The Flight of Time.
Tim* p#*<!* **▼• *w*y, awsy ;
Annthr hoar, another d*T,
Another month, another year,
Full from n* a* th* lonfli'l *r*
Tim* will our chotoeat *trength inT*<l.
The roar bloom frvm the cheek will fad*.
The treaee* from the temple* fall,
The eye grow dim and utrange to all.
Time apeeda away, away, away ;
I.ike torrent* in a utomtr day
He undermine* the atately tower,
Uproot* the tree and anap* the flower,
And tear* from our detracted l>rea*t
The friend* that loved, the friend* that
bleat.
And ieavoa us weeping on the shore
To which they can return no more.
Time aneeds awav, away, away ;
No ra;lc in the sloe* of day. •
No winds a!,-ig the hills can flee
80 swiftly or so smooth as he.
like tiorr ateed. from stage to stage.
He bear* us on from youth to age,
Tlicti plunge* in the fearful sea
t)f fathomless eternity.
UveN Beliet
I believe if 1 were dead
And yon should Kiss my eyelid* w here 1 lie
Colsl, dead and dumb to all the world conUuna,
The fold* si orb* would Opou at thy breath,
Ami, from the exile in the isle# of death.
Life would come gladly hack along my vein*.
I believe if I were dead.
And yon upon my lifeless heart should tread
Not knowing w hat the poor clod chanoed U
be—
It would Sud sudden pulse beneath the touch
Of him it ever towed in life so much.
And throb aga-.u. warm, tender, true to thee.
I believe if m my grave.
Hidden in woody depths by all the wave*.
Your eye# should drop some warm tears of
regret.
From every aalty iw-od of your dear grief
Home fair, sweet bltMsoin wv<uld leap into leaf
To prove death could uoi make my love for yet.
I believe if I should fade
Into the mystk- realms where light u nude,
Aud ywu should long ones more my face to aee,
I would oonie birth upou the hills of tught
Aud gather stars tike facte;*, UU thy sight,
Lvd by the beacv.ni blare, fell full on we.
1 txsiu-r® my km- for th®
(Strong M my Ufel *1 nohiy ; '.*ct\l to t®,
It cookl u soon ivjxx-l to w the un
Fall like a Jed king from hit height* (uhtun®.
Hi ghwv rtnckt u front the throu® of tun®,
At ih noworth th® wurhij> thou hut tua.
I b®liev So*®, jmrv ami tnv®,
1* to the tout a awwt, immortal drw
Tliat pern* hf® s petal* IU the hour of du*k.
The waiting angUt too and recognise
The nofa crvwn Jewel lov® of j®r,hi.
When life fail* from u* Uk® a withered ha*h
A SLEIGH BELLE.
Harold Brown's sleigh dashed merrily
up to Harold Brown's dour, ami at that
moment ;shc was the soul of punctuality)
out came Harold Brown's oulv sister—a
little woman wrapped iu shawls ami
veils and worsted things from hi a I to
loot.
"Come along, sis," he shouts; and
then, without waiting for her "to come
along, "he jumps from the sleigh, reaches
the top of the stoop in t!mv strides— he's
a tall, broad shouldered, dark skinneil,
blue ejeil young fellow—catches her up
in his arms as though she were only a
bundle, and in the twinkling of an eve
ahe is snugly stowed awav among the
bufTal. > rv>l>es.
Crack goes tlie whip. " G'lang, Ned !"
cnos HarohL " Ned " teases h;s head
and paws the ground an instant to get the
aleigh bells ringing properly, and off they
" Are you warm ?" asks Harold of the
bundle at his side.
"Almost smothered," answers the
bundle, in an indistinct voice with a slight
lisp.
' That's right, my darling," says the
bruther, who adores his pretty .young
sister —the only one left him of fonr.
" I ahould tear my hair in wild d*spair
if you caught col& Miml you don't, for
if you but sneeze once, be it the tiniest
•aeeze that ever was, tamae von go."
"Never fear, Har," rejoins the obedi
ent small woinan. " I promise, upon
my word and honor, n<4 to sneeze. I'll
choke tirst Ah ! here we are," she con
tinues, as they turn into Fifth avenue
and take their place a: the end of a line
of sleighs, big an 1 little, the largest of
which stands unoccupied before the hand
some and brilliantly lighted house of
Albert Lee, merchant and millionaire.
" Yea, and here are all the rest," savs
Harold, adding, with a slight inflection
of acorn, " excepting the Lee pe .pie.
Of course it's the Princess Alberta who is
keeping as all waiting "—forgetting, in
the most manlike manner, that he hail
only that moment arrived himself. "She
never was ready when she was a little
girl, and I suppose she hasn't reformed
in that particular, now she's a big one."
"Big!" repeats the voice from the
muffl-ma, " whv, she isn't a bit larger
than I am. **
'' "W U, sLe's a year ■ ilder, anyhow,
and ought t. > know bettor," replies Har
old; " bat I haven't the sli: litest doubt
sue's shipping to dirt with <rue one, or
two, or half a dozen of her numerous ad
mirerß. utterly regardless of the fart that
I—that in, you—to uj nothing of forty
or fifty others, more* or less intimate
friends, are freezing outside. Dan Van
Rensselaer is buttoning on her gloves,
or Will West is fastening the straps of
hT overall oes, or some confounded non
sense or other. Cora, it's my opinion
that girl flirted in her cradle, male fao-s
at lier old loves, and smiled on the new.
1 Alberta!'—and she won't let any one
soften it to ' Berta,' " he went on, ap
parently warming with liia subject—
" what a ridiculous name for such a mite !
for mite she is, and mite she will con
tinue to be, for all her scornful looks and
haughty ways."
*'Oh, na' ild !" czclaims the veiled
voice, witb ai much indignation a-< is
poamble under thecircumstances. "H >w
unjust you are * She's not haughty
she's not acornful—she's lovely ! She
came to me herself vesterday afternoon
—and I happen to know ali the others
ha {written invitations—and begged we
would join her sleighing party. ' It's to
be a real old fashioned afTa-r,' she said,
' and I want my real old fashioned frien Is
to oome.
"Extremely condescending," iuterjio
lates Harold.
" And as for her name, she had nothing
to say about that, as you, if you have one
grain of common sense, must be aware
—no more than you did alKuit yours.
And sbe'd mtber be called ' Bertie,' a
great deal ; only her papa insists U;MJII
' Alberta,' and consequently, like a go 1
daughter, she m.vsts upon 'Alberta' too.
He wanted a lroy when she was liorn, to
be called ' Albert' —that's ai own name,
Jon know ; and when a girl came instead,
e said no girl should interfere with his
plans, and he named her 'Alberta,' which
is almost the same tiling. And it's just
well he did, for he never had another
child, girl or boy."
" Pity the bov hadn't come," grumbles
Harold
" For shaine, brother !" exclaims the
little woman, partly unfolding the veil
that hides her dimpled chin and rfxy
mouth, that she may speak with greater
effect. " How can you wish that th<*re
waa a'great stupid young man instead of
that dear sweet girl? for she is a dfar
sweet girl, though you, I can't for tljp
life of me we why—neither can Fred—
choose to be angry with her."
"I didn't wish for 'a great stupid
young man ' in her place," explains Har
old, with a short laugh. " Tliat he
would necessarily have been ' great ami
stupid' only feminine logic can prove; its
beyond me. But if ' Albert' had eome
first, and Alberta, by some other name,
second, she wouldn't have been an only
child, as she is now, petted and indulged
in every whim and fancy, until she imag
ines herself a queen and all the world
her slaves."
" You said ' a princess' a few moments
ago," says Cora, demurely.
" And perhaps she wouldn't be smiling
on that grinning idiot, Dan Van Rens
selaer—they say she's going to marry
him, his fortune equaling her own, anil
his great-great-great-great-srrandfather
having been one of the very first Dutch
men that landed on these shores—and
turning away from the fellow she has
known from her infancy, and who has—
Whoa, Ned, keep still! "Why the deuoe
FIIKD. KI'UTZ, Kditor and I'roprictor.
VOLUME X.
I
don't she and her trruu mnke their ap
jvonnuuv *"
They vhui't make their app.xuwiue,
and Com liegius t,, talk agcun,
"Harold, you wrong Alberta ; indeed
you <lo. It is von thai lire foohshlv
proud, not she. \Vheu she went aUromi,
■die left us rieh ;* when site valine Imek,
| die found us |hmt ; and yet site had only
been home two dtivs when she sought us
■lit. And h'w did you receive her? 11l
the coldest manner , and then raved and
1 swore when site was g. ne- you needn't
contradict me; 1 distinctly reinetnlier
two very wicked wonisyou said because
! -die didn't rush into your anus and hiss
von nt meeting, as she did at parting,
three years Is fore, Can't y. u nudcr
, stand, you horrid, splendid old boy. that
what is just allowable in a girl of fifteen
would be highly improper in a young
lady of < ighteen ? Ami yun've only
oalhxl ujs.n her once sinee hur return
once in six long mouths ; and pray what
did your lordship do on that occasion ?
