The Farmer's Season*. When Ihe gram an.) flower* hues oome once mora. Ami 1 hi- plowman ia turning hi* furrow* o'ar. Anil tha hlnohirit'* note* on the aouth a m.l •well. Anil the violet* liloom in tha moaay dell, An.l tha tainn* dance to tha hlticlieir* chime Than conic* tha huay planting time. Whan tha haw ana humming everywhere O'er blossom* whoaa kngmnaa flU* tha air. Ami tha bird* ara surging. among tha traai. Of *aa littla noau that ara rocked by tha Jiraaaa, \ml all gtnd nalura in tila with cheer— Than m the hutrying harvest here. Whan tha apple* ara turning n*r ml. Ami golden htittci flie* and heaa have fled, Whan tha flower* ara kitlail hy tha blighting frost, Ami tha liaauty and fragrance ot summer ra h*l, And the birds hara flown to a wannar clinic Than aomw tha marry huaking tune. Lot Hy go ties be bygones. Eat bygone* Nt bygonaa; it bygone* war* clouded By might that II\*KHI1 n |<ang of ragirt. Oh. let them m darkest oblivion he shrouded; I'ia wise ami 'Us kind to forgive am! feu-get. lid bygone* bo bygones, tuid good N> ex tracted From ill over which it is a tttlly to fret; The t is,mi .a mortals have tooiiah'.y aetsl The kindest an- tk.we *ho forgive and feirgrl. EH bygones be bygone*; oh. cherish no longer The thought that the tun ot arte, lien luo. net; lu-lipnod for a moment, its rav will he strvuyget It you. like a Christian, torgireand forget. Let bygone* Is- bygones, your heart w ill I* lighter When kindness ol yixir* with reception lias uiet, The rtatue ot your hive will be jxnvr and brighter It, thai-like, you strive to forgive and huge! Let bygone* be bygone*; oh, (-urge out the leaven KM malice, and try an exam (vie to set To other*, wbo, craving the uinwy ot heaven Are sadly too alow U> forgive and torgct. Let tiygones be bygones; remember lie* deeply To Heaven's forbearance we all are in debt; They value tosl's mttnUe goodnsa* t,H>cheaply To heel not the precept. " Forgive and tor get,- My Strange Fellow-Passenger. "Yes." said the old doctor, assenting to a remark 1 luul just made. "I ye had a gvH*l many strange experi,ces in my time, and 1 think I may call mine rather an eventful life-. "Forty years ago last June." lie re sumed. after a moment of thoughtful silence, " 1 graluat,xi w ith high honors, and received a hospital appointment, which would furnish nte w ith employ ment lor the next five years, and enabie me to obtain a practical knowledge of medicine before >,-tting up fe-r myse.f. " Mv duties did n,>t lx-gin. how. vcr. liefore" the first ot'August, and as 1 was a little worn out by the luat and by hard sttidv. I was glal to be aide to spend the "intervening six weeks with nty mother in the country. " I left Philadelphia one day at noon, bv the stage that was to convey me to the town where she lived. W e were to travel until late in the evening, when w were to stop for the night at a little pub lic house on the road, resuming out journey by the mail-coach at .-i\ the next morning. " There were two other passengers he sides myself, a young man who had secured "the box-seat which 1 luul ex pected to get, and a lady who sat inside with me. " We drove along merrily enough, in good humor with ourselves and each other, and had placed alx.ut a mile be tween us and the town. when, as 1 looked out of the window. I saw. stand ing by the roadside, a man with a car pet hag in one hand, who was beckoning to the driver with the other. We pres ently came up with him. " ' Inside or outside, sir?' asked tite driver, as he dismounted. "'lnside; inside, of itrnrse,' was the reply, a little iras, ibiy, I thought, as the new-comer placed his feet U(H>II tht -tep. "' Yer pay in advance, sir. beg gin' yer pardon.* reminded the driver, detaining him and touching his bat. " The old gentleman—he was elderly, and to all appearance a gentleman— seemed further irritated by the delay. He asked lite amount, however, paid it at once, and took his seat beside me. be stowing hi* carpet-bag under his feet, and evincing great satisfaction as we started again. " I had feared we Wen- to have a dis agreeable addition to our party, judging from first impressions: but when, after a while, the man joined in conversation with us. we found him remarkably in .telligent and affable. | "Ih fore he had talk- d a cri-at while v mi be had letl rather a noma ■?Tr-. Europe, South America, East Rdia. seemed equally familiar to him. JWit)H>ut being garrulous, he had so many charming incidents to relate of life in many lands, that he contrived to entertain us most delightfully. •• I judged he was traveling on import ant business, he sremed so jealous of any attention. When we -topped to al low the " box-seat "passenger to alight, jind again at three o'clock, when we Called for dinner. I noticed he became T-ti< -s and anxious. " At dinner, his manner was eon strain--d. He ate little, and talked less, consulted, his watch frequently, and finally excused himself before we h:id half finished the in. c. and left the room. ] "When we resumed our seats in the stage, tve found hint there before us. j He was snued in his old place, with his head drawn l-k in an uncomfortable corner, effectually shielding him from observation. Indeed, I hail handed the lady in before she discovered him, and she gave a little cry of surprise. "" I hope I haven't startled you. madam.' he said. ' I had no appetite for dinner, so I thought I might as well wait here as in the ho use. I "'These defaiys are rather annoying when one is anxious to get on.' I re marked. "'Yes. sir: yes.' he replied with a light sigh. 'lt is highly important. I<K>, that I siiould lnsi- no time on the way.' "He then changed the subject, with the ease of a man of the world, and our conversation became general. He was certainly very pleasant. After five o'clock, when the 'lady inside' as the driver called her, left us to ourselves, our UU-a-tvte was especially agreeable. "Just at dark, we drew up iu front of the little inn which was to furnish us with our night's lodging "The proprietor came out to meet us. and with many apologies regretted that he had bot one spare room to offer us. "There was a wedding in the neigh borhood that evening, and a party from town hwl driven down early in the after noon and engaged all his apartments ex cept this one chamber. ' Hut jf you two gentlemen don't of>- ect sharing the same room for a couple of hours—vou'li have to rise early to take the mail coach—l think 1 can make you very comfortable. There are two clean beds in the room, and—' '"l'm sure I'll not object,' I inter rupted, turning to my fellow-traveler. "He hesitated an instant, and then said, 'Well, sir, I'm agreed if you are;' then, with an almost solemn tone, 'He member, sir. the proposal came irom you. and if fate should—' "Tlte astonishment expressed, no doubt, upon my face at this peculiar ail dress, caused him to stop. Then he laughed pleasantly, and resuming his usual manner, said, ' Excuse me, hut my mind, just now, is so occupied with affairs very important to nie that I'm afraid my attention sometimes wanders. You are very kind to offer me lialf of your room. I accept with many thanks.' And we passed into the tavern, where a good supper was awaiting us. " There were no other guests at the table. 'All gone to the wedding,' the landlord said. . , , " We did not regret in the least having the house to ourselves, and supper being concluded, we went to the wide front porcli. where we spent the evening in pleasant talk. " I gave my companion a sketch of my life for the past three or four years. He reciprocated by telling me aliout his family—his wife, and tiis lovely daugh ter, who was very dear to him. " * She is a good girl, and a very pretty girl, too; everybody say so. Stay—l've FHKD. KURTZ, Kilitor ,tiit 1 Proprietor. VOLUME XII. ItPi miniature in tn> carpet-bag. ttml my wife's too. I'll show UiPttt U \ott.' " lla nw finm bin scat. when n *ud ; den thought MVIIUHI to strike hint, and ! In" resumed his i li.iti', saying, * U.l tor gottcn. I'lipy h;t\< taken 'my enrpcl-liag iiji stair* to tit,- room. You ran -<. them at iHsltiuio. " Atx>u! elevi tt, at- rwi to go to our room My isimpatiion preceded nte. I sought the landlord to ask that i-i . ,i lie called at half-past four, so that I might litis, ami hrmkfoM at tuy > isure. before taking the eoaeh again " 1 lingered, chatting, lor ten minutes or s,> with * mine host.' When at 1-.-l I entered the l>e<Lchamhci. 1 foumi my room-iunto had maile gisxl tte of his time, anil was already iu bed, with tin coverlet drawn up to hi* very ears, as if it had Us n IKuntU-r instead ot dun* Making no cuntnient, however, I w..