THE EXPORT MEAT TRADE.
Kspl* Iseressv I* Ihe Nhlpsiesw •( Fresh
Reef UMt. *•* Is Meg BHlsls
Whet *#rfe llhtn the KstVUrerailss
Frseess was 1 sirs*see*--The Ktpsria
lies af I .It e *tsoh.
| Front the New YorkWsrki. {
The exportation of froiffi beef and mnt
ton in reqigi'ratcr .Miiipaflinftfits was be
gun in,Y)<4oV'r, lbT.Njby Mr. T.XShstm&ii,
a director of the HiHseath street stork
ran! comfuftj. and for the last fifteen
years a proaitwnt cattle broker of this
city. His first shipment wn* put 011 the
English market in prime order, bnt had
to lie sold at low figure* and at some
loss. S'.uar liwu h* has been shipping
almost coiiMapttty and regularly up hi the
present um#, UKiiig m many a* thirty
nine refrigefMor bd, which cost up
wards of $100,01)0. Ho lost three empty
boxes by the wreck of the steamer
Dakota, otherwise ho has beon fortunate
and gcnondly successful. Following
Mr. Eastman were the Samuels Brothers,
of this oitv, and Martin, Fuller A Ok,
of Philadelphia ; and afterward* were
added in the order nannnl -Sherman A
Gillett, Geo. IViffin A Sons, Morns A
Allerton, Snowden A MoOommlle and
Stablnocker A Ok. Mhrtin, Fsller A Co.,
and Morris A Allerton ahipjvxl from
Philadelphia, tlx) Samuels Brothel*
shipped mainly from this ty, but were
interested in shipment* from Moutroal ;
tlie others shqqied exclusively from New
York. All use iw in larg> quantities,
and all, except the firms of Sherman A
Gillett and Morris A Allerton, keep the
meat cool by either forcing or drawing
air through" layer* of block ice and thence
over and around the hanging meat. The
" craven " process used by Sherman A
Gillett am! by Morit* A Allerton, cooled
the meat by means of pi pea, throngh
which is fiwced bv piuiqw a mixture of
broken ice and suit.
Tlie progress of the tnale from it* ui
ceptiou to April 1, i shown by tlie
su 11 joined offieial figure* :
rs.nu ra—*
nrrx—ivietw n.aoo lsrs-juij...... lmump
Snwabw.'... SI.MS AnjnM ...... l.ttl.SSt
IVsx-mtvr . I.IOM asgLsMar... KMT.tIT
IS*S -Jnu*r}„ OiVolwr
Fbru*rr U'.VW, InwO* .. i*K
Match CVcmdlW ... lK
April. t,lM.SßihSn—Jsa**ry.. XM1
Mat ....A. l.oSS,aa>l Fahraarj KMC.s* 1
June l,dti.aa| Man-h KW.SII
To*) .. ¥ .-. .v
And during the year 1876 and 1877 there
were sent flown Philadelphia 4,677,560
pounds id fresh menl, and from Ihwtou
2,387,040 pounds, Also one cargo from
Baltimore. which what tofailure, aiul
other shipments from Canada.
The vessels leaving New lark and
fitted with the refrigerators for worrying
fresh meat include fire steamers id the
Williams & Onion line, with an aggre
gate measurement used for ice, "ma
chinery and meat of 4,080 tons; six
steamers of the National line, with
1,585 tons ; five steamer* of the White
Star line, withJi,s33 tons; four steamers
of the liirnan Khe, using 1,874 tons ; two
of the Anchor line, with 340 tons; two of
the Cunarders, with 320 tons, and one
of the State liue, with about 170 tons.
. Since April last, owing mainly to the
advanced coat of cattle here, but partly
to the lack of adequate cold storage and
facilities for a prompt distribution and
sale of the beef on arrival in foreign
ports, especially at Liverpool, shipments
of fresh beef hare materially decreased
while the exports of live cattle have
correspondingly increased. In some
cases the refrigerator boxes have been
taken out of the steamers, but the great
er part of such as have not been used
for fresh meat have been filled with but
ter, cheese, etc.
The exportation of live cattle for
British markets was begun from this
city bv the Samuels Brothers in 1874,
who sent over twenty-six hit prime bul
locks in their first shipment and lost
twenty of them on the voyuge. Other
shipments followed with better success,
and very recently they sent in one week
upwards of 200 fine cattle from New
York and more than 300 from Montreal.
Mr. Eastman has sent over a few live
cattle, Mr. Bushman about 500, Fleishaur
A Edelmuth several hundred and a num
ber of cargoes have been sent from Phil
adelphia, Boston and Montreal. Up to
April 1 last the shipments from New
York amounted to 8,365 head; from
Philadelphia, 1,029 ; from Boston, 849.
Since April the business bas been in
creasing weekly, anil exporters are con
fident and hopeful of fair profits and
assured success for the future.
i.lasa aad its Phenomena.
The elasticity of glass exceeds that of
almost all other bodies. If two glass
balls are made to strike each other at a
given force, tlie recoil, by virtue of their
elasticity, will be nearly* equal to their
original impetus- Connected with its
brittlenes* are some very singular tacts.
Take a hollow sphere, with a hole, and
atop the hole with the finger, so as to
prevent tk* external and internal air
from communicating, and the sphere
will fly to pieces by the mere heat at
the hand. Vessel* made of glass, that
have been suddenly cooled, possess the
curious property of being able to resist
hard blows given to them from without,
but will be instantly shiveml by a small
particle of flint dropped into their cavi
ties. .This property soems to depend
upon the comparative thickness of the
bottom ; the thicker the bottom is, the
more certain of breakage by this ex
periment Soma of these vessels, it is
stated, have resisted the stroke of a mal
let given with sufficient force to drive a
nail into wood ; and heavy bodies, each
as musket balls, pieces of iron, bits of
wood, jfwpei-, stone, etc., have been cast
into them from a height of two or three
feet without any effect, yet a fragment
of flint not larger than a pea dropped
from three inches high, has made them
fly.
The Latest Tiling* is Fan*.
There is very little difference in fans;
the latest are straight sticks, iustead
of curved. In lace fans, the new
est combine* lace exquisitely fine point
ings on silk ganze; the pattern of the
lace made with, p view to answer as a
framework for the picture* There are
generally one. large one in the center,
and a smaller in the left-hand corner.
One in rucoo style was seen with wrought
pearl sticks. The fan itself was kid,
beautifully painted. This came a* high
as S2OO. Sticks of ofl pearl are con
sidered quite commc if faut for lace fans
tliis year. For ladies in lighter mourn
ing, smoked pearl sticks, covered with
black lace, except in the center and left
side, which contain exquisite paintings
on bbick ganze, are all the rage. Albert,
the celebrated French fan painter, now
puts his name in the lower right or left
hand comer of the painting, in imitation
of his brother artists on a large scale;
of course the penchant for everything
a la Japanese finds a ready outlet in fans;
the expensive one* in ivory with raised
gold or silver lacqner work, are more at
tractive as an object of beanty, though
for their usefulness being rather heavy.
