■nilii. Truth crnahad to earth shall rtM again. And wast* it* awastn*** on th* d***rt *lr, tn tbnndr, lightning. ot tn rtln ; Nona bat th* httw dawrrt the fair. Thar* wu * nound of revelry by night ; On bindon when th* fun w*i> low A void* replied far np th* height. Tall oak* from Uttl* acorn* grow. A chang* o*m* o'*r "th* *prit of my tr**m. Whatever is I* right. Thing* are not always what th*y *** m , My native land, good night! Real. My ftv tar* wearied and my hand* ar* tired - My *oul opprwod And with d**lr* hav* I I.wig dreired Rest only rtM. Ti* hard to toil -whan toil i* almoM vain- In barr*n war*; 'Ti* b*rd to to* and n**r garner grain In hurotl ilay* Th* burden of my day t* hard to tear Rut Ood know* beat; And 1 hav* prayed, but vain ha* been my prayar, Tor r**t tweet rent Tie hard to plant in spring and ntvar roup Th* antuuu yield. Ti* hard to till—and when tit tilled to w**p O'er fruit to** field. And so I cry a weak and tinman cry. So heart oppr***ed. And eo I sigh * weak and human *tgh For ra*t -for re*t My way ha* wound acre** th* desert year*. And ctn* infest My path, and through the Sowing of hot tear* I pined for rest. Twa* always *0; when still a child, I laid On mother s breast My wearied little head, e'en than 1 [waved. A* now, for reet. And lam reatie** Mill. Twill soon he o'er; For, down the waet Life'* sau i* setting, and 1 see the shore Where I *h*R real. • Waiting for an Answer. My story |my life f Oh, it has been too uneventful, too simple in its inci dents. I could tell you the sorrows of others, but my can—are 11. well! as you will. You shall bear. The wound has never healed, aid if I put my hand above j| the place still throbs, even as it will beat and ache till kindly nature says to me : "Sleep, poor weary one, and rest." And then peacefully, trustingly, and with a simple hope of forgiveness, may I sleep that long sleep which they aay so flippantly Las no waking, bnt which has a waking, as every lesson which we learn in bfe persists in teach ing us. Jack and I were engaged. It was all such a simple homely affair. We had known one another for years—the chil dren of neighboring farmers. Jack—l still call him by the simple old pet name of those days—Jack had been away at a good school, and being bright and shrewd and clever be had won his way on, takiug to engineering instead of his farmer's farm life, and now it had come to this that he had been staying at home for a month previous to going oat to a good appointment iu Melbourne. That montli in spring, how it passed ! We had met agaiu and again, and in his honest, manly way, he had asked me to be his wife. ** Yooiurv, Graoe, that I have always loved yon," he said ; *' and now I have hopes and prospects, it cannot be wrong to ask you for your promise." We were walking by the river side as he said this, and how well I can picture it all—the soft gliding water mirroring the trees on th opposite bauk, the young green bads just breaking from their cases, and, above all, the soft ten der bine of the spring sky—the bine, he ha<l told me, that was like my eyes." ** Do yon want me to promise. Jack f" I ssid, simply, as I looked up in his face. "So, darling; I am satisfied," bo cried, as his strong arms held m to his broad breast, and that was all. No oaths could have bonnd be more tigbtlv to him. I felt that 1 was his wife wheu he shonld <> rat to claim me. We were Late that evening, and en tered the house shyly, for there had been so ranch to talk of and plan. In a month's time Jack was to sail for Mel bourne ; then he was to work very hard for three years, and come and fetch me to be his wife. That month glid- d by, aud the last day had oome. It was, as I told yon. springtime—joyons springtime, with th>* hawthorn's stiowy blossoms, the apple trees pink and the pear trees pearly with their pyramids of flowers. Every meadow i passed was starred with golden buttercups, and from every spray the birds thrilled forth their merrj songs of hope and love. I could Dot feel sad, ?ven though I was going to meet Jac* for the last walk before he went away; bat, aa I said, mingled with th-i feelings of ecstasy them was a strange tearfulness of eye, and my breath wonld come at times witL a sob. He was by the stile, waiting for me— tbe stile down by the long mead, half way l>etween tbe two farms—and as he took my bands in his, we neither of us spoke, but stood gazing away over wo->< lawn aud meadow, all clad iu their won.lrons beauty, and listened to the bird-i. Now it was the soft tender 000 of the stock dove from the wood, now the twittering song of tbe linDets; then, soft and mellow, from the thick hedge rows floated towards us the fluty no es of the blackbird, while far on high trilled away the larks, singing one against the other to their mates, sitting in the tall grass of the golden meads. We conld not talk, our hearts were too full, for Jack was lo be off at day break the next morning. But there was no need for words. We loved each oth. r in the simple nature-taught way that has been since the world begun, and we knew that every joyous song around that thrilled upon our ears meant love, and even in our sorrow we were happy. "Only three years, darling," Jack whispered to me." "and then"— The tears rose to my eyes as I trie 1 to answer him, but I could not speak a word. " And you will let me find a long letter when I get there f" be said, tenderly. " Yes, Jack, I promise," I said, and then it was time to return, for the hours had glided by, how we could not tell. Jack spent the evening with us at home and then left 11s hurriedly, for our farewells had been said in the wood, ami it was one IK srty kiss, given and taken lx-foro the <4d people, acid then good-bye." Hut I eaw him pasa eoou after day break and he saw me and waved his hand, for I had Bat by the window all night, lest 1 might let him go by and J asleep. And then time glided on sadly, but pleasantly as well MiDe was a busy life, for soon my father took to his bed, ill—a bed he Dever left again, for he gradually sunk and died, leaving my poor mother in very indifferent circum stances. It was a hard blow for u both, for he had been one of the kindest and truest •f men, but while poor mother pined and waited, 1 had my hopeful days in vie w, and from time to time letters from dear Jack, all so true and honest and full of tinst in the future, that I felt as if 1 could not repine even when greater troubles fell upon us. For at the end of two years 1 was ' N. FRED. KURTZ, 1 Editor and Hropriotor. VOLUME IX. standing by the bedside where lay jHHtr mother, Kinking fast. She had no par tioular ail mot t, but bail literally pined and wanted away. The bird had loot ita mate o# many year*, and whan at laid ah* kissed me and said "Goodbye," it seemed to mo to tie in a quiet, rent nook mg spirit, and oho spoke like one look ing hopefully forward to the meettng with him who had gone before. Rut h* oonld think of mo eveu then, and almost the last whiapercd words were: " Only eleven mouths, Grace, and then he'will lie hack to fetch you." Poor mother! ahe would not have pawed no peacefully away if nhe had known that which 1 withheld—uamely, the newa that came to me from our law yer. For, through tlie failure of the elite- rpnne in which my father's saving* bad been invented, and which brought us a little income of £6O a year, 1 wan left pen mica*—so poor in fact that the furniture of the cottage in the little town, to which we had moved when we left the farm, had to be sold to defray the funeral expense*. It wan very hard to I war, and for a