A Ptctnre. A lack-waited barn. with roof of nomtw red Within, a dnstv, annlit granary fliw ; On either side a widely opened door I/ot in broad sunlight on the thresher's hea.l. And showed the cattle 'lieatli a ueighb'ring shed. Beyond the sunshine, piled in golden store, Lav the clean grain, while ever wore and more The empty straw, and the bright heap it made. O'crtoppod the well stacked alieavea of heavy wheat Tint iu thesnnlight elose Waldo our feet l,ay ready to the thrasiua's busy hand. Who in the midst, with mllful falling flail. IVat a slow muaie they could understand To lazy barn foals seated on the rail. Then and Now. I used to think you very fair, And, oh 1 so very simple. Because jroa had a childlike air And such a saucv dimple! ] used to thiuk you loved the bird* And i\ed among the flowers. And that you mean! the whispered words You said ill twilight hours ; And oh ' I thought yon would 1* true. Although you were so never; And yet 1 w ill be true to you For ever and for ever. 1 wonder if yon ijuite forget The days we spent together. Or if you think with vague regret Of laughd gra and licather. 1 wonder if your eyes are still A* blue as when we patted - 1 saw llicm turn away and All, And thought vou broken hearted. AIT. well! you were a sad coquette ; But I'll forge! rem neier; I'll Keep your rose is treasured \eO For ever and for < icr. ELFIE LEIGH. "You will Iv true. Fli'e " Pan you doubt lue. Jtivb?" Jacob Arlingtcu .ho i, his brad, and then, drawing his pretty, litt.< gob ten hatred Jin aor* to ius breast. ga\e ter a parting embrace. Years ago, a woman had come to the Leigh farm, otic cold. toru-i night, with an infant m her arms. She begged for sl.c iter , said L< w.ta a widow, be: name Arlington, and was on her way to bx friend*. Mrs. Leigh gave ter tb' "s' ire room " with mauy misgivings. she e nkl uot turn her out to ivn*h. and yet she v. us afraid she would steal something if she trusted Iser iu there alone. The ihtt luonuag. as the strange woman oil n.t make her ep)<earauce, they went to see wliat had happened- She was dead ' Her IvaW nestled ie-ide her cold, inanimate form The Letghs had j.i*t buried their oulv sou. and their hearts were tenderer than usual. "We will let the town bur> the woman.' the old farmer said. " and we will keep the boy. lie may grow up to he a great help to me.' Mrs. Leigh very gladly io]Uvwl in In r husband's plan, and so Jacob Ailiugtoa became an inmate of thsir home. Years at ter ward. Mrs. Leigh had a baby a little. Wue-eved. goldi'U-hairisi mfa.it and l:e called it El fie. The tatw was Jacob's ; rt-de Every leisure moment he spent iu fondling aid Ciressing ill- pretty little ti.tng. Mere y.ars Jt,*xd. Fit* grew to young womanho >d. and Jacob lured her. The old farmer was mfollned of the slate of affa-rs. and grsw enraged. "You. a nameless nobody, and depemWnt on ■ty charity, to dare think f lo\u:g my daugh t. r!" he exclaimed, angrily. •• Leave my res f tins instant !' Jacob bewed. and prepared to o!w. lit packed up his scanty warurotw. told Eltie, and then liadt far good-bye. Seven veajs lat> r. Jacob Arlington returned. " Rich or pixr, my love will be yours all the seme." The.se wen l ines w rib 1* fore he left, and. uncalled 'bey flashed t:.rough bis mind, as he shod iuk* n:-re again at the well known door Mra. Lrigh aduu't. d Lim. She looked into • his face for a moment, and then exclaimed : " Jacob T •• YVs. it i- Jacob," he replied. "All are welL I hope?" " Yea." She usliered him in. A ynnug lady with all the airs of a flirt and msn of the world, ad vance! to meet bun. She gave him her hand languidly. "I am glad to -so you leek," she -aid "but what a surprise you have given nie Jacob felt hi- boar: sinking. Was this the light h-arte 1. pretty httie Elbe be liad tb> light of so many years: He was di-appointed. and vet he would not admit it. even t>> iuiuelf. He gl.uiced down to her linger. He had given her th ■ ring —a curious rfcajed. seirpeut like nag. that had lveu taken from his dead mother's hand, but it was rui-sing. "She mav have io-t or broken it," he said' consolingly. to himself. That evening a foppi-h younr man called on ML-S la igh. uud showed her particular atten ti u. For a week he continued Ins calks, and Jacob watched Fine I"' 1 -.A'. '• l wonder what the girl means?" be mused tp hiiii-elf. "Changed as she is, she surely . cannot love that l.tt.e, insig. in-vmt uob, witii liisdo*iiy muriacbe and ii.c.;i-at drawl! I wi'l settle the question. anyway " Vfter tea he foil ■ u-d l.er into the " tulticg ro >m." 44 Do TOU i'tetid logo t the city with MC. Elfle. when I . .n- it week he ■ ( lire L S' • (Lujipr t.* • • eyes and b- i -. i " l'lea-e }■ ir >he e-iutinu.d. "Iwill u'. -.i otkr wor' to influence you. I believed you l ived me. and have lived iu tiiat lelef for seven year ; tut, :f you have cliangcd. all well." •' I have changed." she said, at last. " I have pr auised b> mirrv t bar',:.- He i a clerk in a railway office in Sew York ; and —and— von know, she added. desperately, "I aui not "fitted for a IKIT man's wife, and one must think of the future." "I wish yci very much happiness. I am core!'' ho responded, and then left the room. tiling into the garden, he encountered a pale, delicate girl bringing some sewing to " Miss Leigh." He had been introduced to tier once. iu tlie twilight, but bad not noticed her particularly. Sinos ttien. Mrs. Leigh had told him that the young -eamstresa was an orphan, and dependant on her owu exertions for a livelihood. •'I am very sorry. Mr. Arlington,"ibe said, impulsively, as he qioke to her. • " For what ? Oh. I know. Y'ou were rom i ig pact the open window, vnd heard tny ex planation with Ml— Fine. Thank you." "I did not mean to listen." she added, quick ly. " But you loth spoke so distinctly, that I ooul 1 uot avoid hearing your remarks." "AL right!" he replied, lie followed Nettie Lee into the bouse. What was his sunwise to see his ring glistening on her finger! He made no c uuments. but, when she rose to go home, asked permissioH to accompany her. . "I we*you have a ring Is-longing to me in your possession. Miss Lee." he obss rved, when th-v reached th<- door of her home. Hh blu-hesj crimson. " Have I? I hope you will pardon mc ' Miss Leigh gave i 4 to me- for a piece of work I had done few her." •'Sold it to you?" and he laughed. She commenced to draw it from her finger. " Miss Le!. wait!" he said, quickly, arresting her movement. '"I was betrothed to the woraaii that wore it -no other. I believed, should ever wear the only relic 1 had left of my mother. Y'ou are the one that wears it, and. according to my theory, yon must l>o my betrothed. I % esteem you highly. Nettie: and if you will marry me a week from to-dav--stranger as I am to von - I give TOU my word of h n r that, as far as lies in mv power, you shall never have cause to regret it." His proposal came BO unexpectedly that it startled her. Bhe b>->k-d tip into his frank, ,o;x n face and ck-ar, brown eyes. " A woman can trust a man with such a sotil shining iu In- eves," >he said to herself, and then. '"I will, Jlr. Arlington,"' ahe answered aloud. *•** Charles Broad and his bride came to the city, and procured board in a second-rate hoarding house. •• Mr. Arlington wishes to see you at bin resi dence. No 77 avenue." a fellow clerk said to Broad, when be entered the office. "What, Arlington! the largest stockholder in this line ?" he ejaculated. " I hope lie don't intend to discharge me ! I'd be in a bad fix, with a wife on my hands !" "I don't know what he wanted," returned the other ; "hut you know he has the whole control of affairs now." Young Broad hastened to olx v the summons. "Strange his name and Eliie's old beau's should be the same!" he muttered to himself. He was quite <> ■ -awed bv the elegance of his employer's house. ..'id followed the butler nervously to the library. He flung the door open, and admitted Charlie. " How do you do. Broad ?" exclaimed a voice, which he recognized at once. "Jlr. Arlington !" he stammered, "I—didn't know you were—were " "The same Arlington as in New York," he suggested, pitying the poor fellow's confusion. " When did you arrive ?" " This morning, sir." "Why, you Lave been very punctual. I told Sharp to tell you to run up, so that Nettie might know where to call on your wife. She is quite anxious to tell her about the ring which she gave her." "What was it. sir. may I inquire?" asked Broad ; for Hfie had told him what a good joke it was. her selling his ring. " Why. I brought an elderly gentleman-to whom I had been, for a number of years, very much attached-home to dine with me. He noticed the ring on my wife's finger, and asked how it came in her possession. I told him it WHS my mother's; and the ring restored to me a father—to my father, a son. He had left home tiefore I was born, and when he returned he could find no trace of.fhis wife, or"of the in fant which he knew must have been bom. His name is Astor Arlington;" and Broad re r liized it as that of one of the most influential bsukero in the city. KKKO. Kinrrz, Kditor mitl 1 *roj>rioti>r. VOLUME X. Mr. Broad did not prolong tiis visit. He went ditevt to his wife, and related to tier .what had tlf lisplivd, I hie lot lit lip- m rage. She liad made a great mistake 1;< n thuikn g "f. i the future k Wedding at Forty .Mile- au Hour. Wi take iht fulk)tringpl(MUtfpindl in r.ulvv.iv trnvel.tig t'roin the San Fi'un e.sAi Chmtit '■ ; riio p issettgors on tho over! u,lt!.:.u from the rou-t were Irtntol t> a little seiiisiitn n ph..