My Little Woman.
Would the diamond Mem such a peerless gem
If it measured one foot round 7
Would the roee leaf yield such s sweet perfume
If it covered yards of ground 7
Would the dewdmpe eeem so olear and purs
If the dew like rain should fall 7
Or the little woman be half so great
If she were six feet tall 7
Tie the hand as soft as the nestling bird
That grips with the grip of steel,
Tie the voice as sweet as the summer wind
That rules without appeal
And the warrior, scholar, the saint and sage
May tight, and (dan. and pray,
The world will sag to the end of time
In the little woman's way.
Why He Kissed Ike Baby.
I watched as they stood together there.
And I couldn't help pausing to wonder
If he, with hit wealth and stylish air.
Would marry that widow down yonder.
She did look pretty, and happy too;
(If I were a man Td love her !)
Her hair shone like gold, and her eyes were
At the summer skies above her;
Her hc-by sat crowing upon her knee,
A height little year-old prattler
And now if I tell what I saw that day,
You must never call me a tattler.
1 saw him stoop down, close, close to her face,
I was almost too curious, maybe.
I thought he was going to kias hor, I'm sure,
But he only kissed the baby.
I saw him again, as he came one day.
And they went to the church together;
I watched froth my window over the way,
Twas beautiful, sunshiny weather.
She had a pink drees and a bonnet of white-
She didn't wear black any longer.
As all this burst forth ou my wonderiug sight,
Curiosity kept growing stronger;
And so I >nst put on my bounet aud shawl
And wont down, although 'twas hot;
The church door was o|<eu.aud when 1 got there
The pareou had just tied the knot.
I'm sure 1 don't know how it ail came about.
But it might have been just this way, maybe:
I think that sometimes he made a mistake,
Aud kissed her instead of the baby.
AN ILLUSION.
If Lefebvre's two sisters aud his aunts
hod not treated the whole thing so su
perciliously, and his cousin Laura, m
spite of her generous behavior, ha I not
every now and then looked large-eyed
disapproval, very lively it would have
come to nothing long But of
course those women, and a hoet of other
female relations, were not going to be
wiser than he Lncian Lefebvre, captain
of the engineers and colonel by brevet,
stationed at the capital, aud guardian of
the nation's citadel—dancing duty, Bell
colled it
" Introduced to tiiot doll ?" said Bell,
when he oame up to them, at the sec
retary's, proposing the introduction.
Bell was the mar.icd sister ; Helen wss
unmarried, and a little patter, but a
person of dignity. "Why, does she
talk ?"
" Quite a pretty piece .of mechanism,"
said his aunt. "Very well pat to
gether."
Lefebvre looked at them in amaze
ment and indignation. "Really," said
he, "it is wonderful what women are
made of."
" Not this one," said Helen, deliber
ately patting up her gloss. "She is
false from the crown of her bead to the
sole of her foot How can yon be so
taken in ? I don't know what yon ore
mode of Lncian, to think of introducing
such a creature to yonr sisters, nor how
she mode her way here."
He was just turning on his heel in
speechless anger, bat remembering he
had left the side of the lady in dispute
for the avowed purpose of bringing liis
sisters to her, he exclaimed: " What
ever she is, some of you mast come with
me and be presented to her, as I am here
for that purpose, and I will not have her
insulted."
" Indeed !" said Helen, looking over
the top of her fan into infinite space, bat
not stirring.
" I will go, Laeisn," said Lanra, who
had not spoken. " Come, Bell, help
me oak "
" Well, Lanra, for a little goose
However I will never desert a companion
in arms. Do yon suppose she hss ob
served our council of war ?" as they
moved off beside Lncian, with his chin
well in the air. "She is a fine picture.
A person should go on the stage that
can make np as well as that. I should
like to see her in the privacy of her mid
night retirement How old should you
think? Forty?"
" Forty I" cried Lncian. " I heard
her myself arranging for a picnic on her
twenty-third birthday."
How touching! In the life to come.
Her twenty-third ! She'll never see her
forty-third again in this life."
"Bell I"
"Oh yes, Lncian; if yon choose to
force unwelcome acquaintance on yonr
family, at least they mast enjoy freedom
of opinion concerning it The very set
the woman is with speaks for her. Good
evening, general. What a crash! All
because of this young Russian hero—a
tfeanty, isn't he ? Ah, yon too ore making
for the cynosure, I see; all the world is
being presented. It will never do not to
follow Hie fashion."
And directly Lncian was presenting
his sister, Mrs. Gamier, and his cousin,
Miss Laura Nelson; and Miss Nelson
had behaved exactly as Lncian wished;
and although he oould never have said
what was wonting in Mrs. Gamier's be
havior, he knew that a challenge of de
fi.moe was in her very sir, and that her
mere manner had told the other woman
what she thought of her. Perhaps Bell
presumed that that was the way to
manage him. He woald shortly let her
know:
Colonel Lefebvre came clattering down
■tain next morning, his horse waiting at
t l e door.
"Whither bound, Lncian?" cried
Helen, from the library.
"To ride with Mr*. Y>e Berrian."
"Oh, your new widow" ahe said,
gayly. "Have yon called yetf No?
How very accommodating in her to ride
with von first!"
"She is not a punctilious fool," he
muttered, drawing on hia glove.
"Cer'ain punctilios," put in Aunt
Sosan, "are only self-respect."
"If you will go and call with me,
Nell," said Lucian, " I've no donbt she
will postpone the ride."
" Now, Lucian dear, you know I hate
not to gratify you," said Helen. " Bnt
really the last thing Bell said was that it
would not do. She should not call, nor,
could I, if for nothing else, for little.
Laura's sake, who is too young and inno
cent to have anything to do—"
" Just as you please," he said, angrily,
and had slammed the door behind him.
You can imagine his surprise when, as
he reined his horse up at the steps of the
house where Mrs. De Berrian was visit
ing, he saw his cousin Laura ooming
down with Mrs. Vaughn, a leader of the
fashions, with whom she sometimes went
out; for Laura was an heiress, and but
little gainsaid in her wishes.
"I thought you would like to have
me," Laura said, timidly looking tip with
her brown eyes, as he dismounted. She
never did have any spirit.
" It is just like you, Laura," he said
fervently.
" I—l don't think yon will admire her
so much by daylight," she said, again
timidly; and he had laughed and handed
her into the carriage and disappeared
before she knew she had ventured to say
so much.
But a more judicious curtain had been
dropped within the drawing-room; and
ns Mrs. De Berrian sat pensively leaning
her head on her hand that bore a gleam
ing sapphire, a dark curl straying over
he contour of the white hand set in its
lace ruff, and the damask shadow of a
great vase of roses on the table, taller
than herself, falling round her, Colonel
Lefebvre thought that he did admire
Mrs. De Berrain quite as much by day
light—although it occurred to him later
that Bell would have called it rose-light
ur curtain-light instead. He was oon-
Armed in Ills admiration before he Is,ft
FRED. KURTZ. Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME X.
her. He was not sure but tliat by the
time he saw Mrs. IV lterrian again he
should be really in love with her. Aud
his tittle cousin lsuira ? Well, thank
Heaven, he could afford to uiarry where
lie oho—.
She ws rather an enchanting woman
after her kind. " I will tell you about
her," aanl Laura to her cousins, when
alio had endured their reproaches. "She
make* it a vital point to please iu her
pertwui, her manner, her voice. Her face
can only afford anulea, ao she never re
sent*. not even such a look aa Bell's.
She waa charmingly dressed. She is
visiting people juat on tlie verge of
aometv. Mm. \ aughu aava, but ahe
doeau't Hoern to belong to them. It ia
my belief that alie baa had mouey, run
through nearly all of it, aud that ia her
last throw for atatiou and a husband."
