A* the World Wags. Fiinu ix 1835. Men to the plow, Wife to the cow, Oirl, to the yarn. HOT* to the turn. And all duo, nettled. rnutKns IN 185et, Boy* mere muscle*. Gills puff* and nifties, And everybody chMteJ. Uvc's Rex eillo. l.ovf in a klliarttv once slept A week without awaking ; And day and night his mother wept A- if her heart Ken- 1 making. The tlraoM pinelu A the tvr in vaiu ; He never felt their stinging : They sang to him a Paplnan strain ; He slept through all their singing. To Jove at length the g,shies* soared, M. st unaerahly crying: " Oh. save my soil, Hoav n's mighty Lord! The ifesi of Love 1* dying '• To earth." said Jove, "once more repair. And cease your eries aud seeping ; A friendly leech will meet you there, Wiie'U enrv Low's oversleeping." Venus flew hack ; the Ivy was free ; For Jove, on spvvial mis-iou. Hod sent him green-eyed Jealousy, Juno's own staty physician. The cure, much worse than the J.scasc, Olyuipnsshook with laughter ; For Lore was never at hi* ease, And never slumbered after -I NEVER WILL!" "1 never will!" said Madge 11 ■JHT, her lawutiful brown eyre flushing with indignation. "Forgive mo, MM Roper," saiil Mr. Scl.enek. "I said it ui at-ortcf ra tion, for 1 can no? - 1 could not thiuk such a passion as mine c uld fail to call out a response sooner or later." "You are mistaken," she answered, 1 '.mightily; "ami, as you know, tliia is not the tirst time I have assured you of this fact, 1 trust it is the last. " "I withdraw my plea and myself finally. Miss luper. Good morning!" lie said it with such dignity that Madge respected him more than she had evir done, and her face softened. Hut Mr. Scheiiek did not see it; he took biiu neli and his troubles out of sight, if not out of mind. Hut as Madge turned to leave the parlor, she heard a boyish voice fro:a some iudiug-place singing loudly, witli mischief m every intleotiou: "Hear what Highland N -ra sai.l : Yht liarte'* ->ii 1 n l 'Tattle wret-h !" muttered M.idge.b t ing her prettv red lips; "he must lie all tins time in the conservatory. And now Aunt Phemy will know all about it. I may as well tell her." So slie trailed the folds of her deep blue drees slowly up the stars to Aunt Thorny's room. Miss Kupliemia was set ting in her arm chair by the window, a tiny old lady, w.th soft silver white hair, ami a quaint black satin wrapper, illus trated with delicate laces, and the sjarkle of one great diamoml on her little hand. She was a cripple, whose sole change w as from her bed to her grout chair; but, for all that, she was the heart of the house, ac.l her keeu and kindiv eves saw every thing that was to be seen, "hut her tongue kept charitably silence. Madge's mother had died young, and Aunt Phemy hail come to her brother's house to take oare of hiiu and his child till his wife's place might be filled; but th.it had never happened. Mr. Roper was a grave, reticent rnau, and when the one love of his life fluttered away from liim hke a weary and storui-aj>ent moth, his heart shut itself for all time; he even seemed to have little fatherly love for the wailing baby, whose birth he roseuted in his secret soul, as one resents a murder. Hat now he was proud of his beautiful an i graceful daughter, proud of her spirited character, lier good-breeding, her crowd of admirers; and Madge was equally prond <-f her handsome, high minded father, tin nigh there w is little of the diviner element uf love lost between them. Many aa.l many an admirer fell at M idge's feet, and no wonder. The girl was young, fresh, lovely, and intelli gent, and every charm she hail was illu mined by the fittest r--suits of wealth and taste. A lefore, Aunty- Fee. Mr. Sehenck was down stairs." Miss K -per said nothing, but laid her hand tenderly on the rich folds of hair, and looked at that beautiful head like a benevolent old fairy. She knew when Madge called her " Aunty Fee " that it was propitiatory: something had been done or said that this wayward young woman VM not quite at ease ab nit. " And—aunty," Madge went on, slow ly, picking a carnation to pieces as she spoke, "I —refused him." " I thought you had done that long ago. Madge," sa : J the old la-ly, with a c rtain trouble in her kind eyes. "Sol have, over and over, but he wouldn't stay refused. I think he will now. *' Here her voice rose aud rang, and her eyes flashed The indignation returned. "I never will marry him. Aunt Phemy—never ! And I think he understands it at last." Miss Roper's eyes sparkled now ; she was old and wise. "Don't be troubled about it, Madge dear; nobody can harass you on the matter. If you don't love a man, don't marry him, if he be king or kaiser. Jacob Sehenck is a good man and a gen tleman, bnt I think he is far too old for a rosebud like you." Oh, Amit Euphemia! you too had been a girl, and remembered it. A little spark entered M'dge's cool eye. " He's not so very old, aunty; fifty isn't really old for a man." " No, it's not decrepit, but it is some thing more than nineteen ; besides, Mr. Sehenck is only forty-five. However, we can afford to drop him now, since Miss Positive 'never will' marry him." Madge laughed, but there was an un certain ring about her laughter, and Miss Phemy went on : " Are you going to Boston, dear ?" " I don't quite know, aunty. I rather hate Boston ; but I love Pollv." " Then you'll have to take your choice between the love and hate, mademoiselle, and that directly, for you know Polly is clamorous for an answer." " I believe I will go ; perhaps Boston may be nicer than I think. It is awfully slow, I am sure." "Madge !" "I can't help it, aunty ; I don't know what else to call it. Shall I say trinte f" " Foreign affectation is quite as bad as slang, and not half as natural." "Oh, aunty, what a two-edged sword you are ! I HILLS tgo to Boston to purify my English, I see." FHKD. KURTZ, Kriitor and rropriotor. VOLUMK X. "llelJo, Miulgi> !" ami a small two burst into the rvom with a bounce that is nut.ve Ui small 100. "Oh, Mis* ltep it, such 1 laik ! It von had hoard Madge 1 ivo it to htm ' Slio was stunning, I tell veil," and wickivl Master Jack began his bit of "Highland V >ra" again. "You horrid little wretch! Come aw.iv directly," shrieked Madge, rehiring to the tips of her iai>. "You'll kill auutv ' jvs r head." "t>h, iudeivl !" feebly squeaked jxsir Jack, i s he was hustlevl smart] v out of the r.Ndti, while Mi** Kitphenua laughed t.U the t. ars *t *xl it) her eves, and said, softly "Children and fools speak truth, truly. M • Jack went home the licit day; lie was . tily a school-No iN'Usin come for the holidays, ativl the luckless child had abridge l his >llll pleasure unawares; but the rare delight of tonucntiug his bean* tiful cotisiu was a temptation t*x> enti emg to , *t. Ami Madge was tcasi-d; she hated the sight of the lwy, and made her journey to I button the eicusc for his ridd.;nre\ But the