Ton Know How II I* Yonraeir.
An old farmtionee with meadow wide.
And sweet with olover on aaeh aid# ;
A bright eyed boy who kicked from ont
Tha door with woodbina wreathed about,
And winhaa hi* one It onght all day
" Ob ! if 1 ootiM but fly away
From Una dull -|*>t the world to aaa.
H >w happy, happy, hap^y,
How happy I would be t"
Amid tha oity'e oonatant din,
A man who round the world haa bean
la thinking, thinking all day long :
•• Oh ! if 1 ooeld only traoe once more
Tb# flnld path to the farmhouse door.
Tna old green maadowe oould I aee,
ll.iw happy, happy, happy,
How happy 1 would he !"
Mis* Flipp at the Centennial.
Oh. Mim Flipp, of New York city, lately went
to aee the ebow
That , held in Philadelphia thia aaaaon, aa
yon know;
And the thing* thai danteel aaw and heard, tha
thing* ahe learned and fait.
Would All an anchorite with joy, or bean of
Nero molt.
1 heerd her tell her deareel friend about it ail
one day,
And 1 beg to tell the etory in Iter owu aweel
girlish way.
" 1 saw, oil, Boey ' let. of thing*. The trip
was, eh ' *o fin*—
1 a-or* my ecru polonaise with whit* embroid
ered vine.
The loveliest machinery, eo grand, you knew ;
and then
'Twa* fun to ee them working it—the** lovely,
dirty men.
My cavaher wont wild with rag* beeaoe* 1
watched them ao :
The** nobby fellow* a!war* are ao joaloua,
dear, you know.
Ttie flue art gallery, they say. i* nice a* it
can be ;
Hut really there wa* euch a crew J 1 didn't try
to *ee
In the Japanese dej-artinenl I bought ui* such
a fan !
1 wonder how they ever learned to make thing*
in Japan.
Aud, oh ! the way I roahed around, on foot,
dear, and ou chain,
Wu fearful, for iu such a place moel every
body stare*.
1 didu't mind, becauee it's only every hnndred
year* ,
Centennials corns, and no on# care* bow J tut
one girl appears
(So ancle said). Bat ooe can't help one s feel
ings. after all.
Whet; one's feather all get limpey and one's
pu!T get njuetr.d eo small.
Bat it really is, when all is doue. a satisfac
tion, dear.
To have been at the Centennial. and not seeoi
green and
And then the et-ks and dowers, and lovely
iaee—oh, my !
They make yon and. because you see, they're
awful hard to bay.
To see them does expand the rniud, and give
you new ideas:
I'm going to oopy me a dreee that's shown by
Madame Speers ;
I'm going to get a bonnet, too, made Just like
one 1 saw
A perfect darling ! just a mass of roeee. lace
and straw.
I saw a real live Turk one day ibat didu t like
to look),
All dreeed in sword arid trowsers, like a {go
to** in a book.
Ton needn't go abroad, they say, for all the
world is there ;
And really I do feel as if I'd been most every
where.
There's everything on earth to see -suih Jew
elry and lace !
1 mast say the Centennial is jast the sweetest
place.
1 went to the Trvu Frrrrs, and had, oh 1 such
a heavenly time
With Mr. K. and Harry 8.. who really turna
ont priqie.
Booh lovely cream! although they charge
they say—
Which doesn't matter much to girls, as we
don't hare to pay.
Ob, mercy on us ! I must go. But I'm glad
I've seen the show,
And told you all about it, and the things yoa
oagtit to know."
lUuar.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Bt T. S. ARTHUR.
"Ihd you see that i" said Mrs. Jones
to her fri* ml Mrs. Lyon, with whom she
was walking.
"See what I"
" Why, that Mrs. Todd didn't speak to
ma"
" No. I thought she spoke to you as
well as to me."
"Indeed, then, she didn't."
" Are you nre I"
"Sure. Can I beliero my own eyes J
She nodded and spoke t.> yon; but ah<
didi.'t as much as look at me."
" What in the world can be the reasjn,
Mrs Junes f"
'• Dear knows 1"
41 1u i oertiinly mast be mistaken.
Mrs Todd would not refuse to speak to
one of her old friends in the street."
" Humph 1 I don't know. She's
rath- r queer sometimes. She's taken a
miff U something, I suppose, aud mean*
to cut my acquaintance. But I "hall not
distress myself about it. She isn't all
the world."
"IIve you done anything likely to
offend her ?" asked Mrs. Lyon.
• Me?" returned her companion; "no,
n>t that I am aware of. But certain
people are always on the look out for
som< thing or other wrong, and Mrs.
Tod l i" one of that kind."
" I never thdnght so, Mot. Jones."
"S ie Is, then. I know her very well."
" I'm sorry,"said Mr. Lyon,evincing
ago -d deal of concern. " Hadn't you
bett-r go to her iu a plain, straight-for
ward way, and the reason of her con
duct t This would mak" all be clear in ,
a moment."
" G • to her, Mrs. Lyoa !" exclaimed
Mrs. J iocs, with ill-concealed indigua- i
tion. " No, indeed—that I will not.
Do you think I would demean myself so
much ?"
" I am not so suro that by se doing
you would demean yourself an you say.
There is, clearly, some mistake, and such
a oo irse woul l correct all false impres
nions. But it was only a suggestion,
thrown out for your consideration."
•'Oh, no, Mrs. Lyon !" replied Mrs.
Jon< s, with warmth. '' You never find
me cringing to people, and begging to
know why ihey are pleased to cut my ac
quaintance. I feel quite as good as any
body, aud consider myself of as much
consequence as the proudest and Lest.
Mrs. Todd needn't think I care for Le-r
acquaintance. I never valued it a pin."
Notwithstanding Mrs. Jones' perfect
indifference toward Mrs. Todd, she con
tinue-1 to talk about her pretty much
after this fashiou. growing more excited
all the while, during the next half honr,
at the cloje of which time the ladies
parb-d company.
When Mrs. Jonca met her husband at
the dinner table, she related what had
happened daring the morning. Mr.
•Tones was disposed to treat the matter
lightly, but his wife soon satisfied him
tliat the thing was no joke.
" What can be Mrs. Todd's reason
for such conduct?" he asked, with a se
rious air.
'• I can't tell for my life."
" She most have heard some false re
port alajut you."
" It's as likely as not. Bat what can
it be?"
" Something serious to cause her to
take so decided a stand as Bhe seems to
have done."
Mr. Jones looked grave and spoke in
a grave tone of voice. This made mat
ters worse. Mrs. Jones' first idea was
that Mrs. Tod - had heard something
that she might have said about her; and
that wonnded pride had caused her to
do as she had done. Bnt her husband's
remark suggested other thoughts. It
was possible that reports were in circu
lation calculated to injure her social
binding, and Mrs. Todd's conduct to-
Krd her was not the result of any
pique.
FRED. KTJRTZ. Ktlitor and 1 ropriotor.
VOLUME IX.
" It was crrtaiuly Ntraugo and uuac
countable," she said, in nii|t to lior
huatiand's last remark, .(making m *
thoughtful tone.
"Would it not lie the fairest and ln*l
wr (or yon to go and aak for an ex
plana! ion f"
"No, I can't do that," replied Mm.
Jones, quickly. "I am willing to l>e*r
undeserved contempt, and unjust cen
sure, but I will ueTcr humble myself to
any oue."
For the reel of the day, Mrs. Jonea'
thought* all (lowed iu oue channel. A
hundred reason a for Mr*. Todd's strange
ixinduct were imagined, but nope seem
ed long satisfactory. At last she re
membered having spoken pretty freely
about the lady, to a certain individual
who was not remarkable for his discre
Hon.
