Old and Yonng. i. They soon grow old who props for gold In marts where all i, bought and sold : Who live for self and on some sheif In darkened vaults hoard np their pelf, Cankered and crusted o'er with mold. For them their yonth itself is oIJ. u. They ne'er grow old who gather gold Whore Spring awakes and flowers unfold; Where suns arise in joyous skies. And All the sonl within their eyre. For them the immortal bards have sung : For them old ago itself is young I —C. P. OwsA in Scribntr. Milk lag-time. "I tell yon. Kate, that Lore joy W* Is worth her weight in gold; She gives a good eight quarts o' milk, And isn't yet live year old. "I see young White s-oomm' now . He wants t or. I know that. He careful, girl, you're apillin' it' An' save some for the est. • OooJ reenin', Riohant, step right in;" "I go as I couldn't, sir, I've Jnst come Jowa*— "1 know it, Pick, YouVe took a shine to her. "She's kind an' gentle as a lamb, Jes: where I go she folk**; And tbongh it's ch asp I'll lot her go; She's your'u for thirty dollars. "Yon"11 know her clear scroes the farm. By them two walk white stars; Yon ueedu'i Ah re her home st night. But je.l le' down the bars. "Then, wh en you've cwu'd her. say s month And lear at her. as it were. HI hy, what's the msltrr. Pick?" "Tkjrt her I want,—it's— krr "Wha*. ? not the girl! well. HI he hies* d'— Th> r , Kste. don't itrop that pan. Yon' re took me mightily aback, B at then a man's a man. "t he's yonr'n, my bo> but one word iu re. Kate's gentle as a dove; She";! foller yon the whole world round, For nothin' else but love. "That never try to drive the las*; Her natnr's like bar m „ Try alius found it the lest. To jest le' down, the bars." Tkitip Jlfor* in S-ribner. Grandmother's Story. Thia war wus in 1812, and, although I was a very little girl, I remember ■rany things about it very distinctly. Our father at that time lived"in the little town of Hampden, on the Penobscot nver, iu Maine, and one beautiful morn ing in September a ueighbor burst into the house as we sat at breakfast, inform ing us wit h breath I t*s haste that a fleet of English war skips was coming up the river and making for our wharf, where was moored for safe-keeping a prize that some of our cruisers had taken a short time before. For a rnomeut not a word was spoken. My father glanced irresolutely about him at the dear, childish faces that looked up into his in silent terror; but a feeble wail from the adjoining bedroom deci. .Ed him immediately, and he said firmly, though with qniyering lips: I 'AYe can not leaye them," and he nodded tow:ud the bedroom; "so we'll e'jar and face the worst together. Don't cry, Dolly," and he laid his hard band caressingly upon the head of my little sister. " Englishmen are but men after all, and I dou't think that there's any danger of their troubling helpless women and children." At that instant the sound of a gun made us start to our feet, aud rushing to the door we could see the stately fleet sailing slowly up the rirer in the gray morning light, looking, to our childish imae a sair blow to her "to ken that her daddy cam' to his death in this far off land. My wound mann hae time to heal, an' will ye noo, for little Janet's sake, gie me a hidin'- plaoe aiming the barley riggs up yon ?" "If father be williu'," began Dolly; but the soldier shook liis head deci sively. " Na, ua, I'll trust nane but yerwel'. A bit o' bannock noo an' then, wi' a draugLt frae auld crummie doon there in the byre, will keep me alive for the next few days, till I can show my heid wi* safetv." Dolly's tender heart was touched, and she consented to the arrangement, not only procuring the bandages and water that the soldier had asked for. but a big bowl of bread ajid milk that, iu the ex eitemeut aud bustle indoors, she had had no difficulty in attracting unno ticed from the pantry; and when he was comfortably ensconced in a warm corner of the upper mow, she thoughtfully provided him with horse blankets and a tattered old comfortable that had some times served as a sleigh robe for the boys in their wiuter etening rides. "May the Faither o* Mercies bless yon, my bairuie," was the whispered benediction of the grateful man as he received these welcome proofs of her benevolent good will; and all that eve ning the chdd pondered upon the in compatibility between her soldier's words and his profession. " Father," she asked, at leugth, "do you s'pose any of these soldiers from the ships can be good men ?" "They're jest like the Amelekites," broke in Aunt Debby, sternly. "Ain't you a leetle hard, Debby ? seein' the men are only doin' what they're obleeged tr do." Aunt Debby's gray head bristled de fiantly. "I don't believe in mukin' friemls with unrighteousness." she said, with an air of uncompromising severity. ''lf one o' them Britishers was hnugry, I'd give 'im bread; if he was tbiraty, Fd give 'im drink; an' then—l'd jest hand 'im over to the authorities ter hang or shoot as they see fit." With a child's unquestioning confi dence in the wisdom of her elders, frightened little Dolly took it for grant ed that death would be the penalty if her wounded soldier should be found, anJ every doubt that she had ever felt in regard to keeping his place of refuge a secret from her family was new decid ed once f. r all In spite of Aunt Dcb by's denunciation, she felt sure that thin soldier was no "Amelekite," and she made up her mind that, let come what would, she would stand bv him to the last. The days slipped by, and the British ships, after cruising about in the river and doing all the barm that they could to the American shipping, set sail one fine morning, and disappeared down the bay, greatly to the joy of the inhabi tants of the towns npon the shore. Poor little Dolly just now was having a hard time of it. Aunt Debby accused her of idleness and inattention, while her father threatened to kill Clover, who, he declared, ate as mnch milk as all the family put together; and even her moth er, rendered nervous and irritable by sickness and fright, fretted at the long hours that tlie child spent out of doors, where, nobody