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
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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.
Ha<l Hilda noticed linn ? He could
not tell. iUie had never giveu a look, so
far as he could detect, nor hail her sis
ters. But a good deal can be seen with
out looking, and it is so little iu the
course of human nature that seven girls,
with fourteen eyes betweett them, should
not see a young man who sits at a win
dow and gages oat at them all day, with
onlv a fence between, tnat 1 tun inclined
to t'hink they did.
Meanwhile, though he knew their
uaruea and was familiar with tin ir habits
Erasmus hail never exchanged a word
with his uew neighbors. It was ui<
from want of inclination ; but he was a
modest fellow, anil truly he did not
kuow how to begin. Pastor Lubke was
a " strict " father. "Be sober, be vig
ilant," was his motto. He had no sym
pathy with the frivolities of youth,
among which frivolities, it was rumored,
young men were conspicuously included.
Erasmus studied his stern, placid face
from behind the bhud, and saw nothing
to encourage him there. Ard so, while
thus hia "hopes belied ins fears, hia
fear* hia hopes belied," the days went
on. He made no progress, and might
have made none for a much longer time,
had not Fate taken pity and sent her
messenger to assist matters. That mes
senger was—a monkey !
The moukev appertained to a hand
organ, and the man who ground the
organ—and the monkey also, it is to be
feared—sent him in t levy the custom
ary black-mail ou the Lubke sisters,
who, sitting on the door-step, iu the
pear-tree shade, were knitting stockings
of the blue yarn spun by "Sister's"
wheel The sudden apparition of the
diminutive messenger, in his red coat
and cocked hat, startled the simple
family, whose lives heretofore had in
cluded few monkey*. They jumped up,
screamed ; Hilda "dropped her thimble ;
Bena and Naiuul clung to each other ;
even "Sister" lost her presence of
rniud for a moment. The monkey, em
boldened by their evident fear, danced,
chattered, and, suddenly pouncing upon
Hilda's thimble, ran across the garden
with it in his paws. Hilda pursued, but
the moukey ran fastest, and, scaling the
wall with great agility, would have got
off with his prize, had not Erasmus, who
had realized the situation and hurried to
the rescue, caught him as he ranched
the top anil held him tight.
" What shall I Jo with bun ?" he asked,
grasping the scratching, biting prisoner
firmly.
" Don't hurt him !—oh, don't hnrt
him !" said Hilda. " It's only my thim
ble. If you could get that away from
him. He stole it, so I ran after him."
" Here it is," said Erasmus, handing
her the thimble, he dismissed the mon
key, with an unseen kick, to its owner.
"Oh, thank yon!" replied Hilda,
shyly. She walked away as soon a* she
said "it, and did not look to see whether
Erasmus went or staid, bnt all the same
he felt a joyful sense that the ice was
broken.
And so it was; for common gratitude
compelled Hilda into recognition after
that, and forced her to bow in retnm for
the low bend and the raised hat with
which Erasmus met her. '* Even father
would say I must," was her secret reflec
tion. Common politeness made her
linger to exchange a few civil words
when this obliging neighbor leaned over
the fence to admire the garden or the
sunset. Gradually, as her shyness wore
away, these grew longer.
Now and again she ventured to nu.se
her eyes, and Erasmus met their full
blue gaze. These fragmentary inter
views held food for thought for 1 >ug
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 hea<l. His
seat, had he known, occupied the pre
cise spot where, in days gone by, Malum
Wesson had been wont to sit for long
honre every evening, and play " Pati
enoe" with her general. Dear me !
what energies of patience it required for
Erasmus to keep still, while Pastor
Lnbke slowly plodded through his
fourthlies anil fifthlies, his predicates
and deductions, and Hilda never turned
her head ! But a lover will endure much.
No trace of his inward impatience was
suffered to mar hia outward quietude,
and he won golden opinions from t he old
ladies of the congregation, who pro
nounced him n most sober and godly
young man. Erasmus hoped that the
echo of this flattering opiuion might
reach Hilda's father and soften his heart;
bnt snch did not seem the case. Even
when he sought out the pastor to oon
sult'him on a disputed point of theology,
it did no apparent good. Papa Lnbke
listened, replied, confuted him on all
sides, and dismissed him grimly and tri
umphantly, his cause not advanced one
inch. All his little ingratiating ways
seemed thrown away. The pastor, wise
as the serpent, however harmless he
might bo, refused to be ingratiated, and
Erasmus felt himself foiled.
Grown desperate at last, ho ventured
on a bold step.
" I wish I could make yemr sisters'
acquaintance," be said to Hilda over the
fence. "Do yon think I might call up
on them some evening ?"
"Oh no! please don't," responded
Hilda, frankly. Then coloring deeply,
she added: " Don't think me rude. You
are very kind to wish to come, but ray
father would not like it. He does not
' want ns to make acquaintance with
strangers. We never visit any where,
; and nobody ever visits us."
"Bnt that is dreadful," broke in Eras
! mus. " Why shouldn't you know peo
| pie ? You ought to know people, and
; they ought to know you. You're too
1 sweet—all of you, I mean, to be cooped
! in so. It's outrageous ! It's cruel I It's
doing the world an injustice I I never
heard of Bach a thing!
