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.