Floating. Hand in hand, on ill* Tin* of tim*. W* go floating down topwthor ; Rofi arc the bine skins *lv* onr hood*. Balmy the spring time weather. Brightly the water* reflect the un, A* we glide in dreamy spleudor ; Softly the breores All our nail*. Murmuring low and lander. Sweet are the bird aongi upon the ahoroa • Enchanting the scene around n; With noiseless feet steal the momenta by Since Cupid, the love god. crewucd ua. Oh. do you think, in the after year*. With the glory of youth departed. We then ahall r.tand atili hand in hand. An i heart to heart, aa we atarted ? The Policeman'* Story. a TttaraaaKcc rt.aa. 1 am a policeman 12.004 ; Been on the force for year* a acore. liOta of stone* I have to tell, tjueer, sal terrible, funny, and—well. 11l atop to tell you a little thing That happened a year ago last spring Weary, but watchful. I paced my lwet, lip and down thro' a well-known street. When, a block away. 1 *aw a tlirong. Ami hasten d to *ee what was wrong. There I found a wee. wee girl, Painty and |>retty, fair hair in curl. Weeping, her ham!* in air she loss d, Crytug : " t*h. mamma, Oh. )vw{va. I * lo*t ' Cue moment ahe wept, another she smiled. Ami 1 thought of my own pet darling child At home, and safe in hi* mother'* arm* ; So I tned to quiet tl i* one'* alarm* . And first her tunny head I cart** d. Til en lifted her up to r.ij heating breast. And earned her. •chhiug. *,vt Uttle fay, To the ttatiou houe. only two Mock* away. Captain Oaffry w then in command. He took the lo*l baby girl by the hand. And, titling her up on the d, -k by hi* tide. Pleasantly talked till no longer he cried. But dried up her tear*, and anuhug and f*T. Wa* eanietlly taping and prattling away . Aud told of her beautiful mamma, her joy*. Her big bearded papa, her home and her toy* How the heard a wandering Ctermaß hand pig*. Amt. htering, followed them on their way . Stopp'd when they Mopp d. and otvss'J when they cross d. Grew tired, cried for home, and then found he wa* Sort. The door of the elation houte opao'd ju-t then. Admitting a " drunk " bet* ecu two of our men . Sot dirty and ragged, and tpoihng for fight. But what TOU might term a "respectable tight. Led up to the de*k he jutt lifted hit aye*. Started back, nearly fel, with aay of surprise. Of terror, of ahame : '* My Grace ! I'au it l*> The instant had made him a* tuber as the. "My papa 1 iVar pa;>a P* They kiss'd and cwress'd. Both weeping, a* *he nestled eloee to hi* breast. " Quite a scene !" said the captain, hi* face in a glow; "I think you've been punished enough. You may go!"* The father bowed low—the Uttle one em lied— And he pas* d through the door m the care of his child. Bo you know that I feel that be made a great vow Just then, against liquor, and 'tis unhroken now 1 LITTLE RUNEE. 1 was cutting wood in the backyard one November day. when, as i stopped a uia ment to relieve ruv arm* from the unusual •train upon ihern. 1 became aware of a lady coming up the path from the woods. She was very near me before I saw her. A glance had told me she wu not one of the villagers. The soft warm colore*! shawl she wore was wrapped round her more gracefully than any one could have worn it in our village. The intangible something that arvvimpamea the lady, revealed her as such to me—and she was the first lady 1 had ever seen *' I believe I haYe lost my way," she said, " will you tell me where Deacon Thax ton's it ?' I looked in her face ss she spoke, to see eyes and mouth as sweet as her voice. Her accent was courteous, but reserved. 1 dropped my ax, feeling all at once verv sensible that my rough green jacket ami battered cap were not at all becoming to tue. "If yon will come into the mad here 1 can show you the way letter," 1 said, wish ing that my college leirning ha i polished ray address as much as it had disciplined mr mind. Jhe followed me *1 iwn the path,saying a she went: " I sni an entire stranger here; I am staying at Mr. Thaxtou's and I wandered off, and got lost in the woods. At one time I thought I had the prospect of a night there. Everything is very strange here. She spoke with an apparent Ircedom dif ferent from the usual ad-Ire* oi New Eng land women. I wondered at it; her fea tures were entirely American, but her com plexion had that peculiar dark pallidity that seems the cdcct of some southern clime. " If everything Is strange," I ventured to My, "you will find a New England winter forbidding, t* all you dare it?" " Yes, but I am afraid of it, Though she talked, she posses ed the power that made ine feel at as great a dis tance as though she had not spo en a word. I pointed out the way. told her of the corners that lay in the two miles between our house and DeaconThaxton's. Then as she walked on, I allowed myself to watch her for a moment In that elegant form with its sweeping drapery, its graceful poise of h ad, I recog nized the woman of whom I had so often dreamed, but in my seclusion I had never before seen. 1 went back to wood-cutting with the memory of that face and voice diffusing a glow over my thoughts that was as strange as it was enchanting. I do not know why 1 did not mention the lady at the supper-table that night, hut I did not. After sup|ier Jane Ihinlap, a maiden of fifty, came in with her knitting. There had never yet been a time, since she had reached mature year*, that she did not know the full particulars of the minutest event that transpired. I waited patiently. Verv soon I was rewarded. " Have you seen that new girl over to Deacon Thaxton's?" she asked of my mother. My mother looked up interested. " Why, no. Who ia die?" "You remember the deacon's wife had a brother, who has been a meichant in Cal cutta these year* ana year*. Two year* •go he-buried hia wife there; and now he ha* come on home with hi* only child. She ha* come out to stay awhile with her aunt. She was born in India, and though she i* Terr polite and wel -b hared, you'll *ee in a minute that he doesn't apjiear jual like people here". Mi** Dunlap paused. I fully agreed with her Jast sentence. I wanted my mother to ask questions, for I was not going to look up from rnv book or become interest d •tall. " Let me see," said my mother, " I hare forgotton what Deacon Thaxton'* wife's name wan. She was handsome in her day, I remember—arid she is sort of smart look ing now, I think." " She looks well enough, but she is mighty proud—unbecoming in a deacon's wife. Her name was Grace—Martha Grace; yon know Thaxton was most crazy after ber." Miiw Dunlap paused, and looked into the fire. I thought I knew she had a spite against the deacon for being bewitched by Martha Grace, when she herself was in the bloom of youth. She commenced knitting and talking. "This girl's father is in Boston about some business, and she is going to stay here this winter. I should think it would kill her, after that climate. They've given her the strangest name; it's been running over in my head ever since I heard it—Bunee, Kunee Grace." A week after that, as I was carrying my mother up to the village, she wished tne to stop, and leave her a while at Deacon Thaxton's; she had not called there in a long time, and she owned she was a little curious to see Mrs. Thaxton 'a niece. Would I go in with her? fhe verv auesdon gave me a tremor of fear and tfehght. No, I would not go in— I would stop for her when I came back. I caught a fleeting glimpse of the pale attrac tive face through the window, as I drove away. Tt did not leave me once during the time that I traded at the store, and with the farmers. When I stopped my horse st KRKD. KURTZ. Kditor and Proprietor. VOLUMK X. Tlisxtiui's gate, the front door w as instantly ,i|H'ii,l. for my mother had Ucn watching I, r nic She cauir out, and Miwiirmv (ol lowed her down the pathw.n She had hastily thr -wn a thick wrap of Mi* I'hax ton - ov< r her shoulder*, and she *hi*, red as she leaned on the gate. 1 thought her uiorr beautiful than ever, and tuy heart Iwal heavily ut she extended her hand to me, and said to my mother, who was waiting for me to help her into the carriage. " \ ii did not know that I had seen Vour sou I* !or . Mrs I.yen*, lie o:i.a guided ate thro .gh the unknown w itdemc** that he* between your house and this. 1( 1 didn t thank you at the time, Mr I yotis, I waa none the le-* grateful. I stood like the w.t!e*s dmuj 1 was. not knowing what to o I was t,HI vividly conscious ol the ti>uch of those fingers to h.vv.