntry to live and bea farmer.
He bnya a place, and I look over to see
what he does with it. He has been
reeding 1-ooks and taking advice from
men, and be begins on it to lay off his
ground and build fences, atone walls or
hedges, and be goes on to drain it and
square it up and deepen it, and to buy
manure infinite and transport it with
out regard to eo*t to enrich the whole
soil, and be builds a fine barn and then
a fine Loose, and at last to slick up
everything around about Idm; and
when he lias got to that point naiuru
lets go of him, and he yawn* and begin*
t# be restless, for be hsa nothing more
to do. The fact is he has been mechan
ical, and the ouly thing in nature is that
it gives him something to do, and so at
last he sells the place for about one
half what he gave for it, und gees back
to the eitj and says, "Yon tell me
about farming, I hsve tried that; I
know what that ia."
light-Holism.
Moat of the light-houses in the D. S.
are on barren, dvsolate., and exposed
points of the coast. In some of them
the keepers cau not communicate at all
with the shore during the winter
months, and in such caaea supplies of
all kiuds for the light* and the keepers
must be accumulated beforehand. Ia
many fresh water for the keeper and
his family has to le caught in cisterns;
and there i an official circular to ligbt
kuept-r*. telling tbem how to avoid the
poisonous effect of the water dripping
from the leads of the light-bonaca by
putting powdered chalk into the cis
tern, and occasionally stirring it. In
many places it has been found that cat
tic, * at 11 acted to the light at night, de
stroved the strong-rooted grass which
holds down sand dunes, and thus ex
posed the light-house itself to destruc
tion ; and in such cases a considerable
area of land must be fenced in to ex
clude these beasts. On stormy nights
sea-fowl ore apt to dash themselves
against the lantern glasses. Winded
probably bv the glare of the lights,
and ail light-keepers are specially
warned in their printed instructions to
be on the watch for snoli an accident,
and extra panes of glass, fixed in
frames, are alwavs in readiness in every
light-house, to" substitute for those
which may thus be broken.
Wool and Silk Suits.
How to make spring costumes for
church, visiting, and brides' traveling
suite is the query of correspondents.
Pretty shades of gray, either the deer
hue, or the slate gray with blue tinges,
or the gteenish sage gray, are selected
for these; the skirt and sleeves are silk,
the over dr*s and flounce* are cash
mere or vigonia. A tasteful French de
sign for these has a sage gray silk
skirt, trimmed with a straight vigouia
flounce three fingers deep in front, and
much deeper behind. The lower edge
has a bias green velvet band two inches
wide, while the tipper part is sewed
down twice in revere pleats that form
a puff. The long apron over-skirt of
vigogne, corded on the edge writh vel
vet. lias the front breadth buttoned
down each seam by liuge buttons in
velvet-bonud button-holes ; it has two
narrow side gores and a full back
breadth, is draped high by a green
velvet bow on the left, and hangs long
on the lsft. The English basque of
cashmere, corded with green velvet,
has silk sleeves with velvet cuffs, and a
velvet Medici* collar. Au extra gar
ment worn over this is a sleeveless
loose jncket, quite long, with a pointed
velvet hood, side pockets, and a breast
pocket.
Russian Young Men.
After the attainment of his fiftoeuth
year no Russiau subject is permitted to
emigrate before noquitting himself of
his military liability. Upon the attain
ment oi the twentieth year all Rnusian
subjects become liable to serve in tlie
army. A certain number not determin-
H! lieforeliand and variable at pleasure
will be freed from tbo obligation every
vear. Byway of selecting those who
lire to be benefited by this provision,
the young men who have attained their
twentieth year will draw lots. The
drawing of lota and the enrolment of
recruits will be held annually in Euro
pean Russia between tlie 13th and 27th
of December, and in Asiatic Russia be
tween October 27th and January 12th.
FOB INSECTS.— AIum water applied
hot is said to destroy red and black
cockroaches, spiders, and all the crawl
ing pests that infest our houses. The
alum water should be applied with a
brush to all wood-work where insects
are suspected. Powdered alum or bor
ax is useiul fei travelers to carry with
them, to scatter around where they
suspect there may be troublesome visi
tors.
UaM fif latwal
niit fft* hu abolished solitary impri*-
•
grangs societies.
There ate $,090 pofeeaional thievee
its New York city.
Paper M a building malerW baa be
comv a great atteoMa. |
A trend oootoat if poaeibl*, for von can
never b sure bow a content will and.
The doctor', work Alia tlx fnnt of
ground, but the dtt4a4'a Alia an
sober.
Tba State of Penoeylvaina baa a val
aation of seven thonaand millions of
dollar*.
llocbcfort propose# when be g*U hie
pardon to eone to Araerio* and start
a daily paper.
The narrow way of Ufa in broad
©trough for mm who carefully, fontly,
, evenly walk in it
ijffsarw'ttir?as
emme da la erama.
it ia a proverb in th© Wert that it ia
naaring to torn praina into timber than
tins bar inks prnirie.
| • A beautiful woman, said Fontenelle,
i is tba Jsurtratory of the parte and tba
paradiae of the f J*.
Stanley now declare# that ha did find
UrZZne, and ft I- import*]* U
prove that be didn't.
I Tba gloriona aongtrtar of tba Soothmrii
' forest*, tba mocking-bird. ia aaid to ba
in danger of extirpation.
The Wieeonain State Grange ia in
rert gating it. ex-Heerelaiy ■ allegad
little joba in stotionety;
Tba game law of Missouri forbids
the destroying of buds' naeta, but baa
no peutertoo for tba bird*.
