The Hard Struggle.
I've looked on poverty undismayed.
His cold breath on my cheek.
I've seen him crouching at my lied,
When winds blew shrill and bicok.
I've wst.-hod him crawling to my board,
To snatch my scanty food.
But nevor suffered him—no. not once—
To eoarc me where 1 stood ;
But fought him, upright, like a man
That only feared disgrace i
And hit him hard, and laid him low.
And seorned him to his face
I've struggled- sure of victory,
In pride, although in jwm.
With soul serene, and ht J erect
Aint so 1 will again.
lVar in the East.
The red BUKMAII sun had set.
But • wonu tint lingered yet
And suffused the heights of KharusnUuLskci.
As a fair maid clasped his neck.
And she softly whn-pcred "Tis'lus'k
erntgiruaki. 1 ant proud of thee, my boy '
He took off his soldier hat.
And sgatu she whispered : " That
llaveUvk 1 made most beautifully on you sits.
And your jacket l from Stchuk.
Aud your slurt from Tscherkashplsek,
And your stogies are marked 'Lowell, Massa
chusetts !'"
"Hear Siuisklshki!" murmured he,
" Wilt thou sunt remember me,
Aud the same affectionate devotion hare
When I'm fighting on the slope
Of Kgtlelftikowsumpskop,
Or crossing the Ekatennoslav ?"
"Ah. Tseheokkte, l>oy," she sighed,
"Am 1 not to be thy bride
Nothing nvier can dissever me from tliev '
Would that I to-day oouid rale off
At thy side to Kaiu< -kidi'ff.
Or the army at l'ravoiaYhept-ershar
And he ask<s!: "My love ' my own '
WiU be true when thou'rt alone
And she laid her Uttir lily hand iu his.
" Wilt lie true As yonder star
While I'm fighting for the czar
At Osmaujtk or l'luUipopuli.-.
And she answered " Here I swears '
Von may wander au> wtien s
I will never smile on any other love —
Not the prince of Sohenkorsk,
Or of Krasia vitchel'orsi..
Or the.larou of .arpoukwiamrahov."
Then she swvxuied and lay as dead,
W tile lis grabbed his guu and tied
To join his general. Nepokotichitski,
" FareweiL thou peerless damsel I
I go to IV-Kesairvemsel —
But first I go to OeUdriiikowliitsia !"
He was bravest of the t'rave I
And as leader of the iw-iave
lie won a colonel s badge and saved his bacon.
And he telegraphed " Skiusklshki
Sweetheart ' Though twas risky
PjbtutiriehktiomagdeUg is stormed and
taken 1"
She'd another lover then.
Spite of all her oath-, and when
The message came l:r sat upou his kuoe—
Johaun Hildlourghmingetihauseti.
liru iu Schwartreburgh-Kmphausen.
And she matrti>d hat and had a faiuilee.
And the next winter, every morn
To the birds she finug some corn
And she fed the very ravens that had wheeled
Over warring southern roues
And had ptcke 1 jswr Tseheekkie'a Ixmes
Oa the liieiowkouri'hiuo battlefield.
—H. .4. Orojfui.
KATES PRINCE.
We three-Lit. Ois-v and I —had a long di>-
eo-eji-n about Cousin Kate, who was coming on
a visit to us fr ■: i the city ; and we all felt what
dreadful htth> ragmuftin- we should seem to
her. for I'm atrai-d we had Iven runtuag wild :
though ?vapa only uavl to laugh about it, and
would come iut" the school room when mamma
wis busy with u< over our les-ou*. wheuevwr it
was a fine n. ruing, and cry : " Now, theu.
girls, tjie sun shines and the birds are calling.
Out with you I Leant when it rar.i-. '
I knew afterward why this was. I'apa had a
homble nervous dread of ur growing up weak
and sickly, tor hi- was a iWlicate family . and 1
bad heard that our c >u-ins were often very ill.
"Icon gue—why Cousin Kate is coming to
stay with us," sard Lib
"I kuow wLy sire's coming." I said.
"It's beeau-e slier ill. ' shouted Ltl. for fear
I should sh -w my knowledge fir-t.
" fiially wili take her up new warm milk and
an egg in it Is fore she git- out "f ted in the
morning." said (' -<y, solemnly, " that will aoutt
make her if'.'
"She shall h .ee all the S;>eckle lay."
said Lil. "and Jenny will take her every morn
ing to the oIJ gar i n -eat under the In
She * sure to get well there.'
And so we did. for Cousin Kate came that
aftemo in -a t_ !. p le girl. w,th a aad. weirv
lockinherf.ee. MS she gazisl wistfully from
one to the other.
We three young girls stc d back, quite iu
awe of the well drv—ed. fashionable looking
body, who was so different from what w<- had
exiioctesi. while mamma went up to welcome
he.-, and took her tti her arni in a tender af
fectionvte way. saving: "My dear child we
are g ad to vreievrmeyou."
Cousin Kate thrw her arms sn--;nd mamma's
neek and bur-: hit ■ fit - f o 1 g. biding her
Ana •:t <-f -'.-hi. We did n a any more of
t'-iuaiu Kate lis it day ; but our • nng interest
was deeply exrited, and somehow, perhaps
fostered by <Urk liints dropped by Sally, wh .
was a blighted tlowcr, having ts-ea cro—t-l
in a love affair with the horeekeeper a? a
neighUmng farm, w.- girl- got to thinlt of our
couxiu's illness as a kind of mystery contieet-d
in some way, how we did not know, with the
heart.
Our awe of the swe- t gentle cousin fell off
the very next day. hen we t- k po— -sion . f
her. and led ber around our dear old countrv
home, with its wilderness of an orchard, great
garden shrubberies, .sad pleasant meadow.
Her coming seemed t" mark an ep-ich in our
yo-tng lives, for. seeing how w- ok and delicaL
she was. we used to vie one with the other in
being quiet and geatle. *attl upon ber m the
most onneoessarv way. like slaves, and always
ready to rn-h <>t m ist willing messenger* to
forestall any little w..ut she expressed.
This came natural to us ; but on my ptlVt it
was iocTva-e ! t,y a few words winch I h'-ar<i
pass betwes-Q t>apa and mamma, minima sav
ing that the did not think poor Kate would
ever grow string again, but .-!■> !y wither away
I gave a great gulp as I heard those words, and
then burst out s.>i>bing violently.
" You here. Jenny I" said mamma. "Well,
my desr. as yon have heard what we said.it
must be your secret too. Never let your poor
cousin know what we think, and never iwhavc
to her as if you thought she eotiki not recover."
I promised readily, and at fourteen the pos
session of that secret seemed to make me more
womanly than my sisters, as I redoubled my
tenderness to the suffering girL
The invalid was nineteen -a great age in
our estimation —and I used to look up to her
with veneration, gazing at her soft sweet face
and wistfnleyes. wondering why she was so HI,
and what was the great sorrow that had come
upon her like a blight upou o e of the roses
round our porch.
Cousin Kate came to us in the spring, and
the months tiew by till it was the height of
summer ; and many and many a night had I
turned my face to the "all. to that J.il should
not know, and cried sil itiy till mv pillow wts
wet. For I knew so wei that Kate as -eaker,
much weaker than wh n she came, a walk
across the lawn to the ol I garden seat in the
shade being a much now as she could bear.
"Cousin Kate." I said, one day when *e were
alone. Jul and Cissy having rushed off to get
aome flowers, " couldn't any doctor make you
well V"
She looked at me with a wild strange gaze
which almost startled me. Ixtfore she replieii,
aud tnen in away tltat made my heart beat she
sobbed out:
"Only one—only one !" atid then as if to her
self. in a low whisper, -he add"! : "and before
he can come I shall be dead —dead !"
She did not know I heard her last words, and
I sat chilled and frightened, gazing at her till
mv sisters came buck, when, as we frequently
did. we sat down about her ; Lil got upon the
Beat, Cissy Baton :1 grass with her head
against one of Kate's hands, which hung list
lessly from the comer where the leaned, and I
threw myself on the grass at her feet, so
as to look up in her gentle face, which had now
become calm, with its old enrv look.
"Cousin Kate," said Lil, "tell us another
story."
"No, no," I said, "don't ssk ; the isn't so
well to-day."
" Yes," she said quietly, raising her head
and loo! ~ig at me, " I am better to-day."
"Tell ns one, then." cried Cissy, eagerly,
"one yo Ve never told us before."
There as silence theu for a few minutes,
and as I gazed up into Kate's face I saw her
eves close and a sort of Rpasm twitch her lips ;
but the next minute she was quite calm, and
then with the leaves whispering round ns, and
the twittering of the birds coming now and
again from the distance, she said in a low,
sweet, musical voice :
" Once upon a time in the days of long ago,
when people were very, very happy on thisearth,
there lived a prince who was young and hand
some and trne. Nearly every one loved him,
he was so manly, and yet so gentle."
