A ttentle Word la Now l ost,
A zsntls word is never toot.
Oh, nrr then rffiwe on* ,
It oheem the heart when tempest teaaed.'
And InlU the o*o that bruiM on* ,
It sosttern *unlnn* er our way,
And turn* onr thorns to ro* ,
It change* wearv night to day.
And hope and love disclose*.
A gentle word ta never lot--
Thy fallen brother* need it;
How eaay and how amall the ooat
With peace and comfort apeed it ;
Then drive the ahadow from thy cheek,
A tmile can well replace it <
Our voioa ia mnaie when we apeak
With gentle word* to grace it.
The Empty Schoolroom.
Gray duet npon each window-elll,
A broken chair;
The taraiahed bell untouched eo long—
One leaf of a familiar eoug-
Such marks of wear
Aa hearts with sad remembrance fill.
Tinsl, tired I gaae on theee at laat.
Strangely it seems ■
The fresh, young face* are all fled •
Some Withe, young heart a among the dead,
Numbered. In J rvalue
Alone, cvrne viaion* of 'he paet.
With eomethmg twnt a eob and aigh
I stand to-day
Within this empty, dreary room,
A* ailent a* the speechless tomb.
And out, away
Beyond these wall* brown meadow* Ua.
0 room de*erte,l evermore'
I love you yet.
And sky. that holdeth only gloom.
Beyond are akies, of summer bloom
Without regret.
To shine ujvui the golden shore.
Brown meadow*, where the wild wind
sweeps
Chill. ah! *ochill,
lust through the rohwwbhed window-pane
see the graveyard in the rain.
Still kh' so still
Each heart aweary, resting, sleeps.
A LEGHORN HAT.
Nine o'clock of a cloudless summer
morning. The basket phaeton stood at
the door in the narrow noisy street be
low, but Mr. White had already mine to
his office, Annie pleaded headache, aud
the children had their allotted tasks with
the German governess to accomplish. I
must either remain within doors daring
the hot hoars of the .lay 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
in the mirror.
There I beheld a not unpleaaiug 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 quite infinite
simal gr.iy gloves, I kissed my good
Annie and the children, as if honud on
a long and perilous voyage, and deputed
in the basket phaeton.
What a new world was that all about
me ! It was the eitv of Leghorn, with
its tall houses, rendered dingy by sea
damp, and wide white squares, the atmo
sphere redolent of tar, the quays 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
boundleee snggestiveuess they resemble
wishes, hopes, ever coming and going on
some fresh errand.
The phaeton rattled through the main
thoroughfare, once Via lirande, and now
rebaptized, 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 Lech -rn woman with trailing
gown, and dapping handkerchief tied
over her frowzy head: the brilliant uni
form of an occasional officer strolling
languidly to his cafe.
Then the Sea Gate was reached, and
beyond s'retched the white road which
threads its way beside the Mediterranean
to the beautiful suburb of the Ardenza.
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 so 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. I glanced down the white road
as it curved along the strand, bordered
by its featherv trees and oleanders, its
gardens, hotels and villas stretching to
the Maremma, and the coast I might
never explore.
" This is the most heantifnl shore in
the world, and the old Romans knew it,"
I soliloquized ; and just then the phaeton
paused. +
My destination was the l>ath. 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 ont on a
pier which terminated in a round space
shielded by a tent from the sun's rays,
and thence the smiling old bsth woman,
in a flapping straw hat, conducted me
down a passage, bordered on either side
by li'tle tents with green doors, to my
destination. Onoe consigned to the
baracra, I was free to remain in the
tiny house, with its roof of matting and
wails of striped canvas, where the water
rippled in of a transparentlv green hue,
or to part the curtains and issue forth
boldly as a swimmer. I decided to re
main seclude! 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 sandv
beard. The head advanced with sncii
evident intention of a tall body's follow
ing that I uttered a faint scream of
alarm, when the intruder retreated
hastily with a muttered " Beg pardon.'
I received the apology with such dig
nity as 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 up in an oil-skin
cap.
"Some stupid Englishman !" I said,
pettishly.
The hour was too early for many 0001-
pants of the large tent, ami when I
emerged from my bath I drew a chair
near the railing to again gaze oat 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, young, 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.
Yes, all alone ! I shivered in the bright
Italian morning, while my eyes searched
wistfully for the man-of-war! Hince then
every frigate had become to me Harry's
ship, and every officer in uniform assur
edly must be my 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 modhiing, 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 come abroad. I saw my future
dearly enough. In this genial house
hold I should be companion, friend, old
maid aunt to the children. I sighed.
Just then the merchant whose waree
were displayed in one oorner 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 dice on the board, having paid
a franc. The merchant oonnted up the
numbers, and found the corresponding
one in his stock of prizes represented by
a set of coral, resembling sticks of red
sealing-wax. Somebody approached and
"F'TtED. lCditor and l^ropriotor.
VOLUME XL
watched the drawing. I recognised the
long sandy beanl of the intruder of mv
bath, but gave a little jump when "l
further discovered that he wore the uni
form of an American uaval officer. The
merchant immediately pounced ou luiu.
Almost uncousoiooaly the stranger of
the sandy beard appealed to tue in Eu
gliali for explanation, as he did not un
derstand Italian. The nest momeut he
held in his hand a very pretty shell
comb for a lady's hair as a prize.
•' Madam, do you think this would
please—a woman ?" he enquire.! *crutin
lung it.
•• Undoubtedly," I replied, candy. 1
had taken him under my protection as
one of Harry's friends.
His face flushed, and aquutxical smile
lighted up his keeu eyes. " I mean n
lady—home- -in America. You are an
American ?"
" Yea," 1 said, at my esse; for he was
not thinking of me at all. 1 was even
hidf teuipted to ask him if he had kuowu
my poor Harry.
"Thank YOU," he said, with sudden
stiffness, and raising his cap, walked
awar.
Another hour passed swiftly while I
gazed out over the sea from the tent;
then the lieat of the sun warned me to
return. ANi route I retuemlx-red a tri
fling commission at the milliuer's. Ku
tenng the shop, the first obieot present
ed to mv notice was the tall officer with
the sandy beard, beset by two clerks,
and surrounded by pile* of leghorn hats.
The poor man's aspect was most bewtl
dered afld helpless in that sea of straw.
I executed my ovuumission quietly, and
was about to leave, wheu he oewsted
me.
" Would you have the kindness to
give me your advice ?" he said. " I wish
to make a present of a Leghorn hat to a
ladv in America, and it must be of the
best quality."
Thus appealed to, I sifted out the
finest straw for his inspection. "Leg
horn hats are made in the Florence
manufactories, you know," I said.
He made no response; he was staring
at my bauds with a very peculiar expres
sion. I blushed slightlv, and hid them
in the crown of the Leghorn hat. They
were very amall 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 uie possession of
such extremities. Here was this tall
officer in a foreign city actually pausing
in the midst of buying a gift for an un
known lady—probably his fiancee —to
stare at my little hand* in evident aston
ishment. I was more vexed than flat
tered. What right had he to gaze at me
BO fixedly, after having claimed uiv
assistance ? What would Annie think
of mv adventure ?
