A Llff*! Regret. Turning the Iftaro* in an idl* way, <>l r book that I wns rending one .lay, I tuiimi a line at th end nl a *ong Which keep* rm haunting tne all nay long, With it mwt an.l mournful makxly : ' Oh, that I'd only been helpful to thee !" A *nddr Imrden eon Id ever there lie: Oh, that I'd only lieon helpful U> thae V' Feu- word*, how mrnple; hut, oh, how tnucit TTie Ringer had told in that little touch. Ever mat the atory of chancea lout, Of bright ho)** blighted, and true love lout, As heard in the whißprml melody: "Oh, that I'd only lieon helpful to thee To many a omw the key tnav I*' " Oh, Unit I'd only lieen helpful to thee lite world roll* on, and year* roll hy, And ilay -dream* vanish, and niemonee die; ltut it Riirgrs up with a i-estlos* That fond, lout longing, ever aguin, Hreatheil in the passionate melody ' Oh. that I'd only tieen helpful to thee That might have lieeti, lait not now can it lie. " Oh, that I'd only been helpful to thee Ma; Baskets. Open the window. Margie, And drew the screen away; My life i a dull 1 hsa-inlter, Hut tny heart's as young as May. listen ' The laugh of children 1 "Pis a foolish thought, 1 knew. But it mind* me d one May morning Seventy year* ago. When a merry troop of children Wakeneti the quiet street With twhhle ol talk and laughter, Antl swinging, like oeusers sweet. The dear old-time Mivy-lstskel*, liihhomsi. niitl pink and white With the Messed Mootn tiiat gladdened The gloom of the Pilgrim,' night. Ami 1 know hy the robin's carol, An.l the tender green 1 see In UiFtojt* if the dear old willow,, 'That the May will come to me. Margie, the seent ol May-t!owei> ' 1 surely, surely know Thai one sweet breath' t ouM the sooth wind Bring it so far ? 'Phey grow A mile away on the hillside. Put there's a knock at the door; Oh lor an hour of quiet. To live my May-days o'er ' What's this * " From Karl and Carrie.' Oh. let my chair Iw roiled Just there— into the sunshine— And give me them to hold ' I knew their breath, dear Margie; Forgive thtwe foolish lissrs Hut God has sent those May-flowers Across lite seventy vtwrs ! —.Mtiey jt. LaLKti*ry. A Man Without Enthusiasms. i. I think that net titer of us could have analysed or satisfactorily explained our mutual attraction, but it is certain that my old class-mate Manson :utd I were feist frientls. He was a most lovable fellow, hut had begun. long before our college course cam. tti an end. to show that apparent lark of interest in life that distinguishes what we call a M.x* man; and this at times to a degree at once amusing and exasperating. Not long ago a party of us. in the pleasant smoking-room of a Pacific steamer, were talking about one of our fellow-passengers —rather a ooor spivi men of this class —then of the class it self; and the ohhst member of the little group, who had been lighting his cigar very deliberately with the little wire which one dips in spirits of wine, re sumed his sent with the remark, delivered with great emphasis; " Well, gentlemen, it's a dreadful thing for a young man to have no enthusiasm.' The expression brought Manson to my mind. Ido not know why I luwi not thought of him before, but reminiscences now crow dial in rapi.ily me and I sat for some moment s looking out at the blue waves of the l*iu-itie. and oblivious tf the niee points of the discussion. Finally it seemed opportune to me to narrate to the party -one- -d the eireum stanct s under which my friend and 1 had been thrown T>gi-tlier. He was*, as ourt!d schoolmaster once saitl. "fortunatein his eh->ieeofa father," and I fearctl that tie ;< ndeney which I ltave mention*-vl woui IVw developed hy a life of virtual idlet ss; and when we ha<i partial, and I on y knew or his div ings through his le'.ters, and those of mutual aequaintane s, there w:ts every reas n to bi-lleve that my forebodings were oornvt. Ho made a short trip to Europe, a rt-gion which he deserihi-d as "slow." and then nominally entered on a business life. His abilities were ex cellent. and his perception- quick, hut after he lmd been for oiue time p:irtner in a firm, a friend wrote me that when he met hint in the street, and asked him where his office was, he received the leply: •• 1 don't know. They ve moved since I've lw-en there." I vas traveling some years later from India to Europe. We hail a fine steamer from Calcutta, and some most agreeable people on hoard. It was just about the tim- that some of the officers who had served in the mutiny were getting their furlough, and fine fellow- they were. My room-mate, a stout, jolly-looking man with rvd side-whiskers, was in the Residency at Lucknow. and was suffer ing from a wasting disease, hut he was a go<xi -hot and theyconld not spare him; and he used to tell me how, when they had loaded his rifle, they would prop him up on his mattress until he could sight a sepoy and then -ink back again. All these men had b-en through terrible experience*, hut they were delighted at going home, and were generally in the highest spirits. I remember that they would not " turn in" at *ll the night tliat we ran up the Gulf of Suez, and they were eager to get .ashore in the morning. We went up to the hotel built around a courtyard, and found a French woman singing "II Baeio" in the shrillest of yokes to the accompani ment of sundry instruments played by compatriots in fez caps. Even the s<iualid bazaar seemed preferable to this, and we were turning to go thither, when I saw , leaning against a pillar my old friend Malison: and hut that he had a " puggerv" on his hat. he looked for all the world just as he had looked many tim<-- at a performance of "Trovntore or " Favorit.a" in the old days at Boston when the supernumeraries were all from our class. I was delighted to nn-et him. presented him at onee to my party, and insisted on his going to Cairo with us. He assented with the remark tliat he could not be more bored there than he bad lioen at Su<-z. My companions ap probated his fine r|iialities. and. as they grew better acquainted, were disposed to " chaff" him a little about his eccen tricitii-s. Some time before we reached our destination he had been telling us his experiences on arrival in Egypt. He had intended to go to Bombay, but had changed his mind at Suez the day before we arrived. " Fellows talked to me about grand Cairo," said lie. "called it an epitome of the "Arabian Nights," "Portal of the Orient," and all that sort of thing. I began to think tliat I might amuse my self for a day there. Our steamer was ate; we were sent through by express, remaining ten minutes in the Cairo sta tion ; and all that I saw of the " Portal of the Orient," looking with sleepy eyes through the window of the railway carriage, was an Englishman in a tweed suit and a sun-hat. standing before a re freshment bar and calling out: 'Two and sixpence for a bottle of soda water? Gracious!'" Soon after that lie went to sleep, and just as we rolled into the station I re member that one of the party awakened him by shouting in his ear; "Passen gers for Sodom and Gomorrah will change cars!" We luul hardly tune to see the mosque of Mebemet All and buy some attar of roses, when we were hurried off to Alex andria. so that our only sight of the Pyramids was from the train. None of us were "griffins," hut those majestic structures command interest at all times, and then we had borrowed that won derful book. " Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid," from the captain of the steamer, and read it carefully, so that we were as i-ageras schoolboys. I shall never forget the scene which ensued. We were craning our necks to get the first sight, and two or three of us cried out, "There they are!" Manson had been leaning hack in his seat with an ex pression of weariness on his countenance. He raised himself slightly with his hands, took one look, and sank back in bis old place with the remark: "One uxors sensation gone!" FRED. KURTZ, Kditor ami V 'ropnotor. VOLUME XII. The summer of IHV was an unusually hot one in China, Residents of Shang hai passed their time in an artilieial tem perature produeed by " punkahs" hung over d<-k*. dining tahies and I**l- in deed, in every praetieal situation. The despotic, implaeahiesun rose each morn ing as if invigorated for a new cnr*vr ol persecution, and mocked at hamltoo shades, blinds and < ten til'-d txmfs Crews of v.---.