Told In Confidence.
Vow youH never. never tell him '
Preenng star now glittering furthest, fairest
on the winter sky ;
If he woo me,
Not yoor coldest ornel my
Or MB or may
Be found more chill end sUll to him then I.
Sweet you'll never, never tell him '
Wnnn red roeee lifting yoor ehy feeee to the
manner dew,:
If he win me,
Blush your eweeteet in hia eight
For hie delight.
But I own be M aweet, ae eweet ee yon '
When Ihe Cows Come Home.
When klingle klangle, klingle.
Far down the dneky dingle.
The oowe ere coming home.
Row aweet end oleer, end feint end low,
The airy (inklings oonie end go.
Like ohimuiga treni the far-off tower.
Or peltennga of en April shower
That makes the daisies grow,
Ko-iing, ko-leng, koHugn-Hrigle,
Per down the darkening dingle.
The oowe cvme slowly home.
And old-lame friends, end twilight play*,
And starry nights and annuy days,
Oooas trooping up the nusty ways.
When toe cows come house.
With jingle, jangle, jingle,
Soft toliM that eireeUy minjjlfr.
The oowa are coming home,
Malnue and Pearl and Fkinmel,
lHKaiup. lied Koee, and i"? retch eo Sohell.
Qoeeu Beat, and Sylph, and Spangled hue,
Aoroee the fields I hear her '' 100-oo "
And clang her uleer bell;
00-UOR, golang. geiinglodiugta.
With feint, far eounde that mingle,
The cv* conic akvely home.
And mother-eouge of long-gone veara.
And baby )oy and ehildieh fear*.
And youthful hope* and youthful tear*,
Whan the eowe come home
With ring la, nag la, ruagla,
By two* and thnca awl Hugia,
The cow* an cornice bom*
Through violet air we m tha town.
And the summer inu a-ahpping down.
And the maple in tha hazel glade
Throws down tha path a longer shade.
And tha hiUs an growing brown;
To-ring. to-rang, tonugiantigle.
By threes and four* and stogie,
Tha eowa coma slowly home.
The same sweet sound of wordless psalm.
The earns sweet Jane day net and calm
The'aame tweet small of buds and halm
Whan the cow* come home.
With tinkle, tackle, tinkle.
Through fere and penwmile,
The eowe an coming home.
A-loitering m the checkered etream
Where the eon-ray* glanoe and gleam
Clanaa, Teachbioom and Thaha Fnilha
Stand knaa deep m the creamy iiher,
In a drowsy dream:
To-ltnk, to-iank. toliuklehnkla,
Oar banks with batter cups n-t winkle,
Tha oows coma slowly home.
And np through memory's deep ravine.
Coma the brook e old song and its old-time
sheen.
And the crescent of the silver quean.
Whan the oowa come home.
With kiiogle, klangle, klingle.
With 100-00, and moo-00, aad jingle,
The oows are coming home;
And over then on Merlin hill,
Bounds the plaintive cry of tha whip-poor
will.
And tha dewdrope ha on tha tangled vines.
And over the poplars Venus shines.
And over the silent mill,
K.o-ling, ko-lang. kolinglelingle.
With ting-e-iing ai d Jingle,
The oows come slowly borne.
Let down the ban; let in the train
Of long-gone songs, and floweis. and rain,
Tor dear old times oome back again
Wben the cows come borne.
C\rutian WteA.'y.
LOSING THEM BOTH.
The dearest little rosebud of a girl,
with cheeks where a pink flush came
and went, and blue eyes, with long,
golden brown lashes, and hair thai
waved without the aid of pins or irons.
I always thought her name was the
moat suitable that oould have been
dbosen for her, though the only wonder
is that old Farmer Budd did not name
his only daughter Deborah, or Rebecca,
or ttarah Jane.
lioNsnna had fortunately been her
father's grandmother s name, however,
and so came a Rime Budd into the
world; for Mrs. Budd hail made the
Anna a middle name instead of part of
the first, and dropped it.
When I begun to like Rose Budd so
much that I seriously thought of pro
posing to her, Hiram" Roper liked her
too. He was five years older than I; a
plain man of twenty-nine, with faint
scars on his face, and a bald spot on the
middle of his head. A poor man,
studying medicine late in life, because
he had not been able to study in his
yontti, only hoping for his diploma in a
year, with the practice all in the future;
and I, at twenty-four, had the Moss
wood estate for my own, and money
enough to live on comfortably. There
could be no comparison drawn between
us, 1 fondly hoped, that would not be
favorable to me; and I cnoUy, though
politely, took my place before him, and
cut him out on all oocasions with Rose
bud . I, young and ricfi and handsome,
and, as I suppose i, elegantly dressed ;
he, plain, poor and shabby, looking ten
years older than he really was. What
chance had he against me ?
And so he slipped quietly into the
background and I made love to Rose
bud, and one day kissed her on the
cheek, and told her life would not be
worth having to me if I could not win
her; and she said nothing, but out
blushed all the roses, and let me kiss
her again. After that we walked bodily
arm-in-arm through the village, and
friends teased me, and the other beaux
dropped away, and one ilay I gave her a
ring to wear on her left hand forefinger.
Two weeks from that day I went to
London on business. I intended to stay
a week, hut I was so successful that I
remained longer; finally I went into
business in the city, and begun to know
people. I visited st the houses of
wealthy merchants, and met their wives
and ilaughterH, and by degrees !>egun to
understand that, though my Rosebud
was very fßir and sweet, she was not a
hot-liouse flower. In other words, her
dress was not like the dress of s fashion
able belle ; her manners were homespun,
her education poor. Bhe was very good
—excessively good, but not an elegant
lady. Then, too, she sent me notes in
big buff envelopes, and used little "i's"
for the personal pronoun, which should
have honored by the capital "I."
And Farmer Badd, with bis uncouth
coats and wonderful hats and long strag-
! fling beard and hair, wa - not the sort of
ather-in-law that I should admire; and
there was Miss Hannover. Perhaps that
fact was the most powerful one of all
the workings of my disenchantment;
for Mies Hannover was beantifol, all
millinery and upholstery; and Papa
Hannover was called Pricoe Hannover
by bis friends, and had his dinner table
set for forty every day, and wore a for
tune in diamonds on his bosom, and
made friends everywhere he went by his
lavish gifts, and was the greatest stock
gambler in London.
Pupa Hannover had smiled on me,
and counseled me how to invest, and
had dined me with his daily forty friends,
and had said : " Violette, love, this is
Mr. Markman, one of those country
gentlemen of whom we are trying to
make city men."
And Violette had smiled radiantly
upon me.
Bines then how many tete-s-tetes had
I not had with her—how many rides f I
was learning to dance with her, and I'
had forgotten to write to Roeebnd for !
FREE). KURTZ. Editor and Eropriotor.
VOLUME IX.
two weoa*. Then came en anxious lit
tle nolo on thin blue jsepcr, lieginuing
thne :
•' I>*au HasHt—-1 take up my pen in
baud much trubhled lu my mind re
garding you i know yon would write if
you were not sick. Oh, Henry, if you
are nick do UllygratT and let father come
up and see you. Henry i will not write
I any more until 1 hear from vou—i am
too trubbled in my mind. tVe are all
1 well and iu tlie hopes Uiat you will enjoy
the imme bhwwiug* i remain
• Tours truly, Rosa BCDD.
"P. fct.—lV> let oa come if you are
sick, iam so truboled iu my mind.
1 hastened to reply, the awful dread
*of Mr. Rudd'a fatherly care hanging
over me, so to speak, by a single hair.
