Slimmer'* Charm v.
Bnttorrnj**, clover, and f <wtVn ry thistle.
Butterflies, bee*. and locust* that whistle.
Heliotropes, rosea, and Mtnln|-|)orit*, —
These are hut snatches of summer'* stories.
Dawns that aiv Ivlnshing to sunrise* weoping,
Twilight* and shadows, and lilr-htid* sleeping.
Noous that sre brooding o'er nights that are
tender,
These are but snatches of summer s splendor.
•
Waterfalls, river*, and wares that are sighing.
Murmurs of sea-shells on wet beaches lying.
Whispers of pine-trees breeses are bringing,—
These are but snatches of summer's singing.
Robins, and hlnelurds, and swallows, and
thrushes.
Twitters, and songs, and raptors*. aiKl.hnshes,
Attar of all the whole year's sweetm**,—
This is what makes the summer'soompieteaee*.
Storms.
At night, within my lonely mom,
So shelterless and high,
1 dread yie storm wind* when lliey come
And sweep the earth and sky ;
Tiny setMn to shaki the feeble wall.
As with a giant's am.
And oft I look to see it fal!
lu desperate alarm.
Be*, if tu all the darkened sky
1 ee one gleaming star,
I >nii'e to hear the rough winds tiy
\i v confidence to mar ;
Or if the nnxui, so calmly bright.
Between the cloud* appears,
Then, though the storm be at its height,
I hut fare* <-U to fears.
Or if by day the storm winds ewe
Aist drive the clouds with might.
If for one instant shines the uu.
1 know that all is right.
If still when those are out of sight
I see the bine of Heaven,
No terror can mv soul affright
Of winds and storm ckutd* driven.
1 know then that the storm I dread
Shall hare no power to harm.
And that the darkness overspread
Need give me no alarn.
lis so of other storms that ciuue
My *j<mt to appall.
No evil shall by thena be done
While lleavoa is seen through all
MARGARKT.
A ounder at the end of one wing of a large
rambling house in the north of England, a
tarred window and a closed dixvr. In the ias
sase a fair haired girt with the light of inde
s.-rihable pity in her dove-like eves, kneeling
upon the hoard*. and pushing Viscuits and
sweetanats underiuoth the ill-fitting do<r,
which disappeared as f*-t as thev were placed
there, showing that tliers were human hand*
to seize them on the other side. Within, an
other cirl as yonng as the first—not twenty,
certainly - -groveling on the floor tike a wild
bast. with dark, disheveled hair almost hid
ing the sjark ef insanity thai desecrated her
gkvr-.au* eyes, and deswirin* the precious mor
sels that lit* visitant placed within her reach
with the avidity of s hungry child. The room
in wbi.-h she crouched was not cutnfortleas. hot
had evidently beeu prepared for the reception
of such inmates, and the carefully guarded
window and cushioned walls showed that the
mansion in which it was situated was occupied
by one who made it the business of his life to
receive such unfortunate* into bis pro fens tonal
cire In plain words, a private lunatic asylum.
** My poor Leah !" whinpered tlie fair liicd
pirl oiitside, **do you know that I am here, and
that I Vive von ?"
TV* soft ckar TOJCU was rsof unheard, for
Ix-sli raisevf her head bra moment, and sat
listening, with the dark cloud of tangled hair
thrown hack from the low forehead and deeply
shaded eyebrow*. But the look of attention
jvassed iw.v almost as rapidly as it had <sme,
and in another mement her head was down
again on the fl<s-r. and the softly set lips, that
seemed made onW to abape 'ove s whisper*,
murmured ntupirl'.y and hnagr.'.y: " More,
more
'• I am going now." said the soft voice again.
•• bet I will iiMsie and *ce you this evening,
with the nurse. Do yon hear ? Do rod under
stand r*
There was nothing but an inarticulate mur
mur in replv. though she li *ened in vain : and
the fair haired girl rose with s. igh from her
Aim?*, and pa**d fri the desolate corridor
Into the more habitable and cbeerfnl part of
the house in which thephysicianaudhis family
hve.i. having learned from habit to look lightly
on the empty hitman shrines of reason that
were sheltered beneath the same roof. • ,
"She is so beantifnl! ° said the girl to her- ,
self as she went down the stair*. " I ho;*
<hx! doe* nor let h,-r know what she ir now, <4
she wonld >ho. as I should do."
'• My dear Margaret." said her m.dher, look
ing np as her eldest child entered the room.
" I hope von have not been among the pa
tients again?"
"I have only been to nee poor Leah." said
Margaret Fenwick. inthe same soft voice which
was out of her greatest charm*. '• I must do
that, von enow, if it makes her ios* unhappv.
•* Let the child alone," said Dr. Fenwiok.
'•idle sill do herself no harm, if she does no
body e'se any good. But you did not work
upon Brv ker's feelinga to give yon the k. y, I
hope, Margaret? The door was locked, of
course ?"
" I talked to h-r through the door, that was
all." answered Margaret, simply. •• Papa, do
you think she will ever be like other [-•orv'v
egt:n? It wa* ,wilr last wiek she was sittinr
here with n* all and I was teaching her to
play the aooompaniment to her songs 1"
"I know all that." eaid the physician, "bnl
afce is uff■•ring from an acute attack of demen
tia now. She i* verr v. mug. and mar get coro
p'etelv over it, but then she sill bo alwav.'
liable to a relapse. A sudden trouble would
do it at anytime."
"And she has money, tool' sighed Mrs.
Fenwick. half envious!v. as if it >u a rin that
so ranch good material for happiness should be
wasted. " Didn't you say she had money ?"
"Thirty thousand pounds, I l>e!iev."*aid
her husband, drv ly, " hut I think there are
thirl* thousand good reason* why nobody
should envy her."
•*••• • 0 m m
It is five years since Margaret Fenwick knelt
at the corridor door, whir ering soft word* of
Jove and sympathy to th" unhappy girl inside.
She is living in Lev dot, with her mother
now, for I)r. Fenwick ha* I*—n dead sometime,
and the establishment at Horewood is brok>-:i
np. Hie gentWtcharm of her loveliness is still
in its first flower, and. as she lingers ovecttbs
letter which is in her hand, the dear light of
happiness is irradiating bar brow and laugh
ing back from the soft *wet eye* The jrord*
that a man write* to his promised wife could
be answered in no more fitting way :
"MT DKABKKT Cuitji : I haTe got all the
war to Wales sMv. and the whole family is
collected here uuder the paternal roof. I
needn t say that one tiling is wanting to me.
and that. 1 hoi>e. will eooa be *upphed. for. of
course, von will come down and sr>end Christ
mas with us. Mr father ami mother l>oth
want words to eijsrw-w their anvietv to see yon
and receive yon o a daughter. Write and say
how soon yon can some.
" Wiaaxe very quiet h'fv but there are one
or two new people in the village. A Mrs.
Fourier has taken the Wliite House, and her
daughter is a regular acqoirttion. The old
lady is not much, but Leah Fourier |>iay* and
rings divinely, aud is unusaalhr good looking
into the bargain. The girls ar mad about
her. • • •
" You can tell how hard up I am for any
thing to tell when I am forced to write about
strangers. I suppose TOU would get tired of it
if I were to keep on telling you that I love yon.
but I hare very few other idea* in my head
just now at any one time. Beside*, isn't it
much pteananter to tell it with your dear hand
in mine ? Your own ABTHTTI Amine ."
" L-ah Fourier!" repeated Margaret to her
self, dreamily. " I hop-- she won t remember
me. I wonder whether m*d people recollect
anything that has passed when they are well?
Thus wonld be the most wretclied "part of it
ail r
• •
Leah Fourier i* singing "Bi tu savai*." and
Arthur Ashton is leaning over the piano, look
ing into her magicul eye# with an expreasion—
well, which would me n a good deal with some
men, but which is merely a graceful courtesy,
Margaret trie* to believe, with Arthur Ashton.
Bhe has been at Liwyn-y-mawi a fortnight
nnw, and has found Leah Fourier almost a*
constant an inmate rt the house as herself. Bnt
then, a* Arthur said, the girls are mad about
her, and there certainly is an enchantment'
somewhere in her glowing face before which
few are able to stand.
The song is ended, and Margar. t Fenwick'*
fiance strolls after- the singer into tbo con
servator?.
"If T were you, Margaret. I should go after
them, reaHv." sav* Arthur's eldest sister, half
laughing. " Leah wonld flirt with the footman,
I believe, if there was uobodv else in the way.
It was just the same when pour Charlie was at
home."
Margaret tries to smile, and to keep her wist
ful eyes turned away from the conservatory
door,"bnt she cannot help speculating a little
as to the difference between " poor Charlie "
aud his brother. As to Leah herself, she can
hardlv form a calm rational opinion, so dif
ferent is this Leah from the girl with the wild
eyes, whose poor uncertain fingers she had
helped to find their old familiar places on tlie
piano at Horewood five years ago. Bbe feels
rather than knows that the past is not all a
blank to Miss Fourier's brain, bnt no word of
recognition has passed between the girls, and
it is plain at auv rate that nothing of that
dreadful episode in Leah s life is suspected by
the Aahtons
Ten minntee—a quarter of an honr goes
slowly by, and Leah saunters back into the
drawing-room, with a spray of maidenhair in
her hands, and the passion of her song still
half slumbering in those deep mysterious eyes.