"And he loved a beautiful princess," put in
Cissy.
I saw the spasm cross Cousin Kate's face
again but it was calm directly after, and she
vent oil.
"No. dear." she said, "he did not love a ,
FHKI). KUHTZ, Kditor iuul 1 Voprietor.
VOLUME X.
.Iv Mitiflll princes*, twit * Jimr. simple gut. who
loved liuii, ith all her 111 art, alut tiu i ueivsn,
sc liappi When tile ileitis t'li'ss, mod tlrev
MI nuii In Win Mini Hilly 1.-i tin ni. amt the hnh
Mil K their aWietest sou - ti l tlleUl ill the silu
atmie."
' \i'-v, r.i .1 tin ' Wiie laartltsl. an.l lived
lI.V'J \ in i after, cin .ll'iMi. " lie en.
ttn rv was unce inure that piteous l.K'k
tij v.ii i'. -ism hati • fare si ell . lily tv me , hut
It jw> Cil oft, alul she Went nil.
"No, I'l'M. ttii-v ii\i not . for the |ur.
handsome i.'nag pnu.v had enemies oruel,
I'lttel enetau s who slandered litni, and said
that t.e had made false keys, and I'lH-msl the
tiiasiiri cheat of a great Ulan, ai.d stolen ana)
hi* gold and precious stones.'
" till nlils|stnt 1 issv, now deeply lUter
ested.
•' Villi, iMUtuiUisl Kate, "till I look the
jys r | iinixi, and tin re was a great trial, and
t.iougli tie declared tie •as llUi.velit the li ked
pes-; ,e ho slandered him s: d ts>ie false if
nes against hun peeiaihst . an.l the griMl
11.1 C 1 sai.l tll.lt .. 'tss to ts . ast lot pllei'U,
and near heavy hams, and he kept there for
tulenti-one long wars.
"Oh cried lal.
"Vis. said i n.i. "1 know . and then the
simp.o young gir. who k'n I lum. went and
Uu. s-ked the prison gates, and struck ill lita
chains and set him ft is
"So no.' cited tVusitt Kate, and her von-e
altered tin it'll, mi that 1 *as atarrued, tlii'Ugh
I. .. !do .. 'tlung tat gam- up IU the Ud face
ts'foie tic. for now a change came over it
"No. she crust, "the psi girt could Jo notti
tug tut 'it and weep, and fixih. i broken heart
tsa! ts-it leal, U1 Its own pnsiill, w.arnig
Itself cut ftil tr.l she died, am! I'll I'rauk
I'raiig " iat hale ni di'lie that "i ali.'Uld
suffer thr.
I ha; e.l up to throw uiy arms rouud her.
while lay sisters stirai.k away alarmed; for
t\>ustu Katr lurued away front us with a hitter
nail, i irtid her fa.a- tu her ha. ,b. and threw
herself half over the arm of the old garden
seat, aobt-uig in a wt',.l hy stiircai way, such as
1 had tu in sill. " Kale, ikar t'ousiu Kate,
t s. ! eil . hut even as 1 spoke there was a
hasty sit j , ii tli' ve , the bualra* were daahed
aside, aid tin- shadow of a tali mail was cast
over Us."
"Kate darling " he crieil, catching her iu
las arms, as 1 n_s thrush rudely aside, "lam
innocent and free
Shi did liot hear him, for she gave a faint
gasp and sunk I ack insensible.
\V thus guls were almost stunned . hut e
saw the ta I. thin, pale ! 'king stranger hastily
lift pur Kate fr ;u the -i at. dud literally ruu
with hir to the .:.',l sc. i'...., we fm.owed more
slowly.
As . c reached the porch it was to meet papa
rutuiiiijt out. and m a short time he returned
srth the i! ctor. Hut this d.stor was the
rung oti* ; the rtglit one had cuwre to us at
the gard.u seat, an.l it was his words that
brought dear Cousin Kate ta, \ to hf< . and in
the course of a few months to health.
For Frank ltolwrta was i< instated in the gov
ernment oJtkw - from winch he fell iu a higher
I'si, .trie which gaie hun the eontidruee of the
higher Othi-tais . while the man, through whose
treachery i .sir Frank had -ufTereil a year an.l
a half 1-efore, diesl i-i:.f< ssing that he had
i-eeu li e guilty party alone.
Haiti, m happy lays when the ro-cs were
com -ag luc*. day iy day into Couam Kates
.litis, an 1 wheti 1 .at k, vth - was d wu at the
old pta.v eiery sain dai t. stay till Monday,
Used to 1* setit to phrv and r-'tup with us gtris.
1 can tiardly Uheve H.at thirty y ars have
glided hv autco then, hut - > it i- . and to this day
- r Call J ear old gri v whiskered Frank " Kate s
Priuce." '
Misphifcri t on Ibh nrt'.
The other iluy a little weazen fiUNsl
man. wearing a §3.5H aiut of cloth tw,
went to one of the i>;i4 noU-is in San
Francisco, and registering his name as
from Texas, aski-1 for a room and if
breakfast v. as on the table.
The Olympian clerk gazed at him
seorufully lor u m"U.< nt, and languidly
remarked:
'• Any baggage ?"
*' No, ' rcpltrsl the guest.
In that casr'," said the clerk, " the
rules of the hons' com; el me to insist on
payment iu advance."
" Very well," mid the guest, without
hesitating or appearing offended, "take
two days' Is'irrd out of tins," and from a
wad of greenbacks as I -,g as his arm he
produced a SlOt) note'.
" I beg your pardon," stammered the
ahnslnsl clerk, "b it we are so often
taken in,and your face n->t Inung familiar
to tue. I "
" No nil- as',"cheerfully answered the
guest; " business is bustuesa and rules
are rub's. It es In >k a little tslil t> Is
without baggage, but us cattle dialers
ain't much on style, and "
" That's all right, colonel," said the
clerk. " Put up your money; we kimw
a gentleman when we see him. Jim,
show the gentb man t<> IP' Call for the
best room in the house, g .eral."
The old man stowed away un ample
breakfast, got the clerk to give lum
small b lis f>r a tiltv, and UNkysl whr'n-
Bi'iy Crxiibaugh, tin- banker, ha<l his
office, lmjn red when they hid dinner,
.b'sir-sl tii< eb-rk t > tell Mr. Farwill, it
he called, that he w mid IM> track at two
o'cl s's, the i went, and hasn't been seen
sine. Tnc clerk subsequently discov
ered that the SoO was Irad. The sad
event has cast a gloom over the hotel
office.
Fa>l;b>n Notes.
Long, n-trrow scirf pins uf many de
signs, nnd beatitifully engraved nnd
enameled, arc worn by la. lie i, ins ban 1 of
brisielies, :n tlie lace for the neck.
A favorite style for engagements is the
"motto" ring.
K rigs are constantly being made in
novel shapes and designs.
Beautiful costumes for summer arc
made of batistes and other lawns in very
delicate colors, all of one shade or else in
stripes with white.
The fashion of using beautifully de
corated wax tapers in drawing rooms and
at banquets is growing in favor.
Many of the leaders of fashion have
adopted neat an 1 pretty suits, with
skirts just long enough to touch the
gTotind, for walking costumes.
A street costume of twilled serge has
a long gored skirt, trimmed with a ten
inch plaited flounce. The polonaise is
trimmed with gallo m ml bound with
sstin. The rolling collar and eufTs are
trimmed in the same way.
It may interest our lady renders to
know that at the last drawing room of
her Britannic majesty that the wife of the
American miniht-r wore the following
costume : Dress of satin duchesse hluue
p rle, partly veiled with echaases of
point rle gaze, showered with drooping
c tranches of daturas; a rain of hlanc perle
Venetian brocarb- lined through in white
satin, and trimmed with echaases of lnce,
and flowers to correspimd ; coifTure of
diamonds, ostrich feathers and lappets
of tine lace; ornaments, diamonds.
A Complicated Case.
