Sweet I-OTP is Read. Bweet lore i* dead Wliore *liall we bury him ? In a green bed. With no (ttonss at hi* head. Nor tear* nor prayer* to worry hun. TK> yon think he will steep. Dreamless and quiet ? Yes if we keep Sitenoe, nor weep O'er tiie grave where the grouud wortua riot, Ry liis tomb let us part. Rut im*li ' lie i* waking ' He hath wingad liis dart, And tin* mock void heart Wilh llie woe of want is aching. Feign wv no more Sweet low lie* breathless All we f,>rMwora 1 e ** before ' Death mar die. but love is iWa'blru. The Obi Harden. A gar.!, it. a lovely oM garden 1 see. As 1 shut my tired eyee iu the night; YYiJt its alleys and walk* and green grvtuping of trvvs \ A* a picture it ahinow to my sight. Nt the pcture it ah.uitx but tieglect.il and rude; It* Ivrvhw* all ragged *r\tli mo**; It Nil. tracts of w.nK ami its bloss.ua* rnu wild As if runt had driven *.TO>V Then Mood tiie old jvar a pagvila of green With fruitage hke Ih>ll* covered o'er. The whole stnnunr suuahtue, its dews aud it seent-s. Mellowed in front the pee! to the core. Aud tl .-re stood the oherry tress rich coral gem*, Where the cherry thieve* peeked might and main; With the boy tu the harvest moon, robbing Ihc txJUghs. Am! the masutT tip leaping in vain. And the peach, with it* rich, lusctoua, velvety globe*. Th; t sensitive eltild of the uu ' The re.l down cleft ojim to *how the geld flesh; And the mound* where the eucumlwrs rutt. The nectarine's saKiuh. sheeny fruit by th. tr side; The aprt.-ot * ptt s|*> k!.d ru-t; Jtw datuson * bright blue: the large, oval egg plum; And the grape's sliver, delicate Ju*t! Yes. the oU fruitful garden plot shone a bouquet. The richest and rarest of bloom! When the jewel eyed May came iu youthful array Au.l shed round her gladsome j-erfume. Li the hot summer utghls. the dull beetle began. With ita bagpipe, to skttu o'er the ground, bip the nectar of flowers and honey deed phwta. The f re-fly lighting Uun round. Th'-u the glow-w.irm her grven and gv.lJ lan terns held forth Where tie givw.-bcrTy sjwawled by the wall. And tiie fox fire's pale silver shone out of the black. The lilac stretched wide Idle a palL A. : UTE bat that winged mouse left hi* Lauut iu the barn, i 'And wheeled ta his pathway askance: White the cricket it* ahnil. huUov violin scraped F.-r the fairies to come to the dance. Whoa the sua. to draw water, hi* ladder let down. The garden expanded its breaat; And soon the bright pellet* glanced nch oil the roe, Aad danced on the hollyhock's crest. The bumblebee* jacket was spangled with drops. As he tumbled inside the cti] -ped flower. A.j the butterfly'* fans found their velvet wet through In the warm, balmy bliss of the shower. Tb > old crooked quince in a nook of the fetx-e 1 * rd rer-gold product displaytd: And the currant hang out its red tassels of fruit There the sunflower kindled the shade. V.. a wealth of rich health the syringa pmn-d out When spring shone again on the scene ! YVh-.t worlds of sweet violeta blue, gold and white, \woie in their tufting* of green The old garden <tx>t has now vanished away: A dwelling stands forth in its place; Aad a street, hard aa-1 stony, rufts straight by the fence. ft'hore no longer 1 trace. Tuo-e picutree of bygones! how lovely they look 111 the desert and glare of to-day ! They glow like the mirage with blossom* and streams That in Eden and play. CSriMhan f'nton. Mv Mysterious Muleteer. We were a party of three Englishmen, traveling by rail from Madrid to the eaat Coat. bound to Puerta Muerta, to buy transport mules for a certain little war then in progress in the remotest earn. It wan *t Almanza, the junction for Va lencia and Barcelona, that 1 first saw my ruyterious muleteer. No muleteer was he then to all outward •renting ; bat dressed like a Spanish gen tleman of the old school. wrap|>ed in a wide capa or cloak, which, when he chose room plctely enshrouded his face. This was not invariable ; more than once I saw his fea tures plainly enough. He was not alone. A strikingly handsome girl, so like him that she was evidently his daughter, clung to him in a manner that betrayed evident anxiety and nervousness on his account. Her eyes, full of loving solicitude, were continually turned to his ; now and again she motioned to him as if she wished him to cover up his mouth with his cloak. Was this for concealment, or was he an invalid ? They were rather a remarkable pair. Possibly it was the splendid Spanish beauty of the girl that attracted me, but I found myself thinking of them for the remainder of the journey. 1 looked out tor them on the platform at Puerta Muerta, hut they were nowhere in sight. Then the pressure of my own affairs drove them quite out of my head, and for some time 1 was so busily occupied that I had no hisure for vague dreanis. Puerta Muerta, when we reached it, might, in truth, have been dead a thousand years. The houses were like erurnling mummies aet up in rows along the deserted, dust encumbered streets only a stray fa lucha or two, with ragged sails, lay in the harbor. The warehouses were all boarded up, the mole overgrown with grass. The great caravanserai or fonda by the sea shore could have done no business for years; we had the greatest difficulty in persuading its landlord that business had come at last. But in an hour or two all was changed. A Spaniard has a keen scent for gain, when money can be made without great expendis ture of force. The town awoke with a start, galvanized, as it were, into life by the action of English gold. The shopkeepers took down their shutters; merchants hitherto idle came to proffer their services; dealers without mules came in crowds to propose contracts for their supply. My duties brought me into close connec tion with the people of the place; gis>d, easy going country folk, speaking a provin cial patois, clinging to local costume —a black, flat sombrero as wide as a cart wheel, a white shirt, black sash, white pet ticoat or kilt, footless stockings, and rope soled sandals on their horny feet—very tem perate, not over-industrious, but patient and willing to work for very hioderate wages. The times were hard ; recent po litical troubles and a bad harvest had brought many to the verge of want, and men came in great numbers to be"apun tado " —" put down," or noted for employ ment by ns. I was perplexed at times to choose, but I relied chiefly on my own judg ment of physiognomy and physique, pro vided all could produce, as proof of respect ability, their " cedulas de vecinidad," or passports,signed by their local authorities. We were seated in the patio smoking one evening, when a waiter came to say a man had called to be "put down." It was after business hours, but he was shown in. He was a tall, well grown man, in the prime of life, dressed in the country fashion, holding himself very straight, and with voice ana manner seemingly above bis station. He FIiKD. KUirrZ, Kilitor nml 1 Vopriotor. VOLUMK X. made his request for employment in ait in .Icp-n.b nt, -Iraightlorwatvl way, which ples-s-1 toe. " \\ hat do you think of hint '" 1 said in English to Clay ton " I'ard. tl tin. -aid the applicant, also in English, corre.!. but not tlticnl, I under stand your lattguag. I Itkesl hint l.r his hoMsty . " Yoti have paper*; your .x.lula and all that T" "N•>, 1 have i -lie 1 stand -imply on my merit*, -itch as they are. I aut accus tomed to mutual*, strong, willing to work, honest "That you had lietter leave us to say." put ml lay:, t . YVe were -till speaking in English. " IX vou doubt it, sir " said the stranger, ratstng hi> voi.v, as if ilUpsol to call the questioner t. serious a.xx>iint. rtim, alth. ogh the light was not good. 1 r*oogui*ed him. It was the stranger I had ween at the station nt Ahuatua. " You are er.gagvd, 1 s'i.l at once. "Come to ntorrv.w to the bull ring, our hea.lquat Icrs, tor onb rs lie made a, ttrteous bow, ait.l, without sjwiiktt g ttgaiit, left us. " Well, ol all the idiotic prvwr*e*lttigs," cried Clayton at tSHv —"to xngage a man who ha* no pa|wrs; a utait who sp-aks Engli-dt "That ought to lw in his favor." " My vxp rtciHV ts that the linguists oi an out-of-the-way foreign town arv all rogttc- How conic* he to kn..w Engliah ' It kwiks fishy." " Y'our alvsitth luistrustfulness, I'layton, ts the w i-t trait iny. trcharaclcr. Y'oit will never lw a gfeat man." * Rtlbhi.