- hid even tny usual self p .-.session at uto- eo.atuaiid. My in '.her relieved me h> jwaking " Indeed, 1 did not know he had seen you —he had never mentioned Toil to uie . and in such a little village as this we are always interested in new comers S!ie laughed. " l ha! is ui.: Tlunate I am to sup|svse that 1 w i tn ; of sutlicieiit importance to 1* tuentioned. M i mother waa now in the carriage. 1 turned and said " To t. ll the truth. Miss tirace, 1 was al most sure that 1 dreamed I saw you coming down tli it path from the w-wnls. 1 did not think ot teding our meeting for a faet, no Wore than I should have thought of relat ing as such a vision of the night "Am 1, then, very ghostly * she asked. "V : ghostly a v is. nis not n eewsarily a ghost. |am happy to lie convinced that you are tangible and will not fade away, so tint 1 may h qw for another meeting. She smiled sweetly, not distantly. "I am so tangible that 1 think of trans forming myself into a Yankee girl. Can 1 tell you anything more practical than that ' "No : that satisfies tne. X w 1 may hope, to **v you again. 1 bowed and drove away. The day* of that last autumn month ran rapidly on. 1 went to the little *ocial gath erings, the leeture*. the singing school*, be cause Mis.* (.iraoe, true to her promise of becoming a Yankee girl, went to them. At first 1 stood noiuewhat aloof ; bolder young men talked with her more than 1 did. She wa* a great favorite with alt; eieii the girl* liked her. The sudden flashes of unique simplicity rharuied them, and dis sipated envy. Evening after eve iug 1 had sen one hands me young fellow monopo lize her attention and walk home with her. The faci actually made me morose. t>ue night 1 managed to sit beside her at a singing school, i fie cold night air had given a soft, w arm bltuh to her face. 1 had thought that I liked her pallor letter than any color, but the color made her brilliant. Two or three dropping leav.-s i.f geranium were in the braids of her hair. That }*r fumeever after brought her to my mind more vividlv than anything else could do. 1 seemed giited with a jsiwer to move and act my natural self, and 1 allowed no one ele to approach her that night. As we walked home Iwueath the glinting light of the stars. 1 noticed that she had become aiuicst silent. I>id my presence oppress and bore her? It wis tco cruel to believe. " 1 hope 1 am nut defrauding llarl- weof any right you have given him, by thus tak ing possession of you, 1 said, at last. She looked op; her eye* smiled. ' If 1 had given him a right, you could not dvtraud him of it. she said. "Then it i< not his presence that you re gret, 1 said, feeling my - .ul in my eyes as 1 spoke. "You are lonely, homesick, per haps. for the warm land of vour birth. I>o you find cold hearts in this cold clime of our* T* "The heart* arc warm. I believe, Mr. I.yon; but sometime* it seems n though I were transjiorted into some frozen region, some place where there i* nothing akin to me. and I shiver with un lefinatle fear. I'hnt is foolish. I know ." We had reached the gate where 1 must leave her. 1 retained the hand iu close clasp. "Oh, do not say thre i* nothing skin to you here. That leaves me in the land of strnger; 1 cannot icar that. The earnestness with w.iirh 1 spoke call ed a color to her clieeks that Irsd so lately paled. " Recall that sentence," I j 'ead d. " IV> you reallv wish ill'" ic asked. " Y'os; it is exile for me." She withdrew her hand from mine, but alie spike softly ; " 1 recall it " I knew that I ought to go, but still I lin gered. " Mrs. Thaxton said that you were going to M. to-morrow. May 1 tak.- you in uiv cutter?" llow I feared lewt she should rvftie that simple request! Rut sb® did not, an 1 1 walked home elated'with the pro*j>ect of a prolonged ute-a trtf with her. "Aren't,you going to work this after non *" my mother asked, n* I came down in my Ust clothes instead of my working suit. " I am going to enrrv Mi*s t trace over to M . I -aid. I feared some damj>ening remark. It came. . " MisT*lraCe is very kind to the young men." / " Is rhe 7" "Have you heard whether that report about her having a lover in Jioston was true or n -t 7" she asked. No, I have not.'' 1 went out. shutting the door with vio lence. Now 1 half wished I was not going to ride with Miss Grace, I felt sufficient bit terness to make me wretched all the after noon. banishing with an effort the gloom from myface, 1 greeted Misstirare in my usual manner, only somewhat more con strained. Rut the quiet geniality, the sweet grace of her appearance charmed awav my reserve For these few hours, at least, 1 would hebappy. The air had been growing colder and colder—the srow creaked under the sleigh; but after an hours sitting by the warm fireside of our friends in M., and an addi tion of extra wr.i|>s, we started" Lome with no fear of cold. A gray vapor was rising in the west, and gradually overspreading the sky; a biting wind from the northeast swept over the road, cold and merciless. It was only for my companion 1 feared; for myself, 1 wa* familiar with the fierce cold of our winter*. "Call all your fortitude, all your endur ance, Miss (irace, I said, "fur to a child of the sunny East this must he alimist unen durable." "If i were only warm,-she replied, in a smothered voice from under her mutlliiig*, " I should think this grand. You see it's lieginning to snow, and a snow storm is still a novelty to me." Night and the storin came on apace. My horse began to lag through the thick coining snow. We had reached that part of our journey where there were no houses. Ixme ly pasture lands or woods stretched away on either side. The cold was intense. I began to fear it myself, and felt it, too, accustomed as I was to its intensity. Miss Grace had been silent for a long time. 1 bent toward her. She raised her eyes to mine. " I feared you might lie feeling the ef fects of this cold," I said. "How does it affect you V " Very strangely," she said, slowly, in a low voice. "It is harder to bear than I thought; but I don't suffer so much as I did." Her words pierced my heart like a knife. I threw my arm about her; I drew her close to me. "Miss Grace, rouse yourself! Oh, for God's sake, do not yield to that feeling of rest and peace that is coming to you! It is death. Throw it from you!" Her head sank on my shoulder; her breath sighed over my face, and thrilled me even then. " Oh, it is sweet 1 I>et me sleep!" she murmured. "It is the sleep of death !" I said, with my soul in my voice. "As you love life, as you value the happiness of those who love you, rouse yourself. Stand up in the sleigh, THE CENTRE REPORTER. stamp vour Icet, swing your anna Ik, not keen still ' She olvved me . the tin*l moment. uise.l an exclamation of pain, hut lot a uioiurut 1 would not let her ,le*i>t. She **l down " Mr. Lyons ller voice was faint and low. I Iwnt my head to hear " I u'ce* we Can reach shelter soon. I shall l>c obliged to viehl It is really beyond uiy endurance. f mulj not s|K-ak my lie *ll wa, weeping tear* of blood I Could have otlele.l her the libation uf my life, could have mitigated the agonv 1 knew she was sutieriii Ire uiemlwied the 1- g cabin of a wmil cutter ami In* wile. 1 had eeti it (wrched U(HU the ante o! one o! those lull*. 