Harvest.
Tbs crimson moon uprising from the MM.
With large dslight forsMls Um> harvsot near
T* shepherds, now prepare Tour melody,
To greet the oft xppeamno* of her sphere '
And like a pg*. enamored of her train.
The star of evening glimmer* in the went .
Then raise, ye shepherds, your observant
"train,
Tbt "O of the Groat Shepherd bore are
bleat!
Onr Arid* are full of the time ripened grain.
Our vineyard* with the purplecluster* well;
Her golden aplendor gluuiuor* on the main,
And valee and mountain* hot bright glory
trU.
TTien riiy, > e tdiephenl* ' for Uia time i* oome
When we mu*t bring the oariohed harvest
home.
Petitlen t Time.
Touch n* gently. Time!
let u* glide idown thy>tre*m
Gently—as we sometime* glide
Through a .past dream.
Humble voyager* are we.
Husband, wife aud children three ,
One is Scat an angel fled
To th(xr.iire cverheait!
Touch ns gently. Time '
We've net proud not waring wuig* .
Onr ambition, our content.
Lies in aunpie things.
Humble are we
O'er life's dim. un*ouud<-d sva.
,-wmktng only some cairn clime t
Tiwtch ua genii v. gentle lime!
Harry Cor Html
The Silent Woman.
A IX! VK STOUT ruoxi THK J VFANKSK. ,
Oshikoji Nobutaro was a voting noble
who found himself quite disillusioned,
i> that the gavotte* of society, the va
riety of travel nor the achievement of
literary distinctiou were pleasing to
him, aud be retinrd, a prey to unuttera
ble weariness, t > the auerstnd abode on
the beautiful ah ore- ' Like Bi*. hop
ing b> find at- W- -1 i* .nlpuhty.
In the tu,e of the second gathering
of the tea, the mihiest and fairest of the
vest, when the trees begin to fill with
little nests, and wneu all nature trem
hlee and blushes with eouscious warmth
Iriye lchigoro ordered a couple of nori
•nono, an.t started off to Riwa to take
conusel with his exiled friend. He
found Nobutaro in the field* at the base
of Hi Yei Zan, practicingthe enlivening
paren tof hawking. The greetings of
the young me*i were polite and decoiona,
uad' their oouv rsation, which turned
upon various subjects, was at ouce ex
hilarating and instructive.
Towarl the close Iriye introduced the
topic which most closely interested
him.
"Nebtrtaro, there is a maiden"—
aaid he.
" Alas, there are so many," said Nobu
taro.
"If u.y amiable and well-conducted
friend would restrain for a moment his
noble impetnoity, hi* servant would
endeavor to make buna*-If more plainly
understood."
"Pardon me, lchigoro, I will listen
with the respect which is due yonr ex
cellent character." ,
" There is a maiden, Nobutaro, whose
indescribable charms have for mauy
weeks afforded the youth of Kioto the
most pleasing sensattona Her father i*
known to us all as eminent far riches
and refinement, and is, iu truth, a mem
ber of the exalted house of Sanjo. As
for the girl, who has but recently
emerged from the rigid privacies of girl
hood, and been revealed to the eyes of
a few whose rank may claim so rare a
privilege, the incapable words of Iriye
lchigoro can convey only faint and in
adequate ideas respecting her. Her
form is like the waving willow leaf, ami
her face as full of beauty as the moon,
of which she is the younger sister.
Her eyes are like the brightest stars of
winter, and her feet, which have never
been spoken of without emotion, are
said to be wholly incompetent to the
support of her delicate frame."
" And what of her tongue 1" asked
Nobutaro.
" Most accomplished, NobuUro,"
answered Iriye, in some irritation, "yon
talk like a person of vulgar birth and no
edncation whatever. Her conversation
is regulated by a wise discretion, and
modesty conoeives every word that is
imned from her exquisite lips."
" Ah!" sighed Nobutaro, "if I could
hear of a beautiful woman who is not
possessed with the oni of speech."
" Nobutaro, mv first and only broth
er !" exclaimed iriye, " will yon take
one of my norimono, and, after a
journey which we will all pray may be
disturbed by no unhappy misadventure, i
gaxe upon this {sir and dazzling damsel,
and consider her for vonrself ?"
"No, Ichigoro," said Nobntaro,
"that is entirely out of the question."
Bat the truth was, Nobntaro had al
ready found that his self-imposed exile
was not wholly a relief to him. Total
feminine abstinence had operated some
what to the increase rather than to the
diminution of his weariness. At least,
in Kioto, he could exploit his grievance.
He keenly felt this, although his pride
wonld not suffer him to acknowledge it.
And now Ichigoro was very pressing,
and it became Nobntaro in doe time to
gndnally dispose of hi* scruples, and,
by slow degrees, to yield.
When Nobntaro first encountered the
maiden, Tama-ko. of whom hi* friend
had told him, his breast did certainly
quiver with a new anil strange sensation,
and bisaelf-conSdence, which, until that
moment. Lad never known a variation
from its firmness, experienced an unex
pected shock. Her loveliness, he was
compelled to admit, was not to be dis-
Sited. The flash of her dark eyes kin
ed inextinguishable flames. The smile
of her ripe and deftly-gilded lips was
brighter than the glimmer of sunbeams.
Her whole countenance was elegantly
pale and fnll of sweetness. Her hair,
falling in black waves about her face,
addel grace and symmetry to the move
ments of her head. Her dress was em
broidered with marvelous accuracy, and
revealed as she moved twin feet of pro
portions too minute to be distinctly
measurable.
Iriye saw with friendly satisfaction
that Nobntaro was for a moment moved.
And the distinguished people of Kioto,
not a few of whom were present on the
occasion, carefully watched tho ooming
together of the manliest of the manly
and the' fairest of the fair. Nobntaro
approached Tatna-ko, hi* hands folded
upon his breast and his body reverontly
inclined. She knelt awaiting him, her
eves cast in humility downward, and a
timid flush of expectation illumining
her brow.
44 Health is with the daughter of the
stars,"said Nobutarc.
"Thanks to your accommodating
wishes," said Tama ko.
44 Yonr air announces your goodness,"
said Nobutaro.
"Ab, sir," it is you alone who can
judge." said Tama-ko.
•' Virtue and a contented mind are
painted upon your face," said Nobutaro.
•' My acknowledgements should be
everlasting," said Tama ko.
" It is a flue evening," said Nobutaro.
" It is a most fortunate and successful
evening, since the noble gentleman
honors it with his approval," Baid Tama
ko.
" It is impossible to be sufficiently
respectful to you." said Nobutaro.
" How shall I dare to persuade myself
of what you say ?" said Tama-ko.
" Well, well," said Nobutaro, making
a grave obeisance and withdrawing, " 1
have not treated you with sufficient dis
tinction. "
Tama-ko, less ridgidly cyDical than
Nobntaro, did not conceal from herself
the joy which this interview afforded
her. All that she had heard of the
agreeable Nobutaro was abundantly veri
fied. And she discovered, too, graces
and attractions of which she had not
been warned. "But alas," ebe 6aid to
hertelf, " he loves not women, and each
day strives more and more to harden his
heart against our inferior and unprofit
able sex."
N"bntaro feared to admit the sus
picion that his fancy had been touched.
FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and 1 *rojriotor.
VOLUME XI.
He reunited with mneli coldness the im
putation of Irive lchigoro.
"Alt, Nobntam," said that good
usturcaifrteud, "therefreshingTama-ko
has inspired you ouoe tuortv"
" Aonto I rive, thi* time run ate wrong.
Tf, now, she hud the gift of silence witii
her other visible advautagia, there would
be something to talk about."
"Noble ootxaiu," auswertxi Iriye,
"run ate ulauvs sensible and well
informed, but thi* tiuie yon are alao
very absurd. Her language i* the lan
guage of parity ami evident propriety."
