Onr Dally Reckoning. If we t dovn at set of un, And eonnt the thing* that we hare dons, And countinjt. find One self-denying act, one word That eased the heart of him who heard; One glance moat kind. That fell like snnsliino w here it went. Then we may count the day well spent. But, if through all the livelong day \Ve've cased no heart by yea or nay; If through it all We've done no thing that we can trace. That brought the sunshine to a face, No act, most small. Tliat heljssd some soul, ami nothing cost. Then count that day as worse than lost. 1 ''The Satirise Never Failed E* Yet." ST CHI.I* Til XTTKII. Cpos the sadness of the sea Tlie sunset broods regretfully ; From the far, lonely qvacea, alow Withdraws, the wistful afterglow. So out of fife the apleudor diea ; So darken alt the liappy skies ; So gathers twilight, cold and stern : But overhead the planet# burn. And up the east another day Shall chase the latter dark away ; What though our eye# with tear# be wet ? The sunrise never failed us yet. The blush of diwu may yet restore Our light and hope and Jo* once more. Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget That sunrise never failed us yet' WITHOUT A PIGTAIL The Story of a Pleaaant Love CHATTER L "I have got >ine news for yon, Maggie." he said, one day. abowi eighteen months after h had gamed bis cvwntatssMß. " tsUWSt what it is." Thev were walking along the grcn laiies of Tcrlisii. listening to the ,-ease!e-i murmur of tlie MX. as at intervals they had walked and lis caed ever suio* they oouh! remember, or ever since Maggie could rmneiuber. st a:iv rate, for she wa six year# younger than her former playfellow. " You are going to l< prasmvded,'' -he *akl. " TromoUsl. you little gvo*e! No one ever gets promoted la the British arasy. Guess again." •* You are going to marry an heireas. " There was a lump ui her throat as ahe said it. " Wrong again. No inestimable young per son with grvi-a eyes, a turn-up nose, sn-ceid,- blc heart, and hfty thousand a year, ha# turned up yd. But it something nearly as good. I ui ordered te China "' "Oh, Ahe' sljegaajed. and burst into tears. It was very fooltih of her, but then she a# only sixteen, and had not yet acquired the praiseworthy art of concealing her feehugs. "Why, w"hstever are VM crying for.' he asked, and kissed away hir tears, lie d kissod her ever aiwK she was five, and thought no more of it than if she had beeu (us sister, or t v cat. excepting per hap- that it e a.- nicer— —which it was. no doubt. ! shall i nly l aw.vy five year# at mo-t. and when I oome lri I'll iring you a pigtail and an ivory toothpick, and a whole lot of things, aud " " Yes ?" slie said, listening attentively. " But thdi von 11 te s voung woman -I for fm -and 'out.' and all that sort of tiling, and won't condescend to speak to a poor he.,;, n ant : you will have all the squire# and fox hunter# about the place at your feet. "Oh, uo. indeed I shan t, Alic," she-aid. eagerly. •• But I tell you. you wiU. I believe you are a born httle dirt, and I shall come hack and find you But she burst into hxrs again, and put up her pretty little hand as if to stop his teasing, which she could in : Ivor just then. It seemed *c cruel of him to laugh and j"ke wheu he was g, ;ng away fcr five y, ir->. He did not -eui to care a bit. and she could have broken her heart en the spot, an ! wi ;ild have gladly done o. and thrown the piece# away o i> never to t* hothem! with it again. Then, seeing her matrafbi 1 iae eye-, he was niereifuL "I believe I shall cotue back aud find you jn-t s greet a httle darling as yon are now. and if we have got any money we'll get married and live happy ever r.fler, arid if we haven't we'll get tuur .e 1 and starv, ever after—unjes#, cf course, the !w ire— turns up.' •* Oh. I h >pe -he won't 1" -aid Maggie, like a truthful little idiot. " Shall you ever write to me. Alic. dear. " "Ye*, of coarse I shall, and I shall exjveot you to write Kick six ivsges crossed, and all that sort of thing, you know." 8o Abe Granger wi 'it to China, and Maggie w -uil hopefully enough for a letter, but -ix mouths j>a-s d and none came. "I . rhaj# it tike.- longur f >r a letter to get here from Ckuia," •die thongiit. knowuig a# little aiamt the nc-aus of trail-it aii 1 the tiaie it t**rk a# if the Cele— tia# city had beeii m the moon. But a yekr pa-eld out. Mr#. I>a.ikp wa- i-ffere.i a home su London by a sis ter i*b i was wtfi ff arid bed b mperoi, aud it sat thankfully accepted. M -ggie was informed that site must gv-l 1# r owj, if which being precisely Mairg:, ' owfi npif n is well a# lu te:;:. .11. she adviriiied for a -it 1 atoll as p--- enies#. Now. Maggie- hid a vety moleit : lea of her own m< r.t*. and lh,r> f r- oiily a-kt-1 for twenty-five pnimln a year aud a cumf wtable home," so no k ss than five answer* came to her annonnccmni'. that die contd tewch Kng'.i-!i. French, mu-ic end the rudrmmt* of t!ra"i;-,g. One of these an-wi r* came from Woolwich, and stated that Mrs. Mar-hall n cured a guvernea# for her three little girl*. Mrs. Marshall was a -tiffneekid sort of and stared at poor little Maggie whs looked al most as etui hike and twice as pr> ttv a# ev .-r through double gold glasses*. Colonel M.ir #baU. her busltaud. was a tnoe old man, with a hold head and an iron may mustache, and there visa grown up daughter, a M:-# Patterson. Mrs. Marshall # daughter by her first husband, who wa# really the tuistrt— of the uaUbh-h --m< nt, fcr Man* Patterson hail a strong will,* and he was an he:re. "A very ns-u heiress too.' por Mtggi# thought, arid -he w.i* right, for Maria was skinny, and thought her self sarcastic, and always said na*ty things to people who did not dare ar tbem bvfit again. One evening, whoa Maggie had !