Sleeping I/ove. Within a forest. a* I strayed Fftr down * semt-er autumn glade, I found the pod of lewe; Hl* bow ftnd arrow* cast atd*. Hi* lovely *nn extended wide, A depth of IPTM hove. Between o'w-ftrrlimg Kmgh* ho made A place for *lee-p in russet nhs.le. Hi* lip*, mom re.l than any TO**. Wore like ft flower tli*t overflow* With honey pur* and sweet; And, clurtcring round tli*t tendor month, Th* golden 'POX m ongrr drouth riiod busy wings *nd Hot; They kin , ~n every lover know*. There'* no *noh"honey -bloom tkftt blow*. The Revenge of Rain-tn-thc-Farc. In that desolate land and lone. Where the lhg Horn and Yellowstone lvoar down their mountain path, Ry their tire* the Siou* chiefs Muttered Uieir woe* and grief A And the menace of their wrath. •' Revenge 1" cried Rain-4n-the-Paoe, " Revenge ni*>n all the rage Of the white chief with yellow hair And the mountain* dark and high Kroin their crag* ne-echoad the cry Of hi* anger and despair. la the meadow, spreading wide By woodland and nvrr aide • The Indian Milage stood ; All wa* ulent a* a dream. Save the rushing of the stream And the blue jay m the wood. In hi* war paint and hi* head*, lake a bi*ou among the tee.l*. In aint-u-h the Sitting Bull l,ay with threw Uionsaud hravr* Owdwd in the cleft* and caves. Savage, uu merciful' Into the fatal snare The white chief with yellow hair Aud his three hundred lueu Bashed headlong, sword m hand ; But of that gallant l>aud Not ou* returned agaitu The sudden darkness of death OverwhemMd them, like the breath And smoke of a furnaee fire ; Ity the fiver * l ace, la his Slight. I'phfted high in air A* a ghastly trophy bore The brave heart, that twat no more. Of the white chief with yellow hair. Whose was lh right and the wrong ? Sing it. oh, ft n* *1 song ' With a voice that is full of tears. And say that our trokrn faith Wrought all tin* ruin and scathe. In the Year of a Hundred Years. - fttiry H. Lcm^rWoir. TEN MINUTES LATE. In '52 there wasn't a likelier fellow on the line than George Kirke. He was the eon of a poor man, and his mother was dead. Hie father was a continued invalnl of the rheumatic order, and Gev-rge played the dutiful son to liim in away that would astonish the young men of UKhy. Scuuehow, nobody knew exactly how, George li.-il mauagt-d te> pick up a g<*i education, and he iunl polishtxl it off, a. to spe-xk, I y a two years' course at a corume-rcial college. Kirke he-gun ou the Stony Hill rail r-.iad when he was at*>nt twenty-one e>r two years ohl. First, he wu* a brakes man. Tliia railway buaiuem is a regular sucoaaaieen. and, generally sjx-akiug. * man has to work lus way up. It ain't often that he ge !•* right up to the eiiirtuty of a conducteir at one step, with tlie chanoeto psx-ke-t t-u-c< nt scrips, and witli the privilege of helpmgaU the gessl-Us.k icg ami well-dressed ladies out f hiin, hia auger w.u at white heat. He cursed Kirke, and cursed the company and old Whately, the Buprtiutendent, and things generally, until it seenu-d a pity that there was not something else to curse, lie was in such fine cursing order. There was more than one thing which made John Halliduy down on George K'rke. George hail been his rival in many respects,and particularly where the fairer creation was concerned. George was a great favorite with the girls, for lie was handsome, and generous, and g<**l-nn tured, and Jack was sarcastic, and always on the contrary side, and the girls avoid ed him, as they always should such a man. We always expected that ill would come to George, from Jack's bad blood against him, and we warned him more than once, but he always laughed, and reminded us of the old saw that "barking dogs seldom bite," which is true in the main. And, as the time went on. until two, three, four months had passed since Kirke's promotion, and nothing occurred, we forgot all about our apprehensions of evil, and if we thought of the matter at all, we thought we had wronged Halli day by our suspicions. It was a dark night in November, with considerable fog in the air, and strong appearances of rain. I was at Golosbft, the northern ter minus of our road, looking after some repairs on a defective boiler, ami I was going down to New York on the 7:50 train—Kirke's train. About seven there came a telegram from old Whately, whose summer residence was nearly midway between Golosh a and New York, and the old heathen had not yet forsaken it for the city. The tele graph operator came into the engine house where Kirke was at work—ff>r he was always at work—and read it to him. Kirke made a note of it in his pocket book. Pay train on the line. Will meet yon just west of Leeds at 10:15. Shunt on to the siding at Deering's Cut, and wait. WHATELY. KirkeVwatch hung on a nail beside the clock. It was a fancy of his always to hang it there when he was off the train, so that he amid make no mistake in the time. He glanced at the clock, and from it to his watch. Both indicated the same hour—7:ls. "7:15," Bftid Kirke, meditatively, "and we leave at 7:50, and the pay train meets us at Deering's Cut at 10:15" Scant time to make the run in this thick weather, but it must be managed." And. he turned away to give some brief or.l ~ r to the fireman. jack H diidav WM there—he had been trolling in and out of the room for the FKKH. KUHTZ, IMitor una 1 Vopriotoi VOLUME X. past half hour, smoking a cigar, and swearing at the bn.l weather. Ilia tram did Hot leave until near midnight, a,> ho had plenty of time to swear. W'e nil wont to tlio hor and t.s-k a Ksik at tlie weather, and unanimously voted tt deuced lad, and Uien wo walked up aud down tlio platform, and smoked our after-supper cigars, and by the time we wore through it was t niefertile tin ui hands to be getting mt<> their place*, ltotli the clock in the engine room and Ktrke's watch indicated 7 40. Kirko was putting lus watch in lus pocket as he said r " liarth, arc yon going with me on the Flyaway ?" •• N>, think v.