-..liter than tho r< •iilor ones of the rush through FVlu ea vol! ilei the roll, hug of I 'ape Horn, or tho osvnsiotial ouo >! puwt'.iig on the N.e:.. tin, k a train novo lent'thy Uniml the vd ei w.iv. It wa-a marrt ige ut the late of l iv luii' -an hour l>etweon llalt and St H'„ 'l. by th Itev ,1. t'. ll.untlt. il, of the latter j hteo, of lr. lsi.n l ILtvis. o* S icktotl, to Mm J Su-an Armstrong, i i Leavenworth, Kansas. It would IH< t.M long a story, tho romantic ouo of their youthful Indrotiial, the interposi tioa of a cruel fate that married eaeli to one other than the rtr-t choice, the ivmi l>i:ied death bv a relenting fortune of both the s,\s>nd el.o.ees.aml the renewal, t. um.'h th. Unit, d States snarl, of the mte:: upttsl . ov vif tlieir younger yearn. Ti > .'igeu.etit vvas reuewisl, atul Mra. At. sti dig. a very pi- : •mietsl brunette vepg.'.g 1: w i\. u < ..itsdijunut and forty, s< ! f rth to be mat i led. She was de toiued for a short time bv sliviw near Ohi v u:ie, and the a: lent Joet.-r, detiT miiHsl that Uii malign eireuiuataui'e should ag rift put a side h:s happiness, -ft off pint hate to meet her. The min ister sit off jsvst haste att r the doctor, and t is st'pposisl that if there htul lieen any intervening tnens the guests would have set off'poet haste after tho officia ting eiergy nan. Tie doctor, an elderly but remarkably well preserved gentle man, iu full dress and faultless lieaYer and black Uir e-buttouevl kid gloves, met the train of his all:a'.eid ut Sueraimmto. llor' ciuneout' 1 Gait, where they ware ni.t bv the lb v. Mr. liamilton. All tiirw then oontinoed .ni (oSiooktat, but the long endurtd strain had now become tvM severe, l'la re was an ardent and unheard re.juest by the gentleman, a coy and blushing consent by the lady; tho {Htii.ut b iv was dispatch d for the con ductor t.' lend an official air to tho cere mony; the gentleman anil l.sly stood up in the aisle as well as thev could, haug iug on t > c ell other and to the ends of the s<ais; the clergyman stissl up i,. fr. Nt if them. and. amid the Ismiii and ritsh of the train, the questions were be lowe i out and responses shouted biwk hap-ha-ar 1. and then the minister, in a voice like a tr :ub >ne, dtvlared the lov ing and long separated couple man and wife. At Stockton the marriage party got off ami wen 1 immediately driven to the residence of the groom, and tho train relapsed into its humdrum gallop to the Pacific. The Lost Island of Atlantis. A few- years ago th< :ngenuity of his torical student.-, was largely applied to the task of disproving the old myths, traditions and records. The tale of Troy divine, the very existence of Homer, tin f ''su-Uag of 11 >:ne by li >mu!us, and at least a dozen other prominent reeordeil occurrences tliut mankind had accepted as wete whittled d ovu into legend ary nothingness by those sharp and in cre.lulous investigators. The tendency of the research'-a of the present day is precisely the reverse. What the ex plorations at Has-triik and Mykenai are doing for Homeric local.ties and heroes, f>ss'.l Ixjtaity and deep sea soundings may acooiupl.-h for the 1 >st island of Atlantis, of which th • tradition is pre served in the "Tinueus "of PiaUi. It is described as a land Vieyond the pillars of Hercules, where dwelt a p overfill nice of people wh > lx*re sway over Africa as far as Egypt. The island with its m hab t-iuts was said t > have ben nftcr wanl submerged bv cart quakes. l"> t. a botanist yf distita'ttnu, oi lsil I a .- vanced th" tn • rv tha* the extensiou of the tertiary flora between the Eastern an>l Western heniisjdiercs cm Id IK' 1M -t explained on the hypothesis that the lost island of Atlair s furnish) ' the p itliwav for the spreail of the foss: plants. The re'-ent sotitidings made ilui.ug the Chal lenger's voyage, supplementing similar work of other expe.nt; ms, give evidence that there is a ridge in the Atlantic, coming to the surface in the islands known as the Azores, St. Paul's, Ascen sion and Tristan il'Acunha. The ridge is of a curved shape ; its northern ex tremity coiinivts with the "telegraphic pluteati" between In-land and New foundland, ahmt midway; thence it tr-nils somewhat west of south till it connects with S >utli America near the months of the Amazon ; then with a very irregular shape no I stretching far to the southward iu mid-ocean, it eventually reaches the African coast in S. Int. ten deg. Tiie theory that this tract may have lieen the submerged Atlantis was udvocutisl by W. Stephen Mitchell in n recent scientific lectup' at S mth K'n- Hiiigton, anil a page is given by Xaturc to n mapof this hypothetical lauiL—.Yet/' York Tril/uri'-. A Miner's Escape. Ify an explosion of tire damp in the Wadesville colliery, near Pottsville, I'a., seven miners w<-re killed and a numln-r seriously injure I. One of the miners— Iviward Weakram, n young Irishman, who escaped unhurt—was standing on a low platform beside the gangwav, shov eling coal into a mhie wagon, when tlu-re came a rush of burning gas down the air ourse. It came like a tla-li, and like n flash the quick-witt-l fellow dropped off hia platform, and, falling full length on tho gangway truck, grasped the iron rail anil held on for dear lib*. The explosion hurled the partly hauled car from the truck and dashed it against the wall so as to shield him from tlie flames. On either side of him men were roasted alivg nt their work. Weakram lay still but a moment, and R# soon as the force of the explosion had passed, jumped up . and ran along the passage to escape the return draft, which he knew would bring with it the deadly "after-damp," in which no man can breathe. His lamp was out, and he Tod no time to light it ; but he stumbled along in the dark, over fallen timbers anil the (h/>ri* brought down by the explosion, until he heard a comrade's voice and,readied a place where he could breathe with comparative freedom. The explosion destroyed the ventilating appliances, chocking the nir currents and tilling all that part of thfe mine with carbonic acid gas, the "after damp " or " choke-damp " of the mines. Horse Statistic*. The number of horses in the various countries of the European continent and in the United States of America has been estimated as follows: Iu Russia, 10,- 160,000; the United States, 9,504,200; Germany, 3,352,281 ; Great Britain, 2,790,851; man. 3,742,738; Austria- Hungary, 3,569,138 (of which 2,179,811 belong to Hungary); Italy, 057,541; Norway and Sweden, 055.549; Spain, 382,009; Denmark, 210 570; Belgium, 282,103; Holland, 200,050; Switzerland, 100.934; Greece, 98,938; and Portugal, 79,716. The proportion of horses to each 1,000 of tlie population is 227.05 in Russia, 244.10 in America, 175.55 in Denmark, 140.99 in Hungary, 114.88 in Sweden, 89.10 in Great Britain, 31.04 in Germany,and 18.250n1y in Portugal. Of mules there are found 1,626 in Germany, 303,775 in France, 14.935 iu Austria- Hutrnrv (of which 3.206 are in Hun gary proper), 293,866 in Italy, and the j large number of 6,655,472 in Spain. THE CENTRE REPORTER. AN AIOtKM V\ W FHIHMi. V Qwnlul ItUUtliitil \> . ♦l.llim CrrrmviV. \ riHM itl \it luiug iu Arui nittu lif. allonh vi an inlercr-ung ghmp*c of a curious marriage ceicmouv. The bn.h had the Uiclodl it* oriental name of Sipouhi Didmn. D >ubth ** it.-> oriental pronunciation is meUsliou.- She w;e a tM.inty of Pcra, where the ceremony t.'k place. Sli<> is hamlsoiue aiul 10ut..