The Barber's Laaeat.
" Fair maiden. wtlt then tKesr m? fae* f
A levs-siok barber tried:
•• Oh, no," said aba, '• 1 eanrtot he
A little ihi.tr i bride "
" Thy Up, pomade. doth wound me d**t
And onttolh sharp and keen,
Beep praotoni art tbon to my heart
Which bona* no other queen
• *• And sine* to he my bonny brida
Thoo wtlt not oondeMMtthl,
I fear my day* bar* ran tbatr raoa
And reached their lather end.
" Thta form most crumble in the dart.
These llpe in death (row durat .
Thl* barber's in or. ao fair and annj.
Mnatachen pale become "
CtMCfwwah Ateinj ."*•
Epigram*.
A pompous attorney, while trying a oatisa.
Was quitting a witness and looking for flaws.
Tbs witness, who owed htm a personal grs.ig*
Provoked him until ho appealed to the Judge
" I demand, sir," be aris.l, with a flary-red
faoa,
" A little attention • title trying this case."
" Tour honor, ' responded the meek Utile man.
"1m paying as little as any one can "
The judge, with a frown,
Looked solemnly down
On lbs squabble, and .aid from the beach
where be sat.
" W* want nothing tnt silence, and little of
that.'
R.
Said young Houieo Hntts to Miss Clan be i Cutis,
(As they'stoovl u a parlor reejiioiHlenl with
light).
With a wearisome .igh. -Oh, I cannot tall wh.,
But somehow, I feel like a tool here to-night '
Said Miss daribel Ontte t Romeo ButU.
With a pitiless smile that she oonlJ not onn
eeal
" Vee. your face would betray 1 sat sura, what
you say,
For you cartai: k !! .or • tbat you
feel."
m.
Oh, husband !~ said Mrs. Ophelia McMtmn,
As she gated at her willful aud passionate sou'
" Where that boy got hi. temper. I Mwr .vuld
see ,
I'm certain be never could takt it from me.'
"No doubt, my dear wife, yonr assertion is
true-
I never haw m;■*.! any imqwr from too '
-- UAieogc
THE STORY OF TWO SINGERS.
An Italian vessel had reached the
shores of America. The passengers had
landed. The wealthy had been taken
to thei hotels or tlieir friends' homes in
oarriag' s. The poor folk, who still had
same certain destination and aume one
to grct t and meet, had been led away
nnder frieudly guidance, after many
embraces and much gesticulation, or
had taken cars and omuibnsses for the
pnrpos'- of reaching their homes and
the welcome that awaited them. Some,
poor ai 1 forlorn, were wandering vague
ly abor.t the Rattery—the prey of emi
grant hoarding-housekeepers—and one,
poorest and most forlorn of all, sat upon
a beueh under a great tree and wept
silently. Sue was a woman. She was
voting and of the peasant class. Her
hns'.-aad bad dital upon tue voyage.
She had not a friend in America, and
some thief bad stolen her parse from
ander her pillow, as she slept between
her little jhi'dren in her berth in the
steerage.
She hail only a great bag, with a few
shabby garments, and these two chil
dren, and a pair of earrings, which she
might, perhaps, sell for a 'it'V bread—
in all tue world. As she stared ont
npo" the water, which bad swept away
the body o I her dead husband, and
which still covered it, she was very
miserable.
"If it .d Weii the Lord's will that I
also should be bnrieil in the aea," sh
soblsed. •* I and ray children." And
sh- bent ucr to d npon her hands; hei
evt- were broded with tears; she saw
nothing what was going on just then.
'• Mother!" cried the eldest child.
" Mother, look. The bad boy has car
ried "ff <>nr bag."
Ttie poor creature started to her feet
She stare! wildly about her. A boy was
running HIT at full speed with the bag
of -lotnes ou his back. Uttering a
serf im, ie began to run at full sre>'d.
Pet • !e s' red at her, but did uot feu is
whv she 'an, or understand that the in-
terpretati >u of her cry was "stop thief."
Tfc<* bor entran her very soon ; her
bre..th iiiied her. She saw him turning
a comer of the street, and regardless of
the wagons, ears and carriages in her
path, dashed across the road. There
w*> a cry— a crash ; a policeman strode
out upon the crossing and stopped the
vehicles, and the body of the Italian
women was lifted from the ground ; her
black hair fell over her shoulders, her
eyes were fixed, her face pallid, and the
yellow kerchief about her head soaked
in blood. No one knew anything aboat
her. Tbey carried her to the hospital;
thei. e to the morgue. Afterward she
was buried where they bury paupers.
When their mother ran after the thief,
the little giris sat where she had left
them, f> r awhile; each was playing with
something. To amuse them their
mother had given them her earrings—
two hoops of gold.
They liad their own little ears pierced,
but as yet there were only threads in
then. Tbeir father had promised that.
whn be raado hi* fortune, they should
have gold earrings like their mother's.
F.ut their father was buried in the sea,
and their mother was poor. It did not
seem likely they shonld ever have any
of those nice things that they had been
promised when they came to America.
However, children are light hearted, and
tbey were on land again and not staffed
into the steerage of the crowded ship;
and they had no doubt that their mother
wonld catch the boy with the bag. They
played with the earrings and stared at
the pedestrians and at the carriages,
with no anxieties about their mother,
until thev grew hungry. Then tbe
youngest began to cry.
" Mother stays a long while," said the
eldest. "Let us go and look for her,
and tell her we want supper." And
away they went, hand in hand, each
clutching her earring.
The eldest was a handsome girl of
eight; the youngest a little six-year-old
beauy, wonderful to contemplate. They
spoke only Italian, of conise. As they
wandered on looking for their mother,
and growing more and more frightened
at every <tep, there came marching up
Broadway a military procession. The
bugies blared, the drums beat, the ban
ner i w vod, a crowd of hangers on
tramped over the sidewalk. Rough
men and boys took no heed of the little
girls, and they were at last separated.
The eldest was helplessly pushed for
ward by the crowd ; the little one, who
hat! chiDg to tbe railings of a rest an
rant, was left behind.
" vVfien the procession and the crowd
had pissed, she still sat there, weeping
bitterly. " What a beantifnl child,"
said many, aud one or two spoke to her,
but she (lid not understand, and could
not answer them. At last there came
along the street an old Italian with an
organ on bis back, and a monkey perch
ed upon it. He paused in front of tbe
restaurant and held out his hand to tbe
child.
" What has happened to the pretty
little girl f Has she lost herself ?" he
naked ; and tbe child, glad to bear words
that she conld comprehend, told him
her ston
Tl>' old man listened kindly.
"Dry your tears, pretty one, 1 ' be said.
" We wil' find your mother, and mean
while. you shall have supper with me
and ray monkey. See what a fine
monkey. He will Hhake hands with you.
Pepa, shake hands with the pretty lit
tle girl, <nd bow."
The monkey put out one brown paw
and t -ok oil his velvet oap by the crown
with the other.
His prauks amused the child. She
trotted aloug by the side of the organ
grinder. "ud had macaroni with him in
dismal J - tMe room in a terrible old tene-
FREI). KURTZ, Kditor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XII.
ment house. She had no doubt that be
could find lier mother for her -her
mother and her little enter Franceses;
for lliauon wan only nix yearn old, and
at that age we are always hopeful, lint
the old man wlio.afterthe frugal supper,
went about to do what he could to hud
the child'* mother,noon learned the truth.
He knew Ibaiicu *an the child of the
poor woman who had loeu killed; aud
though lie kept the knowledge to liitu
aelf with a dread of mysterious evil, per
aonal cvnaequeneo* peculiar !-• foreigu
ere who do not quite uuderetatnl the
laws of the laud—aud soarwly to l>e
woudered at—he generously resolved to
take care of the little girl, to whom he
did not tell the truth, tliam-a Iwliered
that her mother would noon come luiek,
nntil she forgot her grief ; hut the old
man bought a little bit of black ribbon
aud snspeuded to it the solitary earring.
