Fair.
Two (hall be born th* whole wut* world apart,
And apeak in different tonguaa, and have no
thought
Each of the other'* being and no haed ;
And the o'er unknown *ea* to unknown land*
Mull croaa, ooeajutig wreck, defying daath ,
And, all nnernertouKly, dope ever* act,
And bend each ambling step to thiaona and
That, one day out of darkness they riiall meet
And read life'a meaning in each other a aye*.
And two ahall walk sotne narrow way of Ufa
80 nearly aide by aide that. should one turn
Ever so little njmoe to loft or right,
They need* mul aland acknowledged face to
face ;
And yet, with wiatfnl eye* that nerer meet.
With groping hand* that narer clasp, and lip*
Calling in rain to ear* that nerar hear,
They aeek each other all their weary day*.
And die uuailiafled. and tht* i fat*.
My Mother.
Back tlirough the lapae of lonely year*,
Of light and shade, and Utter tear*,
I ecem to hear
My mother * voice aoft, awect and low—
M mother'* mice, ah ! well 1 know
It* cadence dear.
Oft Hitting, when the night bird wing*
lire homeward flight and aofUr ting*
A plaintive aoag.
Tin :i rrem'ry ware* her magic wand
An 1 tmnnnona from the silent land
Dear one# long gone.
Again, 1 ataud by mother'a knee.
Again her aamted face 1 ace,
A* in a dream.
Then asks tny heart, with mica of tears.
For her . alas the sad. sad year*
lie dark between.
Oh ! mother, from that sphere dmue.
On wings of light cieai * realms of time,
Coin# thou to me
If for only a little apace.
That I may took on thy dear face.
One moment see,
A# once I aaw, thy tender eyes.
That know not tear* in hradin,
Grieved no more.
I watch fee thee, oh 1 mother dear ;
1 h ten. and 1 sceui to hear
Thy song* float o'er
That lonely river, deep and wide.
Which darkly roil* tU Stygian tide
From shore to ahore ,
Silent and deep through lonely years
Swollen with bitter fare well tiara
Forever more.
Trusting. TU wait while life lasts here,
TUI in that grand, imiauital sphcrvy
Where sorrows cease.
We meet, and on thy kmng breast
My weary head shall be at rest
la perfect peace.
A RACE FOR LIFE.
CHAPTER I.
TBI MISS SOB.
*• Mr dear follow. I am delighted to see TOO,"
eiciumed my friend McCausland. as he met tue
at the dour of bu boose.
I had gone on a visit to Uolmesdale. a little
town in the north of England. McCausland
was an engineer to U e water company there,
and had invited lie logo down fur a week.
After the usual interval for dressing, we sat
d >vm 10 an exoatleat little dinner. Not un
naturally the conversation turned upon the
weather.
( " 1 am sorry thi* ram continue," said Mc-
Causland : "it spoils tny water supply. People
bully me a* if I could help it"
•' .Are your reservoirs near the town?" I
asked.
" So," he replied, "away in the hill*. We
can go over to-morrow it you like. I'm due
there."
The excursion was arranged. We agreed to
start at eleven o'clock next morning, and e
started punctually.
We pursued ovsr wav an the hill, and cross
ing the brow, r -ached a small inn. Here we
found a couairv gtg awaiting us. Into thai we
clambered, and prwwded along a wooded by
road, atony and rut-fuiL At lengtli, when hope
bad almost given way to led language, we
pulled up at another smsll inn called the
•'Reservoir." We got out of the gig gladly."
An engineer foreman humedupand accosted
us politely.
"is all right, Johnson" inquired McCau*-
land.
" Tee, all right; but"—
" We)', but what
•• I don't quite like the south reservoir em
bankment,' wa* the reply.
McCausland turned paie to his very hps.
•'Cos with me" no said abruptly. We
homed after huu in rieuoe, and with a strange
dread upon us.
W# soon came in right of the extensive em
bankment, erhtch coiilined the water* of the
largest of the three reservoir* of the Holmes
dais company. A fresh breeze was blowing
the water in small noisy waves against the
ptved top of the bank. Here and there a
tongue of liquid spat upon t e stonework, and
at one spot it trickled down into and a}>parent
!y came through the gra*.
I " This is the iqiot I was looking at thi* moro
ns," said Johnson.
'• Vou had better have a few men to puddle
up this." said McCausland. indicating a tiny
crack that would have escaped !a*a experienced
•yea.
We thn continued our inspection, bnl dttr
ing our pr urres# round the works the cloud* I
had massed themselves in wild .'V ■ nd-nr above I
the hi Is. and 1 y beavily abovt- 1 he Apro valley
in front. The railroad crossed t,# valley 00 a
graceful viaduct near Ammeang junction.
Tbe dark slaty clouds hung vu-pended over
this district. levg tendrils of the scud came
fwth from them like fingers. These clutched
now a rock, then a solitary tree, now swept up
again and brought down aiargrr mass of cloud
to place upon the ground—ever stealing on
ward and downward, leaving all tn its draithv
track dark and foggy. A low moaning sound as
in the air. It was not the wind, for the Ireeae
had atrangelv lolled. The tree* scarcely
moved, yet the water rolled up against the
reservoir banks aa if agitated by an unseen
wheel. We all seemed oocisciou* of the dis
turbance of the atmospheric conditions, and
the leave* whispered strange confidences to the
motiouleaa houghs above our head*.
The men had all gone up to the reservoirs.
Mct 'anslaud and I sat chatting together.
" Do you think you could find your way back
•lone V he asked, suddenly.
" Why ?" I said. '• Do yon intend to remain
ben- ? In there any danger ?"
"Well, acaroely that Tbut I think I ought to .
be on the spot. I will return to-morrow or
aext day."
" Cannot I stay too?"
"Oertainlv, if you desire it. We rough itup
here, though."
"I do not mind that," I replied. 80 it was !
settled. Fortunate it wa* that I did remain. ,
A* we were preparing to visit the sluices again
we were startled by a vivid flash of lightning,
which had liardlv passed when the rocks rang
out w th a thou-and thunder echoes.
Thia waa tbe signal. The windows of
heaven opened, and a perfect deluge deseemted
upon the devoted valley. The Tittle brook* ',
„ leaped up and danced down tbe hill rides in
white array. Tiny waterfall* swelled them- ,
•elves into cataract's, and foamed down to tbe
streams. The wind rose from it* sleep and
forced great rolling waves across tbe oop
ing of the reservoir*, and stones and grass bo
came commingled.
Now the sluice valve# were all opened, and
the long imprisoned water gladly dashed from
out its prison to meet it* native nnr once
again. The channel of the Holmesdale. one. ,
more filled with water, divided on the hilL Hut
still the man workefl hard amid the gathering ~
gloom and thunder by lantern light, ai d nature ,
rested not that livelong night
But I turned in and got some sleep in do
fiance of the elemeutal war without
At five o'clock in the morning, a* tlie grav
light wa* struggling into life, McCausland
came, fully dressed.: ifena room. I started up.
"Dress yourself .As Mri-k a* you can sod ,
come down sUirVl%- #sd. I began to ask
questions. " Loi&iiiv.tnpio. there's a good fel
low ; I want your*asri*tance." He left the ',
room.
I Jumped up at once, hurried to the window .
and looked out Day was Ju*t breaking
through the mi*ty skv, and all the world
waa raining. The water was plashing from the
eaves, and mingled with the heavy drops,
burst into a separata stream in every rut anj i
furrow. The wind beat the tall tree# and roared
amid the branches. Ever and anon a sharp snap
denoted a bough torn from ita place ana
whirled to the soaking earth.
1 dressed quickly and joined McCausland in
the little parlor. He was studying a private ,
copy of the railroad time tables, which as an ,
official he always carried.
"Will you take thu horce and ride down to
Ammering junction with a message ?"
ilia collected maimer assured me. Was this !
all? A rile through the rain was not much.
"Of oonrse, I will go."
He grasped mv baud firmly. "Are you
nervous?" lie said, as he held it in his own ,
steadv grasp.
"Konsen.se," I replied, laughing: "I'll be
ready in five minutes if it's important. Is the
horse here ?"
I ran up for my waterproofs. When I came ,
down the horse was at the door and McCaus
land inspecting him.
I mounted. "Now." I said, "for this great
message, if yon please."
McCausland* tone had something very
solemn in it as he replied :
"Tel! the station-master at Ammering junc
tion, rtid any people you nee. tlinl the south
reservoir will not last three hours. It will
burnt down the valley, and will destroy the
vu,dnet, end carry away the bridge* on
fli It ''-r-dst* branch. Stop the traffic, and
a re th>-isMuvn g'l*. God 1 •!*<• you i ant! bark 1
ride for your Ufa I I will fire th algm!-
iMU*n M • warning, Good-bye," ; 1
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and I'ropriotor.
VOLUME X.
CHAPTER 11.
s wiii> Mini.
Mre'liaiit.-alh 1 gather.d up therein*, IUHMC.I
U> Met.'u! viwl, tor Ins* too tup-rte,l to re
ply in w,w\l, siwl si site-1 upon im wihl ride.
Three hours banc* and the water would he
pouring down tbe valley through which uty
vouiav lay. No wonder I had to tide for nit
life, and perhaps the hi t of butidiwiU of tsiy
fellow creature* dc|*'iid< dou tuiue. Auiuiet
ing jmiction > some mile* away, M< nmte
lay through an unknown nestn, across uioor
laud Uitetweote-l by fl>*steil slnams and swept
by the throe wind and rain.
