Failure, Ti **d to fail If htrd hav# built iU n##t twig* too alsndsr to sustain th# weight. Twill mourn on *e#tng it* unhappy *t*Us Whon *om strong wind ha* torn it front it. mat Tii# rose, who** early bnd* an ugly pest Ha* blighted, da. m the summer all t.o late T > strive agaiu The moth, whom ehaugo. by fate lb-veals hut ornmpltvl wing* ami ragged crest. Ha* natight to hope. The bird may build again, Made wiser by mistake. The roses bkxwn But sweeter for the earlv loss. Alas ! moth can live but nnoe, Oh. not i# vain I' failure in a l.fe ' lint what the doom Of lire* thai fail? Will any answer pass? The Seng Sparrow, Bird of the door side. warbling clear In theaproti ing or fading year, Wall a'f •tlwii nani.d from thy own sweet lay Piptst from paling or naked [>ray. As Iho smile of the sun breaks th ough (dull gray clouds thai curt si u the blue. Keen when February. hl> k. Sut. a with li s fiiw! th< traveler'*cheek. While the air has no touch of spr.ng, Bird of promise, w. bear tins' aiug, Long ere the first rsthe W.weo.-u vrak.s, 1 ~*ng ere the earliest leaf-bud break*. April pauses ami May steals by; .tune leads in the *ultry July; Sweet are the wood not.*, loud and w< .■, Heard from the robin s and hang-bird * seat. riien, tiie gieoti mouth* glide away, s.igwl with them is gayly ,• they. A'tgust csmirs. aisi the melon and maize lVaak and ws-ll in his Are* blaae ; Swallow* gther. and southward hound W heel like a wh'rlblast round ami round ; Thrush and robta ihnr sou#* f. rget. Thou art cheerfully warbling yet. Later still, w hen the sumach spray Redden* to criuvson day by day, V ben in the orchard, ore by oue, Apple# drop in lis* ripen-ng *un, Taey who pile them bei #rh the trees Hear thy lay m the autumn breeze. ("Vanes November. *u!!rn and grim, S .angling with frost tfcs rivulet* brim. Harsh, hoar-e suet* from the woodlands tear Each brown leaf that u ciinging ther# . Still art thou singing anu.l the blast, "Soon is the tirca:itseason pa#t.' 0 dy when t'hrisimas snow storms make S aooth whits levels of river and lake. S-fling the light snows ail day long. * Only ihen do we raw thy song. Sore to hear it again, s hen soon 1 limbs the sun to a higher noon. Lite when the sorrowing south wind brought Tidings of tattle fiercely fought. Tidings of ho#?* in war array, Mark tug with grave# their lloody way. Still wert thou waging near my door, '• Soon is the stormitsl season o'er." Ever thus sing cheerfully on. It rd of Hope ! a* in age* gone. King of spring-time and summer shades. Autumn'* pomp when the summer fade#. Storms that flee in the conquering sun, l'cace by enduring valor won. H utuim Ouiien Bryan: in "(frtal Saip of G'ft: P&tis." Solimin: A Ship of the Desert The biggest desert in the world is in Africa, and is called the Sahara. It is slmoat a# large as the Atlantic ocean, bat instead of water it is ail sands and ricks. Like the ocean, it is visited with s'orms; dreadful galea, when the wind s v>ops up thousands of tons of sand aud drives them forward, burying and crush ing all they meet. And it has islands, to—small green patches, where springs babble throngh the ground, and ferns sad scacias and palm-trees grow. When a traveler sees one of these fertile spots afar off, he feel# as a tempest-tossed siilor does at sight of land. It is de -1 ghtful to quit the hot, baking sun, sit in the shallow under the trees, and rest the eyes, long wearied with dazzling , s vnds, on the sweet green and the clear spring. Oases, these islands are called. Ixmg distances divide them. It is often s race for life to get across from one to the other. Sometime* people do not get across! In 180 d. a carvau of 2.000 jeraonsdied miserably of heat and thirst m the gri-at desert, and the sand covered them up. Do yon wonder at my saying that the desert eat men ? Now. you will lie puzzled to guess what sort of ship it is which swims this dry ocan. It is the came!—an animal riade by God to endure these dreadful region#, in which no other beast of bnr !>en can live and travel. I dare say many of von have seen camels in mena gerie*. They are ugly animals, but very strong, swift and untiring. With a liiad of 800 pounds on his back, a •camel will travel for days at the rate of eight miles an hour, which is ss fast as an ordinary ship can sail. More wou ilerfnl still* he will do this without shill ing for food or water. Nature has pro vided him with an extra stomach, in which he keeps a stre of drink, and with a hump on nis hack, made of jelly- , like fat, which, in time of need, is ab sorWd into the system and appropriated us food. Is it not strange to think of a creature with ft cistern and a meat-safe inside him? A horse would be useless in the desert, where no oats or grass could be had, but the brave, patient | camel goes steadily on without com plaint nutil the oasis is reached; then lie champs bis thorn bushes, fills bitn self from the spring, allow# the heavv package to be fastened on his back .-•gain, and is ready for further traveL Now you know what sort of a ship it is that lam going to tell you about. It was a camel, named B itirnin. He was of a rare and valuable breed, known as "herie," or coursers, because they are so much swifter than ordinary camels. Holimin's master, Ahmed, was a poor man. He never could have afforded to buy a full-grown camel of this rare breed ; and Solimin hail become his through a piece of good fortune. When a little foal, Solimin was found in a lonelv place desert, standing over the dead body of his mother, who hail fallen and perished by the way. Led to the brown tent which was Ahmed's home, the orphan baby grew up as a child of the family, lay among the little ones at night, and was their pet and plaything all the day. The boys taught him to kneel, to rise, to carry burdens, to turn this way and that at a signal. The girls hung a necklace of blessed shells, saved for him the beßt of the food, sang him songs < which he was sup posed to enjoy), and daily kissed and stroked his gentle nose and eyes. As lie grew big and strong, the pride of his owners grew with him. Not another family of the tribe possessed a herie. Once" and again, Ahmed was offered a Urge tirice for him, but he rejected it with disdain. •• ould 1 sell my son— the son of my heart ?" he said. " Neither will I part wi>h Solimin. By the prophet, I swear it." Of all the dwellers in the brown tent Solimin loved best Ahmed himself, and his eldest son, Mustapha. With them he was docile as a lamb; but if strangers drew near, or persons he did not like, he became restive and tierce, screamed, laid back his ears, and kicked with his strong hind legs. A kick from a camel is no joke, I can tell you. All the desert guides knew Solimin, and, for his sake, Ahmet! was often hired to accompany caravans. Nay, once, at Cairo, Solimin was chosen to carrv the sacred person of the Khedive on a day's excursion np the Nile bank, which event served the tribe as a boust for months afterward. It was the vear after this journey to Cairo that Aiimed met with a terrible adventure. He and Mustapha, making their way home after a long journey, had lain down to sleep away the noontide hours, according to the enstom of deeert Kit KI.). KUHTZ. K.litor and Proprietor. VOLUME XL traveler*. Their camel* wore tethered Iwvu.le them, all scented secure ami jwaeefnl, \i hell, smldtu a-- Un lowering o( a cloud, a party v>f Arabs, belonging a wild tribe at enmity with all men, {•ounced ttpon them. Ahmnl and hi* son deftmded themselves manfully, but what could two men, surprised in sleep, do against a doacu? In th e minutes all was over. The assailant# vanished in a cloud of dust, and Ahuicd, who had Iw-en struck down in the rash, recovered his sense#, to tind ennuis, baggage, belt, uionev, everything gone, and Mustapha wounded and uiotiouless on the earth beside him. Ahuied thought him dead. They were wloue iu the desert, a hundred miles (tnm home, without food or water, ami with a groan of despair he sat down l*- aide his son's bodr, bowed his head, ami waited until deatii should come to him also. Au Arab believes 111 fate, and gives up ouce for all whan misfortune occur* But Mustapha stirml, and Ahmed at once sprang up. There was nothing he could do for the poor !