A rather complicated case is aliont to
come before the courts at Frankfort-on
the-Oder. A lively young boar was re
cently sent there by rail from Custnn,
carefully shut up in a wooden cage. On
the journey, however, he managed to
break his prison, and devoured no less
than twenty-five pounds of German
yeast, which happened to lie in the same
carriage. The condition of the mis
guided pig, when the yeast began to
rise, may be imagined. He was quite
unable to bear his suddenly acquired
greatness, ami gave up the ghost iu a
multitude of sighs, which is quite expli
cable under the circumstances. But now
the question is who is to pay the damage
for what ? The railway company repu
diates all responsibility. Is the owner
of the carcass to proceed against the
owner of the yeast for the loss of his
hoar, or is the ex-proprietor of the yeast
to proceed against tin- owner of the pig
for the loss of his merchandise? Emi
nent counsel hold that ill" claim of Isith
parties lies against the constructor of the
cage; but the builder contends that the
cage was never calculated to withstand
the frantic efforts of a pig r-tnug into
frenzy by the temptation of twenty
live jKiun-.ls of yeast placed under his
very nose.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
ot ii u ( inn
% M.lll nul Wilt* lit IroM tlir Ocruu lu u
\ CMrlt
Mr. riumrns I'tapo, of this city, write*
u Now Bedford i M as*. ) iMllr|Hilull'Ut,
will, tit iMiupunv with hit it tfo, uUmpt
to luttkt' tire | tresage t>f tlii' Atlantic
ocean T i IAIUJOII, starting from tlusiiort,
ttt u curious little bout < rqw i-Killv built
fur the \. yuge.
Mr. I'nun ui a gctmiu< ty j- i f tire
Irtif American sailor, hardy, plucky uud
daring, is thirty year* of ago, about fixe
feet six niches lit height, and *ti iglung
soltlO 150 JHUlllds, of light complexion,
ait h brow u huir and *•}<■, ttltil of t lint
quiet, sanguine ttmjHTin i:t which, lim
ing once determined ujMii tin' execution
o! it J>illlt, overcomes every obstacle till.)
jwuM tu it until 111 ■ desired end t.i ac
complished.
lit Ins wtfo ho I itt it mi'-t excellent
OolltlKUlUHt, ire she .1 of till' HlUllO eheer
fill mi.l eouragooire iii>i>t*it:o'.i, She is
it ihti'l'litor of fntloriok Still", the cele
brated jfttt lrr nn.l musical instrument
manufacturer of L 'iijoii, whose fushiori
able ornament-• ami music luxes have u
world wulo faint', uuJ is oiit of fan teen
children, having sis sisters; horn in
Glasgow, of S.-<4l. Ii descent, sln< tun
educated 111 tin' best l'ty inlitli M'liooltt,
sjH-nbmg soiiu' tifti I'll *iin i in Frajii'i',
ami speaks fluently French and Swedish
liesnlos her native tongue.
Mr. Urapo has passeil some twenty
years ajuu the deep, eouiuieit :iig an
cabin Uiy. 1 hiring his MM fa ring hie he
has crossed the Atlatitie twenty tunes,
while I is wife, w ho accompMin .1 Inn for
severul years on shipls'ar.l, hire made the
passage three time*.
He will take aliiiit 1,500 poiunls of
provuioiis. consisting aim at entirely of
canned goods, nnd condensed solid tuid
tllllil preparation*, which will lie stored
principally in the forward part of the
craft, wluch is to serve us the kitchen,
equipped with a Hint little kerosene
stove. In the after part will IK the
cabin and sleep:t gaccommodations, lb
will take six kigs,each containing twenty
gallons of water. As fast as < :uptnil
these kegs will lie tilled with salt water,
being the urdy ballast used, the luxes,
cans of food, etc., being stowrel so as to
trim the cratt. A small medic;uc case is
included in the jwrsoual lmggagc.
Mr Crajxi will provisi u f >r a fifty
Java' vovage, hut is confident of being
able to make the run in has time, forty
days being his extreme limit. His route
will IH> between forty-two digs, and
forty-five dega. north latitude and as
near a dir ft course as possible. He will
sail at night with both himself and
wife on the lookout; during the day
they will take alternate watches, each
taking about six hours* sb-ep, which is
all that either is accustomed to take, on
land or sea.
His utily instruments will be a rum
pass and qua.ir.uit, sailu.g liv dead reck
oning. lu case of u storm, lie aid furl
the sails and he t-i under a .'rag. el"*nig
the forward hatch say but leaving half
the aft, which is hinged like a door,open
for light and air.
The b >at in which this voyage is to be
made is built f eethu-. Mil is much Uie
shape of a common vlmie-b -at, except
that she re mtic-li short.-r, and d-<-p r and
broader in proportion t • her lengtli.
Her dimensions are but tl.irt.s'U f.-.-t
length of keel, six feet 1M aiu and thirty
four inches deep. blie re culirely .MY
ored wrtli a double-sheathed .hv!;, with
the exception of t-.\ i hatehwais, e.ieh
two f.i't square*, winch < nti bv elosely
coveted. She has a eent. r board; tar
ries one anchor and rn.S i.-r, Mid n ill
be preipelhxl by two nintton-leg sails,
one ou each of tW'i masti-, aituat' .l u. ar
eith.-r . nd.
R-itli himself ari 1 w -fc are c ufidciit of
the SU-WKS of tlu. daring at: v.ipt, :-nd
Mr. Crajsr declare* it t • be un utter m
|itssiliility f'r the boat to .-ink even
when full of water. The c *'. of the
boat, exclusive .if r:gg;: re jil2.; the
outlay for the voyage, including H',o
worth of rerovreious, w:d Is- about I.
Two siiiall boats h .v.' s!ready casiil
tlie Atlantic, one a metallic life-lxnt and
the other a wooden b>ut, but now.-num
has ever been oil such a voyage, nn 1 no
boat constructed like the " Nh-w Bed
ford " ever male the triji.
An En-glisli Duke's Curious llets.
A curious form of wager w.m once hit
u JM in by t>ld -a fiunil.ur sobriquet bv
which the Duke of was e.uu
monly known t.i the sporting woild. The
duke was famous for ■<• •• ntrieities in the
betting way. The mat. h he male t •
drive a carriage nineteen mile* in one
hour without changing either of the
thoroughbred horses with whieh lie
started, made a sensation at the time,
ami the actualaehiev.-mentof this feat was
jierluijis as remai kable as anything of tire
kind in the nnnals of eooeh'.ng. But the
wager to which reference was made was
of a more original character than this,
and at a time of day when railways were
not thought of, wus certainly an indica
tion .if no little inventive talent. He
made a bet that he would have a letter
conveyed tiftv miles within an hour. In
order to do tins, he caused the manu
script to be inclosed in a cricket ball,
stationed expert cricketers nt intervals
over a certain distance, and the missive,
living thrown from one to the other, wits
delivered at the end of the journey, with
in the stijiulatrel time. A very good
story is told of this nobleman by which
lie very neatly checkmated tlie vagaries
of certain speculators who secretly offer
ed his grace's jockey a large sum of
money to lose a certain race. The jockey
appeared to entertain the proposal, but
quietly carried information of it to Ins
employer, who nt once told him to take
the money, nnd thnt he would liear him
harmless. The money was taken, and
lucks were made accordingly, but, to the
horror of the enterprising blacklegs,
the duke hitnse'f appeared on the scene
as the hors-e-t came to the just, and
quickly divesting himself of a greatcoat,
was found'to be in riding attire. " This
is a very nice horse," said bin grace,
" I think I will ride myself." And he
did it, an 1 won without a struggle.
Advice to Jokers.
Always let your jokes be well-timed.
Any time will do for n grenl joke, but no
time will do for a bad one. Any place
will fit, provided the joke itsi If lie fitting,
but it never titn if a joke be .iut of its
place. You cannot order a joke as you
would a coat or a pair of boots. In con
cocting jokes, as in making pndding,
each person employs similar materials,
but the quality of the di-h is entirely
dejiendent on the skill of the artist. The
uttercr of a good joke is a useful mem
ber of society, but the maker of a luul
one i' a more despicable character than
the \ -riest coiner by profession.
A joke from a gentleman is an act of
charity ; an uncharitable joke is an un
gentlemanly act. The retort courteous
is the touchstone of good feeling; the
rejily churlish —the proof of cold-headed
stupidity.
Turkish Talismans.
A Parisian manufacturer lins received
nn order from Turkey for a large num
ber" of white shirts upon which extraets
from the Koran are to be printed in sky
blue letters. Upon a number of white
woolen undershirts is to be stumped the
signature of Mohammed. Tho articles
are intended for distribution to Turkish
soldiers when upon especially dangerous
duty, to sti run late their courage under
the impression that they are talismans.
CENTRE HAIL, CENTRE CO., FA., THURSDAY. JUNE 14, 1877.
FARM. HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
UUuburb.
That there is a great lomand for
rhubarb t very apparent frour the iut
mouse qi.untiti *hn-h during the winter
and spring months finds its way into all
our lurge market*. Y<t. strange t•> say,
this plant does "not usually got that
space aud attention tu the gar leu which
It deserves. It is often put t.'t sonic out
of the way corner, ami consequently
does not grow well. Rhubarb is very
ea-uly cultivated, and the pi luee will,
in a good deep rich soil uud under lib
eral treatment, be icri considerable. It
can la- propagated either by seed or by
division of the roots. When the forme re
met hill Is selected, s >w m the spring, ill
u seed bed, ill drill* one feet apart.