" Never part with it," he said. "It
ia a memento of your mother, pretty
one."
He hai a little tnielrv lulus breast,
as most Italians have, though he was
only a pror organ grinder.
Every day wheu he went out with hia
monkey aud his organ, he took the
child with him. She held the plate,
into which the patnuis of this cheap
concert dropped their coin.
After awhile, he taught her to siug
some little songs. Italian children can
always siug ; and it w-s no loss to him
to have adopted this little creature, for
lie Lever made half as much before.
The child brought him luck. One day a
musician heard her :ug, aud offered to
teach her to sing better. Her voice was
full and rich. She studied carefully.
She was beautiful and at'motive. As
ahe grew up the old man began to see
that he must uo longer take her iuto the
street. "Stay at home, pretty oue,"
he said. " Study at the school. A
better fate awaits you than to siug be
fore windows and catch petiuie* in a
platter."
The girl waa glad to obey. She work*
ed hardt r than ever to improve. She
kept the poor place neat ; she cooked
her adopted father's meals and made
her own cheap garments neatly. Hope
rose high within her, but, alas 1 misfor
tune was at hand. The old man made
very little, now that his young singer
was not with him. One day the monkey
was killed by a larger oue, who threw it
from the ropea where the two dangled
together—ropes swung from pulley
lines fastened to the wiudows of the
houses. Poor Pepa was thrown to the
Kivement below, and his neck broken.
read grew scarce, and the old man,
lamed with rheumatism, could scarcely
oarry his organ about ; and, at last, the
hope that hail inspired both perished in
an hour. The kind musician died : the
free music lessons were over forever, and
they conld never pay for instruction.
One day Hianoa fonnd her father, as
she called him, actually ill, and their
humble means of subsistence at an end
for the present.
"Forever," said Biauca to herself,
"if I cannot earn his bread in his age, as
he has earned mine in my youth. Surely,
even my little knowledge of music is of
some avail."
Sitting with her beau npon her hands,
she remembered the tieantifnl young
prima donna who sang at the open, aud
whose voice she had bean! through the
open window of a eertniu great hoU .
"Bhe is said t.i U(buitthlf,' <u*
said; "at least -be would t*ll a ; ■or
girl if it might U possible for bi-r to
earn her living by her voice; where to
apply; what to do." And, full of that
anient trust in hnrnau nature which is
part of youth, she tied ou her poor little
bat, and made hpr way through the
wretched streets in which she lived to
the great thoroughfare in which stood
the hotel which wus the prima donna's
home.
" Can I see signora ?" she asked
timidly of a servant who answered her
timid ring.
" Well, it isn't likely, young woman."
said the man ; " she's just going out to
ride. Does she know vou ?"
" No," said the poor girl ; " bnt "
" Oh—begging, or something, I sup
pose," said the man. " No, yon can't."
"Let me be the judge," said a soft
voice ; and a beantifnl lady clad in vel
vet swept toward her. " What have
yon to say to me?" she asked, kindly.
And Bianca was about to reply when
she suddenly caught sight of something
pendent from a chain which the lady
wore that strnck her dumb. It was an
earring—a hoop of gold—the mate to
that about poor Bianea's neck. She re
membered how her mother had given
one to each of them to quiet them on
that day when she sat desolate upon a
foreign shore. Strange fancies filled
her mind. Conld this be Franceses ?
If it were, would she not despise the
poor organ-grinder's adopted child ?
'an ignorant girl, so shabby that the
servants took her for a beggar.
" Come along with me, my child,"
said the beautiful youDg lady. "At
lehst yon are of my country. I know it
by your accent. We have that tie.
Cocie."
She led her to her sumptuous apart
ment, and closed the door.
" Now, let me know what yon came
for,"she said, smiling.
Bianca bent her head, trembling.
"I came for something else," she
said, but I can only think of one thing
now—that hoop upon your chain. What
is it? Where did you get it ? And you
look—oh ! you look—yon are like"—
She faltered and panned.
" This bit of gold," said the lady, "is
all I have to remind me of my lost
mother. I wear it for that. And be
sides—l have been told that it may be a
means of— of"- She broke off and
covered tace with her handß. "Why
did yon notice the ring?" she said.
" Of whom do I remind yon ?"
"Of my mother," said Bianca. "Mv
mother, who on tbe day of onr arrivsl in
this country, left me with my sister
upon the Battery. She was killed in tbe
street, though I did not know af it for
years afterward. An old man —g<x*l ami
kind, but very poor—siared for me. I
never saw my sister again. I came to
see you, signora, to ask you what one
oonld do with a good voice and love for
music, but with little musical education.
I heard you were charitable, but—Oh,
signora, what doe* it mean ? As we sat
on that bench on the Battery, my sister
and I„our mother gave ns each one of
her golden earriDgn to play with. Bee !
I have mine yet."
She drew it from her bosom.
"Your name?" cried the prima
donna.
" Bianca," said the girl,
" I am Franceses ! " cried the other.
Bhe held out her arras, and the next
moment the two girls sobbed upon each
other's bosom.
Franceses had been adopted by a rich
man, who had developed her great tal
ent by all the means :□ his power, And
nowahe herself ws* winning fame and
• fortune. A great joy had come to her in
the restoration of ber sister, and she
took her at once and forever to her heart
and home.
And the old Italian, in the comfort of
a lnxnrious home and the society of his
adopted daughter, who soon followed in
her sister's footsteps, and became a
great singer, found himself well repaid
for his kindness to the orphan child,
and ended hia days in peace and happi*
neea.
Gold is still found in qnarts in Cali
fornia. All you need is to have some
body to pint it out.
Tin: CENTRE REPORTER.
Scett's Poetry In Western Prime.
The train had withdrawn from the
cantle, but Marulon lingered Iwhind to
bid adieu to Donglaas. "Though
nometliitig might he explained, " he
aaid, "of oold resjxvt to a gentleman
•.•nt hither by your kiug a behest, while
iu Tantelhou , s tower* 1 staved. part me
in friendship and noble earl, receive my
hand."
Rut Douglass was out of aorta, aud
takiug another roof in the baud of hi*
ulster, said :
"My dear air, my manor*, halla,
towers, ct esters ami ao forth, are oj>eu
a' my sovereign's wtll to whoever he de
sire* to send hither, no matter how un
worthy snch a one may be to stand in
the preecuce of the gentleman who now
has the door," and he h>oked Marmiou
straight in the eye.
"My castles are my king • alone,
he continued, " from cupola H the
basement kitchen, but the baud of
IVnglsss is hi* own and never ahalt in
friendship clasp the hand of such a*
Marmiou carrie* o jauntily in the
breast oi hi* cutaway." So i-aytug he
thrust hi* hand* in hi* pantaloon*
pockets and turned on hi* heel.
Marmiou wa the maddest man in
towu. Hit awarthv cheek burned until
it was red a* a lotaler and shook hi*
very frame for ire. " And this to me 1"
he yelled ; " au' 'twere not for thy gray
hair* anch hand aa Marmiou had uot
spared to cleave the Douglass head aa
if atruck by lightning, and I'm not so
sure but I'll do it anyhow ! And 1 tell
thee haughty peer, h* who doe* Eng
land'* uieasage bring, although the
meanest politician in the country, may
well, proud Angus, be thy mate I
And furthermore, my gentle gaaellw,
even in thy pitch of pride, tiere
in thy hold, thy vassals aud lick
spittles near—take yonr hand out of
yonr hip pocket or I'll smash yon—l
tell thee thou are defied ! And if thou
sanlet I fTxn not peer to any lord iu Scot
land, Lowland or Highland, rich or
poor, Lord-Angus, you're a liar!" and
he shook hi* Hat under the Douglas*
mwe.
