TV Bar*. Lo, Monday in the " mashing day," A ell good housewives know, Memorable of dinner-. hashed And cloths* a* W mi* a* too*: And Tuesday ie the " ironing day," 'Mid oold or fog or heet; And Wednesday ie tlie wiring day," To eee the clothe* ere neat; And Thursday ia e leisure day, And Friday broom* begin To sweep away the household dirt. 'Fore Sunday ia ushered in. And Hattwlay IN "baking day," Pies, pudding*, cake* and bread, And then, the weary week is done And we may go to bed ! Hibc nils'* Welcome. 1 At a reception given to the Amenean team in Ireland, the following poem was read by a lady ; Robed aa Hiberoia'a daughter, lo 1 I stand. Like yon, a gueet in dear old Ireland. Te riflemen, by faior of our Ounn*. Columbia* daughter haile Columbia's eone Had I ten thousand hand*, witli all I d meet ye ; Had I ten thousand tongues, with welcome greet yo. Tho* tune and space may seem to interpose. And 't*nt our shores e cruel ocean flow*. With magic wand 1 touch the electric epruigs Au instant a respondve answer bring*. Which proves, however distant be each land. 1 Roth nation* are united heart and hand. Our aims, by famine and by wrongs opprwt. Found ever shelter iu the glorious West ; And in their children's heart left still cn shrined The love of home that distance could not htitid Then by their honoied ashe*. by their graves, j We greet you brothers from across the saves. Brother* in blood a* well a* hearts and apasch. Brought here together by our favorite Leech. Welcome, then welcome and a happy rime, Marr'd by no weeping from our tearful clime. Wa wish propitious skies - yet soil we deem The reigning favorite the rifle team. Come to our feast—ilh tore our hearts are full— The fatted calf we'll kill—it ie a bull. Boon when array**! in contest you may try The metal of that bull—but uitnd his eye. Te etnve in friendship ; if you win you'll meet No heartier cheering than from those you beat. And if your brother's win, you won't despair ? ! Too still have left a younger brother's share. Ireland in either case is doubly blest. She wins the most in losing to her guest. Oh 1 may the spirit of tins blessed dead 0 "Conned. on whose tomb warm tear* are shed. And Waehingbm, with all that noble throng . Whose names are ever an unceasing song— Who strove for liberty, now by you stand. And silent hlees each patriotic baud ; And so we welcome you, with hands, hearts, eyas. Ceo,l n.uU echoes to the skies. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS. It ww about the end of the Last century that a party of middle-aged gentlemen, all commercial travelers, were assembled in the large smoking room of the Lamb ton Inn, a celebrated commercial boose on the outskirts of Gateshead. While the parte enjoyed themselves, sounds of an approaching vehicle were heard and a stranger entered, who announced him self as the son of sn old acquaintance ot the party and a fellow traveler, Tom Thorn bury. The young stranger an nounced that ho expected to meet his father at the inn, but the party speakiug almost together declared that he would not be there, as the ruad was alive with footpads, which made it dangerous to travel over. No sooner did the young man hear this statement than he started up, and declared that he should drive to Dur ham. The party endeavored to ]>ersuade him to the contrary, but go he would, and was just about starting when the sonnd of wheels was heard coming rapidly along the road. Then cam lusty cries for help, and the next instant a chaise drew np in front of the inn door. "Help, help! for God's sake, help!" cried the driver of the gig as he dashed into the yard. " What is thematiesi 1 ' shouted a dozen voice*. "Matter ! why, murder's the matter!" answered the man, springing out of the chaise. "Here, lend a band some cf C>u. Don't stand gazing there like a t of fools; the man may be still alive; I could not examii t'him on the road." "Who m bet" demanded several. "How should I know!" replied the man. sarlOy; "there's no moon to-night, and I don't carry a lantern with me." "Is it some of the old work, Ben 1" asked Mr. Gm-ham, tremulously. "Oh, is that yon, Greshamf said the man, turning round. " I don't know what to make of this. It's murder, 1 fear, for the blood ran over me as I !>icked the poor fellow up. The man ound him; she made a stop, nearly throw ing me out of the gig. I got down to lead her, and kicked against the body. At flrxt I thought it was a drunken mail, but I found my hands wet on touching Lim, and I knew it was blood. I wrapped him in his cloak, put him in the gig, and drove bsre as quickly as I could, 'lucre, lift Lim gently. Joe, for a surg.-ou; take him into the bar ana lay him on the tahle." The body, muffled np in a Large travel ing cloak, was carried in and placed as Mr. Radley, the new corner, had di rected. " Ah, he's dead enough," said Rad ley, as he threw bock tb cloak; " quite dead." The surrounding crowd leant over to see the face. A shrill cry of horror rang through the room, and nrber; Thorn bury threw himself on the body, a < he exclaimed: " Oh, God ! my father !" Ben Radley, who had brought in the body of the unfo. Innate traveler, was a traveler himself, and was known as Lucky Bcu. He had been attacked on the road many times, and as often shot at, but had always escaped. The nex day Ben Radley and Gresham, another traveler, were sent for by young Thorn bury, who announced to t.iem that he had sent on a request to be appointed in his father's place. He added, quietly: " I shall continue to travel, but it shall be the same round as my father did. I have sworn to discover his murderer, and I wilL" " A noble determination, Mr. Thorn bury," exclaimed Radley. " 1 have lost one of my oldest and best friends to night; will you replace him ? Tour father and I, sir, traveled many and many a mile together; and I trust you and I shall do the same. There is my hand on it; if you take it, wn become firm companions, and I will help you in the search you propose." Herbert Thornbury took the proffered hend, and said: " I accept your offer, Mi. Radley. Come what may, I am determined either to meet the same fab' -as my father, or to discover his murderer. I swear it on his body." As he spoke be stretched his hand out toward the bed, and raised his eyes to liaavi-n, " He must be delirious," said Mr. Gresliam to the other bagmen as they left the room. " Not he," replied Radley; "ho meaps what he say a" ***** Two years had passed since the occur rence related. The inquest had been held, and a verdict of "Willful murder" had been returned against some jx-rson or persons unknown; but the constables had failed to discover the murderer. Eailley and Herbert Thorubury trav eled much together, and seemed never to give up the search for the murderer. On several occasions they liad traveled the Durham road in company; nay, they had stopped at the very spot where the body hat! been found, in hopes of being attacked, but had never been able to dis cover anything. One evening Mr. Radley was seated in the commercial room of the Cathedral Hotel, Durham, smoking, and talking to a young traveler, who was partaking rather plentifully of a bowl of