-en about a year at Woolwich, and site wa sitting alone in her fthooMlMm a# usual, for h-r pupils hai| just said gooU-meht an 1 Veen delivered tip to the tender nieroe# of their nurse. Mia# Patter s in walked in verv much dres#ed, aud rather flushed and excited. " Mis# Dunlop," alie said, "we shall have a few friends thia evening, and I know one or two of them like an impromptu •lance ; will you be ready to ootne into the drawing-room and play, if "we shtaild want you V "I fear I cannot play J inc music very well; I never ke'-p time." #>•! Maggie. " Ye*. I feared <*. aud thought I would come and tell yoti, so that you unght jrractia) for an hour or two till after dinner and she sailed . out of the r wm, evidently eonsidering the matter nettled ; and Mvggie meekly pronsdtd t<> practioe the Mabel W jtz and the Flick and Ft'"tic Galop. Then she put on her shabby black evening gown, and stuck a Spfav of white flowers into hr gifideo hair, atidfbrait" 1 pa- , tientlv for a summon#, hoping she would wait ia vain. It very noon earn'*, aud with a roll of music under her arm. a Susb on her innocent frightened face, and a scared, almowt hun'ed. x pre#-ion in her eye*, she deaamided, and timidly opened the drawing-room door, and there stood still for a moment t*nug in as tonishment at the scene before her. '1 here eat the heiress with an eager, pleased expression on her face, and leaning over her. talking ami laughing, aud mop handsome than ever, aud f sunburnt and soldierly bxikiitg, wa# Alic Granger. There was no mi-taking him. The color mihed to Maggie's face, a- if to §j,y a hurried good-bve. and then left it altogether. Bhe recovered her self qs,-session, bwwever. and walked with what she flattered herself wa great dignity toward the piano. Hhe felt rather than saw him raise liis lie.tdarui look at her, and tin next inoment lie was by her side. '•Maggie—my dear Maggie! Why. fancy, you being here ; where did yon come from ? I htvelieen frying to find you out for month*. "I thought you"— And then she did not know how to go on, so added, almost piteoualy; "I am the governess -ere." " Are yon ? Oh. I aee. then, that ia the rea son I've not seen you before. I snpjsjse." "Do you really know Miss Hiuilop?" the heireas waked, coming up, and spoakiog in her coldest manner. Mxggie wi-hed sineerelv she could sink into her shoes aud bury herself. " Wh ?- of course Ido ; we have been play fellows ever since we were born—haven't we, Maggie ?" Aud Maggie, feeling she was being backed up. answered bravedy: " Yes." "Oh. indeed! how interesting !" Then, turn ing to Maggie : "Will you be so good as to be gin a waltz. Miss Dunlop? This was to be our dance. I think," to Alic, and she sailed off with him triumphantly. He came up to her directly after the dance was over. " I went down to Porlock to try and find ont where you had gone to," he said," " but nobody knew.' . "It didn't matter," she said, huskily, letting her fingers wander vaguely over the" kevs to make believe she wasn't very interested in'what he said. "Yea. it did—it mattered s great deal. Wliv, I I've got a box full of curiosities for you —clubs FRKD. KUIiTZ, Kditor ami rropriotoi VOLUME X. to light with, mat * Utile heatlwu g**d or two, villi a ,l*t;U' of loi.i.ilia. an<| ail aorta of thing*. !<>!.! >Oll Ith ulj bring *oti them home. IK> \oi ,i a> you met Mr, tiran gvi - " "At 1' irlo.-k Hu nnole hu d next divir to my lu th. i He l# a very old friend indeed " " Tank yon, I uieiely wi-hnl to inquirt, leoauie, I>f eoiirae, yon nitiat he aware thai it i not Wi'ial for ate . no in your uwlmi to luai.a hern If remarish!e ht having long court* tie :. ; tats a with any g- tlcuuu who may viait the house." 1 do t .. iow what * u mean, Mi Palter *o: Maggie aanl, ludiguaullv. Pot \h- 1 attein'i. 1... 1 inept out of therooju without ieign.og to reply. Then Maggie went into her own little room, th* ores plan- six* hail ui the wurhl entirely to lur-eif. au t c#*l till her *>*<# Weixnetl and her heed welled. The 1. - ■ >:ia did not pr lyrea# that morning. Maggie waa thl oki.ig of A lie, who *a* It • doubt #lt\ mg aU-'.'.t the eouiuiou, hstrUUu; to the tela! ami making love to I tie he ire#*. Ihe chil dren were more than usually stupid, 100. and alt the world iweu.nl ;pnlr tlowu, and alt tta wav# luriud crooked, Soddi lily, at about l*v*i* or -.k. )u-l wheu Maggie .# m the middle of ea;aiu:idi:.g a# het aiie could the ec- Oentne M tn - of the trench graiuuiar, there wa a kmi k ,-.t ihe achool-nxun do r. •' l oiiie ui, " ahe *aid. T'hc d i>r o|wiifd. ami there itoiwl Iwforo her aatouiil.id ell 1 til-, form Of A c i.ranger, and ta-limd him was a uian evidently his aervant with a box on hi* shoulders. '• AU light, liiu, put it down . that * right ; low le off. There. Ive I bought the curtoaiUtw riutid. Maggn . I th 'Ue .t y.-ud like to aee them." "Oh ' what w;i! Mrs Maraiiall and Miss I'at trrn.n svv said Maggie, in c unit niatiou. •• Noti.iug to v*u for the ueat half hour or so. fur 1 have jitsl svu ihcta aafelv ou their way to Woolwich, and thought I aLoiUdjuat get a quiet chat with you. Mi dears,' he s.vid. turning to Maggie s "w.de-cyed. ..poll-mouthed imptis. ** I tn sure you'd like K> l> let off tour tessous, so I'll let you off for half all hour . run alone, tuy nit., dears, and hi in d the door for tiiciu. and shut :t after them. "Oh, ,Ahc !" sh said, tti fear and UvrihUug. "OU. Maggie! he auswend, uuottcki g. •• What did you mean by going away from lor lock, and not leaving anyaddri >' "l couldn't Li co it. and you never wrote," she anawt roil, helph -slv. "Jio, l never write Setters ; don't know how to sped Wi u en.inch. Bat I have been hunting for yon all over the jiiace, and never dreamed of finding you lure. Now we 11 unpack the box 1 had it opened before l came, o it only fat etud hv a lock. " " But, Aire, they'll tieu r forgive r.ie." "Never mind, it d xen't matter, because if you are giK*l I'll take you away mxt week Resides, tliey'U forgive me anything. 1 -aird th# colonel s hfe when he was m Hong Kong at least, so he says. There, now, what do you think of tin " for lighting with Out them at Java ou purpose for you,' and he held up a pair of heatin in-h lor*kuig club* and braxidiah pull out the rest of the contents of the box and to decorate the school-room with them. "There's Mr. Bu 1 lha, and tUere* why, what's the matter, Maggie •N itn.ng . nij ma will pet me into dread ful troul'i y n will. !...!•* !. Miss Patterson Came in thia monmig and scolded me for talk ing to yvu last night.'' . "Never nwid, she was only Jealona." he laughed. " Now tell me how soon you can it*AV r iitiTt*.* •• What foe?" she asked, innocently. " Why. you haven't forgotten that we agreed to g< t married when I caul! back, have you, you little coquette ? and he put his arm round tier waist jm-t as of old. and was not re;coved. It wis so very comfortable, -he thought. " No. but you an- engaged, are you n >t ?" " Yes of cnur-e 1 am - u> you." "Oh ' but, Mic"— "OU ' but. Maggie " And then he st.|ied and kiSM-1 her. and nothing more could I* in!. for the r < (>eneil. xud there it at Wi.v." pleaded Maggie, flr.diug her little tongue at la*t. '•I think it wonll be much more satisfactory if ill— Iluulop went back to her relation#," aaid tlie heiress, sourly. 