oould* tell, unless the wounded soldier from his hiding-place in the barn had chosen to solve the rid dle of the little Samaritan's disapjiear imce. There was a wonderful charm to the home-bred child in those pictures that he loved to show her—of the old Scottish home where his little Janet wandered over the heathery moon, and hunted for the "laverock's" nest be neath the grass and daisies of the small meadow beyond, or fished for minnows in the "wimplin' burn" that ran close to the oottage; and long before the last glimpse of the enemy's sails hail faded away into the blue horizon. Sandy Mac- Clintock had liecome as mnch apart of the little maiden's life as if he hail lieen brought up under the ume roof. There was a natural affinity lie!ween the thongtitful child and the child-hearted that man made long acquaintanceship en tirely unnecessary between the two so far as a perfect understanding was con cerned. Friday evening the " class " met at my father's, for in those days it was cns tomary to assemble at the dwelling of the "class-leader" instead of at the church; and just before the opening of the meeting, the door opened, and in walked a tall, sandy-haired man in his shirt sleeves, but with a sailor's troußers and hat, while one of his arms was snp ported by a rude sling improvised out of what seemed ar old calico apron. Everybody stared in utter astonish ment, Bud only Annt Debby had the presence of mind to offer the stranger a chair, which he accepted; and dropping his head in a devotional attitude, re mained silentjwhile the opening prayer was made, a hymn snug, and the differ ent members of the " class " proceeded, as they were called upon in turn by their leader, to give an account of their re ligious experiences during the past week. When all had finished, my father turned to the stranger and Baid, with something of embarrassment: " You are a stranger to us all sir; but it may be that we serve the Bame Mas ter?" In a moment Sandy Mac Clintock was upon his feet, and with tears of joy run ning down his bronzed cheeks, ponred forth his long pent up religious feelings in a flood of eloquence that carried every one with him. " I'm nae langer a stranger in a strange countrie," he cried. " Brithers an' sisters are ye all, the night, roond Qod's ain hearth stane." Snuggled into a corner, Dolly listened, THE CENTRE REPORTER. scarcely daring to breaths; an.l when, at the close of the meeting, all crowded about the Strang. r, bidding htm wel come among them, .he wa intouudAl at the explanation that lie aeenwxl r.wdy, even auxioua to give of hia presence there: " 1 was aye impressed into the service, an' as my heart was tiae in the wark, 1 tuik the Uuie to rid myael' o' it a"." N'olxxly's hand shake was more cor dial thau Aunt liebby's; and when, after peace was declared, ami our oauuv Hoot, having settled down as a thrt.ly farmer and uaeful citizen, was desirous of a unstress U> preside over his comfortable home and superintend the domestic edu cation of little Janet, he made certain matrimonial proposals to Aunt Debby, which that worthy spiuster had not the heart to say nay to; and as roguish Dollv remarked, urn being an " Atuele kite " didn't seem to trouble her a bit. Peril of Iced Tea. Beware me cup. lu these Jays of racing thermometer* and busy coroners it is fraught with peril. Scientific men, learned men iu the profession*, hate compelled us to drop the luscious straw berry iu terror by scresmiug out U> Us that it would giro us the hydrophobia. They have made us heartsick with ap prehension by showing that the tempt ing peach iu our haud* was rooking with the deadly pruasic acid. They liave tili ed oar ioe cream witli poisonous im purities. Tliey have forbidden us to drink water that lias passed through iron or load pipes, or that has stood w a woodeu vessel, or lain iu a cemented cistern, or rippled from the rook of the hillside, impregnated with heaven and chemistry only know what awful sub stance, until one restriction after another has made it the only safe way for u man to get a drink of water. for him to lie down on his l>ack, open his mouth, and wait for the shower. Seience has kindly warned us of the death that lurks in the coffee cup. The cup that blesses the breakfast table impairs the digestion. Large doses of it produce palpitation at the heart. It is adulterated with Vene tian red and native aeequioxide of iron. Science has also warned ns against the use of warm tea, bread and butter, meat, vegetables, frnit, graiu, roots, berries, milk, and similar articles as food. Sin gularly enough, science has not yet as sailed iced tea. But it will not do to }>erm.it people to enjov thiaoool, delight ful beverage, simply because its taste is grateful to the wearied system during this scwrchiug weather. We must do onr duty, thongh scieuce may shrink from it, and the people msy cry out against ns. There is danger in iced tea, and if you would live long and well shun the cooling cup. We will cite a few in stances of carefully made experiments. On the 10th of June, John C. Hemp stead, of West Hill, legan to drink iced tea at dinner and supper. He kept np this practice for nearly three weeks, and then one day, going down the I>.vision street steps, slipped and fell, abrading the skin of both legs, and running a sliver into the ball of his tbmnh so far that it made his teeth sche when he pulled it ont. His clothing was also considerably toru. When lie went home that evening he learned that his eldest boy had been whipped at school for sticking a pin as far through another boy as the head would let it go. He was warned to quit drinking iced tea, but he persisted in the practice, and he is now sleeping in the valley, between West and North Hill, where he lives, and says he never felt so well in his life. But mav be he lies about it. Henry EsterfelJt, of Eighth street, drank iced tea regularly every summer for three vears. He persisted, and one Sunday a/ternoon while he was out driv ing hi horse ran away and smashed seventeen dollars out of a Ixirrowed bnggT. He paid the n ney, but neg lected the warning. He went on drink ing