"1 do uot like the language of the
woman at all," *anl Nobutaro. " Better
a spoeohlem daughter of the rota thau
the fairest ami richest of the loose
tongned knge."
*'Estimable Nobutaro, Ton have too
much ginger in vour temper."
•• Very well, I rive, only 1 shall see
the beautiful but talkative Tama-ko uo
more."
" Oh, Nobutaro !"
" Precisely, my lchigoro. As she
daxxles the eye, so might she confuse
the understanding. In time she might
destroy my principle* and ivuipel me to
endure the female tougue. No, lolii
coro, mv resolution is not to be unfixed.
Remember that a restless tongue is one
of the five causes allowed by the phi
losophers for divorce."
Wheu Tama-ko heard this, an she
very speedily did, a gloom eauie hk-> a
vail of chinmen over hit face, and she
expressed a tear, as round and as pure
as the unist priceless of the jewels of
which she was the namesake. Then it
was observed by her family that she
sank into re very, out of which ahe
emerged an hour later, smiling and con
tented.
Two days after, the court circle* of
Kioto were convulsed with the intelli
gence of a sorrowful calamity. The
beautiful Tama-ko, during a visit of
duty to the temple of Kiomidzu, had
thoughtlessly veutureel Uw Dear the
edge of it* perilously exposed platform
and had fallen, not," fortunately, from
the extremes! height, but from an ele
vation sufficient to injure her ih a geu
eral way, but principally in the region
of the head. For two entire days her
condition was deemed dangerous, ac
cording to rejxirt, but then her well
organued constitution triumphed, aud
she began to recover. One startling
misfortune, however, clung to her. She
had loat the power of speech forever.
When Osliikoji Nobutaro heard this,
he was agitated with mingled soilness
and delight. He Mould uot overcome
his gratification on finding that no im
pediment need now oppoec the progress
of hi* aff-'ction* ; and yet the conviction
of his supreme selfishness was at time*
too bitter for him. But one thing, at
least, was clear. It would no longer be
pontile for hini to forego the presence of
the l>eantifnl Tama-ko.
So, as soon as the circumstances of
her recovery would permit, he sought
an interview, and communed with her.
The language of her eyes told him all
that he most wished to know, and he
was thoroughly happy in her oral in
campetancy. Tama-ko was happy too.
For many weeks their coarse of com
panionship ran swift and smooth, and
all Kioto's nobility smiled sympathetic
and complacent. By day they were
never paired, and each night tender
chants, expressive of hopeful passion,
sustained by the throbbing koto, re
sounded in the dell which lay contiguous
to Sanjo no Nishi's garden ; that lovely
dell which in all ages has been the
moonlit resort of artist and poet ; where
the river -rustles in harmony with happy
thonghts and the snipe sings soft en
couragement to yonthfnl hearts,
*1 SCTABO'S MREHAP*.
There is a maiden.
There w a little maiden whom I love.
Her name it U eaT to ntter ;
The night wind* are alway* breathing it in my
ear.
Something has been telling it to me all the
night.
But who shall oonrcy the extent of her
beauties.
Or the graces of her mind ?
To ethers she is frigid.
But to me she is as the moonbeam, radiant and
warm.
She it exempt from the ordinary weaSneeee* of
women.
Her piety it the theme of admiration among
mil classes.
Her virtue* are so lofty that they roach the
(tar*.
She read* all the aacred l>ook and know them
by heart.
With strong moral principles *he immingloa a
cheerful spirit.
And her rich black hair is involved hi nnctuona
gum.
Namber* of costly ornament* ahinc iu bor hair ;
They shine like cluster* of stars relieved by a
jet-black sky.
I Soft silken scarfs encircle her throat ;
Ota ! enviable toft silken oarf*.
4 A radiant satin obi, of princely dimensions and
incalculable prion enfold* her waist !
Oh ! enviable satin obi of prlnoely dimcnuione
and incalculable prise.
Hr countenance need* not the additional glow
of paint;
And her neck aoorn* the Inferior luster of pow
der.
Her form i* enveloped in many oolored marvel*
of millinery ;
And her petticoat i embroidered with a hun
dred butterflies fluttering among flower*.
Her feet are atom* of celestial ongin.
And her kedabii is the pink cloud which pro
tect* them.
To many her heart i* hard and oold .
I To them it fc very beautiful por lain.
To me it l* soft and warm :
To me it i* fre*h-cnt velvet.
Her lip* are sealed, and word* proceed not
therefrom,
lint in their place come* sigh* of aromatic fra
grance.
Her family are conspicuous for antiquity.
And her father i* of the true blood of Fuji
wara.
He possesses a great many tiger skins.
All Drought from Chosen and very valuable.
Myriads of koban* glitter in the strong chests
of hi* kura.
But for mo the greatest treasure—
The treasure beyond all, for me,
la the little maiden.
Tbe little maiden whom I love.
As the lovys of NobuUro aul Tama
ko advanced and prospered, an inde
scribable tinge of regret came over the
young Japanese nobleman. At first, to
hi* surprise, bnt presently to his con
sternation, he fonnd himself longing for
a word of fondness from his affianced,
For a time he repelled his sentiment, as
unworthy of his firmness,but it gradual
ly overcame him again and again, nntil
ho became a prey to the deepest anguish,
: He was forced to admit within himself
that bis ideas on the subject of the
female tongue had been too dangerously
radical, and that experience had st Inst
taught him the value of a gift he had
| once considered an excrescence. The
' eloquence of the eye, he found, the
pressure of the hand, tho assurance of a
caress, were insufficient to complete bis
comfort. Ob, for a word 1 he sighed,
but signed in vain; and it at last
appeared painfully evident that Nobn
taro had simply stepped from one un
satisfactory extreme to the other, and
that he was now almost as lrconsolably
miserable as when he had started to
! adapt himself to the seclusions of the
I hawking box on the shore of Biwa.
It was natural that Taina-ko should
feel a deep concern at thoreturning nn
happinees of her lover. Bho I*sought
him to explain it, and, indeed, succeeded
in drawing from him the reluctant truth,
i And on learning the real condition of
> things, she did nothing bnt smile with
great and persistent appearances of de
light, which Nobntaro thought the most
extraordinary circumstance that had ever
happeued.
Nevertheless, as Kioto had expected,
the announcement of the impending
marriage ceremony was not long de-
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
ferred. And in early autumn it came.
Festivities were profuse, and corre
spondingly brilliant. Every body-pal
piloted with sympathetic emotion ;
everylxxly was irrecoverably lost tu ad
mtratiou at the beauty of the living
pair; evervbody mourned the ntlhctiou
of the bride, who. for her part, seemed
never so joyous.
Nobutaro raised the eup with which
he was to pledge his fair companion.
He s|s>ke a few wonts indicative of his
intentions through life so far as Tama
ko was oonoeruod, and Uieu an amazing
i incident occurred.
Lifting her beautiful eyes to her
lover's face, and o|>euiug her lieautifnl
i lips, Tsms-ko softly murmured :
"Tins is my dear ami only lord, the
master of my faith and duty !"
" XaruAmio cried everybody, No
butaro included.
The explanation was rapid and oom
plate.
"Howeoaldl help it?" said Tama
ko. "What they said was that you
scorned me for my tongue. Oh, hate
ful tongue, to bring uie Nobutaro'*
scorn. 1 would have forever remained
your silent lover, but for your latter
words, iuipelliug me to take once more
my gift of speech. l>oos Nobutaro for
give mef
" (>v<x •' domo sweet Team," whis
pered Nobutaro, " I irn conquered."
For awhile the entire upper class of
Kioto, excepting Irtye lchigoro, the
faithful friend, laughed immoderately.
Rut the lovers oared little for this. Far
away from the city's turmoil, once more
on tlie shore of ltiwa, they lived only for
one another, aud there, when' nature is
ever the most fair, they found unending
happiness.
Arteinus Hard a* a I'rartiral Joker.