-h That is beside the qttrsti .it. I prvu.si again-t the employment ot this fel low." " And 1 insist ttp.it it. 1 was much taken with hi-looks. IVm'l vou agree wilhttte, tlinks"" The "vet" never ventured an opinion spontaneously; even when directlv a.-ked, hie hMtakad. New, he fell the nm Of one arm slowly n and Am, a favorite habit ■ t his when fit doubt, as if he w.-r. trying the tendon* of a suspicious hone, and after a time only -aid ; " 1 wonder w hat he kn.y*s about animals'' He may tie of use." Amine was, undoubtedly. Heforehehad '.•sen in our employment for twenty-four hours, Enrique, as he w~* callevi, ' .vauic our right hand man. YYe Were now in the <ull swing of purchase; daily we s.it in state at a long table in the-arena of the bull riii/, am: give audience to high and low. The dealers tl eked in—some with droves of mule*; others with a team or a ptir. Now and again, a laboring man with tears in his eyes, brought hi- one precious U-ast— his bread • inner and familiar friend—and sold him to us, or tried to sell hint, for double what he was worth. Enrique was invaluable; he was pr> ioumily knowing ill tnimal*. and up to all the tricks ..f the trade. To save trouble, although 1 spike a certain amount of Spanish, we installed him as interpreter and go between ; and a such he gave such sound advice, and seemed so trustworthy, that even suspicious Clav ton la-gan to appreciate him. Enrique t>o**-s.v-d, also, the rare gilt of organisation to a degree seemingly strange, unless it were th- result of long practice added to natural is.w.-r*. Seeing this, and that the rest of the muleteers readity admitted hi* superiority, 1 gave him oirfe Unrh. V\ ithin a w.s . our men ami animals w. re brigaded; resjtonsihle head-were app.itttrd; our stable* were as well disciplined and orderly a* those of a regiment ot h. .(>•. He went on with his <iuti.- -te.uiily and quietly, and he made n.i friends among the tuuleUers; he seemed to talk t • no one but myscif, and even with me, although I treat -d him, as I frit he was, quite as my espial, he ws singularly mw-rved. Every night at varying hours I vi-ited the ring, and found Enrique prompt always to answer my call. Once, rather late, he was acwimpanviiig me on my rounds, when a tremendous Knocking at the outer gate made us both start. "lioandsec, Enrique, what that means ' " " Exett*e me. S n..r Capitun. 1 w ill - ..i \lej uidro; ami with a itrsifl ai.t. ritv Enrique left me. 1 myself reached the gate in time to hear lite following short colloquy ; * Who goe there?" from within. "La iiniKoruUfi .the authority . Open, in the name of the quee.t." Isabella was on the throne; N.trvaer at her right hand. The pditi al air was heavy with electricity, and all Spain w.i under martial law. " " I ant the master here," said I, at onre putting myarlf f-rwanl. "What is the ueaning of this intrusion?" The visitors consisted of a )x> **> of civil guards, and at their head was a small iried up atom of a man, who seemed all gray mustache* and gold headed cane. " 1 ant the chief of police of this city. I require to it all your muleteer*. 1 snt in formed you harl* r here a dangerous r-U-i chief." I res. nte.l tin -- ji-renijitory ton., but •ven l-f<.rv I could protest, llie mnleteers, witH llie instinct of olte-lien.w to a d.-sjutic rule. had rang.il themselves in a rr-w. " riu-v are all here?" . id Rn Cirilo. 'iirning to me, a* soon a- he had insjieete.l each in turn by the light of a 1 intern. " All rour muleteer* are here?" " All my muleteers are here," 1 repeated. Enrique was absent; but he was now our overseer, not a muleteer. Ijx rniitted my self this slight evasion, for I felt certain En rique wished to remain concealed. " It is very strange." And then the intruders made a thorough search of the place, all to no purpose. Pres ently, without a word of apology, they took their leave. On men inning the affair to Clayton, all his old su-pirions of Enrique revived. "I knew how it would l>e. You have nade a fatal mistake. You were particu larly desired to avoid any collision with the local government, and yet vour hasti ness in engaging this fellow will compro mise na seriouslv. " luu have always admitted Enrique was worth his weight in gold to ns." "lie will Is* di arer than that, if the Spanish authorities, a< I fear, order us to leave Puerta Muert i." While he was still *|<caking, a pair of civil and one of them served upon me a summons to np|s*ar im mediately before the military governor of the town. Till now, although employed by our own government, our operations had iieen con ducted as private jwrsons; a purely com mercial enterprise suffers from official rec ognition. But feeling that now we were in some danger of wiscon-trurtion, I hastily put on my uniform an I went to tfip citadel. I was received most courteously. The uniform did that. I>irectly I entered, the commandant turned to the chief of the jm lice and said, rather sharply . "He is an English officer, you see. This can go no further, captain," he said to me, " pardon our suspicions. Some wine peo ple have discovered a dangerous conspiracy in your doings. Tell ine the truth. What is your object here?" " We are buying mules." " That I know, but for what purpose ?" " To send them to the East." " For the British government?" "If yon must know, yes." " W,p heard you were drilling and rais ing a force of insurgents and that you meant to seize the citadel for Prim. Forgive me. Will you take a cigar?" lie was decorated with the Moorish war medal, and perhaps was not violently op posed to Marshal Prim. My interview with the authorities ended thus. But we were no* yet out of the wood. I saw from the face of the chief of the po lice that he was not satisfied, and I meant to put Enrique on his guard directly he re turned to his poet. But he never returned, for obvious reasons. Two civil guards mounted sentry night and day at the gates of the bull ring, and made it their business to examine everybody who went in and out. Clayton was now quite convinced of Enrique's guilt. We must have nothing more to do with the man, that was plain. I wag sorry for my mysterious muleteer. THE CENTRE REPORTER. I had Mt'lt though of hiui to a I her tint lit was als rsen vf u| rtor tati >n, am! 1 hati no derlte to help loni to exile at lie Philip |itl e*. or js-rh| to le "hot with olllv a !oriu of tual ami then hi* daughter, the Spanish beauty 1 had -as 11 >r heard ntith lug whatever of her site ' tin day ut \l mama junction. V few tlavs pas*-it. 1 hen the first si. im ship arrived to load up with uuiles, mid we proceeded to embark our lint batch While 1 WUi "* telllui ui the ntlilelet'is and the annuals, ami preparing to ssml them lin ing Enrique's services at every instant n note w is put into my hands " When can Iw| vah t- - y .-it \"iir nm form courlcsy ami kindness h-ad me to throw ui vs> If at y.'.ir f.vt Will y<u add the other favor to the many I am in your tleht. Lite Iwarrr will bring y-■ 11 to me at the hour named tonight. 1 VKlgt t I was punctual, and was led tv a ragged lad down several back street*, and at length la-low a lw archway down into a - rt of Vault. liter*, shrouded 111 his hig vloak, was Enrique, ami with him his daugh ter lie did the 1 oliors of his ceil.tr a- if it had 1 sen a palace. I was jrr*-ti!il to hi daughler. She might have Iseii a prims s-. "I will not waste your liint, t'apt. 11 * thori e," he said, speaking in Spauian. " What 1 s-a is that you h. uhl : i t... :it your steaan-r to Alexandria to nit riow " Y oit are aim. tis to lv.ni i ic country *' 1 am." "t VtllproUtised " fhere is a price Upon niv In ad." " It might involve lur, ami. w rse than that, my government." 1 reallv hesitated. "Oh, sir, for the love of ttod,have pit* liis daughter had seired my arm. i'.-arit tillevl her large eye*. How eloquent thev were! " Concha !" said her father, " you must restrain yourself 1 respect your s, .up!,-" lie said to tue. " Hut, believe me, 1 ant not a very hank-tail offender. 1 am more sinned against than stinting. 1 was let! t . ' prvuumtuT " " " You are an otlicer "l)f Course." lie drew himself up, as if he wondered how I could have doubted it. " My father is 1 interrupted her. " I had rather not know, scnoritn. Hut he cau command me to the utut -t of im jsiwer It may m : le easy to get him n board; the police are on the alert, and we must lw very circumspect." 