Cultivate well during the season, uml m
the uutiimn or following spring the resits
should be transplanted m gn> 1 rich soil,
from three t > four feet apart. It will be
fit for use about the third spring from
sowing. The most i-xjHslitious mode to
pri-euie a supply is to plant roots already
grown, whieh will eouie iut • Use imme
diately . The smaller growing varieties
hould be planted in rows of from two
to thr< e f<--t apart, and the larger grow
iug sorts in rows from thiee to four feet
apart. Farmers can, nt a light expense,
having plenty of fermenting material,
have this valuable \. •! dee tit for use
two months bef >re it is ready f r pulling
ui the open gi 'iimi, by forcing it. No
vegetable is more easily foreel than
rhubarb. It can In- forced in the o) eu
greauid by putting old tubs, IM\I > or
jiots over the crowns, ami surrounding
them with fermenting material ; or the
rents muy be taken up and plant- 1 close
together on aln lof fermenting niat rials
tu any out-buildings, or under a tem
porary structure which any hamly man
with a few stack bars tUld a few spare
li iurd* can so ui contrive. K sds that
Lave lns-:i f. iced - mid be divided and
planted in j-reqw-rly prepare 1 ground;
iu this way u young fiourialiiiig pLuit*
t u is regularly kept up. Among the
jHipul.ir varieties m the Viet r.i, which
is large and fine for cooking ; abo tlie
launar.u, tender and very fine.
ft'ulrilu llrrtlrw IflitlN.
We ari> already iu receipt of uptvmii'in
>f the I' ilorad > {xiiuiobeetle from locali
ties where it ilni not appi-ur last s as in,
or, at least, not iu t-nili <-nt uutnlH-rs to
attract utt< n' n. There seems to be no
ulternutixe but I • JK.IS.IU tin N.S. .ts or
rai*t< no jsttat h-h, f.>r they multiply far
tti rapidly to admit . f baud u-king be
ing a pr:clieable remedy. We, there
fore-, advise our readers Ui purrirtute
some of the nunou* | sus 4i res- autumn)-
isl, ami lx-gia using them as sum iu> the
IwH-tles appeiur ujs u tire vine*, l'ari*
green has iss-n extensively ustsl for tliis
purpose, and with gtxil re-suits, as it is
jirobably as cheap ami a* easily applied
as any of the js-st JHHSOUS. It may Is*
applnsl by mixing with water at the rate
of a tablesjxxrnful to a pailful, and
sprmkbug the vines with the mixture;
hut we prefer using it with flour. Any
cheap, poor article of jl.urwiil answer,
tunl fifteen jsiumlsof fl mr to one of the
jians green will be strong enough to kill
the beetles or tlu-ir grubs.
A good way to m x is to juit the fi >ur
into a half barrel or laurel, according to
the quantity wanted; then jmir on tin
l>ans green, and stir in w.th a stick of
convenient length. AathejKusou w rks
..own into the fl mr, it will Iteeotne tlior
ougltly incorporatrsl with the mass. Of
course, IU ItllXlllg one should lw .URE ful
not to raise a dlist, which, if brestbisl,
might ls> injurious to the operator.
Fui th. r. the mixture' sin ul 1 l>o kejit iu
a safe place where children or animals
•f any kind cannot get at it; for. as
everybody should know, jniris gresm is a
deadly j' -isoti, < \en in small quantiti. s.
Tlie vines should Is* dusted with the
mixture while the leaves are wet, Mid
the early morning is generally the Is-st
tune, wiulu the air is still. A duster
can be made of alm<*t any deep tin
vessel, with small holes pllliei . | m the
iHittoin. The ViSsM'l should lie fast. lie.l
to a bundle four or five feet long.
AvnnoTK roit rxst. oiu-.i x.
A* accident* will 1. qqien tveu where
great cure re taken to prevent them, and
children ami other j croons sometimes
get poisouasi with jians green, it m well
to have an antidote on hand. The anti
dote for this JXJlsoll lsliv.lr.ited M'MUIIIIX
ide of iron, which can be hud at almost
any druggist's. If it cannot b>- obtained,
it may be prepared as follow*: Dissolve
copperas iu hot Water, keep warm, n.ul
add nitric acid until the s.-lutiou laHHtm r
yellow; then jmiir iu some ammonia
water-—common hartshorn—uutil n
brown J re.'itutate fulls to tl*i' bottom.
Put this precipitate in it bottle, t ghtly
ixirkisl, and keep it moist. A few SJSKUI- 1
fills of this re a perfect antidote for jtoi
sooiug with jiaris gris-n or arsenic.
I •** lii I Fuinih 11 Intra.
To PRRHRUVI: SritAW iiKitnti S Take
equal parts of rich, rqie fruit and granu
laUd sugar; put in an earthen cooking
vessel u layir of sugar, then berries,
then sugar, etc., until nil are used ;
cover and let stand over night. To
every jKiiind of fruit allow- one lialf-pint
of red currant juice ; jda <• UJMUI the fire
where it will lxnl giuitly until the syrup
is rich, skimming well.
MOLD ON CATSCP. —To keep mold
from rising on catsup or pickles, add n
tablenjxionful of ground horscraddish to
every quart.
Foil Kit AMI'OOINU. Dissolve one tea
spoollfill of borax in n cup of hot water ;
apply the liquid to the scalp until a good
lather is produced ; theu rinse well with
warm water, until the hair feels soft nnd
natural ; if desired, a cold water nusc
may be taken at the last; wipe the hair
dry, and let it hang loosely about the
shoulders t i get the air through.
FOB FIICIT TUSKS on LABOR PLANTS.
—Boil one tablesjio<>nful of borax iu one
pint of water, and, while warm, paint
tire stems of fruit trees or plants. This
will destroy tiie green fungi, nnd prevent
insect life from forming in the bark ; it
will also make tire trees lrealthv.
ESCAPK I KOM RUN ANTS.— Keep all
articles wlueli they are ajit to molest ou
a hanging shelf, in cellar ; suspend the
shelf with iron rods; each r<id surround
e l about half way up with a little tin or
sheet-copper cap, soldered on ; fill the
cups iiluut half full of white crude
jietrob-um, or other kind of oil, which
will prevent tho ant or any other crawl
ing insect from coming down the rod to
the shelf.
CLF.AJUNO PAINT. —In clenning paint
an old flannel cloth will be found very
serviceable, us it removes the dirt with
out much friction, and nn addition of the
magical mixture to a pail of water, for
washing paint or scrubbing tables or
floors, will be found very effleacious.
Also will polish windows beautifully.
NKT?B\IXIIA IN THK HKAD.— Have N
Annuel enp made to fasten under the
chin; wear three nights; let three nights
pass; then put on again if necessary.
For nenralg.a in the eyebrows, bind a
strip of flannel around Hie head; rub the
teeth with equal parts of salt and nhtm,
pulverized, on a soft, wee bit of linen.
HAUCE FOB KTKAKS AND KTKWH. —For
one quart, cut into dice, one carrot, two
onions, one head of celery, nnd two tur
nijis; fry lightly in a snmll quantity of
butter; stir, to prevent burning ; mid
sufficient of brown sauce to make the
required quantity; boil slowly until tho
vegetables are done; put in a pinch of
sugar, a little pepper and salt, and it is
fit to serve.
rireiMi Ili.vi K Even. Wash it iu
skimmed milk , d> not rub, but eou
idalltlv sqilt <•/.•' It Miftlv. Wllfll It bivlUß
clean, take It out alld put it into a little
eleati'milk, also skimmed, give it another
squeeze, uud lay it out directly on sheet*
uf stout paper, touch it every here and
there with the fingers to diuw out the
set Hops Slid edges, lav the slit t of
paper over the luee, uud a heavy "eight
over all till dry. If laid on any thing
soft, the moisture I* absorbed, Mid the
luee will not be so new looking.
U. S.I skBI lor Vlnr llu*.
Having often seen inquiries in your
columns for something to keep bug* off
squashes and melon*, and having tried
everything 1 tier heard of, uud found ut
lust what seems to be, lu re at least, u
sure cure, I wish you to help me make
it known. Nearly two years since, while
talking with a friend of the lavages of
the bugs, slut said : " Have you ever
Used plaster of piiris fwe tls ( sl it last
season ami it worked well." (>f course
we took tlie hint, uud that season, i75,
we saiid eueuuita-rs and squashes with
it we had no melons. East summer we
used it on melons, summer and winter
squashes,and eueuuilers with v< ry suits
factory results. Now for the process.