-!s coming up the river w i driv en from a 1011, and strong men, like tin jShimamite IH>V in S, tipinn . eriisl out. "My head 1 my head!" In the lat ter part of September came the lirst re iit f root nigiitm then, at last, refreshing days. 1 was dressing one morning, with a serene satisfaetion in tin thought that i might put on a flannel instead of a linen c*tat. when mv '* bo\" announced. "tine pitaas- gentleman hah got down side; wantehiVs.s you." Stretched out on an extension-oliair on the \ -nutda 1 lound.on deseetiiling. my friend Manson. Ifos pointing to m\ delighted and surprised greetings. In- told me that in had sud denly made up his mind to visit the far Last, and had starttsi without reflecting that he would ft aeh India and South,nt China at just the wrong time. He had Ins-n nearly dead with heat, narrow iy est apisl a sunstroke at Canton, and wait caught in a typhoon hetween Manilla ami llong Kong. 1 hail a room made ready fvr him, found him a ohml Canton eer v:uit and introduced him at the ciuh. He was unanimously \otsl a success. To people as busy as we all were with the new season's lots, a perfectly l.n/y man was a refreshing spectacle; and his languid indifference ami dry conversa tion were dtviared extremely " good form." In a tew weeks I marie up mv mind to lake a two or throe days' holiday and carry out a cherished plan v>f a taint trip on the Yangt.-ze,ana Man-on agreed to accompany me. We had a large "■hi>use-lxi.it" of Chinese model apri i i; —a fair sailer and v t ery comfortable; and our two Canton boys—Ah Wins; and Ah How—and our c.x.<k were sure to give us good living. 1 was obliged, on ac count of the illness of my iowdah.' or captain, to engage a new one at -hort notice. I did not know much about him, and did not like hi- looks, hut I never dreamed of any trouble with him or the crew which lie engngisl. There was a gun-rack in the cabin, and 1 had put in a couple of Hnlield rifles belonging to the volunteers and two Sharp'- rilhs from the hong, tliinking that we might compare their performance at a target. Manson. to my amusement. added t> the armory an elephant rifle, carrying a heavy hall, which he had brought from Ceylon.and hi- own old Kentucky hunt ing rifle, which he had been "" hacking," he said, against all others. I laughed at this Imttery (little thinking what 1 was to owe to it), and threw in&eoupleof revolvers to complete our assortment. I shall in vi r forget the -ail down the Wongpoo. or Shanghai riv> r, that plea.— ant afternoon. To appreciate the cool breeze from the southwest one niu-t have endured tlie sufferings of the utu rner, and it seemed to blow rather froiu some breezy upland '"at home." than from the low-lying, damp paddy-field-. As we left the settlement fx-hind I felt like a boy having a tir-t holiday, and even fancied that the ordinary sunset re minded me of some of tlie gorgeous ones I had seen in more favon-1 latitude. We passed Wix-ung and tie dilapidat<-d earth-works below, rounded Paoushan Point, and nui a long way kfure we an chored for the night. In the morning we were under way in good season, and bore for the north shore. We had our coffee and toast. :md were sitting aft. when Ah Wing, my favorite servant, as clever and "' plucky " a bnv as ever wore a pigtail, came aft to speak to me. "" Master." said he, "jussee now mi sx" two pleceejunk come. Mi tliinkee he no good junk. Mi fear he b'long hil.'-e-looii (they arc bulrones or pirates). Mi askce that lowdah — he motif no speakee ploppa (his mouth does not answer me prop erly). lie say iunk b'long he flcn (is Id friend). Mi w lly fear lie no good man." I ran forward and looked at the two junks. We had changed our course and were running west, with the wind on our lieam. They were coming toward a-, but both considerably to the north, and one more so than the other. Their character wa unmistakable, a- was the expression on (he lowriah's face. Hespoke a few words ofpidgeon English, and. on my telling him to turn, said with a grin: *" No wantcbee go kick Shanghai." There was not a moment to lose. 1 had not ev en time to explain matters to Malison. It anything can make one think and act quickly, it is the approaeh of Chinese pirates. I jumped down the companion-ladder, s< iz-d a targe revol ver, loaded and capped, concealed it un der my coat, mid told Ah Wing to come forward with me. As I passed Manson. who was coolly smoking, and asked no questions. I whispered: "Stand by the helm, and wait for the word, in ea-e of ne-d." I told Ah Wing, in as mild a tone as I could command, to tell the lowilali that he had misunderstood me, and that 1 wanted him to turn around. He was off his guard, and replied In a rapid Chinese sentence, and with a chuckle. "He talkee no wnntchee," said Ah Wing. The man was nothing to me at that moment hut a mad dog. Why I did not blow his brains out 1 do not know. I had backed up to the rail and could put mv hand on a sort of belaying pin. I think 1 even calculated the force of the blow that laid him out on the deck, before the villainous grin was oft" his face. Then were five men in the crew. One was steering, two I pitched down the little hatch, which I secured. The others, thoroughly frightened, did as Ah Wing, not a bad sailor himself, told then). Manson put the helm hard down, and in a moment we had come about, the sails were drawing, and we were well to wind ward, and under full headway. I (rave my revolver to Ah Wing, with directions a- to what he was to do; and no " Cau casian " could haveobeved more prompt ly and intelligently. 'We dragged the lo wdali aft, and pinioned hands and feet, in anticipation of his coming to himself. M*nson had the helm, and I asked him to give it to one of the crew. Ah Wing was then told (and to this day, I re member how curiously the pidgeon Eng lish contrasted with the grim nature of the communication) to make it clear to the helmsman, that if the lioat went one inch to leeward of her course, and to the two sailors that if they moved, except under orders, front the positions in which they were placed—covered by the revol ver —they were dead men. " You sabedue?" (you perfectly under stand) I asked Ah AN ing. lie was one of the few Chinamen who have what the plainsmen happily call and, or dogged >rrit, and I saw it in his eye as he cocked the revolver and replied: "Alia lightee (all right)! Mi can do.'' " At your leisure," said a <-00l voire, "perhaps you will tell me what this is all about,'* and Manson lighted a fresh cheroot. I explained to him that we hail barely escaped destruction by treach ery, an<l were even then in a dire strait. We could not expect to sail as fast as the pirates, and our only hope was in their being so far to leeward, and in range of our rifh-s. I was perfectly sure of my man, and there was positively none in my whole acquaintance whom I would so readily have with me as my old friend, the Muse, indifferent, dilettante Manson. He shook me by tin- hand, and said in a cheery voice, wholly unlike his ordinary one: "All right, old fellow, we'll beat them." A more impetuous though equally brave man would have been far less effi cient. Indeed, nothing could have been finer than his behavior. The rifles, six in number, were brought up and laid side by side on the top of the cabin. Ah How told me that he "sabe loader that gun," and to my great surprise, our old fat cook ("Buddha," we used to call him, as his countenance expressed the idea of THE CENTRE REPORTER eternal allfitcc ntul rest) volunitvred hie si ft ices in tins line as well. Then we settles! down to otlf Wot k. tio old I 'a im! 11l or Viking e\ i r more collected and ill lib erate, and at the siuuetime allowing mote ol" iheyiikdiiiiN n rkiMiiiM than our old Used-UP. bond lilt mlu r of tlte class ol IN% . Could wi keep those junks out ol lingnl range until we reached a place of -af.!-, ' lin > hid high sterns, runt the sleefMtUUl esitlld he plainly seen Man son tiaik his Kentucky rille, knelt down away aft and aimed -low iv and can ful ly Almost simultaneously I suocecdt l in "drawing a la-ad " on a large man in tin bow of the junk nearer to vis .lust as the rides emeked site fell oft' visibly and 11ist wav In-fore the dead steersman i-ould In- renWed, nor was the huge man again visit.;.- " I am afraid 1 ean't do its w ell with the elephant ride," said Malison. " but I van try Let us Uith tire continually at tin s'is t>mcn Wcdidao, with vtuy ing suis-ess Ah How and tlte cook loaded rapidly and well, hut the rides were soon somewhat In-ated, and the breech-loaders tnissisl fire several linn s The iunk- were hmviiy manned and could quickly till the places of those whom we shot. They also arranged soitiii kind of protection for the helms men, although we pierced it more than once. I began to fel terribly wolfish, and so tilled with ragy at our antago nists that 1 could only with difficulty control myself sufficiently to aim delib erately; hut m\ friend never showed sign.