1 le.l ill- Ui u-s sooii as |s -siblc. although it was sweet to hear lot., has v.lutde thanks, and to hok into her grateful eyas. Aw atch, unobtrusive ut c. .. kept upon the ship. Civil guards patrolled the wharf; llie chief of the jsdicc came on board several time*, and I was obliged to show him every attention, lie nia.n- sev eral visit,, to the mule deck, at o ii.-j*. led our muleteers every day. To tl ev, ry mo ment of starting lie L vend about, 1 .- in. r mi.lons within call, as if he *uprcted to the last. Hut the good shin S.phoi :'• a I lei .til cleanii for MU Wlfß after wi.rp was cast adrift, and she forged slowly ahead past the mole; then her In* > swung nntl, she gained the Open sea and w.nt fairly . t! under full steatn, pausii g < nly to pick up one of her boat* which apj*-: mi to i .* . .-.tl ing for her outside. Enrique was in thiboat. Y . ars ptMoed, and 1 h. arvl m-thii g mere f the mysterious muleteer years , f tu r . in.>il and dt*ii*ion in Spain. First, I*. Bella tied Iwfor* the titsurrtciion .f Moot pensier and I'rim; th. it cam the Kepti ii cati risings, qu.iich.<l in t- ireiitsof Id. .1; next, Aim.ln. and the a—a—in tti.n of the kingmaker: last of *ll the Cariist inva sion and the hitter civil war. Coiieha 1 h d never quite fog ttrn. Often I hud (isted t> nt .t Hp*in. In all the ehangis and charm- > f th<-*- very year* |creliance her father might have found himsslf at the top of the tree; js-r --ha|e, also— Then a roving spirit t.w.k mc to the northern provunvs. San S bastitn wa lw siegel; 1 ruu-t need* push forward autl v .11 1 .- mid, worn 1 suddenD foiin.f my-.lt snrmnndesi utd a pri--ner in the hand* of the Alphonsist tns.ps. I spike in Spanish, and -aid I was an Englishman. There were Englishmen among the t ar i*t*; tnv knowledge of -p.im-h did not •efriend me. 1 was evi leiitlv a suspicious person. The übaltern otli.-er in command was for dispwing of me at once. My fate would have li-en scaled I ut tor the opjur tttne arrival of a colonel in staff uniform, who hearing tnv explanation .hci.xlth.it I must go before the gent r tl-in-chicf. Ac cordingly, Iw.timl with a thin cord in that intreiiioiis Bpamiah faakdea, vhkk bacn ■fit. lent than lialtd.-ufl- or shackle*, I was, after a long delay, ti*h-rcd il.to tli- pr< settee of the great man. " Y'.-tir name,".aid he. without looking tip. A' < ia vt home. "iiracumal cielof" cried the general, springing to his feet. "At last w<- tn.s-t, gemrous friend. Release him instantly, l itis gentleman is most dear to me—dearer than a son." " Enrique !" I cried. " Enrique I, ic. array Camp.-sill"*. cap tain genera! and .• .muiaiidcr-in-rhief of the inni. - of t'astib-, and yotir tirm friend till death." I -put the following winter at Madrid, and, renew ing my acquaintance w 1 1it < .'oncha tiileviirra, think it i rot unlikely that I may Is-come the g< neral'a son in inore than .n name. A llravj Haul of Seal*. A correspondent of the New York World writes ns follows concerning the New Foutullaii'l oeal fishery ; The steam er Arctic, Captain Adams, arrived nl St. Johns, New Foundlnnd, with '24,000 seals, hut of those nearly were old IKNXI seals, making the value of the car go equal to that of 30,000 harp mm Is. This was a fine trip; hut a few hours after the steamer .Neptune, owned by Job Brother*, entered the Narrows so heiiv ,ly loaded that tic gunwale was hut two or three feet out of the water. Every nook and cranny below decks were crammed with seals. The men had given up their liertlis and tilled tin m with seal fat, und the dock itself was piled with " white coats." Altogether the Neptune brought in 42,(MK> mails. It was a wonderful sight to see her crew of 2HO stalwart hunters crowding her decks as she came in, steaming slowly, and cheering wildly as tlicy waved their greasy caps in the air, their clothing all polished with seal fat and tie blood of their victims. The crowd on shore re echoed their cheers ami received them like conquerors returning from a battle field. The return of the argonauts with the golden fleece from Colchis wns not a "circumstance" to the return of the Neptune with her fat cargo from the ice fields. The value of the cargo is Sl2fi,- 000, the result of twenty-six days' seal hunting. The captain, E. White, gets twenty cents per seal, so that in those twenty-six days he cleared as his share 88,400. The men get one-third of the proceeds, so that each would receive $l5O, subject to certain deductions. It was the good fortune of the Neptune to get right into the center of the main body of the seals, so that the men had on I v to slaughter their innocent victims ami haul them on board. Captain White stated that had liia vessel been large enough, lie could have brought in 150,- 000 seals as easily ns the 42,000. He killed and panned 7,000 more, and di rected a aailing vessel lie met where to find them; aud lie shipped three thousand additional onboard anothervease), stipu lating for one-third of the lot as a bonus. This is the greatest feat in scul hunting ever performed, and the largest trip of seals ever brought into any port of New foundland. The name of Captain White is now immortalized, and will go down in the traditions of the St. Johns fishermen to the latest posterity. Among them the greatest hero is he who has slaughtered 1 mo6t seals. it'KNTRK HALE, CENTRE CO.. I'A., THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1877- 1 HE M. I (II is El HE. Tb llllnn Vrnrtes i U HH h lor lltt- llotllm. When the lit at the Southern Hotel, Si Louts, win. t led to the R. • . of so ii tn\ Itv. luoke -ut, Mi Em.-st Argo, N >. 1,0 ii. WIL- ton av.-nue, was piny lug btlltar.li ttt the Et.-b.l. Hotel. A second und general alarm being sounded, ho went out iut> tlu< street to •ee where the lite Was. los.kutg down 1' ftlt street In- at once saw 11nit the il >tucs were devouring the Southern. Without at.qqiing a moment Ite ru*hed to the -.-.-in , and ttssistcil in tu:-.tig the I:i -1 hi.ld. ito the third st.-ryof the Wal tut street froiit. At this time Mr. Ems mail ami hi- family were t.t tiie window* • ; their r>oiu ou the fourth flour of the hot.-l, crying for liclj>. Although the ! tdd.-r referred to only rea.-li.il to the t ird ll'Mir Mr. Argon-. led t.t the top Itn.l .-raw-led ill at t " tlur.l-t.iv window, mil,leaning out, lie diri--t. ,l Mr. I nismiui what t.i do. |t wa* by Mr. Argo'a.liree tioutliat Mr. Eiiisutun split the she. t .■l the IKS} and t ed th.-in together, by which Mr. Idusinonting down, while Mr. Argo Attempted to catch hiiu in hi* arms w bile sliding down the sheet. The tttijirovts.il rope juirt.il, uttd Mr. Ems tnuu -hot by Mr. Argo lit his tl. -cent and was dash.il to |>u-ces oil t!..- pavement. Mrs. Scott was the it vt to descend bv th.- juirt of the shc t rojK- yet remaining, ami w hen getting to the .-nd she drvqtjHil tlirough the arms of Mr. Arg.t, tearing his left arm badly, tt is sujiposed by her Uiuls, and fell to the jmveinent. E'or tuuatelv she was uot ktll.il, but sus tained a severe cut on the left side of her head und was badly brttts.il. The 1.1 -vt and la:>t p. won to tuk. inch n ter rible r-k was Mrs. Kinsman. She hud s.i-it I nth her moth.-r and litialuuid fall tin ugh the arm* of Mr. Argo to the pavement, fifty fI t IK .OW, but vet she ticvet hesitated. Seizing tli.- treacherous -lit- ts nhe climb, i carefully out of the v. u-l.'W and, v.itit great fortitnde, rlid lovvn tititil -he ret; lnd tile end. Mr. Argo their .-ri.il out .- " 1.. i go, nml 1 wtll catch you." M;x Kuumiaii tlropinl wit.-n tlte wor.l was given, and Argby a heroic effort, u.i> .-l. din i-at.-htng her ltihtxirmsand .r. w lt.-r into the r> -u. whigh w. at th s time breaking out with thun.He then carried her down the ladder, both reach ing the ground uniujurviL On.- of tiie narrowest CS--J- . frvun dentil Wasthatof Pi .feasor J, H. L -, of N. w Y rk, his w.fe und two rhamlH-rnuudo. I'hey >ivujihil ajiirtm. ntsoii tin- Fourth -trvi't si le of the sixth th*>r. At als.ut two v. \i. Mrs. H'-.-s was awaken. I by h artreuiliug shrieks, ami, roiisnig her llUsi'.iml, the ti.ujiie eitili-aVor.il to th.tr way through the hall. I 'riv.-u back by Hiitl'.i-aling smoke ami intense heat, they r--cnter.il their room, CIUMII the d'or ami ventilator, and ruHlt.il to tin wm.iow. No in .p wo. in Right, ami as tiiev m i lea sound attemjit t>> .