>oy, except to chafe and rub his hands ; but this was something, for presently Alustapha re vivtxl enough to speak. " Art' tliey gone ?" he asketl. " Yes, tlie a.vurstxl oucs, they are gone, witli ail our giwvls and with Soli um! ! I'lie prophet's curse light apoti them !" And passing from despair to furv, Ahmed threw mukl upou his hea.l, ami tlang himself on the eround in helji less rage. Muatapha joimxl iu with groans and lamentations. When the father and sou grew calmer, they iH'gan to dircu*" tlie rituation. Ahmed kuew of a small unfrequented .wais, sbont twenty miles away. It was their only Vhanoe of safety, bnt could thev rea'h it ? "I think I ean walk," declaretl Mua tapha, tying up L.s wronn led lec iu a fold -torn from Ins turban. But he limped aadly, ami* h'.a tightly pressed hps sliowevl pain as he move.!. He was faint with hunger beside. Neither of the men had eaten since sunriae. Suddenly Mnstapha uttered a joyful cry, and lifte I something from theearih. " TLe prophet l>o praised lie cried. "My father, here is food. Tlie robbeis hare dropped a bag of dates." Sure enough, there it lay, a heavy beg of dates, shaken off from some camel's pack during the struggle. Heavy as it was, and hard to varry, Ahmed would fain have it larger. It was their safety from starvation. A handful of its con tents satisfied hunger, and gave them strength to begin their walk. What a walk it was ! I'oor Muatapha lay down every half hour from pa:n aud weakness; the amid was heavy, the dark utvs puzzled them. When morning broke, they hail not accomplished more than half the distance. All through the hot day-tune they lay panting on the ground, eating uow and then a date, torment* 1 with thirst and heat; aud when evening came, they dragged themselves to their feet again, and recommenced their painful journey. Step by step, hour bv hour, each harder and longer thin trie last, moment by moment they grew more feeble, less able to bear up, till it see aid as though tliev could no longer struggle on. At be-t,* the morning bri&e. Ahmed raiseil his hlood-sh>t eyes, seized Mu tapha's arm, and pointed. There, not a hundred yard# away, was the o.isis, its trees and bushes outlined against the skv. Poor Mustapha ws so spent that his father had to drag hi n acr-w* the short dividing space. It was a small oasis, and not very fert-le; its well was shal low and scanty, but uo ice-cooled sher bet ever seemed more delirious than did its brakish waters to the parched tongues of the exhausted men. All day and all night they lay under the shallow of the cactuses and the aca cia-trees, rousiug only to drink, and falling asleep again immediately. Shade, and sleep, aud water seemed the only thing# in the world worth having just theu. The second day they slept less, but it was nearly a week before they could lie #aii to be wide-awake again. Such a pair of scare-crow# as they looked! Ahmed wa almost naked. The rob bers had taken part of his clothes, and the desert thorns the rest. Haggard, wild, blackened by the sun, they gazed at each other with horror; each thought, " Do I look like ht?" and eacii tried to hide fpun the other his own dismav. They oould never tell afterward how long they remaned at the oasis. It seemed years, but I do n>n suppose if could have been more than wi-eks. All day long thev looked wistfully toward the horizon, in ho;*-# of a caravan, but the caravan never came. Hlowly the dates dwindled in the bag; slowly the prerioa# water diminished in the well; a little longer and starvation would be upon tiiem. They scarcely spoke to eacii other those last days, but sat each by himsaif in a sort of dull despair. At night, wiien they fell asleep, they dreamed of food, and woke in the morn ing to feel themselves hungry. It was terrible ! Then came a morning when they rose to find the had desert outline, which they knew *> well, vanished aiul gone, and in its stead a smooth, shilling Ink--, fringed with trees and dotted with feathery, fairy islands. So near it seemed, aud so reul, that it was as though they heard the ripple of the water and the rustling of the wind in the tree-boughs. Mustapha -tared as though his eyes would burst from his lie ail; then gave a wilj cry and was rushing away, but his father held him fast. " Stay, my son ! Stay, Mustapha! it is urt lake, —it is a device of Satan. What yon behold is the mirage, spread by devils for men's destruction." "Let me go!" shrieked Mustapha, writhing and struggling. Buteven a# he strove, the R iff water ontlines shift- d and from led ; the lake rose in air, molted, am] sailed off into curling mists ; the tree*, the whole fair picture, dissolved, and the well-re- i membered sands and block rocks took its place. With a cry of horror. Must apali slid through his father's arms to the earth, hid his face, and cried dike a child. Next morning, only one date was left in the bag. Ahmed put it in bis son's band with a monrnful look. "Eat mv son." he said; "eat, and theu we wiil die. Allah il Allah !" A long silence followed; there seemed nothing more to say. Suddenly, from ainr off, came to their ears the tinkle of a bell. * Mustapha raised his head. "Is it the mirage again, my father ?" he asked. " For it seems to me that I hear the bell from the neck of Bolimin, our camel." Eagerly they listened. Again the bell tinkled, and, looking through the bushes, they saw, floating toward them, as it seemed, the form of a gigantic camel. Boundless and still, it moved rapidly along. Behind, but much fur ther away, other form# could be seen, still dim and indistinct, veiled by the mist of driving sand. Suddenly Mustapha gave a start. "My father," he cried, in an excited whisper, "it Solimin! Ido not mis take ! What other camel ever resembled Solimin? Do you not see his lofty hump,—his arched neck? Doea not the bell tinkle as with the voice of home?" Then, half raising himself, he gave, with all the power of his voice, the well known call. Solimin—for it WH indeed he—paused THE CENTRE REPORTER. as the .sound canght his ears, and * nufl.il the wind. Again eanie 'he call; lie wheeled, plunged, threw ln rider, dash isl forward, oroke through the bushes, and in a seeoud was ou his kdis s befoie his old master. " Up, up, tuv father ! tlirre s no tune to loae !*' cried ustapha. grown stronger in a moment, " Up, up ! for the rob bers are close upou ua 1" In fact, wil l eriew and (iHI.U of dust showed that the foe had token the alarm and were hurrying on. But already Ahmed ami Mustapha were mounted, ami S dunm, like a ship at full sail, * speeding away with them. And where was the camel could overtake him, eveu when he was loaded double? Fast ami swift hi* long, swinging trot b <re them onward, and before two hours were gone, all trace# of the pursuers had disappear ed behind them, and they were free to turn their cour-*# toward the brown teuts where rest, ami food, and welcome had waited an long for their coming, ami where, after a little time, their hardships and suffering# aecmed to thorn only like lal droaui. As for Soliuiin, lie hardly conld be more tender!v treated or lieleve.l tliau More tins adventure ; but if the fresh est water, —the prickliest fume, —if bowl# of sour milk,—-if a triple nook- Ui.-e of shells,-—if brushing and groom ing,—if soft pats from childish fingers, ami sweet names murmured ui lit# ears bv girlish voice# can make a camel happy, then is BoUmiu the happiest of heries. Solimin no longer, li >wever. His name is changed to "The HI cased," in memory of the day when, like a state ly ship, lie came orer the d<*ert sea, and Istre hi* starring masters fo homo, and life, and liberty.