Indecision.
Do 1 lor. her ?
Dimpling ml lip* at me pontlng.
Dimpling ihonMtn at me flouting ;
No, 1 don't !
Do I lore her ?
Prisoned in those crystal yea.
Purity forever lies :
Yee, 1 do!
Do I love her ?
Utile wild and willful (lotion.
Teasing, torturing omitradioUou ;
Mo, 1 don't 1 •
Do 1 love her 1
With kind acts and sweet words, .he
Aid. and oomforte poverty t
Yea, Idol
Awkward.
And so she's engage.) to he m*m<vt
To one of our elaea ! I'm afraid
That if rerr much longer she tarried
Her degree would he O. M OKI Maid
" I know her ?" Oh, yee. or I thought so ;
But I'm more than inclined to believe
1 was wrong. I'm the fellow ehe sought so.
But couldn't deceive.
" Your snrpriee>) ?" 1 imagined you would he ;
It's e thiug I sa.v Utile about;
'Twas as iipen a ease aa well could be—
" Did ahe love me ?" There wasn't a d mht.
Why, she just threw herself at my head. Bill!
But 1 kuew she'd no heart ami lees brains .
And though money will settle a br ed hill.
It wouT wash off stair s.
"You're setonished ax this ? ' My dear fellow.
What the deuce did 1 cere for her age ?
1 like women like apples when mellow
Bui the feet was. 1 knew every page
Of her history, "Flirted?" Tou'd think so.
There wee Harry McKeown. atxtv-tNree;
It was she that drove him to the drink so ,
"Am I sure?" As dsn be.
She's s scheming coqaelte, and 1 know it,
She hasn't the least bit of a soul
Or an atom of truth. " Doesu't show it ?'
Mo . her feelings are under control.
Then it's nonsense to say ehe has beauty.
1 pity the fellow rhe'e caught.
It must be a matter of duty
With him. or he's bought.
Who the deuce can it tw? Then.'* Frtd
Baker;
Too remember turn ? eccred for die Sine;
But there isn't touch f**r that he'd lake her ;
lie wanhi blue blood, aud not a gold mine.
"Chicken Jouee T' No. he'* married. Tae
funnr,
How he ran a tie race with Jim Proot
For the " class cradle," wasn't it? 11 OUST
He e got. and the gout.
" Tub " Abbott was sweet on her. Sandy
McCtiUum —he must be the oue ;
BT JOTS, it'e old " Satvdv, the dandy !"
It'e not he ? I give up. then. I'm doue.
le it one of our class, are you sure.
That the man has seized for her prey ?
Who's the tallow? let'e hate it! What! you
are?
The dickens JOB ear Seribntr.
THE KIND Tl ItKEY-MAN.
A naikaititse Kcsrv.
Ik was the evening before Thanks
giving.
The ran had gone dowm behind the
hills of Greenville, leaving them oold
and bare against the doll sky. The
squirrels were safe and warm in their
own little house*, cracking nut* for their
Thanksgiving dinner. The trees waved
their tall, Irare branches in the bitter
cold, but they knew that their roots were
sheltered by the kind earth. The cold
winter shouted a merry "good-evening"
to everything, as he rushed over the
frozen ground.
He raced over the bare hills ; the
squirrels drew closer together, and ex
ulted over their crowded storehouse ; the
trees bowed a stab ly good night, as he
whisked away ; but he calmed down as
he met a little tigure on the frozen road,
and gave her time to draw her faded
cloak tighter over her blue hands, before
he rushed on again.
A wagon wa< heard. " Rattle, rat
tle !" Even the wagon is cold, the child
thought, as she heard the loose spokes
rattling in the wheels.
She stepped aside for the wagon to
pass; the driver, a pleasant-looking
man, stopped his horses, anil asked her
wh titer she was going.
• To the city," answered the child.
"To the city!" cried the man.
" Why. von will never get there, unless
you are blown there, or I take you."
" Will you take me ?" she asked, not
eagerly, but like one accu-tomed to re
fusal*.
lii .iß'irprwM to n-arli down bis band
to help her up.
" Now," said he, as he put her
under the heavy buffalo robe, " what's
your name I"
" Mary—only Mary," she answered
hastily.
" >iary," said th man. softly, more
to himself thau to thj child, " 1 wish it
hadn't lieen that."
"Why, there's Kits of Mnryt," said
the child.
" Yes. I know it." he said. * I had s
little Mary last Thanksgiving. I—l
don't like to see any one named Mary in
trouble."
" I ain't crying," said the child, smil
ing, " because lis in trouble, but 'cause
I'm so ooM. I ought to hare trouble,
Gi-anny says."
"Ought to have trouble, hey!" said
the mau, stopping his horse, and draw
ing from under the bnffalo robe a can of
hot coffee. "That hasn't been off the
stovnjnore than five minutes." he mid.
as he filled a little tin cup and handed it
to her. "Take that, and drink to yogr
Granny I"
"It is very nice," she said, when she
hlri drank it all. She did not sav, I
b.Te tasb-d nothing before to-day. Why
shou'd she, when tin-re had been so
many days like this in her short life ?
The man replais-d the can, pnlled the
robe up even with her chin, and told
the horse to " get np" and "go along;"
then Jie whistled awhile ; then he said;
"It is mighty cold. I hope it will keep
ao!'
"Oh, don't!" exclaimed the child;
"'OOB it makes turkey cost so much,
poor folks can't have any."
"Don't you care anything for me!"
cried the man, pathetically ; "here's my
wagon fall of turkeys."
"I didn't know you were a turkey
zuan," she said, gently.
"Yes, I am a 'turkey-man,' and I
think even poor people can afford to buy
a turkey onoe a year, if they are high.
The turkey-meu have been waiting a
year for this day."
There was a twinkle in his eye she did
not s< e; be looked down into the little
pale face. "I am afraid you don't care
for the turkey-men!" he said, soberly.
She hong down her head, started to
say something, but stopped.
" Well, what is it?" he said, laugh
ing.
"I do like you," she answered, earn
estly; "but the poor people—l have
known them always."
They rode on for a while in silence.
The hot coffee had worked wonders; the
blue little bands had stopped shaking,
and the child smiled as sLe saw the city
lights in the distance.
" Now you are a little more comforta
ble," Baid the turkey-man, "let us hear
where you are going, aud what your
other name is."
"My name is only 4 Mary,' and I am
going to find my cousin."
"Nonsense!" he said, a little sharply.
" Of course you have got a name."
"They call me 'Mary Kent,' but I
hate it, and I won't have it 1" she cried,
passu >uately.
" Why did they call yon that ?" be
asked, gently.
" 'Cause my father ran away, and
left me in Granny Cole's house, when I
was little. He pinned a paper on my
dress, that said on it: ' Left to pay the
rent'"
The turkey-tnan whistled, and asked if
Granny Cole were good to lier.
" Pretty kind," said the child, weari
ly. " Anyway, Bhe didn't 'spiae me like
tally did.'
" Who may Sally bef" asked the tur
key-man.
" She is Granny Cole's daughter."
KKKD.KV irrz, Kditor inid Proprietor.
VOL. Mil.
" Did Granny Gob *end yon alone
lo (ho city t" snnl ho, watching her sue
picio nnly.
"She told mc tlic <>thor day," said
tho child, mournfully, "if I ever come
homo end found hor gone, to go to tho
city and And mv cousin. Yesterday slio
went mo off with Sally, an' when 1 come
back Bally ran away from mo, an' 1
couldn't tiud Granny."
** Aro you >|iuto euro you can And v. ur
cousin I'
Sho locked up in his face, and laid h< r
tliui hand ou his sleeve.
" I uovor saw my oouein," sho said,
calmly. "If Gratiuy has run away froia
mo, I haven't anybody I know."
