The Eight ®f I.lfr Stand rtill and watch ' A Browing flnah of light Across the owl blot* all tlir pale star* out, Ani lwd4eoa the Hirt clouds lhat awopt •hut Tho far-ofl <iii<kv skvlanda of th* night. Mom apace The bird* arr pin mod for (light. And ring and listen M if half in doubt; lint day creeps on. and now with Jocund about rhor mount tho air and ao arc lo.l fi >m sight. And ao ia love oonw to thia heart of mine. No midden aunlight o'er a landscape gray. And aoon to fade again, but a divine, bright orb, that riaoa alowly o'er the way. And blot* ont all tho lesser oue* that ahme. And makes the fair perfection of my day. Night. Night camo down o'er all the *rth, And took the tfrvd bar. And clasped luv tightly in her arms. And bore her far as aV The moon like tome vast ligltVbouae seemed, Far np ir. the Milkr Way; Tlie glistening stars like tiny liarka. At anchor round her lay. And Uka a single silver thread That twiuss in some dark cur!. The river wound through Uvea and Urates, A gleaming hand of pearl. 1 he rd the soft low dip of oar*. take a weary alow heart-throb; An>t the wavelet* lappvd the Kvw of the boat A low half-broken sob. And oa that night, so long age. A vision wondrvn* sweet Cans to tne in its fullest Joy. Si" ixwfVot and complete. 0 golden dream ' why did 1 wake To had it past and gone The dream waa like a glorious day: The waking, cold gray dawn. 'Twer* better far that 1 had died Relieving it were true, Twer* U-tter far to sleep for a*o beneath the sky so bine. Then live, w hen each long weary day Seemed longer than befor*. When nfe i bat constant pain— A wound unhealed and sors. Hie nvrr sUU flows aitirnmring on. The stars are just as bright As when the virion osine to me That restful summer night. The same ? Yes. I alone am changed. Oh God ' each weary day 1 wish that 1 had died the night The vision passed away. lktrycr'* Af.ijputW A Romance of the Pyrenees. I am a Spaniard and the only son and sole heir of lKn Guxman de Mansoria, s grandee of Spain of the second class, by whom I was educated according to my fortune and exalted rank. At the ago of twenty-five I lost mv father. It is the eastern in Spain that at the death of a father the nobles should wear mourning for o.e year and pass that time in a state of absolute solitude at their re motes; estates. I loved my father ten derly and deeply regretted his loss. I observed my country's custom on that event as holy duty'and in cwnfonnitv thereto removal into Aragou where I had a castle situated at the foot of Mount Maladetta. on the extreme frontier, be tween Spain and France. This was in the year ITTD, when Spain was still beautiful and mighty, although the no bility and clergv ruled it with an iron despotism ; and the feudal laws, more rigidly enforced than they had ever been, even in France, were better con solidated by the perfect understanding on this point between the priests and the erown. The nobles ruled the people and the king ruled all. For my part, I fraakiv admit that I was proud of my title of Count and prized the preroga tives of my rank and the rights of my birth. My steward dispensed justice to my vtissal- in my name, aiuf when his decisions appeared unjust to them they appealed to me in person. The gallows, which stood lefore the great pat* of the eastle, pithily an nounced my power of condemning to death within the limits of my county. By law all smugglers were subject to this rigorous penalty, to which my deputy always condemned them with unsparing severity, and which I always commuted to a lighter punishment. At this time the smugglers were in greater numbers than they are now, and as I had received directions from court to suppress the illegal traffic, I had armed my vassals, who patrolled all the defiles and by roads, scoured the mountains, and as sisted the officers of the king's customs on all occasions. This rigurons pursuit of the smugglers increased their anda city and inspired them with despera tion Mid revenge. Before they were only dealers in prohibited articles ; they now became briganCs, organized regular bands into troops, and opposed open re sistance in the field to the king's and my jurisdiction. One day fifty of my people were attacked near La Picade and cruelly massacred by these bandits ; wherpupon I vowed neTer again o re mit or commute the sentence of my depnty, but to hang up the first anggler who should be captured. A few days afterwards the worthy functionary was announced and preaont cd me with a death-warrant for my sig nature. I hesitated, trembled and could not proceed. It is snch a shocking, chilling thought tliat a few letters, so rapidly and easily traced, should have the power of depriving a fellow-creatnre of life! I tried to read the sentence, bnt my eyee were clouded and I could not see* distinctly, so I asked the steward to read it He commenced with an of ficial tonf, but I stopped him at the second line—when I found that the culprit was a girl only eighteen years old. "My lord," said the functionary, " Milanetta is the daughter of the Cap tain of the smugglers. She daily de ceives the vigilance of the guards, and passes and repasses between Spain and France with intelligence to direct the movements of the two troops of ban litis, and they could not possiblv baffle our authority but for her. This young woman is guilty; I have condemned her, and it is your duty to sanction the law's award. You have pledged yourself to the rigid execution of justice to your vassals, and you owe it to the kind. The word of a Spanish grandee is sacrej; , therefore, my Lord, you must sign that paper." "Never! Wiiat; send a girl only eighteen years old to death ! I oonldn't i muster strength to do it. What did she 1 urge in her defense?" " Nothing." " Has she confessed the charge ?" "No." Then I suspend the execution of the ; sentence. Conduct Milanetta bare. I wish to see and interrogate her person- ! ally-" , . My deputy obeyed, and in au instant afterwards Milanetta stood before me. ' Oh, if .von had seen that youthful crea ture, glittering with grace and beauty ! Hail you noticed the sublimity of her looks at that trying moment, the clear olive of her expansive brow (the sun, you know, kisses our Spanish maidens with a scorching embrace), her dark tresses floating loose in the mountain breeze, her noble attitude and the ma jestic bearing of her head, like me. you would first of all have admired ; like me, you would have felt an involuntary re spect for her ; like me, perhaps, you would have loved her! I was then only twenty-five, and knew nothing of wo men but what I had learned in the clois ters of Salamanca or the courts and re vels of Madrid. My heart was vet in its virgin freshness, my head was heated under our burning sun, and I felt tliat inscrutable want of something to love ; something to invest with the rich wor ship of my soul; something which should burst upon ine like a vision of light, even if it consumed me iu its revalation. When T commenced my examination I was much more agitated than my prison er We were alone, aud lam sure my .