To Spring. 11 0 lli on with dewy look*, who look est down Through the clear window* of th morning, tnrn Thine angal ere* apon oar wectem We Whiah in full choir hails thy anwoaah, O Spring ! Tits hill* tell each other, and the listening Valley* hear ; all our longing eye* are turned Up to thy bright pavilion* ; taan* forth And let thy holy feet viait onr cUmo. Coma oV the eastern hills, and let onr winds Kins thy perfumed garment*; let ne taato Thy mom and evening breath; aoatter Uiy pearl* Upon onr lovesick land that mourn* for thee. Oh. deck her forth with thy fair finger* ; pour Hiyaoft ki**en on her brow ; and pot. Thy golden crown upon her languished head. Whore modem trente* were bound up fot IkM." Twenty Frog*. Twenty froggiea went to school, Down beside a ruahy (toot; Twenty little coat* of green. Twenty vest* ail white and clean. " We mutt bo in time,'* eaid they; *• First we *tndy. then wo play; That is how we keep the mlo When we froggiea go to school." Matcr Bullfrog, grave and *ten. Called the classes in their turn; Taught Uiern how to nobly strive, Likewise how 'o leap and dive; From his seat uixhi the log. Taught litem how to say. "Kcr-chog !* Also how to dodge a blow From the sticks which bad boys throw. Twenty ftoggtea grew np fast; Bullfrog* they became at last; Net one dunce among the lot. Not one lesson they forgot; lVUished in a high degree. As each froggie ought to be; Now they ait on other logs Teaching other htUs frog*. THE 0U CLOCK. The ancient clock in Ddeon l>an rolph's old-fashioned kitchen was alowly chiming Die hour of nine. It was 110 amort toy, no trifle of or alalias tn, but a tail, hjiuuv, solid relio of tlu> last century, looking not unlike a cofflu euit act on end, iu the corner—a clock that had lasted through four genera tions. and judging from ippetnseM was quite likely to last through several mom. Deacon Danrolph cherished the heir loom with a sort of pride which lie liim aclf would scarcely have confessed to. There was a great, ruddy A*® of nut logs iu the red brick-paved fire place, and the candles in the highly pol tahed brass sticks were winking merrily from the high wooden mantle, where they shared the post of honor with a curious sea-shell and a couple of vases, each containing a fresh usage orange, from the hedge that skirted the clover field behind the barn. At the window, a curtain of gaudy chiutx >i*it out the tens of thousanils of stars that were aliiniug so brightly ou that frosty autumnal night, and ou the coxy rug of p&rti-colored rags a con tented tortoise-shell cat purred away the slowly lapsing minutes. Hut the tortoise shell eat was not the only inhabitant of the snug kitchen. "Will," said Doddie Danrolph, de cidedly, 44 if you don't behave yourself, 111" What she would do Doddie did not say; the sentence was terminated by a laugh tliat act the dimples round nor mouth in motion, just as a beam of June sunshine plays across a cluster of red ripe cherries. Doddie Danrolph was just seventeen, a plump, rosy girl, with jet hair, brushed back frvm a low forehead, and perfectly arched eyebrows, that gave a bewitching expression to a pair of melting hazel eyes. She wis rather dark, but the severe critic would not have found fault witli the peachlike bloom upon her checks, ami the dewy rod of nor full, daintily curved lips. Evidently Mr. William Cab book was quite satisfied with Doddie's stvle of beauty. " Come, Dodiiie," raid \Y'ill, moving liis chair where he could best watch the flush of the fire-light upon her face, aud picking up the thread of tliecunvcrsrtion where he ha.l dropped it when it became necessary for Doddie to bid him 44 be have himself "--"you might promise. It'a nine o'clock, and your father will soon bo home," 41 What, Will f" said Doddie, de murely, lining a square of ml ia her patchwork, and intently observing the effect. 44 Nonsense, Doddie ! Ton know what Terr welL Promise to marry me before Christmas. I tell you what, Doddie, it is all very well for you to keep putting it off, but i can't stand it What with your father's forbidding me in the house, and that romantic Stanley's coming every Sunday night"— Doddie gave her pretty head a toss. 44 As if Mr. Stanley's coining here made anv difference in my feelings, Will!" 44 No; but Doddie, it isn't pleasant, you know. I'm as good a man as Tom Stanley, if I don't own railroad shares and keep an acronnt at tlm Hamilton vilie bank ; and I love you, Doddie, from the very bottom of my heart! Now this matter lies between you and me only; no other person in the world has a right to interfere between us. Come, promise me." He held lx>th her hands in his and looked earnestly into the liquid, hazel eyes. 44 Do you love me, Dod die <" " You know I low yon, Will," " Them we may just as well—hush ! what's that noise i" There was a portentous sound at < trow ing bolts and rattling latches in the porch room beyond—a scraping of heavy boots along the floor. Doddie rose to her feet with sadden scarlet suffusion on her brow and cheek. "O Will, it is father !" " Suppose it is !" " But he mustn't find you here, Will! Hide yourself somewhere, do!" " What nonsense, Doddic 1" said tlje young man, resolutely standing his ground. " I haven't como to steal hi* spoons. Why should I creep away like a detected burglar t" " For rny sake, Will! O, Will, if you ever loved me, do as I say ! Not in tliat closet, it is close to li s bcd-rooin ; not through that window, it's nailed down tight ; he's coming! Here, Will, quick!" In the drawing of a breath, she had pbshed William Cabboek into the square pendulum case of the tall old clock and turned the key on him. It was not a pleasant place of refuge, inasmuch an hi* shoulders were squeezed on either side, and his head fiattwd against springs and wheels above, and the air was un pleasant and close ; but Will made the best of matters, and shook with snti pressed langhter in the solitaiyprisou cell. "Well! a jolly scrape to bo in," thought Will, "and not knowing when I'll be ont of it Doddie's a shrewd little puss, however, and I can't do bet ter than to leave matters in her hands." "So you haven's gone to lied yet, Doddie t" said Deacon Danrolph, slowly unwinding the two yards of woolen scarf with which he generally encased his throat on an evening. "Not yet, father," said Doddie, pick ing up her scattered bits of patchwork with a glowing cheek. " Did you have a pleasant meeting?" " Well, yes," qucth the deacon, re flectively, sitting down before the fire, greatly to Doddie's consternation— she had hoped he would have gone to lied at