Baattav
IBM.
an*, Irom throat* ol iron, alvar, bras*.
Joy-thnndaring oannon, Want with chiming
• hells.
And martial strains, the hill-voiced pawn
■well*.
TTia air i* starred with flag*. tha chanted mass
Throng* all the churohe*. yet the broad street*
* warm,
With glad-eyed groups who chatter. laugh and
paaa
In holiday confusion, claw* with class.
And over all the spring, the ann-flood* warm
In tha imperial palace that March morn,
Tha haautitul young mothar lay and smiled;
For hy har side juat breathed thr prince, her
child.
Hair to an rmpira, to tha purple lorn,
Crowned with tha Titan's name tltat stir* the
heart
Like a blown clarion—one more llonaparte.
A'mmn Lat.irus. in Scritnrr.
Watering the Hills.
" It* wstrrrth ihr hill, from lit* chamber*-IV.
cix . IS.
t*h ' the rippling and the t.xaunuxg,
Falling not from dawn till gloaming.
Whei-e the rapid* are defending, as for agw
tliey hare done;
thx each downward platlorm taking
.1 ust a moment'* rest, then hreakiu_
Into sweet enchanting langhler at the gleelhl
triumph won;
All the latent echoes xxrnking
With the tun •
Sweeping lrotn their roeky |xirt*l,
Robed at once in light immortal.
Bringing infinite revealing* from the silences
profound;
How the little eddies whiten.
And the longer teaches .brighten.
A* the showers ol brilliant dew.lrojv, on then
slivery slojws rclsxiud;
Falling into gem* (hat lighten
All around.
When the sunl-enm* >onie uubidd.
To behold the marvel hidden,
All the waters take thein captive, to adoiu
their raiment white;
Rut the nuntx>w tells the wonder
Ot the radiance ly ing uu.ler.
And the sun in regal beauty *u>op* to chum
his own by right.
Till the ripples fall asunder—
Lost in light '
(.hi the brink the iiuwmw glisten.
And the grasses stop xo listen
To ihe never-ending music ol the wixtei s
flsslung by;
Overhead the lm-trees stately,
In their hearts rraxM-tng gtvwtlv
Al the spring* at welcome txuxlnees that t>e
ueath their strx<ngb.xl,ts lie,
Spread their myriad leaves sedate'v
lo the ski".
When at night the stars assemble
In the tar blue hmvens, and treu., .r
At their own reflected splendor, on the t.irvut
Uxrne away.
Then tec laughing waves discover
How ihc rooon—earth's timid lover —
Watches tor the perlcct mirror the- have
broken in their play;
Watches—with the stars above hei
TBI the day.
Through all seasons' varied phrase-.
Still the waters speak their pnus, -
Ot the Power that sweeps them outward, in
their tuUness to the deep;
All their rush and tumult guiding.
For each drop a path ilividmg.
Till in tar-off breadths ot ocean each it- des
tined place shall keep.
And at Inst, in calm suhei'ling
Fall asleep.
. A" ■I. ■ > . >. . ,:_V .M ;
JACK'S GREAT PERIL
I never saw such a change in man in
uiy iife! When we last met. Jack
well. 1 must not give his n-al name, con
sidering what I am going to relate, so
I'll cad him Jack Pal.ant —was. as he
had ever I*- a since I knew him. one of
the iightcst-heart< d. eln-ericst fellow- in
the-world, full of fun and up to every
thing. and as gentle and tender sis a
woman, with tin- -ourage of a lion. And
now v what did I find him? Even though
but three month- had elapsed, he had
become a grave, dejected, -.-widened man
—in a word, hanliy recognizable, either
mentally or phvs -ally. I was shocked,
and of cour- he saw that I was. He
cams to —v me, indeed, the moment he
heard I was in town, that I might .earn
front hi- own mouth what had happen sal,
"instead oiat -<--ond-hand.
Jack had aiways bs-n more or less a
spoiled boy—only sons arealwavs more
or iess spoiled—and having lost lii>
mothcr when quite a child.it was not
wonderful that his poor old dad made
much of him. But lie had taken tne
spoiling kind v. and beyond making him
perhaps a little idle and thoughtiess.it
nail done him no harm. There was no
harm in the feliow; he spent more money
than he should, but many young soldier
do that without coming to much gri- f
iu the long run. and his father, a -oalier
before him. regardedth'- failing leniently,
paid his bills and looked pleasant. Be
yond adding that he was a rather short,
dapper little fellow. I need not say much
more about him ; I have only to try ami
put into coherent shape the strange and
tragical business which had so fearfully
altered him.
He was coming to town one autumn
evening for a few days' leave from flun
nersho'.t. when- he was quartered. I can
see him as plainly as if I had been there,
scringing into the tir-t carriage that
offered room, without regard to who was
in it; for he was the least tastidiou* of
men. without the slightest particle of
**hawhaw " pride and nonsense, or that
stand-off-ishnes* of manner, too usuai
with men in his position; ready to makt
himself happy wherever he was, or in
whatever company.
But it so happened, it appears, on this
occasion that he got into an empty car
riage; at least h>- thought -o, for it was
twilight, and he did not oV. rve for the
first moment the figure of a woman,
seati-d in a further corner. dressed in
dark clothes and thickly veiled.
The suddin discovery that he was not
alone rather startled him for a moment,
and it may be, as he said, that the eve
ning before having been a guest night at
mess, bus nerves were not quite up to
their usual tone. He was not the lad.
however, to be king in such a situation
without making some remark to his fel
low-traveler, though in this case an un
usual hesitation to do so came over hint,
owing to her mysterious appearance and
extreme stillness. The bet ween- lights
of the carriage lamp and the evening sky
prevented hint front discerning details ;
but there she sat, perfectly rigid, and
with not a vestige of her face visible,
through the thick black vail.
" Ahem! ahem!" he said at last, shift
ing one seat nearer to her and nearly op
posite: "I hope I have not intruded on
you; I thought the carriage was empty.
I may be disturbing you. I fear." Ib
would say anything, in a random sort of
way, to break the ice, as he called it.
No answer. A long pause. " Very
singular," lie thought; and he moved to
a seat exactly opposite to the figure,
making another commonplace observa
tion. No response, or any movement.
"Asleep, I suppose," he said to him
self; and he sat quietly watching her,
while the train rattled on for a mile or
two. A station was reached and a stop
page made, with the usual accompani
ments of screech and whistling and slam
ming of doors, but without producing
any change in the posture of the occu
pant of the opposite corner. The train
again moved on. "Can't be asleep," he
muttered. "What's the matter with
her?"
The window was shut close; he let it
down with a tremendous clatter and
bang, remarking that "he hoped, as the
evening was fine, the weather warm and
the carriage close" (for he declared to
me there was a peculiar odor hanging
about which struck him from the lirst)
"6he v uld not object to a little air."
Still no reply. Then he said "lie
feared she was not well. Would she
like him to pull the hell for the guard
and have the train st pped again ?" But
nothing he could s: j or do elicited any
sign of life from ber
Jack now beear • seriously uncom
fortable and alarn d on her account.
He thought sin? could not be asleep, but
had fainted. Suddenly ife crossed his
mind that she was dead. Night had
now closed in, hut as the last tinge of
twilight faded from the sky the carriage
lamp gained its full power and revealed
every object more plainly than hitherto.
FRKD. JKURTZ, JOditor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XII.
Jack loaned towitrxl the motionless
fortu. A long black vail, falling from a
altxst>-titling liat-lika honnat, enveloped
nearly tha whole uppar part of liar
figure; indeed. on close inspection. it
hardly looked like an ordinary vail, hut
more like a large thin, hlaak silk hand
karahiaf. Har dress was t>f xvmtnion
hlaak stuff, muah wont ami frayed. from
amid the folds of which appeared the
ends of a pitva of rope that must have
been fastened round har waist, and one
hand, anaasad in an old, ill-titting hlaak
glow, lav plaaitlly tin her lap
Full t>funiumfortablc sensations, Jack
was about lift tha veil, when, for th<
tirst time, the tigura ttutvad; its hand
stole slowly from underneath the foltls
of the dress, and the veil was gradually
liftatl and thrown up over the haatl
Involuntarily' tuv friend shrank hack
into the comer of liis seat, tor a face xx as
revealed to him which no one could have
looked uput without a sense of axve. It
was that of a woman somewhat past
middle age. thin, hsggnrxl and pale to a
degree xvhieh only xicath aoulxi para.lei.
The faatur. s. finely chiselex! and propor
tioned. show.d that at one time 'here
must have hvn suprx tna haauiv, xx bile,
though tha iron-gray hair looked a little
disheveled and unkaiupt, 'h. gianae of
the ,-ve was staa.lv. calm and xleicrtnincd.
In this glance lay. chiefly, tlie awe in
spiring esprx-ssion of the fare, for, in ad
dition tt> the penetrating look, there was
a p- rsistt in < y in it. anti at the same time
a fascination, quite terrible. It fixed
itself ujH>n Jack frxmi the first tuotuenl
that aye mat aye. and for several minutes
not a word was spoken A either side.
