After the llaln.
T.ut night th* fragrant lily,
So UL>!v. *n am! stilly,
H*M high her jwllid ohalioo, gathering
WhitoiMM from the moon.
And standing like * warden.
Beside th' encbtnM garden.
The tulip tree* tonne,! high and free hit
Yellow stars of bloom,
And swept their golden flashing# through
The firm anient of June.
While the plain
Of tlie shivering breesa
And quivering trx-ca.
Foretold Uie coming rain.
Maiirwn Coslia Uhas.
Maureen OxvJsa l>ha!
Y'er the pntkat law
F.x-er walkisl on ab.>e leather or dhrovo a toy
max!;
For your wee little feet
And yer figure exi sweet
Are too much tor tlie brain of a j-oor Into. lad.
Maureen Ckxaha l>ha'
WTien 1 M-e ye wt maaa,
Sainti ahox*e ! I'm am afraid that it st yell 1
prays
An' th' crown o' my bat
When 1 look at that,
Haa yer pnrty fa ce tin ta U Um diiuplea at
play
Maureen Ombt Idiar!
TUlu tlie lutxlda ye cross.
To your fatlier's nale cabin just under the
iuu.
Th' divil we're totald,
Tempt'-xl Tony of ould
Wid a woman lWad ! ae've the pattern atill.
Maureen Coaha l?has!
(Ver s th' aly little lass)
Wid yer ** Top o" th' UHXTIUU'," thin yeh GO on
yvr way.
But yrx j-urty eyes dau.s-
Aiwl yeh gixe- me a i;Uuv
Tliat SM ; "Bumj, agrwl have yeh uothin't
say?"
Manns-n t\ ha Pha-s
I'll nxit let yeh pass
Th' next Uiue I IU.S t xeh at farr or at wake.
Me {• yeh d*strx>y
An' that U iixl on a toy
That'nd fijtht a wtole faction and die for yr
sakrl
Meurrs n Oxwha l'has.
We'll sit on tin- grass
Wid me arm round yer waist, and a tear in yer
eye;
AnJ yeh kl say ; "Parliu !>iuiua !
Spake to l ather Maguuus;
Shure I'd rayther do that, now, nor think that
ve'd die!"
•• MORMON GULCH,"
The Story of the First California
State Election.
The reminiscences of a California
pixneer are thus graphically detailed in
a recent issue of the S.m Fnuicisx*
lA: !u Evening iiuilt tin ;
If I xh> not mistake uiv reckoning the
rain ami eh*-tioa day came togv-tLer
Turaii .\. Novi mkr lfi, 1841A It w.-.*
the fliv-t elrat:on in C'.iliforuia for t
State officer* of the country's yeunj
si.-ter of tlie Uu'.ou. uul the rain wa* the
first of that rainy seasx-n. It was a
damp day, but it was far from oeing a
dismal or a dull day in oar camp. We
were in "O.d Tuolumne," in ax-amp
then noted for its richness and exxvp
tionalij free from the wild, lawless and
tragic scenes which too often, in tho- ■
day *, brought tx> mining cam jKM an evii
name, ami de-pemtx- choractera to xmi'o
the gome wor- even Unu the name. It
was known as Mormon Gulch, and w;is
situated aWut four miles from Wt st Van
Beusehotan's noted eaiiiji on Wood's
creek, and eight miles from the S n
lanian camp ■w H •norw >, which wast- >
the Boutheru mines then the same as
Hangtx'wn (Placerville > was to the
northern mine#.
PI OARERS OF MORMON OCLCH.
Monnxm Gulch wa* n -t a dull camp.
It had its "character*," and among the
chief men wire A. A. Tuttle, afterward
county jmige of Tuolumne; Mike
Tubbs, an English suiter, our alcalde,
and his brother, tlie sheriff; Tom Wude.
in after year# a prominent citizen of
Mokelumne Hill and mayor <>f Phio r
ville; Charley Shaw, a wild Texan, who
sneceeded T abb* as sheriff; Oliver
Twist—the o.dy name he went by in
camp—a mountain man, son of an old
trapj* r, aad a uimrod who never failed
tx- bring down his grizzly in the three
" bar hunt*" we had; " Poker " Burns,
fauior.# f- rhi# Manchausenism* in prai.-'
of the - np reeity; "Yankee," who wa*the
oulv N- w Englanxlcr among n; and lust
anJ Inckirat, " Nigger Bob," a faithful
slare, who ni iutxuned IKS dissipated and
wortbleaa raaater—a son of an Alabama
clergyman—in Ids extravagance at the E.o
and the monte and poker tablra, uneoin
piaiten , out of the rich claim he was
allowed to h <hl uj> the gulcln He waa
a general favorite, and before the first
rain tell he sold his claim and started for
Stockton, tii#re to provide iu some wuv
to? send his young master back again to
Montgomery; but the wretched man fell
by the wavsi'le ou the journey from ex
cessive drinking, and Bob, nnable to
find any tx-am*t-'r willing to carry the
corpse to Stockton, had it xb-cv-utlv
buried near the old "Mountain House,"
returned to the camp and took uji a fresh
claim, which provetl a minx*, iudeexl, tx>
him, for in a few month* lie made his
pile in it.
There were two notorious characters,
not exactly of the camp, but who regu
larly once a fortnight made it the scene
of their howling orgi<*#. Tliey were
known as " Niek-of-the-Woods" aad
"Oregon Tom," and Jo Proctei a* th
" Jibbonaino—y " would have j>a!el his
ineffectual dramatic fire before the de
monical display of our Nick, hud he
ever encountered him when in the
height of his " good time " with his in
sejiarable other xlare-xlevil Ixxcchanalian,
the partner of his morning luck in tin
diggings and the sharer of nis big tree# in
eamj), when tlie whisky suffered nntil
their joint purse was eraptie-E The
pair always entered tlie camp at night,
never left it or slept while their " riant "
held out, and regularly departed before
daybreak, when tlie protracted spree was
over. Just where their claim was, no
one in oamj>, except Oliver Twist, knew,
and all tliat he could be induced to sav
of it was, that it " was lotlsy with gold,"
as it must have been to maintain them
as it did in their frequent caratiaals,
when drinks were four bits, cigurw a dol
lar, and their uverage squanderings at
least fonr or five ounces jier day. But
with all their riproariousness they were
scrupulously "square" in their dealing!
and as ojten haudexl as princes are pro
verbially accroxlited to be. There were
among the improvident and desperate a
dozen or more who hail deserted from
Major Graham's command of the United
Htates cavalry, ordered to California tliat
year, and they were far from being a
favorite acquisition in the gulch. The
most obstreperous of the party was call
ed Bill Bailey (they had all assumed fic
titious names to escape identification),
aud a more pestiferous "rough "never
c.irsexl a peaceful camp with his al>-
hored presence. He waa too indolent to
work and had not money to gamble, but
he kejit pretty full of whisky, and iu his
cups was insulting and quarrelsome. He
liad cunning enough, nevertheless, to
know with whom it was not safe to q Bar
rel, and of these Nick, Tom and Oliver
were his especial fear.
THE FIRST STATE ELECTION.
It was tlie morning of the first State
election in California that the first rain
of the wet season came. It jioured in
cessantly all that day and until noon of
the xisy following. For about two weeks
the coming of election day hail been the
leading topic. The prefect of San Joa
quin district, Captain Nelson Taylor,
had visited the camp, made official proc
lamation of the election, appointed the
Blende's tent as the polling place, and
three of the most prominent mn as offl-
KKKD. KUKTZ, Ktlitor and Proprietor.
YOLVMK X.
c>ers of cEvtion. who wort' x-mpoweml to
select their own cloth, 110 E*d loft with
Uto alcade a list of tho various candi
date* who wore in tho tUnd, but ho
brought tto ticket a, I hailey Brown.*
teamster, hail arrived from St.vhtoii with
a wagon 1,5i,l of freight, and •• cncb.ilv
had pan! hint to luring a lot of printed
tickets the only one* siou in camp
with tlu> name of E l Gdte-rt e.-usjucu
ou*ly printed, for t'oiq ;■•**, on all of
thotn, hut wt'.h the candidate* for ali
tho other office* generally mixed.
Htown, in md-;ui:iu-, End ullowoil Oliver
Twist'* squaw to are the atuatl package
of tickota, an,l aa tho lu-atL cut white
pajHT things took her fancy alio otYeinl
huu a " pinch " of guU dust for the lot.
lie made tin- sale pioinptlx, an I that
traiisaoUoH lost Gills rt a gisil many
votes ho in.ght have got 111 Mormon
Gulch. It w n, t . t lirst known how
the squaw h, I got p.->- **ion ~f the
tickets; it \ as euoi.. h to know that she
had tliotu, wid the j ojnilar indignation
was rou.il against a candidate who
would have Ins tickit* j eddied out in
that way. Two xlavs attar I lie election,
when OEver succeeded 111 ilraw ng from
the dusky creature the mean* by winch
she untamed th ' tickets, nearly all re
grettxil that th. v haxl " eojiperexl" Gil
bert at tho jsills, us he was one of the
•'Stcv.n-ou volunteers," and generally
popular among them. But it was lucky
for Brown that he nexor made another
trip to the gulch. The season for haul
ing li.nl ended with the coming of the
nuu.
THE I'Ol.t.lNil lUHvril.
