A Pontic Word is Never Lost.
A rant)* word is never lost.
Oh, never then refuse one;
It cheers the heart when tempest tossed,'
And lulls the oe-eo that bruise one ,
It soetters sunshine o'er our wsy.
And turns onr thorns to rose*,
It chanties weary night to day.
And hope and love discloses.
A gentle word is never lost -
Thy fallen brothers need it;
How easy and how small the cost
With peace and com fort speed it ;
Then drive the shadow from thy cheek,
A smile can well replace it;
Our voice is music when we speak
Wit h gentle word* to grace it.
The Empty Schoolroom.
Gray dust upon each wmdow-sUI.
A broken chair;
The tarnished bell untouched so long--
One leaf of a familiar aong -
Such marks of wear
As hearts with sad remembrance fill.
TireJ, tired I gase on these st last.
Strangely it seems
The fresh, young fsoes are all fied--
Kome blithe, young hearts among the dead,
Numbered. In dreams
Alone, come vision* of 'he past.
With something twivt a sob and sigh
1 stand to-day
Within this amply, dreary room.
As silent as the speechless tomb.
And out. away
Beyond these walls brown meadows lie.
0 room deserted evermore!
1 love you yet.
And sky. that holdeth only gloom.
Beyond are skies, of summer bloom
Without regret.
To shine upon the golden shore.
Brown meadows, where the wild wmd
sweeps
Chill, ah! so chill;
lust through the cob webbed window-pane
see the graveyard in the rain.
Still, xh: *o still.
Each heart aweary, resting, sleeps.
A LEGHORN HAT.
Nine o'e'ock of a cloudless summer
morning. The basket phaeton stood at
the door in the narrow noisy street be
low, but Mr. White had already gone to
his office, Annie pleaded headache, and
the children had their allotted tasks with
the t Verm an governess to accomplish. I
must either remain within doors daring
the hot hours of the day or go out alone.
I decided on the latter course.
" I am too old to require any chape
ron," I said, with a laugh, and glanced
in the mirror.
There I beheld a not unpleasing image
of a little woman attired iu gray, with a
silvery veil over her plain face, in the
act of fitting on a pair of qnite infinite
simal gray gloves. I kissed my good
Annie and the children, as if bonud on
a long and perilous voyage, and departed
in the basket phaeton.
What a new world was that all about
me ! It was the citv of Leghorn, with
its tail houses, rendered dingy by sea
damp, and wide white squares, the atmo
sphere redolent of tar. the qnayß throng
ed with shipping, the clumsy funnels of
Oriental steamships relieved by the
lighter tracery of interlacing masts
against the sky. I like ships; in their
bonndlrws suggestiveness they resemble
wishes, hopes, ever coming and going on
some fresh errand.
The phaeton rattled through the main
thoroughfare, once Via Cirande, and now
re baptized, after the manner of all Ital
ian cities, in the name of Victor Eman
uel. I noticed with the interest of a
stranger groups of bronzed sailors; the
untidy Legh -rn woman with trailing
gown, and dapping handkerchief tied
over her frowzy head; the bnlliant uni
form of an occasional officer strolling
languidly to his cafe.
Then the Sea Gate was reached, and
beyond stretched the white road which
threads its way beside the Mediterranean
to the beautiful suburb of the Anlenza.
The sea breeze wafted to me delicious
coolness ; the hedges of evergreens and
oleanders in masses of rose bloom
mingled rich odors ; the stunted trees
drooped their feathery foliage laden with
gray dust. I gazed out over the sea,
which sparkled like a sapphire, with the
light houses eo bright at night, now
pallid in the morning which no longer
had need of them, and the sails glistening
with an exquisite silvery whiteness on the
horizon. 1 glanced down the white road
as it curved along the strand, bordered
by its feathery trees and oleanders, its
gardens, hotels and villas stretching to
the Maremma, and the coast I might
never explore.
'' This is the moat beautiful shore in
the world, and the old Romans knew it,"
I soliloquized ; and just then the phaeton
paused. m
My destination was the l*th. Again
the charm of novelty delighted me, for
it was my first summer with Annie's
household. Bathing at Livorno is male
a pastime, a recreation, instead of a
serious business. I walked out on a
pier which terminate"! in a round space
shielded by a tent from the sun's rays,
and thence the smiling old bath woman,
in a flapping straw hat, conducted me
down a passage, bordered ou either side
by li'tle tents with green doors, to my
destination. Onoe consigned to the
baracca, I was free to remain in the
tinv house, with its roof of matting and
walls of striped canvas, where the water
rippled in of a transparently green hue,
or to part the curtains and issue forth
boldly as a swimmer. I decided to re
main secluded in my crystal bath, as I
was alone, like a mermaid in a cave.
I was startled by the curtains being
separated from without, and the appear
ance of a man's head, with long sandy
beard. The heat! advanced with such
evident intention of a tall body's follow
ing that I uttered a faint scream of
alarm, when the intruder retreated
hastily with a mattered " Beg pardon.'
I received the apology with such dig
nity aa is possible to a very small lady
in a flannel bathing suit, hanging to a
rope to avoid drowning "in deep water,
and with her head done np in an oil-skin
cap.
"Some stupid Englishman!" I said,
pettishly.
The hour was too early for many occu
pants of the large tent, and when I
emerged from my bath I <lrew a chair
near the railini? to Again gaze out over
the beautiful Mediterranean. An Amer
ican man-of-war had entered the port the
Erevious day. I endeavored to descry
er, with the old pain at my heart. My
brother Harry, yonng, brave, good, des
tined to become a great man, as I be
lieved, had died of fever on board ship
off Callao five years ago, smitten down
without power to send me a message,
although, thus stricken, I was left alone.
Yea, all alone ! I shivered in the bright
Italian morning, while my eyes searched
wistfully for the man-of-war. Bince then
every frigate had become to me Harry's
ship, and every officer in uniform assur
edly must be soy dead brother's friend.
Five years of winter and summer in the
old house at home, wandering from room
to room in a ghostly fashion, with the
portraits of father and mother in the
shadow of the best parlor, and Harry's
dog following me with dumb intelligence
to thrust his nose into my hand ; five
years of moiiVning, of silence, that left
me a plain little old maid, my hair turned
gray! Then Annie, happy wife and
mother, school mate and friend of many
years, had written to me a long letter
from her home at Leghorn, where her
husband was engaged in business, urg
ing me to oome abroad. I saw my future
clearly enough. In this genial house
hold I should be companion, friend, old
maid aunt to the children. I sighed.
Just then the merchant whoee wares
were displayed in one corner of the tent
—tortoise-shell, coral, and sienna-wood
trinkets —begged me to take a chance in
his lottery. I took the box, and turned
out the dioe on the board, having paid
a franc. The merchant counted up the
numbers, and found the corresponding
one in his stock of prizes represented by
a set of coral, resembling sticks ol red
sealing-wax. Somebody approach ed and
FRED. KURTZ, Kciitor and "Propriotor.
VOLUME XI.
watched the drawing. I mviniiwil the
lone MDJJ beard of the intruder of mv
hath, hot gave a littU jump when 1
further discovered thst he wore the uni
form of Ail American naval officer. The
merchant immediately pounced ou htm.
Almost unconsciously the stranger of
the sandy beard appeal sl to tne in En
glish for explanation, AN lie did uot un
derstand Italian. The next moment he
held iu hi* hand * very pretty shell
comb for a Italy's hair.a* n prise.
*' Malm, do you thmk this would
ploaae * woman ?" he enquired scrutin
izing it.
" Undoubtedly." 1 replied, eamly. 1
hail taken him under my protect ion a*
vine of Harm's friends.
