Spring.
Look 11 around ' How the spring adranoa#
Near life ia playing through the gar, groan
treat;
See horn, in yonder bower, the light leaf danooa
To the hird'a tread, and to the quivering
breeze !
How every blossom in the annlight glances 1
The winter front to hi* dark eavern fleet.
And earth wann-wakened, feel* through every
vein
Tire kindling influence of the vernal rain.
Now tilvery streamlet*. from the mountain
■dealing,
Panee joyously the verdant valea along ;
Oold. fear no more, the songster's tongue ia
tealine ;
Down in the thick, dark grove, ia beard hie
eong ;
And, all their bright and lovely hnet revealing.
A thousand plant* the A<dd and foreat throng,
Eight come* u|*>n the earth in radiant showers.
And mingling rainbow* play among the
flower*. —yVom tlw Mrmaa
•
The Regular Season.
Whack ! Crack ! Vhack!
Tit an old familiar tonnd;
The parlor carpet a.tiide the fence
1* being beaten around.
Crash ! l>ah Smash!
Prom parlor anil kitchen and hall;
A yelp from Tommy, a yell from Jo©—
"Fa a* only a mirror that'* all.
Mop! Scrub' Wash '
A painter on eviiy hard.
Hanger* of paper ui every room.
And plumber* uicrrating the band.
Rread ! Cake! Tea !
Anything, most, will do;
Plate* are sticky, and knives are gone—
In color the butter i* blue.
Growl' Scowl! Groan 1
The dishe* nuved up with the chair*.
The sofa up t and picture* swashed.
And wife dowu tick with her care*.
Kip! Bang ' Slam !
Oh! when will it ever be o'er?
When can we go to bed.
A bed not made on the floor ?
Ouch! Rnb' P&ub!
Paint from ceiling to base,
Tha whne-waahers coming at early dawn.
To make a—a hotel of the place '
Pore! Pream ! Wake 1
And tnen fall aa'eep again
To dream that cholera came at laet.
With aolemu funeral train.
Once every year—
Kip thing, np and tear-
Smash ' crash ' hang !
Grow!! snail.' glare !
—il. 04.1, i, ia JktroH Frre Press,
MR. DELMAYNE'S WARD.
" Something must be done," sand Mrs.
Charles Delmayne, decisively, "thegirl
is getting more reckless every day."
"What can be done?" asked Mr.
Richard Delznayue, looking helplessly
at bis sister-in-law, " we cannot shut her
up m a convent."
" \'o, but we can find her a husband
and get her comfortably settled."
" But she is so young."
" She will be nineteen in May, and I
married at that age. It is a great pity
that von were obliged to receive her into
your household. Richard. Guardianship
over s girl like Dorothea, was a great re
sponsibility for a bachelor to assume."
" I suppose so," was the reply; " but
I could not refuse the dying request of
an old friend."
"At first, I entertained hopes that she
would improve by remaining with us,"
sa.it Mrs. Delmayne, plaintively; "but,
as I remarked before she is wilder than
evt r. lam kept in a perpetual state of
nervous excitement, for I never know
what madcap prank she will play next.
I thought it disgraceful enough when
she donned a suit of Dick's and went
skating on the pond the evening they
had that skating party, but this last
prank is still worse, if possible."
Mrs. Delmayne folded her plump,
white hands and settled herself comfort
ably in a luxurious easv chair, and pre
pared to enjoy her favor te pastime,
which consisted of retailing Dorothea's
misdemeanors.
"You know Squire Yonsonby has
been looking for a wife for a year or two
—now he is quite wealthy, is respect
ably connected, and would be a very
suiiable match for Dora."
"Squire Yonsonby !" gasped Richard,
in amazement, " he is old enough to be
her grandfather, and has a married
daughter who is considerably older than
Dot."
" Well," replied his sister-in-law,
" Dora needs a husband who is steady
and sober-minded, she is so flighty her
self. Besides, Mr. Von son by looks full
ten years younger than his real age. In
my opinion it would have l>eea a very
suitable match, lint it is all over now,"
she added, with a sigh, "he will never
enter this house again."
ID answer to Richard's look of inquiry,
Mrs. Delmayne continued:
"I invited Mr. Yonsonby to tea last
evening—l had my houst hold duties to
attend to after tea was over, so I left
Dorothea to entertain onr guest. She
most have neglected him shamefully, for
the poor man fell asleep, and the little
huzzy seized the opportunity to play one
of her ridiculous pranks; she actually
had the audacity," and Mrs. Delmayne
lowered her voioe to an impressive
whisper, " actually had the audacity to
remove his wig and substitute an old red
one, that Bhe found among some rubbish
in the garret. The poor man did not
discover the trick until he had beoome
the langhing-stock of the community.
Dick happened to hear about it this
morning, and I considered it my duty to
inform you of the affair, as you were
absent at the time."
" Ha, ha, ha 1" laughed Richard. " I
can imagine how ridiculous he looked
strutting along in his pompons manner."
"I am certainly astonished at you,
Richard," said Mrs. Delmayne, severelv.
" I sincerely hone you do not uphoid
the pirl in her disgraceful actions ?"
"I shall of course reprove her," he
replied. "Dot will improve as she
grows older, I have no doubt—she is
merry and thoughtless now, but I think
she wili develop into a splendid wo
man."
Mrs. Delmayne cast an uneasy look at
her brother-in-law's face as she left the
room. She had a reason for wishing
Dot safely disposed of; she was fearful
that Richard might fall in love with his
fascinating ward, and that would never
do, for if he were to marry it would
dash Mrs. Delmayne's hopes to the
ground. She had secretly determined
that her son Dick—his uncle's name
sake—should be his heir. Beside, her
brother-in-law's elegant residence made
a very comfortable hone for herself and
fatherless boy, and modame had no in
tention of losing it, hence she made the
most of Dot's mischievous escapades.
Just as madame's silken skir'a rustled
up stairs the hall door flew open and
light footsteps danced along the passage.
" Dot I Dot!" called Mr. Delmayne.
The appellation exactly suited the
young girl who entered. A dainty form,
a dark, piquant face, lit up with a pair
of black eyes which sparkled with mis-
chief.
"Well, Guardy," she said, with a
saucy smile, which revealed a dimple in
each' soft pink cheek. " Whatr-is it a
lecture?"
" Yes, Dot." replied Mr. Delmayno,
gravely, "I really must lecture you.
lour conduct to Mr. Vousonby was ex
tremely unladylike."
"I don't care, Guartiy," cried Dot,
defiantlv, "I can't bear old Vonsouby,
and I am contident that Mrs. Delmayne
invited him here to make love to me, so
I resolved to frustrate her kind inten
ions. She left me to entertain him all
he evening, and I was just dying to
finish' Jane Eyre.' Well, I gave him
the last number of Scribner's and the
Monthly Jieview, and hoped he would
entertain himself; but no—he wanted
me to plav a game of cribbage. I hate
cribbage, so I told him I never played
the game without staking a small sum
of money, just to make it interesting."
" Oh, Dot!"
"He hioked horrified at the idea of
gambling, and asked for some music, so
I sat down to the piano and made as
ranch noise as possible. He said that
sort uf ■" i-ic v.is very edifying, but it
made las Head ache, and, he* inquired if
FKED. KURTZ, Ktlitor and "Proprietor.
VOLUME XI.
I could favor him with ' Annie Laurie.'