month I wan" terriblv depressed; but there wan that great hopeful time ever drawing near—the end of the three years, when Jack would come to make me his wife. It waa now for the first time that I re member feeling particular about my personal appearance, and 1 studied my glass to nee if Jack would find me look ing careworn and thin, and my glass told me truly—yen. But I bail to be up and doing, and be fore another mouth wan over, throngh the kindness of pe&ple whom we hail known, I wan placed where I could work contentedly for the bread I most earn till Jack should come to fetch me away. It was at a large West End dress maker's, and it wan hard to get used to the harry and excitement of the place, where there were twelve girls living in the house and as many more came every dav. There were all kinds of petty pieces of tyranny to submit to at first, and I Spoee some of the foolish girls were oua of me and my looks, ao much so that I found they nicknamed me " The Beauty." Poor girls llf they had only known how little store 1 set by my looks tbey would have behaved at first as they did later on. The* first thing that won them to me was when Mary Haulers was taken ill with a terrible fever. Mine. Grainger waa for sending her away at onoe on ac count of her business and the infection, bnt the doctor who was called in. a young, impetuous, bat veiy clever man, told her that it would be at her peril if she did so, for Mary Sanders' life was in danger. So the poor girl waa shut np in her bedroom without a soul to go near her except a hired nurse, and after the first night this woman stayed away. No one dared go near the poor girl then, so I timidly asked leave to num ber, for I felt no fear of the infection, and it seemed so hard for her to be left there alone. I obtained leave and went up stairs, staying with h r until she recovered ; and from that day there was always, a kind look for me and a kiss from every girl in the place. What was more, oddly enough, per haps became I was so qniet and re strained, first one girl and then another came to make me the oonfidant of her love secrets and ask my advice. I gave it, sncb as it was, though heart sore myself, for Jack's letters to me bad suddenly ceased. We had correepondeu so regularly ; but it had struck me that his last two letters bad been formal anu constrained ; they were full of businev matters, too. and be hail hinted at its beiug possible that he should not la able to keep time about the three years in consequence of some oontract. I did not think this when I first read these letters, for then I had kissed and cried over them; bnt when no reply came to my last, I reread them, and the coldness seemed apparent But I waited and waited, and then news came from the country. Jack's father, a widower, had die*! suddenly ; and I said to myself, with throbbing heart as I longed to be at his side to try and comfort him in his affliction: *'Pooi Jack, he will come home now." But he did not come, neither did I get any reply to my last two letters. Ano h er month and the three years would LK up; and as I sat over some work om spring morning by the open window, with a bnnch of violets that one of tin girls had brought mo in a glare--, the soft breexe that came floating over the chim ney pots and so>ty roofs wafted to m< the scent of the humble little blossoms, j and my eyes became fall of tears, for in ' an instant the bnsy workroom hail passed away, and I was down home by tbe river side listening to dear Jack ar he asked me to be his wife. Only a month ! only a month! my pulses seemed to beat; and as it hap peced we were all busy upon a large wedding order, and I WAS stitching awaj at the white satin akirt intended for the bride. 1 tried so hard to bear it, but I could not; the rush of feelings was too great. Anoth-r month and he was to have fetched me to be his wife, and I had not had an answer to my last two fond and loving letters. As I said, I tried hard to bear it, but I could not, and stifling a sob I hurried out of the workroom to reach my attic, throw myself upon my knees by the bed, and burying my face in my hands I sob bed aa if iny heart would break. For a terrible thought would onm now, fight against it as I would—"Jack has grown tired of waiting, and has mar ried another." I fought HO hard with the disloyal thought, bat it would come, and I was nobbing passionately, when I felt a noit arm steal ronnd njy neck, a tender cheek laid to mine, and 1 found my poor tear dewed face drawn down upon the bonom of Mary Handera, who bad ntolen out of the workroom, and come up to try and oomfort me. " Pray, pray, don't fret, my darling," ahe whisjiered. " Madame will l>e so cross. Those wedding things must t>e in by to night, and they want you to help try them on." I don't know how I got through that day and night, but I believe I did such duties as were expected from me me chanically, or as if I had been in a dr -am, and at night I lay wafefal and weary, with aching eyes and heart, thinking of that dreadful idea that was trying to force itself upon me. I waited till the three years had ex pired, and then, with what anguish of heart no words could tell, I wrote to Jack again—my fourth letter—begging him, imploring him, to answer me, if but to tell me be was weary of his promise and wished to be set free; and then, making a superhuman effort over myself, I waited, waited, month by month, for an answer, though I knew that it must be at least six months be fore one oould come. I had given up expecting one in the interim, and I was too proud to Bend to his relatives—distant ones, whom I had never seen, and who had probably never heard of me. The thought had takeu root now and grown to a feeling of cer tainty, but I waited-for my auHwer. Three months six months nine months passed away, and hope was dead within my heart. They said I had Eown much older and more careworn, adozne said I worked too hard, and the THE CENTRE REPORTER. sharp bimiuoan woman lieoama quit* motherly in her attention* to mo. But I would not tako any dtange, for work wan liko balm to me; it blunted my thought*, and knowing that 1 wan daily growing pale and thin, 1 attll waited. I know the girls used to whisper to gelher abont me and Utiuk mo atrange, but no cue knew my aeoret—not even wadanie, who had more than ouoe nought my ooufldeuoe; and ao twelve motitlvn naased away - four yearn nine*) Jack hail left me. It was not to a day. but very nearly to the time when he had parted from me, and it wan almost two year* aaioe 1 had heard from him. 1 wan trying hard to fprow patient and contented with my lot, or Mine. Grainger had gradually taken to me, and trusted me, making me more and more her right hand, when one glorious "priug morning, an 1 wan com lug out of the breakfant-room to go up stair* to work, aho iwiled me iuto her little snuggery, where ahe nat an a rule and attended to her euntomeni' letters, for aho had an extensive clientele, and carried on business m a large private mansion in Wei beck street. "Grace, my dear," ahe said, taking me in her arms and kissing me, " it worries me to sec you look so iIL Now what do vou say to a fortnight in the country I ' A fortnight in the country ! and at her busiest time, with the Loudon season coming on. I thought of that, and then, as I glanced lotuid at the flowers and inhaled their scents, the bright fields near Tem plenum Grange floated before my dim ming eyes, a feeling of suffocation came upon me, and the room seemed to swing round. I believe that for the first time in my life 1 should have fainted, so painful were the memories evoked by her words, when a sharp knock ami ring at the door echoed through the house, following instantly npou the dull fall of a letter and the sharp click of the letter box. It waa like an electric shock to me, and without a word I darted into the hall, panting with excitement and my hand at n.y throat to tear away the stifling sensation. But it was a letter. 