ioed tea, ami in less than six weeks somebody poisoned his dog. A young woman who did plain sewing in this city, while employed in the fami ly of Ralph Henderson, of Maple street, became addicted to the use of iced tea. She soon ran a sewing machine needle through her thumb, and for many days, whenever she picked np a enp of iced tea, a sharp pain ran through that thumb. She refused to obey the warn ing, however, and in six weeks she was carried away. Tho man who carried her away married her first Last week, at the beginning of the heated term, two eminent scientific gentlemen, of BnrHngtoo, took a strong, healthy, black anil tan dog and immersed him in a tab of pnre cistern a ater, into which a weak solution of iced tea hail been poured. They held the dog's head under the water fifteen minutes, although he struggled violently, thus showing the natural aud instinctive aversion to a substance which intelligent human be ings blindly and eagerly drink. and when the gentlemen took inm out of the tub he was dead. If a tearupful of ioed tea in a tnbful of water will kill a dog, think for yourselves what must bo the effect of a strong, undiluted cup of this decoction upon the system of a weak woman. Eleven grains of strychnine mixed in a tableapoonful of iced tea will kill the oldest man in America.— Burlington Hawkege. How to Art in Case of Fire In case of fire, it is well to know be forehand what to do, as many a con flagration can be checked by quick and intelligent action. If there is any time in which a person should be cool and calm, in perfect command of himself, it is when he discovers a fire that threatens the destruction of life and property. The first thing to do is to learn precisely where it is; the second, to consider the chances of distinguishing it. Of course in cities an alarm should at once tie scut i out, but at tho same time a vigotoQs effort should be made to put out the fire with the means st hand, before the flre-eng ne arrives on the scene. First, then, do not be alarmed on account of smoke. Frequently there is a great deal of smoke before the fire has made much progress. Remember that one can pass through smoke by keeping'his head near the floor or by enveloping it in a wet woollen cloth. On entering a room to fight a fire single banded, keep the door closed behind if possible. A nail of water and a tin dipper in the hands of a resolute person can be made to work a miracle at the beginning. If the fire has progressed too far to admit of this oonrse and it is necessary to de pend entirely on outside help, then see to it that every door and window is closed. By this means it may be possi ble to oonflne tho fire to one room. Every person who stops at a hotel should take special pains before retiring to note the location i f the stairways, so that in case of an alarm he can find his way out, even thongh the halls are filled with smoke. Never leave a room where there is an alarm of fire without first securing a wet towel, or, if possible, a ■ wet sponge or piece of woollen cloth throngh which to breathe. If escape by the stairs is cut off seek an outside win dow and stay there till help comes. Above all things be cool and have your 1 wits about you. Your presence of mind ! gone, all is lost. It ia the tem per of a blade that mnat be the proof of a good aword, and not the gilding of the hilt or the richness of the scabbard, ao it ia not bio grandeur and poseeasiona that make a man considera ble, bnt hia intrinsic merit. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1878. TIMELY TOPICS. The achool population of thia oouu try placed at 14,TUti,(K)0. Germany has a Colorado beetle scare, uccwatoiied by the discovery <>f some live specimens, m an invoice of American peas. It takw three days to get a check cashed at a Turkish bank, ami the money is then worth only sixty cents on the dollar. Ice ia a prime ueoeaaity at Bombay, India, and the supply is obtained troin this country, ta-iug alnpjwxl chiefly from Boston. A Japanese student, newly arrived iu thia country, thought the people here were all doctors, liecausc evervlnsly took his hand and asked after his health. A Paris boy named Tiffagnon, aged fourteen years, has made a brilliant be ginning iu a career of crime. His Arst theft was of a portfolio containing SMI, 000. It is as difficult a task for an an edi tor to publish a paper that will please everybody, as it is for a rich man to make a will tliat will saMfy his heirs.— ,Ycw Jersty Itejiuhtican. A small flat hug has ap|>eared in Massachusetts, which is armed with "a sword, or point about a quarter of an inch in length, with which it stubs the potato bug, killing him iu a short time." A New York physician has made the discovery that " not one person m three has legs "of eqnal length, and that the number of left legs longer than they need be is nearly double that of the right," Probably the oldest minister in the world is Rev. Dr. Ingram, of Uust, in Bhetland, off the omst of Sootlsud. Dr. Ingram was 102 years of age, in April last, and enjoy* comparatively good health. The exports of iron aud steel and manufactures of iron and steel from the Uuitetl States for 18T7 were valued at $16,659,675. During the year 1876 the export* of iron and steel amounted to sll, 794,713. A bullock, the propertv of a farmer near Peterborough, tu England, loosed a boy six years old, who was leasing it, into* dyke of water. The animal then jumped "U the child, and lay on him in the wator until life was extinct. Loudon has been laughing over a suit for breech of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was a widow of seventy rears, who wore a wig, her hair, as she testi fied, having fallen out in consequence of her grief at the inconstancy of her suitor, a liomeo of threescore and ten. The jury gave her (80. The largest flour mill in the world is uow being built at Niagara Falls. It* capacity will be alxuit 1,200 barrels per day. The building, including elevator, is 250 feet long nud five stories high, aud is arched over the railroad which pastes under the center, and eonucet* with all the road* for the purpose of ae eomtnodatiug the freight to and from the milh A letter-writer in the New York Sun, gives HO enquiring correspondent this •implo remedy fordruuketuu**: "About ' bull an hour, or ssrli.r before tireakfast let him partake of an orange or two. After a time they have a peculiar am! re markable eff.