" Laura, where iu the world," cried
her displeaaed aunt, " did you pick up
auch "
" French no vela," aaid Ball, who had
ruu over. " I muat say, Laura, I tlnuk
you took a great deal on yourself. Now
ahe will return tlie call."
" She—she would like to be respecta
ble," stammered Laura. " And you
know very well that if you want Luc:an
to go and' marry auch a woman out of
hand, you have only to persecute her."
"Persecute her! You do use select
tonui. We let her alone—which you
had Wtter have done."
" I—l didn't want Lnciau to be mor
tified."
" So yoi mortify us."
And by the time Luciau came home,
Laura was iu a flood of tears, and sobbed
oat, in reply to his amazed inquiry:
" Oh. they are abusing me ao!" And
then every one laughed at the idea of
their abusing little Laura, the darling of
the house.
"Well, well, Laura," said he. " I'll
not abuse you. I iuvite vou to our picnic
to-morrow to Great Palls. Mrs. De
Bernim will chaperon vou."
"Mrs. Deßerriau !' rose the chonis.
" Madam Arroyo, the Spanish minis
ter's wife, invites her."
" Well, to be snre," said Bell, catch
ing her suspended breath, " nobody
kuow% anything about her either—an aj
venturesa, all tlie legation say."
" The Count Zara escorts her. I
suppose nobody knows anything about
him."
The Austrian attache—yes, he hit
Nell hard then, he thought " And
the young Russian duke that enchanted
TOU so—" •
•• Oh, men, ail of them 1"
" Very tine men,and a >m of the finest
ladies at the eapitai. I'll take care of
you, Laura, if you'll go."
*• I'll go, Lncian."
" Perhaps she d l>est," said Bell to
Helen, at the door. " I shouldn't let
him out of my sight H I were she."
It was a month later when Bell ran
over one evening, as usual, now the gaye
ties were so few, and sat talking gloomily
with Helen.
"I never woald have believed it of
our Lucian," said she. " All but en
gaged, as he was, to Laura, and with
her fortune,that would have just doubled
his own, and she so gentle—and now
perfectly lost aud infatuated over this
French doll."
" I can't imagine that it is the same
brother who turned pale when we came
down with carmine on our checks the
day after we first saw the Freucli play,
anil who expostulated with ns so."
" Our turn now."
"He would have made Lanra such
a good husband," said one.
" But now this demoralizing
woman "
Aud while they were bemoaning his
decline and fall, the subject of their oom
plaint was whirliug away iu a palace-car,
surrounded by wraps and rugs aud lunch
baskets and periodicals and French
candy and Mrs. D-- Berrian, the wox
lighte shining softly down from above on
the charming picture the lady made, as,
having removed her hat, she leaned back
among her cushions under the shelter
of the rose-colored scarf passed over her
dark curia. Mrs. De Berrian hod been
summoned to New York on important
business; Colonel Lefebvre had sud
denly found that he had business there
too." Mrs. De Berrian perhaps meant to
give him some business before he re
turned. Neither of them was aware that
behind the curtains of a neighboring
section, whose births hod been made up
and occupied just as the train started,
reposed one of his aunts and his cousin
Laura.
If simply an infatuation over mere
beautv were in case, noone oould marvel
at Cofonel Lefebvre's infatuation. By
candie-light at night behind a veil out
doors, in the dim, deep-curtained draw
ing-room, Mrs. De Berrian was worthy
a painter's pencil—delicate features,
scarlet lips, deep dimples, penciled
brows, the sparkle of teeth, the soft
dark glow of great eyes, the snowiness
of the forehead under multitudinous
waves of shndowy hair —beautv oould
hardly be better imaged forth, although
poasibly ooe might tire of it, and of the
set, unvarying smile, for all its sweet
ness. Lucian had not tired of it yet;
once or twice there had crossed IUB mind
a suspicion that its owner was not alto
gether a woman of high principle, bnt
whether he had put the thought awav as
treasonable, or had felt with a not un
usual masculine vanity that he could
change all that, or hod not just then
cored so mnch for high principle, it (lid
not hinder his own color from mounting
when he looked at hers, or his pulse
from quickening when this woman
touched his hand. As for Mrs, De Ber
rian, she was beginning to feel a tolera
ble assurance that at last her pendulous
position on "the verge of society " was
to be exchanged for the fixed and solid
station of a mem er of the Lefebvre
family, with all their wealth and rank,
their respectability, consideration, and
friends. And when it should be -why,
then she meant to show the women in
that family who she was !
It came near being a settled fact that
night as they rolled comfortably along,
almost all the rest of the car behind
their curtains, the soft light, half gloom,
half light, falling softly on the lovely
face, a setting moon" traveling -with
them and looking in at the window at
every turn. Colonel Lefebvre had
changed his seat for one at the lady's
side, that the sleepers might not be
troubled by their voices—his voice,
rather, for it was he that talked; she
listened, with the lovely smile, the
musical word. His arm lay along the
back of the seat, his face was bending
over hers; her great eyes were cast up
at him in the dim light; her lips seemed
to tremble. He was noting the gentle
rise and fall of her breath, the charm of
every outline of the beautiful head rest
ing on that hand with its gleaming sap
phire, aware of a strange quiet throb
with the thought, half a certainty, half a
fear, that all this was doubtless his
should he choose to take possession—
" Tickets 1" said some one at hia elbow
—the conductor, had oome aboard
at the last station, and who mistook
them for a portion of the gay party that
had been taken on with himself.
It broke the spell for that night.
Colonel Lefebvre started to find how
late it was, and went away to his birth,
leaving Mrs. D. Berrian, ill pleased, to
order the porter abont as he made np
her own.
Colonel Lefebvre woke very early on
the next morning from his ntfnl slum
ber, restless with feeling and with heat,
| and looking from his window, saw that
' they were rolling along the green Hate of
THE CENTRE REPORTER
New Jersey. Then he half parted liia
curtains, sod took an observation down
the oar. Soiue one waa up Imfore hioi
—some joung girl; he could not aee
plainly, with all Ihe obstruction of drap
cry. was a familiar thug of a
scarf. CKhkl graciims! * that hia
oomuu Laura ? The sight of her made
him fall Itock on hia uillow and liegin U>
rvall tlie eyenta of the evening before.
It waa juat theu that aome oue eame rua
tliug by hia cloaed curtains -a lady who
wiahed to make her toilette I adore tlie
real of the oar waa aalir. The aouud
stopped abort; tlie ponton did not go ou.
Instinctively Colonel Lefebvre glanced
through the crack of hia eurtaina. A
netting of the lady'a fringe had oanglit
on tlie hook of soiue projecting yaliae -
the porter a-aa disengaging it—an old
ish, frowsy sort of woman. One uplifted
hand grasped tlie curiam for aupjH>rt;
upou it alioue a gleaming sapphire. Tlie
drops started out on his forehead. Was
it—lmpossible 1 He sat up and glared
at her. She held a toilette-cane in her
other hand. She waa making for tlie
Uttle dreesiug-room. There was the
same hruuse green lustrw silk, the same
black lace about tlie throat, the lapel of
the same rosy scarf of woolen gause had
been tliat instant thrown up from her
face. Hut that face ! No; it was an ab
surdity. And yet— It had lieen a hor
ridly hot uight; the leat of paint would
run; the best of powder would cake and
roll off; tlie peuciling of brows would
rub all about; the pigment that so dark
ened and increased tlie eye would smear
here and there raggedly. What hail
happened to that mouth ? Or was there
no mouth there. There were no teeth
there; they were in her hand. Tlie
dimples -they were two long furrows;
the scarlet of tlie mouth had somehow
streaked them. And aa for the droppiug
curia—-they were dropping off. The
beautiful Adelaide De iWrian hail gone
out like the blowu dame of a candle, and
left only the aahee—hail left only a worn
and withered woman with white lipa,
and a wrinkled pallor tliat was blotched
and bleared, whose face hail a mask,
•• whose mother waa her painting.'
