"Down the K4M11." A lnrty tramp, one cummer I d*T— Tte cun * glaring Aeroely down— Trndged on along the dnety way That led toward the nearest town. No friendly tree itc welcome ahade Athwart his weary pathway rant j No babbling brooklet leaped and played Along the roadside as he passed. •' I* there no shady spot," he cried, " At hand ?" to one who by him strode. " Oh ! ywa, ' the other one replied " A lttlli- fm(lter down the road." Ah. well! we all are tramps, at best 5 We stagger 'iioath life's daily load. Yet on we press - uidV|e for rest. " A little further down the road." The Work man's Wife. My loving bride no Jewels hath Save owe plain ring she wears. Few roses strew her daily path Of humble household cares; To deck her head with gorgeous plumes No bird of beauty mourns. Nil wondrous weft of cunning looms Her graceful form adorns; Bat she's the bright breast jewel of My busy. toiling life. Whose wish is but to hve and lore As helpmeet and as wife. White is her gown at morn -a fair. Soft robe at eveuitig'a hour, And, if aught she wear in bee dark hair, Tia a simple wildwi>od (lower; But, oh! the kiss that bids me forth, Light-hearted, to my work. Surpassed! all the (lowers of earth That in the greenwood lurk. And the glance that Ughta me home at last, Wbeu the day's loug task is through, 1. sweeter then is snuward cast From violets dashed Kh dew. From her soft arms our baby *}wead. Its chubby hands, and crows. The glancing firelight round their heads Its saintly hah) throws; And sometimes, when I see them se. Or in ihe doorway stand, Touched by the sunset's rosy glow. With peace oil every hanJ, My thoughts revert, with reverent love, Cnto the picture mild That Raphael wrought so purely of Madonna and her child. Few are the hoars we snatch from toil, Bread-winner, the strife— We've httle of the corn and oil, And ail the cares of life; Yet whiffs we have of country air Sometimes on afternoons. With the turds and dowers, MI park and square. That are soch grateful boons; And we envy not the pch and proud. Whose teams and coaches gay We yet may watch, and swell the crowd That lines their flashing way. And. lw*t of All, we new mope Apart in grief—akuie; When heert to heert apeak* comfort, hope Ne'er quite dreertt her throne. Herd tunes upon us often press. We're breed, end little more. Bat whatever cup of bitterness Hey be for me in store, I know my wife wiU drem her pert, Though it mentles dark end high. And I know the lore that brims her heert Will never, never die! Granger's Little Place. Mr frieml Granger, though born and bred in the city, had al wat ts been of what he called "a rural turn"—fond of flowers and trees, and of pictures and poems re presenting country scenes and subjects. He had also frequently expressed a wish that he oould affijrd to give up his city business and retire into the country, there to devote himself to model farming. Knowicg these tastes of his, I was not much surprised on returning to the city after a rather lengthy business absence, to find among my letters a card, inscrilied: "J. R Granger, Woodbine Cottage, Rose Terrace," with an invitation to "call soon." I went out on the following Saturday. The street oars took me into a newly created suburb, and within four squares of Rose Terrace, which I found to be a row of tiuv new cottages, and so called from having been 1 ft by the recent grading at an elevation of a)>ont eighteen inches above the level of the street, or rather road. Each eottxge wa buned in a Gothic portico or bow window, aial they were all so exactly alike that I might have experience.! some difficulty in finding Granger's but for the wo wl bine trained over the portico. On reach ing the garden gate I perceived Granger himself, attired in a loose jacket and broad-brimmed straw hat, busied among some rose bushes and lilacs in the front yard. He had a pruning knife in his hand and a sickle ami garden hoe lay at his feet. On seeing me he came forward, his round, ruddy face beaming with hospitable welcome. " You find me rather rusticated, I sup pose," he observed, with zest, "but the fact is I found the place sadly negl. cted —the lawn quite weedy and the shrub bery " —here he pointed to the lilacs and rose bttßhe*—" verv much in need of pruning; besides the grounds have got to be laid out, you see." I found the house a snug little affair, of two parlors and a library on the first floor, and a couple of chambers above, rather more room than was required by a bachelor, I hintct, though Granger received the suggestion with coutempt. " A wife is too expensive; and I would hate to lose my independence," said he. He took me into the garden at the back of the house—a space of some fifteen yards by too—and displayed to me with pride what he had effected. The walk* were tastefully bordered with gooseberry and currant bushes, but were rather nar row, and obliged ns to proceed in single file. There were tiny beds of vegetables —a strawberry bed and a melon patch cucumbers for pickles, and raspberries for preserves; besides, a trellis-work arbor, to be covered with grapevines. "You see," he added, " there's noth ing so pleasant as having fruits and veg etables of yonr own raising, served fresh and crisp from the stalk. It's convenient also, and renders you so independent of the market" He called my attention to a row of bee-hive* not yet tenanted; also pointed oat a fancy poultry-house, and a patent dog-kennel. In the midst of the gardeu rose a pigeon-houae of elaborate design, above which was a weathervane of his own invention—a shepherdess, pointing with her golden crook in the direction of the wind. On this original idea he greatly prided himself. "It suits the pastoral nature of the place, you see," he observed, com placently ; " and