"Oh, don't talk like that, please
don't," cried Hilda. "And I mast say
good-night—indeed I must;" and away
she ran. Erasmus watched her go with
rage in his heart.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
" I declare," he groaned, "she's like
a girl in a fairv tale, lu-ld fast by some
old Witch so that no one can get at her,"
He went to Usl tint night quite down
hearted. Bit next day, his courage re
stored, he again atirtciu.il Hilda, as she
accidentally strayed m the twilight t
ward lh sj*t where he stood leaning
over the fence
" I say. Miss Hilda," audaciously,
" I've been thiukiug over what vuu said
last night, itnd I'm certain you must l>e
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
*<<eui*d to predominate over all other*
was that of coral being only a sub-ma
rine shrub. This a* the opinion of
Pliny and IRoscorides; and these two
great scholar*, seeing it was so hard an 1
cmipaot, a<ldeii that the shrub only
made it* appearance in thia indurated
form, because it became suddenly petri
fied when brought into contact with the
air, a* it IHSU.H! from the wave*. The
sagacious traveler Tournefort also took
it to be a plant, and even bail it en
graved uudcr tins heaimg ill one • the
plates of liiit magnificent work, lu the
eighteenth century Count Marsigli an
nounced Ui the scientiflg world that he
had discovered tlie flowers of the coral,
and that consequently it* vegetable na
ture could no longer be called in que*-
tion. Itj placing branches of this poly
poid in sea water, immediately after
they had lieen Ashed up, the Italian
natiuahst saw the kind of buds winch
cover their surface, open like so many
eight-petaled flower*, formed of elegant
white auJ starredcorolla*. outlined upon
the reddish Isirk of the sb-ai*. Marmgli
doubted DJ longer; the#E were the
flowers of the paradoxical slirub; lu
had solved the problem left unsettled
by Touruefort. Iu bis joy, when an
nouncing hi* dlaivivery to the assembled
Academy of Sciences, to whom he had
forwarded hi* spec mens, he wrote t.
the president, " I send you some
branches of coral cover.*! with white
flower*. This discovery ha* made me
pas* for almost a sorcerer in the country;
no person, not even fishermen, having
seen anything similar."
A Van. Fating Million.
The Haiuhletonmu nuiliuu Rising
ham. owned by Dr. Jam** A. Bchultx,
of Muldletown. N. Y. was shot and
killed one night rtwnll.T, be being con
sidered unsafe to keep. Dr. Bhuitz
says tbe horse was insane beyond a
doubt. He wan twenty-one yinr* obi,
and for nineteen year* ha* lieen a con
firmed man-eater. Store than twenty
keepers have l*<en cripple.l by him, and
t e baa killed three peiuous outright 1
No pn >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.
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, 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 <d lu lia 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 lxade<l
loci' inserted down every warn, the trim
minga at the leittom being of lace and
Itoadsd fringe to match.
The moht fathionahle lsmnets are of
gray, ecru, and inastic or beige-colored
chip, with diadem fronts faced with
hlm'kordark velvet, ixlge.l with gold oy
rainbow tinsel braid, and have no face
trimmings.
A Russian tilrl's Revenge.
The recent dismissal by the Emperor
of Russia of his sanguinary Chief of
Police Trepoff recalls the wounds lie
received lost winter from the pistol of
the young girl, Ve,ra Zasoulitoli, who
was triumphantly acquittesl aft<'r a trial
amul frantic applause in the court. Last
June Trepoff visited the prison for
political prisoners in St. Petersbnrg,
and inspected the inmates, who, accord
ing to the rules, walked about the court
yard without speaking to each other.
Finally, he observed two men in con
versation, and shouted to the prison
director, who tremblingly followed lnm:
"Why do these men enjoy an immun
ity I" "Seigneur," said one of them,
named Bogoliotiboff, " we—, "Hold
your tongue," was the reply. "Director,
place this man in a dungeon," Bogo
li iuboff remained immovable, with iiis
hat upon his head. Trepoff lifted his
stick to knock it off, but- hi* victim
snatched it from his hand, and threw it
away. "I do not take off my hat to
tyrants," ani.l ho. At this moment two
jailers seised him, laid him upon a
bench, took off hit garments, tied him.
and administered, bv order of Trepoff
and under his eyes, flfty blows with the
knout, which left tho unfortunate man
mutilated, inanimate, aud streaming
with blood. Six month* ufterwiud a
young girl called at fropoflfa office with
a petition for Bogoliotiboff"* release.
"Tn twenty years," said lrepoff, with s
sardonic smile, motioning hi# at ondant
to admit another visitor. At this mo
ment the girl Hred two balls into his
brenst, and with flashing eyes, held tlie
revolver smokiug in iier hand, crying:
"I am Vera Zasonlitcb, the betrothed
j of Bogoliouboff, whom you would have
assassinated. 1 revenge him !
Man's Oldest Friends.
It is suppose! by naturalist* that the
dog was the first domesticated of our
four footed friends, tlie presumption
being that the dog was necessary in the
hunting of other animals. The next
creature subdued is presumed to have
been the pig. as thus food would be
secured without the labor of hunting.
