Hazg. Roll* th long broakar In iplaador. and f IMX-M Leaping in light! Laughing and raging th* awift ripple dano>, Sparkling and bright; Cp through the heaven th- curlew it thing. Soaring to h.gh! Sweetly hit wild note* or* ringing, and dying Loot in the tky. Glitter the tailt to the eonth wind careening. White winged and hrare; Riving to hreete and to hollow, and leaning Low o'er the ware. Beautiful wind, with the tonoh of a lover Leading the hour*. Helping the winter worn world to recover All ite loet do were Oladly 1 hear thy warm whiter of rapture. Sorrow it o'er ! Itarth all her music and bloom ehall recaptnre, Happy once more ! tUW\ A Story Told Nantucket. " There are DO her.aw now,™ said she. And turned with scornful wearied air, And looked across (lie navee to where A dim sray island luet the era. " I wish there.l be a ululh v'ruaade. Or Arthur's knights would come ouce more, Oi of Nantucket's prosy shore A second Ilium aught t-e uuda '• No dime of genius hghss our page ; Our muse is dumb. No martyr wakes Out hearts from sleep. No hero tweaks The level of cur stupid age." He locked at her in sad surprise ; Was she so heartless and MIM ' Was ihete no t ravery today Could irake a hero m her tyee ? •• And yet ou that puwatc shore A i.elo may have been,'' said he . •• A knight or iu*r:yr here might be Who ut ver croee . r srtucr wore. •• Just off Naatacsei'e rugged coast One day last we:k a lxt went down lu sight of dw .era iu the towu. And a. ou board but one were loet. " For there were two w ho caught an oar Ai d doated Era moment , they Had ooa.ra.ies been for many a day. Had danger shaft d o.i many a shore. " One fell tiie oar D*MI to > ink Beuoath the .1 uUe weight; he kuew It surwly count o. tl.wt the two, And 01.s must go. lie did not shrink . " His sacrifice his fneud uught save. And pausing U.A to give bus choice, Hi shouted, with a : tug.tig voice That t ever faltered, strong and brave ** As when they scaled alt Alpine height Ai d shouted to the arching sky In tnem; h. • One mu-t go—good-bye— tied b us you r and was ust from sight. "His f neud was saved , lut now alone He > ver hears that voice repeat ' Good-Lye—God tle-s you clear ai d sweet, Iu tides that roat and winds that moan !" The red iips loet their scornful curl. And quivered uov with tecder pain. And tears fail Use a rummer ram From the dark latin s of the giri. " 1 hat inu a hero ' 'greater love Ha' huo man !' " peaeionaielv thrilled The vibrant lines ; her face was filled With reverence ail words above. He murmured to himself apart— Watrhmg the languid cynic'* face Transformed witn raoiaiit, tender grace— " Ah " now I knew she has a heart!" l'arfjta. WHOSE WAS THE GUILT ? Ell 18 Tremayue laid his fork down with a gesture half of iu.patienoe, half of discouragement, and a frown that had no business on the forehead of a six months' married man, the husband of the prettie-t of women, a. r ruga ted his hard *-oine wtiite forehead. " You seem to have not the slightest appreciate uof affnirs, Elbe. I have ex plained time and time again that I am living np to my income—not saving a penny—ami yet yon still persist in de manding money for every trifle that takes yonr fancy." Ellis IT eniayne spoke more decisively than fiffie h-id ever heard him, and she meutaliv vowed him horribly cross, and jiartvi her r d lips and 1-aued lick in tier chair with a vety aggrieved look on her 1< 'V. ly face. And ye t it was lovely. Mi. Tremayue thought so that same moon lit as he looked at the delicate pink-and-enow complexion, and the large di-k blue eyes that had played such mad ha roc wilh his heart a year ago—at the full, exquisite lips that had only seemed made tor smiles and kisses then, that now w. re rapidly cousummat ii g their be-k of dnwvivering the clay feet of Lis idol—that now were partiug to utter *<>rda he knew were coming, that did oome. "Yon are just as mean and cross as can 1-e ! What's the use of living at all if you can't have what you want—if yon cau't have things like other people I I tell you I do think you murht let me have some money this morning; I need it most awfully." Her blue eyes certainly looked plead ing enough to give entire credence to her assertions. " I am almost tempted to say that cannot be true, Effie, since it was only a week ago to-day I handed you twenty five pounds—a sum amply sufficient for even the most inexperiences! financier on which to keep a family of two." Darker frowns wtre gathering on Tre mayne's forehead, but Effie answered with a sneer: " Twenty five pounds ! You speak as if it were a fortune! I tell you, Ellis, I must Lav® thiugs like—like other peo ple. How on earth do you suppose I feel vrli'-n Mrs. Coddington or Mies Bell burn calls for me to drive, wearing their elegant o&rrßge costumes, and I in the same dress I appear in in the street or at church ?" Tremnyue smiled contemptuously. "no you hope to rival the wife of a millionaire aud the only daughter of a wealthy banker, do yon ?—you, the wife of a cashier at Wing field A Sons, on (•even hundred a year? Effie. have nothing to do with women who are, unconsciously, perhaps, sowing seeds of di -•contentment and extravagance in your heart." " lam ne it her diaoon tented nor extrav agant. Edus—you ehall not say so. But I must bav some money to get a new suit. Oh, Ellis, inch a h<evenly shade of piune, ami y- n know I can wear so well .me particular shade. Honestly, I haven't a dress to wear to Mrs. Lamar's reception." Ellis ate his egg with very little show of satisfaction, and his si<- nee, while bit ter thoughts were rushing through his mind, was taken by Effie as a sign of consent. She was not slow in pressing her ad vantage. "It won't cost over twenty pounds, Ellis—very reasonable indeed, for I Bhall make it nearly all myf*lf, and I'm sore you can't be displease i at that. Then ray 'yes,' won't you, Ellis u. ar?" A settled, white look came around net handsome month. "If you care more for show and fine clothes than for my respect and the con sciousness that you are my economical, prudent wife who is helping herhusbaud save instead of almost goading him inio debt, you can have the money." Her eyes flashed as delightedly as a child's over a new toy. She had ac complished her desire, and his cold yet touching words had fallen unheeded before that— "You can have the money." She sprung from her chair behind the coffee nrn, and threw her arms around his neck, kissing his handsome, worried forehead. " You darling! I knew you would not say ' no,' for aU you read me such a lecture on economy. Really, Ellis, when you see how lovely I shall look in my new silk, you will not grudge the money, will you ? You like to see me look as pretty as I used before we were married, don't youl And you're not angry, dear? Yon do love me!" Her H-vc.t, girlish face all slight with happy enthusiasm, her blue eyes dancing FI?ED. KlTirrZ. 1 Cditor and Propriotoi VOLUME IX. willi Mich houest delight, her smooth cheek lying against hie. au.l lnr .Unity little hand stroking Li* whisker* of vvuirao Ellis lai.l down his napkin au.l pushed l-ack from tlio table ami kissed her. She was his wife—sweet, pretty, deli cate as a mountain pink, ami lit> lovnl lwi—lovl her dourly, truly, as in tln> day* when he had won her, thinking what a rare flower she was. Ho loved hor, ami was willing, yes, anxious, to increase her happiuena by every honest means iu his power only Effie was extravagant and unreasonable in bar demand for dr.se. and style that wer< beyond the capabilities of the well salaried man that he was. So, now he kiaaed her tenderly, ami then look out his purse and laid a bank note on the tablecloth. •• There's vour uew silk, dear—may you enjoy it.'" His forbiddiug maimer had so entirely •lii-appeared, that KfHe's In-art was eu courage.l to undertake another fad plan. So as she demurely folded the note awav iu her pretty little crimson Uu*<i i poeketbook, she begun, so quietly thai Ellis was quite captured by storm : " I was wondering if it would net be a good plan if we shut up the house for August, dear, and went somewhere. It will do you so much good, IT#sure, and there will be no expenses here while we're away. Oan't we go to Hastings?" She opened the battery very suddenly, almost staggering Tremayue. "Oh, Effie, no. It would involve a larger expense, ten tiuiee, than tt cost* at borne." 