I wrote to Hosts but how! I shall uot
copy that cowardly letter here. When
it was in the box I did try to ttsh it out
again, but it was too la:e. It had gone,
and its teraiiuation: "Tlianks, Miss
Budd, for vonr friendly anxiety con
certiiug my "health; 1 am sure Mr. Biuld
does not shared," was perhajw the word
of all the liues by which I told her, not
iu frank, honest words, but iu a mauuer
that uo woman could fail to understand,
that I did not ehooee to remember that
we were betrothed.
After that uo more letters in yellow
envelopes muie to trouble me, and 1
jtatd attention to Vue Hannover, and
invested my money according to Han
nover's advice. And days and weeks
and mouths rolled by, and if a thought
of my little Rosebud, fading because
the sunlight of my love was withdrawn
from it, crossed my mind, 1 drove it
away with a sign. 1 could not help it,
1 said; it was fate. Kate meant me for
Miss Hannover, for Violette, and we had
met —that was all. No, not quite all;
one day—l remember it was the day af
ter a splendid ball, and 1 called on Yio
lette, whose escort 1 had l>eeu the night
before—one day I made this latter state
ment to Violette Hannover, and she,
having heard it, bestowed on me her
most aristocratic stare, and asked me if
I did not know that she had been en
gaged to Mr. Twentyplum for six long
months.
" And be married next week, Mr.
Markham," added she. "So you see
you must be mistaken about fate."
" And you have only been flirting with
me?" I said, bitterly. "Do you know
that you gave me reason to hope every
thing from you ?"
" I know it is time for me to dress
I for a drive," said she. "So you must
say good afternoon; and don't look so
ridiculously tragic, Mr. Markham. I
hate scenes."
Aud I felt that I deserved it all, as I
went for the last time down the steps of
i the Hannover mansion.
In a fortnight Violette was Mrs.
Twentyplum. In a month Mr. Han
nover was a bankrupt—one of those who
take a foreign trip with plenty of money
in their pockets, while others lie crushed
beneath the fragments of their broken
branches st home.
My money went with his. I had come
to London with a moderate competence.
I hail in.-reaa-d it by speculations until
I was absolutely wealthy. Now 1 found
myself suddenly almost poor.
There remained to me only the Moss
wood property, which must be turned
i into a (arm, and I myself must leave my
1 hope of being one of the city million
aires behind me, and become a plain
farmer—a man of the same social status
as Rosebud's father, without his com
fortable knowledge of money in the
bank to comfort me.
However, with the bursting of the
bubble fortune, the circle which gather
ered about Hannover hail been seeming
ly scattered to the winds, and people
knew that Miss Violette hail jilted me
aad also that my money was gone. The
city had tost many of its charms, and 1
wrote to the old womau who hail kept
the house at Mosswoml for-my father
until his death, to make it ready for my
return. Then selling the furniture of
my liachelor rooms, ami packing my
smaller belongings in. a few trunks, I
started homeward.
I must go back to Mosswood and be
come a farmer. I should find Rosebud
fading gradually away, of course, aud
yet I knew she would be prettier than
ever. How she had loved me—how un
grateful I hml lx*n for that love. Now
i would make amends. I would write
as many repent-rat letters as were neces
sary, and she would, of ooorse, forgive
me. No woman ever forgets or ceases
to leve anv man she ever has loved, you
know. Yes, after a little maidenly" re
sistance, Rorobud would bloom for me
again. I vas* sure of this as the train
bore me oiivard. as I was that the moon
would rise that night.
There is no adage more true than the
one that declares that misfortunes never
come alone, but always in troop*.
Often, of ow"tse, one bring* the other.
In my caie, t anxieties that had troop
ed so thickly about me made me ner
vous, and so led to a severe accident.
Having alighted at a certain station, I
delayed my return to the carriage* until
they had started. I remember running
after them, and then—what do 1 remem
ber then ? Darkness, dreams, pain, an
awakening in s little room, with white
curtains, and a toilet table, and a vision
charmingly dressed. The same one say
ing, slowly:
" Yes, yce, yes ; I think he'll do."
And understanding this was my old
friend, Hiram Roper, I asked :
" How did I come here f" trying to sit
np, and failing in the attempt.
"Well," said Hiram, "wife and I
were at the station, ami I saw you were
a good deal hurt, and we brought you
on. You kDow this is my house."
"Yours i" said L " And you are
mslfriiil, and in practice, 1 suppose!"
" Yes," said Roper. "Oh, yes ; get
ting on famously. And you've hail a
bad time, but you'll be on the right soon.
Come and b 11 him be will, Rosebud."
And there—yes, there was Rose.
After I had ruminated on the fact a f <w
minutes, I felt that truth was stranger
than fiction.
"Are you better, Mr. Markham!"
said Rosebud, bending towards me.
Here was a poetical story, lieing
worked out iu our proper persons. A
wounded and repentant hero, I had been
sent back to Rosebud, to be named and
forgiven. Had she not forgiven me,
she never would have flown to my aid.
All that I could do just then was to
squeeze her hand.
Bhe took it away rather quickly ; but
that was natural. I had not seen her
for three years. Bhe did not know of
my contrition. But ahe hail not pined
or faded ; she was, on the contrary,
stouter and rosier than ever.
Just then. Dr. Roper being present,
I said nothing, but afterwards, as the
evening shadows fell, she brought me
tea and toast; and then I took her
hand, and said :
"Dear Rosebud, how good of you."
And Bhe answered;
" Oh, dear, no—don't mention it."
"You are an augel of forgiveness," I
said. "And I—oh, have always loved
you, Rosebud. 'Tie true, a siren laid her
spells upon me, but the hallucination
once over "
" I shall think you are wandering
again," said she, "if yon don't stop
talking. Do take your toast."
"No," said I, "no, not a mouthful,
Rosebud, until you assure me that yon
will forget the past, and once more give
me the love"—
"Mr. Markham!" cried she.
"Call me Henry," said I. " Rose, if
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
you had hated me, would you tw hero
eo kit-,ttly ministering to mv wsuUl"
" H#l" eeivl ahc. " Where ahoold
Iha but in my own house t I'm euro
I "re nothing to forgive yon, either.
Since you allude to our flirtation of
three voarw ego, etui since you will talk
of it, t will tell you, once for ell, that 1
don't think wo ever should have l*een
happy together. And I always liked
Hiram the Ixwit, only he wee mi shy.
And, mv good news, wo were married a*
soon as ho gist his diploma."
•' Married !" cried I.
•• Why, ywt," aid Koiebui " How
elae should Itw hero I You know this
is l>r. house! Dhlnl you kuow
I hi* wife before? Dear util follow,
ho is— the Itoat husband woman ever
had, I'ia turn—and, Mr. Maxkhaiu, 1
know now that 1 uevar really loved
you '
I don't know whether that was true or
not, but it did not matter. She did not
love me then, and does not uow; and I
had lost her.
1 live alone at Moaewood uow, an old
bachelor, with a limp and thedyspepsia,
and she and a bouquet of little "blossoms
flourish over the way at Dr. RojHr's.
Some time, perhaps, 1 may marry.
Miss Flint would have me, and so
would the Widow Wiggins; but what
ever 1 may gather to wear over my heart
it will not be a rosebud. 1 threw that
away long ago, and Roper picked it up,
and it makes his life fragrant.
Ouiu Pro Quo.
Friend Zedekiah Broadback, residing
iu a thriving Pennsylvania town, was a
staid, stanch, and proper man. Ho
was a just man, though zealous iu the
accumulation of substance, and careful
of his property. One ilay Zedekiah re
turned to uis home from a distant farm,
and was informed by his serving woman
that a large, fierce dog, belonging to
the village lawyer, had stolen from the
pantry a fine leg of mutton.
