*y Hood-Tor-Nothing.
•• What are you (food for, my br*r Utile man
Answer that question for me, if yon nan
yon, with yonr fit per* ready for fun-
Yoa, with yonr ringlet* u bright at the inn.
AD the day long, with yoor bny contriving.
Into all mischief and rognerr driving
Use if yonr wiaa little noddle can tall
What TOO art good for. Now ponder it wall."
Ovwr the carpet the daar little foot
' oma with a (tatter to rltmb on my teat,
Two merry area, full of frolic and plea.
Coder their laahea looked np nnto ma.
Two little hand" (trailing toft .to my ftci.
l>rew me dowu close in a loving embrace
Two ittty lipi gave the antwar to true,
"Good to love yon. mamma good to love
yon.'' RVnRj Hiiirr.
New.
Kiae! for the day it pawmtg .
While yon lie dreaming on.
The oU ert have buckled their arrn.tr
And f vrth to the Sight are gone ,
A piece in the ranht await., yon,
Each a >an ha* tome part to play;
The peat and the future air i.,.thing
In the face of the ateru to-day.
Riea from yonr dreamt of the future
Of gaming tome hard-fought field.
Of a terming aw* airy fortreet
Or bidding some giant yield .
Yoor future hat deed" of glory,
Of honor (God grant it may ')
Put your arm will never be stronger
Or the need to great at to-day.
Rite! if the peat detains yon.
Her tunhi o and -tortus forget,
No chains to unworthy to hold you
At thoee of a vain regret;
had or bright, the it Ufelet* ever,
Oaat her phantom at nit away.
Nor look hack , strive to learn the lesion
Of a nobler strife to-day.
Rite 1 for the day it passing 1
The low sound that you .cereali hoar
It the en. m* marching to twittle—
Ante! for the foe it here.
Stay not to sharpen yoor eeapout.
Or the hour will ttrike you at last
When from dream* of * .• ni'ug battle
You may wake to find it pa*t 1
—.l lie* onto .lav Proctor.
Colonel Marshall's Wheatfield.
Just one hundred rears ago, on the
afternoon of a beautiful summer .lav,
there sat, in the rine-<vmred porch of a
large mansion, on the bank of the Mo
hawk, two young ladies.
Both were beautiful. One was a
dainty little lady with blue eyes, yellow
hair, and a plnmp form neatly attired
in a quilted petticoat of dark bine silk,
over whuh was looped a robe of soft
gray. A muslin kerchief of a spotless
white folded about her neck, and a pair
of high-heeled slippers completed her
toilet.
Qer sister formed a striking contrast.
A tall, slender gin, with dark eyes and
hair, and anohve complexion, brighten
ed by the vivid eartiure of lips and
chatks. She was also attned richly,
wearing .1 robe of crimson silk over a
quilted ei'rt cf black.
These two yonug ladies were the
dsnghten- ••{ Colonel Marshall, a noble
patriot ol :he revolution, whose age and
lnflrmihe* alone prevented him from
going forth to tight for .1 cause, which,
howevtr, he strove to support in every
other way. His daughters shared his
patriotic opinions. In all the wide land
there were no women more stronglv de
voted to American liberty than t>ora
and Diana Marshall.
On the afternoon of which we speak
they had come ont upon the porch to
enjoy the beautiful scenery and fresh,
invigorating air.
" How peaceful it all is," Dora ob
served, musingly, gazing upon the roll
ing meadows and shining river.
" Yes," sail Diana. "I cannot realize
that aims day, perhaps not so far dis
tant all this peace and plentv may fall
under the devastating hand of the
enemv."
" What! " Is there re*llv a possibil
ity of that, think you ? " inquired Dora,
•• I fear there niav be. Only yester
day black Pete toid father that Silas
Ambrose, the soont, who has returned
wounded, informed him that he firmly
believed that it was the intention of the
British to send a party of Tories and
Indians to ravish oar beautiful valley."
" What did father say ? "
"Oh, he looked grave, and, I believe,
Dora, that his main design in riding
down to the Ambroses' to-day, was to
question Silas. ''
"And isn't that father returning
now ?" hastily inquired Dora, turning
ber eyes down the road.
" Ah, yes ; but why does he ride at
such a terrible pace."
" Oh, God 1" cried Dora, excitedly.
" Bee ! he is pursued by Tories and In
dians ? And, oh, look ! One is raising
a musket to shoot! Merciful heaven,
spare my father!" and Dora clasped her
white hands imploringly.
It was a moment of awful suspense.
Dashing long the road, with his noble
bead bare, his gray locks dying, was the
old colonel, and, close behind him in
swift pursuit, like a pack of hell-bonnds,
were the savages, yelling with mnrder
ous cries. Racer, the colonel's horse,
dashed on as if be knew it was a case of
life or death, but, alas ! he couldn't out
strip the leaden messenger which now
flew from the gun of one of the savages
and buried itself in the brave heart of
the old colonel, who reeled and fell from
his horse jnst as he reached his gate.
His noble horse stopped directly, and
stood looking at his fallen master with
an almost human expression of pity in
his great eyes.
The foremost of the enemy, a brawny
savage, hideously painted, spr ing from
his sa Idle with the intention of scalping
the luckless colonel. Diana, suspecting
his desigD, rushed down the path, cry
ing :
" Stop, stop J"
For a minute he was struck by her
beauty and commanding appearance,
and then, uttering an " Ugh !" he ap
proached his prey; but like a lioness
defending her young, Diana gnarded
the body of her father. Dora, too, who
had now reached the scene, with tears
and pathetic gestures strove to ward
away the savage.
Just then the remainder of the party
rode up—two British officers, one about
forty, the other twenty-five or thirty
twelve tories, and eighteen or twenty
Indians.
Diana immediately addressed the
elder of the two officers.
" Sir," she said, " onr father ia dead.
May we beg the privilege of having his
remains unmolested ?"
The officer bowed low, and over hia
coari-e face stole an expression of won
der and admiration.
" Lady," he Baid, " the prayers of
the beantifnl onght always to be an
swered; bnt yon know the rules of
savage warfare. An Indian always con
siders himself entitled to the scalp of a
fallen foe. Bat on one condition will I
prevent his doing thus in this case."
"What is the condition?" Diana
asked, coldly, for she had taken a sud
den dislike to the man.
"The condition, lady, is that you will
give me one kiss from those red lips of
vonrs. Jove! bnt they are the sweetest
I have ever seen !"
Diana drew herself up proudly,
"Sir!" she said, haughtily. "You
are no gentlemau 1"
" Hey dey ! Do you know that I am
Major Gridley; of bis majesty's army.
Pray reoollect the uniform I wear !"
" I reapeat that you are no gentle
man. If you were, you wouldn't insult
a girl when her only protector lies dead
at her feet. Oh, shame!"
" Hold your tongue, you saucy minx!"
cried the major, hiß face red with rage.
"Here, Arrowhead," turning to the
Indian who had shot the colonel, "finish
your business."
With a grim smile and a grunt of
approval. Arrowhead stepped forward,
and then Dora interposed. In piteous
accents, she addressed the younger of
t he two officers.
" Oh, sir 1 I beg you, Ist our honored
FRED. KURTZ, RMitor ant! Frofiriotor.
VOLUME XII.
father's remains he nndieturbed, and
heaven will surely bless yon 1 Have
pity ! Oh, have pity 1"
l'Ue officer, whose fa.-e was uotile as
well as handsome, soenusl moved by her
appeal, and turning to Maior Gridley,
he said, in low touee: "My dear air, had
yon not t>etter orvler Arrowhead to de
sist ? I fear General 0 will blaiue
us if we allow this brutality. We must
recollect that Colouel Marshall was re
spected eveu bv his otieruiea."