-.scape l>v ;iu- dinr tin- two ritamb. ruuti'la r -ih.il frunttcaliy tu with their In ads cov. rtil, .tying that .-great hy that route was cut •it, it la-ing iuijiMnible to n-iu-h the -tairs. All t-Kir again ritili.il to titew-iu .!"W for air, tin- i sun by tin* time lieing ltlhil W .til Nltlokc. Mr*. H< . iUld ' ite of th.- girl* fainted, but laflovarAL Whn all lion' had I'' i n atuuulon .1 tin Skim:, r tire .'-..-aiK- hove ut sight. It was raised verv slowly,*bnt the firemen auccsnled . a --eliding and res.ning several jK-rs- <n* from the liiih fi.-T, including one man, who In. i 1. ' him . d .town from the it'orv alsiVe by- means of sh.l-t- tl.'.} together. Yfter tiles.' were sav.s! tin- ladder was UK.V.II very slowly into i-ositn U for the jHs.jile ou the sivtli tl >r, but it only reneh.il a- lii-.-h tin the windows In-low, and it was several f. <-t from the wall. A rope wa- tiu.iliv thrown to tiie K.i- window, ami n fireman, n very dr.-.v.- feUoV, was hnuh-.l up. Ylr. Kces wa- then let down to the wimi -w ledge l>elow. H;s wife f.illow.ii, and she w..s sitj-jiirted on tin- narrow bilge until another fireman, Ed. Th m. arr.ved and assisted m swinging her to the ladder. Thi- brave man carrie} th- woman who was sick an i weak dowu jsirt of the way. His strength abandoning hun she clung to h- bock until al lit.ond n - .tance srr;ved. Pr f.-->r lie. - n-tna-tnil on tin- fifth atory window h- ige unt-.l ls>th ma is were lowered t-> tin- id.-walk by means of roji.-s tusl aroiin l their waists. I'iio woim n beliavni admirably, keeping jK-rf.x-tly quiet snd lietrav ing uo nlarn:. Had it ]1 't be.-l- b-r t' ir J>re-. ,ce of mill I it would te t have b. . n p -lible f'-r the firenu-n Thorn and Kirk t ■ save them. While the seeon j chambermaid was being lower.sl tin-rope shjip.il and caught Mr. lice* around the m -!i. Had not th-woman reaehel the ground at that instant the j.rof. •or would inivi IK-.-II dragg.il down to a horribfe dentil, lie succc. del in fru-ing himself, how-i-vcr. and junijK-d in safely to the ladder, descend'tig jir.-ee.ied by Tliom, who sueee.il.il in sin js>rting him. The aeareh for Ixidies in the ruins of the hotel e nf.Hind very slowly, on ac count of the lot condition of tin (iihri*. \ body was unearthed, hut so badly burned that its recognition was inijiosHi ble. Vll the fa and two-thirds of the upper portion of the hen i were burned entirely away. The arms were burned off to the elbows, and the lower litnbs were so crisp that they fell into blackened n-hes when the laxly was pieked up. Knough of the breast remnineil, however, to prove that the laxly was that of a woman, but only this, as there was no eloth ingahout it to assist in the identification. A eloth was procured and thrown over tlie remains, wliirh were tlten eouveyod to the morgue. A quantity of remnants of clothing was found all around the laxly, but nffne of 111 * badly burned apparel belonged to n female. The luxlv of p. man was subsequently discovi red about live feet from the Ixsly of the woman, and the lxxii< s were iden tified as those of H.J. Clark and wife, of North Adams, Mass. There were jsirtions of two fine white shirts and a handsome night shirt, and a Himill piece of a white vest. Within a f, Mit of where the body lay a tine linen handkerchief • with a blue lwrder was found. In one of the corners were the initials "J. O. N." ill-wrought with the silk. The handkerchief was folded, and had four or five holes burned in the folds, lu addition to the remnants of clothing alluded to n letter was also found lying very close to the body. The letter was written on a sheet of pnper, having the letter head of the National l'hoto ernpheis' Association, addressed to W. J. Rerrytnan, of New York, and signed by James If. Fitzgiblsui, a photo grapher of St. Louis. The Wife Renter's Pillory. The woman beater's post, which now stands grim and inexorable at the corner of the county jail, is an object of interest to scores who visit it daily. It is about eight feet high, and eight inches square, made <>f pine, with two round pegs, about mi inch in diameter, run through it at a point about five feet from the ground. The arms of the victim will be run through these pegs and tied behind. No one passes the wife beater's post without stopping to inspect it and make some remarks. A woman who passed it the other day paused before it for a mo ment and ejaculated: "Thank God !" The post has several inscriptions scrib bled iijwin it in pencil, soiue of which read as follows: " Stewart's bill." "The Widder," " Fee the Judge," " Here's the Place to get Well Posted," "A House hold Treasure," " No Family should he without it."— Virginia City Chronicle, lAIIM, HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. 111 it I ■ %! terk. I'lowis.. None but It fertile soil nhotthl be ttiriusl ovi-r very deejily. At this season, till* should be Well reineiu ber. J, liecaune there t no time for the weather to mellow the flesh s<iil. For sjirmg crojt", the soil should Ite turtie.l up utellow und rich, that the seed may jitlsh into active growth ut ouce. I'KliTll.lZttut. For the reason* just tueuUou.il, fertilizera for use on spring crop* should !• such *r are quickly s lit Id.-, and readily taken up by the jilaut. Now thut the uncertainty iu regurd to the quality of Peruvian guano ha* Iteen removed, this ts |>erha| the Ix-nt ajxi-ial fertiliser to use without previoti* exja'ri lllent. EI\K Srts'K. One of the most eueonr aging event* of late, lias been the open ing of uu t-XJHirt triule of b.i<f ultd mut ton to England. If tins succeeds, ultd glows, ax now seem* jirobahle, it will Jtrovide away out of our heretofore greatest difficulties. Instead of growing iuid exjmrtiug grant, we shall grow und use it ouraelvcu, und . xjuirt the jirnluce. Thia will leave our farutn in much la-tter plight. To meet thin Hew demuud, our st.H-k must lie tinju-oved iu quality, by tiie use of jiure Lred luill-and rum*, and mereuM d iu quantity, by sjuu-tng tiie heifer calves and ewe lai_hsfroiu slaugh ter. Raisiso HiuoiKi. As ha- ulwav* Ix-eu the Case 111 the J>ast, the lUcreaaillg us.' of steam engines makes more work for horses, ull I horse* of the working kind ure scarce. it ts n question w.irtii dm suit-ring, if it would not IK- IM tt.-r to keejt mure* ujHiti the farm* for breed' .g, m st.-ad of selling them to worl in the cttu-s, where their jirvaluctivt jMiwemare not ui 1. YY'c have found marcs equally m rviceahle with homea for farm work, aitvl an aliltual <\i]t w ill nearly pay for a mare'* feil. llr-ssl mares, if rightly managed, may come in after the sjirtng'n work is ov.-r, iuid i ill nunc a colt Ixfurs the fall work n !nes on. If the colt collies tu June, the nuvie t* well able to plow ait<l harrow until the middle of May, and will IK ready f.-r work again by tin- time haying 1 .-gin*. Hut ut this seas -n a br>*il mare's work nhould he ntea.lv, although it may L.- Hani. Violent, jerky, and long continued work ts what injures her. Yot io STVS'K A* the fhiUlg'- of fetil ti>in s on, care must Ih' cx rcis.il in re gard to young annual*, it in Is -t to turn them on to glass for an hour or two •tally, t.X-fore the j>asture IMX>unes full. Well .iinditiou.il yearling* wre iu more .ian <-r t .j • -rcr on< -, : . i with klten. greater care should In- tul.< It. St'ltiMt (Ttol-:.. Where the lateness of the sou- -it has not JK-rutitt.il the sow ing of spring crojw, the hints given lu~t mouth will lwapplmtble. Cuuxuvii I'vIUUTK. Take a Juill of water, ..nd add to it thiv< gills of ut gud. RiL it into tiie carpet with a soft brush. It will raise a hit iter, which 111 Ist b ■ W'tqdicd off W:llt clear, cold wit t. Hub dry with A clean cloth. In nailing down a cnr)K-t after the ihir h t lai'ii wash.il, IK- certain that the 11-*>r is quite dry, <<r the nails wilt rust and in jure the carpet. Fuller's earth i* ns.il for cleaning curji-t*, and w.-ak aolntiona of alum or soda are used for r.-viving the colors. The erumba of a hot wheaten loaf rtiblni ov.-r u carji't have IKI-U found effective. PutHTTK. A buili.-l of gr -nndgypaum JKT lu-r.- will be found a v. ry useful nj j> n ut:-ut lor young clover, . r for ts. when thev are it little above ground, (iypsnm is us.