Ilahj Snowdrop'* Appeal.
" 'Most nv'y lxxly times me,
Ami twll me 1 era sweet.
And say*. < What (litte 'itlle han.U !
What lunnin 'iuie teet "
" And 'tain't no tun tor 'ittle me,
S*i mun.nl and hanle<i about,
Wi* rough old whisker* all 'cratehod up 1
1 wub my noae and pout.
" Say. now, big folks, how would oo like
To he in Saor<l op's place—
llavr eaeh old poke dat eomea along
Pitt tissue on oor tnee ?
" tie would not like it. I know dat
Now would oo? Tell me, say '
Now oo must eerer tell s fl!\
Or die oorselt awsv."
Harptr't Ha tat .
At the Hale.
And where were you just now, Mahol ?
Where have >ou been so Ions?
Hie moot* i* up, and ail Uto bird*
Have suns their evening sons,
1 saw you loitering down the path,
So louoii and so late.
Beyond the well and lilae hush,
Ami hansins hv the gate.
1 love to hear Uu mother,
And see the rising moon;
And, oh ' the summer air is sweet
Beneath the sky <S dyne
My ivw is milked, my hens are ooopod
And w ashed are cup and plate.
And so 1 wandered>Kit a while.
To turns upon the sate
The pate is by the road, Maivl.
And idle toiks po hy ,
Nor slaudd a tnai.len levs>k the planer
lif every stranger eye.
Besides, 1 thought I saw a cop—
I'm sure you had a mate;
Set tell me who was with you. child.
Just hanging at tlie pate.
Now you know \UM A. well, uadher.
TVas only Harry tlrsy.
He spoke such words to uve tiv-night,
1 knew m>t w hat to say;
Ami. mother, oil ! tor your dear sake,
1 only lade him w ait
And mayn't i run and tell him now *
He's hanging at the cite.
Harper's .Magasi at.
A PRELUDE IN BROWN.
" But, mv dear boy, who is going to
say Anything of the ><>rt ? Wh.it mis
construction ran In put on your going
to the seaside for a month, meeting a
young lady ihert. and in a natural way
making her acqulintlUW? Nothing
mav n>uit from it tteyond acquaintance,
and no one is eauea upon to remark
what, af\< r ail. is mm coincidence."
"Uncle Joshua. I wonder you can
look me in the fan ! • Mere coinci
dence" when you know iverf.vtly well
that this i- a eul-and-drhs{ arrangement,
and that I am led like a uub to !*• sac
rificed on tin shrine of vour heir-ss.
Coincidence, forsooth! 1 am aston
ished at your cheek, sir. if you will par
don the expression."
"Upon my soul, you young follows
take prutty airs on yours- lvo> nowa
days. retorted Unele Joshua, angrily.
•" Maud Lovell Man heiress —and 1 don't
deny—a very considerable heir-—i; hut
none the less i> she a rvmarkahiv pretty
girl, accomplished too, and amiable, and
all that; ju-t the girl whom you would
be sure to fall in love with if it wasn't
worth your while to do so. You area
fool. Ni-d. lot n; t .1 you. a very !' r "-
nounced fool. if you h i such a chance as
this !ij) on aeeount of a farrago of non
sensica, notions alnVut love :uui disinter
-stilnes>: aU twaddle. Sack ideas don't
wash, sir, let me tell you. I've tested
'cm; they don't wash." bringing hi
tiand down with a bang on the table by
way of period.
Uncle Joshua was a natfV. debonair
old gentleman of suave and circumspect
manners, and a habit of tiptoeing ginger
ly over the surfaces of ideas and things
with due avoidants 1 of all danp-rous or
debatable spots. This ebullition there
fore took his nephew quite by surprise.
Never hat! he -.en his relative -o ,x
--cited about anything before. His care
full v preserved old face wasted and hot;
he Jumped about in his tight lx>ots; his
voice and mann- r were fully of unwont
ed vigor. Ned Hanks had been used to
tliink of his unele as ;1 kindly, formal
fop. to be gently chaffed and practically
ignored when convenient. lie hardly
knew what to make of him under this
new aspect.
Uncle Joshua, for all his little absurd
ities, had been a good friend and a help
ful one to his nephew. To hint Ned
owed his college education and his start
in life— obligations which he had ac
cepted easily at the time, as the young
are wont to accept all favors done them,
but of which he felt the weight when
thus reminded. His opposition to his
uncle's scheme had not sprung from any
deep-lying principle. The idea of mar
rying an heiress was no more distasteful
to him than to any oth<T man of his age;
but he had experienced an instinctive
repugnance to entering into a precon
certed, cold-blooded arrangement for
the purpose. Now. however, seeing his
uncle's real annoyance and displeasure,
he said to himself, " After ail. why not?
I don't commit myself by simply going
to the place." And after a shot silence
be added: "All right, sir; it's - ttied.
then. I'll be at the Cove at the time
you name, and do my Ix-st to be civil t<>
the young lady. First of July, is it?"
and" he took out a note-book and made
an entry of the date.
"My dear Ned," cried the older Mr.
Banks, deeply gratified, " now you are
behaving just as 1 should wish. 1 hope
—very confidently hope—that this trip
of yours may eventuate for your welfare
in many ways. Nothing could be farther
from my wish than to force your inclina
tions ; but there is no harm in funning a
pleasant acquaintance. Ned; there can
be no harm—no possible harm."
The South Cove was looking its pret
tiest when Ned Hanks, true to hi- word,
alighted on the Isf of July at the door oi
its hotel. All the little cottages and de
pendencies of the large establishment
shone in the brilliance of fresh paint.
The grass was n*wly cut; the piaster
vases and red-tint'-d firkins wen- filled
with gay geraniums and bright-leaved
plants. Beyond lay the sea, vast and
blue, no whit less solemn or less inscru
table for this little fring" 0 f ornament
on its border's hem. A l>oat, with a
scarlet-shawled ladv sitting in the stern,
was rowing across from the green island
opposite. People thronged the piazza.
From a distance(anie the intermittent
thunder of the bowling-alley. The sea
son was fairly under way; that was evi
dent. Ned scanned the groups on the
veranda with the natural hope of suing
some acquaintance. Hediscovered none;
but presently, from the lips of a lady
near him, he heard a familiar name. •
"Mr. Affibone Crosby told me so."
"Where is Mr. Crosby this after
noon ?"
" Driving with those Baltimore peo
ple, I believe."
"Hullo! what bring" him here?" solil
oquized Ned, as lie slowly strolled to
ward the office.
For Allibone Crosby was a reputed
suitor of Miss Isivell's—Uncle Joshua's
ward. It was a singular coinci
dence, certainly, if nothing more, that
he should turn up at the South Cove just
then; and so Ned reflected as he went to
bed, with the moon for a candle, and the
boom and surge of the waves coming i:i
through the open window. The idea of
a possible rival stimulated his interest in
Miss Lovell amazingly, and lie made his
toilet next morning with the athletic de
termination to "go in and win " at all
hazards. .
Uncle Joshua and his party were not
due until the3d, so he bad a day in which
to look about him and elaborate a plan
of campaign- Entering the breakfast -
room. the first object his eyes encountered
was Allibone Crosby himself, cofl'ee-eup
in hand. He greeted Ned cordially
enough. hut without affecting surprise at
cAfiri£r him.
" When did you g ' in? I heard you
were expected about his time.'
" Last night. Hov long have you been
here?"
" About a week Where have they
seated you? I sav. Julia"—to the wait
ress—"put Mr. Banks here, will you?
Mrs- Reeves won't be back for another
fortnight; he might as well have her
seat till she comes." -
" I'll take it for to-day with pleasure,
but to-morrow I expect some friends,"
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XII.
"Oh!" replied Crosby, with a sort of
rapid glint in his eye " Well, sit down
now. at all events, old fellow."
The "here" indicated was a seat next
but one to Crosby's own, round an angle
of the table. The chair bet ween. M well
as that on the other side of Crosby, was
tilted for wan! to indicate pre-engage
ntent. Ned ordered his breakfast, but
before it appeared, two ladies entered,
ami advanced at once to the reserved
They were so much alike as to be evi
dently sisters; but while one had the air
aud bearing of a youlhftil matron, the
other w as as unmistakably a young girl.
This latter t<x>k the ehatr tievt to Ned.
and Alliboue Crosby, after a moment's
low-voiced conversation with the older
sister, leaned forward and intrmluoed
them.
" Miss Darbelle. may 1 introduce my
friend Mr Ranks, of New York - ''
fheii to Ned. " After breakfast 1 aha
have the pleasure of presenting you to
Mrs. I'eters. Miss Darls-llc's sister; just
now you seem at an unapproachable
dislSJhV."
Both lad ire bowed, Mrs. I'eters lean
ing past Mr. Crosby , and smiling bright
ly as she did so; Miss Ihubelle with a
shy, upward look out of a pair of brown
eyes.