1 complied bv play tug 'Yankee IVHHIIO'
with variations, for 1 knew tie could not
distinguish the difference. Just as I
WHS playing the last bar I was startlsl
by a prolonged snore—he hal actually
gone t. alecp with his he* I hanging
ever the chair, his wig awry, and his
month wide open 1 Sow. Ouardy, you
must admit that w.is t.s> much for dealt
aud blood to endure, and 1 ihuiT profess
to be a saint."
"Not by any uuww," assented her
guardian.
"Well," continued Dot, "a happy
thought struck me. 1 rau softly up
stairs and got an old red wig that l>ick
used to wear when be helouged to the
Amateur l>r*matic Club. Then I care
fully removed Mr. Yonaoubv's nicely
dressed black wig. and milietituted the
red one. I had to stuff my handkerchief
mto my mouth to keep from laughing
you cnu't imagine Low comical he
looked!
" Well, I waited for him to finish his
nan until my patience was exhausted,
aud then I went to the piano aud gave
an awful thump with both hands. He
gave a sudden start and straightened tip.
I gravely inquired how he liked the
piece.
" Charming ! charming !" he replied,
with enthusiasm. " 1 always admired
Anuie Laurie." ■
Just at that moment he happened to
glance at the clock and finding it later
than be expected he jumped up in great
haste.
" ' I declare !' he said, ' I had no idea
it was so late; how awiftly the time has
passed in your fascinating society; but
1 must tear myself away, for I have an
engagement at eight o'clock.'
'' Then he bade me adieu, pulled <>u
his overcoat iu a great burn, seized his
hat and rushed dowu the street.
"But, Ouardy, he did loot so fuuuy
with those fierce rod locks around his
countenance." and Dot broke into jeals
of laughter at the recollection.
"Dot," said Mr. Delmayue, looking
sternly at his mischievous ward; "1
don't know what to do with yon; I be
lieve 1 must find some one who will take
the responsibility from my hands. Mrs.
Delmayue thinks you are old enough to
ruarrv, and—"
" The old cat!" iutermpted Dot.
" Dot," said Mr. Delmayue, sternly,
" I cannot allow you to apply such an
epithet to my sister-in-law."
"Your sister-in-law ?" cried Dot, in
nocently, " whv, I was speaking of old
Tabby.
Mr. Delmavne adroitly converted a
smile into a yawn.
"Yes," he continued, "I must cer
tainly find a nice young hu-band for
you."
"I am perfectly willing,"replied Dot,
composedly, " but who is to be the
lucky man ? Let me see," she con
tinue*!, reflectively, "there is my French
dancing master, he pressed my hand
quite warmly the last time he was here,
and he has beautiful eye*, and such a
love of a mustashe," she added, enthus
iastically.
"The jackanapes, he shall never
darken these doors again," muttered
Mr. Delmavne, between his teeth.
"Then there is Whitney's head clerk,
I am sure he admires me."
" A clerk," exclaimed Mr. Delmavne,
•iisduinfullv.
" Well," contiuued Dot, " there is
the German music teacher at the semi
nary, he is a jolly old bear, but then,"
she added, thoughtfully, " he is a wiJ
ower with five children; I don't know a*
I should be capable of taking that po
sition. "
"I should think not, decidedly," ac
quiesced her guardian, with a smile.
"Well," cried Dot, with a despairing
expression on her saucy face, "I don't
know what can bo done—unless you
marrv me yourself."
Then, suddenly realizing the enormity
of her heedless speech, she darted from
the room.
"Marry her myself," mused Mr. Rich
ard Delmayue, "it is not a bad idea. I
wonder that it never eutered my atupid
brain, for I believe I am fond of the lit
tle monkey after all, aud how desolate
the house would be without the sunshine
of her presence."
"Not quite nineteen," he continued,
thoughtfully, "I am just double her age
and I fear lam too old to suither youth
ful fancy;-but nevertheless, I will try
my fate."
The tea bell roused Mr. Delmavne
from his reflections. I must mention
thiß subject to Heleu, he thought, when
I have an opportunity.
" Marry that forward little chit,"
cried matlame, in dismay, as Richard
thus ruthlessly demolished her castle in
the air. "Why, Richard, yon must be
crazy! A man of your years to think of
marrying, when you have a comfortable
home, and a sister to attend to your
wants. If yon take this step, Richard,"
she continue.!, "I am confident you will
regret jit. I think yon will see a vast
difference with that careless, ignorant
child at the head of your household, for
I shall not remain to lie domineered over
by a saucy, independent girl."
Mr. Dt-lmayne made no reply to this
remark; but it was evident that his
sister-in-law's determination would not
break his heart.
Dot stood by the window in the deep
ening twilight, awaiting her guardian,
who had twin absent several davs look
ing after some property in New York.
Suddenly Dot was aroused from the
reverie into which had fallen by a well
known step, and she ran eagerly to the
door to admit her guardian.
" Well, puss, fchat have you been do
ing during my absence?" asked Mr.
Delmayne, as he seated himself t>efore
the glowing grate and warmed his chilled
fingers.
" Oh, dear !" cried Dot, "I have been
shockingly bad. I can't remember one
half the wickednem I have committed.
You must apply to madame for the de
tails, she has a long black list of mis
demeanors ready for your private ear ;
but, Guaidy, did you succeed in finding
a husband for me ?"
"Yes," answered Mr. Delmavne,
composedly, " but whether you will be
suited, remains to be seen."
"I suppose I shall be compelled to
marry him whether I will or no," re
joined Dot, merrily.
"Not by any means," answered the
guardian, gravely.
" Oh, that is decidedly commonplace
—you are not at all like the cruel
guardians in stories, who compel their
wretched wards to wed the one they
choose for them. lam quite disap
pointed."
" Oh, very well, said Mr. Delmayne,
"if you wish me to assume the role of
tyrant, I will do so with pressure. The
person I have chosen will, 1 am sure,
strive to make you happy ; but remem
ber there is to be no appeal from my
decision."
"It is really going to be romantio
after all," cried Dot, clapping her hands;
" but when am I to be presented to my
fate? Now if he had only sent his
photograph, the affair would be com
plete."
"I believe I have it," said Mr. Del
mayne, coolly producing his pocket
book.
Dot glanced curiously at the carte de
visite which he passed to her, and be
held the haudsome face of her guardian.
"Well," said Mr. Delmayne, drawing
his ward to his side, and trying to look
into her downcast eyes.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
I tot hid her face for a moment ou her
guardian'* shoulder, then, looking up
with a charming color, she said, de
umrely :
"A* there is to be no appeal from
your deoisiuu, I suppose I must submit.
A I'ilhr Dialogue.
The Raleigh (N. t'.l ftftarrrer has
strung belief that the regular tramp*
scouring the country are regularly
organized, that they have a general un
derstanding with one another, and
make thcuiselvre known to each other
by mean* of a series of questions and
an*wort. The < JWrtrr'* local |iaid a
visit, in company with the sheriff, to
the jail where a uumlvr of the brother
h HKI had recently been committed, aud
records the folio wing dialogue as having
taken place :
" From whence came you ?"
" From a town in New York, called
Jerusalem."
" What's rint business here?"
"To learn to sulnlue mv appetite and
• to sponge my living from an iudulgcnt
public,"
"Then you are a regular tramp, I
presume ?'*
' • I siu so taken and accepted wherever
I go?"
" How am I to recognize you as a
tramp ?"
"By the largeness of my feet aud
general caruivorous appearance."
" How do you know yourself to be a
tramp ?"
"Iu seeking food; by beiug often
denied, but ready to try again."
" How gained you admittance into
this town ?"
" By a good many loug tramps."
i " How were you received ?"
