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.