She was a brown little thing alto
gether, was Ned's tirst reflection, for her
liair. evidently all her own. and hound
in a gieat knot at the back of her small
head, was bright hazel in color, the long
lashes which shaded her eyes had a
bronae-like glitter, and her skin was the
richest brunette, with a lovely pink in
the cheeks. like the hue of a sun-ripened
peach. Even the delicate hands were
brown, and the slender arched throat
which tost* above the dainty rufth*; and
as if to enhance the efls-t, the dress was
brown also—a pale oreaiu. relieved with
knots of ehestnut-eoloted rihhon. The
extreme finish and delicacy of every line
and tint in both dress and woarer gave a
piquant ami striking eff.vt to the whole,
which amounted to absolute Iteauty. as
Nisi presently decided; and the itu
pres-ion deepened as conversation
brought out a Saucy glitter in the coffee
colored eyre, and smiles revealed the
flash of pearl-white teeth. Miss Par
is-lie's voice, swi-et and low, had that
musical s, mi-Southern intonation which
is ><i chartuing t> the una*"customed ear.
She was very easy and natural, and alto
gether Ned foun*l himself s*> well enter
tained as to prolong his breakfast to an
unconscionable extent. It was not till
Mrs. I'eters had inquired, more than
once, in a tone of slight impatience.
"Haven't you finished. Essie?" that at
last Miss l>arbelk\ with a denture little
salutation, rose and pushed hack her
eltair.
Ned followed, ofaourse. "What else
was tiiere to do in that stupid place?"
he asked himself. The ladies were
going to walk with Mr. Crosby, and he
went too. What between the roaks and
the benches, hours *psl rapidly away.
There was a row in the alterrioon, a
game at tenpins later, a chat on the
tuoon-lighted piazza. We all know* how
such things go at a watering-place,
where the business of life is simply t >
live and eiyoy the pas-ing moment It
was hut for a day. To-morrow Uncle
Joshua and his heirres would arrive to
i-laitn Ned's time ami devoirs. Mean
time Miss Darbelle was very pretty, and
there was no harm iu getting w hat fun
he could out of this extra day. The
graver business of life would be along
soon enough.
Alas for the mutability of human
plans! Next morning brought the fol
lowing telegram:
" Delayed a few days. Stay whereyou
are. Will write. J. BANKS."
" What can have turacil up?" asked
Ned of himself, but he submitted to tin
delay philosophically. The hotel proved
very comfortable; the weather was de
licious; there might easily lie found a
worse place to wait in than South Cove
ven without Miss Iveil to add to its
attractions. He telegraphed an answer:
"All right: will wait," and resigned
himself with happy ease to the situation.
A letter from I.nele Joshua came next
day. Mrs. Loveli, it seemed, had lvn
taken ill; nothing serious, but it might
detain them two or ttins' days—perhaps
till Thursday. "Till Thursday," then,
Ned felt himself to la* off duty, and he
utilised his reprieve in the manner most
agreeable to himself—by seeing a** much
.as possible of the Baltimore ladies. " It's
a land of prelude to the n*ai thing," he
told himself, " keeping my hand in. so
to speak, and will Iw* all the better when
rite other girl comes to the fore." Ned
had probably heard the adage about
edged tools and the dangers of playing
therewith, but it did not recur to his
mind just then.
Mr. Banks'flirtation with the pretty
Miss Darbelle became the mild "excite
ment of the season at the South Cove.
Morning after morning the ereani-hrown
costume was to he seer on the rooks in
close proximity to X<*d's suit of gray
tweed or spotless duek, the afternoons
saw the two together on the water, the
evenings in close conversation in the
dimmest and most remote corner of the
long piazza. Mrs. I'eters looked *>n
without interference, tolerant, like all
Southern women, ol the progress and
evolution of love-making in its incipient
sta-*.
Essie always was run after wherever
she went. She knows well enough how
to take care of herself, and Mr. Banks
seems a very nice gentleman." she told a
scandalized matron who felt it more
than her duty to utter a word of warn
ing.
Time went on. Thursday brought
mother letter to my that Mrs. Loreli
was better, hut that her daughter was
now a little ailing. They should not In
able to travel before Monday at soonest.
Ten days passed—a fortnight. The
"prelude" was protracted to an unex
pected length. Allibone Crosby dis
appeared- For a day or two only, lie
hoped. I lis room was kept for him ; hut
his ahstiii- prolongisl itself to aw k.
This left the field free for Nisi, and his
intimacy with the Southern ladies grew
apace. Before the final telegram arrived
to announce Uncle Joshua and his !■-
luted party, three weeks from tin- time
originally set, all was over, so far as Ned
Banks was concerned. He was hope
lessly in love—so hopelessly and so ut
terly as to make any other idea impossi
ble to his mind. And with tin- resolute
determination to clinch fate, and defy
the world, the flesh and his uncle, he
proposed the very day of their expectsl
arrival, won a lovely, blushing "yes"
lrom Essie, and awaited the appearance
of his relative with a sense of joy and ex
ultation at heart which made facing
lions an easy matter enough, and how
much more so confronting one old gen
tleman of placable manners and aeoun
tcnanee habituated to the expression of
the milder emotions?
Miss Lovell was pretty—wonder
fully so for an heiress, Ned was forced
to confess. Uncle Joshua seemed singu
larly depressed, lie introduced them
with an air so deprecntirigly miserable
that his nephew did not know what to
make of it. Behind the trio appeared a
fourtli passenger—Allibone Crosby.
" Glad to see you back," said Ned, who
felt in good humor with ail the world
just then. His secret burned within him.
He followed the party as they went up
stairs, Crosby earrving the ladies' wraps,
and assisting Mrs. Isivell with an air of
profound devotion. He turned to meet
Uncle Joshua's eyes fixed on him with a
look of mournful emotion -
" Come witli me to my room," said the
old gentleman; " I want a chance to
speak with you in private."
" And I want a chance to speak with
you in private," retorted Ned, gayly.
"It is not your fault, my boy,' began
Uncle .Joshua, in a melancholy tone, as
he locked the door anil motioned Ned to
take a chair. " That is a comfort for me
to think of."
Ned stared. What was not his fault?
Had Uncle Joshua heard?
"There was no fault about it," he
began, flushing a little. "Such a word
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
i. out ,d the question in speaking of the
matter Wait till vou know her,air."
"You're right. I didn't know her."
continued his uncle. " I don't like to
say that 1 was deceived; hut I alii a
man of the world, aud tolerably noute,
as I flatter myself; and without a good
deal ot pains having ItCCM taken to blind
me, I aiu certain my eyes would have
been opened long before.
"But. uucie. you were not here. It
you had arrivcii at the time you
fined, you would hate seen the whole
thing coming on weeks ago."
"Months you mean. It aeenis there
was an understanding, if not an engage
ment, in the spring."
"Spring! wuy. 1 never set eyes on her
till 1 came here."
"tin whom? I am not speaking id
vou. id" course, 1 refer to this fellow
Crosby."
"Crosby! why, what has he to do
with her?'
" lki with her? why. they are engaged,
Ned. It is a great blow, after all my
hopes, and will he so to you "
" Kngagisl! Crosby! But what has he
to do with Miss I hurl telle?"
"Miss 1 >arltelle! Who is that? 1
never hoard of her in my life before. Of
eiturse I mean Maud Ijovell."
Neil stared for a moment: then tin*
full absurdity of the situation flashed I**-
torv him. and he burst inii* a laugh so
long and loud that I'nolo Joshua, sus
peeting sudden frenxy, cried
"My I toy, control yourself! \N" i*t an
extraordinary wavot relict ing your feel
ings! lh> slop. \Vhat is there to laugh
at ?"
His perplexity changed to dismay
when at last the tixte state .f tla-ease
was explained, am! he toutid that his
cherishivl nephew had engaged himself
to an unknow a somebody from Mary
land.
"You positively know nothing about
her—ali'iit her family, her means ot
support ?" he gasped. "t>li, Ned! Ned!
I never heard of anything so insane in
:.il HI life."
" I know that she is a gentlewoman,"
retorted Ned. "No one cou'.d doubt that
who talked with her for five minutes.
And I know that she i> the - wee test,
most charming, most refund girl 1 ever
<;tw in mv life, and almost the prettiest.
That is enough for me. I nch* .Joshua,
and 1 think it ought to In* nough for
you as well."
It wasn't, however. I'ucle Joshua's
afternoou wis completely spoiled, lb
went ibout dejectedly. hi* hands clasped
I*ehiud Ids hack, head bent, drooping
whiskers—the very picture of a miscra
ble old gentleman. The very tails of
his coat looked wretched, as if in sym
pathy with their owner, (tone were all
liia atrv graces and conversational sal
ies. fie had not a word to throw to a
d>g, and went to bed while still the sun
was high, pleading headache, and ex
cusing himself on that pretence from the
introduction which Ned was eager to
effect ltetween him and his new niece
elect. To-niorrow would b< time
enough for that, remarked I "nc!<- Joshua,
with a low* groan.