thorn he lutil left I*-- hu d was well planted; the papiant bal ' al h.muted Madge, and tlusliCil her face many a titue wheu its lifting measures returned trj: atck her. Bo t-i she went, to her dear friend Polly, and found Uiat.proj>er and intellectual city mightily agreeable. Beaux she luni by the dor.en, but there w< rf- nunc like Mr. Schenck; noue so de voted. *0 eh gant, so noble-1 *>king. She nnsvixl the daily but eh of fragrant violets on her dre **i g-table; she mi*sod the selection of new lxx>k* that showed al wa\ * how he div ttnsi In r tast *. the fore stalling of her faintest caprices, the de votion that was tiNi delicate to obtrude itself, the homage that was sincere yet court 1 v. "Hew young all your gentlemen friend* arc, Polly !' she said to her friend one Jay. after an evening at which at least a dozen act-* of Englixh whisker* ha.l vibratcvl als ut her and been jmlltxl 1K :< re her, a* if jaying a kind of myster ious kowtow to the latest goddess. "That's a fault they will meiul of, Madge.'" laughed Polly. " Even in dear old R-'stoti w have to grow up, und lie lilt rati to boot." "But 1 do s> hate bovs J" sighed Madge. " Aud ls'Vs do so adore volt!" mock ad Polly. Ma-ige blushed, and sighed. Why did she think •>( Mr. Schenck? lit the meantime, there 111 New York, Auut Phemy had a visitT now and then. Mr. Soheuok knew hi* friends, and never neglected them; h- was least of all like ly to set aside M.** 11 >per; but she never alluded to him ih her letters to Madge, unit that young ladv had already decided in her own nniid that her suitor hai taken himself off t> parts unknown to stifle In* anguish by absence. If Madge had so good an opinion of her owu jHiwt rs, can she be blamed ? So bewitching as she had proved herself, should this man be the exception to her rule? Oue night there was to be a great aud gay party, to which the friend* could not fail to g >. aud Madge took unusual pain* to render herself lovely for the invasion. Anew Par.* robe wie* unfolded from it.* boxes anil wratiping* for the occasion; the delicate glittering pale grcn silk miuglcvl an 1 mixed with equally delicate apricot and films of M dun * lace, was wonderfully miaptisl to her peculiar col oring and style; and in her red-brown hair, and lu re ami there about the dress, clu*>era of tea rose buds perfumed the air as she moved, and harmonized with her dress in every tint; iK-side* these, her sole ornament was a necklet of great opals set in black emunel. " M.ulge, you are a miracle to lie hold!" exclaimed Polly, as she beheld tier. "Yon have given your min.i to it a* lunch as ever Mr. Toot* did. \Yi*> to the B *ton lsiy* to-ni-rlit, my dear! Even Miss Dorr won't hold a candle to Con." Pretty Polly, fresh and sweet a* a June rose in her white silk ami pink coral*, deserved e. >mment herself ; but slie was willing, fully, to be extinguished by Madge Roper, whom she worsiiipol, as one girl will worsiiip an >ther. S> she put tlie fur lined wrap over her friend's shoulders with an amusing travesty of a fond, proud mother's care. A* they went down to the carriage, I*o!ly *a;d. abruptly : "Oil, n.y .liar, t.> tlnnk I jhodihtW forgotten ! Lucretia A lun* told me tl gray eyes and calm hps; nnd her simple statuesque dri s* of lusterless white silk, utterly without ornament, fell alxiut her like the druperiewof Praxiteles, Madge's heart sunk. How she de spised her French fripjieries, her puffed and creped hair, her jewels—herself! What was her girlish, laughing, rosy beauty beside thi* goddess from Olym pus, with knotted hair and flowing gnr menta, htately OH Juno and lovely as Venus, and, Oh ! climax of fate ! lean ing on Mr. Schenck's urin with gentle condescension, and answering what lie said with a serene and lofty smile J How she hated in her heart, too, the dapjier youth who approached her, card iu hand, for the promised galop ! How he dwarfed beside her old lover's manly aspect and noble manner ! Poor Madge ! As she rose to do her duty, she met Mr. Schenck's eye. He bowed courteously, but coolly, and, to her rage nnd disgust, she felt the color steal upward to tier bright locks,and she hail a wild impulse to drag the luckless youth at her side out of the door, aud bury him and her self at once in the first snow drift. But who ever heard of impulses at a pnrty? The galop was properly danced, and her already filled card of engagements gone I through with; but in all tlie long eve ning Mr. Schenck never approached her, and she went home in it state of miml that alarmed Polly aud disgusted her self. 44 1 am tired and cross, dear," slio said at last. 44 Don't talk to me. I'll lie good to-morrow, but I might bite you to-night; I feel like it." So Polly kissed her with dumb amaze ment in her pleasant eyes, and went meekly off to bed. This scene, however, was by no means the last. She met Mr. Schenck at the best houses in Boston, and al w:v with Miss Dorr. While she her self danced aud chattered with the young people, she saw these two the center of THE CENTRE REPORTER. attention to distinguished 1 ien and women. Slie piwivwl the reiiil< ration and honor 111 which Mr. Schenck was held, and the deference pu 1 10 Mis* lk>rr, and when the geutlenuut sepu raltsl himself from his remp<> in to ad dress a few courteous worvls to lu-r IKN'U siouallv, she felt it to he an el! it of po lyenes, and wondered bitterly how she reuld have bvn sin-h a fixil how she Could have bis-ii so blind. Fi*>r Ma.lgc It was well for her that Aunt Pheiuy hided her tune itt the sunny chandler at home; lietter stiil t! it she had put her tiny ohl linger mto tie wheel of Madge's fortunes as.d even it an lmjH-tus her way , for the day came before long when Mr. Sehem-k could maintain las assumed rult 1. • 1 rr was his on u iviusiu, an l when Aunt Pheiuy received from Boston tlie follow ing note; " kill, vol' IHtAIIKST AL NI V ' I kllow you will open your eyes so w ,1- you can't half shut them again, and y u will say all sorts of bitter-sweet things to your vicar, bad, weak minded girl; but, aunty, 1 can't help it. 1 know I said 1 never, in\cr would, but 1 don't mind that. I've fallen tin fully, do-; . rat. v u lvive, and some time I am going to be married—oh, Auntv Fee 1 to Mr. Schenck. There 1 Your own " MAIXIK." And Aunt Phemy both laugli< i and cried; but Jack turned a n-r-.eilt when, six mouths after, he read the mar riage notice ui a New York pq* r. And Madge fotunl a letter waiting lor her o!i her; return from the hrnlal t:r, 111 which vvas copied, 111 a big round hand, the last two lines of " Highland X .-a," and the significant and emphasized phrase Umeath them : " I never will." lain afraid be never was invitid to The Birches. Steam Street t ai>. As Philadelphia was the fir -t city 111 'the I'mtod States to intr-.u*' stre.