Say Not. Bar no* Iho trugßl* naught availolh. The labor and the wounda are Tain, The enemy faint* not, nor faiieth, And a* thing* hare been they remain. If hope* were dupes fear* may be liar*, It may be in you amoke concealed. Your comrade*eha*e e'en no* the flier*. And, bat for you, po**e* the fleld. r"or hile the tired wave*, vainly tweaking. Seem here no painful moh to gain. Par hark, through creek* and inlel* making. C >mee silent, flooding in the mam. And not hy eastern window* only. When daylight come*, comes m the light, n front the uu climb* slow, how slowly ! 1 ut westward, look! the land iabright. The Unknown land. Pare*t thou now. <) Bout, Walk out with uie to want tin Unknown Region, Where neither ground i* for the fecU nor any jwith to foUou No map there, n >. .. Nor voice eoundtti > . nor t>u *h of humau hand. Nor faoc with bloon.u flesh, ior hue. nor eye* are iu that land. I kuow not. 0 Soul. Nor do*t thou -all i" blank before u. Ail wait*, undreamed vf. iu that region lhat inaccessible land. Till when the tie* W-cn, All but the eternal. T.uie and .spare. Nor darkness, gravitat .n, sense,nor auy bound* bound n*. Then we burst forth we fi> at. In Time and Space. O Soul prepared for Uietn. K.jual, isjuipt at last v i> jo\ ! O fruit of all!) them to fulfill. 0 Soul! H alt Whitman. OVER THE FENCE. It xvas a shabby old mansion m n shabby old thoroughfare. which had been a fashiouabl® street in its day, but xras anything else now. Grocery shops and junk shops had iuvaded it. The square, white-painted, green-blinded dweltinirs,with mile*.! raof anvl pilaster ed front doors, through which desirous worthies in ruff. < and bob-wig* had once gone in ami out, shorn v*f their prestige now, and divested of tvkiuing knobs anvl kuv>oker*, were turned into tenement -houses of the poorer sort. Only the magnificent vlouble row of elms, which havl been the glory of the street in its prime, remained iutaet to deck its decadence. Thet >wering splen dor of their green masses rustksl in the salt air now as tin u, hut u mournfulnt ss nxinglevl with tiie rustle Perhaps—who knoxrs f- the elms were sorry fvir the deserted old street. It is not easy always to fathom what lies at the heart of things, trees or men. The shabbv old mansion hail belonged to General Wesson, a Revolutionary hero, less conspicuous in history than in the affections of his townsfolk, who to do him houor havl called the street by his name—Wesson street. II is residence, once the finest in the neighborhood, had still this advantage over its dilapidated compeer*, that it retained its old-time garden, a large square iuelosure laid out in formal box-edged beds and walks. This garden bad the odd appearance of having sunk slightly during some convulsion of nature, for its surface lay some five feet below the level of the street, which had been "filled in." It was walled on three sides. Peeping over the low fence which topped the wall, a Easser by could look down into the very eart of gooseberry bushes and peouy clumps. The wall itself was a tangle of hoaev*uekle, ivy, and brier roses, anil altogether the garden had a sweetness still, though its path:- had ran to weeds, and lines of wet linen flapped over the rose circle which had been the pride of Mala rue Wesson's heart almost u hun dred years ago. So "long past, so forgotten, were the traditional dignities of the old house, so poor and decaved was its present seem ing, that po >ple ei{>ericnced a shock of surprise—almost indignation—when told thai the Moravian Society had bought tha property for a chapel and parson age. "What! that old thing ?" they cried. But the thrifty Moravians went their wav without minding much what peo ple" said. They had little money to ex ?end, and a righteous horror of debt, he old place was cheap; they could make it do, they thonght. So a little armv of work-people deployed upon the premises, and presently all was changed. The ground-floor, divested of partitions, became a large plain meeting-room. The second flixar was reserved for tbo pastor's dwelling. There was much scrubbing and whitewashing, new paint and plaster; blinds were rehung, a tot tering chimney rebrieked, the fences mended. Last of all arrived a cart-load of benches, another of fnrniture, and Pastor Lnbke md hi* family. The neighbors, watching, saw them go in: first the grave old pistor leading a little boy, then a long file of girls of graduated heights, all clad in black, worn, it was whispered, in memory of their mother, who had died a few months before. The beds, chairs and tables seemed scanty plenishing for so many, and lookers-ou wondered bow they managed; but uo body found out, for the Lubkes were quiet and reserved, saying little or noth ing of their affaire, but simply taking things as they were, and settling into the new home without diaensaion or words. All these things to watch did serious ly incline Mr. Erasmus Stookt m—a yonug man who, for his misfortune, had little to do then except look out of win dow. His lodging next door command ed a view of the long south side of the "Wesson house," as the neighl>ors still called it, and of the whole garden, an 1 having, as I said, little to do except look out of window, while waitinß the report of the Patent-office on his " improved air brake," he natural! v looked ont a great deal. Idleness is the root of curi osity as well as of mischief. It is aston- j iahing how persistently he watched the Lubkes and their doiugs, and bow much entertainment he found in doing so, all the time persuading himself that he was studying "Chitty on HoAcial Pleas," which lively work he held in his hand, to be sure, but over the top of which his eyes were forever straying to note the comings and going next door. " Heavens! what a lot of girls!" was his first reflection as he saw the sable clad procession file np the walk. "And how much alike they are !" was his sec ond. They were strangely alike. The four elder all seemed of the same age. They were of the same slender build, with clouds of flaxen hair flying over their shoulders, th£ same pale blue ; eyes, the same colorless skins. For a long time Erasmus could fix on no ]>oint of difference by which to distinguish them, but after a while he learned to classify the four as "Sister," "The! Twins," and "Hilda." The twins were always together, inseparable as Castor and Pollux. "Sister" was the central star of the little ones. They were for ever clinging to her skirts and follow ing to help or hinder in her many house hold tasks, from washing windows and hanging out clothes to sweeping the door-steps in the early morning. Honr after hour Erasmus heard the hum of her wheel. He had seen it cirried in with the other things—a genuine old fashioned spinning - wheel, which an antiquarian might have coveted for its quaintness, but which " Sister " valued for its use. It was she who took the lead in reforming the garden, where disorder and neglect were giving place to thrift and neatness, groundsel and parsley to peas and beets, and where pot-herbs, pinks, and multitudinous cabbages jos tled each other in true German fashion. "Sister" took the lead, but every one helped. Even the little ones could weed and dibble holes for the insertion of infant roots, and in the cool of the day, the sedate old pastor himself would descend from his study, knife in hand, to prune, not in the most skillful man ner, the fruit trees whose best days had gone by with the best days of the old honse round which they grew. Hilda was the prettiest of the sister hood. Her blue eyes had the advantage of s fringe of long golden lashes; her FRED. KLTirrZ, Fit!i tor aiul Proprietor. VOLUME XL hair waived naturally through all ts pole length; there was a lingo of color iu tior fairness wtiioli iliepiuiel at times into n lovely piuk. People iu gonoral might not iiAve called lior vorv pretty, but Erasum* learuod to *>> tanl in (not a girl must IH plain indeed not to look pretty in the picturesque frame work of au old garden, ivy-liuug and boekv, with glmtaol sunshine and dunks of shadow. Krasums watohed lior tiit iu and out and to and fro, her veil of flaxen hair blown by the wind, her pliant figure in It* plaiu black fria'k looking slender a* a fairy's, and presently, to his surprise, he found limiself in love with Hi da. He had tn>t meant it. but how could it be helped ? A young man's fancy is easily caught, aud most easily of all when, as iu this case, he is lying ou his v>*rs for a while, and ha* not much to do. Haug hours. Every moment, every sylla >ie, was dwelt upon and dreamed over. I.it tie as had been said, it seem oil that they had aaid much; and there was always the delightful uncertainty at what mo ment she might drift that side of the garden again, might glance upward, might speak. Time Hgemed made up of Hilda; nothing else was worth consider ing; and yet the snm of these import ant conversations, hail all his words and all her words been written down, could easily have been condensed on half a sheet of note-paper. Of such stuff are lovers made! Sundays became noteworthy days jnst then to Erasmus. He had fallen into careless habits about church-going, bnt now morning and afternoon and evening found him in devout attendance at the Moravian chapel, where, armed xrith a ponderous hymn-book, he sat and studi ed the back of Hilda's hat and shawl —Hilda who never turned her heae mistaken. Alnnit your father. I niaou. He's too wise a mau—l'm sure he is— to want to shut you all up forever, and keep yon from making friends. Why, how oonld von do anything if he did get married, for instance l" "Oh!" cried Hilda, with vivid blush, "we don't thiuk alnvut that And father does feel just as 1 told you." •' But please—why not thiuk about f/kttf* It's exactly what I want you to thiuk about. It's what 1 am thinking about all the tiine. Shall I tell you whvf Mav i tell you, Hilda? Hut Hilda had tied, in obedieuoe to u mil from some upper wiudow, and Erasmus smote the fence wrutiifully with his list. *' Confound it !" ha mattered. " What chance has a fellow who has to make love five feet off ? 1 never can get near enough to be heard, ou account of this old fcuoe. I'll bo hanged if 1 stand it any long ri" Atal oe • tonic into the house. Next day brought exciting news. His patent had beeu granted, and a uiium factoring ilrm in New York, with whom he ha.l been in treaty peuding this re suit, wrote to offer a handsome Mini for the control of it. But what were air brakes, " royalties," and ten per cents to luiu just theu, w-itli HiLLa evidently avoiding him ? She had tict once come to that side of the garden during the day. Ho felt melancholy in spite of the realisation of Ins hopes, and in melan choly miHxl strolled out to his customary walk alongside the boundary fence, though with little hopes of seeing Hilda, for twilight hail fallen, stnl she was rar-lv iu the garden at so late an hour. Perplexed aud unhappy, he hug. red and lcaneil, and presently, to his sur orie a little Siiuud. half sigh, half sob, struck his ear. He Iwiit over: a dim, crunching figure met hi •eves. It was Hilda, crying quietly, while pretending hi stake down a straggling verbena in the dower l>ed below. " Miss Hilda!" exclaimed Erasmus, iu amaze. *' This is too gisxl fortune ! I have so inueb to tell you !" , "Oh, voit mustn't—l mustn't—we mustn't talk any more," replied Hilda, lifting a tear-stained face. "It isn't , right. It will never di\" " Who says so ?" with surprise. "Sister. She says people will call me light-minded—and—improper, and father will be angry—and—oh, indeed, I mustn't." " Light-minded I Improper! Juat let me catch them!" tlmuderoJ Erasmus —so far as one can be BAUI to thunder with voice lowered almost to a whisper. " Now listen to me, dear—dearest Hilda I have great new.