•*' False from the crown of her head
to the sole of her foot,' " he repeated, m
Helen's words, and shut hia eyea ; and
there sat Laura, browu-"yed and fair,
with her smooth hair, a little Madonna
of a face, aa he opened them again. An
hour afterward, tlie other women of the
car haying clamored in vain the last
third of that time for admittance, an ele
gant lady issued from the dressing-room,
crimped and curled and powdcml, a
blooming, smiling picture, seated her
self in her re-arranged section, anil
awaited her cavalier. She win ted a loug
while". While she was in the dressing
room tliat cavalier had stepped off the
tain at Elizabeth.
As Colonel Lefobvre sat in his
aunt's room in the Brevoort that
night he replied to her query concern
ing his gloom: " Let me l>e. I have u
right to be a little disturbed. I
have lost a friend. I have escaped
temble danger. I have found Mi in
valuable possession that I hod mislaid.
What did yon bring Laura here forf
Her summer fiuery f I am going to take
her a long drive in the park to-morrow
morning. Bay, Aunt Maria, don't you
make any purchases till we come hack.
And, Aunt Maria, don't you think it
would be ntealiug a tine march on them
all at home if Laura aud 1 went bock on
one ticket" —
*• One ticket?" , <
" Well, no, not exactly. Husbands
and wives are not one financially, ore
tliey ? Railways haven't any sentiment."
—jfarpera' Bazar.
Lore's Defiance.
Mr. Charles Reiche is a well known
importer of wild animals and one of the
principal owners of the New York
Aquarinm and of the one at Cohey
Island. He is reputed to be wortn
81,000,000, and his residence at Hoboken
is probably the finest in Hudson county.
It is situated at the corner of Tenth and
River street*. The groin*ls are elabor
ately laid out and liorder the Elysian
Fiefds. Mr. Reiche had among the
members of his family a very pretty
danghter, aged seventeen. He had
lavished large sums upon the education
of this young lady, who is a fine linguist
and very proficient- musician. Miss
Reiche some time since formed the ac
quaintance of a Mr. Onstave Ressner, a
clerk in a New York mercantile house
aud recipient of a aalary of SI,OOO per
rear. Mr. Ressner is something of a
Wan, well educated and of pleasing
manners. He is of medium height, a
blonde, with curling hair and mustache.
With the pretty Miss Reiche Mr. Ress
ner soon became a great favorite, and
they grew to be so much tojnrthef that
the neighbors believed him to be bat ac
cursed suitor. When at la-t Ressner
Vd his love Miss Reiche softlv murmur
ed an acquiescent response to his plead
ing, and they were for a time verv
happy, at least this is to be supposed.
Rut just at the critical moment Mr.
Reiche appeared an 1 ordered the young
man to leave the house and to <lark<-n it#
portals no more. Mr. Keeoner left the
angry father and his tearful lady love,
and on the next morning tie might have
lieen seen pacing the deck of a Hoboken
ferrylxiat on his way to bnsineaa, look
ing as calm and collected as though
nothing had happened. Arrived at the
house where he was employed he walked
straight to the private office of the
senior member of the firm aud asked a
leave of absence for a month. The some
dav Ressner, it is alleged, purchased
tickets for Europe for two, and since
then no trace of his whereabouts can lie
found. Strangely enough Miss Reiche
disapjieared from her father's house on
the same day. and it is lielieved she
married her Romeo, and that they are
rn route to the Rhineland to enjoy their
honeymoon. The affair has been kept
very qaiet in Holxiken.—A T . Y. lierald.
A Bog Bringing L'p Chickens.
A little friend of ours, writes a corres
pondent, possesses, among other pets, a
fine pointer dog and a couple of pet
chickens that have been deserted by
their mother. The other day he fall
asleep while playing with the chickens.
As he lay upon the floor, with his long,
golden cnrls streaming out upon the
carpet, the chickens nestled Iwnpath
them, as they would have nestled beneath
their runaway mother. The pointer dog
was near, and for some time had wntehed
the proceedings with evident interest.
Finally he approached the sleeper,
poked Lhe little chickens from beneath
the curls, took them gently in bit mouth,
and carried them to his kennel. Their
juvenile owner was much alarmed upon
awakening and finding them gone.
Alarm was changed first to surprise, and
then to pleasure, upon discovering their
wherealjouts, and the pentle mauuer in
which they were being eared for. The
dog seemed perfectly carried away with
fond affection for his charge. He would
gently caress them, and look upon them
with eyes beaming with tenderness. For
three or four days the little chicks thus
resided with their oauine friend. At
night they would repose beneath the
hair of lys paws, and during the day he
was their oonstant companion—attend
ing to their very wants with a human
care and solicitude. Finally, this unnat
ural mode of existence seeming to disa
gree with them, the chickens were taken
from their strange protector, mnch to
the latter's sorrow. The dog's conduct
could hardly be ascribed to instinct; he
; rather seemed to be impelled by a hu
!' man impulse end affectum,
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1877.
Word* of Wisdom.
It is tlie admirer f himself and uot
tlie admirer of virtus who thinks himself
superior to others.
Ignorance, suuplo, helpless ignorance,
iajuot to lie imputed as a fault, but very
often men are wilfully iguoraut. ■
Men are found to he vainer ou account
of tieise qualities which they lielieve
they have than of those which they really
possess.
Wherever there is much to offend,
there is much topardon; and when there
is anything to pardon, lie assured there
is sometluug to love.
However fuany friends you have, do
uot neglect yourself. Though you have
a thousand, uot one of them loves you
MJ much as you ought to love yourself.
The truly great consider first how they
are to gaui the approbation of Chsl, and
secondly that of tleir own consciences,
having done this, they would then will
ingly conciliate the good opinion of their
fellow men.
1 look upon every man as a suicide
from the moment he takes tlie dice box
desperately in hand, and all that follows
in hia fata! career from tliat time he is
; onlv sharpening the dagger lief ore he
striVes it iuto his heart.
It a tha temper of a blade that must
be the proof a good sword, and not the
gilding of the lnlt or the richness of tlie
scabbard; so it is uot hi* grandeur and
is tsseeaiuns that make a man considera
ble, but his intrinsic merit.
No man can be the friend of another
unless he loves that other better than
himself; and to le able to love one au
! other better than yourself is to empty
j yourself of selfish lies* tliat you become
!letter toward all tlie world and in all re
> latiouship*.
' • Like a morning dream, life betviniea
more and more bright tli* longer we
I live, and the reason of everything ap-
Girs more clear. What has puttied us
ore seems lees mysterious, and the
crooked path* look stnughter as we ap
proach the end.
It is no small oomuieudatiuu to man
age a little well. He is a good wagoner
who can turn in a little room. To live
well in abundance is the praise of the
estate, not the jierson. I will study
more how to give a good account of my
! little than how to make it more.
Meanness and conceit are frequently
combined in the same character; for he
who, to obtain transient applause, can
be indifferent to truth, and las own dig
uity, will be as little scrupulous about
them if, subserviency, ho can improve
his condition in the world.
Knowledge of the world must he com
bined with study, for this, as well as
1 >ettor reasons- the possession of learning
is always invidious, and it requires con
siderable tact to inform without a display
i>f superiority, and to ensure esteem, aa
well as call forth admiration.
(iarruloua men are commonly oon
ceitod, and they wiU th' found I with
vary few exception*) tb be *uj>erAeial aa
well. Thev who are in a hurry to tell
what they do know, will be equally in
clined, from the impulse of prevailing
habits, to toll what they do uot know.
Child-love snd Faith.