I recalled him somewhat pnmly to a
sense of duty, I suppose, for he pro
ceeded to pay for the hat, after I nod
warned the shop people not to charge
him more than double the usual price.
He thanked me in sublued accents, and
even hinted that as the ship was to be iu
port some weeks, he hojxd any residents
would come on board. I relented suffi
ciently t* inquire how be proposed send
ing the Leghorn hat, and learned that it
was to be entrusted to the captain of a
brig, bound for New York.
•* Perhaps I hail best address the box
here," he said, again consulting me with
his eyes.
"Yes," I assented, gaining firmness
and decision of tone from hia 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 soap.
" I hope she will like it," said the ex
traordinary man, consulting me again,
with a most sheepish expression of coun
tenance. " Perhaps slie owns ever ao
many Leghorn hats already," in sudden
alarm.
" No, no," I returned, soothingly.
I pictured to myself this lady whom
he wa* ao anxious to please. How proud
she would be of the exquisite Etruscan
straw which she would wear to church I
How envious would be her neighbors !
" There, will that answer!" he held
before me the written address.
I gasped as I read: " Miss Helen
Westmore, Berrynlle, Vermont"
My own name was Helen Westmore,
and Berryville had been my home ! The
Leghorn hat which I hod selected with
ao mnch care was evidently intended for
myself.
"You can not be Dr. Eaaton, who
took care of my poor Harry, and wrote
me the letters about him?" I cried,
between sobbing and laughter. "I am
hia sister."
" He told me hia sister 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, entertainment* 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 to 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 liang
by a straw!
A box stands on the high shelf in the
old home. It contains an nntrimmed
Leghorn hat.— Harper'a Weekly.
The Vrap-Book.
Every one who take* a newspaper
which he in the leastslegree appreciates
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 ia
by the use of a scrap-book. One wko
has never been accustomed thus to pre
serve short articles can hardly realize
the pleasure it affords to ait down and
turn over the pleasant, familiar pages.
Here a piece of poetry meets tlio eye,
which you would long since have lost
had it not been for your scrap-book; there
ia a witty anecdote—it does yon good to
laugh over it yet, although it may to
for the twentieth time; nezt ia a valuable
recipe you had almost forgotten, aud
which yon found just in time to save
much perplexity; there is a sweet little
story, the memory of which ha* cheered
and encouraged yon when almost ready
to depair under the pressure of life's
carea. 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 you will have accumulated.
An Extraordinary Tumor.
An inquest ha* been held at Consett,
saya an English paper, on a woman
named Wake, whose death was caused
by a tumor of extraordinary dimensions.
It had been growing for four years, but
the woman refused to have it removed.
She was attended by a " herbalist," who
foolishly by giving her medicine en
deavored to bnrat it. Dr. Benton was
called, and said that the tumor wa*
three and a half feet high, and contained
forty imperial quarts of semi-solid fluid.
Tbe ooroner said that the herbalist had
acted with gross ignorance, but he was
not criminally reapansibls for the wo
man's death.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
The Russian knout.
There is prohahlr no more terrible
instrument of ptiuishmeut, or it may
perhaps be tu.ire proi>er!y called torture,
i than the knout in the hands of a Bus
man executioner. To give our readers
some idea of its form, the mode of ad
ministering it, and its horrible effect*,
ae quote the following from a recently
published work, entitled "The Kuout
and the Huaaiana;" " Conceive, reader,
a rohtist man, full of life and health,
l'ltis man is condemned to rwetve fifty
or a hundred blows of the knout, lie
is conducted, half naked, to the place
chosen for this kiu.l ot execution. All
lliat he has on is a pair of aimple linen
drawers round his extremitiea. His
hands are bound together, with the .
palms laid fiat against oue another, and
the cords are breakiug his wrists, but
no oue |my* the slightest attention to
that. He is laid fiat ujxui hi stomach,
! on a frame incliued diagonally, and at
the extremities of which are filed iron
riugs; hi* hands are fa*teued to oue end
of the frame, au.l his feet to the other; j
he is then stretched in such a maimer
that he cannot make a single movement,
just as an eel's skiu is stretched in order
to dry. This act of stretching the vie- (
tim causes his tone* to crack, and dis
locate* them—but doe* that matter ? At
the distance of five and-twenty jiaces
stan.fk another man; it is the •public
. executioner. He is dressed iu black
velvet trousers, stuffed into his boots,
and a colored ahirt buttoning at the side.
His sleeves are tucked up, so that iioth"
mg may thwart or embarrass him iu his
movements. With both hands he grasja.
the instrument of punishment—a kuout.
This kuout consuls of a tfioug of thick !
leather, cut iu a triangular form, from
four to five yard* long, and an inch wide,
tapering off at oue eud, andbroou at the
other. the small eu 1 of which is fasten- j
ed to a little wooden handle, about two !
feet long. The signal is given; no oue
ever takes the trouble to road the sen- 4
teuee. The executioner advances a few
steps, with his body tout, holding the
• knout in both hands, while the long
thong drags along the ground totwesu
his legs. On coming to about three or
four paces from the prisoner, he raises,
bv s vigorous movement, the kuout
toward- the top of his he.nl, and then
mstautly draws it down with rapidity
towarvls hi* knees. The thong flies and
whistles through the air. and descending
on the body of the victim, twine* round
it lute a hoop of iron. In spite at hi* i
state of teusiou, the poor wretch bounds
as if he were submitted to the powerful
grasp of galvanism. The executioner (
retraces hi* steps, and repeats the same
operation as many times as there are
blows to be IU flic ted. Where the thongs
envelopes the body with its edges, the
flesh and muscles are literally cut into
stripes, as if with a razor; but when it
falls flat, then the liones crack. The
flesh, iu that case, ia not cat, but crush- ;
ed and ground, and the blood spurts
out iu all directions. The sufferer be
comes green and bine, like s 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."
. 11
Fire* in America.
An English magazine say* : The ex
ceeding dryness of the atmosphere in
the United State* produces such sn in
flammability in buildings, that when a
fire breaks out it proceeds with surpris
ing velocity. Owing to this circum
stance, American* have organised the j
most |>erfect system in the world of extin
guishing fires, though all their efforts
are often in vain. A stranger in New
York or Boston would be astonished at
the immense uproar caused by an out
break of fire. Bella are rung, gong*
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 coming ; the American simply
steps to the " sidewalk" or into a
" store " for a moment. It is provided
by the city government that " the offi- j
cers and men, with their teams and ap
paratus, shall have the right of way
while going to a fire, through any street,
lane, or alley," etc.; and most unre- ,
servedly do the said officers and men
make use of this permission. If any
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 baggy is left standing at a oorner, .
the owner must not be surprised if but
three wheels are left on it when he re
turns. Accidents of this latter kind,
however, are rare; people recognize
and yield willingly the right of way ; i
and the quicker the engines go to a fire,
the better pleased everybody is. It is
quite a point of rivalry among the Are- |
men who shall get the first water on a
fire, 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 curious conversation
ensued:
" Ah, how d'ye do, ohl fellow ?" cried
the first one, heartily.