Browne and tiriswohl, " the Fat Con
tributor," were on newspaper work at
the same time iu Cleveland, and were
very intimate friend*. Oue day there
came to the city a dramatic reader, u
man of some note, but of a very timid
disposition. These two worthies in
some manner discovered that he wo* a
jx-raon easily to be imixsxxl upon, aud
shortly after his arrival they paid him a
visit. It was on early hour in the niora
ing—long after the man had retired
sud they found it difficult to arouse him.
They told him they were xlitor, and
wanted to hear him read before wntiug
him np. They invited him to step into
a hall adjoining the hotel and give thorn
a specimen of hi* powers. At flret the
man refused to go with them, but when
they told him sternly that they were
editor*, and would crush him if he did
not comply, he felt compelled to go.
Nor would they allow him to put on his
clothes, but forced htm to go in night
dress to a cold and drmry hall, where
they complacently smoked their cigars
while they listened to him declaim,
with chattering teeth and trembling
voice, for several hours. When they
finally permitted him to go, they told
him, byway of cousolation, that tbey hail
always tlursbxl to hear a dramatic read
er in night-drees, and that they wore
very much gratified with hi* jxjrform
ouoe.
Browne was a great lover of a practi
cal jokes. One of his maddest pranks
was in New York city, in 1863. He hod
leen at some benefit performance with
Dan Bryant and Nelse Seymour, and at
its conclusion he induced these two
tq join him on a lark. Accordingly,
they went to Bryant's property-room,
and each donned a complete anit of
armor. Then they armed themselves
with broadswords, and in the still hours
of the night went forth in search of de
fenseless citiseus. t'p and down the
streets in grim array they marched, and
whenever they found a man alone and
unarmed, they would mak him down on
his knees and pray for mercy. Then,
after having frightened him almost ont
of his senses, they would permit him to
go on his way. Their fun, however,
after a while was brought to an abrupt
termination by the police, who marched
them off to the Tombs. They entered
fictitious names ; but the judge next
morning recognized the culonte, and
discliarged them with an admonition.
On the same night they VISIUM the
house of Tom Jackson, who had just
brought to this country the famous
Swiss bell-ringers. In response to their
violent ringing of the bell, Jackson came
to an npper window, and not knowit g
who his visitors were, asked them in
tone* of thnndcr what they wanted.
"We want an engagement," said
Browne. "We are the original bell
riDgers."
Jackson then recognized them, and,
appreciating the joke, invited them in.—
Scribnrr.
44 ( hairs to Mend.''
The art of doing small things well
has a good illustration in tho humble
chair-mender of the London streets,
who is also one of the most interesting
of ont-door tradesmen.
He carries all his implements and ma
terials with him. A very much worn
chair is thrown over one arm as an ad
vertisement of his occupation, and it is
needed, for his cry, "Cha-ir-s tomen-n,
nd," is ottered in a melancholy and in
distinct, though penetrating, tone. —
Under the other arm he usually has a
bundle of cane, split into narrow ribbons.
His look is that of forlorn re*i>cetability;
his hat is greasy, and mapped with so
many veins, caused by crnshinga, that
it might have been used as n chair, or,
at least, a footstool ; around his neck ho
wears a heavy cloth kerchief, and his
long coat of by-gouo fashion reaches
nearly to tho ankles, which are covered
by shabby gaiters. H.i walks along at a
very gentle pace, and scans the windows
of the houses for some sign that his ser
vices are wanted.
Perhaps business in dull; bat in the
neighborhoods where there nre plenty of
children he in pretty sure to find some
**ork. Osne-aeated chairs are durable,
but they will not stand the rough usage
of those little boys and girls who treat
them as step-ladders and stamp npoti
them. It often happens that a neat
English housemaid appears at the area
railings with a chair that has a big,
ragged hole in the seat, through which
Master Tommy has falleu, with his
boots on, in an effort to reach the goose
berry jam on 'he pantry shelf.
Master Tommy probably looks on
while the repairs are Iwing made, and is
much interested by the dexterity with
which the mender does his work. The
old and broken canes arc cut away, and
the new strips are woven into a firm
fabric, with little eight-sided openings
left in it. The overlapping ends of the
ribbons are trimmed with a sharp knife,
and the chair-seat is as good as new.
It seems so easy that Tommy thinks
he oonld have done it himself ; but when
he experiments with a slip of rune that
the mender gives him, he finds that
chair-mending is really a trade that must
be learned.
Home chair-menders are blind men,
and it is still more interesting to watch
them at their work. The plaiting of the
oanes is done as unerringly by their un
teeing fingers as by the men who oan see,
and with wonderful quickness. Occa
sionally the business is combined with
that of basket-making ; and should we
follow paorold "Chairs-to-mend" home,
we might discover his family bußy weav
ing reeds and willowy branches with the
same cleverness the father shows in
handling the canes.— Sl. Nicholcu.
CENTRE HAI.L, CENTRE CO.. PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1878.
THE ST. HOTIIAKD TI'NNEL.
Hal* aaS SallsMrlaa* la Se < aaarnrd b a
Tuaarl aadrr i.r Ale* iSal will a*i
Nearly slio XlllUaa llallar*.
There are men living to day iu Swit/.ei
land and Italy whoao life dreaiu hus
Imen a tunnel under the Alj. Many
schemes have been iuveutigated, sml
luniiy schemes linve failtxt.
These tuighlv bArriers of mountains
have for ages dixiile.t jieoplethat but for
them might have t-eii of one language,
one interest, nbkc iu laws uiid customs.
For five hutulre.l years there was but a
stone path sen .s the Helvetic Alps,
where the St. tiotliar.l jsw>t-roail wu*
afterward built; and it is but a century
siuoe the first vehicle on wheels was
drugged over the puss, at all expense of
several htindred dollars. Till that tiuie,
the traffic In-tweeii two nations was borne
ou the back* of mules and men, who
struggled, at the risk of death, along
narrow atony ways, winding around
glaciers, high mountain uud
yawning gulfs; lti.ooo persons and9,ooo
horses uliuibcd over these diexv heights
Muuuallv.
There were mvxrcely fewer dangers to
be encountered by the ls>ld trialer even
forty or fifty years ago—sudden storms,
almost eternal snows, uvalauchus, falling
rocks, dangerous aud unbridged torrents,
and even robbers. Nature and mau
cupircd Ui make the path of the St.
trotkanl oue of awful risk and dangers.
It wind* among granite pyramids and
peak* nine to ten thousand fee! iu height,
and the road itaelf reaches uti elevation
of nearly seven thousauil fe**L Even
now the snows on the poos are so deep
and the ilaugers are so great that com
merce and travel over the St. Gothard
cease f>r half the year entirely, the mails
Ix'icg carrieil over by m<eaeugcre. Such
are a part only of the disadvantages am
ing to some sixty or seventy millions of
people from this mighty mountain wall
between Switzerland and Italy.
The building of the Mont Ceni* tun
uel through the Savoy Alp* to France,
and the Brenner roa<s to Austria, have
made it absolutely necessary for tier
many and Switzerland toohuone betxAt-n
losing the commerce and travel of the
a utli, and building a mountain railrtsul,
and a oeriea of tuuuel* that shall eclipse
anything of the kind in the world. The
world knows how they have chosen.
The enterprise was too enormous for
private undertaking or for private capi
tal. Iu 1871, Italy, Germany and
Switzerland voted large subventions for
the building of a rat, to tv oofunienotxl
at once, running from the Lake of Lu
cerne, in Switzerland, to Irako Moggiore,
in Italy, a distance of 108 miles.
Twenty-one per cent., or nearly 120,000
feet, of all thi* distance was to be tuu
ueled through mountuin* of granite.
The total length of the main tunnel;
which enter* the Alj>* at Gor-echeuen, in
Switzerland, and emerges at Airolo, tn
Italy, is 48,030 feet, A number of the
smaller tunnels, bringing tlie ruad up to
the proper level :n the Alps, exceed
7,000 feet. Ou the lake of Lneerne,
too, there will l>e important tuuuels ami
galleries cut alongside of or uuder he
eelebrmted Axenstrasse, high alsxve the
water* of the InXe.