His face flushed, aud a quizzical smile
lighted up his kceu eye*. " 1 mean a
lady—home—in America. You are an
American ?"
" Yes," I **id, at nty ease; for he was
uot think iug of nie at all. 1 was even
half tempted to ask him if he had know n
my poor Harry.
"Thank you," he said, with sudden
stiffness, aud raising his cap, walked
awav.
Another hour passed swiftly while I
gaits 1 out over the *e* from the tent;
then the heat of the nun warned me to
return. A>i rvute I remembered a tri
fling commission at the milliner's. En
tenug the ahop, the first obiect present
ed to mv notice was the tall officer with
the sandy beard, beset bv two clerks,
aud surrounded t>y piles of leghom hats.
The poor man's aspect was moat bewil
dered aiid helpless in that sea of straw.
I executed my commission quietly, and
was about to leave, when he accosted
me.
"Would yon have the kindness to
give me your advice ?" he said. " I wish
to make a present of a Leghorn hat to a
ladr in America, and it must In? of the
best quality."
Thna appealed to, I sifted out the
finest straw for his inspection. "Leg
horn hat* are made in the Florence
manufactories, von know," I said.
He male no response; he was stariug
at my hands with a very peculiar expres
sion. I blushed slightlv, and hid them
in the crown of the Leghorn hat. They
were very arnall and well shaped; 1 had
trouble with my gloves usually, wearing
a child's size. Brother Harry used to
admire their tiny proportions, and ac
cuse me of vanity in tne possession of
such extremities. Here was this tall
officer in a foreign city actually pausing
in the midst of baying a gift for an un
known lady—probably his fiancee —to
stare at my little hands in evident aston
ishment. I was more vexed thau flat
tered. What right had he to gaze at me
so fixedly, after having claimed mv
assistance ? What would Annie thmk
of mv adventure ?
I recalled him somewhat primly to a
sense of dntv, I suppose, for he pro
ceeded to pay for the list, after I had
warned the shop people not to charge
him more than double the nsnal price.
He thanked me in subdued accent*, and
even hinted that a* the ship was to be iu
port some weeks, he hoped any residents
would oome on laiard. I relented suffi
ciently t* inquire how he propose-,! send
ing the Le-ghorn hat, and learned that it
was to be entrusted to the captain of a
brig, bound for New York.
" Perhaps I had best ad,lres* the box
here," he said, again consulting me with
his eve*.
" Ye," I assented, gaining firmness
and decision of tone from his very irre
solution.
The clerk brought him an immense
inkstand with a very rusty and gritty
pen attached. My companion dipped
the pen into the ink and stirred it
thoughtfully, as if it had been soup.
" I hope she will like it," said the ex
traordinary man, consulting me again,
with a most sheepish expression of coun
tenance. " Perhaps she owns ever so
many Leghorn hat* already," in sudden
alarm.
" No, no," I returned, soothingly.
I pictured to myself this lady whom
he was so anxious to please. How proud
she would be of the exquisite Etruscan
straw which she wonld wear to church !
How envious would be her neighbors !
" There, will that answer ?" he held
before me the written address.
I gasped as I read: " Miss Helen
Weatmore, Berryville, Vermont"
My own name was Helen Westmore,
and Berryville had been my borne ! The
Leghorn hat which I had selected with
so much care was evidently intended for
myself.
"Yon can not be Dr. Ea*ton, who
took care of my poor Harry, aud wrote
me the letters about him?" I cried,
lietween sobbing and laughter. "I am
hi* Bister."
"He told me hie dieter had the small
est hands in the world," he replied with
excitement.
After that there were dinners at
Annie's, moonlight drives along the
shore, entertainments on the man-of
war, with ample leisure for explanations
and confidences. The surgeon who had
taken care of Harry had been his inti
mate friend during long voyages, and
had retained the image of the sister at
home a'l these years. In retiring on
half pay he had been tempted to seek
her out.
Had I not assisted at the purchase of
my own hat, he would never have found
me when he returned to America. The
little woman in gray was not to lie the
old-maid aunt in Annie's household, after
all, but to return to her own country as
a happy wife, even if in a sober, sedate
fashion. Verily human destinies hang
by a straw!
A box stands on the high shelf in the
old home. It contains an nntrimmed
Leghorn hat— Harper't Weekly.
The Scrap-Hook.
Every one who takes a newspaper
which he in the leastalegree appreciate*
will often regret to see any one number
which contains some interesting and im
portant articles thrown aside for waste
paper. A good way to preserve these is
by the use of a scrap-book. One who
has never been accustomed thus to pre
serve short articles can hardly realize
the pleasure it affords to sit down and
turn over the pleasant, familiar pages.
Here a piece of poetry meets the eye,
which you would long since have lost
had it not been for your scrap-book; there
is a witty anecdote—it does you good to
langh over it yet, although it may be
for the twentieth time; next is a valuable
recipe you had almost forgotten, and
which yon found just in time to save
much perplexity; there is a sweet little
story, the memory of which has cheered
and encouraged you when almost ready
to despair under the pressure of life's
. cares. Indeed, you can hardly take up
a single paper without reperusing. Then
hoard with care the precious gems, and
see at the end of the year what a rich
! treasure yon will have accumulated.
An Extraordinary Tumor.
An inquest has been held at Consett,
says an English paper, on a woman
named Wake, whose death was canned
by a tumor of extraordinary dimensions.
It had been growing for four years, but
the woman refused to have it removed.
Bbe was attended by a " herbalist," who
foolishly by giving her medicine en
deavored to burst it. Dr. Benton was
called, and said that the tumor was
three and a half feet high, and contained
forty imperial quarts of semi-solid fluid.
The coroner said that the herbalist had
acted with gross ignorance, but he was
not criminally responsible for tb wo
man's death.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
I'he Ku.oluu knout.
I There is prohablv no more terrible
instrument of puuinhment, or it may
j-erhap* be more properly called torture,
than the kuout iu the hands of a Ktis-
MOll exeeiitioner. To give our readers
*ime idea of its form, the mode of ad
ministering it, and it* horrible effects,
we quote the following from a recently
published work, entitled "The Kuout
aud the Russians:" " Conceive, reader,
a robust man, full of life and health.
I'll is man is condemned to receive fifty
or a hundred blows of the kuout. He
is conducted, half naked, to the place
chosen for this kind of execution. All
that he has 011 is a pair of simple lineu
drawers round his extremities. His
hands are Urn ml together, with the
|ialms laid flat against one another, and
the cords are breaking his wrists; but
no oue puvs the slightest attention to
that. He is laid flat upon his stomach,
ou a frame inclined diagonally, aud at
the extremities of which are Uxed iron
rings; his hands arc fastened to one end
of the frame, and his foet to the other;
he is then stretched in such n manner
that he cannot make a single movement,
just as an eel's skin is stretched in order
to dry. This act of stretching the vic
tim causes his lames to crack, and dis
locates them—but does that matter ? At
the distance of tlve-aud-t weuty pace*
stan.n another man; it is the •public
executioner. He is dressed iu black
velvet trousers, stuffed into his boots,
tuid a colored shirt buttoning at the side.
His sleeves are tucked up, so that uoth;
iug may thwart or embarrass him iu his
movements. With both bauds he gra*|>*
the instrument of punishment—a kuout.