"Ou the end of a night policeman's
billy, presented to mv liead.
" How did the policeman dispose of
you ?"
"He took rae several times around
the town to the south, east and seat,
where he found the chief of police,
mayor and the jailer, where a great
mativ questions were asked."
" What advice did the judge give
you ?"
" He advised me to walk in upright,
regular steps, aud to reuouuee tnimp
iu."
" Will you be off or from?
"With your permission I'll be off
very quick."
'•Which way are you traveling ?"
" East."
" Of what are you in pursuit?"
" Work—which, by my own endeavors
and the assistance of others, I hope 1
shall never be able to find."
" My friend, you are now at an iusti
tntiou where the wicked are always
troublesome and the weary are a* bad as
the rest. Yon will now be conducted to
the middle chamber by a flight of
windiug stairs, consisting of five or
more stej>*. Instead of com, wine and
oil—the wages of the ancients-—yours
will be bread and water for five dava.
When your company escape from tnis
place divide yourselves into parties of
three each, take a l>ee line for Norfolk
or Richmond, where iu winter they
usually run free soup houses, and you
may be pardoned on condition of your
never returning. (Pointing to the
turnkey) follow your conductor and
fear no danger—lf you behave your
self. "
lllnt* to Writers.
William Cullen Rryant once gave the
followiug seuaible advice to a young
man who hail offered him an article;
Mv young friend, I observe that you
have used several French expressions in
yemr letter. I think, if you will study
"the English language, that vou will find
it capable of expressing all the ideas that
yon may have. I have always found it
so, and" iu all tliat I have written I do
not recall an instance where I was
tempted to use s foreign word, but that,
on searehiug, I have found a better one
in my own language.
Be simple, unaffected; l>e honest in
your speaking and writing. Never use
a long word when a short one will do as
well.
Call a spade by its name, not a well
knovyi oblong instrument of manual
labor; let a home be a home and not
a residence; a place not a locality, and
so on of the rest. When a short word
will do, you always lose bv a long one.
You lose in clearness; yon lose in honest
expression of meaning; aud, in the es
timation of all men who are capable of
judging, you lose in reputation for
ability.
The only true way to shine, even in
this false world, is to lie modest and un- 1
assuming. Falsehood may be a thick
crust, bnt in the course of time truth
will find a place to break through.
Elegance of language may not be in the
power of us all, but simplicity and
straightforwardness are.
Write much as you would speak, and
as you think. If with your inferior,
speak no coarser than usual; if with
your superior, speak no finer. Be what \
you say, and within the rules of pru
dence. No one ever was a gainer by
singularity of words or in pronunciation.
The truly wise man will so speak that
no one will observe how he sjieaks. A man
may show great knowledge of chemistry
by carrying bladders of strange gases to
breathe; but one will enjoy better
health and find more time for business,
who lives on common air.
Hidney Smith once remarked: "After
you have written an article, take your
pen and strike ont half the words, and
yon will be surprised to we how much
stronger it is."
Word* of Wisdom.
Moroseness is always the evening of
tnrbnlence.
Charity is frequently best displayed
in helping others to help themselves.
Men, till a matter be done, wonder
that it can be done; and as soon as it is
done, wonder again that it was no sooner
done.
Buffer not your spirit to lie subdued
by misfortunes; but, on tbo contrary,
steer right onward, with a courage
greater than your fate seems to allow. ~
Alway as peak the truth,but speak it in
a pleasing manner. Truth is the picture;
the maimer is the frame that displays it
to advantage.
Men frequently do not exercise as
much discretion as some of the smaller
animals. In prosperous times all labor
ers have abundance. Then is the time
to Bave for wiuter and financial storms.
Angels in the grave, will not question
thee as to the amount of wealth thou
hast left behind thee, but of good deeds
thou hast done in the world, to entitle
thee to a seat among the blessed—
A or on.
The great wealth of nations has always
been and must always be based on agri
culture. Oat of the earth, directly or
indirectly, comes all upon which men
subsist aud need for food or raiment.
In its employment, cornea freshness and
an independence known to no other oc
cupation.
Quarrels, like thunder storms, would
end in sunshine if it were not for the de
termination to have the last worth If
you are scolded or criticised just bite
yon lips and keep still, and it will soon
be over; but if you retort you are iu
"for three years of the war." Many a
man pours himself in torrents of rain
for five minutes aud then breaks out into
the sunshine of good temper again will
settle down iuto a three days' dismal
drizzle if he is weak enough to inxist on
having that last word.
CENTRE IIALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MAY 2:1, 1878.
OSTRICH UK* IV..
Iln I l.r llu.lur.M I. t mrlr.l UN IN Haul*
Xlrt.-N Tkr InrubNiiuN l'lu< Mug .
Formerly the ostrich w* limited by
rum on UornAlwek: Sat >f Ut•• years llu 1
demand lor (Itu feathers of these bird*
lmi. cleVsled th lauding and raising of
ostriches to the position of mm of the
great industries of Southern Afro-*,
Teu yours ago a gvutlemau named Doug
lasa, residing Hour (Irahanmtown, lu
Cit|>o t'oloUV, Conceived 'JIC project of
' what in now known a* ostrich-farming,
i Having experimented with h few wild
bird*, ami found that they would lay in
MmflumuNiti ho unit set to work to do
vise souie method of artificial hatching.
For three years he mot with hut littlo
■ success, but finally ho inventod tho
patent inoulvator, since whon ho ha*
prosecuted tun scheme in a manner that
has made hiiu tuitions,
lty moans of tho luoubator tho eleven
birds with wrhwb the sxperiiueui was
drst trust have bum increased to IM),
uud those Iwiug scattered throughout
tho district, have made ostrich farming
noarlv as popular among tho residents
of Capo Colonv us diamond mining or
hwi>-raising. l'ho farm of Mr. Douglass
ia situated a short distance from Ura
hamstown, and occupies about 1,200
acres of rough ground, formerly devoted
to wool-growing. The country arouud
was, nntil within a short perusi, used as
sheep walks, but a certain deterioration
in tho grasses rendered it unprofitable
for such purposes. The quality is yet,
however, sufficiently gissl to satisfy tho
ostrich, a niueli loss fastidious creature
than a sheep.
There are at present ou the farm about
300 birds, which are allowed to run in
large enclosures. One of these is 3,000
acres iu size, and has wilhm it a troop
of 340 birds. Ouoe a wvk they are all
hunted up by meu on horseback, armed
with large Isiughs of thorn to keep the
birds off, as many are very savage, and
their kick is dangerous. One man goes
in front, with a pack-horse loaded with
ludian corn, to lead them. The farm
itself is divided into paddock*, ami, with
those which are breeding, one cock with
two liens occupies each paddock. The
young birds—for they do not breed till
tbev are three year* old—or those which
are not paired, run in flocks of thirty or
forty each. They are subject to diseases
which, of course, require attention, and
are apt to damage thoiuseix e, sometimes
breaking their own bones and getting
themselves caught in the wire fences.
Otherwise they are hardy creatures,
which can stand much heat and cold,
can do for long periods without water,
require no delicate feeding, and give, at
existing prices, ample returns for the
can- l>estowed upon them.
The first necessity in artificial ostrich
hatching ia to procure the eggs. For
this purpose the farmer provides himself
with an assortment of dummy egg*,
consisting of egg shells blown and fille d
with sand. By means of the-c he is
usually streeesafnl in alluring the liens
to lay. The birds are so large and the
land is so open that there in little diffi
culty iu watching their maneuvers and
obtaining the egg* as *oou as they are in
existence. As each egg is worth from
S2O to $25, there will in course ->f time
be naturally much temptation to theft.
