Desftnvi
187*.
Barn to tha panda, lying stark and daad.
Transfixed with psisaaad arraws. asath Ua
ana
Of brown A trie* ! Thy grara ta ana.
Forotated vooth (on wham ware viaitad
follies and sins notthiaa), wharaat ths world,
HearUem howa'ar it ba, will panss to ting
▲ dirge, to breaths s sigh, a wreath io fliug
Ol rosemary and rue with bar-leaves curled
Enmeshed in toila ambitious, not thine own,
Immortal, loved boy-pnnee, thoa tak'st thy
stand
With earlv doomed l>on Carlos, hand >n hand
With mild-browed Arthur, Geoffrey'a mur
dfired eon
Ixmis the Datiphm lifts his thorn-nngivl heed
And weleomea thee, hi* brother. 'mcngal Ilia
dead.
JCaat Laurw, in Bcrtf*tr.
On the Channel-Boat.
" What ' Fred, you here? 1 didn't sae
Ton come aboard at l>over.
met the tlrowna last wxvxk Uiey said
Phat yon were coming over.
Bui didn't say how aoou "
•Oh, yea,
1 came by the Rhlautme;
And what a rush there were tor bertha '
' I' was almost like a paate.
I'm mighty glad to meet you Witt:
Where are you going ?"
" lhn. "
" Good ' so am I. I've got to uieet
My ooaain. Charley Harris.
To-morrow He and 1 have planned
A little trip together
Through bwitserlaud on fool; 1 hope
We'll have some decent weather. "
•' Take rare there ' hold your hat H blows
" Tee. he w this steamer tosses •'
I'm never seasick Charlie ie.
1 hough. every tiiue he croeeee
Who * with you. Will*"
" 1 m traveling with
My sister and my mother
They're both below. 1 oauie on deck
It's dose enough to smother
Down there. Three chafw don't care a snap
For vanuliaDon. hang eta '
Where did you stop in Uindtis * We
Were stopping at the langham '
•• You were? Why, so was 1. But thru
I only got there Sunday
At breakiast time, and went away
The alternoon of Monday;
And yet within that abort sojourn
1 lost my heart completely :
Such style such eyes ' such roey cheeks '
Such lips that smiled so sweetly '
I only saw her twice, and then—
Don't laugh—'twas at a distance;
But, Will, my boy, I tell you what.
In all my blest existence
I ne'er before set ayes upon
A girl so really splendid.
But, pshaw ' I couldn't stay, and so
My short-lived visions ended.
I don't suppoee she'll ever know
How 1, s stranger, love her,"
••Who w* she. Fred?"
" Ah ! that's just it:
I couldn't e'en dieoover
Her name, or anything st all
About her. Broken-hearted,
1 saw it wasn't any use
To try; so off 1 started,
And here 1 am. disconsolate."
"JAH for an unknown charmer ?
Your're soft, my boy. ] Let's stroll slvct:
The sea is growingcslmer;
Or torward, it you like. The view
May make your teelings rally.
We're drawing near to France, in halt
An hour shall be at Calais.
See ! there's the town, and, just this si le
The port with shipping in it;
And, lher-, beyond, you see the spires.
And "
•' Here. Will, stop a minute.
By Jove ' ;ook there ' that girl in gray.
With red flowers in her bonnet '
I do declare—l—yes—it s she:
I'd take mv oath upon it.
,\Vhal luck ' 11 I had only known 1
llow can it be 1 missed her ?
Look ' hens she comes '"
"Why, Fred, you tool '
That girl in gray's my siner V
Gto. L. Cullit, is /.ippincott.
FOUND ON THE TRACK.
Wetand dreary. It is midwinter: the
scene is Kirkiington. on the l*>ndon and
Northwestern: the time 10.15; just after
the night mail has flashed through with
out stopping, hound for Liverpool and
the North. The railway officials— points
men. signalmen, port*rs, platelayers—
are collecting preparatory to going off
duty for the night.
"Where's Dan?" asks one of the
crowd upon the platform.
" I saw him in the hut just after the
10.45 went through. Can't have come
to any harm, surely."
"No; he said he'd seen something
drop from the train, and he went down
the line to pick it up."
And Dan had picket! up something.
It was a basket a common white
wicker basket —with alid fastened down
by a string. What did it contain?
Refreshments? Dirty clothes? What?
A baby! a child half a dozen weeks
old, no ntore; a pink and white piece of
human china as fragile as Dresden and
as delicately fashioned and tinted as bis
cuit or Rose Pompadour.
"Where did you come across it?"
asked one.
" Lying on the line, just where it fell.
Perhaps it didn't fall; perhaps it was
chucked out. What matter? I've got
it and got to look after it; that's enough
for me. Some day ntayhe I'll come
across them as owns it, and then they
shall pav me and fake it back."
"Is there*nothing about him? Turn
him over."
The little mite's linen was white ami
of fine material, but he lay upon an old
shawl and a few bits of dirty flannel.
All they found was a dilapidated purse
—a common snaplock 1 tag-purse of faded
brown leather. Inside was a brass
thimble, a pawn ticket and the half of a
Rank of England note for £IOO.
"What good's half a bank note to
you?"
" Half a loafs better than no bread."
"Yes; but you can eat one, but you
can't pass the other. Won't you catch
it from your wife! llow'll you face her,
Dan? What'll site say?"
"She'll say I done quite right," replied
Dan, stoutly. "She's a good sort, God
bless her."
"So are you, Dan; that's a fact, God
bless you, too," said more than one
rough voice in softened accents. "Per
haps the child'll bring you luck after
all."
• • • •
Winter-tide again six years later, but
this season is wet and slushy. Once
more we are at Kirkiington, a longktrag
giiag village, which might have slum
erecfon in obscurity forever had not the
Northwestern line been carri'd close by
it,|to give it a pla-ce in Bradshaw and a
certain importance as a junction and cen
ter for goods traffic. But the activity
was all about the station. All the per
manent officials had houses and cottages
there; in the village lived only the field
laborers who worked at the neighbor
ing estate, or sometimes lent their hand
for ajobof navvying on the line. These
poor folk had a gruesome life of it, a hard
hand-to-mouth struggle for bare exis
tence against perpetual privation, ac
companied by unremitting toil
A new parson—Harold Treffry—had
come lately to Kirkiington. He was an
earnest, energetic young ntan. who had
won his spurs in the East End parish,
and hazl now accepted this country liv
ing because it seemed to open up a new
field of usefulness. He had plunged
bravei into the midst of his won ; lie
was forever going up and down among
his parishioners, solacing and comfort
ing, preaching manful endurance and
trustfulness to all.
He is now paying round of parochial
visits, accompanie< by an old college
chum, who is spet-ling some days with
him. , .
" Yonder," said Treffry, pointing to a
thin thread of smoke which rose from
sonte gaunt trees into the sullen wintry
' air. "yonder is the house —if, indeed, it
deserves so grard at ame—the hovel,
rat iter, of one whose case is the hardest
of all the hard ones in my unhappy cure.
KKKD. KURTZ, Kilitor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XII.
Thin man is s mere hedger and diU'hrr,
ono who works for any master, most
oftra tor the railway, but who is never
i-ertain of a joh all tin- year wd. 1 !•
has a swarm of young children, and h<
has just lost his wifo. lis is absolutely
prostratx*!; aghast, |<rutwbly, at the
future before him. and his utt< r inca
pacity to do his duty by his motherless
little ones. Jaok'" said the itarson,
stopping short suthlenly. and I,Hiking
straight into his companions face, " I
wonder whether you ixmld rouse him?
If you could only get him to make a sign;
to cry or laugh or take the smallest in
terred in common affairs. Ja'k, 1 be
lieve you're the very uian You might
get at him through the children?- tliat
marvelous hanky-panky of your*. those
surprising tricks; a child takes to you
naturally at once Try and make friends
with those, l'erhaps. when the father
set* them interested and amused, he may
warm a little, speak, perhaps, approve,
Sierhaps smile, and in the end give in
lack, will you try P"
.lack New biggin was by pmiession a
ixmveyanivr, hut nature hail intended
him tor a new lloudin, or a Wizard of
the North He was more than half a
professional by the time he was full
grown. In addition to the quick eve and
the facile wrist, he had the rarer gilts of
suave manner and the faoe of brass.
They entered the miserable dwelling
together. The children—eight of them
were skirmishing all over the rtqor.