-motion must have Ixjen apparent when I said• - , "Do you know the punishment to FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and Proprietor. VOLUME XL ' which the steward ha* condemned von ?" " Yiw, mv lord," ahe anavrml, iu t low. oahu voice— "to death." •• Helore confirmingtho law"* sentence I have doturcd t*> see yon, to ascertain from yourself whether you have no ex tenuating circumstances to allege." " Nothing." " You are a smuggler, then ?" •' Oh, no I" " Why, Uteu. do you croe* into France every uight ? What other motive could induce you to expose yourself to such peril ?" " That I will never dinclose." " Recollect that the ouly means of saving your life is a frank and unnwen ed .I.adoration of " •• I know it, hut 1 will not do it. 1 will reply to you, my Lord, as I did to vour judge ; *1 have never smuggled.' Whether I eroas nightly into France or uot i* my own lm*iuv>*. and iny motives are my own. My doom is spoken ; let it tie executed ; fam ready to suffer it. My Lord, I shall uot answer another in quiry." From that moment she was tuaeiiHilde to advice, menace*, or entreatie*. Xoth itig could overcome her olwit mate silence. During three days I was constantly with her. and did all that 1 Could to extract her secret from her ; hut ahe treasured in the Inittom of her hrart wliat ahe wished to conceal from me, while she soon guessed what 1 dared not disclose to her. Yes, it was in her chill and comfortless cell that I—her judge, her lord, the ar biter of her life—fell at her feet and re vealed m paasiouate accents what she had already read in iny looks and ges tures. It was iu lier prison that she iMldly repulsed my loTe and rejected her jiardon on the terms I offered it. No one who had aeeu ns then would have said : " Rn is the judge and ahe W the victim." She was always calm, cold and resigned, while I endured all the tortures of dia appointed love irritate! by repulsb*. The vault of the orison resounded with my entreaties and angry exchimaUous, with my sighs and paasiouate appeals , and 1 momentarily was the prey of every contending emotion—now ready to kill Milanetta. and now resolving to save her at all hazards ; uovr begging her h> te mine, and now determined to bid tho ex ecutioner perform his fatal office. 1 was no longer myself—l loved for the first time, and the being to whom I poured ont my heart and soul in protestations of adoration, transport, ami idolatry, coldly answered: " I cannot listeu to you; I love another." After an awful outbreak of rage at such an announce ment, I insisted upon knowing who my rival was, but she replied, with the same calmness of tone and look, " That yon shall never know." At this juncture a violent knocking waa heard at the prison door. My people were looking for me ou all sides, as a French nobleman had just arrived in great baste at the castle, and demanded to see me immediately. I went to him at once, striving in vain to hide from my servant the emotions with which I was agitated, and at whose violence f myself was alarmed. I made mv appearance in the great hall, a prey to the most gkomy foretyvdiug*. I there saw a voting man who was pacing the liail with hurried steps, and who desired to converse with out witnesses. " I am the Marquis de Clairval," said he; " I possess a castle in France, which like yours, is on the very frontier, and like you 1 am engaged in suppressing smuggling and executing justice against those engaged in it." The name of the Marquis was familiar to me, as we had corresponded together to devise measures for the security of the frontier. •' But," continued he, "however rigid and unrelenting may be our justice against those taken in the act, it is rather too mnch that we should condemn innooent people to death merely because they refuse to give reasons for their l>e havior. "To what do yon allnde. Monsieur t" "Listen to me. A young girl, uamed Milanetta, has fallen into the liaori* of your officers—" " Ha! cau you explain—t" " That is the sole object of my visit It was but this morning that I heard of her arrest, her condemnation and that ahe declined disclosing the motive of her frequent trips into France by night. I know the cause au<! am come Jo unfold it to yon; but it is it full confidence of your honor and discretion. Milanetta is mine !" "Yours? You Xlilanetta's lover !" "Y'ou teem surprised at this—because such a beautiful creature as Milanetta did not reside with rue iu my castle, or that I did not take her with me to Paris during last winter. You may be also aatouished that a noble of France should be sufficiently enamoured of a peasant girl to submit to the constraint of mys tery and the harass and trouble of night ly and dangerous interviews. But Mil anetta is not one of those women who yield eaai'y, nor is she one whose influ ence can be easily shaken off." " I think I know her character," I added. " Oh, no ! Yon never can know the deep well of lore and energetic feeling in the heart of that young creature. She has risked everything to see me and to love me in secret—and now you have the object of her nocturnal jonnieys, which she would not disclose to yon liecanse she would have hail to blnsh at the con fession, and least s public declaration made to her jndge should come to the ears of her father. To prevent this she would have died without opening her lips. Now, my Lord, I have said suffi cient to convince you font she is unjust ly condemned. You are absolute here. t ask her pardon of yon and feci assured that yon will gladly oonocde it." The Marquis's language, the love which he confessed, and Milanetta's passion for him, of which he boasted so proudly and fervently, threw me into rage and despair. Ideas of vengeance and of blood rushed through my braiu till I grew giddy. Without a conscious ness of what I was doing, or going to do, I rang the bell impatiently and ordered Milanetta to be brought immediately before me. "Do not let her see me!" cried the Marquis ; " let her not lie made ac quainted with what I have done ! If she learned that it was to me that she owed her life, her feelings towards me would be all absorbed in gratitude, and it is her tove only that I desire." This expression increased my frenzy, while the Marquis, who was nearly aA much agitated as I was, did not per ceive my emotion. He only heard the sound of steps in the corridor, and thinking that it was Milanetta who ap proached, he asked me where he conld conceal himself. I pointed to the door of my closet, and the moment it closed upon him Milanetta came into the hall. For a moment I was speechless, over powered by transports of envy and pas sion. Milanetta turned awav from the fierce expression of my features. With a hoarse voice I shouted, "I know your lover now ; I am no longer ignor ant who it is you prefer to me. He has oome to solicit your pardon. The Mar quis de Clairval has cleared you of the charge of smuggling, bnt has acknowl edged that yon are his love !" " What! she frantically exclaimed, " lias the Marquis been here ?" " He is here still, Milanetta. "What, here? here iuyonr power? Oh 1 spare him, my Lord, spare him. It is I only who hav3 deserved your vengeance—death is my portion ; but for him " —•- THE CENTRE REPORTER. " Yes, scornful girl! lVatlt for v >u! He has asked for mercy for you lie has come to ask tne to place you again in his arms ; but I will give von to the exeeutiouer, and your lover shall wit Ue*" The Marquis tluug open the door with violence. 1 had quite forgotten that he was there, and he hud heard ever* word IsjHike. At his appearance Milanetta uttered oue despairing shriek, while I looked at them Imth vindictively, lie beckoned me aside, and said with a low voice : "My Lord fount, you are a gentleman by birth, but yon have dis graced your name and tank. Am "tig j iconic of our st.ition the sword i* the only arbiter, and tlie injuries of jealousy ami love are settled bv that appeal. It is net by hanging Milanetta that you should revvUK* yourself whs# you tiave the opportunity of a geutleiuau of fight ing me." " What 1 Would you accept a chal lenge ?" " This verv iustant." " But you know the stict luws against duelling, and the rigorous strictness with which both kings exact the peu altv ?" " I know very well that L>th in France and Spam the duellist is punished by the f .rfeiture of his estates ; that his shield is defaced an 1 his x>at of arms burned, and that if his enemy ts killed he is beheaded ; but 1 hate you now as strougly a* you cau hate me, and to hold mv sword's point b> your heart ! would iaoe every peril aud every disgrace ! 0 To-morrow, theu, at daybreak, 1 will lie at Veuasque with a second." "Be it so. Ami now sign Milanetta* pardon." " Her pardon!" "It is the first ami only condition of our uicotiug." 