* to teJJ. My patent is granted, my fortune us gsd as made. Day after to-morrow I must go away." A sob from below. "Are v.u sorry to have me go? Dearest Hilda, are* you sorrv ? If you are, even the lead tiny bit, let me have the comfort of hearing yon say so. Don't you know that I love you, my daring. I loved you from the first moment, I think—from the very day that von all came to this old house. Could yon care for me, dearest? Will you be my wife ?" " Perhaps—l could care," faltered Hilda. "But—my fatherdoean't —" " Now why should we talk of your father ?" broke in tbo impetuous lover from overhead. "If I love you, and vou—like me, all the father* in the world sha'n't stand between ns. My way is all clear now, dear Hilda. I cam make you comfortable, ami oh ! won't I try to make you happy? Just any ' Ye*,' and the rest is easy. * Only One word, dear love!" "It might be easy to say ' yes,' per liaps"—began Hilda. But an austere voice interrupted her: "Mv daughter, what aro you doing bore at this hour, nnd with whom are yon eooversing ?" asked Pastor Lubke. There he stood behind her, a dim and sqipaliing shape. Hihla shivered—her voice failed. Erasmus, his courage rising xrith the occasion, answered in her stead : "tthe was sinking to me, sir—or rather it was I who was speaking to her. I was telling Miss Hihla what I should have come this very evening to tell yon, sir, if this opportunity had not arisen— that I have news xrfaich makes it ueedfnl for me to go away, and that I cannot go without saying that I loYe her, and want her to be my wife, if she will." His voice faltered and brake. " And pray, sir, who are you I" asked the pastor, grimly. " My name is Erasmus Stockton. My father "was Jndge Stockton, of Danbury —all my connections are respectable," replied Erasmus, succinctly. " I can refer yon to people whom you know for my character and prospects. I have a little money now, and Smith A Petrie, of New York, have offered SIO,OOO for an air brake of my invention, which is jnst patented. I can afford to keep a wife, Sir. Lnbke." " And pray where have yon learned to take HO great an interest in" my daughter Hilda?" "Over thiß fence." answered Eras mus, stoutly. Pastor Lnbke gave a grim little laugh. " Snch things are not to lie settled in a minute, my \ouug frieud," he said. "Youth is always in a hurry. Hilda, you had better go in*. If you will follow me to my study. Mr.—ahem t—Stockton, we will talk farther of this matter." "Follow" byway of the gate, was wliat the good pastor meant; and be was by no means prepared for what ; happened, namely, hia yonng friend's vaulting the fence like an acrobat, and gaining the garden at a single bound.' " Hurrah, darling 1" he whiapered to i f Hilda as the pastor led the wav through the garden. " The fence is climbed. I • always vowed that f wonld get over some > day or other, and I have." i And BO it proved. There were some i hitches, some delays. Erasmus was not i allowed to marry Hilda next week, as i was his first wild proposition, or even next month. " Sinter a" wheel bnzzed I like great bumble-bee all Biimmer long, and bnsy fingers toiled over th ' wedding outfit through winter days and > spring days, before Hilda was pro nounced bv her family " rewly" to lie gin her new life. A year's engagement I even seemed a disgracefully short one , to " Sister." Hal not their own mother i been betrothed for seven years before she ' married papa ? But at lust, Hpite of le t layH and scruples, the long waiting Mended, and Erasmus bore away his , bride. He scandalized his Sisters-in law greatly by proposing to carry her - over the fence, as the road by which he himself bail come in, but this was over -1 ruled, and they departed prosaically in > a hack, like other brides and grooms. 1 i And so we leave onr little pair, as like i ly, for all I can aee, to " live happy ever r after" as any prince and princess of fairy tale. For fairy tales, however fan- J ciful, must strike their roots always in f a solid basis of every day contentment, 7 and, given the contentment, one can l easily dispense with the fairies. 7/ar per'i Baxar. (ENTHE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MAY •'!<>, 1878. ('oral. Coral-flailing yield* an ample return when properly carried n, coral being alwavs much sought alter for the toilrt, ami commanding a high price. It ha* required twriitv centuries "I lucpsaaut groping ill the .lark to tin vail it* my*U riou* nature. It is a branched jMilypua truiik, til a beautiful red wilur, "liloli i* a* Ward an the umat compact P*'ka, and. like them, of taking a flue t'luli. When it ia withdrawn til the #ea, of which it only ' inhabit* the groat depth*, it in, owing to the arrangement of it* branch es, predmdy like a btiali in miniature, and u section of it* stem presents con centric layer# analogous to those of cer ham trees, It* branotie* are cover.*! with a noft rose-colored bark, and dis play here and there *niall holea, in each of which resides one of their builder*. These uin *o many polypi, which, when tlmy t ip uid, wear all the appearance of prett} little flower* of a beautl/lii white color, with eight division* spread out like rava, and the borders of which are ornamented with a fringe of ciliav It , was thi* deceitful appearance which made naturalist* waver so about the nature of Coral. It* extreme liardne**, and the ka-autiftil (Hilish it tak.vi, led Nome observer* to look upon it a* a simple mineral. But the idea which *<cal horse trainer could sub- 1 due him, and all the systems of borse training aud breaking have la-en tried in vam. He wo* a thorough-bred, old Hambletoniau la-ing His am-, and his dara being a mare of tine blood. He had been in harness but once in fotir t--n year a, and tliat wa recently, wh>u l)r. Schultz lia.l him hitched up, it re quiring several men to do it The doctor then attempted to drive H°.*iug j ham, but the home tsvame ao furious aud unmanageable that lie was allowed to go at onoe to hi* *tall, where he ha* remained ever since. The snm of 87,(VK) w** once offered for him, and re fused by his owner, in hope Uiat he might be cured. The last feat ltisiug bam performed was to Jhte the right cheek of a negro keeper entirely off, the \ unfortunate groom'* three immediate pmliv**g. having loat respectively an •ar, three fingers, and a thumb, and the muscles of the right forearm. Five shot* were 11 red in the forehead of Kisingham ss he stood in his stall. They seemed to have no effect upon himj ei-v-pt to increase bin itterupts to get at tbe bystanders, aud to a Id to tbe ferocity of his kicking and jumping. By strategy Dr. ftehultz managed to sever hia jugular vein, and bo bled to ileath, dying as he hud lives!, exhibit - ' ing all the fierceness of a most virions nature. His last effort was au attempt to seize hia owner's arm in his teeth. | Dr. Schnltz intends to dissect the re mains of the stallion, and have the skeleton articulated and set up iu hi* office. Hung Lung at Base