-ot ou au empty stomach. The patient thenceforth abhor* strong drink, because it tastes nauseous to him. The prime aonroe of temptation in re moved, for be doe* not feel thirst. The ruinedj has proved successful in every , inntance that ha* come under my knowl edge. Cremona, au Italian painter of repute, has just died at Milan under extraordin ary circumstances. He wa* a man of the most careless, not to say dirty, habit* aud in order to save time he diseanled the use of the palette, which he deemed nnoeeesaarv and troublesome. He wa* wont, therefore, to spread hi* colors on the nalm of hia left band and on his bare chest. The other day while *hiud ing at his easel lio wo* seized with strong convulsions, and expired after forty eight hours' agony. The doctor* attrib ute his death to the absorption into the system of poisuns used in painting. Considerable exriteoomt hex leen caused in the district of Tekncli, near the village of Fnnder, in Ronmania, by the sadden apj>ear*noe of a specie* of mole, yellowish in color, twenty centi metres in length and eight in circum ference, of a snake-like appearance, which baa already totally destroyed oue hundred and tweuty acre* of wheat. These animal* diaappear during the day time in hole* dng in the earth, and come out at night to renew their depre ssions. The oldest inhabitant of the district ha* never seen anything of the kind before, Statistics furnished by the commis sioner of internal revenue show that daring the year 1877 nearly 50.000,000 gallons of spirits, 9,902,353 barrels of ale, beer and porter, and 5,723,000 gal lons of imported wines, were manufac tured anil withdrawn for consumption iu the United Htates. The numl>or of liqnor-dealers who paid tax was 100,000, and it is # estimated that the amount of money annually expended in the United Btates by consumer* is nearly 8590,000,- 000. This is at the rate of ntiout fifteen dollars to every man, woman and child in the country. It is an odd spectacle to witness scores of women doing the work of 'longshore men on the wharves of St. John's, New foundland. When tho time arrives for vessels from Southern Europe, Brazil, West Indies, and elsewhere, to take aboard their cargoes of salt cod, herring, etc., tiles of buxom females, with tuakea np gowns, liarod arms, ami coarse bro gans, may be seen along the wharves, carrying flat barrows of fish to and fro. Each barrow baa four handles, and is borne by two women. They perform the same labor as men at this buaiuess. bat their pay is inferior. Women also go on the "snmmer voyage" to Ijsbra dor, anil act generally in the capacities of "splitters," "saltors," and "headers." One of tho largest and most expensive light-houses ever erected by the United Htates is now in process of construction of Fowey Rocks, on the northeast ex tremity of the Florida Reefs. It is three miles from land, and completes ouo ehain of similar structures around those dangerous reefs. It is a peculiarity of these reefs that they are so precipitous tliat their locality can scarcely lie dis covered by the most careful soundings. This new light-honse is composed wholly of iron, and its improved methods of illumination render it, perhaps, the most perfect in the world. The light will be visible in clear weather about eighteen nautical miles, and is composed of both glass and metallic reflectors, constructed so as to send a blae of light along the whole horizon of the ocean. It ia estimated that this struc ture will last three or four hundred years. The intensity of the late drought iu Australia may he judged by the simple calculation unule by the inspector of stock that in New South Wales aloue -A.ISM'.tKMI sheep were lost last year from the effects of the dry weather. At least another mil lion must tie added to account for the losses of this year and for the loaa suf fered by small holders and others who were for various reasoua omitted from the returns. Thus we have 5,000,000 aheep, valued at sl2,soo,n their hard-working mother. A gnat many girls tre not half so ready or helpful, the more the pity! The boys could wash and iron some, and make a short-cake and pot of coffee, or cook a steak as well a* the liest Bridget to be had for money. Thev were none of them of that class to which Horaw Greeley referred, where he said they would " starve to death in the gar deu of Eden for the want of somebody to pick the fruit." None of Mrs. Wat son's bora would be reduced to the struts a soldier Iwy of my acquaintance WHS where rations of dry flour were served out to the men. " Flow did you oook it ?" I a*ked, " I mixed it with water, aud salt if I hae, at least, double that of aoopperriMl. A galvanized iron-rope conductor should never be less than eight-tenths of su inch in diameter; a galvanized iron strip should lie four inches wide ami one-eighth of.an inch thick. A lightning rod must l>e contin uous and unbroken from end to end. A rod need not lie attaches! to a building by insnlahHl fastenings; metal clamim may he safely employed, provided the rod be of good conducting capacity and otherwise efficient. Alwvo, the rod must terminate in metal points, well projected into the air; there ahonld be several of these points, and all perfectly sharp. The bottom of the conductor must tie carried down into the moist earth and be connected with it by a surface-contact of largo extent. All large musses of metal iu H building should be motatyioally con nected with the lightning-rod, except when they are liable to Vie occupied by people dnring a thunder-storm—an iron oaloonv, for inatance. In such oases it is twitter not to iiave the iron connected with tho conductor, for there is -some risk of persons standing on the baloony furnishing a path for the lightning to the rod. The rods ought to be tested each year to nmkc sure that the oontinnity is perfect, and the gronnd oonnection sat isfactory.