-. She wore a white lress, it!i a v-ii fall ing to the thsir, and a heavy hiwadtsl train. A bunch of silver strips in i< fastemsl at the back >'f the uvk and hung over her dress. Sin* a.-re a wreath of orange blosaoiua, In r br> a*t also being decorated with tlie same flowers. Mingled with the wealtli wua a tira of diamond*. The groom, like the patent* of the bride, i* very wealthy and of high Ms'ial rank. Hi* name is A gap Hey Italian, and he I* a member of a large trading house IU Emdon, where the happv pair will resale, l'he brale was attended only bv her godmother. Hi* b* st man via* hi* brother, a young man who was fortunate enough t<> win tlie haial of a daughter of Nubar Pi- of Lgvpt. flic CvTi'iuouv, aitmrdiug to the Ar metnmi custom t x>k pls"<* ut uialnight half-way up the' iiish' of the church. The bridi si pped uway from her thrv vMinpauion*, and, gliding suddenly be fore them, to k her *e.it iu the middle one of three chairs placed in the nave. This snuladiztsl her ooyiit** ami nasi - cstv. lmtucvliately, however, the groom and Ins l'.*t iiiati came up and took scats U-sale her as if to capture and imprison her. 'Then the godmother advanced and Uvlpcsl the brale to her fvt, and c.irra d her train, as she was e.**'tutt*l up the a.*'- t> the chancel. Before the *!' ps of the altar the party stopj*l while a hvuin wa? sung by choristers wla> gatlu r tsl anmu i them iu a semi circle. The service was verv long. The bride aial groom frequently knelt down, and rose again during its ivutiuuance. At length they were laiuiul together with a verit able golden ehniiL They stocsl fiuMig each other, and tlie chain br ught their fiwcs very close t gether. Kicli one's eves were cast tv) the tl *>r. Th chain w as laid on the heads of tlie couple again and again. In the meantime t <• gi oitis tuan held a 1 ttle sihi r crucifix between thi ir faces, while the prelates in the sanctuary held similar crucifixes, sus pended by little pieces of sptuigled gauze. There was n ■ ring us. d, though the hand* oT bride and groom were fie queutly clas}>eiL The language used by the patriarch was ancient Armenian, though afterward lie delivered a homily to tiie couple in the modern tongue. Afterward a trav via* brought, on wi.icli were three glie-M** of red will . Tin so were offered to the bride, bridegroom and groomsman, l'hen followed more singing by the choristers, and finally demonstrative congratulations from near ly all in tlie chnreli. The bride speaks English jK'rfictly well. Fashion Notes. Fringes are among tlie fashionable trim mings, and are except imadly handsome this season, it->tii silk and vv.s.l fringes come in elaborate designs. Hair nets, which are again fashionahle, are brought oilt ntlllipiHOll f . Yes iv it; - aid mandarin braids. Tlii're are also equally frightful cues of white chenille. Dresses laced in front flu 1 favor. Bodiit-s with round waists : re gaining ground. Thev always show five seam* m the back, Vit the waistband begin* under the arms, and is i uly in front. Many of the new mantles have ruch iugs of raveh-d-out silk round tl;e top ; sometimes the *iik is of the same color, while again it i* a contrast, the ruche exteuds round the neck nl-ne the stand ing ivdhir and down the front. The cr.-jie and enrh'd fringe of hur over the forehead *ce:n aim *! Nec -s-nry to the new 1> ntiets, whtc'n are generally unliecotmng if the Ir nt h. i i* arranged iu fl it, smooth bandeaux. Of the sunn : bonnets there t* an endless variety, among which the Fauchou ami the IS- be appear as popular styles. F"r bonnet* L'ghorn and Tuscan str .w's ar. priferred. There is at the present time much variety in lwiots and shoes. F.>rdrav.ing risim, balls, operas, etc., it is n,.w nearly the rule t<> have the shoes made iu unison with tlie dress. The shots itself is ooun*ised of the same material as the dress, while the bow* match its trnn mings. .The style of to? for the season ucluiea to be ratlior pointed, but tlie fact that it is more liecotning to the fi*>t to avoid extremea either tn narrow or broad toes, will doubtless prevent a very iiiarketl change. Shoes wdl IH much worn, in plooe of b sts, during t!ie sum mer, and for ordinary walking the "Ox ford tie," made in kid or leather, prom ises to be a favorite. The shoe known aa "The Oriental," when worn with u colored stocking i* effective, and there nr.- attractive designs m the " Princess." Constantinople. Constantinople, the Turkish capital, so far as exb-nnU apjieanmee is cmicern ed, is probably the most beautiful city in th' world. Situated at the confluence of the Rosphorua with the si-a of Mar mora, it stands on the site of the ancient I ivzantium. Tlie seven hill* upon which it is built ascend and then ri - cetle from the shore, and a beautiful green hill forms the background. View ed from the sea, palaces, mosque*, baths, bazaars, domes, turret* ami spires tower ouo above another in magnificent per speetive. Rut the magic of the prospect disappears ou entering the city. The streets are narrow, dirty and badly pavel; the houses vary in size and shape, and are mostly built of WIMKI, SO that tires are frequent, and disastrous in their efferts whenever they occur. The seraglio present* a long range of white washed wall*, relieved against screens of cypress and tamarind trees. It includes tin- buildings inhabited by tlie sultan ami his court, the luirem, or women's apart mints, ami the public offices, which an' separated from tin* city by n vast wall, and entered by several gates, two of which are of magnificent architecture. The number of inhabitants of Constan tinople, including the suburbs, amounts to about 1,000,000. A Remedy for Disease*. An old German, aged eighty, who had all his lifetime Buffered from short sight, was one day jogging to market on his respectable mare, Dobbin. Dobbin tripped on a stone and flung her rider. The old man fell upon a stone, which pierced his skull. The dense vapors which hail obscured his vision so long were enabled to escape through tho apcrtifre, and, on his recovery, the ven erable gentleman had the sight of an eagle. A cavalier was troubled with the same infirmity. He saw a large salmon hanging up outside a fishmonger'a shop, ami mistaking it for a young lady of lus acquaintance, removed his cap and ad dressed it with courtesy. Another youth having made great fun of the mistake, the short sighted cavalier felt himself ' constrained, in honor, to call him out. In tlie duel he received a sword wound over his left eye, and this completely cured his vision. Extract from a letter from Atchison, Kan.: "The ground is tremendously dry here ; the big rain of lust week did not reach the ground ; tlie grasshoppers stood on theirjjhind legs and drank tlie water as fast as it fell! Ho lam informed.'' CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., I'A., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1K77. FTLLM, TIAKRFN AND HOI M MOLD. JUHC .• Illur IrHH. In au addle** ltef.ifc u Kentucky OKI lit! gralig.', Cliupl.lill Rlayd'-s gale the l.ilh.wuig three characteristics a* specially commending J tins or blue grass to favor: Ft; t Its capacity to yield an abun dant pasturage, lb * characteristic of the variety named is apparent to all vvli..*c attention has lieeu directed to tins matt, r, us it will yield rich grazing the y . ar round, and may be almost C'USMHI with the evergreens. Ml to* conspire* to give it a v.rv high place in our favor for winter grazing. It i* a familiar fact that iu what is proverbially known a* the blue grass region, tin* grass lias attained a vi i v high state of cultivation, specially for vvinu i pasturage ; while in an adjoin ing and sister State i Indiana > there ure u uumtver of comities in which this g'ni>* i* lostcred with a v u w to both summer und winter grazing. Second It* fattening qualltn* ar)' eonetxled bv all to be equal, if uot *tq>e rtor to that < f any other gross, antt for uttie it has us equal among all the gra>se*, giving rise to the iuo*t savory of im at*. Especially f>r mileli iv>ws il. es it* excellence manifest itself, in the rich flow of sweet and oily cream from which tho choicest butter i* made. 1 once heard a brother farmer remark that he hod a large w.s d and pasture, set m blue g'ra-*, which he usually used for MI miner gin. me; but In nig ...ivi* d by a frii'lld to cut tiie pasture mtwo and keep one-half of it f.