8o they all dually agreed, and that very after noon Maggie picked up I* r nn-lest ljelongiiig sud ail the curiosities, and weut to the well-off and bd-!ni[ i-rvd aunh Tlie bad-tempen-d aunt reeeivisl her ni>ei eery graeioualv wlien she found she was going to marry well the following week. It is amazing how fond jws.e, ashamed of that feeling, and instantly put forth our energies to dis guise and haniah it. If, on the con trary, we meet with one who rejiels our very attempt to lie cordial by a studied coolness of manner, we very soon be come impervious to any genial feeling for him, ami a largwr stock of pride springs to our aid than we ever dreamed our heart possessed, and a gulf is then and there formed over which a passable bridge can never be erected. A Marshal's Encounter with a Gambler. Erich son is a citv marshal and Wood lief a gambler in Houston, and their re lations, one being an enforcer of tho law and tlie other a breaker of it, have not been pleasant. The following descrip tion is given of one of their recent street encounters : Wood lief was angry at the marshal for causing his arrest the day before, and was just out on bail, when, meeting the object of his ire on Main street coming toward hiin, the gambler drew his five shooter and tired, but miss ed. Erichson, perceiving his danger, drew n pistol, but the weapon caught in his clothing. In the meantime Woo llief obtained his second shot, the ball strik ing Erichson in tlie thigh. He fell, but succeeded in drawing his pistol. The first time the weapon snapped. For tlie next few seconds one shot followed | smtfcer. Erichson, although prostrate, fir. d four shots, three of which took j effect iu the person of his assailant. THE CENTRE REPORTER. FARM, GARDEN AMI IIOI'M IIOI.U. Lobstkh Uvkip. t'h*oe a email but hcav v lolwter, klui ultcr tenting il, t tkc* the meat uui of tin* shells, leaving the largo tenlv obeli whole, liili v***h Uicelv , out the mini ui small dice, with a lit tit* parsley and shallot, a tow tlr* >j ? *>( tl.® essence of anchovies, u spoonful of vinegar, a littlo cayenne pcpjx-r aint salt, some melted buttor, Hint tin* yolk of n hard-boiled egg, rubbed with tin* buttor; put a littlo melted butt. r in tho shell, sprinkle #*>iue brt*n*l crumb* over it ; till with the prepared lolwter, and cover with bread oruuilat ami small lumps of buttor; brown m tho tiToti, anil re utl to table hot, A'auph Tiufk. Piocure vory nice white trq*e ; cut m null piece# ; seasou with salt and popp i' ; "to* slowly until vorv tender; it will take quite a long tituo. At tho KUibf tiuu* h ivu in u sepa rate saueepau eight white oniou* toiled soft IUKI umshed; the water m whioli they were Loilrd pour off and (lour, milk ami butt* r added ; let till stew together ; wheu the tri{>e is tender dish ou bnttero.t toot with a squeezed lemon over it ; Uie outou sauce served in a gravy boat. YY'xrEU MXXON CAKB. White ]>.u! two enj fill* int* sugar, half a cupful of buttor, half a cupful #otir milk, on-) tea sjHHUiful IKHIr, two of cream tartar, the white# of eight egg* and th roe cut) u!t> i f tleur. ltralport half a pound of rral sugar, halt a cupful butter, half a cupful nwcct milk, ou® tai]M*ouful of #-#ta. tw>- uf cream tartar, the wl itc* of six egg* and two cupful* il.iur. Put half the white puit in tho pan, then the real, with a tew currant* Sprinkled in to have the p --p> ariuxv of seeds, then place the remain ing white part on top. SatsxiiES. tlriiul your im-nt iu a san sage-mill, aiul takegroond black jaqq-cr, pnivcrized rage-leuxe*. and red ]t ]>]>er well j owdered; mix a small quantity arid cook to dry it, and th a mix ill the jH-pjH-r and to suit your taste. CBOCOLATK (MJI'AIEA— OIIS cupful luitter, two of sugar, uue of milk, two and a half i f tl ur, one an-l one h If P a spoonful of baking powder ; bake in lay er* in * Inscait-pan; p ace between tlicm the following mixture, cut m square-*: I -uig—Dissolve one sheet of noughts* m one cupful iH-iiing water; mix with it one cak*' of grated chocolate and one cuj*- tul powdered sugar, to the consistency of cream ; for the toj, mix the r m;tulcr of the icing with a cupful sugar, flavored with lemon ; spread thin. BRKAD. — Dissolve one cake of cm pr"*\l yeast in one-half cupful tepid water ; take thr e quart* of tl ur. one table spoonful salt, and warm sufficient to m ke a st.ff hatter, ald ng the yeast last; In-at all well together ; cover tight ly. Ear yinth in. ru.itg a-:d a tu.ul lump of butter,two tahlcs]#>oufu!*sugar, and mold in tl mrsufficient t > f ruin soft dough ; must In- well kn-a i-d, but Dot too stiff and hard. Cover ami set in a warm place where* it will rise quickie. The quick r it ri <•* the ii t r it will he; should be perfectly light in, ut most,two lu-urs. Mol lona I r a.l cloth, or foi led fable cloth, w;th a little t! ur dredged ou it. I like narrow, long t:us, wit 1p r pend cular sides, for ha mg in. After netting iu pan , 1 t riK- nlmut i Been minute*. Just b fore* placiug iu the oven, wash tin- top of the lo.avc* over with a little iu lt-il hotter - r milk with a paste brush or Gait! er. linxnedintely < n '.akirg from the o\ -i , roll sieli h uf s ]*- xrately in a bread towa-L t'rrc l*r<*rription. The following paragru|>hs from the Annrii in Cultivator are w-rthyof nt teution: THE F'KET. — Were LH-oplo tu bathe their feet an-l legs m !uk- warm water at night after hemg expos d to cold ■ r wet •broiigh the day they would seldom * x peririiee tlio ill (IT#**:# which often pro ceed from tbesec.iuae x - TSTZMFEIIAVCE. Evcrv act of intoxi cation put* nature to t!m cxpcuiw of a fever in oreler to dm-harge the ]•<*#. -nous Iniught. When thu is fre*juently r- - [mated is very ec*y Ut f- r< see the cn srajneiices to the vi-timof thedibuich. HEADVCIIE. — To cure a simple head ache, put the f el in a large basin of very warm wat#*r and k*-ep them there for fifteen minutes. This will often afford immediate relief. If the pain i* severe add a tablespoonful of dry mustard h) the water. Euu.r Binxo.—Let any one who has been acrnstomod to lie in bed till eight or nine o'clock iu the morning ri#e by six, spend a couple of hour* walking or riilmg out of doors, aud he will find hi* spirit cheerful and serene through the -lay, hi* appetite keen aud his b-sly braced throughout. I'KtosriiiATios. —Il is absolutely im possible to enjoy health when perspira tion i* not duly carried on, but this can never be tlie case when proper ami regu lar exercise is neglected. When tlie matter which should bo thrown off bv : perspiration remains in the liody it viti ates the humor* and occasion* gout, fe vers, etc. Exercise is far more effica cious and pleasant than medicine. AIH OCH Horsra.