At the Bedside.
Oh, mothers whoas children are sleeping,
Thank Ood by their pillows, to-night.
And pr*T for the mothers now weeping
O'er pillows too amooth and too white;
Where bright little heads oft have lain,
And soft little cheeks have been pressed ,
Oh, mothers who know not this pain,
Take courage and bear all tbe rest
For the somber-winged angel is going
With pitiless flight o'er the land.
And we wake in the morn, never knowing
What he, ers the night, may demand.
Tes, to-night, while our darlings are sleeping.
There's many a soft little bed
Whose pillows are moistened with weeping
For trie loss of one dear little hesd
Then are heaits on whose innermost altar
There is nothing but ashes, to-night.
Ther* are voices wior. tones sad!) taller,
And dim eyeN that (-brink from the light
On, mothers wt ... children are aleepiug.
As ye l>eiid lo ai i • thl fair h<>ads.
Tray, pray for tbe nrotl ore now weeping
O'er pitiful, smooth little ><■•
Thatl My Itey !
Rig bine eyee with rognish twinkle
Timplee ever miming riot.
Busy tongne that's never quiet.
Forehead fair, with ne'er a wrinkle,
C nsl'ring hair of sunny hne,
V wa lit: e niinh, 'us Une
That's my boy !
Fun and mischief never stopping.
Teasing new for " pants and boota.
And a truly gmi that shoots;"
"\is-e on my cheek fast dropping
I hen away with ahout and hop
Till 1 cry: "Oh mercy, stop ''
Thai's my boy !
Never ending, still beginning
l'.vkeU full of dirt and cruuilw.
Craay ovr horns and drums.
Noise in all things ever winning
bragging be of "Jim'' is master.
While I run for white court-plaater
That's my boy !
TV) you hear a fearful noise '<
IV> you scent a burning smell V
Bo yon beau- a curdling ye;l
Load enough for twenty boys ?
Po yon hear while at your prayers,
Some one turn! . g down the
That'* my boy!
bo it goee —some pain, some pleasure.
Wonder I. twin tear and smile.
Will it be thus all the while—
Jcy and grtef m equal measure t
bl al! I cry, in bitter sorrow,
Is some (tread, far-off to-morrow.
That 's my boy ?
At, -jo, no! Mothers' eyes look far ahead.
And mure see, with tender pride.
By a gray-haired woman * side
One whom, now that years have sped.
Brava, yet gentle, is her stay;
One of whom shell proudly say,
That's my boy I
Cbra K. Ccn-iptmL ."Vav---; .
TEN DAYS IN LOVE.
It was a oolJ night in January. Peo
ple were hurrying alone through the
blinding -DOW-storm, :i tliug with the
wind that howled and moaned ont by
turns ita rtory of woo. ,
Huge Remington and his friend Wil
liam". glad to be ont of the storm, had
settlol themselvi < in gown and slippers
for a quiet evei ug at home. The shut
ters were closed aud the curtains drawn,
sad on either s -?e of the hearth was
placed ti. • fawn ; chair of each. These
frier-Is had lived together iu their
bachelor quarters for more than two
years. Everything in the apartment
showed refined taste and wealth. Some
said that it all belonged to Qngh, and
that he made it a home for his friend. No
one, however, knew this to be true.
Hugh was quiet and reserved, seldom
spoke of his affairs to any one, never
laid any special claim to anything, but
allowed it to appear that all things were
equally shared. After the evening papers
had 1-ecu read and discussed, the two
sat talking cf days goue by, of little
episodes ia their lives. Hugh was in a
talking mood, and had told several good
stories of his past life; stopping sud
denly. he exclaimed:
" Did I ever t-11 you of my love for
thu widow ?"
"No," replied Williams. "Let's
have it"
"Well,'aaid Hngh taking another
cigar and looking very serious as he
leant d back in his great easy-chair, " I
met her in Paris."
•' Met who?"
"Ou, nevermind who. Be content
that 1 am telling you the story, and
don't ask for name*. I thought of her
as 'the widow.' It is a sufficient title."
"Well, I won't interrupt. Goon."
So Hugh continues!:
" I was calling upon my old friend
Mrs Lee, and while waiting for the
servant to take her my card, an odd
piece of bric-a-brac standing in the
corner of the room attracted my atten
tion. I got np and went over to ex
amine it. While thns engaged, the
door opened. I turned, thinking that
it was Mr-. Lee, when, oh ! what a
beauty met my sight!—so small that
she looked like a chlid, large deep bine
eyes that came oat from under a mass
of light golden curls, a small nose, and
a rosebud of a month. She was dressed
in dqep mourning, and 1 thought, as I
looked at her, that I bad never seen a
more beautiful picture. Bhe didn't see
me nntil I ma lea slight movement,
which startled her. Coming forward I
said:
"I frightened you, did I not?"
" Yes; I wa* not aware that there
was any one in the room. Yon are wait
ing for" Mrs. Lee ?" And she gave me
the ewe-test of smiles, showing a most
perfect row of teeth.
"Before I could answer, Mrs. Lee
appeared, and introduced n. Mrs.
was making Mrs. Lee a short visit prior
to her departure for America. T was
glad of that, as 1 should then nave the
pleasure of seeing her again.
" The evening passed only too quick
ly, an l I arose with an apology for stav
ing so late. Mrs. Lee invited me to
dine with them informally the next day.
She said her friend preferred being
quiet, so they should be quite alone.
Yon may be sure that I acoepted the in
vitation! and was there promptly at the
Lour. The widow was more charming
than on the previous evening. I longed
to stop tire hours from rolling on. Hav
ing been in the habit of dropping in at
Mrs. Lee's at all hours, my frequent
almost daily—visits were not noticed as
anything strange or nnusual. Mrs. Lee
thanked me for coming to them in their
eneliness, and the widow wculd give
me one of her sweet smiles, and I was
thankful in mv inmost heart that they
were lonely, and that it fell to my lot to
cheer them. So the weeks passed, until
the time cimo for the departure of Mrs.
Lee's friend.
" Now I had intended passing a month
or two in Eugland before coming home,
but when I found that the widow was to
return in ten days,l began to think that
my duty called me baekto my business.
The more I thought of it, the more im
portant it seemed to me to go.
" Do you know of any one going on
the 15th?' the widow asked me one
evening, in her dove-like way.
"'No one but myself,' I answered.
•Busiuess has called me sooner than I
expected.'
" ' How delightful!' from the widow ;
while Mrs. Lee exclaimed, 'Ob, Mr.
Remington, lam so glad! I couldn't
bear the idea of my friend going entirely
alone, and you of all others will know
best liow to'take care of her.'
"We then began to make our pIaDS.
Mrs. intended miking a visit of a
few days to some friends in London. I
was going direct to Liverpool. Mrs.
Lee and i drove down to see our friend
off, and I looked forward to the pleasure
of meeting her on board the steamer.
My last day in Paris were spent in say
ing ' good-bye' to old friends, and buy
ing presents for sister Nell and the chil
dren. I got every noweaute that I
could find, and felt well pleased with
mv selection. At last I was on the
steamer, and stood looking at the ship
move away. By my side was the widow,
and I thought that I had never seen her
took so lovely. I exulted in the knowl
edge that she knew no one board. I
was her only friend, consequently I
should have her all to myself ; this was
FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and Propriotoi
VOLUME XII.
t*o 1 said to myself! what 1 had for
week* been longing (or. \\ * liu love?
Fhat qawtiou had not occurred to wo.
I felt supremely happy, and thought
the situation delightful. 1 was ready to
do anything for tin, fair creature. Site
tiad only to command; Iwo nil eager
ties* to obey. I eoou had opportunities
of ahowing my devotion.