"Well, well, llarley. my boy, per
haps you are right," motioning Arrow
head to desist. " Anyhow, that pretty,
luaek eyed girl looks as though she'd
ntnroer us all. And we haven't time to
waste over a see ue. Our meu waut
their dinner, and after that we must
rifle yoader wheatfleld of its loaded ears.
Jove! what rejoicing there'll be when
we carry all that grwiu back to camp !"
Major Gridley ordered the body of tlie
colonel to be carried up to the house,
audCaptaiu Harley and one of tlie tones
voluuteered to do Uiis, and Dora assist
ed them by supporting the head of her
father, ou whose gray hair* she dropped
many a tear.
Major Gridley slighted from his home
aud j*ereited in walking twsi.le Diana,
who treated bun witli the utmost
haughtiness. At last, stnug by her
acorn, he saiJ, angrily:
" I'll break your high spirit, my
young lady 1" and u(HU reaching the
bouse he locked her in one of the upper
rooms, tell her that when she made up
her mind to treat one of his majesty's
officers with proper respect he would
let her out Otherwise there was a
prospect of her traveling to Cana.la as a
prisoner.
Scarcely bad the key turned upon her
before Diana's womanly wits were at
work to find some way whereby she
might thwart the pompous major.
" I baTe it!" she presently exclaimed.
" I hear*! him s(>eak about the wheat
fleld. If he thinks the British are going
to hare the benefit of that he is mis
taken. "
Going to the window and looking oat,
she continued:
"I suppose he thought he had me
safe up here. Bah ! I have climbed
this cherry tree too often ! It reaches
way up to the window. The major aud
his crew are all in the dining-room on
the other side of the house, so they
won't see me."
With one little lonnd, Diana was out
of the window and m the tree. Scram
bling down among its branches, she
soon reached the ground. Stealing cau
tiously sronnd the house, she peeped
into the kitchen; no one was there ex
cept old Mammy Lncrece, whose face
shone with perspiration a* she bent over
the Are at ber cooking.
" Mammy I" whispered Diana.
" Bress us, chile! Is that you?"
" Yes, mammy. What are yon
doing ?"
"Fryin' flapjacks—aud, de Lord pre
sarve us ! dis is de sebenth plate of ueui
I'se made ! And de meat and bread and
wegetables and cider deni pesky Brit
ishers has done made away wid would
make yer brack eyes stare ! I'se had to
do all de cookin myself, for Lizy and
Sne and Weens htirrird off whn dey
see red coats comiu". I didn't go, fnr I
was determined to stand by yon gals.
Dat pesky Major Griddle does swear so !
De oder officer am a gen'leman, and he
am helpiug yer pore sister watch wi,i de
dead colonel. Oh, deary me, that I
should live to see my old massa murder
ed ! But what can I do for ve, Mi-s
Di?"
" Nothing, mammy, only give me
some lighted brands from your tire. I'll
put them in this pan. May I? '
"Bartin. Bat what te yer poin' ter
do, chile? Nothin' rash, I hope?"—
anxiously.
"Don't worry, mammy; I'll do no
thing that my poor father would disap
prove;" and. taking the pan and glow
ing coals, Diana burned away, bent on
carrying out ber purpose.
" She's mad, she is," quoth Mammy
Lncrece, as with a dexterous twist she
turned another flapjack. " Fur high
spirit Bhe is de colonel's "wn dsrter.
Hark ! Dere's dat Major Griddle bol
lerin' fur more flapjacks. Gracious ! I
wish he'd done choke hisseif wid one I"
Meanwhile, with swift sttqw Diana
was speeding along. She reached the
barn, and paused there long enough to
gather an armful of dried hay. Bearing
it in her arms, she continued on her nay
to the wheatfield. A pleasing sight of
plenty was thiß army of golden grain.
" What a pity to destroy it!" thought
Diana. "Yet better than haye the
British enjoy it"
She carefully arrange.! the dried hay
in little heaps here and there, and ap
plied the red coals to them. There had
been no rain for several days, and it was
not long before the whole wheatfield
was in a blaze. Seeing that her task
was completed, Diana hastened back to
the house and entered her chamber by
the way she had left it
Major Gridley and his men had been
so busy gormandizing that it was some
time before they knew of the fire. AH
rushed oat to check the flames, but in
vain; thedestroying element had already
passed over the wheatfield, leaving only
a few black, smoldering remains. "Who
did this ?" angrily demanded the major,
stalking abont in an infuriated manner.
"Some of the servants, probably,"
suggested one of the soldiers.
" Where are Colonel Marshall's ser
vants?" addressing Mammy Lucrece,
who, with terrified eyes, clasped hands,
and turban all awry, was standing in the
kitchen doorway." " Oh, dey all run
when dey seed you oomin'l" she stam
mered in reply.
"Then yon must have set the wheat
afire, yon vixen I"
"Oh, Lord bless ye, I didn't I How
could I, when I was frying flapjacks all
de while ?"
"Jove, that's so ! Bnt did you see
any one aet fire to it ?"
" No, sah I"
" Do yon know who did it?"
This was a poaer. Mammy Lncreee
was very religions, and not to save her
akin wonld she tell a lie. She did
know who was the incendiary—at least
she felt certain that it was Diana. But
betray her yonng mistress ( Never 1
And so she stood silent.
"Why don't you answer ?" roared the
major.
"I can't answer, please, sah."
"If yon don't answer in five minutes
I'll have my Indians tie you to a tree and
give yon a good heating 1" said the
major, brutally. Yet not even this
threat made poor mammy speak. She
folded her arms firmly across her breast,
and stood in respectful silence.
Time passed on. At last Major Grid
ley said, shortly:
" Time's np. Maybe, wench, you
don't think i mean what I say!" and
with an oath he ordered two savages to
bind Mammy Lnerece to the cherry
tree. They had taken bnt one step to
ward her when there was a slight noise
overhead as of a window-shutter thrown
open, and a clear voioe called out :
" Major Gridley !"
All glanced up, and there, at the
second-story window, was the face of
Diana. With flashing black eyes she
oontinned :
" Major Gridley, you will let that old
woman free. HL.e did not burn the
wheatfield—l did that myself, sir," with
a sancy, defiant bow that set all her
jetty curls a-flutter.
" You !" exclaimed the major, in as
tonishment " How could you get out
of your room ?"
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
" Oh, we American girls can climb
Duma replied nonchalantly.
"Curse you 1 I wonder if von can
walk a well," apntteie.l the major. " 1
Iwill give you the privilege of trying, for
this very nfieriloou you will start with
us, as our prisoner, for Canada I"
*'Scarcely !" said Diana, with a gay
laugh. " 1 don't believe you will start
for Canada to .lay, my dear major. Allow
me to ask you to glance bemud you. "
Major t'lrulley and his companions
hastily glanced around them. They had
been to abaorbed in the scene lefore
j tliem that they had not noticed a party
of American soldiers who had silently
stoleu in the gate and aurrouuded them.
Silas Ambrose, who had known that
Colonel Marshall was pursued ou his
homeward journey, had sent to the
American camp for aid. A party bad
been immediately sent out to the reaone.
To say that Major Gridley was sur
prised would le to express our meaning
very tamely. Hesistance was useless, as
hesud his soldiers had left their arms in
the house. A surrender was the only
alternative, and this the major accepted
with manv oaths.
At the re jucst of Dors aud Diaua, the
young officer. Captain Haricy, who had
becu so kiuil to tlicm, was allowed to go
free. After the war wat over, he re
turned to America to woo and wiu the
golden-haired Dora.
Diaua became the wife of a general in
the Americkfl army, and with her wit
and beauty was one of the chief orna
ments of the circle by which President
and Lady Washington were surrounded.
The Malay Sword-Uain-e
Whil* on t cruiae among the islands
of th* Malay archipelago, our ship put
in at Batavia for a week's repair*.
