Morning. Day t dawning. Rlim and wide, Through ths mists thst hhnd i , Trembles up the rippline ' le With the eea l>ehiud it. Tike a warrior-angcl sped On a mighty mission. Light * nd life about him shed. A transcendent vision. Mailed in gold and fire he stands. And with splendors shaken, Ihda the aleeping seas and lands Quicken and awakan Day is co OS. Dreams are dumb. Thought has light for neighbor Room ! the rival giant* come Lo, tha sun and labor. Haunting Eyes. In tha hoar I ft rat beheld thee. Soft thy kindly glances fell. And my heart boned down before thee. As beneath a magic spoil. Since thst time, like some sweet phantom. In my homo thy form doth rise. And where er my sad gate wanders, There I meet thy hanntiug eyes! Oh, those eyes! their lovely shadow Stole the light of life sway, And my heart, in languid dreaming. Idly pines from day to day. Vain the evening s dewy coolness. Vain the calm of midnight skies . Even with darkness closing round me. Still 1 see those haunting eyes ! KITTY'S TRIAL. A Nheteh st !<ieslh#rn Mevs Idle. For at least ton day* Miss Elixa. tho house xeeper, had reported our little maid, Kitty, m a most unusual state of mind and Kvly. Her shiny black skin was becoming absolutely pallid— her broad mouth, always parted in rather noisy laughter, was closed, and her full lips tremulous ; her appetite van gone entirely—ahe was literally starving her self to* death. The state of her mind was most distressing, for her utter wretchedness was painful to behold, and her silence as to its cause somethiug re markable in one formerly so ooinmuun-a live. Our curiosity was considerably excited by such a phenomenon, and our wonder was iuereased by the sudden an nouncement one morning that our excel lent chambermaid, whose conduct while with us hail been unexceptionable, had been arrested and carried off for trial be fore our village magistrate. What could it mean t Kitty's bosom friend, a half simple girl about her own age sixteen —gave us the desired information as she iiaasod the house weeping bitterly, fol lowing in the wake of the constable who ni leading poor Kitty away. " Me and Kitty was at the Cary street meeting house Sunday 'fore last, and Kitty laughed at something, and one of the colored men—a big man in the church —he say Kittv keep him from saving his prayers, and he meant to have her put in prison Kir it Kitty and me have been scared to death; and now they done come and took my jxior dear Kitty Oh, oh, oh !* This, then, was the explanation of the whole mystery. Our merry little darkey had been to the colored Methodist meet ing-house two weeks before, an! hail distort* J one of the elders, a cross grained old bachelor negro, who had no eye for our maid's trim little figure and good-natured face, but a sharp oue for an innocent female who might disturb his lordship's devotion. His threaten ing glances, as we afterward heard, had only increased her merriment, and be had left the church vowing vengeance. Behold the result! We were all a good deal troubled, for Kitty was quite a pet with us, and so sister Louise hurried off in search of a gentleman friend whom she persuaded to accompany her to tfie magistrate's office. Arriving at the miniature court house, they found a crowd of negroes assembled before the door, looking grave and important, and so barricading the passage it was with some difficulty Mr. Jones forced his way in. He returned in a few minutes to say that the trial would not come off for an hour or two, as the sheriff had goue out to the coun try to summon some witnesses, fifteen or twenty of whom had already arrived and were waiting to liear testimony to Kitty's depravity. She had been u fonned she could send fur any one w'u'o wished to testify in her favor, but had replied no one knew anything alxiut it bnt Susie, and Susie was on the spot, still clinging to her friend, who, like herself, was frightened ont of her wits. The fine which would be assigned in case of conviction would not be lees than five nor more than twenty dollars, bnt if Kitty could not pav it, she would be sent to jaiL Barter Louise begged Mr. Jones to remain there—help poor Kitty through *.. trial and pay the fine for her, so that she might return home in peace. The room in which the magis trate sat WHS small, with a low ceiling and hot little ventilation. Crowded as it now was with negroes, many in their shirt sleeves, just as they were found at their work in the fields, the atmosphere was anythiug but agreeable. The judge, a low, fat man, with a red face and heavy brow surmounted by spectacles, was seated by a table on which lay several large, dusty law liooks, the leaves of which he was turning in a pompous manner—as if the inatt.-r to be discussed before him was one of life arul death, and the fates arbiters. Behind the door, on a three-legged stool, sat Kitty, with the faithful BOOM crouched at her feet, both cold and trembling; opposite them were ranged the witnesses, around whom thronged a number of darkeys of all ages and both sexes. "We regret to keep you waiting, Mr. Jones, but we have had to send into the country again, to attach George Wilson, another witness for the plaintiff " The gentleman towed, and was abont to speak, when he felt some one pull his sleeve. " Mass' Jones, is I got to 'tach any bodv f" a-ked Kitty, in an alarmed tone. The poor girl's fears were soon relieved on this subject, and the judge, again turning the leaves of his book, remarked: " I find Miss Catharine Taylor guilty, according to the accusation brought against her, of quite a grave offense, in disturbing a lawful public assembly, and the fine is a heavy one for a person in her circumstances. .Shall I read what Blackstone, in his commentaries, say cm the subject ?" Mr. Jones expressed his thanks, but begged he wouldn't trouble himself. Just at this moment a ragged little urchin ran in, and hurrying up to the judge's table, said : " Mister, I say, please give me two cents' worth of ginger snaps." The judge rose with all gravity,"Walked to a sir all shelf behind him, "took the cakes from a plate standing there, hand ed them to the boy, and receiving his pay, pocketed it, while he resumed the discussion of the case before him, refer ring constantly to his books, until again interrupted by one of the witnesses, a gawky, hungry-looking, half-grown boy, wno polled the forelock of his hair, as he said: "S'cuse me, massa; but will you please gib me a oent's worth of yer bull'seyesl" "Certainly, my friend," replied the suave vender of sweets, as he walked with the dignity of a lord chancellor to his shelf, took down the glass jar of can dies, and returned with the reqnired quantity of bull'seyes. The boy put down a five-cent piece, and while the judge searched his pock ets for four pennies to give as change, he want on with his discourse upon what Blackstone said of offenses similar in character to that charged to have been committed by Miss Catharine Taylor. The twentieth witness for the plaintiff having at last arrived, the judge opened the case with all due solemnity, and re quested Mr. Williams to take the witness stand and state his grievance. The church elder, a tall, severe-look ing colored man, with white hair and beard, stepped forward and began his speech. " May it please your honor, Sunday 'fore last I was at my church, as every 'spectable colored person should be Fliiax KURT/., Kditoi- ml I Yopri<.tor. VOL. VIII. whan there's preaching. I allowed tlie folks to thfir proper pliwx**, and put that wicked young jx-rwon, Mim Catha riiie Tavlor, in a comfortable position, where alio could attend to lu<r duties like a Christian, ami thou I retired to my own seal to enjoy myself in h.