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 185<V,
Men a mere show,
Girls .M4LI piano.
Wife silk and satin.
Hoy* tlreok and l.atin,
And all hand* (.'Melted.
FARMERS IN 1877.
Men all in debt.
Wives m a j >et,
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 l<eautiful girl is beautiful
iu tpite of calico; she is enchanting in
lace au-.l p -arl*. Madge's profuse red
br - vn hair, dazzling yet tenderly tinted
complexion, her soft proud eyes, her
slen ier and exquisitely molded figure,
her feet, her hands, were all perfect, mid
the -nsipitiiiy of jierfect.on was removed
► by the vivid and variant expn-.—ion of
the soul within.
As she catered Aunt Piiemy's room
this morning, with the -lurk blue folds of
her fine wool drres falling front her deli
cate waist, and her face heightened by a
color that shamed tlie carnations which
fastened the abundant. lace scarf ah ut
her throat, the dear old Laly looked at
her with adoring eyes, for Madge was
her aunty's idol lint the girl did .not
come at once for her daily kiss; she
smiled, and then she walked ar-r-ww the
room to the other window, and l*-gan to
meddle with the mignonette and pinch
tlie rose geraniums. Ann? Phemv wait
ed—she was a woman who could wait—
and presently Madge flitted suddenly
across the ft-or, and dropped softly, as a
little bird folds up into its nest, on to
the brioche beside her mint's chair, and
laid her head on its arm.
"loould not come tip I>efore, 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 t<e
ihiy, in at C ipeland's, while TOU w-ere
talking t-• N- d, t! at there is to ha a new
man at M s. Hope's t -night—a New-
Yorker, t*•; sU"li a:i eh-gant creature !
Lu rai'txl alxmt him, his manner* and
nistoms, hi* faiv, his money, and I
don't know- w hat more. I wonder if you
know him."
"What is his name?" said Madge,
seating herself carefully in the carnage,
in awe of her freali drajieruxs apparent
ly, really smitten by a strange thrill of
curiosity.
" I declare, I don't know. He's a cap
tive < f Hope Dorr's, they say— 4 the
tenth Muse,' as tiieW- t u tics call her.
M ulge wa* reassured. She could
not, of course, know any of Miss Dorr's
adorers; but a* she sat down, an hour
*fb-r, to rest a little from a long walk, u
little buzz an l motion alxmt the door of
the reofffitioii-rixim attracted her, nnd
looking up, alio saw, a* the guests part
ed to admit their entrance—Mr. Schenck;
and on his arm tlie most beautiful of
wc imen.
Tall, fair, with a stainless snowy skin,
nnd hair of living gold, Hope Dorr's
(ireek features wi re indeed the very
outline* of ancient sculpture, with the
inspired emression of a lofty inb lh-ct
beaming from her great C'h>l 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 <r,
when Madge folllivl Ollt tliat M. 1 Hope
IV>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 |<uu, they maillv
rush ami make desjK-rati* lunge* at • a-Si
other's head* ami ve* with these swords
of d'a'Ji, until they are driven through
U. tlie hilts, ami di ath ensues in n mo
nie.it A fight rulely lasts over five or
ten minutes, iti many cases scarcely a
minute, the first thrust of the piff* kill
ing in some CR*. a.
A* many as twenty or thirty nohle
birds, iiuniTH of whicli for y. ars b-av.
IKK-U uiottntisl u|xui tunny A church spire
titrenghout tin* Christian land, arc
cruelly kill ■ I hy iwh other and tln-ir
torn ami blisshug ramuMs thiown out
Jo the ilogs almost IK-fore life is extinct
and their own murderous piff* are- cut
off of the dying glftdiat<-r and fastened
in turn UJXHI u " fri-sli fowl" t > 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.<rom-i'k awhile a •■>, 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 <n. Si-v. ral wealthy
men from this place and vicinity were
badly bitten. N > 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
;<x-t of the order to be only to dis
c .nrage the <'inplovmctit of Chinese by
nil lawful means. I'lie oath ii.lministi r\l
in initiating mi-mber* of the Isdsir
Union is as follows ;
I do solemnly swear that 1 will keep
the secret* of the order. Ido further
swear that I will assist any hr, titer 111
in , ior distress a* fur as 1 am able. 1
further swear that I will aid in execu
ting the laws of tlie United States of
America. So help me tlo.l.
There i* a secondare degree in the
order, the 011 th to which is as follows :
i swear before <. d Almighty that I
will carry out and obey all orders of the
(' itinril of Nine, whatever they may be.
If I do not so my life is forfeited and I
may l>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 <f IWUI. 17,;m> 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* s<x>u 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 g<xal as pickled
Hidmou if it lx- s-aided in wat<*r before
spicing, i Shu-1 is excellent pickled,
u* all the bones disappear.
IIAIIII H'Al*. four ami one-half
jsmmls fat, one box of condensed lye,
one-half pound sidossln, one ami one
half jHuind* r-.siu; dissolve a jxiuud eon
of lve in six quarts of soft water; put the
grease iti large kettle, add two quarts
lve, two quart* soft water, and boil
thirtv minute*; tlu-n ald three quart*
lye, little a! a time, not to stop the tx.il
mg, which oontiuue from two to five
hours, or until it (mournc* *.*p, which 1
may IK- test.-d by osding in a sp*K>u. '
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* l<w*t—hy sowing in,
or working the *"il in anv manner, when
it is w. t. M hiiste hut slowly.
Fi. ANTS pbom (ait.n FRAME*. —Early
cabbage*, cauliflower and lettuce are si't
out a* s-sin a* the soil eiui be made reixly.