Scowled and growled and snapped at
Laaiis Vance m such a ferocious manner
that he told my Fred jhst Frvsl! what
a pity they're taking V uut of .stock to
night ! he actually thought," with a
little chuckle, " you were losing your
senses. Ami what's .uore, Mr. Harold
Brown ami the dimpled chin is thrust
forwanl defiantly—" 1 think, and so does
Frvsl, that it 's your duty to apol.tgize for
the way you isliavtsi that evening. And
I vlon't titfliavesiie'a eugagisito Lhm Van
Rtmaseln. rat all l'hat was only a rumor
that th at ted OTer here from Fans, and 1
! see no reus >n why you sliotilvl accept it for
the blessed truth any more than you do
the thousand and one idle reports tluit
are always rivaling about. And Harold,
if you really love her, why don't you tell
her en ? Fml told me the moment he
found out. But there ! 1 shan't bilk any
more ; it's no use."
" It is not," declares Harold, with em
phasis ; " for unless, by some unforeseen
turn in the wheeled fortune, she becomes
is jsH'r as myself, ami 1 don't believe the
whtvl contemplates any such turn. 1 >hall
never -p. ak ot love to Miss Albeit* Lee."
" Kiivie, obstinate, w retched lv>y !"
scolds- the little sister; "I w.ish my
hands of yon. If you insist upon lemg
unhappy, Ive so. X. >t anotln r w, .rtl d > you
hear from uie to-aight, for my breath is
all frozen on mv veil, making it stiff an<l
uncomfortable, ami I've reason to thmk,
notv:tlistanding my promise tv> the con
trary, wv big brother, I'm go.ug to
sneeze."
" My darling," cries the big brother,
fumbling in bis gr. at ont pocket, " IVc
another sky, or mcou. or cloud, or wluit
ever you call it— b tight it as 1 came
along for fear "
"liar,'' interrupts Ck-rn, solemnly,
"if you wrap another thing alont me,
i veu if it be tin; finest go-ts.uuur, 1 shall
cause to brathe;" and she twines the
veil she had unfolded sl>out the lower
part of ht r face again, and relapses into
silence.
"Here she is—and time, I think."
says Harold, his iilue eyes flashing with
no pleasant light, us a laughing party
ran down the steps of Che Lee mansion
raid cr iwded into the empty sleigh.
"Aud, thunder and Mars! that infernal
L>.ui Van Rensselaer is at her hide,
tilling, Xwi !" savagely. Vihl ii* av
th *y all start, laughing, singing and
alioutiag us only young people sleigh
riviing on a tine moonlight night can
laugh and sing and shout.
An hour's ride, and then a stop of on
or two at an old fashioned hotel for
a dance (the sole music for which was
furnished hy a very old violin) and u
supjver.
At the supper mi enormous turkey
pre. ided, fi.mk.Hl br crisp salmis, broiled
quads, and the various pies of tin l c -un
ity; but h >, the turkey, didn't pr. -ide
long, for lie was soon reduced to mueh
less than n skeleton; and then the sleighs
were brought from the stable, and the
heads of the horses tupie l homeward;
and the good natured landlady and the
red haired ciuunbermaid, anvl 1 an Van
Ileussthier and his claims hod all they
could do in the way of searching f.>r ar
ticles of wearing apparel, and he lping 00
jackets, and holding shawls and cloaks,
and tying veils, for at least tift. ee min
utes.
" Hurry up," nt length alma's some
one fri>m outside, " if you want to get to
the city before the mo >n turns her back
on us;" and down stairs they go pell
mell, li lter-skeltcr, ami jump and tum
ble, and are lifted into th" sleigh > again.
Harold Brown grasps his own particu
lar charge from the group as they reach
the roadside, and carefully seating her
in his ale -h, heaps the heavy robes
around her and springs in himself.
Hundreds of silvery Itells jingle to
gether in pleasant discord, and away
th -y speed for home once more.
" How- lovely she looked to-night!"
liegins likro'.d, after a five minute® si
lence. " Yon needn't speak, t .av 1. After ;
that warm room and the dance ami the
supper, it is more necessary tlinn ever
that you should be careful. All I ask of
yon is to listen. As a listener vou can't
!e surpassed, although as a talker, like
rartst women, yon are apt to get things
a little*, confused. Hut don't go to sleep,
for that is an insult I can't and won't
stand. Did yon ever see sneh hair ? ]
spun gold ; And how eharminglv she ]
wears ill part in a wreath id>out her ,
pretty head, and part floating free over
her pretty shoulders. Blondes! There's j
only one blonde in the world, and that's
A!b rta Lee. Her skin is like the snow
with the moonlight on it; and lieing 1
beautiful because she is so fair, I sup
pose it wouldn't be fmr in me to even
dream of her turning Brown. Hi, Xed ! ,
(i sid heavens ! the intelligent brtife
Inward that dreadful attempt at a joke,
and tried to run away. 80-0-0, old fel- ,
low 1 I won't do it again. An I she
never spoke to me, Cora, Ami vet ■
wbeu we weie Isiy and girl together I've f
stolen many a kiss from thai sweet red (
mouth unreproved, and she used to call |
me 'My Harold.' Let me see—that ,
must have been eiglit year a ag'o. And |
then, as She grew older, she grew more
shy; but I was 'Harold' still, often ,
'dear Harold," until her father, who ,
shows what an idiot he is, in spite of j
his yours, by encouraging that greater f
idiot, Van Rmsselaer, made that lueky f
hit 111 Wall street, nnd th" whole family j
went abroad to lenrn how to plav the t
aristocrat to humble friends at home.
It's true I didn't go near her to-night.
There were too many around her. ' The
rose that all are praising is not the rose
forme.' And the dance I should have
liked to have danced with her, the ilunCe 1
we danced together in the 'long ago," c
she gave to Louis Vance, the very man 1
I came near knocking down one even- a
ing at her house for taking her picture J
from her album aud putting it in his 1
breast pocket, with some silly, spooney 1
remark about his heart. How her moth- a
er glared at me as I snatched it from 1
his hand! and she said, with a cool 1
drawi ; • Pray, Mr. Brown, what is it to r
you ?' Deuce take her lovely, exasperat- r
ing, bewitching impudence! Hlie well t
knew what it was to me, the golden t
haired lily-white little hypocrite! I r
suppose she'll marry that Van Ileiisse- i
' —and he muttered something which f
didn't sound like a blessing between liin s
teeth—" or some of his set, not one of t
whom is worthy to hold her fan, ' the t
bonnie wee thing,' as our old Scotch r
nurse used to say"—breaking off with n
what in a woman we would call a hysteri- t
cal laugh. " I say, sis, are you asleep ? 1
lou needn't sav a word, my butterfly; c
j uafwhake your head.'' n
Th# worsted things and veils that s
formnd- the butterfly's coooon moved [
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
slowly mill with diflintUy frum side to
Mill'.
" All right, dear. 1 feii an though I
must talk of hor to-night, ami to whom
I can I talk hut you, my darling' my
>' little sister, who bus never withheld hor
, love tuid sympathy fn.au uu>, God bless
, hor ' Hut, C'ora, if any p.xir follow hml
i hivoil you all hta lifo long, mid you hiul
a led hiui to IH'IIOVO for many yovira that
II you returned hta affection, and thon,
I growing riohor, a* ho, through uo fault
t of hi> own, grow jHxirer if you turnnd
r away frotu huu mid smiled upon those
0 who wotooulv Iria auj'oriora in woaltli
- ami jm-ilion, I'd disown you. Mouao of
, my lifo, 1 would indood !
•• Huttuij'jHiao tho * jHHir follow ' novoi
t told his love wlion wo mot after a long
1 separation I" whispers tho " mouse of
< hia lifo."
i •• In words, you moan ? Pshaw ! then
are a hundred ways in which a man tolls
t hia love, ami a woman kliowa every one
? of thorn by heart."
t " Hut mipjiosi'," in another faint whi—
r jwr, "that when alio returned from
t abroad, she found huu a matt so much
less manly than the youth alto hiul left
that ho could too] to Indievo that be
r cause he had lnvoiue poor, an the world
' gov*. she could forgot tho happy, happy
t days they hail ajmnt together, and and
- oaroil for eaoli other ? Supjmse that he
r lent a readv oar to silly rojmrta alsiut
I her —oue, for instatice, that she was en
i gngivl to bo married to * that idiot Van
r lietis-elaer ?' "
I "Cora!"
r No reply.