Ball. The base I mil mania has at last reached Chinatown, say* the Virginia City (Nev.) Chronicle, aud the Mongolians have a regularly equipped nine. They prac , tice with three men at the bat snd nine fielders, each batsman remaining in n* long as be can ami taking his place in the field when put out. While they ad here as closely as possible t' the rules of the American game, their manner of i playing it slightly differs. They want j the ball pitched Straight overhead in stead of to the riglit side, and they strike much as if they were chopping wood. After they hit, they run the re- \ vers# way of tlie diamond, making for the third base first. In catching they are very expert, and rarely missed a ball j i that was knocked in the air. In several i instances it was knocked frorn one haml to another apd caught. Iu batting they woreviiry weak, but iu throwing thoy i average better than the Caucasian chilis ( . of the Coniatook. Tbe reporter watched j \ the game for au hour, and did not note i a single overthrow. The game dates its 1 decline front the year H4J, when at one of the big matches a lady of the royal | ) household was bit in the neck with a 1 I hall and killed. When Hung Lung was [ told that the game was considered an j i American institution, he laughed loudly and intimated that it was hard to find | anything the Americans didn't claim. t ■ , Language of Finger-Kings. i In case of a gentleman wishing to I marry—literally "in the market " with r his heart—he wears a plain or chased gold ring upon the first finger of his left, I or heart hand. When success attend* - his suit, aud lie i* actually engaged, the ■ | ring passes tx> the second finger. After ' marriage it pauses to the third finger, i If, however, the gentleman desires to r tell the fair ones that lie not only i* not i "in the market," bin that he does not - design to marry at all, he wears the sig { j net upou his little finger, and all the * ladies may understand Hint he is oat of - ! their reach. With the fair sex "the r laws of the ring " are: A plain or chased 0 gold ring on the little finger of the right - hand implies "not engaged," or, in 1 plainer words, "ready for proposals, i. sealed or otherwise." When engaged - tbe ring pastes to the third finger of the r right hand. When married, the third I finger of the left hand receives it. If i- ; the fair one proposes to defy all siege.to a her heart, she places tlie rings on the :, first and fourth fingers—one <>u each— n like two oharms to keop away the •- tempter. It is somewhat singular that i this latter dispoaition of the ring is rare. Fashion Notes. Boiiuets are smaller. The reign of the dolman in over. Peacock blue is revived for silk dresses. Low shoes are again worn in the atreet. Manila hats are the novelty for little girls. Whalebone fringe is used iu half mourning. Children's skirts arc worn longer this season. Hui'dl satchels are taking the place of pockets. Coronet and cottage brims arc equally fashionable. Neckties are dr riyrucr with wide lineu or laoo collar*. Children wear colored dresses more tliau white OUCH. The short kill suit grows iu favor for younger women. Lisle tlireaJ gloves have iqieu clocks around the wrist. Tli -cirf floliu, tviug ou the bosom, is very fashionable. Hats are woru only by little girla aud tuissee iu their teens. The side satchel a la Marguerite u the fancy of the uioiueut. Double fringe* arc used iu trimming mantles aud mautelets. The " Mercedes " continue* to be the leading style of coiffure. Pleated basque* with Sip.tare yoke* are worn by girla in their tecua. The " Richelieu " is the favorite set of deep lineu collar and cuffs. Costume de fatigue is the correct name for the short walking suit. Point d'Aleucou is the ouljr French lacv maile entirely with the needle. Train supporter* are ueccaaary when long skirts are woru out of diiors. Many handsome silk costume* are maile with yokes and slurred waists. For full toilet the princes* form of dress takes precedence of all others. Cutaway jackets for misaes and small girls are not maile with waistcoat*. Kilt skirts and cutaway jackets should not lie woru by stout *>r elderly ladies. Amber and rainbow beads are miugleil with Uie richest fringes and jiaaaemcnt etie*. Spanish lace scarfs, black, white and beige colored, are haiing a run *f |Hpu lar favor. When low alioee are worn out of door*, tlie sUs-kings mm t bo dark or to match the drt a*. It 'Uiiu; pearl beads mi l mother-uf is-arl ornament* are taking the lead for !i unci ornaments. The ulster of the (l>yat\tr thi* summer i ngee, with Carrick cape* or cardinal collar#. Beige-colored light woollen dresses, trimmed with brown and beige fringe#, are much worn. All sort* of worsted, silk, embroidered, brocaded and djtmamtce galloons are used for heading fringes. Solid colored stockings, blocked on the side*, ar<- worn by little girls and mi*e#, u color# to match their dreaaea. It is fashionable to pnt two fringes of different color* o: twoahadea of the aame color on beuje or man tic-gray dresses. The cutaway jacket, long waistcoat, and kilt skirt, with scarf drapery around thq hip*, ia the ooatume of the moment. llu- fringe# for colored bourette dre#*#-# are of two rtr Uin-e colors in the same fringe, to match the color* of the bour ette. Plain princess jHilonaiaro an' worn over fan trained skirts, the tram being ionped to escajx' the sidewalk when worn iu the street Gray iiuen Uwus, with while polka dote or small Jajstoese flgure#, or larroil or striped with color, an- in denxa~d for suits fgr yonug lailica and mioseam their teens. Beige colored chip lsmnets, trimmed cutirely with beige nblsma and ostrich tips, and faced with black or dark colored velvet, are, affecUvl by the moat fashionable women. Pleating* aud fluting* of black French loco, mmgUsl with flat loop# of narrow block gros grain ribbon, are the moat elegant trimmings for black mantillas, mantle# and dolman*. Some very handsome princes# polon aiaea are msde with a liand of lxadeu a bitter cold morning an alarm Was given that a lire had broken out in this relief yard, roofed with in flammable mat*, and crowded with hu man la-tugs. Crowds of jieople liegaii to gather on all side* of the yard, and tear down the strong feuoe. The mo