>r winter pasture, he was prevailed on to act out th * suggestion, und lie li i:larked that he tunuvl ; lsiut thirty he-id of cattle on it in the early part of wmter, and they remained i-n it iluriug the vvniter, witliout having Ih--u fel any, except only wlietl there was -now or slet t ou the ground, so that they Could not get to tl " grass. "Ami, said he, "th y kept iu g<*kl beef order throughout tiie w uter.' 1 mention the {■ re going circumstance n* it is au utteata t :> u of tlie superior fattening qualitiea of tlii* most i'xeell)*ut variety of tne grasses. Much in -r.- i; be *.u.l in th s direc tion, but 1 will p.vs* ou to the next promi nent feature of tin* variety. Third It* caj<*ity to hold the s> il fri in washing ;• >ay i*. |>erhaps, more than double that ot • tin r grass. F.ni braeing witii its ti t-w. of lit.ikki thready r.-Olets, it l I* c!n*ps alm.'st every at >m of the s ill, an 1, when ;t has tliii* taken po-*< **ion f the Boil, it admits of no rival, forming a heavy, rich, green sward ou the surtac>. Thus, it mav l>e seen that our s >d is safest from the r.iva • s >f the watery element when iu the keep::. • of this m >*t beautiful va riety of gnis*> Doinrallr Hint*. MILK In MONAPK \ |sund and a half of loaf sugar dissolved in a quart of ladling water, with half a pint of leiuou juice, and a pint and ft half of milk lidded, makes a i-upital drink. VCKUICELU I*CI>I>IN<. R>d two ounces of vermicelli in a pint of new milk till soft, with u little cinnamon ; when cold add a quarter of a pint of good cream, five yolks of eggs, a quarter of a iKiutid of butter, ami a little sugar ; Itake it. Am,!: M.VHM VLVHE. Take four j>iiiid*>>f *s>kin ■ apph - ; | ir' amlc re them, put them iu an i nsmidixl saueejia •i.Ui aisiut a quart of sweet cider and two pounds of castor sugar. Roil them until the fruit is quite soft. Squeeze it through a oolan ler, uml tiien through a -ievi. l'tit away in jars covered witli uih*l paper and made jHrfectly air tight. Ai'i'i.i sIN RICK. Bo> squint the cure*, mul pare very neatly half a <li>zeii g>sl si.-ed apples ; Isnl tlu-m in tiiin, chirtfiad sugar ; let tie n imbibe the sugar, and IM- careful t >pi r rve tln ir f >rn. NI ike a tuarmaU)!)- witli some otiisr apph*, aiding t" it apricot marmalade iuul four untie * of ne<>, previously boiled in milk. w;th sugar and butter, and the volks of two or three eggs ; put them Hit • a dish f r table, surround it with a bonier of rice and marmalade and bake it. CLIMXIXO SILK. Tin- :' llov mg mode of cleaning silk garment* has lieen stic ccssfully tested. The garment must lirst Ik* ripjM'd and dusted. Have a large flat b<> ir I; over it -pn a l nn old sheet. Take half n cup of ox gall, half a cup of ammonia, and half a pint of tepid soft water. Sponge the silk with this Oil both sides, especially the soihxl spots. Having finished sponging, mil it ou around stick like a broom handle, being careful not to have any wrinkles. Silk thu* wa*h" 1 and thoroughly dried needs no ironing, and has a luster like new. N>t only silk !ut merino, barege, or any woolen g-ssls, may be thus treat ed with the b"*t result*. it i *i'il llusbmiilrr. 1 h* fiiriin-r who keep* too much of his land in tillage finds the acreable yield ■ >f hia crops diminishing every rear until finally the soil IH-COUD S completely im poverished, and he pulls up stakes, -• cks si ime other location, and continues the process of cxle nation. By a i.qitilig a system of in \"d husbandry and keep ing a greater part of the farm HI well managed grass, a fanner enn have dairy produets is-cf, pork, mutton, and wisil to depend on, msti-ail of waiting a whole year for the proceeds of a crop of wheat, und then finding out that the yield is |XH>r and the price low, while debts ami demaniln are athering bulk by delay. A fanner who keeps the gn-nler portion of his land in grass of the best quality can winter a large numlier of stock, make abundance of manure, increase the fertility of his tillage land ami raise abundant crops of every kind. Having many sources of revenue, lie is enabled to meet every demand ami to save money beside. A Nevada I'hononienon. The Virginia (Nev.) J'ntrrpritr stirs that much excitement was recently created in that city by one of the strangest phenomena of the century. At first it hail tlie appearance of sparks of fire coining up through Hie pools of water If side the street.. These sparks HOC null to explode on reaching the sur face, in many instances producing re ports loud enough to lie hoard across the street, and beingnooompanied by u little cloud of amoke ami emitting a decidedly sulphurous siiii'll. After watching these performances for a long time, and trac ing them all along thoßtrcet, it begun to be noticed that they occurred only on one side and that under the telegraph wires. This led to a closer examination, when tho following supposed solution was arrived at: The sparks seemed to be caused by drops of water falling from tin' wires, which exploded when striking the pixils of water, with the effect nbovc mentioned. This solution was seeming ly confirmed by the fact that when the wires lieeamedry the phenomenon erased. Thero ntill remains to ho explained, however, why. under the eirenmstanees, such results should follow tlie falling of tho water drops from the wires. A Black-nmMYliito Woman. There is an old colored woman in the Flatbush almshouse on Long Island, whose skin has for some years lieen un dergoing a change of color. White spots have from time to time appeared on her face, while the skin of her arms from the elbows down has become as delicately colored as that of a blonde, under which the blue vein* are plainly visible. White spots have also appeared on her shoul ders. The change seems to he steadily i going on. AN ETHEREAL BRIDE. *iimiir llmiixr-Z .Vlurlnl VI<<I<I<II la* Spirit. All Memphis, Tennessee, is agog over a seuaational occurrence at the spirit rooms of Dr. Samuel Watson, being no leas than the marriage >•! a resident of the terrestrial sphere, Mr. (!. A. Still mun, to Miss Alice Robert, h'llg an ill habitant <f the spirit world. The cere mony wus performed, witli all due s>lemuity, by Mr. Watson, who is a regular! > ordained clergyman, the bride uiut< ludizmg for the iM-easiou. With one who was present, the .ti ilauchc re porter hehl the following IMovernation : " Where did the ceremony take place ?" "At tin* residemie of Mr. Wat*ou. Did you ever see the cabinet V" The reporter had not. "There, sir, is where tlie wonder of the matter comes 111. It is shut off 111 a corner by a curtain, leaving ulsiut siifll ciciit room for one |M-rson to turn around comfortably in. lue walls behind are of solid brick masonry. Out of this small space tiie mat< riuiizi'.l spirits came, aiHiut a dozeu 111 number." "The lirido was t > have married Tom Moore had she not died, 1 believe. Wus it Torn Moore, the poet?" "We didn't know wiiut Toiu Moore she refemxl to, but she wa pretty enough to be any oue's bride. She was the Hit>st beailtilili thing 1 ever saw." "Hud negotiations for flit- marriage between tiie 'spirit bridi-' and Slilhuau been urriuige<l l■ t■ r< liand V" "Oh, yes, for some time. Two or three times before had preparations for the corenionv Ix-en made, but tlie brnle hail not until this eveiiitig iicpund suf ficient jKiwrcr to remain out long enough to go through tiie cereuumy. Hhe sjsike only in a wlnper, but her voice glows stronger 1 uch time she apiieors. " " Wliat * >rt of a marriage ceremony was used ?" " It dnln't differ much, 1 think, from the orilin.iry religious marriage ivre mouv." " Now, I* tin* marriage to hold ill the spirit world?" *' Oh, certainly; she was very much iu earnest ulsmt it." " Doe* it debar Stilliuaii from marry ing now on csitii ? " 1 think he so understands it. I )lo." The gentleman sanl that there was u subtlui-d lamp-light in the room at tin tunc, und that fully nine Uiuteriolized spirit* appeared. 