- of all acceleration of his pulsi As regular as clock-work he took the gun from tin- Chinamen, and never tired a second la-fore his aim was perfort. We rested a -Itort tiim at la-t to take a sum \ of the situation, and could not disguise from ourselves that it wa* ser ious. Tlte junks were nearer, and we were stiii quite a long way from I*aoU shaii. There was nothing for it hut to go to work again, and we did. For ten minutes or more we kept up an inces sant tire, and, although we evidently did much damage, the distance between u- and them had la-en perceptibly li->- senetl. We must soon expect to hear the report of jingals. It ciuue in a moment more, and tin clumsy hall fell but little -hurt of us. Manson turned to tue, still cheery and cool. " 1 believe then- is a foreigner there," -aid he, " w ho is dim-ting ami in-piring tht-iu. lit- ha- t-t ajM-d us thu- far. If I can get a sight of him and can hit him, I believe we shall get rid of this junk. Since you picked otf that last steersman tf the hindnio-t one, she has fallen oIT dtvidedlv. Weil, that is not so lad," he continued. ;tsa jingnlletll strut k the ina-t. it- asked All How to let him load the K, ntueky rith hi ins- if. and imcL-urtal out the powder, wrapped the Itall in a -crap of hu<-kskin and rammed it carefully home. Tln-n he knelt down and watched hi- eh;uua-. Ail this titut Ah Wing had kt pt his eyes and the re volver on the steersman, and our boat had done h*-r lic-.t. Thejingnl Ivtll* were getting uncomfortably frtsjuent. and it was only a small satisfaction to me to have sent an Enfield bullet through the head of one gunner, just as he was getting lii- siglit. Ail at once I heard the report of Manson's rifle ami the quiet remark from him : " ilalx-t!" I saw the junk fail off. saw manifest confusion on board, saw an opening for two or three gotsi -hots, and had -*-ir.e.l a fre-li gun, when I heard \! How rry : " Master, h.-tb got steamer, welly near." Hardly one f us h:nl glannai aliead for half an hour. As for the steersman and the crew, they had clearly but one thought, and that was—to save their heads. "It vvas with a strange fts"ling>>l relief and satisfa -tion that 1 -aw 11. M gunboat Petulant puffing along toward us. In five minutes -In- was alongside, and I flaw my friend Lieutenant t.ra ham's jolly fa.-e over her raii. •' What tin- deu<-e is tin- row. old fe!- kw?" he asked in a perplexed war. I explained as briefly as possible, and told him that i thought w- had almost fin ished the job, but he was welcome to the rest of it. He could hardly wait Air me to tini-li my story. "You won't come with us, then? "Woil. pood-bye, oh! A How. See you in Shanghai. Full speed ale-ail! Beat to ijuarters! !*>ok sharp now, and clear away the l*w-gun!" In "-s than five minutes we heard it* report, and the shot crash into the junk's side. We hid had fighting enough for that day and concluded to push on for home. The junk- ltad gone about, hut we knew tliat they were doomsl. and the roar of the broadside soon informed u- that it would (>• quiek work. Ah Wing never moved. Ib would have kept that revolver pointed at the Chinamen until doomsday, had I not told him that he might put it away. Ah How and "Buddha" took the guns below, and made everything tidy, and w- had hardly rounded Paoushan Point when Ah Wing came up and said: "That cook makee enquire what thing you iikii- chow chow " (cat). We had a jolly dinner the next night. Lieutenant Graham and a couple of his officers came just in time. They had handed the survivor of the junks' crews over to the Chinese authorities, in whose care our rascally lowdah also was. They had made short work of their tight, and hadnocasualties. When the cloth wa* removed. 1 tried to get Manson to make a speech, but the only thing i could get him to say was that he was never less bored in his life than during the skirm ish. I have not seen him for years. He drifts between the Old and the New World, and when I last wrote to him I quoted Hawthorne's expression about the danger of doing si until the only in heritance left him in either was the six feet for his final resting-place. But, as 1 hail before insisted to my group in the smoking-room, it is a great mistake to judge by appearances, and I am surer of nothing than that I shall never see a finer fellow, on this side of Jordan, than ray friend, the man without enthusiasms. —ScrUmer. A Bath in the Bend Sen. A correspondent, after bathing in the Dnwl S-a. describes hi-- experience In the following words: The water, which is quite clear, and nearly the color of the Niagara river below the falls, seemed to me a little more bitter and salty than that of Salt lake, although brighter and more attractive to the eye when m.en close at hand. Its supporting power struck mens a little greater, also, than that of Salt lake/as the body floated more easily, and the difficulty of swimming was greater on account of the inability to keep one's feet under water. So large a quantity of salt is held in solution that the water has what is calks], I believe, a "ropy" ap pearance. much like that of a plate of WeU-CMMM tapioca soup. I observed, however, that when we came out of the water there was not so large a deposit of salt crystals on the body as after a bath in Salt lake anil the A-eling of the skin, instead of being dry and prickly as I ex pected, was rather oily and sticky. Our dinner that night was seasoned with salt made from Dead Sea water bv solar evaporation. It was a little lighter in color than the In-st article of brown sugar. Its crystals were large and hard, and, though foreign substances were evidently present in considerable quantity, it was not unpleasant to the taste. I wits told that two quarts of water will produce one quart of salt, hut this is probably an exaggeration. To complete t,lie statistics of t his remarkable liody of water, I may add, what many of my readers may al ready know—that there is no living thing of any kind in it; that even the drift wood brought down by tin- floods in the Jordon is speedly east upon its shores; tliat its length is about forty-five and its greatest width about ten miles; that it is over 1,300 feet at its deepest point; and that the immense quantity of Ircsli water poured into it daily is undoubtedly taken up by evaporation, as its great depth lie low the basin of the Mediterranean must preclude the idea of a subterranean out let. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1871). HUH H IIFAT IS SOI.II. slum In* h<- I'm I lltsl II II *, 4'anals khlw, Mrtatlur*. Tr I. t s|tlt., ('*• |M|M 1., Hull* tool !!• I ski 111 Itlr T tit *. 11 u. The w heal crop ol the I nit<al Stat's lor la?H was lUO.UOO.UOU bushels It is easy enough to write the figures, but a hard matter for the mind to grasp tin idea of so enormous a quantity Bis etloUgll to li.i I" I'l t l ih'W llig a gtaliai \ a mile long, a thotiKind fit with- ami one hundred feet high Totraiisjmrt it a< ross the Atlantic would ris|uin YtkWof the largest ships that sail on the teas; or, loaded into freight ears, it would till 1 ,'230,0dd of them, whit-It would make a train long enough to r< u-h from N- w T "i k to San Franeisett and lun k again What Iwa-omes of this enormous crop-" Well, a general answer to this question is not difficult. We retain ahatf 9M, usviksi bushels for our own ue. t► he ground into flour and u-ed for soil, ami Uie balance of l?i,oot.l*m bllslit ls is lit abroad, i hit fly to ftasl the ovel crowded population t-f (Jreat Britain. It i- this t-xporttsl bahutee thai is ehieflx illicit -t --ing to the Aiinritaii farmer. It it brings a good price—it the W heat crops of Eu rope are s, aiitv, so that people mils! sup ply tht-IU-elve-fiatlll the I lilted State-ol g.t without tlien the American farmer gets well paid fttr his whole crop. Ixttl. for w Ital is used here ami w hat gi*-* ahroatl. But if, on the other hand, the European crop.- are plentiful, so that a very small extra supply is m-eded, then the American farmer find- prices low and his crop for that year unprotitabie. In iheoiy thi- is alsioluteiy true, hut ill praellee tin stlUeimait litvtls -ollle modification The farmer has ti l*ar tlie full burdt-n of low prices, but most of the adv milage of a list in value is often reaped hy merchants, sptvuiaior* ami other miudletneu, who stand t*-lwien tin- farnn-r ami the foreign tonsuiui r. ami who, forest < ing th' ath ants- in prit-e, buy cheap from the former ami sell dear to tin- latter. To a certain extent, thi- condition of a flairs is unavoidable; and, indeed, tin farmer should be the last man to wish it utterly altoiished. Tin- machinery by hieh tie- distribution of the bulky pro ducts of tin-earth i- at eoiujtiishtai, is not only one of tin-w end'r- of lmttlern cit ilization, but it is civilization it.