Why Roe* the Rod! VThv Hoe the bud Ih*l is near to itn breaking Wake sweeter smiles than the fully-blown roar T Why doee the ilream on the verge ot Awaking fltir deeper truths than a deeper rp|Ho* Why does the love tJrnt is broken with (varting Lift ilsrll higher hy the full news ol |>ain * Why is the incomplete rnptnrt* ill -turting Clnar on completiivn we never attain * Why ? For a IsHindleos iuisatitle.l longing l.ies divj'ost down in Uie warm liiiniau heart , Kver with this are the sv m|mthi(w tliroiiging. F.ver bv thi the haavcn-tluwei-s start tiro* with onr spring; we ean follow you wholly Only as tar as its instinct* are sen! bummer's a fact that is hidden and h.d> We have not seen it—we are not content —Kiaint (i.wialt, in .Vhi.i.iy .(flrt noi'a. Poetic Answers. S KIT IS tot K CHSaVCTKH' A mie ooni|svnnd ivt otditv , tVola* and tun To i*eli*h a joke and rejoice in a pun —tiohlamith. That o! the epiciira. who, serenetv f .!!, ttvav nay. Fate ixtunoi harm roe; ! Irnvc dituxl to isv - >w irt. l.nwiri.'ux *r rtoiv-, false, lieeriuul, Suiicn. maiioHii.x Miieoking ol rvciv -m that trns a nanii —^hakiwiiiuv WHAT IS lOUf tH,M ' ll'tUli ll.lv * lhvni lmsl the sviiH-tml Is.-r 1 iv cr hsiki-i on —Shahrxj oai* tiiHsi sens** which lUily i* llic gilt .<1 Heaven. And OnvugU no HCICIKW. tairlv worth the x. * en l\ye. A fbrui so tair , that like llic an Tis less om lit tiiau heaven. —K. K thuknev He is xo full o( . lea-nut r.nee*K>te So rich. * gnv . s*i j,.!g.,. i 1 . wit Time vanishes N'fore turn a- he x;Hvik-. And ruddy morning through the Utlice (hwi - —.hsiuua Hai.lle WIIVT IH IOC UKK 11-t. rhat sil-aottming. .a ' q-'weriug kuell. lh- tocxui ot til*. MHU—ilw .t'liner beli. —Rv rvm \ - ght C.irti*u*ro by the light ol s . aandeliej With music to plgy in the jsui-t x And nobis!} very i"-c _ —Mill!-. tiol.t ' liohl • lieM ' Gold ' Brtghl and \eilo , iiarvl and cold. -Hood. t.ive me k.-se- * all t* waste save the luxury o the taste. And lor kia-ing Vv-soslive only when we lak. or give. Kiss me. then, Kerry nioturr.l —su l igam - J *• Saxe. wttxt tai Toi tiisi.iKt wosr' tk'every t<ore h to the list y*>u svf! a score. Are not so ixid.. upon niv life. Ax that one scourge, scolding w lie. —tVrui. v'owr>e -iwas-h. bad gninimar, swearing. Unuking, vices —Holmes. Druukeunews. whuse vile incontinenea Take K>th away, the reason and the sense. It drew as the better part- miking the nar.ie To foes a laughter, to tnenvfc, a shiuio —Randolph Homo-made physic that sickens tlie sick. Tlnek lor thin and thin lor tluck. —Hood. ll'Htt 1* TOI K HIGHEST AHHiriOS ' To go to churvh to-day. To look drvout and seem to >*iiv. And ere to-morrow's sun gis-- dow u B*. .'.eiihug shuaier through the low n —Mrs. bigourimy. To drx—xx as tlie nobles ..tress. In ciolh ol" silver ami gotd, With *iik au i a:.-t and costly- tur- In many an ample fold. —Hood, t *fv grant me. Heaven, a middle -tate. hetther too humble, nor too great. More tiian enough tor nature's ends, With something lelt to treat my friends. —Mallet. *>h. gr* ine the las- that hao HlT**, of charm- . <>h gie me hv-- * i the weel <to*-kit farm ! —Bums. i hen let roe get money a- bees lay up honey , I'll build new hives and store each ceil.. The siglit of tuy treasure will yield nie grim! plemurc. 1 i* oount it. and chink it. and jingle it w. ii —l)r. Franklin. WHAT 14 VOIR FAVORITE FULWER' Magnihcent calla. in maiitie of milk. - -Mrs htgoorney. "J i,e rh.iste i-amelia's pure and spotless Uoom Tiiat biatsls no fragrance and coia-vais n, thotn. —William Rose**.. An ! faith that a th iuaan.l ills can brave S[i-ak> .u thy blue leaves, '• : rget-me-m.t —l'ercivsi. lio-e, thou art the sweetest flower. —Burns. WHO IS lOflt IXTEXDEU? \ (wrtect woman nobly pianuix!. To warn, to comfort and command. And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel s light. —Wordsworth. A judge, a man so learned, So full ot equity, so noble—sui vy Itself cannot aivu-ecor malice vitiate. —Chapunin aud Kiuriey. A hungry, lean-fact-1 villain, A mere nnatomy. a uiuuntei.ci A thread-bare juggler, and fortune-teller, A needy, hollow -eyed, sharp-looking wretch. —>hujw->j sure. A rosebud set with willful thotim As sweet as English air can make her. —Tennyson. WHAT IS THE CHAHAOTKE OF TOIR ISTEXOFTI * She takes the most delight In music, instruments and poetry. —Slmkewpenre The solemn lop, signiflcant and bodge, A fool with judge-, and among fhni* u judge —t'owrjwr She has rem! heT latlier's well-fllled libniry witli profit, And can talk charmingly: she can sing And play, too, [asxiiMy. and dance with spin: She is knowing in all no-dle-work; And shines in kitchen as well as |rlor. —J. N Barker. He is a scholar, and a ripe and good one, Exceedingly wise, loir g|x>ken and persuading. —Shakes] . WHAT IS TOt'R OESTISV ' Never wedding, never wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing. —Campbell. To be a man of rank and ol ca{>acioiis soul, To riches have, and lame beyond desire, And heir to flattery, to titles born And reputation and luxurious life. —Robert Pollock. Single as a stray glove, minus its mate. —Fanny Kemble. W HERE WILL VOIR HOME BR <> Where laaists with man divided empire claim, And the brown Indian marks with murderous aim. —Gohlsmith. Where from the rise ol morn to set of sun The mighty Mohawk runs, And the dark woods ol pine Along his mirror darkly shine. —Moore. In some enchanted isle, Where heaven and love their Sabbath hold. —Campbell. DEMETER'S DAUGHTER. Mrs. De Lettante had invited a crowd of people to hear a white-haired man of lofty artistic pedigree read. Kite was fond of patronizing talent. W hen Mr. Kemble had given his Sir Anthony Ab solute and Sir Peter Teazle, Mrs. De Lettante went about among her guests and explained that she had still another pleasure in store for them: Miss Ililaa Wiese would now recite. Miss Wiese was a debutante, hut they would see she had great possibilities. Mr. Kem ble had spoken to her of the young lady, who intended to become a pro- KRED. KURTZ, Kditor and 1 ropriotor. VOLUME XLL. fessional reader; he was enthusiastic in her praise. So, after a brief interval, a voting girl was led forward, who nx itcd por tions of Plaint's Uauuftil and touching story wit 11 ualiv. case and gract She stivod ill the third of the suite of room that opened one into moihi 1 It hind her vv.i- a tinekground ot whit, flowii arrange*! on graduated sti a-, a ma-- ot hvaciuths elii'tly and daft.sti - (it wax Spring) She w:i- i lloWcr of - w:g herself, with the ineffa! e glory mid eltartu of vollth iiU'iil lly'i x, ix nr. wid. brow, from which heavy dark hair was V* l J'I to I'll -:d* , tie outline- of h 1 fa a* pure and harmonioux. and strong rather than delicate; in her cheek- the fresh, stcadv coior that ran v out i-o girlhood. >hc vrure a quaintly dimple black silk gown, tie - . v. - cut to tie iiU'w- and tieecilv rutlhal with white, 'the -nine while effect at Iter throat Her voiia* was rich and -oft and full Her recitation eharunal; I her** was a murmur of pkamii surprut* When she had tfolte she simply tell hi. k a -li p or two against the tiers of flowers. She heipCil In r'-I ! to a ilafltalil, and -tisui care . xx'y winging it. ti-tei.i.ig to .-ollii thing kind which tie elocutionist -aid to her. Pmenth Mr-. Ik- fjitantr cam® up with a tali, fair young man of a studi ou- a-iKx t. whom -he mull known to Mix- \\ ie-c a- lh'. lkvug i*> A- tl.i voting man Ivowni in aeknow Kaigement ofthe introduction, h- -aid to hints* 1 ••Ik-meter's daughter, fair and five," out of a sw ft rhvnu i<*H'k if his -istcr - "You , Or l'.lc a glial ileal Ol p.ea ure," he said, with a touch of the 1- eontidenve **t youth in the worth of it ow n praise. " !id I lam vc'v 4 ad." "A- t\>r Mr- lk l.citante, -le i fairly rutHul with .. *.npl.*u •m y at hav- Ul4 sponsored you '•• Mr- IV 1 itante has * cry _*.- 1 to tue." "You have repaid her. She i- the woman in search of a'tni-xion 1..- - at her now. magnetizing that little dark man with tho-c r'-siha/.i eye- ot her- " "Sit.- i- very gracioadand baadarane." " Kxtrciii' \ -I' in her -weeping -atin robe®—Nile cnen you bpiles call that ,n,r, do you not ' y. dark-hair* *!. fair-xkitin- I wonder who tin 11. . little man is 5 "Mr. Kemhle to'.d me lie i- a Frenchman, a duke. Hi- father w.i mad® a duke by th® aaupcror at Bol feriiii'. 11. inherits the title." •• Pasteboard nobility." " Tln-re has to be a iH'ginning to ev cry. tiling. Bravery i- it- own (Haligt-i Did veu ever jicar what Nadir replied when ' Ik-lhi'x throne inquired the an • i->try' of his -on? •My ch i.xa. 1' |.t. ■ i4h 1 wlv t. rti. !te .