A Hood-Bye.
Fulling 1U Mid fading tmn.
Line* o( white in a ■alien em,
Sha<tow* rising on yon end me—
The sallows ere making them ready to flv.
Good-tay% emimw! Wood-bye'
Wood-bye'
Hush! A Toiee ironi the far-ewny—
" 1 .isten end learn," it seem* to say,
" All the to-morrows shall be as to-day,"
The oord ia travel and the emae is dry,
The link must break and the lamp must die.
Good-bye, hope! Good-bye!
flood-bye?
What are we waiting tor? Oh' my heart,
Kias me straight on the brows and part'
Again' again' my heart' my heart'
?V hat are we wailing tor. yon and I
A pleading IIHXV—a stifliM cry—
t.oixt-bye, fon-\ er' flood-bye'
flood- bye'
t 3 . J. Il lv'f Ui.ti/U-
The Endless Procession.
IXiwn the vista of the age*.
Saints and sinners, tool* and sages.
Marching onward, slow ami solemn.
Go, in never-ending oolnnm;
Here the honest, here the knave.
Wtth a rhythms- step snhlime.
To the grave.
like the wiling ot a over,
floing on and on torero.-.
Never resting, never staying.
Never for an instant slmx tug.
IVH r and {xxusuxt, lord and -1\ e,
Equal* sen to mix and mingle
In the grave.
Duty cannot, nor can pleasure.
For a moment break the measure,
They are marching on to doom,
They are mm mg to the tomb.
All the coward, all the brave.
Soon to teve.l all distinction
in the grave
Since the morningVi creation.
Without break or termination.
Kver on the line is moving.
All the loved and all the loving.
All that mothers ever gave—
On to silence and to dumber
lu the grave.
Her* no bribe the bond can weaken.
Here no substitute is taken;
Karh one tor hiuisell- no other,
Son or father; no. nor brother;
Love the purest cannot soc;
Kacti alone the roll must answer
At the grave.
Who commands the dread prvvessiou
l'hat shall know no retrogression *
W bo can be the great director ?
Ha' that grim and silent spex-ler.
Him that sin to satan gave;
Death, the mighty king and terror.
Ami the grave.
Frank J. Ottanoa
How Pottridge Spoilt His Luck.
Mr. Thomas Mllklff, of S
borough. had been renowned in his na
tive town for his constant run of '.u> a
■O that at the age ot forty In wits t -k
--oned the " warmest " man there —an al
derman who had btt ii twiee mayor oj
his city, a church warden and a vt ry
popular character among tire fair - \ hy
reason of his being a haclnior. (bo or
two tiling- mor on'.v were wanted ti
complete hi- happin> ># namely, a JlH><
wife, a nice lilt.. <>: at- in the country,
and the honor of ktiighth.xx!. Mr
Pottridge wishivl to be* ome Sir Thomas
Pottridge. Having cherished this
idea, and re-oh ed. indetxl, that h> woulc.
not propo* for the l. uid of pretty Mi
I.u y IVdt, the banker's daughter unti
lie could makt her a ady-liip. Mr. Pott
ridge ended by thinking that he could
best secure hi- object by causing I.tin
sel I' to bt re-elc ted may ir. and arrang
ing if possible that 11. B. 11. the Princi
of ,\V:i .s Bbould pay a visit to Small
thorough during the term of hi- olii .
lnt< nt upon this scheme. Mr. Pot-ridg
came up to town to call upon Ixird
Ilea -on-tie'd. leird B-at on-ti <-ul heark
ened kindly to the grocer's prayer.
Smallbovoafth VMabout to inaugural'
some pubii. baths. tir<
men: of tlu- AinAcrer wn in the town,
am! nothing cmd he more suitah.e that
that the heir to the throne should pre
side over the ceremonial. "Truly."
said the Premier politeiy, when he had
heard the alderman speak, " the cleanli
ness of the people must always be a mat
ter ot inti r-sting eom-ern to those who
are brought int" relations with them, f
shall be happy to take her imyestyV
commands on the—ahem!—public spiri
ted projHtsal which you have laid befor.
me."
"If you ran manage it. my lord, 1
should be glad if the visit could take
place some time aft- r the 9tli of Novem
ber next, tor I shall l>e mayor then ami
able to see that the reception given i> :
proper one."
"Ail, quite -•>!" anrweretl bnl Be;i
con-field, dropping BIS eyeglass, for 1P
had studied Mr. Pottridge through and
knew the man by heart.
Leaving Whitehall. Mr. Pottri<!g'
sauntered tow art 1 B- gent -tr- >t. and a
be walked along life mcd rosy to bitr.
heeaus<' of Miss Dott. He b-gan to -tar
into thesbop windows, admiring pr- My
things which lie was tcmptetl to buy for
liis lore. He xv.-t- turning over thi
fancy and fumbling wistfully at tin
pocket where the eheck-bx>k iay wh< t
suddenly he beheld through the wintloxx
a curious sight. An elegantly dn --• d lath
was seated at the counter examining
pieces of Brussels lace. Th-' shopman
averted his head for an instant and she
deftly whipped up a yard of the costly
texture ami transferred it to In r pocket.
The shopman spread over the counter a
number of square flat bjxe- containing
cambric handkerchiefs and on ->- roor<
turned away. Again the lady's deft
hand went to work anil a couple o!
handkerchiefs found tln ir way under
her cloak. "Now tliat woman mu-:
have capacious pockets, ' -<> iit.quiz'-tl
the astonished Mr. Pottridge. " She's
a cunning thief, anyhow, and I'll ju-t
step in and warn the firm."
He hesitated a moment and whil-t le
hovered shout the doorway the lady
came out escorteti by an obsequious
commissionaire with medals on hi
breast. A footman, one of a row bask
ing on a bench liko oyster-, rose and
signal'-d to the coachman of a hand
somely appointed brougham, who at
once drove forward. Evidently this
lady was not an ordinary thiel. Sle
was a tall, dark person •>! abut thirty,
superbly dressed anti v-ry handsome.
Perceiving Mr. Pottridge and -e.-irtg hi
glance fixed on her a- sle- waited for b r
carriage she eyed him with aristwrati'
superciliou.-ne-s and thereby settled lu-r
fate, for Smallbirougli's altferman. who
could not brook the disdain of a shop
lifter, hurried into the mercer's and • \
plained what had happened, sneaking
in so exeited a voice that a number ol
customers heard hhn.
Great commotion was caused by lii
announceinent, and the shopman who
had served her was quickly fired by tin
idea that he had let himsc'fbeoutwitted.
Darting nut of the -bop In- accosted tie
thief as she was stepping into her car
riage ami said: "Will you come back,
if you please? There is some mistake."
"What mistake?" ask'd she, turning
round with a flash in her eyes. But she
grew ashy pale.
"Come Lack, please," repeated the
shopman, a pushing young man, whose
voice broke from emotion.
A small crowd had already collected
nd the lady was obliged to retrace her
steps; but as she was about to enter
the sliop she slipped her hand into her
pocket and let a piece of lace fall on to
the pavement. " No, ma'am, that won't
do,'' cried Mr. Pottridge, seizing th"
thiol's wrist. "You're going to pre
tend those things fell by accident into
the folds of your dress; we know that
trick." And officiously acting as
searcher he plunged his hand into tin
pocket despite the lady's struggles and
drew out a second piece of lace, three
cambric handkerchiefs, two pairs of new
glov -\ one pair ot silk stockings and a
ladv osilk cravat. " M ell. I never!' ex
claimed the pushing shopman, and
there was a murmur among the I*-
standers, including the lady's own foot
man, who looke ' like a powdered
figure of constern; ion.
" How dart 1 y< ," screamed the iatly,
urple with rage uid mollification, as
site glared at Mr. Pottridge; " I'll pros>--
cute you for assault. I told the shop
man here that I meant to buy these
things. Let the bill be sent to my ad
dress: I'm Mrs. Pounceforth-Kcane."
"1 dessay," resumed the shopman,
"but I'm going to give you into cus
tody;" And running to the door, he
FKED. KURTZ, Kilitor and K'ropriotor.
VOLUME XII.
lavkoncd to a blue-coated member of
the force.
One of the partners of the linn, a
gray, civil ,-poken man, who had IHVH
summoned from his slu.lv, now came
forward; ami lie vva -it first 111-(h>m-.1
to rebuke the haste of hi- shopman,
but it vv as i, HI late, l'ln policeman bad
already entered, and all the shopmen
and shop-girls, the customer* and the
di-nltory (HMpie erxivvding around tin
ilox't . vv.-rv in-t.-uit in chorusing that th.
t hii-t -hould IH- made an example of
Mr-. U.'Utn' fortli-Keat-.e, -is-ing pubii.
opinion > dead against her. utti'ivd a
hovv 1, and f. 11 swooning to the fl.su
"Never mind that, vv.'.l >o.-ti rott-c
her." -aid the policeman, faivtiou-ly, for
he did not y.t know that lie had to
ileal with a lady who kept a brougham.
" I'lie magistrate i.- sitting now at
Marilmrxvugh street; w.-'l- ju-t go there
at once and liav. her charged."