"The following morning I came out
ou deek Terr early, and was surprised
to Ami my little lad* already there. Hhe
looked very miserwtfle and very pretty
The morning salutations over. I asked
her how ahe had slept.
" ' I haven't alept at all," ahe said, IU
a fretfnl, ehUdiali way. which 1 thought
charming. "Such a noiae all night,"
ahe continued, • 1 could uotget to aleep;
aud the amelia are aimply dreadful. I
muat have another room. I'd rather
ait up here all might than aleep in that
horrid place again. Don't vou tlnuk,
Mr. Remington, if yon naked the cap
tain or somebody, be would give me
another stateroom ?' and her big eyea
looked inquiruiglv mto wine.
'••Certainly,' f aaid. "1 will goat
once and see about it, and if there is no
other, vim ahall change witli me. Take
my room, which ta a good one, and as 1
uon't uuad either noise or swells, your
room will snit we well enough.'"
Here Hugh leaned over his chair to
knock the ashes off hit cigar, and said to
Ins friend: " I muat have had it pretty
bad—eh, Williams?—to have aani that,
for vou know that I can't endure either
a bad "dor or a load noise. But I forgot
everything when under the mdueuceof
those eyee, and when ahe exclaimed,
'Oh, uo; I couldn't let you do that,' I
felt that my fate was sealed, and that 1
should take the noise and the smells.
" The next tiling that I discovered was
that mv lady had no sea chair. There
was only one left, and that had lawn
spoken for; bat I paid double the aciount
and the chair was mine.
" ' Vou are so kind, Mr. Remington,
she said. ' 1 don't know what I should
have done without von. lam uot fit to
travel alone,' ahe added,in childish tones.
" I longed to preaa her to my heart
and tell of my love; and if she wonld
bnt let me, it wonld be the joy id mv
life to care for her. I looked all this; 1
am snre I did. Bnt there were tot
many people around for me to speak.
She sat with her hands folded in her lap,
and looked divinely unconscious.
" The third day out the weather be
came bitterly cold.
"'I am almost frozen,' said Mrs.
ing to wrap around me. and shall have
to stay below, aud, oh der! it is so un
comfortable there !' The face turned
up to mine was that of a spoiled child.
" Now I had a fine English rug, which
I hail used at night, for von know every
thing at sea is so horribly damp. It had
been a great comfort to ree, and I knew
that I should miss it. Bnt what of that?
I couldn't see the woman I loves! suffer.
So I got it, and tucked her all up in it.
Her delicious smile repaid me for the
sacrifice.
"'Oh, how nice." she said, as she
put her hands under the warm rug. ' 11
seems to me, Mr. Remington, that yon
have everything to make oue comfort
able. I never heard of such a man. I
am so glad that I came tinder your
care.'
"I was so love-stricken that I did not
reflect upon her apparent unconscious
ness of the fact that I had deprived my
self of these comforts in order th t she
should be made comfortable. Bhe
seemed to take it for granted that I was
a sort of traveliug missionary, with
extra wraps, staterooms, chairs, and
anything else that one might need ; and
I was such a slave to her fascinations
that, had she asked me to do the im
possible, I should have attempted it.
" Every day I ha 1 it upon my lips to
tell her of my love. Each day courage
forsook me. We walked the deck .lav
after .lay. Bhe would put her little
soft hand on my arm in the most con
fiding way, look up from under her
curls, laugh her low, sweet laugh, and
ask the most childish, 'innocent ques
tions.
"We were walking this way on the
sixth day out. I had carefully rehearstsl
my part! and was about to tell my story.
Her conversation seemed to lead to it,
for she said :
" ' Ton will come to see me when you
are in New York, won't you, Mr. Rem
ington ?'
" ' Nothing,' I said, ' would give me
greater pleasure.'
" ' You will come often ? Promise to
dine at our house pDce a week. You
won't forget me?' and the blue eyes
sought mine.
" I looked into them, and my look
told what my tongue had refused to sav.
I pressed the little hand close to my
heart, and after a pause said, below my
breath, ' Forget you 1' and I was about
to pour forth my love when she gave a
little scream, and cried, 'Oh, my vail !'
There, sure enough, was the confounded
bine thing'sailing before the wind, and
alt the passengers, it seemed to me.
after it. Of course I Lad to go too, and
make believe to capture it. I never
bated anything so mnch as I did that
yard of blue gaure. I couldn't go back
and oontinne my story from where it
was broken off, and indeed the widow
seemed quite shy of me.
" The incident had given the passen
gers an opportunity to speak to her, and
when I joined her (without the vail, for
it had, I hope, struck bottom) she was
surrounded by a group of people. I
had no chance that dav, nor the next, to
get her to myself. \ tried to think of
something that I could door show her that
would amuse and detain her. It seemed
as though I had exhausted all my re
sources, wo u at lust a brilliant idea
occurred to me; I would show her
the preseuts I had brought for sister
Nell. They were all in my little sea
trunk, and I knew that she couldn't re
sist their attractions. She came up on
deck bright and lieautiful as ever.
"'lsn't it delightful,' she said, 'to
think that to-morrow we shall be at
home? I can. hardly wait for the time
to come; and yet'—and her voice droppt 1
into the dearly-loved soft tone—'the
voyage has been a most charming one,
owing to your kindness,' she added,
brightly.
"I longed to launch forth my tale of
love, but thinking it more prudent to
wait until I had secured her wholly to
myself, I asked her, in the most ordi
nary manner, if she wouldn't enjoy look
ing at some little trinkets that I had
picked up in Paris. Her eves sparkled.
" ' Yes, indeed,' she said ' Nothing
oould be more delightful than to get a
glimpse of Pans while at sea.'
" I went below and got all my pretty
nouveauten, and bronght them up to her.
Placing a chair in a quiet corner, and
well hid from the other people, then
drawing mine np beside her, I began
showing, one by one, my collection of
odd things.
" ' Where did you get them, Mr. Rem
ington ? I hunted all over Paris, and
fonnd nothing half so pretty. What ex
quisite ports bcjnht um!' and she slipped
one after another of my carefully-chosen
bracelets on to ber little plump wrists,
and turned them first on one side ami
then on the other.
"I knew Nell's taste, and had
searched for something mnoommon, and
was well pleased with what I had
bought. But Nell and everything were
forgotten with this bewitching creature
by my side, and when she made a move
to take them off, I said, laughingly, of
oourse, 'Oh, don't disturb them; they
TH E CENTRE REPORTER.
h*>k iu> well where tlioy aro, and it ta so
pleasant, you know, u> got glimpse f
Paris w lule nt sea.'
" Sho kept theui 011, and 1 opened
the other bore*. There wire ring,,
crosses, medallions, chatelaines ami
many other ornamenta of curious de
stgu. The willow tliekal herself, and
was 1U high glee. A child onild ui't
have enjoyed it wore. I watched her
with ljTiug eyee, told her where eaeh
one iwuli' 'row, vnt helped fasten them
ou.
I feel like an Indian priuoeaa,' ahe
aaid, * arid ought to have a throne and a
crowd of kneeling courtiers, and the
picture would be complete."
""Can't vou imagine a throne?" 1
aaid, • and take me for ku> eliug ftmrlitva
Wouldn't mv love compensate for the
admiring crowd?'
"She looked un quickly, and was
aK'iit to answer, when one of those eter
nal old bores that, uo matter wheu you
cross, are always to bo found ou ahtp
board, came up, and began telling of
hta early retutuiaeeuces; what the sea
was twenty years ago -as though the
sea had .ever changed—and how, wheu
he had tirst crossed, his friends never
expected to see hitu agaiu. Ho had
wade his will, and they parted as
though he were to be forever lost to
them. 1 assure you that I silently
wished iu wy heart that he hail never
turned up agaiu. Without saying s
word, 1 got up, took my boxes, and left
my Indian princess. I was thoroughly
angry with the old fellow for interrupt
iug our !' ts a-tetf, and seriously auuoy
eil with Mrs. for listening to and
answering him. 1 made up my mind
that that game had been played long
enough. 1 would ask her the simple
question the tlrwt chance I got, and
know my fate at once. But the chance
did not conic as soon as 1 expected it
wonld.