— &\uan (botidye iii St. ,Yirhola*. African Witchcraft and t'annlhalNm. l'nul Du C'uaiUu. tiiti well known African np'ow/, tell# the foßowhig aland witchcraft ami cannibalism ui Africa : The great eirr#e of that cvrnntry •s it# superstitions, ami it 1# vefr hard to get at the bottom facta about their religious belief. They have two name# which represent our idea* of < 10l and of Satan. The latter ia the source of all evil and witchcraft. When a ;>i>ou is -tick lie is bee itched l>y ft •me one, alnl like sorcerer or sorceresshaa to lie killed. The doctors point them out, and tliev have to swallow poison to prove their innooence. This poison is the root of a , tree called bumi >•, Ix-longiug to 'he strychnine order. hot these tkaitors take it and do not die. Here, if a man sees the new moon over hi# right shoulder, .>r his left, it is lucky or unlucky ; but there it is unlucky if he see# tlm new moon at all, and on the day of the new maw nobody dare go >ut of his hut. The queen of witchcraft lives in the moon, .ml thy people of the world are the in sects on which witchcraft feeds, ami when witchcraft is very hungry she semis the plague and kil's more people, Phone who have any connection with the spirit in the moon are women, and must lie in a trance. The people are tun.eat tn their belief#, but of course there i* jugglery among them. Among many tribes cannibalism eodats, bnt 1 think it i# a sort of religious feast, as they do uot kt'l people purposely intcept pris oners of war. A# among the Imltau#, they have no mercy on those taken in war. I tnale in<purie# about this can nibalism ; ? wanted to know which were best sating, women or men. Tu<v al agreed that the women were beat. Their war dance i# perfectly terrible. They cover themselves all over with war paint ni l with clsy tliat ha# been saturated with the decayed flesh and brains from (he heads of their leal warriors, whicli they always keep ui a particular house in every village. Then they have a >lauce, and when in irniug emits each man cuts hi# hand in several places and lets the bio si flow into u large wooden difit, an 1 they rub thein-elvci with that blood and then go to war. Samuel Bowles. We take the following interesting re marks n]*u the late Samuel llowlea, editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Jiepub licmn, from the obituary of A New T"rk paper : He was beyond all question a great editor. It is often said that to lie a snooeasful journalist a man mutt la destitute of convictions. Mr. Bowles' career disproved this silly Action. He had distinct convictions on most themes of current discussion, aud never hesi tated to express them with frankm-a# and vigor. Hi# mind was clear, keen, ■uid originating. His thinking was like the working of a perfumed machine. The apt conclusion came quickly, with out groping or exterior suggestion. He was not in the habit of waiting till he hail rwail his exchanges before writiug lus 1 calling articles. He wrote aa he thought wdh astonishing facility. If with his own pen, it flew over the page with a dreadful disregard of legibility that tortured and impoverished the un happy compositor; if bv an amanuensis, lie kept him at the stretch of hi# powers. Hot the bteraryaxce'lMtce of hi# style WHS reinArkahle. The apt w<>rd, the terse, incisive phrase and the sentence full of present meaning ami later sugges tion, were in his ready control. The stimulating force of his mind was most happily exercised upon his subordinates, to their benefit and bis. He believed tuat his paper should lie edited all over, in its new# columns na well as ou its editorial page, in its gleanings as in its elaborate artich*. Condensation was the first tiling he taught his young men. He aimed, he said, "to atrip the news of its husk and verbiage, and give its kernel and meaning." He liked to con sider the HrpubHtan as a school of jour nalism. He took into his office many voting men to train and instruct. The emoluments of the novitiate were moder ate, at tirsr, and were rare I v iucreaaed so fist as to dazzle aud spoil liini ; but the opjmrnuiitie* of bis position war# mure valuable than salary. Wheat from High Latitudes. There waa brought into the city of Winnijieg. in Manitoba, Inst fall, a half hnahel of wheat, Maid to have been grown fifteen hundred in ilea north of that |oiut. Tin 1 bearer was a half breed In dian, who had come from the far north to Winnipeg to trade, and the grain wax brought with liiin to exchange for other commodities. It wax regarded at the time us quite a curiosity, and wax panned around from one to another for trial in the aprnig in that locality. A few grama of it iell into the handa of a gentleman from Minnesota, who wan in that city at the time, and was brought home with him on his return. At onr solicitation it lias been presented to Professor Lacy of the Htnte Agricultural College, who has laid it away till time for seeding, when he will give it the most careful cnlture, and endeavor to prove whether there is any virtue in it or not. The berry is very plump and bright, und we suppose from the vt ry high latitude in which it was grown must lie hard enough Ito satisfy the most fastidious miller. Whether the distance north of Winnipeg was nrecißely 1,500 miles we cannot say ; but from ull tliat could be gleaned from the Indian it was raised a long distance i to the north—probably nearer the pole j than any wheat that has ever reached j Minnesota before.— St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Pre**. It was the late N. P. Willis who dis covered tha' King Henry VIII. always married his wives first, and then ured 'em afterwards, CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 187 K. ( AUK UK TMK NICK. lies Is Th l.r t are of. sng 11 l.ni la KrfZ la valid*. Parson# who have never suffered, says the fY<l ti-i> Mirxier, can scarcely t.'allAti the monk state to winch acute illness or slow disease w ill reduce one's nerves, el*e they would not so often wonder why an invalid should lie so no tional, so cliil.tish, so fastidious, really, so unreasonable. It should be rerneni -I><th( that trtfliW are magmtle.l in the eyes of a stek |wrsou ; lus world lies wttlnu the walls of Ins room, so let this siok-iihamher be the pleasuiitent, quiet eat spot 111 the house, and the aacred jHirtal, |iast which dotanstic trouble or auaiety innnot paas. Whatever else niai suffer for of attention, watch jealously that nothing is amiss in the care or appointment# of this one room, and bring with you as you enter it a pleasant fane, a cheerful word, and a goodly stock of patience, gentleness ami forlieatiuice. 'l'ue sick room aliould be Vent well aired, the b.J linen fruah ami .'i C..0, is a i the medicines out of sipht. If the disease is of a contagious nature, sliced onions should lie placed iu the riMim, ami changevl once au hour. They wili altsorb the jioiaoii ati.i prevent the sprciwl of the disease. The iugenuity of love and tenderness will suggest mnny s.