I'his arrangement wa> acceded to.
and in a few minutes the lady and the
policeman t who ha.) got abashed Ivy this
time from milling hiui-eifseated on the
silk cushion- of a carriage? wet.- riding
to th police couit in Mrs. I'oun.-elorth-
K.-ane'- own v. hi e. while Mr. l'ot
tri.ige, the shopman and the mercer tol
ovv ui on fivt to give evidence.
t>ti' would think that in a ease where
the offence was flagrant and the t.-sti
mony so clear the magistrate might
have -enti-need the defendant straight ofl
t> -i\ months' imprisonment, and m
ilisxl, had the thief fwvn a person of the
lower ordei -. it would probably have
lon Iter fate to be convicted summarily.
But it turned out that i'outu elortli-
Ki'.uie was tin real name of l'-eel-gant
shoplifter, whose liusnand vva- a pi-r>on
tu.'v i"g. as reporters say. " in the I" -t
ranks of society " Mr. I'outu. forth-
Keane was -• tu for. ati.l arriv.d lr ith
iess in a hansom from one of the l>. st
' lui- in Pa.'. Mall. At tin -ight of hint
hi- wife, who had be. it itH-ked up for an
hour in a police cell, wept profu-. lv. and
Mr. P. K. vva- iiiniseif much agitated
He asked for a remand, and tendered
hai.. saying lie -h.iuld nr.Hiuee m.alieai
.•vidence to the <th t that his wife had
lately -ufl'erv.i severely in health. The
magistrate, a timid man, who had
grown-up daughter-to marry, and w.-
terribly afraid of society —stammered ut
-omi'thing like an vpology. and readi.v
aeia-didto tin anplieation for hai.. >o
very -HUi Mrs. Pouneeforth-K-ane t<>t
: n-.l out of .xuvrt weeping lik' t vi.-titu,
on her husband's arm; and Mr U -ttn lj.
vva k.al away with the shopman and ti.
civi!-s(M.kcn men >r. A 1 three w.-r
--er.-tfa.li it. as if tin y had counnit: d \
blunder. "This will IH- a very bad
affair for me." grumbled the ntercer.
" 1 would have lost a bund ml yard* of
hue soon>-r tlian appear in ix.urt against
a la.iv like thi-."
"Well, hut she's a thief," cried Mr.
Pottridge. rousing himself and -p.-nki-g
with -pirit. "What harm can -he or
her triends do you?"
" Are you quite sure you saw h.-r st. V.
the things?" a-keil the merer, gloomily.
" B'-sides. supposing -he did put them
in her po-kit, she say-that -In-told my
shopman to send her the bill. "
" I'm hanged if she did," ejaculated
the shopman, indignantly.
" Silenee. sir,"t ansvveml the men-er.
with a -tern frown. Iftl j- IH- n-ally a
case of theft you are self-condemned, for
you ought to have kept your ey< - alniut
you. F< r sometime past I havi notiis-d
that you have been very negligent in
Tin- shopman coilapM-xI; as tor Mr.
l'ottridg.-, tie trudged hack to his hotel,
feeling half inciinixl to go and as* 1.-nl
B-u-onstield what lie ought to do. I'he
ease had Us-n adjourned for a we. k. -r.
ho travel'd back to Sina':llH>rougb in the
evening, and hy the time he reached hi
native town he had worried hints* if up
into a state of contempt for the mercer
:xnd the metropolitan stipendiary, who
-'■eincd to draw a distinction b.tw<-n
well-dres-i'd anil ill-dp- >i plunderer*.
Mi--tin-g Mr. Bungs, the brewer, n ar
the railway station, he gave him an ac
count of what had happened, and was
liearkeneil to with sympathy until In
mentioned the name of Pounc-forth-
Kcane; th-n Mr. Bung- (urs"l up hi
lii -. " M'hy. b• me.ihat -tin-i-i'U-in
of Ird Keynso'e. brother-in-law "i our
lord li> utenant!"
"What diff'-ren.-e d.n-s that make'"
stammered Mr. Pottridge, like a man
who f.a-is less sure of his ground.
"Oh, mulling, except that I >! -n't se
why a lady of that sort should commit
robberies, responded Mr. Bungs.
Further down the stns-t Mr.Pottrid. \
who was rubbing his pate in rather vio
lent perplexity, encountered .Mr. Dott.
the tianker. whose daughter Lu y In-
IOV.HL " Pounce-forth - K'ane !" <X
elaimed Mr. Dott, a- soon a* he had
heard the grm-er's story. "Wliy. Ird
Kevnsole, his cousin, bank- vvitls us."
" Well, but come. Doit." retorteil Mr.
Pottride. impatiently. " i- that a rea-on
why Mrs. l'ouncefor.h-K'-an . i.ouldn't
Is- a <lishnn<-st jade?"
" No. but I tiiink the whole thing im
probable," answered tin banker, "and 1
mu-t confess I should be sorry if any
thing unpleasant happened to
K.-ynsole's family."
Mr. Pottridge w.-isnot in a very good
humor when he went to bed that niirlit
A magistrate himself, ho knew what
shifts are often made to withdraw vv-ll
eonnected offenders from justice, an i -o
far as he was concerned he would have
cared but little had an appeal Bvn made
to him. ail miserirortluitn. to aeKnowl
•slge that be bad. perhaps, bi*-n mistaken
in fancying that he saw Mrs. P. K.
pocket some laee and liandkereliiefs.
But Mr. Pottridge could not bear to be
pooh-poohod at or threatened with un
pleasant eons' iiu'-nees if he did his duty,
lie was an alderman, a grocer with a
blameless conscience, and he feared no
man. Feeling that his character for ver
acity and common sens.- was at -take In
resolved to give hi* evidence against the
wife of l/rd Keynsole's cousin with no
more Ln-sitation than if she were tin
commonest jail-bird.
From that date, however, thing- !>c
gan to go wrong somehow with Mr.
Pottridge. It sccim-ila* though hi* long
luck had forsaken him. On the morrow
of his adventure in lsimlon. Mr. Chuek'u
worth. ttn pr n'-ipnl solicitor in the
towfl, who was Keynsole's legal
advi-er. passed him in the str<'-t with
out nodding, and later in the day Mr.
C. sentastiff note liegging that Mr. Pot
tridge would send in his biii, and inti
mating that she would thenceforth pur
• c-iiase her groceries at another house.
Now the Chuckleworths h.-nl always
been excellent customers of Mr. l'ot
tridge.
This was bad enough, but worse was
to follow. Next day some-inspectors <>j
weights and measures arrived at the
alderman's shop and found a piece of
lard sticking under his scales. They
declared they should make a report of
the fact. Scarcely had they gone, leav
ing thegrocer sneecliless with confusion,
than two well-dressed strangers entered
and bought some tea, brown sugar,
cocoa, pepper and a pot of mustard;
after which they stated that they were
public analysts, who were going to ex
amine the quality of these goods. They
examined tlieiu. in truth, so fast that
! two days later Mr. Pottridge received a
j summons to answer a charge of putting
birch twigs in his tea, sand in his sugar,
turmeric in his mustard, clay in his"
cocoa, etc. Mr. Pottridge shrugged his
shoulders at tirst, taking it for granted
that the charge would be dismissed hy
his brother magistrates, Messrs. Dote
Bungs and company: hut before the eats
came on for hearing it fortuitously tran
spired that Mr. Pottridge had been up
to London interviewing Lord Beacons
field for the purpo-"s we know, and this
made the other aldermen furious. Mr.
Bungs, the brewer, was particularly
angry, and declared that Pottridge was
a traitor, insomuch as the poor grocer,
instead of having a friendly bench to
judge him, found a very stern one.
"I am sorry for you, Mr. Pottridge,"
said Mr. Dott, who sat as chairman.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
>1 "but men in \oiir position should set an
example You are fined on each
a .xmnt, with costs; total, A'l'Al."
• I 111-starred Pottridge! lie leA the
e i-ourt politically and so. i.illv done for,
1 for tic could no longer hope to he r.
i. c .vted mavor nor to marry Mi-- Dott
d 11. should have, moreover, to resign hi*
n aldermanship, and bis personal eharac
• ter, as w .-ll as that of hi- tea, sugar and
> mu-taivl, was ruined
; "V> ruined was Mr. Pottridge that
when tie went to London to give evi
dent > against Mr- Potine. foi tli-K. aii.
a th. tirst.juc-tioti a*k.l him by thci-oun
-.1 ior the deb lis. i b.Ustt ling Old
•' Bail.y barrister was. "I believe vou
r have just been convicted ot selling
u adulterated g.Hid- and at ialse weight?
"I t • evplaiu." stamtm t d j..Hr
t Pottridge.
>' "No explanations, -ir. Giv me a
plain answer, yes or no!"
" Y' -. tin ti."
<* " \Yi .1, then, if you are liable to make
• mi-take- altout your weight-, you may
'' err in other things."