" Mr. Ashton is going to be kind enough to see
me home." she remarks general!v for every
tm.ly's i- ' rmitinn, and Margaret feels the same
•ntden chill that had come to her the night
Wore for the first time, when her lover had :
FRED. KURTZ, Editor nnd Uropriotor.
VOLUME X.
. I
undertaken the sums *r< ly unanv>ujy duty.
It 1* almost a relief t 11 1 to rvmniU>i that
tin- !• In r la*i 1 li ning wiih ihc Adttoua, aud
thai tin it, vt (til Arthur :* In lake hi r back to
Laaiot,
Neverllu ;t-vs. f 1,,- cl.lil is-i'i,-* tsick to her
lieait 111- ir, nninistakablx (ban ■ i,-r U- vt night,
fin Leah Fourier, and tin conservatory, and
Arthur Ashton are all left U IIIIKI. He found
thai he could Ukv another n.,- holntay, he
tiild It, r, and site could not t-e avltlah rnougb
to |iM|sv- that he ahotlld sta inl to ,lav t lu
t%,voling, merely fur the sake of taking her
home. So Uletr gi*nl bye a* *. id af the little
Welsh railway station, but* methlug fell out of
hi* jsvh, t as he u taking her ticket, and sili
con!,t not help MH-uig that it * a bit of maiden
hair fern, it was a pttv that it should l-e
crush,*! uuder a stranger's foo N f -P he could
rwvivr it but theu lb, re was more in tlieeou
acrvat-iry I
Four, five days without a letter, during which
tune the chill IMiiV leaves her heart, and then
there come - what slie has lu U hiking for. He
ask* her if she is gi-.sl enough, unselfish
enough, to forgive him, and ad Is, nf course,
that lie can never forgive turns, If.
Wall, Leah is ltia, l*odv and sotil, if he
chooses U' lake her. Would he Choose if he
Vtk-w of the corridor at Horewood, and had
seen tks k|* lis loved etoruig themselves with
sweetmeats that soft, compassionate hunts
thrust by *!< a!th within their reach She put*
away the thougbl from Inr with a shudder,
calling ujhui ihst uot to tempt her to com* Is
twewu Uiui and his happmees. If it can all I*-
hidden from him it would be a sinm her. of all
women tti the world, to say a word which might
la*h the cup from his hp*. Sin-would dinvk
' her own cup iiisto*d,"*!nl uy to sweet, u it bv
the thought that the man she loved was happy
with the girl for whom Lt- had once felt so
dome a pity.
The months g,v quickly enough bv, r.ow that
Margaret no longer counts how manv there arc
Iw-tween Uie seed and bkwM>*U of sf Iraiqu
uw*. and she know* that Arthur Ashton mu*t
have hronght hi* bride tiae'k with him by this
time to his Ismdoii home. Margaret sliudderw
as she remembers that there is still a svn t
hiddi 11 from Arthur Ashton 111 Ix-ah's myatrri
on* eve* - a secret which alie aloti, can read,and
would give half her life to l-e able |o forget.
Would it ever hap|ien that he should come to
UrJ and curae tier for having bidden it fr >m
him, to revenge herself ?
That she Ls revenged, tlod knows how un
wtlliiigty. Margaret se, -.1 he rlr*t time she hokls
Artliur Ashtou's hand 111 hers again. He has
written to ask har if he may come to her
and satisfy himself of her forgiven,-**, and her
t,vve is dead enough m b< r heart for her to tw>
able to tell bun "yea." She has even ceaaed
to wonder at the druartuess of her ,-wu life.
' and is vaguely couseiona. as he take* hir Land,
of the same great pity for bim aud the woman
Who hul Bttpplauted her, that tilled her heart •
as ahe went down the stair ase at lb-r, w ,*cd,
leaving the cold eorndor and tlie locked door
behind her.
" You have found oat how little I wa* worth
vour regret ?" he aays,forcing an uneasy laugh,
* he sees that the old quiver he r, mnnls-rs m
her litvs is there no longer.
" No. not that," answer* Margaret, simply,
"bnt it is tjtiite true that I regret nothing ;
nothing at least that' She stops, knowing
(hat it is too late to tell hint now what she does
regret, and what she tries to persuade herself
die is mistaken in regretting. "You nn;t l-e
very happy -von are nappy, are you not. ahe
asks, anxiously.
" How long* do yon expect a bridegroom *
happmes* to lutr be .\sfc-. in reply, uitli an
of levity tflkt tolls \!*rgxr< she ha*
t*n swerihcwd in vaiu. " I-cah hit ben talk
ing of coming to • run for the list month. Jo
voir know ?"
••She u very beautiful." *aidMargarvt,irrile
vantlv. •• I she quite well
'• Well? of oourw she is," he au-wrrs. iu not
nrite so even a voice. " Why should she not
be well?'
Margaret's heart turns rftk with tl>e horri
ble apprehension that he ha* already burned to
snsjs-ot a reason why. '•! onlv tu ant tliat I
should be very glad to see her," she answers in
what she strives to make her natural voice.
•• Will yon tell her so from me
" Vou knew her bef. re that time yon same to
i stay with n*. dtd von net ?' bf asks, looking at
, her with a keca, inquiring alitw, *' Why did
you never tell me of that ?"
* Yew: that to. ' met her ♦••yrs ago." answers
Margaret, hesitating. "I did not think she re
'nembered tue; but I knew her again aw soon as
I saw her."
'•Did yon evrr quarrel?" the bridegroom
asks, a little pni/led bv her manner.
"Oh, no.' replies Margaret, with a shudder,
thinking of the cronolnng figure and the
greedy, clutching hand* that she hid sb km up
th- long eorridrr to soothe into content.
•• But ate wa* always a strange girl; and I
nover understood her quite," she add*, rather
lamely.
" Yes—strange that is the word, is it not ?"
he savs eagerly. " "he •* nervous and depressed
s<nuetiutes, vou know, nut thai is honing,
■she used to be that <*lhat is what Vou l:i an,
it not J"
It g-es to Margaret heart to see the wistful
took which he waits for her au-.vor, atr:v
uig to put awav fr-en his thoughts ttm awful
fear which she knows has alreadv orershuduned
life,
"I tiiink he was always n r-ouv." she
answer-, wi-lnug that she d-red say something
to comfort him, if she could do so without a
lie. " ISut of oonr.se, now that he is happy,
there is nothing to be anxious about in that.
'• Tell her bow glad I -hall be. if she !;!>• - t
come.' she says, earnestly, when Arthur
Ash ton tikes her baud in ins again to say
good-bgn
'• Yes. I will tell her." he an-wi rs, but ail the
unreal chwrfoln.-ss has died out from liis
.•(•tax "It will do her good to h .ivua friend
like yon - some woman to whom she can talk. '
Margar-1 d< - not answer, for the tmr* ar
filling her eye : but it needs no words to tell
Arthur Ashton that the heart ho ha* thr >wn
awav is Urge enough for hat In- asks of it.
Tfie months go by, but Leah sshton still only
talks of rotnitig to *c the girl whose place in
life she ha* taken from h r; so that Christmas
come ao-nnd again without Margaret having
seen her rival, smew the evening on winch
T-exti came out of the conservatory, with the
spray of maidenhair in her hand. There ia a
reason why Mrs. Ashton should stay in her own
hou-enos.and Margaret is uot siirpri-isl to me
in the paper one dav that Arthur Ashtou has
another cause for being •• verv happy." She
almost persuade-i herself tliat be may Is* so hy
thi* time, and writes (o tell him of her hope,
with her dear kivc thi*wife She did hot think
that such a letUr required immediate ackuowl
•dgement.inddjwusirto rep'v a little auxkmslv.
hearing that it has been brought by a special
messenger.
" Come, if vou can, at ortce—she is asking
for von, Orslh.v win rey upon me ! A. A."
He is'waiting for her at the door as she
drives up. and even in the ga.-liglit she can see
upon his iirow an awful drvad that hi* prayer
, will not lie beard.
" Yon are uot afraid to m her ? '
Margaret put* her hand iu his byway of
reply, and her very touch seems to give him
courage.
" She is not quite herself, yon know—not
sensible. I mean—but the doctors say that is
common. And your name has been on her lips
all day. Bhe will be calmer when she sows yon,
will she not ? ' •
" Yes, yes," says Margaret, choking hack her
toars. " Only take me to her at once."
Hhe kneels by the bedside, disregarding the
: 1 roseiice of t e ikk-tor and nurse, an<l her soft
r. rm steal* lovingly round Leah's neck,as in the
old day*.