Batavia is til* Dutch capital of Java,
wholly under the control of Holland ;
ami its l>utoh architecture, an J Dutch
manner* of living, make on* feel an if
every house had been built in far-away
Amsterdam, then boxed up, people,
furniture, and all, aud sent by ship
across the waters. So, to know anything
of the natives to whom this great,
beautiful island originally belonged, of
their habits, dress and amusements, one
must visit the Malayan aettlemeuta of
the interior ; and a little party of us de
termined thus to sp'-inl the week of our
ship's stay at Batavia.
We had made the aeouaiutanoe of a
jietty chieftain, who hau once been iu
the service of the rajah of Djokjakarta ;
and for a small fee, Selun uitxoduoed
our party to the court of his former
master.
Here, one day, we had *ll op}ortnuity
of the •• sword-danee " of the
Malays, the most uotcd of all their
national dances. Ordinarily, it is per
formed by some thirty or forty ten-year
old lads, who are trained to their voca
tion from a very early age ; but who
practice it in public only for a year or so,
before they are set aside as no longer
sufficiently light and agile for this pe
culiar dance. The boys are rigged ont
in very fantastic costume, their hate es
pecially, which are fancifully adorned
with the plumage of many colored bird*,
intermingled with brightly gleaming
jewels. The only weapons used art
wooden swords ; but the youthful gym
nasts seem thoroughly in earnest, ami
rush upon one another with all the fury
of real combatants, their eyes gleaming
tiercely, and their dark faces glowing .
with excitement. They all brandish
their swords with great dexterity, deal
ing blows side wise, aud even backward,
while they are in the very act of whiz
ting and wbtriing round the room in a '
rapid gallopade. Their motions art- not 1
leas graceful than enthusiastic; and
though the company is numerous, and
the turns and thrusts are *ndden, none
seem taken'unawares, nor u there even
the slightest apparent confusion. Some
times single combats follow the general
engagement, each selecting his own op- .
ponent ; but the boys are so well mat -h- ;
ed in regard to size, and all are so per- !
fectly trained, that really there seems
little ail vantage to be gained. The ,
grand climax of the whole affair is to |
force two of their leaders into a ooruer,
surround them with a circle of crossed j
swords, and hold them prisoners until j
one or the other succeeds in gaining !
possession of his opponent's wekpon.
The victor then receives ns a prixe a real
sword, and is thenceforth honorabl)
discharged from fnrther trials of bis
skill; while the unfortunate lad who 1
{•ermitted himself to lx> disarmed, has
to go through an additional season of
probation.
The ordinary dress of the lower class i
of Malays is very simple; oonsistiug for
the most part of a long, loose " sarong,"
or petticoat, in place of trousers, and a I
tigbt-fltting jacket of white or red cot
ton ; but the garb of the princess is very j
gorgeous. The rajahs wore sarongs of
heavv silk, jackets of velvet richly era
broidered in gold and tiny seed-pearls,
and jeweled girdles that seemed all
ablaze with diamonds. Both turbans
and sandals were adorned in the same
costly fashion ; and as for the creese or
serpentine dagger, without which a
Malay, whatever his rank, never ap
pears, those of the rajah's were marvels
of costly workmanship. The display of
wealth in the palaces of these native
chiefs was far beyond what wo expected
to find ; but we learned afterward tliat
Malayan "sultans" are pirate chiefs as
well ; anil though they don't in person
rob or murder on the high seas, they
derive enormous revenues trom the
piratical hordes that everywhere intost
the Malay archipelago.— fit. Nicholas.
Six Charlie Rosses in the Field.
Although (oar years and a half havo
passed since the kidnapping of Charlie
KOMI, th> father avers he ha* never
given np the search. At the present
time be la engaged in looking ap nix
different clew*. One of them IB in Aus
tralia, and he ia daily expecting a letter
detailing the hiatory of the discovery of
the boy. There are two more in Eng
land, and a fourth in the mdnntain faat
neaacn of Walea. That the intcrcat of
the pnblic in the eaao ia not abated ia
manifeated in the nnmeroaa lettera
which Mr. Rosa oontinaea to receive.
On an average he geta a letter every
(lay from aome peraon who ia certain he
haa aeen a chili living nnder anapiciona
circnmatancea, or reaembling the por
traits of Charlie.
In the course of his journeying Mr.
Ross says he has found that a majority
of these children are the offspring of
people who have separated through
domestic troubles, and have been placed
in some out-of-the-way place by either
mother or father in revenge. The boy
found in Bradford oonnty. supposed to
have been Charlie, was taken from his
mother in Vermont.
Mr. Ross has almost arrived at the
conclusion that his boy is not secreted
in the country. He thinks, if he is
alive, it is most likely tlmt he is in
New York, in some crowded tenement
house, where the people are used to
seeing children run around without
parents. He said that he knew of one
case where an Italian had a child living
on the filth floor of a tenement that
none of the other inmates had ever seen.
He has not given up all hope, and says
that every case presented to him, hav
ing the least sign of probability, will
be carefully investigated. Rending
(A.) Ea0l.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY
FUJI THE FAIR NO
tu.fclaa N*lr.
Bullet shaped glass buttons are worn
with colored dresses.
White ami gold is the fashiouable
combination this winter.
Hows of gilded pearls, like small
ccuiha, are worn on bouueta.
tllovescoutraaUug with the dreas are
worn Willi all the new colors.
Tucks and Valenoiennee trimming are
used on the beat underclothing.
The bands of fur used for trimming
this seas.>u are tuvariably narrow.
Feathci trimming* are embroidered
through the ccutcr iu chain stitch.
I'earls are now more fashionable than
diamonds, and the price has consequent
ly advanced.
Small black satin bullous are used on
the waist of the nicest dresses by fash
iouable makers.
The " Chesterfield," a new coat for
alre< l wear, is shaped like an ulster but
has a jacket-back.
i'iaiu rucking set edge to edge with
insert ion hctwewu, is a pretty trimming
for the seek of a dress.
Small diamonds set in silver, and ar
ranged iu fan* .fui shapes on bangle
rings, are much worn.
Angola hoods lookiug almost like
awausdowu, and costing little more than
plain worsted, are shown for babies.
Mixed fabrics should never lie used ss
the foundation of a suit, for they twnnot
be dyed, and are not worth making
over.
New comb*, in shell and silver, consist
of three pius, which may be arranged
in a straight or curved hue or worn sep
arately.
Belts are very fashionable, and are
woru very broad. Some have u| peared
in i'aris of white enameled leather, with
steel buckles.
Black satin cloaks, lined with satin
or old gold silk, and bordered with
feather trimming, are the handsomest
winter wraps.
Alwolutelv plain black velvet bonnets,
with a wreath of jle pink nates in a
row across the top, are iu good taste,
and easily made at home.
•
The Jupuarae HtaarwK#.
While the mother is husv at needle
and threat), near her may be her daugh
ters learning to write or read; perhaps
tn sew, embroider, make poetry, play *u
musical luatrunitmt*, to dance, sing,
make tea in ceremonial style, t;. 1 up
preaeuts, arrange curtains of flowers, or
to }>erf'>rm one of the muuy duties nd
accomplishment* laid down iu the book
of "Women's Great Study." Among
many others, these comprise lessons in
reading, writing, the memorising and
composing of j>oetry, the entire tvre
momal and procedure of courtship, be
trothal, marriage, wifely and motherly
duties, the cutting and making of gar
ments, care ami ordering of a house
hold, complete ladv's toilet, moral
duties and precepts, the simples of
botany, the birth aod rearing of chil
dren, conduct of household sffk'rs, fesli
val and religious duties, funerals, and of
behavior in uld age. While the great
mass of the children go to school to
learn to read, write snd count, rnauy are
<xi nested at home by their parent* or
grandparents, older brothers or s.sters.
