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
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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 i<ath to go that
way by night as often a* I can."
" \Vell, can't you wait and go with
mef"
" No; I travel only with one man,
and that is Air. Thorobury. Besides,
you liavo to wait here for au hour or so,
and 1 must l>e 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 Ma<jaenie,
s|ieaking of engaged couples, says; Ac
cording to popular lie lief, Un-y pass their
time in loving talk and a feverish lung
lug for tlie wedding day. Is this quite
the case ? Hum not Edwin sometimes
secretly feel that he has IMHUI rather too
iin put mat already, and that soma benefit
might result from an indefinite mwt
imuemeiit of the event I At his club, to
select friends, the youth scruples, not to
style this sweet courtship "a horrid
lsire," while he opines that tlie sooner
the job (that is, the wedding) is over- if
it must come off ut all—the better for
those concerned. Ho does not gene rally
dilate on the romantic side of the affair.
Instead of dwelling on the intensity of
his passion, be tries to make his friends
tielieve Angelina a great prite in the
matrimonial market, not exactly for her
self, but because her |>upu 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<uiltAl
llama jncket to saw the frngile thread
garment; on the other hand, llama lace
is now so inexpensive that it is bought
by women of limited means who cannot
afford any other lac.-. Tiie designs imi
tate those of thread luce jacket*, and the
abapea are precisely the aaiue—long
slender nacka even slf around, almost as
close fitting as bam iocs, and with medium
(lowing sleeves. The prices range from
sl< to B>'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<e iu attendance "went through
her," and was rewarded by finding on
her person more than $5,000 worth of
jewels, laces and gloves. The gloves
wen* found sewed up in the inside lining
of her bustle, nnd the lace inside a large
braid of false hair whieh she wore. Her
ndergarments were all made to contain
various articles, even her corsets 1 icing
made to do service in cheating Undo
Ham. The guilty woman cried bitterly.
She is a lady well connected, and was
allowed to go free upon payment of the
sum total due the government.
The new ruler or guikwar of Bnrodn,
selected by the viceroy of India, is Go pal
Rao, an adopted son of the predocesors,
and brother of Mulber liao, the prince
just deposed. The prime minister ami
real governor of Baroda, however, willlie
Sir Madhovn Iteo, one of the ablest na
tive statesmen of India. He is of an old
Tanjorn family, a Brahmin of Brahminu,
and was formerly prime minister of Tm
vancore, which he made the model na
tive state of India, giving it fine roads,
bridges, hospitals, schools, and ports for
shipping.
That Hired lilrL
When she came to work for the family
on Gongren* street the Lady uf the house
sat dowu and told her that agents, book
|M-ddlers, bat rack men, picture sellers,
nali buyers, rugmeu, and all that class of
|ieople must be met at the front door
and coldly repulsed, and Sarah said she'd
repulse 'em if she hail to break every
broomstick in Detroit.
And she did. She threw the door open
wide, bluffed right up to 'em, and when
site got through talking the cheekiest
agent was only too glad to leave. It got
so after awhile that ptnldler* marked Unit
house, and the door bell never rang ex
cept for company.
The other day as the lady of the house
was enjoying a nap, and Harah was wip
ing off tlie spoons, the bell raug. HUe
hanteued to the door expecting to See a
lady, but her eyes encountered a slim
man, dressed in black and wearing a
white necktie, lie wa* the new minis
ter, and he wa* going around to get
acquainted with the member* of hi*
flock, but Harah wasn't expected to know
this.
" Al—um- ia Mr. —ah
"Git!" exclaimed Harsh, pointing to
the gate.
" Beg pardon, but I'd like to auo -
See !"
" Meander!" she shouted, looking
around for a-weapon, " we don't want
any flour-aifter* here !"
"You are mistaken," he replied, smil
ing blandly, " I call*l to "
" Don't want anything to keep moths
away— fly I" she exclaimed, getting red
in the face.
" la the lady in I" he inquired, trying
to look over Sarah's head.
" Yea, the lady's iu, aud I'm in, and
you're out!" she snapped, " and now I
don't want to stand here talking to a fly
trap agent any longer 1 Come, lift your
boots !"
" I'm not an agent," be aaid, trying to
smile, "I'm the new "
" Yes, I know you—you are the new
man with a patent flalirou, but we don't
waut any, and you'd better go before I
call the dog!"
" Will you give the lady my card and
say that I called I"
" So, I won't. We're bored to death
with carda and handbill* and circulars.
Come, I can't stand here all day!"
" Didn't you know that I was a minis
ter f" he asked, a* he backed off.
" No, nor I don't kuow it now; you
look like the man who sold the woman
. next door a dollar chromo for eighteen
shillings 1"
" But here ia my card."
" I don't care fur cards, 1 tell you I
If you leave that gate open I'll heave a
flower pot at you !'
"I will call again," he aaid as h waut
through the gate.
" It won't do you any good 1" she
shouted afu-r him; "we don't want no
prepared fiaa! for infant*—no piano music
—no stuffed birds ! I know the police
man ou this beat, aud if you come around
b*re again he'll soon find out wln-ther
you are a ouuflilenoe inan or a vagrant"
And she took unuraal care to lock the
door.—/> 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 <rf Hvwnrity aw .to show you
Who your friends are not.
j The pistol used by Aaron Burr in his
dan] with Alexander Hamilton is on ex •
hibition at New Haven among other oea
teunial relics.
An exchange euys: Propositiona erf
marriage in Nevada aw written cm postal
(wrds, and the answer comes by return
mail: ''Corns oo with you* preeober !
"For whom are you concerned 1" ask
ed a judge of lawyer. "I am concerned
for the plaintiff, your horn*, but I'm
employed by the defendant, 1 waa the
ply-
Oin-dfth mow Siding and flooring *
needed than Urn number of square feet
of surface to be oovered, because of tin
lap in tb ride, and mstehtag at the
floor.
The Tennssaa# farmers are recovering
' their prosperity riowty. Jost m they
get a little money saved up the circus
comes along and the hard times tiegin
ortr njpMri
A Washington, D. C„ monkey live*
on nothing but fresh meat and needles,
of which latter he is said to have swal
lowed 10,000 papers during bis seven
years' lifetime.
Charles H. Holmes is the talk** man
in New England. He standsi six feet
igbt inches high and Uvea in Topaftald,
Maine —a very appropriate name for his
place of residence.
An exchange very truthfully roys that
"it doesn't my to be as> 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.
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