•* Why, thon, did you come to tho
cityt" said the turkoy man, wondering
whoro ho could loavo hor
" 1 kuow tho city bent," sho saiil ;
"Granny used to lite thore, till a wook
ago. It is so dark iu tho country, whon
you havo to stay alone! Thoro are tho
market men see how bright tlioy aro !"
It was tbo night tioforo Thanksgiving,
in tho city as well as iu tho country ; tho
markets shone as tlioy always Ao tho
eveniug before the groat feast. Never
wore garlands more greeu, uoror apples
more red, or gobblers mote plump.
The turkey man drove up and stop
ped.
"Here is aa far as I can go, little
one," ho said, as he lifted hor out and
stood her safely in the bright light of
tho market.
Sho was a pretty child, but pale now,
with blue lips and shaking hands.
" Poor little thing!" ho muttered ;
" 1 wish thov hadn't uamcd hor Mary
and ho entered tho market.
The market men 1 teamed on every
body. They rubbed their hands as cus
tomer after customer vanished with tho
cold form of some kind of fowl neatly
covered, all but its foot, in brown paper.
It was growing late ; the turkoy man
hail sold out ; ho waited only to got a
hot supper before starting for home.
Ho had liecn thinking entirely of dollars
and cents ; but as ho walked out of tho
market ho thought of hut homo, his wife
waiting alone for him in tho groat white
house, and his little Mary safe in God s
home above—ho had forgotten tho
homeless child loft alone outside the
market.
A heavy hand was laid on his arm.
" Stand Imck a moment !" whiapered a
voice. He looked up, and saw a large
policeman watching a child at a barrel
of red apples.
It is his little follow traveler !
" That's a sharp youngster !" half
laughed the poltoeman, under his breath.
" This sort of thiug is going on here all
the time. Nothing is sale for a mo
ment."
The little blue hand was already on an
apple. It faltered a moment, thou
grasjied it tightly, then dropped it.
She hid hor face in hor hands. Tho
turkoy-man stepped up to her and
touched her shoulder gently. She had
not soon him ; but, without looking up,
the child knew who it was—it was the
only friend she had.
" I couldn't Jo it! Oh, I couldn't!"
she sobbed. " But I'm so hungry!"
and she fell against the barrel.
Tlie stars were ahiuuig cold and clear.
The turkey-man's wife was looking out,
and wishing the thermometer could go
up, without the price of turkeys going
down. "It is so cold for John riding
from the city alone !" she said to h"r*olf.
She opened the door, hoping to hear the
wagon ; but the cold wiud sent her back
to the blazing tire. She thought of a
year ago, when she did not sit waiting
alone. She imagined sln> heard the lit
tle voice, though it had been Lt: lied
nearly a year—how plainly she saw the
sweet face though it hail l<e>n covered
so long ! She witied the tears from her
eyes as she heard the rattling wheels ;
John must not *■ her sad. Sue op Hied
tho door, hohiiug tue lamp high above
her head.
The turkey-maii came in, with some
thing wrp;*d iu the buffalo robe ; In
laid it ou the big iliuir.g table. " 1)..u"
say no!" he cried ; " let us do some
thing for Mary's sake, this Tliahks
giving I"
"Are you crazy?" she exclaimed, a*
he nncovered the j>ale face.
" Wait till I t-11 you all," said the
turkey man.
When he had told hi' story, h said,
earnestly : " How could I go to church
to-morrow and thank God for II is care
of ns, if I, with no little one to care for,
had left this child alone iu the great
city f"
"Yon did right, Johu," said his wife ;
"you always do."
With these word*, the woman—good,
soul!—fastened to wash the
little girl's face and hands. Then she
warmed aud oomforted her. while the
kind turkey-man weut to take cure of
his horse.
" I remember this house," said the
child, as she looked out of a large
blanket before the bright fire. " I saw
it one day with Granny Cole ; I stopped
and looked tlirough the fence, an<i
threw stones at the turkeys. I didn't
know be was a kind man then. Granny
hates rich men —I wonder where (irarmy
is—l'm sorry I threw the storngp-bnt
they wasn't big." The little head fell
lower and lower ; the pale lids closed ;
the little hands grew quiet; but the lit
tle voice repeated in sleep: "I didn't
know he was a kind man."— St. Xirholai.
An Editor's Work.
As a sample of the da.ly life of an ex
ceptionally hard working "journalist, the
following accouut given l>y Henry Wat
tersou, editor of the Louisville t'ouricr
iournatf may be interesting. It is taken
from an unpublished letter, and it
should l>e rememliered that it is written
by a mau who is partiv blind :
I wake up at ten o'clock in the morn
ing, and after a cup of coffee I write for
two hours in be I. I get up at noon
and have a plunge bath, and take break
fast with ray family, who then have
taken their lunch. Igo to the office after
ward, and remain there till seven, pre
pared to see everylmdy that calls. Dur
ing the same time the work of the day
is plauned oat and everybody begim it.
I then go home and have supper, and
spend the evening until teu o'clock
there, usually list ning to reading by
my wife, or having a little marie. At
ten o'clock I am back to the office
again ; where I remain until two o'clock.
I am only able to write two hours a day
myself, and the rest is done by dicta
tion. I read lint little myself; lint
glance through the exchanges, in order
to get an idea of things, having impor
tant articles read out loud to me. I
have no time for exercise and do not care
for riding, all the exercise 1 get being
in walking to and from the office.
Women at Hard Work.
Olive Harper, in a recent letter from
Marseilles, says : Women wheel bar
rows filled with brick and stones; women
carry great trunks and peddle goods of
all descriptions, and all wear clean,
white, sti flly-starched lace aud muslin
caps. They walk with a briskness and
force that are surprising. All are
browned with the hot sun and the glare
from the white cliffs and shin rag sa,
till their faces look like the sqnaw that
was " wrinkled and brown as a bag of
leather," yet the cheeriness and bright
ness of their smiles more than com
pensate for the lack of beauty of com
plexion.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
rSITE 11 MATES I'KNHIOMS.
The Annual Un-ari al Ihv C'eaaaalaalaaer at
IVtiwlwna tuil ike lalrrfallßA Flger** ke
Hon 11 M Atkinson, commissioner
of pensions of the United States, has
completed his annual report to tho sec
rotary of tho interior.
It shows that the mini tier of pension
era added to tho rolls during the Anoal
year was 11,557, and the uumlier
dropped, by reason of death, re enlist
meat, remarriage, exp nation of mi
nors' pensions, failure to apply willuu
three years or the discovery of fraud,
was 12,977, making a net decrease of
1.420. The nttmlier of |>ensiuua m
oreased was 15,561. The total manlier
of pensionera tmrue U|h>u the rulls Juno
Hit, 1875, was 234,821, by classes, as fol
lows:
Army invalid* 106,47#
V my widow* and dependent relatives lot Khs
8 truvore of the war uf IHlil ... .. IS H75
Widows of toiaiera of Ui war of ISt'i 6 ltd
N\ luvatida 1.63S
Navy widow* and de|teudati( relaUvee I'M
Total U4.HXI
Of the widow* of Revolutionary sol
diers thirteen who were married prior to
the year 1800, and 366 married subse
osent to that .late, are still borne upon
the rolls. They, with 1,009 half pay
widow pensioners, are embraced iu the
class Army widows and dependent
relatives." The invalid roll continues to
increase, and, notwithstanding its loss
es, numbered 3,(Til more on the 30th of
June, 1875, than at the close of the pre
ceding Ascal yiar, and, for the Arwt time
since 1563, exceeded the roll of widows
and dependent relatives. Its increase
largely oouutcrl>alanees the losses to the
other rolls, and makes the decrease of
the aggregate roll comjutratively small.