—New York TYibune. hPEtKEK* OP THE HOI S!:. Km lalrrr.ll>! llU.srtrsl Kvtlrw -Whs lists Or rst'lrd ,br t'fcalr KasUsll lbs Twrsiv KliMb. No ixmitivH v wk man has ever filled the |xMt of Speaker of the House of lUprosciitalives, while several iucum- j bent* of the office mar lie ranked aa among the greatest statesmen iu our history. It ia uot, however, a poet to which the bent men of either party ■*- (lire aud whenever aucb leat men have taken the office the eveut haa really hap pened more out of regard to party con sideration* than to their own deairea. i The Hpeaker ia so-called on the princi ple of fucu a mm fuc ndo ; for in the ordinary meaning of the term he haa no business to apeak. Perhaps he ia called i the B|>eaker ttecauae through him aud by hie leave and under hia license it ia , that every one aulmUntially speak* to hia iellowa. The chair to an active ad vocate or orator muat always be a ajieeiea of proacrustean I**l. Mr. Bjeaker muat fit hia brain and ear* to the capacity of . the talking member, aud, of course, continually change hia current of thought. Hia great relief cornea when there la a committee of the whole, and he leave* the chair to aotua student or amateur in the speakership, aud when he oaiff heroine in hia turu a talking member. He is otherwise a aort of phonograph to the members. They talk at him, and he may tie called O|K>U at a moment's notice to repeat or dwell upon their words. S|-aker* Stevenaon, Boyd, (Vilf&x and Blaine held the chair longer in auccea aion thau any of their predecessors; but Henry Clay, elected Hjieaker with breaks I>etween two of bis terma, ia the histori cal senior of the chair. His first cine tion was iu 1811, but there are men still living who remember him as Hiieakcr iu hia last term (18*23-1825) who, with knowledge of all aucotwaive Speakers, say that he discharged the duties of that high office with unequalled ability, and was alwavs prompt, dignified ana rigid in his enforcement of the rules of parlia mentary decorum. The journals of the House evidence that some of hia de cisions were even overruled. Only one Speaker ever lieaaui* President—Polk— but several presiding officers, like Blaine and Hunter, have been before National Conventions, but only two of these re ceived Dominations—John Bell, who was Sjteaker in 1881, and Clay. Another be came Vice - President Colfax. No SfH-akers have ever been elected from Vermont, New Hampshire, Ohio, Dela ware, Maryland, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Illinois, nor any State west of it. Connecticut hail one Speaker in the great John Trumbull—at the second session under the constitution. New York—that always presents a candidate —has, however, only had one Speaker, but dur.ug two different Congresses, in Juhu W. Tavlor, who was also, like Clay, an excellent presiding officer, and did the State much credit in that capac ity, although more of a politician than a statesman. The two following S'atea have also hail each one Speaker—North Carolina, in that early statesman, Na thaniel Macon, and Ooorgia in Howell Cobb. Of Kentucky Speakers liesides Clay there wa* John White, who was Speaker under Trier, and Lnn Boyd. Virginia ha* also had three Bja-akeri in Philip R. Barbour (1821); Andrew Stevenson, a m<>*t popular Sneaker during four suc cessive term* (1827- 1*35); Rolwrt M. f. Hunter (1839). and John W. Jones, M on*achu*-U* has had four Speakers— Theodore Sedgwick (1798), Joseph B. Varmint 11807). Robert C. Winthrop (1847). and Bonks (1856)- t tie lal ter cho sen after more balloting* than ever were taken before or have lieen since. To Penn alyvania are credited two other Speak ers—besides Randall—Mewa, Frederic Mnhlenbergh (the fir-t on the illustrious roll) and Galusha A. Grow. Indiana lias also furnished three Speakers in John W. Davis iIH4S), Colfax ami Kerr. Two Speakers were recruited respective ly from New Jetsev, South Carolina and "jhennesaee. In the latter State were Polk anil Bell—a successful and an un successful candidate for the White House. From the Palmetto State Lung dou Cbeevas for a short session, and elected when Clay resigned to attend the peace cougrnas at Ghent: and 'amcm L. Orr, who afterwards acted as Speaker of the Confederate Congress, but lived to become a Grant Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia aud wa* buried after funeral marching honors from the seventh regi ment in this city. New Jersey calls the roll for Jonathan Dayton, of John Adams' era, and for William Pennington. Theo dore M. I'omeroy enjoys the honor of being a fully elected Speaker during one day—that of the inauguration of Grant and Colfax, when the latter took his breakfast a* a Speaker and dined a* a Vice President. During the ninety years of the government—up to the end of Mr. Randall's term—there have been twenty eight Speakers.— New York World. The Epidemic of Drunkenness. Drunkenucss has been by many Ixv lieved to be on the in Tease, at any rate in higher circles. It is enrions to note that jnst one hundred and fifty years ago an epidemic of drunkenness seemed to break out in England. The passion for gin drinking had got bold of the masses, and the reonlt was, in London at least, that increase in the population was almost wholly checked. Before gin became popular the consumption of be* r was enormous. Almost a thin! of the arable land in the country was devoted to barlev. In 1088, with a population of 5.000,000, very nearly 12,500,000 bar rels of leer were brewed. Dp to this time onr distilleriea were very insignifi cant, aud French brandies were far too dear for the masses. Bnt hatred to France led to the ouooaragoment of home distilling; the trade was thrown open, and iu KHJ9 the importation of foreign spirits wa* absolutely prohibit*. 