-ful for it. own constitu ents, without d.-jH-ndiiig upon it* absorjt ti- uof atunutnia from the air. All the ammottia we get that way will IK> n very ]Hir help. At fifty enfs u bushel, jlai t.-r is a ch.-ap f.-rttlir. r for clover, oats, or ii>rn. — iiafflii j|f llnlnlN Ihkhi-* from I 01.l vtn|i. St.-w s and hashes come under the claas of rrrhauJT'4 *, OU which time enough cannot IK- cxji-uded. Tltete i* uo rcmoo why the cutis.- of their importance should IK- euumerat.il. Equally jirotni neut are the reason* of their disrepute, fortius tiie nt -re shame, f>.r ev.rybily likes hash and Iri h stews secretly if not Openly, tl: igll the oil.- is held tlj> to s. orn by the mistrel and the other is rv vil.il by the seiniintry girl us "mtuw." There are, how. u r, many other ways of disp >sing of y.-iterduy's fen. !, nud w itli otit ojK-ning furth. r tl-.e sttbj.i-t, which yawn* t<> widely forthesjuice b.-n\ it few new r.i-ijHK w ill Ite sufficient. There is a lttnk in England, brought to notice by Truth, tiie new English periodical, call.il "Cold S'rajts Made Into Rainty Dishes," from which that journal exlriu'ts the fol lowing, called: A IIKRKINO'H CI HAVE. — Pick all the b mcs out of a salt herring, divide the flesh, and mix it with mashed potatoes, pepjier and salt, and a gi*i lump of but ter. Take a txiiled onion, finely chop it and mix with the herring; put it in a saucepan over the fire, stir it till it warms through, turn on to a dish nnd smooth round. Cold fish of any kind may be always transformed into a salad with tnayonnaiae dressing. MEAT Htsaot.Es. Chop fine the eohl meat, carefully excluding every particle of fat, skin and outside; pound in a mor tar with a small piece of butter, adding pepper, nait, and powdered fine herbs; put this into a pan on the fire and take off aa s<xiii as hot; stir in the yolk of an egg beaten up with a little lemon jnice and put the mixture by to C<MII; make a paste of six ounces of ilour, two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, the volks of two eggs and a little water; roll it out and out into small squares; put the meat in the center and paste the corners over, pressing them well down; fry iu hot lard and serve with parsley. C'IUCKKN Ciioyi'ETTEs.—Take half n medium-sized onion, chop it up ami fry with an ounce of butter until it liogins to turn, with a tal)lc*jH>on of flour; mhl it to the meat which lias been uiinml, hav ing removed the skin ami gristle; pour in a teacup of broth, ami season with salt, pepper, ami Home chopped sweet herbs; having molded the croquettes in proper dij> them in the beaten yolk of an egg ami roll in bread crumbs; fry in hot lard; mushrooms mny be added to the meat with advantage. THE NEXT DAY. —Take beef or mutton left over, mince it tine with an onion, stir in a half cup of broth and put into the baking pan; the cold mashed potatoes niMt'deu with a tablesjiooii of cream, and add a beaten egg to every cup of potato; put this above the meat in the baking pan, and glaze with butter before putting in the oven. VEAU HITS. —Cut cold veal into square pieces; beat two eggs with salt, pepper ami chopped parsley; dip eneh piece into this nnd then into bread crumbs; butter a baking nan and arrange the pieces of meat within, scattering through small pieces of butter; bake and serve with tomato sauce. The Snowflnltc Potato. Since the introduction of the Early Rose there have been a host of new seeding potatoes brought out, all highly lauded as something better than what we already jwrnsesHed, which in a few years would almost entirely disappear, in consequence of not possessing the requisite qualities to meet the present views of cultivators. The Snow flake, however, is an exception ; it has so many good qualities and traits that it is um- vorwnlly ltk.il wherever known. 1 Ins lie ve it U> I"' the cuminf potato, lUi.t will prove HH print a IHMIII to the |NIUIO prowntp i.u.i eating public tin llie Kttily It- >*•• ltio. Ireen. 1 have long eoutended that, iu thi* latitude, we .i.tild not grow lute pota(.M |>rolitably, and we lieedul all early jM.tnto thut v. us of g.isl quality, |nilttc tive, und would k.-eji lnte into the follow lllg seunolt. These conditions the Hliow tluk.'* meets jterfeetly. It rijM'iiH aluut two weeks hit.-r thnii the Early Hose, IH even more productive of beautiful, oval, rtutteln l white fuller*; no ev. u with the sulfite.' ; boils ultd bakes dry und nt.-uly, aud will keejt iu ti|>-Uqt ti.ii.li tiou until Int.- the following swanou. The tubers ure medium Hiatal, und grow clooe together ut the f.i.t of the pluuti, which 111.ikes Oiu-V digging. The J.lunta ure vigorous grower* of u light green color, which when they g.-t nearly grown, full over, thus covering the whole ground, , and effectually preventing the growth of wecln lifter the crop Is made. 1 have grown it three year*, und 1 have never win n hollow jiituto, lu r hm. it ever mad.- n second growth nlid I Nil. me prougv, und has ulwav* proved uniform ly pmluetive. It JMHI-- .IS< S more good qiiallti.-n than any Other Jxituto thut 1 kuow of, ami is IKIIIUII to Itecome ex ceedingly )Hij>tilur.—A'. .1. Hit hi it t Rural World. \ 11 uu*.- lur llr.lM trull. F..M., Columbus, Peon., u*ka how to build it dry-house for .Irving fniit for fam ily use. lb-ply There is nothingls-tler for tlii* puque.-than to use the o-iumua brick oven when the heat has ln-n inluced after baking bread, if one l* ut haltd. A very g.ssl ineth.il i* to make a frame hiiutlnr to that used for u hot-ls d, and ouv. r it with sash, lN*ueath which the fruit is dri.il by the suit* heat; or n sheet iron Is.X, all.lit three feet iHjltare and five feet high, uiav IH- node w-th a flue in the bottom, ill which a small charcoal .>r wood tire may In kej.t. Shelves of wire gauze ure arranged in tin lux, lijs ii which the frmt is placed to be dried. Soiue hole* are made in the li.ttom f<-r the admisnou of fn.li air, which is made to J.OM li-tween two sheet* of iron Jilu<iil near the fine, so us to IH*- oome he*Uil; and after jiassing through the fruit <>n the shelve*, the hot air, hisil.il with moisture, escajKW through a ventilator at the toj>. Such a drv-oven a* thi* would dry two or three bushel* of aj.j.les, <-r other fruit, in a dnv, and would consume half a bushel of charcoal daily. * Hl.it h llilli Higliwayui.-n. The jKi.ceful dtllueas 111 Ultd around Rca.iw.iil, in the Block Hill*, say* a N< w Y-.rk Si- • conveii.udeut, lu.s ln-u übrtij'ily and tragically broken. The uortliwar 1 Iwuad stage from Cheyenne, for Readw.iil recently, carried eleven jiaaseug.-rs, one of them a lady. Th.- trip hud been safely made through 200 iuii.it <>f Imi ton country, and the paoaeii gent, worn • ut by six .lay*' travel ov.-r the tough ami mu-hly mountain nxuis, were congratulating themselves tltas all other hour's mu would hriug them to their dositiiiabati. They eiiter.il the grandly iiictureaque M'hitew. il gulch, wh<i- fiauking moun tain*, fringed with jtines, nsc hundred* of f.i-t on either side -thove the rtntL I'jim the b.x Kit the !ri\< r, Johnny .slaughter, a* jollv a f.-llow :a ever held the r.-iiis, and a- itannhi-i a- a child. By hi* aide ,-.t Walter H. Ih-r, of the firm of Her A- McCaffrey,wholesale liquor dealer* .11 hmdia aud 1 tca.lw.svl,who was return ing from a business visit to th<- East. The ith-r pii-s.-ng.-r- were msi.le the coach. A* tiie weather wits warm every Curtain was roll.-d uj>. R..wti the gentle incline the four steaming boiwe* went At it g.ssl rouud j ate.