{ "P. rliap-," rv plied tin' grocer, ties
- p< rati !y. " I may hav b.-t-n mistaken in
- tldiiking tiiis lady was a thief. 1 have
- had enough of bother about tin- bu-i
--n- "
"You ought to h ashamed of your
>' tlippant conduit. -ir;" cried tip-counsel,
- harshly, and the wretched gr e.-r hob
-1 bled out of the vvitn.- -IHX feeling very
I iut an iitdtv-ti. After this e.uifessititi of
- possible error tin the part of the chid
witne-s tiie ■ ae against Mrs Pouin ■ -
fortli-Kt me w is, ot course, dismissed,
and Mr. Pottridge slunk <>ut of <ourt
- with a magisterial reprimand ringing in
' his cars. I'u etMic.u.ic thi- little sUtry
1 one has only to-t.itl that when H. it. 11.
1 the Prin.e of Wri.-* gmciou-dx went to
- open the baths at Smallttorough it was
Mr. Bungs who was mayor and < ventu
-1 a. v got knight'd. while Mr Pottridg.
1 vv is not ev. n invited to the dinner at the
1 town hall, whereof lie paid his share
' like the other rate payers
lie is : .. longer regarded as a lucky
' man.— l.omion Truth
!
Effect of Altitude iu 1 t-adville.
V tter from 1. tdvi . tV.,, the
great mining town, savs I- iw hut v.-rv
t. w eases tif intoxication in :lie-tr> • t>.
though the 300 saitHiiis in the city held
out their Ite-t inducement-. 1 was sur
prised at this, as one of ihe notable
fleets o! the great altitude ot the place
(10 300 let aitove the level ot the seal is
tlsat all fermented .iquor* intoxicate
much uiori <;uiek!y than at lovver eleva
tions. The boiling point, owing to the
decrease ~f atmosplp-rie prx-sure. i
much lower tlian at tT i it* a go, nntl t li.-
aieohol is MM.ner vapori/ed and taken
into the eireulathui. prtalucing intoxi
at ion tuueh quicker.
Ttie boiling point of water here is
about I'.IO degrees, insb el of'il'i degret ,
the efl'tx-t of which in ladling la-ana.
eggs. p,>!atoi -. etc., i- that it rtsjuir- s a
longer time to eta>k thein in an open
vessel, and it is nta-ess.iry to k. •: tin
(Hit well covered or the water will va
porize ami eseape before being raised
to the iequisite degree of heat for
thorough c.a'hing. At this < .-vation
much more air is rtsiuiretl to till and
satisfy the lungs, and breathing must be
quicker in order t<> properly o.vygeniz
the hiood. It is said. ttat. tiiat after one
has been here for some time the coloring
matter of the blood becomes darker.
ta-lnt -lt,hifi) Its.iii llie p. rox iib- to the
ses.|uioxide of iron W itii aia rmn suf
fering under any difHru.ty or d*"i*e o!
the heart, the effect of any severe or
.ong-continu* d exertion'is to eauae a
dangerous degr.-e of palpitation, and
even with persons entirely well the
puis- runs extremely iiigh.
There an- other and notahie fa.-ts con
nected witli this altitude. Tilite ar--
very few birds seen h'-re—perhaps for
the riason that flying is difficult in tin
light air. The common house fly, the
summer ja-st of our Eastern housekis-p
--ers, i- unknown liw. There nr.- some
ol the out-dimr bluebottle variety, hut
they seem languid and tired, it I- -aid.
also, that cats cannot lix'e 'i.-re. This i
prohably ow ing to t!i>-ir delicate organi
zation laung unable to ri si-t tlit rigor of
the night air. So lie "voire- of the
night" are not lieatd in this locality,
and laadja' k- ar<- re-, rvd fof their
natural usi-s.
Another result ot the iightne-s of tin
air is that, having so little density, it is
easily heat. d by artificial means Our
nights an uniformly cold—so cold that
it i- uncomfortable to sit without a fir. :
hut a f.-w pine chips or small stick- will
warm an apartment very quickly. At
the -am.- time the sun's rays do not seem
to'liave the heating power that they .i.
in lovver elevations. This -coins to run
;irm the theory that there is no -übstnn- :
tin! caloric iu tip- rays of tin- -tin. but
that the heat is the result of chemical
action generated by the direct rays with
the elements of the atmosphere—tin
auu>unt and degree of action varying
with the dir.- tm*- "f the rays and tin
density of the atmosphere. While
standing high upon these mountains.
-v< n at a distance fn m any spow-drifts
and where the air is still, the suniim-r
sun lias onlv suflici nt power to make
the air refreshing an I pleasant, wliih
you on the plains art -we ltering under
at irrid heat. In the si.-nb- of a rock or
two it is always cool enough.
The effect of the altitude is the same
as that experienced by balloonist*, who
in ascending from the surface of tie
earth, even on the hottest day. soon lind
it necessary to don his overcoat and
warmest clothing. In the night here a
good surply ofbiankets is always neces
sary: and nearly every morning heavy
frosts are found, and sometimes thick
scales of ice are formed. The crests of
sonte of the mountains and many of tin
deep ravin'-s upon their sides are still
full of masses of sn vv so compact that
one can walk over them without -ink
ing. A day or two ago, in visiting a
mine close to the summit of Mount
Bros*. I was compelled to cross a field of
snow hanging overt lie edge which must
have been a mile in length and probably
in places twenty-five f.-et in depth.
An Underground Lake.
The Tlemccn Courier (Algeria) de
scribes a wonderful discovery recently
marie at the picturesque cascade* of that
place. Some miners had blasted an
enormous r • k near the cascades, and
on removal of the debris found it had
covered a large opening into a cave, tin
floor of which wa* covered with water.
4'oiutrueting a rude raft, and providing
themselves with candle*, tin- workmen
sailed along this underground river,
which, at a distance of sixty meter*, was
found to merge into a large lake of
limpid water. The rrwif of the cavern
was very high and covered with stalac
tites. the brilliant colors of which
sparkled under the light of the candles.
Continuing tlu-ir course, the workmen
had at certain places to navigate their
craft between the stalactites, which,
meeting stalagmites from the bed of the
lake, formed enormous columns, which
looked as if they had been made ex
pressly to sustain the enormous are lie*,
l'hey thus reached the extremity of the
lake, where they noticed a large channel
extending toward the south, into which
water quietly made its way. This is
supposed to he a large issue which has
baffled exploration* hitherto at Sebdon,
and which connects the cascades with
that locality, and thus xvirii the mysteri
ous sources of the Tafna. It is possible
that here they have found an immense
natural basin, supplied by powerful
sources, and sending a part of its waters
toward the lake, while the rest goes to
Sebdon. The workmen estimated the
distance underground traversed by tlieni
at three kilometers, and the breadth of
the lake at two. The brought out with
them a quantity of fish, which swarmed
around the raft, and which were found
to be blind.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST L'K, 187!>.
A I'lrulr Kipcrlrirr.
"What tin* \untry really wants,"
said Mr til me, thought lutly, it*
he ioi Li i 111* tillgtft tiVi'r his knee. "i*
a l.nt making it it penitentiary oil. nee
to in to :i pit nil- \\ luti is it
in.iuii t Mr i'ltipp*, put *tii 1 tli. -uh
i.'. t further • I w tli it. 11 riU- it over to
vou. In tlu> lint place, \ 4 iu vvriiit lo
gel tin' tln riiiom. 1.1 up to UW in tin'
simile, inn! to keep it there steauily.
\\ itli not \\ iiitl enough hint* to m:tk<
t lent In i.ihle. lln n you nl in the
cars, niltl go out lo Mime plane a lew
mill * nearer to the equator than where
you iivi . ami when you alight Iroui the
train you discover that the pienie
ground I* right on top ot' an ailjae. nl
hiii. I'lu r. is no tehiele within reit.li,
ami so start up the siile of the preeipie.
vt itli a bask, tlul of pro* isbnis uponeaeh
arm. ami a Imttie ol IN i NIL picka- HI
your coal tail pocket. I'hefe is no sha.le
upon the preeipii. , tI course, ami a*
you push upward you lm-onie hotter
uitl hotter, until you feelconviiieetl that
the inen urv must hat <• . raw .< <i up to at
'■••a*t 6'Jlt degrees; ami ineanwhi.e the
Imttie ot nijteit piekies gradually gels
tii weighiug a ton.
" Hut you do reaeh the top finally, ami
as MHUI as you are in the shade t tin
W.KHIS toll SINK ilottti exhausted, ami
grap lor ailrfhk ot water. Sotiictmd*
opens your .tineh-hasket to get a eiip,
aint tln n the discovery is n> ul that the
iarol raspberry jam on everything. in
eluding lour hairbrush ami the clean
shirt collar that you brought along to
w ear home in the afternoon.
" At tliis moment some om as. ert iin
that there is no w aier on the top ot the
iiiil. The nearest spring is a lull ha.f
mile downward at the hottotn of tie
pfi ipiee. ami the water lias to li>
brought up in buckets, laits are drawn
to S.T who shall go for it. and you an
. Uie of the victims. When * oil get \otil
first two buckets up you nr. dr. n led
witli perspirnli n, ami y.'U fe*l pretty
nearly ready logo into a hospital lor r.-
At this critical juncture om ii the
voting ladie* ileclari-s that it would b.
