Summer. 0, heaven'* glorion* bine. So deep, eo pare, so fair ' And summer* ennnv air, Sweat with a fragrance rare From (lower, beyond compare And all for you 1 0 happy, tender day* ! O .hade, iu fcreate deep, Ami xweet, unbroken aleep, And golden grain to reap. And bird, that alwaya keep Chanting their lay*! —/lore K. (Avvii.V. Summer Month*. They come 1 the merry Summer month* Of beauty, love and dower*. They ao.nn ! the gladaome mouth* th*t hnng Thick lead nee. to bower*. Fp. up, tny luart! and walk abroad, Fling work and care aside; Seek .Pent hill*, or rest thyself Where peaceful witer* glide. Or, underneath the shadow vat Of patriarchal tree*. See through it. leave* the douJlea* *k In rapt tranquility. The grass i* soft, it* velvet touch I* grateful to the harnt; And, like the ki* of maideu love. The breeze u sweet aud Wand. Tha daisy and the buttercup Are nodding courteously. It stir* their hlood with kindest love To bless and welcome thee; And mark how, with thine own thin looks, They now are silvery gray- - That hlissful breese is wantoning. And whi*i>ering, ' lie gay !" There is no cloud that sail* along The ocean of yon sky. But hath it* own winged mariners To give it melody. Thou see ct their glittariug fans onDpread. All gleaming like red gold-- And, hark 1 with shrill pips musical Their merry course they hold. God Wees ill .in all. these little ones, Who, far above this esrth. Can make a scoff <f .t - .an joy* And vent a UOOMK nnrth. Bat, soft 1 mine ear upcaught a sound. From yonder wood it came, The spirit of the dim green glade Did breathe his own glad uame. Tea. it is he ' the heruut bird. That, apart from all his kind. Slow spells his bead*, monotonous. To the soft western wind. Cuckoo ! caokow! he sing* again, Hi* notes are void of art; But simplest strain, do soonest sound The deep fount* of the heart Good I.ord it is a gracious boon For thought-crazed aright like me, To srneh again those Summer dowers. Beneath this Summer tree: To suck once more, in every breath. Their little souls away. And feed my fancy with fond dreams Of youth's bright Summer day; When, rushing forth, like untamed colt. The reckless truant boy Wandered through green wood* all day long, A mighty heart of joy ! I'm sadder now—l have had g use— But, oh ' I'm proud to think That each pure joy-fount loTed of yora I yet delight to drink. Leaf, blossom, blade, hill, valley, stream. The calm, unclouded sky, stall mingle music with my dresm. As in the days gone by. When Summer's loveliness and light Fall round me dark and cold. HI bear indeed life's heaviest curse— A heart that hath waxed old. —ifr.Vrs.-Y... Love and Turnips. His name was John Goodwin Emerson, and his works and days were these: tending a pegging machine in a New England shoe shop, and thinking mnch of Patience Lovering, the primary school teacher. When the six o'clock whistle brought welcome release from the weary clatter of the pegging machine, he betook himself to the society of Patience or books. That is, Patience would not always receive Igm. and then he read books in a species of mad fury. Patience Lovering seemed in some manner above him. He knew this, and had wisely thought to raise himself to her level. Finally the time came when the word that was in his heart came out, and npon a suitable occasion he told her that he loved her, and had hoped to make her his wife. The resnlt was peculiar and most an happy. This modern maiden met love's advance with a kind of iron-clad com mon sense, and bluntly told him his income was insufficient. Her own earn ings were enough for her support and a little more. She lived in comfort and had some leisure, to say nothing of occasional taste of the drama and music. As his wife she would have none of these, besides many honsehold cares, and that fort of thiDg. Did she not love him ? She looked at him with a sad smile, and said, " I will not say whether I love yon or not; per haps—perhaps not." Seeing that he was •greatly cast down, ahe added, playfully, "Am I not worth winning? Why do you not try ?" " what can I do?" said he bitterly. " I am only a mechanic." She made no reply for s moment, and then she said, slowly, " That is nothing I mean, it is nothing against yon. The point is that yon must be more. It is not for me to say what or how. Yon are a man. I make no promises, bnt you may win me—if you can." With" this she turned away quickly and walked on alone before him, leaving him standing in the middle of the rnrai lane where they had been walking. He Baw her put up her hands before her face, but whether it was in shame or grief he could not tell. It was both: shame that she had been forced te speak so plainly, and grief that—Bat, really, her grief was so mingled with other sentiments, that it was part sorrow and part hope. The young man gazed after her till she had disappeared, and then he turned aside to the stone wall that bounded the lane, and looked out over the wide expanse of a very fine turnip field. There were millions of turnips in majestic row, rank beyond rank, their plume-like leaves waving as an army with banners. Of these ten thousands, one alone attracted his attention. It was a mighty turnip, fair to see, and of goodly size and shape, It was the king turnip of the field, and the disconsolate lover studied it with interest. It is a curious fact that sometimes, when the mind is suffering from a great bhock or sudden revulsion of feeling, the most trivial things absorb the atten tion. It is as if the will was too weary to trouble itself about directing the mind, and any chance object absorbed the whole attention. The young man con sidered this superior turnip with pro found interest. Why was it so mighty while all its million brothers were no more than ordinary turnips ? Traces of an old compost heap near by seemed to explain the turnip's glorious propor tions At once bis mindskipped nimbly to the future. If this turnip, so goodly in shape and size, were selected for seed would not its seed retain something of its noble proportions f If the fittest were made to survive, would not a supe rior race begin ? Having considered these deep and momentous questions for some time, the young man turned away and went home, feeling much better. Such is the effect of labor, particularly mental labor, on sorrow. The next day they both re sumed their labors in school and shop, and none guessed that aught had passed between them. Months passed away, and already the winter was far spent. She taught the infant mind, and he tended the pegging machine, and it seemed w if all were lost between them. Wait 1 The spring FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and Proprietor. VOLUME XL I i ami already mount* the akjr, though the wiod blows aud the snow flies. It was tlie 15th of February wlu u the voting mau went to the savings bank aid drew out isnue money. He remembered the day* wheal he Lad save,! these dollar* for another pnrjHwe, and now it vnuaall i over, and he might as well spend the money iu an oilier direction, llefore night he had purchased twvi hot led sashes, a load of stable maun re, and a few Ivoards. From these he constructed a hot-bed, such as he had seen gardener* make for early lettuce. Two days after, he found a chance hour when the wind was lulled, and he opened the hot-bed. The soil was soft ami warm, like a bit of spriug land iu the midst of snow. Tak iug a paper from his jvieket, he began to sow a quantity of seeds—white tur j nip. Now it happeued that the yard where he worked was uext the street, at the aide of the house where he lived with his mother. He was aware, after a while, that some one had stopped iu the I way and was looking over the fence at Little caring who it might be, he went ou with his labor. Presently there was a little cough—a highly sug gestive cough, full of curiosity, and dashed with