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.