'lheu seeiug that well known, martyr like expression settling on her face, that always drove biw to desperation, be added, bastiiv : "If you can manage it, go yourself. I dare say some of your fashionable friends will chaperon you." "Oh, may I, tnay I, really? Indeed, I will manage it! 1 don't need many new things, I'm sure. I have enough for the silk, and with a little more I can easily get what I alwolutely need. Ellis, yon are a darling !" He laughed—not very joyoudv. " I'm glad yon think so. \VeU, I'm off." Two hours later, Mr*. Effie Tremayue, dressed in an unexo. ptiouably elegant walking i-ostutne, started out ou her shopping tour, to meet at the silk coun ter Mrs. Godfrey Coddingtou, carelessly tossing over rare pieces of evening silk. " I am so delighted to have vour taste ou my new silks, mv dear Sirs. Tremayue. Do tell me which you pre fer, the sal trot!, or the (-earl blue, or this sunnier pink? I intend to have a couple of th*m for Hastings." Hastings ! Mrs. Tremayue'* cheeks glowed. " I hope to see you at the shore, Mrs. Coddington, and in either this exquisite maiz or silver pink." "So you will lx- then* ? Do join our party—only Godfrey and sister Blancbt and Nellie B'llburn and I—for nex' Thurstlay we k. Have you engage" rooms? What shall you get uew (" It was certainly very delightful to lx talked to thus, but, once home, there in curred little qualms of conscience, as. very, very gradually, she felt hcroelt drawn into arrangements she knew wer far beyond her reach. And yet she consented to Mrs. Cod dington's kind off r that Mr. Ctxlding ton should secure rooms for her with hi* party. She mad<- up her mind that the ele gant stock of clothes that two hours ag she thought needed onli a little renova tiou and a small addition to make it ai. that was nece>sary, would not do at all. And so, besides the money her hus band had given her being spent in the dozen and one trifiiug accessories that a well dressed toilette demands, there was foldevl away in a seldom used compart merit of Mrs. Tremayue's ixx-ketbook a: nnreceiptetl bill for fifty jionuds, rna.l< ont to Mr. Ellis Tr>'mayne. Effio's blue eyes were dancing and her cheeks flushed when she was sot down with her pare- Is from Mrs. Coddingtou'r carriage at her door. She had time and to spare before Elli® came in to the five o'cl-x-k Hnuer to look ever her pnrchas-s, tln-t after ail seemed very few and small considering that hor rid bill in her p<x-ketb<-ok, that she dreaded to show her husband, for all the flusled gayety of her manner. " Ah, is t)p-re any need to tell him now ?" she reas -ne.i, while she removed ber walking suit and donned a lovely b'aoA tissue. " Not the slighb-st nse to tell him before I go away. He'll only make a fuss, and I do hate a fuss. Besides, after I'm home again, perbap- I can save it out of the house money." So she quieted her conscience with the hopefully specious promises, and the next day, finding it impossible to get ready by herself in time to go with Mrs. Coddingtou's party, was oblrg. d to employ the services of a high priced dressmaker, whose bill for her work she tucked away in her pockotbook also, and thus swelled the indebtedness of her husband to be paid when she returned. Ah, when she returned. If she Lad only known, a* she kissed ber daintily hidden hand to her husband ns he stood watching her off, with a look in bis eyes that was mingled love, stern ness, pride, annoyance and harassing worry. • • • • • " Oae of the prettiest women at the seaside, and certainly the !xst dressed. Hhe must lx- a loiiiker's wife, at the least Who did jou say you understood she was ?" Old Mr. Wingfleld put up his eyegla** as Mrs. Tremayne went by, fair to see as a lily, in her carriage dress of tender cream tint, with her lace covered, pink lined parasol making faint rosy shades on her clear blonde face and brilliant golden hair. "Hhe is Mrs. Ellis Tremayne, from London, with the Coddington's, I lx lieve, and putting up at the Parade. A regular beauty, isn't ihe ?" Mr. Wingfleld put his eyeglass slowly back, staring after the Coddington car riage. " Mrs. EUis Tremayne. I suppose her husband is here?" " Not that I know of. Indeed, I think I heard young Bellburn say he was un able to leave his busine*B—a bookkeeper or something, I believe, for a firm in the city." Mr. W-ngfield arose from his chair with an old smile on his face. " Mrs. Tr emayne must either be mis tress of the wonderful economy of making a pound navel both ways, or else"— A boy with a yellow envelope tapped him on the arm. "Oh, a telegram; from my SOD, I pre sume. Wait a minute?" He deliberately adjusted his glasses, and then opened the dispatch. "Oome at once. Everything traoed to T. Ja. V^INOriELD." And as he returned the paper to the envelope he looked up to see Mrs. Tre mayne dashing by again, her face radi ant with pleasure and excitement as Bellburn talked and laughed with her. * ** The pretty little house seemed so lonely and deserted after Effie had gone, and EUis Tremayne threw himself wearily on the lounge iu her boudoir, his faoe wearing marks of strangely contorted discouragement and exeHe ruent. THE CENTRE REPORTER. For an hour or two ho lay there, his eyes el-wed, his figure motion lees, ami tiieu hearoaa with a half groan of men tal distress. " This will never do. 1 shall go mad if 1 slay here with only my thoughts for " He had gone over to the little dressing bureau, carelessly taking up two little pietxw of paper that Effie had entirely forgotten to hide, and a jailor, even more maikcd than his late deathly |atle ueas, oveixpread his face as he saw the two formidable bills. Then something very like an oath came from his set teotli. "My temptation be on her head my " He sprung suddenly to his fi-et as the doorlx'll palrd imperiously, and listened with no ordinary curiosity as a man's voice demanded to see Nlr. Ellis Tre uiayne, and heard thr servant usher his company into the drawing room Then he went slowly, slowly down stairs, into the presence of Mr. Wing field and an officer. "Mr. Tremayue, you are discovered iu yonr neat system of embezxlemeut. Officer " Ellis stepped haugi.tily back. "One moment, gentlemen, if you please. Mr. Wing tie Id, [ am discover ed. Twenty four hours later 1 would have been beyond pursuit; as it is, what is the difference between a hunted life abroad, or—this?" Quick as a flash, the pistol glcamxl iu the gaslight. A r> pert, a heavy fall that thundered through the house like a doom, and the husband of a woman that was too un womanly to !>ear her share in the bur den of life— the woman eujoyiug h< r brief hour of pleasure ou the sunlit ocean shore—the woman who had it in her power, as all women who are wives have, to goad to destruction iu mime form or another, or guide to happiness and sue-ess, in some means or another, this husband, who was less wicked than weak, went to his reward. And who ihaU say whose was the guilt ? Hers or not, who knelt and sobbed over his d-a 1 face, and tried to reason into silence an inner voice that refused to le still. Sister wives, lie you earetu!, lest, al though your hands and heart* are not stained with a crime like this—and many a wife's hand* ami heart are thus red dened to day I*' careful that it lays not at your .hxr tha your husbands lose all their faith and trust in woman's sacred vow as well as blessed privilege to -hare eagerly in tlie;r economies and many petty grievances tin-.', no household is without that small though they now are, tf not accepted in the spirit of pa tienoe, love aud forlx-aranee, are the little vexes that destroy the vine beyond the hope of recovery. Murder In the King. In IVnnsvill--, Salem county, N. J., lias Is en j-r[M trivU-d one of liio.