pique. He looked up. It was Patience Loveriug. " What are you doiug?" " Sewing the seeds of good fortuue," said he, gravely. " Dear me ! how iutere.tiug ! Have you auy of that kind of seed to spare ?" " No. But you shall have the whole I crop." "Ah ! thauks. You are very kind. I hope it will bear 'some an hundred fold, some two hundredfold.' " He st.xxl up and looked at her, with a new light kindling iu his eyes. " I hope it will be a thousandfold, if you will accept it." This disjointed speech he uttered with ill-suppressed eagerness, and she ob served it, and blushed. Nothing more passed between them save a few com monplaces, and then she moved on, and he finished his work with renewed hope and courage. Weeks grew to mouths, and still he tended the pegging machine, and alowlv added to his savings in the bank. With all this, he was uot patient. He had i not Patieuce, and yet she daily walked before him. Thus was he doubly sor rowful, for he had neither the woman nor the virtue. He cast about in rnauy ways to see whereby he might better himself. Moreover, he read b>x>ks, and thus, while he knew it not, he grew in mental stature. Meanwhile the turnips grew. They ' sprang up quickly in the gentle li >at ol the frame, and, acting on the advice of a gardener in the neighborhood, and such books on horticulture as he could find, he transplanted the tiny plants to small flower-pots. As they grew he removed them to still larger and larger pots. When the spring came he hired a few rods of ground outside the town, and in June removed the turnips from the pots to the open ground. He gave each turnip three square feet of space, aud he digged about each plant and enriched 'it to tlie utmost. The result was as he j expected. In August he had some hun dred or more moat mighty turnips. The like had never been seen in all the land. Envious passers-by looked over the fence and remarked that "them rr Kit would eat bad-too big and coiky, ton know. " To all of which the young man said not a word. In all this Patience Lovering took no interest She could not understand it. , ' and she had belied her name. She had become weary of waiting. Instead , of leaving his pegging machine ( and starting ont in the world to make his fortune, after the manner of the various knights of whom ( she had reaJ, he went to that dull shop , every day—and cultivated turnips. The J truth is, ahe was blind. She saw not the cords of dnty tliat bonnd the voang man to hi* pegging machine, tlmt Li* widow- , ed motherjnight live in decent comfort, j With the summer came her vacation, and she went away to the sea-shore for a , little pleasure tnp. It was her first journey away from home, and it is small wonder that she met and was dazzled by a creature of seemingly fair shape. He i made love to her, and—poor little goose! ! —she accepted him without even asking whereby he earned the wherewithal to be clothed in sticb gorgeous apparel. There is a trace of the eccentric in every mind, and the wise virgin who counsel- , let! her poor lover accepted a rich one without a question. She returned to her native shoe town with a diamond ring and announced that she wonld teach school but one year more. It was admitted on every hand that the like of these turnips ha 1 never been seen before. A single turnip was suffi cient for a family of six for two days— half a turnip at a meal. The turnips grew to the sere and yellow leaf, and then they were carefully gathered and stored for tne winter in the cellar of Mrs. Emerson's house. Suddenly there appeared in the town a creature new to the experience of the sober inhabitants. The younger femi nine populace declared it was " Patience Lovering's bean." So it seemed to the cnltivutor of turnips as he came home from the shoe shop and met Patience on the man's arm in broad daylight He bowed to her as ther passed, bnt she only replied with a distant nod. The yonng man stood for a moment gaziDg after them, and then he hastened home and put on his best snit as if to go ont. No, Le would not. She would not listen to his warning ; she would probably re sent it. There was nothing to do bnt to suffer in silence, and to be as patient as he might Then#me another surprise. Patience Lovering, the wise and sensible school teacher, suddenly resigned her school, was married at the minister's house, ami went away before the village had time to say a word. After that the tongues wagged nimbly, but the young man minded bis pegging machine, and kept his thoughts to himself. Again the advanciug sun warned of spring, and the gardeners got ready their frames. The young man selected from his monster turnips u number of the best, planted each in a large flower pot, and pat them in a new hot-l>ed. Day by day he watched them grow, tending them with minute care nnd per sistent nursing. They rewarded him abundantly, and by April showed signs of throwing np flower-stalks. Patience Lovering disappeared utterly. It was said she had gone to Boston, but some said it was New York, or London. Yet one remembered and knew, because he still loved her; but he held his peace —for grief. At last it came—the harvest of sseds. He hail now seeds of the monster tur nips. By every means possible he kept some of the turnips hack late into the summer as samples of the variety. He called it the "Good Friend Turnip," with a touch of sentiment and he took pains to make it known that he had seed of this superior variety of turnip for sale. He raised a new crop in the same manner as before, and at the horticultu ral exhibition he exhibited the " Good Friend," greatly to the astonishment of the rural mind. The like of these tur nips had never been seen, and every farmer for miles around wa in want of the seed. A certain seed dealer came anxiously to the house one evening, and asked the price of the whole lot of seed— about half a pint. The young man sud denly changed his tactics, and said that there would he no seeds of the " Good THE CENTRE REPORTER Friend " for sale till another year. The result was that every one was the more eager to purchase, ami the young man t.H>k order* for the next crop of seed*, at the rate of twenty cents for a single seed. The snow Covered nil the land ami blocked the railroads in every direction. It was past nine o'clock when the last train came in from the city, four hours late. The passengers straggled sleepily out of the snow-covered cars, and stood shivering in the desolate station, fearing to venture iuto the deserted streets of the town. The tall shoe shops stood grim and white in the night, their many windows, dull like glazed eyes, staring out on the night and storm. "All out, JohnV said the station-' master to a brakeman who had passed through tlie tram. "No; there's a woman asleep here. What shall I do with her ?" " Kont her out. We can't Btav here all uight" The brakeman did Ins duty as kindly as lie knew, and the woman took up her child, wrapjved it iu a faded shawl ami stumbled out of the ear, and crept along the platform to the street door. The station-master stood by the door, keys in hand, as if to lock up. Tlie woman paused a moment at the entrance of the deserted snow covered street, ami asked if there was a cheap boarding place near by. The man knew of none, save the hotel np iu the towu, and theu he moved the door as if to urge her out into tlie street. She took the hint and went out, and she was aloue in the streets of her native town. She tried to recall the hi)use* and streets, but could make uotluug familiar, so greatly hid every thing changed. She walked on for some time, little heeding or caring, so long as she went on from the terror behind. She passed several streets, aud then saw a light, and goiug toward it, found it was a ware- • house, where the clerks were still busy late into the night. By tlie aid of the 1 street lamps she made out the figure