-," said I, " I got enough of that sort of thing in my every-dny life. 1 am going to tloa little swell busi noss to night, and take passage in the palace car. Want to re*t my back. Gvssl night to ye, and hold her in well round lvvkv Bottom curve. The roud lx\l'* a little shaky." "Aye, ave, sir'" rescinded Kirke, and swung himself to lus |H>*itioii ou the Fly aw a v. I'Ue bell rang I scrambled to mi iMiupartnient m the Pullman and felt horridly out of place among the silks and broadcloths and smells of musk. Hut 1 was in for " first-class." ami wade the 1 est of it so effectually that five minutes after Gibson, vho fancies he owns all creation Ixvauso he has got a silver iMffin plate OU lus breast with " Cotiductor " Oil it, iiad sh >uted : " All ulsvird 1 was sound asleep. What oecurred in other quarters to affect tlie fate of K i ke's train, 1 learned afterward. Old AVhatcly. the superintendent of the road, as 1 gtn ss I have already said, had a country r> -sidenoe in le-eds, ou a mountain spur, which conmnunii-d a view of the surrounding count v for more than a score of miles. The line > f the rail way could 1K distinctly seen in each di rection fifteen miles, ami AVhatcly was wont to say his lookout was worth mvirc to tin* safety of tnuus than all tlie tele grsph wires ou the line. W lu'tcly was a rich old buffer, kind enough m his way, but sharp as a ferret in I>s>king after the road hands, ami de teruuued that every man should do his duty. He hail but one child, a daughter; and Floss AVhatcly was tlie Ivelle of the country. Sh< wi-s hrtoe, beautiful and spirited, an I more than once, when her father had Infra away, lual sic assumed tlie n sjxinsibility of directing the trams, and she had always acquitted herself with credit. Old Whatelv was very proud of her, as he hail a right to le, and he kept all the young fellows at a distance, until it was said that he intended keeping h s daughter single till the czar of all the Kussias came on to marry her. This night in November, old Wbately and Floss were out on the piazza of their country home, peering tliroiigh tlie gloom and fog for tlie Goh*-ha tram, which was nearly due. *• It's verv strange it doesn't come in sight !" sa d Whately, hiving down his night glass in disgust. "It is hard oil to ten now I They ought to show their light round Spruce poml by this time !" " You t -legrnphed them, father? Y-u let tiiein know the pay train was on the road ?" asked Floss. "To lie sure. And, good heavens! there is the headlight of the pay train now ! S,e! not b-n miles away, and ranting like the deuce, us it always does!" He pointed with trembling ftngei down to the valley g >rge, w here, far away, a mere speck in t!ie gloom, could be seen a light, scarcely iflovii.g it s, <->u ed, but those anxious watchers k;.- w u was approaching at lightning spe I. Father ami daughter lis.ktxi at e.ich other. The truth was evident. F->r s irno reason the train from G >loeha w is ten minutes behind time, and it would not reach the siding at l)cering"s (' it until the pay train had iw.ss.-d beyond on to the sing',.* track .' An 1 tin mi? AViiv, b> read tinder the head of "Appalling Railway Disaster!" anil a few more homes would be rendered desolate, and a few men- hearts would be made to mourn. Father ftnd daughter looked at each other in ilismav. •' 11 there time ? " askevl the old man, tremblingly. "S-!-:n can do it," --ai i Floss, quickly. "If I can reach I>sl* five ininut-s be foe the train—yes, two minutes—all will W wel!.* 1 >.• not stop me, father !" as he laid u hand ou her arm. "Hiit you must u.♦ go! It is iLark and dismally lonely ' No, Floss !" " I shall go, father ! Selim knows only me, and yon could not ride him. I have ridden darker nights. And he is the only hop.-- iii the stable ! Don't yon rememljer ? Tlie others were sent to town vesterdnr." lb-fore old Whntely could stop her, -he had ordered the h'iStier to -addle Selim, and she was already buttoning on her nding habit with rapid, nervous fingers. The horse came pawing to the door. Fioss sprang into the saddle, leaned down and kissed her father's fore head. "Pray Heaven to sped incl" she cr-.f-d, hoarsely, and touching the horse with her whip, lie Isiuihled down the sharp declivity. It was raining steadily now, and the gloom was intense; but Selim was used to the ron 1, and lie was sure footed and his rider courageous. She urged him on at the top of his speed, up hill and down, through Pine vdley and over Pulpit hill, and then she struck njw.ii the smooth road whi-h stretched away to Leew. She could see the headlight on the pay train far down the valley, distinctly now, and to her excited fnncv it seerne I but a stone's throw away. She even thought for a moment that she heard the grind of the wheels on the iron track, but, no 1 it was only the soughing of the wind in the pines. Oa, and still on she went. Selim seemed to fly. One might have fancied that he knew his rnistr.HS was on an errand of life and death. The lights of the station were in view -nay, she even saw the station master's white lantern as he strolled up ami down the platform— the white lantern which was to signal the approaching train—to tell them to go on, for all was well. On to their doom ! She dashed across the railway track, flung the reins to an amazed bystander, aud, striking the white lantern from the hand of the astonished official, she seized the ominous red lantern from its book, and *pringing upon the track, waved it in the very teeth of the coining train. Two sharp, rhort whistles told her that her signal was seen, and a moment later the train came to a stop, and the officers rushed out to learn what it all meant. Floss told them in a few brief words, ami one of the men at the station went forward to confer with the traiu from Goloshn, which had not yet been tele graphed from the next station beyond. The man waited fifteen minutes before Kirke's train slid on to the siding, and it was then known that but for the decision of one young girl, the two trains must have collided four miles beyond Deer ing's Cut. When told the story Kirke looked at his watch, Thfc man from the station looked at i his. THE CENTRE REPORTER. Kirkc's wa* t- u minutes In hit! I time You want t-> know how it happened (Vila nlv you must have gnoss.-,i 11.. lii day did it. \ 11 ill Was found the Ileal dav who confessed to have seen Jaek tampering with tlie time pievv* in the engine house that night, but be had thought nothing of it, he sank Jack? Oh, lie left town, and was last hoard of m Australia His little gatm was not a success. Y few months later, Kirke was marrn d to Floss AVhatcly, for I'ciug ten minutes belaud time. Thoughts for Saturday Night. Lingering lalsirs i>>me to naught. Dull not ilevi v by coldness and delay. The steps of faith fall on the seeming void, and find the risk beneath. A eli-orful face is nearly asgissl for an invalid as healthy weather. Though fame is smoke, its fumes are frankincense to human thoughts. lie ouly is un acute observer who can ol>s. rvc minutely without l'iug ob servevl. Faith is th< i *it of tdl g.ssl works. A rimt that produces nothing i> dead. Let ltd fear t! e worst, but w.