It was now Douglass' turn to get mad,
and he improved the excellent oppor
tunity offered. At first lie turned white
and purple about the gills, and his ear*
wagged in awful silence. Then he broke
forth:
" Dareat thou to beard a family of
royal Itergal tigrrs in their den, the
Donglass in his liall ? And hoj>e*t thon
thence unscathed to go f No; by Saint
Patrick of Bothwell, no! 17p draw
bridge, grooms ! What, warder ! le*
the portcullis fall, cud le lively about
it, while 1 take it out of the fellow's
hide 1'
The warder and grooms were on deck
in an instant, bnt a moment was lost m
running to the kitchen to get the key of
the portcullis from the hired girl. Lord
Marmion turned—well waa his need—
and dash ad the rowels in his male, that
shot like an arrow through the archwav,
and kicked the top of the ftortcullis as it
descended behind liim. The mule along
the drawbridge clattered just as it trem
bles on the rise. In the words of an
unknown poet: *
Not awifti-r ill r* tha swallow (kuu
Along tha (mouth lake t level brim
Wbeu liord Marmion reached his
band, where Le knew he was compara
tively *af<\ he turned aronnd in the sad
dle and yelled at tha top of his voice:
" I'll see you later- when I do," anil
shook his gauntlet at the tower*. —/V
--troit f-Vt r Pr'sa.
Life Among the (vminrhr*
An American who has been studying
the life, habits and traits of tbe Co
manches, thinks that there are at present
from 10,000 to 12,000, ot whom aismt
2,500 are warriors. Wholly nomadic,
they have no villages or tlxd inhabita
tions, but roam and plunder 800 to 000
miles from north to south aud 700 from
east to west. They own large herds of
horses and mules, obtaining homed
cattle only for their immediate wauta,
becanae they cannot drive these as fast
as they want to move. All their ani
mals are procured by robbing the Mexi
cans and Americans, and all their wars
are undertaken more for plnnder of this
sort than for any other purpose. They
never take men prisoners, though they
kill and scalp them; but they carry off
women and children; make wives of the
former, and rear the latter a* their own.
They have never had auv permanent
places of abode, as the absence of all
mounds or tumuli in the territory they
range over clearly proves. They seem
to have been bora on horseback, where
they do all their lighting; and in attack- i
ing trains they always endeavor to
stampede tbe animals by cries and war
whoops—A stampede rendering destruc
tion of a train almost certain. If they
attack a village, they kill everybody
they enoonnter, and tbey drive off the
stock. The chiefs of these Indians do
not inherit their authority, but acquire
it by superior knowledge, personal
bravery, or success in war. Any social
disagreement is adjusted by a council of
chiefs snd seniors of the lodges; but
those disagreements are few, and family
feuds are rare. Indeed, thev live to
gether more harmoniously than many
civilized people do. Of law they have
no notion, nor have they any conception
of national policy. They never observe
treaties any longer than self-interest
prompts, in which they rsseuible most
enlightened peoples. Their religious
ideas are very crude and indetinite. In
an evil spirit they do not l>elieve, but
ascribe both good and evil to tbe good
spirit. Their conception of a future life
is indistinct; but they hold that men
who have stolen the most horses and
taken the most scalps will have the l>st
chance of happy hunting-grounds in
another world. Fire is sacred with
them, ai 1 need in all tbeir religions
observances. Ties of kindred are very
strong, and extend not only to relatives
by blood, but by marriage. Offenses
against any member of a family are
avenged by all or any one connected
with it. They are poivgamista, some
chiefs have ten or twelve wives. The
hnsbaud exercises absolute dominion
over the wife, who does all the work
while he fights and steals. Going into
a fight they divest themselves of every
thing except breech-cloth and leggings.
Tbey call themselves Naiini, meaning
live, or first-alive people.
Two Golden Honrs."
The following interesting letter we
take from the correspondence column of
the New York Evrning Prut:
" During the summer of 1876, after
passing through the parks snd grounds
of the late Hir William Btirling-Max well,
near Bridge of Allen, I was highly
favored by an interior view and iuspeo
tion of the castle and castles of his con
struction, and of his noble ancestors, a
favor that one could scarcely expect out
side of his oircle of acquaintances. In
the day nursery was this motto, that I
have sinoe desired to learn the origin of.
If any of vonr many readers can aid me,
' it will be an esteemed favor to know
whether it may have been original with
him or not:
" 'LOST.
" ' Somewhere between sunrise and sunset.
Two Oolden Honrs,
Each set with sixty diamond minutes.
No reward is offered,
AM they are gone forever.'
" The beanty and propriety of these
few words have lingered in my mind and
given nest to my daily efforts. I hope
that they may be of use to others, through
your valuable columns."
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY <S, 1879.
A KRI'IT UROWER'N MURDER.
warraaeslwv r**lle A4lsl*trt*r ww
vteiea •• Ik*Cites-Mww ww* Wk • was
('*■■lll*4.
j In the trial of Troy Dye, ei-public
administrator of Hanuueiito ctiuty.
CaL. lor the murder of A. M. Tulli*. a
wealthy fruit grower of llraud island,
near Sacramento, the jury, after twenty
minutes' deliberation, brought in the
verdict, " Ouilty of murder iu the first
degree."
The crime was committed on the night
of August Ist, of last year. Its object
was to enable Dye, lu his eai-acitv a*
public aduiiuintrator, to get hold of Tul
lia' estate, the latter's heirs living at a
distance At the time of his death Ttil
lis waa the largest fruit grower on the
Sacramento river, having one large
orchard and large interests in two
others. Hia gains in the fruit soaaon
were at the r*te of a thousand dollars a
day, and he had accumulated from #BO,-
to $100.(XX) 1m fore his body was
found cold and stiff in his orchard on
the morning of August 21. When I>ye,
aa public administrator, applied for let
ters of administration, lie rated the
estate at s&o,i X), hia object la-iug to se
cure all over tnat amount. The killing
of Tullia on auv other ground beiug ob
jvtljaa, the theory was formed, soon
after the murder, that either his rela
tives bad committed the crime to aeenre
the estate aa hia heirs, or that Dye uad
done the deed to take potaeaaiou aa
public administrator As Tullia' rela
tives—a brother and a neuhew— were
from 300 to 3,000 nulea from the accne,
suspicion fastened upon Dve, who was
discovered to be tu the neighborhood of
Tullia' ranch the uight of the murder.
He was arrested on August 12th. As he
had up to that tima borne an irreproach
able reputation his arrest waa a shock to
the community. Two days later he made
a ooufiwslou of the crime IU the presence
of the district attorney and others. The
murder was uot committed by him, but
by Clark, his partner in a saloon ven
ture, and bv Audersou, a former em
ployee in Dye's butcher shop. Dye
having other occupations lesides that of
public administrator. Anderson, being
arretted, also made a confession. Dye
nan! that he first thought of killing Tub
lis in the spring, having heard of the
wealth the fruit grower was acquir
ing. At that time Anderson offer
ed to kill any one Dye would
name for 8100, and be confessed
to the committal of two murders already.
After l>yr made np hia mind to mur
der Tullia, he enlist**! ('lurk * well as
Anderson, uu i the first endeavor w to
poison TulUf. Clark viittnl the frtnt
grower ou pretense of inutiorw, and left
tiehind ok a parting present a bottle,
ostensibly containing a choice cordial,
bnt whieli really contained poison. For
some reason this acheme miscarried, and
tbeu it wan determined to waylay Tullis
and alioot bim. A boat waa built at
Dye's buuae in Sacramento, in whicb
Anderaou and Clark rowed to Tuiha'
frnit ranch, which waa on an ialand,
while Dye waited for them on the main
bank. Thia wa* toward evening on
August first. After they had lander!