As yet, however, there is no market for
the reception of the stolen g'snls, ami
to steal an ostrich egg with no means for
hatclnug it would lc a un less piece of
dishouenty.
The incoliatrr is rather an awkward
piece of pine furniture, some eight or
nine feet long, and standing on four
legs. At each end then are tw o drawers.
The eggs ato first covered with some ar
rangement of flannel, and are then laid
in the drawers, the latter Iwuig connec
ted with a screwing apparatus, by means
of which they an- raised or lowered to
the extent of two or three iuoln*. Altove
the drawers, and extending over the
whole of the upper part of the machine,
is a tank filled with hot water. Kach
drawer, which contains alvout fifteen
eggs, when filled and closed, ia screwed
up so as to bring the side of the egg in
contact with the tank. Iu this way the
necessary warmth is applied. Ih-low the
machine and iu the center of it lam|>s
are placed, which keep the terajwratiire
of the water up to the right degree. The
incubating room is a large building so
constructed as not to bo affected by
change of weather. Here several incu
bators are at worn. The work of hatch
ing the eggs is m< st complicated, and
requires not only care but a capacity for
tracing results, which ia by no means a
common gift. Tlie ostrich turns her
egg frequently, so that each side of it
may receive due attention. The ostrich
farmer must, therefore, turn his egga.
This he does about three time a day. A
certain amount of moisture is required,
as in nature moisture exudes from the
sitting bin!. The heat must bo moder
ated according to circumstances, or the
yolk becomes glue and the young bin! is
choked. Again, when the moment ar
rives at which the young ostrich is ready
: to emerge from its shell ib is frequently
necessary to assist in this difficult per
fermance. After they are iutrodnco
into tho world the vouug ostriches red
quire the most tender care. Deprived
j of the attentions of their Ifatural guar
dian, it becomes necessary to replace her
by a substitute, who is usually chosen
from among the coolies connected with
the farm. To each lot of atvout thirty
birds a man is told off, who from sunrise
to sunset goes at suit iu the lucern fields
with them, cutting up the lucerti for
them, or breaking Ivories for them, aul
finding them gravel and water. They
Ivecome immensely attached to their
nurse, and, as a general thing, ho is de
voted to them; for each bird when hatch
ed ia snpposed to he worth not less than
SSO. When full grown the value of an
ostrich is from S3OO to 400. The birds
are plucked Ivefore they are a year old,
but the ago at which they cease to yield
their periodical harvest of graceful
plums has not apparently yet Iveen de
termine!. There are ostriches on Mr.
Ibvuglaas' farm which have been roblved
of their feathers at proper ntorvals for
sixteen years, and yot the quality of
their plumage does not depreciate.
When plucking time lias ooine, the
necessary number of birds are enticed
by a liberal display of mealies —as maize
or oorn is called in South Africa—into a
pen, one aide of which ia movable. The
birds will go willinglyafter mealies, and
will run alvout their paddocks after any one
they see, in the expectation of these deli
-1 canes. When the pen is full, the mova
ble side is run in, s<> that tho birds are
compressed together Iveyond the powei
i of violent struggling. Thoy c-anuol
i spread their wings, or make the darl
forward which is customary to them
when alsmt to kick. Then the men gr
in among them, and, taking up their
wings, pluck or cut their feathers. Both
processes aro common, but the former
is most so, as being the more profitable.
There is a heavier weight to sell when
tbo feather is plncked; and the quill
begins to grow again at onoe, whereas
the process is delayed when nature is
called upon to eject the stump. Ap
parently the ostrich suffers but little
when iiia feathers are drawn, for he
takes scarcely any notice of the opera
tion. The plucking has to be endured
by the victim twice a year; that is, the
tail, and the primary wing feathers,
which are the only white ones, ire
plucked, and also the secondary wing
leathers, these being the black ones,
which are valuable, bdt not so much so
as the others. When the harvest of
plumes has been collected they are
taken into the feather n*m aud sorted
into lots of various qualities. The
1 white primary ruu from under the bird's
wing produce# the bent plumes. These
are frequently sold for an high a price as
Sl'iN per pound.
11l spite of the ' -ulties to be con
tended with, Mr. Douglass lias been en
abled to make ostrich-fanning in his
own particular case a complete .success.
A* said elsewhere, there arc uow ut Ins
establishment alsutt JGO birds, which,
counting lx>th young and old, r worth
about Slfsi apiece. These prodiuv on
an average feathers t<i a >alue of
per annum. The labor about the place
is performed by oooliee, *XlHj>t that
which falls to the lot of the owner and
two or thr<e young men wlio are with
lum and are learning the work under
las instruction. The coolies live each in
his own hut with his wife aud family.
They receive a sum amounting to about
87 per mouth aud rations; these consist
of two pounds of moat and tyro of mealies
a day. Ho i also given permiasiou to
build his hut iipou the place and to
luiru his master's fuel. Ooffoe he may
buy from his master's store, provided he
deeiree the luxury.— Harjtrr W'rrkly.
Ib-e Stings.
Mr. J. D. Hyatt, I'resident of Uie
New York Microsoopieal Sisuety, gave
an account of his luvcstigathma ou the
subject of stings. These studies have
extended over a pernxl of eight years,
but only rtNvutly liave some obscure
points bw*n msfe out. The general
form of the stinging organ* of the honev
bee is well known bv microacoinst*. It
consists of s horny sheath, withui which
there are two stings, and these, when in
use, are thrust out. There is a poison hag
which discharges its contents into the
sheath. This a point well known, but
it apiears thst the precise method by
which the fluid makes its way from the
sheath into the wound has not heretofore
IHVU properly explained. According to
the generally soccpto.l explanation the
iMtison is suj>|HJsed U> flow in a chauuel
formed la'tween the two piercer* or
stings, aud in this way makes its way
into the wound. Mr. Hyatt advances
another hvjx'theeis, and lwlieves he has
positive proof that he is right, having
dissected aud examined upwards of a
thousand stings.
Ou examining a properly prepare.!
sting from a honey t>ee w notice first
that the piercer* are vcrv thorp, and
harlxsl for some distance from the end,
there Is-itig nine lsarlm pointing upward
on ciu-li one. Thew barbs are gracefully
curvi*.!, and it can easily IH seen that
when once they find their way into the
firth it would "be difficult to withdraw
tln-iii. This explains why the honey !>ee
sting still reniaius in the flesh, while the
stings of other insects, with finer barb*
are withdrawn.
A more careful observation indicates
that the stuigs axe tulxw. Tiiere spjwsrs
to lie a channel running tirough the
length of each bne, having branches
which terminate in the notches just
abive the larl. After careful atisli of
these channels, maiiy of which were
found tlNntain air >r water after mount
lug, ami were thus proved to le veritable
channels, the question arose to their
use. The uatural inference would be
that they were ducts for tlie poison, but
there could be found no p.asibleoouneo
tion lstw<wu the poison gland and tlieae
channels, for, a* alrea.lv staUxl, the
jMiisou flows into the shaaih.
After long and patient investigation
the explanation offered is as follows: At
the back part .f the sting these channels
open into the sheath, and just in front
of that opining, attachi*! t.> the sting*,
i* a *<>rt of valve which project* into the
sheath. When, iu the ojwration of sting
ing, the piercer* arc thru*t out, they
carry forward this valve so a* to close
the front of the sheath, for which pur
l*e they are admirably adapted, and
the poison thus routine! within the
sheath makes it* way out through these
opening* in the sting*. Whence once
understood the operation seem* very
simple. There arc also some objection*
to tlia common explanation. Cross mv
tions of the sting* allow that the wall*
are quite thin, hut *trengtheni iu some
places by internal deposits. The form
of the sting* is such that no channel can
be formed between them to conduct the
poison.