1 lie company present was xtiqios<-d of n!s>nt a dozen persons, and Mrs. Miller was the medium. t)n the same evening t!n* gentleman had his little child huptizi-d by thi spirit of a deceased Episcojml clergyman whocame I'iit from the cabinet in his robes ~f office, and taking the liat*' in lu* arms, performed the baptismal orvluiance. " I'iMiplu who haven't h tirncd the A 15 t'of the philosophy of spiritualism, Flll aw are, can't understand, and will ridicule this, but to me, it is all a mutter of knowledge of fact," said tiie gentle man. A Thoughtful I udcrtaker. We uiitiiivl on the stre't our old friend Charley ltr twit, the great mining 1 XJM rt and principal owner iu tin- Houston inm , says the Austin Nev .i /'< 1 > i//c. Every oue knows Cinirh • as one of the mid jHilito and affable of undertakers living. Some years ago h>' presi li d at a mournful oci-asnm rt Virginia City, brought alsmt by the s)us>tiug of a gen tleman wlio kept a saloon. lie was a |K>pular man, and was buried by the tire department. S<-v< ral companie* were 111 attendance, with liantl* of music and a large cnucotirae of jieupb*. The officiating elergyraan was a comparative strang-er. acting for the time for one of tiie resi dent clergy. When everything wu* in readiness and the services about to com mence, tin thoughtful Charley quntly appmuched ami softy remark < 1 : " Par son, I reckon you arc a stranger up here ?" " Somew hat," replied the clergy man. "Thought so," said he; " hsik kind a strange like. Y'ou dnln't know tln> 4 deceaaed '?" " N"." 44 Well," mlded the accommodating Charley, 44 I thought nobody but tue would lu> likely to ln'lp youout, so 1 thought I'd tell you. He was shot 111 insxuit, he was. He was just n jHiuriu' out a glass o" whisky, free, you know, and that miserable skunk jn*t up and draw'd and shot him dead, and there he is. He wouldn't a-liarmed tio body, he wouldn't. Why, that man liiwl a menagerie in the corner of lus saloon, where he kept tamed animals and fid 'em with hi* own hands every day. Dogs and rut* and eat* and mice and little pigs and lizards and horned-toads and a monkey, and every darned kind of var mint-hke that eat* each otlier. And he let the little lsiys und girls 111 to sie 'em for notliiu'. He wa* kind to nmmnl* and little children. Put it in. It will please the boys. Y'ou hear me? I mean to have this thing go through clean." Tlie parson " put it in " and it did 44 please tlielniys." At tiie pmiier time tiie pro ceasion wn* fortnisl with a carriage at the head, then n Iwnd of inusie, a fire com pany, then the hearse, and so on. When the eiergvman came out ho said : 44 Mr. Brown, 1 think there is some mistake alsuit the arrangenii nts. My carriage should not le at the head of the proces sion, but immediately preceding the hearse." Tho prince of undertakers gave him one severe look, and said firm ly : 44 Parson, what do you know aboqt a way-tip funeral ? Y'ou rule'head, you're the principal man iu the outfit except the corpse." The parson took his scut, and as the sequel proved, he was the princi pal man,for at the first blast from the lend ing band his team started, and ran vio lently, reaching the cemetery a full half hour in advance of the procession. Char- Icy met the clergyman some y : enrs after, iuid in speaking of tho circumstance,said: "Y'ou remember that, do you? Well, don't you see, I can always make things pleasant and agreeable in them affairs by just giving the parson a word when he needs it." Hayes an Early Rl*er. A eorresj*indent says : The President at six o'clock in the morning is at his desk in his slipping apartment, enjoying the pleasures of corresponuonoe with friends. In another portion of the Ex ecutive Mansion Mr. Roger*, the private secretary, is at his desk, engaged in the personal affairs which demand lus atten tion. Alsmt eight o'clock thev leave together to enjoy the fresh nir. ity nine o'clock tlie President and his private secretary breakfast with the family. At the table lire the President, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Rogers, Webb Hayes, the two young children and such guests as may be visiting the Executive Mansion. After breakfast they begin the duties of the day. The stated hours of business are fnim ten A. M. to two r. M., except Tues days and Friday*, cabinet days and Saturdays. At two P. M. the President leaves hi* office for lunch, after which he sometime* returns to tho cabinet I room to meet some personal or other pers"U by special appointment. The dining hour is six r. M. All the room* are filled with guests, and at their table nny friend of the fam ily nt hand is invited to lunch or dine, tho rule being always to have all the sent* at the table filled, when there are friend* to fill tliem. After dinner the President and Mrs. Hiycs withdraw to I the reception room, or to the library up staira, where Mr*. Hayes receives her personal friends. The formal social routine of the Executive Mansion, under ■ the present administration, will not be determined until tho proper time. A SIICAVM: IDA V llrarlua ludalrsl>i llr.iarrd! la m l.adt Msrll-lhrr* traritnl Aa<* llarltt a TSuudrr siurm. A strange cure infirmity which had afllictcd for many y ars a lady of a.l VSliced age, ifn'ted, It IB kUp|tosed, by tlie u<*tiou of electricity, but without seieiitific or medical intervention by phv ntciaiis, to. .R pliu-e iu liackensiu'k, N.J. Tlie person in whom this uflhctiou re sided, and who was so suddenly mid agreeably affected, la a lady named Mrs. ty liuekellbllsll, living OU Htate street. She is now ninety-two years and six mouths old. Khc wa* born in i'oiup tou, N. J., where she lm-tl for mauy years, uml iu her youtli ami middle ugc ivas a wolnuu of peculiar couielmesa. Old age has U"t .h stroMsl nil the former hues of grace in her features, and it has spared to her many of her faculties. About twenty years ago, her eyes, which hs<l been glowing dim, suddenly re ceived new keenness, and she has since IK-CII able t4i rcial the licwspajiera with out spcctai'li-s. AI suit tin- time that licr sight improved, her hearing became so I null v unpaired that she Could only hear tlie loudest sounds, uml conversation could only IM- uuuntaimsi with her iu ex tremely high and strung tones. On tlie evening of Kuuday, April 29, a shower cauie up, and a! utiuut ten o'clock it passed over liackeniun-k. The flashes of lightning weit- very vivid, and the thun der hud IMMU heavy. Mrs. tyuacken who wan somewhat nervous, was s tting uj< iu ht-r Is-dnsim. Au unusu ally sharp flash of lightning caused her to shut up quickly from her chair. The thunder followed, and with tin crash ' Mr*. Quackenbiish felt a snapping in her cars, mid us the reverlieratiooa of the thunder rolled away she was urpri*<sl ami delighted to find that she could 'H ar the ticking of the dock iu her room, and s srn after thi* tioiac f the funuly moving alsuit the lioust- and in conversation. Since that moment she has Is* u able to converse easily within r frTi-u.is, and t< enjoy the conversation of othet* when carriisl on ma distinct uiau m*r and not to far away from her. Khc has never received imslical attendance with a view of r*Mveriug her hearing, as it was supposed the fulling was a nat ural decline, a auspeuaiou of a faculty which could searix ly have hrru exjMK*tesl to remain entirely unimpaired in a j-r --soiiof such advanced year*. Although m> m< dii-al opinion ha* la-en sought, it is believed among nhyaicians who have heard of the case that the cure may have Iseii wrought uul-r peculiarly favorable conditions of the atmosphere, probably by electrical action. Mrs. bltsli has IM en coligratulatixi ,by loaUV of her friends, to whom she relate * witli pard< :iable ghe the wotnierful recovery which she ha* experienced. JI-r sister, who ib< 1 tn lor eightyo-ichth year, * iu most re*iK**t* as remarkable a woman as herself, retaining completely all her orilinary faculties until the ilay of her death, a few y. ara ago. Mrs. Quarken bush's days of usefulness are not over, for she li.ia lw n for many years, and -till continue* to lie. industrious with hr needle, slid has in h.-r extreme old age constructed with rare neatness ami taste a great ntimlier of leI quilts, in which she takes pride a* the work of tiauds which have Iteeu busy for lnarly a oentnrv, and which may r a*ouably lie exjM*'t*i to serve thi* venerable dame to tho completion .( a full hundred years. —.Vrii- rori fVaMB. A Famous Bible. The Hartford (hurattt says : At the meeting of tlie Connecticut Historical society the chief interest gathered about the exhibition of one <-f the mr<*st and most Vidua!