People wb don't know anything
about it predict a eklyaiuMner. Peo
ple who do know, knap quiet
Jiaw Garden Bennet, proprietor of
i ike Saw York Jleratd, baa jrtven $50,0U)
5 to the poor of Saw Tork City.
There am fewer lawauil# among fann
er* now than aver before, which abowa
that thaw ia more intelligence.
Tba Athenian# would pnt a boy to
death for kfllfcg a bird, beeaoaa tba
act indicated a cruel disposition.
An Indiana nun hn marriad and
buried three siatera, and ia now proa
peetiog for another family to entomb.
The Communist platform ia pithily
expressed at foUowa : " Every man
1 who aavea money muat be made to
divide with thorn who have aaved
UOM-*'
Qaaan Victoria telegraphed that
M her heart blad for the afflicted pa
; MSL when be learned that Captain
Charteris had been 'rilled in the Aaban
tea war.
The following qovation ia rropertfulty
addressed to the clergy : Whether a
tteraon wboaita in the gallery of the
church ia respeueibl* fur dead* dona in
j the body ?
The radical* of Borne are urging that
th church building* ol the city, monu
ment* of all kinds, and the Vatican
library and gal tones be taken poaea
aion of by the State.
It has been calculated that in Eng
j land the locs el cattle from di*< aae*
propagated bv the introdaetog of for-
I etgn animal* "baa bean fully $25,000,000
(or each of tba last thirty year*.
An editor, who .peaks with the air #f
a man who ha* discovered a new fact
by experience, aaya that the new way
. to prevent bleeding at tba noaa ia to
: keep your noae out of other people •
b Mines*.
Grand Master Adam*, of the Patrons
of Husbandry, aaya that epeeulatore,
demagogues, .mall politicians, grain
buvers, and cotton (actors, are inter
ested in agriculturists only as the hawk
ia interested in the sparrow.
Happy indeed are they whose inter
course with the world ha* not changed
tba toneof the holier feeling*, or broken
those musical chord, of the heart whose
vibration* arr so melodious, *o tender,
and tooching in the evening of age.
Aurora, Indiana, i* a very particular
town in some respects. For iu*tanca,
i if a stranger stop* there over twenty
four honr he ia waited upon and most
prove that ha in not likely to become a
county charge or they will make hitn
leave.
Two data are given from which to es
timate the value of a fowl for the table
or market A table fowl should be all
breast, with short limb# and small
bone ; also, fowl* are in perfection for
the table only before they hare attained
maturity.
U Philadelphia will have several new
hotels in time lor the Centenaial, one of
which will be on Arch street. It w pro
' posed to transform a row of private
1 dwelling* on Walnut street into one
' huge bote!, but property-holders in the
neighborhood don't like the idea.
Panic! Webster once said to an as
piring bai model young lawyer, who
expressed his apprehension that th
profess*— was over-crowded: "My
young friend, there ia always plenty of
room at the top "-a wise observation,
which appbe* to all professions and all
; aorta of bnsineea.
China is offered an outlet for its sur
plus population, and, notwithstanding
' it. teeming millions, the .apply is like
lv to be exhausted before the demand.
It is proposed to build the Canadian
- IVtfie Railroad with Chi*#*© labor.
The average temperature is about thirty
degrees below xaro.
The Sioux City (la.) Journal says :
" Last winter the aggregate number of
prairie chickens shipped from Sioux
Citv to the Eastern market was about
25.000. Thus far the present season
there have be— ova* 55,000 purchased
by onr dealer*. The ruling price is
Jrom $3.90 to per doxen.
The Sen Francisco Alia says: It don't
i cost much to got to California now.
Emigrant train* on the road carry pas
sengers for S6O, currency; the ocean
route, via Panama, has been reduced to
I f 110 and SIOO in the cabin, and SSO in
the steerage, all currency. Round cabin
tripe are announced for S2OO.
A Nevada Judge, after ywjory had
i been ituptOflM and MMol ready to
proceed, pulled out a revolver aad ju-
I tlioially remarked, " If any man go*a to
, frolicking around in this court room
during the trial of this cause I shall in
terrupt him in hia career." The strict
est decorum prevailed in that oourt
room.
The latest addition to the conveni
ent*** of the fashionable ehurch is a
dressing-room for wedding parties.
According to th© report of a wedding
oerenionv which recently took place in
New York, the vestibule waa furnished
for the occasion with mirrors, table#,
chairs, brushes, powders, and hair
! pins."
A young lad fell into anind-pnddle
off a curbstone in Detroit the oiher
day, and he was howling and wailing,
when another boy oame along, and re
marked : • Humph 1 gnete I wonldn t
howl jut because I iell in ttye mud.
! " Tliat hain't what I'm howling about,
1 blubbered the boy. " I'm crying 'cause
my brothel is sick."
A very promising young journalist
remarks*that "when an enthusiastic
editor describes a bride as bonny, and
an envious compositor sets her up as
I bony, as was done at Jacksonville, the
other day, hope for a season bids the
I I world farewell, and freedom shriek, as
the compositor f alia at his form, brained
' by th© brother of the blooming bride.
Tennyson writes to one who had
tampered with his verse : " J object
I to variorum readings. When the oar
penter has made his table, why should
we treasure the chips ? and when poems
1 have been rejected, why not •tet them
be rejected f And as for biographical
illnat rations, it seems to me that these
( had better wait till my death.",
; Epicures who indulge in pate de chat
• gras stewed cat with mushrooms —and
> other fine delicacies, should take warn
i ing by the fate of a young Parisian
i • who, according to a French journal,'was
■ recently brought to a sick bed and al
t most died from having eaten pfrt of a
r cat which had eaten a rat which had *-
■ oeDtly swallowed some food miked with
poison.