It wit- a'tonishing how* he revived
next morning, after a ln-fore-hreakfast
talk on the piaz/.a with AliihottcCrosby.
" My dearest Ned," lie cried. drawing
his nephew a'ide, " I have jut heard
something which has gratified me very
much—very much indeed! Why didn't
you explain that Miss liar!wile was the
adopted daughter of my old friend S* na
torßoss? 1 knew him well in Wash
ington in. let me see. T'J It must have
ieen—a highly elegant man, and a most
princely fortune. Your fiance and her
sister are his reput*xl heiress. <. 1 under
stand. I should have met your an
nouncement yesterday .mite differently
had I known this. My old friends
daughter!—well! well! In some re
spects the connection pleases me Ix-ttcr
than the other of which we have spoken.
You are going to do remarkably well by
yourself remarkably well, vou lucky
fellow!"
" I knew that before, without waiting
to learn your further particulars," re
torted Ned. " I'ncle Joshua, I ju*din
you because you have not s*s*n Essie yet.
After you have seen her, if you don't ask
my pardon. 1 shall cut you off without
a shilling."
" He! lie!" tittered Uncle Joshua, r**-
stored now to all bus pristine compla
tency.
All went merry tis a marriage bell
after this. The two hciro3!ies and their
two lovers were the great exciting topics
for the rest of that season at the South
Cove. Essie l-w*itch<*d Uncle Joshua at
once, and in half a day had that amiable
worldling entirely under h*-r dominion
Among other secrets which she wormed
out of him was that of th*- original pur
-s>oxe for which Ned had come to the sea
shore.
"Oh, you pewir fellow!" she cried, be
tween her peab of laughter; " v*u |**M*r
victim! (ioing *>utt* shear, and coming
back shorn. Su*l a tin*- plot, so beau
tifully organized, and all to go awry!
Oh. Ned! Ned!"
Ned's color deepened perceptibly, hut
lie met her laughing eyes hohfly.
" Well, yes, it was something like that
in th'' beginning." IK- confessed. " You
Uncle Joshua had got this idea into
his head, and I felt bound to gratify him
if it proved possible I think I foil in
love with you that first morning; but I
wotrhln't own it. and went on stupidly
trying to prove to myself that you were
only a—a —"
"A 'Symphony in Hlaok anil White,'
perhaps,'' broke in Essie, saucily, read
ing the words from the newspaper in her
lap, "or ' A Nocturne in Yellow.' Which
was it, Ned?"
" Neither," cried Nisi, catching up the
[taper. "' A Prelude in Brown.' That
was it. Essie. Prelude? That's the
thing they play la-fore they begin the
H-al theme, isn't it? Well, ail 1 ask is
that you will keen on playing so long as
1 live, darling. I want no other music,
nor ever shall, than just my ' Prelude in
Brown.'" — Hnnttrn Bnznr.
Housekeeping Made Easy.
A couple may now set uj> for them
selves with very few utensils, scarcely
any provisions, and next to n> know
ledge of cookery. A gjis or oil stove
takes the place of a costly-and cumbrous
cooking range. Coffee is bought not
only parched hut ground. Spices and
pepper come all prepared for use. .Every
kind of bread, cake and pastry can lie
purchased at a slight advance on the
cost of th<' materials they contain. If
one wishes the sport of making them,
self-raising flour may he had in any
groeery. l*'ruit of all kinds, all ready
for the table, can he purchased about as
cheaply as that which must 1m- pre
pared. Not only lobsters and other
she|]-tish, hut salmon may Is- Isiught
cooked and ready to Is- served at a price
hut little alsive what the crude articles
cost, and rook<-d corned Is-ef, tongue,
and pigs' feet and ham have long been
on the market. There are also canned
soups, that only need to he diluted;
minee meat all ready to put between pie
crusts, and roast meats and fowls of
all descriptions. Some grocers keep
mush prepared for frying. Hasten baked
beans, put up in cans, have had a great
run <turing tin* past few years. English
plum puddings are also on the market.
Last summer witnessed the event of
fried potatoes as an article of commerce.
And now comes the rojiort that a char
tered company has been engaged in the
manufacture of fish balls for tie* market.
It is no longer necessary to be a cook
in order to keep house." It requires
scarcely any cooking utensils to provide
a warm meal. A can opener, a frying
pan and a coffee pot are t he principal re
quisites. Even the last is not absolutely
necesasry, since a mixture of prepared
coffee, sugar and cream may readily be
obtained. It is even practical now for
the novice to dispense with a cook-book,
as the label on every ran tells how to
treat the contents. — Chicago Times.
What men want is not talent, it is
purpose; in other words, not the power
to achieve but the will to labor.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 187 D.
A Bull) IHs|iowetl Of.
A French paper tells the following
story : \Vbile I,' Eclair N*<. 3 slow iv w cut
up lis tiarouue river, Eodoi* I'laleusac,
whoaas<'letk on board the stewmbitat,
and whom everybody eaUeti captain, 1
say littdois Podensae was as much em
barrassed as I'lnliarriLssisl could be. An
otftoer ol the 13th regiment of hussars
was stretched at ease on three chairs
one lair** his lHly, the other bore his legs,
the third his left arm. l-appcd Into a
jeering lieatitude, he sniok' >1 an enor
mous pipe, whose thick stuoke was
blown by the wind straight Into the
faces of two < harming ladies. The latter,
alter having lairiie for some lime this
disagreeable smoke, at last made sign to
Captain lsnloi* Podeltanc. He at once
under>to*l what they uieant, and went
up to the oftieer and said " You will
greatly oblige me were you to change
your place. The two ladies behind you
are seriously Inconvenienced hy tln
sntoke oftyour pipe." Th**oflleer slow ly
raised his eyes, ltaiked at Captain lsalois
l'mlensae. smoked faster, drew inspira
tion *ia"|M*r than ever; lazily tuoving hi'
l ight arm, he poiuttal t> his saler and
said: "I refer you to Coco." Captain
Enlois I'odensa, asked "What d" \*>U
mean? Who is CocC' I'he officer
ironically replied " 1 refer you Coco "
Captain Isnhjis podensae saw the oftieer
sought a qttarre., sii PiMiensac turn* - *! his
Itaek on the ofli* **r, who smoked more
than ever. The steattlltoat was fuii of
passengers. The Itdi'shad no aiterna
tive hut t*i change tin ir seats, win. h
were in the sltade, amt it sit in the -un
an August sun. "so they preferred put
ting up a little longer with the incon
venience, sure that the captain would
soon make the officer Itehave hitns**lf.
Podensa** was young; he was amtiitioii
t please la*lies, *sps*iaih when they
w ere his passengers, so he attacked tin
officer again ami went up to him 'ay ing
"You will oblige me to d d liar*lily
with you. hut it is \*.ur own fault Vou
have no right to remain on the quarter
deck, for vou have only a • ..mi . *-
ticket. Your plant It forward The
otlieer carelessly tvpihal. still palling los
sword "1 refer you to C<KO." "You
annoy mv with \<iitr (Wo. I don't
know ( iso, 1 don't want to know
I'u.xt. have nothing to say to t . o
Will vou go forward? Ottoe, twie.
"1 refer you to Coe.t," rep* *t*sl the
officer, smoking faster than int. I'o
d*llsa was furious. He Went up to two
sailor* who were standing near the
smokestack and gave ihctu an order in a
low ton* - . It** returned with them and
aid to the officer "1 shou.d 1m very
sorrv to us. force, but if you do not <•!>• *
me 1 sliall 1m- ob!ig.al to make m\ no n
carry you ft>rwar*i. Th<* officer qtiiMly
answered : " 1 refer \u to Co**o J'o
densae's tirst itttpu was to < i/e |h<
insolent officer bv th** collar ami *lrag
him forward, kicking him as he w*-nt
He ail nt once exclaimed—evident y a
thought had suddenly occurred to hint
" You are right. You refer me to Coco.
Do you tliink 1 am afraid of you. of su> h
AS vott.of C*M*O? Wait one minute and
I'lf let you see." The captain w. Nt h*s
low and in a few minutes afterward
came out of his cabin brandishing an
iiumuis. saber He w< nt up b> the offi
cer and said, "Si, on our I**. there 1- •
little island. It is entirely d*sert**d It
is the very place for vou and nv ! shall
land vou there, ami 1 shall sav to Co.o
utore than you now dream of." The
officer rose, 'the captain ordered the
engim-v t>* st*q. the l-.at ami the h*-ln>-
man t*> put her close t> shore. When
h** almost UiUcli.-d sliorr th*- * tptain
■ >r<l**re*l the gangway to Is- put out.
When it was in j>siti*>n th** captain -aid
to the officer: "Will you land?" In a
moment tic- ffic*-r wo* on the island.
In i**s* tim** the gangway was taken in,
afu)!h<-ad of steam put on and th* lsmt
in th<- nii*i*ileof the river. Th** officer
yclltsl in a tow. ring rage. "What do*
nil this mean?" The captain yelled liaiA,
"1 r*-fcr you to I'M*O." " Have you
played a trick on me?" " I r-f*-r you to
t iw-o." " IV> you mean to insult nn- '*""'
" 1 refer you to ('<s*o."