-e re volting crimes that baj often >h<x-k the community, but which in thix ease ha* [xxruiiarlv horrible accessories that tend to magnify the occurrence. Two men, or brutes clothed in the garb of hu manity, hailing from Philadelphia, fought a prize tight in the above nauuxl locality, and one of them gave up bi life ut the conclusion of the contest. Battered and bruise*! until he was a! most unrecognisable, the dead man's Ixxly presented a fearful, horrible spec tacle wheu found by the po.iee on a Philadelphia dock. Now, possibly, the poinx will endeavor to find the murder er; but. had they noted with decision and prevented the departure of the roughs from their city, the fight and murder could not have occurred. They failed in their duty, anil the entire com inanity is shocked iu consequence, li is a sa<l commentary upon our boosted oiviiiz.it i u and progress, that while w .ire inviting the world to witness them, such scenes a* this prize fight could oo eur, and, alxive all, owing to Plu'adcl phia's negligence. It is well known that certain prize fighters who had only recently been con nected with a similar exhibition in New Jersey, were among the a!* ttors in this conte-t at Peiinsrille, and had been in Philadelphia for dsys p eparing for the fight. The police cannot plead ignor ance of this fact, and thev deserve, as they will receive, the condemnation of every pure-minded citiz-m throughout the land. The v< ry contest itself, too, wa* a di* grace b> tlioee concerned iu its further Alice. The dead pugilist wa* a m-we lx-y, only uin-b-en years old, and hi* opponent was a strong, stalwart man of over thirty. The instigators of the contest will prolably remain unpunished, but if the contumely aud execration of mankind can have any effect upon their future, then can they rest assured that it will follow them wherever they go. The Montenegrin*. The Montenegrin mountaineer and warrior is a man six feet in height, with grave, thoughtful faoe. singularly con trasting with hi* quick, nervous gait. He has high cheek bones, like an Ameri can Indian; hi* eye i* black aud piercing and hi* shonlder* have a slight *toop produced by constantly lx>nding forward a* be asceud* difficult height*. He is, perhaps, the most agile human being on European noil; there is no haunt of the chamois which he cannot follow; and even the goa'* sometime* hesitate to go after their shepherd* when there is u dangerou* path to be crossed. The Montenegrin women are often the ob ject* of pity to traveler*, but they claim no Hympathy aud acknowledge no hard ship*. Tlx ir destiny i* to work and to stiff- r. They aro uot even welcomed into the world,and the birth of a -laugh b-r is regarded a* a calamity. The girl glow* up neglected and oiten cursed. Hhe carries fugut* of wixxl on her head that she may earn a few coin* to buy arm* for her brother. Hhe ha* no yonth, and i old at twenty-five. Bbe i* mar ried young, and Ix-ar* children while enduring laixir iu the field* wliieh would be too hard even for strong men. The woman urges the warrior to the fight, load* hi* guns, and dresses hi* wound*. Hhe i* seldom Ix-autifnl of f- ature, and the. OOUTM- work which sha perform* aoon ruin* her form. lleuioralizing. The condition of the industrial classes in northern Germany ahow* that (IIIHII times are -jiiib- a* demoralizing an hard time*. After the close of the Franco German war wage* ro*e to ah unnatural level, all clause* fancied that the flood tide of prosperity had net it in, thrift wa* discarded nud luxuries became iudis penaable, a craving for wealth beset all classes aud discontentment wa* foment ed, aud the ultimate result was deteriora tion of workmanship. Herr liculeaux ha* summed it up: " The product* of German workmen are wanting in finish, wanting in soundness, wanting in taste, and absolutely devoid of imagination." The host work in the world is done by contented workiugmen who aro moder ately prosperous. The claim holders in the African dia mond fields are about to stop digging until tbeprice of the precious stones ad vance. Tlie Cape Standard says: " Diamonds are dirt cheap. CKNTKK HALL, CKNTKK CO., PA., THI 1 HSDAV. SEPTEMBER 28, 187<>. The Hunting Forests. It is a peculiarity common to all gn at i fires, nays the New York Herald, that they create their own winds l>y r usou of the liHYil rarctioatiou of the almoa phere. The ountiuuous indraught of air assists ill extending the anat of dostrue tiott and lends intensity to the flaiu*s by supplying the oxygen needed for their support The heat is so great iu advance of lite hue of fire that the vegetation lav conies cliarreil aud deprived of its sap Ixdore the flaiut-s reach it, and it is, therefore, prepared for rapid outubus tiou. Without an abuuihuit rainfall it will !*• very difficult to arrest and extin glli*ll these forest lire*, esjxx'ially on the I ore hex! mouutaiu alopes of uoruieru New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Fortunately the coining weather changes will have the effect of creating mm areas ailing the line of the Ohio valley east ward toward the Atlantic coast and over the region in which the burning forests lie. But certain portious of the fire swept country will receive but little of the rainfall, Ix-iug situated to the east ward of the northern portion of the Al leghany mountains. Ranges of lofty lulls which lie trans verseJy to the trunks of are:is of low at mospheric pressure exercise the stone influence on the movements of the latter as the cushion of a billiard table has on the moving bail that impinges upon it. The area of low pr*s.-tire with its mar ginal rains in deflected from its direct course and forced to follow that which gives it the readiest means of resuming its eastward progress. The Alleghany range lies norlhi a*t and aouthweot, so that storm centers striking it on the western side are caused to mo.' along parallel to its axis until the termmnli -u of the chain is r*a.*hed north of the Oatskill mountains, whetiac the storm moves eastward into New England. 1 or this reason Albany luav have a * soon of ixipious rains, while Newburgh and l'oUghkx-jisie < xjierieuce a prolougetl drought. The regions now suffering from the fore*t firt s are particularly af footed by this t< pographiixd influeno on the weather couditions, and it is rea! ly remarkable that they have uot long since been denuded of their timler by such txiuflagratiiiua The attempts of the lixwl resident* a fighting the fire* in an almost waterless regiou will prove fruitless, so lung as the efforts are confined to trying to ex tingiii-h the fiaiut-H directly. Those en gaged in such s work cannot approach near enough to arrest the advance of the devouring fire. AH post and rail fences should lx t ru down and removed, and a wide Ix-lt of forwt cut down about a iiuarter of a mile iu r.dvant of the con flagration. Ju felling the tre** i-are should txi taken to cut them no that thuee next the lirs* would fall with their tops toward it, but all the others should fall the olher way - that is, pre-ei.t their butts to the flames. By this means a wide space would Ixi created lx-iween the most combustible parts of the tree> tind time would lx> given to tx<at out the (lame* when they reached the heavier portion*. If possible, the trees felled 111 the center of tile clearing should t lianh d a* far awav from the . x[> line