This knout oouauts of a tfioug of thick
leather, cut iu a triangular form, from
four to five yards long, and an incii wide,
tapering off at oue end, ami broao at the
other; the small end of which is fasten
ed to a little wooden handle, abont two
feet long. The signal is given; no oae
ever takes the trouble to read the sen
tence. The executioner advances a few
ste|ia, with his body twut, holding the
• knout in lioth hands, while the loug
thong drags along the ground lietwesn
his legs. On coming to about three or
four pace* from the prisoner, he raises,
by a vigorous movemeut, the kuout
towards the top of his he.ul, and then
instantly draws it dowa with rapidity
to wan. Is his knees. The thong flies and
whistles through the air. aud descending
on the body of the victim, twines round
it line a hoop of iron. In spite of his
state of teuaiou, the poor wretch bounds
as if he were submitted to the powerful
grasp of galvanism. The executioner
retraces his steps, and rejiest* the same
operation as many times as there are
blows to tie inflicted. Where the thongs
envelope* the body with it* edges, the
flesh aud muscles are literally cut into
stripe*, us if with a razor; but when it
falls flat, then the boues crack. The
flesh, iu that caae, i* not cut, but crush
ed and ground, and the blood spurt*
out in all directions. The sufferer be
comes green and blue, like a body in a
state of decomposition. He is removed
to the hospital, where every care is taken
of him, and is afterward sent to Siberia,
where he disappears for ever in the
bowels of the earth."
Fires In America.
An English magazine says : The ex
ceeding dryness of the atmosphere in
the United States produces such an in
flammability in buildings, that when a
tire break* out it proceed* with surpris
ing velocity. Owing to this circum
stance, Americans have organized the
most j>erfect system in the world of extin
guishing fires, though all their efforts
are often in vain. A stranger in N'ew
York or Boston would be astonished at
the immense uproar cansed by an out
break of fire. Bells are rung, gongs
sounded, and steam-engines rush along
the street*, regardless of everything.
The unaccustomed stranger is apt to
make a run of it when he see* the en
gines coining ; the American simply
steps to the " sidewalk " or into a
" store " for a moment. It is provided
by the city government that " the offi
cers aud men, with their teams and ap
paratus, shall have the right of way
while going to a flre, through any street,
lane, or alley," etc.; and must unre
servedly do the said officers and men
make use of this permission. If auy
old woman's stall is at the corner of a
street round which the steamers must
go, there is no help for it; over it goes.
If a buggy is left standing at a oorner,
the owner mnst not be surprised if but
three wheels are left on it when he re
turns. Accident* of thiß latter kind,
however, are rare; people reoognixe
and yield willingly the right of way ;
nnd the quicker the engine* go to a fire,
the better pleased everybody is. It is
quite a point of rivalry among the fire
men who shall get the first water on a
flre, and it is mentioned always in the
report of the engineer.
Only Practicing.
Two intimate friends met on the street
the other day, after a short separation
and the following curions converaation
ensued: *
" Ah, how d'ye do, old fellow ?" cried
the first one, heartily.
Second friend (shrugging his shoul
ders) —"O, trav bang."
First friend (looking a little startled)
—" Nice day, is it not ?"
"Second do.—"Ab we, say bang
sure."
First do. (doubtfully)—" You are not
ill, are yon ?"
Second do. (with indignation)—" Oh,
nong!"
First do. Ix.-nnes uneasy ; thinking
his friend is mad, he say*—" Well, good
day," and moves away.
The Second smiles from ear to ear,
shrugs his shoulders and replies : " Ah,
bung znre, mong amine."
All the day Number One feels ex
tremely bad about his neighbor's un
fortunate condition, and he does not dis
cover the truth of the matter till the
evening, when, as he is reading of the
Paris Exhibition, he suddenly recollects
that his friend is going to France and is
studying the langiiage. He was only
practicing French in a preliminary sort
of way.
Numlier One smiles as he thinks of
the fate in store for the unfortunate
natives of La Belle France.
Walt.
Wait, husband, before you wonder
audibly why your wife don't get along
with the household responsibilities " as
your mother did." She is doing her
best—and no woman can endure, that
beet, to lie slighted. Remember the
long, weary nights she sat up with the
little babe that died; remember the love
and care she bestowed upon you when
you had that long fit of illness. I)o you
think she is made of cast iron ? Wait—
wait in silence and forbearance, and the
light will come back to her eyes--the
old light of the old days.
Wait, wife, lieforeyou speak reproach
fully to your husband when he oomes
| home late, and weary and "out of sorts."
I He has worked hard for yon all day—
perhaps far into the night; he has wres
tled, hand in hand, with care and sel
fishness, and greed, and all the demons
that follow in the train of money mak
ing. Let home be another atmosphere
entirely. Let him feel that there is no
other place in the world where he can
find peace, and quiet, and perfect love.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1878.
THE SILVER El ML
IU JHtitra fr'nlr tin fllaar mt iftir
raallUlraal >lr n In lb* Hnrlai.
There is a man alive at this present
I moment who, if lie were so mluded,
could give his daughter a marriage-por
tion of one hundred and fifty million
dollars. He would then have sliout
fifty milhous left for himself. He lives
half way up a mountain-side in Nevada,
and Ilia daughter lives with him. Seven
years ago he was a jnior man; to-dav he
is tiie silver kiug of America. He ha*
dug two humlri-il million dollars' worth
jof silver out of the hill he is
living on, and lias about two
hundred millions more yet to dig.
If he lives three years longer he will be
| the richest mau tu the world. Hiauame
j is James Fair, and he is the manager,
superintendent, cliiet partner, and
principal shareholder til the consolidated
Virginia and California Silver Mines,
known to men as the " big lsmauzaa."
He has an army of men toiling for him
j day aud uight, down in the very depths
-if the earth, digging, picking, blasting
and crushing a thousand bins of rock
every twenty-four hours. He works a*
hard as any man of them. The mau
• who, by his own unaided exertions, can
rise to such marvellous wealth in so
short a time is worth knowing something
about. It is worth while to hear how
•noli a fabulous fortune can be accumu
late,!.
Seven years ag>> there were two little
: Irishmen m the city of Sun FVuciMa,
keeping a driukiiig-bar of very mixleet
pretensions, close to oue of the priupiptl
business thoroughfare*. Their custom
er# were of all kimls, but chiefly com
mercial men and clerks, Auioug them
was an unusually large proportion of
stock and share-dealers, mining brokers
j and the like, and there was no place in
San Francisco where so much mming
talk went on as in the saloon of Messrs.
1 Flood k O'Brien, which were the names
of the two little Irishmen. Keeping
their ears wide open, and sifting the
mass of g'sutip that they listened to every
day, these two men picked up a good
manv crumbs of information, liesule
getting now and then a direct coufldeu-
Itial tip ; and they turned some uf them
ti such good account in a few quiet
little speculations, that they shortly had
a comfortable sum of money lying at
their bankers'. Instead of throwing it
away headlong in wild extravagant vmi
{ turca, which was the joyous custom of
the average California!! in those days,
they let it lie where it w. waiting till
they knew of something good to put it
i into. They soon heard of something
good enough. On Fair's advice they
bought shares in a miue called the Hale
and Norcrosa, and were speedily taking
out of it fifteen thousand pounds ster
ling a month in dividends. This mine
was the property of a company, aud
though it had at one time paid large and
continuous dividends, it was now stip
poatsi to be worked out and worthless.
Mr. Fair, however, held a different
opinion ; and when he came to examine
it carefully, he found just what he ex
pected to find—a large detxxut of silver
ore. Thereupon he and Flood and
O'Brien together bought up all the
share# they could lay their liauds upon,
J and obtained complete control of the
mine. It was immediately put under
Fair's management, and it prospered,
and the three partners waxed very rich.