indeed I would not object to a pet lamb or two—only I'm afraid they might interfere with the vegetables." We were summoned to sapper by Mrs. Mir the housekeeper, a woman of reso lute aspect and determined mien. Hhe looked sharply at me, and evidently did not altogether approve of my presence. Also, it struck me that Granger ap peared a little snbdued while she poured out our tea, and brightened up when, that duty performed, she majestically re tired. " Yon appear to have a good house keeper," i remarked, glancing over the well-spread table. " On, decidedly, never saw better cooking in my life, and for neatness and order not to be equaled. In fact, some fiersons might be satisfied with Jess pre cision and neatness. For instance, she prefers that I should enter at the back door; and thinks it best to hang my coat and hat in the closet under the Btairs. Then, too, I can't always find my books and papers on the table and desk where I am accustomed to leave them." s " Servants can never understand these matters," I observed. "It takes a wife to accomodate things to man's tastes and habits." "Maybe so ; but I have no idea of giving up my independence. I prefer to rule alone in my own (house," said Granger, with an air of authority. When Mrs, Mix re-entered with a FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME X. fresh relav of toast ami ton Granger said, very much as if requesting a favor ; *' Mm. Mis, will you bo giwwl otiough to bring the Oheehire cheese? Mv friend hero is partial to it," Mrs, Mix elevated her ohiu and looked down mi us, '• l'hat oheese, Mr. Granger, sir," ahe said with dignity, *' that choose aiu't in exactly in the coudition to IK* a ornament to tlfis here t* table." " Why, what has happelual to it?" " Hat*. sir, has been at it, and nat'rally I didn't ealkelate that a |>ared ohiese would 1> tin* correct thing to act Ivfory a gentleman's frieu'a." - Mm. Mix retinal as before, and Granger, after a timid and suspicions glance toward the d>xir, remarked IU a subdued tone ; " It is really aingular about the mts. I had no idea that they were so deetrue tive in housekeeping. I eau't say how many pounds of sugar, butter, flour, tea and coffee they have made away with in the few weeks that I've bean here," "Set traps," I suggested. "I have doue so, but without success. Not a rat have I succeeded in captur ing." " I rather think that I smell one now," I hinted. " Indeed ! Where ?" inquired Gran ger, with interest, as he looked around. " Oh, nothing—outy it strikes me that Mm. Mix may not lie sufficiently eco nomical. " " Oh. yes, I think slie is. I don't complain of her wastefulness, unlv I fear she is a little careless at times. For instance, on Sunday I had a tine fowl, which I did not touch, preferring it cold; but, on inquiring for it at breakfast next day, she informed me that while enter taining her cousiu ahe had carelessly left it in the kitchen window, whence a strange dog had stolen it. It was the same story the week before, in regard to a ham ; and that cat also does a good deal of mischief among the pies and sweetmeats iu the pantry. 1 should think that a wouiau of Mrs. Mix's sense and prudence could guard agniiiHt such accidents ; but women are so contradic tory." . " A wife " I commenced ; but Gran ger interrupted me. " Yon see, I,'m too old to think of that now. besides, a wife is too exjieusive. I can't afford it" On my next visit to Woodbine Cottage I found things progressing not so favor ably as hail been anticipate*!. Some of the vegetables had not come np at all, while others, especially the melous and encumliere, had grown so rapidly, that being planted only a few feet apart, they had naturally fatally eneroadhed upon each other. The currant and gooseberry bushes had been attacked by mold, and hail beside, in their rapid growth, become entangled ucross the narrow walks, which would have to be widened. The chickens hail scratched np the flower seeds ; the watch dog (of wnich Granger obviously stood in awe) was given to eating hen's eggs ; the laws ( for which he had sent per express to Texas) had declined residiug in the new hives, and the vulgar minded small boyß of the neighborhood hail not only wor ried Granger by looking over the fence and inquiring il he were "raising sup plies for the Booskian war," but had made a target of the shepherdess, and knocked off her head and her gilded crook. "The garden is rather discouraging in fact," Granger admitted. " The place is too small. I oonld succeed 1 letter with a model farm, if I could afford to buy one. Meantime I think of making some ini provements in the house—adding a tow er to the east eud, and a high peaked gable on the opposite side—something between a cottage and a castle, you know. What do you think of it ? I would plant ivy around the tower, you see, which would make it picturesque. About a week after this Granger paid as a visit, and I could but notice how uncommonly bright he looked. Inquir ing about his little place, he replieii: "Oh, things are promising much bet ter, now. Fact is, there is a very pleas ant family next door—a young married couple, with an aunt—ahem ! A very intelligent lady, who knows all about gardens, poultry, tiees and such things, having a country place of her own. She —ahem !