ilcwtrj.
If be bid come in lh Mir It dawn.
Wben tliP *anriw> flushed the Mirth.
I would have given him all my hsurt.
W li Mover the heart u worth.
If he had ooinoat the noontide hour,
He would not have come too late.
1 would have given him jiaticnt faith.
For then I had learned to wait,
If he had come in the after-glow,
In the peace of the eventide,
1 would have givoti him hand, and brain.
And worked for him till I diad.
If he comes now the nun i* set
And the light ha dust away,
I will not give him a broken life,
, Rut *UI turn and say huu "Nay."
Serenade.
Rreatlie thou hut lowly.
While I am .lowly
Searing thy < no .-harming and neat ,
Slrain* s, ft and airy
Wake ve my fairy
Not from her sluuil* r so gentle and aweeC
Not violently
Rustle, hut gently
Whiop**, oh, ephyr, through leave, of the lutic.
Si l that thy -ighuig
With my voi.w vicing
May to the dreaiuer in u-.u-. u ehiuie.
Dreams are like kinging,
Down foi u Imaging
Glittering Mar* from the mansion alwe .
Song i> hut feeling
Unuttered. revealing
IniMrniost throbbing s of friendship and to**.
Singing or dreaming
1 aoe thy beaming
Feature, before me and thy form of grace ,
Now doubt lorru.nts me,
Now hope contents uie.
That also I ha\ e ia thy dreams a place.
Dan and the Moccasin Snakes.
fl.-.n Clary was a 1 rot her of Mrs. Mae
latighluTa, and took tm las mitlntne
w.ih that lady and her LnshouiL Dan
was a fine, hearty, :-l< at umng fellow,
oi about twenty years of age ; brave as a
liou to face danger, Iu: terriblv afraid
of snakes and Indiana. Of the latter he
ha 1 read so muoh that he was soir.e
time making }> his umnl to leave bi
des* old "Green Isle of the Sea" to
come ont%o this wild eumtrr, ©specially
as Mrs. Mac. had castiallv mentioutsl i:i
some iif hex letters that there were ln
duius in the neighborhood where she
lived, and that they sometimes paid \ is.-..-
to her house. Dan looked on the whole
frsterc.ty of ml men as turban >us sav
ages, always spoke of them as " BloeJy
lujuns," and I shall never t\ rget the day
when 1 took hint over to the encampment
on Buffalo lake and introduced him to
the tribe.
It was about a m nth after his arrival,
in the latter part of August, that 1
stopped at M at's one morning and asked
Dan to go ver to the lake with me and
catch some bass. He assented at once,
and we started off together. I always
took my gun when I went to the lake,
fur I was sure to tin J some } raine chick
ens, and now and then I would shoot a
duck. Dan was in high spirits tins
morning, and amused me with his Irish
wit. He was a tirm Iwhever in banshees
and ghosts, and could tell more ghost
st <ries than Ins s.ster, and she was ahead
of anybody I had ever heard before. On
our way to the hike I shot a snake, ami
as Dan had never seen one I took it en
a stiek,aud let him have a g >od view of
it, bat the poor fellow's nerves were so
highly strung that his strong frame
sli ak as though he hail the ague, ami
I dropjed the monster, and we continued
on.
" I wouldn't hand'e that tiling like
vou did, sir, for a mint o' nn>uey. 'Deed,
but I'm afearu of 'em—we have no such
things at home, and that was one of the
reasons of my nt cumin' out to America
before, them and the bloody skelpin"
Injuns. Will we see any of them chaps
t >-liT ?"
" We'll see some, nodoubt," I replied;
bat they w.n't hurt you : I visit them
often, and they know me."
" You don't go all alone by yourself,
do ye?"
"Yes; I've slept all night in one of
their wigwams."
" In what ?" said Duu.
"In a wigwam."
"H-iwly M an'what's that? I
never heerd o' the like. What's that ye
call it—a warn what?"
" A wigwam—an Indian's house or
hut."
"We'l!—well! But there's some
mighty qnare things in America, but I
never heerd a house called wam-wam.
X >, that's not it, say it again."
"A wigwam." said I.
" Yes. Hi .t's it—but I'm blest if I can
ssv it. Au did you sleep in one o' them
warn tn.lips, and was there no snakes
about."
"If there were. I didn't see them."
"H w nigh were ye ever to one o'
tliem moccai-in snakes that me si-ccr
talks so much a'amt ? My 1 but she's
a fee red of them. I Iwheve it's the only
thing she is afeered of."
"Well, I was near enough to a moc
casin once, nearer than I ever wish to be
again— -I had ray hand on him."
"Oh! bloo-lv murder, an' he didn't
kill you—sure it was a meraele your life
was sjrired. Tell us aUjut it, an'l'll
kape a lookont along as we go for far
some o* them might be followin' us."
" About three weeks ngo John anJ I
were smoking our pipes one evening
alsmt seven o'clock, and I was leaning
against a rickety old table thnt st-sid on
tke outside of his cabin, and upon
which there were three boxes tilled with
earth, aud had a geranium growing in
them; I leaned pretty hard against the
table, and it broke down and the boxes
fell over on the ground, and a large moc
casin snake crept out of one of them,
and before we could roach him he got
between the logs and into the lumse,
just on the side where my bedstead
stood."
" Howly Father ! wasn't you scared ?'
said Dan.
" I didn't like the idea of sleeping in
that room with the snake, so John and I
went into the house to bunt him out."
" You wouldn't o' ketched me in that
house for the best farm in the State.
Bagorra, I'd a' moved and left the snake
in full possession !" said Dan.
" It was niach darker in the bouse
than it waa out of doore, but light
enough to distinguish objects in the
room and upon the flour, an 1 I was
stooping down, looking under the bed
for the snake—l was looking for some
thing that I did not want to find."
"I should think so," said Dan.
" There was a lot of old trumpery
there, such as bandboxes, worn-out har
ness, an 1 old boots, ami my attention
was rather diverted from the snake
while moving these old traps about,
when I saw a strip of what I took to l>e
rolled leather, and said to John: 'Here
is a first-rate lash for your whip,' at the
same time drawing it out from under the
bed; when to my surprise and horror, I
found that I had the snake—holding him
by the extreme end of his tail."
" Oh, murther I" said Dan, "an* didn't
he bite you?"
"As I raised him clear of the floor, he
seemed to be nearly three feet long, and
his ugly head was twisting in every di
rection, so as to get a chance to bite me.
I knew if I let go of him he would bite
me, and his bite was certain death, as
there wasn't a doctor nearer than Fort
Winnebago—seventeen miles distant—
and just what to do I didn't know. I
recolhtcted that we used to catch water
snakes in the ditches dswn in the neck,
below the city, and giving a quick snap
like the cracking of a whip, we would
break their backs and thus render them
powerleßS. This thought flashed through
my mind in an instant, and, although the
moccasin was much larger than any snake
I had ever snapped, yet, as sometliing
must be done, and that quickly, I re
solved to try it. I lowered him so that
his head nearly touched the floor, and
giving him a quick twist and a jerk, I
could hear him crack like a whip. A sick,
dizzy feeling came over me, and I reeled
and fell on the-bed; I had fainted. When
1 came to my senses John was leaning
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over tne with a towel ami ln.sin of water,
aud 1 vMuid feel the water dripping from
my face. 'Where's the snake?'said I.
'1 thrvw huu out of ils>rs,' said John.
'He's vlead enough; you brvike his back
while 1 was hunting for a stick." "
" My ! my ' ami what a narrow escape
you had, anyhow ; 1 don't know, but if
snakes be so plentiful as tliat, 1 think I'll
go back to Ireland. 1 liehcve if one o'
theiu would get on me I ddicof fright; I
have such a drvvad of the ugly monsters,"
said lhiu.
Chatting thus to while nwav the time,
we arrived at the outskirts of the Indian
MO upon ut, when 1 said t. Dan: "NAw
d>u't let these fellows sec that you are
in any manner afraid of them, for, al-
IhoU; .i 1 d.u'l believe tin y would do Vuu
any h arm, yet they might Iw disposed to
[day some tricks on you. 'Fhev are pret
ty kis n fellows, ami up to all knids of
oevilnieut. Keep along with me all the
time, ami, as they nearly all know me,
they won't in. I est y. n. We'll give them
t! • e ; ' ree prairie chickens that you are
carrying, ami you v-:ui see hew quickly
they will pick and cook them."