once, according to his usual cus tom—"it was tol'bly pleasant. Elder Huskier was there, and Elder Hopkins —and—well, all the'ehurch folks pretty much. Why, how red your cheeks are, Doddie! Tired, ain't yon? Well, you needn't set up for me, my dear ; it must bo getting late." The deacon glanced mechanically up at the clock. Doddie felt the blood grow ing cold in her veins. V Twenty minutes past nine—why, it must be later than that! Why, laud o' Canaan, the old clock lias stopped." The old clock hail stopped; nor was it at all wonderful under the circumstances. " I wound it up this mornin', I'm sartin," said tho deacon, very much disturbed. "It never aarved me such a trick afore, all the yean it's stood there. Your Aunt KKED. KTJRTZ, Editor and l'ropriotor. VOL. VIII. J.me used to ssv it was a sign of death or marriage in tho family before the year was out." There w.ts a supprtxKwxl sound like a chuckle Whiud tho clock ease a lhtacou 1 huimlph fumltlesl ou the shelf for the ohxtk key. " These springs must Ih< out of order somehow," tug. Dodtlie fidgeted uneasily alxmt tho room, straightening table covers, setting Iwvck chairs, ami thinking —oh, if ho would only go to bod ! As he mat there his eyelids Wgau to drvxip ami his hciul to uod.'aomnoleutly. lKxt die's eyes brightened up with a sjiarkle something like hope. " Child," he said suddenly, straightening up in the MitT liack cliair, " you'd better go to bed. I'll sit tip a while longer till the logs burn out. ' 4 'But, fatlier, I'm n>t sleepy." 44 Oo to lied, my child!" reiterated the deacon, witli a gixxl humored authority , to brvx>k no opposition; and Doddie crept out of the room ready to cry witli anxiety and mortification. 41 If Will will only keep quiet a little while longer," alio thought, sitting ou the stairs, while the moon streamed in chilly splendor. 4 * Father deeps so soundly—and he is sure U> go to sleep iu his chair—l could just steal in and re lease him as quietly as jxjssible." She sat there, her plump tlugers inter laced, and her eyes fixed dreamily on the floor, while all tin* time her ears were strained to the utmost capacity to catch every sound in the kitchen beyond. Hark ! waa that the wail of the wind, or was it something to her literally 44 nearer and dearer." Yes; s!io could not le mis taken uow; it was actually a wore. Doddie ruse softly to her feet with re newed hope. Surely now was the ac cepted time. Noiselessly as tlio floating shadow she crossed the "liall, opened the kitchen door and stole across the creak ing Ixxirils of the floor. The reuuUe wero burnt out, but the shifting luster of the firelight revealed hex father mai ding before the fire with dosed eyes aud hands hanging at his aides. 44 He's certainly asleep," thought Dod die. With a heart that beat quick and fast, she drew the Key from lier pocket aud proceeded, in spite of the nervous trembling of her fingers, to lift it into the lock. So absorbed was she tlie.t she uever noticed the cessation of the heavy breathing—never saw the deacon start suddenly into wakefulness and look around him. Lovo ia blind, aiul it is equally true that it is deaf. The deacon rose quickly up with a shrewd twinkle in his eye% and Doddie gave a little frightened shriek, as a hand fell softly on her arm, possessing itself quietly of the key. 44 Lot me help yon," said the deacon. 44 Father, I—l have found the key," j faltered Doddie, 44 and " 44 Found the key!" returned the sur prised deacou. 44 Well, that's lucky; | and now we can find out what's the matter with the clock." Doddie's heart, throbbing so wildlv a moment ago, seemed to stand still as her father turned the key and opened tho door of the clock-case. 44 Hallo!" exdaimud the deacon, ns Mr. William Cabbock tumbled into the room. 44 So you was the matter with the clock, ch t" "Yes, sir," said Will, composedly. 44 1 hope I haven't seriously interfered witli the works of the clock." 44 You've seriously interfered with rae !" said the deneon, waxing indignant. 44 What do yon mean, sir, by hiding in my house like a thief?" "Indeed, indeed, father !" cried Dod die, bursting into tears, 44 it wasn't his fault. He did not wont to hide, but 1 put him there." 44 You did, eh ? And may I ask what for?" 44 Father," faltered Doddie, rather ir relevantly, 44 1 love him, anil—he lovi-s me!" 44 Is that any re.oii why ho shonld liide iu the clock-ease, miss ?" 44 No—but—father! Oh, father! I can never marry Mr. Stanley. He is so soft, and I" Doddie's tears finished the sentence for her. The deacon looked down (not unkindly) on her bowed lies*! and the tender arm tliat supported it. Ap- | jiarently, 44 the course of true love," roughly though it run, was overwhelming all his own worldly wise arrangements in its tide. 44 And so you two young folks really think you love each other?" said the deacon, meditatively. 44 1 love her with all my heart and soul, sir," said Will Cabbock earaostly. 44 I'm not rich, I know, but I can work for her!" . 44 And I can work for myself, too, father," interposed Doddie, with ryes that shone like softened stars. 44 And you said yourself, sir," went on Will, 14 that the stopping of Die clock meant either a death or a marriage. Of course we don't want any deaths, so don't you think the most sensible thing we can do is to help on a marriage as soon osixMsible?" The deacon laughed in spite of him self. "It is late," ho said, "Come around to-morrow morning, and we'll talk about it. No, Doddie, I'm not angry with you, child. I s'pose young folks will lie young folks, and there's no use tryin' to stop them." As tho deacon rehung the pendulum and set tho iron tongnc of the old clock talking again, Will Cab bock paused on the doorstep to whisper to Doddic. " What shall it be, Doddie, a death or a marriage?" And she in turn whispered : "A marriage, I hope." "My darling!" said Will, "it's worth passing a lifetime lie hind the clock-case to feel as I do now." Mrs. John Waclitol, an old resident of Lancaster, 0., some twelve years ago ran a needle into her breast and failed to have it extracted, as it never occasioned her either pain or inconvenience. A few days since, however, tho lady felt a strange pricking sensation in a bunion on one of her feet, and, upon examina tion, found tho m int of a needle pro truding from the excrescence. With but little trouble it was taken out, and it appears to be the same needle she lost in her breast a dozen years ago. THE CENTRE REPORTER. A Vermont Hear Nior). Wo Ami tho following in tint AtHtri ctm SiHirfsitHin : lkiui Bobbin* is a farmer by oeeapt thm, living