"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
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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 W<x*lbine Cottage,
and whether he had yet commenced the
ivied tower.
" Why," hfe replied, with a little em
barrassment, yet a good deal of evident
secret satisfaction—" you see I con
sulted a friend about it and she—ahem !
—thought the style of architecture not
exactly suited to my little place. Be
sides," he added, looking at me as if re
solved to put a bold face on the matter,
" I am thinking of—of moving a little
further into the country. In fact, a
model farm you know—a thing I always
thought myself mot fitted for; and as
ELias's tastes agree with mine—and so
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we're going to improve her little farm ;
a"—
" I Img your jiardiin. Klum 1 think
you said ?"
"Certainly, Miss Timms, of course, I
mean." Here he blushed violently, and
takiug off his hat rtihlicd his liald fore
, head vigorously with his hsndkereluef.
" Warm weather, rather. Yon can't
eonooive what a luxury it is to me to
get out of these dusty streets Hito the
fresh air and greenery of tny httle place.
I positively foe! as though 1 were a new
man, with a new life opening to me—a
sort of youth-renewed feeling, you see—
ha, hai"
And chuckling joyously he wared me
a hearty adieu as he boarded the strict
ear bound Bosc Terrace ward.
Tins was sometime ago. For the loat
few ilays my wife has becu very much
interested in "shopping" in company
with Miss Timms, ami last night re
marked tii me what delightful visits we
shall have to Eliza's lieautiful place in
the country, and what a happy, com
fortable ixiuple our two friends will
make.
The lan With s Family.
Mr. Jasper Throckiuortou, who lives
out on Summer street, is the father of
teu ohildreu. Yesterday morning Mr. i
Throckiuortou was just on the poiut of
putting nu his hat to start for the office,
when Mrs. Throckmorton call<*d after
him from the kitchen :
"Stop at Bodder's and tell him to
come up and fix the water pipe, and get
a big tin dipper and bring it with you
this noon. IXm't tell them to send it,
they'll forget it."
Mr. Throckmorton said he wiiuld, and
then put on his hat am; started. As he
reached the front door his eldest daugh
ter shouted (rem up stairs :
"Pa 1 pa!! pa !!! Go to Greeubaiim
A Schroder's and ask Mr. Scott to give
you two yards and a half of brown sat; 11,
cut uu the bias, to ma eh the dress 1 got
last week. He'll know the kind. Bring
it with you. I don't dant to wait for it."
And Mr. Throckmorton, pausing with
his hand on the door, said he would get
it, and then sighed and opened the door.
Just then his eldest sou shouted from
the sitting room:
" Father ! the man was up here twice
yesterday for the money for my uew
lioat, aui I just gave him a note to you
aud he'll call at the office to-day fur his
money and will give a pair of patent
oar-liicks and a dip-net. Bring them up
with you when you come to dinner."
Mr' Throckmorton kind of stifled a
groan like, and, saying he would attend
to it, went out. As he passed dowru the
porch step his second daughter leaned
out of a window and cried ; *
" Oh, pa ; do stop at Parsons' as yon
come to dinner and tell thein to seud a
man to lay the new hall carjiet when
they send "it up. and you can get ten
poiiuds of cotton 1 tatting and bring it up
with you, for we want it right away aud
can't wait."
The parent paused with his hand on
the gate latch aud, with a visible effort,
promised to remember the errand and
bring up the cotton battiug, and opened
the gate. But the voice of his younger
son from the side yard caught his ear
and held him for a moment.
" p B p, oh, pap ! Want ten cents to
pav for a winder I broke in the school
house, and I can't go to Sundav-achisil
till I get a new hat aud some shoes, and
please can't I have a quarter to go to
the picnic ?"
Mr. Tbrockraorion silently registered
a flogging for the broken glass, a nega
tive for the picuie, ami said he would
get the boot* snd hat. Tiien lie turned
tii go, but a* lie passed down the street
his six youuger children came running
after him:
" Oh, jia, don't forget to stop and see
if the old umbrella's fixed, ma says."
" Stop at the dentist's and see when
he can fal my teeth."
" Bring 1 iy shoe home from the shoe
maker's."
" Ma says lie sure and tell the doctor
to come up to-day anil vaccinate the
baby !"
Pap ' Kin I'iro swimmin' in Hawkeye
krick to-night ?"
" Pa, oh, ps ! gimme Ave cents to ride
on the street care !"