—The vnrioun meth od* which luxury ha* invented to make houses close and warm contribute not a little to render them unwholesome, un less the air ha* a free passage through it. Bed*, instead of lieiug made up a* soon as people rim* from theiu, ought to lie turned down ami exposed to the fresh air. This will expel noxious vapors atul promote health. - 'Experiment oiili irrdt. There arc many questions constantly presenting themselves for eolation to every thoughtful person engaged in the propagation or cultivation <>f plant*. These questions relate to all the infinite ly varied condition* aud influences under which plant growth can take place. Every farmer ami gardener has many op portunities to throw light on the*e sun . jects by a little effort ill the way of ex p< ninenting. The whole" future life of the plant is often greatly influenced by the conditions under which germination take# place. The condition and quality of the soil, the nature, condition and amount of the manure or fertilizer nm*d, and the condition* of light, heat ami moisture during the germination and early stage* of tho plant, have a decided ami in mo*t case* a controlling influence on the future growth and vigor of the plant. These things are nil governed by established laws. Tlie reason that suc cess is not more general ami uniform is that our knowledge of the laws of gernii : nation and growth is too limited, and , even what is known i* uot a* generally and intelligently applied as if might and *hould be. A Himpio, carefully conduct ed experiment, in which all the elements are taken into account, maybe the means of throwing light on some important point that will result in great practical good. (Soaking seed in various mineral or chemical solutions before planting, often has a very important effect on the health and vigor of plant*. A series of trials that would determine | what these effects are, would he of great practical utility to farmers. Would it not tie a good subject for the consideration j of grange* and farmers' eluhs? Suppose j the different members of a grange should I arrange for a series of experiments to be made during the present season, so ar ranging it that each one shall have a defi nite ami specific duty to perform; every step ill the process with the results to he reported to the grange at the proper | time. These report* might be placed on CENTRE IIA 1.1,, CENTRE CO.. PA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1H77. the record* of the grange for future* red ere nee, and tint* #* ie a# a guide lo fu line operation#. /Viti-fn il Farmer. Null's l*r I Mimrn. Arrowroot lture, which formerly wit* carried iii quite i-xtciisively in l'l-T'.da, i# nl**)iit to be revived by tin new M-ttlen* in the land of tlowt-r#. The wuithing ami shearing *>f *be< p should be deferred until the weather 1* warm enough I# insure them uguitisl taking cold after the fleece t* removed. Filthy ami wet jstulliv yards arc likely to produce u -li* ,m- known as scurft leg, just as low, wet lands for piisture bring on f.-ot rot in sheep and cattle. It m much * easier to prevent siieh disease* than to cure them. The grasshopper commission, consist ing of l'reifs. Riley, ThoUiu* and I'ack arei, are KS-H to leave f**r the Rocky in--ut.tain*, for th |iur]>.>< of iuve*- t: 'atiiig the life history of tin* great p.. it of tho Western hi.ite;, and Tern- U>ri*-s. I'lie breeder* of Angora goat* must Ii- to get discount'-'. -1, tliailllUch as the price >*f the animals hit* dropped to almost nothing, ami tlie fleece, which we W< re assured would MII r* 1 11 \ at jo or Jpi a I'oiind, fiml* slow market ut thirty-five to fifty cent*. Those wli-i may desire to rois#- Ameri can elm, acarl'-t i*nd*dvtr maple tress, should m>t forget that the ##cd ri|mtis in the spring, and shoul-1 be aowu a* *- **u in gathered fro-u the trees. l'he seeds of all our other specie# of maples rq* n in the fall, ami may bo kt p: over wmt r. For ln*e pasturage tlicreare* f*w p'.mt* tliat ex -el lu g!ioiictt#',iutit gr us readily oil light * -lis and bloom* throughout the hotfoot and dry est wentht-r, when many of the more* barely jierein :al* fall. If Volt keep lt#*cs, sow a la 1 of mignonette for bee pasturage iu times of drought#. Ittfteri I'Mil. Allow lite to give to the suffering pub lic a more- effectual rem* -ly than any 1 have seen rec. -minendral tor the destruc tion of all those p its tliat food tip—.; tin* foliage of our oi p*. Dissolve a dram of corrosive sublimate in a pad of water, sprinkle it upon the foliage with a fim sprinkler. It i* not necessary th it \ ry leaf should be w# t Willi it, a* it i* the sating ystlt# w--rui or bug, nnd not by it* application to their bodic*. I destroyed the wln-lc crop of currant wonn last year upon my hushes by one sp|i!icut. i. There ln-ilig etitir.' alci'llO' of toite I - the arti cle, it i* eat#'n, readily. The rain washes It off, but it Would not be #ufe to put it ujs'U fruit uearly ripe. It is a im-#t v: lent ]*>isoli, to man or Wet ; there for# tho utxuoit cur*' should l*e cxcre'i#* 1 iu cleansing all vessels in which it has tsceu ]>ia'il ; the witt*-r even iu which they are washed shoul-1 not be pour* 1 n(si!i the ground where f- wl* might pick up food, lu the p*tato field there would he no danger in it# u*e uuh-s* f.-w!i were allowed to ruu in the field mid should eat the worm*. A f-ran r *nn affiirel to use great caution iu it* mo it he can iiircewifuHy destroy the worm <>f the t'->lora*io l>*'<. tl* 1 . M .'ifi.' /iu#' t(* I'louf/hman. Needed Inftirin.ition. At ton o'clock th*> otlier f-*ren- #>n a man wearing a doubtful l-#k apiwarexl at .