"She weut to her room with a sick
headache, so she said, and I paced the
deck alone. We were along way up the
harbor when ahe made her appearance
the following day. She said that ahe had
hurried with her packing, thinking that
we were nearer thau we really were to
the citv.
'"Oh, Mr. Remington, 1 had no op
portunity of returuiug your jewelry,
and so I packed them with my things.
But you are comiug, yon know, to dine
with me on Saturday, and I will thru
give them to yon.'
"' t'ertaiuly," I said. ' There is no
time for us to change them uo*. Wear
them nntd I see yon again.'
" I bad fully made up my mind that
as I had beeu baffled so often, lwould
now wa.t until I had se- u her iti her owu
home before I opened my heart to her,
or rather before I ask<d her my fate.
She already knew my htart. There was
uu time to talk ; all was excitement ; we
were rapidly approaching; handker
chiefs were waviug from the docks. The
widow was straining her eyes, and sud
denly leaving me and going further
forward, I saw her throw a kiss. How I
longed to catch it ! I looked with jealous
eyes to see who wonld take it up and
answer it Foremost among the crowd
was a great big man—six feet, and broad
iu proportion. It was he who was re
turning her kisses. Coald it !*• her
brother, or was it a friend, and this
merely a pleasant greeting from s
distance ?
" I watched him come on Inward, and
what Jul the big eii.it do l>at catch her
np in his arm*—my sweet one, whom,
though loving, I had never dared to
touch—and kis* her over and over again !
I could have knocked him down.
"On drawiug near to them, 1 saw
that neither of them noticed me. Bhe
had forgotten my existence. With a
heart-sick feeling I turned away. Was
this to he the end ? Why ha i I come
home? I could hear t. em talking,
though too miserable to hsteu. They
cam# nearer, and the same soft voice
tliat I loved so dearly said: ' Mr. Rem
ington, I have been talking alwmt you,
telling how good and kind yon have been
and how utterly forlorn I should have
been had you not always looked ont for
my comfort. I have come to thank you,
and my husband wants to thank yon
too.'
"Her husband 1 Great heavens!
And I thought she was a widow, and
made love to'her ! I listened a* though
in a dream, and a deuced unpleasant
one it was, too. I believe he thauked
me, and she praised, and he thanked
again, and then they urged me to come
to see them, and she said: ' Don't for
gt t Saturday.'
" Whether I saiu anytbing.or whether
I remained mute, i more than I can tell.
I was like a man as!ep, ami had to give
myself a good shake to come ont of the
nightmare that I was in. When I looked
around, she they were gone."
Here Hugh stopped as though be had
finished; but his friend Williams,whose
curiosity was aroused, asked.
"Did you dine with hsr on Satur
day ?"
" No; I sent a regret.'
" Have yon ever seen her since ?"
" No; never."
" What liecame of your nauveautet ds
Pari* f"
"Nell went without them, as 1 went
without my English rol>e."
"Ton don't mean that sue never sent
them to yon ?"
" I never gave her my address, and
she was not supposed to know where I
was."
Williams didn't like to ask any more
questions, and Hugh remained quiet for
a time. Then rousing himself and get
ting ont of his chair, ho said :
"I have never made love since, and"
—with a bitter laugh—"l always avoid
women in deep mourning. An 1 now as
the fire has gone out with my story, I
think we hail better go to bed." —
//arper's Wrskly.
The ICutf :er Hoy and the Baker's flirl.
It wan down in the yeast part of the
city. He was a burly batcher toy—she
was the pie-ons daughter of a German
baker next door, with eyes like currants
and her yellow hair twisted on the back
of her head like a huge cruller. They
leaned toward each other over the back
bone of the separating railing. He was
canting sheep's eyes at her, while hers
turned to him with a provocating roll.
•' Meat me to-night beef-fore quarter
to ten," he said.
"Oh, doughnut ask it," said she.
" I make no 'OIIOB about it," said he.
" You're not well-bread," said ahe.
" Only sweet bread," said he.
•' Don't egg me on," said she.
"I never sausage a girl. Don't keep
me on tender-hooks 1" said he, qnite
chopfallen
"Why don't you woar the dear flour
I gave yon ? asked she.
"Pork-qnoi?" asked he.
"Oh, knead I say ?" asked she.
"That don't suet me," said he.
" Yon're ornsty. I only wanted to
cracker joke," said she.
" You gave me a cut the cold
shoulder," said be.
" Ah, you don't loaf me !" sighed ahe.
" Veal see. I cleave to you and no
mis-steak—if you have money," said he,
" I can make a-bun-danoe," said she.
"Then no more lamb-entations," said
he. Yon shall be my rib 1"
" Well done I" said ahe.
And their arms embraced like a
pretzel. Bo his cake was not all dough;
she likes a man of his kidney; and be
ing good livers, they will no doubt live
on the fat of the land. This world is a
qneer jumble, but love seems '' bread
in the bone."
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l'7, 1870.
It is possible, not to say probable,
that diphtheria has its origin tu the dis
rased coudltlou of milch COWS. Much at
least is the inference which must tie
drawn from Hie carefully observed facts
of two epidemics iu England, both of
recent occurrence; cue in North lauidou
and the other at Woking. They indi
cate that a dlseiisc of the udder known
as garget, and generally regarded by
dairymen as insignificant, may so afTcot
the quality of the milk as to produce
diphtheria iu the consumers.
inquiry leaves uo doubt that milk
from cows having garget finds tts way
into the market in couaiderable quanti
ties. Duly a (kortion of the udder is
usually attacked by the disease, aud the
milk yielded by the other quartern does
uot manifest any such change iu quality
as would ordinarily lead to it" reject on.
Indeed, so indifferently is the affection
looked upon by men haviug the charge
of cows, that they seldom inform their
employer* of its existence. A member
of the Pathological society, of Loudon,
who was Usl to investigate the subject
latelv, found several cases of garget
among hi" own cattle, although tils
bailiff had uot thought them important
enough to mention.
The circumstances of the North l*iu
dou epidemic of diphtheria satisfied the
sanitary officer charged with its inves
tigation that the disease was distributed
by the milk supply, and that the milk
had uot tieeu contaminated by any in
fluences from without. These conclu
sions are coufirmtxi t>y the like opinions
of distinguished physicians to whom
the facta have been submitted. They
naturally lead to the question whether
any special disease could prevail, with
out attracting particular notice, among
the cows from which the milk came.
The answer is that garget is wist such a
disease. Aud the belief lit this ap
parently slight affectum in cattle may
be transformed into diphtheria, or may
induce that disease, in the human sub
ject, is strengthened by the recent
diphtheritic outbrt ak at the Pnucras
Mary'a home at Woking, (target was
fouud to be prevaleut on the farm
which furnished milk to that institution.
The proceeding* of the Pathologic*!
*t>oiety, of !>>ndon, in refereueo to this
|HMsible connection between diphtheria
and disease in c. ws, supply abundant
evidence of the gravity with which the
medical profusion regard the subject.
It ha* t>eeu referred for investigation to
a committee of highly-qualified physi
ciaua, one of whom i* I>r. lturdon
Sauderson; and the results of their in
quiry cannot fail to be important. In
the meantime, ought not something in
the same direction to le done in tin*
country?—. Vet* I'ort Aloi
tarving Fowl*.