Second friend (shrugging his shoul
ders)—O, tray bang."
First friend (looking a little startled*
—" Nice day, is it not ?"
"Second do.—"Ah we, say bang
sure."
First do. (doubtfully;—" You are not
ill, are yon?"
Second do. (with indignation)—" Oh,
nong!"
First do. !*.• lines uneasy ; thinking
his friend is mail, he say*—" Well, good
ilav," and moves away.
The Second smiles from ear to ear,
shrugs his shoulder* and replies : " Ah,
bung znre, mong amine."
All the day Nurator One feels ex
tremely bail about his neighbor's un
fortunate condition, and be does not dis
cover the truth of the matter till the
evening, when, as he is resiling of the
Paris Exhibition, he suddenly recollects
that his friend is going to France and is
studying the language. He was only
practicing French in a preliminary sort
of way.
Number One smiles as he thinks of
the fate in store for the unfortunate
natives of La Belle Franee.
Walt.
Wait, husband, before you wonder
audibly why your wife don't get along
with the household responsibilities " as
your mother did." Hhe is doing her
best—and no woman can endnre, that
best, to be 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. Do you
think she is made of east iron I Wait—
wait in silence and forliearance, and the
light will come back to her eyes--the
old light of the old (lays.
Wait, wife, before you speak reproaoh
fully to your husband when he oomes
| home late, and weary and "out of sorts."
| He has worked ham for you all day—
perhaps far into the night; be has wres
| tied, hand in hand, with care and sol '
flshneas, 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 kIMi.
Hat* Jamra Pair ttrraaar lis* al iSr
WmMMMN 'lra la Ibr WwM.
There ia a man alive at this present
moment who, if he were so minded,
could give his daughter a marriage iir
tion of one hundred and fifty million
dollars. lie would then have stout
fiftv millions left for himself. He lives
half way up a mountain snle in Nevada,
and his daughter lives with him. Seven
Veura ago he was a poor mau; to-dav he
is the silver king of America. He lias
dug two hundred million dollars' worth
of silver out of the hilt he ia
living on, and has about two
hundred millions more yet to dig.
If he lives three years longer he will lie
the richest man m the world. His name
is James Fair, ami he is the manager,
superintendent, duet partner, and
I'rilunpul shareholder 111 the consolidated
Virginia and California Silver Mines,
kuowu to men as the "big tououzas."
He has an army of men toiling for him
day and night, down in the very depths
of the earth, digging, piekiug, blasting
and crushing a thousand tons of rock
every twenty-four hour*. He works as
hard as any man of them. The man
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
such a fabulous fortune con be accumu
lated.
Seven years ago there were two little
Irishmen in the eitv of San Franciooo,
keeping a dritiking-bar of very modest
pretensions, close to oue of the principal
busmcMH thoroughfares. Their custom
ers were of all kinds, but chiefly com
mercial men and clerks. Awoug them
was an unusually large proportion of
stock and share-dealers, miuiug brokers
and the like, and there was no place iu
Son Francisi*) where so much mining
talk weut ou as in the saloon of Messrs.
Flood A O'Brien, which were the names
of the two little Irishmen. Keeping
their ears wide open, and sifting the
moss of gossip that they listeued to every
d*y, these two men Picked tip a g.xsl
uiauv crumb* of information, Ix-snle
getting now *nd then a direct roufldeu
tnd tip ; and they turned some of them
to such good account iu a few quiet
little speculations, that they shortly hail
a comfortable sum of money lyiug at
their linkers'. Instead of throwing it
away headloug in wild extravagant ven
tures, which was the joyous custom of
the average Colifoniiau in those days,
they let it lie where it wis, waiting till
they knew of something gtssl t> put it
into. They soon heard of something
good enough. On Fair's advice they
bought shares in a niiue called the Hale
and Nmrro**, and were speedily taking
out of it fifteen thousand pounds ster
ling s month in dividen<ls. This mine
was the property of a company, and
though it had at one time paid large and
COUUHUOUH divideml*. it wa* uow sup
posed 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
!>*cted to find—a large dejswit of silver
ore. Thereupon he and Flood and
O'Brien together bought up all the
ahare* they could lay their hands upou,
and obtained complete control of the
mine. It was immediately put under
Fair s management, and it prosjwred,
and the three partner* waxed very rich.
Mr. Fair, being an experiencwd and
clever practical miner, spent most of Ins
time down in the miin\ laying out and
directing the work for his men. It was
necessary that he should know all there
was to be known, and see all there wa*
to been, about the property ;.atid he
made such constant and thorough ex
plorations of it, that he very soon got it
by heart. In a little time there was not
an inch with which he was not thor
oughly acquainted, not a trace of mineral
in shaft or tunnel of which he wa* not
personally aware. By and by, l<eing a
reflective kind of man, who notice*!
everything and forgot nothing, he took
to thinking over things, and puttiug odds
and ends of observation together, and
comparing note*, and rummaging in old
out-of-the-way coruers of the mine, and
making all sort* of examinations in all
sort* of abandoned places, and generally
carrying on in a cunotis wuv. until he
finally persuaded himself that some
where, close by the Hale and Norerosa,
there ran a gigantic rein of silver-l>ear
ing ore, whose value he could only cal
culate in figures that frightei ed him to
took at Week after week he banted
for this vein withont succesa, and under
difficulties that would have disheartened
an ordinary mail ; but he stuck to the
search, and ultimately found a clue. He
followed it np for ten days, and then
struck the Bonanza, a huge sheet of
glittering ■tephanite, one hundred feet
wide, of unknown length and depth, aud
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 hia partners were the
absolute owners of three-fourth* of it,
the prospective possessors of four linn
dreu and fifty million dollars ! Figures
like these stun tbe imagination.
Iu the excitement caused by this as
tounding discovery it is scarcely more
than the hard truth to say that Han
Francisco went raving mad. The vein
in which the bonanza was found was
known to run straight through the con
solidated Virginia and California mines,
dipping down a* it went, and could not
be traced any further. But that fact
was nothing to people who were lient on
having mining stock; and, vein or no
vein, the stock tliey would have. Con
sequently they Ixmght into every tniue
in the neighborhood, good and bad alike,
sending prices up to nnlieard-of limit*,
and investing million* in worthies* pro
perties that have never yielded a shil
ling in dividends, aud never will. When
Flood had bought a large quantity of
the Ixinanza stock, and had a*siired to
himself and his partners the controlling
interest in the mines, lie recommended
all hia friends to buy a little, and O'Brien
did the same. Those who took the ad
vice are now drawing their projxirtion
ate share* of dividends, amounting to
about two million five hundred thousand
dollars a mouth. The majoritv of those
who bought into other mine* are, in (Cali
fornia jiarlance, "busted." What these
three inetf and their latestwiartuer, Mac
key, are going to do with their money is
a curious problem, the solution of which
will be watched with great interest in a
year or two to come. The money they
hold now ia yielding them returns ao
enormous tliat their maddest extrava
gances could mnke no imprenHioti on the
amount. Every year they are earning
more, saving more, and investing more.