•' Art sure it was the dog belonging
to the man of law, named Didymus I"
" Yea, verily, my master."
"Alas! and 1 had set apart that piece
of flesh for a feast, to be given eveu unto
my friends. 1 must set* the worldly man,
and gaiu restitution, if it be possible."
Aud Zedekiah set forth for the office
of the lawyer. Ou the wuy ho reflected.
He called to mind the story of the rnau's
bull which had gored a neighbor's ox,
anil he resolved to profit thereby. En
tering the office of the man of law, he
said :
" Frieud Didymus, 1 wish to ask thy
opinion upon a critical case."
"I will listen," answered the lawyer,
laying aside his book.
" Suppose, friend Didymus, that my
dog, even my faithful Towser, had gone
into my neighbor's pautry, aud stolen a
leg of mutton, and had eaten the same,
what ought 1 to do!"
" Why, friend Zedekiah, the thing is
plain. You must pay for thething which
your dog stole."
" Know, then, friend Didymus, that
thy dog, that ferocious beast which thou
callest Tiger, liath stolen from my pan
try a leg of mutton, of the full and just
value of five shillings, that beiug the
sum which I paid for it iu lawful
money."
" If that is the w," said the lawyer,
taking out his purse, "I suppose I must
par for it."
l"he Quaker took the money, and was
about to depart, when the lawyer de
taiued him.
"Tarry yet a little, friend Zedekiah,
for of a verity I have further to say
unto thee. Thou didst enter ray place
of business, and cruve my legal advice
upon a critical case. I gave it thee.
My charge therefor is nine shillings."
" Buret v, friend Didymus f"
" Ave, it is even so."
" Alas ! tbeu I must pay thee. I have
touched pitch, and have been defiled "
Summer Bonnet-.
Summer bonnet*, says a fashion jour-
Mai, are close shapes and real capotes,
with or without curtains. The flaring
halo brims are not found among late im
portations. A superabundance of trim
ming spoils some of the most expensive
models. The Beuoiion or necklace,
looped in front below the chin, is atxuit
to be introduced for those who do uot
li>e strings tied a* the throat, and yet
Like a dressy trimming iu front. This is
made of the silk of the trimming,
fringed with grasses and flowers. One
very effective Benoiton is of cardinal
silk, fringed with berries aud gilded
leaves; the bonnet is the stilish rongh
straw. Brood strings of white crepe
lisse edged with a fluted frill are shown
for the bonnet* of very young ladies,
who, Parisians think, should not wear
luce. Strings and streamers of cream
colored lace are beautified by having a
laind of black iusertiou dowu the cen
ter. The Charlotte Corday Ixinnet* are
abo imjxirted for summer. Rose pink
and cardinal are associated together for
trimming black chip bonnet*, notwith
standing they are dark enough for win
ter.
Black tulle bonnet* are made plain on
the fi&me, and edged with gold sou
tache. The trimmings are short black
ostrich tips and antique ribbons of
white atnped gauze. Others have
scarfs of black tulle dotted with gold. A
key of red gold andcut steel is a favorite
ornament on black bonnets. There are
also crescent* of silver that look hand
some enough for a brooch to be worn at
the throat The Mexicaine gauze* are
very popular abroad for bonnet trim
mings, but do not And much favor here.
•Some plain ecru net is used a* a scarf
for bonnets. Ivory white 1* used with
pale bine or rose pipings. Darker
cream color is contrasted with dark car
dinal or with black velvet. Wnen white
chip bonnets are not found becoming,
the entire front i* faced with black vel
vet, and dark flowers of becoming color
are used for face trimming. The cream
colored chip bonnets remain moat liked
for dress hats, a* they suit with any
toilette. Tneir garniture is cream color
ed silk, two ostrich tip* of the same
shade, cream colored lace, and two long
streamers of cream colored ribbon hang
iug low !>ehind. Two soft puffs of silk
inside the front make a pretty face
trimming for traveling bonnets.
His Punishment.
The death of Rubenstpin, found
guilty of the brutal murder of the
Joung Jewish girl and sentenced to be
angod, is not altogether a surprise.
There was much about the conduct of
the man since his arrest proving that he
had broken down utterly either under
the Hense of guilt, the terror of punish
ment, or the consciousness of innocence
wronged. His prayers, fastings and con
tinual despair must have destroyed the
mind if the body had failed to give way.
His life in prison has been to him worse
than death in any shape; and as no
other end than the gallows seemed prob
able, it is well for him that he pnssed
away by natural means. The public is
not so eager for an execution that it will
regret the condemned man's quiet
death, if, as seems to be clearly estab
lished, the case was not one of suicide.
All the effect of punishment as a means
of watning has lieen gained in the ter
rible spectacle of Hubenstein's agony.
Retributive justice could scarcely have
a more startling vindication or one bet
ter fitted to impress and affect the popu
lar imagination.— New York World.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1876.
KKMTOKISU A filth AT HKA.
Aa Aaarrlraa Hekrae al llaaalaa lb. M alar
al ikr Ilia, k **a lata ik. I urlu.
Mr. H|>aldiug, an American, proposes
to reverwe a natural psooea* which ha*
tieen iu action for Uiouaauda of years,
and, in his opiniou, has produced the
present distribution of the human race
iu Europe. It is a question of turumg
the waters of the Black aea iuto the Caa
piau, aud tilling that great inland losiu
I to the depth which obtained at a remote
period. At present the Oaapiau sea,
aud, through kindred influence*, the
sea of Aral and lake Italkanli are losing
Uitur waters, aud the vast regiou which
belongs to their system is LxH-ounug a
deaert. According to Mr. H(>aldiug, this
deterioration was probably the cause of
the great migrations which history re
cords. Vast multitudes came forth from
Uie uukuowu east beoaune the laud* of
their birth were no louger aide to sup
port them; by loug wars Uiev obtained
possesaiou of the whole of Europe,
which, with its more fertile soil aud lea*
warlike population, invited conquest.
The region to which the American engi
neer calls attention is a great basin de
pressed below the level of the ocean.
The lowest parts are occupied by the
t'asoiau sea, which receives, beanie*
smaller tributaries, the two great river*
Ural and Volga, which drain a large pro
portion of the oentral regions of the
Uiwsiau empire. These river* have for
ages dc|K"sitel in the Caspiau the soil
of the regions drained by them. The
dimensions of the sea have couaequeuUy
become contracted, and the Inittom of
wliat remain* of it has la-en raised until
very large areas are becoming uuuavi
galde. By reasou also of the diunnutiou
of the water space available for evapor*
tiou, the surrounding regions are be
coming sterile wastes, aud commerce
diminishes notwithstanding the up
proach of civilisation.
The only mean* of arresting this im
placable action of nature is to restore to
the Caspian it* ancient laxly of water*,
and consequently its ancient depth and
area. Thi* i* to Is? done by cutting a
channel which shall bring into it the
waters of the neighboring Black sea.
The projector would make a gnat cut
ting, connecting the two sea* upou one
level. It is to lie premised that the
Caspian is considerably lower than the
Black sea and the Mcditerraneau, and,
therefore, a continuous flow from the
latter into the former would ensue utvm
a communication 1-eing made, Mr
Spalding anticipates not only a natural
but a political revolution from this arti
ficial cataract. The force of Uie water
acquired bv the plunge would effect a
deep exoAvutiou, aud in tlie end would
not only till Uie ba*m of Uie Caspian to
the level of Uie Black sea, but would
form a magnificent harbor in the for
mer, unassailable by an enemy, and cer
tain to become the emporium of the
commerce of Uuasia and western Asia.