"Dear Leah, I am here," alie whispers.
"Die heavy lid* open, and the dark mystery
of the wonderful eyes, blurred and worched
with the lurid fife that Margaret remember* so
well, is turned full upon her.
" Don't go away," Is ah whisp*r,in a hoarse,
exhausted Voice. " They ate shutting me up
alone again."
Her husband is standing at the foot of the
iied, with horror-stricken wondering face, hut
she has no eyes for him.
" It is so <lark and miserable, Margaret, but
I will be quiet if you stay. Make them let you
stav, do yon hear ?'
. The weak voice rises almost to a scream, and
Margaret tries in vain to soothe it.
* Yes,dear Leah,l am Margaret. Dear Leah,
you bgow tbabl love yon! Oh, tny poor dar
ling, you know that I £ove yoti!'
The surgeon, who is standing opposite Mar
garet. shakes his head solemnly as she raises
her eyes to meet his, and the shadow of death
begins alreadv to steal over the room. Even
the hps are chill and pallid as Margaret touches
them with her own, and the feverish grasp of
! the poor, weak hand dies into impotence in her
warm lingers. The dark, tangled hair falls over
the shapely brow and thick, curved eyebrow*
just a* it used to do, and Margaret does not
know,until she is toJd.that it is veiling (he face
of the dead. And there is no need tor her to
pity Leah Ashton any piore.
Cats Wanted in the Hiaek Hills.
A Black Hills paper says: . " We won
der why some enterprising speculative
individual liaa not yet thought of im
porting a load of cats to the Black Hills.
An ordinary freight wagon could be par
titioned off HO as to carry with ease und
safety two hundred cats. These cats
c juld be obtained at little or no expense
in any of the towns along the Missouri
river, and they would find a ready mar
ket here at an average of $lO each.
The man who bus the sagacity and nerve
to bring a load of cats into the Black
H'HH ran lay claim to having struck a
rich felkit lode,
THE CENTRE REPORTER
(OMurfo> or out cot vm.
.( Trawr'i t tew I sairalablr tlullvuk lor
( hlidrrn ul t uelr asm.
A liuimvrwnw writer to n New Y--rk
pnjvor Kays : Yestord.iv I watt 1 itting iu
my offii'tv vnii ly
triisiv<' fly willi u ijuill p'ii, wlb-n n
stranger witrnvl tlio upon u>xr, e-n. ftillv
seUvtiwl a chair a.nl s,-.,t,-,l hiui-scli with
a sigh. He vv.ts alt ire, lin a suit nf runty
black, nint tu person was trail, tiiltk nnil
catlavtMMU*. Apparently lie lual seen
Letter >T:\S A PISHI uuuiy of THCI% He
caliulv ri'iiiuvcil a shiiichcl hat from his
dome of thought, w tpc,l lus C -rintliiiui
Lrow witli his coat sleeve, ninl apoke us
follows :
"Are you the proprietor of thia
rnnclic ?"
"Yes, air; what duvou wish?"
" Well, I tliougut i d drop in and see
vou. 1 vrnnt to draw your attention to
a little matter. N , would you siiapeet
that the United S:at,s is bankrupt—
absolutely bankrupt ?"
"Never.in lOMU ol such thing. "
"That's jut it. The jmople go on
thought'esa and careless, HIHI all the
time the country is pluuguig madly down
the steep* of iMirupt ou to irretrievable
ruin."
" Yott dou't say !"
" Yes, sir; it's a aolemn fact, and it*
idsvut time iM'Uietliing was d,-lieabout it.
The Oovldete of Liberty i going around
without a cent in her pocket, itud 'i.tXW,-
btkl of her children are bvggutg for
breed. Ixs>k at .ur prisons aud i*x<r
housea—oh nek full every >ue of tnent,
ruiiuiug over with laous rs and erimi
uals, and f,.r every individiuil within
their walls there are hundreds outside
who ought to lw there, Lo? ', at our
railnuhls! Kites high tun! sbvks low,
locomotives drawing more empty ears
than loaded ties, shops running a half
time, track hands nil discharged, and
rails rusting from disuse. Is>x>k at our
steamsliii*! Pull of rats aud rotten
planks. No buaiue** to sfv, nk 'f. tioing
to EurutH' with little or nothing coin
l>ar,sl witli the cargoes they use 1 to
murry, ami cowing buck with les-.
YVliarves tutubluig down an-l ll at lg
away by pieOemew. I/,v*k at our in, -
ehanies; out of work; tools in the p twu
shop; chikfren hungry; w:\ !iojx-1,-s ;
uothuw left but t Uie.de or the 1"
liottse. Ixxtk at our nierehanta. l>-i :-
uess at A ataxid-sti.l; e.mntera rsiver i
with the dust of day before yeetenlay ;
ranlstick laid nway for future refereuve;
proprietor gazing wistfully out of the
window iu s,-:jch t>f the customer that
cometh n<<t Is*>k at our ariny. No
pay, ho ambition; tak > them nil summer
to* whip a bund of cripplovl squaws;
country to<> p- -r to puv them, mid
soldiers euu't tight without cash. Vt in u
n soldier pawns his sword for the nve*-
satiis life, he pawns h,* i\-ur;igi' witli
it. Then h>oh ut our navy. Bli *i you i
theie's nothing to look at except a few
old wooden Lnlks. We haven't av. -sel
that e-mhl cross Long IshitiJ sound in a
sotnmer'a breeze without falling to
pieces. Navy, indued ! Why a blind
man afloat in n washtub, armed with a
Colt's revolver, eotild sink our wiioie
navy inside of )i teen niinntes. N • won
der EIUK>|M laughs at us. Now what is
the remedy for all this? Work, untir
ing, ttfienog work. By iiulUiU/ wn
thrive. Let us one an 1 ...1 put our
shoulder to the wheel ainl lift the mire 1
chariot of commerce out of th-- lx>g
hole of baukruptey into tlie am * -th h gh
way of prosperity aud start it rolling
once more. By the way, lam out of
work at present, nud if you conld lenvl
me a quarter till 1 find a job
Iu my haste to get up 1 unfortunately
upset the desk, and when I reached the
door with the quarter the tramp had
vanished, and was not.
An Oriental Ruler's Cruelties.
When tlie French li itlly reduced
Constantino, omvof tIkSAIIWUM cit.i-s,
in 18t, the palace of Had; Ahmed ex
ciUnl general almipaliou, aud the women
of his large harem eaas,*,! unusual
curiosity iunl rum passion, from tlie t-iles
spread of his cruelty to litem. He
sprang from a wealthy family of the
place, ami had been khnlilu under the
Hey lJrah inel-Rabbi, but exciting the 1
,'ealonsy of that ruler, tied to Algiers. ;
L'liere lie w.>n the gissl-will of the pasha, i
sml in 1828 Iteeame himself bey of Con
stun tine.
His cruelties were the theme of every
ton ne. A summer-house used to be
shown in his Harden w here lie was ac
customed to sit and amok", while his
h iw in, all attired in their finest array,
passed one by one before liim. They
were required to keep their eyes east
down, their arms folded across their
breast in a modest attitude. Oue day
one of the.ie women, an she 'passed
throhgh the garden, plucked an onuige.
The Hiuij Ahmed ordered her hand to l>e
nailed np to the tree.
One of his four wives was an Italian
girl named Aieha, carried ofT, when a
child, with her brother. She was a
queenly young woman, and, after the
French occupation, was instructed, and
in time married a French oflie- r. Her
influence h:ul been great with the H ulj
Ahmed, yet when her brother, nfter ris
ing to a high rank in the army, dis
covered finally that his sister was in tlie
harem, the iladj Ahmed put him to
death for daring to ask to Bee her.
One day some of the women found a
pipe f and, to divert themselves, dressed
one of their number in a turban and
robes, and set her up to smoke while
they waited upon lier. Iladj Ahmed
hurst in upon this childish scene, tore
his inoek representative from her seat of
honor, had her month sewed up as a
punishment for daring to place lus ppo
within it, and ordered her to be put to
death.
From time to time, during liri rule,
two men would be seen nt night, one
bearing to tlie height overlooking th"
valley of the Rotimel a long IH>X open at
each end, the other a white suck from
which smothered moans escaped Halt
ing nt three stones, the hw w.i* placed
011 tlie middle one, the sack slipped in,
one end <>f the box raised, ami the sack
shot out down apnvipioe of six hundred
feet. Home hours later men approached
the sack on the rocky bank of the river,
opened it, took out a woman's corpse,
and conveyed it to the grave.
This monster lived many years aftei
his overthrow, and died an object ol
horror.
About the Fly.
When a Detroit woman answered tlio
door-bell the other day she found a
stranger on the step. lie had n bundle
in his hand, a smile on his face, and he
said:
"Madam, can I sell you some fly
paper ?"
" Does the paper fly?" ahe asked.
" No, ma'am, but it makes the flies
fly."
" What do I want tlie flies to fly for ?'
she continued.