—she has given me soma very valuable information concerning these things—ahem !" Granger's face was a little more florid than usual; but that might be the effect of his slight cough. On leaving he invited my wife and myself to tea at Woodbine Cottage on the following Saturday to meet the Deu nys and their anut. Miss Timnis. It was a very pleasant little tea party, and to* make it pleasanter, Miss Tunrn* turned out to lie an old boarding-school friend of my wife. She was a nice, mid dle-aged lady, pleasant and sensible, and also good-looking, and, as my wife informed me, remarkably cheerful ami kimtlv in disposition. Why she hail not married, Mary Jane declared to be to her a myst- ry, especially as she posses sed quite a snug little property of her own. She herself asserted, laughing, that it was Is-cause the right man hail never presented himself. I hail never wen Granger so amiably 1 warning and blissful as upon this occa sion, while presiding at hia own lioard. Mrs. Mix, on the contrary, maintained a mien and countenance of extreme rigidity, and iu special regarded Miss Tirnms with glances of strong disappro bation. The table, however, was well laid, and there was plenty of everything nice and tempting, though the pride of the lioard was a dish of lettuce-salad, flanked on one side by a handful of cur rants in a large glass bowl, and on the | other by six or eight radishes, about three inches long, the product of Granger's own garden. "Yon can have no idea what a luxury it is to have fruit and vegetables of your own raising," he said to me in a sort of aside, while the rest were admiring the currants. "Take a little salad—arn't il fresh and crisp ? Next week I shall ex pect you to spring chickens and new potatoes. Miss Timms has been good enough to explain to me about raising i the chickens, and, in fact, offered to helj: in taking care of the yonng ones, if tbt weather prove too cold for them." We walked in the garden after tea, and my wife privately directed my atten j tion to our host amf Miss Timms, whi: were lagging behind in earnest discussion over a wilted cabbage ; also to the conn tenance of Mrs. Mix, who at the kitchen ; window was peering at the two with t resentful eye. "I am very much mistaken," observed Mary Jane, upon our return home, " very much mistaken if the reign of Mrs Mix and the rats are not approach ing a speedy end." I thought it improbable, but the su perior sagacity and discernment of woman was soon made apparent. Meet ing Granger accidentally, I inquired how he was getting on at Wf on the bias, and he asked Mr. Parsons to let him have eleving doz ing skeins of oottiug Imtting and send him up a man with a tin dipper ; he told Dr. Cochran, the denust, to oouio right up and fill the baby's teeth, and begged the doctor to hurry right away and put a half sole on the school house window, and then lie ran to the shoemaker's and asked liim if he hod vaccinate-' hh little girl's shoe, and amazed a si", c.-t ear driver by u--king htm for a badi ticket, and when the man came around with ; the oar-locks and dip-net, he told him to ! take them up and lay them in the front hall, the girls would show him where. And by three o'clock iu the afternoon it fchiul got all around town that old Mr. Throckmorton was drinking as bad as ever agam, and hadn't drawn a sober breath all ilay.— Turlington Hawkryc. w Tf>t of l>rith. Tlie importance of baring mime readi ly applied ami indisputable teat of • tlie fact of death is apparent, and many j are the processes that naye been offered to determine it. Nevertheless, such a test appears to he ftill a desideratum— i unless, indeed, we accept that offered by Kappeler. In course of his research en on the electrical stimulation of desd muscles, Kappeler subjected twenty I corpses to the action of various electric currents, noting the times of disap- 1 pearance of contractility. Jn jiersons j emaciated by chronic maladies, it dis- ! appeared much more rapidly than iu well nourished individuals, or those who had hail acute disease. It disap peared neventy-flve minutes after death at the quickest, and nix and a half hours at the slowest. In cases where a rise of temperature is olmerved after death, electric contractility persists longest. So long as there remains the least flicker of life tlie contractions continue intact. In the most prolonged faints, in the deepest lethargies, in poisoning by carlionic oxide, chloroform etc., there is no contraction as long as life lasts. But if the muscles make no resj>onse to tlie electrical stimulation, Kappeler pro nounces life to lie extinct. Two Marriages Instead of One. A marriage was arranged between two young people living some distance apart, near BeDgal, India, but who had never seen one another. The bridegroom duly arrived at the bride's village, and the ceremonies hail actually begun, wh n a report reached the bride and her mother that the intended linsband wns an incur able cripple. They both declared that they would commit suicide rather than complete the ceremony, and as it was a fact that the would-be bridegroom was a cripple, he was dismissed. But, accord ing to the prevailing superstition, eter nal disgrace would have attended the bride if she had not been married on that day when matters had progressed so far. So, another bridegroom had to bo Bought, and after searching the highways and by ways a boy was captnreil and duly mar ried in the place of the cripple. The latter being in the same plight, had also to provide himself with a bride before the day closed, and thus thers were two i marriages instead of one. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1877. (ONYItT LABOR ABROAD. ■oar Paris Iks l.,r*r>t t'rnllrnllari la tsctraaaa*. At I*loUonn*e, three-quarters of an hour'a ride from Berlin, m the largest penitentiary in Germany, concerning which we gather these facts from a Berlin letter; Those who have uo trade, U]MII their entrance are given the choice of that which they will learn. There are accom modation* fur 1,200 prisoners, and at the tune of writing there were only 100 cell* empty. The iliviaioii of solitary confinement and imprisonment for life ia always full, for the eiiijiemr ia so averse to capital punishment that he almost in variably commutes the sentence of death to long imprisonment. Here also each prisoner is expected to perform his cer tain amount of labor aud make enough to pay for his existence. Confinement, without light aud idleness#, is eutirely Banished, or, if used at all,is only incase of violation of the prison rules as a sec ond punishment. For lighter crimes the prisoners work together. There ore large and hsnd soiue workshops iu which every variety of work is manufactured. In one di vi ion, as we passed through, where over a hundred men bud finished their work and wcreeatiug their evening soup, our party excited a commotion which was really alarming,fur visitors are seldom or never jiorniilted to visit the prisons, and ladies never. The grimiest variety of articles are manufactured, freni the most exquisite wood carving down to the commonest sock* that are prepared by an American knittiug machine. Iu cue cell we found s man cutting eorka. In another eu velojies were cut and folded with re markable celentv. A third made ahoee, and noon through all the grade* of handi craft In the common workhouse richly carved oak chairs, with cams seats, were mailt*, and found ready sale in Berlin, as doei, indeed, everything made in the penitentiary. A fears days liefore our visit a fire had brekeu out at night in the itifla-iinable material in one of the workshop*. The building was entirely, cousutned, with all it# stores of material and tools. The most trusty prisoners were jieruiitted to assist iu extinguishing the thuiics, and uo damage was doue to the main building. In the kitchen the jiota aud kettles were of mammoth dimensions,and every thing is moved by steam. A vat almost aa large a* a small-sized liedroom waa full of peeled potatoes ready for the Sunday dinner. Everything is cooked to muah, or what could lie really and truly called " spoon victuals," as of course no knives and fork# can lie used. Twice a week they n*ceive fresh meat, which is always reduced to a stew with some kind of vegetable#. A plate of soup was handed ua to taste. It was for n* aimplv horrible, being made from the German brewn bread,a mixture to whieh our long residence in Germany had not accustomed us. The doctor told us tint every morning different divisions of the men paused iu review liefore him to state their griev ances and ailment#, and that nine out of every ten made " an evening prayer and morning petition for a change of fo>nl." But this style of food is one of their punishment*,and no cluuige ia permitted until they have reached the jaunt where the stomach actually rejects tin* slushy preparation. Then they are confined to their cells and furnished with solid food until it re#nme* it# normal tone. Every device is resorted to to prove themselves unable to partake of the common rations, and the doctor assured n# he wa* sometime* at his wit*' end to divide between real snd feigned wckueas or. this oue jioint. hood Talker*. A persistent talker is Dot a good eon- j veraatioiialist. The very won! ouuverea- ( turn defines ita meaning; it ia an inter- , change. The m*n vim iuaiata in talking j at yon ia a b<>re. The Englishdefinition of a Imre betray* the great national ' weakness in thia regard: " A IK ire ia one who inaiata on talking to yon about him- i s*lf, when yon want to IK* talking to him about yourself." Neither ia the confirm- j d gossip a good converaationaliat, for o">nvernation suggests diacourae ftlwuit thing* ratlier than people. Here ia an other bane of aocial interchange*. They an' too often on the lower level of that tdk which fimls ita subject matter iu per sons. Tliat ia goaaip. People who do not read or think must largely make peo ple and neighborhood event* the staple of their talk, hut the bad habit obtains j even among those who by culture have lieen fitted to make bettor use of their tongue*, Gossip does not always indi cate ignorance. It ia to be feared it has become a fashion into whieli even intel ligent people are drawn, lint thia kutd of talk ia neither edifying nor wise. If there were n vVorae reanlta.it narrows tiie mind to shut o ita view* to neigh borhood detnila. There ia no excuse for it now. Tlie world'* gates all stand open. The paper* bring all lands, all govern menta, all rising ideas, to our very door*. Books lead ua into the lilierty of the world, and the best of ita doing* and thinking. A growing vice in conversa tion ia a fondness for smartness. Tart ness, repartee, and satire are very good for ar, -iccasional reasoning; but, like horse-radish and mustard, they make a very poor dinner. People with this pro pensity of saying grinding thinga have a terrible power; you go awny from them with a feeling that the world is stuffed with sawdust— that you yourself are an imbecile and impostor, it may take days for yon to recover your proper standing with yourself. Then, if von ask your soul what fatal gift has tfie tormentor, whieli carries with it Uiia fatal power of making ita fellow mortal* miserable, you discover that it i the gift of selfishness. The person to whom you have lieen talk ing is ungenerous. A generous man or a geuerou* woman—you cannot come near such an one without receiving some thing that makes amend* for your own dinappointment with, yonr opinion of, yonraelf. An ungenerous person add* | the weight of another to your side of the I scales, and down yon go. A Tragedy. Two brother* hail grown np together. Their names were Henry and Stephen Hanes. Their father had died when they were quite young, leaving a large fortune |to be divided between them. Stephen i was a sober, steady going young man. | and hoarded his "money; while Henry was a profligate. One day, in 1807, j after Henry had squandered nil hia money, he suddenly diaappesrd, and nothing had lieen heard from him since. 