■ o niee if tiiere eoyld In-a suing, and the
'eading male i lint of tie- party prodin . *
, rope from i bundc \uu suppos t
course, that he intend* to put it up; Ur
u JH in inquiry you are alarm.d that
neither he nor any otlu r of tin* men
know s anything at out climbing in
ks \,.u. on tie* trip pp. ha* ■■ impudent .
boasted of your youthful feats in gath
• ring chestnuts, there i* no ipe i.u
you. ami so, taking one end ol the rope
in your mouth, you cinhi t e th trunk
of the tree and i* .in. Wlon you *oj
haek two or lima* time tin* Indie* augli,*
ami the men who don t know how to
climb make amusing remarks atmut tin
disordered conilith n of your e.othing
•" Youreaeli tli - loWW In am h. s Th.
men who were total.*' ignorant of tree
climbing show by the advi.-e they give
you that they know more nlioUt fixing
sW ing-rop. s than a man ought to be a
iow. dto know in a Ins* country When
the rope at last is adjustisl. you grasp
it and g.iiie down w itli *u It rapidity as
to remove the skin from the palum ol
your hands.
" Next, tin* fattest young lady in the
patty, the girl who turn* the* < * at
VII founds, asks if you will push her in
the swing; but. ot eourse. you an* tar
too intelligent for that, so wander off a
pieee until you most another girl who
-*ys you must daiua* with her. beeaust
tti'ev have to have one more gentleman
n. make up the set. It you had your
.-likiiee between i<iiigab 'i imputa
tion and daneing a plain cotillion, you
wouid prefer amputation, hut tlwre is
no help for it. and so join the part*.
"At hall past twelve luneh is ready,
and you answer tin* call with the feeling
that it is the only agreeable occurrence
of the day. Thee loth |i aj been l>r ad
upon tlie grass; and you observe that
tin* ants have gotten into tin* sugar,
that* some em rgetic spider has spun a
web from the pick le-bott ie to the lemon
ade pitch- r, and that a eoiony of strad
dle bugs j t isking about over the cold
ham. I say nothingalmut tie hop-load
.hat lights in among the nanitwiiiim, or
of the huinbl. i HI s that haunt tin- pre
serve jar s.i that jou daren't put a
within four feet of it. This kind ot
thing h.-is to tie on a pienie, and w > must
submit to it as a matter of duty.
" After iuneli, you think it would lw
niee to go down the hill and takeaswim
in tin* ern'k You undre*., and realiv
do have a nice hath. .lust as you are
about to eome out, the fat girl and tin*
girl who wanted you to dance come
meandering along, and tln v sit down
within twenty feet of your clot lies, w itli*
out perceiving them. Ik. * liave eome
for a little t hat ; and they talk, and t i k. i
and taik. as it they have made up their
minds to have one tlnal and eonelttsivi
conversation, *o its to leave nothing to
be talked alxiut anv more fore*. r and
fofver. Meanwhile th-'un is eoloring
vmi so that you resemble a boiled
olister. and although you elear your
throat, and splash, in the noi*. -t man
ner possible, they positively refuse to 1
hear you. At la*t. however, they get
up to go, just as tin*pienie party is com
ing down the hill to catch tin* train.
" You jump out. and dr- ** in furious
haste, for fear you will !"• left; and be
fore you can get your -lines buttoned
you hear the whistle. You run for tt.
and get into the ear. hot, wet and mis
erable, only to find that your luneh bas
ket has licen left on tin hill, and that
your share of the expenses is exactly
fifteen dollars.
" Niee picture, isn't it? Well, that's
otir American pienie! That's exactly
the experience I went through last
Thursday week. If I ever doit again.
I w ant my friends to run me right into
an insane asylum, on the double-quick.''
Max A'ltlrr.
The Stomach of the Horse,
The horse's stomach has a capacity of
only about sixteen quarts, while that of
tin* o\ lias two hundred .and fifty. In
the intestines this proportion is reversed,
the horse having a capacity of one hun
dred and ninety quart*. against one hun
dred <>f the ox. I'hc ox and most oilier
animals hav a gall-bladder for the re
tention of a part pf the bile secreted
during digestion; the horse Iris none,
and the bile flows directly into tlie intes
titi" sas fast as secreted. This eonstrui -
tion of the digestive apparatus indicates
that tlie horse was formed to eat slowly,
and dig' -t continually bulky and innu
tritnus food. When fed on hay it passes
very rapidly through the stomach Into
tin* intestines. The horse can eat hut
live pounds of liny in an hour, which is
charged, during mastication, with four
times its own weight of saliva. Now the
stomach, to digest it well, will contain
hut about ten quarts, and when tlie ani
mal eats one-third of his daily rat ion, or
seven pounds, in one and one-half hours,
lie has swallowed at least two stomachs
lull of hay and saliva, one of these hat -
ing passed to tlie intestines. Observation
lias shown that the food is passed to the
intestines by the stomach in the order in
which It is received, it we feed a horse
six quarts of oats it will just till his
stomach, and if. as soon as he finishes
this, we feed him the above ration of
three, pounds of hay. he willeat sufficient
in three-quarters of an hour to have
forced the oats entirely out of his stom
ach into the intestines. As it is the ofl'nv
of the intestines to digest the nitrogenous
parts of tlie feed, and as a stomaehful of
oats contains four or five times as much
of these as the same amount of hay, it is
certain that cither the stomach must se
crete the gastric juice five times as fast,
which is hardly possible, or it must re
tain this food five times as long. By
feeding oats first, it can only be retained
long enough for the proper digestion of
hay, consequently it seems logical, when
feeding a concentrated food like oats,
with a bulky one like hay, to feed ii e
latter first, giving tlie grain the who e
time between the repasts to be digested.
—Colvin.
FARM, HARDEN AMI HOUSEHOLD
Itatlis '••• Iniiuris.
One very great reason why farmers
become " stiff ad old" before their
time is from their .." k id bathing and
thorough lulls' Uiur exercise. l lie pro
tessioual iiuiii who is fatigued in IMMIV
seek- to r store hi- wasted energies w illi
colli water, and the use of dumh heiis,
w hit li, no iiintii' hut a man - oocupa
tioll may be, straigilten out the mils' les
ami bring iln-iii ml into action as noth
ing else does. But the tallii. r, wlieli he
is t'atiguexl. W hat diM She do? 11l niln
eaS's "lit often 111- s>sk* his re u pirn
iion in inactivity lie go. *toln d w itii
out a bath, and Is gill* Ills dux's Work
without a itath Oiua'a week. lik'-Aunt
t'tioM-, h< has a" ■ -arm' up time," l>\
making himaelfclemi.
Ami what is true of the farmer, is, in
large part, true of the farmeritie. To
take a bath r juir* s time and troulpe.
S. i dis s < very thin- <*s< that is ot \ i .in
It should not be taken when one is x
iremely fatigued at night. But in the
morning, altera nights rest, what is
-more invi.oi ating' Salt should always
he added and w itli fn -lily-draw n water
one has II" Bissi t' l It" to tie- -e.-iside for
bathing. A sponge or tov c! bath agr < -
w tth many p<oph- nuieh ln-tt< r than llie
immersion of the bmly in a lank-tub.
But w ha! (avarj ifhhctor} -MM cially
! after one IHHXIUH S juvustomai to it—l
he hip-tcith tub, in which one may sit
uid with a mug or pitcher pour tie- wa
lerovei tie -bouUier* I lit- larc st si/i
of these lulls should 1m- chosell and the
materia, should be strong and wed put
together. Zinc i- tie la-st. Those of
tinarc tet worth buxing. A giswl zinc
tub costs als'Ut ♦'>, so, If in daily u-e
il xvill mxat to be taken otiec a year
crobably t the tinsuutli to have a
-mall leakage in the bottom stopped,
tut ■ *, indtsd. the owner has tie- huppx
t i.-ultv of tloing lii- own "tinkering,
l'o In- able to stililer basins ami isits ami
l>atis is nil a eotuplishlU' lit Well worth
■he trouble of Im>\ - and girl* to acquire,
md the 100 m t • ss;ry for the work ar<
t'-xx and im xj-t n-ivt Hair mittens an
excellent for producing a Irk-litinttn the
-kin. a't'-r a bath, but the hath towel,
which i* of iargt -i/r, of heavy qttu.i!)
.ii cotton, i* preferable for every day
u-e. It costs from twenty-five to thirty
■ flit* A I'.orof hr irinittelis cost- *1 .'*>
It is a ou*l"iii in some pan* of Ger
tuaiix for the head of the household to
tx the ! itiiEx phx-i< i.-tti a errtain *un
ist tuttiuiu to k'• p hi* family well. It
it a <.** l plan The doctor drop* in now
ami then, ask* nlntui the diet ami sani
tary habit* of tlo- variou- mt-uilier* of
tin family ami so ha* it ill hi- power to
ipply the oun -of prexi-ntion It i*
quite true that if patp.c ts'k half the
■ rouble U> krejt in hea.th that tle y take
in otxler to g' t w ell when once ill, tht-re
wouid Ite comparatively little disease.
And one of these * tuitary "trouh > *" is
the daily morning bath, which *<>OII If
tatiiu s a luxury. The time consumed in
taking it i* quickly made up by tlu
strengtb ant! x igor it impart*. And it
one cannot afford the huh tub, use a
trge ba*in that will bold at .east six
;iiari*. But have the tub if you can
One bail better go without a Sunday
-uit than a bath tub. liural Sew
Yorker.