ment that communication waa establish ed between the inside and the outanle, a considerable number of outsider* leajxai into that part of the lucloauro forming the alley, to attempt to reaeue thoae who were still struggling to escape. The ac ne within was awful. The long sheds had alreadv melted into smoke aud ashen, an J only the poles were still burning—yet not the poles alone, for bsoewth stretched long lines of n>me- Uiiug only distinctly seen, and which, between the gusts of flame and smoke, could be recoguixed as the head*, arms and bodies "f human Wings, all huddled within the limit* of the former comport meiita, and just a* they were caught by the flery sirocco. Not one In twenty hod time to move a yard before they were met by flames and NU (Toasted where thejr chanced to be. lu front of the locked gate a large numl>er of p<*T wretches wrrr caught and imprisoned br the flame*. Their waddfel or skin garment* caught Are, and oimld neither lie taken off nor extinguished— scor.-s of poor women were r*#iuml to a condition too horrible to be described— absolutely rsuited an one side, aud utterly helplt-a* to escape. The greater part of those who were buniiwl must have jvri-hed instantly. Within Ave minutes of the time the fire nroke ont, it i* probable that those who failed t > eoc*|>e were suffocated by the flame*, Long after .-very scrap of mat and wood had been consumed, the bod u-e of the victim* continued to burn and smoulder. The corps.-* were most of tliem r.xltioed literally to cinder*, utter ly beyond recognition. Many of the survivor* on tlie day of the Are, and the three following days, while tlie bodies were being taken out, wandered aWut, n'teriug the m<*t piteous lamentations, *tnving Ui discover their children; bua ban U came U institute a hopeles* quest f.ir timir ive*. Nothing was left upon the ground but hundreds of borviblv mutilated corpses, fragment* of hall burned clothe*, and broken pottery. It ia definitely ascertained that tlie tmm- Iwr who perished i* somewhat more than tourt- eu hundred. Country Roads. Country road-making i* one of the science* in which we cannot boast of mucii progress within a huodred y.wra. Through wide *e< ion* of country the name old practice prevails,—of scraping the dirt lulo the road-bed ev.-rv Tear, lit a time in the spring when the highway* are nettling into reasonable smoothness, and leaving it untouched during the rest of the year. F.ven with a gravel bank a mile or two away, thin ahiltleaa style ia u i In-red to. The result is a narrow, huniped-up, uudrained highway —o rough and uneven an to increase by flfty percent, the draft-power required to move heavy loads long distances. As it is the weakrt point that measnrcM the strength of the chain, so it is the " Iwd phw>>s " that give character to the road. And if the entire highway work in a district were given to making these permanently good, the whole road would lie better. An advice is now iu order, we contribute our quota: Make clean and ample water courses down the hills, so that the bed will not be washed ont; fill tip the low, wet places with stone*; use onlv clean gravel, or stones nroken by highway work during the winter, when there ia Uttle el*.' to do, for top dressing; let the road* alone when yon can do nothing but scrape on soil; keep the woods from going to seel; get tip "tree nlanting days," to border the barren highway* with grateful shade, and country roads will be more nearly whnt thev are under the " effete despotisms of Europe " —smooth, hard, dry, delight ful. One of the Eugliali road ungineers, writing ou this subject, quote* from another authority, and endorses the remark that gravel ought always "to lie completely cleanse! of every particle of clav or earthy subatanc-, and it* .tifierent sines Ought to be selected aud arranged bv means of riddling or washing." ile shows plainly why dirty gravel tnnis to mud just a* soon as the combined forces of water aud frost can get at it, as we all have dreadfully natent proof that it does, every spring. While the Hcientiflc plan of "riddling" the grivel to clean it. and exposing it to sun, air snd frost, to free it from dirt before spreading it on tlie road, or using only broken stone, is too " advanced " f.ir our free and independent mod-pie makers, it can do uo hurt to keep the correct principle before them. The (Jolden Rule. The First Dollar Mreenbark. The Hrnry (\luntff Democrat of Mis j aouri, says: A few weeks ago this paper publishe.l a notice that Mr. R. T. Lea verton, of Holden, Missouri, had iu his jxmseßKion the flrst dollar greenback ! issne.l by the Government. That notice 1 WHS published far and wide in the news -1 paper*. Mr. G<*>rge (Iran, of Kansas Citv, read it, and urged the owner to set I a price. Lie said SAV aud lia.l the money I shov.xl quickly inb> his luitids. In a few , .lays Mr. Gross wa* offered Sflfi for his pnr ; chase, but declined to sell. In four days after making the sale Mr. Lowrtou re ceived an offer of SIOO for the bill from ' St. Louis parties, which he tendered to | Mr. Gross, who declined to soil. Mr. I Hiitchsy, a boss bridgo-buildor, offered SI.VI iu gold for a half int.-rest in the bill j (which wo* now considered to lie a great ! bonanza,) but this offer was also rcfus.xL A wholesale liquor firm concluded that it would be a good thing and a olieap advertisement at SSOO, an 1 made this offer, but with the aame lack of success, Ridding upon the oldest dollar green hack then liecame general, a.id reach®.: S7OO, lint Mr. Gross *till retained tlu proprietorship. The moat interesting and la*t lien p d ol offer was from Brick Pomeroy. H wnnte.l to borrow the bill to display a hustings during a canvass for the Nation al Greenback party. He was promptly informed that if ho would execute a bou. in the sum of SIOOO, with two good rare ties, for the sate return of the bill, hi i could have the use of it for a slior i campaign. TKKMS: 82.00 a Year, in Advance. ' llow a lan Take Care of Ml* Baby. Iu spite of all the sUtemeat* to the .vnitrary, there arc men who take care l of their children. Thev are the kindest and I Mist husband* in the world. They j do not wish to see their wives overbur dened With care and worry, and they I intend to bell) t!.ea a great