-rk with faith ; the best will always take care of itself. The projwr means of increasing the love we Uar our imtive country i to rc si.lc iii a foreign one. l'hdesophy is a un-dest prifmie i; it is all reality and plain dealing. We hate solemnity and pretence, with nothing but pride at the tsittotu. The pleasure of tx-ing master of oue'a self ami of one's passions should 1h- bul an.ssl with that .if controlling tliem; it will rise alsive, if we know wlist is lilH-rtv. PcrHeverauce merits neither blame nor pr.is ; it ;s only the duration of our in clinations and sentiments, which we can neither create nor extinguish. The most jsisitive men are the m.ist crevluh us, since they must ln-lieve tlieni selvea, and aflvi-c most with their falsest tlatt.Ter au.l tiieir worst enemy, their own self-love. Perseverance is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart; one of the iuilivisthle primary faculties or sentt Hu nts which give directi oi to the eliar a.'ter of man. AVhenever yon commend, add your reas .us for doing so; it i* this which dis tinguishes the upproluition of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophant* and admiration of fools. The love of country produces good manners, and g<*sl manners als. > produce the love of country. Tlie less we satisfy our particular passion*, the more we leave to our general. Why Mr Hid N.fi Take It. The following anecdote of the late fVmstor Ny- is t. Id by the Virginia City Nev /.'lift 17 iw .• "lb wa* telling us inci lent* fa jour ney to Europe, from which he had then just i. tun el. Aui-tig the r. t, h> nai l the Hulttiu of Turkey ordered in his honor, as us. nit-r of the I'u t- i State-, a grain! re. icw • f the army in (' nstiu.ti nople, an 1 the grand v.tuounUsl him up 'ii a steed which he d<- rdxsl as lmiglliticei.t. S.c.i Ny< : ' Hi- W.IS a pure Arabian. li>- ha t a coat like vel vet ;he felt .ke a myrt-.1 i-f steel spm./s beneath a man ; hi* eye w..* tx-twe. n u lion's ami a woman's, with all the cour age of the one n.d all the human gentle ness and beauty of the . ther blendesl; he knew I was an oll ui..u i*id was as tender of no- a- a child. AVii n I r- as u mark of the profound re gard which the sultan entertained for nie.' *D;d yui accept him, senator?" we asked. A p.s-iilmr I—-h came ii.to the old man's ey sas he replied : ' 1 ■ ule a rap. i calciii itiou an I saw that I i :ei not enough money, and cottl.l sen 1 to no plmt- for enough money, to pay the freight on tic- animal to New A' -rk, si I b*>k high ground. 1 bowel low in re turn to the grand vizier, and hade tlie interpreter explain to him that while touched to tlie In-art by thi* appreciation ami genor.'s.ty of the s-.i'it.m. it was, I was soiry to s .y, against tie- laws of my country for u senator .f the I'nitcd Siati-i to accept a present from any for eign prince, potentate or jsiwer.'" Polar Exploration. Fre-el I>. Stuart, who wa- in the expc ditii ii which di-covero! the Antarctic continent in ls|<>, has prepared an arti cle for publication in relation to the open s< :i said to exist near the North Pole, with some comments on what is claimed to have liei-n accomplish".! in th it regard. He ihs s not sav there is an open polar sea, lior ti nt such a thing is ltupo.-Miihlc, buf offers some suggestions regarding the theory of a polar open sea which will be interesting, especially to those who have given the subject atten tion. Mr. Stuart approves in the main of < 'apt. H 'Wgate's plan of operation submitted to Congress. He thinks that great cure should be taken much great i r than heretofore—in the selection of tlmse to whom the outfit and conduct of any expedition should be intrusted, osjie eiailv one t> be employed in polar re search. His remarks in regard to the qualifications of the officer to command, and his views as to the means which should be employed to solve the prob lem of an open |*>lnr sea, may lead to the adoption of other plan:. than those here tofore employed to settle the question. The suggestions made by him as to the origin or cause of nti open |silar sea, if one should lie found, will doubtless elicit comment, and, perhaps, invite otlu-rs to give their experience and views touching IMilar expl oration. She Knew Him. Under date Fast Windsor, 22 May, 1807. the following appeared in the ('nnwticut (Yiiiritnf : Thomas Huteh ins has advertised that 1 have absented myself from his bed and board, and for bid all persona trusting me on his nc count. I now advert is" the public that the same Thomas Hutehins came as a fortune teller into this town about a year ago, with a recommendation which with some artful falsehoods, induced ine to marry iiiin. Of the four wives lie had before me, the Inst he quarreled nway; how the other three came by their deaths he la st can inform the public; but I cau tion a'! widows or maidens against mar rying him, be their desire for matrimony ever so strong. .Should he make his ad dresses under a feigned name, they may look out for a little strutting, talkative, feeble, meager, hatchet-faced fellow with spindle shank 4, and a little warped in the back. THANKITI. LLT'TCIUNH. When you see a young fellow standing on a corner with a far away look in his eyes ami a bit of ynri on each of the last two fingers of bis baud, you may he tol erably sure that he has just begun keep ing house, and that he is muttering to himself: "Chopping bowl, eggs, clothes line—that's the thumb and first two fingers. Now, what did she want on I the oilier two fingers 7" CENTRE HAM,, CENTRE CO., I'A.. THURSDAY. AL'RII, 12, 1877. iion i-uitoiu >i oi >ii. \ii luir renting Irilt lr nbuMl l*r Miml Unlit l'rmlttt er. The lYnnsy wumi is found 111 11 sMldntoUf formation fultv I.IMHI f. i t below tin* lowest ri nil nil xislll'i , till' Hut li'r euuiiti ml bmuug rock lying fully 1100 fi-ft below tin- li vol uf tin- M llu' gcucl :il public entertain tliu idea tliut It it. tin- nt.ult of tlio distillation of coal; Imt scientist* tiiiii jinu'tuiil i*| i atom deny tuiy iMiuuftiuii between tin' coal tuiil ml measure*. Hitherto N'ii'tii'o liii" off. ritl hut httlf light upon tho origin of rook oil, while ojK'ratom have given more attention to tin- pris-csps-a for ex tracting it front tlio cartli thiui to tho in v ctigatii.it *f tho xiuctioii XIN to how it OMUO tlioro. There mi 1 hut few facts which mil u|i|H>rt nny thoory whatever, uiul tlnm* jKiiut to ii product of tho ilo c, "til position of 111 luu 110 plants unit Mii iiinl.t, mi ituil it tin* result of onorniout ilo|"'tit of vegetation. Other nuthori tu't hnvo asserted thxit it it tho ronltlt of ilmttliutnin in tin- oxirth't orunt. At lot its origin t utterly undetermined. In the winter of Ic.Vs •) (' .loiu-l 11 lx. Drake, of Now Haven, ft , .tart. .I MI urteHiiui woll ou tin ithiml in Oil on-ok, u Muidl trihutxiry of the AllogliMiy river. A neighboring spring liii.i for a long tune given out HUUI; twenty burrelt of ju tro li'iiui ouch year. wluoh hud been bottled .in.l unlit for medicinal punrnm* utiiior tlie lKiuie of "Seneca Oil." It * with it view of increasing tin-* yiehl that the lirteniuu well Was started. In the lutter purl of August, INSO, the ilrtll reneheil the ml ln-iuiug rnek ut u ilepth of seven ty-one feet, niul resulti .I in yiehl of over l,Ut*> gallon# per iUy. For i ■ utur untile InilliUlH of that section hint r the pi duet was ereateil. From a xlaily yield of twenty five Imrrel* 50,000 horn N pro duction has hi. ii rexielusl mill poss.sl. Fnutf sales of fifty cent viala for inrna, chilblains ami rheumatism, trMieju*t.