" Every fly, madam"— he was ex
plaining, whciypic called out:
" I want yoioo fly ! I can get along
with flies better than with agent* !"
" But I am not on\he fly," he softly
protested.
"Our dog is," she grimly replied, and
so lie was. He flew around the corner,
the agent flew for the gate, t" e roll of
fly-paper flew over the curb, and a news
boy climbed a tree-box to be out of tlie
muss and shbuted : •
"She flew, thou flyest, he flied, an I I
believe tlie dog got a piece of mem with
that ooat tail!
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1877.
Ferocious Attack on a I'aj master.
One of the most >les|a<ratc daylight
attacks on record wa* mode iu Heranton,
I'tt., few weeks ago, by a pair of mask
ed robber*, upon Day muster Ib-su 11, of
the Delaware, Luekawuliuu ulld Western
railr- ad company, and his assistant,
U tptam Calling, while on tlieir way to
pay the employees at the Cavuga and
itrishiu oollierics. The niurderous af
fair occurred within a stone's throw of
the Brisbiu mine, at a short distance
from the main roa.l, Ix-twii-n llyde l'ark
and Urovideiie-', almost in the uu<lst of a
thickly [xipulatcd settlement, and sliortly
after one o'clock in the aftefnouu. Pay*
master J. 11. Bessell and Captain \V. 11.
Oarliug were driving leisurely along, in
a buggy in which they had the money
for the men, unmuutiug to twelve thou
sand d< 'Rivrs, and on arrivuig at a point
of the road which is crueticd by the rail
way, and guarded by a gate on each side
of the truck, they lialbxl for the purpose
of Mr. Curling getting out ami opening
tlie gates that thev might paaa through.
The captain was just ui the act of re
turn iug tiie l:q> robe from hi* knees,
w hen he and his companion were startled
hy the sudden appeuruueeof two inasketl
robbers, who had been crouching by the
riiHslsidc iu wait for them, aud now
sprang up and jaunted jiistola at their
heads. The men were closely masked
with something that conqdeteiy covered
their fiM*tm, so that it was im|HHiHible to
get even a gluupss of their features.
Thi-y were quite close to the buggy,
being no more than tw-- yar.l* from tlie
horse's heaul, and their apjx-arauee fairlv
urmrrve l tlie payma-*L r and his asaist
ant for a inoineut. TF.ey made uo de
maud, and it was ovnleut fr<n their ile
tenuiutHl denn anor that U was their in
tention to murder and rob the men in
charge of the miners' jy. lu less time
than it takes to tell it, one of them dis
charged his revolver at Captain Darling's
head, which, fortunately, was inclined
backward, owing to the piwitiou he had
taken L get out of the buggy. The bul
let glanced along his left cheek, and
plowed its way through the fskiu of the
temple, leaving u ghastly mark, but
fortunately going whistling harmlessly
beyond it* intended victim. Such n sud
den shock, thrilling situation and nar
row escajie from instant death, fuirly
atunued the i-nptatn for the moment,
but somtuoning up !<: aivustotned cyol
uess and oourage, he w.- oat of tlie
tnnqry iu an n.stunt ami he cried to hie
rotmatuion : "Shoot tln m—shoot tliem
down !" Tlie horse, frightened by the
report of the mwwin's pistol, plunged
forward, leaking it JI iiflicnlt matter for
.Mr. It .- ell v, I w s atill iu the carriage,
t j tunc at 'll at tin )•**•> sins, but before
the words were fh-'ki "I his revo'ver was
leveled nt tlie highwaymen, at whom be
tired, it was u close struggle. The
mitrJewrs were now m> further oiT than
five feet from tlie bnggv in which the
money lay, lm' it required more than
the Ji-Toimu of e\tu a higliwayman to
approach it uuder the deterininixl guard
of l'avoMMtsr lJessell, who held his
gmtuul tiriuly and kept tiring at the
would-be assassins, who now, seeing they
were foiled, turned and tied iu the dinv
t ion of Church's Corners.
Prorhniutioii by the tzar.
The czar i<*tie.l the foliciw ,ng j rocla-
Uiation to trie Itulgariaua, oil the day 011
wi i-h the Kissuui army crossed tlie
Dantflie:
" My troops hare crossed tb*> D.tnttle.
To-day they cnti r your territory, where
they have ready seven linn's fought fur
the aiii 1 Miration of the Christian iuhnbi
t uits of Turkey. Rnssia stii! la-ars the
naiue love ami solicitude towanl all
ChructiaiiH in Turk eyas wlien she secantl
the liberation of Servia and liotimania.
i have oiufi-h-(l to niy army the mission
. f sc'.'uriug the --nor ,l rights of your
nationality, which you liavi a -quired by
centuries of stilTenng and th" lihssl of
martyrs which has snaked your soil.
Itussin's mission is to build np, not t>
destrev. She is called by the decrees of
I'riviilcnce to conciliate and jmcify all
races and denominations in th-wc jiarts
of llulgaria inhabited by a mixed pofn
lution. Henceforth t!?e ltiissiaii arms
will protect every Christian against all
violence. N"t veng mice but strict equity
will guide our acts."
The proclamation promises also equal
jirotectk>u to Mussuluiaiis but impartial
justice upon known jiar'ieijiators in atro
cities. It urges the abandonment of 111-
testine dissensious amD announce* that
as fast as the Bnsslani advance Turkish
rule will be replaced by regular organi
zations in which the native inhabitants
will 1m- summoned t<> take jmrt under the
supreme direction of sjiecial authorities
and Bulgarian legions will be formed to
serve as the nucleus of a hs-al armed
force destined to maintain order and
security. The proclamation concludes:
"Follow faithfully the instructions of
the Russian authorities. Therein lie
yonrstreupth and security. With hntml
i'y I pray the Lord t-> grant ns vietorj
over the enemies of Christianity and to
send down His -blessing upon our just
cause."
Black Hills Waifs.
The following items are compiled from
the Black Hills newspapers. They are
ehfttneteristic of the new land of gold :
Humored advent of Fuglish capitalists
to make Dendwood nlive.
" Am Hick, for sale," was the notice 011
an immigrant wagon recently driven into
Den wood.
Dendwood Sunday services are held
over the jKist-oflice.
Deadwood emigration equals Dead-
WKI1 immigration.
Miners' wages are four dollars jer
day.
Ileal hears prowl about the mining
camps.
The prominent Deadwood hotels a<l
vcrtise " All languages spoken." Have
they conquered Russian ?
Potato Creek pays 300 men well.
Rich specimens of copper ore are
found on Box Elder Creek.
Tlie Doadworxl sheriff wants an owner
for a sjinn of mules.
BearGttlch large quantities
of g"!d. •
Thirteen hundred advertised letters in
the Htuck Hill* J'ioiire.r. The ea|itnls in
the font gnvo out and the fiohrcr is
spelling the Jones with little " js."
The beautiful jianoranin of nntnre be
tween Hjienitlsh and Dead wood is marred
by the susji.eioii that an Indian and rifle
lurk under the dense foliage. There
every prospect pleases and only man is
vile.
The poll tax is due and .second-hand
sewing machines are already for sale at
Deadwood. 80advowees civilization.
The Black /fill* JMinr* will sell an
account of $1.25 against one Smith very
cheap.
The Dethroned Sultan.
Murad, Turkiey's dethroned sultan,
lives, a gloomy man, in a palace on
Heraglio Point. * His mother is constantly
by his side. She tastes his food before
it touches his lips, and she allows no
one to njiproach him until she knows
the object of the visit. His beautiful
daughter, Blanche,-the Circassian, whom
he had reared uii to an European educa
tion in tlie family of his private jihysi
eian, is with him also. As soon as he
was called to the throne he had a part of
the iiarera lilted up for her exclusive
use in a style of the most luxurious
splendor ami expense. Her abartmeut,
whose embellishment cost nearly 100,000
francs, was just finished as Murad was
forced to abdicate,
ACROSS THK DANUBE.
HUM Ifcr Kuualnna I.Si-rn.l ibr I'uaanflr ml
HID Ultrr.
A special dispub-li gives the following
account of the passage of the Russian
troops across the I Limits' nt Himuitza:
Under the willows and buuurisks tliere
were collected, alHiut six o'clock ut uight,
Isists ami men. At eleven o'clock they
tH'giui to crosa. Both during the cross
ing and aJU-rward they suffered seriously
from the fire of two batteries, und from
rifle tire.
Oue guu standing alone tired with
Steadiness iuid precision turd creaUsl
some damage, but, nlthough tlie meti
suffered, tlie boats went and oaiue 11 tit 1
men enough were collected to hold their
own when morning duwmsL Hull the
Turks uuule a feeble resistance, fur re
aistaaoe must surely be fts'ble which can
not prevent 208 boats from passing to
and fro on a broad river. DragomirufTa
division of the Eighth corps was tlie first
to cross. Tlie Turks fired the last round
a little after oue o'clock.