Its annual rates are also steadily m-reas
ing. In 1871 the average rate of jien
mou paid to the army invalid penaioners
annually was $89.18; in 187*2, $90.26; in
1873, $96.46; in 1874, $98.14; and in
1875, $103.91, or $8 65 jer month. The
rates vary from $1 to SSO per mouth.
The increase in these rates increased the
aggregate annual amount of the whole
roll during the year 544,738.13, although
it had lessened in uutnlier, and the rate
cf the widows' roll had oeeu largely re
duced by the expiration of wiuors' pen
sinus, Cominiaaionar Atkinson says:
" With the aggregate annual amount
of the invalid roll yearly augmenting
but smull reduetiou iu the peuaiou ex
penditures oau tie expected. This shows
the necessity of a careful medical ex
amination at stated }ieriods of all |n
sinners whose disability is not |,crimil..cut
beyond a doubt."
The total disbursements of the penaiou
bureau during the laet fiscal year were
$29,683,116 63, leaving a ludanee from
the appropriations of $371,883 31, which
has been covered iu the treasury.
The appropriations for the curreut lis
cal year were : For army JHUISIOUS,
829.5ikt.ikk); for navy pension*, 85"0,-
000. Total, $50,000,000. The immi
-loner is of opinion that, unless there
is some further lilw-rahziug legislation
bv Congress, a total appropriation nf
329.000,000 will IK* sufficient for the
payment of all pensions during the next
fiscal year.
The commissioner recommend* that
Congress tix some limit to the tune al
lowed for the prosecution of claims for
Ivounty lauds, and gives as reasons there
for that so long s time has elapsed since
the occurrences of which proof is re
quired and the witnesses have reached
so advanced an age that the parole evi
dence upon which many of the*,, churns
are adjudicated i* very unreliable.
During the fiscal year 1,530 claims
were investigated by the *i-cial agents
<f the bur. an. The amount of saving
to IK' credited to this service during the
post year is stated t< be as follows :
*•**.! |K>I annum bv dropping name*
frumrell.. 97
llecnver.ee ;u caeti IC J9N 7"
11.-JSC lulie 1:2.225 17
T.sal • Hi.S2AM
The knowledge of the existence of
such a system and liai>ility of detection
through its agency DO doubt prevent*
the presentation" of many fraudulent
claims which would otherwise le im
posed u|M>u the government. The tiene
tit derived in this manner from these
SJKSHSI investigations cannot be fstima
ted iu money.
He also recommend* the appointment
of a sie-cial service for the bureau, upon
a ba-i* similar to tlist of the I'ost-oltice
and of the Tr.-asnry department, pro
viding for the appointment of a regular
c*rps of sjw-cial agent*, at least thirty
in nmn!>er, at a stated annual salary and
a Ills-nil allowance js-r diem for sub
sistence, iu addition to their actual
traveling exjs'tises.
The commissioner says: "If Con
gress would authorize the publication nf
a printed list of pensioners residing in
each county to be posted in some con
spicuous puce, the jxwt-ofßoe of the
shire town or the Court bouse for in
stance, with a request thut persona hav
ing knowledge of any one upon the list
who may not le ertitled to a pension
would report the name to this office it
would result in bringing promptly to
notice many CR*CS of fraud which would
other wit; remain undiscovered."
The commissioner concludes his re
port as follows: "Though every effort
has been made to promptly dispose of
the currei t work of the office, delays
have occurred which have occasioned
much complaint throughout the country,
but which, with the force now allowed
by law, could not possibly have been
avoided. I have, therefore, to r.-onm
mend that the present force of this of
fice be increased l>y ten clerks of class
four, ten of class three, and ly four
assistant messengers, two watchmen,
and four lalsirers at $720 each per an
num, nnd that some plan of reorganiza
tion be applied to the burean which will
insnre higher rates of salary to those
clerks employed in its most responsible
operations."
Suits on the Street.
Polonasiea with all tho new features
are again seen in tho street, says the
Itazar. Among the most elegant are
those of black mstclasSe and velvet.
The simply shaped polonaise has the
Marguerite hack cut off across the
tournure in the middle seams, and thus
a basque is formed ; this basque is
piped with velvet, and folded into shape.
The lower part of the back is square
corned, and the shape is filled in with
velvet loops. The prill cease front has
wide rows of velvet its entire length.
Black velvet lower skirts ars coining
to lie almost as generally worn as those
of black silk have been of late. Those
who cannot afford the entire skirt of
velvet have a single deep flounce of vol
vet, or else two narrower ones. Thia
compels a long overskirt, as the effect is
bad if the silk skirt to which the flounces
arc attached is visible.
Trousseaux.
New wedding dresses, says a fashion
journal, are of soft lnsterless faille, trim
med with a galloon of white tulle
wrought with pearls, and also with picot
crepe lisse that is scalloped and fin
ished wi'h a narrow " pur! edging" or
braid. These dresses have square court
trains, elaborate tabliers, and cuirnss
basques. The flowers are white crushed
roses and eglantine. Fichus and scarf
sashes are on other wedding dresses and
on the tulle dresses of bridemaids.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., RA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1875.
A C'ALIKOHMA SMMV STOKM.
A Finer* tlrawn bv Urn llarlr la a M**l
iHlrirtilna >lntirr.
Ilrel llarte iu lua new novel in .Ycrift
twr't A/ofßA.'v paints a giaphto picture
of a t'-aliforuia snow storm: Buow.
Everywhere. As far as the eye eould
reach tlftr miles, haikiug aouthward
from the highest white peak. Filling
ravinea and gulches, and dmppiug from
the walls of the oauyousui white ahroud
hke drifts, fashioning the dividing
ridge into the likeness of s monstrous
grave, hiding the liases of giant pines,
and completely covering young trees
and larches, rimming with porcelain the
bowl like e.iges of still, cold lakes, and
undulating in motionless white billows
to the edge of the distant borixoo. Snow
lying everywhere over the California
Sierras on the 15th day of March, 1848,
and still falling.
It has lieen snowing for ten days ;
snowing in finely granulated powder, in
damp, i|Hingv Hakes, iu thri, feathery
plumes; snowing from a lea.h u sky
steadily, snowing fiercely, shaken out
of purple black moods iu white iloocu
lent masses, or dropping in long level
lines like white lances from the tumbled
and broken heaven*. But always silent
ly 1 The woods were so choked with it,
the branches were so laden with it, it
liad so |ertueated, Ailed anil possessed
eaith and sky ; it had so cushioned and
muffled the riugiug rook a and echoing
hills that all aouud was deadened. The
strongest gust, the fiercest hlast awoke
no M'fh or complaint from the snow
(lacked, rigid files of forest. There was
no cracking of bough nor crackle of un
derbrush; the overladen branches of
pmo and fir yielded aud gave way with
out a sound. The silence was vast,
measureless, complete!
Nor oould it be said that any outward
sign of life or luotlou changed the tlx. .1
outlines of tins stricken landscape.
Above, there was no play of light and
shadow, only the occasional deepening
of .term or night. Below, no bird
winged its (light across the white ex
(uuise, no beast haunted the confines of
tin. black woods ; whatever of brute ua
turo might linve once inhabited these
solitudes had long since down to the low
lands. There was no track or imprint;
whatever foot might have left its mark
upon this waste, each Btnv.-ts.liug snow -
fall obliterated all trm-o or record.
Every morning the solitude was virgin
and unbroken ; a million tiny feet had
stepped into the track and filled it Up.
And yet, iu the ivnter of this desoht
tion, m the very stronghold of this grim
fortress, there was the mark of human
toll.
A Young Lawjer.
" Your cognomen, mr won 1" asked
the Detroit court of a boy of eleven, who
came out wiping hi** uoao with AN much
vigor and rapidity ON if ho were being
paid Um cents a wi|\
'• Hc'll ilea l I" sobbed the IKIT.