The author enter* into calculation* as to
the movement of the water through
such a channel, and determines that at
the end of forty year* from Uie begin
ning of Uie work the levels of the two
seas would be ao nearly uniform that
navigation of the new channel could
begin. This time could be shortened to
at>urt twenty live years if, upou the
compleUou of the work already de
scribed, the operation were to tie re
peated by connecting the Don and the
Volga. The obj-et of this latter work
would be to bring the waters of the aea
of Azof to swell the volume discharging
into the Caspian, the current of the
Don beiug reversed. Mr. Bpaldiug
mentions a similar work performed in
America bv cutting the ridge of lime
stone which separated Uie water* of the
Chicago river from thoae of the Illinois
liver. " The result wa* that the current
of the Chicago was reversed, and it now
discharges it* water*, a* well as thoae of
lake Michigan, into the Illinois, and
through that via the Mississippi river
into the gulf of Mexico, instead of iuto
the gulf of St. Lawrence."
The Chinese as Mechanic*.
While it is a well knowu fact that the
Chinese have very little of the spirit of
invention or originality, they are skill
ful aiul IDK<'UIOU mutators auil oopjista.
As iiu instance in point, it is related that
some years sine**, on the arrival of an
American clipper ship at Hong Kong,
the captain, Warning of the wonderful
imitative skill of the Chinese painters,
employed one of them to copy a beauti
ful oil {tainting of the vessel, which had
accidentally Ix-en torn a few inches
acro-s its "faca, the rent having been
sewn np. lu due coarse of time the
copied printing came home, a perfect
imitation in all respects, even to the
sewn gush in the original. Any me
chanical trade which does not require
originality of taste or design tlicy pick
up with surprising facility. The manu
facture of cigars IU New York city may
1m said to have passed entirely into their
hnnds, several thousand being employed
iu this branch of industry aloue. Orig
iually knowing nothing about boot and
sboe making, they have made such rapid
strides in this trade that no other class
of workmen are able to compete with
them. At such low wages do Chinamen
perform this kind of work, that in no
place on this continent ire boots and
shoes sold so cheaply sa in Han Fran
cisco. As carpenters, manufacturers of
furniture, and workers in all kinds of
wood, they have crowded out ail army
of white laborers, who would otherwise
now lie employed at good wages. With
all the uses of the sewing machine they
have becornn familiar, willingly and un
tiringly working at one twelve and often
fourteen hours without cessation. If
there is any branch of mechanical in
dustry for which there is a public de
mand, John is sure to have a hand in it,
working at snch figures that no white
man can possibly compete with him.
The trades or professions with which
they do not interfere are so few as to be
easily enumerated. In all the depart
ments of servile laltor, as house servants,
cooks, serubltors, gardeners, porters,
tbey crowd out the Caucasian, leaving
thousands of the latter unemployed and
suffering for the actual necessaries of
li.e.
Useful Hint.
Scene in Paris.--Madame X. has re
cently engaged a waitress, who has been
particularly recommended for her hon
esty and other good qualities. On com
ing home the other day, she found that
her deak, in which she was in the habit
of keeping money, hadlieen opened and
a hundred franc note abstract™!.
Madame X. told her bualiand, and ho
instructed her what share to take in the
dinner conversation, by which he
thought the money conld be quietly re
covered. At dinner, in the presence of
the waitress, Madame X. said to her
husband : " Have you seen Mr. Dorand
this morning?" "No, my dear, it is
impossible to see Mr. Durand just at
present." "Why so?" "His morn
ings are now passed in the criminal
court, on acoonnt of the recent thefts
perpetrated by his cook. Unfortunate
girl, to steal one hundred francs, and in
r tnru be certainly condemned to the
galleys." "To the galleys ?" asked his
wife. " Oh, yes; for that matter, I have
heard of persons being guillotined for
loss than that." Nothing more was said
at dinner; bat one hour later the bank
note was found returned to its proper
place in the desk.
An Firltlng Bare.
The Hau Francisco ChrtmMe toll* the
following story of *ll engineer: It wiia
four year* *go last wiutor. Iwu 00m
lug down with * tram boded with oatUe.
Th* weather had teeu lnul for work*,
Mint the Atiow lay deep, but wa* molting
off faat in th warm weaUier that had
lasted nearly a work. The ground wa*
saturated, and 1 noticed that thing*
looked shaky on tho mountain. 1 wa*
finding my way along carefully, think
uig tlio track might spring, a* the I**l
wa* wot and "loppy, when juat aa I got
around tho point of Una ridgo, 1 looked
up, and it *oomod to mo Uial tho whole
mountain above mo had broken looao.
For hundred* of foot wide tho hiiiaido
wa* in motion, and charging down ou
me. Tho slide started a hundred yard*
UIKIVO the truck nndwaaooming right
down ou ue liko lightning, ltocka, tree*
anil HUM w drift* plunged down tho face
of Uie mountain with a thundering roar,
and seemed Ivent on overwhelmiug us
and burying ua in the canyon thouaanda
of feet below. I wa* never #0 clone to
death liefore, although I have had my
aha re of |>eriis ou the road. For a mo
ment I wa* stupe tied, the danger wa* ao
great and escape ao hojiele**, hut ouly
for a moment I determined not to die
without an effort, but clap|>ed on all
ateam, while the brake* were thrown off
at Uie name time. You can aee for your
*elf that the giade i* heavy hern, and
can lielieve that we made fact time. The
engine seemed to know her danger, and
to gather heme If for an effort. She
leaped, quivering and snorting, down
the grade 111 the maddest race I ever
*aw. Down came the avalanche liko
lightning directly upon us, throwing
up eloUila cf dying auow and splinters
and rock, and away tlew the old engine
like a thing of life and Ix-autv, a* she
was, dragging the car* like the wind
down the grade after her, abreast of the
slide. But it acetued doomed to be ail
iu vain. The avalauche came faster
every moment. It was almost upon ua.
The rocks begun to bonnd against the
cars and over them, and the train was
hidden iu a cloud of snow, ltut we were
tlyiug through the sir now; the wheels
seamed never to touch the rail, and just
aa 1 was giving up hope the engine
rushed past that point of land just hack
there where the little ravine oomea
down. This turned the current of the
slide, ao to speak, a little, and na* our
salvation. The engine rosin d past Uie
point JUt aa the slide reached the track,
and a lug pine, uprooted iu the edge of
the avalanche, fell across the next car to
the laat one and crushed it. The track
was swept nway like a cobweb in a g*l\
and the coupling* of the cars broke and
the cars fell into the chasm left iu the
wake of the slide, and were carried down
to tlx- river, a thousand yards below.
What there is left of tiiem he* there yet.
The jerk wade the engine and train
jump UlO track, hut she kept on her
feet, aud we got off with a few brumes.
That I account one of the greatest dan
gers I ever had in my twenty yearn of
railroading.
Chinese llulldlng Propensities.
The Virginia City (Nev.) AWrryw-wr
*av* : The Chinese quarter at the city
i* being rapidly rebuilt. Tin* wtu of
Coufuciu* work like beaver*. They are
busy early anil late, and both under
ground and on the surface. In th<-ir
I -art of the town the Celestial* have kept
pace with the march of rebuilding ui
that |>art of the burned dintrict which ia
in tlie hand* of the white*. In ordiuary
time* no one ever hear* of a Chine*
carpenter, but now all are rarjx-nter*.
One would auppoae that "John," the
manner in which hi* eye* are set in hi*
head being considered, would never In
able to aaw a plank square aero**, yat he
manage* to make all manner of joint*
and U-vei*. When a house much ahovo
the ordinanr aire i* to le built, they
precipitate themaelrea upon it ia boat*.
