The l'ing 8011. Oh, fjMth ' roh n* to Rrinj mo to qniet roto, I/Ot ]• my T*ry guilt le* got Ont of my onrrful br*t* , Toll on the passings WU, Ring out the doleful knoll, let Uio sound* my dclht tall, For I must >ly ; There u no remedy*, For now I dya. Farewell. my plesiuir** past, \V< livmip, mv pi. ■ nt payna ! I foci my torments no more*** That life ctuiuat r> mayne. (Vaaa now the pas&inge hall. Rung i my dole.*ul ku'll, IVthe doth draw nye, Sound my end dolefully. For now I dya. The Wife's Reverie. Oh. Heart of mine, 11 our estate Our sweet estate of joy assured It eanie so sow, it came ao late, Bought by such bitter pains endured ; Hare we forget those smrow* sore, And think U\at they will oome no mure ? With tearful eves I sean my fare. And doubt how he can And it fair . Wistful. I watcli ea -h charm and grace I see that other women wear ; Of all the rnvrvt* of lo\e' lore, I know hut one, to love huvi more! I see each day, lie grows more wise. His life is broader far than mine , 1 must lie lacking iti his eyes. In many things where others shine. Oh, Heart ' can we this loss restore To him, by snnply loving morv '.' I often see upon his brow. A kwk half tender and half stem ; His thoughts are far away, I know ; To fathom them. 1 vainly yearn . ltut nought is ours which went totore ; Oh. Heart' we can but love him more ' I sometime* think that he had Iced An older. J.s-per km, apart From this which later fishier moved Hi* soul fli mine. Oh, Heart ' Oh. Heart What cau we do V Tins hurts th sore. Nothing, my Heart, bill love him more ' .VVSKT'J .V. .*R.Vy. HELEN'S BABIES. W:th Some Account of their Ways It was an enticing invitation from my only married sister, Heien LawrvuCa. that moved me, Harry Burton, salesman of white gtHvis. bachelor, agixl twenty - eight, to spend my fortnight's vacation at Hill crest. Tom Lawrence's cigars and c'.aret ar.il horses, a splendid dower garden, plenty of han.lx me girls, and unlimited leisure f. .r reeling—those were the inducements offer**! me. Inciden tally, as Torn and Helen were to lie ab sent on a visit. I was just to keep on eye on the children, who, I was assured, would not give me "the slightest trouble." Remembering Budge, the elder, as a boy of five, with a serious, noble faee a; i great, pure penetrating eyes, and Toddie as a happy little know-nothing of ti.ree summers with a head of tangled yellow hair, I set out for Hillcrest with out apprehension of impending woe. At the tnd of the trip I hired a hack raan to drive rae to Turn's. On the way our bonus shied violently, and tlie ilriver ex -laimed: " That was one of the 4 imps ' —that little cut* that seared the bosses. There he comes, rannin'. Wonder where t'other is? We call 'cm the 4 imps,' o. ise they're so uncommon likely at mischief!'" The offending youth was Budge, in a very dirty sailer sust, and the other 44 imp," who bore down on us in a cloud raise 1 by thrusting a branch into the dost of the road was Toddie ! "They're my nephews!" I gasped. The recognition was mutual. "Y >u're Uncle Harry." said Budge. " Lid you bring us anythii g ?" *• Brmg u-anything?" e*lioeil Toddie. 44 I wish I could have (nought yon s-cne big whippings," said I, severely. 44 Get into this carriage." In they climbed, each with a very dirty towel, knotted iu the center. 4 'Thev're nit towels," explained B tdge, 44 they're dollies ; we don't like buyed dollies; these is lovely." "I want t shce to rs watch," re marked Toddie, roiling iuto my lap. fol lowed by Budge. Obediently 1 showed them the dial of my tliree-huu.lit'd-iloUar timekeeper. "Want to shoe wheels go wound," said Toddie. 44 No," said I. fearful of dust. "Want to slice wheels go wound," repeated Toddie; "want to slice the wheels go wound." "I tell yon I csui't, Toddie; dust spoils watches." 44 W.int to slice the wheels go wound," murmured Toddie again. Abruptly I picketed the wateli. Tos die's jaw dropped, and he cried : "Ah—it—h—h. Want—to—slice—the wheels—go won—omul!" "Stop that uoise this in-itaut!" 44 ¥♦*-*>—o >—wan"* to slice " "ToJilie, I've got some candy in"— 44 Wheels go wound ! Ah— L—h—h !" "Toddie, dear, don't cry so. There are some ladles coining in a carriage." 44 Ah—h—b—h. Wants to shee wheels!"— Madly 1 snatched my watch from my pocket, opened the case, and exposed the works to view. The ]>&ssing carriage stopped; my nume was called, an i. lo >kmg up, I saw—bright eyed, fair fa-ed and smiling—Miss Alice May ton, a la ly whom for about a year I hail adoml from afar! The ease with wiiich she greeted me, praised—actually praised ! those dreadful children; and let me dis cover that a bouquet from the Lawrence garden would lie an acceptable offering, converte 1 my confusion into delight. When the carriage started again, Toddie murmured ; 44 Ueken Hawwy. does you love that lady ?" 44 N0, Toddie, of eonrse not." "Then you's ba<ldv man, an' ile Lord won't let yon go to heaven if yon don't love peoples." Yon may believe I was glad to pet those children home and turn tliera over t/> the girl! At dinner they found fault with my blessing, arid taught me the one their papa says. Then they condemned my version of Jonah, and Budge gave one certainly much more graphic. And finally, after requiring me to say my prayers first, that performance, too, was boldly criticised. Budge prayed with a face fit for an angel, and then Toddie closed his eyes, wriggled, twisted, breathed hard and at last began : 44 Dee Lord not make me sho bad, an' besli mamma, an' papa, an' Budgie, an' doppity (grandfather), an' both buggies grandmother), an' all good people in dish house, an' everybody else, an' my dolly. A-a-men!" "Now give us candy," said Budge, echoed by Toddie. I gave them the candy and escaped at last to the parlor, where I passed a de icions evening with my books. That night Toddy howled for his dolly like a young f imon, and made me get up and find for him; and next morning, before h.j was fairly awake, I was appalled to hear him murmur; 44 Want—-jto —shee wheels—^-go— wound." At breakfast he remarked : 44 Uckeu Hawwy, davßli an awfixj funny chant up 'tairw—awfoo big chunt. I show it you after brepspup." 44 Toddie'B a silly little boy," said Budge; "he always says brepspup for brekbus (breakfast)." "Oh! what does he m<?an by chunt, Budge?" 44 1 guess he means trunk." A direful thought struck me. I rushed up stairs. Yes, he did mean trunk—my trunk—open ! emptied. A blacking box in my dress hat, and rolled up tightly iu my dress coat, one of those dolls! But worse wax to come. I made an exquisite liouquet for Miss Mayton and put it in a box which I sent to her by the coach man. To my surprise he brought it back, and Toddie, shrieking with de light snatched it and exclaimed : " Oh, darsh my dolly'a k'adle ! Some- FRKI\ KURTZ, N.litor un<l I 'ropriotor. YOLUME X. lxsh put tris'\ ulo (low. r in it ; I frixxl 'em awav J" wiling tin* box h' displayed that infernal >Rill! I vunol hi in so sternly that he tick refuge in sobs, wept plenti fully 11 tuv shirt front, tuul tnurmuml : "1 want-sh !, l,.\e you, and wmitsli ▼on to I'V> iee.** Who o> lild resist ? I petted and ki s xl him till he was consoled, uud resuunsl his s. iere cuty, with t!:e lufantile ivm niaiid : " Kisli tuv dolly, tvwi." 1 olieved, hut cloned the interview ab ruptly, ami write the host upoh>gy I ooul I fr.uuc to Miss Miiytoii. l'he next day *> Sunday. In the morning tltox- t*>\i> mvudcd uty hisl to "fwohe and "wide hoisie hackeu," and I s idly learned how it was that my lirother-iii '.aw had grown so fiat che*tt\l. lu the aftesUiKm we tried the stories agaiu, and Toddie told, with the moat spll t< d g< "tlllCS, how " l>.ive, let . sling go hang Ix-quccn Bli. ffV eyes, mi' kiiis'ktsl him down dead. m lhive took Hliatt'a sword an* sworded ltliaff** heail oft. an' made it all blnggy, an' Hliaff runncd away." Tin u f'sldio •* runtied away," an 1 got himself stung by a honict, and rushed 111, sobbing : "Want to t>e worked. Want slung ' Toddle, boy, one day.