Put and Future.
Lite a crystal of io# that ia malting
Are the thought* of the y*ar* long fled ;
like a rainbow who*e ootor* are fading.
The mem'rr of thoee who are dead.
A bloaaom that wilt* aa we phiok it,
An echo that die* on the ear,
The tbonght whioh can only remind u*
Of dart whan our amile* were aincere
The paat from oar heart* ha* recede.!.
The future ia all that remain* ;
Our lire* toward the ocean are ehhing.
The star of our destiny wane*.
Our ho|w>e, let n carry them with u*
lake -Java* that are borne by the ware* ;
The saddest of earthly deceiver*.
Let n* hide theni away in our grave*.
Rattle Runny.
(XiXTKHN mm. 1863\
f" Aftr the men were < ir.lcr.st to lie down, a
whit# rabbit, whioh had Iwn hopping hither
an.l thither over the held sweet by grans and
musketry, took refuge among the skirmisher*,
in the breast of a corporal."— Rtpoii of 'Ac
Battle of Valrem Hill ]
Bunny, lying iu the grass.
Saw the shining columns jiasa.
Saw the starry banner fly,
Saw the chargers fret and fume.
Saw the flapping hat and plume ;
Saw them with his moist and shy.
Most unspeeulAtive eye,
Thinking only, in the dew,
That it was a flue review—
Till a flash, uot all of sleek
Where the rolling caisson's wheel
Brought a rum tie and a roar
Rolling down that velvet floor.
And like Mows of autumn flail
Sharply thrashed the iron hail.
Bunny, thrilled by unknown fears.
Raised his soft and pointed ears.
Mumbled his prehensile Up
Quivered his pulsating hits
As the sharp, vindictive veil
Rose above the screaming sheU :
Thought the world and ail ita men.
All the charging squadrons meant.
All were rabbit hunters then.
All to capture him intent.
Bonny was not much to blame :
Wiser folk have thought the same -
Wiser folk, who think they a}.y
Every 111 begins with " L"
Wildly panting, here and there
Bnnuy sought the freer air.
"Till he bopped below the hil
And saw, lying clowe and still,
Men with muskets iu their hands.
(Never Bnnny understands
That hypocrisy of sleep,
In the vigils grin, they keep.
As recuiubenron thst spot
They elude the level sheik
One —a grave and quiet man.
Thinking of hi* wife and child
Far beyond the Rs[ud.\u,
Where the Androscoggin smiled
Felt the Utile rabbit creep.
Nestling by his arm and side.
Wakened from strategic sleep.
To that soft appeal replied.
Drew him to his blackened breast.
And—
But yon have guessed the ret.
Softly o er that chosen pair
Omnipresent love and care
Drew a mightier hand and arm.
Shielding them from every harm ;
Right and left the bullet* waved.
Save* the savior for the saved.
Who believes that equal grace
God extends in every place.
Little difference be scans
Twut a rabbit's God and man's.
BKET HABTE.
IN BLACK RUSSIA.
"Why, *it is Musgrnve !" ce vher
Arthur! I thought you, mon ami, to be
in Spain still. What good wind, what
wind of fortune, has blown you to us
here, in Russia *"
Such were the words which reached
my ears, as a gloved grasp was suddenly
laid upon my ami, while I was traversing
vhe railway platform at Minsk. I turned
to find mvseif confronted by the smiling
face of De netrrus Vassili, a Russian
whom I had known for some three or
four years at St. Petersburg, Paris, nud
wherever diplomatists and birds of pas
sage congregate. He, this well-whisker
ed, glib-tongued Vassiii. belonging to
both categories, sin a', w hen I first knew
him, in the czar's <ar>iti.l. he was a pro
fessor in the uuiversity, while in Paris
he was an underling of the Russian
embassy, and at Madrid a gentleman at
large.
I confess that I did not much like
Demetrius Vassili, though I was more
than half ashamed of my prejudice, for
the man was friendly, almost too ostenta
tiously an; was polite, genial, and one of
those'amiable persons who are always
taking our good opinion by storm, as it
were, by tbe graceful rendering of some
little service or other.
" By-tlie-bye!" abmbtly pnt in my
old acquaintance, linking his arm in
mine, " I have to congratulate you, have
I not ? It is true that yon are al* >nt to
marrr the beautiful Mile. Man--,
daughter of Count Constantine Orloff,
the young lady who at Madrid, when I
was there, broke all hearts ?"
It was true that I was betrothed to
Marie Orloff; indeed, I was on my way
then to her father's mansion, at which it
had been arranged that I should be a
guest until the wedding should take
place, according to both the English and
Raseo-Greek forms, at St. Petersburg!!.
Oar engagement had come about in this
wise, t, Arthur Mnsgrave, as an attache
of the English legation at Madrid, had
lieen thrown mnch into the society of
the danghter of the Russian envoy, had
learned to love her, and had been lucky
enough to teach her to love me. My
chief difficulty was with the count, who
was at first very much annoyed and dis-
? leased. Fortunately for me, however,
was heir to an entailed property, small,
indeed, but the rent-roll of which seem
ed respectable in continental eyes;
while I was able to convince Count Or
loff that my border ancestry hail driven
off Scottish cattle, and ridden in warden
raids, at a time when his own forefathers
were probably unbaptized Tartars, for
it is a cm-ions fact that the titled fami
lies of Russia are Georgian, Tartar, Ger
man, Swedish, anything but Russian.
All now was happily settled, and, as I
have said, I was on my way to my future
father-in-law's country chateau, a sum
mer residence in the lake district of
Ostaschkoi, near Tver on the Uppei
Volga. The count's estates lay chiefly
in that neighborhood, and he had lately
been appointed, by one of those abrupt
transitions from one service to another,
which are common under the czar's rule,
governor of the province.
" But what chance, M. Vassili, brings
yon here ?" I asked, when we had shaken
hands. "I heard of yon last as in
Roma"
" Here to-day, there to morrow," au
ewered Vaesili, airily. " I have been in
Asia lately, shall beat Wilna to-morrow,
and in St. Petersburg)! neit week. I
serve a master who has dealings in far
away places."
" Yon mean the emperor ?" I inquired,
and the Russian nodded with a look of
good-humored mystery. At this moment
up came a porter to tell me, cringingly,
that my excellency must, he feared, l>e
content to wait six hours or more for a
train. There had been a movement of
troops toward Poland, disordering the
company's arrangements, and taking up
the rolling stock.
" The emperor's orders, noble gos
podin," he added, with a deprecatory
slirug, as he saw my vexed face.
Then Demetrius chimed in. His train,
too, had been delayed by the concentra
tion of troops on the Polish frontici.
He, too, had some hours to spend at
Minsk. He had ordered dinner at the
Black Eagle, hard by. The landlord
knew him well, and would serve up a
tolerable repast. Would Ibe charitable
and share what would otherwise be a
solitary meal?
Vassili gave me a good dinner, and we
lingered long over our cigars and coffee,
chatting of other scenes and old times.
"FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME X.
Then, at length, word *M brought that
tlu> train for Wilun waa ni sight.
" Now I thiuk of it." said my h.wt, iu
hia careless way, "uu vour road to tlie
count's chateau you will pass StariUa
yea !" lie added, glancing at the oj>eu
man that lay liealdo uie ou the table;
"of course you wtll, ami change horse*
then*. 1 wish, if it lie uot too much to
nek, that yoti would kmdlv give a mes
sage from me to the village print, or
jap*aa, there Pope Johu Petrovicb.*
" 1 will, with pleasure," 1 replied,
" but rcim IUIHT, my Russian ia uot very
tlueut, and 1 presume the pricat talk*
no Fnrncli."
Vtuuuli laughingly assured tue that the
words were very lew and simple, ami
suggested that 1 should pencil them,
from lua dictatiou, ou a slip of pa|>cr
which he pn hed toward me. These
were the words of Uie message : " Your
sou" ("our clergy tuarrv, vou kuow,
like the laity," interjected Demetrius)
"has beeu ill, but take comfort, lie is
doing well now, aud, if lie acts promptly,
with the blesaiug of the I'iuiagia, will
succeed. He sends his love, faith and
duty."