" That's it!" ahe said, rising from her
chair, and walking nervously across the
door of her chamber, backward and for
waril, for two or three times, while a
burning glow suffused her cheek.
" Isn't it too bail that words, spoken in
confidence, should have been repeated!
1 don't wonder ahe is offended I '
The idea was retained for a time, and
then abandoned for some other that
seemed more plausible. For the uext
two weeks Mrs. Joucs was very unhap
py. She did not meet Mrs. Todd dur
ing that period, but she saw a number of
her friends, to whom either she or Mrs.
Lyon ha 1 oommuuicated the fact al
ready stated. All declared the conduct
of Mrs. Todd to be unaccountable; but
several, among themselves, had shrewd
suspicions of the real cause. Oouversa
Hons ou the subject, like the following,
were held:
" I can tell yon what I think about it,
Mrs. S. You know Mrs. Jones is pretty
free with her tongue t"
" Yes."
" You've heard her talk about Mrs.
Itoiir
" I don't remember, uow."
" I have, often. She doesn't spare
her sometimes. You know, yourself,
that Mrs. Todd has queer ways of her
own."
" Sht is not perfect, certainly."
" Not by a great deal; and Mrs. Jones
has not hesitated to say so. There is
not the least doubt in my mind that
Mrs. Todd has heard something "
" Perhaps so. But she is very foolish
to take any notice of it."
"So I think. But you know she is
touchy."
In some instances, the conversation
assumed a grave form:
" Do you know what has struck me in
this matter of Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Todd I" says one scandal loving person
age to another, whose taste ran parallel
with her own.
" No. What is it I" eagerly a-ks the
auditor.
" 1 will tell you. But you mustn't
speak of it for your life."
" Never fear me."
The commuuication is made iu a deep
whisper.
" Bless me !" exclaims the recipieut
of the secret "It surely cannot be
so!"
" Tbeie is not the least doubt of it 1
had it from a source that cannot be
doubted."
" How in the world did von hear it I"
"In away not dreamed of by Mrs. j
"No doubt Mrs. Todd has heard tin
same."
" Not the least in the world. But ,
don't you thi- k her to blame in refusing
to keep Mrs. Jones' company, or eveufc j
speak to her f"
" Certainly I do. It happened a long
time ago, and no doubt poor Mrs. Jone*
has suffered enough on account of it.
Indeed, I don't think she ought to Is
blamed in the matter at all. It was her :
misfortune, not her fault."
"So I think. In fact, I believe she
is just as worthy of respect and kind
ness as Mrs. Todd."
"No doubt of it in the world ; and
from me she shall always receive it."
" And from me also."
In this way the circle spread, so that
before two weeks had elapsed there were j
no less than twenty different notion*
held about Mrs. Todd's liehavior to
Mrs. Jones. Some talked very seriotish
about cutting the acquaintance of Mrs
Joues also, while others took her side ;
and threatened to give np the acquaint i
ance of Mrs. Todd.
Thus matters stood, whan a mutual
friend, who wished to do honor to eom
visitors from a neighboring city, sent
out invitations for a party. Before
these invitations were dispatched, it was
seriously debated whether it would do
to invi e both Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Todd, considering how matters stood
between them. Tlie decision was in
favor of letting them take care of their
own difficnlti<.
"If I thought Mrs. Todd woakl la
there I am sure 1 wouldn't go," said
Mrs. Jones, on receiving her card of
invitation.
" I hardly think that would be acting
wisely," replied Iter husband. " Yon
are not conscious of having wronged
Mrs. Todd. Why, then, should you
shun her ? '
" But it isso unpleasantto meet a per
son with whom you have been so long
a tiniate, who refuses to speak to you."
"No doubt it is. Still we ought not
to go out of onr way to shun that per
son. Let us, while we d not attempt
to interfere with the liberties of others,
be free ourselves. Were I in your place,
I would not move an inch to keep out of
her way."
" I have not your firmness. I wish I
had. It was only yesterday that I
crossed the street to keep from meeting
her face to face." .
" You were wrong."
"I can't help it. It is my weakness.
Three times already have I pnt myself
about to avoid her ; and if I could frame
any good excuse for staying away from
this party I certainly should do so. I
would give anything for a good sick
headache on Tuesday next!"
" I am really aahatned of von, Ellen !
F thought you more of a woman?" raid
Mr. Jones.
The night of the party at length came
round. During the whole day preoed
ing it, Mrs. Jones could think ft noth
ing but the unpleasant feelings she
would have upon meeting with Mrs.
Todd, and her "heart was in her
month " all the time. She wished a
dozen times that it would rain. Bnt her
wishes availed nothing. Not a cloud to
be seen in clear blue firmament from
morniDg until evening.
"Oh, if I only had some good excuse
for staying at home 1" she said, over and
over again, bnt no good excuse offered.
Mr. Jones saw that his wife was in a
very unhappy state of mind, and tried
his bent to cheer ber, bnt with little
good effect.
"It is no use to talk to me, I can't
help it," she replied to his remonstrance,
in a husky voice. "I am neither a
stock nor a stone."
" There's Mrs. Jones,"said one friend
to another, on seeing the lady they
named enter Mrs. 's well filled par
lors.
"Where is Mrs. Todd?" asked the
lady addressed.
"Bare enough! where is she?" re
plied the other. " Oh, there she is in
the other room. I wonder why it is that
she does not speak to Mrs. Jones,"
"No one knows."
"It's very strange."
"I'll tell von what I've heard."
" What?''
"That she's jealous of Mrs, Jones.''
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
" Kidiculcus !"
| " lan't it f"
" I doti't lielievo a word of it,"
"Nor I. I only told you what I had
heard."
" There must le some other reaaou."
"And doubtless ia."
Meantime Mrs. Jouea found a neat in
| a corner, where she ensconced herself,
| witli the determination of keeping her
place during the evening, that she
might avoid the unpleasantness of ooni
ing in contact with Mm. Todd. All thin,
of course, was very weak iu Mrs.
Jones ; but she liad uo mdejxuident
strength of character, it must t>o owned.
" Poor Mrs. Jouea I How cut down
she looks," remarked a lady who kuew
all about the trouble that existed. " I
really feel sorry for her."
" She takes it a great deal too much
to heart," was the reply. "Mrs. redd
might refuse to siieak to me a doaen
times if she liked, 1 wouldu't titeak my
heart. But where is she I"
" In the other room, us gay and lively
as ever I saw her. >See, there she in ! '
" Yen, 1 nee her. Hark ! You can
hear her laugh to here. 1 must con
fess I don't like it. 1 don't believe
she has any heart. She must know
that Mrs. Junes is hurt at what site lias
done."
" Of course ahe does, and her manner
is meant to instill her.
Seeing the disturbed and depressed
state of Mrs. Jones' mind, two or three
of her friends held a consultation ou the
subject, and finally agreed that they
would aak Mm. Todd, who seemed pur
(xwely to avoid Mm. Jouea, why ahe
acted toward her as she did. But be
fore they could find an opportunity of
doing so, a messenger came to say that
one of Mm. Todd's children had been
taken suddenly ill. The lady withdrew
immediately.
Mm. Jones breathed more freely on
learning that Mrs. Todd had gone home.
Soon after she emerged from her place
in the comer, and mingled with the
company during the rest of the evening.
Ou the followiug morning, three la
dies, personal friends of Mrs. Todd, met
by appointment, and entered into grave
consultation. They had undertaken to
find out the cause of offense that hadoc
curred of so serious a character as to
lead Mrs. Todd to adopt so rigid a
course toward Mrs. J nes, and if possi
ble to reconcile matters.