Mr. Fair, Wing an experienced and
clever practical miner, spent moat of Ins
time down in the initio, laying out and
directing the work for his men. It was
necessary that he should know all there
was to be known, aud see all there was
to been, about the property ;.atid he
made snch constant ami thorough ex
plorations of it, that he very soon got it
by heart. In a little time tiiere was not
an inch with which he was not thor
oughly acquainted, not a trace of mineral
in aliaijft or tnnnel of which he was not
personally aware. By and by, Wing a
reflective kind of man, who noticed
everything and forgot nothing, he took
to thinking over things, and putting odda
and ends of observation together, and
comparing notes, and rummaging in old
ont-of-the-way corners of the mine, ami
making all sorts of examinations in all
sorts of abandoned places, and generally
carrying on in a curious wnv. until he
1 finally persuaded himself that some
where, close by the Hale and Noreroaa,
there rftn a gigantic rein of silver-bear
ing ore, whose valne he could only cal
culate in figures that frightei ed him to
look at. Week after week he hunted
for this vein without success, and under
difficulties that would have disheartened
an ordinary man ; but he stuck to the
search, and nltimately found a cine. He
followed it tip for ten days, and then
struck the Bonanza, a hnge sheet of
| glittering stephanite, one hundred feet
wide, of unknown length and depth, aud
1 of the estimated value of six hundred
millions of dollars—the mightiest for
tune that ever dazzled the eyes of man.
In a week he and his partners were the
absolute owners of three-fourths of it,
the prospective possessors of four hun
dred and fifty million dollars ! Figures
like these stun the imagination.
In the excitement caused by this as
tounding discovery it is scarcely more
than the hard truth to say that Han
Francisco went raving mail. The vein
in which the bonanza was found was
known to rnn straight through the con
solidated Virginia and California mines,
dipping down as it went, and could not
W traced any farther. But that fact
was nothing to people who were Wnt on
having raining stock; and, vein or no
vein, the stock they would have. Con
sequently they bought into every mine
in the neighborhood, good ami bail alike,
sending prices up to unheard-of limits,
and investing millions in worthless pro
perties that have never yielded a shil
ling in dividends, aud never will. When
Flood hail bought a large quantity of
the bonanza stock, and had assured to
himself aud his partners the controlling
interest in the mines, he recommended
all his friends to buy a little, and O'Brien
did the same. Those who bxik the ad
vioe are now drawing tlioir proportion
ate shares of dividends, amounting to
about two million five hundred thousand
j dollars a month. The majority of those
who bought into other mines are, in Cali
fornia parlance, "bunted." What these
three meif and their latestartner, Mao
kay, are going to do witti their money is
a curious problem, the solution of which
will be watched with great interest iu a
year or two to come. The money they
bold now is yielding them returns so
enormons that their maddest extrava
gances could mnkc no impreeaion on the
amount. Every year they are earning
more, saving more, and investing more.
They have organized a bank with a capi
tal of ten millions of dollars; they con
trol nearly all the mining interests of
Nevada and California; they have a
strong grip of the commercial, financial,
i aud farming interest* all along the Paci
fic slope; and by a single word they can
at any moment raise a disastrous panic,
and plunge thousands of men into hope
less rnin. It will l>e an interesting thing
to wait and watch how this terrible
power for good or evil is to be wielded.
—Home, Journal.
A teacher in Bangor, Maine, upbraid
ed a little girl because she did not hold
up her hand with the rest of the delin
quents when, at the close of the day, all
tnose who '' had lost their places in
their classes " were called upon so.
But she, with ready wit, responded:
'• Please, mum, I didn't lose my place;
an'how could I when I'm at the foot'{'
Fencing In Japan.
A famous company of professional
fencers wt re }erformiug at Yokohama
while 1 was there, and we went to see
i them aloug with several English resi
dent*, who had been many year* in the
country, but hat! never witueaed a sim
ilar exhibition. The* .'lmitators were
encased in armor, ami were distinguished
from each other by the color of their
cuirasses. Their appearance was her
aided by the blast of a conch *hell, and
all their proceed I Uga weresu|>eriiitoiidcd
by a handsome young man, attired and
I shaven in the most orthodox style.
Wielding his fan like a marshal's trun
cheon, he set the combatants upon each
I other, and separated tiiem with loud
ejaculations. At each corner of the
arena sat a judge, with all the dignity of
a Human Senator, motion lees and silent,
until referred to U|MIII a doubtful jtoiut
of order. Out* are interchanged so
rapidly that it is often hard to say who
had dealt the successful stroke. The
weA|K>u* are loug handsaw held in both
hamla like quarter-staffs,and any ort of
blow above the waist is jM-riuissible, but
the favorite la a good crack ou the top of
the helmet. Occasionally the combat
ants get too near together for striking,
and the struggle becomes literally hand
to hand until they are separ
ated ; notwithstanding their savage
, veils and tierce blows, they pre
.-serve the perfect gtaal humor
characteristic of their race. Byway of
variety there was a fight lietweeii the
sword and the " morning star," a sphere
fastened by a cord to a spiked handle.
Although the latter appeared to be the
■ inferior weapon, its la-arer did not oome
twdly off, as he played the part of a
retianun with the l>ail ami string, and
when at dose quarters brought his aharp
hook into active ojwratiou. Then two
girls, elaborately attired in the wide
sleeve* and trousers of Jajwmso knights,
attended by female squires to arm and
equip them, took their place* on oppo
site aide* of the lists, and went through
the motions of a fight, one liavtng a
halberd and the other a couple of swords.
Finallv, auotlu-r amazoii had a duel with
a male antagonist, ami completely
overthrew hun ; but this was it mere
burlesque, as he evnlqptly tumbled iiviA
ou purpose, aud Itehavtsl like the clown
in a pantomime, whereas an air ofstern
reality pervaded the other mimic battle*.
It is remarkable that the Japanese art
able to derive keen enjoyment from
] K-rf--nuance* which involve uo jienl
to life or limb, and if their public
sjKvtaclea differ in this respect from
thoae of the Homau amphitheatre, they
mav aiao comjwre favorably with many
which find favor iu the eye* of the
British public. Various game* of skill,
including the " Go laug." are popular,
but the pa*sion for gambling and cock
fighting, so strongly developed in most
{•art* of Eastern Asia, is not couspicu
ous in J span, where animals in general
may In- said to have a good time.— The
bbrtniyhtly Reciew,
Turkish Love of Water.
A Turk thinks he can do nothing ao
grateful t<> (tod and man a* the setting
np of a fountain by the roadside or in
the street* of the city, where the way
farer and his animals may appeeae their
thirst and bleaathe name l>f him who pro
vided for their want*. Often in my trav
els, savs a correspondent, I have halted
beneath the nhade of a wide-spread
ing plane tree to slake my thirst at the
limpid waters of a marble fountain, and
to repie from the noonday heat. There
is always some edifying distich from the
Koran, that "Water ia the gift of (tod,
and blessed is lie who distribute* it," or
that •* Water is the source of health and
life," etc. There is a practical piety in
these monuments of eharitv that tqa-ak*
well for the benevolent disposition of
the Mussulman. The Turks are great
consumers of water, and they are good
judges of it* quality and nice in what
thev use. The favorite water, that is
sold at a para glasa in the *tr>ota, is
from Asia; either from Tcbatmldja, on
the motintaiu aliont Scutari, or from
Karakoulak, some ten mile* up the
Bosphoru*. several mile* inward from
Belona. This is brought to the landing
in barrels, on horses' hacks, pnt in
largi, and in this way carried to Con
stantinople before daylight. Notwith
standing the length of the journey, it is
as clear as crystal. The venders cry it
us, " Bowz guibi -as gissl as ice. A
pasha will drain two goblets at a swal
low. As water is said to Jiave fattening
propertiea, the large draughts they take
of it may be the cause, in part, of the
ohesitv to which both sexes of the Turks
are subject
A Turkish legend.
On a rock opposite Hcutari, (win* the
entrance to the Boipborni, stands 11
tower which in often, without rrwton,
called " the Tower of Leander." The
Tnrks call it " the Tower of the Virgin."