The tortoise shells in the same styles are
very handsome, but expensive—none leas
than sloo.— lxmdon Truth.
Apples.
With us the iiße of the apple, a an
article of food, is far underrated. Be
sides containing a large amount of sugar,
mucilage and other nutritive matter,
apples contain vegetable acids, aromatic
qualities, etc., which act powerfully in
the capacity of refrigerants, tonics and
antiseptics, and when freely used at
the season of mellow ripeness" they pre
vent debility,, indigestion, and avert,
without doubt, many of the " ills that
flesh is heir * U." The operatives of
Cornwall, England, consider ripe apples
nearly as nourishing as bread, and far
more so than potatoes. In the year 1801
—which was a year of much scarcity—
apples, instead of being converted into
cider, ware sold to the poor, and the
laborers asserted that they could " stand
their work",on baked apples without
meat; whereas a potato diet required
either meat or some other substantial
nutriment.. The yrencb and Germans
use apples extensively; So do the inhabi
tants of all European nations. The
laborers depend upon them as an article
of food, and frequently make a dinner of
slioed apples and bread. There is no
fruit oooked in as many different ways
in our country as apples, nor is there
any fruit whoae value, as an article of
nutriment, ia as great and ao little ap
preciated.-- IfttCw Ors Jbumv',-.
The Last Teat ef FMellty.
1 Til® reign of Napoleon, norrW and
ransacked M it ho* been by the writ®!*
is memoirs, recolleotiou* aud lustoriea,
of a mine thai still contains n multitude
of rich and, >v* vol, wnplund veins.
The history of tJu' secret associations
that sprang up during Ui# latter <laT of
the empire, w. old form a nt curious
and iltdroninft volume, and there would
1 lie uo lack of material wherewith to till
lit The soeietv of the United Brother*
i alone, would furnish pages of tJie the
moat intense and absorbing interest,
I wlulo nothing omkl appeal more fotoi
j lily to the uuigiustion than the at rang®
■ and dramatic episodes connected with
it* mysterious initiation*. Perhaps *u
hundred incident* might be relate! a*
atnking and well coutwivol an the fol
lowing :
An officer of the French auy. having
incurred tlie suspicion or raaeutment of
the emperor, thought it ex|ediiuit to
abandon hia country ami take refuge in
one of the Austrian province*, and here
he became adviaed of and initiated into
a society, the object of wtioee formation
was U hurl U the ground the 0- >lo**u*
wh •aw*.arm amute and gorwuwi the whole
continent of Europe w itli a adapter of mm.
One ii*y a letter waa brought to him
cou tailing tlie uaual aigna and paasworda
of the society, and requiring liiui to re
pair on the following night to a secluded
spot iit a forest, where he would meet
acme of hi* aw*iri*t*. lie went, but
found nobody. The order* were repeat
ed four time*, at interval* of a few day*,
and Mr time* tlie sought the *p
poiuted place, witli no lietter aucceaa
than at first.
On the Uftli night of hi* appearance *t
the ratxleirona, after waiting some time,
he wa* nu the point of returning, when
loud one* suddenly arrested his atten
tion. Drawing hi* sword, he hastened
to the spot whence they seemed to pro
ceed. and wa* flwd upon by three wen,
who, oeeiug that he waa uuwouuded, in
stantly took to flight; but at his feet lay
a bleeding corpse, in which, by the
feeble light of the moon, he iu vain
sought for tokens of animation. Ue wa*
vet l>euding over the dead uian, when a
detachment of chasseurs, summoned,
apparently, by the uowe of the pistols
that had been discharged at himself,
came suddenly up, and arrested hiiu aa
the assassin. He was loaded with chain*,
tried the next dqy, and iMndemiicil to
die for Ilia *npos<\l crime. His
execution waa owned to t*k place at
nudnigbt.
Surrounded by the ministers of jus
tice, he was led, at * alow pace, by the
light of torches, and amid the fun oral
tolling of bells, to a vast square, in tlie
center iff which wa* a scaffold, environed
by horsemen; beyond these was a
numerous group of spectator*, who mut
tered impatiently, and, at intervals, sent
forth a cry of abhorrence. The victim
mounted the scaffold, las sentence was
read, and the last aot of the tragedy was
on the point of fulfillment, when an
officer let fall a word of hope.
An eiUct had just been promulgated
by the government, offering |au\lon and
life to any condemned criminal who
should disclose the members and secret
tokens of a particular association, the
existence of which was suspeeted; it waa
that of which the Frenchman to whom
these words were addressed hail lately
become a member. He waa questioned,
bnt denied all knowledge; they urged
him to confess, with promises of ad
ditional reward—his only reply was a
demand of immediate death—and his in
itiation was completed. All that hail
passed wa* bat a terrible trial of his
fidelity; those who surrounded him were
members of the society, and every in
cident that has been described, from the
time of tlie first summons to the last
fearful moment of expected death, was
only a step in the progress of the fearful
experiment by which they sought to
determine the trustworthiness of ihe
neophyte.
Matrimonial Advice.
Marry in vonr own religion.
Never both be angry at once.
Never taant with a past mistake.
Let a kiss be the prelnde of a rebuke.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
Let self-abnegation be the habit of
both.
A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing.
" I forgot," is never au acceptable ei-
I cuae.
If you must criticize, let it be dune
lovingly.
Make a marriage a matter of moral
judgment.
Marry into a family which you have
long known.
Never make a remark at the expense
; of tlie other.
Never talk at one auother, either aloue
cx in company.
Give your warmest sympathies for
| each other's trials.
If one is angry, let the other part tlie
lips only for a kiss.
Neglect the whole world beside, rather
1 than one another.
Never speak lond to one another un
less the house is on fire.
Let each strive to yield oftenest to the
wishes of the other.
Always laatahoUie with loving words,
for they may be the last
Marry into different blood and tem
perament from your own.
Never deceive, for the heart, once mis
led, can never trust wholly again.
It is tlie mother who moulds the
character and fixes the destiny uf the
child.
Never find fault unless it is perfectly
certain a fault has been committed.
Do not herald Hie sacrifices yon make
to each other's tastes, habits, or prefer-
Let all your mutual accommodations
be spontaneous, whole-souled, and free
as air.
The very felicity is in the mutual cul
tivation of usefulness.
Consult one another in all that come*
within the experience, observation, or
sphere of the other.
A hesitating or grum yielding to the
wishes of the otlier always grates upon a
loving heart.
Never reflect on a past actigp which
wa* done with a good motive, and with
, the best judgment at tlie time.
The beautiful in heart is s million
times of more avail, as securing domestic
happiness, than the lieantifnl in person.
They who marry for physical charac
teristics or external considerations will
fail of happiness.
Indian Prince* and Rubies.
