Earth* Best Prten<i*ktp.
I count that friendship at bat little worth
That hath not ever an endearing word ;
That ne'er with hope batb other food bearU
stirred;
That ne'er to confidence hath given birth.
That friendship hold* not many, thing* untold
Of all th pain* and pleasure* of tb* earth ;
Hot it hath longing* that no word* can hold,
And secret passions waiting for now birth.
ho truest friend* apeak ever aonl to aonl,
And clasp their brother with a faithfnl hand,
And pledge through tearfnl trial* triia to
atand ;
And, though eold wave* of grief should oer
them roll,
Still like the emblematic holly tree.
It* flower* for brnistv wound* bloom con
stantly. l.uJhrr (t. JNfy*.
Links of l ife.
A boy and a girl rtood- and ie baud
Beatdr the window pane.
And gated far out on flooded land
And dreary, falling rem.
The maiden'* feature*, form and face
Were crowned with every girliih grsoe.
In boyib word* he told her thin,
And begged the favor of a kia* ,
While ju*t above them, alt the time.
The clock sent birth it* rattling rhyme.
And murmured, with a tireless tick,
Be quick ! be quick '.
A youth and maid stood there onoe more
Beside the window pane,'
A dream of beauty a* before.
And watched the falling rain.
Her hand upon hi* .boulder lie* .
He looks on her with k>ve-lit eyes.
And murmur*. •• It were perfect bit**
To gain the gift of hand like thia.'
Wis pan.** then a* if in doubt ,
While still the clock again speak* out.
AnJ murmur*, with iu cheerful Uk,
lie quick ! be quick :
Yet ones .gain we find them here ,
But this i* in the winter time ;
The forms are bent, and on their hair
Are frost* of age like winter'* rime.
But still the eves look ou iu love,
Beholding glories far above.
Hi* arm again her foitu draw* nigh.
" Ah I wife," he wo*. "* we soon nint Ge .
)Vo\e strug*; led ou through world and
weather.
11 od grant that we BUT die together '
The clock chim< in with doleful tick.
Be quick! he quick !
Onoe more the window greet* the *un ;
No form* now stand it* pane* beside.
Their smoothly gliding day* are done.
And there two cofiiii*, aide by aide,
Enfold the fond and fa.lhful forum
From summer'* rain* and winter's storm*.
The pastor pray* with saddened sound.
While weeping mourner* gather round.
, " They loved each other well." he said.
*• Nor will we pert them now. though dead."
And ou each eudmed face the while
There seemed to dawn a loving *Biilc.
A* mourners trod with muffled sound
And bore them to the burial ground.
While overhead, with mournful click.
The clock moaned out with tireless tick,
Be quick ! be quick 1
—J. Edgar
A Modern Romeo and Juliet*
If yon hail gone with me into a cer
tain chiuch in Btltowu on a certain
Sauday, followed the highly respectable
usher up the softly-carpeted aisle, set
tle yourself comfortably in the corner
of the proffered seat, and glance*! up at
the organ and choir behind the lie v.
Speecharn's desk, your attention would
probably have been attracted, as WHS
by an undeniably attractive snb-
Ct. A girl in a dark gray dress and
i, with a dash of color like the breast
of a bird in the latter, and a charming
poise and quick motion of the head to
carry ont your thought. A slender,
graceful girl, with warm red dimpled
cheeks, full red lips that gave the chief
expression to the face, and were con
stantly changing that expression by
corves and quivers, steady blue eyes
and a strong forehead and chin.
If, at the end of the first hymn, yon
hadjbeen unable to tell what she had lay n
singing about, it would not have been
because you had not been watching her
all the time from under cautions eye
lids; and, after the reading, yon would
probably have found yourself as I did,
old bachelor that I am, wondering what
the girl was thinking about
First, she pulled off one neat little
gray glove, rolled it into a ball and
threw it into the book-rack in a very
impetuous manner, and when the quiet
little Mr. Speecbam gave out the hymn
she glowered at him savagely, then shnt
her lips tightly, making a straight scar
let line thfct surely was not called out by
the sentiment, " Blest be the tie that
binds," etc.
After the benediction bad been pro
nounoed, and the people had been
sufficiently awakened by a terrible blast
from the organ to walk mechanically oat
of the chilly ohnrrh into the bright sun
shine outside, 1 saw my morning puzzle
slip by Dr. Bpeecham, join a middle
aged lady of the highly rei>ectable sort,
and go oat with the crowd. As for me,
I betook myself to a humdrum boarding
house with a dim feeling of regret that
I was no longer young.
Now, all this is simply a prologue, as
it were, te the little drama which I
found out afterward, and started out in
the beginning to tell you under the title
which has, I believe, been need for a
similar purpose already by some one.
Having given the introduction in due
order, the curtain will now rise on the
first ant of th play.
Picture to yourselves a Sunday after
noon, slowly waning into evening; a
large gothic house, with a great many
porticoes, and ou one of them my puzzle
Juliet, and the middle-aged lady, whom
she addresses as aunt, sitting vix-a-vti.
Juliet looks up now and thee iuto the
elderly lady's face aa she speaks to her,
but oftener, it must be confessed, glances
dreamily beyond over the wide slope of
lawn at the side of the bouse.
Auntie Gray, impressively, " Now,
Juliet, I am very snre yon would find j
your feelinga changing toward Dr. ,
Bpeecham if you would only stop think
ing of that wild harnm-searum Hal
Lane." (" H'm," thinks the maiden, )
" it is a good thing you don't know who
lam thinking too mnch of.") "It isn't
he most violent love that lasts the
longest, and, besides, it is dangerous to
trust too mnch to the feeliDgs. The dear
doctor is a good man, and he wonld re
strain your sudden impulses and freaks."
Juliet's lip curls suspiciously, but she |
says nothing.
Auntie' Gray resumes, " You do like
him, don't you, Juliet ?"
" Yes, anntie, I respect and like Mr. i
Bpeecham, but that isn't loving; and I
don't love him."
A sudden vivid blush finishes the sen
tence, for as she looks np she has the
horror of seeing that reverend gentleman
standing at the end of the porch, having
oome over the lawn as usual to take tea
rnd walk to church with them, after a
custom of some years standing. The |
instant she glances up, he makes a ges
ture of silence, so much sterner than
any Blie has ever seen him make before,
that sbc is literally astonished into com
plying.
" There is no need of your blushing
like that over a man that yon only like,"
drones on her aunt, in a state of sweet
unconsciousness; but before she has
finished speaking, the man who has un
intentionally played eavesdropper has
disappeared, Ho is late in coming to
tea that night, bat when Juliet comes
down from her room, in answer to the
bell, she finds him chatting quite the
same as usual, though she cannot help
noticing that a change has oome over his
countenance.
There is a oertain young artist, Ilex
Gant by name, only son of one of her
aunt's intimate friends, who has for
some time made his home with that
worthy lady, and, thanks to his unfail
ing fund of conversation, and the ease
that belongs to a society man, tea passes
off comfortably in spite of the abstrac
tion of two, for the aunt is still sweetly
serene. As the time for service draws
sear, Juliet says: I think I,will not go
FRED. KURTZ, Ktlitor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XL
out tin* ovouitig, my head achoa." Hut
Mr*. Gray answer* quickly: "Why,
my Rear, you forget your eolo." tibe
can't quite lßxtarm and the expression of
the tuiuistor'* face, he almost look*
gratified at her suggest tou, but her aunt
will uot hear to it, knowing the lioad
aohe to be a subterfuge, *o she go,'*
awav to get ready.
When they leave the door, Hex, not in
the least couipreheudiug her looks and
gestures, off dutifully with Mr*.