-, the j-as*.vigors sing ing and joking. Suddenly five men were seen ahead, walking in single file ami in silence. Johnnv said t> lU-r: "I won der wbut gang tiiat is?" "Oh. I guess it's only a crowd uu a lark." replied Iler. Scarcely were the witnl* out of hi* month, when th<> stronger* turned, lcv elcd their gnu* and pistol*, Mid ordered tin* driver to stop. Johnny nucheJ for _a closer upon tin* rein*, but, before lie cx'tihl check hi* team, the outlaws tlrtvl. Fourteen buckshot, piercing the coat of Mr. Il*r at tlio shoulder, passing ncrof hi* back, aial out on the other aide, * truck the driver's leff breast just alxive the heart. Poor Johuuy fell from lust- at a corpse. AnoUier ball slightly wounded Mr. lier'a finger. That gentle man. believiug death certain if he stayed on the lmx, leajHvl to the ground. In the meantime the dependi >es, separat ing to right nud left, had through the vindoitk of the coach. Henry Lake seiztsl the Iwrrrls of two revolvers with a grip that the robber* could not break. They pulled him from hi* s< at, threw him njxai the ground, and ordered him to give over his weapons. He replied that he had none, and tossed his empty pistol belt toward them. He was order ed to "git," and obeyed with alacrity, jumping up and running down the road in pursuit of the coach. The team, frightened by the fusihale, had started off, driver less. The chase continued for half a mile, when Messrs. Iler and leike overtook and stopped the coach, and the former, mounting the lx>x, drove into Deadwood, a distance of two and a half milea. The only other passenger hurt was 11. P. Smith, of Denver, whose faee was had] v burned with powder. Sheriff Itulloek and forty men were soon galloping toward the scene of fhe attack followed by runny citizens on foot. The lifeless body of Johnuv Slaughter was found lving by the roadside. Ten derly they lifted the corpse into a wagon and returned to Deadwotxl. No man in the community was better known or more respected. Qriulol miners pushed forward to gaze upon his face, and with drew wiping their eyes and clenching their lists. Martlnir a Fire. A Detroit woman screamed " tire !" at the top of her voice. A hoy yelled at the top of his voice, and two men l>el lowcd "fire !" as if paid ten dollars a minute. When a| ml iceman hail gaI IOJMHI around for ten minutes without finding anv signs, he called on the woman ami asked why site had created such an excitement, "Oh ! sir, but don't talk that wnv to me, sir !" she gusped, a* she looked Vmek into the house. " .My husband was in a saloon over there and started out to lick a man. The man didn't want to lie lick ed, sir, and lie rushed my Thomas home on the run, with Thomas yelling "fire!' at every jump. When he came over the alley fence, hair on end nml voice going, I thought there was a fire and 1 hollered, and a boy hollered, and some men hollered, ami 1 fainted away and burned my ellmw on the stove. Do you ■ want to come in, air, and see Thomas' black eye!"— Prow. GOSSIPING IDLF.IIS. —The idle levy a very heavy tax upon the industrious when by frivilous visitations they rob them of their time. Such persons beg their hap piness from door to door, as beggars their bread, and, like them, sometimes meet with a rebuff. A mere gossip ought not to wonder if we evince signs thai we are tired of him, seeing that we are in debted for the honor of his visit solely to the circumstances of his being tired of himself. He sits ut home until he has accumulated an intolerable loan of ennui, when he sallies forth to distribute it . amongst all his acquaintances. TERMS: #2.00 ix Year, in Advance. Hog lUtiiiig Iu TeljU; Colonel J. Repay Ravi*, aojouniing in Texas, in n letU-r to the editor of the itemlmg AVj yte, givew an inU-ri.ting •••- count of the life of wottler. 11l Stepltena Ooutity, that Kittle. One of the pioneer* wrote a* follow*: 1 tun ut preiseut located alroUt twenty tut leu Went of I'alo Pinto. Thin is a fine tnuntry —inouutainoun and ptetiir.-n.jue, LUT.i well iulnjit.il to the raining of liogn and cuttle, itnd enough of good farnang littidn in the vtdiey* for all jsras'Ucal pur jtone*. We are Imarding at tt rauche while we get our claim tu habitable tthajie. It i* aliout a mile from here, iMwtutifully hx-utcd, ttltil hun ultout eighty acre*, which we can cultivate. We are nt present cutting houne loge ami cedar jsoh-n for ruiln, and hojte to le ha-aUil j,.-rmaueutly in a tew- week*. We had four horn.-* t.t start with, aud by trading around have still tlmt number and a ntart of hogs, twelve in ull. Thia in the great el country for trading I ever naw. Tlte people here nr.- mostly from the North and have the Yunkee proclivity, "*waj ping," fully dev. lojjed. I like lite coun try and the people and int.-nd to atick out here. Kt- k raising ta tlte jinnctjiul OY'UJ>nttim. When I tell you that the hunting in gtmi here 1 am not joking— chickena, quails, de< t s,turkey—the latter till you cannot re t; also occaaionally catamount*, lsutthem, la-am, etc. A good hunter can keep hiuntelf in frealt meat eaailv. It k>e* not r.i|ture much to start here. Kltould you desire to Coine, slou would give you u g.ssl start in the hog business. For instance, you lum* $10(1. You in vest before .ituniig, either in Rollo* or Forth Worth, in two jstnie*. the one to ride and the other to trad.- with. You can g.-t them for, sav sls each, and say- Si! more for a stul.ile aud bridle—in ajl SC., Put the remaining money in vonr jKM-k.-t and don't foul any away iuid strikc out, not neglectiug to bring all your cloth.-s, a* they dies* verv well here. You arrive. K. q> your noddle jjony for vour own use, and trade the otlier for hogs. Y'ou can get, *ay fifteen head for it, which will IN? enough to start you in that hue,and if your sod.lie pony i* a go.il one you .an get for the ttae of it vonr Ixmrd while you are getting your churn ready—that Is, jvnttiug up a log house ten by twelve and cutting a few pole*, which make excellent rail*. An ordinary hand con cut 100 per day and not hurt himself. In two w.-eks you have a place tu live in witli h'ig* e* ..tigh tu start you and n saldle |Kny aud ?,'0 in money, or tli.-reali.lits, $lO of which will kcjtoue lum over a mouth "batching" it. Should vou not wish to put u| your own liou*e, sls will get It d.me for vou, and you can hunt in the meanwhile—which reminds me, that you will need a gun, either a go-.l shot gun or n rifle. It would be lietter utstea.l of getting a trading | UT to get a juetty fair work horse. Y'ou have no idea the amount of hogs ur cat tle you can |ir.i-ure for him. Prepared fur War. At i2i- liegiunwg of the present <hftl cnlties 1-etwi- i Rami *nd Turkey, il *M tilt* general opinion among many of our army officers that the trouble would create a market for ordnance supplies, unit", au>l otlier implements of wart an-, and that the Vnit<M State*" would lie en abled to dii]K>M>of the vast amount of unserviceable goods of that character now at<>ml in our arsemds and furtifioa tkHu-; but a careful c rumination of tiie subject by protein cut officers of the Ord nance department iitaU to the belief that there win be no demand upon our coun try for these t*<Ala, for the reasons that England, Germany and France liave vast quantities id condemned arms for sale, and therefore ueithi r of Uie con tending parties wonhl lindit m-ctwaary to make pureliaiM on this side of the Atlantic when they can obtain similar goods so much nearer home; l>nt should the present complications assume (inch shape that the powers no utionrsl would decline to 111-5 - of then condemned arms ami supplies to either • arty, then Uiere might Is- a demand for OUIK. Since Uie Francis Prussian war Uth Prance and Germany have "been Tvv.nuirg and replacing Uie arms used by them in that war with those of more improved patterns, and conse quently have many old arms fir sale. It has also been ascertain- i that Tur key is much better supplied wiUi arms than was nt tirst - ippoMHl, she having received over th.ee lmndml thousand staud of anns from the Providcuce Tool Company, of Providence, R. L, within the j-u-t tv. 1 years, under a contract made with tint company to furnish half a million Peal* HIV guns—a brcech-load irivr rifle sim.iar to the Martin-Henry rifle used in Eugiand. These rifles are still being manufactured for and deliver ed to the Turkish government, several o(beers of which have lieen in this conn try for some ninnths past inspecting the arms and superintending their manufac ture. The Turks also liave contracts with various Arms in this country for 'dOO.0(10,000 rounds of metallic cartridges, and lor n large unnil>er of cart ridge eases, which are now lieing made at Hritlgeport and New Haven, Cxmn., and other places. That government is also well supplied with breech-loading steel guns for field service, and it is not prob able that then* will be any great demand for anns of obsolete patterns upon this or any other country. Russia litis also received 11 good supply of amis from this country, having had contract* with Smith .