Clark <M>ncealed himself while Anderaon
went to look for Tutlw. who presently
came near where Clark waa lying. An
deraon asked Tuiha for work, bnt waa
told that Chinamen were preferred. He
mauaged to get behind Tnllia, no that he
could atrike him witn a aandbag. Al
though shaken by the blow. Till!:* eloacd
w th Atlderwow. while the log tore the
assassin'* trousers and barked. Clark,
coming to the rescue, tired at Tullia
with a piatol, but apfiaretiliy rusaed.
Saying to Anderson, "Stand lack,"
Clark tired ag-tin, hitting Tullia in the
back. Puttiug li.e piatol to the back of
Tullia' head, he 11 red again. Tullia
fell on his five. Anderaon had already
run to the Iniat. and Clark then followed.
The two rowed back m the boat, which
they then broke np and threw into the
river. Anderaou also tore np and de
stroyed his trousers, thinking then- wait
blood on them. They then met Dye,
who carried them back to Sacramento.
Au " Old Hatter " write* to the New
ark (N. J. 1 Arlwrttirr : In roar pajier
of the 29th ult.. there wa* an article
headed " How Hattera are Poisoned."
The men are afflicted with a nervon*
idiaking of the handa and arm*, and
sometimes of the head ; ami I have
known instance* where the teth Oould
be picked ont with the finger*. In
many ea*e* they are unable to get a cup
to their lip* without help. The afflic
tion l* called "The Shake*," and, a*
stated, 1a charged to the " carrot " need
on the fur. It in made by indurating
nitric acid with quicksilver.to one j>art of
which an eighth of water i* used to wet
the fnr on the *kina, am! when dry a
ho* iron i* paavxl over them, which
give* the fnr a yellow tinge called yel
low carrot. Thi* ha* t>eu used ever
since hat bodies have been made of fnr,
ami until of late withonl any lied ef
fects, and in some of the large factories
the men are not troubled. I believe
the workmen on fancy colors are exempt
from them, although the same carrot
i* nacd—only the ironing i* omitted and
i* called whito carrot. Hut I sn*p , ct
the black color ha* much to do with the
trouble. The *alta of copper are all
poison, and they abonud in the dn*t
from the hats; especially in badly-ven
tilatcd room*, which are where the
" shake* " are found to prevail in the
winter and disappear a* the weather
will permit of free ventilation in tlie
apring.
The writer has worked ■ the bnsi
nen manv years in the largest fie lories,
has made the carrot and used it without
being in the least affected by it, and
feels satisfied that some other eanae
must be at the bottom of the trouble.
The fnrs are now nearly all prepared in
Europe, and some other chemicals may
be used, tint I think not. I find in
lire's Dictionary of the Arts the same
formula. The use of carrot on the fur
is to make its felt close and Attn, which
raw stock will not do. I would suggest
to the doctor to ftee if arsenic may not
be the canae. Examine the verdigri/
used for it.
Nearly all the hats worn ill the United
Htates are made in Newark, Orange,
Dsnburv, Norwalk and Brookline,
amounting to many millions of dollars
yearly, anil employing thousands of men
and women. New York beiug the great
center of distribution for all the coun
try.
A locomotive hi a (Jnirkmml.
The Leavenworth (Kan.) Timrn says:
Mention was made in the Tim** during
the summer of a singular accident which
occurred on the Kansas Pacific road at
the bridge crossing Kiown creek, forty
two miles east of Denver, in which an
engine attached to a freight train went
through the bridge into the lied of the
creek, instantly disappearing in the
quicksand and baffling all attempts to
reoover it. For the past six months the
search for the missing locomotive has
been kept up, resulting in success two or
three days ago, when it was found bnried
forty feet deep in the qnicksand. The
sand had been removed for a great num
ber of yards around the scene of the dis
appearance of the engine, a hydraulic
i ram beiug used, the looomotive being
j found at last after a search of six
' months. The instance Is one of the
' most remarkable on record.
Hat Poi<-untug.
DINANTEK* MKIMJ IHTM.
As AsewlUa* Ktfwd si l*M sf I.lf* ww
I nt •*4 *•.
The reiw>rd of the dtsaalerw of IH7B ia
an *ppalling one. On September 8, the
iron screw tvillier Itywell Oaatle crashed
into ttie slightly-built excursion steam
er Princess Alice, ax both were rounding
the iwud of the Thame* at Tripcock's
point, and sank her almost matantly.
Exactly how mauy live* were lost will
never be known. Heveu hundred la a
low estimate, and aa the majority were
women and children out for * dav'*
pleasuring, the oolhaion is certainly the
most distrrnaiug in marine history. The
| refxu t of (he official inquiry declared
that the collision a as caused by the bad
and carelcas steering of the Princes.*
j Alice.
I On March IN, the Eurydioe csomiaed
in a squall off Dunnoae, lale of Wight,
aa she was within half an hour of her
i anchorage, aud carried down, iu sight
of their hotuea, 800 lada who were being
trained for the British navy. There
were but two surviTor* , but tiappily
I their testimouy established that the dia
aster was due aolely to the dauger of
the sea.
The Oerman n*vy also suffered a ae
vere loss. On the last day of May, a
squadron was engaged in naval ma
nenveriug in the English channel, when
the (Iroaser Kurfurst atruck and sunk
the Koemg Wilhelm as tliey were wear
ing alup to avoid a merchantman. Two
hundred and ninety live* were lost, in
cluding thirteen officers. The vrrdiot
attribut*i the collision to a " mistake "
of the Koemg Wilhelm'* helmsman.
Ou the night of November 'JS, Uie iron
bark Moel Eiliau ran down and sank
the Pommerani*, one of the finest
steamer* of the Hamburg- Americau line.
Atioat fifty-five live* were lost by this
collision.
Seventeen livea were lost by the col
lision on October 31, off Tuscar light,
iwtweeu the National line steamship
Helvetia anil the Hntish cutter Fanny;
and alaiut ISO by the Hyxsntin-Kinahlo
Collision in the Dardauellrrfou the night
of December 18.
An explosion ot fire damp in the Aber
ooru colliery, Booth Waiea, ou Heptem
tier 11, caused 251 deaths.
Ou October 11, the audience of the
Colosseum theater, in Liverpool, in
their mail rush for escaje from the
building at a car--less or malicious but
entirely ground leas alarm of fire, tram
pled ilurty-aeven of their nnmber to
death.
In this country there were but few
marine disasters. Ou the 31*t of Jan
uary, in the same southeast gale which
caused the l<>as of seven lives at Man
hattan Iveach bv sweeping several
houses into Sheep*head bay, the Metrop
olis, bound to i'ara, went ashore on
Carntuck beach, on the North Carolina
coast, and about twenty mile* north of
the acene of the wreck of the ill-fated
Huron. Ninety-one lives were loat,
Murvler or manslaughter, however, are
the only words properly descriptive of
the loss of lifleeo lives by the explosion
of the Adelphi's boilers on the 'JKth of
Septemls r, ner uregorj s point, in
Long Llsnd aouud. On the inquest it
was shown tliat the Injiler ui-elei (latch
ing within a mouth after it* inspection,
and that it exploded within month
after the repairs. Ihe iron of the boiler
was onlv one-half tie re|tortod tliickneKs,
and near the rapture it was actually
onlv one-thirty-second of an inch thick.
"fwrutv lives were lost by the colli
aion ou December 1, between ihe Missis
sippi river sle aniers Cotton Valley and
Charles Morgan, and thirty six by the
foundering on Ik-ivmWr 10, of the
Konly B. Sond< r, on her trip from New
York city lo Kingston. Jarosn-a.