>l* Isaiks iu America, iuid, indeed, iu tlie world. Dr. Trumbull brought out tho Miizarin Bible, t>el"Ug ing in the oollectiim of tlie late Mr. tbxirge Brinley. Thi* ia oue of the only tw. copies ui America, and only six in the world. It was printed iu 1455. Two years ago two copies were sold at ntictiou in L'.ndon in the same sah. and one, printed ujHin pii|>er, brought 814.61*) gold ; the otiler, on vellum, hroughb -822,000 gold. Usually a vellum copy of any work brings four or five timea as much a* a pnis-r one ; but the history of the Mazsrin R.ble rnises tlie value of the taper copies relatively to those on vel lum. Gtttoiilierg printisl the first copies in 1455, ami all those were on pajwr ; in 1456 Faust got jKiKsession of the tv|a s, and his ixlitiou was partly on vellum. Those, consequently, are not so com pletely "original." The Rrinley copy is on paper one of the genuine Gutcn berg print*-and it is a marvel of the printer's work. It* <*pial <valid not be made to-dny. Tlie ink, though four hundred years old and mor -, is aa dis tinct ns nk could be. ami the paper is still whit and clear. The "register"is jierf. aid the :q>p arniioe of the page far .pas en that of the lx*st niovlern Issiks. The lirst letter of each chapter is an illumination done by hami, and there are frequently full-page illumina tions through the two volumes, also done, of course, by hand. These ar.- exquisite sjieciinens of work, and their coloring is a* fine and rich a* it was when put on— finer in some cases than it could 1h made now. The work is printed in Latin, with a numlier of curious contract svni- IHIIK in tin" text, used to space the line* evenly. Three different ways of the let tor "S"—broad, moderate width and narrow—are examples of the care taken in such resjieots. This volume was probably lsiuinl aliout a hundred years after its printing, und must have loou hidden away for centuries in some monasterv. The Mazarin Bible was the first book printed with movable type. It* date is not given, but discovered by means of certain marks upon the manuscripts found with one copy. The oldest dated printed lx*>k is marked MCCCCLIX. The Watkinson library has a copy of this. A curious feature of the Hritiley copy of the Gutenberg Bible is that upon each page is a faint pin mark at the top and itottom. This solves the hitherto inexplicable problem of how tlie register had lieen made so exact ; that is, how exactly the matter upon oj posites sides of the same leaf liad been made to cover the same space, lim* and margins corresponding precisely. All That YVa* Is>ft of Them. " Did I ever love any oilier girl 1" re peated a prospective bridegroom in answer to the tearful query of his in tended. " Why, thirling, of course not; how could you ask such a question? Y'ou are my first., my only love. This heart knew no awakening until the sun shine of your love streamed in and woke it to eestivcy." And then he kissed her tenderly and went home, and said to himself: " I must hurry tliem things out of the way right off or there'll be a row," mid collected together a great pile of letters, written in all kinds of feminine hands, with lot* of faded flowers and photographs and looks of hair and bits of fiuled ribbon, and other things, and when the whole collection had been crammed into the kitchen grate he drew a deep sigfi and said to himself : " There goes all that's left of fourteen undying loves—let'em flieker." An English woman, who was born without arms, has just had twins. She wears her wedding ring on her toe, and does all the housework with her feet with a.lexterity that is surprising. How she will manage to nurse her twin babit'B is a problem yet to be solved. TKHMH: #2.00 11 Year, in Advance. THE til'A SO ISLAND*. Ohlrrla „l Imrrrtl Hrrw b> > Traveler. A riMM iit writer from Raker's island, HI the Houth Faoirte, off the coast of I't-ru ulxuit 2,500 miles, gives an inter i-Ulig uccount <>f life nil that little putch of tirri l Jirmn which carries upon its Istnuiu nearly a million tons of guano. He lueutious tlist fish of remarkable ize ami Imauty, weighing from fifty to mxty pouuda, are abundant, and are easily taken with a hook, hiiarks alamnd alao mtirilnrotia sharks, who swsrni shout the ship with greedy ami ]M-nusteut de votion. These sharks are, by hereditary proclivity, man enter*. ; ami the white man who conies within their reach is snapped at in all instant by a score of ravenous mouths. Rut, strange to say, a dark-skinned l'olynesian will swim alsuit ui tlieir midst um! rarely be mo lested. lb- has seen a native of tlie Hawaiian inlands fearh sslv juinti from the lsiw of u ship into tlie midst of a "school" of these fellows, swim, with tlie end <>f u line in his month, to oue of the buoys, and return to the vessel un injured. Whether there is a sort of Freemasonry between the sharks and tlie Kanakas, or whether tlie tastes of the shark are too fastidious, and not suf ficiently eaniuhid to relish cannibal flesh, has not Is-eu satisfactorily explained. Rut the shark and the Kanaka are on Die friendliest terms imaginable. The fiving fi*h alsmnds in these waters. \Viieu pursued bv tiie dolphin, tlieir UM\ whole aclasils of them may lie *<s-u to leap out of the water and fly for several hundred yards, skimming along quite near the surface, and now and then ginning new velocity by striking tiie crest of a wave with their long, ray-like, lKftoral fins. But this Ixautiful fish has enemies in the air a* well us in the sea, and frequently it* a-riai (light is cut short by some tl. i t sea bird that ia ever on the alert u seize it* prev. Among the chief obji-ots of interest on the ialaii.l to a visitor are tlie brnla, and they an- well worthy of a study. The sea fowl ure at all times a noisy set, but at night, while the older ones are en gaged in tiie quarrels of love making and tlie young are complaining over their acauty rations, the Battel of their chat tering I* destructive to the sleep of oue unused to such dlsturlianoe. In regard to moral character, the birds may be divided into two clasacs—those which make an honest living, and those which are robliers. Tlie gamut stands ut the hi-al of the re*j>ectable lurils, and is a thrifty and honest citizen of the air. The representative of tlie thievish class is the frigate-jK-licnu, or man-of-war hawk. This bird ha* a dense plumage of gloomy black, a light, wirv body that see ins made for fleetnosa, and wings of even greater spread than the gamiet's. It* tail is deeply forked, U* bill is long, sharp, and viciously hooked. AuditUm regards tiie frigate bin! as superior per il Hp* HI power of flight to any other. It never dive* into the ocean after fish, but will sometimes catch tiiem while they are leaping out of the water to ewiqa pursuit. It is often content t-■ glut ltedf on the dead fish that fi.iat ou the water, but it depends mostly for subsistence upon robbing other birds. It is inter esting to watch thetii thus occupied. As evening e>uie on them- pirates msy lie ms-u lying in wait alsatt the island for the return of the heavdy-laden fish ing birds. The smaller ones thev easily overtake, ami compel them to Jiagorge their sjs'ils, but to waylav and levy blackuiiul iiixin those powerful g*ll<*ius, the gann> t*. is an achievement requiring strategy and a*htress. As the nciily ladcu gaum t approaches tlie coast of his isluiul home, he lifts himself to a great height, ami steadily oars himself along w jtn his mighty pinions until he *<* his native samls exU-iiiling in dazzling whiteness below. Now sloping down ward iu his flight, he dinceuds with in credihle velocity. In a moment more he will be saie with his affectionate mat<', who is awaiting his return to the nest. But all tin* time he is watched bJHhe keen eye < f the man-of-war liawk, who has stationed himself ao aa to intercept .the gantiet in hi* swiit course. With tlie quickness of thoeght tlie hawks dart* upon him; and. not daring to attack boldlv in front, he plucks him bv the tail, and tlirentens to ti|>*et him, or lie seizes liim at the hack of his neck and lashes him with his long wings. When tiie per gun net, who cannot maneuvre ao quickly as his opponent, finds himself pursued, he tr;e* to buy his ransom by surrendering a portion of his fishy cargo, which the hawk, swooping down, catches l>e(ore it ha find time to reach tiie earth. If there is but one hawk, this may lie sufficient toll; but if the unwieldly gan tiet is set upon by a numlier of these pirates, he utters a cry of real terror ami \oie; and. rushing through the air with a sound like that of a rocket in his rapid descent, he seeks to slight on the near est jsiint of land, well knowing that when once he has a footing on trrra jirma, not even the man-of-war hawk .Lire come neAr him. Thiers and Bbmarck. According to M. de Longuoval, M. Thiers, who is better informed than any one else in Paris concerning what passi* in