"You don't understand taw—l mean
vour name."
" Bill."
" Bill what f"
" Bill l>avi*ou."
" Well, bul, I have heard a wrr bud
rejiorl concerning you. 1 aui told vou
broke a window mid called a wotnuu hud
names. How is it i"
" I'll tell ton, aud I won't lie, mnher.
I goin' 'long Congress street and a
woanui axed uiu: ' Boy, will you bring
m some coal I' And I mud 1 would for
twenty live cent*. And she mud: * You
little lazy brat ' you ought to be in the
poorhouae." And 1 said 1 was much
obliged, and she Set her dog on me. 1
never called her uo names, aud 1 broke
the window a thru Will' at the Jog.
"Is Mrs. Ski lniori hers?" ashed the
court.
She wasn't, and after a look around
the Imy continued:
" Folks has no business to c,ill lioya
naun, nor m t dogs on 'eui."
" Hare you been tilling uie the truth,
boy
" Yea, I have. I'm willing to lie struck
dead as a herring if I've lied I Wlicr- s
tlie wonmti f Wny don't she eome li- re
anil swear agin me f Here's where the
d. g bit me on the log, and I'll face he:
any time !"
" William, you may go, but keep out
of trouble hereafter. It's pretty bard
for a free American citizen to runaway
from a skirmish, but you had belter
dodge around the corner tliati to g< t
into a wrangle with a woman. (Jo in
and tlud your hat, quit wiping your
nose, go to lied early, and you'll some
day lie able to deliver an agricultural
hj hi reus bi'fore u oouuty fair."—/'We
PMU.
A IMscouragcd Kdilor.
A Colorado editor thus narrati-a : He
was a sad-eyed, meek-faced man, ami
we siqijnsi' he merely wished to give us
a news item ; but when he comnienci d
telling ns ibrnt building a bam on his
ranch 190x280 feet, seven stories high,
and ornamented with bay windows, we
thought it wus time to check him, and
so we commenced :
" Well, we must admit that that is a
pretty large bam for this country, but
back in the Stub's our father bnilt a burn
325*500 feet, tiiue stories high, and
furnished with steam elevators , but "
" Back in the States," interrupted
otir lisU'ucr. " Why, that wasn't much
of a barn for the States. I reniemls'r,
now, that when I was quite young, my
father built a chicken-coop 530 by 832
feet. I don't recollect how many ston<s
it was high, but I know there was a cu
pola on it for the roosters."
" Almnt how high was tint cupula f"
we asked.
" I don't remember the exact height
now, mister," was the reply, " but I
know it was so high that the fourteen
upper tiers of roosters died from the
effects of the light atmosphere the first
night." •
Then he looked np towards the ceil
ing and commends! humming *' Silver
threads among the gold," and we went
out and est down on the wood-pile and
wondered why someliody wasalways out
stripping us in the race of life.
Price* Now and Then
By comparing the wholesale prices of
grain at Milwaukee and Chicago in the
first week of October we find that No. 2
wheat was quoted at $1.13 j jwr Bushel
in 1872, 81.12 in 1873, ninety-three and
one-quarter oenta in 1874, and $1.09} in
1875. Corn wns worth thirty four oenta
abuahel in 1872, forty five cents in 1873,
eighty-one and one-half oenta in 1874, and
fifty-eighteentain 1875. Oata were twenty
five oenta a htuihel in 1872, thirty-three
and one half oenta in 1873, forty-nine
cent* in 1874, and thirty four cent* in
1875. live waa fifty-four cents a bushel
in 1872, sixty-seven and one-quarter
oenta in 1873, eighty seven and one half
oenta in 1874, and seventy-three cents in
1875. Barley was sixty six and one-half
cents a bushel in 1872, 81.40 in 1873,
81.10 in 1874, and 81.074 in 1875.
Caune for Alarm.
The other day a Vicksburg wife went
into the country on a visit, without say
ing anything to, or leaving word for,
her huaUuid. He woa uneasy on retnru
iug home, and made inquiries Among
the neighbors.
" Gone ! —missing I" exclaimed one
woman ; " why, I should think you'd
be nneasy about her I"
" I am," he replied, wearing a sor
rowful look, " for some one has got to
split the wood to get breakfast with 1"
South Western Courtship.
H sat one side the room in s big (
white oak rocking chair. Hhe on the
other aide, iu * little white oak rooking
chair. A long eared deorhouud, snap |
plug at files, wan by his aide ; a banket (
of sewing by hers. ltoth rocked in
ivsiwuitly, that is. the young people, not (
the dog ami the basket. He sighs heav (
ily and looks out the west window at a
oralis myrtle tree ; she sighs heavily aud j
looks out the east window—at the turnip
|iatoh. At last he remarks : ; (
" This is mighty good weather te pick
cotton.
'• 'Tis that, if we only hail any to j (
L . 1
The rooking continues.
"What's your dog's name!"
"Ooony.'
Another sigh broken stillness.
" What is lie good fur I"
" Wlist i* who good furl" eaid he,
abstractedly.
" Your dog, Ooony."
" Fur ketehiu' 'possums."
Hilence of half an hour.
" He looks like a deer dog."
" Who looks like a deer dog I"
" Ooony."
" lie is ; but he's kinder bellowsed
an' get till* old all' slow n. w. Au' he
ain't uo 'count on a cold tiail."
In the quiet ten minutes that ensued,
i-lie took two stitches Ui her quilt. It
was a gorgeous affair, that quilt was,
made by the pattern called " Hoee of i
Bbarou." Hhe is very jarticnlar ataul
the noinenclslnre of quilts, aud fre
quently walks fifteen in lies to get a new
putters, with a "teal putty name."
" Your ma raisui' many ahiciumat"
'' Forty odd."
Then more rocking, and, somehow,
after awhile, the big rocking cliair and
the little rooking chair were jammed
side by side.
" How msny has your ma got 1"
"How many what I"
" Cinchona."
" Nigh on to a hundred.''
By this tune tho chairs were so close
together that rocking was impossible.
" Tho minks has eat all our*."
Thru a long aileuoe reigns. At last he
observe*:
" Makiu' quilts ? '
" Yes," she replies, lightening up,
" I've just finished a ' Itoarin' Eagtll of
llruial, a • bitting Sun, and* • Nation's
Pride." Have you ever saw the 'Yel
low ltosa of the l'aiary J
" No."
More silence ; then he savs ;
" Do you love cabbage F
" ! do that "
Presently his hand is accidentally
placed on hers. Rile dons not know it—
at least doe* ut -<lll to let aware of it.
.Then after a half hour ajsMlt in sighs,
coughing aud clearing of thruats, he sud
denlv say* ;
" f'ae a great a mind to bite you."
" What you great a mind to bite me
fur t"
" Have you won't have me."
" ha-o yon ain't axod mo."
" Weil, now, l ax you."
" Ih-u, uow, l has you."
Then CoiUT dreams bo hear a sound
of kissing.
The next d*y the yonng man gows to
Tigerville after a marriage lioouse. 4
WahwadxT, the following week. No
cards.
Training a Wrestler.
William Miller, the wrestler, recently
had a conversation with a rejxirter of the
San Francisco Cftrxmnclr, of which the
following is the substance, the reporter
la-ginning hi* narrative by de-mhir.g
the " professor " a* a powerfully-Hl sit
man, of "more education and intelli
gene* than most men in his businass."