1 Stephen continued to prosper and is to day a very wealthy and much respected r citizen. A few evenings ago, while 1 Stephen was quietly sleeping—he, with his family, having removed to a palatial mansion—he was awakened by hearing a i noise in his room. Ho immediately grasped his pistol ami sprang from his bed. The la sits of a man were protrud ing from under the l>ed. He took de liberate aim and fired four times in quick succession. No sound was heard. Hail lie killed the burglar instantly ? He grasped the boots and gave a tremendous jerk, and then went backwards over the washstand, and his own 1 loots went through the window. The cat was nnder the lied and had been killed. He tlnew the body out of the window and went to bed. Yesterday he received a letter from bis brother, who ia doing quite well , "out West." The Steppes of Central Asia. The steppes are the lint to rax of ancient seas which uiioe rolled over a large por tion of the continent of Asia, an 1 which, when swept by storms, rise iu tumultu ous waves, not of water, but of sand, the particles of which might lie likeueil to spray, but that they burn like sparks of fire. The terror inspired by these storms is such as to deter even the inoat adventurous merchant from traversing the steppea in summer, unless under thg most pressing necessity. Their aspect, when covered with snow, is described as straugely awful and oppressive, exhibit ing the expanse of the ocean, without its animation, and the solitude of the Arctic regions without their sublimity. Woe to the traveler who is overtaken by a snow-storm in the stepjies; his doom is inevitable, and bodies of troops, which have essayed the jierilous tusk of march iug across the steppes in winter, have been overtaken and overwhelmed by a tempest of snow. Dreary as are the stepjiea in winter, their as|ieet iu spring is not without a certain beauty. The vegetation is rapid, aud they are clothed with short vivid green grass,iutcr*|>creed with scarlet poppies, wild tulips, yellow larkspurs, gerumutna, aud many kinds of cruciferous and leguminous plants. The oases of Centra! Asia affords a striking contrast to the surrounding desolation, and the cities which in past ages sprung up in these favored spots abounded in everything that could gratify the heart of an Asiatic. Even in their decay they possess attractions which excite the en thusiasm of travelers, and Bokhara, Balkh, Khokan, Samareaud, Khiva, and Taahkend are still celebrated for their Itabbliug streams, bubbling fountains, delightful gardens,and deep,umbrageous groves. The oases are vary carefully cultivated. Watermelons are gTowu over extensive areas, aud afford the most grateful .alleviation to the often over powering heat; fruits of various kinds are raised in great perfection,aud tolisceo of the finest qnalitv is produced in such abundance as to place this necessary of life for an Asiatic within the resell of the poorest individual. The gardens, Mr. Schuyler sava, constitute the beauty of this land, The long rows of poplar and elm trees, the vineyards, and the dork foliage of pomegranate, tran*j*irt oue at once to the plaina of Lorubardv, or the south of France. Iu the early spring the citnw aud their vicinitv are oue mass of whits and pink with the bloom of almond, peach, cherry, apple, apricot and plum trees, which jierfume the air for miles around. These gardent are the favorite resorts of the people in summer, snd well they insy lie, for nee where are fruits more abundant, and of some varieties nowhere are they lietter. The apricots and nectarines it would be unpoaiiible to aurj >aa*. lVaches, though smaller in sire, are said to possess a higher flavor than the best of England. Tlie large blue plus:;* of Bokhara are celebrated oTer the whole of AMU. There are in common cultivation ten varieties of melons. In that hot climate they are considered particularly wholesome, snd in summer form one of the priucipal articles of final. Au acre of land prop erly prepared will produce iu ordinary years from two to three thousand, and in good years double that quantity. A Smart Dog. The following story appears in s letter from Unionnlle, t'ouu.: Our neighbor, (Jhawioey Hart, haa a dog that 1a re markable for his apparent knowledge of the English language, if his owner's statement about the dog is true—snd ss tolas veracity there is no question. Mr. Hart is a blacksmith by traie, and he has an sere or so of land which he culti vates, and during the season of hoeing' naes at about four o'clock in the morn ing to subdue the weeds. Hia dog is always with him. When the time arrive# for making a fin- to prepare the niormng meal, Mr. Hart goes into the house, makes the fife, snd says to the dog : "Go call your mistress." Ho goes im- j mediately to Uu* bedroom and wakes her. If 'she doc# not notice the call the dog will pull the clothing off tie bed and will not leave until she gets up. If Mr. Hart sees pack-p<-ddlcr coming he says to the dog; "Carlo, there is a pac'k-peddl< r cunuug." He will start off at once, and prevent his coming on to the premises. Ou another occasion Mr. Hart walked over to a neighbor's house just as the neighbor came home with some bonee he had procured for his chickens, and ' threw them out of hia wagon. Carlo got one of them and brought it near where they were talking. When Mr. j Hart saw it he said ; " Carlo, that bone don't belong to yon ; go carry it hark where yon found it, snd go home." Carlo carried the bone Wk to the place where lie got it, trotted off a)suit ten rods toward home and sal down waiting for hia master. The neighbor also had a dog about the same size that was in hearing. Seeing Carlo where he hail sat down, the other dog picked up the bone and carried it to