Scenes on Iztke Talioe.
Lake 'l'ahoc i a great fr-sh wat*-r
idy twelve miles south <>f Truckee. It
lie* in two State- California and Ne
vada; three-quart*T* in < ulifornia and
tin* remainder iu Nevada. Talus- is an
Indian nam*. meaning big water <*r
deep water. Here, at -in elevation of a
mile and a quarter above the ocean,
sheltered in its rock-bound Imsin, ri-st
litis inland s*-a, twenty-five mil' long
and ten wide. Its blue water* are en
circled by hills mow iced with trees ot
evergreen and patches of pure white
snow. Pebbles may b<* counted, and
trout may !>• s,-,- n sporting at a depth of
eighty fs-t, so clear and smooth i* th*
water, it changes color according t<>
the depth. fr**ni a ix-autiful pea green at
th*' shore to an indigo blue.
k iias been sounded to a depth of 3.1**1
f-s-t. and is so cold, even in summer,
that the water, when taken from in-low
the surface, is mar to the freezing point,
although it never freezes in the coldest
weather. Fish abound in the waters
near the shore, among which are four
varieties of trout. The silver trout is
considered the finest, and is alwa\*
taken in deep water, sometime* weighing
thirty-two pound*.
On account of the rarity of th atmos
phere. the waters arc not very buoyant,
objects sinking like lead. Nothing en r
floats on tlic surface. (Ireat logs whieh
have escaped from the hand* of the log
gers. "soon sink and are sis-n no more.
At time* the lake i* calm and peaceful
as a smiling babe, again it is in a moment
lashed to fury and beaten to foam hy the
winds that spring up in the canons and
sweep across its waters. But look at the
lake when and where you will, it i* a
scene of hcaiitiful grandeur which pen
and pencil have striven in vain to por
tray. Vou must sis* it to 1m- satisfied.
M ho Owns These Albums J
I own to a peculiar carelessness and
forget fulness in personal matters. I
grieve and mourn over a chronic inahilit v
to renii-mIM-r names. I sometimes fcarl
would forget my brother's name, if it
didn't sound so much like my own. I
have sometimes, when out on the war
path, forgotten my own, and bis-n com
pelled to write home to my wife to as
certain what it was. I have sometinu-s
IMN-II introduced to a gentleman, and.
then, IK fore lie could 'get through with
thocustomary introductory remark about
the weather, or how I liked the town. I
have found myself wondering, wonder
ing. wondering Until my hend itched
what under the sun was that man's
name! Since my return to my own
peaceful fireside—l forget, this isn't the
fireside season; I mean, to my own pro
tecting fly screens, I have, or rather, the
members of mv family have, in over
hauling my effects in n frenzied search
for loose nickds, discovered seven auto
graph albums evidently committed to me
for the insertion of "a autograph."
These albums possess the peculiarity of
all autograph alliums. They contain
the names of nil people, save those of
their owners; anil I. wretched man that
lam, I wot not where I got them. If
the confiding people who sent mc their
albums, trusting to my easy promise to
leave them with the hotel clerk, will
please send me their names and addresses
anil pri-cise description of t heir respective
albums, I will return them, if I do not
forget about it. How heavily my guilt
weighs upon nie. If it doesn't feel any
lighter in the morning, 1 will take it to
the grocery and have it weighed, ami
sell it to some traveling doctor for the
boss tumor.— Burdctle.
Mr. (J. T. C. Hartley writes: "An
ouncs of bread wasted daily in each
household in England and Wales is eoua
to 25,000,000 quartern loaves, the produce
of 30,000 acres of wheat, and enough to
feast annually 100,000 people. An
ounce of meat wasted is equal to 300,000
sheep."
I'ARL, U4KDKX AMI HOi'HFHOLiI.
Wont* IIImIH utt l*ruulM||.
\\ liile the scientific gardener* and
oivhardists are usually doing more or
less pruning at all seasons, ami are con
stantly clipping off a shoot here and a
larger branch there, or breaking the hud
out of soia< twig u prevent it going
astray , the nov ie. iu uch matters SIS IIIH
to IK- tearful of losing aometliiug of value
if he ruts a tree or shrub iu any part.
Then we have men aspiring to 1M- tea* b
< i> iu the horticultural art, who inveigh
against any kind of pruning, and tell us
that it is not a natural <>|>eration, and
the l-s* dolie of it the Is-tler, as though
then* was tu* uch thing as improving
upon natural methods of raising tr*w
ami ah rubs, or of rearing an 1 mala to meet
the Wants or fancies of men. But culti
vatcd plants an pla*-< d under unnatural
conditions, and to luing them l*< our
ideas of perfection requires th** applica
tion of unnatural pnsvsse*. among w liieh
pruning is one *>f the most important and
Useful.
l*Kt XIKO ro lx vuioitATE. —It may
s,em a rather singular o|-ration t
nt away one-thinl or one-half of a
tree, in order to increase it* i*c ami
stimulate it to make vigorous growth;
hilt long experience loot taught the gar
dener ami oreliarviist that severe pruning
is one of tile uiol certain ami effective
invigoraton to apply to old, itunuii tree*
ami shrub* tint fruit tree#, or even
VOUIIg ones that have liecnille stunt, d by
ovei bearing or neglect, may ollm la
started into a \ igorou* ami healthy
growth by merely shortening all the
iit am h< s to om -half of tiieir original
length, or when there ar- ai many
twain low that they crowd mil other, a
portion should !• rettioveil entire, and
the remainder shortelieil to a proper
length. Of course, cultivation and
manuring sltouhi Hot tie neglected, hut
in litallV instance* these w ill not produce
the desired cff.. t utilm tlo-y an- ai-roiu
j uiied by -v. re pruning Vigorous
growth in fruit tno will r<*ult in large
and handsome fruit; for while a stunted
treetua\ put on a promising show for fruit
in it.s ah tin dam <• of bloom in spring, it
lu.ti fall short long la-fore the harvest;
ami even if it should carry a goodly nutn
ta r of ldosMlitis through to the ri|a*ning
- as,in, the fruit will la* in variably small
ami inferior. Better a litti* ami jwrfia-t
truil, than an abundance that is small
ami worthless
To iay down any specific ruh-s for
pruning is imis- ible, as each individ
ual tree or shruh may require a different
tri-ntmeiit. Some may need trimming
tin. other* heading ba> k; ins Lam eg will
. ... occur w here otic tre* msals thinning
out of branches, ami the very next one
a shortening in. for the purfa-se of in
creasing ih' nutiila-r. or thickening up of
the head These .Mirations may lc em
ployed not only to invigorate, hut also to
give the required form to the tree, and
they are as important as good find. shel
• r and care to the domesticated animal.
I'm MM. t TIT\*WI N r st. L'L-AXR*.—
Auioug ornamental plants then- is as
much msst of pruning as among the uiori
useful. If the pim -s, spruce*. ami oilier
urge growing evergreens are jtcrmiti.sl
to grow unpruned, they will usually
shoot up 100 tail ami slender, and their
leading shoots should, therefore. In* cut
out every f< w v,*ars while young, in
order to give litem a wide spread of
lower branches, and the latter should
i'sf la- short* in d to make them more
compart. if ihe tree is inelined *o of a
and open habit, Old-time garden
er# and nursery m*n were very chary of
hi caking or cutting off tlieh ading sht*
of evergreens, especially those of the
pin- - and *pruce, fearing that tin- loss
of the " leailer " would permanently in
uirethe fortu and symmetry of the ins-;
'■ut our le-st cultivators of such plants
in these day# purmawly cut out the lewd
i-rs of ali the rapid-growing sorts to im
prove the form and enehance their value
l'-r ornamental purposes. If the tns-s
are to In- raisisl for titular, a straight tall
stem would I*- of more value than any
number of handsome branches, and
Is-auty might 1- well ta-riSied to use
fulness. In raising deciduous trees, a
man can readily , hsnge the form to suit
his taste, and prodili-e almost any style
li>- faneiw; ami if the pruning is done at
the proper season, there is no reason f"r
believing, as some [i-rnns assert. that it
induees e.-irlv decay, or ihortms the life
of trts-sor outer pian'.*.
There an l many ornamental shrubs
which are much improved by severe
pruning, especially by thinning out the
stems of tho-e that grow in large thick
clumps, and shortening those which pro
duce their flowers on the young grow th
of the season. Koscs of the class called
m intlih. and also the hardy perpetuals,
-hould liavr all their main shoot* cut
tin kat least one-lialf early in spring, as
the flowers are (irotlucisl on the new
growth of the season, am! the stronger
and more vigorous Un- shoot#, the inrg. r
and more perfect the h lis tins. I here is
too much dependents' upon what i
called nature in the management of both
plants and animals, which i hut a handy
excuse for n far t*i wide and general
m glcct of both.—AV*r York Sun.