Tea Kai*ing.
Th' expert meat f tea growing in this
country i* one of most interesting
ever tried. Being successful in every
way, the timo ha* come to go beyond
the experiment and cultivate it on a
large Hcale. in the Southern States,
many people have raised tea success
fully. It is a hardy shrub, like a thrifty
evergreen. The ordmarv height of the
cultivated plant is from three to sit fiN't,
anil wo arc told the wild growth reaches
fifteen or twenty feet—in fact, a tree ten
inch"-s in diameter. Tea is raised from
small nuts or seeds. Three or four of
thane arc dropped into a hole and covet
ed with earth two '<r three inched deep.
The weed* must bo removed, of course,
and at first a little shading is necessary
until they are large enough to supply
their own shade. They also require
some pruning, and the leaves nre not
collected for use uutil the plant is three
year* old; when nine or ten year*, they
are cut down to make room for the young
shoot*. Tea withering, whioli takes
place when the leave* are small, young
snd juicy, i* a process of groat niceness
and delicacv; it require* delicate, clean,
skilfnl nanus; those of women aud chil
dren are best fitted for the work, and
each leaf must lo plucked separately
from the twig with great care, so as not
to injure the yopng leaves juat ooming
out. After gatk< uig, the process of
preparation for us* U quite elaborate in
rolling, drying, clipping and packing
ready for transjxirtation. They pack the
tea while warm, in a box perfectly dry;
the evaporation of water and the drying
changes the oolor to dark hrown or black.
Teas are named from the size and age of
the leaf and the localitv in which they
are raised. But we seldom taste this
favorite herb at it* best, for the Chinese
send us *n inferior article. What an ad
vantage we gain by growing our own tea!
In latitudes adapted to its growth ©very
farmer can have his ten garden. Four
pounds of green leave* make one nonnd
of prepared tea, and one acre will pro
duce four hundred anil fifty pounds of
toa.
A Mfstcriou* Murder.
Willis James was tiolioved hi bo the
murderer of five persons in Clark coun
ty, Mo., but lie lias been acquitted,
there being very slight evidence against
him. If be isiunoeent, the crime is iu
deed a mystery. The murdered persons
were the B|eneer family, consisting of
a farmer and his two sons aud two
daughters. The father and one sou
were killed in a barn, the other son and
u daughter in the house, and the re
maining daughter in a field elose l>y. No
motive for this horrible butchery has
been discovered. James is a relative,
and it is not known that there was any
quarrel between him and the Hpeneers.
No robbery was committed. James
gave the first information of the crime,
huving, as he said, fouud the bodies on
going to the house on an errand. There
was a little blood on his handkerchief,
hat he said that it bad come from hia
nose; and several splashes on his hat,
that looked as though they might be
blood, but a chemist was not, williug to
swear what they were. Conviction was
iuqioaMiblo 011 such slight evidence, and
no more oould be obtained.
A I'HEKI'L NUMMARY.
TreSalral W rU as 4 rfcr*rt I *rS la l.aw
and ItaalHMM, with Thrlr g*S*laS.
ADMINISTRATOR. Oue who manages
or settles the estate o* an intestate.
APPRECIATE. A rise iu price.
AHHITKATION. The hearing slid de
teilulUaUon of entities Wtwertl parties in
controversy by a person or persons
chosen by the parties.
AHHIONMENT. The transfer of proper
ty to a-.signet * for the Wucflt of credi
tor*.
ATTACHMENT. A seizure of goods or
property bv virtue of a legal process.
BEAMS. Those who scheme to depress
or bear doWU price*.
llZgl'ttT. Something left by will;
appropriately rival estate.
BILL OE EXCUANUK. A written order
from <>ue person to another to pay
money to a third )*>r*on.
BONK. A SEALED instrument by which
a corporate>u or person binds itself or
himself and its or hi* heirs or assigns to
pay a sum of money ou the day or days
specified.
BONDSMAN. Oue who gives security
for another.
BILL*. iu sttick gambling, those
who scheme to raisejprioe*.
T'KKRIEJKD CHECK. A check stamped
good by the bauk ou which it is drawn.
CHATTEL.*. Every kind of property
except real estate.
CHECK. An order on a bank for
money.
GOLLATEKAI.*. Bonds or other valua
bles left with the hsuier of money for
security.
CONSERVATOR. Out* who prottxff* an
incapable.
COUPON. An interest certificate at
tached to a bond, to be cut off when
due.
DEED. A sealed instrument in writ
ing t riiusferriiig property.
DEMONETIZE. To take from a coin by
legislation its legal-tender quality or
function.
DEPOSIT. A sum of money left with a
bank or banker subject to order.
DEVISE. To give real estate bv wilL
DISOOI-NT. Interest paid in ad valine
of use.
DUAPT. A written order by one man
u]*u another, or upon a bank.
EXCHANOK. The cost charge*! for
paving money in aome ether place.
KxEcrroM. Tlie j>er*on appointed by
a tretator to exetnite his will afU-r hia
dt-ceaw.
EAITOIUZE— GAMWIKB. When B has
uiouey or chattel property of A in his
iKMseasion, C, a creditor of A, serves a
icgal warning on 11 not to allow the
property to pass from his hand*.
FKK. Property.
EKK HIMI-UK. A title to property with
out condition or limits.
FLAT. When Wud* are sold, as usual,
at a price which covers accrued inter*t
thev are sold, m brokers' pliraae flat.
F OMECI/OSCHE. Deprivation of the
right of redeeming a mortgag d estate.
FomiE. To make falsely. Most fre
quently by signing another's name on a
note or document.
KkzcHnui. A h/e estate in real prop
erty or m fee.
(IRATE. The three days. ailows*l be-
Tiud the time t|*vtflel for the payment
of s note.
Or AIIAXTEK. An engagement that
another shall ]>crform when he has
stipulated.
GrAMI'IAN. One who has the care of
another, e*|eeially of ch.ldren.
INIK'HSEMENT. A name written on the
back of a note.
INSVKANTE POLICY. A certificate of
insurauci-.
IMTKMXMT. What is paid for the use
of tuouey after use.
INTESTATE. Without a will.
LEASE. A contract for Icttiug prop
erty for a limited time.
LBUACT. A gift by will of j>-raonal
property.
LESSEE . Oue who receives a lease.
L Essoin One who gives a lease.
LIMN. A legal claim on proj>rty to
secure a debt.
MOBTOAOE. A pledge of property to
secure a debt.
MORTOAOEE. One who takes a mort
gage.
MORTOAOEB. Oue who pledgee prop
erty for a ilebt.
NOTAUT. A public officer who attests
deeds and other writings.
NOTE. A written, unconditional prom
ise t pay money.
OKOEK. A direction in writing for
thi obtainment of good* or money.
PATRIMONY— INHERITANCE. AH estate
derived from one's ano-stora.
PERSONAL ESTATE OR PROPKRTT. MOV
aides, chattels.
POWER or ATTORNEY. Authority given
bv one peraou to another to transact
business in his name.
PitoDATR OorBT. A oourt for the pro
bate or proving of wills.
PROTEST. A written declaration by
a notary public to all parties concerned
of the non-payment of a note or dralt.
QrnvLATM." A deinl of release or relin
qutshment of a claim.