>n# have enlarged to entire eargoe- and are daily earned from our shuns to every part of the globe. From m vi-nty-oiii feet the depth of the initial eff irt—the oil driller of t.> lay sink > a shaft 1,700 flit deep nearly OllC-third of a mile. Indeed some wells have been drilled h> a • leptll of nearly 3,000 feet. 1 Ostein! of a twenty-five Iwum l *' pumji-r " the oil operator has sometimes been n wanhsl hy a 3,otK> barrel "] titer," and xne well on the Dougherty farm, near lYtr llll, tl >Wi d t.vn barrels during the first twenty-four hours. From a pnsluet un known aui' tig Atai-rirnu evjsirta, js tni leum iirv-M- in a dieaite of years to the thirl p * t;ou. h -mg snr|>ass.sl only hy . a.ti ami eottoti lletween the ;m*epb Mt of tie uiilustry say Wjl ami the Imgin tiing of the year just pa.-~.sl ls?' it h:uv hr at'■:: 1 • t !n- I'uit o Sl.it- ni--re t i.xitt sh*,liOll.ntiO ill gold aim. -t e.pial .if the heavy premium nu gold during the civil war l>e cousidmsl) to tin* entire amount of the cuminting nnslmmof the nation, itu'ludiug the treasury n .ti-s ami nati mil hank curulst. :i. Fr >m m rvilig :it feasts and orgieA of siv sit lias ariM-u to the foremost |sis.tio;i in the world as an illuminator, ami now enti i millions of households, carrying Inn* in . nig ami i iviliring eff.s-ts wixie i cull hxinlly 1M- >■*- liiuutisl. From (' ilon. 1 Drake, the soli tary operator of 15.v.1, With Ills Single assistant, the UUIUIKT riss iviug employ meal from diilhug lias ineri .s. d to 'J.lkltl men, while those who derive siip|s>rt from pumping, refining ami transporting js-troleiim. t .gether with the uiii'lianies, salesmen anil clerks employed in various ih |M*ndent industries, ami among whom may is* included mai'luiii-d* ami mnim fueturers of hari'i Is, lsiiler*, drilling tiw.ls, cliemicals, glue, lamps ami the like, would form a larger army than won for us Amerteau imh-pemleuee. Nor x- tin* sudden growth of this in dustry the most remarkable event in its career. Colo-sal fortunes have iM-en liiiule ami dissipatisl l>y xlealingw m a staple whieh hua ever i>eeii anhj*et to the most violent fluctuations in prices. Crude oil has sold as high as !?l I p-r Imrrel at the wells when ib-matnl has ex ceeded the nnpply, und, when the mvales turned rmitm, ten eentl* per barrel has xlarkeliisl the hope* of prxslucers. Won derful improvements have lcen innde iu all hranclies of the industry , ami Yankee ingenuity l-iu. lx>en tax- I to the utmost. It fxH.k Colonel Drake eight months to ilrill aevelity- ine feet in ltioH !•; hut in ltfTfi Mr. Charles S. Clark drilled over 1,500 feet in twenty-eight days, the UKiini time lieing six or eight wx-eks. In the refining branch great improvements have been efii*eted. Many will reniem ler the xlark color of oil turned out by retinera in early days. Its offensive odor made even the presonce of a lamp an ob jectionable feature in any risim, while the ftunx-s nrising from burning lamp were almost unbearable. Crusted wicks ami smoky chimneys ntteste.l the iinjM*r brtion of the refiner's art, annoyol the thrifty liousewife, and contrasted strong ly witli the pure water white color of the premium safety oil, its freedom from xslor ami its sujverior burning qualities. Again, the volatility of the liquid inaxle its confinement difficult, even in the most nkillfullv prepared barrels. Often times a hit of oil woulxl shrink twenty and sometimes even fifty per cent, while being transported txv the retailer. A day's exposure ~t l n platform car or at a freight depot, in a hot sun or a searching wiml, would make snxl havoc with the dealer's profits; or it might be carefully placed bv the sixle of a hogshead of sugar, only to escape from it barrel ami quietly take tip quarters in the liogsheml with its neiglilsir. As Bail as Burning. The Hindoo willow, though 110 ljmger burnt on tin- funrrnl pyre of her hus band, in subject to n process for tin 1 ri t of her life which may sometimes cause her to iloiiht whether her latter state is really miv lrettcr than that wliirh British law terminated. No matter how beautiful the young widow's tresses, they are cropped off, all her ornameiita are taken away, the very notion of a second marriage regarded ns worse than murder, and the poor thing never permitted to leave her room. This is simply the sub stitute of imprisonment for life in place of dentil. UNWAKIIANTKO iNriu'HroM.-Clentlemnn I hear y >n had bad luck on Friday, .Tern? Huntsman—" Luck, sir? I be lieve yer! A lot o' them blarmed town ies come out a 'ollerin' anjl a shoutin', a friglitenin' the pis.r foxes out o* their seventeen senses! The queen otigliter make a law as they shouldn't build no towns not within ten mile o' a pack o' hounds 1" A quack doctor advertises confidently; "People never cough nft*r taking one i bottle of my cough mixture," I'A IIM, fiAltltl N AMI HIM SFIIOI.H. Il.illrr a.ul lluiirr Union*. Churning consist* principally in get ting the temperature of the cream to Ihu best point or degree, which i* generally conceded to be alxnit sixty to aixty two degrees. I in* is quite generally a matter of guesswork with the dairy woman, and performed in a bungling manner, often doing positive injury rather thou IH-U<- tituig. I'he practice of s. ttnig the cream jar on or near tlie stove i lusl, as one side ma. be very hot wlub- the other la v. t frozen. A much letter way la, when the cream has bus.un- sulfie-ieiitly *ouri-d the stone jaib or tin luill* ixuitalllUig it should IK- surroinnlesl with water and brought giaeluaiiy tothepro|a-r te-mpe-ra turc. The wnte-r givi s ii uiot'e uniteirin distriblltleitl eef the- lle-ut to all hlelem, ami if the cream is stirreel while warming it will lie all tlie- la tte r. It should then la empties) in the churn ami churned. There me- theme- Who prefer t* churn tln-ir crculu sweet, cspee-ially when tu te-udeij for immediate u*e, on the flavor e.f the butter is different freilii butter chttrm I from so-.tr e-n-am, ami they pre fer that fiavor ; but le.r butter lute-mbal for future- i-e'tisumptieiu the aweet-cmim butter will not stand up so well unr hold its llav.r a* long us butter from sour cream ; a i-viiresjaimlingchange will s'sm t.eke- pi.ice- in tin- butter if not allowed to in th. e-i-i uu Imfon- e-luirniug. The prui- ctplo I* the- Maine a* 111 cheeae innklllg. N . curd is lit t . vi..rk until acidity is propt'riv ill-vi le>p. l. l'Lt- g*-el l>re*al maker lia* In-r ovi-u hot and puts lie-r loavew m t.. bake #e s.sin a* they art light enough ami ready ; eielay will in jure tliem. S . should the butter maker have her churn ihmlier flopping an sesu * the cream is in proper condition. Hilt we must not forget that while' we are- ge-ttuig our cie .un ready we ought to l>e also preparing our chum f"r ns-. AV<- nee-el first plenty of hot wnte-r te give- it a thorough scalding. Of t>.urm- it was set away clean, but then it ne*esl* the hot water to tweak It tip well, nnil after thut to Is-i-is.i.sl nilel rtnnesil with e\>l.l water. or else the por - of the w.