They were quite unmanageable, and lw
yond the control of the eldest sister, who
was busied in setting out the table for the
mid-day meal; one outer child, ot >i\ or
seven, a bright-eyed, exceexlingty Iwauti
ful btxy, the least—were not nature's va
garies well known—iikely to he born
annmg and belong to such surroundings,
stood between the legs of the man him
self, who hail his hack to the visitors
and was crouching low over the scanty
tire.
The man turned his head for a mo
ment. gave a blank stare, than an imper
ceptible nod, and once more lie glowered
down upon the fire.
" Here, little ones, do you see this gen
tle nan? he's a conjuror. Know what a
conjuror is. Tommy?" cried the parsou.
catching up a mite of four or five ftom
the floor. " No, not you; nor you. Sarah;
nor you. Jocky " —and he ran through all
their names.
They had now censed their gambols,
and were staring hard at their visitors—
the moment wa* propitious . Jack New
biggin began. He had fortunatelv ti at
tus pockets with nuts, oranges, and c:d - -
before leaving the parsonage, so he had
half his apjxaratus ready to hand
The pretty boy had very soon .eft tbe
father at the tire, and bad cotite over to
ioin in the tun, going back, however, to
exhibit his share of the spoil and describe
voluminously what had orcurred. This
and the reoeated shouts of laughter
semcd to pnslui-e some impression on
him. Presently he kxiked over his
shoulder, and said—but without anima
tion— "
"It be very good of you, sir. surely;
very good for to take so kindly to lite
little chicks. It does them gxxod to laugh
a bit. and it ain't much as they've had to
make 'em lately."
"It is good for ali of us, now and
again. I take it." said Jack, desisting,
xnd going toward him—tlie children
gradually collecting in a far-off corner
and comparing notes.
" You can't laugh, sir, if your In-ait'*
heavy; if you do, it can be only a
sham."
While he was speaking he had taken
the Bible from tlie slteif. ami resuming
Itis seat, began to turn the leaves slowly
over.
" I'm an untaught, rough countryman.
*ir, but I have heard tell that th<-s<-
strange things you do are only tricks;
ain't it so?"
Here was, indeed, a hopeful symptom!
He was rousexl. then, to take some in
terest in what had occurred.
" All tricks, of course; it all comes of
long practice."said Jack, as he proee dexl
to explain some of the simple processes,
hoping to enchain the man's attention.
"That's what I thought, sir. or I'd
have given you a job to do. I've l>ecn
in want of a real conjuror many a long
day. and nothing Less 11 do. See here,
sir," he said, as he t<>ok a small, care
fully-paper from between the leaves of
the "Bible: "dovousee this?"
It was half a Bank of England note for
i'loft
" Now. sir, could any conjuror help
me to the other hall?"
"How did you come by it?" Jack
asketl at once.
" I'll tell you. sir, short as I can make
it. Conjuror or no conjuror, you're got
a kindly heart, and I'm main sure that
you'll help me if you can."
Ihxn then described how lie had picked
up tbe basket from the 10.45 Liverpool
expr-*s.
"There was tbe linen; I've kept it.
See here; ad marked quite pretty ami
proper, with lace around the edges, as
though it* mother loved to make the
little one smart."
Jack examined the linen; it bore a
monogram and crest. The first he made
out to mean H. L. M.; and the crest wa*
plainly two hammers crossed, and the
motto. "I strike"—not a common crest
—and he never remembered to have seen
it before.
" And this was all?"
"'Opt the banknote. That was in a
poor old purse, with a pawn ticket and
a thimble. I kept tltent all."
Like a true detective. Jack examined
.•very article minutely. The purse bun-
Die name of Hester Gorrigan, in tude
letters inside, and the pawn ticket tva*
made out in Die same name.
" I cannot give you much hope that I
shall succeed, but I will do my best.
Will you trust me with the note for a
time?'
"Surely, sir, with the greatest of
pleasure. If you could but find the other
half, it would give Harry—that's what
we call him—such a grand start in life;
schooling and the rriccof binding him
to some honest trafle."
Jack sl.ookthe man's hand and prom
ised to do his best, and left the cottage.
When Jack Newhiggin got ba<-k to tlie
parsonage he found that his host had ac
cepted an invitation for them both to
dine at the "Big House." as it wa*
called, the country seat of the squire of
the parish.
Tltey were eordially received at the
"Big House." Jack wa* handed over
forthwith to his old friends, who figura
tively rushed into his arms. They were
Ixmdon acquaintance*, no more; of the
sort we here and there and every
where during the season, who care for
us, and we for them, a* much as for the
South Sea Islanders, but whom we greet
with rapturous effusion when we meet
them in a strange place. Jack knew tlie
lady whom he escorted into dinner a* a
gossipy dame, who, when his hack was
turned, made as much sport of him as of
her other friends.
" I have been fighting your battles all
day," began Mrs. Sitweli.
"Was it necessary? I shculd have
thought myself too insignificant."
"They were talking at lunch of your
wonderful knack in conjuring, and some
one said that the skill might prove in
convenient—when you played cards, for
instance."
"A charitable imputation! With
xvltom did it originate?"
" Sir Lewis Mallahy."
" Please point him out to nte."
He was shown a grave, scowling lace
Upon the right of the hostess —a face like
a mask, its surface rough and wrinkled,
through which the eyes shone out with
baleful light, like corpse-candles in a
sepulcher.
"Pleasant creature! I'd rather not
meet him alone on a dark night."
' He has a terrible character, cer
tainly. Turned his wife out of doors
because she would not give him an heir.
It is this want of children to inherit his
title and estates which preys upon his
mind, they say, and makes nim so
morose and melancholy."
THE CENTRE REPORTER
Jack let hiscompanion chatter on It
was his habit to get all the information
possiblealiout any coiujuuiy in which he
found himself for his own purpose* an a
< iau x ex-tnt and when Mrs Sitwel
flagged, he pliisl her w itli questions, and
led tier on from one ponton to -mother,
making mental nob * t,i serve him here
after. It is thus by careful and lalmri
ous preparation that many of the strange
and a<vtuingly mysterious feats of the
clairvoyant coryurer are performial.
When tiu whole party was assembled
in the drawing-room after dinner, a
chorus of voices, headed by that ot the
hosttses, viimmomal Jack to his work
There appeared to lie only one dissenti
ent. Sir la-wis Mallahv. who not only
did not trouble himself to back up the
invitation, but when the performance
was actually begun was t no pains to
conceal his contempt ami disgust
The comuror made the conventional
plum-pudding in a hat. tired wedding
rings into quartern loves, did all manner
of card tricks, knife tricks, pistol
tricks, and juggled on conscientiously
right through his repertoire. There was
never a smile on Sir face; he
sneered unmistakably. Finally, with
an ostentation that savored of rudeness,
he took out his watch, a great gold re
peater. looked at it, and unmistakably
. awncd.
Ja. k hung, red !or that xvatch directly
he saw it. IVrhap* through it he might
make it* owner utuxnufortable, if only
for a moment Hut how to get it into
his hands? He asked for a watch—a
dozen were offered. No; nolle of these
would do. It tuut he a gold watch, a
repeater. Sir I-cw is Mallat.y's was the
only one in the room, and he at first dis
tinctly refused to lend it. But so mattv
entreaties were addressed to him, the
!io*t< s* leading the attack, that he oouid
not .it common murtmy continue to re
fuse. With something like a growl h<*
'.txik his watch off the chain and handed
:t to Jack Newhiggin.
A curious old-fashioned watch it wa*.
•vhich would have gladdened the heart
of a watch collector; ail i. xxe..al and
• nauteled, adorned with crest and in
serintion —an heiriootu. whi. h had prw
(xahiv been in the Mallahy family for
years. Jack in>ked it over curiously,
meditatively, then suddenly raising his
ye- he stared intently into Sir lewis
Maliahy's fa*a i , ami almost a* quickly
droppcxl them again.
" this is far ttni valuable,"' he said,
ourteously, "t*> much of a treasure to
•H' risked in any conjuring triek; an
.•rdiuary tmxlern watch 1 might replace,
•ut not a work of art like this.'"
And he hamh-d it back to Sir Uwk,
who rxss ix' tl it with ill-cone.-t1..! satis
'action. He was a* tuu. lt j>,eased, pro
•ahly, at Jack'* > xpressi.n of possible
failure in the proposed trick a* at the re
covery of his projH'rtv.