'ldle election was a scene to he re
membered. The alealdx''* tent, in
which it was held, xxas the largest tu the
camp, except th ae owned Ey the trad
ers and the two used fir gambling and
ilrink.if saliams. Indeed, the alcalde
himself did a regular busmes# at moiite
and siHirt oarxls, and therefore he had
tables handy for elect , m uses xmef-r
the jtulgeu, and another for tlie d.-sk and
refreshments which tlie ixva* on
seemed to require. Before the polls
opeued a discussion was held as to how
tlie x 'tillg should be conducted. Tubbs,
the alcalde, had never witnessed an
election outside of England, and hail an
idea that the Brit.-h j oiling system
would be the tu at tiling. He SJ-KH!
alone in that vh w. C ai'.-y Sl.aw h..,l
sue s e.ie,! Tubbs' brother as sheritY, and
was the most jmpuiar authority iu camp.
He prx'p s, dth open . r <•* . sy-t iu,
ami. b i bv the T< \. i . Kenfuckians,
ami some others, the proposition pre
vaded ver that pr -eutxil by the 11 'ti
morx\ms and N-w Y rhera f >r th i t
ballot. It was argued by the rmi eoee
adv -c..t-* that there Wrs n, teil'o! te>x,
no tickets, or not en :,;h pap' r in the
camp t. use f.-r ball- ts, and : is ..i i
•uent had its xii i ght.
cianta THE TOTE -TUB MASTER OF
CKRKMoM! H.
Tlie mode of voting h*x • b eung r. e,l
up , Charley Shaw n ta'h-i heuselt as
lllMtrr of e-r, .ti.es. lb* s'o si OUtai le
the teat, braced up xx-ith two or three
•Xtra nips t > give him the t Seeing u,i
dignity the occasion required The rain
p- ami, but Charley xxas neitlie- sugar
n r salt to f.arwater .<n th • ■ ißs.de. S>
long as none g*.<t inside ■: him Ee deflisl
the el "inent. He was a model of uu
p. dished urban tv a:id uututor< ! t> r
su.iaivem-Rs. 11 s voice was never iu
! s-t t - r or more sonorous tone, and he
gave :t ail the chance it w uld stand.
A- n'h v iter apprna. hoi Charley slio k
amis with him, asked his name in full,
whether he lnul a right to vote, for
h itii he intended to vote, and then led
him into ties tent, to the table, mid then
required the voter to st.md uncovered
while the clerk wrote down his name,
the names of the candidate* for whom
he voted, etc. Thi- exTerumy over,
Charley then eaoorttsl the voter <mt,
pro 'laime l aloud for whom he ha 1 voted,
iu I turned ti re j iea t the f irmalitr w .th
the next who ofTemL
CHXVOI.Vii THE Mt ritOD OF VOTtXO.
As there were one hundred n" 1
fifty voters awaiting their turu, and by
this system only thirteen had v.t>-1 dar
ing the first hour—for Charley ha l to
liquor up Bcveral timi s, and no x -tor was
allowed to enter the tent except under
his escort, it was sitg.-eated tliat a more
"rjKslitions metliod should be adopts i.
It won agreetl to try tho ballot system.
Then came the trouble to procure paper
f"r tiek. ts. The rniu had sp.>il- 1 mo-t
of the writing pa}>er, lXic, W.ssl'an.l
ba l, and his was the only stock of it m
the camp, fie at once t.sik advantage of
the "corner " by cracking up the price
to four bit 'i sheet for the good on i two
bits for that which the water End s nl.t d.
.As tlie candidates ha.l n > friends ready to
sustain them to such an extent as the
purchase of paper fir tickets, and n >
.one canh! to fool away m* tiey on paper
when there was so much whisky t i buy
to k."ep the dry from a thirst that had to
IK? mollified, the exigency occasioned n
standi for whatever would serve the pur
jxise. Old letters, ax-raps of newspajier
margin and rts of odd bif> were put
to nse, and in some cases the fragment
wns an small that it was necessary to fill
isith sides with the ticket.
REMOVAL OK THE POLLIXO BOOTH— A
PTOATISO VOTE.
By noon, the rain, which ha.l abnte.l
just after the jxxl a opened, cimmeneexl
to ixeir with ilreiudiiug fury. It liest
through the tent top, trickled fnun the
ridge pole down UIK>II tiie bare [mils of
th" polling officers, who had done honor
to their position by taking off their hats
to it, and into the mining pau, which
was usx'd t'i hold the hallots, so as to cm
vert the poll into a floating vote, ns each
ticket was "east upon tiie surface of the
occasion n> trust to the sublimity of
luck" as to whether it would wash or
might ran as it was read. The condition
of things was too overpowering for
patriotism alloyed with flesh and blood
to withstand, and without the fear of
having their acton repudiated by an
overturning boar.l on the suspicion <>f
bull-dozing tlie ballot—although admit
ting thatathey were intinii.hitod by the
rain—by comiaon consent a change of
location was made. A monte dealer in a
xvateqinsif O-nt agreed to allow the offi
cers the use of his table on condition that
a g'Kfl vote was jsille.l for his friend Car
penter, of Mississippi, for the Legisla
ture, and, ou around number of voters
agreeing to the proposition,lie announced
" the game is nuule !" cleared away his
piles of coin and sacks of dust, Lis
spread and himself, and surrendered the
table to the Hse.s of the election. Then
the polls were held until they closed and
the count was duly proclaimed. But
Carpenter failed of an election.
Charley Shaw was not in condition to
officiate after an early hour ol the after
noon. His arduous ami very responsible
duty during the viva voce voting lnul
• required frequent stiffeiiers, and by the
time he foiiuei himself let out by the sub
stitution of the ballot system he was s.
overcome as to need rest, or at least
repose.
A Cariosity of Numbers.
"A curiosity of numbers" can be
shown to good advantage iu the following
table :
12345G7H9 multiplied
by 9 (9xl) will gix-e 111111111
by is (9x2) •• 'imnnu
by 27 (9x3) " 333.13.1335
by 36 (9xl) " 444414411
by 45 (9x5) " 55555555?
by 54 (9xfi) " fWVi' CtiStH
by C 3 (9x7) '• 777777--;
by 72 (9xß) " stBHSSs?
by 81 (9x9) " .. 99999999!
Ia it not a curiosity in the way of mul
tiplieatioc ?
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
The T'av of Mary KUHNI.
FUMHI XXAS A IMIIK Iv YOUNG lt ;sh
xx.u. an, unfaithful til lu-r husband <u
a Sunday 11..'ruing Flood, liiuddelied bx
finding lo wife in uiiother tuiuTs apart
nu'llts, pursinsi her xxith till- liist xx. ajsiu
he xxiiild lax his hands njsin, an iron
rx aluer, iUi. i Lilted her oil the thresh 'ld
of the home she had dishoiioixsl Ihe wo
man is dead and the murderer aftTWarxl
gave himself up to juatnv, his oxxu eou
sx-ix-noe Iwing his pursuer.
Almost a similar hi t rx of misery aii.l
crime I as just reach's! its cuhumatioii in
Philadelphia. Four years ago ab. atiti
fill girl of respeelablo parentage xx.ts
tx'iuptxsl fnun tier home to a caret rof
x ice. I tilling these four years her
brother, a xhss'iit, honorable, middle
agtsl man, has follow cl her in xaiu,
strixiiu' xxith tx'inlerness. argtuuetits, at'
pials of every kind, to bring her bu - k to
a pine life. The woman's nature xxas
h -pehx-siv xs-rruptcsl. If she returuxsl
for a sx'.ks <ti, temptation xxas waiting
near at band, and she fell again • u-h
tune lower than before. Ihe brother
xx.is drixen bv grief and shame at last to
drmk, and a few xuvhs ngx>, while er. zed
xx ith rage and liquor ho discovered this
|o.r Alice, who lnul biwn so dear to him
in his childhood, iu an infamous house,
and shot her through the ln-art. So this
woman als) i> xleatl. Auotlier iuu s-ent,
happy home is held up to pubhx' shauie,
stainxsl indelibly* xxitli crime and blood.
11;-' brother, " whose hvi i," as the judge
-ai l xxhfie sent'iieiiig liiui, " had bs*n
heavn r than many men are t-alhsl IIJM.II
t>> In-ar," is condemned to wear out the
best years of his life in the jieiiitetit ary.
The aetlucer can read the t-ry at his
ease in the uioruing pajwr, xjuite sati-tixxl
that there is no |s.int where the crude,
groping fingers of the laxx i-an touch him.
F.v n public (•pinion has no heavier pun
ishment for him than a half amused re
buke.
The law and society provide prompt
remtsli. s for the injuries inflict, d bv
blows with iron clulm or pistol shots ;
but of hurts which go down into the ->ul
and life, corrupting the otic and ruining
the other, they have no eogniziuii<e.
lleuce it may la' in plax-e even for a
merely stvnlar ioun :1 to rt'uiiinl it
wad'*ra now and then that there i- a
r. .litx* m- re mighty and enduring ti; m
crime iu teuemcut IIOUM-S or its juuiish
uient iu cuurts ; a wider, more stable i fe,
u which the erron ol ti.is perphatad
world Will b. set right in calm and cer
tainty.— A. 1. J haw.
How About Burning Them I'p I
Witv. —are stdl t< tifyiu;* ab lit the
.Yslituliula bridge. F.xpert after *xj*'it is
•HIUHI to add to the evidence that the
bridge was not safe.