Got your planter of pans ut a marble
shop, where* you will find it best and
cheapest. Wateli your vines closely,
and wheu the leaves have grown large
enough to please tho strqasl bug go out
early in the morning while the dew is
.-ii, taking a I asm for your planter, get
on tho windward side of tiie tines, and
sprinkle tho p iwder carefully over them
till tin t ure well whitened. If there ure
sin|H'.t bug* on tlreur you will see them
double up ami roll off in u very dis
gtistod manner. It is just ns good for
the large black bug. The vines must IM*
watched uml gone over ufter every
lower, as the wind ami runt will wusL
most of the plaster off. Don't fancy tin.'
gypsum, or plaster a it i* calh-ri here
aud in many other places, will do. It
will not. Blaster of pans is the thing.
Monro* in A' to York Tribune.
I lowrr tlrf.
To cultivate flowering plant* to the
b.-st a ivantaee require s us much cure- in
the selection ami preliarution of the sol!
as any other crop. No one would ex
pect to grow a crop of cabbages in Soli
overrun b\ the red of trees ami sha-hsl
continually by their dense foliage; yet
how oft- ii do w. . ire- r\e flowers |ilae.-.l
in jiret such circumstances jimduciug a
few m.'Hg. r flow. 1., uu i .lying jiret a*
*ooti as there txime* a hot, sunny day.
Most li w.-riug j-laiits blossom on tic
jsuiit of branches, and, therefore, to
prei'ure a cnuDnuauce of flowers there
should Is* u eontitiU'xl ami vigorous
growth. Select nil opeu exposure where
tic sun will have fr-i access to Uc
jilniitx, ibg the ground very deep, ami
drex* heavily with thoroughly d.sxim-
IMre.si manure*, so that the roots may
have some supporting resort when the
surface moisture fails. A small circular
or oval Ixvl tell or twelve feet in .ilallie
t< r. Pr perly jir. j ar.sl and plauted with
flowers from juie. will preiluc a reiutm
iiivl IU:IMI nf fl-wers even in the dry (st
summer*. In arranging Uie plants tlu re
re much resitn for taste, aud v. ry striking
eomlhtiaUdtis tuny lie wvnre.L
\ His.in Yanqtiislied try a Hull,
About three month* previous to my
arrival nt Fort Uuion, s.ys a prairie
hunter, ami in the height of the buffalo
breeding season, when the hull* are
s-m. tin.. very fieree, J.i* was taking
the Fort Uuion bull wiUiaeart into a
jxuut on the river above Uie fort, in
. : 1< r to draw home a lood <-f W.HI which
ha 1 Is-.-n previouslv cut and |nlcxi ready
for tra:rs|Kirtat:.in the dav b. fore, when
n very large old bia.ni boll st.x*l right in
the cart tuck jmwing nji the .artli and
r armg ready to disjuite the J'ltsxage
with him. Gn n nearer njqir.Mu-h, in
•-te;nl of flying at the sight of the man
that a.'C.inijMOiuxl the cart, the bre.ni
miwlc a headlong charge. Joe ha.l
liar Uy time to remove km hull's h.-twl
stall ami osea|ic uji a tr.s*, 1 nig utt.'rlv
unable to aasist his four-footed friend,
whom lie left to his own resource*.
Hi ion ami bull, now m mortal combat,
met midway with ash -k that made
the earth tremble. Our previously do
cile gentle animal suddenly leonine
trnnxtortued into a furious Is-ast, spring
ing from side to side, whirling round as
th buffalo attempted to take lum in
flunk, alternately ujisctting and righting
the enrt again which he banged from
side t > side and whirled alsiut as if it
luul liecn a batuilsix. J.ie, safe out of
barm's way, l<*.fci I from the tree nt his
c. wmpion's pres-eetlings, at first deplor
ing the apparent disiuii outage he lalnre-d
under, from being haniesxed to u <virt ;
but when the fight luul last e.l long and
furious, and it was evident that both
combatants had determined that one or
Ure other of them must fall, his eye*
were oj>eii to the vnltic of the protection
ff 'rehsl by the harness, especially by the
tliiek, strong shafts, if the cart against the
short horns of the bison, who, nltliough
he lure hun over and over again down
on his haunches, ixuild not wound him
severelv. On the other hand, the long,
sliurji lioriis of the brave l-'ort Union
bull began to t-11 on the ftirreiwcd side
of his antagonist until the final charge
brought the bison, with a furious (round,
dead under our hero's feet, whose long,
fine drawn horn was driven deep into
his adversary'H heart. With n cheer
that made tlie whole wood* ring again,
down eliimlicred Joe, and while triumph
antly caressing carefully examined his
chivalrous companion, who, although
bruised and blown and covered w-ith
foam, luul escajie.l utunjure.l.
Tliuuglits fur Saturday Night.
Hard words mostly flow from soft
hands.
He who lives to no purpose lives to a
bn.l purpose.
He thnt desjiisetli small things shall
fall little hy little.
Severity breeds fear, but roughness
engenders hate.
He ia the greatest who chooses to do
right at all tunes.
Better give a shilling than lend and
lose half a crown.
The drunkard hath a fool's tongue nnd
it traitor's heart.
All things are in fate, yet nil things are
not decreed hy faith.
Wo may he as g< od as wo please, if we
please to be good.
Reprove thy friend privately, com
mend him publicly.
Riches, though they may reward vir
tues, cannot cause them.
The eultivation of the heart should be
like that of a garden, where we prune
ami weed liefore we begin to plant.
Never sjienk evil of any one. Re chari
table in thought, and give even the worst
people the lienefit of n doubt.
We should give as we would receive,
cheerfully, quickly, nnd without hesita
tion; for there ia no grace in a benefit
tli .t sticks to the fingers.
The true motive of our actions, like
the reed pipes of an organ, are usually
concealed; but the gilded and hollow
pretext is pompously placed iu the front
for show.
Our sight is tlie most perfect and most
delightful of all our senses; it fills the
iniuii with the largest variety of ideas,
converses with its objects at the greatest
distance, and continues the longest in
action without being tired or satiated
with its proper enjoyments.
A I IMI> M'ENE IN FI.OUIDA.
Tlir I l Ibr MtiMllas Mint thr t.uiU.-Tlir
llitlllr til thr Hlittrk* Mtitl thr 4tligi*'t*->
Thr a ulrr Krtlilrtlrtl tilth Ihrlr lllwott.
A I'urrespoiiilciit uf the New York Sim
give* the following graphic tltrttfriptioli
uf tu'fliea wibllSiMvl till n barren tunl
nearly mucet ssilih- (sunt on the t- '.u>l of
Morula : If you will took at the tnup of
Flotilla, away down the eastern eoiu>t of
the linger-like peninsula, you uiuy •
u sjsil marked " Jupiter," or "Jupiter
Inlet." Some maps make it "Juuipcr."
l itis is wrong. Its nuiut snke wua old
Jupitei, tin- slave of nti army olliesT,
who wus stationed at thih point during
the first Seminole war. Jupiter ta be
tween latitude twenty-six und twenty
seven degree*. Although only 120 miles
north of Key West, it bulge* to the east
nearly a degree of longitude Iteyoud
Cape Caiiuventl. It is probably tlio
most imuve-sible aud barren nook on the
wiiole Floridian const, uml can lie rea<-h
--etl onlv HI light draught Ismts, sailing
the whole length of the Indian river.
Shurp coral reef* fringe its shore, and
high hilioeks of white suiul, sprinkled
with thick dumps of scrub and cactus,
roar their ht-u<ls nlstve the iulet. The
lively salnl crab catches fireflies on the
LK-OCU, and hugh turtles iie]MNtit their
eggs IU the sand. 'i'liUt attracts HtVU'es
of ltcuiit from the swamps and hum
mocks Isireleruig tho Everglade*; for to
tiielli the turtle ami its eggs are a tooth
some delicacy. Hjsitletl tiger-cats plav
among the sund hills by luoouhght, and
the fierce puma prowl* along the shore
tu quest of king crab* or more substan
tia! diet. The largest puma t-ler tteeli IU
the Slate was shot in this region by the
keeper of the lighthouse. It was as
formidable us n loyal Bengal tiger, and
measured over thirteen feet from snout
to tip.
The bhallow saltwater swarms with
ilsh. School* of mullet ami itornpiuo
flash iu the sunlight, and cavullo, bona
ti-li, blttefioh, nil bus*, drum, suap|K-rs
and grou|H-nt ure here ill myria-is. jew
fish have been caught weighing over f>oo
pound*. Saw I'lsli, the Size of VollUg
whale*, surge through the narrow chali
uels, and raveuous sharks from twelve to
twenty b < t m length keep a rigid bloek
iwle outside. As the tide rise* they
come within the inlet m st arch uf prey.