Another watch, hoxx .v. r.xx pottndixl
up into a jelly, and brought out whole
tront a cabinet in an adjoining room;
md this trick successfully accomplished,
lack Newhiggin, who was now cotu
detely on his metal, pass.al on to higher
lights, lie haf spent the vacation of
tlie year previous in France as the puj.il
of a wizard of Euro j .can fame, and had
mastered many of the strange feats which
.re usually attrihut.sl to clairvoyance.
Tljcre is something especially uncanny
iltout tlt.-se tri -ks. and Jack's reputation
rapidiv increaatxl with this new exiiihi
tion of his powers Tltanks to his . ross
xamination of Mrs. Sitw.-li at dinner,
fie was in JM.S session of many facts con
nected with the company, although
mostly strangers to hitu; and oomc of
his hits were so palpably happy that lie
raised shouts of surprise, fo,lowed by
•hat terrified hush which not un.-om
uonly siteees!s the dispiay of seemingly
-ujs'rnaturai powers.
" Oh. but this is too preposterous." Sir
Ijexvis Mallahy was heard to *ay quite
tngrilv. The continued applause prt>-
foundly disgusted him. "This is the
nen-st charlatanism. It must 1- put
in end to. It is the commonest iutpos
urc. These are thing* which he has
oached up in advance. him be
<ried with something whi. h uj*>ti the
f:ice of it he cannot have learned l-fore
innil by artificial means."
" Try him. Sir l>-wis. try htm your
self "cried several voices.
" I scarcely like to lend myself to such
fol.'y. to encourage so pitiable an exhibi
tion."
Hut he seemed to lie conscious tliat
lurther proti-st woul4 tell in Jack's favor.
" I will admit tlu4 you have consider
able power in this strange brancli >f
necromancy if you will answer a few
questions of mine."
"Proceed." saiil Jack, gravely, meet
ng his eyes firmly and without flinching.
"Tell me what is most on my mind at
this present moment."
"The want of a male heir." Jack re
plied, promptly, and thanked Mrs. Sit
well in his heart.
" Pshaw! You have learned front
Rurke that I have no children." said Sir
Lewis, boldly; but he was a little taken
ihack. " Anything else?"
"The m-niory of a harsh deed you
now strive in vain to redeem."
"This borders upon impertinence,"
-aid Sir Ix-wis, with a hot flush on his
Iteek and passion in his eves. "Hut
let us leave abstractions and try tangi
ble n-aliti'-s. Can you tell me what I
have in this pocket?" lie touched the
left breast of his tail-coat.
" A pocketbcok."
" Bali! Every one carries a pocket
book in his pocket."
" But do you?" asked several of the
bystanders, all of whom were growing
deeply interested in this strange duel.
Sir Iz-wis Mallahy confessed that he
■ lid. and produced it—an ordinary mo
rocco leather purse and poeketbook all
in one.
"Are you prepared to go on?" said
the baronet haughtily to Jack.
" < Vrtainly."
" What does this poeketbook con
tain?"
" Evidence."
The contest between them was now to
tlie death.
" Evident* of what?"
"Ol facts that must sooner or later
come to light. Y'ou have in that poek
etbook links in a long chain of circutn
stances which, however carefully con
cealed or anxiously dreaded, time in it*
inexorable course must bring eventually
to light. There is no lwind. says the
Spanish proverb, which is not some day
tulfilled; no debt that in the long run is
not paid."
" What ridiculous nonsense! I give
you my word this pocketlxxok contains
nothing absolute.y nothing—but a
Hank of England note for one hundred
pounds."
"Stay!" cried Jack Newhiggin, faxing
hint abruptly and sjteaking in a voice of
thunder. "Itisnot BO—you know it —
it is only the half!"
And a* he spoke he took the crumpled
pap< r front tin: hands of the really stu
pefied baronet. It wa* exhibited for in
spection—the half of a Hank of England
note for £HBI.
Tilt-re was niueli applause at thin
harmless an<i successful denouement of
what tlirealenetl at one stage to lead to
altereation, perhaps to a quarrel. Hut
.Jack Newbijrgin was not satistit-il.
"As you have dared nie to do my
worst," saitl .lark, " listen now to what
I have to say. Not only did I know
that was only the half Of a note, hut I
know where the other half is to he
found."
" So much the better for me," said the
baronet, witli an effort to appear humor
ous.
"That other half was given to—shall 1
sav. Sir Lewis?'
Sir Lewis nodded indifferently.
" It was given to one Hester fiorrigan,
an Irish nurse, six years ago. It was
the price of a dead of which you "
"Silence! Say no more," cried Sir
l>ewis, in horror. " I see you know all.
i I swear I have had no peace since I was
tempted so sorely, and so weakly fell.
| But I am prepared to make all the resti
'Ution and reparation in my power—un
•
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 187 U.
unhappily, utiles* it lie already L*>
late."
Even white he was speaking his face
turmxi ghastly pole, hi* lip* were cov
ered with line while loam, lie mode one
or two eouvulsive attempt* to *t*ndy
himself, then with o wild, terrifies! look
around, he fell heavily to the floor."
It was a paralytic seizure. They took
liitu up stair* and tended him; but the
ease wa* desperate froiu the tirst <nly
(list 11 tor> the end did he so far rr< ox er
the JHIXX erof spis eh as to he able to make
full ixmfesston of w hat hail occurred.
Sir Iwwi* had been a younger son,
the eldest inherited the family title, but
died early, leaving his widow to give
him a posthumous heir, the title remain
ing in atieyanoe until time showed
whether the infant wa* a Lty or girl. It
proved to i>e a boy. w hereupon l-cwi*
Stallahly, who had the earliest intima
tion of the fact, put into execution a ne
farious project which he had carefully
concocted in advance A girl was ob
tained front a foundling hospital and
suKstitutcd bv I-ady Mallahv'* nurse,
who was in Iwwis' pay, for the newly
born son and heir. This son and heir
w as handed over to another accomplice.
Heater Gorrigan, who was brilied with
£U<O, half down lit the shajw- of a hall
notc, the other halt to lie paid when she
announced iter safe arrival in T xa*
with the stolen child. Mrs. Gorrigan
had an unquenchable thirst, and in bet
transit lict ween and Llverpiail
allowcil lit r precious charge to slip out
of her bonds, with tin* consequence* xxt
know.
It was th* watch IHUTOW<I from Sii
le'wi* Mallably which ttr*t artiused
Jack's suspicions. It l<on- the strange
crest—two batumers crxtssed, witli the
motto "1 Strike "—which * :i> m u ked
UtMUt the linen of the child that Dan
Ho. kit picked up at Kirkiington station
The initial of the name Mallahv coin
cided with the monogram H 1.. M
.lack drew his conclusions, and made a
lld shot, which hit the mark, as we
have set tl.
l>ewis Mallahv'*confession soon rein
stated the rightful heir, ami Dan Hloekit,
in after years, had no reason to regret
the generosity which prompted him to
give the little foundling the sltelterol his
rude ltoiue.
Indian Stage Driver*.
A correspondent, writing from Las
Vegas, New Mrxicxi, says that he got th
superintendent to teli hitu afsiut hi*
-tagr fine, which run* from Vinita. In
•iian Territory, to las Vegas, New Mex
ico, altout WHO miles, and pass< * through
some of the most dangerous Indian coun
try in the world It ha* to* drivers,
thirty f whom are native Indians Ihe
itneenrrien the United Slat's mail <iai.x
and what passenger* it can get, althougii
tlie superintendent i* as yet the utiix
white man who lias la-en over the entire
mute.
" Can you trust your Indian drivers'"
I asked.
Oh. )•<"*." said he. " Flverybodv
- iitl at first that 1 couldn't do anything
xvith them; hut 1 luul to do so nettling,
lor the redskin* had*a habit of killing
the white drive-- >- e .*-aliti<s. I
got some > 1 them broke in at ia-t, how
ever, and they do very well. I'hey like
the salary. f>r it enahle# them to put on
style above their brethren, and I led you
lltey do -ike to dr- ** It catcbe* tfjt
- juaws, and the young men like that a*
well a* you fellows down East One
day an Indian driver ran off after n huf
f.xio, and xv.-u gone two or three tlays
1 sent nun to liuti! him up. hut In- came
I tack In-fore tliev found hint with a djad
buffalo anil I'ncle Sam's mail a* uncon
cerned aa if nothing hal bappenexf. I
ischargexl hitu. and it taught the other*
a lesson.