<• Wesivm, Colt, and other manufacturers. These contracts were for revolvers ami broeoh-loading rifles, a large nuuilier of which have been delivered. We have for sale alauit 4d0,000 of the new Springfield muzzle-loading rifle, and a large number of repaired hreeeh-losd era, l>e-.idoe onlnanee and ordnance sup plies of every ihwcription, left from the late civil war. A Foreign War in Washington The prospect of immediate war le --tween Russia nnd Turkey, with a proba bility of other powers l>eing dragged into it liefore long, is of course the sub ject of much consideration at Washing ton, ami the New York HorW has obtained the opinion* of Admiral Porter and (Km. Hlierman in regard to it. The admiral naturally looks at the matter from a naval point of view, and finding that the Russian tinvy is inferior to the Turkish, and that the Dardanelles and Bospliorus are well fortified, concludes that it will le inqHissible for the Russians to take, or jierhnps even attack Constantinople from the water. He counts much on the religious fanaticism of the Turks, who, he thinks, having already bought in the United States an abundant supply of the best arms in the world, will give every dollar and every valuable they have to aid their side. •Gen. Sherman's idea is that all the great powers will lie involved in the war before the year is out,.and that the strug gle is going to cost a million of lives, with some of the greatest battles ever fought. As to Constantinople, he sug gests, with his usual neuteness, that it will ilo the Turks no good if they lose every other point The general has not forgotten how he squeezed out the rebel forces from Charleston and Savannah. Roth officers dwell with satisfaction upon what b • atcut to every one, that the war will enure to the benefit of the United States, and give a long and sorely needed impetus to our trade and com merce, Admiral Porter predicting that the war will last two years at least, dur ing which we shall have to plant for the I whole world, NUMBER ID. AM Elephant in a K**e. The New York film say*: A big ele phant named ltomeu, winch arrived from Liverpool for llwtiuin'a menagerie, waa assigned to n place where three other elepl._i,U wee chained; and, being un ■Ki'iutuuiel to aland 'Aherwiae tbau alone, he I men me v.ry belligerent. He walked in front of bia companions aa far aa hi* chain would Ja-rmit, atrnek tliem on their heatla witli ltia trunk, and aeemad deterunued tlmt they should acknowledge hia anjierionty. Always when several elephant* are {ogether one mutters the rest, before peace ia eatsbliahed. Mr. Hale, the koeja-r of Worsen, gave him hlowa with a atont stick, aud anted by aeverai other tneu, watched the beaata throughout the night. lloraen enter- UHIKHI a consequent grudge aganiat hia keeje-r, and aa the latter, alaiut aeven in the morning, wua giving him water, bit him a blow wiUi hia trunk on the aide that knocked him twenty feet away. Huh- ran at Worsen wiUi Lis stick, but wa* seized and thrown over the railing. On ret anting to the charge, he w aa again seize. I. and tliia time the ucdt waa on the point of plunging hia tuaka into liirn, when Mr. Cliarlcs McLain, the teiaacan' vaiuuuiui, went to liia reaeue and dragged him out ol reach, Worsen then became furious. He broke Lis chain, and started through Uie premise* wiUi hia trunk ele vated and his tail standing stiffly in a horizontal position. He tore down the woudeu railing aa if it were a thread, and went to Uie bona' cage, which he knocked over. Then- waa then a jouutewouium of roars from all the lawata, including Uie seals and sea lion-. Over twenty lied, but soon rallied, and, under Uie leader ship of M'-ssr*. McLain aud McDonald, prodded Ui<- elephant with pitchforks and tore his tsars with liooka until he was secured. This wa* done by first lassoing one of hia legs as he stepped, and then twining the rope around Lua other legs, w hirh caused him to fall heavily. Then, being helpless, his tore and hind leg* and hia tuaka were chained. In this con dition, after tremendous beatings, he waa allowed to rise, and was led to one of the !*ita of Uie garden, to which he was attached. His ear* were badly Lacerated, and blood streamed from wound* on liia side* and belly. An elephant, after being conquered, rarely attempt* a second rebellion, and Worsen was quiet after hia *ubj ligation, obeying the command* of the atleiuianta. It took six bout* to subdue him, and men were afterward occupied for hours washing away the constant flow of blood. .Mr. Hale was badly, but not dangerously hurt. Charles River* had a very narrow <*caj>e, for Uie elephant at one time held him with hi* trunk, and wraa on the point of driving hia tusk* into him, when a violent blow of a club caused the trunk to loosen. A Struprle with a Thief. A few days ago, MVS the New York Sun, the H*>u. A. B. Dunning, ex-mem ber of tLe legislature of Pennsylvania, came to New York, and took a room at tlie Merchant*'. He was accompanied by his wife. Soon after his arrival Mr. Dunning was attacked with rhenmatiam, and suffer.,! great pain from it. One momiug bis wife- aroused him at seven o'clock aud atiitl that, as the weather was very pleasant, she was going out for a moruing walk, and would buy a I Kittle of liniment for him at the nearest drug store. Mr- Dunning went out, and Mr. Dunning went to sleep again. At a Unit eight o'clock he half opened hie eye*, an>l saw some one m his room. Think ing it WOK liis wife, he stud: "Why, you hare returned soon ; did yon bring "the liniment?" Getting no reply, he sprang up in the be*!, wide ttwake. The per*m in the room was a young, jtower full v built man. •"Who in the name of heaven are you," cried Mr. Dunning, "and what are you doiug in my room ?** With tlie words he leaped out of led and grasped the intruder with his swollen left hand. The thief hurled Mr. Dnuniug back upon tbe lied, and then started for the door. Lame and feeble as lie was, Mr. Dun ning by a supreme effort managed to regain his feet, and rushing out into the main hall caught the thief with his right hand and hehi him with the grip of a bull (log. ChamU*rinaids and slop buckets were overturned in the struggle, and screams of terror resounded along the corridors. In his effort to escape, the thief dragged Mr. Dunning nearly the full length of tbe hall. From sheer exhaustion, the latter was compelled to let go his hold, and the thief, with a curse, resumed his flight. Exhausted as he was, Mr. Dunning cried out at the top of his voice : "Stop the thief: stop the thief; stop the young rar i that has pone down the back stair .- ... i the dming-room!" i )ffie<- was at the time in the charge of Mr. George Schenck, brother of the proprietor. Before he fully realized the situation the thief had nearly reached the main entrance. Mr. Schenck made a rush fur him and caught him just as he got to the sidewalk. Clutching him with a strong grip by the collar, he shook him like a rood and said: "If YOU make the slightest leaistauce I'll knock yon insensible." The thief sur rendered and was taken to the station house. Homestead las* in Brief. Under the United States homestead law, any person twenty-one years of age and over, male or female, native or for eigu lsira—married women excepted— may obtain one hundred and sixty acres of government laud ou payment of four teen dollars fee*, and often a residence of five years on the land they can have a clear dead of it from the government. After six mouths' residence, if it be pre ferred, they may get a deed on payment of two huudml dollars, and no further residence will lie required. Soldiers may deduct time spent in the service of the Union, not to exceed thrns years from the five years. By the pre-emption act any jiersou over twenty-one years of age—except a married * woman—may take one hundred an 1 sixty aercs of gov ernment land on payment of two dollars fees, and after residing on iV six mouths, or for any time not exceeding three years and a halt may get a deed on pay ment of two hundred dollars, and giv ing evidence of settlement aud improve ment. The timber law gives one liuu drcd and sixty acres to any one planting one-fourth of it in trees and cultivating it for eight years; forty to eighty acres may l>e taken on like "conditions. The fees arc the same as for homes tea* ling. Sixteen Children's Frightful Fate. The schoolhouse in the Norwegian vil lage <>f Ellingso was only htdf finished, hut