Tlie Indian princes and nobles are
greedy of diamonds beyond all people,
and there is bat one country in the
world in which any product at iiatnre is
held more precious than this wonderful
combustible gem, whose nature indeed
we know, but whose genesis is still a
moot question for science. That country
is Bormah, the land of the white ele
phant, where the finest rubies sheltered
in earth's breast are found, and arc rated
far above diamonds. As the King of
Hiain prizes liis cat*, so tlie King of Bur
mail prizes the rubies of his country,
jealonsly prohibiting the export of them,
so that the beautiful aluminous stones—
which do but glow with a clearer and
richer calor when they are exposed to
fire in which the diamond would be con
sumed and disappear—can only la? pro-
I cured by stealth or favor by private indi
viduals. No European has ever heen
permitted to see the king's wonderful
ruby, " the size of a pigeon's egg and of
extraordinary quality and the sale of
I the two magnificent rubies which were
brought to England in 1875—the finest
ever Known in Europe—caused such ex
citement, that a military guard had to
escort the persons conveying the package
|to the ship. Five days' journey south
east of Ava lies the home of the blood
red gems, the jealous earth in which the
people believe that they ripen, beooming
from their original colorlessness, yellow,
green, blue, and, last of all, the match
less ruby red. Next to these rank the
rubies which are found in the Tartar
wilds of Badakshan, and which the
people there believe are always found in
pairs. When one of the seekers ha* dis
covered one he will frequently hide it
until its mate is found-
There is no absurdity in approving as
well as condemning the same individual;
for as few people are always in the
right, so on the other hand it is improba
ble they should be always in the wrong,
YES!
Vila* Marl* Kaap'a %naw*r b* Trlraraph
w Ikl OBrr ol ilrnrl an* ItaaS.
The .Vftes of tit, John, N. H., tdl*
the following interesting story of n re
cent n>*trim<>Hi*l engagement that was
brought to a happy ohtosx oy telegraph:
Mi"* Maria ltoop, author Of a aerie*
of plesaing New York letter* that )>-
)>e*red in the AVio seme month* ago
under the title of "Glimpses of
Gotham," wa* married in Boaton on
Saturday laat. ('apt. Boop, a dint*ut
relative who *ail* an Kngtiah nhip,
visited Mr. John Hoop'* a few week*ago
on hi* way to Pamsboro, N. H., and
met hi* fiite in the person of the young
. lady who i* now hi* wife. He came,
*aw and wa* conquered. He returned
to New York and began to load for Java,
bat *ng " Her her *weet anule haunt*
me still," and whistled "The girl 1 left
behiud me," Would she marry lum
and jo> on that long and lonely voyage to
the East ?
He wrote to her, and proposed that
she meet him in Boston tlie next week,
marry him, and sail for Java, lit* l*at
was on the shore and hi* bark was oti the
sea, or loading at the wharf, and *he
must decide at once. Tin* letter was re
ceived iu the morning, and hail not !>een
read more than half a dozen tune* (such
letter* require a great deal of reading,
. it seems), when a dispatch arrived to the
following effect: "Please answer my
letter by telegraph yes or uo." Any
girl can promptly say ye* or no to the
offer of a hand ainl heart, but when suoli
an offer i* coupled with a three days'
notice of marriage aud a sea voyage to
the East Indies, the ce require* a lit
tle uiore consideration. So she took
time to consider, and added strength to
the sayiug that tlie woman who consider*
is lost, for when tlie afternoon of the
same day brought her another dispatch,
which was simply "Yes or no?" ah*
went to the telegraph office and wrote
• • Ye* "on a blank. Tlie operator kuow
ing nothing of the vast importance of
tliat mouoayliable message, placed it on
file for transportation, and the moat
anxious man in New York wa* soon
made happy bv it* reception. The ladv
left here ou Friday morning last and
met ami married tlie captain at tlie resi
dence of a relative in Boston. Their
wedding tour will be a loug oue—around
the world, but not in eighty day*.
Pralri* Reg*.
Fender* of prairie dogs are oceaaiou
allv encountered ou tlie Cuiou Pacific
railroad, say* a writer iu hYank Leslie's
illustrated' \etcsp<iper,witli their bviug
prey carefully boxed up. Aud these
quaint little animals deserve more than
a passing notice. Their little villages
are seen on every side for many mile*
after leaving Sydney, and are never
failing Bonrcee uf luterest to traveler*.
The annuals are always fal, and are
[ about sixteen inches long, and of a gray
iah-red color. The Indiana eat them,
professing to iefer them to squirrel*.
They live underground iu exteusive coin,
inanities, iu alnutiug burrows, termi
nating, aiter a descent of six or eight
feet, in wide chamber*. These latter
they sagaciously excavate at a little
higher point than the bottom of the pas
sages, whereby their larger apartments,
which tliev sometimes share with rattle
snakes and owls, are Dot subject to be
overflowed bv rain-storm*. The little
fellow* squat like rabbits on their plump
haunches at the entrance* to their bur
rows, peeling inquisitively about them
in every direction. At the approach of
an intruder they give a quick, sharp
velp, not loud enough to be called a
bark, and disappear headforemost into
the earth. But their curiosity is more
powerful than their timidity, and in a
short tune their little noses are seen
emerging from the holes as they peep
cautiously out to discover tlie source of
their alarm. They are somewhat diffi
cult to ahoot, as "they are as rapid as
swallows in their movements, and for
the same reason it is not always easy to
capture them alive. Mr. Leslie bought
a couple of the little fellows on the
homeward trip. The boy who offered
them for sale hail secured them in a box
; with three thin slats of wood, aud it was
not loug before they set rigomoalv to
work to gnaw their wav out with their
sharp teeth. A hamlful of pass waa
given them, which they ate with avidity,
and ao loug as they were plentifully fed
there was no further effort on their part
to work their wav into liberty: They
ate grass ravenously, showing an especud
predilection for ciover. Tnev kept in
goes! condition until they reached Sam
toga. where their history suddenly and
unhappily en-Jed. The box containing
. them was deposited temporarily on the
; sward, near Mr. Leslie's summer resi
dence, until a servaut couhl take theni
in charge, hut when he arrived they had
disappeared from the cage. The HttJe
creatures doubtless enjoyed so greatly
the smell of tlie fresh nod and tlie glimpse
of freedom from which they oad so
long boen debarred, that they attacked
the imprisoning slats with dstarmina
tion, anil gnawed their way to liberty.
One Fortn of Rudeness.
A flagrant breach of politeness, and
one which is most annoying to refine. 1
and sensitive people, is uia very general
practice of one's conversation. The im
punity with which this is done lis* de
graded rati, uial conversation, which ought
' to be the greatest charm of social inter
course, into a proving farce. A man or
woman who has anything to say that is
worth saving, desires to say it in hia or
her own "way ; and those who have brains
to appreciate it, will be equally deaimus
of hearing it without interruption. Yet
it is a common thing for a parlor conver
sation to partake more of the babble of
< Babel,thau a conversation among rational
i beings, who are supposed to know aud
appreciate what each othee save. One
begins to relate an incident, and before
i he has finished two sentences, some parrot
: in fine clothes chime* in with her nen*e
less gabble, hreakiug the thread of ilia
course, and compelling the narrator -to
i>cgm again, or abandon the attempt to
instruct or entertain.