The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise says :
Alaiut three years ago a gentleman of
tins city went East on a visit id his old
home. One of his brothers there had a
bright aud beautiful little son, not yet j
two years of age. The boy—little Beu
uy —**a>ti became strongly and sttangely
attached to his "Uncle Ben, front Wa
shoe," whose namesake lie was. Uncle
1 Ben often took the little fellow in bis
arras iu the summer evening*, snd, seat- i
i*l in the porch talked liim to sloop. At
such times be would point out tlie eve- j
mug star, telling the boy that far, far
away, just under that star, was his home.
The child would look loug st the star,
then for as long gaxe up in U*e face of
his uncle, ss though thinking of what a
bright aud beautiful pTscw his home must
he. At lust the dav came wlieu Uncle
Ben was to leave for liia home in the far
West. Little Beunv knew this ss well
as any one about tW house, and, with
i both eyes snd ear*, was cm the alert. He
would not allow his uncle to l>e a minute
out of his sight. Hctrral sttempts on
the part of Uncle Ben to steal away re
sulted in aueh tits of urj Uig that be was
1 obliged to retufn and soothe the child.
However, the child weand with crying
aud watching, at last fell asleep in hia
uncle's arms. When he aw<ke Uncle
Ben was far away. Long the Lvy looked
for his uncle, snd often called his name.
Many timee of evenings he was found
gaxiug earnestly at the bright star that
| stood as a guard oww his socio 1 # home.
Aa lie grew, his love of tlie star deepened,
aud he talked more aud more of it and of
his uncle, both So far away at the edge
of the sky. Even when three years had
l>aased, aud Benny wns nearly live years
old, liia belief in the story fold him by
his uncle qfintpuffh Poor boy ! another
year was nev* a<lged to hi# age. It ws*
his fad todia ffUfiff A-UMI. By acci
dent he was Mcafiftl rtfer nearly his
whole body apl lip* IpWour hours. He
seemed In rend in The faces of the dear
ones about him that he must soon die.
He bore his pain manfully, only nttering
an occasional moan. A* the shades of
j evening deepened he was seen to turn
' Ids face anxiously toward tlie window of
j his room. At last he asked: "Is it
there—the star?" He was told that the
star was there and shing brightly. Fee
bly he said: "Take me to the window."
He was carried to the window. A smile
| lighted up his face mho iaid : " Now I
t can find the way to üßffie Ben—l can
see his star!" He closed his eyes as
though wearied. Tlie smile faded out of
his face. One moan, aa lie waa laid on
hia bed, and the light of hia life had gone
out and up t<> mart and mingle with that
of the star he so long had watched and
fc'TCd.
The <rcat Wall or China.
The great wall of China was measured
in manj place* by Mr. Unthank, an
i American engineer, lately engaged on a
I survey for a Chineae railway. Hia
measurements give the height at eigh
teen feet, and a width on top of fifteen
feet. Every few hnndred yard* there ia
a tower twenty-four feet equare, and
from twenty to /orty-flve feet high. Tlie
foundation of the wall ia of solid granite.
Mr. Unthank brought with him a briok
from the wall, which ia supposed to
have been made 200 year* B. C. In
building this immenae atone fence to
keep out thft Tartara, the bidders never
attempted to avoid mountain* or ohawna
to aave oxpenae. For 1,300 milea the
wall goea over plain and mountain, and
every foot of the foundation ia in aolid
granite, and the reat of the atruotnre
aolid maaonry. In aome plncea the wall
ia built up againat the bank, or oanona,
or precipice*, where there is a sheer
descent of 1,000 f'ot > rimall atoeama
i are archill ovr. bat in the larger
atreama the wall run* to the water a
edge, and a tower ia built on each aide.
On the top of the wall there are breast
work*, or defense*, facing in ami out, ao
the defending force can pass from one
tower to another without being exposed
to an enemy from either aide. To cal
culate the time of building or coat of
this wall ia beyond human skill. So far
as the magnitude of tho work ia con
i or modern times of which tlK*re is any
traoe. The pyramids of Egypt are
; nothing compared to it.
A!S IKAHINAKY kIM.IMII.
, The KklrssrSlssrt sslsSlr wt Paris
Mharprrw.
A Paris correspondent sends the fol
-1 lowing remarkable story to hia paper:
' The unaccountable credulity of the liou
est lias Iteen for ages the patrimony of
swindlers. One of the moat extraordi
nary ohae* ou record amased and atuuaed
j the correctional tribunal of l'aria a
i couple of weeka ago. The luiiiiaters aud
followers of the uuiooeut imaginary
King of the Marianne islamla have been
iu the dock for creatiug a kingdom, pro
-1 claiming a sovereign, and procuring
financial advances, not so large but
quite aa swindling as (ireek or Spauiah
loans.
Young Anthony Laufrev ia the sou of
an houest iuau near (Grenoble, who
plants cabbsgea aud may be called a
gardener, lly tlie sweat of hia brow,
and tlie thrift of hia wife, this old man
was enabled to place his sou at a school,
where at seventeen years of age he wsa
preparing to lie a poor teacher. Last
year a great letter, sealed with splendid
armorial impressions, waa presented at
tlie academy for Anthouy. It had come
iu the first instance to his father who
waa addressed m the missive aa "royal
highueaa," aud informed him that a per
sou of his name and family had immi
grated a couple of hnudred years ago to
the Marianne islands, that a descendant
had beau long since milled to the throne
i of the country, and that his last inheritor
hail recently died, leaving no male heir
King Ferdinand hail, moreover, made
hia last will and testament, which, with
other Btate papers and decrees, was en
closed. At hia majesty's recent death it
waa found by this will that he had left
hia kingdom and treasures to aaid An
thony, the sou of Lanfrey the gardener,
as his next male known relative, on con
dition that he, tlie Anthony, should
marry the beautiful granddaughter of
hia imqesty.
Though ueither syntax nor ortho
graphy waa really observed in the
"Pragmatic Sanction," Uie family of
Lanfrey took tlie affair in solemn earn
est, and almost went mad with joy.
There wsa, of coarse, a small difficulty
about entering into poamaaton ; they
had little or no money for the long jour-
ney. -!
The story had got to the ears of the
public through the |>ress, and s certain
M. Laufrauchi, srho has siaoe disap
peared, wss the first to go down from
Pari# snd put himself st the disposition
tion of the new rural family. He do
) rlsmi himself ready to be tlie inter
| miliary with capitalists to get s loan.
As sn anticipatory reward for his ser-
he wss crested s baron by Anthony
L, and letters patent were passed nomi
nating htm grand chancellor of the king
dom. Another gentleman who accom
panied the chancellor, by name Roth,
was named minister of war ; and one M.
Peretti was enrolled and appointed cap
taiu of the bodr guard. A person named
Bidot was chic? of tlie gang. Since he
■ was turned out of tlie church, thirty
rears ago—he ia now orcr sixty—the old
man lias led an exceedingly improper
life. Another uf the three prisoners just
tried ia named Ssbaticr, a venerable
) a windier of seventy-six, and the third is
a young fellow of twenty, by name Tate
grain.
I Bidot figured as Duke do Bouillon,
primate of the islands, crown counselor,
ami grand cross of aereral orders. It is
certain he went over to England to raise
funds, and possibly it was not difficult
, for a noble foreigner with so many titles
to bare made more or less of s haul in
London. Sabatier, being philosophical,
aspired to no grand titles, and content
ed himself with placing on his card sim
f ply "Tlie Grand Vicar of his Eminence
the Bishop Of Marianne." I think young
Tategrain was named Duke of Saint
Ange. Recollect that all this time tlie
innocent Anthony fully believed in his
garden.
When the Duke de Bouillon was in
England, they ear he fared sumptuously,
and he wrote over to say that he had an
interview with Queen Victoria, who con
' sen ted to become Protectress of the
Marianne kingdom! Several of the
dopes, generally pour fellows, such as
waiters st coffee houses who had amall
■ savings, gars evidence ou tlie trial. It
is said that the ncher and shrewder per
sons who were swindled st home and
abroad have not come forward, being
ashamed of exposing their extrordinary
'credulity.