The bass aud other flsli that have Iteeu
feeding upon the mullet, become iu turn
the victims of the shark. The smaller
fish ilart t.> and fro, making tin- water
lsiil in their efforts to rttcajw. Millions
are slowly but snrelv driven into attmull
bay by the sharks. wle> whip the wave*
into foam iu their hungry fury. Penned
at last, the thinned fish leap in the uir
with terror, ami shml* of them run
ashore*. The sharks charge with a rush.
Their jaws snap like pistol tdndtt, uud
mutilated fish are scattered over the wa
ter. Sclnids of jutT"-ises join in the
slaughter, ami occasionally an old alli
gator shove* off from the shore, sinks
hiiust If like a submarine battery, and
steals a lnuuteous tnftd.
Nor is iu alligator tliconly free feeder.
The air is filhd Willi thoitsnml* of lilac
feathered tern* ami gti'l*. Full well do
they understand the situation. The
rush of their wing* is like u breeze in a
forest of pmcs. tutvl their screams ure
tleafetiiiig. By p!at*ns they dash into
t..' taf 1 >!- r, . a! .1' .it :dsae
the roaring surf each with it iish in it*
bill. The v< ry air sparkles with fish,
for the gull* toss their victim* up until
they catch them by the head. Theu
ihry are easily ls>he.l. High above the
t*r* float flocks of gray jtelicaus, larger
than geese, uml grave uml formal as
judges. Tiie wind whistles - beneath
tlc-ir gre-at w iug*. but they make no au
dible expret—iiou of x.itisfactiou. Drop
ping Hit" the wave* with a great splash,
aftei a few lublvrly maneuver* they
fill their pouches, and sad away as
though the whole .affair luul tievu ar
ranged for their own excltis.ve lsencfit.
A party of stalwart heron* pace the
struml iu their Austrian uniform*, ami
pick up the tiny oilier fish slopping
ashore- during the general ootntuoti->n.
And last and least, our little Northern
kingfisher, chal in a sky blue suit,
springs hi* little tattle, and hongs on
the outskirts of the buttle, picking up
the choicest tidbit*. Sn his an every
tiny scene at Jupiter during the summer
and fall.
A lighthouse is the only sign of civili
zation at Jupiter. It towers 11>I ft* t
front a sand lull on the tunin land, and is
a plain brick sbaft ere ■ ntsl w itli a re
volving light. Heavy eastern galesomn
bitttsl with the action of the gulf stream,
(onn-time* shut the inlet. Alunt fifteen
vcara ago a storm closed the ga|t. Bil
lion* of sidt water fish were JsintniNl in.
Thi'ti a long miiiy season followeih Tlie
Jupiter, North. Allokehstchic ami Like
Worth rivers, which empty into the In
dian river withiu a mile ei the inlet,
poured out volumes of fresh water, but
the iivati luul ilone it* work well, nnd
the dam remained intart. The freh
water pusßisl through Ilois* sound and
forced its way to the sea through Indian
river inlet, fifty miles north of Jupiter.
The suit wraterat Jupiter liecame frcali.
All the oysters died. Trillions of fid
dlers and hermit cnibs gave up the
ghost. The mangrove tree* turned a
sickly yellow, and the thousands of in
wx-ts that draw their nourishment from
saline disappeared. Schools of black ;
bass left the fresh streams and appeared
nt Jupiter. H'did nercs of fresh water
fishes piled themselves into the bight of
the inlet, and fought for the sea water
that oozed through the sand at high tide.
Tlie alligators of the Everglade* got wiud
of what was going on. They came down
tlie Allokehatohie ami Lake Worth creek
iu scores, and attacked tlir fish dammed
in the bight. The slaughter wns aston
ishing.
The watar turned to blood, and was
carpeted with dead fish. Tlie alligntors
were re-enforced until their number was
estimated at five hundred. They gorged
themselves with fish, and dozed away
their days on the hot sand beneath the
scorching rays of the sun. Tlie i>each
was black with their mailed lulies. At
night their muttered thunder fairly
shook tho foundations of the lighthouse.
One day a north wind arose. It gath
ered in strength day by day until its
fury was that of n gale. It began to
bark Up the waters ill the inlet. Rain
fell, and the water* increased in depth.
The wind shifted tothe northwest. A high
neap tide followed. As it began to fall,
a three I of fresh water found it* way
over the sandy barrier. Within twenty
minutes the dam was burst, and the pent
up waters were roaring and rushing into
the sea. The army of alligators was
ratiglit in the flood and carried outside.
A terrific light ensued. The neap tide
hail brought hundred* of enormous
sharks to the const. They scented the
fresh water and made for the inlet. Fran
tic after their enforced fasting during the
storm, they attacked the alligators. The
noise of the combat was heard above the
roar of the ocean. A son of Judge I Vino,
of Fort Cup ran, who was an eye-witness of
the scene, tells me that he saw sharks
and alligators rise on the crest of the
waves and fight like dogs.
Many of the killed floated belly up
ward, nnd were afterward rocked nshore
by the waves. For dnvs their bodies
drifted to the bench. The dead alliga
tors had lost their legs nnd tails. The
sharks in some eases were nearly bitten
into two pieces. The current of the gulf
stream strewed the shore ns fnr north ns
Cape Malabar with their carcasses.
Clouds of buzzards, and even the Ba
hama vultures were drawn to the beach
by the offal. Mr. Paine fancies that the ;
TKRMB: n Year, in Advance.
nhaiks were U o active for the alligator*,
but others uy that the percentage of
bodies on tin- bench indicated that the
weight of metal was in favor of the iron.
clad reptile*.
t luutig HuuianS Sad Mot j.
1 liy tin identification of the laxly of a
young woman at the morgue, says the
New York World, the history of out* of
the luuny " unknown dead " of the river
was revealed. H all null Roach wus born
iu this eonutry, her parent* being well
to-do English people of the laboring
I clans. ih-r mother died when she wo*
seven years of age, and her father a few
year* later, leaving hi* daughter with a
stepmother. When she won fourU-eu
venrs old she attracted the attention of
• Mr. Mih s, father of Mr. W. H. Milne,
cashier of the Ktxpeimv savings bank'
I who took her into his family. The
> girl wo* bright, intelligent, good looking
' and ambitions, and lost no opportunity
of improving her condition. As a result,
when she reached her nineteenth year
she was a measurably accomplished
young woman. At this lime she formed
the acquaintance—most unfortunately,
us it lias since proved—of a young man
.. oniod James A bis-tt, and last Hepteni-
IT they Vero married. A few days
alter the little money Abbott hud pro
fi-pu-d to have accumulated disapja-aresL
But the little W ife-cheered liiiu in w hat
he said wus his locs, and resolved that
they would yet recover It and do even
betl-i-r. Three weeks utter the marriage
she marie tlie doeMVerv that Abbott ltari
' ulmther Wife still living. She auplied to
the district attorney, and, roei iving di
rections how to act, found his flint wife,
one Mary Dougol, living in Westchester
county. This woman was willing to ap
pear us n witness against the man who
! ad deserted her and cruelly Wtrnyed
the other. Kin- produced her marriage
certificate, us did also Hannah. All
1 proof having lien collected, Hannah
wrote to Abbott asking him to call upon
her. Meantime a detective was secured
and posted. One Monday night, late in
1 January, the matter was brought to a
successful ending. The girl and her be
trayer left the house for a walk. She
broached lire* subject of her illegal mar
riage to Abbott, and he tried to con
ciliate. lb-fore they hail gone a block
the detective overlook them and sum
marily arrested Abbott. The man waa
tried in the iq>eoial sesaious before Judge
Gilder*]neve and sentenced to two years
in tlie State prison. Pending his trial
he made several threats agaiust Hannah.
He swore he would kill her when he re
gained Lis freedom, and that he had
companions whom he would pnt un tier
track to make way with her at uuce. The
strain, ltli of eaiitnrmg her betrayer
uiul incident upon Lis trnil, at it after
ward proved, told severely upon her.
Her fnenil* did their bent to cheer her,
but on the morning of the twenty-oeveuth
of April she did not appear at tlie u*ual
hour, and to a call there was no reajKiuae.
Nothing has Ixt-n seen or beard of her
since, until a v<>ung man rowing in the
sound ran foul of the b>xly since rec.vg-
Uized as hers. She had but little cloth
ing ou when found, being dressed only
in a night dress, over which she had put
a black aljtaca dress. The shawl the
wore had been washed away. Tlie beauty
of Ler face and grace of fix ure were loot,
but the brown Iran w Ivest preserved
and by its i KTU bar color and her clqtliiug
she w as I'lentifiod, assisted by one of two
rings that ls-re the initials " H. li." and
" 11. S." They had Is-eii giveu her by a
youth wheu a little girl.
A St. i d 'Tarnlug.