within a few feet of Carlo; there he laid it down and came bark a little way. After waiting awhile and seeing that Carlo did not take it, he placed it a little uoarer—very close hi him this time—but he would not toneh it, but sat there until Mr. Hart went home. When he come up to where the dog was sitting he said : " Carlo, yon may have that bone now." The dog im mediately picked it np and carried it home. Nothiug wan said to either dog but the order to carry liack the lione ; but both dogs seemed to know what was said, and the visiting dog was deter mined that Carlo should accept the proffered bone as a pledge of friendahip and as a hospitable entertainment. A Ciiique Aerial Trip. The Dispatch, of Erie, I*n., says: Cfxioer county, that Lancaster. Many marvellous stories bavo beeu told, but this decidedly takes the mule by the tail and makes hum turn alxiut face in less thau a York second. Think of Iteing caught up by a whirlwind aud carried as a (load-head for two miles on the ragged edge of an inky cloud that cnta the air at Uw rate of sixty-seven miles an honr, and then being kindly dropped near some convenient hospital. Romantic, decidedly picturesque, ain't it? Can't swallow it, eh ? Well, wo do not intend to, hnt give it as a matter of news. The Williamsport f/azrffr is the guilty party that "uttered it. The man's name was Jacob Eisenborger, aud lie lived at Park ereburg, Lancaster county. Jacob went out walking last Hnnday. Storm came np. Wind blew three cyclonea. Jacob wss light, and a wave of the cyclone caught him, wrapped itself aroumi him, carried Lira above the tree tops for a dis tance of two miles, pounded the air with him, then dropped him heavily against a seven-rail fence. Jacob had one of his jaw hones broken, and was seriously injured internally. He is now in the Lancaster county hospital, and cannot explain his novel aerial ride only save to say that he was insensible through the entire performance. A BLIKD HHirBriLDKR. —One of the mint successful shipbuilders in Bristol, li. L, has never Been a ship, nor the waters on which it floats. He lias been blind from infancy, yet this has not de terred him from reaching the foremost place in his business.- By passing his hand along the timliers and occasionally rapping it with his knuckles, keeping his ear close to the wood, he can tell its imperfections better tliau any win) have their sight. SHAKEN, A Mlae Karer (*%• Tawili Foal Utrl* KllleS fc Maulers. A gigantic bine racer, twenty feet eight and three-(mirth* inches in length, and ten melon iu circumference in the largest place, was recently killed in the aoutli western part of the township of Oauuou, Mich., by a citizen of good repute. He had a terrible encounter with iL 011 going from hia work to a ueightioring spring to get a drink of water he saw the grass wave a few rods from him, when the serpent came toward him with UghUuug velocity aud head up lifted almut three or four feet high from the ground. When within aliout ten feet fmm the man it halted, aa if to look its prey over. It veutured nearer and nearer, aud finally attacked the inau. The snake twined itself several times arouud the man's legs, aud felled him to the ground. The man took his knife out of his pocket, aud with a few dee jierate stroke# completely revered the monster's head from its body. It hsd previously been hurt, or it probably would have crushed the man, there toiug s large bunch ou its side. Since then the man's hair haa turned gray. A daughter of Mr. J. G. Briery, of Twin Creek, Oaborn county, Kan., aged some thirteen or fourteen years, went with her brother oue Haturday morning not long ago to his chum, some five miles distant, wher he was doing some work, and the tv expected to return together in the afternoon. They changed their plans, however, and about eight o'clodt the girl aet out for home on foot and alone, carrying a pail in which to gather some wild berries on the way. Later in the evening her brother returned home, and great was the surprise to find thai the girl was still absent. Search wre immciliately instituted, but went on without ayr avail until two o'clock on Sunday. The pail she carried was fouud by the rosihude about two miles from home, partlv filled. This seemed to con firm beyond s doubt the great fear that some awful fate had delayed her return. Mr. Ward and another party, who were engaged in the search, at last hoard a call, and proceeded in the direction whence it came. There, sitting ships will last through more than three minutes, or that the time of an engage- merit will be prolonged. Eighteen i! minutes to nyet, and eighteen minutes' • close quarters seems a long time to t fight." Ho, the lessons he would have i n* learu, byway of preparation for this ' rapid work, are first to possess the ; "greatest strength to strike an enemy i with most harm to him and lezst to me," • aud the second, "to possess ths greatest i gunpower." TERMS: $2.00 a Year, in .Advance. PAKE, fcAKDKN AND HOUNKHOLD. Ilsmlwlt lltats. Pmvrr Sraisa —Toremove fruit stains, let the spotted part of the cloth imbibe a little wider without dipping it, and hold the part over two or three lighted brimstone matches at a proper distance. The sulphurous gas which is >lirehargd soon enures the apota to disappear. Or all bright colored fruit stains can be re moved by scalding in clear, I toiling water, before any aoap is applied. To PUMBJIVK "AUTUMJI Litavsa.—Have a middling hot iron and rub-on quickly a little white wax, then quickly press both sides of the leaves; wax the iron anew for each side of the leaf; only rub the iron once over the leaf. " Forest tree leaves for wreaths " are prepared in the same way. To PKBYENT FUU Is/MINO Pi en; as Fin una—Boil three or four unions in one pint of water. Brush vour frames over with the liquid. No fly will touch them, and it will not injure the frames. To DKSTUOY VSBMIM.