Next in order comes the ox, first, per
haps, as a beast of burthen, aud then,
alien his edibilitv was realized, as food.
The dairy would date from the domesti
cation of the bovine servants of man.
The horse, perhaps of all most prized,
came Tinder the rein when men had
leisure to think of something besides
food.
1,400 PEOPLE 15 Lit NED.
TSr lsl.l llslersas. • Tl#Ul. • M.
Tsrrlbl* mtrmv* *F %•■ IUIS llr.ik.
The particular* of lbs great fir-- at
Tietitam, Chiua, are horrible. The
liumtx i' of refugees wlio had leVUi Oil
lecting at this Ixuiit had leeli aligiuelit
ing by daily addition* until the oggre
gate was variously estimated at any
where from fifty thousand to one hun
dred and fifty thousand. Au additional
soup dispensary was opened ou i piece
of \ scant ground known as the Flower
Garden of the K'ang family. When tins
relit f dejsit was established, the whole
premises was vurrouiidcd with a slroug
fence of reeds and nidlet stalks, plaster
ed with mud. As the place was to be
occupied only by women and children,
the greatest care was taken that all coiu
uititiiosliou between the uianie and out
side bt preveuttvl. The alley ou the
west side was fenced up at it* north end,
ami theouly gate of the aonp-yard was
at the south cud of the aame alley—a
gate about six feet wide. About ten
o'clock <>u 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. Y<H it eaumd. be denied,
that their opinion concerning the value
I of their services and their wives' opin
ion on the same stibiect do not exactly
| coincide, fine ih-*c ®s*l bwbaod*
will help dress the rtiikVb for break
fast and sjieak of it with a grandly
virtuous air, while the fact ia that be
'only washed the face <f one while hia
: wife washed Slid dressed the other three.
He help- get the children ready for
church ■ that is, he button* up l>ick a
I boot*, aud hel|>. Jenny put on her
gloves after he lias leisurely and com
fortablv <lroaaed himaeif. while hi* wife
! ties HaidieH, sml hunt* Up odd glove*,
: and put* on cdlars, aud curl* one child a
hair and waahea an.tber • haul, and in
' the interval* " d.iea up " her own hair,
I and ssvea the baby from tlie raaor, and
J.-nnv's le*t loinnet from tlie l*by. He
stands jiatientlr (?) >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<i is aomewhat difficult to arouse for a
man who afterward declares he waa wide
awake al! the time. But like the good
husband that he is, he cheerfully <loae*
the window, and gets an extra blanket
* for the baby, and pleasantly aaka a* he
settle* Jovrn into the pillows again,
! " What make* the baby so uneasy to
night r He manifests a strange radif- '
ference to his wife's reply, and in fact
nothing more is heard from him till |
i morning, while his wife sleepily and
' pamfulTy works away for an hour longer.
But at breakfast, with what calm oom
plnceucy does hs apeak of the trouble
tiie babv uunlc ns last night, with an
"ua" fairly ©.lilorial in its comprebeu
aive.ness. 'The next night he goe* inU>
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 <r first two atomaoha, or it
mar l>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<WA aad Compasses. '
"Salmon and Oompaasiw. "Anchor and
ITirigr— " "Bull ad Mouth," "Green
i Mao and Bull," "Pig and Wbiatle,"
"vKioT. Thought lit- "The Splendid
Shilling," etc.
A rilvrr wedding party was given here
recently by a prominent official at which
! he gifts were exhiuited. The gifts were
i vided into two classes, and a card at
tached to "ue class conveyed ibis infor
mation: "These are ail solid silver."—
VFtuhmgUm letter.
The salaries of some of our railway
president* are stoked to ba as follows:
' OoL T. A. BeoU, Pennsylvania, #24,000;
f Mr. l*a*c lh4y, Fhitodtoph,*, Wil
mington and BeiUmora, #84.000; Mr.
P. B. Gowen, Philadelphia and Reading,
#*> 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 <roman on tbam ail, as (alls the
I And uJetTthey vanished aU away—books,
; apart, ink and pec.
And now wbsa comas the master boms, as
cum* he mod of nig bts.
To find all ttwaga are *wat to wrong*-that they
hifn "md to mhff/'
Whan tho sound of driving tanks U hoard,
though the house is far from Will
' And lh ear-pel woman oe the stair*—that harb
inger of ill -
' He look* for papsrs, boohs, or hills that all
mmf Char* erf ore, ... ...
, And sighs to find them on ths desk or to the
drtwer tir mare.
' And then be grimly thinks of hsr who sot this
fuss sflTtl
And wtshssahe were out at era in a very laaky
He meets lier at the parlor door, with hair and
oap sexy.
: With sU*-<nas tanked up and broom to hand,
defiance ta bcr eye;
He Casts qidto mxaU. sad knew* fall waß
thcr ■ nothing to b* said.
So holds his tougua. and drinks his tea. and
■MaksswastS bad.
x. XIA.IL 1-4 JU. --J—a
Srif-Kelianor.
j Bt not mere imitators of other men's
action*, meCho>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."