punch. " Bah 1" cried the young man; "you FRED. KXJHTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. VIII. may tell tlioae stories to the marines. ] I'm not to l>e frightened, 1 can assure I you. To-night I start for Gateshead." " You may laugh as much as you please, young air," aaid liadley, quietly; I" but for all that, what 1 tell you is true." "1 don't denv your word, my dear fellow," cried the youug man. " But you yourself own that for two year* the road has been safe enough." '♦Aye! but then Mr. Thorobury and 1 have guarded it" " And where is Mr. Thorobury now!" "Traveling south of this," replied Mr. liadley, waving his pipe. " But you are going to Gateshead to night I" said the youug man. " Yes; I am bound by ie oflf at once," replied 1 ual ley, a* be rose from hia chair, and put on his coat "I bear John bringing routnl my gig now." "Well, I'll see you off," cried tlie young man. "Come and liavo a glass before you go. Here's to our next meeting, which will be at the Lambertou Inn, Gateshead." "Ah ! to-morrow you mean 1" aaid liadley. "No, to-uiglit," replied the youug man, gayly. " Are you still determined !" " Nothing can shake me." "Well, I like your pluck; but, per haps, vou"ll think better of it." "I'll bet you a bowl of punch I do not." "Done!" cried liadley, "and if vou arrive safely, we'll drink it to night." By this time they had arrived at the inn "door, wherethev found the gig wait ing. liadley shook Lands with the young fellow, junqied into the trap, shook tlie rains, and rattled away at full speed. " He's a venturesome ort of a fel low," said the ostler; " blessed if I'dlike his journey." "Eh! why not I" demanded the young man. " Oh, he'll l*c piekevl off one of these niglits, for all of his lieiug Lucky Ben." "But do you really think the road is so dangerous I" "To be sure it be. It's only Mr. Radley and young Mr. Thotnbunr, who, we know ia cracked alnuit bis father's mnreler, that will go that way after dark." " Dear me, this is very singular," said the young mau to himself, whose courage did not seem so high uow liadley had departed. " I don't think 111 go to-night, after aIL It is much lietter to lose a bowl of punch than one's life." He was about entering the house when a gig drove into the inn yard. He turned in idle curiosity to *.- who it was, hoping that it might be fellow bag man, who would bear him company the rest of the evening. "Is Mr. liadley here!" demand.si a man, as he sprang from the gig. " Lor", Mr. Thornbury, how jale you an.," aaid the ostler; "who would have thought uf seeing you, sir; has anything happened I" " Why dco't yon answer my ques tion ?" demanded Herbert Thornbory, sharj ly. "Is Mr. Radley here?" "lie left near ujxm an hour ago, sir," said the young bagman. " Where Ims he gone I" " To Oateshm>L" " Then I must follow him," cried Thorubury, springing into the gig. "Look here, Mr. Thorubury," said tho ostler, " you've leen ovenlriviug your mare, sir; she's cast a shoe and gone Lame. If you will go you must have a:i >ther horse." Thorubury gave orders that another horse should tte put into the gig while he stepped into the UUle private |*rlor to get acme refreshment, where he was followed by Mr. Davis, who had con siderably more impudence than courage. "Mrs. Popinjay," said Herbert to the land lad v, "yon knew my father f" " Indeed I did, sir ; and a nicer g n tleman never lived." " Do you remember a certain ring he wore f" " Yes, sir ; indeed I do. Ah ! poor gentleman," sobbed the landlady. "To-day I have found it," continued Herbert. " Good heavens ! where f" cried Davis, jomjdng forward. " Who are you, sir ?" said Herbert, who until then had not noticed Mr. Davis's presence, " who dares play eavesdropper i" " I beg your pardon, I'm sure. I did not know what you wero going to say and " "Tut, it does not matter," cried Herbert; "in a little time all will lie known. This very day I found that ring in a shop at Bishop Auckland." " Indeed !" " 1 km-w it directly ; it is now in tin keeping of the constables who are on the truck. I must see Had ley benight; he and I will help the constables ; we will never rest until n,v father's murder b revenged" Without saying uuothei word, he hurri'-d out to the gig. " What a rate he drives at," said Mr. Davi", as he watched it dejiart. " He won't reach Gateshead in safety to-night, if be goes in that way," said the ostler. Mr. Davis looked tip at the inky sky; a drop of rain fell upon his nose, chilling bis whole frame; so he walked back to Mrs. Popinjay's snug little Imek jiarlor, where be spent the evening talking t" that worthy lady. Meanwhile Thoni bury was making tho best of his wuy along his lonely road. He rattled through the little village of Cliester-le-Street as the ale houses were dosing, but be did not stop. Out again into the bleak, wild coun try. A sharp rain was falling, making the roads so soft that the sound of the horse's hoofs and the wheels could scarcely lie hard. The mare did her best, but Thombnry soon discovered that she was not so good as his own horse; still, he urged her on, ami she, being a willing animal, kept well to the collar. He had just passed the cross roads at Pelaw when the gig bumped into some heavy ruts; the mare plnagcd for ward and then stood still. "Whoa, mare," cried Thorn bury, " what is np now f" Throwing the heavy rug he had around his legs over the high back chair of the gig, he alighted to see what was the mat ter. The trace had broken. " Curse it," he cried, " it's my luck. Well, never mind, I must mend it the best way I can." He pierced the pieces of leather and strapped the ends together. In doing this he had to bend his head down close to the trace to see how to work, and even then he had great difficulty in avoiding cutting himself. In the midst of his work he glanced np, and sprang back with horror. There, in the seat he had just left, snt a man. The dim, shadowy outline could be just perceived by the faint glimmer of the gig lamp. " Great heaven, what is this !" he ex claimed, as he seized the lamp, and taking it from the socket held it so that its light fell full on the figure. The next instant he burst into a loud laugh. " Only to think I should take my old rug, stuck up on the gig back, for a THE CENTRE REPORTER. uian. Well, it did look like it and ' and this very place abovw 'all other*. The very spot." Ho roiilaced tho lump and continued his work, and had just completed it when he heard the sound of a vehicle coming rapidly dowu the nml. Onward, onvrarvl came the sound ; it was now close upon htm, and h could hear the gig or chaise slacken it* |iaco. lie was ulamt to call out and demand who wa* there, when the sharp report of a pistol rang in the air, and he saw the rug that had lieen placed on the seat, and which he had mistaken for a man, topple i over. The mystery was cleared up now—he had dix>vored his father's murderer. The next moment the gig drew up, and a mau sprang into Thurubury's, evident lv thinking that he had shot the driver. Thorobury saw the would be murderer stoop dowu as if to rifle the dead body he imagined was there, and quick as lightning he sprang upon him. The struggle lasted but a few moments. Thorobury hail the advantage over the other, an J his liatred and determination gave bun double strength. 