"I naw the pope'* sou," explained
Demetrius, " the other day at OdcNta.
Young Cyril is a com dealer and hay
merchant, a pushing, speculative fellow,
but a hooeat as the day. lie was
eoveriug from a fever, but hoped to fill
his purse by buying up all the ah !
there is the railway whistle, so we must
be quick ! You'll* do my errand, then,
dear Arthur, will you not, and gladden
the heart of the good old man ?"
It was not until long after Vaaaili and
I hail parted that it occurred to uie to
wouder why he should have charged tne
with such a message. It would have
been simpler, surely, and more a|>eedy,
as a means of oommuuieatiug with Pope
John, to have relied on the post.
*• Pope John, Htighsli lord ?" said the
inn-keeper at Stantza, falteriuglv, as I
asked for a guide to show me the way to
the personage, while the slow postillions
were unharnessing, in the tardy fushiou
in which work is done in Russia, the
tired horses from the carriage.
44 Certaiuly," • said I, observiug his
embarrassment. "Is the priest ill, or
what is there surprising in a traveler's
inquiries for him ? '
The landlord bowed olmoquionsly.
" You'll fiud the papa* in good health,
noble guepndin," he said, in sugared ac
cents. " Yonder ia the parsonage, with
the white gable."
Then I want no guide to conduct me
there," said I, laughing, and at ouee
walked across to the garden gate. A
ueat, snug little dwelling was the par
sonage, with its white walls, its tiny
garden full of humble potherbs and
hardy flowers, and the sacred pigeous
cooing softly as they sunued themselves
upon its red-caved roof. An ill-looking
fellow opened the door in answer to my
summons, sc until me narrowly, and, as
I thought, with suspicion, and after
some colloquy conducted me to what I
guessed, and by the few books and the
, many pictured saints on the wall, to be
the priest's study. Ten niiuutes elapsed,
and then in came the master of the
house, Pope Johu.
'* Forgive me, noble sir, if I have
I kept you waiting," said the priest, with
! as low a bow as he could have executed
iin the presence of his bishop. *' You
' bring me news, I am told, ot my dear
son ?"
I cannot say that the reverend gentle
man impressed me very favorably. Pope
John was a corpulent old man, with a
snowy beard that would have done credit
to a hermit; long white locks falling
fronitbeueath his black velvet skull-cap,
a suuffy and fpi Ted cassock, and dark
blue spectacles, from behind which a
pair of keen though half-shut eyes sur
veyed Hie with a watchfulness that had
in it something feline. Twice over did
I repeat the substance of Vaaoili's re
marks concerning the yCnug corn-dealer
at Odessa, snd twice, at the old man's
request, did I mention every circum
stance of my interview with Demetrius,
"his kind and noble patron," as he
called him; then I placed the writteu
slip of paper, on which I had penciled
the message, in the priest's hands, and
declining Ins offer of refreshments, took
my leave of him. As I left the parsonage
I thought I heard some whispered talk,
and then a low, sneering laugh.
" I am much mistaken," said I to my
self, as I stepped into mv carriage, and
gave my postillion the signal to start,
"if Pope John, "the good old man,' as
V.issili called him,be not as consummate
snd greasy a humbug as any in Mus
covy." Then my thoughts reverted to
rosy dreams of Maiie and the fntnre,
and I sank into a reverie, from which I
only awakened to perceive that my driver
was proceeding in a leisurely manner
that was most unusual, for if Russians
work slowly ther drive fast.
" Come, come, my lad !" said I good
linmoredly; " surely three good nags
and a light kibitka ought not to go at a
snail's pace like this !"
As I spoke I heard the gnllop of dis
tant horses, miugling with the clank of
steel. We were on a sandy road,
traversing one of those huge pine forests,
the sombre glooin of which, alternating
with the glare of the white sand, has oc
casioned the name of " Black Russia"
to lie assigned to these central provinces
of the ancient Muscovy. Very soon we
were overtaken by the hard riders iu onr
rear, their swords elushiug against flank
and stirrup, their horses in a foam—in
all, some twenty-flve mounted men.
Most of these, by their long lances and
hurbarian equipment, I knew to lie Cos
sacks, but others wore the uniform of
gendarmes, and three at least were
officers.
" Pull up! halt, I say !" shouted he
who seemed to command ; and in an
instant my driver obeyed.
" Secure the foreigner!" was the next
order ; and with amazing quickneas I
was grosjied by two of the dismounted
truojiers. %
" Resist and I Are !" growled a Cos
sack corporal, praising the muzzle of his
pistol to my left temple, while his
soldiers dexterously chained my wrists
together. Then, shaking off the stupor
of surprise, I found my tongue. There
was, I said, evidently some mistake,
some oonfusion of persons. My pass
port, if they would kindly look for it in
the breast-pocket of my ulster, would
prove me to be Arthur Musgrave, of the
British diplomatic service, junior attache
of H. B. M.'s Legation at Madrid.
" Prisoner, you trille with justice !"
said the commandaut sternly, in French;
and, indeed, when the morocco case was
drawu out and opened, it proved to be
empty. My passport and papers were
gone, inexplicably to me. As I stared
bknkly there was a roar of laughter,
mingled with comments on my effron
tery.
" Remove the pretended Englishman!"
ordered the colonel, and I was thurst
back into the carriage, a soldier on each
side of me, and conducted to the town
of Torjok, where I was lodged in jail.
I do not like, even yet, to recall what
I underwent during the miserable three
weeks that I spent in the prison of Tor
jok. It was not that the cell was narrow,
the bed Bqnalid, and the fare hard and
bad. I was young and strong, and
could rough it. But it was madden
ing to be eternally examined and cross
examined by civil magistrates and
military functionaries, none of whom
would listen to the plain trath, and
all of whom tried, by threat, promise,
persuasion, to wring oat of me a con
fession which, as they said, would en
able me to claim ths czar's mercy and a
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
lighter puuiahuieiit for my crime. I was
browbeaten, bullied, argued willi,
coaxed, but never accused of auytliiug.
When 1 iiu|ttired the nature of tuy of
feuse 1 was jeered at. When I adjured
tuy captors to write to the British em
-1 .assy . mv | layer was treated an an im
pudent jest- Aud when 1 mentioned
Count Orloff, the governor of the
province, a* my future father in-law. 1
really thought the judge of instruction*
would have flown at my throat, no angry
was he.
" Only bread and water for tlie con
tumacious !" 1 heard hun roar to the
jailer as he went out. I thought, lie
tweeu them, that thev would have driven
me mail, and should have welcomed
Hiliet ta aa a release.
1 grew sullen at last, and refused to
return any answer to the interrogatories
witli which they plied me. 1 began al
most to doubt mv owu identity. It
could uot bo myself, Arthur Mnsgrave,
who was the tenant .if thia Rnsaian den,
and daily questioned a* to mv complicity
in something extremely subversive of
Church aud State. la-t them knout lue,
hang me, Iwurish tue if they would, 1
felt as tliough 1 were tlie only sane man
among a puck of mailmen.
"Here is the wretch, your excellency,"
said a voice one day as my cell .lour was
thrown open, with a clatter of swords
and spurs ou tlie stoue li>or that mdi
cated the arrival of some distinguished
peraooage ; " there the desperado is, lord
governor!"
I looked up. There iu frout of the
group stood, iu a rich uniform, the
breast of which sparkled with orders,
the '' excellency " in question. The
revs tuition was mutual.
" Count Orloff!" " What! Mnsgrave!
Arthur, mv dear boy, what terrible error
is this ?"
And to tiie scandal of tlie judge, the
jailer and tlie rest of them, tlie governor
of the province hurried across tlie grimy
floor to clasp my hands, and to order,
in a voice that brooked no deuial or
delay, that my ehaiaa should instantly
be taken off.
" My poor fellow, how you must have
suffered," said the count, feelingly,aa ho
saw how pale and haggard 1 had grown.