A shocking disaster, which cauuot lie
called an aiviJenl, was the collision on
Octolier *, ~| a n excursion tram ou the
OKI Colony railroad with a freight tram
which was being switched. Twenty-two
person were killed and lib were wound
ed. The inquest found conductors of
both trains and the engineer of one.
guiltv of negligence; and as one conduo
tor testified thst be was switching his
tnun Is-cause he " supposed " the excur
sion train lis 1 passed, and when so saw
it approaching, sent out no signal* be
cause he " supposed " the engineer hail
done so, he was held and indicted, bnt
has not yet !eeu punished for man
slaughter! The aecideot ie estimated
to etnt the railroad company 9823,000.
Another engineer employ d by the
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis
company, whose watch was slow, bnt
who " supposed " he had time to go on,
killed fifteen persons by dashing his
train into another on August 7.
The list of railroad accident* may be
closed by the breaking under an ex
curaion tnun of the bndge over the
Farrqjsgton nver, on the line of the
Connecticut Weetern railroad. This
occurred on Jsnuarv 16, and it is not
yet certaiti whether the'.bridge broke be
cause it was not originally strong enough
or because it had been suffered to decay,
or whether the accident was not caused
by train-wreckers.
flax ( ultnre.
The common flax is a native of Egypt
or possibly the elevated plains of central
Asia, but though no doubt a native of
warm climates, the fiber sttaine its
grcateet flneneee and perfection in tem
perate regions ; the wed being richer in
the tropins. Flax is more extensively
snd more successfully cultivated in
Belgium than in any oilier European
country, particularly in East and West
Flanders, in which the most l>eantiful
flax iu Europe is produced, being em
ployed for the manufacture of the
famous Brussels laoe, and sold for this
purpose at S3OO to £>oo per ton. Im
mense quantities of an inferior produoi
are also raised and exported from line
sis, eapociallv from the countries bor
dering on the Baltic. The cultivation
of flax was introduced into Ireland from
the low countries before the close of the
seventeenth century. Flax lias been
cultivated from time immemorial as a
winter crop in India, bnt only for its
seed, and not at all for its fiber.
The estimated production of flax in
Russia in 1868, was 193,000 tons; in
1869. 300.000 tons. In Holland there
were in 1869, 66,272 statute acres nuder
flax, producing 13,921 tons; in 1870,
60,f>20 acree, producing 8,918 tons.
In Belginm, there were at the latest
official oensna, 142,612 acres under flax,
producing 29,. r B2 tona. In Prnaaia, in
1870. throughout the eight old pro
vinces .'146.3110 acres ntuler flax, while in
Austria there were in" 1871, 263,730
acres under flax, producing 44,623 tons.
In Hungary, the yield was 18,160 tons.
The average acreage appropriated to the
gmwth of flax in France, is 160,550
statute acres, and about 16,000 acres
are sown with flax in Egypt every year.
The entire produce in Ireland has never
exoeeded 64,606 tons (1864), and it hss
sunk as low as 12,929 tma (in 1871).
The acreage nnder flax in Ireland in
1864, waa 301,693 ; in 1868, 206,446, and
in 1871, 166,883. The acreage under
flax, however, ia not always an accurate
guide to the produce, aince in 1871,
156,888 acres produced only 18,612 tona
of flax, while in 1872. 122 008 acres pro
duced 18 920 tona. In 1872 there were
14,011 acres under flax in England,
eighty-four in Wales, and 1,262 in Soot
land. In 1870 the United Htatea pro
! dnced 18,567 tons of flax, of which
quantity the Htate of Ohio alone raised
I 8,940 tons. Tbirty-two States produce
I tl&x in large or small quantities.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Herman Hoheel, with oua assistant,
ha* taken tIH.OOO from hia mine, near
Silver Olty, Nevada, in five mouth*.
Iceboat* are uaed on the Hudaon at
Newburg, to trauaporl passenger* across
the river, and they acud along at the
rale of sixty mile* au hour.
(iuetiug, a murderer in prison at lu
dlaua|Kilia, being visited ill hia solitary
cell by s tnauae, caught hi* visitor and
amused himself by torturing it to death.
A aaller on Heiiator Burnaide o
Rhode Island, recently fonnd hun writ
tag n speech on the army bill, uaing as
stimulant* a |>ot of hot tea and a music
box, which he now and then wonnd up.
The proportion of soldier* who eau
read and write in the nevrral armies of
Knrope is as follows: (iertuauy, 96£> in
1,00(1; Hwedeu, 030; England, H0O; Hol
laud, 750; Belgium, 700; France, 685;
Portugal, 405; S|>aiu, 400; Austria, 400;
Italy, 450; liusaia, 116; Turkey, 76.
Quite • flatter tias been caused among
the lawyer* of Bt. Louis, by the opinion
of Uie Missouri supreme court that tb*
whole 700 of them are a* clearly liable
to talatum aa merchants, hucksters or
auctioneers, aud most pay their annual
license fee of twenty-five dollars like
men.
The case of Benjamin Scull and other*
against the United Mtetea, in which a
colossal claim was set up under a Bpaniah
grant to 11,000 aquarc miles of laud em
bracing twenty-four couuliea in the
Btates of Missouri aud Arkanaas,haa lieeu
decided by the United States supreme
court adversely to the claimant*.
An lowa paper reporta that William
H. Jones, ot Lincoln township. 111.,
|M-rformed the feat of husking 128 bush
els and sixty-five pounds of corn in
eleven hours and a quarter. The corn
waa husked, weighed and cribbed in the
above-stated time. A Rock Island man
claims to have husked 125 bushels in
eleven hours and a half, but it waa
guessed at.
There ara now in the United Btales
ten Roman Catholic archbishops and
fifty-five biahops, against six of the
former and twenty-seven of the latter in
1860. The number of priests was then
I,BIXI, and of churchea, 1,073 ; while
there are now 6,634 priests and 5,548
churches. The colleges have increase!
frutn seventeen to aeventy-fonr, and the
Roman Catholic population haa doubled.
The perfume maun fact nrrrs in the
department of the Maritime Alps con
sume annually fi.tXXJ hundredweight
of rosea, and the neighborhood of (iraaee
and Cannes is thickly studded with rose
farms. On one hectare of two) and a
half acres JO.(XX) Pushes are planted ;
a single bush yielding for twelve years.
A smglo hertare in good cultivation will
net aa average profit of twenty-four per
cent, JM r year.
It wul sound a bit funny when the
forty-nine Dakota* take their seats in
the chapei pf Hampton institute, near
Norfolk, Vs.. hear tlie "Faculty
mall " call out behind his spec*: " Man-
That L-s>k- Around, Frank Tellow-RtrJ,
Laughing Face, Man 1 hat Hoots, One-
Who-Comea-Flying, Lisxic Spider and
Walking Cloud." The government will
pay the inatitute $167 apiece for oue
voar's instruction.
All attack by wolvr* in the streela of
at) America!. village '* an unusual oc
currence, bnt it was the experience of
Mr. Minor, l J"*elyn, Mmn. Five of
these animal*, sprang at hi* horse ami
tried to got into liia *gna, but hia dog
ootning up diverted the attention of the
animal* who immediately seized and de
voured him. Hta wife and three chil
dren, who won* with him, at length
brought assistance by their incessant
aboati&g.
During the year IB7R forty-eight
American railroads, with a mileage of
3,902 mile* and an inveated capital of
1311,631,000. wen- sold or pa*sod into
the hands of receivers, the totals for
three years being 132 roads, 11,623
mils* and 1728.463,000 of capital. In
that period one - aeventh of the total
mileage aud considerably more than one
seventh of the total capital investment
have panned throngh the flu*! stage of
bankruptcy.