Among the offii-ers of the brilliant
court of the grand monarch of Frauee,
Ix'iii* XIV., wa- the Manpiia Hugh d
VemicourL Tliis marquis was of in
ancient family, very wealthy, and had
proved himself a braTe and efficient c*p
tnn on more tliau one hard fougiit
field. In his sober moments, though
inclined to le haughty and overbearing,
h could yet be a gentleman; but when
the fuuies of the wme cup had aeixed
his brain, which was far too often the
CBS', he was turbulent and quarrelsome,
and h:s duels were uuinertma, ao that in
time it came .> mw that his oomianioiia
fcarevl and dreaded lum. Feeling secure
in hi* lordly estaie, hi* high nobility ex
empting* him from certain ji-nalties
wluch might have rested wjini one of
lower degree, he pursued lit* recklesa
aud inebriate course for a time un
cheekeL
At length in a hostile euermnter, the
marqu'S slew a gentleman of the royal
guard, whose friends tnaile tntirh com
plaint. De Vernicourt ajqveare.l before
the king, and pleaded in extenuation that
he vvas much heated at the time, sud
1 s'ggul the royal pardon. Tlie jiarjlon
mw granted, with tlie udditiou of a severe
reprimand, uad caution for the future.
But the eauti>u availed little. Ere long
afterward the troublesome marquis quar
reled with a gentleman of the rardiual's
household, the result of which wax an
other fatal sword thrust.
Once more the nobleman was sum
moned before the king, and his old ex
cuse was offered, ami again ho implored
the royal pardon.
" Hugh de Vernicourt," aaid Louia,
" thou art pardoned."
Tlie marquis would have eipreasdl his
tlmnks, but the king stonupd him.
" Hold, Sir Hugh. Me wish not for
thy thanks; for know tliat thou art not
the only one to whom we have extended
onr royal pardon. Wo have caused a
pardon to prepared in blank, and
have placed it in the handa of onr trusty
minister of police. It i for the man who
shall kill thee ]"
The eantiou proved sufficient to tha
end desired.
An Indian Lover's Revenge.
The Victoria OolonM furuiohes the
following account of an Indian lover s
wming and subsequent murder of his
inamorata: " A snvago tadonging toone
of the trilves near Barclay sound, on the
west coast of Vancouver island, Iveeame
enamored of an Indian woman recently,
but paid hia addresses in vaui. Her
friends objected to the match lveeanse the
number of blankets east at her feet wns
deemed insufficient to secure her affec
tion. The Indian hunted, fished and
stole to procure* the number of blanketa
the maiden had set as the prie< , of licr
charms. But as often as he reached the
fixed number us often did the fickle
dusky one mlviuice tlie figure, till at
length tlie savage gave up tlie struggle
in despair and sought her h>ve no more.
His affection, in fact, seems to have
turned to hate, for, meeting her in the
bush near the village about a month
ago, lie set npoa her with a knife, with
which he killed her. Ho then cut off
the head, cut off the arms and legs, and
mutilated the body, scattering the limbs
and pieces through the woods. The
murderer openly defies punishment and
glories in the bloody deed."
How He (lot Some Cider.
The other day a lodger at the Johnson
House, in Gardiner, Me., got up in the
morning awfully thirsty, and approach
ing tlie landlord, said he must have a
drink of eider He was assured he eoula
not buy it in the city. "Can get it by
the gallon, can't 1?" he said. He was
told he could. So lie went up to a store
and inquired if they had any rider to
" sell hv the gallon. He was told they
hail. He wonted to try it, and drew a
pint dipjier full and drank it. He said
he " thought*it was too hard for mince
pies," and threw n dime on the counter
and left.
NUMBER 24.
a <tii*f*i: ihhurbeopioji.
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bauiril.
Tbr Ixtci-lon Vitwt haa the following:
(Jen. Km Hbttu arrived Wore Maim* on
the xivjod of HajilautW, 1H76, aud five
days Inter opened an artillery flro on the
northeiuit angle of tlie wall. 1 will not
recapitulate the details of the "leg*,
suffice it that breach after breach waa
made, and aaaaiilt alter aaaault rebelled,
during the jwriod of two UioUUlt for
which it lasted. At length, during the
first days of November, sortie* were at
tempted by the garriaoit, and aorne
priaonera who were taken stated that,
the provision* of the garriaon being ex
hausted, tlieir leader had aeut thein out
to ace how matter* atood, with a view to
aeixing any opportunity of getting away.
After examination the prisoners were
beheaded. At length, ut midnight on
the fourth of November, the Mohamme
dan General i Hai-yen himself caunr out
and Itegged to be permitted to surrender.
I quote the language of the memorial
' itee 11 aa to what followed :
" Kin Shun hereupon commanded
hiiu hi deliver up the liornea and arm*
of the gnmaou, aud to hand over, in
iMiOfla, the loadeni of the rebela, after
which he waa to draw up beta of the
remainder of thru - number, who were
thereupon t> le called upon to answer
to their name*, and be aeverelv dealt
wi lb acre mling hi circainstance*. Hai-y en
agreed to do tin*. . At daybreak on the
sixth of November a body at 'A,IIOU or
ll.OlX! of the giirriaou aalliedout from the
weat gate, the water of tlie column con
sisting of aged persona, women, ami
children, who were guarded on all sides
by determined hghting men, with arena
' in their hand*; and kui Shun, knowing
tlietn to be treacherously disponed, caused
hia troopa to ataml to their arena. The
llunan troopa on the north of the city
were drawn up in tattle array, aa were
alao the division* on the aoulh front,
while a aeparate cavalry division waa
I*ated at the commanding points, in
' order to prevent escape. Su Hio-kung
waa at the same time ordered to go for
' ware! ami call upon the advancing body
to throw down their arms, whereupon
their lives should still be spared ; but
the so-styled general of tlie rebels, Ho
Luh by name, suddenly fired off a pistol
and set his tresips on to make a rush at the
trenches. Su Hio-kung instantly ordered
ilia men to charge, and Ho Lull was
taken and beheaded in front of the line
of battle. The rebel leaders and the
desjjerate fighting men at their back,
abandoning their women and children,
made a bold rash forward, but they were
enveloped by tlie various divisions of the
Hunan troops and the force under Kin
Shun's own command, and the greater
number of them were put to the sword.
One of the so-called generals of the
rebels, seeing that all hope was lost,
shot himself with a pistol, and every
man of the scattered hoe* was captured
and beheaded by one or other of the
oavair* divisions.
'• The infantry meanwhile had laid
hands upon aud executed all the rebel*
remaining within the city, sparing the
women and children ana aged persona,
. who were exempted from this act of re
tribution. Hai-ven and other leaders
were cap' nred alive, and after being ex
amined before Kin Shun and his red
leagues, were put to death with the
extreme of torture. The corpaes of Han
Hing-nung, Heh-taun, and other leader*, .
1 together with the remains of the aelf
stvlcd Prince of tlie Pure (religion),
T o-teh-lin, were searched out and ex
humed <uid cut to pieces, aa a publ c
. example. Thus, ou the sixteenth day of
November, tlie south city of Manas waa
recaptured, tlie leader* of the iusnrgents
destroyed, and their follower* extermin
ated."
Haw Times Have ( hanged.
Almost every one can rememlwv when
the seasons were niyre punctual, hum
mer used to halt on the threshold of
September, us if afraid to venture an
other step, lest the frusta overtake her,
and, years ago, winter would have been
a basiled to have been caught hugging
star-eyed April, and much more con
fused to have beeu surprised in the lap
of our gentie May. But this is ail
clianged now. tlie weather wet* are all
at fault, end the seasons SWTT. Msy
ilays are in June now. Children used to
go to the woods the first day of May, to
>at sandwiches, get tlie whooping cough,
and fight, and p) home, glad that it had
ended. Men who had miniature gwrelens
usrel to nam through seed stores the
first of April, discussing with dignity
and wisdom the yellow wrapped parcels
Intalcd "early squash," or "early
beets," or " four week beans." The first
of April found lum talking " garden " to
everybody he met, and ridioubntg the
i idea of s " late frost" no matter what
the b ..aa • said. By tlie end of the
tiri week in April, stove* were pitched
into the coal bin in the cellar, and ice
cream was oreierrei far dinner. How
changed all this ! Now. the chill air of
lingering winter makes tlie parlor witu
its bright aud cozy tire look a much
mors agrre-abie place for May day. Now
and then spring is punctual, aud we can
(enjoy out-d.v* life, finding delight in •
coming in contact with dirt in the garden
or among the flowers. The scent of
moist, freshly turned earth in spriug
time is a wonderful remedial agent, rob
bing ns of complexions that during the
winter have become bloodless, and driv
ing ennui aud dyspepsia hence.