1 could see it through the glass iu the letter-box, and I seised it with trembling hands, in spired as it were by some strange power. " Jack ! dear Jack at last I" I gasped, as I turned it over and saw it was a strange, bine, official looking letter, formally directed to me. Even that did not surprise me. It was from Jack, I knew, and 1 tore open the blue envelope. Yes, I knew it! The inner envelope was covered with Austrian postmarks, and, ignorant as I might be of its con tents, 1 was raising it to my lips to cover it with passionate kisses when I saw it was open. Then a mist came over my mental vision for a moment, bnt only to clear away as, half stupefied, I turned the missive over and over, held it straight for a moment, and then, with a sigh of misery and despair, I stood mute and as if turned to stoue. '• Grace, my child! In mercy's name tell me " It was madame, who passed her arm round me and looked horror-stricken at my white face and lips. The next mo ment I dimly rememlrer she had canght the letter—his letter—ruy letter—from my hand, and read it aloud : " Mr. John ISraywood, Markboro, K. county, Mellourue," and then, iu her excite mont, the great official sentence like brand upon it: " Dead !" That was the In-ginning of my first and only illness, during which madatoe ten ed mo like a mother, even to giving up her business afterward, and retiring to live with me here in this quiet street, where she died. and left me well to do, as you see. I have grown old siuo then, but 1 am not unhappy, great as was that trial, and it has led me into what, I hope, has been a useful life. And, besides, why should I sorrow, knowing as 1 do that which came to me year aud years after—that Jack died with my name upon his lips—died true to her he loved i and I am but waiting till we shall meet again. A President's Descendants. In the woman's department of the Centennial buildings, at Philadelphia, there is a case containing flowers or fruit, or some other sort of woman's work, marked as for sale, with the ad dition that they are made by the de scendants of Thomas Jefferson, who earnestly solicit orders. Foreigners may read in this little card a significant commentary on the gratitude of repub lics, and no doubt they will read it. The great estates and titles of Euuipean nations belong to the descendants of men who in some way served their king or country, won a decisive battle per haps, or proved useful companions in dissipation to some jolly prinoe. To Thomas Jefferson we owe the ennobling principles which lifted the Revolution above the level of a mere merocnary in surrection. His fortune was sacrificed, as we all know, in entertaining the hordes of admirers who came to Slonti cello, as to another Mecca, to pay homage to him. After they bad literally eaten him ont of house and home, their homage was paid in no other way. Jefferson before his death felt the pinch of want, and in a letter to his daughter, referring to the fact that the oonntry had so soon forgotten him, he says : " Probably I have overrated myself and the service I have rendered." When the grandchil dren of this man ' come with a pitiable appeal to the public to keep them from need, it is little wonder that meaner men in office mnke haste to provide for their families by fair means or foul. New York tribune. It's Too ExpenslTe. He was in the morning of manhood, his eye clear and bright, his skin of a warm, ruddy glow, his step buoyant and elastic, and his spirit )>onnding and healthful. Haid a friend to him: " Come in, Il&rry, and take a drink." "No, Tom, it's too expensive. I can't afford it." "Oh, pshaw! Come and drink with me —at my expense." "No, Tom—l wouldn't drink at your expense if I could; bnt that thing can not be done. He who drinks must do so at his own expense." " Nonsense ! If I invite yon in to drink, and pay for it, what's the exjiense to you, Harry ?" " Ay, Tom, dear boy, I wasn't think ing of the money part. As for that, I fancy I oould afford the expense better tlian you could. No, no—the expense which I cannot efford is of another kind. The peace and happiness of my mother I cannot sacrifice; my own health, and strength, and mental and moral vigor, and my self-respect, I cannot foolislily expend and cast away. And, dear Tom, there is another—God bless her (—your sweet Bister, Lillie— have I a right, since our Ijetrothment, to endanger the heart and the life I have pledged to her ?" A tear stole down Tom's cheek. He took Harry's arm, and walked away from the gildea saloon, conscientiously re flecting upon the better way of life. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1870. *FX ICO \T run CKNTKNNI.iI.. A Haliaa \% arih ll**la*--H**ulHal Mperl. a.a* at Mrkl*--Oi her I't •darl*. Mexico has beeu late ill making her display at the Centennial, but now she occupies a large space in the Main build ing, with an ornamental inclosiire, and everything within is arranged skillfully and in good taste. What first attract* attention ia a huge button of silver weighiug about 4,DUO pounds, and worth #72,000. This seems extraordinary; but Nevada intends to have a mas* weigh ing several tons more on exhibition, while weekly shipments from silver mine* in Utah and other Western re gioua are in the shape of buttons of about 500 pounds each, all of which, for several years, have beeu sent to Gounec ticut to lie worked into silverware. Next are most beautiful and polished alalia of variegated marble, with green aa the predominating color, and blush ing streaks and clouds through the stone, making the resemblance to agate almost exact. Iu fact, one might SUN peet them to be a Slavics of ja*tnfac tion. Some heavy sales of these slabs hav* already been made to Europeou ooteutates. The Various Cities of Mf xieo, Hucil on rabbin, L Magdalcuu and Mexico, pre sent u great variety of manufacture *1 K<HKI, including plain cotton cloth, kit leather and gloves, woolen fliuiuel, blankets, coarse carpeting, cwmuurrM of low grade, and cotton yarn suited for domes ting weaving. There is a large display of native *iurs, and a lair ore of chemical preparations and extract* at fruits and roots, borne ailk fabrics look well, and there are stuffs woven in gold that resemble Egyptian work. Ladies' shoes and fancy articles look well, but they do not present the finish given by the French shoemakers, nor even by those of Massachusetts. There are many spacimens of ludiau manufacture, such as i>ottery, braiding, and coarse cloth. The implements exhibited are few and poor, but the mining tools seem to lie excellent. There is some iron in heavy square bars, and many sjateimeusof gold and silver ores. Samples of coal are shown, but th-y do not indicate high quality nor deep veins. A section of a large mahogany tree shows that it was hauled like a sled from the forest to Un shipping port. There are many fiber plants, and they ought to have large commercial values, for they grow spun taneoualv and the yield is heavy. The oottou ou exhibition is uot re markable f >r length of staple, nor for strength; but the deficiency is as likely to arise from aunt of good improved seed as from advt rse climatic conditions. The planters