I must do it, 1 thought, as my here* picked
hi* cautious way au.it! the 100-v stones down
Hie steep by-road we bad aaocuded the previous
day. 1 should need all uty strength, though,
to execute nil task, so 1 pirssod ou. A valua
ble shoe out of my tour had teen ei|euded
wh< 11 1 reached the Iruul htghwa , and urged
my horse to sjeed. 1 had to turn .IT again. I
knew but 1 fancied I should easily find the
path Reside, was theie not a sign post
Then tore. uia-vd I > dreadful tidings, aud with
the fierce wind aud biting rain by turns and all
together Moaning uir, I urgrel my horse oli
wart. 1 reached the turning and pulled up to
read the direction 1 aliouid take. 1 nearly
fainted with horror a* 1 read The fatal finger
point.*! up the cross read I r> pursuing
"To Hohueaalale and Seaham." Ihe oppiMtta
index pointed "To lontdaa and iuonmug
1 rouUl acaroe credit uiy senses Sursly 1 w*
right. We had come up the previous day, and ,
up the lull to the reservoir*. I had mere vto
reverse tie route we had traveled. At that
moment, if you will believe me, the true state
of the case, and uiy < wu stupidity, dadied U|*<u
uie. We had couie from Holmesdale .1 wa*
now Uvuud for Auunertng, which lay at the
opposite aide.
Thia was a terrible mistake. It was now past
aix o'clock. One of the three precious hours
bad rUpwct. aud 1 was further from Ammering
than when 1 started 1 was seired wttli do
s)iair. Whatever cv>uld Ido now ? Two hours
remained, and 1 had throe up hill mil. a to rule,
aud thru about seven lis<re across the moor,
before I could reach the junction, aud before
that the trains might have started, aiulllu u ' —
1 burst out luto a cold perspiration at the
thought, and then, desperate, and osiiy half
conaciou*. 1 rode madir tack to tlie Au.mer
lig road aad up tbw hill agam. But the storm
firud was alToad, aud had arrayed all hi*
forces against me.
A* we gamed the more open ground the blast
came down with such violence as to stagger us.
I. tore across the hillside, and hissed among
the gvvnte and swaving grass The ram came
Jowu more del* rtnmediy than ever. At length
1 reached a amail duster of stone cottages, and
halted under the lee of the last one to take
breath for a fresh strugg'e over the moor
which lay before me. A straight road lay over
it—a good road, but crossed at interval* by
rapij streams which bail overflowed their usual
'.milts, and Welled over their Umiidancs acres*
the fluty stone* which had defied them all the
summer loug.
The summit* of the neighboring bill* were
shrouded tn a veil of mist, but far ui advance,
ou the level, 1 could trace the railroavl hue.
From the elevation at which I stood. I could
trace the channel of M.c Ap|* river down the
valley, and could gueas the s; l at which the
fiviod would strike the raiir a-1, and the branch
line over tbe spur .<f the hi! I. I could just d.-
Ungiu.-h tbe juuctiui in tbe middle distance. A
dark smoke aptw-aresl to be rising tn ta it an
engine peirhape waiung to surt a tram, ami 1
was hngenug ou the hill. All this, and more,
I could perceive a I rested on trie summit.
Somewhat refreshed. 1 rode manfully for sard
tnto the storm. . ,
How my hor* kept his feet I do not to thi*
bonr understand. Tlie wind, which had teen
high before, appear, d to have galhrml new
force while we had halted, and it rushi-d across
the track terrifically, l'ebhles Wire frequently i
blown ai'r.w the road, and every pool had its ,
waves, like a ministute ss-a, Ss-nie belplems
crow* were bkvwu over my head, and a sinister- J
looking raven sknumot the moor close by.
uttering a wild c.-.vak which fed npsin my ear*
tike a knell, aud chilled my b:ov*l. I was quite
aioiir. not a human being au sight.bot suddenly
the whistle of a locomotive was carr.ed t.> my
ears. Au engine moved out of the station
.Another whistle slmrtly afterw rd. The train
wa* safe. I watched it glide away over the via
duct. Five minutes later 1 rode into the *U-
Uou.aud called f.vrthe *talion-ma.-ter. As I dis
mounted the clock struck - ght. The time was
np. and no signal from Mctau-land. 'l'eie
gnsj Umg srouU uow easy. A porter came
out lu response to my snuitmn*. i
'• I'm sorry ye lost the express," he began. (
" I don't wisut the iratn, I replied. "1 moat
telegraph at once, though. Where u the sta
ll 'ti-master ■"
" Hell be here in a minute. But ye cau't
telegraph. Tbe wine is blown down. We had
to send a ' pilot' with the express to clear the
line np to Handletgh."
"Not Id-graph '. I tell you, man. I must
*thr> the traffic. T'w South H"ltuc*lie ro-er
voir wtlt bitrri this vv-iy bo„r. '
"' an tht* be true > inquired a covl, gentle t
cnanly man at my elbow. It wa* tbe station
master biiasrlf. I
"True!" I echoed. "It's only too true. 1
have ridden to tell you. We must stop the '
tram*." I
" The excursion leaves Hand igli at s v, o." .
xue*-d the *tation-ma*t*r. "There may t ,
lime ; come with me."
He (Tvvevl the line and entered the shed op- '
' js'iate. I followed. Just then a lotld booming '
sopiel rent the air. Tbe sound came back from I
the h i s like thunder. |
"It ia the signal." I exclaimed. "The water
w out. Heaven help u* now !"
Tlie >tativ>n-iuast< r called out. A cleaner ap I
pearevl.
" I* that engine ready?"
" Vea, air, wsitiug for the ■ xcursion."
" Run and open the jsiiuts. Now. sir, get
upi."
I olvevrd u.ecliarj illy, and before I quit'
reahrevl the sitidktion we luid cro--e Ito tlie uj
line. Tt,e stati vn-maatar stojqvd to get a red
flag and sive a few instruction* to hi- subordi- t
iiate. 1 now per. - -ired that we were to race ,
tlie fl KL Stcaiu versus water. Which would .
conquer ?
A whistle wc stvrted.
'• The flood ! the fi'ssl!" ali iutid the porter. J f
We turned one glance up the valley. A not- j
ing brown walk oapp d wuii a snowy ndgn was i
'.earing down to the devoted viaduct. No time
to k'se.
" Go ahead.' crud the station-master.
I turned on steam.put the lever over another
notch, and the rare tegan IU earnest.
We flew along the metals. A few minuta* i
would decide it. We must get to the viaduct j
aud over it fir-!, or the excursion, unwarned. '
would dash to destruction. A depression m the
ground ran be-Je the railroad for a short dis- |
taoce. We trusttd to this to turn tlie velocity ,
of theapproachi.,g water. It was an exciting ,
race, and one never to lie forgotten.
On rolled the flood. We were running "neck j "
and neck " for one terrible half minute. Now
the resist lews flood bore directly to the bridge. 1
Stories were rolled before it like marbles. H
Trunk* of trees, havatark*. ilrlirit of every de
scription, came headlong down upon the d'*>med
structure. We fled like lightning over the rails. ®
Oor speed told now. v
Hpark* flew from theclumney. Another notch, u
The beat of the piston (pnekeued to an almost „
Inconceivable rapidity. We were on the bridge. ,
Hurrah ! Tlie curling wave beneath seemed to
spring forward. It broke against the buttresses. c -
In a second we were across. *
I shut off steam, the station-master put v
down the brakes. A tearing, rending sound, j
that wa* not the brake- —a crasn ! We looked .
back. The line drops**! Is hind us like a stage
trap. The bridge gave way, and with a roar '
that was heard two mile* off. the pretty Tia- '
dnct was swept away by the boiling, furious *
water.
We were truly thankful for our narrow es
cape. 1
And now Ui sare the excursion. Speeding for- '
ward again, whistling like a demon, our good I
engine—Vigilant by name -soon came in sight „
of the excursion train. By waving otir red nag
we averted another danger a collision. The
telegraph posts being down, trains had to run '
upon the same line as far as liandleigh.but our t
timiy action set all to rights at last. c
We soon gave the bewildered passengers to : v
understand the narrow escajw they had hail.
Fervent and sincere were the thanks we received
frem ll except ooewian. He waaescapuig from ''
jiutice, and was captured. From tlie elevated
etnb.iTiknieiit we could trace the eoiirse of the H
fiubd for miles. The tram put liack to Hand- j
leigli. whence the passengers were forwarded
by another company.
By the time we had arranged matters and re- t
turned to the broken viaduct the water had sob- c
sided. The work of destruction was complete, r
but a " I>re tk-down" gang was quickly on the ,•
spit. A footway was constructed serosa the
muddy river-lied, and trains etopped at both j 1
sides of the stream, tlie passengers exchanging '
from one to the otlier. t
. The loss or cattle and farm produce canst*! ,
hv that terrib's flood was very great. Had tlie i
catastrrqihe occurred duritig the night, the loss
of human life would have been appalling. As u
it was, some unfortunate people were drowned,
but some had most marvelous escapes. The as
pect of the country as I retraced my steps wa*
deplorable—l could scarcely recognize the
places I bud paused in tbe morning.