a* ponxible. With th- large fore*- vv>m|x>xr..g the army of the fighter*, tlux work could lx* -a*ily 800- -tupli-bed in a single day. The a van ilea of clearing so formed should lx' kept ojx-u a* perms nent safeguards against future for<*! fires. Fashion Note*. Ol 1 fashioned aprons with braces are striving for favor. Paris houses are slrna*iy designing an tumu and winter c >stum< *. Etubroi.h ry is seen on all materials and mixtures of material*. A uew material for net/Hye toilets, 'tailed "rendumac," has suddenly lx*- -omo popular. At Pan* watering place* the fashion if tie hack skiit* i* L iiowisl to the fur thest jxissible limit. The uewwt stj le for fall i*th IL L sm i-oatume, so called Ix-i-auM* the bodice i fashioned alb r a uuxlicvat tyjx*. A new porte b-iihenr i* formtxl of seven porte-bonheur* twibxl one with the other, and ooniixeunga single tirace let only. A popular way of wearing the hair i in a French twi*t, with the ends ma le in two or three finger puff* on the top of the In ad. Quilles or robing* made of silver brant formed into network, will lie worn during the autunm on sicilienuo drehxi * of dark colors. A bride indi<*ab'S to her bridesmaids the precise oostume which she doairee them to wear, but they purchase thew themselves. PoriHu'se hide or kangaroo skiu txxits, and either thick woolen or silk stocking*, ire woru by ladies traveling abroad, for monntaiucering. A new form of needle case just into duced resembles a one-pound weight, and when open discloxo* a pincushion ; and several packets of needles. A novelty in jewelry are rings com I posed of several narrow bands of gold, either plnin or set with gems, miniature | copies of porte bonbeur bracelets. The latest fashion in bracelets is a gold bracelet with the wearer's name in Byzantine letters, but so interlaced and I so large that they cover nearly half of the arms. Oat-agon nets, composed of silk braid | and ornamented with a ribbon bow at ! the top of the head and another at the | bottom of the net, are designed for country wear during the summer months. There are batiste flounces nearly cov ered with Eastern embroidery, to bo used for ornamenting light silk dreases; j tliey are worked in quaiut shades, and ! the silk of the dress matches the pale j faded Huts of the background*. Indian gauzes in which failed colors are introduced, Persian gauzes with arabesques, and Egyptian gauzes with characteristic designs, are tiumliered among the popular Oriental goods now j in demand for overdresses to evening i toilets. Fall and Winter Wrap*. A wrap of home warm material is nsu ; ally the first garment purchased when : cool autiiuiu days arrive. Large irnpor- I tations of these, Hays a fashion journal, I show the fashionable shapes to be eu ' larged edition* of all the style* in vogue ! la*t year, viz.: Large mantle*, long | sacks, large dolman*, and long clonks of | both Back and circular shape. The size j of those garments gives an air of com fort aud warmth, and their simple trim ming, usually a mere border, in in kecp | iug with their plain and graceful style. Heavier mater nils are used than the cashmere aud drap d'ete that of late have done service all winter, and theso heavy goods are often wadded, and are always liued with silk or with farmer's satin. The soft pliahleneas of lighter wool fabrics is given to luxurion* camel's hair cloths that are one fourth of au inch thiok, to diagonal stuffs, regular beaver cloth, and to the figured, basket, canvas and armnre cloths. A great many rich black silk wraps are showu, but very few velvet garments are imported. It is said that flue cloth cloak* are to be the first choice next winter, and will be come fashionable for dreasy wear again, just as lust season flue woolen staffs were restored to favor for rich costumes. Whj he WAS Anxious. Mr. Itobiusou went out to the ceme tery the day after the luteruidit of his wife and had an interview with the su |>nulciid< ut. " What are your regulations iu regard to monuments in this cemetery J" aekml Mr. Itobmsou. " Well, we iiardly have any s|eial rule*. We let |>eopla do pretty much a* they plea*e." "You wouldn't tnake a fun*," said Mr. Robinson, "if a man should put something original aud novel over a grove, now would you? Bomethiug ual ctlluted to attrm.'t attention." " No-u no, 1 gueen not. What have you ill view ?" " Well, you * o, Harriet wan uu uu coumiou |iatriotie woman; made s-sjks tor the soldiers during the War. aud was all the time knitting fiddle-faddle things for sanitary fairs, aud 1 thought uiaylto I'd get her up some kind of a rod, white ami blue monument, with a bras* eagle ou top, and the American flag living from a (*>le. Perhaps 1 might put 'lloii, Columbia ' iu gilt letters uu the stone ou one side, aud a picture of General AA'axh liigtou holding the lhx-laratloli of lude iveudeiuxi iu his Imud on tlie other, low dix-s that HtriLe you f" " It Would 1" unique, anyhow." '• But what I wanUxi to see you alxiut particularly was to know about the size. Now, would you allow me to make the monument alx>ut fifty feet high of some solid kind of stuff that'd spr-a*l over the ground a little piece?" "Oil, yea ! 1 s'poae *•<. it will be IXMUV, though." " C)h, i don't mind the cist. What 1 waiit is t* get weight in the material so'a it'll set heavy on the ground and wtay there." " Y->U must h .v thought a great ilea! of Mrs. Robiuauu t< expend so much money on her." " Well, 1-etaiil you and uie that isu't exactly it. Hho was one ut those rtatlcssa, ouroay women that u- ver'd stay quiet when you waub-d her to, and it •ax-urr-al to me that may!— somt thing might hap |x-u to reauneitab- hr, and to U-ll you the bonct<t truth my idea was U run up some kind of a nnuiument that'd hold her down (x-nmuient— keep lu-r there, you understand. 1 don't want bust ling alxmt, now that she a stowed away aa dead." " You ar- probably not a wan- that we have introduced au alarm here which connect* the vaults w;th the office, so that if a person returns to life out of a tnun-e we can at once go to the rescue. Mr*. Itobiuaon, you know, i* m a vault temporarily." " You don't mean to aay," exclaioied Robiuaon, "that she's got one of the alarms anywhere near her t" " Certainly alio haa." " Hee here, now, 1 want b< say some thing t you in private. The honest fa-t lx, I'm alx-ut U-marry the Widder Join—, and if 1 can make any little ar rangement with you to snip off that wire for . f- w auyn until Mrs. Rohmeon i* th roughly d-a-1, it'll be m--uey in your j-ocket. "Can't do it. sir." " Becan.x-- you eee for yourself how thundering eml-arraxxing it's going to b if Uie old la-ly should come to ami lx gin to stir around just after me and Mrs. Jon--* were comfortably married. Now wouldn't it i L-s-k t it in a com mon scum- light. >S> if you (xiiiid inutile up that inachiue somehow, or give tue aotne kind of a writb-n guaranb-e that she won't ream red, it'll be r- gar-!xt an . personal favor. Io they ever conn to ( ' " t)u old lady revived last w-x-k, afb-r she had Ixx-u iu the vault tliree •lava." " Mv groci-.n*, man, you tak my breath awrav ! Why. it'a awful ! Iqxin the whole, I tx Iwve I'll run Mrs. Itoii inaon out aud bury her iu the burying ground. I'll scud over a man for her this alb-moon, and put h--r in a hole forty fix t deep. 1 never did like thee cru-eterio* anyway, with th--ir uew fan ;!