- li;.' - ■ slid gran i- ■I I •-* ii Her simple enthusiasm wa- ontagious "No doubt you and Nadir—is that this name? —an-rtg!it lbre *x>m*s Mrs IV Pettantr with V r dttk* He i- iik.- Jacob—he halts on hi- thigh." The Due de Bonne Fortune was pr> - -ent.ii in his turn. He was nut an at tractive per-.mage, upon the whole; x you have gathered, .'ttie and dark, and very lame. He wa- a man who had lived in the wurid a'..: for tic world, and his lift had .■ ft no impress of any lofty impulse U}H>n hi- face; on the contrary, there w> re lin'-sof i inf' and guile around , his mouth and eye- He via- no longer young, hut he Ks k ! older than lti actual age Still shelved tra- •- "I the old-world civilization he liail sprung from: there was a gay sparkle and vivacity :l*out his conversation which di-prixcil Hilda in hi- :*iv "i- A worn ri lik- to IH* amu-cxi Residt -. in ln r up right vigur -hi fc;t a "divine eoinpas -ion" for hi- ii firmity. l>r. I'nugla~x drifted aw iv with Mrs IV I*ettant*-. who said, going. "Do you know .Mr.-. Wi. - 7 Tin n- .-] <■ i-. a" b*. herself in that cornier. Of course she i almost a -tranger here. I a-k'al her for the daughter's sake. 1 wish you would talk to her." Douglass agrenl readily Ikiugla— wa- not inguiar in hi- n : 1 rity to 1•• civil to the mother ■fa I" autiful daugh ter. And Mr-. Wiese prove! to I chnn:ngon lnr own account —lit-rally harming, with the unhackneyed and fn -h 1!n • rtuitn -Sol a eh; v!. >ln Inn "primrox.* f:uv"—a phrase I like to !-.r row from Owen M'-rnlith to d' -s ril" . certain type of fa*, that never entirely losc-s it- youth—with ready smile-. ami changing color, and clear eyes. add. in her ca-e. -unny chestnut hair (tin color ing should h< bright). An iKitric spark was -trui k lrtw.cn Douglass a-.: tier-. If. Sh lik. 'i young tin n in a d. - Tghtful, motlnriy way, that always bore jn mind her own fia'f-grown 1.. - \nd young men invariably iikul In-r. •-lif' taik' d frank y to Hon. 1- : .anion. otln*r thing-. alM.ut h'-r husband's deli cate health and failing sight. Doug.ass had made a ajni ialty of *lisea>' - ot the eye, and lent an intelligent interest He -aid he should 1- honored if Mrs Wi"-. would permit hint to '-all upon herself and her hu-baud: he did not add. "and your daughter." although at that v. ry moment liis gaze was re-ting on tin •niin young Persephone in the mxt 1 nsjrn. who.-till Idly twirling lcr snowy 'daffodil, was talking to the px-tclxmrd duke. Liter in the evening lk at glass fell in again with Mr-. Ilettanle. "Tiny tell nie." he said, indicating Hilda, "that that Ivautifulchild i- ih-stined for the stage. I confess 1 am sorry to In-ar it." "She has a gift. To mytlihiking.it belong* to tlu* world." "And x,. she will dim InT l"v < iim--- behind tin- footlights, and lox>* tin hlooru of Iter r. ticcii *e and modest v."' " Not n< • x-arily. An ordinary woman might. An arti-t i- im Mxoiial; lu*r own identity i* eomplt**ly mtTp.l. Happy -In*! Most women's Jive- -tag natefor want of an outlet.* 1 Douglass carried out hi* intention of calling upon tln- AA i***-, and found tin in living in a house very -mall, very shabby and forlorn, in tin- -uhurb- of tin* town. However. Mr-. AA" ie-c and Hilda wr. more delightful than ever, and Douglass at on a stiff c*ane-)>ottonie! chair on a car|H't ie-x fl.M.r, and hi- heart sung with in him. It was all *o uneon*trniin-.l and bright an<t pleasant, the father wax a musi.'ian, a composer, an organi-t: now, in his fc hie condition of body, v* ry querulous and irritable. Rut Douglas eoneeivi| a hope that he should be aid.- to do something for hi* eye*. Mr Wi.— wa® a German hy birth; he had never learned to master his wife's mother tongue. Rut h<* was exceedingly volu ble in his own broken guttural. If never wearied of pouring his complaints info Douglass' ears. And Douglass listened with exemplary patience—nay, interest—for Hilda's sake. Yes, for Hilda's sake. It had come to that. lf<* had yielded to a sentimental fancy at first sight: now. at second and third sight, In* hud fallen in love des perately, with an absorbing energy which colored his whole nature, impart ing sinew and muscle to hix ambition. It seemed to him now that he had never known fo'fore what was genuine ambi tion. He grow feverish with impatience. He was a poor man; In* could barely supoort himself. If he should sup port a wife, it must he in the simplest, plainest way. Would Hilda be willing? In marrying, Hilda would be called upon to make more special sacrifices than most women make when they marry, lb al most feared that she would never like him well enough to make these sacrifices for him. He knew that Hilda was meanwhile studying hard, preparing for her arduous profession. Resides, she was giving lex sons in elocution. Podr little thing' How he long.il to work for them botfi! He was with her constantly: after a while, every evening. '1 hose delicious spring days suggested country rambles, boating—anything which furnished an excuse for licing together. As for Hilda, she dared not stop to realize how happy she was in this constant companion- R PJI I; CENTRE REPORTER. -hip Sin li.ui i! not 11 i i.'< that • 1> >iiuplv !> iglit>l in iii lux iii-i u btVUghl 1 Kill glass to ll.'l 111 till <ll.l ill till' long da> x riitvw .lav- w> iv xhaiv.l ,!ni(i si in > ,ii .% 1 ■.x with M I> Iti'Uin Fortune lie had followed Up Ins i. ,11.11111.111 • ix * igMrotlsiv ax lilt,! 1III(!:IMI, app- n'.n. it tli tV ii >!■> diti.i i.tt. lnnixi h Find a pair of superb black -t.<l- in gold luounUxl Uanm>* IE whit l.il lli *'.a off in tin- -how v i.ntn* tun dav Hi' lather xliH.il in tin' lilt!, d**rw;n I.Hiking aft. r tin-ill, -hading li- iuff.iuu .1 ■ x with 111 x li.unt "IE x in ut mit Hilda. I I :ilt x. I- lint," 111 -aid til il ix W ill " It v ill in- a i;i*it ling fur tlx nil*' Mix WI. hi I. lu ! , • . ilUiln! 11l ' mvn choice for in'!' .fought. r would 1" a dUTomil DM Nor hut ilw in >1 to no tiiv tin- lighting up of Hi Kin's l.tn' w Inn lfouglttx- came and vv ' tit Mi tv I. xr .ix right M I *• Bonn® KnrtUlu hut !i 'II 111 KiVi with 111.itn. It win nothing tu him w lin sin mis, wlll> 111! piMpl' w.l'l *x! c Would Ih .IIH>V< i*rilii ixin a.- tin Ditch. -a it* It.>lim Kurtuii,' lE' determined tu ui:*rr> lu i tr*mi tin uuixit IE . itnsidcr.it it hardly probable tli.it tin- In. tx timt In wm * lull util 11 I'l 111 *1 mill illli*. illlit llliilll x Xni<>r by crtaiuiv tift.-n or twenty J**ars, wou'.d W' igh in tin- IC. TIN' against tin* advantag. X ,IL hi> titli* .tint his IT • ITITH Nor *1 i*l tiny when it came tu tin" point. It >' i tind tu her tluit it ivs.* Iter duty to .nil pi hi lit. Hi l tat In r had said ax much to her front time tu time during the Hu tu that tin .ink. x 1. a. k lx swept lux glitteringchiurio! to .and front tow n Moreov .r. th> dttk' ttiadi his utVer to the father in the tirxt place, and the lather in repeating it urged the suit in every way. ** lie has promise to -.tt'.. an ind.-fo m iiit furtttn' uti \uu," Mr AA'ic-. ur4.lt "Mitil.it you an du vat vouch.*.— Villi In c.'i lt'x ir Up ill husiliess ven h. I tax tinish school next y. .ir I: \ii |H a groat tin; tu' ux all. ilild.u:hen.' "Vi ." Hi!*.* x.iid. •• | siipp.ix. it w ■ 1 nil. marry him. father ai ! h.av ing given h.T cou#< tit. she l* !t i ihctghilte had l*H*ki**i herself into a prison. I'liat u. 11 itii: I>uiu.axx inn" M 1• Rente* Fortune, who dined ate in tin eitv. rarely -JM-HI an evening at tin Www', and it se happ.iied thai 1. lVittila-s-s had nev.T nn t Hilda nlt ilk* a traitor a-xhe followed tin* v..ung man down t> the laiat—thev li an engage liu*nt to go rowing Vie anguogv of love i casv ol interpretation. she liad rvail it in his '.oeks and in his voici a hundretl times. R*idd.-x, ahe could inter pret it hy the key of her own fadings Rut x|n* m uleup Iter mind that h xhou I learn of her en tragi *meni from her own lipx If lie wax pained, no otic hut her x. 1" xhou.d se* his pain. When she had told him, lfougLsx rownlun in silence for a wht •*. Then in aid, " I have no dotlht yuti liav.- ds i.Lil w i~. iv. Theeliildren of this world are in their generation wiser than tin* chil dren of light. Yuu have my giaai wishes, of 1 uurxi ; you resign some things—vour art." " Y'*S," xlu- replied., writ lied '. " Rll* :i woman cannot always think of In;- self." They row .1 on in silenc for another while, l'rescntly s[n- -hiv.red and sugg'-xted that they should nlun home. "It.is so cold on the w a*, r to night.'' Poor girl' 'lie wax 1 dd to tin heart. Th' t.*ar- slinh! in Mr- W .'