" The sickness of her child will be a
good excuse for us to call upon her,"
said outp "If he is better, we cau in
troducc the matter judiciously."
" I wouder how she will take it f"
suggested another.
" Kindly, I hope," remarked the
third.
" Suppose she does not J"
" We have done our duty.
" True. And tliat iMUScioosnees
ought to be enough for us."
" She is a very proud woman, and my
fear is that, having taken an open and .
decided stand, she will yield to neither
argument nor persuasion. Last night
she over acted her part. While she care
fully avoided coming iu contact with
Mm. Jones, she was often near her, and
on such occasions talked and laughed
louder tlian at any other time. I thought,
ouce or twice, that there was something
of malice exhibited in her conduct."
To this one of the ths-s iwe-iitett. Hut
the other thought differently. After
some other discussion, and an lnefft ctnal
attempt to decide which of them should
o|>eu the matter hi Mm Todd, the ladies
sallied forth on their errand of (xxice.
They found Mm. Todd at h< -me, who re
ceived them iu her usual agreeable
manDer.
" How is your little boy I" was the
drst -question, after the first salutations
were over.
"Much bettor than he was last nijht,
I thank yon. Indeed, he is quite as well
as usual."
" What vras the matter with him, Mr*.
Todd ?"
"It i hard to tell. I found hiui witii
a high fever when I got home. Bnt it
subsided iu the course of an hour. Chil- ;
dreu ofteu have such attacks. They j
will be quite sick one hour, and ap|>ar
ently well the next."
•' I am very glad to hear that it is
nothing serious,' said one of the indie . J
" I was afraid it might have been croup
or something as bad."
There was a pause.
" It seemed a little unfortunate," re
marked one of the visitor- , " for it de
prived yon of au even i<g's enjoyment.'
" Yes, it docs spptar so, but no doubt
it is all right. I suppose you Lad a very
ple&saut time I"
"Ob, yes. Delightful!"
"I hadn't seen half my friends when
I was summoned away. Was Mrs. Wil
liams there I"
"Oh, yes.'
"And Mrs. Gray f"
"Yes."
"And Mrs. Elder?"
" Yes."
" I didn't see either of them."
" Not a word about Mrs. Jones,"
thought the ladies.
A light running conversation, some
thing after this style, was kept up, with
occasional pauses, for half au hour,
when one of the visitors determined to
come to the point.
" Mrs. Todd —a-hem !" she said in
one of the pauses that always take place
in uninteresting conversation.
The lady'it tone of voice bad SO
changed from what it WHS a few mo
| raents lrefore, tliat Mrs. Todd looked up
'at her with surprise. No less changed
was the lady's oonntcuanoo. Mrs. Todd
was mystified. But she was not long in
: doubt.
" A hem! Mrs. Todd, we have come
to—to—as friends—mutual —friends—to
! ask you "
The lady's voice broke down; but two
or three " a hems I" partially restored it,
j and she went on :
" To ask why you refused to—to —
speak to Mrs. Jones?"
" Why I refused to speak to Mrs.
Jones?" said Mrs. Todd, her cheek
fiualiing.
" Yes. Mrs. Jones is very much hurt
al>ont it, and says she cannot imagine
the reason. It lias made her very uu
bappy. As mutual friends, we have
! thought it our duty to try and reconcile
matters. It is on this errand that we
have called this morning. Mrs. Jones
says she met you for the last time about
two weeks ago, and that you refused to
speak to her. May we ask the reason ?"
"You may, certainly," was calmly re
plied.
Expectation was now on tiptoe.
"What, then, was the reason ?"
" I did not see her."
"Why? Didn't you refuse to spoak
j to her?"
" Never in my life. I esteem Mrs.
Jones too highly. If I passed her, as
you say, without speaking, it was be
cause I did not see her."
In less than half an hour Mrs. Todd
was at the house of Mrs. Jones. What
passed between the ladies need not bo
told.
THE UTMOST OF SCIENCE. —A Paris
soene : There's a crowd on the street
around a man who has fallen in an apo
plectic fit. The doctor arrives. All
make way for him. He feels the suffer
er's pulse, plaoes his ear to bis heart,
and says that the man is dead. "Ah 1"
exclaims a bystander ; "if the doctor
had only arrived sooner." The man of
science smiles, and replies: "He is
dead I I, myself, could have done
nothing mors!
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTORER 12, 1870.
TIIK I'KAIKIF BUFFALO.
Tb# <ira4aal Kmllartlwa *1 aa Aalmal ibal
| Oar# Kemwr* lb* '*sila*al.
A paragraph in the Bt. Paul /Sonr<-r
/Vrs* and TnMtnr announces th fact
that a Arm in that city have iu store
i something like I'i.OOO buffalo roU-s,
which were preparing for the markets of
r the United .States. The traffic in buffalo
- robe* formerly pawtcd Uirough St. Paul
iu bulk to Chicago, New York, aud other
Pastern cities, where they were over
hauled and prepared for market.
I | Major F. ii. Eastman is the collector
1 of robes for the Bt. Paul house, aud ho
i secures his collections personally from
■ j the original sources of supply, the prin
cipal oue beiug Fort 1 teuton. From this
! iH-mt the robes are shipped by boat to
i i Bismarck and thence to HI. Paul and
i from St. Paul to Ohioago and New
York.
The buffalo ranges are becoming an
uuaily more circumscribed, and their ul
timate exhaustion is merely a question
iof time. Formerly the bison roamed
all over the North American continent;
while now, according to Major Eastman,
this aui at can only lie found iu alsuit
thrtxi localities. One herd ranges along
the headwaters of the Arkansas and
I'latU- rivers; a smaller oue browses
among the Big Horn mountains aud the
valleys and plaius iu tliat region, while
the great mass make their home north
of the Missouri and spread themselves
to tile Saskatchewan and west ward to the ,
liocky mountains. Formerly, too, it
was supposed that the buffalo spent the
winter ou the plains of Texas and the
southwest, but latterly the buffalo have
changed their habits, and the immense
herds north of the Missouri stay there
'aU the year round. There seems to l-e
no difficulty iu securing forage iu the
north during the winter, for buffalo
| killed in January are as fst as at any
other aeaeou, while the meat is uiu>-h
better in winter than iu summer. The
buffalo, with their feet aud horns, scrape
the snow from the prairies and eat the
dried grass with a relish. Major East
man nays that domestic cattle in Mou- ,
tana . Iso run wild, and live through the
winter unprotected and uniwisl fur, aud
in the spring arc found in cum(btratively
good condition.
The theory of those most familiar
with the subject is that the buffalo aud
the ludian will (-erish together. Though
the ludian is in cotmtaut pursuit of this
noble game, the buffalo never avoids lib
savage jiersecutor. On the contrary, the
ludian will et-tabliahhis camping ground
and then actually drive the buffalo to
j withm a abort distance of his wigwam
before be kills him, thus avoiding any
extended transportation of the raw bides
to the place win re they are dressed by
the squaws. Now, ou the other hand",
the buffslo, like the Indian, seems to
have an instinctive aversion to the white
man, aud wbeu the immigrant wagon
and the railroad car shall }x>ple the
West and Northwest, the bnffalo will
seek new and more inaccessible fields;
and, fiually, when he is surroundixi on
all sides, he will lie down and die, and
we'll have uo more buffalo ry'^s- ( ,
dflc range,
ir inti .lay there is scaively a buffalo
to be se-u west of the Kooky m"UUtains.
