V iinth.
Child with tin* butterfly,
Boy with tho ball,
VowUt with tla mm,lon
Still I am all.
Wisdom of manhood
Keep* (he old Joy ;
Conqwwvd ilhiKiona
liOave mo a boy.
Falsehood and lta*nos*
Toaoh mo hut thia :
Earth still is beautiful.
Being is lil iss,
1 ivlii to my temple*
Hoary may cling ;
TIR hat as daisii S
tin meadow s of spring.
Riyont Tbyior.
A Fragment.
I*Hg years agonc. in chlKlhood'a dawn,
1 hoard a mystic lay ;
Still o'er my awl its Pillow* roll
As if it tiw to-day.
A phantom fleet, it* weird notes beat
A fairy minlstre** ;
With rhytlumo swell they rose and fell
In wondrous melody.
Vet if. to hear. 1 l<ent uiy ear
No more t)u** weird n<*te* heat ;
lint faint and far. in muffled car.
They diisi m ivh.Hs swix-t.
Now evermore 1 walk the shore
And listen all m vam ;
For evermore. ah 1 nevermore,
I hear that mystic stnuu !
OUR TREASURE.
Our girl Mnrv had lern engaged
hastily, but we never regretted that
haste. Never hail we Ixvu so respect
fully semxl, nor so thorvuighly well satis
tie las now. Every oue told us that • <
hi la "treasure," arid her very manner t
opening the dis r to a visitor was lie
w itoiling ; while grocers' young men ami
tie milk man and butcher seemed t>
liu rer entranced when they cauie tu de
-I.* or their wares, Mary took their com
j ..menta calmly, ami had a ready tuuik*
for them all. without departing from the
it net dignity of her ways, and we felt no
s alow of coming evil, until matters l*e
g i to look serious with the ouc-anned
p -tuuui.
I'ssi- same postman had delivered our
1 t : r> r-gularl v f--r the last two years,
always in the same business like way,
never lingering fur H moment, never bv
any possibility smiling or exchanging a
word with either of ns, ami yet we look
e.l tUKin him quite in the light of a
friend, and speculated atxmt las history,
as lonely women w ill about those with
whom they come in contact. He hatl
lw u in the army ami had lost an arm ;
this was all we knew about him, except
did he w.is evideuly a German, and
quite good 1- okiug—not to say sch >larly
in his aspect.
" Were you aware," asked Hruuhilda
one morning, " that Miss Murphy speaks
Genuan ?"
" Speaks German!" I repeated, in
amazement. "And pray how did you
find it out ?"
" By hearing her address the jxistman
in that tongue," was the reply.
'• 1 shall nip this in the bud," said 1,
- ver* ly. But presently letter thoughts
a. le to me. I remeiulere>d my own
youth, and I remembered CrauforvL
where Miss Mattie, after the death of an
old lover, softens to Martha and allows
" follow ers."
A week or two passed, and I was at
tending to my preset ea one day in the
kitchen—it was a pleasure to do any
thing in May's kitchen, everything
looked > immaculately clean, almost
;setiiul, I thought—and I approached
the subject uppermost in my mind by
saying, carelessly :
"So, Mary, you know German, it
s - mis. How does that happen ?
Mary's pretty face was overspread by
a rosy cloud as she replied, in a low
tone: " I picked it up myself. I ha 1
some German books once."
Then she sat down and cried, verv
tu-h t<> my bewilderment; and present
ly site exclaimed: '* I should like to
101 l you somttliiiifr, Miss Darliiigforu;
I ahull teel better when T >U know all."
" I hope," said I, w.tli a vague expec
tation of dreadful developments, " that
' all' is not very bail, Mary ?"
The flush deepened on the prettv face,
but for answ-r she t- k from her liosom
a black riblxw t i which was fastened a
plain gold ring. I dr.ipped my preaervis
in amazement; the girl looked so
young.
" \ou are a widow, then ?" said I,
with a feeling of tender pitv. •' p, r
ehil.l 1"
*• I don't know whether I am or not,"
was the reply, with a fresh burst of
tears, '* an I that is what troubles me
I turn • i to my preserves again, with a
■ mi it', as 1 thought of the good loukin r
Gern_Ji p tnuui.
" >FKs Dwttngfor.l," continued tl e
girl. more composedly, "I want t teii
you everything, and I am sorry now th t
I di.ln't do this at first. But I felt tlu.t
it wo ah I !>■ against me, and I hail to g f
a place. I hive a boy six years old "
"In the name of wonder," I exclaim
ed, '* how old ar - you yourself ?"
"lam twenty-five," she said, a little
proudly; "ant Mr. Blnmrnthal pr >ni
ises t > take care of Willie; be wants me
tr let him pay his board now."
II re I sat down hard in a chair t col
lect myself, people haia otherthings
liesides greatness thrust upon them; ar i
I saw that I was destined to prove u mint
unwilling Ivenefactress to the one-armed
postman. V\ hr is it, 1 thought, bitt rlv,
that if one ever does happen upon that
rari avis, a moilel si-rvant, all the p.w
ers of darkness seem leagued together to
spirit her away ?
" Where is your child ?" I asked, with
a strong effort.
" I have put him to lioard a little way
out of town," replied the girl, sadly.
" He is with a friend of mine, who takes
good care of him; and I always go to
see him on mv afternoons out; but I do
miss him so !"
And here she broke down aga n.
"Rut what does it all mean ?" I con
tained, for iny sympathies were getting
dreadfully worked upon. "Why are
you not living with your husband, if he
is alive? or why do you not know jt if he
is dead? Just tell me the whole story,
Mary, from beginning to end."
At this point Brunhililn, who always
scents a romance from afar, appeared
upon the scene. and gracefully estab
lished herself upon the kitchen dresser.
"Seven years ago," said Marv, " when
I married William Murphy, I thought
there was no one like him In the world;
and I should think so yet if he hadn't
nearly worried the life out of me. Rut
I shall always believe that his mother
was to blame for it all. She was that
jeahms of Will that it sometimes see mill
as if she would like to scratch my eyes
out. We lived with the old people for a
year or two; but after little Willie was
bom I had no peace at all for his grand
mother, who insisted on having her way
with him, and I naturally thought that I
had a right to mine.
" The old people hail money, and
lived very comfortably, and Will and his
father carried on a coal yard together;
but Will fell into bad company, and took
to drinking, and his father and mother
were so bitter toward him, it drove him
to desperation. You see, they were peo
ple who had always been respected, and
they couldn't liear the disgrace; and
many's the night I've sat up watching for
Will, so that they shouldn't know when
he came in. I tanglit myself German,
byway of amusement, on those lonely
evenings. Some one gave the books to
Will, and I had always been fond of study
at school.
•' After awhile we left the old people,
and moved into two rooms of our own;
and I worked hard at sewing and knit
ting and anything I could get to support
us. Will did not improve, though he
was never unkind to me; and one morn
ing a boy brought me a crumpled note
from my husband telling me that he had
gone to California, and that he would
never come back unless he came a Bober
man, aud with money to support me and
our boy. His father had been harder
with him than ever, and he said he was
FRKD. KURTZ, I Alitor ami IVoprirtor.
VOLUME X.
sick of it nil, and •* ho wis of iu iw to
us, ho would not stay to !>*• I disgrace.
I o.'ivo never l.< iirvl ft'oiu him siuce.
" \\ til's uiothor e.nnc to mo itittl said
that she should look Upoil tho Imy us
horsuoii. anil wo must go homo with
hor .it once. Hut I put hor off, to gain a
httlo ttmo; for I was young, yon s> o, and
hnuHßUtt, and I was afraid that alio had
tho power to toako is go; and when she
loft mo. 1 jtist piH'kal nty cloth* and
Willif 's, and wont oft to tho d<-p. t, and
oamo to h - I had this fnett I It* tug
nonr horo \*o nasi to go to aohool to-
gether and slto got two a place ttt a
store. Hut I couldn't pay my board and
Willie's and olollio is loth out of that;
and tiually 1 isuiolutlnl to loavo tho Uy
with Kit* 11, and got a pl.us at s. nio .
"And uow 1 ihut't know whothor Will
ts living or dotal; but 1 o*in't hoip think
uig that tf ho w.,s living ho would ha*o
written to mo and *ont mo soiuo uiottoy,
for ho always lo*ed tno."
It struck Mary > uitdiouoo that li- had
a vor* strange way i>t showing lus lovo;
but tiiou tho* worn old mattU, and cxuild
not expect to midorstaiid sttoh mat tors.