-t railways, it is now also the ti: t to intre vltice a general system of st. am street cars, covering the nt*ost deusclT crow led streets of the city, a* wed us tiio tu> t sparsely settled. It is true, Baltimore, Piuludel] hia, and e*p*v lly New Or leans, had previously intr sluewl th* ui on the outskirts of the city and on cer tain lines, but not on its greatest thor oughfares, such us Market street 1:1 tins city. It is therefore justly a mutter of local pride on which our jieoplo are en titled to claim credit for super . r enter prise. We are given the following by Freadent Mortou, of the Market street line, by whose uiireuiit'sug endeavors and experiments, backed bv his direc tor. and the inventor, tie trial of Wednesday was made a success, mid to whom the public of this city not onlv, but of other crowded town* are indebt: i. The amount of eoid (anthracite) ire- i by these steam cars is two an : oiie-liaif t :i* per week, costing I*-*.* than sl' for mo tive power, while for the round trip ilv one coaling and watering of the nut -liiue occur*. This applies equally to tin Troy ear tin Ito the Baldwin. In other respects, however, ttiere are some rail cal, and it may prove essential diff r enees Ivetween thi-s-in i tmu-hini -. The termer has its attachment w.th the rear w heels of the car only, while the 1a" r attache** to lsitli fore and rear wheels, thus giving it greater power by pr* - citing double the surface of wheel for friction tijhin the track. The utihtv fth w s shown on the trial trip, which csv: rt 1 on a very unfavorable condition of the streets, the tr.-u'ks being son-ared with a black mud of ulm.w-t the lubricating capacity of grease. N twithstanditig this, however, trie Baldwin ear r.ui s!n>*thlv and steadily, wish- 1; -Edit of wheels in stopping or starting, while the wheels of the Troy ear revolved rap idly, with a disagreeable acreuqmnvmg jar to tlic passengers when stopping or starting uiwm tin se greased rails. An other reaaou also nuts for this steadier motion of the hwmer in the fact that it is considerably heavier, while the lit!r lial rather of a tipping mot. n when running rapidly. Their weight is alsmt t?,tX>) jsitunis, or nlsmt double t . * ordi nary horse car. A part of th • director* favor one car and a portion the other, hut the Troy cur has so far been giv< 11 the preference, as it is no doubt clu-cper at first cost than the Baldwin, Upon which no pro*- hus yet I><*-U made. The inventor, in answer to in puriei of other railroad companies, if the Id lcrsc cars can lie USNI by remodeling for these dummies, has said that they can. Since the trial trip, these cars have b.-< !> used continuously, and without the slightest hindrance or delay, except in - ne or tw.i cases of greasy tracks, when the sand tube* of the car failed to work, and thus stalled the ear. < his of the directors of the ro.ul informed us tha they have al ready taken off ton horse cars for thc-e seven steamer*, and he believe d that so s-"iii as their track should 1> cleared of the hope cars by the substitution of steam cars they would make the round trip from Front str*>t to the Centennial grounds in half the present time. IL-al estate near tin Centennial is said to be worth more in consequence, while the horse dealers are already alarmed, one of the officers of the company tell us, lest their occupation shall prove to be g< >nc. — Krrhangr. Stripped by Hie Lightning. On n farm sixteen miles southeast of Jacksonville, 111., and not far from Franklin, Mr. Samuel Mrf'urley, bi son Piillam. and a hired hand were at wi*rk when a severe tlmuder shower be gan. The party sought refuge under a tree. While waiting for the subsidence of the storni, the electric fluid descended the tree and felled two of the nun sen*. - less to the grotni I. One, the laborer, soon recovered, and was uuharmed. The other, young Mcf'urloy, seemed lifeless, arid wns supposed to be dead. His clothes were stripped from him, even to his lioota. Home of his garments were on lire. His .underclothes even were burned or torn into shreda. The jKior fellow's laxly was burned and blis tered down the entire back, fiom IUH -shoulders to his heels, and even the soles of his feet. His companions wrapped up the almost naked body in their coats and carried it oIT to the farm house, alwiit n quarter of a mile distant. There it was discovered that life ww not extinct. The sufferer recovered con sciousness, and is now convalescent. The European IVnr. The New York lb raid says : The war tiiat is to come in Europe, and it cannot be long postjionod, will be a movement of gigantic armaments 011 one side at least, nud will cud with the disappiar nnce of the Ottoman power from Eu rope, and, perhaps, even from Asia Minor. Russia on her part will put a million men into the field. Hli<- will con trol a Persian invasion of Turkey in Asia; she will let loose the Montene grins; there will be a movement of the (>reeks in Epirus and Thessaly, and the enormous Russian armies will move both in the Caucasus and across the Balkans; Prussia will hold Austria in check and dispute with England the possession of Egypt, and plenty of money will be furnished to equip swift ships of American build against British commerce if England should sustain Turkey in arms. In all this, one fact would be indubitably certuiii for the Unite.l SPa'es—a tremendous revival of oil our manufacturing industries, and of our carrying trade. CENTRE IIA EE, CENTRE CO., l'A., THURSDAY. APRIL L'ti. 1877. (lame (ark*. \ reporter ha* ascertained the particu lars of a doccu t< cent iss-k light.*, winch an exchange ne*. It then tells its readers something nl> ut the " tualiL art" of slaughtering these poor birds. It says: If the iss-k is over weight, he is bv medicine ruptdly reduced to the required point, I* shut up nit day HI a barrel with ollt feed, Ikliii at night brought out and fed ill a room, with a light kept buriiuig all night, to accustom him t > the light, aud exercisi t m lighting oilier fowls nightly, to give him the proper training, and utter a)x>ut ten iluy * ulid mglit* of suc!i " moral and iute'Uectual" and " home training," he i* rea.lv for tlie pit t i " b ittle t ' tin. death," to ts< killed himself or kill hi* fellow. The time and pla -i- lK'illg agreed lljxil), and all the preliminaries arranged, the greatest *•- crecv l* obnerxtsl t-> hatll" the officers of the law. The fowls are carried in bag*, often for miles by their owners, and by railroad for a distance of titty utiles in some ease . Arriving up- n the ground or building at ulxnit midnight, u rough lliclo*lire of Ixstril* I* made about ten feet square uu.l near'y two fi*-t in height. lue eiK-k* are then t.dii übv the heeler* who cutoff their "spurs down to alxiut half an iueli of their leg*, .old while rmarling ami hh-i-dilig they are burnt with a ri i hot iron to stop the flow ot blood. A piece of chamois skill i then bound on and long steel gaff* from two t > three mclu * long witli u point a* sharp n* a mode uie l*>und tirmly ou with waxed ends over the stump. The bird* ure then by the " heeler* " clipped of liieir lisekle, *ad dle, lueast und tail feathers, and tlm* shorn of their beauty, an- nut iu th > pit hy the hi-i'lers who are ttn-ir seconds, "bottle holders," s|x>ng.r and mauu gers throughout the tight, uutil the deutli of tin r " cli .nipion " or hi* fellow relieves bill) from the charge. Death generally tuh. * place in uliout live ortcu minute* at furthest. A* * ill a* tl ■ fowls are put IU tin pit and catch a gbmpse of their antagonist they make h>r each other and the buttle commences a m l the *!iouts and cheer* and laughter o. the mongrel crowd of well dri ** vl. wealthv, seem ta Wre spivtatde, native and fo • *ti element, with a choice sprinkling of niggers, gm mill loaf.