- s*x>n occupying the see md couch. w hielt stood itt a recess in the inner extremity of the room, on one side of the great fin ' plaee. " I did not sleep well. I had a teasing dream, whieit ns urred again and again. It sis-uted to nti that some one was mov ing aUuit the room with eyes ti\isl on me. Onee 1 thought this figure ap projtehial my bed. and a hand touohed me. "I rtusai with a start. Wlu-n my eyes Uvatue ae,-ustotned to the darkness, I saw the old gentleman looking out of the window hy his bedside. "He said he had Usui disturUsi, and he supines,-,! the wedding guests were just returning, liav voices outside, pres ently follow,si hy footstep# ascending the stairs, and mutual good-nights e\- ehangisl, comthotjaled this cotyeeture. "Ss'ti all U-came quiet, ami 1 again fell as',-, p. and was again disturbed. This tint, I was sure that there were stealthy f,s't creeping around the room, an,l that a hoarse voice was muttering. 1 listened, and distinetiy heard the words. • The w ill of Fate." 1 called out: " Who is there?" "Noai.swer followed. The mutter ing ceased. 1 heart! the feet ens-ping away toward the other bod. 1 could not stand the suspense, and sprang up and iigliti-il the candle in an instant. " Tie re was no person in the room hut the old gentleman, who was sitting up in l>ed. looking startled. " ' Hid you hear that noise? Were you walking about?" I asked. "'Walking aliout?'' he replied. 'I am only just this moment awake. I bean) you call out, and I roused to see what w as the matter.' "' I'm sun- 1 heard footstep* and voiees. too, in this room!' " • Yoiet sin the room! You're surely mistaken.' "" /'m u<i mistak--n!' I repeated, ti -ti lv. "Whv. I could even distinguish wonls. Something was said about the " will of Fate."' " He laughed eonfuscilly a- he replied, 'l'm afraid I've his n talking in my sleep again. My friends -a* I'm ad dicted to that bad habit, :uni I suppose I say all spurts of things. 1 think it is very likeW you heanl me; and as to the fin tst ps. perhaps our friends next door have been n-sth-ss.' "I listened, but could hear no sound. " This explanation did not satisfy me. I looked at my watch. It w:is iu>t two o'clock. "'lt is very strange, but those steps wen- in this mom.' 1 said. 'I will let tin- candle burn for the m*t of the night. It w ill be daylight, now. in an hour and a half, and I, for one, sliail bo glad to see it. If I believed in ghosts, 1 should think this room was haunted.' 1 lay down again, determined, if possible, not to go to sleep. "The noises were not repeatid. Si lence pervaded the house, unbroken, except by the breathing of the old gen tleman. who, it was evident, was now sleeping soundly. He was not fright eneit; that was.certain. " 1 mused on these things for sotii" time. Those strange words, 'the will of fate," what did they mean 5 Just then it occurred tome that my fellow-passen ger had used such an expression the evening before, when 1 first offered to share my room with him. ' Hemust have been bilking in his sleep, after all. I'm a fool to think so much about it.' " I tossed and tumbled, and again consulted tnv watch. Only twenty minutes of three! Oh, that morning would come! 1 " I glanced across the room, and fan cied for an instant that 1 saw my com panion's eyes wide o|>en. watching me; but when I sat up in bed to satisfy my self uhout it. lie seemed to lo stfUnd asleep. " Ily this time. I began to l>e ashamed of myself. Tin- house was so quiet it seemed absurd to be keeping vigil. Nature lteg.an to a—ert her claims, too, and settling back on my pillow again, 1 pn-sently lost consciousness. w "When I awoke again, it was broad daylight. My fellow-traveler was al ready dressed. and stood with his back to me by the open window near the dressing-table. I was about to say, • Good morning." when I heard him mutter to himself— " ' It's tin- will of fate. There's no re sisting it. I call on you all to witness ' —extending one hand, as if appealing to an assembled company—'l am only an unthinking agent in this matter. His blood le on fate's head, not mine. I've enlisted in her serviee, and I'm bound to obey orders.' "Filled with a vague alarm, I started into a sitting posture, the better to catch the import of his words. At thai mo ment he turned gazed at i< an instant, then advanced toward me. There was a pistol in his hand. " He approached with the pistol lev eled at me. his c\cs hurtling like coals of fire. Otherwise his manner was quiet, ami his voice low and muffled. "'Come, sir, 1 he said, shortly,'pre pare fur death! Fate, whom I serve, commands me to siay you at the ri-ing of the sun. You have just five minutes in whitl to make your peace with Heaven ; then you mu.-t die!' "Th< j istol was what was then called a 'pepper-box,' the prototype of the whole modern arsenal of revolving weapons. As he held it toward me, I could distinctly see the balls at the end of the chambers; and I realized that tin man who held the weapon of death was a maniac. If I made the least movement toward the door, my young life would lie the forfeit. "Whatshould I do?" "Like a flash of light came tip thought: 'The landlord will be coming presently to rouse you Try to keep your wits about you, and gain a little time.' 'Are you praying?"said the mad- "' I'm thinking,' I replied, as quietly as I could, fixing my ey<-s upon his livip countenance, 'that is very harsh treat ment to off'-r a man who lias done nothing worse to you than to give you a share of his room.' "Can't help it, sir; must obey orders.' ♦"Do you know,' I said, trying to control my voice, 'that you'vv di-oeived me? You didn't tell me, yesterday, aliout your being an agent of Fate, or I should have been Ix-lter prepared; hut you allowed me to believe you to Is- a gentleman, traveling on ordinary busi ness or for pleasure; so I offered you a lied in my room; and in Return, you take my life! To say the least, you have not behaved like a gentleman. "He looked a little trouhied. 'De ceived is astrong word, sir,' he began. "'I can call it nothing else,' I re turned, still speakiug as quietly as I could; and what is more, sir, tvhen a man deceives nie about one thing, I'n very apt to distrust any other statement lie may make to nie. I doubt, now, whether you were ever in the East at all; I doubt whether you were ever mar ried ; I doubt if you have a daughter. Why, I remember how you said, last evening, you'd show me her miniature; hut you didn't produce it. I don't Ik-- lieve now you've such a thing in your possession.' THE CENTRE REPORTER. "'I have' I s\, ear I have it herein IUV eat oet-bag hi said, letting hi* hand tt ltieh held tlt e revolver fall to his side in his eartiestiii-vs "'Well.' said 1, nonchalantly. 'l'll U-licve you when 1 .. the picture, not U-lore " He laid the pistol down on the foot of my Ual, and sin ale acros- the ruotu. You MAT believe 1 loet BO time la M curing the weapon. "Jlist tin-It fiHitstejis sounded in the p.-vs-ige outside. "I he landlord tt as coming at last. 1 sprang to the door, and (minted the pistol at Illy late would hc i \ivutioner, \t ho had turned, and was I,Hiking at It is empty hands in eon sternal ion " ' You stir attother -tep, 1 I erietl, 'it tt i',l Is- your last st.-p"' " 1 then otM-tnsi the door and admitted the astonished liost. who looked j•• -r --fcotly aghast as 1 tried to explain to him w hat had otvurrod. I was excited al most to frenr.v, while my companion, well-dressed, I'latid and SI-If- (Hisses.se,l, express,-,t the greatest ama/.eut, tit at my story, which he den its! in every particu lar. ii " 'Just look at his ap|n arnnre,' lie ' •• iill. 'Contrast his manner with mine, d and toll mi' win. h f - looks like tin' madman. Ymi In ml liitn just - now. landlord, threaten to shoot mo. I 110 lias til.* pistol in his hand now. 1* >f i< likely that, if it In-longed to un-, I would give it into his possession? nu ll man i- perfectly insane— has hoon act o im; lik<- a lunatic ovor since ho awakened i- this morning.' 0 ""At tilt- unexpected turn of affair*. - 1 w:is vi itonidu-Msl that, in an excited manner. I endeavortd to show tin- de ii .fit of tin- follow, moving tin-pistol in [. my excited gesticulations, e ""lleip, help! Murder, murder!' i. screamed the man. in apparent terror. ""Help, help' Murder, murder!' e I echoed the wretched landlord. who elutcheil at the Other's arm. and dragged him toward the disir, vociferating, - "Help!' There's a cr-a/y man up stairs" g ; "I don't know how 1 should hav- con -1 vin.fd the landlord of my sanity if mi ll expected help had not arrived soon after, in the -ha|K' of two stout. ImrTy t trom an insane asylum in Philadelphia, p who pounced at once upon the old gen tleman as their legitimate property, and LI handcuffed hint in the tw ink ing of an ; eye. 1 ""They had most opportuin'v arrival 1 hy the mail-coach during the altercation •• up stairs. It s.vmed that the old gentleman had 1 formerly been an actor (I could well bo -1 lieve it), hut was pos-. ss<xl with a lionii y eilla] mania, and had lw-n pronounet-il iticurah.e. As soon as his :tjo- front - the asylum was disi-oven-d, it at one** i occurred to thekeejw-rs to inijuirv for him e at the different coach offices in the city. "No su.h person Wing Iwokcd as a . passenger, tltcy w.