IVsently. however, he tri.skto pull him
self together, and to asstnnc his usual
light-hearted manner, xvhieh had tlius
lor a minute been so strangely and tuiusu
allv disturbexl. and ha said, briskly
*" 1 Iws, your pard.m: I was afraid \ ot;
were ill."
Slia > ightly In-nt liar haaii, but -;>ki
not a wont, nor withdrew liar glance
He felt more ud more chat it was
costing him an effort to Is hini-elf. 11- r
slow, stealthy. altn-ir ladylike dene anor,
added greatly to the effect already pro
duced, anil a curious -ensatioti w is irrad
ualiy cm-ping over hint, that—iuijs-si
hlc as it might jivm—that fare was not
strange to him. little as he. with his
temperament. was given to speculation
or intnjvtion. lie found himself striv
ing to look hack for some event or cir
> umstanee in his life which might giv<
him a elew. Had he ever dreamed ol
surh a fare, or had he seen it in child
hood? He was puit/led, affected, .jtliti
put out. And stili the deep, penetrating
eyes were fixed on iiis. piereing a> it
w ere into his v< r\ soul. And the hmds"
what were they doing? Taking off the
gloves as with a set, delibt rate purpose;
ind the iotjg. white, thin, almost eiaw
like fingers worked strangely and ner
vously. slowlv elosing and opening uj>oii
the palm, as !f preparing to grasp *ome
thing.
Again lie strove to throw off the un
pleasant. unusual sensation which had
crept over him.
"I can't stand this." lift thought; "I
was never so uncomfortable in all my
life! I must do something, or say some
thing to put a stop t< this, to make her
take her eyes off me!"
He moved abruptly to the lurther
it rticr of the carriage, and to the same
side on which the woman -at.
" I'll try and dodge her ill that way,"
he said to him-elf: "she shall not -it
md glare at im in this fashion!"
Hut she too immediately shifted her
place, and. rising to her fuli height,
which was very great, went over t the
- eat < xactly opposite to him, never for
one single second dropping her eye- from
his. He looked out of the window with
i vague notion of getting out of the car
riage; when suddenly, passing a little
-ration whieh he retxignized. l>ut at which
the train did not stop, an idea -truck
liirn—an idea after his own heart—a
>runic idea! He availed himself of it 011
the instant, and assuming an ' :ise which
doubtles- sat ill upon him, and whi 1 li he
was f->r troai feeling, he pointed with 1 is
thumb bad- toward tin -tation th- v lctd
u-t passed, a- he -aid mysterious y iu a
hollow voice:
" Do you know that place?"
She seemed to answer in th- affirms
ivc ' v a -liriit inclination of tin- I . ad i-
"Ah! you do. flood! Ismgtnoor."
he went on: "then I don't mind telling
vou a secret." lb- paused. ("I'll
frighten her," lie thought.) "Criminal
lunatic*." he said aloud; "I am one of
•Rem. I have just escaped from tier- I"
lb- leaned forward. aif to impr---- lier
with his word*: -he a!-o bent forward
until her lips almost touched his ear, as
-he hissed int<> it:
" hare I!"
With what had already gone before,
his put the finishing touch on Jack's
uneasioras of mind. It wa* not. a* he
-aid, the mere pres'-nc* of tie- woman, or
:he revelation which his joke had elic
ited. which scared him. though tin*, ir
uinstance in it*elf might h<- unpleasant
enough.
" I -houSd have faecal it right away
from the first, as any man would have
done, had it not Ix-en for the re
markable influence her face and look had
upon me; that unaccountable feeling
that she was no stranger to me. it wa*.
that unnerved, and even appalled me."
N'osooner had she uttered the words.
"So have I." than Jack sprang to the
cord communicating with the guard -
van, for he felt tlieir truth, and -aw in
them a key to tin- whole mystery. Hut
re hi hand had reached the cord, -iie
had *• ized 11i iii round the waist with one
irni a* with the grip of a vise, and at
the same instant he felt one of tlio-c ter
rible hands at his throat.
Every effort to release himself was
i'ruitiess: her strength seemed superhu
man. and was as far lieyond hi* as wa
iter stature. Her face glowered close
down u;sn his now. still with the same
fell expression.
"The only thing I could have done,"
went on Jack, in describing the scene to
me—and just here, he shall speak tor
himself—"the only means b> 'liich 1
might perhnp* have made h< r relax her
hold would have te-en ly aim ng one
or two tremendous blows with my rieht
:ist (which was at liberty) at her face.
Had it been a man's, there would iiave
been no hesitation; had it Ix-en indeed
that of an ordinary woman, at such a
pass I should not have hesitated to strike
her, to stun her. if 1 could, by any
means; but that face, that I seemed to
know so well, yet so mysteriously; I
could not raise my hand against it, and,
as my arm swung up with the first im
pulse to deal her a blow, it fell helpless
by my side. Vain were my efforts to get
her hand away from my throat; there
was a terrible swaying to and fro for a
minute or two. I felt the grip of the long
lingers tightening, and myself choking.
Suddenly we fell, the whole carriage
see mid to he falling—there was a fearful
ierk or two, a strange upheaving of the
floor, a tremendous rattle "and crash —I
appeared to be thrown headlong to some
great distance, and—all was darkness!"
The termination of that deadly strug
gle was brought about in a manner as
marvelous and unlooked for as could
well have been imagined.
Some fifty souls, say, were traveling
in that train—all, save one, in apparent
security. Jack's life alone wsis in dan
ger. when, lo! by one of those marvelous
coincidences which do happen at times
in the supreme moments of existence,
the rescue came, hut at the cost of many
a life, which but just before would have
seemed worth treble the price of Jack's.
At the very instant tliat his might
have depended upon another tightening
grip or two from the hand of a maniac a
frightful catastrophe occurred 'to the
train. The tire of an engine-wheel
broke and half a dozen carriages were
hurled down a steep embankment. The
scene that succeeded is, unhappily, of
100 common an occurrence to need more
than a word of reference here. Seven
passengers were killed outright and
double that number slightly or badly
hurt, the remainder escaping, u by a
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
miraala, with nothing else than a severe
shaking.
M y friantl was among the shaken lit
had Ihvh thrown eloar of tha dchri* tn
Itt a sttft, grassy *(h>l, halt ttank, hall
hedge; emphatically. hi. Ufa was s.ttisl!
Hut xt hat followed it xx xs that xx hi> h
caused the suflcring that xxiouglilllu
terrible change in .lack
In the darkness of that soft autumn
night In strove, lon most among thon
who had been spared, to render such
help a was possible to the lass fortunati
W hen the otVu it. .-issi.tanat aatua, and
tires xx rtv s.-t biasing to give light, al
most his tirst caiv xx as to try and seek
out his dangerous fa.low traveler In
tha contusion nolKHly xvas prxpaivti.tif
course, t listen to Jack's account ol
har, even had ha luvn prx pared than to
gixe It She xx as not, t \ ident'y . tnox ing
about among thaarowtl; he assured him
self t>f that ; hut supposing har. like hltu
st :f, to ha? • cs. jipati ityu \ taint In < oti
ctudcxl that fhis xx as hk y). might sho
not, with tha stealth and cunning inai
dantal to her malady, l>e hilling, and Ik
thus further eluding dentition, become,
xvitlt har homicidal mania, as dangerous
iti tne eomntuuity at large .as soma tierce
xx iol animal would he ' file thought
made hitu shudder: he must lose no time
in assuring himself of her fate.
\- soon as an approach to order could
!e exolvisl out ol that awful chaos, ha
had eoiix incisi hiiUsclt that she xx as not
auioug tha injured, Than ha turned V>
: lie dead liis ex e fall u|h>u sex ernt mu
tilated ami motionless forms, xvhieh ban
Is-eti laid in an ominous tow at the foot
•if one part x> the amlmnkiuent. Her*
was not among them; he could tind no
trace of har.
At length, as a sickly dawn xvas Is -
.'inning to tuaka the search easier, he en
deavored to discover tin spot where tha
arriage lie had occupied had fallen, and
o rrtrni-c his Steps (quite to the rear of
'he train, hv the xvavlto the place where
,e tound hints. r f lying after the catas
trophe.
Hy this time In had made known
briefly to soma officials that a woman
was missing who had la-en in the
irriage xvitli him. and one or two of
them followed him in his .ju- |'r>-
ently he realized pretty well xx hare lie
nail been thrown; ha ail hut identified
rhe -pot. Then he scramhi.ai through
'he lodge, and thar*'. on the opposite
side, on the sloping hank of ditch, ha
In d. lying quite sliii. har .huk, un
mistakahie form.
He ran forward, and. In-tiding over
her and looking down upon the marine,
up-turned face, saw at a glance that
there was nothing dangefou- about her
uow—tie'-i- terrible eve- were dosed for
vr. Except for a slight wound on one
temple,whence a little bkw>d had trickled,
md the di-torted but now rigidly c!o-.-|
Kind, which had been so latelv at hi-
hioat, -lie looked as calm and un in
ured as if she were merely sleeping,
w bile death Itad restored for a brief
oeriod mucfi of that la-nut y. the traces ~f
which had struck him when her vail
was first titled.