110 setted his adversary by the throat, and bent bis , head violeully on the iron rail ou the splashboard. At first the mau only struggled to escape, but at last he en deavored to draw a pistol from hi* pocket. Seeing his intention, and taking ml van tage of his having let go his hold, Her bert dashed the man's head back with more violence than ever; the fellow uttered a deep groan, and fell back sense less. I While this struggle had been goiug ou, the terrified horse had dashed ou its way, so that by the time Herbert had conquered his man the lights of Rates head were iu view. Gathering up his reius he urged on the horse, at the same time placing hi* feet ou his prostrate foe so that he might not escape. A* he approached the inn he shouted loudly for help, so that when he arrived there lie found the yard full of people. " What is it, Mr. Thorobury," cried ' one. " What's the mutter, air I" shouted another. " I've tieeu attacked on the road." " Gracious goodness," cried tlie laud lady. " Thank g.x nines* you Mtaped." In a minute a dozen willing hands were laid upon the prostrate mau, and he was drugged from the carriage. Herbert Thorobury tore the mask from the face, and started t>ack with • cry of horror, a* he exclaimed : '• Great heavens! Benjamin Radley!" It was too true ; there he stood, with hanging head and downcast eyes— Lucky Ben, the favorite of the com mercial room, the murJerer of his frieuiis. He freely confessed his crime, anil met tlie just punishment he deserved. In his confession he starid that it was | ' his habit to start for Gateshead some time 1 liefore his intended victims. He then had waited for thetu to pa**, and had then extinguished his LUUJMI and fol lowed them. The poor creatures, hear ing the sound of wheels, had naturally supposed that it was a brother ltagniau, ind had pulled up to wait for hira. When he was near lie hail deliberately taken aim, and shot them through the j head. He then ritlod (tie lashes, and nut them iu the chaise, turned the nurse* down some by-path, and sent them iff ftill gallop. When ho kill-sl >IJ Thorobury, ho had brought in the IKKIV himself to avoid suspicion. Fur the same reason he hail on several occa sion* tired bullets through his clothes to give the idea he had been attacked. " When I heard youug Thorolmry take the oath to discover his father's murderer," ho added, "I felt convinced that if the crime was to lie detected he J was the man to do it. I therefore do b-rmined to join with him, ao as to leail hitu on the wrong track, and divtrt sus picion from my* If. The mau I intend ed to mnriler last was a vouug traveler named Ila vis, who told me he wits com ing on t; Chttnhrwl. I thought Thorn - ; bury wa* fur awsy at tlie time, or I should nut have attempt, d it." These were tho last words of Lucky Ben. A Ilomnntic Incident. There is a very romantic incident like ly to !> connected with Ihe present visit of the sultan of Zanzibar to London. A sister of his, when a young girl, in •spite of the re trniuts which are th.owu around wool' u in the East, U ornn* acquainted With a young German clerk in the house of a Zanzibar merchant, and the two fell in love with each other. In order to be mated to him she esoa]ed to Aden, and there she was married and also baptized. The brother of the pres ent sultan was then on the throne, and be and berother relatives were of course, incensed at her elopement, at her change of religion and her marriage to a Chris tian, and wholly disowned er. She ac companied ber husliand to Europe, and they resided at Hamburg till he met with an accident aisnit 1870 which caus ed his death. His widow, who had be come a highly-educated and accom plished woman, removed to Dresden for the education of her children. Her uo- •us her iM-autv, and her roman tic history have nttraetcd the attention of gt ..j.io of influence ill Germany, including some members of the imperial family, and when the sultan's visit to £,>,fcL.nd was arranged it was felt that an opportunity was presented for effecting a reconciliation between her and the brother from whom she has Iveen so long estranged. With a view to thia she has gone to London, and is at present stay ing in the bouse of a well known mem ber of Parliament. A Grand llotcl. It is nut often, nays a " friend" from Pennsylvania, that I puff a hotel; but when I pay my bill at the rate of four dollar* a day for sleeping in the ' milky way" and feeding on a bill of fare, it's n privilege and a pleasure to mention such an institution. The Atlanta (Georgia) is the largest hotel, I presume, in the world. Many |ieople who go up in the sky-parlors to repose never come down, but go right un through ts the moon without chango of elevators, ami those who have written bark say they could smell the hair-oil on the hair of the clerks all the way up. The halls ore so long and winding that many waiters get lost while going after a pitcher of water, and are never heard of until their re mains are found years after. I went in tlioreone morning and ordered breakfast. A small colored boy took my order, and it was so far out to the kitchen that he was grown and gray-headed when ho got back. The hotel is a very largo hotel, and everything about it is large, from the feet of the clerks, the mouths of the waiters, to the bills. It is provided with all modern conveniences, hot and oold water, bay-windows, idiots, dirty sheets, everything to make the traveler happy, including an undertaker's establishment for the accommodation of such boarders as starve to death while waiting for the waiters. It is a very largo hotel, and everybody stops there just once. An Indiana young woman has gom blind from using candy paint to reddea her cheeks. This fact should open th eyes of other young women, bnt it won't If, says a contemporary, Ilrigham Young wore an additional " weed " on his hat every time he lost a wife or mother-in-law, it is estimated his hat would have to be twenty-seven feet high. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., l'A., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1875. A Cirrus Raid. Itocently at St. Paul, Minn., a circus was seited for debt Shortly after tlie sheriff took imssessiou of the concern a prtHxiiiivrtod effort was unule to run off tlie horaoN, and the movement wan al most entirely successful. Everything being quiet around the large tent at a given signal twenty-two men, under the lead of Coatello, mounted as many horses, and dashed awav over the hills. The officers and their assistants made au attempt to atop tlie wholesale horse stealing business, but it was entirely abortive, for the mounted men were aruieil with revolvers, which they bran lulled iu away that rendered any effort at their capture as futile, as it would have been foolhardy by tlie unarmed civilians who were left in charge of the effects of tlie circus. Besides, the whole affair was so adroitly managed that tlie horses were mount**! ami the men away and out of sight liefore the dumbfounded officers were fully aware of what was tho matter with