Gray on his arm, leaving Juliet as usual
to Dr. Speeeham. Several times dur
ing the walk she thinks she will iutrv>-
duee the topic that is uopernmat ill both
their uiiuda, but he guides the conversa
tion so eaaily aud akillfully ou other
subjects that * she has no opportunity,
and, after all, what oau she say? In
the sermon thst evening, notes are dis
carded, and the *|>eaker preaches a ser
mon straight from his heart thst electri
fies and tenches as none of his rhetori
cal, flowery discourses have ever done ;
and, most of all does it touch a sober
girl on the platform behind him, who is
not at all the restless pustle that she was
iu the morning. She makes np her
nuud that she will speak to him about
the matter on her way home; but,
again the question suggests itself, what
can ahe say, since she has already told
him, without beiug asked, that *bc
didn't love him. She is saved the
trouble of answeriug, for, after the ser
vice, the conversation is taken up as
skillfully aud easily as before, aud cue or
two Iwgiumugs 111 that direction are
nipped in the hud, so that almost before
she knows it, they hsve reached the gate,
and he has bidden her a quiet good
night and goue home, inst the same as
usual.
Jnliet walk* slowly np to the house
with many and eoufiietiug thoughts,for,
like manv another girl, she is at odds
about some thing* of which she says
little.
She only stops a moment in the par
lor to say, " Auntie, I guess 1 anil go
right up to my room aul rest my head."
Then she goes on np the broad stair
case, through the long corridor and into
her room, looks the door and sits dowu
wearily in a chair to tluuk. She sets
up an * imaginary self on a stool of re
pentance in front of her and apostro
phises it as follows : " Yon little goose !
why don't yon love that miniater ? He
is a genuinely good mau, and there
are mighty few of them." Then she
falls into a reverie, but soou proceeds:
" Yon ought to be ashamed to care any
thing for Hex tirant ; yon know he don't
care for you." Here the other self
grows indignant,and speak-* up : " What
of the evening you went boating, and
i the walk from Ouble's hill, and " Hut
,at this juncture she becomes disgusted
' with both selves, and redely interrupts
the dialogue by getting up and taking
off her wrap and hat.
I%eu she lights the gas and sits reso
lutely down to rgad, but after reading
one page over some six times without
the least idea of what it means, she
tosses ihe book into the farther corner
.of the room, turns out the gas again,
raises the low French window and steps
ont npon the balcony. It has been a
delightful afternoon, and she remem
bers, as if it were a long time ago, the
soft sunshine and swaying shadows;
bnt toward dusk the air had grown
oppressive, and now the moon is pnt ont
by clouds that are gathering and scnrrv
ing across the sky. She drt*>a wearilv
down in a rustic chair, puts iier folded
arms on the balustrade, and leaning her
cheek upon them looks ont over the lawn
and tbinks. The brisk breeze blows over
her face, and lifts her hair, and she
thinks in earnest now; of mauy an even
ing boating, of walks, nnd talks, and,
oh, of a thousand things ; aud under all,
like the current that l>ears drifting rt>se
leaves, flows the fear that this artist who
has grown into all her life so closely will
go ont into the world and forget her.
The current of that fear grows strong
er and swifter, until finally she finds
that the breeae, grown to a gale, is
moaning aronnu the oorner of the house
and in throngh the open window behind
her with a lonesome sonnd that she can
not bear ; and aho rises impatiently and
sbnts the window down and herseif ont
with the night She has hardly done
this when a familiar odor greets her
senses, and, presto ! the scene changes,
for the odor is unmistakably that of a
agar.
She stands perfectly motionless, and
looks down in an opposite direction
from where she has been looking, and
there, pacing np and dowu the walk
slowly, is her artist, with that masculine
comforter between his lipa. There is an
old saying about his satanic majesty,
but she adapts it to the case in haud, as
she thinks in her ignorance, and quotes
to herself, "Think of angels and you
hear the rustling of their wings."
She hardly dares breathe as she
watches this bright being, probably for
fear of frightening him away. But he
walks up and down without even a
g+aucc at the balcony, and presently
she breathes freer, but still she watches
and he walks, and in the meantime the
clouds are growing heavier. Presently
she hears a low rnu. filing of thunder,
and at the sam instant Rex tosses
away bis aigar LU comes straight over
to the balcony. Striking a tragical
attitude, he lifts his face to her and
sighs out:
" 'Bright angel, thou art as glorious
to this night, lieing o'er my head, a.s is
a winged messenger of heaven'—but
you had better open the window and go
within, for there is a shower coming up
and you'll get your wings wet. Besides,
yon've been out too long already."
"Thank you, sir; I will go in imme
diately, sinoe you have wntched me so
long as to grow tired of • " and she
turned in a very dignified mannei to the
window, quick as love always is to take
offense at nothing, and secretly not a
little vexed that he has been walking np
and down there BO long and not* spoken
before. But the unlucky windo closes
with a spring, and is fast. One or two
frantic efforts to lift it, and she stands
stilL
A low, amused laugh from below.
"You don't mean to say the window is
locked? Well, that is too good. Say
you are sorry for being indignant at
nothing, and I'll mn up aud let you in."
"The door ia locked too," says the
disconsolate Juliet; and this wicked
man, straightway seeing the comical
side of the affair, goes off into a long,
low laugh. But he is stopped bv an
other heavy roar of thunder, aud in a
moment more he has thrown off biH hat
and is climbing hand over haud up the
wooded vine that grows against the side
of the house, and twines over the bal
cony. As he climbs he says, in a jerky
way, not at all dramatic, " With love's
light wings did I o'erpereh these walls,"
and getting over with a great • cramble,
tears a very unromantic rent n his coat.
But, as he stands beside her, all that
is ludicrous dies out of his manner, and
he takes both her hands in his own in
that caressing way that she thinks, poor
child, is peculiar to him, and looks into
the drooping face.
It is dangerous to stand on a balcony
on a summer night alone with a girl
that loves you. and that you love, un
less yon mean to make ner aware of
yonr feelings. Any resolves in the way
of firmness are apt to melt into nothing,
and float away ont of reach.
" Juliet," he says, in a tone that is a
little constrained, "are you going to
marry the minister."
Just a little whispered " No " for an-
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
swer, but it makes him happier than
such a word i* apt to make a mail ou
such au occasion.
" Why uot ? " a litfW more hopefully.
" Because, Hex, 1 don't love him."
A sudden pressure of the hands that
hold hers, and then Hex draws her,
shrinking ami trembling with a rapture
that is half jov, half pain, to his l>re*.*t,
and savs words that are like a beuedio- ,
tiou to her.
Few meu make love well, as regard*
eloquence ; tuit word* that aio common
place enough iu black and white can
easily blossom into a marvel of leauty ou •
a summer night with one who love* you
devotedly to listen.
The storm gathers faster, the thunder
mutters louder, the wind shakes the
trees, and Juliet II*M no idea how long
these sounds last, when a great drop of
rain falls ou their face tit could hardly
fall between them).
"That says I must let you in ; I hope
I haven't kept you out U*> long al
ready. "
" 1 hope yon haven't," ahe answers
demurely.
He turns to the window, takes out his
jack-knife, and shivers one of the panes,
which are, fortunately for Mrs. Gray, of
a fancifnl shape and rather small, reach
es in to the spring and raises the win
dow, ami they both step inside, just as
the raiu begins to come down in torreuts.
"Juliet," calls the cautious voice, j
uot of the garrulous nurse, but of ber
sunt, as they light the gas and ojieu the
door. Hex slips an arm about her and
they go down the hall, at*d, leaning over
the railing, look down.