Tliey have organized a ba:ik with a capi
tal of ten millions of dollars; they oon
trol nearly all the mining interest* of
Nevada and California; they have a
strong grip of the commercial, financial,
and farming interest* all along the Paci
fic slope; and by a single word they can
at any moment raise a disastrous panic,
and plnnge thousands of men into hope
less ruin. It will to an interesting thing
to wait and watch how this terrible
jxiwer for good or evil ta to to wielded.
—Home. Journal.
A teacher in Rangor, 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
those who ' * had lost their plaoes in
their classes " were called u]>on to do so.
But she, with ready wit, responded:
" Please, mum, I didn't lose my place;
an' how oould I when I'm at the foot f
Fencing In Japan.
A famous company of professional
fencers wi re jK-rfonuing at Yokohama
while 1 was there, and we went to wee
them aloug witli several English real*
| dents, who had been many years in the
country, but hod never witnessed a sim
ilar exhibition. '1 i..- * .-Imitators were
encased in armor, and were distinguished
from each other by the color of their
cuirasses. Their appearance wo* her
aided by the blast of a couch shell, and
all their prococsjiugn were su|ieriuteuded
hy a handsome young mau. attired and
shaven m the most orthodox style.
Wielding his fan like a marshal's truu-
I rheou, he set the comhstauts IIJMIII each
' other, Olid separated them with loud
ejaculations. At each corner of the
arena sat a judge, with all the dignity of
a Roman Senator, motionless and silent,
until referred to u|>ou s doubtful |>oiut
of order. Outs are interchanged so
rapidly that it is often hard to say who
had dealt tlio successful stroke. The
WC*|HIU* are long bauitiou* held in LX>th
hands like quarter-staffs,and any sort of
blow above the waist is [lerunosihle, but
the favorite is a good crock on the top of
the helmet. Occasionally the combat
ants get too near together for striking,
olid the struggle liecoincs literally hand
to hand until they are separ
ated ; notwithstanding their aavage
, yells and fierce blows, they pre
eserve the perfect good humor
characteristic of their race. Byway of
variety there was s fight lietweeu the
sword and the " morning star," a sphere
fastened by a cord to a spiked handle.
Although the latter ap|>earod to be the
' inferior weapon, rts bearer did not come
badly off, as he plaved the part of a
retiariu* with the I mil and string, and
when at close quarters brought In* sharp
hook into active operation. 'l'll-u two
girls, elaborately attired iu the wide
sleeves and trousers of Jajaujesu knights,
atteuded by female s|Uires to arm and
equip them, took their places ou oppo
site sides of the lists, and went through
the motions of s fight, one having a
halberd and the other a couple of swords.
Finallv, another amaxoli had a duel with
a male antagonist, and completely
overthrew hnn; but this was a mere
burlesque, as he evidtgitiy tumbled uvA
ou purjxisc, and liehsved like the clown
in a jmntoniime, whereas an air of*tern
reality pervaded the other mimic battles.
It is remarkable that the Japanese are
able to derive keen enjoyment from
|K<rforuiauoc* winch involve no {enl
to life or limb, and if their public
Njiectoclea differ in this respect from
those of the Roman amphitheatre, they
mav also compare favorably with msuy
which find (avor in the eyes at the
British public. Various games of skill,
including the " Go bang," are poouiar,
but the jiaasion for gambling and cock
fighting, so strongly developed in most
parts of Eastern Asia, is not conspicu
ous in J*|>aii, where animals in general
may lie said to have a good time. — Thr
Ffartniyhtly Review.
Turkbh Lore of Water
A Turk thinks ho can do nothing so
grateful to God and man a* the setting
up of s fountain by the roadside or in
the street* of the city, where the way
farer and his animals may S|<JHSC their
thirst and bless the name of him who pro
vided for their want*. Often in my trav
els, aavs a eorre*|>ondcut, I have halted
lenratli the shade of a wide-spread
ing plane tree to slake my thirst at the
limpid waters of a marble fountain, and
to repose from the noonday heat. There
is always some edifying distich from the
Koran, that " Water t the gift of G-*l,
and blessed is he 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 speaks
well for the benevolent disposition of
the Mussulman. The Turks are great
consumers of water, and tliey are good
judges of it* quality and nice in what
titer use. The favorite water, that ia
sold at a para s gloss in the streets, is
from Asia; either from Tchamildja, ou
the mountain about Scutari, or from
Karakonlak, some ten miles up the
Bosphoraa. several miles inward from
Brlcos. This is brought to the landing
iu barrels, ou horses' backs, put iu
barges, and in this way corned to Con
stantinople before daylight. Notwith
standing the length of the journey, it is
n* clear a* crystal. The venders cry it
us, " Bows guibi " —a* good a* ice. A
pasha will drain two goblets at a swal
low. Aa water ia said to Jiave fattening
properties, the large draught* they take
of it may be tbe cause, in |>rt, of the
oocwitv to which both sexes of the Turks
tire subject
A TnrkNh torend.
On a rock opposite Scutari, facing the
entrance to tue Bospborna, stands a
tower which ia often, withont reason,
called " the Tower of Leander. The
Tnrka call it " the Tower of the Virgin. "
In it, according to a Turkish legend,
wa* confined the lovely daughter of
Mohammed-Sultan, Mehar-Hehegid by
name, of whom it had been predicted by
a mysterious gijwy that she would die
bv the bite of a serpent Mehar-
Hchegid'a reputation for toauty spread
nnlil it reached the ears of the Prince of
Persia, who came to Constantinople de
termined by some means to gain admis
sion to the tower. He contrived, by
bribing her attendants, to get conveyed
to her a bouquet of symbolical flowers
expressing to her in a lauguage she P 01 ""
feetlv nnderstixKl tbe passion with wh icli
she bad inspired him. But, like Glw
patra'a basket of fruit, Mehar-Hchogid s
hunch of flowers concealed an asp..
Mehar-Schegid was stung. Her ser
vant*. remembering the gipsy 8 proph
ecy, uttered loud cries of distress, and,
throwing open the doors of the tower,
rushed out frantically, exclaiming that
all was lost. Then the Pnnoe of Persia
rushed in, seized Mehar-Hchogid in his
arms, and sucked the wound in her
shoulder until he had extracted froru it
all the venom left there by the asp. The
Suitsu, when he heard of the young
man's noble and devoted conduct, de
clared that he should to his son in law ;
and Ae Prince of Persia made Mehar-
Hchegid hia wife, and lived very happi
ly with her for a great number of years,
and had many children.
Words of Wisdom.
Bettor to upright with poverty, than
unprincipled with plenty.
A man may have mnch at the world,
and yet not to much of a man.
Without the virtue of humanity one
can neither to honest in poverty uor
contented in abundance.