They go at it much a* they act ab-ut
tunneling through a mountain. They
► warm like ant*, and like ant* each i
doing aomething. When a large building
i* la-tug roofed by tliem, it aeema, at a
little distance, to be covered witli a flock
of giant crow*, each pecking with all
bin might, and squawking with ail hi*
"main." When a Chinaman i* excited
and i* mailing thing*, he ia very un
happy nnle** allowed to "give tongue."
To Muhlenlv cut one of them abort when
in full vocal blast would be aa difficult
a* to aiionoo a donkey when in the midst
of hia bray.
We have hinted at the underground
iabora of the Mongolian*. It may be
neoeanary to explain that once John
Chinaman ha* come into poaaeaaion of a
piece of ground, he not unfreqnently
build* l>oUi up and down. He ha* an
innate love of Kubterranean den* and
cave*. In Chinatowu, aa it ia being re
built, the underground apartment* are
likely to be even more abundant than in
Chinatown a* it ia. In the "bomb
proof* " and other hole* they are dig
giug and building, and they will have
their gambling and opium den* down
l>elow the sunlight, underneath the
ground.
Sorrow by the Wayside.
A family from southern Kansas, con
sisting of a husband, wife and three
children, passed through Waco, Texas,
in a covered wagon, and the following
sail chapter in their history was related
ty the man. He stAted that they left
Kansas on the first of March, with the
intention of joining a nnmber of fam
ilies formerly from Kansas, who are
now living in Brown oonnty. They
traveled rapidly, aud met with no mis
haps nntil one Hunday morning, when
their little Italic, aged abont eighteen
mouths, was suddenly taken ill and
died. The grief of the poor mother
on the death of her child knew no
ttonnda; in fact, she Iteoame tempor
arily insane, and when her husltand
wished to bnry the body of tbo infant
ahe clutched it wildly in her arms and
fled from him and hid herself in the
woods, where she remained over night
along with the corpse. It was not until
nearly noon on the following day that
he found her. Hhe was so completely
exhausted by that time that he hail but
little difficulty in taking her back to the
wagon. Hhe was induced to take some
nourishment, and soon afterward fell
asleep. While she lay sleepiug the lit
tle oorpso was placed in a roughly oon
strneted box, and the father and chil
dren buried it under a live oak tree by
the roadside. The mother slept several
hours, and awoke with her mind re
stored. Hhe assisted her hustiand in
building a fence around the lone little
grave, and theu, with many backward
glances, the afflicted family pursued
their weary journey.
John Chlnnman.
John in California is himself opposed
to more immigration from China. He
says: "Heap Chinaman no money.
Heap Chiuaman no worke. All China
men no want mom Chinamen. Flifty
tousan Chinamen go homo then China
man make heap money. Flifty toiuian
Chinamen conic then Chinaman gittee
two bittee one day. China company he
flotchce too many. Alle same too mauy
Chinamen like too many Melican men.
No workee, no money. Cliina company
Hay two bitee one day, Chinaman say no.
China company say fletcheo ten tousan.
Chinamen like Melican man keepe
Chinaman home. Rich Chinaman
wanteo heap Chinamen. Poor China
men no likee."
TIIK WASHINGTON MADHOUSE,
A Mai bar Tall. Iba n.a eiorr al bar Maa
I aaflaarf la Iba Aarlaai.
Mr*. Van Kuru testified before the
('ougroMMoual investigating committee
that ahe liail txmli a real Jen t of Chicago
since 18M. Bhe bail a aon in the gov
eminent aajium who was seventeen wiu-u
he went there. lie waa sent from the
navy. Bhe aaw her aou aoou after he
we* aelit there, but oouhi
Nichols for many day*. Bhe doe* not
<* >uaider her aou iuaaae. lie ia eptlep
tie. Bhe had an interview with Dr.
Nichols, and told him ahe wanted every
care taken of her aon, which waa prom
laed, the doctor saying he would take a
father'* interest in him. Bhe left Waah
i ingtuu in the full belief of that prom
ise. Bhe went there a second time to
aee her aon, but not intending to take
him away. Thi* waa after the great tire
in Chicago. Bhe had always written,
hut seldom obtained any answer. Her
I joy's (tension was stopped, and on
writing to the pension office she was in
formed that it had been asserted that her
boy had I tee n abandoned by his friend*,
not having lieeu supplied with any
clothing. The wituooa said ahe then
oarne to Washington and went to aee her
sou at the asylum, and after waiting two
hoars and a half saw him. Bhe hardly
knew him. He was s haggard old man.
He screamed : " Dearest mother, take
me out of this horrible plaoe." He
made complaints of bad treatment, and
his head was literally alive with vermin.
He had just been bathed, and was drip
piug with cold water. Thi attendant
said the pants just removed were cov
ered with vermiu. Dr. Morell was proa
out at thi* time, and aaid he had noticed
the vermin the day before, and was very
sorry for it. On tier return she went to
Admiral Porter and to the secretary of
the navy. The latter was absent from
the city. The surgeon general of the
navy came to her and said he would
write to Dr. Nichols. He received s
reply, which he read t<> wituea*, acknowl
edging the vermin, but denviug all else.
Witness was accompanied by a lady of
Washington, Hiss Jenny De liar, who
was present the whole time witness con
versed with Dr. MorrelL Her son went
to the asylum in 1869 and left in 1873.
W itneaa |iaid a visit to the pension
office, but Genera) liaker was abseut.
Bhe went the next day and the oommis
aiouer had returned. He wished to ex
cuse himself, beiDg very tired, having
come from a long journey. An appoint
ment was made for the next day, which
wa* kept. General Baker did uyt give
her any satisfaction. The next day
witness was told her ietUWs had been
sent to Dr. Nichols bv s clerk of the
name of Pryor. Gen. liaker aaid it was
not possible, but on confronting Pryor
with tlie commissioner he aokaowladged
it. The commissioner *aid many bills
were sent by l>r. Nichols amounting to
several bundled dollars. Witness said
she would never jy one cent of it. Bhe
succeeded *t last in convincing Gen.
liaker, who sent a physician to the
asylum who proved tiiat her son was in
that horrible condition. Gen. Baker
said if witness did not take hjm out st
once be would. He also said lie would
send a elerk over to the asylum to aee
how many boys wen- there, as it was no
place for them. The pension of her
boy ia SSO a month. At the time it wa*
k< pt back by Dr. Nichols it was $35.
The witness aaid she had received all
the pension due her as guardian of her
aon, having established her chum in the
pension office. The trouble with Gen.
Baker was about the )>eusion, it haviug
lieen sua(>eiided by I>r. Nichol*' repre
sentation tliat no clothing had been sup
plied. Gen. Baker said Dr. Nichols
thought witness hail accompanit d a
gentleman to California, when in fact
witness wa* in company of Sivretary
Hrislow and bis family. It was in Sep
tember Unit the boy was taken out of
the asylum. Witness saw a letter from
Dr. Nichols to Burgeon Gem ml Bcale of
the navy.
Witness went on to say that Uio mat
trees on which her aon lay was rotten
with the rain which came through the j
roof. His body wa* covered with
bruise*; it was 'quite black. He had
lieeu put in a strong room, and they had
placed s strait jacket on him. Her son
told her this, and the attendant* also;
and Mr. Anderson and his wife told her
that Dr. Nichols only cauie through the
wards once a week—namely, on the
Babbath; that he cared more for the pigs
and dog" than he did for the patients.
On witness demanding to see her eon's
room, Dr. Morrell objected, saying it
was against the rules, but Afterward con
sented. Bhe found there no books or
pliers, which she had liberally supplied
him with.