1 sigtieil it, and handed it to Milun frtta, who refusinl to take it. "What will it avail me," said she. •• when my father kuows the secret of my noctornal journeys ? When he ques tions me, what answer can 1 give him f If I tell him the truth he will kill me on the stvot." " Ktll von, Milanetta ?" '• He is only a smuggler or a bin.bt in your eves ; but tins bandit is as jealous o-s any peer of Frauw or grandee of Spain" He will ktll me I tell you, and I would prefer dying by tho executioner s hau.l to his." Next morning, before the sun rose I was at th-- verv extremity of th< Spanish frontier, and tlie Marquis made his up pearance almost as six.u. He brought his second but I had forgotten to bnug one. A man on horseback waa passing within a few pact* of us. J called to him and asked him if lie would Ixvon.o mv setxitld in a duel. He immediately .tisuiouut.xi, mcas ure.l >mr sw.uxl- like a man accustomed to the has-nees, au.l offered me hia .wn as L'tter tempere.l thau mine. We had -.canvly czosje.l our blo-b*. when the French" and Spanish guards came run ning up, separated us, enjoined us to desist, and threatened to rret ns if we renewixl the combat. Milanetta had in formed them of our intentions. 1 jer oeived the rage and mortifiction of the Marquis at thi* interruption, but 1 tol.l him that we could laugh at their inter ference, and fight before their foce* without their haviug the power to inter fere. "The frontier of France anl Spain is marked by that cross. Yon, who ore a Frenchman, cross into Spain, while I step into France. We can then cross our blades, with our feet touching the frontier line, which we can kep lietweeu our bodies and our swonls. The Span iard who fights a Frenchman on French ground, and the Frenchman who meets a Spaniard on the Spanish soil, cannot be reached by the law, for the King of Spain has no more power over you than tlie King of France has over me, and leather would violate the Lws of nations by arresting their subjects on a foreign territory." With one boan.l I stood ni*>n the ter ritory oi Fnuice, while the Murium re maine<l in Hpsm, sad we l>oth called to the guards: " Hack, marshal men of France, yon have no authority over a uoble of Spain." " Away, holy broth erhood of Spam; keep your hands off a gentleman of France." The soldiers fell bark amazed and irresolute, while we stood and fought in the narrow pane, whore there was not toosn for more than a man to stand. Our swords bud acaroely recroMcd when the Marquis fell, pierced to the heart. I rushed forward to support him, when my second, b'-lding mi> in his iron grasp, shouted: "Stop where yon are! One foot forward and death stares von in the fare, and that njKin the scaffold I" His words were interrupted by a shriek, and we saw Miluuetta fling herself upon the dead body, ntteriug the most passionate exelamatious of agony and tenderness. My second gnashed his teeth, when he saw and heard her. He rnshel to her and tore her ronghly from the laxly which she embraced. She utter*l a heart pierciug shriek, and, falling on hex knees and clasping her hands, she ex claimed: " Forgive me, father, forgive me !" " Dishonored !" answered he, with a gloomv voice. Then die with him I" and with one blow of his knife he laid her lifeless at his feet. Then lifting np her body he flnug it to me, saying: "She who loved a hated Frenchman is not worthy of finding a grnve in her country; the soil of Spain rejects the body of MilanettA." " The guards of the holy brotherhood surrounded the smuggler, who threw his knife away and held out his hands to them. " Bind me," said he, " I ntn the leader of the smugglers—yon can hang me at once for smnggling, but not for killing ray daughter. You have outlawed the smuggler, and therefore he takes justice into his own hands." My estate wa* confiscated, my es cotciieon disfigured, my castle burned and a price set nixu my head; but hea ven has punished me in lengthening ruT existence and protracting my sorrows. I have survived this event fifty years, but my heart is still young in recollections and sufferings, and from that time I have nevpr trod upon the soil of my oouutrv! A Dangerous Position. On the coast of Normandy the women are tough and hard to kill. A few weeks ago the wives of three fishermen, having filled their Ivaskets with shell fish, were going home, when they found them selves suddenly in the midst of a dense fog, which prevented their seeing land. But they knew their way, and walked on. This was alxmt si* o'clock in the evening. When they thought they were near home they were surprised by the tide. They walked as long as they oonld, bnt at length had to stop. Tne water was then up to their knees. They had to remain in the water till the tide receded, the fog being still dense. They screamed as loudly as th y could, but heard no voice in reply, and they were finally overtaken by the morning ride. Me&uwbile their husbands were running up and down the sands with lighted > torches, screaming with all their might; but neither party saw nor heard the other. At last the fog cleared away and the tide ran out, and the three fisher men's wives wore rescued, after having been in the water twenty-five hours, and during a night when the frost had bitten every tree in the neighborhiMid. They did not seem to feel much the worse for their adventure, and were in clined to langh over it... . CENTRE HA EE, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 11, 187 K. A I'HGNOHRAI'H AT WUKK. Mnklss " riuir Irsui \V Sli-S ••<-rl*-l Cr- MMVIIOH ml laar speech I aa be VtsMe llhi-a lau Are Iu laar lrur. The Philadelphia /Voir* lia* an article descriliiug Urofnesor F-lts 'ii niarvid oiis phouogrupii and how it works. \S e I uinkv the following extract: i'he luslruiuent was Ojieratixl some times bv Mr. Beiilley, but priucijmily by Mr. Jarn.s Adatus. the inventor's rcpr. s. utative. Mr. Adams, s highly intelli gent Scotchman, with a strongly mark.vl SLhitch a.xx nt in hi* spewli, hu L-eii for i tlve years the assistant of Ur..feasor Fdison iu tile latter s ehvtrical au.l other experimenL, The mas-hiuc oivupithl no more spot** Unui would a Webster'# un abridged, an.l its construction uiqmar.xl ' as simple as tliut of a hoiiwwife s coll re I mill. It was a/8C tiutiir of one which Professor Ed us in is now constructing, and which is to have a capacity >'f 48,000 words. Mr. Adams, before the jierformauce begun, thus explained the instrument: " lu tins gutta jicrebii mouthpiece is u very thin diaphragm, made of tin ty|M metal. The vibrations of the voice jar the diaphragm, which has in its ivutcr, underneath, a flue *txd point. Aiouud this brass cylinder, which, you s*x\ i* closely and tlnely gr*>o\ed by a spiral, I wrap a sheet of tinfoil. I shove the mouthpiece up until the steel |xnut touches tlie tinfoil, just aL.ve the first groove on the left. Taruiug the cyliu d< r with thi# crank, 1 talk into the mouthpiece. The diaphragm vinratc?, , causing the steel iKiilit to |>erforat tin tmfoil, Ixnviug little holes of different diameters and resembling the old Mor*<- telegraphic alphaL't. The cyhu.h-r mores truni left Ui right until the steel point has gone over the entire length of the spiral. Thus we have, as it were, a stez.xitypcd plate of the voice. From this plate a matrix in sulphur th. most vltxurable sutistaiHx. for tin- purjaiae) can L* formixl, an.l y.ars fr. uu now there .vm le taken from that matrix other plates capable of the same work which vou will presently see this oue perform. Now I turn the cylinder back to the starting place in order that tin- steel point may goovcrthe lerforati.>n* which it made when I talked iu the mouth pieou, The steel jKiiut, kept dowu by a rttblier spring underneath the diaphragm trq.s from hole t> liole, causing the diaphragm to vibrate as it did when 1 was talking :uto tlie mouthpiece. This causing the con.wpomUug oiveuing and cloning of the valves of the diaphragm, the worvls, intonation and accent are re produced with perfect accuracy. It vvouhi be uupso-ibie for any human mimic to do it *>• well. The small end of this tin funnel ia fixed iu the mouth piece to keep the reproduction from scat tering. Now IssU-n." Several gentle men, evidently sup|*o*ing that they would not IK> aide to Invar without hav ing their ears close to the fuuue), wen putting their heads near the instrument, !