What is tin? use of all this? Every
body klioxvs the bridge was not safe.
It coulxi not have lie. n, or it wouhl not
have bri'keii doxxn. The uvmg way of
the bridge, as if it ha.l i xs*u made of
glass, settled that question. N -xx let
the rich i-oiupany which earri.sl ji -a. n
gers over t'ds xl xngcrons bridge be made
to pay, in the i dlest mee.surv of .htiu
lE's, far as the poor compensation "f
moll, v can go to xifi'si t the d.-strueti >n of
priceless hitman life.
But that is not all The mor -inter
esting and more serious qu> st .•; i r
mains, whether hniimn E*:ngs xx.rv xxd
fttllv j rtutf.ed to IH* burins 1 up. aft* r
tlie bridge fell, for the purpose of saving
tEe insunUMx' un the ems, an I diniinirE
ing the liab.Etv in xlaniag'H, or for any
otln r jinq-ose ?
It bus En proven that < ngines were
on liiui l, which • n'd have b u iis<sl,
ind thev were not ussL It iu. l-"i
shown that mrniy lives w* r- di-stroysl
which could have been suxisl; tliat from
groan U"gleet, no matter fre.i what
x-ansx' resitiling, the flames were JMT
mitted to btiru on and cousiuiie hittmui
hvi-H anxi human be.ngs, when they
■ ght have la-'-n extliiginslii 1. A >i> :'
ear was turnßil t* the xlying, when v*a
t'r, easily suppliisl, would have rescin d
the in.
This is one "f the black, -t, apparently
one of the in * t lix'tiil '-h, < .vum-noes
ex. r record's!. It is to the bottom of
this that tie* inve-ts -.it; it sh"tild go.
V- t the dan -er.at*- e-ii •: n of tiie
bridge, y u might as xxx-li intrxKlncc t vi
xlcn eto s'h xv tliat i: w.t not a dry time
diirmg Noali'a l! - >i !
How alneit tlie willful or jM'miissive
ih strncti u by fire? That's tiie qn -Ron.
—X'tr Yuri. Sun.
The Famine Iu Itulia.
A eorr*s]> .nd nt of th* London Tiiw .*,
writing from .Madura, says :
*• But the S I id- st feature .f all is the
condition of the human inhabitant* of
tli H great peiit-.tula. I will simply re
i*omt what I know and t -tifv of what 1
have seen with my own ey... in the capi
tal of th.s presidency.
"Only a forti e ht ago I saxx many
thousamls of jamr f.iTnilie driven eis'a
tur-s from the village* roim 1 Madras
oollectcl on the shore and on the j-i< r.
They were crow.liug round the sacks of
rice grain, with which the sauda for at
least a mile were thickly c ivetcl and nl
ni sxt eoneeah d from view, the grain
bags lieing often jiilcl up in m .unds to
the h- iglit of fifteen feet or txxi nty feet.
" Y> t no onslaught wns mode on the
grain. A few* men s<-:.terisl nbout,
armeil w.sh an.-, were guarding tE
sneks for the merchant* who owned
thorn, nnd were sufficient to prevent any
attempt* at xleprslati n, though here
and there I detected surreptitious
efforts, not so mncli to make iiicisioii*,
a* to enlarge any hajijiy defex-t* already
aj>|>iir"iit in the material wliieh inclosed
the coveted food.
" What generally'hapjienexl w*n* thi* :
Very few of the grain bag* were s<> well
inniie a* to make any leakage impossi
ble, and sprinkling* of rice were thus
scattered alKiiit everywhere. The
knowledge of tiii* eirenmsLuice was the
eaiiHx' of the vast eoucoitiwe of miserable
half staiv.'d emaciated creature* who
hud walked iniiny miles to the spot.
Nl> n and women, old and young, even
cripple*, mother* with infant* on their
hips, and miked children all inure or
lew* pitiable in their leanness and in
their ha.'d-set asjieet <>f misery- were
earnestly engaged in gleaning uj> every
grain that esin;,el from tie sack* on the
jiier and on the shore."
Off for Aa-tralia.
The first load of imm '.grants from the
United States to a foreign country left
New York lately for Australia. The
colonial government of New South Wales,
desirous of obtaining a large liiimlwr <<f
men to work ujsui the projected railways
that await construction in tliat country,
authorized n firm in that city, to provide
fur the shipment of men of tlie rigid wort,
w ho were to be charged S4O each for their
passage to Sydney. A large number of
applicants spjiearexl in answer to the ad
vertisement for immigrants, from which
number ninety-nine were selected mid
assigned to berth* on the bark N. Itoyn
toii, of I,HOO tons, commanded by Captain
Blanehard. The "quarters assigned the
jiassengi r* were between decks, aft of
the main hatch, the lierth* being bunks
roughly raisexl on either side, three tier*
high. One corner of the deck was l ar
titioued off for the women and children
of the party. A crowd of people gathered
at tiie end of the pier along the bark'*
side to bid them good-bye. Another
bark will soon follow with another load.
Very few of the party of the Boyuton
were native Americans,
CENTRE 11 Abb, CENTRE CO., l'A.. THURSDAY. MARCH H, 1877.
Fashion Notes.
Th ' onto -an >* gom • mit "f vogue.
Debege* are aliown in atnall figure#.
Plain deb. n all n<t 1* fin-hiotiablc.
N, t* are w> ■ i only . th n#>ruiug is-it
fure*.
Fashionable# eoitlni. - me bi-oiwh i" and
wider,
11.agonal* will no longer be worn ill
spring fabric*.
1 c lieu !mt i* now the jirincij al part
of tlie t'riKS'h.
Bi nd ami fringe wi re never ao much
in favor a* at the iiKuneiii.
Buckles of lophoje 1" feather- are
among the iKiuuet tnmnnngs.
Pr meres ball dns*—-, vvith j'eaxss'k
trains, are the style this seiison,
\ :ow fur 1 i'* are *' !i < 11, but
they are not so fashionable a# broad ones.
Lend is-lorsl j.ludi ja -ket* fitting close
t 1 the form are taking the pluee of seal
111 l'ttl.S.
t'lienille e nd - and baiuls of plush are
vei'v siv i !i new triuimiiic* for Tiuta ami
Lumetk
piuhcaxl cheek# of II MHe green and
white and navy blue nnd white apja-ar in
the spring gox sis.
Tlie latest style of evvn.ng glove* are
laeed, iiiste.wl ot buttoned, and are finish
ed With small silk l ools.
The most fashionable garniture* f<u
lull dress,-* for m.irr-ed hub. * are feath
ers, stone* (jewel# of gems), and lace.
IUU dress.-# are made low n. ck.sl. V
in--ke-i. or V n. kl i, .-r h- rut ah ip -1, or
* mare m the lieek, aeeorvhng to tan -y.
The IITOHMB Men at th# N#w York
eharitv ball were all m the plain .v. r
the-wuist-aii.l-lnji style, and eE.Ss.lately
trimmed aroitml the W>it"iu of the skirt.
Married hub.-* wear rich la. - * as garn
iture* tor ball dr. *s, Youn U-lies wear
tulle, crepe, tarlatan and organdy,
trimmed with garlands, b .uquets, knots,
mid fringe# of flowers, at pleasure.
The ; new JK-mv'.e - h. w a varu-iy of
color mixtures of ink-blue and ear-huul
red; brown and myrtle grt .-tt, gold ami
white, aud cretonne design* iu small fig
ure# on grounds of the dark color*.
Th.- Gr>.-!. x*. lYu: is font..-d thus;
T. e ft* tit En r in waved band, uiix, low
over the brow, witl. n few short curl# or
. rt c if rr locks oil the forehead and
tempi.#; around chignon of rexjues turd
braids front which drooj> a few short
curls. I'Ei* ehigmm is Imitlel iu*ro*s
ih-* uudil!" watli a ribbon or golden luiul,
and tti. ther baud i* jdms-il ever the
Uaideuitx in ftrout.
J 'rttHl */" 's l. l ii' S Jnurwt ' tell*
us that A Hussion lady >■( vvealth anil
beauty iuu- introilueeil a fashiouable s-n
--iu n in Pari-. She ha* t.-mjs'nirily
: iven up tlriving hor*< - in her carriage,
i.nxl a)'|s -r* dailv in the Champ* Elysx <•*
; ud IVois de Boulogne in * 1 ,,w brake, to
which are attached four donkey* in scar
let trappings. Hlie holxl* the riblwwr*
herself, ami, it i# Kii.l, th. t Uie donkey*
re a* fine E- vj.t e at" 1 pr itn-e, so
uat sh>- ha# no difficulty in keeping j-uee
well the most rajiixl ln>r-- In* u carriage,
w-hiht her "cuttle" are a# high stej.jung
~a<i *how-y a# any . f her rivals.
UraziHi I alii>-r Tailur.
ti -org.' Pavne was sitting in liis s.n *
x t'i ■ , s v , ;i letter fr >in Franklin, Ind.,
when a stranger entered from the rear
md motioned ltim into the back nom.
" Who are \oii?" tlie old geutlcman
inquired.
•' lkm't von know Dick Taylor?"
" Ah, I know your voice now," re
jtliexl Mr. lVvtje; "but how you have
changed."