At the time the international treaty
for tin* great undertaking wa* signed it
wan .believed that the work could lie
done for the sum of 187,000,000 francs.
A company was organinnl. with '14,000.-
000 francs of stock, in JC2O share*, and
68,000,000 franca >if mortgaged bonds.
Itoly presented the undertaking with
45,000,000 francs. Germany and ttwuz
erland each gave '20,000,1100 francs, Ttie
work, however, was not more thsu fairly
tinder wav when it was discovered, to
the astonishment of everybody, that an
awful mistake had lieen made in estinia
tiug the costs, s'nl that, instead of 1K7,-
000,000 francs, 289,000,000 would lie re
quired to complete the work as at first
pro|o*ed—a blunder in estimates of 102,-
000,000 francs.
This blundering calculation threatened
all sorts of bail result*. The stock of
the company ran dowu to a minimum,
ami hundreds of families were nearly
ruined by the onllajMic. The bonds
shared in the crash, and even the most
ardent friends of the enterprise feared
tliat the money which hail been so
lavishly given was buried under the
mountains forever. It became a serious
question whether the works would not
have to lie completely abandoned.
There certainly was no choice, except to
lose all that hod been done, or to add
many millions more to the subventions.
The time* were hard, financial cri*v
were imminent everywhere, and war was
raging on the oontine.nt. Everybody
wa* discouraged, bonus of tin- little
canton* of Switzerland, which would re
ceive the most benefit from the comple
tion of the tunnel, refused to lift a
hand or to spend another dollar.
In the face of all opposition, how
ever, the money has. at this writing,
been almost raised. Tlie three conntriwi,
jiartie* to the tresty, have added largely
to their subsidies, and leading Swiss
railways and cities have each voted sums
proportioned to the advantage* they
hope to reap. The work goes on—in
fact, has never stopped.
The contract for this enormous work
is most interesting. It was granted to
Mr. Louis Favre, of Geneva. By its
terms Mr. Favre promises to deliver the
works of the tunnel, onmplebvl, by the
Ist of October, 1880. For each day the
work may be done before that time the
company agrees to pay him 81,000. On
the other hand, however, the contractor
ia bound to pay liaudsomely for all dc
aya. For every single day in arrear of
contract lie forfeit* 81.000. If delay
oontinno six months, the forfeit is 82,000
per day ; and should he be one year in
arTear with his work, ha surrender* the
contract, and forfeits 81.6(H),(KM), which
ho and his friends for him, havo deposit
od with the company as security.
On January 1,1877, the bondings, or a
sort of advunoed gallery eight feet
square pushed forward at the top of the
tunnel, were half-way iu. Whether the
gigantic work can really bo completed
within the time specified is a grave
question for Mr. Favre. Opinions dif
fer, and even engineers can do little
more than guess.
Mr. 8. M. llyers, from whose, article
in llarper' Magazine the foregoing in
formation was ohtai .ed, gives the result
of a recent visit to the nnflnished tun
nel. as follows :
Fonr ef iih with the engineer stood on
the little cow-catcher platform at the
front end of tho engine, and were noon
hurled otl into the darkness. Tho
screaming of the engino whistle right
at our earn was frightful, and the dark
new wan no utter and the ntunke no thick
we fancied we oonhi feel them with our
hand*. The g tinea begun to lm aim on t
unticaruhlo, und the miscellaneous
noises throughout the tunnel nomething
terrific.
I presume our train waa not running
fast, and yet it made so much noise, ami
the surroundings were HO uunatial, it
aeemed aa if I had never in mv life
bounded along at anch a rate, I hail
had many a strange ride, too, before,
but never had I felt so completely help
leaa, or more likely to be snuffed out by
the nnaeen should anything hippen to
the raila, or to the novel machine on
which we were riding. Aa we rußlied
by drippmg walls, and HAW here an
there ghonl-like fignrea with dim lamps
hiding behind rocks or in deep niches,
I involnntarily recalled what onr con
ductor hail said of a glimpse of the
bowels of hell.
It was impossible to speak and be
heard. I might a* well have addrcaned
myself to the granite walls of the tunnel
an til have attempted a word t cither of
my companion*. Huddeuly our locomo
tive gave one extra, unearthly yell, and
stopped. We nlighted, got our lainpa
burning, tuid with a little motion ou our
own feet ma hi felt ouraelvtw. again. The
eugine aped back, sornamtng and rut
thug like the voices of Milton'H
doomed.
We now start el forward iu the tnnuel
on foot, and, a* we recovered our
breath, hud abundant time to look about,
though there seemed something fatally
wrong with the uerx|Motin of the pic
ture of which we formed a part.
The lur was so thick lights could not
lie seen twenty yards ahead of us, and
we all walked close together for fear of
being lost or tumbling into nnrne sub
terranean hole.
Far ahead of lis we heard the dynamite
explosions, sounding like heavy mortars
iu the midst of battle. Iu some places
where we were walking the water was
nearly a foot deep, aud again it came
through crevasses above onr heads like
April showers. Our conductor tells us
that ou the Airolo side of the tunnel the
waters have sometimes come in at the
rate of 4,000 gallons per minute, and in
audi torrents as to even upset the work
men and carry away the tnols. Again,
au occasional spring would burst out iu
a utream as thick us u man's arui, while
the track for the drill* was frequently
laid tn rushing water two feet deep.
This water conies from spriogs in the
mountains about us, and from eternal
suow-fielda lying in the sunshine thou
sands of feet above onr lies.is.
It is vt-nr impressive to reflect that, as
we stand here in the dim light of the
tunnel, far aliove us are lofty mountains
sud fields of snow, tumbling avalanche,
and roaring torrents. Almost above us
arc the peaks of St. (iotbnrd, reaching
above the clouds; and there, too, is Uie
rapid, roaring river Hours, with it*
leaping waterfalls, and the 1 Anvil'*
lirulge, where French aud Aulri*u
soldiers met iu deadly conflict. Up
there, hx>, are the bright sunshine and
the v>ld snow of winter, aud the dili
gence* and sltsige* filled with freezing
passenger*, while we are melting under
eighty degrees, Fahrenheit of heat, and
the Italian workmen are almost naked.
There, too, abuvo our hsxds, in Uie
glistening glaciers, are the first rip
pling* of the baby Rhine. Behind us
are the cold hill* of Switzerland. In
front of 11*. and just outside those gran
ite rock*, i* sunny Italy. How strangely
wr fuel !
Our conductor stops u* to name the
strata <>i r<-k through which f sre
walking. TLe first 7,1)00 feet at the
O.**ehcoeti end bad Iwvn through dark
gray grsmu- c• granitic gneiss; tJbou (4-
lowtsl 1,000 fe t of schistous gneiss,
lying in vi-tical ledge*; then 500 feet of
crystalline limestone, with here and
there a streak of black serpentine, fol
lowed by 3,000 feet of micaceous schist*,
and aome 20.000 feet of gneiss rich in
tuicx. Ttu is followed again by 5,000
feet "f schistous gnelM with thread* and
Imni- of qitartx, and nearly lO.OOD lot
of Jure* schist. ending on the Italian ibde
with some 2,000 feet snore of mow schist
mixed with gneiss and rich vein* r>f
quartz. Such were the calculation"
inn le by Uie geologist* from the moun
tain* alxive the tnnnel, uud the lMiring
ao far ha* proved the** observations to
lie pretty nearly correct, lint little
gold, silver, or other precious ore haa
been met with, and even atone ooal haa
failoil to put in an afqwarance. mrteh aa
it would be welcomed bv the Swiss. who
have scarcely a pound of coal in their
whole Alpiue country.