in Winlutll, Vorniout, and, like many of tliat ck living in a far I wick settlement, luta a taste for H|>orl iug. w I licit lie indulges m opjHirlumty jicriiitta. Taking advantage >f ft Ann snow cru*t, ho loft hotne <* morning, aecow pam.xl by hi* two boy* ami dog', on tut excursion chiefly to gather spruce gotu, carrying an at for foiling trots*, also a gun" for a chance slnd at rabbits and grouse. They had boon *•* crul hours in tho wis sis, and had wcured a good lstg of gnm and gauto (no gum ganto), whon thoir attention was plainly culled by the peculiar and persistent barking of tho dog. (hi approaching ho was diaeovored at a hole in tlio snow hading to don twuoftth tlio roots of ft partly overturned tree, in which something poaaoasing life and motion was dmdv seen. A stick Uirowit into tho den canned its exx-upaut to change its position, but failed to dis close its iilontity. Hurtmsiug it to be a hedge hog, Paul dischargtsl the gnu loaded witli small shot tit random in the vlou. Scarcely lunl tho report died awny when, amid a sltowror of snow and crust, out rushed, not a hedge-hog, but a big Ihwt. Bruin, at Arwt, aeniisl eoinewhat confused at being thus rudely aroused from hiii winter slumbers, and for a mo ment stood irreeolute, then started oil a run as fast as his stilToned luulie jteruiit Uxl. Paul, too, was startled at the un expected result of his shot, but proved equal to the ocoasnm by springing U|xn tho animal's back, ax in hand, to dis patch him. As bruin started, the ihig— cur though ho was —made furious at tacks upou the dank ami rear, while his master, clinging with one liand in the long thick fur, rained down lusty blows on bruin's sconce (using the |xill of the . ax so as not to injure the pen) with tho other. What with the many and sudden turnings of the liear iu defending him- self from Die attack* of the dog, aud con tact witli brush aud tree, lHutl wu* many times unhorsed, but gamely held las grip mid an of ton recovered liin jxxatiou, ultimately administering tlie coup , jumped from the second outside gidierv of tho dome of the Capitol at Washington, and struck beadfaremoataa the roof of the main building, a distance of at bust 150 feet Ix-low. Of coiiroq he was killed iuxtuitly, Ids skill) being ter i ribly fractured. 11c leajx-d out so far as to almost clear the )>ediment of the cen tral portico. One of the Capitol police men recognized him as a po. rly dressed man who liad been about tho building several days, Mid who looked as if he was not altogether of sound mind. Tho mat tor created a great deal of excitement iu the CipitoL The terrific leap was wit nessed by a number of people who were looking out of various windows com manding n view of tho front part of tlie center building. Tho Ixxly was plainly visible on the ri*>f during the time that i elapsed before it eoulil be readied. Me Male HI luwl lx>eu studying at tho Baltimore Catholic College for the priesthood, but wis advised by his pre ceptors to return borne. Latterly he had Ixx-n working at the carpenters trade with his brothers, and left his residence on tho fatal day apparently in good levUth. The father, who wan before the j jury, was unable to account for his son's i conduct. Belter Thau His Master. Hero is a true and curious dog story. The other evening a reporter was going homo late at night in the midst of moat horrible weather, when lie overtook a drunken man trying to walk along. lie was followed by n mongrel our, who kept at his heels and wanned to stagger like his master. 'Die drunken man stopped and the dog liegnn to bito at hi* leg*. " Let me alone, will yon I" cried the drunkard, " I'm going on after a rest," but the dog continued to tug at his trousers. Die reporter to see the end <>f this curious scene. "Diere, there!" cried the mau at length. "I'm going on. You'll tear the breeches off me.'! He started, and tho dog trotted at his heels. After a few yards the drunk ard agnin stopped, and the same seono occurred, the dog growling and snapping until his master liegnn to go forward. Tho reporter went a mile out of his way to sec this intelligent dog take his master home, and saw him wag his tail with evident satisfaction as tho drunkard reeled over liis threshold. A Fatal Occupation. Die statement has l>een made by a Sheffield (England) physician, that the fork-grinders' employment is probably morn fatal to human life than any other pursuit in England. According to this authority, there are generally from eight to ten individuals at work in the room in which this industry is carried on, ami the dust which is created, composed of tine particles of stone and metal —tho grind ing being always performed 011 a dry stone—rises in clonds, and pervades tho atmosphere to which tho ojxwatives aro confined. The dust, which is thus every moment inhaled, gradually undermines the vigor of the constitution, and pro duces ]>ermanent disease of the lungs, accompanied by difficulty of breathing, cough, and a wasting of tho animal frame, often at the early ago of twenty five, and the average longevity of fork grinders is found not to exieod thirty years. An editor out West complains that the sheep hawked around that section for sale haven't fat enough on them to fur nish grease to lubrioate the ankle-joint of a mosquito. CENTRE lIALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1875. „ I- UHUiBII.IM l i. - . ~ ' — - *.■* S' . - , „ ••• .♦ - ■ *. . / 1 -■ '■ -: • v':~v - * > 1 - • . 4-\ - ' -r m ti [ | | ll tUt, I CONSDVATRr| I vJ PANTRY I Wij r "^.LI * J ( •"| n i m OWING ROOM "I j HALL I * 1 M r * L m _JLn ■ M " L0 " ■p- v m I ' f librarv fc tmmm mmmxsmp PORCH k !