It i>r-'v.*l t-i IK- the missing caaliier
f the Fran kin lhr*t National liuik,
vilio*e crime has li-eli heralded throOgli
the I ad, le haviii.; u *.q feared with all
the fund* of th*- lw*T:U. Ii;. clothes were
muddy; In- <arii**i hi* ISHII- in hi*
. an.ls, and lua face, w. ich had l-en
si; .v. n except the mustaehe, was the j>;e
lar. of . • v. H:* in>. • ■ ' 1 shitt
t.-rexl, and "h * c in. iat n vi mre*-
lit i.a i la aii.::; Dr. Webb,
wli ■ wane in soon aitx rward. . Imiii-ster
> 1 valerian, w'-ieh had a • *>thii.g tVeet,
and at nbo-:! li ie* o'.-i *•* h* - s'-d to w*
.1 ii F. V.iwter a I E- aid I'ayne,
Very s. on the •• g- : U uen eaiac, and
with them Dr. Donux-11. Taylor recog
nized thx-m, I'iit hi* eairvirsation w.i#
r. iftreil and flighty. H" eatlrel a revol
ver hi# medicine, and iusi*ti 1 on ke. ]>ing
it by him. He had been g sie four or
five years, he mid, and lui. 1 tniv.hsl in
N v i.-i.i an.; (' .lorn.io i. 1 i f tEe time.
lie iiujllir. d the Uiiv of the week, the
month, and year, nnd imagined he left in
1873. Wi'ii queatioin-xl cl **ely as to
his recent w h real outs, lies dtl that aftx-r
h vitig Indianapolis, he w i t to C.netn
nuti, tin-lie" to Mail -on by lsxat, then.*-
;• L >nisvil!e. N vv Albany, J. ff.-rsoii
vilie, ulid buck to [ndiniiajH'lis. Beach
ing tiq re fx si lutx' for t#<- train, he <*iu
claded to w-iuk homo, aud lie had done
so, rntining nln.ost the entire distance,
twenty mihs. Il<! xsimjvlnuietl of aore
f.-et, aud .nt evnnunatioii tie y w.-refound
to be mu 11. n .-eel bally galled. At the
tiggi-nti -ii of Dr. Donnell that he be
taken home, he threw a roll <>f bill# tx.
the tl-*-r, with tin- remark that he would
give it to any one who would take him
i onic. It amrmiitx-d to s2.'lf>. A search
of In* person discovered several twenty
dollar j ie. . * and twenty-nix one dollar
lulls, but nothing of value. He said hi#
satchel had bx-etl left on the Louisville
train but that it eontninr i nothing .-x.-ejit
two sliirt* and other soiled garment*.
Hi; reeeption at home wa* heartrend
ing. Hi* wife, still very w.-ak, hii.l been
j.r. j aired f< rliiscotniug. A* heentereil her
r.iin siie pulled him down to her bosom
and wi jit bitterly. lE* aged mother
niotlu r almost hyst. rienl, nn.l lii* sister#
w< re inexiiisolable, but Taylor seemed en
tirely Ulitlioved. In tlie eonrse "f the
day lie sl.-jit is-.-.i lonally, and at night
# cmed inor at ease, but ••till wandering
and in.-->h< rent. It mi)be a mild term
of insanity, or rather il.-liriuni, the result
of great nervous prostration. His wife
lias nerved heriell for the work IUI.J is
constantly nt his be.jfi.le.
A I.ueky Fall.
I'erliHj'S richer sjieeimeiis, but e'r
■ till" n.v mur.i I.-n ♦>t n ' iitii. IniVii f A •!
te en taken from any mine than are now
being obtained from a nth* discover
ed E>d" in xTinitown. The story runs
that for months the minera, in going to
and from their daily lutein-, have traveled
along a certain path, wearing the earth
away to a rock. A vein was tlnis brought
to light which presented no attractions
to the jirosjieetor, and vrns trod ujioii ics
of no account. A laborer, two weeks
ago, swung a sledge njion his shoulder,
and started early in the morning for his
aeeustotiied toil on the mountain side.
Beaching the vein, he carelessly allowed
the heavy stone breaker to fall UJIOII a
projecting jsiint, and thereby detached
si-veral j lice.'s of the vein matter. The
white eliaraetxT of the rock, and its glit
tering particles disclosed to him one of
the richest mine# in the world. Lite-rally
full were the white specimens with bright
jmrtieles of almost pure gold ; and, al
though a shaft ha# been sunk to the
dejith of nine feet, the rock increases in
richness, and at the bottom very thin
strijis of wire gold seem to hold together
the fragmentary pert* of tho vein matter.
Untold wealth is the sure possession of
tlie men, Virdcn and Gtiflin, who own
this treasure vault of the hills.—Denver
Xciv.
I lie Nertou* S)litem.
Dr. Diipux of Ijotiilou.iu a lecture iijH.li
" I'lte lb-cent \dxiiuet in th' l'lix siol"g x
>f the I tin it and Nervus 8v stein,
Tho nervou* i-vsteui i not nn mi ma
teria) IIIUIK; on the x-outrarv, it is a hv
l ing, tangible ftibj's't for utility utitl cx
jx-riiueiit. Nervx-* are ooiujsiaed of two
, ela e of strin'ture* ex-11* and til*'*.
Cells are found in the gray matter "f the
iiei i on* x'l'iitx-r*, and also in some of the
cranial nerve*. Those fibers and 'alls
um) be xiistiiiguislnxl by tin liin ro-eopv.
1 A the tiber leaves tin i-x*ll it is eontxil
Wltll a sllbstunee which insulate* it, nlld
- this coating is nothing linarc than a sys
tem of et 11* or bag*. Nerves are divided
illto two classes, those of Comiuoll ulid "f
slns-iill Sensation. Nerves are also do
v idol into tinne of sight, hearing, smell
ing, motion, eU". In addition there are
the nerves which animate the bl<sd \x*-
scls, making them exj'and or relax, thus
' regulating the 1 I."< 1 supply. The real
nature of the sulafiaia-# carried by the
nerve* ha* nut xt IK-CH tliscovered.
1 S nu' have argil' i that it m electricity,
but this ha* been diqmved bv cXJK'ri
| incut* which aliow that it has not the
, one nature. Electricity will travel .v. r
a wire which has been blokx'ii, Jirovidxsl
the end* of the wire are joined, but it a
* nerve fiber has Is-en broken, n< coiiiiuu
uicatioi-. takes jilax** through it. Auotlier
prxs'f Hint it is not allied t" elx*-tricity is
i thx' illffcrenoe tu the speed of tin* two
forces. Nerve foi'-e travel* at the rate of
only five hnudretl fxK-t j>er nwviud, while
• lectneity has u much greater #jH<x*d.
J Then, to" I, the effect lljs'U the nerve i*
not innlttutly reiiiovexl as s<m a* tin
forex' ceases to act. Thi* is illustrated
by the manner iu which the effect# of
strong light are te-lt for * 'iu tune after a
tla*h of lightning has jjaaaed away,
ltefiex action i* an imjairtaut jsirt
" which tlie nerve* jila;> in tlu-ir control of
r the laalv It i* stronger than tin- will.
A lllali once underlie * til swallow iK'i* >u,
• but reflex action caused liiui to throw it
nj> 1 >fore it reached the stoinax h. The
f jvotson burned the a-*oj'hagxis so tolly
1 that for some time after, ti" n. iltx-r liovv
1 much he wished to xlo so, nw iviild not
- swallow foxsl, reflex action being stronger
than lu* will. An entrance wa# inaxle
; into hi* stomach and f'**! introdue, 1,
r and every time Uii* was done saliva x*>l
r lectixl ill his month, < xnetly US if he were
I chew nig food. TEe Bam# priaeipt# ia
j showii ill xme's endeavor to hold lo*
t breath. He may -ucoo< diu doing -• for
, a few sissiinE*, an ! even until tie h< art
has aj'j'iirently i*m-a*l to lient.- A!' ill
while tlie bliss! has Ieoo.ilt"che:ged Willi
carbonic ueni ga* from lack of oxx.-reii.
This x-joisis the le rv. to exert their
( jsiwer suddenly, a- I In- gas i* deadly
]>!*.. ii t" thcui, and tli j-r* >u is forceil
' to Imiatl e aguaat hi* wul by QM vio
lent action. The ability to recall |>at
sciisatio- * and sex lira is due to the j-rm
cij'le that when tin imprrasiou IS luaxi<
upon a nerve -ell &nm#tliing i* n t.uin-vt
which i* latent, 4-xiwllv heat is hit cut
ui iron or stone \Ylu-ti a niuti ilivum -
he draws ujsiii this supply.
A Naught} Brother.
A well to do citizen "f t"hiiv.go >* ul
his daughter to Pari* to IH educated.
He ttss ivi d gioWiltg ttiss'Ullts of her
j<rogro** in inusa?, all of whii-h were
duly eommuiiteol'sl to hi* fueiul* am!
4 issjuaintni..- *. M'-anwhile her younger
' brother, w' .ii she had ls*****l and tur
r tur. d for veai . had swoni n terrible re-
V. I',- -IUI !• a habit of taking le-x
1 j*-t dog into tie* parlor every aay; thcu
he w xulil OJK-II tlii> piii<, - prewl out the
mu .c, se.g him-uf < n the *!•! n<l
strike a couple of chord*; then catch ur.
stick and lick tlie within an inch
of hi* Inc. !u this villainous manner lie
1 Kiicceedxxl :*• well iu training tlie saga
-0 tis animal that by the middle of No-
J vendsT it would get ttj anil IK* ttn*ay if
auv one went li* or tin' jimio. aud tlie
fniutxt-t touch on thx- keys would make
him get uj> ai.d howl terriblv.