< d nrtion*. Ho you lx- ready to ship uer off wheu that fellow cornea with the w.igon " Mrs. E ibins- u i* uov enUm-lx-d m-- ciir--ly, and Mrs. Jones and H -bin—-n aro one. Kufua Choate's Fence. I auppoao that the sbiry alxmt Hufu* t'hoite's handwriting has lxs-n told often. It acenis that Mr. Choate, while living ou a farm down iu MasNM-hus-'tt*, wante-1 a tn-w- f-*nc- around the horn lot Ho he called in In* cr(-nb'r and h;ul a taik with liim alxmt the work, and the next time he went b> Boaton h-' g -t hi* archib-ct to make a rotigh aketcii, showing hi* idea* of how he desired the fence to lx- built. Ou the day appointed for the work to begin Mr. Choate was Bumtnoneii away. Just a* he wa alxmt to start the carpenter appeared, and Mr. Choate jmll-xl the jilau out of his vest pocket, and hurriedly delivere-l it, and then drove off b> catch the train. Re turning after an absence of two week*, on ajq>roacliiiig hi* home, he was fiil-xl with amazement, and led to doubt whether he knew where he liv-xl; lna home lot wa* surrounded by a zigzag fence of nux-t extraordinary design. When he saw the old carpenter pound ing lu*tily away, he felt reaaanred a* to the identity of the place, but moat puz zled by the marvel- us fenoe. "Hello!" he ahoutod. " What arc you doing ?" "DoinM" *id the old carpenter, smashing in a tenpenuy nail with one blow. " We're doiu' some jxx-ty tall work. We've just slung tliia fence to gether iu a little bit leas time than any similar alingin' wa ever -lone iu tin- Commonwealth of Ma*aachu*-tta! We're two day* ahead of ooutrnct time uow!" "But, for Heaven'* sak>, what kiud of a fence i* this I" " Don't ki-.ow. Thought wheu you gi' me the plan it wa* the darndost fence 1 ever heard off, but I supposed you knew what you wanted." "Plan!" *aid Rufns, "plan? Let me wee the (ilau !" and when the carp--n --b-r handed it over the fence, Mr. Choate realized that in hi* ha*te he had felt in the wrong pocket, and handed him, not the plan, but a nob- in hi* owu hand writing. Posh il. The Burlington llawkeyr says : A Gloucester letter writer say* codfish are caught with a line thirty fathom* long, provided with four hook*, which are baited with " jwirgie." That kind of *tufT may do to tell away down in Gloucester, where the people aren't posted, but out West here wo have seen too many oodflah swaying from the grocery awtdng in the summer breeze not to know better than all that giblx-r iug gosh about line* and ho->k*. Yon don't catch codfish, yon buy them, ju*t like mackerel. COHN IN ENGLAND. —Indian oorn has attained a permanent footing as an arti cle of food in England, and b> our agri culturist* this is a matter of much im portance. In 1876 alxmt a million bins of oorn were imported into Great Britain. English people, however, do uot receive the article iu all it* original - weetues*. It must undergo a process oalled kiln dryiug, or it would heat in the barrels. This process is performed before grind ing, and requires great care. The Japanese have arranged for an international exposition, b> take place shortly after that of Franoe has closed. A ilrAte W emuu. A story in .V-ri/mcr'* Monthly, entitled "A Little Centennial Isuly," has the following regarding Hir Thomas Fairfax, of OromwelltAu memory; "There ore high paneled walls, on which hang the old English Fairfaxes; here u Vandyke of the great Parliamen tary general, " Black Tom,'* of Crom well's tune, clod in h-iather doublet, aaxh and gorget, and starting from the can van with a strange tire which a couple of ncnturies have uot y< t dimmed any more than they have the luster of his fame." Among many historical reminiscence* of General Fairfax one in particular is revived by the perusal of the alxive. iu the year of grace ltiiA James, aeveuth Earl of Derby, Lord of the lale of Man, placed his vaxt wealth, numerous vas sals aud hi* life (which "lie subsequently hmt on the scaffold) at the dispoeitlon of his king. Obliged to absent himself from his territory iu the service of his sovereign, he left in charge his Wife, Charlotte ilc la Tremouille, descended from the illustrious houses of Uourbou aud Nassau. During that absence Hir Thomas Fairfax came to demand of the Countess of Derby jxaisenaion of the island, iu the name of the Parliament and Oliver Cromwell. Atone with her young children, an insufficient and uu discipUned garrison, she asked for a month to oonsider the proposition. The Parliamentary general, through a uieau intrigue with one of the countess" re taiuers, believing himself authentically informed that th- garrison was not in a condition to resist successfully a vigor ous attack, curtly answered: "Not a •lay's," and he departed to begin that siege from which lie retired after three months of incessant action, utterly dis comfited, with a loss of 2,000 men. 'Hie heroic courage of Charlotte do la Tre mouille animaUxl her faithful soldiers. She taught tliem by her owu lofty and steadfast endurouce bo prefer death to dishonor. She f<-arxl neither shot nor shell, and more thou once a cannon ball juuewd through her chamber, but she made light of every lxsril which threatened her owu (x-rsou. The Eagle tower still rose imperiously in it* untouched strength, the lauiue'r of the Htanleys wwving proudly over it. But she was destined to encounter Hir Thomas Fairfax again, under leas propitious circumstance*, after seven years of coufliet, broken iu spirit by Use death of her noble hus- Itand, who had juxt bx*u executed at ltolton, in laun-wshirt*. of whom it was said: "Us died gallantly, piously, Ike a Cavalier." In Uie sujireme hour of her sorrow, on the very night of her husband's death, while reodiug hi* last letter, she received a summons from Generol Fairfax to surrender the inland. In thw extremity, her heart wrung with gnef, the indomitable spirit of the line of Naesan showtxi itself in Uie action of the undaunted Charlotte de la Tremon- Ule. Hhe came forth bracing up her euer gi--s to notion, resolved that the honor of her house should not lx- lost so long a* a w-mian"* lieod oould contrive means to preserve it or woman's influence xwuy the hands of other*. But treachery liulllfie I tin-efforts of the betCAVed Ll-lv through the agency of a miscreant who had Iss-u fnun his earliest youth the re el pi nt of niibouuded f\i rx from the llirl of Derby, and to whooe can- on the scaffold that confiding uobleuiau bad committed his OODUIMI and her chil dren. By the action of this cre-ature, who ts-troyed them to General Fairfax for • consideration, Charlotte and her children found themselves pr aouero iu their own castle. Hhe was cost into pri-tui and kept there reduced to the lowtxit penury, her children starving around tier, whilst (h-m-ral Fairfax e joysl her revenue* and revel- d in his greatness a* Lord of Man. Her gr. tit heart, overwhelmed with grief ami m-l leas sorrow, burst in piece*. Hlie died iu I<lsl. tlolng to Sea It is not many year* since, say* the N--w York littirt, that our merchant marine was almost wholly mauued by meu from the aeoboord b>wn* an-1 vil lage* of the New England and Middle •State*. And though but few of the prtvM-nt pr-'U-ctory law* tbeu exi-xbxi. the trial* in court for ill usuage and cruelty at sea were th-u oomnarotively few ; and the desertion of the crew in a fon ign jxrt was likewise an iufnxjneni -•vent A hearty good f-x-hng aud sympathy exiabxl l*-twe-n the -ifficer* and the sailor*, who felt that they were working tog-tlnr for a common pur pose; and this wax strengthened by the fact tluit the aolx-rdinatea were often friend* and r-lativ.