-. If. Tin railways that span the continent, that Itritige the \ast rivers, ami i*tre th ir way through imiHtk-alile mountains; the canals that U-ar liundreds of thousand* of tons of freight slow mm ing Iroiu the midland country to the s.a; the giant eletators that do the work of tranship, ment st safely ami so s|ttssliiy ; the shi|is that cross the ocenn ; tlte telegraph lines ami cables that flash iiitt'llic- lnx- from events, and tell the |teop!e of one place what is wanUnl by those *>f another; the merchants who mt*i on 'fhangt to huv ami sell; the posttiffiwuthe instir ame eomptnies that guarantee the im-r --rhant against tin loss of his cargo; a., those are necessary agents in the work of distribution, nnu are entitled to com pensation for their iaßtr. Every one of them is paid, and justly paid out of the laltorn tf prodtuvrs, of farmers, miners and maiiufat turers. The trouble is, that tliev often get more pav than they an t-milled to. and, growing wealthy hv t|.-irre,-s. btsxuuf the masters of the pro ducers. instead ttf their faithful and efll en nt servants. To appreciate tlnste trutiis. it is only neees-ary f**r the farmer to suppos.- him self deprived of the WTVio-s of any of these distributing agents, ami *>.*• to what a erinph-tl eonditi*>n In would l rt*lu. . tl. Without our - ana - and rail way-. the grain crops of the West might rot upon the land t-r t*- consuim-d a fu. 1; witiiout elevator* tin annual laltor of iransit-rring grain from on* eonvey- an on to another would !• large o in creased: without tie te.egmpli and tie |Hw>tolliee to carry intelligent e, and new-puj>er* to make it dimply nvailable foreverylwutv,nomereliant could funs.t what he *M likely to rest lite oil Ills shipment*. Ivor w hut prii*e he could af ford to pay the pn>du< r; without mer chants, the f.utuer would 1- com pi led to accompany his produce to tin eri d<s>r of the consumer. to carry with him sufficient money to defray all tin .\- pen.-es of tranj>iartatlon and tranship luent. and to spend the monilut that should 1h- occujiiial in tin production of a second crop in end voting to dispose of the first. Is-tu- supfsisc that we have, in 1 'hi cago. a lot of wheat, graded as No Chicago Spring, which is sold at the ruling price of the day. eighty-six cents jw-r bu-hel. Now, what determine- the price of this wheat 5 ltotore the days of ocean telegraphy, prices dependis! largely ujMin guess work. A merchant who Itought grain in March to send to England, might not know until niidsuiniiier whctlur he had realized a profit or loss, lie made the ln-*t rah-ulation In- could about tin-price grain would le likely to hear in the K.nglish market at t .c time hi- slnp uient should arrive there, and raised or lowered his prices accordingly, en deavoring always to leave himself a fair m:irgin of nrolit. l!ut nowadays tin Atlantic cable una changisl all that. A merchant in Ixmdon funis that lie can make a contract to deliver a certain quantity of grain, in liondon, six wet k hence, at a certain pri<x\ He telegraph* to a broker in Chicago, offering to pay so much a bushel for No. 2 Chicago Spring w heat, delivered in Ixindon on a certain date. The Chicago broker at oneeascertains tin* lowest rate at which lie can contract with the railway and steamship companies for transporting such a quantity of wheat from the ele vator in Chicago to the docks in Ixuidon. Next lie goes upon 'k'hange to leant at what price lie can purchase the grain. If the cost of the grain in Chicago, ad ded to the expense of tninsjHirting to Indon. !■ less than the price offi-rcd hy the I/mdon mwehnnl, tin- broker , concludes the purchase, and |>ockct* the diflY-renc* as a remuneration for his trouble. Hut if the ciat of tin- wheat | in Chicago, added to the cost of trans | initiation. amounts to more than the liondon merchant is willing to nay, then one of several things hap|M-ns. The j price of wheat may rise in I/mdon. the English merchant making a higher offer, ! or it may fall in Chicago, or the rail way and steamship companies reduce • their rates of transportation, until it be comes jKissilile for the broker to effect sale at a profit: or, if all parties re | main firm in their demands, no sale , takes place, and the wheat market is i said to Is-inactive. On the other hand, ' if the margin of profit left to the broker : is very large, the Chicago merchants ad j vance their nrices, ami wheat is said to ; he active ami rising. These fluctuations in prices are antici pated and largely speculated Upon hv ucnliTS. Our lot of wheat, for instance, is only worth eighty-six cents JMT bushel to-day; hut there are plenty of people who will agree to give us eighty-seven rents for it. delivered at thu end of a month, or eighty-eight cents at the end of three months. llow do these specu lators make their ealeulations, and foretell a rise or fall? In the first place, by a careful study of statistics. They know, very nearly, what is the stock of wheat in the entire world and where it is. They know how much wheat will l>e required for consumption in different parts of the earth witliin a given time. Combining this informa tion. they foretell either a scarcity, or an excessive supply, and foresee a rise or fall. A change in the rates of transpor tation, too, is a fmiucnt subject of pre vision; if westward bound freights are likely to balance tlmse eastward liound, so that steamer lines and railways will not he compelled to run empty in one direction, then freights may be expected to fall, and the price of wheat will rise at the point of shipment. The abundance or scarcity of money, also, is to betaken into consideration; if money I termites scarce wheat will fall, while if plenty, it will rise. And lastly, the present price of wheat uiay have been artificially forced down, or driven up. by si* ' Uh torn pure and simple, who buy without ll.-Uid Hlltl St 1. with tilt* other, till they hi nig the inai'kt I to a llgure to uit tlieiu- Selves Front among tin -<• various eaustw width got tin the present ami fu Iu re price of wheat, it Is not tliflh-Ull to seii . t those that It is |tossihic for the farmer to comprehend aiid iitvMiify H" cannot re* eeiti-daily and hourly ndticea from tin .oreigti ami domestic markets; or lair gnin with railw ay am! steamship coiu panies for special ran - f tranaportation; ol lilt-el Ids fellow wheal growers Upon '( hujige to 1< tin how far tln-y an- in eliiied to augment or lower prices. Ail this is proiM-rly the work of the m<-r --t hauls and nrokt r> in tin- great eomiuer eiai i-enters, ami the protits which they make hy doing it are justly carm-d and should Im allowtsl them uneomitlalniiig !\ But when it comes to calculating the future course of the market, am! even, to -.lute extent, to governing it, the tanner stands on equal grounds with llie lucrvhanl, and, in some resjieets, has even tile ad\ antage. 1 lie statlsti- - from wilieh the merchant make- his ealeulatious an- t-*|Ually at hi- service, enabling him to fore-is- the ductU.'ttiolis of ilelliallti and supply, a- well a- to judge whether present prices are abnormally high or ton Alt intelligent study of the course of trade will teach him when the great transportation companies will !■ likely to lower their rate*-, ami wln n they wif] he compelled to rni-e tin in. And a care ful survey of tin- financial situation at difTereiit pt rio*!- w ill instruct him as to tin t-hli and flow of ih>- supply of money. Moreover, In will learn that the ft nam ial policy ol the country, ami the r, filiation of its imiueiise railway system, are mat ters in which In lias more than any other man a vital and abiding int. rest, which, a* a rule, is hut pooriy defended hy his legislative repre-eiit.ativ cs. Now tliat our fanm rs have discover*si tlte advantage* of organi/atioii, ami are assttt iating tin ins, ,v t s into granges, farmers' clubs ami other societies, wt may- httpe that the questions suggest.sl lliav rtsa-ivt- intelligent eolisidrrjltion at tin ir htuiih Quarterly. Bowes. From lime immemorial the rose has l.ts-n cstis Ultsi as tin pre-eminent flower. Tin (tixs'ks .lisiieatisi it to Aurora, the guddi-ss ttf Morning, aa an euihlcm of youth, from its freshitt-s ami Inurraiiee, anti to Cupid, as an emblem of fug-achy and danger, from its tran*it<>rin. ami it- thorn- It was given by tin- g,*l of l/jve t• iiar|*>erat.K, the g*td of Silence, as a briltc, tt> j-r- vent him from Itt-lray ing \ > nus. Am! becaus* of tlii* prtity mytliologieal fancy it was sometime* seuiplurcd on the ceiling- of banqueting room* to remind tin gin -ts that what vv .cs said in hours of eoiivivinlity ought not to !