Wealthy men employ tutors and govern
usaes. Nearly all Japanese children
can read and write.
If the wife w a gossip or gad-about,
■he 18 off and out, before Uio lacquered
dishes are washed, fc> the well-curb to
exchange the news with the nur* ry
maide, old granules and busy-tongue J
women washiug their rice or riusuig
their clothes. Then sin- may air her
self for an hour or two and then per
chauoe go with the bady to the bath
house up the street t" indulge in tuore
gossip, hot water and ablutions. A
visit to the temple either for piety, ex
citement or pleasure's sake may finish
the moruing, and perhaps allow her to
arrive hotne in time to gst up n make
shift dinner for her husband. The chil
dren. meanwhile, are neglected, showing
more attention fT'jm mother ear h than
from mother woman. If she be a shrew
or a virago, husband had better uot
complain, or he will catch something
not in the bill of fart-; for a Japanese
woman's tongue can distil more than
balm or healuig oil, when she so wills.
The lazy, shiftless, Untidy, gossiping
wife snd careless mother, with her house
in disorder, her children neglected, her
husitand henj>eckod or tinheljwsl, her
time and her means wasted, her hair un
combed. her dress always untidily open,
her clothes crumpled, slovenly or soiled,
her dirty infant slung or held on her
back, only half snpporb-d nnder her
hands, in slipshod sandal or broken
clog, is one typo of the Japanese wo
man, The exquisitely neat, tidy, thrifty,
diligent wife who orders her househunt
in IwMUtv with taste and skill, esrnest
ness, patience and irradiating smile, who
is a help and cheer to her husband, an
affectionate, firm and patient mother,
with hair and dress and foot always in
order, whoso house and garden and
table service, or even nursery and sew
ing-room, are always fit for a visitor to
see, who rears her children in houor and
dignity, whether she be rich or poor, is
another type of a Japanese woman. I
have seen them both.— William F.
Griffl*.
Crotchety I'cople
America knows something of crotch
ety people. It was a crotchety notion
of ours when we made up that ten-party
in Boston. We are all the result of
crotchety notions. There is no walk in
life in which we do uot find crotchety
people. First, there is your growler,
the man who is never satisfied with any
thing or anybody. His dinner is done
too much or it is done too little. He is
miserable himself and makes every one
around him miserable. Another class
of growlers is the crotchety young fel
low who comes home hi dinner and asks
his young wife, "How did you oook
tliat,, my dear ? " Hhe tells him she did
it no and so, and he replies, " All, if yon
only knew how my dear mother used to
doit." If you build a bouse and call
in a friend to look at it, ten to one he
will tell you how he could have improv
ed it. He would put a door here and A
closet there, etc. 80it will lie seen that
no two people arrive at the same con
clusion. As proof that the work a per
son is engaged in luts its effect npon tile
mind, the professor refernnl to an actor
and author of his acquaintance who
wrote a farce entitled " Hypochon
driac," and through his labors upon it
came to be one himself, and afterward
wrote the "Black Crook." Then there
is the melancholy man, the nrnti with
a very long face, as if he hadn't a friend
in the world. Give me the man who
can laugh—that man who jiasses through
the world like the snu's rays. He didn't
mean the man who chuckles, or he who
utters the horse laugh, but lie of the
joyous, hearty laugh.— From lecture
by Profeimor Fvatm in Utica.
Ralston, the California hanker,
according to a rumor on the Pacifloooaat,
is still alive and living in the south o
Europe, the drowned body which was
found having been the corpse of a man
so closely resembling llalstou tli&t
every one wae deoeived. as it was
planned that they should he.
Ml 11'Willi HI It HlltOh*.
T tlUn.lrr. ail Ihr s Knnllt" Waal?
wril-ltralsl Is TIMIP si I'erll
If was at two o'clock 011 tli** morning
of the 2(ith of February, IK.VJ, that the
tmopship Birkenhead. having ou board
a large number of soldiers, with the usual
proportion of wotaen ami children, li-'tl
souls tu nil, struck on n rock near Puiut
Danger, C ijKiof (iiMxt Hope, and tilled. (
Captain Malmoud o in oomiusnd of
the VOcsel ; Lu-lllrUSlll-ColoUel Hetou,
of thr* Seventy eighth Highland* r*, of
the soldiers. t)f course the pin* of the
davits had rusted and the larger IkmU '
could not he launched ; lint two cutter*
and a gig were got out and manned, and
the women and children placed in tiiein.
The colonel " tuminoued hi* ofiloers to
a consultation and impressed Upon theUl
Uie necessity of composure and of pre
aerviug discipline among their men to
the very last." At Una moment the
ship parted, ami the fore part went
down, and the word * painted that fur
ther effort w* m vain ; let each do the I
best he could to secure his individual :
safety. A few men jumped overboard,
l>ut the reimun*l< r collected on the poop,
aoldit-ra and msuhu alike, " steady,
quiet and resolute," The captain
retained his post, cool and collected, as
if there wa a ship under him, and Col
onel Heton, witti his drawn sw*>nl in
band, stood in the pathway to cat down
any oua who might endeavor lo forow i
his way toward the boats. Whan the
khip reeled and quivered ere going
down, Oaptaiu Salmoud shouted, " Let
all who can swim now try to save them
selves." One man exclaimed, " Make
for the boats !" as he threw himself into 1
the wave*, but " the colonel and his
officers entreated tlietr men—and not in
vain not to attempt an entrance into
the l>oata, which writ* already fully load
o*l with women ac*l and children.* The
officers now shook hand* and took leave
of one another, when, on a sudden, the
vessel broke again crosswise, nliaft the
mainmast, and the poor>, heeling over
with a lurch, plunged beneath the
water," only twenty minutes from the
time she struck. The captain was
brained by a falling spar ; the colonel
waa drowned, .aid of the hundred* so
rudely awakened only IHA lived to tell
the story of the Birkenhead; but among
them w re all the w.mep and all the
children.
In the other instance to be recorded
the men who died laekod the example of
mi peri or* who had loug commanded
then), and to obey whom was second
nature; but the circumstances wore even
more tragic, the agony was infinitely
longer, ami the heroic ttminph perhajw
even gical.T. The story of the Central
America was once fn evt-ry laxly'* mouth,
yet to hew many folk of this generation
does Hertnlon's name recall Herndon'a
daadf
The Central America sailed from Ha
vana for New York, September 8,1857,
with a crew of 101 men, boaidcs 491
passengers, many ot them miner* return
ing with their gold or for their families,
and many of them women and children.