* " And I luul ti r>vk huu uud slug, line by line, after Budge, some absurd little doggerel als'iit a bosket, I* ginning: \\ li> ri mv little ' Ssal i'.vlilie, tx. > When he vvn ,si, th. - ' children beguiled me mt to a treacherous muddv brv*'kMde, in search of jack.—ill-the-puf pit ; T*td e tumblcii in, ami so did B-nlgc. and in pulling tlmni out I was most horribiv sj attervxl! Hurrying home, a carriage overtook u* with lailie* in it. Con hi it be?—of course it wus ! —M s* Mayt >n herself 1 •" You seem to have I uvea having a rval p**l time together." said she, a* the carriage pa.-.--si. " RunemWr, vs i are all gi ing to call on me ti>-mom>w after noou.'* And so we did, Toddie b. aring iui ex piatory l>ou<juet. The children nu'cvl off t > w*ch a gmsscutter, and 1 sat down to a delightful chut with Mi** May ton. Men were scarce among the summer lusirih rsat HiUerest, a;.d somehow the piazza grain ally fllhxl w itli the ladies of *Le house. Suddenly a shriek arose from tlie lawn ; T sldie had pinched his tiugi r* "in the little wheels of the eutter gni.'-s," and rushed up to me, sobbing : "Sing, 'lJodilie, boy, one day.'" My bl'ol scemevl to fr><-ze, but when Ruiige explained that "he always wants that song when he's hurt," dl the liulies urged me. ami I w nitlifully picked Tod die tip and hnmme.l the detestwl iur. But t:,c little tyrant was not satisfied, and success vely rt.;.: r i me to "sit m a wi*-ki!i' eliair," tu " sing the wonls," iuiil to " -uig louder." till at la*t, before thrt audience and her, 1 was obliged to sum lb J lircailfnl doggerel, line for line, ;us Badge re}*'atevl it. My teeth were set, tuy brow grew clammy. At la*t I heard .• me one whisper : "S -e how he loves him ! P<*>f man ! lit*"* in {s rfeet agony over tlie little fel low. " But the agony was a j rclinle to a nvst niiexjiect' 1 rapture. An apprelieusively accepted invitation to dinm r, where T<*l - tilted his soup over Miss Mayt ui's dress, led to s tw li lit ft te-a-tete, whieh Budge interrupted by nf :: um. the laly: "Uncle Harry 'sjsvts you, Mi** May ton." The little rascal had, t! at very morning, demanded to know wlmtlier 1 didn't "Jo 'M--M v; ami accept- d with suspicion my uss'irance that I " re.s]**-t ed" ler v t ry highly. Now, before I eon Id stop him. he continued: "Only what he call* 'spect, I calls love." There wa nn awkward panse—* >me thing must lie done. "Mis.' Mayton.** su 1 I, "Bulge i* a marplot, but a truthful int -rprebT. I" " When I love* any laxly," observed Bulge, "I kisses them." Mi*s Mayton give a s'.-irt. She did not speak ; sic was not angry. Could it b" tha'—? I acted on Budge's sug g> -tion, once, twic '. She rai*ed her hea ami I saw that Alice Mayton had surrendered at discretion. Then Budge and Toddte cnir.e in for a share of the ki.*es ; two or three 1 lie* ap] carisl, an 1 I caunlv said : "(' ane, boys. Tin n I'll call with the carriage ut three to-morrow, M *.-> May ton. (hxxl evening." I shall Uot tell you what I thought or did duruig that interval, except that I bought my angelic nephews everything they wan tel. beginning with candy and ending with a gout and goat carriage. N r shall I -iv a wi :d n'>otit my ride with Miss Mayt >n, except that it was *u Idenly interrnptisl bv a runaway goat ami two I*--booi:''; IKIVC; and that night Budge prayed: " I>ear Lord, bless jus* lot* tliat lovely, lovely la<ly that comfortevl me after the goat was Imd U> nie." Tlie next ilsy was wet and those chil dren le Ime a terrible life! Their only real comfort was Jonah, or rather, the ' whay-al," a picture of wliich Tod die tenderly care**-<l t murrnnring : " Dee old whay-al, I loves you. I finks 'twas weal mean in Pjonsh to g<'t froed up when you haln't n<iffin" else to eat, jxstr old whay-al !" And Todtlie amused himself for some time with a big box f >r n whale and a dead mouse f. r a Jonah, till a mishap oc curred which lie mournfully announced by saying : " Djonah bwoke he tav-al !" Tlie next morning, I got a letter from Helen, inclosing one to her from Alice Mayton, from which I b-arned that I might attribute the sudden success of my suit to Mis* Mayton's " seeing that a man who could be MI lovable with thought less ami unreasonable children must be I*-rtoctlv adorable to the woman he loved." I have not time to tell you how Budge revealed to stately Mrs. Mayton the re lation* subsisting between her "little girl " and hi* " Uncle Harry," or how that awful Toddie disclosed our secret to the ladies of Miss Mayton's acquaint ance by solemnly declaiming some " Lines to Alice "he luul heard me re hearsing iu the garden; or bow the same Toddie swallowed a " whole bottoo full " of paregoric, and was hurried to tlie apothecary's with such wholesome re sults that he rejiorted to his brother : " Budgie, down to the village I was n wliay-aL I didn't frw- up Djonah but I froed up a whole floor full of uvver tings." Tom and Helen eame home in due time, and at lunch Hint day toasts were drunk to " Her " und to " the makers of the match—Budge and Toddie 1" And Alice insists that when a certain cere mony takes place they shall offieiute as groomsmen, nor have I the slightest doubt that site w ill carry her point.— Illustrated Weekly. Cure for Diphtheria. A little son of Mr. Jeremiah Kelley of Hughesville, Del., who has been danger ously ill with diphtheria, was success fully treated by inhaling the lumen of slacked lime, hist week, and is now out of danger. A small piece of lime was placed in a cup and the fumes conveyed to the mouth of the child through a fun nel with a long tube. It is said that in a short time after the treatment a large lump of tough mucus was discharged from the throat, after which the little fellow at onoe commenced to get better. THE CENTRE REPORTER Fashion Notes., Shwes tit tight. lIA*I|IIIW are still woni. Spring Isnitiets are small. Bonnet crowns are brooder. Basil ties must tit like armor. Tight jackets uiv fashionable. I>i mis of hoiiuets an 1 smaller. I uglar.cd (enwles are the best. The new round hats are very a mull. t'reme Blanche is the magie b nut: tier. Chenille Unmet eorila are *ery fash ionable. Noiiiiuiidy crowns are the most fnslt niuable, I.:uv s,-.irfs for liounet strings grow tu favor. The spring color* are gray, drub and brown. Gold U'nd embroidery on laee is coin ing into vogue. The new spring wraps are dolman* and scarf mantles. Some nitsiisk'- are using eonduie as it dress trimming. Parisian diamond* are beautiful imi tations of real jewels. There is a revival of fashions demand ing the Use of lain*. Feathers atudded Willi steel and cry s tals are shown for evening jMtrurt Seal brown and navy blue nre still the favorite colors for little hoys' suits. The empress Uuuu t is large crowned and of modified Normandy sl.ajs The empress lioniiet is the favorite for middle uged and eld. rly Indies. Rose and blue i" a favorite cuuib'-nn tion of color in the new Scotch plaid gmghiuus. lted, white and bine bunting will le used for Is'fh dresses and trimmings next summer. Plush isdlars and muff* are expected to take the plac- of fur boo* and mtftT-- next month. The ueu tiehus have l.us> ruches in the neck riasng high ulx>ve ribbon .juillmcs and bunds. Madras giughams in beautiful condo nations of color ore seen on the counters of dry gixxl" stores. Peculiarities of the int. Not ooatwl with having destroyed souie traditional belu fs 4i the subject of Iss—. Sr John Lubbock now at tacking the reputation of the ant. Ac cording to Sir John.it would app. ar that tlie different species of ant* und then are about ?tk> ■" have strongly t*>ntra*t ed moral characteristic*." S -me un distinguished by bravery, some by i w ar liee, some nn* uidustrious, some are strikingly idle. They are t<*> lazy even to feed thei.iselv- s or clean tbeli.