In it, according to a Turkish legend
was confined the lovely daughter of
Mohammed-Sultan, Mehar-Hchegid by
name, of whom it had l>een predicted by
n myateriona gipsy that she would die ]
by the bite of a serpent, Mehar-
Schegnl'a reputation for beauty spread
nntil it reached the ears of the Prince of
Persia, who came to Constantinople de
termined by some means to gain admis
sion to tliii' tower. He contrived, by
bribing her attendants, to get conveyed
to her a bouquet of symbolical flowers
expressing to her in a language she per
feetlv understood the passion with which
she liad inspired him. But, like Cleo
patra's basket of frnit, Mehar-Hchegid s
bunch of flowers concealed an asp..j
Mehar-Hchegid was stung. Her ser
vants, rememlieriug the gipsy's proph
ecy, uttered lotid cries of distress, and,
throwing open the doors of the tower,
rushed out frantteally, exclaiming that
all was lost. Then the Prince of Persia
rushed in, seized Mehar-Hchegid in liis
arms, and sucked the wound in her
shoulder until he had extracted from it
all the venom left there by the asp. The
Hultaii, when he hoard of the young
man's noble and devoted conduct, de
clared that he should lie hit son-in-law ;
and Ae Prince of Persia made Mehar-
Hchegid his wife, and lived very happi
ly with her for a great number of years,
and had many children.
Words or Wisdom.
Better be upright with poverty, than
unprincipled with plenty.
A man mav have much of the world,
and vet not be much of a man.
Without the virtue of humanity one
can neither be honest in poverty nor
contented in abundance.
No life*can be pure in its purpose
and strong iu its strife and all life not
lie purer and stronger thereby.
It was Thoreau who said that "We,
who have not had a seed-time of charac
ter, cannot expect a harvest of thought."
Be always sure of doing good. This
will make your life comfortable, your
death happy, and your aooount glorious.
The darkest day in any man's career
is that.wherein he fancies there is some
easier way of getting a dollar than by
I squarely earning it
In each grain of sand there are mar
vels ; in every drop of water a world.
In the great spectacle called nature
every being has its marked place and
distinct role, and iu the grand drama
called life there presides a law harmo
nious as the one which rules the move
ments of the stare.
Magnificent* of Ancient Rome.
The following *i"J pen-pioluro ia
fnmi " The Old Roman World," by John
Ford: If anything inure were wanted
lo give UB "" ides of Roman maguift
otuice, we would turn our eyes frmii pub
lic monuments, demoralizing games *ud
grand pruceoaioua; wo would forget tin*
statue* in brass and marble winch out
humls-rod the living inhabitants, ao
nituit-roua that oiio hundred Uiouaaud
have been recovered and "till embellish
Italy, and would damwd iuUi tho lower
sphere of material lifo—to thoao thing*
which attcat luxury and taste— to orua
uanta, dresses, sumptuous living and
rich furniture. The art of working
metal* and cutting prectoua atone* sur
passed anything known at the present
day. In the doooratiuii of house*, iu
noctal entertaimnenta, iu crockery, the
Roman* were remarkiible. The moaaica,
aiguet ring*, cameo*, bracelet*, bruize*,
chain*, vaaea, oouclioa, banqueting ta
ble*. chariot*, oolored glaaa, gildini,
mirror*,uiattre*e, coametica, perfume*,
hair dye*, Bilk mliea, potteries, all at
te*t great elegance and beauty. The
tablea of thug* root and lie! I*ll bronze
were a* aipen*ive a* the sideboard* of
Spauiidt walnut, ao much admired in re
cent great exhibitions. Wood and ivory
were carved a* exquisitely a* in Japan
an I China. Minora were made of jiol
idied *ilver. Glass cutter* could imi
tate the colon of precioua atone* ao well
that the Portland vaae from the tomb of
Alexander Severn* via long considered
a geuine sardonyx. Hraaa Oould be
hardened ao a* to cut atone. The pal
ace of Nero glittered with gold and jew
el*. Hi* bed* were of ailver and hi*
table* of gold. Tibenua gave a million
of sesterces for a picture fur hia bed
room. A banquet dudi of Druaillua
weight**! live hundred pound* of ailver.
The cu|>* of l>rtißU* were of gohL Tun
ic* were embroidered with the figure* of
varioua animal*. Sandal* were gar
nialied with prcriou* *tone*. Paulina
wore jewel*, when he paid viaita. Tal
lied at SBOO,OOO. Drinking cups were
engraved with scene* from the pueta.
Librarie* were adorned with bust* and
fireaee* of rare wowda. Sofa* were ln
atd with lortoire shell and oovered.with
gorget hi* purple. The Roman grandee*
rode in gilded chariot*, bathed in mar
ble bath*, dined from crystal cup*, slept
on I**l# of down, reclined on luxurious
oouchcw, wore embroidered robe* and
were *dorn<*l with preeiou* stouea.
They ransacked the earth and the sea*
for rare dudie* for their lianqueta,and or
namented their houaea witli c*rjwts
from Babylon, onyx cup* from Bythinia,
marble* from Xumidia, bronze* from
Corinth, atatue* from Allien* —whatever,
in short, was precious or rare or curvoua
iu the moat distant countriea. The lux
urie* of the bath almost exceed belief,
•ud on the wall* were magnificent frtw
cue* and painting, exhibiting an inex
haustible pmducti veiies* in landscape
and mythological scenea, executed, in
lively colors.
But these were not all. The moat
amazing wealth and the loftiest taste
went hand in hand. There were '• citi
zen noble* who owned whole province*;
even Paula could call a whole city her
ywn. Rich senator*, in dome case*, were
proprietor* of 200,000 slave*. Their i"-
come* were known to be $5,000 per day
when gold and silver were worth four
time* a* much a* they *re now.
Vampire Bats.
South America also ha* ita large bats,
of one of which every I*sly has heard—
the vampire.* Much nonsense ha* been
written about it, but there waa some
foundation for the stories of ita Bucking
the blood of men and animal* until it
killed them. In the interior of South
America nearly everybody aleep* in a
tiannnock either out-of-door* or with the
window* open, and the weather i* so
warm that little covering i* used. The
vampire cornea in on silent wing*, and
finding a toe exposed, gently prick* it
with hi* sharp tooth, and draws the
blood until he can swallow* no more.
The sleeper rarely ia awakened, and doee
not know hia lows until morning. He
may tbeil feel weak from the flow of
blood, but we are not aware that a man
waa ever known to die from thi* cause,
florae* are very greatly troubled by
them also. Mr. Charles Watterton, an
enthuaiantic naturalist now dead, who
spent several year* in New Guiana, haa
tolil ua much about thi* ugly bat, but
could never induce one to taste of hia
toe, although he would have been very
glad to be able to any that he had been
operated upon. For eleven month* he
slept alone in the loft of a deserted wood
cutter's hut in the deep forest. There
the vampires came an i went as they
wished. He saw them come in the
moonlight on stealthy wing*, and pick
the ripe bananas; lay in his hammock
and watched them bring almost to hia
liedaide the green wild fruit of the wild
guava; floating down the river on oilier
moonlight nights waa struck by the fall
ing blossoms of the lawarri-ntit tree,
which the vampires pulled from the
branches to get at the tender *eed-ves*el,
or the insects that lurk iu the deep
corolla. He lav niglit after night with
his bare foot exposed, but could never
get them to lance it. although his irienda
ami companions were all bled by this
nocturnal surgeon; and except that he
once caught one fastened to the shoulder
of one of his animals, lie came awry no
wiser than when be went of how the
vampire doe* his horrid work.
The vampires measure about twentv
six inches aero** the wing*; frequent old
house* and hoUow trees, and repose iu
clusters, head downwards, from the
branches of f orest trees.