REAL ESTATE. Immovable property,
as lands and tenement*.
RECEIPT. A written acknowledgment
of goods or money received.
REP TAPE. Pertaining to official for
malities, especially in law.
REMONETIZE. TO restore to coin it*
former legal-tender function.
SCALIWO. The term lias a new mean
ing, and signifies the redaction of a
debt without a corresponding payment.
STOCKS. The capital of a bank or other
company in the form of transferable
shares.
STOCK CERTIFICATE. Shows how many
shares one has standing in his name on
the company's liooka.
Sr*. To prescnte in law; to make
legal claim.
TAXES. A levy ma le upon property
fo the support of the government.
TESTATOR—TESTATRIX . A man or wo
man who leaves a will at death.
TRCHTK*. One to whom property is
intrusted.
CHOKY. The excess of interest taken
above the rate fixed by law.
WAIVER. The relinquishment of a
right to Is* released from one's obliga
tions as indorser on a note.
WILL. A legal declaration for the
disposition of oue's property after his
death.
A Three-Fred Bey.
The Dayton Journal prints a letter
from New Bremen. Ohio, which says:
Quite a wonder ha latelv made its ap
pearance, about eight miles north of
New Bremen, in the shape of a fine hoy
with three eyes and bnt one ear. The
parents sre a young married oonple.who
came here te .reside from the eastern
portion of Anglaise county about ten
months ago, ami have been married a
little more than that period. The child
is aliont two weeks old. The parents
were astounded to find on the right sideof
the face an eye and an ear in their proper
natural positions, aud on the left- side of
the face another eye in its natural posi
tion, snd shout an inch further round on
the left side of the head a third eye, all
perfect in form, bnt no ear where the
ear ought to be, the place for the left ear
being perfectly smooth and solid as any
other part of the head. The boy is
healthy, sound and bright as a boy can
lie. The eyes pre perfect in sight snd
action. Whim the eve on the left side
of the face opens or shuts its twin does
the same, both seeming to lie controlled
I and operated by the one set of nerves.
TERMS: fj&il.OO a Year, in Advance.
A Night Willi a Lunatic,
We take this atory from an English
|Mi]>er; In a very quiet neighborhood,
in MUSM-I, reside* a family, oue of the
meiolMtrii of whu?li in aflietM with
derangement. Being quiet auil inf
feuiove, the parents had choaen rather to
keep her under their own care than to
put her iu an asylum. Although habit
ually w*ak-ittiuded, the poor girl ia not
noticeably deranged, aave at long inter
vals. A few week* since, however, one
of these attacks came upon her; and
uuder the iuflnence of the strange tools
dy, she climbed out of the window of
her room, sud sought the residence of a
friend of the family a few houses off.
Being well acquainted with the premises,
she ha>l no difficulty in gaining admit
tunoe; and just belore dawn, the gentle
man and hla wife were awakeU'-d from a
profound sleep by a misit fearful scream
in their Ixxiroom". Starting ou, terribly
alarmed aud frighten* 1, they beheld an
apparition well calculated to inspire
terror aud uniierve the boldest.
With the subtle cuuniug which aome
times attends maauity, the girl had
tnkeii from the mantelpiece a revolver,
aud now stood in the center of the
room, her long black hair streaming
over her robe, and the eyes blazing like
fire, and the pistol pointed at the two
people in bed. Every time either of
them moved, a frarful glitter of her eye
and a movement of her arm disclosed
her pur|M>ae to fir Entreaties and
soothing words wcte alike unsvaiiiug,
sud to all questioua and appeals she re
plied with s scream of mania- Ist. ;liter
In this jMjsitiou hour after hour went
bv, and still the girl stood menacingly
at the foot of the bed, still threatening
to shoot, still laughing with a glee that
curdled the blood, and sent the cold
chills through the frame of the appalled
couple, who expected every moment to
feel the crash of the leaden missiles,
armed with deeth. Finally her mood
changed, and she seemed to desire s
frolic rather than a tragedy.
" Get up and dance !" she said; ami
in obedience to her commands, the gen
tleman and bis wife arose aud com
menced a series of tarpsicborean antics,
which, however, ludicrous, were any
thing but laughable to the parties en
gaged. The morning came, clo*e and
limvy; and the dense atoeaqibere of the
room made the unwonted exercise fa
tiguing to the last degree. Ihe per
spiration * total ont in great drops on
their foreheads,and ran down their faces.
The *te|> and graceful motions usually
employe*! in the " cotillion," the "ma
z lurka," and the " acliottiacbe," were
now exchanged for a staggering reel;
ami the tired and compulsory votaries of
Terjwirhore were ready to drop. But
every indication of a suspension of the
sctive exercise, drew from the ot.servant
s|>cctator the stent injunction,"Dance '
And although their limbs ached and
their breath came quick ami abort,dance
they did—they " danced all night till
broiul asylight."
The lady Wing somewhat oWee, and
unused to such violent work, showed
evident signs of distress. But it did no
good. The maniac was bent < a frolic,
and kept them in incesaaut moticn.
How loug the frolic would have been
kept up :t is impossible to say, bad not
a servant come in and diverted the at
tention of the girl. This enabled the
gentleman to secure the pistol, and thus
relieved from peril, suspend the dance.
Although very fond of such amusements
before, both he and his wife now dwoov
er a great antipathy to dancing.
Fashion Note*.
Handsome velvet picture frames have
a vine of flowers embroidered npon
them.
Osmck capes are seen on batiste and
organdy dresses, and even on morning
wrappers.
A lady's toilet is no longer complete
without a buuch of natural or artificial
flowers.
Black, satin ribbon, faced with differ
ent colors will be unci in trimming gren
adines.
Dinner can's mode in the shops of
plates, lieantifully painted, are among
the noveltiea.
Pullman* s are still worn to a great
extent, notwithstanding the predictions
to the oontrary.
Cream-tinted muslin pleating*, around
the Deck an 1 wrista, replace those of
pure white.
In ladies' lingerie, combination suits
are the newest, and promise to lie the
favorite style.
English twill* in gray and fawn colon
will tie the favorite materials for water
proofs this summer.
New strlcs in furniture have painted
panels, which woik is done in a large
measure by yonng ladie*.
Spiral bracelet* are among the latest
novelties, some so large that they extend
from wrist to elbow.
Loops of narrow ribbon trim nearly
evervtning. and are put on every con
ceivable place iu a toilet
Trained skirts bave the bsck breadth*
laid in kilt plaits, or in wide double box
plait to the end of the train.
Mask vails are much worn; but dotted
net ha* taken the place of tlie plain
Brussels net, in a great degree.
Walking dresses will lie made with
short ronnd skirts, as well as with the
kilt skirts; and will tie much lighter.
India Pongee cloaks, with oarriek
oapes, are the elegant novelties designed
to replace the linen ulsters of Centen
nial fame.
Mantles made of stripes of lace inser
tion and velvet, aud bordered with lace,
will be worn Again this summer. They
are very stylish.
Fichu* will be much worn this sum
mer; those of muslin will be embroider
ed in'oolors, and collars, cuffs and band
kerchief must match.
A f 'Ueap (ommodity.
Advice in chow, consequently, manv
people aro fond of (riving it away. "If
ho had only takou my advice," says Mr.