**l bring ojwn ni'd dry will be filhsl witli th creatu, and tbe butter will stxrk to It Mid It will Is* next to impossible ti clrMiae again when through. When well soaked the poim of the wmsl are filhsl with wat>r, mid the cream cannot enter them. If allowed enter thrill OllCe it Will la very apt to stay there. Mid suddeiilv your churn I* smelling amir ami Iwwl, and something is wrong with "the llavor of \our butter. Have your churn well sx-al hsl ami rinin- l the last thing la-fore iKturuig in your m-am. If mloruig is t. is* Hii ieii to butter, the Is t way is to intnaluce it into the ereMii. It can lie done here equally us well as in the but ter, and with bas trouble, Mlxl although I nm th< patentee of S gis*l nil artificial coloring as i made, still 1 risMiumeml, if psuublc, tlxat the odor In* always natural ami pi liix-d directly from the bssl which the animal rss-iv•■•. It cer tainly Call Is .uw just Us Wx-U this way with pi.xss ~r grain, or Isitlx, ami then Vo l haw a i • UtlllM' article in plax*e of an mutation. \barbritli In Muntitr. When niMiuri s an- left over a season to dccomp 8..., says T. It. Miner iu the ll'i.rW, nlnsiilH'iits of the ammotiis iu them arc alwavs beneficial. Plaster is ilo-l.iodlY the l ost al is uls-iit of tlie gus s iu a manure pile that is known to • xist, mul it may lie sprinkled among tlie immure when tlm pin* is inadi not much, uv a barrel of plaster to what manure tl :t head of cattle will make lit a war- U. Ltme law a tendency to m t the gas. s auniii' iuul flee; ami it ahould never Iw* U< i li tlie rompst heap, ex cept when much oo*rw matter is t> lie d> :np . !. Nor af- aslu *of any lWie tit to the heap, over tlfir value when us. d alone. Swamp muck is good, if placed ;n alternate layers of nuuiure ami muck through the h .p and b it a NASH to ilns'inj • ' and unit- . All comjw.t heaps should be mod. w .th their tops fiat, or a little Ciilieavi . to cal-'li the ranis to ki*ep the heaps m -ivt. In l/iglu'.ul the system of composting is .GN.-1 I . JM r fis*ttoti. They pHx-k their manure iu ob long lu-iips, ami shovel them over two or three turn s lint ng tin summer to hns ten ile.siuijx.sitmn, ami apply such fine manures to their lands the next s> a---*i. Here we cannot s . well affor.l the lalsir of cotnjsisting 1.1 that manner; conse quently many farmers apply ull their stable dung to their lali.is fresh ami umlec.imposed. S>r.io croj>s, however, rxspnro well r..ttsl mmnns to grow in perfection, mul every funic r may profit ably have a siniill eorajvoat lii'iip b sup ply hun with fine manure where it is most needed. Qarwlloui ri ml \nawrn. What kind of millet in the best to f.ow in i usb-rn N -rth t'arolina ? Tlie 5.., lof tic e .mill->ti millet, which can be obtained iit any H*ed store. How are the breeds of sheep in this country eh. - dlnl i There are three gencnil hrcoda of si iu this ei.untry long w.sils, mid dle wll .Is ami tine wis.ls. Fuller the first come I, n-e tcrs uud tVitawnlds ; under the HISS md which am sjiecially mutton sheep, pnsbicing n small amount of wisll xN.iie Hollthdiivviis, Lincoln uud others; und under the third lire thris funulics, viz. ; French, Spanish nnd Milesian merims-M. What then are the so-called American merinoes ? The American merino i* the result <>f tin- three varieties nlmve deacrilied; they have been bred together nntil they have produced w hat is now known iu the improved American merino, which for weight ami fleece are not to la- excelled. This breed m rather small, with a clean head ami broad, sound body; the fleece is long, flue, thick set, white and extends over the whole body down to the hoof. Itlnrk Trrlh In lla. The subject of black teeth in coming uj> again, one member of the American farmers' club said that these t-eth, which are small,i-mie out of place arc in other words "extras," and all that there is to be done is to take them out. A farmer from New Jersey, who had seen lilaek teeth ill hogs from boyhood, had never heard of their causing any ill eflWts, and did not lielieve it necessary to even extraet them, lie thought they are the embryo, so to sp" ik, of the tusks that (-row in wild hogs. A stranger present gave it as his opin ion that these teeth nre not of the least consequence. If a hogs falls sick and the owner does not divine the ennse, and the animal possesses three black teeth, they ar> thought to be the ocean ion of all the trouble, but he did not believe they hud any effect whatsoever. Mrtlirnl lllnln. M\mn MuitiOV IJOZF.NOES. —lAnvder ed marsh-mallow root, two ounces; powdered sugar, fourteen ounces; mucilage of tragaennth, made with orange flower water to a proper consistence. A good remedy for coughs. A CHEAP nn Lirrt.r. KNOWN DIHTN rrci'ANT. I*ut a few crystals of chlorate of potash into n gla/.ed earthenware vessel—-an empty jam |nit for instance— and pour thereon about sixty drops of hydrochloric acid; set Hie vessel on a high shelf as the chlorine gas developed is heavier than air. The gas is harmless to breathe, but the solution must not he allowed to touch anything, and the vessel nmst not afterward be used for holding focal. Renew during illness by adding a few drops of acid twice a day, Deal in the same way with closets or drains from which any smell proceeds, llun to keep the linys en the lut'Ul. The April number of Smhitt r i*ou tauin u paper by Coiouel Geo, 11. Wal - ing oil the illtcrentlUg subject of "FaJIU- Villttges The paper coiisnlers the way ill which land inXV be divided SO an to secure tin end ill View with tlir leant llinollVelilcuoe to the uu Ii who have to till tlie fields, and with the least drawback to tlie busi ness of the (urnier. Tw canes are IKll aldertsl: 1. \S hen It i II question of tJie settlement of new lands. 2. Where farm* houses ure aire oily st-atti-reel ov-r tlie iMuntrv, each ou its own farm. In Imth canes It is attempted to show how tlicde tails of the pluu may be - -glilatcd so an to cause- (lie ieuM annoyance and loan of tlUie to the men, to oollipusn the great est convenience and comfort of the w given on t > tlie laying out of the village green, the cure of roads, paths, grass ground, and farmer, his wife, lus luted men, alld ill* te-tums, IS fully (sitisnlerisl, olid it see-ins to lieile-in oustrutexl while it is admitted that in immixhute liaiiiey milking the re muy la souie slight dlsudvantiigi that oil Un wind-and ill the long nut tlie gene-ral prosperity of our agriculture would la* ailv alioed by the clialige. Coiibtderabh- sjmce* is given t tin eoniporativ effect of the- lite- of the liw late-.l farmhouse and of the' more- sea-iable life of the- Village- eeli tile- cliaracte r elf Ule fartue-r ami lu* family, ami, then-feire, on the future farming Jas .pie e.f the-country. The bellowing qilotatl 'lis indicate the luie of argtmient: " It way seem u strange >nv .ctiuo that ho* token |sn sessit.u of an unwilling miml that Ute young man wl.o takes hi* young wife to an us>htle*i farml.oc.se- d'situs her ami himself ami their eluidri n te an tin whole* He .nie, iiiisatislaefie'ry ami v.