Aud then came explanations, the cream
of which was that there hod la-en a
socialist conspiracy, a widespread one,
luckilv detected in lime, a prime mover
in which had la-en my acquaintance,
Yasaili, who had evideutly made a cat's
paw of me in inducing me to carry his
message to tlie priest, while at the same
time he purloiued mv English pass
jiort aud paper*, probably for the sake
of escaping, in ease of tlie worst, tinder
mv name.
*' Rut Pope Johu, and his son," said
I, bewildered.
"The real Pope Johu, a sad old
rogue," answered the eouut, smiling,
"lunl been arrested the day before you
reached fctantza, and you found his
house in poaseeaiou of the police. The
white-bearded peraou to wbom you gave
the message, disguised in the priest's
clothes, was Major Billow, of the Im
perial getidaruierie; ami the metsage
itself was an artful concoction, couched
in a sort of verbal cipher, the key to
which a traitor gave us, and which, but
for our military precautious, would have
led to a raising of the Polish regiment
at Tver, and a raising of the jN'osautry
in fifty parishes. As it is, all is safe, and
a telegram has just informed me that
Vasalh himself has been captured on
the frontier. Ii ever a man deserved
Sil>eria—but you go free, Arthur. Come
with me, aud Marie and I will teach you
to forget this misery."
I have heeu married and happy now
this many a year, bat I do not think
that the ill-omened face of Demetrius
Vassili will ever '• seen again on this
-ide of the Ourl.
Flies and Fn*h Ay - .
Every honsckeejier knows what a nuis
ance tiles are IU sumtper. Two weapons
lire powerful against them, cleanliness
and darkness. Therefore the dining
room should be kept dark Wt wceu meals,
and care should Is 1 takeu to sweep every
crumb from table ami floor. Hut it will
not do simply to shut tip the room, shut
ting op the flies in it. Close every win
dow and door but oue. and through that
drive the flies out This is not so hanl
as it mav seem upon paper, and practice
makes perfect here tog in all else. We
have known a liousekeej>er who was so
expert that she had only to wave her
broom and the flies dutifully swarmed
out us they saw the standard waved in
the air. Fly nets for the windows are
comfortable apjicudnges for living and
sleeping rooms. Rought ready mnde
they are somewhat exjiensive, made at
home they cost only a trifle. Have the
carpenter—or if some one of the family
knows how too handle tools, let him—
make a frame of inch wide lath, fitting
the window frame. On this stretch mos
quito netting—dark green is lest—anil
fasten with tacks to the laths. The Name
netting over a frame of mile, of osiers,
or wires from an old hoopskirt makes
-serviceable cake and butter covers. Bead
one hoop into a round of the size wanted,
then on this fasten two semi-circular
hoops, crossing each other st right angles
in the center above the l*>tta>m hoop.
This forms the frame, which, if of wire,
should be wnip|x*d with worsted; on this
the netting is sewed, and a button ou top
serves as a handle.
Air every sleeping room thoroughly
every morning and if possible, let in the
snn to shine on the lieds and IM*l clothes.
Often at night when the heat is well nigh
unbearable, a wet cloth hung in the win
dow over the blind will cool the room as
if a shower had fallen, and every one
knows how water poured 011 the pavement
in front of the door will freshen the hot
dry air. The principle of the reduction
of temperature by evu]K>rntion is capa
ble of much practical application. In
India and other tropical countries, where
ice is almost unknown, the natives cool
their drinking water by suspending
earthen jars filled with it in a brisk Cur
rent of air, which process is said to cool
it thoroughly and rapidly. Ho also,
when ice is unattainable, butter may be
kept firm and sweet by sitting the Isiwl
containing it in a shallow vessel of watr
and coveriug with a napkin, the ends of
which are well immersed in the wnter in
the bottom dish. A wet handkerchief or
s|H>nge worn in the hat when exposed to
the sun, as in the harvest field, will pre
vent sunstroke under the most intense
heat known to onr climate, and will often
relieve headache arising from heat and
exhaustion combined.
Splrer's Proverb* Tor the People.
You cannot catch fish with a cor-net.
Drinking whisky straight will not
make yonr head level
Yon will often have to get round a
man in order to get square with him.
When you are asked to sign off, you
may be snre there is a sign maent
The report of a failed company is not
necessarily a corp oration.
Rifle teams were not made to draw
gun carriages.
You need not call the watch because
the chick "strikes;" if you wait long
enough the "strike" movement will
run down.
Yon must not expect pens because the
enemy's city haa been shelled.
It may lie reason, but it will not pnt
any rhyme into a decision to reverse it
There is one cord that contains knots
that no man can untie, nd ti*at is the
cord ef wood.— Botton Commcrvidt
Bulletin. '
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER UJ, 1877.
Fa*hln Neb-*.
Fawn color is fashionable for Indies'
silk handkerchiefs.
" Sorrel-given " is tlie newest tint seen
in many imported dresses.
Tinted or delicate shades of orgaudie
are worn over silk of a deep color.
Itlock silk bonnets are imported to
take the place of felt oues for fall.
Handsome morning wrap|M-rs are of
black silk trimmed with pink flounces.
Turban hats made entirely of feathers
are fashionable for ladies' traveling wear.
Shade hats of braided eorn-shuek* are
brought from Florida, and wont at coun
try resorts.
A very pretty dress for the country is
mode of any strijied material; ia prettiest
ill white and ecru batiste.
Arrows of dark blue enamel a half
inch long, the feather end beiug jewel
studed, are the latest design for ear
rings.
I'arasols are made to match each suit,
jiereale and liatiste dresses having their
own parasols as well as the popular
bunting,
A single loop of colored ribtiou sewed
on white muslin dre-skirts is passed
over the hand of the wearer to hold up
the train.
Many of the fall costumes are made
with square necks, to be worn over
chemisettes, which are again coming
into favor.
ImjKirter* say, that there i* a smaller
quantity of velvet in this iMuutry *t
present than at any previous lime for
many years.
A haudsome overdress for watering
places, t* a polonaise of open- worked
white silk, which can lie worn with plain
colored silk skirt*.
I,udie*' dress is taking on mascuhue
styles again. Liueu shirt* with gold
studs, anil Marseilles vest* fortu part of
the newest summer toilets.
The black units winch have IHVU
fashionable this seusou are now Wing
replaced by mitts corresponding iu color
to the dress or trimming* worn.
Handkerchiefs now come with colored
borders to match the summer suits mid
tlie sets of lingerie cither in racbemire
or delicate blues snd pink*. Stocking*
iu silk, with tlie different plain colors in
stripes, are very hanilcoiue, but $5 and
st> a pair keep them above the reach of
all but tlie wealthy.
It in aanl that a very novel and rich
triluliuug for fall dresac* in 1U the linml*
of the manufacturer*. It is ootnpooed of
colored Wa<ih mixed with passementeries,
and intended to match the color*—topaz,
brute, lapis lazuli, ruby, emerald, gnr
uet, sapphire, turquoise, and amethyst
Wing u*ed according to the Colors of the
dress.
New style* in collar* and cuff* for
wearing with percale suits are tlie white
linen low collar and wide cuff edge with
periiilo like the dresa. Oilier seta, with
pretty pen-ale and cretonne eagea, may
be worn with dark oottime# of solid
oolor eiWtiwly, and mat* from 81.75 to
$2.50. Handkerchiefs are edged in cor
responding Colors, or embroidered in
blue* ami pinks prettily.
A toilette for a little girl, age seven to
eight years, ha* tlie robe Princess II >yal
composed of rose pink toile Wtiste, gar
nished with liuv* of narrow galoon, the
design over a much deeper shade, and at
the 1 Kit torn a plaited narrow flounce. At
the side a pocket, garnished with a IKIW
of faille. Sleew* trimmed to match the
skirt. Hat of white straw- trimmed with
white muslin, and garnished with row
faille aud feather*.
A walking or seaside toilette is com
]*i*ed of marine blue percale. The skirt
tra ned, and trimmed with three flounces
at the tiack. The Durhcsae teblier,
trimmed with white gnipnre lace. Cor
sage Marie, open in front, and garnished
with a Medicis collar, edged with lace.
