At Night. At night, when wnrk > done, 'mid shadow KT*V Shut darken And cling nUont window, where once th enn r*t hright, SwM " coma hack agmu to which *c ll*d to hcwi kcn, At night! M V* *' •>. *re old, and the gray AnnnnwA olinpnj, "" 'h*' shore where there .* no wore light; ."■H-nnetiweH there eowe '*g H m'ew c< t aire ot childhood's Ringing. At night! At night we two may ait in shadow, open hearted ; l..xng sinoe the time has paaaed when hop wa* all in aight' Softly we *ing the Roivgs o| happy .iaT de parted, At night' At night the cricket's voice sound* through 'he shadow dieary; " " t ur Song*, aU' like hi*, have neither charm nor weight; e only rent and sing, bunked hopes and voiees w ary, At aight' JV drfwy. The Children. IV> y.xu |,ivi- me, Jinj,. chititrvn ' (•I- , swr*. titosßom*' that are curled (l.it r'r tender morning-glories) 1 Cound ttio ease in ent ol the world' 1?- your heart* climb up towatxl we A* niv own heart hend* to \ ,hi, Jn the l**iuly ot \vsir danuing And th> hr-.ghtiii-Hs ol your dew * When the tragraiiee ot your ta,**. And the thy thin ol your teel, And the intense ot your \ oiee* Traruttn the wtilen street, lhx jam see uty soul move sigt ty Rwwr w here yiwi lnova, h ah an eye ot benediction And a :;iianinij; hand ig lov * Oil, uiy .tailing-' !am s i:h you In your trxxuhte, in your ptav. In your *olx>ing and \ our singing, lu your .tark and in your day ; In the chandlers where you r.i *lle, 111 the hovels wliere ;-im lie. In tiie sunlight w hem you blossom. And thehiacknuas where you die. a tviiv-v-ing l.txasi* alsive vou but it litis uie trom the ground; Not a thistle-lwrh doth s'.mg you But I suffer with the wound; And a chord w ch.ui lue treuihles Ttx your slightest touch or tone, And I iamiah when you hunger. And I shixrer w hen you mown. Can you tell me. little children, Why t: i> 1 love v,ai so * Why I'm weary with the burden* XV my sa.t and weary woe* lh> the my ill. and the aloe* Spnng t-litlielv trom one tree * Yet I iove you, oh, my ilirtmgs' Have yvm any flower* tor me * 1 have tttaiden all the spacnt Ot tuy aolernn years alone. And have never lelt the cooing Ot a hahe s breath uear tuv own; But with more than lather passion. And more than mother pain. 1 hare tc>x,vl you. liitte childteu' Uo you love me buck agniu ? THE SOAP WOMAN. It is doubtful if the judge would have fell AS much surprised to hear his wife suiy she WAS going to make A voyage to Europe a> to near her sav she was going to make SOAP. They had not been very long itiarriiai then, and the judge was not yet eonvt rsant with the full cata logue of th?- thoroughly hoiLC-madi woman's aeeompli-hmenLs. S;,e had been one of the five daughters of a widow, left while her children were wee bit girls in very straitened eireumstances. The way the mother r an*i them up u a true and useiul womanhood wag a marvel ot perseverance, industry ,vnd ecsinomy. She managed to have them well educated for the times, and saw them ait married into the best circles and occupying positions of respectabil ity and influence. Judge Manotte's wife was tlte ynungi-st of the widow's daughters, and it was tltought she had made the best mat,*h of the five. The judge'* place was the pleasantest in Un thrifty village, which has since assume,! the more ambitious name of city. He Had been gently born and raised, went earlv to col. ge. and fnun thence to his profession a> a lawyer. Manual toil was a stranger to him. yet he was a man of industry, in no sens,- given to profue oess of expenditure, lie approved and admired his wife's general prudenee in housekeeping and spoke with pride to his guests of the excellent food with which hi* board was spread as the work of her own hands. Mrs. Manotte might have kept servants. I think the judge would have been better satisfied if s.te would have had a girl (all the ladies of her position had one or more), hut she declared with decision, pretty early in their wedded life, that she would not be bothered with servant* as long as she had health to do her own work. The exercise was no more than she needed for her own benefit. Mr*. Manotte hail a will and way of her own. as this little tale will bear abundant evidence. The judge made thi9 discovery pretty early. He could doubtless mak- a moving plea in a court room, but he was aware he could make no plea to move his wife when she was fully bent upon a certain course. But yet w!n-n Mrs. Manotte. over the breakfast table of a fair April morning, announced her intentipn of making a barrel of soft soap, the judge looked as if stricken wiUt afudden patsy. I doubt if he would have worn a more rueful fare had his best lawsuit gone against h,m. " And I hope you will help me all you can." added the earnest woman, on thoughts of economy, ashes and grease intent. " Indeed. I can render vou no assist ance whatever!" returned the judge, in sharper tones than his wife had ever herj-d himspi'ak before. Her calm blue eyes surveyed him with unruffled com posure. but there was not in look or hearing one symptom of wavering from her purpose. "Then I must go about the iobfalone," she said quietly. " I beg you will do nothing of the kind." continued the judge, something very like a frown contracting his brow; " I am perfectly willing to buy all the soap we rteod. and what u.*e slum id we have for the vile, sloppy stuPT' "Soft soap was good enough for my mother, and it is good enough for her daughter," said Mrs Manotte, with a dignity approaching sternness. " I shall make no vile, sloppy stuff, but an article far more efficacious for cleansing clothes and for vatious household pur poses, than anything to be bought at stores. Are you aware how much monev we paid out for soap last year, Mr. Manotte?" " No." said the judge, "and itdocsn t matter." . •• Indeed, I think it doe* matter, said the wife. " However much money peo ple may have, they are never justified in wasting it. So I hope you will call at the grocer's as you go down this morning, and see tf you can procure three molasses hogsheads "Three molasses hogsheads!" ex claimed the judge in a tone of mingled terror and dismay, "do you then pro pose to manufacture tlte article by wholesale? I sha'l next he invited to peddle soft soap by the gallon from door to door." The wife laughed gleefully at her hus * band's rueful apprehensions, and asked : " Don't you know that I must set up a leech?" i . . " A leech, in old parlanc-e. means an Understrapper ot a doctor," said the judge, moodily. - Well. I mean a mash-tub," returned Mrs- Manotte. "Perhaps two hogs heads will answer, one for the ashes, the other to hold the soap." The judge went out without further words; his wife did not know whether he would heed her request or not, hut . rather thought he would. She was rght in this supposition. it bin an bour a dray dumped two hogsheads and a tight barrel in the Iwk yard. Mrs. Manotte at once attired herself in a short, stout dress, a long, black poke bonnet, shut up the front of the house and retired to the scene of her proposed labors. She drew a pair of Iter hus band's old leather gloves on to her hands, adjusted some blocks of wood, and trundled a hogshead into position. Then site arranged some bricks in the bottom of it, and covered them with Btraw, that the lye front the leached ashes might be clear as it trickled through. She recollected when a little THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRKFh KUKTZ, Fditor and Proprietor. VOLUME XII. girl of Iter mother putting her into tin old family ma.*h-tuh. which M-rx.-d for a score ol years, suul ti ding her how to adjust the brick* and straw in proper fashion. Next she gvR a great hod and coin tucnccd to fill the hogshead with ash. - She worked wit ft such \igot that a tr memious dust was rais<-d in the back yard People voit-g past in the street outside stu i .