1 " Cora, I any !"
t Perfect silence.
"You tormenting little thing"—ahak
-1 ing her gently with las strong right hand
' - why don't you answer uie ? I won't
give vi-u a kms for a week if you don't.
There's something uucanny utiout you.
Where's your Imp? You had one a
1 short time ago; you know yott did.
' Cora!"
"My name is Alberta, please, air;"
} and the veil that had hidden her face
ilew aside, and a long tri-ns of golden
hair floated out and brightened tho
night. •
' The n-ins fell from Harold's hmnls.
1 Alberta caught them skillfully.
'• " "Pis well," she said, "that in those
I by-gone days you taught me how to
drive."
For Vne moment her lover giuied at
' her in opeu-t rod wonder. Then he
gasped: "(treat heavens ! what a fool!"
"Thank von. Mr. Brown," said the
fair oue, with a smile.
" Not you. Alberta thunder and
Mars ! uo, but me. myself to be so near
and vet so far. What a consummate "-
"Skip the h:ird words ; there isn't the
slightest need of litem," interrupted Al
berta. mischievously. "Corn thought
she'd like a ride in the big sleigh, and I
hadn't the heart to refuse the child.
Hope I haven't intruded. Mr. Ilrown?
And now, a.-, we're turning into our street,
you'd better take the reins again."
"Alberta—Bertie - sweetheart, sav
something kind to me liofore we part,"
he pleials, grasping both the reins and
the little hands that hold them.
" What si a!l I say, Mr. Brown ?"
He bends his head and ls>ks earnestly
in her face. "S.v ' Harold ' first."
" 'Harold,' "she rvjieats, with a saucy
smile, and then wresting her liatuls away,
she sink- 1 ack and leans her hea 1 on his
shoulder, which droop* t i meet it, ami
goes on in a softened voice : " I'm not
en : igisl to Han Y.ui H *tiss-laer, whom
voa, with charming consistency, call an
idiot for being in love with roe ; and my
pupa, who is the dearest and best papa
m the whole world, in spite of your iiu
pcrtinent remarks about lorn, care* noth
ing for we.dth and jsa.u i n, compared to
my hujiptncss ; and I myself, 4 lilr-white
little hypocrite' t. the contrary, haven't
the slightest objection to turning Brown,
my Harold,"
"God bless yott, dearest!"
"Yes, vex, but don't kiss nic just now.
please. We're at our own door, and the
light of tjie street lamp is falling full
nj ou us, and there's dear old anxious
papa jieeping out, trying to catch a
glimpse of h.s only son and heiress.
"Good night," "good-night," resoim
ed from every side as each particular
-h i h started for that juutieular plain to
whidi it- particular partv Imlonged, with
the exception of the sleigh in charge of
the home railed Ned.
That remained in front of the dwelling
•>f the " princess," while its happy ow ner,
with Cora, his iittl- sister, who ha I sud
denly appeared at his n le, < n one arm,
and Alberta, his pretty - veethc&rt, on the
other, ascended the nu. ' le steps.
" I'aj a." caHed out Alberta, as they
entered the hall, "Mr. Harold Brown
has be -n behaving in a dren-Iful manner.
He lias caih'd me all sorts of names,
abns'si me m st shamefully t >my face,
actually shaken me, and, worst of all, de
c!arsl be wouldn't kiss me for a week.
He ml John t >l'* k after Ned poorh irse,
lie isn't to blame and then I demand
that you demand an explanation."—
Harper'* ll" < kty.
Hon a Woman Orders a (host.
.Ilohokus writes : During our married
life my wife lias insisted thnt we couldn't
keeji house pr perly without a large
chest, for bed clothes and odd traj.
La-t week I took the dimensions from
her, questioning as follows :
" flow long?"
" Well, say ten feet," and she held
her hands about a yard njiart.
" How wide ?"
"Well, pretty wide, say six feet,"
measuring it on her apron.
" How deep?"
"Oh, have it deep, 1 guess eight feet
will be about right."
Bridget arrived while we were at tea
"Sure, sir,"said she, "that Ryan, the
storekeeper, is here wid a small barn on
a sthono liont. He's torn down both
the gate posts drivin* in. I think it's n
ehist he calls it, and he says where'lyez
have it ?"
I've succeeded in proving by the origi
nal mem. of measurements that there
was an error somewhere. The "chist"
has a window in it, and contains the
cow, calf and one bale of hay. Wife
says she is going t < llnd a man that
knowH how to build a chest and not
make it large enough for n cattle barn.
A f'nc of Medical Skill.
Just now medical men in Paris are
busy discussing a curious ease which has
come under the observation of the
learned I)r. Vemenil. The doctor hml
n lad brought to him for treatment at the
H> ispit-id de la Pitie, who hml swallowed
by accident a dose of caustic potash.
The terrible escharotic produced so tight
a constriction in the gullet that no food
would jiass down into the stomach.
Death from inanition must have been the
result hiul not Dr. Vemeuil courageously
resolved to perform the dreadful opera
tion known as gastrotomy. On the
twenty-sixth of July, accordingly, he cut
right into the lad's stomach, and inserted
into it an elastic tube, through which
food could be injected. In this way
soap, fine chopped meat, mashed vege
tables and drink were administered. On
the tenth of September the young man
recovered his health and spirits. He was
able to go about and help the servants in
the hospital, and seemed to have as much
life and energy as lie hail before the acci
dent. Between the eighteenth of August
and the fourteenth of September he
gained ten pounds in weight, while be
ing fed through the hole in his stomach,
CENTUM HALL, CENTUM CO., I\\„ THURSDAY. MARCH 1, 1877.
n<.ininc citvssiioi'ri io
I fit* irtil %ul l*taitlr Irwin iht* (•# i rtiiHi-ul
NM NNMH t \tn ii 11 * I ukt lu \gi i> uU
i rr.
The qn.Mi. i whether the Wiwtiiu
HtatcM-wud Tcrritori.-# sre to Imi pc.phd
l>v grasshoppers to the lehiMoii of the
H 'lot.. until, is oil.* of #>ui.* int. rest,
write# V H. Packard, Ji , to the /W
--bunt In the year 1875 it i# said that
11>,( t(Nt settle]# li It tlji Statu of Knlisiis,
driven out Iy grasshoppers, the offspring
of awnrm# which the tear lu-forc travel.
<<l some s<*t mile# or more from the
It K-ky mountains, J, u-t# do not
••warm in this wuy e\<i\ y.ar, hut the
interval# lvtw. . u their visitation# have
he. it shorter of late years than formerly.
Ihe great breeding place# nre in our
Western Territories. The most exten
sile pastures ate the fertile prairies ex
tending from Minnesota to Texas. Gov
ernment aid has h-eu invoke.! in a oou
lenti.iu of the governor# of the idll.ete.l
l'erritoriea and States, an.l it is to he
laiptsl that the national government will
m'| on fo't tuoh inquiries by scientific
men as will had to praet eal measur. sin
fighting the locust, *
lu dealing with tlus fearfully destruc
tive ins. ct, it i# .if prime importance to
have a thorough knowledge of its breed
ng plae. s, the frequeue} and extent of
its migration#, and to seek for the con
nection In-tween tin- direction of the
wind and the meteorological ph< uomena,
iiul the flight# of the locust. The lo
cust is quite or nearly as d sfrttctivc in
Africa, Asia and in sowtiieru Kitr. j* as
in this country, hut the laws of their
migrations ami their e luieeti.iu with
meltsirologienl cMsutrreuces have u.ver
Iweu Studied ill those regions, ami it re
tui ius for the I'nited Stat, s, with in
valuahie weather signal hur.au, to insti
tute, in connection witii the scientific
surveys of the West, investigutions re
garding the nature of the evil and the
Is-st mean# to overcome it.
It up}.ears that locust year# are year#
of unusal drouth ; that these drv uuvui.
t ome around every seven or t igltt years.
