lite. Oar slender life run* rippling by, and glide* Into the intent hollow of the past; What i* there that abide*. To make the neat age better for the laat ? Life memo a ject of fate'a contriving. Only seen re in every one'* conniving A long Account of nothing*, paid with lo**. Whore we, poor puppet* Jerked by un*een wire*, After one little hour of atrnt and rave, With all onr partehoard pa**ion and desire*. laivo*. hate*, ambition* and immortal lire*. Are tneaed jxll niell together in the grave. Ah ! Uiere in something here. Unfatliomod by the cynic'* *neer- Somcthing tlut leap* life'* narrow bar*. A aeed of sunshine that doth leavwu Our earthly dullneea, witli the l*am of *tara. And glorify our clay. With light from fountains, ,iM<>r.tli*ii the day. Miltiadc* lYterkin I'anl fa tluilty of " ricking and Stealing." Little Miltiadc* IVterkin Paul, Going down to Uic |>ot-oM<* on* day in fall, A* h* loitered along the road, chanced to espy A tree thick with fruit in an orchard olo*e by. " Oho!" h* cried gleefully. •• Fee !—Fo ! Fi! Finn! These are nice li cking russets—l guess I'll have some. I cant stand by and see good fruit hxug there and rot I really cant do it indeed I cannot!" r*. little Miltiade* Petorkin Paul. Having looked aU around, lest perchance Uncle Sol (That wa* what people calleit Mr. Solomon Sly, Whoae orcliard it was"* ahould be watching close by, He got over the wall aud climbed into the tree— (Oh, there never was such a smart climber he!) And preseutly found himself high in the tree top. With more apple* about him than ten men could eat up. Then he braced himself flnuly and tasted a few ; And finding them quite to hi* taste, be set to, Devouring one after another until • In a very short time he had eaten his AIL And he breathed a most heart-rending sigh a* he ceased. *' Ah ! they aay that enough i* as good as a feaitt," Murmured little Miltiade* IVerkin Paul. "But I can't eat enough. Urn so dreadfully small. "I'm determined, however, 1 won't leave them alh- Ooctinned MilliaJes Peterkin Paul. "I have several big pockets, I U Just All them too— It won't do any harm to lay in a few," Which was no sooner thought of, be sure, than 'twas done. He staffed all his pockets quite full, every one. Then he cautiously turned him about on the limb, To crawl back—when a frightful thing hap pened to him. Alas, poor Miltiades Peterkin Paul! There came a great crash—then he felt himself fall Down—down, with a rush and a bump; and I fear That his life and adventures had ended right here. But that, kicky for him! his gray oordnrov jacket (Which was quite new and stout) wa* to big in the back it Caught him fast on the end of a limb ; and lo! there Young Miltiade* helplessly hung in mid air. Then little MUtiadcs Peterkin Paul, Almost frightened to death, began straightway to bawl At the top of his voice : " Oh, dear ! Help ! 00-00-oo ! And hi* cries, being heard in the neighboring lot. Quickly brought Mr Solomon Sly to the spot. Who. perceiving our hero, said grimly : " Ho! ho! What's the meaning of all this, I'd just like to know ? That's a queer sort of fruit for my trees to be bearing! What is that that you say? Help you? Humph ? Well, now. really, I should *ay you'd been heqnng yourself pretty freely. I am taut I can't *t op t# lend my as-i*tance ; Bat the fact i* o'er I mast travel some distance. Just have patience, and mvytc you'll get ripe and fall. My dear young Miltiade* Peterkin PauL" MAY'S HOME. May Linton ! sweet May Linton I" he murmured, as he went home from liis busiuess. Home! It was only a dingy boardmg honse, ruled over by a dwarfed and wizened landlady, in a purple worsted shawl. But May dwelt there—sweet May, with her girlish grace and ready laugh, and her braids twisted round a high comb on the top of her little bead. She met him in the hall. " I'm so glad to get home !" he said. Her face flushed a little, and her eyes grew more full of light. It was so easy to see why he was glad. "I only came in myself a moment since," she returned, and stopped, em barrassed at liaving answered his mean ing rather than his words. But young men are lees observing of these little inner shades than yonng girls, for they are not required to guard the expression of their feelings, and Harry Bender was too happy to notice, or, if he did, it Bounded quite right. They were drifting toward that hour ' when some word or look would prove the open sesame, to their nutried hearts, and then there would lie a silence fall of speech, into which s kiss would come of its own acoo'rd, to be remembered ever after as the awakening from a vague, sweet dream, into the sweetest reality on earth. It all happened just so; and then there were a few happy weeks of extra work, and much planning of days in store. One morning, with light hearts, and the unspoken conviction tint uot even a moral earthquake could unsettle their well-secured happiness, Hsrry Bender and sweet May Linton, accompanied by May's Aunt Dodo, went to church, and were married with the same ceremony which the strange minister used for the „ uniting of couples whom God or Mam mon liad joined together. There was precious little Mammon in this case. Nobody took any bridal tonr. They never thought of the little expe dient practiced by the steady young business man, who, seeing that his bride had set her heart on conforming to the custom, sent her off alone for two or three dayß, while he worked in the office, as usual. The wizened landlady had hart their feelings by raising the rent of the room prospectively. " A family is a great disadvantage," she had said. Bnt Harry and May thought a family was jnst the nicest tiling in the world, and after their wrath had died down, tried to pity the landlady for not seeing the matter from their stand-point. At last the family was born. It was a very small one, and Harry addressed it as couleur de rose. Three or four months later they moved, for May declared she would not live "where darling baby is considered a nuisance." Harry wrote to Aunt Dodo about this time, and May put in a postscript. THE LETTER. " DEAR OLD ANGEL,— Nothing par ticular is happening except perfect hap piness. We are living in a nasty little Siggy room, twelve by twelve, which [ay keeps as nice, or nioer, than can be expected; and we don't often condescend to pay attention to the ontside bar barians. " May is the prettiest picture at this moment. She has got Miss Bender in the bath-tub, and Baby is splatting the FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME X. water all over every thing, while May has gone off into a gale. 1 must go aud keep things irom falling, for when May laughs she get* so weak. Her laughing so much, sensibly depreciate* her market value as a wife and mother, of course. "My salary is rie twenty dollars a month, and 1 am saving to buy—well, never uiiml what; yon shall come ami see u* wheu it is b >ug!it, "Your not infelicitous " Hakhy Hkspkh. " May w ill a M a P.S." xiav's P.a " Dkakkmt Aintt,- If you were only with u*—though, to l>c sure, 1 don't know where we could put you, unless you could go to sleep under my jaunting table, uow transformed into an ironing table, or curl up in the baby's bath-tub. " The idea of Hal's pretending to keep the great secret a mystery to yon ! That was only his sweet w ay of leaving me the pleasure