of a golden turnip, with this legeud beneath , it—"The Good Friend." Suddenly the door opened, and some one came out and started to walk hriskly up the street. It seemed as if her knees gave .way beneath htr, and she sank dowu in the snow. " My good woman, it is lste to be out Why do you not g>> home! Ah ! pardon me. Perhaps you are ill ?" He t;*>k a match from his pocket, and when it blazed up he held it close to her face. Blie tried to hide her face with her arm, but he gently drew it away. Sud denly there was a loud call, and—that was all she remembered, till some time after she was awaked to sense and feel ing by warmth and light. She was upon a bed, and an elderly man stood over her with a bottle and sjioon in his hand. Seeitig that her eyes wandered, he said: "Never fear; I am the doctor. The child is safe." She sat up ou the bod, and looked round the room. " This is not the hospital ?" " No; something better. Driuk this, and yon will soon feel stronger." Blie drauk, and then lay buck on the pillow aud tried to recall her scattered thoughts. On the wall was a lithograph of a number of turuips—absurd aud monster turnips, fit for the feeding of a mighty family, lb-sides this then' were picture* of other vegetables, and all of inonliuate proportions. Buddeuly she laughed, and then the tear* came. It was all so strange and so wildly improb able. There were footstep# in the room, and she listened eagerly. A shadow fell on the tmd, and some one stood before her. "Patience.** She was startle 1 and turned awsy hi t mingled shame and grief. It was true; it wits his lionse, his homf , and— Ah ! there was another near -a woman. "Patience, do yon not know me ?" What oonld she th> or say f Her month was parched, and the setts choked her speoch. Site did nothing, till at last he took her hand, and thou her thin , lingers tightened round his as if seeking help, protection, forgiveness—every thing. Bat that woman—who w she? "Mother, she knows me. Please i leave tier to mo." Her fingers tightened ck>*er on his, and there was a movement id the arm as if to draw him nearer, till at last her heat! was pillowed on his arm. For a moment she lay thns in silence, while i the tears flowed. At last she said, slow ly; "Can yon forgive me, John ?" "Forgive yon ? Yes, and more.. Now that I have" you safe, yon shall never more leave me." "But, John, he—" "He is dead—he was killed in some street brawl yesterday. It is in all the , evening papers." She neither cried nor in any manner noticed this, save to say, sally; "I am glad. He—he was not a good man. I loved him once; but it is better so." Then he found words to say all that had been in his heart all these years. She heard it all in happy silence, and then she said, with a faint trace of her old manner; "How came yon so rich, John? Yon are well off. 1 see it plainly." "Turnips, my love, only tnrnipa. The house of "Emerson k Co., Sued Growers and Dealers,' is founded on turnips. Yon shall have a quarter section of a Good Friend Turnip for dinner as r>on as yon are able to come down."— Harper'a Bazar. Grecian Bcaulj. Much has Iteen said in praise of Gre cian beanty, and the men are handsome in every sense of the word; we might well imagine them to liave l>een the models of Phidias and Praxiteles. Their large eyes, black as jet, sparkle with glances of fire, while the long, silky oye lashos Boften the expression and give a dreamy appearance of melancholy. Their teeth are small, white and well set; a fine regular profile, a pale-olive complexion and a tall, clegaut figure realize au accomplished type of distinc tion. As to the women, tuey seem to bavdPeft physical perfection to tue men; some possess tine eyes and hair, but as a rule they have bad figures, ami some de fect in the face generally spoils the good features. It is among them, however, that the old Oriental customs are most strictly preserved; while the men are gradually undergoing the process of civilization they, in a moral point of view, remain stationary and are just an they were fifty years ago. It may, in deed, be said that, with the exception of Athens, the women possess no individual existence and count a* nothing in socie ty; the men have reserved every privi lege for themselves, leaving to their helpmutes the care of the house and family. In the towns where servants are kept they are of the poorest class of peasant who know nothing and receive miserable wages. The families are gen erally large—seven or eight little chil dren demand a mother's constant atten tion. The morning begins by directing the work of each servant, repeating the same thing a hundred times, scolding, screaming, even beating them, to be un derstood. In the evening, when the children are sleeping, if there remain some little time, the poor worn-out : mother sits down to her spinning-wheel to spin silk, to sew or knit, or, if it be summer-time, to look after her silk I worms and cocoons, happy if she has not to do the work of her incompetent | servants [over again.— London Baciety. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1878. TIMELY TOPICS. The debt of the city of New York is t1'25,000,000 m round numbers. The population of France on the last day of 1H77 win. llai,iKtft, 7; of Paris, a,i10,34D. A sheep nuiclie a* large a* the State of Rhode Island ha* been established in Tom Green county, Texas, Any one who waters milk that is offer ed for sale in Wiaeouatn liable to be tiu.nl uot less than twenty five dollars. Marshal Baaaine is living iu H|>ain iu very embarrassed circumstance*, lie has appealed for aid to all of his old com rades, including President MucMahou, but in vain. Among tin' ass ts .>f a bankrupt Keti tuokv farmer was an elephant, which he had bought at an auction sale of circus property u year before, and which had doubtless hastened his financial disaster. The renewal of velqcipede riding is extending throughout New England. Tlie student* of Harvard aud Yale have taken to the sport with much enthusi asm. The machines have very large wheels aii.l are said to run faster aud easier than thoae formerly used. At Montreal, recently, George Lomiard, aged uiuety-eight years and mx mouths, married Thirtiee Legault, a spinster of fifty. The groom served under Napo- Icon in the campaign A Egypt, fought iu Canada in IHI'J, is still hale and vigor ous, and declares that he will not die fjr twenty years to come. Recently a liau.l of Arkansas horse thieves, being fearful that ouo of their mimber who hod been arrested would " peach," got up a mob of indignant citizens and helped theiu to lynch him. These tactics, however, are uot novel, having been employed in one memorable instance ou the Ohio river. One of the exhibt* attracting much attention at the l*aris Exposition accord ing to the Loudon World, is that of Thomas B. Oakley, an American, aho contributes three work-, of art from the privatecollection of Mr*. Sunderland of Bau Francisco—a jrnrtemoutiaie, a j*>w der Ixx and puff, and a jewel casket, all made of solid gold and quartz rock, beautifully interspersed with mosaic. A very peculiar crime is th it of which WUhum Norris, of Independence, Ohio, is accused, N"rris. a worried man. twenty-eix year* old, wished to get nd of little Allie Berry, so ho chlorefortned her, made an incision with a knife ia her foot, injected pot* >ti into tlie wound,and then raised the alarm that she had Ix-en bitten by as nake. The child, at List accounts, was in a dying condition, and Norri* was under arr.