—BoiI some bits of alum in a pint of water, aud wash over the slats of the bedsteads. Hostler pans green in the corners of the beds and on the slats, and you need never fear the reproach of harboring bedbugs. To kill aud drive away cockroaches,onrketa, ' etc., scatter powdered borax plentifully over all their haunts, and not a bug will be seen. To drive away red am! black ants, obtain a large ptece of chalk, and nib it ou the edges of your shelves, the tojis of barrels of sugar, or on firkins, and it will prove a Bubioun to the largest army of anta. Hootch snuff will also kill cricket#, cockroaches snd ants. To CnmsM Bnaea Laos.—Black laces of all kinds may lie cleaned by alcohol. Threw thein boldly into the liqnid ; churn them np aud down till they foam ; it very dusty, use the seoond dose of si onhof; squeeze them out, " spat " them, pull out the edges, lay them between brewn paper, smooth and straight; leava uuder s weight till dry; do not iron. GOOD COS POR SooP-srDa.—Have your washing suda for the garden; if they are poured over the roots of the plum trees, they will kill the curculio; if turned at the'roots of geraniums, rosea, etc., they will enhance their beauty tenfold. iKOMMa. —To ireo smoothly purchase a few cent#' worth of beeswax, and rob it over the leaves of a thin pamphlet, which have been heated through with the flat-iron; keep it with the ironing sheet aud blanket, and when the flat irons are to be used, run them over the waxed surface; then wipe gently on a soft cloth. Shirt bosoms can be easily ironed in this manner. I sefal Mralral lllats. FOB TEICDEB FBBT. Bathe the feet every night is warm water, and imme diately after apply to them strong vine gar. When they are inclined to crack, or become dry ami hard (which is fre quently a great annoyance to aged per sons), after uaing the vinegar, anoint them freely with spermaceti ointment To Pram THE COMPLKXIOV.— Eat an orange or two every morning before breakfast drink plenty of lemonade, not sweetened; never drink tea, coffee, nor any kind of stimulant#; do not use aoap on the face or neck; take a sjioogv bath every morning—either cold or tepid—in water made soft with powdered borax, teaspoonful in a I wain of water. KKMEDI POB W HOOFIKQ (VicoH. —Take half an ounce each of spirit# of harts horn and oil of amber; mix them well together; every night and morning anoint well (he palui# of the hands, pit of the stomach, sole# of the feet, arm pits, and backbone. As long a* the oint ment is being used do not allow the parts anointed to "be washed; the book of the hand may be washed, bat not the jialm; care must be taken afterward not to take colli. This cannot injure the amalleat infant. Keep the bottle well oorked. BKVKDT FOB FKLOS.— Take the root at the plant known aa the dragon root, Jack-in the-pulpit. or Indian turnip, either green or dry; grate about one half a teaspoonful into four Üblcspoon fuls of sweet milk; simmer gently a few minutes.then thicken with bread crumbs, and apjilv as hot as possible. This can be heated again two or three times, add ing a little milk each time. If the felon ia just starting this will drive it beck; if somewhat advanced, will draw it out quickly snd gentlv. It ia well to pnt s little tidlow on tiie poultice, especially after opening, to prevent sticking. Tbia same jxmltiee is good for s carbencle or any other rising. Pomona. —For say poison, the most speedy, certain, and moat frequently effi osciciia remedy in the world, if imme diately taken, is s heaping teaspoonful of ground mustard, stirred rapidly in s glass of cold water, aud dranx down at s draught, censing instantaneous vomit ing. Aa soon as the vomiting ceases swallow two tablepoonfuls of sweet oil. If no ground mustard is at hxnu, drink a teacupful or more of sweet oil, or any other pure mild oil, melted bog's lard, melted butter, train oil, cod-liver oil, any of which protect the cost# of the stomach from the disorganizing effects of the poison; aud, to s certain extent, bv filling np the pores of the stomach (the mouths of the absorbent#) prevent the poison being taken up into the cir culation of the blood. Person# bitten bv rattleanake# have drank oil freely and recovered. Those are things to be done while a physician ia being sent for. K*#k PslTsrtaer*. Vot the least valuable implement for a farmer or gardener, says the AVte Kng iami fhrtner, is a good drag for smooth ing and pnlveriziug field* which are to lie planted or wvo. There are several methods of obstructing *uch a drag, bnt one of the simplest is to take two Ki see* of joists, each with the front end eveled like the front of a sled runner, and then nail on plank across them, on the nnder side, letting the plank run ont by the joist* a foot or more. They may be of any size or weight desirable, ac cording to the amount of team to be used. Home farmer* recommend to nail on one or two narrow strips upon the face of the plauk to collect the lumps and soil, aud drag thorn along till crush ed, or till all inequalities iu the surface are filled up. We recently received a cut aud description of a pulverizer with a half dozen or more cleat* nailed upon the nnder side of the drag for more thoroughly pulverizing and leveling the soil. They are nailed on the outer ends forward of the middle, aud thus tend to gather the soil toward the middle, and prevent ridges being left at the aidee of the drag when in nse. Either of the various styles are very useful in their place, and* the cost of making one is so small that every farmer should have one !of his own. They are sometimes used for covering potatoes, fodder corn, or other crops, aud may