--lvi s, .11T Sir John Lublss-k f - n:d that t-> kis'ji tliem shv • it was necessary t • put a few slaves for iui hour or two every day nit > the ease in which tin y wen •• n finctl, in orvler that tin ir li en, t.e ar nutgi'iueuts might be duly attetuh-1 t . Tliev are said to b" very stupiil with n - gur.l to hs'ahty. Sir J< h" Lubb -k h tried puttil g a stole of f ssi to be reiwh e.l by jutf.s. g over little eurdb-urn bridges, an I lie found that slightly shift ing a bridge b. :lbxl them. They never tried to push the bridge, or ev en t->niak< Use of a supply of fiin mold put tvady P In lp them liil the gap. l'hey "craned " at a jump of als'iit one-third of an inch, nil I pn li lTtsl g iug a ein-uit "f eighteen fis't. just as a cautious rider to hounds might make a detour . f several Ileitis to t ike advantiige of a line of gates. It is a mistake, too, to suppose that ants will take nre of a di .tiosse-l friend. Sir John Luldxick trnsl just covering an ant vvitii mold where many were passing mid re pa-sing. \ot one t-sik any noti.'e of him. They have, however, a singular fiower of recognizing emJi tither. ns was testvsl by placing thirty i itoxieabxl friends in company with thirty intoxicat ed strangers together in a ins.?. The mi's were at first niii' h pur.zle 1 with the sa 1 sfiectaele. II 'wcver, tw.-ntv of the friends were taken into the ueat. fix .• were thrown into the water, and the others neg'nvbxl. On the other linn I, twenty-four of tlie thirty strangers were thrown into tlie water at ouce, and of the six taken into the nest by mistake, four were afterward found to be stran gles, and we re then tak<u out and thrown into the wut T ala.(. New Orleans t'reeles. In New Orleans, t<s>, tla- Orei b • make up i very large profs irtion of tlie |s>pti lation. The riiy pruiMW is dividntl by Canal stns't into " Fr< nchtown " and " Amerieantown." Frenehtown has tils >ut BH.OOO inlinbibints. <if tin we, as estimated, not over are of Anglo- Saxon dearent. Freu ditown is to nil in tents and purfsiseH a foreign eity in an American Suite. Aincricantown makes a l-tt'r showing. It has nb >ut I'JO.OOO souls. Of these, it is safe to say, not to exceed twenty JHT cent., ore of pure Anglo-Saxon bloovl. New Orleans, in fact, is decidedly a foreign rather than mi American city. It has within itself nil the elements <>f revolution. History but rejieiits itself. They have broken forth more than once in the past. They are found as comprising, in the main, the revolutionary forces of the revolu tionary government of Jo-day. Your Louisiana Creole, to sum him up, is at l>e*t nn anomaly in American politics. H<- is decidedly un-American HI everything save in being, as it were, a natural prislncUof the soil. Ijouisiana, fpun his atandjmint, is a sort of heritage of his own. He is bitterly hostile to all net either to the manor ls>rn or of for eign hlaoil. He has about as compre hensive an idea of American politics as has the native of New Zealand. He knows nothing of liberty save as identi fied with license. He can have, from his nature, little respect for a government, save as it shows the strong hand of power. Othello in Nevada. The Virginia (Nev.) ('hronlr/r snvs: A lady who determined to surprise her husband a few nights ago bought him a new pair of rubbers and placed them bv the tHillside, so that when he came in she could enjoy hisdelight at such a fond exhibition of love and affection. The man stayed ont so late that his wife fell asleep, and when he came in his eye fell upon the overshoes. He was just about to stab himself with a clieese-knife when he reconsidered IIIH intention and determined to rouse his wife and tell her that he knew all. Grabbing her by tlie hair he yelled out: "This once liuppy home is desolated by a faithless Woman's perfidy," and pointed to the overshoes. It t-*>k nearly two hours to explain, and then he forgave her, with the under standing that site would make him a pair of slippers with his monogram and a green dog on the top. Couldn't Keep a Little Still. "Home visitors are coming, and yon must keep a little still this afternoon," remarked a Chicago teacher to her pupils one day lately. "We can't keep a little ' still,' or a big one, either," chimed in one lad, " leastwise we can't 'nless we pay a government license !" The teacher then remembered that the boy was the son of a former revenue de faulter, and pardoned his remark. UKNTKK HAI li, CKNTKK CO., PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1877. t \ HUM TO >t \\l>ll„ V 11 r Vntei(lnr* IHltitig • VHkllltr \\ uiunit I• lium r*' I niul l. !'•• I'ttr* 11 lilwrw a* I lilt- N 111 111 \t iiur Trui tit . "She seemed to r< ft her liatids on the -t.lv wall u moment as she Itvantnl for- Walvl from the Tool -ilid hs-ked doWll Into the stlcct. I'lieU she swung alsail side wi ' in a ipiccl sort of Will, all in a htir rv, an I hung over tlie area, her hands' clinging to the coping for an instant ; then she screamed and fell." Such in briet was the description given by Vnii e Norman, lierhap* the ouly |sT on who saw her fall, of tin manner in which Mr*. 1 >elia I'. ll 'Wer* came to lier death at tiie isinu r of Ninth avenue and Nineteenth street on the evening of Washington's birthduv. It was !•- ginning to gr w d.nk wlieu Mrs. Bow era fell, and l er form up|s iir<sl to some who saw it in tlie distance like a bun die of clothing thrown from the house top into the street. The noise of the lull sttn.'tsl tjuite a crowd from the tenements, stores and workshops in the vicinity, and us the j>-• ■j le passed alsmt tin' woman's prostrate form tin- horror of tlie scene crept through them and pictured itself IIJHIU their tsger faciw. " \Ylint's the matlei " "Is she deadV" "How did she fall;'" busy lollgtles not more earnestly than en r er eyes iu ouirisl. Hut there was no one there then to say how it huppem-d. She had fallen. She was iuseusiblt >r at lu-t appeared so, and pri'bal'lv would die. As her shattered form w..s lifted lr m tin' street and U.nie t.i her apartmeuta the crowd pressed about the dis>r and edged more eloaelv to the cintml jniint to find ont all about tic woman who fell. Mrs. liowers bvisl at No. lfs'l Ninth avenue, was uiurrieil and the mother of two children, agtsl alsmt eiglit ami ten \eurs res|wvtiv cly, ami her death is ouli siilerevl t.i be of her own sis-kilig, in spite of the implied contnalictioua pre sutne.l to i M.st ill the fai't that she was much r'>iectsl by ull her umghboei, as a g'sl Christian and an i xwmpiarv wife iuiil mother. To an over sensitive dis|ss -lten is charged the mental o udition which hsl her t > precipitate licrsi If from tin* ns'f of a house f>rtv fiet high into u narrow ar*just raijisl in from the open -tn. t. It was a frightful hup from which the stoutest heart, in siuie tnie mentat, would reixul with a ahuddcr. What O uhl have driven n c<s I. |ven"- fnl. Christian mother to t* ■ • ich ft fata! plunge ? THE VOICE OF Si'xNl'Al-. Tlie stmg of scandal * Such was tin generally accepted explamition put an ciiciilation shortly after her death i>_\ her ueigLK.rs and i.c.juaintaii 'ca, u few of whom pretemh 1 to know the history of WHOFE uii.nr. Rapntiiij DM MI Vn'entuie'a, day (February 14) Mrs. Bower* receivvxl frnu •. female neighbor s.ane i -ffensive caricatures with uvvim pauviiig lim-s of a s -urrilous character, w ritten by the sen The language U'-'sl ws- very liar -I>. and Mr*. Bower* w.rrie.i gTt ally ..ver tl <• matter. She showe-1 her huslwuid what she had rv c :vis|, and t-.1.1 him from whom shesux pectixl the slanderous nic* sages to have come. I'nl -he lus wife, Mr. Bower* did n •! see enough in such a silly malicious bit of Imsiuees to give him any cause for worriiucut. Ho advised her to give no he Ito the matter. Two of the valen tine- w- re said to have had rosjsH"tively the rapt: us "A Jh amstiv • ** and "lu I/ove with Kvery I*rva'her." Hut what the m'caunaii\iiig linos wre has not lmcn slated. Mrs. H-overs wus a oust uit attendant c.t the Sixteenth Str<- t Bapt t church, and after a time the story of the scurrilous valentines, mingled w-.th s me further —-amlal, got to the e ir> . f the c.'iigregw ti' n, and its circulation tli'r' capjied the climax of her uiortitUidion. Meanwhile tlie more talkative of hci neighbor* bad heard of Mrs. Bowers' r -Evenes* under the la*h of tle-ce pa n'ul stories and k<Jt a-tir the |*-tty i." -ssip whieh the semler of the videutim * gave forth at tirst. ( tr.ul ually the p" >r wnniaii'a iierv. -, gave way under the orvhlll ntltd a few day* liefore her fatal !