-aring tho preacher, ami joining myself in tho prayers ; hut you b'heve me, Rir, tliat wicked young 'otuan, the prisoner at the liar, disturbed my devotiuua with her laughiug ami chattering, so that it was no use to try anil 'tend to my own Christian husiueas any more. Blie ilis turlss! the wtnile congregation, plea.se> your himor, ami I know 'tis the duty ami pleasure of you gentlemen an regii ate* the laws to aee that tlie laws is olieyed ; ami I can prove by mvaelf ami these oolored gentlemen here thai ahe'a broke 'em—eveiy one—and that she de serves to go to the court tail, and live ou broad ami water 'till she 1 ear us man ners." •' Thank you, Mr. Williams ; that will do. You have ->tato.l your case clearly, and—ahem—laconically. You see, Mr Jones, your little maid is prone to err, as regards her religious duties, like the rest of us, and, *.>, must jay the peu altv of her guilt. Mr. Wilson, will you please come forward and testify to the lest of your knowledge and Ivelief I" George Wilson, a jolly-looking darkey, left the ranks and came forward, grin ning from ear to ear. He was duly sworn, and then asked il Mr. Williams' statement was correct ; if he himself was at church on that fatal night ; and if he was interrupted in his devotions by Kitty's laughter. "Ya as, masaa, 1 was at church dat night, for 1 always goes to meetin' if I kin git dere, and 'tis sortin sure Kitty slie dere too, and she got to laughing like, and 'sturbed folks mightily. Ebery word Brudder Williams say is true; but, massa, she ar'n't nothing but a gal yet, and gals will hab deir fun, makes no dif ference whar dey is:" "That will do, Mr. Wilson. We see your evidence is against the prisoner, bat your kind heart recommends her to our mercy on account of her youth." " I s'poee you say de right ting, nuissa ; but I ain't got no book larniu' like dose yoaug ones, nowadays, as goes to school. 1 know one ting, massa, 1 tells de truth, and nothin' but de tiuth. I ain't pomaioas myself, like some folks I know ; 1 don't put on airs jwt "cos I knows l'se free man now—lives to my self and works for myself, ai d puts de money straight in dis ole pocket, wiiar it stays till de ole woman comes and steals it all; ftinl, bless you, don't leave me 'nuf to buv mv 'baceer." A half dozen other witnesses w.>r called, all of whom testified clearly against Kitty. "If Mr. \V ill Lams is satisfied, I think we might now examine the witness for the defendant. A bad case against your client, eh, Mr. Jones f" Susie, the half-witted friend of Kitty, like a hunted deer, sprang to her feet when her name was called. Some one had whispered in her ear (we afterward discovered) that her eyebrows would turn white if she told a falsehood while uuder oath, and the girl was wild with terror lest such a misfortune should be fall her. "Miss Susan, what can you say in favor of TOUT friend i Did she, or did she uot, faugh and disturb the worship ers at the meeting!" " I—l dnnno, sir. She didu't do noth in' as I see but laugh a little bit. I b'lieve she laugh—maylie she didn't— please, sir, don't send her to jail! 'Deed, sir, she didn't do nothin' to hurt no body !" " Your client's friend's evidence is rather against her—eh, Mr. Jones f Wo had better not ask h< r any more ques lions. Miss Catharine Taylor, you art allowed to speak in your own defense if you wish it. My friends, the law is just, and allows a prisoner this privilege. Doesn't it, Mr. Jones !" said the judge, wiping the perspiration from his fore head with a red silk handkerchief. Kitty had to wait until the judge had Isold two cents' worth of peppermint drops before she oould speak for her self. " All I've got to say is that I didn't 'sturb nobody at church. I'm not going to lie abont it. I did laugh, but I didn't j 'sturb nobody!" " Hush, hush ! The prisoner is not obliged to criminate herself. The law is very explicit on that poiut—eh, Mr. Jones f You know what Black-tone says 1" Mr. Jones didn't know Blackntone's opinion, and didn't care to bear. Would the judge please proceed with the eas- I i "All that remains is to sum up the I evidence, and decide according to law." " Could I cross examine some of the witnesses, and see if it is not possible to throw a better light on the whole affair f" "Certainly, Mr. Jones ; as you wish I to act as volunteer counsel for the de fendant, the law allow- you this privi lege." Mr. Jones asked George Wilson to ap pear again. " Yon say Kitty langhed. Did she laugh aloud or noisily f" " Wal—no, massa, I ain't never hear her. I see Brndder Williams frown, and I looked 'round, and I see her smile again, prettv brood, and pnt up her fin gers and look at Brudder Williams through dem." " Bat did she disturb you at all ?" " So, massa, she ain't *stiirl>ed me none. Gals is gals—dey ain't like boys." Another and yet another witness was asked if Kitty's laughter was load enough to interfere mat' rially with their devotions, and a little cross examination always resulted in the final confession ttiat the party had seen Brother Wil liams' discomfort, but had felt none themselves. Meanwhile the crowd of spectators, all of whom were in deep sympathy with the light-hearted Kitty, listened admir ingly to Mr. Jones, with eyes starting from their sockets, so intently did they hang upon his words, as he summed up the testimony. " If the judge will allow me to express my opinion, I should, from what we have heard daring the trial, say that Catharine Taylor has been guilty of irreverence in a place of public worship ; and that in so doing she annoyed one of the elders, whose place it is to see that all deport themselves properly on the oocasion of a service in the church. Beyond the mere effect on Mr. Williams feelings as churchwarden, no harm seems to have been done. No one else seems to have heard any noise, or been induced even to look towards the prisoner, except from having their attention drawn to the spot by their elder's evident discomfort Such being the case, the plaintiff cannot be said to have proved his statement— namely, that Kitty disturbed the wor ship of the congregation. I move the indictment be quashed." " You are right, Mr. Jones, and Miss Catharine may thank you for having argued her case so admirably. You have the law on your side ; the accusation of disturbing a public assembly is not proved; therefore, we can only repri mand the prisoner for her acknowledged irreverence, and dismiss her." A bnrst of applause from the specta tors followed, and a crowd collected around Mr. Jones to shake hands vjth him, and thank him for "speakin IV o beautifully for Kitty—just like aHi lawyer, for all the world!"—while I H 1 Williams strutted out of the room H a state of virtuous indignation; THE CENTRE REPORTER. ! Susie, the only cue of the throng who was not laughing boisterously, kept ap l<ealiug to Kitty to know if her eyebrows were white. A IN-teethe'* Hlu.ilrr. The Virginia City (Sv.) AWnoq/ VKrtmicU relates this incident : About two mouths ago a young lawyer of this city and his newly acquired wife vtere returning from a visit to the lay. Wearied a trifle with constant bulling ami cooing. tlie young husliand made some feeble excuse or other aim slipped off to tlie smoking car to burn u cigar ami think with a sigh of tlie departed bach elor days when he could spit out of the window over his loot toes, with none to sav : " Oh, ph>ase, Steve, dear, don't I" The bride, with rather an iujured ex pression, was sitting in her [>alaoo ear, musing ou the waning anlor of her Ste phen, when she suddenly discovered tliat slie was the center of attraction to the whole oar. Two rough looking men were standing in the aisle, g*xitig at her closely, and then referring to a pa|H-r which one held in his hands. Itefore the astouhdied and indignant lady could col lect her thoughts, one of the men took the vat-ant scat beside her, and with a knowing wink observed: "A good get up, Nancv, but it won't do. Yon're eopi>cd ih-a.I to rights this time, honey." ••Sir!" gasped