Strength of the Human Arm.
The powerful force of the human arm
when propelled by a hale, hearty man,
is almost incredible. The damage it
may inflict is simply astounding, and
we have recently had a sail but verv
striking demonstration of this kind. A
few jnontliß since, when a man named
Freize hit Andrew Weldner, it is said
that I lie latter fell as suddenly a* if he
hail been hit in a vital part with an are.
The bridge of the nose was l> oker. he
ceased to breathe in less than ten m ti
ll tea, ami within a quarter of ati hour
was dead as though a bullet had )>ene
t rated his heart. It instated that Freize
1 told an officer tlint the 'orce of the blow
was so powerful that he came near fall
ing irom the rebound, and when he dis
covers! that the man was dead, he eonld
not reilize the fact. We see it stated in
a Virginia paper that one of the cele
brated Randolph family, a near kinsman
of Thomas Jefleraon, wlieu in liia prime,
could lift a thousand pounds. Our
shows and circuses generally exhibit a
, man who displays wonderful feats of
strength, but we have rarely or never
known an instanee where a single blow
from the human arm ao instantaneously
preduced death aa that inflicted by
Freize on Weidner. It ahould prove a
Hail warning to all possessed of such
muscle, to be extremely guarded as to
when and how they use
Two voting farmers desired the excln
sive privilege of daucing with the seme
girl at Mount Vernon, 111. There was a
auarrel, ending iu au agreement to settle
le question with a fight. The com
batants and a few friends went to a barn;
but before beginning the fight one de
manded that the other be searched, to
see if he hail any weapon. The search
was not thorough, for the searched man
drew a knife, on finding that he was
being whipped, anil inflicted a mortal
wound.
TERMS: s'-*.OO a Year, in -A^dvanoe.
(lathes Moths.
This nam* include* several distinct
but similar specie* of the minute moth*
Belonging to the family Tinrldtr, which
I iu their larval state, are very destructive
to woolen good*, fur, hair and similar
substances Among them may be men
tinned the clothes moth ( mtian
rlla ), the carpet moth ( 7Ynca fafteUel
la), the fur moth (7*. pellkmalla), and
the hair moth ( Tinea cane Ila >. These
i t means have slender bodies and lanceo
late, freely fringed winga that expand
mi tenths or eight-tenth* of an inch.
The antenna* aiJ palpi are slrort and
thread-like, and there ia a thick orange
or brown tuft on the forehead. The
colnra range from buff to drab and dark
gray. The egga Hid in May and
June (the moth dying immediately after
ward), aud hatch out in fifteeu days.
The young worm* at once proceed to
work, guawing the salwtaucea within
their reach and covering themselves
with the fragment*, which they shape
into holing rolls and line with silk.
These rolls are by some carried on their
liacka a* they move along, and by others
fastened to the aubatanoe they are feed
ing npon ; and thev are enlarged from
time to time by additions to the open
extremities and by portions let into the
sides, which was split open for this
purpooe. In auch ambush the worms
carry on their work of destruction
through the summer; real, in seeming
torpor, during the winter ; and change
to rhrvaalids early in the spring. They
transform again in twenty days, and
uiat.e from their shelter a* winged motha
to fly about in the evening till the) iave
paired and are ready to lay eggs. Then
follows an invasion of dark chiaeta, chest*
aud drawers, edge* of carpets, folds of
curtains, and hanging garment*, aud the
foundation of a new colony ia swiftly
laid.
The early days of June ahonld herald
vigorous aud exterminating warfare
against these subtle peat*. CloeeU,
wardrobe*, all receptacle# for clothing,
ahonld be emptied and laid open, their
content* thoroughly expooaJ to light and
air, and well brushed and ahakeu before
lieing replaced. In old bona** much
iufe*ted with moth*, all cracks in floors,
waiuaoots, shelve* or furniture should
lie brushed over with turpeutine. Cam
phor or tobacco should be placed among
all garment*, furs, p'ume*, etc., when
laid a*ide for the summer. To secure
cloth-linings of carriage* from the at
tacks of moths, sponge them on both
aides with a solution of corrosive subli
mate of mercury in aloobol, made just
strong enough not to leave a white mark
on a black feather. Moths may be killed
bv fumigating the article containing them
with tobeooo or anlphnr, or bv patting
if practioab'e, into an oven heated to
abont 150 degrees Fahrenheit
Velraae-Worship ia Java.
An eye witness describes volcano-wor
ship in Java as follows : " The Stamat,
or Slatnanlan Fromok, that is, the
blessing or worshipping the volcano, is
s ceremony which the Javanese bobl
every vear. When we reached the place,
everything bore an aspect not nnlike
that of an English fair. Eatables of all
kinds were displaved upon portable
stands, and gavly drowed groups were
parading about. There were old men
and women who had come for the last
time to pay their respects to the ahrine,
and they watched with delight the gam
bols of their grandchildren, of whim
there seemrol to be no end, who were
sporting anuind. Everybody seemed
bent on Laving a good time. Near the
shore of the sea were placed a score of
msta, on each of which knelt a young
prieat, having before him s lot of myrrh,
sloes and oilier spices, which are sold
for offerings. At right angles with this
row of mats was another row, with the
same number of pneata, all kneeling in
Arab fashion, their bodies partly resting
on the calves of their legs. They were
older than the others, perhaps the
patriarchs of their respective villages,
lief ore each of them were small packets
containing incense, chips of sandal wood
and the like ; and wooden censers, from
which arose clouds of aromatic perfume.
Behind each priest knelt or squatted an
nmbrella bearer, sheltering his reverence
from the sun. Crowds stood cloae by,
waiting for the consecration of their
offerings, which consists! mainly of
fruits, bankets of riee, poultry, oakea,
strips of cloth, small coins and the like.
Service at length began. There were
some momenta of prayer, according to a
prescribed ritual. Then the priests
sprinkled consecrated water over the
offerings. After another prayer by the
priests, in which many of the auditor*
joined, the eldest priest roee np, followed
by the otbera, au shouted Ayo.' Ayo!
Fromok! 4 Forward ! For wan!! to
Bromok !' whereupon the whole mass of
people made a tremendous rush for the
volcano, the first one wuo gained the
ndge counting himself favo-ed by for
tune, and certain of future good luck.
The manifohl votive offering* were then
handed to the priest* who innmbled a
a few indistinct word# over them, and
pitched them into the crater."
The Friendly beat.
For several weeks past a goat belong
ing to a famdvon Foaitb street has been
on very intimate terms with a family on
Cherry street. He has had the run of
the yard, poked his now into the house,
and been very snccess.'nl iu uodgmg
cltilw and brick-bat*. Yesterday fore
noon, when the asid goat had finished
eating np a good share of the week's
washing, the man of the boose was heard
to remark;
" I will now go into committee of the
whole and fix that beast so that he will
never bother man again !"
He ran to the grocery, purchase! an
old pack of firecrackers, and at the end
of ten minutes " William " was fixed.
He had firecracker* tied to hit legs, tail
and neck, and the plot was abont to
thicken. He went off with the first
cracker, charging across the street.
After cleaning ont a grocery he npaet a
boy, went into a house by a front door
anil came ont of the back window,
reached the street and mahed a dog a half
a block, and finally disappeared in the
same cloud of smoke with a runaway
horse. A policeman was pacing Third
street with a slow aud solemn step when
s boy came thundering along ana called
out:
" Turn in a fire-alarm !"
" What's up ? What's up?" inquired
Uie officer.
" Conflagration down here—big goat
all on fire from basement to fourth story
—boy* rolling him in the mud, but the
fiendish flames still creeping heaven
wards—turn in an alarm for two enginea
and a htx>k and ladder I"— Detroit Free
Pre**.