1 had watched for it ever since having < itt re,l u|*ui the d> serled road I knew that unless a light hurtled within I could not find it even then it might tv doubtful. 1 thought thai, notwithstanding my effort*, whicli 1 did not for one instant remit, if I did not iwvn tiud shelter. Mis.* itrace would yield to the cold fiend that sought Urr ller vigorous will could in I b ng sustain the attacks upon a frame alw.i* unused to cold. Mr straining eve* were at last rewarded by the laiul gliiuuu r of a tight through the siorui. 1 leirely, impatiently, 1 urged my tired horse up t the door With Mi** tiraiv ill inv arms 1 tried to enter. At hrsl the inmates were startled by my imperative summons, but in a mom, n l . they unbarred the door, revealing the ruddy glow of the tire within Motionless, senseless. 1 laid ttuiue on the wooden settle, w licit- the yel low light played over her kv-colil fa,v. The woman who had wel.aimed lis under !o<*i the In .ituienl needed to restore ani mation t,i the almost pulse leas b-rui. She had a tire built in the inner rootu, ami look Hunee there. All night she watched, and wotkesi, and when morning came, the .mile IU the languid eye* of her pati,-nt would hafv rewarded hour* ot eerti greater anxiety. Early in the morning 1 rode hoo.e, to tell the story to the tearing one*, who had waited through the dark hour* for u*. Two or three month* after the fearful night, I stood alone with Kttnee in the lirtle parlor at Ikeacon Thaxtoii s. 1 •>! hold ing her handa in tnii.e, looking down at eye* that shown aweet and liiuuid through tear* which were n, t of sorrow. " Ami the a lawn l lover is a myth, 1 said. " Yes, and alway* was " Hut the prevent one '" t Y\u kn w ; I have told you . the present '. ne ha* my love." And with the love of Kuuee Urate my happiness i< Mire. A Ca*e of Spontaneous Combustion. The Sun l raiieirwsi has the fol lowing: A most horrible ami sickening death occurred in Kennui's aah >ti, iu the bock yard of the city hall, beiug no less than the apontaimniK combustiou of a human body. The victim wan a uuui who had not been more than a mouth HI the city, hut during that time had lu-eu frequently arrested for druiiketmew*. He wiuniered ahout alone, seemingly de ment* *l, occupying his whole time in drinking the vu i jx.isou of the city front and llarhary Coast deua. He has twiee been treated for delirium tremens, and on the morning of his death was dis charged after a longer time than usual. With a seemingly insane desire for drink he continue,l from half past seven o'clock drinking steadily at various bar*, and the large size of each potntiou prom ised to speedily send him hack to the hospital. About ten o'clock he staggerel into the room neurit iuhetinilile, and feebly asked for u drink. This *o refused him, and he staggered t ward the gns jet ti li_lit the stump of a cigar he car ried, while the barkeeper turn,si away l<> attend to hi* duties. A M--incut uftcr wmrd he heard a low tuoan and in tieed a dash of tire, utnl turning around lie saw Hurley falling to the fl r, his head cn velojnsl in black, thick nm-kc, while flann s issu,\l from his mouth and ears. A horrible smell of burned floeli tilled the ar. Not a moment wis lost in at tending to the sufferer. ll>- wa* bev >:id relief, however. His face was jwrfcetlj black, partly charred nud p.utiv cov. rial with u mo:*! sis t His eyes were open. His motitli was completely r -anted on the inside, but, with the exception of his head ami hands, no part of hn> body bore marks of his horrible death. A letter found in h:s pocket, addressed to M. Harley or Hartley, furnished tl e otdy clew to his identity. A Son's Legacy. The will of the late It. H. Maoy, founder of one of the largest retail dry goods and notion houses in New York, was offered for probate in the surro gate's office, and one clause in it pro vol of special interest as showing that the sons of wealthy self-made men do not always follow in the fooMepsof their fathers. After leaving the bulk of his property to his wife and daughter, who are named us exeeutresses, the will con tinues : I am grieved to say in this solemn manner that my experience has been such witli my son, Rowland 11. Maoy, jr., that I cannot intrust liini with the care or management of any property. He has never succeeded in supporting himself. On the contrary, though he is now twentv-nine years of age, he haa !>een entirely supported and maintained by tne, and although I have done overv thing in mv power to aid him in estab lishing habits of temperance and so briety, yet I atn compelled to acknowl edge the failure of every effort made by me ami others to that end. His passion for strong drink has not hitherto been controlled by him. In view of these facts I have deemed it wise to make the following provision for his support nml maintenance d iring liis natural life : I direct that mv said executresses, or the survivors of them or their successors, do, as soon after rny decease as conve niently may bo, invest in United HtnteH government bonds n sum the annual in terest or income of which shall amount to 81,000, and that they pay to my said son the said interest or income when and as collected, unless my said son shall contest thiH will or undertake to defeat its provisions, in which case I direct Unit he tiave no part or portion of my estate. The estate is valued ut between sf>oo,- 000 and 81,000,000. (.United Foreign Senicc. In preparing a civil service system practicable to diplomatic and consular positions, the proposition to introduce a rule for an eight years' service will be considered. It has been recommended by several former diplomatic officers, and was a rule established by Mr. Jef ferson when secretary of state under Washington, as the result of his own personal experience. This rule was maintained until nearly all the early practices in the civil service was aban doned. The theory of the rule is that a residence of more than eight years abroad tends to denationalize the most patriotic citizen to some extent, and to alienate him from the customs, thoughts and tendencies of his own country. John Is. Young, of Cincinnati, Ohio, while transacting some business inn law office in New York, happened to lean too far out of the window and before he could recover bin balance he fell out. In front of the building stands a gin lamp, anil the unfortunate man struck upon this in his descent, the sharp iron fixtures at the top impaling him and passing through his body. Heveral people who were punn ing assisted a policeman to remove liim, but it was with extreme difficulty that they succeeded in lifting him free of the pointed uMtal, which had pasted into his bowels. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., EA., THURSDAY, MAY' I>4. 