- moth erly • yes. and there was .1 wight on her heart, a- heart and eye - l.uth i..,.,.w the yung man as he str.de down tin rvad. having -aid far. w • that night He was tin* uiat. sin- would hove chosen for Hilda, in spite ..f waiting, in spite of poverty. AJM! eh® btdieveo, fo rand, that Hi.da did not 1 ate for M 1• Route- Fortune. She wax taking Bp tie unuttff ,l. ~ ,-ruxx of a •v 1 x. f. She went to her daughter on tin- spur of that oonv i. tion, hut Hilda put her away with a eo.d ki- "lk ar mamma !• tit IH* as 1 have derided. It b beet. I ara not like yon? I liav c not the -aiue n-x . -xit, for loving.' Tin* golden chariot with it- coal-black xt.xxi- drew up in front of tin AA'ic-.. little cottage for ih* . Ist time and whir ed Hilda away, after tin* marriage cere ntonv had IH en performed in tin-carpet ie-- Sittie parlor—whir!, d her off to a lite A.** different from that of InT giriho' D a> though s|n had indi • d di* d to lu r forinei self On. - on t li. ir viivage out her httshand found her cry ing, lu r tae.-d IHIW.hI on her foldixi arms, a- -he gnz. .| out U|in the lonesome wateot water- " Honn siek?" In* as kill, ha f fri 'inllv. half r proving;-. Then, taking tin- fact for grant-d. In-vr-iit on "My .hi :<l. never look backward; it ilih-. no g.HHI," io the outward -' tiling she lived a golden life in Pari- of . i-.* ami luxury and grandeur, steep, d in ai i tin- • xtrava gania- and display of tie- - Iml empire. Nor did sin tail to carry out ln riiitni. tion- tow trd her parents in America >in xent thini. yi ar vy. ar. out of hel up'*rljum!an'*e, enough to k- • n tin wolf from the diH.r. N.-r was the duke promise to (i-i-jir forgotten. Tin Ihiv vv a- 1 -tahlished in awa .-know n h uikiris house after a year or -o of addition:! - liiH'iing. Rut there were tine - wln n, in -pit' of all this. Hi dalle Rom. Fortune asked ln rself whether her grand marriage had Ins 11 W'.rtk while' To he sure, she had not been imilt v of the |i;ii'fiexx of marry ing for her own mere meat .and raiment, hilt all the same sin had learned hv a wearisome experienee how infinitely inxs w . re these than the demands ofthe soul. It laired ln*r to death to lie a fine lad v. It seem I'd to her that -he via- a very ghost of her lorni' r self; that that had died long ago, when -In- had closed lie diHir upon the r.-al things .f life—the art she had surrendered, the mutual love she might have worn like a erown. Sin* grew .|tiiet and pale, and In r hti-- hand notired it. and reproaehed her for it fretfully. Had lie not marriisl In r for ln r youth and fn-shne-s? Sin- inusf exert ll'Tself; she iini-t go into tin world, she must dn-s- in a manner l - titting her station, lie did not choose his wife to lie a dowdy. Win nhe re prnaehed In r lie dropped the mask of ilia smooth gallantry. 11 • • was as out spoken and a-rough and eoarse as though he had not liven educated in the foremost of modern civilizations. Tin* poor little duchess was in despair. Whom wn- tln-re to turn to ' she against the hard, eold World! There was a church not far off. A fain v seized her to go tin r . Sin had si-en her mother come out of aehureh sometimes with a wonderful look of peace <>n her face. Sin* might miglit find peaee tini. Slu tiHik her maid with ln r—since she never more went quite fris- now—and strayed into the great. <|tii< t 1 atln-dral. She dropped down on In-r knees. Sin thought of a storm, and of a voire that rami* in the storm, and of the calm that followed. And presently there was a calm with her. A ralm, and a strength that is only born of ealm. Sh went about ln r ways serenely: she nihil her kingdom health fully. If she had made a grave mistake, -he did not sit down with folded hands in its shadow. Poor little soul! she had strayed into hades; hut she became the light, the tranquil moonlight, of the place. In a day of unfaith and of materialism and of mammon worship, she was true to her own ideals of goodness and loveli ness. She never lost her childlike na ture, her innocen e, her sirnplieitv. The worldly men and women about her treated her with a certain half-pitying reverence. So she made her peace with life, with nature, as the pagans would have said, and a.s we Christians -till may phrase it, with a devoutcr and more filial signifi cance. Rut in so making her reconciliation she must also find her way hack to her [ old place in the heart of the bright-faced 1 little woman across the ocean who had ! sent her forth so reluctantly to her mar ried life. She had written to her mother cold and studied letters during the first 1 months of her married life; it was n£. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MAY I, 187!>. until nli. had conquered In-r disappoint nii-nt Hint lit r loneliness tluit >hc could nut- tn lii'i' n> bin- 11*1*1 tn tn.k tn her. w ttli the nutjuiui ins of In i ln-art thn ' \ • niii-- *t i i ri-M ili*l M i i I'ti.'ii it lur hull !, it tnii. fair man, with ilm -lighllv toujw*l -houlili i* of tin- (.anient, made hi. v > through tile throng, iiiut. her hiuiit, "I \\ :t. I>\ In. ituntli. .till- it W m you, Mini aim- (•>• Bonne Fortune." Dr Ikmgliwi ...i'l And in truth .In- ww utVn tent y i t ii-l ti> hav until- ii. i'.iii tii'ii ditlh U i "sin li n. lost her Ircsli color. the Itiilil liwe liUsilli hint given ph-m tu the pallor i>( the illy Phere wa. all oUtlonkilig patients UoM in her • v.. .ilnl tlier. w.ri shadow * under them that tolil il ~i*-|.ie.. night* ami real It— ilit)* Hut it tin- iti.t. r I.f Iter youthful ..i nulv wa. dimmed, perhaps the spit it dor i.f the netting sufficed tn make HBMKta I lei | •a., wiitnn talnitlia her toiiette a triumph ill it* Way In r fltir hi ail w a,, diademed with illa - W a. ill ill C VI Hi t 1 nl lanhinii "I weiu U. In in a ill am, Dl' Doug !*.. went nu. "or ralhei it M-CIU* to trie thai it nili.l have las nina itleulll that we out- took country ramble* together •low ii .limit lie-, ami gathered w iiit th<wi is. ami rowed almut in a (suit, ami did various other rustle things I'art of in- '.ii mi wa. ti at you w • -r a whi'.i straw l.at iriiiuiieil with, u ■ t itppie. Vour<n. littrimmed with •caurmpup' pie. to-night. I in. " I'oppi. . are . tji| in 1., th,- flow .r of ilreaill. A* l.il :u> that g<fs, this . -m to-tti gh t U thed renin fur in- lain tint accustomed to ni> giand- ur yet it i. .till n II r. -. t'li, I'r Ik'tig t.. drop; nu lIM v "how i. IIIY motlni ' \\ Inu llill MHI .ee hi r " l'oor .ilt i queen ' tlu ie were ti-ai. in lie!' I \e. into tier 1-arm .t flee, ami .o into the .oul U-hind it, it tliil in ileial p|- *r a* though tor fine clothe* •ml li-z leweU wile a mask, ami as though .In w ere holding court iuaviri ■ ill,, i...a. Eof shade. Ir Umie w ha.l thought hard thing* of her; In had en !i*l her ann ria nary worlding lie tinik it hi t.-i know he forgave her lie pitied Athi tii at. Hilda mvir Rllid not! .In- had .i*-n her mother face ti fn-e Iter conversation with 1 r. Do tight*, brought up the past ... vividly that hr oil -1 not in- .at i.tiial w ithotlt S. lit lie nrin| .In craMwl tie AtkMky with bri ,-ttie relinue of man and maid, two y. n. after her marriage >ln kin- Mii at tin do--r of tl .hi• -v .ittie luui.e .ho Used to call holm , ,!e one eve.ing It wi* May In th< twi light glooltl *he could distinguish fainio ir tl -tter* in the .!a garden -In art'.- - plu.'kial a daffodil, her favori' flower, as .lie Waited for thein to OJ-|l tl.e t! Hi!'. It. imgrnnee earrii*! In r straight ha k to Inr hanpy. hopeful girlhood It brought up .Uell a look to lier fan- that when Tie; inotln-r . aught her t-• her arm. prescnt i. it • tuial to In I tliat In r Hi.da had in-* • r been aw ay at ad. then year*havi roil**l alow , ■ Hut every -pring haa lroiight II da a -0.. tin- highvv iy of the i*--ali Sh> ami Inf mot Inn* have l. n one in In art - v i-r .itiee Tliey have liv.-d rhiefly in the time of their reunion and in tin- .m-k --in,' forward to it and tin-o ineuil tmg \ iy* when th- ditTml;.. h -m lira Vim gaUxxa mat hum-in- of tin in. ami till, with tlnm the\a*-. in Hilda'* room, ami nuiki-* ready for her darling Ami tin- pa.<• Utfladitohaaaf** ■ ii. ■ . in tin i autv of tin .nring flow , i ~nd go.*, hii k to i'ari* w it It all tin- tm.rv in-art to the w earing of her dark-hearted (Kippin. in winter. Ni.lan eoni* and g--. "Uiw.-ng down ' the 5..-ond llmjiire, and -w ;• ing away tin fortune, of many of it. uo . htiM I n l'- nm K- rtune w • it; -r. t!-ri-i-. ami Madaim- I*' Bonne Kot tun- .till In -Id. h<T .(lifting • uurt. Flu- ■ hi Id of nature, gift.al -c. ari tin favond ehildren of our great mother; the i l-fworeii lord; the t-oal-hiat k .fi-.i1.; the daffoiiil*. *ueh an gn w- on linn* the poppie. that brought forget fulmw; tin-yearly t iit to apun-rair; tin- II idi- thrum a the—- f .