It make* no difference whether von
buy turki-y, g>*>se, duck or chicken, the
result will be the same. In other word",
these remark* a ill IK a> shaped a* to
apply to id] manner of fowls having
wiugs. It is better t*> buy the f >wl and
pay f r it, but tin* a irioe :* • intend
ed to prejudice any one from obtaining
their cluekeus in the u*ual manuer.
Having securetl the fowl and baked and
roast.• 1 it, it Iw-come* the duty of the
head of the family to prepare it for eat
ing. Some pe p!e n*e forty-penny nail*
t>> spike the chicken down to a plank,
and then do the carving with a buck
saw, but there are other and more con
venient ways, Place the fowl on the
kitchen taole. Attach a chair to the
other leg, and make fast t> the leg of
the table, or to eye licit* driven into
the wall. A third chain should pa**
from the neck of tl > fowl to the onpoaite
end of the table. He victim is then in
that conditiou commonly known a*
"where he can't wriggle." If roj>e*
are used instead of chains, they shonld
not t>r less than inch in diameter and
the best of hemp. It is now s question
of what man tor you wish the fowl to be
carved. If company is cxp>cted to dinner,
it should be carved in away to leave the
fowl to the family ami the none* to the
company. If it is for the family alone,
the wish-hone should lx< given to the
baby, while the head of the family
should take the neck, and be thankful
that he bus been spared to live another
year. A fowl carve* up like clockwork,
if one only knows where to U-gin. As
every man ha* a weak point, *0 hath a
fowl, and there is no u*e spending over
half an hour looking for if wheD the
balance of dinner is waiting. If carved
with a knife, but little preparation is
ue4\ie<l. The carver shonld removed onat
and vest, and secure a firm grasp for
his feet, and muscle and faith should do
the rest. There are carvers who *-em
to imagine that if they can get under the
fowl's wing the qnestion is as good a*
settled—for the fowl. Huch carvers
have not studied anatomy, either human
or animal. Yon might as well expect to
ship a woman's tongue by breaking one
of her fingers. Nearly all the fowls
have about sixty different lones in their
make-up, and yon have doubtless seen
many which appeared to tie all bone.
These siity bone* are the brickwork, a*
it were, for the remainder of the fowl to
lie erected ou, and nature makes no
mistake. If yon strike the right bono
in earring, the whole brickwork gives
way in a heap, and the carving is the
work of five mmntes.
An F.agle Carries Off a I'lg.
For several days pat the resident
farmers in the northwestern portion of
thiH county have markisl the presenoe
of an eagle skimming the heights iu
their neighborhood, and a Mr. Stringer,
a Tarrant county knight of the gun, anx
ious to eaptnre this king of birds, shoul
dered his fowling piece yesterday morn
ing and laid for the bird 011 the open
prairie, at a ]>oint about two miles north
west of the towu, where 11 small herd of
young pigs were innocently grazing on
the green sward. The bird came soar
ing along, and when a point had been
reached nearly perpendicular to the head
of the swine, as it were, the old *' Na
tional " swooped down ami aronnd the
snrface of an inverted imaginary pyra
mid, and. sinking its talons deep into
the interior composition of a thirty
ponnd pig, started heavenward. Tfio
ascension was tedious and slow, aud
gave ample time for Htringer to draw a
la-ad, and when a height of thirty or
forty feet had la<en reached he banged
awxy and bored a hole clean through
our American monstrosity. The pig and
eagle tumbled tolerably well together to
the surface—both dead.— Port Worth
(Trxai) Democrat.
Money Making and Spending
Not long since there died in Han
Francisco one of the most genial and
generons of men—John B. Pelton, for
merly a tntor in Harvard college, of
which his brother, Cornelius C. Felton,
one of Charles Dickens' great friends,
was first professor of Greek and then
president. Mr. Felton, as a lawyer in
Han Francisco, received three big fees.
The highest, for a single ense, involving
a municipal land-title, was $360,000,
The next was $2")0 t 000, and his next hig
fee was $150,0*0. Yet Mr. Felton died
poor, and so careless was he in mouey
matters that he had often not enongh in
hand for household expenses, and on one
occasion the sheriff sold his honse and
lot at Oakland for neglecting to pay
taxes. Mr. Felton, roused from his
forgetfulness by this unpleasant an
nouncement, hastened to tiny it back,
and was fortunate in being able to do so.
IHphiherla In Milk
A MOIH.It N Ml It At I E
•t.ddra iHrMOK nl s-rr. k St a |[„M.b
Han farlaanlr Itraall at aStwck.
Mr Prank W. Wood was n soldier
iu the A", (lifedrrntr army. At the clime
of lite war til" fattier aud himself fouud
tl etuselven in straiteued eircums'anoea,
nud the latter, in iiMi r t<> earn a liveli
hood, Ueouiuo a'deaiet iu Ixtot* and shoes,
m the oily of New Orleans. Too close an
attention to business overtaxed his
strength and seriously impaired his
health, and to add to tins affliction he
soou afterward received a sunstroke
which entirely pr<*trated him. Pa
ralysis wan an immediate consequence.
He soou rectivt red the jxiwrer of loco
motion, and at first the disease did not
nee in to affect very seriously the organs
of speech ; tint tiy-and-by he ex|>eri
cuced a marked difficulty of utteranee,
which gradually grew npou him. His
mental neusations, iu tha meantime,
while they did uot betoken any weak
emug of the brain, were far fiom pleas
ant. It was not till 1*75 that he entire
ly lost the {>ower of articulation. For |
sometime previously his symptoms had
given him warning that his calamity
was near at hand. Iu the mouth of
May, at the wedding of his sister in
Baltimore, he fonnd himself unable, for
the first time, to articulate. The drop
anguish which the shock caused him
could imlv tie realised by oue who had
tn-en Bimilarlr visitoL
From that time until the return of bis
|>eerh, all of his communications with
tin•*• around hini were matin in writing.
Ill* hearing w always Jwrfeotly good,
hut the little Toiiwt that rriuaitiod t ■ him
almost cutirely duutpixiarod. Tho only
vocal sound that hn could make *a a
•v >rt of whistle. In all other rt>sjwvt*
ho> health steadily improved. A fnnuti
named John T. IVter*. a lawyer, visited
him at a hospital in Hartford, to which
he had gone, aud conceived the ulna that
he would lm greatlv tanu-fited if he were
to come to Sew York anil remain here
with hi* friends. He wait received here
at the residence of Mr. J. J. McOomh.
An eminent physician, who la a npeciai
lat in throat ami uervoua diseases, made
an examination of hia condition, and wa*
the first to give the true diagn *l* of it.
Hitherto thuoe memlmr* of the faculty
who had treated him h*ai UoV lodged
their ignorance. They had all predicted
that lie would never *|>cak again. Dr.
Kncomrr immediately declare*! that he
would a>me day l>e able t<> apeak, and
attributed hia dumt>n<-a U> the paralyat*
of the vocal ourda in the larynx. "He
01 gradually recovering," said he; " and
a* au. an three cord* Ixeoial vitalised
again, their function* will return to
them. It may beauddenljr, or it may be
slowly." Hui >*cqurntlv, about twelve
month* ago, i>r. Hucomer gave the
strongest |*>aibie assurances that Mr.
Wood would entirely nww hi* sjxeclt.
It was thought advisable, however, that
he ahould return to Hartford. In last
November he w nt to New Orleans,
where hi* wife and two children now
are. The climate of Louisiana did not
prove Imneflcial to him, and after a so
journ of two t three week* be started
tor tlie North. V>w come* Um wonder
ful part of the *tory. When the tram
oil which It- w*s traveling uppt 1 tachiwl
Pittsburgh, it c.*me in collision with
another tmiu. The engine wa* *ma*h*l
and the car* were violently *hak> n. The
dumb man felt a new siuf pccnliar sen
nation that seotn-d to indicate a change
of some st-rt in hi* condition. Suddenly
s eouaciousw** of its significance came
U> him, aud, springing from hi* seat, he
rushed t-> Uu- platform of the oar, when
a brakemsn WA* ta-.i in g, and trwal to
addren* him. A* he now relate* the in
cident. he opened hi* month, moved hit
tongue r.nd felt that he was speaking.