■ h J • ■ J A Pretty UesMsaee. Muali improvement hai been made in tho inbiMnnl design of new dwell ings in the country of late. In former days * house wna a bouse, uo matter how it was put together; hot nowaday* if n new house is built the matter must lx* considered carefully, the architect must bo consulted, ami wn if it is to be a clump house it must be a pretty one ami a convenient on a. It has been settled tliat to build a house prettily ami cou- TouieuU coats bo more thau to hare it put ether without taste ami with uo c •ouienoc in Unt arrangement*. A Village on Ire. V icliigan pajicr given the following description of an arctic aoeuc in that Skit*: " The present season is peculiarly cnlculabxl to encourage Uie tlsliing fci-: uesw ou the Kagiunu river and the l>ay. Not tunny men in Uiis region, whatever th ir p< notion or business, fool as if they could afford t > idle away the winter months, if anytliing con be found by which on ho:uwt ponnv can lie turned. GoamquenUy the tlsliing business has received nn unusual stimulus. To en gage regularly in tlsliing wiUi nets re quires more capital tlian i* to la- found lying around loose every ilay iu the lum ber regions. From 91,000 to 8&.000 may lie very readily put into nets and other articles of onttit, but to sjx*ar fish through th ico is a busine-m tliat may l*i taken up by even the iaiiHvunion* with little or no trouble. The *j*-ar cost* but a moderate sum, and nltuori any one can get a blanket or two. Then n nfionty is needed, to bo located on Uie ice in a couvt nicnt place, and to serve nan ali-l ter ami a resting place at night. To g< t up a shanty of common style re quires nlxuit lob foot of luilf inch match c iling. This make i a tight shnntv and msta only alsiut thns dollars at the planing mills. Then two dollar* more will furnish thclwlancc of tlie material, and a small stove can !*< added at light cost. It wall lie seen tliat the fisherman can fit himself out at very little expenae. If he has g**l luck ho may jmv for his entire outfit twice over iu a (lay's spoor ing. A gmit many sliontios are being added to the village on the ice of the Irny. Tlie floating settlement will doubt less lie much larger this winter tluiu ever ta'fore. In previous seasons, it will b remcml>er*l, the iuliabitanta of this vil lage on the ice were numerous nnd ambi tious enough to have a regular municipal organization, with a mayor, etc. Wo may oxjioet the arrangements of this kind the present season to lie nt least as complete as ever liefore. Tlio inevitabbi saloon was established in a convenient locality sonic time ago, and it would not t*i very surprising to hear that some ambitious fellow has erected a two story hotel in the icc villngc and was about to open it with a grand liull." A Broker's Loiter. There are some things thatare so good that they deserve to ho reprintod onco a year, and thai are always fresh at Hint. In this category we must class tho fol lowing letter which iuiri*>rt* to l>o tlio reply of a New York broker to the teach er of his sou, who had written to ask his preference in tho prescribed course of studies ; Hin: Yours to n'dA cont's noted. Don't want son to study str'n'iny. Twon't [my. No ships ruu'g to stars, and no prospect of it. All inwh, if 'twon't h'lp trade. Also stop Latin ft Greek. BoyTl kick np as such L't'n words as [ncen noticed until the present year. The present epidemic commenced alxmt the middle of last December, ninety six persons dying of it during tho week end log December 80th. j The accompanying illustration shows a view of a very desirable brick cottage, well suited fur a suburlvut or farm house. ; The first story pbui cnutaiun hall, |*ar ; lor, dining room, conservatory, kitchen, I >autry, etc. The aroond contain • three chambers, btxlrooia, ktUi Mom, ami ample supply of closets. We are in debted to Modus. A. J. llickucll A Co., j "ii Warren street. New York, publisher* lof the Village lluUdrr, Willi supple ment, which contains tlie elevations, i plans, full s|ecirtmtions, form of cun : tract, from which the design tuts been I executed. I'riiU of the Sound. One dues not iiave to go down to aoa to encounter perils. During the late "term the propeller Woodward was caught in the ice iu Long Inland sound, and run on to a ledge at Falkner's island, on the Connecticut coast. Tho dinrp point of tlie rock crumbed through the hu:l ami held tlie vassal tightly fixed upon the reef. The crow escaped to tlic island, hut the next morning returned to tlie steam er. Then tlie storm came on again ami they could i"it reach Uc shore. There una nothing on I*surd to cat, and tlie •longer of being overwhelmed and crushed by the ice. wlucli had pikd up on the roef to Uie windward to tlie height of ten feet, became every mo ment more imminent. Tlic men tried twice to launch tin ir boat and return to the shon*. but their efforts were frus troted by the ilasliing warns. OapL llrooks from Uu> lighthouse saw the peril of tbeerow, and adopted speedy measure* for tlieir rmcnc. His two daug!iters, Mary and Nanuie, aged eighteen and twenty years, cauiu nobly to the rescue with the spirit of s genuine Ida Lewis. Tliey nidixl their father in dragging the heavy lifeboat from Uie op posite side of the island over to th< shore nar the wreck. Although the mercury was at scro, with a biting northeast wiml tliat the luirdv seamen were scarcely able to withstand, the two young ladies bravely belpcil to Ixsr the I mat over the ice cakoa to the open water, where it could lc launched. A rope ami thrown to the ship and made fast to the deck ami also m cured on shore, ami by its aid tho lioat was rowed over the stormy waves to the vessel's side. The sailors were all taken off, and the lifolmat re turned in the same manner. All were completely exhausted u hen they arrived jon the islaml. lint for the noble efforts of C'spt. llrooks' family tho crew must have perished. Tlie ilav endoil witii a terrible snow storm, 'rhe sncccciiing hiy the weather was Hue, and Clapt. Ilrooks succeeded in getting word to the mainland by means of his solar tele graph, an instrument used by lighthouse keepers in conveying messages over short distances upon the wnter. It is simply a small looking-glass swung upon a frame, ami when worked it is placed near the ground, so as to catch tlic reflec tion of the sun nn l flash it across to tho operator on tho fii re. Rv the number und charm U r < f those flashes the moan ing of the message is understood. Aid waa promised from the mainland ns soon I as the sea would jwrmit. The Island of Madagascar. The Queen of MidngiMW is stated to linve lately issued a proclamation order ing the enfranchisement of all persons enslaved since Juno 7th, 1805, " the year in which the convention with my cousins was completed." Tho proclamation further Rtatea tliat if such slaves desire to remain in tho country they arc at lil>erty to do NO a free citizens; if they desire to return whence they wore brought., they can do so; and any one retaining them contrary to their will, after this notice, will inenr a penalty of ten yearn in irons. Homo renders may find it convenient to lo reminded Unit Mmlagasoar is a great ialawilr with an area estimated nt 225,0t#f square milea—more tluui four times nA large as England—lying to tlic southeast of the African continent. Very little is known of its early history. ft was not until IHIO, when Uie influence of one of its potentates grew predomi nant, that the island became commercially important to other countries. In 1810 the English entered into a treaty with lUdaina, King of tits Hovas, against the slave trao strangled iu the following year, when he was suc ceeded by his wife, who, with the Prime Minister—her husband—and a numlier of leading men, were baptized iu 180'.), und in the same year tho chief idol wan burned. PIIK XEW I'SITED KTATES HESATK. lul> Our I urri—l'allllral Nl*tui of Ike i .HrwlHSk 'file eleetion of a Unite J HtatnsHeua j or by the Legislature of Minnesota, vuupfcte* the list of memU-nt of the I ioiuite of Um Forty-fourth (kmgresa, | vitli the exception Of one dmiuiU-.i seat i rum Ismisiana, claimed by Mr. l*inch- , ack. Hie complete list is given la-low, ' he names of ltupublieaus beuig printed u rountn, l>i uns-raU in itaUm, and all j •therw, including Intsiral Republicans, ' [mlepeutleiit lb-pul ilicaua, and Anti | iloiio)>olirts, in is kali. cAJ'tTAis: THE SENATE. .Terui Mid*. MMWM'M. TV. Utrl* I*, lb, if. VI. rcnru M. CuthnU. ) KMitU**.