-.tun- in tin old-world *torv have nam into mv mind n- I have written of a I'er-. plioin • K forgo! len < alamlty. I'lie rei-ent inundation in Hung m tlo-ueh on a largir c!, Win a nw iu blama- to the terrible eal.mity that iii • o t:•••-• Itl ■ *. v. . v M -rtigi.i I. i etntury ago, hnh i--til! n-ratnileri.l ;• it.l- nt the 111 •>* f iriiinlahle 111-KU ever a ! a-ifil in that pail of Hump In tin -pting of t*la, the l'rame, whieh )!-•* tiir- ugh the Valley, !e*N-;u*2 hr degr. I it. ehnnnel n h-lt fierfectly dry. \|. r'\ -•nt t i reeoniiiiiter found the river • ni p'l tidy blocked hy the fall of * hug. nm- f iee, behind whieh the ri-ing .-iter> were •lr<mnintt the upland village* one l>\ . n<. while the lower ground a* left wai.rb - ai -i p m liing It a in*: nillv re dvnl to avir: the threatened oiithur-t by eutti. • a tunnel through tin- iee ami running ot he water by di-giei*. file eteiution of till* arilliini* t--1-k wan one of the inuet hi r- i- -n r< .nl. Km five wii le week, the inil- uii lalile men, with death •taring lhe-n in the fare, toiled day arid night in alternate g mg*. the w -iter ri-ing nrn ttid them tr-iin b low, the half melted ii-e thundering doi U|*>n tlic-m froth nl.oe, and the ilanger ■■! * .■idih-li overflow itn iearing every hour ftv -.me tnia. tii-illation, the tan *ei tion*. i in lui-lii ing from op|.ite *ni<-., had a twi nt\ - f- ot dilleremv of level, whieh eit *i ■ , r.d day. niidilioiial lalmrto rectify. Vt length tin- water began to flow, and the dang, r -t.-imil over, wlii-n ■uddenlv the hire of the iee harrier, already weakened bv tin- grow ing heat of •urniner. gave way with a terri tie era-ill, and the whole IKKIV of water hiir-t f irtli at once, •wr-i-ping down the v dley with the -|>ee iof tn expie— train. It* f-.ree and volume m iv be cUimated bv the fact tii • t a - .lid bridge, nilietv feet almVe the ■ •rdinarv h .el of tin- rivi-r, wa* torn nw.iv like a tiireml. If the whole town of M.ir ti nv, nothing i-i.apod but the mined e- tie on the higherd ridge, the di .triii'tioii of life and pro|iertv I* ing ... great that f- r the time being the l-eaiitiful vall.-v wa an aliKolute ih-.erl. Hon to Start u Italky llante. TIHT- ore ni.-uiy w.iv* of neeouipli.li itlg tlli- muell-ile-ireil ohjeet. Indeed, a. for m liMinrui nilim-nt, every one hn* n ilifTerent reeijM*—hut tin- right one. n. -im- ndvii-rite building :i tin- under him. I 111- i- I lleetu.-11. 11. it i* ealelllnteil til render tlu'wtnininr* nervr-* nternly, 1, \ it. hy nil iiinin., nnd if that dm-* nut do, puur*rtnil in hi* ears; never niiml if you do m.'ike him denf for life who want, a balky lmr.se ? If the aaiid triek won't work, e.-v-t off the lugs and tra<.-, lit lii* tail fast to tin- u liillh ti'i e ninl start him oil" Alter this dodge Im may never sulk again, hut the i ham . . are he may he minus n tail; never mind—who want a bulky horse? If this plan fails, stand in front of him ntul blow in his nostrils. In wondering at the ridieiilou* appi-ar anee of a fool under hi* nose, lie may for get the cause of his stubbornness, ami move oft". If In- doesn't, let three m four men eat eh him by the head and drag hi in along. If the last is no go,thrash the hide ofTot him. Ihi not seek to find out the cause of his hnlkim-ss. Don't ook under his collar to see jf there is r blister, or reason whether the load is Ira In-avv for him. Dive him a curse and r blow in-lead of a kind word. He is only a dumb brute, ami it doe* not matter Do not, under any consideration, givi his timeto get his wind when lie stop! after a hard pull, but lay whip on it tit i In* is beaten to a standstill, ilnult bit spirit down; let liini know that you an master anil tyrant, not master and friend There is one way some fooli-h pe oph have of managing a balky horse, am t hat is to take liiiu out of the shaft s, un harness Itiin, walk him up and down r few minutes, then harness again am hitch him up. He will invariably star right off, and not he apt to repeat hi< triek unless imposed upon on. Try it | —'Wallace's Monthly. FARM, HARUEN, AMI IIOISEIIHI.It *rir I ar of lltr IINIIOM lu Hitilug* AVll.li th* sj.llllg host# have . r,L.xt, xuvxa N.w A i.rk paper, the . ou.tition ol the winter grain i* frrqiiciilly v.ty d> pK.ralL.' Ait.-r many altcrtmt.* changes ..! tt**/iiig ami thawing, the |>lant.x in it. xi.wn li- tlx. ..1 Win It' the stand lev in >1 IM*-utile well tillrr.il, will IH* found, in great part, in at iv drawn from the r>.>il, and with then root* rxpixvci If (litis ••H. tlu fli-t drying w tn.l ciuiplet.** tin* damage and d.-troyn the w.-akeii.il plant*. I 'his Utay be avoid..) In an ••ariv ItaiTowiug of the ground with a light hallow, t IIM teeth ot which should slop.- Icnkwaidol an angle of forty-liv. il. gr.i x |ht X,- t.-.-th not ouly stir up the xt.il and pr.— the root* into the ground, but th. v draw the soil over the pialit.x and c.tv. r tin*'-xj.ox.xl ro.it- I lie '.en. fit i- two-foui the dam .g. nlid tht'c.it. ii.il lox- are |.i< veiit.ii, ami the plants are stimulated t.i a qUtcketu-d growth After -.t.ra! year*' expert, in v .si the it-, of sit. Ii a harrow in tin spring upon tail grain crops, vv.- do not h.-silnl. to re. i>>i.tiKTi.l it as n h.-tn In ia! work It i- .. qu> si ion it it w ou id not Ih- ad v i-a Il . to add a 1 diilig to the liari ow llig, which may l dotu without trouble hy at!:, hltig a light roller to ih<* harrow l.y short . I.ain* It would add but little to tin-draft, but uiu. ii to tlie effectiveness ami tlx. tUilnix ol the Wolk. Vnotlni vix< ior th. liat'iow at tlii -. .-..ii i- to Kix. n uj. tin* surface o clover or grass fields Ry thus scarify ing the surface, the gm-x roots an* in ducrd to spread and tlilis thicken the h' t latgv I in- cff. it i* great iv ald.il by spr.a.tmg M.m. Ii -Ii s.-il. . iu n* w v it n tv, p. i ha]*-, and giv ing a fair dr.- ing of fin. manur. .<r artili. in! fertilizer* -Uch a- gualio. tiitrat. of x.sla. dissolved I volic, -ait, p.aster. W.HHI ash.-s, or any other that may U . ln-x n or found con venient A- a ruK , our meadows and I vast una ar. ing ■>l. >1 and . ottseijuetitly jMH.r but t.v giving tlu-in attention in tl.l- way at litis s*-asoti their condition ut haying tinn may I found mu* h more xxti-ta. !Of V l ije hal t, vv is a.SO useful •I JIP uding manure which has h*i-n carri.il into the stubble or plow.*) . routi.l through the w inter The luinjn .iv broken, tlie .ong litter i- torn, the luaps ai< xprmd and mix.il with the -..j very thor. ttghly If the barrow a.vther* "the litt.-r int.. In-ap- th>-*< may '•e *]<ixad again, and again harrow.*! uiitlt the vv h.vlr t* broken up and projwT !y ditrii.ut<i! I'll, i-'o.-i -iiouidfoo. w the harrow in . tin—' op*ration* Even should the meadow* n.nl no Ksfs-ning up of the surface, tin . will at least IH- all the I vet - t>: Ft a tin.rough roi.ing, which vvtil -ink ail tuff-, sti.m* or oth.-r impixtt ttn-nis to th* mower into the soil, and ave a smooth surfa**- t work ujovn. Hons* hot.l lltul*. I'll IMV., tIM I ttS-AA 4TI-U Add two ..un.'-* jH.w.l. rvil alum and twoiiutt.-ni l.i .x to a iw< nt > bart.l. i*tern *.f i-nin w .I. t that ix b..i k< tn*l or oily, and in a f. w hour* tin Sediment will settle and the w at.-r I- • arifi.il and fit for w ashing, unl. ven for nuking purp.**" Ml Vt V I'.>lAT<>> x,. , I the jH.tal.H-x xo that tin y wt.i Lk inar.v of axio-; d.. not j'Ut th. tn into tin ]*t until the water -ii.-. AA hen done, js.ur off the water ami remove tlie .ov.r until tile -lenni i* gone then - !t< X .'tl a ho-f t.'.a*|.nful of - ih and cover l!"' D't with a towel. AA'at.ry }H.t.it.* wi!l thu- iniue out tiM-aiy ti > AMI*. Dtstli- Dinner dish**, and .!■— wlii h hav- had gr.-a.-v f.**! up *n tin in may 1" rub I Mil off with a .it t. ■ In dian tinrol 1 H'fort putting into water, l'ln v ar** thus prevent**! from making the water unfit for continued u*. whii. the meal, sav.il by tts* if. i- g.s*l for th. pig or the chicken*. A Stu..\>. t l.tn VT - A .. Un til par ti. ulariy adapt.il for atln* hing the brass work to Ivott.. ne* k, lontj-x. etc.. i- made by Ix.iung throe part- of resin with one ut caustic soda and five of wa! r The .om|Hsith>n i* then ntiaed with liaif its w- .gbt of i>.xst.r of jucri- it s.-t.x firm I v in i.U.itt thrvs'-quatrl* r* of an hour It i - vi.l to Ih of gr- at adlu-sivc pow. r. not ]m run al>i* bv jietroleum, a K.w Hindu, tor of li. at and l>ut *u]H-rti. ially atta. k**i by hot w at. r I.t t tur Ri ts m AIKI k — It is a bad p.an t.i " make up" the he*is inumaliat. ly .ft. > brvnkfast. Tin si.