the frightened lady, shrinking bock iuto the furthest oorner. •' By the tig stick." said the man, ad miringly. " Nance, vou'd ought to a gone on the stage, 1 never aee any thing better iloue. But it wou't do. You've got to come lack with us, Nance, an' vou stand a mighty good chance of goin' over the l>ay for ilve at shortest." •'Sir, what do you mean !" exclaimed Mr*. , thoroughly alarmed and start iug to her feet " Will no gentleman protect me from the iuaults of this fel low f" Half a dozen gentlemen sprung for ward at this appeal. "Gentlemen," mid the man, "jist 'tend to your own business, and I'll tend to mine. I've been hunting this bud for two months, and more, and I've got her at last. She puts on a good deal of style, but if you've evw heard of Nance Browu, one of the 'cutest thieves un the coast, here she is. I'd have taken her quietly, but if she wants to make a row, it's her own business. I'm Detective " Oh, this is intolerable," cried the poor lady, bursting into tear* of indig nation and shame. " Gentlemeu, my husband, Mr. ,is on the train. Go find him, for Heaven's hake !" Then- presently appeared alxiat the wildest looking lawyer outside of Stock ton. The detectives grinned at the ve hement explanations of the husl*and,and the other officer warned him to be quiet, or he would arrest him for interfering. Fortunately there were several Virgin tans on the train, and they at ouce iden tified the lawyer as a respectable citizen, though, tLe marriage lacing reo-nt, they hud not known the lady. The detectives were profuse in their apologies, and got out of the car in double quick order, looking more sheep ish than any thief-takers liare a right to look, and swearing that it was the strong est resemblance tiiey ljul ever seen. A Singular Disease. A correspondent, writing of tlie IMulip pine islands, aavs : In spite of the oleanlv habits of the Bioolx, the itch is a widespread malady, believed bv the physicians to !*• the result of t<>o low u diet, the fotsl being mostly fish and vegetable. Under certain conditions tiiot-c nativts are utterly unable to en dure hunger and thirst, and when pur sued by unvp{H>as<\! wauts become critically ill, aud often die. A morbid mania for imitation is the result uf the viiAettse alluded to als>ve, a mania utterly beyond control. The attacks of the malady consist in this : that a man suffer ing under tin* influence of terror or con sternation will uucousciously, and with out the least sense of shame, imitate everything that j*as.--s l*fore him. Should he be cfTendi*d, he falls into a rage, raving and shrieking ; aud pre cipitates himself at the same time, knife in hand, on those who have places! him in the predicament. The practice of running amok, frequent in the Malay countries, is al-o not uncommon in the Philippines. Our author mentions the case of a soldier in Manila, who rushed into the house of a schoolteacher, atahlied tiini and his son, and, passing thence into the street, mortally wounded a woman and two youug girls, a boy, a • •oaohmiui, another woman, a sailor, and three soldiers. On arriving at his bar racks, be plunged the dagger in his ewn breast. Thus twelve victims besides himself fell before his homicidal frenzy. It is quite singular that the running amok is so often associated with the re sults of the disease alliidcd to above. Taining Clam-. When taken young, the drajthic says, clams, dull and stupid as they look, may be tamed, being readily touched by kindness and good treatment. A friend of the writer liud one which was quite domcnthwted and a general favorite of the household. At a word or a touch from the hand of his master he would open his shell and eat from the tip of his finger, previonslv moistened with sea water rich with the infusoria which form its natural food. It even learned to recognize its master's footstep, and it was tonchiug to see the joy it would ex press when my friend approached it; at such times it would open its shell and make its peculiar cry until it was taken up, when it would neatly against his warm hand, feed, and then sink quietly into a deep Hleep, or purr somewhat like a young kitten. For some reason tlie clam was called Evil-Merodach, to which name it would respond whenever ad dressed. Through the carelessness of an ignorant servant-girl it met its end by falling out of a window where it had le-eu placed, as wns customary after its evening meal, that it might enjoy the twilight, of which it was very fond, and in whieh it would sing quietly to itself, dreaming is-rhaps of its early days and friends. The shell was broken, aud not withstanding the most careful nursing, it died in a lew hoars. All They Want. An aged minister of the M. E. church, we are told, died not long ago in Ohio, who, to his dying day, wore no buttons on the lck of his coat, lieoanse, when young, he was remonstrating with a newly converted sister for wearing jewelry, saying that it was needless, and that a Christian should lie restricted to what was useful. His coat had metal buttons, and the girl at once leplied by asking : "Of what good are those but tons at the bottom of your waist ?" He saw the point, called for a pair of scis sors, cut off the appendages and re stricted himself forever after to bnttons in front. An apostolic writer also takes exception to broidered hair, pearls, and costly array. THE NEW JKMEY VOI.ES FEST.—The North German harvest festival lately held in New Jersey, in the vicinity of New York, was attended by over 125,000 jieople during the week, and the redpta at the gate were $40,000. This is the first festival held, but that they will be held every year is a self-evident fact. CENTRE IIA EE, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1875. THE lit RIAL IMFFHTLTY. A NkMrli ml Ike *ln Otrr W kwf Knanlai thr Traaklra In Maalrral I* ( A Montreal {taper nay*: Joseph Guitxird, over whuw Ikhlv IJllranuniliui iui and tli" civil authority have come into cuoM in thin country, m a French Canadian Human Catholic uf ilm tiuguinhed piety and fidelity to the doc trine* of hw church, and of excellent mural character, lie aim a printer, and for thirty mix year* wan in the employ of j the lute lamia IVrrault, mid later, of I*>uia IVrrault A Hon*. Guibord waa a uiiui of more tluui ordinary ability. When the catcvhiruuH and hymna fur the 1 uae of the Indiana in the uurthweat were published. l'Abbe Goriu, among others ; in charge of the miaaion, consulted Qui : bord oa to the bent mode of putting the i Indian language into type, and uf fortu uig tlie matrices. Although the Indian language wom entirely unknown to hiiu, Guibord undertook the difficult ta- k of I putting them> work* into print, and ac couiplulicd it no well that for ten yeara l he furtuahed the Roman Catholic mia aion in the uurthweat with the catechism* and hymna for the use of the Indiana. ! In recognition of tlieae aerviee* i'Aldm ! Garin and hia euujutore were accustomed ; to bring Guilmrd aouie of the tluent mink and otter akiua that could lie obtained iu tlie northwest. When visiting Mon treal Guiltord was one of the tirat whom j I'Abbe Gat in, lliahop of Anemoui ami ! others called U|*>U, and the effusions of 1 sentiment that passed lietweeil them j gave no promise that the pious and i Him pie hearted printer would in future { become the object of the anathema of ) hia church. I Guibord was foreman of Mr. Perrault'a printing establishment, ami was greatly beloved by hia employers and fellow- I workmen for hia k induce* and many ! good qualities. C. O. l'errault, Eq., vice consul of France, from whom we obtain several of these jiarticulars, says Guibord's punctuality was proverbial amoug those who knew him. Mr. l'er rault considered him as one of the tlrM pruiU-rs in the dominion. He ha I gnat i mechanical ingenuity, and was, in fact, i a scientific printer. He