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,
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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:
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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.
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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.