of telling it. "You kuow, Perth, where the Wo si* went that summer f Well, there is a little house of four rooms not ten min utes" walk from tin depot of the Long Hnuioh railroad, which goes near that little old village. The little house is not very pretty now, hut it can lc made so, and, oh, iov ! it i* dirt cheap. (This i* Hal'* cultured remark, ami of course good enough for Hal's wife !) "Aunty, think of it! 1 am nearly wild: a home, a little house to lie the mistress of, ami for Hal to come to ! " Well, we have saved one hundred ami seventy dollars, ami only need three huudred and tlnrtv more, which Mr. Chain, is goiug to advance to Hal. " There is a brave old oak, and plenty of greenery all around us, aud the great wide hay in sight, where Hal says the biggest ships that 'Sail the seas over' can come right in, and there are walks to lovely places. So you see we are goiug to a healthy neighborhood fur my pre cious isinb of love. •• lam so well, and life is so sweet! I often have little weep* all hi myself for sheer happiness. Happiness is good for jieoplc, Aunt Dodo. Away witli the false theory of the uses of adversity! lam not half so selfish and thoughtless as I was. 1 may lie a trifle vain, but Hal keeps telling me that my temper is only a little lower thiui tlie angels, and that I a:a bis i Lilty jt. (Isn't that too frantically imbecile ?) It is lucky that baby cannot understand Hal's nonsense. Hal must learn to sin-nk English in the bosom of his family before Miss Bender's talkiug day* come. " Yon had bettor read my eud of the letter first, and call his the postscript I meant to tell you all about baby, but I have no time now. You are coming to see us as soon as we get settled, ltabs sends a honey-kiss. Ginni-by. " Your beatitudinous Mar BEXUKK." Five year* passed. May and Aunt Dodo sat togetlier in the cottage which was to have been an * rthly panuiise. Notliiug had gone wrui.g tint anybody could have helped, apparently, hut some how the glory had rubbed off. May sel dom laughs! till she was too weak to hold the baby ntiwadav s. Her arms were oftener inclinevl to feel heavy from fa tigue; but then this was the third baby, ami a much more exacting one thau "Miss Bender " hail lieen. It was delicious June. Tlie white sails went up the bay, and took Venetian colors from the sunset. " You look, timl, May ; give me the baby." "No, Aunt I>olo; it would only save a drop in tlie bucket of my tiredness. It is quite chronic," said May, with a laugh, which I am glad Harry did not hear. Laughter without a heart iu it has a bad effect on a man in his own home. " Do yon always have that pain in your back f Doesn't it ever stop?" "Never." answered May. "That is, it never does when I am awake, and I ofteu dream that I am being sawed in two at the spine, so it is to be supposed it goes on when I am asleep." " I wish you would see a doctor," said Aunt Dodo, peeling apples. " Harry thought as yon do," May re marked, when she came back from put ting the baby to sleep in its cradle in the next room. " Thought what ?" asked the old lady, wonderingly. "Oh, nothing. About the doctor." " What was that ? I forget. Oh yes, about your pain." " I wish I oonl 1 forget it one minute m my life. One minute's utter rest 1" said May. " Harry did go to one," she continued, " though I begged him not to waste the moucv, for, as yon know, we shall lose the house if that mortgage is foreclosed, and every dollar tells ; but he would. Poor Hal!" said the wife, wiping her eyes. "He said mv temper needed curing, if my back diifn't. It's very hard on him, my being so nervous. What do you suppose the doctor told him?" " I'm sure I don't know." May laughed again. "He advised him to take me to Europe." " Did yon ever ?" " He told Hal that five women out of ten hod more or less of the same thing, and that rest wss the only cure—rest of body and mind." " Did he know how yon were situ ated ?" asked Mrs. Puikham. " I don't imagine he could have taken Hal for a millionaire," replied May. " I rather think it was veiled satire on tiie doctor's part. There is a resort, I understand, where the most absolute repose both of body and mind is en joyed. " " Where, my dear ? If you could only go!" " Yes, I think so sometimes," said May; " but there is little hope for along time yet. We do a deal of bending before we break. Aunt Dodo. Be sides, there are the children." She looked np fiercely. Was this hollow, despairing face that of " sweet May Linton?" "The life of mothers in poverty is more cruel than that which criminals lead as punishment for their crimes," she said, with bitter conviction. Aunt Dodo Baid nothing, bnt while May took a heavy pot from the fire, she wiped her aged eyes with her sleeve, still holding the apple knife. "Why, aunty," said May, turning, " are you trying to scalp yourself ?" Aunt Dodo dropped her arm, and May knelt at her side ami put her arms about her. A tall form stopped in the doorway, but neither saw. "It is not quite what we expected of life, is it, aunty ?" said Mav. ' ' But God and heaven and hope and love remain just the same, only the present is hard, and hides the truth from us at times. You must not believe," she went on, "that Hal and I are less dear to each other than of old; but when he coincsin, full of his politics, and angry at this man, and eager about that one, and finds a cross, faded wife, who somehow seems to blame him, I dare eay, though she never means it, and when the children trouble him with their noise, and don't look as neat as they used; and I feel all | the time while I'm getting the Bupper as if I could die of pain, and weariness worse than pain, or give one dreadful shriek and go mad, and get rid of it all; and I have to fight it down, and go on seeing to fifty things at once, don't you see, dear, we cannot exactly l>e as we were five years ago? And yet if I were to die, don't you suppose I know how Hal would feel, not counting the need of me for the children or the work, bnt just THE CENTRE REPORTER the lima of tne and tuy lore? And if Hal ahoul.l Iwi brought homo from cute of th.*c political meetiugsko speak no word of anger or hope alxuit auv uian, or any word to mo ever agsiu " M*y roe.' and clasped her haiula " atinty, ' would be worse, a thousand times worse, tliau it would haw boon five yoars ago, w hen 1 wsa hi* ittv bitty pa'idge." And May aoblxsl wildly. A deeper nob, like an who, Htartled tiiem, and they *aw Harry, who, with hi* head on hi* arm, hail suuk into a chair by the dour. " My May ! mv poor little love !" be cried, as he took Iter in hi* arm* and looked iuto her eye*, " 1 came home to night a very angry and obnoilou* fellow. I have loat the election, nu.l, what * worse, Martin ha* gained it. Hut uow 1 am glad, and not worry, for 1 am going to spend my time and strength in serving my May instead of mv country." And Harry was a* good a* hi* word. Six-eighths of the time he hiul giv.u to political excitement lie restored to his huaiuess, and the mortgage was cleared from the homestead in a short time. The hour* at home were fauns of mutual help and lmruiouy; for a atroug deter mination will carry all I adore it, like the turn of the tide. M-uy a rest on the little louuge, while the maiil-01-all-work was putting the kitchen to rights after tea, did May en joy. Many au evening, when the children were asleep, her hnstuuid sat lieeide tier, her sensitive clinging spirit resting in his loviug presence, and her straiucd nerves relaxing from their long fatigue. " Harry," said Aunt Dodo, during u flying visit, " liaj'piues* is the la*st ami truest condition, of course, hut 1 think you will ugrre with me that the happi ness we have fairly won is worth the most; and, May, we can not really de serve it until we have learned the uses of atiti rtity."