*-piiig apartment* in th liou* xliouid Ih* air.il . v .-rv day R. d slunt'.l Ih*o!>. h>il every numlng to the -un and to the atmospln-fe Do nut l> in too much hast** to get the . liain h'-r* in order. I.ct tin sh<**t> and blanket* h* spr*-ad our separate . luvirs. tin* mat in—. - liff.il apart, and the pure morning air 1 illow <*l to get int.. ever* nook and eratitiy of tin rtsun l"*fori* tin* foil* an* math It. tl. r I*, ctnlurv a little .1. lay in getting the hous. m order than loss of fi* .villi for V <ll ttic Attvl V V • lllla llltf ItA Mowing* and pasturage, when soiled and m inur.il, ar* tr. at.ii uu.ally only •, ■■ T .I. and as aw In- * AA ■ hav. olt.-li vvond*T'ii why it wa- that farm.fa i .wo! hart) and sandy spats to go un attended to until the banumt. *>r tin wciliiiea*. > xt* inl.il so a- to cover a >rg< j.roport i-.n of tin- soil. Fhis is, vve kinov. ..together n<xili.* AA'.* ar. qtiiiut*.l with at Kfixt one i*xt*nsive ! iron ■ and dairyman who, not content with keeping his |>i*sturw fro* from ail -.11-■ f hntsn. never l.erniit.s a bar.* >r s.niv • .t in tln-m if from tin* settling of vv utcr. the effeet of li <>st. or the paw - ing ..! animals, a bare spot ajqarors, it i* at mi ■ " <il.ll, and in some .\a.s**i even xoddol. xo that tin* turf is maintain.*d unbrok-ti. Simiiarly, where the gra-s get- thin and v*e.x| In gin to appear iiiaiiur< i- appli.il to that spot, and the .■nf.i'bl.al gra.-x thus stimulated to re o-'.'Ujiy the ground. In tlii* way a pas tur<-of a hundred n* r. x present.- at all tinn- a 5.,,1 of pure, thick gra—cx. the lik> of w hi.'h it would be hard t>> find >n tlii* side of the Atlantic. Yet tln-re ar tlioiisamU of farmers a* well sitiiat.il and a- vv. 11 able to have such paatur.i, if tin v only would, and the saiu* prin . ii.!.- are .xitiallv.or more applieabc to mow ing lands. Tin* re*ult i* not onlv a matter <>( look-, hut of profit. The ch.i-<* of the farun i aIH >v • alluded to is -ought for and taken by the high-class r< xtauratit,* and hotels of New York and I'hila.foi pliia at a fancy prh < Much of it- cx cell, nee ix doubt !>— .lu.* to hix ber.ilitarv skill itt it manufacture, but certainly tin* excellent quality and perf.vt uni formity of thi- .In■ x. are due. in tn> small degree, t<> the fact that it is made of grosx milk, and ln-cause no w.*ed milk or brow x> milk .v. r goes into it- Hum 1 ,Y. u* Yorki r. 'Fn 11 v kr.iral Z*i lit' 't'.vn.l- Manv gardener* already np|ireeinte the valuable servin* of the common toad, niul nffor.l tli* in protection for their in s.i't-.|i*str..ying pr|ensilies, while as many more |M I Itapx are ignorant of tln ir usefultv#*. To the latter eiasx it may be interesting to know thai toads live al nu'-t wholly upon slugs, caterpillars, beetle* and other inseeta, making their round* at night when the farmer i* aslis'p and the birds too and the in sect# ar.- supposed to IH* having it all their own way. English gardeners un derstand these facts so well that toads tan* purc|iuM*d "t so much a dozen and turned loose, and the font of il i* the toads generally Slav at home, so tlie gar dener is not troubled with liuving his own toads over again every few ."lavs. l'ln* toad nut be tamed and will easy learn to know " its master." and come when called; the writer has not only bad sueii petx himself, hut could give oilier in-tainex of toad taming that have coin.* under hi- observation. Toads iron he made very U-eflll about the liottxr, and will do not a little g.>d in destroy ing cockroaches, flies, and other house hold pests. They an* sometimes known to cat worms, which they hy the middle with their jaws, cramming in the writhing ends <>f the unfortunate articu lates l.y mentis of tlu* front feet. Insects are seiz.il and conveyed to the mouth hy means of the rapidly darting tongue. which always secure# the victim ** it is about l<> fly or run away C. U l> ,tn .Vrtc lori TnUuiu I'll® lawn, Tlie iiinn who outs oil a frequent lit tle sprinkling of sail or bone dust or superphosphate, or any fertilizer thai wi.l add nn additional rich green tint to the turf, i always recompensed by •*>- > uritig tin most conspicuous grass piat ill the 111 igltbot li.mhl The liest law nwe ever saw , say* an agricultural writer, was ocasi..tu. ,v treated to a hpritikitiig <>f dilut.il hl.Hiif from a •laughter-house, lint previous 'u a shower \\ Iten tin soil f soft, run the roller over; it help* the np|x iirtiti. <• gnrotiy. 'lite am.li. a lion of a littie ground gyi-um wi.. also Ireshell Up the gross Rut above ail, tie* er neglect to run the mowing tua. Ititie over fl'niUentiy t ttic. a Wn k t none too often during aw.-l season.— s i. iti l/ll* Ann rir.iH. A Rattle In a Printing Office. A letter from St l'.*ter*burg to the N.-w A o*'k y/rr i/.f gives details of lh< de -■ut by the jK.li.a- of Kief tt|min as.x ret Nihilist ptintiiig otH.-e at tlint pla.® #"d tin-ltwi ful struggle which followed t'ite letter says !'!**- policemen went in hy tlie way indicated for the use of tJje in tnat.x- ofthe houw, hut were tir.il at tlie moment they made their appearance, s.x ing th.in-. iv.-s in the mtdst of some do*< u r.-xohit. ami arm.il y out Its the JMl ii . imii thought it prudent to retire, and w < lit lo lh' li. ar.t p.die.- station for re iiif. rcem.-nts Ihe Nihi.ixtx iia.i no time l*t remove :UiVtiling ntld did Hot choose l" give tin-in over to the ].li.*e eiicaply They iu-t no time in getting up apian of action utid l defence against tlie cs p. tut atta k Thirty-four poin-emen rffumed. ■soiimw. re -tatiomxi arouud tin house as .>Ut|.osts ail.i th> rest Went directly in i>y ilte gat.-s of the yard, vvlii-li lirid a tWu-sUiriil ItoUse on tii* right ii.and and otic on the left Ail lite W 111. low s of tile X.I'OII.) floor*, ai Well as the roofi of the two house*, w.-re occu pied by artntil students, who Welcom.il the poli.-c with a sweeping Volley of l uiiets Fhree |s.liilii'ti fell .lead .in tlie |H>t; the r.-*t rvtir.il f.tr consulta tion. I'liry .leteruiin.il to .liter the house, intending to tail upon the Nihil 1-t.x w ho remained .low u stain* in charg. of lh> IsM.ks and the pr'**ex Atl.i here, in a large room, wa* enacted a f.-urfu. iK* nr. 'l i.e tight lieeante gvn<*- ri., and the mtlit wa- as follow* On the -i.le of the ]iiicc four men received .ight wounds, tin.*t were seriously in ured ami four kt...*i on the -v>ot The - . a the - de of th< Nihilist* were, it s-' tixs. sti.. greater—four younc girls. tud.*tits .f the universitv, and tltr.*- -tudent* k1.1.i1. while all the others v.. r. w..undid and tinaiiv arr.-sttd lv the jK.li.e Th. j.oli.v s.'tztil tin- print ing pr*s ah.l a great number of inler di.-tod b.tok* of foreign pubiieatioa How maliv jMx.pir w.r. arr.-sltd in ail I do not know, a- the number of po liti .! pri-oners i- not fu'ly giv.it by lite official n-|strt Rut the .affair did not end lierr. Situ ultan.avusiy two other gir. and never*! ui.ro w.rv orr.-sud in tit* in ighlwrhood of th.- printing office. Then a Mile, ll' Tzf. 1 wa* amwttii -a dauchui' >.f a to n. rai Herzfeid. who .tciupt.w a high ]Hition in M lVtershttrg. Ding a meiulw r of tlie state t 'ouflcil, Tin ( v.'Ung and rem.wmd fount.*** I'anin, L. ..nging to one <>f tie •!>!• -! Rus-iai: families, wa* a!**> taken. Ilcr step mother i* report.*! to I* still one of th. (/-*• t(n*<nnrur of tie uaprnv and li<r grvat-grandfatli.T was the *.*- ..* ! t ban * !K*r ~f Stat, in the time of t :.th< rine tlie (ir<-at lam told that Is.th young ladies w.re taken in the a '. of tiring at the |>olicc with their re volver* It i* nut to l>e wondered at tl.a! gtr.x of high fattiid.- are found in v.dved in such disttirlauKiw. The w.- ttnro of liuvia have n pcabilly taken part in th<* malitfeaution* of national aspiration*, .x- for in*tan.*e, Martha I'oxsndni/->. of Novgorod; the Prtn. <■*- Sophia, I'et.r the t.r.-at's enterprising x*.;.-r. niul other- Rtt*ian la*ii.* 111 the d.-n time* of domestic s**-iti*i.<n . ..uld n.t Im* k> ]>t wholly from taking an active part in p.vj>ular movaa<*nU, and nowaday* thev take a lively share in a'l that eoncertw tltrir hu*b:ud# attd brother*. :unl are quit, ready te sup port Ui.-m when the occasion <*otuos. A Zulu thief. The military -kill displayed by the Zulu* i tm r. cotntiton than might I*- •ut j- •* d among th* w arriork of Southern Afn a,-oiiic of w lio— i xploits d.