>ut Mr. A.lams told them that such a pr.Kxxvlmg wo* uumxx-ssary, a* they could distinguish the sounds well enough at a distance. Mr. Adsms, tiaving wrajqied a "h.x-t ..f tm foil arotmd the cylinder, sp >ke into tlie mouthpiece iu a voice of ordiuarv pitch and time, but with distinct articuf ation, meanwhile slowlv and regularly turning the crank, the following : J*. k and J ill r:it tip (he bill To set * boeivt of iir ; Jack fell dowu and briko tin crown And Jilt came tumbling after. Having r<-*et the ejlioder and fiscal the funnel in the moutkpitvi' he turned the crank and the* diaphragm rej*-.at-d the rhyme, not only as distinctly a* he had ottrffil it, hnt with an perfect a mimicry of the Scotch accent an U cause • general outburst of Laughter, in which the genial operator heartily juitMtl. Cauaiug tlie ileal jaunt to pr*N"ecd from the ending of " Jack ami Jill," Mr. A<lamji again put hut month to the diaphragm and uttered in more varying tones, winch had a range from almi*t a whisper np to a scre*s-hmg aoprano, the following : Hallo" Hoop-la' Ya-hoo ' Nineteen ysara ill the l>atite ' 1 scratched iny name uixm the wall And that naint' >u liot*-rt l-amlr-y-y-y, I'arh-z vtma Francali ? Spreeheti n- hfillMk Turning the crank backward until the stoel |toint toiohed the beginning of " Jack anl Gill," he again gave the for ward motion. The diaphragm'* elocution of the rhyme wan on tin* occasion a* gotal aa ltefon\ and the aoooud congloniera tion of utterance wiw ilehveretl by the vibrating metal with all the character istic* of the operator's ejaculations and recitation. For the Hake of novelty the steel jaunt waa now caused to go along the j>erfornted spiral, while Mr. Adains whistled, yelled and shouted all aorta of riilieulona things into the mouth piece. Aa a result the bit of metal atrougly af fected the risible muscles of the audience by something like thia : Jack and Jill went -•' Cheese it Up the hill To get a bucket "O, wipe off rottr chin Of water. Jack fell dowu and " Hello, young— llroke hit crown Keller, dowt you're mother know you're out '>" And Jill—" Va-hoo ' I've tattled myself I'.dt tou Came tumbling after. Hallo! boofila!—"Shut upya-hoo' "Oo bag your head!'—Nineteen year* in the Ila*tlle. " I'm a Scratched mv name—" a jolly Irish man ' Upon the wall And thai " From Dublin town I came " Name wat—"Ha, ha, ha!"—llolwirt I-andry-y-y. I'arlee rou* FrancaitV —"Oo hire a hall !' Hprerhen we Deutwh ?- "00, give uaa rest ' The effect of this wan too ludicrous for description, find for a time all hands were uueontrollablv merry. Having put on ami ruused the steel point to jierforato a new sheet of tin foil, again speaking " Jai'k and Jill " into the in strument, Mr. Adftms made the point travel backward, and 'the diaphragm reproduced the recitation, beginning with the last won!, "after," ami ending with the first word, "Jack." In this way the njierntor amused his audience for an hour. He became hoarse, hut the lustruraeut did not. There is no electricity about the spenking phonograph, anil, like so many other great inventions, its construction is so simple nnd its operation so easily understood that a person seeing it Would probably ask himself, " Now, why didn't j I think of that ?" The breat Pyramid*. Ho much lias been written nlout the great pyramids, says a correspondent, that I will spare myself from entering upon the task of a description. 1 call it a task, IMOHUBC among the authorities I have on Egypt 1 find scarcely two agree on important points relating to the age, dimensions and theory of the construction of the pyramids. All, how ever, coincide in saying that the height of Glioops exceeds that of the spire of the Htraaburg Cathedral, which is the tallest in Europe. The Sphinx stands in front of the second pyramid, and shows a length of 110 feet with the fore paws extending an additional flftv feet in'front. The height, according to Pliny, I is*l43 feet, and the circumference of the | forehead 102 feet. When first exhumed I a paved inclosed place was found be tween the pawa, which contained the evidences of having been a small temple. Tlie Hphinx was held by the Egyptians as emblematic of the king, or a combi nation of mtelleetnal and physical pow er, and was worshiped as a deity. A Sarcastic Mendicant. " I'm very huugnr," aanl a haggard tramp, with very rod eyes, as he SIIMNI IM>W mg olis. quniusly at theslde eiitran.*e of a Court street house. " Won't you j.leaso, lua'am, be ao giXMI as to give me a little s..iu.'tiling to cut. Anything will do si.ls au.l cn.ls .x.1.l or warm it don't matt.-r, for 1 not one of them high-toned, fruxl oystci fellers." " Mv husbalul has forbi.Men lue ki eu courage idleness by giving away any more provisions," replied the lady of the house. "He savs you fellows have a sort of Free Masonry way of letting others know every house at which you have been fed, an.l it is sure to bring a troop of lazy vagal mud* upon us who would starve before they'd lift a hand t work. Ho you will have to move ou aud get vonr breakfast some place else," " lint l'tu uot a vagabond, ma'am; I'm a hard • working, industrious man. i came up ou a b at from Memphis to see my sick mother who lives out u<mr Csla den, and isn't expected to live. I was roblM-d on the Liat of every cent 1 had and all my clothes, while 1 was m lied. The captain gave me these old things. I don't like to l>eg, but Camden ts a good stretch from here, an.l 1 can't walk it ou an empty stoiuoch. Think of the out stretched arms of a poor sick mo'her toward her almeut chiia, and put wings oil my feet With a few (Xild potatoes. I'm just at that point where 1 can eat 'eiu without salt." " I can't do it. They all have a story uL>ut like thst. The last man 1 fed had to go to Columbus inside of tweuty-four hours to save an innocent man from hanging, but two daya afterward I saw him down town so drunk he couldn't hold his mouth shut." " Well, 1 never drink. If I hadn't been robLxl I cotiltl show voii my Mur phy nbLui that I've worn till it's raveled into strings, i/ong years ago I swore at my mother's bended knee- the same ur who moans on her couch of pam lecuu*e I'm Uot Willi her—thai I would never touch the blighting cup, an.) i Laiu't, from that time tip to thia miuutc. Can't you help me to get there in time to comfort her declining hours with the joyful tidings that I lieeii steadfast through ail temptation, by giving me tlie cold I'II!' yon hzil intruded to dump iuto *die garbage box? I'm awful hungrv." " 1 can't help it. I mtuit obev ray husband his orders Were i*wutive,'' aaid the w.uaan, snappishly. " Well, you're the m.sit extraordinary woman 1 ever saw if you do. But say, can't you give me the iaj>er the lierf st>ak wa* brought home in, to chew as Igo along. It may fool my stomach for awful" and make it brace up by thinking something la-tier will be along pre'UtJy, You'll do that much toward .-using a f >n.l uawnt'a anxious heart, won't you. " No. 1 won't" " Well, theu give me a newspajier and let me set by the fire and read the Silver t;sement of a meat markrt, aed show me the place where it tell* all sut pron molt*. Even that would giv. me a feast -for the imagination—which has been about the extent of my living lately. Y'ou won't Ix-lieve it, lusylK', but it's a fact, that all Uie nourishment I've had f..r two .lays is the bill of fare |>aiiilod on the outside of tile Fifth-street restaurant. Can iron think of that and keep your stale'bread on the inside of your cup hoard ?" " Ye*. 1 ui; and I want you to make yourarU scarce without any more palaver, or I shall send my Liv to call a |K>IIC^ man." exclaimed tlie indignant woman. " Evcu the photograph of a elncken would lie some comfort," said the man, hr way of banter, as lie moved off, •• and tf yon .lon't use soap in your dish wati r a few p..t*t.x-s shoo.! tip tn it would be r<vul*i lar l >ecue tor me."