*t, with luituiuent prospects of being lynched. The following story is told of Mr. Brvaut by one id hi*bu*iit* associate*: One morning, many year* ago, after reach iug his < (Bee, and trying iu vain to l etrin work, lie turned to me aud mid; "I can't get along tin* morning." "Why not," I naked. "Oh." he replied, "I have done wrong. When ai my way here a little boy flying a kite paused me. The string of "the kite hnviug rublied xgaiust niv face, I seized it and broke it, The Un- lost his kite. But I did uot stop to pay him for it. 1 did wnuig. I ought to have paid him." On the day of thi) great t( lonal fete at Paha, JnuHxion to the Exposition wan reduced to twenty-live centimes (five cents), and no ticket# were issued, nor was change mode. The 130,(XX1 vim tors brought brouav ooins, each one from three to five, in such uumlier that it took four wagon* to carry the reoeipt* for admission to the Minister of Finance. There were fitW.7l3 vuiitol* lo the gri-st show on Whit-Monday. *'' d then the ticket# gave oat, leaving 1 *) peraon* unable to gain admissiou. The largest attendance in IW'>7 was 172,00b. A man at Albany, Vt, who hod leen a sufferer of dyspepsia for twenty years, dust recently, ami some peculiar cir cumstance* in hi* Mac led to a ;>o.*f mortem examination. Thin revealed in the lower end of the stomach thirteen well preserved cherry stones, ao imbed od in the liniug of the ntomnch a* not to be dicv rahle to the eye, and causing a thickening of tin* stomach-case some three-fourths of au inch. These stones hal worn a hole through the stomach, and death was caused by dropsy, or drowning. It was the oplniou of the physician* that these stones had been there for many years. The Shah of Persia left twenty-five of his thirty-six casket* of gold at Paris, where he spent $<1(10,000. His expenses at the Orand Hotel were flf>Ho a day. Extract* from his disputed bill at Fn taineblean are published. H< wo* charged S3OO for flower*, 81'2 for a melon, 81 for a cigar, 8180 for three carriage drives and $4 each for twenty chicken*; hi* room* were set down at $lO a day earli, two Ixtto* of cigarette* cost slft, S3OO were charged for flower*, B*2 a piece for a dozen poaches. He received during hi* stay at Paris 5,400 begging letters, asking amount* vary ing from $lO to S6OO,<XXI, the aggregate amount nought being nearly #10,(XX),000. A vessel recently arrived at Liverpool with the extraordinary freight of three living whales, brought from the coast of Tjfthrmkr, aud intendod for public aquariums. They woropach aW>nt four teen feet long, eight feet girth, and weighing half a bin. On tho voyage they were placed in long wijoden boxes, reposing upon a bed of sea-wood, anil being flushed with water from a bucket every four minutes. The flushing had the curious effect of peeling off strips of their skin, ao that the coat will be en tirely abed by the time that they get into their permanent tank*. No food was given them on the voyage. When they were being removed ashore two of them, it is said, emitted a very peculiar kind of scream. The New York Tribune waxes jocose aliont the exportation of American cof fins. It says: Americans aro export ing coffins V> London and putting them in the market at prions little more than those charged by her majesty's native undertakers. The Yankees began with sending washing machines, apple-pear era ami egg-beaters; then they shipped windOw-sashes, doors, panelH and wain soots; within a year they have been ex porting ready-made furniture of all kinds, from the commoirest kitchen chair to the most elegant drawing-room table, and now they nre following the h lesa Briton even to his grave, and pack ing him nnderground in brand-new American oofflna with patented handles and reversible lids, vastly superior to the English-mode artiole.und with prices to suit the times. The Vanceburg (Ky.) Courier says there is a rich old bachelor, by the name of Shaw, who lives on a flve-hnu dred-acre farm in Lewis county, dresses like a monk of the thirteenth century, and devotes his whole time, talent ami fortune to flowers aud tropical fruit*. His farm is snrreunded by a high fence, without gate or bars fur ingress or egres*. Hi* bourn is completed covered with rare vines; lie ha* tig tree* twenty years obi and (lower* by (he acre. Ho never derives a cent from hi* outlay of money and lnt*>r, but delights in "multiplying curious growths and com bluing nature and art iu woudertul tonus. He calls List large colony of been Ins children, and the birds that feed from hi* table hi* little angels. The birds follow htm through the walk* and take the berries from bin hand." " Montana Charlie," a scout, who lived iu the Hioux country for alxmt twelve years, says there are two white meu in Bitting Bull's camp. One is | Major Pease, who was d.smissed iu din grace from the Fourth Infantry of Uuite.l Htates tr*>ps in IH*>l, while sta tioned somewhere in Kansas, since which time lie has been living and acting with the Indians. He lias the full conttdeuce of tlie Indians, stands high iu the esti mation of tlie great Bioux warrior, and is to all iuteut* and purposes an Indian— u reu.-ga.ie from ami an enemy of hi* race. The other man is usmed John O'Brien, and he was taken prisoner at the time of the Custer massacre, and is held iu captivity. lie has beeu adopted into the tribe, and has a squaw wife, but is under the strictest surveillance to ; prevent eaca|>e. The scout has seen and talked with both of these meu, aud j kuows that they are with three Indians under three circumstances. O'Brien is supposed to be the only survivor of the Custer massacre. He was wonude.l twice, aud while lying iu the bushes was j saved by a squaw whom he knew some time previous at Fort Aberemmbie. Fashion Note*. The short walking dross is already a j socman. Co met* have l>eeu very much improv ed lately. The Charlotte Corday is a fashionable cap now. Fichus are worn with nearly every stylo of costume. Polonaises of colored good* are no longer worn over black skirts. Ostrich tips are in great demand and will be worn all the season through. Lucre lor trimming drreare should al ways be set ou plain, never gathered. Pole-color®.! grenadines f<>rrn *.ui of the most admired toilets of the season. Bummer suits of small cheeked or j striped silk are very pretty for young girls. The flower bonnet, which it was thought would bejome popular has leeu aban doned. A large cluster of natural rose* and violets i* worn at the wand, and long lace Uiltteu* are stylish. A very pretty cap for morning drres is of white mnaiin, trimmed with Valen ciennes dace and Sultan ribbon'l>ow. Stmwsl silk vasts are considered es pecially elegant iu black cream, or beige brown; with satin stripes of the same shade. Crape cloth i* a favorite material for evt-mug wear in white and all the deli cate hure, which just now are considered styiiwh. The velvet pouch of former days is again arorn, aud is found to lie very con venient for puree, handkerchief, or evun for the fan. A beautiful home dress is of gray heigo, trimm\l with a narrow band of silk; cuffs of the same material, trimmed with u kilting <>f silk. A pretty home dress is of tone colored Imurrette, trimmed with kilting of the same, plastron sleeve* aud bow a of olive green faille. Ija.lies' watch-chain* mutate those of gentlemen. They are no longer worn around the invk, but fiu-ten in a b'ltt.m tiole of the dress with a bar of gold. The prevailing color* in dreaay bon net# are white, black ami yellow—the latter in every shade and tone, from tlie creamicat while to the darkest orange. A novelty in wrhite torchon lace ia call ed double meshed tore.hon, and i* with ont a fancy design, reactnbl.ng merely eyelet -hole*, with a scallop to liniali the Hunting coatntnc* are m great demand, a* they are very pood for ordinary occa ajona; also light varieties of camel'* hair cloth, serge*, dotwige* and irnch tnate rials. Linen lawn dress, either all white or else with Japanese zig-aag ttgnrta bars, are very pretty trimmed with Sy merna lace and small pearl button* in bnllet shape, yet with the eye* through the middle. Very pretty snita for little girls are of gingham in large plaids, which imitate the Scotch plaids