Miller, while in course of training,
urines at six o'clock every morning. He
tln-u walk* two or three miloa, at the
rate of five iuil* an hour, being warmly
dressed, " te prevent getting chilled on
firet enoouuU ring the morning air." He
is then rubtwd down with coarse towel*,
bathe* in fnvdi cold wnter for • minute
or so, is rubbed down sgain, and is
lre*e-d in dry clothes. After half an
ii tiir's reel, he rat* ft broiled chop and
some stale bread, and drinks two cups
of wi-ak tea, with verv little sugar and
milk. He never uses tobacco. After
hi* brikfaM has digested be pounds and
bruise* his trainer, and hi* trainer 1
Ioutills and bruise* him. It i* not ooii
siilerod ereontial that a trainer should be
a " match " for his pupil; that is, the
pupil dors not think so. Miller's trainer
lias not expressed au opinion. There
are thirty or more " hold*" iu scientific
wrestling, and as many "stop*" te pre
vent fall*. An hour's rest succeeds the
mutual bruising and pounding, and then
Mr. Miller eats hi* dinner, which con
sists of a piece of rare roast beef or mut
ten, or steak or chop if preferred (only
the middle of the piece, where it is rare
and juicy, Iwing eaten), s good mealy
potato, a little cabbage or cauliflower,
and, perhaps, soma tapioca pudding.
He drink* a glass of ale with hi* dinner.
Then Mr. Miller, altera two hour*' rest,
u*e* Indian club* mid dumbbells and {
the springlioard, and if feel* cxhausta!
during hi* exercise drinks a gift** of ale
or sherry. Hi* supper consists of stale ,
toast, weak tea and soft boiled egg*. 1
The evening is given te rent, light
amusement and conversation. He goes I
te bed at nine o'clock.
Terry's Flagship.
. The remains are a queer looking moss.
The port side ha* been cut down nearly
to the keel, planking having boon torn
off ami rib* sawed off by those who
thought it wo t-o bsrm to steal a piece
of wood off the Lawrence, and this has
been kept np no til at least s third of her
bottom ha* gone. The Lawrence lay
on licr starboard-side, and that side is,
therefore, tolerably whole to her deck
beam* (upper works nil gone yarn ago),
aud the timber is, HI general, sound and
in good condition, but is a purple black
—the result of the action of the water.
Of the twenty-veven killed in tliat
naval engagement twenty-two were
killed on the Ijawrenee, on board of
1 which wna the intrepid Perry. The
Ijawrence was one hundred feet long,
twenty-eiglit feet I warn, and nine feet
depth of hold. In her time she wna a
model war veasel, but in these ilays of
iron-dads, monitor rams and heavy ar
mament she would not last a* long in an '
engagement as a yawl boat in a hum
oauo. Rlie fulfilled her mission, how
ever, and gave our English cousins
eause to rememlxxr linr contemj>orary
au<l Perry's famous victory.
Her Child.
Rach an instance as the following
should be made public as n warning to
those who huve diarge of young chil
dren. A short time ago a lady of New
York city went with her little daughter,
five years old, iulo a dry goods store.
While making purchases at, the glove
oouuter, she Hnddeiily discovered that
her little girl had disappeared. In great ,
alarm, she ran out of the store into the
street, making inquiries for the lostchild.
She was informed by an apple woman
tliat she liad seen ir lady lake the child
into a stage which was going up Broad
way. The woman pointed out the stage, I
and the mothei followed the vehicle,and
suooeeded in overtaking it. On entering
the stage she found her daughter with a
well dressed woman. Hhe took posses
sion of her child, but was too much ex- j
dtod aud overjoyed at the result to
cause the arrest of the abductor.
DF.ITH'N HKIIIE.
A As* Urllral lbs War sf lbs BsbslllM
..Hills* at lbs Altar.
The Atlanta (Oa.) CoruHtution tells
the following touching stonr ; Hoene,
Charleston—Time, April 23, 1864. The
Federals, from time to lime, threw ft
shell iuto the city, Slid uolxaly seemed
to mind it. But misfortune willed that
yesterday ft shell should throw the
entire community into mourning.
Mis* Anna Pickens, tho daughter of
one of our former governor*, never con
sented to leave the city. Ibwpit* the
representation of (ten. Beauregard she
remained, braving fthells and Greek fire,
temting the wounded and cheering all
with her prearnoe. Among the wounded
officers under her care wa* Mr. Andrew
de ltocbelle, a descendant of one of the j
noblest Huguenot* of this oity. This
yonng man was full of the liveliest greti
tude for his fair nurse ; gratitude gave
both tea more tender aeiitimeut ; bis
suit wa* listened to ; Gov. Pickens gsve
hi* OOUHJ nt, aud the marriage was fixed
for the twenty third of April. Lieut, de
Kochelle wa* on duty at Port Bumter in
the morning, and it was determined tliat
the ceremony should take place at the
residence of (iU. Bouhaui, at eight
o'clock. At the moment when the Epis
copal clergyman was asking the bride if
she wa* ready, a ahell fell upon the roof
of the building, jenetrated to tlie room
where the company wa* assembled, burst
and wounded nine pereous, among them
Mia* Anna Pickeu*. The scene tliat fol
lowed cannot !► deacribed ; order being
at last re established, the wounded were
removed, with the exception of the
bride, who lay motiouleea on tho carpet.
Her lietrothed, leaning and bending over
her, was Weeping bitterly and trying te
staunch the blood that flowed from her
terrible wound under her left breast A
aargeou cams and declared that Mis*
l*lck-n# could live but two hour*. We
will not paint the general doapair. When
the wounded girl recovered her con
sciousneea she asked to know her fate,
when they hesitated to tell her. "An
drew," she said, " 1 beg VOU te tell me
the truth , if I must die, 1 can die
worthy of yon." Tho yonng aoldier'#
tears were hi* answer, and Mia* Anna,
summoning all her utrength, attempted
te smile. Nothing could be more heart
rending than te see the agouy of this
brave girl struggling in the embrace of
death and against mortal pain. Guv.
Pickens was almost without conectoua
uran, mud Mrs. Pickens looked Upon her
chihl with the dry, haggard ey* of one
whose reason tetter#
Lieut, de Rochrlle was the first te
speak. " Anna," he cried, " I will die
<>on too, hut I would have yon die my
wife. There is ret time to unite ux"
The yonng girl did not reply. Bh*
wa* too weak. A alight flush rose for an
instant te her pale cheek; it could be
aeen that joy and iiain were struggling
in her spirit for the mastery. Lying
upon a sofa, her bridal <trews all stained
with blood, her hair disheveled, ahe had
neTer Iwen more beautiful. Helpless a*
she wa*, Lieut, de Hoehellc took her
hotel and rts]uest<Hl tlie lvnv. I>r l>ick
inaou te proceed with the orremony.
When it was time for the dying girl te
say yes, her !i|# parted several limes,
hiit she could not articulate. A# last
tlie word waa spoken and a alight f-wim
rested upon her lija The dying agony
was near. The minister sobbed a* he
proceeded with the ceremony. An hour
afterward all was over, and the bridal
chambi-r was the cliamber of death.
Feme aud See Me.
N.-rcr take " Come and see rae " as a
phrase meant in earnest unlesa it is *e
ooiupamed with a date. Such an invita
tiou amounts te nothing at all. If a
lady or gentleman desire* your company
ha or ahe will appoint a time for your
vifiit. " fall on me when you can make
it convenient," "drop in.as TOU are
passing," " niake u* a visit whenever
you have an hour or two te spare," ore
social ambiguities by which uien and
women of tho world understand that
they are not expected te do tho thing
requested. When people wish te lie
cheaply polite there nothing like this
kind of vagueueea. The complimentary
sin oil cliauge of society must always he
token at * large discount. It ia never
worth its face or anything like it Tet
it is a convenient medium of exchange,
and heavy debt* of gratitude that ought
to lw requited in better coin are often
)>aid with it People who have more
polish than principle use it lavihly—
{•lain, blunt honest men sparingly or
not at all. Whoever make* a friendly
visit tea fashionable house oa the
strength of a mere "(Vune and aee me,"
will very often find that the family cir
cle he boa dropped into by request ia as"
ungenial a* the Arctic circle, and he will
probably leave it with a chilly feeling
that will prevent him from venturing
nto the name high latitude again. But
when a whole-souled man, whom you
know to be your friend, grasps you vig
oroualy by the hand and aava, "Oonie
and diue with me te day—dinner on the
table at three o'clock—be sure to come.