*. TV. ITtlu. W lliltUucA. 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H .<•*. . 7T. Kli Sa* l*tmi p. •1. IDmmm P. Ibipanl. 1, Maami b I'ouw*. t. ctkarlf IT. J.. ttHIMIU. TT. nuwwi* X. .V.raawL TV. *J>m V-nkm. auiuw. "TT. John A. U*w. I*. 4. Offlmby. IWKUt. "TV. (Kim 11.I 1 . Rcrfc*. HI. k K. IO*. "TT. OmrseC. Wri^tat. TV. WUitaui . AUi*J*. ■n. jWM H*tunr "TV. John 4. Ib|>lh. * M. -*. TT. J An If. *>■■■*. •■. T A gn . r N.Oaery. |GlUi>!. "TT. 4. tttat. TV. A *n*nc. *!, TV. UK M MurriJl. W. MsneiWl llmlih. M!IIU(1>. TV. ti*mrpe H. INnnln TU. M M. /'-.—i.w t'Ajrfr. aowvctmi. TT. irnxf" A llo(*U. VU U I Mti'Mtu**, TT. Thi-mm W. Perry. IST. luu I*. CmiuTtKn StalMOTt. rr. wriia.a. vru,i.. W. b. 4. K MrUUtu. SMaKIM. TT. 4*u U AWurau U. buacU X. ttrocr. | wwun. J\-ri)r-UiMl FortrJottith i vzigrtas. OoagtSM. RrpublK-51rt............ M 41 limuma ........SO SO IndojiraJmU .... . ....... i * l ................... I 1 UuutsrbU for Saturday Mffht. The beginning of things is in our own power, but the cud thereof rente Hi at Ood'a disposing. There is a trail seeodant pom in ex ample. We reform others unconsciously when we sralk uprightly. It requires lews piety to speak mil hour oti a oouvciitiun platform than to visit the tenement house of the poor from cel lar to garret. it was the cry of a dying man, whose life had lawn poorly spent: " Oh, that my inltMwt could be gathered up and buried with me!" A Is-anU/ul answer was given by a little Scotch girl. When her class in school was examined, alic replied to the question, " What i patience f" '* Wait a wee, and dinua wisn." Slander is a poison which extinguishes charity, Itoth in tle slanderer and iu tlic jieraon who listens to it; so that a single calumny may prove fatal to an infinite number of souta, ainoc it kills not only those who circulate it, but also all th me who do not reject it.— St. HrmartL The first yifii* of every man's business or professional life are yean id educa tion. Tliey are intended to bo in tlie onlcr of nature and Providence. Door* do not o}wn to a man until he is pre jmrol to enter them. Tho man ritbuat a wedding garment way get in soircpti tions y, but he immediately goes out witli a Ilea in his cor. We think it is tlie cijeriraon of must successful men who have watched tlie course of their lives in retrospect, that ■lwumv thy have arrived at a point where they were thoroughly prepared to go up higher, the door to a higher place lias swung back of itself, and they liave heard the call to cuter. The old die, or voluntarily retire for rosL The boat men who stand roadv to take their places will succeed to their position and ita honors and emoluments.— lfr. Holland. John Xltrbcl and Ir. Kcaealy. J. hu Mitchel and Dr. Kcncaly liave been clccbsl to Uie British Pari lament. These events, say* the New York Herald, will canoe great excitement in Kiigland, and the election of Mr. Mitchel will command attention everywhere, as it involves constitutional questions of deep importance. Dr. Kcncaly, who is so well known ns the counsel for the claim ant in the Tichlwinic case, was chosen from Ktokc-on-Trent by a majority of two thousand—an unexpected victory for a man who has so lately been driven ont of his profession; bat Mr. Mitchel's triumph is for more startling. Dr. Kenedy has sought from Uie people a vindication from the accusations of his follow barristers; but Mitehol lins poalod against the sentence of the Crown itself. His election to the House of Commons from Tipporarv, without op position, appears to be understood by the English government as a detlance. Mr. Dyke moved in the English House for oopies of all the documents connected with the trial nod conviction of John Mitehol in 1 BIS, and with his escape from Van Diamau's Lsmd. This motion wn adopted by a vote of ono hundred and seventy-four to thirteen, and the debate shows tlint the government is determined to regard him as an escaped felon, and to deny on that ground his eligibility to election. I n execution of this policy Mr. Disraeli moved that a new writ of election be ordered for Tipj>erary comity. lloth rases are singular examples of the way tho whirli gig of time brings about its roveng .*, and their progress will l>e watched with as much interest in Araerion as in Ireland or England. The Vesper Hell. To the traveler in Spanish America the striking of the vesper liclls exrrciaos a potent charm. As the usage requires every one to halt, no matter where ho may be, at tiio first stroke of tho tiell, to interrupt his conversation, however im port ruit, and listou without stirring until Uic conclusion of the chime, tho singu larity of a whole population surprised in a moment as it cornea ami goes, held in a stab' of petrifaction, and paralysed as if by an encounter, may IK imagined. Ou every aide you we gestures interrupted, months half opened for the arrested ro mark, smiles lingering or passing into an expression of prayer; you would fancy them a nation of statues. A town in South America at the tinkle of the Angelas resembles the city in tho "Arabian Nights" whose inhabitants arc turned into stones. The magician hero is tlic boll ringer; but hardly has tho vibration ceased when a universal mur mur orison from these thousands of op pressed lungs. Hands meet hands, question seeks answer, conversations re sume their course; horses feel tho loosened bridle and paw the ground; dogs Irnrk, babies cry, the fathers sing, tho mothers cluitter. Tho accidental turns thus given to conversation are many. Terms: 02.00 a hTear, in .A-dvanoe. TIIK It KB HAS. Aa Barters Vtvwr "f M l" aa* Ms PaaL il*—lluw