• -p, when she even refused to est, s i much was she exercisl over the -.•nmlal. Her friend ' did not entertain any seriotw ■■pprehei. don. however, iuiil the tli uiglit of suicide by *" devoted U (liiriatt. n and •• well conducted a wif n- ver entered the head of any one. Mrs. Ro*°< i • re-ided in the drst lvmae from tlie comer; and it is cousidere.l strange bv some of the neighlsir* that she should have gone to the roof of the adjoining house to precipitate herself therefrom, with suicidal nit nt, when she could a* easily have thrown herself from the roof of her-own house. It was no vera- unusual thing, however, for the in mate* of No. l.Vt. in which Mrs. Hover* resided, to pass over to the roof of the corner lions*. Hut u dying rumor which could not be tne'isl t<> it* source yesterday lent some imiHirtnnee to the foregoing comments. This rimer would have it that s-'ine one, the gossip* could not say who, had seen u woman * figure retreat ing from the r*if <>f the cs-nier honae t<>- wuril the scuttle of one of the houses nb TTC ju*t a* Mr*. Bower* fell to the ground. It is not pretended that any one pushed Mrs. I tower* over into the stris t, but if this rumor were found to lie n fact, and the person fleeing from tlie roof should be identified, tin re is found here a* strong a ohnin of circumstantial evidence a* many on which convictions even for murder have twrn obtained. The dying woman's la*t words were: " Mrs. is the muse of this."— Xf w York !!• raid. IVho tinned It. Realty is realty. The town lawyer* have had a wrangle over a meteor. A large fragment of the big meteor of IH7!> fell in tlie highway on land* owned by the Amnna society, and a German named Man* picked it up. The soeu-ty claimed title under the law of accretion, the realty in the highway belonging to them, and whatever came to the land'* natural accretion being part of the realty. The German put in a counter claim based upon original discovery and the nine point* of the law. TlO court IUIH de cided that the society have the better title, and the fragment of the meteor will be placed iu the State University. Realty i* realty, whether n deposit j>e made during the glacial period or yesterday. Scientific tramp* who sjH'inl their night* iu trudging along the highway* and hunting for meteor* uutv a* well go to bed lit curfew. Realty is realty. The Too l'!lot|iii'nt Mail. " Dominic Miles," was known throughout the northern part f New York State fifteen or twenty yiirH ago as a hardy worker unions seamen—includ ing those reprobates wlui swore on the tow-path from Albany to Lake Krie ami he knew the most effectual way of deal ing with the too eloquent man. "My friends," said a young gentleman who would edifv the "eanalerH"in Bethel, " it is good to perceive before me those hardy mnrinerH who go down to the sea 111 ships and do business in mighty w a tern. We are, tin it were " " liroth er," interrupted the dominie, "do you love the Lord V" Much disooneerted, the ehxnent youth stammered: " I trust I do." "Well," rejoined the worthy dominie, " that's nil we want to hear from you this evening. Brethren, let us sing." It is hardly possible to im agine a man continuing his able remarks after receiving such a rebuke. \ I!r< nt Bridge en I ire. The St. |*IIII litpuljlirttn say*: A " disastrous lire occurred ulsuit mulnight at the eastern end of the bridge The tllst sva li of the tile VVII* about hlllf t>iud '' eleven oVlmk, when the cngililMtf of iui etuit bound testa crossing the river " lioticevl ill at there was lire in an anoeeti piisl two story frame hnthltng at the north side of tiie bridge. He sotiudel his " whintle, hut fuihxl to attract uttentnUl. • Tlieli he ntojipial lii* LruUl, and all hands shouted and yellrsl and whistled Ull an u alarm Wu soUUded. Meantime the frunw building had become euvehiptsl ill a light 11 flame. The high wind from the north 1 speedilv sWt lltsl tlu' strength af tllC tire, ' w liit'h (xiuimunieuti dto tumthi r bttihltng. ' The ihuntM in re swept by the breexs di reetlv towaid the south, slid IM>'SII to threaten tlie wissl-work of the bridge. Before the steamers could effect a cross ing, the fl.'Uiles had enpturi'd the trsek, snd were crackling una ng the plank* and Uuilxrs of the trestle. The steam ers wnit to the other end, but, being un able to pss", t'hief Sexton -lit tin 111 ' back, St the same time sending Word to r the ferry company to bring them over. ' Whether there was a in\*und rstnudiug • alxmt tlie landiui.' place, or whether the ferry company did uot cure to sUp the ' burning of the bridge, d.-rs not up|-ir. A lxsit st.nt 1 across, ulid, it wus lejsirt sl, Usik tiil'ee Steamer* on IsHiril, but Up ' to one o clock tie one steamer of the St. 1 lauits department that tirst erv-tMxl was • without us*"stance from lu-r mates. 1 The one engine then w<*nt vigorously " to work to-top the Spretul of tlie tile. By this time a ! -ug row of fraiuu buthi -1 iug*on tlie north of the bridge was half 1 consumed, slsai! three bundn*i ynrxla of the bridge approach w u* tuirnitip, and 1 the fire had reachi d a number of frame ' building* *>utli of tlie track*. The whole 1 ground for *n acre lu extent was u sheet of tlame, roaring, surging, leaping up 1 and senww the "pen grouutl on tlie rtvi r IH'IU'II a- MQH SlU'cevsting gust of wind' • would t<w* it and whirl it shont. It 1 swept along the ground, driving lite crowd of sight—X r* far back from its fierew hi'ivt. Jl crept through thi tr< ."tie, 1 twining iw-lf about each brace snd tim -1 her, uud it stole along the nubngs, nutk -1 ing rapid pmgresa in every direction 1 w here it cotild flnl rviiiibttotiWe material 1 to bed l!J>on. Before the cngiUe h*l " start- I a stream th*-waiting room ia top of tlie briilge vas completely eux eiopisf, ' and the blaze had ehud**! tlie two tall flag stalls to their summits and was set ting off a shower of sjwirk* therefrom. The elf.irts of the firemen were direeUxl to prevent the flame going further w<*l , ia.d destroying the staircast by which f- -t r JBS"CUger* descend Up 11 l"!iUld. ( Tin* lo*s may re.icli fitH'.oOO. A great ( numU-r of f>vple crowded over on the t bridge to wituenx the brilliant conflagra tion, whieh was really grand- 'INU after r two o'eloek the cr:"1i of falling lr *tle work could still l* lowril in this city, as the revl-la t ir-m b-nt and yielded t" it* own in*upp> rbtbhi Uiight, and tumbhsl i to the ground iu glowing curve* uml . angles. Kflict of the Jcr*i j Fxfcutlon. A bill li . b- en tntrv*ln< -*1 ill the N' W Jersey legislature whicii make* it tin • dtttv of the court ou a trial f> r murder in the flmt degree to j .v*# a wutoanv of inipri"-innent for hft' whenever s v i-rvlict of guiltv shall I** s<x-'ni|Minn*l by r<c- I uuiiuutidntioit t" inerrv oti the part vtf till' jury. Tiie .'ff-"*-! <d tlie ptusgige of the bill woilM probably be tliC V utr.nl aKilition . f cuj'ital pmilshruent iu tin- Syit-'. Very f< w jura" uIJ convict wiUioutuji -aumeiidakioii to mercy. In tin* first place it wuitld !*• diilicult to g'l togetliei twelve mm all of whom np r hold h I?H1 strangiilsti ti, ami in tlie next there would !*• in almost • very mur j tier trial enough sympathv for the pr.s . oner t- reuder it certain that some of the jury would -mu*l 'ii s- tinng for ( lu in the more lenient sentence. The , bill, ti<> doubt, owes it* origin to tii fc-lmgof dissstl-fact'oi! engendered by j the refusal of a new- trial to Hysn and Os.-hwnld, and t itl.e far that th- men may have HIIITI rc-1 death for a C/imn df vvh-ch they were lUtl<a'e!tt. N- J"f>ey th*-* not generally Ittui to tl.e sui* of j lucrcv, ami Uic projxmed change iti th-- law show* how' flttn a h-'Ui the ikwibt of ' the guilt ■ f Hynii !