-..tMiug art* by which to while awav the tedious hours tif i\ in vales once, au4 ease the hurilcu of enfeebled mi ml and body. Iksjtors are more leun nt uow-a-dav# than they were in older tunes, and not only allow water for fover }.arched lips but milk also ; aud if *uv nee is hungry they let him eat, provided always he partakes pru dently of projer food. Oftentimes ap petite has to lie coaxed by means of agreeable variety, and phasing sur prises. The preparation of find for the nick, and the proper manner of serving it slnmld he the study of every woman in the laud. Let the dishes used in serv ing the invah Us lueals lie the prettiest the house afford* ; sound au.l spotlessly clean ; the ghuw, silver ami cutlerv clear ami bright, and the napkins whole ami immaculately white. Bring only a small quantity of food into the patient's sight, aad let the detail* of the arrangement be dainty ami in good taste ; avoid all lukewarm insipidities. As sou as the meal is tlnished, remove the empty dishes from the room. BK.AF m. Chop a piece of lean beef, —from the neck ia Ix-nt,—and put !l into n wide uioithed bottle. Cover tightly iuiJ set the glass into a kettle of cold water. Heat to :i boil, and cook tlMtililj for three or four hours, tlieu strum and prt-aa the juice from the meat, amliieaaou with aalt. Thia lathe moat concentrated form of nourishment, ami should Im narai when the patient ia able to take onlv a small quantity. Another war of muling beef tea la to chop the Ix-ef, and allow to a p lutul one pint of tmld water. Let thia iturner very slowly m a auuee pun, ami pre** the h'i apa of meat until all iif the nliaal and junv ittitnwt*l nud nothing left of tlx- lne.it hut tough white Itimpa. Stnuu and scioum to tawte with alt. A little celery Mtnmered with the meat gives a plea-aut v.iriety. INIUAN aui. out UL Mix tialf a cupful of Indian meal with enough mlil water to make it into a smooth piate, then atir thia into n quart of boiling water ; season to taste with aalt, and, if adnuaoahle, * little lejqx-r; bill alowly for half nu hour or longer. Oat meal gruel can !• made in the tuimr war. orimi nr.r.r nuoru. Simmer ehitqunl beef in water until the good uea* ia extracted, then aeasou with ix'pjxT and a small piece of butter ; strum out the lieef and serve th* broth with toasted bread. itxcr HAxnwicH. Scrape a little raw beef from tender jtuer piece, ami spread it on a thin slice "f fmt'enxl hreud, season with pepimr and salt and cover it with another alice of buttered bread ; divide it into small piece* of eqiial shape and sire, and trim off all the crust. Haw beef is very nutrtioua an I easily digested. and, if scraped very fine, u exceedingly nice. CUU'KKN lEU.I. Cnvk the bonea of a fowl and put it into two quarts of cold water. Itoil it slowly, removing the scum aa it rise*. Salt lightly, and, when- the chicken ia well done, remove the nice meat from the lames ; pound the latter well and return them to the broth ; boil nutil the liquor ia reduced to a pint ; a Id a very little peppe/ ; strain the jelly into a Ikiwl. or info small rupn, which ahould tlrat lie wet with Cilld water. When cool remove the actirn from the surface, and put the jelly on ice. Serve very cold. The chicken can lie made into a* salad, or, a little of the broth can be removed with the chicken. and a nan gelatine dis solved into it. Tins turned into a mould with the chicken picked in tUkes, will tnake a very nice diah of jellied chicken for the familv table. CHACKEHH AND rUAII. Split nit lloit.ui cniokm; them iit iv anp plutu and p inr lulling w!rr over them ; an soon an they are Rofttionl, drHtti <>tT all of the water and sprinkle, tin- cracker* lightly with milt, then pour over them sweet cream. This is an cpecial favorite with little children who are not feeliug very well, and i* often relished by older Jieople. Knrit BLAttc MANOR. If the fruit in freali or caiiucd. uae the clear juice ; if preserved or jellied, jc tluee it with water. Add sufficient eorti atareli dm >lvcd iu a little oilfl water to the boiling hot jnice to make a quaky jelly, hut not enough to make it firm like iilane maug. Let all ltoil together for two or three minutes, then turn into a diah to cool. Serve oold with aweet cream and powdered sugar. TAPIOCA JKI.I.V. Soak a cup of tapioca over night iu a pint of water. In the morning act it on the back part of the stove anil add n cupful of warm water; let it aiinmer slowly, stirring it often to prevent burn ing. Cook until it looka clear, and if too thick adJ a little hoibog water. Flavor with sugar and leifton jnifte, and torn into wet mould* to cool. Serve with aweet Crenm flavored with vanilla and augar to taste, and a Uttle grated nut mag. KICK AND BT.ANC MAMIE. Mix four table*p<xmfnl of riee flour in a little cold milk, add a pinch of wait. ■ Stir thia into a ipwrt of Imiling milk, and boil and atir for ten minute*. When partly cool, mhl the wliitea two or three egga beaten to a froth and cook again uutil nlmoat boiling, then turn into a wet ru Mild. Serve with cream sweetened and flavored. Farina, or ar row-root, may la* eooked in the aaine inaunor, omitting the egga and the sec ond boiling. KI,AX HF.KII T.KMONADE. Pour a quart of boiling water on half a cupful of whole flax aeed, add a dozen of raiaiua, the juioe of two lemona and a i little li%ioriee root shredded fine. ! Sweeten to taste; let all come to a boil, then feet away iu a covered pitcher for a couple of hours. This is au excellent remedy for colds and very palatable as well. JltLIiY WATKK. . Currant, raspberry, wild cherry, blackberry or cranberry jelly dissolved in a little hot water, then put into ioe water, forms a refreshing drink for per sons suffering from fever, cocoa ail K una. Put two tnhhwpoonfuls of COCO* slo-lls into a little cold water; mid to them a pint of boiling water and boil for au hour; stmiu, ami a<ld a pint of rich milk; let it come to t Iwitl, and serve. Tins uuikee a delicious drink, and very acceptable alien coffee and tea are fouud to be injurious. ooi'ott avitrr. Put five cent*' worth of pine pitch into u pint of wator. Let it simmer until the water is well impregnated with tin* flavor. D p out the guui which rc uiuius undissolved and add honey enough to sweeten, and make a thick syrup. Htraiu this and buttle. Dose, s teaspooufill four or five times a day according to the severity ofthe cough. It will afford speedy relief. Taking it (unity. Some of niiuiv liistsnces of extraor dinary <**ilnea* 111 the iniilat of danger and otherwise that have been recorded an* here offered to our readers, together with some amusing nsyiugs aud doings. Wheu gallant Pousoiiby lay grieviously wounded on the field of Waterloo he forgot his own desperate plight while watching nti eucouuter between a couple of French lancers ami one of his own men, cut off from his troop. As the Frenchmen cuine down upon Murphy, he, using his sword as if it were a shillelagh, knocked their lances altern ately aside agniu and again. Then sud denly setting spurs to his horse, he gal loped off at full speed, his eager foes following in hot pursuit, but not quite ueok and neck. Wheeling rouu lat exactly the right moment the Irtahman. rushuig at the foremost fellow, parried his lance and struck him dowu. The aecoud, presxiug ou to avenge his com rade, was cut through diagotially bv Murphy's sword, falling to the earth without a cry or groan; while the rictor, *o*rcely clam-nig at his hsmhwork, trot ted off whistling " The Griudw." Towards the close of the light of lukermnin, I*rd Haglan, returning from tsk'.ug leave of (lenerol Strang wav*. met a Migrant carry lug water for the woumle.l. The sergeant drew him self up to salute, when a round shot '•auie b mndmg over the hill, ami knocked his forage cap out of his hand. I'he man picked it up, dusted it on his kuce, placed it carefully on his head and made the solute, not a muscle of his countenance moving the while. " A neat thing that, my man f" saul Lord Raglan. " Yea, mv lord," returned the sergeant, with another salute, "but a miss is as good as a mile." The com mander WAS proliably not surprised by such an exhibition of tang froitl, I wing himself gotd that way. He was badly hurt at Waterloo, ami says the Prince of Orange, who was in the hospital, "1 was not aware of tin- presence of Lord Fitxroy Seiner-set until 1 heard him call out in hi* ordinary tone, 'Hallo! don't carry that arm away until I have taken off my ring !' Neither Wound nor oper ation had extorted a groan from hi* lips." The Indian prides himself upon taking good or ill in the quietest of ways, ami ' from a tale told <n Mr. Marshall's " ('sua h<ui' Itominion,'* hi* rivilir.ud half-brother would seem to be equally unemotional. Thanks mainly to a cer tain Metis or lialf-bi< ed in the service<>f the liu lon Bay Company, a Kioiix war rior was found guilty of stealing a horse, and oondemncd to pay the animal's value by installment* at .one of the company s fort*. On paying the last installment