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