>*■ rejM-ateti; ami from tiii* comts the familiar "under the rose," or snA rusrt. tinvian pot- say that the res*' was originally white, ami was tli.angtsl to mCaitbar by tin td-ssi *.f Vmm, irho larerattal In r fwl with it* thorns when rtisliing to tin- aid of Adoiii*. who, in the prime of hi* famed Ix-nuty. w.-t* kiihsi and mangled hv a wild Imar : or.aetaird ing to some, by the hltssl of Ad<>iti<t ititiiM-lf. These |MM-IS say thai tlte *x • lUisite Jterfuine of tbe rose is derived from a cup of nt * tar tlirtiwn IV*T it hy Cupid, ami that ' its thorns are the -tings of tin- !**cs witli w hieh the are ttf his ism vva* strung." The Boinaiis also favored the rose. Their Itantjueting-rts'in- were strtwtsl witli it* taves; tin ir tiisln-s gariiishtsi with it. tht-v wort garlands <>( it at their feast*, ami their ladles' favorite pcrfum* was rose wat. r. Tli'' lVrsian# 1 lit vf thai in curing the nightinim • flutter* and eonipiatn# about Uh* rw*e-buh<. until lir fall* i the ground, charmed anil namtUnHl, m it were. I.T tin* subtle, deliciou* and tin>*t ji>wi i -ful odor. This psetty fnhli* f the HW't bin! *ingitig an sighing fur the Is-autiful nnl ambrosial flower f it* hive, i> told by tin* | ! Attar, in a work i ailed "Buihul Nallieh," the lw*>k of the nightingale. like this "The world of birds < tune before King Solomon, eh • g ing tie- nightinrali with disturbing tie ir rest by the broken and |ilaintire warb ling that all night long he trills in a sort of fn-ngy or intoxication. The KVUSII hint is lumtnonnl, questioned. and ae quitP-d hv the wist' titan, and the night ingale's defence is that he t an not *Up p-.-es# Ills pa.—iotinte an 1 pathetic lane nt. imrnuse his intense love for the queen of flowers has distract l hit! In Franee. in tin middle ages, the knights at a tournament won* cmbmtd • •red on their sleeve* a ruse a* an ■ nthleiu that gentleniw* -hottld aciaintpaiiy cour age. and that tn-autv is the reward of valor. Aliout this ttnie. t<Nt. in France the flower# were mUemol *o precious that none hut the wealthy and intlm ntial were permitted to cultivate them. :utd later tenant* were taxed "so many bushels of roses lliat were used for rose water not only, but for ravering the tables instead of napkin- " There are few persons who have not some sad or pleasant memory connected with this interesting flower. Then* are tlte roses that grew in tln-i pale, wild loveliness on the green hillside, wh*re we played with tie laughing, romping friend- of our childhood; there are the rosea that grew big and rod and fragrant j ln-side the gate, or the old Stone wall ot , the dear old home- f>r climbed to the j very roof, dangling, dewy and delicious, i Itcfore the window of the litth nmiti in wliieh we sat in the silvery moonlight or golden sunlight, year* and year* ago, when the In-art was voting and the brow unwrinklcd, dreaming ol -pl< nil id po—i bilitii - never to *>•• realized. Tlu-re i tln- dead ro-c, old ami -< t titles*, hidden away in some dark, locked receptacle, a IIK-mnito of an affection that has |*-ri*li ed—of t; IM-IOVCII one that has pa-si-1 out of our live* forever. There an* the white roses worn bv the jovous bride, or lying on a coffin lid. or hlo-soming on the grave of the dearest, the l*-t, and the I lost. EviTywhere, in mirth or mounting, in sorrow or in gladness, in remembrance or in liiqie. in scenes of gavetv or in haunts of despair, the rose, the flower of llov\ers. bring- to u- its beauteous pres ence tir some interesting association. Slightly Sarcastic. The professor of geology and miner alogy came along after the hard fisted miners had found a rich gold mine and said he: "There is no doubt hut that gold is here in large quantities. If you find it rich it will pay." This was in California. A little before this some hardy pro speetors load**) a little mule with flour, biwon and tools. Tliev traveled many mile* north and finally found a rich mine in Cariboo. The professor of giology and mineralogy came along and said: " Kverything hereabouts, judging from the formation of the country and the gangue rock indicates the existence of gold." Then the miners forgot that tiny had discovered the gold themselves and tliev gave all the credit and Imwed down before the professor. Then some miners went south to Arizona, and after starving for want of food and choking witli thirst, and a few of their number being toasted head downward by the Apachi-s. they found a rich silver mine. Shortly afterward down came the pro fessor, and said lie: "Themctamorphic and plutonic rocks hereahottt certainly point to the existence of argentiferous ores." And as usual the miners and all around about forget they had discover**! the mine, and gave all the credit to the professor. Well, lie followed those simple miners around to Utah, New Mexico, I'ike's I'eak, Nevada and Kraaer river, and everywhere they dug first he came afterward, looked down the hole, with a hook under his arm. said some hard words, and everybody straiglitway said lie had found the mine and that no mine could he a true vein until it had been scientifically dedicated by a pro fessor.—New l'urk Orttphic. FUlt Till: FA llt HEX. *1 4 star. It gliptMll 111 th (k-CMft WMVffi, It IU ntllillltCl ■kr. Tile liu lel tell *u,t 1< *1 sjt—l lite IMS AID tiiilssl Willi lis IS tglitest .lye It B|stJkls in the *i|'l'Ul re's tl, |.|lt". Its UNLI IS on tlte turquoise tanl ; Attd 111 llir robin's *|S klnl EGG Its boiitosl lillgc**lc .iispllt)tsl. So I*l iiertuips, ytai Wuten.s gu**t*l, llut all' 1 Itstr ytm tnay surmise \\ lien 1 t-onlrtss tins littHtettly hue Itliiiits tsirost tu (lie hal.y's etes. —.t/jriiu It /fi.iM'ny, IR Si. AirJUsr !%(-** anil Volt s fur Wusitit. English children wear pinafores oi pink, blue and white washing *ilk. Women's underclothes are elutapar in New York than anywlutre in Flurtqw. One hundred and seventy-four of the T2 students of Boston University aru Women. A graml eeuinenieal council of women who iteiievt- in woman's right* is to IM bcid in St. Is>uis in May. Mr. Ciladstom-'s ettu*lant iui.si*Laiit is his tlaughter, who knows every book in his library ami the contents -if it. Yonng women are almost universally employed a* typesetters in the printing establishments of San Francim-o. t'al. Airs. Ann Simpson, of Yorkshire, England, has iaen apis.ihletl surveyor of toads fur the |uvrihoi Kirhy < Irimlalylh. Twenty ladies have i*-*ti authori/ssi to w-tiu- M. U. after their names by the Women's Medical College in i'hiia delphia. There are real walking hats for those who like them thi* season —hats totally unlike tin- Itonnets, and intended to droop over the eyes. Mis llovey, of Boston, lias offered is 11! •• Nt once ami more in the future to Harvard University,onertnditioii that it tqtt-m, the dttor of its tutalical s, hooi to women. The lViniasts Ixiuise has taken the trouble to tleny in einphatie term* the report of a Isondon stw i-ty journal that site was Is ins greatly laired by her Canadian t-xperieme. It is related of tin-late Mine Bonaparte that she never adopt*-1 the new-fangled notion of gas. hut always u*d eandlws, ami she would not allow a carpet to be laid on Iter ttcdrooin floor. The first women employed in the National Treasury were ap{Miinted in I-c' Tin n- an n<>w l.*i in tlie depart ments of Washington, who receive sala ries varying from to f I.stoo yearly. The ehn|K'l lielonging Ui< J rare church. New- York, w a* tilt gift of Miss Catha rine WooX ami cost $33,000. It waa oeruuied for the first time at the erlclmt lion f< a*i of the eouversitin of St. I'aui. A Minnesota mail found a Ixauliful v<>un(T wiu.iw al.uost fruecn to death, lie took fier to hi* camp-fire and tried to thaw h> r out. Win* she had melted a little h< proposed marriage and was nvqilivl. It i said that QUMB Victoria, in lior favorite Innika. UM- paprr-niarka upon wliicli ar> inscribed in Ialin theae words of Holy Writ: "Their hope is full of immortality, and lie live* even though h" I** d<wl." Th#-hh*t daughter of Hishop Hunting ton not <>nly writ** newspaper articles and pnitridiw for rhariti*. hut walk* fr -tu<!itSy twenty miU a day. taking an umbrella in h<"r hand, a la lr. Franklin, for storm or sunshine. An intelligent schoolgirl, by name Eva Scbc ' tniner. of Mem phi*. Tenn.. baa re ceives! a gohl modal from the Howard Association for meritorious services per fnrmol in the midst of the pettilene* which raged ia*t summer, and which were unremitting from the beginning to the close. . Some of the insurance companies o! New York have written let!