On the Tnrkisli side the hunk jireHetits
low cliffs and steep declivities, and lie
hind tliut more gradual ascents, but al
ways forming Jierftelly defensive jswi
tious, which were, iu foot, only feebly
contested.
Ou the right of the Russ'ans ojijMmite
Histova, all ilay, threr* battalions of field
artillery,tiring slowly, heljssl to crush the
opjMisiiiou of tlie Turks. To the left of
the lauding place, couceali-d among wil
lows, were more batteries, aud further
left still, horse artillery. From that
jswition a whole fleet of Turktnh craft*
was visible. One of tin in wa* a war
vessel. Its iua'tivitv was uuaccount
lbk
B tween one and two o'clock the next
day the first Hunsuui gun WHS ferried
over ou a stage snjqiortcd by two JSlU
toous, and by that time the column of
wounded ceased to pass. The cliaract .w
of thfi roaistauce may 1M- cstiuuited by tlie
faet that so far as know n there were only
ltd wounded, and giving a fair proj*>r
tion for the killed, it niuv be siud tliat
the Russians loss was alKiut 20R.
Though the Russian* crossed at Sim
nitzs easily, it has uot been so higher tip
tin- rivr near Tumu-Magnn-li, where
their attempt failed. We must therefore
suppose that Himuiizs will iNtvime the
chief jsiint of j>iis--age for other c >rps
ttmn 0i >*e originally destined to cnss
there. As matters stand one corps ouly,
the Eighth, will have ginned a march on
tin' Turkish army.
The ltusfiisus wisely drew a thick veil
srouud their movement at the last
moment, placing sentries on every road,
11 nd suffering uo man to pass. Tliey theu
| . ->ed higher up the river tluui was ex-
I ected.
What Farmer*' Sen* Ought to Know.
To til owe who prize the fri-ialom pecu
liar to a life iu tlie country, and also the
security of a steady occupation, th, pur
suit of farming in tins country < tiers
great advantages. Every talent that the
uiost gifted young man jsnsiiasas may l*i
exercisol in c >um-ct:on witii agriculture,
and the m<u finished his Mtacation the
le'tter will Is* his chslictss of gaiutug cul
ture from hissurrtMiudings and acquiring
influence with his neighb r*.
Alreadv a large js>rlion of tlie jx>rma
liejit We .Itll of our uatioii is in the hands
of farmers, and every facility is offered
by our laws for any one who wishes to
secure a farm for himself. The intro
duction of machinery for almost all kimls
if farm work, the multiplication of
means <if transportation, and the great
■teniaiid in cities ami towns for the liest
farm produce, ruiik<-s it mv, -wrv for a
man t> know the coat of each crop he
raises that )*• mav devote his time and
l:.lsr t > thnfwhicli |ays tb' highest pT
cent, on (>ajiital invi-sted. Hundreds of
farmers annually dispose of their wheat,
jxiUtoes, apples, corn, rattle or horses
ut tlie market jiriee, without knowing
the actual cowt of jmkluctioti of any
crep. As a natural oonscqnence they
go on Year after y.-ar iu Uie nunc way;
while (>y knowing exactly tbooi*4of rnts
ing a bushel of w heat or a ton of liny or a
jixiuid of wool, thev could soon decide
where their profits lay, and discard the
crojs which experience j>rnved to bring
them only low.
Now to know the precise cost of any
f.trru product, it is OM necessary that a
farmer should kH-j> accurate account* as
for a merchant or manufacturer. To no
elnss of business men is n practical
kuow!e]ge of tmok-keeping more valu
able than to onr farmers. Because
many have succeele*l without it in the
past dites not alter the case. A higher
standard is before the farmer now.
'l'lieir j M since must IHJ of gissi quality
to meat with reauly sale, and to insure
that success now demands that eajiital
lie invested in gissl huihlings, machinery
and imjirovisl kinds of grain, fruit and
live stock.
They need to know the exact returns
yielded by all suelr investment*, which
can Is- nscertaiiKsl only from a complete
r.nd accurate system of acooonts. I*-t
us imjiress nj>n vonng farmers, stock
dealers and frnit-gTowera the vast bene
fit yon would realize fnim a coarse of
business training. Better give a year of
vour time now to this study; you would
he more than repaid for your time and
money in five years. Burely it is time
Mm leading industry of our State and
country was conduct oil on the same
principle* that control less imjxirtnnt
interests.
Marriage Under Bilßrulties.
At Belehertown, Mass., an Amherst
couple, named resjieetively Fry and
Boil, were married under rather exciting
circumstances. The girl's father didn't
want her to marry the man. so the latter
took her to n jilaco where her sister was
employed till the wedding could lie ar
ranged. The sister, however, was also
opposed to the match, because the same
fellow had previously made love to her,
ami so she locked tlie bride exjieetaut in
her room. After a night's incarceration
she juinjied from the window ami joined
her lover nt the hotel. The clerk of
the house drove off furiously for n clergy
man, and the Methodist |>astor was just
beginning the ceremony when the sister
apjieared at the window to forbid tbj
bans. The certificate was all sight,
however, an 1 the minister concluded to
go on, but in his excitement he read
most of the liiijitismal service, begin
ning: "Whereas, all men are born in
sin," and repeated the mimes of the
couple ho last married. The clerk held
the door so that the sister couldn't enmo
in. On the following Sunday the girl's
father came to the church door and
called the minister from his Hunday
school class to demand of him why he
married his daughter, at tlie same time
admitting her legal age. Meanwhile the
groom has lost his place at Amherst, and
left for jiarts unknown.
AYmucn Farmers hi the West.
Numliers of strong, healthy, audable
liodied women are earning 11 goes! liveli
hood, and laying by a oompeteney lor the
future by farm life on the plains of Ne
braska. Many of these female farmers
have taken up their farms under the
"land laws," which are applicable to
Isitli men and women, and, notwithstand
ing the grasshojiper scourge which has
afflicted the State, many a widow with a
dependent family is to-day cultivating
her farm, raising her herds, tending her
dairy, and thus'providiug.for her family
uud securing for herself a competency
that cannot be gained in the factories or
salesrooms of the East, not even in tlie
sohool-roomt or' 'behind the foot-light*."
All Indian I'rophvt.
The North American Indians are |n<
etihurly sensitive to the mtiucuce of pro
phetn, and olio of the most notable o|
these is a sexagenarian named Hinult
hullo, beluugiug to tile Wallnwnlla trils
on Middle Columbia river, who list
been disturbing the uututoriot Indian
mind for several years post, uud of whom
an interesting account is given bv tlie
A'sriow. Hmiihliulle was originally a
medicine man of his own Oregouian
tribe, lu the pursuit of his calling he
met a thorough biblical scholar, ami im
proved so much by his teachings that he
started on his own account as au ludiau
prophet, and went about disseiniustiug
his doctrine by speeches, discussious,
and demonstrations. The gist of this
doctrine wa* tlie love of our fellow-iueu
snd tlie complete return of the "old hap
py state" of tlie Indiaus before the ad
vent of the white rai**. His followers
constituted themselves a prtqiogandiMt
society about the year 1802, and he soon
gamed 11 reputation amoug the tribes on
the Columbia as a reformer, a public be-
Uefactor, and u jiresumptive redeemer
from tlie foreign yoke. Altliough his
disciples are generally considered as
"smart impoetara" bv the white settlers,
Hmulihuile himself does not deserve this
epithet. Like Mohammed, he jiromisea
multiple conjugal felicitv to his follow
ers, uud is himself bfesaod with five
wives. His secretaries jiladgt- them
selves to maintain and sjiressl tlie doc
trines even after his death, and they dis
tinguish themselves from other ludiaus
by decorating themselves with two black
dashes on each cheek, with one white
dah or streak intervening- The belief
in Hmulihallewill, in theiropiuiou, event
ually bring the country iut their own
undisputed jKisMessiou. They tiuite three
times every ilsy for worship. This
movemt nt, it is stan d, is rujudly spread
ing, snd many trilxw of the "Columbia
Basin, from tlie Klainatli I-akea to the
Upper Colombia, have joined the seet
wholly or jiartiaUy. Hmuhhalle don*
not leave lus own cainji, which is at Ra
pids du I're ou tlie Columbia river, but
preaches there his docß-me witli the em
phasis, imagery, und wilubihtT so well
known to Indian discourses. The re
cent dissatisfaction among the Nex Per
ms Indian*,* numerous tribe residing
on the Oregon and Idaho reservations,
is mainly attribute*! to this "retorraa
tory" movement of Hmuhhalle and his
follower*.
liirkii) to llratll by Hi* Horse.
Charles de Harvard Carr, manager of
the Cincinnati Coffin Company, wan
killed in Inn stable in Cincinnati by
being kick*>l by one of his horses, al>ut
noon one day recently. The unfortunate
geiitlixiiiUi, who hud moved into hia ele
gant new residence at the corner of
Kiuggold and Voting sirx t* a month or
no ago, had recently purchased a vorv Ane
ly her*)', Mil alssit eleven o'clock on
the luorurag of hl*i death he left hia
honae and procxxxled to hia a table ou the
next square to have n look at the animal.