The ttinuel haa alxmt tlie aamo dimen
sion*, except in length, aa the Mount
Ceni* tunnel; that is, it la, in round
nnmtxir*, twenty-four feet iu wnith at
sleepers, twenty-six feet wide at epriug
ing of arch, ami nineteen fact high le
--tween sleeper* and renter of arch. It
start* into the mountain at a point 3.G&)
feet above the sen, and come* out at
Airolo, on the Italian aide, .'1,757 feet
above the M-a-level.
On the north axis the tunnel ascends
one foot in every 172 feet, or about 142
feet in travering the distance of 24.462
feet. It then follows a snmmitor level
line for the next 581 feet, when it de
scend* to Airolo, 24,279 feet farther, at
a gradient of one in 1,000. The highest
point in the tunnel, hence, is 142 feet
abovo the entrance at the north end, snd
twenty-four feet only alxive the outlet at
the south. These gradient* are for the
purpose of permitting the water to jnes
off through a channel of masonry cut
between the two tracks of raila toward
either end.
Almost the entire tnnnel i* being
arched aud lint-el with solid masonry,
eighteen to thirty inches in thickness,
and that, too, in places where the gran
ite and serpentine blocks seem to the
ordinary otiservar the perfection of
soliility. •
One Hundred and PHly Years of Law.
An intricate snit for the possession of
an estate—Htanfleld Hall, in Norwich,
England, for nearly a century and a half
m dispute—has just been decided, the
trial traversing rnanv strange experi
ences, including a liorriblo tragedy.
The estate came into the possession of
William Jeriny in 1736 through mar
riage. Mr. Jenny made a will.Wqueath
mg it in succession to Jacob Preston
and his heirs and to Thomas Preston nud
his heirs, nnd in default of issne by
either of them, to snch relative of the
name of Jermr nearest skin to the tes
tator, and to his heirs forever. These
Pre*tons were relatives of hia second
wife, nnd not of the wife through whom
he acquired the property. William
Jermy died a year after making the will,
| and the father of the Pros tons, who
! were both minora, sought out the two
Jermys next of kiu ami prevailed njsin
tlu-m to relinquish all claims upon the
est do for 8100 each. The sons dying
without heira, the elder Preston claimed
.possession by virtue of his purchase,
and entailed it by will upon his son, the
Rev. (Jeorga Preston, and his heirs,
forever. The affair Iwciuue the talk of
the oountry, aud pamphlet* were printed
explaining and attacking it; but as the
I Jermys made no attempt to recover the
property the matter was forgotten, and
for eighty years the Prestons enjoyed
the fruits of the bargain. At leugth
j one of the Preston* made a bitter enemy
, of one of his tenants named Lush by a
i quarrel and lawsuit, which left Rush
financially ruined. Rush revived the
old story'of how the Preston* (who had
adopted* tbe name of Jermy) came into
possession of the estate, and made a
written agreement with two other claitu
i ants that ho should havo the farm at
i low rates if he pnt them in possession.
Being hard pressed for money, Rush
masked himself and went over to the
hall one night and murdered Mr. Pre*
ton-Jermy and his sou, and severely
wounded the son's wife and her maid.
The murderer, in spite of the scheme to
fix the crime upon the two Jermy claim
ants, was brought to trial and hanged.
But lately a new claimant appeared,
who baaed his olaim upon the assertion
that bo was s descendant of a Jermy
nearer related than the two whose
claims were liongbt by the elder Pres
ton. The defendants set up the statute
of limitation, upon which plea tliey
wou the ease ; and thus, after 160 years,
the title ia for the first tune legally set
tled.
Til ELY TOPICS.
Japan has thirty-eight banks, and
will aeu have sixty-tour more.
Wisconsin's l*mnty of (.* for every
wolf scalp Cost the Stste glrt.Htk) lust
▼ear, us the wolves sro iiicreaaing, sud
it is suspected that the wolves are raised
for their scalps.
Between a Hwris* watchmaker and a
Hwtse chemist, a watch has been devised
the dial of which will ta phosphorescent,
so that at night or in the dark it will
distinctly allow the hours.
Ostriches have lately increased in
value from SKofl to fl.dOO per pair. The
man who purchased pairs last
summer is now raking in dtwni oada of
profit.—lM truil frt*. I'm*.
Rollmcr, Holstein, hits just hail the
diamond wedding, or seventy fifth mar
riage anniversary of two of its 1,40b
parishioners. Two more such < was ions
are near at baud, and during the last
fourteen years ten have taken place.
I'hiladAipbia'a permanent exhibition
is still o{>en, oconpying the main build
ing of the international exhibition of
]B?fi. Concert* and balls are the chief
attractions, and the receipt* for a year
have reached within about fflO.UtlU of
expenses.
No leas than ttiree important will con
tests are pending in Ifiitladelphia, in
which the alleged grounds of contest
are that the instrument* offered for pro-
Iwte are forgeries. One of Uie eetaUs,
that of Robert Whitaker, amounts to be
tween tI,6uO,UOU and 1100,000, and
the other eatatiw are large.
The MeunoniWare increasing rapidly
in Nebraska, Kansas and MinneooU,
owing chu-fiy to the immigration of the
ltusr .au Menuonitee. who are allowed by
the UiiMiau government until lABO to
leave Russia to avoid military enlist
ment. Then* are atxiut 70,000 of tkil
sect in America, abont one-tenth of thorn
Wing in Canada.
As au illustration of the prevalent ex
travagaiice of ureas in our day, H is said
that bonnet* ore selling in Parts just
now at incrtxlible prieea. A lady can
easily procure one for 9T,DDU. They
are marie in imitation of lace, but carved
m mother-of-ptvxrl and decorated with
jewels. Such a figure as (1,250 is t*ti
casled aso>mparative)y cheap.
American cigars have recently t>een
advertised in.London st very low rutee.
They have proved to lx the cabbage
leaf and brown paper brands not au
known thi* side of the water. Hays a
London uewspajier : " These precious
commodities are kuown to be largely
furcM*lof a peculiar description of straw
p*|>er steeped in tobacco juice, whieb is
mantifnetured in th- United .States for
thi ex|tr<-** purpose, and largely ex
|X)rtel to tlie Cuban and other markets."
The earliest uotieo if yullow fever ia
that of Ligou, in hie " History of liar
bailor*." lie there state* that it broke
out early in September, lt>47. aud that
before the expirauon of a month "the
living were scarcely able to bury the
dead." Thereafter It did not attain any
very remarkable severity until 179.1,
when it destroyed no lea* than 6,000
men of the garrison of Tort Royal in the
course of a few mouth*, lu I*o4 it wan
brought to the aonth of Hpain, and
n*it-d Cadiz. Malaga and Carihagena.
lint it* greatest force fell npcm Gihraltnr,
where out of the civil population of the
town, amounting to nearly 14,000 per
son*, only twenty-eight eaaaped attack.
The head gardener in the Botanical
gardcua at Singapore had rather a dan
gerous adventure recently with the
python p rerouted to the gardens by tlie
Maharajah of Jobore. The creature is
sluggish tn hi* balnt* and allow* liber
ties to be taken with him. One day
the gardener entered the python'* cage
and wa* showing to a friend that tie
could do as he pleased with him, when
enddenly, irritated by a kick in the head,
the python roiled himself quickly ronnd
the gardener's body, and bad well nigh
sncceeding in squeezing tlie life oat of
him before asaistance arriveil in the
•hape of Private John Adolphus of her
mapwty's Twenty-eighth regunent. who
very pluckily soiled the snake, and, by
sheer strength, forced him to let go.
M. D. Conway writes from London
that " Frank Millet, who, from being a
drummer boy in the late American war,
lawame an earnest art student at Ant
werp and at Rome, lias s charming lit
tle chalet near Honflenr, from whose
summer bouse in tbe ganion he can
gather figs and cast their rinds into the
sea. Millet bad enough interest in the
Iwttle-field left to lay down his pencil
for s time and go off as a war correspon
dent in the Kaat with poor MscOahan,
and he has bronght tmrk captive a fine
specimen of that region—s certain
Creek-Turk, one Psnlo, who, having
leen his guide out there for s time, re
fused to leave luin, and follows him
wherever be goes. Paulo is s matchless
servant, is able to do anything at all;
already since be has been in France he
has mastered its boat cnlinary art, and
the way he nnUtes up seaside delicacies
for Millet's table is sncli a* might in
spire even French cooks with envy.