-rs and played out politicians, dead beats and liummersof tin-surround ing town* for mile* nr. tnd and the hangi-rs-on of "prize fights," 1) > i Kai>- lut*. Five F.'inter*. Water street *iiiirk • and divk rat* iff New York city. t-u --agiue such a mixed throng a* this crowding around t > see tlie dying stiug gle* of these noble bird* shoulder to shoulder, aud cheek L> cheek in lovmg, brotherly embrace, straining tln ir eye* and ears, mounted on each others' shoulders oftentimes, breathing ati at mosphere- of smoke, steiieh, lxul whisky, old pqx -, biltt* of elder el gars, foul breath*, and fouler outh* and word* aud ulxw-cne jests, nud yott only IHH .1 thi' smell and ismLu-t of brimstone to make this picture- of u isx-k fight one of the " devil's own." The long, sharp steel gaffs worn by these birds s.sin wound each other and cover thelll with blood, until, smarting with | murder hi* fellow in return, to gloat the np|K*- tite au l satisfy the fienoish h>ve of tor ture ami put the coveted gre< nharks in tin- pocket* of the angelic thro: Hun dred* of dollars thus change hands nightly, money in many cases taken ftoju working men and those whose fami lies in* d every dollar to live m thise trying times. Oue of the rno.*t liotiyl em-!; fight* of the season t>■ >k plftce at Mam., iu a f.irrabonse owned hv one of the prrtii . in the day time. i here were rati red mostly the wealthy sport* --f New York and vicinity with a good represeiitiit on from Orecu wich. To guarel agn list surprise from Mr. Bergh and In* - tlie. rs. alxait twenty guards with muskets were hired as m ii- Liiiels. Tiic lighting was continu- 1 all day mid into the night, ami thousands of dol lars were 1- st and vv r. pments encainjxsl in an enemy's country over night wore I tetter prelected hy a continuous line of surroiiudiug sentries tiian these high toiusl spurt . By a system of signals they colli,l |M- VMM I ui tune to put everything away, and when the officer* came upon them they would only he a company of 44 innocent lambs" on a Sunday teacher's picnic in the bracing air of the country. • Fashion Note*. Raw silk;- u:o revived. Fashion ha* the jaundice. Shaw* arc worn in a point. Dress linens nre damasked. Pique is damasked this year. Postillion lvasqucs are revived. Japanese jewelry holds it* own. The m;c for Torchon is ut its height. (laZeline b< rege is made of 11 tlllil Wixil. Chcilila twills are attractive new gixxls. The demi-trnined street fir ess dies hard. Vesuvius is the new name for cardinal real. It is not fashionable to wenr tho shawl square. Shot stripes on raw silk fabrics are fashionable. Novelties in fa*hi >u are not nlwnys in gixxl taste. (bizeliiie Ixirego is tho newest gmi/.y ilre-ss fshrie. Indi ui galloons nre nmong tho new trimmings. The novelties in spring fabrics are largely in linens. Mixirish designs predominate in the new fringes. Large amethysts and topazes arc again fashionable. Crepe d' opera is a French imitation of crepe de Chine. Buckles and slide* are used freely in dress trimmings. Small pin hen 1 checked delaines make stylish dctni toilet*. Speckled design* nre very fashionable in all printed goods. Chambery gauze retains it* popularity for evening drm-sos. Walking dress fabrics have .multiplied greatly since last spring. Bourette suit* for seaside wear nre costly nud elegant novelties. Machine'stitching is (*een on the hand somest imported garments. Hair striped aud pin head checked silks are seen on the silk counters. Dre.>_- fubrija in linen* are damasked, ; creped, oimurcd and basket woven. I lie Curse of Opium Ealing. t >ll c who subscribe* himself " A \ 10- ttin " to the u*e of opium ha* recently asked what he etui do to conquer the habit. He ha* my sincere sympathy, says a coir.-pendent 111 reply, and i ghullv give hint an iuatiuiei of u success ful ami ra.l teal cure. I hud the mis fortune to pay all the bill* for tears of an oiiium user, and know well ( >y thou sands of .I.dial's squandered through the mental infirmities engendered from the Use of the drug how terrible It* result* euli he. The patient w.i* of 11 robust constitution, ami of more than ordinary mental abilitv. The reasoning powers appeared to lie little injured, but there wa* a serious perversion of the moral senses. Five years ago the patient was using opium at the rate of three ounces u week, or three drachms of morphine, sometime* diminishing a third, and again amm-timee doubling the average quanti ty. talk and persuasion hud m-vcr availed, but at last something rotlsod the unfortunate's self respect, and I re ceived a voluntary offer tit quit its Use, hut 1 am free to say that 1 listened with out any hope. A* 1 hi. in a village, it was easy to notify the druggist* not to furnish mv household any mere of the drug, but I knew that it was easier for lav patient to prom *c than to perform, ami took thw precaution to interrogate those who came about the house that 1 was not sure of * hat their business was, and if not certain to refuse them admission. With the ex ception of one vial of morphine surrepti tiously Ultl since,l, 1 Mlccev.il d. 1 first reduced tlie amount of opium to an ounce a week, and then to half the amount. When convinced that the victim was in earnest, 1 called in a competent physician and an able-l*shed nurse. The deathly pallor and cold skin and *w atiug on the for head, which indicate that tlie effix-ts of opium havt passed ofl", occurred at four o'clock 111 the afternoon, and not until the third evening did I lie down k) sleep. The first evening the fainting tit* and collapse of the system were checked by the us<' of wine and brandy, mix<*l, and during the night we gave bromide of | Kitessiuut frequently, which produced an irregular stujior, the nearest ap proach we iNiuld make toW.ud sei'tlrilig sleep for the patient. In the morning and through the day we us. 1 very strong coffee, which 1 believe is ulmut the only rumeiiy r.