King Anthony was examined, and
showed but little royalty in the witness
box, twisting hia low, shabby hat with
his fingers, aud exhibiting the awkward
ness of s provincial peasant. The pria
, oners sometimes laughed ready to split
their sides when details were given of
their artful duperie*. They were graver
when the court sentenced Bidot to five
years' imprisonment, the venerable Sab
atier to two yearn, and tlie youth Tate
grain to fifteen months. Rome of tlie
must amusing confessions of tlie pris
oners had reference to their distribution
or side of tlie nbtious an.l arouses of
their imaginary order of knighthood.
It ia whispered tbst there ure news
paper men in Paris who have been seen
sporting King Anthony's ribbon in their
i button holes.
( rime in France.
The statistics relating to the adminis
tration of criminal law iu Prance during
the year 1875 hare just been made pub
lic, The number of persons tried at the
assises during the year 1875 amounted
to 4,701, as against 5,228 in 1874. Of
the accused 1,547 were described as
wholly illiterate, 8,042 oould read and
write, 202 had received a superior edu
cation. The men were 4,008, the women
783. The acquttals were 947, or over
twenty per cent. Of the persons con
victed thirtv-threc were sentenced to
death, 141 to penal servitude for life,
975 to limited terms of penal servitude,
and the remainder to simple imprison
ment, excepting three, who were only
flne.l Out of 3,815 individuals oon
victod 1,818 had previous sentences re
corded against them. With respect to
the nature of the offences, there were
369 prosecutions for crime punishable
by death. All the accused under tins
category were found guilty,
" with extenuating circumstances. ' Of
the thirty-three condemned to death only
twelve were executed.
K Remarkable tilobe.
A monk of the Benedictine monastery
at Bay gem, between Brunn and Vienna,
ia a aelf-taught meohauician and artist.
He lias recently completed a mechanical
cariosity in the aliajie of a aelf moving
terrestrial globe, which the Acadm./
describes in detail. A combination of
wheels gives it a motion similar to that
of the earth, and when onoe set going it
will revolve for three weeks. At the
north pole of the axis are dial-plates on
which the days ami months are indi
cated, and over those ia a smaller globe,
by means of which the motiou of the
earth around the sun is exhibited. The
larger glol>e sets the smaller one in mo
tion by the agency of twelve wheels.
The construction of the mechanism took
more than ten years of patient applica
tion, and was only completed after num
erous experiments. As' regards geo
graphical details, the map an the globe
is carefully drawn, and shows all the
lateat discoveries. The steamer routes,
railway and telegraph lines, the heights
jof mountains and the depths of the
i ocean ate all distinctly shown,
A litllillu of Hat*.
A Western paper say* thai the house
of Mr. T. J. McAtee, of IXqj Prairie,
Hi. Charles oouuty, Missouri, haa re
oeutly Ismuius infested with I*o*. Ho
noticed a largo number of baU flying
HI the direction of bia house ami oou
•-eahug themselves in the corner* of tlie
windows ami under the weather board
ing. He immediately began an on
slaught on them, and in a few minute*
lie had killed seventy, thi* number be
ing all that he could reach with such
weapon* a* he tlinn had at hand. Nest
morning none were U> tie seen, but at
twilight they returned in such vast num-
I ber* a* to appall him. Hi* attention
waa lirat directed to the neighborhood
of hi* front gate, at which point be
heard innumerable flitting uoiaea like a
storm in the diatauce. Looking that
way he **w what at drat he took to be
a black cloud approaching, but a* it got
uearer he realised tliat it wa a horde of
bat*. A* the *wartn neared the house
it lowered and many of the bat* entered
the open door* ami wiudowa Mr. McAtee
and his hired man at once net about to
kill the lists, and succeeded in making
away with two or three hundred. Bar
ing rid the house of nearly all the bata,
Mr. McAtee went out door* again to see
what the prospect was there. He was
surprised to And the air filled with
mr rials of hsta, flying and rinding about
in all direetioua, and darting against
each other with amlible force. A huge
and writhing mass had settled on the
window sill, and the entire frame, as
well sa the wooden part of the saah, was
covered with them. The weather board
ing, for at least five feet on each side of
the window, ami from the liottom to the
top of the hooae, was covered with the
black throng. Every outliouae was
either invaded or surrounded. A* Mc-
Atee walked through the yard the air
was black with bata. and he had to keep
up a continuous fighting with his hands
and arms to keep them fn>m striking
him in the face. Overcome and oon
fuscd by the phenonanal visitation Mc-
Atee at first aid not know what to do,
but finally conceived a plan which re
sulted in the capture and death of at
least a very large number of them. The
j result, by actual oount, was 4,103 dead
liata, ana their carcasses filled a large
, barrel which holds over five bushels
Though this onslaught greatly dimin
isheil the number of invaders there were
•till hundreds, and perhaps thousands,
of them left, though owing to the dark
ness, it was found impracticable to
uiake further war on them. Next
morning when McAtee awoke not a hat
was to be seen, all the survivors having
disappear!*l as mysteriously as they
cam<-. They have," however, since in
vaded the house, and all attempts to
j keep them away are fruitless.
Pipe Smoking in Tarkev.
It is not an uncommon tiling to see a
Turk smoke from sixty to eighty pipes
daily. The pipe is the indispensable
companion of the Turk in every occupa
tion, how earnest and important soever
it mar be. In the Supreme Porta, in
the Ministerial Council, where tlie
Turkish grandees debate regarding the
welfare of their fatherland the question
was once discussed, whether, during the
consideration of State affairs, the
tachibuktachis (pipe-bearers) should not
be excluded. Great wss the difference
of opinious; long was the contest be
tween tlie yearning of the palate and the
sense of propriety ; till st last was vic
torious the sentiment of some corpulent
members, who thought that it would be
wrung to reject ignommionaly the old
custom, and that the blameless tachi
buktachis must l>e permitted, as before,
to enter the chamber and give the need
ful attention to the pipes. And yet all
the members knew very well that this
resolution was pregnant with mischief
and danger, for the cunning servants,
while busy with the pipes, snatch up
with quick ear many a secret of State,
and before even the Saltan and the offi
cial world have any knowledge of the
decisions of the Supreme Council, many
weighty debates and decrees have al
ready (through the pipe-bearers) been
divulged. Consequently, tlie tsehi
buktschi is, next to the servant of tlie
harem, the most valuable reporter whom
journalists and ambassadorial dragomans
can find. Tobaooo and pipes are not
merely tlie distinctive tokens of the dif
ferent rank*. A muachir (marshal)
would think it altogether unsuitable to
smoke with a pipe shorter tlian two ells,
while the handicraftsman, or the official
of a lower order, would be deemed pre
sumptuous if his pipe-stem transcended
the measure of that habitual with his
class. The grandees in contact or con
trast with a man of low degree, can
parade his pipe to its fnll length ; but
the man of low degree, modestly thrust
ing aside or concealing his instrument,
must not show more of it than the mouth
fieoe which he holds in his hand. The
as ha can, like the chimney of a steamer,
j throw forth clouds of smoke, but the
subordinate must only allow small
circles of smoke, light as sephyrs, to
flow from his lips, and he must so oou
txive that the smoke docs not go in front
of him, bnt turns backwards. In the
presence of a grandee, not to smoke is
regarded aa a testimony of respect. Tin#
sign of respect a son is likewise expected
to show to his father; and a well-trained
and well-mannered son is regarded who,
spite of the repeated request of his
hither, refuses to smoke.
Care of the Hair.