-rc thrown off the y track, and were searching the city and - its environs, when they were put upon I the right track hv a countryman who s ; had svn him waiting on the roadside to e take the stage. r "They had just time to send off two men by the mail-coach, which left Phil adelphia at ten. and which arrived at I the inn just in time to rescue me from a distressing dilemma. " How the maniac obtained possession of a loiulol if volver they could not eon* jeeture, and lie obstinately refused to | tell. " However. a> you may imagine, I did not eoneern myself a givat deal with that jUi-stion. I hurried <-n with my clothes. ' ate what breakfast I isiulif. and left the house by that blessed mail-coach at -i\ | o'clock, thankful enough that I w as able to pursue my journey uninjured.— Vtruth's Cutnp-inum. Seeing Slonewall Jackson. Mr. A. t'. Ri-dwood. in one i>f hi* "" Johnny Reh " in Srril'ttrr, gives this description <>f an incident within the t'onf'sh-rnlc lin-s. He-ays: Itww the cni ol nblwk November day; the tires of railway tics, extending in a long line either wav a* far as the eye could follow, made -till more neutral by contrast with tle-ir ruddy light the dun-gray fields of .stubble, and the woods in which the gorgeous panoply of tin ••sirlier season was paling into russet and ashy tones. The work was over :unl we were waiting with ->me impatience for the ordtT to take uj> the line of march hack to camp; for the e\ ening air struck ehillv through our threadbare and tat tered jackets, and we had eaten nothing since early morning. Moreover, a wild rumor had spread abroad that an is-ut of fresh pork awaited our return, and though the long habit of ex^sa-tingnoth ing good until it rani" secured us against any serious disappointment, then- were not wanting t nder UP mori< S of "short" biscuit to raise our antici pations higher than we eared to own. Thus preoccupied, we are fain to refer a distant cheering further down the line to tidings of the coming rations, and we gather bv the roadside in order to get oil the more promptly when our turn shall arrive. The sound grows more and more distinct every moment, and now, far down tlte road some moving ohjbct can just be discerned in a cloud of dust which travels rapidly our way. Nearer and nearer it <•< ne-s; louder and more enthusiastic ring the shouts, and now we make out in the dust the "figure of a single horseman, with a clump ot others trailing off into obscurity behind iiim—Jackson is coming! A moment more and he is here, going at almost top speed; his hat is off; his hair blown hack from his broad white forehead; his eyes dancing and hi* cheeks aglow with excitement and the rush of kis-n air. And now the cheers grow deafen ing and nigged hats are swung more wildly still as the men of the Foot Cavalry recognize their lender. The cavalcade passes like a whirlwind and disappiitrs in the dust up the road, cheered to the very last lagging courier of the escort—for we were in good humor now with ourselves and all the world. And as we step briskly <dit upon our homeward march, the air feels fresti and invigorating, and the miles seem shorter than they were in tie morning; even the beloved biscuit is of minor consequence, and the promised |sirk pales beside the thought which tills us—that we have seen Jackson! And we got the pork besides ! Camels in triznna. Runic two years since n of enmels WHS driven to Yum .a county, Arizona, with tin- intent to render them scrvicahle in the Territory us beasts of burden. Ai the expectation funned of them was not realiwni, they were turned louse by their owners to roam eastward along the (lil.a river at their own ruminating will. They appear to have enjoyed tle ir liberty, and to liave profited by it. Nut only have they thriven as though they had been in their native Africa, but they have bred liberally, and si-ein to have Ix-come do mesticated to tiie region. It is thought that the new generation of camels will be thoroughly acclimated, and used to the alkaline waters peculiar to that section. The waterless desert of Ronora, to the soutli and southeast of Yuma county, contains vast deposits of salt, sulphur, borax and soda, with immense mineral ores in the mountains. These camels may yet be employed to advantage in transporting those products, for they can go without water as neither horses nor mules can. As is well known, the inside of their second stomach and of a portion of their first stomach is lined with cells in which water is stored up anil retained, enabling them to endure long drought. It would he singular if the rejected and wandering camels should yet be found to be the best means of developing the re sources of Ronora and much of the coun try roundabout. Nevertheless, it would he only one of many instances in which apparent accident has succeeded where design has failed. The increase of the population of the United States is 1,000,000 a year, CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 18711. ills it i: \KT UN ii i N it it, in MM:. Tllr Mugtilai 111 |# Im r Mlc lb I 111 * • lio.l) . The tdiysleians of Nivv Yolk ate Very deeply interested in the iri.vtmenl of a man tt lion- heart has in some way been shifted from it- natui ai plaee to his t iglit -iile, ami lias beeii doing ilitti in an in ad. (Uate fashion in ilii- novel location for two yeiUW past. Tliepatn nt i- 1-a lluopti \\ arforii, a native ot West Troy, who was toreial to give up hi> piHce as casbier in French' Hotel two year* ago on account ol his tualaiiy His first seizure, and the lir-t *oriou* Illness of his life, began early in the wintet ot 1W77. lie eonltaeted a very set-re ixi.d, whieit I-allied nt edit a. skill, ar.d must have h.-.-n pleuritic. The cold -.an itsioume tvith great violcitee, and the plivsiciaiisagreed that the patient was well advanced in the first stage of rapid innsuuiplion. Late in th, spring of If" Wailoru had IHVOUIC cntaetati.T to a skeh-ton, and so weak that he was -< lit home to die. In West Troy lie put himself under the cafe of a phtsictati. tt ho was at a loss to account for tin absence of some of the most characteristic symptoms ot con sumption, and made a thorough sound ing of the chest of his patient. il< soon found that the left lung was s,i withered that it performed no function whalt-vcr, hut, singular to say. he could find n>> disease tlierein to ai count lor it- vnutol or atrophied stab 11 ais dumtifound cd when, . xtvtidiug Iris au.s.-ultalioii to the right side, lie found tin heart of his patient (anting there quite regularly, ami with all the strength that was to be expected in J. person weak as he was. Warford liitn>il :i ignorant of th location of his life-pump, lie was of such robust oiinsiilullon that hi- atten tion had not le. n called t> it ('.v any morbid symptom, hut In n In had i-t felt for it he found it in its right place. This was proof enough that the displace m>-tit had ixs-n forvililc, and not congeni tal. S.i the tloctor et about finding the Dr-.p-y of the thornv sometime- prt. tltn di-plaeem> nt of that organ, but n<> rt-eonietl case told of any such ntdical change of location. Many of the most eharacteri-tic -vmpbtma of dropav w-re wauling. I >ul pii\ *u*i:ui* in finali> agreed thai VN arford 1 - *1 isense was dru|o, and kKninl the spot wht!' the ilrop-icni < (fusion was |K)Ur>il into tlif thoracic cavilv Hut \V arford wm -•> far gone that tin \ did not think he could Is-ar the knife, ("nexpevh rallied, and oiiv tlav they forti!i<-d him with brandy and began to oiierate. The pri mary incision. nU.ut light inches mwi the spine, betwt-cn the tifth and sixth ribj of the left side, fortunate!) struck the vi-rv center of the diseased prtitin. Through a rubltcr title-. in live minutes, in nrlv a gallon i>f purulent s< rus matter WHi umwn off. For a month after thi- W .arford improve*]. hut then lie Is-ganto -ink again. >ix Hiiki after the tir-i tapping the operation was repealed. and seven pint* of matter were removed. Then liis improvement wns so rapid that for the tirsi time his tdi) i> ians liegan to think of permanent:) curing him. 11• has now been tapped si* tiim-s. and thirty-nine pints of the dropsical matter have been drawn off. The last tapping was done three months ago, ami his phssieians hope that another will not tueilwl for tlins- months toeoim . The patient is - . mi: h la tter that lie has re turned to Ni vv Vol k. and is about to en gage in active business again. Wbenex ■ r it -hall tas-ome noiicar) to pump him out again, his ph)sieians intend to try to introduei active inflammation in th< diseased part, hoping thereby to run- it radically. There is no active di-iasc in the atrophied lung, wliieli <- vh: i-it- s,.m. signs of returning ai-tivitv Should it tavoiue inflated again ami go to work, they hope that the heart may be induced to return to its normal place. The only recorded case at all similar was ti.