Iks Nw Trtfcc* Orssais*. Tlwi New York lYitwnr lias • chapter on the ml mm of til" Weak It goes ■ on Ui allow all that ia done for Uie In dians and thm tall tts: lie complain* that there ia not enough of him, and that he cannot repeat aa lie would. A noble Bkiux, for instance, whose abac* of lite appropriation, l*-fore it goes through tJie usual sweating process, is about sufficient to support a aniali family iu Madison avenue, ftada that when the Isjmity which this great and glorious government gives him for Itciug red in oolor, and handy with hair, and wearing only nc gar ment, machos him, it will hardly buy a drink of the oomiuouret whisky. Ho he moves away and otwauituw amtther tribe. The DcjiarUnent of the Interior hecr* of his lisaatisfaction and forthwith mnds a commission out to meet him and nugo tiato with him. Discovered in the stage of intoxication, at which the unsgina lion is moat active and numbers arc of small consequence, lie answers mathe matical conundrum* in the large way of a lord of the soil. The d-j mtmenl recognises him aa a tribe and calls liim, for instance, the Teton Hto x. He say* there are ! ,400 lodges of him. The de partment at once estimates eight soul* to a lodge and compntre him at 11,200. What could the department do then but tutk for an appropriation of #500,000 for him? The amount waa voted. Parti'a were ant ot from the .L-jmrtment to find this Teton Bums and prearat him, ou behalf of the government, with #500,- (100, leas mileage and expenaea of the commission. The expedition failed. The Teton Hi.mx. Who waa 11.200, had gone away, and the committor, which ootupriarj some of tiie beat talent in the •teparlßMnL could not find him. They found another one, however, who waa reasonably aolter, and waa only about 6,000 Teton Hitmx. They came back tuid made an appttqwiaUuti of #200,000 to him, and sent it to him by the usual channel*. Nothing has since been heard •if him, but it is supposed that ha got tired, aa well of being ao many a* of waiting ao long, and suffered absorption into some tribe, or |M>rhapa a aea change into aometiiiug rich and strange. N'oth tng ao kindlo* the enthusiasm of the In tarior department aa the knowledge that a Teton Hiuux is wandering through Montana or Dakota in a stato of savage unrest. Immediately a committor from the department goes for the Teton, find* him nomadic and discontented, says to liim, " How many art thou, O Teton t" and con j urea him by hia expectation of a bulge in the liappy hunting ground* to enter into a treaty and consent to aecept an appropriation from the government. 1 laving i ibbuii'd hi* reluctant emu* til to receive aid from the oppressor, tbo de partment get* an approjiriatiaa and di vide* it among deserving persona. Who would not, under such tiirum stanoca, be an Indian—or at least an In •lian agent I Who would not unite with the poet in the aspiration, " I want to be an Indian and with the Indiana stand I" Let tut mourn that the red men are dis appearing from the whiakv shops of the frontier, but let us give the Indian agent* tiie credit they deserve for mak ing the most of them while they re- Value of Mineral Predarts. The aggregate value of all the miner als mined in the whole world amount at preaeut to $1,000,000,000 per year ; of this coal alouc is worth nearly two third*, aav, #606,000,000; tiie rest one third, or' about #383,000,000. Gold standa at the bead of the list, the value of this metal mined |r year beiugabout #100,000,000; next is iron are, being at pn-sMit #70,000,000; bat of no mineral is the production ao Largely increase*] sa Hurt of iron, and it will sotm surpass in value tit*; of gold. It has incresed during the last seven years from eight een to twenty-eight, whilo coal ha* in creased from eighteen to twonty-five, and gold remained aliout as it waa. Hie production of steel increased from eighteen to fifty-four, proving the prog roas of industry in general in whicn steel is the main agent. A Kaow Palace. . At Uie Clipper Gay hay-yard, in a Nevada city, a number of l*>yahave beeii at work for* two or three day* in tttnuel ng into a large snow bank. In the cen ter of Uu* thev hAvo excavated n large chamla-r. Aifjoiniug thia ore halls and galleries, and in these are nunu-rou* windows in the ohape of port hole*. The outside of tiie drift ha* beeu hewn into idiape, and altogether the palace is a very ckborate and complicated affair. A grand reception and concert waa given in the palace, the interior of which was brilliantly lighted up with canules placed in a candelabra formed of anow. The palace and the entertainment attracted s great number of spectator*. Egg*. An English paper very considerately recommend* an increased consumption of eggs as food. It says; Excellent sandwiches may be made of hard-boiled eggs and browu bread and butter; eggs *prond on t<*t are fit food for kings; a poached egg—that is, one dropped from the sliell into hot water—is not only clean and luuidsome, bats delieiou* mor sel ; egg* are Utter flavored without salt or pepper, a little* sweet butter being the liest dressing; jw.raon* who est eggs freely may live to the age of eighty or ninety; and hiatly, egg* contain mtveh phosphorous, and ore the bet food for those persons who ore deficient in brains. A Madman ou Trial for Mnrdrr. Solomon Hpyer was arraigned some time ago for killiug George How in tho insane department of tho almshouse, in Philadelphia, on November 5, 1874. A pit a of insanity was entered, and a jury, which was impaneled in tho case, wns sworn to pass upon that question, the killing not Wing denied. Physicians and employe** of the almshouse testified that the defendant was an inenrahle mania*', and had been insane for ten years. The jury found tho accused to bo of nnaound mind, and tiro judge ordered his removal to tho State lunatic asylum. liabilities of Married Women. The New York Assembly lias panned tho bill providing for rights and liabili ties of married women. This, it is pre sumed, will do away with mnch of tho frauds committed by husbands in put ting forward their wives an cloaks to cover tricky business operations. The act as panned provides that every married woman shall be liable on oontrnct, obli gation or conveyance made and executed by her, nnd may sue and be sued and proceeded against in all the courts of the State as fully ami in the name manner and with like force and effect as if she wire unmarried. A little girl about nine years old, in Detroit, having her father's dinner pail on her ai m, when a man gave a pull at the long braid of her hair hanging down her l>aek. "Did you do that, sir ?" she exclaimed, whirling around. Ho ad mitted that ho did, nnd nho continued, "May be you don't know who I am, sir. I'm engaged to Jack Thompson, sir, and we're to bo married in nine years, sir!" NO. 11. EHTIMATKM AXD EXPEHDITtR^ KlfinwUltMk; ifce %*!