often pay for themselves in a single day's use. On land clear from atones they may he used at seeding time instead of a roller for fitting fields for the mowing machine or sovtlie. Wnvrdum aa Horse Fred. The story of the man who put green spectacles on his horses and then fed tuem with shavings which they ate for grass is not so utterly mythical after all. The French feed thei* horses partly on sawdust—minus the green spectacles. It is a common practice to add sawdust to the oats given to the towing horses, on the river Barre, between Treves and ttaarbruck, and M. Reich, in the South f France, states he la in the habit of NUMBER 32. gmng sawdust to Ilia milch oowa. They showed no falling off in their yield of milk, and their condition underwent no change. The sawdust ia intended to replace the ration of atraw. The ques tion ia naturally rawed, are the boraee supported exclusively by the oats, and dixa the aawduat act aa ao much ballast, for diatending the atomaeh, ao aa to allow Lite immnroaa duct*, or montha on the ooate, to abaurb the digaeted juices, for quantity ia aa oaaential aa quality in ration* f Life could out lie sustained by tlie eaaeucea of nutriment. It is well known Uutt the French cavalry horses are under-fed ; their atotnach and diges tive organs naturally eon tract, to anit abort commons, ao that when the boraee are declared to be no longer fit for the aerriee, and are purchased by farmers, the animals, from receiving full rations, in pant of volume, become subject to indigestion, colics, etc. Chemistry ought to tell ua bow far sawdust could replace chopjMal atraw for cattle feeding. A iimtn l Sew. A farmer, poetically inclined, gives the following definition of a good cow: Lata ia the face, she's fine la the born, Vmeklr gets fat without cake or owe , clean in the jaws sad full in the chine. Heavy ta tank and wide ia the Iota; Broad in the ribs and ions in the ramp, Straight end Sal-hanked without ecr a WtoaudSL* hi pa and cataa ia the eye*. Fine in the shoulder* and thia to the thigh* { Light ia the neck and eaall ia the tall. Weir iu the teasel and B 4U the milk pad; Fine of the bone and alky of skin. Airy without-a meat market wtthta. Three Wine Htftip. A wealthy man in one day strolling through hie garden in a wry gay ana happy mood. Budded yhe stopu*d to look at a little bird that win ooellned in a cage suspended from a tree. Judge of hia surprise, when the bird opened ita mouth and began to apeak. " Oh, giie me my freedom, good man," he said; " what good ean it pos sibly do yon to hare me abat up here f You aee I am not handsome, therefore it cannot ploaac yon to look at me; I do not sing like other bird*, therefore I cannot amuae you. I would not answer for food, because lam too small. If yon will gire me my liberty, I will tell yon three things that may eerie yon through life7 The owner of the garden looked at the little creature with an amused smile, and said : •• Wen, since you cannot aing, you certainly are of little value to me; but come, let us hear what wisdom TOU have to impart, and 1 promise that if you tell me something that I have not heard be fore, you shall be free. The little bird replied : " Never regret the past! Do not wish for what you ouinAt obtain! Never be lieve impossible things I" •' You have indeed spoken wisely," said the gentleman. "Go, I give you your freedom !" He opened the eage door, and the bird flew up into a tree. No sooner had he alighted among the leaves than he began to laugh. "Why do you laugh ao merrily t" asked the man. " Over my easily attained freedom," answered the bird ; " but still more at the folly of men who think that they are wiser than any of God's creature*, flow, if yon were aa wise as I, you might now be the richest and happiest man an earth !" ". How is that possible t" asked the man. " By keeping me, few know yo® that I carry within my body a diamond larger IIMI a hen's egg." The man was thunderstruck, but, soon recovering hia presence of mind, set to work to repossess himself of the treasure be had lost " Now, vou think you are fortunate, little bird, because you have your free dom," be aaid. "Reflect a moment The summer will soon be goue, and the winter storms will be at hand; tha brooks will dry up, and you will not be able to And a drop of water to auench your thirst You will want for food, and the frost and oold will kill you. Gome with me; I will take care of you and place you in a large room, where you may fly about as much aa vou please. You shall have plenty of food, and nothing shall be wanting to make vou aa happy aa possible." The bird laughed louder and longer than ever. The lost his pstienoe, and cried angrily : " Why do you laugh all the time r'' " Because I cannot help it," replied the bird, " when I see how silly you are. You set me at liberty because of the wisdom which 1 imparted to you, but vouuavent the aenae to profit by it You thought that I deserved to be set free on account of it, yet you forgot it iu a moox-nt Now let ua see what I told * "First: 'Never regret the past!' You are already regretting that you gave me my liberty. " Second: •Do not wiah for what you cannot obtain !* You are wishing that I would return to my cage, though my life is a burden to me unless I am free. Third: 'Never believe impossible tilings !' Yet you believe that my body contains a diamond larger that a lien's egg, though I am scarcely so large." auother laugh the bird flew away. A long and Weary Walk. The Reno •;•* to ofwtt Mid ck>*e. Two UUW Mr* *uJ on* tittle now. Two UtOo olbow* dtraptwl wf • Two HUM >bOM MI two ItttM Two little lip* Mid am Utth. elun. Two Uttfp cheek* wttb • nrnt mt m. Two Uttie *bo*ldtw*. chubby and *tiocg. Two little log* ranuttig all do f kmg. Two little prey* doe* TO*