Wiseacre, " things might lisve been
different" True, thoy might havo boon
much worse. For do wo not all kuow,
or believe wo know, our own affairH, our
own necessities, our own desires, iwtter
than nuy other mortal can over kuow
thorn, a "ven though that other may lie
our most intimate friend ? Aud no mat
tor how unreserved our confldonce, how
frank our admissions regarding the cir
euiustaneoH in which wo are placed, will
there not always lie some point or points
on which we cannot bo fully explicit to
anv human ear? So, even while we im
agine that we havo perfectly explained
our own position, or havo as perfectly
comprehended the situation of another,
some detail will always be wanting,
whose omission changes the whole case;
perhaps makes the counsel which seemed
so judicious entirely impracticable.
Don't worry yottrsehes, then, over the
good advice so often wasted on your
friends, but try to remember that as
you never can occupy their exact stand
point, so you never can be an infallible
judge of their propr c .aduct To be
■ ure, in some cuses, your advice ma/ be
I necessary; give it then humbly, not ar
| logantly, and be ooutent that it is ac
cepted even with reluctauoe; for advice,
I at best, is a nauseous pill to swallow.
NUMBER 21.
PARS, (JARDK* AS!) IIOIHKHOLD.
Care 4 llirte*.
Pfrnuo PLAwra.—ln potting plant*,
drainage i* of the v<ry first importance.
It should IMI provided by ouveriug the
bottom of the pot with small piece* of
broken flower pot or crockery. Thia
prevent* the water from laying in the
bottom of the pot and rotting the plant
n/otm.
In pre) taring yon* seed beda, don't
rake the Mirface fine, and leave all be
neath ltiuipy and rough. A rule almoat
exactly thereverse would be bettor than
this. The plant roots enjoy a fine mel
low bed, while the aurfane, if pulverised
ao thoroughly, ia 1 teuton down by the
first rain, aud then baked and dried into
an air-tight crust.
To CL-HK All onus or Kuausu. There
are several uiethoila of curing this habit.
Oue u to keep the horse in s roomy,
loose box; aud another is to fasten abort
chains hi the hnwl lags by straps around
the fetlock. Instead of chains, a abort,
strong cord may be fastened to the strap,
sod s round wooden ball as large as a
base ball, or somewhat larger, should be
strung on to the cord. When the burse
kicks, the ball or abam rebounds and
strikes the togs, so as to make the habit
become rather tiresome after a while.
CAUX or Oowa.—lf oows are kept in s
half-starved condition, they yield but
little if any milk, and this of pour qual
ity. The food they get under these cir
cumstances may not even be sufficient to
meet the more immediate requirements
of the body, en that little, if any, to
available for milk. Not only is there DO
profit gained by keeping cows under
three circumstances, but the food thus
consumed may be said to be wasted,
since, if gtveu to fewer ooars, it might
yield a proper quantity aud quality of
milk.
LAND DEFICTKNT IN LOO. Where
land is deficient in lime, then lime
should be applied to it; it is better to
apply it frequently, say once in every
four or five veers, and in moderate doses,
say forty to fifty bushels to the acre; it
should be applied to the surface and not
ploughed under immediately, aa it haa a
natural tendency to sink rapidly in the
soil, snd sa it acts more efficiently when
mixed with the soil near the surface,
where the air can reach it. Stiff clay
soils require larger doses than light or
aandv soils; and it will do little or no
good upon low, wet, undrained lands
farm Journal.
FLOWEH HEEDS.— Tbi is the season
for planting fl* m-eJ* 10 the booM,
hence the following dtrertiona are oppor
tune: Bow an rich and light *Oll, cover
ing very fine seeds, each M lobelias,
with an eighth of an inch of fine aifted
sandy auil; water with a fine sprinkler
often and a little at a time, keeping the
soil moial, but not wat. if the tempera
tore of the room is atwve fifty degrees
Fahrenheit, the seeds will grow Tung,
•lender and weakly. When the plants
have four goal-sired leaves, carefully
transplant th< m without breaking the
rootlets, and when an inch high trans
plant again. Coarser seeds require
covering deeper, but in no case more
than from one-fourth to one-half an inch.
lUrISW.
HrrntH SCOTCH CAJTDT. —(hie cap of
molasses, one of sugar, and one-half a
cupful of butter. Mix them together,
and cook until it will stiffen when drop
ped into water. When done poor in
pans and let it cool.
Ei CS CAUL— One-quarter pound at
ground riee, one-quarter pound of white
sugar, five egg*. Beat ail together till
it froths; then pour into atm lined with
buttered paper. Bake in a quick oven
three-quarters of an hour. Lemon flav
oring may )>e used.
Baud Fibii.—After cleaning, salt the
fish for about an hoar, then wash it.
Make a dressing of bread crumbs, salt
and pepper, summer savory and a piece
of butter the siae of a walnut. Than put
in a pan and sprinkle with fl<*ir; nut on
a little butter, pepper, salt and about a
pint of water. Bake an hour and a half.
Soct or Gkf.kn Pkas.—Boil three
quarto af shelled peas in two quarts of
water. Mix three ounces of butter with
flower until quite smooth; add a little
salt, black pepper, sad a dust of Cay
enne pepper, and stir into the boiling
peas until the whole boils again, and
you will have a cheap and wholesome
summer dish.
A Rkluih row BuKutr art. Take
one ourth of a pound of fresh cheese,
cut in thin slices, put in a frying-pan,
turning a cup of sweet milk oter it; add
one-fourth teaapoouful dry mustard, a
pinch of salt and pepper, and a piece of
nutter about the sis* of a butternut; stir
the mixture all the time. 801 l three
Boston cracksr* very fine and sprinkle
in gradually; then turn at onoe into a
warm dish; send to table immediately.
A Sic* AXD Haxpso** Salad.—Se
lect two good beads of lettnee,split them
in half, then wash them in cold water
and shake them dry in a napkin; lay
them in a salad-bowl, cut lengthwise
some well-cooked red beats, and lav
them between the heads at lettuce; boil
three eggs, very hard; remove the whites
from the yokes, and cut up the whites
into square*, and scatter over the salad,
then cut up some so tiaras of the beets and
scatter over; of the yokes make the
sauce, bv rubbing very smoothly the
yoke with a spoon; add a little Cayenne,
salt, a large spoonful of dry mustard,
add a teaspoon ful of pulverised white
sugar; mix these well together in a
basin, with a spoon, then slowly add two
large spoonful* of olive-oil, sad when a
smooth paste, add three spoonfuls of the
best vinegar. The sauce must be served
with the salad.
Life.
The general character of life is that of
monotony. Whether we regard the life
of man,'or the life of besets, we are
struck by the same remarkable fact, that
life, to all outward appearance, is a
monotonous succession of scenes and
movements—all but inehtioaL We won
der how the interest is kept up. But
we never tire of going to bed at night;
and we are very sorry when we get tired
of getting up in ihe morning. We
never weary, except with regret, of
breakfasting, dining, and supping ; and
vet these actions art* repeated inoeasant-
Iv three hundred and sixty-five times in
tlie year, with renewed excitement on
every succeeding occasion. We take
off our clothes onoe every day, and we
put them on once every day. We do
this, at nearly the same boar, in dailv
succession ; and when health is good,
the pleasure from so doing is not marred
by the repetition of the act; for the
efibing ami flowing of our bodily sensa
tions prepare us, without any efforts on
our part, for all the vicissitudes of our
existence. When hungry, food ia agree
able ; when weary, sleep or rest is a
treat; when warm, the cool air is agree
able ; when cold, the pleasure derived
from a cheerful fireside and a comfort
able supper is delicious. The excite
ment is kept up by the contrasts ; and
we purchase the enjoyment of one
feeling by encouraging the reverse.