-erU d in tin Ungli-li medical journals a short time ago. The patient in that case was a contortionist who mamigisl to displace the organ once too often, liis natural constitution was in h rior to W arford'.*. and he died. A Be murk able Man. On of tin most remarkable men alive, says the London .Suriduy 7Vfu >, has been added to the roll of tin iiiber- of Parlia nn ntl Ivy tin i le< linn of Colonel O'lior luan Mason for the county Clare. It i doubtful whether, outside the record of Mum liau-' n or hi- many ri\ als. tin re i to In- tnuaai a mon- extnvordinnrv ejuv- r than that ol the gallant patriarch wim ha- r■sunns! hi- s<-at in the Imnerial Iy-gislature after a twenty years' inter val of absence from it. But it i- a longer time than that since the colonel entered Parliament. He was ciivti d in I*3o hy the ixinstitueney vvliieh adopted him again after nearly tifty ywtrs. In tin interim the colonel ha amused himself with other than political pursuit*. IB lias fought eightis-n dilei*, in six of which he was wounded bv the enemy's tin', in seven of which he pinki-d his man. and in live of which honor was satisfied without hurt to either principal. Hi- affairs of honor wen- but trivial epi sodes in the strangely varied and adven turous career of tin- member for Clare. lb- began public life in l*"i> over half a century ago—as one of that " Fighting Brigade'' whose dutv and delight it was to support at fifteen pai es or -o whatever Nlr. 1 funic 1 < >'( 'onm il said of a iMilitienl or personal antagonist. Then lie went into Parliament. The turn of time found him a journalist in Pari-, where, had he been e<mtemporary vvitli the fire-eating Paul lie t assagnac. (.reek would asur<slly have met (Iris-k. Then lie plnngtsl into tinance and polities, and disportisl in the troubled waters of liotli. Having skimmed the cream of Old World excitement*, lie set out like a knight i /ant in quest of freh exploit*. His search met with more sui-ce-s than falls to t' e lot of the crowd. Joining the Peruvian army, lie rose to the rank of commander-in-chief. There was a question of appointing him President of the Republic, but he evaded the jwrilou eminence by throwing up liis exalted post in a fit of < mini, and passing into the naval service of Chili, tin- ncighlior ing State. The ex-Generalissimo of the Peruvian land force* actually Im-chiiic Isiril High Admiral of tile Chilian Ibs-t— --such tut it was. A Woman's Horrible Deed. A private letter from Col. T. ll.Bring hurst, dated nt I'arral, Mexico, and ad dressed to an Indiana paper gives the following narration: week, in ('liihualiua, a woman went into a shoe maker's shop in front of his dwelling, and measured for a pair of shoes. The son of Crispin said to tin'woman: " You have a pretty foot." "l>o you think so?" said she. lie replied: "Yes. That is the prettiest foot in Mexico." The woman was to come back next day and leave #l, when the shoes were to lie commenced, i he shoemaker's wife, hwr ing all. said nothing. The next day the shoemaker was out when the woman with the pretty foot called according to agreement, and the wifegot her into the hack room and stabbed Iter to death. The wife then cut a steak out of the dead woman's leg, and packed the body un der the bed. The shoemaker came home and ate his dinner. The wile asked him how lie liked the meat. lie answered that it was the best lie had ever eaten " The wife (hen told him lie had eaten a part of "the prettiest leg in Mexico." lie asked her what she meant? She showed him the body under the bed, and made a dash at him with a knife, hut lie escaped and ran to the l'alacio and told the judge what had happened. The judge summoned a guard of soldiers and went to the house, lie asked the wife if she had committed the murder, and when she answered yes, and attempted to justify the act, he ordered her to lie shot on the spot by the soldiers, ami his orders were promptly obeyed. Alxitit Siilfni allon. Tin following fact* in relation to tin case with wliioii the stiUm-atiou of a person can (H- I llei t. d uml. r is-rtaln colt 1 ditioiis. w Inch wen i.-iut. d to a reporter of the h.'rt tuny l\>\l by one of the most I lllillellt sUI u-eons in N-w Yolk eitvor county, will l- read with interiwt. Tlti* gentleiiiHii said, in speaking ol the ninr dtf ot Mi- lliiil As stH.n as you begin to lose ally ot the vital elements ol life, you h> gin to lose strength, ami oxygen (lite life-giving element in the air) is what purifies the blood, and giv-s it power of siistaittitig our life; the mo ment that hy any means you are de priv >1 of a h> -h supply of air you la-gin to lose strength Thus the moment that < cotton or clothing or anything similar is placed over the no-e or mouth the (-r --son iiuniediatelv i gins tu los. strength. 1 lie question how long will a p" Is. ill li - tain coiiseiousm is after lh>-Mt|q>ly of air is cut off ilejH-nds entirely U|>nthe facta; whether the supply of air i- entirely or partly cut off. Ifa little air t admitted that will en ate some vitality and will promote the jM.--ibility of the (icrson's struggling. If by struggling the person succeed* in getting more air the strength is eor respoiidiiigly in.-r. a-. .1. Thus the ta-r- - s,,|i may g> l the Is-tter of lh>- WoUld*lie i inurilerer. Hut when thee v.-lushat of the i air i> perfect th< n the time of conscious- | ne-- ia-ts only while the (tenting of the j heart circulates w hat good blood there is niriit.ly in the body alxiut the body, j I'he heart l*-at -<-v >tit \-t Wo tittles a! minute, and it w til take hut a f.-- ottds to use up the good blood. When We inhale, tile air comer, in eolltnet with the blue (had(blood, oxygi nixes it—that is, (lilts oxygen into it, makes it rial and good and capable of su-taining nur life. I his r. <i 111.tod the In ait for.-. - throflgh the v . in- and ov -r the IHMIV . U hen w>• . \hale We breathe out, the e.'ll lHill unit. - j with the oxygen to form carbonic acid, which ha* l- ti cljminat<-d from tin- III.MMI. Hy each restoration we take in ; life, and s-tni out the destroyer of life which is all th< time forming inside of us. As tin- IIUKHI circulate* through ■ the Imdy it Isaanues carboniaeil, and when it mis-is fr.--h e-v\ g.-n it giv- off its . irls.tt or poison. Winn the supply of air .s cut off ail the blood Ihhs>uicS carltoninsl. carlmnit- aejd is formed, the heart keeps on pumping the hiood and • arUinic acid from the In-art into the lo ad and about the brain. Cariamic arid is the lsi kind of a sedative and net- as a narcotic. Stupefaction similar to drainki-nne* is produced. It i-iu-t as if the person were put to sleep. The arteries become i>v crhunli d and congest • ed. congestion of the brain is created nnd tranquil death results. ttnri- I was inilis! to the home of one of the iuit reputable la!i<-s in the eoun trv. I found In r dead, 1) ing on a sofa. Toe s. rv ant girl had come into In-r room early in tin- morning to make the lire. When the girl w.-nt out the lady.just lre-ss|. threw herself down on tin sofa and uii kni up the morning news paper Tin lady .did not appear at the breakfast table, and at a!*>ui ten o'clock they went up stairs to her room to *<-e what wa tin matter. She lay on the sofa apparently asleep. The newspaper was in in-r lap, ami om hand lay upon it, tin- other arm rested gra i ftilly ov.r the back of the s,ifa. There was no <\- priwsion of pain on In-r face. I|i-r po-i --tion on the sofa was perfect!) naturai. There wen no sign- of a struge'e, but she was dead, Vpon examination 1 discovered that her falsi t.cth hail dropjMs! hack am! i 1> ,1 up the larynx -< as to cut off tin slippy of : ,ir. Sin had fallen asles-p. the tvth iia! tlropp**! hark and site had diisi w iflioul a struggh*. Sin was a Larg. . strong, vigorou- wo iiian in p*od health. 1 t*-iiev thorongh -1) that -In- |ui*sd away w iilioiit any isiiiM-ioUsfii-s- o! tin fact that she was dying A in-iv>n who is :ts|.