1877. ASIA MINOR AND EUROPE —SCENE OF WAR. ij hnr.tfiv"*' gy-mVuov , Jj y L " u '2l** \. / h \ 'VnI t n K\\ -|G\ T „y. -- -p\ "r* / V: Yt j&e / \ -.' '■* ' v | " j . !f - I !ip '" "V 1 " y\v SS'wsisV ir^Sb'' Kr r R K 1 d: • u * K — a Map of tiic Tastcrn Mitr. Tlie map which wo publish this week, under an arrangement with the New > ii. //* ritUl, willstTord our reader* a c m prelieusive view of tin* locality au*l ui. venieuts <*{ th*' U : man utnl Turkish armies in Asui Mill r, to which :tt< uli u has boeu *lniwu by recent events. At the beginning of hostilities it was sup jsised the lirst clash *if arma would • •-ur ill Eur>'J* . but '. ; ** Hussisu camp.i gu thus far has lawn confined princ pally t Asia Minor Btt.a/ul, a fortified t an southeast of K tf", llivs bi*ell abandoned l*y the Turks ami occupied by th Kts s.ans without a bio*, tiic I irks leuving behind them a supply of amiiiuuitiou and retiring to Toprak Kab-h • r Van. If a battle is t i be : light by the Sate Turk ish garrison of l'ujnzul it will, m all probability, Ih* on tin* road to one of these places. If the llusnian tr-spa suc ceed in isolating Knrs fr. m the main Isslv of Turkish troops, th* Turks will Ik: compelled U> foil hack upon Kiic routu. Meanwhile tin* Hussnui army along tlie l'sniila* remains inactive, probably awaiting a further mm* west ward of the army in A*.a Minor la-fore taking any decisive step. Should the Hussions slice***-*! in taking tin* town of Silistna, ou the Danube, the Turks will ia< driven to ScliuiuLa an 1 the i'ulkim range. iatdies in Persia. A trnveler in Persia thus descrila* the dre-s and apjicaranec of the ladies of that country: A few women are seen. We met one sitting astride on horseback, as all Eu>t •■rn w.'in'ii ride. We believe them t • Is* women because of their costume ami size, but we can sec no part of tlicm, not even a hund or an eye. They are shrouded from the head to the knees in a cotton or silk alieet of *l:irk blue or black —the rhtlddcr, it is called, which pa*-*e* over the hcinl and i-> held with th*' hands around and about tin* l*ly. Over tho ehuddcr ts tied around the Lend n yard long veil of white cotton or linen, 111 which Leforo the eyi* is a pi*****' if open work about th* sire of a finger, which is their only look<mt >w v**ntiht r. 'The veil passes inti the ebudder nt the chin. Every woman l>efor* going out of doors put-sou a pair < f trousers, generally of the same stutl aud tailor of the rhtidder, and thus her outdoor aoeltision and •h— --gi- arc coinpl**t*. Hi a husband could not recognise her in the stre* t. In this costume M.h ammr.lan women grope their way almut the towns of Persia. Their trousers are tightlv bound about the ankles alsive their *<> - - silk stockings, which an invariably of home manufacture; the slippers, with no covering for the heel, complete this unsightly, unwholesome apparel of these uncomfortable victims of tlie Persian readers of the Koran. The indi*>r cos tume of Persian women of the higher class tipj>ara iudelicate to Europeans. The chudder and tmusersar * tin* inva riable walking costume. Indoor* the dress of a Persian lady is more like that of n ballet girl. In the ante-moms of Persian royalty my wife was received by tin* princciiHea thus attired, <ir rather uu ntlirc*!. Maple Sugar StatNlir*. A few figures atxiut the maple sup-iir business arc suggested by the (net that thin Reamm tliirty-five tons of the sugar have been shipped to market from Brut tleboro, Vt. The bent estimate puts the yield of a tree at twelve to twenty-four, any eighteen, gallona a Reason, and of stignr not over four pound*. That in, eighteen quaitsofsnp make a pound; consequently there were Imilcd, about Brnttlelioro, to make 70,000 |iiinds of sugar, 1,200,000 quarts of sap, which were the yield of 17,500 trees. Huppos ing that, the country through, there are 100 places where as much sugar is made as alwuit Brattleboro, then n total of 31,- 500,(KK) gallons of sap is drawn every spring. No doubt this is far leas than the actual amount, yet it would weigh about 252,000,000 pounds or 126,- 000 tons, ami would make n far greater liquid mass than some of the reservoirs that have, in bursting, caused such dis aster in the past few years. A pound of wood burned raises twenty-seven to thirty-six pounds of water from thirty two degrees to the lsiiling point. As suming that a pound of ordinary forest gatheriug would boil the water out of thirty-six pounds of sap, it appears that it would take 7.000,000 pounds (3,f>00 tons) of wood to make a season's sugar; and also that the firewood burned just about equals in weight the sugnr pro duced. Trees have to be tapped; fuel has to he gathered, if not prepared; and thirty-five pounds of wnter have to le iwiiled away before the sugnr is reached; moreover several weeks are spent at the work. What wonder that foreign sub stances sometimes creep into the pans.— /fartford <'ourtint. A Mtnli'l IHploiiialiht. I'rinoe Nicholas, of Montenegro, who has loen instrumental iti creating the present Oriental crisis, is described by a friendly hand ns a model diplomatist. Politie and clever, he knows how to make himself agreeable to all part ion, in order to secure lor himself the greatest advan tage. At the very moment when, with regard to Turkey, he represents himself as its well-meaning friend, who could readily come to uu understanding if his stubborn subjects did not prevent him, he also knows how to cleverly persuade the European courts that he will follow their COUUBCIH; anil thus the circumstance happens that many a great power im agines that it directs petty Montenegro; while without any question it is obliged to give way to ttie principality and ac cede to its demands. HIAHHOOH AMI ITS PEOIM.h. Plrmrra of I.lie nn*l lUnurr* In ih* tllaik inn. t Bfio* IViulwulal it tbo liveliest tuwu hi tins I n:Utl SUI-*, writwsa ctirrswqwmilent < f tiic Ntvt V..rk .Vim, mitl inch hour adds to the population, buiilltiM, bustle, Ou ll fttßH'ii an.l wealth. Eastern reading is ith tit*; .11 ti the people of Dcadwood, \!:o know llotlllllg of hur.l tlUK'h llll.i Jul! trade. 11* re tlie tnul*-r, untier antl gam bler are all coining nnuit-y. Nt> taxes tt< )iay, uuiiifiih*' profits, u daily increasing ..* iiiainl for gouib*, the richest mineral <*• untrv in America, ciuttly worked; no wonder the merchant* and miner* arc happy. A" for tlie gambler* aud ooufi deUi'e men, I *1 1 Wood swarm* with them. 11l fact, since a little adventure of iuv own, 1 am luelinetl to tuipo't that oUc lmlf the men 1 elbow ou the street are of the black-leg sjM-cie*. Mr. ValniiUiik* r of the "I. X. L." ho tel recently introduced me to oue <if the sharja-*:, luoht muvi -ssful.aiid Iwnt known confidence men in the couutry. "1 am a blackleg," i-aid niT new acquaintance, "ami von know it; but 1 never lake ad vantage of a jv*or man—l menu a miner working f>>r a stake - traders and mer chants urc my game. If 1 can bleed a freighter, I do ao without the h-ast com punction. I never rvwort to violence—l mean the knife, pistol, or black-jack. While I would rather steal than receive the money ns a gift, I never leave a man penniless. ]>< y*u want to see nie a' wrk Well, cme along into the *Me -I*klo*iii. * lhni l recognize me." We jNifuw'd into the crowded, heated room. What a pandemonium The lwr at the r.ght was lnie*l with half drunken men, laughing, chatting, swear ing, yelling. Farther on was a ro ug> rt H'nr table, its tlealer loudly proclaiming to a gaping crowd the fuinies* of the game. 15y it* aide, a motlev throng sur rounded a lott'ry and chuck-luck table, the banker Wing a youth not over nix ie* u. At the end of the room was a nar row stage, u|sui which appeared a pian ist, baujo player, and three male sing ers. The