—Harjnr't JUtzar. A Burglar's HUM*. Tim Brady, alia* Oscar I>. Peterson, recently captured iu New York, aft r a long chase and desperate ntiileiKV, has been known to the polieeas a shrewd, daring aud aueceaaful burglar for a liuw berofyeara. He was brought up iu New York eitv, and was probably born there, ami is about thirty-five year* of age. The manner in which he sj>ent his youth is unknown, but his acquaintance and standing among the " profeastunals" seem to indicate an early start in ras cality. In all his operations Brady has lceu celebrated for coolness, impudence and success. The robbery of a Philadel phia Itank ml Mint seven year* ago fur nishes a good illustration. The bank was about to close for the day, when Brady, in a policeman's uniform, entered the office and told the cashier that the |Hlioe-sergeaut of that precinct had ordered him to Step iu and say that suspicious-looking men luul been seru hanging aronnd the Itauk, and it was deemed DCWaarr to send assistance to the night-watchmen who regularly guarded tlie bank's vault*. This was reported to the watchmen, anil they were not surprised when four men iu uniform came to the door just as dark ness was setting in, and said they hail eomo to help in guarding the bonk. Suddenly Brady uttered an exrlaimation, and pointed up the street. *' What's tlie matter ?" askel one of the watch men. " Tw-1 men just slunk around the corner," whispered Brady ; " let's ua follow tliein," Brady and "the watchman stole out of the building aud spent a quarter of an hoar prowling about the corner. When they returned to the darkness of the bank bnilding, the wratchman WHS suddenly knocked down, gaggdl aud I M mnd, as h * companion had tieen, while he was at the corner w-ith Brady. The robiiers then pro ceeded in the most lea-iureiy manner— having a whole uiglit before them to rifle the safes, which they easily forced open, and they ilepart"d without molestation in the morning. Brady was credited with the suocesa of this crime, and the watchman to whom the police gave a private view of the burglar thought they recognized him, but dared not swear to hi* identity. Hence lie escaped, though evidence has since been found which cotild convict him. Trade Union*. The number of trade organizations in the United States are comparatively few. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Ku gineers, who figure so prominently in the present great railroad revolt, was organized in 18t53, ami hi s a membership of about 14,000, and nearly 200 branches. Candidates for admission to the Brother hood must bo white men, not leas than twenty-one years old, able to rend and write, of temjienite habits and good moral character, and with at least one year's experience as an engineer. 'I he following is a list of the societies with branches in different States : /•••*. r li00 Miners' National Union 1*73 347 35,315 Uluted Sons of Vulcan .... 1*74 ... 4.000 The Miner's Union comprises organi zations which existed for years in differ ent States—Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Maryland, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee and West Virginia. The society of the United Sons of Vul can comprises iron pnddlers and other workers in metals. The local unions are called "forges." In addition to the hlkivc, there Hro the Bricklayers' National Union, the United Order of American Plasterers, the House Painters' Union, the hat Finishers' Association, the Knights of St. Crispin (shoemakers), the Order of Morocoo Dressers, the Jonrnevmen Horseshoers' Union, the Society of Locomotive Firemen, and the Mule Spinners of Cotton Factories. An l'nMMnljr Slurp Fox. The Somerset (Me.) Reporter is re sponsible for the following story : The fox which Mr. Fairgrievc# now linn <>c cupiee H yard hack of the store, to wliich Mr. Fairgricve's dog has free access. The dog and fox are great friends. They frolic together, plav "no end " of jokes on each other, and live in the most perfect harmony, save at "meal time." The diacu-sion that a choice bit will call forth is sometimes most interesting. Mr. Fairgrieves gave the fox a hone the Other day. The dog had been taught by experience that it was no use for him to try to capture it, so he retired into the store to watch the proceedings, doubt leas hoping something would turn np in his favor. The fox ate what he wonted of the bone and preferred to lay it away for future use. The dog pricked np his cars, but yawned aud betrayed no especial interest. The fox dug a deep hole, placed the juicy bone in the bot tom, and. covering it over with earth, " patted "it down. He then went into his kennel, brought out an old dry bone that he had kept away from the dog for several days " out of pure cussedness," placed it in the hole over the sweet one, covered it up with apparent care, and . retired to his kennel to watch operations., The dog saw the fox safely housed, and, j as he had done before, stealthily ap proached the treasure, resurrected the I dry bone and trotted off. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877. Peat fa of Thought. He that rises fate hurries through the day. Example has more influence than au thority. Let a lie aloue, and it will run itself to death. (huu|>laiuers are always loud sud clam orou*. 'The wicst of nieu is he who ha* the most civility for others. It is the heart aud not the tniud that makes the true gentleman. To be at once iu any great degree loved and jiraised is truly rare. Greatness may build the tomb, but goodness must make the epitaph. Everywhere endeavor to be useful, and everywhere you wiU be at home. Life is an outward oocujHition, an actual work, iu all ranks and situation*. Keep the horrors st srrn's length. Never turn s blessing round to see whether it has a dark side to it. It is one of the most difficult things in tlie world to persuade over selves that any oue can love those whom we our selves dislike. 'However many friends you have, do not neglect yourself. Though you have a thousand, not one of them loves you so much as you ought to love yourself. Whosoever j>ays s visit that is uot de *irol, or talks longer than tfle hearer is willing to attend, is guilty of an mjury which he cannot rejmtr aud takes as ay that which he cannot give. Winter, which strijis the leaves from around us, makes us see the distant re gion* they formerly concealed ; so does old age rob u* of our enjoyments, only to enlarge the pro*jeet of eternity Ih-- fore us. He that never changed any of his opinions, never corrected any of his mis take* ; and he who was never wise enough to llud out any mistake# in himself, will ut Is* charitable enough to excuse what he reckons mistakes iu others. Tlie uiau who write*, sj**uks or medi tates, without fa-nig wll RUeked with fact* as lsndmurks to his umlcrstamliug, is like a mariner who satfanlong a treach erous oust without a |'ilot, or one who ventures in tlie wnle oc-iui witliout eitlier a rudder or cunpass. There are but three ways for a inau to revenge himself of the censure of tlie world : to despise it, to return the like or to endeavor to live sooato avoid it. The liret of three is usually prevented, the last is almost impossible ; the uui veraal practice is the second. With uiaiiv peraous the early age of life is ]m**ci in sowing m their mm.fa the vices that are most suitable to their inclinations; the middle age gore on nourishing ami maturing these vices; and the fa.t age concludes in gathering, iu pain and augo'.