-verve a wi.hr .il.'hrity than thev are likely to attain. On* of the mo-t remarkable of the*, untaught generals vv a* s tiriqua chief nam.it I'itu* Afri* oner. I>r man. v. :u'x the tinn friend of lr. I.ivingst.n**'s lath.T-in-law. ltolx-rt Moffat. In th ir voiith. l it u* and his eider brother, t hri*- iian. w. re the t. rror of the w hole coun try. never happy excej.t vvh<*n making ttt curxion* ttpwn the *tirr.nnding trilves. or the Dutch and Engli*lt settler*. Dn one ..ecu-ion. having b.i n rohlxil of all hi* rattle by bis chief enemy. R.*rvnd (calW Nicholas by the Dutch), Titus made a f. ign.il attempt to recover the booty . and theiidt. vv olT.a* ifltojM K-s Rut during the niglit he mad. a for.a-d march of . xtroonliiuu*y SJMSII. surpri*'il the enemy"* * nntjv. and. hy *• tiding half a dozen nun to fire a volley into one *id.*of it. drove the panic-stricken crowd >ot on the otli.r, .lose t> where hi* main body lay in ambush l'h< UHKHI had by tlii- time ris.ro, and tin tir. of tlie >i>n .l .l.il markinro w a.* sod. a.llv that >nly R.-nro.i him*elfand a few of Ins chief ml h.Tciit*escnp.il. leaving both the stolen c.ittl and all tln ir own in tlie hand* of the Africaner party. tn anotln r <*. a si..n, in tin heat of as* v ere " htt-h light. Titn* ami Ri r*nd suddenly came facto fee. It..tli riff.•* were in*iantly leveled, and each ts ing the best mark*nialt of hi* tribe, the death of both an-incd certain ; but at that moment a stray bullock came m*liing Ix tvvtiro tin in and r.-.viv.il the two bullet-, wticrcupon the U|M't>titioiis warrior* at ont** withdrew from tlieeotu hat Another of A frieainr's tvennhxi. x phvts was to swim, at midnight, with hi* gun .'it hi- shoulder, to an island in tin* Orang' river, win re In* awaited tin com ing of a hippopotamus, whose lair he had marked, and laid the monster dead with a single -hot in-t as it opened its huge law * to seize him. Cuttle, Sheep nnd llog*. The Ivtroit Frf* /'*•# #sys ; The Cincin nati F'nquim deserves the Iwltforth® eliam pi.m war in*p It i n map nf the United siatiw, ami on every Slate are thru* ani mal, B b"ft " ni ' • h.*ep . and on eaeli animal i ati array ol figure* denoting the numlwr that tlier.- i in the State. In —me of the miallrr State# there is a difli cultv in telling which is which, hot, a* a general thing, the curl on tlw tail denote* the pig. the horn*, the Cow, .*®nl of course it •land* to reason that the other must IH* the sheep. In Arizona, New Mexico, Indian Terntorv, Utah, AV'yoniing, Alisitana, Idaho an I Dakota, the three animals have no figures on, and -<> it may IH* inferred that onlv one of each elans inhabits those sec tion* of the country. Texas semi to take the lead ill cattle, having 4,00.'1.d0t); New York mines next, 2.100,400; Illinois next, with 1,W2,700; lows, l,ti!h,fiflO; Missouri, l.oSl.lOU; IVnnsylvania, 1,.Vtrt,700; Ohio, L47VJOO ; California, l,.'ttkl,;tOo; Indiana, l.ltffi.BUO; AA'isconain, 9tiH,7(K): Kansas, SU(t,&tKI; Mi.'higan,76* r ,;ttKf. ('aliforma leads off on sheep, with 6,ttl>o,OttO; Ohio next, with 3,78:1,000; Texas, 3,674,700; Minne sota 3,000,000; Michigan, l,7o0,000; New York, 1, MS.lt*>; AVismnsin. 1,323,U0t; IVnnsylvania, 1,3(17,000; Illinois, l,2">S,, r )00, and mi on. California is the nuwl sheepish State; lowa the most hoggish. It h.s 'J 050,000 lings; Illinois, 2,000.000 ;.Mis#otiri, 2,5 Hi.(M*); Indiana, 2.42*J,.Wt ; and Ohio; o.'TVO.OOO; Michigan has only .V>6,100 hogs, Kentucky, 1,960tt0t); Tennessee, 1,800,960", (ieorgia, l,f>86,000; Minnesota, 1,284,100; Arkansas, 1,040,3<¥). TERMB: ®2.00 a, Year, in Advance. pedestrian Hint*. 'ill* tuiiiini'tt I lungs of life Mo Ltd* ocigli; Auudst much car* and slrU* M'o acldi'iu stay To tiaiiik id what X..IUOIIS i Kir every-'lay I to] i*ja**J ut 1 if* I hie Icsu iis Nol all inn* mn) Wa'vt; hIJiU, And i<* talk; \\ r g\\r % ,u 11 i H itim In lk. Always klip to the left .hy litis lirurae you diuw a spirit utitrammcied by the thrall of ••onvi-ntion It may irritate those you iii.xt; hut what of that, ■> longaallteir irritation hurls them and not you? The nlaiv*' role ma* la* departed ft'oUl with propri'i v wh*ti tle person met also show- all lU.'iitUAlloti I*l g<. to the left lb. ii. avblh i ■ mUm to <l" the same, darl sttdtieiiiv t> tli • right. Willi pra*-- lice, hy iliaigiug hist lo one side and lie 11 to the oilier, you may a person at hay for sev.-rwi minutiw. Not only i this a good example phvsii'ally. hut it affords vou an op|mrturiily to study vour vt*-a~vu. Tin* proper study of mankind i- mail. Ry ail m.-aox carry a c*or. In the hands of an e\jM*rt it is a |iowerftii KUA iliary in making pedcstriaiiisut a Isatii. It should le •arriiil over th.* -boulder, the ferrule end oil a level Willi the Aye of the person following in your wake. If you ean contrive to slop abruptly now am! then, it will greatly add to his pleas ure If nut convenient t*i carry theiiuie a alaive, another favorite fashion i* to trail it a few feet lielilfid VOU The "ul> ob jeetion u> this is that occasionally some ungi-ntlemaniy individual will treml <ui your sti. k and break it Howetr-i, the j .-a-ure nflbrd.il your fellow* in tripping over your cane ampiy com|>etiMitw for the los of one now and then. I'nligies mav be aeooniplikhed with an umhrt'lln. VVlien one come* to deal ing witii litis, he quits matters mundane and -nam t* the empyrvmn. When clonil. tin* umbrrlln should lie <'arril under tlie ann or <ti the shoulder. Ikj this, and the oeulisl will 1.1.-SS you. When inrricd under tlie arm, a feat of surpa-xtng merit . :ui Is achievesl by any one after a little pra- tin . 1 bis mtisisls iii turning half round suddenly. Ry this you kill two birds with one atone, or rather one umbrella. This exploit ai w ay s rails forth remark With aii open umbr.-iia gr.VIL :UUUM - nieut eau I*' oitLaili.il hy kutM'king off hats, e> glnxs*-- and even W'ig* Tills i- L ath. r USJ common to Is- r*iinutnendai .*- a novelty, to Is* sun*, hut il should not, nevertheless, la- overlooked. Neter walk in direct path; it i in l- tt.*r ta-te to u ailhie from side to side of the walk This give- any person le --liiml you a divernity of v iewr to the front; b -sides which, it 'Xen ix*. the patienc® of him vh>. would pas-you U*> eagerly. I'ati.n.-e I ing a virtue, it should in- ex ercised. Of rolir-.' it would lie idle to instruct ladle- how to di-po-e their garments. They an* -uch consummate experts in tlii- niatt*r that w. shall attempt hut one reflection Train- should Is* worn a- far hzn k on the sidewalk as the length of tln mat*-rial will ai.ow. In tin- ibsflMvof a train, a sliawi <an Im* -uli-tituied. If nnv ili mannered man should step on y.-ur trail ing gnrttniit-of the day. treat liitn sum marily. and in live manner his art descrvis. Wlter** there are two or thru* together, tie v may live in every heart by w.-dking with due delilnTation and spreading out to tin* breadth of tlie pave. It is your duty to run into all the ladies you tn.s't. It has a tendency to throw lack their shoulders, you know. Radii's are often, r reiuml-shouldered than men You w ■ uil Is-xt not attempt tlii* with tnn They might not appreciate your well-int. ntioii.il att'-ntions. If you have parrels with you. your own go>wl sense will t-a. li you how to di-|.x. thiu -. as to . over all the sur faix- js.—ihle. The law of gravitation is vour sufll.'ient warrant for this. With an oil can or paint fwK you may Is* tn.<repotent than the great, -t .ivrtlily utonar. h. Thepoibilittes of these a* - c-,s.orie an* illimitable. Tli* re might b** many nior> rules iaid down But the abore'are nflieieuE It -trietly f.illowe.l, you will be immortal iz.il and very quickly.— Hot-Urn Trtut * npf •Tripping l|i Tenor. While on a tour in Ireland the tenor f. 11 nl, and v*a- r>q.... >il by a youthful a-pirant to operatic homirs of exreeiiing 1> diniUJUtiv. Stature aiwl mean capacity, vi host hirtJipUce was Dublin, and w lio-e friend- iuui .ngag.il the manager. Rut the little man eouid neither -ing nor art. and his elicit wa-. -trangv to say, n great a hi- ignoran. Mine. KtHier-- d .rff soon io-t pntienec with hini. and d't< nnitied to rid the company of tlii itietihtis The opjvortunity -.wm nccurml, and in Dublin It dor-n't much -ignify ** bat .qs't'a wa- Is'itig perfornie*!, but Mnte. Hudernlorffw.tr. a very longdres- The unhappy tenor could in 110 way avoid ibis very long drx—: in whatever js.-i --tion lie placed bitn-elf. somehow or other li" always found liim-elf standing ntton Mme. Ritdi rwlorfl"- train H> would no ..on. r disentangle him-. If and .seirs- tin opiiortatiity to strike a pi<-ture*qu< atti tude. wli.ro lo' he Ik*held the j.ale pink -hiuiin. r f Mine. HuderstiortTs ntlw he ; ncalh hi- f.i*t Madame w .as exa-p.rat.il iwvond all etidurnnee; her tin<s*t effect wa re -iKiil.il by tin te'r-i-teiit awkwanl ne-x of tlu* youthful aspirant. "If you step on in* dr<— again. 