<ii 111 % All it if Ihr I'mr.
A young farmer inform* us that a f> xv
V'-ar ago, observing the report* of the
high proiit obtained from | ar tps- cul
ture, In- wa- induced to *• l out several
thousand. They have had gtsd culture;
they grow well; but they r tu*e to bear.
<ir make him any return* Some of hi
friend* at the time n-gardetl thi* as a
wild speculation, and now annoyingiy
remind liirn of hi* failure w.ilt the liaek
ncyed "I told you so." He wishes to
know what lie can do to persuade the**
tree* to bar fruit, anil to gtx< him at
1< a*t some slight return for hi* invent
ment. lie " "ii.'l be - ttisfbd with but
a small percentage of the n-turns he i v
(Hfttal when tin- trees were pun-hascd.
The onlv ativiet- we t an offer under
existing clreumstaiti' s is to k-- p tin
tn-es iii n nimh-rately growing. In ailhy
ondition by a propt r tiegree of eultix a
tinn. and not despair of sw- day gath
ering an abundant reward Extraoniin
ari'-s excepted, be WOUltl doubt lot tliu
provide for himself a handsonn and val
uable piece ctf prop- rtx in tin- future, if
the tr<s-s an- tt*> thrifty, they xvill b
more apt to b> injund during winter
mdbligbtetl in stitiinier; not attain g<Hsi (
size nor ln-ar any fruit. In onh-r to
graduate properly the tb-gr's- of culture
w bit ll tilt V sliotl'd receive, the length of
the annual shttols should be observed,
ami if it i* much it -s than one f"l in
crease the cultivation bv mellowing tin
surface and manuring, if needed. If
much more than a foot in length, m get
cultivation or even allow- the ground
to Tie cov red with gra-** If a young
orchard can tints be kept in a healthy
state, theru is no doubt but that it will
bear abundant and profitab.e t-n , - in
time,-
Again, there may be certain unfavora
ble condition* of soil which good man
agement cannot obviate. A quicksand
subsoil we have found bad tor -t p'-ar or
chard. A good strong clay well-drained
subsoil is t he b st.
We would advise the* l ' who contem
plate cultivating this fruit to examine
tin-" partii-u'.ars U|Ktn engaging in it.
• specially to the extent of anything like
10-avy expenditure for the purpose of
trees ami planting. If an orchard of
sonic years standing is fount! now fo oc
cupy a soil not properly drained, no time
should he lost in placing tile at a depth
of two and three-fourths to three feet,
and midway between the rows, unless
they are quite near together, as XX ith the
dwaef varieties, in which case alternate
spi.ee may receive the tlrain.
Do not give up the pear trees. " I told
you so" xvi 11 apply with equal pcr:i
nancy to the "other view ' in a few
years.— fluff<ilo Hrprrst.
I'nrr lor In Chlcfcrns
A correspondent of the Luidon .b/rt
nilttirtil (iatrUr , a* nn experiment tried
*ulphur and salt, namely, two part* of
sulphur and one part of salt mix 1 with
water to the consistency of tlin-k cream
(it i* best to u*e the linger in mixing. a
sulphur xvill not readily mix with
water). He th<-n applied it with a
feather from a fowl's xving. dipning il in
the mixture nml putting it down the
chicken's throat about three inches,
worked the feather up and down a few
times, then applied some more in the
same way again. He S<HUI found they
were much better, and repeated llie
operation thrs' or four times, leaving
two or three days between each applica
tion. Tln-v are now ail cured and doing
well.
f Extraordinary Hailstorm.
The accounts of the hailstorms in sec
tions ol Dodge. Washington rin '! Ozau
kee are *o extraordinary that they ex
eeed Itelief. If thi-sc accounts ho verified
no such hailstorm ever In-fore occurred
in the United States. The hailstones
are represented as large as goose eggs,
and that tin ir force was so gri nt that
they killed hogs; and one deseriher de
clares that they indented fence-rails like
lui l "Is. ami that two lours after the
storm the roads were covered xvirii hail.
Of course, under such a heaver.ly bat
tery, all the growing crops in a belt of
country t*-o miles wide were totally de
stroyed. It is really a calamity, hut we
indulge the hope that some of the narra
tor* saw double, and that an immense
discount must be made from their re
ports. — Miluui ukrr H'turvtutn.
When a city gent attempts to row in n
"home-made" boat and glides gently
overboard, there is nothing that will
bring out the high-toned conversation
that he has nicked up among the elite of
t lie metropolis so thoroughly as to have au
unsophisticated native shout frontfth--
shore: "How do you like swimnijng
with boots on ?"— New Haven Itcyiater.
THE MflflltlMl ALIIAMHKA.
IX Its) Hi, V'lamlrrs *->* lu S|Miinh l.*i-
Irr lr lilt* It ...I It, i.imi b .'ti' I'lU'l.
Tlx- Albaiii! i I Ll, 'de It] Hl|l me one
••I tin profouud'-st iuipressiona of my
W lion life, and I would iH-glad to repro
duce if while here Upon tin--pot ill soliie
lhilig lik< adequate language. Bui ihat
III'! sure I ' allied do Lv en Washing
ton Irxiiig fell short of the r> allly in hi*
< lals'iateiy drawn picture of the hUtory,
architiH-ture and legend* of. I am com
pelled to Is-licve, one of tile tllokt re
iiiarkable palace* iu tin- world; and yet
In- bad three year* iu wbi'-li to study up
the subject and execute hi* task, for be
n-.-ided iliat length of time in tin- Aihaiu
bra 1 In- guide to-day point- out to
• uriou- \ isitors the rooui- that were oc
' uj.ied ty Washington Iriing.
Entering the inclosure through the
gri at gateway, we are surprised to sis
al our right a large, partly -completed
tuarhle structure of elaborate (ireclan
ir. hit'-cture, hut evidently of coiupara*
lively modern d ite. This i- an alsir
tivc attempt ot I'harles V. to eclip-e the
Alhatubra. It is at ouee an itujierli
iienc ami failure. Had t'barle* com
pleted it according to the original de
sign, it would have b.en hut a monu
ment of hi- stupidity and bad taste, and
tin l ihie old palace of the Moor* would
not have suffift*l l#y the comparison
even a tciujs'rary eclipse. Except a* a
sigua. example of mad folly, it should be
pullist down and removed.
Turning to the right of the palace of
I'ltari'-s, and making a slight d- scent, in
a moment more we an- in one of the
court* of th< AI ham lira We hold our
Im-aiti for a moment in rapt amazement
and de.ight. and then exclaim, Iwauli*
u!' Is-auliful! Aladdin - palace iu tin
Arabian -tory, is l> fore u* in solid
reality. It was iiupos*ible to take it all
111 at a glance, and so We tarried long in
that outer court, feasting our eye* and
r< _• i ing our -cus - unti. isith swam in a
sea of joy.
Aw iv. then, we went, from court to
court, from room to riM>m. in adcliriutu
• I'th igbl W.i.,"f doln in mu
ll., ro- ar<iund Us: ceilings of ciainr
w.s.d, inlaid witli ixory and tortoise
-In- 1, and rich with blue, Vermillion
and gold, looked down Upon us; domes,
,>king like purest fro-t work, flecked
witli i x jUi-itc tint-, and dropping with
frosty si i.actites, hung around u*. clus
ter- of marble pillar*, supporting hal-
coni* - of open tracery-work, also in
Itlarhlt . surrounded the courts, and lisik
cil as if the work of enchantment; rich
mosaics, in many i-olors, soiuetiuo •
llladc beautiful Wainscot, liofjic and ia il
ing; while the bath still held Its crystal
treasure iii which the goldtish disported,
oh a! longing the sunbeam with its gold' n
•call-*, and llie fountain of lion* still
plnv'-d a- in llie days wlun ltoalxlii was
master of the A hnanbra.
tin , -< ,-n, and n-1 • r to be forgotten
Hour alter hour w-i-nt by, and still we
w'i*re rii c'<-ii to the I'harmed *IH1. But
the sw.et,-i ordor tinally overpower
tin-sen-s by exi-css; and so, afu-r a
while, we stole away and aeeeniled the
Ye.a tower, and .'Hiki-il abrxNxd over
liount un and valley— o\ < r aventu - ot
••nil. groxe* of orange, olive and fig:
over piains re ently ro h with harvest,
but n<tw bare and parched; UP to the
,sT|H-tuai snow* of tin Nit-rra Nevada;
down tlizzy prtH-ipici-s into ileep valleys,
cool, sliad) and Ira grant with (Htplar,
acacias, the cypres* and myrtix-, the
oleander and ro*e. " iicautifui for situa
tion," WP said of .1 cruoak-fU. l'ran*f<T
the plira*f and. with inorv juxtJi-v. let it
Is* s-tid of linuiada. Tle W'ltrr* tliat
•uak' -w.-'-t and cool it* atUHWpbcre.and
it . r ail li. flow into the Darin
tnd Genu, that embrace in the valley
bow ; and a* I SIIKH! u;M>n the lofty
t4ixx. r and hs.k in the magnificent pano
: una. front Sierra to Sierra, 1 < x.claim
xx ith Moore:
•• Thern i. not iu the wide world • vallr v mt
A ' thst xi<- in sli"-* txHim the bright
lrn inert;
n.e last nxy o| )p- bus *"'l hi" u*T depart.