• You ought Lx sec them hunt paths
at night. II they can get a giimpsc
<•!" a single star they can find their way
tin- darkest night Dint ever blew. Some
■fthem arc great astronomers. Tbey
have an idea that there xvasom-e a gnat
flood which covered the whole earth.
Everybody xx-a drowm-xl but seven
chiefs, who were strong enough to climb
to the top of Die highest mountain in
the country. They would have hern de
-troyed also had they not prayxal to the
Great Spirit so fervently that their sup
plications were answere d. They lixed
to a gre-txt age and replenished tbe earth.
When they died they cadi iM-cante a
brilliant star in the heavens. These In
dian* know tiie principal stars bv the
nature of departed chiefs. This belief is
prevalent among nearly all the savage
Indians in the southern part of the In
dian Territory."
" Are any of jour Indians desjierate
characters ?''
" Some of them. Six of my driver*
saw the t'uster massacre. Tltey proba
bly took part in it, hut tbey claim that
they were- near by herding ponies. They
describe the whole bloody affair, hut
xviii not teli who killed th*-whites. Cus
ter has many friends, and they are afrnixi
of tln-m."
" Have any of your Indians ever scon
the ears'"
" Y-s, seven chiefs went up to Vinita
■ <ne day, and 1 got them to look at a
locomotive. It suddenly whistled and
blew off steam, and you ought to have
-ei-n those seven Indians wilt. They
fell down on their knere in consternation
and began to pray to the Great Spirit.
I guess they thought the engine was the
Great Spirit, but I don't know as to that."
lie Thought it a Good Joke.
Tramp! tramji! tramp: and a farmer
xvith solid, old-fashioned (<*ct came into
the editorial rooms of thi* paper to say :
" Howdy? I've walked down frotn the
market to give ye the partickelers of a
good joke.
" All right—proceed."
" You know them lightning rod fel
lers?" observed the old man, as lie drop
ped into a chair.
" Yea—heard of them."
"Well, ye know they're a purty tuff
set. Been after me for more n twenty
years. I've got signs out all along the
road warning 'cm to k<-ep off the place,
but t'other day one of the chaps driv
right Up to the gate, big as life."
"Did. eh?"
" Yes, he did, and 'fore I rould get my
tongue to going he had about a thnu
sano feet of rod out ot the wagon and
rewly to put it up on the barn.''
" What cheek.
" 1 guess 'twa*. but pretty soon I went
for him. I had my mind made up to kill
him right there. The old woman, she
came out, and sailed right in with me,
and the two hired men supported me on
the flanks."
" Ami vou jumped him all to pieces,
of course r"
"That's where the hull fun conies in."
answered the old man. "That 'ere-fel
ler squared tiff, sited his coat, and lie
licked the whole lour of us in lesg'n two
minutes by a wig-wag clock."
" Did. eh?"
" You bet lie did, and he drunk up a
xvholc pan of milk and drove off whist
ling 'Yankee Doodle Dum.' When I got
out o' the catnip whar' he piled me. and
saw one of the men with his nose mashed
flaf. the'tother with three tis-th knocked
out, and tiieole woman jist crawling out
front under the old bob sled, I begun
ilading and didn't slop till midnight!
I I —!"
He slapped his leg and uttered a
"haw! haw! haw!" xvltich echoed clear
to Canada, and in his contortions he
broke the back off his chair.
"But tlie joke was on you," said the
perplexed journalist.
"Sartin ssrtin. hut lam such a dod
rotted idiot that I can't laff at the way
we four sailed in on him, calkerlating to
moj) him all over the barnyard, and
laflf harder yet at the way we all started
in to pray afore: he had fairly got the rust
off his elbows! When I saw Banner
clawing up from the bolts I —!"
And lie went off into another til and
choked and gasped till he went down
stairs with his collar hanging by a singh
button.— Detroit Free PreM
A nimmm: city.
ioi...*iioa n.'s't. ot n vto.iri r*cm.b
% utaa*.
When tin* soli ot the great chocolate
manufacturer, M.-nier, wa* married in
I'aris the olio r day. the workmen of the
M.-nier establishment sent a pillow of
rose* a* ilteir bridal gift, which was an
improvement upon the custom which
semi* pillows and cushion* of (lower*
only to funerals here. Hut the M.-nier
workmen have g0..l reasons lor the
graceful tribute Their employer has
not strewn their path with roses, hut he
has shown, on a large scale, how pros
perity ami comfort and good-fcejing
among his workmen are as much the
foundation of a flourishing manufactur
ing village a* its tons of exported goods.
The 51 elder chocolate, although the
best in Europe, i* not a whit iietterthan
our own i'hi.adelphia Whilemau's, if AS
good But the ta.Tories at Noisiel make
■ tow TT of THEMSELVES on the hanks of the
Maine, and their active proprietor i*
one of the power* of France, a repn
s. Illative iitallUlaelurcr of tlie solid luen
who supply for the republic .what the
great hankers Used to do for the empire,
confidence, and when lie.sled, the sinews
of w ar. TIM BEST test WF the security of
the Ft emit republic is found in litis ad
hesion >L merchants ami matiufa. tur
er*. Lite BOURG'SDAE, as it was uiiiv the
fashion to call them under the motiareiiy,
ami w ho u*.-d to I*ESdidiy Rourboti and
Orleatlist
The details of this fragrant itiniiufae
lure, the huge hydraulic engines on the
M..rne, the amount of water-power, the
sugar, cacao nut and pa. kittg tioxe* re
quire.l—till* last a business ot itself—
with the busy woiucn at work on the
dainty envelopes ol tin foil and yellow
napet a, although of much interest, might
lie in other sltajw, ami, inti-ad >f the
cluMxilaL- city, this might (M- an iron
city, or gia.-*. or ixtLn. on tlie
same good f.a-is as that ol Noisiel. The
town of Sa,laire, in England, at tlie
famous work* of Sir l itus Salt, prottahiy
approaches it in thrifty detail, and there
are American manufacturers who 1.n.l
thctusr vc* to many plans for lite com
fort and improvement of their men. Hut
Noisi. l s-cms to b< a pattern ami to pot
*■ -* in itself all the modern improve
ment* I'lie cottages are elt.se L the
work-, each xx ith it* four rooms, its
good cellar ami a garden, and lor wltisli
the rvnl is twetity-fottr dollars t x.c
l ow. r. fruit ant vegetable* are culti
vat.al in these blooming gardens, and.
although the women ate largely employ
ed in the factory, there an- arrangements,
a* wi., l j■ i. s.-ntiy seen, for lightening
the hoUScftol.i . ar*-. Ihe scfitMil* at
Noisi. i at- maintained at M. Menier's
expense, and tl. > are graded from the
inlant school, w fiere the < htldren go at
tin-age of three x'-ars, to a day nursery
for the still younger urn*, who are taken
care of in their tiny cot* in tidy, coxy
r*Mtn* on the one hand, and the upper
school*. XX lit re th L|\* and girls are
taught to the age of fourteen. The
bran che* are those ola g.sst French
education, with needlework, singing,
iKMikk'-eping ah.l drawing. All tills is
conducted at M Menier's cxpn-i- and
without a -ou - < <*t to lite ttt'>rri<sf ctit
ploy< •s. So tlt at one great dlllicultX of
manufa-turing town*.where the mother*
have to lx busy- ali day nnd their ctiil
dren left to tlo tnse.v. * (and the inaL In -)
-•s-ms to be x rry squar- !y ut< t at Noistel,
in the Fsalt U-irJiftH*. Front tb- bai-io*
of a year to the time thr Itov or girl is
ready L> gti into the factory, it t* und<-r
care or instruction, and this last fits these
children to find gix*l position* < ttber at
N.dsiel or els< where.
There is a library n *obelonging tithe
operatives, ami a saving* lank. which
Utey are cma-uragrd to patronize. Hut
the most striking f<-atur- of the pia <.
atler schools, are the co-operative store*.