" IK> they just pick otV the featlu rs an'
cook them without taking out the m
sudes ?" asked Dan.
"Yes," 1 answered; " they arc not
fastidious in their appetites. I believe
au Indian can eat ami digest anything."
At this moment a tall redskin, wiaj
|hhl in a dirty blanket, stepjasl from Ik--
iund afriv, iuid st,.sl directly in fruntof
Dan. Neitlier of u> heard him, as he
had buck-kin moccasins on li s fee t, ami
his tread was as light us a cat's.
Dan started as though he hail seen
olio of his favorite ghosts, and, clutching
me by the arm, he exclaimed: " Howly
m-tlier! Mr. Charles, u that the
uivil?"
" No, it's only un Indian; now, don't
be a fool, and he won't notice you."
1 knew tliis fellow right well. He was
one of the huuleri of tue tribe, aud had
his r.tle iu his arms, while the blanket
concealed everything except his face.
He had t>een asleep, and was covered up
to h- op off the UK-squitocs and tin -. lie
was \ery friendly and oould sjw.uk pretty
go d English, and as we walked toward
ike camp lie mformod me that he had
Ik-cu out hunting all the morning, and
!iad liot as yet killed any tiling for lus
dinner. 1 kuew what he was after. He
had seen the chickens that Dan carried,
and was talking for them. I gave him
one, and we were not troubled any longer
with his company, as he hurried off to
cook it.
In alx>ut five minutes we reached the
camp, and found ab>ut fifty uieu.
women, and childrou lounging around
on tie ground, some smoking, s.me
playing cards and talk.ng, while others
were stretched out asleep, and not one
of the whole gaug engaged at anything
useful, except u young girl, who hail a
rude trame m front of her. and was shav
ing the h:ur from a deer skin. Dan
ilidn't know what to make of them; he
looked from one to the other, then at me,
but spoke not a word. At length one of
them came up to kuu and held out his
hand Ui shake hands with him, but I)iui
hain't reached thai degree of farm hunt v
yet, ami shr.uik away from him. 1 t *>k
the Indian's hand, and the first ques
tion he asked was; "Surne Catawba?"
(whisky.)
I answered: " No."
At thnt time the penalty for giving or
aeil.ug an luduiu intoxicating liquor was
8100 tin * aud t tree m nth*' imprison
ment; they would get drunk whenever
m opportunity offered, and when in that
condition were n>t unlike their white
brethren—they would right aud some
times kill each other. This tribe of
Wmnehagos were a miserable -t of
vagal*m Is; they hud sold their land to
die United State- government, ami s;'nt
the money, and sub-i-ted by hunting
aid btesLiug. They occupieil a smell
reservation on the s mth aiile of Buffalo
lake.
Tliere was another trile some twenty
miles t-> the northward—the Menomi
nee*—whose cun litiou and general aj>-
pearauce waa superior to the Wiuneha
gos. They were prot'-cU-il by the g"V
erament, and received regular anuui
%ties of f tod, blankets and money. Alsmt
the first of S. ptemls-r they would come
down to the lake and encamp there a
couple of weeks for the purpose of
gathering the wild rice that grows n
the marshes along the lake, and it not
unfrequently happened that they and
the Wiuu-bogos would have a fight, es
peeialiy if either party were drunk.
The la.-1 fight they hud was about two
years before I was there, when four were
killtsl and uurnl*-r badly wounded
with knives and clubs.
D in an ! I wulke 1 around among them,
but I saw that he was anything hut
comfortable, nn.l kept r!oe by me all
the time. I guv© my two remaining
chickens to an old squaw, who wa- very
profuse in her thanks, and I proposed to
Dun that we catch a few fish and start
for home. Dun was very glal to get
away from them, aud we wtdked down
1 to the bridge which spans the channel
and commenced fishing, and in an hour
we hail more baas than we could carry
borne, and after giving some to the In
dian bova who had accompanied us, wo
staried for home.
Dan hail not said much while we were
among the Indians, but he had made
good use of his time taking observations.
After we had walked on for nbont a
quarter of an hour in silence, he looked
cautiously about him on either
side, and said : "So, them's Injuns,
iiev ? Well, I must say they'ro the
ugliest nnd dirtiest set of beings I ever
saw. I don't like them, an' I tell ye.
Mister Charles, if yon hadn't been along
with rne I'd lieen ufeured o' my life, an'
I don't think I'll ever go see them again.
1 seen that chap with the cllicken, nn'
sure it was just a you said, h<- pulled
the feathers off bv the handful, and
without ever euttin' it open, just liehl it
over the fire on a long stiek, an' wh'-n
, it began to fry a little on one side, lie
turned it round an' fried it on t'other
side, an' then began eatin' it. Sure,
but it made me sick to look at him.
Troth, I believe he'd ate a man as quick
w he would a chicken."
Dun gave vent to his disgust of the
whole race of red men, and wus sorry ho
was not a thousand inilee away fioni
them, anil he chatted away until we
reached the end of the wood* and
emerged on to the prairie.
" Can a fellow get a drink of water
abont here ?" said he.
" Yes," said I, "there is a spring
under that oak tree over there to onr
left. I often stop there on my way to
aud from the lake."
We turned off to the left, and crossing
a marshy place of about a hundred yards
in width, came to the tree, where there
was a !>eautiful spring bubbling up from
the ground, the waters of which formed
themselves into a small pond in a low
I place a few yards beyond. This was a
favorite resort for the cattle that grazed
; on the prairie, and they had cropped the
grass very cloe around the spring. I
laid down my gnu, and we each took a
drink of the cool and refreshing water.
"Let's stop here a bit," said Dan.
j " It's a beautiful place, and we'll rest
ourselves awhile. My, my, but this
'minds me of a place at home," and Dan
threw himself down at full length on the
soft grass.
" If that pile of white clouds away off
there was only a mountain, it would look
for all the world like a place on the
Shannon. Many's the time I've laid
down and looked up on that high old
mo an tain, and wondered if ever there was
i a place so grand and beautiful, and then I
PHE CENTRE REPORTER
would turn uinl look at the river a tl 'la
in' along ISO pr.iOeful 111 tho bright Mill -
slime. And tin- last tlllie t w.is there it
was the' diiv Ivfite I was to .lull for
America, un I cant to myself, well, I
unglit nv places that people would say
wins prettier nor this, but to my eye
there is no place so handsome us my old
home in Ireland."
l'oor D.UI, hovv lie loved his dear old
lrvhtml, ami hovv much more I thought
of him for that very reason, for if a man
d.s s not love hu country aud his home,
uo mutter how humble or uninviting it
ttiav may be to a stranger, there is not
uiueh room in hie heart to love anv thing
else.
After chatting away for some time, we
both fell asleep, and when I awoke 1 felt
as tin ugh something had t otiohed my
leg, ami, lis 'king around, 1 perceived a
huge uiiwvasin snuke crawling ort' toward
my gun, which it reached, and jure lied
itself upon the stock, which was lying
flat upon the gr.iss. A cold seiisatiuu
carue over nie ; 1 felt as though the mon
ster had crawled over me, which, no
doubt, it had, a* I lay asleep. 1 looked
around for a stick, but, of course, when
your are tuost in need of one there is
none to be had. I'Lio snake had by litis
time settled himself very comfortably on
the guti stock, ami was up) arently
asleep, vvith Ins head resting upon the
Colls of li s bisly. 1 liidu t sto|> lo!lg to
ltH>k at lam, as there was nothing v< ry
hands uue or attractive tu his uppcaratiee,
but drawing my revolver, 1 sent a bullet
at liiui which cut through three folds of
his u. !v carcass, atld caused ;..i:i t 1 rear
his head alamt mi inches and rtake au
ugly strike, but his wrath ami venom
were spent upon the air, and he fell tijmn
the gni s. 1 a ir.cd mv gun ns quickly
as I could, ami bringing down the butt
U)sm lis hea I dispatched him. All this
was the work of a few second*, wlieu,
hearing Dan's voice inquiring: " What's
the matter ?"
I turned t->ward him, and to my hor
ror saw a huge mociusin not six inches
from his leg, and apparently asleep.