Mary presently pr**dnoed a phot
graph, which was just tho opposite uf
what we < xpeeted; for hor Sw.et Wtlham
was a tine, man!* lin king voting follow.
aud we felt drawn to him at once. Hit!
then we felt drawn to the jtostmau t s ,
ami it w,ss ahsvilutcl* ei utial to tin
latu-r's hajipitirss that niunlxr n<
should have d< parted fi -t.i tins terns
trial scene. Until there w s sufficient
evidence of this, however, there was rea
*oll ti fear an ELnwU Ardcu (/eooociNCNt;
and O assurcil M .ry that it was |MlSl
lively wrong fur her to gi*o Mr. Hlu
mcuthal auv encouragement.
It was probably *iw;ug t> this disin
terested mivuv that we were honored by
a regular call fr**m otir hitherto taciturn
friend. We were near!* its much sur
prised to hear hitu speak as tie mgh we
!ial known him to b*- dumb; and when
he propounded the somewhat startling
tjnesUou "*f 1 ilnl not think the man
who had married Mary ought to be dead
by this our time," t did appear as
though—if the person in question had a
due regard for the fitness ~f tilings—h*
would lx*; but the point at issue was
not so much whether he ought to l*e in
whether he was.
Mr. Bluun uthsd, however, simply iu
tended to expr* ss lus firmly grounded
oj tr.ou that William Murphy was dead,
ami that his widow wouKl show her
good s, by abandoning h*-r present
powition of niaid-of-all-w rk, and 1 **•*•, m
uig Mrs. BluUKuthal without delay. It
seemed imp 'ssible t*> e-c.vince hiai that
Califviniui was not out * f tiie world, mid
that travelers did occasionally return
from that bourne. His own views of the
region was* evidently embodied in the L--
lief that petple who went there becaus*-
they could nt live here, * !ide*l by giving
up tiie attempt at livit g altogether. He
was certainly very much in love; ami it
would l>e an excellent match for Mary,
even if he h.t l not the r* gillation amount
of liud*s and iK'lougiiigs.
Brnuh; Kla was quite curried away by
the postman's ehHjucuoe and good hniks.
"I Indit ve tie isriglit," said she, when he
had gone; "it is not at all probable that
Mtirphv is living, or he wonkl certainly
have written to his u ;*-." Adding, witii
her usual happy disregard of logic.
" And why should two lives be s; ■ 11 *i
with this uncertainty alnrnt a man who,
after all, isn't worth if ?"
I Is-gun t*> entertain a private opinion
that Herr Blum* i.th.d k*-p*t back our let
ters from mail t<> mail f<r the pleasure . f
bringing them singly, aud having a mo
ment's confab with Mary several times
in the course of the day; f.r she had de.
ciiued re*-* iving v.sits from him until
she could lie assured that her Irashand
was really *l* ad. F t girl! she was
certainly very much to !>*• pitie*i; ntid ;t
seemevl <juit in*-xcusablc in Willing
Mtuphy to give her -> little satii*faction
either in living or dying.
But one morning *o?iiething happened.
Mary reccivctl a lett r fr ai h< r mother
in-law, that came through her friend
Ellen, in whirti she was sb-ruly suni
m*>ne*l to attend li*-r hushand'a funeral,
lie had diisl of f* *er m a hospital, aii 1
the remains, by his own dying request,
ha I I**-.n s* ;it on fr n S.m Er:uiciiv-o t->
I**- laid in the family burying ground.
The poor little widow was m arly lx*-
si'le herself at this news; an i jt was ss
much ax we could <lo t> g* t her ami th*'
Ixrv *iff projx'rly. She promised faitli
fauy to return f*> ns- uothir,she de
clared, would induce h*-r t-* remiun witii
old Mrs. Murphy; but it w.w with heavy
hearts that w c saw her depart.
I am sorry to say that onr Teutonic
(Mistman, mst* a i of sharing his inamor
ata's sorrow, was evidently in a state of
confused bliss—n*>t much to be wnndcr
*si at, perhaps, in the existing stat* of
tilings ; but somewhat inc*nircnicDt in
its results, as we w* re constantlv favored
with letters never intended for us, while
• >ur rightful e rreauondence wandered
els-wh''n'. We t<H,k a genuine int*-r< st,
ii iwevcr, ill this strange love affair, * ven
while selffsbly Cijngratnlatiiig onrselvi-s
that tlie inevitidde catastrophe of losing
Mary would not occur for some months
VI t
Alas ! it was nimrer than we dreamed.
On the third 'lay, instead of Marv, as we
had expected, titers came a letter ; and
the letter b>gnn with the astounding an
nonncement that our < irf> rant hand
maid' n was no happy that she scarcely
knew h -w t. write t<> n-
People hare different idea* of happi
ness ; but it reallv seemed to us tiiat a
slight degree of nnhnppincsH would have
been more becoming in Mis. Murphy
just then.
We went on with the letter in a sort
"f blank amazement, and read that, on
the writer's arrival at the Murpliy man
sion, the first person she enc, mr.tered
was the deceased himself. As may be
conjectured, he had never been dead at
all, although he had been very ill with
fever in a hospital, and fancying himself
living, he had made the request to have
his remains sent on to his parents. The
occupant of the next cot had died, and
the two became Somewhat mixed up ill
the minds of the officials—hence the mis
take, which, although inconvenient, was
cheerfully borae with for the sake of
seeing th lost son walk in alive and w ell.
Clothed in his right mind, too ; for he
hail long ago deplored his evil ways, and
his industry and self-denial had accumu
lated a nice little sum for the purchase of
a cozy home nest. Thither wife and child
were to be taken at once ; ami Mary wrote
joyfully that she never knew how much
she loved Will until she saw him stand
ing before her at his father's door, when
she had supposed him to lie dead.
Not a word of pixir Carl Blumenthal,
except to say that Will was so good, he
did not blame her or Mr. Is. in the least,
and would certainly shake hands with
the latter should he chance to meet him
—only, he was very glad that lie got
home when he did.
We rejoiced, of course, in .Mary's joy ;
but, if the truth must be told, we wen
very sorry for ourselves ; and as to poor
Mr. Blumenthal, he was scarcely to be
thought of at all—his future stretched
before us such a gray, dismal blank.
We broke our dreadful news to him in
fragments, giving him a morsel at a time
as we thought him able to swallow it.
After a long period of silence, the de
serted German shook his head sorrow
fully, and said : " That one little
woman she have a dreadful smile " (poor
fellow, he meant "irresistible "), "and
.he speak German like to break my
heart. She should not ought to with
her husband not dead."
Evidently he could not divest himself
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
i of tho idea that Mar* was in t. me ****
to blame for Mi Murphy * uii*-xpvt* .1
apixxtraiu-**.
lirtttihiidii wtual!* cried I n -'Vinpnthv,
i and took a melancholy pleasure in tun
lung to the door for our letters. Hut
such i the ingratitude of human nature,
that she was probably compared, some
what to her disadvantage, with the lost
one.
About six ni nth* cl.lsped, when We
vme da* encountered our blighted frieuyl
with a fair haired httl> woman dingiuc
to bis arm and lookin very happy She
was evident'*- (lerman, and as evidently
lus wife ; and lie subsequently liiforiueti
us that alio una tui old sweetheart who
had followed him from home. She had
armed just at the right time, to act as a
poultice f>r the wounds intlicted b*
"that one little woman " with the
"*dreadful smile."
This arrangement naturally "mad*
things comfortable all around, with tlie
exception, perhaps, of two lone women
who had lest a treasure that Ootlitl Hot
Is* replaced. ,
Fashion Notes,
Net mittens are revived.
Tilleul is a leading cult r.
Foulards ale fashionable.
F'ull tires* demands the bonnet.
White chip is declh.uig in favor.
I Vnu-.sai.son sty!*s are coming in.
Bonnet trimmings are not elaborate.
Yellow and til,, til are leading colors.
Mittens are all at once very fashionable.
The old I'tukiui straw braids are re
vived.
Open, law-like straws are coining in
vogue.
Leghorn straw bonnets are most
sought for.
M itularin is oue of the new shades of
yellow.
Hough straw twists are preferred for
round lints.
M s'tihgl ? blue is the j [Hilar shade
of this color.
Shawls of every kind w.ll he much
worn tins spring.
Yellow Italian straws are the first
choice in bonnets.
Some mittens are of white, other* of
black or colored hi e.
Persian khenna is IUI instantancons,
iinsh irons hair dye.
The newest Linnet rihlsms are woven
with [ihisli effects.
Tdleul, or linden green, is a pale tint
of yellow ish grot u.
All sluuh s -f gray are so u in the .1,
beiges and vigogin
The fashionable color, tilleul, is very
trying to tiie complexion.
All or,ental fuhri. s are \. iv fashion
able at the moment m Paris.