The witness then said, addressing the
chairman, that during her stay in Wash
ington she was called ou by a man fre
quently to know how much money she
would take to leave the city. She did
not know the man's name. She also bad
a statement from a man that two pa
tiruts hail lieen killed, one a white and
one a colored man, and that both were
put into one coffin.
How Wlrl* are Made Pretty.
The Hindoo girls are graceful and ex
quisitely formed. From their earliest
enildbood they are accustomed to carry
burdeua on their beads. The water for
family use is always brought by the
girla in earthen jars, carefully poised in
this way. This exercise is said to
strengthen the muscles of the back,
while the chest is thrown forward. No
crooked backs are s>on in Hindostan.
Dr. Henry Spry, one of the company's
medical officers, says that " this exercise
of carrying small vessels of water on the
head might lte advantageously intro
duced into our boarding schools and
private families, and that it might en
tirely snpersede the present mschinery
of "dumbbells, backboards, skipping
ropes, etc. The young lady ought to
lte taught to carry the jar, as these Hin
doo women do, without ever touching it
with her hands." The same practice of
carrying water leads to precisely the
same results as in the south of Hpain
and in the sonth of Italy as in India.
A Neapolitan female peasant will carry
on her head a vessel fnll of water to
the very brim over a rough road and not
snill a drop of it, aud the acquisition of
tnis art or knock gives her the name
erect and elastic gait, and the samo ex
panded chest and well formed back aud
shoulders.
Mr. I'enn's Treaty.
" The Great Spirit"—snch were Wil
liam Penn's own words on the occasion
of his treaty with the Indians—" who
made yon and us, who rules the heavens
and the earth, aud who knows the inner
most thoughts of man, knows that 1 and
my friends have a hearty desire to live
in peaoe and friendship with you, and to
serve yon to the utmost of our power.
Onr object is not to do injury, but to do
good. Wo are here met on the broad
pathway of good faith and good will, so
that no advantage may be taken on either
side, but all shall be openness, brother
liood and love. I would not oomjiare the
friendship now sought to a chain, since
the rain might rust it, or a tree fall and
break it; but the Indians shall be es
teemed by us as the same flesh and blood
with the Christians, and the same as if
one man's body was to lie divided in two
parts, aud, as such, the ground should
be occupied as oommou to both people."
TERMS: #2.00 a Year, in Advance.
A MI'KDEKKK** CONFESSION.
Tba TraaAr la iba Halm ala I barrb la
Maalaa-Plaar I aalraalaa Iba MarAar ml
Uilla Mabal Vaaaa-Alaa. Ibal ba *111.4
Mtaa HrlAa.l l^aaAreaaa.
Thomas W. Pipor, the aeston of the
Warreu avenue church, Boston, who u
under sentence of death for the murder
of the flve-jeer old child, Mattel Young,
in the belfrv of the church, startled hu
counsel, Kdward P. Brtrtru, who waa in
consultation with him regarding the mo
tion for a new trial, by oonfcaatng the
murder, and furthermore that he wan
the murderer of Bridget Isuidrrgau at
Dorchester ou the night of Deo. A, 1873,
for which crime be haa been long under
aiicion. Piper'a full confession waa
e public and caused much eacite
menL Any doubts a* to its truth were
swept a war by the atatemeut of hia
counsel. Mr. Brown aaid that he would
not prow the motion for a new trial, in
view of the oonveraation he had with
Piper
Piper dooUn* that ho had no motiw
for these twinies, particularly the mar
dor of the fluid. Mid cannot understand
how ho came to commit thorn. Ho aay
that he haa hitherto lied to blind hm
counsel, knowing that ho ooold not got
their aid if I hey for a moment behaved
to hia guilt He haa of late been rapid
IT breaking down in health and strength
through hia great mental agony, and it
ia thought that it allowed to eaoape the
gallows he could not live six week*. Hia
execution ia aet down for the twenty
aixth of Mav. In hia oonfeaaion of the
murder of &fabel Young, lhper aaya:
" 1 took the bat from the lower room
before or about the commencement of
achool to kill aomebody at that time. I
carried it up into the auditorium, but
during the session of Bunday-achool,
took it from tb auditorium and carried
it to the belfry. After the dose of
achool I aarne down eLmra and opened
the doora. Then I went up again at the
time I Bent away the boya who were
playing in the vestibule. After the boys
had gone out, and I waa still in the vea
tibuie, the little girl came up staire, and
I induced her to go with me into the
belfry. There 1 (-truck her with the
club two or three timea, and she fell
where the blood waa found. Then 1
picked bar up and carried the body to
the place where it waa discovered."
Piper's confession of the murder of
Bridget Landregan, on Dec. 5, 1873,
waa equally explicit. He waa under the
influence of whisky and opium, and de
liberately prepared a club to kill some
one. He saw Bridget on the street, and
followed close behind her. He aaya :
"I struck her; immediately she fell
down, and 1 struck her again. While 1
was stooping over the body I saw a man
coming, ao I started uu and ran away. I
got over the fence and went along to
ward the railroad. While I was climb
ing uu the bank at the railroad somebody
called out to me, and 1 then turned
back, took a roundabout course, and got
borne. On the way home it occurred to
me that I had a knife in my pocket
which might be reoognixad in some man
ner. and ao 1 threw it away."
The Budget Lsmdregan case had long
been wrapped in the deepest mystery.
The girl was a domestic of good repute,
and while returning to her mistress'
house at about nine o'clock at night
from a visit to some friend*, waa clubbed
to death at a part of Dorchester known
as Up ham's corner. Several persons
were arrested on suspicion, Piper being
one of them, hot sufficient evidence
could uot tie obtained against any of
the prisoners, and each was discharged
soon after examination. It was for this
murder that Thomas Cahill, who went
soon after the murder to Ireland, was
extradited and brought to this country
by the detective*. He was a former
sweetheart of tlie girl, but no case
could be made against him, and be was
discharged only to return to Ireland to
lie murdered himself there.
It is now almost certain that Piper
was the assailant of Mary Tynan on
July 1, 1874. lie confesses that be at
tempted to kill her. Bbe was found one
night in her bed insensible and horribly
mangled. She was taken to the hospital
and recovered.) ) She is now an inmate
of a lunatic asylum. A lover of here
named Colby was arrested for this as
sault, but the girl refused to tell what
she knew, and he was discharged.
Piper says he waa prompted to the
murder of Mabel Young and Bridget
Landremn by the use of stimulants,
under the influence of which be bad an
insane desire to shed blood. The Boston
Earning Herald ssvs :
"There is s feeding sbroad among
lawyers, detectives and the public gen
■ orally, that the contradictory statements
now put out by Piper are the result of
coo] reasoning on his part, and of such
ingenuity as he is possessed of, in order
to throw doubt upon his sanity in gen
eral, or else to show that he has an un
controllable mama for blood for whioh
be is not responsible, and a change in
his statement, either in the oonfeaaion
of more murders, or the denial of all,
would not at this moment astonish the
community."
In Ihe Olden Time.
In the olden times, says a veteran, aU
traveling was done by stage coaches.
The mail coach wonld take a whole day,
and sometimes more, to go fiom Balti
more to Annapolis. Three days from
Baltimore to Philadelphia was rather a
qnick trip. There were inns at regular
intervals along the road. Yon paid $lO
for yonr passage, and you spent fully
$lO more before you reached TOUT des
tination for meals, lodging and inciden
tals. Hupplies came into the city by
immense mountain wagons. I have seen
at the Marsh market two hundred of
these tremendous wagons of a morning,
none of your twopenny affairs, like they
have now, but great big concerns, with
canvas coverings, like houses on wheels.