A IHIW in front, a* well a* on tlie open
sleeves, which ar , trimmed with plait
ing* and folds. Hat of straw, trimmed
witli muslin and flowers.
How the Ruler* Dine.
Marshal MacMahou in frugal ami
never make* any observation* on what in
net More liim. He in not a (frwU
drinker. but very fund of fruit.
Queen Victoria in not a great eater, but
fd>e liken l>ef and pantry.
The emperor of Rnsniu in fond of
game. He drinka plenty of Burgundy
and champagne.
The empwur of (formany drinkn anv
thing lie can get—Marrohrunner, Lief>-
franeniuilich and Roederer. He in n
wmple-hearted and merry guent. He
liken beef ami nweet diahtw.
The emperor of Auntria i* a nerioun
eater. He prefer* leof and mutton to
poultry. He drinkn Hangaria winea
ami Bordeaux.
Victor Emmanuel han a ntrong appe
tite ; love* nmall fir 1* ; doe* not touch
the boons he kill>. Hurgundy in hin
wise.
Tim king of the Netherlandn ia a
splendid eater. Give liim anything and
nalinon, with old iriuc. Hi* cellar* are
the fluent in Euro|>fl.
The king of the Belgian* liana ntomacli
no lugger than a npaTrow's. Cannot eat
much ; lnrkn will do and old Burgundy.
The ex-king of Hanover taken pheaa
ante, groune and smoked ham, Rhenish
wine* and Moselle.
Tlie king of Portugal i* a minerahle
guent ; eats little, drink* less.
Alp lionise XII. ha* a brave *tomach.
Plenty of poultry, veal, dessert and
claret.
The Life-Suving SerTlre.
The statistics <>( wrecks which have
oocnrml within the range of the life
saving service during the last fiscal year
have just been made up at the Treasury
department, and show that the numlter
of vessels driven ashore by stress of
weather during the year was 12b, and
that they had on lx>ard 1,251) persons.
Ot this numt>er <f lives there wcie 1,214
saved and 39 lost; the number lost lieing
about three per cent, of those imperiled.
The estimated value of the vessels
wrecked was $1,740,464, and of their
cargoes $1,346,876, making a total valu
ation of $3,095,331. The whole amount
of propertv saved, so far as reported,
was $1,554,505, and of that lost $1,053,-
826, leaving $487,000 not yet ascertained
whether saved or lost. At fifty of the
disasters fiie Iffe-saving service appara
tns was snc<-essfully used, and 838 jmr
sona were rescued by it.
Additional signals are preparing to lie
incorporated into the national code for
use of vessels and life-Having stations,
which will grpatly facilitate communica
tions lietween the vessels and the shore.
The ** Faith Diamond,"
One of the largest diamonds ever
found in the South African fluids, belongs
to Miss Sclireiner. a temperance preach
er. It weighs 288 carats, and is called
the " Faith Diamond." It is said that
one of her brothers would not berome a
good templar on any eonaideratiftn unless
ho found a rare big 'stone. Miss
Schreincr finding all ordinary means of
converting him to good templar's prin
ciples in vain, at last prayed that he
might find a large diamond. Hooii after
ward the monster was unearthed, and
the brother, who was a partner in the
claim property, was as good as his word.
He became, and is still, a consistent
good templar. Local merchants have
offered SIOO,VOO for the atpoe. The lady
is an enthusiastic temperance advocate,
and preaches with wonderful ability.
( LKiosrriKH or FOOD.
MsßiS Tblaassf lairrc.t Is Kslrsrea si HlsS
and law llrarcr.
MIUI jMstsi'sstw ii power of aixviruuio
datiug liuuaelf to a varied diet. All birds,
insects and animals, with but few exeeji
tious, are ussl as fissl by tlie different
races ou tlie glolie, altbough such as are
esteemed a delicacy by some are refusal
as unlit and disgustiug by ntlier*. The
main deductions froiu tfie diversity of
diet, aside from tlie rurioaitlea of taste
tltus presented, are that tlie aiuue life
sustaining elements abound in all these
manifold varieties of food.
Cannibalism, thoiigb now confined
]>riuci|Ndlv to tlie Polynesian Mauds,
was practiced by the ancient iuhabilauts
of liritaiu, and even bv other Eurojioaii
countries, many yearn ago. The eating
of horse fiesil originated 111 Tortary, Mas
introduced into Norway into 1810, and
its use now jirevails m fifteen European
■Stst<<s lieaidcs France. Ancient liomans
liktxl tlie fiesh of tlie wild ass, the fox
and the lieur, and now we find Arabs eat
ing camels; tlie Australians kiuigarisis;
tlie East Indians, zebras, wolves, jackals
and leopards, while the inhabitants of
Abmsuua and Humatra feast on elejihant
and liijijiojiotauius meat.
Frogs arc now eaten the world over;
snails arc used us food iu many parts of
Eurojic; sharks are relished bv the llold
coast natives ami New Xealaiiders;
crocodiles are esteemed a luxurv by tlie
unlives of Africa ami Australia; aluga
are iu common use in China; walrus and
seal grace the diuing-lialla of the Eu|ui
maux, and whales adorn tlie fish markets
of J span.
Of tlie amuials of smaller ante Uie dog
seems to lie favorite eating ill China,
New Zealand, Kuulli Hea lslamla, Aus
tralia and jmrts of Africa. Pliny tella
us that even Itoman gourmands rejpuded
nupjiies as a great delicacy. During tlie
late siege in Paris dog fiesh aohl as high
as sixty cent* per pound. Of all nations
the Chinese seciu the least fastidious ami
liavo no jirejudice* not euailr overtxime,
if they can ouly command a plentiful sup
ply of dogs, rota, ruts, mice, moukies,
sliakes, rotten egg* or putrid fish.
Moukies are held in high esteem aa food
by tlie natives of Ceylon, Tnui>lad, Bor
neo, ttjuuiish (iuiaita, ami on the Ama
xou; hixlgshog is a primely dish in llnr
tiary and is also eaten in Spain; the
Hudson liav skunk is eaten by the In
dians there, ami a>|iiirrela by tlie Ameri
can Indians.
African natives eat ants stewed iu
jwdrn oil, while tlie large white si its are
roasted in jiota ami eaten bv haudfuls as
we rot sugar plums. As to locusts (such
unwelcome guests in America), they look
upon tlieiu us a blessiug, txjual to our
estimate of bread aud butter; tbA
smoke and salt them, Mil or stew, griml
tliern down as corn, ami their use is very
fattening. The Bedouins of Mcsojsi
lamia ami other- Eastern jieojile dry and
airing lxni*ta together to rot on tlieir
journeying* with unleavened bnxai; tlicy
are also enjoyed by the Persians, Egyp
tians, Arabiuus, Hudimeu, who chum for
tliem a strong vegetable taste flavored
by the jdnlita njsiu which they fexl.
Caterpillars were rotcn by the ancients
st their feasts; ami the anine happy cus
tom is lieqietruteil by tlie natives of
South Africa. Spiders, lax'tlro and
gruashopju-rs arc included iu tlie hills of
fare of Airman Hushuicn and tlie inhabi
tants of New Caledonia, t which the
former add, byway of side dishes, roots
and luillm. the larva-of ants, lizards and
locii'tta. In India, Zanzibar, Java, Chin*
and Sontli Australia the use of snakes,
lizards ami tints, as articles of food, is
quits coninioii.
A strange custom exist* iu many part*
of the World of eating earth, pruba
-I>lt having it* origin iu certain lo
calities where the earth so Used for food
wa* found to consist in part of the re
mains of minute animals and organisms.
Certain trtlies live principally during
the rainv seasons tipm a fat, uuctuoiia
clay; and the same is enteti by Japanese
belles, after Wing made into thin cakes,
to give them alendernaas of form. A
kind of earth known as hread-nieal is
largely used in northern Europe, and a
similar substance called mountain-meal
lias, in times of famine, stayed hunger in
northern Germany. Much of the clay
so commonly naed in warm countries,
aud also bv certain classes in tlie South,
is men* (bet, has no alimentary value,
aud its use leads to certain disease ami
sure death.