was the first who introduced stereotyping into thi eountry, and the first Ixxik stereotyped iu Canada was done under hi* siqwr vioiou. At the time of his death h< wan the oldest printer in Canada i-*r-pt Mr. I halved. Guibord was sixty two ycarauf i age when he died. Guibord was not one of the founders of the Institnt Cauadien, but become a member thereof two or three years after it establiahmcnt. When the mstitut fell uuder the displeasure of the bishop, for rvfumug to throw out of its library certain books that wvrv placed in the in dex at Home, Guibord was one of about two hundred members who persisted ui maintaining their connection then-with, and who ap|>oalcd to llomo against the course of the bishop. Guibord died sud denly on the loth of November, lHiy ; but thn-e or four weeks previous, when seriotialy ill, he sent for a priest, who came anil heard his confession. The priest, acting under direct in structions from the bishop, refused to administer to him extreme unction uulcus he would withdraw from the umtitut, which Guikiord declined to tlo. lie ral lied from that richness, but his death, when it subaequciitly occurred, was so sudden that he had no time to send for a priest. A few days before his ib-nth. Guiltord met one of his fellow memtwr* of the institut in tlie street, ami asked him what was the news slxmt their ap peal to Home. Tlie answer was that no news hsd yet arrived, but the iustitut hois >1 tluit justice would lie done them. " I hope so too," sanl Guibord, " tor I feel that 1 am going fast, and unless the matter is n-ttiiil Itefore I uie there will bo a row about my grave. lam a poor man, and thev will no doubt bury me along with those that have beeu hanged if they can." "Have no fear* almut tluit," returned his fellow mem ber, " your friends will see that you are no worse treated than a rich man." A Prison Romance. A few dava since a tine double team, with driver and footruiui on board, dash" d up in front of the Ohio penitentiary ami stopped, when the footman hastened into the warden's office ami said to Col onel luuis that a lady at the gate desired to as> the warden. The colonol stepped out, and, after addre-sing a finely dressed madam, was a-ked if she might •*> her husband, who was a convict uuder his charge. He replied that if she was the wife of any man in the prison of course she might see liim. She alighted and went into tho offioe. Meanwhile, the tnan whose name she gave was sent for. Before he came the woman privately told the warden that she hstl a bill of divorce from him, and that it might lx that he would not care to see her, ami she would like to be informed on that point Ix-fore he came in. Accordingly the warden met the husband in the guard-room, and said to him that his divorced wife was in the office and desired to see him if he was willing. He aaid he hod no objec tion to seeing her. He went into the office, where she met him with a welcome hand ami a caress, which were both very coolly received. During the conversa tion that ensue. 1 she asked him if he in tended coming home when his time was ont, nn<l told him that his father had said he would establish him in business if he would liebave himself. He iiulifforeliUv replied that lie didu't know or caremticli where lie went to. Her interest in his behalf was not very warmly reciprocated, and she tlnally remarked that she would have to lie going. As they parted she offered another caress, which he accept ed seemingly as a matter of politeness. After he had gone back to work she told the nnpbun of tlie guard to tell him thnt if he wonld lie a good man until his time wan ont and come home she would again join him in the bonds of wedlock. Sensible Words about Advertising. The following in from tlie financial ar ticle of the New Orleans fSrat/uiw ; The people who sit nervously in count ing houses, or liehind their glsxls, wait ing for customers to take them by storm, and making no efforts to let the world know the bargains they hove to offer, will tlnd thn season very unprnpitious. Many of those who have sj>ent large sums in hiring drummers and paying for other well-known appliances of trade, have effected large sales, but swallowed np too large a share of the receipts in such enormous attendant expenses. The bast remuneration hss been found by those who have returned to more legiti mate Wld fashioned methods of pushing their business. We say it not simply because we are interested in this line of exfienditare, but, as our best advice to all who wish to he enterprising and to seenre a larger custom, there is nothing, now so effiotivo to this end as judicious advertising. A little advertisement may be like a gentle touch of the whip to poor Dobbin's horse, "a mercy thrown awaylint a liberal outlay is almost certain to bring iu a large return, and this will last oven beyond the enrrent season. We do not believe that any one who has valuable service or desirable property to offer can fail of reaping a rich harvest by continuous advertising on a large scale. Hwket—Lonisiana's last sugar crop amounted to 116,867 hogsheads, and molasses to 11,516,988 gallons. rilK I'IIILADELI'UI A CENTENNIAL, ■ Tfcr Span Is bo OrraplvA fc fkr Hallilmi KrsrlsA. I' I'hiladelphia is preparing to take tlx lead IU the wav of exhibitions or world'a a fairs at the Geutenniul next year. A s tsiiii | tar won of the ground to Ist covered by the buildings at Philadelphia witli that covered in other cities is interesting. Here it is so plain that all can under stand it: l'tub*l"k> !• c>fSr<! ml Vtiil*4*lt>tiU Tltcna J V Muiu. ,11 ease* >nral M 111 im Vtaiuu. an court. Mt* *MC res. iw: UMM iwia. lit at*i Uxtiloa. Istl j 39 Mnw In i S ; ' ' ::j: i ;1 ! ! ii' ; * < II !|| || • nil" r, | Mi I ' ; I I 111=1)1 i < I ! The Sawdust Farmer. A rorrwipondent of tlie Rural A'ew Yorker tells tlie billowing story : Not a hundred miles from where 1 I grow }M>tatoe, a city gent purchased a small (arm a year or two since and com menced operations in the spring after his owu fashion. Of course there was inu.'h speculation among hia neighbors as to how things would come oat, as the land hail lawn skinned by its former owner, one of tlie old " regulars" in tlie liuaiuess. Home of the new jtotsbwsi must be triad, but Uie land wan dread fully poor, and very little manure ootald be had at any price; therefore some thing must lie done to prevent failure and the fulfilling of adverse prophecies, lint Mr. Hi.lewalk had read that potash was a good fertilizer for potatoes, iu fact, the I test crops of this tulx-r were usually produced on new lands full of ashes and deeaynd vegetable matter ; eonoesjueutW ho set to work to supply the ffrst of those ingmlients, if not both. In the ueighlmrhooil there is a sawmill, and about it, as usual, quantities of old sawdust. A few loads of this were hauled homo and heaped under a shed. In the meantime Mr. Hidewalk had ordered - sent out from the city two hundred pounds of pure potash. This was dis solved in wsU-r and jsnired over tin- aaw dust, a little at a time, and the heap worked over and then more of the liquid put on, uutil at last the entire two hun dred pounds hail been taken up. Of course, this tnad ratlier an cxjs'nsivo fertiliz'r, and one Uiat would scarcely lie profitable in a long run, but it was city versus country, and the former was bound to win, and ho did. The laud was plow,*l and harrowed and then ftir row<-d out for the potato, *. A hlwral ouautity of the sawdust was sprea,! in the trenches, and the jsitabsw dropped tipou it and c>ver,*l. Of course the neighbors saw the sawdust, but the pot ash part was kept mast Th, potnt-ww grew amazingly, and the yield was some thing never Is-fore soon on tliat farm Uie in memory of the oldest inhabitants. The next spring Mr. Hidewalk li&d made pro vision for other and cheaper kinds of