But it if admitted that it may be a long
while U f.-re the last buffalo shall pas* in
his robe, for a vast rat g- of country
spree '" out between the Missouri river
aiid the HaskaU'ln wan, which Pt a natural
feeiliug ground for the buffalo, and then
is no peroepublo diminution of the pro
' digious nerd tliat roams over this space. 1
There are collected annually at Fort
Benton alone aUmt 120,000 robes, nor
ly all of which are taken from the gre;d
northern herd, and yet the ludiaus aud
traders tlud no greater difficulty now in
getting them from their original own en
t hau they did years ago.
llKea.se* of fhe Ear in School*.
The paper of Dr. C. J. Blake. read
before the American Social Boituicc
AwHMUntkou. on the method by which
toaoln rs should uaoertain debet* of heir
iug in their pupils, call* attention to tin
IM •. TIADOC of recognizing the existence
. > chew among school children for
. am special provision in the way of
education must A made. This wi s
shown by the fact that onto' 8,715 !
coses of car disease, acoou)|<auied by ltn
pairment of hearing, '2,175. or twenty
live per cent., were children und< r
fourteen yearn of age, these statistic*
Aiug taken from children in public j
schools; also that in about twelve per
cent, then- was an existing aural disease
art enable to treatment. In the opiniou
of the writer the seriousness of theoou ,
dition of schools in this respect was not
great enomrh to justify the r>ort to an
additional department to the schools.
The instruction of partially deaf chil
li W>n in n school set apart for them was
objectionable and unnecessary for a
nnmber of reasons, bqt if they be re
tained in tho schools wiili other children,
it became neoeisary to rale them accord
ing to degree of individnal disability, in
order thai proper allowance might A
inaile for their defective hearing. To
this end a careful examination sbonld be
made iu each ewe, to determine the de
gree of deafness as tested by the dis
tance at which the voice of the teacher
can be heard in ordinary conversational
tone, and again by the pronunciation of
consonant tones. These testa oonld A
made by the toucher, and the following
directions for making them were given:
The teacher should always occupy, in
testing the different oasis, the same po
sition, preferably the rostrum or seat
usually occupied by Lira in school hours,
fie shonld speak m the same tone of
voice used in the schoolroom exercises.
The child to be tesbsl should la* placed
in front of the teacher and at the ex
treme limit of tho furthest line of Heats,
ami gradually advanced toward the
teacher at certain intervals, the test*
Aing repeated until a point in reach" d
at which the child cau hear distinclly.
This point should determine the niaoo
the chihl Hhonld occupy in tho senoul
rooni. The ears should lie tested sep
arately, the ear to be tested being turn<d
toward the teacher, while the other is
artificially closed. The child should Is)
required to repeat distinctly tho words
as he hears them. Tho jiaiier strongly
recommends the establishment of a med
ical supervisor of schools; the post to
bo occupied by a competent physician
who bail made tho matter of school
hygiene a study, and bin whole time to
be devoted to tho dntios of his position.
At a most exclnsive ball at the sea
side, a yonngdrnggist's clerk approaches
one of the fairest and most aristocratic
of the ladies and hnmhly rxiliuta tbe
favor of a quadrille. The lady in*|>oots
him critically from his tie to his boots,
and taking her card, says:
"I never, monsieur, dance with peo
ple whose names are not preceded by a
tie. What name shall I inscribe?
Monsieur f"
" M. Peroxido do Manganese, made
moiselle."
DOCTORS MCBT CRASH TO DIFFER.—
Among the desirable things considered
in the recent international medical con
gress at Philadelphia was the suggestion,
urged by Dr. Beguin, that measures A
taken to establish uniformity in " the
means of practice, of observation and of
reoorda in physio"—matters in which
the most perplexing diversity now pre
vails.
KATN AHO A Itlt THE ANHLEY.
and all the young buck* just kept coming
until 1 thought they had some way
of getting from the ice chest to the hold
again and were keeping np an unbroken
fr.uk* in 'trr^ 1 Mi, "then Unie
breaks ix-came more frequent and of
greater duration, and, after a while,
they came in single individuals and in
more of a hu*ry, for the hold was get
ting hot. and later tin y came slower and
had lea* hair on theni, and the last one
looked sick, didn't aeeiu to car- whether
he got anywhere or not, and as he
puAts'd me he cast a look of soorti and
Mtliuw, as if to My : " loa fellows
think you're smart ; you ought to be
aahanx-l," and, to tell* the truth, 1 was.
I felt the same impulse to save its life
that actuated Pocahontas on an bistort
on occasion, and, from au association of
id- as, I named this rat John Hinith.
And now th- y wrro s'l in the chest
and the bole plugged. We called a
council of war as to the best way to fin
ish them. The engineer wanted to carry
ont ib-signs ami turn the stoam on them
and cook them alive, but the " old tuan"
wanted "some fun." He had a couple
of imported Scotch terriers, full blood
ami long hair, aud here was just audi a
chance to try their mettle ON he loug hail
yearned for. Ho he raised the lid on
top, dropped them in, aud closed the
door with the remark' "do for 'cm,
boy." Then he took out his watch.
They must have went " for 'em," for
the sotuid* that followed were a mixture
of yelps, howls, ami tiny squeak*, min
gled with a rattling, surging sound, a*
though the life within waaoombiucd and
trying to knoek out first one end of the
chvt ami then the other. The "old
inan " would sing out at intervals: "Go
for 'em, boys!" Then be would wink at
us, shut one eve, double himself up,
nod raise his right leg as though he was
in an ecstacy of eujoymcnt.
At length all inside became quiet,
and he looked at his watch again. " Six
teen and a half minutes," said lie.
" Now, men, let us turn the chest over
and count the rats, for I think them
pups have knocked the spots off of our
former records."
His Mark.
A" Oeeaalss *ra*tu with lal*r*el far Twa
nrsirh Trrrl.r* as* lh*lr Owaer.
Iu lHsti, ou board the steamer Ashley,
says a correspondent, we were ao over
ran with rats tliat we were in danger of
having the whole freight list to pay for.
l)ur cargo consisted almost entirely of
bacon and flour, aud they had perforated
this iu every direction. Aa a last ex
|>erimeut to get rid of them we had the
entire Usui carried ashore, and then
commenced a grand rat hunt. The ani
mals all took to the hold, and among her
innumerable salt boxes and under the
dunnages found shelter, ao that but few
could be dislodged aud killed. It tras
iu this emergency that the g<-uiua of the
chief engineer shone forth with daxxliug
brilliancy.
" Let's," said he, " turn steam iuto
the hold aud run 'em out."
Thia being ngreed ujmu, while he was
raising steam iu the boiler the rest of us
went around stopping up their places of
egress, and sUip|K*l them all except one
hole which came through the drck a
fct feet from the ice chest, 'lhe ioe
chest was a favorite resort of the old
rodents, for in it was kept the delicwcitw
of the table. Pies, fruit and choice
cakes were always there. 1 sup|>one the
rats looked on this place as a sort of free
Saratoga. At all events they would pat
in a few hours of every night there, and
this might represent their seasons. The
ice chest was about eighteen feet square,
with the opening at the top—that is our
opening; they hail theirs through the
tiaok, close down to the deck. This we
also left open, and this arrangement
left the rats only oue hiding place on
the mam deck.