I found McCausluud and his staff at tbe reser- t
voir aw aiting me. He wrung my hand fervently |
and said certain words that I shall not easily „
forget. ,
The viadnct was quickly rebuilt, but the sti- j
tion-uiaster at Aiumenng does not forget the '
race of steam versus water on the Vigilant loco
motive. Nor do I. i
" 11,1 t
A naturalist claims to have discovaiad that
crows," win :i la flocks, have regularly organ
toed courts, In which they sit around and cry i
offandtfa— sort of crow-bar tc t* ph. I
A ( ITV IN FLAMES.
*l. John, N. It., ti.llrd bv <s Trrriblr
( NINHIIM Thrill* Krtlu.r.l Id Ultra nnd
h >HNtbrr l l.hri I •!.
Tht' iialatiiiti'ttH firs- ti nt vissti'l St.
Jt'itit, N 11., is tliva'ribril it* follow *
Tlio tins waa iliwuveml tu Imihttug
on the south aide of York l',iintslii>, next
to MclatttghluTa Kuler shop. To the
latter l'ttihliug the fUtm a had aprrail
Before the tlrenien had ivwlttvl the avue.
The engtttea txrriviwt and did their 1> at
to atop the tVimes, luit all efforts vrerri
tu vaitt. Nothing ei>uld he done. The
flames then spread ti the vtirtous build
ing* >U! lists'* wharf, which were also
ipticklv eoiiMtiueU, aad It-fore the tire
ivtlld l>e obeohiil it broke out with
a roar into Smith street, carrying every
thing h< fore it. Trout there the llauien
spread into Prttry lane and Mill street,
following thut into !> vk street, taking
I->th shies. lb-fore tht*, however, llio
rear of the 1, nidou House itlnl adjo<ei!t
huihluigH had been att.'wked, wheu :t
M seen that the tirst tire Would ltievi
tablv nweep along either iXaik or Mill
street. Aide uue from l'urtlainl tu tlie
t aliape of the town engine ami firemen.
Tlie tinder lH>xes on tire, atdevl by ttie
wind, prowvl a eombiuation t<w much
for the gallant workers, and almost in
despair they saw the tiatnes advance
ujs'ii them, not slowly , but with a ra
pnlitv that appalhul the stoutest hearts.
The'littihiiiigs wt re a tunas of flame at
the end of Smith street and Drury lstie ,
and while the workers w< re vainly en
deavoring U> have the fire end there, a
momentary gale took the tlamea avr ■
I'uiou atreet to the opposite honace, and
then tliev recedoil; but their touch hud
been fatal, and in leas than tire minutes
tliese b'.uldiugs were dis'tiled to destrnc
tiou. Ik-th sides of the street were s-nii
m the grasp of tlie devouring element,
and tlie men were obliged to drop their
branch pijn*.* and run np the street, af er
which thev dragg>*l the In we after them.
Another l>oJv of men were working
at tlie foot of Union stn-et, and by plac
ing Iwiards in front of their fm-c.s tinui
aged to ti.itUc with the flames until the.r
clothing Ueriaie singed.
Procevding along Smith street m a
southerly direction, the tire H<HUI reached
Nelson street, then lvobertaou'a place,
then exteudevl to K>>berteou'a whuiif. anl
then up the South wharf. As it gained
Nels>u street on tlie south, it there ni-t
the flame* coru iig up that ntrect, ami
the eombiuation ma>le at err .tic lu-at that
could not IK- lioriie. Allseal with the
strong wind from rlie northwest, it did
not take long for the entire whaif to be
iu a blaze. II df a dozen w- ni lioata
were at the head of Market slip, and at
the end of the wharvea tin-re w. rc a'- ut
the same number of schooners, llefore
the tire had aasutued a formidable sha|>e
ou the North wharf the men on vessel*
l>egaii to (xnir pailsof water on tlie decks.
The wat t was low just th- u, and some
thing like thia was necessary to extin
guish the sparks that were eouttnuallv
ahowere-1 down on them. Those at the
head of the slip were in a quarter of an
hour on fire m ao many places that it
was impossible for each outbreak to re
ceire attention la-fore the V'-a-e\ were
well on tiio. Thu flauie.* caught tin ir
masts, and these aff-'rdtsl a ab-ppmg
atoue to the shops on Sutt'.h wluxrf. Not
one of those west of Ward street was
capable of withstanding the intensi' heat
and spark*, ad being of WIMKJ, and tiny
went ilowu tut if felltnl by a lmrricuue.
The schooners in fntit having been
iiauh*i out to a place of safety, many of
the occupants the atorea were off help
ing their unfortunate brother merchant*,
and some arrived just in time to Have
their !>>>k. Others were just euabled to
witness tlie destruction of all their st<*-k.
Soti.e of the etnlHTs Iged in the steeple
>f Trinity chureli, (t-rnaiii street, and
-t!i n.'lhiuK . ■ s.iv-- it, the fire b-iug ■>
Ugh us U> te> ai.u. s, bey <>u-i r<aoti, tlie
tire w ui left to puisne its own xr.iy.
As tin-new-spread that some wooden
h 'Usiaiu liorsefleld street, as well a*
others on Duke treet, uaar the Victoria
Hotel, wi re on tire, thouain ls were
alarmed, as it wa* soon seen that the fire
was spreading noith, south, > a-t and
west b> Ornnain, Charlotte, Duke mid
Horseflelil streets, with not an engine to
be had and everything going down ive
fore the nnreleuting tlame*. A building
>n Charlotte street, had hardly become a
prey bv the tlame*, wh- u other* on each
-ide followed, and in half an hour ali ex
•ept the Germain stro-t side of the square
was in ashes. The Victoria Hotel and
St. Andrew's church were in great dan
ger. aud the hotnl guests, as well as the
•mployee*, Is-gan to make j>repartiou*
for seeking new quarter*. Very little ;
time was given them b> evillect their
valuable*, and m the majority of ouu-*
they had to leave with scanty wardrobes.
Aiiout tbe same time St. Andrew's church
took fire, and it did not stand lung. Ad
joiuiug the church was n two story brick
building, occupied as n tailor shop in tlie
lower story and by the Beacon, Pioneer,
md Biloam hslges of Odd Fellows, as
-.ell as Millicets Kucanqinient of that
order on the upper flat, which wait de
vtroved; prior bi which, however, the
member* managed to enter the building
and save most of the regalia and para- ,
pliernnlia. Tbe buildings at the south- ,
ern corner of Dock ami Union streets ami ,
<>n the op|xiite comer cnuglit almost
*imnltan>*>usly.
At au early hour the Western Union j
Telegraph Company V office waa burned ,
and its valuable batteries aud apparatus ,
leatroyetl. A great quantity of the ,
gixxls saved fell into the hamlHof thieves, |
who hung around like vultures, eager to ,
avail themselves of any opportunity that
afforded to curry off what they could lav
their hands on. The ballast wharf was
covered most of tlie night with thou
sand* of people anxious to escape by
water, as were also the railway track and , >
the ground around the track between the ,
Isillast wharf and Courtenny bay. The |
following newspaper offic * with their j
" plant" and stock were compleU-ly ]
swept away : 7Vic Freeman, Tht Even- <
intj Olohr, The Daily Trlcyraph, The ,
Daily Arte*. The Watchman and The ]
licligiout Intelligencer. The entire ,
business portion of the eily was de- j
stroyed. Not a lcieling establishment >
eseapeil. All tlie principal dry gissls >
stores, the leading groceries, all j
the ship brokers, commission mcr-
cbnnts, all in the Imsiness of
whtileHale liqnors, coal, flour, provisions, ]
salt, lumber, tea, West India goods, >
etc., were utterly wiped out. Forty >
aid blo<'k*, or nearly two hundred acres -
south of King street, have not six build- j
ings remaining. Everv street, square (
and alley was filled with furniture, and j
thousands of people were without food
or shelter. Tlie International Com
pany's steamer New York sheltered and
fed I.'MK) person*, and the vessel* in the
stream had large, numbers of people on 1
board. Thousands had to get away from
the lower part of the city bv boats. A ]
number of lives were lot, and it win be
lieved the d struct on of property would !
amount to fi.'tecn million dollars.
i i
THESKVEV WONI.VHS. —Tbeseven won
ders of the world in ancient times were ,
reckoned b> be the Pyntmids of Egypt,
the Hanging Gardens < f Bemiraintß at
Babylon, the Temple of Diana at F.phe.
sits, the Statue of Jupiter at Athens by
Phidias, the Mausoleum, the Colossus nt
Rhodes, and tha Pliaroe of Alexandria.
This cycle of seven wonders originntcd
amoDg the Greeks after the time of
Alexander the Great.
Anions th graduate# at Wast Folnt thia ya t
is Cmlbt Klipptr, the first colored gradual*
from tha l*l(Jrotlot).
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JULY 111. 1877.
A HFTHIIIT MONIiKY.
Haw Mr .rt Islslird wllti a Hall at
I'ilrb.