of onr Southern Btab-s have taken great pains to cultivate and introduce the best varieties of cotton, aud their seed has been iu demand boUi in Egypt and India. The Mexican maize or Indian corn is decidedly in ferior, though it makes much of the bread of the people; bat undoubtedly they should have a better seed. Fine masses of sugar are shown, much of it iu the shape of our old sugar loaves; bnt it ha* a brownish color, proving that they do not yet clarify well. The many samples of coffee are good. Several huudred samples of forext woods iudi cate that they have a great variety of valuable sort* ranging from pine to lignumvitic. The specunri* of raw mlk are not remarkable. The wh>-t in really numb* r one, and oat* an t lurl-v are good. The wheat (lour ha* a rich golden hue. None of thir mechanical woik i superior. Horseshoe* mul other iron ware are forged lit hind. The govern meut is an exhibitor of l..thr ind paper and the qualities aie fair. None of the other exhibit* are exhaust iv a* that of cigar* an J it uiay ii- pp inniiil that the quality fin • mrot ly beexc-lh i. Mexican wool Dev r nad a high r pita lion and the fleece* on exhibition do u >t change one'a opinion. Fine specimens of honey are shown and it in likely that Mexico i* the bust eonntry for honey in the world. The only countries represented at the Centennial in which crops nin*t Is grown wholly by irrigation are Egypt, northern Italy, Pern, Colorado, and M exioo. The annual rainfall is sufficient to mature wheat m California, Turkey, Spain, Palestine, India and in most part* of Chiua. There irrigation is only neces sary for gardens and orchards. In the countries tlist named the rainfall of the whole year, if coming at the most sea sonable time*, would be scarcely suffi cient to grow wheat; but as it comes out of sec son it is of little value. In some of the western portions of Mexico, however, rains are more frequent; still, there is a deficiency. The mountains have great elevation and snow water tills thousands of creeks and rivers. A pho tograph of a Mexican farming scene re presents a largo number of men and Uams at work in an irrigated field, and I the water comes ou abundantly. The laws tliat govern irrigation in Mexico, and they are severe and well fixed, were derived from the Moors, and have been transferred to Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Montana. Mexico is the southc rn extension of the eastern Kooky mountain slope, the , same a* the Bhick Hills country is the northern extension. The mountains present a full face to the plains; every few miles streams and rivers issue through canyous, their floods being high during the heat of summer ; and these waters are conducted by irrigating canals into ditches thst water all the gardens ami fields. Seldom is the sun clouded, and outside the water courses the whole country is brown and sere, in winter as well as summer, though it furnishes a rich grass sufficient to snpport thou sands of sheep and cattle. Mexico needs nothing so much as cheap transportation. There are mining cities high among the mountains con taining from 20,000 to 60,000 inhabit ants, to which all kinds of supplies ami goods are carried on the backs of mules; and it costs more to take a pouud of their silver to market than it costs an Ohio farmer to take twenty pounds of wool. Hut a railroad is gradually work ing its way thither and from the heart of the continent. The Denver aud Rio Orande now extends nearly JHK) miles south of Denver; it has creased that great obstruction, the Green Horn range, aud reached Trinidad, and it is now ready to debouch into the valley of the Kio Orande that forms the boundary of Chihuahua and New Leon, regions where the orango Always blossoms. Killing Passion Strong in Death. A German paper relates the following anecdote: In an imperial city, lately, n criminal was condemned to tie beheaded who hed a strong itching to play at nine pins. When the sentence was pro nonnoed he had the temerity to offer a request to be permitted to play once more his favorite game at the ploco of execution, and then, he said, he would submit withont a murmnr. As the last prayer of the dving man, his request was granted. When he arrived at the solemn spot lie found everything pre pared, and the pina being set up and the bowls ready, he played with no little A Literal Application. Professor 11., one of the oldest tutors of one of the oldest colleges in the ooun try, was aa eccentric as he was learued. His judgment anywhere in the field of natural science and philosophy was to lie tukcu as law. No oun ever thought of questioning it. The mathematical knot was uever wrought which he could not sevwr. On a certain occasion Pro fefteor H. wanted a servant. Several ap plicants presented themselves— were tried, and diacarded. Finally one name whose looks the pedagogue liked. " Now look ye, my mau," the aatant said, "if you can rwuwuter and ftirry out one course of procedure, 1 think we may get on. I cannot afford to waste words, nor can 1 afford to find thoughts for a stupid servant. Yon must do your own thinking, and understand my wants at a hint. Fur instance : When I s*y—' Bring me a rotor,' you will comprehend that I am going to shave, so you will understand lliat I want hot water, soap, towels, comb, brush, and so on. And so with every thing. My initial order you will take as a cue, and of your own thought sup ply all possible accessories and ooutiu , gents." The new servant peeved himself equal to the occasion, and his master was more than satisfied. One day tlie professor osme home pale and shaky. Baiil he to his servant: "John, I am not feeling well. Go and coll the doctor." The man bowed, and departed. An hour paused—two hours—and vet no doctor, and no servant. Finally, however, the doctor arrived, and in a moment more iu came the servant. " How is thin, John 1" demanded the lirofeosor. " Why have yon been so ong I" " You told me to call the doctor, sir." " Aye, you could have done it in ten minutes f" " Bnt, sir, yon told me you were not well. 1 took your simple order as a cue to all that you might need. 1 found the doctor absent, and left word for him. Then 1 went to call watchers in case you should require attendance through the Viight. Then i called upon your lawyer, in <v*e yon shonld desire to make your will. And tlieu, sir, 1 had to hunt up the undertaker, that be might have all in readiness iu case " '' Stop, stop, John 1 That will do. Bless me ! you can lw> literal in- your application of a hint." "Yes, sir. Any further orders, sir t" " Not now, John. You may go." Tlie professor is still living, and John still serves him. Ranted a Farm A Detroit real estate agent was waited on l>y a tall man with a weed on his hat, who said he had the cash to pay for a (arm, provided he could get one to suit. The agent smiled him to a seat, and brought out hi* register of descriptions. He had several farms registered on bis books, and lie had no doubt that he coold unit the won Id be purchaser. The stranger remarked : " What I want is a farm of about three hundred acres." " I've got it," replied the dealer. " I'd lik • aUut six big hills on it." " Here she is—here's a farm with ex scUy ix hill* ou it." " And I'd like a lake near the center." " Here yon are. Here i a farm with a lake exactly in the center." "And I want a big natural cavern in one of the lull*." " Here yon are. There's a cave on this farm which can't be beat." The id ranger drew a long breath and went ou : •' 1 want a fartn of three hnudred acres, but one hundred acres