If. the hair is well cared for from
childhood by brushing daily, and week
ly or fortnightly cleansing and sham
pooing, the utmost excellence in growth
and texture will tie the result; but
even if such thoughtfulneas comes layer
in life, a great deal may be done to in
crease the beauty, silkinees, and weight
of the hair. Fifty strokes of the brush
morning and night, the same with the
comb, are said to be sufficient: but
there are right and wrong mathods of
brushing and combing. To do i t
properly, the hair should be divided in
straiidsj the brush held side wise when
passing over the top, so as to reach the
scalp closely, and pressed firmly down,
flattening tlie brush when passing over
the lower lengths of hair. A large
rubber comb and stiff brush should be
naiul neither these nor the hair
1 be wet. If a dressing ia required,
a thin bandoline or preparation of
quinine and bay-rum is nest. Borne
persons flud aw. ak solution of glycer
ine and rose-water good for smoothing
refractory puffs or curls. For cleans
ing the' hair many preparations are
recommended, but perhaps the very
luvit is the yolks of eggs, if carefully ap
plied. Take first a crip of water with a
small quantity of ammonia, and nib the
scalp of the liend wHh it thoroughly,
then nib in the yolk of the egg, using
tlie fingers, and penetrating to every
part of the scalp • have ready a basin of
tepid water, and holding tfie head down,
wash it. or have it washed, thoroughly,
afterward rinsing it well with oold water.
After the hair is finally rinsed, comb it
out well, dry it with a towel, and let it
hang until perfectly free from moisture
liefore brushing or arranging. For
simpler cleansers, ammonia and water,
the white of egg in water, or a prep
aration of quinine and bay-rum is very
good, while an excellent method of re
moving dust from the hair and drying
too moist a scalp ia to rub in powdered
starch or any plain rice powder, and
then brush' the hair briskly and
thoroughly.— Harper'* Bcutar.
TERMB: #2.00 a Year, in Advance.
FARM, (tAKHKN AND HOt'KEHOLB.
frrSlns wtlh Urals.
When our farmer* learn to look ui*n
a oow a* a piece ot wonderful and aeli
oste mechanism for the production of
milk, and when they can realise that the
product of suy improved machine de
pends upon the quality of the raw mate
rial furnished for manufacture, then we
may expect a revolution in the matter of
feeding dairy cows. A manufacturer of
first-claas woolen fabrics oaunot feed his
looms Willi shoddy. A manufacturer of
extra family flour oaunot fill his hopper*
with sprouted wheat; neither cau a
manufacturer of prime milk, butter and
cheese obtain the best results by feeding
i his oow* with hay and grass alone. The
experience of many intelligent dairymen
goes to prove that the additional profit
resulting from the feeding of cows with
a reasonable allowance of grain far ex
ceeds the whole profit of feeding from
grass and hay alone, while other Impor
tant elements in the reckoning are in
creased value of manure, and the dimin
ished quantity of hay required. The
average yield of all tlie cows is Msass
chusetts (and this is higher in quantity
than the yield throughout the United
Hutcs) is but four quarts, showing of
course that there are many cow* tliat give
even s leas quantity. Now we have in
wind s herd of twenty grade oow* that
gave 133,6(52 pound* of milk during the
year 1878, averaging a daily yield Jto
each cow of 8.60 quarts; 145,296 pounds
in the year 1874, averaging each day
per oow 9.16 quarts; 141,976 pounds in
1876, averaging 9.06 quarts; while in
1876 they gave 133,306 pounds, yielding
a daily average to each oow of 8.60
quarts. To produce this remarkable
yield the cow* were fed for ten months
In the year with a daily allowance to
each of ime peck of bran and two quarts
of cob meal, ousting fur the yep- #494.
Note the result: twenty ordinary cows
fed in tlie usual way, according to Mas
sachusetts average, giving four quarts
per day, and calling the average value
of the milk to the fanner two and a half
cents per quart, would yield a gross re
tarn erf #7BO, or #36.60 to each cow; while
on the other hand our mure intelligent
manufacturer, by the use of better cows,
and #494 worth of grain food (without
estimating bis gain in manure and sav
ing in hay), gets from his twenty oowa,
at eight "and one-half quart per day,
and at two and a half cents per quarts, a
gross result of about #1,660, or #77.60 to
each oow; or deducting the coat of the
grain food, #494, from the total yield of
#1,660, we have #1,066 as the gross pro
duct of the milk of twenty oowa, as
against s #720 product from the oow*
fed without grain, or a clean profit of
#33(5, on an investment of #494 in grain,
with the original outlay returned. Nor
is this aIL If the product of these
twenty grain-fed cows was converted into
butter instead of being sold as milk, it
would yield twenty per cent more cream
'or butter than tlie milk from the poorly
fed animal, and command at least ten
jter cent higher price on account of its
superior flavor, oolor and grain. Results
as compared with the average return
would be 6,310 pounds of butter at thir
ty cents per pound, equal to #1,698, as
against 2,400 pounds at twenty-five
cents, equal to #6OO, or showing a differ -
nice in lavor of the cows that consumed
#494 worth of grain of #993 in the sale of
butter. Since it may be claimed by
many farmer* that their oow* are far bet
ter than the average, and hence the
above comparison is more striking than
would appear in their case, we have only
to advise such to make the experiment
of carefully feeding grain to oae oow,
and test the difference in the quantity
and qnslitv of her milk with the sveeage
of the herd, and if s remit of only one
quarter the gain claimed m ojir illus
tration is obtained, that of itself would
increase the present average income of
the dairy fully seventy-fire per cent
This important matter of feeding grain
is worthy the careful investigation of
every dairyman.— American Cultivator.
HimSMU 111*1*.
To POLISH FLAT-IROWS.— If flat-irons
are rough or smoky, lay a little fine salt
(m a fiat surface and rub them well. It
will smooth them and prevent sticking.
To CLEAM Frßxrrrax.— A shovelful
of hot coals, held over furniture, will
take out spots ami stains. Rub the plane
while warm with flannel.
To pßxvairr DOOR-KIHQM CRHAXIKO.
—Rah them with soap.
To COLOR PIC*L* OR PRMXHTXH.
Use grapevine leaves and a little, pow
dered alum.
To KXXP MIL* Bw*rr — A spoonful of
borse-radish in a pan of milk will keep it
sweet for several days, either in the open
sir or in s cellar.
To CLEANSE J KWXLRT. —Use hot water
and s clean brush; rub a very little soap
on the brush, then dip it into powdered
borax and scour well; rinse in not water,
and rub drv with a clean toseL, or
chamois is Wtter; silver bangles are
brightened quickly in the same way.
BAUD Arri.it Dunruw* Each
dumpling ia formed with a single apple,
which ahonld be peeled and hare the
core removed. I'ut into the Woe of the
core a piooe of butter and little sugar
and spioe. Cover each apple with pie
crust as smoothly and securely as jxmsi
ble. Bake in a moderate oven, turn
them frequently, and eat hot with sugar
and cream, or what is called '' hard
sauce."
CHKIMK BTKAWH. —Sift one cupful of
flour upon a pastry board, make a well
in the center and put into this two table
spoonfuls of cream, three ouaoea of
grated cheese, two tableepoonfuls of
butter, the yolks of two eggs, and half a
tQaspoonfu! of salt, a dust of pepper and
a little nutmeg ; if the the jaate is too
still use a little milk until yon can work
it without breaking ; roll out thin, out it
in narrow strips, lay them on a battered
tin, hake to a pale yellow ; serre as
a relish, hot or oold.
JOHWWT OAKS. —One teacupfnl sweet
milk, one of buttermilk, teaspoonful of
salt, one of soda, tablespoonful of butter,
enough meal to make a very stiff batter :
spread it upon buttered tins ; hake forty
minutes ; as soon as it bpgins to brown,
baste it with melted butter; baste several
times.
DRLMOICIOO HASH.— Take oold roast
lamb or mutton ; throw away the fat
portions ; chop very fine, and add water
enough to make it quite thin : boil in
frying-pan ; add butter, salt and pepper
to snit taste ; have ready hot toast which
has been well buttered and dipped into
cream or rich milk, and spread the hash
over the toast, and serve immediately.