Europe, is convinced that the warle tween Russia and Turkey will not ex- I tend to the rest of Europe, anil he thinks that France has no reason to fear a war "this season or this summer." He re lated this anecdote ahont the "iron prince" : It was at Versailles, when tlie cold weather aggravated our grief. M. Thiers was alone with tlie Prussian chancellor in a badly \v armed hotel room, ilispntmg conditions; and nt the end of a sharp discussion of three hours, worn out witli fatigue, he resumed his arguments in n Voice quite exhausted. " Y'ou cannot go on," said M. Bismarck; "you would do well to rest yourself a little; here is n sofa; stretch yourself on it. ami sleep for a couple of hours, sfter which we vrill resume negotiations." "Ami yon," said M. Thiers. "Oh ! I have no time to rest," replied the chan cellor; " while you sleep I shall finish sonic dispatch)* ami look over my pa pers." M. Thiers was nearly asleep, when M. Bismarck, perceiving that his leg. wi re not covered, and fearing lest lie shook! lie cold, gently stretched a fur cloak over him. Two hours later nego tiations were recommenced. Profitable "Damages." A Hartford paper prints the following railroad romance: "The industry of railroading has developed some thrifty characters, among whom a former em ployee of the New Y'ork, New Haven and Hartford road deserves high rank. He was at oue time nt work in the Spring field dei>ot, and while taking a trunk out of a baggage ear from Boston he was thrown over and hurt, the baggage smashing art being reversed. The in jured employee suffered terribly, and crawled around on crutches until the Boston and Albany and the New Haven roads united itnd gave him 80,(8X1. He was cured the next day. Shortly after ward a man on the Boston and Albany road was killed, and the company gave his widow 83,000. The former cripple, who hiul scored 80,000 already, soon married her, and thus counted 89,000. He recovered his health eo completely that he was able again to work on the railroad, but, finally, not being hurt again within a reasonable time, he re tired to a farm which he hail bought with j a part of the proceeds of his former a --> 1 amities." NUMBER 23. A lII'MSIAN REPTLNK. A Vlrl*r for Ihr Turk, am HNIOMIM —llr* I,IMI ol I kr HOMIOB. and lIr*RRR o> Ibo Torka. A tijxx-ial dispatch to the London Ito ili/ TV tn/raph *aya : The lliuiaiiui fore-*, which had lieen largely atigmeut mi fur the purpose, advanced with bat teries of field artillery at five o'clock in the morning, and made a furioua attack upon the height* defending Baton Ul on the land Hid. , which were occupied by B*liillaxouk*.* The Ottoman troop* were intrenched in a very effective man ner Upon the alulM* and ledges of theac htlla, and upon tue advance of the enemy the* opened on hia columna a terrible an f well-aitatained tire of cannon and inuaketry, which literally mowed the liuaaiau. down in awatha. They fell by acorea and hundreds on the plain below the Turkiah positions. During their at tempt* to make way agaiuat this fire, a body of Turkiah horae and foot, taking advantage of a thick forest, broke forth u |Miti the fiauk of the Hussion column, and made great .laughter. The kftuoo vitea iteiug upon ground perfectly open, and having no choice hut to fight or fir, in a short time the apot which waa the acetic of tliia fiuuk movement waa covered with dead and dying Russian*. liut the enemy quickly brought up reinforce ment*, and the liattlc waa renewed with much determination. For many houm the effort* of the a***ilanta Were deape rately maintained, but tow-aid midilsv their artillery fin gradually blackened, and tlicy at length withdrew after buffer ing very couaiderahle louse*. I myself wu* an eye-witneaa of thi* important eu gagement from first to lu*t, and oatn testify that the Ottoman soldiers behaved with a gallantry which wu most admir able. They had, however, during a great part of the action, the advantage of iutrenciimeuta on high ground, and it IH due to tliia fact, no doubt, that their l<mao*, compared to thoae inflicted UJKHI the enemy, were small. The victory wa* won by the extraordinary courage of the Bashi-Bazooka. The dead and wounded 011 the Huaoian side will exceed 4,000. The engagement lasted over eight hours of actual fighting. The last of the ltuaaian* did not withdraw until near midnight The Russians luat many gun*. The only Turkiah officer of note killed is Khiiliru Hey, major of irregular*. Terrible Vi-ar at a Uailogbt The Madrid correspondent of the London Standard give# the following account of the goring of Fraeeuelo, a noted mataiiore in the bull ring at Madrid, recently, in the presence 'if King Alfonso aiid an immense asaeni blage. Fra*cnelo'a injuriea were snp }Mj*ed to be fatal: A bull luul knocked over in suoces bion two picador* anil disposed of their horse*, when a third tumble called for the assistance of the cuadrilla. The hall was a large and ugly Ix-ast, with long sharp horn*, and he wa* in the habit of returning to goad hia fallen ha*. See ing him menace the picador lying help less under the horae, Hertnosilla, a mata dore, a* waa hia dutv, sprang to the rea l-tie, closely followed by Frascnelo. Either would liavc sufficed to draw off the incensed animal, ma>le rabid at the eight of the glaring rajtatt. The two bullfighters got too close to one another , and caused in their feint a moment of pause, which enabled the huli to come at tlirni like lightning wijh head low- , crtxL Ifermubdla nuUMndL to i scope but Fraacuelo was ouugij. from jbohind and roiwd off tlrn ground, shszugyp (lie horn, which li*d entered his this-nT and then again gored. The others hurried tip to the rescue and drew off the bull, which was on the point of again goring the wounded man. The whole scene had lasted but a few seconds, and a loud cry of horror burst from every part of the ring. Everybody sprang to hia feet, from King Alfonso in the royal box to the low cat rabble down near the barriers. Shrieks of anguish burst from the women, while others covered their faces with their hands or fane. Men of every rank and age could not refrain from tittering expressions of dismay and con sternation. which were again renewed when the wretched sufferer, after rising to his feet, staggered a few steps and fell down pale and covered with blood, which streamed over his brilliant cos tume. The guards and soldiers hail much trouble in keeping the people from rushing into the ring and going from the galleries toward the door at which the wounded man had leen carried out by the attendant*. The confusion lasted some time, ami no one cared much for the bull or his tormentors, who went on relentlessly and sternly in their brutal struggle. The one and sole preoccupa tion of all waa Fraacuelo, and the people awaited * i h anxiety the verdict of the doHorw. Youthful Beggar*. Two tiny leggar girls were brought into a police court in New York city by an officer, who found them lagging in William street. One was three years old, the other six. They were poorly clad, cold and wet (mm exposure to the rain. Roth of them sobbed bitterly as the oldest told her little story : Father and mother both out of work, and the family lived on what these two mites could' leg from down town restaurants, and the earnings of a brother by bixit blaeking after school honrs; occasionally, also, the father found an "odd job." The judge asked if tlicv would not like to be in a good home, where they would not need to beg. Roth sobbed faster than before, while the older replied : " I don't want to leave me mother." Ar rangements were made to investigate their case, and for the time being they were sent home. A (lingerbread Barometer. A French editor lias invented a new kind of barometer. It is a general in gingerbread, which he buy* every year a a certain fair. On returning home he unils his acquisition to the wall. Every- Ivxly knows the influence of the temper ature on gingerbread; the least damp ness softens it. Dry weather, on the contrary, dries it up and hardens it. All that this gentleman ha* to do every morning is to ask his servant what the general says. The faithful domestic goes and puts liis thumb on the figure and answers either: "The general 1 is soft to-day; you will please take your umbrella; or, " The military man is firm; you can put on your new hat" MOTHS IS CARPET. —Mrs. "S. T. W." has tried salt and various other applica tions. and still the insecta trouble her carpets. We advise licr to try