• ef twf>#m mliirr mm I .1 Ifcr I all** WMn lIMM. Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, chairman of the oucatutlUw on appropriations, made general statement * fco tlio impropria tion bill*. He reminded the Hons* that iu sitecch made by him on the Mb of Mirth taut he estimated the total ess- j tMHuaa of the year at $270,000,000, and ha was gr*Uli< d to be aid* to aay, on locking over the analysis of appropri* tions made lv the Hcretanr of the trm utay, and adding to them toe permanent appropriations for hist ywr, that the total amount waa #BTO,2I-~uot quite a qnarterof a million more than tin i ntimate of what he believed the ex ! peoditorte ootdd be mlneed to. H< also retailed the fact that on the 2Sil of _ Jane last, whim he prvqpntad the bat of the appropriation talk, he gave a sum mitry of the amount appropriated in the twelve regular toßa, not counting the W00.000.000 NavalEm*fg®rv bfll, and •Anted that they made about $26, {>4,000 . titan the tame bilk of the preceding year ; and that on the whole a redaction if th- • aural expanses of tbo govern stent had been made of about 825,iki0, - '<)•. lltat statement had been v.-ry , generally eritkiwd, both in the Ruuae and In toe public proas. The statement < of the Bocrobury of the Treasury allowed , a rod notion of not quite #20,000,000, but . there wore three j)nta of dtflhreuee to which be called attention. An item of i #£,200,000 appeared in the bills of last ytar, which had not appeared before, ex otpt in pefmaneot appropriations, being the expenses of the national kan, whim #2,250,000 was itself a reduction of #590,000 from the uaooiit expended for the same purpose the previous year. The Secretary had also included the #4,00*1,- ! 900 Naval Emergency bill and #2,184,000 i of relief acts, of vhidi he had stated dis tinctiy he could not tell the amount ! Putting all these elements together the Secretary' statement came within about i half a million of hia own. He thought, therefore, in view of all the facta, and tiie statement having been hurriedly made in the last moments of d>* session, tiist there had been no ground for the criticisms tnode upon his spoedh, or on (lie estimates then made that they were intended for political effect. It had also been suggested last session that cat ting down of appropriations would sun ply result in a large deficiency bit at til is session. He bad in hi* hand a table showing the annual •hVta" | f** rico* 1871, bong for 1871, #22,000,000 ; , for 1872, #14,(1)0,000 : for 1873, #6,600,- ; 000 ; for 1874, $11,000,000 ; and t last ; amuob a little over #4,000,000, and from the estimates now Mam the committee be could not ace that the Deficnmrr bill at titia ncaainn would reach #3,000,000. It *.med to him that thai was a rea sonably fair indication of the esti mates made at the lest roaston. He had prepared an auatada of tbeenwoasa of the government far the last fiscal year, dividing them into three groups: Find, all the expenses growing out of the late war; second, the con cut expenses of j the amy and navy, together with the military expenses," and third, all ether expenses civil expenses, imJaliiw ' tiubii - buildings and public works ct all kinds, and all the uuaeeila&ka of the f-uvernmenL It waa carinas to notice the relations of the drat group with the general expanses of the government. Fur instance, in 1871 the war expansaa amounted to $175,500,000; in 1878, to ' $167,500,000, and in 1874, to $154,000,- ! COO. In 1871 they were 601 per oeoL of ! all expenses; in 1873, 54 per cent, and ;in 1874, 531 per cent. It waa then to be distinctly understood that the public debt, tin interest on the public debt, j the |K-nxioiia, the bounties and all that went in as tiie expenses tmwanhhd by tbo war, made now almost 54 per sent, of the total expenses of the government The expenses of the civil service ian on in this way : In 1871, they were $71,- 000,000; in 1873, T'.i,000,000, and in 1874, ! $74,000,000. The most dangerous item in that amount, be believed to be the item for public works, am! be thought tliat the expenditures on them ought to lie limited and watched with more care tiiaa those perhaps of any other part of ' the government. In this connection he alluded to the immense outlay of the French government for magnificent public parka. In conclusion, he aaid that thu committee on appropriations iiad attempted this session to pursue the name policy aa it did last year in keeping down appropriations. All the ajqwo priation billa have now panned the House,' except the Sunday Civil Barrier bill and the Deficiency bilL The Legislative hill was in conference. It appropriated about #1,000,000 lon than the Legisla tive bill of last year, but that waa so be come the printing of the Treasury de partment had been left off. The appro priation* for the army and the navy were about the same aa last year, except as to the #4,000,000 Naval Emergency bill of last year. The Indian Appropriation bill, as it passed the House, was about a million loss than the ball of last yuar. It was now cm the table of the Appro priation committee, with the Senate Amendments. The Fortification hill waa a little ices than last year. The River and Heritor bill was about three-goaitera of a million larger than last year. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was #2,000,000 lew than last year, because tin Geneva award appropriation waa in the last year's bill. The Frwt offio-t Appropriation bill gave about #l,- 500,000 moro last year. The Pension | bill was about the same. The Judiciary ; Civil Appropriation bill waa about #1,250,000 lew than the bill of last Tear, and the IVficiencv bill wonkl be about 11,000,000 less. Cutting all thesa things together, ho thought the reductions on the appropriation bills would be a little more than #7,000,000. drape Culture, We have never vet beard of rot appear ing in grapes of the first or second year's bearing. We believe that it is because, up to this time, there has been but little pruning done. Yon disturb the func tions of tho vine by cldm pruning and over cropping. It gives the vine too much root. If you have a large root power, a great quantity of crnde, uu riponed sap La taken up. It is the raw material to make sap of. It goes to the foliage and is there elaborated and changed into true sap, so as to be made into fruit, wood and root in the proper and healthy way. Suppose yon have a vine, and confine it to a stake, say six feet high, year after year, car to a trellis which is six feet high, with lateral arms six feet long, and you have root power snfHcdont to carry it forty feet in every direction, it is clear that if yon do not givo it extension you cannot have the foliage to elaborate that crude sap into the true sap. What happens I Why, this erode, miripencd sap surcharges tho grape. When this crude sap has onoo got to the grape, tho circulation of the sap in the vine, nnd all ita natural processes, are impeded for want of foliage, and the Wrry is engorged with unripe sap from the surface of the grape, it is surcharged with nuripe juice, which, when the finer functions of the grapes come into play, charges the tissue, rots it, and the grape perishes and falls.