In such summer# grasshopper* hr. .-.I in
untold millions ; the supj iy of f#l I. ■
ing short, they are forced to fly off hun
dreds of mI. s. For example, a swarm
of 1 •••lists oh- T\v.l hy Profew- T lb>biu
■>n of the University of Km ■ is, near
lit.tilder City, Colorado, travele 1 a lils
t.uicc <•! at .out six hundred miles to east
ern Kansas and Missouri. Though the
swarm was tirst olwrvisi at Roulder. it
was then on its way from the north, ami
may have <sme fr<wi some j>ort of
Wy uning it*• or miles northwestward
•<r n .rthward. We know enough of the
wind# in the Western Stat. * ami Terri
tor . s to lax down the law that the gen
eral direction of the wind# in July and
August along toe eastern slope of the
Rocky mountain# and on the plains is
from the w. st and northw. >t, and aci*r*i#
with tire .wstward course t.f the hs'usl
swarms. The relation# between the aver
age direction of tlie wind# ami the ui
rraturns of the locusts have not heen suf
ficiently studud. We need luore light.
Indeed, if we would intelligently study
I ic causes of tlie rxivivi> iiumms and
migrations of the locust we would ex
imine the meteorological features of the
Western country, ascertain the js-r...is of
.Irouth and of undue rainfall, the average
direction of the wind f.ir tin* different
months, in order to learn how far they
■ irresj."!!.! witii the phenomena of locust
life. That than are cycle# of dry and
hot seasons recurring at irregular#inter
val*, whil# the gemml average may re
main nearly the same, century uft.*r c.-n
--tnry, is supported, though it may be
vaguelv, by unserved facts.
K i tl;t* question nn> •, can the w. at her '
:glial bur. an after a while pr.sliet the
coming of seasons of undue heat and
•Iryiv-sa, and couacqtieaUy can we pre
dict locust year# ? it docs not item un
reasonable to Where tliat we shall ill
Uic roitrsa of time bcnblt to for> t.*ll with
a good degree of certainly locust inva
s: li#, and he able to provide against the
1-isses thus incurred. It will In* seen by
the reader that in studying the habit#
of the locust the observation# < f the
meteorologists ami entomologist# must
go h'iu.l in hand. The govcrument has
provided a w.ll organized c-.rjm of
weather ol .servers, and we submit that a
f* we cup.'ei't entonio! ..r.sts siiotild
t die the fluid jmd.-r gi ivenrhe lit ausptpes.
Mot only should the border State*, ck
pet-.ally Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Min
nesota and lowa employ entomologists,
following tin* libera! policy of Missouri,
which fi*r eight years lias had a State
entomologist, wh we reports h-ve pn.visl
of incalculable practical value to the peo
ple of that State, hut the habit# of the
locust new! tirst of all to be thoroughly
studied in the Territories, )mrticularly
in tho.-e of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho,
I Hikotn. Utah, New Mexico, Arizona,
and the new State of (Vilorn 10. A com
mission < f entomologists should IH> ap
tw.iiitod t . make a thorough study of the
locusts in the Territories inentiomvl. It
would seem that the recommendations
made nt the recent meeting of W.*#teni
governor# at Omaha to tlie eff.iet that
an appropriation be pirns.a 1 by Congress,
nn.l a commission be attachisi to the ex
isting United Stales geological and geo
graphical survey of the Territories
(Haydcn'#), is the most feasible and
economical method of securing the
speediest and best results.
I#*t its for a moment h#>k at the losses .
sustained in the United States from the ,
attacks of insects. The annual agricul
tural products of this country h_v the i
Inst census amounted in value to 82,500,- •
000.000. Of this amount we in all prob- ]
ability annually lose upward of 8200,-
OOO.fMMt from insects alone at least
were it not f<>r the ntt:u'ks of insicts our |
agricultural prinlncts would realize so j
much more. Prof. Riley avers that the
losses during 1874 in Missouri from lo- ,
costs exceeded $15,000,000. 'i'his Would
make the basses in other parts of the i
West at least twice ns much mom, or (
SIS,(MtO,OtK) in all. The estimated nionev .
loss occasioned hy the clinch hug in Illj- ,
aok in 1864 was over 878,000,000; in |
Missouri in 1874 it is . stimab-d by l>r. 1
Riley to have been $10,000,000. The j
average annual loss to tlie cotton crop j
from the attacks of the cotton armv ,
w .rin alone ia estimated at $50,000,00t). ,
Adding to these the losses sustained by
the attacks of about a thousand other'
species of insects which nffeet our cere
als, forage and field crops, fruit trees
and shrubs, garden vegetables, shade 1
and ornamental trees, a# well ns our '
hard wood ami pine forests, and stored '
fruits, and it w ill not be thought an ex- '
aggeration to put our annual losses nt 1
shout $200,000,000. i
If the jwv.ple of this country would <
only look nt this annual depletion, this i
absolute waste, which keeps her agricul- '
turnl community poor, and which drags '
her backward in tlie race wit n the conn- f
tries of the old world, they might see the j •
necessity of taking effectual preventive 1
measures in restraining the ravages of '
insects. With care and forethought, <
based on the observation of facts by '
s ientiflc men, we believe Ihnt from SSO,- 1
000,000 to 8100,000,000, or from one- <
quarter to one-half of this annua] waste !
could he saved to the country. And the i
practical, most efficient way is for the '
States to co-operate with the general 1
government in the appointment of sain- j'
ricd entomologists, and of a United <
Ktates commission of entomologists, who 1
should, perhaps, combine the results of )
the State officials and issue weekly hub !'
■ letins, perhaps in combination with the 1
i reports of the weather signal bureau, as <
totheconditionaof the insect world, fore- <
warning farmers and gardener# from •
week t■ week A* t<> what enemies should
be guardi it iigtuusl, and wiiul preventive
| and r-n dial ni.■aMiti-a should le adopt
•*>l. rin* i'th*r signal bureau, first
siizgt sti il ami in ■*! il by tin* late 1. A l.uii
hant, w.is not in titutel without ridicule
' Hint OJIJX -ttluli, lyit it linn SUM*.I millions
to our t*immn*rwi mill agriculture. Tin*
lUWUtdUMIuI* of (til entomological (Will*
tiiiisiou iiiul ilio appointment of SIM.* en
tomologist*, would involve Oouiparativcly
1 little eX}H'lltM *.
Another Indian 1 ight.
General Nelson A Miles lias lia.l lUl*
other severe tight With the litdiaus, MILL
has ganmd uiiotlier signal victory over
theni. The Indiana consisted of bunds
of the t'hevi lines nii.i Ogullalaa, under
the lcudi rship of CrazV Horse, |id UULII
lli red lietwei II (Rttl lili.l NHI lodges.
General Miles' command left his p<*st
ou the twenty-seventh day of December,
and proceeded nji Tongue river, deter
mined to tiud tin* village of t'razy HiW,
which lie knew to lm liM'utevl in tin* vi
cinity of Wolf tnouutiuna. His c*un
llialld consisted of rive COWpSUjcH of the
Fifth Fulled Stat, - iufuntry and two
companies of the Twenty-accond infan
try, and iiutnher. d ulsiut HtMl righting
men. Through laek of traii*|*irlntioii
General Miles was eonqielled to employ
u Moiitnnw ox train thai happened to la*
at the lst to lmiis|s>rt his supplies.
I liis train h<- seat out three days in ad-
Vance of tin* departure of the Itmlli ootii
maud, under charge of Maior t'harlra
Dickey, with two companies of the
Twenty second infantry and one of the
Fifth infantry. Alt r overtaking the
train, with the balance of the command
tb-iioral Miles abandoned the wagons
and ilrove las oxen, lit orvler to have
them at lutlld to assist lll 'ptlllitlg Ida
train up the steep hills and through the
deep canyons.
At the time of leaving the jsst there
was a heavy aunw ou the ground, and
■evert* ahums, with intensely wkl
weather, obtained during the whole
[H-riixl of the exjiediti. n. The move
ment of the troops, was necessarily
tedious, ami the hril*lupseiidur*d were,
of course, very great. Still there were
no obstacles that could for a moment
daunt or deter (ieneral Mill-. He had
fully determined t<> hunt Crazy Hoi-e tu
his retreat uiuoniUn* fastness.-* of Wolf
mountains, ami after rimliug him to whip
hitn, lb* lias smvet sled in both.
Afti*r proceeding some sixty miles up
Tongue river he discovered sign* of re
cent Indian encampments, ami pushing
on he struck their full force on the
seventh of January. On the evening of
thai day quite a heavy skirmish look
place, and on lit* e gltUi the Indians, to
the uumWr of I, Out) warrior*, well srimsl
and plentifully supplied with luiuuuui
tion, appeared on his front; thev guv*
every indication of Iwing eoiiftileiit of
their ability t-> anmiiilate the troops,
tieneral Miles ntt.s*l.<sl them, however,
with Ins gallant little command, and by
MI admirable diapuaiLiuu of his force
succeeded 111 gaining a decisive vjelory.