Au eagle measuring eighty-four inch
es from tip to tip of wings swooped down
upon a flock of geese on the farm of
Samuel MeOune, near ZanesTille, Ohio,
when s terrible combat ensued for
twenty minutes. Feathers flew in all
directions, the geese standing up hero
ically to the work. Tbe eagle succeed
ed in killing one and wounding several
others, bnt was himself captured by a
farmer, in a condition of sore distress.
It* naked talon* messnred two snd one
half inches.
The London /M/.v Aw* finds it not
<*y to determine on account of what
event the year 1878 is most likely to be
come historical. Will it tie ** the year
of the Berlin congress? Will it be a*
the year of the war in Afghanistan?
With many person* no doubt its chief
title to fame will seem to be the fact
that it is the year of the great exposition
in Pari*. Others will probably long
think of it a* the year in which Pope
Pius IX. died, others, again, a* the year
that saw the death of the first king of
Italv.
At Princeton, lit, three brothers of
the poet Bryant lire, all of them farm
ers ; good, solid men, conspicnons for
a sturdy purpose, and a certain inflex
ible honesty, but not more than ordina
rily gifted ; that is, two of them are not.
Mr. John Howard Bryant is more than an
amateur jioet. Borne of his works have
been widely copied, and a few of them
hare fonnd their way into the enduring
form of book. The residence of Mr. J.
11. Bryant is the finest house that side
of Chicago, and it was a gift from the
poet to his brother.
Indiscriminate kissing does not gen
erally have the very best rcsnlta, as
some of America's sensational court
records go to show. The physicians of
the late Princess Alice have serious
charges against kissing. They have in
vestigated the cause of the necnliar
virulenoe of the diohtberia which at
tacked her family wiui such fatal results,
and luive agreed that the rapid spread
of the infection was entirely due to im
prudent kissing. A child with a sore
throat ought not to be permitted to kiss
any of its companions.
" Yonr daughter has treated me very
curt"—and the young man was lifted by
tho parental hoof from the door of his
girl's bouse to the middle of the horse
car track. He aroee as quick as he could,
and mildly explained that ba hadn't fin
ished the word, whiah was "courteous,"
and Alphonso was taken undar the un
hospltable roof ouoe more, bad his pants
mended, was done np in a salve, and
then sent homo to bis ma in a hack.
Thus is true greatness rewarded, and
impetnoaity rebuked.- Ronton 7Vav/er.
TK RMB: WU.OO a in Advance.
(•AM EH.
• ■is fwr lbs Wlslsr IfHlM'
tws mani>aaixa.
The leader of the KUSC MJI to the
right-hand neighbor: "My ahip boa
oumo from Ohio*." The otoar aaka:
" Wbat haa it brought t" The first ona
replies: •• A fan;" and with bar right
hand makes gestures aa though fanning
herself. All the other player* do the
same. The arnxind player tLeu aaya to
Uie third "My ahip haa ooue from
China;" and in anawer to the question
" What haa it brought )" replies: *' Two
faun;" fanning herself wtUi both hands,
her gestures ta-ing imitated by all her
outupauiuue. The thud player, on en
uouucmg the JKM- session of " three
fans," to keep moving the r.gbt foot,
without eeaamg the motion of her two
hands. The others, of course, doing the
same. At "fourfana," both feet and
both hands must be kept moving; at
"five fan*," both feet, both hands and
the right eyelid; at "six fans," both
hands, both feet snd both eyes; at
'' seven fans." both banda, both feet,
both eyes and the mouth, and at
"eight fans," both feet, both hands,
txith eyes, the mouth and the head.
This movement, executed at one# by the
whole of the players, will give them a
most ludicrous resemblance to a party
of Chinese mandarins.
TH> Mrranoai'Roaia.
Each player is in turn metamorphos
ed, that is to say, chooses what animal
or thing he or ahe would wiah to be
come. For instance, a ladvaays"!
would like to be a mirror." *The leader
of the game then goes around the com
pany, saving "If this lady was a mir
ror what would you do with it, what
would you think of it. and where would
yon place it *" When all of the answers
are collected and written down, the leader
reads them aloud to the metamorphosed
lady, who ha to guess by whom they
were written.
A forfeit is paid by every person
Suesaed, and by the lady herself, if she
oes not succeed in rightly divining
the author of at leaat one or more of the
speech ea.
The great art of this game consists in
paying delicate and pleating oompli
meuts to the person metamorphosed
through the medium of the object she
herself has rlioeen. Thus in reply to
the three questions; "If the lady were
a mirror what weald you do with it,
what would you think of it and where
would place it?" a peraon might reply:
"I would aliow it to reflect no image
but my own. I should think it as pure
an J |M>ii*hed aa the lady heraelf; and
should place it when- it would always
be lu my sight."
rHR RAXES.
One player takes the part of the buyer
and stands on one aide, whilst the others
form themselves into a file, standing one
behind the other, the one at the head of
the column calling herself the " baker,"
those coming after her " the oven," and
the last one in the row " the little loaf."
The baker, aa we ahali see, does not
long retain her domination. When the
file is formed the buyer approaches and
asks for a " little loaf." The baker re
plica. "It is liehind the oven." The
buyer turns to the right and goea to
fetch it, but the " little loaf," namely,
the piajei at the end of file, leaves her
place, runs to the left, crying: "Who
runs! who runs !" and endeavors to
place herael! in front of the baker, whose
name and office ahe then assumes. If
the buyer is able to catch bar before
ahe attains her object ahe pays a forfeit
and becomes buyer, the former'one
taking the place of the bsker and the
game go.ng <>u as lief ore. It should be
played quickly, the questions and an
swers following each oth-r without a
moment's hesitation.
Wh J the J K.lplwd*.
Ttie -Vr>*ifi/Ie .tmriean explain* the
philosophy of kerosene lamp explosion*.
Read and learn how to avoid danger :
All explosiona of petroleum lamj>* are
caused by the vapor or gaa that col lee t*
n the space above the oil. Of coarse,
a full lamp contain* no ga*. but immedi
ately on lighting the lamp consumption of
oil begins, noon Waving a space for gas,
whioh commenoea to form aa the lamp
warm* up; and after burning a *bort
time sufficient ga* will aoeumulate to
form an explosion. Tbe gaa in a amp
will explole ouly when ignited. In this
re*pert it i like gunpowder. Cheap or
inferior oil i* alway* the moat d anger
ou*. The flame i* communicated to the
ga* in the following manner : The wiek
tnbe in the lamp-bnrners is made
larger than the wick which ia to pass
throngh it. It wonld not do to have
the wiek work tightly in the burner ;
on the contrary, it is eaacntial that it
move np and down with perfect ease.
In this way it is unavoidable that space
in the tube is left along the aide of the
wick sufficient for the flame from the
burner to pans down into the lamp and
explode the gaa.
Mauy things occur to cause the flame
to pans down tbe wick and explode the
lamp. 1. A lamp may be standing on
the table or mantel, and a alight puff of
air from the open window or door may
cause an explosion. 2. A lamp may lie
taken np quickly from a table or mantel
and instantly exploded. 3. A lamp is
taken into an entry where there is a
draught, or out of doors, and an explo
sion ensues. 4. A lighted Ismpis taken
up a flight of stairs, or is raised quickly
to pLoe it on a mantel, resulting in an
explosion. In these instance* the mis
chief is done by the air movement,either
by suddenly checking the draught or
forcing air down the chimney against
the flame. 5. Blowing down the chim
ney to extingnish the light is a frequent
cause of explosion. 6. Lamp explosions
have been caned by nsiug a chimney
broken off at the top, or one that has a
piece broken, whireby the draught is
variable and the flame unsteady. 7.