We shall expivt yon," you can take it as
certain tliat yoai j.resence is warmly de
sired. It is pleasant always to make or
receive a visit from a friend, but a nod
on the street is all sufficient from a fash
ionable acquaintance.
Fare of Fhlldrcn.
Tnfnnta are sometimes very restless at
night, and it is generally owing either
to eramming them with a heavy supper,
tight night-clothes, or Iwing overheated
by too many blankets. It may result
from putting them to sleen too early.
They should be kept awoke uutil the
family are going to rest and the house
free from noise. Undressing and bath
ing will weary and dispose them for
sleep, and the universal stillness will
promote it. This habit, and all others,
depend on the course pursued at first .
AccifWtom them to regular hours. If
they liave a good sleep in the forenoon
and afternoon it will lie easy te keep
them awake during the evening. It is
right to offer them drink on going to
bed, when young infants, snd more solid,
though simple food, after they are two
or three months old ; but they should
never be forced to receive it. Never let
anything hnt the prescription of a phy
sician. in sickness, tempt the nurse* to
give them wine, spirits, or any drug to
mke tliera sleep. Milk and water,
whey, or thin gruel is the only fit liquor
for little ones, even when they can run
about. Tlie more simple and light their
food and drink, the more they will
thrive.
Hard to Tlease.
Ijftst year a commercial tuan, generally
known ii* " innner," was traveling in
Kansas, and stopped at a farmhouse,
wtien the following conversation took
place :
" Weil, bow do you like Kansns 1"
" Don't like it at all," said the farmer ;
i "you can't raise anything ; and when
you do, the plagued grasshoppers take
( it all! I'm going te leave as soon as I
can get out of it."
Happening along last summer bo met
the man again, and said :
"Hello, yon here yctf"
" Yes, but I am going to leave soon."
"Whatare you going to leave fori
Y'ou stlrely have raised enough this
I y'ar."
j "Yes, but that's the trouble. Got
wor'n I want this year, and can't sell a
cent's worth."
Torm: a Year, in Advance.
THE LEGACY OK THE PIIIC.
Palter** la Ifc* rH*4 IMal** D-rts Ik*
laM Ml** M*aik*.
From the Mercantile Agwiey of
Mraare. Dun, IWlow A Co., a have *
circular giving I rejxirt of the flilum
which liave thu* far occurred through
out tha United HUU* and Canada during
tha Trial 1876.
Tha total fall lira* iu tha Unitad Htataa,
for tha nina month* raiding Heptember
30, number 6,334. with liabilities aggre
gatiug i 131,172,608. Tha respective
"quarter* " of tba rear compare mm fol
low# in raapaot to these failure*: Fud
quarter, 1,982 failures, liabilities, $43,-
176,968 ; second quarter, 1,681 failure*,
liabilities, $33,A(w,318 ; third quarter,
1,771 failure*, liabilities, $64,8*8,237.
Taking the average for the mrmqwud
ing period during the past few year*,
we And that there ha* been tin* year an
increase of about thirty per oent. in the
numlier of failure*, although tire average
mcreaae of liabilitie* in not ao very
noticeable, being only about three pr
rent Nevrrthrleea, the increase, both
tu numlw-ra of failure* and in liabilities,
* oomjiared with 1874, i not vwy aati
factory mm an iudioation that the force of
ttie panic of 1873 i spent. Against
4,371 failure* and $116,429,000 <4 liabili
tie* during the nine month* oS 1874 we
have, in 1876, 6,334 failures and $131,-
172,000 of liabilitiea—a quite notiocahle
differeuce, it must be oonfeased.
In New York city the failures for the
iMist nine month* uumbel 646, with lia
biliUe# *m*>unting tu $31,000,000. Ile
ferruig to the name number of month*
iu previous year*, we find the failures
in 1874 were 483. with liabilities of $24,-
000,000 ; in 1873 the failures in the nine
mouth* were 498, with liabilities of $69,*
000,000 ; and in 1872 the number was
315, with liabilitie* of $16,000,000.
Taking the average of the nine month*
in four year*, the result i* 460 failures,
with average liabilities of $36,000,000.
Ho that, though the above figures for
New York look somewhat alarthfig, their
oomparion with the average of other
years indicate* that they are nut very
excessive. It mut also be borne in
mind that, included in the failure* of the
I sat quarter, there were a 'ew of excep
tionally heavy character—four ouncern*
aloue tu New York city aggregating lia
bilitie* of over eight million* of dollar*.
This fact also more than acoounte fur the
increase in liabilities resu ting from the
failures for the entire country, as shown
in the above comparative table.
In analyzing these figure* and the
general statistic* given in tbeir circular,
Mow*. ]>un. Barlow k Co. hav* a calm,
philosophical way of looking at tha mat
ter which aemei to us extremely sensi
ble. They say, and we can adopt their
view* : •• While the above figure* aeein
to indicate a much worse condition of
affair* than was supposed to < r.-t, it i*
apparent that the dieeaae with which the
commercial community i attested ha*
Iwrn one of alow development; and it
by no mean* follow* that, twoxuae the
symptom* are now bamming more
marktsl than formerly, the recovery of
the {valient i* any the more remote. On
the contrary, there are many indication*
of returning health and vigor. Chief
among the hopeful sign* of the time is
the disposition to rapidly realise upon
the abnndant crop* which have been so
successfully harvested, and which must
greatly increaaethepurcliasingand debt
faying power of a large class of the com
munity. In anticipation of this move
ment in crop* and currency, a very fair
trade has been done at almost all job
bing centers, and though business by
no mean* attain* its former volume or j
profitableness, the results of the autumn
trade an- in the main enoonragiqg.
It w tijie that uumen>u* interest* re
main depressed ; that capital continue* '
timid and hence idle ; that many masn- {
facto lies are only partially employed;:
that some staple articles of merchandise ;
show no profit, while other* can only be
sold at a loss; and that there is much 1
which prevent* * hopeful view of busi- I
uea* matter*. Hut, a* compared with
the condition of thing* at thi* date last j
year, there is certainly an improved
prospect. Notwithstanding the figures .
presented above, the year has been by I
no means one of disaster, and. though
the pnxwas seems a slow one which leads
on to prosperity, it is none the less a ,
sure one.
It is always tatter to know tho worst
and meet it bravely than to put off the
evil dsy by merely temporary expedi
ents or icnore it entirely by hoping
against hope. Hence these figures have
their useful mission in suggesting to
every one the necessity of eoonomy.
conservatism and prudence. We have
had onr high flying times of inflation
and having done our dancing must now
pay the piper.— Ewniny Mail.
Smart Weed for Tanning.
A writer in the Rt. Louis (Mo6e-/Vwu>-
rraf is enthusiastic over the discovery
that A variety of the smart weed which
grows wild in Missouri in such profusion
as to be a uuisance, surpasses bark in its
tanning qualities. As its only cost is
that resulting from the labor of cutting
and stacking it, say $5 a ton, while
tiork costs in tliat State sll2 per too. it
is argued that hereafter million* of
: hides will annually be made into leather
I in the Went instead of being sent to the
Eastern States to tie tanned, which in
volves the expense of transportation
both ways for the leather consumed in
tho West, besides paying the Eastern
capitalists aud mechanics for work which
oould just as well be done at home. It
is said t hut this plant yields at least ten
j-er rent of tannic acid—an analysis by
the Nebraska State chemist give* nearly
twerty-two per cent, from the root and
sevcuhxm to nineteen per coot, from the
plant—hemlock and vak bark yielding
from eleven to thirteen per cent. But
even if the results stated by the Ne
braska chemist are correct, it doe* not
follow that this weed will make as good
leather as bark. There are peculiar
proixirtie* for making good leatlu* found
iu bark that, so far as is generally
known, have never been equaled in any
other material. - More or lees tannic
acid is found in almost every plant that
grows, and in some the percentage of
tannin is as high as from forty-four to
flftv per cent. Yet the leather produced
by "the use of these plants ha* never
come into favor, and that made from
some of them is bad in color.