F.ie the lilisttn ot tlisl x-allpy shall fade troin
my heart. '
w and Unique Inxr-ntion.
A corr- -;ondenl writ from IzHSihurg.
t duo. to tb< im innati K'lffe: Quite an
ev itcincnt . xist* in our unusually qui-t
village at the pn-*'-nt time, tin- cause
In-ing an invention by otic of our fellow
it'/'-n* which *•* in* d<tin<al to * ,•-'
E<ii*on him*< if. tin- famous pbonogmpb
included. Mr. .1 T. Gutiirie, a citizen
of tbi* pl;i < , lia* just had pat en till a
machine for utilizing the gas from
bituminous coal that is otherwise lost
with the smoke through the flu'-s and
ebimn< vs. Tin' m.-u-liine Is very simple,
and can IH- attached t a common <iH'k
ing or heating stove, and the advantages
clainnal for it over all previous pat< nts
are such as to rend*r it one of the great
est inventions of the age. Any person
can handle it easily, and the same fuel
that cMiks your breakfast will prtsluce
in abundance of pure gas. suflicient to
illuminate your lioutte during the night
without any extra expense whatever.
Mr. Guthrie also claims the right of
attaching it to furnaces, grab * and .xnx
and all p.aces where coal i* ussl for fuel
ind healing purpose*. 1 und< r*tan<l he
has nlreixdy proposisl to the exposition
commissioners to light the ontireexposi
tion hui.'iing with as ginwi and pure a
quality of gas a* can IH- produced in the
city ga* works, and this bv u*ing the
same fuel that heats the boilers of their
power engine, without a cost ol one
cent for the fuel.
Mr. Guthrie ha* his invention in suc
cessful operation here in our town, and
hundred* of people visit him daily to sc
rip' wonderful machine. All. so far.
lietxr totimonv to its wonderful merits
and general utility. It is certainly the
beginning of a new era, and will, if sue
cessfully employed, prmluce a general
revolution in the whole system of illum
ination bv reason of it* cheapness ant!
general adaptability.
The inventor claims that g<H>d, pure
gas can he produced hy the machine at a
cost not to exceed twenty cents per
thousand cubic fed. and earnestly in
vite* practical UP n from all parts of the
country to come, see and examine the
workings of Jii* late invention.
A Remarkable Escape.
One day recently, as Frank Oarr, of
AY est Hopkinton. Mass., was engaged
in sawing lumlxer in Ids mill at that
place, lie had occasion to lift a trap in
the floor, just over the flume which the
water flowed into, and through a spout
six feet long on to an iron wheel, re
volring horizontally, and which
furnished power to move the machinery.
The water wa* nlxout *ix feet dei'p in the
flume, and the wheel was encased in a
close, eircular wooden IH>\, within
which it revoived with great velocity.
Mr. Carr's attention being called away,
he neglected to clow the trap. His txvo
little girls, the one six and the other
three years old. were playing in another
part of the mill, hut soon tripped along
to the near neighborhood of the o|cti
trap, which they did not see. and the
youngest accidentally tell into the flume
and wan carried through the spout into
the revolving wheel. At the instant the
little girl disappeared her sister ex
claimed, "Papa, sissy is killed!" Mr.
Carr look<nland took in the situation at
the first glance. He sprang and closed
tlie gate which shut the upper water
from the flume, then rushed below and,
as soon JUS he could, removed the cover
tig to the wheel box It took hut a few
moments to do that, but in the meantime
the wheel had revolved one or two hun
dred times, and all the water had
passed out of the flume. Strange as it
may seem, he found the missing girl
closely packed in the wheel box, and
uninjured, without a scratch or bruise.
It could not have been less than ten
minutes that the little girl was in the
flume, spout and wheel, and her eseape
from death seemed almost miraculous. —
Botton Journal.
TKKMH: ©2.00 a Year, in Advunco.
Suggestions for the Slrk-Koom.
Tin- following useful suggestion* are
floiu an article in Srrtbittr, written by a
trained nurve In preparing a meal fur
any uiie whose appetite is delicate, it
-hould Is- luade to look a- templing u
(Mw-ilde. The tray should In* covered
witli tin- whitest napkin, and tin- silver,
cla-s and china should shine with clean-
Till'--*. I'here should not be to great a
variety of viand*, an<l but a very small
imrtion of each one. Nothing more quick
ly disgust* a feeble appetite than a quan
tity of fins! presented at one time.
'The patient n< ver should Im- consulted
In-fori band as to whnt be will eat or what
In- will drink. If be ask* for .-mything,
give it to him, with the doctor * jM-rinis
sion : otherwise prepare soim-thing lie i*
known to like and offer it without jr*--
vious comment, tine of tin chief offices
of n gi *ui nut's* is to think lor le-r pa
th nt. Ills slightest want should lie an
ticipated and gratified IH fori* be has tine
to i-*pr'--s it. Quick observation will
enable her to den* t the tirst symptom of
worry or excitement and to remove the
•.iu*i- An inx aiid never should be teased
witli the exertion of making a decision.
Whet In* tin- riHim is too hot or too cold;
whether chicken broth, beef ten, or gru<-l
i tin- best for hi* lutteheoti, and all simi
lar niatt.Ts, are qU<-tioiis w hi< h should
be decided w itiiout ap|*eoling to him.
HoUsi lloid troubles should IH- kept a*
far as possible from the sn k-rooni.
Squabbles of children or servants never
-In mlii find tut echo tliere.
In tin-event of some calamity occur
ring, of which it is absolute.y necessary
tin- sufferer should be informed, the ill
iu *■* shoUid tv- broken a* gi-ntly as (-
sit.e, and e\ • ry wsithing device employ
■ 1 to help bun bear the shock-
A i 'V'- ail, an invalid, or even a person
apparently coiivalcsia-nt. should In- *av*-d
from hi* friends. One garrulous arauaint
auce aiimitteii for liaifati hour w ill undo
the good done hy n week of tender nurs
ing. Whoever is the responsible person
iu charge should know how much her
patient can U-.r, sin- should keep a care
ful watch on visitors of whose discretion
site i* not certain, ami the moment *be
pen '-i\ • * it to !• nei.—ary, |>oiiieiy but
tirmiy dismiss tin in.
Sin* inii-f carry out implicitly the doc
tor's dirivtion*, particularly those re
garding mexiicine ami diet. Strict ola-di
• ma* to 'ii* order*, a faithful, diligent,
painstaking following ol hi* instruction*
will insure to tin- sufferer the lw*t re
su.i* from hi* and bring order,
method and rego.arity into domestic
nursing.
A KntiitMav Girl's Life of TIMTJ.
The Sister* of tin House of Mercy in
Second avenue x ere qxtuk' lu d on< -Uttl
met night atxiut two xear* ago by a
timid ring at the door tie ; ,. Tliry found
a girl who asked shelter for the night;
ami a* *be Wo* neatly dressed and re
pec table looking, they readily admitted
her. Me gave tile name of lauie Kusll,
and lex ag> a* *<-v. ntc n year*.but would
-ay- no more. She was pretty, and her
band* rliowial that *be was unused to
work. She desired to be received a* an
inmate of the institution, but the siters
couid not ixttllpi) with her requet. and
consequently she was taken to the York
viilc polh < court. .lutiee Wandell.
eonjer luring that the girl was a runaway,
bnik b<-r aside ami qu<*stiori<*l her. and
at 1< ngth drew out the confession that
-he hat! run away from home, that her
lathu' was a wi-il-10-do farmer near
Stamford, t'onn.. that *be bar! read a
gr. .a deal of life in tin- great city of N- w
York, thai she had come to mt lor hcr
eif. tluit b'C money was ail expended in
paying IUT fare, ami that she went hun
gry the tir*t d.av, until directed by a po
i man t* the tlou*< of Metx-v. Justice
A\'an4i4-.i detatnial le r until lie cuid
ixommuni'at4 xx ith her parent.*, and they
received her gladly,
A raggi-d and tmax iated woman, still
young, though agt*l by misery, entered
ihe Yorkxile imiicr xi'ttrt yesterday.
• u*ti.-4- AA'aadel, was on the IH n> h. The
young-old woman *at4l that sin- had no
home ami no mon-y, and expeb-d *4Kn
t• • Ite a motln-r. Justice Wandell looki-d
it In r sharply. an<l then inquired:
" Are >"U f.izzie Ru-h s*" 5 *"
" YV*. I wa* Lizzie Ku*b."
The young-old woman told tlicjustice
that she lived with her parent* for a
year, and tliat then the desire for city
life overcame her: tliat an ohi man ;HT
<tnuied IK r to run away with hint to the
city, and that after a few month* of dis
tdpatkm hi dmtMl bv. sin- had *uf
t'T' d miieli, ami *lu- mw turno! t ev4-n
Bl.i. kxx • li'* i*lan4i for refuge. She wa*
han<l4sl over to the commissioner* of
charities and correction.—AVur York Sun.