**p can be sniotliered by means of very iittlo fori a . A large strong wniuan < an Is *inoth< rnl by a weak giri if ail the air i promptly excluded, by covering tin- mouth am! nostriN If the woman i asli-ep ouite possildy then- would Is- no struggle at ail ami m> consciousness. llelN. When the great Wi stminst' r lil was liung in tin iii*ck-t'Wer of tin- new houses of Parliament, it w as det entitled to igmre the nickname of " Big lb a"— which -suiie wag hail sugge*tcd—and call it "St. Stephen." but the public stuck t<i tin- more familiar, if leys dijnii fied. appellation. Big Ben, • rachisl tln-llgll lie Is-, i* heard s over ls>ndo|| and known all over Kuropc. Indeed, we do not doubt that Ills name has had much to do with bis world-wide reputa tion. !!• can s, anejy U indebted for his celebrity to liis -ire alone, for when compared with tile great bell at Moscow liis niass i only a.- that of Mar- to Jupiter, the on* weighing IW.ttttQ pounds, the other Hit.out {munds. To i sun*, the Moscow lull was never hung, and to this day it stands in the center of a square, i lose to a spot when* it was originally east. Wi believe it is now used as a chapel! Moscow also I mast.- the -i "omi largi -t 1 m 11 in tin- world. St Ivan (127.UU0 (Miunils). hut this fell in I.VkV I'ekiti comes third with a l-il weighing pound-, and then — though at a huge interval—Paris, vy itli 3H.U10 pounds, tile WI iglft of till ln'll at Notre I tame. Big Ben stands fifth with hi- 30,<xi0 pounds. and after him the in w "Kaiser Kiocke" (i'I.OOO pounds), I ast for f'ologneeathislral. And now Ox lord liails with lier well-known "fin-at Tom." weighing 17,000 pounds, which t* a trifle heavier than tin* biggi -t ol the pope's Im-Hs it St. Peter's. The great hell of St. Paul's is much smaller, weighing only S.Otio pounds. l<ower than this we lo not care to go. The oldest bell is St. Patrick I *, now preserved at Ib'lfast, which is certainly "s* l y-ars, ami may Im -1.300 yesirs, old. "This is only six inches high. There is a large lell called the " Ilolv • Ihoat" in tin -{.ire of the Stras- Imrg cathedral, which is only rung hy the watelmian onthclookout tlierewhen lie lots cspiisl the outbreak of tvv o tin at ill the city at the same time. Bells are very ancient—they have t>ccn found among the remain* of Niuevah —but the modern service of house-bells, vvitli t li-ir wires and crank*, only became general toward the t-nd of the )a*t century. :unl this is already to a great extent *uper seded by the electric system. The dust man's bell and the letter-carrier'* bell are things of the past, and—except at St nit ford-on-Avon —tin* curfew is heard m> more, la many house* even the dinner-hell i* supplanted by the gong.— f/omlon ISvir, Advice to a Young Man. Young man, when you see anything you want, ask for it lib- a man. if you want to borrow live dollars of a man, or if you only want to marry bis daughter, don't sidle up to him and hang on to your hat and talk polities and religion and weather and tell old. stale jokes whereof you can't remember the point, until you worry the old man into a nervous irritation. (Jo at him with a full head of steam on and your bow ports open, like an iron-clad pulling for a shore battery. Snort and paw and shake your bead if you feel like it, no matter if it docs make him look aston ished. I letter astonish him than bore him. (Jo into his heart or his pockot book, or both, it amounts to the same thing, like a brindle hull with a curl in bis forehead, charging a red merino dress, eyes on fin*, tail up and the dust a-llying. Then you'll fetch him. Or, possibly, he may fetch u. But never mind; you'll accomplish something and show you aren't afraid to speak what s on your mind. And that's a great deal more titan you would accomplish by the other method. You needn't be cheeky, but you ought to he straightforward.— Jlurlitu/tun Hatokeyt . When children get a few cents they generally spend them for e&y. When they get, older they learn to save their money to buy a § of 1&. PAKM, HAItHKN AM> HUI'HKNOLD. < .rriH I nllnit. Tin carrot prefer* a light, sandy loam of medium fertility. A glial coat of manure, applied in tin* soil tin* tirttloiw year, wiii prove of advantage; but il it liiulitlix-d lilt- NUlir HMUMIII it idiould be witli guano after the crop i uj. As A HAUION t inn*. F<>r garden cul ture tio* t*ailit*t uru|> should i** .own a* ito!| a,. tin* ground I. lit to work. lali' crop* for w inter uc ran l> town any J lion Im fmi tin' iiiitltiit' of June. lln j S. I(1 sliuulit lie soiikul a couple of day* | in water; ami iuiiunlinbilj *ftrrw*i*il mitt >t w itli a •mall quantity of a*he or I piaster. Tlli* W'ill |HVTf|tt Uir scvd from adhering logctliir and it can then la -own in on* evenly. Sow in row. AAon | inches apart and cover the seed with | :iloUt liaif an inch of toil, l-alcr, tin* young plant* should IM* thinned to throe !ii*h<*s apart in tin* row. Cultivate diligently, and remove all w -itl* from tin* rows. The nurut rrou i one of thorn- crops thai ar<- irrcviaably dam aged if tin* weeds are allowed to get the start. The Karly Horn ami Atriugham 1 are among the lest varieties for rooking i purposes. For winter us*, carrots are most i t in\eniently kept in a cellar, i parked ill dry sand. As a FII;I.II I'linp.-Hut tin* carrot is 'more extensively cultivated as a field crop for food for rattle and horse* F'or ! tin- pun.•-<- tin- Ismg Orange and large White Belgian are the best, in et"l j soil these may attain a size of twelve ' inches long and lime im ln s thick, and give a vield ufftoin l.'.tsi to 1.400 bush els to the acre. The land, which thouhg , liglit must not suffer from lark of mois ture. should 'n* thoroughly pulverized ; by deep plowing ami rciMiatcd harrow j ing. S.-i.k the seed ami mix it with s asites or plaster as Is-fore, and sow it from tin* middle of May to the first ol dune, in rows two f<-ct apart with a -red-drill, taking care that it does not ••login the hopper. I Im* the crop as soon as the rows rail t- wen. and when a collide of inches high, the plants should . i* thinned to six or seven inches apart. Vft*r this, the horse-cultivator should go through tin* t<lat at least once a lort night. as long as the crop is growing. In the fall, when the roots an* taken Up, they should i><* allowed to dry* ill tile sUli for a couple ol days after the tops an- rut off, before they an* put up for winter i use. Hiey may is* strod in a cellar, out-of-doors, or in pits, like potatoes and turnips, but having a greater tendency to decay than these, when put together ill large quantities, they should Is* plonsi iu siiiail leaps only. A crop ol carrot* is souiewiiat more • xpensh . to raise tlian a crop of turnip-, but for wintiT and spring feed. hotli for hor<* and cattle, they an* said to IM* Is-ticr than any other root crop. Fed in moderate <juatilitii-, they strengthen tlie dige-tive organs of tlie animals and help to iifr-tmilatr other ftasl eaten in nmme* tion witli them. HxtM*rieneed dairvmcn have maintained that carrots. fl Ui milch cows, not only increase the flow of milk, hut that they impart a flavor to the milk similar to that from gr**n pas turage. and tlint the butler from row* ftsl on tiie Orange varieties ajiiin*s a color like summer hutler. Tin* follow ing analysis gives the composition of earn its: Water . 87 5 Albumen sail msein. 06 Sagur 5 4 Fat 12 (iuin 10 \V,*lv ftturr 3.3 Ah ... 1.0 100.00 /funis .Vise Yorker. llonr>iup (sardrnltttf. A naiiy -.-rious effort i- is-ing made to est ihiish hoii-' tsui gardening in our dtv, -ay- a New York letter. All the sanitary objections wliieli have la-en mule lv il at one tim< or aiiotiea have Is en ea-i y waved aside hy our -kililul inventors in styles of nailing. Having -•s*n these blossoming upper surfae<*s :u*i:nigi d its Kuro|M* with many pleasant cotisequenei -. .t i* impossible not to l<sk forward to the jHissihility* of their general us- - with eagerness. It i- pro posed to have one cart of tie* roof gla-scd over, and the other part eoveml with a win* netting to keep the mischiev ous sparrow from d-spoiling ih<* t*nder vegetation, and also to pnvenl ali<s-db** i<>ot from treading upon nutiung at all over the eaves. A summer" evening, with <*a-y garden chairs. tea-trays, with glasses and unnientionahle delicacies of < ooiing liquids standing in roadinis*.- Upon tlmni, are said to In- as certain a intiry aw aiting the future New Yorker a- i- a new lissili once a month or u Black Friday once in a dozen yi*ars. <if course, the ganien summit to a home will protect scuttles down which tin* burglar lately finds an easy and un -1 disturbed opportunity to enter a house. Ineredihle as it may appear, in our own bloek nine huge trunks were lifted up tlirough this tiers—sary aperture t< a neighboring roof, when* every article of value iu a whole family wardrobe for summer u-*- was removed unnoticed and carried awav. nobody !