-*..rb*.! to hy homo- .patlnsts 111 such cases. The bromide an t the coffee were continued for alKiUt u month as tiiC mam remislies to allay tlie nervous irri tability. To induce sleep our physician would ordinarily presenile hydrate of ohloru), frtspieutly substituting tincture of Indian hetup. In order to avoid any injurious effects of the chloral. The sufferer was an invalid for fully thisH weeks, and it WHS about two mouths IK-- f .re natural ab*ep iNiuld IK- fully restoml with mt the aid of narrsdie*. But little :ittent;..lt was paid to the f.**l, the patient's fancy iK-mg usually defemsl to. thiee or tw:iN> .luring iiutisually ex cited nervous conditions assafietnln was used With happv effect, 1 say to " A Victim," frankly, tiiat tin first struggle i* a terrible one, und that it will IK> followed by w<*-ks of iwuti nervous agoiiv. when he will wish him self dead and out of the way. But if he will place himself iinri , rvcdlv and trustingly 111 the hands of a judicious physician and his family he can MlC ceed. 1 tlnnk h< ha.l better let the men who advertise to cure tlie halut entirely alone. The t hire Slaughter. The 'ntest advices fr 111 Cliico, n Han Francisco paper sav*, show that what 1* known a* the lYuiuHl of Nine is mainly resjmnsihle for the rixi-nt outruges. This comnutb-e wn* elected by the I. ds.r Union for the tnal of mcmbera for uffellsi s against the order. As vacancies ixvumxl the council tllle 1 them, nn.l thus iKx-mne inde|icudeiit of the orvh-r and commanded the olx-dioiii o of mem- IM I-S. It ws.* S.SIII found that the mem bers were congenial spirits, ami then c jne suggestion* for the c. >mmissioii of the rriuii-s which have since come to light, and tunny more that were never cart led into exccntion. All the memlxm of the ootineil are now under iim-st. M my tneuiliera f the J.abor Union evi dently know nothing of the crime* of lie Conned of Nine, and Is lit ve tlie ols ;c put to death by this Council of Nine. All the member* nre not taken into (he second degree. The oath ndininis (■ red to a member of the Council of Nine has not yet been obtained, but it is understood to be of the most strict iroiiclml order. The people of Cliico now fear the ui suraneo companies will cancel their risks in the town. New development* are tiring continually made. Some old officers declare that the Labor Union viu rogiii/.alit f the acts of the Council of Nine, und that the council w.i* merely used a* a cloak for the onler. It is jxisi tivcly asserted that the order in Sacra mento and San Jose work on the same principles. The feeling continues very intense, and tlie people are nervous and excited over the situation. No Happy, A New York lawyer, while waiting for a client, whoso counting-room over looked a North river pier, saw a letter floating in the water. He stepped out of the office, fished up the letter with his enne and opened it. It was written in a line running hand—a woman's hand ; it was bright and interesting; it was addressed to " My dear uncle," and bore the full signature of a Portland ladv. The lawyer sent the letter to the lady with a note describing the manner in which it had been recovered. In answer to his letter she explained that the "dear tiuclo " was a captain of n steamboat ply ing on the sound. Letters were ex changed and there was a wedding in Portland late in February ; and now there are two happy people in Plainfiehl, N.J. All of which la dontinty. United States Currency. The following is an official statement of ihe United States currency outstand ing at this date : o <1 ilrnuttid not MI fdl.Ol*- 1 ftn not**, new I*mi ■ . .... L"*l ti-mfcr not**, ncrt* of IHrtH... . 194,05? t 2j?.nti I. pfitl lender not#**, neriiMi of 1H74 ~ 62,7C5,7H1i.00 I.ogttl t ndor not#*", wrlfi of IH7A. 91 t fNUI.7fH M On if IMS. 07,4411.(10 Two yomr t oh Two year coupon notes of IWW. 71.300.00 Compound luti*r*st Fractional curronry —ftrst Inw 4,v , .1.if. 47 Hrcond tssur . . 8,116,051.77 Third isstn* 8, 47,776.47 Fourth issue, first series. 8,964 011.39 Fourth issue, second aeries KW.T.'h* 90 Fottrth lant, third mhm. 1,011,808.03 1 iftlt taHM 7480^001.10 Total * .$896,668,468.58 FARM, BAHIH N AND HOUSEHOLD. Titv lloum Iti rpi-r. HOT Hi.aw. One head of cabbage, half a jxitiiiil of pork, and try it out and take out tlie scrap*. .Chop up the cab bage atnl put in the fat with water and pepper, if liked, mustard. When nearly dime, add one eup of vinegar. I sou* I'AM iM . Oue pint nn al al miit; till up with flour; scald the nienl, but not tlie flour; thiu with uiilk; salt; last thing add one tciuqxtiiiifu! cream tar ter, and one-half of ivla, mixed to gether; ring and hake right away. Sri'wiu ("Minor*. Boil the carrot* until t- uder; also Ixiil aejiaruU-ly five small ouiutis; out the carrots into any Hiiiull futieifiil jiN-i * you may rhmn*; uituce the ouion*, and chop n sprig of parsley; hu\c a pint of milk baling, which so i*oii witli u little pepper and salt, adding a small piece of butter rubbed tu a tuhh-spooiifn! of flour; put in tin* carrots and onions, and h t sim mer ton minute*; stir in the parsley, and dih id unco. WuiTK BKANS. Soak one pint of drieil IK-UU* over night; parix.il in plenty of water, with a small piece of soda ill it; drum perfretly dry and place in n baking dish; ruh one and otie-hulf tahlespixiu ftil* of Imttor into four even tahiesjx*>n ful* fl.iiir, uiitil it is n cream; bent in this two sjxxjiifuls oundeiiM>d egg, ndd nig slowly a gill of vinegar, und a sprinkle of salt; jx.ur over the beans, j.liu'e a plate, luvertisl, over tlieui and ' put hi a lather (nm.l oven one-half hour. FICKLE t> FISH. Clean tlie fish thor oughly nnd Cut into |iw ulxiiit five iuehe* long; ruh each piece ou the out side with suit. Take a stone jar which will ulxiut hold the iisli, put u layer of !i*h on the I sit torn, then a few whole jx*p|x'rs and ollnpiccand n lilllde of mace, then another layer of fish, spice, etc., till the jar i* nearly full; then pour gixxl cider vinegar ou-r it until the fish is quite covered. Tie a paper over the toji of tlie jar, and cover tlji* with flour paste; tin* keej * iii all steam. Fnt tin jar in the oven and bake f jr tliree hours. The ti*!. is fit for um- n* su a* oold, ami will keep, in the pickle, for six months. Tlie white fish, piekerel. etc., of the lakes are very niee for pickling, while the land I.s'ked sturg*>u of the great lakes is almost as gu. ' Then a.id the r.