Auntie Gray is one of those restless
sort of people that are always prowling
around the house in nervous dread if
there is a storm in the night; and there
she st aids in wrapper and slipper*
with a night-laxup in her hand, calling
softly to know if Juliet's windows are
down, and if she thinks it will be a very
severe storm.
A sudden impulse comes to Hex ;
he tightens his arm about Juliet, and
draw* her down the stair*. When they
stand in front of the astouishei woman
he says coolly, not at all minding
Juliet's burning cheeks: " May I have
her for my wife, auntie ?"
" Weil, "well I she cries, looking from
one to the other in a dared way as if to
find out what it all means, "if that
don't beat all ! What a blind old fool
I've been, to be sure. But Providence
always doe* provide some way," setting
her lamp down carefully, so as to hold
up both hands, in her surprise. " Here's
dear Dr. Speeeham asked me to marry
him, and I wouldn't do it. l>ecauae 1
thought yon love*! him, and I knew,
l*ing a man, he couldn't help learning
to love you. There, there !* and she
breaks off with a little sob that is half
strangled by Juliet's arms about her
neck.
So the curtain falls on our little dramn.
Let us hope this " love on a balcony "
mav prove to be of the right sort that
will last throngh life ; that none of them
may ever take poison ; and that the
stream that often has its rocks and shal
lows, sharp curves and rapids, may in
this case, :a Hpiteof the old adage, " run
smooth."
Mints for Advertiser*.
"The architect of his own fortune"
lias always been a heavy advertiser.—
datridcn /W.
It is a fact worthy of notice, that few
who have learned how to advertise their
business, ever give up the habit.—
Yonkrra Oazi tt>.
A sure mark of a successful store
keeper is keepiug his windows clean aud
his advertisement in the local paj>ers. —
Seneca Fall* veille.
Why is it that business men who never
advertise always get rich, while those
who believe in the efficacy of printers'
ink—like A. T. Stewart, I)r. J. C Ayer
and others—die pun perm.— Btdti'ford
Miniature.
To the retail merchant:
" Honor and fame from no condition nn-;
Act well your part, and then go advertise.
Just so. Let all the ends thou aim'st at he
I'D make the public buy tbeirgood* from thee."
—JSmirn (ia&itr.
If you can sell an overcoat far a dollar
less than another tradesman ; or if your
molasses is five ceuts a gallon cheaper
than the other fellow's ; if you can sell
your calicoes for a cent per yard less
than another dealer, let the public know
it by the medium of au advertisement,
and "you will find that your business will
not suffer.— Orlcana Rcjmltlican.
"Times are too hard to advertise
now; it don't pay," is the way some
business men talk aud think. But then
is just the time a business firm need to
advertise. People at such times are on
the lookout to sec where they can trade
the cheapest and find what they want.
If your "ad " is not there the inference
is that the times were too hard for yon,
and you went under. Don't put your
"sign" nnder a bushel, if you want
trade.— fit on Citizen.
And while the subject of ada. is under
confederation, the Seniiw I will add that
there is no known medium in which the
local merchant particularly can adver
tise to such advantage as the local news
paper. It is a sign-board, a show card,
a handbill, a business card, a directory,
all combined in one. An advertisement
in the local paper, if the paper keeps up
with the times, so that people read it, is
brought to the eyes of all or nearly all
of the very people whose trade is sought
by the merchant doing business where
the paper is published. People who go
to a town to trade go there to take their
newspapers. Considering the amonnt
of publicity there is given, no other
form of advertising is so cheap and so
effective as newspaper advertising, if
properly done; and if you don't know
how to an advertisement yourself
you can • .sily interest the publisher in
your cause aud get him to write it for
you.— Home Sentinel.
Words of Wisdom.
I envy no man that knows more tiian
myself/but pity those who know less.
What we have to do in this world is
not to make our conditions, but to make
the best of them.
Whosoever is afraid of submitting any
question to tin test of free dinensniun, is
more in love with bis own opinion than
with truth.
Sincerity is an openness of heart; we
And it in very few )>eoplo ; what we usu
ally see is only an artful dissimulation to
win the confidence of others.
There are no accidents so unfortunate
from which skilful men will not draw
some advantage, nor so fortunate that
; foolish men will not turn them to their
hurt.
What men term friendship, is merely
a partnership of reciprocal interests and
an exchange of favors—in fact, it is but
a trade in which self-love always expects
i to gain something.
However wicked men may be, they do
not dare openly to appear the enemies of
virtue, and when they desire to persecute
her, either pretend to believe her false
or attribute crimes to her.
There is a burden of care in getting
nches, fear in keeping, temptation in
using them, guilt in abusing them, sor
row in losing them, and a harden of ac
count at last te be given up concerning
them.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1878.
POK THE FAIK HEX.
Kahlnu >!*••.
Hand-painted button* are used.
Kwlhmumhl velvet ribbon ia aeeu.
Htuooth hair ia favored by aome.
Maralsut feathers are in demand.
Bonnet string* are growing longer.
Very glowing cnlora are adtuisaable.
Whalebone friuge ia very much natal.
AU.itinn bows npjiear ou all IsinuotM.
Sleeves are uot so tight aa heretofore.
polonaise* laced in the back are worn.
Hatiu is more use-1 for dreaaea than
ever.
Ilouuet rtblioua are wider thau hereto
fore.
Morning dress** are very simply
made.
Ostrich feathers are leas uatxl than
usual.
Fur bonnets will appear later in the
season.
Slurring is extensively used on aatiu
dreason.
Silk and chenille cord ia much used in
millinery.
Black aatiu cloaks trimmed with fur
are stylish.
Tiny wing* lire uatxl with advantage
ou bouueta.
More gilt appears iu trimmiuga than
ever before.
Htripes in satins, ailks and velvet* are
highly favored.
The lixard is the pet reptile of the
ladies thia season.
The rage for garnet ia on the increase.
It ia the color now.
Broadcloth iu light color* ia used for
little girls' dree***.
Surplice-shaped neck* are seen ou
many loose dresses.
Slate-colored blue is a fashionable
shade in dress goods.
Loops and emis of narrow ribbon are
still uatxl by mtxhatea.
Princes** dresses are no longer
fashionable for the street.
The bell-slntped " Coraeyville " hat ia
very popular and betx>miug.
New earrings are in cube shapes, and
all the new earrings are larger.
Drossy fan* made of feathers are filled
in with little butterfly bows, either of
white or some delicate color, instead of
flowers as heretofore.
Bodices are made in the shape of a
vest to open over a waistcoat of plain
material, either woolen or silk the
latter being the handsomest..
The " Jessie," lor little girls, :s a felt
hat with jHiiuUxl crown and largo brim,
with a trimming of satin ribbon aud a
feather pompon. Parents can give their
little daughters "Jessie" without
offending them.
A Vl l ull Orsisr'i Trl**M>*'
A young lady student of Bhurtleff col
lege nt Alton, 111., named Emma Bulk
ier, recently carrhxl off the me>lal offenxl
as u prize in the State iuter-oollegiste
oratorical contest at ladwiion, against
the combine-! opposition of Knox, Mon
mouth, Champaigu, Illinois, Blooming
ton and Mckendree colleges. When
she returuixl home a grand parade waa
arranged in her honor, the procession
being headed by Miss Bulkier, in an
open carnage, followed by the Bluff
City baud, a wagon containing a bevy of
voung ladies, and about '2OO students
{tearing torches, banners and flags. The
townsptxtple honored the procession
with shower* of flower*, aud after the
baud had serenaded the yonng lady's
parents, the company marched to the
houses of the president and professors,
where speeches were made. The town
was brilliantly illuminated in honor of
the occasion.