One of the surgeon* here came hurry
ing up, in answer to -unimons.
"(•ol heavenshe exclaimed; "here
-he i-, th-n. at last' Why. -he must
have been in the train. How on earth
■lid she manage it ?"
"Who i- she?" inquired Ja< k. earn
estly, with a strangi return of tin old.
nexplicable sensation. "Who i- -he?
You appear to know her. Pray tell me."
"( >h, one of our inmates; -he got awuv
-tertfay morning; no on ■ knows how ."
was the answer.
"You are from I,ongmoor. fun. How
■<ng has she be-n then- What is her
name?"
•'Oh, she has IM-.-H then- upward ot
wentv years. I believe; long la-fore my
ime,"
"And lier name?"
"t'jsin mv word, at this moment, 1
an hardly," went on the doctor, me
hanieaiiv pa— ing his fingers ov-r one
•f the pu.-i it-ss wrists before hiin. and
with a calm hesitation whieh contrasted
-trongly with J a k'- carn> Imp> tuou*
uanri r. "I can hardlv rutin tuber. I
hiuk she was committed for the murder
t her own little girl. It was a -ad case.
I know. Ah! her name; 1 have it."
vent on lit* doctor suddenly: "her name
v.-is l'aliant—ltachel Pallant
.lack sprang from the kneeling posture
n which he wa- as if he had l--n shot.
Why. that was hi- own dead, mother's
name! But, pshaw! what of that?
Well, it was rather a startling coinci
dence; that was all. Ay, but was it all?
Indci-d no!
The nquest led to a revelation. That
it juiry fuliy explained what had been
'lie nature of the influence which tin
v. ird, pa.e fa> •• and strange presence had
had up > tnv friend.
The strong f>ut subtle link, which no
time absence can ijuife-under, exist
ng bi-tween mother and son. had made
tself felt the instant tlio-<- rwo -at fare
'•> face, for tlie unhappy woman was jn
- Iced ncno other than .lack'- own mother
He had neviT lmen told—in fact, it had
i.-.-n carefully kept from him. Why
vtin the risk of clouding for life that
iqight and happy temperament? lb
was only four years old when the dread
ful business happened. Ib-nce lie had
-■•areely known a mot Iter's care; she wa*
■ >st to him and to the world as com
• ,ete|y a- if she had died. Nay. death
would have been a mercy by eompari
-on. and it was generally assumed that
he was dead; only si very few intimate
friends knew the truth.
The poor lady's mind had given way
uddeniv after th • birth of a child, who
did not live. Within aw>> k. the liomi
iilal mania possessed lur; by tic
in rest chance she had Iw-en prevented
from committing some frightful outrage
:ion her little fxiy.m v |s>r friend Jack;
md restraint not having te.-n put U|M>n
her in time—for her malady hiul hardly
le-en suspected, so unlooked-for was its
appearance—she consummates) ficrdeml
ly propensity upon lu-r e|d<*t child, a
girl fifteen years of age—killed her. in a
word, as she lay asleep.
And here, after a lapse of twenty years,
was the climax and end of the trageviy. a*
dreadful as anything that had gone he
fore. The order for release, wln-n it came,
I •rough t with it a* much -offering (to all
hut one) as had the order for
No wonder that .bo-k was an altered
man. I have never seen a smile on his
lace since—though I trust tfiat tipie. with
its healing influence, may at least soften
the blow.
bength of Human Life.
How long a man can live is a question
that has lx-en widely discussed. Ameri
cans are generally reckoned to he short
lived, compared with Kuro|an nations,
rnd they have been in the p:ist; but they
are steadily gaining in respect of age, as
their material conditions improve and
the laws of health are le-Mcr understood
and observed. Several instances have
Ix-en recorded recently of persons in the
United States who have died at 10?, 10*
and even 110. It is maintained,however,
by men who have paid special attention to
longevity, that there is no well-accredited
instance of any man or woman living
beyond 106— that that is the maximum
possibility of human endurance. It is
more reasonable to suppose that there is
a mistake in calculation than that the
mentioned limit has lx-en exceeded. In
Kurope it is a subject of dispute as to
what nation lives longest. The distinc
tion has been claimed in turn by the
Knglish, French, Germans, Spanish,
Italians „nd Russians. l<ate statistics
prove that the number of people in Ku
rope who are upward ot ninety years old
is ICftl H3l, of whom more than 60,000
are women. Oi those beyond 100, there
are 241 women and l'il men in Italy,
women gnd I*3 men in Austria, and 586
women and 524 men in Hungary. The
percentage ot old people is found to he
inuidi higher among the Germans than
the Slavs. Investigation appears to show
that human life has been lengthening
in the last twenty years throughout the
civilized world,"
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 187 R.
F AKI, tUKDF* 4MI 1101 NKIIUI.H.
l*Unllu tllltl I t ltn|tltllla| .
Pile Weil known three li-qllisitc* for
the germination ol seeds, says the (his
i (hn.'.'ini.iu. are heat, air and moist
urc. but not light. In a cold soil they
remain dormant; it too dry, (ley w ill
not sprout, and if buried deep ami com
partly IM yottd the action ut the ail', no
movement tow ard growth takes jdaee
l'lie small s, ds of wi. d* often remain in
the soil fot yc.ais when turned under
deep by the plow . when brought again
to the surfai I-. the new and copious
growth which at oucc takes (•!. lias led
superficial oh*ervers to thei-rrom-ous no
tion that tiny have sprung up s|H>itUut
oiisis Nursery men sonn-tiuo-a k*-p
peach stones dormant a year when they
lia|>|H-n to have a surplus, by placing
them two fret under the soil until need
<al. The depth for planting must depend
large'y on the size of the seed; and the
genera! rule has been given to bury
tin in freun three to five times a* do p a*
their diameter. This rule will vary
somen hat with the nature and condition
of the soil. It heavy and moist, the
depth should Is- les* than ill a light, dry
andporou* soil. In a moist, wcll-pul
verized soil, most v<sU, whether large
or sinali. will grow if merely ia>\>re-d
and kept tuoist; hut this eomhtioii ean
init 1- eommotily continued, a* af< w* *iry
uid warm days will dry the surface ot
the soil and pre-vent the gin mi uat ion of
the seed. Hence the common pracli *•
to varv this rule with circumstanc* *.
t'orn. pianta( early in the season wln-n
the ground is moist, w ill grow tre-eiy it
buritnl only an inch deep; hut under *•-
dinary * ire-unisuui<a * two inehes will
U-tter. It will tin.l it* way frre.y toth*
surface after many davs win n huri**l siv
inehtw Im-IOW Ru ly in aiituirn, wln n
winter wheat is sown or drilled in. tip
soil is usually much drier than in corn
planting time, amt for this reason, al
though the stasis are smaller than grain*
of corn, it should I*- p!a- c*l at a depth of
two inch* * In a dry spring corn boii *1
be planted <!<■* |*< r than in aw * t one, ami
;he old pracliia-of pre-ssing e.a* h hill with
•h*- In*-, when tl<- w.*rk was d*>n<- by
I i.it*l was u**-ful win n tin- -oil w a* dry
When planting i* done with a machine,
roller to follow the tube WoU.d !*• u-e
--ful in dry weather.
In a dry season, a* the pre sent ha I* u
in many pla--s, much care i* required to
impart sufficient moisture-1* s* **l* when
planted. If the (*arti* l<-* of soilaredry.
thesmali grains *r lump* which eym
).*>*• it w til touch the ** e*i only at a f*-w
j 'int,.an*l the chan<*>-s for it* germina
tion will be -ma i. F.V'ii if nioisb-ned
by a sliowiT, tin- water will In- coin e>< d
t*the •* *1 on.y at the few point-* of con
! i t. It is bett r. thereto!* . to tlau' ss *1
after a shower than t f*re- it. a- tin- -oil
■is rendered moist and yielding, and.
pre-ssing the who!*- *urfa*-- of the s***l
. a us*-* germination at once. On this
principle, experience ha* shown tftnt un
■ ler common conditions see*is grow
much I>etior if planted after than lef**r*
'.ln-rain. The exceptions are. when tlie
-ail has liecti so finely puiv-riz-d that it
• t.S' S ill*' S'-'tl Weil on all sidi-s while V* t
• iry; ami when the rain is re> laipious
that it till* with water for a sufficient
time the interstice* whi li surround tin
-ced.
Thr Howe It MM l*r nl.
Another hug lias strangely in* r< red
in numbers, in the past two years, and it
promises to 1*- more- tiouh.esome tlian
the enemy of the potato. The rose bug
has come u|>n us in iwiu lis, ami it *l* -
-troys not only our grape and i*-a h
■ Top*, but our apples ami plums, if un
< hivk'-d. The ls-st m- thiHl of chivking
them it is desirable to learn, if there U*
any nn-tluMl. We hav<- tried hand pick
ing, whale oii soap, ami a variety o
agents, but our effort* have las-n only
partially su*-*a**sful. The white hrll**-
hore- iiu-t i* th<- most effective d*-stuyer,
but it is exjven-iv*- and troublesome to
apply. It iKvurnsl to ire this y*-ar to
t.k* <ur grapevines from their su|*|s*rt*
and lav them close upon tlie ground
wln-n in blossom. This course saved
■ ur <-rop so f.r as the experiment w as
tried, ami we pre-sent tlie }*lan f**r the
!* uetit ol grape grower* everywhere.