That |Hor Mrs. Nu-holo. alio ha* bcru
grinding u huud organ uriHind tlie uol
dtcra' UUUiIUIWMt lot the U*t year, ha-l
got to belli wt thut ahe OWIKH! the Hole
right to play "t'aj'taiu Jinks" ami
"Growing Old" in this town. The
other day along came a double-tinted,
heavy weighted, big-Voiced Italian who
had a bran new organ and a heap of
fresh tuin-~ She ground ami lie ground,
and lie w.isn't halt utl hour beating her
into the middle of last w*-k Stie rea
lized that he wan taking tti ull the cash
while ahe wan receiving all the pity ami
ahe je.it her little organ on it* little cart
ami drew it liotne. Something must bt
dotie to recover her lost j'fenttge ami a
nhari- of the public currency, aud ahe
sent to Toronto for a monkey to make
faees at the public and hand around the
till cnj>. A monkey would offset the
new organ, ami the monkey'* antic*
would offsi t the Italian, ami he'd have
to pack ti|>.
Poor Mrs. Nu-holo came out yesterday
morning with the monkey for the first
time, and it wasn't ten minutes Itefore
her fond dreams were being realized,
ltuya and girl* and adul gathered
around, her sagacity wa* aj>j<laudr*i,
and big copjiera ami little peiunc* ami
K'gus nickels darkened the iur as they
flew U> her cup. The buy* MHSI dis
v*'Versl that the monkey was fond af
auvthiiig ami cverythuig eieept old iron
kt tth auml rtMty joints <>f stovepqie, ami
they Ix'Ught him eamlv, pvanula, ajqib-s
ami other appetumg diet. In the midst
of tlie era of good feeling a young fiend
came down Monroe avenue. He was
alnuit twelve years old. and in h: hand
he carried a big ball vf pitoh, which he
ha-l taken from a barrel where- a reader
wa* at work. The crowd drew htm to
the monkey, and, as he saw the little
Iwast devouring whatever was thrown it,
he re -neeived a wiekrel plot. Waiting
!u* chance he tossed tlie hll of pitch at
youug Darwin, and iu half a aoremd the
monkey wa* trying to swallow it. It
wa* a big d"*e. No home in town could
have gulped it down without starting the
tear*. It began to Soften up as the
monkey gul{>ed aud aural lowed, and iu tlie
course of a minute lie hod a bad job ou
his hauds. When he realtzre! it he in.-wh
a jump into the air, fe 1 back and then
ensued such a scene as uo Turk eier
dreamed of. Poor Mr*. Nicholo shrieked
ami grahlx-d the beast b\ the tail ami
held liuti up and thumjxxl huu arottml.
The old folks fell back, the hoy* yelled
and innocent children she.l tear* if heart
felt sympathy.
" Wat r !" cried a man.
" t'amphor !" shriekrel a woman.
" Police !" howlrel a jieantjj l*>v.
And the monkev spit ami gurgled and
guljH\l ami tiawisl ami contorted till he
was all tirel up ami hia owner tunusi
pale and shouted and crirel nnd gestiru
latrel, ami the lug Italian with the rn-w
organ smtlrel reitnplare-ntly, and remark
>sl that Providence always had a cage for
the fatherless and the destitute. That
monkey may have swallowed that jiitch
ere thia, but he hadn't got it hail way
down when pour Mrs. Nu-holo grubtwd
him ami mode a run for home, leaving
the organ uuwatched on the street.
What the moral leaaoii will le n<i one
can tell. She will either Iwware of
monkey*, <>r that m-'tikcy will t>cware of
ts-ys, or boy a will leware- of pitch. You
can take tour CLOMV, while the monkey
wol in future prefi-x strawbermw.—
Detroit Free Frntt.
That Barrel of Salt.
One of the firm who run a commission
house ou Wuodbridge stm-t m a man of
mtlscla. He can lift a barrel of ll uir a*
easily as a common man lifts a bag of
>at, and it ttgarcvly makes bis <-.irs grow
red aa ha beavo# a Imrtel of salt into a
farmer's wagon. F-r *> <-k* past he ha*
Ihi-ii booattng of hia strength of muscle,
,-uid wanting to see aomeAhitig he conliln't
lift, and th>-ls>ys ar >nul the store' g >t
their In'iuls together the otlier day. They
tts'k a salt hurrci and filled it with broken
pig-irou, old weight* ami other things,
jitlt two mi h'-s of salt at either end, and
rolled it to the curbstone ; mid at a
favorable hour a dray barked up in tlie
mo-t innocent manner and an order from
a grocer for u barrel of salt was handrel
out. The dravman and two of the ts>v*
foohd around the lutriel so loug tiiot Un
strung niau got out of hi* chair ui
disgust, threw off hi* C"at and said :
*" You fellow* bad better get jHiroU*
plnstersfor your bark*. Get out of the
way ami give me a chance !"
He seizrel the barrel by the chime*
and lifted away. It ilidn t move. He
gritUd bi* teeth and laid out to jnill the
hoo|>* right off The II<S J>H atayed right
there. So did the barrel
" It bike* four g"*l men to lift one <>'
t!u-m barrels," said tlie drayman.
"Nonwuse! I've lifted a score of them,
and I'll j'tek thi* up or break my hack.
I neat tlie salt must be wet."
He got iu }>oit:on, dre'w a long
breath, and then lifted till his eyes
looked like two towel* left out <>u the
clothes-line in a dark night. The laurel
didn't lift. Utg-irun w.-is t<*> much for
muscle, and the lifter sat down on the
walk. His back used to be plumb uj>
and down, but it hasn't been since that
lift. His eyes arc getting back to their
original j>o*itiotis. nnd the red is leaving
the hack of his neck, and lie sees two
men handle n bag of dried apiilea or n
bushel of beans withont n wonl of com
ment.—Detroit Free Frrnx.
"Couldn't Lie for that Money."
A story is told of a young Waterrille,
Me., lawyer, who wns of convival turn,
who hail in his bands a number of un
settled accounts against an old farmer iu
the vicinity, who never j>aid any debt*
until he wa* sued, anil then only after
loud outcries against the lawyers for
" grinding the faces of tlie poor." One
day ho canto in to sottle a bill, when the
lawyer offered to discount him dollar
and a half if ho -would go into the street,
mingle with all the groups of people
whom be might meet and lead the con
versation tip t<> a point where he could
incidentally re-mark that he (tlie law vet) \
was a sharp and worthy fellow. The
old man wanted tlie money, but finally
lie said impressively : " Squire 1 I'm a ,
verv old man nnd have done many ,
wic\ed things in my life ; but with tny
views of eternity I can't lie like that for
money." The dollar and a half wa* dis
counted without extorting any recom
pense therefor.
One Woman Not Afraid of a Rat.
There is a wide-spread belief, amount
ing almost to a certainty, th -t when n
woman sees n mouse site will nttcr a
jiiercutg shriek and either faint or mount
the nearest chair. A worn in in Sacra
mento, Cab, is endeavoring to lead pub
lic opinion in an opposite direction. She
sweeps out the Mechanic's Exchange
Hotel. She saw a rat. She saw him,
went him one belter, and sallied after
the rodent in mil earnest. Out tlie door
lie went, with the broom-stick tnpjiing
the ]>avemeiit close behind him. I teach
ing the "street, he dodged into a hole un- |
der the sidewalk on the other side of the
alley, and lookers-on thought the sport
w.ts ended. Not so, howevdr; tlie
plucky woman ran her bare arm into the
hole and drew the rat forth in tciuuijih,
and dashed him forcibly to the ground
before he had a chance to turn and bite.
Here slio deliberately dispatohed him .
with the broom-titiek,
HFATII OF A II FAD* MAX.
I Hans Prink, a galrl llnrllrr In Carta,
I lrin In l aa Ik* Praaalaa Nanaaa.
1 Au old IIMU died Hi tlx- of eighty
n few ilnsit ugo in thi dreary street of
I Chateau 1 aud< "h, i'arm, aim for some
• y ir* hud it a fit there absolute |y alone
1 lUltl -ink Ho* 11. Hf was stout, fcollitlv
• built, Hot talkative but good iiUlliori-ii
atid friendly. He was known to In* a
i Iter liner by birth, but lif iliil not care to
[ t ilk about himiwlf, IUIII hm < arlv history
u.i nhrouitfil with mystery. lluiui
Friech wu the name by which lie punaed
among his neighbor*. He only went
i out of evenings, mnl thru but for n short
tune, exchanging n few shallM of the
luuiit with acquaintances. When lie
heard a (It-mum voice lif turned away
or crossed tile street U 1 avoid its owner.
He never read the paper* and received
letters but rarely, yet he hunted himself
most of the time writing what he re
fused to say. He had no visitors, |>nid
his rent punctually, rsc and retired
early, and lived well. In fine lie was a
|>erfi*t tyjie of n small bourgeois retired
from business ami living on his .income.
To women lie was always indite, to clill- j
dreii more than kind. Not until his
death did the fact tiecome public that
Hans Friech had been the headsman of
Iterbu.
Headsman in the true sigtiithvinee of
the word, not a mere mechanic puller of
cords and toiu'her of springs, like Han
sou or lU-li. for during the period he
executed the hautct irtu rrt of Uie Prus
sian ca]utal, ending in lKI", tlie ai and
not the guillotine was employed for the
decapitation of criminals. Hons French
was an artwt, for not ouly could he re
move his subject's head at a single
blow, but he knew and reejvectral that
subject's rights and preference* He
did not afT. t the Gothic niasijneraile of
black doublet and r*d how ; he wore
long black silk stockings, short cluae-fil
ting |unitahMHis tif black * civet, a black
coat and black gloves. He would not
- touch the handle of his ax with his bare
tailm ; not all the gold in Prussia could
have induced him to such a flagrant
breach of scaffold etiquette.