• stajiqi clerk's w .mlow iu tlie ] >st officcand asked f--r a postal *-sr*l ami facilities for writsnc. He wa* a long lane g ttuig ready to ]>ut his ]>• n t<> tin* *x*rel, and he liiv-l only made a stroke or two ion he calle*! out: " How d*> yon sjH-1! * Jim ?' " "Why, J-i-m, of course," auswete-1 the clerk. " Don't look a* if it was right," #ai-l the man, he held up the card and seni um,:*d the w-.rd, "Sun- you have n't mode any mi-take?" "That'* Uie wav, of course." growlrel a by-stiUi ler. " 11-w . Isc can you *; 11 the name ?" "That's *•>— how could I?" smiled th*' man, us li lookrel again. " I'll put J l-ui against any other tyl* - f spelling every time. Now, hie othee nam# ia ia well, knock nie down if I haven't for gotten ! Why, hang it, 1 have kn*>wn him for ton yean-, ami n -w I can't tliink of his name! Jjn -Jim Jim -J-i-m —vum He looke*l nr nnd in n helpless war, and one of the smell crowd finally said : " You can writ*' the message, mid tl ink of the name afterward." "S i I am. I want t say t<> him tliat his wife is sick tdml, hi* landlord i* howling are-und for rent, and that he'd letter conic homo. H->w do yon spell it ?" " I'll write it," answered the clerk. " lb* couldn't rea*l your shearograpy," iai-l the *trnng r. "Jim isn't much on education, and 1 have t - write iust a* ]>oorly a* I can or he couldn't make out a word. Lei* see ! Do I want to shirt off with I*. S , or what?" " I should suv: ' Y'ou arc wmtcd to home to once,' if it wa* m<*," suggested ;t ear driver, who wa* after a stamp. •*'Twouldn't do," sighed the man, slinking hi* head, " I wouldn't dun* spring the thing on him suddenly, or heM make tor Canada. The place to toll him to coin® home t* down here ut the Itottom." " Where i* lie?" some one n*kc*l. "Why, in in—in—why. blister my ear*—wliy " I'll bet you've forgott**n the place !" shouted th<> car driver. " J-i-m, Jim—J-i-m, Jim, and lie's in —in—J-i-m, Jim !" gasped tli*' man, a* he looked around with an appeal in hi* eye*. The crowd mentioned twenty different places, but he *h*Kik his head at CJK'II one. " If you can't think of his name, and can't remember his address, how nr von going to send tho cold ?" asked the clerk. "That's so—how atn I?" siglied the man. "If yon was me you wouldn't send t would you ?" " I don't think 1 would." "Then I won't. If his wife enn tliink of his name on-1 the place where ho is she'd better write it." When he walked away lie carried his lint iu one hand and scratched his head with the other, aud muttered ; "J-i-m with a great big .* J,' and blister my ears with a gr* nt big 'B.' and I ought to linve written his name down on the door or pomewhere. L***s s<>c 1 J-i-m, nnd he's i-n in—in " and he disappeared up Cong re is utrec . Detroit Free f'rm. A I'lenmnt Custom. Cameron's "Across Africa" say* that on the death of a Urua chief, it i* tlie custom to divert the eoiir*e of a stream, uml m its bed to dig an enormous pit, the liottom of which i* then covered with living women. Atone end a woman is placed on her hands nnd knees, and upon her lmek tho dead chief, covered with his lx-atls und treasure, i* seated, being supported on either side by one of his wives, while his second wife site at his feet. Tho earth is tlieu shoveled iu on them, ami all the women are buried alive, with the exception of the second wife. To her custom is more merciful than to her companions, and grnute her the privilege of being killed before the ling** grave is filled in. Tlii* being com pleted, a number of male slaves—some times forty or fifty—are slaughtered, and their blood poured over the grave, after which the river is allowed to resume its course. AN ADA FN I I KtH s CAIII I 11, U hnl lie Ir 1 u llrlttHitrt Hnn It* l-UUtl ttftttl MpN**K'rilb lu I itrlttut Bhpn. l iirto miN Ltl lv Lht lit u !l Hut tenia, it counting \c*md bound from N< w \ . >rk to a port oil' Texas, the captain of which, Jolm Wdliums by name, hod a somewhat reiuarkuble enreer. li* was a native <>f Susaex ivmnty, I><*l., and first son light about sixty year* ago, In m the bank* of Indian river. Following the example of the mule population nt that region front time immemorial,he curly in lite became a fisherman and spent the greater portion of hi* working hour* in his boat dredging for o\sters or huiiling tin seine for tish. Uf Wlllluius' haps niul im*ha|#s at this jtcrioii of hi* career we have no record, but if the> Were at ail in proportion to what betel htm IU Nlllwequellt St tin tl.eV Were Very many. When he was alstut twenty veur* old he had grown tired of lus quiet fishing life and tilled us u hand on a iw-hooiier truniug with New York. H made set eral trips, and his first glimpse of the outside world was obtained us the vessel sailed tiji the Float river among the forest of malts. The only accident that hap pelied him while ill the SI rvioe of the In diau rivei ski]'per was Ills being kins-kill over one dav ui New Y ork harbor, but u rop- being thrown him he was speedily on deck again. His first cxtendetl voyage wa* to the \Ve*t Indies, and ou> day while iu the tropic* he, with two com panioLi*, went in to bathe. A school of ahurks liupjx nl iu the uetghlsjrhood, and one ot Withum*' ouurpankin* was eaten, while eur hero himself lost a part of his foot. His escape from the jaws of the tish was so narrow that he never ven tured to bathe m thut latitude ugam. H next adventure was ill South America. Willie Uie Vessel on which he soiled w.is in jsTt undergoing repaar- Wdliams, with two other ra lup.tUlou*, got leave to make an excursion inland. As the three nun were winding their wa\ slowly down a mountain slo|e, be •trnling the mules unsl in such eouu trie, Wiilian , hetug some distance in advauee, wo* *t.iilhii by the andden shying of his mule. At the same instant he heard a horrible hissing sound, and on looking in the direction whence the iut.se proceeded was tcrror-stitckeu to behold a huge serpent ia the *< l of |s>uncing tq*e.hmi. 11<-instantly sprang (rem the saddle ami bounded up the |tath. A Uio.uellt later the |**>r mule uttered an almost human cry < f fright OS the si rjteut sprang U]m>u it a~d bore it to the earth. When William*came insight of his com]' .aions they u- kc 1 for an ex planation >1 las strange conduct, declar ing that he hsiked a* though he hail seen a ghost. He could only point down the mountain where the Mp'il and the mule, o'ded together, w-re rolling ia the thicket below. The ttiuicr* loat uo time in dejmrling frohi the darigerou* ueighUnrho si, and mtnie no more excur sion* into the country. On th* home voyage the vessel eu- CoiiaU red a b mble storm and went to Williams and a colored man found themselves clinging to a spar, half dead. Th< y both manage 1 to bestride it, and by c : slant watchfulne * inanagul t > avoid Is i'ig rolled under the wa\i-s by Ure:r unsti .idv raft. Alt# r they had beeu tl itmg for twenty hours the ccdored man coinplninral that hi# strength was fast leaving h'.m, and feared that he i-ouhl not hold n lie si eu ami picked Up. But exhaustion, thirst ;uid hung< r proved t tmtch for the titan's endurance, and 0:1 the sixcoiiii dav after the shipwreck he suddenly fell backward with a