1. The gin-drinking began, and in 1735 the British distilleries manufactured nearly 5,500,000 gallons. have been justly earned by Kydd. He waa a native of London, and waa born, as nearly aa ami be aaoertained by vague records, in the year 16iM. From boyhod he evinced a fondness for the sen, and ran away from ins home to ship as cabin Iwy, when he waa hut thirteen years of age. From that position he lieoanie the most notori ous pirate that ever plowed the am in search of plunder, lie waa an excellent navigator, a good disciplinarian, and a moat plauaiblis man. He waa thus en abled to interest William of Orange, a prince who waa uotad fur hia cupidity, and who waa thau on the throne tif England, in his schemes. He repre sented to the king that he should sub serve the cause of religion and commerce by giving him a free commission to sail the seas sud rid them of pirates. To this William acceded. Once fairlg embarked Kvdd acknowl edged no master but bimaelf, no purpose but to rob and steal all that he could, no responsibility to either God or man. Ostensibly be was to clear the seas of pirate*, with which at that tire they were hifested, but he robbed aud plun dered indiscriminately, until it baa been estimate 1 that he jxsiaeaaed himself of over tweuty million of dollars. This treasure he buried aomewhere on the coast of New England or New York. Portions of this wealth have been dis covered, but not mow than one-tenth of what the daring buehaneer secreted. He not only attacked other piratical vessels, but also robbed regular traders and merchant ships of all nations, and upon all sea*. The authority which Aral commissioned him strove in vain to recall him. He would acknowledge uo authority whatever but scoured the acas in an unscrupulous career of rob bery and murder, until hia name became a terror to all navigators, attacking Spanish galleons, Portngues fellow curaairs, and the very merchant ships of England, for whoa* protection he had been originally employed. Kydd filled hia ship to the fnll with ludiau treasure* and African gold and Spanish dollars. For five or aix years he was master of the ocean, accumula ting enormous treasure*. Early in hia career he had quarreled with the Earl of Bellamout about a woman, and bad male that powerful noble, then gover nor of New York and Massachusetts, a bitter enemy. The latter person hear ing that Kydd had murdered hia boat swain, made strenuous efforts to arrest him, in which he was finally soeoeasfnl, aud brought him to justice in the year 1701, when he was hanged in chains at Executive Dock in London. A Kiilroad Round the Werld. The following outline of a colossal railroad scheme ia advanced by a Missis sippi correspondent of the leiuiaville Omrirr-Journal: "There is a greet railroad, which, if j it can be built, will eclipae all other eu terprises in that lino, and will be the grandest railroad in the world, connect ing the old aud new world, and thus avoiding all the dangers of the Atlantic ocean. My road will connect the Ameri can continent with Asia and Europe. Just think of it! A railroad from Wash ington city to St Petersburg, with only forty miles of water between these great cities of the new and old world. "Mr plan ia for the UnitctPStates, Great Britain and Russia, or the capital ists of these great countries, to construct this road. Let the road be built to some foint on the line between Washington erritory and the British Possessions; aar, where the Columbia river run* into Washington Territory. Then let Eng land, or English capitalists, build the road through New Georgia to the point where the Youean river runs into Alaska, and then through Alaska to Cape Prince of Wales on Behring Strait; then let Russia, or the company, composed of the great capitalists of the old and new world, construct the road from East Cape, or Behring Strait, to Su Peters burg. Passengers and freight can be carried from Cape Prince of Wale*. America, to Ea-t Cape, Asia, directly opposite and only forrir miles apart, in splendid steamers, built and put there for that purpose, and owned by thia great company. Would not thia be grand! Just imagine a triptfrom America to Asia and Europe, aeated in splendid car*, with land under you and risible all the way, except forty miles—about as far as from Dover to Calais. " If this great rood could be built the danger of the stormr Atlantic would be avoided, and hundreds and thousands of noble men, women and children would be almost annually saved, as well as millions of tressu re." Heartrending Scene* of Squalen According to a New York paper, there are instances of Buffering of an actually horrible character that have come within the knowledge of almoat all the fifty phyaiciana employed a* a sixvial aanitnry corpn under the local board of health." On the very first day of hit round one of these physicians dis covered the dead body of a woman in a close room on the fourth floor of a Mul berry street tenement. She had died without medical attendance, and, being friendlee* and unattended, without be ing reported to the authorities, the body had lain there during four terribly hot day* before it w** removed. Death alone and unattended ha* horrors pe culiar to itaelf, but conld scarcely be greater or more real than the tlifteaA# Hpread among a hundred families by the continued and contaminating pres ence of the dead body. The same physician on the following day fonnd the dead body of a babe in a yard on Water street A health officer finding sewer gas present for which he was unable to account, kicked a board out of a cellar partition and was over powered by the ru*h of the gaa, which nad long been confined and filled the cellar, escaping through the crevice* to such an extent a* to poison the whole neighborhood. Isolated instanoee of this sort, which rarely attract public attention, go far to show the extent and character of the suffering which ia nn dergoue even by those who can hardly be classed as the very poor. The hard ship is often greater to the working, self-supporting man and his family than it ever is to the criminal poor. Hemes for Inebriate Women. A number of the leading ladies of Chi cago are meditating a plan for the found ing of a home for Inebriate women, simi lar to the Washington Home in that city. One of the female directors in the latter institution, who has had a wide opportunity for observation, says that there are oonstant applications