Son.etimrs s thoughtless person put* a
small sized wick iu a large bnrner, thus
lraviug considerable space aloug the
edges of the wick. 8. An old bnrner,
with it* air di*ught* closed up, which
rightlnlly should l>s thrown away, is
sometimes c.<utinutd iu nse, and tb
final result is an explosion.
Those Husking Partis*.
And the busking partiee —hold me for
a minute! 1 went to one once; had 1
l>een twenty years older then how I
wonld have sketched it for yon; bnt I
was only a Kiy, and I've only a boy's
remembrance. I only remember the
lanterns strung on cords from one great
beam to the other, each comer bringing
his own lantern. I remember the lights
and the darkness overhead; the bright
flashes and the great shadows that swal
lowed them up; and the hens that
nodded and blinked on the scaffolding
and the one fool of a rooater that kept
crowing, thinking that he mooing bad
como; and the huge pile of yellow ears
that grew and grew in size; and the
greater pile of straw-oolored husks that
were thrown backward and pushed out
until they blocked the great barn door
way; and the sleepy cattle in the stalls
that looked stupidly but benevolently out
at the strange goings on; and the red
ear I—bow the young fellows wished the
red ears were thicker; and the chasings
ami tumblings through the rattling
hunks; and the screams and laughter.
I know all thin is heretical, but who
would be a saint where heresy is so
pleasant?— Qnlden Rul*.
NUMBER 6.
riKl, WARDEN AMD HOUSEHOLD.
Ttaaetr Hlaas.
CAM or OsuuAaa.—ll they are too
oold, banknp the ontaide with some
thing, or puwe a doable thiekaeee of
newapapera orer the windows, Thia
leta IB aoma light, and prevent* tba ee
oapa of beat A double floor, or a fire
in the room over the cellar, Will help to
keep out the frost. A karoaena a tore in
the cellar may be naad in extreme oaaea.
Ventilate on auitable day*, and clean
out decaying vegetables nod fruiU.
KRHAOB HEJJV —ljook aboat early m
the aeeeun, and gat your piok of Land*
in the market. Make a written bargain
in detail, no matter if yon are wall ac
quainted. Thia will prevent mieonder
atandmg. The man agrees to remain a
certain number of months; to perform
osrttin chore* ttsuday or holiday*; to
atari about sueb an hour ia the morning,
and close at auch an boor in the even
ing. If, in case of an emergency, be
works longer, be may have certain priv
ileges to compensate for it. In oaaa ha
quit* I*-hre ius tune ia out, he only,re
ceive* a certain stipulated sum.
CALVE* am BUST.' Lard sod kero
sene are good to keep lice from calves;
Malphur mixed with aalt ia good to drive
tick* from sheep. Calvee, like ail ani
mals, should be kept growing inn birth
to maturity. Here ia one piaoe where
the profit cornea in. There is always a
loas of time and feed, and more, too, by
allowing yoang animals to " stand still
lor six months or more of the year.
81icop are well clothed, and need shelter
from snow and ram. and perhaps from
the very strongest winds, bnt cold agree*
with them. Feed them well; give them
plenty of water, in small flocks; keep
them dry, and they may slay out in the
ould and thrive. A oiuse, dark pen is a
poor plaoe for sheep.— Rural Ham
Yorhrr.
WOOD, TOOLS, JO*. —Cut a supply of ,
wood, poets, rails, and loga for lumber,
ready to be moved easily on the advent
of sleiginng. No thrifty farmer will
leave these things to be dooe in the
busier seasons. Get wagons and bug- j
giee repaired and painted, aa well aa
tool# and implements for summer oae.
Make stone-boats, cut handspike# and
stake*, and get ieail▼ everything which
aan be got ready. Snow may be scraped
from tba ice to keep it clear and allow it
to freeze thick. If yon have never tried
it, bmld a cheap loehonae, sod enjoy a
cheap luxury next summer. The cakes
should be cut of even aims, and eat on
edge close together. There should be
perfect drainage at the bottom, bat no
access of air. Around all, place a layer
of eighteen inches of sawdust.
Look Bihimii ajtd Bktork. — Mkdt of
the LinU for last month are equally ap
plicable for tkia. Now is the tune to
make plans far the campaign of 1878.
Take an inventory of the farm-stock and
everything on hand. If this baa never
been done before, the proprietor will
doubtless be surprise! U find how much
he owiii Htra-gbten np the hooka and
the little debta, and collect those due
from neighbors. Small accounts ah on Id
not ran long. Trust not to memory.
Arrange the booka far the business *f
the year. Study over the plana oonaid
erably in detail, and do i>ot wait till the
ground ia ready to plow before deciding
what to do. Look over the past, and
atndy the good hint* and the failures—
whether all waa done to the beat advan
tage; whether there waa too little or too
much belp. Thia should lead to better
plans for the futnre. Nothing can bring
larger returns for the time than a few
weeks spent m aooordanee with the above
suggestions.
Cowu.—Treat them generously and
kindly, bat do not keep them fat, an lees
they *re to be tarned off for heef. A
now in * machine, ft laboratory for oon
ve*tinß raw material* into* milk. If
little be Riven, little will be received.
All animal* should have exercise, espe
cially those kept for breeding. Home of
tliem are naturally larv, bat they will be
the better for stirring about in the open
air. It is cruel to keep animal* tied up
or shot up for days at a time. They
need light, too. Direct sunshine exert*
a powerful inflnenoe for good on animal*,
a* well a* on plant*. Do not overlook a
good *npp!y of pore water two or three
times a day, or good ventilation and
proper cleaning of stables. When the
ground ta frozen and covered with mow,
it may be well enough, on pleasant day*,
to *cittr the fodder, and allow the
stock plenty of room to pick it up; bat
when it is muddy no one bat a sloven
will fodder on the groand. Good racks
should be made for the sake of conven
ience and economy.
Apple* f*r Hllrk C'swa.
A correspondent of the JVew Enp'and
Farmer reports thi* instructive experi
ence in feeding apples to milch cow*:
He had one which gave only a small
quantity of milk, and with her he began,
thinking there conld be but smallioss
should the experiment fail. He com
menced by giving two qnarts at a feed,
and gradually increased to half a bnahel.
The cow begian to increase her milk till
she nearly or quite doubled in quantity.
The milk'and cream were tested at every
stage, and found to be equally as c*vi
as when grass alone constitated the feed.
To make assurance doubly sure, he
•topped feeding the apple*, ami immedi
ately the row fall off in bar milk to bar
former yield. After a few dara be be
gan feeding again, and the former re
•nIU were attained. It mnat be under
stood that the apple* were a mixture of
rarietiee, the majority being eonr. and
windfall* at that Being pleased with
the revolt thn* far, he began to feed
them to hia other eowa, with good re
sult*, the gain in milk being about fifty
per cent, and the quantity and quality
of butter also increasing in somewhat like
ratio. The gracing waa rowen of the
meadow. The only secret of aneoees
was commencing to feed in small qnan-
tit T and grad nelly in em King to' the
capacity of the <v>w's appetite. Now,
ah on U1 anT of Tonr rentiers try the ex
periment by tnrning hia oow* into the
orchard and allowing them to eat at
their will to begin, and abonld the oow
he badly injured or killed thereby, do
not throw the blame where it does not
belong.
Word* of Wlsdem.
He who is hasty fishes in an empty
pond.
He who known himself bent esteems
himself leant.
Applause is the npnr of noble minds,
the end and aim of weak ones.
Innate rudeness, in spite of restraint,
will betray itself by awkwardness.
The secret pleasure of a generous
act is the great mind's great bribe.
Experience teaches ns indulgence ;
the wisest man is he who doubts his own
judgment with regard to the motives
which actuate his fellow-men.