And Mr. Throckmorton went down
town and amazed Fred Scott by telling
bim to cat him off about thirteen feet o(
Water pi)>f 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 <n the
ground in a nearly denuded state, they
found the poor girl by a pool to which
she hail found her way. She waa trying
tu extract the poisou which the fangs of
a rattlesnake hail buried m her foot, by
burying it m soft mud. All this time
she* hail remained there alone, and ex
perienced the symptoms of s horrible
death approaching, for the venom wa#
working in her system. Although suf
ficiently conscious to call for help when
it was near, her denuded state indicated
that her sufferings had, at time* at lesat,
driven her to frenzy. She died.
One Monday lately a colored girl,
about thirteen years of age, .laughter of
llichard Dunn, colored, who lives ou the
premises of Mr. Walter Jeffreys, near
Sense Depot, N. C., wa bitten by a
rattlesnake. The snake was soon lulled
and found to have four rattles. The girl
lingered a few day*, when she died in
agm-v. *
The Indian'* Test of Honesty,
An old trailer who hail established him
self at w bat happened to be a favorable
locality among the Northern Indian*,
tell* i Vol story of hi* first trial* witli
hia ml customers. Other trader* had
liKti\l in that *ame place before, but
hail not remained loug. The Indian*,
who evidently wanted gooda, and had
monev and fur*, flocked about the a tore
of Urn trader, and carefully examined
hi* gooda, but offered to boy nothing.
Finally the chief, with a large number
of hia tribe, visited him.
" llow do, John ?" aaid the chief.
"Show me gnnda. Alia, I take a blanket
for me, and that calico for aquaw; three
otter skin* for blanket,and one for calico.
Ough 1 pay hv'm by—to-morrow." |
He received hia good* and left. On .
; the next day he returned with a large
part of hia lauiii, hia blanket well atuffed
with akin* of varum* kind*.
" Now, John, I pay.
And with thi* be drew an titter *kia
from hia blanket, and laid it on the
counter. Then he drew a second, a
thiol and a fourth. A moment's hemta
tion, a* though calculating, anil he drew
out a fifth *kin—a very rich and rare one
—and panned it over.
"Tliat'a right, John."
The trailer instantly pushed back the
' last akin, with: •
" Yon owe me but four. I want only :
mv iust due."
The chief refused to take it, and they
passed it several times liack and forth,
eacli one assorting tliat it he'.ongeil to
the other. At length the dusky chieftain
apiieartsl to be satisfied. He gave the
trailer a scrutinizing look, and then
stepped to the door and gave a yell, and
cried to his followers:
"Come; come, and trade with the
pale-face John. He no cheat Indian; hia
heart big."
Tlieu turning back to the trader, he
said:
"Suppose you take last akin, I tell
my .jieople no trade with you. We
drive you off like a dog, as we drive off
others; but now you Indian's friend, and
we be vours."
Itefiire dark the trader was waist deep
in furs, and loaded down with cash. He
found that honesty liad commercial value
with Uie Indiana.
Fights Between Iron-Clad*.
Mr. Scott Russell, an English writer
on naval affairs, thiuks twenty minutes
will lie a long time for an engagement—
that is for the period which will elaitse
lietween sighting an enemy and either
sinking him or being suuk. This is
staggering, but Mr. Marshall has his rea
j sous, and puts them forward boldly if
not theatrically. "Standing on the
deck, twenty-four foot above the water, I
see my enemy clear on the horiaon.' He
is seeking me. lam seeking him. We
are six miles ajiart-—at a modest speed a
mile takes six minutes—at that rate we
shall meet in eighteen minutes. What
hi do in these eighteen minutes is a
serious question. There is not a heavy
sea on, but an ordinary swell ; our ships
roll gently ; steam steadily ; our guns
are charged; all is ready; twelve minutes
are consumed in the mutnal approach
I and the disposal of the next six minutes
ia seriona. During the first three he
maintains the only course ia to meet the
enemy boldly and run at him and insist*
that a commander's orders must be
' Stand by ! Steady ! Full spaed ahead!'
Then the* three minutes are soon over!