Then- an- n<< store-order*, it app<-ars. at
Noi*i< i, of the sort that are so haLtui
and opptewsive to workmen intliiscxiun
try, a.though the Men it r* are in position
to Ilt'tk-- a* gixi.l profit out of these as
any Nortliern manufacturer tr Southern
planter here. I'ln workno-n at Noisiel
ar>-their own sbopk<s-per*; they g>-t the
profits atid the la-m-fit* of the .<>w prices
of the whofi-saie *Uppii'" Meat, gro
ceries and other articles of daily domes
tic need arc sold at low j<ri< • * and good
quality, the membership of the a>*<H-ia
tion la itig entirely mailt- up of the CIKH-O
late workmen, the thrifty ones who pet
the U-m-tit of Uteir savings in a double
sense.
We have given some jac- to this little
Fr<-n<-h An-a<lia, l>o-aus-it ia-nts ti bold
the solution of many Trx<d <it<--tions. It
is the p|e.x*urc of thi* wealthy manufac
turer t<> furnish SCIKHII*. iibrari<-* :uul
giMsi living hotio-s for hi* men, and to
*<*• them well into co-operative *n< tetics
iike tfi<- savings fx.-xtik and the st>n-s, but
the workmen themselves, in this coun
try of Ixetter wage*, might, with a little
forethought, have the.same sort of shop*,
ami especially the same kiml of day
nursery establishments, so that all the
little children ton y<>ungf<>r *<'ll<H>l would
IM- sun- of warmth, care and comfort
while tln-ir mothers went out at work.
Noisiel is. in fa<-t. an answer to a sum
well worth working out. for both mill
owners and operative*. l'hiladslptiui
l.tdytr.
A Chinese Cure for Cholera.
The following letter frotn a China
man in regard to the rure of cholera is
published by the Hiogo S'cu-s. The
lliogo paper, in publishing it. says: A*
evidence of its gnuitu- nature- we may
state that it xv.-x- originally handed in
a* an advertisement, the physician
whose skill in the cure ol cholera it
make* known having (we are as*iire-d
by one of tlie most respectable <'liin<-*c
residents of Kobe)made a fortune out
of his practice during th< brief period in
which the cholera has l-cn raging, and
being therefore in a position t pav for
the fame which he no doubt considers
to In- ltis due, outside of the narrow
sphere in which he ha* teen laboring.
The letter itself is written in a fine,
bold, clerkly hand, and w< are in
formal is the unassisted production ot
a Chinese. We give it verbatim, and
shall he happy to show it to the cur
ious :
"Snt— With your permission I would
beg to direct, through the medium of
your valuable journal, the attention of
the public to a subject which is most
imjiortunt and interesting to tin- medi
cal world. In Die general opinion of
tiie European, as well as tlie Japanese,
cholera is an infectious disease, a.
plague against which there is net cer
tain remedy; whereas, according to the
opinion of the Chinese doctor who ha* 2
lecn curing hundred* of Japanese in
Osaka, it is not at all infectious; as
soon as lite black blood or the jtoison
ous matter is let out from tlie joints
fti tie' limbs ami the middE* fingers,
the disease can be cured immediately.
This may si-cm an absurdity to the
European, hut it is, nevertheless, a
fact, since hundreds of the natives have
been cured by this operation, if the
medical men of the West would enre L
see how this disease is treated by the
Chinese doctor referre-d to. ami analyze
the blood of their patients at the va
rious stages ol the disease, as a Yoko-
Itoma resident in ids letter to the
Jnptm bail]/ Herald suggested, they will,
with their superior medical knowledgu
and skill, discover an important anti
dote for the disease.
" 1 ant, dear sir, your most obedient
servant,
| "A NATIVE or THK FUIWEKY LANO."
I'rof. Brun, of Geneva, has described a
curious ease of poisoning in a child ot
two years of age. It was caused "by
eating a combination of cabbage
tigs. The cabbage '•e says, must have
I produced a great wouiylance of luetic
acid, which, in the presence of the figs,
developed enough of butyric acid to
cause tne death of the child.
ktTt: HFMIFIt FOT ML
% llurrllilr ( tlt in UrM lt •*!•
lira U lttrtloiil8.
Sheriff Whib-hill. of Giant county*
I New Mexico. Wits recently in St. l<oui.
en route for Indianapolis, where he was
taking a bright nine-year old hoy,
uamed Juste Gl tiger. The iiul is the
nephew of Itishop Granger, of Indianap
olis. and the sheriff is confident that the
j boy'* lather, who was the bishop's
brothel, was murdered at the instiga
tion of none other than Kale Bender,
I who six years ago we the most odious
woman in toeLnitedStates It will re
quire no effort on the part of lite reader
to call to iiiitid tin- H> inter family, who
tor several years kept a human slaughter
house in the shape of a little husleirie on
a ion"• Iv Kansas road, atioui sixty miles
from Fort Scott. The tra ing of a prom
inent citizen named York to their house,
and the discovery of his murder, led to
revelations of the most horrifying char
acter, ami the grizzly old murderer with
ids inhuman family fled in great haste
irom the wrath which must follow tin
i disiaivcrv of the graveyard which they
had made all around tlo-ir home.
\\ hcthcr they w ere overtaken and all
lynched, >r whether they re-ally escaped
and scattered, iia* always Ixv-ti tut open
question. The most fiendish member of
tiie family was Kate, then a stout young
Woman, whose thews had grown great
in wielding the hammer that crushed
i travelers' skull*. 'The story which the
sheriff of Grant county tells ha* refer
ence to Kate, lie says that William F.
Granger, the father of the boy in his
charge, married t wite in California, and
wheu she died moved with his sou Wil
iatii, a weak-minded, cruel sort of a boy,
to Fort Smith, Ark. A second marriage
took place there, and Josie was the is
sue. Mr. Granger look into his family
an nurse .md servant a young woman
who had !>eeu a domestic in a hotel, and
who went by the name of llora 1 lesser.
The fuuily moved to Grant county. New
Mexico, and lKtra went along. The
second wife died, and ahoul a year ago
Granger married Ih>r*. Just three
wrccks after lie Was entices! into the
mountain* bv lits own>ti. William, and
a man named Young, and the boy final
a bullet f otn a nexaiie gun through the
1 >l*l man's brain. They dug a hoie,
jammed the body into a heap and threw
it in. then covered it Up and stamped the
ground level. Going back home they
divided the old man's possession*,
amounting to IXIM.U! #5.000. Y'oung Ink
; ing one-third. William one-third and
the bride one-third The authorities
-ttsjH-etial something wrong, and a sher
iff went to the Granger house to arrest
:he trio. He found them ail in ied. and
hidden under one leal were tiie old man's
gray clothes, which Dora had chopped
into picx-es William wo closely ques
tioned and finallx a- know edged that his
1 stepmother and Young had fixed up the
. job on the old man and indu> •- i htm to
do the killing, the oldect laing one of
! Jtlunder. He led the otth'erx Litlie scene
iot the murder, and the IKKIV was ex- ;
hutned. Sine.- then the le*!icf iias lw-cn
growing that lh>ra i* Kate Render. She
acknowledged that lur name i* Kate,
and she knows a deal alsiut the lien
d-rs A young man who w- nt to * hool
with Kate It nil< r when slu- was about
i sixteen years old xt-it>-d Dora in j.til.
and positively identified Iter a* Kale. In
her trunk was found alaiut #VNt worth
of silverware, most ol it mark<al "Gait
House. Kentucky." The sheriff has her
i picture and it r*pr< *enD a woman alaiut
thirty year* old. with lull heavy fai-e,
arge lower-jaw, very *tuall ey<s>. and a
mouth of a virago. The woman is still
!in jail, and will le tri<-d. Meanwhile,
1 the sheriff intend* to gire the little lioy
Josie. who i a Very amiable and intelli
gent child, and who gives a graphic m -
<s>unt of tlie murder, in charge of
i Itishop Granger
Mental Fftert* of I'hjsiral Injuries.
Dr. Ileniy Maudsley, in a (mt* r Ix-foro
the Royal Institute. England, said:
Mary instructive examples of tlie per
vading mental < ff<-ct* of physical injury
<>f the brain might ie quoted, hut two
or three, recently nxaxrdcd. will suffice.
An Ain<-n<iui tu<ali<-a! man xx a* caihal
one day to *<•- a youth, ixgod eighLs-n.
who htul been *tru< k down insensible by
a kick of a horse. Then- wa* a depressed
fracture of the skull a little above De
left temple. The skull wa* trephined,
and the liHise fragment* of hone that
j>re*al upon the brain were removed,
whereupon the patient came to his sense*.