Hot MIKI Mildew Of lite
The origin of rot and mildew of the
.i IfM . Mfl the New York \Yorll. has
given rise to numerous and widely-di
verging ootyectures. and the various
causes that have Item attributed do not
appear to In- very reliable. Both dis
ci-. * come and go with the seasons, one
year Iw-ing notii-eat. eon one variety and
the m-xt upon some other kind, giving
ev idenec that it is miasmatic or sporadic,
and developed according to the atroos
pltere and condition of the vines as re
gards liealth and vigor.
The jirecautittnarv measures largely
adopted by leading fruit-growers <xn
-ist in a free use of sulphur, applied by
dusting the vines occasionally, front the
time the seed is formed until the color
ing is at least half completed.
Vineyards with southern exposure are
generally considcnsl niorc nearly exempt
from n>t than any others. e*|s-clally if
the soil i* naturally a well-drained on®
and so situated tlint no stagnant moist
lire can exist upon it. A correspondent
writing on the treatment of grapes to
avoid rot. in the Fnnnrrs' Ai/twrtfr. urgi-s
the t|sr of the spade instead of the plow
in the preparation of the land for plant
ing. fie says: " When one knows how
to use a spade it is a very simple method,
much more rapid and less costly than
would IK* thought. An acre dug to the
depth of SJO to if 4 inches costs little
relatively. The vines titul ample sup
|Hrt in a soil thus worked. IUUI thegrapes
will not rot " It is ftyther siiggcstisl
that the soil about the vines he thor
oughly workid in the spring with a
spade, followed by four or five his-ings
in the summer, whether there are weeds
or not, in order to keep the ground con
stantly stirred. All cultivation should
he done in fine weather and when tin
soil is dry. Keep the ground worked as
deep as may lie with the hoe. It will
then remain cool, the vines will thrive
and the iiuality of the fruit or wine lie
improved thereby.
In gun Urn culture, for it single row,
the border should he eight to ten feet
long and alsiut four feel wide. An ap
proved mode of preparation is t> dig out
the natural soil to the ri-quin-d depth
ami the length and width necessary, if
the soil he stiff < r damp, sinnll MM,
lirtish and ruhhish ma* lie laid at the
hot toiu as a sort of drainage; on top of
this deposit, the compost for the Itorder.
This may consist of two parts of good,
fresh friable loam, one of old, well-rot
ted manure, and one of ashes, shells and
broken bones, all mixed together. The
top of the Isirdcr, when finished, ought
to be at least a fisit higher than the sur
faee of the ground, so that it BUN still
remain higher after settling. When a
southern exposure which gives the vines
the benefit of the sun's rays all day can
not lie gained, an eastern exposure will
often lie found successful,especially with
the early-ripening varieties. A northern
exposure ought to he avoided if possible,
and, if used, the hardy, early-ripening
varieties only should be planted.
tarvtua NH.
An exchange gives this hint: We
have often JHS-H annoyed, iu cutting up a
roast ot beef oil the dinner table, by the
difficulty of holding it in a fixed position
on the smooth, ova! plate, while attempt
ing to slice the meal down in a hand
some manner. Sometimes we have
thought that ixirrtlgnled dishes would
it*dtl the meat letu*r and prevent its
sliding aU'iit But more recently we
have lotiml a much Is-tter remedy, liy
the use of two carving forks set some dis
tauee apart in the roast, but with the
handles brought together ami held in one
hand The ease with with h the earving
is now effected is really surprising.
Freshly eook**d and flexible lss*f Is sliced
down with entire control ami xivunry,
ami as thin as pastelMianl if he desire it.
Nothing is easier than to try this method,
ami one trial will satisfy any one. It is
not patented
A Friendly " Hend Of!."
Young (iuffey was quite ill the oilier
day, and as the dot-tor had pr**s*rile*l
l*erfe**t r< si ami < aivful nursing, hia par
ticular friend, Ja* k ltwlgrn, said thai
he would bring round a>iu* of the fel
lows to *it up with the invalid and
" lira**** hint up," as Jack kindly ex
pri-ssed jt s> that night tiuffey was
awakened from a feverian sleep by a tr*--
inettdoua clatter ou the aUtircas** ami
lloiiger* appeaml at the h*a*i *f Ave
genial young mm. arryiiig a dent (jo tin,
various itiusica) instruments am) other
appliam ** ofnxalern inquisitions. Thesw
ktitd-heatt'sl fellows bad all l***en hu
presaed with the fact lliat nothing does
'I, k perwina MI tuueh FOOD a* to apnroach
thetn with smiling fa*-**s amt ehoerful
word*, so they nearly shook (iuffey"s
arm out of joint (h* had inflammatory
rheumatism), and after assuring him at
th* top of ih**ir lungs that he never
looked IM-U.-! in his lif* ami they'd have
him right side up with care in a day or
two, they piled their hats up over ills
f**el ami sett led down to their liencvo
1* nt task, first. Tout I'iilf told an ex
,ru* jilting fanny storv <ff how in* threw
aw iit'-r out of th> third-atory window
of th* St. Chore's Hotel in New Orleans,
with an admirable imitation of the way
tin* waiter y-elled when he struck the
pavement. This am* dote caused the
company to .augli its**lf almost black in
th'- face. Then Mr. Biadgera )***rf<*nne<l
a Silt l- tiling **fliis own in k flat <n the
cornet, which caused the landlady to
make some caustic remarks out iii the
iiail ami induced an utinppr*** iative old
party overhead to hammer on the floor
and sw-ar. Then young T<*ar*r. who
heiotig**i to an amateur dramati* a*s*n*i
ation. said that he would, astliev insisted
>n tt, do some imitations, just a few,
and he forthwith iiltellnd twenty-eight
well-known stars in tin- most masterly
manner, anil Was tin* recipient of the
same number of enthusiastic encores.
Then Monagan. tin* baritone, sang "The
Old Sexton " in a style that mad*- the
* oai ratti* in the ■ . liar, and after that
got italf-w nv through ** There's Craj**
*>n the l**or ' la-fore he was apprised by
sundry vigorous pun* lies in the rib-of
its decided itiappropriaten***,
which b- pulled up in the grent**st dis
may. Jimiuic Difl'endcrfer, however,
put an end to th<- general emharras
tnent by volunteering to dnoce x iiorn
pipe **n a table, w hi* li he did to the **n
tir- satisf.u*ti*n of everybody. Tit*- taJtle
Ie tirst thoughtfully pulled to the foot
of the bed. so thai (luffey could have the
best possible view *if the performance.
Aft-r that tit* whil*- party vociferously
playtai *-ar*is. amok* d ati*i made hot
whiskies for two *<r three hours, with an
occasional song or " gocai story " to r**-
lieve the patient's tedium, Aixmt 4
o'clock A, vt , however, they ols**rved
that the suff*-r*T aeemed mure at east*.
So, discontinuing a vigorous * horu
ujMin which Uiev were engaged and with
many whispered injunctions f*r silcn*e.
th**v turn**d down tin- gas and elalorately
fi!**d down stairs or tiptoe, and when
tin- good-heart*"*! fellow s got safely into
the street they sh*M*k hands g**n(ally with
tin* air of persons wlio had dotve a go**!
action ami said • n- to another as they
part.*!: "D u*x*i gia*l tin- *i*-ar old l*y
is sleeping, aint you?" But they were
mistaken—he was dead!— Sin Fmnrtm)
/brf.
Jefferoon Bat is at Home.
Alighting from the train at Beauvoir
Station. Mis*., you t - a n see two or three
small brown structures, a grove f pines,
ami the white v ista of vanishing railway
track glittering with millions of minute
refractioni of th<- bright sunshine for
miles along it- samlv way.
Taking the haif-percetitihle roadway
to your right, ton or tift***n minute*'
walk through the pim-* brings you to
the beach. HlT** JOU *s* a house built
ill tin* airy fashion of this region of per
petual utishinc. This i* the reaideucc
of the ltev. Dr. l-ac**-k. an agisl Episco
palian clergyman, one** chaplain t<* the
Duk*' *f (Cambridge. Beyond the rever
end gentleman's estate you ***■. fronting
beach, the another *--t.-U'. the resid< iiee
of Mr. Davis.
Entering the gate, you pass across a
lawn dotted with live oak and other
tree*. f<-Mooned with the picturesque
Spanish moss. Before you is a low and
spacious mansion, painted w bite, with
broad veranda*. At either side, a trifle
nearer the fence, i* a small building, a
sort of pavilion. While rating on the
\ erand.a. waiting for your letter of intro
duction to Is- handed to the master, your
eye takes in the hospitable provisions
for ease afforded hy several comfortable
rocking-chairs, a table and a sett*e.