must tie marsh land." " Here she is," was the ready reply. " Just three hnudred acre* in the fatni, and just one hundred in marsh laud." " I must have a waterfall twenty-six feet high on the farm," continued the stranger. " Here yon are. This farm has a natural waterfall <>f twenty five feet and eleven inches. I don't suppose an inch, mote or less, ou n waterfall amounts to much." "Well, no, but I want a windmill on one of the lulls." "That was put up last year," was the calm reply. It was aime time before the strantrer thought of anything else, but finally mid : " There must be a church right across the road from the house." " Oue built there last summer, sir." "It must Is- a brick church." " Ho it is." " Has it an organ f" " It has." " Then I can't buy tbo farm of you," said the stranger, rising to go. "If there is anything I hate, it is s church organ, and you can see for yourself that I would lie iu a state of continual misery. The farm suits me first-rate, but I oau't go th .t organ." Jnst what estimate those two men placed upon on each other's veracity as they separated will never be known. Iteranged ny the Bite of s Hog. Homo weeks ago IVtor llama, living on the Bo lair road, just Iwok of the Baltimore eem<-tery, ami iu the employ of Mr, Chester, blacksmith, was bitten by a wild hog, which had been roaming abont that portion of the city, resisting all endeavors to trap him. Mr. Harris sufTered severely from the bite, and soon began to exhibit* all the symptoms of hydrophobia. He foamed at the mouth like a mad dog, l>ooamo hysterical, smashed chairs and lookiug glasses, ami wanted to hit his friends. Measures were living taken to remove the unfor tunate man to quarters where the lives of other people would not be endangered, when, suddenly, he mysteriously disap peared, ami has not been heard from ainoe. The conjecture is that Mr. llama has died, or he would have lieen heard from aomewhere ere this, as he was at the time of his departure a raving maniac. He wasuttended by Dr. White, who stntee that hogs, its well as dogs ami wolves, are subject to hydrophobia, taking the disease themselves without having been bitten. A Sad Fate. There is something peculiarly mourn ful in what the editor of the Fort Dodge (Iowa) Mciiitctigrr, a personal friend of Mrs. General Belknap, says: "So she baa been aittiug at home all these months in the bitterness of anguish, during not to go on the street, where she would be subjected to indecent badinage, having no way to ho heard, being the subject ef gossip in every newspaper in the land and in almost every home, knowing herself the victim of abusive criticism and ignorant false hood and yet having to Nit ntill and en dure it all.'" Egyptian* in Aby*lnla. A special dispatch to the Lain don /Mi/y JVtrffraph, dated from Alexandria, nays: The fate of the Egyptian army in Ahyaaiuia is exciting a go at amount of comment, and various unfavorable ru mors are afloat. There can be no doubt tlie war ia over, hut perhaps It will never be known at what expenditure of men and money, A trout eight thousand soldiers have arrived at and three steamers are now due with troops. Home three or four thousand are still at Mueeowali, and these, making about fifteen thousand who have returned, are said to be all that may be exported. This leaves about fifteen thousand uuao conuted for. Several thousand of these were doubt less killed in the first and second bat tles; the remainder are unable to leave on account of their wounds and the rainy season having set in. The condi tion of these pour men can easily be imagined. The fierceness aud cruelty of the Abasinians are said to have been (earful. The battle of November last is descrilied by an eye-witness as a total annihilation of the Egyptian forces, and in corroboration of this I hear of one regiment, leaving Hues six hundred strung, represented by eight men on their return. All sorts of means are adopted to prevent the truth being told, tuid the nakedness of the laud from be ing known. The soldier* us they arrive at Burz are conveyed to Cairo by train st night. Order* have been issued in the to wis and villages prohibiting mourning for the dead. I give you all thia as the common talk of the baxaarn, and if some particular* are exaggerated the government have only to ajM-ak out and let the worst be kuuwn. One thing is certain, there will tie no more Abyssinian wars, aud the army has been so reduced that there will be a considerable saving in the war minister's budget. Several millions of money and several thousands of men have Leen sacrificed, but much as thia ia to be regretted per sc, the lesson taught has perhaps not been dear at the price. The Irrvprcsidblf Potato Bug. Q. A. R., New York, writes to the rune*: From all indications the coun try is likely to lie widely pestered this aeasou with this wholesale destroyer of the potato. Walking along the sandy j 1 teach of Rockaway these incrusted aer i globular xebra striped little crea tures are to be found by the millions, perfectly lining the extreme hem of the crested wave, and apparently lifeless as they are washed ashore. It ia apparent that some incalculably vast multitude have been overtaken by a pitiless storm and driven to see, and a proportion of their number have thus oome to a watery grave. Strange to aay, however, many teemed to resuscitate under the potent influence of the pleasant sunshine. ({••marks —Our correspondent has for tunately only s partial knowledge of this unwelcome visitor to the east In hlinctivelr working eastward from his origiusl home in the Rocky mountains, lie has found a barrier to his further ad vance, aud plunges headlong into the ocean, win re he seems as much at home iuid as invulnerable to fate as upon laud. ] As they do not seem capable of drown ing themselves they may possibly reach the shore* of Europe, and carry terror ito potato growers there. But although ■ lie has spent oue season with us, yet po tatoes are selling at seventy-five cents barrel, and w. have learned to dread Lira as little as the Western farmers have any time the last teu years. He suc cumbs to paris green at last, after liav rng escaped ttie doaen or more natural ; enemies which waylay him ujmu his ehoaan field of ludustrv. He will live in history, for although we may miss him bye and-bye, yet he is writing his memorial in the future nlat> s and sand stones which will be formed hereafter of the mad and sands of the Atlantic lewch es in which he is now being buried in vast quantities. Future geologists will chip him out of these rocks, put him in cabinets, aud probably call him as we do, decern-lineata, because of his ten black stripes. Build I'p a Homestead. Tbo feeling that you are settled and fixed will induce you to work to improve your farms, to plaut orchards, to set out shade trees, to inclose pastures, to build comfortable outhouses, and each sue cossive improvement is a bond to bind you still closer to your homes. This will bring contentment in the family. Your wives and daughters will'fall in love with the country, your sons will love home better than grogshops, and prefer farming to measuring tape or profession a! loafing, aud you will bo happy in see ing the contented and cheerful faces of your families. Moke your home beauti fnl, convenient, and yonr children will love it above all other places; tbey will leave it with regret, think of it with fondness, come back to it joyfully, sock their chief happiness around their home fireside. Women and children need more than meat, bread aud raiment; more than of corn