Civilization, agricultural and com
merce elevates the customs ami appetites
of the nntions of the earth, by broaden
ing their fields for supply, and giriug
chance for compart* m of the world's diet
ary srntema. What was once con
suinetl as a necessity is no longer palata
ble to the people whose opportunities
are broailened ami whose tastes are re
flned.— Woonsockct Patriot,
, Kid Glove*.
Tlie manufacture of kid gloves is an
old French industry. Grenoble is the
principal sent of the trade, over a third
of it* inhabitants being engaged in it,
and it wn* from this city that the manu
facture was introduced, some three hun
dred years ago, by wandering craftsmen,
into other European cities, especially
those of Germany. Paris not long ago
grew to b the rival of Grenoble in the
t ratio, uiuinly through the exertions o'
Jouviu, wlio brought tlie manufacture
into prominent notice, and laid the foun
dation of that world wide fame which the
Pnrisian kid gloves have ever since en
joyed.
Tlie French kid glove manufacture
gives employment to over 70,000 hands,
including those who attend to prepara
tion of the leather. The yearly bmduo
tion amounts to something like 24,000,-
000 pairs, representing a value of 80,000,-
000 francs.
Kid gloves are made of the skins of
gists, kids, sheep and lamlm, which are
supplied by all Eunqiean countries, Hax
ony, however, furnishing the best. Great
care is exercised iu tanning iu order to
obtain leather of the required degree of
softness and pliability. The dyeing of
the leather i* carried on in special estab
lishment*. for the convenience of glove
makers who do not, like larger firms, at
tend to their own dyeing. The soft
gloss of kid gloves is not, as some have
Wen led to suppose, due to any peculiar
treatment, but Uepeuds upon the quality
of the leather aud the care expended in
its tanning.
Bread Blot* Bnrlng the War.
The women's riot at Ohieago during
the recent strike reminds the Nashville
(Tanu.) American of the women's bread
riots iu the Mouth during the war. It
says;
The first broke out in Mobile with a
clamor for bread, the worfien holding
the streets for n day. Next day the
women of Atlanta and Augusta took up
the cry, and the day after, or within a
very short time, those of Richmond,
who were addressed by President Davis,
Governor Letcher and Mayor Mayo. The
fair rioters held the streets and clamored
for bread. Rations were ordered, but
they declined them .and robbed a few
jewelry stores, and a few dry goods
stores suffered slightly. The damage,
however, was trifling. They were dis
persed with difficulty, on account of tlie
gallantry which precluded the idea of
using artillery on women. It waa
strikingly similar to the present strike
iu the suddenness and simultaneity of
the different manifestations, though it
was rather amusing than alarming, and
nobody waa hurt.
'FA KM, HARDEN AND HQI'HfcHOLD.
Tlabi HUM Imr list.
The general opinion among farmer*
probably in, that barns with air-sjiaixxi
Let ween tin* hoard lug are better adapted
to cure ami preserve hit than tsirns with
very tight boarding uml o tight bottoiip
ltut this O|iiiiiou is founded UJMIII KIM
■U)>|MHMHI foot that (roe access of air will
aaaiat IU carrying off surplus moisture
and ore yout nesting and fermentation,
whicu supposed (net ia not a fact at all
wheii applied to a body uf uucured bay.
When this uucured graaa is spread In
tlilli layera on the field and exposed to
the air, the moisture ia carried off ao
rapidly aa not to permit any heating or
fermentation, but when placed in a thick
body in a mow the heat, with access of
air, rouses rapid fermentation. The oxy
gen of the air feed* the fermentation and
thus Incomes the active cause of its de
struction. This principle ia familiar to
the g*ssi housewife who proservea her
fruit iu an air-tight jar. We tried an
experiment some years ago, which ap
plied this principle to keeping green
clover. We took a large linseed oil cask,
unheeded at one end, filled it with green
clover just in hhieaotn, containing all its
sap, crammed it aohd, replaced the head,
drove the hoops, and then stopped all
air sjuices with white-lead and paint.
Ou ojieuing, ten mouths after, the clo
ver blossoms were found almost as bright
as when put in.
Ouly a few months ago the Elmira
Fanner*' Club mentioned, aa a warning
to one who asked advice about putting
uueured liar in liarns, tliat a uiemMr of
the club had lost his bam by fire caused
by filling a cask with green clover, ram
med in, and covering the top with two
or three inches of earth. This mishap
was caused by not sufficiently excluding
the air. It did nut invalidate the prin
ciple that green grass may be kept in air
tight receptacles, ouly that it could not
be preserved with acceaa to air. Almost
ever* fanner has observed that grass
needs more curing to put iu a tack than
in bam, allowing tiuxt jnat in proportion
as the air ia excluded may the hay be
put in uncurrd. Tne tighter, then, the
IMinis are made, the greener may the
grass he put in mow. It ia of great ser
vice to exclude the air fn>m the side# and
bottom of a mow, even with access of air
id the top. Then the heating and fer
mentation take place slowly, turning the
moisture into very thin, gassy vajiur.
that rocaiies at the top or jiaaaro off. If
hay, or the fodder to be ki-jit, ia fiacked
very solid, it affords lea* access to air
auif thus heats less rapidly and mav es
oajie injury, when if loose it would be
destroyed by destructive fermentation.
I do not ail viae anybody to put uncuml
grass into the barn, but there ia no doubt
that bay ia greatly injured by too much
drying, a* a general rule. It should lie
cured only ao much as ia uaoroaary to
secure its preservation. All drying in
creases the woody filler. It will lie seen
that the liest nicana of keeping slightly
cured hay is to have very tight barns.—
t \jrrrtfHjiui>nf4 (buntry Urnttcman,
Krrtpn.
TOMATO MORR. —Boil two and one-half
pound* of lamb in four quart* of water;
Iniil the lamb to ohred* and the water
down to two quart*; strain it. Peel and
eut up fine two quart* of fresh tomatoes;
mix them with the liquor; stir them
hard, ami boil them half an hour: sea
son with | MUX by, pepper and salt; strain
them again; stir iu one tabimjxvmfnl of
hutter before pouring in the tureen.
The broth iu which chickens were boiled
is often preferred to the lamb.
Arrnz CUSTARD Pl*.— Three cupful*
sU-wisl apples, nearly a cupful sugar,
six egg*, one quart of milk. Sweeten
the apples well and lot cool, mix the
egg* with the applea, season with nut
meg, stirring in the milk slowly. One
crust.
MARBLED CABE.— One cupful butter,
two cupfuia sugar, three cnpfnls flour,
four eggs, one cupful sweet milk, one
half bsMfiouuful aoda, one teaapoouful
cream tartar sifted in tlie flour; when
tlie cake is mixed take out a teocupfnl of
tlie batter and stir into this a large
spoonful of chocolate, wet with a little
milk; fill your pan about an inch thick
with yellow batter, and drop upon this
in two or three places a spoonful of the
dark mixture, forming fancy rings; pro
ceed with the light until all is used up.
WATERMELON OAEB.— Take two en
fula of sugar, one of butter, one of milk,
the whites of eight eggs, two cnpfnls of
flour, oue of corn-starch and two tea
spoonfuls of bakiug powder. Take one
third of the luitter and mix half a cujiful
of currants with it; take another third
and add to it a little cochineal and a
lnmp "f alnm the size of a pea dissolved
in a little water. Flavor and arrange in
your pan a* marble cake.