No life cAn to pure in its purpose
aud stroug in its strife and nil life not
to purer and stronger thereby.
It was Thorean who said that "We,
who have not bad a seed-time of charac
ter, cannot expect a harvest of thought.
Be always sure of doing good. This
will make vour life comfortable, your
death happy, aud your account glorious.
The darkest day in any man's career
ia that .wherein he fancies there is some
easier way of getting a dollar than by
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 haa it* marked place and
distinct role, aud iu the grand drama
called life there presides H law harmo
nious an the one which rules the move
ment* of the stars.
Magnificence of Ancient Rome.
The following vri'ld pen-picture is
from " The Old Roman World," by John
Ford; If anything more were wanted
to give us an idea of Roman muguifl
nance, we would turn oureyea from pub
lic monuments, demoralizing games and
grand proeeaaiona; we would forget the
statues iu brass and uiarble which out
numtiered the living inhabitants, oo
numerous that oue hundred thousand
have Ix-eii recovered and still embellish
Italy, and would desocud into the lower
sphere of material life—to thoae things
which attest luxury and taate— tooma
ineiita, dream s, sumptuoua living and
rich furniture. The art of working
metals and cutting precious atouea sur
passed anything kuowu at the present
day. In the decoration of houaea, in
social entertainment*, in crockery, the
Romans were remarkable. The niuaaica,
signet rings, cameos, bracelet*, bronzes,
chains, vases, couches, banqueting ta
bles, chariots, colored glass, gildim,
mirrors, mat tressea, cosmetics, perfumes,
hair dye*, ailk robes, {lotteries, all at
test great elegance and beauty. The
tables of thuga root and Del ion bronze
were as exjienruve as the aideliuarda of
Spanish walnut, ao much admired in re
oeut great exhibitions. Wood and ivory
wrere carved as exquisitely as in Japan
an 1 China. Mirrors were made of jxd
iehed silver. Glass cutters could imi
tate the color* of precious stones so well
that the Portland vase from the tomb of
Alexander Heverus was long considered
s geuiue sardonyx. Brass could be
hardened so as to cut stone. The pal
ace of Nero glittered with gold and jew
els. His beds were of silver and his
tables of gold. Tiberius gave a million
of sesterces for s picture far his bed
room. A banquet dish of Drusillua
weighted five hundred jxmtids of silver.
The cups of Drusus were of gold Tun
ics were embroidered with the figures of
various animals. Randal* were gar
nished with precious stones. Paulina
wore jewels, when she paid visit*, val
ued at 8800,000. Drinking cups were
engraved with scenes from the poet*.
Libraries were adorned with bust* and
f> reuse* of rare wowds. Hofa* were ln
aid with tortoise shell and covered.with
gorgeous purple. The Roman grandee*
rode in gilded chariots, bathed in mar
ble baths, dined from crystal cii{>*, slept
on txxls of down, reclined on luxurious
couclie*, wore embroidered rol>es and
were adorned with precious stones.
They ransacked the earth and the seas
for rare dishes for their banquets,and or
{lamented their houses with carpet*
from Babylon, onyx cups from Bythinia,
marble* from Numidia, bronzes from
Corinth, statues from Alliens—whatever,
in short, eras precious or rare or curious
iu the moat distant countries. The lux
uries of the bath almost exceed belief,
and <>n the walla were magnificeut frea
cues ami painting, exhibiting an inex
haustible productiveness in landscape
and mythological scene*. executed, in
livelv colors.
But these were not all. Tbe most
amazing wealth and the loftiest taste
went hand in hand. There were " citi
zen nobles who owueJ whole provinces;
even Fsula could call a whole city her
own. Rich senators, in some cases, were
proprietors of 200,000 slaves. Their in
comes were known to to 95,000 per day
when gold aud silver were wortJi four
limes u* much as they are uow.
\ ampler Bats.
South America also has its large bat*,
of one of winch everybody haa heard—
the vampire.* Much nonsense has been
written about it, but there was some
foundation for the stories of its sucking
the blood of men snd animals until it
killed them. In the interior of South
America nearly everybody sleeps in a
hammock either out-of-doors or with the
windows "Pen, and the weather is so
warm that little covering is used. The
vampire cornea in on silent wings, and
finding a toe exposed, gently pricks it
witli his sharp Uxitb, and draws tbe
blood until be can swallow* no more.
The sleeper rarely is awakened, and Joes
not know his loss until morning. He
may then feel weak from the flow of
blood, but we are not aware that a man
wa* ever known to die from this cause.
Horse* are very greatly troubled by
them also. Mr. Charles Wstterton, an
euthuaiastic uatnraliat now dead, who
Bjient several years in New Guiana, ha*
told us much about thia ugly bat, but
could never induce one to taste of hia
toe, although he would have been very
glad to to able to aay that he had been
operated npon. For 'eleven months he
slept alone in the loft of a deserted wood
cntter'a hut in the deep forest. There
the vampires came an I went a* they
wished. lie *w them come in the
moonlight on stealthy wings, and pick
the ripe bananas; lay in bis hammock
aud watched them bring almost to hia
bedside the green wild fruit of the wild
guava; floating down the river on other
moonlight night* wa* *truck by the fall
ing blossoms of the lawarri-nnt tree,
which the vampires pulled from the
branches to get at the tender seed-ve*el,
or the insect* that lurk in the deep
corolla. He lay night after mght with
his tore foot ex'Kiaed. but could never
get them to lance it, although hia iriends
and companions were all bled by thia
nocturnal surgeon; and except tbst he
once caught one fastened to the shou'der
of one of hia animals, he came awry no
wiser than when be went of how the
vampire doe* hia horrid work.
The vampire* measure stout twentv
six inches across the wings; frequent old
houses and liol'ow trees, and repose in
clusters, head downwards, from the
branches of 'oreat trees.
Strength of the Unman Arm.
'Die powerful force of the human arm
when propelled by a hale, hearty man,
ia almost incredible. The damage it
may inflict is simply astounding, and
we have recently had a sad but verv
Ntrikiug demonstration of this kind. A
few jno"ths since, when a man named
Freize hit Andrew Weldner, it is said
that the latter fell a* suddenly as if he
j had toon hit in a vitAl part with an axe.
■ The bridge of the nixie wa* b oken. he
ceased to breathe in 'ON* than ten m u
nte*. and within a quarter of au hour
wa* dead as though a bullet had jiene
t rated his heart, 11 to stated that Freize
told an officer that the 'orce of the blow
wa* so powerful that lie came near fall
ing rom the rctonnd, and when be dis
covered that the man was dead, be could
not realize the fact. We see it stated iu
a Virginia paper that one of the cele
brated Randolph family, a near kinsman
of Thomas Jeflerson, wheu iu his prime,
could lift a thousand pound*. Our
shows and circuses generally exhibit a
man who displays wonderful feat* of
strength, but we have rarely or never
known an instance where a single blow
from the human arm ao inatontaneouslv
produced death as that inflicted by
Freize ou Weidner. It should prove a
sad warning to all possessed of such
muscle, to to extremely guarded as to
when and how they use
Two young farmers desired the exclu
sive privilege of dancing with the same
girl at Mount Vernon, 111. There was a
auarrel, ending in au agreement to *ettle
ia question with a fight. The com
batants and a few friends went to a barn;
but tofore beginning the fight one de
manded that, the other to searched, to
see if he had any weapon. The search
was not thorough, for the searched man
drew a knife, on finding that he was
being whipped, and inflicted a mortal
wound.