-i-d and coughed, and won dered what was going on at Judge M . notti's place Hut Mis M w w ahsorlnai in the work of the hour to utter ohlix ioustti ss of the fact that from the sc-ond story of lb>- mansion just across the area hxm her own, curious and pit-/ i d cm * w en ta*t i tied on her and her movemcn.s. In ln-r xvasu room two kett.es m i in arches were heating the water to drench the dry ashes. She had to climb into a i hair to t our each pailful on to the lush. t'.r tainly to unfamiliar 00, her work might sivtii strange and mysterious. The Kn|uit girls, at the chamber windoxx opposite, xx it It tatting and crxe diet, couli! at I. ngth contain their sur prise and xvondi r no long. r. " lKi let u.* x-all mother.'" one of them i xdaimcd, "and see if *hecan unriddle the mystcrv. :utd tell Us the meaning ot the operation* over in Judge Manotte's Ivstck. yard." " 1 think the judge has gx>t a woman to make some sort of eompoat for hi* jH-ar tras." said tb other. Wiii.. the txxo gin* gaged, a stiff pod was plunged into the fuming hogshead, and the mass vigorously punched and shaken b\ the stout worker. "She is a Hercules," they said. " W hat tutts. .c those xvotuen have. Mrs. Manotte is a worker Iters.- f. and she wouldn't hire a woman to sit still." But now tin* woman disapiwared for a while, ami xx hi n she next came in xi. xv she had under in r arm an augi-rand a\c, in one hand a smooth biilct of wood, and in the other a huge rt-d hot poker. The two girls gave a litt.e - -ream at litis sight, hut tlte worker heard it not. her head enveloped in the blaek. {s>ke l>on net. Kite pna't'edtai ti> bore through tin billet of wihh! by means of the flaming poker, xv bile th smoke as it burned its way made a dubious blue cloud nltoui her head. " I dia-lare, things arc getting desper ate down there." eriial the youngest gir.. " I believe some infernal witeh-work i* going on; I will have mot Iter called." Mrs. Sequin was suuiittonexl Slu was a city-hred woman, first and ia*land the prxaaaaiings in Judge Manotte's hack yarxl were as mysterious to her as to her young daughter "What the woman is doing I don't know," she said. " but she worss xvitlt a will. I should like to get her to do our spring cleaning " " It is very likeiy yu can. mother." *aid the elder daugiii. r. "We xvi.. get father to inquire of Judge Manotte about the woman—if. inih**!. she is canny." Next titer, was a hole made by itn-ans ot the auger in the low. r part of the hogshead, and the bored billet of xvinsi driven soundly in hy aid of the axe. vigorously xvielded hy the woman's lusty arm. and a whittled p.ug piaeed in the wooden spigot. "What a gnat, stout creature," ex claim.si Mrs. Sisjuin. "She handles Uml* like a man!" Then num- iwiiiing water xx-as dashmi nto tin* ash-fil'isi hogsli.-atl till it *'<*-*1 seething and lull to the very brim. And now ail was .-iient and deserted in ludge Manotte's haeky.nrd. In the af ternoon, Mrs. Manotte, richly ir. .1, was s.s-n holding up h.-r *kirts. tip-t<-- ing n>und the gn-at hogshead, a* if in specting the work to see if it had Invu properly and thoroughly done. At a very early hour th* next morn ing the Sequin girls heard noises in tlte hai k yard, and -prang from Imsl to see if the witch wa.- at her work again. Sure enough she was; they beheld a huge kettle swung on a stout pole t-- tweeit crotchul stakes driven into the earth, and a pile of blaring fagots be neath it "There is her cauldron; I told you so," said the younger girl. "And look at the pails of black liquid she is {.our ing into it.tuid the foul lumps and tain- - she is pouring lrotu that greasy rusk. An infernal l.roth that must be she is concocting." " And there is another barrel xx ith the dark liquid dripping through the spigol." said the older one. "St. tin-re it," exclaimed tlie younger: " when did she fix that? What a vig orous creature! She would clean our whole house in 'xv. nty-lour hours. I>-t Us call father. He knows m.>*t every thing. I'll iM-t he can tell us what all this means." So Mr. Sequin w is brought to look down on the suet-t.-M-ie in Judge Ma notte's backyard. " It beats the witches in Heeat-- all liol!ow,"satd the two girls in chorus, as their paternal parent entered tlte room. After quietly surveying the operations below a moment, he hurst out laughing. "Why. the woman is making soft *oap," he said; "that is all; I have s.-.-ti my old mother do it fifty times when I was a boy on the home farm: and that woman understands Inr business, too. I declare I'll have her make up our ashes. Soft soap is letter fora hundred purposes in a family than all your patent cleaner- found nt stores." " I wish you would, father," *aid the younger daughter. " for it is first-rate fun to sec It r work; hut what is she throwing old hones into the kettle for?" "That is thegri-a.se; the lye il' eat them ail up. She has got a keg full of scraps. The mult will 1M- a barrel of gooil strong soft soap. Mrs. Manotte i* a prudent woman. She xx-as country rnisisi; ln-r mother taught her to save meat scraps for soap grease, no doubt. This is the way all farmers do, and make their own soap." " But Mrs Manotte need not have done this, as she is rich." said Mrs. S. " Yes, and always means to be." said Mr. Sequin. " Y'ou know she docs ln-r housework when slu might have a dozen waiters if she wanted tleui. Now she has found a hand to work up lu-i ashes into soap." "Mrs. Manotte is rather an mid wo man. "remarked Mr. Sequin. " I don't think the judge is quite pleased with some of her ways." Three days after Mrs. Manotte an nounced her intention of making soap, she called fier husband to see tlie r.-sult, which was a hogshead of rich brown liquid, smooth and thick, exhaling a clean, alkaline odor, as it stood in a sunny nook of tlie back yard. The judge gawd at it solemnly as his wife extolled its virtues and spoke exult inglv of the "good luck " which had at tended her efforts. "As we burn the l><-t of wood the ashes xvere str ng enough without pot ash. which makes soap biting ami harsh. I added a sir ing solution of tMrax. which will render it softer for the hands, and also increase its Cii-ansing proper ties." "How much do you call it worth?" asked the judge. " I do not purpose to sell it," said the wife, "so you will not have the pleas ure of peddling it out; but it will hist two years, ana save forty or fifty dol lars." "Is it possible!" exclaimed the judge, with a humorous twinkle in the corner of his eye. " I aan lost in admir ation and amazement of this aeliieve ment. Could I ever have imagined I should have a soap-maker for a wife?" Mrs. Manotte laughed; she knew the judge was rather pleased after all. Though his wife dismayed and almost shocked his propriety sometimes, he had a certain quiet 1 ride in her prowess. He never knew her to make an essay which ended in defeat: nothing she at tempted " fell through." If she could plan, she could also execute. A few days later, as the judge was walking home to dinner, he was accosted hy Mr. Squine. "Judge Manotte, will you have the kindness to give me the nam of your sott-soap xv otnan ? thtr folk* accident ally saw Ini at work in \otir hack vnrd, ai d w c w ant to ut he ' soon rallied, and said " I will si tut her to \ou to-morrow morning, it you would like,"and Mr. Seuuin went lioim to tell his w tie, ".1 udgi' Mtuiolt• - soap woman will In- tin hand with the ttioirow." I'lte judge merely remark.