Til* < klnew*
A novel and striking feature in con
nection with the Chinese minister's
entertainment iu Loudon was the new
departure taken by his excellency from
the established custom of lu* country, itr
allowing hi* wife to lie present to do the
honor* as hostess. What will his fellow
countrymen in Chins say to such a
concession to the foreigner, such a
deviation from tbe social system ? The
higher classes of Chinese, like true
Orientals, keep their women strictly
secluded from thevnlgar gaze. Woman's
position in China is not an enviable one.
She is looked down "i>on a* an inferior,
is seldom educated, and is regarded
more in the light of n appanage than
as a helpmeet, counselor and friend.
Even as early as her entrance upon life
she receives a chilling welcome ; Chinese
parents invariably desire sons, no mat
tor how many children they may have,
j —Hung Kong Pre**.
•'Marriage by Capture."
Among the Turkomans of Central
Asia, who may fitly be styled the Oo
manches of the East, the ancient and
much-discussed usage of " marriage by
capture " takes the form of a very aingu
lar game, which : s univeraallv popular
with the tribes of the lower Oxus. It
is knowu by the curious appellation of
" kok-bnri " (green wolf), a name which
has never becu satisfactorily accounted
for. The mode of playing is as follows :
When a Turkoman belle finds herself
embarrassed by a crowd of rival imitora,
her father settles the matter by assem
bling them all in a convenient place ou
the open steppe. He then brings out
hia daughter, arrayed in the pomp of
Turkoman "fall dress," and sotting her
npon a swift horse, places in her hand
the carcass of a lamb or kid. well greased
from head to tail, with *. cli she in
stantly gallops away. Tho y-ang gen
tlemen follow her at full upeed, aud en
deavor to snatch the prize from her
hands, any one who can succeed in
doing ao being thereby entitled to oon
aider himself "tho happy man." It
sometimes happens, of course, that
when tho cavalier who in the object of
the young lady's secret preference comes
within arm's length, she will hold tbe
kid in such away that lie can easily
wrest it from her ; but should a less
favored suitor overtake her, she grasps
it with all her strength, and the ill
starred lover gets nothing but a good
roll in tho sand for his pains. When
all is over, the father regales tho whole
company with a sumptuous feast of rice
and mutton-suet, for which he after
ward " sends in tho bill" to his future
| son-in-law, who is often anything but
Mattered by thiH expensive compliment.
An excellent hint is given in the fol
lowing item : Dr. Hall relates the cane
of a man who was mired of hia bilious
ness by going withont liia supper auil
drinking freely of lemouado. The next
morniug this patient aroae with a won
derful aenae of reat and refreshment, and
feeling aa though the blood hud been
literally washed, cleansed and cooled by
the lemonade and fast, Hia theory ia
that food can be used aa a remedy for
many disease* successfully. Aa an ex
ample, he cures spitting of blood by use
of salt; epilepsy, by watermelons ; kid
ney affections, by celery; poison, by
olive or sweet oil; eryaipelas, by pound
ed cranberries applied to the part affect
ed ; hydrophobia, by onions, etc. 80
the way to keep in good health is really
| to know what to eat and to know wkat
I medicines to take.
Influence of Food.
Midland Ponies.
Fur north from Hoot land, ami bnt acl
dom viaiUxl bv southern travelers, kf
the Hhetlaud islands. From these rock
hound, treeless islands oomo the Hhol
la lul (Hiuioa that we no often see Hi tho
circuit, or pulling little phaeton* pa
tiently along. A pony in tho Hh ft land
islands hit* often hard work to porforui.
If a poor ponton is possessed of a pony,
thou, indeed, ho feels rich. Now ou
certain daya in the weok there are mar
ket daya at lor wick. Home walk to th*
town, aoiuo aail, ami othora come riding
on their pomes. Juat lnaide of Ler
wick ia a narrow path loadiug over tho
hilla. 1 have often aeon, coming along
thia narrow way, a long line of jKMiiea
and women. And audi a curioua ap
pearance they proaeut! The pouie*
aeem only lega. They have no bridle,
only a cord atiout the ueck, and each
followa the one in trout. You can't
make them go at the aide of one another.
On either aide of each oue are two im
meuao auddle-baga filled with | **at, or
potatoea; on hia back are piled other
good*, and even hia neck haa a cloth or
other saddle-hag* strapped, so that aeeu
from a abort distance it aeema just aa
though the Iraga had lega, and poor
pony aeema buried out of night. Hoiue
timea, too, if there la room to keep
seated, his intatreaa, with *h<<ele*s feet,
ami abort drees and white cap, seats
herself in great a late, and away goes
pony, bags and woman, off to Lerwick.
Sometimes, when on these pilgrimagea,
pony will watch his diance, and if his
mistress should be aliseiit, will dart
away down the steep hiil-eide, to uibble
s bite of something good he liss seen;
and then when the unatrtsia sees him,
such a pounding aa pony geta aa she
leads him back to his proper place t
Shetland ponies are very sure-footed.
They will walk aloug the very edge of a
high cliff, and before putting a foot
down will carefully feel if the ground is
firm or not. Home of them are driven
by their riders down steep paaaes where
oue misstep would scud both hder and
pony down to the depths lei low. Ponies
of fthotlaud, too, are not always well
behaved. Near our cottage was an old
lady's garden, filled with cabbages.
One day her pony walked into it, ami
enjoyed' himself feasting on the for
bidden fruit. Wo never asked him, hut
should imagine the tieatiug he received
when discovered would help lum to
digest hia stolen ilinner. Then a Shet
land pony on his native heath is ii
tremeiy wilful. If they dislike a rider
they will spare no pains to unseat him.
I rode one once wno expended a great
deal of unnecessary strength in this
manner. Ho would sit down suddenly
and rise tip more so. He would bite,
shake himself and roll over, if allowed.
As lie was almost small enough to be
carried by his rider, these antics were
more amusing than dangerous.
And so the Shetland ponies live and
wait for masters in the south. In tho
cold winter of fog and rain, when there
is almost uo day, or in the summer
j time, when tiie sun does not set. they
ruu wild alxiut the N<ms, take burdens
to Lerwick, tr carry the stranger over
the Is'gw and dreary hills. titu ardt
Robe fit, in H'idr At wh.
A Fire-Eater.
Victoiro Hajac is a French couscnpt of
the last drawing. Home week* ago he
was promenading the delightful village
of Pansy, airing hia new uniform and
cursing tiie exercise drill, when Paul
Popiuot came out of his blacksmith
shop. He held a rod-hot horseshoe in
a tonga, aud was about to apply it to
the hoof of a horse tied up to the shoo
tug-post, when he took umbrage at tha
curious fashion in which Hajac eyed the
operation, ami shoved the glowing iron
under hia none.
" I'll wager this ia the first time you
have been under tire," he said. " Take
a good smell, while you are about it."
•• A good araell," retorted the warrior
with contempt " Why, if you will give
me a five-franc piece (one dollar) I will
lick it"
Paul Popinot reflected. " I'll give
yon a chance, yon swaggerer." he
thought; and diving into his pocket he
produced the designated cxnn.
"There," he said, handing it to the
caster, and extending the horaeshoe,
" lick it"
" With the greatest pleasure in life,"
rcspouded Victotre, courteously.
And snatching the coin he, aa he had
promised, licked it
This was something I'anl Popinot had
not calculated on, and he demanded his
money back. The astute follower of
tho drum declined to shell ont; words
led to blows, and ouly the interference
of a <xupl* of paasera-by saved the in
genuous blacksmith from l>eiug drowned
in his own horse-trough. The civil
court liefore which he made his com
plaint handed Virtoireover to the conrt
martinl. The judges laughed and let
him off with two days' arrest.