— ('incin 'Mi(i lirtak(a*i Tuttfr. Hue Rubber Hall* are Made. The process of making the hollow rnbtier balls used by children for play things * quite curious, and may be in teresting to those not fsmtliar with it. A Hoi yoke writer thus describes it: The upper r>sm of tlie mill is prepares! to push this branch of the business for a few months, and it will probably turn out some 50.000 dozen of those balls lie twesn Jannarv and June. These balls have a solid surface, are made by a different process from that of making the soft rubber ladls which are perfor ated by an opening, and. of course, are much more firm, durable and clastic. The sho t# of rnbber prepared for tlie balls an- cut into strips of douldf convex shajte. The edges of the strip# are moistened with a preparation of rubber and naphtha, hi which tbey are joined firmly together, three of Uie stnj* leing used for one ball. Tins part of the work is done by girls, and a skillfulytirl can cam alsnit 81.5*1 per day. When the * trips are joined together, the ball is very near the shape of a Brazil nut. Be/ore the last opening is closed, Somali quantity of carbonate of ammonia is put inside, which, when subjected to a strong heat, will make the rubber expand and fill out the ball mold. The opening is then OIOS.NI with the adhesive mixture, and it is placed in an iron mold of the size and shajie of the ball desired. The molds arc packed into frames in which tliev are subjected *to the heat of the vnlcanizer. They are kept in place in the frame bv iron rods nlong Uie side, and, when tlie frame is full, iron plates at the ends are screwed down tightly upou the molds to hold them in place. These iron plates arealsuit three-fourth# of An inch thick, and so strong is the expansive force of the riihler in the molds that tliev have bent this thick iron into a curve. If one of the moldn should work out of place while vulcanizing is in process, the molds will fly out with a noise like the report of a dozen pistols, and the work is spoiled. The action of the heat does the rest When the molds are oj>enod they contain the perfect round balls, with no mark of the places where the pieces were plAoed. The slight ridge made by the mold is ground off bv a stone need for the purpose, and the I tall is done. This is hilt <me pro ces# of rubber work. Besides the hollow balls are made solid balls of rubl>er, etc. Death from OverEtlaf. A French cook named Paqnotte sot out from a village on the upper Ottawa, C'tniulu, some time ago, to walk to (tat ineau Point through the mow, having hiipplio'l himself with provisions enough to last him several ilnys. He proceeded quietly on his journey for the first day, but on the second, a blinding snow storm came on, and he lost his way. At the end of the tliinl .lay, the provision bag gave out, and be bad not the slightest idea of his whereabouts. On the seventh day he had grown so weary that he was unable to walk any further. He lay down in a snow bank and made np his mind that there he would have to per ish. He had Iteeu there but a few min utes when a horse and cutter name in view, and ho hail barely sufficient strength left to hail the driver. He snc ceded, however, in the end, and it turned out to be a priest, to whom he told his story. The pr-test drove him to the parsonage and gave him some thing t<> eat. lie then left him alone at the table whilst he went outside to look after his horse, and when he retnrmal, found Paquette lying on the floor writh ing in agony. He had eaten too much and died before a physician could be summoned. A REVOLT OP UONVHTH. •same ml the lleiull* ul the llurrurs upuu a llerrul Uulhrrah at I klllaa I'rlaaarrs. Hilne time ugu news waa brought of an outbreak of CMiiliau prisoners con fined at a jieniil ivloliy in Patagonia, Hoiitli Ameri.-a, but n< details were given. Later news is now at hand, and the New York Huirt MV" A letter from Handy Point, l'atagouia, says the community baa recovered from tin* con sternation tnt<> which It hod !*eeu thrown by the ilUet|>ect<xt revolt of tlie trwijn and the release of the couviet*. A fresh IMMIV, 'iGO strong, has laudixj with Ute intention of pursuing the reliels into the heart of the I'ampaa. It is feared, how ever, that their utmost efforts will lie unavailing, as the uouvicta have obtain ed throe weeks' start Justice is as likely to be vindicated by oold, hunger and the ludiam- as by the Chilian troops. Had tlie outbreak beeu executed OS clev.-rly as it was planned there is no doubt that the Chilian ti.ivenimeut would have eijierieneod great difllculty in recapturing the settlement. At first both prisouera and guards acttxl in eoni plete agreement. Forming themselves into organized Imdies, they poured into the town, murdering all who resisted, ' and liappily their uewly-regaituxl free dom turned the head* of the convicts. The dwire of Conquest yielded to lust and a varus*. Throwing themselves into the richest houses, they plundered, burned, outraged and drank till all or ganization was lost. The town next morning looked as if it had la*en taken )<V storm, so great was the devastation, tlie folio wing acenc occurred in the house of a gentleman, one of the priuri pal residents : About the middle of the night he and his two daughters were arotiiwxl by several deafening report*. They got up aud dreaaifd. Iu a abort time a young Luglioh lady came to the house iu the hope of finding security. For about half an hour they waited 111 terri ble anxiety, listeuiug to the shrieks and shot* which were audible on all aidea. At leugth the door wr* burst open, and a party of ten men accompanied by some of the lowest women of the place, and all half mad with drink, rushed into the house. In the drawing-room sbssl a piano, which prove! the safety of the party, The idea occurred to one of the couvicta to make the girls |iay while th*v danced. This ides waa adojited, and Uie pair g'.rla, half dea<i with fear, : were forced with oaths and curses U> take their place at the piauo while the ruffians tlanctxl round the room. Suddenly one of the men called to a compwniou, " Y<u can't damx* ; I'll teach you." There VM a coarse answer, and, drawing a pistol, the second man shot the first thrmgh the heart. A general conflict ensued, in which several men lost their lives, and the remainder l>eeomiug rerun oiUxl, continued their .lance over the deail lasites. At length a tnesiwnger amvixl, saying that the trtxumre chest wa* being rifled. Thia news prodnoc.l a general stampede, and the hnlnw and ! tliei/ father were in a minute left alone ! with the dead. Five corpses! were found in the drawing-room when the Chilian troops landed. This is but an example of the many scenes that ocrnrred during that awful uight. The.highest praise ia duetolhe govern.if.who.tbough wounded ! by the wheel of a cannon pasaiug over j hi* leg, still ha.l the courage to ride across the uthmus hi summon the Chil ian man of-war. Th* .Linage u eeti matcl at $T00,000. Stanley. At * lrtur iMimnl by Mr. Htanlf? in liuD<l<ii), the Prince of Wale# i# said t hitr !uik"i Mtdhat Pa*l, the Turk ish kiul>uw*tl<ir, if he lull found tile dis course intrreaUng. The answer i* said to have Iteeu : "We Turks have more need n>w thau other j>et>le to take an interest in expeditions into unknown lands, since we mar noon hare to seek anions Uiem for a home.'' The •• p4<roual" man of the I*>n>l<>ti World., who went to a* Mr. Stanley in hia lodging*, Rives this sketch of him: '• The figure which rises from the fire side to greet the visitor is tliat of a small, stifflv built man, erect in bearing, but in voice and mnnuer rather sympathetic and enthusiastic than hard and stern. The voice is not as the voice of a deter mined and cruel man. Ilia luur ia—to quote a phrase of lhckena— • gray before its tune, like a neglected fire. Hani work and exposure have made Mr. Htsn lev'a abundant looka very gray ; but for all tliia, the head is that of a young man. and there ia no indication of premature age in voice or gesture. The expression of the face ia that of a man who always hold* liimaelf prepared for any emer gency or summons, ven tiiough the lat ter convey as large nn order as that which Mr. Stanley received on a memo rable oooaaion a few years ago from hia New York ' IKSW: '"Send a mail 200 milea tip the lbs! Sea to intercept Norua and ascertain details ot Livingatone's death. Cable 1000 word# to