The doctor thought it a gotxi opjsirt unity
to make an exiH-rinient. a* tln-r<- was a
hole in the skuil through which he could
easily make pressure ujnn the htain lit
a*ked the IMV a question, and In-fore
there was time to answer it he pressed
lirni.y with his linger upon tlie exposed
brain. As long as the pressure was
kept Up the Imy was mute, but the in
stant it wa* removed he made a reply,
never suspecting that be had not an
sw<-naf at once. The experiment was re
jM-atetf several times with pm-isely tbe
a-intc result, tbe Ly's thought* lx-ing
stopped and stnrbai again <n each ois-a
sion a easily and certainly a* the engi
neer stops and start* ltis locomotive.
<)n another sa*asion the name doctor
wa* called to see a groom who had Iws-n
kicked tin the head by a mare called
Dolly, and whom he found quite insen
sible. There wa* a fracture of tlie skull,
with depression of bone at the upper
part of the forehead. As soon a* the
portion ol hone which was pressing upon
the brain wa* removed the patient eaiitaf
out with great energy. " W boa. IVilly!"
and tlten stared *tlout hint in bank
amazement, asking: "Where i* the
mare? Wh-re am I?" Three hour*
had jiasstal since the accident, xlttring
which the wonls which he was just going
to utter when it happens! bad remained
locked up. a* lliev might have Ixs-n
locked up in the phonograph, to l>e let
go the moment the obstructing prossure
was removed. The patient did not rc
menihcr. when he came ti himself, that
the msn- h.-<l kicked him; the last thing
before he wa* insensible which he <lil
rememlier was. that site wheeled 10-r
Iteels round and laid back Iter ears vic
iously. ________
Selling Whisk) to Indian*.
There is not a town in Montana, says
the Helena lrtdtpfntUiti. where an In
dian cannot get mi the wltisky he taunt*,
a* i* evinced by their drunken sprees
immediately after leaving the piaee.
Whisky is the cause of all the disturb
ance* ls-t ween white* and the Indians,
ami no doubt the primary x-ause of all
thefts and outrages by the Indians.
Nearly all the trouble with Indians,
savs the SltUfMoon. of Walla Walla.
W'ashington Territory, is occasioned bv
thffaction of a t<-w depraved whit#* sell
ing them whisky. Go where we will,
we are sure to find some saucy, drunken
siwaah trying to get up a little war of bis
own. Tlten* are various dodge* by
which the Indians can obtain liquor.
One is to sell them "sko<kum flour;"
that is. they buy a sack of flour in which
a bottle of whisky is concealed. Any
white fountl guilty of providing the "In
dians xvith whisky, or gambling with
them, is entitled to a coat of tar and
feathers, after which performance he
should be turned over to be dealt with by
the law.
James Sh-wart, twelve-year-old son of
James Stewart, residing m-Br Willy's
N<-ck. Dorchester county, Md.. wa* sent
into an out-field to make a smother, to
keep the mosquitoes from the catt.f
Not routing hack after a reasonable time
had elapsed tlie father went into the
field to search for him. He wa* found
lying face downward on the ground dead,
ltis mouth, throat, nose ami ears liter
ally packed with mosquitoes.
The entire- population of Die United
States could be provided for in the State
of Tx-za*. allowing each man, woman,
and child four acres of land. The entire
population of the world could be provid
ed for in the Uni>d States, allowing
each iterson one and a half acres of land.
TEHMB: a Year, in Advance.
riltx, GAItDK*. AMI 110 l NFII0I.1).
Tit* to !•< It to l over Oeefl*.
Rule* ore often laid down by writer*
n guide* for former* wlirii planting the
seed* of their various form crop*, a*
though any rule could be depended upon
under ailetreuuuUnen* when the fact is
every one must u*e judgment in tins a*
in every other operoliou on th farm.
We hove before Us on account of on ex
periment made by some one in sowing
wheat ot different depths from oas-fourth
of on inch to three or more inehes deep,
niao in leaving it upon the surface. That
sown from one-fourth to three-fourths of
on Ineh rotne up sooiusit and grew bri,
while that left on the nurfaee, and thai
covered till and o holt ilielo-s deep.
Was tWo Week* in getting Started. Tile
writer would, therefore, recommend
covering grain not lew* than oue-holf
inch, nor more than one inch derp to sc
ore the quickest get initial ioti and the
most vigorous growth, which would be
a good depth Whenever the soil is in the
l- >i condition for planting, that is, when
it is JU*t perceptibly moist throughout,
trout the surface downward. But then
are times, during severe droughts, when
there is so little moisture in the top soil
that snsls planted ieas than art inch deep
might lie for weeks without germinating,
while if ooven-d two or three inches
deep, they would find moisture enough
io sprout lhem Much utav be done to
insun- germination by stirriug the soil
deeply jul before sowing, to bring Up
moist soil from the bottom, and by roll
ing the surfao-e after sowing with a heavy
iron roller to compact the soil and render
it capable of taking up moisture frotn
In-low by capillary attraction, but after
all it is usually good economy, in dry
weather, to sow seed, grain especially,
quite liberally, and endeavor to work it
w ell down into the soil with a cultivator,
disk harrow, or something of the kind.
The smoothing harrow may then foliow
lo level the surface, after which the iand
should be rolled smooth and as bard a*
the nature and condition of tbe soil will
allow.
Some farmers delay sowing frtu* or
grain in autumn when the eotlier is
dry. and wait for rain, but we always
prefer to put in tlie seed as Main as tile
ground eiui lie prepared, after tbe semsoti
•■f sowing ho* arrived, and then trust the
luture (or rain to sprout it, and suitable
weather for its growth. If one oouid
plant no more seed* than would grow u
maturity, a great saving would be made
Hi a Lint of year*, but still we believe it
is usually a belter plan to seed liberally
.-utd allow something for un<-ertaintixi
than to stint the quantity. In the early
spring when lite ground is usually quite
moist, shallow covering and even surface
*-oding may be advisable, but in mid
tutntuer deeper covering is demanded
.Veto tjujlond Farmer.
€ arsirsstttts mm m Btotitrr tof I urontt -
It is amazing to consider the extent to
which losses are incurred on the one
hand, and sales and occupation afforded,
on the other haiid. by the inexcusable
carelessness of people who know Itettcr
and ought to do Iwtter. The fastening
of a well-bucket is deranged, or a hoop
is loose, but tlie thoughtless man or
wontan never notices tlie trouble until
the bucket is dropi>ed in the well or the
bottom U out. Tlten t'uie is lost, tlie
fatnity is inconvenienced, and fx-rhnos
a neigltlatr gets a job of work and the
pay. The gate-latch is out of order; no
attention is paid L> it; the bog* or cows
get in ; the yard is rooted up; the shrub-
U-ry i* destroyed; the gardener is cm
ploy id, and the nurseryman has an
order. A tire is loose ua Use wheel; tbe
WIMHI is swiftly wearing away, a little
care w <nt .d set tbe matter riebt; no pains
art- taken; away on the road a wheel is
crushed.and the wheelwright has some
employment. A shingle is out of place
on the roof: one nail would mend the
Itouble; that nail isn't driven; the rain
steal* in. an 1 *oon the plasterer i* paid
t< use trowel and brush. A bridle rein
is weak; a bit is worn; notiodv thinks
of examining either; a horse is drawn to
one side, or a horse runs away: a vehicle
is broken: a carriage- maker or black- :
smith i* profited, and perhaps a surgeon
has a profitable professional engage
ment.
The water of a well is impure: those
who use it complain, no proper step# are
taken: the family have serious sickness;
the druggist wits Itis medicines, and the
doctor gets his ha-#. In the same way the
xMlar i* foul: tlie mcphitic gn*ct escape
through the floor*: tlie blond is poisoned;
the fever nig**. some suffer: some die;
ttofl phnkinn has n harr-u and even
tfie undertaker and sx-x ton find employ
ment. A stove-chimney is in a dangtT
ou*condition; people have eyes h> see,
hut don't use litem; the fire soon doe*
it* dreadful work, nnd carpenter* and
merchant* have a good time. So af
many—very many thing*.
Are you innox-cal of such neglect?
There are far better and cheaper wavs
to give work and profit b others, fty
taking i are'ttf what you have, you ntav
Ixrnime able to add other and mxtre- val
uable thing* which you desire. There
is true economy in proper attention b>
small as well as great things.— ffurtU
.Von Yorker.
I lrm Ratter Wittxmt Ire.