sharp cry of despair and disappeared under the •a. William* continued to il' t. All went well for a time, ami the inniste* seemingly enjojral Uie vivacity of the intruders, l'resently Williams Is gsu paying very marked sttentiou to fair Heuorihi, who in turn s>'nnsl ehmnnrai with the Ameri can tis> much *, imhssl, for the |*eacc of mind of h"r jealous cavalier, who in n rage drew an uglv liw'kiug knife frem it* sheath, and, making u lunge at Wll liatns, stabbed bun in the sidi'. He staggcrctl. and would have fall-u. luui he not b'H--n caught by his comrades, w ho, after demolishing the furniture of the pl<'c RIHI wounding several of the inmates, removed their injured compao ui 011 Itoard slop. Williams' wound was found t*> 1<- a dangerou* one, and it was deemed advisable to sail without him. He was accordingly placed in a hospital ashore, and the captain sailed home w itli out him. Inn few months, however, he recovered nnd sliippral for N-'w Y'ork, at which jsirt ho arrived without sivident, after an absence of several year*. Find ing a vessel from Indian river atmut to return, lie embraced the opportunitv of visiting his early home. While there he wa* offered the position of first mate on nship engaged 111 the Southern trade, and accepted the place. On the second trip from New Y'ork, when off the capes, the schooner was wrecked in a terrible gale, and William*, the onlv survivor of the ship's crew, was found laahed to tlie mainmast ami taken Aiff by a passing vessel after the storm had in a measure abated. It would naturally be supposed that this narrow escape would deter the mariner from further risk by sea, but 1 not *0; there was a fascination in the tempest it'>nn life which he could not re sist. and accordingly we find him sailing again as soon us lie could find a berth, lie continued a seafaring man for a num ber of years, and finally obtained com mand of a schooner trmling between New Y'ork and Galveston, Texan. It was while Huiliug from the former to the lat ter port that his vc*sd went -lvvn during one of the terrible gale* of the early spring, and all on hoard arc suppoaed to have perished. Thus ended the life of tins intrepid mariner,who for forty years followed the sea, in that time visiting almost every part of the civilized globe, and braving dangers both on aea nnd on land to find at last a watery grave.— J'hiladcl)>hia ENMWIY ANI HnMAJtrrr.-—A widow about forty years of age, living on High street, and having the reputation of being one of tho meekest and humblest Indie* in Detroit, pulled hair with the servant girl before breakfast the other tnormpg, clubbed two boys from the gate before eight o'clock, and had a fuss with a neighbor about a parrot ere the clock struck nine, run a peddler out of the yard at ten, "sussed "two of tho sanitary polio# at eleven, ntid at high noon she threw ashes'over the valley fence on a man who was swearing at a balky horse. During the afternoon she was engaged in working the motto: " Let tliy light shino."— Detroit Free Pre**. A Isdy in Covington, Ky., held s rabid black an-l tan dog down by the throat for more than two hour#, until lior husband canto homo aud dispatched him. A Voting Lawyer's Downfall The New Y the legal profession, having taken the highest honors in college. A bright future win. exported by every olie for the man, whose jovial habits aud high standing and social attainments wurranb.l Ins frtrnda in ealbng htm " Ut-nry." Hut its time paasod, it Oouhl eauly be ob served that Henry was not tlie name us before. At times Lis wit wiui dull, hi* voice husky, and his eye larking in the quickies* that had formerly sparkled there, u!ld it la-gun to la- i aid that he was too fond of the cap; and that his Ulghts Were often Sjient 111 dissipation and debaueh. lie was seen hanging around Jtelmoiinii's, wailing for hi* friend* to pome mid ask him to drink, and people made up their mind* that he was fast drifting away to utter ruin, llilt the gosnlpa seeiue 1 tt lie mistakiUt, all at once Henry seemed to gain new vitality and a newer ate) tietter hie began to open before htm, hi* glail laugh and hearty voice were heard again la the court rooms, hi* client* multiplied, and men of double his year* preferred to Is aassK'taled with hltu than to be opjsweil b> hi# dushtng eliajuenee and brilliant satire. Humor of coiirae was not long in find ing out the eause, audit was an id that his uffecttou# ha>l bi* n plm*ed ii] siii a voting ami charming lady, and that for lier sake he wiut endeavoring to lierome worthy of her love. His family were delighttsl, and hi* friends gathered around him cheering him luaek into the paths of virtue with word* of encourage ment and hope. The reformation seemed Complete, the engagement was made and the wedding day was fixed. It i* aaid, however, that >'ll the morning when the uuptlal* w.-re to t#ke place Henry Diet several of hi* friends and, dated liy the occasion, adjourural with them U a ueightsiring bar-rvauu, and hi* fall wa* complete. 'lit® hratitiful bride, drcssral in her w. ddtng'attire, w*d<-i long and |*at]uiit ly, but the grtsiui did not come. He was, it is aaid, in the room of a hotel Itopeleeotly int<>vteu>i and ear til for by tlie gentlemen whom he hail asked bi act as his friend* upon his wedding day. The it#-xt morning, sober ami repentant, he stiught hi* bride that was to be, im plored her forgive nw and one more trial. The latter was given, hut a long |>roljatioii was inqsmcd. He sold Uie house oudTunuturc which he ha.l Height, and voluntarily n'tircd to a private inebnnte asylum, hoping thnn bv to eradicate the fatid tendencies which lie believed to le a curable dis eaac. It i* alleged that he remained there for two years. F.-r a year or s>> he was mdwr, hut at lost, either from a natural w-akti''ss or fpim a fra-lmg of di-J'air at having heard that the woman of hi* ehoira* wa* t< Is- tnarrietl to an other, !• resumed hi* old halnta, and with a few .