men were 1U their shirt sleeves, pulling awav at old clay pijies as w** mi tered, but tiic instruments soon struck np a symphony, which was followed by a very pr ttv ballad, w-ll sui g and accotn |Muiicl. Making our way out of the room, we noticed a large crowd gather ing at iiiir right, and ln-unl a hoanw voice lauding the simplicity of a game which 1 s-s'tl discovered to lw tlilliible rig, with nut shells doing duty for thim bles, uud which has given totheunui W hind tin' table the aobriquct of "nut shell Hill." My companion pulled my aleeve, and edged his way through the crowd to the table. " l'wentv ilollars that vou **an't pick up the shell containing tin* little Wll," said Hill, as he paas<<d the thri*e shells to and fro, displaying the hall at every move. " Twenty dollars that uo one can discover the boll, ami be mav lift the shell himself." As Hill turned to exjw-c --torate, my c*>nij*anion quickly raised the center shell, plainly showing to the crowd the ball beneath, and replaced it. " Twenty dollars," said Hill. "I'll go vou ten, ' quietly remark* *1 my compan ion, "it is ail the money I have." " No, sir." replied Hill, "twenty or nothing." Then the two argued the point for a sec ond or two, and Hill being inexorable, tnv companion tume*l to n bystander and said : "Come, pard, let's go in together. I'll put in ten with you." The iwunou iqquisled to, confident of his ability to raise the right ahcll, complied ; two ten-dollar bills fluttered upon the table; the center shell was rais<sl, but no ball was there. Of course there was cursing, laughing, charges of foul play and threats, during which Bill quietly picked up his money ami slipped through the crowd to the street, lie makes but one bet a night. On the other side of the street, a little lower down, stands " the Cricket," an other great resort. It is a dnuee hall and variety theater, the latter being a novelty here. It was in the " Cricket" that (ten. Crook danced in the same set with Mayor Fnrtium. His partner is still employed in the house. A violin and viola furnish the music. Six girls are employed in the dance hall, and are on the floor from dark until miduight, their partners varying in social standing from such dignitaries as those just men tioned to the dirtiest, blackest and coarsest of " bullwhackcrs." The men •lance with hats on, and huge eigars be tween their teeth, and seem to enjoy the ten minutes' set, for which they pay a half dollar, lies ides t rants for self and partner. The theater is rcaelnsl through two doorwavs, one loading to the lower part of the house, the other to the gal lon, which is divided off into seven boxes. Decorum is unknown to "Cricket" audiences, and, as a conse quence, the performance is virtually one of show ami not for the ear. Great clouds of smoke fill the room, while nianv girls, dressed in the loudest fash ion, peddle drinks through the audience. The performance begins with the first part of a minstrel show, the circle con sisting of " bones " and " tambourine " in cork, two girls, the interlocutor, and n banjo plaver uncorked. The great aim of all is bi ite as loud ns possible, and in this particular then' seems to bo no re straint. Hinging and dancing fill up tlio programme. The performance continues until the last auditor leaves The amount of money nightly squan dered here upon wiue, women and gnm bl.ng is simply enormous. With drinks and cigars at " two bits" (twenty-five cents) each, wine (very, poor) at V> per pint, and everything else iu proportion, it takes but a very slpirt time to run through a big sum of tnunqy. Gambling is the great bane of the tow n. One ran find but few public houses where there are not one or more games in operation, while in many Bitlooiis tlie tables are counted by the half dozen. Yet there arc many excellent people here. Deadwood apes the airs and dignity of the oldest citv on the continent, Postal service Lah leeii secured, and Postmas ter Adams, a nu |>ct-bßggrr from Ouiolia, wiilt u Baled hlnri aiul shiny hat, opened a regularly tstitbhshed office and la-gall till* sale of stamps. Heretofore it hue coat ten cents t<> M'Uti <>r receive a letter, except liv thClieyriiueliur. The UU< r ha* the contract until tli' close of the fi*cul rear, and will carry a daily luiul, ah wsli also tin- Fort l*iwre alid Blslilurck lilies a* MM IN u* they l*-giu running, which will lw iu al*>ut two week*. The Sidney stage company ha* aold out to the Cheyenne mm|uuiy uul Uentifier daily stage* will run over that route. The tirht daily pajer in the lull*, the 7'i/nc*, ro-ently made it* apjieonuice here. It 1* a folio, five column* to tlie page; lift* the ASMK-IHUXI PROW DLS patchea; t* well *lited, and presents a tine tv i*<gmpluoiil ap|w-nnoice. It* edi tor*. M<-i.r*. Warner and New hard, are old lieuver printer*, ami nre confident of *uore*K. The J'tutucr, the fir*t ltlack liilla journal, will aoou appear dailv. Tlie arrival* of "tender feet " in tliia citv alone average one humln-d a day, and, a* the M-naou advance*, tlie influx become* greater. Hotel* can avmimo date ul*>ut one in ten ; the other uiua alcep in stable*, tents, wagons, etc. You call safely assume that four-fiftha of the entire uumber will soon be on their way back to tlie State* with empty jwickct*. All the good uiinuig ground ha* l<een taken tl}>. A iiumlvr of farmer* have arrived, taken ranches in Jb-d valley, and l-gun tillage. I cotjnte.l thirty-aix on their way to the lh lle Fourcheone day. They will make money, a* the aoil )* excellent for agricultural purposes, while the market will la* the l>at in the country next winter, unless the bu*ineaa ia over done. Hay now cells at §IOO ja-r ton, and it i* very scarce at that figure. It cost* illsuit $3.2(1 Jer ton to gather it. Another very fortunate speculation is our solitary n-e man. lie harvested several thousand tons last winter, and, a* he intend* cliarguig live cent* jier jKiund, li t profits will In- enormous. Building g***H ou rapidly all over the city, keeping sawmills and carpenters b'isy night and day. Kent* aie out rageously higli, a small cabin of uu platusl lumber bringing §25 to sHfi jer month. Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges have Isi-ii established. Divine wrv:c i* held every Sunday. A largely attended school has Is-eu opened. Minna are 1* nig opened rapidly, but the abundance of water prevent* a thorough working of them. MerclianU and gambler* have decided to take and jNiv out gold dust hereafter at the rate of sin j*-r ounce—• reduction of two dollar*. _____ K 4 urlou* Storm of light uing. At a recant nu-etitig of the French Academy of Sou-nee*, a jwjier, giving the following curious description of a storm obaervi-d by M. Edward Blanc, oil March "21. at Veuce. iu the Var, was read: "Tlie weather had lxwu variable during the day; at seven A. M. a hail-storm, ac companied with thunder, hail swept over the whole northern seals* rd of the Mediterranean from west to e -t; Treius, Antilles, Cannes, Nice and Monaco had IHH-II visited, but tin- center of the tor nado was several leagues away on the sea, where tha eloudsluul a characteristic copper tint. Vetioe hail le-n but slightly touched, had had aoroc intermittent nun minglcil with hailstoiies, and ixvasioniil sipiall*. During tlie rest of the day the sun sliotie out, and at iutervala a big black cloud would travel fnim west to •*i*t, letting fall a shower of ram lastiug but af w- minutes. The sun was warm, I ami set in a cloudless horizon. About midnight, M. Blanc was surprised to see numerous