TERMS: &U.OO a Ye*,, in Advance.
( lathe* Maths.
This noma includes several distinct
tint similar species of the minute moths
belonging to the family 7VigWif, which
in their larval state, are very destructive
to woolen goc*!*, fur, hair and similar
stil HI tan era. Among them may be men
lioned the clothes moth < 7Wa t eetian
ella), the carpet moth (Tinea ta/eeUel
la), the fur tuoth (T. petlionelta ), and
the hair moth ( 7Voa crinella). These
i 1 means have slender Ixxlte* and lanceo
late, freely fringed wings that expand
six-tenths or eight-tenth* of an inch.
The outrun* and |>alpi are short and
thread-like, and there is a thick orange
' <r brown toft on the forehead. The
outers range from buff to drab and dark
gray. The eggs are hud in May and
June (the moth dying immediately after
ward), and hatch out in fifteen days.
The young worm* at once prtcerd to
work, guswmg the sutotauot* within
their reach and covering themselves
Willi the fragments, which they shape
into holing rolls and line with ailk.
These rolls are by some carried an their
baclu as they move along, and by others
fastened to the substance they ore feed
ing upon ; and they are enlarged from
time to time by additions to the open
extremities and by portions let into the
aides, which was split open for this
puiqxise. In such ambush the worms
curry on their work of destruction
through the summer; rest, in seeming
torpor, during the winter ; and chance
to chrvaolids early in the spring. They
transform again in twenty (lava, i.ud
issue from their shelter as winced moths
to fly about in the evening till they iave
paired and are ready to lay eggs. Then
follows an invasionof dark closets, cheats
and drawers, edge* of carpets, folds of
curtains, and hanging garment*, and the
foundation of a new colony ia swiftly
laid.
The early days of June should herald
vigorous and exterminating warfare
against these subtle nesta. Cloaeta,
worvlrobea, all receptacle* for clothing,
should be emptied and laid open, their
contents thoroughly exposed to light and
air, and well brushed and shaken before
lieing replaced. In old houses much
infested with moths, all cracks in floors,
waiuacota, shelves or furniture should
l>e brushed over with turpentine. Cam
phor or tobaeco should be placed among
all garment*, furs, p'umes, etc., when
laid aside for the summer. To secure
cloth-lining* of carriages from the at
tacks of moths, sponge them on both
sides with a solution of corrosive aubli
mate of mercury in alcohol, made just
strong enough not to leave a white mark
on s black feather. Moth* m*v be killed
by fumigating the article containing them
with tobacco or aulphnr, or bv putting
it practioab'e, into on oven heated to
about 150 degrees Fahrenheit,
Valrana-Wership in Java.
An eye witness describe* volcano-wor
ship in Java as follows : " The Xlamat,
or Slainantan fironutk, that is, the
blessing or worshipping the volcano, is
a ceremony which the Javanese hold
every year. When we reached the place,
everything bore an aspect not unlike
that "of an English fair. Eatables of all
kinds were displsved upon portable
stands, and gsvly fir eased groups were
parading about. There were old men
and women who had come for the laat
time to pay their respect* to the ahrine,
and they watched with del-ght the gam
bola of their grandchildren, at wh >m
there seemed to be no end. who were
sporting around. Everybody seamed
bent on having a good time. Near the
shore of the sea were placed a score of
mats, ou each of which knelt a vouag
priest, having before him a lot at myrrh,
aloes and other apices, which ore aold
tor offerings. At right augles with this
row of mat* was another row, with the
same number of priest*, all kneeling in
Arab fashion, their bodies partly resting
on the calves of their legs. Tbey were
older than the others, perhaps the
patriarch* of their respective village*.
Rehire each at them were amall jackets
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
umbrella bearer, sheltering his reverence
from the nun. Crowds stood dose by,
waiting for the consecration of their
offerings, which consisted mainly of
fruits, baskets of rice, poultry, cokes,
strip* of cloth, amall coina and the like.
Service at length began. There were
some momenta of prayer, according to a
pre*criled ritual. Then the priest*
sprinkled consecrated water over the
offcringa. After another prayer bv the
priests, in which many of the auditors
joined, the eldest nrieat ro*e up, followed
bv tbe other*, anu shouted -iyo.' Ayo!
Ilrotnok.' ' Forward ! Forward ! to
Bromok !" whereupon the whole mass of
people made a tremendous rush for the
volcano, the first one woo gained the
ndge counting himself favored by for
tune, and certain of future good luck.
The msmfoUl votive offerings were then
handed to the prieat*. who mumbled a
a few indistinct words over them, and
pitched them into the crater."
The Fries4l y Heat.
For several weeks past a goat belong
ing to a famdv on Font tb street has been
on very intimate terms with a family oo
Cherry atreet. He has had the run of
the yard, poked his nose into the house,
and been verv snccesarnl in dodgiug
clubs ami brick-bat*. Yesterday fore
noon, when the said goat bad finished
eating up * good share of the week a
washing, the man of the house woa heard
to remark:
" I will now go into committee of the
whole and fix fist toast so that he will
never bother man again !"
He ran to the grocery, purchased an
old pack of firecrackers, and at the end
of ten miuuUw "William" was fixed.
He had firecrackers tied to hie legs, tail
and neck, and the plot wa* about to
thicken. He went off with the first
cracker, charging across the street.
After cleaning out a grocery he upset a
toy, went into a house by a front door
anil came out of the back window,
reached the street and raahed a dog a half
a block, and finally disappeared in the
same cloud of smoke with a runaway
horse. A policeman was paring Third
street with a alow and solemn step when
a boy came thundering along and called
out:
"Turn in a fire-alarm !"
" What's up ? What's up ?" inquired
tbe officer.
"Conflagration down here—big goat
all on fire from basement to fourth story
—toys rolling him in the mud, but the
fiendish flames still creeping heaven
wards—turn in sn alarm for two engines
snd a h<xk and ladder I"—Detroit Free
/WA*.
I.iqnor Drinking in England.
In the year 1877 duty wa* paid on
29,888,176 "ga110n* of home-made spirit*
for consumption in the United Kingdom
us tovcrage, this quautity being less by
62,112 gallons than in the preceding
year. The 16,858.082 gallons for con
sumption in England ahow an increase
of 414,974 gallons, and the 6,987,189
gallons for Scotland an increase of 16,-
061 gallons ; but tlieae increases are
more than counterbalanced by a de
crease of 498,110 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 United Kingdom in 1877, were less
bv 883,176 gulloni than the quantity in
the preceding year. I/ondon Time*.