The b"V did n< c-unmuaieate hi* suc
cess to uii- on . At he t the sist. r re
tunied. Her father got in a BE2 l * l
piano, ami iuvii'-d the family an i the
friend* tiier< f to iMtne an 1 hear hi*
da iglitx-r :• r *me of tlie music she lg .1
h:al iii tw'.xi iuto her at I'ivn-. They
rauie. The brotb< r ititrv*lur*-il the dog,
mid with ricii.hsh iiveiiuity tnnn-d tie
cmvei ite>u uji >n it* many virtue# and
u '.smipl Em.nt*. "It is so foil 1 of
His," 1 • old. " and ->eh \ er. Why, it
wini hi sit i >t hour* by the piano to liatx n
fit her pi-'ivitig, it . *• f<md of music.
' The vouiig la Iv -aid that Fid" wa* it
1 jewel .>( ]-t -, end imprinted a ki--*ouliis
forehe.i J, which oiu*x d five wittv young
ini'O t' remark : " Luekv dog! I'ln u
they jire*sx*l her to I'E'vy, and arix r
much |. r*uustuti slu- e..nseiitexl, and
r agrei -1 ti j rfortu Hdiutert's " Ach !
Parlo Giuir •• ! ' AMu-ii tie Jive young
men be ,n clearing the jiisno for ie-ton
and taking a few reef# in the stool, Fido
b.-e;une uie .1* v ; iiidocvl. his agitatixui W
easily ajqairent. " Poor Fido ! said liis
' mistress, soothingly; "he is M> nassixui
' atelv fond "f mn.-ic." Mean*nil# Uie
brothi r with mabgTUUit ker shj'j*l
' round t > th- xE. ir and rWI it. Miss
Blank *■ nt*l her*. If nt tie jiiui" ami
struck the lirsl note. The hui>lras dog
gave one ear jiii reiug howl, until wild
with terror xhtslieil t-> the dour to find it
1 locked. The night without waa cold,
1 lark nud eheerli'ss, and within all wns
1 warmth, light and luqqiine**, but lie
didn't le -itat for a second, but with n
tlosjHiiriug velji went through a sl(7 pane
of glass and dejijirted for the Pacific
const.
V <.ra**li"p|M-r Boiint) BUI.
A giwsshopjicr IK unity l.ill has been
introduced in Hie Legislature of Minne
sota, which jjrovi.E-s for tin- jiayiuent by
the State of the following tenuities for
oatHiing and .lestrnying hcust* or th.-ir
egga: Fifty cent* a gallon for eggs;
$1 pr bushel for insect* J.revioU# to
June l*t ; fifty eent* per bushel from
June l*t to June 10 ; twenty-five cents
ler bnsh.-l from June 10 to July l*t ;
and twenty eenl# thereafter until Ok-tote'r
Ist. The bill provide*for the ap|Kiint
ni.-nt, by the county cxniimissioners of
each county, of a onmjH-teiit person,
with an assistant when nei'#*ary, in
eiM-li towiiffliip "f the districts where
egg# arc- .hpo-it*!, 1 . receive, ni ensure
and destroy the <nptnr.il eggs or h>ji
|. rs delivered to him. The township
gllisall.ipper galtgera are to lie subject to
a fine for neglecting their duties of not
les* than slu or more than SIOO, or to
be iiiijirisoii.il in the county jail for from
thirty to ninety days, and to te- jirose
ciit.-d by the suj'ervisor# of the town
ahiji before n justice of the peace rend
ing therein. The county auditors, on
the pr- -ent'ition of the certificate# of the
gangers, are to make and to deliver to
the holder all order on the Htatx- auditor
for the sum to which h<> is entitled.
Every able tevlied male adult under
sixty years of aire is required to give one
days' work in each week of the period
above stated, to the extent of five days
in all, for the jmrjo#e of catching and
destroying the hoj|Hrs and their eggs.
The labor service may beeomimit.il by
the furni Jiingof a substitute, or the pay
ment of $1 ft day, which is to he exjien.led
in hiring Kiihstitutes. Persons refusing
to work or pay are lined $2 a day." A
hundred thousand dollars is njprojiri
ated from the Htate treasury for the jmr-
JHIHOS of the bill.
Mrs. Partington savs that Ike has
bought n horse BO spirituous Hint lie nl
i way* goe off in # decanter;
FARM, (lAHIHN AM 1101 MEIIOI.IL
Males I r llradlua (irals.
The rule* agreed uj'ii by the I rvalue#
I'.xehange of Ni-xx York eitv, relative to
out*, rx e, btirh v ami j-as, are ua fol
luxx . Out* at. xlixixlcxlinto tlie following
elussi - l .xtiu white, i xtra, and reject
ed. Extra white uttii extra are divided
into four grade*. Extra white >t are to
weigh thirty-two pounds to the bushel ;
N". 1 whit.-, tw-iity-nine jsiiuid* ; No. "
white, tweiit r-tive |Mitu.ds,aiid No. •'! shull
IK- liniiuix white. The Weiglits of extra
out* and Si*. 1 and 2of the same class
are to be thirty two, twenty-nine ami
twenty fixe pounds to the bushel ri-KjH*-t
--ix' Ix. No. fi s|M<<-ifi'*a all merchantable
oats unfit for No. i lie jaded oats are
• lainj), UUSOIUHI, xhrty, or for any '-ausx
unfit for No. fi.
No. 1 ry- must la- sonnd, jiluiuj., ami
Well xT'-itiiod. No. 2 IVf liillst be sound,
reasonably fr-e from other giaui, ami
reasonably ch-all. K :-et-d IXC lUx'lnde*
all xhuuji, musty, or dirty rye, xir that
whioli for uiiv cause i* unfit for grade
No. 2.
Barley is put into lour clause* Cana
da, Htatx*, Western ami Itojeetod Extra,
mul No. 1 I'mituht must weigh not less
than foi tV-elght jKJltud* to Uie bushel.
No. 2 and N". H Canada barley are not
measured ly weight, but by soundness
and eh-auut **. Htatx- biu-lev is divnlxsl
into six grades—four <>f " fxHir-row-ed"
and two of "two-towed. n Western bar
lex i* divided into tiire<- gnuh--, No. 1 to
weigh forty-eight jmund*; No, '2, forty-i*
js'iiiids : and No. fi foitv-oue poiiuxls Ui
the bitshel. Be motel W'estxrn barley is
that which is damp, musty, r from any
cause is liaxily ilnuuigi*l er .largely mixed
with other grain.
l'nui are divided ilitxi No*. 1, 2 and 3
White Canada. A resolution uasuxioptel
tliat a* s i-eidleil "no pilule " ivm hwl
so much uuprovexl in condition tliat for
sotue time jfa-t exjsirtx r t " Europe hal
taken it in pn b-rencx- bi " iteauier' at a
triu-tioii of a cent IK-IOW the iiiarket value
of " at*uiur," .tud us that rt j*-ateily
I*ith gia it s Eal i Id in ojH'ii market at
the satin | , lex-, and us a Very large Jiro
jHrtic!i of new eorn lid* graded "no
grade" might properly bx- ineluded in
the gm.ie of " *tx-amer," therefore
presx-iit classification should lie tmslified.
1 Hilt)
Tic rules for letting farm* on share*
vary in - tuc respect* in different jatrt*
of the l*iik. A* a gi ueral rule the
agrex u nt i* iu wilixtsiiiy as follow* :
Th o-.xi!i i turns oi r his farm, dw#lliug?
bonis, x-m., to tlx- tenant on the first day
uf April, with what manure may !*• ou
hi* jda-'c. The tenant agn*-s t<■ farnisii
the t< am T tx-aius to do the work, as well
as all the fai-ii implements that ar<- necx-*-
-arv. He ulso flUTlisliCS half tlie sx*e,l
ami half the cow*, pigs and poultry to
stock the Eirm, and agree* to kce|> the
feuct - HI N pa r and to xx#rk out or JIUX
the r. ad tax. lit* is to laive half "f ail
crop-, and half of the butter, cheese,
luilL, j "ik. L f. exrgs and jxailtiy j>ro
dui- J. Bat ;u r<- - iird to the owutr's
half, Ua ix- should IK- ft ]>ln n stijiulatiou
how he , ' to rex-x'ixx- it—wln-tLer tx> 1K
d livx't • 1 to him, or he to evinc Rial pet
Ins part ut the farm. If d<-ltvervd by the
tenant, he Would la-x-litltlxal to s- lUeexUU
jK'Usato'ti for the delixa ry. The team
tisx-xl t> do the work i* allowe 11<> be \ *-
ttir< 1 ami fsl from the uin'iivided lint
iuu! grain, an 1 the tenant s'i aid Ix* ai
low'sl a garden large cn"U"h tx j>rshici
his green v. getable* oiilv. The owner
pay* the taxes. If anything is needed
not is nit mj'hitx*! when tixc bargain was
uiaxle, - !x-h mtmt pay lt d! the cxjieiiae*, as
more manure than was .m the ji!axv, more
> -wine, et ; but Is'th jartie* must
ii'Sjti i ce iuol ta ning tb extra article#,
as uritl.cr jirty '- ii <l< .ml of the other
mix tiling is t m the is'iitm -t. When extra
work is done, as ditchinc, making new
fciitx s. ie., it is Is -t that tile agreement
W juit m writing, as s me men'* mem
oriol' ar< ufi very accurate. In brief,
let thee tret cover ex jgry thing; but
U- Ids ral to the |H*r t MBit, a* lie will
Generally JM rtorm i gnat deal of hard
work for a small compensation.