flashes of lightniug to the east, the sky overhead l*>ing clear. There was no thunder, although the phenomenon could uot be nt any grest distance. M. Blanc proceeded to n spot where nothing could obstruct the ob server, and saw tlie whole eastern horizon ; covered by a layer of black clouds, over which a numl>or of light and fleecy cirri ' i were skimming in varions directions; the 1 general appearance wns that of a dense moss in ebulition, on the surface of which light acoriw wen- dancing aim- t. To j the northeast of Vcnoo, and at a distance of eighteen kilometres or thereabouts, a large black cloud seemed to be exceeding ly disturbed; it was eonstnutly rising anil 1 falling, and above it tire balls resembling rockets issuing from n bonquet of fire works aeemed to start from iui invisible , center, flew alsmt in every direction, J and after passing over a space of from six to eight degrees, would burst silently, j leaving a dazzling train l>ehiud. The ; apparent diameter of these balls was nlMiut one degree; they moved slowly, and the phenomenon wns repeated three or four times in two minutes. From time to time the cloud was torn l>v a i flash of lightning, accompanied by a ; rumbling sound." ——■ mm——— — The I,and of Revolutions. Political prixsceutiona continue in M exico. .Senor F. Mejia, Lenin's secretary of the treasury, has been im prisoiieu for alleged malpractices during the past two years. Diaz declares the Congress an illegal body, and has sum moned the Senate to meet in September, when the t wo bodies will choose a new Con gress. Conspiracies multiply rapidly- A formidable one hns been discovered in Han Luis Potosi, and a number of arrests have been made. The originnl Tnxtepeo party are dissatisfied with Diaz and threaten to oppose him, and the Church party are offended because Diaz disavows any alliance with them. The (iu refer Dt lA i Europe has suspended auil Tiro Ji'efiultlica will follow suit. Both are Lerdo journals. Ooveruor Jiminez, who arrested Mr. Sutler, the American consul • -at Aoapuloo, without cause, and kept in conflnemcAt three weeks, hus • released him by order of President Diaz, 1 but without redress. Diaz has paroled t"l Cortina the condemned bandit, TKKMB: fß'-J.OO a "Y"<iar, in Advance. FARM, GARDEN AND HOISKHOLD. I irm UraißMr. AH farm land* *!<• greatly improve], and made more productive by being properly drained, Krorn experience auu olnrrntiuo, lam uitiKfied that under draining, ii pro|>erly done, where it i* practicable, is much tb- Imet, vet, land* which are quite rolling and hifiy, would in most I'ftMii 1M- greatly iM-uoflted by luuliiug deep d ul furrow*, every two or three rod* ajiart when plowing. But when the land is ouly moderately roll ing or newly level, make good sized ojM-n ditehee, not more Uinn eighty yard* apart, deep enough to go mostly belaw the top soil, ui order that the land may l>e drained lielow therootaof the growing crops, then a* the surplus water run* off, the air will enter the auil, and rising up tlirough to the surface, aerate aad warm th land, which helji* to ftiruiah good and whoh-aoiue fissl for the crop*.thereby in creasing the yield. But underdrmuing if properly done, is still tatter. Dram* *houhl not IK- far apart, and should 1M- DO hud a* to run from the head to the outlet with aome descent, and be from two to four feet below the surface (of course an outlet must lie provided). Tins would drain the soil more evenly and thoroughly reaching all part* of the laud or field to be drained. By tlua method of draining while the surplus water is running off, the air 1* running up the drains, and rising through the ground, aerating and warming the soil, making it fit for cultivation fuil ten days earlier in spring, and continuing its warmth as much later in the fall,thereby lengthening the growing and ripening season, and, in niu*!* esses, preventing injury from early and lab- frost*, which, in some seasons, would add more to the value of the crop than the whole coat of the drainage. Where the laud is favorable for underdraiuing, the cost need not be more than from two dollars to four dol lars |>er acre. *u.uuu| to the prices paid for lalsir and materials. The drama can be made of pine Isatnls ; a strip six and one-half mclii-s wide nailed on to the edge of a strip five and one-half inches wide, and m lieu of a Isittoni, nail short strip* across altout four feet apart, to keep the sides m their places. This kind of drain w ill lsst many vears. and do good service. Therefore, 1 would recommend underdraiuing a* Iteing the greatest benefit to the soil. But"jiersons who cannot conveniently nnder<train their lami. should at least dig a few opeu ditches, of good site and proper depth, for mains, and then wliou plow ing make deep dead furrows, lea Hug into the ditches, which will IK- found highly beneficial.— Juaac Ijunay, in Rural .Xctr Yorker. lloanrftlir 11 rip-. Rn >i Borv UUIOEIUIHKXO. —One cup ful sour cream, one cupful molasses, oue egg, oue t<-a*]KS''ilul ginger, one taa spoouful *!Kla; stir rather tlnu. FRIED CAKES. —Oue cupful sugar, oua cupful sunt cream, one cupful butter milk, one taaspoonful >dn, spice to taste; mix thick enough to roll easily. Co DOUSE. —One quart alcohol, one quarter ounce oil of lavender, one-qnar tor otiuce oil of rosemary. ll.—One quart alcohol, one ounce oil of lemon, iaie-balf !iunc* il of Ivcrgamot; shake well. BAKERS' GRAHAM BREAD.— Make a sponge sw for wlute bread with wheat flour, eay one square of compressed yeast to two quart* of water: wheu light make tip the dough with graham flour and one-half n teaciipful molasses; let stand to rise again, thou make up the loaves with the hands, and wheu light bake. To OOOK Br.arvntAK.—Blit the out side or fat ]*rt. say every four inches, cutting through to "the lean, which pre vents contraction and incr< sees it* ten- denies*. Hire a bright ftre and gridiron hot before putting it on; turn over to prevent burning. A steak an inch and n half thick will l>e cooked IU from seven to ten minutea. To fry, prepare in the same way; put a little butter en pan or griddle, and let it get brown liefore put ting on the meat; cook quickly, and, whether broiled, fried, roasted, or tuikcd in the oven, if yon want juicy, tender beef, never salt it liefore it is cooked. Beefsteak should bo served the moment it is cooked; otherwise it loses its flavor. Illsfa A bowl Fiatwrro. House plants ought to be stimulated gently once or twice a week. lUiu water, so refreshing to snmmer flowers, always contains ammonia, which also abounds in all liqmd mannrca. If yon take an ounce of pulveriaed carlxmate of ammonia, dissolved iu one gallon of water,-it will make spring water even in<>re stimulating to your plants than rain water. If yon water your plants once in two weeks with guano water (one tablesjioouful to a pail of water), they will grow more thrifty. Chicken manure dissolved in water is excellent. Alwnys keep the soil in your flower pots loose. A common hair-pin used daily, will stir thtrearth sufficiently. Escorted by Whales. The Han Francisco C'hroniclf has been put in jHissession of a curious story by Captain Keis, of the British steamer Flour de Lis, which recently arrived at that jiort from Audrosaan. The captain Hays that when off Htaten island, which lies eastward from Cape Horn, the ship encountered a Hehool of whales, which seems to have resolved itself into an escort to attend her on the remainder of her passage. The w hales kept in close company with the ship through this long stietch of thousands of