Ycsii*,- • > the new* st shade of red. It
.s a brilliant fhimc color.
Straight curtain hands are *• >-i , i,
most of the Leghorn botmets.
Square crowns for l>, iim ts art mm
called for than (minted one*.
Shot camel's hair g**dx are made with
smooth surfaces this ... n.
II mild hut are Wort; only for shop!m I',
traveling and demi-toilet.
The dry g *xls countcra are gay '
bright with new- ,k -s fabrics.
Some of the pe real pa have light gray,
drab, tilleul and white grounds.
( juntrrfclt t oiii.
Tliere is a large ••• ,t of c > mtcrfeg
c >in .n ir ihiti n, tin New York A
says, judging from the < •...plaints of
people engaged in all hr inches of lnis>-
iiCKs, Tie counterfeit- .re of all dcuom
illations, b ginning with a tive-is-u
nickel an I en ling w th the t:iyl • doll
Only a few of the latter arc in genera!
ciruulati, ii. 11 df tlollara, howe*er. are
handled by everybody, and UJR o tin
the cnimferfeit-rs have exerts*! tin"
highest art. Tinne ar. at present e un
terfeitsof f -urortived !fe: 'lit -llli-lan .
wh'.eh elo • ly r*s t nihlc the genuim sp
ver half tk liar. The most dangerous o
these is cmee.h 1 to !• ma le nf glaas,
ail venal over by some jir s-ess, which
makes the eonnterfeit -iinilnr i'i appear
ance an I fe ling to the go*, runient coin.
Silonn 1. *[wrs sn* that it is exce. ling!*
ilifli 'ult to detect the fraud, particularly
as the ring is jierfect. In an ujitown
barro-'Tis onr> was tak* :i fr >m a customer,
and the fact that it w icounterf' it jsiint
ed org to him. The lairkeeper then ga*<-
him change, saying : " We get tlii seglass
hail ilollniH in every day, and they are
so go si that with our rust*-mem we sel
dom say anything, as they pass out with
out ihfKeulty." The counterfeit quarters
arc exceedingly numerous, and are well
calculated to deceive (xxiple who are not
used to handling (-"in. The stage lines
and the street cars without conductors
snffi-r considerably fr >m the abundance
of count rh ;t ci'in, as passengers can
slip bad money into the I sixes in jm*-
nu nt of fares without discovery. The
h'ssi sin consi'qucncc are RO serious that
the advisability of taking out the Isixes
ami employing conductor* is under con
sideration.
Excitement in Nova Scotia.
The qu Aii>ll of precedence having
arisen between certain queen's eouuaei,
an affidavit was rend in the supreme
court of N'ova Scotia, setting forth that
the seal attached to thi- commission of
queen's counsel appointed by the local
govenuneiit, was not the great seal of the
province, but the old seal which was or
dered to be returned by the imperial
government in 180!). 'flte premier of
the local goveniment admitted tle gov
ernment had bis n using the old seal.
The court expressed astonishment at
such contempt for her majesty's author
ized ami expressed opinion, and said that
all acts requiring the great seal done
since 18T.9 were totally void.
This state of affairs leaves Nova Scot in
to-day without a parliament and without
a government, with all grants of mar
riage licenses, consequently marriages,
and all commissions since lKi'.',) totally
void. The greatest excitement prevails
in consequence. The chief justice, afti r
intimating that it would require im
perial legislation to rectify the matter,
adjourned the court f r ten days f<>ru
full inquiry.
A Hash Bet.
A Rochester man, according to the
Sunday Hi mid of that city, bet five
dollars the other day that he could put a
billiard bail in his mouth. If lie had
been a newspaper man no one would
have taken the let, but being another
kind of hairpin, the V was planked.
Sure enough, the feat was accomplished,
but tne performer could not get the ball
out. Physicians were sent for. The
most attractive lialies in town were put
vin-a-vh with the victim, but they
couldn't attract worth a cent. Sam 1 i it
dreth. who lias the reputation of drawing
the biggest ball ever held in Rochester,
was called in ; he couldn't conduct satis
factorily. Finally the doctors tried
again. One got a loadstone, another
took a eiie-rious instrument and caromed
on the two tonsil i; he then made a cush
ion shot on the larnyx, and tried to
pocket tiie ball in the hronchials. After
some skillful play, with several scratches,
he nursed the ball out. That whale of
prophetic billiard spheres, now swallows
coJfish rotundities.
CENTRE HA EE, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MARCH k"., 1877.
( Idliesc t iHilles in Culm.
The Loudon Atfhinfio/ / en ic, Com
menting upon Hit report of a Sjtueial
commission apisuiiti'd b> liiv*stignt the
eouditloll of t liticsc is * die* 111 t'llba,
Nl \ H ;
One sentence in ti,"Commissioners're
purl supplies ati'iiible intimation : "Of
the more than I Ill.tXIO t'llitle e who sailed
for Cuba, upward of lti.tHMi dad during
the Voyages W illi a few exix-ptloiis
the Culu'Ul It Jit test l mony of the witnesses
be.ira evideiieu to an amount of suffering
endured on the passage which almost
surpasses belief.
The wretched creatures were confine I
m the holds ;wi re beaten without mercy.
Hi some e.is, seven unto,lt ith ; were sttji
phed with bid fissl and uisullieient
water ; were shut uj 111 handsst cages,
or chained to iron posts ; some were
" kicked to death by the sailors," mi l
*' other* on the (mint of death, but not
dead, Wvr<-thrown overboard." No won
der, then, that UUIUIHUS stnight relief in
suicide. Oue witness saya: "tweiit*
men" (his fellow passengers) 41 east them
s, Ives overlsmrd i ght jumped over
board, states another: and opium lent
its aid to rid sotue of the sufferer* of
their misery.
"On arrival, what happens to the
coolie?' asks the Chiucse government.
"On binding, replies Il ieh-Sltiuuig
ehin, " four or tlve foreigner* on horse
back, armed with whips, hsl like u
herd of cattle to the barracoous to lv
sohl. " These men were then taken to
the mark* t, and **, r*> to sub
mit t i tli atineut winch U> Chinaluen,
whose a, use of decency is k*s ti, was
(xxuihally abhorrent. They were obligixt
to remove their clothing, so that their
persons might h< examined and their
pri>-s tixxi. "This covere*l us with
shame," say fifty-two p*tit s- nera.
After the cvi*l-nee bim lit f 'rward as
to th*- way in which the coolie* arc tivat
*sl during the various stag, s of tlieir
immigration until they reach the sugar r
other plantations of the island, the ques
tion" IX> i-mjilovi r- treat coolies kind
ly V s*minis like a mockery ;hut i* might
at least have Iks-u suppose i that self
int*'rest would have induced the masters
to keep th* <x dies in good bodily* lc alt!".
Lveil this motive, however, M-r-ms to
have lx-eu inMiffi*-i*-nt t<> work auv g* ~.i
f>r the immigrants. Tli-y ar*- unA rft !,
overworked and treated with great bar
barity. Ma ze arid bananas form the
staple f,Hsl allotted to tlit .
Many stated that, ouitr. * to the regu
lations which limit tin* hours * f lnl** i t<>
twelve out of the twenty-four, tin y w, r,
made t*> work from f, tir in the morning
until midnight. Sunday brought them
in* relief, aud any attempt to rest was
punished by merciless tigging. Abun
liant * vuh'uee is furnished that the mur
der of iSHilii-s wu-s not at all infri qu* lit,
and oas*s of Kiii**ide by hnngtng, by
jumping into sugar caldrons and by tak
ing opium, were of e mi moil iHvurrene*-.
Tlics*' stah uicnts ajqavir s> incrxxlibl**
that we naturally tt for tL• ir cotiffrm
atiou or refutation to th*' st.it'.stics fur
nish* 1 by lb** commissi eo-rs, ami from
these **.• learn that out of 111.H81 e.*U* s
who la iuhsl in Cuba during the twenty
y.-ars ending J s 7.'i, died in th*
island. Th--*'tigure • speak for them
selves. til l it I-Jixim : ! e said that ln
liniiities aria ug from old ag- lunl any -
thing to d* with tins high nitcof mortal
itv ; for, according t *th< exMnmissiouera,
. e mlies wer*< a!! v •• •m* u.
The fact, therefore remains th it during
the twenty years nh ,*.• nan. *l, marl*
fifty per centum of the _*■ ting MM pita
ral v Tigurooa Qht'nemen who landed in
Cuba succumbed t the i ff* el* of the
cruel tri-otmeut to which they wer** suh
jected.
A tliscr's Fate.
When the g *verum*-nt ii*-i;ri-. ! . to !~>r
row a large sum of toon-y from the im
meiinclv wealthy i i- er, 1". s.-ne, he n--
fused tiie I*NUI m th*' plea *-f |ioverty.