in wool, bnt the colors are sutxlned, being various tones of brown or gray. Tbev_are ent all in one, and trimmed with winto or celortd em broidery. The broad-brimmed Pra Diavolo, and the pietnresqne Peg Woffinßton hats are much worn by yonng ladies at watering places, or when ant driving. Both these shapes have very soft wide brims that are richly trimmed inside with gilt or silver braid, or else plain velvet or satin, bordered with beads, or trimmed with flower*. White dresses for afteruoous at home and for youug girl graduates nre made of finely dotted Swiss muslin trimmed with pleatings of the same, simply hem med not trimmed with lace. These have a basque and elbow sleeves, while the simply shaped aod bouffant over-skirt has long, looped I>OWH of pale bine rib bon, holding it up on the sides. A hunch of dark red jacqueminot roses is worn at the waist. When polonaise* are mn<le with wash dresses they are now quite short And are turned up in front in washerwoman style. Tins suggests A good plan for modernizing the long wrinkled fronts of polonaises of Inst season. The wrinkles tn the sido seams are let out, the extra length of a quarter of n yard is cut off, and after being shaped to tit the edge from whioh it lins just been cut, it is trimmed at top with plaiting, a ruffle or laee, and ia sewed on again as an out side facing. French lawns, in solid colors. will l>e very popular this season. They are most liked in pale sky-blue; also in deli cate flesh-pink, in mastic gray, and in dark violet blue. The favorite wny of making them is with a plaited basque, with yoke and close sleeves, whieh are quite short, reaching just below the el bows. Tlio over-skirt is sheath-shaped, or else the style called the "Washer woman," with the edges turned up plainly all around ami the top edge of toe turn up part finished with a standing plaited frill, that mav in its turn he finished with uarrow Valenciennes lace. M. Homborg relates that there i* a species of ants at Surinam, which the inhabitants call visiting ants. They march in troops, with the same regular ity as a large and powerful army. As Boon as they appear, all the coffers and chest of drawers in the house are set open for them, as tne/ are sure to exter minate all the rats aud mice and other noxious animals, acting as if they had a peculiar commission from nature to destroy them. The only misfortune is, they pay their visits too seldom; they would lie welcome every month, hut they do not appear sometimes for three years together. A JAI'AMENE NKWNPAPEB Primer* Mka Has * Art Iris la lbs Mark vassrskls ml Iks Prraa. A Tukio (Japan) correspondent give* an interesting account of one of the local new rpaprr* the ('hoy a Sh unhurt -a* follow*: AH one of the most im portant rival* of the Xirhi JV/cAi Shim bun, the ('haya Shimbutt perhap* de *erve* a paiugrapb. With tlie Hue hi Shitubun the two paper* ju*t named constitute what are kuowu a* the .Van i ShimbuH, or the three newspapers, ami of the trio the ('hoya hold* in general estimation the second plaw. It* office occupies an eligible corner on the prin cipal ntroet au.i well repitys a visit We enter through a doorway where ou a lsc quered stand i* an ui*tract of the morn ing'* issue elegantly written with pul verised and moistened chalk on a glossy black bulletin - board. Ap- Itended is the table of content* ' of the latent number of The Fltiwtr and th Moon, a tri monthly periodical devoted to Chinese iMietry, publiahed at thi# office, which bold* the highest rank a* a mat/aninc of elegant literature. A auuilar reputation for classic acholorahip attache* to thva daily newspaper. We do not find displayed here ucli a spirit of innovation a* is observable in the A'iehi Suhi office, yet everything i* pleasantly and lugeniotudy arranged on national model*, and the effect of acrubbed floors, low stand* and native method* uf work in livuly operation in very ntriktug. We are conducted to tlie riveptioii room on tlie second floor, and here introduced to the responsible JHT,- aous vti the establishment, with whom we exchange polite civilities and enter into conversation through the more or kws opaque medium of interpreters. For while most of the leading editors and politicians have a working acquaintance with Kuglih u* a written language, comparatively few conquer or attempt to conquer our mysterious orthoepy. It follow* that some of the best native scholar* cannot *jeak a word of our lan guage, and are utterly incapable of car rying on the must limited conversation, fho tvjie- netting doe* not difler rnaU-ri- , ally from the oj>ertioii as observe 1 in the other office. We again sec the k>ug stand* tilled with the five th..u*aud char acter* required in the ordinary work of the newspaper, In-twee* wtlich the oom pusilor* walk to aud fro at their task*. Yet, incredible a* it appears, we are as sured by the manager that the m ire competent hands can set up an article in the dark ! Knell issue of the new |iaper contain* about eleven thousand character*, including three thousand, or an equivalent *laee, required by adver tiseuientH. These are not set with all the nn-iwnn spacing, a* with us, but first in mmple solnl twluum, and utter wanl -paced and punetnsted by men em ployed for that iqoci*l duty. The work th*ii passe* under the eye of Uie proof reader*. who must t>e fine critical schol ars, as Uicv have to detect errors of taste, imjierfeot character* and other iu arviirmue*, almost inevitatile in the use of o complicated a means of expression. Next to the rompisition mom is the ed itorial room, where the eight gentlemen of tlie stall do their routine work. Down stairs we find the press aud mailing rooms ami the business office. The printing paper, until recently imported from (lertusny, is now made at a large manufactory in the pretty suburb of Op, while Uie type, also hcnne-niale, ia ca*t nearer by in the district of Tsukip. Thccirculstionof tiiefTkoya Shimbun is sl*".it seven thousand <*>nies daily. This is rather less than the list of the ,Yic7ii Sir hi, and considerable below the circulation of the Yutniwi, \d!.ieii 1* disttibubsi widely among tli# lower claxse*; Imt thi* kind of statistics doe* not gauge very sccnrately tlie in fluence of a newsjmjHr. It* literary ability is acknowledged, and it* subtle opposition t • the government is equally well known, so that it is the natural mouthpiece of the disaffected among the more intelligent classes. The recent suspension is not tlie first time that the newspaper ha* felt the heavy hand of authority, a* several years ago it had the temerity" to assert that no government exist* by inherent right, but derives it* just power* from the consent of the governed, for whieb bold assertion of {Kipnlnr soven-iguty the nominal editor underwent a long tertn of imprisonment —the nominal editor, because the ngor of the press regulation* ha had the effect of Mibstitnting a fl nre-head for tlie real directing power in tlie editor ship, who is paid a comfortable sum to assume any awkward eou*N|uctioe of his employer's indiserelion*. Hut a recent change in tlie pre** laws may do away with this absurdity, for in the future ' violations of the regulation* are not to he visile*! by confinement lint by confis cation of a deposit made by all news ; papers before their license is granted. A ltalnbevr. The time of dar at which a rainbow appear* is generally regarded by farm ers, shepherds, sud others accustomed to ont-door work as a weather-sign; tlins, if it appears in MieNnortiing itps locked upon a* the preenrser of wet and stormy weal her,bnt if it apj>ears in the evening, then it is thought to precede dry aud fine wealing; henoe the following dog gerel '- . "A rainbow in the morning I. the sliepherd s warning: But a rainlow at night Ik Uie nhephehT* delight." Msterologists toll tis that there is some truth in this