Life here is rtf frrxra. Tile broad hall
which goes through the house i* open to
the breeze, hut not to the ardent sun.
whose rays are intercepted hy the ver
anda. Here, on the front venuida. sits
of a morning the ex-i'msiih-nt of the
South. 11l full view is tlie (su!f of
Mexico, that diut ing. radiant expanse
of shimmering blue. ■ Its summer waves
glide softly, to break in lulling sound
upon the white and sparkling sand.
'Hie breeze is laden with the strange
perfume of the sea. It is the land of the
lotus-eaters, where 'tis always afternoon.
Sitting on this \eranda, into what rev
eries may not the Confederate ex-l'ri-si
dent fall, a* lie gari out upon this Mex
ican gulf, whieh. had the dreams ot the
Southern statesman bcn realised, would
have been the inland sea of a mighty
empire, stretching to the tropics.
I was soon summoned to the Utile
pavilion to the right of the mansion.
Phis building i* divided into two parts.
The rearward is occupied by an ancient
mid favorite negro servant, whose idea
of housekeeping is to display his furni
ture and tools on his little veranda. He
has a notion of raising vegetable odds
anil ends in l>\cs. ami his vagaries ex
cite hut a smile. No one dreams of in
terfering. even for I In- sake of order, with
the privileges of this ancient servitor.
The front portion of this pavilion is oc
cupii-d by Mr. Davis as a library and
study. Mere 1 found liim. slightly in
disposed and lying upon a lounge. His
manner is genial and very kindly, with
that charming courtesy characteristic
of the high-bred Southern gentleman.
Seventy years of age. Mr. l>avis has
yet a fresh and vigorous look. His hair,
mustache and whiskers are white in part,
hut his eye is bright and cheerful. _ His
face in repose is almost severely intcl
liH-tual, but the smile which lights up
liis otolith and his quietly rheerAll laugh
dispel the first impression of coldness.
Few of our public men have the quiet
fascination ot manner, the old-fashioned
grace and the charming conversational
powers of Jefferson Davis. His memory
is capacious and retentive. One might,
with a facile phonographic pen, collect
great stores of reminiscence from his
ips.— ('orrcsjKmiUwr Boston Herald.
There are, according to the Dubuque
(Iowa) Hcraki, one billion logs afloat on
the Chippewa, Menominee and Hlark
rivers. The mills, it thinks, will have
all they can do for the next two years.
TERMS: 012.00 a Your, in Advance.
11M1.1.1 TOPIC*.
The California ( onstituUoaa) Conven
tion Was in session 15? <lVs. and Cost
-veral huiidrisl thousand dollars. The
session was to have la-en limited to I (JO
ilays, hut it was iliip*s.it>le to complete
the work within that time, ami fl.'g,-
(*xi more than was ap)*rtlohed for the
purpose was consumed for th* pay of tlie
uieitilM-rs and tin- convention's running
expenses.
Dr, l'alli, a distinguished Italian sa
vant a*ivau<*v th* theory tiiat the hu
man organism uudergo*<s. in the course
of it* existence, a slow oxidation, (*u the
completion <if which death ensu*-#. This
Operation shoU I*l require (accidenta ex
re-pted) aiatut 100 years To count* rn t
the <l*-vitalizing action. )i<- recommends
lliat a few grammes of a i*uipln!e (*•
tak**n every morning a* furnishing a
< lte-k upon oxidation.
Ax*ording t* r*-*-*-n! offi' iai tnl* iu**tit*.
the laml appropriated to Iruil growing
in tlie I'uited r>tMt<w 1* A.SOtt.ISW a*T'.
t'p**ei this tliere flourish lISt.tltSt.tSSJ apple
tre-w, >,(*Xt,(SXI pear tr***s. 113,tru.iOM
peacii trees and MI.IWU.OOII glWpevlues.
I'he total value ot the (ruitcrop through
out the t niteil Slat*-* is s*-t <lown at
A-gSa.gltJ.Ttsi, an amount ivquai t< hall
the value nt th*- average wheat crop of
the country. Toward that large sum
apples are held to contribute ♦■**>,too.tKJO,
pears #14.130.000, peat-IH-a *l?.l3.'i,tJ,
graiM* o'g, Ila.tasi, straw latri*** #s.(**♦.-
(x*J and other fruit *10,43*.000.
Concerning U<" ciuu-gca *f the express
(siiupiuiica the JmiTVim < \UtttUur say -:
"The sx press < <>mpanics in tin ir* xorbi
ant chargew fail to realize, or at i--t fail
t** I#** govern***! by th<- l;wt, that in aii
ot Iter branches of business, both private
ami -oriont*-, profits are iarg* iy re
duced. I'he public diaiutntl l*iw**t rat-s
iu accordance with th* tim**s Mana
ip*r of express compajii"* should n**t de
lay making a reasonable mittction in
Jieir charges, an*i without f*r**ing un
nealtlty competition. r **reating pnl< i**
discontent by a grasping and selfish
policy."
A poor Hungarian lately showed a
I dark jtearl to a !'<*lh jeweler, and t>eg
g<xi him to value it and give him what
lie could for it. H<* was told that the
l**ari was of great value, and that he
would l**tt*r tak<* it to Biedennan,of Vi
enna, which he did. and was naturally
ask*-*! where h- hatl ■ -btainixl posM-s-ion
of such a rarity. The Hungarian an
swered that h** had got it from tin* vaiet
of the iat<- Count Izmis iiatthyani. It
turned out that it was one of three black
pearls which, more than 150 year* ago.
were stolen Irom the English crown, ami
which wcrefora king lime vainly sought
for, it la tng at tJwt time *upio d that
th*"N* w**re the only lhr*** black js-aj!* In
existence. Tb* British (bivcrmm-nt has
bought the black pearl f*r #B,OOO.
In conformity with tln-***ngag*tti<-nt
entered into by France ami (Jcrmany in
IK7I to k*s-p up the ttmlM of solli<*r*
buried in th**ir r**sp*<*tive t<*rritori*". the
French gov* nitm nt has Utk*-n a**tion in
1.43r communes, situated in thirty-six
d*qrtm*-nts. arid containing tlie re
mains of C,3S*l victim* of tlie war: 37.-
5.',9 French and 21.W8 to*rman soldiers
have iM-parate iepuiture, while 5T.601
IMMBCS. whos*- nationality could not lie
positively <iistinguishctl. hav" common
craviw. Municipaliti*s and private *-om
iiiitt*-*-* have erected 34M monunt* nta.
famili*s eight y-ctght,and tienuany sixty
nine. Th- French government ha* con
structed twenty-five large ossuari**.
with itni*sing ornament*, at an expense
of 7H"i,477 francs. The total outlay lias
hi-en ".•.•.'sT.ss.*; francs. an*l there will Is
an annual vote for the conservation of
tlie grave* and memorial*.
The following "points" are given by
tin* Kurttl Xctr Yorker to persons buy ing
ln'i>es •• An intendevi purchaser xhouhl
have the horse brought out before him.
and watch the animal as he stands at
n*t. It the own*r is continually start
ing the horse into motion, and urging
him to 'show off,' something may t*e
suspected, h*causc it is when a horse i
at perfect r*-st that liis weak points are
divuigt-d. If th*- home lie sound he will
stand square on hi* limb*, without mov
ing anv of them, the f***t being p!a*e*l flat
U|M*n the groun*i. and ail his leg- plump
ami naturally posed. If me f**>t be
thrown forwani. ami the tte piiuting
to the ground, and the lie**l rais**i. <>r if
xli* fiM*t Is- lift***! from the ground, and
the weight taken from it. d ideas** or ten
derness tuny be su*|a*cted."
The Washington f'.st ha an a<s*ount
<>f tin-manner in which the n* w- t* n
dollar **ertifi'*atcs are print**! I*y the
Bureau **f Engraving and Printing:
"Tli* certificates. like grcenlwek*. re
quire two di*tin<-t plate lmpr<***ions.
one for the hack and the other tor the
(hoe. As the plale printer?, run only
average about *SO impre-ion per dav,
this is the slowest part of the work, tn
order to prepare the sheets for tie fir-d
impression. they hn> eto l*- w<-t down
and subjected t't a hea\ v pri-sstire for
ten hour*. The impressions siv then
taken, and the sheet# an* placed in a dry
lox and subjected to intense heat. Thev
ars' then ready for examination, when ail
the imperfeet sheet* are thrown out.
The <*lg* are then trimmed hy ma
ehinerv. Each of Uhw mackim •m
--ploy* two pcrNin*. who can eoumlet
about 16.000 impressions p--r day. The
sheet* are then taut to the surface press.--
to have the seal and the date imprinted.
These machines each turn out on an
average L'J.OOO impressions JMT day.
They are then sent to the numbering
division, where em it machine averages
4.000 impressions per day. Tlte hack*
are ttstially printed first and go through
a long prei'is* of wetting down and dry
ing. _______
Words of Wisdom.
learning without thought is labor
lost; thought without learning is jwtrtl
oiis.
Friend* are M companions on a jour
ney. who ought to aid eaeh other to jwr
severe in the mad to a happier life.