1 give v..u my word 1 will trip you up!" The light tenor fl.il in horror to another part of the stag* ■ Again he w x .oui|"*llil to approach, in oid. rto -ing in a trio—a few bars —and ; 1* h0',.1. lie was firmly but un.iti-ciously ' i.lant.ii on the dr. -- on. < more. Mme. j Rud. rsdorff selz.il her train widi both hands and -tcpp.il swiftly on one -id.*. 1 lie v.iutliful a-pirant's I*gs w.-re drawn 1 from under him. and In* mea-urn! his '.tiglh on th<* Imarils tnl\ tlio-.* who ' have playil l'fon* an Iri-h audience .-an ! tbrin any id*a of tlie .ff.i t this produced in the liott-e. In vain he gesticulated 'wildly, in vain he endeavored to -ing: J In* actually i*H>'tnptcd a prot.wt—the rv- I suit was only shriek after -liriek of laugh ter. It i not n..*ssary to add that the very liirlit t<nor never ajqwared agtiiti : n Dublin. — The ThtaJrr. About Editors. Every editor loves to hav. hi* friends, snd particularly' liis readers, call on him j They la-long t<> the same family, ** it w. re ' Rut'when you call to -**e the exiitor. don't stay too long. Edit..-* are generally very hii-v in business hour*. If you have a *ug ' gestion to make, or news to communicate state it in the fewest word* jawsihle. Don't otler nnv excuses, or indulge in a long preface to what you have to say. Rlurt it right out; tell the editor you wish him well, snd hid hini good-day. Editors dote on such men as thai ; they love to receive j calls from them. Don't argue with them —don't try to do it. They have no time for argument while at work. When you write to an editor for puhli *a tion, make it short-—boil it down. Pitch right into the middle of your subject, and is* sure to stop when you are through. Edi tor* always like something fresh and origi nal in the way of communications, and ate especially fond of news. Rut the editor must always Is* the in.lge of what is worthy of publication. <>t course, every writer thinks his own publication the la-st, just as every mother thinks her haby the pretties' that waseverborn. Rut the editor niav l**o stupid a* to have n different opinion. If so. it can't U* hel|>ed. Don't try to argue him ont of liis noti. n, if he i* too stupid to remedy hisdulli eas. You may think you ate a great deal smarter than the editor, and this may Is true; hut the editor may j Ik- responsible, utid you are not. There is no class of people who are so anxious to please a majority of people as editors are. There is no class so covetous of tlie g. od opinion of others. It is well to remember that fact.-- Knehan^t. NUMBER 18. timkly topic*. Hi. Utile Imperial highm-M. the Grand Ihike Michael Alejandro witch of Kussia, although <>rilv four month* old. Iwu household of ilfWn p-ople ami an allow - uit- .if SI4,(H)U n year. If he * champion pedeatrian lib proepect* could Bill lx- brighter. A number of English gentlemen have annually U*t in ili'- hal.it ..f presenting to the poorer I-Iww* in their neighbor* variety of flower m-eda and a few ornamental shade or fruit Uvr. I lie rr-uit i thai lit'*) have .-ti<;otirag<-d n taate for the cultivation of flowers, and tin- apj—nrani-e of many viiiag.w ha. U--u wonderfuiij improved. IVof'-ftMir* <"h. Martina and E. Ib-sor severely rritielw Captain itoudair. • acheine of converting a portion of the Southern Sahara Jiw rt into an inland ca They nay that the . heme if uc i-.-x.ftil. would diwtroy the flat- culture, without eerri*ing anv favor*! lie Jin fin rnce wlmtever upon tin- climate of Ah geria- Tbeatvnof the pgopuwed "M-a" would not nci-cd s,tonau uare mile..and the vaimr from it would be driven into tin Sahara, ax northerly wind, prevail at Biakrn and Tugurt. Japan love* the potal card. Till* .-ln-ap and useful device was introdu.-ed into Japan three year* ago. atnl iael <-ar over Iti.lklO.tKtU card* were used. For eign mail matter i* increasing s>> fast in Japan I bat wf..re long it must break down the rkclu*ivenea of that eounlr). In 875, 44mw letter* werr received from foreign pniTs. laisl year tile nutulwr Was I>.ai3 The jKistal dejmrtment i* tvinducted with great lionegty, <ml> nineteen money letters l*iitg lost last year, nmtainiug f>l3o. which was ni:le good to the owner* by the government. The gendarme lately killed in Un* at tack UJHU Nihilists at Kieff. in Russia, fell by the hand of * woman, Ulg* IU sowska. IHlstr Nihilist women figured in tin* Hefrawttf one of tin* Ikhim* tiiUTi by the police. In another bou*- .Mile. (iftacfeM, daughtT of a gen eral and a distinguisiied plai-e-holder. She was a noted lx-aut* ami but eigh teen y<-ar of age. W Iti tirioie tier pis tol at the gendarmes in the meUf. she wit* wounded by a bavonet and cap tured tn living carried before the chief of polio*, she said: " I tired to-day only ui>on a simple gendarme; hut n the neat iKrasiuu we li kill ail of you. as so mauv unul dopes.' The < ountcss I'anin. admired equally with Mile, Derwfeld f-r h-r beauty, was also arrested. Her hue band's mother i* one of the ladies of the empress' court- Mr. <l. K Xeedham. of Washington, thinks that the people of the Northern State# make a gnat mistake in not rais in*: fur- He sa\s that the fruit is grown successfully in rlngland, where the fog gy atmoaphen* is not nearly so favora ble to it a our sunny land. Northern climes an- even better than southern, because too great heat is inimical to the plant, and our days are more evenly tempered than tUnse of the South. In tlhio it lias been found that the ft#r tree is quickly grown, is easily protected, is a sure hcarw and i very prolific. 'l*le tree* lie gin to bmr when two years old. and when they have attained an nge of four or five yean* produce from tlie same area, with less labor, a groaP-t and more i*rtain crop than either pota- UM-S or tomatoes. Sir. Need ham add* that w hat is true of tihio is true of the whole North. Not long ago a man was run over and kiil'd by the cars at Kvanston. in lle nejghltorhotai of Chicago. Hie body was identified a* tlial of Josiah Hill, a resident of South Bend. !nd.. who had tx-cn at work on a farm at Winnctka, live miles from Middletown. The widow and daughter were inconsolable and quite broken down after the coroner'* inquest (which found that "Josiah Pill came accidentally to his death ' > and the bnrial in the gravevard at South Ibiid. S. > i rai days later Mrs. Hill mustered up energy enough to go to Winnctka for h'T husband's effects. I> and belioM! wlnn she approached the farmhouse there was her husband qui'-tly at work u the barnyard. She tainted several tira' 1 * and could with difficulty he in duced to believe that It *t only a vivy strange cam' of mistaken identity. As for Hall himself, it was the first he liad ln*ard of his own death. The New York Hcmhl ha.* a long arti cle on preachers' salaries, from which we gather that tin* average cum peosatiuo of clergymen, of all denomination*, city and .aiuntry, is les* tluut t?. r **o a ye.ir. Mr. Boecher's salary, once sXa*. i now $40,000 a year, with a thire-tnontlis' vs cation: IV. Hailitlay, Brobrr's assist ant. g<-t- $3,000; Talmage nveives $12.- twwi: Morgan Hit. $15,000: Ir Wra. Taylor. $14,000. 1 r. llepwurth'a salary i $5,000, which he sa>s is never paid hiiuf IV. Storr* c*t flO.flnrt; Dr. ( it a - or. $*.000: Dr. Hall. $15,000: IV. Pot ter. IIO.OtM; l>r. Tiffiutv. § 10.000: IV. Morgan. $15,000; IV. Tyng. SB,tWU; IV. Stone. $12,000; IV. Chapin. s*.ooo to 910.000. Tin- Methodist clergymen in the cities range from sl.oooto ftS.OOft, the I'ivsbyterian front $1,400 tosto.ooo. and the C'ongngationallsts from to $40,000. The Epro-opalian* average $3.- *. the Baptist* $2,000 and the I nltar iatts $1,(100. Two years ago a few eitirens of N< w York l ily, after examining the various method* of dealing with drunkenness, decided in favor of what they called the Christian plan. They rented a building n<*ar the Central Park, and announced that tlwv would receive Intemperate men who desired to refirni. The cure of intemperance is sought at this reforma tory. not by inialiiwl treatment or physi cal agencies, hut the inebriates ate taffght that drunkenness is a sit* against tiod. and no other means of re form are employed. The results, accord ing to a report just published, have as toaisluai those who undertook tlieexper iniait. Of three hundred amlthreepw sons rcccired. they assert that one hun dml and eighty-seven were wholly re elaiated, ajnl have been long enough away from the asylum to test the thor oughness of their reformation. This pnqiortion is believed far to exceed that of any other inebriate asylum. The new telegraph company propose to do wonderful things, if their account is to be believed. They will have hut one rate for ordinary messages, twenty live cents for thirty words, and one cent or each additional wo rd. Prow mes sages will he sent for ten cents per liun dred words. The principal invention upon which the company liases its claim to existence is a sort of an improved automatic transmitting machine, which, it is asserted, is capable of being worked i at the rate of 1,000 words per minute— sixty times faster than the Morse in struments now in uc—on 500 to 1,000 mile circuits. A peculiarity of the ma i chine and its apparent improvement is the use of a double row of letters, tine above the other. In the old automatic machine there was but one row, and whenever it was attempted to do fast work the letters ran into each other so as to lie indistinguishable. The entire ar rangement is only limited by the ability of the receiver to register the dots ami dashes of the Morse abphaliet distinctly. An im|iort!