>** yet learnisi where, and the trunks u.i*. • selves were Iclt to be returned to the attic, to In* again refiihxi with costly marketable lineries for futun* riKif burglars. A Krll.hfor I mill Slark. The importance of an oeeaaion.nl relish of -alt and wood ashes for all kinds of stock, say- the X< w York World, cannot | M . too highly appreciated. The most convenient form in which these materials are offered, according to fnsiers of wide experience, i in a solid tuns*, wliieli ad mits of diligent licking on the part of i the animal without ptining more of the mixture than is desirable. In order to mix these ingredients so that a solid mas may be formed, take salt and pure wood .•ishes in the proportion of pound fit wound, with water sufficient to I wild th . mixture together. To preserve the mi \ t ure iu a solid state place it in trough ..r boxes sheltenxl sufficiently to keep ratnand snow from reaching it and eon verting it into an alkaline pickle. These trough- with their tempting contents prove efficient as baits ff>r alluring ani mals. turned out on long runs during the day. home at night. When cattle chew leather. wo.Mi and old 1 sines, remember that it indicates a lack of phosphate of lime in their IIMMI, which is required lo mmlv boua m i tcriai. A teaspoonftll of none meal given daily with their grain will correct the habit and sutmlv the deficiency which induces it. If the disposition to eat Isitie- is Indulged in when cows an on gra-s. the deficiency evidently exists in the soil, and the pasture will he greatly licnelitcd hy a top dressing of Uine dust. Two or three hundred pounds to the ;u*re, sown broadcast, will repay attending expenses in a better I yield and quality of milk and butter. IMVM In Cookery. An F.nglish writer. s|*aking of the culinary uses for leaves, says that one of the most useful and harmless of all leaves for flavoring is that of the com mon syringa. W lien cucumbers an -1 scarce t lic-e an- a jn-rfiict substitute in salads, where that flavor is desired, i Again the young leaves of the eueuniln'r itself have a wonderful similarity in taste to that fruit. Carrot tops may be used, and a prodigious waste is suffered in not using the external leaves and iilanelied fiMitstnlks of the ix-lery plant, j The young leaves of the gooseberry added to bottled fruit give a fresher flavor and a gri-ern-r color to pies and ; tarts. The leaves of the flowering cur rant give a sort of intermediate flavor iietwiH-n hlaek currants and red. Orange, i citron and lemon leaves impart a flavor -1 ing equal to that of the fruit and rind combined, and somewhat different from iwith. A few leaves added to pies, or boiled in the milk, used to bake with rice, or formed into crusts oi paste, im part an admirable "bouquet." An infu sion can Is- made of either the green or dry leaves, and a tea or tablespoonful TKRMH: $2.00 a Year, in Advance. tiiw-,1 I'eaih 1,-avi-* give the flavor of bitter almond*. Hull liln* Ti. During warm weather Un* mulching of young tree* i* a decided adxaiitagr to their growth, particularly the firal sea son after planting. Many young ln*ai ltave, after jdunting. startcti out well, and as vein as the warm dry M-aaon eutitc, withered up atid did, wherea* if tin y had le-en mub hed they would ltave prosjM-Mxl finely. Mulching is done hy plai-fng a layer of coarse manure frm three to six 1 ncbea deep, extending on* or two feat further in each direction than the root*. Till* protect*the earth atmut tin- riMt ngaitist drying or baking with wind and sun, retain* to it tin- requisite moisture and oiiviaUw all is-i-aaioo for a lirai-ti,-*- generally of injurious effivt*— tint watering of newly-planted tm*. In ra*,* it i* not convenient to get manure, cut down grass, w,l, etc., and put aUiut the tree*, tdaeitig fiat stones or Ismrds on top Uigeep it fnutu blowing aw ay.—ALrrfiwyr. Word* of Wisdom. The freer you f-el yourself in the pretunee <f another, the more is he. Tin way to gain a gisa! reputation is to endeavor to Is- what you de*tn- to ap (war. Men nwtnble the g<*is in nothing *o much as in doing good to their feuow i-rv-at ur*s. Few p<-rsous have sufficient wisdom to prefer i ensure, which is useful to tliern, to (iraise, w ltieh ila- ivm them. None are so sclihtm fount) alone and rv m> s.ion tir.ai of tlieir own cmi|>any a* those eoxcomh* w ho are on the Im*l terms with tfecwsclvu*. VoiIMVT. Have more tluut Utou sin> est. >pmk less titan ttiou k uowwl, I turl less Uuut Ihuu olsnal. It is with antiquity as with ancestry: nation* are proud of the tme. and in dividual* of the other. Hut if they ar# nothing in themselves, that which i* their pride ought to tie Uteir humiliation. When wt- are young we are slavishly employed in proeuring something wlven-- hy we may live .-oiufeirtahly wlu-n we grow old; and w hen wt- are oid we per ceive it is UHI late to live aa we pro ptaMxl. A pliysieian is mit angry at the in tent peranee of a mat! tmtient, nor tits-* In take it ill to IM- railed at by a man in a fever. Ju! so shottid a wise man treat ail mankiml as a phykieian t)t*- hi* patient, and Itmk U|M>II tliem only AS siek and extravagant. Ask the man of adversity htiw her melt a<-t Uiwartl him; ask those tuner* how he acts to wart I then. Adversity ia the tru<- touchstone of merit in Imth; happy if it thaw not produce the ilia hoti<-*t y ttf mtxutn.-s* in one, and Hi at ir —>lve- and pride in the other. '1 be most agroemlue of ail companions i a simple, frank man. without any high pretensions to an oppressive great noa; one who iov<w life and understand* the us'- of it: obliging alike at all hours; alxive all, of a golden temper and *tcmd fast as an anchor. For such iu one we gladly exchange the great**t genius, the most lirillianl wit. the profoundest tlnnker. mum. IVlial is hniutv * Not the -bow lit -hajwlv litut-. •■! Irwturrw. No. Thtw- sir tmt flow rr# That have tknr <latl hones To howl He r Jtfr momentary sweels. then go. Tin the slainloMs KM! wiUnn 'lTail 'Kit-tones tin* bunst skin. Fveryldy is impatient for the time wiien he shall IM* his own master; and, it coming -tf age were to make one so. if years txtuid. iniloil. " nritig the philo -4'pliie mind/ it would rightly bo a day of rejoicing to a whole household and neighborhood, ltut UMI ofu*n In- who is im patient to ISNOPIC lii* own ina-U-r. when the outward cheeks are removed, merely becomes hi* own slave. Fxclting Scenes at a Ho'el Fir*. Some of the exciting scenes which t<Mik piaix* during tin* fatal fire at Hagerstown. Md.. an- described in the <-oiumns of the New York Hrrnhl: The fire broke out in the front part of the t\ .xshington Hot'-l undT tin* stairway <n tin- second fl*r. and when discovered it liail gain*d con-ideralde headway. A i*omniereiai traveler was first awakened hv the smoke and he gave the alarm. Mrs. Middlckauffand a servant girl were —* K *ii arou-ed from tln-ir IMXIS and they ran tlirough tin house kicking at the d<M>r of the slei ping-riMUi"- and crying " Fire*"' A-th<* n-w of the ixinflagra tion spread there was tin- gr*at*st exeiti-- mi*nt among the iniuatca, who rushed aluitit in ail directions to make tln-ir escape from the rapidly burning build ing. The front way of egress for those on the thin! and fourth floors had Ixx-n <*ut off hy the tin*, and those on the second floor found it dangerous to escape in that ilirts-tion. Mrs. Middh kauff did invaluable service in saving the lives of the inmat. s. Three limes she visited the Upper rt'iors. and was prevented at a dangerous moment from going on tin* fourth mis-ion. Slie also conducted the guests to the rear building of the liotel, when many made their i-scape down the stairway. Many others wen- not so fortunate. Some jumped from the win dows. sustaining imuries. and others were seriously burned in their efforts to p-t to the outside. Thomas Troxell wa- sporially warned of the fin*, hut he appeared to is- indifferent, showing no disposition to hurry when he received the news. A few hours after the fin- his IMHIV was found in a mangled condition and burned beyond recognition. The luniy lay among tin- rubbish of the stair way* of the ladies' entrance. Troxeli, who was in Hagerstown attending court, had evidently tried to make his escape hv the front way. S. 11. lKirscv. a young man. rest-tied Mrs. Patterson and child from the third floor at the peril of his life. The stair way was enveloped in flames, and he da-bed