them. Most of the horses and their riders took the old road out of tlie city, and those who mw them scamper away pell mell over the bluffs descrilw the aeoue as amusing as well as exciting. A few of tlie men ha.l supplied themselves with saddles and bridles ; some however were bareback riders, while others dis|>eiised with hrnlle* and got away with halters, itching straps, ro|>es or whatever could lie rendered available for guiding a nag in the direction of FairlstulL It seouied also to be an all important idea with the galloping equestrians to get outside of ltauiaey county in the shortest possible space of time, and with that end in view the men spurred ou with their utmost speed, but cast furtive glances through tue clouds of dust in their rear, as if they expected every moment to hare au officer's hand laid upon their shoulders. The last seen of the troo|er* thev were scouring over the placid bosom of Dakota county, and creating speechless aston islimeiit among the rural inhabitant* of that section. Farasite Friend*. There are tbousanda of minute JHUW sitic inmvta, which deotrov those of Larger six-; but in the genera! neglect of eutomological ncienoe tliev liave b-> U overlookt-d, and Llieir value to man is little inure than gu. i-N.-d uL N Inety nine persons in a hundred in finding one of the common green tobacco or tomato worms infested with jsuwiiles would crush it, while the h.althy specimens might las passed unnoticed. Now, a well kuown }>aresitic tlv attacks th.-ee worm*, as they arc cwlle-1, although tlu-y are prop rly tao lama of the five sjHtb*l sphinx, a large moth frequently found flying around at night. The fly deposit* livr egg* in the larvw, where they feed upon the flesh bet ween the Nkin and vital jHtrt*. never entering the hitter, as this would kill the victim too souti for their purpose. Wlieu the larvia of the fly attain* its maturity, it comes out upon tlie surface, aud tliere spina itself a small a#iie coooou of gossamer fineness, tiles*, c K-.s.us living fusteit.'d to the skin by one end standing er>-ct, and of course quite conspicuous, would consequently attract the eye of any one kHiktng for worms. Huch inf.rst.nl spre-imeus should never te injurml, bnrause tliev are sure to die, and tlie |uirasiten, if left to then; selves, will continue the good work of destractioD. The gnv-n cablwge worm, which ha* mode such f.virful ruvagt-s during tlie jast half doxeu y.xirw, I* now rapidly disai)|Mwiug ttuder the attacks of a similar |>arasite, which h.i* followtnl the jH-st* from their home in Europe. By knowing the habits of the various H|MH-ie* of insects, a* well as their ene mies, we arc fit queutly enabled lo com Iml th.-m successfully; otherwise our efforts to destroy arc of no avail. The Duiiker>* Ixiie Lead. The Ibading (Penh.) Tim* * says that the annual love feast of the l)unkers is in progress on the farm of Mr. Johnson Miller, near Lftiz, ou the line of the ltoodiftg ami Columbia railroad. The exercises are held in a lani, the northern sido of whioli is occupied by the women and children, and on the south side the nieu sit, entirely separated from their wives, sisters, and sweethearts by a stout plank platform five feet high, their hats laid ou an extension of martin, which serve as a very convenient Lin track. ISishop l>Avid Garliek, of Mount Joy, directs the religious service*, assisted by three or four preachers from other counties. The service* are conducted in the English and German language, ser mons, singing, and prayers alternating in the two languages. No liymu-books ore used, the words Iteing lined out by the preacher in the ringing tone of the olden time, and the congregation hearti ly responding. There are tlye meeting house* in the district, oue near 1 .it iz, oue ne.ir .M.minim, one nt Petersburg, one at Mount Hope, and the other at Gray bill's near lVunville. A large con course of people are in attendance. The general ex |H-tines are paid by voluntary contribution, and the provisions are furnished by the menitn-rs according to their means. None of the clerical order receive any salary. The place of worship is delightfully cool, and its rude and novel appearance in no wise detracts from tho fervor or effectiveness of the services. The practice of the men kiss ing each other is one of the striking features of their Habitations. Terrible Hide for a Horse. Hay* the Bennington (Vt.) Xru t : A horse intended for the delivery depart raeut of a Bennington offio© was shipped from Troy, ami was put into a Imx car with several carboys of oil of vitriol. The horse being only tied with a halter, noon Rot to kicking around and smashed one of the carboys, which were easily within reach. The flery stuff noon got 011 to the horses legs ; ns it burned in the suffering of the poor animal nmst havolieon intense. More kicking was in all probability indulged in till the frantic horse was completely saturated with the vitriol. I>nring that long ride, Isixod up in that small car, witli the vitriol eat ing into the flesh, imagine the rnfferings of thai, poor brute. The horse became so frantic that it broke its fash-mugs ami jammed its head against the side of the car. When the car was opened the legs of the horse were found all swollen up and nearly raw. The animal was brought up to the Btark Ilouso stable, where, placed in a IHIX stall, it was at tended to by a veterinary surgeon, who says that he ean save the horse, but we think that even if he can save him, the hone will lie well nigh ruined. A Charmed Life. A Herman, engaged in collecting and shipping bonen, while in pursuit of his occupation recently, a few miles from Buffalo, on the Kansas Pacific railroad, was attacked by a small party of ludians They circled around him with a great deal of ostentation, and kept up a steady fusilade; but although there worn thir teen bullet holes in his hat and clothes, he escaped without a scratch to his skin. He was armed with A sixteen shooter, and ho thinks one or two of the redskins carried off some of his load in their bodies. He never stopped walking, ex cept long enough to fir©, and kept up this sort of a fight for five miles. An Engaged Couple A writer iu the AY Jam?*'s Maupu hail behaved most liberally in the matter of dower. Sometimes Kdwin rather exaggerates when s|iakiug of this |iareutal generosi ty ; not seldom he is smarting under a sense of having lieeu taken in, just at the very time when he endeavors to make people believe he has got the liest of the monetary arrangements. It is even nmnaairy to keep up his credit for astuteness by insinuating that he has managed the matter with infinite wis dam, and Die ever gnawing conviction of having been swindled is therefore kept within his own breast, perhaps to bear evil fruit iu future years. But if Edwin proves himself thus mercenary and eold- Li carted during the days of court slop, surelv it is far different with the gentle Angelina. Of course her heart palpitates with love, fear, hope, bliss, and all the other delicious emotions * inch may be exjwicted m a bride-elect, while her mind is divided lietween tender regret for the old life now on the eve of closing and timorous joy in the happy new existence. To a woman so situated there must lie some quiet sorrow, some vague fear in remembrance of the past and thoughts of the future, and therefore we uniy ex tiect to tiud Angelina alistract hers-lf from mundane affair* in order the la-tter to contemplate the approaching cruus of her life. She does not quite do that ; (M-rhaus l'dwin might not like such mel ancholy work. But she certainly does not dedicate Iw-r uiiul to the future by surrendering all her faculties to tho ac quisition of a magnificent trouaaoati, while her couverestiou runs more on dress, jewelry and the honeymoon trip tliau ou tlie responstbihlit-s of married life. Lace Sack*. sock* will !