manure, consequently did not care a)s>ut any more sawdust, but his neighbors •lid, and there was it great scramble for all that conld be had at the sawmill, and it went into furrows and hill* in large quantities, no question being asked or explanations required of the city farmer. It u probably unns?wary to mention the results, but 1 would ad viae any one going Uiat way not to mention "saw dust in the hearing of Uioae who thought that they had learn,*] 11 new "kink" in potato growing from a city man turned fanner. It Is the Nature of the Bead. Progs, toads and serixuits never take any food but tluit which they are satisfied is alive. If a lxe, wasp or hornet stings, it is nearly always at Uie expense of his life. Herjients are so tenacious of life that thev will live six monUis without food. l'he head of a rattlesnake has Ix-en known to inflict a fatal wound niter be ing separated ftrom tlie body. • If the eye of a newt is pnt out another perfect eye i* iwxui supplied by rapid growth. Fishes have no eyelids,-and nec-ssari ly sleep with eyes open. Alligator* full into a lethargic sleep during the wiuter, like a toad. There ar agricultural i.nts in Texan that ai'tiially plant grain and reaj) before the harvest. Naturalists sny that a single swallow will devour six thousand Hies a day. The tarantula of Texas is nothing more than u euprmojjs spider. A single codltsti produets more than 1,000,00(1 eggs in one season. A wltafe suckles its young, and is therefore not a fish. The mother's af fection is n'innrlnihlo. Toads Ixvome torpid in wintr ami hide UiomnclvcK, taking no food for five or six mouths. Serpent* ,if all sjhsuoh shed their skins annually, like sea crabs mid h"lister*. Turtles and tortoises have their skele ton* partly outside of, instead of within, the bisly. It Is believed thnt croctxliles live to | Ix, hundred* of v,>ars old. Tho ancient Kgypti.'ins embalm, d tliein. Thoughts for Salnrfiay Night. Vice is bnt n nurse of agonies. Vsin is the world, bnt only to tho vain, UlUa modesty is very nearly allied to extreme vanity. Truth may lie violated a* much by silenoe as by falsehood itself. If we dive to the Ixittom of pleasure we are sure to bring up dirt. The beauti ill are not always good, but the good are always beautiful. There is a silken string connecting all • virtue. It is called moderation. Glory will do well in homeopathic donea; but it poisons nevertheless. The appreciation of noble dcxls is the next thing to being noble ourselves. Thackeray once said, very finely: Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. Onr whole duty is embraced in tho two ideas of abstinence and patience. I Doubts increase with knowledge. It is the unlearned who are most confident. The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old. Old age is often beautiful, and proper ly ao, for it is the childhood of immor tality. A IHNCAMKD COMMUNITY. 1* Halhtaa I* lis bal IVAdlr Srl|..A Vrr. <lt Im lb* llbrus. e One of the worst disease* that twn * afflict * community i oaandal. When K said community arrives at suuh a ststeoi d affairs as that described by an Atchi h n<>li (Kansas) p*|x-r, it is to IM pitied, f. The |Nt|wir avers that "the whole at inospliere is tainted with tlie iofamon* shines of |Mstiferuus charaoter vampire* who, with s malignancy s persiatent an 1 I it is deviliah, torture the most innocent iwts into guilt and the moat liar tales* in "liscretious into crime*." Moreover, | " these harpies of lyth sexes devote al most their whole time to their malign work." M -ralizing on the sail state of affairs, the New York lYilunr say*: Evtry well meaning man should consider how much good he isin do without taking a great deal of trouble, either by listening to ill nature*] gossip with an air uf indiffer ence or of uupatience, or by indignantly refusing to listen to it at all. ror we must musider that a great proportion of the stories disadvantageous to personal character which are afiisit, are really iiue uf our busiuess, and in no way euuoeru our happinuNa, our pros|>ority, or our success. Now, we will suppose that a man of good character in Atchi suu, when one uf theae slanders is whis jx-red to him, makes the whisperer un mistakably to understand that he con aiders himself insulted by the *icaking recital. " Wlist have I done tliat you bnug this report to me t What reason have vu for lielieviug that I would like to Lear this 1 Do i regard it as true or false t Hu, or madam, I think nothing about it whatever, nor do 1 intend to think about it. O ! it will not keep me awake ' nights—this hint that Mr. hss gone wrung or that Mrs. is uo Ix-tier than she should be. No more of your insult* if you please -that is the point about which I am principally concerned. Your talk is i contamination. Be off with yon !" I/et them try this in Atchison as a , remedy for the prevailing epidemic, be j fore they Is-take themselves to the per j suasive pistol and the argumentative k ' txiwte knife! A few honcot una* tuak ing this csj tempt nous stand against Uie , I foul res uf detraction, will work won ( dors. Slander should be olio uf the ( most disreputable vices in this vicious world ; but ou the other hand, it i* a sin ,' into which tolerably well-meaning talk , l era fall, part) v lieoauae they must talk t aUiut aomethiug or aomcbody : and i partly l**wuOe there is an exaltation of ourselves in the de|ireciatiuu at other*. It is the remit sometimes of idleness | and vacuity of life ; sometime* of jesd ousy and lrntatiou at oar own failure where another ha* succeeded ; not rel dom of habit caught in street* and | ahops, a* the moaale* art* caught in the public schools. Warring against it must be jx-raonxl, and not general or ' public. Condition of tha Black* Wage*. The uegrisw in and near the cities and towns, nays Charles Nordhoff, in a letter fn-m Oorgia, are usually There are msnv cclor,*l nicchar.ios, and j tlioy reo-ive fall wage* where they are i skillful. Near Atlanta and oilier places they own small " truck farms," and sup ply the market with Vegetables. There are fewer black than white tx-ggars in thecitie*; and a mis-ionary clergyman I surprised me by tin* remark that tlie blaeklxwiy erop, which wss ripening, wo* " a blcositig todoxena of ptx,r white , families of whom he kuew," who livcil half the year in a condition of semi storvntion. lie explained that those people would not only sail blackberries, but that iu the season they largely lived on tins fruit. Those are the kind of jxsij "le to whom fsctorie* would Im a , blessing. In the cottou country tho planter , i usually pays his hands $lO s mouth, by j the year, with a house and ration. The ration consist* of three pounds of laoon, a peck of meal and a pint of molasses per week. The labor has also a " ixiteli" of land f<*r a garden, and Hatnrday af ternuon lor himself, with tho use of the planter's mule* and tool* to work the garden. They work from sunrise to sunset, and in the summer have tsro and a half hours for dinner. The cotton pickers receive fifty cents per one hun ! dred pounds in tho seed and are fvl, or sixty-five oonts txir one hundred pounds if they feed tuemsclvo*. The ration (*osts about fifteen cents a day. Most C lantern keep a small store, and sell their dwrera meat, bread and toba.vo on credit, the general settlement IM ing made once a year. The winien receive for field work sii a month and a ration, and I was told tliat they insist on receiv ing their own wwges and will not let tlieir husbamls use their money. Tliey {.form au im|xirtant extra force for ureas ing work. One of the most intelligent iiloutera I met in the Htatc told me that (lis latxirers cost him about Sift a month —wages and ration. He added (what snrpris*l mc) that the lxwt planters i>r<*- fcr to |>a.T wages rather tlian let tlieir hind on shares, and that the wage* sys tem was growing in favor also with the negroes. I found this confirmed by 1 other testimony. It is very different in other States 1 have seen—except, indeed, North Carolina—and I imagine the pov erty of the soil is a main reason fcr it. In Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas ' the planters told me it wonld be poor 1 j policy to pay wages. Certainly it is the poorest system for the negro. " The Chair Is Busted." In Dcekertown the pastor of a church ! being absent the divine who tilbsl his place did not kuow about a difficulty ui the choir. He gave out lus hymn selected for the opening, and rend it thrnngh. There was no musical response i —no sound of praise—from choir of con gregation. After a momeut's emlsuTaa*- ing silence, a brother arose, and, walking up to the pulpit, whisperisl iu the preach er's car. The preacher nodded his head nud smiled. lie thought the brother had said the wrong hymn had been read, so he turned tlve l>nv.