This was still less to Topinot's taste
than the loss of his five franca. He
vowed vengeauce, and aaaistod by two
friends, captured Hajac one evening,
stripped him nakxl, and after throwing
his clothes into the ditch, tied him to
one of tbe telegraph poles on the Pansy
and Paris railroad. He remaiued there
till midnight, when a brakeman from
one of tho trains released him. M.
Popinot haa aix months iu jail to reflect
on how he will be able to pay hi* 500
franca fine.
Hereafter Victoria Hajac will confine
himself to the naked truth.
A Hospitable Island.
Captain Garth, of the steamer Ariel,
in a recent voyage from Melbourne to
Fiji, called at liord Howe island, on
which lie found twontv-five inhabitants
men, women and children, all told.
The island is mountainous, of voloanic
origin, bnt well wooded, about five miles
long, and from a mile and a half to two
mile* broad, four hundred mile* east of
Syduoy. As the steamer approached
the inland on the west side, with ensign
flying, a l*at came off with two men in
it, aud brought the vessel to au aucbor
age. Hhortly afterward a bollock was
seen in harness coming toward the
beach, drawing n sledge loaded with
fowls, oranges, banana*, etc., which the
settlers brought off and gave to the cap
tain, without making any charge or tak
ing any payment. A blacksmith s shop
was given up to the engineer to do what
ever he required. Tho inhabitant*
assisted in cuttiug wood and getting
water for the vessel, and rendered every
possible assistance. Captain Garth
speaks very highly of their hospitality.
An Army of Frogs.
As J. B. Wall tras returning from
Paicines, a short distance this side of
Tros Pinos, ho mot a very formidable
army of frogs. They were diminutive
specimens of the genus reptile, measur
ing about three-quarters of an inch in
length, but their numbers made up for
deflcieucy in site. They were agile lit
tle fellows, of a brown color, marked
with small green strij>ea, and seemed to
l>e buckling down to business. Mr.
Wall bail no idea of the extent of the
frog belt, but they were mot with in
countless myriads on the road for the
distance of half a mile, and he could see
them thicklyon each side of the road,
hopping through the grass, apparently
bent on the same destination ns those
encountered on the highway.— J/ollitler
\ (Vol.) Enterpriee.
FAHV, GARDE* ARB HOt'MKHOI.D.
KrUllaa. at PerlllM* la Hlark Hrer4lu|.
lUrnyiud manure is but the hay,
grain and root* fed to animal*, deprived
of that p-rUou of their imbalance used
to uiuke lb *h and bone, milk ami wool,
with the wastes of the system a<Uled,
aud the whole mixed with the refuse of
the yard ami stable. In practice we
find tint the dung of animals contrib
utes to the growth of crops because
It IS Qumpoaed of Uic substance of those
crops. And since the quality of the
manure depends ou the food consumed,
the manure from grain-fed animals is
more valuable than that produced from
feeding routs aud hay alone, as grain
(the seed of plants) contains a far larger
proportion of the more important el*
meutn of fertility than the stetn'or route
of any plant.
investigations hv Lawea and flilliert
upon the comparative values of manures
produced frutu different foods, showed
thst, when reckoning the manure male
from feeding a ton of hay at f 10, the
manure from a ton of
Clover 1* worth. #15.00 Wheat #ll.OO
OatHtrsw .. . 450 Indian Corn . 10.50
Wheat Klraw.. ~ 4.ie Barley .HS
BailorHtraw ... 350 Potatoes 133
I'e't Cotton t'd MsugGda. 1 50
Cake 43 33 wod 1.41
Liuseod Cake... ikktt Turnip*. 133
Malt 10.50 Carrot* L 33
Oat* 11.50
The moat remarkable fact in tin* ta- ,
ble is, that the cotton- seed is worth
more for manure, after having nervedit
end an a uutritioun food, thou its flwt (
oost This is dne to itn unusual riob
uuan in potash, phoaphoric acid ami ni
trogen, which are removed by digeatiou i
111 small part only, ita more valuable I
nutritious lxirtiou, the fatty ingredients,
having little commercial value an plant
food. Indian ooru, our most prominent |
grain food, also given a high value to <
the reauili'ig manure. But in selling
any of Iheae for food, we only obtain a
priee corresponding to the amount of
digeetible material that the animals al>-
ntract from them, nothing being allowed
i for the liicmaaad value of the manure
heap which in- derived from their eon
numpUou.
Mow with every cargo of ourn, oato, or
tarley, ahipped abroad, we send out of
the country, away fnaa our farms, an
amouut of fertility equaling nearly half
the entire proceed* of the grain, for
• which we get no return ; and in oil cake,
more fertility than its selling price
would purchase. Where does this fer
tility go to ? The grain and oil cake go
to Europe, to make beef and mutton fc>r
tin* great English and other markets,
and the manure resulting from feeding
it enrichee foreign noil. Indeed, it ia
largely to the f ceiling of cattle andahecp
for beef and mutton, that Ecglish farm
| era owe the great fertility of their high
ly productive lands.
' In the light of these facta, is it not
I>etter for Southern farmers to convert
tlieir refuse cotton seed into lioef and
mutton, an J in selling the latter get OH
much or more, than they now obtain for
the former ? while stiil preserving to
Miefr lauds the great amount of fertility
winch is removed in the seed of the cot
ton, and which they now give away!
| f.ir the pnttMtut and increasing demand
,In Americau, uieat abroad, it is well for
| our farmers. East. West, and Smth. to
eonaider the feeding of gram for benf
and mutton, aa a means of ready profit
j in the sale of meat, and for retaining the
fertility which they are now sending
over the M in almost numberless car
goes, Faruu-is who counot afford to
or cannot conveniently raise grain for
, stock food, should consider that in every
ton of grain purchased and fed, a large
jercentage ef its coat is retained iu the
manure heap, perhaps saving the ex
penditure of just so much money for
i commercial fertilisers. With a proper
selection of uininals, and with proper
feeding and •'are, tlus bca-t. mutton and
, jork ought at leost to |wy the
ixietof fiMsl ud labor, leaving the re
snttiug manure aa so much clear profit
'on the investment hi stock, buildings,
1 etc.— Amrrtran Affrirtiltmrirt.
II nnarSold lllals.
ToOuux FAINTER WAULS.—Use ox
gall fiuiiL
TO KJ-KJ' DOOM HINOKK riuut CKEAK
INO. —Rub tliem with soap.
To KEET MILK SWEET.—Put in a
#p<sinful of grated horseradish.
RANCID UITTKK. — Rancid butter may
lie sweetened by being washed in lime
water.
To PREVENT MOLD ON BLACK INK.—
CloTia in block ink will prevent mold
I from collecting on it.
OREANT SILK BIRRON. — Rnb magnesia
or French chalk on greasy silk ribbon,
hold near fire, and brush off grease.
STAINH nr Lroirr Clooivi. -Chlontna
iis very useful in removing great stains
i from light silk and poplin. French
chalk ia also very good.
To CLEAN BLACK CARHMRRK.—Wash
in hot snda with a little borax fn the
water ; rinse in billing water —very blue
—and iron while damp. It will look
equal to new.
To RESTOPK COLORS, ETC.—Hartshorn
, will nature the color of woolen garments
! without injury. Tut pont ine removes
j grease or paint from cloth—apply till
paint can be wraped off.
To CLEAN BLACK LACE.— Sqneexe
softly and often in skimmed milk; when
it seems clean put it in clean skimmed
milk, squeese again, lay it on sheets of
stiff pajwr, draw ont scollops and edges
with finger, cover with stiff paper and a
heavy weight.
PRELINO POTATOES. — All the starch iu
potatoes is fonnd very near the surface;
the heart eoutains bnt little nutriment,
lgnorauoe of tliia fact may form a plaus
ible excuse for those who cut off thick
parings, but none to those WlK> know
better. Circulate the injunction, "pare
thin the potato skin."