The loss of tin 1 Iml ana is loud to • t.-
inate, as they always carry their de: I ami
wounded from the field ; but it is ki. ail
to have lx*e grant. The Ditto field wis
coverei! with tracesof blood. Tli* In
diiuis fought with great desperation.
The battle was contested on very rough
and broken ground, where it would liatf *
been uu|H<ssible for cavalry to ride. The
Indians . re entire Iv on f. !, and oluug
ivl the tris.ps repeatedly.
Officers and men d:-phv<*d the greatest
coolness un<! courage, ami poured d.wdlv
volleys into the ranks of the " hostile.-.
Though outnumbered at least three to
on>* they never ouc*c e>i.teuiplat* d ilcfist.
For more tluui live hour* the h..ttle raged
an terrible a* ever was witnessed uu a
battlefield. A heavy au*w st.*r:n pre
vail .*1 during a portion of the tight.
The following is u list of the kilhsl and
wounded : Killed: t'or|sinil Augustus
llathls'iie, of Company A, Fifth infantry;
Frivute liiittn, of t ot:q iinv (', Fifth infan
try ; Private Bernard, <>f Tw<*ntT+wm.l
infantry ; Private Mel'uuu, of Twenty*
second infantry. Wonndisl : Private
K denlmrg, of (tonipauy A, Fifth infati
try ; Private D.mha, of (' •uipaitv H,
Fifth infantry ; Private Daily, of < *ui
pany D. Fifth infantry ; Private Dia
mond, of Company D, Fifth infantry;;
Corporal Tliomas ltchm, *<f Company F,
Fifth infantry ; Herg-inl Hiram Spaagrr,
of the Twentv-Mvoiid infantry.
General Miles pursued the Indians
into the Wolf mountains as fur its his
limited *nppln ■< would js ritnt.
The oomnmnd returned to jot in g-*sl
condition, eonsid. ring the terrible hard
ships it has endured.
lit Fvtinordinary Mrv.
The New York //. raW ptiblial.es au
extraordinary storv, of which the follow
ing is a very brief synopsis : Elizabeth
Mary Hanx IY WHS Is.rn in Mnllwrrv
stnet in IH-J7, ami was married in 1841
to her eon in L**uis Gordon Keith, a
naval e.'.ptiun in the Fnitisl State* ser
viee. On th death of Iter lm-haml alie
reuutii'i'd ill Baltimore under the cart* * f
her e usin An-hbishop Kgglestou, who
placed her in snjwrvision cf St. Vincent's
Asylum for Ort>bans on First stn*et in
that city. The institution was formerly
in charge of the Black Cap Si-tors, who
refused to retire until threatened with
legal prises*. A year later Mrs. Keith
and her infant daughter were kidnapped,
and Conducted by one Eovegrow to the
Mount Hope lunatic asylum, where the
mother was forcibly detnimsi for seven
years, being mourned as dead by her
relatives. She finally regained her
liberty through the interference of
Archbishop Hendricks, and returned to
her father in New York. In search of
health she went to Williaiusburgh. Ya
where ih** was again kidnnpied, and
eon fined in a lunatic asylum for eighteen
years. She \v*is finally liberated bv a
military commi—ion, iqqNiineal by Major
(b neral Hancovk, by whieh she Was
pronounced sane. Even then she was
detained on various pretexts for some
months, but was finally restored to her
brother It. Selby Sanxay, who had been
informed of her existence. The lady who
is said to have undergone this terrible <
experience is now living in East Twenty
eight street, in New York city.
Haw We Take Cold.
Getting wet, and wet feet, oeetipv a
very serious place in the list of colds;
ami there i- no doubt (lint damp and cold
applied to the general surface is the most
cfiieiont means of producing chill and
vital ilepri -ion, with congestion of the
internal organs. It is neeeasarv that
cold be combined with moisture to pro
duce this effect. Even if all the clothes
on the body are w. 1, no harm will come
so long n*i they nre kept warm; and tins
suggt at* the very great value, to all per
sons liable to exposure to wet. of light
waterproof overalls. They may either
be put on to keep (]„, underclothing
dry; or if the underclothing IHIH become
wet, either by weather or by perspiration,
they may be put on to prevent too rapid
ev J* irate HI ami consequent reduction of
temperature, especially when the person
is about to remain still after getting warm
with exercise. In this variable climate,
therefore, schoolgirls, governesses, shop
and factory girls, and all women whose
occnivatiuUH call ujMin them do bravo the
weather, ought to carry with them com
plete waterproof mantles, made as light
as possible, but extending from the neck
to the ankles, whieh ean be put on or not
as required; and boya and men, similarly '
exposed, should carrv waterproof over
alls. " I
A MUM'S MURK.
How 1 M***t to utilise liumau labor, and
lit tlio * IBHI time to produce tin* imut
fatigin*, is olio of those interesting prob-
Ifiiw iti industrial mishiuiies which every
inventor of machines baaed oil man
JMiWcr u H Uioti't Is culled tipoU to con
sider, IIIHI to which ovory employer of
null for tin* nukt* of their brute muscular
strength is obliged to give mum- utten
lion. It is u eumnutt error to believe
that, iu or.br to |iruilttc u given amount
of work, a man always expends u given
amount of ami t<i recognise thin
is tho first stop toward a (nms-i estima
tion of a toiui'a muscular capability.
Appropriate rest* ure absolute nct-sai
tiosto tin* liiiiiuui machine, sin! it is by in
termittent, not continuous, i ir.irt tluit its
i lost work is produced. < Inn nu.ii labor
ing ten iioiirs urn! taking intorvuls of re
pi .*e Will produce mole fopis* tiini accom
plish more work with less fatigue titan
.mother laboring eight hour* with shorter
or less frequent rests, the met mil time
sj>eiit in working in Is.tli rosea lieing
equal. Hut on the other hand, during
the periods of sliwolute work regularity
is a necessity, a foot cl.arly shown by tiie
government of soldiers on long uiarehes,
where the drum to which the feet keep
time is a wonderful agent for repressing
fatigue, simply bi*euuHe it iiuures regu
larity of motion. So also iu rowing in *
long ruv experience lius pruxed the ad
vantage of a chs-kwork regularity uf
stroke with a brief lu.n thing apeu Ik*-
tweeu m*h pull. In fact it np|M-itr that
men will naturally full into tins cadence,
as witness the blows delivered bv labor
ers Willi sledge hammers upon rock drills,
Olid tile {lecutiar tuned "lillll" which
each will aspirate as his implement falls,
or the tendency which sailors hare to
break into a cadence.! singsong when
pulling a standing haul on a rope. A
more curious instance iu this regard is
found HI the power of dancing ; nothing
but the repeated rests and the regular
luoveim t will explain the ability of
women, t-i whom ordinarily a walk of s
luile ill length 1- a Severe tusk, to dlUlCe
during a per .xt of five or mx hours, and
this at a time when nature is most ex
hausted, owing to deprivation of sleep.
Ihe Ix-st appliealii >n a mull can make
of his powttr ;s through his leg*, fur the
luusch ■* if those tin-miters we not unit
absolutely but relatively stronger than
those uf the arms. Iu other wor.la, after
work, th> fatigue produced in Udh sets of
muscles bring equal, the leg' muscles will
1 nVe J- rtormed mote useful Sol sir tiuui
tiio<*- of the anna. And further, the
lu-ai 11 ui mutate a natural movement
the l-lt< r do we apply iln- power, there
fore a walking niotiou of the legs, ut a
velocity equal to that of on ordinary giut,
and applied to levers, is probably the
im-sf efficacious application of human
force for steady work.
A to the absolute j*vwer of a man ex-
UMWD M |S>unils Ui IK* lifted or in rinii-
Lir term*, exact dulu arc obvious!v im
jKe*iblc, even for on average individual.