** Don't in ive, Dull," said 1. At the
same time, cocking niv gun, 1 brought it
up, ami before it touched my shoulder 1
slut the suike into pieces, when Dun
juuqssl up, rubbing his shms and
shouting: " lie me sowl, you've sh a
me ! I feel the blood."
A few Jiellets of slut had stung his
leg; but wlieu I pointed to tin torn body
of the snake, the poor fellow was fright
ened nearly out "f his wits.
" Was that feller on me ? liegorra, 1
thought I felt some'iaiig."
•• I.< t go ray aria, Dan; there's an
other," said 1, and I shot him, and, re
loading quickly, it was u>t two minutes
In-fore 1 lolled am tln-r. The place has
literally alive with them.
"What shall we ilo?" said Dan, his
hair fairly standing on end with terror.
" Get out of tins as quickly as possi
ble," said I. "Come, follow me, aud
make as tuucli noise as you lik<-, for 1
expect that P't-ee of low ground that we
have to pass through 's full of them, ami
Bi'ivbe von can fnghtem them off."
Dan ne>*le Ino so \>ud invitation. In
stead of f >ll 'wing, however, lie Wat me
alsmt twenty-tive vards in our run across
the marsh; an 1 wit -i we reach—l Mac's
house, lie swore bv nil the saints tliat he
would not live hi that country another
month for a mint of jn >ney.
When I told Mac where we had l>eon,
his fa v* turned a -h or two paler, ami
he sa 1: " 1 wouldn't g • to that spring
this time of y-ur for a hundred dollars.
Hen Jv'-rr ami I burnt*! "ff tht marsh
two seas us ago, an l we lulled with
sticks fifty-six moccasin*, ami ! dou't
know lew many were burned up."
\n 1 I used t > .-'••}> t* ere for a drink of
water every time 1 went over t • the lake,
ft is uc -dleis to "SV til it Wis niv last
visit to the beautiful spriug.—J'hila
<it//>hia Sunday Mercury.
Hon Money Gels Astray.
The /' til MaH (/< says; The
Bkootan i-x is-• it t u bel mg to history,
though not the uKot agreeable or glorious
epis sle in theanmUsof British India. One
lit'le mcidt nt, however, st.ll remains to
be recorded. We cannot, indeeii, vouch
for its absolute accuraev, though it is
not only g- in rally erodlte 1, but it is
also credible. The story runs thus:
Under the impress,on that the " little
war" would be fought out to the "bitter
end " the government ordered three lakhs
(£30,000 worth) of copper coinage to I>©
dispatched to the northeastern frontier
for the use of the troops. It was for
wurd-1 aceordinglv—a goodly assortment
of half anna an 1 qunrtor anna pieces,
pies ami nice. The town of Itungpor©
was reacned in safety, when tidings of
peace arrived. The j-onderous wealth
went on no further. Where its pro
gress was staved there it remained,
and presently its ex:-tone© was all but
forgotten. Each n'W magistrate who
succeeded t > the distr. d signed n paper
certifying that he held under look nnd
key ti.e sum of £30,0i)0 in copper, and
it rami'to be looked upon as a piece of
office furniture, such as a lmokca*© or
any other clumsy article. At last a
magistrate, more particular than his pre
decessors, declined to sign the certificate
until the money was counted over to
him. The objection was not unreason
able, but there was tliis difficulty in the
way of its removal, that the gunny bags
had been devoured by insects or other
wise destroyed, and thnt the copper
coin* hod run together aud become weld
ed into masses. The cost of their re
moval to Calcutta, or some other equally
absurd reason, caused the alternative to
be adopted of digging a big hole nnd
burying the untold ri<-h<-s. Home sort
of monument or memorial, it is said, has
lieeD erected over the side, nnd it may
be that in the fullness of time the Dr.
Hchliemnnn of the period will disinter
the weighty heap.
The ( hlnese in California.
Col. Frederick A. Bee, who appeared
before the Congressional committee re
cently in Bin Francisco, says a local
paper, in defense of the Chinese, who
has taken a prominent pin t in opposing
the anti coolie movement in general, and
has interested himself in the raising of
funds to assist in bringing the perpetra
tors of the late outrage at Chico to jus
tice, has received a postal card reading
as follow s :
"Col. F. *. lir.r. City.
"DkaKir: The 11 of 708 have you
marked 1 You had better not have sent
your SSOO to Chico. Tin* Chinamen have
got to leave this country, and that little
affair in Butte county is onlv a prelimi
nary. Take my advice niul leave this
State in thirty days or vou will be killed.
All of you who are in for coolie* and
against the whites here are marked 708."
The nliovo was mailed at Station B,
March 17, twelve M , in San Francisco,
and is evidenly written in n disguised
hand. It is reported thnt at a recent
meeting of an anti-ooolie club in thnt
city the Chico massacre was approved,
amid cries of "That's what wr want."
FRIOHTENP.J). —An old fashioned clergy
man named Moore was riding on horse
back one stormy day, enveloped iu a
loose cloak of large proportions anil hav
ing a broad scarlet collar. By the ac
tion of the wind the cloak was tossing
about in all directions, when a gentle
man rode up on a spirited horse, which
shied and almost threw the rider. " That
| cloak of yours would frighten the devil,"
said the gentleman. " You don't say so!"
replied Mr. Mo re ; "why, that's just
i my trade."
CENTRE IIA 1,1,, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, AI'RII, lit, 1877.
Cood-mii.
thr< i* a g> saving from the hp*
<>f A. T. Htewurl, * man wh.. in fifty
year* amassed liiorethau fifty million* of
dollar* :
" I consider houestv mid truth an great
aid* m the gaming of fortune."
If biu'li M r.iiui, Midi Midi wealth,
►ln mid go tdill furl her, and liuiko good
will to la* fellow nr. it the lending motive
of his life, whut a power he might Ih>-
oouie, ami what u halo of glory would
crown lua uoiue !
Ail, mi IKIO, what n world it Would
lie, if thin spirit preluded in it if on
every side we met tin • ready to help
uii.l chwr, instead of ht'iug cmij>*■ 1 Usi
always to be on otir gmir.t iigmnst *elf
l-dllli ss Ull.l flUtld ' NoWf, ('Veil otic call
do his share toward making Inn own
little world such a world. 1 have known
a single bruve, nuuilv, generous Iniy to
intiuetiee a whole srli.s.l, so that it be
came noted for its good mauin rs and
good niomln, 1 have also r.rii a viciotut
boy taint a whole community of boy*
with Ins bad habits, and set them to
robbing orchard* aud bird*' iiesta, tor
turing younger children and dumb ani
inuls, using bad language and tobacco,
and doing a liuudrmi ode r things which
they foolishly luintak. for fun,
(mod-will should begin at home. How
quickly you ciui tell what sort uf spirit
reign* among the boys or in the families
you visit ' lu some houses there is con
stant warfare; at any t nie "f .lay, you
hear loud voices ami angry dispute*.
•• You snatched mj apple -.ud eat it
up !"
"Touch that trap ag'm, Tom Orcutt,
and I'll give ye soiuethin' ye can t buy
to the 'polheonrv'#
"Ma 1 sha'n't Sam stop pullin' mv
hair? lie'* pulled out six great hand
ful* already !'
"He lies ! I ha'nt tour ed his hair !"
" Who's been Bt. alin' my but'unts?"
"Pete sliot my arrow into the well
ami now slia'u't he make me another?
Then go into a house w here you timl
I mace iusteiwiof war, iuuisvut and happy
spelts instead of rude, practical joke*
aud, oh, vvimt a differelnie !
You may always tell a boy '* di -JMw>iti :i
by noticing his tr< itiuent of hi* ststeis.
A mean and cruel b .v delights in tyran
nizing over smaller children ; but in tin
presence of stronger lmy*, he can be
civil, and even cringing. A eowurdly
fellow like that is pretty stir, to exercise
las ill-nature upon the girls at home.
Now, 1 know that many of t. 1 >y* I
am talking t> have far ill .>•■■ svl-will
than they ev.rsh' W . Their ii - igr. < able
ways are tin. result of long habit and
want of thought, I'he s|*nied .. . iis
pretty sure to form such way He i*
accustomed to think only of himself, and
to have others think chiefly of liini. That
is the trouble, 1 Miqxx-t. with Or-m.