-.! to his wiii at the dinner talle that Mr* Sequin wisheil InT til i til at in r hulls, nevt morning, and Mis M motti thought nothing Strang'' ot this. I'lte lad it > were acquainted. and att< tided tin sant church. According > Mis Manotte i made reads at the time speciiiial. lln judge's wife w: s a handsome, stylish woman when dt'i >s.-d A*site appt'oa. h cd the door of her neighbor *h noticed the front t-art of the house h id a decid l islly shut up appearance, and she had to ring once and again lor admittance Within the two girl* were " pea-ping." j and In-held Mrs Manotte, "tire.**<•! so I grand " on the front step. " llow strangi she should call at such an unseasonable hour, they said, "I u.-v.r knew her to do thus In fore, and w .en we are all in our worst clothe*, with the parlor* shut up. expecting the soap woman. It is tis> had; how Can we let In r in?" Hut the hell ring again rather per emptorily, Mrs. Manotte saying to lit r tk'll, "As they sent for me and I have tiei-n at some trouble local! at this hour, why do they keep me waiting for en trance in thi* unseemly style-'" " 1 must let her in," said Mrs Sequin, "or site may take olfettc , and Mr- M i notte is too goint a friend to iose, though U i- strati-;,, she slii.ti d - a . a! >li- It an untimely hour. Something particular may bring her." So a blind wa* hastily opened in tin parlor and Mrs Manotte admitted, whi • Mrs. S- juin ex. used de.av by saying they had some unusual work claiming their attention that morning, i -nd told the girls aside it the soap woman came to show her the alic* and scraps in the area and s, t for to work at once. Then stie teturncd to the parlor with Mrs. Manotte. who was unac. ount ahlykilent :utd rather stilT at length, a* she asked: "Was there anything particu'.a- you wished, M - Sequin 1 ' and that td> answered. "Oh, no, Mrs. Manotte," as she bowed her visitor out. Mrs. M. walked homeward feelin. • rat In r vexed. "1 thought you said Mrs. S.quir wished to*., me," she remarked to th judge in the evening. "So Mr. Sequin infmiaed nilwi t lie response, "then sin-did not set tit t employ you?" " Kmplov me?" oehoed Mi*. Manott" hut the judge was inscrutable. The very next day Mr. S- itiin sough out the judge and said: "Your soap woman did not come yesterday ; just tell me her whereabout*, if yuu pl*as that I may si t In r out." "The soap-woman has informed mt that she went to your house y steniaj j morning, but your wife did not say any j thing aliout wishing her *-.-rvicr>; 1 he .ieve virtually declined them." i "It is not so." said Mr. Sequin. " 1 feat tin- woman is not to be relitsl on." " I never knew- her to break In r ward she is rather a wilful woman, hut by nt means an untruthful one," the jud.gi said, with that siy twinkle in his iy. whit-h his neighbor had learned carried a menningof its own. Mr. S. iuin went home and asfo-d hi* wife if site had had any callers yester i day? "Only Mrs. Manotte." was the an swer. "andshecami before nine o'clock in tte morning; i never knew ln-r t. •all at suelt an unseasonable hour Im fore. I thought sonn-thing sptvia. had brought her. hut she did no errand." Mr. Sequin roared. "Why. she was the soap-woman. i xx ife." he said. 1 Then tie related what .Judge M motte had i ust Is in saying to hint and it vm jed piain. The judge had play. d a prac tical jok'' on hi- wife, he was fond of such, hut they were never instigated ! by a malicious or vindictive spirit. She proved herself a match for him in this instance. One day at an hour wlo-n the | stn-ets were fill hut of p'-op.c, she asked her husband if lie would "take some thing to Mrs. Seguin tor her?" and hi I signilicd his readiness to do so. "What i* it 5 " In- gflhad. "Yon will lind it on the area steps." she answered.quietly It was two buck. tsof soap! His word was given, and he k -pt it, as a man of - honor and a "judge" should do. So lie I came within one of being a -..ft soap I tH-ddler. Sensations After Opium Smoking. Did I feel drowsy ? No. I f.-lt quietjy jubEant and happy. The problems of my life were nil gone. The mysteries of life were myst. rie* no long* I lay there and blandly sneered at the xv.iriii a* a tiling of no consi-quencc whatever. I could not tak-- my eyes from the light, hut it wasatiny -'//.- no longer. It receded from ne and grew bigger. It was a star—it w.x* the full orbed tuoon; the attendant moved it a lew inches, and though I wa. conscious of hi* net. the light itr":f wa.* a fiery comet witli a sweeping tail that h id shot through im meisurahle length of night. Noxv it grexv anii grew. It was th)* sun. The )*iiole world, the stars, the univer.-e were I ing ah*orlied in it. I wti* ah sorixeil in it. The glory touched me on all *idc*: below tin- xva* the tiny earth, a liilinutian h.,11. ujM.n whii-h myriad* of crawling nn-n fi-ll down and wor-hiped me. Opposite to in<" was Joe. i wa* conscious of hi* pre*. n<-<- —of everything alM.ut ti. e. IBul any one spok'-n to nt<- I should have an*xvcreii rationally enough, yi-t the things aliout me wi re not so real as my dwelling-place in the heart of light. 1 was living a dual existence. I was immortal. I had commenced upon the eternal life. Eternity! The thought h.-cntne real tome. Time was no longer, save in my own person. I w:ln the time-pic.-e for eternal ages. 1 was wound up and going. Tlte pulsation* of my heart each measured a thousand years. A dread ful tension lengthened nic out and stretched me in all directions. A great movement was going on which taxi d all my powers—the ten-ion gri-xv more and more tense I could endure it no lnm-.-r, there wa* a quick sharp snap, a relaxa tion of all my energies, all my powi rs, and I xx-aw the eternal cliM-k tind knew that I hud ticked and marked off one second of the fathorulcsH tiges and that second had recorded a thousand year* of human tine. The pendulum moved to txvo syllables—for—ever, for—ever, for ever! I lay dreading the billionth eternal year which should mark but one mundane hour, and at tlie beginning of which 1 should strike. It is Im possible tor me to express tlie awful sense of expansion, indefinite ex pansion which everything took on,or to write out one in a thousand of tin- wild fancies that lusiied through my brain. 1 was not a*ieep. I was not dreaming; hy an exertion of will I could have risen, gone out of the place and walked home. I more than once counted my puise. I roused myself and looked to st*- if my friend was beside me. He was quiet, and apparently sleeping. Every thought that passed through nty mind t.Mtk upon itself and surrounded itself with a 'ong sequence of quaint fancies. — I Em. M. F. Round, in flood Company. A Philadelphia firm appends the fol lowing notice to its advertisements: "N. B—Customers from the country, purchasing $5 worth oi goods from us will be furnished with dinner 011 stat ing they saw this advertisement." This is a serious blow to the chromo business, :is tbe country customer will not hesi tate to choose ice-cream aud pie in pref erence to chromos.— FonUr. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., I\\., THURSDAY, XOYEMRER Id, 187 R. t'uriosltle* uf tgrtrutture. A rolling apple is allowed to remain itt-gUvied in ri>ttii* corner ola closet, ami there spring* up from its decay ing stir fm-e a ewp of one or more form* of mould. I'wo such apples obtained from the saute tree, and otherwise identical in ix.ii rcs|M i t,-hail I"- similarly ex posed itt two different Closets; the olte max hi-iMiite coxi red xx ith one )wi-i> * Of mould, and t'ue ot her xxitli a difl-n-at one. Such dirteivncv* < these haxt bi-cii oliserveil to result ill the case of i X pi riuti nt* conducted xxithin ati w iadit-* of each otln-r, and can only In- explaiutai oil the supt*tsition that tin gi-rttis of various spcciis of utouM xx ire rt utting in the air. and that M>tue of one s|ms n*.i ll upon one apple, whilst those of a different slxcte tcai hi d tin other.