The hrwkctnvu looked at htm dnbioOaly,
a* if he had heard his roiee but failed to
uodendand ttemi}*-rt. He auswerivl by
exclaim 1:1,r. "What!" Too uxcifcod then
to make a faither attempt to apeak, Mr.
\V'>od returned to his seat.
On the next day he arrived in New
York, and a* soon as he met his friend*
he eagerly related to them ill writing the
hofwdnl experience which he had s <
lately had. They bopaL hat *eare4y
believed in his bright auticquttion. On
Tuesday last he waseugagod in diarnaa
ing some personal and business matter*
witli Mr MeComb at the office of the
latter. Mr. McOomb remarked to him
that hi* general health wa* fully re
stored and expressed the moat cheerful
views sliont hi* fntnre. Hetirgixl him
to make tlieuflnost effort* to regain hi*
utterance. Mr. Wiasl scorned t> form
the resolution to follow tin* advice, and
lnvauio excited and rnthns.astic. He
then seized a jsmcil and wrote the last
communication which he made cm paper.
It w* a*follows:
"IV ui't be surprised, hut when I come
back to-day I will talk to you with my
tongue. 1 have it now."
Handing tin* to Mr. McOomb he weut
out. He afterward related that he went
toßtateu Island ferry aud took passage
on one of the l*>at*. nis mental feel
ings were peculiar, and peril spa oonld
only !>o midersUsxi by a child who bad
just learned to lisp her first syllables,
were she capableenongh. llwas bash
ful, timid, distrustful of himself, and
vet eager to make the essay which might
reveal for him the delightful release of
his thoughts from their boudage of si
lence. If he moved hia lip* he fancied
that every one was lookiug curionsly at
him. Fortunately there were few peo
ple on board, so lie hud no difficulty in
finding a quiet corner on the dock.
Heat**! on a stool near tho rail ha opened
his month and lifted up hi* voice. It*
use and inflection all name liaok to him
in an instant. It did not even sonnd
strange to him. He conld hardly real
ize his own joy. He sang, spoke, ahout
ol, and tried his voice in every way
which happened to occur to him. It
was |>erfoct. He accosted pisiple and
they did not stare at him, but took it a*
s matter of course.
The next returning loat brought him
laek to New York. Breathless and
flushed, ho entered tho office of his
l>rotiinr in-law ami exclaimed:
"It' Hall right!"
Mr. MoOomh jumped up. rushed for
ward ami joyfully embraced him. Ho
did everybody else who wan there.
The pant three or four day* have been
• pent by Mr. Wood in visiting his
frienda and receiving their ainoere eon
gratnlationa on the restoration of his
voice. In every reapoct he is now per
fectly recovered from the effects of his
sunstroke.— New York Ifrrald.
He Wouldn't lraw.
Onrjlioy is not fend of drawing; in
fact he cannot draw, will not draw, does
not draw.
" I can't draw to-day; my throat's
too sore. It hnrta it. Besides, I don't
feel like drawing; and my mother savs
I needn't ever draw if I didn't feel like
it."
"Are you sure yonr mother said
that ?" asked the teacher.
"Yes," he said, stoutly, " she did.
Bho said 1 wasn't to draw whan I didn't
feel like it; and I don't feel like it now;
my throat's too sore."
" Vci/ well," replied the teacher,
" I shall go and see yonr mother about
it."
Quick as a flash, ho replied: " Well,
if 1 was yon I wouldn't take the trouble
to go and see her; because, you see, it
was way back when we was livin' in
Wisconsin that she said that, and as
like aa not ahe's forgot all about It liy
this time."— Atlantic.
Tlim TOI'ICM
Tha Journal qf ('/urnftry says that
uo European nation is MO advanced as
Italy IU lie methods of teaching agri
culture.
.Matrimony and love making through
the cofumus of the lu-wspaprrs are on
the rise in (b rmany and Austria. Vi
enna and Berlin newspapers have agen
cies for such pnrp>>srw, and the busi
ness, reported to lie profitable, la car
ried out ou s rash basis.
Airs. Mary Uolbrouk, who died in
Massachusetts s few days ago, aged
ninety-three years, was a remarkable
woman. When aeveutv five years old
she ■ egsn the mannfacture of tidies,
which found ready sale in Boston, and
were so much sought for that she was
obliged to employ several old ladlsa to
do the ouarner work, while she tilled in
the finer {(arte with her owu hands. In
this way, up to her ninetieth year, she
netted jfl.lgK) from her sales.
The City of Mexico is alary place, ac
cording to a Chicago JSti* ourres|Miud
eut, who accompanied the visiting
Committee from the United States.
"The hotels are languid," he nays; "so
are the restaurant*, the theaters, the
public offices and the barber shops.
The business houses have au air of per
periial waiting upon Providence. The
clerks act like weary anglers looking
pstieutly for a 'rise.' A generation of
American enterprise might revolution
ise all this and rouse the metr >|>uua
from her trance."
Chief Joseph, of the Nt-x Perces In
dians, when in Washington, was asked
what, of all the work of civilization
seen iu his first trip to the East, had
impressed him the meat. It aa* ex
pected that he wonld name the cwpito),
lnt he replied, without a moment a hew
itatiou, that the most wonderful thing
he had ever seen or drrsmcd of was the
bridge over the Mississippi river at Ht.
1 Aiuio. Ha could build a mountain of
stone like the oapitol, he said, but he
could not build a spider's web that
wonld stand alone in the air. He was
afraid to cross it; but he saw that the
pale faces were not afraid. So he wr*p|**l
his blanket around him and trembled as
the train went over.
This story ui t >ld in a Rome letter to
a French journal One rooming Leo
XIII. wa* aWtit to eat some raw eggs,
a* is hi* wont every morning, and re
quested Commander Hterbint, the gen
tleman serving him, to bring some aalt
to take witu ibem. Hterbmi, preaent
ing UM* salt o*ll*r on a aoiid sdver tray,
accidentally let it ahp from hia
hands, and the salt fell—but ouly on Ure
table. The pope rose immediately,
carefully looking to see whether any of
the grams had reached the ground.
•• Only see," he said, " the an!t is upset,
and had it fallen on the gronnd 1 be
lieve I *liould not have got over to-day."
Uo them tx>k out a pucketbook and
noU-d the fact, olawning at the aame
time that "We shall see whether we
shall not have the !o*a of mms beloved
cardinal to deplore before long." Nine
■ days after, the sad new* of Cardinal
Asqmni's death reached the Vatican,
and the pope, handing to Hterbini his
pocketixiuk, requested him to read
aloud to tlioae around the note he liad
mstli' uii.e days fore. Them breaking
the silence, lie said, " Had the aalt
Iwwn *ealt red on the fhwir instead of
upon the table, a* wa* the case, verily
I ivfiere I should l>e standing now be
fore the judgment seat!"
Why a better Iten't He
Because yon forgot to address it.
Because yon f <rgot to stamp it
Because yon forgot to write the town
or State on the envelope.
Because you didn't write the street
sua number plainly.
Because you didn't put three eemta on
the letter for every half ounce or frac
tional part there >f.
IWiinsp you nl a once-canceled
I stamp.
t Because yon ex.? -at an envelope
stamp ami (stated it on yonr letter.
Because you mal internal n venne
stain)* instead of i*>*tage statu}>*.