he received his quittance from the man who had brought him to justice, and left the office. A few mouths later the Bio tlx returned, advanced <>u hi<noisel<-*sm<r ca-ins withiu a pace of the writing table leveled his musket full it the half-breed's head. Just as the trigger was pulled the Metis rai**l the hollo with which he was writing and touched lightly the muzzle of the gun; the shot passed over his head, but his hair wa* singed off in a broad ina-a. The smoke clearing away, the Indian was amazed to see that his < uetay Still lived. The other looked him full iu the ova* for an instant ami qnietlv resumed his writing. The In dian silently departed nupursed, those who would have giveu chase being stop ped by the half-breed with, "Go back t t > your dinner and leave the affair to ma." When evening cun*, a few whites, curious Pi see how the matter would eud, accompanied the Metis P> the Souix en campment At a certain distance he 1 1 ado them wail, ami advanced alone ti tnj Indian tent*. Before one of these sat crouched the baffled savage, singing his own death-hymn P> the tom-tom. lie e implanted that he must now say g*w-kl bye to wife and child, to the sunlight, j to his gun and the chase. He told his friends 111 the spirit-lsnJ P> expect him Fiat night, when ho would bring them j all the news of their tribe. Ha swung I* in l<>dv book wards ami forward* as he chanted his strange wng, bnt never once looked up —not even when his hie spurned him with his foot, 11c only s ing on, and awaited his fate. Then the half-breed lient hia head and spat down on the crouching Btoux, ami turned leisurely away—a crueller revenge than if he had shot liiin dead. Chamber*' Journal. Ilnw fined 1* Bone. You know the touching lyric of Loug feUow, which he has called " The AjrrnW aud the Bong." It is so familiar that it looks like an aflhetation to quote it, bnt I must indulge nivself once more by r •- peat ing it* sweet lilies; " I shot rro<* iu the sir; P ft I- lo in. I knew- not where; F >r so *wi ilv it flow, tho sialit C m d tot foil >* in 1 # flight J 1> t-o'lii d * 001 g into ih<* sir : It fll on iwito I knrw not where : For who hs so IMII and strong Tot it osn follow the fl ghtof song ? 1. ug. D- g sftarws-d. In so osk I I -nti l tli- arrow, st II nuhreks ; And t'l* song, fr an 1 *• 1 u ting to end. I brand again in tho h< art of a friend." Tbi ia exquisite. But yon observe that 1 lioth the arrow ami the song were found just s they had been sent out. Tho |M>ct bus not told, and no |H>et can fully tell, of the impulse* that are given, the changes that an* wrought, ami the work of self-earnttce nnil devotion that ia sug gested, by n tltting word dropped nt t r right inomeiit inP> a liiimmi soul; aud among the many plenaaut surprises that are iu atoro for ua iu the upper world will be the discovery that efforts put forth by ua, and which wc supposed to be so feeble ss tob® well nigh worthless, have been, under Ood, the germs from which rich harvest* of good IIHVC resulted to multitudes whom we have never seen. IFm. M. Taylor. # A llee-lllve in a Churrh. Iho Manchester Mirror says; "The Congregational society at Itoscaweo Plain, N. H. roeutly held a festival that was brought ulout in a moat singular way. A few weeka aince George Know lea dis- a awariu of bees inside the finish under the eaves of the church. The construction of the building at that point wa* snch that the bees were en abled to form a IHJX hive about four feet long ami eight or feu inches square, and which was nearly filled with honeyoomb. Sixty-nine pounds of honey were found, aud the society decided to make it a source of profit through a festival, which for a moderate admittance fee, gave all who attended a nio supper aud plenty of hoaey," " tTAM> AMI IIKLIVEK." V tlrllM l a T.saa *Hr Hsbkrr* Tolls 111. Kisrrltso. A writer iu the tialvestua iVeti. tells of u recent adventure while trsveliug in a stage-<oach, 111 Texas, as follows: Ou Saturday moining, at our o'clock, near Peg leg, I aas startled from an indifferent slumber iu the stuge-coach by the click ing of a Winchester ami bv voices from without hallooing to the driver, "Turn into the brush, or 1 will shoot the side of your face off; will not tell you again. '' At the same time I saw two men with guns, one bearing on the driver and the other pointed at the opeuiiig of the coach. There were two passengers lie side myself iu the coach. Lieutenant Kirliy, of the Tenth infantry aud a graduate of West Point, assigned to duty st Fort McKavett; the other, Mr. Bar*. >uoh, a drmnmer, from New Orleans. My pistol was rolled up in uy blanket*, the drummer had no arms, but Lieuten ant Kirby was well heeled. We had from the time we left the rood until we were stopped in the brush time to con sider what we siiouhl do. The drutnini r aud myself concluded that we were not 111 a condition to risk the fighL. Hut the lieutenant insisted upon a fight, not on account of the money he might hsie, but on account of his profession. We over ruled him and were ready to submit to the robbery when the coach ntop|>ed in the brush, two or three hundred yards from the road, t bie at a time was called ami stepped forward, was lobbed, and sent to the frout of the horses. The c >och was then plundered for money, jewelry and arms. Each one had hidden a portion of hia money and valuables while in the stage. 1 threw mine in the hay in the bottom of the coach, the drummer tucked his away iu the top uf the coach, and the lieutenant put his in his boot. Mine woe found; the balance tiiey did not get. The drummer de livered them thirty dollars, the lieuten* ant five dollars and 1 twenty-five dollars. They also got the heuteuautV and drum mer's watches, which were left in the coach. While the coach was being rob bed we were all guarded, a Winchester bearing on us. The robber*—the two we saw—were men of go>sl address, and executed the robls-ry skilfully. They attempted u<> disguise, except the Isssv, who evidently thought I knew hint; to the others he was unreserved. They talked among themselves, from which wc learned that another partv were to rob the down coach and that tnev were withiu supporting distance. Wheu they commenced cutting the mail lsg* ojeu i made an ap|s-*l to them, stating that thev would hardly find snv money in registered letters going up the country. They cut two, however, and stopped, putting nl) the mail lael. Thev asked als>ut the paymaster. A short tuue after they had got there the lights 0! the down coa.'h oam- iu new. They told us wc could get in the csiach and not to make any uoiac or strike a light, aud if we did they would fire on n The down couch tumbled aloug in a few minute* and ae got buck on the road and came along. Bi-fme we left the botts said: •• You may tell the Mnyuard people Dick Dublin has come lavck to stay awhile." The robbery will not net more ttiau three hundred dollars iu money, arms and jewelry. My first sensation waa that of a ha 1 dream, which aoon vanished before a humiliating and out rageous reality. I w.is-truck with their cooliiesit and audacity, (.hie thing MGflMd singular, they declined to touch us |<er sonally, that' is, to put hands on us in any way. They frequently threatened to kill us it they caught us iu a lie, but never math* any personal search. A little leas than a year ago the stage waa roblwd on the very spot where wo were robbed. Then, nd 10 this last, the in tention was to rob the United State* pay master. I was impressed with the terrible earnestness with which they acted, aomethiug like that displayed by au executioner when he executes the penalty of dentil. I understand they did not rob the down stage. This is strange. 