Ih'srin;;, how.ver, tl ! some , f his
mn-hlsira, among whom he was *,ry
unpopular, would n-jsirt hit iinineii "
wealth to th* g.v<>rnmen. lie applind lus
ingenuity to discover some t ffi-ctual way
of hiding his gohl, sli' Uid th * institute
a m arch :sr<*rtatn tin? truth r faint*-
li<mhl of hi* plea. With great cure and
neerwj lii< dug a 1 ep cave in his cellar;
to tlua receptacle fur Ills tn .sure he de
wended 1y a ladder, ami to "the trap
d'M>r he attached a spring lock, so that
■>n shutting it would fasten of it <df.
Ity-and-bve the miser disappeared; in
quiries were made; the lion . si arched;
wo. NIH explored, and the ponds were
dragged, hut no Foscne could they find;
and go-<ijm l>. gnn to en,elude that the
miser had tied with his gold tot- une part
where, unknown, he cm Id he free from
the hands of the government. Home
time panned on; the house in wbieli lie
had lived was s Id, and workmen were
busily engaged m its repair. In the
progress of their work they met with the
door of the secret eave, with the key in
the lock outside. They drew bach the
door, and descended with a light. The
first object upon which the lamp reflect
ed was the ghastly Is sly of Fescue, the
miser, and scattered a 1 tout him were
heavy bags of gold and ponderous chests
of untold treasure; a candlestick lay be
side him on the floor. The worshiper of
mammon had gone into his cave to pay
his devoirs to his gold il g<*l, and be
came a sacrifice to his devotion.
Spitz Venom.
TiVo cases of hydrophobia are rejsirl
ed from Stolen Island, and in lioth the
victims were bitten by Spitz dogs. In
one case it is rejtorted that tlie dog was
not rabid, and lie appears to have been
only irritable in the other. Jleforo the
great increase now noted in the fre
quency of these accidents it was thought
that society paid sufficiently for the a<l
vantagc it derived from dogs by the
deaths they caused in eoniliuiuieating
rabies; yet that was when there were no
dogs als.ut but the old acclimate 1
lire. Is, that did tn t go mad often, and so
fav as eh se ob-ervatiou could discover
did not cause hydrophobia save when
tliev had it themselves. It was had
enough thut way, iintl certainly it in in
finitely wonw t< have in all our streets
and in many houses an animal which
seems to JM>HHCR a \irus capable of
causing hydrophobia while the anima
himself is to all appearance in a normal
condition. Persons who care for the
liven of their little children should take
notice that the number i f onaeH reported
is now large in which tins dog, while
himself apparently not mud, has canned
hydrophobia bv his bite. They have
not, therefore, 111 regard to this specie*,
even that slight assurance of safety
which, in regard to other dogs, ia derived
from the warning of evident sickness in
the animal himself. \< ' Jo; - /.* //< mid.
Lire Insurance Policies.
A bill was presented in the New York
State Senate regulating the forfeiture of
life iiiaurauee polieies. It deelarea that
no life iiiMurunce company whose net
surplus as to policy holders shall lie less
than #1,000,000 shall have power to
declare forfeited any policy hereafter
issued by reason of non-payment of
annual premiums or interest or any por
tion thereof, unless a notice in writing
stating the amount of premiums or in
terest due and when due 011 sueli policy
and the place where said premium may
lie paid shall have boon sent by the com
pany to the party insured, at least thirty
days before the premium becomes due.
I. VItIM \ V\l> HOI s| 1101.1 l
11 iIII * ii IH'III Wiilk.
Kill* *Soi l' I tot >K Perhaps tlir
is nt• 1111 tt'iit'hs in wtiieh tliw are alwrttyi
so many beginncra, as funning, MM
tbfNi, lit t lit r ii. w at tlir business ui
ui <>l.l I mini ut it, should make u praetio*
I of noting things an tin \ oft-at to hint, <ll
us they liu)i|ifii; ttiiti M liott) I lot tk is handy
, t<j lisvti 111 one's jMH'kft.
N. \v tliiio ' arc ft*illliiuitllv cumin*
into in>tiff. Now it is u in*w f.sl.it i
plant, i>< .nit* iit-w variety of wheat oi
corn, it in'w t*io- . of some domestic Mii
11ml. or ii iif# tool. It is well to try any
promising "nowliy in u small way, nt
ilrst, to t. s' Its Vithle. If smvesstul, it
is afterwards easy to add t• tin* toek.
1)IUINH, l'!i e i- in> l*tter film
than the |'ii -fill to dig drams. Tin
Jttnuarv thaw, which was very general,
lias tilittl the low ground with water,
and flowing Witter is tin' best Jtossilile
lfVfluig instrument. The narrower the
drain is made, so that a tiiau fan work
easily in it, tit* rhe;q*r may the work
lie ilotie. When water is flowing in tin
drain, lay tin* tiles from the head down
wards. rin re is no danger then of ob
structions entering I hem.
Tin t !. I draining e m hardly ever
lie l.Mt than it now is. lo.i-ir is very
low, and tin ate wiio lino HUjUoVe intllU
to lUiikf, iui.l have the IUOUCT, or see
their wav dearly to repay it, if Ixirrow
ed, is mi 1 have no I letter ojiportuuity
than the jut st*jit.
SraNtn.sit WATKK. A very liujsirtaiit
work is to let off' any wat* r that accumu
lates ujs n the surface. This require*
constant attention, ami the use of tlie
ho. or aahovt I. \S In -liter tin if is a eroji
in the gr mid or m t, it is equally uss*-
sary to do this thoroughly, else the soil
is soaked ami dries very slowly. The
amount 1 st through water remaining
tijstti In*his, wonltl eacli year buv for
t very fur; er who jiemiits it, a g<**l |m
|s*r rtJnl more books than he coul.f Well
study in a year.
ltarnynrvls, "|>eeially, sliouhl be freed
frtun water; tin* wash from the roofs
ah .uld Is* i .irr.til t>fl I* f >reit has soukix!
through tlie manure and dissolved out
idl the Valuable parts of it.
Livk Btvs k. When the coat is shed
ding, the list of the Curd, ttr a suiisith
currv eoinb, should not IK* neglerti-d.
There is then an irritation of the skin,
which is allayed by t rn-hitig or carding;
Isftit t, tin* list-, his'r is remov.'l and
d*w s not rub .tl onto tin cloth**. A
tea*)* sinful of sulphur tlaily, t> every
luunud, for a week or two, would t>e
helpful.
V Hitix, As the warm weather corn*
on. If wild ticks become acti x >, and
iiinoy the imimals gn-ativ. A nnxtur*
of t .pud j. srl - of Lard ami k< rosene oil,
put on tlie back mid brisket t.f cows,
calves and afcee|. will havea gtssl effort.
SPIUN.I WHI VT. In the districts
when* t •- cr..p sticveeds, that is, north
of a line ilrawu fnm ltosten, to the
s mill si r. of letke Erie, ami thence t<i
central Illinois, it is the first cfeji ->wti.
Shu!!, n pi . i ji-, with th >rough ham w
mg, 1. itvr .* whatever small clods may
r- :n.- ii . ft. r tlie harrowing, ujs.n tlie
surf a., m the b. ~t juepamtioji. Where
sttine stiuiul itiug fertiliser is umlivl,
use 1"M |M minis of snjM-rj'hosphate of
lime, or !'jwuiuds of guano, jer urn*.
—A<jrii*uhuri*t.
( nrt* oi ( oi tic.
Mil it Cows. Cows thai ire t-• cutne
in early should be dried off m g.ssi tiw.'.
It is n •! ts,noiny to milk cows as long
as ah w pint- nuiy be drained from
them. The drain iu tin* system in
nourishing thernlf is enough for the cow
to b. at. If t!i* row is a Copious milker,
fare must Is t servistsl in f<**ling, lest
in the in w dash of mtlk giu ,*t*t may oe
rur. It* av.ml this, ftssl low ; give no
Com meal whatever, Hlitl it IS safest t.i
give nothing but hay anil some roots.
There ne.xl b. no apprehension if a large
heavv udder is Hot shown before ttdving.
It will 1 , the safer, an i tin tl ov of jiulk
may t.i-dv Ih* eucotiragtsl wheu tin* calf
is a wt i k or two uld, ami danger of in
fbiminntioti is pu 1. Every farmer can
not have Ins cows fmdi iii tlie winter,
horesn et .-ry tlairyimut or WOIUMI nu.ke
winter butter of tirst tpiahty, but thaw*
who can do these thing's are able to get
double the profits from their cows that
others do, ami have their dairy work
collie at the s. in when there is little
else tola* done a matter for smart farmers
to think over.