BUnuu Ik-ing ready, aud a cock opened
to admit it iuto the hold, 1 took my sta
tion where I could see the " varmints "
as they defiled from their untenable
cover to oue they thought more
proaiuuug —and it was a study for n saw
null man. A* the steam filled the hold,
they commenced their line of march ;
first came a venerable looking old chap,
one on whose bead the frosts of many
wuitela had settled. lie passed along
Willi a measured guit, slowly moving
his head from side to side, as though he
said ; "Boys, I'm afraid you've got us
this time," and he seemed to if as
tonished that uo missiles were hurled
after him, but was allowed to enter the
ice chest unharmed. During hia march
another—not a sister—kept his head
out the deck hole, watched his progress,
and when he aaw htm safely housed,
out he came, too, ami made the march
unuiulostcd. This seemed all they
waited for ; they then poured out in
oue unbroken stream, and they were all
there—
The *ife bur t*l>o fir-v *nul.° d that day ;
fhe fair, blonde bride of jr*t*r eve ,
The a£e l aire . (he matron gray.
Wo turned it ovnr, the lid flow open,
and a whole floor of rata came pouring
out like boos from au upturned hive.
We had to clear the track until they all
escaped, and when we looked in the
box those dogs were in more pieces than
ever dogs, not made into sausages, were
before. They looked as though they
had been dead n month, aud only one
solitary rat kept them com|Hiny—and it
was John Smith.
A w Peril.
At London, Mr. J. Morton, the aero
nnnt, accompanied by Mr. Tanner, made j
a most successful asoeut, and soon at- j
taiuod an altitude of 8,0(10 feet, at which
height they passed over the east of
London into Kent, crossing the Thames
no less than threotinios. Upon arriving
near Kltham they descended in a large
meadow, and were just in the act of let
ting off the gas when a tre men dons Al
lowing was heard, and, on lookingfintlie
direction wlienoe the sound prooeeded,
a large bull wnw seen rushing wildly
toward them. Mr. Tanner, fully reoog
nixing the danger of the situation, with
great presence of mind immediately
seised the two remaining hags of liellast,
and threw then, bodily ont of the car.
The balloon rose, but only jnst in time
to esca|>e tho horns of the infnriated
unwind, who, upon seeing the balloon
snsi>eiided over him, turned his atten
tion to the bags of Hand, the contents of
which he soon scattered in all direc
tions. In his attack his horns came in
contact with the grapnel rope, aud the
! jerk releasing the grapnel, set tho bal
loon free, but, at the same time, threw
Mr. Morton, who was attending to the
rope, ont of the car. Fortunately, ho
succeeded in dntchiug the netting, aud,
with Mr. Tanner's assistance, was lmnled
| into the balloon Afore it hail Rsceudau
many hnudred feet. Tbe aeronauts
sailed away about a mile, when they
| found a safe haven.
A Professional Opinion.
A witness for the prosecution in a
mnrder oase was thus questioned by bis
honor:
" Yon say you saw the man ahot at
and killed t"
" Yes, sir."
" You said, I think, that tho charge
strnck the deceased, on his body,
Atween the diaphragm and the duode
nnm ?"
Witness—" No, sir, I didn't say no
snoh thing. I Mid he was shot between
tks hogpen and the woodhouss "
THE MIVVfNOIA Hit lb A Ml*.
The sun at the MM* ASalr wtlh u
Kaalara Tribal* ia Waalara l aaraaa.
It ia a remarkable pieoe of brigand
age, reddened by the murder of a very
heroic young cashier and followed by an
extraordinary man hunt on the |>art of
an enraged imputation, about the pro
3r-ss of which we have b< en publiabmg
etailixl accounts. It was about two
o'clock in the afternoon of Hept. 7th
tliat the party of eight lirigauda—atai
wart, handsome, finely dressed, and
mounted u splendid steeds—made their
ii | -pear ance in the Minnesota village of
North Held. Two or three of them, dis
mounting on the outskirts of the town,
sauntered sboot the principal street for
s little while, to " take the lay of the
laud," as they say out Wash The in
habitants of the quiet village were at
teuding to their irdiuary affairs, while
uow and then some individual who no
ticed the strangers |iaased a remark
about their attractive appearance. In a
few minutes the entire gang of brigauda
rushed through the village at full gallop,
brandishing their weapons, yelling and
euraiug, and firing their revolvers in all
directions.
They lit leant startled the place which
they had expected tu strike with terror,
l'tiey haule ! up near the bank, which
three of theiu entered armed to the
teeth, while the other five rude about ill
front of it to prevent any interference
with the operation* of thuae who had
been detailed to the immediate work of
plunder, Hushing into the bank, the
three brigands sorting upon the counter,
at which three clerks were engaged, cov
ered them with their revolvers, warned
them to keep quiet under penalty of
death, and then ordered the cashier,
Hey wood, dose to whose head one of
them held a long, narrow barreled pis
tol, to open the bank safe. Not a few
instance have occurred, within recent
years, in which bank oaahitrs, under cir
cumstances more or leas similar to three,
have opened the safe, permitted it to be
plundered, and thus by cowardly moans
preserved their lives. Hut lleywood
was matte of stern, manly oturf. He
first told them he could not open it;
then made a desperate attempt to secure
one of the brigands in the vault which
he had entered; then finding himself
overcome, offered defiance and resolute
ly refused to prove false to his trust by
acceding to their demands. They did
not wish to kill hun till he let them into
the safe, which they could not open,
but knocked him down, drew a big
knife across his throat,, dragged hita
across the fioor to the safe, which they
again ordered him to open; but again
refusing, a shot was fired at him aa the
last effort of intimidation, By this time
the plunderers were getting alarmed by
the knowledge that the citizens had
been aroused, and hearing from their
confederates outside, "The game is
np," they gave it up in desperation, bnt
not till one of them, tprtona e>v"i' ~i
the o<w, ueiioerate aim and fired
the shot which killed the heroic cashier.
i v * - 1 -"*other clerks had bc-ti
<xl in Uylng i~ .)*, oat the third one
got away in safety.
The outside brigands had not had
everything tUeir own way while this
tragedy within the liauk was going on.
The alliens hastily getting hold of such
weapons as were ready to their bands,
had opened fire upon them in a desultory
way, had killed two of tbem, wounded
one, and killed the horse of another. It
was then that warning was given to the
plunderers IU the bank, who tben*u|>on
rushed out, joined their three living con
federates, including the wounded one,
and made off at full gallop, balked in
their scheme and diminished by one
quarter of their number.
Then l>egan the hot pursnit of the
fugitive brigands, in which at the out
set four hundred people, armed with
rifles, shotguns, pistols and knives, took
part, which wss confusedly prowvutud
for ten days, and was still in progress
at the hour of our latest advices from
hit. Paul. On the evening of the day of
their depredations, a party of fourteen
of the mounted pursuers overtook them,
tint the six brigands turned upon their
adversaries, showing fight, put them to
flight, and then made off to the dense
woods themselves. On the same < vrn
ing another party of pursuer*, number
ing forty, got within an hour's chase of
thorn, but the swift holers of the bri
gands carried them beyond danger. Tlie
half dozen fugitives divided into two
parties, three brigands in each [arty.
One of three parties baa never been
traced ; bnt the other, in the course of
the first night, took refuge in a dense
forest, fall of heavy thickets, swamps,
and hiding place*. Through this they
have been hunted, day and night, by
bodies of puisuers, that have risen to
nnarly s thousand in number, and have
(teen joined by police and militia. The
pursuit has boon close and intense.
Sometimes they have l>oen on the heels
of the brigands, who, hpwever, have al
ways been able to elude them by
audacity or akili, unless indeed some of
the suspicions persons already under ar
rest form part of the gang. The full
details of this remarkable hunt have
: shown it to bo one of the most excitable
incidents in the history of Western
brigandage.