With health, and youth, and prosperity,
we should never be weary. It is age,
and weakness, and poverty that prepare
us for death ; and even that comes easy,
, upon most men at least) like a sleep,
nud the heaviness of the heart fsves even
I he last sleep a weloome.
item* ef Interest.
RiiMd draft*—Open vwtilitoii
▲ drawing-room—A dao tint's office.
lbs fig-ure oI odium—P I O (Effigy)
Ths " (fold braid " tra i fashionable
for bonnets.
Trading on tick—Swapping a 'watch
for a bad.
Bound investment Buying • tele
phone.
Washington Territory wants to ba
made a Bute.
California haa refuaed to let woman
practice law.
Oet-agoriaal statamen t—Speaking to
the purr puss.
Rven the bsata of the pulae are now
photographed.
The world's favorite eon— Edison.
UrrakjaM TahU.
There ia a wag in erery bouaabold
where • dog U kepi
French gingham* are BOW woreu to
lons bouretts idhafr.
Two hundred different varieties of
fruit are grown in Georgia.
The letters 0. K. were first used as a
telegraphic signal for " All right."
Iquiaue enjoyed forty-six earthquakes
in five days, it on Jan. 22 to Jan. Jfi.
The Government of India recognieea,
ao it ia said, 420 different Hindoo castes.
A letter carrier is aot necessarily a
fighting man because ha wears a coat of
mail.
The last British torpedo invented will
travel through water at the rate of forty
miles an hour.
Mm who travel barefooted around
a newly-carpeted bed-room, often find
themselves on the wrong tack.
Greek bands, of metal, leather, or of
the dress material, are wont on the skirts
of dresser a little below the waist.
** Dying in poverty," says a modern
moralist, "ia nothing—it ia living in
poverty that comes hard on a fallow."
A lady joked the other day about her
nose, said, " I had nothing to do in
shaping it It wss a birthday present"
; " What ia all the world, la eh Urn world," they
" b half eo tweet so sweat i* half ao sweet aa
May r
" Emsno " i* a new eotton material
similar to French cambric, and will be
used to oombine with lawns for honas
dresses.
A Pinto chief owns a high silk hat, and
is so careful of it that, his hut being
leakv, he keeps it oovered with skins in
a hole in the ground.
The barrel factories are doing a stav
ing baa mess, sod their proprietors feel
like standing on their beads and whoop
ing in chimes.
"I have a great ear, a wonderful
ear," said a ooooeited musician, in tfee
course of conversation. "Bo has a
jackass 1" replied a by*tender.
A MNA LAT.
Through the Mirer mist
Of tbe Uosßom-rnxwy,
Trill (ha onoto* . tot
To thctr joyous ley {
They were gliding along ia a bark
canoe. "Is this the Lake Huron ?**
said the tourist "Of course it's the
lake you're on," said the guide.
There are about 20.000 or 20,000 work
ing jewelers in the United Stole*. Mas
sachusetts having 1.500; Rhode Island
2.600; Newark, K. J., 2,560; New York
6,000.
Jennie Jane ssyi a fashionable bonnet
esn be had for a dollar snd a half. And
so it can. It is the from six to twenty
dollars' worth of trimming that strikes
the pock ei book in • sore spot.— Xorru
town Herald.
First aad tost spiders have s hard
time of it Tbe delicate crae* hairs in the
telescope* of surveying instruments are
fine webs token from spiders, of a species
that are selected for their production of
an excellent quality of this maten:>l
Tbe spider, when caught is made to
spin his thread by tearing from hand to
hand, in ease he is indisposed to furnish
tbe article.
Chinamen who hare returned to their
native country, after a residence in the
United States, have introduced the
growing of wheat to take the place of
rice as s food staple. It is claimed that
with the eloee care given to agriculture
in that conn try. the yield seldom falk
below forty bushels to the acre and that
labor is so'low that twenty-five cents a
bushel returns an average profit.
Relic* f Ike A*hUhnU itiaaster
The unclaimed relic* ai the Ashtabula
bridge horror have been aolti at auction,
rraiizi&g $42.03 A* the authorities
could oult aJord to advertise the aale in
the local papers, vers few persona were
present The find article sold was a
small English dictionary bearing the
name of "8. Leonard" on the fly-leaf. It
brought ten cents. Then followed a
basket of broken china ware, valuable
only aa relica to the buyer; price
fifteen cent*. A solid silver napkin
ring brought ninety-five cent# ; red em
broidered tobacco pooch, fifteen cents;
silk handkerchief, thirty -four cents ; pair
of shoe* worn bv a girl with a deformed
, foot, $1; pair oi skates, ten cent*. Xo
excitement or agitation was risible until
s voung lady, daughter of Mr. A. H.
' Stock well, formerly a hotel-keeper of
Ashtabnhi, who had been missing since
the disaster, detected from a link of s
silver chain attached to a watch, black
i coed and burned, that the timepiece
and chain had been the property of her
' father. She burst into tears, and while
sympathizing women gathered around
her, a man wno had just b> -ught the watch
for a few cents delivered it to her. The
' works at gold watches, which when in-*
' tact were worth $l5O to s3oo.escL, were
valued at $1 apiece and sold for consid
erably less. In fact, they were worth
, less except fdr curiosities of the great
railroad calamity. There were garments
or shreds that had onoe been worn by
rich and poor, now practically valueless
an account of the action of fire, water,
ioe or snow, or all combined, and the
necessarily rough usage they had re
ceived in being pulled from the river
and the wreck There were persons
! present who felt inclined to drop a tear
laa they tenderly handled an infant's
tiny shoe which,"like the reel, had suf
fered from the Aamee. One stocking a
middle-aged woman, attired in deep
1 mourning— Mr*. J. B. Hopkins, of
Psiafsville—identified as having been
■ kiiit bv herself for her brother, Mr.
John hotter, not long before the acci
dent He left Boston so as to take the
fatal Pacific express, it is supposed, as
{ nothing baa ever been beard of him
sinee a day before that unlucky Fridav
night
A Prairie-Oeg Tillage.
Four hundred and thirty-five miles
west of Omaha is situated the great
Praire-dog City, one of the largest set
tlements on the line of the Union Pacific
} Railroad. Several hundred acres, each
■ids of the track, have been token up by
the sagacious little prairie-dogs, and
there they have made their h units, and
that arithout buying one lot from the
company, or as much as saying "by
tout leave." The dwellings consist of
little moulds, from a foot to eighteen
inches in height, raiaed by the dirt ex
cavated by their burrows. On the ap
proach of a train, the little inhabitants
! can be seen scampering for their homes.
Arrived there, they squat upon their
hams or stand upon ttieir bind feet at
the entrance —a hole in the top—bark
ing at the train as it passes. Should
any one venture too near, doam they
go* and their as silent as the "city
of the dead." It is said that the openiug
in the top leads to a subterraneous
chamber connecting with the next dwel
ling, and so on through the settlement;
but this is s mistake. The prairie-dog
is of a sandy-brown oolor, and about the
; sise of a bugs gray squirrel. In their
neat, living with them, are found the
owl and the rattlesnake, thougli whether
welcome or not is uncertain. He lives
upon grasses and roots, and is generally
fat, and is by some, Mexicans especially,
considered good eating, and his flesh is
sweet and tender, though rather greasy.
Wohres prey on the little fellows, and
may be seen sneaking near the town,
hoping by chance, to pick up some
straggler. But the dogs are not easily
caught. Some one is always on the
lookout for danger, and gives the alarm
'on the first intimation of treuMe. Then
I away they all scamper to their holes.