Miss Ward lake rejected one lover and
married another. This was in Juanita,
• Oal., of which place she was regarded as
'the belle. The wedding brought to
-1 getber uli the fashionable folks of the
. plaoc, including Henry Barron, tbe re
jeoted suitor, who joined the rest in
seemingly heartfelt congratulations of
the bride! It was afterward remembered,
however, that he acted like a mau in a
daze- conduct at the time attributed to
too free drinking of the beverages that
i formed a part of the refreshments.
Just before the assemblage *•* about to
disperse, Barron approached the bride,
bearing two glasses of wine, lie hand
ed her one and drank the other himself,
saying significantly: "Let ns drink
together once more, for the last time on
earth." She was rather saddened by
hia words, but supposed that they re
ferred to the necessary end of tlieir
intercourse, and drank the wine. Tn
half an hour both were dead. Barron
i had put poison in the wine.
An inciilent of a recent flood iu Texas
j thua described bv the Anatin Reveille;
A man wan carried down ly the flood,
but managed to get up a swiftly-ilissolv
ing bank of earth. He called to hin aon,
who waa on high ground above, to bring
a rope, and the boy hurriedly obeyed
the reqnent, and when he arrived at the
odge ot the bank and threw the rope
over to hia father the old man took it in
bin hand, and in a 000 l tone aaid to the
boy: "Now listen to me, and do aa I
tell yon. If yon find yon can't hold on
when I commence to climb, let go.
There's no uae in both of nn being
drowned; I'm here iu the water, and
yon nre eafe np there on the bank, eo
don't let me pnll you down. If yon find
yon can't hold the rope, drop it, and
run down on the flat and grab for me aa
I float by." Tho boy braced up firmly
on the ground and told hia father to
come on, and the old fellow went np the
rope like a cat going np a back-yard
fence with a bootjack in pursuit
TKRMB: $2.00 a Ymr, in Advance.
FAKM, GARDEN AND HOI REMOLD.
fmrm mm 4 tiaeln Naiaa.
Ijook for gruba among your peach
trees right away ; at tlie aorfaon of the
gruuud, or just below it, yon know.
Vumlmi FLOORS are objected TO for
poultry houses, for Uie reason that they
tsud to cause the birds to ber*>me duck
f■ sited, and what IS of more Conor
qnence, alsmrb and retain dampness
fmui the droppuiga, and so prove a
aonrce of oramp and other ailmeuta.
Fowls need eharooal when in ouuflno
ment ; but that from wuod is not palata
ble to theoi. The leat way to furnish
it is by charring an ear of corn. Tha
fowls will devour it greedily, and tha
improved color of tUcsr combs will aoon
allow it* wholesome effect.
The farmer who wishes U> avoid an
excess of laltor, with nnprofltabl<> result,
will not apread a small quantity of
manure over a large surface of poor laud,
bat will only plow as much aa he can
highly manure, wheu hxa income will be
aa large, and Lis Labor nearly one-half
saved.
" The cause of failure in the {>eacli
crop often cornea, in my opinion, from
too great fertility of the soil on which
the trees grow. A* the jieach tree grows
rapidly it is often hurt by Uie fruat tie
(iatin- its woo<i is not sufficiently hard
ened. I get the best rtanlis from slow
growing tree*-on not over-rich soil."—
Mr. Martin, ttkalv>sa, la.
Cabbage ha* a superior value for feed
ing purposes. Htigiiah cattle feeders
assert that their beast* progress faster on
cabbage, mixed with plentv of fine out
wheat straw and cotton cake, than any
other vegetable. Cabbage contains one
irnrt fleah forming substance to three of
heat producing, white in potatoes the
flesh forming i* only one to twenty.
Cabbage is also rich in mineral matter.
" After a long experience I am safe in
making Uie statement that the aoil upon
which they are raised ha* much to do
with the " character of rnyoet apple*.
Those r*<sed on a sandy aoil are much
more juicy and of finer flavor, while
those on hill lands are the liest keepers.
I have known a russet tree to liear the
third year, but this is unusual. (Jener
ally about the fourth or tifUi year they
liegiu to bear small crops, though some
time* uot nntil the seventh or eighth.
Much depends on the site and also on
the variety."— G. A, Hocking, fl.
Prrran Caow-Cnow. —Cnt in half,
and remove the seeda from twenty-flve
pepper* ; soak in salted water for three
or (our hours ; chop fine and add twice
as much chopped cabbage as jx-pixm ;
one tableejiounful earn of ground cloves,
allspice, mustard seed, whole—aud salt;
mix thoroughly ; cover with cold vine
gar and tie down.
H ASH —The following is a good and
economical way for preparing hash :
Take cold roaot lamb or mntton ; throw
nway the fat portions ; chop very fine,
and a<ld water enough to make it quite
thin ; boil in frying pan ; add butter,
salt and pep|>er to suit taste; have
ready hot toast which has been well
buttered and dipped into cream or rich
milk, and spread the bash over the
toast, and serve immediately.
LEMON MA nw AI-AI-E —TO make lemon
marmalade, nquwic tbe lemons, boil tbc
peels 111 water till soft, then take ont tbc
pith, and pound tbc remainder in a mor
tar till quite fine, mixing v >tb it a little
of tbc juice. Pace it all. with tbc rest
of tbc juice, th rough a sieve into a pre
serving pan. To pound of pulp
odd three-quarters of a pound of loaf
sugar. It .1) it for half an hour or more,
eo that it acta, when cold, into a jelly.
Onixiir CASK. —Two en pa of sugar,
▼elka of flee eggs, whiten of two eggs,
hall cuj of oo|d water, two and a
half ou)w of flour, two teaspooufula of
Imkiug powder, the juice and grated
rind of one orange and a pinch of aalt ;
bake in jelly-cake tins. Beat tbc whitca
of two erg* to a stiff froth, add seven
large tablMpoonfula of powdered A agar
and the grated nnd and juice of one
J range- Spread this between tbc
layer*. If you like the taste of orange,
you will like thia cake.
latrria fiance Plants.
Tlie principal inserts troubling honae
plants are the green fly, the mealy bog,
the arale and the rod spider. Tbc most
effectual remedy for green fly is fumiga
tion with tobaoco. Some wooded plants,
snch as heliotropes, salvias, etc., will
not I war fumigation without injury to
tbe leaves, and for these a weak solu
tion of tobaoco is quite as effectual.
Steep some tobacco in water and snrinkle
the riant with tbe solution, and after
wards springe with clean water. Mealy
bug ia to be searched for and destroy<xi.
Frequent spongings do much to keep
down this poet. Sosle is to tie treated
in the same way: Warm soap suds sre
jteculiarly distasteful to this creature.
A little turpentine, diluted with water
(one part to sixteen), will destroy the
mealy bug. Alcohol, applied with a
osraod'shair brush, will kill any insect
it touches.
Plants treated with these remedies
must be syringed with clcsr water im
mediately thereafter. White hellebore
(to be obtained at the drug store) is in
fallible. It can be put in water and ap
plied through a watchug-pnt, or put in
two or three thicknesses of gauze, and
shake the hellebore under and over tbe
plants while they are wet. Rod spider,
which is seldom foitud on house plants,
is nourished by a dry, warm atmos
phere. It is a very small insect, first
appearing on the tinder side of the
leave*, ami. though difficult to see, its
effects are quickly noticeable by the
browned appearance of the leaves. It
yields readily to moisture —water is
certain death. Keep the foliage syr
inged and atmosphere moist, and yon
will have no ml spider. To kill white
worms in flower-pots take common
lime, dissolve it and pour tbe liquid on
the soil, it does not injure the plants
at all.