Mother and >on.
When the 4-a*e ol Weldon against
Wehlon wa* rxiijix! in the ESM-X Mark<-1
'Xiurt, a pleasant-faced woman about
forty years old stepped to tlie witness
stand and a young m.-ui of about tw enty
j tn<* was placed at the priminer's b.-ir.
" Remove your veil," said the justice,
and tlic woman did *4, allowing black
and blue mark*, disfiguring lu-r aunte
tianie "That i* your son?" said the
magistrate.
" AG s. sir." *!ie answered, tears gath
ering in lur d irk blue eyes.
" Ami In- has beaten you?"
" A"<-s. but pardon turn. Y'ou can <lo
so when 1 have already forgiven him.
lie is not a bar! IHV when lie i* sober,
lie drinks a little anil forget* himsi-lf."
" Say. old won;an." -aid the prisoner,
savagely, "dry up. will you? Y* our tears
ain't gotn' t> convict me. V nice liyt><-
'•rit4' you are to make * charge against
m< and tli< n trv t4i "
"Don't listen to him, your honor. Ho
j doesn't mean what he says." says the
mother.
" Y'oung man," *aid the court, "you
have not fa-en content xvitli beating ymur
mother, but you must jibe at ln-r un
feignexi love for you. You are s ( -nt to
the island for four month* in default of
SIOO bxii to keep the peace."
I "My !HV! my poor iny!" sail! the
mother, crying bitterly, a* she left the
txuirt room.
"—— licr!" wa* the son's comment.
"a pity I diitn't break lu-r head while I
was atn>ut it!"—Artie York Herald.
Flavoring the Meals of Animals.
M. Monciar. a noted agriculturist in
France, ha* suggested a singular pl-n
I for varying the flavor of meal. lie
| imagines that by ti-raling eattic. sheep.
| pig* and poultry in a particular way. or
ratber'bv flavoring tlu-ir final in various
ways, tlu-ir flesh may ln-rendcnsi much
niorr' agreeable to rim palate than it
often is.
M Monciar instance* caws in which
ban * killed in a wormwood field, lark*
shot in a cabbage tielil and eggs laid by
liens which had eaten diseased silk
worms bad such a nauwous tasb- that no
one could touch them; while, upon the
other hand, *ome ducks ami tielil fares
which had he. n fed upon sprigs of juni
per had a delicious flavor. He lias
mad.-several experiment*— among oth
ers three upon tame rabbits, winch be
led xvitli the waste of anise-seed, witli
barley and bran containing a slight
flavoring of juniper, and with barley
anil bran containing a little essence of
thyme. In each case he found that the
flesh of these animals was far better eat
ing than tliat of rabbits fattened in the
ordinary way, and yet there was no
trace of anise s.-cd or juniper in the
taste. His conclusion is tliat cattle,
sheep and pigs might be led in the same
way. and that by varying the flavoring
matter the href, mutton and pork might
be made to have several different tastes.
Alexis St. Martin, the remarkable sub
ject whose stomach was laid open by n
wound fifty-seven years ago. and on
whom so many observations of the pro
cess of gastric digestion have been made,
is still living at St. Thomas, Canada,
hale and hearty, at the age |of eighty
sevgn. ________
A printer'#standing is established by
ui* setting. Yonkarx statesman.
NUMBER 34.
TIMKI-l TOPIC*.
A #|eei*| number of ( (Congressional
Htrord, lately iwiued, show* that i|m es
timated value of tin- uwk'Tt* 1 taken in
Aufiiinn water* during n period of live
\ln-ginning July 1.1*73. and ending
June 30, IK7*. wan (|O,SW?aG. Tie
total value of the marine ftnlpfin of
Canada for the year I*7o in i *iirnitf-•! to
b (11.003.ftM. Tin mtiwittnl value of
tin* iDtrißcllilirrietuf the t.'nit<*tl State*
in tin* same year wa (TO.'JTH.HSa
Tii* Argentine Republic seems des
tined to btriimi' h formidable competitor
with the United Mat<-* in tile grain
in ark ft* of tlir world. Tin* ex porta of
wheat from that country lor the prevent
year will foot up ft.noo.ooo bu*beia. This
amount is expwted to lie doubled next
year and quintupled the year after,
i'hew predictions are based ou the pre*.
<*nl heavy emigration into the republic
from Germany. France. Spain and Italy,
partieularly from the last named eoun
try.
An event. perhaiMt without parallel in
tiw* history of medical science in Flng
land. liuwvurml in London. the " blue
yib&nd " of the profession Imr ing be-n
carried off by n Japanese student. At
the diitlribut ion of prixcs at St. Thorn**'
lloK|iitai, the gold • medal—tut honor
coveted and striven for by every student
w ho hopes to occupy a woruty position
among tii'-d ical nim-wu awarded to
Koncutro Tnkaki. ol Japan. Xot satis
fied with this honor, the young for
eigner also carried off the Chiaelden
medal for surgery and anatomy.
In the neighborhood of 11> udxn.
France —the home of this popular French
11r>-cl of hens, which ha* never obtained
great favor in this country, however—
immense establishment* are in operation
lor supplying egg* and poultry to the
I'ari* market*. The main object in
breeding i* to keep an early-maturing
breed. so that chicka are saleable at
three month* old. Hatchingand rearing
an* carried on artificially, and the work
far proves that chick* thu* hatched
are found to be more lively and stronger
than those from eggs incubated by hens,
and also to grow and fatten quicker
For young chicks the food consists of
milk, buttermilk, barley, or oatmeai
and rice.
ttne of the most important features in
recent studies of tlie soil, especially by
experimenters abroad, relates to its
physical characteristics: and lite (act is
IM ing more generally resxignirud that
the influence of the soil u;w>n the life and
growth of the plant is determined quite
a* much, possibly more, by its physical
<{Uaiii)c —iu> relations to water and
beat—which bare hitherto been almost
wholly overlooked, a* ly its chemical
character, which has beta given the
more attention. The investigations so
far made indicate a most interesting
field for inquiry, and the results that arc
to come front this now phase of agricuU
tural study must be both novel and val
uable.
A curious plant ha been discovered
in Wisconsin which produces a kind of
cotton and flax from the same stalk. It
has a.ready been woven into fabric, and.
as any article that will make as good
cloth as can he made from this p.attl
wiil tnake good paper, it has been called
Ute taper plant. It >-an he planted in the
spring and cut in the fall and winter. It
blear be* ilaelf white as it stands, and
wiil yield at least three or four tons to
the a/ re. Front a single root that was
transplanted at Appleton last spring
grew twenty large stalks, with 350 pods
(containing the cotton), with at least
sixty MSHIS in each. From tliis root
were obtained seven ounces of pure cot
ton and over half n pound of flax. It is
a very heavy plant, and grows from six
to seven feet high.
In a Water Spent.
Tlx* Denver (Col.) Tribune has this
account of a terrific storm anil water
spout that (K-rurml in that region i-e
--eent
In conversation with* gentlemen who
vr*< stopping ft>r a few davs at the board
ing-house, near the sawmill at Thomp
son'*. tin- informant said: We had a
terriblehail storm shortly after 3 o'clock,
and stone* .• hie a* lien'* eggs fell thick
and fast. While we wen' st Hiding at a
safe distance from the windows, for
nearly every pane of glass was broken,
we saw a most remarkable phenomenon,
accompanied by a dull, heavy, roaring
sound like distant thunder. A large
volume of what we aftei ward (bund to
!e water was seen at the ton of the
mountain, coming closer and closer like
an immense (unnei. As it approached
the noise became almost deafening, and
one old gentleman who was standing in
the door, for we had all assembled in
an<l around the doorway, exclaimed.
" It's a water spout!" Out of the house
and up the opposite liill we ran as (ast a*
possible to almost the summit. One of
the parties, who was furthest down, in
terror turned around and beheld the
water rushing and Paring down the op
posite side, carrying with it hup' tsiuld
ers. uprooted tnss and all sorts of debris.
It struck the house and the sawmill
simultaneously, and carried them away
like straws, not a vestige of either re
maining We stood there in terror for
a long time, hardly daring to speak a
word, but tinailr. lessoning more used
to Uie scene, we began to look around Us
and take in the situation. When the
height of the excitement had abated
some little, an anxious mother missed
her infant child, and instant March was
made for the lost little one. After an
hour was spent in the water and mud,
one of the gentlemen discovered the
child in a pool of water, and the stream
still coming down the mountain side,
lying close up by a rock which also su|-
norted a large bureau, under which the
little one sat in the apartment intended
for a lower drawer. The child was not
a bit frightened, but seemed to be rather
pleased with its situation, and. strange
enough, had hardly a scratch upon it.
The joy of the distressed parent Can
easily be conceived when the wet young
ster was placed safe and sound in her
arms. The water continued to rush
down the gulch for sctmral hours, and
• we had to prepare places to sleep on the
side of the mountain. Karly tne next
morning I joined a number of men who
doired to r**ach Daw as soon M p<>--i
--ble, and started to walk to the train,
about seven miles distant. When we
reached there we found it was a wreck
ing train with a coach attached, and
after Iving delayed several hours for the
wreckers to prepare the track, we started
on our way home.