To REMOVE INK. Tlio following
methods are said to be infallible : "To
extract fnk from cotton, silk and woolen
goods, saturate the spots with spirits #f
turpentine, sud let it remain several
hours ; then rub it bat ween the hands.
It will crumble away without injury to
the - color or the texture of the article.
To extract ink from linen, dip the stain
ed part in liot tallow ; when cool, wash
the garment in soapsuds, stid the ink
will disappear."
Heme Srntinel Brevities.
Dry good*—t'odfiah.
High schools—Seven-story aoodpmie*.
Poor policy— One that is repudiated
by the insurance company.
"One-half of the world don't know
how the other half lives," and what is
more, it don't care.
The attention of the public, which
lias lieon oeutered on tlio boae ball bat
ter all. summer, will now lie turned to
the contemplation of pancake batter.
When a uinu is hanging by his toes
from tlio cornice of a high building, and
expects momentarily to drop, nothing ao
completely reassures and so thoroughly
satisfies him ns the sndden disoovery
that he is safely home in lied.
" Do for gracious sake, waiter, take
these nnt-eraekers over to that man,"
exolaim<<d a nervons old lady sitting
opposite a party who was bursting hick
i ory nuts with his teeth. " No, I thank
■ yoa," ho said, politely returning them,
mine are not false teeth."
TKHMtf: ffW.OO a Yoar, in Advance.
Describing the Fire Fiend.
Grandfather LickahingUs broke the
ailenon yesterday evening aa follows:
i " 1 tell you what it ia,ohtldr*u, there'*
no uae Uikin'. The uewa]>eper men of
10-<lay can't aling ink with their grand
fathrra. They're degeueratin'. Thia
country aeca no grannie wrtiin' like it
did when your grandfather waa ridin'
. the editorial tri|>od like a witch aatnde :
the gale. 1 know of uo place that af
ford* a better field lor descriptive writ* ,
in thau tliaae very oil region*. Why
the tire* you have here can't be beat—
axoepUu', of course, beyond the tomb.
When 1 hear of one of those ouiiflagrm
tioua 1 juat ache to take my pen m hand
aud describe it in my own graphic
style."
Grandfather closed hia eye*. swayed
Ito and fro on his eaay chair, while hi*
) face glowed with enthnaiaaa. Ho seem
ed to Ire in a transport of iojr.
I " Bring forth my good gray quiil,"
he said, " aud let me {aunt the bornin'
town."
One of the children aatd he thought
grandfather waa going to have a lit; I
father said he waa ouly in the newspa
per business, in hia imagination, at ■
salary of a thousand dollars a week, but
would soon be all right.
"'Tie night Fire! fire! fire I" aaid
grandfather, rapidly tracing a sheet of
nnagu ary paper with a gooao-qnill of
i the mind. '' Fire I lire I firs ! and tha
I affrighted wind* took ap the cry. Tiie
fire fiend, with hia aword -jf flame, waa
seen leapiu' from the back window of a
hake-shop, breathin' smoke aud forked '
lightuin' from hi* nostril*. In an in
stant the sleepiu' city waa out on the
floor barkin' its shins on chairs and
1 things in a mad bunt after its panta
loons. H rush 1 hark ! The fire fiend
rushes on and on like s war-horae, leav
j in' destruction in hia trail. Look ! he
aeales the aide of yon grocery, even aa a
kitchen-maid would eeale a fish, an'
with hi* fiery, forked tongue, licks the
paint offen the bmldin'. Hee ! like the
hungry holocaust that he is, he ia liek
iu' up the sign, 'Salt mackerel, baoon,
flour, feed aa" provisions,' a* if he
hadn't tasted a bite for a month. See
him leap to the caves of my lady's bow
er an gorge himself upon the ginger
bread work of the cornice*. Now he '
hurls his body through the window* of
yonder residence, ransacks the premi
ses, and cscaiiea like a rocket through
the roof. Ha turns somersaults from
househg) to housetop, knock* over
chimney-pot*, •huicos a Jig on the hot
shingles, like the boy on the burain'
deck, an' without as much aa ' look out'
behind ' rains a shower of spark* npon
the head* of the panie-stricken popu
i lace. But see him now I He spit* npon
hi* e&liouaod hands an' scoots up the
liberty-pole like a cat up an appla tree.
Up! up! up I Higher! higher! high
er 1 Higher and yet higher! Hire a
hall ! Higher than the price of butter,
until now with one fiery foot he tiptoe*
it upou the topnnwt tip, the while ha
fling* hi* arm* of flame about him like
* village lawyer making a Fourth of
Jnly oration. Vow he places a thumb
to hi* n<>se, an* with his extended fing
er* describes a circle iu the face of the
uisu in the moon, while be lap* his fork
ed tongue about the American flag an'
swallows it liafore a loyal people can
i shoot him ou the'spot."—- Ou City Dcr
nek. _____
Anion* the Penguin*.
A gentleman who passed aome daya
sketching in the Falkland islands had
many oppiuhnnillsa of observing Urn
penguin population j and ha declared
them to be the most intelligent, impu
dent aud inquisitive of the feathered
tribe. He planted his eamn stool in the
densest j>art of their " rookery," where
they crowded about him, picked the but
ton"* off and fraved tbe tail* of hie cod.
I walked about his drawing materia!*, smi
, altogether twhaved themselves as if he
had been sent for their special entertain
ment, Fear there was none, or, rather,
it was all on the side of the man; for
nothing but an occasional vigorous use
of a walking-stick enabled him to main
tain his ground and finish the beautiful
series of water-color drawings which we
had tbe pleasure afterward of examm
. lag-
The structure of these birds should
Dot be passed by without a word of com
' rnent, so admirably adapted is it to their
mode of life. The fore limbe—whxsh in
' moat other birds are wings— are flattened
■ out iuto a pair of broad swimming pad
dle* covered with scales, enabling the
■ bird to follow its prey beneath the water
1 with s swiftness, grace and ease con
trasting remarkably with its awkward
, movements on land. The feet are broad
and partially webbed, and tbe leg is
modified In order to give stability to the
body. Provision is made for loag-oon
' tinned diving by enlargement of the
veins, which thus retain and act aa reaer
-1 voirs for the vitiated blood until it can
be renovated by breathing. Tbe bones
1 ' are filled with oily marrow, and the
' feathers are exceedingly compact and
• well adapted to resist water. When
1 | molting, the penguin avoid* water, ami
the feathers oome away in patches in
i stead of BUigly ; the whole process re
-1 sembling more nearly the shedding of a
> snake's skin than the molting of a
i bird. Fashion has not spared the pen
guin I At oue time ita slun was is great
> request for ladies" muffs, and is still, we
i j liebeve, extensively oaed for many pur-
I poses of ornamentation. Chamber*'
f Journal.
I An Eccentric Wager.
The eccentric individual who a short
time since undertook, for a wager of one
thousand francs, to travel from Romon
' an tin to Paris on foot, escorted by fifty
[ rabbits, and to accomplish the distance
in the space of five days, encouraged by
j the successful issue of hia first enter
, prise, baa just announced his willing
ness to start on a second expedition of a
, similar Dature. The difficulties be en
: ' countered on the first occasion were not
' slight A fortuight before starting he
' selected, he says, twenty-five male and
Itwenty-five female rabbit*, which troop
i he endeavored to accustom to the work
cut out for them by training them to the
1 required indifference to dogs, carnages
and other object* calculated to alarm
their timid nature. At tbe outset tho
' rabbits proved distressingly refractory.