* of their HU|x>rior* in rank, and were workiug for promo tion. Now, however, there is a distinct ty(H of Bailor, who is as much looked down upou by the offl<x-r* of a vessel aa the Helots were by the ancient Spartan*, and perhaps as deservedly so. The young man who g--ea U> *>a, Ix-fore the nrnst, for the j.nr|x*w of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the profession is now an exceptional tx-rwon : and even with our reduced commerce, there is a gn-ab-r demand for -ffl-x-rs of veaoel* than would seem poeaible to those who have not looked inbi this subject. Those who die off, or who, from old age, quit the aervioe, leave but few to take their place who have been properly educated from the forecastle upward. The en tire s. rvioe lia* lxcome demoralized, an-i parents do not care to trad their sou* nudcr such intlnenix-a. l*ixs of Self-Control in ItMltle. Count de Pari* give* some curious iu stanees -if the loss of self-possession iimotig soldiers iu the heat of bottle. He state# that among 24.000 load-d musket* picked tip nt random on the Gettysburg battlefield, one-fourth only wen- properly loaded, 12,000 contained each ft -lauble charge, aud the other fourth from three to ten charges. In some there were six balls to a single charge of powder; other* couta-ned six cartridges, one on top of the other with out having lxxn opened. A few had twenty-three complete charge* regularly inserted. Finally in the barrel of a single musket there were found oom pletely jumbled together twenty two Iml I* and sixty two buckshots, with a proportionate quantity of jxiwder! "But wi> should not severely criticise the American soldier," add# the antbor, " for it appears that au examination of the battlctii-ld* of the Crimea gave simi lar mmlt*." WHAT IT WOULD HAVK —Hjieakiug of the laat prize fight, the New York Her ald says: Two vicious brutes, known b> pugilistic fame a* "Jimmy" Weed en au-1 " Billy" Walker, both of Phila delphia, met iu the prize ring and pounded each other until " Billy " Wal ker died. We raise no objection what ever to ruffians like these killing each other, but as the law has declared such a mode of slaying murder we sincerely hotxi that Pennsylvania law will send "Jimmy" after "Billy" by the best line that can be procured for the pur pose. THK ConiiLEK's LAST WORDS.—" I feel that I wax weaker each succeeding day, and that I am fast approaching my end; a few more stitches and all will be over; and I shall go whore there is rest for the weary sole, aud every sorrow will bo heeled." Having said awl ho wished, he calmly breathed his last. TKTiMS: S k ~i.OO a Year, in Advance. THK THAMES' PAIIAIHHK. Uoi -r iui urx la Ik' NtwJtrwi sasain Haw Tfcat IJva. The mam retr-at of the Iramjra in East* m N< w Jersey, a oorre*|xindent of the .Vun says, is" in the grovea and swamps lxrd' ring tlm Pennsylvania roll road a short distance above Waverley slatum. As this jxiiiit nearly muiway twtw.. u Elizabeth and Newark, the officer of Ixith citn* diaclaim jurtadtc turn over it. and the trftnpa, recxigutatug it as neutral grounds, have taken p<>a amnion. Night alter night during tiie oust four months their camp fire* have lighted up the swamp, and crowd* of males and female* have held oaruiva! beiieatli the tree*. Tramp* of every nationality, age, and condition resort to tin* rendezvous, and the farmer* of the adjacent Ji*trict have suffered so severe ly from their deprrxiation* that they liave determined to take the matter into their own hauda, and drive out the in* raudere. Th Peuusylvanla railroad company ha* ilsu auffertxi from liu-tr |)iracie* and lawleaanexa, AX new And old tie* bsve been liurtltxi, telegraph Jx.les have been injured, and train* have beam atoned by some of the drunken mis creauU. A few nights ago at least thirty of these outcasts were congregated iu and around a blazing log fire far in among the tree* in the swamp. In teroperoed among the crowd were five hideous looking women. One of the peculiar yelps of one of the men in the gang, while psuHung a farmyard at night, it is said, will Bet every dog in the neigh borhood to howling, and he is further distinguished a* one of the most adroit thieve* on the rood. Not far off sat four men playing " seven up " for jieunie*, and scattered around in various position* were a dozen of more, chatting or mak ing preparation* for " turning in" for the night. Empty tomato cans, ham boner, broken croekem, and feathers, tile debris of former feasts, were oeat tered on the ground. A short distance above, cooking their evening meal, were several strange tramps, rugged, filthy, and, judging from, their language, " down on " the crowd below. One of the party, dirtier and more piratical in appearance than hi* companions, was pointed out a* " French Lou." He said that he had just reached "the letreat" the night liefore, and had been robbed of a silver watch by the other gang, (Hunting over bis shoulder. " Wait and nee," said an other, iu a significant way, " if we don't get square vet wid dem fellow*. We'll put up * j'ob on em that'll make 'em sick.' When questioned as bo work and the prospect*, the Frviictimau—who spoke excellent English replied : " Work ! What do we care for work when there's plenty to eat without it I" "That's so," chimed in another. "It's no use for us to attempt to work; we couldn't get any if we tried. Down in Fhiladelpfav, the other Jay, I was arrest xl and locked up for asking lor work, aud do you think I'll run that risk agalu 1 Why, the country is rich enough to suj jort such gentlemen a* we Lx-, and thi-u not loci it. Talk about hard timea, why liieoe are just bully!" " How alxmt the coining winU-rf" The tranijxi made no r*ply for a mm lib- or So, when a little dried-up follow answered : " We'll get along well enough. We understand our buainexs, and if there isn't bet tiuies m the big cities by ("nristniaa, I'm a fool." " 'Tam t going to U* like it was last winter, you can just bet your liottom dollar," said another. ' We'll have something to live on; ruid if we haw to fight for it, why we'll do that." The uight following, a Troy mahler, while walking along the railroad track, with u little bundle iu hi* hand, wo* ac ©osh-d by three trn.p from the swamp, who demanded his money. The molder knock-vl the apokesman down; but be fore he could realize his peril wa* iu turn knocked dowu, sad was robbed of jl 50—all the money he po*e*ed. Two oJ Ins assailsnts even writed to take hi* bundle, but were persuaded by tlie third of the (-arty to let him retain it, aud h' was suffered to go on his way upon giving hi* promise not to tell the police. "The r< treat," a* it is known to the tramps, is silent during the day, it* regular denizen* lx-ing out on b-ur* iu adjacent town* or cities, or among the farmers in the vicinity. To ward dusk they may la- seen returning, " dropping in from the railroad track and country roa.l, singly, or in pair*, and are hwl'sight of in the thicket winch screens their lianuta from Uie rxul. A farmer wi-o lives in the vicinity e*ti mate* that, since the commencement of the present y-*r, fully one thousand chickens, young turkey* and g-x-s- have Ix-eu stolen from hima-lf and hi* neigh bors; their fences have been torn down, their cow* milked in their i>**tnre*, and, in several instances, their orchards stripped of the green fruit. Tbey are now apprehensive that the corn in the fields will suffer unless prompt action for the driving away of tram pa is inau gurated. Life in Arizona. An Eastern gentleman engaged in ininiDgin Arizona ha* writb-u to a friend in New York, giving an acconnt of the difficulties under which mining opera tion* are prosecuted iu that Territory. He *ays: The amount of progress I make seem* b> uie small, but you can have no idea of the difficulties which have to lx constantly met and over com--. The lalx-r i* very unreliable, and it i* hard to get * day's "work for a -lay'* pay, and there i* n strong feeliug of jealousy Wtveeu the white* and Mexi can* which i* hard b> overcome. The weather i hot beyond belief. Never, I think, less than uiuety degree* in the shade, and from that np to 120 degree*. There i* no lumber in the country, aud all the building ha* to lx- done with ootbuiwcxxl jxile*, and hauled five mile# on jacka**--* to the mine. In addition, 1 have had hi |>ack wab-r five mile*, a* we have had no rain, and tb* tanks at th* mine are exhausted. We have now killed three rattlesnake* iu the house, beside* any quantity of scorpions, etc. Iu opening"my trunk 1 was stung in the fiugt-i by a