A Shoot log Case.
A singular case occurred at Fairfield,
111. A man named Clark secured a di
vorce from liis wife. Clark married
again and his wife objected to this.
Visiting him she drew from her pocket a
pistol and commenced firing. A local
paper says : Hail Mr. Clark been n man
of chivalrous instincts he would, of
course, have received a bullet in some
convenient part of his person, and lain
down to die, thtis giving the lady her
coveted opportunity to earn applause
i and sympathy as a successful husband
killer. It so happened that he returned
his ex-wife's fire with promptness and
effect. Mrs. Clark tired but once, and
failed to hit. Mr. Clark, on the other
| hand, tired three times, two of his bul
lets entering his assailant's forehead,
and both surprising and discouraging
i i her. Bhe was not, however, fatally in
jured, and we are told thai Bhe " has
, ] faith to believe that she will live to
i again make a target of Mr. Clark at
i some future time."
NO. 46.
Fatal (lam* of Croquet,
Tb® Tito*rill® (Pa.) Herald gives the
pMtumlart of (he singular aoiilflit in
that wty, \>y which a gentleman lust hi
life while engaged in a friendly of
croquet. It aajs : Mr. Iteubso P. Ben
ton and Mr. J. A). Hfcriokland ww* en
gaged in a |gam of croquet in the
rear of the Warmi ami Venango paeemi
p>r depot. Both gentlemen ware on
the moot friendly term*, and they were
in the habit of playing on thane favorite
ground® almost daily. Mr. Strickland
made a tntoplay, and, aa oomiuonly oc
cur* on *ueh occasion* axnoug the boys,
he peeviahly aUempUnl to throw hia ntal
let after the tiall. By aome unfuraaeeu
chance dhe handle of the mallet caught
in the (deeve of hi* coat and it Waa hlirl
ed iu the direction of hia companion,
■itriking bun on the right temple, and
felling him to the ground. The aod
dent wax witnessed by a number of by
■tandem, who at the time did not
imagine that Mr. Benton waa aerimudy
injured. Hia prolonged insensibility,
however, creatod oouaidesabb) alarm, and
rmioralivt* were ineffectually applied.
Mr Strickland ran In great bmd* for
medical aid and a carriage, but before
hia return the unfortunate B li. u waa
carried to hia room in an insensible con
dition. Phyuotana were on hand almcwt
immediately upon hia arrival, and made
a searching examination of the wound.
11 appear* that the blow, which waa "truck
on the right temple, waa not uflUnent
to aauae a fracture of the ahull at that
point, but aa ia often the ca**, produc
ed an effusion of blood at the bane erf
the brain. Bach an injury ia almost in
evitably fatal, and the patient lingered
on until au o'clock p. when be ex
pired without recovering oooedtmatieaa.
Mwlif Horace la Arabia.
OB g<*ag to bare a borae ihod, ia
Arabia, lh mMtor inay take the aboa*
with him, or be m*y out, la the former
naee be i*ya nothing, and only aaya :
" Clod ha* givtm yon ability >, then
inave*. 11 be doe* not bring the aboaa,
he par* a certain pnea and leans*. They
ahoe uoraea with ooid iron in the Sahara,
for they think it injure* the home'* feet
to have them heated. The *ko*w are
very light, and of aoft iron. BMW pot
ouly three nail* on each aide, aad leant
the'tuna free ; fur they aay that having
the toe* confined inakea the home feed**
a"" with tight aboe*. The Arabian
blackamith* never para or cut the horn
of the foot, bat allow it to grow *a it
pteaaea. The atoov ground wwn it
down suScuntij. When the bun* baa
been rtei-b"g a long time beforethe tout,
the Aral* *oinetimea cut the bran a lit
tle themselves. Thii method ha* one
advantage : it cauae* the foot to become
very hard; and if the bora* kaama aboe.
be can continue hi* journey without "OJ
trouble. They never allow a korae to
go with one front foot unahod and the
other nbod. If a borae loaea a aboe off
one of the for* feet, they will take both
a]>oee off the hind feet, and put one on
the for# foot. If a borae ia going on a
long journey, and haa to be shad before
starting, they generally put a piece of
leather between the iron and bis foot
They train the borae from the tune he is
a colt to lift hi* feet in order to be shod,
and he very seldom resist* or make* any
fo* during the of >eration. The Arabs
think our shoea too heavy, and aay that
they fatigue the huraea on a long jour
ney.
Tailed State* Treasury.
It in understood that anion* the moat
prominent features of the forthcoming
report of the treaaurer of the United
Stafcw the following recommendation*,
affecting the redemption of national
tiank notM, will bo made :
First—That the National Rank re
demption agency be made a separate
bureau in the oftioe of the secretary of
the treasury, under the charge of a su
perintendent, who shall gfee bond for
the faithful discharge of the duties.
Heoond—That the ft TO per ornL re
dcmption fond ahall be keptm the treae
ury, but subject tc the checks of the
superintendent, and that her be payable
in currency or drafts 011 New Tara, Bos
ton, Chicago, St Louis, and other sub
treasuries.
Third—That banks, or others sending
national bank notes for redemption, be
r>-quiro<l to prepay the express charge*
to Washington, and that for all otherex
penae* of this agency national hanks
Khali t>e allowed to deduct from their
next semi annual return of tax upon
circulation, the amount of any assess
ment that may b made, as also in their
next return the amount of aaaessment
heretofore made.
A Terrible Plot.
A case in Lincoln, Out., illustrates
the liabilitv of courts and juries to cruel
mistake. A few months since Mathias
Konkle was found guilty of felonious as
sault upon a female child of tea year* of
age. He was convicted and suutenoed
to be hanged, but the sentence was
afterward commoted to imprisonment
for life. It now sppear* that there was
a conspiracy to get rid of Konkle, in
which hi* stepmother was the principal
mover, her motive being to obtain pos
sestion of property. She took into her
confidence the grandmother of the little
girl, and a servant These together ar
ranged the plot against Konkle, the
child being brutally maltreated to fur
uiah evidence against an innocent man.
At the trial Mrs. Konkle " posted " all
the witnesses for the government She,
with her fellow conspirators, have been
arrested, and the convict will be brought
from prison to testify against them.
The little girl ha* turned Queen's evi
dence, and her statements, which are
verv clear, leave no doubt of a malig
nant plot to put a troublesome heir out
of the way.
The In I ted States Three-Sixty-FiTf
Bonds.
Rome time since the commissioners of
the District of Columbia addressed a let
tor to the President making certain in
quiries as to the liability of the United
States in providing for the 8.65 District
bonds authorised bv Congress, under
the act of June 20, 1874. Attorney-Gen
eral Pierrepont has given an elaborate
opinion, directed to the President, con
firming the decisions heretofore render
ed, that "the faith of the United States
is unqualifiedly pledged for the payment
of the interest and principal at matu
rity." Charles O'Conor, of New York,
also coincides in this decision and re
gards the bonds issued by the authority
of Congress as governmental bonds and
should be so recognised.
Illegitimacy In Scotland.