Liquor Drinking In England.
In the year 1877 duty was paid on
29,888,176 "gallons of home-made spirit*
for consumption iu the United Kingdom
a* beverage, this quantity being less by
62,112 gallons than in the preceding
year. The 16,858.082 gallons for con
sumption in England show an increase
of 414,974 gallons, and the 6,987,189
gallons for Scotland an increase of 16,-
051 gallons ; but these increases are
more than counterbalanced by a de
crease of 493,110 gallons in Ireland,
where the quantity fell to 6,047,905
gallons. The 10,618,564 proof gallons
of imported foreign spirits (not sweetened
or mixed) entered for consumption in
the Uuited Kingdom in 1877, were leas
bv 883,176 gallons than the quantity in
the preceding year.— lx>ndon Time*.
NUMBER 17.
PARE, HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD*
1 Twbairal Trrs.. I •*. br r.lin B:^4in.
There are very many pereona who are
familiar with poultry, their general ap
petrtooi, and aomnuo habile, and yet
wholly unacquainted with the recently
introduced ternia aa applied to fowla;
word* the meaning of which, thus used,
is Greek even to those well informed on
general subjects. Vat the benefit at
those who may deaire to obtain the
knowledge, I subjoin a glossary of tech
meat terms, derived from the beet au
thorities :
Heard - A bunch of feathers under the
throat at some breeds of rbiekens, such
aa Houdana or Polish. There are many
phraaea, such ss breed, brood, brooding,
carriage, etc., that evsm the leaat on
learned will understand. We often hear
of a " litter of chickena," or similar ex
pressions. Litter, aa applied to poultry,
is inelegant and in bad taste. We hear
of a litter of pigs, a litter of kittens, etc,,
but a litter of chicks ia entirely out of
keeping. Csrunculated—Ooveiwd with
small fleshy protuberances, as on the
bead and neck of a turkey ooek. Chick
—A nrwb hatched fowl. Chicken—This
word applies indefinitely to any age un
der one year ohl. Clutch This term is
applied both to the hatch <tt eggs sal
upon by a fowl, and to the brood at
chickens hatched therefrom.
Cocker®!—A young oock. A cockerel
doe* nut truly braußM i oock until
eighteen mouth* of age, although he i*
generally Ihu* termed at the age of one
year. Nut until a year am! a half old
due* he get hi* Anal moult, and attain
to the full glory of plumage and aiae.
Cockerel* hare many deAcieoetes that
disappear when ther emerge into full
grown, full-plumed Then they
may become exhibition bird*, with *otne
trimming, and yet be poor birds to breed
from. It doea not always follow that a
bird ia mutable for breeding purpose®
simply beoeuae be or aba has woo a
prize. Many imperfections that pre
sented themselves iu the chicken may
grow out, bat the offspring of such birds
generally repeat* the discrepancy. Im
perfect p'nmage may grow out or be
plucked, ami other points be con
cealed by n covering of flesh. Exhibition
birds do not aiways become so without
aid. Nature is often assisted by art
in '.hi* respect a* well a* other*.
Comb—The fleshy protuberance grow
ing on the h>P of tlie fowl's head. Con
dition—The state of he fowl a* regard*
health and beauty of plumage. Crret—
A cn>wn or tuft o.* feather* on the heed ;
of the same s.gnifleaace a* top-knot.
Crop —The receptacle in which the fowl's
food it stared before pausing into the
gizzard for digestion. Cushion—The
maa* of feather* over a hen, covering
the tail—chiefly developed in Cochin*.
Dnbbiog—Cutting off the comb, wattle*
and car lobes, so aa to leave the bead
smooth and clean. Ear lobes— The folds
of bare akin hanging just below the ear*,
by many called deaf ear*. They vary in
co'or, being red, white, blue, and cream
colored. Face- The bare skin around
the eye. Flight*—The primary feather*
of the wing* use 1 in flying, but tacked
under the wing* oat of sight when at
rest Fluff—Soft, downy feather* about
the thigh*, chiefly developed in Asiat
ic*.
Furnished —When ■ cockerel ha* ob
tained his full tail, oomb,(heckle*, etc., be
is said to be furnished. Gills—This term
1* often applied to the wattles. Hackles—
The peculiar, narrow, long feather*"on
the necks of fowls. Henny or Hon
Feathers—Resembling a ben, from the
alweoce of hackles and sickle feathers
and in plumage geuerally. Hock—The
joint between the thigh and thank. Keel
—A word sometimes used to denote the
breast bone. Leg—ln a living fowl, thia
is the scaly part, usually denominated
the shank. ' !n a d'-issert bird, the term
refer* to the joint above. Leg Feather*
Feather* growing on the outer aide*
of the shanks iu many of the Asiatics.
Mamy—Confuted or lmkstmet markings
in the plumage.
Pea Comb—A triple oomb resembling
three small combe in one, the middle
being the highest. Pencilling—Small
markings or stripes over a feather.
These may run straight across, as in the
Hamburg*, or in a crescent form, as in
Partridge Cochins. Poult— A young
turkey. Primaries—The flight feather*
of the wing*, hidden" when toe i*
closed, being tucked under 4b* visible
wing, which is composed of the "sec
ondary " feather*. Usually the prima
ries contain the deepest color belonging
to the fowl, except the tail, and grert
importance is attached to their wlor by
breeder*. A cockerel or a pullet of some
breeds should never show a white quill,
or a white shaft to a quill, to become
perfect breeding birda.— C.B., fbwn
try (Gentleman.
Sri can Hwarr POT sToaa.— Boil one
dosen small potatoes till they are done,
bat not too soft: peel and slice them
and sprinkle over them a teaeapful of
sugar and a tableapoonfal at ground al
spuY*. Now put into a frying pan a
tableopoouful of lard, and aa soon as it
it hot, lev in the potatoes and fry them.
When the potatoes are tskeo up, put a
little water, sugar and spies in the pan
and make a grave to p<mr over the po
tatoes. fou will find this diah generally
liked.
Hkkf Borr.—Take four pounds of
fresh lieef, or what it better and more
economical, a nice beef shank or *' soup
bone" ; put it into four or five quarts at
water; salt it and let it boil slowly fire
or six hours ; skim well ; half an hour
before von wish to take it up put in a
cud partly full of rice, a small quantity
of potatoes, corrota, onions and celery,
cut in small pieces.
E.vomhh Pun ProDOto.—Take a
measure each of sugar, flour, finely
chopped suet, mixed rairina, currantt
and citron; stir well together and wet is
with new milk just enough to 44 stick "
it well together. Season it with cinna
mon, cntmeg and cloves, and don't for
get a teospoonful of salt; tie in a well
flonred bag and keep it boiling well for
four or five hours; serve with lemon
liquid sauce. This padding is just as
good steamed over as when first boiled,
and will keep for several weeks in win
ter.
EOO TOAST. —Boat four eggs, yelks
and whites together thoroughly; put
two tables poonfuls of butter into a sauce
pan and melt slowly; then P° ar *1"
egg" and heat without boiling over a
slow Are, stirring constantly; add a little
salt, and when hot, spread on slices of
uiocly browned toast, and serve at once.
Receipts for ('leasing.
Mrs. 8. M. H. sends the following for
housekeepers: When a room is to be
papered, fill all the crevioea wbert? the
plaster has fallen off with plaster ot
paris mixed with cold water. It dries
3 uickly and wiH not stain the paper. For
leaning mica, I have found nothing equal
to fine salt For cleaning sine, nothing is
so good as kerosene; after using
kerosene, rub with whiting. If Sit
ing is moistened with ammonia, it
will very readily clean both silver and
tin. To strain honey, first run it through
a colander-set in a pan upon the back
oven; afterward, strain through a cloth.