This is tlie gro*> st impoliteness ; it is
nsjcomnioii an occurrence n* conversation
itself. It ia not much to say, that nine
out of every ten people who indulge iu
this habit are incapable of carrying on a
rational conversation on any useful topic,
and indulge in these breaches of etiquette
byway of covering their retreat and
hnling their ignorance.
We suggeat to voting people —and old
ones, too, for that matter—that here is a
promising field for social reform. Never
interrupt a conversation by interjecting
remarks, however appropriate and witty
they may seem. All sensible people
will reapees you, ami conclude that yon
have good sense, aud know how to use it
to the I test advantage.
A Petrified Rosebud.
The Portland Oret/rmlan, contains
this story ; Judge E. 0. Bronaugh has
attached*to hia watch chain a little amu
let or charm, which, aaide from its
peculiar history, ia very pretty in itself.
It is nothing more or lea* than a petri
fied rosebud. During the war, a
yonng nephew of Judge Bronaugh,
while in one of the Southern States,
wrote home to hi* mother aud inclosed
in the letter a rosebud. Tlie letter
arrived safely at it* destination, anil,
after having been perused, was laid
aside with the rosebud in a drawer,
where it remained for eight or nine
months. When the drawer wa* over
hauled and the letter again brought to
light, the rosebud it oontained wa* dis
covered to be petrified. The judge's
aunt recently sent the stone to him at
this place, and he placed it in the hands
of a jeweler for the purpose of having it
fitted to carry on his watch chain. The
petrification is so very hard that while
trying to drill a hole in it two or three
tools were broken before the object was
accomplished. It is a perfect rosebud,
and so well preserved that the finest
fibres are to be seen. What peculiarities
of air, earth, or water could have
changed the tender rosebud into a hard,
almost diamond-like substance in the
short space of nine months is a mystery.
The most trivial circumstances are able
to pnt an end to our gratifications ; they
are like beds of roses, where it is very
unlikely all the leaves should be smooth,
and even one that is doubled sufflocs to
make us wwomfortable,
VOLUNTARY EXILES.
The .Kransaltra Is IHssUshs.-llelslls si
Their 14ft.
'llie Menuotiite reservation east of the
Red river, ami aUnit twenty-five miles
southeast of Wiunepeg, is now as well
p.ipulule,l as any district of the province
of Manitoba, and the most recent immi
gration has been directed to a reservation
of seventeen townships adjotuiug the
frontier, and extending west of Red river
ht l'etubina moiiiitaiii. The settlement
on the reservation first lueiitioiiiHl, ealled
(Ist River, consists of six hundred ami
ttfty familiex, and u the aocoiul rtwrv*
tioii, culled Dufferin, four humired ami
tlftv families lisve lieen planted. In ad
dition, thirty-three families have beeu
settled near Scratching river, Slid tile re
*eut arrival of thirty-five families will go
to Ihifferiu.
Estimating five to a family, the Meu
nouite settlements of Manitoba *outaiu
a |sipillation of S,HtUV, which will doubt
less increase steadily, but by lio meana
with the volume of the past three years.
The Mennoiiites who still remain <n
southern Russia, though luoliued to im
migrate, iu consequence of the termina
tion of the stipulation exempting them
from military service, are not prepared
to sacrifice their possession*. Wlieu they
cn sell witliout disadvantage they immi
grate. The exodus is thereby likely to
lie gradual, especially aa the Ruaaiun
government, while lusistuig on tlie right
of couacrtptiou, assents readily to sjiecial
assigtitneuls of servii*e in deference to
the Menu mute oon science—such as trans
portation, forestry and hospital service—
very much as the Quaker* of tlie United
State* duriug l <> late civil war were sub
jected t*> military service, but relieved
from beanug arms.
The immigrating class of Lutheran
Quakers, known as Menuonites, are
ueither rich nor p**or, but are au inter
mediate body, who are, however, by no
meana destitute. Mr. Hes|>er estimates
that the sum brought into the province
by the Meunouite immigration ia fOOU,-
000, and the recent arrival of tlurty-flve
families have not less than $ 10,000.
There are Meunouite settlements in
tlie Western States, but the laud system
there iuforeed does uot admit of s|eci*l
reservations, and Manitoba has thus
been enabled to present great induce
ments for this class of settlers. Here
tlie commuuity can organise itself fully
according to its tradiUous, including the
rural village life of the doif—or dorp, as
we believe the word is Auglicixed—a cus
tom which lias great merit, socially and
industrially, and will warrant aotnc full
ness of detail.
A group of families—usually sixteen
in number— take their homestead* sep
arately, but proceed to throw them to
gether, selecting the most desirable
situation for a village or dorf, through
which a at reel two chains wide ia laid,
and a plot divided into half-acre lota,
with assignments for church, school, or
oilier public use. A tract most suitable
for tillage i then selected in a block,
which is inclosed, and within which each
head of a family cultivates that portiou
of hia allotmeut —for there ia no com
munism—that he finds nvenieit. A
hay meadow, held also in severalty, ia
chosen, and the remainder of the con
solidated homestead is used as a range
(or cattle and other animals, which
are invariaidv attended by a herdsman,
who ia paid \iy the dorf. The village
lots ami other subdivisions are distribu
ted by lot.
The houses —only found in the dorf—
are comfortable, heated by central brick
ovens, warming three or four rooms.
The aauie roof usually extends over
separate lodgings for cattle, although in
tli is respect there is a growing tendency
to have different tenements. Each family
has a yoke of oxen, two cows, and in
definite poultry. The pig is not wanting;
and there are five hundred sheep, and
one hundred and fifty hufwee on the Bat
river reservation.
The municipal government is a simple
Democracy. The heads of families an
n uallv select a mayor or reeve, who ia
the ckief executive officer, constantly
conferring with his constituents. Over
the whole community is a president or
elder, elected for five years, and who,
associated with the mayors of the dorf,
form a oouit for the final adjustment of
all dispute* and the enactment of all
neoeasary ordinance*. The president
may set in all matters relating to a sep
arate village in concurrence with the
mayor thereof.
The church organisation ia dis
tinct from the civil admuiistrwtum. Tin
people elect a clergyman in ewch dorf,
and a bishop to preside over the whole
oommunitv for pen oils of five yearn.
Thev receive no stipends. The teachers
of tLc schools, one held in each village,
are choaeu by the people, but are paid a
moderate compensation. Marriage* are
free—no allotments as formerly among
the Moravians—and usually oootracUsl
early, the parties often remaining with
the mort prosperous of the parents for
a year or two.
An admirable system of mutual in
surance against fire prevails under a
txiard oi directors elected by the whole
community. The insured are not re
stricted in amount, but contribute pro
rata in case of any loan.
Mosquitoes.