-.nd < > "'"fivrah! ha* t.d,. u on the public mind. The lew movement in tlie legislature, I viewed iu fins light, must serve t<> O|M-H the eyes of the Jersey authorities to the duty of exerting themselves to (it wr . whether the rminlerer of < ifficer Brt*'k is still alive and nnpnnisheii. When a whole community i* *-> earnestly iui -1 oresstxl with Uie fix-ling that justice uutv liavv gone astray tt i* due to public sen timent that all doubt should be cleared away, li will u-t do to s--ttl- vjuietly down with tbc id- a that its two men have 1 paid the forfeit of their live* tor the crime there is an end of the matter. Justice to the murdered man, justice t* the memory of those who Miffcri*! bar the murder, if tlrcy KiillVrsl unjustly, justice to the .State rcquiree that if a mis take lias IMXII made it siiali la- rectified and that the mil "tTetider shall lw called to account. We linvc not yet beanl that any *t< j>* have been taken ou the jwirt of ] the Jt r*y Hiithoiitivm to ferret out the tnith. It it t" be bojM'd, however, that . they will promptly follow up every dew . that enn lead to the final settlement of the question a* to the guilt or innocence 4 of the two men who have been sent to their graves as Br<*'k"# nmrdercrs. AV tc >'or/. Il< raid. Ilnitilng nti Indlnn YlHnce. A oorrosjiondent writing from the Black Hill* region says: 1 have another victory to report sncli a* it is. Lieut. Fummings, with Company C of the ITiird Cavalry, dropped iti uninvited upon an Indian village of tell hxlgcs on Crow eri-.-k, near tlie old Custer tmil. A* a surprise party it w-iut a success. The Indians lit out with n discreet promptness, leaving their lodges, house hold g. ir, sixteen ponies, ftOO head of sheep, and ah id of cattle m the hand* of the trooj *. After uiglitfull they ral lied and attacked the rump, yelling like HO many stock lookers. The affair was lively while if ln*ted. but it was soon over, tin Indians II I mrntiitig business, and being easily driven off. One Indian wu* killed; no casualties on our bide. The country i* fitirlv swarming with redskins. Tliey have ju*t driven a party from this eiutip into the llilis. People who have a preference for n quiet life had better wait aw hile before coming on here to make tlu-ir fortune*. Why She I-eft. A clergyman in n Western town has had to leave his parish owing to a little domestic difficulty with his wife, on which his people got divided. The female in thin ease was the disturbing element. She declined to discharge the duties 'of her household, and tinally kieked out of the traces altogether. She wouldn't cook and she wouldn't wash, l'lie poor clergyman luire his afflictions like a saint, ami at last took to wushing th® family clothes himself, ami doing the cooking as well as he could. due of his female friends, in espousing his cause, remarked to a sister on the opjm site side that she thought it was a pecu liarly hard ease for the minister. "Well," replied the sister, " there may be some truth on your side; but the fact is, he was awfully provoking. His washing was so raisersDle, and nobody could eat his cooking." U \llilltlil Mill). Tilde lived 111 (klli'lltta u liOclv ).-11l 14 ScV i-lltfUll, Willi V It* engaged t> U Ulllll • rilit* with iinirli attiwhi-d tu ; her fntln r, however, tlitl nut tqiprme ti( tin" match, itinl wm mi xii nut tlu.t till#* hlu mill marry another man, ttlii* 1 in.l iir>i|>.hti.t tu W some tune Is fore. Till* second )uvi<(, bucked ii|i tiv (hi hither, wit* IN* mt |H-I --i hiht< ut iii inn itUt-iitiuiih, uiiil ultimately . hoped t.. wiu tlu* girl, who, nit hex part, , disliked loin UltfUh. lv, JUnl d* .'hired she wmiltl Hilly uiiiirv llit* uuui she uiut Ml gugcd to. liliti UU "III' t-lhf. Ail uf it hinl.lt it tlif girl disappeared ; and, tin High i vi'iy search wu* mad**, tut intelligence ftiulJ Imi gained 111 her, tuir ttah tin it* itiiv - tt|i|*iu .-ut rill nun |..r her lit\hlft l.ilih absence. huhjilfinll fell on Ihltli i.r lov fXh, fh|H*> lhii.V ttit tin ollt* wh<*** mill hlu iiiul miuwil, lor it wu well ku.utti lit* w< highly lmx-nscd against liar tor bit itnliirrmiei* toward hiia. They vnw tioth arrested ittiil im prisoned, itl 1 H*it tlu-y declared thfir in- u lOftiix-, mid nlhit their sorrow and aston ishment ut lt.-r diaapis-iirnnre. ll Vtun i.M-frt.Uii. ' 1 til.tt hljf tilth lust seen alive going to tin* tnuk villi liar pitcher ti draw water, luil that she had Uf tt l In It hft 11 lllll'i'. Oil tlllh it Was decided to lnttf tin tank dragged, winch With UlXXinlillglV llolif. Ill'* lilht lllUf tln-y futiitil nothing ; liow.ver, they tried Again. On thin ocnaa*i"ii tln-y Mt some thing very heurv in tin- net ; ptvseutiv tin v sew tlif huge head of itti itllignUu tui.i hooti ullf r heard n Mvmrmloiia Bplaah which Umkf the lut Hint allowed lili- inn iu.il to escape. They iiutinxiuitf ly ixnu 111* Heed making lUlollur Ul'l o( extra strength, innl our ii>t likely to lliivikfu liy tin* alligator. WlifU it* wa#• tinihlifil Ibf * dr.-o/ged the tiuik, and thin flnn liuif did o most tlmrougiily, but to tin-ir aiuarciuelit nothing of tin* alligator was hff 11. " When- cut it br? ' liirl I'XrlltiHied i "aun-ly we went not deceived, for w# ml - saw it , and vet, i! it in that tank, *• mite! havn caught it." BOUM- nun prop* mod tiutt tiwy itii* mlii drag tin* tank (rum llui . >J.J mil.* aide. Tins tin t iij.l, * J thfir effort* w-r (tiuniixl vtitli hiiiv.-ih, f.*r tin v captured tlir alligator am! brought liim snf* h land. Hi- was of mumntitu bum*, and a tituat feme* ma monster. ltiaide of him in ft found DO tmd of gold and hilvi*r bauglra and native ornaiiifiita ; Bimi* of tiu-iu wrrf r.xvigin/xxi by the IM*ri-anxt fatii'*: u> in-longing to liu* poor .Langlitfr, for they were the niuiif hin- aon* on tlif f\.itUig hin mil* mvu aulkutg toaaril tlig tank. Tin- gri.-f of hfr frtrialu <*ti tiuu trrribU di*r.*>frr can !' bi-ttcr irrtagtjnxl than ihiu-rilnxt. Hhr Tnit !iaw|>nt down lrcr pttrlo-ruito tin- ik-r, <|<utf nithniipuriuUh of liiOlgt-r, ilt'll ahe With m-taod liv the inouott r, iui*l ID a unuiu-ut drugged ikitru. 'i'ius u<*f. iiuti. lor its uot la-*ng captured when the tank waa *lntggi*d on wt* taiuty iKVasions. Hon it *t ittU* thf tank, tual whfr rt citnif fr*mt, nr.* qii.-hti*isi fur naturalist* hIOIU* t-* uus<*r. Wt* have in arl, but fann*t vondi fa thf truth, that alligiit.-nt liave lnn-D knmrii to trawl great dißtanor* at niritt. i hia üßinutl liiiiat have a. lhcxiitr .ght timugli Uie jstjiuloiia sty oi Calootta to thf t-urk un* .bhfrt .xk SflbKrlianrr. >ixfsiry tu kirtw. Hfll-rcliiuWi ednjoinrd with jmnipti tndf iu thn rtfiaition of our nnJfitak lll S, IB lluli-jH.iiaititlf to HUfrxxa. And yft laidblUtltMt live a life of varillatioa and consequent fiolure, lee:uvf thi-y re uiain luuh-D-nuuiod wliut ti tin, or, liav * dis-ultxl that, hnva n*Mxiutideufv in lin-lns. i\< e. hm U Ja l> in need to lf aaoiired; but thn* assurance tan la* ol tnine i in n.i other way flnm by t!nir mrt) (musfi** in whatever they may atlempt for tlien telw*. If they loan n|>nn nUu-ni they not only tierxina* dnuuttinlioi witii lint tin y at'lvlfVf, but the silorweh of one Hfhievetneiit, ui which they are eiitithsi to but partial mailt, i* no glUUiUitv to thetn tin t, unaided, they will not fall vu th ir very nut expettmeui, r**r want <*f *fl{-ifluuioe ami ilfrinuiii of eliiinu'tt r th.msan.ls are subnn tv*sl in flu ir line .anwyv t-i tnake the tovage of life. I bhapjauuttal ami chagriDtal at thi. thev un.tereatunHte their own ca pnmti i, and thr!io*f.