deal, aud actually do. Yick a I boot*, aud hel|>. Jenny put on her gloves after he lias leisurely and com fortablv n Die liall a* Die , Ih-11 begins h toll, and mildlv mIU: "It ia getting late, Maria." which fact Mart* know* a* well as he does, for her 1 hands are trembling so with nervouaue** aud ha-te that she hardly put a single s pin iu it* right place. Just as the last | strokes of the bell are sounding, t'ey I hurry off to church, 1 > * entirely the | calming influence wtneii comes from a leisnrelv walk on a fine Mumlay morn ing. He take# the opportunity t J re- I mark, with but a shade of reproof in hi# gentle tones, " I can't qpderstand why it takes you ao long to get ready. It really doea eeetii aa if, with a* much as > ! I do to help yon, we need not be obliged to hurry ao at the la*t minute. I don t like to see you go up the aisle with your face a* red as a lobster," —which, of j course, ia very #<*>Uiiug to Maria s irri tate! nerves. The father care* for the baby at night in very much the name fashion. The , mother ha* lifted the child into her own I lw*l, aud back into its cradle again, in , the vain hope that in one place or tin other he will go to sleep, has brought " drink* of watur " for him, rocked tin cradle and aung to it* unea*y oecuuaat softly and aleepily for an hour, till final ly she thinks that if she is to be in tins §rtni-a*nfjhibuMi state, half out of bed and half iu, the air from the open win dow ia too cool for her. Sh* knows if i she tries to shut it herself the little tyrant will inatautly miss her presence and be ten time* wider awake than ever, and all the hours' singing and rocking will be lab.ir lo*L with much re gret, ahe aoftlv ask# John to get up and ! close the window. He ha* lain remark able still and breathed rather heavily, au a mom by himself to leep. He can t ■taud it "to have hia rest broken so, . but add* generously, " I'll take can- of f htm the next night. ' And no be does till aliout twelw o'clock, when the baby . wok* and crira. Far ten minute# he tries faithfully to get him to sleep again, and then ignonnnioualy retreat* and i rolls for •' mamma." An Expexudtf Joke. A German journal gives the following account of the disagreeable oocsequence* , attending a practical joke : A young student of the University of Prague. , Barn: Charles Di Klaversbnrg, when on hi* way to Vienna, toward the end of , last month, stopped for the night at I Black Eagle Hotel, in a small town of Aredatadt, near Banxlao, in Bohemia. Having leen requeste.l by the land- i . lord to inscribe his name in the traveler*' I register, the young geutleman ha.l tlie impudence t*> write in the column hea.l.sl , " Object of Die Journey " the words, " t.i Idow out his brains, i The landlord, without reading what I the baron had written, sent the book to i the burgomaster in the evening, in oon . forraitv with the police regulations. About"ten o'clock, after the traveler had gone to bed, a soldier entered his room. | drew his sal>er, and sat down on a chiir i bv hia bedside. *On the baron asking the reason of this intrusion, the soldier replied : " I am sent to keep watch over you, ami shall lie replaced in two hours by one of my ■ comrades, who will lie succeeded by other* till ten o'clock in the morning, when yon will lie taken to Banxlau." As "the soldier had said, the young i baron was next morning pnt into a ear , riagc and taken to Banxlau, where by ' the order* of the director of tlie police, , he was examined by two physicians who I declared that he was not insane. He ' wan n(?verth l Ws flOlHtiDilj lltchftl by r sentinels one of whom, in answer to his . inquiry why he was thus treated as a , criminal, replied : t " lbviaase voti declared your intention . to kill yourself, and his magnificence . the burgomaster has forbidden suicides under any pretext whatever. " > 1 In spite of all the baron could say in explanation of his joke he was detained r in close custody, and in due time brought to trial o'n a charge of writing J what was immoral on a public register. , The tribunal declared the offense fully established, and condemned the accused to a month's imprisonment, a flue of 200 florins (about $li)0) with all the ex penses attending arrest, custody and - trial. r " A Tight-Kepe Walker's Fall. • Trof. Bond, a tight-rope walker, re- P eeiitly announced that he would walk i. across a rope, flfty feet froin the ground, H at Gataaauqua, Pa. It was noticed that t Bond was drinkiug oonaiderahle in the r afternoon, and toward evening was slight *■ int.ixicnt.xl. He was advised not to at .. tempt the jierilons feat, but he was de- H b-rmined U> fulfill his announcement, K and said that if he fell off the rope and a broke his neck it would be his own neck „ that be broke. He made the ascension from one of the American Hotel windows, d and successfully walked over to the other II end. Tlieu he began to walk backward, it and when within about ten feet of tlie [ American Hotel—the starting point—he it slipped, loat his balance, and, amul a p shout of horror from the assembled s spectators, fell to the pavement below, i. In the fall he struck tlie outer brandies |. • of a trees, wliicn was standing at the side dI of the pavement under the rope. His e he id came flrst and struck the curbstone, fracturing liis skull. One of his leg* if was also broken at the knee. His eu e tire body was badly bruised, and his m it tornal injuries were of the most serious l- character. Ho was unconscious and ly bleeding badly, and was taken into the id American. A physician as summoned, 8- who pronounced the injuries of such a le nature that the unfortunate man would rt not be able to live any length of time, i Intense excitement prevailed. NUMBER 22. FAItM, GARDEN A* HOIHEHOUh Vtieiiarf ASlve* •• \ cow vomit* all hay and ooarae odder alrooat a* soon a* eaten, while meal, bran, ami other finely dirked material" are retained. Haa suffered (or mx ni<>utha t bloats and belches, and aleailily loae* fleah. A U|glib"f lost a oow. Hunilarly affected, a year ago." Tbi may ilepeod on any disease * the gullet e the result of deposit of tubercle in the lympbatie glands around the gtU let as it paeans through the chest. We have eenu aueh aj mptoma from thicken iug Aiitl oxihdiltby