When the millions applaud you. s. n
otislv ask what harm you have done;
when they oensureVou. what good. _
Life is niade up. not of great saerifiees
or duties, hut of little tilings in which
smiles ami kindness and small obligations
given habitually, are what win and pre
serve tlie heart and secure comfort.
Misfortune is hut another word for the
follies, blunder* luid vin* which, with a
greater blindness, we attribute to the
blind goddess, to the fates, to tin'stars,
to anything, in short, hut to ourselves,
t hit' own head and heart alt* the heaven
and earth which we accuse and make
responsible for all our calamities.
Tin •re is this difference la'tween those
temporal blessings, health and money;
money is the most envied, hut the least
•njoved; health is the most enjoyed, hut
the least envied; and this superiority of
the latter is still more obvious, when we
reflect that the poorest man would not
part with health for money, hut that the
richest would gladly part with all their
money for health.
Chinese IManionil*.
In the district of Shantung, in China,
a new source of wealth lias Uvn dis
covered. Small diamonds exist in con
siderable quantities, and the mode of
collection is very curious. The moun
tain streams of are the
favorite spots for diamond fishing. The
natives walk about in the sands anil in
the streams, arrayed in thick straw
shoes. The diamonds, being obligingly
raggi-d and pointed, stick in the straw
shoes, whieli arc burned, and the dia
monds are then collected from the ashes.
The average size of these gems is about
that of a pin's head, though one as lam
as a pea was carried to Cheefee and sold
to a mandarin lately. The trade is in
the hands of the priests of the Chink
angling temples, and the diamonds are
solu to glaziers at the great annual fairs.
MUM HER 24.
lUNfILUOI S ( OIHTFKFEITK.
i sii i. I'MitMt wio nw* *o la
4 O u10115...
Tire iiumUre of counterfeit national
I hank notes now in circulation tlirough
■nit tin* country, and pnrtii-ulrtrly in th<*
West, |fc a Ulatt.-r to which tire secret
1 aft It* of lire Treasury Ib-parttm nt an*
' at the present time giving tlreir aiutoat
' uudivldiil attention. Sps ial Agent
Hall, chief of tire sendee in tire West,
reports tire " coney " men and th' ir •*•
nijutors, tin* " sborers," a* etrergetb and
daring in their crooked work. Tire Chi
■-ago /ion says:
Mr. Hall has in his jjosacasion an inter
esting i*illection of spuriotm nob*. Tire
largest is a piuunl niteii htates note.datcd
March 10, I*W. la wring the signature of
i.. E Chittenden, one of which turns up
n I tout every sit moil tiu The only d.*-'
fn<t ttotn-eaiik in this bill i tire tcth r
" n " in • biitenden's signature, which k
very
<-ov.*red the defective l< tt.-r has tern de
stroyed. a it picked with a pin. Tire
i ircuiation of ihk hill has l***n mainly
• ofitinisi to New York, Boston and
I'liilwiolphin, where a a anther were uo
i i nsftillrri' hnnrrd I'he next i afa A*
t nited htatm nola, seriea id But
few of this issue are raid to be in circula
tion, and it is believed tliat the plates
were thrown in tire Hudson rin-r by tire
Uttercr several year* ago.
f tire floo iletioutinaiion then an
thn-e distiiHt issues—on Ure National
Biver hank, of Boston, the Men ban la'
National hank, of New Bedford, and the
•Nevoid National iMuik, of Wilkl.arre,
J'a. All those closely approach til. genu
ine Tire only defe*t noti<cable in tire
Wilki-sharre bill i* the omission of the
wont " Liberty " from the crown on the
head of tire female figure in lire vignette.
< nh four of these notes hare team dia
ioTi-n-d as yet. Tire liher tanik bill has
it marked defect in tin* firei- of tire sailor,
and tire gt*ral execution is prownmeed
-c.,nd ■ las*. A large numlx-r of Ud*
i-ue are in circulation throughout the
West. Tire paper used in tin* New Bed
ford hill ii Jijftoler than tire genuine. In
tin etiuntcrfeit the loop of the "y" in
tire name of "Colby," defaces Un* " M "
in "Ma*!.," while in the genuine it
en—scs nicr tire first " a."
The Third National Imnk. of Butfalo,
and tire Central National bank, of N-w
York, are each hononal with pfO imita
tions. All note* of the former bearing
the name of L. K. Chittenden as regkt.T,
are pr<nounced oouateHeiL, wliile the
*aaie applies to tire ma-ond. Both tire
bills were struck from tire sanre plate,
and have each wide circulation. Spuri
ous ntaes arc alii very gin-rally cir
culated on the Tradesmen * National and
Nutionai Bixaniway. of New York City.
Several crooked i-u-s are known
to la* in extensive circulation. prinHpa!
among them I wing those on the Fin*
National Iwnkof l aruaqUa. i'a.. and tire
First Nalioaai of Hanover. A new issue
of this denomination on tire National
hank of I'awling. N Y., has just come
) into circulation. Th-re are two oth.-r
counterfeit s.'> plates kin-w ii t<- I* in ex
ist.-nc**, hut tire issue -f bilk from tirem
lias not ken discovered for sevi*rai years.
From eight to U*n spurious < I plates, and
1- riiap* a like numhsr of pia**. are
also known to tie in existence, and to
lutvi < nt out largi* -uppli<- of ia>unter
feit bills.
Making Geography to Order.
In a paper in Srrilmcr giving the his
tory and romance of tin projects for
" I'ierring tin- American Isthmus," Mr
C. V. Buel writ** as toliows of tlie great
schemes for modifying tin dot* yon of
nature in different parts of the glut**:
Within a few years the science of mak
ing geography to order lias le*n remark
ably developed. Holland alnne-t m-1 the
fashion by giving Haarlem lake up to
agrioulturv, and since then liasconntrui-t
--•*d a shin-canal, under gnat i-ngineering
difficulties, from Amsterdam luirbor
direct to tiie (rcrmnn ocean, makimr the
Hutch metropolis independent of tlie
eireuitous and difficult course through
the Zuyder Zv. I*esscps comes next
a it It his Sues canal, triumphantly com
pleted in the la** of political opposition
rtid in defiance of obstacles before re
gird-d as practically insurmountable,
M.wt int|Krtant of all lor the IHrien pro
-. t. tlie Suei canal lias proven a remark
able financial succeas. though it cost
uinety-nine millions, about twice the
amount first estimated. After it was
opened in InBM. shares whose par was
,'asi francs dropped to between 300 and
:m francs, while t-n years afterward
they ar- quoted between 700 and W0
francs. This canal shortens the voyage
from England t India by 0.000 uii.es,
vet the fact that British Oriental trade
lias been injured by it to the advantage
of the gnat commercial cities of tlie
Mediterranean testifies to the foresight
of Ixird Fahnerslon wln-n lie..ppoaed its
constrtiction. The lhtrien project, on
the contrary, met witli his approval, and
to-.iav appears to be the only expedient
which would enable England to compete
with France, Italy, Austria and Om
siantinonle for the future Oriental trade
of Northern Kurope The Mount CVnis
and Hoosac tunnels demonstrate that
titan may safely drill liis way through
the rorkv foundations of gnat mountain
eliains. and to this conclusion. the St.
tiothard tunnel. moving with unexpected
ranidity to completion. adds eonfirma
tion. Tunnels an- soberly being planned
to pierce the Alp* under Simplon pass
ami to admit a railway under the Fng
iish channel. lh I**sseps is maturing
his scheme for flooding the Sahamn
de<rl. confident that a vat inland am
onee existed there and that it ean here
-tored by cutting a canal through the
sand harrier of the const. thus adding
fertility and internal water eommtinfo*-
tioti to the French possession* in Afrira.
(onenil Turr is also interested in a pro
j.st to connect the Adriatic and the
l>anuhe hy a canal of ordinary capacity.
Tite adi inability has also been considered
of a ship-c:uialarrow the Malayan |>enin
sula. the 'ong finger of land ex Undine
south from Siam to the Straits of M
lacea. Such a canal, connecting the Rav
ol Bengal with tie-(lull of Siam. would
subtract 1.17A miles from the voyage b>-
twc<n India and China. With this and
the llarien props ' suecaasftllly executed,
a voyage around the world could he
made, also rut Sue*, without c owingto
the south of the equator. keeping, at the
same time, bet ween the eighth ami thirty
set enth parallels.
Cutting Canals.
In the history of ancient tunes, the
cutting of canals plays an important
part, both for military and political pur
poses. The Assyrian Queen Semiramis
captured Uie Armenian stronghold of
Ardesh by means of a canal which
emptied the river that defended the
fortress on its onlv available side.