-u-aut e-xisleiit-e—an existe-nce- matk<-d by tiie al.se'iese of tlle.se* more satisfying Ullel more cultivating influence* winch the ls-t eb-vclopmeut of character ami intel ligcn.v eb-mauil. It t* ao>mmon e-x|x-ri etievof lurmers' wivea te. pass week afte-r wes-k williout ex-hanging a Weird or a les.k witii a single jeerwou otitaieleof tiieir own faiuilv circles. " The voting t-emple stort brave ly, aud with a de-tenuuiati.io te> struggle against tin- habit e.f isolation which mark* the ir class ; hut tin* habit ha* grown from the l:>e-es*lty of the Mtll*tloU ; ami the ne-e-e-ssitlees of tiie-ir eiWJi s.tuatiotl lintlg the-m snier eir later witluu it* ls.nel*. I hiring the first fi w years Uiey Melliere b> their resolution ami go regularly to church, to the- lecture, ami to the social gathering* of the-ir frieud* ; but home el It tr e-s increase- with tiuie, slid tlu- eager- Ili-a* for aocicty gre-W* dull with lie-gle*-t, ami wh<> have startesl <>u! with the firme-st dete-rmination t<> aveml tlie re-k on which their fathejs have split, give up tlie struggle- at lost and se-ttle down to a humdrum, tuxiuU-re sting and mimte-r --e-stesl IMTfornialM-e of ehulv task*. " In saying all tliift—aud f speak from i-ija-rie-i. --, fe.r I luve l.d the- dismal life mviwjf it t* hanllv tiev-s*arv t.e dis- claim tl.e- least want of si pres istum of the- sterling ejualltl * wlue-li have- IHS-D dt -. lo|>e-d Ui the- Ame-ric UI fartu hi.lflM-- " If Ameriiwa agrumlture has MI un satislbsl tiisd, it is surely tin* tidil ferfulnd we sometimes find ill the country, where seTornl farmhouses are within a quarter if" n iiiih" of each otlier. flu' habit of ' running in " for a moment's chat with a neighbor i n gil one, and it get* but scant development among American farmers." Tlie better development of the church, nnd especially of the school, is discussed at some length, and the paper close# thus ; "I should hope, further, as an out growth from the community of living, for a modest village library, and reading room. Indeed, if I could have my own way, 1 should not confine the attraction nud entertainment of the village to strictly ' moral ' appliances. It would probably lie wiser to rei-ognize the fact that young men thai sn attraction in amusements which our sterner ancestors regarded as dangerous, mid 1 would not eschew billiards, nor even, ' by rigorous enactment,' the milder rice of social to bacco. better have a little harmless wickedness near home and under the eye of parents than encounter the risk that boys, after a certain age, would seek a pretext for more uncontrolled indul gences in the neighboring town. "One might go on through the long range of incidental arguments—such as lighted streets, well kept sidewalks, win ter snow plows, and go > l drainage, anil aw holesome pride in a tidv, cozy vil lage, until even the most close-fisted of sll our class would confess thnt the cxtrn cost would hritig full value in return, and until he would recognize the fact that the attractions of such a home as the village would make possible would be likely to insure his being succeeded in his wholesome trade by the brightest and lu st of his sons a result that would surely lie worth more than all it would cost. " Hut my purpose has been only to suggest a scheme which seems to me en tirely, even though remotely, practicable, aud in which 1 hope for the symjnithy and help of the country-liound fanners' wives and daughters—a scheme which promises what seems the easiest, if not ♦lie only, relief for the dullness uiul desolation of living which make Ameri can fanning loathsome to so ninny who ought to glory in its pursuit, but who now nre only bound to it by command ing necessity." In Los Angeles, Cal., a benevolent fam ily took in a tramp and nursed him (luring a long sickness. And now he sues for pay for n little work that he did about the house while lis was recovering. TKRMB: 54~5.00S 4 ~5.00 a Year, in Advance. Datilel Webster uu Farming. YVfttiiilkoroM, March 13, IMU2. JOIIN 'FAX i* III : lam glad In hear from yon again, ami tole-arii that you are we 11, ami that your teiuun and leads are re-aely for spring'* work, whenever tlie weather will allow you tn begin. 1 sometimes reael taaiks ou farming, ami I remember that a sensible- olel author adviacs far mers "to plow liakeel and to sow naked." !iv tin* be means lliat there is no use in beginning spring's work till the w.uther is warm, that a farmer uiay throw ssnie his winter i-liAhes and roll up his sle-eve*. Ye-t he says we ought to I*-- glli a* early in the year a* jsmaitde. He wiote- some very pretty ve-rse* on the suhject, whit-h, a* far an 1 reniemlier, run thus: VV tills ye-t tlis SIX tug l* young, while e-srth me htuds Til* frozen UMOIII to the we-ge-ru w hwl* . While uioustslu •limeelleoH.hr against th* sun, Aid streams, yet new, fromjirerijiice* run K'e-n in this early dawning f th* year, I'roduce the- plow and > oke Us sturdy steer, And goad him till he smoke tietieaUe his toil. And the bright share is burled In the soil. John Taylor, when you read theae lilies, do you lied see- tile SIIoW melting and the little- streams lie-ginning to rmf dowrn tlie southern elo|iew of your I'uuehbroo'a pant are, aiid the m-w grans starting and growing in the tru-khag wste-r, all green, bright aiul Isaiitilul Aiul do you not nee your Durham oieu smoking from bent ami pcrwpiratiou a* they elraw along your great breaking-tip plow, cutting and turning over the- to-tgu swanl in your meadow in the- great field? The name elf this sensible author is A'irgil, and lie gives farmers much other advice, a- -me of winch you have lawn bdlowuig all tlua winter without even knowing that he had given it. • But when cold w.*lh.T, heavy *now aud rain The ialiorlug fsriunr ui his htuise restrain, lee I hun foreeAst hi# work Willi tuunly eare, \\ toe h else 1* htiihlie-d when the- skies art- fair , Then Set hnn mark the aheeji, and wh4 th* shining share, th bnilow irtw-s for lost*, or number o'er Ho sacks, or mrftsnre his incre*atng rtorr ; Or shsr)K-n ftsio. and mend esrh rake and fork. So l<- I*- ready, in good tune, to work ; Y'isit lit* crowded tarn* t rarly meirn ; Ixxk to hi* granary, and shell his corn . 