from women for admission there; bnt that, among so many men, they cannot be re ceived. Most of tne applicants are ig norant, ooarse, vicious, though not a few are from the better walks of life, having acquired such a love of Honor that their reformation is difficult. Their drinking is ascribed largely to physi cians' recommendation of liquor as a stimulant to their feminine patients, on whom the habit thus becomes fixed. It is asserted that many women occupying high positions in Chicago often sppear in . society helplessly intoxicated, and that a number of merchant's wives al ! ways keep liquor near them, and are I regular drunkards. NUMBER :14. riK*. UAKIMtK A*l> HOIHKHUI.iI A liMd I Iqsl* HWUM. A Baltimore florist scuds the Boston Journal of ChomMrp the following for mula for a liquid manure tor flowrra The material* may oe bad at any black amitii ahop: •• Put one bushel of the clipping* from horaea' hoof* into a barrel, and 611 it up with water. led it stand for a week, when it ia ready tor uae. Apply it with a watering pot. All bedding pianta can be watered with thia liquid erery other day, it they are pot-bound; newly-re potted pianta should be watered one* a week until they hare plenty of working ruuU to take np the manure. It will also be found excellent for bard-wooded pianta if uaed ouoe or twice a week. Two or three weeks after the pianta hare been watered with the manure, the foliage generally changes from green to a goidru yellow, moring from the "tern down to' the point of the leaf, which, however, laeta only for a few weeks, when it changes to a dark glossy green. Pianta under this watering grow ™7 strung; the flower* are eery large and bright in color. Plants thus treated aati be kept in eery small pota for a long time without being transplant™!. This ia especially advantageous to the mar ket gardener, who can aell his pianta in three or four inch pota, while he would hare to ahift them into fire and six inch if he uaed rich soil alone. Flowers wat ered with thia liquid manure will bring twenty-fire per cent, more than other wise; beside*, being small pota, they are lighter, can be packed elaeer, and are easier to be handled. The fertiliser ia not a stimulant, but a plant food, and plants that are waU-red with it, if plant* ed out, will continue growing and kept in good growth, which cannot be aaid of guauo. It ia aa powerful aa guano, aa quick in action, and more lasting. '• It will not do the slightest harm to the foliage; most other liquid manures spoil the foliage when they oome in ooo tact with it. It forma no crust on the pota or soil. It ia cheaper than any other good fertilizer which ia uaed in liquid form. The chips need be renewed or replaced only twice a year, while the water can be withdrawn erery dar. I filled a barrel last October, using all the water it holds erery day, and I shall aot ttn.t it neoeaaary to renew the chip* be fore May or June. When liquid guano it uaed too strong, it will cause the plants to drop ail their leaves. This liquid manure will not, even if used once or twice a day for a short time." liutr Of H-I far Hat Two very important but widely differ ent tbwnM are entertained by the farm er* of tlie United Hut.a in regard to the influence of domestication or cultivation of plant*. One ia that the natural remit of cultivation ia degeneration, and thuae who uphold it point to every failure of an old variety aa proof, never credit ing poor, wurn-ont soils, or neglect in cultivation, aa having any influence be yond hardening the tune when the aort under OOUHl deration would never fail. A much amaller number "f agriculturists, but probably more intelligent, bold that univeraal progreaiuon ia a natural law. and that degeneration ia but the reeult of ignorance and neglect. We believe that the latter is the more reasonable of the two theories, aa in accordance with what ia known o# the origin and present condition of the vanoua fruit*, grain, and other cultivated plant*. Therefore, we advise the eeleetioo of the beat of everything for aeed, not only beceuae it ia important that the present standard should be maintained, but that a still further advance be made whenever and wherever possible. The farmer who desires to produce better wheat next veer than this, will not wait until all thf 'present crop ia harvested and put in a bin, good sad bad together, before •electing his aeed for the next crop; but he will pick out the beet acre or mora, and preserve it separately for the pur pose named. It ia seldom that a field at grain of any considerable extent ia uniformly good. There will be good spats, and very poor one*, and it ia easy to gather the beat and keep it for aeed, while the poorest goes to the null. The same should be done with all kinds of grain, aa well as fruits and vegetables that are raised from aeed. By selection there ia a possibility of farther progression, and not otherwise; and a man who once begins to practice it will not only learn to observe, but will eventually become e i much better and more careful cultivator. In fact, he will soon become imbued with pregressive ideas, and learn that it is just as easy and more profitable to go ahead than to lag behind.—JVw York Sun. As Kaaltab **rlMul Pana. Tbf famous R"glih cipcriiDNitil farm of Rjtbamsted, one thousand fertile acre* in Hertfordshire, twenty-five milea from London on the Midland Rail war, is described by Professor Sillunan, who ha* recently visited it Jfci Rennet Lawea inherited the property in 18S4, a fine old English estate, with its park of oaks and ancient mansion, and for nearly half a century, in company with Dr. J. H. Gilbert and a large oorpe of assist ants, Mr. Lswee hsa devoted himself to agricultural chemistry on a large scale; he has also set apart a fund of £IOO,OOO and a section of land for the continuance of these investigations after he is gone. The purpoae is to discover what crops are beet for different soils, what fertil isers will beat assist their growth, and to experiment on such a scale, both as to arm and time, that the fundamental principles of farming may be made as plain and sure