Hey wood, the gallaut cashier of the
Northfield tank, who proved faithful
unto death, should lie kept in memory
in some worthy way, so that liis action
shall lie held np as uu example to others,
aho may fill places of trust in times of
danger.— New York Sun.
Making Yonng Horses Ont of Old Ones.
A very interesting case, illustrating to
what extent the dumb animals are tor
tured to gratify tA nvarioo of unfeeling
sjieenlatons and showing a new system
of swindling tbe government, was tried
in St. Ismis recently. Some time ago
Mr. Jos. Wolfort, a horse trailer, was
arrested on the ciiarge of cruelty to ani
mals. He wss charged with " bishop
iug " horses, which was deecrilied as A
iug a process of filiug the teeth of old
horses down, to make them look yonng
aud the animal marketable. The horse
is tied securely in his stall in snob away
that it oautiot move its head, a gag of
wood or iron is then placed in his mouth
and a " twitch " placed ou its nose. A
man with a large rasp or file then files
the tooth to the necessary site, and then
Ares cavities in them, winch are col
ored black with nitrate of silver or caus
tic, so that the teeth look i atural. The
name " bislioping " is derived from
Bishop, the man who is Haiti to have in
vented tbe crnel practice. Tho pain to
the horse, in many eases, is saia to A
excruciating, and cases are cited where
they have died nuder the treatment.
Revenue Receipts.
The receipts from internal reveune
for the United States for the mouths of
July aud August, 187 C, are nearly
8714,000 greater than those of the same
months last year. Commissioner lianm
considers thisaii evidenoe of the revival
of trade throughout tho oonntry, and
Alieves, from the ontlook as shown by
tbe collections in varions districts, that
the receipts for the present fiscal year
will amount to nearly 810,000,000 more
than the amount estimated. A large
numAr of distilleries which hail been
stopped for some time Ave resumed
operations, and at one in Baltimore
Gen. Ranm was told that the orders for
whisky were 600 barrels in excess of
tbair supply.
TERMS: ©2.00 a Year, in Advance.
■■■■■ ■ ~!■ .! A iTm" In. .1 H.l.' II i 11. '
The Yellow Fever.
The Savannah A'euw deoonliea the ap
pearauoo of the oily, where the yellow
. fever la raging, as desolate indeed. Ail
who oould get away have left the city,
. the streets are deserted, and the general
gloom ia only relieved by the ligbta
which here and there glean from the
chamber windows of the sick. At seven
o'clock the thoronghfaree present the
ap|Hiuianoe of miduight; nothing but
the alow tramp of the policeman on Ilia
beat, or an occasional hurrying footstep,
as some one seeks relief fur the sick,
disturbs the solemn stillness that retgna
throughout the length and breadth uf
the town. The benevolent association
ia working night and day, bat Ha ineana
are almost gone and it haa been forced
to ap|Hl fur oontributioua from abroad.
The preaideut of the ttavaunab Chris
turn Association has also made an appeal
to kindred associations throughout the
oountry. " Everything which sustains
life," says the address, " or can promote
the comfort of the suffering, such as
money, food, nourishment sad care, is
needed to relieve the unwaiiif wants of
our suffering poor. There an- fully two
mouths, lung, dreary mouths, viewed
from our standpoint, through which
we will have to oouibat the fell de
stroyer. We feel assured we will not
appeal in vain, and in proportion as the
Lord has prospered and blessed your
communities so do unto us in oar Lour
of sunt distress. The Southern express
company, the railroads, and, we trust,
steamer* coming into Bavannah will
transport all articles for relief free of
oust. We pray you take prompt action
in this matter and forward to the Ha
v arm ah Christian Association or tuO. N.
Hauasv, president, such supplies and
contributions m yon oan collect, and add
your prayers to your charities in behalf
of a suffering people. Money, poultry,
eggs, meal, flour and such articles as are
the necessaries of life will be grate fully
received aud distributed where they are
most needed."
The disease, ao far as reported, has
not made its appearance in any of the
cities or towns contiguous to Hsvannah.
Cliarleabin, Augusta, Atlanta and other
communities have been liberal in for
warding supplies to the stricken people
of Ha van uah.
Unpleasant Arrivals.
Smyrna was throw into s state of
excitement nut long since by the arrival
in the town of about seven hundred vol
unteers, chosen from the Zeybeen of
on their way to the neat of war.
A* they marched through the town they
were followed by a large mob oi their
co-religionists, who enlivened the sjkjc
tacle by drawing their knives and play
fully poking them at the ribs uf any
"giaours" they happened to meet, at
the same time uttering the most horri
ble threats aud occasionally knocking
some of them on the head with their
yatashsea. One elderly Armenian gen
tleman was severely wounded in the
!?!i ,y iS3. W Q<4 merchant vs. car
nod home in a very precarious state
with a frightful cut on his head. On
passing by a crockery shop sevwral of
the volunteers aud their friends entered
the establishment aud smashed all the
ware they ceutd lay bold of. The pro
prietor and but shopmen while the work
of destruction was going on prudently
retired into a loft, where they remained
in aeclnaion until the visitors had taken
their depaftura. In the ranks of the
volunteers were recognised " many
noted brigands," aud bnt for the fact
that in the basara all the shops were
closed there osn be little doubt that
there would have been a general plun
der. On their arrival at the barracks,
the volunteers were told to deliver up
their weapons, which they at first re
fused to do, saying " they won Id rather
lose their hoods." They were, however,
at lost persuaded to give up their yata
ghans and pistols, and by latest ac
counts they hail not actually killed any
Udy, but the prospect of the arrival of
1,500 more volunteers in the town was
not looked upon a* pleasant.
EceeutrlciUw of the Buffalo.
The winter of 1871-*72 was nnnaually
severe in Arkansas. The poods and the
smaller streams to the north were all
froien solid, and the buffalo were forced
to tbe rivers for water. The Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fc railroad waa than
iu process of constraction, and nowhere
could the peculiarity of the buffalo be
better studied than from its trains. If
s herd waa on the north side of the track
it would stand stupidly gating and
without symptom of alarm though the
locomotive passed within one hundred
yarils. If on the south aideof the track,
even though at a distance of one or two
miles from it, the passage of a train set
the whole hen! in the wildest oommo
tion. At its full speed and utterly re
gardless of conseqnonoes, it would make
for tbe track on its line of retreat. If
the train hapjiened not to be in ita path
it crossed the track, and stopped, satis
fied. If the train was in tbe way each
individral buffalo went at it with the
desperation of despair, plunging against
or between locomotive and car, joet as
tbe blind madness chanced to take
them. Numbers were killed, but nun -
tiers still pressed on to stop and stare as
soon as the obstacle was passed. After
having trains ditched twice ic one week,
conductors learned to have a very de
cided re j>ect for the idioayncraaes of
the buffalo, and when there was a pos
sibility of striking a herd "on the
rampage " for the north aide of the
track, the train was slowed up and some
times stopped entirely.
The Insane,
Tho Mtntor is a little paper edited
and printed by the patients of the Ala
bama insane hospital at Tuscalooea.
Moat of the articles relate to tho treat
ment of the insane. One article, enti
tled •• Insane Responsibility," contains
this passage: "It would benefit all in
sane persons, even the inmates of hospi
tals, to know that they are amenable to
tho laws of tbe land. Many a time we
have hoard inmates say: * If I cut, born,
or kill, nothing can be done to me.
They say lam insane. That gives :ue a
loophole for escape, let me do what I
may.'" Mention is made in one number
of the paper that the superintendent not
long since called a jury of the patients
to decide whether one of their number
was a thoroughly sane jxjrson or not.