*rwHril. relying on ■ *the*>, tiny take mid kia*p a Bul*rUnate |x -itioil. fhan wlueh they rise, wh.ai they riau at all, with the utmoat difficulty. When a young mini attainslu majority, it ta iatter fur Imu, aw a general rule to take aouio iiih-pendi*tit p witam of his own. even though the present remtiuern tion be 1* b than in wotfld el>tn:n in the m-rvie* i f utb'-ru. When at Work for liuus.'lf, in a buMiu-iw whiolr rxpiires and tii iiniutU foreaight, eeonnniy and industry, be will uatiiraliv develop the strong psnut* tf lita eharaeter, and bfi eoine self-reliant. A glance at the bueiueaa men of any cuiumuuitv will allow who have mul who have not improrei) the tipportiunt iwiof their aarlier vt-ara. The former transact tbeir Imxinew with ease, ptompitltuilg iwnlpmflt. Tliey rely npmi tiifnaaliw, and execute what thiy have to do with • nergy aud ilisjiatch. Hut those who shirked, eveiytliiug in tluir youth are compeUetl to rely on their clerks ami wlamimi for advice, aud are never ixwdy to net when oeeasious of profit wis#. Mttnr jvireiifs eomntif a lnmcntable error in thin respect. They lead their children to lielicve that they can do ti .tiling with out the constant lt*slstlln(N , of their sn jM-riors, and after nwliile the oliikl be comes itnprc". iii with that idea. For tunate will it la* for him when he emerges from the paternal nif, if he can at once ii tpuro tlu- self-reliance whicli lias twx*n kept down at home—otlicrwise he must necessarily fail in whatevwr imleppndetit enterfuisc be nmlertakes ; iunl in fflieh A case, lule the iinsfortuna is his own, the fault lien at the door of misjudging pai-outs rather thiui at his own.—X im tijir Amrrican. In-luml and America. Tile president of the Amateur Ilifle Club of New York has received the fol lowing letter, suggesting a return match on Irish soil to that which occurred at Crcedmoiir immediately after tho iuU*r imtional match of liwt summer- being flic third of the sere's. A meeting of the club w ill be at once called, when the mutter will !u> discussed; MY Dr \n Biu: I have pleasure in aub luittmg to you the following reaolntion pass.-d id u council meeting of the Irish Hitlv A sim ici at ion, held at the Mansion House, lluhlin, dan. 211. the lhglit Hon. tin- liord Mayor in the chair: fit mtfi■< <t f That tut invitation be ad dresaed to the Atnatcur Hide Club of New York to send a team to Ireland in the present year, to ahtsit a iuuh-h <m same conditions as Irish-American matches of IHT4, IM7A and lHTtt. 1 have peculiar pleasure in forwranling this resolution, and 1 hope it will leal to another of those friendly c*>utests which liny, in the lasi throe voara been pnaluo tive of much gisal feeling and honorable rivalry lietwccu two nationiditiea ciu nisMcil otherwise by many agreeable as sociations. The month of .Tune IS HUJJ gestcii as the most suitntile for tluß match, a* it will enable those gentlemen whom we IHI]M* to welcome as your rep n si ntatives to take part in tho annual competition of the Irish Hide Associa tion, ami suhaeqnoiitly to visit the camp of the National Hiile AsAOciatiou at Wimbledon. I am, dear sir, your very faithful and , sincere friend, AJITHCB B. Lhkch. Light timber—unbeam*. TERMB: S~'.oo a Your, in Advance. Oitall on |mt A ("liieagii ninner happened to *tup at a tavern iu the southern jairt of th* .Slate, and caliisl ft r |Uuil on bet for iltyta-r, ul sail after thm style : " latml w .iid, i want a ipuul •*! bHutt for dinner. lo ymi liuar ?" " (lot lots of stale breiul to make toast, hut uin't got no ouaiJ to put on the toast," leplifmt mills host. " Ali.lsudword.d.. Dot ths faathory puiil ulsiund in thin weagou of (xiunLrv? in ipnrod the i miner. " Yes, but 1 haiu I g*#t Do time to hunt em. 1 got to have a .log, a loss and s Wagon to litllit 'etn," wan the latidlonrs answer. " Ah, never mind the exja.nsi-. 'll ie next time 1 ivmie this way, I want yotl to hnve, for my i*ia*eul cmnfirt, a ipisil on toast. Do you hear, landword?" "Of .viuris-," said iium* host, "if you insist on it, and are willing to jmv the eija-ioks, you shall have iptai! tai (oa*f, fur 1 can gn to the tiinlsr any ilay and get y.iu a quail of two. (lest telegraph w Leu yon'U IK* liere, mi J I'll have Vm fur you." Tliey put U-d, and. the matter ma* for guttnii until one morning alaiut a moiitli sfter the landlord nnx-ivixl a lucaaggwthut hi* putrou would arrive the neat <tnv, and Is* Blue to have qigid on toast for Ills dinner. The lsndlwld loaded his old fuswe, hired sliuris-so-! buggy, liovwwed a dug and lrtb fur the (ni#bt>r. The dog was a vaittiiblc on# .usi Wtdi trained, siul they had uot gene far when he enme tl t jmillt Tile hiaiiiiord nsW the <|Uull UUil tieik Him. The dog slid qunil ehaDgrxl ptMitmii* ftunwitum-onsly, and the old f user wi ut lau.g at the satin time, and the dog anJ qurnl were both shot dead. Tha hnullurd wa* in u terrible flntww. lie gatherisi up the quail, put it tu the fruut psrtul the buggy , aud while nuder- Wo put the dug ili the Imck pari, lite horw took frig til and ran to town, lonvtug the liuaUord to foot it home. When he arm ed m town he found th wugou broken aud the intnis** Uim m several places, but he got the quail ait right. '1 D runner osros on Urn*- and found he quail on toast awaiUng him. He dnl jnrtwt to dss niah. and after taking a cigar aaJk-d Urn his lull. The landlord had it wll made (*t and ready. Mr. r—. V the City liolei, IU. ]>iUDori.|Usiie>itosßt|.. ... .... . ** fit Oia i.klt dsj. '• huiitiug .... 1I" Amiiiitiuti.•!■ .... 6" Mrii.lu.g hsrues* HIS Mending .. . JtMW Ons dog (dead I th Tots. .. . ■ t2i 0J The runner livAusl at the lull a tun nieiit, u!i*l flenumded an c*jd wmtioii. The hui.ll.inl rcciic.l Ins inlvenfnn-. an.l rexuprkval tlnd the bill was $25. "Twenty-five 4oH*ra!" the ruutier evclaimed; "$25, why, that's snoatwapc. It's ou sir; I won't stand it. No, sir." TLi dycoti his wliu-ken* get tiug d.s-pisr witljrag*-, " Y*'U hs* u> stand it 'cos I won't takc ii-• l'-s," n-plied the landkud. " J won't flay any such lulL No, sir, 1 wont," tlie nuiiMUt shrieked. Win stauqxxl his f(s*t With rug*'- " YUB ms atcxl ou iiavuig quad * *u b*sst, and misi y* 1 pay tlie Dili. Ami tliat'a the bill, miner," anal tin- laodlonl, iiiihiJy. "1 .'t)UT it It a a terrible out wage, and 1 won't stand it. I'll ax- vou in Tetii* ttrwt. wsl *li* it 1 won't" The ruiincrliml iin-reaß.*! las anger, slsarpc-1 his feet, and made an mncli iau* the jwuvscrx-by iVitlisn-il in to s#- tin- fun. " Yotl won't pav it aaktxl tin* land lord. " No, MI . nevi r. u< v-r !" he shrieked, louder and louder. The landlord " sn-.ikol" lira cost, and struck an atti tutie before the towering, raging niunei and sa.il : "If von don't par it and prefty cousiluraMe quick. " I'll give you auch an idl-fir*-.l licking thaf ver mother won't recognize you from a h.l**d liatn." The runner withirixi before his pugilis tic landlord sud pan! hi* hill, nnnd the about* of the lookers-on ami JcparVxi. The landlord t<**k fsiuis to U-ll tie- st**rv W> tin* Isiys, and it soon leaked out, and the commercial U*vvl*-ra liave calhxl hin) "tbwil oa Tosst " ever siuoe. TlHiuglit. for Saturday Night Friendship i full (if "dreg*. Vitv. the tendered part of iove. Ye stars that ore the poetry of heaven ! poet* are too frequently merely poeh. You will find ] s-try m-where unlosi you bring aome with you. Politeness hi* ls-eu well defined aa I KsucwjbW* iiiMna.il things. power is seldom innocent, ami envy ie the vokct'cllow of eminence. Pri.lc before dwh uctfeft, Mil a haughty ejiirit before n fall. Praywr is a nhicld t*i the soul, n sacri fbv to God tuida scourge U> satau. Pride iunl weakncas sreHiameae twins, knit Dig.tlier liv ti iuihaaolulile hyjdien. Law* net aft' i crimes lmve been com mitted ; prevention goes lieftuw them IsHh. A liiiiid that is c usciou# of its integri ty scorns to sny nun* tlnui it means to jierforui. 'Hie higher the rank <l>c lesa the pretence, Uvnuw there is less to pre tend to. The sourest man is not wholly hope less when he will u<*t blaspheme b.-f.