* again and gave out anotlier. It was a long one, and he read it througli, closing with " Pleaac omit one stanza." A dead silence in the eougregntion again. The preacher looked uneasy, i was shout to give ont another hymn, when another brother aro*e ami sjHiko from the gull cry : "You see, our choir is busted. Some •f 'em thought tho bass sung too low, and sonic of 'em thought the spronnv ivas too high, and others thought we ought to have a better alto, aud there wasn't many that liked the tenor, and so the rest got mad, and tliey won't Im any singin' to day." " And so the services were ended without any " singin'." I'oor. Sydney Smith's }x>nmanshin was wretched. His wife onrsi asked nini to interpret a paasage which she in vain tried to spell out, and he answered that , " he must decline ever reading his own handwriting four and twenty hours after he had written it." *llis friend Jeffrey's writing was not much bettor. "My d>ar Jeffrey," wrote Smith ou one occa sion, " we are much obliged by your let tor, but should be still more so were it i legible. I have tried to read it from left to right, and Mrs. Smith from right to left, and we neither of lis can deoi- I phor a single word." Tormw : $2.00 a TTear, in Advance. THE THREE R'H. '• WUI Iks Hars Ur* si Wrbaal m4 Wk*l Tka* nkasl* 1-aars A Mrfarwailas I, Maslr*. u It i practically true, however it may •f ■ be denied by school teachers, that Willi i what lis* Ixwli nailed the progress uf I- 1 education, and the reduction uf teaching 1- to a science uf which there ore instruc a tura, and for which there are colleges, * there ha* Immd a neglect uf thuae ele * mcntsry branches uf knowledge which t to the unscientific mind are the found* i* lion of all acquirements—those |x>pular , j ly knuwu a* "the three B'a," reading, I- writing, and arithmetic. Boys will a know some Latin, aud even some Greek, will be well up in Euclid, know some i. tiling of phyaiulugy, chemistry, and 11 geology, have even some inkling uf ouu 1j stituUuiial law, aud internatiunal law, t and yet lx- unable to read aloud a lead -0 iug article, ur a page from an unfamiliar book, intelligibly, not to say clear!v and f with gtMxl emphasi*. They will be <• equally unable to express themselves in f writing so tliat their meaning will out be J mistaken ; fur as to grace or foroe of v style, we shall nut be so presumptuous v as to oak for those. They will be unable , to go quickly and surely through a little f arithmetical calculation, or even to keep - on exact account of their receipt* and i- expenses. It is, however, chiefly in the i- two former respects that the young poo - pie uf the day are deficient. The spirit i? of trade prevadeathe whole time ao much 1 that some ability to " cipher "ta fuund i lin almost every boy who has not the I fortune—good, ur bod, who shall mj I— t to lie born with strung tendencies to I literature and to art. But ill reading > and in writing our buys and girls, of 1 whatever grade in school, of whatever t jxjwUou in society, are, aa a whole, t lamentably deficient Huw many buys 1 dues any reader uf this article know who i ' could take it up and at sight rerel it off 1 aloud as if be understood it, aud it a sway to give hia hearers pleasure I How i many bovs who ouuld vale iu a plain x aud Lomlaume hand a clear account uf • any tranaactio .at which they have been - | present I Very few indeed, if any, we f : are sure. Now, theae accomplishments • are of great importance ; and if they may b ' nut be Bald to be at the very foundation - of all sound education, they are at least !* not inferior in value, fur * the benefits * they coufer, the refined pleasure thev l give, and their efficacy aa means of cuf - ture, to many of the fancy branches upon i j which much time and trouble are ex -1 pended while theae ore neglected. For, f DopU-rry to the ooutrory not withstand ing, reading and writing do not come by nature. Jt was by daily training that - the manv good readers of the past and of ? the |J sasiii g generation were made, and - the good handwriting, and the simple, I clear expression of the same period came • in the some way. We are sure that the t ' more intelligent and the Iwttre educated r j the parents of pupil* are themselves, the more willing, or even dmirous, they would be to have the school curriculum simplified, to have the number of b ranch | m taught reduced, and to have more at r tendon given to daily and thorough drill in "the thn* B'a.—A'. 7tmr. The Amies of Europe. M. Amuder 1* Faure publishes in the /-Vance an analyst* of tlx- military strength of the various European na tions iu I#X&. Germany lias an army ' comprising <69 battalion* of infantry, 465 squadrons of cavalry, fiOt) campaign IxUteru-s, twenty-nine listtslums of foot artillery, eighteen tiattaliona of pioneers, and eighteeu taUalions of service oorps. When are added the reserves, the land sturm, the landwehr, and*the navy, a total of 1,700,000 man is arrived at. with , annual estimates of £20,000,000. The English army and navy, including militia and volunteers, <*impnse 555.000 men, costing £24.H00.000 ; Austna has 5515,-1 UK) men, costing £IO,BO >,OOO ; Balgium, <3,000, with an expenditure of £1,659,- '200; Denmark, 54,000 men, costing £.'166,000 ; Spain, according to the regu lation of Ix7o, poHseatie* "270.000 men, with a yearly budget of £6,400,000. The law paused by the Cortes iu 1872 has as yet Ixxm imperfectly applied. France has 132 regiment* of infantry, thirty battalions of chaaaeura, seventy-seven cavalry regiment*, forty regiments of ar tillery. four of engineers, and twenty squadrons of service corps. With the ; reserve and navy the total effective strength of the country is 1,700,000. costing £26,6U),000 ; Greece, 51,000; men aud estimate, £360,000; Italy, 760,- 0U) men, expendituiv £9,840.000 ; Hoi land, 100,000 men, estimate £1,120,000 ; ] Portugal, 73,000 men, costing £180,000: Russia has an army in time of peace of 188 regiments of infantry, eighty-two tmttahona of riflemen, forty-eight bat talion* for frontier service, fifty -nix regi ments of onvalrv, 310 batteries of artil lery, fourteen battalions of engineers, besides irregulars and reserves. With tlie fleet, tlie effective strength of the country is 1,550,000, with a budget of £27,"200,000; Sweden, 160,000 men, , coating £1,120,000. The effective strength of Switzerland is approximate ly 180,000 men, costing only £360,000. '(iirkey, 300,000 men, with estimates of £5,680,000. On a war footing, there fore, the armies of Europe are 9,338,000 men, costing annually £136,804,000. , i The Effect* of Lightning. A man who WAS struck by lightning says : His first remembrance upon re turning to consciousness was of hearing bis daughter, who had run down from the house, uixiut twenty-flve rods ilia hud, cxclnun : "0, father is dead Upon opening liis eyes, Uie whole air and sky seemed to be in a blaze. He