Hitter t irrnm.
Cixi'ii l>cootues b-ttx-r by I'.'jiing it
t'i 1< -'ie ted. r< it ,* churnod. A but tor
maker sax " In "iuimer tlu-re i* little
tiitter mdk if emim, Isa-wusx-the erx-am
is chin ■< ', -.n- r than in winter, seldom
rencliiiig tie tlonl day. Bometamm,
where Uicre it- a single o x kx-jxt, 1 have
known the bitter to show on account of
the small quantity of er< am a-cumulat
ing. Tim Minimi r jirnetice is reversed
in the winter. There ls-ing too little
milk t • require frequent rhnmiugs a
week we account r- * lily for tin* exils
eoiiiplniiied of. The fore juirt of the *x*a
son. when milk is in greater quantity,
iiisss'sitatiiig inori' frequent churning. I
lear of but little coniid iinl. It matters
not how i;o 1 the fexsl i* if the tendi-r
--c-t hay and r>> >ts aa* nEl<si, making nn
opiirx ah to summer feed, trr how crean
the null i -ki |<t. the most jw-rf'S't milk
if set Is-yon l three days will lie hurt.
The writer of tin* ha# fillexl the vessx-1,
leaving barely apax-e enough for a cloth
to be streteh'sl ver without touching
the liulE, mid a snug lid put on, keeping
Uie air out, but all to no purjxwe. Ho.
in the jmrest air, in all the tx-nqwrature*,
it is the same."
4 eiuciil lor I rnrkcxt Hoof-.
Mr. Belay has diseoxerxsl a jrnnrn
tion bv nioiiiiH of which sand cricks or
fractures in li'S'for horn may I*' durably
cenici.t'sl nn. Even jiics-s of iron can
lc "S'uri'l v joiii'sl together by its means.
The xuilv proeantioii wruw*rT for its
suc's-sfnl application is the careful re
moval of all graaae by spirit* of sal am
monia, aitlphixb? of earlsm, or cthei.
Mr. Defny makes no sts-rx-t of jts coiu
jsiMtion, which is a* follow# ; Pake one
part of coarsely jsiwdercd gum lunnionia
ciiiii and two j'lirts gutta j- n ha. injius-ea
the size of a hazel nut. Put them in a
till lined vessel over a slow tin". Before
the thick, resinous ma** gets cold, mold
it into sticks like sealing wax. The ce
ment w ill kex j< for years, and when re
quired for i*e it is only necessary to cut
off a siiftleieiit quantity and reinelt it
immexliiitx'ly before npplieattoti.
HirnMlifirrlrmtntl I'riill Trrc.
It von ltave not tnulcinsl your straw
bi'trx In 'is x lull t fail to do it Is-fore the
sitow goes off. February, March mul
\pril are the time* that try the plants.
It is the thawing that kills. Put on a
blanket "f marsh liny or clean straw, and
leave on nil that the jilants ran get
through in the s|ring. To kis-ji the
ground moist and the berries clean, a
covering of about two inehea or jut
enough to cover the plants from sight.
Keep an eye tx> the rabbits ; pay the
boys t n rant# each for every oue they
kill. If von have tree* in danger of in
jury by tliem, wind thebodira withliews
paj'ier,* or cut n rabliit in pieces and rub
the lsslies and limbs with the fresh blood
and mi at. Tramp Uie snow firm about
your trees to ke< JI off the mira.
Their Fin! lHnVrenec.
" Before we wore married," said he to
a friend, "she used to say 'bye-bye so
sweetly when I went down the steps.
" And now what does she say? asktil
the friend. "Oh, just tlie same," ex
-laiiiied the man— ' buy, buy!'
"Ah, I see," said tlie other "she only
xercise# u little ilitYereut 'sjwll over
Probabilities: " When you #ee a mnu
going home at two o'ol.K-k in the nioru
in and know his wife is waiting for hiin,
it i# likely to be stormy,"
TERMS: a Year, in Advanco.
indent Harden* if Michigan.
At the late meeting of the Michigan
Fioiieer Society in taunting, Mr. lb-la
Hubbard, of iMiuit, raid a |>a|M*r cm the
"Ancieiit Gardens of Michigan." The
first descriptions of the remain* "f these
gar.ii us, he said, via linnle by Sx'hool
enift iu 1H27. They Hre reliiw eu-xal, ap
parently, with tuouud building. John
T. BE.is. in 1899, again mentions them,
and a later writer locution* them a* being
found along the ulnar of I ak. Michigan.
In CUM*. St. JiMH-JDI and K*lauutzs.
(XoUlltie* tln-sx- garden l*tl lutVl' Iw-eti
numnroualy found. They uou*iat of L-ls
from five U tlftex-n fed wide, ai*teeii to
oUa huudrtvl f<*t Jong, ami aliwtll etght
i-i*i na'bes high. Tttiw Ixsls are
larly tu ranged, with jxatlui l*-tweu tiieta,
and winle some aie as narrow as five feet,
iitliMn are a* wide us slltU-eli fl*et. Mr.
Hnblaird hail chads rtpmnfiiig the
forms (these IksU, wliktblte esjilainedto
the audience. Home jiluts have l*n drawn
by Hehooleiaft. He says the plat* upon
which these I**l* are found are from
twenty to llirae hundred acre* tu erteiit.
(iaideiis of this kind were foniat by the
early settler* of <'n* exmutr, Kalamuz>*>,
l'ralrie 11 aide. Burr Oak, and unuiv
othera. Old settlers say that tlie lewis
wliieh they have sc. n IUV al*iut five feet
w ide, and are regularly laid out through
out the plate. There have Is-en found
eight iliffereut kind* of I**l* ; wait of
them ate ri-x ttuigular, soma circular in
form. Tlieae law!* denote some specie*
of cultivation, and were undoubtedly the
work of jK.-oj.li- who .uliabitexl tlu*country
prior to the Indiana. The Indian* ctil-
UxaU-d only mau &e, and tin* was lurt
grown regularly in row*. Historian*
tell it* that the" Astern haxl ganleii*. iu
which they culliiutexl xalion* plants for
medicinal uses, as well aa for ornament.
Was there ufi something aiialagoua to
tltis m the Michigan natives ? Did the -
hitter also hax e botanical garden* ? These
extensive imhewtions of ancient culture
li'-xs-ssiuilv imply a setthvl ami popukiaa
(vanmun.iy. All testimony agree* tliat
almost noil* <>f the uaualabmrigmal wlica
Were fi*ti* . tlx. jHttery no speara, no
arrow heads, ami no implement* of atone,
not ex-n the omnipresent jiijxe. Tmuuli
or burial mound* of the red man are not
Uiio.moum, though not numerous, in
western Michigan, but have no riK-ogntzed
a--(*iartou with tin* garden race. Then
nr.- no trace* of dwelling* and tlicie is
nothing to indicate their home*. It
sxs-Uls strange ti at these gind' ll IM-ll*
-hould be the only retntxina of u peoj.le
who inhabited aid eultivatftl the '-aiiii.
It is evident thai they werepemy-fttl. ami
to s.|lle '-xtx'lit cultivated, civilized, and
scientific jMKiple. Tlie xhtte of Uie alian
doumeiit of ill'*" IM*IS may be deter
unii'-xl to axnue extent by Uie age of treea
wliieh hare grown UJKJU them. One
writer finds that a tn*< gruwn UIK.U one of
thi-Mi IKS I* xxiux OVW three humltel Ttxars
old, but how long they were abandoned
liefore the tree startal cannot be known.
The tool* itsisl by them were evideutly
of w.-sl and have decnyisl. and every
thing rehiring to theiu must 1k left to
conjecture.
Fxplorath'M* in Ft#rida.
Ine New York //' raid priute a letter
fivia it* e<tfn*pondxait in charge of the -x
--iilorariuoa iu tin- wildauf Eltwida, xiracrib
iug, hi* jirogroM* and ximcoveri'-w. A
vast area of the peninsula lui* been, up
to the jwesent, a terra im ogitifa to civti
ilxsl man. hikl the utmost exertions <f
explorers have hitherto failexl to lift the
vc.l of niystx-ry tliat ha* hang over that
strange land. Hmee the xlnrs <if Pouee
ile ben, who aonglit on tlie ihorsi of
the " Lanx) of Flowers" the inv-tieal
fountain* the perpetual youth, tlie ut
most inter, st lia* Lvn manifeated in <le
termining tlie j'hysical x-horacter of
Ftorixla. But few have bran temj'tel to
brave the terror* that were found to sur
round investigate ui, anil expEiratixin#
were buiitxxl to the x**vst hue terri
tory, which jmivxsl, with tlie x-xcop
riyii ot the northern section#, t* !e
th# tally habitable jKirrion ot the Slate.