" Many were possessed of large snm* ;
and there were bnt few whose wealth
did not nnmber hundred*, whiie many
reckoned their gold by Uiouaaud* of
dollars." When ahe wa* twenty-four
hours ont a gait- sprang up that SKIS
iucrvajtcd to a hurrirmne ; by the morn
ing of the 11th the captain wa* apprehen
sive ; soon after the vessel sprang a
le*k, and though all hand* were *H to
work the inflowing water pnt (ml the
tires and the ship fell helpletw into the
trough of the sea. Ouce again by bail
ing ahe waa treed ao that they couid atari
the lire*, but Uie pumpa ncsmc disar
ranged and the water gained on tbem
terribly. Tbe captain cut away the fore
mast ao as to make a drag, hut when it
fell it wa* dragged beneath the hull,
and pounding the ship'* wounded sides,
made the hwk worse. Ry paying out a
hawser they extemporized a drag and
brought the ship head on, bnt it soon
ported and left hex at the mercy of the
waves. The water bad gamed till the
women and children were driven to take
refuge iu the men'* cabin ; there there
was sncli a scene a* not even the anna!*
of shipwreck cau para del. Gold lay
about, minted, in an*, in ingot*, by
thousand* and thousand# of dollar*, i
8 >rne meu lioumi it round the.ir bodies
with licit* and in handkerchiefs to carry
them flown more swiftly when the fatal
plunrerame; "other*', unwilling to le
weighted tn the struggle by their bur
den of dn*a, were aoatteriug it wildly
rlniat the oabui flixire. lull ponche*
lav untouched UJK'U the sofa*. One of
the paaaengera. who afterward eeoapftl,
flung about the cabin $20,000 and ba ie
who would satisfy his thirst foe
gold, bnt it wa* j****l by." Terrible
a* the prospect was, the courage exhib
ited WHS marvelous, and not even the
women abed a tear. OB the afternoon
of Saturday they hailed the ling Marine,
of Boston, which had suffered cruelly in
the atorm. bnt promised to do her best
to relieve them. "Until her hopeful
appearance," wrote a woman passenger,
" not a tear had been shed that I am
aware of on board the steamer. Till
the moment we first espied the sail
which we be lie veil brought ua relief, we
had remained passively awaiting the
resnlt There seemed to be a perfect
calmness, which I conld not have be
lieved it possible for ao great a number
of person* to exhibit under such fearful
circumstance*. Bnt when the Iwig hove
in sight there were tears of joy, and the
men worked with renewed energy and
hope. The women beeought them to
work with all their might, and said tbqy
would themselves assist in the labor if
the men did not do their best. In fact
some of them were so eager to help that
they even tried to put on men's Hoth
i jng in order to go and work at the
pnrnp*." It wa* 8.36 when the brig
came malar the Central America's stem,
and, without any nunaoesaary delay, bo
gau removing the womou and children.
The task was not easy, for the smaller
vessel drifted slowly away, and the boat*
took longer and longer at onch trip ; be
sides, so heavy was the sea, they conld
carry bnt a few at a time, "Tlie men
made no attempt to save themselves
! until all the women and children were
saved. Again and again the boat re
urned ; agaiu and agaiu she made for
the brig with her precious freight; yet
not a murmur wa* hoard ; no nxolama
-1 tion of selfish despair arose 1 At length
every woman had lieen seenroly trans
ported to the brig ; then eame the turn
of the erew and the male passengers.
About forty of these reached the Marine
beforo the ship went down." Most of
the crew and many of the passengers
were still toiling at the ineffeotna]
, pmup*. aud tli" captain stood liy the
wheel, giving ordera firmly and uttering
cheerful exhortation*. He had declared
that he won Id not quit the ship. "Thank
God," he said to a friend, " the women
! anil children are safe ; do yon take the
j next boat." He att mini ted to charge
I his friend with a farewell message to hia
wife, bnt liia emotion overcame him ;
after a few momenta ho rooovorod him
self, and continued to direct affairs at
the I mat returned from the brig. It was
just eight o'clock when a great wave
Minute tlie Central America and sent her
down with some five hundred men.
When Mr. George, a survivor, came up
from what he thonght an unfathomable
depth, there was in the water " a crowd
ofnoads." Bat the weaker soon went
down, and the waves began to separate
the despairing comjiaay. " Many were
desirous to isolate themselves as much
aa possible, lest they should be dragged
down in Bonio desperate struggle for
lifr. uthers, afraid of the loneliness,
fried to their neighbors Ui keep to
gether." Oue by ua they wt-ut down
ami only four of their numlter were
saved souie hours later, as if by a mira
cle. " 1 was forced by the wind," writes
the captain of the hark Kllen, "h> sail
a little out of my course. Just as I Lad
altered it u small bird flew am-sa the
ship once yr twice and then darted
against my face. I, however, took no
notice of this circumstance till precisely
the same thing occurred the second
time, which caused mate think it some
what remarkable. While 1 was thus re
flecting nltfiut the incident, the aame
mysterious bird, for the third time,
made Its appearance ami went through
the very same extraordinary maneuvers.
Upon tbis I was induced to re-alter lay
course into the original oue in wluch
had at first been steering. I hail not
gone far when I heard strange noises,
and on endeavoring to discover from
whence they proceeded, 1 found 1 was
IU the midst of people who had hewn
shipwrecked."
liirllliag Incident of a Flood.
During I tie heavy flood at Peterson,
N. J., an ciiaung incident occurred:
Tho hill where the l'assaio falls are situ
ated w as thionged with visitors through
out the day. Just above the river had
stretched across the meadows, cutting
off the roa.l, and forming an immense
pond. Out of this the water poured
into the rocky gorge which forms the
approach to the fall, ami such was ita
volume that the chasm into which the
fall tuiublea, seventy feet in depth, was
filled half up with the flood, which roar
ed so as to be heard a mile away, aud
sent out a spray tliat fell for many yarda
around like a heavy rain.
At thia point in tlie afternoon an inei
• Irut occurred that startled tx-vini ■*-
(jnuiuu the thousand spectators there
aarcuibhd. A boy ten year* old wait
driving axt open wagon along tlie rtaal
by the river hide, aboTc the fall a con
ei'drrable distance. At point* the road
over which he u driving wa sub
merged, bnt not to a great depth, and
he hod made several ford* suiwasinllT.
A man walking along the road hailed
lnm and naked for a lift; the boy took
him in, and the two drove along to
gether. Presently they came to a point
where the lamp jm*t along the side of
the road were almost half buried in tbe
water, but the hoy whipped up bin horae
ami drove in. All at once the two in
the wagon felt the body of the value
lifted no by the water, and they fl oot<*l
oft, vlalo the burse oouliriu*i on with
the wheel*-. The body of the wagon
floated out on the broad pood that ha*
l>en mentioned. The wat r w** com
paratively amootb, hat at ill the current
wa* strong, and the wagon body waa
carried with considerable rapidity in the
direction of the fall. Throng* of per
son* were walking along the aide of the
stream, and they ww tbe novel craft
borne away, A hundred yard* ahead of
where the two were a bridge crosses the
river, and just bejund that occur* a
slight fall in tbe bed of the stream, and
from there on the water rnalna! like an
arrow to the fall, ouly a short way dis
tant. A* the wagon body drew on faster
*nd faster toward the bridge, it* occu
pant* could Me tin- spray of tbe fall and
hear its roar. Tbe ioy was frightened
and tried to jump out, "hut the man held
him tight. Tli" scream* of the little
fi How cotild lie heard by those on shore.
Everybody rush- d to the side of the
water; a hundred direction* were called
out, but nobody knew what to do. A*
the wagon iaaly ittnt nearer to the
bridge, woewn screamed and ran away.
The bridge was reached, and the pair
secwr j now bejoud help, and then help
came. A man driving over the bridge
saw, as everybody did, the *t range craft
sweeping down, and having hi* wit*
about him, jumped from hi* wagon,
the rein* from hi* home,
and directed another driver to do tbe
same. The two nairs of rein* were
strapped together ami thrown icrer the
rail of tbe bridge. The end fell into the
water, and a* the wagon body, going
now with immense velocity, came near,
the man above cried out to the pair he
low to catch hold. The reins were held
right in the er>or*e of tbe wagon body,
ami a* tin* swept try the man, holding
(ant to the boy, grabbed at them, and
caught them, and the two were drawn
safely upon the bridge, while the wagon
body dashed over the fall.
Female Clerk* at Washington.