forward, n-eciving a nunilwr of burns about the head during his ascent. The woman and child were uninjured, their iw uer removing them from the building hy the back way. While the tire wa in progr***s a bundle of lied eiotliing was found in an alley adjoining the burning hotel. Investigation dis doaod a man who hail wrappi-d the clothing aliout him and jumped from one of the up)ier stories, lie was not seriously hurt. The Whirligig of Fortone. A striking instance of the vicissitudes of business life is exhibited in the follow ing story told by a Hoston paper: In a large retail dry goods house in this city are two persons who, a few years since, occupied very different positions. "One. a man over fifty years of age, is a salesman on a salary of less than one thousand dollars a year; the other, a young man of six-anil-twenty years of age, receives a salary of upward of twenty-five liun dred dollars- Five years ago. the sales man was a partner in a wholesale con cern that went into insolvency and out of existence, each •mrt tier of which was left without a dollar for the support ol ids family. The young man had occu pied a humble position in that concern, and one cold day lie allowed his dinner le p-t scorched while warming at the furnace in the basement. Sewn the smell of burnt meat went up into the i-ounting-rooni, which so exasperati-d our salesman that he rusluxl down stairs, and seizing the offender by the collar, brought lum up and ejected him from the store. Such seven* treatment made tin- lad feel rather "cut up," as he w-as tlii- principal support of an invalid mother. Not long afterward, however, he attracted the attention of his present employer, who engaged hint at a fair salary* wliieli he kept increasing until his present handsome position. 1 bus, front the ehanges and depressions of trade, the young man is up and the elder one is down. NUMBER 20. TIMKI.Y TOPICS. In many part* of Germany the road* ate lined along Ue entire distance witli row* of poplars, or of apple trws, the branches <f which latter mad beneath the weight of fruit. A flue of three fiiillins'* is the penalty for plucking the fruit, consequently it is permitted to ripen. and the owners of the i oiuiuanity reap the Itenefit of tlie foresigfit in plant ing shade tree* at once beauliftli and profitable. • hone- races were introduced into the Grecian gaui<* at* year* B. C.,and 1M year* later. or B. C. 4W. a no* called the '•(!ai)e," for mares only, wa* ai*o iulnalm-ed into tle-ii sport*. The dale of the introduction of racing in England is unknown in (lib country the first racing is lielieved U> have taken place alimt simultaneously in bulb Virginia and .Maryland, about the year 1750; but the first "race for a public slake wa* on lx>ng Island, in I*l*. against time, by a horse called " Boston Blue," lor f 1,000. Tin* value of 'aiifornia's pradurt* i* fivi-n in t In*'" figure* from the San rurkM Journal qf (blame rne; "We have a wheal crop which will reach at least twenty million* of cental*._ We will have a wool crop of fuity-fivs to fiftv million pound*. Our vintage will yield not fnM than eirht million gallon* of wine and brandy. Ten mil lion rental* of 1 mrley will be nuard. and two million cental* of corn. The aouth will yield four million pound* of honey. Our gold and silver yield will not fall idiort of twenty million doLare. Our fruit and reiiin crop will sell for at leant thr- millions of dollar*. Quicksilver, coal and copper will yield moderaU'iy. if not in their wonted abundance." Peculiar and infrequent crimes are brought to light occasionally in the New York police court*. A woman was re cently smlerxtd pi tw<*nly <iay' im prisonment for unmercifully flogging her twelve-year-old niece. and the child waa given over to the Society for the Prevea tiou of Cruelty to Children. On the same day. in another court, a woman received lour month* in the penitentiary far throwing kerosene over her husband'* itody, lighting a match and then trying to set fir>- to the oil. IIUSIMWI and wife had not lived happily together for years. One evening be came home, found her slightly intoxicated and the two had some words. Just as the man was retiring hi* wife threw the oil over him, but was frustrated in her diabolical attempt and arrested. Tic reported exploits ol Mile. Sophie von Hir/feid ami severe! other ladies during the recent Nihilist rmruU at Kiefl, add one mure instance Ui the long list of female revolutionists in Russia. During the tumult which dethroned Peter 111., in 1763. in favor of Catharine 11.. CounU-s* Dashkoff rode at ths head of the Preobnymski regiment in malt attire, with pistols at h<-r saddle-bow. Several ladi<-s of rank took part in the conspiracy formed against Alexander I. in 1*24-5. Among the political prisoner* banished to Silteria by Nicholas in I*3l, was the celebrated Princess Truhetskoi. < >ne of tlie princina i icutlers of the Po lish insurrection of IHKJWV accompanied everywhere hy hi* young wife, who made herselfgonsph-uoo* in every skir mish by her reckless bravery The at tempt made by Vera Kiuwmlitcli upon the life of the ex-Minister of Police. Gen. Trepoff. i* still fresh in everyone's mem ory. and two young lad Wof good family w-re found among the worker* of tlie Nihilist printing pn-ss recently seined in St. Petersburg. In the New York pastofita a force of rii mm if empkijfwl fnWjr in correcting blunders of tin* people who write letter*, and tii<* skill which llifw men*diepiay in deciphering " blind " addressee lis sur prising. Tlif postmastergive* the follow ing lift of A few of the in nay postoffice* in the I'nited State* tuaring tin* NUW name: There Are fislitn Brooklyn*, twenty Wiliiaai-burgs. tin* Baltimore* ten U*npir. two*!- Raafcmg, fifiom Buffalo*. sevenlwri Buriingtons. seyen loti Chtriwlonf. four Chicago*. right Cincinnati*. ten Clcvc mU. twent Y-Uve ltayton*. fifteen Uiuisvillas. fifteen three iiilf-iukox fiWtnn KwhrilK seven l*li)• addphiaa. lift't u Quinceya. twenty-two Richmond*, twelve St. I'auis. M'V'ii Toledo*, tflirty Washington*. twenty-live Sprin .-fields, ihirtnn Wilmington-. five Omafcaa. Till* list might he e\tenth-d to more than fiSR different and fcuniliar names. One Saturday aftem<n recently after the heavy mails had hs-n di-pale lied. no Iras than 4.600 misdirected ieUrvA were found in the office in the nattering and supplementary mail matter. Fn with the Bear*. Nobody who visits the Zoological Harden gora away without siting the bears, and from looking at them tlie desire to see them eat ts as natural as second thought. IJiere are three bear nit* containing altogether eight lears. In the first nit are two cinnamon bears, noted for ttteir laziness and their dis position for climbing tin* artificial trees placed there for their benefit, and falling asleep <>n the loftiest pereh in the sun. The next pit contains two huge grizzlies, and the third four black bears. This last nit is the chief center of interest. The black bears stand on their hind legs as erect as the stump of a tree, fold their fore paws across their breast*, and open ing their mouths as wide as possible, look up at the spectators, mutely appeal ing to them to drop something good in them. This i* the critical moment. There is a rush of men. women and children for apples, iwanuts, ginger eaki-s. sugar-cakes and Iwnanas. and tlie I wars' throats become a target for the skill of old and young. It is like an ex citing game of bnc-ball. When a pea nut or ginger-cake is dropped _ into a hoar's moutn, the feat is hailed with uni versal applause. The hears are partial to gingor-oaki-s.— PkttmUpha* Rno. A " Clock " and Six Mitten*. Mr. l'arvin, of West Ixsesport, has a "cluck" which u-nderly cares for six kittens alsmt tluve weak* old. The cluck had been deprived of a brood of voung chickens, end feeling the loss very keenly she no doubt considered the tak ing charge of the kilters a just com pen* sat ion. The kittens seem to listen to her call, and will nestle under her wings and feathers like little chickens. No one Is alio wis! to approach, not even tlie cat herself, while the hen has charge, hut she seems satisfied when the kittens (>c ratrionally creep out and go over to the mother cat in the next corner. This is indeed a great curiosity. Quite a man lier of persons have watched with great interest the old lien caring for the kittens. She "clucks " and calls tlieni, plays with them and scratches and endeavors to find for them. The kittens jump about the old lien and make a big fuss with their two-footed, feather-ta.led mammy.