Th* in-e t sniiot **r d< s not r* *• b th-
I* ossoin when the vim-* are- in this posi
tion. and no injury re-suit* to the \in*s
• luring inflore- it**-. A* *>n as tin
fruit is formevl. the danger is over, ami
the vim-* may b<- mi**-d and secures! to
• lie support*. This we regarel as im
portant information, an*' it -houid !*•
re tnemlH-red. Our p*-* h crop we *.iv*-d
tlii* \ ,ar bypassing through the orchard
md jarring the tre* - hy a blow with Un
hand on*-*- or twiceadav. The insret*
aredetax-h'-d from the fruit and fall up*>n
the ground, and do not return to the
fruit until after a considerable j*. ri**l **t
tiiu . Tin- letter way is to place a
sheet under the tre*-*, catch the hugs ami
u< -troy them in a pan of whale oil soap
s. ils.— fiction Jourrml ot 'Venn-fry.
HouartioM Hint*.
(Jlass held level under water mnv IN
• isily cut with a paii of sln-ars or strong
s* i*sors. ('ut a little at a time.
Never raisins that are t.> b tl*ed
in sweet dishes. It will make tin- nuii
ding heavy. To cb-an them wipe tlicm
<II a drv towel.
In tailing eggs hard put them in tail
ing water ten minuP-s and then i>ut them
in colli water; it will prevent the yolks
from coloring black.
To make macaroni tender, put it in
cold water and hring it to a boil. Is
will then he much more tender than if
put into hot water or stewed in milk.
Ai! milk vessels should, in their last
rinsings, have tailing water or hot super-
Ic iteil Steam applied, nothing short
will destroy tic putrefaction which is
abundant in milk vessels not thoroughly
cleansed.
To take out tea stains, put the linen
in a kettle of cold water: rub the'stains
well with common eastile soap; put the
kettle on the side of the stove, to let the
' water get gradually warm; wash it
thoroughly in warm soap suds- then rub
the stain again with soap, and noil: then
rinse.
Single cream i- cream that has stood
on the milk twelve hours. It is best for
t-a or coffee, fhiuhlc cream stands on
rit- milk twenty-four hours, and cream
for butter frequently stands forty-eight
hours, Cream that is to he whipped
-tmuld mu lie butter errant. lest in
! whipping it change to butter.
Small holes in white walls can he
I easily repaired without sending for the
j mason. Kqunl parts of planter of Paris
j and white sand—such as is used in most
families for scouring punosc—mixed
with water to a paste, applied immedi
j ntely and smoothed with a ktiife or flat
piece of wood, will make the broken
place a good as new. As the mixture
hardens very quickly, it is best to pre
| pare but a small quantity at a time.
furious Phenomenon
At the (.'ape of flood Hope, near Table
mountain, the clouds come down very
low now and then without dropping in
rain. At such a time, if a traveler
should go under a tree for shelter from
the threatening storm, he would tlnd
himself in a drenching shower; while
out in the open space, away from any
tree or shrub, everything would he lis
dry as a hone. Mere is the explanation :
The cloud or mist is rat her warmer than
the leaves; and so, when it touches
them, it changes into clinging drops
which look like dew. Fresh drops keep
forming, they run together, and at
length the water drips off the leaves
like rain. And this process goes on un
til the clouds lift and the sun comes
out again.
The baby oyster is not much bigger
than a pin s head at the enti of a fort
night, and at three months old onlvtlie
size of a split pea. In a year it will be
come as large aa a five-cent nickel, HIM
at the end of four years' growth is fit for
the market.
MietliUti's Peril.
Senator Gordon, of (it-orgia, lias been
giving a conepoiideiit ot the Phila
i delphia Ami > some reminiscences of the
cloning sceni* of the war. in which In
pinyisl a leading part a* one of (irm-ral
l.i I * cuip* loiniuainlus Wi give this
extrai t
I had a message from (leneral l*ec
telling iiic a flag of tiuce Was in exist
ence, leaving it to my discretion a* to
what course to pursue Mv nun were
still pu*hing tlntr way on I sent at
once to hear from ticnerai lamgslre-ct.
feeling that if lie was marching toward
me we might stilt i ut through and carry
the ariuy forward I learned that he
w.a* alsiut two mill* ~ti wiib |ii, tucii
faced iu*t opiaisite from mine, tigiitiug
tor hi* life I thus saw that tin* case
was hopeb-ss. I'lic further each of its
drove the enemy the further we it rifted
apart unit the moii t-x|Mt**d wi left our
wagon trains and artillery, which was
parked between us F.v*ry time either
ut Us broke olllj njM'ln-il tl* gap tin
wider I *aw plainly tlctt tin Fed
erals wt.uiii soon rush in Mwmi u*
and tin ii there would have ImVii no
i army 1 then lore den rtuined to si-nd a
i flag ot truce. I called Major Hunter, of
my stall. u> me and told him that 1
wanted him to carry a flag of truce for
ward. He repihst
" ' (iencral, I have no flag of truce '
" I told him to get one Hi- replied
| ••' (leneral. we have no llag of truce in
our command."
"'Then,' *aid I 'Then get your
haiidkcn-hiel. put it on a slick aiul go
forw ard."
•' '! li.w • no handkeri iiief, (leni-ra. '
" ' l heti Imutuw one and go for ward
with it.'
" *He tried and reportrel to me that
there was no tuuidki-rchief in my stall '
" ' l is n, M.-yor, u*i your shirt '
" ' You *ei . tienerai, that We .o ba\ e
on tlaiuu'l shirts '
" Vt last, 1 believe, we found a man
who bad a whit* shirt He gave it to
ii*. and I ton- off tin- hai k ami tali, and
tigging tin* to a stick Major Hunter
went out tow ard the mi-my's lint -. 1
instru- teil him to simply *ay to (b-in-ral
Sh.-riibin that tieiu raj i bad written
me that a flag of trui ■ liail Im-n sent
from hi* and (Irani'* headquarters, ami
that he couid act a> ft,, thought Is-st on
this information. In a few moments In
> utie hack with Ma >r -, of Sheri
dan's staff. This officer satit :
'* '(ienerai Sheridan requested me to
prreeiit his eoiup illli-nts to you and to
■I- maiul the unconditional surrender of
your army.*
Major, you wiK | . 4 . return my
•aitupliuicnli to (ienerai Sheridan and
say that 1 w iil not surrender."
' Hut, (b nrrai. he will annililate
you."
" 'I am perfectly well aware of my
sitUatll-li. 1 *ilnp \ g.avi (ietierai Sheri
dan some information on which he may
or may not desire to net.'
" lie went lep k to his lini* and in a
*lmrt time (omri Sheriilan • ante gal
loping I irwarel on an immense horse and
atlendial by.a very large staff, .lust
here an incidentotx-urred that came near
having as, riotis ending. A* (JeniTal
Stieridan Was approaching I nolieeil one
••( mv sharp-shooter* drawing hi* rifle
down U(*in liim. I at once,..i-al to-him,
•put down vour gun, sir; this i* a flag
of truei lint hi never raised it. He
siiupiy s, tt . ,| it to hi- shoulder and was
drawing a I wad op Sheridan when I
• am*! forward anil jerkisl hi* gun. He
struggled * lib IPC, IlUt 1 totally raii d
it. 1 then jH.o-d it and h- started to aim
a. iin 11 aught it again, whenbeturmal
hi* -'. em white fae. . all broken with grief
ind streaming with w-nr*. up to tue and
-ml. * \\ eil. tb-nera;. then h-t him k< < }>
on his own side!' The lighting had ion
tinuis! up to this point Iniha-d, afti r
tin- flag of truce, a regiment of mv men,
who had In i n lighting their w ay through
toward win re* wi were and w ho did not
know • f flag of tm s tire d into *ole of
Sheridan'* cavalry. Tlii* wis *pt* dilv
-'ojijHai, however I how ■ d (oners!
Slimidan (iencral l>w' nte and h- de
t'-rminwl to await events. He dis
mounted and I did tin- sanp . Then, for
the tirst time, the im n svinnl to und< r
-t.anil w hat it al! in• ant. And then tie
poor fellows broke down. Tin- tin ncri*d
■ iki chiidre-n. Worn, starved and huaal
ing as they were-, tin y had rather have
died than ha.-e surrendered. At one
word from me tin y would have hurled
theniseives on the enemy and have cut
tlu ir way through or have fallen to a
man with their gun* in their hand*. Hut
1 i oii i! not permit it The great drams
had Isa-n played to its end."
A Snake that killed Cow*.