An interesting series uf experiment* were
ixmduct lon Uiis subjf—t some time ago
in France, and these, we 1 .clicve, give a
fair aporoximation. The heaviest load a
man of strength rn enrry for a short dis
tance is placed at HIH jMiu'. i- All a man
.an carry lutbiiualiy -a* a soldier hi
Lnaj a walking .ni krtcl ground i* 132
■h, i.J lit • 1 an xtreiae licld, We
sir mid judge. Or h<* can cu ry an aggre
gate f I..MN jsiunds on 3,200 fvt as a
day's work, under like rircnmtaure. 11
he ascend ladders <r stairs--as <lo lesi
iwxrier then lie inn .wrry but 121
pounds continuously. ami hi day's work
C-uiut't exceed 1,232 |j>suhlk raised 3,2t<0
f.et high. With regard t<. the effort ami
vol s-ity winch a null cau produce by
nulling or pushing w.tii 1. i* arms, it iiaa
S>< f* vi i fliiit. under the moat favor
able eirctinistances and for continuous
w ik, an effect ctcee un-r from 26 4 to 33
pounds raised fnun I.H t> 2 1 feet j>cr
second r..nnot liegiMUeil, and Una is equal
to about i horse jsiw.-r,
ItciiiarkaMe ( ores,
fen. A. J. lleoautitou'a theories con
cerning the influence of blue and sun
light tijxui life and disease arc attracting
much utfentum. \ corn*]* indent of the
Chicago frifiu n* has recently striven to
renew public interest in the matter by
relating soiuc the remarkable cures
which have been wrought by means of
blue glass. For instance, two old friends
of Oeii. PleiHsioi' HI w ERA offiirted with
rheumatism in the fort arms, from their
elbow joints to their finger ends, so se
vere nt time* that tliey were unable to
hold pen* Thcv obtained a piece of
blue glass and set it up loosely m one of
their windows. For three days they
i xr.-d tln-sr arms aiul behi them iu the
ass.K-iut.sl blue ai.d sunlight for thirty
minute . Each .lav brought them rc
!uf ami ut the n.l of three days the
rheumatism had disappeared. A little
child that had, from its birth, scarcely
anv use of it* legs, wo* taken to play
.lady ill a room where blue glass formed
a portion of one of the windows, fu a
very abort time it obtained the use of
its legs, MI J learned to walk aud ntu
without difficulty. The oorresjKin.lent
give* page frniu his own experience.
" A hi.lv of inv family, nlsiut six w. eks
ago, hi! a violent hemorrhage of the
lungs, Mid for ten days raised more or
less blood daily. She was very much
weakened by the loss of blood, ami con
siderably frightened withal. I obtained
some blue gloss and placed it in the win
dow where ahe was in the habit of sit
ting. the blue gloss constituting one-half
of the lower sash of the window. Tin*
lady s it d-ely in the fisKoeiat.Hl lights, al
lowing the blue mvs especially to fall
upon the nerves of the b:iek of the uerl
for uls>ut an hour a dav. The sccono
day, the sun's rays being unusually
strong, she got t.wi much blue glass, snd
at night felt peculiar sensations in the
hack of the nock. among the nerves, and
on unpleasant lnllnes*. in tlie head.
These sensations w-.re off next day, and
since then she lias not remained so long
at a time under the blue glass. ltut
from the llrst she l*gtin to grow strong
er, her face soon gained its mitunil full
ness. and in n week she was to all ap
t poaraneee aa well ever. Of course
she WHS not cure 1 of the trouble in her
lungs in so short n time, but the sore
ness in her ehest lias passed away and
she begins to feel well again." Another
Italy who had lost her hair snt under
ghts and regained it. Another —but a
paragraph, like all other good things,
must e une to an end sometime.
The Troop* In Washington.
A U' raid dispatch says: Anticipat
ing a request for information from the
special committee on the use of the
army in certain of the Southern States
us to why troops were concentrated in
Washington, it is understood the Presi
dent has instructed tho secretary of war
to answer that in November last, when
the order WHS given for troops to come
here, there wua grave apprehension lest
the negro population of the District of
Columbia, then represented to lie in
great destitution, should attempt a raid
on the treasury building and otherwise
endanger the peace of the citizens of
Washington generally. That there was
great political excitement growing out
of tho Presidential vote, and the exi
gency demanded tlie presence here of nn
armed force which was brought here at
very little extra expense over that cf
transportation, and that on the whole s
change of station had been beneficial to
the troops. Any political intent is dis
claimed for the order bringing the
troops to this city,
TERMS: ©'2.00 a Year, in Advance.
A grlt-iilt ural Prospect*.
t The fitmiit forsmd to the HT-IUMHI
it of spring an that which must brighten ur
tlvkut lii( pmp(4l (rf a favorable b*r
y vest. Tim i>|>c ration* of agneulture arc
U so varied, wv an exchange, and dt-jwmd
* an much on condition* of the weather, '
>f taut anxiety regarding the planting see ]
r sou ia always justifiable. I'he passing j
* winter ia l*uig regarded a except dually |
c severe by tho** tug engaged iu (arming.
t Intense cold, heavy aiiuwa and raiua,
i diwtruetive tl l* and viiih ut gales, have 1
* utatked ila prngrean and lent to it* hia- ■
- tory a very and intercut in view of tin* i
. luaa uf tide along the C.xtat and the (ir- t
* v notation caused uu the Ohio and other
- river*. The season haa presented to j
* meteorologists one of thuae instance* of i
Midden and extiwordmary ronip*u*liou*
- by wlueli nature adjust* Ilia utui<mphenc
- equilibrium which hua boon subjected
i to a aerie* of diaturlianoea through
r Hcvcrul year*. The extreme warmth of f
* lust summer reunited in main evila pi j
' the farming cl*s*. In the \V'e*t the !
I t growing crpw nest* injured by pro
f longed jiei ioiu of drought or were cut
* dow nby the voracious swanna uf grass
. hopper*, which divcaUvl aome extensive
' diHtrict* of every trace of vegetatioo.
! Tile potato bug extended the are* of It*
destructive operation* from the Itocky
' mountain* to Cape Cod. The varum*
crupa autfered in their aevera! district*
' from an excoa* and a want of moiature,
and tlie whole agricultural interest* < i the
' country felt the stagnation of buamea* t
> canned by Otir political uncertainties and j
the difficulties that arose out of the que*
i turn of cheap trannjiortation.
1 Now, however, a more cheering proa
pect present* itself, for, after the severe
1 winter, we are pivtty certain to enjoy a
1 tine spring aeaa.ni, extremely favorable
for farming operation*. The heavy |
' snows liave brought to the soil important
' chemical addition* which cannot fail to
r increase it* fertility. It lia* also blank
ctC.l the face of the country eastward of
the Mississippi with a good nun-C<>iuet
iug covering, by which radiation of heat
lia* 1 icon checked and vegetation conse
quently protected from the deatmctive
effect* of the intense cvdd. The larva:
of the gnox.li. .pp.-r and potato bug have
lieen proliabiy destroyed in the region*
where these insert* are inoat destructive.
Although a paragraph ia lieing exten
sively copied from a Western jmper to
the effort that an exjicriuieutal thawing
of aotue masses of earth haa proved that
the grasshopper egg* have not been on
stroyed by the recent ocv.-rew. hi, no un
favorable deducti. m* can be drawn from
the fact, if it is a fact, bccatiac the condi
tions of the alleged test were peculiar to
it and wrill not attend the natural and j
very gradual thawing out of the soil dur- i
ing the o timng spring. It is jxiasible j
tlint mmie regions thickly covered with '
•now may ilavelop a graa*ho|p*r crop, |
but Uic great imi of the northwest ami i
w. st lis* not been an covered during this '
winter, Our pohlical doiilita are on the 1
eve of laving dissipated by constitutional j
means, and there cau lie no question i
aland the early settlement of Use trans- 1
puliation problem on a la*i* satisfactory
t" ail parte* interested. With them j
checnug consideration* before n we look !
forward to renewed activity in the fields,
which wrill lie rewarded with abundant
Imrvesta when tlie year grows older.
huining a itunk.
The first national lawk id Franklin,
Johnson oouiitv, Indiana, ha* closed its
doors, the cashier, lUchard T. Tayhir, |
hav ing absconded after along aeries of
forgeries, which have nearly alwwrbed <
the entire capital <d the institution. An
Imiiaiuijtolis letter say* : 'flic iWalca
tsin ia tlie hirgi-st ever perpetrated iu the
State, and the full j .articular* have not
y-t been disclosed Taylor was in tlii* j
eitv and sold $16,(100 worth of exchange
liciongiug hi the lunik to the Indiana j
I milking company, SIO,OOO on New York,
$3,000 on Louisville, and $3,000 on Cin
cinnati. He kejd 910,000 and left $6,000
to the credit of the bank. He wa Last
seen going toward the depst and said he
was going Lome. His diaapjiearauoe led
to iui examination of the affairs of the
bunk, ami it was ascertained tlist he hail
taken out $23,000 of the ren .ve, and
that the running mom r of th< iuuik was
$:},000 short. The bills rec .table are
alsiut st>2,ooo short, and the lppoKiiion
is tliut ho discounted tbaiu a. d n*ed tlie
money, a* many foreign 1 makers have
lately lxwvu wntiug licre maiuug in.ruirie*
alvont the bank. Hi* brother, Elmer
Taylor, who i* assistant oasliier of the
Inuik, iweiveil a letter from him cxplniu
ing tliat the affairs of the bank were in
a worse condition than one would imag
ine; that he liad U>eu forcing balance*
and deceiving the iw.uk examiners for a
long time, and had lieen paying divi
dends to •ttorkboidera without earning
them. He took with hf.u the general
ledger, iu which all the account* of tlie
bank were kept, and tiierefor it ia lm
iHxisible to tell the ivunhtioii of tlie
liauk. The biuik in tlie fiftieth national
Ismk in the Tinted States and the second
in tins State, and had u capital of $132,-
tklOamla surplus of SIB,OOO, making a
total of $130,000. The deuosita were
unibftbly a few thousands less. The
itank is owned by rich farmers of the
county, whci know little nliout banking
biißtnese, and Taylor has lieen onaluer
and geiiei.d manager of it siiK'e 1870,
and had almost unlimited control of its
affairs. He is alsvnt thirty-two years of
age and has always stood high in the
community. He leaves a wife and one
child Is'liind him. He had good habit*.