thin office.' The Hrrafd man in Egypt had relays of donkeys ready at Suez. The Noma came to an anchor during the night ; a lsat sent from the ahorc boarded the steamer at daylight, interviewed Wain wright, and, 'thanks to the donkey ar rangement#, a splendid account reached the New York Herald "FFIOE IU London, and was distributed, with Mr. (lordon Bennett's compliment#, to all London, provincial and Continental papers." A Scene In Stockholm. Ten years ago Stockholm was only ac cessible by sea. Even now it is called the Venice of the North. The streets are arms of the sea, A fleet bf war-shins could defile in battle array under the palace windows of the Swedish king. The aolc vehicle of Stockholm is a light steamer, a microscopic affair propelled by a miniature steam engine. It pulla up at the ourbfroquently.disenibarks Uie passcugers and ring# its Ik>ll for another load. Captain, engineer, helmsman and fireman are all embodied satisfactorily in the person of one small lxy. He col lects the fan> from the jMuoauigers, gives the signal for leaving, and obeys it— slows up or crowds on steam. On tln-se boat# you may study at your leisure tlie ix aaaut girls and women wearing their picturesque provincial costume. Their short skirts diachse shirking# of a bril liant red ; a brown or green bodice im prisons their waists; quaint, stiffly starched caps cover their heads. The physical asjiect of the Kwinliali jiopnla licm is blond, large, tall ; in ro|>o#e tlie face denote# great placidity, but in speaking the blue eye# light MI up with intelligence ami the language !>econie# rapid and full of color. There ia much in them which recalls the German char acter, and yet they are more like the Germans as' depicted by Tacitus than the Prussians of onr day. What Our Coins Weigh. One million dollars in gold weighs 8,685 57 pounds avoirdupois ; 1,000.- 000 trade dollars weigh 60.0(H); 81.000,- 000 of 412$ grains weighs 68,928 4-7; 81,000,000 in fractional coins weighs 56,114 2-7; 81,000,000 in five cent nickels weighs 220,467 1-7; 1.000.000 in three cent nickels weighs 142,8671-7 ; $1,000,- 000 in one cent pieces weighst>B6,7l4 2-7. A coinage of 4,000,000 of the new silver dollars per mouth would amount in a vear to 2,828,671 3-7 pounds, or over 1,414} tous, and if the pi cow were laid side by side they would form a oontinn * oits string 1,1364 miles in length. TERMS: Wii.OO a Year, in Advance. Forest Myths. Once upon time, says a tale widely spread in Aaia, four travelers apent a night in a fnriat, and agreed Uiat one of tUnui ahould keep watch by turns while the others slept. The first watcher waa a earj muter. Bv way of naming the time, he took liia ax, and out of the stem of a tree lying pr< si Irate hard bv, fanhioun.t the for til of a Woman, shapely IU figure and comely in faoe. Theu he woke oue of he comrades, aud lay dowu to real. The atwrnd watcher waa a tailor. Aud when he aaw the woman lying ou the ground, he produced Ins work basket and bundle of stnffa, and clothed her handsomely from head to loot. Then he, too, reanmol his alumber. after hav ing aroused the third of the party, who was a jeweler. And the jeweler waa struck by the sight of a fair and well dressed female form leaning against a neighboring tree, and he opened his cas ket*, and decked her with rings, and necklaces, and braoeleta. Then he called the laat of the party, who waa a holy man, strong in prayer and incantation, aud went to sleep. Aud when the fourth watcher saw the wooden woman, ao well drwstxl and decked, he set to work, and by sjiells and prayers turned her wood into flesh and blood, and inspired her with life. Juat then bia three com pa uioua awoke, and gated with wonder and admiration at the lovely creature who stood lef.ire them. Himultaneunaly .•ach of the four travelers claimed her a* his wife; the carpenter beoauac he had Iruuiud her, the tailor beoauae he had drtMeed her, the jeweler beoauae he had adorned her. and the holv man bwauae he had given her life. A fleroe d. pute arose. The authorille* of the neighbor - , ing village were in vain appealed to; the problem, a* to which of the four had most claim to the hand of the disputed brnlc, waa too difficult for them to solve. At last it was rraolved to submit the rtsae .to a higher eourt The claimants, the judges and the audience all went ont to the cemetery, and there prayed for a derision from on high. While the jirayer went up the woman leaned against a tree. Aiiddenly the tree opened, and the woman entered it, and was seen no more. As she disappeared, a voice from on high was heard saying," To it* origin shall every created thing return." The mythological core of this story is the idea that humau and tree life mav lie connected. Tlie rest of it has lxveu supplied by teachers who wished to luculiwte the ihictnue that all things return to their first elements, and nar rators desirous of framing one of the numerous stones involving a problem or puzzle capable of various solutions. The leading idea has been better pre- Hervixl in the following modem tSreek folk-tale: There was ooats a childless wife, who uaeJ to lament, saying, "If only I had a child, were it but a laurel berry!" And heaven sent her a golden laurel berry, but it* value waa uot re- ( cognised, and it waa thrown sway. From | it sprang a laurel which gleamed with golden twig*. At it a Prince, wink* fob | lowing thechaae, wondered greatly. And determining to return to it, he ordered his cssik to prepare a dinner for him be neath it* shade. H<- was obeyed. Bat during the temporary aliseuoe of the cook, the tree opened, and forth ram* a fair maiden, who strewixl a handful of salt over the riiuida, and then returned iuto the tree, which immediately closed upon her. Tlie Prtnoe n-turued and •coldeal the cook for ovciwaiting the din ner. The onok declared hia innocence, hut iu vain. The next day tlie aame ocrnrred. Ho on the third day the Prince kept watch. Tlie tree opened, and the maiden came forth. But IWore the could return into the tree, the Prince canglit hold of her and earned her off. After a time she escaped from him, ran back to the tree, and called upon it to open. But it remained shut. So she had to return to the Prince. And after a while be deserted her. It was uot till after long wandering that she found him again, and lieoame his royal oonaort. Haii u thinks tins story is founded on the Hellenic lielief iu Dryads; but it bolooga to an ivarlicr mythological family than the Hellenic, though the Dryad ami the Laurel-maiden are undoubtedly kins women. Isiug before the Dryads and Orcwd* had received from tlie aculptur iwque (ireek mind their perfection nf human form and face, trees ware credited with woman-like inhabitants capable of lining good and ill, and with powers of their own, ajmrt from those possessed by the su|M>rnstnral tenant* of banning and blessing. (.Ymtrmjtorarsf Jtrrtcw. Tlie lelephane Novelty. A writer in tlie /\>/m/ar .Science Monthly says : When we liogin to use a telephone for the first time there is a seuse of oddity, almost of foolishness, in Uie experiment. The dignity of talking ooua.