The large*: *ti:k* > i• r loiimt in t'nmi>-
Im-11 county. Kv., was killml one day re
cently mi the farm of Mr. Herman A'arr.
n ir Co d Springs. Several >• :r> ago
a traveler along the road Itonh-ring u|Hin
Mr. Carr's farm reporbd having sun a
snake, at the low - st calculation measur
ing ten fi-e'. run across the qiail a short
distan<->' in front of him. and disappear
in the brush that grew bv the fence.
The man was advised to join a t-tnpcr
ance siK-jety. ami the whole affair was
siMin forgotten. Karly best soring one
of Mr Carr's cow* was found dead in |
th stall. Although not ehained. tin
animal had the appearance of having j
Im-ch choked to death, its tongue pro- j
tripling and there being a heavy mark
around the neck. Tlie strangest thing ,
was that it eyes were eaten out. All
efforts to solve the mystery of its death
w . re- unsuci* **ful. About three days
afterward another valuable cow was
found dead and similarly mutilated.
One morning Mr. t'arr. on going to
his stable, was horror stricken by s,*-ing
a monster snake coiled al*>ut the neck ol
one of his cows, while the poor animal
Mood patiently. Iteing hugged to death.
\t the appt aranceof Mr. ( arr the *nake
raised its liend and darted out its fangs,
and then slowly uncoiled itself and
glided awav Is-neatli a large pile of hay-
Mr. ('arr at once raised the a.arm. and
within an hour several dozen persons,
gathered. The ha\ was removed with
large forks, mid wlien near the • • nter of
the stack the snake was found. It was
inclined to show- fight and not turn tail,
but all trouble was ended hy n well-di
rected blow on the head, which laid
it stiil forever. In the den were the j
remnants of a young pig. When meas
ured the snake was found to be eleven !
and a half fret in length, and as thick a*
a man's wrist. The-kin will lie stuffed
and presented to the State Academy of
Natural Science. IxmuiUinKyATrnn
s rript.
Lite Language of Postage Stamps.
The language of postage stamps, in
stead of flowers, has just been invented.
I litis, when a postage stamp has lieen
placed upside down on the left corner of
the letter, it means: "I love you;"
in the same crosswise, "My heart is
another's;" straight up and down,
"(tood-bye, sweetheart, good-bye;"
upside'down on the right-hand-corner.
"Write no more;" in the center at the
top, "Yes." opposite at the IHIIIOIII,
" No;" on the right hand corner at a
right angle. " Do you love me?" in the
lcit-h mil corner. "I hate you;" top
cornci on the right, " I wish your friend
shin;" bottom corner on the left. " I
seek your aei|iiaintanee;" on a line with
the surname, "accept my love;" the
same upside down, " i am engaged;" at
a right angle in the same place, " I long
to see you;" in the middle at the right
hand edge, " Write immediately."
While this is all very good as far as it
goes, those who put a postage stamp on
any but tiie upper-right-corner of an
envelope, must bold themselves res|tl
sible lor all the swearing of the post
ofllee clerks. —A/In my I'ri.sx.
William 11. Vunderbill controls lUWft
miles of railway, and employs
men, who receive some #1,178,000 salary
eiuh month.
lIMPLY TOPIC*.
An lU'ti'- it in the St xx York Nwi *ay
that liolyitka, flu s , is tfi, giv it center
l tin pa|ier trade of this country. I lo
ts •xx it i out tins go, 000 inhabitant*, of
whom -UHto are employed in the sev-u
--ln n larct piper mills of the plat e The
capital inVi stcti in the papal trade at
llolyoke is estiliialeil at about #5,0011,0110,
alltl there are niiliuallv pnslueetl alsiut
:ti„'gio tons of pa|s-r. I'he mills are run
by xx ater ptnxer.
Henry In ki.hd the young man who
had wronge.l hi* daughter, at t'lerken
xvall, Englauil, am) public sentiment
lavoivtf him so strongly that a tund xx a*
ratsiai to suptsirt his family during the
year and a half ot imprisonment to
xvhieh he xx as sentenced. His escape
b.iii ft VMM puni-biii.n'. xv a- rcgaril. .1
a* lucky, ntid h want to prison in giMui
spirits. Hut liis daughter taunted hitu
xx tth lu ing a murderer, ami in i oiiw
queiiae of that In-hanged liinisclf in liis
x-ell.
Alt mmh iathm, under the name of the
"Ja-p i Motltlinciital Asooeiatiotl." itas
Ih-cii formed at Savannah, (>., fir the
the purpose of < tas ting a monument to
Sergeant Jasper, xx ho >n the IKb day ot
lb loin >l, |"'t, fill in the attack of tile
Alnciicaii forces on Saxaiinah. 'Tlie
sergeant's . vploit in leaning over the
ramparts of Fort Mouitrie, Charleston
harbor, during the hottest part of the
Hritinli atta< k at that place, and fixing
anexx the flag which hiut luvn shot Irom
its start, xx til be rcmemltt r-d as one of
th'fmost s! irril. g episodes of the Hexolu
tiotiary ar.
A Missouri farmer lias Im* n tiguring
on the damage done ly dogs in thai
Mate. In thirty-two counties to.tsrg
sheep liaxe I>, en ki.ied ile i-tilliales
the number of dogs in thirty-two .aiun
ti's to Is ticg.ism; thai a hog will thrive
on the l"od necessary to support an
nhie-budii-d dog, and at tlie • ud of lite
\| ir xx eigh pounds ; therefore, if tile
fissi lor tli.*se A'i'.'.tssi dogs was given to
iti.- hogs, ft Mould make trj.tMKi.tmi
jHiuniis of jxit k. Wortli at ie.ast six cents
a pound, or fft.ttO.OMt —nearly twice the
\ alua ot all tlie achoul-hoUse* in the
State, and inure tluut twice tlie amount
Usd by the s*tj*t* for seli.Mii |iurj>iM-
I 11.- lrt< t of lyointnii. liavp
l < n mi'iitl) |Mwirdpd with ;u> *ttw
liw intnil >Uling that " tin* art >f IwjtKinsf
i- < vli:tu.">u\]y taught in six by
l'rtif. lltnuiw y, who u in*
form tin* |>ui>ii<- thai In- ha* founded a
< fur tlii>r> lu al and iraftit*al in
!>iru< Won in un-di. ancv." Anions other
[.ra*±ia] sppaaonii fur the profusion
tli* " prof>—<ir uiimuin'ri that he
Invpi <in bant!
artificial wound* ami
•M.r< a.*< >rt<-d tinuf* <if (win*, trained
dugs for ldind mm. cruuhc* fur crip
j.l. s, attil surgical baoduni fur wounded
impostor*. Information is afforded re
jMa ting the uuwt ItK-mtivr stri-vls and
m ightjorhuod*.
The correspond .-nl cif a U\er-
I IHJ! n> W spaper says. " The papers an
nounced the itUwr day that. owing to an
accident ia the machme-ruuin. tin* extra
number of the Il'usfmUJ Ixnumd
.V. w\. adverttsfxi to appear, would >*•
unavoidably pitstpunca for one day.
As a luotUt d fact. the *accident * wu
a literary, not a im-. liatii.-al un<>, tin*
proprietor ram*! in# several thousand*
of printed copies ratlo-r than allow the
publication of an article hy one of it*
< ditors, refits ling, tu he conceived, with
ill-timed severity and offt-ntivene** cm
the family of tl IVince Imperial. In
-tantly. |rusing the article. Mr.
Ingram unleted 'stop pnw,' sai-riliriu
over £I.OOO to this delicacy of feeiing."
The classification of a eotnt'any at one
of the smaide hotels, hy a ehiid who
had not troubled herself t> remember
has a great deal of sigiiiti<-nnce.
T< le-r they were " tte lady who whines
* if ah< wer. going to ery "the Lady
who ta Ws about h<r headache:" "the
;ady who s olds the children for making
a n.i-e, and I to play* the piano so
much herself:" "the kind lady wlio
steak* to all tin-stranger"the liappv
lady who draws pictures and lets Us iook
over tier slioulder:" "the voung ntan
who thinks he is handsome;*' and "the
boy who alw a\ s offers to take you out in
ilis boat when noltttdy else will take
you " Truly, niaitv tfiing* which are
thought to I'M- hid hv tip WIS.' and pru
•h nt are revealed unto baltes.
The maddest newpa|HT* of the pres
ent time are tbom* which are puhlished
in the Austrian lunatic asylum*. (Vn-
Irihution* are received from all the in
msb - who have either hobbies or gricv
ances. Those who are afflicted with any
monomania whatever mv explain tlieir
delusion* and support their convictions
hv argument and example. The logic em
ployed in an article of a ns-ent issue by
on. tent '-man to disprove the belief of
another that his heard was of heather
and require 11 a instant watering. > so
fault!<■•. and incisive as to have done
■ r.-.iit to a U-gius I'rofi—.or of Moral
Philosophy. Alas' he himself firmly be
li.-v.-d that his own nose was made of
sugar, and to prevent it* getting wet.
and eonse.ju. ntly melting away, always
drank through a straw. — Y.tc York
Tribune.