*h, the bitter fruits of the most accursed seeds. I)o not imagine that the pj>j>earance of Biuiurea indicates sanctitv; it may mean hypocrisy. To conceal one's own griefs for tlie sake of cheering others be token* a self-denying sympathy which is the highest kind of Christianity, fat us present the sacrifice of praise iu whatever company we may Ik\ Idleness, as lias been truly said, is the mother of crime; aud it is tin- trti rtad to pi vert y. We re all so cuuntjtiiU*! that our minds must lx' employed. Per sons brought up idleness unxxl or too big "for, you decline its duties, you will sim ply demonstrate your unfitness for it; the shrinkage will slip into a smaller place. Stand by your friends, let come what may, is a good motto. If you don't stand by them yon needn't exjwet them to stand by you. So whether they be friends of high or low degree, in affluence or piverty, stick to them and don't stop to inquire whether it w ill pay or whether it will be pipular. Whenever you prove traitor ami desert those who have stood up for yon and helped your battles, yon will find yourself without any one to congratulate you upm your achievements, or comfort yon in an evil hour when misfortunes comes thick and fast. Home clear-headed fellow says there is but one road to luippiness snd prosperity, for either individuals or a nation, and that iseconoiuyand a faithful p>rsiHtenoe in the legitimate jiatbs of business. Hie riches that come in an hour do more harm thnn good. Hence we call upm all g'Hx 1 people to stay the tide of wild excess. Let man lie frowned upon in sm-ioty where ho is living beyond his means. Let sll true ami noble women express their disgust at the extravagance aud indecent display of the followers of fashion. Aud so shall the nation lie saved from the millstone that has drag ged over republics to destruction; so shall our yonng men find larger And no bler devotion than that of money, and modesty snd dignity shall not wholly de sert English womanhood. A I/Citer by Artenm* Ward. Mr. Charles F. Browne—otherwise Artemus Ward—once wrote a bright letter to a little eight-year-old friend of liia in Elmira, N. Y., and the ttr of that town now prints thin letter for the first time. He tells his "dear Amelia" how much he misses her : " Why didn't I put yon in n bottle and bring yon down with me?" he aaya. " But I am alwaya forgetting something. The other day I went off ami forgot my Aunt Sarah, and alie'a n good denl bigger than yon nre. Mr. Ramaey ia also a very for getful man. He frequently goes off and forgets his washerwoman. * * * I like you very much. 1 should like you just aa well if you were twelve years older. lam very singular about some tilings. You spoke to me alwmt a boy who ia my rival. I should feel very sorry to kill that boy, but he may drive me to it. lam in hopea that he will take himself into a premature tomb— that he may choke himself with a large slice of pudding—but if he does neither, 1 shall feel forced to load him withohains and read all iny lectures to him. That will finish him. Hia boots may remain, but the rest of him will have perished miserably long ere 1 have got through!" A Hat Stolen from a Man's Head, The Baltimore Sun says that an old gentleman from the country had his new hat stolen from his head in that city, and a shocking bail one substituted in its stead by a shrewd thief. While look ing in the shop windows some one came up behind him, and gave his hat a tilt, us he thought, and he paid no attention to the rudeness. Ho strolled down to the pout Qflloe, and there discovered to Ims surprise that his own hat was gone, and that he Iml on hiH head adilapidated tile. The police could not find the fel low who made the exchange. FARM, HARDEN AMI IIOPKKHOI.It. Kwinii Giikkn Cons Ti'DOlxa. —Twelve ears t.f corn grated, two quarts of milk, four well-beaten -gg, oue teacup and a half of sugar; mix aud bake in s butter ed dish: bake three hours. Hwect com sliotild be used. Tomato Sai.ao. —Wipe and slice alxiiit half a doseu tomatoes, lay tbeiu in a naiad boil on a Imhl of green aalad; pour over thrui tlie fell..sing: Halatl dre'siug —Tut iu the iH.ttoiu of a pint Imiwl the yolk of a raw egg and quarter of a salt spoonfu! of salt; stir up, drop by drop, tfiree tableeixMinfuls of olive oil, one of vinegar or lemou juice and half s salt- HjMMiuful of dry mustard, stirring until Mill. MlGl. Horr GisoKiinuKAi'.- Put oue cup of dark lU. 'lsaacs, one-half cup of brown Htigsr and one-half oup of bifttcr (or imrt butter and part lard) into a jnui and set it where it will ju*t coine to a boil. Cool, and add oue teaKjMioufu] of giuger, one-half of salt uiul oue egg. Stir in one-half cup of sour milk and two and s half cuim of flour; beat well, and last of all add two even teaaponuful* of soda dissolved iu oue-thtrd cupful of hot water. Bake iu moderate oven until well doue. A CcrviUEK Diau. Peel ciieuuiliers, cut thru) lengthwise ill half, soraj*' out tlir TMLT if preferred, I Hl)] thrill ill water well suited until tender, which takes usually about half au hour; toast ntCelv a few slice* of* light a tain liread; lav t(ie cucumbers ujion thorn, nod pour over the whole a MI tier witch na in used for asjiaragus, which should, of course, Is* prepared while the rarumbcc* are cooking. l'KAi it COBJU.EH. —Make a rich hisrait cruet, put it, rolled thick, around the diah; put in a layer of peaches, thru huttrr and sugar, uud u very little flour, then pewchc*, and no ou till the diah IN full; cover with a thick rruat, cut a alit in the center, and pour in ladling water till full; Inke iti a moderate oven. A Kits WAX TO COOK NKW POTATOI. —Part* and choc thin; let ntoud ui cold water half an hour; then drain and put in half a pint of milk, a tahicMiiooufu! of hutter and a little |M-pj>er and Holt, and hake in the oveu one hour. OMurxn KICK Pnuuxo. — MIX three large apoonfulH of ground rice in a little cold milk; let it lioil id tout tlfteeu min uter, stirring all the while. When cold add four eggs, a little lemon; attgar to the taste, and Iwkc it one hour. Line the diah with paste, or not, Ml amp Merklas la llsrses. A ixirrespt indent asks: la the hnhit commonly United " stump auekiug " the manifestation of some disease ? If so, please give a remedy. I have never read anything on the subject, hut 1 know that there are quite a mimher f horaea which have thia disease, if dim-one it ta. Wind aucking, stump Hacking and crih biting arc all one and the name habit, ami, in some instance*, are the mamfestatiou <>f a diaeaae; m others, the liabit may have IM*CII acquired from old and confirmed crib bitera. Some vetori uarniua attribute it to a distortion of the teeth, which have become worn away on