Will he, when lie reads th , rt"~>l\< to
break up the ohl, bad habit, and culti
vate the better spirit that is in him?
By good-will 1 do nt mean simplv
- i-liature tiood-l title n.ay sit
aud gnu. But good-will i* active, tarn
est. clieering, helpful.
Ali, my boy i, t have t--ld von many
stories an ! 1 have no doubt souie of
y u w *h 1 had made ties a story mste..d
of a talk. But the real motive of all my
stor.es the 1. sson 1 have always wished
to teach in them, hut winch 1 am afiaul
*ome of you have overlooki-d has been
tli - which I am trying to impress ujsui
y.-Uii-.w. If 1 w. re to write as many
more, the hidden moral lurking in ev. rv
one of them w uld be t'.• tame. Or if 1
were now to take leave ~f you forever,
and sum up all 1 have to say to you in
one last word of lore and e uttis. I, tl at
one word should lie good -will. —-SY.
.YieAo/ii. for Ajiril.
iih.it the Railroad Train Slug*.
Lying broad awake i a berth of n
sleejiing car, says Itrett Ifnrte, I could
not help making some oh ••nation* which
I think are not noticed by the day trav
eler. First, that the *jn cdof a train l*
not equal or continuous. That at cer
tain time* tiie engine apparently starts
up, and say* to the baggage train belaud
it: "(' ui.e, come, this won't do ' Why,
it's nearly half-past two; lew si all we
get through ? Don't you talk to inc. Pr*ih!
IKS >lidelivered in that rythmical fash
ion which nil meditation assume* on a
railway train. I'trmpli j/ralia : One
night, having nus.sl my viin.l ov curtain
t > look over a moonlit snowy landscape,
as I pulled it down the hue* of a popular
comic aong thudied across me. T'utal
error ! The train instantlv t- <>k it up. and
dunng the rest of the uiglit Iv. haunt.*!
by thi* awful refrain: "Full down the
In-blind, pull down the b. blind; some
body'* kbnk klink. <) don't be shoo
sli.s.!" Naturally this differ* oil difT> -
ent railway*. On the New York Central,
where the road IK*l is quite [srf.vt and
the st<sd rail* c< intitim Ml*. I have heard thi*
irreverent train give thewonlsof a certain
I*-pillar revival hymn after tins fashion:
"Hold the fort, for I am Snnkey, Moodv
slsngern still, wave the misli hw It baek
from klinkv, klinkv, klankv kill." On
the NVv York and New Haven, where
there are ninny switches, niul tlie engine
whistles nt every ernes road, I lmve often
heard: "Tommy, make room for your
wlioopy! that's a little olang, tinmpity
humpity !>oopy, elikittv, elikittv, clang."
Poetry, I fear, fnreil little better. One
starlit night. coining from toucher, as we
slipped by a virgin forest, the opening
lines of Ev.it. ;eline flashed upon me.
Itut nil 1 could make of them wns thin :
"Thin lathis forest prim-evsl-eval; the
proves of the pities and the hein-loeks
loeks-loeks loeks-looiHx'k !" The train
was only "slowing" or "braking" tip at
a station. Hence the jar in the meter.
An Army of Water Rats.
Dr. Van D*r Hork, tlie German
traveler to the Arctic circle, says: On
one occasion we had a curious adventure.
While crossing a lacustrine part of the
river called Kioalmejaure, in the early
part of the night, we were suddenly sur
rounded by Hwuriiis of lemming
(.Ifi/'x/c* torquatn*), an animal like
the mountain rat. Tliey swarmed about
tlie boat, and trust to clumber into it,
so that it was with the greatest difficulty
we could keep the fierce little creatures
from IsMirding tis by ticating alxint with
the oars, at which thev would set up
sharp, shrill screams similar to those of
a muskntt. After some time we suc
ceeded in passing thein. These little
animals come unexpectedly down from
the mountains, no one knowing exactly
whence, and appear in millions, swarm
ing over the whole country, eating up
almost everything that comes in their
way.
Neither rivers nor lake* seem to deter
them, both of which tliev swim with
ease, usually keeping on tlieir destruc
tive tinth until reaching tlie open sea,
which they vainly endeavor to cross,
never swerving from the direction once
taken until tliey sink exhausted beneath
the waves. Thus jterish countless num
bers. Thev commit great ravages, and
are as dreaded in the North as the locust*
are in Egypt. Wars, however, elapse
between tlieir renjipearance, or until
they suddenly descend from their rocky
retreats. The Lapps tell us tliat tliey
rain from the sky, many of them stating
that they have actually seen them full.
SIMPLE AUDITION.— MisH Rose (who
has kindly taken in hand an illiterate
housemaid—"'Five nnd one make six.'
That's right. Now, what do one and
six make?" Jnn n (promptly)—" Eight'n
pence, Mi** !"
Success lu Life.
Do we ever quite succeed in our owu
estimation? 1* not our success tieoes
sarily beyond anything we have accom
plished ? Is not success another name
for the iiuattaiued slid unattainable ? Is
not our success called such only by
other*? But, taking the word iu its
mere practical iui.l rather vulgar mean
ing the acquirement of a eel tain amount
of property, there are few win. succeed,
l'erhapa . vervlHslv in thin country
vaguely hopes that lie shall some day I**
rich, riches having 110 sjK-eial sigiiilloaiioe
excepting relief from hds.r aud mssim
paiiyiug ens. of surroundings. After a
number of year* of grappling witli the
world, the majority of men tin.l that all
they call exp.s't to do is to live, and they
make no active effort for accumulation.
Frivately, at least, tliev admit they have
failed, having in ium.l acqiuuutiuiees and
friends iu (HisseHsioii of house*, lots,
bonds lUI.I st-K'ks Uot to le .'..input. -1.
Have they huh.l? (Villijmrd witli the
lioutlholderH and st.a'k owners, vt*s; coin
pared with n lnt of others, u<>. If
Uiey have managed t*> ke.*p out of debt,
they lnwe done l'ttT than the mas*, for
not one m fifty, it is said, quits the world
financially even. Therefore, it may I**
asserted tliev have IKKUI successful. In
■ pure ..f the en vied bondholder* if they
hale succeeded, tuid you will lim"over
that they, t-si, are ib*ap]Hiiut<-d. Home
one on whom they have fixed their eye
has succeeded; but Hot tliev. 'The little
tliev have s.-ra|-.l together amount* to
n thing. They are no nearer content
ment than those who simply make both
ends ii:<-<-t; in all likelihood they are not
so near, for they ure aiubilioti* and rest
it-s* f-.r further acquisition, while those
are lesigued t<i th-ir condition.
It is astonishing tlie small proportion
of Uie successful ti the uiisuco'ssful Hi
any and every walk of life. Of a thou
sand who study law and are admitted to
the bar. the majority arc driven from the
pr.ifessi.rn by want of practice; a hun
dred, perhaps, earn a scanty living,
twenty gain p< cumary inde|>endence,
five get some reputation, one or two IHH
••..me distinguished. Among tlie young
men authorized t • write M. D. after their
name*,how many take any rank a* phvsi
cians? Hardly one m seventy, and of
tli.-sc. .Mtnfortsbh- ooiupetci y and wide
n putati-.n tvmie nut to five. Clergymen
of real ability nre exceedingly scarce,
and even tlie*. frequently suffer from
lack of appre -latum. I'ules* chance
fav. r, they may deliver clever sermons
down to old age, from country |>ul|ut*,
and not aii echo of their cleverness r.-iu-h
the fur - that chronicle faille. Never
theless theological semiuarte*. are full of
students, and lilieral donations are cun
•tnutlv making for their support.—-Vtir
York' To, a.
HUM Sailors art' Treated.
Th re- 1 sending house runner* were
severely injunsl by the ofliiKT* >.f the
English whip I'rinceport, while the ves
sel was g tug into New Y> r k liarls r.