— .S iiißi fi >r .1 ... Fortm-riy. an apple ua-e >n the farm of I tea. oil I'argc, i'rescotl Hill, Miss, I lore the t-x . ti xi ar. but was -{.lit in txx.. i>\ a heavy xxitul smite time ago, and tlte txx o parts xxcta- iirouglit t>g.-thi-r again xvitlt an iron llt, and have now gtown togellier again to all appear and But the strange thing of it is that this accident caused one of t he {.it t to hear the odd Mar while the other continues us xx as its \xont. -.A. A". Home sU, uf. We have often secured tine ap{ • s on tn ■ s only four or five years old, bx tying a wire around an uniut|Mirtani llttthcarlv in June, it i* not tj.-i >-*sary to txx ist tin xx rc very tightly, as tfi.- ,-n --j largetuent of the branch during the groxxtug s, :ison xx in eotep'.i t.-iy bury tin- xx ire in thi bark In the fall thi portion ot the limb above the xxir. xxi., be found largxr tlian l 1 ox . and a large portion of the leaf hud* will he found transformed into Iruit buds by the |r. ■ ! maturely har.i.-ncil and p-rf-ctel la.ndi | lion of the cell structure, brought at*>ut Ibv tin strangulation. Aside, from tin purpose nailed, it xxnl in n ease prove profitable to sex-ure fruit in this way.— j fittni A;;rt-lilturitl t^t.i rt.r -, A brood <-t seven etliek.-u* xx.t. de ' *.-rtci! tv their mother on tlte se*-ond day, and, stnutge o say. a large whit* Co. hin ex* k has taken. harge of them. He xxili not go to roost until the i-hick- I ctts have Im-cU fed. He then walk* up [U the hen-house, and the hi. kin* fol low Itiut and n.-stle under hi* wing* > if he were tluir mother. — lamul atui Hit Ur. The penetration ot seed# of the *o calied " fltvhiua " gr:*c* into the th lt of Austrian sheep i- too will known to sqttatt.-rs. On some "runs" these grasses are so abundant that the annual !,.* of stock i* as. riou* matter. The ripe *l**l fall* upon the xvooi. and owing to the recurred liarl.uli * with xvhich it i* armed, easily penetrate* to the -ki-- win n.its {voint la-inga* sharp a* a tus*i •. every movement of tile aniiual tind* to drive it into the flesh. I have found the internal organ* *o crow dial with scials that tlicy felt like a hag of neel'i-* if - ,ui-i-Zi*l in tlie hand.—. Ur. He Banted to txeffle Near an Indian Mound. A Strang-r who hidlM . n looking at property f..r *a. in umiuin-xq.- xxith a view to buying r. home lor hiiuseif, finally s:iiil to the real i-Slate agent, who had 1M • n showing liiiu the various at traction* of that i harming suburb of ('iiii-innati, " Now lake me to see ya.ur mound*." " Mounds?" said the real c*tate agent, " what mounds " Why*, the mounds 'eft by the mound-huildcrs. to be sure. Those wonderful and mv-tcrious monuui'-nt* of some prc-liistoric race, who lived far hack of tlie Itniiaii- —relics in whi. h the Ohio i* -aid to I-- oj-u • nt." " Never heard of any moun.U around here." -aid the agent. " Indian mounds, 1 suppo-*' you would cali tin-in. "continued the stranger. " though it i- probable they were erected by people of:. mor-- remote age." " Never le ard of any in this ward," said the agent for land. "The. at- u-u i y found to contain arroix h- id*. -iM ciiiii ii* of pottery, and fn*{Ui ntiy it. -kul - and skeletons ot the singular race xvlio buiit them." The agent shook his li>-;m1. " Ho you nn-.-in to siattd there and tell me," cried the stranger, exrlti-dly, "that there isn't a single solitary Indian mound in Cuniniin-viih-, when the Ohio val i> x is full of 'cm ?" " That st em* to IM- the state of affairs at the present xvriting." said the agent, nit In r dolefully." though xx e xvi.l under take to build a mound for you if you buy one of our lot*. But it will cost a heap of money, and sfo ictons ain't very easy to get. either. lat* of pottery kicking about, though, for every woman in Cincinnati has gone to making it." The stranger gaxed upon th-- real cstati- agent with a liM.k of pity and disgust. " Io you suppose you could take a wlnvlbarmw and make a mound thoti*anil* of years old in a couple of days? No. sir; what 1 want i* a genuine Indian mound, with the -fo letons, war like implement* nn-t oth< r materials in tact. Nothing Is-gus. If it i*n't on my let I want it on some lot in the vicinity so I can go and sit on it occasionally, reflecting on the past. I live in New Jersey, where they have no -uch inc. mortals, but I read that there arc t> n thou- md in Ohio alone, and why a big place like Cummin-v ill'- can't have at least one. i* past my comprehension. ( iiNH I day. sir If I can't settle near a mound I ant going hack to Now Jersey." That agent says C'tinitninsviile shall have an Indian mound now. if he has to build one hitn*elf.— CiricinuUi StUurtlaK Mad-Kloties. The sujierstition in regard to mad -tont * i* well-rooted in the {M.pulsr imagination, and has the right to Im-. It i* v> ry ancient. I'liny gives it* hi*to-y. for it wilh old even in his day, and it has hardly shown any diminution since. The men recently bitten by a dog Mip {>o*eil to he rabid in this city have been anxious to g'-t .-it a mad stone. One of them has gone to India for the pur)*** l ', and others would bo glad to do so if they had tin- means. Now. it i* as cap able of demonstration as anything can be that no stone, " mail" or otherwise, can have power to heal in a genuine ease of rabies. I'oison can not he (X --tracteii from Ihe systetn |,v such simple tiieart*. But it may well be that belief in the efficacy of tin- remedy accom plishes the cure. The imagination often plays an important part in caus ing or {>re vent ing disease, as l)r William Hammond has lately shown; and there is rto reason in the nature of things why an imaginary ease of hydrophobia should not he relieved hv tlie applica tion of imaginary remedies. It Uan odd tact that stones taken from thestomachs of deer, are supposed to he especially powerful iii extracting poisons, and were so in ancient times, though it Is difficult to conceive xvlty this hi-int, in preference to any other, should he op posed to poison.— t'hiou/o Tribune. A singular accident occurred at the round house yard of the New Jersey Central railroad, in Philadelphia. A new engine xvas standing near the turn table, which was adjusted to receive another engine. The fireman of t lu new locomotive was . ngaged in shining tlie brass work, and was stepping into the cab window when his body struck the throttle, throwing it wide open. In an instant the engine xvas off under full head of steam. The driving-wheels made two revolution*, and then the ponderous machine dashed Into the open pit of the turn-table. The liivnuui shut off steam almost immediately, hut the work had already been done and the en gine was a wreck at the bottom of the f.it, the table was ruined and a loss of #5,000 or more occasioned. The fireman was uninjured, but has been discharged. Cincinnati has a new paper devoted to the interests of lame animals. A Curious Accident. The Hank Kuguiiil. \f• x\ s| ( furth.-i on x\ .is the pow - eifti; institution vxtn.se influ.toc is felt in finance and .raileall over the world 'he Hntik nl Kngiand. Bouttilisl on a lour silli S liy the street, ail its will ilov s prudential v tip.il into a i i-niral ■ ourt, and situ .