*rc his son. We should am ustoni the iuin.l to keep the lsst company by .introducing it otilv to the best tss'ks. T*i have religion npcii authority is like a finger watch, tola* set forward or back ward n he pleamwthat ha* it in keeping. A 1 MscientlsMs Jury. An old story is well refold in a recent issue of ft Sonthern journal, its follows: " A jury in Alabama had Wn empaneled in the case of a Mr. Johnson, cluttged willi killing his wife. Tlio evident was positive and conclnaive, having no doulit of hia sjss-dv conviction. To tlieiuuaae lueut, of uli, the jury, nftcr a short ab sence, ivturu*Hl a verdict; 'Guilty of horse stealing.' The judge, astoiiisbed, naked an explanation, stating that tb# m dictiueiit was not f*r horse stealiug, but mausiaugUter. Lhe foreman, witii hi* hand upon a huge law lsok. and with an nmusniglv dignified nir, informed the court that 'it waa not a inc of man slaughter. but woman slaughter, for which the law made no provision, but being satisfied the man deserved to Is hanged, tlier had brought in a verdict t.f horse stealing, which, in that country, would be sure to hang him.'" Tired of Mfe, A California achoolnmstcr who was out uf eniploymeut and fast liming his sight walked into a shooting gallery in Han Francisco on l*'cb. Hi, aud taking up n largo revolver fired twi> shots at the tar get , missing each time. Apparently an noyed Bt his poor shooting lie strode half way down the gallery ami tried again with the same result, tuid tlien to the amazement of all present, placed tho pis tol to his car and nulled the trigger. Before the bystanders could prevent him he put the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and fired again. Upon his per son was found the following note, written in pencil on a scrap of letter paper : "Thomas Biggs, LL.D., disappointed and weary of life, eyesight utterly failing, will soon be blind." NUMBER 12. FAKM, DAKDEK AID HOI HEHOI D. I M lul l(rrt|>r*. tin am V\UIM. One cupful of cream, on* cupful of sugar, one egg, one tea s{MMJtlfl|l of sab-rat us, one teftMjSMinfnl of salt. Hrir in rt'nr until the batter ma* tlisk a* in making pancake*. It.iKKO Kick. I toil a toa eniiful of rice, or a half n pint, a* •lim-tod above. l'W e it in the l*ttoin of a bokuig disli, mixing with it w lump of butler the sire of an <-gg, a u-op->< iiifu) of salt, a well Is-ab-t --' **gg, and a tea cupful of milk, or enough to make the du>!i eonv<eiieiitly full. Met tin- dish in tin* stois, ami tot it bake uu Ui nicely hr<iwi*d. Add a Usenpoigiful of salt in Unling the rice. Aa a vegetable this forms sometimes an se<>-ptal)i<- I change fnn tin- ordinary way of }irepar uig rice. Mtewkd Beef.— Ont from a cold roaat of beef aa mueli aa will lw anfllcieiit for your family, in imm, m<atoratoly thick slices, fat and ban mixed together, . Mluw- iuto amall bit* a carrot, a whole cucumls-r ptckje, siul two irr three Irish J*'tut.OS, Willi a teaapaiuful of ullsptce jsiwib-red or wliolc. Add a large lamp of but tor—ear, a tables)* smfai littto aub r, and thicken, not too much, with a little brown lloiu, and stew until very tender. Send to lahto hot, ami umtor cover. , hum CxaouxA Kn i BoU£ii.—A tea cupful of rice will La* sufficient for a suiaii family. To that quantity allow otic pint .if water ; put it on in a covered atew jnui, and let it boil rapidly for ton minute*. Thou turn u out into a o. .lander, and let the warn in which if bo* ladled dram f rani it. Pour ovej- it cold water, and return it to the stew pan with only a* much water tm adhere* to the grama, and, ocsr ering it lightly. act il bssade the fire to swell ami dry. if -tnoely jnckod and deaned, it will la- white a* miow, every grain distinct, swelled to it* full size, anil yet perfccHy tender. Do not forget to t add a IMtle salt in 4lic first instance. Ran Beaks f+rrwmi.—Take a pint of ml icaii ami two qmtrto of water. Musk them over night. Next umrmug put thou ou Ui two quarts of fraab water ua auou as your breakfast fire is made. When tlici ar<- perfectly soft, break tlieni a bttle, without tl,rowing off the water in winch they have Iwea Imiled. Add two Uhh-spooufula of luiUer; season with ipper ami anil, parsley, thyme, and a little onion. The onion most be wiuOied dean, and wrung in a cloth. Af ter ilia beans are scewrtueil ami are soft and ma* bed, take the stew pan off the fire, tori set t in tint oonier to sirniuer until dinner time. t*rw*t*a Crmiw-tlan. However widelv viue-dreaaera uut .hffer in their summer treatment of bearing grape-vines, thev agree in roc •mmcmliug one auunal winter pruning to insure ii crop of foil-sized berry and bunch. This annual cutting consists in cutting bank grew! bulk of the pre vious year's growth, leaving only three or four eyes wh oti the shoots that pro duce the fruit the mrxt season ; remov ing. at the same time, all the nnripetsed and a 'js-illiioim woisL As a matter of iviunw-. the lsrgest aud most vigorous idioiit- arc M-Jocted for lwaring canes, and these left not closer than etghtueti inches spurt on the tun m Iwwnchcs. The tim> usually eluwen fortius annual prun ing it frugi tin- fit>t of Janiuuy untu the first of March. Mont ganleners prefer cutting not later than February, no that the wounds will have time enough to heal before the sap begins to cirru late, and obviate " bl*bng,"as it is tech nically caib-d by the fraternity. Tlih " bbwvliug" of tlie vines, or exuding of the *at> from the ends of tin? cut shoots, is not lookol upon by modern gardeners as doing mnch, if any, injury to bearing vines. Die operator should always trim vines with a sharp pruning knife, making in each instance a clean out, a little slanting, ami not nearer than two or three inches from tlie eye. In case cuttings are to be made of the new wood, tlnui the -arlier in tlie winter the vines are pruned tin? Iwtter; for the Puttingfshould he made, tied in tnmdies. nnd burred on or tie fore the middle of January. Th(*e slioukl l>e cut square ou the lower end ami alaiiting ou top, with an average of three eyes to earii cutting. —zScrthnrr* Magazine. m]avr*>llMl Old Hauler. It freajuentlv hapjieus that huftei dealers ami butter manufactures* have a quantity of butter wliicli lieoouies rancid 1 and unfit for sale, either tlirough im- i proper handling or iwrrlramuws m its msifnfaetvme Much batter can be workod 1 in<- and be made to atqwar freali by tlie f following method, oouuaitmewtoii to tlx (jhio J-'urliter ly a Mrs. ft. Siuitii : "lu ' a jK-rfectly clean wat r Iwirrel, filled writii f water, put half a jsmnd of alum and al low it -fund until the impurities in the ' m ~< r have all settled to the bottom of ' tlie barrel. Fill a large boiler half full with tlie alum water: heat as warm as the hand enn bear-—but not boiling—and tlien ivbl w hat butter the Iwiler will hold ennveniently. Stir it thoroughly for | fifteen or twenty miuntee and put tlie \ butter into a ehurn. adding one gallon of new milk f<w each ten ponml* of Imtter. | Add butter eclering enough to give a , rich, yellow color ami ehnm tlie whole. When the butter is gathered in the | <*hnm add salt; wash snd work it well, and it will have the taste, smell and np- , pea ranee of fresh butter." , .1 Cure fur Diphtheria. Dr. Chenery, of ftostou, ha* lately diacov eml thai hrjvwwilphite of iwala is ' the sj>eeiflc rrmxi) against diphtheria— that mi much dreaded ailment, which of late year* ha* carried off many valuable live*. He repents n very large liumtier of cases <l5B within his own practice) aavml by the use of this remedy. The dose of the hyposulphite is from five to tifteeu graiua or mure in syrup, everv ' two to four hours, according to age and circuiui-taiiee*. it etui do no harm, but if 100 much is given it will purge ; us much as the patient ean without purging is u good rule in the severer eases. The solution ox mixture can he iiriwl in woses of five drop* to half A drachm in milk. The amount for thor ough stiiunlutiott is greater than can be taken In water. The tloctor usuully givew it in such doaeu as can be easily taken in milk, using milk besides us a food for sninl! children. One fact, how ever, needs to be borne in mind, namely, the hyposulphite prevents the digestion of milk and it should lw> given in less than an hour after taking the medicine. They may lie used alternately, however, without interference, iu sufficiently fre -1 queut doses. A Short Memory. Home people have very short memories. An individual recently called at a promi nent jeweler's in Boston, says tlie Jiulle tin, nnd had ah expensive bronze sent home and charged. The proprietor afterward ascertaining that his customer was a bankrupt, sent him a polite note to call, and when he did SO, questioned the propriety of the purchase under the eir cumstanoes. Whereupon the insolvent scratched his head reflectively for a moment, and then remarked : " Now I think of it, I am in bank ruptcy, but it happened last December, aud it's so long ago that it mast have escaped my memory, when I made a purchase here the other day." Item* f lutcml. Hweden deettne* and China eonaenta to participation in next year's Pari* Ex position. The French Wilier trade in suffering greatly. Over production is lho chief cause uoignad. Mob talk shoot the idle wind, but the wind is aiway* busy, and, like cheerful fan nor, whwtlew at its work. Whan s oollootor is told to call again, U is not so much that ha is desired to coma as thai he should go. Jne* always remains silent to ap |ienU of cliarity, and then flutter* him self that he is ls-iievol.