('apt Brown, of the Frincej-ort, said to
a le(Krter lh.it he sal!* frviin Atltwerji to
l.iv< rjsKil and tin nee t<> New York; lie
iia-. had a wale exjK>ri< nee, but in no
..titer jmrt would such outrages l>e tol
erated a* ur. practiced with impunity by
runner* in the ItarlHir iff New Y'.-rk. They
Iv.ar I an incoming ve:-*el iff i|iianui
titie, and by plausible representat ion*
persuade the sailor* to gv> with
them to the vile dell* tliey rq>re
-ent. By the time the v.l rea'li'-* her
diH-k all discipline i* at an iL The
sailor* g-enerully have Iwu k par due
tla-ru. There are fourteen on the Frinoe
jH.rt, *nd there i* aii average iff £.'s 1(1*.
coming to .. hof tUem. After getting
the ineu int.. the hoarding houses they
let them runup lull* f..r rum and de
bauchery until they are l.< avily in debt.
Once .n tlieir jmwer, they pen-ua-le the
sailor- to desert tin ir vessel ami *liip
elsew here. Thcv take them solar to tin
shipping commtKsiotiei'* oflld.. aecure
iM-rth* for tliem, iuil i-ollci't their lUl
vnlice money t pav til* bill* the men
have incurred. I nscrupuh-u* lawyer*
are in the pay of each house. The ruii
nt-r* introduce the sailor* t-> tln-se gen
try, wl . offer to collect tlieir back pay
fmm the v >*cl from which they have
.li sci-tisl, and f r thi* t -tcnsible pnrjH.se
e■ them to give him jsiwer* of attorney.
Tli" sailor* are then made -Iniuk .tuid
" *liaiigliii\l" while in that c< sidition, on
veasel* 1> nin.i on long vwyago*. Tlie
lawyer* wait quietly until the first ve*-
*<■ l.* ni*uit to sail, ami then they txmrd
her, ami presenting the power* of at
torney. demand the back p.v. The men
lieitig deserter*, the money is, of course,
refusisl. The lawyer* g<> instantly to
the I'nit.sl State* court* and libel her,
as the law j>errait* them t > ilo. Thei-ap
taiu i* consequently given the altenintive
of complying with their demand* or in
curring n disastrous delay pending the
d -isi.>n of a tcdiou* anit. Of conrwe he
pay*. ('apt. Brown said tliat he had
known many vase* in which sailors were
subjected to this treatment, and he never
knew of one receiving a cent of the
nionev thus collected. There is a law
prohibiting runner* from !*.nr.ling a ves
sel in the stream, but it i* n<>t enforced.
Jealousy nnd Sulphuric Acid.
Alfred Fieard, a Frenchman, who, in
New Y'ork, attempted to destroy his
wife's face with sulphuric acid, wa* a
steerage passenger on the steamer Bus
land. He had been absent in France
alxint four years, during which time his
wife had earned her own living. On his
arrival lie immediately sought out his
wife and Wgan to abuse and ill-treat her.
lie took her savings and spent them in
drinking and gambling, lie IUVUHIH! her
of unfaithfulness, nnd used thi* as a pre
text for his inhuman treatment. Her
friends advised her to leave him, but
with wifelv devotion she refused.
One evening, worn out with futigne,
she fell asleep on the sofa during her
husband's absence. When she awoke,
she found her hands tied and her hus
band bending over lier with a huge
knife iu lbs hand. He threatened to
kill her if she attempted to move or cry
out. He thcu heated a (inker red hot in
the stove and said ; " I intend to mark
yon so you will not get any more lovers."
Tlie poor victim tried to struggle to
her feet, but he forced hr back ami cov
ered her face with a pillow to smother
her cries. He then brandished the hot
iron as though alxint to sear her face
with it. For some reason he changed
his mind. Taking a bottle of sulphuric
acid, he poured it over a cloth. Then,
holding his wife down on tlie sofn, he
smeared the left side of her face with the
ucid.
Hho cried out, broke her bonds, and
fled screaming down the steps and into
the street, closely followed by her litis
band, knife in hand. Fortunately she
eluded him, arul succeeded in making
her way to the friends for whom she had
been working. Piearcl, when he found
she had escaped, coolly lighted a cigar
ette and walked off.
'The maiden name of Mine. Pieard was
Heloise Bennet. She was married to Pi
card seven years ago in the Department
of the Seine. She is of small stature,
lias long dark hair, and, before the mu
tilation, was comely in feature as well as
form. She will recover, but will be
marked for life. The whole of her left
cheek is as black as charcoal, and the
pain which she suffers is excruciating.
The friends who nre now taking onre of
her say that her husband is n worthless
vagabond,snel his jealousy totally ground
less.—Sim.
Till: ( into ASHASMNATIOAS.
*l* ( lili.uui. ii skal by Hkllr ,*t ■ TWr—
l 'l b. in Hlllrd OMirlabl Allriuia lu
liar* Ikrl aklalXrrikr 11. lima' ilraala.
The Hacrainciito I 'iinn- Jteeord has a
letter duli.l friu Ohico, Cal., which
gives tin following account of the mur
derous assault upon Chinamen near tliat
place:
Your currespointeiit visited the ixvne
of the terrible butchery which was re
ported to have taken place at the Dmiu
ranch, t>l>tit a mile aiul a hulf from
town. The locution of the scene of thi*
moat brutal and terrible blltcherv la
about u mile up the Hiimlsildt road, on
the left side, aud alHiiit thriw humir-d
vards from the resnleuiK) of John H.
\N illimus. It is reached by a panel gate
in the fence, next the toad, ami is only
distant from said road ulaitit two hun
dred and fifty yards across a field of
wheat belonging to Mr. Leinm. Hix
Chinese were employed in grubbing and
clearing a piece of land adjoining tliia
tiel.l by contract, aud were congratulat
ing themselves that two or three dais
more would finish their contract, and
tliey would get tlieir pay. Mr. Leium
informs me that they Were diligent, good
working Chinamen,and had uitkleagood
lohof the work they had on hand. Tlien
had la-en no quarreling among them, the
utmost harmony prevailing, mid no one
entertained any i.icmti.at enemies were
after llu-m, They iiad built u small
cabin for tcinjKirary use, of plank, and
in that they lived. The Chinamen were
all in the cabin in the evening, some
lying down, while the others were sit
ting around. A lighted candle Was upon
a small table, and it is thought that tin*
aided the bloody murderers m their hell
ish work.
On my arrival on the ground I went
up to the cabin, Mid the ghastly sight
inch j-r.-m-iitol itself was ni.t appalling.
On the ground at the entrance there lay
a stalwart Chinaman uu his lace, with a
bull) t wound in his head, and blood
and brains forunsl a pool around him.
The second lay about a fi*>t from him,
u.-axly in the name condition, while a
third lay portiullv over Uie second, also
woiindod in the hea>L The fourth was
lying in an opposite dir.-ctn.n to the
otli-r three, with his face partially U(K>U
the maltiugor IK*l, witli a terrible wound
111 his luce, which show-xl tliat 111* mur
derers had be U close to lliin. He was
olive, but uiicouoci.iu*, at tlie time I saw
him. He dieil during tlie time tlie in
quest was being held. The fifth China
man was wounded in the breast, but
managed to esca|e to the other *lde of
the nlougli, where lie wa* found in a
dying condition. He wa* brought to
town, but there is little chance of his
reel . ry. The mxtli (Jhmaman was
wounded in the arm hv a small man or
boy. It i* only a fiesli wound, and he
say* that a* luui was taken at him he
threw up his left arm and fell Itack,
lying perfectly still. Thinking they had
completed tin-ir work of alauglittT, ken>-
•eue was p. -ur.sl over the place and the
match applied ; no doubt witli the ho|>e
to obliterate their deiully and brutal
record. After setting tlie lire they
hastily made their escape, but the
wounded miui, who had Is-eu (verfectly
still, r>w uftcr their departure and
iTCpt out of the tlame*. He ma-le his
way to town, but nothing was done till
next moruing.
It !ipt>enr that the *vis*in* were six
in number, aiid b a* tin Chimumtri de
*cnb* * tliem, there w ere five " Mehcan
men " and one IK.V or little man. They
came right up to the cabin d<*>r, and.
witli.>Ut any wanting, blaxol away, each
one of them picking out hi* victim, wliicb
could lie easily done, as thi-candle on tlie
maido allowed their positions. There is
no ch w to the (KTiH'irutots of thi* ter
rible outrage, mid tlie verdict of the
cummer's jury i* in tlie common phrase
oh.gv thst the Chinamen came to their
deatha bv pistol shot wounds, inflicted
by six white men to the jury unknown
and nothing mote.