- 11 4 - riot* iTao it lias bien oc. upi. d every night t>y a detach till lit ol so.diets, lis IlllsittCß* require* a working lorci .if twelve hundred tin t. Its bank notes are printed within the biti.ding. 1 lie *aine note is never paid ..tn over it* counter twice The new l.tll that is i-sin ,| i|,js morning is retired a* s.m>ii as it returns, no matter if the same man pays it in again thi* alt. r tumn witlmut a wrinkh in it. It is al <•xv.il to is-uc Holes to tin- titltoUlll of tills < n million pound s on tin* *e< urity of its standing loan of a much largt-r amount to'the gox eminent, which con stitute* a part of the public debt. For . very not. issued above tliat and it ha* a circulation of over forty million pound*—bullion of an equal amount itittsl tn- paid into its treasury, and must In- kept itier. lor the redemption ot the note when it return*. Tin traveler on tin- <->ntin. m often finds it* notes at n premium in gold No note i* issued -f a cc. denomination than live itounds. Every note is nutitiwr.d. and the name of the party to whom it is paid out i* car.-fully recorded. The practice of k.eping a memorandum which xsill show from whom lie receives every Rank note that paasc*through bis hands is common. a!*o, witli the pait.staking Isnndon tradesman. It proved a tortu eat.-thing f..r a fri. tnl of mine on one .evasion He had given hi- wife a ten pound not.- Their litt.. .hi d got b....l of the portix-monnaie and destroyed tin not.-—a* they suppo.- t. hv throwing it on the oiM-n fire. There would liave I* .ti no ho|H-of rt a ning on a gr.. hh.a< k under such circumstance*. But fifty dollar* xva* worth trying for. The numU-rof the note xx a, a-. • rtaineel frotu the pirtie# thnmgh win*-, hand* it came to my friend, a sworn statement of tlie facts wa* filed at the bank, and after a ve*r or *o had paa*ed witbt.ui its haxinglM-. n present, d for redemption the liank (laid over the mom-v. The hank takes in ami pay* out it* gold ct.in by weight Kolltetflues its si-tlds out a sealed pa- kage and re. eiv- it again I*-- fore the seal is broken, ami x.t deduct* quite a sum from th* amount at xvhh li it paid it out. to Utaki- gomt the loss detected by the unerring scales which iß.urr.iS hv the abrasion of the coin* in transportation' -'<*( VotitfMinj/. Tbe l.onlsfan* s wper. No <>n -i qti iitil.sl xx 1111 swamp lif. would or iauil conci-Jvr if the strange laimtning'ing of r.a-. - which max I* found among them. The watup* lying lv.-tw.-cn tit liigli and* of tin- Missis sippi. Red river and tin- Attakaoa*. and extending down t• Morgan ('itv. com prise* a vast area of svxamps, ).ak--s ;ui.l bayou*, ail of which overflow frotu a crevasse on the Mtssis-ippj rix*r Throughout th. swamp* is to I*-found at nil limes a filiating population Koine of the*.- men have education and ilit'-lli g nee, otiiers a* ignorant and un outli a* the mot isolated Wiuteni frontier tton. They come from and repr> < tev. ry na tionality of the eartli. Then- may te found the hlack- xt of \fri> mini •. Morgan City and up and down tin- BavouTcche; cut ting and floating asli to Is- *old for lire xx'issi, and itt making phux and other sp.it lumber. Their weeds il. H-nds upon tin- stage of water in the Missis sippi. When fl.ssis comedown, hi inging devastation and producing destitution atnotig the planters, the wam|* r |.n per*, and those bayou* and lake* are la.verx-ii with long tier* of cypres* titn ber.— Iberia (/.<.) .Sqg.tr //<> /. A ICrmarkalde Kulrlde. Another ri*ntarkal.le *ui' ide ha- tak. n place in Russia. A, Nihilist of xxi.). prominence at Odessa and a former student at the university, xx-a* recently arrestisl anil thrown into a jail, where lie suffered so much from the filthy -tat. of hi* cell tltat he burnt himself to death rather than endure the tortur. any longer. Though he had Um in the icil many months, it had not once Is-rn cleaned, ami so vile were the odors gixa n out hv the accumulated refu • that he comp!niiii-d of sufTts-ation. giihilneas and fainting tit.*. IB- b 1m infli.-b d ti{>--n liiin ami tliat hi* hands Ih' tied l>. liimi It * liack xxitli a stout rope. In that condition, an ! titarling fr.-tu the blow he had received, he was left alone stretched out on the sloping l>ardy at the surface had been entirely carbonized, but lie lived three and a half hours after the flames wire extinguish)*!. The Wasted Power nt Niagara. The amount of water passing over Niagara Falls has Im-i-ii estimated at l<*o,- ctxiono tons per hour, and its perpen dicular descent may Im-taken at l.'stf-ct. without i*on*idcrig the rapids, which represent a further fall of 150 feet. Th) force represented lv the principal fall alone amounts to |ii,*on horse puw< r, an amount which, if it had lo l- made hy steam, would nciassltate an expendi ture of not lc-s than tMMS.IMKI.OOO tons of coal per annum, taking the consumption of coal at four pound* per horse power |-r hour. In otln r words, all the coal raised throughout the world would hnr.jy suffice to produce the amount of poxver that annually runs to waste in this wonderful fall. Young man, don't swear. Swearing never was good for a sore linger. It oevereurect the rheumatism nor helped draw a prize in a lottery. It isn't re commended for liver complaint. It isn't sure against lightning, sewing ma chine agents, nor any of tlie ills whiel, In-set people through life. There is no occasion for swearing outside of a news paper office, where it is useful in proof reionng and indispensably Decenary in getting forms to press. It has been known, also, to materially assist tin editor in iooiiWm over the paper after it is printed. But, otherwise, it is a very foolish and wicked habit.— Waehinyton Republic. TIM FLY riIPICH. There t* Aiinther atimihi-i| l!ngli*ti llcill link illg a tour of tilt- West to urge .IniNih llolvoake, tin- x< tcrnii llitgiislt n - fortii.-r and rarlieal. lie i* " enehant*l," hi-Niiy*; "tills i a marvel itt* country." and it has t. tri-un nilou* tut tire; and It. adit* " I'lte la-nutt of the women and theColtlcllln ss of the ttii-ii ltave twhttl isbed lite, lor that i* Uot what We have been led to cxptvt " From ibis he It a* ten* to infer that " tbe human free generally i itnprox ing. " It i* repttrted that Russia will ere long attempt to place a loan in the American market, ljcr debt i* alri-toly re*pei-in ble, a* the following *Uitcmi-nt wiii show: h-bt proper ... l'o ruble* Taper money and forc. it i-um-ncy... 1,07(1,313,4H0 " Total ...3,aUfi,313.4fi0 ruble* In American rurreney thi* amounts to aliout $g,(Mt.735,110 Kngtari-I's d-ht is £77T,tPl,itff, or ♦ 3,►>•,t*C.ts.'. I'lte debt ol the I'toted Ktnte* is nhoUt From four to five carloads per day log* go K*g by rail ami water to tlte -.atxiard, whence thev are *hi(qicd to Kuropf—(icrtuany ltng one of the inrg. t laitisutner*. The jogs, on reach ing tin ir destination are saw.-d to the si/cs and *ba)M-n demanded by the .nar ket. The trade of this nature jvissintr through Chicago is istituatod at front s.otKi.tMto u> 10,(100 ono feel per year. France lux* made a decrc* in one of Iter department* thai w ill he approved bv *{iinis-,cr- tin world .u or. The gen era. i outti i of Rhone enact* that, inas much a* i - libai y is contrary to nature and till- Creed* of Providence, ami a* mature celibate* arc a class of men who till the Stat, xx-tli corrupt, opinions, ad la. hi'lor* in the itciMirtmcnt of the Kllom -hall tn- tax.sl to the amount of one-quarter of tlu ir ~ay ur tcn*ion for tin- *u| ; rt of altandottedchildren. Tin oounrii iii*- aim* any intention of un tidily discriminating against the un married ram. hut attiiouiice* as it* tina judgment that children who have le.-t. altandoneil should Is-supported ls>* hach - lor*, rattortiian by m- u wliA :ir-a*!y haV. families ilcjH iiiient U|am themt One f. attire of the last eruption of the remark b.< xol.-ntio of Kiianea. in the Kandwieh Island*. I* the la t that the Cleat U)<> ten take of lava, (Ma-upytltg a huge cauldron nearly .a utile in width and known a* the "South was draw it off -uiitcrran.aHialy. givii g n<> warn tig of it > movement*, and h-axing no vi*ihle tn.li. at ion >t it- pathway or the place of it- filial ibq-w.it. ( I eruption* have hliuted their way on t:;.