Nevertheless, the Iterluiers insist
ed on overlooking tiie fact that he
Wore gloves ami aaw the bhaa] UJH'U
his hands. Friech had no friends
and Us> many aciiuaiutancrw. People
all knew lam, and shrank from him.
To enable htm to leave the hateful town
he worked busily till he had tilled one
of his long black silk stockings with
crown-pieces, and on counting them
found Ulttt he had enough money to as
sure his imfort for the remainder of his
life. That very day lie resigned his
office and set out for Paris, where he
fiuind quit t and uuixiac-rn, where the
children did not po.nt him mi) with tiny
finger* t.i each 0110-r, or the women who
came U|MUI him shrink back in sji-ecb
bss horror. So quiet was lie indeed
that he lnvtune homesick for tiie scaffold
and set lutnnelf to wntc his memoir*.
His identity and t' e nature of the work
with which he had occupied his declin
ing days only came out oiler his death.
iVrtl of 11 iulnm.
No man should Is* a judge m his own
cause.
To a man fulhof questions, make uo
answer.
What men are deficient it! reason,
they usually make up in rage.
Life is a duty, and one ought to desire
its preservation. Wilfully to let it decay
would la* a sin.
Solon being akcd why, among his
btws, tin-re was not one sgamst iwrsotial
affronts, atiswi red tlmt he ootid not l>e
lierc the world so fantastical as to regard
them.
Whoever sincerely eudvvor t J do all
the gvssl lie can, will protvvbly do lunch
inun* than he imagines, or will ever
know to the day of judgment, when the
secret* of all hearts shad lie made mani
fest.
Houor and justice, was* n and equity,
go s great way m procuring pn*|>erity
t > those who use tlietn; and, in case of
failure, they secure the Iwst retreat and
the most honorable consolation.
Ist those who are appointed to judge
■ f the character of others Iwar in mind
their own iuij* rfections, and rattier
strive by sympathy to soften the pang
arising from a conviction of guilt, thnu
by misrepresentation to increase it.
The skill should lx*. SO to order the
time of recreation that it may relax, and
refresh the part that has lecn exercised
and is tired, and yet do sonietlimg which.
Unities the present delight and aaae,
mav produce what will nficrwnrds l>c
profitable.
A passionate tenq>cr renders a man
uuilt for ml vice, deprives him of his rea
iiti, robs him of all that is great and no
ble in his nature, makes him unfit
for conversation, destroys friendship,
changes justice into cruelty, and turns
rll order into confusion.
The fountain of content must spring
up in the mind; and lie who has so little
knowledge of human nature as to seek
happiness by changing anything but his
own diajMisition, will waste his life in
fruitions efforts, aud multiply the griefs
which lie purposes to remove.
The governor may be deceived ; lie
beareth thesword, and may strike with it
improperly. Hut if, to remedy an occa
sional inconvenience of this sort, yon
dissolve government, what will be the
consequence ? More mischief will be
done by the jveople, thus let loose, in a
month, than would be done by the gov
ernment in half a century.
A Woodchnrk'x Adopted llalrn*.
A few weeks since Mr. George S.
Itedington. proprietor of the Delaware
House, in this village, placed under a
sitting lien ten eggs of the Hamburgh
pheasant variety and a duck's egg. In
duecmree of time the eggs were hatched,
but it was reserved for the duck hi be
last in emerging from the shell. The
hen with a critical eye, it may lie, won
dered at the appearand* of such a strange
looking bi|M*il among the brood, and lie
coming thoroughly disgusted at the re
sult of her incubatory labors, turned a
deaf ear, and refused to earo for her
progeny.
W lnb* wandering about the grounds in
the rear of the hotel, the little chicks,
accompanied by the duckling, found
their way through the gates into a cage
containing a pair of woodcimcks. Neither
offered to molest the tiny strangers, but
on the contrary the female took to the
friendless ones kindly, and that night
the little Hedgliugs nestled beneath the
soft fur of the motherly woodehuek, with
the solitary duckling crouched close
alongside.
This system was kept until they had
grown too large to squeeze into the cage.
Now, when nightfall arrives, tliev are
allowed to pass through the cage door,
by the side of which tii y noxiously wait
until some one comes to admit them, and
HID always welcomed with manifestations
of delight, by the " kind old soul," who,
cuddled up in n corner, coaxes them to
her side; and SIKUI ten tiny heads peep
out from under her soft coat, while the
dunk sentiuel-like, perches on her back
with an nir < f pride.
The above narration muy be relied
upon as being true in each nnd every
particular. l'ort .h rvin (iazcttc.
Poor woman used not feel badly tf hr cannot
throw a brick at a hen or sharpen a pencil.
There are few trick* more eonnimutc iu klll
and dexterity than the way in whioh ahereaene*
bar trail from the mud with one kend.
FAIil, (.AltltF* ASH HOINEHOI.It.
Mrrl|r>.
HKKK It Anil.— l'M) .lair bread soaked
in milk <>r water ; seas->n iib Imtlrr,
pepper mill suit Mill u little oil 101 l chop
pud fine. Make into cukes mi<l fry a
light brown.
Bkkk TEA.— Cut up nice laui lieef in
small tint in small hum pan or
pull Wltli tight fitting MW. Set this
into pun of Iniiting water ami io>k till
the Juu-e of Lite meat la all extracted ;
then M'lutoii to the tunic.
klUln. —llwt three fresh eggs to a
stiff troth ami stir in live spoonfuls fluest
I Hindered sugar ; flavor with letuoli.
tutter u pmi arid lav in white paper ;
drop the mixture on it in cakea of a tea
•poullful each. Hlft sugar over olid
hake in a alow oven for half an hour.
Mt rriNs. Iteut two eggs with oue
half clip of sugar, one generous table-
H|ntoilful of butter and u little salt ; add
one and a half cap* of sweet milk, and
three cupH of Hour in which in nifted
three teaa|HK>lifuU of good baking pow
der. Itcnt well and bake ill buttered
muffin-tins.
CUOOOUTE K'K-CHKAM. -One quart of
cream, one pint of new milk, oue jniiiiid
of sugar, two well lieaten eggs, five
tttbleaiMHiufula grated chocolate rubbed
smooth in a little milk, flavor to hiate;
heat till' milk almost to boding, {(our it
by degree* 1U with the beaten egg and
atlgar, and freeze.
Arruß-Kuoit.—Pare and core A con
vennijt number of apples, leaving them
whole; till with sugar, and l-our over
water; tln-ii place in una; when nicely
baked take eggs, piepuied as for ome
lette, jHuir ill and over the apples, and
return to oven for alxiut ten minutes;
grate over tlieiu nutmeg, and aerre hot.
Molasses FUCITCAEE. - -Twonndoue
fourth pounds rtottr, one and oue-fourth
]a>Uuda butter, oue (tound sugar, an
eggs, one cupful milk, ino pounds
raisins, one jxiund currants, one-half
pound citron, two toaspooiifuls cinna
mon, tw<> tctt*]>oonful* cloves, one tca
sjss.uful ginger, rtue tcas|.Maiuful mace,
oue nutmeg, oue pmt molanoea, one
teaspisiiiful soda, two teitajWKrtlfuls CI CAM
tartar.
Houinv COOQI El'tea.—To every cup
ful of cold, boiled, tine hominy mid a
Lihlesptsmftll of melted butter; mix well
together; add slowly a little milk; then
1M at nil to a (Htste; at tile lost one lable
sjaMiuful of white sugar mid oue baaten
egg; flour your hands, ami roll tlie
homui \ Hit- ■ Italia; dip into I-eaten egg,
then tine cracker crumba; frv ui hot
butter, on l serve with currant jelly.
POTATO CAKES. —BoiI some white po
tatoes, mash them very flue, adding salt,
butter ami nr.lk as if nard as a vegetable;
then mold them iu sufficient sifto! flour
to make them into a ~ -ft dough ; roll
them out <iu the psste-ls-ani alaiut an
, inch thick ; cut m small square cakes
and fry on a gnddle with equal parts of
lord ami butter ; e*>k slowly tunuug but
ffeiee, They are nice for breakfast, or an
ordinary lunch.
TOMATO CATSCF. Boil one huahel of
hsnatuca until soft ; aqu'-cze tiiem
throngh a sieve ; add halt n gallon of
vinegar, oue pint of salt, two ounces of
cloves, quarter ounce of allspice, two
ounces of cayenne |Hpjer, thice table
sjMMinfuhi black |wpjM-r ; mix tlicac to
gether, ami l'il not leas than three
hours; pour in a jar or keg till cool, then
ladtle ; it w ill kH*p well ; the cloves sml
allspice put in whole; when boiled strain
tlirough a colander.
KICK Cnoqi ttrm.—Take half a cupful
of rice; let it ►-ak two >r three hour* in
warm water enough to cover it; then
drain it dry; odd one pint of milk; cook
this in one pan set into another of hot
water until the no- is soft; then add one
tahlcsiM H.nfnl of sugar, one of bntter,
ami a little ault; 1< t it ctaik slowly for s
few moments; l-eat well two eggs, re
move t!„e rice from the fire, and aiowly
mid tiie eggs; turn it out tooool; when
e*ild, flour your hands, roll the rice into
hallo, punch a hole half-way through
with your finger*. fill it up with jelly;
then covi r up the o|>ening with tlie rice;
dip it into IH-aICU egg, then in cracker
crumba, mid fry in bntter.