The Origin of " IHxie."
A writer to the Baltimore GateUe in
quires shout tlie origin of the word
'• Dixie," and the editor replies as fol
lows :
Some rears ago, long before the war,
a very musical family by the name of
Dixie lived in Worcester, Mass. One
of the brothers. Walston Dixie, we be
lieve, decided to. apply his talents in
the negro minstrelsy line and soon the
famous Dixie Minstrels were known
from oil'' end of the country to the
other. This same founder of the troupe
wrote the celebrated soig "Dixie's
Land," which attained such popularity.
It was verily the land for him, as he
found in the Southern States the germs
of the quaint negro songs which he
brushed up anil placed in his pro
gramme. The South adopted the song
and hence allowed this gifted minstrel
of Massachusetts to give that section of
the country a new name, which will
always stick. Many songs were
adopted and scetionalixed in this way.
Our own "Yankee Doodle" was
written by an Englishman us a satire,
'hut our nn< i stors picked it right up and
iruve !•. n boVne,
* To-Marrow."
Oh, tirn* of ptwniaa W*.
That never thra* 1
Day Mt hi golden air,
Hedged round with riatoaa rara-
What real it givae
To ami* weighed down by oare.
Ob. day of high dmira,
That never dica'
Touch at I'remetlieui lira,
litting hope'* alow flame bigfaoi
Toward native aklea.
Mending hle'e broken lyre.
:
Oh, day of raoompmas
To true eeaay'
Give faith in place of aenae;
Be our atrength la dafenoe #
Against to-day,
Oh, day of rapompenae'
B. K- I Y,tu.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Living in* vein -The blood.
Cur* to mankind—The dog-daya.
The weather in England !• lavn go-
I ing very much against the grain. t
Toledo, Ohio, eatiniate* it* reeripta o
wheat thia season at 25.000.ntW buahela
Cleaniineait ia the foe th.it slnva yellow
jack, cholera and all odier allies of the
i grave.
" iiuainena carried on witliout pub
; licity" muat he tit# motto of the man
; Uiat doean't advertiae.
j Sleepy Tom, wlki made at Chicago tlie
fastest oaring time on record—one mile
iin 2. 12| —ia an Ohio bwrae.
" Your time ha come!" remarked Mra.
; Nobha, a* the jeweler "a lioy brought in
her huaband'a watch.— Xcw York Nw
A mummy'* head recently brought to
England from Egypt bt*wm drenched
with sea-water and looked lilc-itk when
| unpacked.
A Utile girl in New York caused the
irrent of a female thief, who had stolen
a ring from the Utile one and waa utak
! ing off with it.
The dh Mmisfi of tlie railroad* of
the United Slate* for Itffß wire (1H7.575,-
177, gain of f 17,000,000 over the net
• timing* for IW7.
Mr. I>io of the Chinese legation at
Washington flourishes a fan ui<on which
J ia *ome poetry suppoaed to liave been
written 5,000 year* ago.
The (windier w ho " buya" farina and
live* aumptuouaiv wiiiir he ia waiting
for the niaii to bring the cash on hie
IraiU ia louae in aouihern Michigan.
A riavntly published return abowa
that the etminted |*>pulation of Eng
ine! ia 25.165.336, that of Scotland,
207,453. and thai of Ireland 5.063.324.
Archeries in England liave lor *n
turiea heen supplied with bows of Eng
lish make. Two >ea ago the manu
facture waa l*-gun in thi* country, and
American twwi ar now largeiy exported
to England.
Tliere ia a man in Pari* who makes a
living by attending funeral* for the sake
of the black crap- ana glove# distributed
•>n uch occasions. The **] of i!h
brings him in fire ftane* daily, and for a
dollar a day a man may live comfortably
in Parit.
"Johnny." aaid a fond mother to her
loy, " which would you ratle-r ilo. *peak
French or Spanish'" " I would ratlier,"
said Johnny, ruldring hi* wai*t-hand and
looking impressively at the table. " I
would rather talk Turkey."—intra kUsU
Hrouttr.
Moldinens occasioned by the growth
of minute vegetation. Ink, paste, leather
and seed* moot frequently suffer from and
by it. A clove wih preserve ink: any ea.
aential oil answer* the same purpme-d
Alum and twin are um*l to prevent book
hinders' paste from molding.
These European monarch* are great
ladies' men. Emperor William'* fre
quent visiu to Erna are a matter of
notoriety, and now we read that Prince
Alexander of Itavaria arrived at Sophia,
and waa received with great enthusiasm
It'# ridi ukma.— SomerrilU Journal.
A New Haven firm recently sh'pped
an elegant coupe to San Franciaoo. in
closed in a can va* covering, and some
impecunious chap made it furnish him
a free ride to the Pacific by getting into
it at Xs' Haven .-md taking eJong a good
supply nf food for hit ten days' journey.
Tlie whole population of tlie thirteen
ookmie* in l?ftl t* estimated at 1.700.00 U.
Maaaaihtisett* and Pennsylvania fteing
the most populous. To-day we estimate
the population of the United State* at
45.U0U.U00. There were at tin- time re
ferred to 15.000 slaves in the New Eng
land States.
The Imperial museum at Vienna low
lately become possessed of some of tlie
instrument* used by Australian savage*
Pi induce their pxi* to give litem rain.
Tliesc are smali ianoef-ftiaped pieo* of
wood iniiwi-d with red ocher and rudely
engraved. They arc used in mysterious
ceremonies attended with incantations.
The painter Z haa a comical littlg
servant Toe other day Madame Z
scolded her fir being away all day.
" Madame doe not know," replied the
ingenuous soubrette. " that Monsieur or
dered me to go to tb* salon and remain
ali day?" "What for?" "To be a
iTowd In front of his picture!"
A Florida letter says: ** A novel fea
ture of the cattfr trade is the co-opera
tion oi the mosquito in their management
on the range. One of the largest owner*
said that without tlie aid of the mos
quito three tim as many men would he
required to herd and gather. Outof tlie
mosquito season the cattle get as wild
as deer, but owing to these pests they
congregate, bciximc docile and easy to
manage.
on, WHY *
"Ob. youth, wuh smooth. *ait-papered pate,
The night is dark, the hour is Is to.
Wliy do you linger on my gate'"
•' I stay to help your daughter hold
This gate upon its hinges old;
Go in, old man, you'ie catching cold!"
The old man sought his little bed
And on i! laid hi* patient hoad;
" I think my gate i* sale. ' he said.
—Ctnnnnmli SUr.
The Finest Diamonds in the World.
Western sovereigns are not tlie posses
sors of the tinrat diamonds in the world,
tor the Rsjalis of Milan. Borneo, and the
Shalt of Persia have the largest hitherto
known. The one belonging to the Em
peror cf the Moguls weighed 28? carats
(about four grains each), and was valued
at (3,400,000. The fatuous tfrioff. the
property of the Russian crown, is one of
the most remarkable diamonds, on ac
count of the well-known circumstances
under which it was brought to Etfrope.
The large stone lie longing to the Em
peror of Braail.which weighs I,73ocarats,
would be worth many millions were not
its brilliancy diminishM by certain de
fwts. The Sultan of Nizam's diamond
weighs 400 carats; that of the Emperor
of Austria twenty-nine grains; and that
of the King of Portugal, twent v-five and
a half grains. The famous Koh-i-Noor.
or Mountain of Light, is-the property of
the Queen of England. The one which
adorned the tiara of Pitts IX.. and was
bequeathed by hint to his successor. Leo
XIII., is one of the finest stones known.
It came from the treasury of the Dukeof
Burgundj >•' at Granson. It was
sold after the ba,—t- t Jew at Berne
for three crowns, then successively for
5.000 and 6.000 ducats, and afterward
purchaseti for M.ooo ducats by Luigi
Stonca, from whom it passed into the
hands of Pope Julius 11. for 90,000
ducats. Every one knows that the
" Regent," of the weight of 136 carat*, is
the diamond belonging to the French re
galia. Connoisseurs consider it to lie
worth $2.400,000. — Paris HalignitiH.
Pope trad Brigand.
Sitting Bull's exploits, and his method
of avoiding their penalty, are closely
paralleled by the career of Gaetano
Mamwone, an Italian brigand of the
sixteenth eentury. who alone sucissxlcd
in hailling tlie efforts of Pope Sixtus V.
to establish order in the Papal States.
When hard pressed, Mammone and his
thirty followers were wont to retreat into
the territory ola robber noble who was
at feud with the Pope, while during
their forays they found shelter in a cave
among the mountains, with tlie entrance
of which no one was acquainted but
themselves. Sixuis, however, was not
to be defied with impunity. He sent one
of his most trusty familiars past this
stronghold in the disguise of a carrier,
with a train of mules laden with wine.
The robbers eagerly flew upon the
tempting booty, drank the wine with
shouts of merriment, and fell asleep to
wake no more, for the liquor was poi
soned. The next day the Pope publicly
announced the destruction of the band,
and improved the occasion by a tlis
eour*e Upon the text: ,"8o Ist all tliina
enemies p H*|i, O T-ora."