*nt discovers of a test for dia monds haslieen made by Professor William Crnokra, of Londuu, the full details of which have not yet been qia.de known, lie lit) .?. 11) 11 rough diamonds emit an interne blue light when subjected to ihe action of electricity in a tnbe from which most of the air ha* Iwen exhausted. Diamonds placed among other gems can thus he easily dis tinguished. Died Is Barne**. Only a (alien hon-, rtrrtehsd out there n*> iha rand, S irate bad in the broken ehalte, and crushed by the heavy toad; Only a (niton borne, end • ouule of wondering eyee Watching U.e 'frighted teamaler goading the beaet to rlee. Hold ' for hi* toil le over—no more labor lot htm | See the poor nook oetetretehed, end the patient eyee grow dm, (tee on the Irtewlly atoaae bow peacefully rwee the bead— thinking, if dumb beaate think, bow good il to be dead; After the weary journey, bow reatfti. * t" tie With the broken .bafta and tbe rrnel load waiting only to die. Walrhera he die* a hameee—died in the •hafts end *ll*l* Fell, end the burden kftlad bun; one of tlm day"* mi*he|>e— line of the |e*in£ wonder* marking lh.il rily rued— A toiler dying ia ImriHM, l*lle ol •'*ll ui goad. I'i.ai 111 etowding Uie pathway, elaj uig youi ■lop* *a luis. What i* the aymbul? Only dmtfa—*by *Huid weoeeee b> aiuile At dtntli lor a tswst of burden ' On through the Inaey atieet Ihnt la eer and ever teboing (he irwtd of the fannying feet. What waa the aign * A eymfard to touch Ilia Urelax* will * (KM* He who taught in parable s|**k in pal aide* still * , The Mwd oa the rock i* warned—n heodnwe heart* <4 men, 11^ gather nnd eow mi l graep and lose—U t and ilwp—and the n IV* far the prtao t— A orowd in the *tr*et of ei er-ecboitig tread— *l"be toiler, rruabed by u,e lumvy load, Ifaer: ui hi* larmn—daad ' —Roylt O Rutty ITEM* OF I*TEKEM. Son-whine—Thai made b* a bootblack. There ere in Tesae 175,54(4,660 acre* of land. The peanut crop thia year i* estimated at I.IftAJ.UW htukei*. There ere fourteen ea-gorernora m the United Si*tea Senate. Pipe* two feet long are emuked in the etreet in Col ton. C*T Tbe taking of the United Stales oen ru* next year wiii coal about f4.0U0.000. There ia e population in the h reach colo nic*. end pu*w.iua abroad, including Al geria, of 6,4y5,41'1. It ie very dangerous to make up your judgment concerning a young lady'* weight by mrgsunng her eigba. A echoolhouae i* to he fauili at Leao vtlie. Col., which ak<>* that the Lead vHiiani .Wire to improve tbeir mind*. " Father, i* thai a fife- Ifa at big afaile ' bird T* " So, my boy, that bird i* tbe ■wan—that immaculate giralie of the ware T Habbit* ate *o numerous and dewtrudiro in California that the farmer* are being forced to combine for e war of eatertaination again-: them. Never uae clang. It may not ai* ay* ap ple. Listen a* A come* into B'* r>-tn Save B: " How do you like my new ahoo* 7" A : •' Oh, they re imtuenee * "Smile when yon can." ie the latrl thing we are aaked to do by tbnee gratui toualy admonitory bring*, u- port". No r.tte can emile when be cut—-Sea FVxracurw /bat Since the beginning of modem mi—ion* the Bible ha* been translated into 1214 lan guage*. spoken by fcSO.OOO.WW of human being*, and distributed at the rate of nearly twelve every minute. Kdhii— ** Now. grandpa, don't tin- Bible *> ur luunan- ail numbered ?" Bald-be.*d<d Grandpa—"Yew. child, re*'" Edith—" WelL. grandpa, it didn't •.rouble thetu much to count your*, did if?" Half the money that ia ajient for politica in thia country in one year would eetabliah every poor man in the country < a good farm, with all the machinery and tock be would reed to aupport hie family oomforta bly.—/VeF* ,4km. The micu[v(um of the Slate of New Hampshire amounted to over Si6.OOO,(AM last year, among them being t30.5bb.201. amtli a( aMhw (mdt, ill,*(B.<WU of boot* and oboe* and 1V,222,UU0 of woolens. The German government ha* prohibited lectures on emigration, Jeat tin- alluring pictures of an easier and happier life in •iher lands should encourage young men in escaping the dsteated rears ot barrack life. A comma mar be the shortest pause known hi man, but from I be brevity of the stay of old Tray, who thrust bit nose into a dish of milk at which puaa wa feeding, the other day, we were lest to doubt if in the experi ence of the <k* be ever found anything to make a shorter Wop at than the cat's paws, —Oadaaio' Saturday Sight. Now the noasr wools are still; April's coming oj> the hill' All lite asirtitg in bee train. by slumng ranks of rain: lSt. pat. jsrttw. patter, Sudden sua. aad patter, patter ! hirst the blue, ami then the shower, Hurst ing bad. and smiling flower, lironfc* set free with tinkling nog; him too lull of song to sutg ; liry old leaves astir with prsde, Where the timid violets hide- All things randy with a will— April's coming up the bill' —St. tekoiat t>ne of the moat remarkable m<"n of the mountain country I s General Jar vis Jackson, of Ixmdon. ldturrl county, Kv. He is ninety-nine year* of age. has his second sight, and reads the tinest print without spectacles. The old gentleman is hale and heart v. is at present chair man of the board of trustee*, has starred heretofore in the Senate and House of Representatives, and has been a leading Democrat for many years in Laurel county. He is the issue of the first mar riage ever solemnised in Madison county, latun-1 having Uten been part of this cx>unty. He owns much fand in this section, is a man of means, and still su perintends his business affairs without assistance. He has been attending the State lXtaocnUic conventions for the past twenty years, and announces his in tention, of "twing present at the May con vention.— h'ichntomi (Ay.) HeguJtr. The largest infant at birth of which th'rn is any authenticated record was born iu Ohio on the l?ih of last January. The ntw horn boy was twenty-three and three quar ter pounda in weight (the ordinary weight being about six pounds', and thirty inches in height (the ordinary height being about twentv inches). The circumference of the head "was nineteen inches, and the foot was five and a hall incites in length. Six y ars ago the same woman Iwcatue the mother of a child eighteen pounds in weight and twenty-four inches in height. The site and weight of the hsbe, though extrsordinary, are proportionate to the siie of the parents. The mother, Mrs. M. V. Bates, of Nova Scotia, is seven feet and nine inches high, and the father, a Kentnckisn, is seven feet seven inches high. The Ismdon Hospital Museum pan boast no hmger of its giant infant, which i. only twenty-four inches high, with the head thirteen and a half inches in circumference. Burlington Hankeyetems. It is a singular thing that no railroad man lias ever applied for a patent on the day-break. Sitting Bull's medicine man is about to issue a little pamphlet on the "Treat ment of the Scalp.' Sitting Bull is very restless, and it is feared he is getting ready to abandon his chronic tat lor ly altitude for the pur pose of indulging in a little pedestrian exercise and Indian club practice. Mario, the famous tenor, is hopelessly, wildly insane. Will the young man on Seventh stn-et. who howls, "Come into the Garden. Maud," and "Good-bye. Sweetheart," please note this solemn warning? E. C. Stedman sings, in Sritmer, " Why should I fear to sip the sweets <> each red lip?" Why? Because, Mr. Stedman, you have a conviction that the gloomy-looking old gentleman in the background, with blood in his eye and a cane like the angel of death in his hand, will make a poultice of you if you do any such sampling while he is in reach.
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