When lie went into the btUtdiiig he fatt
ened it* door on the inside, and that vraa
the laat NOI of hiin until alxnit half-paat
twelve o'flock, when William Brooks,
hia colored coachman, who had lxxu
down town on a message, went over to
the stable to see what wo# detaining Lua
master and keeping him fnun hia home.
Brooks, 1 M ing unable to get into the sta
hle, or to get any answer* to hia call* to
Mr. Carr, went to the window, winch
mas open, and, upon looking into it, he
saw Mr. ('rr lviug on the floor under
the borae'a fioots, quite dead. He
jumped into the window aud pulled the
laxly buck fr.-ai the reach of the animal'a
tux f*, and then gave the alarm. The
daeeaand wo* carried to hia home —a ter
rible nig lu for hia loviug wife tuid family.
From the character of hia injuries, it sp
penro as if Mr. Carr must liave lieen ex
uniiii'tii d.o hind legs of the lay horse,
when r gray liorse. which waa in Uie
next nail, kicked him in the aide of his
face • villi terrific force. One of tlie calka
of tlie animal'a shoe at nick him Under
thee.ir. and Dr. Muaaey, who examined
the Uxiy during the afternoon, ia of the
opinion that the kick broke Mr. Oarr's '
neck, and that he died instantaneously. j
The Turkbh Camp at Shtinila.
A war ewrvapondout of tlie London
Hmea liaa Uiia t aaj a boat tlie appear
ance and beliavior of the Turkish sol
diera at the town of Shutula, east of the '
Danube : I will now permit myself to !
aay a word or two upon tlie general ap- j
|M-anui<x< and cliaractenatic* of thia i
army. To begin at the base, 1 have every
where found the rank and file aound.
Take your samples whenoeeoever von
hkt —cither from the Egyptians at Var
na, the Arab# at Rustehuk. or the mix
ed races here, among cavalry', artillery,
or infantry, and tlie result ia fhe same.
You get tough, broad-shouldered pa
tient looking, and olwdient soldiers.
Thev have their viees, bat their especial j
strength lies in their perfect sobriety. ;
With a camp of 1 will not say how
many men, but with a great camp like j
this, overwhelming this little town, the j
grog shopkeepers are simply lxing min
ed because th*re is no bnsiness, and the
street* are as quiet as the city of Loo
don on a Sunday afternoon. I have
seen other armies, and not one that I ,
have known has had that virtue.
In this respect our frieuds across the
Danube are very heavily handican]Hxl.
Thus, among " tlie Russians being
marched into the trains at Bucharest the
other day, I counted seven staggering
men nt eight iu the morning, and the offi
cers took no notice whatever of their
condition.
A Young Lady's l'lain. Simple Dress.
Tlie following is clipped from the Toledo
(Ohio) Jiladr : Now we begin to have
an idea of what a plain, simple dress for
a lady is. The lady principal of a young j
ladies' seminary in Tennessee has
made a sixxnfic chart for the govern
ment of her sweet girl graduates in their
costuming for the commencement day
exercises. It is gratifying, snceint and
clear, and we have pasted if tip for fu
ture use as u standard in determining
whether any feminine dress is " simple "
or "rich." The mandate ruus: "Tlie
young Indies are to dross in white, and
the material is to be muslin, tarlatan, or
its equivalent. Notrimnflngs pormitted
except when made of the same mater.al
as the dress. Luce, sdk and satin ex
pressly prohibited. No satin or silk
sashes, and no train ove,r ten inches ip
length. No sleeves shorter than the
elbow. No flowers, except a brooch
bouquet and as dressing for the hair.
No jewelry except earrings. Any young
lady disregarding these regulations will
not be allowed to appear at commence
ment. " .
Herman Cremation.
It apjM'ars to be a fact that the Ger
man society for the introduction of cre
mation has paid the sum of fifteen thou
sand.marks to the town of Ootha to cov
er tin* necessary excuses of erecting a
cremation apparatus. Strict regulations
have also I asm published by-the polioe,
ordering the examination by competent
medical officers of all bodies submitted
to be burned, so as to prevent cremation
in all eases, where the causes of death
have not been properly ascertained. In
order to still further guard against
abuse, b.alies sent to Ootha from abroad
are to be subjected to the mime, or even
more stringent, rules before being re
ceived for the operation. At first, no
corpse is to be burned uuless the deceas
ed had expressed a wish to that effect,
and tlie relatives have approved.
TERMS: a Year, in advance.
FAR tl, H ARDEN AND HOI'NKIIOLD.
UuklMS US*.
Til* old saw which tolls Ih* farmer Ui
" Make hay while the sou unities " dom
not go far enough in the way of advtoe,
for much |>oor hay is made iu the best
of haying weather. A man cannot make
good hay out of poor material ; conse
quently, he must not only have wane
good plant Ui lu-giii with, but tuuaicut
it at the jiroper stage of it* growth. The
best of timothy and red-top, or any of
the clovers, if allowed to stand until
rip* ao i the leaves drop, are worth little
more for hay than so much rye straw ;
and it is to the imisirtance of cutting hay
early that we wish to call especial atten
tion. There is never too muah fielder
raved anywhere lor th* use of stock in
wiuter ; but there is a vast quantity
gathered which is almost worthless, be
cause ojN-ratiou is delayed until the
plants are |iast tlieir best.
Haymaking consists esseutiallr in ex
pelling th* moisture from green berliage
cut in a succulent stags, and it ought to
lie so conducted as to expel nothing but
water, while retaining as much of thia
u- will secure tlie jierfect eouscrvatiofj of
th • hay. If too large a quantity of
in listnre is retained, fermentation, fol
lowed by deterioration of value, results.
The best time to cut a er.ip lor hay ia at
the moment of completion of growth in
tie still tire of the jiliuit, when the forma
tion of seed has ooiuweaocd. If the
operation is delayed, the stem begins to
liguify, or become woody, and the most
im|x>rtsnt nutrient priucipiea are ab
sorbed by the seed, which is generally
ost by falling out, becoming scattered
during harvesting, or while the hay is
Ixung fed out to the stock. Hie agricul
tural chemist as well as our most thor
ough scientific farmers have long since
demonstrated the fact that all plants de
signed for dry forage should be cut
early, tliat is, liefore the seed 1* formed,
and while both tlie leaves and stems are
in a soft, succulent condition. We be
have this point is o well settled that
none but the most ignorant of our
farmers would advocate a Jslav of hay
making beyond the period named ; still,
through want of a proper system of man
agement, hundreds do not get ready to
enter their hsyfields until tee season is
so far advanced that making good hay is
out of tlie question ; and we think it
would lie no exaggeration to say, that,
through neglect to gather in time, the
hay crop of the Cuitad State* ts loosened
iu actual feeding value twenty p-r cent
—a lus* to the country of nmlions of
dollars annually. This waste of materia!
is so widely distributed tliat it is scarcely
felt by individuals ; atill, it h one of the
great leaks which help to kcqp our fann-
ers poor.
It i* not alone in the depreciated value
of the hay crop that the effect of late
haying is seen ; for another fact, which
has also lieen fully demonstrated, is,
that the production of seed of plants is
an exhaustive pmcem in Itself, and, with
tlie exception of two or three specie* of
grasses, injury to tlie mot* and general
loss ul vigor follow late gathering of the
crop, lu other word*, meadowa last
longer if the hay is cut early than if left
until the seed ha* formed, and a second
gmwth of herbage is more t>ur to follow. '
Auv one who ha* Sown-rye or oats fofr I
aodiug purposes knows tliat if mown be-h
fore the heads bare fairly formed, two,
three, or more good cuttings may tie ae- 4
cured during the season from the urigi- 1
ual root*; but let the grain become
fairlv formed, and oue cutting will be
sufficient to kill Ui? plant*. Hie same '
principle* lmht gcotl in the management
of the perennial grasses of our meadows
and pasture*, and it would be well for
every lartuer to consider them while
making jrcparuUon for haying the
present season.
In many puts of the country tliere
arc large tract* of swamp lands, cover
ed witli a luxuriant growrlii of a low and
net vttt nutrient grass, and other kinds
of plants, from whicti a pasmldj gool
forage liogiit lie made If Uiey were se
coral in AWMI. Hut thewe low groudits
u* usually left until tbo very last, be
cause the pnaluct is uot ao valuahl* a* •
tliat of the upland ; bcaiilea, the herbage
upon them keeps green later in the sea
son, and it is generally thought tliat there
1* no hurry about cutting liog or swamp
bay until after harvest, and the hurry of
farm work is over. This view is errene
, ou*, iuasmucn as the bog grasses and
other plants growing in such situations
are genehilly of a lower order and leas
nutritive than those growing upon dry
land ; and thev lieccme very hard and
woody long before showing Mgus of ma
turity bv assuming a brown or yellowish
color, like those in onr cultivated fields.