the schoolmaster was unwilling to postpone the March examination. The stairway leading to the schoolroom in the second story carried half way, and the pupils had to clamber up a ladder and enter by a window. Twenty children were in their places and the examination was closing, when suddenly a dense cloud of smoke enveloped the room. Bushing to the window the schoolmaster was horror-struck to find that some one had removed the ladder and cut off the only mentis of escape. Seizing two of the"children he threw them out of the window, and then being blinded by the smoke he jumped out himself and broke his leg. Two boys followed him, but sixteen children perished in the flnmw. Htreagth for To-fey. Htr*nth for to-day la all that wa Bead, As tbsrs will nm baa to-morrow . For to-morrow will pnm but another to-day, With iU DMMWtofJoy a4 narrow. Than why foraoast DM trial* of hfr With raeh sad *od grave peniatatM-r, And watch and watt for a crowd of Ul* That aa yat baa uo aiiatrno*. Items of latere*). There ia serious talk of draining Okeehobee lukr in Florida. ail reclaim ing thonaawU of aerea of land. Monday Dflflwai* peach bud* all kilted. Work later—Dekwara count* on 12,000,000 basket* of pencils Tin* Illinoia 11 <mar of lteprcsentatiTea liaa defeated a bill limiting Uw rate of in tercut in the HUte to eight per centum. Hoaae Die* that hare survived the winter are beginning to tvriM their hind lege together and kick out, to gain niuaele. Tlie Massachusetts House of Kejur scuative* lota voted, 122 to 83, not to permit women to vote in xuoniripial .lections in that State. A veaael is hauling at Port Hoyal for Holland, it will carry 460,1*10 bet of liuutier, and will be the find ahij.ment thence to that country. The iialarias of good base ball players will Una vear range from *2O per week down to a whack under the jaw lor jump ing into a man's garden after tb* hull. One of the most ambiguous on'uiauni eatiouayou can make to a partially bald headed man i* to observe that hia hair is coming out. Thiuk it over ami see if it isn't. The author of " Home, Hweet Home," never had a home ; and George Mc- Ihmald, who lias eleven children, is tire <uiUior of •' Annals of a Quiet Neighbor hood." It ia e''t of a German, an inveterate beer drinker, Ural when he riaea in the morning be ia . beer barrel, mid when he retires to rest at night be ia a barrel of beer. There are nine tiling tiiat will make a man mad, but one i <-o>ugb when bin wife tell* him he can't haw aujr dinner Iwwaoae alte couldn't get the waah boiler off the atove in time. Our lawyer aajr* that in a breach <rf promise eaae, although the lade it often .leachbed aa interesting, or good-looking, or rxaawwaMl of eooanlmnable personal attractions, she ia still almoat invariably the plaist- tiff. Let ua discus* the question why a woman can pin on a uian a collar the find time trying, when the very aama pin, if engineered by a man, would double up and run backward to stick is hia thumb. " It'a ice to haw alippera given to yoo," aaid the naogbty boy who had juat been corrected for lying, when he saw the fine pair hia big brother received from la* girl; "but it inakea all the difference bow you take them. People generally will be glad to know that charcoal haa been discovered to be a Mire cure for burns. By laving a amall piece of cold charxx al on the burn tha pain subsides immediately. By leaving the charcoal on fur an hour the wound M headed, aa haa been demonstrated on several occasions. There are in Colorado over fifty peak* which riae more than 14,000 feet abogp *e* level. Blanco Peak, in that Jttkt* the elevation of which waa d-tenmnaB w ' last vear by Harden'# sur'ey.ia probably the highest point within the limita of the United States, Iwhig 14,464 feet above the level of the ara. A woman entered a post-office and aaid: " Mr. Krrpa, one dav there waa a a}diider walked over mv ham), und I come to the puat office, untf I got a ledder. Und thia morning there was a sphuler walked over mv hand, und I coined for the ledder. But the sign failed thia time, and ahe went away disappoint#*!. " Why do vre live; what ia there for us in life?" inquires the (ftnsfian Kegitter. We don't pretend to answer the question, but we do know that when a man haa walked four milee through the mad to see a girl and finds another fellow sitting up with her, it oomea home, it cornea bum*. .YoncicA ItulMin. Thia is the brief tale the Haseiton ( Pa.) .Vmfine/ tells: A tramp stopped at the hotuie of Pliibp Harm, in Coleraine, and was given something to eat. Noticing that John Harris, aged eighteen, was blind in one eye, he told lata to cut a sour apple in two and ml) the cut edge* on the eye. The young man did a* he waa told and regained Ins sight He b.d n >t been able to see ont of tbe eye for seven ream. He was praising her beautiful hair, and begging for one tiny carl, when her little brother said: "Oh, my! taint liothin' now. Yon just ought to have seen how loug it hangs down when alie hangs it on the side of the table to oomb it" Tlien thev laughed, and she called her brother a cute little angel, and w hen the young man waa going and heard that boy yelling, he thought the lad waa taken suddenly ill. . A sad case of home sickness is report ed from Prance. A young soldier in garrison at Mortlimer fell a prey to thia malady to such a degree that he excited the compassion of the officers, who tried by indulgence and kindness to cheer him np; but tbe mountains of his native Correae were ever before the eyes of the ixior romcript, and one evening he fail ed to answer the roll-call. His Ihhlt was found on the railroad track, where it had leii severed from his head by a passing train. The wars of this century have been the most bloody and costly since the palmy .lavs of Rome and Greece. For its ten great bloody periods, viz., the Napoleouic, Grecian. Crimean. Italian, Danish, Aus trian (1866). Brazilian, American, Abys sinian and Franco-Oermau wars—leaving ont minor expeditions and skirmishes— the figures root up 838,967,600,000 ex peuded.and 11,708,600 men destroyed from 1800 to 1871. Two-thirds of this aggregate outlay of men and money are to be charged on the ledger to Napoleon 1. up to his closing battle fonght at Water loo. A young Frenchman, to avoid con fvription, pleaded that his right arm arms paralyzed. Tbe story was not believed, and various pretexts "were resorted to to compel him to acknowledge the efficiency of the member. It was proposed to cut it offi, but the young man did not shrink in the presence of the surgeon and his instruments. Under pretext of taking liim to another hospital for the operation, lie was thrown into the river that was crossed. He at first swarm with his left arm, but finding that insufficient, finally struck out with his right, and revealed his trickery. Three years ago the visitors at the Fe quot House, New Londou, were startled when they sat down to breakfast by the appearance of a very well looking lady guest with a pair of whiskers that thou sands of lueu would envy. In all other reapeota her appearance was perfectly feminine. A radical and non-disfiguring cure for a misfortune of this kind seems to l>e unknown, for a medical man has written lately to a London paper to ask if anybody can suggest one in the interest of" a lady patient of his, whose life is made a burden by a bean! and mustache which defy local applications. The Anonymous Coward. Did it everoocur to anonymous writers who semi scurrilous and abusive letters to newspapers with whose opinions they chance to differ, that they are placing themselves in an attitude BO mean as to deserve contempt? When men have the courage to express their sentiments either verbally or over their own signa tures their views must command respect ful consideration if temperately uttered. But when they resort to the shelter of irresponsible vilification and the protec tion of the untraceable letter, they should not forget that he is not usually considered above the grade of a brute who seeks to drive his knife or strike his blow under cover of darkness. The knife may sometimes wound, the blow i <ccasionally smart; but unless it be from the hand of utter degradation the pair cannot be so great as that of him who has played the part of ths bravadoi
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