A New York benefector to the human
specie# stops to the front with A plan to
prevent the great unnecessary accumula
tion of mosquitoes in thia country. Many
gixxi and wise people haTe net up half a
night tiring to find out by deep thought
and rapid strokes what raosquitoea were
originally constrncteil for, and yet those
individual* were forced to give up their
search for knowledge and fall into a fit
ful sleep towards morning and dream
that they were the Btato of Pennsylvania,
with all the oil men in the United Btat*-*
boring for petroleum. No man ha# ever
been known to speak a good word for '
this insect; its mnsical hum is unappre
ciated, and even its frailty of build is no i
protection frojn the rude touch of hu
manity. Mankind never seem# to realize
that the mosquito is a slim and delicate
creature. Let one of tin me fragile
driller# trespass but a moment oil a per
son and the individual will instantly deal
him a tremendous blow with all the force
and energy at his oommaud. Of course
the mosquito, witli tluit retiring boshfnl
uess which is characteristic of it, gener
ally Hte]>a lightly to one nidn and settles
down on a fresh place, th is preventing
many casualties to itself, which other
wise might lie fatal, but the mere fact
Uiat a man will expend so much unneces
sary energy in the contemplated de
struction ot the mosquito shows Uiat he
greatly overestimates Uto strength of
build and the physical powers of the
insect All Uiis loss of power will lie
prevented by the New York man's plan,
which ia to ponr a small quanUty of
crnde petroleum on the stagnant pools
where the insect is born and wriggles to
maturity. The thinnest film of potro- |
ieum, it is stated, will prevent the wrig
glers from changing to bloodsuckers, and
will discourage the female from laying
fresh eggs on snch waters.
Imitation Money.
A Washington despatch saya : Many
complaint* liave reached the Treasury
department that merchant* and business
men in various part* of the country
have been in the habit of printing biuu
neiw carda bearing such a close resem
blance to the United States and national
hank issues that many people have been
deceived thereby and quantities of it
passed as good money bv parties who
nave gatherer! a nnmber of these cards.
Home of the samples received at the
Hecret Service Division here are of a
character to deceive even observant
persons, while they l>car upon their
face the fact that they are not really
genuine. These issues are all in viola
tion of law. Section 5,430 of the re vis- j
e<l statutes forbids the engraving or
printing of anything in the impression
or the likeness of nny United States
obligation or other seenrity, or any part
thereof, except under the, authorityof
the secretary of the treasury. The
penalty is a heavy fine and imprison
ment. Many indictments have been
found against persons on this account,
and the department now intends to
prosecute to the full extent further !
offenses of this character as a matter of
protection to the community j the poor
and more ignorant members of wuich
are vary thoroughly Imposed upon.
THI KASTKKN <JI KNTION.
Mauled bt the Mae Hbt Nit ea the Career
Nlere Hea.
"What ia the latoat uewa front tlir
war?" asked the Unit man, who sat on
tin* corner of Un* atore Iwx, ueurtwl tlie
auuahin**, att.l idly jMiliaktttg nta, tin*
uail heads with tin* end of a wooden
tooth-pick.
Tin* man in brown overall* who ooeu
liitvl the other end of tin* lan tilted hie
tat a little further forward over hie eye#
and looked a little higher up at Union
hall, and aouiuted aa much with hia
month and chin an he ditl Willi hia <*yee.
The man with the etraw hat who waa
sitting iu the diairway, whittling a
match, shaved carefully at the sulphur
end, au>l then rewarded hi* work very
intently, aa though there waa aorne error
iu effect that didn't exactly WW* ut> to
hin ideal. The man in the cheviot sliirt,
who waa }>ercbed <>u the area ratliUKa,
eartieatly eugtiged in measuring **ne had
with the other, t*ent hia head atill tower
over hia tank for a moment and then
lookitiK up, with the air of a man who
ha<l ma<ie up hia luiud tliat they were
twiua and there wan no uae worry m#
over it or denying it, naid :
" Well, 1 reckon them Turk* haa kiud
o' got the atari o' the Itooxhuua, dowu
tliere at Fcleveliuy."
A long ailenoe followed, during which
the man with the atrww hat had got oue
aide of the aulphur end of the match
trimmed down and polinhed to auit the
moat faatidrou* taatc, and the thin man
got uearlv all the new rnal off the nail
head ami would probably liave llniabed
hia taak bad not the tooth-pick broken,
and the man in brown overall* gut but
face tainted up into audi a fearful and
wonderful aqmnt that mux of the guidy
vouug clerk* over in the insurance offices
began to laugh at him. Finally the tlnu
man rallied from the tit of profound
despondency into which the lireakiug of
the toothpick had thrown him, and aaid :
" Yea, but the affair at Flouuavy
didn't settle the war. There's old Kru
dener comin' up witli a lot of Ron man -
yuna yet."
"Yea," aaid the man in brown overall*,
who looked dowu for a moment to rest
bis face, "but look at the way they're
doin* in Burglarry. Plevanny ain't
notliiu'."
There was ao much aujofeeUon af an
intimate MeottTajihical knowledge uf the
seat of war, ami us wide acquaintance
with oriental politics iu thia remark that
no oue knew juet what to say, nor which
aide to take, but it appeared to be tbe
general unpruuuiou that tlie man in
brown overalls waa a Ruaaiun eyinpa
tliixer. The thin man shot the pierea
of hia tooth-pick at. a vagrant fly, and
looked idlv amund lam lika a uiau in
ararrh of a job, willing to take hold of
anvtlang that might turn tip. Hia eyre
fell longingly upon tbe luatrb, which
was gradually approaching a state uf
ptwfection, and the man with a match
catching a glance, felt called up to aay
something. He said with some haste,
ami apparently without due preparation.
" I reckon the Fraahina 'll lip in if the
Roahina git licked again."
The man with tlie twin feet checked
himaelf in the act of renewing hia
anxious and juunstaking measurement,
and after waiting for any other remarks,
aaid :
" PriKialiy wan't no friend of Rcswdiy."
This waa audi a direct contradiction
of tlie match man's statement, that every
body looked up, except tlie uan in
hrovru overall, who was again wrinkling
hia face at the cornice <>n Union hall,
aud had to look dowu. The diactuwion
threatened to become interesting and
exntiug. After a long pause, during
which all the members uf the cunveutiou
appeared to be thinking up fresh argu
ments, the thin man, who waa medi
tatively rubbing hui chin with the back
uf hia band, aaid :
"I b'lieve I'll go git shaved."
lie gut off the box and walked slowly
away, dusting but coat with hia hands
as he went. The other delegate* watch
ed hia retreating figure until he turned
the corner. Then the man on the rail
ing placed the heels of hia two feet to
gether and began the moat careful meas
urement of hia series, while the anxious
expression on bis face told how fearful
he was lest one foot should come out
about three inches larger than the other.
The man with the match having got four
sides dressed down to suit him, began
system of decorative matches along the
edges. The man with the brown over
alls tilted hia hat clear down over hia
n<ise and looked right up at the top o!
Union hall until hia face was so covered
witli wrinkles thst yon couldn't tell
where the month envied or the eyes be
gan. The man who had to go and get
shared, went around the corner and sat
down on a pair of skids and staid there
until sunaet, rubbing hia chin and think
ing ahont the war. Bur liny ton J/airk
cye. ,
A (W of Unrequited A flection.