From W. P. Hazzard's treatise on
butter and butter-making, we extract the
following: In families or where tlie
dairy is small, a good plan to have but
ter xaol and firm without ice is by tbe
process of cvapx>rnti%n as practiced in
inilia and oilier warm climate*. A cheap
plan is to get a very large-sins! porous
earthen flower-pot with an extra large
saucer. Half All the saucer with water,
set it in a trivet or light sLaud—su< It a*
is use-f for holding not irons will do;
upon Dtis set your butter: over the
whole invert the flower pot, letting the
top rim of it rest in and bx- covvrexl by
the water; then close tbe bole in the
Ixotton with a cork; then dash watT
oTer the flower pot. and re-pent the pro
cess several times a day. or whenever it
looks dry. If set in a cool p'ace. or
where the wind can blow upon it. it will
readily evxtporate tlie water from the
pot. and the butter will be firm and cool
a* if iron an ice-house.
For ( Worms.
The following is recommended by
Philip Oslwirne. of Girard. l'a . as sure
death on the cabbage worms. "Take
one part alack lime, one part plaster, one
part WXHHI ashes and one part salt. Mix
well together. Sprinkle a little on the
confer, tutil no matter if over the entire
surface. Four quarts of the composi
tion will save xn<- bundled cabbages—
about a handful L five plant*. I apnlii-d
it to mine this morning while a light
dew wa* on. and it wa* gratifying to aee
the worms tumble off to rise no more.
lji*t year 1 saved all mv cabbage that I
applied It to. Have no fears of this com
position injuring your cabbage. It will
all work out with the growth of the
plant and the salt will make the heads
solid.*'
Words of Wisdom.
Knoxvledge is more than equivalent to
force.
What cannot be required is not to be
regretted.
Do good with wli-t thou hast, or t
will do thee a<> good.
Y'ou cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yot' -self one.
Afodesty is to worth what shadows are
n a painting; she gives to it strength
ami relief.
There nre many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues
if a man have love in his heart, lie
may talk in broken language, but it will
be eloquence Li those who listen.
Don't despise the small tahuts; they
are needed as well as the great one*. A
candle sometimes a* useful as the sun.
The diamond fallen into the dirt is not
the least precious, and the dust raised by
high winds to heaven is not the lees
vile.
NUMBER V.
Til KM' TOPIC*.
Georgia U itlxiut to < rod a monument
to St-rgi-anl William Jasper, of .South
Carolina, who fell in the IUMIMIII on
Savannah, ti tolx r 11, 177 V, This U the
liero who i>-prd from the jinrapct of
Kurt Moultrie ami regained the flag
which ha<l lieen shot away by a hall
from the British fleet. On another 00
caaiun, aide*) hy a single companion. he
captured a British guard of t*a soldiers
and rescued twelve American captives.
*' Wild Bill." the frontiersnian. who in
his day was as notorious as Kit Carson,
atid who was killed three years ago. has
lurriol to stone from scalp to toe ilia
remains, which were buriad at Dead,
wood, in lite Black Mills, were las en
from the grave for re-interm*nt at an
other place, when they wi-ie found to
nave become petrified. The features are
aa natural aa life, save that a whiteness
overspreading all givns to the far* the
appearance of chiseled marble.
The fullowinr statistics will prove in
teresting to those who raise either dugs
or sheep: In 1"*0 Massachusetts hail
114.M00 sheep and lIU.OuO dogs, and it is
teiieved that the ptesenl number of
sheep in that State is actually below
SS.fIM, while tliere are good reasons for
believing that it has more than two,
perhaps nearly three dog* to every sheep
kept in the Slate. During the year itCi.
11.4*9 dogs killed 1.<173 sheep; and in
1878. there were 10.000 dogs taxed, and
sheep killed by them to the value of
10.4 M 55.
Tlie cotton 'Top in the Koutb this yew
wiil correspond well with the enormous
crop# of wheal and corn in the Went and
North went. The report of the executive
committee of the National Cotton Ex
change, just received, mvi that "dur
ing the iaat five year* cotton -culture in
the United State* ha* outstripped the
mot sanguine expectations: that Uie
problem of fh labor haa been virtually
solved, and that the South mun be re
garded a* the future reliance of the cotton
manufacturers of both America and Eu
rope."
The plague of rata in the Deccan,
Bombay, for the aecond season in auc
' •-Mion. it occasioning serious alarm.
These animals overspread the country
like locust*. destroy the crops almost at
thoroughly, and are even more difficult
to keep down. So grave had become the
aspect of affair* that a " Hat Committee"
was appointed to inquire into the best
means ol disposing of these creatures.
They have advised the people to turn
out en mas* and fan- the enemy. Re
wards are to be offered for dead rat*, and.
in fact, the invasion is to be treated as a
matUT to iw d<-ait with vigorously by
the whole community. In the meantime
the question has arisen as to how the
rat* Lave multiplied.
On the 31st of December, 1H77. there
were 5i*.488 poatodices in Europe, witli
223,517 persons employed. or one postal
establishment for every 8.134 inhabit
ant*. Tin-!- posloffiord are ni<*t Uiickly
planted in Switterland. and after Swit
zerland in (ireat Britain and Ireland.
A striking <xntrat to these two coun
tries is afforded bv Ku**ia and Turkey,
there Iwing in the former only one post
office to evTv 5,?0e. and iu the iattaTone
to every 1.105 square miles. Altogether.
4.M.t00.aM letters, papers, etc.. were
nt by post in Europe in 1H77, 3.597.-
(*O.OOO being letters or posl cartis. 1.522.-
000.000 n wpatTS. and 583.000,000 pat
tern* and to like; and the greatest
number of letters, paper*, etc.. were sent
in (ireat Britain and Ireland, the tola]
number diMft M t ing 1.4H3.075.000,
or at the rate of 34 7 letter* and 9.4 news
papert for every tnh hitanl.
I -icut. -General Max well write* to the
l.*f< /toot Journal, an English periodical,
u> give to tin- public, or rather to swim
mer* a valuable hint for Use in case they
.-ire called on to save a drowning man.
lie picked up the idea while in service
in India. A man had fallen into a large
reservoir used to store the rainfall, and
a native, who happened to be passing by
with a long staff, jumped in. taking the
staff with him and pu-thiug it forward in
I runt a* he swam. The drowning man
eagerly clutched the staff and was thus
towed slowly in by the swimmer, who
was obliged to keep his body nearly up
right. A person who is not used to lite
water l<wes his witsa* well as his breath
when he suddenly finds himselt over
board, and is apt to seiae upon the swim
mer who would rescue him in such a
way as to carry both down together.
The lesson lien. Maxwell lays down is
that if you have to jump into the water
to save a man. take with you a long
slick, an oar. a plank, a broom, or a bit
of wood of some kind, if one is at hand.
It will then be possible to keep the
drowning man at a safe distance and
still get nim out.
The Next United States t'easns.
A Washington f\i*t reporter ha inter
viewed General Francis A. Walker,
chief of the National Census bureau,
in rrgar I to taking the census next year.
The reporter aked
"How will agricultural statistics be
secured ?
" It would not pay to employ special
agents to take agricultural figures." said
the general, " and this duty will be in
trusted to the enumerators. This a wide
field. There are proliably 3.000,000
farmers in this country, and you will
ss- the objection to employing especial
assistance when the ground tan tie cov
ered as well by the regular force."
" IKH-A this apply to all granger in
terests?"
" No; there are certain branches,
such as fruit culture, live stork and im
portant crops. where special agents must
necessarily lie employed, and the work
willbedone a* never before. The special
officers will collect farts and figures re
lating to the growth of these crops, and
fruits, meat transportation and exporta
tion. and the shipping of live stock to
F.ngland. Lumber, honey, beeswax. peu
nuts and other industries that are becom
ing of great importance, will also re
ceive the special attention of this agent,
and the product of these efforts will form
a valuable to the census, and
show a vast difference to those of former
years. Heretofore, these statistics hnre
been grossly erroneous and inadequate.
Then the law provided for no special
assistance in procuring these facts, and
wa so <.-onstructed that codfish, coal oil
and mining were placed on the same
schedule."
" Is education a class of itself?"
"It comes under the branch of' social
statistics,' which embraces education,
schools, libraries, newspapers, wages,
wealth, debt and taxation."
" A most important branch."