NUMBER 17.
FARE, WARDEN AND HOL'HKHOLU.
, 1 Tw-Salral Trraa I m 4 fcf Tswttrr r-vter.
There are very many peraone who are
i I familiar with poultry, their general ap
pmranoe, and common habile, and yet
wholly unacquainted with the recently
introduced term* aa applied to fowl*;
worda the meaning of which, thua need,
ia Greek even to those well informed on
general subjects. For the benefit of
thae who may deaira to obtain the
knowledge, I subjoin a glossary of tech
nical terms, derived from the beat au
thorities :
Heard—A bunch of feather* under the
thmat of some breeds of chickens, such
as Houdana or Polish. There are mauv
phrases, such as bread, brood, brooding,
carriage, He., that even the least un
learned ml! understand. We often hear
of a '• litter of chiekeoa," or similar ex
pressions. Litter, aa applied to poultry,
is inelegant and in bad taste. We hear
of a Utter of ptge, a litter of kittens, etc.,
but a litter of chicks ia entirely ont of
keeping. Garuneolated—Covered with
small fleshy protuberances, aa on the
head and neck of a turkey cuek. Chick
—A newly hatched fowl. Chicken—This
word applies indefinitely to any age un
der one year old. Clutch—This term is
applied both to the hatch of eggs sal
upon by a fowl, and to the brood of
chickens hatched therefrom.
Cockerel— A young cook. A cockerel
does not truly become a cock nstil
eighteen mouths of age, although he i*
generally thus termed at the age of one
vear. Not until a year and a half old
dues he get his final moult, and attain
to the full glory of plumage and sue.
Cockerels hare many deficiencies that
disappear when they emerge into full
grown, full-plumed gwrk*. Then they
may become exhibition birds, with some
trimming, and yet be poor birds to breed
-from. It does not always follow that a
bird is suitable for breeding purposes
simply iieoanae be or she has woo a
prixe Many imperfections that pre
sented themselves in the chicken may
grow out, but the offspring of such birds
generally repeat* the discrepancy. Im
perfect p'umage may grow out or be
plucked, and other' points be con
cealed by a covering of flesh. Exhibition
birds do not aiwsys become so without
aid. Nature ia often assisted by art
in this respect as well as others.
Comb—The fleshy protuberance grow
ing on the fop of the fowl's head. Con
dition—The state of (be fowl aa regards
health and beauty of plumage. Crest—
A crown or tuft of feathers on the heed ;
of the same significance aa top-knot.
Crop—The receptacle in which the fowl'#
food ia stored before passing into the
giuard for digestion. Cushion—The
mass of feather* over a ben, covering
the tail—chiefly developed in Cochins.
Dubbing—Cutting off die comb, wattles
and ear lobes, so as to lease the bead
smooth and clean. Ear lobes— The folds
of bare akin hanging just below the ears,
by many oallcd deal ears. They smry in
co'or, being red, white, blue, and cream
colored. Face-The bare skin around
the eye. Flights—The primary feathers
of the wings use 1 in flying, but tacked
under the wings out of sight when at
rest. Fluff—Soft, downy feathers about
the thighs, chiefly developed in Asiat
ics.
Furnished—When a cockerel has ob
tained his full tail, comb.fhacklea. etc., he
ia said to be furnished. Gills—This term
is often applied to the wattles. Hacklea—
The peculiar, narrow, long feathers "on
the neck* of fowls. Henny or Hen
Feathers—Resembling s hen, from the
Htwence of hackles and sickle feather-,
and in plumage generally. Hock —The
joint between the thigh sod shank. Keel
I —A word sometimes used to denote the
breast bone. Leg—ln a living fowl, this
is the scaly part, usually denominated
the shank. In a J'-cased bird, the term
refers to the joint above. Leg Feathers
Feathers growing on the outer sides
of the shanks in msnv of the Asiatics.
Mossy—Confused or indistinct markings
in the plumage.
Pea Comb—A triple comb resembling
three small combs in one, the middle
being the highest. Pencilling—Small
markings or stripes over a feather.
These may run striught across, aa in the
or in a creaoent form, aa in
Partridge Cochins. Poult—A young
turkey. Primaries—The flight feathers
of the wings, hidden' when the wing is
closed, being tacked under 41w 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 color by j
breeders. 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 birds.— C.B., is ("bun
fry (Jentietnan.
Bncni Hwnrr POTATO*#. —Boil one
dosen small potatoes till they are done,
but not too soft: peel and alice them
and sprinkle over them a teacupfnl of
sugar and a tablespoonfal of gronnd al
spioe. Now put into a frying pan a
tablespoonful of lard, and as soon aa it
ia hot, lay in the potatoes and fry them.
When the potatoes are taken up, put a
little eater, sugar and spice m the pan
and make a gravy to pour over the po
tatoes. Ton will find tuia dish generally
liked.
Raar Soc*. —Take four pounds of
fresh beef, or what ia better and more
economical, a nice beef shank or " soup
bone" ; put it into four or five quarts of
water; salt it and let it boil slowly five
or six hours ; skim well ; half an hour
before yon wish to take it up put in a
TOP partly fnU of rice, a small quantity
of potatoes, carrots, onions and celery,
cat in small pieces. *
ENUUHH PLCM PTPDCTO.- Take a
measure each of sugar, flour, finely
chopped suet, mixed raisins, currant!
and citron; atir well together and wet ia
with new milk juat enough to " stick "
it well together. Season it with cinna
mon, rutmeg and elovea, and don't for
get a teaapoonful of aalt; tie in a well
floured bag and keep it bailing well for
four or five hours; serve with lemon
liquid sauce. Thia pudding ia jnat aa
good steamed over as when first boiled,
and will keep for several weeks in win
ter.
EOO TOAST.— Beat four eggs. yelks
and whites together thoroughly; put
two tablespoonfula of butter into a sauce
pan and melt BIOWIT; then poor in the
egg* and heat without Ixnling over a
slow fire, stirring constantly; add a little
salt, and when hot, spread on slices of
nicely browned toast, and serve at once.
Receipts for Cleaning.
Mrs. 8. M. H. sends the following for
housekeepers: When a room is to be
papered, fill all the crevices wher? the
plsster has fallen off with plaster of
paris mixed with cold water. It dries
Slickly and will not stain the paper. For
eaning mica, I have found noth ing equal
to fine salt. For cleaning nine, nothing is
so good as kerosene; after naipg
kerosene, rub with whiting. If whit
ing is moistened with ammonia, it
will very readily clean both silver and
tin. To strain honey, first run it through
n colander-set in s pan upon the back
oven; afterward, strain tbrongh a cloth.
To make wax, fill a small strainer-bag
with roncrh comb, which dip in hot
watef. The wax will rise to the surface
of the water, leaving the impurities be
hind. Repeat the process, and finish
by melting the wax and forming it -into
cakes.