and cotton spread out all around ( them. Their love for the Want if ul must tie satisfied. Their tastes must tie culti vated ; their sensibilities humored, not shocked. To accomplish thia good end home must lie made lovely, conveniences multiplied, comforts provided, and cheerfulness fostered. There must be both ruuahiue aud shade, luscious fruit and fragrant flowers, as well as corn and cotton. The mind and heart as well as the fields must be cultivated ; and then intelligence and contentment will tie the rule instead of the exception. Stick to, improve anil beautify your homestead*, for with this good work comes oonteut ment. A True Hero. An instance of remarkable self-control aud presence of mind under sudden aud intense suffering recently occurred iu Belgium. Two workmen were em ployed at ViUe-xur-Ourthe, in fastening a lightning conductor at the tqp of a steeple vouty feet from the ground. , One man stood upon the shoulders of the other, and a sudden gust of wind caused him to spill some of the molten lead he wus using. It fell npou the baud and arm of (lie other, and ho had the nerve to stand still while the hot metal burned into the flesh. The alightesl movement might have thrown the man on his shoulders to the ground. The hero who aaved thia life deserves to bo reoorded, and we print his name be low, that if there be any immigrant in | America who reooguiaes it ho may bo proud of his oountrym&n. To face dan ger deliberately for the safety of others is high courage. But to do this while Niifleriog from intense pain, when physi cal nature instinctively flinches, shows u degree of fortitude as well aa oonrage which well deserves to be called heroio. The name of this man ef nerve and eoarage is M. A. Karis. TTCHMS: S'-i.OO a Year, in Advance. The Chinese Question. The eleventh section of the platform adopted by the Republican* at Ofncin usti seta forth aa follows. It ia lire uuiaadiaia duly of < oagraa* to fully luvMUgate tire .fleet ot tha immigration and Imiwirtatioh of M'sigoUana on tl moral and inatMlal inlataai* of Ilia eootilry Mr. Fisroe, of MiiubnutU, moved to utrike out tb reference to Mongolian immigration, which he denounced ** departure from every Republican plet fur io, from the principles of the Dechs ration of Independence nod the lew of Christian love, which makes ell men, Jews or Gentiles, equal. Mr. Axtell, of New Mexico, opposed the smeudmeut. lie Mid the people of the I'eaiflo NUUn, irreepeotive of ]mrty, ell dee ire the investigation of this Mongolian immigration, which is be lieved to be not in good faith, but need ■amply as cover for (he importation of servile coolie laborers, end by their peg en customs end filthy hebiU to de grade Amerioen labor. Mr. Jon**, of Nevada, aaid the quee tion i of greet importance to-the people of the Pacific ooeet. He described the degraded character of thia Mongolian immigration—of a people who recognise neither honeety among men nor virtne among women. They contribute noth ing to the churches or the achoole; they oan work for ten cento per day in com petition with American laborer*, who rapport familiar, schools, chorober, and other institutions. There ia bat oca opinion in the Pacific tttatea ar to the neoeMiity for an inveatigation by Oon greaa to inform itaeif ar to the real facta in the care, in order that it may aae j whether aomething ia not neceaaary to be done to remedy the evil of which j they complain. Mr. Curtis, of New York, urged that in the beginning of a new ocntory the Kepublicana of America ahoold not de part from the principlea of the Declara tion of Independence. Hia remarks were received with applause. A delegate from Tenneoaue demanded the previous question, which war BUB tained. The question war taken by Btalea, on Mr. Pierce'a motion to atiike out, and it waa rejected. The resolu tion waa then adopted. An lakamaa Father. One of the moat horrible outrage* that it has been oar painful duty to chronicle, aaya the New York Herald, and t>ne that has justly called forth the righteous indignation of every one who has heard of. it, occurred about three miles from Allen Springs, Ky. David White, a man who waa believed by many who knew him to be of a brutal nature, was, With hia little daughter, twelve years of age, in a field some die- j lance from the house, planting corn. When the hour of twelve arrived, and they stai ted for their dinner, Mr. White forbade hia child riding the horse with which be had just been plowing, telling lier the horse waa poor and tired, and that she waa more able to walk than the horse was to carry her. The child left the field, leading the home in the direc tion of the barn, but after going some distance, and probably feeling a little I weary, childlike, led the horse to the fence and mounted htm. Her father, •wing what ahe had done, and being controlled more by a spirit of malevo lence than affection, rushed to the spot where she was and jerked her from the boras, and, in a manner more like a ilend than a father, beat her unmerci fully. The child, on arriving at the , house, informed the rest of the family of what had oeeorrad, when the father renewed his assault, knocking her dosm | a number of times, and stamping and kicking her in the region of the atom ' ach, despite her crits for mercy, with j such force and rapidity as to soon cause her to become insensible, when at last his belliah hate Seemed satiated, and he j stopped hia brutality. The child was 1 taken to her bed, from which ahe never again arose, and the general belief in the neighborhood waa but corroborated by the last words of the dying girl, ' which were: " Father killed me." The neighborhood ia very much incensed at such an inhuman outrage, and it is hoped that immediate step* will be taken to bring to justioe the perpetrator of this, one of the most heinous crimes that has leen recorded for years. Iron and Steel, The American Iron and Steel Associ- , atum has received full statistics of the production in 1875 of pig iron, iron and steel rails, etc.; also returns showing the quantity of pig iron in stock at the close of the year. The following table shows the total production fot 1875 com pared with that of 1874 : ties in Prmdmn*. Tkma. j Pig iron 2.00.413 a 2f16.581 j All rolled iron. Including nails 1 539..V50 1,890,579 All rollsd Iron, Including nails, si rinding rails. 1.110.147 1.097.867 1 Hails of all kinds 729 413 793 513 I lessemsr steel nuls .... 144.944 290.86$ : Iron and all other rails.. 