tlieir interior edge ao OH to ohow more or lean of the yellow ltiiudc instead of the enamel. Prof. Law nay*: The** worn teeth are associated with tlie serious vice of wind sucking i swallowing i and erncti catioii, which leads to tympany, digea tive disorder, and rapid haw of condition. Tin* horse M-ieea tlie manger or otlier solid object with his teetli, arches and shorten* the neck, and makes a grunting noise. The wind sucking tnav exist without crib biting. It mar Is* (earned hv standing idle near a crih . iter, and always go* * on to disease and hww of con dition. Tin* same authority prescribes tlie following treatment; Suieor the front of the monger with aloes or otlier hitters; cover all t-xp'Med woodwork witli sheet iron; tutixxle* may also be put ou nftcr the horse has done feeding. Other equally good authorities recommend cut ting a lump of salt and one of white chalk or magnesia in n l*u before tlie horse, and k<*eping theae constantly within roach. As we have moid, the habit may be learned, but, in most in stances, it may lie considered as n kind •if dis|M>|isiu, and tlie burning acidity of the stomach prompts tlie horse to get re lief by sucking in cool air. The salt and magnesia or chalk affords a similar mo mentary relief, and frequently leads to a permanent cure. A flood Word for Ibe t row. A letter to the Chautauqua i N. Y.) Farmer says : Let me speak for the crow. Lar-t year as 1 was harrowing corn with a vibrating harrow having teeth (you know it is a noisy thing), it uncovered a great number of white grids, which you could see all about the ground. They are very destructive to vegetation of all kinds. They ate or destroyed thousands of hills of corn that year. You could see the track of the grubs as they traveled to get something to eat, for they travel when in search of food. You could seo the surface of the ground a little elevated, aud cheeked when the surface is hard and dry. Well, yon sec, when I was harrowiug, as soon as the crows heard the harrow at work, they would come and light on the ground that was being harrowed, and the ireslier the better thev liked it; when going one way they would light after I hnd passed •long; when I returned, and come writhin x or eight rods of them, they would rise gently and circle around iu the rear again. I have counted as many as seventeen grubs t lint one crow had picked up at one lighting. Hiey take any and everything, largo and small—that is, worms, gmlw and lieetles. Crows can't pull corn when planted with a machine ; we have uo fear of them from that source. Finally, wherever civilization is, there Are rooks and crows. Japanese Progress A letter from Yokohama, Japan, to the Cologne dazrttr says: that the mint at Osaka, which was ojMned ujxin the direction of an Englishman, some years ago, is now in full working order ; 100,- 000 oop|>er coins are turned out monthly, and the number of gold aud silver coins which are eventually to le brought into circulation is 50,000,000 of the former, and 3,000,000 of the lntter. The receipts of the post-office for the past year amounted to $595,000. About 30,- 000,000 letters, newspapers and parcels were transmitted by tnc post, and 114 letters only were lost. The exports during the season half of the year amounted to $20,000,000; the imports to 314,000,000. Of the former $15,000,- 000 represent the value of silk, silk worms' eggs, and cocoons. The custom revenues for Yokohama alone amounted to $1,534,200. The riee harvest being abundant, the government permitted its exportation, chiefly to Corea, where a famine was threatening in consequence of the long continuance of dry weather. A monthly line of steamers has been es tablished bet weed Yokohama and Fusan, in Oorea. Two Bhirf Epistues.— I The following brief epistles lately passed between Bos ton anu Mount Desert: SHE TO RIM. Mocnt Desert, July —, 1877. Daar John: Lots of pretty girls here. Do come down. Haij.y. HE TO HKH. llohton, July —, 1877. Dear Hally: Is>U of pretty girls here, too. Can't get awsv from buaiaeM. JOHN. Sally came buck to Boston the next day. The Turkish Minister of War. The jHudia of ll*g.litd ia the despotic ruler of the largest aud most important province iu 'Turkey, lie ha* the com mand of a large army which ia stationed at Bagdad and other towns within his |Muihalin, which is fawuded on the cant and south hv the l'enuan frontier and tlie Gulf. More tliau once ambitious men holding tins position, no remote from the home government, have tieeu *il|jected of designs to render them selves independent sovereigns— s design which wsa successfully acnoutplished iu 1830—by Mohuinnied All, pasha of Egypt. At the time of my visit to Hag •lad, says a writer in Srribner's Maya eine, the governor wsa the present Turkish minister of war, Rod if Pasha, a successful general and a until of uuqure • turned energy and ability. Once while 1 ' wan in Bagdad, he had au opjsirtunity to *how his power a* a despotic ruler, and he acted with nerve and energy worthy of all |>raise. The Tigris, which had I wen on the rampage for two mouth*, at last broke through the dukes some Urn uillcs idnie the city, and the torrent ■weeping down with irresistible force, did grest damage to the cropa, and in a single day turned tlis brow I plain at the luu'k of the city into an immense lake. The water wiui only kept from flow iug into the city bv an embankment outside the walls, which in many places was out of rejMur. Great fear was felt of such an inundation as ucrarad in IH3I —the year of the pleague—when seven thousand houses fell in a single day. Here was an emergency calling fur prompt action. The ias)ta issued an order closing all tlie iHUara and ahojia, and for four days impressed tlie whole male population (foreigners exa*pted| to work on tlie dirkes. Half the force was sent up the river, and the bahuias net to work to repair the cmlmiikmrut* around the city. I rode out in thai directum one morning, aud witness ■ lively scene. Several Uiotiaaud men were at work, and the |malia himself was on the spot, sur rounded by s brilliantly uniformed Muff, superintending the operations. These energetic measures saved the city. The break iu the dike Up the river was stop ped, and tlie water gradually subsided. Upon my entrance to the audience room of the pttaha 1 found lum seated at the further end of the apartment, near a large table covered with pajjerw, and as 1 en tend he now aud advanced toward me, shook hands, and courteously motioned me to a seat lieside him. lie is ■ large man, tall and quite jsirtiv, pethap* forty live Tears old, with a mil face, brown liearvf, and evea sharp and piercing, iiis dress was entirely European, except the ft:, without eveu a button to indicate his rank. His countenance indicates energy and firmness, and his manners are courteous and pleasing. Several officer* of rank standing near were pre seut*l to me, but uo one was seated except tlie pasha and myself. .As he spoke uulv Turkish and Arabic, Mr. Htanno, a Levantine in the sea vice of the government, was summ< med to act ss inter- I* ter. Our cuuversatiou was necessahly slow, but the questions aud replies were very readily translated, aud I felt quite at my ease. I found the psaha very in telligent as to tlie geography, and govern ment of foreign countries, and beseemed fully to compreheud