- surf.xce of the sea, or, while on tic i *uhterranean patlt, liave r* nt the ,]m riti. utuiw-nt teai*. throwing out ,- t- of steam and nuiphuiou* ga.w. xvitlt here and there m i 1 patch.-*ot l.r id .-u nuoflava But it. >i t no Mirfaia* utatk* of thi* kind re veal the silent. s.li-nn .aiur*.- f thi* iturning riv.-r. One theory i* tliat it floWiat in deep fissures and h aim*' Jost finally far out at*, i The <• d prc-a -* of replenidnuetit of the " South Lake" lux n.ixwly Ix-gun. A Ltidirrou* Mistake. Mr. Thomas llanctM k. x otuing l>ai-k frotu hi* -tern tour to his K:iti* t home, at drape Creek, was plcas.-d !• hint a Large crowd of hi* old friend* and neigh'*'!*, axx-aiting him at tin- station. A* the train pulled ut>. the village hand buret into " tie- w.alding tititnli," and dr. cfious thuuagi The iKX** drUtU n. • thum{*ai it ksdly for a half minute, and io**eii it to tin- *ax-lioru. who blew it |* rt*'udieu.arly into the .air, whence, on its return, it wa* caught by the trom bone. which, alter rolling it over and over in a rough-aud tuuilde tight, tliri xv it straight at the head cf the man witli the French horn. xxlu. txxi-t.d it wretclc d iit* k and sent it " hum," "hum." again*! the iiide-b-nt.'r. who origtna x -t.art. <1 it. Thi* wa* a solaia aud a>l gl't to the soul of Vr. Hun.as k. and hi* lao- is-niuial with a *nulc a* x* ..rtti and genial s the Octois-r sun. As he r.-ai-tiial the jilatfot in of the car. tlit'ta' chia-rs xx - en- given for "Hancock and lady," whereat Hancoek looked qUifT. i -p'-ci-illy when tin \ croxr.icd on him. -h.-iking hand- and asking " YVlu-re i- *iie?" " Why don't vou bring her out'" " Ain't a-hamrel of her. tunejott?" He t.iushed a ud began protesting, xvh. n -uddeniv a lx autifu. xx-omau set*i his ann. ami clung xx ith her pnffty glon . many l.nikingon. " Harling." she whispered, " I tliougilt 1 had lost you," and Hancock, utterly notiplus*.xi, aini gallant a man to cx|iri**lits growing dislikeof the situation. 11 fact it i* hnidly trtitltfui t<> say he did not dislike it. At the same time It- . gave a little scream, and clung to the new comer a* tight ix a* she had clung t<> Mr. Hancock. The outer smiled, the crowd I roared and cheered, the two gentlemen -ItiHik hands, and the train went on xx itl. Mi. Richard Hardin and lu* wile. And tlnn Mr. Hancock, aft.-r duly testifying to tlte gratitude he felt for the steern of hisfcllow-citigen*. demanded an explan ation. After a severe and patient t\- aiuination lie dims.vered that tin re jM.rtcr of the local iap.*r "had mixed those babies up. ' He had announced tlte rumors of Mr. Ilanixxok's tnarri.-xgc during liis Ea*t< rn tour, and. being a popular man of < R tpe t 'nek. Itis neigh- R.rs had tunu*l%>Ut . welcome hint and hi* bride. Mr. Richard Hardin, just married, xvas alnit taking the train, and had left Itis rn-xx- wi.'e in order to look after the baggage. In the natural confusion of *<• iinportani an . vent, the bride had mistaken Mr. Hancock for Iter spouse. An Knrrcitlr Ship Builder. Mr. John Roach, lli veteran ship builder n a log beside the ways on which rested some vessel about to be launelied, and which afford* d shelter from the sun, making figures, sometimes on paper, hut as often .m pieces ot Ismrd. In traveling he reads himself into a sleep that often lasts the entire journey. Indeed, it is said that were it not for the sleep lie gets on the ears he would often break down, lie is very abrupt in his questions, and i often "sticks" for a moment even his many expert men about the yard.— I Delaware County Democrat. T Kit MB: ©2.00 a Your, in Advance. New York'* Moods* Ml alio*. Ki-w people to whom the appearance of tin- wooden ligur- whit h form liter ally a nt muting advertisement of ih- tue tropoiiuut tohaonnnUt i familiar, have the remotest conception of the numler of l hi-in I fiat exist. Ifo-re aiwover two tln-u.iii.il igu shops tn this ciiy. It i* *ai to .o-RUuie that nine-tenth* "f these l*i**c** dummies. The iiumlier includes whole IrilH i o| Initiaii*. i-oliipanie* ol soldier*, n!ii|t' crew* of sailors, and let-. I.ltd i>iii' #. Willi a lavish sprinkling ol fops, wlio*<-glories of at ire pale those >if Humlfi try. o< ieiy liellm, lurk*, firemen, goddi-vscs ol lilierty, fema.i walkers, and soon. There arc quite a numlM-r of l'uuchi * and of Kir Walter Raleigh*, tlrim Highlander*, clutching big *ll HIT-boxes of bundles of cigar*. ar i coin in on. Fairy utio n, t*-auiifu! Cir- I t-a--ialiS, txokared dandie*. miner*, " Hlnck < 'nsik " Awatupi and Caledon ian htesie* lend an agreeable variety to •,h<* collection The hulk of tin-figure* ; an-those of Indian* and aquaw*. wilh pappoo*e*tu>d without. Ttie Highland- I cr* and the dandies, once *o tmiiimon. ire now in a vast minority, and are growing f w-r every year. "They don't draw custom no mote," nnid a tobaccon ist to a reporter. " I'eopie want gayer thing* to look at now. I bail a Scots-li mnii lu re for eight year*, and busim-** got .awlu. y run down. Then 1 Uiuglit that "Black t'rook" figure, and I've U- a doing nrst rate ever since." The origin of tobacconist*' dummies i* invoiced in obscurity. Figure* of j Highlander* were Uie atasefited *ign*of l>iiiidon nuff-*liop* in tin* la*t century. In lto*!on there n a wooden midship man marking a sailor*' tobacco-*hop uid Uvr-itxito whieli seventy-four year* old. Th* oldest one In New York is pioliabl) Mr*. Miller"* Highlander. It is more than half a is-ntury old. It was - riginally *-1 uj> far down town, in lit-- xi< itiity of City llall i*ark. Then it moved further up Broadway, till, alt-r various sloppat-i *, it found it* ir.--nt - poi o duty under the St. Nicholas Ho i-l. Tlte busiii.su> it doe* duty for is one if 'lie oiili-si of the kind in the country. Tin' first dummy figures in bmiior were tho.*i? of Higlilanilera. In tliose day* sign-painting bail uot yet bi-en made a fine art of. SyintKil* of variou* *ort were u*i*i to |xiini out th-- shop*. People had little Ue for tolias-co then, save in tlte form,of snuff, which wa* a favorite luxury with both sexes. The Highlander with hi* snuff-horn, bc came, tlicr.'fure. a universal symbol. The few thai existed in tlit* country, j previous to the revolution, were pui sent from lyindon. Aft.-r a xvhile .-ai ship-mrv. r* be gan trying tb.-ir hand* at it. A* peo {,e h.-r> -mofo-d and chewed more uv hacco than they u*.-i in the form of snull'. the lligliinnder wa* voted not ex. presei ve . nouglt. The figure of a plan tation n.-gro t..--anie the popular sign. Front thi* fact the wood.-n iniagi-s came to |ko— i li<- technical name xvhich is appli.il to them to-day without regard to their dcrai-ter. Tig* an* called " Pom{My." AfttT a while the Indian, with hi* hun.-li of tc.ba.-co lcav.*, crept into fivor. Then, tohnocoeiets. who • atefxil to special ciaaaea of cu*tomcts. began to have " I'utnpey* " carved to suit tic ir trad.-. K... one tind* along the water-side th-o. images t>f sailor* {>rc douiinatc, whi <• others ! rtHR-k.-r*. Ko the v. rx 1-iti s! jnai— tri.-.n era xe lias In-en the father of a piog< nyof xx-a'fof*. male and female, nearly a* extensive in numixT a* tlie mania * who are now blistering lin-ir ha t all over the a>untry in order ti. make eat.i-tttoney l<>r somebody else. Tlie orthodox Indian warrior and xb* riginai maiden* still hold their own. however, av'aiti*! all rival*, and form the c.ig hl.wk i made to erve I r the figun-. To thi* the arms and other projection* are joined with xxo.sh-n pin* " Pompev " mnkiT* work on a reeunib-nt hloek. Tlie timber i laid ■n :i tri-t'e and tliev fl*ault it with a f -rociotis-looking *•• .