Because you usod patent medicine or
proprietary statu)* instead of (satage
stamp*.
• Beosnae yon nsd an olj, out-of-date
stamp.
Because yon used a foreign stamp.
Because yon wrote the address ao
| badly that no one conld read it
i Because yon wrote the addrea* on the
i top of the envelope, and it was surely
obliterated by the pastoffice dating, re
ceiving and canceling stamp*.
And lieoause yon put your letter in a
blank enveloj>e and sealed it and for
warded it to- the dead letter office,
when- thousands of letter* are daily de
stroyed l*eiinee the poplc are either
r-arnios* or ignorant of the postal lawa.
—At. /xsiti -Sptrf.
How the .Meney was Stolen.
One would scarcely imagine, after the
infinite ingenuity that has lieen display
• el n stealing for iunnmerable ages, that
anv new method oonld bedevisod. But a
1 ooiural porter employed in a shop at
Little Ilock, Ark., appears to have ap
propriated money 111 an original manner.
The tradesman had continually misiwd
small ftnms from his cash-drawer, ami
could not account for their disappear
ance. Finally, he suspected the porter,
snd had him searched every evening be
fore going home. But he oonld find no
ground for his suspicion, and was at his
wit's end to explain the mystery, when
he observed one night that a tame fe
male opossum, in the habit of follow
ing the colored man everywhere, did not
accomtiany him. The animal seemed
desirous to go, but, for some reason,
eon Id not move. The shopkeeper think
-1 tug her ill, took hold of her, aud was
surprisial at her weight. Reversing her
pomtiou, the enigma was solved. A
shower of small silver coins descended
from her pouch to the floor, and l>etray
ed the man's thefts. He had overloaded
her on that occasion, and she oonld not
follow as had been her enst-om when
; more lightly freighted. ~
A Temperance Movement In New lork
Tho itumeuse extent of intemperance
among our business ranks, says a New
York correspondent, hss startled think
ing men with deep alarm. The habit
lias reached such n extreme as to
threaten genera! destruction, and hence
the present deep eonsciouatieaa of the
ueed of reform. To place a youug man,
indeed, in the New York business com
munity, is to subject hiin to fearful
temptation, since the motto of the day
seems to be " everybody drinks." The
new temperance movement is intended
to meet this appalling danger. Hence
the pledge is not to drink daring busi
ness hours, snd'also neither to give nor
accept " treats." It is also proposed
that some drinks be provided which are
not of an mtoxicating nature. This
recalls the fact that there was a time
when the word "ooffee-house" was
a reality. At present, however, it is
synonymous with barroom. Perhaps
New York business men, like the mer
chants and wits of London in old times,
may eventually limit themselves to oof
fee and tea, hut before this can be done
the fierce excitement which marks their
operations must be abated.
TKKMB: #2.00 a Year, in Advance.
1 ARM, HIRIHX AM> HOI'sEHOLD.
-•wrlblMß Vb.MI
There la a popular fallacy to the effect
that soups re troublesome and cijxui
sive tu prepare. In truth, excepting
the sldermauio turtle, there are few
dishes at the same tune more untritioas
nud eoonomicai. The wat> in which
meat has lierii boiled, be it boef. Veal or
muttou, is always availsble fur soup,
and, except in warm weather, may be
set away until the next day. Uuoooked
meat makes the best lawns for soups, but
the bones aud fragments of a cold Joint
answer'very well for the asme purpose.
For sll white soups, veal or mutton ta to
lie preferred; for dark soaps beef is the
lxwit, while I lean and pea soups may lie
made from the water in which a ham has
been boiled. The custom of keeping s
stock pot on the tire answers admirably
where the mistress attends to it, other
wise the contents are apt to soar or
acorcb. Herbs for soap should be tied
together, so as to be easily taken ont.
Vegetables should be boiled long
enough to IH- thoroughly done, and ail
meat and bones should be taken out be
fore serving, while clear soups need tu
tie strained.
Puree# of peas, beans, celery, etc., are
made by boiling the vegetables with a
knuckle of veal; a slice of bacon or ham
boue may be substituted in the case of
the {(ess or lieans, uutil they are soft
enough to lie mashed through the ool
lander. Then make dumplings, if yon
like, and bml in the soup until done,
wheu add a gill of rich milk and a little
butter for every quart of sonti; let all
boil up once, ami serve. Hmall squares
of dry toast floating ou the soap improve
the ap|Miranoe of the dish, and are
much liked by epicures. Itioe flour
makes the l*wt thickening for sonps.
When this is nut at hand, corn starch
can be used. Itio and barley improve
most white sonps, if added a* are other
vegetable*. The favorite Southern
gumbo soup i< made from the green
pods of the oehra, the basis being a
chicken, (irecn corn aoup, made also
from chicken brotii, is another delicious
dish.
Ail vegetables are available for soup ;
the reci|ic once given us by a notable
housekeeper said : " But in all you
can get." The favorite vegetable sonp
made from fresh tomatoes, corn and
Lima l*ean is almost a* good when the
canned vegetables are employed. For
chicken sonp with noe and milk, no
h* rlts but parsley shonld lie naed, The
•hiu of b<wf or veal is the legitimate
soup-bone ; but any other bone may be
nseil. Crack the bones before Baling
for the sake of the marrow, and do not
put aalt in untii the meat has been
well bailed—-it has a tendency to harden
the fibers and prevent the flow of the
jßices of the meat. You cannot well
boil it too long, short of the time the
meat lioil* into rags or slrutga. If kept
where they will not aour, and heated
slowly so an not to aeorrh, most soaps
are better the second day than the first.
Phi lad- !f>ha Turin.
lUaarkoll lllala
When molasses is nsed for cooking it
is an improvement to boil and skim it
before you use it. It take* out the un
pleasant, raw and makes it ml moat
as go* si as sugar.
Keep an old blanket and sheet on
purpose for ironing; have plenty of
holders always made that your towels
nisy not l- burned out in such service,
A good housekeeper never allows her
carpet broom to be used for sweeping
the ontside stairs or yard; keep a coarse
broom for this purpose.
Keep a heavy stone on yonr pork to
keep it down; in the snmmer this stone
is an excellent place to keep frwah meat
on when von are afraid of it* spoiling.
Have all the good bits of vegetables
and meats collected after dinner and
minood Ix'fore they are set away, that
they may be in readme** to make a little
savory mince meat for supper or break
fast. Take the skins off potatoes before
thee are cold.
Vials which have teen used for medi
cine should be put into cold ashes and
water, boiled, and suffered to cool be
fore they are rinsed.
Never leave ont yonr clothes-line over
night; and see that yonr clothes-pins
sre sll gsthered into a basket.
Have plenty of crash towels in the
kitchen: never let yonr white towels or
napkin* be used there.
S*wp yonr dirtiest clothes and soak
them in warm water over night. Tse
hard soap to wash yonr clothes, and soft
to wash votir floor*. Soft *->*p is so
slippery that it waste* a good deal in
vraehing clot hen.
A little salt sprinkled in starch while
it is boiling tends to prevent it from
sticking; it is likewise goes! to stir it
with s clean sjermaoeti candle.
A few potatoes sliced, and boiling
water poured over them, make an excel
lent preparation for cleansing and stiff
ening old rusty black silks. (Preen tea
is also excellent for thi* purpose. It
should 1* boiled in iron, nearly a enp
fnll in three quarts. The silk shonld
not lw wrung, and shonld be ironed
damp.
Oonrt plaster is male of thin silk,
first dipped in dissolved isinglass and
dried, then dipped several times in
the white of an egg and dried.
Nan Francises Statistics.