London Truth toll# the following
story ; The following advertisement ap
peared in a daily pajwr a few days back:
Cook (goodi >n a gentleman'* family ;
aoru* turned to (lairr; four roar*' good
character ; town or country. T. A.—
and here followed the addrena.
A lady friend of mine who keeps
house for her father, and who wanted a
cook, wrote the following letter to the
nddrran given :
Mia# will be glad if T. A. will
call and see her. Mia* will arrange
[ to be diaengaged at live o'clock.
About fire, a double knock came at
the door, and a gentleman waa ushered
into the drawing-room. My friend re
ceived him, but not recognizing him a*
an acquaintance, ventured to say she
had failed to catch his name. Looking
round the room, the stranger remarked
that he thought she would prefer seeing
him alone. They acconlingly adjourned
to another room, when the following
dialogue took place : Gent—"l received
your kind letf-r, and assure yon it has
given me the greatest pleasure to com
ply with your request. Little did I ex
peat when I have been fortunate enough
to attend on yon that you would thus
honor mo. I can hut assure you that I
have long hoped for tin's opportunity
of" Here my friend stopped him
by remarking • •' Really I don't know
w .at you mean. What letter do you
refer to?" With tender consideration,
attributing her hesitation to nervous
ness, our gidlaut attempted to continue
the pretty speech he had commenced,
but the lady insisted on seeing the let
ter. At last it was produced, when the
lndv was astonished to see the ooinmnni
cation she had sent to T. A. " But,"'
she remarked, "that letter was lent to
T. A." "I am T. A.," said the infatu
ated youth. His fond dreams, however,
were rudely dispersed by the rejoinder:
" You are not a ook t" "A what?" he
said. "A cook," replied the lady ;
"that letter was sent in reply to an ad
vertisement which appeared of n cook
wanting a situation." Alaa ! poor youth,
his castles vanished ; for on entering
into an explanation it seemed that the
lady had put the wrong number to the
address, and that the letter hud been
delivered at one of the principal West
end linen drapers, and handed to the only
T. A. in the establishment.
The Mad Ntoue.
The Louisville Courier-Journal nays:
Mr. Horry R. Phillips, who resides on
Third stre'et, between Breckinridge snd
Kentucky, brought to this office a few
days ago' a mal stone weighing about
three ounces, which he said had Into
preserved by his family for nearly fifty
years. The mad stone bears a littie re
semblance to tho honeycomb, except that
it is coneshaped, the cells at the baae
having thick walls, hut gradually merg
ing into a more solid snbstanee a* they
approach the apex. The stone has a
broad, smooth surface at the base, and
within the little cells there is a delicate
fibrous substance resembling the pith of
aome vegetable product. Mr. Phillips
said the stone was once used by an aunt
of his who was bitten by a rabid dog.
The stone was first dipped in milk and
then applied to the wound. It stuck to
the part like a leech until all the virus
wa* absorbed, and then dropped. It wss
then placed in a vessel containing hot
water, and quickly a dark greenish sub
stance arose from it and spread over the
surface, this being the test that the
wound was filled with virus of the mad
dog. The lady recovered from the
wound without a rymptom of hydro
phobia.
NUMMARY OF SHEWN.
lisbmi sl laisrssl trssi llsai* saS ASrssd.
The Rax I* Flouring Mills, at Oakvtll*. 111.
Uigetbsr with aA. 000 bushels of wheat *<-r*
destroyed by flrw. 1 *nm, AAA,OOO ; Insurant-,
On tli# day after the great Are in
.New York, the snumlilnriiui rutua of Uie piano
luaiiofactury m rs etlll toflßOt to permit an ex
aaituatlon, with a view to the rsroren* of what
ever bodlo* iniglit be underneath ■ bat as laaa
than elgbt men were reported mtaatng, It was
thought the death list would not reach above
that number .... Itobarl, James aud Ham
(loudiioh, aud Jams* Himmona, Nr., who war*
Ui Jail at Newcastle, Ky., rharged with the
murder uf several persons, were taken from
cuuOuoiiieiit by a crowd of anued men and
hanged ..At the ctly election in Wilmington,
Dab, the In-publican** carried Ihe city by about
two liuitdred majority, sleeting the president
of council, dty tmnsurer, one asseesor and six
ouuncllnien, wl lie tlu> Democrats elected uue
assessor sod sev. ucouncilmen ...At a meeting
of Uie dejaisltors of the siisjielided Chicago
Slats Manns* luaUtutiou, it was anuouueed
that the liana's liabilities ware over AS.OUU.OUU
and Ite assets ins than tWW.IMi . A uaUonal
convention of colored Maeons was held la
Chicago. Home seveutv delegates, representing
nearly every stale in lbs I'ulou, were prassnt.
The Mlnucaota Ktate convention of the
• iresnliack part* , in rauvenltott at Minneapolis,
nomluatsMl William K Itauulug for governor,
William Weigher fur licuUniaiil-govarnur, Isaac
staple for treasurer. A. K. Hire fur secretary of
I State, and K. L. Ileree fur attorney-general.
. The wurkliigmeu Joined Ui with tha Greau
! backers aud tb* whole convention ado(4ed the
shove ticket..... The Independent Greenback
! party of Massachusetts held a Stat* oouveuliod
in Huston on September A, and made au egurl
to uuiuinate Iteujamlu F. Hutler fur governor,
but Weiidall I'bUllpa waa chosen by a vote of
IA U* IS. Other ortlcen* nominated were 1
l4eut*uant-<iovsri)ur, l>yer l>. l.uua, of North
ampton ; secretary of Stale, Nathan Clark, Jr.,
iof Lynn . auditor, 11. M. Bears*, uf Boctou :
treasurer, W. F. Whitney, of Mouth Asbbum
• ham , attorney-general, Israel W. Andrews, of
Denver. The resolution* adopted demand the
repeat of lbs specie resumpUoU act, the rsatora
. Uou of tbe silver duller as a full legal tender,
tbe abolishment f taxation uu mortgaged
jwoperly ; the stoupsgeof further leans of gold
bund* for sab, in uis foreign markets, aud the
miucUoa of the public expenditures, and Ih*
rapid payment and exllnctluu of ail outstanding
State aud municipal debts. They also recom
mend that any and all money issued by the
government, whether uf guid, silver or paper,
should be a full legal tender, and at all time*
| convertible into government bonds bearing a
low rate of Interest. Speeches were made by
Congressman Keiley, of Pennsylvania, and
other* .. The Boston section of the wurfc
lugmaa's perty has issued au address to the
laboring men of Massachusetts, urging them to
cut loose from all existing political parties, and
form sections in the interest of the working
iusn'* party, which will hold a convention In
Uustun during the latter part of September to
nominate a State ticket Stanley Matthews
and General Kwing will hold Joint discussions
, throughout Ohio, Ike former for tha Itepubli
cans and the latter for tin* Democrat* ....
The Marvlaud I*ee:ocraU will meet in BalU
umre on Iveptember tt, to nominate a candidate
for aumptroUer of the Ktate treaeury.
Crass* I s eels HrewMlcaa tee seel lee.