1 can only account for it on the theory that they found they would not get anything but arms, with prob bly some jewelry aud a little money. A Freach F.rrhautre**. Hardly any woman in Fraueo ha hail so marked a jwrsonal influence, ha* *<> |ernuait<Nl her time, as Julie Re camier; and that without taking u active part 111 the stirring event* of the elose of the eighteenth and the early part of the present oentury. She was essentially and intensely womanly, the incarnation of gentleness, auuabihty and tact. Her friendships are renown ed—she was herself au ideal friend— and the charm of her pr*oenee was un bounded, almost unprecedented. Beau tiful of person, perfect in manners, fancinsting by inheritance, living iu an era of gallantry, which means so much, often s > ill, in France, she gracefully avoided the countless penis surround iug her, and went to the grave without the shadow of a sjsit u|*m her name, Gnevonaly misunderstood at times, though mainly by foreigners who could not liellwve what traversed their theoriew, her bebtrior flually nnllifiivl M-ainlal and shamiHl her detractors to silence. During more than seventy years ahe seem* never once to have crossed the delu-ate boundary between love, a* usually apprehendol, aud genuine friendship. Kind and complaisant U< all, she knew exactly when she had yielded what was due to the fullest courtesy, and there she sereuely paused. She scarcely made au enemy among her own sex—for she never slighted them, was uever guilty of arrogation—aud rarely offended llw vainest anil nmst smisitive mail, Ix-canse she nffusiil to kindle exieetations she would not gratify. That, a woman so lovely and bewitching should have escaped shoals of feminine foes manif*sta the com pleteness of her tact, the excellence of lier intuition. Many called her cold—a prudent woman ia apt to lie so regarded —but she was not ; for she was extreme ly tender, nnd tenderness is paaaiou at rest. Everybody admired her aud wo* drawn to her, though not lieyoud the line that is the boundary of esteem. The Highest Art. George {uoes, the celebrates! Ameri can lamlscape painter, aays in Ifarjtrr'* Miujnzitu : The highest art ia where has !een moat perfectly breathed the aentimant'of humanity. Rivera, stream*, the rippling brook, the hill-aide, the aky, cloud*—all things that we sec— can convey that sentiment if we are in the love of God and the desire of truth. Home persons suppose that landscape has no (>ow-er of communicating hnniun sentiment. Hut this is a great mistake. The civilized landscape peculiarly can ; and therefore I love it more and think it more worthy of reprodnc ion than that which ia savage aud nut*tied. It is more aignitlcaut.. Every u*t of man, every thing of labor, effort, suffering, want, anxiety, necessity, love, marks it self wherever it has been. In Italy I remember frequently uoticiug the j>e ouliar idea* that came to tne from seeing odd-looking tree* that had been used, or tortured, or twisted—all telling some thing about humanity. American land acape, perhaps, is not so significant; but atill every thing in nature lias some thing to say to its. No artist need fear that his work will not find sympathy if only he works earnestly and lovingly. TERMS: $'2.00 a Year, in Advance. A Ui-M*rk>blr Hurl. A correspondent in the S<mlh writes: (ture in a while duel* are fought in which a lady I* a purclv incidental cause. Such a duel took place in South Carolina, in lHfct, lietween Messrs. John Diiiinrant and J. ]>. l**gare. Theae gentlemen were devoted fneuda. I/eg arc waa attentive to a young lady ot beauty ami worth in the up|>er |Mui of th State. The two friends went to the village where ahe lived to get some aliootiug. They were, of course, fre jin ut riaitora at her father s house. One day Legare imagined that he de tected a sudden eoldneas on the part of the young lady and the family towards himself. In questioning his fneud us to the proltable oause of it, he asked him il he had ever made any re marks alxiut h>m to any of the family. Dtuiorant replied that he had said nothing of consequence ; that ou 014 occasion he had been asked if Legare ever drank, and had answered that he sometimes did. I/eg* re at once attribu ted the change, real r stipfxiaed, in the tiehariorof tiie lady to this statement or admission on the part of his friend. A prolonged diarussiou ensued. Dnnor aut wss disjMised to lie conciliatory, while l/ogare was verv much augered. Hie issue lietween them waa finally narrowed down to a demand ou the psrt of Legare that Dunonuit put iu writing precisely what lie had said to the father of the lady. Dunonuit declined to do this. He contended that the demand waa au implied insult. Legare pupuat el, and, upon Duuoraut's remaining firm, sent him a challenge. Dur rant promptly accepted it, and the details of a meeting were arranged. Dnnoran. was a very poor shut with the piatult It is said that on the evening I adore the duel he weut out to practice, and literally could not hit a barn door. Le gare waa a capital ahot From the very first, however, Dunoraut contended that lie would kill Legare at the first tire. He never modified his assertion, but aaid all the time : " I will kill him when I draw the trigger !" When the men were on the ground a curious thing occurred. When the sec ond who was to give the word called, "Are von ready, gentlemen *" Dnnorant re sponded in a firm, steady, tone " No." He then drew a small ix-n-kuife from his pocket, opened it delilieratelv, end, fixing his eye* squarely on Legare, sailed toward him. When he haul traversed only two-thirds of the inter vening distance he stopped, and, rertch uig down, cut off a small twig that stood between him anil his oppOMOt. He then retnrueil to his position, shut his kuife oarwfullv, and returned it to his juiciet. Without taking his eyes off of Legmre, he suuonncod " Rrtuiv," and said to his second, " I aui going to kill him." Tin men bring iu {Maitum, tliecommand " Fire ! one—two—three!" rang oat U|*i the air. A riug of smoke sprang from the nipple of each pistol, and I/egare dmp|>etl dead in his tracks. Dunoraut stood for a moment as if he were carved in stone, and, then drop ping his Arm slowly, turned to his second unhurt. An lewa Farmer's llallnrlnatlwn. The Davenport (Iowa) (Jazette says: It would be difficult to conocive a life of greater mental torture than that en duml by a fanner in this county, whose rase was examined by the county board of commissioner* on insanity. The patient's name is Max Fralim. His liomeis near Donahue. 111 Allen's Grove township. When a liov lie delighted to hear stories of witchcraft, and his friend* state that he l>elieved in the ex istence of witches before there was out ward evidence of insauity on the sub jert. Two years ago witche* commenced visiting him—bothering him more ami more, and for the last four mouth* he has beeu subjected to all kinds of suffer ing by the imagines! Iteings, though sane on every other subject. Hi* wife practices art* of witchcraft upon lnm; fiia neighbors bewitch hia pigs; every- IHKIV tries the black art ou him, the hired girl is the princess of witches, who hover over him in group* at her com mand, and pinch him. prick him with pins, gibe him. and oall him foul names. He never says yew or 00, because an answer of that kind stimmonw the witches, who make him retract. Witches ask everybody to kill him, and when a per son approaches him witches cry out to him that he is doomed. Everybody accka hia life, and he lives in constant trrr. He covers his head with blank et*. and the witches howl at him aud pull the ttivering; he hide*, and the witches find him, and force him to fly to the nearest person for protection. His family live in constant fear of him, nod their lives have become unendura ble with him. He can talk intelligently enough on every topic when the witches are uot near, aud sometimes tliey atav awny for honrs at a time. It is one of the most pitiable case* of mental agony brought to the notice of the commis sioners in a long time, and they have decided to send him to the Mount Plea*- aut Asylum. Fraud in Hank Bill*. The United States treasurer is advised of eonstantlv increasing attempt* by per son* in varnnin sections of the country to