During the war of 1812 we were block
nded and almost starved here in Balti
more. We hadn't a manufactory of any
kind. The manufacture of outton was
started during the war.
In my young days people were not
only sociable bnt hsuest. Everybody
knew everybody else. Yon could go to
IMHI and leave your front door open with
perfect security. It is not like it is
now. We hail about half a doaen watch
men in the city for show—Dutchmen
who oonldu't understand a word you
said and yon couldn't understand them.
I have always taken a deep interest in
politics. In 1800 I walked three miles
to the polls and pulld off my hat to
hurrah lor Thornm Jefferson.
Romance In the Kitchen.
The Napanee (Canada) Standard has
this story : Miss Jennie Marshall, the
fortunate heiress of $1,000,000, married
the object of her affection, A. M. Brown,
and started for England to olaim the
Iwqnest The cause of her leaving Eng
land was to avoid a hateful marriage,
and. having come out here was content
to live as a servant, rather than live in
afflnenoe by bartering away her better
nature. Mi. Browu was not aware of
the possibility awaiting his inamorata,
but that need not oanso all the yonng
men of Napanee to "pile on the agony"
in tho back kitchens on Sunday even
ings, unless they are willing to take the
cliauceß, which are abont one in ten
thousand. Better " marry for love and
work for money," as the ancient adage
lias it By her marriage Mrs. Browu
forfeits a part of her fortune.
NUMBER 22.
FLANTIJfti SHADE TREKS.
Utto AlftM frm mm Baaert— Wbat ttlaS f
Trw M IM.
Mr. B. O. Northroo, the efficient sec
retary of the board of education for
Connecticut, has caused to be distrib
uted among the schools of the State a
circular suggesting tree planting along
highways sod In the villages as a good
oeuteunial move. Mr. Northrop speci
fies in his circular the elm, maple, ash,
white oak, and walnut, with the oondi
tiona that the trees should be not lees
than nine feet in height. This height
ia undoubtedly requisite for street plant
ing, but within incloeorws aad protected
positions a smaller tree will serve; and,
from the larger chance of securing good
rootlets, will make, verv likely, a more
vigorous growth than the larger ones.
To the list we rbouid add, without
hesitation, the American linden (or
baas wood) as being cue at our finest
shade trees—when planted npon rich
alluvial soil For gravelly and dry soils
the hard maple will prove the bast sub
ject for transplanting. In moist, low
ground, the elm and red maple are most
desirable. The oak and walnut are very
impatient of removal from-the forest;
sinJ to a aertain degree, also, the ash.
If taken from a nursery, however, where
the tap root has been severed by such
transplanting, all will thrive.
It is a very common practice in re
moval of maplea to out the top squarely
off some una feet above ground—an
amputation which the maple bears very
well; but in such event one or two strong
leading shoots am apt to start from the
top, and, growing vary evenly in
strength, expose the tree to great risk
of splitting asunder si some future time. I
This danger can be remedied by cutting
away all bnt one leading shoot, which
will after a time come to cover wholly
the old place of excision. A single lead
ing shoot, moreover, prevents that
busby growth which is often urged ;
against the sugar maple, aa giving too
dense a shade.
Mnplca should be planted at least
thirty feet apart, and elms fifty W> sixty,
for fair and fall development. Ia view
of the difficulties attending the remov&l
of the oak and walnut, we should not
advise the boys to cope with these for
roadside planting. The sixe requisite
for such a poaitiou will involve a prun
ing of limb* and roots that will almost
certainly result in their dying. Smaller
ones, however—of say an inch diameter
at base—may with due care be estab
lished near the homeatoad, and will
prove a charming memorial of the cen
tennial year.
filM State* lirklarrj,
The United States collodion of ma
chinery in Machinery hall on the Cen
tennial grounds ooeup.es, as might be
expeeted, three times the area of the
foreign, and ia a Lao in a more forward
condition. To cite the machinery ia to
make a catalogue. Of late yean the
mating of special machines for limited,
well defined duty has been carried to a
great extent As in tbe division of
wore among men, the machines hsve
been so circumscribed in their range of
duty that a piece at wood, as for a sash
for instance, is cut cut planed, tenooed
or mortised, as the case may be, each
stage of advancement in a separate ma
chine, so that the lumber goes in, aa one
may say, at one door and cornea out at
tbe opposite in its perfected condition,
whatever it may be. Each article to be
manufactured has its set of machines—
sash, blinds, door, furniture of various
kinds, wheels, tuba, casks, clotht spins,
shoe pegs, brush backs, scythe snaths,
handles of many kinds, are specially
provided for, and in some cases whole
factories are devoted to a special article.
From the largi machines which deal
with the framing timbers of bosses and
railway oars to thoae which make the
parts of pianos, there is a wide but well
populated territory. From Sew Hamp
shire to Illinois, from Michigan to the
Ohio they oome, and within the limits
mentioned, perhaps, there is s nearer
equality in tbe representation of East
and West than in any other department
of the Exhibition. There is scarcely
any heavy Western machinery for work
ing in metal; an exception may bo made
in favor of some shears and punches
from Winconan; whereas in wood work
ing the statement of tbe Wertern con
tribution might be simply repeated to
describe the Eastern. lae West sends
machines for sawing, planing, matching,
molding, paneling, joiuiog, mortising,
ten on i tig, dovetailing, polishing of lum
ber; so does tbe East. The various
machines for working on the parts of
wheels; the hubs, spokes, felloes sad
rims, would make a long list in them
selves.
There are steam engines of various
kinds and sixes from as many as thirty
firms in New York, Pennsylvania. Mary
laud, Ohio, lowa, Illinois, Vermont and
Massachusetts, I *-sides those from Eng
land. Scotland, Canada, Belgium Sweden
aud Brazil. The printing machines of
Hoe, Bullock, Campbell and Waiter are
exhibited, and also presses from France.
Machinery of every kind and description
is to be seen here.
1 Shrewd Trick.
An adroit swindle was perpetrated in
Pari* the other day. A well dressed
man, who jaaaed as I<ord 0., of Eng
land, and was registered at the Grand
Hotel, called at one of the most fashion
able bootmaker* and ordered a pair of
remarkably handsome boot*. The boots
were to be" made without any regard to
cost, and to be sent to the Grand Hotel
on the following morning at eleven
o'clock, as Lord G. wished to have them
at twelve. A like order was given by
him to another fashionable bootmaker,
who was told to bring his boots at three
o'clock the next afternoon. On the fol
lowing day, when the first bootmakai
appeared, the noble lord found the
boots satisfactory, with the exception of
the right one being a little tight. The
left boot could be left, however, and he
would postpone his departure another
day, and meantime the tight boot oonld
be stretched. On its return he would
pay for the pair. The bootmaker was
pleased at his success, and withdrew
with the right boot. A similar inter
view took place later in the day with
bootmaker No. 2, who was asked to take
away the left boot of the pair and leave
the other. Not suspecting anything
wrong he did so, promising to return
with it early in the morning. At eleven
the next day two disconsolate boot
makers, each holding an odd boot, might
have been seen in the Grand Hotel,
seeking in vain for tlieir noble patron,
who had left with liis spoils.
MOVED ON. —A man's horse balking
and refusing to move, he adopted the
ingenious device employed onoe by a
canal captain—he built a small fire
under the animal. As soon as the horse
felt the heat, he moved at onoe. He
advanoed sufficiently to bring the car
riage over the flame, and there he
paused, to the edifioation-of a crowd of
observing citizens, and to the great sat
isfaction of himself. The fire was
quenched without the aid of the depart
ment.