*• ft popular oubflde garment for midsummer, mrn • fashion journal. The f* writ" eliai** are low m-fttly fitted in the l>srk, loom* in front, of csjual length *ll an-mul, witlj half flowing sleeve*. It u i--*fcr U> buy this Hh*|> than timer- with long front and ftliort I sick, or any other fanciful shape that is conspicuous when the fwdiiou cluuigcA. • Guipure lacw sacks art* e*pe rial I v stylish tiii* season. Thr com© in n>m* and striped patterns of the best French guipure, edged with hot t match, for fctkl and upward. Those with jet beads iu the meshes are left over from la*t MKOU, as beads are not seen on new Ur*. I/owcr priced jackets have imitation guipure centers that can scarcely la- told from real lace, and are bordered with nwl guipure edge. These coat from fT2O to $lO. Ladies who are esja rt needlewomen make their own lace jacket*. They arc the French anck Jmt b m with only one seam down the lank, and with a row of insertion iu all the seam*. luirge figure* and striped pat torus are nioat effective in three b<>uie uiade sacks. Llauia hu-e sacks will be more generally worn tlian ever, as no lady now objects te wearing this durable lace. lUoh women who have fine tliread lace sacks or shnwls buy a *ut>st'kl; those at ifclO are as fine as any sold last year for $10; those at are also very desirable. Merchants any laces are lower priced this season tluui they luivo l>oen (or many years. One of their Auerdote*. One example of the way in which Moody and Hankey, the American re • vivalists in England, talk to the pimple ' Uiere in the way of anecdotes in thus given by an English paper: Not long ago tln re was a man complaining aliout my talking about tin men written in the Book of Life; he did not believe in it. It took some tiic to look the subject up, and 1 was amazed to find so much in Scripture about names Ixurg written in i the itook of Life. Two years ago a friend iof mine tliat was iti Ijondoa was going back to America. She went to Liver pool with a party of American friends, ami they were talking about what hotel they should stop at, and decided to go to the*Norlbwestern. Tlie hotel was full, and as they were starting to find an other, they said to mv friend: " Are not you going with ust" My friend said; "No lam goiug to stay here." "Oh, no," they said; "you cannot stay here." But my friend said: "I am going to stay." "How is itf" "I have got it room." "Where did you get iti "Why, 1 "it i.v r.ame ou ahead." ' She had telegraphed a few days lieforn and secured a room. And that is just what tho children of God are doing now; they are tending their names ou ahead and gettiug them down in tho Book of Life. They are not waiting for the dying minute. My friend, send your name on ahead to-night, and if you really want it there, God will pat it there. A Splendid Woman Smuggler. Hie custom house inspectors at New York noticed a lady on one of the Eng lish steamers who appeared to be very much overdressed. Hho wna one solid mass of furbelows and frills, nnd over her elegant blnek silk oostnme she won* an India shawl, which completely enveloped her jierson. Hho was stopped nud es corted into the searcher's room, where the fnio trvit /Vtc firm. A Little Boy's Ford bought. The Indianapolis Srnfinrt has thia in tercet ing story : The Cincinnati day express, going cast, left Connersville on time, and was flying on fte way at the rate uf twenty-five milee an hour, when a|>pruacliiug a bridge over a river, a few miles from Connersville the engineer noticed a small boy in the middle of the track motioning wildly with his arms. The henry rains for several days lief ore had canaed the man at the throttle no little anxiety, and in a moment it (lashed over his mind the bridge, but. a very short distance ahead, was at least dain aged by the freshet With one hand he raicfaptl for the whistle, and with the other he reversed the engine. The train employe* heard no ordinary stopping signal in the keen, short whistle, and in a moment conductor, l>agagemau, and all the train employees were helping the regular brrtketurn wiud tiie chains that w.-re perhaps tiie only hopes of saving the live#of ail on board. The train was stopped within but s few step* of where the bridge once rented on the abntment. The stnicture had been washed entirely away, and had it not been for the boy the "entire train would have gone into the river, as the bridge was just at the end of a curve and so hidden by trees tlint its diaappearpnoe would not have bc*tn noticed until too late. As soon as the passengers had gotten owrtbe shock the full realisation of their danger bad caused, a search was made for the boy. He was found sitting down off to one side of the track, shaking as if he liad a chill, so badly was he frightened. Every one on the train flocked around the brave little fellow, who said he was eleven years old, and almost crushed him in* their jovful auxiety to even touch his lody. *He innocently said he did not N-gin shaking until he sat down, thereby showing that not until he hail seen the train stop in Rafety did his nerves give way. He said his name was Davis and that he lived near by, point ing to a farm 1* >nw\ lie was on his way homo from u ueighlior's when he dis oo venal that the bridge had been washed away since passing an hour previous. He reniemliored the down passenger train, aud knowing it was about time it came along, hurried up the track to give warning. He had only arrived at the spot where lie was noticed by the en gineer when the train came along. One of the passengers, and elderly Quaker lady, gave him live dollars, which he WHS reluctant to accept, although the conductor informed her that the officers of the road would reward the bov. The following day Hujieriuteudent Williams arrived at the scene and hunting out the hero gave him what mouoy he hail aloiit him, some S2O, with the promise (list whenever he wanted anythiug at all that ho should apply to him. Crime the Result of Automatism. A striking analysis of the mental status of the criminnl clauses, which seeuis to occupy a middle ground be twis'ii the theory of morbid impulse of I >r. Hammond ami Professor Huxley's ideas as to the automatism of all animals, has recently I icon made by Dr. Dcspiue and continued bv Dr. Thomson, resi lient surgeon of the general prison for Scotland. Dr. D .spine arrives, after a thorough search of court records, prison statistics, habit < of individuals, and of ail other possible and available sources of in