>nal periods ttf sobriety became a hopelem drunkard. Turkish Title*. Stiltin—The sovemgn < f Ihe Turkish empire—the recnguiaral organ of all cx (VUltve power in the Slate. HiJ hca>i ijuarter* are at Coustalitinopl®. I'orti - The government jrs, mm mmillers, civil ami military rulera of province . Deya--Abont the same as |*ha. 8h- ik Hi® name given the heads of Arabian tribe* or elans. It l cans elder, or old# st iu dignity and authority, Oimandi—Turkish official. I*bun—The religion of Mohammed. I slams Mohammedan* themselves. Mussulman—A follower of Moham med. Ottoman Empire—Another name for the Turkish empire, and derives its name fom Osman, its founder. Oama.nlis—The Turks proper. A lirookhn Man'* Mineral Spring. A Brooklyn paper rej*>rts that one Mr. H while excavating ou the shore of Newtown crivk, struck a spring of mineral water. He b*k a bottlefnl of it to German chemist for analysis, telling him he should advertise the re sult. and convert the place into a regular Iladcn-Hadcn. The chemist, having Iwvn favored with n sight of the location of the spring, remarked, dryly, that he would send his analysis written out in common language, which people would understand l.ett'r than such scientific terms as chloride of sodium, oxide of iron, etc. Mr. R noon received the following ; x> AI.TSIS or Tttr. KKWLT tusoovrarn SKWTOKS I GUI MIXKUXI, SI'SIMI W ATKR. Salt wi r 750 Coal oil •' t Extract of d>-ad dog IS Precipitate of rat 24 Oxide of !inop*kirt. 17 Heaqnioxids Of barrel hoop* 10 Quintessence of gl 14 Decomposed bins. 6<> Infusion of soot 8 Triturated ]>aint screening* 11 lloarduighoiise butter 0 Fish reiduum D (Vinglotiimatcl sediinmits 2S Other nasty tilings 12 1,000 H. K—, analytical chemist. Mr. R has concluded to postpone advertising the spring. Tlie Family. The family is Uie educator of the race. Here men and women nre mmle. What they are in the world, that they were in the'family ns children. The family is the place where first the lessons of law are received, and where the whole character, in vii wof law has a direction given it. Th® citizen is made in the family long before the tune for voting or activity has come. When Napoleon said, in answer to Madam do Stool's question about France'* greatest need, "Mothers," he asserted tho all-potent influence of a true life. The family is tho greatest means for the development of character. What n world docs it present for the affections to abide ill 1 Where in all the earth beside nre sympathies so warm, love so pure and fervent as here ? All that gives value or beauty to human character finds in the family nt once an atmosphere in which to expand and develop the ele ments which shall bring it to the highest perfection. TKRMB: 5'2.00 a Year, in JYdvunce. THE MURDER OF MINN HANSON. A Nr llaauMklrs Tr|r.l)..t farmer Km- Slso tita Hired Xaa la ."Harder a Yaaaa I*4). New England of recent vewra baa Iveeri fruitful in terriblecriuina, but no tragedy has equalo.i ui drlllieral® savagery the killing of M m Httaati J. Hauaoii, of llriMikfleld, N. 11., in Novemlwr, 1871, us its revolting details are now develop ed lay the con!eastou tf < !h*rla W. OsA, of Fariuuigton. He did the killing on the promise of jhVk I reward front Joseph H. lituuwdl, a farmer of tuonna and ro imted res|H*-tahility, a former auttsir of Sftss Hunsoii's, and defendant at th® time in a breach of promise knit brought by her. Susan J. Hanson wa* a native aud life long reauluut of Hruokfield, thirty-four years old, attractive, suitable and cul tured almve most country girls. Bhe had known Former Buz/# UiiituuaU Iy always; they hail grown up near neighbor*, were engaged before the girl had reached her tw< iiticlh year, and several trine* It® had appointed aud po*t|M>Uod the wedding day. A few months la-fore the tragedy the lover, to every body'• surprise, mar ied auotlier woman. The fricutis of Us* llanson were naturally indignant aud outraged, and at their earnest solici tation* the disserted girl ooneeuted to bring a breach of promise suit against BIISIMU. The legal pajier# lual I teen serv ed, but the night liejore tlie first hearing of tlie caae the pliuntiff wa® killed. Hhe was sitting iu the carlv evening with her mother, brother and a little nephew in their cosy New England kitcheu, when a blimliug exptowon otvurrtxl, th® lamp went out and Mia# Hanson fell dead. A hole iu the window and seventeen shot uud slug* iu tlie woman's Isody disclosed tlie horrible work of an utsiaasiu. Buxaeil wa* naturally arrested and irit-ii. The imprint of a guustork near the window through wlueh the shot had been tired cvrrcKpoudtri to a gun he luui formerly own#*! but which could not be found; a wagon track front which a man wa* followed thr ugh a piece of plowed loud near the Hanson's corresponded to his, the waddutg of the gun had been from a m wspaprr lie was known to take —but after a week's trial the evidence against Farmer Buxzell was held to be not convicting. The lfanaoii house was soon after deserted by its ooeujmnts lie cause of it* terrible associations, and the h**al public gave over expecting liiat the murderer <>f Susan Hanson would be brought to justice in this world. I'uiihc exnu-mcut hecanseof the mur der wa* somewhat revived, however, in the *prmg of 1876 by the burning of the fine farm building* of one of the wit nesses against Buzxt-ll in the murder trial, and again in the fall aud last win ter by the incendiary firing of buildings imlonguig h> two more men who had gn-u evidence unfavorable to Uie de fendant. Reward of #I,OOO was offered for the arrest of the mcendiarv, and Bo- Un detectives l* gau to "shaJow " Chaff, W. Cook, who had been IluiteU's hired man for vearw. The otfiiwr* became workmeu in the shoe fuctory at Farnungt# n, whither Cook h.-ul removed, and a few dars ago arr<-*t-v Buzxell to revenge himself on \lisa llanson and his neighbors. He aava: \Vc went up acrva the hills and pas ture* leading ! C- Hanson lamae to a little knoll where the barn used to stand, about three rods from tlie bouse. I think Buxzell then a*kral uie if I would kill her, ami I told him t", that I had rather b< killed mvaelf. He said he would give ma s.'