To GLEAM BLACK LACE.—Place the
lace on a clean table; have one teaspoon
ful of powdered borax dissolved in a
quart of hot water; take a soft brush and
use the borax water freely; after all the
greaae spots or soiled places have been
removed, use plenty of warm water with
a sponge ; go all over the places so as to
rinse off all the borax water; place the
lice—while damp, and after picking out
nioely—between pieces of old black silk
or cashmere, and press with a warm iron
until dry; be careful not to use a hot
iron.
PLUM PUDDING. One - half cupful
sugar, one-half cupful molasses, one egg,
one cupful chopped suet, one cupful
sour milk, one teaspoonful soda, three
cnpfnls floor, one teaspoonful salt, and
one of-cinnamon ; lastly, add one cupful
raisins, seeded and chopped, after
sprinkling a little flour over them to
prevent settling ; stsam three hours J to
b* eaten with sauoA Rauoe for Pudding.
NUMBER 38.
—Hix tablespooafuls sugar, two a# bat
ter, ""I one lumping tablespounfal flour;
■tir eil together; when thoroughly mired
bnijjSJ weter til! thin enough, stir
ring *ll the while ; plsoe it on the store,
let it ooma to e boil, ramore, end mid
the beaten white of an egg.
Pit'iKD Cmcsn.—Pat one pint of
cream into a frying-pan targe enough to
hold * ehiclum, sod set it orer • moder
ate Are until it begins to color; then
ley into it one chicken, nicely dressed
and cut in joints, end fry until toe under
mde is nicely browned ; when the cream
acquires s" rich brown hue dip oat
enough to aarre se aauoe for the dish,
and set it aside to keep hoi Season the
chicken with pepper end salt, and torn
it ore* in the pen. Let it brop* eoually
ail ore*. Do not let the cream burn.
When duos ley it upon e flat diah, sod
pour cream in the center.
OxkainU le m JMaev.
c. M. F. 8., Kenton, Ky., writes ; " I
hare s mare that baa eery weak ayaa.
Oneof them ha# turned that white, milky
<* lor that usually attends rary weak
eye*. (that ia, whan the era ia almost
gone.) and the other ere ha* a similar
speck in one corner. Can the eyas be
made all right again t If to, please give
the remedy. The mere is. only four
years old, and ia all right in every other
way. If you will gie* a resaedy it will
be received with many thanks."
RrjAu. —The thseaae ia oothabnia, and
is doubtless roustitutif mal. Many of j
such diseases occur through the eery
frequent and rary injodimoae practice
of breeding from unsound marae. That
" any mare ia good enough for a oult,"
is a very wrong though preraleat idea,
and the effect of it ia seen in the rata
number of hone* with diemaed eyee or
limbs, predisposed that way hereditarily.
In tins case procure a discharge from
the eyes by applying burned alaim, Take
s piece of slum as large as a forty-to-thr
pound rifle bullet. Put items hot store
und let it boil until It cornea to e dry
white powder. Take this powder and
blow half of it into each eye through a
?lill Do this twice daily for throe or
our day*. If the eyee are not then
cleared of cloudiness, gire the marc a
dose of eight ounces at sella, and after
ward one ounce of hyposulphite of soda
daily for one week, and bathe the eyes
frequently with s sedation at fire grains
of chloride of line to one ounce of pure
water. Keep her in a moderately dark
stable for a tune.
I have p radioed stacking fodder (or
twenty year*—ners* had any *j> 1. and
after trying various waya think it decid
edly preferable to all other modes, be
cause first, none bat the butts, the
worthless portion, are erpoaed to the
bleaching rmiaa of winter, and second,
Uanae a larger quantity can be placed
cloae by the feeding-place than or any
other way. I pat tuaally fifty shock*
of 100 bills each in a stack. A few
stick* are placed on the ground to raiat
the center of the stack. The center
must be kept up sufficient to abed rain
from the butts throughout the stack.
He stack must be made at each diame
ter only ae to allow the tops at bandies
to lap and thus keep up the center, a
single row of bundles oily forming the
circle. The finishing of the stack should
be in form similar to an ordinary 100-
hiU shock, and be well tied with a band.
I feed only four bead at cattle from an oh
a stack, and never had any damaged by
rain; only one course appear* to get
damp, and the cattle prefer it in that
condition. If a snow storm occur*, or a
sleet storm, or a eery heavy rain, I im
mediately remove one entire course, and
aet on end all not fed. 1 feed in the
ordinary box manger, always in the
stable, being particnlar to have the butts
of bundles placed in bottom of manger.
None ia ever wasted—not even a husk.
The stalks remaining are thrown under
the cow*, and make good bedding, al
ways keeping them clean— Practical
Farmer.
Barty Klprslia ef *• Tiam.
By cutting back the end* of the tomato
vine a* soon a* the fruit ia anfficiently
set to insure a plentiful crop, the ripen
ing season can be pushed to good advan
tage. Not only will the frail ripen
sooner, bat it will be of finer rise and
more perfect development. If ptumble,
the fruit should be ripened on the vines ;
the flavor ia so much richer when so
ripened, that it ia worth while to take
extra pains m order to protect it ao that
it may ripen in its natural state. A
most effectual scarecrow to fight away
poultry from the ripening fruit can be
made by stroking turkey or hen feathers
into a *' crooked neck " summer aquaafi,
so it will resemble a hawk; pat a stick
through the body, tie string* to either
end, and fasten to a tall pole, letting the
'' nondescript " swing back and forth
over the tomato bed. It will prove ef
fectual, we know.
A Plucky DM*. i
Some repair* beingin progress to the
>oof of a house in High stteet. Bar*-
staple, Eng., by Mr. Stoeker, bnilJer, a
Udder fifty feet long, was reared from
the roadway. A maaoa'* laborer, named
Charlce Jonea, when nearly at the top
of the ladder, bat not sufficiently so to
deposit a heavy load of mortar on the
roof, was observed by George Oroaa, the
mason, who wae waiting to take the load
from him, to suddenly stop and be in a
fainting condition. Croea immediately
went down the ladder, and removal the
i load from the fainting man's should*
on to the roof. He then desoeoded to
the asrittn — of Jonea, whom he found
! in a At ready to tall, bat this he happily
prevented by getting feuse him, and
holding him tightly by band and leg.
Jonea, in hia lit, fixed his teeth m
. Cross's arm, and trembled violently as
well aa straggled to get In*. For
fifteen minute* the people below wit
nessed the straggle, afraid to paoend,
until another nrave fellow, named
William Richards, a driver of a van, ran
up the ladder to the assistance of the
mason. In the meantime the ftre-eaeape
ladder was brought to the spot, and m
the nick of time the police aaeended,
and the leather belt belonging to the ee
tmpe being fastened round Jones, he was
lowered, still in the fit, to the ground
unhurt. The mason, Oroaa, was much
; exhausted, and when he regained the
\ ground fainted.
A Brave Dog's Record.
The following is the reoorvl of a brave
dog that lately perished: In 1882 a man
with delirium tremens jumped overboard
from the schooner Hero, on a voyage to
Labrador. The dog bounded over the
taffrail, and for half an hour held to the
man with hia teeth fastened in the collar
of his woolen shirt. The delay was oc
casioned by the capsinng of the first
boat that was lowered. In 1864 the dog
saved a baby that had fallen through a
sewer hole in a wharf at Oatalina, N. P.
He jumped through the hole and was too
large to swim between the posts of the
wharf, but he held the baby's head
out of the water and swam briskly in
every direction in search of an opening.
In 1869 he saved the life of a Swedish
sailor, who, while drunk, walked into the
land-wash at Bonavista, N. F. Between
1870 and 1873 Billy save*! three children
and one grown boy. Thenceforth his
strength tailed, and all his fangs fell
out but one, until last winter he had not
one left. He was a huge, genuine New
foundland.