as those of any other business. In 1855 Mr. Lawes was pre sented with a laboratory by public sub scription, and there Dr. Gilbert end s considerable staff of assistants have been at work ever since, superintending ex periments, making and applying ma nures, and analysing soils and crops. Thirteen acres of wheat have been under experiment in plata for thirty-live years, nd grass, oats, potatoes and other crops nearly as long. The results of this long and careful investigation have establish ed that barnyard manure can only carry the production of hay to a limit about half the maximum that can be reached with mineral manures alone, which have produced five and a half tons to the acre. On nnmsnnred land the farm yields fourteen bushels of wheat to the acre, but with barn van! manure the vield has risen to thirty five bushels, which is as well as the mineral manures can da The Sauce of Hunger. There is no such sauce for giving a relish to foot! as the sauce of hunger. The late Amos Lawrenoe was compelled by a disease of the atomaoh to eat simple food, and that in small quantities. A pair of small scales stood upon his writing-desk in his private library. On this he weighed his food, that he might not overload his stomach. He was al wavs hungry, and always enjoyed his food. Writing to Dr. Hopkins, then president of Williams College, he thus describes his delight in the small amount of simple food he was permitted to eat: "If your young folks want to know the meaning of epicureanism, tell them to take some bits of coarse bread (one ounce and a little more), sOak them in three gills of coarse meal gruel, and make their dinner of them and nothing else, beginning very hungry, and leav ing off more hungry. The food is de licious, and such as no modern epicure anism can equal." Items r litarwU Wu-fare—eoldiars rations. Carpenters do ooun tar-fitting. A lighthouse—A alim aadiaooa. Volcanoes are not am AT* miles deep. The gardener's ditty—Bart wot ** ma. The world nare 480,000 torn of coffee a yaar. A first-rate article for the teeth— Food. Too cannot net the rim oo fire with • rowing match. A flimriabiog man. The profaaaor of The flrrt doty on T—Don t forgot to cross it, A I07.124 tune. hs* of the earth, and 000 time, greater than aU toe planets together; its mam 3M.551 Übh greater than tha earth, aod 788 times greater than that at all the planet*. A single spot seen upon its surface has lieen estimated to extend over . - ,000 miUs in diameter, and a cluster of spato have been estimated to include aa area of 3,780.000 miles. XT roetT YUM. ff1.1,,S -* /h, wt.it her tiavs thy ted? Velvet afaeak, and dswey Hp. And (otdsß head. Boss, sad Mourn, sad Unto, Hur+vm. sad Mrd-ww* • gate— A deed oe dr* Elysiao vusoe. Too lovely to last,. Drearily tfas wavsa Of the Dark Blew low. Had their under tone on all The wind* thai blow. Uoae, sud Mooca. end Weda Sur-evee. sad bird-song • gash— When bda are tall at tsars The heart eo long* aravee : For, efisr forty yvara. We only trved ihrongh graves! (ommaadera af toe railed States Armies. A Washington dispatch says; Colonel Joseph C. Audenrwd, aida-de-camp to General Sherman, has nearly completed making a collection of portraits of each officer who baa commanded the army of the United States. The collection is now complete with the exception of Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Banner and Major General James Wilkinson, and Qilnpff Andeureid ia making every effort to discover relatives and descendants of these officers, ia the hope that their por trait* ma? b* aided to oomplot® tb pictorial Set of the heeds of toe army. The following ia a list of the office.', who have oommeaded the army since 1778, with the deles of command aa far aa can be ascertained from the official reports still in existence: Major General Georga Washington, Jane 15, 1775, to December 28, 1783. Major General Henry Knox, Decem ber 23, 1783, to June 20, 1784. Lisa tenant Colonel Josiah Harmer, General-in-Chief by brevet, September, 'I7BB. to March, 1791. Major General Arthur St. Clair, March. 1791. to March, 1792. 'Major General Anthony Wayne, March, 1792, to December 15, 1796. Major General James Wilkinaou, De cember 15, 1796. to July, ITW. Lieutenant General George Washing ton, July, 1798, to hia.death, December 14, 1799. Major General James Wdkineou (again), June, 1800, to January. 1812. Major General Heerv Dearborn, Janu ary, 1812, to Jane, 1815. 1 Major General Jaeob Brown, June, ! 1816, to February 24, 1828. Ma jar General Alexander Macomb, May. 1828, to June. 1841. i t> I Major General Winfield Scott (Brevet Lieutenant General), June, 1841, to November 1, 1861. Major General George Brenton Mo- Clellan, November i, 1861, to March 11, 1862. w _ „ . Major General Henry W. Halleck, I Jnly 11, 1862, to March 12, 1864. Lieutenant General U. 8- Grant, March 12, 1864, to Jnly 25, 1866, and aa General to March 4,1869. General W. T. Sherman, sinoe March 4,1869. At one period, between 1784 and 1789, while the entire army aa organised oon sis tad of a. Ismail oorps of artillery, the oorpa was commanded a captain. Taking their Pictures. One of the last acts of the Berlin peace congress was the regulation of its expression. Prinoe Bismarok, at the dose of a sitting, requested the dele gates to retain their seats for a few sec onds and then gave an order to his son. Count Herbert left the half and in a moment reappeared with a gentleman in blaek, who, bowing to the diplomatists, said in broken French, "Gentlemen, I have received the honorable commission of taking a portrait of a sitting of the ! congress. I ask you, therefore, to keep ▼ourselves for several instants in s quiet and easy position." The members laughed at the exhortation, but re mained quiet in oorupliance with his wishes. Professor Von Werner, the artist, charged by the municipality of Berlin to paint, in honor of the his tori - : cal event, a large picture of the oongress, ( had already sketched the features of 1 most of the members, who willingly ! granted him the desired sittings. The , picture is to be placed in the Fairy Hall 1 of ths Mansion House.