Keen princes sometitn s starve to
death. rt<is'titlv, the St Petersburg
papers announced the death from sheer
starvation of Prince Serge Mi. ha. lovic )
(Jalitr.in. employed as a censor of books,
and removed bv "sttnrente order*" to
Odessa, where lie t.H.k l.Kiging in the
hou-e of a . arpenter. occupying a dark,
damp room, of such limited dimensions
that his eofliti .aftil.l not be got into it. 1
An in.juir elicited the fact that for
months he had subsisted on dry bread,
with occasionally a morsel of cheese or
an apple. He left no effects save the
rags on him when lie died. Ilis mother
is aw.withy da me, resident in Moscow,
where she owns several houses, a fine
mansion surrounded by a park and a
fashionable nunn. ry. His wife—for the
unfortunate nobleman was married—
hastened from Moscow to attend the
funeral, but was too late.
Physical Kxerclsc
Our greatest hies-dug i* good health:
and nunc can otiostion hut that our air
menta are too often caused by Improper
food, neglect of bodily exercise, and tre
iiucntly front injudicious and persistent
drugging. When our organs have lv
over-excrtniilicconie weakly. and tin it
function*! alow and hnperfivt, rest and
repose would soi-m t< be required by
them: hiit no! inxtrail of this it is the
application of tin- whip and the spur
l<4'l us for a moment glance at the huai
ttcs- and professional titan. Docs lie
(five a thought to his health in liis
ambitious race for wealth? Take the
so-ealied sporting man: It is motto is. too
often. "A stiort life ami a merry one."
These} llustratioiis, and others which we
Could t|Uo|e we regret to say. preclude
almost anything like a rational treat
ment of tin' cause of tdivsienl exercise.
Yet. notwithstanding our rather
souther retleetions.it is still a gratify
ing truism, that athletic exercises with
us arc already assured of a bright future.
They arc becoming, day by day and
hour by hour, more popular with the
masses of the American people of all de
grees and ages; their meetings, both in
doors and on the greensward, are patron
ised am! indorsed to an extent hitherto
unknown in our fair land; and it is as
suredly a great satisfaetion for this
generation to know that the inevitable I
and never-failing result will be the pro
duel ion of a more perfect race of men,
both intellectually and physically, re
sulting front their Inang endowed, as
they will lie, with that s inr qwi mm—tile
glorv of perfect manhood—" a sound
nnd vigorous mind in a healthy body."
—Brtntano'n Aquatic Monthly.
TKHMB: S2.QO a Yrur, in Advance.
m:w postal hi i.i s.
*f tiillflllott Im llkl • uf I'utUfff ud
C UmlAialluu uf Hallrr.
Hy lliw provision* of re-cent Mi of
CuofrfM, m riMuirunl by the l'uUi(Ht
Department, various important modifirat
lions have been in tub- in rate* of postage
ami ill the rltissificalion of mail matt*?.
A* these changes will larg* ly affrel tin*
mercantile, innuiam • ami other interests
ami an tll*y are al present lUI imper
fectly understood, Un-subjoined detailed
liiforiiialioii u| ii the subject lia* Im-tii
obtained by a New York paper through
inquiry n( tin- |HH>lof)h-e. It may lie re
lied UJH.II AX being in accord witii the
; latest official ruling* ami derision* of the
department, ami as alwM iuU-ly correct.
The rate on commercial papers, in*ur
tiui documents, paper* in legal proceed
ings, elr., when uartiy in print ami pailly
in writing, lias heretofore* la-< n the same
as oil letters, viz , three rents pT hal
otim-e. All such article* liave now, with
Ue exception* mentioned, Iseu assign*-*!
to lite third riass of mail matter, and as
stirh are chargeable with postage at the
rate of one rent for each two ounces,
when sent ill UltiM-nled envelop*-* or
wrappers. The exceptions are : It *Ueh
articles contain writing in the nature ol
personal correspondent-#. or are in them
selves the representatives of a monetary
value. In these i-jum the* become lirst
class mail matter, and, as such, are
cliargcahle with letter rates of postage.
Ai eording to the last rulings of the de
partment (whim reverse a numb*a *>|
those recently llliulc under the same law-),
till- specific examples of the exceptions to
third class matter are: Insurance poli
cies sigm-d and in foren, daily insurance
i rejiorta, insurance transfers, notii-es ol
premiums due, assignments, transfers,
application* for insurance, promissory
notes, attached to tin-niiums or not. and
ail notices from ioi-ai agents to jsiliry
holders respecting re-11l 1, talus iJa
tions. receipt* or other kindred matter;
also, all signed not-s, rhickt, drafts,
iteeils, bonds, hills of lading, receipted
hills, and signed receipts of all kinds.
liisurama- policies. can<-e)ed or incom
plete; unriaa-iptiii hill*, invoices and
month y statements may ail In- writ at
third c,ass rate* ol postage.
Tin- former restriction* .as to writing
in Imnk* have Is-en rernoved. to tlie ex
tent ol permitting a simple inarm* rip t
dedication. or form of presentation, to be
written on tin- i*overs or bank pages.
Manuscript for publication, when ac
companied tiy proof sheets, may la- sent
at third class rates; hut, unless so ar
compani* d, i chargt able at it-tier rale*
\re-hite* tural ami other drawing* made
by hand, heretofore charged at iettet
rates, an* now assigned to the fourtli
class, and may lie sent on payment m
postage at one cent per ounce, as may
Also original painting* in oil or water
colors, etc. <lhnanos are rated a* thinl
class matter uni--s mounted on cloth or
pasteboard, in which case they belong
to tiie fourth class. Postage and revenuc
*taui|s an- now in the fourth clans
Articles of glass, formerly excluded
from the mails, may now Is-sent at fourtli
class rates (one cent per ounce), provided
tliey art- secured so as to guard against
injury to other mail matter in can- of
breakage, and are Itoxt-d in avcordan<-e
witii i-ertain instructions contained in
the I nit-sl St.-t # Postal <iuide. Original
(tackages of tolmrro and Istxesof cigars
and other artichu sealed by internal rev
■ nue stamps, which were formerly
chargi d at letter rate*, an* now plan d
in the fourth cl.i*- hy a decision of the
department, w hioh state* that they •• will
regard tlie stamp placed ov % r the cover
or o}H-uing of such packages a* evidence
tliat no matter*** contained therein which
i* subject U> letter rat* of postage.
All persons who di*ire to avail them
selves of tlie concessions noted above
will understand that they involve certain
drawbacks. Fer example, with the
-ingle exception of tlie pxi kages scaled
hy internal revenue stamps, ail mail
matter not sent at letter rate* must lie
left ojH-n to injMs tiiin by the postofßce
authorities. No articles, other titan let
ters and postal cards, can 1m- returned to
the sender* on re-qm-st: nor forwarded
ti other office*. unliM again fully pre
paid, in'caw.the pTsons addri-**i d have
removed: nor rsn they 1 advertised;
but. if found undelivcrmlilc or annllni
for, they will be *cnt to the dead litter
office Mail matter of the third and
fiiurth classes is not assorted and put up
with, or in the sann manner, a* letters,
being placed loo* in canvas sack* and
not in locked pouches; and, of course, |
whenever it i* mvessary, on account of
unusual accumulation of mail matter or
for other reason*, to give preference in 1
dispatch, it is always accorded to letter
mail.
Thorcau's Thoughts.
Woe to hitn who wants a .ximpanion.
for he is unlit to !*■ the companion . ven
of himself.
That virtue we appreciate is as much
ours :i* another's. We *.*■ si much only
.TS we JMISSOS,
Tlie blue sky is a distant reflection of
the azure serenity that looks out from
under a human brow.
What tioes education often do? It
make* a straight-cut ditch out of a
free meandering hrook.
Ik you know on what hushes a little
peace, faith and contentment grow ? (Jo
n-la-trying early and late after them.
There is nowhere any apology for de
spondency. Always there is lite while
life Lists. which, rightly lived, implies a
divine satisfaction.
Cheap persona will stand upon cere
mony. because there is no other ground;
hut to the great of the earth we need no
introduction, nor do they need any
to us.
Wtiat is pe. uliar in the life of a man
consist* not in his obedience, but his oj>-
p. wit ion tohis instincts: in onedirection
or another he strives to live a super
natural life.
Wtifn we cease to with,
ami to I*- personally related to men, and
licgin to tw universally related. then wo
atv capable of inspiring others witii the
sentiment of lovo for us.
No fields nro so barren to mo as the
nion from whom I . \poct everything hut
got nothing. In thoir neighhorliood I
experience a painful yearning for society
whioh cannot !*■ satisfied. for the hate is
greater than tin' love.
Make the most of your regret*; never
smother your sorrow, hut tend ami
cherish it till it come to have a separate
ami integral interest. To regret tleeph
is to live a fast. By so doing you will
ho astonished to find yourself restored
oin e more to all your emoluments.
Whatever your sex or |*sition, life is
a battle in which you are to show your
pluck, and woe Im* to the coward.
Whether passed on a Iwd of sickness or
ill the tented field, it is ever the same
fair flag, and admits of no distinction.
Itespair and postponement are cowardice
and defeat. Men were horn to succeed,
not to fail.
A (Jueer House.