" At every noise, every sound, they scam
pered nwav, right and loft, helter-skelt
er, refusing to bo coaxed back into or
der, causing thus much precious time to
be lost. Iu despair at the prospect of
losing both the wager aud their fepuU
■ tation, their leader tried the effect of a
1 stimulant ; to each rabbit he adminis
tered a small dose of cau-dc-vte, which
appears to have supplied the troop with
a courage foreign to their nature. ~ No
longer timorous, they bounded forward
with snob speed that their owner had
1 some difficulty iu keeping up with them,
arriving in Paris some hours before the
' cxpiratiou of tho time fixed for the sin
gular excursion. Proud of his acbieve
' incut, he lias just offered to accept bets
' with any one disposed to make them for
1 his second enterprise. This time, eon
r f fldent in his rabbits, especially when
r nuder the influeuou of brandy, he pro-
Sses to perambulate the city at mid
y, on any given Sunday, and to make
i his exit without there being one of the
' animals lacking. After the aeoomplish
; ment of this feat he backs himself, and
- invites others to back him, for an e*-
i cursion to Berlin, which city he prom
, ises to reach in twenty-two days,[with
his troop *f rabbits intact.
NUMBER 48.
' MH'KET* or ran SOUTH HOLE.
Am IN4 Hktltr't View. -MimuWl Im.
(Japtaiu Tripp, a wU-kuown whaling
captain who baa made several voyage# to
Um Antw ooean, it a diahelisvsr in an
open polar aa, lit* trip to the world l
lee the present year baa but confirmed
hie experience in the pant. In a Conver
se uti with htm a CArunirU reporter
procured aoine iiitereatuig faoto on thla
aoiuewhat mystified subject. No vcaael*
have been able to get farther than mxly
three degrees north tbia year, and all
eaptaina report heavy aso in the Arctic,
in one of his voyage*, whiie Oapt.
Tripp wa* master of the bark Arctic be
reached a* high aa latitude sevaoty
three degree#. In 1870 Wreugel's laud
waa clear of los, and in 1971 in* ahip
waa within a mile of tha shore of that
land whieb no human Imuig haa ever
•tapped upon, ao far aa history tell* na.
With the aid of a splendid giaaa, ho got
a good view of the entire lay o# the land,
but he wna unable to see any human
habitations, or evidence thereof. No
> animal hie waa viaiole save sea-birds
that flitted in mid-air along the shore.
The earth waa green, no snow being
visible anvwhere. A coast range ia visi
ble from * the ooean winch rreemblcs
ooaat regions farther aouth. extending
aa far a* California. Shreba were plainly
viaible. bat Oapt. Tripp wa# nimble to
discover any large lyere of forest*.
, WrangeTs Xauid ran# northwest, ana,
ao far aa known, extends indefinitely into
regions never penetrated by the white
' man. The Indiana inhabiting tbakJK*-
tion of Alaska bordering qu.the North
Pole have no tradition#, that any people
hftva evar batto bcgu otx Wrmfrf •
though they state that dew ™ a variety
unknown to Alaska have been found on
i Herald island, in the heart of the Arctic,
sod from which the land namod <*n be
distinctly seen. It is supposed that the
animal* made their way across from tha
mainland of Wrangel to the island. No
canoes, clothing, or relies of say kind
have drifted from Wnutgel'a Land to
Alaska, aa an indication that a new race
of human beings existed in the unci
( plored regions of the Arctic. Still, it ia
believed by those sea captains who have
taken dote observation# that the myste
' rfoua counter alluded to w habitable.
The fact that no snow waa to be seen,
that vegetation looked green and vigor -
oua, and that mountains loomed up in
the'distance, aa sheltering fortresses for
the valley*, are so many proofs that
humamtv could find a tooth old there.
It fteema' that no whaling captains have
'ever attempted to land on Wrangel s
Land, but it must bo remembered that
they visit the Arctic regions aa business
men. and not aa explorer*.
' Gapt. Tripp aay# that if the North
Pole exist*, and if it ia ever to be dis
covered, the discovery will be made from
the Pacific side, aa navigators can reach
many degrees further north on Um Paci
fic without suffering the least iuoonveni
-1 onee bom dim*tic rigors than on the
1 j Atlantic. At Kotebus sound, at the
mouth of Buck! and river, Oapt. Tnpp
1 ' saw land 700 feet high, beneath which a
stratum of iec was distinctly visible. At
> Point Barron the land is only u* feet
I above the ice, all beneath being a stratum
of congealed water, llow deep this strat
-1 i um is remains unknown. Until is certain
that the earth has gradually formed it
self on the ice. There is reason to ha
bere that WraugeTe Land is of like
formation, at least along the shore,
i There ia no telling how far the ice body
1 S extends inland ax a substratum. If a
body of earth 700 feet high can rest on
i a mass of ioe along the abore, there is no
■ ' reason why a mountain 7,<WO feet high
I ' may not have ice as a basis ia the into
. ! naf—.Van FntnnUoo OH rosarcte.
British ladta.
Of tbe 191,000,000 inhabitants of
British India, their religioaa deuumi
nationa are given as 101 l we*: Hindoo*,
139,343,830; Hikhe, 1,174,433 ; Moham
medans, 40,867,123; Buddhist* and
Jams, 2.822.851; Christiana. 897,682;
other*. 5.417,304, and "religion* not
known," 532.327. The nailed military
force* of the native state* are estimated
at 300,1*10 men. Tlie grow revenues of
the chief* amount to $80,000,000, and
they pay $1,375,000 tribute money to
the British government The British
receipt* and expenditure! for India
average about $250,000,000 a year. The
emproe*' army number* 200,000, td
which 70,000 'are English troops. To
these numbers may be added 190,000
t stive police, who also perform frontier
servie*. They are under the command
of Rntiah officer*. There e under the
British government, not including the
native state*, 493,444 village*, town
ship*, etc., of which 480,437 have under
5,000 inhabitant* ; the average number
of inhabitant* is 211 per aqnare mil*.
There are forty-four towns, or cities,
with a population of more than 50.000;
the seven largest being Calcutta, 704,-
345; Borahav, 644.405; Madras, 897,-
86$ ; Lncknow. 284,779; Beuarea, 175,-
188 ; Patna, 158,000, and Delhi, 151,417.
The whole number of government and
private schools in British India is some
thing over 53,768, giving instruction to
an approach to 2,009,000 wbolai*.
The schools exist in regular gradation,
from those which give the hnmblaet
elementary instruction to the highest
colleges; and the beat pupils of one
grade are able to pass through the other
grade by means of nrhoknshipa. To
complete the syatem, at each of the
three presidency cities there is a uni
versity established on the model of the
London university. The medium of edu
cation in the elementary schools is the
vernacular language, into which are
translate*! the best elementarv English
treatises. There are norma' colleges
for the training of masters. The study
of the classical language of India ia
maintained ; and the English language
is taught in the Anglo vernacular schools
and colleges established for the educa
tion of the middle and upper claasee of
aoeietf.
Aneieat Ferftamery.
M. Jules Suucu traces back the origin
of perfumes to the early times of the
Chinese empire, and mentions a curious
bsbit which prevailed amongst the fta
ladies of the Celestial empire of rubbing
iu their hands a round ball made of a
mxiture of amber, musk and sweet
scented flowers. The Hebrews, who
were also devoted to sweet scents, used
them in their sacrifices, and also to an
noint themselves before their repasts.