. IbntHis. - Idle ln rsts mnv la* kept in
a straw yard with an ojien slied for SlM*l
- r. A few ears of ami, given daily,
will keejithein in g>*l onuditioii. Itnssl
mares, at least, should have ns much ex
ercise a this. Horses kej>{ in stables
shouhl be well currietl ami brtialied. A
sharp curry comb is a nuisance in a
stable, and innki s many nervous horses
fraction* and irritable. The aharp teeth
may easily be rnblied down with a tile or
a wliet-sl m . To clean a curry ooroh,
tlij* it into as 'utionof e tjiira.iii sal-soda,
rinso it about, a short time, and then
wash it in In t water. Win n the tswit
U"gui* to sin 1, a pint oi litis etsl *ake
meal may be given daily to each horse.
FATTKNINO (',mt.R A change of f.ssl
will be of great help in quickening the ajv
petite of stall fed cattle. A jint of mo
lasses, mixed with a feed of cnt straw
ami meal, will lie taken very rem lily.
This may be pi vt n once n day, and one
to two ounces of salt with an alternate
feed. H.siti-', sliced ami sprinkle*! with
either oett m or linseed cake nieal, will
be very h althfuL A few apples will be
useful IsitWeen meals. A JMiUtld of tUt .il
siirrtsl in the drinking water will help,
itv varying tin* food in this wav one ran
hardlv overfee.l fattening storV o as to
jiall tin* ajijMffitst. Agriculturist.
Ilotittwt it- I It-It**.
1,1 MON ('HI'.RSEI'AKRH, —Take half a
jKiuudof butter, one jMiuml of loaf sugar,
six cgps, tin* rind of two lentous ami
juice *tf three : jnit all uitti a small lined
saucepan. lveeii stirring th* mixture
over the lire till all is dissolved ami it
begins to thick* n ; then put it into sninll
jar;-, an 1 Ke. ji in a dry place. When
made into elits'seeakes, line some patty
pans with ptsnl jmlF paste, rather more
than half till them with the mixture, iiinl
bake for about a quarter of an hour in n
brisk oven.
Qrnr.N or IVIMUMOS. Soak a pint of
bread entmlm in (toiling milk, ami tin
yolks of four eggs, Well beaten, and
sttgnr to taste. Hake ill a pie dish ; when
colli, spread jiun over the top, ami over
that t!n* whites of four eggs, beaten to n
stiff froth, with four teasjHKinfuls of
white sugar; put into the oven, ami bake
a very light brown. Flavor with essence
of vanilla or lemon.
I'OTATOR.H A I,A MAITEF. II'HOTKI,.
Slice cold boiled pot-utoea a quarter of tin
inch thick, and put into a saucepan with
four or five tablesjioonfula of milk, two
or three of butter, i*p|>er, salt and some
chopped parsley ; neat quickly, stirring
all the time, unt.il ready to boil, then
stir in tin* juice of half a lemon. This
last ingredient entitles tln* dish to a for
eign title. Pour into a deep dish and
serve very hot.
lern Arri.rs. —Pare and core one dozen
large apples ;ttll with sugar, mixed with
a little butter ami cinnamon or nutmeg ;
hake till nearly done. 0001, ami, if
possible without breaking, put the ap
ples on another dish. If not possible,
pour off the juice ; have some icing |>re
parcd ; lay it on the top and sides, mid
, set into tin* ttvoii aft w niiiiiit- t> browi
slightly. Serve with crrmii.
CHKI SIC OMI i.rrrK (irut** some rul
, old cheese, and, having nuxtsl the omc
, lette as usual, sto ill the flits***! With it
I swift turu or two of tin* wrist, ami ui
the same tunc some chopped pnrslov am!
thyme. If it is btateii a long time tin
. cheese will separate the milk from tin
eggs. t'lOt.k at once.
Huvt Itt Sntr llttttiilr.
If a fount l were t* have the best fa
Oil 1 ties for saving hin manure. With tin
leant jsts.-ible Joss of miiuioiiiu, 1 woiiltl
any, h t him have a manure cellar under
Ins cattle stalls, into which their thing is
daily thrown; ami the floor of the stall
so constructed us to allow all tin* urine of
tin* spick to run down ami la- units! with
it. This cellar would have to be under a
burn limit on a side hill, so as to admit
of backing in a wagon to en rev tin* IMII-
Aflits to the tit Ills. A pump Would lie
necessary near by, with liwse to saturate
tin* muuitre oceanainuHy t* Imeteii tletwim
poaitioti. Hore manure, esjawially,
would 1- liable to M-noim injury if nut
kept wet.
The next lwt plan t> k'*-j manure is
umler a sh-d, iilc*l up muiijiaetly with
tin top of tlie heap u little concave, so as
tti In ltl wat*r, Mi*l idlow it to run down
ami dampen till whole heap. Water is
highly necessary in the *l-eompositio|i of
luauute heap-. Aii excavation n the
mkl lie of the bartivur I, sjx , r * ight f--t
stpmre, ami of the sume d* | tli, in which
u pumjt is jdnci-1, to carry tluough hot-t
--or troughs tlie liquid manure of till- VBTil
to the heap under the slir l, wotthl ie a
good thing. A plutioriu txuud be made
over the well hole, to Consist of slats two
inches wide, and just fart-Bough apart to
allow the liquid* of the yard to run
through it; *>r the shed manure tuny la
wet t nee in two weeks frt HI a |minp not
faraway; or the water f nm the r**ff of
the biu ti ulid sllisl may Is* so e>'lldueted
u|stu the muiiure as n> require m> other
wetting; but the otutductoli alioultl le
uusle to 1* removed when the heap is
wet enough.
The Indian Tribes of Maine.
Tlie Augusta ( Me.) Juurnnl say,-: Tin*
ri'Uinaiits ttf two Indian tnln-s continue
tie- w.litis of the State—the Peuobsi'ot
ami Passamaqiitsltlv. Tin* jast vesr
theie has las-n -X|K*tnlsl for the ttrst
muuiHl trils' gl,kt*.Ol. The census of
the trils* slews tin* tmnilier to Is* 41c.
At the annual •!<- \ tin, held the first of
N'*Vl:iils*r, Tomer Atl .ui was elttt-lt-1
govini .r; S.nd Neptuu*-, lu-uteuaut
governor; ami Sab.itt:s llaiui, *lt-legate U*
tin* legislature. A larger vote wan east
than at Jiieviotis eh-etioim, maliv ja*rti**l
puUng m the election whohnve m former
\ . s-efruim-1 from v.'tmg, mid tin* iu
dier.tions an that a much itlt-nsiuiU r stati*
*'f polltieal feeling pi,.vails than for sev
eral ytors J tost, Titere has 1 sen less *h
ui.uiit for labor, and ctmse*jiieutly a low
er ri of wages has jirovi!ed among the
trdw for the jslst y t nr. Sales of Iwskets,
**te.. Nt stimiiicr re- rt* have ls-*ut less in
quantity ami in price than in any pre
vious reasons. No |>i t\ale-it diseases
liavt raged among the trdw during the
\t ar, ami tiieir condition s s niilr,in*Twll*
ami physically have remain.-1 about the
name, 'lite exjM-nibtures the past year
for the Pasanmotpjtshly trdje were J4,-
Hlk'i.ffH. Oioio has be * ui* scan-,*, an.l
but very few call gum their 1 rdihood by
huutiug. Tnl-*> UIIUIIM I suits '.tVimide-t
ami 24b f. iitaies. A* sp< ni si it* a treaty
mode * i'.h tin- .iiff, i,ui s eti. ns of the
trilie, dated Febrtiarv *ißth, IH.V2, njsm
the d nth ttf John Fnuicia (then gover
nor of t! at js.rti. u of the trd** living at
I'leasant Point ) a role t1.,. whole trds.
slituikl be taki'U, and the nui 'ority sluatld
decide wh* ther to elect auotliec givemor
at Pleasant Pointer t • ls< content with
the one living on the Indian township.
Tl i*. ofHee having Issimie va *.uit by the
death of John Francis, the trds* decided
to elect another govertmr at Phasiuit
I' nut, md have made ch'ice of Selniore
Fnuicia. They have also, in accordance
with the pit*#: si* ma <>f the treaty, chooen
Peter S**lmor. lientenant-guvx-nmr at
Pleasant Point.
A tr-at < ejijaT bode.