that England and ' America were two distinct and separate countries. He offered me every facility for seeing Itagdad, and said that, as I was the uulv American who had ever visited him, lie hojied I would receive a favorable impression of tJie country. A (omedy of Errsrs. Hers is an amusing comedy of errors with a Parisian edge: Mine. Je V. was very jealous, and determined to watch her husband. One dav he told her he was going to Versailles, and when he went out she pnt on her bounet and followed him. Kite kept him in sight until he turned into a passage which shortened the way to the railway stall oil, where she missed him. She stood for s few minutes in the passage looking about, aud suddenly saw a man oorniug out of a glove-shop with a rather over dressed lady. From the distance she made sure the man was her husband, ami without a word of warning she gave him three or four aounding lxixcs on the car. When the gentleman turned around to confront his assailant, she perceived that ahe had made a mistake, and at the nam# moment she caught sight of her husliand, who had replen iahed his cigar-case at a tobacconist's, and was crossing the street. What could she do ? It goes without saying that she fainted in the arms of the stranger whose ears she had boxed, while the other lady nui off as fast as she ootild tosvoid scandal. The stranger, who was a comedian, was astonished to find an unknown lady in his arms; and while his ears were still tiugliug from hex blows, he was again startled. A gentleman collared him, and shaking him roughly, naked him what he meant by embracing n lady in the street. " Why, she boxed my ears and fainted 1" screamed the actor. " She is my wife," shouted the irnte husband, *' and would never have struck yon without cause!" The infuriated gentlemen shook their fists nut 1 the lady, who had been car ried into a shop, recovered sufficiently to explain how it hnd happened. A l.ittle Mixed. A newspaper correspondent strolling among the dancers at a ball at one of the Virginia mountain watering places,heard the following amusing bit* of conver sation : "Delightful affair; Mr. Smith, have yon seen the " " snake killed on the mountain this afternoon measured thirteen feet and" "he does look splendid ; he always did in uniform; they sav " " the poor man had two cows killed on the railroad track yester day by" "Speaker Hanger, yon know ; he presided at the convention last week and " " breaks hearts right and left; it's her first season out and that black mouatachod" "nurse took the children out this morning and found them" "a charming tarletan over skirt, but such a bustle! big enough to" "mine coal neAr here, don't they, for the Richmond gasworks? I wonder" " who is that tall girl; the blonde one I mean with her hair in" '' butter is very good here. Col. Peyton always particular alxmt the quality of his" "cot-bed out on the lawn to-night ; the house is full and he was obliged to" " allow me the pleasure of the next dance " Jilted Koek Hues for Usuisges. The New Haven Palladium says: A rather novel breach of promise suit has just been beguu lefore the superior oonrt for Windham county. David L. Bock, a sturdy young man of Wauregan, two years ago began to pay his addresses to a bright, black-haired, black-eyed girl by the name of Agnes Greenea. The swain bought little presents and paid his sweetheart the most undivided attention,hut Agnes didn't think enough of David to become his partner for life, and plainly told him so. David didn't like the " mitten " a bit, but watched every opportunity to enjoy the company of Agnes. About three months ago John La Rose appeared on the scene, and his attentions to Agnes were recip rocated, and after a short courtship they were married. After the knot was tied, all the chances of David Rock were gone, and he now brings a suit for S2OO damages against the girl and her husband. TERMS: &U.OO a Year, in Advance. LOVE AM) HE < KKA. Tit I ttvrlit ml a lilrl la !*•** Jas Five rt—ss. There ia some affinity between lovers iuiu ice cream. Just what it ia or why has never Irnen disclosed ami yet re mains a problem for the consideration of Tyudall aud Huxley. A writer, whose name ia unfortunately lost, having be come erased from tlie roll of honor by age, has computed that a girl who has lawn two or three times in love can cor ral five dishes of ice cream at a sitting. This i somewhat discouraging to tlie beans and renders it necessary that the young ladies should observe secrecy con cerning their love affairs lest they should become objects of terror to the young men nntil their dsy of grace is frittered away. But there is a subtle instinct Uist prompts the youug lover lo indulge the psasiou of the object of his affections. No matter how uusouhistocated he may lie or how little knowledge of Hie world and of women he may have this unseen jiroropter whisper* iu his ear: If tlwa wouldst bs loved give her lee cream. This psyebological fact has not escaped tlie uotiee of designing men, who have encouraged and fostered this psmuou and tt ruwl it to their own advantage as caterers to it The last sod most am bitious schemer has invented s patent scoop which u warranted to retain tlie precious mixture while it is earned some .balance to some secluded spot, where in silence and apart the loving twain may .favour it The idea was a bright one, snd wsa, of course, eagerly snatched at by lovesick swains, liut #l##' Whoever thinks s jwcfeot work to see flunk, what near was, nor is, nor e'er ehall U. Jeffersonville, Ind., furuishee the vic tim. What So soothing to his burning heart as the cooling loe cream sliding lowu his aieophagus f Ho it beaatne his ruisbua to carry one of these new-fangled sooopa filled with tlie seductive concoc tion to the house of "the maid his heart had singled from the world," aud they would nunble to some " flowery dell, where, with none to molest or make them afraid, they would surround the delicacy. But every dog lias his dsy, and the time came wheu the iron entered into the vitals of this young msn. He hsd pur rhssrd ■ aooopful of the frigid nectar a few evenings since snd was proceeding on his way to the residence of his charm er, with love snd anticipation in his heart aud the scoopful of ice cream in his hand, when he met her coming with an other fellow to procure that which satis fied her longing as nothingelae could do. Whether it wsa from sudden emotion, or whether he feared that his heart might crack if too suddenly cooled, he hastily shove*! tlie scoop into his pantaloons pocket. Then it was that the hitherto faithful scoop failed him, and be became convinced of the vanity of man's inten tion* sad woman's oonstauey. Jilted by the woman he loved and betrayed by s new-fangled ice cream scoop, now the pride of his life omnl sway—ran down and filled his boots ! His love for the girl meltei like the ice cream in Ins pocket, and the light of his life disappeared with the polish on his boots. Seldom have we Ueo called upon to sympathise with a sadder fate or to mourn over so much sweetness so suddenly dispelled. He who but a few short moments before had j started forth with a proud heart and a well-filled scoop returns with blasted affections snd s boot fall of skimmed milk. Our C ir.merre. We hare before us the condensed statement of the importa and domestic exporta into and from the United States during the fiscal years (ending June 30.) 