An eccentric Englishman has recently
built a liouse in tlie Quarter Tivoli for
the residence of himself, his wife and
eight children, which is the talk of all
Paris. It is circular, and has neither
door nor window externally The ap
proach to it is from the ground floor on
to the roof by means of a ladder, which
is moved up and down by machinery
similar to that of a drawbridge. There
is only one floor, and thai contains
eighteen apartments, more or less small
in dimension, looking into the center,
which is lighted from above by a glazed
cupola. One stove for all these rooms is
in the middle, and in slimmer its place
is to IK- occupied by an exquisite parterre
of flowers. A circular balcony, open to
all the apartments, surrounds this space.
The motive for this oddity is, ol course,
only known to the author of it, but
everybody cau see that two points are
gained by it—immunity from the taxes
on doors "and windows, and a perfect pre
ventative of any attempt at burglary.
NUMBER M.
I'rel rating thr Spread of Disease.
The commission of ex pert* appointed
by i In* National Hoard of licaltli of the
I niiiil Suin ui |>rni* * circular em
i.o.l)fii-; familiar instruction* for dinin
fecthm IINM made it report to the board.
The report i>u follows:
li-itif-< lion i tlx* destruction of the
I |HIIIMU of infectious or eontngiou* di
■-a*e*. Ihndoriiem are not necessarily
disinfectant*. anil disinfectant* do not
ix <<-<■ *aljr ie ar an odor• The diain
(octant* Pi be ued are: First, roll *ul
phur for futuigatiou; IMCKNM), sulphate of
j iron (copperas) dissolved in water in the
proportion of one an I a half pounds to
tlx- gallon, for noil, sewer*. etc.; third,
sulphate of zinc and eoninton salt dis
solved together in water in tiie propor
(ion of four ounces of salt to the gadon
for Hot hi nr. bed linen, etc Tlx- iniu
tuission exclude carbolic acid, lor the
reason that it la difficult to secure the
proper quality, and it mus*. IN* used in
i*rg< quantities to lieof service. In using
disinfectants in thr si< k room, tlx- most
tvailable agents are fresh air and lean
lines*. The towels, clothing, bed linen,
-tr.. should, on removal from the patient
tnd before they are taken from the room,
he piai rd in a pail or tub of the sine so
lution, boiling hot if possible. All disc
charges should either be received in Ves
sels containing copperas solution, or,
when this is impracticable, should In
iniinediatejy covTed with copi-era* solu
tion. All vessels used alxiUt the patieut
-houid he cieniisrd with tile same solu
tion. I tmn-esaarv furniture. especially
that which is stuffed— car|teta and hang
ings—should. when possi ble. be removed
from the room St tlx- outset; otherwise
'.hev should remain for subsequent fumi
gation and treatment. Fumigation with
sulphur is the only practicaTde method
ol disinfecting the house. For this pur
pose the rooms to he disinfected must be
vacated llnvy elothing. blankets. lied
ding and other articles WHICH <annot IN*
treated with xinc solutions should In*
opened and exposed during fumigation
as di r*cted below : Close the ruocu as
lightly a possible, place the sulphur in
ir n pans, supported on liricks. contained
in tuis containing a little water, set it
on tin' by hot mals or with the aid of a
>]MM>nful of alcohol, and allow the room
t<> remain closed for twenty-four hours.
For a room afoul ten feci square at least
two pounds of sulphur should he used:
lor larger rooms proportionately in
•r*a *d quantities. Cellars. yard*, j
•■tahles. gutters, privies, i-essixsiis,
water-closet.*, drains, sewer*. etc.,slKull
IN frequently and liberally treated with
• aipperas solution. Thecopperas solution
is easily prepared by hanging a basket
containing about -ixty found* of the
copperas in a liarn-1 of water. It is best
to burn ar'.icies which have come in
contact with persons si k with conta
gious or infectious diseases. Articles too
valuable U lie de-trolls! should In*
treated as follows: Cotton, linen, flan
ne.*, blank-Is, etc.. should be In-aU-d
witii the toiling line solution, intro<lu<*e
piece hv piece, se*-ure thorough Witling
;uxl toil Air at least half an hour. Heavy
Woolen elothing. silks, fur*, stufled led
covwrs. led* and other article* which
• annot be treated with the solution
-hould IN- hurigin the room during fumi
gation, their surfaces thoroughly ex
powland |nh k< t* turneil inside out. Af
terward tiiey should In* hung in tiieopen
air. beaten and shaken.
1 he First Hide Through a ( anion.
Two adventurous miner* recently took
:i ri<l2 through the Big Horn cuyt*. in
On- Yi-llow-toin region. never before
irav.-nied by tuan. ! lad they been able
graph i<"al!v to descrtl* their adventure
ltey would have told a ml* Seldom
equaled in thrilling incident*. Wishing
to save two hundred mile*' travel around
site mountain* they concluded to try tlie
canyon. With some t<iol* tbct had in
' thetr mining ramp they built a frailcraft
it the Ixtttoiu of the canyon, having
. previously taken down their material of
:ad cedar. The lo.at was made tweive
feet long, three fret wide, .and upon trial
wa found to carry its cargo of freight
tnd passenger* admirably. So one morn
ing they untied it and pushed into the
current. Tlte rush of the river, which
la-for- starting was almost deafening, was
i< rrible as tlie I*sat started on its journey
through this unknown gorge. To go
Stack w.a impoeaihle; to clinth the solid
iim.stonc walls which rose five hundnal
feet above their h.-ads. where a narrow
strtwk of light light.si up their course.
' was not to he entcrtaimsi as a means of
. scape; through they must go. trusting
j to th-ir ability to avoid rorks and to the
strength tf their craft to run tlie rapids
which they met at everv lend of the
canyon, lite loudest ha) I<k> was heard
!a* •. wtrs{>er. t 1 rot to*. c.av. s. unknown re
• -.*ofnature were passed by these hardy
navigators. In pi*.,* flock* of nioun-
I tain atarthai by the appearance
■it the curiosity rushing hy h ltw them,
would run along a lodge of nwks. jump
from crag to crag, vbt re footing for man
would !>e impossible, and disappear.
Kv ning coming on tltey alt- mpted to tie
up Tor tin* night. They worked the boa*
close to shore, jumped out. and away
went th" .rah carrying the guns and
provisions. With starvation behind
them and hardlv a foothold before them
their chances of keening on were douht
ful. when they luckily found two logs,
which they lashed together with their
belts, and again trusting to the river I
and still more dangerous roehs they set
out to search for their hoat, which "they
found two mile* below, where it had
stop|# !inan < ddy <>n the aftcrn.ton of
the third day. while wondering how
much longer the Big Horn canton could
possibly be. they suddenly shot out into
the beautiful Big Horn valley, with Fort
(' F Smith on their right.
Klondln at Brussels
After a retirement of many years.
Hlnndin. tie wonderful rope-walker and
"Hero of Niagara."' recently made his
reappearance in public bv giving a num
ber of pcrformanivs at the " Zoological
Hardens" of BrtMM'b. lielgium. All
doubts almut liis identity were at once
dispelled bv a seri*s of most astounding,
almost miraculous feat* on the tight
rope. calling forth unexampled out
breaks <f enthusiasm mixed witli a
h-eling of terror on the part of the
lookers-on.
• The rope. 940 feet in length, had l*>en
stretched at a considerable height across
the lake. Hlomtin openi"d the perioral
a nee by appearing on the rope in the
paraphernalia of a Roman warrior, bow
ing to the spectators. who stnrcely Ven
turis! to applaud him. Ieing not a little
concerned about tin- daring man.
Alter changing his costume for tliat
(f an acrobat lie (a>mm>n<aai a series of
wonderful feats that kept the audience
spell-hound. lie would lie down,
stretching himself, his whole length,
then lie would make a daring somersault,
after which he would sit down on one
leg. looking to the ground as unconcern
edly a< if lie were resting quietly in an
easy-chair on (rrmfirnta/
lie then walked out to thetuiddle of
the rope, blindfolded, and with his body
entirely wrapped up in :\ big hag, to
form a dance. The greater part of the
spectators were not a little glad wlien
lie wits through with this most danger
ous terpsiehorenn act. To quiet the ex
cited minds of the weak-nerved part of
the public, le introduced his coiuic feat
of miking an omelet in the air. He ap
peared in the robes of a cook, with a
small stove and all kinds of culinary
utensils. IVi'sently be kindled a tin',
put a pan on the stove, and in less than
no time the omelet was ready. He
threw it down, and a number of the
speetntors had a taste of it.
"Can you see the whole of me?"
asked a Iciiow who wanted an entire
view of the photographer. "Oil, yes,
sir.' was the reply, " 1 can see scarcely
anytiiing else except the hole. You had
be lose it." The fellow instantly
llU! Id* IIIOtlt!l
The Owl's Wallas.
Behold the ksst with gates a)ar,
Through which the monung peeps
Hail, dawning light and lading star t
Awake the world thai sleeps !
Sing heigh ho ! to whit, to whou t
Fair ttxebu* upward leaps.
The glow-worm pales her amorous light
The It re-fir flickers dim.