growth® on tfo# Uf* iug membranes of the gullet near the lower end, and one instance baa been reported to ua in whieh inter at ices of the diseased maaa were occupied by minute worms. If any auch should be found in tbis case I will thank TOO for •pecimens of the tame in alcohol, as we hare no description of a worm of this kind in the ox. From whatever cause originating, a disease of this kind and of six months' "landing, ia not liktdy to prove curable. The billowing may be tried • Tri an it rate dt team nth one ounce, red oxide of iron one onoott ground gentian two on noes, carbolic acnl one ounce ; mix, divide into eight powders ; give one daily in food. " A horse has a swelling beneath tba throat. What shall ba donef" It ia not likely to harm the borae for work, unless it 'increase* to the •iae®* th fist or over, and presses on uervea of the larynx and lung*. A free use of tincture of iodine, painted oxer the tumor every other day will often lend to its steady decline. Above all the horse should be kept in the moat ' vigorous health and t* ndition, and should be restricted to pure rani-water. If tNe liorae ia allowed to run down in condition in connection with unsuitable feeding or air, with overwork or dis ease, the goiter will almost certainly un dergo an increase forthwith. "A horse suffers from neglected grease which driad up under the uae of a "tnngent, but hreaika out at intervals in spite of the greatest care." In washing the heels do not uae cold water or aap of any kind, and always dry earefullv. When standing in the stable apply'the following. Oxide of zinc, one * dnohm, cape aloaa, half drachm, glvoerine one ounce. Whan taken out, dry this off and duet on a lit tle finely powdered calomel. "A five year old horae has clouding lof the eves and watery discharge after very hard drawing." Tins horse will probably continue to suffer under such exciting canaea until he goes blind. Such attacks are usually iitie to a constitutional predisposition and will reappear under every condition which temporarily impairs the health and vigor. After another year, how ever, when he shall have completed hie teething, he will be leas liable to auch attacks than before, and li blindness can lie warded off until Lheu, ha may escape Meanwhile, keep at steady but moderate work §o an to maintain vigorous health and condition, feed well, avoiding boat iug agents like corn, secure pure, dry air, indoors and out, and correct every i existing cause of ill-health. The horae may take the following : Powdered wlumbia, one ounce, powdered colchi cum. four drachms, powdered coriander seeds, two ounces ; mix and divide into eight powders ; give one daily in the ft** I. —Prqft mot- Jam** La*o. Para Nacaa. An agricultural exchange ears: There are a thousand little leaks about the management of an ordinary farm, tbat if not closely attended to will sorely bring the most hard-working firmer to ruin and bankruptcy. Nine tenths of sinking farmers can attribute their pros it distress to no other cause than lack of done attention to small details of the farm; a closer supervision of machinery and tools, the stock snd their feed, a place for everything and everything in its place. To drain a depression in a field w here a clayev or hard-pan subsoil prevents the sinking of ram-wator, and the lay of the laud is unfavorable for ordinary methods of drainage, first dig a bole as for a well, through the impervious strat um at the bottom hollow, fill it up to the brim with refuse atones, remove the excavated earth w w to allow the sur face water free access to the pit, anil standing water will never injure the grass or grain crop in that part of the field. —Erchang*. A cheap wash for barns and fences ia thus given bv Mr. C. Byrne, of Frirnda ville. Pa., in a letter to the F.lmira Far mer's Club: " We have used cement and skimmed milk ami think it Iwtter than lime. It is a light drab color, It coata but little—fiftv cents' worth will paint a large lwrn. We put two quarto of oe raent into a six-quart pail; add two quarto of skimmed milk: mix wen and it ia ready for use. Stir occasionally while applving it We paint one or two boards nt "a time, beginning at the top. The cement is the kind used in building cisterns." In an old agricultural paper, of forty seven years ago, we learn that it is a good pfan to put a piece of chalk in the pen with the young calves. They will lick it and thus correct the acidity of their stomachs and assist digestion and prevent dvspepsia, which often leads to scours, there is no doubt but that this is a most excellent practice. Prepared chalk is often prescribed by doctors as a for heart-burn, which if* & svmptora of drspepaia, and for diarrhea. The crude chalk (carbonate of lime) ia, unquestionably, a good preventive ami remedy for similar disorders in stock. The prepared chalk i® the erode with all the gritty particles worked out.— Rural | ,Veir Yorkrr. Shrinkage of Corn. In answer to the question of " How much doe# corn lessen in weight by keeping dry, when compared with its ( weight at time of husking?" the Super intendent of the Pennsylvania Experi mental Farm answers as follows: In the fall of 1870, Thomas M. Harvey pat 400 ; 1 pounds of sound corn (ears) in a lathed , box to test its shrinkage. It was weighed , and hosed November 18, quite ripe and . i drv. Tina was late fur husking, yon will notice. November 22. one box was shelled out and made 6 bushels, 27J quarts by measure, or 822 pounds b , ounces, and averaged 551 ounce# to the 1 bushel; cobs weighed 75 pounds 8$ ounces, making the total loaa 2 pounds i 11 ounces. The next box was shelled March 30, follwiug, and made 5 bushels r i 9 ounces, or 298 pounds 8 ouuoes, aver , ) aging 56 pounds 8 1-6 ounces per * bushel; the oobs weighed 54 pounds > 10 ounces, making a losa of 46 pounds i t H ounces, or 7j per cent of corn and I i oobs. This result would have been . quite different if the boxes had been filled with early huaked, large cobbed corn. I have had larger ears that loat i 50 per oent, from the time they were first , ' husked till thoroughly dried. An ex s periment with unshelled oorn by another - party resulted as follows: 1865, Novem - her 13th, put in crib, 55 bushels, ears, s weighed 1.976 pounds; 