*1 instrument like a shin-carpenter's chisel. After rough shaping it 'thev fint-h it UP witli le* savage toots. Tien it is painted. Ten years ago the wooden " l'ompcy " makers lM*ure to the *un ard rain will *o split :utd war{ a wixoth n t'-pnre that it xv i 11 have to be re paired. and once you commence to mend * dummy it i* lik" patching a shoe. It Its* to !>e kept up. The metal figures, jon the contrary last forever. Their -•.niv necessity i* the very humane on>-of wanting a new iiwt once in a xvhile. The pri.-e of sine figure* is. of course, higher than that of wooden one*. Bine " Pomp- ys" rang from #lO up to #IOO. /.in.-on ■-front #lO t<> #"■*' A .ife-sir,.* , wooden figure . <>* l* front #.NO to #75. Itt zine they - ell fur JI..W a dozen whole sale, and are re-Exiled at tteh advances as the dealer choose* to make on them, h addition to the tin ta! IgMk plaster on--* are noxv coming into common use atnng cie-ir *hop* <>f the lower e'a**. Tltey cost front ten to twenty shilling*, a i. .a* the small dealer* say, make al ii- >*t as much show when stock up in the middle of a window a* a wisslen effigy at the door docs. — XctP York Xcwt. A Bird that Cries " I'a. I'a, Pal" la-t me tell you about some .nicer bird* that I i-ixv in South Africa. They ar> called " !Teh-da ' by thi" natives.and arc as large a* crows, xx itli long legs and hill*, and wings that are dark-green in one light ami golden in another. The bird* l.M.k like gentlemen in dress suits with their hands folded under their coat tail*. The Itadcda lives in marshy places, but tlicy are easily tamed to live in houses, and soon go in and out as if they were part of tlte family. And, indeed, you might almost think they xx-ere part of it. lor. when tin y cry. they say " Pa, (>a. pa!" quickly, like an impatient child. Two of these birds that I saw were very fond of tin' father of the family, ami would follow him nhout all day. On Sundays they would even walk after him into church unless he locked them tin at home. Once they actually did walk into church, marching gravely up*tlie aisle, and taking tln-ir stand near their master, who was the minister, behind the little lectern or reading-desk. It wa* very funny to see these three solemn figures standing there, and it was lucky the birds .lid "hot think to call out "Pa, pa. pal" just then, for the congregation laughed quite enough as it was. The birds wouldn't go away, although the minister told them to in a severe tone; *o he had to walk out. ami tltey followed him into theopcu air. When he tame I in again he shut the door close behind hint and so kept them out. — M. Ermnda, I ta St. Nicholas. NUMBER 4*>. FARM, UAKDEK ANI> HOUSEHOLD. Htflp**- M hm etf liirliuy. add a <1 tin, l of wartu milk, rtil up Into it a spoonful of butter with a !tul? salt; let it be the consistency ol it rather thick batter; act It to rinc and bake in ring*. Mint Mimtt Fir..—A euptul of pounded cracker, a cupful of water, two cupfula il nice inoiaaara. a cupful of sugar, a cupful ii>ula of citiUAMon. two even tea apoonfuie of elovea, ait. liiuirtt NtJtt I't uttiK'.,—Feel and <*>r* a until)' appiea a* wili aland in a diah, and ftii the holne with sugar. Make a custard of a quart of milk, four eggs, and a quarter of A pound ol sugar. Four k over the aftpic*. grate a nutmeg over the top, and hake one hour. Imoian' Ft"Oll*<;.—Take a quart of water and a cupful of molaaee*, and bring to a boil; atir in two cupfula of Indian meal, two tahiesooonful* of llo'tr, a leaspoonful each of ginger and *a!t. a cupful and a half of au<*l chopped a little; steam three hour* and eat with butter. Fp klcii Oxnihs.—Feel *mail ailver bulton onions and throw thm into a stew-pan of iMiiling water, a* aoon aa they look Hear, take tliem out witli a strainer ladie. place tiieru on a folded cloth covered with another, and when qui e dry put them into ajar and cover them wiib hot spiced vinegar. Wln-n quite cold, {tack them down and cover with a tight cot cr. ( nit at s Eiucamks. Prepare roupie of nice chicken*, joint them, di viding tin wing*, side br< met, and back- Itojjc, and lei tliem lie in salt and water haif nil hour; remove them U a stew pan, with a haif pound tf good sweet call |Krk. cJt un in pieces; ban-ly oover with water, and simmer on the ton of thf store or range for tluw hours; when sufficiently Under take out thv cliirkfß, mix a tiJiiespoonfui of flour smoothly with cold milk and add a litti fine dried or chopped parsley, sage arid Ihvme,or summer savory, and atir grad ually into the liquor; k-ep stirring till it boik; season with pepper and salt to taste; and then put back the darken, and let it boil for a fear minutes in the gravy; garnish with the green tope of celery. I'm n> Virffi. The manure of oow* and pigs resist decomposition for a longer time than that of sheep and iiorses, lsitli tlie latter tx ing dryer than the former, and decom posing more readily in the soli. It is stated that Indian com c harred into ehammi will make a valuable <"tn diuiout for poultry. It will put tin- hem iu good health, and cause a genera) ton ing up of the system that will be seen in more and latter eggs. One of the plainest indications of un *uc<■cestui farming is u> mv manure going to waateoi unemployed. When this is "•en there is no need looking beyond the stabies and yards to find out the condi tion of the farm or to judge of tLe suc cess of it* owner. For a kicking horse fill an old sack with hay and suspend it from the loft by meant of a rope, in such a manner that the liorse w ill be able to kick it every lime it swings against him. I/t him kick until he stops of hit own accord, and you will have no more trouble with him that way. To keep butter sweet, no matter what the temperature, it mus' la* preserved from nuct with air. Tin perha-l but ter package will be air and water light. Tiic butter cask should be immersed in very strong, pun - brine, and placed in a cellar or spring house wliote tempera ture is below sixty degrees Fahrenheit. A warmer place c annot be expected to kca'p butu r good. The sixe and quality of tomatoes are much improved bv Atvfully ntuoving the -hoot* that spring from tin- axils of the hearing branches. These shoots are Imni-ii. and only take strength from the plant that ought to pi isio the Iruit. lin-ak them out with thumb and finger a* soon as they ap|tear. which will la* about the time the bki-soms open. In "the garden culture it pays well to do it. ItMltti Hint*. Cold water (not ice water) taken in nrg" draughts just before retiring, ifieri ha*a ga*l effect in ridding one*of a slight cold on tlie iungs. For ague, saturate chalk witii -vinegar and afb r the effervescence ceases. give s tablespoon - ul before tlie expected chill, it art* on the bowc is ancl kidneys. A wash for the mouth is made as fol lows; Dissolve a spoonful of black cur rant jellv in half a cup of hot water, and add two lumps of sugar. K-ep in the mouth as long as possible, but do not swallow. It will give relief when the tongue is dry or the mouth foul. it is a very com non practice to eat light breakfasts, and to partake of a hearty supper. This prarti'-c should h' reversed. When people sup late, it should be lightly; but the breakfast should la- solid and nutritious. If one i at* a light supper, retires to led early and rise* betimes, lie wij rarely want for an appetite lor break fast. As a ventilator, an open fire is most important. It only warms s bv it.