. The god at day shuts out the night,
And lights the mean's rim.
Sing heigh bo ! to whit, to whoo '
The world awakes to him.
in flaming glow hie orbit see,
High oar the mountain creel.
1 trips sparkling Ught Irom out the sea
And lights the owlet's nest.
King heigh bo ' lo whit, to wboo *
i take my flight to net.
—Ckrutaphtr C. MrrritL
-
ITEMS OF IXTKKF.MT.
isive can ex< tux* everything hut a
| miming shirt-button,
j I Tlx* lHtr II i* truly iui old salt—baa
• j In**u following tlx- C lor years.
James Liar and Henry Slimier ar
• two of the beat citizen* of Dubuque
lowa
Isok out for a police man, or any oliiey
man for that matter, w)x> is dr< mm d up
to kid.
. I During l*>> llx-re were I*7 minora
. 1 killed and MS injur- d in the I'ennsjrl
f VMiia oual wine*.
• | Tlxre arc said to IN* only (one words
• in the Kngiiab language ending in c-i-o-n.
VV nat are tlx*j ?
• ; The numtx-r of colored persons who
■ have emigrated to Ksr.*as from the
1 youth, thus far. will not ext ifiwi 7,(M10.
We see a great deal alotit "*|<-iiijg
n form n in <atr t xt-hange*. We don't
think "reform " is very hard to spei'.—
[ iVberigMM Herald.
[ Tix-re is a man in this < ity *0 at -rue to
Is-ing dunn<sl for bis M •• p lx-<-sn't
bear to we a .road "nolle i" in the
i street.—-/Josto'i >/<<<.
, TJx* man who got into a Icirlv r-cfrair,
- piutxsi die newsps.fr round l!s r*e k
■ and !>• gar. to read tlx- UiVii may justly
be calx*d alNknt minded.
Xb-u spend their live* in Ix .ping up
• i eoiiHMial piles of Ueoaure. which ,und at
■ the end iike tlx* pyramids in ib- desert
t | sands, holding only tlx- du*t of kings.
A house in the Av*-nu< di-CBehy. I'aris,
was lately stru k by lightning. whi< it
first foliowel a w:.'*-r-|<ipe U> Ui*- • art It, ,
1 and lix*n ren*- • t>dsl to the lourtit story.
How many u*-eful hint arc obtained
by chance, atxl how often tlx mind, hur
rieil by ler own ardor to distant views,
neglects the truths that li<- opn Ix-forv
lx*r.
Pride is seldom d* dcii, ; it wi,i phase
itself with very ite m advaalxg**; and
envy feci* not iut own hsppitx-w* but
when it may he nm pared with the misery
of others.
Ijook not npoti the watermelon core
wlx nit i ri*d. an t u-k !c it not lxartiiy
just before going to iwd. A word to the
wise is "miff < .-il."*—iidar HapiU •>
puUIAM.
Kansas has now UM chur 1 fix tif
which are Baptist. SU i'ongrcp ttionajisu
j 33 lAithernn. -M I'.piiwopn . lii Vfrtho
di*t. !N Prwbptenan. and 15 I' riled
Fresbyteiian.
Tlx* H'uSn*ui '.! *<t say# th.-U John
Houghtaiing. of Ko in -s r is • oldest
railroad conductor in Ux I niteo !*iat*.
lie fan* served forty-thest y<*ai>. and is
now poor and disabled.
Shi Don't giv" it away. We k'kpa
bottk witii a stick in it constantly or: our
table. Ami we find tiiat it adds much to
lighten our editorial labors. |: j isieto
keep it.— Yoni'-rt Strife sraon.
Editors who are botlrtwl with h-llow*
who just "drop in to w-e Ux pajs-r#"
now >aveali tiie papers from tlx- yeiiow
fever districts and jet llx* fellows r*ad
tliem. It's an ur.fiu iag n-mcdy.— Sew
York EiprtM.
The editor of the Hastings (Minn.)
.V(ir Km w.x* attm-keil in hi* oti'x e. r<-
i-s-fitly, by three masked men. but he
i-s<*ped from tlx-ir ciutches and now
gives notice tiiat he will be prepared to
receive company at all hour*.
A gentleman learned in the origin of
social customs was asked the meaning of
casting an old shoe ;iit*-r a newly-mar
ried coup it* a* they start on tin* irip.
lie said, " To indicate that Ux* chances
i of matrimony are very slipprr-y."
I TC.VIXT. to hoy who has t> be enrrwet
j ed fi* qunily—"t an you tell me when
the Blue Hidgv is?" *!Wy (rubldng Iris
shouldirF—"No. but I can t< ii y<u wlxwe
tlx* black-and-biui- ridge .suamay
-V#s*.
When ywstcrdsy I sskisi yoo. lore,
i Ids iillh rnrd to ,*>-
Vnur bralhrr "mluuflsi a#;
Ko pItSM- v y y,.".,-r-< : v
JIV.-o- ; lir raid- *
A woman in Cin innati *x air— d
not long ago <Vr horrible crarlty t< lx r
.vioj.'osi daughter, a*"**! sixusvi. wh>m
j six* bat! b<vn a<-cUto*uel t h-a! terribly
witii a wl.ip and thvi put m5-fN*ptN*r
;mnIS and brin* ujnio thewouiids "*he
ai#o is said to have cvtislied the cat - on
the feet of the girl with a hammer and
! to have inflicted other terrible cruelties.
Two boys in Westphalia, aged sixUs-n
i thirteen. Just tlx-ir i> an tits by death, and
wereso sorrowful tf at thevconcluded to
die too. They wrote a will disoosing of
! their money and playthings. Then Uie
| elder killed his brother with a hammer,
after which heawaikiswl pi*on. penetl
a rein in his wrist, anil shot himself
through the heart.
The small, tin-, k looking wife of Tom
Cottrell, a Missouri Imrsethief. foljowod
! him we -pine ou' of a St. Joseph amrt
iKpin, after his trial and mvicp.-n. In
the corridor six* flew at tlx -lieriflT like a
iign*w, threw him or the floor, and thus
enabled Uie prisoner to mount a mule
and escape,
j •' Ttwre is a plraenn- in tke juthle* wood*,"
Ttx-rr i* a witcaert- ri • imii: -r' kis*.
There i# a spell tiiat cha-:o our tend'rer
monk
When dar bring* on the twilight'* benefice.
Thre is a richne** in I.'h* ninrnin; chutit
j <K Isnls just wnkcne-l lr>wn n ixght'* iquie,
Ibere is a something in the nnio plant
That's uaeongem* 1 . to the sverng.- nae.
Yonkrtt Unzrtt*.
The editor who can cause the names
of tw* sulwiribcrs to be written down
where only one was written !elore. is
greater than the man v.'ho invented tlx*
{<atcnt inside Modem
And tlx* man who ieventeti the
" patent in*idc system" enabled Uious
aixisof editors to write down tlx* nanx*s
of two subscritwrs " when* only one was
written Ix-fore." You'll tiaic to ac
knowledge that fact after I' -olcy con
sidering it.— Momth l'tu m.
Nothing is mote-ad-' uingtirin an in
effectual and proud iub-ri-out>.- with
tliosu* of whom w<* eijio t s\ iu{ utliv ami
encouragement. I tepvatViHy find my
self drawn toward certain ■■ rwtn but
to In* disappointed. N".> <•< :: -easioMi
which are not radi.-ai arc the least sat
i-fa-tion. By myself I -in live and
thrive, hut in the so i ty of incompati
ble triends I starve. To cultiva'.c their
society is to cherish a sore which can
only lie healtnl hy abandoning them.
The iuinily Hammer.
There is one thing no family pre*, nds
to be without. TlnsNa liainmct'. And
! yet there is nothing that „••• - to v.; k ■
up the equipment of a domestic est ih
! lishment that onuses one-half a- much
agony ami profanity as a hummer. It is
always an old hammer with a I. ndle
l that is inclined to sliver, and always
Uiund to s."n. The f.u eis as round as
a full moon, and as smooth as glass.
I When it strik's a nail full and square,
which it has been known.to do. the act
will lie found to result irom a combina
tion of pure accidents.
The family hammer is one of those
rare articles we nevtr profit by. When
it glides uti'a rail head. and maslies down
a couple of fingers, we unhesitatingly de
posit it in the yard, and observe that we
will never use it again. I'ut the hiood
has hardly dried on the rag Is fme wc
are out of doors in search ol that ham
mer, and ready to make another trial.
The result rarely vai ies, but we never
profit by it. The awful weapon goes on
knocking off our nails and masking off
joints and slipping off the handle, to the
confusion of the mantel ornaments and
breaking the eommandnamts.and cutting
up an assortment of astounding and un
fortunate antics without let or hin
denuiee. And yet we put up with it,
and put the handle on again, and lay it
where it won't get lost, and do up our
mutilated and smarting lingers, ami it
the outrageous thing should happen to
get lost we kick up a regn iar liuiiabmJou
until it is found again. Talk about tit
tyrannizing influence oi a bad habit'. It
is not t<i i.e compared to, the fi miiy ham
mer.— X*,unfi -i ;cto'v