*m, broken quite small, putting m rest of lye slowly, not to stop the lading, which continues thirtv nim iit-s. tlu-n aihi one teacupfnl of salt, lxul till tlie s*qt is separated from ihe lye end string*. When c- led in a s|xx>u it should lx iiard. let it c*il fift-eu luin utc>, then stir in tlie aaattod **l**l*, stir thoroughly, ix.ur in molds, wixxleu Ixixcs or pails will answer; when cold cut ui piece* to dry. HOT Bens, as the heat of the sun in crt-a*. *. d' titaml careful .attention ill vi-ntilatiug; on warm days tlie *ashes may lx' removisl idtogeti.. r, hut they must he replaced early. The whole oh j.x-t should be t • secure to the plants au iiiufor n.growing t-?aperatare, avoiding Ix.th chilling ami burn ng, and t<> do this rexpures attention and cl *e wntdiiug at the changes. Water, wei*l ami stir the soil among the plant*, to k* p them in a healthy condition. >ln the Northern State* this is early enough to sow egg plant* in the hot lxd.) (*ot.t FRAME* should L*e readv to re oeive transplante.l tomato ami other plants, and allow them to lie hardened off. before wtting out. Cucumbers and melons may ht started in these. Now ivo Skui'o.—(ianlen plants may IK- dividt .1 into tw o classes, hardy ami tender. The barely may lie sown a* stx.n as the ground can l*> worke.l ami hard fro*t* are ov.-r, Tlie tender can not IK' rtske i in the open gnntnd, until the soil get* warm, ami this time I*. in all part* of the country, that which expern-ooe has show n to IK' tlie projwr one for plant ing Indian corn. The setvls that may W s ■mi in the Northern Stat- * generally, this month, are; Beet, cabbage (ami all its forms of brneoli, cauliflower, 'tc.), ci lery, cress, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, onions, pandev, parsnip, jieos, potatooa, radish, spinach, turnip (early .. N. It.— Under no circumstances is anything gained but much i* ln as the soil t* ready. A* simhi ns the earth is broken bv the shoots, it is likely that the potato lmg will be there, and hand picking must commence. On® beetle killed now, prevents the appearance of a thousand later in the season. If this cannot IK> attended to, do not plaut any. —Agriculturist. I ii rt Ins Dm tlnunrr. In hauliug out manure at this season of the year, say* T. B. Miner in the Suu, upon field* to be plowed ill April or May, if the heaps be made of a size to equal ize it* distribution, the same as wrtuld he made if the land were to he plowed without delay, there will he a great loss in the manure by the escape of it* am monia nnd drying of the surface of tlie heaps. Suppose a two-horse load of. first-rate stable dung l>e placed in six heap* in a field in February, and this ma nure remains in these heaps to the middle of April or the fore part of May, and are then spread and the land plowed, how much l*s di*.* the manure sustain ? Not bus than ten |* r cent There must 1K a certain th-griN" of loss—more than fanners ean afford to h> —and the ques tion is, how is thi* 1< to be prevented ? On* wnv is to wuit till the ground is to he plowed, and then haul out the ma nure, and plow it under ns fast as it is spread. But fanners are tix> busy to haul it out then, and are oompelled often to draw it out in the winter. If one must do HO, it would be a gixxl plan to make the heaps large, but not b*> large to be spread properly with a little extra hard lal*>r; pack them as solidly as pos Hihie, and if they he well built up and trodden down, they may be made so compact with a little labor that not over one or two percent, loss will take place. Another way is to put only three or four very inrge heaps to the acre, making them compact, us in the forgoing case; and when the time come* to spread the manure take a team and a sleil with mov able sideboards nnd proceed to remove some iif the manure toother places, so that when it is spread it will be evenly distributed. It would lie but a short, operation to remove a part of the ma nure in that way, and 1 think the labor can well be afforded by farmers, rnther than lose so large a portion of their stable dung by evaporation, as the ordinary method of hauling out manure in the winter is sure to cause. IVIKIO*Ltt"K*ou it, but nexrr hove nucravded i ) getting over one htimlred bushels per wre, with plenty of gtsxl stable man lire. Now, 1 want to know how it will do to use nitrate of soda, and how much to the hill should IK iiwd; dear, or mixed with some other fertilizer, and will it jiy to u* it at eighteen cent* JK-T pound ? Would salt le of any b nefit t' Reply.—Nitrate of a.*la wouhl ba of Do Use 111 thlii case. The value of thin fertilizer i* only four and one-half eemt* per | MIII mI, ami at eighteen ivnt* uo one could afford te procured, 900 |M>und* per acre of muriate of potash, ixsituig tlireeorfour - JHKKXI t*> refer to (tern Custer, but such a aupikxution is an error. The SL Paul I'iottf' r-l'rt rt publishes a statement bused on high military authority, tliat the ofivr refer-.-' was not in Cust< r's cotmnaud at all, but tliat a close n-ad ing •>( a *.> mew hit confused narrative will show that lb*l Horse at tliat jxiint was speaking of Reno's retreat across , IBtVB. He hail previously liecn offered a cap taincy in the Forty-fourth infantry, but diN'lincd to accept it. He is a graduate, not of West Point, but of tlie regular array. He served as a soldier during the rebellion, and was promoted, on his merits, to a second lieutenancy in the Tenth infantry. May 18, 18G4. On June '2.1 of the same year he was advanced a file, aud then in IH>S received his cap taincy. From May 19, 1809, to January 1, 1871, he wan not on duty at all, but oil the latter date was assigned to the Seventh cavalry, with which command he has since performed excellent service. Ill* Family. Postmaater-Gcneral Key has an ingen ious way of ridding himself of those l*>res, the owner* of furnished house* in Washington—people who are always trying to get n good tenant with money in his purse. Mr. Key placidly listens while the anxious visitor side forth the advantages of his dwelling, it* aristo cratic air, and especially the ample atnl luxurious fashion in which it is furnish ed; then says the general, with a beam ing face anil an amiable voire: "Well, I should want the house pretty well fur nished a* I have nine children. N isious of these youthful scions of the house of Key eareerjng around that furniture and romping over hia earjiets strike the Washington householder with horror; he hastily depart* and never cotnes back any more. • The New Loan. There is gtxxl authority, says a Wash ington dispatch, for the statement tliat the United States Treasury department has reason to believe that the entire amount of the four and one-half per cent, loan will IM> taken before the meet ing of Congress in December. One hun dred and thirty millions of the amount have already Ixim placed, alxmt half of which is subscribed to in Europe, leav ing 8170,000,000 to be placed. Only $20,000,000 of the five-twenties of May and November arc now outstanding. After these lire called in the treasury will commence on the January and July, 1865, six per cents. About $150,000,000 of these will have to be called in to com plete the placing of the four nnd one half per cents. A Blue Drest Cure. A young man in Dubuque, lowa, went on Saturday week to a eouutry dance and did not return to hi* home until the church 1 tells were ringing the next morn ing. His father tolil