<Ts of con em! ulalion to an up-town lady on her bravery when she discovered that a room in the third story of her magnifl e<-nt house was on tire. Calmly wrap ping a rug alxiut her shoulders, she en tens!. and closing an open window and the door* kept the flam'* from spread ing. and tWm telegraphing to the nearest station for aid. tne flame* wore quickly put out. but not until every article in the room was reduced to a cinder. fashion "%ers. Worth puts plaitings ot colored satin under the flounce* of dark walking dresses. It.aek net vails witli liny dot* of gold and gold borders arc new, hut unhe i tuning. Morning sacks of dotted or strijxst muslin .UP t< In- worn with colomi silks j this summer. White hunting is made into niorirtng wmpjs'i*, having many tucks sliU'htsl with colored silk. lengthwise buttonhole* are worked around the waist line of wrapper* and the Ix it is run through them. Canton crape is us.il for some Unmet* in preference t chip. Silk is not worn at all except in the turban shape. The PariaSau napors speak of * very choice new sliaac of bllic produced by M>mc chemical prow-.** with alizarine. Organdy evening drrsse* are made tip with an imitation of old point law and a |irofusion of Persian ribbon* arranged in loop*. A gilt lattice, with a wild rose vine running over it, formed the apron of an evening dress recently worn in New York. It is a great error for a lady to wear a bonni-t tisi youthful for Iter age. It only serves to' make the latter more ub- ni.uk silk. bUck eatttelVhair and black ca-hmere are still the favorite ma terials for stnx't wear witii American women. Bonnet firing* are tied in a large loosa lsiw under tin' chin. not at the fide, or they are simnly crossed in front, the ends forming ajanot 'Hie new sunshade* have sixteen 1 iron zed or gilded rihs wliieh aiv thought to he too pretty to hide, and are net in front of the lining. Hats of gold braid with trimming* of gold-colon*! feather* and rlblion* and gihh*l berries have Iwen Imported by Host on milliner* for brunette*. Nearly all of the daily and weekly press of New York city have lady asso ciates in the editorial "department, and the same may Is* said of ltoslon. A new brocade cashmere has alternate strijM-s of plain satin and of wool figured with wreaths of bright flowers. It makes pretty and cheap vests for woolen gown*. The pinafore hat i* trimmed with Itlack velvet studded with steel stars, and has one eideof the brim hoed with black velvet and caught up by a butterfly haw of white satin. The papillon INIW is the pretty head driws for the hou*e. It is made of full puffed loop* of India muslin, with Breton l ie.- mixed with it. and i* more ronipao in shape than the long-looped Alsatian hows. A smaller butterfly bow i* shown as a cravat how. Another fancy is the scarf of India muslin, to I*' worn in the street ns lace scarf* formerly were. It i* outside the wrap, thxl closely around the nock, with a IKIW in front; the ends hang down, have plaited Breton lace across them, and are tied with narrow riblion to give them the appearance of a tassel. New pocket-handkerchiefs of sheer linen cambric have Breton insertion forming a cross through the middle of the kerchief, then passing around it as a border, with an edge of Breton lace. Plainer handkerchiefs have a shield done iit,'colored embroidery in one corner. TEHMH: #2.00 ft Ymr, in iVdvan while the edge is merely waliujwd with rial or blue. Fit Im* of white *ilk muslin, or else of li*se, are squnrt-s doubiial in ihree-eor lu-rcd shape, nnd all the edge liordered with insert ion in which tin lin-Uui de sign is done with colors. A fine knife plaiting of Breton bw-e edft* tle inser tion. ami the etnls are eaugnt together at tile waist hy a MiUqllet of row^bulls or ok v< ilow- buttercups, a tuosierum- or some favorite flower. New mask veils are of Breton lace, and may !*• either black or white. The o'*t • ovi ring tin face has tiny dot* wrought it. usually two or three in a group, ami the isige is tinishisl with Hn-um iaia two inches wide l>>nger veils, to Im crusatai la-hind the head and tied uuW the chill, are mails of hlk net, dotbd with gold thread. The newest grena dine scarf veils are of tan-color or light blue, witii a say Koman striped border on each selvedge. Concrrulni Tltftai larl*|. Aii ouUtMik'-n KngU*h clergyman, tbr It*-v. 11. It llawei*. r*-ent]v called the women <>f liin parish to task for criminal ignorance anil thoughtirasri<-n in tight Ih< trig. Perhaps there am- American ladies wlio will Im nervous when they read hi* denunciation* of unwholesome practiee* in tin**. " Winn the door," In- eiclaim*-*i, "* close* on the light and splendor of thn revel, tin* veil 1* drawn quickly acrua*—tin* public are shut out: hut tin* true physician, of souls a* well as of bodies, will invite you to enter that gloomier apartment. atid hear the stern verdict u|*on another which to morrow may be pronounced on you— "Death front natural rauMtf IJy no hUch thin, rine um-tion to your soul. 'ln-nth from rut in the liver and -orn on the heart, produced hy light lacing.* These are the very word* of a leading physician of the day to nir. 1 plead lor noiliiitg impossible—for nothing wiii.-h ■ -all Hot be. :iUi wilieh i not luaomplish •*l every day hv sensible women in tin* I***l circle*. Many plead for the mitiga tion of a public eye-eore against which our present fashion of following the natural lima of the body, instead of cri-ating false one*. protest* a* loudly a* do the doctor* theinwlvm. I want you to la- reasonable, and, knowing the ter rors of the violated law of nature, 1 pray to in- persuasive; and this i* the spirit . in \s I.i.'h I pl.-ad with you this morning against the evil* of exi-easive oomprne ion in tight lacing, that systematic out rage upon tiie human skeleton —that fatal attack Ujsn tJc sacred organs of circulation, respiration and nutrition." W| ln 1* llcMktrvy. The style in expensive hosiery i- em broidered lisle tiiread and embroidered Italhriggan. What are known to the trade as bool-storking* arc a favorite d<-igti and ar< brought out in solid and contrasting color*, as for instance cherry tops and D!UC feet. Old gold in vom hination with other colors i* in great demand, and come* either with or with out embroidery, as uit* the buyer. Plain silk, also plain lisle stocking* in violet and in citron color, aw desirable, as are those in sapphire shade* to match tin new dn**s silks, fondartue. the new army blue, i* vet another favorite color in hosiery. ICihlseat hosiery remain* fashionable ami lace stocking* are having a decided run. Real Itaihriggiui in • m color, witii liand-cinbroidered Instep of dainty hum. an- designed for ladie* who are averse to the more showy styk*. In cheaper goods plain colors, w itli em broidered clock*. fancy afaflu. hair-line *tri|M- and |olka dot* on a plain jjmund. prevail, both in Indie*' and children'* luiMtrallelcd Ifaman Ferocity. The Rangoon (India) correspondent of the lemTn .Vim writ<*s U> his paper an account of the inhuman slaughter of atiout ninety iintnbrr* of tin- royal Bur miw familv at Mandelav. TIN massa cn' w* ordered Hy the King of Burmah, and the person* butchered were all re iated to him. TIM* ix.rnispondcnt Kxy*; At iirst ,*.e roassacn* was carried on ac coniingpith old lturm.weus. .-uid wont. The victim* were led out of their i-dia in two* xnd thn**. hnniglit to Jkrii© | to tin* king, and tls-n dhpntl of is or dinary Buddhist fashion. The head of the victim was tied down to his ankle*, and a blow on tin* hack of th 1 nei*k from a heavy club put him out of pain. But liii* soon proved too mild a spectacle for the fiendish mania of Tlieehau. Tin* I Thonmi prim*, whose insolent l*-aring Kngiish visitors to Mandelay Will re nicnilsT. on l>eing brought to do rever ence to hi* young brother—the king in juattwenty-one —prof-s*<slanuttv scorn for what <*ould he done to him. and was flogged to death. The Safe king's oldest son. th. truculent Mckhaya Prince, who used to look <n all foreign t-rs x* *o much dirt under hi* fret.turned craven, and w a# taunted and driv.