584 469 501.649 Hired rails 6,789 16,340 j Kegs of cut nails and spikes 4,912.180 4.726 881 Crucible csst steel 36.888 39.401 | Open hearth steel 7.000 9.050' All other s eel 6,338 13.007 ! Blooms from ore and pig Iron 61.670 49.343 The decrease in the production of pig iron was all in anthracite and charcoal nig iron, there being a slight increase in bituminous and coke. The stock of un sold pig iron st the end of the year wms 7(10,906 tons. The total value of imports of iron and steel during the year was $15,273,815, a decrease of $11,327,405 from that of 1874. The Largest Swamp. The surveying party sent out to sur vey the Okefenokee swamp rejKirt that it measures 142 miles in circumference, and, with the sinuoaitiea, 180 miles around. This vast formation, thirty j miles long and aeveuteou miles wide, is the largest swamp in the United States. It lies in the southeastern part of Geor gia, but partly in north Florida. Here I is the Suwanee river, made famous by the negro melody of the " Old Folks at Homo." It traverses a Lirge section of upper Florida, is liordered with valu able cypress aud other timber, and emp ties into the gulf st a point eighteen miles above Cedar Keys. Okefenokee swamp was for generations s refuge for runaway slaves. Indians have lived there until recently, cultivating gardens; and in the depths of the jungles and forests are thousands of bears, and a great many Florida "tigers"—the cou gar, or American panther. One curious experience of the surveying party was to find themselves at one time, while in the middle of a great swamp, suffering for water. The discovery of a lot of mounds, "probably bnilt by a race of men exist ing before the Indianß," is also report ad. Several skeleton were taken out of them, but some crumbled as soon as ex posed to the air. NUMBER 28. Uow People 1UI He Swindled. "Address with at am pa," ate. This mm pie form ot wordn in found at Uk and of mora than balf the adwrtia ment* thai are priotod nowadays It haa beoume una of tba grand formulas of the modern epoch. Momstimaa it ia varied with "Bend stamp* for circular," but the desire for stamps ia always ex pressed. There ia always a oartidn amount of spare credulity in the world, over and above what is needed for tbe ordinary transections of life, that cannot remain latent. It baa got to find vent somewhere. In the years gone by it spent itself in religious superstition, but now it goes into postage stamps, for j warded for pamphlets and circulars which ; tall how to get rich, how one may take 1 ; his future into bis own hands, how to re new one's youth, bow to escape tha ter rible results of youthful indiscretion, j ate. All tit tee things may ba very da j •arable to know, and what ia tha loss of j a few cents in postage stamps, anyway I j Not long ago three French journalist* were- discoursing of human credulity in i a cafe, and the question, Where ia ita limit! waa raised. One of the three maintained that human credulity had no limit It was finally agreed that each of ! the trio should insert in tbe newspaper" an advertisement the moat eccentric, improbable and absurd that it waa poaai j hie to devise—each advertisement to U j aooumpanisd with a demand for stamp* —and watoh the result; The first of the j trio published the following exirsordi- j uary* announcement: TOE HAND IN THE HAUL (tied oca i * 11 ane fifty osntimea in jMsUg* sumps for i :ha theor* of an entirely new eatmalion. It 1 Ifivee lore ami f reehoeee. Address A B , poet- I of&oe. The second conspirator, taking ad van te of *ii old and familiar tuperatition, . advertised as follows: RKTCKS FBO* THE OTHEIi WOULD. | Bend one franc Aft; oulimss In passage • ■nap. Aeon rale new* from tba bettor laid j Hvwier.ee revealed Everything mads t.nu. xAdreef B. C. [>ot-office The third, abandoning all subterfuge*, , advertised boldly aa follows: IJ'ftOM USE NOTHING J I ENGAGE TO perform nothing. But eend one franc j cfiv oeuumre in puetaga stamp". Perhaps there ia a little eurpnsa in "tore far too. Who knowe > Addrem C. D . post-office These advertisements produced a re sult far greater than the conspirator* had t hoped. Postage stamps rained for, several days. And whan tha people found that they were not receiving their pro yuo they sent on more postage KUmpa. And the moat successful of the i three adv*ftisermenta was the hurt. Finally tbe three journalists turned over their ill gotten gains to a charitable society and told their ato. y in a news paper, in order that the dupes might know what bad become of their postage 1 stamps. They had satisfied themselves that human credulity had indeed ao. limit Hew to Eat Asparagus. A bashful young gentleman fnend of ours makes inquiries of us aa to tbe proper mode of eating this sacculent esculent Well, in the first place, yoa must take your seat at a dinner table i well surrounded with strangers, and fix your eyes upon some one of the young ladies cm whom you desire to make an impression. You Uieu gracefully on- , fold your napkin and pnqiare for nation. , Grasping your fork you impale a j healthy looking " spear " upon this use ful instrument, and, bending forward, , with open mouth, yoa—find it will quietly slip off and resume its primary position vritn a mild admonitory splash j iu the gravy. After more fruitless at- j tempts of this sort, by which yon can j only soil your hitherto immaculate shirt bosom and distribute two or three stalks upon your vent and unmentionables, you grow sensible and slightly embar rassed. Yon now re-pair damages, and with a ' flourish which is intended to show that 1 "it is of no consequence, I assure you," and which ia also intended to make j i known to tbe lady next yoa that you are sorry for having epodt ! her dross, and that you will not do so again, yon curl < your little finger to the proper angle, and grasping the diabolical chwjroyer of i your pesos of mind by the stem with dexterous digits you proceed to besJob I Is-r your chin, make wild passes at your j now, ami well grease your fingers, and | then discover that you are •• not very j | fond of asparagus, anyway, and just < j tried it to show that you understood the ooiToct way to handle the article !" j' Fish fnttare. An important suggestion has lately been made in regard to the utilisation of certain waters in the cultivation of fish hitherto supposed to be unavailable. The articles refers to oertain ponds along the Rhine, connected with a variety of manufacturing establishments, which are intended to receive the water condensed by steam engines. One of these {Kinds is 120 feet in length, with a depth, at the sides of four feet, run ning down to sixteen feet in the center, and is supplemented by the dike whioli runs around three sides of the manuiac taring establishment. This dike in the aggregate is alxmt I.ROO feet long by twelve feet wide and six feet deep in the middle. The entire water area u about '24,000 feet, with * depth of six feet hi the dike and sixteen feet in the center of pond. The dike and pond are simply excavated ont of the earth, and are neither bricked nor cemented. They are simply made to curry away surplus condensed water, which* runs into the pond at 110 degree* Fahrenheit. The temperature of the pond jant where the water ran* in is about ninety degrees, and the oooleat part *evecty-aix degrees Fahrenheit. Three about five inches in length were introduced seven year* ago, and now the young can be see all the year round. Fish weigh ing four to five pounds are quite com mon, and one hundred pound* may easily be taken in an hour. Goldfish also thrive excellently in the same water. It appear* that the fish like best to be where the water is warmest, especially the younger ones. The locality referred to is near Bonn, on the Rhine. A LONG Fmnow.