No active step* have l>een taken t<)
ferret out tlie mine* which have l>en
committed in and around Chic., during
the past three wrek*. and murder and
bl.KKtshe.l, incendiarism and rapine are
allow ed to run rampant. I* it bemuse
tliev are Chiiiauien that the law i* no lax
to ferret out the perpetrator* of these
crimes? If our county official* are not
able to accomplish anytlung to put a
*t<.p to these nightly lawless proceedings,
let an iipjK.al IH> moile to tlie governor,
and the State authorities mvukivl to in
vestigate the present state of affoira.
Tlie principle* ..f the Order of Caucas
ian* art* opposed to Chiucee lalxtr in all
aud every fonn, a* well a* the furtlier
immigration of tliat jieoplo, and since
that organization start.sl in Cliico all
these (icpreilation* have taken place. I
have talked to several of their prominent
memlver*, and they denv that their or
ganixatioun allow such iawleoAnefls, and
tliey are willing to assist in ferreting out
the jierpetrator*.
I do not say that tlie scoundrels who
are committing these deed* arc members
of the Catieasinii Order, but I do say that
tlie principle* of the order. Wing a de
tenuined oppmition to the Chinese a* a
race, nre ■ cloak and n sanction, to a cer
tain extent, to this lawlessness. Such
being the case, this order is Ixmnd by nil
tlie tie* of hnmaiiitv and civilization to
take cognizance <>f these crimes, and use
sll mean* to bring to conviction the por
letrntors. Citizens arc Ixvomingalarnied,
and there i* no knowing whore this
thing will end if speedy relief is net ob
tained. The haying ar.d harvest will
noon be upon us, and every branch where
anything in the sha|>e of a Chinaman is
employed is in danger of the incendiary '*
torch.
The murdered Chinamen Ivelonged to
the Nin Yung Company. Citizens are
going to raise n purse of 91,000 as n re
ward for the arrest and conviction of the
naHassms, and a call will tic made upon
the governor to offer a like reward. A
general feeling of sympathy i* growing
in favor of the Chinese.
Ilnri Karl—The Bance Before Death.
Home curious details are given by a
Juiiane.ic newspaper—the J'choya Chitn
koun—a* t<> tlie manner in whi.4i some of
the "aristocrat* of the old school" in that
country, who were comb mnod to death
for the part they took iu the late insurrec
tion. but who preferred hurt kari to de
capitation, *|>cnt the lnt hours of their
live*. Four Sauiourai insurgent* of
Konmauotc, who escaped on the twenty
fourth of October, assembled nt the house
of one by name Y'onemarn for the purjxiso
of ending their existence bv the " happy
dispatch' in his hospitable dwelling.
Before giving tliemaelve* over to death
tliev gave tliemaelve* over to a regular
jollification —drinking, dancing, and sing
ing as t liiiugh on a festive occasion. Their
hoateaa, without any wish unnecessarilv
to curtail their enjoyment, with much
tad mid good fix-ling tulvisisl thmn not
to keep up thi* revelry too long, as th*
police could tyirdly fail to hear the dis
turbance* caused by their songs and
dances. They turned a deaf ear to hr
kindly warning and continued to drink
and amuse themselves for the whole day,
saying that if the " shizoliu" arrived
they were prepared to tight them. The
hours thus paused pleasantly away until
sunset, when the party arrayed them
selvoa in the robes which, according to
old Japanese fashion, lire appropriate for
the ceremony tliey were about to perform,
and, having offered up their prayerstothe
gods, " hsppily dispatched " themselves
without further delay.
TERMS: #2.00 u Year, in Advance.
PARK, (< Alt HEX AMI IIOIHKIIOUK
t baa* la* ibr H.arlsa % sr 'ml OrrbarSa.
Last year apples were so abundant
that, in boiue localities, thry would not
|ay for handling, and large quantities
were left to decay where they fell. In
view of Uiu fact that a year of excess and
low prices, i* followed by one of acarcity
and lngh prices, inquiries have eolue hi
us in such uuuilier*, us show that many
ure oousidcring the practicability of
ehaiigmg tins state of affairs. It u un
encouraging igu that farmer* are in
duced hi think alniut their orchard at
all, for as u general tiling there i* no
part of tlieir lielouglllga • neglected an
tins. Tree* are set, but it ia looked a pou
rather us a waste of land, bo the orchard
must be cropped, and while no other
(art of the farm lb expected to do it,
Uiat occupied by the orchard mint yield
two cropa. Tue cause of all trouble
with fruit trees, whether of failure alto
gether, or ucuaalonal excessive bearing,
ami the rest, may lie summed up in one
word; — neglect. We now confine
our remark* to the present trouble, and
hi answering the various inquiries about
alternate bearing. The apple tree left
hi itself, will generally bear such an
abundant crop that it require* another
year, and sometime* longer, hi rtcuper
ate, and accumulate sufficient nutriment
to form buds and nourish another crop.
Thi* tendency i very marked in some*
leading varieties, all.l as it has been go
ing on for many Tear*, the habit has be
Come fixed, an-i wlien we propagate
these varieties, the young tree* start with
that an one of their peculiarities, in
wliich tliey have l>ecn educated, so h.
speak. It is well known that this ten
dency is much more marked in some
varieties than in others, aud while some
naturally fall iuto alternate i-earing, >
other* resist it, and will, if they have a
fair chance, give a crop of fruit every
year. This is a character to which little
attention has btvu given by our promo
-1.-gists ; they slate if a tree comes into
tiearing early —or if it i* an abundant or 1
shy beurer, but its tendency to annual
or biennial bearing i* rarely recorded,
while it is one of the most important \'■
qualities. VahUes that naturally bear j i
anuually, may Im' converted into biennial
Is-sr.-rs by starvatiou ; planted, as thev
often are on poor w>il, and robbed of their
nutriment by another crop, trees cannot
get food enough to enable them to carry
even a small crop every year, and they i
are forced into alternate I waring. The <
practical question is, how can trees that
now l>ar excessively one year and notli
iug the next, !*e ma-ie to lx-ar moderately
even* year. S<> far as the alternate bt-ar
ing i* due to the poverty of the soil, the
remedy I* evident, and no doubt would
be, with many varieties, sufficient.—
Aj/riculturiml.
QHraiUna nut! Answer*.
How long a tune is require.l to make
a god hay crop of Hungarian graa*?
Farmers generally make a mistake in
seeding too soon; it uetxl* but seventy
days of good wmthcr to make a satisfac
tory crop of hay.
How al*>ut tup dressing grass lands
tins month?
A better time may not be chosen. I'se
all the barnyard manure that can be
spared. Put a goodly supply of ashes ,
on mowing and pasture lands ; try bone
dust on clover held*, and later apply
plaster. When bare, thin spot* allow
themselves, after applying ashes and
other dressing, harrow aud reseed them.
What is the disease denominated
" vaw* ?"
<teo. I'. Hurnliam sav* it i* nothing 1.
mon* nor leas than n violent attack of
"roup," to which has been given this
novel name. Nurse the fowl* affected
the name as for " roup " and they can be
savixl.
What fiK*l should !e given to lambs
that have to tie nu**l by tuuid ?
Fr*h cow'a milk, sweetened a little
witli tlie l>est refiued sugar, a teasj**®- j
ful to a p'int of milk. The milk mu*t be
w anneal to the proper tenqwrsture before
fetxlmg.
What i* phoKphonc arid ?
Phosphoric acid b a compound of
phosphorus mid oxygen. It is not found
in a free state iu nature. It utntiw witli
other substance*— lime. soda. etc.—and
form* conqsiutid* known a* ( 'lospliaUw,
which are found in all forth ■ soila, and j
which scun to bo necessary for the
growth of plants.
How much does a bushel of liicern j
ooc-1 weigh ?"
Sixty pound*.
l>oos it make any difference whether
an orchard is plnuted uu high or low :
ground ?
Dry upland i* much tlie Iwat, though
the more hardy fniit trees do well on low
land.
Give a recipe for making grafting wax.
Three part* of ro*iu, three of bees- .
wax and two of tallow make a good wax.
What soil is required for growing
celery ?
Any goxl loamy rich soil will grow
celery.