(.'ALE's ili-AU CHEESE. —Procure n
prepared hem! and put in warm water
sufficient to entirely cover it: if any
part is out of the water it will become
discolored; put in with it one carrot,
four onions, half a pound of sweet salt
jsirk, six cloves, a bunch of jairslev, a
teaajsx >ll f 111 summer savory, and tiiree
bay leaves, and one lemon; l*>il until the
meat leaves the lxnes, when skim out
nml mimv flue with the salt pork; taste.
And if md salt enough mid n little, and
any oilier spice; place in a Strong lxvg
that has leen WTillig out of ImillUg wa
ter, tie tightly and place a moderately
heavy weight on it; when oold cut iu
slices for luucii or breakfast; the broth
is nice strained mid used as soup.
Yeai. Son* (excellent. —A vessel urns!
for making soup should never lw taken
for cooking anything else, and should lie
carefully cleansed after each using. Into
it put a knuckle of veal (the size Enowrn
as a ten-cent one is large enough), three
quarts of cold water, A small quantity of
salt, ami one small table* poonful of un
cooked rice. Boil slowly, hardly alvive
simmering, four hours, when the liquor
should bo reduced to half the usual
quantity ; remove from the tire. Into the
tureen put the yolk of one egg, and stir
well into it a tencupfal of rreara, or, in
hot weather, new milk ; mid a piece of
butter the aire of a hickory nut ; ou this
strain the soup, boiling hot, stirriug all
the time. Just at the Inst beat it well
for a minute. This soup is economical,
easily made and delightful.
Cbaralns-
A correspondent in the Scientific Far
mer says that the churning of cream to
make good butter is not so simple a pro
cess ns some may Uiiuk. It must be
churned t the prn)>er time and at the !
proper temperature, and the churn
should be stopped as soon as the cream
is broken, but before the butter has
gathered iu large balls. In warm weath
er it is of gnut importance to watch the
process closely, and to notice just when
the change is to take place. At this
time add enough cold water to reduce
the temperature of the moss to about
fifty-six or fifty-eight degree*, and then
complete the churning, watch will IM> ns
soon ns the butter is in i granulated
form, with imrticlcs about the size of
peas. Then draw off the buttermilk and
wash incold water, repeating the wnaiuug
until the water draw n off" apja-ors dear.
Now take out slayer of butter into the
tray, and sprinkle ou finely-sifted salt
at the rate of about nn ounce of suit
the pound of butter (more or less us tlie
consumers may wish). Then take ont
another layer of butter nml snlt as be
fore. After the butter is wilted set it
•way for about three hours "to take
salt '" and " liarih n the grain." Now
work it a little with n wooden paddle,
and set it away again until next day,
when it will need but little working lie
fore preparing it for marketing. If the
butter is soft and white it is from lack of
proper cooling before elmrniug, and it
inny le hardened by putting in about
three times the usual amount of salt aiul
working it a little for two or three morn
ings.
Farm Topics.
Givo your hogs a rubbing-post iu
some accessible part of their inclosure :
it facilitates their keeping clean and
wains to afford them much satisfaction.
Several correspondent* write to nn
uounce the complete extirpation of rats
.• -
TKRMB: ~ &2.00 a Yoftr, in Advance.
and mice from tln-ir <'<> stalls and pig
geries iimw the adoption uf this simple
lilah : A mixture of two ports of wsll
bruiscd Qiwnmon squill* and three pari*
•>f finely-cbqijied lutoou u mad* into a
-tiff mass, with aa much nn-al aa may be
required, ainl then baked into small
eakea, which are put down for the rat*
to eat.
The carrot nop la rendered useless Hi
many garden* by grub* eating into the
r<Mit. Tliia takca plate in many well
managed gardena. The beat reined V
that I have tried waa to <tatter a quantl
tv of <MM>t und lime over the aurtaoe of
the ground lief ore forking it over for the
carrots. This works it into the ground,
and keeps the soil free front all sorts of
grubs for the whole season. The next
tiest way is to sow the lime and auot
between the rows and hoe it into the
ground.
As early as the middle of June, some
times lief ore, we hare practiced opening
the hay harvest, and find when feeding
that the earliest rut ia preferred to the
later by all the stock.
■eel *Mrlr<
Major lliUlett, iu the fVarrfimvi'
' hronicle, says: " Very eloae obwerrw
llou during many years has led me to
the discovery that the variations in lit*
cereals whicli nature presents to us are
not only hereditary, but that they pro
ceed upon a flie.\ principle, and from
them I have deduced the following law
of development of cereals: 1. Every
fully developed plant, whether of wheat,
oats or l>arler, presents an ear superior
in productive jsjwir to any of the rest
on that plant. 1. Every audi plant cou
taaia one grain, which, upon trial. Proves
more productive tluui an v other. 3. The
l>ent grain m a pou plant is found in
its lieat ear. 4. The superior vigor of
this grain ia transmissible in different
degrees to its progeuy, ft. Bv rejieatcd
careful selection the superiority ia acru
tnulated. ft. The improvement, which
is at first rapid, gradually, after a long
scries of years, is diminished in amount,
and eventually so far arrested that,
practi -allv iqw-aking, a limit to improve
ment m the desired quality ia reached.
7. Br still continuing to select the im
provement is maintained, and pracLiaally
a fixed type ia the result"
-•sail gratis la (oHleu.
But few people seem to know the value
of small fruits to a family, when grown
in their own gardens. Yon commence
nth strawberries; they continue about a
Month. Yon pick, jierhajia, from six to
.welve quarts' a day. You have them on
your table aa a dessert, if you please st
noon, and your tea table is loaded with
them at eretnng, and you want little else
but your I'.'cad and butter. Your family
consume, in one way *or another, about
eight quart* a dav, "and while they last
no medicines for wwiiir sihnent* are re
quired, aa a quart of strawberries daily
will generally dispel all ordinary disease*
e it settled permanently in the system.
After itrawtierries, raspberries come to
continue altout three weeks; then w#
have blaekliemr* where the climate is
uot too cold for cultivated varieties; then
the currant* ripen, which remain until
the early gnqie* mature; and taking the
season through any family with half an
aere of land iu a garden can grow small
fruit* that make country life delightful,
and at the same time hundreds of dollars
can Is- aaTed in the supply of tlis tabis,
Chautaut/iui farmer.
■
( omblnxtionnof Fodder sad Grain.
As the object of very farmer ahoold
1> to push his young stock forward aa
fast as the best food, in proper quantity,
w ill do it, lie must not lie content with a
ration of fodder which tliey trill eat, but
our that will furnish them the nutriment
requmvl for rapid growth. While he
sh<<uld scrupulously require his animal#
to utiluui everything raiMsi on the farm,
let him omit sue the less nutritions with
the more uutnttoua, so tliat everything
shall count die must in growth, and
therefore in profit. If a farmer has but
little straw, two quarts of wheat bran to
the bushel of straw will make it equal to
good hay; ami then, to give extra
growth, add one quart of <*mi meal or
corn and <ait meal mixed to thin, and the
animals will thrive finely. Tins ration,
two quarts bran and one quart corn meal
to the littshel of straw, will cost no mors
than hay at market rates—mat of graiu
ranging'from three to four and one-half
cent*, and when nrxed with a bushel of
cut straw will weigh alvuit tine |mwuJ*.
And this ration we have fonnd to push
young cattle and colts puddly all
winter. When stock-feeders nave full
faith in the fact tliat it is always the ex
tra food tliat produce* the profit, they
will not hesitate to use a small ration of
grain to improve the fodder ration. It
take* but a small amount, and that all
goes to growth. The reader will see
how <wy it is to add the various kinds
of grain" to the different fodder mixture*
we have meutioluvL We usually make
n nuxture of the grain before it is ground,
and give an large a variety aa is conven- "
lent We have made * the followring
mixture for use at the present time:
Winter wbeot blowings (one-quarter
cracked wheat, three-quarters chess), j
twelve pouuds ; osts, five ; corn, five ;
flaxseed. one; total twenty-three pounds.
This is all ground together very flue snd
makes a very palatable ration, good for ,
all stock, but not expensive, as will lie
soon by the following figures : Twelve
}>oiuids wheat blowings, three cent*;
five pounds oats, six aud one-quarter
cent* ; five iviand" com, five cent* ; i
one ]vmnd flaxseed, three cent* ; grind
ing, two and OM-qWUter cents ; total,
twenty-three pounds, nineteen and one
half cent* or §16.94 |>er ton. This com
bination possesses many excellent
qualities. The flaxseed is added to give
oil, as well an nitrogenous material, and
makes it just laxstive enongh, but add*
only slightly to the cost. We And that
wiirk horses do excellently well uuou it, j
as well as all stock. We nse this to
supplement other rations, such as aliove
mentioned. We have often found flaxseed
a most profitable addition, but never
add more than one jmrt to twenty of
other hwl. n it renders it too laxative.
—(buntry (frnttrman.
The Embroidery of History.