010 * giKid bieskfsst lei hi* ntuueroo* kuie. His stme-riug {niultry sml his fat'ning swiu<. And Mr. A'irgil says some other thing* which ye.ii umh-rstam) up at Franklin as we-ll as ever he still : lac huang winter swaui* enjoy their store, forget the ir hardshqi*. td reertul for more j Tier fanarr to full frseet* invite-s hi* fneael*. Aiid wist h. got with j Hams, with pleasure •]*end* : Brass chair* Hound the Are, and teUs once mure Steele-* which often hsve lern tend twfore ; Spi.s-b s c .csii tal l, with things good to est. And adds some moislc mug t(J hi* fruit and meat. IIHI jmnc Ills hospitality, and feel The > sliali sice p Is-tte-r after *uch a meal. John Taylor, by the time you liave got IhtMiigli this you will have read enough. Tlie sum of all i. IK- ready for viitir spring'* wurk nanism a the weather iMwwunea warm enough, aud tlien put vour lianei to the plow ami hsk not I wick. DAMZE AV KJINTKII. Niagara Suspension Ilridge. The Utica !!•""! ' i says : Tlie Ku*ix-n --siem brnlgc over Niagara river wa* built in IMS, bv Ibs-bling of Trenton, N. J. It wa* the first railroad brielge built over the Niagara river, and lia* a *|>ai] erf 821 fe-et. Wire-cable* sustain the tindge with stiffening of timber trussing, and ls-tw ee-ti the al.ntuie-utie are 6HO ton* of w.ssl and t'* ton* of iron. Tlie j**n*ge ..f an ordinary train, e-ntimatssi to weigh eighty tona, caused a deflection of .41 (oot, , f which it in i-ntimatexl tiiat . 182 fesit wan elite to tlie elongation of tlio cable*. There are two ft.sir*, one nine teen fee t alsove- the other, leaving a clear space e.f flftiH-n feet Ix-tweeu theni. Tlie lowi-r one is used for vehicle-*, and foot jMuwongcr*, ami the upjxr one- c.-ntain* the fesit path*. The upper fiooring i 215 feet over the mirface of the water. Two cnl'le* supjsirt iwcb road war, four in all, ami all an- ixuinewle-l. so that tlio strain i* er cables arc brought, by mexuisof braxs**, to witli in thirteen fs*t of each other at the cen ters, Mid the suspender# incline uiwanl, to give a broaxlcr base to the structure and insure stability. A separate tower snjqsirt* each p iu r of .-sbles. The uptier ainl lower fitsw# are connected by wissien p.wts in pair# five feet apart, with oue inch diagonal truss rod* of wrought iron pas-nig from the top of one jiair to the iKittom of the fourth over a space of twenty fi*et on each aide, secured by **rew nnts to allow for shrinkage. Diagonal wire stays extend from the top tif earli tower <•> prevent vertical oscilla tion. and smaller stays attached to the tinder side are anchored to the rock# beh >w. The new briilge, nearer to the falls, was completed in lWff It has a span of 1,250 feet, and is sustained by two cables aismt nine inches thick. Chinese Etiquette. In China a visit of eeremonv is con ducted with great politeness, lour card must lie sent on before by a special herald, a "tingchai" (the Chinese are well up in the fashion of the cards, which they have practiced), who ahall la- dispatched in g>*l time to allow of proper preparation by those who are to receive von. Your rank being stated on the eani you an- nwived according to it by the gentleman iipw whom you call, lie comes out a certain distance, in pro iMirtion to your rank ; he IHIWS and you Imw, while e'nch sax : "Chin chi, and von are invited in ; but in every doorway lie pauses and politely proposes von should precede him, which you decline as politely and, at last, after many pro testations, he goestirst, with some pretty apologv. When the room is entered and each is seated, attendants enter with enps of tea and sweetmeats, and the customary compliments nre passed, beginning with "Quashing?" " What is your honorable name?" "What is your honorable ag#?" and fifty questions which to us seem half rude and almost insulting, lint this curiosity toward nn honorable acquaintance is not considered at all ao—indeed, it would lie, in a Chinese gentleman's eves, very rude not to make all these inquiries. The ortho dox linlf hour passed and the business (if any) to 1M- transacted being over the guest is conducted away toward the door with the same ceremony ; niul if of sujM-rior rank to his host, and he wishes to show him great respect and honor, ho sees him to his sedan, and waits as he moves, away, bowing profoundly and exclaiming "Chin-chin. —lt \uhington h'rpubfiiHin. The mines of Austria have had a total revenue of 68,000,000 florins in the year 1875, while they occupied 94,000 work jieople. Of this total seventy-six and one-naif per cent, falls to the share of the production of coal and iron alraie, with eighty-three per eant of tha total of workmen. NUMBER 15. What If (o*ta to Feed Inserts. There ore uliout a thonssud sjiecics of inaects in this country, says the ,SWm hTfc Amrrit an, which are injurious Pi our griaui, forage, anil field crops, our ganh i vegetables, fruit crops, ami for est and fruit trees. Among them a few are ajiocndly destructive. In 1875, it is said, us many as ten thousand settlers were driven out of Kansas by grasshop per*. In Missouri, according Pi State Entomologist Riley, the ilamage done by these lusects in 1N74 I-livelsl 915,000, • (100, snd he estimates the losses ill other parts of tlie West ns twice as much more, in all, 945,000,000 for one year's supfMirt of these ||*nut a salaried ento mologist. Then these gentlemen, acting in c iimert ou witk a United States ctmi- imasiouer of entomologists, might issue weekly bulletins, perltaps in combination with tlie weather signal bureau, report ing tlie condition of the insect world, forewarning farmers and gardeners from weak to week of the insect enemies to be guarded against, and suggesting the preventive and remediable means tha should be adopted. Tlie coat would be comparatively slight; the possible good immense. Take for illustration the grasshoppers, or, more properlv, JocusU, of the West. They breed chiefly on the great plains beyond the Miasiaaippi, from Minnesota to Texas. In summers of unusual drouth they mnltiolv enormously, and the sup ply of food tieing short they are forced to migrate. Professor Packard tells of a swarm of locusts, first olieerved at Boulder city, Coloralo, winch traveled six hundred ail OH to devastate Eastern Kansas and Missouri. Its original home was some where in Wyoming, perltaps two or three hundred miles northward of Boulder city. Tlie locusts fly with the wind; and as the general direction of the wind in those pari* during the summer season is pretty well known, the movements cf tlie locust armies can already lie predicted with tolerable accuracy. But more knowledge 1a needed, particularly with regard to the meteorological features of the western country, and tlie relation of locust mi grations to wind and weather. In the fmranit of those investigations. Professor K-vrkard justly urges tliat tlie meteor*do