The Scythian women went a step far
ther, and, after pounding on a stone,
cedar, cypress and incense, made np the
ingredients thus obtained into s thick
paste, with which they smeared their
faces and limbs. The composition emit
ted for a long time a pleasant odor and
on the following day gave to the skiu a
soft and shining ap|>earanoe. The
Greeks carried sachets of soent in their
dresses, and tilled their dining-rooms
with fumes of incense. Even their
wines were often impregnated with de
coctions of flowers, or with sweet scent
ed flowers themselves, such as roses and
violets. There were also appropriate
soeuts for each Mmb, ami each feature,
and the elegants of Athens resorted to
snch effeminate refinements of luxury,
anuointiug pigeons with a liqbid per
fume aud causing them to fiy loose
about a room, scattering the drops from
their feathers over the heads and gar
ments of those who were feasting be-
I neath.
(.m /, Tim
Tras to toe promise of thy far-off yoatb.
Thai all who lovai tees, for the* propbe-
V ffed
AgmadLiaU Ufa, devoted to tha truth-
A nobis sans*, by soflwta# saarttfted.
TVus toai has atlas of tea poet-thought
WMsh wad* thy youth so rioq™*' sod swaat
Was to all dote* white thy manhood brought
To Uk* tha room of faortas light and d**t.
True to tea steadfast Walk sod narrow way,
White thy forefathers of tea oovwiaot trod t
Tras to thy friend to foal or sunny day.
Tras to thy boat*, thy country, sod thy Clod
Tras to the world, whtah still is falsa to to**.
And tews to ail—as thou art tru* to n*
True to the vow that bound us in the lane.
That •umaMC evening when the brown bird
sang,
1 Wring the rtlenos wttb sweet ante* of pain,
White steoesovar Sit tha woodland rang.
Tru# to the troth we pttßhtod on teat day.
gate to forses ha all ether for the one i
(leaving togetew through the unknown way,
Toi deateaurto void the anion then begun.
True U> tee \p* brought by a little head ;
I roe-though the patter of the childish feet
lUr% leased from earth tote the silent land :
Loss hallows lore, and lore la still sample!* ;
I can lift up rate* eyes from the tear-drops
free.
Vor teas art tras to all tease things—sod aw.
Item* •( Interest
An aristocratic garment—A knight
shirt.
The greatoet strike of the day—Twelve
o'clock.
The first iron boat wa: built in the
year 1844.
The average dandelion proJneee two
thousand need*.
A with a good oil well can live
cm the fat of the land,
j When a graaahepper eats it is only •
■imjiU hopper-ration.
Aa Antwerp silk faetory waa astab
ashed in the year 1004.
Onions send their roots three feet
down into the ground.
The man who broke the news was ad
vised to be more careful next time.
A quotation for Thanksgiving-"Bo
fowl and fair a day I have not seen.
A culinary paradox—A good aqnare
meal usually aorta e pretty round sum.
Horaea can easily bs led out of a
burning budding by throwing harness
over them. •
Wbaa yea g*t a eoni on your toe don't
think yarn can knock it ofl against a
fanes rmiL , . _
A new Krupp cannon sends a ball
through the baavieet armor plate at
eight miles.
Joint debate—The cos held between
the heads of the house on whether this
puma of stove-pipe will fit that
Surprise is one cd the principal ele
ment* of wit This is why it always make,
a man laugh when he sits down on a pin.
The slanderer injures three persons at
once : he of whom he speaks ill, him to
whom he wys it, and moat of all himself
in saying it
There isn't much difference between
a v" 1 who sees * ghost sod a man who
swallows a bad oyrter, ao far as their
looks ere concerned.
Whan Gitr" 1 """*' burglars are cangfat
in the act they fold their arms and wait
to be shot at, knowing that the police
conidn t hit a barn forty feet away.
First student (angrily): "If jon at
tempt to pull my ear*, youll have your
LwidsfuU.'' Second do. (looking at the
car*): "Well, yea; I rather think I
shall. *
Josh Billings suggests that many a
young poet might be able to ooUert his
scattered though*" if he would look into
an editor's waato basket early in the
morning.
"Bee, mamma t n exclaimed a little
one, as puss, with arched spine and ele
vat, ,f rudder, strutted around the table,
Kitty's ate so much ahe can't abut
bar tail down.*'
The whoie area of Great Britain and
Ireland under cultivation ia, excinaive
of space covered by building*, roads,
waters, guedtert. wood and waste land,
fT,M7, acres.
" Pa, whv do you sniff at each oyrter
before yon swallow it 7" "To be sure
that it rUh, my drer." "Bat, pa,
you'd know if tt waa if yem swallowed it
without sniffing at it."
" Lore ia blind," and that * the rea
son why it can get along with one small
band-lamp, turned down aa low a* it
will go, aa well aa under a Waxing chan
delier of fifty burn era.
The man whose lame bank prevents
him from splitting a stick of wood or
building a fire, ia the oca who lead* an
attack oa a pile of ten cordi of wood to
help uncover and kill a frightened rab
bit
It alwavs makes a young man feel
nick when," while aitting talkinglove to
a beautiful girl, he aces her suddenly
take her fan handle out of bar mouth
and allude casually to fish-balls and
their influence on polite aoeiety.
Great men are said to bacome so by
mining high and wasting no time ou
small things; but, although a man may
be way np in the hay-krft of fame, there
are tim*. generally just before a rain
wben he tenderly remember* the first
first little corn he ever had.
BOW TBET DtD IT.
They warasttttaf dtobjr dto.
4*4 he **rhsd sad she tod.
ftidto: •'lfv darting idol.*
awl the idled and he idled.
Said to. " ¥<*r toad I uk, mhold Tregrown.'
And ehf groaned and be groaned.
feud be ** Tee are caution*, BaUe. "
And ebe bellowed and he bellowed.
tor* to; " too *h*U have your private gig.'
iad she giggled sad he giggtid
toid ebe: "My dearest I*k* •"
And to looked and ato looked.
Wed ke: " C poo my soul there'* such a weight.
And she watted snd he waitul
told to: " I'M have thee if thou wilt"
Aad to wilted and she wilted.
Twe Odd Pet*.
Morris Aah has as a pet a sturdy
Tonng wildcat He is very tame, and
between him aad Mr. Ash's big dog a
warm friendship exists, the two frequent
ly playing and rolling over one another
with the liveliest good nature and en
dowment The cat, however, out of
deference to the prejudice of civilisa
tion. ia kept at the end of a large chain.
Harry Fogg, of the People's market,
ia the owner of a still more interesting
pet—a black regie. The bird w*a
caught bv a Piute Indian about two years
ago, while yet a mere chicken. Now he
ia a tremendous fellow, with a six-foot
spread ef wing. He is kept in the back
yard, in a stout wooden cage. The bird
is n beautiful one, his plumage being as
smooth snd shiny aa new satia. He is
fierce toward everybody but his master,
far whom he has a great regard, feeding
from his hand and taking pleasure in
having his feathers stroked and his head
scratched. His chief pleasure is to
bathe, just like a canary, in a mammoth
pan of water which ha sends flying in
all directions with his wings. His food
is principally raw beef, but the hand of
i passing charity now and again throws
hiui a live cat or chicken, and then the
eagle murder* and eats with intense
satisfaction. — Reno (Jfev. 1 Gaxtte.
Good at Figures.
George Bidder, of Englaud, recently
deceases!, when eight years old, could
answer almost instantaneously how
mauy farthings there are in £868,424,-
121. Zerah Colburn, of the same gen
eration, was once asked to name the
square of 999,999, which he stated to be
998,998,000,001. He multiplied this by
forty-nine, and the product by the same
number, and the total result he then
multiplied by twenty-five. He raised
the figure eight to the sixteenth power
with ease. He named the squares of
244,999,755 and 1,224,998,775. He in
stantly named the tartars, 941 and 263.
which would produce 247,483. He could
discover prime numbers almost as soon
as named. In five seoonds he calculated
theloube root of 413,998,348,677.