It is thought that he ha* IHIUI otieratiug
largely in Chicago liiargijis. and tin* u
supposed b> 1> the cause .if hisibiwiilaU.
It is expected that he has aliaorlxsl tiie
entire capital of the bank, and a* he wa*
not required to give bonds the farmer
stockholders w ill have to stand the lo*s.
It is feared that an examination will re
veal that some of the bunks uf this citv
will h**e by his dcfal.-utuma, as the liauk
ha<l almost unlimited credit. Such sn
excitement was never known in the towu
of Franklin liefore.
A Fervent Apfieal.
A good story of a hospital Sunday ser
mon wn* told nn exchange. In a district
inhabited by wealthy jxs>|k-. but mostly
connected with trade, and in which *'com
mercial credit " is everything, tlie clergy
man in question prefaced his discourse
with these words ; " Itefore commencing
my sjqwftl to your purses, mv friends. 1
w ill mention n case of conscience which
has been put to me this morning by an
esteemed member of this congregation.
He is, lie says, to all appearance a rich
man, but in reality is on the verge of
bankruptcy. He would wish to put his
$5 note in the collection plate as usual;
Imt would it be honest, lie neks, seeing
that what money lie has left is, in fact,
his creditors', and not his own. I have
advised him. dear friends, not to give;
and if any of you are in a similar un
happy plight, I also say: *Be jnst
before you are generous.' Those in good
circumstances will, on the other hand,
give according to their means." It is
said that so many s.*> notes were never
seen in the collection plate before as on
the occasion of that sagacious appeal.
TURK ABOUT. —"Going into partner
ship with Jones ! I should hare thought
you'd had enough of partnerships, after
Brojrn." "Ah, vou see, when we first
became partners, Brown had all the ex
perience, and I all the money. Now,
Jones has all the money, and I've all the
experience."
NUMBER ft.
I' " "" 11 ''' *
Fashion Koln.
Pltufii m the rage.
Ki<l bonnet* tmm in favor.
The Breton i a new jacket,
l'luali bonnets are novelties.
Trailing skirt# are moribund.
Shopping for valentine# haa begun.
Fn<*v ball costume# are in demand.
Gray ia to he the fashionable spring
color.
Brazilian maeet ornaments are in d*.
mand.
The " litmus Abbott " ia the newest
i polonaise.
lJraaaen are made narrower than ever
| in front.
lew hue no continue* will Iw worn at
; fancy Inula.
Children'* p#letot are a* long aa their
dreaae*.
Gentlemen wear black adk or slpMca
| dominoes.
Japanese style# of costume are coming
: in vogue,
Hhww are no light that it ia difficult
to Ixsml the arm.
The Ihuucheff domino i* of black
moire, tnmtued with red.
lauge pocket# and cape* are aeen on
children'a puletota.
All opera tjouneia and hat* are email,
i and Jtave low crown*.
IHatiii and pluah ribhuna are the rage
of the mom en I in Loudon.
Black cashmere i still the favorite
( fabric for drew** for ohl J* lies.
Jewels atul feather# ate very iaahion
, aide for trimuung ball dre#*e*.
Japanese coattunca arc very popular
for fancy ball* ami mosqiienahV
Turiaui lmta ate very fashionable in
Lotytuu.
Historic ookinete# are Wry fashionable
for masquerades and fancy Mia.
A new trimming mmd in the place of
fur i* a marabout of silk and chenille.
Fashionable girl* will not wear the
Martha Washington drew# thiseeaaun.
Brazilian feather* and insert# are very
fashionable for fancy ball coiffure*.
Venetian dominoes, with loug sleeve*
and a cape, are seen at the owtument'.
So (wloottabbt lady wear* a train*-
borough or large )mt to the theater or
opera.
The First While (tuid.
in U7 J*eper Dankera and lvter
Sluyter, two travelers, appeared in Sew
York, who had beau sent fam Europe
by a religion* sect, called LalouiisU, to
find home suitable place fur a colony.
The founder of the neet waa Jean lie
Labedie, a native of Bordeaux, and he
htt.l not many c*ui verts to hi* doctrine#
among peraona of learning. Hi* public
declaration that he wan umpired and
specially directed by Christ filled the
clergy with draiuay. and caused him and
hi* followers to be driven to Westphalia,
and afterward to Denmark.
The two envoy* landed abont fonr
o'clock ma a Haptember aftorwooo, and
were invited to a mpjier by a fallow pas
j *euger at the house of hi* father-in-law
I Jacob JSwurt, hcit- they were invited to
j kpeud the night, and grariou*ly ac
cepted the invitation. The next day waa
4 Monday, and, after partaking of an aj>-
' petnung lireaktaat of Ash and fruit, they
went to church "to avoid scandal," aa
I they said. In the afternoon they were
escorted bv Mr and Mr*. Swart to a
tavern, where their daughter lived.
I Toward evening they called upon one
of Mr. Swart'* neichUum. Hi* name
was Jean Vigue. He *m the first male
child boni Ui New York, of European
| parent*. The date .if hie birth, aocatd
j tog to these traveler*, must have been
lfilf, the verv earliest period of white
< settlement. ilia mother owned a farm
. near Wall and Pearl street*. He
wa< at till* time in poaaaaaisn of the
old homestead, ami kept an ancient vrind
} mill niualiutlj at work upon the hill
liack of hi* house. He was a brewer,
aa well a* a former ; and he was one of
the great burgher* of the city. He filled
the oflioe of achepeo in 1653. in 1655 and
in 1656. He left no children; hut
the deaceadant* of hi* *i*tara are scat
tered through the country.
Power of Sympathy.
At the union depot at Toledo, say* a
loco] pHjK-r, a coffin lay on a baggage
truck waiting to he put on to Lake Sbon
train No. 8, alien it ahould go out It
wo* directed to Parma, Mich. It eon-
I fanned the remain* of the son of a woman
i who, in one short year, had luat every
near relative she possessed on earth—
husband, daughter and two son*. This
wo* her lost sou, who had jut* died in
CiactansH. She had been summoned to
h'" i' a hen he was suddenly taken ill,
. _ui just arrived one hour after lie breath
ed hi* last, calling vainly in the agonies
of ileath for hi* mother. At time* the
realization of her terrible grief and loneli
ui'o* woiUd weigh down on her with such
uultearahle force that *he would almost
grow wild with anguish. She pared the
d<*r of the dejxit impatiently, and finally
walked out and stood over the coffin,
wringing her hands and moaning with
grief. Another woman *aw her and came
to her side. Titer were utter strangers,
but sorrow made them sinter*. "Do not
give way to your griet ao completely, '
said the strange lady to the poor woman.
*' How can 1 Igip it?" Haiti alie, almost
fiercely. *• It is well enough for you to
*ay so, but vt hat do vou know almut suf
fering ? This was ail I had."
" Ah. inv dear woman," said the stran
ger, taking her by the hand, "I know
what sorrow ia. Ijast week I Imried all
I hud on earth."
Almost instantly the poor woman *toj -
tied her weeping, grasjwd lier comforter'* i
fiand eagerly, ami walked awray from the i
coffin with lier into the waiting-room. ,
" I will learn to l>ear it," said she ; but ,
I did not lieiieve that in this wide world .
there was one human being called to auf- ,
fering like mine." ,
That Caught Him.
A handsome boy boarded for a year ,
in a Nashville hotel, and conducted a ,
sewing machine agency. He was active •
and Buccessful in business, and a pet of
the women, with whom he was fond of
itssociatmg. His youthfulneae insured
him more freedom with the mthan would
have been accorded an older beau; but -
one day lie hugged and kissed a chain
bermuid, and was complained of to the ,
landlord. At this point in the story the ]
pronoun "he" must 1h changed to \
"she," for the offender confessed to j
being a woman in boy's clothes. She t
said that, being compelled to earn her
own living, she learned by experience „
that her sex wns a detriment. So she ,
took to tr users, and in that guise she ,
not only did better in business, but wns f
able to bamboozle the women.