Illegitimacy in Scotland has attained
an extent that will surprise those who
popularly contrast Continental profligacy
in such cities as Vienna and Paris with
continent Puritanism in the land of
Knox. According to the last annual re
port ef the Sootoh registrar-general the
number of illegitimate births daring the
past year waa 11,077, or 9$ per cent, of
the total number—a number sufficiently
large, though the percentage is the
smallest recorded for ten years. Among
tle poorer and more ignorant classes in
the rural districts the rate of illegiti
macy rises to 11.4 per cent. The fact
may in soma measure be accounted for
by "the payment by the pariah of a small
allowance weekly to the mothers of
these children for their support.
The Pmapklu.
Llni* folks are anion teholdvc %
J ft 1W dt* pumpkin fair and gotten
j f?; Who. "Will* a pampkin akell.
V 1 Put hlkwilato kMp ter well/
Peter, Peter wee the men |
Omenta* fellow. tf von eeo I
Omrferelle, tar her oarrwge,
Oiodereila, for ber merrter.
To the pumpkin tmd e debt.
Hm eke paid it, think yen, yet f
Jaek-o'-Lealera te beholden %
To the pompkin feir and golden ;
lint the shell te hie alone,
For the paddle gle our own t
And. If w# the atalk eea taho,
Wo a pipe to play M make
—Jhr Jtarmry.
—L —.l JL J~U—XL-'.'
Items tf Istercet.
A smart thing—A moatard piaster.
Order of court— •* Band one doaen
jury, carefully packed."
Gold hi the fool's curtain which hides
all his defeat* from the world.
Wyandotte ia said lobe ends a bu*y
place that people date their letters YA.
It ha* been figured out that we are to
have twenty-six enow storms this winter.
Oh. fltfat autumn ttma.
How like to good old apple mm thoo art
Half eweet, half tart.
Will Settle ia the name of a Wiscon
sin bankrupt Hia creditor* hope be
will.
The United State* imported 30,000,-
000 day pipes, mostly from Glasgow,
last year.
Ohio propoeaa sending a youth of one
hundred and sixteen summers to the
Centennial.
Two persona, the other day at Flat
brook-rille, Pa., with rod and line cap
tured 3X7 flah.
Young women are adviaed to let good
esamplea, because young men are always
kuiiowuig them.
The height of a man is equal to the
measure uf his extended arms from tip
to tip of finger.
The cry " Go Weat ** ha# changed.
An editorial in a Western paper ia head
ed " Hop Yeast "
A mutual insurance society against
hail storms is a new bnsuanaa venture st
N euf chattel, 8 witter land.
That writer does the most who gives
Ida reader the most knowledge and takes
from him the leant time.
*• Poll on this rope," wrote Mr. Wine
gardncr, of Willianisport, Pa., "yem
will find me in the canaL"
Kerosene ia aaid to be ftheaper than
gaa aa aa illumination. Ton can't aave
a scent in ong it, however.
At Jacksonville, FT*., recently, five
abarka were seen swimming after a boat
ia which • man bad cut hi* foot
California will this year hatch out
0,000.000 at young salmon, 7,000,000 of
which am to ooma to the Eastern Btatea.
Than ia a man ia lowa who can
honestly aay that be never opened
another man a letter by mistake. Hi*
name ia John Pfsfaelkaeffingarr.
In 1871-75 the total number of pil
grims going to and returning from Mac
ao amounted to 15,342, aa increase of
nearly 6,000 ovor th* previous year.
The youngest Jeaae Pooaeroy on re
cord is reported from Digby, N. S.,
where a boy aged eighteen months
ueorly beat Ina baby sister to death with
a euritng-irou.
The crowu prinoeoa of Ganaany com
mands aa colonel a regiment of huaaara,
aad during reatat maneuvers before the
emperor she appeared mounted at th*
head of her cavaliers.
A New Hampshire paper state* aa a
singular fact that " the town hat never
had* mill ia her midst.'' This probably
account* for the advertisement m another
aulamn of a miU-in-ber wanted.
A lady in listen*, N. I'., herself ninety
one years of age, haa a sinter living aged
eighty-one, and four brothers who are
eighty-nine, eighty-eevco, eighty
five and eighty-three years old respect
ively.
A pair of ateira thai ordinarily are
solid aa a rock will straddle in the joints
and creak and crack together with all the
fervor of a thunder clap when one ia at
tempting to climb them noiselessly at
night.
Thev tell of a man in Maine who
kioked a can of niiro-glyoertn* out of his
way. The tstory ia a shocking one, as
the stetr of the vain search for the
scattered fregmeata of a human being
always is.
The Minneapolis Tribune is puzzled
about the approaching hard winter. It
aaka: " Will Indians work" Tea, and
with very little capital. Ten oeot* worth
of plug tobacco will set one at work for
a w'k.
A. R. Snow, of Medina, N. T., adver
tises that he will prosecute say woman
who stefM foot on his premises, and
long lines of women inarch around his
house and talk to him from the outside
of his teaoe.
A man naaxly seventy year* old blind
and infirm, ha* been aeutenoed to death
for murder in Bed River county. Ark.
His crime was committed twenty-two
years ago, but he was not until re
cently brought to trial.
The superintendent of the Passaic
tine mines, at Ogdensburg. N. J., a few
days ago found a large garnet in the
mine, for which he haa been offered 550.
There hare been several smaller ones
found, valued at from $lO to sls each.
In washing oalicor* in which the
color* are not fast, be careful not to
hail them; but wash in the usual way
with soap, and rinse in hard water.
For dgrk colored goods, add a little salt
to the water; for light, a little vinegar.
Darting I am growing tat,
Adipoaa among aay bans*.
It ia an aoooant of that,
1 now protest in earnest tone*.
Wo more bring op the coal ean I;
Neither eaa I chop ap wood.
To do the** donee picas* to try,
My gentle wi*% prey be eo good.
Billy Emerson, the negro minstrel,
makes $26,000 a year. Ralph Waldo
Emerson, the philosopher, makes S9OO.
The latter has f req uently deplored the fact
that he couldn't get his head to hit a
tambourine right in the middle.
A doctor of France haa invented a
machine by mean* of which an over-anx
ious mother may assure herself from day
to day, or even "from hour to hour, that
the baby ia doing satisfactorily as re
gards its increase of weight.
To know how to keep a tidy house and
well aired apartments; to know how to
select the beet kinds of food ; to know
how to prepare them in the best manner
—these are first things, and every
daughter should tears them before
marriage. ,
Boms time ago a little girl in West
field, N. J. f whfle playing dropped her
mother's silver thimble into a chicken
coop. Borne day* afterward two of the
chickens were killed, and in the gizzard
of one of them was found the test thim
ble, finely polished but not injured.
In these days of labor-saving devices,
lsiy rustics will rejoice to know that a
1 Vermonter ha* invented a churn which
1 can be so adjusted to s wagon, that all a
mas has to do is to pick up his reins,
drive a mile or so, and preeto—the
batter's made.
The supreme court of Wisconsin has
recently decided that the whipping of a
child by a pnblie school teacher is au
assault "and battery, and that an offend
ing teacher may be mulcted in damages
as well as held answerable for violating
the dignity of the law.
Warren Shailer, an old captain of
Deep River, Conn., feU overboard in the
sound, the other day, but, catching the
rope, was towed along on his back under
the veoßel's bow for over a mile, when
he was hauled up in safety, still smok
ing his pipe.
The rudeness of Dr. Parr to ladies was
sometimes extreme. To a lady who had
ventured to oppose him with mo a
warmth of temper than eqgeney of rea
soning, and who afterward (apologized
for herself by saying that it was the
privilege of woman to talk nonsense :
"No, madam," he replied, "it is not
their privilege, but their infirmity;
ducks would walk If they oonld ; but
nature suffers them only to waddle 1"