UNBATISFAOTOBT. —Anxious Lover :
" Does your sister Annie ever say any
thing about me, sissy I" Sissy: " Yes;
she said if you had rockers on yonr
shoes, they'd make such a nioe cradle for
my doll.'
Walt* Walwww • ®-
Thw Walt to Ptdro :
Tbsrs la something I most yswp boat >
family emperor. It layout
There la somebody I mset selebrsto ; Alcan
tara, yon tra my clam'
Hyrtsnesl old Top Knot, U abatl bo yo ■
Ob I I on woadof f®l 1
DttiNO 1 am from ttao wn of m, bstirred
ttlo to> my boot taps.
DttlM lb# boot Jotoo tbat owsabes through
ray arUrtal rysUen.
Aorta, aptoon. vsnaosra, probosota,
red ablet and anapsaden.
All severally divtaa.
to* so tho Dokmi* married ;
for MO tbo oartb. air, Ay, universe were
oonMivod and purtnrtaiod;
for mo tbo ptaatoainroa and tbo lAthyoaao
rn, and tbo ornttborbynobao dloportod tbos
aairaa tor tbo aorty dawn of tbo Silurian *** |
for MO Heed tbo tooc line of bolty food foP
lowa*
tram ***•" aad Ooin ton to Uio daya of
Andrew Jackson.
I am tbo oatoona at ail tbaoo thing a. 1,
swathed to glorlooa rod flannel,
Uj foot troad oo oootinonU; my bo ad often
UtoooTooloooao tbo angola.
I, Walt, of Oamdoo, How Joraoy, am a ratbor
big tblng!
Hay yooflto aoof too/ Walt and nolo/ /Vdrof
Rally onporor, yoo'ro bit tt protoooly 1 *ou
an toothlooa, Inert, btltooa, yellow ao saffron,
OMBorodo.
Wby atog at you. yoa Infectious old poten
tin.
Wbon tboro to Watt to oolobrato In rtraoa.
Watt, tho romarkabto K nemos
To tbo onporor or any othor follow.
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Items at Interest.
Beggars are flocking to Philadelphia
; is crowds.
Candidates fear the unknown man
moat, whoever he may be.
IWore arithmetic araa inn® ted people
multiplied on the face of the earth.
Peraona will reixein from evil apeak
j tag when peraona will refrain from evil
hearing.
"I would not for any money," aaya
Jean Paul Biobter, "have had money in
my youth."
Metro be, a converted thief, ia a very
aueoaaafui revivaliato in the Mshratta
eountry, India.
The ability to make money ia a talent;
the ability to keep it ia two ; the ability
to uaeit wiaeij and well ia tea.
There ia an artwaian mill in Prairie du
China 717 feet deep, which yields 80,-
000 barrels of wader daily.
At last the use of the graaaboppar ia
determined. He to to be pulverised and
aent to Paris tor fish bait
* A BicUian waa found lying in a New
Orleans street with a dagger driven to
the hilt into his bead through one of his
eyes.
As soon as the novelty wears off a man
never wakes s baby up for the purpose
of bearing it langh.
The " rinking " and "spelling bee "
epidemic in England ia there called
" the foot aad mouth disease."
Whoop Dong and Chi Bing are drum
ming op members for a secret society in
California. Object: "Melissa man
M. Q."
A soldier twenty-<>nb and a half feet
high and weighing thirty tons has gone
to the Octennial. He was cut from
Rhode Island granite quarry by a
sculptor.
A petition ia circulating in McKinney,
Texas, and numerously signed, asking
the Legislature to peas a law to punish
horse thieves as follows; First offense,
whipping post ; second, whipping and
branding; third, hanging.
Dr. Beaedikt, of Vienna, who has just
eon eluded the examination of a number
of brains taken from rabid dogs, to of
the opinion that the poison remains
latent for some timd in the brain, and
eventually breaks out in certain parts of
it
Tbe grave in which Samuel Hanse was
buried recently in Eldred, Pa., is still
left open. His body at the funeral
looked to some as though alive, and so,
sa the local newspaper expresses it, they
resolved to "give the ohl mans chance
should he revive.
A Syracuse exchange says; It is said
that men are going about tbe country
taking pictures of children in public
schools at twenty-five cents apiece,
ostensibly for exhibition st the Centen
nial. Pay w> attention to these travel
ing " artists," they are humbugs.
A swindler advertised in the Boston
newiggpsrt that he had money to loan
on bond and mortgage, and informed
applicants that they moat deposit a ram
to pay for searching the title of their
property. He saeorMte, large amount
of money in same ranging from fire to
twenty dollar*, and then fled.
A bleat of one thousand keg* of pow
der was recently fired in a mine in Ne
vada county, California It loosened np
reedT for washing about 3(10,000 cubic
vard* of earth. The bank was over two
hundred feet in height, and the mass
was raised bodily four feet. The ex
plosion was a complete success.
There are in New York State 1.022
cheese factories. These factories stand
for 450,900 cows, or 160,965,000 pounds
of cheese, or quoting cheese at twelve
cents per pound, for $19,315,800.
Cheese manufactured in private diaries
amounts to $3,219,900. Total cheese
interest at the State, $22,535,100.
It is figured ap by a newspaper- man
that there will be eighty thousand
articles on exhibiiion at Uie Centennial.
Wherefore, if a person who visits the
Centennial wishes to see every article,
he must devote five hours a day for five
months to the job, giving one-half min
ute to the examination of each object.
Two young gentlemen were discussing
whether or not etiquette demands that a
voung lady, upon parting at the gate or
door, shall aak the young man to call
again. "Oertainly it ia," urged one.
" Oertainly it isn't." said the other. " I
go to see a young lady who knows what
politeness requires, and she never asks
me to call again."
Two drunken hunters m Nevada saw a
Chinaman washing gold dust in a creek,
and made a target of him with their
rifles. One fired and missed. "You
always ought to aim above the- mark
wheh it's so far off," said the other.
" See how Ido it." He was correct in
his theory, and succeeded in his illustra
tion. The Chinaman was struck and
wounded.
A traveler overtaking an old Presby
terian minister, whose nag was much
fatigued, quizzed the old gentleman
upon his "turn ont." "A uice horse
yours, doctor, verv valuable beast that
—but what makes him wag his tail so,
doctor f" " Why, as >ou have asked
me I will tell you. It is for the same
reason that your tongue wags so—a sort
of natural weakness."
When Chief Justice Holt, of England,
who had been somewhat of a graceless
scamp in his youth, recognized an old
acquaintance in a prisoner brought be
fore him, he cautiously questioned him
as to what had become of his old com
rades. He supposed that he was not
recognised by the prisoner, but the re
ply oonvinoed him to the contrary:
"They arc all hanged, my lord, except
you and L"
An applicant for the position of teach
er in the Aylmer (Canada) puMic schools
Sens his application thusly : " Dear
ir having seen yonr notice iu paper and
as my schools Gives up on the 15th and
weaohing to take another on yous will
please oblige by Letting ine Know by
Return mau As to my certificate i hold
a Grammar school pas for ontaoto which
is Equal to a first pins a pins certificate
and Good Reference is needed.
In the practice of turning card cor
ners, the upper left hand oorner denotes
" visits," and is used for an ordinary
call; the upper right hand corner turned
down means ••felicitation," and is for a
visit of congratulations ; the lower left
hand oorner, "conge," represents a fare
well call, and the lower right hand cor
ner, " condolence," expressing desire to
sympathize with bereavement The rule
most generally understood is the torning
of one end of the card, which denotes a
wish to see the ladiee .oj the family.