miles, and did not leave her until she arrived off San Francisco and put iu for the shore, when they took their leave with a series of lively flounders and an occasional spout to assure the master they were taking in i bumpers to his health. As the passage around Cape Horn and through the Pa cific was a good one, it is fair to presume that the escort was auspicious. NUMBER 21. THE HI MVI'I.HI AI. B IKEA (J. Aa lalrllla*a<-r 018. i- la Nrw lark liar Prrarbrra U ka arc Out at Karlaiariill " Yea," mill the Jtev. Cliurlea C. floss to Uie reporter fa New York paper, "a uiimaterud bureau ia an oddity iu our oouutrv; but it ia uouti Uie lea* a uecea ity. Preachers arc often throwu upon the world without the lmmediate oppor tunity of lorn ting themaelvee comforts - bly, and ch urchea are alinoat a* fmpirut lv" left without pastor*. It ia mv hope that through the agency of Una liureau many of these mutual wants may be sup plied. " " Have you had many/applications from churches f" " Very few so far, for Uie reason, (M-rl.uph, that I lukl not advertised Uie project. " "I* there a reasonable proapcct Uiat you will meet with success in your un dertaking t" " That, of coiirw, ia a question of bine. K<lucatk>uid bureau* aoem to suc ceed, latair bureau, are nut all failure*, ami 1 liave hcanl that one or two matri monial tmreaii. ore meeting with excel lent encouragement. Why ahould not a ministerial bureau suceeej, dealing, as it must, with hundred* of churches and thoiiauida of preacher* ?" *' There must le a wide field for you Pi work in." " Yes ; the business of supplying ch urchea with pastors, or of introducing unemployed preachers to trustees and other employing unthoritiea, ia of itself an extensi ve'one. 1 tut I propose to make the bureau a medium of exchange be tween jiasU >t>; an agency through which the ]taslor who wishes to remove to a better climate, a more congenial neigh borhood, or to a field hi which hia aer virea may lie more liberally remuueratcl. cau make hia want* known, and can be placed in communication with persons who are in need ol just aurh a man. This brunch of the business will be con ducted iu such away that there can be no jMswibility of engendering ill feeling betweeu the pator and hia people. He continues his labor with them until the arrangement* for a change are satisfac torily made; he givea notice of his in tended removal, and at the appointed time he severs the old connection and takes on with the new. Many a preacher in the country is wearing himself oat in a climate which hia constitution cannot stand. He is poor, his scuuaintanoe with the outer world is limited, and hia only prospect is to work himself out, and die where he ia This bureau will give him facilities for the needed change, such as he never dreamed of. The insti tution ia in its infancy, but I believe that it can lie made a great convenience and a great blessing." The Eastern War. The New York Graphic expresses itself a- follows concerning the war be tweeu Russia and Turkey, and its nib mate result: The Eastern war may be said to have actually begun. The Russian embassy have quit Constantinople, removing the Russian anna front the doors sf their offices. The czar haa reviewed one corps of his sruiv at Umerinka and Bir sals. and his address to the soldiers and officers showed that in his view hostili ties have already virtually commenced. A detachment of Russian soldiers is re ported to have reached Huc-harest. which is two hundred and fifty miles from the mouth of the Truth anil nearly five hun dred from Kischeueff. If this ia tliefact Russia has shown as much energy in prejNtring for bueUlitias us statecraft in conducting negotiations; and while she has amused Europe with diplomatic • •verturea and toyed with the porte by ■ offering terms that ounhl not be accept ed she haa been putting her armies in fighting trim and getting them into posi tions to strike the most powerful blown the moment war is declared. Turkey ia in as good fighting condition as she can lie. 11 er troops have been kept under arms in anticipation of hostilities since tlie close of last summer's successful camjiaigu, and the victories they won in Servia and Bulgaria incite their martial ardor. It is reported tliat '20,000 Cir cassian* are all roadv to be poured upon Konmania in case tliat province deter mines to remaiu neutral: which means that the atrocitaca perpetrated last sum mer in Bulgaria are to be repeated on a larger scale, unless Russia is aide topns tect her ally. Tlie Turks will doubtless fight with fanatical determination and persistency. They have everything at stake. It ia a life and death struggle with thcui.. It will surprise no one if they gain decided advantage* in the be ginning of the struggle. But the con teat ia too unequal to make ita ultimate issue doubtful. It is eight millioua against eighty; and while the eighty are united nro'cr one head, writli a powerful organir-'tt, i, and the immense lacking wis i . uie gceatest effipirr in tlie world < au give, the eight are divided, virtually resource lees, with uo credit abroad, and no government that they can roapect or dejieud upon. Russia has managed the diplomatic preliminaries to the contest with so much ingenious address that it will lie difficult for any European power save Austria to interfere, and the inter ference of Austria will lie at the moat for the protection of her allies. Unless England comes to the assist ance of Turkev she must be driven to the wall, and Mr. Ledyard has informed the porte tliat it can expect no help from England. Indeed, England has nothing to gain by keeping the Turk in Europe one day longer. Constantinople ia not necessary for the protection of the Brit ish empire in tha East. The Sues canal makes the jioeeeesion of Egypt a thou sand tiroes more important to England than the whole of Turkey conld possibly be. But Russia will not lie likely to ex cite England's jealonsT too much, and will stop short the goal of her ambition. Alexander is in no hurry to water hia horse in tlie Boapborua. A Desperate Situation. The company belonging to Montgom ery Queen's oircus passed through th-s public streets of San Francisco. The last wagon in the caravan consisted of n cage containing a lion and lioness, and tiger and their keeper. The tiger crouched stealthily in one comer of the cage, the lioness in another, and between them sat the keeper. During the entire parade the lion manifested a good deal of uneasiness at the presence of the tiger in the cage, and made several at tempts to approach it, but was prevented from doing so bv the keeper. When op posite the Nevada block, on Montgomery street, however, the two animals man aged to rush upon one another Then followed one of the most exciting scene* imaginable. The keeper rushed in be tween the infuriated auimals for the pur pose of separating them, and the curious and horror-stricken crowd rnshed in stinctively toward the cage to render assistance, were it jxiesible. While en gaged in separating the beasts, the lion seized the keeper's thigh and drove his teeth deep into the flesh. The excited crowd on the outside then began to raise their voices in alarm, but the man whose life was thus plaoed in jet)partly coolly told tliem to Ih> quiet, and seizing an iron bar be struck the lion on the head several times, Anally compelling him to release his hold and return to his comer. Blood flowed freely from his wonnds. One Massachusetts woman has had seven husbands. Four have died and two have been divorced. THE INVASION OP T( KKET. Tk Us—lass D*ftli4 La Ikf FtrM tow ••rat—Alt Imih PrviwHN* M Am- Nam af Urn War. The newwpaper* of Oont*n tingle re port thai wo engagement hu taken jilaoe on the Asiatic frontier, near Ardahan. which is on the road from thestronghold Km to Batnum <m the Blank *•*. Hie Khmuuia were compelled to fall back. Freeh skirmishing occurred At Oumro, i in the vicinity of !'