1875, 1876 ami 1877, prepared by the bureau of statistics. The document is always of great interest, and never leas so than now. With importa we find of raw and partly manufactured articles, decreases in 1877 as compared with 1875, in live animals, breadstuff*, fish, fruit*, hemp, hides and skins, marble, paper material, salt, seeds, spices, tea ($6,560,- 000), tin, timber, wool ($4,000,000) and line. The totals for " crude or partially manufactured articles" for the three v<-ars are : #207,907,270 in 1875 ; $199,- 833,840 in 1876, and $189,318,002 iu 1877. Our unjxirt* of msnufsetured articles show a heavy falling off in almost every item. We can ouly note, in round sums the more important: Beer, ale and porter, $1,000,000 ; cotton manufactures nearly $9.tl00,000; flsx manufactures over $5,000,000 ; iron and steel manufac tures. $9,000,000; leather. $2,000,000; precious stones, $1,200,000; silk, $3,- 500,000 ; spirits and wines, $2,000,000; tin, $3,300,000; tobacco. $1,100,000; watehra and moveme.it*, $1,510,493, and in woolen manufactures the figures are $44,609,704 in 1875, to only $25,698,300 in 1877. The annual totals for manu factured articles are $325,008,157 in 1875; $201,407,350 in 1876, and $261,- 989,547 in 1877. The totals for merchan dise are $533,005,436 in 1875, $460.- 741,190 in 1876, and $451,307,649 in 1877. For the same periods the imports of coin were $20,907, oaaa Liegtnta, ie Princess itayal, and other priuewaca, and some pretty ct.ildr.-u, among whom was the aun of the heir to the mown, a ' tod of tee or twelve. At about six we were summoned to the theater in the nalam' which was superbly fitted op and filled with guests invited by the king—some • sixty or seventy persona. All the great actors of Berlin were there, bet the bal let, which was the king's hobby, wee specially good, and one part of it truly j amusing. Tbciw were forty or fifty little children, four or five years old, playing the parts of men and women, and some did it admirably. One child, who was a grandmother, was perfect, and there waa a good love accoe, and an after matrimony scene between a boy and a j girl not over six years old. The soldiers with mustaches, the asp per* with long beards, the postillion* in their boots ami with their tails, the law yers in their gowns, etc., were a tmmrir de rire. The king's dinner was unlike any I had ever seen. In the oenter of ■ the room waa a table where the royal family took their seats while, around it were'many other tables, arranged aa at a French' restaurant, the moat diatin- j gutabed guest* being near enough to hold conversation with tho royal family. The waiters were Chinamen, wearing their native costume, whom the king told me be had imported to take charge ot his gardens, but the project not hav ing succeeded, he had turned them to other account. Haw te he Handsome. Most people would like to be hand some. Nobody denies the great power which any person may have who has a handsome face and attract* yon by good looks, even before a word has been Kpoken. And we see all soita of devices in men and women to improve their '.ooks. Now, all cannot Lave good Matures, but almost anyone can look well, especially with good health. It is hard to give rules in s very ahor* space, but in brief these will do: Keep clean—wash freely. All the skin wants is leave towrt freely, and it takes care of itself. Its thousands of airholes must not be dosed. Eat regularly, and sleep enough—mot too much. The stomach can no more work all the time, night and day, than a horse. It must have regular work and rest Good teeth ares help to good looks. Brush them with a soft brush, especially at night Go to bed with cleansed teeth. Of course, to have white teeth it is need ful to let tobacco alone. All women know that Washes for the teeth should lie very simple. Acid may whiten the teeth, but it takes off the enamel and injuries them. Sleep in a cool room, in pure air. No one can have a cleanly akin who breathes I*d air. But more than all, in order to look well, wake up mind and aouL When the mind is awake the dull, sleepy look passes away from the eyes. I do not know that the brain expands, but it seems so. Think and read, not trashy novels, but books and paperathat have something in them. Talk with people who know something bear iec turea and learn by them. Men say they cannot afford books, and sometimes do not even pay for a news paper. In that case it does them little good, they feel ao mean while reading them. Bnt men can afford what they really choose. If all the mone) spent in self-indulgence, in hurtful indulgence, was spent in books or papers for self-im provement, we ahoula see a change. Men would grow handsome, and women too. The soul would shine out through the eyes. We were not meant to be mere animals. Let us Lave books and read them, and sermons end heed them. Watchful Matrons at Leug Broach. According to a New York Herald correspondent, the season st Long Branch this summer baa set a movement on foot that may possibly result in a code of etiquette to be used by mammas for the governance of their daughters. It has arisen from the meeting of matrons from different portions of the country, and a mutual exchange of views aa to the manner iu which a young lady should be brought up and the amount of liberty she should be given. At some of the larger hotels it is quite amusing to watch the girls and their mammae. Some of the mothers of the old school never let their daughters out of their sight,aud sit on the beach and watch them through opera-glasses while they are bathing, while others, satisfied with the early training that their girls have received, are content so long aa they know where they are and what they are doing. The interchange of opinions on the question between toe mothers will very probably result in a definite aettlement as to the amount of liberty a young lady should be allowed. In the meantime tJie young ladjes themselves are very much agitated over the question, and a secret indigna tion meeting waa held toe other eveuiog, at which uine young ladies pledged themselves to exert all their iuflueuce.to at once remove their beloved mothers from the hanefnl influence of certain matrons who were promulgating a doo trine.in which they claimed it was highly improper for a young lady to accompany a gentleman to the theater, opera or gerraan without a chaperons. These nine yonng ladies have constituted them selves into s committee on permanent organization, and are rapidly enrolling under the banners all too malcontents that they find. There are some hopes, however, that before any open outbreak can take place a compromise will be effected that will meet with the views of both parties. Marrying His Grandmother. The Nelseu (Ky.) Record says : This is the age of progress. James Par ton, i the biographer, married his step daughter ; John Downs, of Nelson 1 county, married hi* step-mother, but it 1 was reserved for Dode Cheeher, of Wal- i ton's Lick, Washington county, to out strip them all in a matrimonial feat. Last week he married his grandmother. : Dode Chesher is twentv-flve years ol age, s son of Rev. J. M. Chesher, the well-known Baptist preacher, and grand son of William Chesher. Boms years since the latter died, leaving a buxom widow erf forty-five summers, and now his grandson has done what probably no man ever did before—mairy his step grandmother. ===== TeMjaaa m ttraat. Qraatl 1 flippy b^ppftt ami} Nobody kacw h* i 4ag to mm i BlugUgl Nw isaadr of rantstssa fains, Now wo on ftwlfaily glad that ho ouwo i And wbeo he IBs* to hi* Western bow#. We will bo hoppy to think bo bod bosas i Winging Ms wuy to thai Waslavly oUma, Mojr be bo happy to think thot bo time . Ho mtf be etn tbenll bo ptooty of rooen. Wetting for bint the next tons bo noy ooon Voet! The obovo to nil v# are permitted to publish at an unpublished poem by Mr. Tomjaoa ao the occasion of Ova. Grant's recent visit to England. We only present this exquisite stanxs to our readers far the purpose of allaying the fears of those who thought tho Laureate was going to negtoet our ax-Preaident.