gist* and entomologists must go liand in hand. The government has provided a well organised corps of w eather observ ers, and the additiou of a few competent entomologist* would increase the outlay but little, while tlie resultant good would, iu all probability, be very great- It would certainly be so if, as seems by no means unreasonable, the service should IM* able to master die condition* of "lo cust years." and 1M able to tell with a good degree >'f certainty when locust in- TuM.nii are likely to occur, sad how they may be prevented. In his plea forsnch dMerviitioa* in the West, Professor Packard obwrrat that "not only ahould the bonier States, es pecially Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Min nesota. and lowa, employ entomologist's following the hlieral i*iiey of Misaonri, which for eight years nas hail a State en tomologist, whose rejM >rt hay* proved of incalculable juwctical valne to the peo ple of that State; but the habits of the locust need first of all to be thoroughly studied in the Territories, | articularlvin those of Wyoming, Montana, blalio, Da kota, Utab! New Mexico. Anemia, and in the new State of Colorado. A commis sion of entomologists should be appoint ed to make a thorough study of the lo custs in the Territories mentioned. It would seem that the recommendation made at the recent meeting of Western governor . at Omaha, to the effect that mi j grupriation IMI passed byOougreaa, iiud a commission be attached to the ex isting United States geological survey of the Territories < Harden'*), is the most feasible and economical method of secur ing the speediest and lieat results." This is but one feature of the work that might IM* done with profit toward forestalling the depredations of insects, regular and periodical: a work which must, sooner or later, be undertaken, and may ultimately prove as lenefletal to the country as the weather predictions have been. Hurrying t the Stare. During the last dull season a well known Chicago merchant was oliaerved taking giant step# in the direction of his place of business at seven o'clock in the morning. A rival tradesman, who was well assured that large sales was not the motive that induced this rapid transit, hailed the swift " commercial traveler," and interviewed him as follows: " What's broke loose, Uliarley ? Where are you going in sueli a harry t ' " I'm going to the store." " Trade must 1h active with you !" " It's not trade that has called uie out." " It's not a woman, is it ?" "No; of course not. But I'll explain the tiling to you to keep down your in fernal suspicions. There an* three jart ners in our store, and we have only two chairs. The last man that comes in the morning has to stand up all day. It is vcrv important for ine to get to the store early this morning—good day." And Charley " lit out " like n reporter for a morning newspaper rs route to a fire. Redemption of Bonds. The secretary of the United States treasury has issued the forty-third call for the redemption of five-twentv taunts of 1865, Mnv and November, 'the call is for $10,0&).000 of which $500,000 are registered and $0,500,000 coupon bonds. The principal and interest will lie paid at the treasury on aud after the fifteenth day of June next, and the interest will cease ou that day. The following are the de scriptions of the bonds: Registered bonds -SIOO, Nos. 6,387 to 6.304; SSOO, Nos. 3,074 to 3,976; sl,ooo,Nos. 15,164 to 15,- 177; $5,000,N05. 7.380t0 7,403, in all cases both numbers inclusive. Coupon binds —ssoo, Nos. 40,401 to 42,300; SI,OOO, Nos. 108,101 to 121,000, in all cases both numbers inclusive. It requires a great deal of poetry to gild the pill of poverty, snd then It will pass current oruy theory; the reality is a dull failure, A W4 Uie romantic and sentimental art of robbers read of in dime morel* Tlie young man will bar* to serve five or ten years in the penitentiary beh-.c he ran lay hia for tune at the feet of gentle Anna Parotitis ami claim her hand. Hia loving epiatla reads tlnu: .1/is* Anna /bmon* .• DEAR DAW.IKO : "Tia with pleasure that I scat my self on the Bank* of Llano Rivsr a Beautiful stream Rippling its way through the Western firmament and OB each side far as tlie eye (Jan behold is Mountain* and prairie* which vast herds of Buffalo mem the Usui ('vote Gan be seen skulking annual and ail is lovely to the eve of one sail Bov and Gould Anna But know the am] and allocking feelings that exist in my Imsom When I think of my Anna who is so far awar. Yes the Rose tlie day star of my life I RUI winding my way uirnugh this I MUTKII Country to Mexico for my idea is pi be a Western Warrior d<*|ientte, and when I think of yon Anna we may never see each other again but live With a hop<\ My desire is that we shall both pass tlie short lint treacherous bonis away will ing and well Darling to dream of you by night and sigh for you by day What "a luxury for me it would lie Pi behold your illustrious bulge yes Anns your eyes burn Liquid fire so flaming Pi my heart thai is irreaistalile. Ye* Anna as I travel along the Western horizon I sel dom meet any one except tlie old hunter who is as grave as the Wind. My only Companion is three young men it is m-edleas to assert that we are on tlie make. We liave a hioaime Time of it we Rotted a fellow P-day but did not get much. We liave no Certain Country P> dwell We inhabit the Western Coontiy ami will continue until we get Rich which I most eraphatickly think we will and when we do 1 am Coming Back to dallss. Wait for me Anna for I uu aollid with you God is my witness I do love vou 1 am held to no Locality Bound to no personal object except yourwlf Ye* wait for me and 1 will make you a jeuenm* husband. Frawce and Germany oa Bad Term* A Paris telegram in the Loudon Stan dard aaya : Information of the gravest kind reiarhea me from a well informed sounse. I think it very doubtful that tlie government will allow it to be trans mitted by telegraph, and therefore sent it by post The German government have assumed an attitude toward France which is calculated Pi cause serious un easiness as Pi the maintenance of peace. The German government have liecn con sistent in their manifestations of ill-will. Finn ewne their refusal to take part in the- exhibition of 1K78; uext the attack* of the < <-nnnn prnt ag*in*t France, and m>w I understand that the cal>ui-t at Berlin liavr intimated to France that thcv regarded the construction a hostile dqi. The second line of fortresses was intend ed to create au artificial frontier line be tween Germany ami Franc*, without winch the latter country ie open to in vasion. Thn> pretension ou the part of the Berlin cabinet 1* ttimplv monstrous. The French have aa good r.ght to fortify Arras, Vmlun, Beaancno and the plateau of Langn-s mm the Germans hare to in crease the fortifications of Mv