Tliere are mauy of these bog grasses or j
txvlge*, which would be eaten by cattle
in winter if cnt very early, before the
stems and leaves become hard and
woody; and, although we would not
recommend the saving of snch material*
for fodder if better kimls have to be neg
lected in order to secure it, there are
j thousands of cattle that suffer every win- j
ter for want of food, and to these even bog
hay would be a blessing. The old saying
that " a straw-stack or pile of green twigs
is lietter tliau a snow-bank " for cattle to
wallow in during winter, is ajiplioable to
this swamji hat; and we can scarcely !
urge too strongly the importance of gath
ering all such material for the use of
stock in winter. It may not be needed ;
neither is it always economy to save
wheat straw, especially in i-gious where
the winters are mild, and better forage .
plentiful; but the season may come
when such unimportant material will be
liandy, as it is this year in California,
where, owing to a severe drouth, all
crops have failed
The wise man lays up stores for future
needs, as well as for a present supply ;
oonseqnentlv wc advise our reader* not
only to "make hay when the sun shines," ,
but whenever time and ojijiortunity pre
sent, and out of whatever materials tliere
may be at command. - —Arte York Sun.
Iloaaebold lllats.
To Kitier HTOVIW'FROJI Rnmxa,-
Kerosetie applied with a cloth to stow
will keeji them from rusting t hiring the
smuttier. It is, also, an excellent mate
rial to apply to all iron utensils used
atamt a farm.
A TACK M HKARON.— If the corner of a
aafpetgeta loose, prevents the dooroj>en
ing, or trijw every one that enters the
room, nail it down at once. A dog's-eared
'carpet marks tlie sloven as well as the
dog's-eared book.
• BF*T UPDOING. —One cupful chopped
suet, one cupful milk, two cnjisfuls sour
inilk, half a cupful molasses, one aud a
half cupfuls Indian meal, one aud a
half cujifuls flour, one teaspoouful soda.
Halt.
How TO CLEAN OIL CLOTHS.— If yon
wish to have them look new and nice,
wash them with soft flannel and luke
warm water, and wipe perfectly dry. If
you want them to look extra nice, after
tltev are wijied drop' a few sjioonfals of
milk over them, aud rub tliein dry with
a cloth.
MOTH-PROOF BARRELS. —Barrels made
of pastelxmrd have lieen introduced this
spring for the packing away of woolens
and furs. These are 'seamless, and re
garded as moth proof. The haod, which
tits down suiiL-ly, is the only available
entrance for the moth, and directions are
given to paste a layer of brown paper
over this utmost invisible line when the
barrel is pjeked.
MOTHS IN CARPETS.—A good way to
kRI them ii ta take s coarse towel, sad ,
NUMBER 2(5.
wring it out of rluati writer. Spread il
smoothly on the oarjx i, then iruu it drj
Willi a good hot uou, repeating tin
operation on ail *u*p-<t-,i plw.ua, aiwi
those IMWI used. It >W not injure tht
carpet in the leant. It ia uot uooaaaarj
to pre** hard, heat and steam bciug tin
agent*, mid they do the" work (Ifeetuall)
on worn** and egg*.
rtaalrr M whk4i*frr.
It in not no generally known ainoug
far men a* it ought to lie that the yellow
riilgnt and uuirh of the Umd drift aoil of
the North hold dormant the germ* ol
white clover, which may he qu tokened
and the plant brought to light and made
to cover t'-e land with the finest of herb
age, a fund eapeaiady adapted to milk.
A inoiat aoawm will develop the plant,
hut it can he done, and hi any aeaaon,
by the ala of plaater (gypsum). A
l>ulid or a little more per acre, nuwn
narlv, will utert it forth no an to affiant
feed for that mm*uu. Tin* next aeaaon
the-growth will be continued, and oan be
improved by giving it another drawing
of the sulphate. For a greater and more
immediate effect, ttia flint saaann the
atone ehomld lie ground line—the finer
the better. The aeooiyl application the
muuioa following tuny be ouniaer and
more of it applied, aa It will hwt the
longer, than oiapeuaing with annual sp
pln-aUma. Especially in thin a favor
able mode fur treating hilly land that
from ita steepness preohulas the nae of
ibe plow, or the application of barnyard
manure; that will admit only of Iha ap
{ titration of the more meeutrated fert*-
mers, auch aa guano, the super pbua
phalea, eta But none of them can
compare with the profit realised from the
sulphate, which ia now obtained ground
to onler and of the beat quality here in
central New Turk at $4 per ton." Large
quantities are owed, arid the amount ia
mcrwamng. Tin we who have neglected
to aow it will find it to their advantage
■till to apply it If there ia rain enough
to diaaoive it the effect will be aeon in
Unit- enough to rover the field* in the fall
with a fine freah growth, making the
October milk rival that of 7nne, and if
not fed to rluae, start out in the spring
(without a drawing of planter) and afford
good feed during the aeaaon. If the land
ia ui good condition, aomewliat fertile,
and plaater ha* not been used. to apply
the plaater will make the growth pro
portionally heavy. One of or neighbor*
applied it to a piece of n-dted aoil which
had been put to potatoes tha year be
fore. Without plowing of harrowing
he aowed bis plaater at a venture, the
plot being a small one and no time to
plow it Such & grow th of white clover
I never before saw, ankle <Wp, and db
thick as it oouU atand. Without the
piaster it probably would have been
nothing, aa the season waa rather dry.—
F. (/., Mmtyomery county, If. I'.
Kton*t Rrrrl Tea Maav E*wl*
Upon one place, and never- attempt to
keep a J'ttt-n varieties wiUuC the apace
that should properly be devoted tO ocly
one kind.
This ia a g hiring and growing fault in
tliia ctiuhtry, in oertain quarter*. The
novice or the tuore experienced fancier
who give* hia .active attention to the
perfecting ot. a good flock of one or two
varieties, in the most sucoemful, and in
the end he -ika*( only tw<jome better
know u ia connection with auch one or
two kind* that tea breed* well, but he
•411 find it moat to hia profit in fin* end,
tMrtaas hia farm or estate be extensive.
Jn this latter case, any number of va
rieties mat be handled 'to advantage, if
fKficient ' "coJonito " are established
uprie different portions of the place.
Thin ia the principle. Separate your
finrk*—give them room and range—and
don't attempt to breed a hundred where
you ought to have hut a score together.
Re sure of it, On* ia wound advice,
and we liave learned ita importance in
year* of practical experiment" among
|K>nltry.— Poultry World.
Fash ten Nettts.
* Holbciu work is aa uudiiouahlw-as ever.
Robin'a-egg blue is the fashionable
shade f or tissue veils.
Colored flowers are used in the com
position of funeral decorattabt.
The Oorisande and the Sidonie are
the leading overskirts this summer.
Bod peonies, aa natural and large as
life, are among the fashionable artificial j
flowers. - • ;
Milk purses are fashionable again,
and ladies are crocheting them for sum- <
mer pastime.
Many rows of machine stitching are
seen on some of the handsomest summer
costumes.
Tansies are used in immense quantities
for funeral wrestiia and memento mori
designs.
A noveltv for umbrella and sunaliade
handles a U> have a small spy glass at
t!ie uiid of the handkf?
Tlie newest stylea'&f parasols have
jiagoda tops, and meaaA* >rym eighteen
to twenty-four inclisapom Ibe top to
the end of the ribs. *
Little girls under twelve wear princess '■
robes of white cashmere ferimme<l with
tkovis bice, and tiowa aiwi ladder* of
white or coioml ribbon. ■
The Veuitian women of the fourteenth
century wore drvsaas almost precisely
like tlie scarlet skirts and " pull backs
of the present moment.
Ministers' Salar^r*.
A New York correspondent writes as
follows <*>ncerning ehnreh tronble*:
" Thorn in much nnreci ud disquiet
with churches and ministers. Every
VSCADI chnreh is overrun with applicants.
Twentv, and even forty ministers have
spplied to be heard as candidate* before
a unall and weak church. As a oonse
mienoe, congregations become distracted.
They suppose they can havethair choice
out "of ail the ministers of the land.
After hearing several, and becoming
thorougldy disunited, they decide to
drop all those whom they have hoard,
and take the next man that ootnes.
Frequently the " uoxtTnian " is just the
one that is unadapted to the field. Many
of the churche* are desirous of having
their miuistera to leave them. The
present salaries were fixed on a war
basis. Congregations want to diminish
their salaries, and if the present incum
bent would take another field, they
would call a minister at lower rates, and
ministers would prefer a lower salary
with another church to cutting down in
their present charge."
A lteer With the Barb of an Arrow In
Ills Heart.
Yesterday, Humboldt (Cali
fornia) Timet, a great curiosity was
placed on our table—a deer's heart
containing the flint barb of an arrow.
Last Sunday Mr. E. Sharp, of Areata,
was out on Boynton's prairie on a deer
hunt. Hi. saw a large five-point buck,
and brought it down with his rifle.