The Pennsylvania lU-publicau Mate Conven
tion aeaemhled at Harrisbnrg, and chose W. H.
Armstroog for chairman. Tne nomination of
Wm. Ik llart fur State Treasurer waa mad* by
aeeUmatiuu. Tbe balloting fur auditor-general
resulted aa follows . Paesmure, ISA ; Reader,
V'i. Tbe oummiUer on resolutions reported Use
futkmiug. wtneb were adopted
First While we recognise and rej>e.-t live
difference of opinion existing among a* aa to
tha course jiursued by President Hayes toward
the Month, we ere heartily u, anurd in hunor
rng the | a trio tic motive* which have guided
him, and in hojitiig that the result* of Uu*
policy will he p*or. good will, and lb* com
plete recognition uf the iqual right* of ail men
tn everv section of tha country, and to the ef
forts of hi* administration to carry into effect
i tha prtndplea of the platform upon which he
was elected, we pledge our hearty and cordial
support.
Seccnd The Electoral Commisakm having
bnm created a tha argent wilictUtiao of the
Democratic party, and after the oft-repealed
declarations of lis leaders In both Houses of
Congress, that no faction could cavil at its de
cision, we wtines* with profound astonishment
tha aeaeult* of that party upSn tn* aug oat tri
bunal of It* own creation, berana* IU daotmoua
disappointed their axtmctationa of uAcuxl pa
trv.l L*ge. which saaanlu, ao far aa they seek to
impair the eunAdencw uf tha peopl* in the Just
title uf tb* President to his high office, ere
eqoally chfldish and foolish, but may become
extreme, v mischievous in assisting to diminish
the pojmW respect for the dectamna of lawful
tribunals
Tbe third roeohitioo cell* open members of
the State and national legislatures to assist tha
return of prosperity to the country by adopting
such measures as will eoodoe* to that and.
The fourth and fifth oopoaa any grant of uxor*
than ISO acre* of land to any one person, and
also oppose the retaaue of jntenta by acts of
Sixth-The long end successful existence,
under the taws of Congress, of the double coin
standard, warrant* us in demanding an early
refieel of the legislation which demonetised
silver and established an almost exclusive gold
standard, and we therefore favor a return to
the free uae and unrestricted coinage of the
dollar of ITW. and IU restoration to the poai
' Uou It held a* legal tender during the eighty
year* of unr national exiataooe. thus preserving
the equality of the commercial value of the
silver dollar with the gold dollar, keeping both
In circulation.
The seventh resolution endorses the adminis
tration of Gov. II art ran ft.
Eighth -W# art lit favor of la*, sod against
lawb-asnms and anarchy, with all their aUand-
I ant Honors and ortm Equal right* in mak
ing laws, itnpcmr equal duties in obeying them
■ ben made, and we render our hearty thanks
to tiovarnor Hartranft, and the oftcrrs and
soldier* of his command, for the prompt and,
wt hope, the effectual suppression of the law
less distiiriiancea which recently occurred U
this State.
Nuith—That we bold in equal respect the
rights of capital to oootrol its luvastmenta and
uf labor to determine the value of its service *;
that we deprwoate any asaerUon by violence of
tho rights of either, and we assert it ae the
duty uf all citizen* to hold tbetr respective
right* anthill the just limitations of the law,
' and that any attempt to coerce the other bv
unlawful mean* should be promptly represeed
by such lawful authortie* aa the exignucy de
mands.
The remaining resolution*, except the ele
venth, which favor* a protective tariff, relate en
tirely to Btate affaire.
Mr. Myers, county treasurer at Wapakoneta
Ohio, was captured iu the night while return
ing from a festival, taken to the court house,
and there tortured by fire until he divulged the
combination of the county safe, from which h*
captors obtained *ora ♦ 40.000 and escaped ...
Bv an explosion of gaa in the Phoenix Park
mine, near Minerwille. l'a., eight miner* were
burned, one of thorn John Jenkins fatally.
Crazv Horse, the well-known Indian
leader, while attempting to escape from the
fuard house, to which he had been confined at
amp Robinson, Neb., received injuries from
which he died next morning The exami
nation of William M. Tweed, before a commit
t < I New York aldermen, appointed to tnvee-
Ugsie the ring fratida, waa begun Iteturn*
from the election in California indicate that
the Democrat, will have a majority in the Leg
islature on joint ballot A freight train at
Steubanville. Ohio, ran off the track and down
an embankment, killing Robert Davis and in
juring others The wurkingmen of Balti
more liave nominated Joseph Thompson, a
blacksmith. for mayor.
The 1 Yew dent and wife, AU truer-Genera.
Devena and Do. tmaster- Qs tier a I Key wife
present at a soldier* renniau in Marietta, Ohio
Tito l'i evident and members of the cabinet
made addresses.... .The yellow fever prevailed
in Fcrnandina, Fla The I Vmocrat* have a
majority of about thirty-eight in the California
Legislature, which arill give them a successor
to Senator Sargent .... At Harrubnrg. Pa,, a
uumlier of men who took part in the recent
railroad riots were imprisoned in Jail for term*
ranging from two to eight mouths, and were
lined um. o? from 120 to 9510..... M. Thiers
j is succeeded in tho leadership of tho French
Republicans by Ix-on Oauihetta . .The Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association held its twenty
lifth annual meeting in Toronto, Ontario. The
chief cities of the I'nited State, were repre
wnted, and paper, of interest to the business
were read and diaenssed.
At liecrftckl. Ma**.. I>r. R. W. H*UT, a mwll
kaown phjaiciaa of Rprinirfleld, fell ovr a rail
road bridge and wax killed The Indiana
Soldier*' Orphan*' Homo at Rnigbt*tnwu waa
dcxtrTi<d bv Are, ranaing a lorn of ♦IOO,OOO, on
wbk-li' there ia 910.000 inaaranee The
fniirral of Tbier*. the French atateeman, in
Paha, waa attended bra vaat nutnlier of per
aona. many coming from all part* of France to
pay the laat tribute of reapect to the dia
tinguiahed doeeaiM-d. The atreeta along which
the funeral pruceaaion pa**ed were filled with
apertatora. At Waahington the flag* over thr
public building* were raised at half maat a* a
mark of re*|**ct to the eminent French Repub
lican An unnanally large number of tramp*
hare been prowling along the line of the I'rnn
arlvania railroad iu lanca*ter eonnty. Pa., and
their crime* have been nnmeroo* and freqnent.
hardlr a hamlet in tho county eacaping their
depredation. ... The well-known New fork
publisher of illustrated periodicals, Frank Le*-
lie, ha* failed and made an assignment o( hi*
property to I. W. Kngland, publisher of the
Sun, who will manage the affair* of the concern.
The publication of Mr. Leslie * paper* will con
inue as heretofore The Ken re Houae
and other building* in Brattleboro, Vt.. were
burned by a Are originating In, a stable. Loss.
♦35,000 ; 'insured Two old people named
Fitegerald were murdered with a sledgehammer
at their home near Hillsboro, Md Accord
ing to oable diapatche* the town of Plevna wa*
taken bv the Ituaaiana after a fierce battle. The
city of & ionic* ia alao said to have capitulated to
the Russian force*.