also become conscious of Uie mmt in , Uuise suffering, aud especially iu his lower limits. He says the ]iu was like that of n l>nni, mid thnt he could not have suf- > feissl more for the hour that followed if he had I wen held in the flames. He was taken to the house and made as comfort able as possible, but eight or ten hours J claused Ixdore he was able to move *ither ■ of his lower limbs. The mark of the lightning is apparent from the shoulders to the calf of the right leg, in the shape of a broad, irregular strip, from which the skin wss peeled off aa though it had Ixvn scaled. N'attc Silks. The aoveltio* in fall ailks are now dis played on counters of retail stores, and some idea of their prices is obtained. One of the most tasteful novelties is ualtr silk in loosely matted tresaea woven in basket checks* Thia is mcaut for overdresses to Im used with velvet or j lilaiu gros grain, and costs $4.50 a yard, t comes iu all the dark stylish shades for suits, such as myrtle green, prime, seal brown, slate bine, gray, navy blue, and black. Moyen-ago brocaded silks of single color, blue, green, or brown, are also shown for parts of suits. Tliey measure twenty-four inches, and cost | $3.50 a yard.— Bazar. The Hop Crop. The Brewers' Guardian says the prospect in England continues fair for a full average yield of hops of good quali ty. On Uie continent rain iB needed, and unless it comes soon the crop will be decreased and tha quality deteriorated. Iu France and Germany tho hopflelds arc somewhat troubled with mold and vermin. In Belgium the yield will he largely over the average. NO. 40. rueful liecipM for the Hhop, the Hoase fcoM, *b4 the Pam. ' A per3w*t nod handsome reddish " color mayfcpvB W ehorry or |M*rtr*<- wood by JHat 4 strong solution of ' }wruuuiK#Kte of potash, left on a longer ; ur abavtarHMßheeordiuf to the shade required. 1 Fruit te kept in Ktfirie by being peek ed in oraoerAiaed Sne. The luae ia slaked in water in which a little creosote lim Uwji dissolved, fid te allowed to tall to powder. The latter in apread over the bottom of a dtaflbK to about one inch in thickness. Ik sheet of paper ia laid above, and tbcnMpft trait. Ow the fruit in another then more lime, and ao on OfM the box ia full, when a little finely jt7*Wed obar coal ia packed in the rwmerm, all 4h# lid tightly closed. Fruit thua in clue. J will, it ia aaid, remain good for a year. % , Founded alum will purify water. One teaapuotiful of alum to four gailoaa of water will aauae a preaipitatiuii of the impuritiee. To estimate the quantity of shelled corn on the ooba in any given epaee, level them, and measure the length, breadth, and depth ; then multiply these dimensions together, and the product by four. Cut off the laat figure, and the result will be the number of bushels of shelled corn and the decimal of a bosheL Bee moths can easily be killed in | large numbers by settings pan of grease, in which is s floating ignited wick, near the hires after dark. The moths will fly into the light and fall into the grease. The best way to catch hawks or owls is to set up a high pole with a steel trap on the top. The brnls often alight di rectly in the trap. For the protection of iron and steel tools against rust, Yog*-l recommends a j solution of white wax in became. The latter, heated, will dissolve half its weight of wax. This will preserve the metal, even from the action of acid va por*. Apply with a brush. Bound steel wire rope will bear more than double the weight required to break iron rope uf MiaiW diameter. The following rule fur strength of iron pipes is Isuted upon the fact that a ten inch pipe, one inch thick, will stand the pressun of one hundred yards head of water. The ootncideace of one inch of tfletal to every ton inches diameter and one hundred yards pressure should be remembered. For every ineb in the diameter of pipe, increase or deduct on* tenth of an inch ; and for every yard of pressure, increase or deduct one-bun - j J red th of an inch. In calculating the strength of iron 00l umna, the safe plan ia to find the diame ter of a solid column nummary to bear the compression, and then distribute the ,' same area of metal in tnbe form or a hol low column. According to recent experiments of MM. Knndt and Lehmann, the Telocity of sound in pipes filled with water in- j creases with the thickness of the aidee of the tubes. To make yellow wax into white wax, the former is boiled in water, spread out ' into thin lavers, and expoued to the light and air. this is repeated until all the color is gone. Cuttings of many kinds of plants, not usually increased with facility by ama teurs, may lie rooted easily in a \V ardian case in the sitting room.— American. Wonder* or the Microscope. The other day a Detroit father pur chased a microscope for his eon, a boy of ten, patted the lad on the shoulder, and said to him: "My eon, take this microscope and go out and study the beauties of na ture. " The boy left all other amusements for that, and he took such great interest, and improved ao rapidly, that at the tea table, to which several visitors *mt down with the family, he felt that ho most make some remarks. Turning to one of the ladies he inquired : " Did yon ever look at cheese through a microscope f" •' I don't think I ever did," she pless en tlv reiilioL "Woll, you just ought to see the thing* crawl"— "John! John!" exclaimed the father, shaking hie head at the boy across the table. John subsided for a minute or two, j and when hi* mother passed the cheese around, everybody said: " Thank you, no." Pretty soon the young student, desiring to molify hie father, asked: " Father, did you ever look at a toad through a microscope f" "I will talk with yon after supper," replied the parent, scowling at the boy. John was rather disappointed at hie failure to arouse enthusiasm, and just aa the strawberries were Wing passed around he remarked: " Well, you just ought to look at a strawberry once through the micro scope ! They look just like warts, they do, and you think yon see bngs run ning"— " Jawn !" said his mother. " Boy !** warned hie father. " Well, they look womb flies' heads!" i protested the* boy, who imagined that they doubted hi* veracity, "for flies " " Boy!" said the father, making amo tion for John to leave the table. John left, and as noon as it was con venient for him to do so the father escorted the lad to the washroom in Uie tiascment, bounced him around, and ■aid: "My son, gimme that microscope*, and you take the sx and go out and study the tiesuthw of that woodpile 1" , 1/ that lx>y continues to feel the way . he does at present he will become a bank robWr instead of s naturalist.— Detroit i Free Pmtt. Nettie tiers Visiting. j " Ain't yon surprised to see me I" said a five-year-old girl, as she tripped into | my house in theTuidst of a rnia storm. "The rain fell all over me like it ran . down through a strainer, and I shocked ' it off, but it wouldn't stay shooked. I asked God to stop, but there was a big thunder in the way and he could not hear me, 1 uuderspeck; and I 'most know he couldn't see me, cause a black cloud got over my head as black as—any thing ! Nobody couldn't see little girls through black clouds. I'm going to stay till the sun shines, and then, when I go home, God will look down and say: j 'Why, there's Nettie ! She went to see her auntie right in the middle of the rain;' and I gness he'll be just as much oxprised as you was !" Kough Courtship. In a book just published on the abori gines of Australia, the following passage occurs : The native women are reputed, poor things, to possess an intimate ao- Suaintanoe with the battering power* of le waddy. It ia said, indeed, th it one method of courtship among the hlacks is for the suitor to seek the damsel he thinks of wedding, waddy in hand, wherewith to belabor her head. The louger she can bear the treatment the higher she rises in her admirer's estima tion. B—, who is a naturalist, and examines the sknlls of the aborigines whenever he can procure one, told us : that he usnally finds those of women ] cracked in various places. i A Printer'* Epitaph His Mm a form—else* ao Imposing mom To msrk th* fcssd, wtisrs tmry. Mis Isin ; TW m*u*r dssri !