—The Fargo (Cal.) l\m** asks: What do you think of an unbroken tut row aix mile* long? That's what you can sec any day by going to Elm river, where M-eara. Dairy tuple and tirandin are breaking prairie. The teams start in the morning and make one round across an entire township and back (twelve miles) before dinner, and the name in the afternoon—twenty-four miles' travel for each team every day. All for wheat next year. PERHAPS —" James, my love, per haps—what do you think f—perhaps, maybe, yon know, dear—it just occurred to me that it might be cheaper to get a couple more silk dresses this summer— because, you see, the mulberry has blighted the silk in the south of France, and the crop will be short and dress goods awful high next year." jlan it af Christiana ta Balf aria 41 Fwouchitaa, a villa** of two thou 1 and inhabitants, at tba fool of tha Rbedop* rtdga, tba population bad I given no a%n of disaffection. and bad, on tba contrary, aant word to the j antbnrltlm at Philippopoli, to solicit protection againat aotna Maaanliuan naighbora who evinced onfrtaodiy inten tions. Ho notion waa taken of I hair ap i plication. Noma of tba Mussulman mountaineers of tba neighborhood aoon assembled round tha village and called • : upon tb Ohrutiaiii to delive# up their ' anna. Upon their refu-t a stinggh' be gas. which ended in tba complete de struction of tb vUUgi. Of ita inhabitant* only it hunt nina i hundred woman and children were I "pared, who lira now "haltered at Phihp . popoli in a abita of utter wretrb due** and diMtitntiuu. Five bomlr.it woman and children of tba village of Areratsisn, which baa met the name fata, have also j nought tba same refuge. Tboaa of ftailak and otbar localities are oq.ialiv ■ burnt out of Uwur homes, bereft' of their 1 fat beta and bnimit.K and starving in tba atreeta of Tartar Baaudjik and Out- I lookkciu. Baud" of MBIWI Mussulman —chiafly Circassian* —hare lw*<n arpnn -1 iand, who carry on havoc and d-a<.b.tiou from village to village, and who do not ' even ap*r the livaa of inoffensive way farer*. Murder* are #o fre.ju.-nt that MOW of the Uxiire are left to rot nn -1 buried in the flokß Twelve of ilw fugitive* from Paronobitiu, women and . obil.lr.-n, have been mavaiscvd at the vary galea of PhiiippopoiL Anarchy reign* in oua of the richest provinoaa of toe empire, and only at two daya' diatanca from tba capital. In the town itself of P ilippoj*>li tba alarm ia naturally very great, iinuior* circulate of hostile intention* harbored by the Mnaaulntaua against tba archbbibop and the Bulgarian notables of the place, who i are pointed out aa the instigators ot tba 1 inaurraetion, ate. A Braaabapper'a Piddle. M Wa lay ninety-num agga; if we laid ■ ona hundred we ahoald devastate the : earth." It (a a Mohammedan legend that tba prophet found Uiia motto writ ten ou the winga of a locust, an inaaet aa nearly related to tba grasshopper aa tba Mohammedan ia to tba Yankee. Laat May, tha farmer in eaatern Kan | aaa who aaw lan acraa of oorn entirely > eaten between tau o'clock Saturday i morning and four o'clock Sunday after | OUQB, and who caught ninety eight graaabopjwfw with one awcap of hi* Land, must have thought tba hundredth I egg waa hatched at laaL Bnt the hum I of the vaat eromns waa aooo lost to tba i northward. 'iWn bird and pum-ite, and j Minneeota boys and girl*, who were paid t for gathering them ao much a buabal, soon ended the brood of jumping fid dlers; for m truly as tba crick, t Kings, ao truly doaa Use grasshopper [day tba | fiddle. Any bow—if badoean t play the j fiddle, be doaa aamething like it, m each of you mar prove if you will watch him when you bear him playing his man ohm use tune. When he begins to plsy •' be i bends the shank of one bind b-g be neath th< thigh, where it ia lodged in a furrow designed to receive it, and than draws the leg briskly up and down sev eral times against the projecting lateral edge and vein* of tba wing cover." A ' learned naturalist, named Harris, once wrote this, and wa repeat it It is plain j enough if you remember that tha front wing* are called wing covers, aa they are used for protection and not for flight.. j Grasshopper* play the fiddle on each ' aide alter-iately, supporting themseivre, j meanwhile, *s they can. Who knoars i why they do it t—SL Nicholas for July. The Warriors ef the Plain". ( The Sioux arc probably in better fighting condition to-day than any other tribe of Indiana in America. It is not . going beyond t-e bounds of truth, says tba San Francisco Bulletin, to toy that they have long expected a conflict with the whites, and with military sagacity have placed themselves on a war footing. They own a tract of conn try between the Missouri river and the Union Pacific railroad nearly 400 miles square. The Missouri, above the month of the Yellowstone, where it flows eastward from the mountains, may he said to form the northern boundary of thetitoux ooun try. It would be bard to fix the western ' boundary aa defined in the treaty, but 1 one thing ia certain, the warrior*,'if de fasted on the plains, oonld take refuge in the moontahus without danger of meeting a foe in that direction. They are in position to raid on the border -fttlementa of Dakota and Nebraska, with little exposure to danger from pursuit. There are about five thousand effec tively armed and well-mount)-! warriors. Their weapon* are chkflv Winchester rifles and needle guns. Their supplies of ammunition are not very large, bat with the Indian's caution against throw ing away shot, the supply ia thought to be suflLjteitt to last a year. The Indian chiefs, notably Lone Wolf, express great contempt for tbe fighting quali ties of tbe soldiers, and apeak of liicra in derision aa squaw*. A year ago there waa no concealment among the chiefs that they had procured ana learned to use the improved g.na, to better defend their own country. San* of Temperance. At the annual meeting of the national Sous of Temperance of the United Stale*, F. W. Bradley, 11. W. P., in his address said: In some of the commer cial and manufacturing centers we have met with heavy losses, yet these losses are more than balanced by the gains at other points, and we have the privilege of reporting a net gain for this year of one national division, one grand divi aion, and nearly two thousand nr rubers. The membership of eastern New York, New Jersey, ana Pennsylvania, three of oar large and influential grand divi sions, has been reduced in five years from 41,000 to 20,000. lam unable to account for these heavy losses. The report of the il. W. 8., Samuel W. Hodges, was received, and recited that the number of the divisions in the United) States was 1,974, for the term ending Deo. 81, 1875; number of mem bers withdrawn. 10,594; number sns- Cnded, 17,435; total number of mem ra at present, 89,319; total receipts, $151,263.06; paid for benefits, $lB,- 197.99; cash on band and invested, $265,044.01; public meetings held, 3,733; the net gain of membership last year was 8,322, and the net loss 7,105. Naming the Babies. The Sioux Indians name their pap poose* after events transpiring at the time of their birth. As illustrative of this peculiar trait, Red Cloud is known to have taken that name from the fact that the Western sky was overspre:ul with red clouds at the moment of hi* birth, while the bringing of a captive horse with a spotted taxi gave the now great chief the singular cognomen of Spotted Tail. Sitting Bull received this name because a buffalo bull was, by a lucky shot, thrown upon its haunches, in plain sight of his mother's tepee at the natal hour, while the cavorting* of a tractions pony furnished a name for the redoubtelde Orasy Horse. A BTOOK OOMPANT.— By the rules of the United States House, says a Wash ington correspondent, the doorkeeper is allowed 875 per month for carriage hire. Fitshugh conceived the idea oi purcha* ing a pair of horses and a carnage and hiring it ont to himself at government, expense. Not having the wherewithal, however, he organized a stock company of one hundred shares, at five dollars each, which were taken by his subordi nates, and purchased an outfit. This was early in the session. The stock com pany was a suooeas, so far as Fitihngh was* concerned, but no divide riw w. re ever declared. Froxsn blue is a new style of evening silk. Yon can get the exact absdr tn flavoring your loe cream with a little indigo.
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