The (Accid/v(, of Han Francisco, pub
lishes the following statistics of that city
for the year 1H78: " The number of
homicides was twenty-seven. In seven
cases there were no arresta, as the police
failed to find the murderers. In six
case* the mati-slayer was acquitted. In
ten eases the person is nnder indictment
awaiting trial. In three cases the mur
derer has been sentenced to the Htate
prison, and one, a Chinaman, is sen
tenced to le liuug. Thus it seems that
capital punishment is practically abolish
ed. There were ninety-flve snicides.
eighty-eight men and seven women.
There were 284 divorces the past year,
lieiug alHuit one in eight marriages.
The ennsoa were as follows; Desertion,
twenty-seven males aud fifty-four fe
males; crnelty, thirteen males aud
eighty-four females; failnre to provide
forty-four females; adultery, twenty
three males and fifteen females; and in
temperance, fifteen males and nine fe
males. On New Year's day there was
opened, according to tho daily papers,
at No. f> Liedesdorff street, "the finest
saloon iu the United States." It is fitted
up at a cost of $20,000, and is called
"The Dividend." What will its divi
dends be? Pauperism, insaritr, crime,
disease, death.— New York Ob+ rr< r.
Origin of the Word Chicago.
Forty-five years ago the place was
called " Tnck Chicago." Trick, in the
Indian dialect, means wood or timber,
and Chicago, gone, absent or without
The words Tuok Chicago signified,
therefore, the waste prairie, or literally
translated, " wood gone." Mr. John
Jenkins, an old resident of Momenoe,
111., says that when he was a boy he was
as familiar with the Indian tongue as
with his own language, and that the
above may be relied 011 as correct They
were snrronuded by Indians at the time,
and his father was the first white man
who raised a crop of ooru in Cass coun
ty, Michigan, which was in'the year
18*25. The usual definition given to the
word Chicago is entirely erroneous.—
Potter's American Monthly.
NUMBER 9.
"The Highland Beaaljr."
In au article on " Coasting," by 0. A.
Hii>|ilimii, id Youth's ( bmponfow, a do-
Script ion la given of the different kinds
of sled* used iu tbta winter The
writer describes one aled in particular,
thna:
Protwbly the Aueat donble-runner
ever seen iu tbpoouutry, or any oountry,
m made by Dr. Fowler, of B eton
Highlands, end is now the property of
Mr. Francis Alger, of Boutb Button.
Tlie construction of thia really beautiful
pleaaure carriage i for it aeema hardly
proper to call it a aled) hae oompied ita
maker's leisure lime for three and a
half years. It was placed on exbibiUuo
el the recant mechanic's fair in Boston,
where it attrafted much attention.
It ta over thirteen feet in length, will
seat ten persona, and weighs three hun
dred and fifty potinda. Yet it move* ao
eaaily thai two or three boya can readily
draw it up hilL
The materials of which it ia made are
white oak, while walnut, steel, gun
riieta! and broute. Though highly orna
mented, it ia built in the very strongest
manner, and will no doubt stand year*
of hard service. Two seemingly small,
yet wonderfully strong, steel-shod and
steel -braced aleds aupport the elegant
"aat-board," which, with its foot-rail
on each aide and poliabed hand-rod*, is
strongly truaaed op, and cushioned in
green velvet over elastic rubber tubing.
At the forward end of the seat-board
are the steering-wheel, the lanterns and
the foot-br-ak The steering-wheel,
which resembles the plated brake of a
drawing-room car, turns the forward
sled upon a rocker, provided with what
is termed a " universal joint," while by
mesas of a foot-brake and chain, two
str ug steel points, working inside the
runners of the hind sled, am plunged
into the road-bed, thus arresting the
speed at will.
At the mar end of the cushioned seat
there ia a low " knee-board" for a
footman, whose business it may bs to
start off the vehicle when the silvery
stroke of a gong shall give the signal to
*"•
Taken altogether, this donble-runner
is a remarkable piece of work, not only
for costliness and strength, but for sym
metry and elegance. It has evidently
been made by a man who has devoted
himself to the task con amore. It does
the eye good to look at it, and it has
♦•sen very happily christened "The
Highland "Beauty.*' The coat is said to
have been about a thousand dollars.
Tbeerie* Kegardiag a Fire.
The other (lav when a boaae on Fifth
street look flru and waa saved by the
firemen in a damaged condition, the* net
aboat trying to discover the cause of the
accident, and in so doing questioned
vanon* inmates of the family. The bead
of the bouse had his theory all ready.
•' It is my oninion," he began, " that
aome enemy of mine climbed to the roof
and emptied coals on the shingles."
The idea was laughed at and the wife
said:
" Well, there waa a lamp up stairs, bnt
it was not lighted. Now if the rata got
bolo of matches and tr®d to light that
lamp they would just as qniak throw a
lighted match cm the bed as to blow it
out I don't say they aet the boose a-flr*
on purpose, but yon know bow careleaa
rats are."
That theory didn't hold with the fire
men end the oldest daughter waa called
upon.
" I expect it we* spontaneous oom
btiation," she t ><-gau. "Yon aee in my
room np stairs, where the fir* broke oat,
there we* a hole id the chimney. I didn't
like the smoke coming in my room and
eo I stuffeJ the hole fall of straw. It
may be that the at raw and the mortar
aii.l the brick* canaed spontaneous com
bustion."
The firemen wore about to accept her
theory when the small boy of the family
cams up and said;
"I know all about it Ye see. Bill
Smith he was on the abed a-heavtn'
auowballf at dogs. Tom, the feller with
one arm, was in the barn playm' with
my goat. That Turner gal she waa on
the fence ont there oaUin* ns name*, and
her mother had the clothe* line and was
try in' to lasso a stick of wood off a wagon
in the alley. I went down cellar to aee
if my mud turtle 1 ad got away, and I was
jest trvin' to set the cat on him when I
beard father fall down stairs and mother
give a yell, and that's how toe honse got
a-fire, and now I won't have to go to
school for six weeks."— Drtroit /Voe
Prt*.
The Labor of Cutting Leaves.
Oue of tbe minor miseries of human
life ia the necessity that is laid upon the
readers of magazines, and of divers
weekly, monthly and other journals, of
cnttiug the leaves thereof. The amount
of time consumed in thia search after
hidden treasure, and of force expended
therein, is no mean consideration in
these utilitarian days. Tbe literature
of the world in all the clauses which we
have mentioned, reducing quarterlies,
bi-monthlies and weeklies to monthlies,
cannot be less titan 2,000,000 copies s
month. Not lsss than ten leaves to'a
copy may be deemed a fair average.
The cutting of each of these 2,000,000
publications requires at least five min
utes. This. a s simple calculation will
show, is something like twenty year* for
each month, or 240 year* in each year.
In cutting tbe leaves of the ordinary
magazine, the hand travels at leant
twentv feet. For 2,000,000 magazines
this is 40,000,000 feet, nearly 8,000
miles a month, and 90,000 miles a year
—four times around the globe—a dis
tance greater than the railroad mileage
of the United Stales. Prof. Kalfe say*
that " the ordinary external mechanical
work" done by an adult weighing 150
pounds amounts to 300 foot tons v 3OO tons
lifted ons foot) dailv. In pile-driving a
man lifts the equivalent of 312 foot tons
in eight hours; in turnings wrench, 374
foot tons. But this magazine-cutting
necessitates sn expenditure of 240 years,
or 87,000 dsvs, which at 300 foot tons a
day, makes 26,280,000 —a sum total that
makes the tonnage of the Erie canal and
the trunk lines sink into insignificance.
Brookiyn l?nion-Arfpu.
A Dog Thawed Bark to Life.