All but one agreed that he was. Tho
dissentient saw one evidence of insanity
—tho subject of inquiry was s believer
in spiritualism. 8o it seems that the
standard of sanity in hospitals is more
1 exacting than outside of tnpm.
A Substitute for Gunpowder.
A substitute for gunpowder has l>een
invented in Englaud, in the shape of pa
per impregnated with a chemical combi
nation of chlorate of potash, nitrate of
potash, prussiate of potash, and chro
rnate of }M>tash, oonpled with a little
powdered charcoal and tinder. The par
er is rolled around these latter in the
desired siaes for cartridgee. Tho ad
vautages offered are that no danger of
explosion exista exoept from actual oon
taet with fire; the interior of the arm is
not soiled, less smoke and less rebound
are made than with gunpowder, and lose
damage takes place from humidity.
Very satisfactory trials hsye been made
of ins new material.
NUMBER 41.
. 2
THE 11ABVKMT FEHTffAL*.
Il* ih* Utraaw Akwu New Vrk I tl*.
kreu ik*lMri *f a KtailHk Harvest.
Every year wheu the harvest in in 1Im
German peopla a boat Maw Turk hold a
harvest gathering oa Union Hill, Mow
Jersey. At these gatbn ;. K the ftwti
vals of the Fatherland are m, bilged in.
At the fasti ml thia year the chief event
of the day wm a rural tmkucg is
PlsttdeuUcb country dyl* the bride
groom being Alfred Dehmek* a new*
dealer of Hoookaa, and Minnie Kouig,
a blooming Mid, born in Philadelphia, j
bat for earn tune residing on her
| father'* farm in Jersey. Three gaily j
leoorated wagon*, ooutaming the bridal
party, and a aet of liouarhold furniture,
made the nitnut of the ground* pre-1
aeded by a band of innate and a meaaen- '
gar uo horseback, dreaaed In a velvet.
ouat with ailver button*, velvet knee '
breeches, top boot*, and a "tiff bat orna
mented with ribbona and gold lace. j
Thia muaarmger waa the 44 Wedding la
va ter," and, MI in the old country, sum
moned the guests. ilia bona- was deco
rated with ribbon* and the two made a
gay speatacle. In the bridal party were
the parents of the groom and bride, the
gruomameu, Gap* Avery and Mr. liner'
kopf, and twelve bridesmaid* with cap*
of gold cloth and velvet bodioaa in the
North German country fashion. The ;
bride waa similarly attired. The bride
groom waa dreaaad aa a German farmer, t :
in velvet ooet and breaahea and a three
cornered bat decorated with flower* and
nbbona. Tbe Iter. lir. F. L Schneider,
of tbe Lutheran church, a resident of i
New Turk, waa the officiating clergyman.
The nuptial tie wwa adjusted in front •,
of the North German farm house, a red, j,
high-roofed structure bail! is exact inu- ,
taflon of tbe German article. A real |
wedding ceremony was performed in the ,
same bouse at tbe festival last year, and ,
a bouncing boy livea to-day to serve aa
a reminder of it. The bridal couple
stood on a platform befora the house. 1
A table aet with flower* and bearing !
two candlestick* which oosld not be
lighted on account of the wind, stood '
beside them.
The clergyman preached a abort ser
mon, tbe bridal pair ant>. r<d question*
about the same as those in vogue hare, • i
and they were pronounced man and 1
wife. The twelve brideemaiJa kissed 1
the bride, and friends and relatives I
proffered their congratulations After
aiuging by the Lyra Hinging Society of ]
Hobokeu and the Jersey Schnetscn '
Lirdertafel tbe party entered the farm
house, and a banquet, dancing, singing, i
and muaic followed. The president of 1
the Plattdeutach Association gave the 1
bridal couple fifty dollar* Gapt. Avery I
gave a complete" kitchen outfit, and a '
dock was presented by some other t
friend. Mumeroua minor gifts were re- i
OnivedL
The interior of tbe farmhouse was a
one of the moat interesting spectacles on |
the grounds. The mam wm tin. i
hung like a porch to reoeive toe smoke. <
Overhead was a partial oailing of wood, .
between which and flic rafters waa a j
store of hay. At one side, separated
from the room only by a paling, were t
stalls for the horse and cow. Hani <
and sausages hung from the beam* and ,
brightly scoured pewter diab*-* adorned ,
tbe warn. Tbe kitchen opened into two •
mom* in one of which was a bug* old
faahtoutd peat stove, that was imported '
from German/. The festival lasted (
four days. There waa a real christening
in tbe farmhouse.
On the harvest day last year fifty
thousand perrons were on the grounds
The attendance waa fully as . large this
year. Tbe whole country around was
filled with gayly decorated wagon* and
team* emblematical of the bountiful
harvest.
The Age of a Tree.
The American Journal of Science
and ArU says : Every one knows that
very young trees in a nursery are apt to
oome*rather earlier into leaf than full
grown trees of the species. But this is
explained by the nearness to the ground
and consequent higher temperature.
The oompaneou should be made between
the oldmt available trees and otb well
developed trees of moderate age. )L
Alpb. De Candolle CUM wi observation*
of this kind to be made in two old
botanic gardens, namely, those of Paris
and of Pisa ; and the results were nega
tive—in the Paris cases no difference ;
in the Pisa cases, an old gingko and
an old walnut tree leafed earlier than
young trees of the species, while the
old tree of bores ohestnut, •aphora,
linden, and patrloumia were later than
the young trees. A very full series of
cases, of different species, would be
needed for the elimination of individual
peculiarities, often great in this respect.
But M. IV Candolle is able to refer to
better data, vis.: to the case in which
the date of coming into leaf of a horse
chestnut tree has been carefully recorded
for sixty-eight yesrs and another for
fifty seven years, both at Geneva. Of
course any differences doe to age would
be small in comparison with those due
to climate, vet they might be expected
to be sensible in the long series of years,
if ago really made any difference. But
the figures do not bring to view any ten
dency to either earlier or later leafing
with "the advance of years.
The Fall Term.
The publu! schools opened for the
fall and winter season, and every child
in Detroit felt happy for mi hour or
two, if not longer. A boy going down
Second street from the Oass school at
noon met a boy going up from the Por
ter street school, and the Oass boy called
out: ,
•' Hain't school bully though f
" Too bet I" was the prompt reply.
" How's vour teacher t"
•' Nicest person yon ever saw. I
snapped six paper wads this forenoon
and never got licked once !"
• Jußt like mine," called the other.
• When she saw me sticking a pin into
a boy she smiled and smiled, and I be
lieve she's got a heart like an angel."
Those lads may meet a week later,
and when they oompare notes the first
one will remark:
•• I'm licked regularly three times a
day, and for nothing at all."
•' Soam I," will be the mournful echo
of the other.
Printing Office Secrets.
A properly conducted printing office
in as much a secwl society u ma
sonic lodge. The printers are not uuder
an oath of secrecy, but always feel them
selves as truly in honor bound to keep
secrets as though they had been put
through triple oaths. An employee in a
printing offioe who willingly disregards
this rule in regard to printing office
secrets would not oidy be scorned by his
brethren of the craft, but would lose his
position in the offioe a" once. We make
this statement becau <e it sometimes
happens that a communication appears
in a newspaper under an assumed signa
ture which excites comment, and various
parties try to find out who is the author.
Let all bo saved the trouble of question
ing the employees or attacheos of the
printing office. They are " know noth
ings" on such points as these. On snch
matters they " have eyes and ears, but
no month, and if they fail to observe
this rule, let them be pat down as dis
honored members.— Exchtuiff*,
> The Se.Pt Hep*
• Mtftl we kaow est anything;
1 saw hat arast thsa good sh*u .fall
At lam—far off—at last, to aD—
And aay wtatsr ehangs to sprtag.