— A Trustworthy Clerk. A certain merchant in a Minnesota village was indisposed recently, and his clerk was left to take care of the day's accumulation of cash, which amounted to alnrnt eighty dollars. Failing to manage the combination lock on the safe, he was unable to get the money in and wjis obliged to nut it in his pocket. He had been in the habit of sleeping on the ground floor, hut that evening when lie went home he insisted upon sleeping up stairs. The family thought it strange that he should so suddenly show such an aversion to sleeping in his accustomed place, but acceded to bis request and arranged a bed for him on a lounge up stairs. The next morning lie was found lying on his liack with bis hands crossed over bis breast, sound asleep, with a murderous hatchet tightly grasped in one hand and a huge bar of iron in the other. The money was safe. ITEM* or INTEREST An upetarV-Beginning u> P"°"P W - Always biwtwhen nure—Famlly broil*. Philadelphia b to bavo a *cbool for •ilk culture. Minnesota miller* are now[*hlppl*g direct to Europe. It in 3mile* arro** the continent from Philadelphia to San Frmnciaoo. The total amount of lumber cut l*t year l* et down at 4,JM,>ltiWo feet. A three cent *tarop become* •* stamp after jrou have mailed your letter. Rate are rat in* many of the rill*#* meeting bouse* In M****rlut*rtu. The Yonlrer* fMemtn* b positive that a haid Iwad i often above par. The New York Uonrt of Appeal* ha* decided tliat a iHtanetiger * entitled to a •eat in a train, and if ho cannot pet it on ih regular roach be '*n eocurr it in Hi* drawing-roomcar. Now tne hoy etfmls. up the tree* And U* Twrdaai butt dwh •**, And in.iitodnaaty U> poi*o* b W* stomach cAritiM. - And o do the ifert* and U* rot** and Urn damp*. l'onicrrt Uuttttt. At interval* of about thirty year* the plantation* of Braxii *re subject to the depredation* of armle* f rat* that Imit from the forest* and consume everything edible that pome* in their way. Forly-sfx thousand two hundred and i eighty-fix person* emigrated last yea* i from Oeruaay very nearly i.ooo more l thaa in the preceding year. The hub- Iter in the pa*t ten years U wttmatnd at | A4A.M4. What the weather say* U tire linen cellar b •' Wilt thou." and it invariably i will*. I -Good buy," a* the overjoyed sale* man said when the liberal customer turned to go. The but new book i* cniitled:" What Shall My Ron Be?" Why. Iw'U be a boy. of course Unckltvni Oourur. The flaming circa* advertisement is apparent oat* more throughout the length and breadth of the land Scientific men generally believe that the bed of the Pacific lfamm wtmtmem shove water, and inhabited by men. In the Arctic region*, when the ther mometer is below WTC, say thirty de , giw*, people can converse a mile apart. In the United States tie- consumpthm ■if butter i* sixteen pound* per capita, while in England it is only seven and one-half pounds per capita. An ambitious young writer having naked. " What magazine will give mr : the highest position <|Ui<-krt?" was told: i •* A jxswder magaainu, if you contribute a fiery article." A correspondent in a Baltimore paper *ay that In a caae of terrible burning. ! followed by lockjaw, with-h came under hi* oi nervation, the patient waa cured by the application of dog fat. Mine. Catacazy, wife of the Russian Minister at Wnshington. during Great's adminiatration, is dead. Shd had tlie reputation f. M Uie handsomest women at the national capital. " Father." said a cobbler's lad. a* he was pegging away at an old shoe. " the* say that trout bite good now." " Well, well." replied the old gentleman. " *• stick to your work and they won't bite you!" During tlie fiscal year W76. the I nited States exported to foreign countries 21,- 837.117 pound* of hutter and 245.090.b53 pound* of cheese. <M this. Fag land took p .251 .WO pounds of butter. and 107.900.M0 pounds of choose. A San FrenciNco geniu* nam-d How- Innd Itas invented a machine that will tell to within s am all amount the quan tity of gold a person has about him. lie spent fe.OW in experimenting, and is now NO poor that the machine will not art within a mile of his own pocket. Any one who wants a printing-press has tiow the chnntw of purchasing the one which Sspolcon carried witlt him to Moscow. snd which fall into the hands of the Russian* during hi* retreat. It is now at hi. Petersburg, snd the owner offer* to seii it far 1,000 roubles about #730. Delaware and Rhode Island are ths sleeve buttons of the Wnrtern Hetai spbere—York lirmld. And Ken tucky furnishes tie* stud*.—Boston /W Ami Near York fanwdiva the ring* Alhamn ATOM. And Missouri the Vent. CHISAGO XVwgpiif* r T'HUM. Ami W aah ington the Schur?. OvsrAoam/ho tnxMfimkirtenehw l apok i* the title of a littie f.mnigiiUy journal puluishwi in Kolotsvnar. Hungary. whose columns contain original articles in Frrtich. German. English. It-tlian. Span i*h.Portuguese. N<ww.Swedish and Mag yar. Qftifi th' poem* arc followed by irentiation* into several language*. A father said to an old acquaintance who came to condole with him on the mimanageaHlenes* of his two sons, who ha<l cuutnitted a burglary in the next town snd had been wntcmW u> prison: " It I* preltv rough on mc to hare them ! both go to'once, but tb-rr is one thing lo it—when it oue* night now. you know where them boys be."" 1 Hiring tle late war. some children a*ere talking of thrir fath'fs and brothers who had been made prisoners of war. Manv tale# were told of the suffering* of their relatives, the youngsters evidently priding tlwrnrlvis upon it. One hoy, who was silent IT listening, at length said: •• TliatV nothing: I've gnt an uncle in prison, and he ain't li en to no war. neither." A Bew Advertising Wrinkle. The recent attaomted assassination of Kdwin Booth recall* an incident that occurred while that tragtdlan was play ing his last engagement in this eity, ami which is lite r-wl origin of tlie runww that he intends nover to visit the Pacific coast again. It seems that one maniac while Mr. Booth was making his toilet tn his room at tiie Palace, the door <|Uily opened, and a widest wake- looking individual slid In and cheerfully bid the astonished actor good morning. •* How's * Hamlet to-day?, said the stranger, blandly. "'Fraid you wouldn t see me if I sent my can! up. so just dropped in informally, as it were." "So 1 see." said the only ' lago.' " What can 1 do for you?" "Tin' fart i*. Mr. Booth.'' said the visitor, hurriedly. " I ant the advertis ing agent for tlie Bazemtrees' Auction house. on Market street. Cheapest clothing-liouse in the civilised world Over 50.001) ulster* at-—" •• Don't want any ulsters. Can't iook tragic in a coat with fifteen ridiculous pockets. A vaunt' thou—" " But I don't want to sell you any. tuy dear sir." put in the agent; " I just come to make you a regular business proposi tion. Coin in it, my dear sir; coin in it." , . " But, sounds, sinali, 1 am an sctor — not an auctioneer!" ; "That's exactly It. You know we agents arc alwnv* up to wane new ad ver tising dodg<- or*other. I attended your performance last night, Mr. Booth, and It occurred to me if you would only in troduce some mention of our retablisfc raent into vonr lim-s, we could afford to pav very liberally for it." "Could, eh?" said the hope of the American stage. "Yes. You see you might gracefully wedge in an allusion to us here and there, i where it would seem kinder natural and appropriate like For instance, there's • Hamlet.' Instead of giving simply the line* • customary suits of solemn black,' you might add. * the kind they sell at Bazembees' for fit ' That would sort of nail the attention of the audience, seems to me." " I should think so. said tlie star, stealthily edging over toward a Roman sword in the comer. " I see you catch the idea." continued the agent. Now. there's ' Romeo and Juliet.' There's dead loads of good chances in that. In the halcony scene you might say.' I would I worn one of Bazembees' cheap dog-skin gloves upon that hand that I might touch that cheek.'" •' You'd like that, would you ?" grimly inquired Mr. Booth, slowly unsheathing the sword behind his back, and getting in front of the door. "Yes, sir; we shouldn't mind ? 100 a night to have that done in first-class style. Just think how it would make trade boom down at our place to have you thunder ivs 'Othello —' Desmona, where is the elegant kerchief I bought for thee at Bazemlees\ at six hits a dozen?* W by, sir, it would fairlv—" There was a funeral from the agent's house the next day. and in deference to the last wishes of the martyr to adver tising. his hearse bore on each side a splendid canvas inscription: " Just arrived—so,ooo more boys' suits at Bazembees'! Call early 1"*—&w #V<to oitco Xewa Ltkr,
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