A family residing in the aonthern part
of the city had a pet dog, and said dog
was provided with all the comforts his
canine natnre required. But one day
during the late cold visitation he had
got out of doors without its being dis
covered for some time, and then be was
found on his back and frozen stiff in
death, as was naturally supposed. The
ladv of the house, on ascertaining the
pet's condition, and satisfied of his
death, directed her little son to throw
the body over the fence, when the boy
snggested that they Bhould place it by
the fl-e and try to thaw it back to life ;
and, placing the apparently defnuct
dog on a rug, the little son commenced
chafing the paws and nose. The mother,
forcing open the dog's month sufficient
ly, poured down his throat some hot
whisky, and signs of returning anima
tion began to be manifested, and iu due
time the little animal was ou his legs
again, and is now, it is claimed, as suc
cessful a live dog us can be found any
where. This may seem rather a tough
story, but the head of this family, a gen
tleman well known on 'change and of
undoubted veracity, says it is a fact. —
St. IsOuia Republicav.
ITLMM OF HTLKISI
Twins are the parapets of a house.
Home stretch- Ovar a mother's knee.
Dress reform- Tnrniug a silk dims
A fare proposition Ticket, please,'
Boston'* population is given st 373,-
310.
It is safer to bear a hug than to hug a
bear.
Capt Emm fiaint is a member of the
legislature of Indiana.
Dr. Carver, the marksman, 'and his
wife, have gone to England.
In Japan the lsndlor I receive* one
sixth the produce of the land.
More men worry and fret themselves
orasy over taxes than over love.
Borne wasps sting twenty-four hours
after they have been cut in two.
IBeience euntnerates 568 species of or
ganic forma in the air we breathe.
Laborers' wages during the thirteenth
century were fifty cents per week.
Barely half the world mnat lie blind—
they can see nothing unless it glitters.
Opticians are well-behaved men and
never make spectacles of themselves.
There ia over $2,000,000 worth of
bogus ooiu in etrrnialiuu ic the United
Btataa.
Bbefßetd, Eoglattd, uses 3,000,000
shank bones of oxao every year for knife
handles.
There are 700,000 cattle gnu-ng on
the plains of Colorado, Montana praxes
800,000 bead.
The gradual mode of seasoning is tha
moat favorable to the strength and dura
bflity of timber.
The Arkansas wild grapevine is gatb
i ered and shipped to France to be used
for grafting stuck.
Felicity is not acquired facility.
Neither is a foothold on the outside of a
slippery pavement
What ia the difference between a crim
inal and windfall fruit? One is a felon
and the other fell off.
Miss Beddengrr was elected as en
grossing clerk <5 the Arkan*< use. mbly
by a vote of forty-eeven to fifteen.
It ia well to remember that repeated
shocks of electricity will revive s person
dying from an overdose of chloroiorm.
What is the difference between a suc
cessful lover and his rivaL The one
kisses his miss, and the other misses
his kiss.
China invented the gong, and thia is
another powerful reason whv the
Chinese should cot be tolerated in this
country.
The most stupendous canal in the
world ia in China, which is over 2,000
miles long, and passes through forty
two cities.
Tha lag of a " Granther Graybeard "
(which it a specie* of spider) retains its
vitality one or two days after being aev
ered from the body.
The Atlanta Constitution estimates
that during the past two seasons the
farmers of Georgia have paid out
$3,000,000 for mules.
A Greenland clock hi known by its
arc-tic. — Nets York Scwi. A sports
man's watch is km wn by ita hunting
Case.— Sew Haven Register.
A Wisconsin man offers to bet that
be can take 2,700 quarter* of s dollar
in 2,700 quarters of s minute if any
body will give him the facilities.
Thars was a jromw uaa of Palmyra,
Sat down along a,d* of hi* Myra .
Tin? had Jest Soared lbs glim
WUu the part-ni asms la.
And lbs young man achieved his hegira.
lUiviayr.
A Nevada woman scolded her Chinese
servant for not properly cleaning a fish,
and going into the kitchen soon after
found him energetically washing it witn
brown soap.
Alaska contains 500,000 square miles;
about one-tenth the aiae of the United
Btales. It has 2,000 miles of sea coast,
or more than all the aea coast of the
United States together.
A butchrr sold a sailor a Ism < n
credit, but finding in a few day* iluit be
had gone to sea, be gtowled, "If I'd a
known be wasn't going to pay for it I'd
a charged him threepence more a pound
fur it, the rascal 1"
Mr. George W. Child % of the Phila
delphia Ledger, ia said to have a pecul
iar fondness for clocks. He has more
than forty of the scarcest kind, and has
one ia his business office that is report
ed to have coat $6,000.
Daring the jeer 1878 th* ousiucas
transacted at the Oil City < Pa.) oil ex
change aggregated 76.450,000 barrels.
The average price was $1.17} per barrel,
which would make tbe value of the total
889,450,000.
A lawyer, badgering a witness, said
sternly; " 1 believe, sir, yon have s< rveJ
a sentence in the State uriaon V "Yea,"
waa the unconcerned m iy, " I was in
the State prison, and I bad the misfor
tune to oeropv the eel! voor brother had
had."
We have about decided to sail for
Europe aa aoun a* this issue of the pa
per goes to press. We can no longer
hold hack. Paris mothers coax dis
tinguished Americana to his* their
pretty grown-up daughters.—Aorria
(OM HffUtL
The work of fortifying the anb-trea*.
ury in New York against any possible
assault by a mob is to bo begun at onoe,
the contract haring been i*u d. Steel
turrets are to be place! an the roof, and
the door* and window-shutter* are to be
made bullet-proof and pierocd to
musketry.
A patient German has taken the
trouble to count the number of hairs in
the heads of four different colors. The
bloodehad tbe most, 140,400. Next came
brown with 109.44a Then black, 102,-
962, and last red, 88,740. The bulk of
hair was, however, about the same in
each case, the firmness of the blonde's
and their multiplicity beiDg balanced by
the coarser, heavier texture of the lesa
humorous red and black. .
Tbe Swerd asd the Plew.
" Our fields of labor are very differ
ent," said tbe sword to the plow;
"mine's a field of glory ami your* a
field of ground"
" Your* is s field of death and mine a
field of life," replied the plow.
" I admit," continne.l the sword,
" that your* is s field of grain, and
you must allow that mine's a field of
graudeur."
" No," quoth the plow, " yours is a
field of blood and mine a field of bless
ing."
" I was set to guard the tree of life."
answered tbe sword.
" And found to be unto death," an
swered the plow.
The sword, being high tempered, said:
"No wonder any putting their hand to
you should look heck rather than look
ou snoh an unsightly thing."
" And any taking yon shall perish by *
you," retorted the plow.
•'Well, Mr. Btrord," said the scab
bard, " you've been fairly beaten by a
plowshare, and tbe time will oome when
you'U be beaten into one."
Men adorn the sword with gems and
brilliants, but none think of ornament
ing the hoe or plow with either gold or
silver. "Pis true men do more and pay
more to maintain a field of carnage than
to support a field of herbage.—George
B. Atwell.
A Big Shark Story.
While the British bark Lutterworth
was becalmed in the tropica a largo
■hark was seen swimming around the
ship. A large hook with a chain at
tached was baited with a four-pound
piece of pork. The shark made for it
and bolted it. In hanling him up the
chain parted, and he ooolly swallowed
the hook, chain and pork. Another
hook was then baited, winch he instant
ly seized, biting a three inch rope ia
twain and also swallowing it with
another four-pound piece of pork.
Another hook was then baited with a
similar pieoe of pork, and with this tbe
shark was canght and landed on the
main deck. All bands cleared from
him, for he was in a terrible flutter.
His tail was out off with the carpenter's
axe, and this quieted him a little. He
was cut open, and the sailors hound the
two large shark hooks and ihe chain
and rope snugly coiled away with eight
pounds of pork in his locker.