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A Change.
When yon feel disgusted because the i
street cars are cold and your office chilly, t
says a city paper, imagine yourself a i
fanner out watering * drove of stock in 1
a creek five miles from home, with the j
ice twenty inches thick, the snow two v
feet deep, the mercury clear down in the c
boots of zero, the wind blowing like as
1,000-horse fanning mill from the north- a
east, and every animal in the crowd try- c
ing to horn you in the back because you r
don't drop holes fast enough. • a
Heats of Interest.
Why is i beautiful woman like m Hoa
printing pram? Because *U make* n
good impression.
Hie product off becawwi ui the United
flutes is 20,000,000 pound* annually,
' wortli at least *6,010,000, while the pro
duct ofhoney Is ..rth marly $9,000,000.
The Michigan salt wells have produced
l.m.'m Iwrreis, or 7,818,15 bushel*
•fir.® MI increase of l.bM.ft*) buahela,
or 380,474 barrels, over bet year's pro
ductions.
According to the London driy and
ZZ A'oty Oattftc recruiting liss lieen so
brisk, owing to general depression in all
timlea, that no fewer than 80,000 young
men enlisted last year, 4
A thrifty young woman in Boston got
np s handsome aubwripon for the letter
owrtor on the route, ami then married
hun, and need the fund to defray the t x
(a-uses of a wedding tour,
Paris <laJy : " Ton always tell me,
ma.lain, that I am dull; pray* inform me
what b the difference between dull and
bright J" Answer : " The difference is
the same as lietween a smell and s per
fume."
There b an unusual interest manifest
ed in kitchen maid* by the young men
of Memphis, Mo., caused by a statement
in a local paper that a young ladr, heir
to fl 0,(100, b working as a domestic in a
t; family there.
Ira L. Ibhiteoa, formerly a, general in
the Brazilian army, and sulmequently a
major general during the aril war, ap
plied at the Ottawa (Cbfeads) police *ta
-11 Hon the other nigi.t for shelter and
food. Drink!
* A bill lias I wen introduced in the Il
linois legislature to require all owners
it of sWdhoiM kept fur breeding purpoeea
to pay an annual ltoen>- of SSO, the
t object being, of counw, to raise tbs
grade of equine stock.
„ A lew year* ago Australia imported a
cargo of rabbits for the purpose of free
ing the pasture from noxious weeds ami
•• frightening mischievous auimab from
the grain dekb. It b now importing
5 wasMds for the destrurtiuti of the rab
bits.
1 Thb spell of putitioal weather recalls
a saying <d Fisher Ames': A monarchy,
i he raid, b a merchantman that satis well
until it strikes some rock and goes to
the bottom; s republic b s rait that
uever sinks—" but your feet are always
in the water.**
In hootlaad it hs fur s long time been
. usual to blazon on a man's tointwtone the
symbols of lib trade. A sugar oone in
dicates the grave of a g.ocer ; an ax and
saw, with hammer Mid mails, occurs on
the grave of a carpenter; an aw! and
r hammer uu thai of a shoemaker.
Be official returns now completed
> suslo- it manifest Uiat tram all parties
the Conawvatives have curried .iff the
t prize at the elections to the German
Reichstag. The parties hostile to the
f empire represent 188 votes, while its de
fenders and supporters are 194.
Hie Yankee facility for getting the
liest of cimnnstanees reoeivea an apt il
, lustration in die fact that the captain of
s schooner which wsa solidly frozen in
tlie Mystic river, in Massachusetts, b
1 lies hauling her with the ice taken out
in making a channel, and will sell it at a
■ good profit in Florida.
"Bay, Fat, suppose walau was to corns
along now, and sec loth of us hers,
which do you suppose be would take—
*>ou or me*"" " Ob, faith, yer In nor !
. lie*.! take me." "How sot" "Weil,
w," said Pat, " be'd take me now, be
cause he wouldn't be sure of me when
he came again; but he'd be sure at ran
Hi any tunc, and could afford to wait"
Hie outlook for the shoe and leather
trade during the current year b unusual
ly encouraging. In Maksachusetta, last
rear, this industry was larger than ever
before in the history of the trade, the
nhifxtit-uto from Raton expending those
tor 1875 by over 70,000 caw*. and those
< 4 1874 by 130,000 cases. Tin total re
ported shipments for 1876 are 1,521.305
emmw w
The pointa in a Saratoga county (If.
Y.) hive atory are thai Prank w* dis
carded by Luxa in otobors to the dying
injunction of her mother; that they part
ed at the gate of the cemetery; that s he
gradually pined until at the point of
death; that alio sent lor Frank, but he
sac on his death bed with few; and
lliat thev .Bed on the aaae day, awl
their Unites were airaattmieoujdy carried
through the cemetery gate vtwn they
itad parted.
Hi- farmers, who usually complain
that tlicir class b denied adequate rep
i-aentauou in legislative belies and that
the hiwyetw monopolize all power and
honor, liave no cease for each complaint
iu Maine at leant A majority trf the
member* are farmers, merchants and
manufacture!*. There are only two
lawyer* in the Senate and nine m the
House. Seven senator* out of the thirty
one and seventeen representative* out of
151 are college graduate*.
Some sheep belonging to a farmer
named Beed having been stolen in the
neighbor!* >ud of a colberv village in
Ilhrltam, England. wiiile the thief was
till undiscovered, a local preacher,
having a collection to make, thought he
would turn the event to a good account ;
io he saai; "We have a collection to
nake thb morning, and for the glory of
(bid. whichever of you stole Mr. Seed's
sheep don't put anything on the plate !'*
(Mf course everybody joined iu the eol
iecbon.
Apples being so abundant this season,
the sheep may be treated to a feed once
a week. There arc thine of our domestic
i.uimais who feel tlie change from green
i'lod to dry so sensibly as the sheep, artd
they need a feed of turnips, apples, csb
liage or something of that kind quite
often. Thb prevents eostivenem or
istretches, MI ailment entnmou to sheep
in thb country but unknown in Great
Britain, where turnips are fed daily.
Salting theep b jnite as important in the
w inter season as m any other. Indeed,
all auimab should have access to salt
daily.
Wheu Uie carl of CarLialc, then Lord
Morpeth, was in 1844 traveling in this
<->untry, he called one dgy upou Mrs.
tblkUt Lawrence, wife of tlie later min
ister to England Mrs. Lawrence,
•iiuiewhat moved by so* aristocratic a
v wit alien, summoned her two sons Bige
low Lawreuoe and Abbott Lawrence,
Jr., in order to present them to her
visitor. " Yonr lordship," she said,
• • allow uie to present to yon my uona,
A below and Bigvt "—then conscious that
something wna wrong, she added, hasti
ly : *" I beg yonr pardon. Bigot and
Abelow 1"
Mr. Thnrlow M eed gives in the remi
niscences of Vanderbilt the following :
On one occasion it geaUem.au called on
the commodore to propose for one of lib
• laughters, and commenced, by the most
t ager and vehement protestations, to as
sert that he was not actuated by any de
sire to obtain her fortune, but was ani
mated bv the sinoereet and purest affec
tion, and inspired by admiration for her
jiersonal and mental beauty; and when,
to emphasize-these protestations, he was
aUiut to renew them again, the commo
dore stopped him, raving, quite quietly ;
"I did not know she had any fortune."
Luck Followed Him.
One of the chief purchasers 'at the
Meuzies book rale iu New York, was
quite a new collector whom history is
curious. Years ago lie took it into* his
head that he would take to farming on
Long Island, and set out to find a desira
ble farm. He went on a tour of inspec
tion, carrying with him a shovel with
which he dug up ground and then had it
aualyzed. However, not tliuliug aught
to his taste on Long Island, he determin
ed to go to Rhode Island, and there pur
chased a farm for $20,000, on which he
expended $20,000 more, and then, ap
{*vrently tired of it, rented the ground
for a few hundreds a year, and with the
small remnant of lib fortune went to Cal
ifornia ; there he made a lucky hit, and
not long since returned to the East to
make the agreeable discovery that during
lib absence the city of Providence had,
providentially for him, been steadily ad
vancing toward his farm, which had be
come immensely valuable. Presently he
sold off sßo,ooo*worth, and then, arriving
at the conclusion that he had let it go too
cheap, he had the rest surveyed and laid
out in streets kid lots, Be has now sold
altogether $906,000 worth I