The first female clerk* in tbe natioual
treasury, aya a New York paper, were
appointed in 1862 by Secretary Chase,
who placet! them in the office of the
comptroller of the currency at S6OO a
year. They cut and trimmed the United
State* note* issued iu sheets, and did
their work very well. A* aoon a* they
had been appointed there were many
other applicants, and their nnmber
steadily increas d, many of them
#<ctiring plaoe* through tlie peculiar
energy and perseverance which will
' refuse to take no for an answer. There
are now more than 1,800 women
in the de|HMliiiunt* at Washington, tbe
majority employed in the bureau of
engraving and printing and in the gov
ernment printing office. They excel a*
, counters, their slender, sensitive finger*
turning note* with great rapidity and
exactness. They detect counterfeit*, it
1 is wiid, quicker than men, though they
do not snoreed so well in aoeonnt*, as
the avrrage feminine mind has little
natural love of figures. Counters and
copyists receive S9OO a year; other wo
men $1,200 to $1,400, several of them
f1,600, and one in the internal revenue
'sl,Boo. Most of the elerks are well
educe ten! and refined, and many have
earn more prosperous days A nnmber
.ar > widows and daughters of
army and naval officers who lost
thoir lives in the civil war. Very few
of the young women or widow* marry
'or resign, end oonseqnentlv the hun
dreds who are constantly seeking places
m Washington have very slender pros
jiecte of snoocwe. The moat untiring,
obstinate place-seekers at the federal
capital are women.
Big Grapevines In rallfsrnla.
A Han Francisco paper say*: Cali
fornia lias, probably, twenty viucs, ("acli
of which produce* more than 5,000
pound* of grapes as an average crop.
Among these are vine* at Coloma and
Itlakes, aud near Montecito aud Stock
ton—representing the Hierra Nevada,
the eoa*t mountains north of San Fran
cisco, tlio San Joaquin valley, the
southern coast, the level of tho sea aud
an elevation of 2,000 feet aliove it. Tho
Stocktou vine, a mile southeast of tho
town, in the yard of Mr. Phelps' house,
ia a foot in diameter, aud has this y ar
prodneod 5.000 pounds (two and a half
ton*) according to the Independent.
We have hoard nothing lately of the
yield of Uie Moutooiko and Colotua big
vinoa. We saw the latter in 1867 when
young, and then it bore 1,500 bnnohoa
of grajies. The Montecito vine grew
from n cutting of the old big vine at the
name place, act ont iu 1795 and cut down
in 1875, whan eighty years old. It had
a diameter of fifteen inchea, covered an
arbor of 114 feet long by seventy-eight
wide, and averaged three tons iu it* an
nual yield. The big vine at Blakee sep
arates, at the snrface of the ground,
into two stems, each six inches iu diame
ter. Tlie vine at Coloma is an Isaliella;
the other three are of the Mission va
riety.
TERMS: #12.00 ft Year, in Advance.
MITKEN \ EARN OF TRANUF.H.
Oar at ISr Vlati IfraistSaSlr ( asra as
MrrarS Vila. Jraalr Kallk. ihr OSIa Is
tana llateleaa WOaSaraa. HeerrSlsaa
liar stftrlai".
Miss Jennie Hmith was born in Clark
county Ohio, in lHi'i, being one of a
family of nine children. Her parruta
were Hi moderate circuwstau* as.entirely
reputable 111 character, and attendants
at au established church. From a child
she was seriously inclined and disposed
to meditate upon religious themes,
which was caused, doubtless, by the
number of alarming maladies tu which
she was subject. At the age of sixteen
alii* had the tvphoid fever, which set
tled in ht r back au l resulted in a spinal
disease. From this time Miss Hrnith
waa a confirmed invalid, poaaihly in pwrl
by reason of a great variety of domestic
calamities, a broken marriage engage
ment, the attempted suicide of her fath
er, the loss of property and a number
of deaths in rapiu nioeeas.uo lu the do
mestic circle. Hhe was under the treat
ment of several pnyaictaua, hut grvw
rapidly worse, and at last became per
fectly helpleas. Lying upon her back
in lied, occasional IT h* had what aha
calls "sinking spells," in which she was
seeming)v lifeless, but was filled willi
remarkable visions <<f heaven, "seeing
the greeu pastures and tieiug led by
the sUll waters." lu February, lbfi'i,
her physician told her that she could
not live another dsy, at which ahe re
joiced, a her sufferings had been so
great. The prolongation of her life was
considered a miracle, aa ahe had lost her
speech, snd could only move her hands.
As her mother—to whose care and sup
port she seems to have been left at this
period of life—waa m very great pover
ty, all the invalid's strength was em
ployed in making fancy work, which was
purchased by her friends,and afterward,
when she recovered her apeech, she had
some pupils whom she taught from ht r
sick bed. The excitement of teaching
made her much worse, ami iu lfio6 she
was carried to Urbana, 0., to be placed
under the treatment of Dr. Newton,
who had some theories in regard to
medical practice at that tims which were
quite novel, especially in the treatment
of patients by electricity. No good re
sults, however, were produced in Miss
Smith's case, as her back was an ]<ara
lyxod tLal after using the lottery for
threw or four hours she wsa insensible
to it* effects. From this time Mias
.Smith kept s journal of her peculiar
ailments.
The following year her physical con
dition aeeoicoi to change. Her back and
limtw became ao sensitive that it was
almost impossible to move her, and eye
sight failed; hut, a* she says, "her
spiritual sight lightened "as she be
came physically blind. This blindness
came and went, apparently, as sometimes
she con Id see a* other* see, and again
she could not,save in some supernatural
wav. Electricity was resorted to a sec
ond time, and with aorne SUCCM**, bat
*be wa* afflicted with many diseases be
side* that of her apme, which made her
the wond< r of the whole neighborhood,
it I cing regarded aa ao strange that a
m<<rtal could be ao afflicted and survive.
Miss Smith drew the plan of a cot,
wnicb a Mr. Blackburn improved upon
and afWward patented ua an invalid
chair. From this time the poor invalid
livid in her chair or cot on wheels, go
ing by car or steamer, when sufficiently
convalescent, to various parts cf the
country near her; always having visions
and developing the spiritual part of her
b*ug, while the material or physical
seemed slowly dying. She attended
camp-meeting*, at which people gath
ered about her to hear her talk and pray,
and t<> learn that ahe waa fasting a* a
mean* of grace, Iu 1870 her paroxysm*
increased, so that at time* her body was
bent nearly double; it ofteu required
six person* to keep her in her chair;
she suffered slso from tetacna; and the
more severe her illness, the more re
markably her mind seemed to lie affect
ed, and her vision* were brighter and
more wonderful. The intervals betwetn
her paroxysm* were occupied in some
literary work which had ready sale. In
1873 her brain became incapacitated for
mental lal KIT. and again for days ami
work* ahe was entirely helpless, blind
and speechless. Front this condition
she again rallied. In 1875 shs under
went a new kind of medical treatment.
Urr whole physical condition seemed
unw to change, and ahe hail new and
iUarming symptoms. One day while
her fnatid* were gathered around her
trying to alleviate ber pain, the terrible
twitching of her muscle* ceased, her
system relaxed, and ahe breathed easily.
Bhe attributed tins resnlt to the prayer*
which were nffrml for her at the time.
From that hour she gradually recov
ered, and is now roaiding in thia city in
good health.
MiasHmith ha* written a little volume,
which she call* "Valley of Baca; a
Record of Buffering and Triumph."
There is a picture of her in thia hook,
a* ahe appeared when she lay in her in
valid chair. The introduction was writ
ten by her former pastor, Thomas H.
Frame, of Dayton, Ohio.—AVc For A
Star.
Aged People.
Persons wliose wish it i* to live to lie
old will find a record of intereatmg
facta in the appendix to the retnrns of
the register general of Scotland for the
quarter ended September 30th last.
For instant**, it ia mentioned that in the
parish of Dunnett, Caithneas-alnre, the
average age of seven ont of eight per
son* who died wa* eighty-three year*.