formation, nt n belief in the entire ab sence of a moral sense in the criminal class. He says that free will, which in the norms! man is only controlled by a sense of duty, in the criminal has no such counterbalance, this sense being wanting. His acta are therefore men tally automatic, the result of the strong est instinct, appetite or passion prevail ing at the time. Although intellectually cognizant of the moral standard of so ciety, the criminal yields to natural pas sion or appetite, unrestrained and unre proached by any feeling of impropriety, lleuce the remarkable *ang froiil seeuin hardened offenders under the most try ing circumstances, and the superficial character of any apparent reformation or conversion. It is strange how soon some wives ean tell their husliamls " they ain't worth salt," but yon let 'em get killed on a railroad and see how quick she'll sue the company for $50,000. Terms : 52.00 a Year, in Advance. The Pre** ami lla Duty. From the ad.lress of Editor Bright liefore the W tn< -on*! ti Editorial Associa tion we clip the following interesting paragraph: Among the immoral Ist edi tor* are those who are ever ready to chuckle at tlie downfall of g<**l peupla. If a mau or woman who lias alwayaburue a good reputation, who hss belonged jH-rliaps to tlie Christian part of oom uiuuity, falls; if a Christian statesman is caught in any of the iw-oranfilloes to which statesmen are aaid to be (Rven; or if a minister of the gospel falls; if any of these are even charged with the omis sion of duties or the commission of wrongs, the undisguised satisfaction and the malignant jeers, the hateful references, the evident effort to turn the event to some account against the very spirit of goodness and decency, the damnable spirit so wonderfully developed by the press for glorying in tue downfall of a good man or woman, or a blow struck at a good principle, must make the devil look up from his pit with more than mortal agony or envy. In the notorious Bencher-Tilton controversy which has occupied the attention of the whole world for the past year, we may ens a noteworthy example of thia, and from it draw a not unuseful lesson. Withont even au intimation respecting guilt or innooeuoe; without making our sympathies or convictions prominent, let us consider the part the press of the United States has played in this last twelve months' drains of mural woe and tortured decency. Never lias it had such an opportunity for distinguishing itself a* the guardian of morality and decency, and never has a glorious op portunity lieen more recklessly and ruthlessly thrown away. While, with hypocritical cant, it bewailed the heavy blow struck at the cause of religion and morality, it bent itself with s universali ty most deplorable to the uncanny task of intensifying all that was bad in the saaudal, or could be tortured out of it, and made itself the exponent of the low est taste* of the roughest elements of our society. Instead of doing the noble work thrown in its way in the interest* of what should have been to it a most sacred trust; instead of springing will ingly and gWUy into the social breach, and "making itself a noble champion be hind whom suffering morality oould take refuge, it was quick to strike its strong est blows against her. The scandal has been a hot house of disease for the pub lic mind for many weary months, but great as has been the Brooklyn reuse, it is really as nothing compared with the vulture-ureas which lis* torn what thai foulest from the loathsome carcass, and screaming, borne it all over the country. A pest house, where patients lie writhing in the agonies of loathsome disease, is s thing horrible enough, but bow shall we conceive the baseueas of the wretches who would go to secure the seeds of dreaded disease and place them in our households where our dear one* could not escaiw the infection ! The trial of Mr. Beecher, it has been held, involved questions of far deeper importance than the guilt or innnounce of the great pastor of Plymouth; the existence and sacred neas of virtue, and purity, and character, and justice, litis is not true, and thank God the fall of no ane man can destroy these great principles. But if they had I wen involved, and if the press bad been laboring for their destruction, it eould do little mure than it has done. And, shameful as it ia to acknowledge, much of the so-called religious press has pulled stroke oar in this infamous effort. I'ari* Hreeu and the PoUto Bog. Since it was ascertained that pahs green was an effective agent for the de struction of the potato hug experiments to determine the effects of the poison upon vegetation upon vegetabtea are of great importance. Aa is proper the agricultural department at \N aahiiigton is taken the lead in these investigation*, and the report for May and J one con tains some interesting results of the ex periments of Mr. William McMortric, the chemist of the department, in the case of pahs green Mr. McMortrie has ascertained that vegetation is not serious ly affected under the limit of 600 milli grams for the quantity of soil used, which was equivalent to 146.6 grains per cubic foot, or 900.4 pounds per acre, calculating for a depth of cue foot Above this limit the effect of the poison was in proportion tithe quantity of the compounds used. These facts argue, Mr. McMurtrie thinks, against the possi bility of the accumulation of suincieut arsenic by regular applications of the )taris green in the quantities recom mended for the destruction of the Colo rado potato beetle. The quantities re commended are—for pans green, about 900 pounds per acre; for araenite of potaaaa, about 400 pounds per acre; and for arseniate of potaiwa, about 150 pounds per acre. These experiments seem to prove that arsenic cannot be absorbed and assimilated by the plant in the economy of growth, and from some specimens supplied by Mr. J. S. Nixon, a reputable chemist of Chambersburg, Pa., and an enthusiastic student of the effect of poisons upon the plant and the vegetable, it seems to be satisfactorily determined that the presence of am nic need not 1* feared in the potato. This inquiry ought to be carried still farther; for if the scourge which threatens to de stroy the escuient upon which all the world has learned to depend can be eradicated without injury either to the growth of the plant or the vegetable it self, the pest may soou become compara tively harmless.