#t# in having a listener, and there aeems a kind of absurdity in addressing a pieoe of irou, hut we must raise our respect for the metal, for it is anything but deaf. Tlie diaphragm of ths tele phone, the Uiin iron plate, is as sensitive as Uie living tympanum to all the deli cate refinements of sound. Nor doea it depend upou the thinness of the metallic sheet, for apiece of thick boiler plate will take tip ana transmit the notion of Uie air-particle# in all the grades of their subtility. And not only will it. do Uie same thing as the tympanum, but it will do vastly more; the gross dead metal proves, in fact, to be a hun dred times more alive than the living mechanism of speech and audition. This ia no exaggeration. In quickness, in accuracy, ana even in grasp, there ia a perfection of sensitive capacity in the metal, with which the organic instrument cannot compare. We speak of pro verbial "quickness of thought," but the telephone thinks quicker than the nervous mechanism. Let a word bo pro nounced for a person to repeat, and the telephone will hear and speak it a htin drea miles awav in a tenth part of the time that the listener would need to utter it (live a man a aeriea of half a dozen notes to repeat, and he cannot do it accurately to save hia life ; but Uie iron plate takes them up, transmits them to another plate hundreds of milea off whieh sings them forth instantaneously with absolute precision. The human machine can, hear, and reproduce, in it* poor wav, only a single series of notes, while the iron ear of the telephone will take up whole chords and trams of music, and, sending them by lightning through the wire, its iron tongue will emit them in perfect relations of harmony. Lost Time. Many odd bits of time are allowed to go to waste which, if improved, would pro duce great results. History is full of examples of those who have risen to eminence by simply using in a proper manner leisure moments. A person can become proficient in a science or a lan guage by snatching fifteen minutes a day sud applying himself to it How often is heard the remark, " I wonhl like to read that book, or become acquainted with that language or science, bnt 1 have not the time !" And yet those very per sons spent three hours a day at their meals 1 There are few, if there are any persons who have not a half an hour a .lay which they may call their own. Tliat half hour, rightly used throughout the year, will i tore the inind with a largo' amount of useful knowledge. Let no one, then, falsely assert, "I have net the time," bnt speak the truth, and say " I am too lay." NUMBER 15. I PAKE, UAKIIES A.f D OOUBEHOI.B. Herts—. Tomock Toast. —Taks eool boiled ! tongue, mince it fine, mix it with ormn, I mi l to every half-pint of the mixture | allow the well lieelett yolk* of t*J egg*, llaoe over the fire and let it simmer a minute or two. lisve ready aorne uioely nstated bread; batter it, place oo a Lot ! dish, and pour the mixture over. Bend to table hot. KUK AST or Veau—Cover thickly with crumbs of breed, pot some small lnmpe , of butter about on it, and sprinkle witu iiepper and salt when baked, rnakuyf a gravy of butter. This is a vsry nice ! dish. Both the rack and breast, as ! eotunionly driasied, are but little esteem id, yet in Una way make excellent dish cm 1 —iiaaar Vuok Book. Bins or litter Roasted.— The be* rib is the licet masting pieoe. Pet the i meat down before a nice, clear fire, put . ; some dripping into the pen; dredge the , ' joint witu u little floor, and keep con- t tinually hasting. When thoroughly j done, put upon a hot dull, and sprinkle a little aalt over the hunt. Pour a btlie ; I boiliag water into the dripping, season , with pepper and salt, and strain if over , Liu* Qigffit, VoKTAai.Kßocr.—The beet soup may > be made with hlUe expense when vage- | i tables are plentiful. What remains of a I roast will serve very well for s basis, if no piece of fresh uncooked meat is at I itand. lal the vessel in which yon make [ your aotip lie provided with a dose oover, and allow yourself plenty °f time, ! so that the soup need only simmer for five or six hours, but never bod hard. , | As the water evaporates, add more, but ' always let it be boiling water. afhrr the first which is poured cold over the meat I Add vegetables according to the taste of j yonr family. For instance,a quart of ripe , tomatoes, scalded and peeled, ta not too I much, hot even two or three makagheir impreasion when more oaunot be obtain- 1 rti; a large handful of green corn, cut from the cob; another of yonsg tender okra; and yet another of Irish pota toes, peeled and cot into small pieotw, and lastly, a handful of small Lima lieans. Beason oautiooaly with aalt and (•epper, remembering that more can be easily added at table. In this kind of aonp* a pod of red pepper is regarded as preferable seasoning to black, the pod not to be broken. Btir the scop fre quently, lest Uie vegetables stick to the bottom and burn. Hkim carefully, and dish np hot. In the far Booth, when* this aonp is made to perfection, they let the vegetables cook so thoroughly as to form an indistinguishable mass, and strain it, moreover, so that the flavor is left without their substance. HturksM lltal*. Keep fresh lard in tin veaaels. Keep yeast in wood or glass. Keep preserves snd jellies tn glass. Keep salt in s dry place. Keep vinegar is wood or klaaa. Keep meal and flour in a eool, dry place. Sugar is an admirable ingredient In curing most and fish. Croats pieces of bread sbouM be kept in an earthen jar, closely covered, in a dry, cool place. Lanl fvr pastry should he used hard, aa it can tie cut with a knife. It ahouid , be cut through the flour, notrubbol. In boiling meat for aoup, use cold water to extract the juioaa. If the meat ia wan tod for itself alone, plunge in boiling water at oooe. Broil steak without salting. Salt draws the juice* in conking; it is desirable to ( keep these in if possible. Oook over a ( hot fire, turning frequently, searing on I Kith sides Place ca a platter, salt tnd pepper to taste. To prevent meat from aoorrhhigduring t roasUug, place a basin of water in the I oven. Idle Steam generated luwveuU t scrolling and tnakea the meat oook , better. Beef having a lendeocT to be tough can be made very palatable by slewing gentlv for two hour* with pepper and wUt, taking out about a pint of the lienor , when half done and letting the rest boil mto the meat. Brown the meat in the pot. After taking up, make a gravy' c£ the pint of liquor saved. OIL Orr or Worn.**.-You can get a bottle or barrel of oil off any carpet or woolen stuff, by applving dry buckwheat | plentifully and faithfully. Never put ! water u such a grease spot, or liquid f < any kind. TWr M SMH mi PeeSlaa Fseifr. The purpose* aerved by food are- of ! several distinct kinds—the maintenance'! of animal heat, the growth of bone and 1 muscle, and the supply of fat. For host | and respiration the food needs starch, sugar-gum and oily or fatty subetanoeea, for which purposes rice and wheat tokc the lead in value, followed by orwn, buck wheat. barley, wheat bran, and potatoes. For supplying the growth of the body and the production of agw*. flash-forming foods are requimi, such as peas and beans, middlings and oats. A* bone making food, lwau ia best; next is barley ; while oato, wheat and beans have about the same relative value. To fatten poul try rapidly such food muA be selected as contain* most fatty or oily matter, la this respect corn stands at the head, next j oats, middlings, cow's milk, wheat and \ Rioe, potatoes and vegetables , have little or no fat. Animal food is frequently given, but, whan roaming about at large, fowls get a auflicient supply in the insect and worms they naturally devour. Poultry need a con stant supply of vegetable food when confined in ooopa, such ft* potatoes, turnips or cabbages, and when this is i-ooked and mixed with meal, the effect lia still bettor. Nothing ia so desirable as a constant supply of pure, fresh water.