-4ts aMm Wag \om~ Tu bs dstlthalnl to dnot sgstn. Fbs bod;'* bat trpr, end hmd. of arsa Whose imprest is u> eoWfc'e dasthlsN P**e i Worn oat, th*tvn* It tbrovm to pi *e*ln Ttm fmpiMSiou llvss (broh sa Ur. •. sga Items of Interest. Bugs bove no sense of propriety. Pound • boy snffloienby and he will become a simple ton The Pittsburgh CbmnwHa/eni'.rsoliool teeober* '' intellect stoker* " The skull of a Troy man, who was kill ed by its fracture, was only a sixteenth of an inch thick at the base. A New Haven boy would ha . been killed by the kick of a home bad it not been for stolen apples ia hie pocket, i A boy in a wild stete, about twelve I years <dd and unable to talk, has I wen 'osptured by some banter* in nothern Texas. " Any letters for Mike Howe f" asked en individual of a clerk at a postofflce window. "No letters for anybody's cow." Georgia is drilling a battalion, oom i posed of oompeaie* in Augusts, Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah, for the Oenten nial. Somebody advertises for " machine girls." The question is in what particu lar e mschine-girl is better than a band maid. A new industry ia being developed ia the Mouth in the raising of fruit for the market A large crop has been sold this fttuitinar. Love ia aaid to be blind, but I know lota of phellowa in love who can see twice aa much in their gala aa I can.—JoiA IbUinyt. When will man team that there ia such s thing aa "legitimate banking," snd that it ia criminal to apsautet* with trust funds! The money appropriated few public in struction in France dees no* roach the level of Massachusetts' budget lot the asms purpose, "Ourcommon mother's unfortunate fruit speculation," te the latest way of referring to that misfortune which com pete ua to work for a living. It te stated that Baltimore ia now the only city in the United Bteies where girls are* not employed to some of the printing office* aa compositor*. a brick pile to New Ortean* e hoy was found tied up to a sack. He bad been pot there by hi* father, who had left him without food for three day*. A drunken man slid head first into a fine of a church at Pittafteld, and two aarpenten destroyed a hundred dollar*' worth of the building to getting him out. " I never not my hand to writin' poetry till two year* ago, ' aaid a young raraliat, tilting back to a grocery eoair, " but th minute I took to goto' with that Johnso girl, by goah! I couldn't help it." An equally unreasonable old landman not* wud of' the tribe who carried walk ing-stick* : " Everybody ia fitted for something useful. Now a young man who can't do anything else can carry a cane." . Feminine logic— Precise old aunt, " It'* no s, Emily ; I should never al ter my opinion of the young man, not if yon were to convince me ever so much. I don't like him, and even wild bones couldn't me." Society News.-Mr. F. 0. PoUans bee's terrier, " Jip," that went te Swunpaoott in July, ha* returned to town snd will pass a week with its ma ternal parrot before joining the familv oat at the city mansion. A man remarked to a friend of his the day after th* funenfi of bis wife that In nover aaw a man take anything so hard and weep ao bitterly as he had at the house. Ilia mourner responded : "Oh, pshaw! you oughter 'a seen me at the grave!" There was on or a sea captain who de clared that to all his experience he never failed to most bad wwatnar when be bad on board his ship a man who parted his hair to the middle. "I don't know how it ia," aaid the ancient mariner, " bat the elements cent seem to tolerate that habit. It ia too frequently the case for papers to ridicule the college graduate as a helpless and useless individual Mr. Avery, of Tate, however, graduated only a month ago, and already he has secured a position of trust at a salary of $3,000 a K. It te as pitcher of a professional ball club. A mother visiting Detroit with her daughter, a girl of fifteen, aaid to the child who was about drinking a glass of soda water : " Now, Mary, be careful. Don't gulp it down at three swallow* and g*i exploded all to pieces by the gas. but sip, sip and don't run any risks." It was a rich old widow who wondered that the handsome yount* man had fallen to love with her. " Yea, it te wonder ful," aaid Mr. Bpruoeup ; " but Ido love you to distnwkion ; why, I even love the ground you walk on." " I thought an," observed the widow ; " but I am not to want of a landlord at pres ent." Lightning struck a telegraph wire near the Connecticut river depot at Northampton, Mass., cutting it to two. It passed into th* office to the depot, melting the wires, playing around the instruments, and scorching the walls of the room. Nobody injured, al though the operator felt strange sensa tions. This te the war compulsory education operates to Scotland. In Glasgow, out of 14,174 children not at school, 5,846 were sent on account of warning or re monstrance, 3,108 after service of no tice, 711 after the parrots had met the school board, and 44 after the parents had been prosecuted. Both to city and country the law is aaid to work welL A correspondent at Minneapolis in form* n* that the w heat crop in Minnesota ismagnifioent The grain i* large and well filled, weighing from sixty to sixty five pounds to the bushel. Nearly all the counties report their average to be tweatv-five bushels te the acre. The crop of the State te from twenty-five to fortr million* of bushels of fine wheat, besides other grain. New wheat now •ell* readily at $1 a bushel. The wheat crop of Framoe in 1874, ac cording to the report of the milliliter of agriculture, was 134,000,000 hectoliters, of 220$ pounds avoirdupois each, the largest crop France ever produced .equal to 455,700,000 bushels. The annual consumption of wheat in France for all pnrpoeea is about 880,780,000 bushels. France had probably a sorpluß from last year's wheat crop, over and above her tnnnal consumption, of about 124,950,- 000 bushels. A young man in Munioe, Ind., was ee oorting a young woman to his home in a carriage the otnerday, when he came to n bridge that had bean overflowed by n freshet. He drove hi* hone into the water, but when the carriage wa* threat ened with submersion and the horse be gan making an effort to get away, he cut the traoes, sprang upon the animal's back and set for shore, leaving his companion in the middle of the stream. The tor rent overturned the carriage and the girl was drowned. A Missouri family history runs thus : Sallie Wilhite ran away some years ago with her brother-in-law, Aaron Davis ; he, however, returned to his wife, and she married a Mr. Neely, who eloped and left her. Two years ago her cousin, Ezekiel, ran away with a Mrs. Winland, both parties leaving families. Last month Aaron Davis' son, Marion, a boy of nineteen, ran away with his mother's sister, a woman of thirty, and to com plete matters his father has again eloped with his sister-in-law, Salhe. St. Peter (Minn.) Tribune : A man lost his little toe while bathing in a lake near Faribault. His foot was suddenly seized in a savage manner, and he was dragged under the water seven times. He lucked himself loose and started for the shore, bnt his foot was seized twice more before he got out of the water. When he reached the shore his little toe was gone, evidently bitten off as neat as a knife would cut it, and the marks of sharp teeth showed in several places on his foot. It is supposed to have been > pickerel that did it.
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