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.
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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