Taking off the hide and securing the
ne&rt and other rare bits, he started
home. On arriving there, Mrs. Sharp
lioiled the heart, and when the meal was
ready, placed it on the table. In at
tempting to cut the heart the knife
struck against something hard. The
lady split the heart open, and in the flesh
paft the flint barb of an arrow was found.
It must have been there a long time, as
the ttesli was calloused all around it, and
the scar where the barb entered is plain
ly to bq seen. This is quite a curiosity,
as only a few such instances are known
to be on record.
Hun *f litnvot
Tb* moat truthful man rods tb day by bring
| at night.
Why ia an aapy man Ilk* • camel ? *Oaa*a
1 he* got hi* bw* op.
As Indian woman is aqnaw ; thsrefon an
Indian baby to a aqoawitog.
Tha gaUhllnhad ehutoh in Knglnnd baa an
annual www of iM,Oi*), OCX).
raopia who keep thing* laappla-pic ardar, dm
not always oatoog la thawpper ernet
la Hltaao yoara tha danuaiu in Knaliab ana
log* back* baa* amoantad to gM(,000,000.
It la tha man who ajw whMo Itnan olothaa
who la obUgwl to aldn nn fruit tree* for tho
" Another GowbMtaf Affair " waa the aaean
tionai baad Una a Waateft pot oaar
t Mat itefs) itHMff attention to titf foot fttVr
Tha farmor ahonid *ow Ida Fa, tap hi* ITa
■ranu, iiivohia 15a, rmmutom what bo <"*, teko
oar* of tiia V*. teach hi* wifo not to T, nay
all h. O'a, and ukr fu* EV.
"My hotel la p*t<tljt nf; ■**• a Hiob
mow) landlord, win* rna from every • inctow
■ill to the roof of tha budding opposite, and
balancing pote* ran be bad upon application at
thuofHe*.
, f A New fork setrvm ha* twao *i4Uag Biaok
.!! . Inland U rtuily uumiy. If aha want* to
oKut>Bi4ate miaary ia ita hhflwat aad teoadaet
I I anna* MM ahunld wateh a man |*naia a four
i j isti uvli oullar on a fifUtm-toch hirt baixk
1 A IDM bad Maw (laa* put in Id* wife * K
--. Uigc-auucn -to matob bn oyaa, be said. Hba
rvtoran) the oowpfcretit by baring red (laui
• put In b* . bbrary—to match hi*
noao, *he ald. He didn't warn to appractete
the xotupUtnen*..
Old beeheloiw wW read with anbdned joy Ibe
toitowhig apttapb eu one of their order, written
by bhaaSf J
At thrwitiflOf wifittm' end I di*l,
A ebiflriitf iff|ygy ( Mokt and md ,
The nuptial knot I IKW lied,
And wlabed my father never bad.
A female called far a Webb rabbit at a
reeUurant, and deaotmeeA the waiter becaoae
there wac no wart of a rabbit In tha diah
. Marred. " And no later than ri-*trd*y," raid
f the smarted wahrr, ••tlwwr was a man to bare
wbn growled beaaua* there ww* a bare In the
butter i east please 'em aB, anyway.
Outibeb Lerebanauer want from Ohio to Oall
farwa Ave year* *foto aefk a fortune, leaitng
a girl U bind btm who waa to wait faithfully
until be toaae baak to marry her. Oottheb was
MMoamfui in hie struggle for wealth, and thi*
< rprtng, havflw aewimnuicd •10,000, beretnrned
■to Ohio to marry hi* ■woathmrt. Ha did not
, luarr* tier, however, for aba waa already the
•tfe of an-.tb. r man. Oottheb u lirolun
hearted. Be went bach to Hacramettto and
cxaßiiliitlibd aaMdlr
The brewer* ebauid to Unite go.
The bootee* ail to Holly.
Tb* Quaker* to the Friendly late*,
The furrier* to CbllL
The little aaarbng, carubag babe*.
That break our nightly reel.
Khould be packed ott to Baby 100.
To of lo BtvoA
From bjittheed nook* go a'ar to Oteeoe,
And w biW tha miier wait* *
Hi* paeeage to the Guinea aoaat,
BpmdthrifU are to the MratU.
BtdnateTe ahnald to the Needle* go,
Win* MMxv* to Burgundy,
Oormand* ahuold lunch at flaadwicb L - 1 "
Wag* at the Bay of fundy.
fUnltiilcß to list: Bfatntf.
Maid* to the I*l* of Man.
Let gantiner* go to Botany Bay,
And *ln*iblMti* to Japan.
Tha* immigrate - tail mi*pl*nr 1 wen
Will than an laager rex aa,
And thee all who re M provided for
Had better go to Ti aa.
Thought* for SaUwflay NigkU •
Expeoacof time ia tha moat coatly of
all oxpenaaa.
Aa a moth gaawa a garment, so doth
envy conaum* a mac.
To some purpoas ia that man wine who
ia arise at another man'a expeuae.
The hen of our neighbor appcarw to na
jt gemae, ants the Oriental proverb.
The man who can be nothing but aeri
ooa or nothing but merry ia but half a
People uekhitn improve wbep they
liava no other model than themaelven to
copy after.
(>ur nature* are like oil, compounds
with everything, yet still we try to awira
upon the bop.
A hesitating, tardy, or grim yielding
'to the wishes of another, always grates
upon a luring heart.
The woman who ia twaalred to be re
xpeetod can make herself to be so even
amidst an amy of aokliezs.
Many men profews to hate another, but
no man owns envy aa being an enmity for
no cause but gAOdnee* or felicity.
We do not know of bow much a man ia
capable, if be baa the will, and t what
point ha will rise if be feels free. *
There ia this of good in real
deliver us while they last from the petty
deapotisni <4 all that were imaginary.
The aid asyiug is expreeecd with depth
ami aiguificanou: "tin the pinnacle of
fortune man does not long stand Ann."
Who shoot* at the nod-day sun, though
be be sure he will never bit bis mark, yet
an sure is he that be shall shoot higher
tiiao be who aims at a brush.
We gain nothing by being with such
aa ourselves. We encourage one another
iu mediocrity. lam always lonfftng to
be with men more excellent than myself.
—Lamb. • \
God has made no one absolute. The
rich depend otiiht poor, aa well as the
poor an the wh. The world is but a
mere building; all the stooea
are gradually CHnrnted together. There
is no one aa batata by himself alone.—
PrJtnam.
A Mease Attacks a Canoe.
The Aylmer (Quebec) Timet has the
following account of an extraordinary
encounter with a moose- "Aa Mr. Flat
ten, of this village, and Mr. T. IL Kir
by, of Ottawa, were traveling in a ca
noe on the upper Oatineau last week, an
ocenrrence took place which might have
had disastrous consequents* for them.
They had just rounded a point w/>en
they found themselves confronted by a
huge moose, who, with two young ones,
was playing in the water. Instead of
taking to the bush, as it waa expected
site would, the animal made at once for
the canoe, and attacked it with great
fury. Mr. Klrby broke his paddle over
the' immense head of the brute, and Mr.
Flatters cut off her front foot with an
axe ; but this only seemed to make her
more savage. Seeing the impossibility
of escaping they determined to shoot
tin- animal in urder to save their own
lives, if possible; so five or six well-di
rected riftota from the bailiff's revolver
ended one of the toughest fights which
ever took place between man and beast
in that neighborhood. - The two young
moose were afterward captured." ,
A boed Buiif Schsel Imw.
Deacon , a staid, cool-headed gen
tleman, well advanced in year*, was un
til recently a Sunday school teacher, re
j markable "for the evenness of his temper
and for his deliberate speech. He once
; had a class of bad boys—one of them a
vory bad boy—who tried in many ways
to provoke the teacher to wrath.- One
j day, while the old gentleman was ex
plaining one of the striking incidents in
the Bible, the young rascal deliberately
spat in Ins face. The good deacon, with
i out achiingeof a toue of his voice or look
ing round, proceeded with his explana
* tmn, but before wiping his facte, his
right hand, by a back-handed stroke,
came in contact with the month of the
! refractory pnpil, and as he is black
smith and that was his hammer hand, it
| required considerable drenching with
water to stop the free flow of blood from
the lips whose impudence needed this
lesson.
A Battle In the Water.
Jerry Lonergan and John MeCutchem.
levee laborers, had a dispute at the foot
of Washington avenue, St. Louis, and
, determined that the only fair way of set
tling it was to tight it ont. Fearful of
j being interfered with by the police, they
adopted the novel plan of repairing to
1 the river as a place for battle. They
waded out till about up to their waists,
and then went to, pounding away at en.-li
other, to the great entertainment cf the
crowd that gathered on the boat Finally
they clinched,.and in a twinkling both
went uuder. They were a stubborn,
desperate pair, and each seemed deter
mined to drown the other if possible.
They floundered under water for quite a
time, and there can be little doubt that
both would have been droWned had not
the spectators interfered and taken them
out. Neither had any wind to spare
when they got to shore, and the fight
vu a draw,