PRESERVED PEACHES. Pare the
pearlies, cut them in half, and remove
the stones; allow oue pound of granulat
ed sugar to oue pound of poorhea; crack
one-quarter of these stones, extract tlie
kernels, and remove the dark skin; then
Uiil them in just water enough to cover
them; boil until soft; let them steep in
s covered bowl until needed; place tlie
pearlies and aogar alternately in layers
in a (Mircelatn kettle, let it warm up
slowly, then strain the kernels and add
the water; (tlie kernels may also be
added if deaired); let them boil slowly
until tlie ]>eaches are clear and tender;
it takes al*>ut half an hour; then skim
them out carefully and lay them upon
large, flat dishes; boil the syrup until it is
clear and thick,about fifteen minutes; skim
thoroughly as fast as the skim rises; fill
jars two-thirds full of the cold preserved
peaches; pour on the boiling syrup;
when cold, place braudied tissue paper
on top, and cover the jar well with
stout paper.
Tkr ( nbbnar Worm.
W. D. A., Tiogk oounty, Pa., writes:
" Not having seen anything thi* season
with regard to a very troublesome pest
which is among us, { send you a snogi
men for information. It is called here
the eaVillage worm, and is produced by
the miller or moth, which I send also.
The moth appears alsiut the time tlie
cabbage liegms to head, and tlie cab
bage is soon covered with the worms,
attacking especially tlie iuuer leaves,
aud IKKIU ruining it if not attended to.
There are numerous remedies for killing
the worms, such as black jiepjier, hot
soap suds, saltpetre, and others, but as
this worm is hidden more or less under
the leaves not wholly effectual.
Tne ouly sure remedy we have is hand
picking. I* there no way of keeping
the raoth away from tlie cabltage ?"
Reply.—The cablmge worm, which
we suppose is here referred to, for no
specimen waa received with the letter,
is the larva of the white butterfly,
known as Arris rapa, It has one or
two round black spits upon the wing*
aud appears iu May anu iu July or
August, there being two broods in one
year. We notioe them flying aliout our
eablingcs at the present time. There is
no certain remeuy for these pests but
catching them, aud where a considerable
quantity of caldiagea are grown, it will
pay to keep a child in the gordeu on the
watch for them. This is beat, done by
mennsuf a small net of gauze or mosquito
bar fastened to a wire hoop, which ia
fixed to a light pole for a handle. With
this an active boy or girl can capture
the butterflies es fast as they come on to
the cabbages. When the worms appear
they may lie treated to a dose of dry
slaked lime, which we have found to be
very effective in getting rid of them, aa
also all soft bodied worm* aud slugs.
TERMS: a Year, in Advance.
The wurma should lie carefully looked
for. A quantity of fresh burned lime
may be kept in a damp cellar until it
faint to a flue dry powder, when it should
lie kept in a dry place in a close bos or
jar for use. I'll is is dilated over the
worms as they may lie discovered, when
they are too numerous fur hand picking.
nitklsf Trnla Itaats.
Mtake your tomato plants now, liefore
they fail over and go sprawling along
the ground. Drive a stout stake four or
Ave inches high, cloae to each plant,
with two or three cross pieces a foot long
nailed on it Nip cot every lateral
branch that starts from the maun stalk,
above the leaves, and tie the plants to
the stake as it grows, with coarse twine.-
For early fruit select three or four ef the
most forward plants, and pinch off not
only sll Intends but tlie main stalk, a
few inches sliove tlie first cluster of
bloaaom*. Yon thus divert all the vigor
of tlie plants into one cluster of fruit,
and can riueu tomatoes two or three
weeks ahead of tlie other plants. W
have had twenty-four fine " Trophies,"
making a cluster as large as one could
ouVer with s hat, ripeued, the newt of
.hem, in July, by tins process, Under
. favorable conditions of soil and culture,
on the single-stalk system, tomato plants
wul grow five or six feet high, aud ripec
as many clusters of fruit —cleaner,better
in flavor, larger and earlier.
While arrets is Hallrr.
('uridine, Huffblk county, N. Y., aeka
the cause <d hard white speck* in butter,
and how to avoid them.
Reply.—There are several causes for
this defect. It always occurs with the
milk of aome cows, aud in this case can
not be avoideiL In other cases it is
caused by an acid c >ndition of the milk ;
it is then remedied by putting a pinch
of soda in each pan of milk as it is set
sway. Sometime® it ia caused by the
milk standing too long and the cream lie*
ing too sour, when particle* erf card be
come mixed with the butter in churning.
The proper course to pursue ia to find
out whit'll of theae causes ia acting, and
spply the obvious remedy.
Thr Origin of Steam Printing.
It i* rrntfbble that the strain engine
wax not called to the aid of the printing
nrrm sooner than it was; bat it had long
been used in many of the industrial arta
before it lieoame the handmaid to " the
art preservative of all arta." The first
printing by steam was on thr inane of
the LotiJbn Time* for November 29,
1814. The improved hanil preaaea of
that day could only strike off from two
to three hundred impression* an hour
with one man to ink tlie type* and an
other to work the pre**. At that rate a
very large edition of a daily paper was
simply impuaaihle, for one day's work
could not be completed before the next
day's must begin. The 7IBM* then
printed from three to four thousand cop
ies daily, and Mr. John Walters, the
proprietor (the second of that name),
began as early as 1804 to consider
whether tlie work might not lie expe
dited ui some way.
In that year Tliomas Martyu, a oom
[MKUtor in the Time* offiee, got up a
model of a self acting machine for work
ing the press, and Walters furnished the
money for tlie continuance of his experi
ment*. As usual in tlie early history of
lalior-saving machinery, this attempt
met with bitter opposition from the
workmen, who stipjawed their craft was
in ilanger. Martyn was in fear of his
life because of tlie threats of the jirews
inen, and partly on that account, and
partly liecauae Walter had small capital
at that time, the ackerne was given up.
As soon, however, as Kunig's printing
machine was invented, in 1814, Walter
consented that it should be tried on the
Tim**; but for fear of the workmen, the
experiment was made, not in the regular
printing office of the paper, but in an
adjoimug buikliUg. Here Konig and
his sMUs'ant, Bauer, worked secretly for
several months, testing snd perfecting
the machine, tin the twenty-ninth of
November everything was ready for
actual work on the paper, anil the result
is thus told iu s biographical sketch of
Mr. Walter, which appeared in the
TSmes in July, 1847:
•' Tlie night on which'this curious ma
chine waa first brought into use in its
new abode was one of great anxiety and
even alarm. The suspicious pressmen
had threatened destruction to any one
whose inventions might anapend their
employment—'destruction to him and
hi* traps.' They were directed to wait
for expected news from the continent. It
waa about six o'clock in the morning '•
when Mr. Walter want into the press
room, and astonished its occupants by
telling tliem that the Tin** wss already
printed by steam, that if they attempted
violence there wua a force ready
to suppress it; but that if they were
peaceable their wages should le con
tinued to every one of them till similar '
employment could be procured. The
promise was no doubt faithfully per
formed; and having eo said he distribu
ted several copies among them. Thus
was*this most hazardous enterprise un
dertaken and smveasfnlly earned
through, and printing by steam, on a
most gigantic scale,given to the world."
lair and Fertile Bulgaria.
Bulgaria must seem an Edeu to
such Russians as ore accustomed to a
cold climat and sterile lands. AJt
Shuinla, for instance, Mr. Zaiuorski, the
station-master, has reclaimed with his
own hands an acre of ground which the
London Times oorresjiondeut declares is
an example of what the whole land
might, could and should be. It is laid
out iu a flower and kitchen gardeu—the
former glorious in its blaze of summer
tieauty, the latter crammed with every
fruit anil herb which is good for rnau.