•*, hut no important 1 engagement hiar yet boon fought. The Rumuaq anny At that point in under the command of the Oram! Duke Miobael, a younger brtithcr of Nicholas, and a more experienced officer. Muktar Paaha i the Turk iih general. Hafvet Pasha linn sent the following diM]iateh to the Turkiali ambassador at London: " 'Hie ft rat engagement hae just lieen fought at Tebtirukaon, near Bntouiu. After some fighting, the enemy was de feated and put to runt with the loea of 800," It ia expected that a state of siege will ahortly be proclaimed in Ooustautinop la. The Turkish trooj>a are reported to hare eroaaed the Dauube at Widdin and occupied Kalafat. Tlie greater part of the Rnaatau troop* are moving in the direction of Bnlgnui, on the Pruth, to apparently eocure a ptumage through the Dobrudiwh a, which, it t stated, ia expected to be the object of the principal attack. It ie thought doubtful that the Turka will bo able to arrive in time to prevent the paaaage of the Ituaeiau armv. The telegraph linea letweeu Ko-imams atul Turkey are in terrupt**!. The nnmlier of Russian* who have en tered Routaauia ia estimated rt 80,000. They are oouceutrating at BarlioMhi, where the railroad cro-ne* tin- Sereth. No ItuHHiana have paaeed the Sereth or the Danube. Tim conftrma the report Unit the Russians are ip|>erenUy advancing upon the lower Danuhutn province of Dobrodecba. A diapatch to the London Standard from Paecaui, Mohlavia, ear* 15,000 Kuaaiaaa have passed through Unghexii, 10,000 through Leova and 35,000 Utrongh Bulgnsl Theae troop* are to effect a junction at GalaU and Brail*. The Pcetli correepondeut of the Stand ard report* that Oanuta Pasha lute ad dreeacd a proclamation to the inhabitant* of Kalafat iwaunug them that they need not fear the Turka, who will occupy the town aa fricuuß. A Vienna dispatch *taUvi that the Roumanian prefect of Kalaiat haa been matructed to receive the Turka aa friend*. The ftrat bailie may be expected to take place at Tuiteha, iu the Dobrudacha, ou the aouth bank of the Danube, forty miles from it* mouth, where the attempt of the R unman* to cram may be looked for very shortly. A Peatb special aaya it m feared that a Ruaauui column has passed ever the Danube near Gladowa, in northeastern fierna, apparently an attempt to flank the Turkish line. A diapatch from Peru asserts that a Turkish fleet ia bombarding OLcfkeUL A dispatch from Per* aaya it ia re ported Uiat the Turkish fleet, under command of Hubart Pasha, left to take up its position before Odessa. The telegraph wire at I brail* has been cat by Cossack*, who are three or four thousand strong there. A special from Bern reports that Ho bart Psalm ia at Busiehuk, fully two hundred miles up the Danube, on board an iron-clad, and must force hi* way past 1 brwl* and (hdatx iu front of the Russians in order to return to the Black sea. The saltan lis* issued a proclamation, addressed to the officer* and men of the fleet, especially recommending them to protect the Mussulman population of the Crimean and Caucasian ooaata now groan nig: under the Russian yoke. The following ia the fall text of the sultan'a proclamation to the a run : Russia haa declared war. We are forced to take up arms. We have always iabe-1 peace, listening to the advice of the power* in thia reapert; bat Russia wauta to deatroy our independence, and ao if Russia attaAs ua Cod, who pro tects right and justice, will grant us vic tory. Our noltiier* will defend with ibeir blood the country gained by their ancestors, and with the help of thai main tain the independence of the Oa uuuili. 'Hie nation will protect the wives and children of the soldiers. Should it be necessary the sultan will go to tle army and niae the atandard of the Khalifat and the Soltanat. The sultan ia ready to sacrifice bia life fur the honor and independence of the country. A Sew Terk Cuwhiding Stan. A recent cow hiding scrape in which a New York lawyer figure* hiut for it* basis the terrible consequence* which result from a youngaad willful girl having her own way. For two year* pan the only < laughter of a Terr wealthy rami lias lyeu a central figure in fashionable New York society. She waa not twenty years old, and the heireas to a large fortune. Of course ahe was courted, fUttfrid, fol lowed. She organized a "coterie," of which ahe was made president. She re ceived the attention of titled foreigners, and was the envied of her ac t. But one morning last winter the intel ligence c*ine like a shock that ahe was uiamed, had been married a rear, and to a worthless young fellow scarcely older tiisn herself—poor, but already % drunk ard and gambler. The marriage cere inouy was performed at the maror's office, the infatuated girl having been made to believe that tin# was only a civil contract, and did not constitute a real marriage, and that she could disavow it at the end -fa year, during which time it was to lie kept a profound secret Before the year expired, however, the husband grew jealous, threatened, and finally claimed her, treating her parents with the most impertinent rndene*s,and, to her horror, the unhappy girl found herself tied for life to a person without ordinary decency or manhood. Probably a divorce wood have been obtained had it not been TO the interfer ence of the relatives of young man i hia family is a rvepc*M|tp one), who finally prevailed upon thgfogrent* of the girl to extend a sort of sanction to the marriage, which they in vitations to a grand part/, ro which 800 guests were invited, of which fifty only were present, A bouse was bought and furnished by the father of the bride, and fhe young couple went to housekeeping. The"other day the mother called, found that her daughter had been struck and lieaten, and was summarily ordered down stairs and out of the house by the ncape grace son-in-law, who, mad with drink and rage, himself put her ont, and told her never to darken his doors again. The next day he was eowhided in the street by an indignant nephew of his mo'her-in-law and consin of his wife. So much for a secret and hasty mar riage. They were out walking, enjoying the cool and refreshing air. The bright moon cast its rays over the lady, giving her an almost angelic appearance, and imparted to her flowing curls a still more golden hne. One of her soft white hands rested in his, snd ever and anon she met his ardent gaze with one of pure love. Suddenly a change came over her fea tures; her full ml lips trembled as if with suppressed sighs; the muscles of her faultless mouth became convulsed; she gasped for breath, and, snatching her hand from the soft pressure of his, she turned away, buried her face in her cambric handkerchief, and—sneezed ! Irrigating the dry lands of (Jolurudo from wells by windmill power has been recently found practicable by a farmer, near Evans, in that State. With oue small mill an acre of vegetables was watered, and the thirst of a herd of eighty head of cattle, horses, and slieep was quenched. A minister who had twice married the same couple—A divorce ensuing between the two marriage*—remarked tliat h didn't wish to add a repairing depart ment- to hts business
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