popular notion, and tlie reasons they give are these : A nunlmw in tlie morning ia seen in the goat when the east is clear. It ia indi i cativo of the advance of the rnin-elond toward the observer, and, moreover, from the time at which it happens— morning—it points to the increasing moist in - " of the atmosphere. Wot and stormy weather is the natural sequence of such conjuncture of circumstances. On the other hand, when a rainbow is seen iu the evening, we have n reversal of those circumstances, for the bow ap pears hi the east when the west is clesr; the ntn-clouda are receding from the observer, and the atmosphere ia becom ing dryer. Fine weather neoesaarily follows. Consumption a Affected by Locality. The physicians in chargo of the " Monntain Sanitarium " for pulmonary disease* at Aaheville, N. 0., state that in the treatment of pulmonary disease* sever il historical periods or epochs msy be reooguized—that in which the sen climate was considered as most l>ene fioial, that in which dry climates were advised, and that in which elevated regions were recommended; the most recent, theoretical investigators, as well ss many physicians, now agreeiug that, in the removal of the patient to elevated region*. the best jKiesible oourse ia pur sued. It appears that the BUOCOSS at tained by the removal of the patient to southern climates, without securing a greater nltitnde, amounts simply to a relief of the symptoms, only warding off fresh injury—the patient, after return ing home, not having acquired that power of rwistanoe which alone can pre vent a new catarrh or inflammation from attacking the lungs ; the general effect, on the other hand, of a monntain climate, iB to be considered an active one, since increased demands are made upon the fuuotiomi of the organism fro ia all sides. TERMS: ©2.00 a Yoar, in Advance. FARM, HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Illata •• t ansa Farmer*. When commencing your agricultural life, remember that industry, economy and integrity will ensure auoooaa, aud form the beat capital that can be em ployed. Plow deep. The wealth of the aoil i* not all withm ail inehea of tlie surface. Cultivate thoroughly if you wiah to reap abundantly. Do not waste your meaus, and fritter away your time by raising a crop of uoxiooa weeda with your cane or cotton or ooru. Keep a watchful eye upon the farm and it* surrouudiug*. But it doe* uot follow that you ahotild irnbtba "eye openere" at pnlilic bouses, beer shop*, or corner groceries. Shear your sheep at the seaaou when vou shed your oust for tlie sea*.in. Then be careful that some smart "traveling agent" doe# uot pull the wool over your eye and shear you. Dree* your land* with fertilisers rather than yourself with broadcloth. The one reimburse* the amount ei peuded with interest—the other return* nothing, but continually clamor* for further disbursement*. After your crop ha* been raised, it will be wisdom to raise any mortgage which may be reeling upon the farm. This will raise a heavy load from your mind, and raise your courage and spirit* lievoud measure. Do not curry favor* with the rich or great. If you must Jo something of the kind, iust "curry your cattle and horses. This will do them good, and benefit you also When by reason of inclement weather, yon cannot cultivate the aod, it arill he wisdom an vonr part to cultivate the mind. A valuable harvest arill reward all earnest and faithful culture. Never allow yourself to be inveigled into "running iu debt." When you are tempted to do so, go into yonr field and plant an extra acre with some edible crtm. The sheriff i an undesirable acquain tance. Avoid him a* you would a pesti lence. This can easily be done by [lay ing cash ou the spot for everything you purchase. Remember that everything of vame we honestly obtain ia the result of dili !;ence aud intelligence. Do not, there ore, expect prosperity unleaa you are willing to work for it. Make the collection and composting of fertilising material* a constant em ployment. The odor of your manure Leap should be more attractive to you than the smell of the whisky shop. Of ©ourae you will tieoume the owner and raiser of stock. No farm ia com plete that ignore* stock raising. Get (he beet, which is always the cheapest in the end. Give scrub* a wide lx-rth. Never purchase farm utenails because they are cheap. Cheap tools are an un mitigated nuisance. The best work man in tlie world oawurt make a good job with them. It is economy to buy the best, no matter what the price may be. Ilassefcsl* tilsla. A very good dust-brush may he made by cutting a crosswiae strip of bed-tick ing into fringe, and tacking it around a wooden handle. Bave the bag* and pieces of wrapping paper. It is a good plan to fold them smoothly when yon have emptied their content*', and lgy them together ' a box. Fat away all the strings. They are great conveniences, . Never allow a np in the carpet or a looaened place on the stair* to remain without attention a single hour. A stitch or a tack in time saves nine, aome tim.w twenty-nine. Never let servant* leave dnst-pans or bni*hea lyiug on the stairs, and never set them ao bad an ex ample. If one ean produce a little new milk immediately after the ink ia spilled on linen, and wash ont quickly, there is no difficulty in taking out the atain. If this cannot tie done, rob wet aalt on the spots, and expose it to the sun; wash ont after a few bonra, and if the atain ia only partially obliterated, repeat the process. II: -carbonate of soda mixed with water is ofter efficactoy. To clean soft mahogany, or other porona wood, scrape and sand-paper in nsnal manner; then take a sponge and well wet the surface, to raise the grain; then, with a piece of fine pumice atone (free from stony particles and cat the way of the fibres), rub the wood in the direction of the grain, keeping it moist with water; let the work dry, then wet it again and the grain will be much sm>Hither and will not raise so much; repeat the process, and the surface will tvyvime perfectly smooth and the texture of the won] much hardened. A Tm) fsr Iks t'aearM* st few*. A commission has been appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania, to ex amine and report on the merits of a sys tem whieh undertakes to determine in advance the probable yield of milk of cows, bv certain marks npon the aai malo. The marks are chiefly in respect to the dispoeition and mode of growth of the hair near the udder, and a pre diction can lie made with certainty, it is said, as to whether the future cow will lie a large producer of milk if the ; observation is made on the young calf, oven shortly after birth. The discover er of this peculiarity was a French stock raiser, M. Francis Onenou; he first promulgated it alvsit forty years ago. Since then the theory has found favor with several French agricultural aocie tiiw; M. Onenou has received medals ami pecuniary rewards, and many thick raisers in Europe are aaid to base their estimates of the value on cattle nj>on this srstem. The mark on the annual is called' au eacntcheon. The mode l>y whwli the. valne of the system will lie tried in Pennsylvania, ia first to have the State commiaaionera inspect the marks on a series of cows in several stahlca, and make a record of the indi cations without communicating any facta that they olmerve hi the owners of the animals." These records are to lie sent 'to the secretary of the State board of . agriculture. The owners of the cows will make statiatical records of the yield of milk of each animal, aud send them also to the State * board. The , two sots of records will then lie com pared and reported upon. Some of this work has already been done, and it is said that ninety-five per cent of the opinions formed by escutcheon observa tion have, so for, proved correct. A Summer Shower. What a spur and impulse the summer shower is! How its coming quickens and hurries up the slow, jogging coun try life ! The traveler along the dusty road arouses from his reverie at the warning rumble behind the hills ; the children hasten from the field or from the "school; the farmer steps lively and thinks fast. In the hay-field, at the first signal-gun of the elements, what a commotion ! How the horse-rake rattles, the pitchforks fly, how the white sleeves play and twinkle in the Bun or against the dark background of the coming storm 1 One man does the work of two or three. It is a race with the elements, ami the hay-makers do not like to be beaten. The rain that is life to the grass when growing is poison to it after it becomes cured hay, and it mast be got under shelter, or put up into snug cocks, if possible before the storm over takes it.