-nt—silence gives s-cent. An Trishman returned from hit travels indent )y compared his landlady to Vesovins, because she was s fine old ontter. Inj| Holiloquy of s druukrn n: " How ( ciuj I leave' thee ?" so he hugged s lamp jsalt. A |Khoeftoan solved the ersiandnim st onoe. It is lietter to lie s Imttou on the seal akin asck of the girl you love, than to tie a $2,5110 diamond pui danling on au old buffer's shirt front . The Sew Orleans ffejmbHran re marks tlmt " tins soul of Hergrant Bates is marching on, I Hit lua lowly is sawing wwid in Illinois." The Senate of Nevada has paased a bill to tax the profit* of churches, secret societies and colleges, and exempt mortgage*. It lias lieeu officially deckled that the reason why a law book is like s frolic is me rain jumping ovw a fence, is be cause they are cioth bonmhn' sheep. A woman ia very much hk a kettle, .if you mane to Unnk, of it Hhe sings away so pleasantly—then she stop* —and, when you Itas* expect it, she boils over! Bald headed gentleman in the par -3 net, to yoaug lady in the dress circle, nnng nit affecting" passage in the play: "I reaped your eiaotkm, rnaiiarn. but you are shedding tears on my head." The Jesuits, according to an annual just published by thermo-lvm at Vienna, now number 9,546. From* ha* 3,001; (iertuanv, Austria, ltelgtuni, Holland, •J,535; )ta!v, England; 1,165; Hjsun, 1,3*2: North America, 727 Mouth America, 364. ' Another new design of postal card IS to lw issued by the patotSne depart ment Many people, it is ss.il, still per sist in writing the message, address and signature on the same side with the stamp, and it is to be the object <•{ the new design to make it impossible to write more than the address on the prop er side. Edward Ivurv, colored, in Augusta, Oa., put on a white shirt, and weut to a barroom Us display himself tit us att red. lie fell aelcep tliere, and William Henry Sullivan made pictures with a lead pen cil on the gtowy boanm of the shirt. Maddened by the indigmtv an be awoke, Ivurv immediately killed SalJivan with • revolver. A party of vegetansn who were board ing at a water cure establishment, while taking a walk in the ileitis, were attacked by a bull, which chased tbein furiously tut of his pasture. " That's your grati tude, is it, you great, hateful thing !" eiclsitmd ('(• of the ladies, pan tint' with fright and fatigue, " After this I'll eat beef three tones a day." The news from India in regard to the famine existing in Bombay and Madras is not cheering. 'Hie uuu)ber of per sons now on the relief works in Bombay ha* increased to 337,600, while in Madras it has risen to 1,015, (XJO b**dw those n i-eiring gratuitous support Bengal ami Burma!) are exporting Urge qnantities of grain to the diatewwrd districts. Theus, the Albany butcher who re cently killed a boy by throwing a knife at him. pleaded guilty to nnnalr.ughter, sml was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. He said ms threw the knife in anger, without intending to kill the boy, and that the white face of the boy is constantly before him. turn which way he may, both day and Bight. Au English factory inspector say* that " ch-aning machinery in motion continues to lead to very numerous and painful mutilation*. "* In the balf year ending April. 1876, l'Jti persons were killed in England by factory accident*, 481 ampu utions were necessary, there were 20) fractures of limbs or *•<, and 2.133 other iujuries—in all 2.497 mitritod 769 females. A sapenumaated coquette, who was Mnqiectcd of giving rein to her loquacity for the purpose of displaying a very fine set of teeth, once asked a taciturn ohl lady what, in her eatuaatjoa, constituted a good cußvenxit<oualist, aud the old lady snappishly answered that, ia her opinion, a good a siicisatiisialic was s person who could talk without betraying her dentist. The entire cost of moving the obelisk called Cleopatra's needle from Egypt to London, is to lie bun** by sn eminent English surgeon, Mr. Erasmus Wilson. Ike has made the neceaaaty arrangements with Mr. Dickson, the civil engineer, at an estimated cost of $50,060. Die obelisk will be surrounded with watertight ami air-ught easing of boiler plates, will liave a wooden keel and an iron deck, ami will lie towed through the Mediterranean by a powerful Steamer. Richard A. Proctor, writing about the probability of there really bring such things ss *•' sea serpents," says it is not likely that naturalists kuow all the form* of animals that exist in the occaua. He reminds us that the first account of a giraffe was laughed at, that the gorilla was for a long time disbelieved in, and that those who originally described a gigantic cuttlefish were regarded as liars. Mr. Proolor's conclusion ia that the stor ies of " sea serpents," therefore, ara not unreasonable. Aa Indian Duel. A citisen of Sioux City, says the Omaha Herald, who has spent much time among the ageueie* of the up-river Indians, says it is amusing, as well as touching, to hear an Indian sing his death song. Otir informant was at Standing Rock few months since, ami one day he ob served an unusual stir amoug the In dians. Soon two bucks came forth from different hxlges, eneh with a gnu in his hand. They walked out some little dis tance from tiie rest of the Indians and took jiosta, distant from each other about fifty yards. At a given signal they turn ed, raised their rifles to their faces, and tired. Both fell, wounded, one fatally. Thev were immediately surrounded by friends, who made no particular effort to bind their wounds, but simply stood aronnd talking among themselves and gesticulating, while the wounded In dians, as sown as titey fell, began the death song. There wee little music in it. It was a sort of deep down, un natural tone of voice, kept up for half a minute or so at a time, when it would cease, and the sufferers would in the in terim make a confession of all the evil deeds they had ever done. They would tell of the massacres in which they hail l>een engaged; how many scalps they hail lifted from the heads of white peo ple; the number of ponies they had stolen; together with all roru of impor tant and unimportant evil doings in their lifetime. This accomplished, they were ready to give up the ghost. Wrestling with Wrong. A man resident on Fever river, 111., had long suffered aud supported chilis and fever. Strict adherence to allopathic, them homoeopathic, then eclectic, aud finally qnackick prescriptions, deprived liiiu of the use of lift legs and laid him out to die. Mi this condition, the medicos having given him up, the derioos took him in hand. '' Have you ever thought of your hitter end ?" said one. "Did you ever relluck your final day?" " Well, I haven't uutch ; I've bpen too I may with toy liver." " Yon should, my dear friend, for I think you cannot remain witli ns lung," said the ghostly lulrferr. "Y<t 'nv.\ wrestle with the evil one, and v. - tj?*' strong." " Raasle, is it?" replied the sufferer, putting ont from under the bed clothes a leg emaciated to the lest • degree. " Raasle, ia it? You •*£ that leg ? Why, he'd snake me into hie do minions in lew 'n a minute."
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