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.
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Oia i.klt dsj. '• huiitiug .... 1I"
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Mrii.lu.g hsrues* HIS
Mending .. . JtMW
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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."