The Albatres*.
8omeloly who has been studying the
habits of the albatross, largest of the
sea-bints, in tbe South Atlantic, has
come to the conclusion that it feeds al
most entirely on dead fish, and is a sort
of marine vulture. When it is feeding
on dead fish, it is no greedy that a guu
discharged cannot make it fly. Like a
vulture or raven, it seems to know when
any creature is dyiug or dead, and im
mense flocks of the binls will gather
when the carcass of a sheep or beef or
horse is thrown overboard. They ap
pear to be able to see and to scent car
rion for miles, and when it is floating on
the ocean, they will come in clouds from
every point of the compass. They spend
the greater part of the year far away
from laud; but they go to barren and
well nigh inaccessible rocks to breed.
The female lays her soiled white egg on
the hare earth, the females often hatch
ing so close together that they seem to
have one nest in common. Then they
are perfectly indifferent to the preeeuoe
of man, at whom they merely snap when
he invades their sanctuary. The mole
albatross is very gallant, sharing with
the female the labor of incubation and
of rearing the young, which, when fully
fledged, puts off to sea with its parents,
and with them plays its part of scaven
ger of the ooesn. Many sailors sre still
superstitious about killing the albatroes
NUMBER 42.
lonry Inland.
New York city's celebrated araride
resort, Coney island, l* grapbimlly do-
MUTIIMHI by Charles Carrol! in Harjwr*
, Muynzinr, a* follow*: Before an linn
the broad Atlantic, tumbling in nil iU
splendor of transparent green breaker*
, lipped with foam nod dappled with
every nine and variety of nail. To lite
right, low on the bontou, lie the purple
bank* of Neversuik hilln, the atmosphere
at re*k<-d and darkened villi the waving
rloud | enuonn of many steamers rnn
ning through the Narrow*. Straight in
front nothing a Land* between on and
Knrupe. Up and down the ahore the
eye range* over an unbroken stretch of
five or six miles of beech, which, than
foreshortened, aeemn one Ooutinuou*
village of clioerfol boatelne*. These,
one and all, front tba gigantic caravan,
aarr whi<*b ran abetter a thousand guests,
down to the abed which would be crowded
with a down, are hnilt and conducted
by their proprietor* with Just throe
definite, humanitarian objert#~to aWnf/
the exterior of their fellow-ican, to
nourish his interior, and to cheer hia
nervous system with amusement* light
and varied. Behind ua lie* Oable'n—a
long two-atoricJ building, with imntnue
airy dining-rooms and verandas, and a
few lodging, rooms above. Westward ia
an immenae rlephoerded barn, the " At
lantic Harden," with oonnllea* table*
for hungry and thiraty humanity, and
off in one ooruT an aquarium. Fur
ther west an immenae building in
glaaa and iron ia going up, picked up
bodily at the I^iladelpniaexhibition.and
net down here, hotel above end railway
station below —the terminus of ooe of
the mauy lummy roads which will soon
make the ialaud rather more accessible
from tbe lower part of theeity than Cen
tral park. In front of this main group
of building* ia a great pine platform for
promenades, with a manic kiosk in the
center. Off at one aide a oam<T*-ob#eura
in e neat little building invitee the visi
tor to ita pleasant ten eeota' worth of illu
sion. Still nearer the beach weerona
the terminua of the Goruo—* broad,
level, aaphalt toed reaching to Brooklyn,
and furnishing a magnificent drive from
the city, And in and around and among
these thing* lie* the moat bewildering
complex of other buildings, ell harmo
niously tending to the same result of re
freshment or fun. There are greet rea
taarauta with oovered roofs fitted up as
dancing floors; there are vast square in
closures, looking externally like rural
jails or frontier stockades, Hut internally
alive with tb hasty feet of numberless
bather*, wet or dry; there are aheda
strewu with brush-wood, end stands and
ouunters innumerable, from which lager
gr.rgles in one unceasing flow, and the
smoking clam goes bravely to his doom
behind a serried rampart of vinegar ere
eta and catsup bottle*. At countless
{"ranges" red-faced voluble armorer*
continually charge the innocuous air-gun
with which guileless youths and smiling
maidens aim at little round targets, or
Aunt tialhea with pipeast nek around their
heads, or graceful \ u<<indi*rt, that re
ward the successful marksmau with an
approving rub-a dub from their suare
druma. As we wander down the lieacb
a plaintive individual courteously in
vited us to step into hia weighing chair,
and and another aa blandly urgea us to
test the strength of our luuga on hia
blowing machine. On the tavern porch
hack of us an acrobat has just
cleared a apace of loungers, on which be
is tying himself in dooble bow knots, at
the imminent risk of toppl'og over on
the group of wide-eyed little bora who
close in around bim in awe-struck delight.
Stop and look up the beach. Did you
ever see no much high light nod to- 4nn
in a picture before ? The light, shining
white pine buildings, glittering win
dows, sea-foam, daxzling sand, and flying
spray ; the motion, the restless dash of
the breakers, the drift of silvery fleecy
olonds, tbe fluttering of countless flags,
and lines charged with drying clothes,
and the restless crowd, which comes
pouring in from the various stations and
surging along the beach like an angry
procession of ants on a war expedition
Ire*s in the Fifteenth Century.
Cloth of (K< 14, ha tin nn 4 vel ret, en
riches! by UM florid dwirttiow of the
needle, were insufficient to satisfy the
pride of the noble*; robe* formed of
theae ooatly materials were frequently
ornamented with embroidenr of gold
smiths' work, thickly *et with preciooa
etone* ; and the mort absurd and fan
ta*tie habit* were continually adopted,
in the restless desire to appear in new
invention*. John of Ghent i* represent
ed in * habit divided straight down the
middle, one Ride white, the other half
dark bine, and hi* *on, Henry IV., on
hi* return from exile, rode in procession
through London in * jacket of cloth-of
gold, " after the German fashion.*' The
duke* and earl* who attended hie coro
nation wore three bar* of ermine on the
left arm, a quarter ef a yard long, " or
thereabout* ;*' the baron* had but two ;
and over the monarch'* head wa* borne
a canopy of bine silk, supported by *il
ver atavea, with fonr gold liell*, "that
rang at the corner*." "Early in the
reign of Rieliard 11. began," *ay* titowe,
"the detectable nee of piked shoes, tied
to the kneee with chain* of silver gilt;
also women need high attire on their
bead* with piked horn* and long train
ing gown*. The common* also were
besotted in exeeee of apparel; in wide
eurooatee reaching to their loin* ; some
in a garment reaching to their heel*,
close before and sprouting out at the
*ide*, so that on the hacke tbey make
men s>em women, and this they eall
by a ridiculous name—gotene. Their
huode* are little, and tied under the
chin."— llittory of Cotumc*.
An Kxtraordinarj Fish.
A moot interesting discovery ban been
made in the ae of Tiberias of a fish
which incubates it* young in tne tvi
tiea of the mouth ; ana, what ia the
more remarkable, it is the male which
jwrforms this part of the family func
tion. As soon as the female haa deposited
its eggs iu the hollow of the sand, the
tnale approaches and draws them into
the cavities of the mouth by the pro
cess of inspiration. Here they are dis
tributed between the leaves of the gills ;
and in the midst of the respiratory
organs the eggs rapidly develop, dis
tending the month of tine male fish iu
the most extraordinary manner. Finally
the young fish make their appearance.
I lacked in the gills like so many her
rings, and with their heads directed to
ward the opening. From this place of
retreat and safety they run in and out
until they are large enough to take care
of themselves. It is said that as many
as two hundred individuals are some
times crowded into the month and gills
of the male fish.