— Burlington Ma.wkaye. o llama of latenwt. What city does a kiss resemble? Nice. An old faahkmed watering ptooe: A pomp. Why to a kiss like a sewing machine Because it seams so good. Minnesota will produce 34,000,000 bushels at wheal tat asportation this I year. When c yon be said to swallow glass-ware ? When you buy a tumbler and goblet. A fiddler in Virginia Oity, Nov., plays one at Lola Moo tea's tunes with a bow. made out of bar own hair. Little things should not be daapisad. The little toe to the smallest on the foot, but it always has the largest corn. W iile the Windsor in his cell. A certain young gentleman went on a recent steamboat exenrsiou. On hit re torn he was asked it there was any swell an the ocawt. He replied, with Incoming dignity : " Tee, when I got It is estimated that 20,000 oil well* lucre thou far been dug ie Pennsylvania and Wt Virginia, at ao aggregate MM* of tIttMKMJ.UOa Tby have yielded about 88,0(10,000 bimb of oil, valued at the well* at 9900,000,000, or §400,000,000 at the aeaboard, Baltimore American. The Kings ai Holland, Belgium, 1 Sweden, Spain and Portugal have each engaged MtdnwH in Paris far the EipueUoo is 187 H. The Comte d'Eu, who married the daughter of the Empt-mr of Bnuil, and many othera connected with r- >:d families have done the MM. These are seventy Mtabliahmentais the United States devoted to the pro duction of window glass. Of the several States New Jersey has the largest cum has, twenty-seven. The capital invest* •- there is about $8,000,000, and the annna J production between 2,000,000 and 8,000,- 000 bores of the varkiaa sizes and quali ties of glass. At the present tune it is tmlieved that fully time-fourths of the factories are dosed. What a picnic would be without hor nets is a matter of euejeeture, aa there never has been away to find out. A hornet is not denomUMtaonsl. It goes to all picnics. And it is a desirable adjunct It tends to modify greediness, Uvude adding largely to the general en thusiasm. Five hornets at a small table will do mot* to level social distinctions *nd to promote fnyirt intercourse than an awful disaster in a village. In 1875 the horse butcheries of Paris furnished for public consumption 6,865 horses, aaaes and mules ; in 1876 they furnished 9,871, giving 1,685,470 kilo grammes at neat meat. At Lyons the number has diminialmd from 1.262 in 1875 to 1,088 in 1876. On the first of January there were fifty-eight butcheries in Para and only seven in Lyon*. A committee swarded s silver medial to M. Petard, who baa nine butcheries in Para, as s reward far his enterprise. She was a maiden lady, and sweetly told the bachelor editor that she had been a regular subscriber to his paper for over a score of years. "Indeed, how old might you be at present T asked be, with tends* aalioitatiau. And it was not without a couatdetablene** of noj shyness that she acknowledged she www " not more than twenty-two. " One of my earliest patrons,' murmured the editor, aa he moved on, "bnt so young when she began to subscribe." From time imawwyiil, it has been the custom in the southwest of England for foTHM-m to throw bock ft shilling < twenty-11 vo cents) on every ten sacks of wheat 'sad every ten quarters of barley they selL The custom is sup) wined to lure* its origin in the fact that formerly the dealer* met the farmer* at their inns, when the market was over, and paid them, when the farm** threw back the shilling for s drink. If the custom were abolished, it is asid that it would oast the largest brewing firm iu England #75,000 a year. A Defroster hong up his watch the other day until he should find rime to take it to a jeweler's to be cleaned. His son, a boy of ten, took it down and wore it to school, but didn't bring It home with Mw. He met a boy at school wb had a stout goat which he desired to trade for a timepiece, and an ex change was effected. When the father came home he miaaed his watch, and asked: Who's seen my watch f" "Father, was it not an old watch f" naked the boy. "It was." "And would it gof "It would not" " Then, father, did I not do the correct thing to trade an old watch that wouldn't go for a fat goat which will go ? Ccaae out and see it go for a barrel!" Soaring Away the Eclipse. Soon after my arrival at Bagdad, says a writer in Srribnrr, on the evening of the first day in May. as we were dining cm the terrace, we were startled by a most terrific din. We then noticed that there was a nearly total eclipse of the moon, and npon consulting an English almanac we found that it would lie " in visible at Greenwich, but a total eclipse in Australia and some parts of Asia." The tumult increased, and soon the whole population seemed to have "as sembled on the honec tops, armed with jwta, pans and kitchen utensils, which they beat with a tremendous clatter, at the name rime screaming acid howling at the top of their voices. Frequent re ports of guns and pistols added to the turmoil, which was kept up for nearly an hour, until they had succeeded in frightening away the "jin," or evil spirit, who had paught bold of the moon. It was a most amusing scene, although it interfered seriously with the success of our dinner. Our own servants canght the excitement, and deserted the table without ceremony. Our host told us the next day that they well nigh knocked the bottoms out from all his kitchen utensils. It was, however, a complete sncoess, and when our servants returned to their duty, the moon was shining brightly as ever, and upon their faces was an air of complacent satisfaction. Transfusion •: Bleed. A remarkable case of transfusion of blood is attracting much attention in Williamsbnrgb, New York. John Adam Konlhepp, residing an Ten Eyck street, was seized with the dread disease con sumption something over four years ago, and despite medical attendance, passed through the various stages of the dis | ease, until suffering from tuberoolosis and thoroughly emaciated and weakened, he was confined to his bed. For several t weeks he obtained no sleep except through the influence of morphine. No hope of recovery by medicine was held | out to him; blithe begged so strenuously for some remedy that should keep him alive, thai his physician. Dr. Charles J. Stahl, proposed 'transfusion of blood. Eagerly jumping at this prospect of pro longing life, s volunteer to supply the blood was found, and the operation twioe performed has restored Konlhepp so much that he is enabled to be up ami around.