Bo iwm my dream | bat what am 11
Aa Infant orytag la (ho night-
An tafaei crying far too light
And with na language hot a cry.
mm tt lahnu
" Excuse m* Mr," waa tsa remark of
a burglar caught opening a safe.
Fxamo saya: Distrust lair aomph x
toned women with wide mouths.
I A Han Fnunniac<> man died of heart
, disease at the wedding of bis dang^u.r.
There la a law in Wwoonmo that when
a man dice without hefrt his property
goeato the Bute school food,
j Tha contract lor the wire for the large
ed'lng. oLtbe Etft Biv.-r bridge will
amountto over f1,000,000.
Hie Bessemer auti-cewifck vessel for
eaoaaiiig the English channel ia a failure,
' and bee been add to be broaeti up.
"Wake up hare and pay your lodging,"
aasd a deacon, aa be uudgud a sleepy
| stranger with u contribution box.
Tbe principal ooontriea of Europe owe
about i17,k00,000,000, exelnaive of the
unsecured paper cum-urnoa and borne
' debts.
.Speaking erf a politician, an exchange
asyw that his mouth waa put on warm
and all ran over the lower pert of hia face
) before it art.
Fifteen million nine bundled thousand
hectolitre* of barley (430,046,*J0 gal
j kma) are oonaomed annually in Germany
for beer brewing.
, Aa apiteph in the old oburebyard at
Bedlingtoti, read*:
Foama and •ptiapha ara bat stag j
Bar* Uaa fiohact Baraaa, Uaal a enough.
Tbe fanner ahould sow hia P'* keep
bis U's warm, hive hia B'* kill off the
J'* remember what he o** take care of
tbe V* pay all be O'* teach his wife nut
to T and take hia E'*
Pari* it aeem* has ateam street oars
*jm don't frighten the horaa* aeet forty
parson* run ten mike an hour, can be
stopped within fire feet by a brake,
turn sharp cornet* and coat but §4 a
day day fur fuel and attendance.
Three men belonging to Tenmgtor,
in Norfolk, England, armed a little boy,
took off hia boots, tied hia bands and
feet together, and flung him into a wasp
neat. The little fellow waa frightfully
stung, ami his assailants were only fined.
Lillie White, who had been reported
ae attempting to commit suicide, has a
card in the Virginia City okraa<ei* my ■
mg : 44 While fully realizing the vani
ties of thia world, i am in no hurry for
another, aa it might be a case of getting
out of the fryingpan into the fire.'
An Arkanaa* man thoughtkealy art
some spring guns in his poultry yard,
nd the next morning in the rising sun
he rubbed hie spectacle# and stared in
speech tees amazement at eighteen candi
dates Kitting cm the front fence picking
bird shot out of their thirty-aix lege.
" Poach man," said an outside passen
ger to one who was driving at a furious
rate over one of tbe most mountainous
roads in the north of Scotland. 44 have
you no consideration for our liven and
limbs f" 44 What are your lives and
limbs to ae ?* was the reply. 44 I'm bo
hind time I"
A crazy man waa tied fast in a wagon
for trauKportatian to Bkmntviil* Ky.
Be yelled o loudly that the frightened
horses ran away, throwing out the two
keepers and breaking an arm of each.
Then the lunatic seised the nam, con
trolled tbe horae* drove alone to the
asylum, and delivered himself up.
A London woman with a babe in br
arms provoked her husband so much
that be aUed a knife at bar. It killed
'*** * tflL.n— —" IT two inohc* deep into
faMai I "7"--rr*— —
dental death," and sere*4y repremand
ed the nx-ther for having aggravated her
husband.
A boy mid to bis mother the other
morning: 44 M* I bad the beaatifoWt
dream last civ hi yon ever aw. I dreamt
that 1 wouldn't go to school, and that
you went out into tbe yard and cut a
good long switch ; but ju*t as you were
going to give me an awful dmmitt* the
world came to aa end Didn't I get off
easy, though."
A northern lowa farmer offend a
tramp his daughter and half his farm
for three days' work in the harvest field.
The tramp wavered a little at first, but
then the color of tbe girl's eyes didn't
suit, and be tbongbt tbe farm laid a
little too low, so be declined the propo
sition, stole a heme atrap and went on
hia worklee* way.
The u amber of entriea is the dog show
at lh<- Centennial is as follows : Anieri
mn, 561; Canadian, 15 ; English sod
Irish • xliibitors, 546 ; making a total of
m. The large majority of these are
imported, or domestic English and Irish
aetur* bu-d out of celebrated kennel*,
Gordon setters, and pointers over and
under fifty pounds' weight
It was evening. Three of them were
killing a cat One of them held a lan
tern, another held the cat, and the third
jammed the pistol into the cat 's ear and
tired, shooting the man in the hand who
the oat and the one with the lan
tern was wounded in the arm- The oat
left when it sew how matters stood, and
thM ill-feeling was engendered.
Oerrier pigeons have been pat fo an
ingenious use by a physician on the Isle
'of Wight After visiting his patients
in eaeh the doctor writes oat his
prescriptions, sillies one to the leg of s
pigeon, and tends the bud home. Thus
the prescriptions are made up at once,
and the medicines are dispatched speedi
! ly to those living at a distance.
And I farther agree that I will re
sign my position and withdraw from said
schools whenever requested by said
board of education or the superinten
dent of wed schools, and will ask for no
reason why such request was made.
Such en agreement is signed by every
tewoher in the public schools of Cairo,
lIL, the idea being to help discipline.
During recent improvements of a jail
at NewHavea, Conn., there was fonnd
between the rear walls of two tiers of
oells s wire, firmly secured, one hundred
and fifty feet long. Attached to it was
a pan, which was evidently used for car
mnß articles from cell to cell, or else as
a kind of gong to convey warnings of
the approach of the jailer or bis assist
ants. .
John Anderson, the first man who as
cended the great South Dome in the
Tosemite valley, California, lives alone
in a small house neer the saddle of the
dome. He is hard at work constructing
s staircase of a thousand steps up the
dome. He hopes to have an elevator
running in time, and is also working on
a model of a steam car that shall carry
passengers up the almost perpendicular
walls.
• I always did love to gaze on the
children in their sports,"said Potter,
as he pensively contemplated a crowd of
urchins ; "I am carried back to "
Just then the baseball came over his
way and tried to get into his vest pocket
aud doubled him up. When his breath
came back he shouted : " Ton young
ragamuffin, you, if I catch yon playing
ball on the street again I'll get the polioe
after you.'
Patient to his doctor—"And it is
ready true that 1 shall recover ?" " In
fallibly," answers the man of medicine,
taking lrom his pocket a paper full of
i figures. " Here, look at the statistics of
your case; you will find that one per
cent of those attacked by your malady
are cured." " Well," says the sick
man, in an unsatisfied manner. " Well,
yon are the hundredth person with this
diseaso that I have had under my care,
and the first ninety-nine ate all dead.
An old gentleman went oat to shoot
partridges, accompanied by his son.
The gun was charged half-way np to the
mnzxle, and when at last the old gentle
man started some birds, he took a rest
and biased away, expecting to fee some
fall, of course ; bnt not so did it hap
pen, for the gun reooiled with so ranch
force as to "kick" him ov r. The old
got np, and while rubbing the
sparks out of his eyes, inquired of his
sob ; " Dick, did 1 point the right end
of lbs gnu to tbs birds f"