N< vl ti th* tain met cougliNnerate
slMitis the P* wabie lode as a yielder of
copper. The iioti<H-able miiu-s iqw rating
on this df'jswot to any *.\tent n>w ire the
tjui* ev nml Franklin. Tlie |a:n of
tln- former has been inark*sl bv n c.ri* s
of i roNjH-r>)u- yi-ars, and in isTfi its jiro
ilnet was the larg* et ever obbuned in any
twelve months injure. The t,huncy is
now tlie ihepest uuue work*s| >n the
lake, ami its l*sl,* at the lowest point
wrought is as rich as it ever was in its
uj>iM-r level*.
The Franklin, not withstanding the
mine was badly disabled two years ago
from th<* treatment it received at the
hands of the tributers, who for some
time had operat, d it, afforvled more eop-
JM r in JNTI'I then it ever dul I adore. o*nu
piirutively npeakiug.' this mine is slinl
low. and it haw a gissl stretch of lisle.
Th *UWw* of the hid ns Fry* since its re
vival shows that tlie portion of th.
Pewabie dejmsit it is working is *vq*able
of Ix iug mined profitably under judi
cious management. llarring unfors,s>n
aceiiieata and draw bucks, the coming
twelv*. mouUis the Franklin w-ill do l>et
t* r tliMi it li'l in ISTtI, and with the
hirg*. amount of virgin ground there is
(Msiuoiiucnlly available for years—the
mine, as long as it is ki-jd on the right
track, is n pennanency—one of th*
solid industries of the district.
The company, owing to tlie tattered
nml torn condition tin* underground and
surface <>( tlie mine wen* left in by the
tributers, has been obliged to expend
large sums of money in repairs, etc.
TJie working plant above ami below is
in first-class shiqw The Fnuikliu mill
one of the licst on tlie lake. With
copper at anything like n fair figure dur
ing the next year, th** results of the mine
in 1*77 will no doubt meet the ajj*rolm
tion of its stockholders, as will as those
who have a heart in the progressive de
velopment of the mining interest of this
district.- /*•< rtai/r l.ukr Mi nitty < Ja-
Z' (ti.
K New Hair Restorer,
The Itritich consul at Nieolaieff, South
Russia, rejK'rts to the foreign office the
discovery of a new hair restorer. He
say ; In the sttminer rav attention was
drawn t<> several case* of sudden bald
ness of bullocks, cows and oxen and the
loss of tails and manes among horses.
A former servant of mine, prematurely
bald, whose duty it was to trim my*
lanqis, had a habit of vvqnng liis petio
leiini IM'SIIH nred hands in the s**antv
locks which remnine*! to him, and after
thre*. months'of lamp trimming exjH'ri
*ne*. his dirty habit procured for him a
much finer head of black glossy hair
than lie ever possessed before in his
recollection. I subsequently tried the
remedy on two retriever sjwniels that
had become suddenly bald, witli won
derful success. My experience induced
mo to suggest it to the owner of several
black rattle and horses affected as above
stated, ami while it staved tlie sjireiul of
tlie disease among animals in the same
sheds slid stables, it effi-cted a quick and
radical cure on tin* animals attacked.
The jietroleum should he of the most
refined American qualities, rubbed in
vigorously and quickly with the jailni of
the hand, and applied at intervals >f
three days, six or seven times in all, ex
cept in the case of horses' tails and
manes, w hen more ajiplications may be
requisite.
TKRMB: a Year, in Advance.
ii A Sad IHlcr.
Uu Friday night, March 2, oooti after
'■ ••ight o'clock, when tlm m-utry <f Life
Having Htnli'>ii S". 12, t Kqiuui lkttdi,
" N. J., William Miller, li| name, hat) Ml
' the station hull**- Ui p.iti.il hi* ln-ut along
'' the Im*i'li, he noticed l*ni! a ijuurter of
u mile fruw Ule aliutv ii dark object,
*' which he at mice concluded woe a vet-wl.
Miller, seeing that the vi *el, if atirh it
via*, was a| (in •aching too tteai allure, *. t
■ iff hi* hand signal to give notice of th
t proximity "f • linger. He receive*! a r-
I ply signal from the VMMfll, he naya, and
r tuilOixhaU'ly itutol for the station to
lllllMter the eleW, which WIUI oft tint V,
! prepared to lend tt helping hale! to the
, ilmtroaaetl uiaruiet *. Miller wua obliged
to cover tut much e|"ce ua two mile* lie
fore he reached the lioUHe where the
t crew were ui waiting, alnl by the time
he, with the other life anver* and tlie
uecewutry apparatus had returned to the
hjMii from where the signal lta>l been
ween, over an hour liad Itoen cou*mued.
tin hi* return no venial wan visible
; through the black night. The rain was
descending,"the sky was full of iingrv
clouds and the night wa* til.'.-vl with
darkness. Eager eves attemjitel to
Jienetrute the dark nuns in the direction
where an liufoltiuiate vessel Wiut stlji
|s isi to Ire, hut Ho objeist Wasto be dis
s ivrurd. I'robably the ship hud paaaed
tm out of the danger, thought the mirf
, men. At any rate they decided to await
tlie break of morning liefore trying to
learn if a Vermel liad iieen stranded.
With the morning light came the
revelation that a enstt of some kind had
run ou the shore and there became a
total wreck. From tlie beadi where Mil
ler had liecn on tlie watch a very small
portion of the vessel's reinaiiis ootild Is
win. Part of her bow, with the bow
l spit still attacheti. und purtioua of her
, forward rigging and chants were firm ui
■ the sand; but the hull, which had jtrU-<l
, just forward of the foremast, had been
torn awav from the imbedded bow and
had drifted, as was afterward found, *ev
eral miles to the northward of tlie scene
of the at rinding. At the time the
schootiei for such it is now believed to
have lmeu was first seen by tlie patrol
man Miller, only a double reefing wind
from the southeast was blowing along
S<piaii 1 teach coast, and it is not prwl<o
ble tJmt such a wind could have caused
tire vessel to le thrown on to the shore,
f Vessels of any kind are seldom or
never known to sail so ejowemto shore tut
was tli.s schooner wheu slic was first
wi'ii. The wat*r in the vicinity of Squm
lieach at the tide on which the schooner
i struck was not over eight feet in depth
ou the outer liar. A burgee made fast
Ui a piece of eauvas was nubseqiiruUv
found near S.putn inlet, ten mih-s nortL
of the acetic of the wreck, which would
sci rn to indicate that tlie schooner had
hoist**! it as a signal of distress some
Uuie before she struck on S<]uau Beach.
What her cause of distress was will |ht
hap* never lw known, m not one of the
lives on board were amd.
wilier a* Monet.
The report of the Silver commission,
submitted to the fulled States Con
gress, is signed by Senators June* atnl
I logv, ltcprescrit.-itires Wiilanl ami
Hland, and the Hon. William 8. < iroes
lieck. Th<*se gentlemen agn>e that the
depreciation in the vwlae of silver as
compared with gohl is not tine to the iti
mwsd production ■ f the former, but
chiefly to the demonet: znU< u of silver by
(term any, tlie United States, and otlier
countries, and tlie consequent closing of
mints agtpust silver, ui led by a diminu
tion of the Asia? ,c demand for silver, und
by enormous exaggerations of the actual
and pr..sjsvtiv< yield of the Neviaia sil
ver mines. I.> I the United States re
store the double standard, and this ruin
ous dcmonrtiraUon of silver—tlie cause
of the present distress throughout tlie
world—-will lie checked. The supply of
gold is diminishing: I--sides, no metal is
mi ill-suited to !• a sole measure of
values. Alter refcrnng to the llussisu,
Brazilian and English experiences witv
paper cunvuey, the oonuaimiuuera scii
they have lieen able to amve at only
one conclnaiou—that resumption in tins
country is not practicable under the cir
cumstance* until the existitif laws mak
ing gold the sold meUlfio legal tender
are rrpftlftL Both the debt paying
metals are found umier < ir own rtag;
both an" needed, and in tlie full*t
measure, to accomplish the task. If
silver flow* in fforn Enrope, ao much
the 1 letter; that will mean a revival of
business and au era of solid prosperity.
Senator Bogy and Hepresintative Wil
lard recommend fixing the silver stand
ard at 15j; Mr. (iroealieck and Repre
sentative Bland at 15 98-100. the present
standard, until after an international
conference.
Representative Gibson and Professor
It •wen, of Cambridge, rejnirt in favor
of a single gold stuudard, restricting the
use of silver as money to small coins,
with the present, or n slightly increased,
legal tender limit. Senator 11.unwell
Iwlieves in the use of silver as money,
but wants it restored by :ui international
convention of the commercial countries,
and thinks separate action by the United
States would lo unwise, if not disas
trous.
The Army Bill.