In Clyne, also in Oaithnees. a " writs
I ble oentennarian," a apimater, died at
i the age of 100 year*, who during her
long life hail never tieen known to suffer
from any illnes* whatever. In Cro
marty pariah the average age of ten per
son* who died wa* over eigbty-ooe. In
i H.vvneh parish, Aberdeenshire, two men
wh-> had reached the age of ninety-four
year* died within a short time of each
1 other. In Eaglesbam parish. Ayrshire,
tha death of a man aged ninety-four
and a-half wa* registered by hi* nephew
aged eighty-four. The ages of nine
person* wbo died in Jedbnrg parish
averaged over eighty-seven years. At
Loehiuaben a lady did who had attain
,si the great age of 106, and who con
tinued healthy till within two dava of
her death. Iu the island of Ramsay the
death was recorded of a man of eighty,
who fell down a steep hill and ilislo-
I catcd hi* neck. But for this accident
aunt her centennariau's death might
have to lie recorded.
The Cow Tree.
No tree aronsed the imagination of
Humboldt ao keenly aa the cow tree,
which grows upon the slopes of the
! Cordillera* of Venezuela. As the nu
tritions jnioe of this tree is allied very
cloaely to the rubber tree of Brazil—
und, indeeil, niav yet come to supply a
rubber to the European markets—the
following aoeonnt of its composition,
communicated to the French Academy
of Sciences by M. Boussit.ganlt, may
1 not be without interest. Tha oow grows
| to a height of from fifteen to twenty
I meters; it leaves are oblong, alternate,
and terminated by points. The creamy
juioe ia obtained by cutting into the in -
ner bark. It is used by the Datives in
stead of oow's milk.
NUMBER 2.
TIB ELY TOPfC*.
ItQMian aalad ia made by (rutting up
raw applee and every kind of available
vegetable into small alloc* and laving
*.iru in a eballow dlah with salt. e little
aegar and pepper, and the bent oil.
' The dressing munt thoroughly saturate
the mixture for at least twelve boura,
end then the rfleet ie eeid to lie found
very agreeable.
A fanciful genius has suggested to the
NrimtifU) At ieriemn thai it i now tuna
i to celebrate the oompletioti of the first
cubic mile of humanity, and givea • °*l
- to ibov that the bodiDn of all
mankind, from the first Adam down to
the present, if closely peeked without
dimmntion at volume, would exactly
fill teat apace ; tee aggregate weight of
all mankind to date ta estimated at 4,212
milliou tons.
A manufactory of paper brioka has
tiecn opened some*here tn WisocHUun.
, The bricks are said to be exceedingly
durable and moisture proof. The? are
also larger than the clay article.
ia now also used for making barrala.
Straw pulp is ran into a mold taada m tha
shape of a half barrel, eat vertically.
The en da are of paper, but aw protected
by wood. The barrels are lighter and
two thirds cheaper than those of wood,
and flour will not sill out of them while
in transit. The staves are threw-eighths
of an inch thick.
When it becomes known in the neigb
horbood of Charles PiazoU's aauaege
factory, In Ban Kranmsoo, thai he was
buying cat*, the excitement waa it tens*.
The story went that the lioy* had cap
tured dozens of oats for Una, and that,
whenever one waa sold to him. he cut <d!
it* tail with a cleaver, atuek the stuiap
into a pail of salt, and then turned the
maimed brute into a room, from which
it never eame out alive. A oat with its
tail cut off 1* believed to fatten quickly;
m> the conclusion was that Pixzoia waa
fattening cat* for sausage. He was
arrented on a charge of cruelty and fihed
$25 ; bnt be proved thai he had bonght
only four eat*, and had pot them to
catching 1 ats in his factory.
William J. Wilson, the colored man
who founded tiif Preedman'a bank, haa
just died at Washington. Ho vaa a man
u( cnerpr ami Mtintj, and well edocat
d, ami started a freodraan'a hank in the
collar of a building in th contra! part
of Washington, to which speedily the
colored introoted their savings. Soon
be mcred into more pretentious quarU r*
and might hare got along nioely had he
not listened to frienda who urged him to
apply to CongreA for a charter for the
i.anV and power to start branch institu
tions. Prom the Aral the bank grew,
until there were at least 100 branches
in the different Southern cities. When
the bank went down all of Wilson's pro
perty went down with it. Hia daughter,
who had led colored fashionable society
in Washington, got a situation as teach
er, and Wllaon obtained a clerkship in
the postoffice. He was fifty-nine at the
time of hia death, and an LL. D. of an
Ohio college. _____
Butler and Cheese.
The production of butter and cheese
in the United States aa a specialty ha*
a history of only thirty years. It began
in the eastern part of New York State,
then extend**! wi-stward until it became
the leading industry in the Htote. In
Pennsylvania the beet 00unties are de
voted to dairy farming. The northern
part of Ohio makes it a specialty. Iu a
large part of Michigan, northern Illi
nois, Wisconsin and lows, cheese aud
l<utter-making ia the chief industry.
Colorado has several cheese factories;
and within the last ten rears California
has eiionged from an importer to an ex
porter of butter and cneeee. Fifteen
year* ago Chicago merchant* obtained
their supplies of cheese from the East;
now, 100,000.000 pounds pass through
that citT annually for New York. The
value of the land and stork employed in
furnishing milk, butter and cheese in
the United Htate* is estimated at $1,300,-
000,000. Over 3,000 factories are en
gaged in the manufacture of these
nrticles, besides the ten" of thousands
of private dairies. Car manufacturer in
western New York has over forty fac
tories. Others in different parts of tha
country have from five to thirty each.
There are several firms in New York
citv who handle from two to three mil
lion dollars' worth of butter and cheese
each annually.
The annual production of cheese fu
the United States is estimated at 350,-
000,000 pounds, and of butter 1,600,-
000,000 pounds. The value of the two
is about $350,000,000, one-seventh more
than tii* hay crop, one-third more than
the cotton crop, and onhr one-fifth leua
than tie corn crop. There are more
than 13,000.000 cows in the United
States, which is over six times the num
ber in Great Britain, and more than
twice the number in France. The pro
duction of butter and cheese in this
country has increased thirty-three per
cent, during the present year, and the
exports are said to have increased in the
same proportion. The cheese and butter
export*! this year have paid freight to
ocean transportation companies amount
ing to $1,000,000. or almost enough to
support a line of ocean steamers. They
pay to railroad companies annually over
$5,'00Q,000, and milk pays nearly aa
much besider.
The following table exhibits the export
trade of this country in butter and
cheese for the past tw'enty years:
Butter. Ih*. Obeeaa. Pa.
IKSH 5.082,117 8 098.527
1W 4.573,065 7.1U5.335
I*6o 7,640.914 16.51fi.Tt0
ltl I 5 531.5V1 33.361.428
IS6 36'691.347 JM.ftSl C7B
1863 S5 173.415 48 045 054
1561 ,20.895 435 47,751.389
1865 31.388.185 53.089 8
1866 3,806 535 96.411.9*5
1867 4.912,356 52.352.127
186 2.071.873 51.097,203
186 1.324 392 30 94® 967
1870 3 019,368 67.296.327
, 1871 3,'.165,043 63 698,867
1872 7,746 201 86.204.025
1878 4.518 844 30 366,540
1874 4.967.983 90.611.077
1875 6 360 827 101,010 853
1876 4,044 894 97.676.264
187 21.527,242 107. 14 666
Setting the Message.
Years ago, when the writer of this was
nil apprentice boy with another young
codger named Frank Ball, they two be
ing the only hands iu the office of the
Orleans Republican, there was a Pres
j ident's message came to them to set. It
was the production of John Tyler, and
long as the moral law. Having two
copies, each took a part, and set out at
early dawn to race it for the day, test
ing which could act the most type by
daylight Starting oat on the voyage
was like a ship starting out ou the track
leas ocean, for from the beginning no
one in those days oould see the end of a
President's message. Without speak.*
lug, stirring, or stopping, the two boys
laid themselves out to tpe work. With
brain fairly reeling as darkness came,
they stopped to measure up. They
were astonished at the work they had
accomplished, bnt were more astonish
ed when, comparing notes, tbev found
that each had been setting precisely the
same part of the message. Poor Ball
died within a few years after, and the
survivor has had little taste for setting
on President's message since.— JElnura
(,V. F.) Adaertimr.