— Scribner. NUMBER 32. Itelira af an Extinct Race. The Eureka (Nev.i S-ntitul aays Out in'the great valley that stretches southward from the root of the Paucake range, and entirely iaolated from the hills, them occur a.-vera] curious shaped mounds, wh'ch are not more than 300 feet n circumference, with an average of twenty-five feet. They are four in number and in close proximity to each other. As they are situated some dis tance from the traveled road, and aside from the singularity of their rising from a level plain, present no very prominent features, they have heretofore failed to attract any particular attention, nntil about a vet ago, when Mr. Lawlie, a gentleman of an obaerving turn of mind, exaimued them, and came to tlieconolu siou that they were artificial in their The better to demonstrate bis theory, he provided himself with tools, and camping near them for a couple of days devoted that* time to exploring them. The surface toil on the moands pre sented the seme general apftearauoe aa the plain, aud was covered over with a growth of sagebrush. After sinking norne four feet further progress was ar rested by encountering a hard sand stone rock, identical in its formation with the Pancake fire rook. Another Bunt was tried with the same result ia third nf tempt to penetrate was from the liaee, and he ran an open eat nnUi he reached the sandstone. Here he made an interesting discov ery. What had been taken from a solid form wss in reality a work of masonry, and the stone **" laid in sections and courses, fn blocks about three feet tujmtre, the interstices filled with ce ment, which in places had partially crumbled out, laaviug spaces of half an inch in width between. He uncovered half a dosen of these huge stones, and etioreded in removing one, but only to find en inner course of the same cbarec - tcr and material. Not being prepared to penetrate further, he left the place, but before going, found in the debris from the cut two articles that prove the elevation* were the work of the mound builders. One of these is s stone ax, cut out of very fine, Hose-grained gran ite, and the other s pestle of the sue of an ordinary brick, square at one end and the other rounded—*n implement doubtless used to grind seeds and grain. A* there are no granite rock* in the region, a question arises as to where these were brought from. The mounds and relies are undoubted ly the work of some pro-historic race, whose existence antedates our knowl edge, and whose fate is enveloped in obscurity. Mr. Leslie is of the opinion that the mounds are the tombs of the race, and that excavations to the center of the elevations wonld prove this to be the true eolation of their construction. They are situated about thirty miles from this point, and are well worthy of a viMt from any one wtio feeds a suffici ent interest or to expend the time and lalmr in solving the problem. The Shah at Porte. The Shah o( 1 Vrsia brought hie own cook with lnm, bat as be has few prej udices, and likea French oooktry, the services of this individual have not been required since his majesty's arrival in Taris. From a similar appreciation of other European comforts, his ambassa dor was ordered to inform Mr. Vanbym beck, the manager of the hotel, that it would be esteemed a favor if no Persian furniture ware placed in the apartment, where the only innovation on civilised customs is a bed of cushions, destined for the valet de chambre jrho guards his slumbers. This unfortunate official is also intrusted with the duty of keep ing out intrusive visitors during the dav, and will certainly have bia bands full. All the more, that among the bag gage of the monarch are thirty-ux boxes, three feet in length and tiro in height, each containing eighty pounds weight jof gold coin, amounting in all to the sum of 4,3*20,000 franca, which are to cover his traveling expenses. Hia suite consists of fifteen personage* and ten servants from TeliPren, to whom baa since been added the Persian arobee -1 sador at St Petersburg. All are natives, 1 with the exception ol Dr. Toloaon, a French army surgeon, who has been his majesty's private physician since hia accession to the throne. There is also a Persian newspaper editor, Mahomet Hassan Kahn, director of the Teheren Journal Official, and author of a "Geographical Dictionary of the King dom of Persia." The way in whioli the Shah takes hia meals is curious- Each dish is intended for eight persons. The Shah >t* alone, and after tasting, sends in the dish to the seven high eat dig nitaries, who sit in an adjoining room, and who consider It a great honor to partake of the roval leavings. At a small table, near which is a sort of drwwer, the less exalted officials take their repasts. Eighteen employes of the hotel, and twelve police agent* from the Hue de Jerusalem, keep watch and ward over the apartments, whose wiu dows on the outside are decked with trophies of French and Persian flags. TVre will lie no pageants or parades gotten np for his amusement on this oc casion. It is whispered that unpaid bills-mud unfulfilled promises of decora tions left an unfavorable unnreeaion when he was here before ; so that now , he is scarcely a nine days' wonder. A Wonderful Violinist Paris has a wonderful violinist who, a correspondent save, is the greatest mu sician he has ever seen. His name is Remcnvi, and he ais gypsy. "He has Ole Bull's intense spirituality, and he has added to it something that does not belong to the North-4he voluptuous rhythm and melody, born of Southern moonlights and tke perfumes of rich blossoms." Describing his methods, the correspondent says: "At first he plays onlv a simple melody over and over, nntii people, puzzle*!, look at eaoh other and murmur. Bat that repetition is for the purpose of fixing the melody in our minds. Now, with lightning rapidity, he has darted into a series of infinite variations, through all of which we still hear the refrain returning, with matchless precision. Then he pours forth a long current of appealing cries, of inarticulate moans, of Hie spirit; of the thousand things which the soul thinks, bat cannot utter for itself. And j at last he finishes with a mad dance, in which it requires but little farcy to con vince us that we hear the clatter of the i tambourine, the wail of the gnzla, the cllink of spurs as cavaliers dance on the hard-baked floors of rustic cabins with pretty maiden i. Loud is the applause. , Kemenyi bows and begins anew. The Tsiganese who have accompanied him on the previous composition, now look Eszled, smile and shake their heads, menyi's improvising. And what glorious improvisation it is. It is the very climax of passionate expression of the* charm and beanty of existenoe, a wild nature reveling in the mere enjoy ment of life. Even the gypsies are in spired by Remenyi's inspiration; one by one they join in the mnsio, and so gradually form an undertone to the mas ter's interpretation. He plays on and on, regardless of time, space, people, everything and anything in the