Tlie station-master's family is unable to
consume the half of what this acre pro
duces, so the rest is given away to peo
ple who are too lazy to produce fuud for
themselves. There is absolutely uo
market Newly-laid egg* are five for s
penny, chickens twopence a piece, and a
fat goose sixpence at Minimis. As oue
walked, says the correspondent, among
apricot trees loaded with fast ripening
fruit, and saw grapes, plums, apples,
almonds and cherries iu such profusion,
one could not help getting indignant at}
the thought that almost the whole of the
boundless wealth of this magnifioeut
oouutry is wasted from sheer idleness
and stupidity. The Pravadv valley,
properly drained, would produce foot!
for millions, while uow it scarcely pro
vides for hundreds. The wooded heights
are alive with every sort of game, from
quails to eagles, from boars and deer to
11 arte. Every man is at liberty to take ,
his gun aud knock down what he con,
but, M a rale, tlie rich are too lazy and
the poor too timid to enjoy their privi
leges. A lew men go into tlie woods for
hares aud ou the lakes for fish, but it
msy be generally said that tlie Turks
make no use of their vats and teeming
game-preserves. An instance of the
slovenly and uncertain government of j
this land may lie found in the fact that
there is n gun-tax of a hundred piastres
a year, but nobody knows anybody who
ever paid it. " But what would you do
if an offloial were to come and demand
arrears?" the correspondent said to an
Englishman, whtf had used a gun for a
dozen years. "Why, I should first
threaten to kick the fellow if he Weren't I
off, and then give him a backsheesh of
i tea piastre* to get rid of him peaeeably." j
NUMBER 33.
k ( MIITKK OS HIOKE.
Tk* IMwriH Iron Ik# ttkwss
Imrrral far iko tmml Klaral Vaar.
Below will lie found a rtnUwmnt o
tlits rttrenut- received from each depart
tufiit of the tobaeoo interest for tlw
>U<ml yaar which ended June 30, 1877
It l* thf Urgent receipt cm record
Maya the Tobao u I*af, ainee the in*n
guretiou of oar internal revenue *y#tew
reaching m agpreg*to of $41,106,546.92
against $89,796,339.91 in 1876, so in
cream of $1,311,307.01. In the nuwbei
■if agar* uuitle the peftt year there hai
beets ti falling <ff * compared with thf
returns for the fiscal year 1876 of 28,
796,241, the prod—B— in 1877 bain#
1,81 Mi,011,186, and in 1876 1,828,807,396
The production of cigarette# largely in
creased during the laat fiscal year,
comparison for two yean showing 149,
064,267 for 1877, and 77,420,586 fai
1876, an increase in 1877 of 72,648,671.
Manufactured tobacco ahowa a gain in
1877 over JH76 of 5,665,718 pounds, tin
Mggregato production bemg najertifdj
112,719,228 pmmda to 1877, and 107,
063,516 pounds in 1876. Banff in 1877
exhibits a gain of 106,9621 pound*, th
returue being 3,424,0484 pounds, again#!
3,317,086 psunds in 1876. Ktampe fot
tobaeoo and aonff iuteodudjfor cgwt sold
at tan rente each, lewearnt in value $,-
009.60 in 1877, and $6,691.30 in 1876, an
inrrraafi in 1877 of $1,815.30. The
number of dealer* in leaf tobaeoo in 1877
appear* to be lee# than in 1876, lb#
re-venue derived from special tax** on
leaf tobaooo dealer* amounting in 1877
Us $95,089. l\ and in 1876 to $100,650.45.
the tax on each dealer being $25. Retail
•lcalera in leaf tobaooo, whose specie]
tax ia SSOO, and fifty *uU for each $1
of aaiee in cxones of 1,000, paid $3,312.51
in 1876, and only $2,333.34 m 1877, a
difference erf $979.17 in favor of 1877.
Aa the revenue derived from thia aouroc
i# chiefly in the way of penalties fuc
violation of Uw, the" inference may b
drawn thai fever irregularities in the
sale of leaf tobacco at retail occurred in
1877 than in 1876. From agar manu
facturer* there area received in special
taxa at $lO each, $155,289.88 in 1877,
and $158,075.26 in 1876. Manufac
turer* of tobaooo paid in special taxes,
at $lO each, $1,409.58 Use in 1877 than
in 1876, the respective contributions be
ing $8,759.81 in 1877, and $lO 169.39 in
1876. Dealers in manufactured tobacco,
whose special tax is $5 per annum, paid
$21,063.45 leas tbenaat year than in the
preceding one. There seems to have
been fewer tobaeoo peddlers in 1877
than in 1876, aa the revenue from that
source shows a decrease of $2,594.57.
The following table shows the quantity
<rf tobacco and auuff and the number oi
cigars sad cigarettes returned tor taxa
tion in 1877 :
Macro . 11271*,*
Ms off
Cigar* ..1,1—,011,1V
( v .gsrrtta# 149,6*4^237
A Fright/ai Fall fr t Tswer.
i A fearful accident happened at the
high school building in Evausville, Ind.,
ime forenoon wvnUj. Workmen had
(men engaged for several day* in repaint
ing the school building under contract
Theodore Gerald, aged iortv-ftve joera,
was occupied in painting die cupola of
the tower, which riaea in (rent at the
building to the height of about fifty
feet alxrre the roof. The copula is
UurtT-two feet from the roof, and upon
j this ' Gerald was painting. Be was
atauding upon a ladder which araa set
against the tower, and it is supposed
that the ladder was not given enough in
clination. He attempted to more it in
Horn* way, when the ladder slipped, and
Gerald upon it tumbled headlong down
from the dizzy height to the steep roof,
about forty feist bwlow. The roof, fkioL
is very steep under the tower, is oovered
with slate. The nuiortnnate man struck
the slate upon his head, about two feet
from tbe edge of the gutter, and but for
a marvellous accident would have fallen
over the edge ami to the ground below,
a distance of seventy feet His head,
however, struck tbe roof dead, crushing
i in two of the slab- pieces, into which the
head and one of his aruis were entangled,
and there he lay with his lower extremi
ties dangling over the edge of the
house.
Nobody saw him fall, but tbe ladder,
which went crushing down with him,'
fell over to tbe ground and attracted the
attention of other workmen, who at once
ran up to the roof-and discovered the
peril of Gerald. He was immediately
drawn up into the cupola and messengers
sent for a phvsieian.
Dr. Achilles soon arrived and ex
amined the wounded man. He was
entirely unconscious and bore, several
. frightful pounds in the head, made bv
the rough edges of the slate thivAigfi
which he had broken in the fall. Fur
maately there was no fractal* of the
skulfmr 1 :ib mortal injuries apparent. „
A llUad Horse llaring with a Train.
When the four o'clock train on the
Cayuga Lake whittled at McKtn
nef's yesterday afternoon, savs a recent
number of the Ithaca tN. T.) Journal,
the noise frightened a horse standing in
the yard connected with Wort man A
Betas * slaughter house, and the animal
.lashed away with the skeleton wagon to
which it was attached. In wheeling
around to get out of the yard the wagon
was overturned, ami with it in this posi
tion the horse, which i bliad, made
<tirect for the railroad track, and with
great speed contained to run t oriird
town, dragging the wagon along the road
bed. Juat as the home got upon the
track U\e train appeared in viejr at the
curve a abort distance north of the slaugh
ter house, and for a few minuted it look
ed as though everything was up with the
(Kior beast. But on it ran. crooning cat
lie guards and culverts with as much
precision as though it were possessed of
sight anil the dangerous road a familiar
one. The engineer snceeqfled in revers
ing the locomotive before overtaking the
horse, although running down grade,
and at Quick's daughter house the runa
way was stopped ami led down from the
track.
m -
What tke Mlcreseope Kcveals.
Lewenlioeek tells ns of an insect seen
with the microscope, of which twenty
seven millions would only equal a mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen
j in tbe cavities of a grain of sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees,with
, tie' branches, leaves and fruit
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered
with smiles like a fish; a single grain of
sand would cover one hundred and fifty
of these scales, and yet a scale covets Ave
hundred pores. Through these narrow
openings the perspiration forces itself
like water through a sieve.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
a world of living creatures, swimming
with as much liberly as whales in the
sea.
Each loaf lias a colony of sects graz
ing on it, like oows in a meadow.
i THU NEW (JOINTKKMUT Fimr DOU.AU
NOTKS. —The new counterfeit on the
Third National bank of Buffalo, N. Y.,
is thus described in the new Govei*n
i metit. Detector: "Letter A on upper
right hand corner. Dated March. 10th,
1865. This is printed from the altered
plate of Central National bank of New
York. Title and date of issue are all
that have been changed cm the plate.