— Ttxas Farmer. Some people have peculiar constitu tions. Mark Twain onoe complained, after a long interval of idleness : " This working between meals is killing me!" Item f Ha* ito mutt* • vnwu him. A bad thing to pot up with—An •Mxmmniodating kndkmb In Vermont two yW imprtoonei mtwd precede an execution. It k impoaaible to h*ve the last word with a chemist, bmanae haalwgjm li More raow k mid to haveWkn in France thk year than for Iwauty fm* prevtonaiy. According to a Fwmoh Jottmal timre are still living in France and it* 25,000 men who have loafM ®dor the first Napoleon. ySs^sb* 1 3l discovered by a wife w£wtl 4mrt■ stopped on the road the other 5 liighwayman, had the novarin g a long-toil brother in ®k j John, lam afraid yon have getting me, " mid a hrightoeyed Mri to her *wt,'ihaart the other day. |to, Boa, I have been lor getting y <> aSßK ßm ' two yearn" 1 A biasing now rao throo(Pto Htreeta of Kaaaaa (My tha ofte Boos# person, whoae prsmkna she invwlad. had bathed her to ooaJ oti nM set fire to her. | A beaotifnl answer waa given by a iittto Bcoteh giri When her ekaa at school waa exaataed fix* wpltod to the question, "What kpetiemwt "Wait j a waa and dinna weary." Neehtiea, ao arranged thafc the bow can be drawn down and tsxptm toaborv the atarUnig infocinattun, " Toa i taHong me to death," ete. am the totost innovn tion among the yodfig men. Among tits financial eaywetions of IGlwaaiuw is the Mntnal Hail Inenrancc Ooonany, which paid to farinem kti year BiOOin oungMnrntiona f<*damagt* \*J anttasned by their eroftt "Jugs not, kat ye be juged," was a copy iwecsstly " aai by a teaabrr ui one of the Saadaafieki pnWk aebook. Doubttoas that tsadn-r outssHerß filing one of the onamental bsanchea. A tew evenings ago, aMgflto hdk in i Gftliiobe churrh at KewfkWas were ww&tmaM tJb# m kiiMu t'j •otue aaatinga giving way and falltegj upon hia bead. "The! k a matter," arid fete honor, " that is usually kA to the dkwtton of the court" "Bat snppom the Qourt has a* discretion f" inqnuwl a tort at torner. '• In that eaae tto wrt wiUflne you $lO for oontompt** A Philadelphia asm nays flmt when hia wife get* up in the morning with a jerk, and neglecting to do uplnr bmr, goes Kil put m priaoe and we|emd with tiwhhght Wlpix Mguanrntecd by Magna Charts. Don't talk about harttimes. H*a true that in New Tack St JWuTt Guild has to teed th msmda dailv: but here on ttoi cthnr hand we haw ptopte actively bid ding off ixniwiad mter ootoro at a It roadway galkry ahpriem varymg from (200 to #I,OOO each. The deetnutiau of the fpfeato to Bouthean India hm apjwoachml such di- DMumacM as to excite serous akra rrw>n* ta f.ia.tanf yqq-.itiatiun. whohaVC to tmvd foSyltoW mfl every time thev catch a tsme thief, m order to find a tree high etiough to hang him on. gave tiie Kennebec Jmnmt: The supehntmident W the Augmta gmworka skipped tk paper because wa alluded to the miserable gas ha in furnishing hia pa trons. He has no particular needl of a newspaper with no gaa to mad it by. . We recouunend thai ha put in k> | By the French code it k forbidden for any doctor to inherit under awtil the property hk in MaroeOke reotmUf k#t 800,000 franca to hi* doctor's wife, md hk beir* appeal to the courts on the gfoum! that ton w In eoutzaventioa of the principle of the code. A subscriber tea paper died a tew days ago, leaving four years' subscrip tion nmoid. The editor appeaml at the grave when the lid was being scre^ wed down the last time and put in the coffin a palm lead fan, a linen coat, and a thermometer, which k only wed in *OU bMtofaw uncle-" Well, Charieo, whst do yon want now?' CSuurh©— ••Oh! I u( to be rich." Uncle— "Bioh! Why ml" Charlie—" Be cause I want to be petted, and ma says yon ere ea old tool, end meal be petted because you we rich. But it's e great secret, end I mustn't teJL" After quelling e mutiny in the Mis souri penitentiary, about fifty of the *' ringleader*** ware punished by wbip rang, receiving from fifteen to sixty threo babes each, " with proptwfaonate bell end cfcXaoKfry JC 1 broad end water." One of the wont of the men feinted at the thirtieth blow of the rawhide. A storv is told of two lennont farmers who at* not grangers. ?hej imhmed their wives to jom andVpwt b*we they would commit themiWye*. Now, when they will, they cannot; two Waek balls greet every application. Mem while their wivea go regularly and trt nmphantty to every grange meeting, and the men stay at home and tend the babies. Throe young men went into store at Nerth Turner, Me., a few evenings since, and drank heartily from* pail of water, after which they were tokl that kerosene oil had been spilled in the pail. AD three began vomiting very violently, and continued until they were weak and sick, when it was ascertained that it was another pail, and that they had .been drinking nothing but pure water. The Grangra order is said to bo rapidly growing in numbers and strength throughout the South. In Alabama there are now reported to be six ''hun dred ami torty-onr granges, with 32,500 members; in Florida, one hundred and eight granges, with 5,500 members ; in Arkansas, five hundred and twenty-one granges, with 21,000 members; WMO in She other States there are also numerous lodges with large memberships. Mr. Maguffin braced himself against the boarding-house table and fried once more .to cut the steak. The edge of the knife turned, but the meat showed no mark. Then he colled the waiter. •'Thomas, has the eook used the ax much lately to chop kindling wood on the cellar-door steps?" "I don't know,'' said Thomas, "Why, or!" ? Became," mud Mr. Magoffin, "if *tn t too dull I'd like to fry it on this Iteak." ai