Our eyesight is the most exquisite of
our senses, yet it does not serve us to
disoern wisdom ; if it did, what a glow
of love would she kindle within us.
True love is eternal, infinite, and
always like itself. It is equal and pure,
without violent demonstrations ; it is
seen with white hairs, and is always
yonng in the heart.
Sin first is pleasing, then It grows
easy, then delightful, then frequent,
then habitual, theu confirmed; then the
man is impenitent, then he is obstinate,
then he is resolved never to repent, aud
then be is ruined.
(Tin Or MTCKENT.
The national pM —Tflrlty.
• titora sifnato—Ombrallsa.
An aaplMMat boy—A plumber*
"ML"
A UMrflll boy A OCOgTeesman*
*' Frank."
Hush-money The nxmy •
baby's nam.
Miara' IM ara among the things
hit an made IB vain.
Tba tamoltnoaa aaa of lifa swamps
many man with ita bill-owes.
Tha irony of tba law ia abown wban a
blacksmith ia aantanoad for forgery.
Mora horses are lamed from bad sboe
iug than from all other cense* together.
Ia ail jeart io Italy there hare been
16,883 homicides and 14, MS arreata
therefor.
The ekiae of the day ia too light a
garment for thia eold weather.—A ev
York Star.
Tba Chinaaa oae orange flower* to
aeant their tea, alao roae leaves, jaa
mine, and the blnaaom of the aweat
plnm tree.
In the office of the department of tha
interior at Washington, there are nine
ty -ail clock*, 667 apittoona and 611
waehatands.
In this age of pedestrian fever the
most fashionable performance# would
appear to he walking away with other
people's money.
The residents of New York city con
tributed during the last fiscal year, to
benevoiset institutions in private gifts,
over 82,000,000.
The man who predicted that there
would be only three inches of ice this
winter will not go into the almanac
business permanently.
The Esquimau are afraid to die on a
windy day, leet their aunts should be
blown away. They believe in the actual
reewTTeattoD of the body.
A Milwaukee astronomer aeys the
earth is lop-eiiied. This in donbtleas
because of the unusual sue and weight
of the Milwaukee man'* earn.
Wife—"But, my deer, I ahall catch
eotd coming down no Late io let you in."
Husband— "Oh. no, my love; I'll rap
you op wall before you oome down.'
WBSTKM mrtDUAL
W de not Moog to oar patroo#;
Oar paper Is waoby our o*n
Wbaevsr may kfca It may takeiL
Who don l may iast let it alona
A bankrupt was oondoled with the
other day fur bis embarrassment. "Oh,
I'm not embarrassed at all," said be;
"it's my creditors that are embarrass
ed. "
Corner loafers the New Orleans
Ricapwee pi opuses to utilise by la
beling them with the name* of the
streets they infest, for the oottvenienee
of strangers.
At Chinese military poets the sentinels
cab out: " Twelve o clock, and lam not
worthy to kiss the ground my oaptain
walks on." The captain sleeps much
better after bearing thecal!.
There isn't much differenos in spell
ing "hero" and " aero," but yon see
how wide the difference is when yon
disoover that yoor ears are ready to
drop off on the slightest provocation.
TKK DRAMA or ton.
Art cms, we meet
Act two. give clasping hand*:
J Art lluea, aos* kiaaaa sweat ,
Act four, oold barren lands .
Act Ave, a granite stab tbat louaie rtaada.
TtuomuiM H. CbtUer.
The St. Pant Dispatch teliaof a young
man who bought tor $lO from a rival a
quit-el a: _to a girl a affections, paid $5
on aooou .t and got credit for the re
mainder; pawned hia overcoat for $5 to
boy her a present with, stole the east,
and waa aent to jail.
The clerk of the circuit court of Camp
bell county, Ky., deposited $7,000 re
cently in a Cincinnati bank, which failed
a few days later. The clerk went to the
bank and presented a cheek fur the
amount and a loaded revolver, and waa
paid in full.
When a woman combs her back hair
into two ropes, holds one in her month
until the winds the other upon her bank
comb, and then finds that she has lost
her last hair pin, she feels that the aez
needs two mouths—nee to hold the hair
hi and the other to make remarks with.
When Johnny waa qoeat.uned aa to
why hia engagement with Miss H. had
b*tu broken off, he robed hia eyes,
looked very mnch pained, and groaned,
"Oh! she turned out a deceiver."
Bat he forgot to mention that he waa
the deceiver whom she had turned
out.
' There it a remarkable Jewish syna
gogue in the ancient city of Prague,
with walla ao thick with dirt aa to be
absolutely blank. A local tradiLoc aays
that somewhere on ita walla the name
Jehovah ia inscribed, and it ia believed
that if the walla are cleaned the name
will ha effaced.
A beggar knocked at the door, and
{ unexpectedly, the bead of the family
opened it " Young man," said the
latter, "I came here twenty years age
with two shillings, and washed dishes
for a living, and now look at me." And
be threw hia chest out sad beamed.
"Sir," replied the beggar, "can you
direct me to anybody who has a lot o
dishes to dean ?"
a aaat BIT.
Earth Urns <kxu>*d bar snowy bat-iL
HobeJ herself in spodees white.
And the mm hie-footed rat-tut
fteoota across the fleids at sight.
See htm now sedately sqasttin'.
Then he's off o'er bUI and dale.
Waving high that tuft of cotton
(Jailed by courtesy his tail.
Jennie June aays girls should" be
taught to help themselves. We sat op
posite to a aelioate, blue-eyed, epint
nelle creature of sixteen, at the board
ing-bouae table, and raw ber help her
self to a plate of soup, a sirloin steak, a
chicken's wing ami drumstick, two
baked potatoes, three plates of corn,
two pickles, four hot rolls, a dish of
macaroni, a quarter of a minee pie, a
wedge of apple podding, with sauce,
and two diabee of vanilla ice cream.
They do help themselves.— Hock land
Oburicr.
(let np and then save yonr bodily
heat if yon wish to keep warm. Don t
hng the fire, nor bundle np like an
Esquimaux. Unless we are invalids we
should build a fire within ourselves in
preference. The way to do it, and to
save ns from taking severe colas when
'we are obliged to go out for any
distance, ia to exercise moderately in
i the rooms whieh are not heated. For
the children a jolly romp in the tarn
will kindle a glow which shall send
them to school without great discomfort.
—Golden Rule.
The proceedings of the brigands in
Macedonia are snch as to create in some
! districts a panio among the inhabits! ta.
At Monastir the alarm, it is stated, bos
reached such a pitch even in the town
itself that the shops are all closed, and
everybody keeps within doors from an
hour before sunset. The number of out
laws and brigands, who are the terror of
the oonntry aide,is estimated at not fewer
than 1,000. They spread far and near
over the district, and not a single place
is free from their depredations Whole
villages have been brought to min by
; their levies of ransom money, and they
occasionally commit atrocions crimes.
The Water Tsrtu.e In Japan.
The origins tora of this cruel device
relied npon the torments of thirst as
more powerful than mere corporal suf
fering. The prisoner is for several days
confined to an extremely salt diet, with
out rice or water. When two or three
days have pAseed the craving for water
beootnee incessant, and the sufferings of
the tortured man ap£roae u the bounds
of insanity. Efforts are then made to
obtain confession by subjecting the suf
ferer to the agony endured by Tantalus
, when in the midst of the infernal lake,
whose waters he could not touch. On
all aides the thirat-distracted prisoner
beholds water—water for which he
would sacrifloe everything—but whieh
he cannot touch except upon the condi
tions of oonfeaaion.— Japan Gazette.
If there is anv necessity of more work
to do in the world, the wearing of button
hoots should be enoouraged. They take
up a great deal of time in bnttowing.