The heart is a crystal palace—if onoe
broken, it ean never be mended,
"Tbm ian f i eegetebK" tIMI
W*ster "that em ketchup op
with 1!:' tomato.
A tenor weighing OP* hunlrodsnd
land. Mich , . - , .
"Tb* " bookey" dey* have cam*
again, the saddest in th* year, wh the
uml I twy steels *wjr from, aobool end
'! • mlkuff an his ear."
i A aid teeMf* rrpVn* th* *•
ol th* Turk* by saying that * OUkn ,™ t
mar* th*n an* wife might to be willing
I to bee deeth at any time.
Th* forest* of North Carolina produca
twenty-one of oak, eight of pine,
nine of spruce, serenof magnolia, eight
of hickory end fire of esoh of elm ■*>"
I birch.
An agricultural eocllaty offered s pre
mium for the beet mode of irrigation,
j which wee printed irritation by mistake.
I An honeet turner Met his wife to etaun
1 the prise.
A inSlf opening snrslope, with s thrend
I in the edge of the upper flap, by pulling
which the eprelepe is qphddy end neat
ly opened, is the newest infrtition in
stationary.
A Texas neper **y* that Gapt It
King, of flJu Wrndea. ia making an
of sixty miles to hi* pasture
fence, and will have inekwad altogether
1 <IO,OOO acres of tand.
It has been prosed in Nerl* sod
other silver producing States of the
Wfwt that capital derated to agriculture
days better aud more r-uW!v thai if
pot Into gold and silver mines.
Plenty and indigvmo* depend upon the
opinion every One has of them ; end
riches, no more than gkwy or health,
hare no mors beauty or pleasure than
tbrir poaMsaor is pleased to land them.
Little Emma, from Washington, waa
sent on a nail to har cousin, who wa# an
officer at Fort Monro*, ,Bb* became
homwirlt at last, and aaid: "Coumu
forehead and send me konetn the ear*.
A eorreapondant from the seat of war,
on the Russian aide, writes to a London
paper. Put a Turk in a ditch, gire him
kgun, a sackful of cartridges, * W of
bread and a jog at water, and ha will re
main there a weak or a month under the
moat dreadful artillery fire that can be
directed against him, without flinching.
A wedding oooorred reoantlr in Ali
son*, tlx surroundings of which are thus
pleasantly described by a eorrespoodeut :
•'The bride in white, tb* happy groom,
the solemn nunistar, the smiling parents,
and from twenty-Are to thirty shotguns
against the wall reedy for use,
made up a panorama not soon to be for
gotten. No Indians admitted. No
eaida." .
" Smoking in Holland," eaid a trar
eler, "wao common that it • impoamWe
to tell on* peruon from another in a
room full of smoker*." "How is any
one who happens to be wanted picked
out, thenr asked e brtener. "Ob, us
that CMS a waitas goes round with a pair
of bellows, and blows the amok* fcwn
before each face until be raeogniaro th*
perron called for."
A countryman passing orer the Pori
Neul at Paris, end seeing, among a heap
of shops full of merchandise, that at a
banker in whteh thero was nothing but
a man sitting at a table with pen and
ink. bad the cnnoaUr to go m and inquire
what it was be soil "Asses* beads,
replied the banker. " Tliey moat be in
great request," aaid the country, " mnoa
you hare only year own left"
A rerr sensible man in food of a good
bona, iho Hi'W'")} quotation from an
otdSngiiah pnbhnatwa on •• White
stockinged Bonn" will be read with in
tere*t:
If yea bars shorts with tear wMe >••
Km? bus art a Say ;
If ymi baw a bona *Mi tba Dtoti lags,
■and him fir awsy;
If ye* bass a beets with to* eblts lags,
h*U bats (esteem! ;
And if yo havs a boras eith oca whs* lag.
Keep bka to bis end.
The Pittsburgh fPO/Weays that
under the adjusting plea of ascertaining
laaaas by the riots, similar to that of m
companies, it rs believed the
final awards will no* vary much from
these figures: Railroad company,
$1,500,000; freight destroyed, sl, ("00 000;
elevator, $150,000; Ketone Hotel
Wk. 0.0°?-
pany, $90,000, private indmduala,
$l(lfi,000; total, $2,990,000.
The Auburn (*. T.) Mm* prints the
•lory of the marriage of an Auburn girl
some years ago to a cweeatnan while the
company was wintering drier*. When
summer oune the fellow went off with
the show, and hit wife beard nothing
from him until he recently sent for her
to come to him in a Weetem town, where
he wae dying. Bbe went, attended to
him in hi* last momenta, and received
his bank-bock, in which he was credited
with $85,000.
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A Para ef the tieed Old Sort.
Neerhr every adntt la the muted coun
ties is more or lees eoeuainted with that
large property situated about six miles
the Perth wed, and
known as the Flint farm. It has for a
number at Tear* bean owned by Mr.
Hamoai Flat of this hewn, who has con
tinued to rent it from year to Tear, de
riving from its rental quite a haaaome
amount, For the peat four yeai*ii haa
been managed by Mr. Frank McCrea,
formerly orMerr&ville, wbo ha. nut it
in the beat poambie condition, and has
reaped from it some of the beat crops
ever raised in this section. This spring
Mr. McCree bought the form out ami
out, paving for it the handsome sum of
$15,000. Our reporter obtained from
Mr. MoOrea the following statiatire in
reference to this year's baainesa on the
farm, together with the quantity of land
tilled. He ha. rrwpcd and hoeasd 125
tons of bar, 1,000 bushefo of oats, 900
bushels Of bartmr, 100 bushels spring
wheat, 900 bushels potatoes, 1,800 Uh
el# of turnip* and 100 baiheb oi peaa.
Fifty-four cows are kept on the place,
the milk boingTsent to the fordory, and
daring the best part of the season sp
irregating SSO pounds at each milking.
Four men with seven homes do the
work, and they aw now engaged in put
ting into shape fifty acres of ground,
which will this foil be sowed to rye.
The farm comprises 500 acres, half of
which (260 acres) is in a good state of
cultivation, and has upoa it some of the
beat form building* in, Canada. — Brock
ville (CM*.) Recorder.
Turkish Pleasantry. *
The other day Pop Milo, a relative erf
Prince Nikita, felt irreeiatibly impelled
to go down and objurgate the Turks in
Nikaieh. He rode down from the heights
of TreMßah, armed only with hie sword;
and. after indnlgiag in a flood of impu
tations touching the character of the
Turka, invited the Niksieh people to
send forth their most valiant champion
to single oombat with him, at the same
time exposing his breast to show that he
wore no surreptitioas armor.
But the Nitadeb men did not feel in
clined to oome forth, and Pop Milo fell
a victim to Modem barbarism by a bul
let tKmngh hia heart. He was fifty
years of age and considered the hamt
someat man in Montenegro. When he
fell, the Niksichers sprang forth, cut his
head off, oarefully washed his face,
oornbed his hair, and sent the trophy
back into the Montenegrin oarap.—Lon
don Examiner.
Payiag far Hit Charily.
unmmtte Newt tells this amus
ing story concerning Leonard Grovor,
the playwright: He and Ned Holmes,
the "did man," both after partaking of
a generous sapper one evening, passed
through Union Square, New lork,
where* he notioed every inch of bench
by some poor fellow without a
better place to si ep. Graver went
about carefully inserting a silver dime
in the vest pocket of each of them. He
counted ninety, and one was leit. He
determined to pnt a dollar in his poekei
so as to make it a square ten. While
engaged in the operation, which was
rather difficult as the ma was tuned in
an impossible oondition, the object of
charity woke up and shouted "Thieves!
at the top of his lungs. Grover had to
give him a five dollar bill to keep qniet.
He awenn. that this is the end of his
flharitjh