Why i* snow called the |wr man'* J
fertilizer?
Because of the ammonia it brings
down and hold* in the ground.
Kool I'runln.
I never had much faith in pruning the
root* of tree* to make them Ivear fruit, j
It apjiear* to me that the more extensive '
the roots, the more fnnt the tree* ought
to l>ear ; but I niav lie mistaken. An ,
English fruit grower says iu an English j
paper Hint having some very fr>e grow- ,
mg plum trees which bore no fruit, he 1
dug a trvncli two feet six itiolie* from
their trunk*, half around the tree* in a ;
eini-cucle, euttingjoff all the root* a* far
a* he dug, and with a sharp knife
smoothed tlie end* of tlie rxntts cut off. '
The n>*ult wa* that the first *eae.>n the :
treixs did not make so much W.HK! a* pre
viously, but many *jur* formed all over 1
the trow which were covered with bud* ;
and the second season they l*ue n large , 1
ci*.p of fruit. He clos>* hi* article n* 1
follow*: "The inference gained i* to root ]
prune all gro** growing unfruitful tree*.
We proved the giKkl of it year* ago in ! 1
the treatment of a}iplce, (tear*, and oven
fig*, lavaidea plum*, and there is no bet
ter time of tne year for performing the
saine than the month of October. The j
groat art of fruit growing i* to so manage i
our trees that they shall (xmso** sufficient I '
vigor to produce fruit of good quality, '
but not to overgrow that limit, by mak- (
ing goorl growth at the expense of a 1
crop of fruit" It i* quite probable that *
root pruning in certain eases may cause '
barren trev-s to pr.since g.ssl crops but '
we neeil more light on the subject than '
we now possess. 1 u tlie alnive case the J
roots were cut off but half wav around '
the trees ; but it is evident that he would 1
have badly injured them if tlie entire (
roots had been severed two feet and a }
half from their trunks. A better way 1
than to out half around would lie to dig *
further from tlie trunks of the trees, 1
according to their age and growth, and '
to cut off the root* entirely around them, j
from four to six feet from their trunks.— J
T. li. Miner, in the jVetv York World. |
llrrrn Warm* an I nblnmr. ,
0. Alexander, Staunton, Va., wrote 1
the Amcxjgau farmers' club inquiring the
best means for destroying the green 1
worm on cubbage. The worm referred t
to the writer described as from on inch (
to one-half inch long at maturity. It has 1
for several years past been very destruc- <
tive to tlie cabbage crop in his vicinity, t
The application of salt, lime, saltpeter, i
NUMBER 1(>.
infusion of tobacco and wheat bran have
beeu made without effect.
J. A. Wagener suggested iron dip
pinga for destroying these worm*.
A member stilted tiist helleliore is often
u(i for tliis purpose, but that he pre
ferred an application of buckwheat
flour, it being equally efficacious and
also harmless. Two applications are
generally sufficient, the flour to be sifted
through s sieve in the evening or in the
morning when the dew is on.
A fanner said tliat there is no variety
of cabbage that so well withstands the
attacks of insects as the green gtaxed.
He furthermore added that cabbage re
quired a deep, rich soil, and for summer
vwrietiea it should incline hi be moist,
Uiough it must not be soggy.
Uetuniuig hi the iron clippings, Mr.
Wagener was naked bv a visitor present
who once owned lsuu ou which vegeta
bles would not thrive, owing to its hav
ing too much iron iu ita composition,
how he would treat such soil.
Mr. Wagener replied that he would
add lime, wood ashes and manure.
Care tar ( kirkra I Solera.
C It. E., a*ks for the best remedy for
chicken cholera.
Iteply.—The disease known as " chick
en ( holera "is s disease of the liver, s
bilious fever in fact. The remedy is to
give s purgative, as one teaspoonful of
it saturated solution of epeoui salts, or
what in better, luilf tliat quantity of a
similar solution of hyposulphite of sods
once a day. Astringents to stop the
diarrhea only make the fowls worse.
When this has lieen given three day*,
give one pill three times a <l*y made as
follows : Take one dram of powdered
rhubarb, one drum of sulphate of Cop
per, powdered; one ounce each of
ground ginger auid cayenne |epper, and
us much scraped eaatih- sap as will work
the mass up into a stiff paste, using a
little water if needed. Make this into
pill* the size of peas, roll thetn in flour,
and keep them in a box for use. To
prevent the disease, feed lens corn ; some
: chopped onions, cabtwgwa, or turnips ;
scalded wheat middlings; wheat or
i mricy ; some meat scraps ; do not over
feed ; give plenty of pure water, and ob
serve cleanliness and abundant ventila
tion in the house and yards— JS'ew York
Timet.
< MI Ashm.
A reader of Scribner writes to inquire
whether the value of hard coal ashes as
a manure for fruit trees and flower gar
dene is groat enough to jiev him few cart
ing them three miles for tfieae purpose*-,
the sshos o wting nothing. The value of
linrd coal ashe* rests in the amount of
fKiUudi they contain. This ie very trifling
indeed, seldom reaching two per cent,
and not enough to establish any fixed
price per ton u them as fertilizer* for
garden or farm use. Practical men, who
haTe experimented tunc and again with
.-uithrante oual ashes as a manure, gen
erally conclude that tliey don't pay for
the labor at handling. The material
will be found much more serviceable in
the construction of walks around tlie
house or bam. or through, the garden.
At one time it was currently believed
that coal ashes were a useful agent in
loosening and keeping open stiff clay
soda. Experience has proved, however,
that there are plenty of agents more effi
cient and less expensive than coal ashes
for this purpose. Unless there are con
aiilerable wood ashes mixed with them,
using theui as a manure is doubtful
economy.
rr> im IN Ksr*-
UrKHien E<SIB Take aix eggs, boiled
■ hard; into a lined Hauce|ian put three
! ounce* of butter or three tableepoonfnls
of butter and three deeesrtepooafuls of
curry-powder; alice two Ivoiled onions,
finely minced; cook until aoft, when alice
into the mixtures the eggs, with a tea
cup of cream, and let it simmer, not
boiL
I UTTERED Eoos.—Beat well four
fresh eggs, and with two ounces of but
! tcr melted in a water-bath, pour into a
lined Kanccpaii. stirring, that they may
jierfactly assimilate. Serve hot, spread
on battered toast.
DEVILLED EMS. —Boil hard and let
them lie in cold water until cold; takeoff
the shell and cat half in two; take out
the yellow and make into a paste with
melted butter seasoned with cayenne
pepper and a little mustard and vinegar.
.Serve on a bed of crosses, lettuce or
chiccory two inches deep, previously
] prepared with a plain drawing.
Discontent In AUace and Larrmine.
War is certainly a cursed harveat, and
the field which produce*, it for a long
time bears only poisoned fruit*. On the
•uxtH of January, 1871, Oomte d'Har
| court, on preeeating to the National Aa
j sembly at Veraaillea a rejiert concerning
the treaty of peace K-t ween France and
Qeruianv. oaid: "Of all the conse-
I q"ev, at a won of territory none is
•n.re painful than the necessity imposed
I on the inhabitant* of sharing the fate of
j the territory and of lieldnging, like it,
j to the conqueror."
It is more than six years ago since
! those words were uttered, and every day
! their truth becomes more evident
Nothing indicate* a time when Alsace
- and Lorraine will identify themselves of
free will with their new country, nor
does anything jviint to a time when Ger
many will be aide, in her turn, to treat
these province* as otherwise belonging
|to her than by right of conquest. There
i is considerable emotion at this moment
in the annexed provinces, and it revar
lierate* on the French frontier and the
■ neighboring department* of the German
government, with regard to Al*aee-Lor
rainerw discharged from the French ser
vice, who return home after having at
! the time required opted for Franc*-.
That question of option ha* been,
moreover, since the conclusion of peace,
a cause of anxiety and uncertainty for
the negotiators. They feared, and they
could not but fear, indeed, that particu
lar difficulties would lie encountered by
those who, while wishing- to remain on
the annexed territory, would like, never
theless, to preserve their character of
Frenchmen, and they formed a correct
estimate of those difficulties.— ljondon
Timet /'oris Correspondence.
A Scene In a MiinlererV Coll.