One of the bits of history moat
familiar to Americans is Jackson's battle
of New Orleans, where, from behind his
breastwork of cotton bales (a material
which the enemy's cannon could not
pierce) be repulsed writh prodigious
(daughter Packenliam's veterans, fresh
from their European victories. This
story of the rampart of cotton, aa related
ui both English and American histories,
is, however, purely apocryphal. Its
origin seems to nave been the fact that,
many days before the battle of January
H (for Jackson's troops had lieeu work
ing steadily at the iutrenchments since
Christmas) about flfty cotton bales were
taken out of a neighboring flat-boat and
thrown into a lino of earthworks to
crease its bulk. About a week Imfore
the assault, in a preliminary skirmish, as
Walker tells us in his " Jackson at New
Orleans," the enemy's balls, striking
one of these bales, knocked it out uf the
mound, set fire to the cotton, and sent it
flying about to the great danger of the
ammunition. All the bales were conse
quently removed. " After this," con
tinues the account, "no cotton bales
were ever used in the breastwork. The
mound was composed entirely of earth
dug from the canal and the field in the
rear. The experiment of using cotton
and other articles in raising emhsek- ,
. meet had been dlaoarded."
NUMBER 25.
IIEMCY BKXfiK AMI WIFE.
IJtlu Twrltr \ rmra la a fraaitar Imt
MHkaal niakl •/ a llaaiaa Can.
A Ti']N-ka I Kansas) pajxf, the (bt/i
--tiKJHwtnltrt, tell* a story of the " fto
marksbh* bufferings and Adventure# of
Hmry H. Ilengc utid Liu Wif" which
ia suAlrieutlv sensational to tx- Irui', fur
the lift* of fH** ]>lkiiiH twenty y car* ago
wm violent and vctdureaome beyond any
it Ira uf Utr proscuit generation. Mr.
Hurj 11. lk'iir it a man uf forty-four,
and *a# oonuUipaniod trti his recent visit
to the lata I by hi* wife Elisabeth, a
strong, healthy, aun browned woman
somewhat hi* junior, AUtl their tlklighter
Milly, a girl uf eighteen. Lu 1887 Mr.
llciige aita a prosperous JutUig merchant j
uf Philadelphia, newly married, whuae
iir|M*rty was all swept away by the
(insnrial rraah. 1>-H]>aintig uf ever re
covering liia broken fortunes he started,
with the email remnant uf hut |mmiw
aioua, fur the far West lu May uf the
follow iug year. They —fur hta wife ae
(v>ik|MUiinl hiiu—pruoerdcd by rail aa far
11* the then terminus of the iryn lines
Jcfferaou City, Ma), whence they toak
buat tu Leareu worth, Kansas. There
Mr. lleugc made the acquaintance of
arvrral young meu about tu fit out a
train for " Pike'a Teak," m the whole
of (Colorado waa then railed, and or
ranged to join them. The party, nine
men and four women, left Leavenworth
June 10, 1858. and inuved byway of
Toprkn and Council (iruve to the old
Hauta Fr trail, where they rauiped on
Cow Creek. During the first night of
their ramping aotne of the mule*
aUmpt-led, and early next morning three
of the rueti aiartad in search of the ani
mal*. Thw men, William Manning,
.fumes Rraaherni und Henry Hpillman,
all resident* of the Btate of New York,
were never afterward wen by any of the
party. Alx ul four o'clock that evening
aotne t went v Lorwetneti, all white urn,
leisurely role into Ute camp from the
direction taken by their comrade* in the
morning, dismounted and ordered them
to surrender, rlatming that they were
deputy United Htatoa marshals, and tliat
they had or\l-r* for their arr*t for steal
ing government mules- Mr. Brage
#tepped forward aud demanded to aee
their warrant*, claiming at die same
tune that there must be some mistake.
He had hardly spoken the words before
a burly nif&en struck him n terrible
blow over the head with a navy revolver,
saving at the *ainc time : " Tins is our
warrant. ** He fell as if dead, and Jhe
other five men, Jamea Marshall and
KUiutt Jot.ea, <4 east Tennesaue, and
John Harvey, David It. benbnvr and
Ik* a ton Fungrthe, uf aouthera Illinois,
sprang to tl 5r weapon* and a desperate
conflict ensued, wliich ended only when 1
three d the aaaaflants had boat lulled
and four badly wounded aad all then
u>anbrs uf the tram overpowered and
murdered. Aa aunu a* the last man waa
.11* peed of, the helpless women, m<vw
dead than alive, were dragged from the
wagons, where they liad taken refuge,
ami ordered, aa pum of instant death, to "
•at down aud make no attempt to eedpe.
The band thru proceeded to rifle the.
dead ai d piling the bodies uf friends
and foes aMke into one of flic* wagons,
liegan their march down tbe stream,
c-imj wiling the women to walk In ad
vance. After making noma flvc miles in
this way the marauders halted and wis.l
into camp for the nighty dug a tsench
tieside the stream and piled into it the
1 >odies <4 the siniu, and Leaped the earth
over them in a rude motm 1. Among ,
the <■fleets in the wagons they found a
-mall keg uf brandy, of the oufatsnU <4
which they took immoderately. In lees
than an hour all were in a beastly state
f intoxication.
Meanwhile klr. lteuge, wbtaie dead <
body had not lieeu, by some fortunate
and fortuitous intcxpuaitiun wholly us- '
uncounted for by the reporter of the
To]>eka COmmonircalUi, huddled into 1
th<- shamble#-wagon am! buried in Ute
trench, had reouvemi from the effects of
his blow, and found on riaiug to his ur
xteady feet Uiat he *# alone. On every
hand were the evidenocs uf Ute frightful
crime that had l*en committed; uloud
was everywhere: he saw the trail of the
wagons going down the river, and de- ,
term mod to follow -it, About ton o'clock
he had managed to crawl toward the 1.
camp, near enough to aee and hear all
that vw going on. There he waa com-
Clod to lie helpless and listen to the
irtraudtng craw oi ths poor wotne 1.
Toward morning verything became
quiet, aud he crept into the bivouac of
the banditti. By good fortune tbe first
woman he encountered was bis wife, and
she was so surprise! and terrified on !
seeing the apparition of the linstiand
whom she deemed dead that she gave a [
wild, unearlhlv scream. Mr. Benge
wired her hv the arm reassunnglj, and
disced b r after hint. Her sen-am
awoks the robbers, who sprang up with
fearful oaths, ami aim-* of them started
in pursuit, but owing to the darkness of
tlie night, the dullness resulting from
their drunkenness, and the anpechnmau ,
effort* made by Mr. Benge and his wife,
who were now thoroughly anuised, ther
managed to el vale pursuit. Tbey fled,
they hardly knew how, and certainly
knew not whither, and after much toil
snd suffering reached tbe mountains,
where they took up their abode in a
cave. Mr. Benge improvised traps for
game, which furnished them with food
and clothing, and so tbey contrived to
exist for twelve years, without seeing
another human face save that of their
daughter Milly, who was bom to tliem
in IH6O. In July, 1871, a party of
miners prospecting for gohl discovered
them and took them to their camp,
some ten miles distanW Mr. Benge
and lu* family remained with these men
some time. *He then made his wsv to
l>enver, where he has remained until he '
recently made tip his mind to again visit
ths Kavt, having accumulated a hand
some little sum in the uiinss. Such, ac
cording to the Commonwealth, is thy
o'er-strange and o'er-trne talc i 4 Mr.
Henry Benge, who, with his wife, was
rut off from civilisation during twelve
years, in which the world lived a century,
the greit civil war began and ended, tlie
map of Europe was remade, France
turning repnblio and Germany empire,
lite East and Wcr.t were linked by iTon
bands and tlw two hemispheres joined
liy cables, aud all civilisation took in
knowledge and experience a cycle's ml
vanoe.
About the Dobrudsclts.
The Dobrudsohß ia everywhere tiint
in by natural barriers—on the north
and wotft by the Danube, on the east by
the Black sea, and on the south by the
river and lake of Knra-su, which may
be said to separate the peninsula be
tween Kusteiuljieand Tcheruavoda from
Bulgaria. Here, where the country is
divined by a valley iuto two large sec
tions, " the ruins of the fortifications of
Trajau still present a hnge double wall,
which would uot be without military
importance in tlie event of a Russian
invasion from the months of the
Danube." The Ottoman government
liaa for some time endeavored to es
tablish a loyal Mohammedan population
in the Dobntdsclia as a check ou revolu
tionary elements in Bulgaria. An oppor
tunity of doing this was afforded by tbe
immigration cu IUUSHC of the Tartars in
the Crimea. Many of these settled in
the Dohradscha, aud did their—best to
cultivate the land; but they are not a
warlike people, and it is doubtful
whether tney would present any effectual
raiiitano* to a Ruswan invasion
1 leans *f Interest.
An editor my* h* never <tcttd an i bat aw*
to hi* Ufa , that waa in a Aflbt with a cooto
--ponrj. "
Tramp* who ar* winn,* to wot tberowlrva
Utt mrrnun can makr Handing engage
ment* with farmer*.
W# didn't know that th gentle mnrteal
mosquito we* at ail Inclined l<> drink, yet wa
w (xiopb petting np bar* for than.
A I'itUbarg* l papar observe* that there
not an Dnaaarrtxl woman in that city who rr
member* tha laat eewtitaeo-year locnat*.