To make wax. fill a small strainer-bag
with rough comb, which dip in hot
watet. The wax will rise to the surface
of the water, leaving the impurities be
hind. Repeat the prooeee, and finish
by melting the wax and forming it "into
cakes.
Items T bttnH
Mamben of the tow-ooel dealer*. \
Never Ull a weather-cock to pull down
his wwi
Hngo hw fottf ß MM dnel* and haa
onto* off Victor mry tima.
Canada ia doing an immense bnnnaaa
in shipping lobetere to England.
Grabbing i the favorite fan with
beaux and halloa,at Feruanditia.
Tba other day a deaf mate was given
a bearing by a polio* magistrate..
A St. Lotii rhil<! weighed one hundred
ponnda whim thirteen tnontba old.
The Yonkem Oautte aaya there ia one
consolation, very Yew anow banks failed
last winter.
The people of England are not allowed
to raise tobacco. It is strictly prohibit
ed by law.
Let era were invented in Pbynicia. and
yon ran not Phynieia education withont
them. — Oh*. Smt Night
The proverb, "out of eight out of
mind," V no where more applicable than
in the case of an advertisement
R. H. Babcock, a blind man, has been
1 made a doctor of medicine at Chicago.
He graduated with high honors.
?■ "Everybody," says an exchange,
I " likes radishee in Jsggn." It's a mis
take. We don't for one. We like onre
here.
Garibaldi, ao far from lying dyingf at
Caprerm, is preparing to visit Paris dnr
! ing the Exposition, when he will be the
guest of Hugo.
Twenty-five thousand war claims are
on file in Washington, and it is slated
that eighteen years will be required to
adjudicate upon them.
What is the difference between a
tenant and the son of a widow f Tb<
tenant has to pay rents; the eon of e
widow has not two pa-rents.
The world can maintain sixty thousand
miliums of people. It haa never bad
tnare than two per cent, of that number
living at any one time on its surface.
The valne of fruit crops in the United
Htatos is estimated bv the government
ftatistician at $140,000,000 annually, or
about half the valne of the wheat crop.
Tbs nohlrat lessen laaght by lit.
Ps svMry gwst, hMtMS sael
Who nil, to sooqesr In tha strife.
Is .alf-control.
There are about ooe million operator*
engaged in the iron industries of the
United Htates. The entire valne of
manufactured iron for ooe year ia f®oo,-
000,006.
The peaseiigars in a train of care leav
ing New London, Conn., the other day
took a vote on eternal panu-bmcut.
Twenty believed in it, ton did not, and
sixteen were " neutral."
The population of London is upwards
of 4,500,00 . Mors people live in Lon
don than in the whale of Denmark or
BwiUer!aad, more than twice as many as
in fiaxony or Norway, and nearly aa
many aa in Scotland.
Under the new army regulations every
Prussian soldier haa to carry in his
left trousers pocket the plaster, lint and
bandsg- necessary for a first dressing of
s wound, so that in an emergency each
can help himself or a comrade.
The moat expensive tail way car in the
world cost $35,0(10, waa completed last
autumn by the Pullman Company, and
has since been used in various parts of
the country by tourists able to pey for
its luxuries. It ia a French flat in
ministers
There ia a very canons rsoe of sheep
living upon an island in Englishman'*
Bav. ooa*t of Maine. Tbey are nearly
a* wild aa deer, living almost entirely
upon see-weed in the winter, also de
vouring the small branches and ahrutia
that grow upon the island.
New nown hay has a peculiar smell
which ia not perceptible while the grass
ia growing, because this smell proceeds
from the whole herbage, and seems to
escape from the orifices of it* containing
cells only when the surrounding vessels
withdraw their pressure from change in
condition. When this soent of aew
raown hay ia concentrated, it becomes
the flavor of bitter almoodr.
WWT HE pro rr.
B* mood oa hi* bead ie s crowded rtiwt,
displace wber* lb* knight* of the parts-bnuA
Sod attracted s mob around hw ; •
A riddle ha couldn't well sob* on his fast
Stared ban full ia Ik* face, and so not te> b
but
It wsa that oe hi* head I found him
Tbscsuaa WA* as plain s* the BOSS on ytkw face.
Though parhap* ysa'd ha** thought it * lunacy
And (Wined any further to heed K;
But the fa wa* a *cfekar of MU* is * bun*.
H ad poa&ed tall BPmde down la hi* flurrr.
SoVe atood oo hu bead to read it
Some stupendous figures or* furnished
by the recent centos of the British
Empire. IU total population is 4,-
750,000, or nearly doable tfiet oI the
Roman Empire >• ita palmiest day*,
while ita territory, 7,750,000 square
mile*. M almost fire timet aa great A
sixth of the queen's subjects are Chris
tiana, a little more than a tenth Mobam
medan*. over two-flltht Hindoos and a
(north heathen* of variona aaeta. Tha
titled property holders ot tlraat Britain
number 186.000.
41 Hold the Fort" may be a grand
enag, bat is not appropriate for all oe
corioaa. At taast to some people thon ht
when a srorthr de-eon, on tome aii u
vwrsarv oeoasion, formed his Sun' *y
school in line and cr arched them alone
the oieies himself in front, and all ruror
oatlr ringing "Hold the Fort." The
consternation which seised all parties at
the aeoond—
"Seethe might?boat advancing,
con be better imagined than described.
Mr. Ltnfear, a man engage 1 in brew!
jag camels in Texas, ears of them that it*
is no more trouble to raise them than it
is to raise hotaes or cattle. Toe oolts
for the first three or four days require
close attention, but after that take their
chances with the herd. They feed on
cactus and brash, eschewing all grosses
that cattle sod horses eat if the favorite
cactus can be had. Mr. Danfear says
there is one camel in hit herd that lias
traveled one hundred and fifty miles *-
tween sua and tan, and that almost any
well-broken aamel oan travel more than
a hundred miles la a day.
4 #
Training the Breaches.
The brone'io horses which perform
such wood. rfal tricks at the New York
Aqnariuiu ware taught wholly by means
ofkimlnees, jwienoe and skilL The old
system of traiuiug by fear is supesedod
by a more excellent way. The home is
taught to*feel that his trainer is his
friend, and will not ■ hurt bim; aud
though uatnrally a very timid animal,
kindness wins his confidence, end then,
wheu be understands what he is desired
to do, he will try to do it. The whip is
used, not as an instrument of torture,
but as a means of communicating to the
horse the wishes of his keeper. Move
ments and touches of the whip he soou
learns to understand, and he will watch
for these signals intently. The broncho
horsee thus receive their directions for
the tricks they perferm, and obey orders
exoctlv if there is uniformity in giving
them.* The distinctive name of these
horsee cornea from the Spanish broncho
—wild horse. They are not considered
more intelligent than common horses,
but are handsomer and more spirited,
and their being perfectly wild is a great
advantage for purposes of training.
Fate of a Centennial Relic.
All who visited the Centennial Exhi
bition will remember the tremendous
and uncouth figure of Washington on an
alleged eagle or some such bird which
stood at the entrance of Memorial H&ll.
The huge work was no caricature on
anything American, but was executed
' in good faith by Signor Guarnerio in
Italy who thought to get some thousands
of dollars for it from the United States
Government. The Italian Government
transported it free from the studio to
the gates of the Centennial and the
Signor had to pay ninety dollars for re
moving it from thenoe and placing it in
Memorial HalL The colossal figure was
removed thence to the Main Exhibition
building after the Centennial closed.
The other day an atterapfc was made to
sell it at auction on account of non-pay
ment of duties. The 11 gbeet bid was
the magnificent sum of one dollar.