The following is the text of the section
of the United States Army Appropria
tion bill which waa the subject of irrecon
cilable difference Is'tween 'the lbmse of
Representatives and tlie Senate, and
which. leiug adhered to by the House,
cauaisl the failure of the bill;
Srcrtov 5. That no pail of the money
appropriated by this act, nor any money
heretofore appropriated, slihlUh' apples!
to the pay, snlisislcmv or tranaportatiou
of to-ijis used, employed, or to 1 em
plovisl in support of the claim of Prune.*
T. Nicholls or of 8. It. Packard to 1m)
governor of the State of Louisiana ; nor
shall any of the money 1m applied in
snp|*irt of the claim of the two Inslies
claiming to be the Legislature of said
State, presided over respectively by L.
A. Wilts and I-oui* Hush ; nor of the
two Isaliea claiming to !*• tlie Legisla
ture of s lid State, presided over by U.
Antoine and Michnid Halm ; uor in
supjiort of the claim of Thomas (*. Man
ning and associates to tlie supreme court
of said State ; nor in HiipjKirt of theeiaim
of John T. Ludeling and associates to
be the supreme court of said State ; nor
in aid of the execution of any process in
the hands of the United States marshal
in said State, issiusl in aid of and for the
support of any such claims, nor shall
the army, or anv portion of it, lie used
in support of the claims, or pretended
claim or claims of any State government,
or officer thereof, in any State, nutil
such govermcnt shall have been duly
recognized by Congress.
Any person offending against any of
the provisions of this act shall be doemod
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof shall bo imprisoned at
hard labor for not less than five uor
more than ten years.
Prance.
According to the Ih bat*, the census
which has just lu'cn taken shows that
there are at present in France seventy
three towns with a population exceeding
'20,01K) inhabitants, 108 with a popula
tion of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants, 309
with a population of f,(KK) to 10,(KK) in
habitants, 249 with a population of 4,000
to 5,000 inhabitants, ami 581 of 3,000 to
4,000 inhabitants.
NUMBER 13.
I'tiHf, tin* Hliiger.
Addiua Pitti, who i* now creating
soiucthiag of u woiiMiitiou in Europe on
umiuiil of h**r wiieratiou from Iter hus
band, the Mnr. |in* de Cuux.i* now thirty
►i v iiniii of age, Kin* WKslsiro of Italian
parent* at Madrid m 1 M.'l (according to
li*r bii*grapher). Her mother, Mxbiae
I Will I'utti, wa tlu* prim* tloinw of tin;
< irutiii TheuU-t of Madrid, and soon after
Alleluia's birth slu* removed to Milan.
Kh* lor,l four daughter*, Clotilda, Alitalia
( Mr*. KtritkoM*li) ( Ctirlol.Ui aud Alleluia.
Ktrunge to mi*, Madame Jiarili I'alti
w">u after giving lurth to Adehus com
pletely l<it bar fltn* voicM. .Adelui* canto
to tlii* ouantty with her parent* wlieu
ouljr u f<-w jiwn ohl, bar (*th*r w|* w
mg in tin* old Chamlm* Htreet Italian
U|M*ni Hottrn with th* langairico coni
jwiii v. At tin* age of nine alio apja wr<*d
in tin. province* wh*n KtmkoMrh mailt* a
<**u<--rt Umr witli Ok* Hull ami utln*i
artists aud sang the nouga made faun sis
by Jenny Liud, K. .Nt iv, lb two anil otlit ra.
It IN related tluil Koitag pro lifted al
ready then tliat Adeluta would beer me
In* greatest songstress of the age. Mm
first great starring tour, however, wa
umlertitki'ii at the age of fourteen, when
■the went with Ktrakow h r Uottarbalk and
other* to the Wi*l Indies, and it ia men
tloned tliat at that early age already sin
lunl an offer of marriage at l'orto llice
from the richest phuiter of the inland.
In 1K59, then a girl, "not vet seven
teen," ahe create*i a furore In opera in
thia country, and then returned to Eu
rojie where ahe met with a fervent wel
come everywhere. Hhe wan a gri-at fav
orite of European sovereigns, and rang
IN-fore 110 leaa than thirty of these.
When she married the marquis ahe via
twenty-five yearn oij.and tlie bridegroom,
who w an equerry to Napoleon, wan nearly
seventeen yearn her senior. The I)uko
•>f Manchester ami Mr. Cisrta gave away
the bride, Vapolvou aud the upre
lined Uieir influence to bring alaiut the
marriage, and it was through them that
it was aecompludied. lie wan of an aristo
cratic family, but poor as poverty itaeif.
Patli was wealthy and ambition*, and
the new union gave her an undisputed
entrance to the inagie cirrle of tie
French court- No happiness could !e
ex|M*ctcd to result from auch a marrtag*,
in which the write, on the 'lie hand.
k* light a title, and tlie husband, on the
other, a fortune. Bite could well afford
to pay 100,(MM) francs in order to get rid
of the marquis. When she married the
marquis oue-thinl of her future earnings
was to go to her jwrs* mallr and two-thirds
were to go to the joint aeoHiut of heraelf
and the marquis after having paid their
expense*, the marquis to accompany her
on IK r musical trip*.
A Victim to the Opium Habit.
Tlie following particulars of the sui
cide of M. M. Wisliard, late suiieriuteu
ib'iji *d the Sildien*' Orphans' Home, at
Kuightstown, lud., are gleaned from tlie
New Orleans Timet:
With erect 1 tearing and deliberate
luovemenli*, he entered the St. James
Hotel and straightway sought one of the
closets, from which lie emerged wounded
to the death. He first cut his throat
with a penknife aud then iusertiug 11
pair of scissors into the wound, vainly
attempted to sever tlie main artery to
lictter consummate the end,but before he
accomplished his purpose he fell ex
hausted <0 tlie floor. Here lie was found
still breathing. A stretcher was impro
vised and the man was lwirue to the iios
pita], but ere many squares bad Itccti
traversed he breathed his last. Upon
his jM*mn waa found tlie following let
ter, written in a bold, firm hand :
My own true name is M. M. Wisliard.
lab* superintendent Orphans' Home,
Kiiightstowu, Ind. lam paying deal
for my sin. Opium ia the iwuae of it
all. Write Dr. Hmuuuuan someone,
ideas**, when I am gone. CUsl only knows
how I have fought this terrible iiabit,
but whenever it gets hold of the system,
it is ts> lute. lam exporting every mo
ment to be arrested and taken to jail,
where I shall never come out alive.
Ovid pity the opium eater. Am almost
past going now.
In the inside of the sheet, evidently
written while nerving himself to tlie des
jH*mU* deed, was the following :
Oh ! that 1 had lw*eu wise in the day
of this visitation. I haven faint liois*of
torgivniewa. I then Itegan to fight it
witli the desperation that almost crazc*i
mo, and w lieu nearly well, would lwcoiue
discouraged and go back again. My
dear family ia my regret. Oh ! that 1
had beeu wise in time. No mail ever
had a dearer family than 1 had. A bet
ter wife ami children no man ever saw
How cruel I have beeu. If through
Jesus' blood. Although I have lecn n
great sinner, I was so much inbxicatel
Cv <piuiu Uiat I thought I was a Chris
tian, hut alas, alas, when too late, I fear
I find I was not. The opium habit was
coittr*e , .*d more than ten years ago,
h.,1 n t oonfinnetl until only aliont
ught veara since. I live, of which I
have little hope. 1 would cheerfully
serv tliem. I tear my wife and little
ones are deml or insane, (hxl knows I
cat mot recall my life.
The Honiauee of Flgares.
If one cent wan* set ont at ixiuqxuuid
interest in the vear 1 at four j*r c**ut..
the first of iannarr, 1%6, it would
amount to one qnintilliou 2b1,r>58 quad
rillions 382,000 trillions of ikdlars. If
we w en* to t ike this sum as a capital and
use its yearly inbwest (four }H*ri"eut)
tlieu the income tax we would have to
imy at tlie rate of one per ceut. won I*l
!*. 4NO qiiatlriUkma 598,320 trillions of
dollars. If we |>aid the tax colbct*r
this sum iu silver he would need 3,000,-
StOjOOft.OOO, OOO,OOO ivigonii for its trans
(sirtation. Fnvideil the whole of the
eartli's surface, both land and water,
were *eople 1 as closely as pmsible we
aliouki have but tlie twivmilliootii part
of the dr vers required, aud the Hue of
wagons would have the length of eight
trillions -142,000 billions of miles, Tlie
wjwvd of light is 102.000 miles per sec
ond, and it would take 759,000 years to
reach the eolleetor, l*egitming at the far
thest wagon on lx th sidte. statiom**!
himself in the center of the line. Again
n robbery could be committed on the
hitiTlermost wagon which would not be
discoveri-d till the 24,780 th generation of
(hx collectors. If, on the oontrary, iu
sbwwl of using the iuterest on the capi
tal (tlie bulk of which, by-the-bye, would
be equal iu gold to 44 globes) this capital
were distributed among the jieople of
the earth, each one of its 1,000,(KM),000
of inhabitants would receive about 1,200
trillions of dollars to live on, and could
every second use 152,000,000 for 88,096,-
tKH) years without reselling the bottom
of his purse.