1 Note like its predecessor, about an
I eighth of an inch shorter than genuine,"
Bt, Lotrilt la (Clipping hones to Sag-
Tail thinks ha ia about sixty.
He flghta like it.
The skyisft of mail trains had no
effect on female train*.
Than an forty lawyers and only three
printers in Antrum (N. T.) prison.
One of tlw London Rothohilds was
offered $85,000 for bw race bone, but
rtrfaasd the offer..
L A young French aohlier wee persuaded
[ lately bjMfi fiKkm to out off three of
hie flagers that abe might keep him at
home.' * - -ff j'jt • [
Germany raise# about 94,000,000
bushels of wheat each year, while the
1 product of France ia upward of 275,•
000,000.
What ia the difference between charity
■ and a tailor * As first covers a nmltt
i tudc of ains; the aeootvd a multitude at
' sinner*.
I Ihe inhabitants of the mountain val
leys of North Italy are embarking in
large number* from Mediterranean porta
for America.
} The Roman law fixes majority at
twenty-five; in Russia it ia twenty-four;
in F-ugjawd and most other countries it
ia twenty-one.
Borne excursion boat will be going
down with all on board one of these
■ lava, and then we shall hear that old
excuae, " didn't know it waa loaded."
When a dog barks at night in Japan
the owner ia art uated and sentenced to
work a year for the neigh bom that were
disturbed, and the dog is killed.
Owing to the failure of the bridegroom
to provide a wedding ring for a recent
nuptial ceremony ia England, they bad
,to uae the handle of a door key to per
fect the ceremony.
A fashion journal say* soft, clinging
garments are the moat popular. Yea,
mustard planters are in great request
among those who hove eaten too many
cucumbers lor dinner.
Badly, w authority, maintains, from
Oriental record*, that a#trooomy waa
, cultivated in Egypt and Chakh-a 2,800
B C. : In Persia J.2f B. C.; in India,
' 3,161 B. O.; and in Chin*,2,952 B. C.
' "Osnyoa drawn landscape?" asked
an enthusiastic tourist <rf a stranger whom
he met in the White mo—tain*. " No,"
replied the other man, who happened to
be * dan tint, " but I can draw a tooth.**
The foolish man ruabeth out to see the
mob, and i* shot through the lung*, but
the wise man huggetb the Constitution
of the Cnited States to hi* bosom, and
abidrth in his cellar until the evil days
be over.
JU's the use of tobaeoo in large quan
tities that is injurious. Take, for in
staoae, Mr. Jaauw Tucker. <rf Greys—
ooonty, Ky., wlw had a whole bogs
' bend of it fall on him and kill him the
other day.
The le-lle of a ball In Washington,
Ky., waa fought over tsy rival admirers,
each of whom wsnteJ to >lance with her
to the exclusion of all others. Two were
wounded with pistol shots, and three
with knives.
Mrs. Hayes, of Allen ooaiity, Ky., re
cently gave birth to four children, two
boys' and two giria, which weighod
twenty-four pounds in the aggregate,
and were all at last, account* a* well as
oould be expected.
We read that " Mars will, on Septem
ber 5, be only 85,600,000 miles from the
earth." How to prevent s euliiaton on
ike day between Mar* and the fashiona
ble shirt eolkr is the problem now agi
tating philosophers,
"I ant very particular about my
bathing-dries, tor there ia everything in
a hath suit," remarked a spare hut beau
tiiiai belle to an admirer at Atlantic City.
" Yea," waa the dry reply, " and very
little sometiaMK." Tableau.
M lt mi strange," muttered a young
man.aa he staggered home from a supper
partr, **bow evil eommunicsttous oor
rnpt" good manners. 1 have been sur
rounded by tumblers all the evening,and
now iam a tumbler nrjpsrif."
A man reoenUv had a needle taken
from his body, where it had been for
seventeen year*. " Did yon ever fed
an? inconvenience from it?" asked a
neighbor. "Only a sflriA fa my tide,'
now and than," was the answer.
In Norway eagles destroy oxen by the
- They dive into
the am, ami then roll thawed* c* in the
sand, and afterward, by flapping their
wings and ■ht b ''"g their feather* into the
eyes of an ox, they blind the animal and
. cmMfae it
The death of two great ones of the
earth ia announced Ruth Benton, of
Wiacnoain, aged fifty-four; height, ecvsu
feet tour inches; weight, 585 pounds,
and Modesto MaJhiot, of Quebec, aged
sixty-eight; height, six feet eight inches;
weight, 618 poemds.
The ancients teach us that the Romans
had no title#- Serine and Causer were
simply mo called. Title# began in the
court" of Constantino. The emperor of
(kirmany first took the title of majesty.
Kings, till the fifteenth and sixteenth
were called tnghnrea**.
A weight of 36,000 pounds attached to
s her of rim one inch square and 1,000
rirW in length will draw it out one
inch ; 45,069 pounds stretch it* two
inches; 54.000 poaada, tonr inches;
63,000 pounds, eight iffebe#. and 72,000
pounds, sixteen inches, when it will
finally break." 454 "
While i sergeant of a United States
company torn exhibiting a Catling gun
a* the foot of Jackson street, Chicago,
seoMtUy. soma one iqpgrted * cartridge
and 4nr*ed the orauk. An explosion
followed and a man was shot through
thh hfort The crowd ws# great that
the pereoi rtwpotirißri tor the deed ws*
not dMOovarad. The virtimt was one of
tba syssMftl poboamsn lately en duty.
A C-iicago young woman alarmed tho
houe by ktondiog on a chair, with her
#kirts drawn tight around her feet, and
srrokmuig: ♦'Mfrfher' Mfrfher!! Here's!!!
a greatVNfirifeirn —rful!?!"! nasty!!!!!!!
umnes!!!tllU" Sha waarosoue.l, and in
half aa boor had pounded bar little sister
black aud bine, eaten a large pan of
cold beans, and gotten all ready to look
sweet when Charier Came to take her
out driving.
i i'u .a —Jii lu ajJXJwg?—
I * vA Lena la IHmeUattoa.
Piinrhiate Hi# following fftwto make
*it tra; ! "> '* 4
>4* Kvrr lad# ai Q land
i Hath twi-uty iuui#piM Melt hand:
Fir* and twenty op luitdju>d feet,
And this is trufl
Make sense out at tfclht - *
Laml Palm crab >n thea -eaiaml on hit*
1 head, a white lint upon his feet, large
! l ami well polished boots upm his brow, a
dark clond in Kia hand, his faithful walk
ing fltMt in bis a tbenaoing glare
saving nothing. * , *
And see if punctuation will make the
following poetry any leas absurd :
I aaw a pigeon ntaking bread;
I saw a girl composed of thread;
I saw a towel ona mile xqoisri ;
1 saw a meadow m the air £
I saw a rocket walk a mile;
I 'saw a pour make a file;
1 sawaUsairSitirthtaabwu
, I saw an orapga kill an ox ,
I saw a butcher made of ties);
- > I saw apaaknifa dastoea reak.
1 I saw a sailor twelve feet kigli;
I saw a ladder In a jfle' :*
1 I eaw an apple fly away ; f
t lw Jft
I saw a farmer like a log ;
I saw a puppy mixing grog <
i Ky} I saw three meu who .aaw iha*e too
. And will oouflna what J fell you.
fttank* Story.
" "Is Ibe snake editor in f
" Amid the slings an<f*nwwsof out
, rageous fortune be nevwr forsakes his
: post.' - Behold me in the snake editor."
i " Well, I killed a rattle
" How longwswit?" . *
i " Ntne feet fonf **—
" W-whatl lees than ten feet ? This
1 paper is no receptacle for miserable fisb
►liiig-wero stories," and the
editor seized the visitor by the throat
! and shot off front his insldes the breath
< f heaven.
1 " Yaart," gurgled the pear wretch,
- but ii had eighty-seven ra
"No back talk I" yelled khe editor;
"we want no rattlesnake* lees than from
ten to twelve feet in length," and the
snake killer was daabed to pieces on the
i flinty pavement below.— Oil City Dtr,
riok.