— New York Herald. What Advertising Did. A Brooklyn gentleman Iwwne tired of his house! which he had built for him self iu the country, and determined to sell it. He instructed an auctioneer, famous for hia descriptive powers, to ad vertise in the impers for private sale, but to couot al tlit* location, telling per sons to apply at his office. In a few day* the gentleman happened to see the advertisement, was pleased with the ac count of the place, allowed it to hia wife, and the two concluded it was juat what they wauled, and they would secure it nt once. So he went to the office of the auctioneer, and told him the place he had advertised was such a one as he de aired. and lio would purchase it. The auctioneer burst into a laugh, and told him that was the description of his own house where he was living. He road tlio advertisement over again, pondered over the "grassy slopes," "beautiful vistas," "smooth lawn, "fine garden," "splen did fruit," "good neighborhood," etc., ami broke out: "Is it possible ? Well, make out my bill for advertising and ex penses—for I wouldn't sell the place now for three times what it ooet me." Population of New York State. It is expected that the aggregate popu lation of the State of New York will reach, in round numbers, at least 5,000,- 000. pearly all tho cities will show a handsome increase over the census of 1870. It is believed that the return will show a population in New York city of 1,200,000; while Brooklyn will probablv reach 600,000 or more. Buffalo will show a population of 150,000. Large gains may lie expected in Rochester, Albany, Syracuse, Auburn, Oswego, El mira, Troy, Utica, Cohoes, and in fact nearly all the cities. As to the rural districts, it is doubtful whether they will sustain the figures of 1870. NO. 30. A (aliformLA Adtenturer. Among tha professional " adventur ers " whom tha gold fever throw to tha surface in tha first rush to California warn one Boron Bteinlrger, who is thna nketoln-d by (ion. Shannon in hia " Per sonal Mention Ha had lieen a groat cattle dealer in tha United States, mod boosted that be liad hidpod to break tha United State* Hank by Is-tug indabted to it #5,000,000. At allevents ha maa a splendid looking fellAw, ami brought with him from Washington a letter to Geo. Smith, and another for Commodoiw Jon**, to tha* effect that b waa a man at enlarged • penance in beef; that tha aothoritiaa in Washington know that tlin existed in California large bard* at cattle, which went only valuable for their hide* and tallow; that it waa of great importance to the gow-nuaamt that thia beef ahouid be cured and aalted ao aa to be ol nae to the army and navy, obviating the necea- Mty of shipping aalt baaf around Cape Horn. 1 know he had such* letter from the secretary of war, Matey, to Geo. Smith, for it peeved into my custody, and I happened to be in Oommodor* J ernes' cabin when the baton prevented the one for him from the secretary of the navy. The baron wan anziona in pitch in at onoe, and aaid that all he needed to atari with were aalt and barrels. After acme inquiries of hia parser, the ootumodure promised to let him have the barrels with their aalt, aa fast as tbey were emptied by the crew. Then the baron explained that he could get a niee lot of cattle from Don Timoteo Murphy, at the mission of San Hafaol. on the north •ado of the bay, but he oould not get a boat and crew to handle them. Coder the authority from the secretary of the navy, the commodore then promised him die use of a boat and crew, until he (the baron) oonld find and purchase a suitable one for himself. Then the baron opened the find regular buicbetuhop in San Francisco, on the wharf, about the foot of Broadway or Pacific street, where we could buy at twunty-five or fifty oests a pound the bast roasts, steaks and cute of beef, which had oout him nothing, for he never paid anybody if he could help it, and be aoon cleaned poor Don Timoteo out. At first every boat of his, in coming down from the San Rafael, touched at the Ohio, and left the best beefsteaks and roasts for the commodore, but soon the baron bad enough money to dispense with the bor rowed boat, and set up fur himself, sad from this small beginning, step by step, he rose in a few months to be one of the , richest and most influential men in San Prancisoo; but in hia wild speculations be was at last caught, and became help lessly bankrupt, lie followed Gen. Fremont to tit. Louis in 1861, where I saw him, bat soon afterward be died a pauper in one of the hospitals. When (ten. Smith had his headquarters in San Francisco, in the spring of 18*0, Stein- i berger gave dinners worthy any baron of old; aud when, in after years, I was a banker there, he used to burrow of me small sums of money in repayment for my of these feasts; and somewhere among my ohlpackageel hold one of his confidential notes for #2OO, but on the whole I got off easily. I have no doubt that, if this man's history oould be writ ten out, it would present phases aa won derful aa any of romance; but in my judgment he was a dangerous man, without any true sense of honor or honesty. _____________ No Decline is the Cheese Trade. The rumors to the effect that there is a decline in the cheese trade are aaid to be utterly without foundation. Mer chants in'the business asy that during the present year Abe receipts and ex ports have been larger than at any other time, and that the better qualities of cheese are in good demand and always have been. During the last few yearn the manufacturers have been making i skimmed cheeses—that is to say, chesses made from skimmed milk—which are, of course, of a very inferior quality. For these there ie no demand at present, and they have been comparatively neglected during toe whole season. The foreign ahipperc, who are the principal rurcham r* in the market, buying at least ninety per oent of all the cheese that enter* New York, have not taken any of the lower grades. They have also shunned the adulterated cheese, of , which there is said to be a large quantity in the market. The adulteration con sist* in the introduction of "oleomar garine " into the skimmed cheese*, by ] which an appearance of richness h> given, resembling somewhat that derived from the presence of cream. The difference between the genuine article and the adulterated is readily detected by an expert, although not so apparent to the public, and it cannot be sold unless at low prices. The dealers eey that there i almost always a demand for low gradee of any kind of provisions in this ! market, and that the present slack de mand for inferior grades of cheese i* caused by a huge stock of old cheese haring teen left on hand in the Euro pean markets from the spring shipments. When this surplus is sold they expect that the inferior article will be again on demand. There is g very bitter feeling on the part of the wholesale dealers in batter and cheese against the introduction of " olemargarine" into these products, and they are determined to do all in their power to prevent its use. Tbey my that the butter in which this new production is used is of a very inferior quality, it is a cheat and a fraud upon the public, and that they propose to ex clude it if possible.