"Yen. nnd will bcrollectl almost en
tirely through special agency, as will
also rital statistics, pauperism, crime,
idiocv and deaf routeism."
" flow have they been collected be
fore?"
" By (numerators, or else by deputies
of the United States marshals in the sev
eral districts."
" What force will be necessary, and
when will it be selected ?"
" There will he 150 supervisors, one or
more to each State, according to its
sise. The supervisors' districts will be
formed and announced about the middle
of October, and the appointments will
probably be made at the meeting of/Con
gress in December. In January the su
pervisors will appoint the enumerators.
The special agents will be selected as ne
cessity requires."
" How many enumerators will be re
quired?"
" I suppose about 15.000 to 20.000, and
those in theeountry will be required to
complete their labors during the month
of fune. 1880. Those in tbe city are con
fined to the first two weeks of the same
month. The reports will come in as
rapidly a* completed ."
CMtKt
A siagls word is a littls thing.
Bat a soul may be dying before oar eyes
Par leek at the oomfort a word amy bring,
With its weioota* balp sad its sweet surprise
A kindly look costs nothing at all,
Bat a heart may be starring lor just oo*
glance.
That shall show by the eyelid's tender tell
lite help ol s pitying countenance.
It Is snsy enough to band the anr
To oatcb soma tale (4 aore distrcaa j
_ Kor men may ba fainting beatda us bare,
" Por longing to share tbeir waarineaa.
lliuse gilts nor altvsr nor gold may boy,
Nor tba wml t b ol the richest ol OWN bestow;
But the comk.it o4 word, or ear, or eye,
Tbapooraat may oflsr wbeiwver is go.
—Ckarl— p. Riehardto*.
la the Yesttbnir.
i.
A hula, chubby, rad-bpotsl child,
With draamy eya nraih hinge u4 stlkae last,
, And, working o'er Us tester**. wonder tnl-,
i Iske ripples kindlwl by Urn sunbaam'* rtaan,
f J not at tba ei tnuica of the mass eallyd lite,
iiaodless of all its turmoil, blare and rirrfi.
You Is waning,
Hraitsi >ng
. Not with little mn veless flst to haul its tap,
And is hlc's vsstiWn to sound tu suit ligh
rap
I
, . lisy, what shall be tb 0..i-rn.g ii '
'Through bails ol rigid,u hslUol ste *
lu ngbt, U. U4t, hu.nl* Itxagai i.
Attending spirits (returning |*
Ob, shall the good or evil wm f
u.
A youth beside a ebntvh-door stands;
Across the way the ruby wine .bub p*ur.
And outnradMi lure with berk>>uittg bawls.
White saeliirig org. a tons* play " Hravsa's
toy isutna."
Heboid him oa the vergu ( OMnhood bars,
bilk us. eless liesJt and loss ol worldly ciiser
'.Vsihug, waiting.
Hi —'a Tag.
A votes within htui pleading. *• fa the right.'
let on the I*4l be sees a world at dear 1 slight
Bar, what shall b* (ha entering bare *
The mgaa notes i-ersaasire, clear,
SWELL out ID attains inspiring, grand.
And asset, •• Heaven is Fat her -land,'
Wiidesiren toneestng "Wisedoth rkeer.
OL
A ripe, old man, <4 bonon 1011.
Conqueror <4 oiogies and lama,
Fmw vaunted* to veeUbuir,
Having goo* in and writ.en high hu noma
At iite's last door Suds still n aturanea hall.
And leeble, nerveless, intent-like a ail.
Vet i waiting,
ifaaitetwg
Here at this dual vestibule to dad
Knt run, s by deetii aione wbera paa* is ah
mankind.
Bay, sin- a bail be the entering bow *
In loving laitfc or lanthiag fear?
Upon lbs right, u ansmws ol lutes.
The shadowy hot, rashes all uatdsat,
In wbien, <h, 8001, wilt tbou sppasr?
touts* A Door. is Portia as 7>assc i tft.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
A pro wed thing—A ship.
Cold muffins—Ritgamu tine.
A moving eight— Old cheeee.
You can't beat a porcelain egg.
A judge'* position is a trying one -
Amf.
Did the man who " eliot at random,"
hit it*
Mow strange it is that hot words
should produce a coolness.
It is reported that the Indians in
Florida now cumber only 300.
No hotel porter ever tried to smash an
Repliant's trunk. — Sew York Set r*.
The strength of an elephant is calcula
ted as equal to that of 150 men com bitrad.
The greatest height at which visible
clouds ever exist does not exceed ten
miles.
By a new law the French postoflico
undertakes the collection of small bills
in the provinces.
The Philadelphia TYror* says that girls
who sing in hotel parkin have conspicu
ously large mouths.
" 1 expend a good deal of panes at my
work," as the glazier said to the window
sash.— New York Mail.
Mercury freezes at thirty-eight degrees
Fahrenheit and become* a solid mass,
malleable under tlu-hammer.
Before man iage " honey;" after mar
riage •• money; which is anything but
funny.— Meruit* Reenrdrr.
Mr. Barry Sullivan, the English actor,
prides himself on having played Hamlet
mm* than £.*oo times in all quarters of
lhe globe.
When you are down-liearteu and the
world looks black to you. you ought to
tie hospitable enough to entertain a hope
ofbetter days.
" All's well that ends well." said a vic
tim of the tool line be. as his swollen
cheeks resumed their former size.—Dan
lelaonriUe Sentinel.
A lad being asked "What is Rhode
Island celebrated for?" replied: "It is
the only one of the New England States
which is the smallest."
It is sain that the entire population ol
lhe world could be provided for in the
United States by flowing each person
one and a half acres of land.
The official returns of the registrars of
Ireland for the second quarter of the
year contain a record of the death of
i<crsons aged respectively 105. 107 and
1 IT.
Two boys have been arrested in Paris
for cutting buttons from men's coats.
It was learned that they collected
dozens a day and sold them tu obscure
tailors.
The flouring mill industry in the United
States employsoo.ooomen in £5.000 mills,
turning out yearly 50.000.000 barrels of
flour, of which 4.000.000 are exported to
foreign countries.
The world's wheat crop in 1870 is put
at 1.540.000.000.—n0t much above a
bushel to every human being in the
world; and much wheat is consumed by
the lower animals.
From the report to the British Board
of Trade it appears that the number of
persons returned as having been killed
in tbe working of the railways during
1878 was 1,053. and Uie nunilx-r injured
1.007. Of these, 125 persons killed and
1,752 persons injured were passengers.
We believe I. stands for fifty, according
the Roman notation, and thai is the rea
son why a voung man WIK> hatl just in
herited a fifty dollar legacy won the con
sent of the girl s lather hy telling the old
man he had just been left a bare L of
money.— Keokuk Constitu'ior..
" I'm vitting an Ibis Ule, Mary."
He mud in accents sad,
Removing Irotu tbe rocking chttir
Tbe brat silk bat he had;
\nd while be viewed the shapeless mate.
That erst was trim and nrai.
He murniared. " Would it hail bran felt.
Before I took my seat."
Yacod Stratut
Prussia has eighteen prisons for
tramps and vagrants. In 1874 there
were 4.600 commitments to these insti
titutions, hut he number has increased
every year, and for 1878 was 9,000. Of
these. 8.000 were men and 1.000 women.
They cost the country #650.000. but
earned while in durance sß7< 000. Many
of the arrests were capable of artisans,
who were really desirous of finding
work.
Aeeordingto the report of Consul Per
ceval. of Port Said, the total number of
vessels which passed through the Sue*
canal in 1878 was 1,550. of which 1.227
were British, 89 French. 71 Dutch. 44
Italian. 38 Austrian. 28 German. 21
Spanish, 8 Egyptian. 8 .lupamsc. 6 l>an
isli, 5 Swedish and Norwegian. 4 Portu
guese, 3 Turkish, 2 Belgian, 1 American
and 1 Zanzibar. Total, 2,G8,316 tons, of
which 1,796,946 were British.
Merr Krupp, the German gun-maker,
is a tall, tine-looking man of remarkably
commanding presence, witb white hair
and beard, high forehead, bright eyes,
and a strikingly intellectual expression.
At seventy his natural fore# is not abat
ed, but be is active ami energetic. His
broad breast i not broad enough for the
medals tin orders that have been ton
ferred upon hint by his own and otiie:
sovereigns; he lias repeatedly declined s
patent of nobility during the last fifteen
years.