the plan proposed by Prof. A. ,T. Cookj in liis rc |Hrt on injurious insects. He advftes to take a wet sheet or other cloth, lay it upon the carpet, and then go over the wet cloth with a hot flat iron; the steam thus produced will penetrate the carpet, and not only destroy living moths, hut j cook their eggs, aud prevent them from hatching. It is cheap and easy of appli cation, and we have no doubt that it will prove effective. The only wonder is, that 110 one has thought of it before. A man rotnrned liis newspaper to the printing office with "jackass " written on the margin, and in the next issue the editor stated the fact, and wound up the 1 paragraph by asking : " Will our indig nant subscriber please let us know at what stable be cau be found ?" I (MM r laterrst. A grave error—burying a men alive. Corn comes up quick where crows are. At this season there is no man so poor that he can't have a bad cold. '' What's in a name f* About twenty seven letters, if it's a Russian name. One of the largest Monday schools in the world is in Ain tab, India. The pupils number 1 ,800. A party of men arc to go from Portland, Me., to Texas, intending to take ape large tract and build a viilaw*. The Empress Dowager of Japan has contributed $50,000 toward founding a school for youug nobles in Tokio. A sewing [machine company in this ivmutry bss received an order for 30,000 sewing machines from an English firm. An industrial college for negroes is to lie established in Richmond, Va., the intention being to teach trades of various , kinds. Three ladies were put np at a raffle in Kansas City, but when their photographs were exhibited it put a stop to the sale of tickets. Professor Proctor aaya the earth is growing larger. We are glad to hear it, for real estate has shrunk fearfully in the past three years. In the porgie oil factories in Maine last vear 518,000 barrels of flah produced 1,618,000 gallons of oil and 16,000 tons of strap, valued ot $716,1100. Notwithstanding the late frosts in the Napa valley, California, the largest yield of grapes ever raised in the valley will, t is said, be gathered*tin* year. Daring the past winter it is esti mated that in wenteru Tex** 1,000,000 biaon have'.beeu killed for their hides, and the carcasses left to rut on the ground. Recent investigations warrant the as sertion that one baby with a cracker biscuit will make the couch of wearied industry more uncomfortable than fifteen prize mosquitoes. A witness on the stand, in reply to a question as to what the character of Mr. waa for truth and veracity, said ; " Weil, I should asv that he handles truth very carelessly. f ' The citizens of Winfield, Kansas, turn ed out en ttuutr lately, headed by a baud of music, and fouglit grasshoppers all day. The account says : "As the people drove clouds at these peats from them the I .and discoursed sweet music, and ndffie the war a very amusing and interesting one." The youthful astrologer, forecasting the summer's delights, aees the con junction of the fish-hook and angle worm rapidlv spproaching the zenith, back of which th< constellation* faintly aliow forth an omen of wet-footed boys and anxious mothers. But it all goes to help make up a human life " Money ! give me money, or I shall be driven to a deed my soul abhors." The eitiz<-u produced a handful of silver ; with tremulous alacrity, and it then 00- cured to him to inquire what particular form of felony his benevolence had defeat ed. " Work," muttered the wanderer, as be pocketed the coin and passed stray. Beaver hunter* in California live in arks or floating houses, in which they move from place to place on the streams and ponds. The ore small room on such a craft contains benches for several men, cooking utensils, hunting articles and a stock of provisions. The hunters are a lazv. card pla ring and oarwless lot, bnt iivtfoomfortably ami make the baaiuess pay. A bombshell waa plowed up in Morgan county, Tenn., a few dsvs ago, which had been fired from one of tieneralJGeorge Morgan's cannon during his retreat from Cumberland Gap in 1862. The finder*, to test it* keeping qualities, took it home and pnt it in the fire. A man aboottwo miles sway on s hill reports the expert- • raent as highly successful, but the actors in the scene "have not yet been heard from. A short time ago a lady resi ling at Clifton, England, having an income of £5,000 a so rcruck by the de votion of "a young crossing to J) is mother that she proposed to him, ■placed him in the hand* of a tutor for a couple uf months, and when he had been intellectually veneered and polished, married him at Weill's cathedral. The experiment was not a success, and the lady is now suing for a divorce. A little girl, named Bran*, eight years old, was killed by the cars at Cincinnati while trying to save her two sisters, younger" than herse'f, from a similar fate. The two were playing on the rail road track and did not notice the ap proaching train, when the little girl, eee 'ng their peril, rushed out of the house, dragged them one after the other from the track, but had not time to save her self and was almost instantly killed. Two bodies, tightly fastened together with s strong cord, were taken from the Seine at Rouen, France. A young Aan whose father was rich had been so inju dicious as to fall in love with a work-girl, prettv, simple, and low-bora. A letter fouml in the pocket of the young man'a exist told the tragic story in a single sentence: " Our parents would not allow us to marry, and we resolved to perish together in order that we might not be separated in Paradise." The ignorance of the Turkish troops is dense, but their officers are well edu cated. There are military schools at OaMtantinople, Broussa and Monastir, organized by French, German and Brit ish officers, aud the porte has been send ing it* most intelligent student* to Ber lin, Vienna, London and Paris fur mili tary instruction. Many Turkish officers *l>eak French, German, English and Italian. ______________ High Foreheads. The notion that high foreheads, in women as well as men, are indispensable to beauty, came into vogue with phren ology, and is going out with the decline of tliat pretentions and plausible ** sci ence." Not long ago more than one "fine lady" shaved her head to give it an " intellectual " appearance, and the custom of combing tiie hair back from the forehead probably originated in the some mistaken ambition. When it is considered that a great expanse of fore head gives a bold, masculine look—that from front (forehead) comes the word " effrontery, it will not be wondered that the ancient painters, sculptors and poets, considered a low forehead " a charming thing in woman," and, indeed, indispensable to female beauty. Horace praises Lycoris for her low forehead, and Martial commends the same grace as decidedly as he praises the arched eyebrow. Russian Soldiers. The Russian army in Europe does not exceed 180,000 men, and that in Asia numbers '250,000. The soldiers are often stigmatized as coward*, dependent on vodka for their nerve. Bnt the same wasaoid of them in 1854. It is true that among armv stores forwarded to head quarters the supply of spirits is aston ishingly prominent. Bnt tlis worse vice is disaffection. The much discussed ill ness of the Grand Duke' Nicholas was no illness, bnt gunshot wounds. An at tempt was made to aasasMnate him by a ' Aoldier, and he received a bullet through his arm aud another grazed liis side. "My information," says a resident long in Russia, "on this point is indisputa ble, but I cannot give my authority.. It was hashed up most successfully at the time, to the extent of the interception of ; half n dozen private telegrams of my own alluding to the event. The WlTes of Brooklyn Pastors. A correspondent says: Mrs. Cnyler never does any pastoral work, is elegant and refined, and lives in a flue mansion in Oxford street. Mr. Cuyler's mother does considerable calling among the members of his congregation,being ener- • ; getic and untiring. Mrs. Talmage is, socially, very active and popular, has pronounced talents, and frequently pre sides at women's meetings. Mrs. Dury< a is in feeble health, and unable even to attend to the duties of her own house hold Of Mrs. Beecher, the writer says: " There has always been a little coterie in Plymouth church as er-hisive as that which surronnds the queen. Outside of this Mrs. Beecher has seldom ventured.
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