him he must go to meeting, and he went. Before the min ister had fi -died the opening prayer the young re ler was sound asleep and dreaming of the dance. An old ladv who sat next to him touched his hand to arouse him, whereupon he seized her wrint mill slioutoil : 44 All join hands and circle to the left. Swing the girl with the blue dress 011. " NUMBER 17. A Lady's Millinery Bill. ] A ease of eouaiderable intercut to fashionable iijislmtes doing liUMiueaa vntli j the fair upper tandoa of the metropolis was tried la-fore a jury in the marine ' iviui. of N-w York. The plaintiff, : Muie. KrnesUne Chevalier, a French modiste and inqxtrter of French goods : rejuirivl in her peculiar line of buaineaa, ' r tied Airs. liniiitJth It. Kohnstauiui, of FourteeaUi street, for gv'a cloak, #4O; one slate colored silk and velvet costume, #375; white Cliamberry gauze dress, #OS, and s long list of smaller but all costly arti ch .i, amounting in all to #1,815. Three goods were all furnished dtiring October luid November, the first bill for #6O be ing iiicorml on the thirtieth of Heptein la-r. Three payments had lieen made amounting to #455, leaving the lialance due and now sued for #1,360. The de fense aet ui> did not deny the purchase of lite goods as stated in tlie complaint but admitted that the account was true and just except as to one item—the slate colored silk and velvet costume, #375 which defendant contended she pur chased for #3OO, aud disputed the over charge of #75. The principal defense was that the goods were ixuight and sold on a running account wliicb would uot rqiiie until April, 1877—it lieing uuderstood tliat the defendant should from time to time us she felt able make payments thereon until the expiration of said credit Upon this state of facta the case waa given to the jury, who, after a brief alisence, came into court with a verdict for tlie plaintiff in the full sum, with interest A Chinese funeral. Coming np town lately, says a Canton oorr< spondent, a Chinese funeral passed me at a brisk trot Seated witli the driv er of the hearse was a Chinaman who was diligently scattering slips of paper along the striv-t Picking some of these %p 1 found them perforated by a sharp iustrn ment. cutting them in several puces. I stopped some Chinese on the walk, and aske I the meaning of them, but could get no satisfactory answer. I learned from n frieiul. however, that those paper charms are thrown out all tlie way from the house to the cemetery, the object being to keep the evil spirits from get ting possession of the body. It is sup posed that they follow the dead bodv in crowds determined on mischief, but that, la-iug very curious, they stop whenever Uiey see these )w}>er slips, examine them carefully, and try, as I did, to get at their significance. Meanwhile the fun eral hurries on, other slijis Ix-ing thrown out. Urns keeping the little devils occu pied in their studies, till the friends get tlie body buried and larrond Uieir reach. A Chinese funeral reminds me of those Bible passages which make mention of hired mourners. These orientals employ women to do tlieir public lamentation. The coffin is placed njxm a bier on the sidewalk, flanked by tlie inevitable pig or pigs, there lwing two, oue roasted ( nee Charles Lamb's essay on Chinese roast pig) and the other uncooked, but ixith decorated with flower* and paper hiero glyphics. Tlie }>riest talks a little, and then tlie professional mournera, dressed in white, which is the mourning color at the Chinese, lament a little; then more talk from the priest, followed by more lamentation from the women; and so on to the end, when the dead man and tlie dead pigs are hurried off together to the cemetery with a shower of paper euigtuas to tease and cheat tlie demons on the way. A Isve Story. Ten years ago a handsome young man paaaed through Mootieello, Kv., and was uoticcd by a young girl sitting at the win dow of the most aristocratic house in the town. She fell in love with him at first sight. She hail wealth, culture and beauty. He waa poor, and then on his way to seek fortune as a cattle herder in Texas. After many npa and downs he found himself tlie owner of a silver mine in New Mexico. The girl hlixuned into a rarely beautiful woman, with literary ability] and become a contributor to the A}"totir Tillim. She learned who the uneonacions object of her faaey was, and they corresponded throughout the ten years. Hlie never wrote a word of her pen* "lial attractions or family, nor did he speak of his good fortune. A few weeks ago he wrote her proposing marriage, and soon followed his letter to her Kentucky home, where lie saw her for tlie first time. Recently they were married, and Miss Annie Berrv. tliat was, learned on reach in Silver City that her husband, R. It. Mc.oalf, was 'the greatest capital ist iu New Mexico. Stories of u Mayor. When the lYince of AY ales visited Coventry two or three years ago. the sec retary to his royal highness, thinkiug the procession to the station was moving somewhat slowly, sent rather an impera tive message commanding " the mayor to trot." The answer returned was: " Tell Mr. Kuollvs the mayor of Coven try does not trot.*' The present occupier of the magisterial chair was present at a dinner party given the other evening by the member for North Warwickshire, , Mr. Bromley-Davenport He had the honor to take the hostess in to dinner. " I dou't know, Mr. Mayor," said the lady, " whether you are at all afraid of the' measles, but HIT little children have them, and I myself have had a slight attack." Once inore the mayor of Cov entry rose to the occasion. " Madam," he siiid, " 1 should l>e only too delighted to take anything from so charming a source." What Russia Wants. Misgivings are entertained in England and Germany that if Russia acquires possession of Turkey, she will largely di vert the trade of tliat country. These apprehensions are well founded, inas much as Russia is mainly a self-support ing nation, and makes each country which she couquers conform to the in dustrial system of the empire. The government lias just directed tliat all lo comotives and rolling stock shall hence forth lie procured at home, promising to i ! admit tic r#w material duty free and to grant both subsidies and premiums to j the manufactures. What shall the Harvest Be! Bowing the seed by the daylight fair, (lowing the wed by the noonday glare, flowing the aeed by the fading light. Sowing the seed in the solemn night Oh, what ahaO the baroet be? Sown In the darknem or sown in tho light. Mown la oar weakness or town in our might, (lathered in time or eternity, Sure, ah! sore, will the harreet be, Oh, what ehi.ll the harvest be? Sowing the seed of a lingering |*in, Sowuig the seed of a maddened brain. Sowing the seed of a tarnished nttne. Hosing the seed of eternal shame Oh, what shall the harvest he t Items ef Interest. The Marquise do Catiz is in her thirty-seventh year. A Houtb Carolina roan's none waa kick ed off by a onw. The plaintiff in a Han Franoiw. > divorce suit is a man eighty-six yeara old, and the wife is seventy. Horns |ieople ean't endure a ringing sense lion in the ear, while meet ludiaa take very naturally to ear rings. An average of 110,000 letters is daily received at tlie Boston post-office. A year ago the average waa 91,000 let ten a day. A woman was caught with five smug gled violins under her pull beck skirts, in Philadelphia, aa she was disembarking from a steamer. The enormous quantity uf *20,000,000 pounds of rosin was produced in the United Htatea for the year 1876; about 300,000 casks of opirita of turpentine. There ia a #30,000 tomb in Greenwood. A stone mason made it. In the outskirts of the city a pauper liea under a rose hush.