* ra diation. leaving the air which we breathe cool and agreeable, cheers us with its riear. bright glow—the stored-up sun shine of a hundred previous years—hut at the same time it heats the air column in tlie chimney, causing an inward and upward current of ventilation. llno<*tVrk •**". Within a few days I have discovered what is to me a netr feature in the value of hog raising in our locality, namely, their great ability to work up manure. lgt September I had sineked the straw of twenty acres of oats (a light crop) outside of the Kirnvard; during the winter about one-half ot it was hauled into the ysrd and ham for bedding; I had forty to fiflv hogs which wen- al lowed to run to the stack nearly all the time, anil aiso twenty steers thai were keot away from it all but a few weeks of the witi'cr. tin hauling the manure tbi* summer I found to niv surprise that I hadtwentv-live loads ot manure, and and all but four or tiv were well rotted. This is tin- la-st pile of manure 1 ever got I from straw in eleven months, and I give nearly all the i nstil to the hogs, since I look no pains to get the straw rotted. Add to this the rich manure produced from their pens and yard, and knowing that wherever t bey nre allowed to run in fields and pastures, they are far more useful ill spreading manure than catile or any otle-r kind of slock, and you will see that the ruanun-question is certainly a point of raising bog*.— Cor. of IVairic Farmer. The Inhospitable Family. The other day a genuine tramp with a s.omach yearning lor a pieked-up meal undertook to enter a yard on o inder street. A large, fierce dog stood at the gate to give him a hostile welcome, ami after vainly trying to propitiate the ani mal the tramp railed to a lad of ten who was making a kits*on the veranda: " Hey. sonny!" " Yes. I'm hay." was the reply. "Say, hub, call oft'yer dog." "No use—no use," replied the lad. " Kven if you got in here ma's waiting at the kitchen with a kettie ol hot water. Sarah's working the telephone to git the police, and I'm here to holler ' murder!' and wake up the whole street."—Dree Press. The deposits in the postal savings hangs of Great Britain from their rstt>- iishment, about fiften years ago, to the present date. foot up over $555,000,000. The sums drawn out amount to over $403,000,000, leaving a balance on hand of $150.0110,000. Billiards played bv minors, in the pub lie rooms ol tVilkesbarre, Pa., lias beet nr" ihited by an order from Mayor Loom!*. la Ik# l4w Pew. She ait#, bant o ir, with wrinkiadtac*" Poor sad fhrlorn'r oW; no |ie* Smooth* tbs sharp snglm of bar form, Long balbiw) bjr Ills'* alow atom. All atas around ia Una aawt Wf; Tba stained light Uila. a gnMan glars. In Meming moekary on bar loess, py N> Tha preerher, hudtlaasly nrrayarl. Talla how our haarta alar haaa strayed, AIM! bow all soot* should ba coolant With tboaa good Warnings Ckxi baa anal And ON, of all that selt-polsad throng. Ila Ufa on kia wnrda nor daama thaw tone And bant Mr think# only bar boart la wrong Aba mooklr mnmWaa o'er tba hymn, liar eyas with sg and taar drops dim; What can their gay world hold lor her— Thia worn and wnary womhipar? Now, rustling down the aialee la pvida. They Uwa bright amilea on avary eta.. Nor dona alie know the hurt# anahtalft bide. Ami still aba *Ha, wttb taar-wet lane, A* loath to leave that aaered plaaa; The orgsa, with quick ibnndera rim,. Lille. bar •" constrictor* have been received at the Philadelphia aoologicnl garden. One weekly newspaper in England ha* resetted tic enormous ctrcttjation of mom Loan fiuo.upo. Vice ia a luubttcr of ® h hideotia mien, b- who adopt* it muat be mon strous grren.~Brff<*o Exprau. Ist everything he taken at it* faea value hnd nx-n with cheek* of hnma would not go for much !\capum. Compositors are U most gentienanij and i- of men. fbey nevet want a finger in the pl.—Sem York Mid. Kind worda can ner<-r dvc. It ia different * itb the gray-haired Imehekir of youthful tflwttKtm — liockumd Courur The aggrr gate production of gold nnd silver for the United Sutea for 18> ia climated by the mint authoritie* nt fftW.OOO.CKIO. " 1 should like to nee that gold mine.*' said Smytbekin*. a# he watched thetc counting quarter-eagles in the treasury —.Veto York Mad. One hundred and thirty peraon# are employed at Vaaaar College. P< Ugit kiepsic. N. V., tt wait on the girls and attend ir the estate. When he is twenty-me tl eboy iBUjb pctscd to have outgrown the swildi, Imi i ha* ik itset tl, a. wbevt t.* gir.' w; tj n hi. Ec tvimloN* wiib capita!—talk.—.Vhr m , w<.man's lial—the i.ht Made tn wkna iuk awav aa • wears. FM o - to Gropkae. A ralluT gaiiy-dnaacd young lady asked h-r Sunday -achooi class w luU was meant by "the plimp and ran hie of th world.*' The answer was h< in-st. but rattier unexpected: *' Them flower* on your hat.** The editor who ottashed a juey oock ioaeh with tlie butt end of his lewd pen cil and afterward forgetfully sockd the same while wooing a eoy expreasica. suddtii\ found a word, but it pro- ed to b- foreign to the subject under conaid i rat'on /fodke.Wcr Expfts*. Tlie wife of th< bonanza king. Mr. J. \v. ilwckey, has had her portrait painted in Paris by Ca!anel. She !-aa a fair, ••arneat face, and great, iutinoi b.ue eyes, with dark hair. The drea* in whteh the portrait is painted is of i-rim son brocade, faced e it la p* pink satin. Urd red with lore iad wit:out sleeves. After * ion? :il un*utx-i*ful search through hi* rlotiwi the editor of the New York Pr% mournfull* remarked: " Thr a rortorttOß* steak t r • urcui toast toe Hnoay. A Yanng Marksman's Feats. Captain ttogardus, champion glass ball and iigcon si tot, pm an exhibition at St. Paul. Minn. After ti c captain had finished. Eugene, hi* fourt.-en-yesr oid *on. took th" stand, and for nearly halfan hour held the audience in breath less attention. Eucene i* a youthful prodigy, says the Glob-. For one so young hi* feats have never been equaled. \Vith his little rifle, resembling more a j toy tirviirui than a death-dealing instru ment, he astonished the lookers-on by breaking forty-seven out of fifty glass balls thrown into the air. besides many other odd and difficult feats. Wh a l r . Carvi r gave his exhibition at the fair grounds, last season, people looked upon them as remarkable and wonder ful. But now comes a mere youth, who. almost with a toy rifle, does equally, if 1 not more, difficult feats. Carver used a j large rifle, of whidi Eugene's is but a minature copy. Eugene's shooting re cord yesterday is ahead of nnyting Dr. Carver has done. lb-spite a strung wind, lie not only showed himself able to break glass balls, but to hit half dollars, onar ters. marbles, nickels. :ind even three cent-pieces. His quiet, impassive, re tiring demeanor is aso a matter of won j dement. Apparently unconscious of periomiing any extraordinary feat, lie •siutinrea >o load and lire his hulepiece, ! in no way elated at his success. Eugene is certainly a prodigy, and will, nodoubt i astonish the world with still more re markable performances in his line. A Shorting Spectacle. A handcart propelled hy two men drove upto the New York Medical I'ni versitv. in East Twenty-wixth street. New York, and while the men were en deavoring to lilt it over the curbstone to the sidewalk it tilted, and three nude bodies were dumped into the gutter. The men took hold of the bodies and seperately dragged them across the side walk inside a close iron gate leading to a yard of the University building. The bodies had been procured at the morgue for he purpose of dissection and wi re being transferred to the dissecting room of the Medical University, when owing to the carelessness of the attendants they were thrown on the street. The next day several people who reside in the neighborhood took prac tical steps to put a stop to the recur rence of such an inhuman exhibition by sending a complaint to the £• ulty. The faculty at once dismissed t lie em ployees who were responsible for the accident