*•*, and that he had witnees"* who would swoor we were not on the road. We wcut to tlie front side of the house Slid h Hiked into til# win dows and saw Susan, her brother and mother ami a little l*oy. Buxzell wanted me to about, and said 1 hud got to do it or he would blow my head off. I was afraid he would. He leveled the gun and told me to fire it. I h*k it and fired t Sn#an Hanson, ami went back of Holt rtdge's Irani. Buxzell went directly for hi* Incise. The wretched lad wa* mail** to testify to an alibi in Buzzell's favor at th* pre vious trial, and was then stmt out of tow II by the farmer, who subsequently recalled him to burn the property iff tho#" who hail sought to justly fasten upon him the killing of Miss Hanson. A Murderer Guillotined. Billior, the man who killed his mis tres, cut h*r IKHIV into pieces, and threw them into the Seme, *a* guillotined ou the Roiid Flint of the Rue do la Roqnotto, Pari*. Thousands of people mu.it hare lawn anxious to witness the execution. Acconhng to the observance in such cases, however, the autlioritie# kept the ilate of tin* event strictly secret, ami only those who were adventurous enough to remaiu on the famous place all night, in the hope of seeing some thing at daybreak, were privileged with the melancholy satisfaction of witness ing the horrible sight. Billoir to the last wa* confident that his long service in the army would have influenced the marshal. On his last afternoon the prisoner ate his dinner quietly and with a good appetite, and in the evening played a few games at cards with the keeper who remained in his cell. At one o'clock in the morning the fatal truth was made known to the convict by his com|muiii at cards, whom the mur derer n*garilral at all time* with special disfavor. Billoir'* answer was simply a sneer. "I thought it would be yon who would convey that information." '.-Then he retired to l*ed, and slept tranquil ly until the arrival of the public execu tioner, Rod). Alvont half-past twx tlx# crowd was cleared off the spot where the scaffold stands, and th gloomy machine was wheeled out and fixed. A small de tachment of gendarmerie on horseback were stationed l>clow the guillotine. Tlie prisoner's last words Iwfore stepping on the platform of the guillotine wre : " Good-bye, my father," addressed to the priest* Death manned to b© in shuitffneou*. ** How Did Pharaoh Die. '* An English clergyman and n lowland Scotsman visited a school in Alierdeen. They were strangers, hut the master re oeived them civilly, and inouired: " Would you prefer that I should speer these hoi**, or that you should speer them yourselves?" The English clergy man having ascertained that to "s]*eer " meant to question, desired tho muster to proceed, lie did so with great success, and the lxys answered satisfactorily nu merous interrogations iu to the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Tlie clergyman then said lu* would be glad in his turn to "speer" the boys, and nt once began. "How did Pharaoh dief" There was a dead sileuco. In Un* di lemma the lowland gentleman inter posed. " I think, sir, the boys are uot accustomed to your English accent; let me try what I ran make of them." And ,he inquired in his broad Scotch : "1100 did Phawraoh dee?" Again there was a dead silence; upon which the master *aid : " I think, gentlemen, you can't speer these boys; I'll show you how I do it." And he proceeded :'' Fat cam to Phawraoh at his hinder end?" The boys answered promptly : "He was droon ed;" and, in addition, a mnart little fellow commented : " Ony laeeie could hae told you that." NUMBER 21. Danger* from the Dead. That the dead eliotilil kill the living : seems parados ; yet nothing ia wort true. Judend we venture to aay that i-very y*ar in our land oorpMa tutirdei | more people tluui uaaina do. Not only have intramural mtertnenta poinuii *l whole block* and quarters, not only kuH drinking water contaminated by trrave varl* yearly spread diaeaae and ilea tit through country hiunlete, but bo fore the tiroocaa of dcconi|KiaitiMti com mence* there ia often a great ami preen ing danger from infection* disease. We quote a recent instance ; " lr. Gohlie, the medical officer of health for Ls-c.l*, Ktigland, in hi* report to the local authority, state* that every one of thirty p*ple who attended tin wake of an Irish girl who recently died in tliat town from typhus fever were at tackad by the ilinea.ee and no fewer than un of tie cases ended fatally." So strongly have the needless dangers of etpoaurr t funerals impreased the iitodii-'aJ mind, that the health board of New York have iaaued a circular recom mending that no public or cbureh fune ral* should lie given to p-rauna dying of either diphtheria, euurlet fever, ineaales or whoopuig r In Olurago all*i, where scarlet fever ami diphtheria have tiecn severe this jiaat winU-r, the reoimmendation e permuted to attend the funeral, and the handling and burying the tiody should be intrusted to penama who devote themselves to that business. 3. A sufficient number of carnagaa should be kejit for tha special purpose of attending those funerals, and tlie hiring them for other ptupaaM should t>e prohibited, under the severest penal ties. These are good suggestions, but peo ple should learn and obey them out of a nat ural sense of sanitary propriety, not out of obligation to a statute.— Medical and Surgical Reporter. Cbtara Water. In onr climate, where rain in abnmlant during a oonsklerabls portion of the year, the *ii!<-r fulling upon the roof of any house, if properly collected and stored, ia ample for the whole supply of the family which that roof shelters. This water a*" it falls ia ardiitarily free from any imparity that caw affect it* taste, anil from every source of aerioua foul ing, though "after a ioog-ouoUnuad drought it is well to divert and discharge npon the surface of the ground the first tea minutes' flow of a ahower—ao that the impurities <. Nebraska and OoVorado. "I wish I woe dead." ta a common exelamn - Uon with the dyajwptie, and vet no man can got over a fence or crawl 'under a barn faster ■hen there'* danger ahead. Hate are *o thick around Blnomington, 111., that the weary tramp who lies down to a fence - owner is soon made to feel bats poor, mis erable creature he is. Tim bay of Tunis 1* hard urn the kh> dive of Egypt can't pay hi* Ulls. and jLtow Dahomey ia standing otrhis wash aixtv days Let _ tailoring men he eouaoML The uncalled fur baggwm id a hotel would ; strike one as being full of lonely romance if one didn't ana the porter take "ut ao many g ; brick beta and old bouts. • When ycra "pop the question "tea lady, do ,t , it w —1 mean one with four legs, yea _ know." t ttiarbw, ptaytnlif- •*llow much, really, did that hat >, Jennie?" Jennie, archly— " "If von reeJlt want to inspect the hill* for my dry goods, t naric. them m away to do it."* s And what sise euuid Charles do but propose on " the spot? t j "Bojn,*" mM Um* tfidwf, op hf t rljL'bt for* ****** to njftUr Ok- ftdboUr* *!Usu live, "what ut Indian meal aomposed ut T And a little boy to the hack ami, who wore it jaiched trousers, got up and ink): "Mease, 1 ms'siii, foftaft tiUfiMt'mirm," t A correspondent write# to aak why newly : married men are called iv-ncdiets. The ran s Mem. ww it tbil to ou llscsir new state of life they are anppoaed to fr iv up ah the had bachelor habit* to which the* btvo been Is-nadi Xe