Item* mf litf**'- \
Attending a boll— * baby's
cry.
Side whlakar*-Mule*' tails in fly
time.
Can von ■pello®**"' m threelatent
YER
Where dot* tbe treathar f" ' "*>•* 11
clear off t
Whan hair diss ii I urn* gr*T. When
.'barber dyes, hair turns black.
Thar* am about 5,000,000 plow* in
dm throughout the United State*.
An old horseman T *P1 >1 * "
better than a laah for breaking a colt.
Ki~l bart* aa a m*k let+tnlm bhtba M
Mdw
And tn rock morrow ttu4 a Nae-Vaar'* 4my.
The three drgraM of medical ******
incut : Positive ill, c imperative pul,
superlative bill.
New fork Hute baa 200,000 militia
well equipped and thoroughly matroet
ed ia nfle practice.
An adranood thinker aa?*, " Resolu
tion in dreaa ia needed." He ahoold
wear a roundabout jket.
a uorica 1 raacr.
A lilMed her fan and then arid be
••Thla fan, wlati.'e yon ply it.
Will waft a kiaa to yon tiywm* !
Htia tloahed and aa>d abe (! try It.
Norman Lockyer astonishes the acien
tiflc world by declaring that centuries
of chemioal study baa been on a false
baaia.
The biteat ear* for hydrophobia, dia
eovered by the Carliele (Ky. > J/eareeper.
is a drink of vinegar, " accidentally
taken."
A friandahip that make* the least noise
1* very often the moat nwetnl ; for which
' reason I should prefer a prudent friend
I to a maioua ana.
I Which two kit ten of the alphabet ra
I like the moat cruel of the Roman m
- N and P. Why N and P?
1 Beaauae they are near O.
I There isn't much difference between
$ man who mm s gbowt and the man
1 who aw a) lowe e bad trjmer, eo far a
j their look* am autuwroed.
A a Ark soma awnatabtea pistol being
! stolen, he advertogai teat if the tbiaf
j would rptum it b* fffM S'*" ' ITO 'l l ®
I goatee te, and no cjure'tioD* sake u.
Experience at Charleston, B. C., show*
that the eonrees of srtesisr swells am
affected by tides which m as regular aa
the ocean tides, bat precede thorn by
about an how.
! Aa idaa of the importance of the po
i nip crop in Maine may be obtained
from the fact that the farn.er in Ar
oostook oodnty realize from $165,000 to
1 170,000 yearly from that crop.
A West** paper eeufldeotly assert*
t that a htsuuiv bridegroom, an army mtu
, ket and an ounce of bird-shot, all work
ing harmoniously together, will discour
age s serenade quicker than a thunder
shower.
The Nevada bank, with the largest
capita) (ffl0.j0,000> and reserve ($3.- /"
700,0dd) of any bank in the United
( Htaiea, has bnt ahalf dozen stockholders.
The direct orb are James Flood, James
Q. Fair, John W. Maekey and Lous
McLane.
Words are nothing to paint a mothers
love, a mother's consolations. A 1 why's
* suits oudUuxui tbrdivitMt enf*noD of ill
earthly aulaooment; a child's love
soothes without weakening ; it demands
so much that in blear ag it one m bless
ed by it nna wares.
During 18T7 181 German vessels were
wrecked, and with teem perished 476
man belonging to thai* erewa and seven
psaaitif — Tlua Wsw of life was, Low -
ever, proportionally small, the total
number of persons on board of the lost
vessels having been over 14,000.
as nrrvara.
The following ts taken from the
ch arch yard of Sterling, and ia tha
epitaph of Alexander L kliffin, chief
constable of Stirling tkire :
••Our life is but a muter • day .
80m* only breakfast awl away.
Other* to dinner stay aod are full fed ;
Tbe odwrt maa but rp and goes to bad.
Lane Is bis debt test lingers out the day.
He that goes aoesret hss tbe kaatio pay.
Just about this time of year our ex
changes with one afeord unite in trotting
out the venerable Joe Milter U vsnoua
stages of mutilation abemt s * J
who went to market and told the dealer
thai v ; | kept boatdera and wanted
him fthe market man >4o pick out naif
a dazes of the oldest and toughest —•
f hen* ]
j ducks v be had. Which being done,
1 f
( tnrkeys !
*k® the purchaaer replied with a
/ she 1 r ...
sardonic grin, " HI take the other lot
These are ail the versions we know ; oar
readers can take their choice. —At.
A than# Advertiser.
Widow Marie J acetic Bell is still liv
ing at Kankakee, lIL She is 109 yearn
of age. She was born m 1769, the year
of Napoleon's birth, Bbe saw Napoleon
aa "The Little Corporal" knew Robes
pierre, wa surged in the crowd that
witnessed the execution of the Sixteenth
Louis, and remembers when Marie An
toinette's blood was spilt Old Mother
Ball meaa'irve five, inches less in height
than she did twenty Tears ago, bnt her r
tongue hasc" thrireled iu the least.—
AVer J'wl .Vfiri.
nrnwaaw rozu.
Ob. love)* el aided, farlest of thy sex.
To ; at l ntbeoo—
Bat veil Have to fiaiab thu vmV
For we haven't any room.
—Ktmira IteSV.
tTtxat could *• do without yuu, Uessed
woman t
Veil gently aak spun ;
H itboat you this world would be a be—
Ucave/i. we're broke our pen.
(rvwarnda EnlrrpriM.
Her frentJe reic*. *0 low sod street ;
Seem* from beaten tie eeot—
But bold ' confound it. hrre comes
Another female book arent
Leader.
Where it Nerer Rains.
In Peru, South America, rain is un
known. The coast of Peru is within
' the region of perpetual southeast trade
winds, end though the Peruvien shores
are on the verge of the great southeast
boiler, yet it never reins there. The
rearon "is plain. The southeast trade
winds in the Atlantic ocean first strike
the water on the coast of Africa. Trav
eling to the northwest they blow
obliquely across the ocean until they
reach the ooadt of BrasiL By this
■ time they are laden with vapor, whi-h
they continue to bear along across the
continent, depositing it aa they go. ai d
supplying with it the sources of the
, Ri > de la Plata and the southern tribu
taries of the Amazon. Finally, they
reach the snow-capped Andes ; here is
wrung from them the last partiale of
moisture that a very low temperature
can attract. Reaching the summit of
that range, they now tumble down as
cool and dry winds on the Pacifio slope
beyond. Meeting with no evaporating
surface and no temj>eratur> colder than
that to which they wvre subjected on
the mountain top.", they reach the
ocean. Tbna we see how the tope of
the Andes become the reservoir from
which are supplied the rivers of Chili
and Peru.
The World a Trlhaaal.
A man, said Emerson, passes for what
he is worth. Very idle is all curiosity
concerning other people's estimate of
us ; and all fear of remaining unknown
is not less so. If a man know that he
oaif do anything, that be can iloit better
than any one else, he lias a pledge of
the acknowledgment of that fact by all
persons. The world is full of judgment
j days, and into every assembly that a
1 man enters, in every action he attempts
he is gauged and stamped. In every
troop of boys that whoop and run in
I each yard and equate, a new oomer is as y
wall "and, aeeurotely weighed in thai I
' oauraeldtfi few days, and stamped
his right number, as if he had under* 1
gone a formal trial of hi strapgth, speed
anil temper. A stranger comes froraJ
1 distant school, wiih better dress, wiS
trinkets in his pockets, with airs bad
pretensions. An older boys sayajlo
( himself: "It's no use ;we shalllpd
' him out to-morrow," -Tp
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