cheat the government and innocent people by practicing what is kuowti a* the " piecing process." whereby a given tinmlior of otureucy note* of like de nomination are cut in pieces and so posted together as to give an increased number. The manipulators generally take ten notes, and by cutting and adroit piecing make elrveu, thereby gaiuing one at the expense of the other ten. Of course the diminished notes get iuto the hands of innocent holders, and wheu *elit to the treasury department for re demption they are at onee detected by the treasury exfwrta and thrown out. The rfml*tion* for red<*>miug mutilated currency do not admit of the redemption of anything except in a single piece con taining st least one-half of the original, which make* it still harder for those into whose hands tin ae nicely-parted frag ments full. Sm Serpent*. The gigantic whale captured iu Febru ary last in tho Gulf of Puniuto, Italy, had Ihhmi subjected to a critical .nuinnn tinu by Profeeeor Capcllini, who, iti a report lately published, states it a* hia opinion that the whale ia of a apt-tie* hitherto unknown to science, ami he ha* named it liahriut tanntena, in alluaioii to the locality of ita capture. This uu looked for thacoverv of a new ajieciea of huge marine animal, taken iu connection with the alleged appearance of another " monater " a short time later, and in the name neighborhood, a vouched for by the officers of the royal yacht Os borne, ia regarded aa a strong argument in favor of the existence of unknown huge marine living objects, such as are popularly indicated by the name of "see serpent" Populatien of the World. Uelim and Wagner's estimate of the population of the werld for 187-1 is as follows : Europe 859.978.000 Am, 798,907,060 Africa 906,007.000 America 84,992,000 Australia and Polynesia ...•. ... 4,688.000 Total ~,1,89#,841,000 NUMBER 7. riEM, UiUDM in Htilsr. HOI.O, U Inter germ Rreeemtee. The Prairie Farmer aavs : There are ao many tlirng* that the farmer may do at home, in hie own workshop, as well ae another ean do it for turn, that it (N ■orpruuig that ao few are without a kit of wood working toola, * shoeing ham mer, eome horae naile, pinchers fur iron, copper, rieeta, aerewm, and <U* ueoea aery artieiea aa will enable him to com plete many a handy job without the intervention of the carpenter. The time • required to do the work will often be found to be ICM than that apeot UJ going to and from the mechanic"a place of i buaiunaa Thua with a few toola the i wood work of harrow*, plowa, eultiva- , tura, and other toola about the farm may lie repaired. By having a few extra haudlea of forks* and other imple J meuta on hand, theae may be cheaply 1 repaired and made aa good aa now. Wagon tuuguea, and tuaoj other duplicate* fur farm vehicle* and ma- j chine*, arc now prepared so us to re quire but little fitting. In the cade of machines, all that ta necessary, a* a rule, la kiiuplv to (oaten them in place. In doing Una the farmer not only rentier* himself handy wiUi toola, but at the same time he lieoomee thoroughly eon- i vcraont with the working porta of each individual machine—ao small matter to the practical man. In fact every farmer ought to he able U> take apart, and pat together intelligently, any machine on tlie farm. Unless this be the ease. they cannot be worked aa economically aa thev should be. While the tanner I* thua tskueating himself. he will come to ace the ueoro- . hity ami economy of having everything in it* place, and * place for everything, when not in uae. and when in ue they will be jut in place. Bo he will come tu oocupv hi* leisure hours in repair* of varioua kind*. Barn and stable door* that are getting shaky on their hinge* will be repaired at ouoe. If lie bum wood, it will be prepared and piled hecore from rain, and witu proper ven tilation, so it may dry perfectly. If he , burn coal, a proper shed will t*e built to keep it dry. The pmnps about the place will always draw. Water troughs will never have sloughs of mud about them w soft weather, to mire stack, nor glare ice in hard weather, to maim them. Slied* will be made comfortable. The beat facilities will gradually lie accumu lated for aoaocnpliahtng the work of the farm, and a general air of thrift will be observable, not unlv about the home stead, but over the form. In this we do not mean to assert thai the simple possession of the tool* ueoee sary to do odd jobs will accomplish all tin* ; but til** handling of tool* cocu gets a common sense man conversant with their use, and the investigation* uecea- Kjirv to eualde a man to do the work in* teliigently, broaden* the ruind. and one soon come* to soe where money tony be saved in many directum*, and now ena* it is to make all things tidy about the house and place, and also, where the profit comes in, in rendering the atook about the farm comfortable. Theae may seem like small economies. In truth they are ; but it ia theae small ' economies that go to swell the profits ai the fsra, just as in sny other industry in life. It is, in feet, attention ko small economies that make the prosecution of business successful in its best sense. Haatlt lllai*. lisd cooking spoils good food. Apply common linking soda to burn*. There ia no dignity in work half done. Bottom beat ia not good to raise br.wd. Cold corned beef is best for making bash. Eat what your appetite craves if yon can get it. Husbands must not expect their wives to make gcod,, white broad from pour flour. SAVE THE FEATHERS. —To , ntiJixe feathers of ducks, chickens and tnrEeyw, generally throw aside all refuse, S* m the plumes from the stump, inclose (ham in , a tight Iwg, rub the whole so if Washing clothes, and you will secure s perfectly uniform and" light down, excellent for quilting coverlids and not a few other purposes. . 4 To Cuux PAINT. —Take one <>*ne# of pulverised bprax, one pound small < pieces U*t brown soap and throe quarts water; let simmer till the soap is dis solved stirring frequently; do not M it boiL Use with s piece of old flannel and rinse off a* soon aa the paint is clean, j Thi* mixture is alai good for washing clothe*. r 4 U ullu Klaawets. A lady correspondent asys: "I will give a little of my ex pen cure in washing flannels. 1 was taught to ws*h flannel m led water, but it is a great mistake. In Italy my flannels were a widuier to ( me; they always came home from flic wash so soft sod white. I learned that the Italian women washed them In eold * water. Many a time I have watched them kneeling in s box, which had >*ue an 1 taken out, to keep them out of the mud. by the bank of a stream, mashing in the running water, and drying on tlie hank or gravel, without boiling; and 1 never had washing done better, and flnu nela never half so well. I have tried it since, and find the secret of nioe soft flannels to be the washing of them in cold or lnke warm water, and pleiitv of stretching before hanging ont, Many recipe* say, don't rub soap on flannels; but you can nib soap on to the advan tage" of the flannels, if you will rinse it ont afterward and nse no hot water about them, not forgetting to stretch the threads in both directions before dry- | ' ing. Flannels ao eared for will uever become stiff, shrunken *r yellow." A I'slite Vounic Mail. The '• Editors l>rawer "of Vaifazitut Ran this story ; An elderly, prim, spectacled spinster recently tr*>k n passenger train at Chester station, ou the Oram! River Valley railroad. The oar was nearly filled. * The first sitting she planets! at was more than half occu pied by a yonug man who had expeotor atcl tobacco juice within his territory until the bottom of the car was a pud dle. The spinster lectured liim severely on the evils of a habit so injnriotu and filthy, and hoped thereafter he would abandon it. The yonng man made no reply. Two seats in front wits a seat 1 >artly occupied Uy n yonng man who was gating from the window, The spinster, resting her bundles upon the seat arm, peered down