— Sew lor* Times. Sending a Marked Paper. The Wheeling (Vs.) Standard says : A comic, occurrence took place very re cently between two families on Chaplins street, which resulted in the greatest indignation upon the part of the lady ot one of the households, who, as the report runs, is no* quite as neat a* the other in her household affairs. The other lady in scrupulously neat in her household in every way, and her hus band, who is a well known oitiseu, play fully marked an article on " Neatness in Housekeeping," which appeared in a late issue of one of the Wheeling papers, and then sent the paper from his place of business to hia residence by a mes senger. The lady neighbor ha* been in the habit of borrowing the paper to read nearly every day, and before the lady to whom it was sent had looked over it, the usual call was made by the neigh bor for the paper, who, upon examining the article marked, became indignant beyond expression, and passed several very stout resolutions to govern her in tercourse with her neighbor in the future. Registration Fee for Letters. The postmaster-general of the United States has issued the following order: It is hereby ordered that the fee for reg istering a letter mailed at any post-office within the United States, addressed to auy other post-offioe in the United States, or to a foreign country, be filed on and after July 1, 1875, at the uniform rate of ten oents in addition to the regular postage, to bo fully prepaid by postage stamps affixed to such letter, and canceled at the mailing office. One of the Sioux chiefs, after viewing a Washington drees with forty yards of cloth in it, remarked: "Heap nioe— cost eight horses and four guns 1?' T" * Itews of Interest. The best result of edaeotiec to make ft ITfiftfcflftllftl) H !|l GftftiSla The uses Indian these day*." Audit never will pay to bean Indian until it quite paying ao well to lie an Indian agent. Hhe wa* rather embarrassed, waa the young lady who, oo graduating last week St a Minnesota college, beard her •elf announced to the aodieuee as a j " Bachelor©! literature." These are 1,000 convents and monas ter*. inhabited by 21,000 monk, and nana in Belgium. The income at the religious orders in that kingdom is one hundred milbons of dollars. A printer's devil says his lot is a hard ooe; at his lwarding-booss they charge him with all the pie they can't find, and at the office his employer charges him with all the pi they do find. By a decree of the Italian government no foreign ship in Italian waters is per mitted to ant the potatoes it has on board nukra the whole supply is washed under the supervision of the authorities. It takes ins* one cent to send an ordi nary paper by mail tram Canada into tha 1 United Motes, but aceordtag to our pos tal laws, as existing at pceattit, it takes four cents to aend the MM paper back. A saloonkeeper in Jones county, la., has been made to pay #1,300 to Mrs. Nancy Jewel* for selling liquor to her husband. The jury put #I,OOO actual damages, and #3OO exemplary damages. Most of the European ladies at Bang kok. Warn, have signed a petition to the king praying tor the abrogation of the law which allow* a man to pawn bis wife in payment of a debt contracted by fftftMOg, A bashful young clergyman, recently, rising to preach far the first time, made a terrible mix of it. and announced his text in tins wins: "And imm-;i..t.-:y the cook wept, and Peter went out and crew bitterly." A bad little bov in Aberdeen rubbed cayeune pepper (hist all over the back of his jacket The schoolmaster thrashed him briskly, but dismissed the school immediately to run to the nearest chem ist for eyewater. In removing tome bodies from the Bennington (Vt.) cemetery, the other day, that at Mm. Bartleit, winch bad been buried some twelve years, was found to be petrified, weighing five hundred pn^nj*. Grace Greenwood, in explaining that rim is not the wife of one cf the members of the publishing house of lippineott A Co.. Philadelphia, adds: "And I hereby warn all persons not to trust me on has amount' • A little girl anked a minister: "Do vou think my father will go to heaven!** " Why, yes my ehfld. Why do you askt" " Well, 'because if be don't have his own way there he won't May long, I was thinking." Jones (who has walked the length of his lawn to expostulate with hia milkman on eroeltv to animate)— "Do you know what happ-W-dtoßabamr Kflbnan—"feu. Jones—"Well, what was it!" Milkman— " The same thing that happened to •me just now—a donkey spoae to him. Goßang'** An old lady, hearing some one read ing about a (Wreroman-et-lsrgc, rush ed into the kitchen door shouting: i'• Barak Jane! Sarah Jane t doit you leave the clothes out ail night; mind what I tell you, fat there's a Coogxeea inac at large.** The death is announoed of Sir Band ford Graham, a gentleman who some twenty years ago oonoetved the idea that tbe best vmj to make money on toft tori was to lav against West Australian for Derbv. The result waa that he had to k.a ulfl * wvteßawwwv% H there is anything calculated to make evens maa of tee most rugged oanstitutian nervous, it is to have two or three children standing around eating bread and molasses when his new etothes come home. How the needs ol the poor are minis tered to in Ohio is shown by a report of the commissioners of Franklin county recently published in the Colombo* Journal. One item reeds: " Whisky tar the poor, #56 6a" Another : " Bread for the poor, #l6 35." Who says the grasshoppers don't read the papers ? They passed by the wheat field of a Kansas farmer who bad re fused to subscribe to the bounty fund for their extinction, and left pinned on one of the fence rails a handsome little note exprotnung their acknowledgments. Now teat the " blue" and the " pray" tie shaking hands acroes the bloody chasm, perhaps the next step in recon ciliation wfllbe that of the Grand Army boys into their circle the young , men who went over to Canada for their health while the draft wheels were turning. A new machine for pressing coal dust into fuel was put in operation at the Harrisbuxgh machine shops, and * ton of solid ooai we made in six minutes. The machine is simple and universally practicable, and it is prophesied that it will add millions of dollars to the coal wealth of Pennsylvania. Logic—Young wife (to George, who arrived home in the small hours of the morning)—"We are one, dear, now that we're married, are we nott" George— " Certainly, my darling, why !" Young •wife—"Oh, I only wanted to know; be cause, if we are, I must have been dread fully inebriated last night." A few dap since a farmer was telling in our hearing that he had planted an acre and a half of potatoes, and ho fear ed thev would be devoured by the po tato bugs. "Are the plants up yet?" asked a bystander. "No," replied the farmer, "bat the domed bug* are sit ting on every hill waiting for them." The new United States postal law re garding money orders is in effect. By its provisions all orders under sls will be charged ton oents; above 815 and under SBO, fifteen cents, and between S3O and #lO, twenty oents. Thus by far the greater number of orders, those under #lO, will be charged an additional five oents. Mrs. Sarah K. Putnam, a clairvoyant physician in Greenfield, Mass., attended a woman who had diphtheria, and scratched her finger with a pin while ar ranging bandages around the patient's throat The poison of the disease enter ed the slight wound, and Mrs. Putnam's hand, arm, and at length her whole body became affected, causing death. During a recent Detroit fire a young lady rushed up gad £own Montcalm street wildly shouting : " Save 'em— oh! save 'em I" " What is it! Who! Where?" shouted a man, as he seixed her arm. "Is any one burning uu?" "Not as I know of," he wailed, "but won't some one d*b to there and rove my croquet wH" So one dashed. . mi -♦ *