Join the IrourlaiN.
A gentlemau of Eustport, Mi)., on li s
way home the other evening, was startled,
bv an outcry, ap})ar>ntly from some one'
Wing assaulted. The words '' Let me
alone; you cannot have mv money; take
that!" were head. Following up the
cry, the gentleman, with several others
who had joined him, descried, through
the gloom, a man running. Overtaking
him, they found a persou considerably
iu liquor, who stated that a man had
tried to roh him. Going back to the
place of assault, they discovered that the
innocent cause of the drunken man's
fear aud desperate efforts of resistance
w 11s a post, which he ran against in the
dark and imagined that ne hail been
stniek. Moral—Join the ironclads.
Km* of Interest.
Inquiring Rmdn We know of •
mtnui saint of the ilance, without it ia
Hfttnt Vitua.
Why is blind-man's-buff like sympa
thy ? Ilnanw it'a a fellow feeling for
fellow creatine.
A jmlitieian in Waahingtou hiw be
come roam-eyed trying to keep hi* eye
, <>n the main chance.
At tlie end of 1877 it ia intimated that
tiie It look Utile will have a population
of from 30,000 tuH^OOj.
Ia not prayer a atudy of trutli, a aidl j
of the aool into the unfauml infinite ?
No man ever prayed heartily without
learning something!
It ia an old praotiee in Cambridge
shire, England, village* to apriukh with
rliaff Uie doorwtep of a bonwe Iwlonging
to a man suspected of heating hi* wife,
•'hail lieiug the remit id Uiraahing.
" What do yon get from iialine?" nak
ed the medical pndeaaor. "We get—*-
<ih iiHttally get idiotic acid," yawned tlie
aindeiit. " Have yon l>eea taking
noma ?" quietly asked the profeaaor.
Among the many uaelrea and cnmlier
aotne appurtenance* of the nineteenth
century tliat will go down to posterity,
ia the man who lap* hi* apoon with hi*
tongue, and then dips it in the augar.
There are in Omneeticut, New Jersey
and New York, hat manufactories which,
if rtiu at their full capacity, could easily
make in two inonllia all the aoft hata tlie
country won Id demand in the next six
mouth*.
"• Why, my dear fellow," whinpered a
friend, " I did not know you were ao
badly maltreated in the affair." " Nor
1 neitlier," nobbed the victim, "till I
heard my lawyer a telliu' the jury all
ulajut it!'
Hie latest mte to which paper ia put
ia that of a protector of aliip'a bottoma.
Experiment* aliow that when a cement
<•' waterproof paper ia employed, it ia
the beat and cheapest material for pro
tecting iron.
Tlie Japanese U>ilct mirror aliow* a
woman to see all aiifll of her head at
once; but what ia needed in this country
ia a mirror which will deceive her into
thinking that a last year's bonnet ia on#
of the latest style.
l>r. Rrowu-Hequard says that coughing
may be prevented by pressing on the
nerves of the lips in the neighborhood
of tlie nose, by preasing in the neighbor
hood of tlie ear, and by pressing very
luud on the top of the u*outh_
Since the disclosure of the fact tliat
an old apple woman of New York had a
large I miik account, her survivor* of the
trade now appeal to public sympathy by
can! : "My anviuga are no more ; I in
vwtcd in an insurance company.**
Brown, meeting J one*, hi* friend, and
seeing hnu look very miserable, said:
" Hullo, old man! Why, rou've a face
just fit for a funeral!" " Ho I ought to
Lave," replied Jones, " consideruig I'w
just ttal an execution in my house. "
A New Bedford justice of tlie. peace
recently married a couple in what i* sup
posed to be the quickest turn- on record.
" Did you come to be married ?" he ask
ed. " Yea." "Oo out, you are mar
ried," and they went out wondering!*.
When you try to carry home a heavy
article, von should take every advantage
at it Hume men who can carry "a jug of
whisky home when it is kept in tlie jug,
require Uie aid of two policemen when
they attempt to carry it Inane inside
'em.
The oldest duke in Ureal Britain ia
the Duke of Portland, aged aeveoty
•eveu; the youngest, the Duke of Mont
nae, aged twenty-five. The oldest tnar
quia ia the Marquis of Donegall. aged
eightv; the voungeat, Uie Marquis of
Cannieci, aged five.
I>avid Dudley Field dwu't like to
bacco. Entering a committee room the
other ilay lie found a reporter smoking.
"Young wan," said he, "throw away
that cigar; smoke ia offensive to roe. I'd
juat as soon a man would spit in my
face as to smoke where I am."
" What a horrid young one," said a
lady in a low tone to her companion, at
the baby ahow. Then approaching Uie
child the same young lady exclaimed in
the presence of Uie mother: " Oh, Uie
aweet darling prettiest one we've seen
yet!—Uie little preciou* darling 1'
A temperance Military colony lias
tieeu organised in Fresno county, Cal.
The mettibera pledge themselves to pre
serve Uie sanitary condition of Uie
colonv by maintaining the purity of the
air, IN sell or make DO intoxicating
liquor*, and to lieiong to bo secret or
ganization.
It ia claimed that over tire hundred
commercial traveler* of New York. Bos
ton, and Philadelphia have formed a
hotel league, and have mapped out one
hotel in each city and town of the coun
trv at which to stop when "on Uie road,"
with Uie view of sec tiring special rates
ami cheap accommodation*.
Out West no man'* ambition has lieeu
fully satisfied tuitil lie haa been miatakeu
ou Uie train for a commercial traveler.
Then the radiance Uiat streams from a
contented soul illumines Ilia grateful,
happy face, and as lie looks around it
sc-ms to him that all the bright world
hikes it* sunlight through bine glass.
A gentleman in Han Francisco, whose
Chinese cook left him. was unable to re
tain any of the numerous "John* " for
over a day, until he induced one of them
to explain that some apparently mean
ingless strips of ml paper on the kitchen
v .ill contained Uie Chinese inscription:
" I loss woman long time tongue. Murhee
jaw, jaw."
About six months ago a young man in
Rock Island voluntarily escorted an old
lady home from a church sociable. Last
week she kindly died and left him
$4,000. Ami now the old women of
Hock Island are fairly besieged with
heaux, and the prettiest girl in town lias
to walk home aloue every time if there is
an old woman in the congregation
A pleasant instance of true generosity
•lid its reward, occured at a suburban
town recenUy. A woman who supported
two children by hard work was asked by
a fellow worker in Uie mill to aid in mak
ing up a purse for a poor woman.
Though having only sixty cent* left to
carrv herself and children through the
week, she gave twenty-five ccnta, and a
little later Uie poaon returned and told
her Uiat she was the one for whom the
purse was intended, and handed her $25.
Don't work too hard, says Hmidgkins.
Don't work so hard that you can't go
home at night and jaw around if your
supper isn't ready, aud have strength to
kick Uiings around, and get up after
supper, feeling renewed strength, and
go down town and play billiards till one
o'clock, and come home and sleep till
iiine. No, don't work too hard. It is
best to have a little pleasure as well as
work in Uie world, ami besides work
breaks down the constitution.
The Cincinnati Enquirer prints the
following bit of history in answer to Uie
inquiry of a subscriber: The expression:
" Pull down your vest," was first heard
iu this country in 17t53. A New Eng
land deacon named SpiLkins had a vest
which was too short for liim. When in
n heated debate or controversy his vest
would work up under his chin. People
who were listening to his discourse would
interrupt him, and tell him to pull down
his garment, and in this way the expres
sion came into use as a means of check
ing bores.
A Photographer's Advice.
An English photographer makes the
following suggestions: "When a lady
sitting for a picture wonld compose her
. mouth to a blond and serene character,
* she Hliould, just upon entering the room,
say ' bosom? and keep the expression
into which the mouth subsides until the
desired effect in Uie camera' is evident.
If, on the other hand, she wishes to as
sume a distinguished and somewhat
noble bearing, not sitogestive of sweet
ness, she should say 'brush,' the result
of which is infallible. If she wishes to
make her mouth look small, she must
say ' flip,' but if the mouth be already
too small and needs enlarging, she must
say 'cabbage.' If she wish-a to look
mournful, she must say • kerelmuk ;' if
resigned, she must forcibly ejaculate
' s'cat.' "