upon the floor to detect possible traces of the weed ; after which, in strident tones, she said, " I any, young man, do you use tobacco T " No," was the quiet reply ; •* but T can get you a chew in a minute if yon want one." Japanese Beggars. A paragraph asserting that there are few or no beggars in Japan has attracted the attention of a reader of the Washing ton Star, who has traveled in that country, and who writes: "Any one who lias ever ridden from Brussels to the field of Waterloo knows how many beggars line that ride of nine miles. From Yokohama to Tokio (Ysddo), by the Tokioado, or old national road, is sixteen miles. I have ridden over that splendid and often thronged highway not less than one hundroa times, and never saw the time when there were not more beggars in proportion to the dis tance and comparative population than between Brneeels and Waterloo." A vrn*M Wtok. Would i war* lyla* a Wd of elovar, ®T otftvwr anal tad efl and •oflaod *wart, with .Jn.kJ cloud* 111 d*)> skies hsagu* ovw, And noBtD UMMW at my head and f#A. 1 Jit it to? ouXlioor fei Ifp th* b*h of Worry In esgsr h*** from nMM UnptUtant •MB, km i wstah It ounwtng in it* bsadlses hurry Disdaining Wisdom* wfaklia* Duty* beeA Ati' it worn nwnnt, wbnrn eWmc elutnp* "• mrfttni And date** hiding, no to hid* and rart; No noand wtrwpt my own heart * itard' baatirg 1 locking iulf to sleep within my bresel. . Jiwt to. An then OUi with the danprr Übatfeing That <*>tneeof Uetenlngto a frnn bird * *ong ' Oor ■rmU require at time* tbi* fnl) onnbaatb- AJI sword* wiM re** If a*abfaard-kept ko •l , , , And J ma tired ! o tired of rigid doty! Ho Umd of all my tired head* And to do! I yearn, I faint, tbr MOM of Nfe'a free beeaty, lie lodee bead* with no straight string ran rdng through 1 Aye, Iwtfb, If laugh yon will, at my crude I epdwsh— Itot women eomettmee die r mwb a greed; I IHe for the email )oye heid Imyond their reach, And the aeeoranee they here all they need ! Items of Intermit. Bonds irredeemable—Vaga-bond*. ! Walking sticks—Hwell* promenading. ' The boneless wonder—a well done steak. * | 41 Put your bps on kw\" ia the lateat I slang. Very useful to the titter of the soil— | steer*. * ♦ * T 'Highly connected—the man in the • moon. * In Booth America the cities are lighted 1 with cantor oik Europe obtains her sole supply of shoe peg* from Am nm. In Japan a law roquiroa flab U> be sold ajive, Xly r© pcl'Ued in tanks. j'lttnbarg has a dog that can wait at ' table. Tlua must lie Old Dog Tray. A man may be in groat strmita, who never heard of either Magellan or Behr ing. * Bassfa estimates that next year's campaign will aaat her about #400,000,- i WO in gold. To core a baobalor's aabea—carry to the paiicut atghleesi yards of silk with a ji. In dariand, QoU. they rang out the old jrear.wJfjT four murder*, and usher ed in the new*with one. Under Spanish lav a man aoapected of crime can be kept ia prison for five years before tne earn.- is called. tMrsws show which way the wind i blows. You can get the same informa tion from a pan of aabea. Such ia the hydrophobia scare m London that thejpolice are capturing dogs at the rate 300 a day. It is said that when Jonah saw the whale getting ready to swallow him he looked '* down in the mouth." The*- yuoug ladies at fair* who sell live cent put cushion* for $1 ought to be arrested for robbing the males. Ko person wisbipg to avoid slang word* snd nickname* will call it " banjo. * The ftril name ** banjasfiph." A little boy inquired concerning the btars : " IV, what are those thing- up there—are they little drops of sun ?" An Iriah lover remarked that it is s great pfeaanre to 1* sJeoc, especially when your sweetheart m by your side. Coostantroaple '-ontaios 750,000 in nabttanU*. The old eastern empire walls, twi-nVy-U'C aides in circuit, still Htirrouud it The blkrt rod hi* cuiJwner 1 -.it- A ktadrwd abtare , n*siauernosd*th ••••tsgof lif*." Ttw tnrmtr knead* |h* dough. The man *u owns s S2o,orio cow can ' drink milk costing him eighty-four ocnU a quart That's ail the advantage he has over the rest of m. |. A Montana iuetioeof thepeaeedoamil S>.urga any warn he marnes a couple, e says; Arise! Grab hands! Hitched'! Six dollars." Father o sea just from college— •' What have you learned at your col lege?" "We never learn anything; they never let you see the newspapers. A lad? firing near Cypthiana. Ky., has used the same six pins for twenty years. She ia eighty-throe, but her ueignbors say she is the same old six pina a till. In a wrvotiing match between Lucieu Mare and a bear, in Cincinnati, Marc •ncceeded in throwing the bear, but in tiia struggle the hear bit off one of Marc's fingera. "I livt in Julia's eyas,'' aflid an affect eddaady in Golnwn a hearing. " I don't wonder at it," replied George, "since I observed she had a sty in them when I saw her hwt" 1 ' ■ Enamored writing-master (to a young lady pupib: "I can teach you noth ing ; von hand is already a very deaira , hie one, and your I are the most been tiful I have ever seen. The man who comes to the depot two ' minutee befiind time, and see* the rail wsv train ecnrtdmg ont at the other end, derivue no AEUBfaction from the proverb: ,• Better late than never." 1 The osflbe plant thrivee finely in Galifcinua, pcodueuig • bean of strongly WPDittio AfcVot It grows beat in cen tral ni eoawimi CSiforais, and its culturf ik tiecoming profitable. WITH XT ritTTKE. Oh rise* It th s pretirfrsM', t pas yoar msuU>!wia-M ! Thau Id** it o**S far n*\ raj flame. Then— ki*S ft for yourself. _rW>< Stmitrt WUm (m BoKmt • i naj, Charley," "aid one friend to another OB meeting, " I hew our friend Hrnn has been dabbling in stocks late ly ; Jj*,, he made anything I" "Yea," save Charlev, "he has made an assign ment." A singular accident occurred on Satchel I Creek, Kansas, recently. A (tarty of hooter* were loading op a team pretiaratorr to atarting for Wichita, when one of the men threw an axe into the wagou, which discharged a shotgun loaded with buckshot. The charge entered hie head and he wae killed in stantly. i After the failure of the late insurrection in Japan, a richly-attired Japaueee young lady was found lying dead in a castle moat, with her father s head in her left hand and a bloody knife in her right The devoted lieroioe had cut off her father's head, at his command, and then killed herself, that the two might not be taken prisouer*. The heaviest court in the United States, in proportion to Hie number of it* judges, is probably the court of ap peals of Kentucky. Chief Justice Lind *y weigh* 232 pounds, Judge Elliott 230 pounds, Judge J'tyor 300 pounds, and Judge Cofer 2fti pounds. The average weight is 2jsi pounds. If wisdom and weight go together, then Kentackj justice is all rigid. There's nothing to exceed the Jiaboii enl satisfaction a man will take in an ! uounciug to hia wife, after he has got hia shirt on, that there is a button miss ing, and the keen delight ha feels in seeing her dance arownd the room after ' a needle and thread, while ahe listens to a lecture on carelessness, approaches ecataoy. But look out when she gets that button on, bites the thread off with a snap andbofhmenees— " There now—.' A lunatic en route with two keepers to an asylum at 8t Hubert (Branoe) wouldn't get out at that place, and while they were coaxing him, the train, by ' some oversight of the conductor, started. I At Grenoble he got out, but, strange to say, no telegram ordering the arrest ap pears to have been sent, and of hi* own | accord he took a ticket back to St. , Robert, and got into a third class car , riage with one young man, whom he presently attacked. The victim tried to escape, and the mad man then pushed him. out, and jumped after him. break ing bis own-arm in doing so. The head of the other struck on the rail apd he was killed. When asked why he attack ed hig companion he only said that he be)isv<}<ibi(9 to be a Pruaefca epf.
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