*n to I nimlti'SH hrftm* receiving the blow, which only half stunned him. when hi* writhing body wx* thrown intotliv gigantic trench dug to receive the TIC ' tim*. Tlte m*s*MK carried on in i a leisurely fx-hion. extending over aev rraldays. ti< odish ingrnultv 1* ing laxo>l I to the utmost to tlevisc fresh horror*. Mming Oke. the < lover nor of Rangoon when it was captured by the British in iK'ifi, hail his nose and mouth till)*) with gunpowder, a light wxs applied. and lie was then flung into the trench to Is* stilhsl hv tin* Untie** of sueiawding vic tims. Tin* daughter of the Xyoung Yan. a young girl of sixt*en. was handod oviv to cigtit soldiers of the Koynl (luard. U> Im* pitched insensible into the mm*' heav ing grave. After some days of this sort of thing, the cxivutionrrs got weary, and hurri<*d through tlicir task. children were put in blanket*and swung against the palace walls; women were Iwttcnsl over the head, a* taking lfl trouble than tying them up so xs to|get a blow at the n<vk Altogether aU>ut ninety |M-rson> an- believed to hare been put to death in this way. No one was allowed to leave the palms* wliilc the nixssai'n* was going on, hut it seems certain tliat Mr. Shaw, our Resident, wxs inside tlie jialaia* walks within a very short time of its commencement. He had been to a concert given by one of the minister*. Oneolyeet of this psrvvt wx* to drown the erics of the victim*. The remonstrance wliieli Mr. Shaw, at tlie instatus' of our govemnnvit. ad dlWWsl to the king was roeived with the utmost contempt, and he was tohi in as manv wonts to mind his own business: that Burmese doniestie affair* had nothing whatever to do with Uic Itrilisli government. Kessenger's KomlcaJllles. A lover of a certain rut of beefsteak is like a plucky price-tighter, aiway* ready for another round. The must economical man is reported as living in the second ward. He took a bung-hole to the ooopar to have a barrel made around it. An exchange **ks: " Why do the horn* of a cow grow up and the tail down*" We *up|Ht*e it i* because the horns do not grow down and the tail docs not grow up. If this is not the answer we give it up. A Roman savs he has figured out the cause of the failures that overtake business men. When he went to school he was taught that the world was the h*j>e of an orange—round, hut a little flattened at the piles. He says that is when-the trouble lies. If the world had not been flaUetu.*! at the poles everything would have gotiwon all right. A painter, who had already put seven coat* of paint on the walls, remonstrated with the lady of the house because she wanted him to put on another coat, just to change the tint a little. " Why not put on more?" she said. "What will lie the harm?" "Well, madam, if you keep on, you will take up all the room with paint, and then von will have no space for your furniture.' 1 Butshe insisted, and at last ac counts he was still painting.— Rmt Scnlinti. NUMBER 21. ftOIU WATCH. rut! ml UirM Afcaat UH nqMUr #rn. Iji 1(.i7 Ik-nry Thompwci. of Totwn hiuu, England, t'<k out Ui linn uaU-tiL and in |hio Simmon<l* A Runty*]!, of Charl<-*Uiwii, S. C . obtained letter* p- UIII *' for impregnating wnletr air." Kutojhs may have ld in Uw 4is rovt*ry of tlx- principle of irriiuUion, T.t It ww. for America to lead in tlx* InrPti li'iu of improved machinery, an<t it) making mxu water a pli-a*ant, rxhtta- ' rating and inm* u<u* Ix-vi-raga far **• Tnl ue Until witftin * of s*nrm, ago tlx- in.*•.- of tie original maker* wvc .till in u*c in tlw fMd World • Su. Ji a thin# a drinking soda w*to*. except from ft lxrttfi*. wn* unknown, ll remained for the I nktedHtia, Ui a#t/>n. . fell and delight l,uni|>v Willi tin' #o ' water fountain, an<| u> i*h even • M maker* a* Ellht. of Ruthin, mm* aw wrinkle, in soda water luanufa, tut lb* *nU water uiltcwt in the United bUU< * ha* of taU ) uar grot* n into mn m<iu# proportion*. Sotn* (tpfonujiM) ar now inv.-*ti in the matiufaetnre of I a-rateii ilrinke, fountain* and other ap paratu*. A* ion# affo dm th Ixndon Interntn ' tionaJ Kxuihitiou of IHtfci the Annrican ' wla water fountain wm Ui'* wwndto of I Europe, and the efferv#oing. u--v*id i liquid war u rerilabbj revelation to the ] British palate Hie itrili.h taate run* ' larjjr-Jy to hot drink*, npd lh' render <wn i itntpftf tile sensation* Of* IsMdoftitt* il i magnate win. was to the touuuuif ji> the Atnrriewi .wrton at th-i London <x 1 hihhion. and trier. trflrodtwd to hi* ffr*t e\f*Tfonev <f Yank** (tod*'water. Tin dav wa* terrfbiy lint for (lamdon. the sod* wan drifriiiualf mid, omttny ami foaming. 'n.ea. l.rtiiim eyed UiedtaUfiiii , conscrvalivaly, took one aw allow, ami *ol I.M piaawtfown. •• My dew," lie Mid, addm-stag tin' i young iady who di* penned tie- b n wjfi, , "'are you such a thing a* n drop o| ut WNWf" a What U Mala :iU*r? Jt il dmpi* i water strong iy impr'-uvated wilhuM-bunv i acid gnb The gas i* obtained by jnMir injc sulphuric acid ujxti r:ix!"tat< off liiut* * it exists in auartde dual and chi), in a powerful natal eylmdhr > termed a " psnerator. CkaMMt-aeogne : un ww formerly in trojfue mil flr* s >- j <iu<-nt explosion*. nwkafas piiif Imwitw ble corrosion. even where tin muni r i ha* Ixs-n lined whit tin. lihsi-xi Ui Uu j Mitistitution of 'J'Utscontact of lli> *ulpluiric mid wiUi tin- ttirUma'e of Unn' produces a tninendoo* eH-farr*- 1 onwr. Tin vitriol having * strong-* ( admit y for liau- liian ih -tuixmiu mil , gatt has, libcrat> tin- iatue and % sul pliate of litue is furmn). 'Jin- rasthus i obtained if then passed !hn*M{ii a wdi aT —you can wars)a ana to perfectly as you <-an a acia a handkerchief—v> remove-any 4 trace of sulnburie acid, ami tW-u it if ' pumped under enormous into 1 tiw fountains alrtwdy charged with 1 water. This constitutes. it Wrvrf, lit* whole proceae of < arhunatinf. Imitation* of vichy, khwligen. fbT net-1 other roin.rai wahw* ure mad* lev' dissolving tn the water iath< fountains ' tins requisite amount of tin* •alts held in ! solution by the genuine Water. (linger ! aia, birch lasr. root la-cr and ilruijjit ' a Imai pngtn- rajrr made SB tile Mtlli' war. exoept thai the abated water if law i-t through closed vespeh UiridilUl Ua- WT j f<*nc- an<) extract* In solution. which, impartto thaar drinks Un-ir cX-u-a-ti-r- ' italic flavors. The luauhimrv r—faffed is intricate and costly. Ill* ff> UU used hi largo establishments cost about . IMM each, and the ortwr appliance* arc vary expewiva Vat) few -iruggij?b in cilian inak- Un-ir own soda wat*r. a* they ran buy it very cheaply from whole- 1 sale "chargers.*' The fountains vary (nia <* M draught. tub<* and tire > rup* to six tuls* and twenty-two rvrup*. ranging hi fmn 1 from a simple square mar laic hoa to'an a rlaltorate got hiel< nple f the most mv- I aauiaiu- waarktuanabip, and ia cost from disuajti.iwo. <>n nopthar Ixn-arasp-1* tliejv such an ertiavacant ooilaa ofs j money, and a wwli mwnaesi oumyvn ■ sehiotu hula to lat very prothahh-. With j gaaad syrups, an attraa*iv- fountain ami atta-iul.-uit, and ftrict clcanlinov*. tin- sasia w-alan-sUmi vrill )ay th- rent. It is j upon tin- syrups that the trade turn* ; Cotua-icntiaau* dtmia-rs make tln-ir awn svrups. a*ame even niaMng ' pennine fruft syrnps; but a-seenoee are, ca-neraHy preferml. I'arsinnaaious dawlers sometimes i-t tln-ir faauntnins go to ruin by allowing the tin lining tf the ooilaand syrtip ran* i to wa-nr <aff. tliusexjsKinp tin- ivippa-r and itaeinc their a usfomers witii vaTitigru i A Ypsiianti drusaist nnoe pursued Utu system uf imisUrlTinactivity w idi such suax-a-ss as to kill one man and lav up an other for an entire summer. MTko avr t lie soda-water drmfcers' fvajyi M'Sa within pswli tf din feuataiu. a'mujqt. l.asl year the vast *f ioc WMaplygh that maast'of the small "sola n#n ' #rc ! squoeassi owt. a* jre at sivtr centwpct I launaimi potiada wan too mwrn for tin au Ssla w au-r is a son-at tyviaJ jswcr. tj is the one drink to whiaii a pektlrnTTUt may ptrlalielT invite a ladt: Ibe fountma - i* the ilv hnr at which tkt s-tw may iinv-i wit It perfist nnjfiriety. t durtslivp in- thus lual- riaUy helped aad niat. bes ' ! facilitated.— Xett J'ort CMJ7 jrtunlt American EMillrft. When Wilhelntj. tiic violini*t. wne in t Washington recently, to- w.-i* tlie gtuvi 1 of Ss-r> tary S,-hurx. who is. .x is weii j know n, a ntuleal amateur of. nftc and | skill. Mr. S-lnir* regard" Wiiix-lmi m | one of the grwatost mas or- o4" Uic vfoJia j, the w>>rk) lias seen Wiihebip told liim the enrinusfaet- tlwU thel**t violin.Mow made anvwhere are ntrvir in thi. ooun try ; and' it M, ms that themstr#<d till* , noble jn-truma willsend t> N- w \kl or itrookltn when tin-, m-cti a tirst-cia>s , violin. Three men. il apiwwrs. Jiave b> tlieir skill niaatrmd this brniuTi.yf art; i two of tiiein are toTtnans —tie IjcoQuArs j SchmunAb-. tlie third is an American,] Waiter Colt,*, hinwelf a musician of dtp 1 eiiletl skill. u,d itxxu his <<ightli an amateur of the violin. Mr.Colton is the *ou of the K„v- Waiuw Coilon. a well- , known author, cluvptoin in Uw navy, and tlie tirst Alcalde ofklouu t , in CaHfor nia, afb r the Aiucricau.