Set the plant* well down to the loaves,
and pre** the sod firmly around them.
POTATO K*. Have the s. ts cut and
dried off, ready to plant as *<M>n 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*L<I on I'uor
i N. J. Li., Brush's Mills, N. Y., writes;
TKRMB: S'-i.OO a Year, in Advance.
! " I have n piece of snndv land that ha*
IMMUI under the plow for torty years, ami
I hate tried to raise |>tt"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 t<i u' it for any piirj**Ms.
What i* wanted i* douhtleaa potash.
If one hundred bushels of wood uahea
per lu-re Collld IK- apldii*! to the land, it
would probably ixl i very much to the
fertility. Hall would be uo help to it.
If WIMSI oahea eamiot l>e procured, 900
|M>und* per acre of muriate of potash,
ixsituig tlireeorfour <vuta a pound,would
be a very gi"*l siibstituta*. Or, jK*rh|xi,
ISO puitmls of siqierpliosphati- of liuie
and 150 |Mitiml* of muriate of jsitash
mixed together would Ix-" lietter still.
Potatoes nv 1 ji'itn*h and phosphoric
acid, ami not nitrogen, which would
make stalks, iuit few root*.
Hla< k Trrtk In Its**.
A. S. Plummer, Riiuburg, <)., sent to
the American farm -rs' club two black
teeth which he had juat extracted. The
hog* tu la* countv < Portage) are
uing to be troubled with these teeth,
wlncli, if not removed, are certain to
cause death. The aymptoua are; First,
the hog reftiM-s it* feed; second, there
ninM'S u wealuieas nlxnit the Ixtck, and
finally the animal fail* to get up and dies.
These teeth are found 1U each jaw—in
the upper i ne near or over tin* tusks, and
in the under iaw some are found ls-tweeu
the front teeth and tusks.
As uo one present could give nuy infor
luutji ti an Uw subject, the club desires
farmers who may have any knowleilgc a*
to it* cause* and cure to cotamunicaU
the same 'o them.
*•11 lie.
O. E. F., w rites; My chickcuß lay
eggs wiilt soft shell*. What shall I give
them ?
Reply,—< live them a rest. They are
laying too many egg*, more than they
have material to finish properly. Home
boues hurneil anil powdered should al
vriiy* IK* given to fowl* when laving, but
if the hen* are supplied Willi a variety
of food und can get plenty of gravel ami
earth or coal ashes, and are in perfectly
gmsl health, they will not lav soft eggs.
This defect is an indication tiiat thev are
fed too highly and arc overtaxed.
The llnuiNl of the Urate.
ft will fx* rememlK-n-J that in the re
cently published statement of Red
Horse, a Miunrdmjon Bufxhief, who
was a witness of mid a participant in the
attack on Major Reno, and the massacre
"f (ten. Custer's command in the tight
on the Big Horn, he mentions the re
markable bravery of an officer having
long yellow hair, and who rode a hurs.
with four white ft* t. Red Horse said
tliis man the bravest man they hail ever
met, that the Imluius all united in declar
iug ami that he alone savtvl his command
a number of tunes bv tttniing on Ilia
horse in the retreat, 'riuslia* lxx*n snj>-
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
<ireaay (trass creek. There was hut one
man in Reno's three oompaniea who wore
buekskin. Tlie Indians, of course, did
not know him, but the soldier* in the
rear retreating column did. and it ha*
lieen fir sometime known to army offi
cer* who vim "the yellow-haired hero
in buckskin " of this gallant fight against
savages in the rear of the flying column.
His name is Thomas H. French, captaiu
in the Seventh cavalry, mid who in now
at Fort Bsoe. It is not creditable, the
fix't tliat no mention of his gallant and
heroic service in that day's bhxxly light
was ma<le in the official report of the
battle by Major Reno, and tliat the first
public mention of hi* magnificent
bravery was made in narrative* taken
from the lips of s vages, whoso admira
tion of his gallantry and daring was one
of the most most vivid impreaanraa which
the battle made upon them.
("apt. French was so commissioned in
the Tenth infantry, March 2'>, 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 g<xxla furnished
and tirenfn made ami supplied, claiming
tiierefore #1,360.60 balance of a larger
' sum. The plaintiff testified lliat the dv
feiulant visited lier place of iiusineiui in
' September, 1876, and ordered some
g<Ksis to the amount of over 8(50; that
these gixxls were sent as directed, with
instructioua to the messenger not to
leave the nunc if not paid for at the
time, or satisfactory reference given
The goods were not accepted bv Mrs.
' KoliiMtainm, wlio next day called on
Mine. Chevalier aud stated thai ahe was
tciuponunlv in tlie city uwraiting a set
tlement ol her deceased boaband'a es
tate, that if site had *uiqxMl reference
w'lwt required ahe could give every satis
faction in tliat line, and ahe expressed
her own ability to jmy for auythmg that
she required; that (sue had an income
besides expectancies in her own right,
and a house iu Amity street. Plaintiff
testified that she, njion those represent*-
tions, furuialied other costly supplies of
ladies' wear to tlie defendant, itemizing
them in a long account, which was
sworn to in court. Here are some at the
items: One bonnet, silver trimmed,
$65; two chemises, #6O; a act of mo
aaique, if'lo; two haudkeiehiefa, #10; a
sat in trimmed cloak, #115; one robe dt*
chambre, t rimmed with satin and torchon
lace, #175, list, trimmed with silver and
plume, #3O; tail>v'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."