The engineer gets all in order for the
crash ! All in the ship is already made
fast! The commander's eye never leave*
the enemy. At the end of a minute lie
sees the enemy hesitate. Then, if the
f enemy is not sufficiently alert to double
. or tack, he must sue for mercy, or the
, only course of dealing with him is to
• ste 111 on, atein into him. Hia aide is
, open to the sea.'" Mr. Scott Russell's
, ! conclusion is, however, that, " which
ever side may win, it seems unlikely
that an encounter between two such
> 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 <Nv.) OeucU* of a receut j
date aavs: " Two tramps yesterday,
while en loute from Wadsworth to
Reno, discovered a Polish woman lying
on the Central Pacific railroad track, j
about six miles west of Wadsworth. ;
Thev soon ascertained that she had .
been traveling, and had lain down on the
track completely exhausted. She had a |
roll of blankets wiUi her, and, as was
afterward found out, had traveled on foot
from Sacramento. Her intentions were j
to make Chicago, but the warm weather ,
proved too severe on the poor old woman,
and she had sunk down discouraged and
exhausted, and perhaps soon would have
perished had she not been discovered.
She is near fifty years of age, sod cannot
speak one word of English. The tramps
footed back to Wadsworth and informed
the railroad authorities of the facts in
the case. Superintendent Free at once
sent ail engine and coach to where she
, lav, and had her brought to Wadsworth
where she wae place.) in charge of D
Allen, proprietor of the
Hotel. It is venf probable that the rai
road company will take her East. Oer*
tainlv, when a woman of her age walks
over 'IOO miles she is entitled to a free
ride the remainder of her journey '
Indian Dignity.
Washoe Charlie, one of the pioneer
Indian residents of Douglas county, and
an intelligent fellow withal, paid a visit
to the editor of the Nevada Tribune a
! few days sinoe, and this is what followed:
He walked into our sanctum with his
son and saluted us thus: '* How you
been, colonel? me know you long lime.
How's all the folks? How's times?
You neap write 'em, eh; you smart like
wbite man; everybody know Charley ;
gimme paper, me read 'em; take hiin
home to my squaw." Being a little busy
at the time, but little attention was paid
to Charlie, and, noticing the fact, he
rose to his feet with all the dignity of an
Uncas, and said: ,# My soa heap
hungry; give him quarts*," It was
donated.
Hams ef IrtdFMt.
A htm sure—The sting of a bee.
l%e pewn-brokcr is a loan-some man.
To keep house Pont put s mortgsge
thereon.
Not very Mdfal ia the kmg run -A Ist
poUhoman.
The bust maaalo for n 'bed dog is a
gnu ntttaule.
The poor man's summer 4 ruw ft- s
palm leaf fkn.
They here swtnuuiug matches fur
ladies in Han Frawyiioo.
The farmers bad four majority in the
last Mississippi legislature.
Peach obWem As the name of a
favorite tipple in Kentucky.
The bop crop—Been when a young
man has bus hair cnt abort for a ball.
A baae ball player is said to be like a
railroad employee when he's out on a
sti ike.
The latest and apparently moat en
grossing fancy work for young ladies is
awing ia wood.
At some of the bathing establishments
in New lark men are employed to teach
women how to swim.
The Americsa people are said to re
semble the French in a capacity for
hard work without respite.
Miss Bertie LeFranc has walked
forty-two miles inside of ton hours.
Nice girl for a long stroll in the country.
The word calico, a fabric from which
ao many dresses are made, is derived
from Calicut, a city on the Malabar
coast.
A coquette may be tampered to tinder,
which lays itself out to catch sparks, but
does not always succeed in lighting np s
match
A man in Chambersburg, 111., has
been saed tor destroying property by
spiting tobacco juice uu the floor of a
church.
The boy who does not know when a
gun is loaded has just sense enough to
point it at another buy, who finds out the
tact for him.
Mr. Barunro ia tolling the English
people that a man's riche* consist not in
the extent of bis posisessions bnt in the
fewassa of his wants.
Invasion are mduktnousJr engaged
•<u electric lights, ai*Li is affirmed that
is due 'iw the use of electricity will
supersede all other methods of illumina
tion.
Qau. Tom Thumb's bouse has lately
been raided by thieves, who took away
U his shirts under the imprewuoa that
they were making a haul of handker
chiefs.
When yon see a piece of ice lying on
the walk after ten o'clock A. you may
know that the husband is determined
and the wife obstinate, and that they are
waiting loans who will give in.
A Mobile pejrr says that there is a
goat in that <*ty which stands on a board
fence and cat* peaches off a tree. Pooh I
There's a rooster in Detroit who stands .
on his dignity and muhln't eat peachea
™to— they were sliced up and covered
with sugar.
In the United BUtos in 1776 there
were only nine public libraries, with
45,623 volumes; in 1876 there were 3,6*2
public libraries, containing 12,076,964
volumes sod 1,500,000 pamphlets. Of
these libraries, nearly 8,000 have been
organised atnse 1851).