- took The elder Co)u>n di,d many j> ars ago ajid vouug t/ultou was ydui-ated tnmer - the car, hi* utoUtfr, now Uie wife rr Kepresfttitative Chittenden, of dtp lvn district., lie was graduated fVom Cohuubla College, studied for the mwM eal profession, magnet Miss Litchfield, of Brooklyn, and traveled In huixhit, where his fondness for die violin de veloped into a passion, lb' hunted up the most celelirated old ' viofhts. rind on his return begiui to make hi*tvti inents, at first only for am us, Alien t. and to gjve away to his friends; butprvm-ttt ly there arose a demand which has of late kept hint busy. Ole Bull. Kemenyi, Wilhefn\j. and all the noted pn>f<"ssiona] players come to his in use, and sejnd hun their Instruments win-, thtty nnsl repair ing. He employs no worknten, but makes all parts of the" instrument himself, hav ing contrived many of the tools he use*, and he aims to make lut a*mall numlier of violins In the year. Many valuable violins an- sent hint from different parts of the country to be ici>aiied; not lrtnr since one was reoeiv,al wltiuh wasinsuwd during transmission from a Wi-stvin city to New York for ?N)0. and the owner ' presented Mr.Colton witit a how valued at 1? 100 for repairing the instrument. It is certainly odd that America should be ' so famous for violins that th*great play ersofthe world acknowledged*'superior merits of American instruments.—liar fur's Weekly. Eastern trout do not thrive in th* waters of California. All tlie coast streams have been stocked with them, but they soon died out. This i* ascribed to the sandstone formations through which the stream runs, and which make tlie waters muddy. I u CUmi<hilA|n i* the * wallow /ton., an ] old pnpvW a-gag of th return of th.i T "wniMW|/JF , Wr *&* hoy. of Khodea 4.iml almuTßin#ln|. of which the refrain Tmrnnf. "He luw com., ban r.>m tbo * Uarkt Hark to wwr Tha ban* ftfohanr That I .ring* again tha budding ywtr Through air, through earth, [' itMoundathtmiflhi And hill, ring with the merry lrth; The a wallow chirp* hie twittering tana, And the iUMxtaan lad. prolong v ,. With mftltgrnl atraiii tbair turnndMag— as MelUf, helUw, ahohdoa. ' i<, * toUwn Mm vales. if ilie dnigiae, date*. The hmmtb 4 medudy aahalee; , Aadlnppy phtia. rren *w(dif%|fce ■■*>• kd mhaine | Aw' hark ! th. ewallowe' too*— li. iUi'.lpWw, tbftMoa. (fjg|Htil )<|t| ||t< ; r \ v Ctautf. out hi* ehpar* }< 111* jaeo |.|rtitg to the year; The boyy' blitha voioe Moke* mirth it* chqiot, Ant *ll the happy Mil. rmjuicm. • ' Murk • fieum to the .wallow*' tooo 11.4th', It el the, chehdnn. , TV- <arth *gnait iMMtt, „ t WiUfcUifyP twal.uut, , in umvapwljoy takrepart; And 1 hmd* that fly Atiiwort the ty ' * f vaA-hihg Ift floury rliwter* iie; * Aisd A. • how ewaof the ewallowa' tone— e HeiMf. Iwtthe. et ltdoa TV- fring ' Muki^Nattlre' mng. And life and love aiw ea the wing, Ai.l**• loeeua cortding; Soft in tb® ewaflowe' loae— do earth— Unhb', hetthe, rktWe —Hmprr't Mmfmtou. !"" -I. . —— ITEMS or INTEREST. Prime tibftiT—A Wily #oat. ! Th' - fai-lTtf ttalrdwnr. ' It iinMtjt to (Ifh'tiribr to n*t*iv-—a jhHI. 1 ' • it tatm datyof ipoapaM. to ataod by earh other. 1 The trsfh tif wijfiit I. .hipped by the I brrwh iditay. 1 A imte af-iamwa m* in witb tb I inwo ia44 anayoic , lu a tiruia procwiou the man in th. : van may W In uie rear. ' different kind, of flab ar. ntujdit at Mwa aiim*. lowa. A look.* well in a morning wrap 1 par erla-ii . got* to the paatofficr. 11M way ho ocnfce pulaUMw <troe up ia .to lakn Ug U'ps and pull them ! up. * HuTTnp e rtrrng in deatb. The laM move:neat a liiai. lumko. i* a I kirk. 1 ■ 1 TIM IwwieiatMJW of kh iawan dirorred thirty-four uiarrM*! cuupitai at iu rerrnt . session.. , * .' ! iVh.-n a .junker nieAeumc hi. word. 1 lie nut A>> ft by the rule* of * pencil.— . V. (k ftoiyeitf. I "I woauer w!.u auiA*. my eym m Weak.*' Mid a fujp U* intntwtuan. " They are in a weak plate," responded the ink ier. Wdtgb—The involuntary how 1 a vonng nli mak* wln-n obliged to ! mirtie fn advance of Hit- to* of her angry parent's hat. .; , z . Htuaiway. bqgin. witb .oleawire and 1 out* w itb bitU-rmjiw, Il is tike the oolt ; which tlit* Mtt !<' lipy taid wa. very tame In yrobl and very wildVehAnd Cord* witb aeiaep aihato*i for catrb inr wpthe tVmt-tnnu <4 a dm*, that it I mat he abort mtaigti Mr walking, are . *ix,wM4fioye,ir toniak h ivjwuunts; , Jgr>pe ?' - JfY* w™ * 1 - 50 - Fjuiri' { it i-ounr l—"*T<*, gentlenjen of Irtjn jorf.-yitu Vf!l-,ih. I know you will iMMi T .'ni vperw . irted-eiirttt to the arm. of Uip WIV <w>* iMtitf mm, vh—" The . court—" Your client i* a hsrbelor." .if*-n*an- mfotbtoof taking a p*Tuliar kind of ixvutigoagauwt Uitf w<nm*n who :*• wt ;k enourfiTo Twlk-vethem p-rfoct. 1 PW ft few mwtitb* heffre marriage they we far the tody'* bond, but for all the >uag* after m.-trstoge Hut toavupeiied to s*w /or frh'tu- , ui . r ,; I Tip- York JlrolJ up: "Sinoe ' th<- wealthy voung laily foil m love witlt and tnnrrii A tle> driver of t(Sixth avenue ear, .-ui Wi -iriv er on the rariou* linen gc to work ip th- tuorning yritii a ciean chnvr and with iihining wpk" • Tlie people of Ta.. recently 1 WitfpvoM ttteummftlspertou-li- of seeing : an oil train shoot throughtb- town with . ilu.- rapidly ol ikiUtniag and a aumher of tie < ar on flr>. AVith considerable 1 difficulty the la3an<e of file train wa. I saved just huvoodlto town. A frwen-aiwmpH and for aught are "i know Uedbwr '.rd in bedrrwa— of a Urge liotin at IVaguc stati-d thai • "tinrst* are wvjtftided to communicate Ito the irtmliwrd toll otmpiaiM* arising on litier sids." At Ihwth tu-dny a placard .in a jajich-foniucntivi inn announce.: j " (icnlh-uuv jwquc&a*! not to flatter the u male H-rVapts on tin-.lairs, a. many ' didtt*. !nCvAiWii hfon hrokeb." ! A ! ft*Wojk WilffiAil%fc<mMSnt he mad* t the \ it'Unol apracahwi joke. An Eng < ip-H WMUii.n,,tit iag in Jlitininghatn rc i, j\<-d a iwdaru hit,r hr which she 'H#f tr, pdv trit-ftdff when riie opaMpi H'-'sb* fnund ri<*tdniik sheet of ; | <pM Juwi a farthing, Thr made , htv.wLrvhplj and morbid, her mind low It* halftnet . ahrt tflie ;mt an end to ♦hef heir'thnwt with a rnaor. h Hid J.. e> , 1 i I The, rtffftw viafoni HMfo if reported to Is- w 4C'.k o iix luds a j bdfl ftc: vice iwlere,#' ft f Cotirge IV., i wlihdt Wnl dirt* tin j<M*at*. and tlie j same nnwwreh added to the eoliivrtton I one Of -tlw tote* vine ,**lers in the t-warld.w sldrid ffirmeti of mini! boxes, i worth l>.<W> and thirty fotzen plat,*-. 1 vniili Tlwre .retih-o a variety 1 oi pic. ,* 1 nnigiit fiota nf >raa<l and front I Imiuv. Utc inter inaktda n peacock of lpi vci tu. skate, nf ejftfond. worth ktbkto*). and * tipr's i heaii. with crystal tarfii ami • solid ingot of grid ft* iiViMUgar dT* A tnawi nSnrv told of Beneral Clif -1 font bond <,knHu d's servatd in com liu uhi Hi N uiUi Africa. -One day in I british < laffi arvi, durina ithc Caffhe war of IrtMt-H. |i. wa. in the wM of sitting i ttowu "tt lis* rtxain l. piaoing one hand | l'walh hist for timt pur|*w lie felt -.•in. '!, ing t-MUimy u> Utr-touch, and 1 fouud io bin hnrtur it was a puff-adder. I a uukit vcuoutou.* rcpuh-. Another man with le* wiilrpoMOWiiuii arotijd have r'- IMTaI hi* hand, prwlmUly(f le stung in tlie act- Nig so Clifford- With-great maneaci of mind W lmid the snake down tUiuij willi IcunL with the other drew his clasp-knife, friuitghts pixrket, upciKHi it vrilh ids teeth, and!hen cvuilly severed Uii'/vptik-'s hcail from his body. * am-, aia am nun— n uuiau Thorns .* ■ € W.T " - , • Tbeiw am certain disagceenble people in flits worjd wfro swiu to take a spts-ial delight in tonoyirtir others by reminding them of thing* would willingly for get. ITiav am humnn thrtto*. forever torturing 'their fellow-iuentef tlie sake of torture, ii.-w a ptaa IticC with a ntisfor- UUW< ip blteiuww. they are fob') <*r ret ail ing the. foci. II v a man *u times that iire gone watideu-jl .yilo devious paths, thH are forever reminfflni: him of it, offen bv hinilbat that is past. "Has a man WtmdcfWl. they are lorevwr tedliftg him wlmt f might have beuu-" W ht'Ji the tliorn iaofethe mascu line geptlvr,. there is one way of getting * relief. He <*uv be knoehetl down iuid taught manners. When the thorn is of the feminine gender, the case is different and not soi-iwily tUspowvtl of. But t'auseur hear# of om- such scourge in pettieoats who got JitV' Qeserts'the utlu r evening. It was ftt a wljpfe some sc-ore of people ptthen-d together. The t horn sat Wkfir ft youflg matt tnio. in days gone hy, had been guifty -of foliics that cost htm r lie had put litem all hehitnl lum. Hut the thorn took oeca sfbn to rcell them, in a km slued and ,-onfldenthd tone. The vietfm. wlto hail - lawn subjected to th. same torture lx-fore, , spoke up so that aU could hear: '"Madam," he said, "for five years I 1 have been trying Iwforget aH that. You liAve been trying to mnifltnixr it. Y'ou ltave succeed'-d bettiT t late you." The thorn sub tided. m silr, mftlt til} v.A torn el
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