scorpion. I bound a poul tice of onion* and tolwoco -in the wound au.l drank three full pint* of whisky, it make me very drunk, and I think killed the other poison, although my whole hand aud arm was numb for a day or two. It is a pretty hard country, and three men have already died of thirst near here. My last letters were sent here from the mine (only fourteen mile* distant) by au old Sootch tuau. The letters did not arrive, anil we searched for him aud found bini dead only four miles from camp. Ho was stripped aud his nails were worn from his hand# by scratching in the sand for wab-r. We have sent out twioe an-1 brought in men who were crazy aud blind and speech I*o* from thirst. The Run is terrinly hot, and the rocks so hot that they blister the flesh if touched. You can hardly realize what a eouutry it is, nor how expensive it is, as well as hard work, to accomplish much. Trans portation, more than anything else, is the great bugbear. A few days sinoe the poor Empress Charlotte escaped from the Chateau de Lackon, where Rhe is still nnder oare. After finding her it wa* difficult to make her return, and Rhe was induced to do so at length by the stratagem of fling ing flowers before her, as she is very fond of flowers. NUMBER 39. Tin: TiiLUH OK MISSOURI. Tbo mi ot. of • Mloaolor IWO. Ibo Obbiioo - Haw ibay Cat a .Mao to Piaeoo 4 (Mark kla 11000 mm o Polios. The following has juat boon received from a reliable oorrcapuudeot at Ken ro.lt, Arkanoaa ; Subjoined are Ibo airk ••uiug detail* of one of the itiaogni aid iii'o*t extraordinary tragedies CV<* . uacted in tlm history of tho world. Be fore referring to the murder a few curi ous facta byway of introduotion are m o eaeary. Al*out two an 1 one half milei aouth of Hearcy. the aeat of White coun ty, is a wild looking place known an Gum Spring the residents of which are known an Cobbitea, owing to the fact that au old man named Cobb, who claims to be ChriMt, rule* with an iron hand, liis eraay followers claim to identify him by curtain marks in the palms of his hands, and he has during the past year made many believe in his doctrine, the main point of which is that every one in the community should live in adultery in order that the souls of the women might be purified. The principal ren dezvous of the Cobbitea is in an old log hut in Gum Spring, which is on the main road leading from Hearcy to Little Book. Hi:ring tha past few dy* the atten tion of passers by hsa been attracted by strange noises, and this fact I wing con veyed to citizens of Hearcy they deter mined ta investigate the matter. Mr. C. I>. Humphreys, of Hearcy, and a Mr. Blake, from Klrass, in this oownty, determined to visit Gum Hprings and see what was going on. The strange noises were heard a-i they reached that locality, and on driving past the tint they were aoouated by Mr. Hover, who claimed to be one of God's people. Mr. Humphreys proposed that they should run back and see what was wanted, they did so, and were invited into the hut, Hover asserting that God was in there. Aa soon as they stepped down from the vehicle Humphrey! ws seized by four men and Blake by U .:r women. The hitter snooeeded in break ing away, but the former was unable to do so. Blake mn about one hundred yards, and, on looking back, saw the men cut ting his companion to pieoaa with long knives. He at onoe started fur loan, but the buggy was upset and demolish ad. He then mounted his horse, rode to Hearcy at breakneck speed and re ported the terrible occurrence to the citizens. A force was at once raised and pro ceeded to the rescue. On arriving at the spring a frightful sight met their gaze. The Cobbitea had decapitated Humphreys and stuck his head on a paling. A boy who was riding bv was compelled to get off his borne and bow to the bead three times. He was also made to pray and then told to huiry away or the bowels of the earth would open and swallow liim. Wheu the poase arrived M. T. C. Black, the leader, shouted to Dover to come forward. The I'itU-r wanted to talk the matter over. He picked up Humphrey's lit ad at Inter vals, caught it by the hair with both hands, shook it Kick and forth and then replaced it on the fence, ordering the crowd, with a menacing gesture, to go away. Trie Cohhito* theu commenced to jabber in their peculiar way at n furious rate. Mr. Black did everything in hi* power to *alm them, without avaiL Do ver and his crowd then started toward Black, with no good intention, and his {Mieae fired, killing two men nd wound ing on%. The remainder—four men, four women ami two babies—were ar rested and taken to jail. While in cos todv they talked about their Jeans, meaning Cobb, asserting thst be could turn the gate* of hell at will and would come and nweos them. This vw> about -ix r. m. , and the town was wild with excitement. It was feared that the prn* oneis would be lynched. Scouts were sent out to the vicinity of the log but anil a guard placed over the dead bodies there. Another jxwae, about two miles the other side of Gum Hpriug, captured a wagon load of Cobbitea—two men, two women and three children. They were on their way to the church when taken and anew nothing of the murder. They wen* brought to Hearcy and lodged in a hotel, with a guard over them. A pre liminary examination hM hekl, when t hey were all released aud i eturned to Gum Spring. Tliey talked inceasantly about their religion and gesticulated constantly. There i* no doubt that they are ail oraz.v from the combined effects of religiou and starvation. Men, women and childreu are as gaunt as a pack of famished wolves. Since the above was written they have all quieted somewhat, and apparently begin to realize their situation. They decline to talk at all, aud will not notice au outsider. This extraordinary affair created unprecedented excitement in this vicinity. A Model Wife's Letter. True love, not content to book in the Micshiu* without an umbrella handy in ca*e of rain, finds fit expression in the following letter, which the Danbury Sew it has divulged: Mr Dr.An Hi sbam' : I got here lost night all safe, and was met at the station by uucle and aunt. They were so glad I" had come, but were sorry that you wore not along. I miss you so much. We had hot rolls for breakfast this morning, aud they were so delicious. I want you to be so happy while 1 am here. Don't keep the meat up stairs. It will surely spoil. Do you miss me now f Oh ! if you were only here, if but foran hour, lias Mrs. O'R brought back your shirts* J hooe the bosoms will suit you. You will find the milk tickets in the clock. 1 forgot to tell you about them when I came sway. What did you do last evening? Were you lonesome without me? Don't forget to scald the milk every moruing. And 1 wish you would ace if 1 left the potatoes in the pautry. If 1 did they must be sour by this tunc. How are you getting along ? Write me all about it. But I must dose now. Oceana oi love to you. Affec tionately yonr wife, . P. B.