The election in Maine resulted in the suooesa
of the Republicans. The Greenback party
developed an unlocked- for strength.... Thomas
F. Otirley wa* hanged in Norrixtown. Pa., on
September 10, for the murder of Mary Ann
Whitby, a fellow servant, on a farm, in May,
1875. The motive of the deed was anger at
Miss Whitby's refusal to corroborate a ha
which Curlev had told to his employer. The
murderer, who waa but twenty years old. dis
played remarkable coolnesa on the scaffold....
The twelve apostles of the Mormon Church at
Silt Lake City have issued an epistle to the
Mormons, claiming to have received a revela
tion from God direct mg them to preside over
the phuroh, without electing a new prophet
A shock of earthquake waa felt st Mount Holly.
N. J., on the tenth. Houses were shaken and
oroekery wsi brek**... t The fifth Wtill
prise meeting of riflemen npeoafl at Oreadmoor,
iwu Now Tort .....Four bore in a row boat
war* run down by a ferryboat on the Hodaon
rirar, at Haw York, and Ihrt* of them war*
drowned .... In a Are-mil# swimming match
at Long I (ranch between Oeoree M Wada,
lite American champion, and Frank Urines,
of St. Drnis, the former waa defeated.
Crime* of a Texas Outlaw.
The father of John Wesley Hardin, who
waa recently arrested in a railroad ear in
Alabama, waa a preacher, who lived in
Honthweat Texas. As a boy he waa remark
ably ijuiet, and gave no evidence of the
terrible paaaiotts which, in after life, made
him thirst for blood. When almost six
teen years uf age, and while the state
was uuder military rale, a colored man
on hia father's place provoked him, and
he aiiot him. F<ir Una he was placed
under guard of some soldiers, who started
to Huutaville with him. As he waa
only a hoy they ditl not walcli him very
closely, and at night lay down to aleep.
Hardin roac in the uight and killed every
one of them. Tins outlawed him. Hia
uext act waa the* murder of Jack Helm,
out of which grew the Button aud Taylor
troubles, Hardin siding with the Tay
lors. His father and brother got mixed
up aud were taken out and hung in
Western Texas. From tins time on he
was a desperado uf the worst older. Mis
souri and Kaunas becauir the field of
operation, and before he left thent he
added many more to the death list. In
those states there are at present large re
wards offered for htm. From there he
came hack to Texas, aud kept the border
in a state of terrorism. His last murder
was the killing uf Webb, the deputy
sheriff of Jiruwu county, at Gouianobe.
It ia estimated that in various parts of
the county there are tweuty thousand
dollars of rewards offered. Hardin is a
young man, about twenty-seven or twen
ty-eight Years of age, five feet eight
inches and one-half in height, weighs one
hundred and fifty pounds, bss flaxen
hair, blue eyes and not an unpleasant
countenance. —lkiUaa ( Tex at) HrraUL
A Macmmfnl Farmer's Opinio*.
Mr. Harris Lewis, a wall known dairy
man of lirkit**r count v, N. Y., at a
dairymen's meeting at IngatwolL Cana
da, remarked aa follow*: "I hold that
every man, woman and child ia fitted by
nature to perform aome art or discharge
aome one duty in life better than any
other. But man in hi* ignorance often
tliwart's nature's operations and deaigna,
and turns them to worae than uaeleaa
purposes. Many {jarante aeem to look
upon labor aa dugnniiug, and try to find
aome higher place for their children,
rather than encourage engaging in use
ful labor. It ia a siad picture, I know,
it ia the taae with many in the United
tttatea. I hope it ia not an on this aide
of the line. Sow, to succeed in any
buaineaa, calling or profession, there
must be tnore or leas stimulation for that
particular tmaineaa or calling and a love
for it"*
Gen. F. A. Walker s article in TV
tumal Her* if, J oat published, upon the display
of goods sod Wires at Uw Philadelphia World's
Fair, last rear. points oat Ihs gratifying fast
that ia several prominent mechanical specialties
the king established aoprJmaiy of this country
is easily shown to be unimpaired. In reapers,
looks, sofas and sewing machines Amaaloa leads
the world, while in scales for com magma! Use,
Own. Walker says that " time and recant inven
tion have not impaired the snpertortty of Ameri
can goods. The great boner that was founded
at Bt- Johnshury forty years ago, not only
maintains the positive tnertl of its {godactions,
but ships its goods to every quartered the
Ch>bw" ______
Per Wevere t asika and lass I'tasUlils.
Cantos. Pa., Nov. Alt, 1878.
Hear: v Beth W. Fowls A Bona, Boston
On.Uemea— About tan years ago. after hav
ing bad s severs stuck of the measles, 1 was
troubled with s severe ooagh. and was threat
ened with oonatunptxm. My father having
died at the age of thirty-oor with consumption
of the lungs, and my sunt baring been earned
off with Use same com plaint, it seems to be
hereditary in our family. At the time alluded
to. I was induced to bay a battle of Dr. WisUr's
Balsam of Wild Cherry, and sen say aonoosen-
Uonaly, 1 believed U saved my life. 1 was
MaAsmithing at the time, and often frit pains
in mv chest and long, which the Balaam re
lieved. I cheerfully give Uus statement, and
hope you may have suocess with so beneficial
a preparation. Tour* truly, A3. Maaarr.
SO cents and II a bottle. Bold by druggists.
A lohi Teaabl by Kspertewre.
Among the many valuable lessons taught by
eipanst.ee, there i nut one of greater mumeut
to the invalid portion of the oommunitv than
the following, vu : That alterative treatment
la only permanently successful when aided by
invigoration. When the functions of the budv
are disordered, the use of a geuial tunic with
which correcriv* properties sre combined is
the speediest means of regulabug tbem. Boch
a tonic ia Hostellers BtumarL liiUrrs, the
most jocular, as it is the bed article of IU
class. For more than teenty Are years it has
been used with signal sorer* as a remedy for,
and preventive of malarial fevers, as a means
of imparting strength to the debilitated. and aa
• curative of dyspepsia, Übonsneea, cousU
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Not only have multitude* of those whom it has
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Thousand* are entitled to increase of peoakm.
The* having bran psaamnad at rata* below
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thr disabilities have Increased since ftrt pto
wonod All anch can haw their pensions in
creased, and tboae who ars not prnaioMd. but
entitled to pension, can aeeors the same by
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Washington. DC. No fee till claim is allowed
Physician* at high standing unhesitatingly
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Corn—Mixed Western U as
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Toxas " M 0 31
Australian " 41 4 M
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Western—Firkins 10 # 14
Cheese—Stats Factory IS 9 U
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Western OONtA OJM
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Sheep 0# # V
Hogs—Dressed OStato 00 it
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Wheat—Red Western 1 34 to 1 H
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Texas 3' to 33
California. 37 # 33
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California........ IS 0 30
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Sheep OS 0 00*
Lamb* 07 # 10
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