A sleeping Car Incident
A strange event occurred on tlie St
Louis aiid Southeastern through passen
ger train recently, at a point near
Opdyke, In the sleeper were a man and
his wife, ticketed through to Nashville,
Teun., from Austin, Texas. Tlie man
was noticed by the train employees to j
suddenly leave his hunk, arid in an ex
cited manner call ujwn his wife to follow
him. She did so, the man leading the
way, and apparently desiring to leave
he train. Tne employees asked him
twhat the difficulty was, but he appeared
very much excited, and drawing a re- j
valvar, declared that he would proteot
himself at all hazards, and legan to I
make motions as if he intended to shoot, i
He drew a lnrge dirk knife and liegan
flourishing it about in a threatening
manner. The fellow continued to fnme
and fret, and finally, observing a favor
able opportunity, at ouc bound disap
peared through an open window, his wife
following aa soon as possible. (The train :
had in the meantime been stopped). ;
The ran off in the woods as fast as
his legs eo ild carry him, leaving his >
wife near the track considerably bruised 1
up and hurt from her jump through the
window and descent of a steep embank
ment
The latest Cat Story.
TheElmirn Gazette says : We are told
on trustworthy authority that a gentle
man of this city living in tlie lower part
of town, recently weut to the woods and
finding n nest of young squirrels brought
them to the house, where there were two j
felines each having a " litter " of kittens.
One of the tabbies took her own legiti
mate children and putting them in the
nest of the other (by whom they were
taken care of as though they hail been j
her own flesh and blood), went to the
i place where the three squirrels were, and i
took them one by one to her own nursery
and since has l>een nursing and caring
j for them ns a mother.
Faith.
And m bssid* Ma
I watt tha muffled oar t
No harm from Him ran corns to. OS
On oossa or <m shoes.
1 knew not where lit* Island* lift
Their f rotated patet* in air ,
I only know 1 cannot drift
flajrond HU lor* and care.
Items of Interest.
An unpopular cluie—The policeman's.
Do not aspire to send your javelin be- _
- yond the snn.
Advice to young men about to settle
(town. Kettle up first.
Goasip ia tlie putting of two and two
together and making five of thoin.
Among tlie late important Htatc event# ,
i in Europe are the <UwUis of jtiaiuarok's
dog aud the sultan's cat.
A school teacher in Fort Wayne, I ml.,
" j Alia the mouths of offending pupils with
f Caroline pepper. Possibly to make them
smart.
A pretty Tennessee girl ha* patented
a combined harrow and stalk-cutter.
! Most girls, however, prefer to barrow in
the old way.
When you see a tramp bolting his
weekly meal you are comforted with the
reflection tfiat beyond peradventure
flour is going down.
A Japanese student newly arrived in
this country thought we were all doctors.
I MX* use everybody took his hand ana
sakrel after hui health.
We can oonaole ourselves for not hav
ing great talents, as we console ourselves
for not having great place. We can be
above both in our heart*,
i A little boy came to his mother re
cently and said: "Mamma, I should
1 think if I waa made of dust, J should
get muddy inside when I drink."
The fashions in gentlemen's clothing
rarely ever very. We have it from good
1 authority that the style this wesson will
• he s rmir of pants, s vest *od a coat, as
' usual.
I A French artist who took part in the
destruction of the Column Vondome in
Paris, during the reign at the Commune,
has been sentenced to pay a fine at
I SIIO,OOO.
The season fast approaches when the
vouag man with finance* to cover just
two plates at toe cream awaits breath
lessly the answer to; " Will yon have
some oakc?"
A box of grasshoppers' eggs from the
United State* to the editor of a Canada
newspaper hatched oat Hie other day in
a drawer into which they were put for
safe keeping.
The practice of stealing hymn books
is ssid to prevail to su alarm.ag extent
in some ut the fashionable churches in
New York which are most frequented .
by strangers.
In a Philadelphia court, the other day,
a man named Moisten was defended by a
lawyer named Guforth. It ia no unusual
thing to see a lawyer ami his client Go
furth and Moisten.
"The name of a new novel is "The .
Wrongful Heir; or. The Mystery at the
Falla." It most be a companion to that
, charming romance, entitled " The False
I Hair; or. The Mysterious Waterfall"
The following advertisement recently
I i appeared in a New Haven journal : " Any
person having five to fifty load* of
, manure to dispose at will please send
. word or drop it through the i* st-offic*."
A New Jersey firm has lost SIOO,OOO
in experiments to find out how to dye
Kluah fur silk hat*. The best tliat can
e produced in America turns brown
under the hot ircn. Hence the high
' price of silk hats.
Oregon lias a new expedient for keep
-1 ing her citizens sober. Every man who
drinks is obliged to take out a license
costing $5. It is a penal offense for any
liquor dealer to sell a drink to an un
licensed person.
A New Hampshire paper relates that
at Newton in that State, a mad dog, after
having been wounded, took refuge in a
1 barn, where some of the hay became
soaked with his Mood. The hay was fed
to s bursa, which went toad.
A mocking bird entered a Methodist
church at Jackson, Teun.. and after
, circling around the room, lit on the rail
ing of tlie altar, where it sat in attentive
silence till the rinse of the sermon, when
it warbled aome of its sweetest notes and
sailed away.
A portly gentleman crowded himself
: into a lium* car next a young man, who
[. said; " Periuui* you would not crowd
i in here if von knew I hail just had the
i smalt-pox.'* "Oh, that's nothing," was
tha reply; " for this is the first time I
have been out since 1 had it myself."
The aanguinary incubation at military
despotisms oo miiitiUnlinuu>> millions of
passive and uachronieled serfs presents
a somber canopy, but we know of noth
ing so well calculated to take the vim
out of a married man as far Ids wife to
ask him to beet that old carpet hanging
on the line, just as he has got started for
his office in the city, with only three
minutes to catch the ear*.
The Frightened twfidler.
During the last siege at Gibraltar, in
the absence of the fleet, and when en
attack was daily expected, one dark
night a sentry, wuose p<t was near tlie
Devil's Tower and facing the Spanish
lines, was standing at Hie end of his
walk looking upon them, hia head filled
with nothing bus fire and swords, mines,
breaching, stormirgandbloodabed ! By
the side of his box stood a deep, n arrow
necked earthen jug, in which was tlie re
mainder of his supper, consisting of
Imi led peas. A kge monkey (of which
there are plenty at the top of the rock),
iiieouragoJ hy the man a silence and _
allured by the'amell of pea*, ventured to
the jug, and, in endeavoring to get at its
content*, thrust his head m far into the
ueck aa to be unable to withdraw it At
this iustaut the soldier turned round and
came toward hi* lox; the monkey, un
able to get clear of it, started up to run
off, but tlie jug stuck to his head. This
terrible apparition no sooner saluted the
eyes of the sentry than his frantic imagi
nation converted poor pug into a formi
dable Spanish grenadier, with a most
tremendous high cap on his head. Full
of this dreadful idea, be instantly fired
his piece, roaring out that the enemy
liad seated the walla. The guard took
the alarm, and in leas than ten minutes
tlie governor and hi* whole garrison were
underarm*. The suppreed grenadier,
taing very much incommoded by his
cap, and almost blinded by the peaa,
was soon overtaken and seized, and by
his capture the tranquility of the garri
son was restored without the slaughter
which every man prognosticated in the
l>egiuning of so direful an alarm.
Ben. Sherman on Neutrality.
The St. Louis Hqpublioan Bays that
not long since a resident of that city,
who was a major in the army during the
war, wrote to the Turkish minister, Ar
istarchi Bey, offering his service* in the
war with Russia, aud referring to Gen.
Sherman for testirai mv as to his qualities,
i should a recommendation be required.
He also wrote to Gen. Sherman at Wash
ington, stating the ease, asking the gen
eral to reply as he might deem just to
any inquiries made of him. Tlie St.
Louis gehtleraan received from Gen.
Sherman the following:
HxAIXJtTARTRRS ARMT OF THE UNITED J
STATES,
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4th, 1877. \
Dear Sir Yours of May Ist is re
ceived. It will not do for anv person in
; the service of the United State's to ad
vise anybody to enter tlie service of a
nation at war. We moat be neutral.
Truly, your friend,
* \V. T. SHKKMAN, General.
Two Young Voyager*.
The Sidney (Ohio) Journal says:
' On Monday there arrived in Sidney on
the Bee line two children cn route t >
Piqua. One was a boy seven years old,
anil the other a girl aged nine. These
two small children had traveled all the
witj from Germany, and had come at tlie
solicitation of an uncle, who resides in
j the above named town. They stopped
j at the Union Hoaite while m this place,
| and were as bright and cleanly dressed
t children as one would wish to see. The
only advice and attention thi y had was
while coming West on the train. having
• crossed tlie ocean by then.selves.