Queen Xitoiris, a conservative lady,
who objected to the intrusion of foreign
travelers as strongly as the Russian gov
ernment ofour own day, obstructed the
approach to Ninevah by canals which
gave so tortuous a course to the Euph
rates that those who voyaged down the
stream came three times in succession to
the same village. Cyrus of Persia, en
raged at the drowning of one of Ills fa
vorite white horses in the river Gyiules,
revenged himself upon the presumptu
ous stream by drawing oil' its waters
into 360 canals, till it could almost l>o
crossed dry-shod. Xerxes, when pre
paring to invade (ireeee, cut a canal
through the promontory of Mount
Athos in order to avoid the formidable
cape which had proved fatal to so many
fleets. Babylon was entered by the
Persians through the bed of the river
which had been previously drained by
a canal; and a similar maneuver proved
fatal to the (Jreek auxiliaries who aided
the Egyptain rebellion against Persia in
the filth century B. C.
The French government recently paid
the last installment of its debt of $300,-
000,000 to the Bank of France, incurred at
the time of the war with Germany.
*• Accepted and Will Appear."
DM evening while I ncilktog
In my mmy Wr, repining
O'nr the lank <* tree ndi#on,aad lb* dearth at
rntninon H*,
A aohnnn-virafed '"•J'i
Who ww rarely on the shady
: Hki. at thirty. euu-rwt grandly ad W eswafc
are .lid ocanmanea:
" I rant a i-rere bore, dr,"
Said iha lady, glowing flareer,
And lb# nubfMt which Td ehorad. yon re.
member. air, wna 'Spring.*
Bay, although I re reanwed yoor i>a*r,
•If, by rartligtot. jpw and taper,
I've dtoan ared of that jaraa not solitary
thiag."
ghe waa tnoawilar and wiry
And her Imujwr rare waa llery,
And I know la paoity bar 1 would bare u I
Ah Hire ton.
H I tuid her ere her verses,
1 Wbirh WW great, laid nutte Ui—bites it*
! Wa'd reoetvad |M aUlyoee on Spring " k
wltteb .
tAVd |wwtd on*.
And I addad. wm decided
That they'" l better ba dlridsd
Among the yrere thai laHnw W oeach are
trading spring,
go yonr wwb, I" pi una ml to mention,
i WIU reoalreour has* aMeawm
j In the year at treie., aire the birda
begin to slag. FVr* Trsw-
ITEM* OF IJTKKEHT.
A rhrt-proltop— Wk.
What i# It thr red are wavra
(Vow. fly newly twenty-fire mllre
Tire liuaisran at rolling whitmnre kr
looking up.
In Colorado new-comers are imIW
*• under-foots. *"
It la retlraatrd that tlirrr nre fiOO.Ot#.-
(xmi sheep in tire world.
Fortr different specie* of tobacco are
(iiieribed by botanist* ■
A Swire i. buying land in Nebraska
<r iB iay of hie countrymen.
There nre seaman employed om
i the river, and inkra of the Weal.
Tire heat nltrep ecll al sixteen to
twenty ixal* per pound in Ixmdon.
Nest to New York. Boston is the
greatest sugar market an tliia eootinent.
If a man 1. known by the company he
! keeps, how do we nwognixe n hermit.
There is a woman in Camden who
1 rails her husband Music. irewtiae ire ie
I ucli a lyre
•• There mint I* lawn order." said the
. judge jealentej pushing hia liuietnowet
| rigorously,
Thomas Jefferson wae only twntj
i three when lie wrote lire Ibeiaratfcxn ol
Independent*.
Philadelphia ha* Writ ehurofans. and
| the number of poupi* who at teed tirem
j estimated at 150,000.
Fifteen general managers of raiiwaya .
in the L'nited State, have salaries ol
from to ♦IS.UIIO tare year.
Tire world k ftili of men who Jtare
! .uflicient Uieat to get married, witlioul
iHe-.itig genius enough to support a
' family.
Tire paint mine at Brio. Nev.. oom-
I prkes a ledge forty-I wo feet wide and ol
! unknown depth. Tin material k said to
mix well with oil.
A young man in Nebraska went an
iof marring* to a rirl in lowa wftom h.
fettered. and in reply received thia tele
gram : "(kM on with your minister.*
Throe hundred workmen are employed
. in Imi tiding ibr breond avenue brswli
. of Un* Elevated railroad in New York,
and the daily pay-roll amounts to 14.009
A young ladv at a ball in New York
! reeognired in her eomh-Jy nartnertthe
I K.ung man who had dp ana J her iiead
for the evening. Her hair flood on end.
A printer Awsn't rush off to the doctor
every time he k out of " •ort#."—AVw
) York Nrtrt. No; hi. <*ane doesn't re
j quire medieal Irelp. It's frequently only
) n little matter of too much pi.
The boy that walk* km* around lh*
-tr*u now and looks pale and defected.
I in th* same gav and blithesome child of
| joy whobdt yesterday got caught slip
ping under tJie canraa at die cirrus.
If John F. Brady pare me a black
walnut box of quit*- a sine." Nothing
remarkable about it, however. except
I tkit the M-nt .an* contains all the letter*
of the alphabet.—-V. F. TW&snsc.
The greatest number of veneris of war
at anv time in the m rvj.* of tb Colo
nics, during tie- Rcrolutionary war. wan
twantfdkv*. Tin* lHlle American navy
captured over kW veewladurkig ITJ6-T7.
••John, did you go round and ask how
old Mrs. Jones is this morning, as I Void
vou to do last night*" "Yea, air."
" Well, what's the result?" "Sheaaid
that seeing ** how you'd had the impu
dence to send to ask how old she was.
slie'l no oiyections to telling you that
she's twenty-four.
A Bismarck (Hakota) dispatch says:
Colonel Frederick W. Jonea. recently of
the /smnscm/ (Jkromeic, New York, was
j drowned on the prairie, west of the Mis
souri river. Jones' i-otupanion. a famous
front ienunan and hunter, by name of
Houghton, was also drowned. A fearful
hailstorm and water-spout deluged the
country, and Jonas andßougbton under -
took to escape in a small boat. It was
| oapsiaed by the wind and flood, and the
i daring s}Hrt#nien went down.
SKMISDCS.
Formed long ago, yet made uwhr.
I'm most in uw when .ahem sleep.
What few would like to give sway,
Aad none would ever like to keej— hat.
Evftnt f\*U.
And in lb# •tillnew* ol the night
When iSeaw t u<<* BHS1 tlurk.
And jroo have |ut turned down the lighl.
Yon think yon lw*r thai ww bed tick.
—C(a*4* Ik Hat**.
W lien the mills blew up at Minnea
polis. Minn., thw was a question a* to
Kurthmor not tlnsurance coupuniw
should pay the damage. They claimed
that the mills ww itto|td hy tin* ex
plosion. and as the insununs* was against
tin* tiov refused to pay. The owners of
the mill* Iwld that fire was the cause of
thcexnlotsion. Kx-tlovcrnor Washburn
proved that fin' had been seen In-fore
the explosion. The trial bt-ted a week,
hut tiie jury only look Pat minutes to
bring in a verdict against tiie companies
<ir the full MBMMt. with interest.
King Louis of Havana treats himself
m arly every week to an exclusive grand
opera. He"won't have another soul in
the auditorium: observing on< night
Utielv that hi*uperiiitend<Hit of theaters.
Baron von Ferial 1. hail ventured to re
main in one of the boxes during the per
formance. be addressed htm aloud and
ordered hita out. A footman stays out
side iu the passage to eonrey after each
scene tlie king'* praise or hfeuuc to the
artists. Auy singer who chances to dis
please the musical autocrat is innuts
diaelly dismissed.
A woman in a Knnsa* Pacific railroad
oar Rat fauing a man wlio wih one sye,
at leant, wx'iDni to I w staring ti.\<dly at
ln-r. She bmuue in%wt,iuul said:
"Why do you look at me so, sir?" He
said that ho was not aware of having
dono so; but six* insisted. " I hog your
pardon, madam. hut it's this eye, is it
not?" lifting his linger to his iott optic.
"Yos, sir; it's that- eye," "Well,
madam, that eve won't do you any harm.
It's a glass eye, msilani—only a glass
eye. 1 hope you will excuse it. But
upon my soul*. 1 am not snrprlsed that
even a glass eye should feel inures ted in
so pretty a woman." Tin* explanation
and the compliment combined to put the
woman in a good humor.
What * Boom" Means.
The current word to express a peculiar
and frequent phenomenon in our politics
is "boom." It is derived from the
Western idiom describing the freshets
in rivers and creeks. In those streams
that are far from the stable equilibrium
of tidal waters, there are very great ine
qualities of volume. Some of tliem vary
from six inches of dust in a dry time to
sixty feet of water during a season of
rains, and all have their times, when
the usually thin and shallow streams
conies pouring down in a yellow flood,
I tearing f<*nee rails and corn stacks and
other signs of the invasion of the
riparian farms, and laden with the dog
gone expletives of the settlers and the
vexations of the travelers delayed at the
fords. The stream is powerful while it
lasts, but that is only for a day or two,
and while it is at its height of temporary
greatness it is called a " boofn." *' Lost
Creek or the Dry Fork is a booming," is
the way in which >tbe natives describe
these passing ebullitions of nature. —
Prvvidmce Journal.