" A future contingency is best ex
pressed by s verb in the indicative
mood, and a new supposition with in
definite time by a verb in the subjunc
tive preseut, but a conditional circum
stance, assumed as a fact, requires the
snbjuuctivo imperative." It is not a
joke, although it sounds like one. It is
the twenty-sixth rule of Brown's Gram
mar, a text book in use in the New lork
public schools. It was the effort to
commit this axiom to memory that gave
our eight-year old brother the brain
I fever last winter. —Puck.
la the Pall.
1b llm (*ll * sedtM** to tbe drcopinf
todGT&ZZ**. dreamy with lb*
And Lb* srtetr of lb* psrtrtdf*. A*.
DUM F*n th* but gloiain# with • parpl*
baru*
In Lb* fail Klm O*orgtan In tb* D.W* pUw*
"if*"she b** young n*n to *>* l P *•*
gaiter UMUI.
In UM fall too** tb* vallsy *oo*y etoodteu
f ft if I"
la tho fall UM Broadway window* *ro profuse
Of UM UdM*. b* it
Mid.
la UM fall tb* MWRY songster IMVSS tM
't'pobUcUu u dltroreod from toll*
° MMU which require no ciplaaa-
Uon.
la UM f*U *ll broaot* with r*v*na *r bootot
and *l*l*,
(alb* I*ll * man will fondly kiss bla |w*tty
ouown Kate- -
Or Mary Anna a* UMCU* ny be.
LA Lb* fll UM MO! of b**uty dwelt* within lb*
rerdeiM or*,
In the f*ll w* are *ll poatliv* that winter •
drawing MMUT —
Tb* other fall b*n>auinf* arw 100
numerous to mention.
—it A*. MunJdttriri im Graf Me
Item* ef Interest.
A grand shell raoe—tb# oyster.
A fraudulent bond—a vagabond.
The song of the top—Bum again.
It augurs no good to be called a bore.
A good word ia aa easy obligation;
but not to apeak ill require* only our
silence, which coats ua nothing.
n mnnt be eo, Plato; thou reaaonest
well; else whence this fond desire, this
lingering hope, tbia longing after"—
baked beans t
Micbad Eugen Ohevreui, the drug
gist who diaouvered the famous Gobelin
i,,4, ie still living, and i A the oldest
chemist in the world.
An exchange say* : " Push your busi
ness. If it I* worth advertising, adver
tise It If it taut worth advertising, ad
vertise to tasks it wortn advertising."
"Don't osll me Mister," said an
affected lover to hi* package of sweet
ness, "give me some sweet sounding,
cheering name." And she called him a
"gay lute."
" These are tbe days," asys the Phila
delphia ChramieU., " when tbe man with
two hands goea out hunting, and comes
home without any game, and with only
one band."
A new device for trapping fi*b ia a
small areolar mirror, from tbe md of
which protrude* a wire noose. The fish
seeing its reflection thinks it ia another
Ash mad move* op to it, when its nose
strikes the glaaa, mid the shuck springs
the noose. The mirror ia attached to a
line tbe same a* a hook.
"Ia the doctor in ?" asked an anxious
looking young man, aa he paused half
way np the stairway leading to Dr.
Btone's office, yesterday. " No, I gnesa
not," replied the person addressed,
" but yon can leave an order on Abe
date."' The young man hesitated a
moment. • " Well, I guess I would
hardly have tune to wait," be said. "Is
!it a very urgent case ?" " Well, yea,"
the young man said, "rather urgent, I
think. Just aa I started away from
home my youngest brother wsa falling
out of a second story window."— Bur
'utfftun i/awhjfe.
"Let too look at your dictionary a
minute," a polite, well-dmaed stranger
aaked, bowing i nto the sanctum io some
loutn- yesterday morning. "Certainly,"
and we iburM Scab W.'a charming
nov lotte. unexpsnged edition, ower to
hi* tude of th table. Long *od earn -
estly looked (V man. Tben a dark
frown settled down on bu brow like a
winter cloud. He banged the book
down os the floor and kicked it.
'• Blame iroeb a dictionary,** be roared,
M 1 wouldn't give a cent a thousand for
Hnrh a book 1 It'* got lndepend* noe
au<l Homestead sad Creaoent and Pilot
and Sandwich and ;t whole bat of them
little towns in it and newer a mention of
Burlington or Keokuk CM- Dm Moines or
Chicago or any big town in the whole
book ? " And he gawe it a parting kick
aod m gone.—Hawktye,
This ta bow Jamas Ferguson, of De
troit, came to swim for twenty-one nonra
among the perikua billow-* of Lake
Ontario : Fergaaoa was second mate of
the Bay Leaf, a lake schooner. One
i night recently be waa knocked OTer
board and, though bo shouted lustily
i fur help, the weasel left him is the dark
I ueaa. One by one ho diwesied himself
at coat, west and shoes. A soft light in
the horinon told him where the east wa*
and that the moon waa rising. Two
hour* later, when nearly exhausted, be
[saw a piece of board floating in the
moon a glitter. After a long swim this
was reached and begot partial rcta. He
, buffeted the wawer all night. Next day
the sun came out hot no his bare head,
' hot Ferguson newer gawe up bin plank,
working toward what be knew must be
the blue line of the shore in the distance.
He landed safely, but much used up,
: near the Tillage of Niagara.
Henry Faxon, of Buffalo, i* said never
to have recovered from a fright that
Blondin gave him, hie nervous system
receiving a lasting shock. Blondin wee
shout to start on one of his walks on a
rope across the chasm below Niagara
Fall*. Faxon stood laughing and jest
ing on the edge of the precipice over
looking the river 140 feet below. B'ou
din, motioned to the bystander* fur
silence, seized Faxon under both arm
pits from behind, and held him for a
second or two over the verge. Faxon s
countenance when Bloodin laid bold of
him was irradiated with mirth. When
Blondin drew him beck and dropped
hun on the green sward, he sank in a
heap, horror-stricken. In the next
instant, Bloudin, grasping his heavy
balancing pole, danced cmt on hi* rope
bevond the precipice, and, turning to
enjov the effect of his maneuver, sainted
his collapsed friend with a comical ges
ture.
The til*** Eye Manufacture
If Americana exoel in the manufacture
of false teeth, the French exoel them in
false eye*, writes a Pari* correspondent.
The average sale of manufactured eyes,
in Paris alone, intended for the hnmu
head, amount* to four hundred per week,
i The French capital appears to have the
' monopoly of this strange trade. Twelve
CTC manufacturers flourish within the
barriers, each of whom furnish employ -
, raent to abont twenty workmen. Epg
■ liab and American enameler* have vain
ly tried to oompete with the French ocu
list artiata. "Do von see, air," replied
one of the latter, " Englishmen have not
sufficient taste for thin trade ; their eye*
are only good enough for stuffed ani
mals." This oculist, who is at the head
of hie profession, receive* hiii customer*
jin a magnificent saloon, resplendent
with gilding and mirror*. Hi* servant
baa but one eye, and if yon would judge
lof the effect of the good*, the master
rings the bell and tries the false eye in
the socket ol the servant. The obargea
are between eight and nine dollar* per
eye, purchased at this well-known es
tablishment. For the poor, there are
second-band visual organs which may
have been worn by some duke or
duchess, and exchanged for a neif one
after several months' service.
A Rival of the Telephone.
Israel D. Jewett, a druggißt at St.
Omer, Ind., has perfected an instrument
which he calls the " agapbone," which,
it is claimed, will, without the aid of
electricity, oar Nous, or any complex
machinery, collect distant sound* and
carry theou to a great distance without
loss of volume. A number of experi
ments were mode with the instrument, a
wire being strung nearly half a mile.
Siieaking into the instrument throe or
four {pel away, the words were beard
clearly and distinctly at the furthest end
of the wire. Playing upon a violin
eight feet from the instrument, the music
was beard at tbe other end of the street.
The clotting of doors, walking upon the
floor, ordinary conversation, and the
ticking of a watch could be heard dis
tinctly without applying the instrument
to the ear. Mr. Jewett will not explain
his invention at present, not having as
yet received letters of patent.