— America* Cultivator. The Kate ef Moating Wreck*. I! nature made no provision for the rvntoval of floating wreck from the sur faoe of the ocean, dangers of naviga lion would increase in a fearful ratio: floating hulls, spars and masts would •oon cover the sea. To effect the re moval of floating w<xxl three specie# of small marine animals play a most im portant part. Suppose we have a ship's spar drifting down upon the waves. A small creature, known as the barnacle, soon discovers it and attaches itself thereto, and as these little creatures ex ist in immense numbers, the timber speedily become# covered with them. Ou examining them at this stage we shall find that they are attached to the timber by means of a tube not unlike the windpipe of a ehicken, thia tube be ing Ailed with aliqnid, whilst from the shell protrudes a series of twenty-four hairy claws or tentacles. Each joint of the latter is arched, and furnished with | rows of hair on its concave side so much like feathers that it is probably from their appearance that the first idea of the barnacle goose was derived. The effect of the barnacle is to sink the log. Wheu in mid-water or at the bottom it 1 is attacked and riddled through by two little wood-boring worms, the pbolas and the teredo. The teredo nayalut or ralamitaa tiavium, works its way throngh hard planks, and lines the tunnel a it goes with a hard, ivory like shell. Thus, then, the barnacles ! and wood worms unite to work the de struction of wreckage ; for, borne down by the one, it is speedily riddled by the i | others, until it falls to pieces by the ' action of the waves and becomes lost. , ltn f Itrwt. Motto. —" Nevar too lata t ommPWfr, Obt of BHiMtto-blll dm— He wbo ' VMM feta half H million at good fat snails every month. The salary f coqgrMin*n Id 29f> pound* of stiver per year. Forty-four municipalities in Maaaa ebuaetis an free from debt. Egypt is the place for juvenile axeur sinus. A boy can always find bia "man my there. Mr. Wall**, of Rawdon. N. H., bap lost nine children vithin sixteen days; disease -diphtheria. Cabbages * etching twenty and twenty-three and a third pound* are on exhibition at Block ton, CaL Braxil is the only country in America whore slavery legally exist*. Official figures, published in 1*74 place the aiave population at l,Ulf >,2fiL Uaoeral Mite, the dwarf wbe weighs only fourteen pounds, ha* earned $20,- I*lo for his mother hi two years. She rails It the widow's write. Oil baa been struck in the Black Hill*. For the bene#* of gentlemen wbo bar* been interviewed by the ustiiM of that region we hope it is hair oil. We mrflially agree with the captain of the vessel that brought the Cleopastra obelisk into the Thame* that it i n't pleasant to have a needle in toe. The Italian exploring expedition, wlucb attempted to penetrate into the interior of Africa, hu been attacked by the King of Hho*. and compelled to ra torn lotheooaet Mr. Brandt, a member of tin- Min nesota Lagxsiatura, aeoepted a bribe of S6O, gave it to the clerk, and exposed the tvirnmtios, which related to the i supply at book* fur the public school*. • Whet <hd the prisoner first strike 1 yon forf" easuslly asked the judge of i the nplaiusnt with a bandage over Ins eye. "He first struck me for a five dollar MB, your honor.** wan the feeling ! reply. A foolish fellow w -Hhog near New i ¥<*k, has issued a challenge to aov man i America to smoke cijpn*. Henley ays be has smoked 100 in twenty-three 1 hodrs, and can beat that. He desires to wager SMO to SI,OOO am the result Montgomery ifumm * menagerie has Intra sold in LtmwnUm bf the slieriff. An chad treat fpr s*&i A xebrv $280; lions, 1100 each; ISO; hyenas. sll each; a wart hog $190; an elephant, $1,500; a eamel, $130; a cfrd tiger, $000; and s rtrtaaeerou*, SB,OOO. to Ipssfctar ef a pewnD Saalts, I*y goat foigt year vwu. ihuMßiW, I ho— villi latum of flaw Kbouid mpMuri throw a Mom. If we have a—Jung etaats do Hut tatS f shr' m, Tl bettor we comment* at botw And from Mefpohrt begin. Tb following >* * Bta Pranei*oo ad verti*em-nt • "Oorrrapondeviec t solic ited from braided ladies, Circassian*. or other female eun#itea, who, in return for a true heart ami devoted husband, would trawl during lb* an tamer month*, and allow him to t ike the money at the door." Truth u alwaya consistent with it elf, and needs nothing to help it out. It la alwaya near at hand, and ait* upon oar lipa and is ready to drop oat before we are aware ; whereas a lie is lDubl*ane, and acta a man's inwataoo npoo the rack, and oua trick need# a great many more to make it good. Bnipkin* refused to get his wife a new hat, and aoon after hi* little girl came in and mud : " Mamma, wool yon bay ITS a monkey to play anth when yon go down townV* "So, darling—wait till yon am older, aau theu marri one, aa I did," replied the grief-atrickeu wife, ber tun bursting ont afresh. One day, a man put together parta of rariotte maerts and submitted them to Agassi* ae a rare epetemen. *He alao protended nek to know to what specie* it and asked the prufeeaor to tsll. h in iv It Wto April cools' liar. A gave a tingle planer at the ob ject aftd. fooHng up. SaM " Humbug." - (k. AirWu. A in esciy rail war days, was ta ken to see the porfornanoeSa locomo tive. He had neeer known carnages to lie moved except by animal power. Rverr other eipkaattoa fiuled to make the matter dear to him. Altar long re flection. Uw*efoni,wodsmg no po*ci- • his escape foom the c-mobttiou, he ex claimed. amftdenflj, to his companion, " There must be horses inside !** John Rhodes, of Hcmwdow, Eagimuu, dressed"himself as a tramp. denied him seif the neoasssms of life, and took to the road. He lately died, sod his f->r uum was foaml w bt otw £IOO.OKI The m" bequeathed it to various metr v poHtan chamieu. 4 A rimikr hmuno of ceMbflintv >eßis4 i* MamtUes. Tim objaat of the miser was tobaihi an aqus duct tt> oanrey wat -r into the city free, and it was done. During the life of the Frenchman he wa* ridiculed, despisori, and, like Stephen of oM. cume near be ing stoned ha aoeoaat oh his rags and The Montpeher * Vh ) Argus tells thit rut storr : Fbraome time past Eraetu* Chase, of Calais, has been troubled with a swarm bf rata, which hare attacked his mdtlwand oaten hake in their hide The other night hi* hired man went into the barn ittM fit *cnon to see a swarm of rataemcrga from a hole, and killed <iight at once. A few moments after a young Wcr was seen to plunge madly about, *P-* examination revealed an eaormou* rat on its back, contentedly auckiug from a hula which it had made is *t" annual's hale. Fbison and otlw methods have breu restored to, but with out wraiL •This male," remarked the briery Stable man, as tbev passed the stall where the sleeping animal was leaning op against the partition, dreaming of an Lien wheivm there wwabnt one mule and a thousand timid men. " this male is a kicker." "This ouef Innocently inquired the young man, laying his band upon the mwe to be sure that the pro pur was indicated, "This The liverv man said he didn't mind the loss of the money (aa the young man did not take nut the faucj rig h§ was going t<> look at), for he oould more than make that up on the hearse and carriage as soon as the remains name down; but what he hated about it was having the roof of the stable mnwed up fo where the young man went through. r Why, my dear, what is the matter * What can vou mean ? you look so de pressed. It eaunot he—and yet—oh. re lieve this killing suspense ! . Alexander, have vou failed 1" eaid his wife, with .•i*H>el hands. " No, mr dpar; my credit is vet unimpaired, ami business is looting up." " You can't meek to ssy, dear that vour Old pain in the head lus come back." "No." "You haven't had to pay the mwe for your brother Joseph ?" "No." " Have wu—now tell me, Alexander Buflack, have you had another attack of vertigo f " No." " Has vcmr cashier broken his Murphy pledge?" " No." i"Now I know—l exper.twHt*-fr knew it all the time—l 1 felt sare it wrwild be so. Mr. Debonair has naked for Seraplnw t" " No, noth ing of the kind.,' " The" tell me, with out waiting another minute, ghat haa happened; I esn bear it; let pie know the wirst" "Well, that button I told von about has got tired of hanging on by one thread, and here it ia.— Elmtra Gazette. Premature Burial. Another lucky escape fro til burial alive has occurred in Paris in thb case of S lawver named Lelone. His .son, sum moned to hia death bed, found him, as it waa supposed, dead, kissed bis brow, mid was suppriaed at its warmth. Borne hoursJaier lie revived and. said \ " Ah, doctor, those few momenta' sleep have done me h world Of good." The French taws require that intemdnt shall follow death within, at moat, thirty-six honrs. and thus it often happens that burial takes pi ce previous to putrefaction. It waa ag nat this limited time imposed by the .rial-bill that an eminent prelate ao powerfully protested in the French chamber, relating how he himself bad been laid oat tor burial. Here, too, i'-i rammri, burial takes lace much t-m aoon. In England at bwst five days ii terwmto. . , rJ lb; 4AS
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