Charles M. Sterling, who was to hare
Iveon hanged in Youugstown, Ohio, for
the murder, two years ago, of a young
German girl named Lizzie Grumbacker,
was respited by Gov. Young until April
20. The mystery which has surrounded
the accuse*! was intensilled by persons
who claim to be his mother and brother,
from Maxwell, Ontario, arriving in town
and visiting him in jail. He lias since
his seooiul trial insisted that his parents
resided there, and gave the names of
different members of his family, and,
when his supposed mother was taken
into his presence and rushed forward to
embrace him, he coolly drew back, say
ing that she was not his mother; that he
never knew her and had never seen her;
that he had never been at Maxwell; that
his name was not Charles M. Sterling;
that he hail invented the Btory he had
told so often; that he was once intimate
with the real Charles M. Sterling, and
had assumed his name.
Mrs. Sterling is positive that this is
her son, though he left home seven years
ago. The mother tried to mention inci
dents which would make him remember
her, besought him not to add this to the
crime of which ho was accused, and with
tears and sobs implored one look of
recognition; but ail to no purpose.
A Picture.
—A gfte old king.
WbOM blood Wpt madly wbea ths tram pats
brayed
To J 0700* battle mid ft atom of *m4>.
Won • rtoh kingdom an a battis day 1
Bat In the muuet bo WM sbbtaff '*•
Ringed by hi* weeping lord*. Hi* loft band bald
liu whit* atftftd. to UM belly splashed with
blood,
Tbftt seemed to mount him wttb his drooping
bead ;
nil right, bit broken brand < and in bla ftftr
His old victorious banar flap the wind*.
He called bis faithful herald to Ida aide
"00l tub the dead 1 come V With a proof
•mil*,
Tha warrior with a stab lat out bis soul.
Which fled, and shrieked through all Lha otlia
world,
"Ya dead ! my maater cornea And than
waa pause
Till the great shads should enter.
—Atnttmtrr fimtlh.
Items of Interest.
N ear-Mghtednees increases Up to thft
age of thirty.
There are men who wander about with
hopes at half-mast.
Postage stamp* are manufactured at
art average oust of one cent a hundred.
In the year 1876 the aeeda received in
Chicago, priucijmJly clover and timothy,
were valued at more than $4,000,000
The New York Medical Journal
claim* that bruise* do much better when
treated with hot than with cohl water.
Com in Georgia is said to be aa high
aa a man's head. Corn is apt to rise to
a man's head, especially in a fluid state.
On# barber's shop in Bpringfleld,
Mass., con tains the notice : "No talk
ing with a customer, unless he begins
the conversation."
There are said to t>e only twenty ex-
CoiifederaU-fe—including Jefferwm Davis
and Robert Toorab*—whose u inabilities
have not been removed.
The pasting of printed slips on the
bark of a pusud card obligee the recipi
ent to pev additional pontage. This feet
is not generally known.
Abraham Lincoln, in hie attack of
small-pox, aaid : " Now lam willing to
at the office seekers, fur at laat I have
something I can give 'em all."
It waa a stranger with red hair who
opened the apring season at K iagara Falls.
Alter aeeing that he had red hair, noon*
questioned hi* right to go over.
" Can animala commamaale ideaa t"
aakea an exchange. If they cannot there
ia a raat amount <if wasted conversation
o' moonlight nights around fence* and
liackaheda.
In Chicago abont §5,000,000 worth of
leather ia produced annually, furniahing
employment to about 2,500 workmen.
The aide of hides laat year, it ia thought,
amounted to §8,000,000.
What ia the difference between the
atrap of a horse car and the conductor'*
bell-punch ? The one ia an inward cheek
upon the outer man and the other is an
outward check upon the inner man.
A Marlborough young mas promised
to take the affirmative ante of a discus
sion before the lvcetuu if he could choose
the question. This waa agreed to, and
he decided on: " Will gunpowder ex
plode f"
Secretary Fiah, on a salary of §B,OOO
a year, lived in a house in Washington
the rent of which was §B,OOO. Ilia total
expenses were about §50,000 a year,
which his large fortune made it easy lor
hint to sustain.
It is proposed to use the steam ship
Great Eastern for carrying cattle from
this country to England. She will be
fitted up to answer modern require
ments, at a coat of §250, (WO. She ia now
in the Milford docks.
A New England antiquary round this
entry in a grocer's book of the last cen
tury" :"8.8. B. B. B." He traced up
the cipher with great real, until the ex
planation was reached tliat Bill Beebe
Borrowed a Bushel Basket.
A rooent number of the Shanghai (>-
estia! Empire contains the following
interesting item of intelligence: -It ia
t-aid that during the atisence of Ting-
Jih-eliang in Formosa, the Fan-t'ai will
act as Fu-t'ai at Foockow."
Some one declares that twenty minutes
iu the smoke of wool or woolen cloth
will take the pain out of the worst case
of inflammation arising from any wound,
and that no one need die from lockjaw if
this simple remedy ia resorted to.
A party who recently lectured in Den
ver appeared to be somewhat dissatisfied
with TUS reception. "Did TOU have a
large audience f" asked a sympathetic
friend "No ; the authorities having
neglects.' to close the aaloous, there waa
not much of an attendance."
An imaginative Irishman has im
proved upon OMUU *" I returned, "
aaid be, "to the halls of my father bv
uiglit, and I found them in ruins. 1
cried aloud : *My fathers, -where are
tbev T And echo responded : 4 la that
you, Patrick M'Clathery V "
A village congregation in Vermont waa
disturbed the other Sunday during tha
momentary stillness following the open
tug prayer, bv a voice from the adjoining
dwelling exclaiming "Mary, when-'*
the nails?" Soon the answer came:
" In the coffee pot, you fooL"
An Anglo-Indian engineer, Mr.
Cromptou. lias invented a locomotivu
wfaliffi possesses the peculiarity of being
ble to run around any obstacle placed
.* the track, and erf righting itself on
the rait* again without .any trouble. The
eoutri vance has been tested, and gave
entire satisfaction. _ o *
A new geological fact ha* been devel
oped in New South Wales. It appear*
that gold in sufficient quantity to be
worth mining occurs in a conglomerate
belonging to the coal measures, and that
the alluvial gold cf the Old Tallawang
diggings haa been derived from the
waste of these conglomerates.
The settled expression of determina
tion that mantles the face <rf a man who
is just starting ont to have a tootli polled
is only equaled by the subdued look
that creeps over his features as he pauses
with his hand on the knob of the dental
room door, turns quietly around, and lip
toes back through the hallway, out doors
again.
In China it ia said to be no uncommon
<Kvurrer.ee for a man to kill himself at
his enemv's door, and to leave him thus
saddled with the moral nud legal conse
quences of the death. Thi* proceeding
is, it is asserted, the moat terrible form
i >f revenge a man can take, and it ia much
dreaded by those who are oonicioua of
having done anything to provoki it.
Dean Ramsay relates that at a certain
dinner party the hostess olwservr d that
one of the guests, an Hon. Mrs. Murray,
had no spoon for her soup, find called
the attention of the servant to the fact.
The man servant, who was an ecoeutrio
old character, replied to his mistress, in
a voice which was heard all over the room:
" Mum, the last time Mrs. Murray was
here we lost a spoon!"
A bill has been reported in the Connec
ticut Legislature giving a woman who
|tavs taxes and owns over 3800 worth of
property the same right to rote as any
tramp who sleeps under the hedges and
robs the roosts for a living, and wears
the same shirt thirty-six months. There
is something indescribably grand and
impressing in the mighty development
in this age of progress and civilization
The Sea, the Sea.
At a dinner party given by Secretary
Sherman to the members of the cabinet
the table was graced by a three-masted
ship composed of flowers. On the main
mast was a small United States flag,
which Secretary Sherman said his little
daughter had placed there. Senator
Hoar of Massachusetts said, in his dry,
Yankee way, to ths secretary of the navy,
who sat opposite him: "Well, Mr.
Thompson, will yon please tell us if that
is the correct position for the American
flag to occupy on a ship ?" Everybody
awaited the reply, for it is well known
that the new secretary ia no sai>r, and
they thonght he was cornered. But he
took advantage of the cabinet custom,
and repbed in a dignified manner:
"Ahem ! I will refer you, sir, to the
attorney general."