17th do, weighed 1 1,670—351 pounds per bushel whet s cribbed. August 3, 1876, it weighed , out of crib, 31J bushels, or 1,070 pounds a for each draft put in crib. Each bushel 1 of ears now weighed 34} pounds, asking, , I a loss in balk of 18.6 per eent, and in, I weight..22.6 per cent. Mm of I*tere*t. The abort* aker vum weary. f?bm Ttnw ta no mower he will la J awgr hi* acytha. Fhibdelphia has 8,000 pickpockets, m many thieves. If I were Jo the *un and you w <* l of ft, what would the u b*iw>f Sin. ItisagrastdealMMur u tb.e day* to borrow trouble than to borrow money. Clock- work ha* boon ■oooowfolly ap plied w a motor to sewing machine® by a ruochanician of Vienna. Certainly, the state of matrimony ia one of tbfl United State*. To obtain divoree ia to accede from the Union. Wbo I* it with fiurJ Wwad reman riewl? born* and goaa to bad, bad attars wbat is baat aaatd T TV ha wba'a flstwfl mo** roa* tba ana, BabaMttof <*> dnaln Kan. And after all's oaagM oary aoa. I H-tram signs of taverns in uonaon are 'curious, ritL r "(I 000, and Mr. Hugh J. Jfowitt, Erie, #40,000. Mark Train told a newipaper reporter iKai xu going abroad In order to find a quiet place to write, where be would not be disturbed onoe a day. It ia aingutar that it never occurred tohiin to remain at limm and aecure a desk in a store that doesn't advMtiae.-AWto , toum Herald. A frm* u tfwP i666ntly at Manchester, Vt. and in one of her | pockets were found a Uwee-qnart bottle, - * pint dipper, three epoona, a knife, a beer bottle, • raaor, packages of Us, uoflea, salt and sugar,® lot of bread,aoat., , wire and articles of wardrobe—nearly half a bushel in aIL " A good advertisement hi a newspar • per pava no fare on railroads; costs noth iug for hotel bills; gives away no boxes j of cigars to customers. or merino dresses i to customers' wives; drinks no whisky under the head of traveling expenses, hut goes at onoe and all the time about it* business free of exponas." All-of f which m true, albeit it to a little rough j on the commercial traveler. — Practical Printer. rua lanvx ininto. Tba parior sad tba ohaabsr floor wets cleaned a wash age. The aarpete stock. sad windows washed, as aU theaatghbora know; Rat stilt thf ssoctsm bad •soaped-tha table -giil Mfc books. Tana ink, and paper, aU about, pesos to its tid falTtb lo l* and rules of tkcagfat. 1 Urf other meoN< Idea® nod experietioca as yon would a book or newspaper, in •cumulating your own action, in compar ing your owu ouoclusnous. You are not safe in blindlv acoepUng the dednetiooa of any man without first apply b g them to the exuobie of your own common sense, to the dictates a&il promptings of your own judgment. Ton mart bear the burden or tfa* in jur* of your own! mistakes; it will be dtfiiruH for you to find the man who gave you bml advice after the crash haacome; most friends and adriaers are fair weather philosopher*, hence you must mark ook your own pathway of I action, irreepeotxve of the opinion and advioa of others, except a* aids fn form ing your own final judgment. Never expect that sncceea from borrowed ideas that von do from aueh aa have tiees full* digested and assimilated in your own" constitution. You cannot work so well in borrowed clothes aa in those which have been made to order. Each forest tree depends upon ita own root* for smpport, and upon iU own leave* for nourishment, and yet, while aaoh is benefitted by the shelter and nrolectkcm of it* immediate neighbor*. , jt would die if dependent upon them for anything farther. So all men are de -1 pendent trpoo each other for mncb that make* life pl*w**nt and prosperous; yet after all no man oao achieve mental growth, auooew. or high attainment ex cept through hi* own exertion* and his own faculties. The world delight* to aid those who are abundantly able to take ear*.et themselves. Those, who moot need help are least likelv to receive it The mental victories Achieved through honest purpose, firm resolve, persistent ' effort, are far more beneficial to the in dividual, as well aa far more satisfying to hia better nature, than the mere ac quisition of property or power through the assistance of others, ur through the . medium of tjoition*Hte proefcioatw Word* of WMM. not necessities, bring pov erty and rnin. Nothinc >" mow easy than to do mis chief; nothing i* mow difficult than to anffer without complaining. Virtue and rice are eo near each other that the* may be likened to a coat, the one 'being the outride, the other the in. Turn your coat, and there ypu are. Good service ia prompt service. It ceases to be a favor when ne upon whom the service is conferred has lost in pa tienoe and hope deferred what he might have bestowed in love and gratitude. When you are sick it comes easy to promise all sorts of reformation, and when you recover it ia just as easy to forget them. Leisure, the high sat happiness on earth, ia seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction except in solitude. Indo lence and indifference do not always af ford leisure, for true leisure is frequent ly fouud in that interval of relaxation whieh divides a psanlul duty from an agreeable relax —recreation ; toilsome business from the more agreeable occu pations of literature and philosophy. Too Innocent to be Killed. The venerable Professor Dana, of Tale College, graphically describes to his classes the "perfect little bisd worlds," of the South Pacific Islands which he once visited, and his feelings when cap turing specimens in the interest of science. One bird, he says, completely disarmed hhn. "The bird stood still. It turned its head and looked at me. Its eves shone with a singularly soft, pleaa eil light. I lowered the gun. How could I fire? I crept toward it. It was a beautiful creature. It did not move. I thought it was gratified at the sight of me. It acted as if it had never seen a man before; I do not suppose that it ever hud.- 1 crawled along; I stretched out my band, and yet it did not fly. I touched it-—I stroked it With this hand L I stroked that magnificent unknown creature. It did not shrink. I took out my knife, pene i it, laid it down. The bird looked at mp confidingly. I pat the blade to its throat, but it would not stir. It trusted me. I easne sway—l could*not kfifths bird."