A very strange proposition was made
last mouth to the Vienna museum. A
Hungarian family of Nagy Mihaly offered
to sail it au eleven -year-okl female baby
with a bead as lug a a man's fist vnd
face covered with beard; ahe doesn't
talk, but euta, jumps and gem-rally be
haves like a monkey.
A young lady ia a class toadying physi
ology, made answer to a question nut
that in aeveu years a human body be
came entirely changed, ao that not a
particle which was ia it at the com
mencement of the period would remain
at the close of it " Then, Miss Lisle,"
■aid the young tutor, "is seven years
you will oeate to be Mia* Lisle F*
"Why, yes air; I suppose aa,' said he,
very modestly, looking at the floor.
"Am I net my own tnaitor?" When
we bear these words earning bcaatfully
from the lips of a young man just enter
ing upon his majority, we cannot for
bear recalling the mly of a French
prince to a stranger whom he encount
ered in one of toe rooms of his palace.
" Pray air," said the prince, "to whom
do yon belong f "To myself," grufly
replied the stranger. "Ah, my deer
air, was the retort, " what e pity it is
that yon have such a bad master I"
Two littM'XirU are better UJMI one.
Two littb POT* oa double UJ* fwn.
Two bttt* bMi can tmild a toe m<
Two httl* wot oia IOTWWOUKT bp*.
Two lit tl pooww mut go" I* a *p*o-
Twv. littlp pooketo h** taf httle mar.
Two htt> •;•* 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* <t*rUnji *ay.
Twice doe* ho kneel tw my idde each day,
Two little folded hand*. oft Mid brown.
Two Httie perltd* eaet meekly down.
And two tittle angel* guard him in bed,
Oae at the loot Mid one at the head.
The Sag t kolera Mixture,
The New York Journal irf Commerce
my*:
More *bn forty years ago, when ii wan
found that prevention for the Asiatic
cholera wae earner than core, the learned
doctor* of both hemisphere.* drew up a
preachption, which waa fjgbliabad .for
working people) in the New York .Sun,
and took the name of " The Sun Cholera
Mixture," Oar conteoiporary never lent
it* name to a Utter article. We have •
seen it in constant oae for nearly two
acoie veara, and found it to tie the beat
reme.lv for looseness of the bowela ever
yet devised. It ia to he commended for
several reasons. It is not to lie mixed
with liquor, and therefore will not be
oaed as MI alcoholic beverage. It* in
gredients are well known among all the
common people, and it mil have no pre
judice to combat; each of the materials
is in equal proportion to the others, and
it may therefore be compounded without
professional skill; and m the dose is so
very small, it may lie oarried in a tinv
phial in the waistcoat pocket, and be al
ways at hand. It is:
Tinet opii.,
Oapaici,
Ivhei CO.,
Month pip.,
Csmpha
Mix the above in equal parts; dose,
tea to thirty drops In plain terms, take
: equal parts tincture of opium, ml pep
i per, rhubarb, peppermint and camphor,
and mix them for use. In case of diar
rhea take a dose of ten to twenty drops
in three or four teaspoonfuls of water.
Nojone who has this ov luta and takes it
in time will ever have the cholera. We
commend it to all, and hope that the re
ceipt will lie widely published. Even
when no cholera is anticipated it is an
■roelleut remedy for ordinary summer
A Wife Beater Ducked.
The Wheeling (W. Va.) papers giro
an aoe iunt of how they treif wife befctei*
down the Ohio river." At New Martins
ville livea a man named Huber.who had
been in the habit of whipping hia wife
when he happened either to have n too
much applejack or when she did any
thing to displease him. One of these
nnfortndate conditions existed the other
night and he walloped her soundly.
The neighbors beard the oriee. They
Huber, anil, notwithstanding the
entreaties of the sore-beaten wife, hur
ried him off to the river. There a com
mittee hail the exquisite pleasure of
giving him a ducking. He bawled
loadly for mercy every time his head
came out of the water, and protested to
high Heaven that he would never mal
treat his wife again. These promises
were echoed by successive duckings until
the fellow was nearly drowned.
THERE MISERIES.—'TO walk two miles
for the purpose of asking a favor, and
then feel too modest to nameit. Bowing
to a person whom you mistake for a£j
other, and getting nothing but a vacant"
stare of surprise tor your pains. To be
in s scrape every hour, merely for want
of nerve to say no.