TU polio* of Sanaa* towns haw ordar* to
■hoot all potato bog* found nuuting at iaiga
Without a wtunl* cat, Thi* la Important, if
true.
A printer# liaby took tha Ant twias, 975 in
Kuid, at th* Chicago IxUiy #bow. That wa* a
" fat lake," and tha commitUa wa* justified "
In awarding it.
Th* aMrtft Mexican BOW rim* t-Umee,
poke* hi* head out of the window, and <*B-
Uc.usij inquires of th# first JWaarr 1#• " WW*
fi mutuant thi* morning T
A strep-walking 70am lad; to Cottonwood,
Cal., while panaion through her father a sleep
ing chamber wa awaken#*! Vr bin band span
bar abooldar. hha fall down dead.
By Ihd law* of Florida no mart who haa lost
an arm or a leg, no matter bow or winwe. or
from what oanaa, ean to Uxad for an; b3*-
nee* he ma; enter Into, aJwa;* exoeptiug It#
U<|tkic tnKixiK
A luao never *0 fomaM; feel* the ineoo
rautenou of bring imdt-r-aued unttl hi* wife
inform* him that If he had been two inches
taller hi* old pant* would have made two new
iir* for hi* sua.
A great philosopher un In the aooaom; of
nature nothing 1* bart. The inatde of an orange
ma; refraah one man, while the owtetde of the
mauM fruit me; aarxa a* a medium fur breaking
another man'* lag.
" Cant yar girer feliar ttft V remarked a
red-noaad tramp, poking his bead in the door
of a ouuutry store. - Well, I reckon I can,
answered the proprietor, as Im lifted turnabout
ten teat, with th* aud of hi* hoot.
There waa a weird, waiimg maud beard in
It leeoMte recant!; like tha sough of >ha north
wind through a puw forest, but it waa only
tha .Kuban tunam of a few btlikw gramhoppsm
burying their dead after tha late mad.
" Which ks tht <m>at raluaUa—aipet ietice or
instinct r wa* tkr aubjert np far dtaeueuun at a
de bating acKort; reaortU*. On* memUrr said
experience trachea us to he(A np to a hot stove
• bm wa ar* eoht, bat whan our coat-tails eatrt
lira InWirwt la but
A factor* item aayar A bonnet much
worn connate <4 a brtm and ean* of f aeonne
ikraw, with a soft crown made of coarse mtu-
Mn. Aud a buy straw bat *' much worn " con
sta of a ragged crown, half the brim gone,
and no bandaroum) it.
"My am, aaid a toother to a little boy four
year* old, "whom shore all others will you
wish to see whan you parn into the spirit
world 7" "Oohaht* 1 shouted tha child, with a
Joyous anti-n|ati(-n ( *• unlswa," !• quickly
added, "that** stagger follow there."
A safety envelop* Ve prerrut tam;rtng ha*
baandevlaad On th* dap the words " attempt
to open" u Minted with a double aet of
ciitioavsls, Un firnt j n io<t<infi ououhiudjc nut -
gall* and the aecond gram vitriol. ft tha
Dap* be strained c>r moienesed ia any way Use
magic printing wlfl appear. *
On* who claims to knew ears that old United
fttetm mm., dated fro g l"t to law. if they
are in good eoohtitm, ar* worth from firente
to forty or tits j if tbry are sharp, or juat aa
they came trim, the unnt, than they arc worth
#2 each Cmled Ntate* Mirer d i'n dated
17M, life*. im, !-, IWS, I*l, |H',4. |s.'4.
IDM, if in good omdrti-u, ar* worth A3, it they
ar* sharp they atw worth mora.
A man could stand the flies and ami lose
his Un)er. If the* would oulv to oootcotad to
In boned where they f alb tut when a fly a* big
as a gram of noMaa fall# on it* back on a flan
of hotter, turn* oear anderawla out and goea
iimptmr acxoa* thv plate. straocbag and wooing
through e* crythuue ft can And, and Anally cre
mates itself in a oath at hot ooSbe. good gra
cHiua, bat it doo* make a ponmi nmd.
Th# pufmknoa of firrat lbs tain baa inner
UO) umnl from 10., 00 to
and the Lou** Time* estimates that it will be
doubled in fifty-four vaara. How to fred it wilt
he a great diftcuhy, for a leading British agn
cultuast mtd m a tweaut spaech: It appsar*
to ma, and it ha* been beer-red by many of
our leading men. that a shady dchnuraiKU ia
going on in the 1 <t educing po*r of th** iaiand.
The a black broad and flo
largely by lb* lUtsaian army for food, is made
with a ipiaotit* of sum* kind of gmarn, wlnch
forma a substitute for but!er. It can be oateo
dry : bat the Busman aoirfier pfefars, when he
caa gut it, h> break the bread tido atnall pteeoa.
lIiMT W put* into a bowl and pouiw hot water
over tb.-m. The Crease then develops tblsj a
gravy, and the wbote farm* a nmj 1c kind of
aowp. *
An Etditffnwr'i Harv,
The roar ol an appruechiag tornailo
would jinaiiK* no grunior iv*trniation
on the atrvetaof DuUott than dona the
iippunram* ol ex-Governor llegrler and
iua blank liorwe, aooonlinfr bo th* Frre
/Jeer. Mr. *r tie a good pr>li-
Ueiaa, a aharp linnnrw-a, eot a genial,
nhole-aouled man, bat ha can't <kive a
boran. He realu.-a thi* lad, and he leta
the home draw hinmelf. Tle animal i*
generally engaged in deep thoopht, and
the note rmncm why he doeen't bang
again*! atreet earn and earriagv-e i* he
ro tme they out ran him or dodge. While
the ex-gorprwv- U looking about the
landarepe the old black horse i* making
a T*i! fence along the street He know*
uo law or nudum. ** Keep to the right **
ia nothing to turn. He alam*. along on
the right—bang* along on tLeleft, take*
the street car track for a change, aud is
constantly looking fgr aome cue to kill.
A carriage coming from the other vray
soukl florish a whip in the face of the old
nag, make for the cnrba&uoe, or depend
onPwwidnnre to get past with all wheels
safe. Hutch sr-oirte Imn-e f !ind the
g. irernor'a rig a terror. He will not tnrn
to the right o* tha left—not an inch.
When lmtcber-bova imagine that they
sre going to passe Sum en the right, they
are hadiv M left. '' The only safe way is
to turn down aotne other street or dodge
into an alley. The amall bin- ataml* no
show. There ia no "halt to let him get
• >ut of the way, hat down he gnee if he ia
;ii the path. Delivery wagon* mart
crowd the rarbrtone or go to the shop
for repairs. Some day, in driving home,
the ex-governor will* run over a band
wagon, kill an aklerman, take the corner
off the high ecbooi building and aproot
timwi or foot gaa-lamps, and then an in
dignant populace will stand np and
demand that he either ride a velocipede
or hire an ice-wagon.
(Jnlrk Time \round the World.
The Otnalia (Xeh.) Rn'obiiran prints
m letter from Dr. F. 3. te Ham. Ameri
>wn consul at Jorasalmn, in which he
gives an account of a tour he has lately
made around the world in aixiy-eight
days of actual traveling time. The let
ter is dated at Jerusalem, May 10,
1877. The outline of the journey we
quote, greatly condensed, in the follow
ing:
" Having safely returned to my jxst,l
take pleasure in furnishing your readers,
agreeably to promise, with a brief notice
"f my quick and wwcoensfnl tottr around
Ute world. Not counting the time 1 lay
over at different points, as these breaks
in the journey could all have been
avoided, I made the entire circuit of the
globe in exactly sixty-eight dava, and
hut for heavy weather on the Paciffc
wonlit hav* miale it in sixty-two days.
The journey from Alexandria, Egypt, via
Brindiai and Paris to London, and from
thence to New York and San Francisco,
was accomplished ia twenty davs.and we
were just me sainenmnlwof atyagoing
from San Frauciacofo Ydu.hatiuv,Jrtpiiu.
Crowing over from here to Canton, in
Clpua, took six days. A sail of ten days
over the China sea Mid through the
strait Of Malacca, hutching at several
poiuts we liave not time to notice,
brought ua to Ceylon, off the southern
(\>aat of Hindustan, tuid one of the rich
-Isi of the Fast India islands. Thence
We sailed dlrivtly to Snez, in Egypt,
whirl 1 h>ok twelve* days,and from thence,
in a few hours, by rail to Alexandria,
our starting point, making the entire
distance of 25,(100 miles—l6,ooo miles
bv water and* 9,000 on ltmd—in sixty
eight days, witlwnt any accident or de
tention of any kind."
Eating Fruit.
When fruit does harm it is because it
is eaten at improper times, in improper
quantities, or before it is ripened and fit
h>r the human stomach. A distinguished
physician has raid tliat if liis patients
would make a practice of eating a couple
of good oranges b-tore breakfast, from
February to June, his practice would be
gone. The principal evil is that we do *
not eat enough of fruit;* that we injur
its finer qualities with sugar; that we
drown them in cream. We need the
medfouiuifAetiou of the pure fruit nci u
ia our system, aud their coding, cor
recti ve influence.— Medical Journal.
The only uniform and perpetual cause
of public happiness is public virtue.
The effect of all other things which are
considered a fulvantages will be frwr.u
casual and trunrntory, Without t irtue,
nothing can be seen rot y ponaeaand 1 r
properly enjoyed,