world, until at last the inspired momenta have passed, and be finishes the noble com position with a little madrigal, tee measure of which causes the gypsy faces to light np, as with the warmth of < recognition of a familiar air." Items T latonat With to kill scut. Why does a miliar wear • Whitehall To cover his head. Oold leaf is ib 280,000 th part of an inch in thieknesa, If yon gi toot word to any one, how ma yon possibly keep it? Uneasy rests the hMd that has no tidy on the baok of the rookiug-cbair. Whet man most have hi* giaaa before he oan do a day's work I A glsxier. The man who ia always merry keepe hie month stretched from year to year. Aoeording to the latest dictionaries there are 48,086 words in oar language. A schoolmistress is said to be • " strapping woman" in the sqras of her pupils. Intelligent girls should merry farm > era, because they ere men of 'culture , agriculture, r Wood grown in a moist soil is lighter and decays sooner than that grown in | dry, sandy so4L It ia found that 1,800 pounds of potv 1 toes are required in cattla feeding to form the same quantity of flesh that 100 ' pounds of beans wo .Id do. Hippopbagy ia becoming decidedly popular in Vienna, where 2,040 boraee were slaughtered for food during the first Are months of this year. Wanted— Delinquent subscribers to settle up. P. H—ln answering this ad verttaamaot please state what paper yon •aw it in.—Cincinnati Saturday Sight. "I suppose," said a little five-year old, ia her quiet, thoughtful way, " I suppose there are men under-ground that push up the flowers, don t yon, mamma?" ••Tea," said an old lady, reflaotrvelv, " it is BOW very common to telegraph, and the* ear it 'if soon be still more com mon to telephone, but I think it 11 al ways be more common to tell s flb." At KinebviJle, Ky, there ie the model hog-housejof the country. It is built of stone, with e hanging roof, sod s clear stream flows through the building. There are 820,000 worth of hogs in it A says angle worms do not suffer when pnt on the book. They wriggle around out of pure Joy, we sup pose, the same as a man 4am whan a good looking woman steps on his oorna. "Ma, has your tongue got legal" t "Got what, ahild?" "Got legs, msT I " Certainly not; but why do yon ask , that question I" "O nothing; onlr I heard pa say that voer tongue was running from morning till night. Then pa had to tase another "running." A Mount Auburn gentleman pointed out the constellation of the " DiPi>*r' to his little girl the other night so plainly that she caught the idea, and after looking upon it with much interest for a minute, turned sad uuid: " Now, pa, show me the wash-dish."—Break faet Tabic. A young man objected to the young girl that his rich old ancle wished him to marry. " Ton mustn't be so par- said the exasperate*! uncle. "I teU you she's wall enough." "o she is, uncle," responded the nephew, "and you know you've always taught me to leave well enough alone. The doleful dog. with mournful sttsu, ftaesi onl qoiel *pot And, is/• Item bout rem, baleful boys. Bemoan* hit lactios* tot Perchaaee s wjolb. whose wrath is spent. Adorn* hi* uttered tail— Porriiaooe a many lad bank of hoops. Parcbsnes s pewter pall. Moths fly by night because they ere organised to eajqy subdued light and euol air, and aa tlirv take very little food daring the short life they have in the winged state, they find sufficient -by night. Borne of the moths, like that of the silkworm, take no food from the time they escape from the chrysalis until they die. Moths alao form the food of beta, owls and other of the night-flying tribes. On i certain occasion Edward Everett visited the composing-room of the Bos ton Advertiser at a late boar to rwd a proof of an oration wluob he bad faded to see at as earlier boar. Extremely particular about bis style, be woe alter ing sentence* and making additions while the forma wen' waiting, which so irritated the foreman tbat he roared out: "Cat it abort, Everett —confound it, eat it short, Ther-'■ no time now far patching np bad Engliah.' An Astoaitfeed (amine. A grocer on Carr street yesterday placed on the sidewalk in front of bin store n nog* hogshead, which he had just emptied. The adhering sweets at tracted myriads of flit* and n few honey been, which seemed to think they hnd found a bonanza- A vagabond looking dog was lying down in the shade of tha sugar hogshead, and was pestered mnch by the flies, which found the dogs nose a' good place to roost after they had filled then selves with sngar. After the dog bed weaned himself oat by his :aeflr*aal snaps at ths flies, he buried his nose between his pswa and took the annoyance philoeoi hieaily. At length a bee came humming around him, and being bigger game, the dog concluded to go for it and watching his opportunity snapped at it and caught it in his month. Then be made a sudden spring to his feet as if he bad just thought of some thing that he bad to do in s hurry, and the hair all over him raised on end as if he bad been electrified. Then he pranced around for a moment shaking his bead frantically as if be were worry ing s rat. A little black object dropped from bis month which he looked at inquiringly for a brief instant, and then started off in baste to see a man around the corner, bowling dismally as he went. Ths man was not there and the dog came back and ones more made an in spection of the little black object that lav on the sidewalk and poked it timidly with his paw. He perhaps wanted to he able to recognise one of those little things if be should ever encounter one of them again. After satisfying his curi osftv he went and laid down again with a sort of grin-aad-bear-it-yon-old-fojM, giving vent to his feelings occasionally by a subdued, canine sigh.— St. Lauit Republican, ________ The Wyoming Massacre. In the early summer of 1778 most of the men of the Wyoming settlement were with the army of Washington, and after repeated appeals for them to return to guard their homes against the Indians, who were mustering up the Teller, the oompauiflß to which they were attached became disorganised, and the officers resigned and hastened home, but it was too late. On the 3d of July, OoL John Butler, with a large band of Indians and whites, met all the force that could be mustered in the valley; he outnumbered them three to one, and his viotorv waa overwhelming. There then followed a buteherythat has hardly a parallel in Wstorr. It was led on by the Indifh Queen Esther. The invasion, in which there was wanton and ruthless destruction of property, made one hun dred and fifty widows* and six hundred orphans. Foar months afterward a few who had been spared returned to the desolate valley, gathered up the dead, and buried their bodies. They could recognize none of them. In 1842 a monument was erected over their re mains. It Btands on the outskirts of the village ci Wyoming, Luzerne coun ty. P- Reservslr Fish. A reservoir wo Jd not at first thought seem to be a good place to fish in. New York gets more natural history from its water pipes than it desires, so it was (.ropes d recently to fish out the reser voir with nets. The seine is drawn so as to cover as wide an area of water as possible and drive the fish into the cor ner. The first haul made resulted in 2,700 fish. There were a seveu pound pickerel and a four-pound black-bass, besides many smaller specimens of the same varieties. Besides these there were uncounted rock-bass, sun-fish, oat fish, suckers and some eelfl, a few of which were three-ponnderk. All ex cepting the choice fish of the first haul were buried, as it was the desire of the department not to give too great pub licity to the fact that thQ reservoirs needed fishing. When the fishing was finished over 9,000 fish of various kinds were caught. The fish was given to the poor.
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