Now. however, thxTx- IS B pnwisxct tliat
wc will boooiur- xxcqHiuntx-d wiui the na
ture of the interior- ite vast swamjw, inya
terioas riven, great forest*, and even
the ancient in<>uumeute left by the long
extinct race# tliat peopled it# ar ix. lbir
mg the Flonda war. wlum the dusky
warriors of tiaceols fought xi stoutly
against their white cnemie*, seatteml
|*i#t* were ratal>li#hHl lyv the United
Htatx-* armv for th" purpose of maintain
ing eommnuicMtinns betw##B the occu
pied districts, but manv of these have
'.■ng ng" lost every vrarige of interest t-x
--e'jt that nttachiug t> thxur liwiu-s in con
ucction with sanguinary cvimbute l>etwrau
civilization and Ivxrharonn. Following
the direction marked by a singular col
umn of smoke which was observed by the
cnrTvapxiudent toriM-frxun sxune tinkiiown
aonrra in tlie intx-rioi the expedition
(dunged into the wilxlxsrnraa of v.-geta
tiou liist clothes the rauutry, and suc
ctslxsi, after mneh exerthtn and waxling
through deep water, in reacliing an island
or elevatxsl gnuitnl surrouudexl by
swanijm. There were diseoaeml some
Ktmnge an I rudely c*rvl marara of
nton#, evi'tentlv errated by a prehistoric
rax-e a* idols. With a description f these
we also find that of the " sinks," or singu
lar |>iiits of diaajqiraranee <f the nvers
w hen- they enter on subterranean courses
to leajijaur again in otlier plaxves. Tlte
dark iinunt# "f the alligator and venom
ous snakes, thete-ar, tlie panther and the
■leer are graphically descril*d.
He Found Friend.
A relative of the well known comedian,
William J. Florence, tells the following :
Many years ago, while Florence wa#
under on engagement at the AA inter (tar
den Theater, New Y'ork. he invited a
friend to dinner at a Broadway restau
rant, Both were hungry and tfcey or
der.il a jileutifid wipply of f##E AV'hen
their ajipetitx-s were satisli.il, Floreutjg
eolliil for the bill, mid to hi* utter dis
may disx-overcxl that he hi d no money.
In changing his clothing iu the morning,
he neglected t> take the nionev from his
disxiinl.il j'lintal.sins. He toltl thu friend
of the fix hi- win in, and asktil him for a
loan. Mortified aud chagrined, he an
swer.il that all he ha.l was just sufficient
to pav his fare home. Then the ax-tor
called the restaurant kiwjwr and tx.ld him
the trnth about the money. The quickly
exeitxil man ravxil and stonn.il at Flor
ence. saving that he haxl resolved not tx
Is- swindled by any one, ami that he
should send for the police.
At this time a short, stout old gentle
man stejuwil up to the jvroprietor, and
firmly said :
"How dare you sjvenk to a gentleman
in the way you have done ? His mistake
is a perfectly natural one, and such #
might occur to any man. 1 aiq aaham.il
of yon ! I'll dine no more in your house,
nor jH-rmit my friend# to Uo so in the
future. Here take this!" and the old
gentleman took a fifty dollar note from a
fat wallet and haud.il it to the discomfit
ed landlord, saying; " 1 >.iluct the
amount of the young man's bill and re
turn me tlie eliange."
The proprietor"# apologic# were un
lioedtiL He handed tho old gentleman
iM7.!>O, and again tssayed apologies.
When iu the street Florence handed
his benefactor his prafemional card and
address, adding thst lie should certainly
reimburse him. TUo old gentleman s
indignation quickly pusstil away, and
i beginning to smile, he #aid :
" That'# nil right, young mnn ; I've
been tiying to pas# Mist connterfeit bank
note BU tlay."
NUMBER 10.
Joliu Jeuk* Jellies.
Home lwnitv flve years ag g Chicago
inati made a fortune. He bail not a cent
of cupitai, ami in five year* be made
yjki.iakl. He waa a garbage gatherer,
lie Itccmnc a manufacturer of jellies;
(•imply Itec.mtw- he wae a (rarltagegalherer.
Garlmgc and jelly made hia fortune
Now, hie children njteml tlie summer at
Long H rune 11 and Horatoga, where they
ar t rcum- tie la <rt wis ; they muile at
the uc w-ru-li, go to Ettroja- every second
vi-iu tie old American nubility, and ar<
•qxikcti of on two eontineute in tonus of
awe and mteem. That ia wltat garbage
gstheriug did.
Old John Jrnka <*)ucb was not bi
name; did Dot think tlwt it wna the bttai
uettti* of a municipality to gal her gar-
Itage. He couccded, ita Hctwtor Ed
tntinda and .Mr. Coukling do, that all
government la founded OU ia promise;
but old John Jelikfe allowed that the
ruuiacijntbty of Chicago ahotild oout
proiuiM- with hitu to the extent of mak
ing a Iturter of the public health for the
public garlwge. John thought it beneath
tbe digni'y of a great basal government
to go into the gmtiage buaiuus*; he in
sisted that the dtwtriue of Thomae
Jefferwoß to wif: " Government alitdl
do nothing for the oil net i which the csti
sen can do for hinteelf," clearly applied
to a will; an<l old John Jinks' ebajnenoe
wua eueoeaafttl, a* it abould laaye been,
lie thereupon put a miaaijclled not tee on
the court bonne front to the effect that be
would call Iwtween certain boors, every
m-ootid day, at the latck tbarr tf tin
houses in mch-aiMl-auch street*, to re
move the refuse vegetable mud animal
matter which might lie convciaeutly de
posited for his arrival; be diarged Un
made rat* stun of ten cent* per week
uer capita, and never com plained if old
bottles, scraps of iron, iwd-off aboee,
old tin cans, puns, or pads, or even dis
card isl garment*, happened to liave found
their way into the gurlmge barrel.
At first, he tried to get along with a
wheelltarrow, then bo burrowed a New
foundland dug from a ueighbor "on ap
probation," a* the hhopkoMters Bay
when they send two velvet cloaks instead
of one; ami a huge square Ikji on four
clnrasv wheel* out out of a tree trunk,
and drawn by the shaggy cur, rolled
uoiaily through tlte alley* mud stopped at
every buck door for m dump. Old John
Jenk- kept the .log "<m aiiprobataon "
until the vehicle which be drew became
hat small, vdien lie returned hiin, unap
proved, mn<l invested the proceeds of the
old bottles, scraps and rags in s lank
creature tliat was prulmbly a descendant
of tbe auehitberiuui ami an ancestor of the
liorw. With the email which he had
amassed at the rate of ten cent* per
week |* r capita, Mr. Jeoka (he ** Mr
Jeuks now) lured a Frenchman who had
served an apprenticeship in m pharmacy at
Paris, and w ho was acquainted with aev
rul things worth knowing. Mr. Jeuks
employed a deputy to gather the gar
liagt*; a small laty to separate tbe animal
and vegetable uiuU.ir from tbe tin, the
glass, and the rag*, and he and the
Frenchman worked fifteen hours a day
in a shed, out of the mof <f winch anise
a stove-pipe wlmme sternly smoke indi
cated industry within. Mr. Jeuka and
the French druggist were making jellies
—apple, quince, calfsfoot, grape, cur
rant, black!>erry, etc., and, a* the arti
cle was cttnijtarahvely new in the West,
uul the price low, "Jeuks* Jellies ' ob
ttuned n wide circulation. Mr. Jeuks
liccmiue an rich that he was diantcuwued
iu tlie local jmut a* "our highly re
sj>ect<"l felbm townsman. John Jcnks,
Fxp," and might have gone tt* mtnisU-r
to tha Tiulenes just a* well as not had
not a o nupmrmtiveiy ureuiotitre death
roblad dipbHumcy of bis valuable ser
vice*.
Ileautifj jour Hornet
It i* astonishing to see the lack of
taste around many village and farm
iMaani and their owner* seem to think
that it is money thrown away to beautify
their hotiMin; out let them offer their
p larva for sale. and then they will realm
the difference between a house witliout
jaunt or with one coat in a lifetime, witli
no blinds, no pleasant door-yard, no
tasty fences around the hfMMS, Do shade
ireew. no frnit tree*, no beds of flower*,
no climbing yuws nj the purdas, no
canien worthy aI the name, no aiutg,
well painted outbemaea, no nicely gravel -
ed walks; hut in their place* we often
flud a dwelling. out of repair. outhouses
in a state of decay, fences in poor eoadt
tion, and the general appearance <4 the
place repugnant to our feelings. We see
the old sign; "Tins place for sale,"
hanging on an old tree, with barely a
leaf nja.n it Here it ha* hung for
many year*, and tliere it will eraitinue to
luuig. probably till the oauer goes into
his grave, Xobody wants to buy such a
forlorn looking " liorae and jwople in
search of country place pa** on till
V -t -V another sign ; " This place for
. ~eand here they find order, taste
and neatness preyailiug—a beautiful cot
tage, or other style of bouse, outbuild
ings in perfect repair, fences neat and in
good order, shade tree* abundant, fruit
trees loaded with apples, pears, {leaches,
plum* and rlierrie*. In the well iihtuiied
garden they find an abnndauoe of straw
berries, raspberries, currants, goosel*r
rios, quinces and grapes; and the place
suits them and tliey purchase it. Now,
this place cost but ft little more than the
one they jwiased. in regard to ita adorn
ment*. What was done to Iswutify it
was done by degree*, and tlie expense
was nerer felt as amounting to mtich,
and so it alwav* is with peojue who com
mence to lay out their homes in the right
manner.