—God made it.— Danbury Newt. The rieheat eopjH-r mine—the Calmut and Hecla—near Portage Lake,Mich., it is stated, waa dmoovemi by the rooting of a pig in an ancient pit some ten yeara ago. " Woman," ri-marked the contemplative man, " are aa deep aa the blue water* of yon bay." "Aye, air," rejoined the contemplative man, " and aa fall at croft." At the station house in Wsterbury, Ct., they have a "Welcome" motto oier the entrance to the cells, thus mak ing it pleasant and homelike for the oc cupant*. The Senate of Connecticut has peaaed a bill giving married women the same property rights which they held before marriage, but prohibiting husband and wife from conveying property to each other. All the male members of the Swedish colony at Honitun, Me., were recently naturalized. There are now about aix hundred Swedes in the colony, which is reported to be io a very prosperous con dition. Rumor says thai Miss Elizabeth Er retv, of Minnesota, has fallen heir to a mil lion-dollar estate in Europe. Young men, however, should await a confirma tion at the news before they make "a bold stroke for Lib-Errety." "All the wurld'ea stage" he rumi nated, " and all the men and women are merely players, mud most of the plays are trom Shakespeare, too ! Before we were married, Julia and I played ' Romeo and Juliet,' and now its mostly 'Tempest.' " When a man in Nevada receives a notice, signed "601, "telling him that he must quit that section, he understands that if he diaotieys he will be punished by vigilance men. Seven thieving gamblers have just heeded such s com-. rnsnd in Reno. Lady (to servant, who has given notice throe osys sfter ber arrival)—-But if you didn't mean to stay why did you take the place? Servant—Well, 'm, when I see you at tlie registry office you looked so tired and fagged I took your situation out of charity Tike. A Spaniard and an American were re cently dining together in New Orleana. The former in passing a dish ut brains to the latter said : "What you lack !" Tim American offering the Spaniard a plate of tongue answered : " What you have a surplus of." Bv the new liquor lsw recently passed by the Maine Legislature, hotels' are not allowed to publish wine lists on their bills of fare. In consequence of this act. the bills of fare of Portland hotels have gone into mourning, being heavily bor dered with black. Scene in an lowa court Judge : " That point lias been decided against you bv every court in Christendom, sir, and there is no use of further argu ment" Lawyer : " Very true, but your honor frequently Jen dee against every court in Christendom." The Nurrietown Herald says: The men who liave honesty enough to resist tlie temptation of removing an uncan celed postage stamp from a second-hand envelope, and using it the second time, are the kind of statesmen we want at the head of our government A milk dealer in Chicago has retired with a handsome fortune. When a boy asks him how to get cui in the world, he say*: "Don't be discouraged; you caii't get rich all to wuust. Look at me ! All tlie capital I had to begin with was a milk can and a water pail. " Sontiiwest Texas is filled wiUi a flourishing German population. The inhabitants of the State liave doubled their numbers since 1870; they now amount to 2,000,000, and if the census were taken, they would be eutided to an increase of ten votes in the electoral college. A Rondout chap, having heard of the wonderful effects of blue glass, has had inserted in his Mom two panes of violet hue, lieneath which he has placed a di lapidated wallet containing a #1 note, and now he is watching to learn whether it will bloom forth as a new Russia leath er one containing a #I,OOO greenback or tea #IOO notes. An individual who sold clams on tha Lord's day defended himself with the plea t hat lie "feared the clams would not keep till Monday, and it would be better to pay the costs of court and enjoy a free conscience than to palm off dead clams nu an unsuspecting people, and suffer the pangs of remorse !' A Catskill woman recently knocked down seven robbers, one after the other. Her husband wr.tehed her from the top of tlie stairs, aud felt so brimful of fight that he couldn't cool off until he jerked his eight-year-old son out of Ivxl and whaled hi in soundly for not getting up and helping his mother. George Mac Donald. the novelist, has a family of eleven children. Girls and boys have succeeded each other in al ternate order, and the usual regularity in the Mac Donald family has been util ized by giving to each girl the sole charge of the'brother next in age. and expecting her to exercise over him a maternal care. Count Z. de Z. married an opera star of remarkable beauty. His friends con gratulated him, but a gruff old cousin, who was the husband of an uglv old cat, observed that he should scarcely care to have a wife whom a couple of thousand men had a right to lorgnette to every eve ning. "Well, I don't know," said the count, " I think it's preferable to having a wife whom a couple of thousand men woifidn't look at if they could." " The baby has got a new tooth, but the old lady is laid up with a cold in the head, remarked a gentleman to a de--* feated eiuulitate. " What do I care ?" £ was the reply. " Well," said tlie gentle man, slowly," " before the election you used to take me aside and ask me how my family was coming on, and I've been hunting you all over town to tell you, and tbat'B tlie way you talk to me. But it don't make any "difference. I voted for tlie other candidate, anyhow." An old pioneer, who believed that "what was to be would be," lived in a region infested with Indians. He always took his gun with him, and once, finding that some one of his family had borrowed it, he would rot go without it. His friends rallied him, saying that there was no danger of the Indians, as, anyhow, he would not die before his time ctme. "Yes," said old Leatherstoeking, "but suppose I was to meet an Indian, and his time was come, it wouldn't do not to have my gun."