11MM T burai 1
Members of the torn —coal dueleiu. \
Never toll a weather-cook to pull down
Mnwaah
Hugo bM fought seven duals aad baa
come off Victor every time.
Canada ia doing an immense business
in thtpping lototcn to England.
Crabbing ia the favorite fan with
beaux end belles, st Feruandina.
Tha other day a deaf mate was given
a hearing by a polioe magistrate..
A St. Loni* child waited line hnndrad
pounde when thirteen month* oki.
The Tonkere tfacrtte says there i one
flcmeolation, vary Tew no* bank* failed
laat muter.
The people of England are not allowed
to raiee tobeooo. It la etrictly prohibit
ed by law.
Let en wen invented in Fbynieia, and
von ran not Pbynieta adoeatton without
them.—Ota. Jmt, Night.
• The proverb, "out of sight out of
mind," ts no where more applicable than
in the case of an advertisement.
R. H. Babeock, a blind man, has been
! made a doctor of medicine at Chicago.
He graduated with high honors.
' "Everybody." aaya aa exchange,
I•' likes radishes in Japm." It's a mis
take. We don't for one. We like oars
here.
Garibaldi, so far from lying
Caprera, ia preparing to visit Paris dar
ing the Exposition, when ha will be tha
guest of Hugo.
Twenty-five thousand war claims are
on file in Washington, "and it ia stated
that eighteen years will be required to
adjudicate upon them.
What ia the difference between a
tenant and the son of a widow? Tb
tenant baa to pay rents the eon of a
widow has not two pa-reuia.
The world can maintain sixty thousand
milloavs of people. It lias never bad
more than two per cent, of that number
living at any one time on its surface.
The value of fruit crops in the United
Hute is estimate) 1 by the government
statistician at $140,000,000 annually, or
about half the value of tha wheat crop.
Tha aoblrat lessen taught by Ufa
To svsvy gnat, berate sanl
Who sssfcs ta oooquar m Uh Write,
la saW-oontroL
There are about one milli<m operators
engaged in the iron industries of tb-
United HUtea. The entire value of
manufactured iron for one year is F.MO,*
000,000.
The passeugars in s train of cars leav
ing New London, Conn., the other day
took a vote on eternal punishment
Twenty believed in it, ten did not, and
sixteen were " neutral."
The population of London is npwarda
of 4,fi00,00J. More people live in Lon
don than in the whole of Denmark or
Switzerland, more than twice as many aa
in Saxony or Norway, and nearly aa
many aa in Scotland.
Under the new army regulations every
Prussian soldier has to carry in his
left trousers pocket the plaster, lint snd
bsndag-i necessary for a first dressing of
s wonad, so that u an emergency each
can help himself or a comrade.
The most expensive tailway oar in the
world coat $35,000, was completed laat
autumn by the Poilman Company, and
has since been used in various parts of
the country by tourists sble to pay for
ita luxuries It ia a French flat in
mmiatam
There ia a very canons rsee of sheep
living upon an island in Englishman's
Bay, coast of Maine. They are nearly
as wild aa deer, living almost entirely
upon sea-weed in the winter, also de
vouring the small branches and shrubs
that grow upon the island.
New-mown hay has a peculiar smell
which is not perceptible while the grass
ia growing, because this smell proceeds
from tha whole herbage, and seems to
escape from the orifice* of its containing
cells only when the surrounding vessels
withdraw their pressure from change in
condition. When this scent of new
mown hsy ia concentrated, it becomes
the flavor of bitter almondr.
snrr mt DIP ir.
H stood oo bis toad in a crowded street.
At apises srhers the knights of the paste-brute
TTIC'IH
And attracted a mob around ten ; •
A riddle be couldn't wall solve oo his feet
Ktervd htm full in the teoe, snd eo not tc b
best
II was thus on hie head I foond him.
The cans* wss as plain ae the BOSS oo wfer face.
Though perhaps yaw d here thought tt a lunacy
And'declined any further to head h:
Bat the feel was a attehar of Mb la a harry.
Had peeled a tall onoete down ia tea flurry.
Sob* stood oo hu bead to read it.
Some stupendous figures are furnished
by the recent census of the British
Empire. Ita total population ia J34,-
750.000, or newly double that of the
Roman Empire in ita palmiest day*,
while its territory. 7,750,000 aqoare
miles, is almost five times as great. A
sixth of the queen's subjects are Chris
tians, a little more than a tenth Moham
medans. over two-fifth# Hindoos and a
fourth heathen# of various sect*. Tha
titled property holders of Great Britain
number 186.000.
"Hold the Fort" may be grand
anog, but ia not appropriate for all '<•
cantons. At lawat so some people thou -fat
when a worthy deacon, on some an u
versarv occasion, formed his Sou..ay
school in line and marched them along
the aisles himself in front, and all vigor
ously singing *" Hokl the Fort. ' Th''
consternation which seised all parties at
the second—
"Soeth* mighty Sort advancing,
Satan I—itinf on—"
ean be better imagined than deacribtvl.
Mr. Laafear. a man engage! in breed
ing UB1I in Texan, say* of them that it*
ia no more trouble to raise them than it
uj to raise horses or cattle. The colta
for the flrat three or fonr days require
clone attention, bat after that take their
chanoea with the herd. They feed on
oaotoa and brush, cachewiug all grasses
that cattle and horaea eat if the favorite
cactus can be had. Mr. Danfear say*
there ia one camel in his herd that has
traveled one hundred and fifty miles be
tween ana and sun, and that almost any
well-broken camel can travel more than
a hundred miles in a day.
e 999 #
Trailing the Bronchos.
The bro- c'io horses which perform
such wond. rfol tricks at the New York
Aquarium t en- taught wholly by moans
of Kindness, paiienoe and skilL The old
system of traiuiug by fear ia aupeseded
by a more etc-Uoat way. The horse ia
taught to*feel that hi# trainer ia his
friend, and will not. hurt him; and
though naturally a verv timid animal,
kindness wins his confidence, and then,
wbeu be understands what he is desired
to do, be will try to do it. The wbp ia
used, not a*, ah instrument of torture,
but aa a means of communicating to the
horse the wishes of his keeper. Move
ments and touches of the whip he soon
learns to understand, and he will watch
for these signals intently. The broncho
horses thus receive their directions for
the tricks they perform, and obey orders
exactly if there is uniformity in giving
them. The distinctive name f these
horses comes from the Spanish broncho
—wild horse. They are not considered
more intelligent than common horse,
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 snch bird which
stood si the entrance of Memorial Hall.
The huge work waa no caricature on
anything American, bnt was executed
in good faith by Signor Guarneno in
Italy who thought to get seme thousands
of dollars for it from the United Statee
Government. The Italian Government
transported it free from the studio to
the gates of the Centennial and the
Signor had to pav ninety dollars for re
moving it from thence and plac.ug it in
Memorial HalL The colossal figure was
removed thence to the Main Exhibition
building after the Centennial closed.
The other day an attempt was made to
sell it at auction on account of non-pay
ment of duties. The highest bid was
the magnificent sum at one dollar.