\ Product he Couulrj.
Sicily was in ly times notable hg
its extreme *iul Italians
hope Unit with all the restrictions on the
importation of corn removed, and under
an enojgetio government, a gin*! time
in coming—more especially if Uie brig
and nuisance can he surmised. Of
♦lie island's 6,000,000 acres. 3,500.000
arv under wheat, about 1.500,000 in pas
tnre, 680,000 in vineyards, olive yards,
orchards and garden, and 170,000 in for
est, The rest lies waste or is huilt ou.
The net rental i estimated at $18,000,-
000. The church ami nohilitv an' Uie
principal owuors. Tlie agricultural
population consists of voemeu, small
fanners and jieaaauta. Of late the con
dition of the latter has beeu greatly im
pTO veil by the abolition of the sort, of
serfdom under which they labored ami
the rigid system of entail on large es
tates.
\ CoiisUtiitioiuil Amendment.
Representative Maiali, of Pennsylva
nia, introduced in tlie Unite! States
House a constitutional amendment em
b< dying a rather cumbrous but ingenious
plan for dividing the mass vote of a State
for President by tlie number of electoral
votes possessed by the State, and credit
ing to each candidate his share of tlie
electoral votes of audi State obtained on
the basis of the electoral average reached
by the division of the mass vote. For
example, let the mass vote of New York
lie 1,000,000; this divided by tliirty
three would, in round uumliers. give 30,-
000 as the electoral average. Tlie Hayes
vote divided by this average would have
shown sixteen electoral votes for the Re
publican candidate, and the Tilden vote
so divided would have given the remain
ing seventeen votes to the Democrats.
The plan has at least the merit of insur
ing certain recognition to minorities
Indignant Pally Wif.
A tn toad, drnnd tn apple pear.
Sat on * mtmj log
licM&ie i*|)ODd, tttd ihlilly HQH
"OoRMI forth, my Polly Fog- -
My Pol—y Ly~tny Wog,
My pntty PoUy Wog;
r •onmUttnit vary sweet to say,
My slante Polly Wog I
"The air is moist—the moon U hid
IVthlnd a hoary fog.
No >Urt aro out to wink and bltak
At you, my ToHy Wog—
My Pol—my Ly—my Wog,
My graceful PoUy Wog,
Ob, tarry not, beloved oao I
My prootoua Polly Wog!"
Jual then away wont rlondu, and there
A-Mttnift on the log—
The other end, I nwan the moon
showed angry PoUy Wog.
liar small eyes flashed she awe Dad until
She looked almoat a frog;
Bflow dare yon eaß me, dr." ehe aeked.
" Tcwr predoua Polly Wog V
Why, one woald think your life wa* spent
In aoane low muddy togs
I'd hare yoo know, to atrange young toad*.
My name'* Miaa Mary Wog."
One wild, wild laugh that tree toad gave
And tumbled off the log,
ud on the ground he U eked and aoreamed
Oh, Mary, Mary Wog!
Oh, Ms oh. By ! ok, Wog t
Oh, (iroud Miaa Mary Wog !
Oh, goeffnaaa gractou*!- -what a jote!
Honwh for Mary Wo* r
—Mr*. Margarrt Rytimgt, m HcrVtmrr'i.
IlfUi of Interval.
In Minnesota twolv* per cent ia pro
poacd ma legal intereat.
Men are not <bmg a good business
when making bad debts,
Hweden lout declined to take part in
the Paris Exhibition of IH7H.
To keep moth* out of old clothing it
is rooomtnended to give the clothing to
tlie poor.
Tbe question ia, did tbe horseman
that scoured tbe plain put auap ia tbe
aandf
Tbe bishop of LottwWe'a dir-ctioii* for
tbe way to beaven : " Yott liave otdy to
turn to the right and go straight for
ward."
Tbe California fnenda of l)r. W. H.
Jones, who went thence to Australia,
have received letters saving that he had
been eaten by New Guinea cannibal*.
Tlie Athenians erected a large statue
of ,f£w>p and placed biu, though a slave,
on a lasting podMrtal, to abow that tlie
war to honor lies open indiflemilly to
all.'
. I knoov people so fond ov contradik
shun that it would not surprise me at all
to hear them disputing with a gide
Imanl about tlie distance to the next
town.
Women liave often suooeaafully bid
valuatde s in their hair, and a young
French ladv lately found a thousand
franc note in tier deceased mother's
chignon.
Monsieur reada the paper to madam :
•• Another crime! a woman cut in pieces."
Madam I quickly/ "By her husband T
Monsieur f inuocently \— " Who else
would you expect V
Hie Grand Ihike Nicholas threatenwl
to shoot a ii utuler of Kuasuut officers who
asked either for the o/iening of the cam
]Ntigu or that titer sltould be sent into
proper winter quarters.
" What ar* you fencing in that lot for,
Pat ? A hard" of cattle would starve to
death on that land." "And sure, your
honor, wasn't I fenciti it in to kape tbe
jtoor bastes out or it ?"
Iu a dilemma—Tbe bachelor who re
marked that "be uever would marry
any woman be didn't respect, and he
certainly couldn't respect any woman
who was willing to many bun. "
A lady who an nines to know bow boya
ought to be trained, write* a* follows :
" Ob, mothers ! hunt out tlie soft, tender,
eenial side at your Itoy's nslure."
Mttther* often do witli an old aboe.
"Johnny, have yon leareetl anything
during tha week ? asked a teacher of a
ffve-year-old pupil. " Yetii'm," " Well,
what is it?" " Never to law! a small
trump whan you bald both bowers."
General Newton baa jual finish<d plana
for erecting a new bridge which is to
croaa the Hndsou at Peekskill It will
he one magniffctsit span of 1,680 feet,
iad the door will be 165 feet above the
water.
Worcester " Yomig people
who l*t kiaaa* cm tin* result of the* l*v
(ion needn't necessarily wait till March.
Thev can have them no* and the* ana
abo" loses can per when the matter is de
cided.-
The Doyleatown (Pennsylvania) Intel
liyrnorr aaya that " after *ll there is no
heat like that from a hickory wood fire."
Yon wait awhile, adds the Detroit Frt—
Pre**, hickory wood is nothing to it, and
the llible says so.
Mm Louisa MeCall, of Canton, Ohio,
ha* tieen choaen director of the l*Jik of
which her late l.udiand was president,
and is the second female national ltank
director ever chosen, Mr*. J. M. Brad
ley, of Peoria, 111., choaau two yeaw
ago, being the first.
About this time farmers are Bitting in
the evenings by their comforting fire
side*, with a pitcher of cider, plate of
apple* and pan of nnta before them. In
the interim between their eating and
drinking they look solemnly upward and
exclaim : " tfhat awfnl hard timea V
Chlorate of pot*s*mn and iodide of
potassium ate separately harmless medi
cal doses, lm# the Jtmrmal v>f Pharmacy
warns physicians not to administer them
together, because in the stomnch they
combine to make loilate of potassium, a
jHiiaon. Mixed in any other way they do
not thus act.
A Canadian woman has inst taken re
venge in s novel way on a female board
er. Bho didn't abuse her, denounce
her, scratch ffier, or anything of that
kiml—oh ! no; she quietly took * scis
sors, went to the closet and cut up the
hated one's I wet silk dress into strips of
a aixe for making rag carpet
A large lot of wine will he sold out
shortly to close an estate in Georgia.
Nome of it was bottled in 17%, and none
of it is likely to sell for lew than #25
per bottle. ' How this simple announce
ment will cause thousands of those fel
low* who traveled with Sherman in 1864-
5 to weep over their carelessneft*.
o Grandma, do you know why I can
see up in the sky so far ?" asked Charlie,
a little fonr-year-old, of the veuemble
lady who sat on the garden seat, knitting.
" No, my dear : why is itf" "Because
tliere is nothing in the way," replied the
young philosopher, resuming his astron
omical search, and grandma her knitting.
Courbet, tlie man who has been con
demned for murdering n woman in Uie
Hue Taitbout, in Paris, to twenty years'
imprisonment, has addressed a letter to
the president of the court, imploring
that the sentence should be changed to
one of death. He declares that a person
guilty of such a crime a* his ia not worthy
to live.
This is how Offenbach dedicates his
I took to his wife, Hermini* Offenbach:
" You have desired that I should make a
I took from these letters written at odd
times. This is the first sorrow you have
caused me. Still, I Itear you so little
ill-will therefor that I dedicate you this
volume, not for what it is or may be
worth, but because I love to write every
where my esteem and affection for yon."
A French court has compelled tlie
family of a peasant to pay 8*58.60 for the
absolutely necessary expensea of his
funeral. ' The items were; Three
priests, 88: tolling I*ll, 81.20; draping
the altar, 83; litter, 85; cloth for signa
ture table, 82; female mourners, 810;
burial fee, eighty cents; coffin, 82; four
tiearers, $2.40; tapers, $8.20; liearae,
824; " a day's WOTK," $2; total, $68.60.
The cunning that seems to be a part
of insanity is illustrated in the killing of
Erskine Barrett, a keeper in the insane
saylum at Northampton, Mass. He
waa found with liia throat cut in the
ward of which he had charge, and one
or more of eight maniacs did it; yet it
is impossible to ascertain the facte. Sev
eral had blood marks on their hands or
clothing, but all deny the deed. Of
course war# to no moral responsibility,