—Don't si t the teapot on the stove. A Queer Verdict. The disaster on board her majesty's ship Thunderer han been thoroughly in vestigated by the coroner, and, after an mquiry laatiug several weeks, the jury haw returned a verdict of accidental death.' This rendering is in keeping with a recent one in the case of the run ning down of a yacht by tjueen Vic toria's pleasure steamer, the Victoria and Albert. Of course it was a pure acci dent that the safety valves of the Thun derer's boiler were tightly wedged down wheu the fires were lighted aud steam was gotten up. The omission on the part of the engineeis to examine the coudition of tho boiler must be recog nized as accidental. it was an unfor tunate accident that .eater in a dose reservoir should make steam when the temperature was raised above the boil ing point. It was entirely accidental that the ship was built at all, for that matter. If the English people are sat isfied with the SMrdiot we have nothing more to say, bnt the wood " accident " has reoeived a new meauing. There is a law in Wisoonsin that when a man dies without heirs, his property goes to the State school fuud. A Bird'* Sour. Ttshadow of a bird On tea abodow of * booth; Hwaet and cteur bio •oaf hi board. "Hook mm now -I aoak thw now t" Thm bird iWtnfa * of raoeb in tha swaying tra* Hot bia shadow on tha jraitten walb b|b bo* louga to no. Tbo phantom of US lova Paiaa dream* with hopo do*b fIU, HofUy ringing, fat oboro, '• harm no ouil-1 tova that oUll 1" Tbo crooi vlriona bovwr at my ood booit'a door, foot tbo 000 l I lo?o to oooring 00l of rtooh for* ooornoro. Item* of lutere*t. A pateul ha* Iwn granted to a Balti more man for "au improvemfflst in oys ters." A Nw London lady lias taught her . large Newfoundland dog to hold up her train when aha in crossing muddy of duzty street*. Bug laud has waged forty-nine want since 1300; France, thirty-eight; Bus Him. twenty two; Austria, twelve; aud Prussia eight A Western man moves that the hickory tree be made an emblem of the j United Bute*, a* the oak is of England aud the laurel of Greece. Them la aaid to be something c;f soling tor every ill in this life. For in stance, if a man u bald headed, his wife can't pull his hair. A prize of SSOO is offered by the Geor gia Bute Agricultural Society for a pre ventive or cure of hog cholera; and an other of S2OO for chicken (holer*. A physician advertises in the news papers that he has no power over his sppetite for alcohol, and that he will prosecute anybody who sells him any. Jessie Cleveland, * girl seventeen, year* of age, of Han Francisco, G*L # was sent to the county jail for seventy-five cays as a common drunkard. They boast of a man in Pennsylvania who, in eleven years, haa devonred more than twenty thousand eggs, aomotima* eating as many as twenty-five * day. An exchange, in writing organ grinder, always pule it organ grinder, i>u the ground, it sayfc, that everything Italian should properly be in italics. Beef and mutton cost slxmf three cents a pound in Berria,a turkey letch** a shilling, a pair of fowls may be had for six cents, and a draught ox only covte from teu to twelve dollars. Two young women in BL Louis got into the parlor of a woman whom they hated, and cut the upholstery to a damaging extent, of S2OO. They were convicted of the offense, and fined SIOO each. " Hid yon see a wolf and a dog go by here Tasked a banter of a wuodcliop per. " Yaaa, I did." " Well, how was they—about nip and tuckf" "Not quite, milder; the dog woe about nix lengths ahead." A farmer tb* other day wrote to a New York merchant, asking bow the former'* boo was getting along, and where he slept nigbu. The me rchant replied : " He sleeps in the store in tho daytime. I don't know where be sleeps nights." There us cavern near Decorah, lowa, nailed the ice cave. It is two hundred feet deep, and in the summer the water which dripe from the rocks freest* a it fails. Th Ktraxigu thing is that in win ter no ice forms m the cave, even that of summer disappearing. In Arkansas a man won sentenced to be hanged, bat all the carpenters in the neighborhood refused to build the soaf folX As the condemned man war;him self a mrrrrt" by trade, the sheriff tried to induce him to put up a gallows, but he steadfastly declared that he'd be hanged if he would. The biggest corn story of the mood oomcs from Mount Carmei, 1:1-, where, it is asserted, on the form of Wo. John sou is a stock of corn the top of which l* forty feet from the ground. There !oe two ears of corn growing upon it id tin- distance of thirty odd feet from the level of th* surrounding ocuutry. A Burlington schooUxiy views the advent of school days without a tremor, heoana*. be says, he is pained to on ojl that his father lbs. him without qr. nearly every day, worse than ever his teacher did", Boris be the only unhappy boy in town ; he say* he kaows a rwt. the return of school day* wish eager impatience. A Maine minister, advertising for a lost pocketbook containing SB, said : •• Tho person who has it know* whose it is, becsDM my name is in it, and if honest will return it. If not, be will, of course, keep it, and accept my advice to use the money for the purchase of a a stool of repentance that is charged with ignitibie brimstone-" A twelve-year-old boy jumped into a riv* r at Roseburg, Oregon, to rescue a 1 younger brother. He was swimming to ward the shore with the little oue when his mother, who hod in her excitement j gone too near the edge of tb* hank, itlipped into the stream. He instantly let go hi* bold, and went to cave the mother, and all three were drowned. When Mrs. Patience Remington, of North Smithftvld, Conn., celebrated her tuueti -fifth birthday recently, her three sons--triplets—fifty-nine year* old, were • present. When they were born their father was offered SIOO to name them Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but his pa triotism was greater than his avarice, and be named them Washington, Jeffer son ud Monroe. Wood pavement* have a better name for durability iu London than tu this country. The city engineer reports that after being treated with asphalt, which keeps out the surface water, wood is one of the most durable pavements. It is cheaply laid, noiseless, smooth and elas tic. Before a horse fall* be may be ex pected to travel on granite 132 miles, on asphalt 191 miles, on wood #46 mile*. A convict who escaped from a North Carolina jail stopped at a farmhouse and told the inmates that he was an officer in pursuit o! a fugitive and had put on the prison dress in order to deceive him. He asked for a revolver and got it. At another place, by telling the siune lie, he borrowed a horse. Several bloodhounds overtook him, but be shot them. Yet, after all hi* good luck, ho was captured. A Chattanooga farmer's house was robbed. Next morning a stranger called and said that be was one of the robbers, and be showed a locket The farmer said that he valued the locket because it Had been worn by a dear child. " Here it l*," said the robber, seemingly affect ed, "Let me make restitution. Here are S2O for your little son." He handed the farmer a counterfeit SSO bill and re ceived S3O change. The English court of chancery budget for 1874-75 is an exceedingly interesting document The enormous sum* admin istered by the oourt are annually increas ing. The assets in cash and securities were £37,000,000, mostly in three per cent securities and bank stocks. The American stcurities amounted to $500,- 000. Among the curious accounts is a long array of boxes with jewelry, etc., lodged for greater security in the vaults of the Bank of England. During his recent stay at Ischl the emperor of Austria saved the child of a I poor woman from a violent death. As j he was passing through the Bettenbacb gorges, a boy of four years old fell oyer a precipice, and his clothe* having caught ou a projecting branch, was sue- Detided over a torrent some fifty feet below, The emperor, whose proficiency in all athletic sports is well known, jumped across the precipice, freed the boy from his perilous position, and took him back to his mother. The Virginia way to cook chicken is: The fowl to be killed, plucked and evis cerated in the shortest possible time; on no aooount is it to be washed, but it must be wiped dry with a dean napkin and cut into six parts —the breast, tne two wings, ihe back and the two legs. The whole is then to be thrown into a fryingpan with butter, cream, mush (small cakes of Indian meal dough); the whole to tie done before the flesh loses its natural heat, and the fryingpan and contents must be boated in advUM < receive tin ahicsou.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers