The Listening Oak.
She fonnd the old Iwmiliar spot.
Beneath the green oak tree;
She sighed—she sighed—" He lovee • no
An ! I'm alone—ah. me'"
It watched her there—the tond old oak
For trees have eyes like other folk;
It whispered, whispered, " Hearts may roam
Bnt late or early love comes home!"
He stood where they so oft had met,
He flung away her flower;
"Ah. me!" he cried, " Coquette, coquette.
To love me hut an hour' '
But loudly sang I he angry oak.
For tree* have heart* like other tolk;
And chiding, chiding was the song,
"" The heart that lorea believes no wrong!'
There's some on# stealing on apace.
Ami some one's anus thrown wide,
And some one's heart is some one's plac*
At happy even-tide.
The tesis. the doubts, sre gone, are gone
And gayly now the oak looks ou.
And sings to them ig |oy ami rest,
*• The love that's tried is happiest"'
Lira lurantata.
Within a easllo haunted,
As castles were ol old,
There hung a harp ciichautcd,
Aud on it* run ol gold
This legend was ensoroiled:
""Whatever hard would win me
To strike and wrtke within lue.
By one supieuic endeavor,
A chord that sounds lot-ever."
Thrve harils ot lyre am! viol.
By mandate ot the king.
Were hiddien to t rial
To And the mngic ailing •
(It there were stash a thing).
Then, alter much essaying
Ot tuning came the playing;
And loot- and ladies splendid
\Y ate he, 1 as those Utols coateiiM.
The first—a minstrel hoary-,
Who many a rhyme had spun—
Sang loud of war ami glory—
Ol Ukttie* Knight and won;
But w hen his song was done,
Although the ban! was lauded.
And clapping hamts applauded.
Yet, spite ul the laudation.
The harp ceased ,ts Tibial ton.
The second changed the measure
Ami turned troiu Are and aword
t'o sing a song ot plrasure—
The wine-cup ami the board—
Till, at the wit, all roared.
And the high hall resounded
With merriment unbounded !
t he harp—loud as the laughter—
tirew hu-hed at that, soon after.
The third, it* lover's tashion,
Ami with his soul on fire.
Then sang (love's pure pass.on—
Tlie heart and its desire '
Ami. as he smote the wire.
The listeners, gathering round him,
Caught up a wreath and crowned him.
The crown— hath laded never '
"The harp—resounds forever !
7Trodure T\iUi-
Humors of the Telegraph.
The majority of the reading, and all
of the educated world are farni iar with
tlie accepted theories regarding elec
tricity. and with the application of these
theories by which we have the tele
graph. But comparatively few have
lifted tlie veil of the temple and wit
nessed the peculiar results of its practi
cal working. And these are the em
ployees ol the companies whose business
U is to control and make use of the
mysterious agency and " wonder-work
ing wires" for the convenience and hap
piness of the public.
In the hist- ry of the Western Union
company 1 recall but two instances of
the known betrayal by operators of the
contents of important messages among
the millions of opportunities and in
d uoements offered.
In no other business are mistakes more
common, or for many reasons so excusa
ble. For instance, a compositor or a
copyist has his manuscript to easily con
sUit, and. to a certain extent, is mas
ter of his own time; but an operator's
time, especially if receiving a message,
is governed by tlie one at the other end
of the line, and he must depend for ac
curacy upon the correctness of his ear
and memory. Nearly every on- has
read of the indignation of that father
who received a message that his sickly
daughter, who was absent at School.
*• hail a Pliild this morning," and the
subsequent appeasai of his wrath upon
finding o'U that the original message
read ••chili," not "child." Not long
ago a certain charitable institution was
considerably mystified by a message ask
ing for the whereabouts of "Monkey
Wrench." The inquiry was instantly
changed to " Mother French." how
ever. upon being returned to the le.e
graph company far explanation, and
apology made lor the unintentional
blunder. It was, I think, the same
operator who. in taking an Associated
Press article, innocently spoke of " Mrs.
Herman" as secretary of the treasury—
a sudden advance in woman's rights to
which the secretary, Mr. Sherman,
wouid doubtless object. And a peace
ful family circle ought not to be sur
prised. as it was. by receiving the fol
lowing: "John is dead beat. Depot
this evening.' when a correct transmis
sion of the dispatch would have rendered
it. "John is dead. Be at depot this
evening." I recall another family
agitated by the telegraphic information
that ' Brother lied :ast night." only to
ultimately find out that he had departed
life instead of truth.
Some time since a message trar emit
ting the intelligence that "the Presby
tery lacked a quorum to ordain."earned
a prodigious amount of ecclesiastical
wonderment and dismay on reaching its
destination by announcing that "the
Presbytery tacked a worm on to Adam."
Comment is unnecessary.
The worthy and sedate Dr. Blank, of
one oj our eastern college#, once accepted
an invitation to lecture in a western
city. His letter of acceptance, appoint
ing 'n early date, omitted to state the
subject of fiis discourse, and. to adver
tise in advance, the committee was
obliged to telegraph him, requesting his
subject. They were somewhat aston
ished at his reply, but not thinking of
the possibility of a mistake, handed it
over to The only daily pai>er, which in a
highly eulogistic but misleading article
advised all its readers to hear Rev. Dr.
Blank deliver his celebrated and ex
tremely humorous lecture —subject: "A
Flea for Activity." Tlie Doctor arrived
too late to have the announcement
changed to what it shonld have been—
"A Plea for Activity "—and the result
was a disappointed house and a grieved
lecturer.
Tne mistakes of the telegraph, often
provoking and sometimes amusing, are
occasionally in their results of great im
portance. It was not long ago that a
wheat speculator in Chicago made S6O
- by a small order being accidentally
changed to an immensely large one. I
believe he has made no complaint. Had
the market turned the other way though!
Some years ago tlie daughter of a well
known citizen of central New York,
named Jennie, had unfortunately, as the
father then thought, formed an attach
ment for a young man named John. To
separate them the father sent her to
spend the winter with a married sister,
Mary, who resided in New York.
Spring approached and Jennie was ex
pected home on a certain day. but, in
stead, tlie father received a letter from
his son-in-law desiring that she might
remain a while longer so that his wife
could accompany Itim on a short south
ern trip, and requesting an iinswer by
telegraph; whereupon the father sent
the following dispatch:
"Jennie may stay and Mary go, if she
wishes to very much."
The message as delivered in New York
read: "Jennie may stay and marry
George if she wishes to very much."
The father immediately received this
from Jennie: "A thousand thanks for
your permission ; John and I marry at
once. The telegraph stupidly made his
nanie George, hut of course you meant
John."
How it happened that John was so
wonderfully convenient is, probably,
not our concern, and we can only hope
that the father and Jennie have never re
gretted this mistake of the telegraph.
The hierogiyphical'charaeters supposed
to be writing in some messages handed
in over the office counters is sometimes
fearfui and wonderful to contemplate.
The telegraph is only used in cases of
importance or emergency, and the incor
rect reading of a single word in a con
densed telegram is apt to render it not
onty valueless, but is liable to lead to a
serious misconstruction.
Businessmen especially should bear
FRED. KURTZ, lCilitor and Rropriotor.
VOLUME XII.
mind Lh.it a plain, clear cbimgnphy
not only lessen* the liability to iTror,
hut helps to hasten the forwarding of a
message.
To illustrate the carelessness ot some
men's writing i< the story of that Kng
lish nobleman ho wrote to a Iriend in
India to " please send at onee two
monkeys;" but he wrote the two with
out crossing the t. and otherwise so
blindly that bis friend mistook it for
1.000. and on the first toat came thirty*
five monkeys, with a note saying the
halanee would follow as soon as so urge
an order eouid lie ti led.
The menitiers of llie press are not ex
empt tVom this eareiesstit'ss of untrans
latable handwriting. 1 retuetulwr a
special sent by a metropolitan reporter
from a smalltown, describing an execu
tion. Thesemling operator complained
of the writing, and stumbled along
slowly ami erumblingiv, finally capping
the climax bv saying the "doomed man
then arose, partook of a hearty break
fast, and went out aud buried himself
with his life." The city operator re
quested a halt, and after a long silence
and evidently much study, was told by
the sender to change the last five words
to " busies! himself with his pipe."
Mentioning newspapers, mails a mes
sage sent bv an energetic Cincinnati edi
tor who bad heard a-false rumor of a
heavy rain and flood in the country odi
tor's vicinity, to the editor of a country
weekly. It read:
" Send us particulars of the flood."
The reply was quite prompt:
" You will hud a lull account in
Genesis."
An operator gets accustomed to these
message#, and also to such as: ' Send
me two daughters of an outcastor.
"We have no desperate men;" for he
rightly concludes that the last-mention
ed are eitlur to or Ironi some book
dealer.
Why telegraphers, as a class, are so
seemingly care less and mirthful need not
he discussed here. Perhaps tlie lively
character of the tluid with which they
are brought into constant contact is
transfused and causes this effervesence
of mental activity. Uneol their honored
customs in the initiating of an operator,
fiesh and verdant from some small coun
try place into his new position in a city
office, with its babel of sounds anil per
plexing rush and hurry, reminds one of
college hazing, or the sailor's haptize
rnent on his tirst crossing of the line.
The victim is requested to take a
"special." How timidly he sits covrn.
and how nervously he sharpens hi* pen
cil to take for the tir-t time in his life
press for the papers. How the instru
ment buzzes when he says " go ahead."
and closes his key. He feels the watch
ful eye of the chief, and he must not. he
will "not. fail in his tirst trial. And.
oh! what a dispatch for a newspaper!
It begins all right alniut a raiiroau acci
dent, but in some mysterious way this
connects itself with a temperance con
vention, which branches into a tin caused
by a walking match, with C'ongre>> call
ing upon Mexico to prevent the duel >h>-
tween the polar expedition and the Pa
cific railroad which—
He stops matters for an investigation
and wonders if it's he or the correspon
dent t tat is entirely daft. Then he rules
his amazed head, and looks cautiously
around and discovers that lie seems
the sole object of interest to the others;
and if he takes good naturediy the rears
of laughter and the pointed questions
that greet him when he a.so discovers
that his wonderlui dispatch originated
in the fertile brain.and by a clever switch
ing of the wires, was sent by the fasUst
operator in the office from the other end
of the room to test him. he has taken
one long step toward fraternizing.
The all-night men while awav the
tedious hours after the dropping of busi
ness withconveisation and stories; ami
the better the story-teller, and the
fresher his jokes, the more popular lit
is. And how easy to dispose of a (tore'
It is said that on one of the circuits be
tween New York and Chicago and in
termediate cities, the all-night men had 1
only to request one of their co-laborers,
who had no otix* fault than his long,
pointless stories, to relate something,
and then, uncnown to him for
they had no desite to offend him
—would cut him out of the circuit,
and have a social good time for an hour
or two. On readjusting the wires the
honest and solitary story-te'ler would
Is- rattling along.unconscious of his loss
of auditors, and perfectly happy in their
remarkable attention. Perhaps the
reader has in his youth told with much
enthusiasm a <-apital story to a sleepy
bedfellow to find, on Hearing the < nd.
that his companion was sound asleep.
It's rather depressing.
A story, first told by a San Francisco
paper. I will venture to repeat here for
np better reason than because it is
strictly true. It often happensthat tele
graphers are called into service at tlie
representation of a stage play, in which
occurs what is known as a " telegraph
scene," such as tie* one shown in Byron's
"Across the Continent."or Boucieault's
"Long Strike," and at such times the
operator behind tin scenes manages to
amuse himself by "talking" to tlie audi
ence. unknown of course to only those
of the fraternity who are present. Tlie
drama of " Across the Continent" was
several years ago produced at a certain
hall, and for the manipulation of the
telegraph instrument which plays an im
portant part in the most exciting scene
of the play, an operat >r. whom we will
call Frank, was engaged. His position
was such that he could see the audience
without being seen, am! upon taking his
position he discovered in the auditorium
a brother operator from out of town.
Spicer bv name, who had that day ar
rived. Frank is fend of a joke, so when
the time came for sending the tirst dis
pa'eh.he loudly sounded on the machine, t
"How are you. Spicer?" The profs- i
sional ear of Spieer instantly caught
the words, and, wondering who it was.
straightened up and stared at tlie stage
if he would give two dollars and a
half to know something more.
"Spicer. how's your mamma?"quickly
followed from the instrument, and the
mystified Spieer confidingly turned to
his fair partner to express his astonish
ment at the most singular circumstance.
As luck had it the auditorium held quite
a delegation of operators, who knowing
Spicer and his great characteristic of
baslifulness. with one accord began to
look around the theater for him.
Spierr hod hardly Ix-gan telling the
young lady about it when there came
anot her message:
"Aha! old Spicer! Don't fool that
confiding creature with any of your non
sense."
This aroused the telegraphers to a
pitch of curiosity, and many of them
stood gazing about them as if their only
object in life was to discover Spicer.
And he felt that they saw him. and the
confusion which had lieen gradually
covering his features grew into mortifi
cation when lie saw so many eyes leveled
at him. and at last culminated in his
hasty withdrawal from the theater.
But Frank sent a Darting shot, for as
he faded from view-he heard
"Good-bye, Spieer; but don't forget
her tendency for ice cream."
When it is considered that tiiis scene
forms the climax of an exceedingly
thrilling point of the play, and Mr.
Byron is dramatically explaining with
wild gesticulations to the audience what
the instrument is supposed to be saying,
the modest Spicer's embarrassment can
be understood.
Hastily as we have glanced at the
brighter and cheerful side, there is now
room for the uark one. But messages
of sorrow and death burden the long
slender wires and trip through the Click
ing instruments. Living dramas are
constantly wrought through their mule
agency, and of this perhaps they are
speaking when at the quiet of midnight
we hear from them that strange JEolian
music like voices from a spirit land, that
deep within us/inds a responsive chord,
thrilling and saddening us.— Cincinnati
Enquirer.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
TIMFLY TUl'IfS.
Charles Ar Showe, a Chinaman, t>e
miue a tea meretiant iti Boston thirty
years ago. married an Ameriean wile,
grew wealthy, and mixed in cultivated
siH'iety. Lately lie visited hi. native
1.-uitl, and, on returning, says to the Hoa
ton ilerniil: " Kvery thing in China
scrim d almost tu strange to me as it did
to me when 1 tirst s'W' to Huston," He
Ibund l< w social ehang< s. however.
" Individual taste, if it leads to a devia
tion from the set forms ot soeiety, i*
frowned down, and. so long as this lel
ing is prevalent in China, it- people are
siavis to custom, opinion and usage."
The Hungarians are exceedingly jeal
ous ot their identity as a distinct and
sovereign people, and carefully pr -crve
ibeir natio al usage* and language.
With the latter, however, they have
much trouble, the tendency being to Its
gradual extirpation before that of the
more mi nerous and powerful Teutonic
nee. with which they an' so joined that
on*or t*e other must give way. Ger
man is the official and judicial language
of Hungary, and souie of the sviiooia
an' not on v not conducted in Hun
garian. but that language j not taught
in them. An efl'ort in the Hungarian
Parliament to mike instiuction in tlie
native tongue compulsory in the school*
was under discussion some time ngu,
and was finally defeated because it was
feared that it might create trouble wi.h
the n>st ol the empire.
A singular fact has been recently re
ported ol the people ot the little visited
country of An nam, an ii.iiepetulent
though tributary state on the south of
China. Th" natives of tint country ol
pure descent have the great toes of evil
fool separated from the others like the
thumb on the hand, and can and do use
their toes in much the satue manner that
the thumbs are used, though, of course,
to a much less extent, in the vicinity
of the seaport of Sargon. where foreign
intercourse has produced an admixture
of nuss, this typical characteristic of the
Annamese is gradually passing away;
bur in the northern >ccii ns of tlie king
dom. where tin- raoe has remained dis
tinct, it is :ii y the ease that a child is
born without tlexibie t*>. That this
peculiarity is of great antiquity is shown
by the fact that in the Chinese annals ol
the year 'i3ix> B C.. there i- ad ><-ription
given of the barbarian tribes that were
then to la* tound upon the borders of
the Chinese empire, and among these one
trilw or rnee is mentioned as having this
peculiar formation of the big toe.
They have no civil damage act in Ger
many. but evt-n there tlie necessity of
some restriction upon the sale of atoo
iiolie liquors'to sucli as have not suffi
cient discretion to use them properly
appears to l>e conced< <l. In various dis
tricts. bv authority of general instruc
tions proceeding from the government,
the police have prohibited tavern keep
< rs from selling or otherwise furnishing
to minors under the age of sixovn, ap
prentices or person* mentally deranged
or weak, any distilled spirituous liquors
of whatever d< scription. and a similar
prohibition will apply to saies to con
tinued drunkards, whenever the nanxs
of these latter have lx-cn given to the
liquor venders with it propet* caution.
Disobedience of these order* will l>o
punishable by tine and imprisonment;
but they are not intended to app y to the
-ale of brer, tlx* consuuipiion of which
has never ls< g found to cause injury to
anybody. The police orders are to he
posted in a prominent piace in every
tavern. This news must make German
liquor ei!ers in America feel k> perse
cuted and forlorn.
furious Fffects of Altitude in Lend-
Tlllc.
A li tter from Ln Iville. Col., the great
mining town, rjt I saw but very few
case* of intoxication in the streets,
though the three hundred saloon* in tlie
city held out their best inducements. 1
was surprised a! this, as oncof the nota
ble effects of the great altitude of the
place (10,300 feet almve the e v 1 of the
sea) is that ail fermented liquors intoxi
cate more quickly than a lower elevation
l he boiling point, owing to the decrease
of atmospheric pre ssure is much lower
than at Chicago, and the a coliol is
m Miner vaporized and taken into
the circulation, producing intoxication
quicker.
The boi.ing point of water here is
about I'JO degrees, instead of 212 de
grees, tlie effect of which in boiling
IM-ans. eggs, potatoes, etc.. is that it re
quires a long while to cook them in an
opt n vessel, and it is necessary to keep
the vessel well covered, or the water
a ill vaporize and escape before Ix-ing
raised to the requisite degree for l ook
ing. At tins elevation much air i* re
quired to till and satisfy the lungs, and
breathing must be quicker in order to
properly oxygenize the blood, ft is
said, too, that alter one has -M-en h re
some time, the coloring matter of the
blood Isvomes darker, lteing changed
from the peroxide to the *e- piinxidc of
iron. \\ ith a person suffering under
any difficulty or disease of the heart, the
rffret of any long continued exertion is
to cause a dangerous degree of palpita
tion. and even with persons entirely
well, the pulse runs extremely high..
There an* other and notable fang con
cerned with this altitude. There arc
ft-w birds si'i'n here—jwrhaps for th
mason that flying is difficult in the light
air. The common house-fly. the sum
mer pest of our eastern housekeepers, is
unknown h<r>. There are some of tlie
out-door blue-bottle variety here, hut
they seem languid and tired, ft is said
also that eats cannot live here. This is
probably owing to their delicate organ
ization icing unable to resist the rigor
of the night air. So the "voices of the
night" are not heard in this locality,
and the iMMitjacks are reserved for their
natural uses.
Another tesult of the lightness of the
air is that, having so little density, it is
e:isy heated by artificial means. Our
nights ate universallyeo'd—so cold that
it is uncomfortable to sit without a lire;
but a few pine chips or small sticks will
warm an apartment very ijuickly. At
the same time the sun's rays do not seem
to have the heating power that they do
in the lower elevation. This seems to
confirm the theory that them is no sub
stantial caloric in the rays of the sun.
but heat is the result of chemical action,
generated by the direct rays with the
element of the atmosphere—the direct
ness of the ravs and the density of the
atmosphere. While standing high upon
these mountains, even nt a distance from
[ any snowdrifts and where the air is still,
the summer sun lias onjy sufficient power
I to make the air refreshing and pleasant.
while you on the plains are sweltering
: under a torrid heat. In the shade of a
rock or two it is always coo) enough.
The effect of the altitude is the same
as that experienced by ballonists, who in
ascending from the surface of the earth,
even on the hottest days, soon find it
necessary to don their overcoats and
warmest clothing. In the night here a
good supply of blankets is always neces
sary, and nearly every morning heavy
frosts are found, and sometimes thick
scales of ice arc formed. The crests of
some of the mountains and many of the
deep ravines upon their sides are still
full ot masses of snow so con pact that
one can walkover them without sink
ing. A day or two ago, in visiting a
mine close to the summit of Mount
Bross, I was compelled to cross a field of
snow, hanging over the edge, which
must have been a mile in lengtli and
probably in places twenty feet in depth.
The man who wears a watchchain
should keep a watch on it ■
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1879.
A Stilt Bare.
I reuietuhrr particularly a certain slid
I race, one of the oddest raws Uiat I ever
-aw Six men ami four women were
" enteral." a* the horsey men would
say At A reach, n the women scare t li*
exercise* of the tiiru. riinv iii ii' then
on the beach of Kviac t. it tchaiika*. In
the patoi* ol tin* Eiiidi s, which one
, might in* tempted to eontouud with the
Japiuiest* or i bin* sc idiom*, a tchankas
is a pii'stiit mounted oil stilts, and so
tchanker means to mount upon stilts.
I'hcsc tin tchankas had ai* tin* same
: iraditioual ci'stuiiic. without dis.inction
ol si x; that is to say. a beret on the
llt ati, a mantle of wind over the -liotil
ilei's, a buttoned doublet, hare feet, ami
the let* enveloped in a e uimno or fleets*,
fixed hy red garters. Their stilts raiwii
I thelli five or si* feet from the ground
A pole scrvtxl them a- a third JKIIIII of
support. Sen from a distance, tliey
looked like gigantic gmssliopjiers. The
Ichanka. however, is seen to perfc**lin
on the bate land, motionless ami liX'sl
I like a solitary triangle of sunset, or else
when he leans against a pine tree,
silently knitting fti kings and guarding
: a bhlCst ami lean tlo. k Mill and mtltc
m the midst of which was
j examining tlieiti with curiosity, their
j l ho "clits Were eonia'nlrated S., •' yon
tiie gain tjial they were af>"Ut Units ute.
I'he prize was not much The VP tor
woniw'tity francs (four doi am) liul
! twenty franc- in the eyes of lite lehanka
reprcsetit- a fortune Soon, at a sig'.nl
given hy the president of the fete, tiiey
all ten sprtxul over tl > lieach, how ling
ami veiling. If it had not been for their
immense strides, whieh pa-s iutagina
lioti. you miglit have thourht you were
(present at an Arabian fantasia Their
evolutions were the - one, at'com pi-bed
with the same rapidity, iu Condition*
which touched upon the mi os-ible, and
j on ground where tin* stilt sunk in a foot
■at each -tep. Their iuantie strmming
, in the wind, like lho-e of Arabian cava
■ iier-, tiny nut and pivoted round as
! deftly as if they had IHI-H on fool. The
women were by no means inferior to the
men; one of thent, in faet. iwiue in sec
ond, and they wen* only to !>*• distin
gtii-lied hy tfirir more piercing cries.
This race was followed l>v some private
i*ti rci-'-s performed by the tchankas. in
order ti provoke the g*m rosity of the
spectators. Tht v juintssl, thev -at down
and ro-< up again, ami thev pi ki it up :A.H
they ran piices of nu ney tliat were
thrown to tlu-m. This spectacle was
not the least extraordinary. Bouncing
forward at full speid, tf;e man wa- sud
denly son to Stop, the-tilts fx lit, fell as
it were iu pieces, then something wa
*een moving between llirxs* pieces of
Wood, .ike the IMKIV of a spider on Its
long legs. rile w hole performance wa
tlone witli lightning rapidity, tin* stilts
rose again ami the man appeared on top
ot them and ts*sumed liis course.--/ Vow
the Frtnek of CkarUs MMUCUI.
The Abuse of Chloral.
The person* who Income habituated
to chloral hvdrate are of two or thri-c
cla->e*, a* a rule. Some liavi originally
taken the narcotic to relieve pain, usiug
it in the earliest application id it for a
true medical and legitimate obp*-t, prol
nbly under mi*dical dinvtion. Finding
that it gave relief and repose, they have
continued the use of it. nnd at issi have
got so abnormally under it- inllui-ni**
that tliey cannot get to seep if they fail
to resort to it. As -eond i of t-s-r
sons who take to chloral are alcoholic
inebriates who have arrived at that st ate
,f aiiadi-m when sleep i* always dis
turbed, and often in any imnuasible.
These persons at first wake many times
in the night with • >ldn- -s of the lower
limbs. (*id sweatings, starting* and
r sties* dreaming*. In a little time
tliey lus-o'ui* nervous al>out *ubmitting
themselves to -iCep, and ls*fori* long
habituate themseiTe* to watchfuini -*
and r**stle--ni**s, until -i eon tinned in
somnia i* the resii.t Worn out witli
s'.eepii-ssnes*, anil tailing to find any re
lief that i* -atisfn< tor\ e.r safe in tlieir
fa'-> lrie*,ul aleohol, tin y turn toi hlornl,
ani in it find for a season the oblivion
which they de*ire. and which tliey call
re-t. Ii i- a kind ol nut, and i, no
doubt, bett'-r than no rest a*, all; hut it
leads to tin* unhealthy atatis that we
arc now conversant with, and it ratio r
promotes tfian destroy* the craving for
il oliol. In s!:ort. the man who taki**
to elilural after a.eoliof enlist* two
craving* for a single craving, and is
double-shotted in the worst sense. A
third class ot men who Uvouic habit
uated to the use of chloral are men ol
extremely nervous and excitable tcm
pcrmcnt, who fty nature, ami often l>v
the labors in whieh tliey are occupied,
ln*conie lui sleepers. A little thing in
the course of tlieir daily routine op
pns-i-* them. What to other men i
passing annoyance, thrown off witli the
ii'-xt step, is to these nun a worry iuul
anxiety of Imur* They are ovcr-sus
eeptihl e of what i* said of them and o
their work, however giMid the work may
In*. Tliey are too elated when praised,
and to deire**' n when not praisui, or
dispraised. They fail to play character
parts on the stage of thi* world, and a*
they lie down to re-t they take all tin ir
care- and anxieties into bed with th- in,
in the liveliest state of j" rturhalion.
I'liable in thi- condition to sleep, and
not knowing a more natural nnt'dy,
they resort to the use of such an in*ti*n
nient as chloral hydrate. Tlu-y begin
with a moderate dose; increase the ilosi*
as occa-ion seems to demand, and at
last, in what they consider a safe and
moderate system of employing it. tliey
depend on the narcotic for t heir falsified
repose.— l>r. Ilichardson in CotiUmpo
rury Review.
Fires in Constantinople.
The season of tires ha* begun, writes
a Constantinople correspondent of the
Philadelphia Telei/raph. As soon n
cold weather sets in, nnd, not withstand
ing the blazing afternoons, sunset
brings chilly hrcexes to us. then inevita
bly. in one quarter or another, a confla
gration is sure to break out every night.
Hither carles-mess or faulty construction
of grates and lighting apparatus is the
cause. The first warning we have is
from the " hekdjee," or night watch
man. Making his round, lie instantly
pounds on the pavement with a heavy
iron shod staff, its ringing noise being
easily heard two or three blocks. The
word is passed from the watch towers
to the bekdjecs of the locality of a tire,
a certain number of guns ltcing fired also
for eaeli quarter, viz., seven when the
blaze is in Stamboul. four for Peru, etc.
The watchman in a full, loud voice calls
out the name of the quarter where the
tire is raging, and, it in his quarter,
thumps violently on the door* of the
adjoining houses, and with good reason,
for before people in the vicinity are
fully awake the flames are on them.
The rapidity with which 400 or 500
dwellings are swept away cannot he
conceived by any one who lias not ac
tually seen what rickety, sun-dried
wooden houses they are. A Hungarian
gentleman. Count Szeeliery, of much ex
p< rienee, has organized a fire brigade,
which docs wonders, when one consid
ers that tlnir only way to fight the
flames is with little hand pumps. The
streets are too narrow and winding to
permit steam pump* to circulate. There
are also the famous " foolumhadjees,"
or volunteer firemen, whose main object
seems to be fun and plunder. Their
reputation is such that of them and the
tire the latter is the least dreaded of the
two. The Szeeliery brigade is confined,
unfortunately, to a few quarters. Sev
eral of the embassies have a private
force of their own.
tjo, the poor printer, sitting on his
stool, dissembletli slyly with his stick
and rule; sogers all earnestly o'er this
and that, with one eye peeled upon the
hook for fat; or, waiting for <*>py, o'er
the stone he stoops, and, two em quads
in hand, he jeffs for dupes.— St. IMUU
Tima-Journal.
A WONDHKITI. t Itlti I MAI..
tllalury of %\ llllaui llliniiilil I o|*cr, I 11
inffl** Amnlcan l orfftr .% Ilumout r
Ml rlmv.
In tin* criminal iiistorv of tin* present
day no matt, x.\ the New York
(iraphic, lias ohtaii ed a inure wide
ipreail repuUition as an ai eouipltslied,
.lariiig aud expert erimina! tliau Wil
liam Kinggold CiMiper, th* Anglo-Aitn-r
--lean criui'nal. Certainly no man has
j ever sustained tiie dual character of a
: gentleman and a forger with equal sue
eesji. Young, aei'i inpiisllt d, of t egatil
personal np|>i ai aine and of the most fus
eilialilig address. In- might hn\ e adorned
any position in *o-iety t and yet foryears
In* has. under various and almost uiuie
tci laide disgui-i S. pi eyed Upon Ids h< s{
friend* and the world at large, until in
tin* fUlliess of his BU. cess he thought
failure or defection impossible, lie
was fwirn in Smyrna, iK iwarx*. of re
spi*i*tnldc parents. Ids fitlier fM-ingiaiunlv
judge for live years t living to a scandal,
with which a young lady of was
j connected, fie r*-ig"ts! a position lie held
as assistant Ins'k kit p* rin the Suiynta
nation tl hank, and lu ing iltßcardial tiy
liis family, alter many vi> issituites, bo
l iUlle employeti .11 1 photograph gaili r\
at Wilmtnglon The breaking out of
the war in found Itiui an enlisted
meuila r of the I nitt-u States navy, and
after two years'ser\i'e h* hi-caiue an
ensign on lilt* Staii of Adiuira. 1/r. of
the North Atlantic squadron II • l>e
enine a great favorite among his -U|M--
rior officers, owing to his gcnt-* maniy
ismduet and fascinating manners, and
his power ol making friends resulted in
his iM-ing aptiointisi assistant paymaster.
\V bile m Washington he formed the ac
quaintanee of a nuinf>t-r of gamn.ers rind
aeeoiuph-tieil forgers, who inducted liltii
into methods of aristocratie cimn; ami
as a consequence he forgial ti warrant for
f tTi.wo purporting to have l>.-, n sign* i
hy Tniu s State* I'aymasU-r Spauldlng.
At this lime he was rn gag eti U> I* mar
ried to a iwaUtitul and accomplished
girl, the daughter of Mr. Defrres, the
government printer, and tiie forgery of
the paymaster's warrant was not dis
covetrd until the day after the nuptials
when t'iqiT w.vs arrested and sin
lemt'd to five vear in the Eastern l't ni
ti tijiary of Pennsylvania, whieii term
in* Served. It was supposed ly many
that in* died in prison, hut otl his release
he went ti> New Orleans, wliere he jwr
petrated another mi*ce--ful forgirv for 1
luvooo. and then fled to San Eram is.s
where IM- became a mining stocj, aad
.*••. i broker. \\ hiio in San Eranciscti.
his own wife, liaving married again, sup
posing himlo IM* dead, he foraita) the ac
quaintance of a handsome and clever
woman, who lias since iiccii known as
Mrs. Kate ('Hotter, tiie jxrson who.
since hi* arrest in England, has so !
steadfastly adhere*! to hi* fallen fortun**s.
Though for a brief time he .Mre an envia
ble reputation in tin* San Ft im i- o Ex
> liang**, the crash soon came, atul he ale
-ponded, having forgeil a cln- ■. for
** on his l>usints* pai*tner. In tfiis.
singular to say, a* well as in all his
criminal effort*, he employed the ser
vhx-s of a hov to cash the forged check 1
and hand him the t>r<"-i-ci!. Chief of
detectives, .1 W. Is .s, ol Sati Frnn
eis.-o. scattered de- Tip!ion* of Cooper,
lli# wife Kate and the hoy Fred ( nU.
broadcast tiirougli the count*y, hut to ;
no avail. Tiiey ditappenred a* mysteri
ously a* if the ground had swallowed
them up. and nothing furtlier was heard
ol Cooper until his arr* st in Ixmdoo
under tie name ol Neviilt Hunter this
summer. When Cootwr arrived ir
Ixmdon. in the f.i 1 of 1 H ~", he did not
register at the l.xnghatu hotel, hut on ;
the contrary engaged apartments for
himself and wife in a private hotel near
the Strand. He passed tln-n a* Henry
('. Neville, an American iron merchant
ami maker of mowing machines After
a short stay in this hotel, he te-gan ne
gotiation* witli a firm of solicitor* for
the ohlainni'-m on l**ase of East Isxige.
a fM-autiful i-ouniry M*at. witli Mpai-mus i
grounds, at Hemel-Hempstead, in Hert
fordahire. He obtained JHXM s-jon ol 1
this estate at a heavy yearly rental, and :
set up hi* carriage and horse* keeping
a lialf dozen srrvant-* in hi* hou*e. ll*
funl lit* steed of hunter*, rode with the
county hound*ami sis urial UiefHend*hip \
ami acquaintance ( tiie surrounding '
gentry, with whom hi* wife ami himself .
Pts-atiie spiiilily intiin-ite. Thi* inti
macy lie turniil to goml account, for hy
inviting tlicm to dlnnendami n••options
and r.ceiving their n-t'iic* he familiar- ;
iged himself with Uie character of tlieie i
band writing and forged check* 'ti tlieir
lxankers in Isxndon. (In June 528 he sent •
a boy to the Bank of Engiat.d with a .
forgeti elnvk for sh"o. v>urporting to j
have fa < n made hy Hugh Cheevcr f IIMMI- |
win.of ileiiiel-H'-ropst'-aii. Tlieclerk *tis- ,
pected the forcerv ami huiried out witli ,
the lw>y to find Cooper driving away in
his carriage, having lurned liisn-verwib.e
coat and taken off' the lalse w iiisk< rs in
wore wln-n h* liirisi the nies*<*ng( r In I
ail liis crimes of tlii* nature he stoml i
ahovethe other Anglo■ American forgi r.
hy 1 enson of Uie fact that he never ap- !
p. ared at any publ c place in Izndon j
except at the opera*, that, unlike M> Don- ■,
nell and the Htdwcils. the Bank of Eng- :
land forgers, he never Hs-iH*iat*il xv.th i
aieindoncil women, nor a ted like W.
E. (iray. the forge r now in the Tomb*
who, wliiie in l. indon under the name
of Dr. Collet son. becatui mixed un with
Mik.ejolm. Druscovieh*wtl I'alnicr, tin
corrupt Scotland Yatil detective*, and
who. while in a 1/omlon tavern, was
rohlMil of hi* Bastrop mining company
*hare* by William and Fred Kurr, the
Dotioui-ourt switiiller*. Too much suc
cess made Cooper over confident, lie
presented to Glvnn, Mills A Co. a chx*k
for JP.l>s6 9*. fkl. It was duly honored
and be would have eecaped. save that
hearing he was suspectiai he returned
with extreme audacity and demanded
oftlie liankers why they suspected liis
honesty. He WJIS at on<a* aiTested.
the lioy whom he employed recognized
him as did the cabman, and the barber
was found who made his false wig and
whiskers. His neighbors from Hemel-
Hempsteaii testified with tear* in their
eyes that tliey could not believe him dis
honest, hut finding that the evidence
against him was overwhelming when
arraigned in the Old Bailey lie pleaded
guilty to IMIIII charges of forgery, and
was sentenced to four years' penal ser
vitude.
Words of Wisdom.
The path of moderation is tHe safest
to tread.
The mother's heart is the child's
school-room.
Hide the faults ot others and make
known the virtues.
Reason is the test of ridicule —not rid
icule the test id truth.
When reason is against man, a inan
vs ill be against reason.
Our actions are our own; the conse
quences belong to heaven.
The festival which bears the grealos
fruit is the festival of duty.
Every undertaking is involved in its
faults, as the tire in its smoke.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft
here where most it promises.
Age that lessens the enjoyment of life
increases our desire of living.
Five things are requisite in an officer —
ability, clean hands, dispatch, patience
and impartiality.
Uphold truth when thou canst, and
for her sake be hated; but know thy in
dividual cause is not the cause of truth,
and beware that they arc not confounded.
It is i-asy to advise a person, hut how
difficult to receive, under similar cir
cumstances, that same advice from
another, because we are so prone to be
lieve that what we accept is truth, and
that those who cannot see with oui
eyes are all wrong.
A Young Lady of I'lurk.
A handsome Mint charming young
rtily, hi lug in otic nt tilt* suburbs ol (hit
rtiiunti, UHWptHI an iiivitMlioii tlit otlitr
evening to attend tlie theater. Mint ug
f,tht i*it uln-r MM ort that lltty should u
ttr father's Itorata mid carriage to drive
into tlit tily, which pro|n>tti"ii was ac
cepted by tlit young man. During tlit
afternoon tht i urn liiiiait ol tbr family,
who had MiWnya It'tn considered an i t
eel lent one aud a reliable m*B. was ili
i-ovtn-d in an intotii aiidcondition, lit
waa rttuonalfaltd with, told that he
lUUSt " sober up," aa his services wtrt
. needed to drive to the theater in lite
■veiling lit ttplitd to tbt reprimands
in an insulting, angry way. When
tv iiing eamt and the young ladv's e
eort bad arrived, the carriage was or
dered at the front door. Wiien the
I'uni limnn appeared it w t.a quite evident
ilia' lie was still lalmring under a heavy
'pressure ol whisky. The young iady
expressed some fears of riding in thr
carriage with htm on the IKJ*, hut finally
determined to risk it, nmi got in the car
riage. her es. ort following and sitting by
her side. They were haidly started on
the avenue when their fear# were awak
ened The driver commenced whipping
i Ids horses in a violent manner, and
■lashed on down the avenue at break
iiitk-speed. The yyung laily remon*tra
led, f.ut tin- drunken driver ony replied
with ihsultinr remarks and Jn ve all
the faster. Her escort asked her per
mission to speak to the wild and reckless
"Jehu," and in positive tones told him
lie must la-have himself and cauti
ously. This interference from an out
sider seemed to irluriate the man. and
he lashed the horses ail the harder.
Down the avinue they flew theearriage
spinning on first one wh<*el, and then
another, passing other vehii .e willi a
graze, and filling the inmates of the car
riage with fear. Just as thev started
down a sldjw of tfte drive the young
lady and iier friend discovered a miik
wagon coming leisurely up the toad,
with the driver apparently asleep. On
they dashed, and faith thr gentleman
and lady thought they would strike the
wagon, and at the terrible spen! they
w. re going sui*h a collision would be
cither a breaking of lames or instant
death. Tiie maniac driver was lagged
for <roll's-sake to he careful and to " pull
up" his now foaming horses. But furi
ous with mge and rum, in reply he
inbi*d the horses again and again and
dashed ahead. Indignation hiul now
taken the place of fear with the young
lady. and she e*claimed: " I'll stop the
ra> ai if I have to mount the box mv
#< .1 J" But it was tln-n too late to avoid
the collision. It came with a crash
But, strange to say. the carriage si fx si
the blow and was only partially broken.
Not so the milk-wagon; the lorcr of
the carriage Uxwed it up on two wheels
and threw it entirely off the avenue,
spilling the driver and the milk-cans
around promiscuously. The shock
brought the horses to a stand-til'. The
plucky little Avondale girl at once
lumped UP to llie front m it and 01. the
IM>X . With eyes flash* g and with
clenched fist shaking in his face, she ex
claimed to tiie drivti " You brute, get
down Iroui this box
The driver, who a moment before had
IMS r, *■> defiant, atipexred dumbfounded
at this display of indignation and ixiur
age on titr part of the fair girl, ano
meekly climlMsl. or rather fell, off the
IKIX. over the wheel to the ground.
•• Now." she exclaimed, in a voice ol
st<-rncommand. iuid one thai meant husi
nc-i. " takr off that hat
Tin* astonished iehu pulleil off his liat.
Then again the beautiful girl ex
claimed :
" Takeoff that coat, sir'"
And the coat come off. brass buttons
and all.
" Now, sir, put them in this car
riage
V he put them in the carriage.
*i en the fair damsel, turning to her
escort, w ho was standing up in the car
riage witnessing the scene with wonder
and ani.'renii nb and filled with intense
admiration lor the girl's pluck, said, with
a smile, and in the swi-etcst tone of
vole* :
• Won't you please get up on the box
beside me and take these linos?"
lie, i f course, quickly mounted the
IMIX. took the lines, and they drove
rapidly . vay, leaving the drunken man
standi'i L- in the middle ol Uie road, liat
]e* aiii coat leas, and .coking like Uie
fool In was.
Arriving in the city the gentleman
drove dir-. tly to the theater, alighted
with tils lady friend, and, sending the
tiors'-s and carriage to a stable, tliey
entered the theater. And not one lady
in the audience would ever have sus
pcrtrd by her manners or appearance
I hat this young girl had pa*sid through
lii- exciting scenes described.
( ahul and its I'eopie.
The diversified crowds ol people thnl
surge through thestieets <f ( abui agree
in away. At night, when the narrow
bazaar- are aglow with the reflected
light of oil in little metal wick-lamps,
ignited cotton floating in earthenware
saucers, or the wood fire* of the cooks,
the Kcrghanee has no objection to sit
side by side with the Bokharian on the
low, open veranda of the cook's sbon;
and on the same platform, with the
seething flesh-pot in the center, contain
ing little lumps of meat skewered upon
a stick. r< presentatives of twenty differ
ent Mohammedan nationalities wenn
tent to sit toget her upon terms of equality,
and afterward to exchange the hookah
and the national love-song, and the
romance of chivalry and theft.
I.ike other .Oriental towns. Cahul is
filthy. Sanitation is not even a dream
wiili the inhabitant*. There an- four
principal roads, which are from thirty
to fortv feet hroad. and these are con
sidered the handsomest street*. One is
the (ireat Bazaar, or Chareutta. com
posed of one-storv mud houses, which
have verandas. slightly elevated alove
open gutters, opening full upon the
.trects These verandas become shops
in the daytime and are stored with speci
mens of all the furs, silks, and wool and
hair cloths that Central Asia produces.
In the evening three or four cronies sit
on a mat in almost every shop, set a
lamp in their midst, fold their feet, put
on their skull-caps, and smoke nnd tell
stones till midnight. Another great
basaar, leading from the Western Oaks
to the Bala Hissar is monopolized by
cooks and butchers Heads and car
cases are suspended there in plenty, hut
no trace of the unclean animal, the
pig. UdWbernihle. It is in this basaar.
by oil-light, that some of the inost
picturesque - looking ruffians in the
world may he seen. Observe this
one. A man over six feet high;
his head conical-shaped ; the jet
black hair close cut, almost to the hone;
his face long, sallow, and fringed with
grizzly black whiskers, which meet be
neath in one long matted beard; the eye
small, black and keen; the nose arched
and thin; the mouth cruel and com
pressed; the chest and arms to the
elbows hare; the body enveloped in a
tattered blue shirt reaching beneath the
knees; hare, scarred legs; the leet tread
ing on grass sandals, which are held on
by the toes. That is aCahul beggar, and
a most arrant villain he is. for, beneath
his rags, he conceals a knife, like the
rest of his .'.miahle countrymen, and will
use it with the rage of a wolf if he is
tempted. The cooks are glad enough to
toss a kahob or two to gentlemen ol this
class.
The other two roads have no particu
lar characteristics. except that they are
a great deal broader than by far the
larger portion of Cahul. Off these
four principal roads numerous dark and
filthy lanes, twisting for a auarter of a
mile it a time, and not more than three
feet hroad, shoot%t frequent intervals.
The flat-roofed housesin them are made
of mud, thickly mixed with straw, and
the apartments ar" dark square holes,
much worse than the much-decried
shanties of the fialway peasant*. Men.
TERMS: &2.Q0 a Year, in Advance.
women atul children sleep together, and
never change their garment* lili these
•hop of). Frequently cattle and fowl*
are to lie found crowded into thiwe
nparliucuU. together with the human
inmate*. Such place* ate dangerous to
all stranger*. Not even an unusual
parish dog could stray into one of them,
for he would be worried by a hundred
jealous, big-honed, hungry cur*. In the
last British attack on t'abul. Afghans
who preferred " dying like poisons) rata
in a hole," retreated to their tortuous
streets and lane*, and many a good life
waa lost in hunting them out.—7xs
don Su.tuUirit.
A Kagplrkrr Princess.
Th* most curious "city" of I'aris is
on the Avenue lie la Hcvolte. at th*
upper end of the I'assage Tribouiet.
Ihe passage ends in vacant lots, where
in summer our carpets are whipped.
The right side belongs to a woman
named FoU'aull, who huiit and manages
| tiie "city;" it'isalong alleyway, bor
dereil with a sort of sheds V.;uii lodg
ing on the ground floor, or first story, to
which access is ha<l v an outside gal
lery. i* a Species of little ceil, more or
li-s lirokcn down and dirty. The only
furniture is a mattress tbrown on the
floor or a loppiing irx>a bedstead. A
*quore window, eighteen inches across,
lights these places. Isl /V'awi e Cli'uUf
i the title by which the proprietress is
known. She reigns supreme over a
wretched people—raguickers, workmen
without work. dtcla**f* of every kind—
to the number of 400. This woman,
who is very rich, and goes about in her
phai-ton draw n by a pretty pony, is dis
guised as a man ; she may he fifty ; her
gray hair is rut short, like that of mm;
she is clad in pantaloons—hen<*c the
name—a vest, blue blouse and laced
gaiters. This costume she has worn
j for the la*t twenty years, assuming, as
well, tile I waring and energetic gestures
of Uie stronger sex. Isi Frmme <"uluUe
jishy no man* dull; in her springtime
she must have associated wiUi intelli
gent men. She declare* she knew
Dumas Uie eider well She chat* very
agreeably and skims literature with a
light touch. The dav 1 had tiie honor
to visit her the had two friends at break
fast. As I enteren they had just taken
coffee, and these ladies were smoking
cigarettes, pouring out from time to
time a swallow of cognac. Isi Fcmnu
Cuiotlt leaned bark in her chair, her
legs crossed, and puffed the smoke from
her cigarette in dainty rings. At the
moment the three companions were en
gaged in a dispute. EmileZula was the
subject. Isi Femn se ( 'uU4JU was of the
opinion that " L'Assommoir." which
claimed to be the romance of the people,
was a picture of hut one phaar ol
IWisian wretchedness. and if Zola hail
applied to her he oould have learned
much more as to popular depravity.
Tliis conversation was interrupted from
time to time by the enirv of some poor
fellow who presented himself at the
cash-window to pay ar< instailmmt of
his rent—five cents or ten cents—all
of wtiich />* F<mnu ' 'ulotle fmried in licr
hrm*b pocki-t.
Conduc ted by this lady in person
dhom her salute as a sovereign,
we make the round of Uie "city."
Everywhere the same spectacled heart
rending povery; entire familiee in
dwelling* wliere a single person could
liardly find room. In one of the** holes
a woman with a m-w Imrn child lay on
a straw pallet, while Uie oldest girl of
twelve wa* cooking on a little furnace,
and the odor of tip* charcoal mingled
wiUi the pestilential emanations from
the rubbish which the )iul*and had
brought in and w raking over.
Young boys, who t ad been hunting
rag*, tired out. were seeping at the foot
of Uie fed, hy tiie side of the mother
and babe. Poverty descend* in these
famine* with ths calling. Some lien
arc honest fathers, who for twenty
years have lived in the "city." worked
'like dogs paid their rent regularly. and j
have never been able to lay up a sou for
the morrow. (Blurs are worthies*
scamps, spend each day's wages at the
rum shop and lire on a morsel of bread
so long as tlicy g< t as much brandy as
possible. Children horn in these
"cities" .ire raised in the teiilst
ol the most degrading sights.
Modesty i an unheard word; shame
an unknown feeling. Old men pass by
witli hack* bowed, whose life ha* been
parsed in this filth, buried under their j
load of refuse, covered with vermin.
Here are Ixnn little being* who will die j
without having caught a glimpse, even j
for an instant, of the joys of life.—Parts
Figaro
Iknnksghlug.
Many of our readers—and they need
not IH> very old—can it collect when
Thanksgiving day woe an exclusively
New Knglant holiday, and in which the
other* of the older States did not par
ticipate. At New hag lander* migrated
westward, and helped to found new
State*. they carried with Uiem their
usage of annually observing a day of
thanksgiving. it i* thus that the custom
has ipnwl to other State*, until now.
having been confirmed ly the action of
remit presidents. Thanksgiving has be
come no longer a partial, but a national
holiday. It i well that this, originally
a farmer's holiday, has a p-noral observ
ance. It is most fitting that the farmer*
of this brood land should, on one day in
the year, gather in their scattered child
ren, and in one of the holiest of temples
—home—give thanks for that uj*>n
which the prosperity of the nation nwt
—the abundant harvest. It is pleasant
to think upon Thanksgiving day in it*
higher aspivts, but not the less so ui
its associations and its minor influences.
Being emphatically a home holiday, it
more than all others affect* the homes
ol the land, not less the homes in towns
and cities than homes upon farms, and
long before the day is at hand the
thought that" Thanksgiving is coming "
controls the movements in household*
everywhere. The home that is not upon
the farm is none the less to observe the
day; it. too. is to have its " feast of fat
things." and the city housekeeper looks
to her sister in the country for a fatted
turkey " wherewith to make merry."
A large share ot the demand for the tur
key, the bird that lias become to essen
tial to the thanksgiving feast, is sup
pliisl bv those farmer* whose flocks
number hundreds; hut aside from these,
the turkey plays an important port on
many small farms, and ttic bird, besides
"furnishing forth" the material for
many a home feast, is in itself a cause
for grateful thanks. Many a mother, to
help the family purse; many a daughter,
in pride at being independent of her
father's hard earnings, to meet her per
sonal wants, looks to her flock of tur
keys; and as Thanksgiving draws nigh,
she counts and feeds her flock with
| pleasant anticipation of the day in which
the hopes of many days will be consum
mated. Blessed be the observance which
touches so nearly *o many human hearts.
Blessed 1H the day which bring* joy to
I so many homes—which, to the wanderer,
' wherever lie may be. turns his thoughts
; towards home. And when has the
American farmer had greater occasion
! on Thanksgiving day than now to say •
! "Oh! give thanks unto the Lord, for He
! is good and his mercy endureth for-
I ever.— American Ai/riculturitf.
I love to hear the rumbling of the
steam power press better than the rattle
and roar of artillery. It is silently
attacking and vanquishing the Mala
kotfsof vioeand Redans of evil; and its
parallels and approaches cannot l>e resist
ed. I like the click of type in the com
posing stick better than the click of the
musket in the hands of the soldier. It
bears a leaden messenger of deadlier
power, of sublimer force, and of a surer
aim. which will hit its mark, though it
is distant a thousand years.— Rev. Dr.
(Jhap in.
A worm in the chestnut is worth two
in the mouth —Stcubmville Heraid.
NUMBER 46.
UK*. IJAKDtS A*D HOI'KEHULU.
ruauaa KmH rckar<i.
Tlic ultimate success of fruit orehards
depends upon lite judicious selection of
•oil, situation, tmu and their proper ar
rangement and management. In-nee any
man who contemplate planting, whethrr
; a small or extended plaalatimi, will do
well to keep tliW essential points in
*lew and avail himself of the sxperienos
gained in lliiw several directions, not
I only ly himself But his neighbors, for
e*j>riec* la the trust worthy guide.
Beginning with the question when to
plant, there are advocates for both fall
and spring setting ol orchards. Pomoio
gtaU very generally agree that fall W tlie
season for lifting seedlings and rooted
ayerafor stock*. Many ol ihemgo fur
ther and advise planting tin* in the fall,
as this saves handling, avoids all pan
geruus loss in herling-in and give* the
tree* time to throw out and mature new
rootlets before the severe summer beat
Miid drought rooms on. which is not al
ways the case in spring planting.
Another argument advanced in favor of
fall planting is tlis leisure time oreur
! ring at this season, which naturally tn
j du> cg more extended orchards with !
work brtu-r dune than during the rush :
and worry of the spring season
While on general principles it is sa/e j
and wine to advise the fall planting ot
fruit orchards, thie advice, like all oth- ,
era, is subject to modification. Fall j
j planting, for instance, should bt avoided I
in climates where the winters are long
•tnd severe, or where alternative fpeer
ing* or thawing* are frequent. Again,
on some soiia. experience has taught that
-tone fruits sui-ceed best when set dur
ing *Jm spring. The matter therefore
resolves itself into the fart that the sea
son of planting extends from after ths I
fail of the leaf in autumn by frost, until '
; its reappearance in the spring, provided
: the ground is not fro ten
Titers are soils of a certain texture
and quality, as that commonly termed
sandy loam, with a sandy clay tuhaoi].
in which, with proper management, all .
the hardy fruiu can be grown to perfec
tion.
On this may be gained good results in
apples, pears, p.urns. cherries and
peaches On the other hand, soils there
are wholly until for any kind ol fruit
trees; these comprise such as are peaty
or mucky, damp and cold and spongy
soils. Experience has proven that ap
ples thrive best in a dry deep soil, be
tween a sandy and clayey loam, and pos
sessing s considerable portion of lime.
The plum excepting perhaps the
Canada or native, and Mirabelle. which
succeed on very light soils —do best on
s rather stiff clayey loam. The cherry
and peach require a light, dry and warm
soil for enduring orchards.
The best site for an oreliard varies with
localities, hence the wisdom of gaining
in the immediate neighborhood the
knowledge required. An eastern and
southern extmsurs ol low ground is to
be avoided in sections wlieir late and
severe spring frosts prevai. If high
winds from the west and north are to be
ruarde t against it is recommended that
a situation be chosen where some nat
ural protection, at a belt of woods or
hill, will break their force. If no auch
protection already exists, it will be wise
to set out at the same time the orchard
is planted a border of some rapid grow
ing tree, which wih form a protection
by the time the fruit trees have come
into bearing.
Selecting the varieties for a fruit or
chard is a most important point and
should be made in reference to the
special purpose tor wbirh the fruit ia in
tended. A commercial orchard ist in
the immediate vicinity of a good market
will find profit in summer and early
autumn fruits, for instance, while the
market grower at a distance obtains his
gains from late autumn and winter varie
ties which uiay lie safely packed and
transported. bow, stout trees, other
things being equal, are preferable tobUL
slender ones, and especially should this
preference be observed in elevated and
exposed positions.
The square form, in rows the same
distance apart and an equal space be
l*(tu each tree, is the usual plan prac
ticed insetting out orchards. Twenty
fire feet is the distance commonly al
lowed for the nrera.e apple orchard
P. Barry recommends thirty feet in all
directions as none too many for standard
tree*. Peach trees should be set at
about fifteen feet apart, as should plum
and cherry trees. Standard pear trees
requite from twenty to twenty-five feet.
These distances are of necessity only ap
proximate. then* being algreat difference
between the sixes and varieties of the
same fruit, and also in their babiU of
growth.
The vaaon previous to planting the
soil should be at least twic* plowed and
enriched with suitable composts. Wh
this lias lieen done planting an on-hard
is a simple matter, holes being dug deep
ami wide enough to admit the .Wts.
Where the soil has not been previously
prepared planting requires considerable
labor, especially if there are any defect*
in the soil, which ought to be remedied
at this time by the aid of composts.
Dig large holes and line the bottom
witlt a good bed of compost, composed,
'if the soil is too compact, of sand, leaf
mould. muck, etc . to render it more
porous, and if too light, of clay, stiff
loom and .ashes to render it more reten
tive. Lime should form a part of these
compost*, especially tor apple and pear
tree*. Barry mom mends half a peck
of lime mixed with the bed of each tree
in soil not naturally calcareous. In soil
adapted to fruit culture if in a good state
of tilth then* is no necessity for cither
large holes or compost. The com post
having been laid and covered with a
layer of pulverised soil set the tree in
the hole, carefully adjusting the roots,
and fill it with fine earth which should
h* firmly trodden down around the tree.
Where the trees ar** large, or in exposed
positions one or two stakes should be
placed with each tree. Mulching is al
ways advised; it pn*rents the moisture
of the soil from evaporating and main
tains uniformity of heat. A deep mulch
ing is required for tn*es plan ted in the tall
to prevent the frost from penetrating to
the roots and heaving the tree out of
the ground.
Ilouarholil Hints*
Apply a little soap to the hinges to
prevent the doors creaking*
New linen may l>e embroidered more
easily by runl>ing it over with fine white
soap; it prevents the threads from crack
ing.
If brooms are wet in boiling suds once
a week they will become very tough,will
not cut a carpet, will last much longer
and always sweep like a new broom.
Boiled starch is much improved by
the addition of a little sperm, or a little
salt, or both, or a little gum arabic dis
solved.
Glass vessels in a cylindrical form may
be cut in two by tying around them a
worsted thread, thoroughly wet with
spirits of turpentine, and then setting fire
to the thread.
If you wish to clarify sugar ar.d waler
that you are about to boil, it is we.J to
stir in the white of an egg while cold;
if put in after it boiis, the egg is apt to
get hardened before it can do any good.
The expression is often heard, by
people who understand very little about
it, that "we all cat too much." This is
very rarely the case. It should rather
be expressed, *' we eat too much of one
thing, or of the same kind of food, be
cause cooks and housewives are so very
ignorant." It is perfectly impossible
for a human being to exert his best fac
ulties if under fed. There never was a
strong man with a strong brain who
could keep up the physical and mental
drain without an ample supply of food.
When people, thin, do not iced well,
there is something wrong with their
heads or their stomach*.
The Hhartnets sf Life.
How tooa
Oar MV-twra life
Attains to foil-aged aooa !
And this, how soon to gray-habnsd night!
Ws spring, ws hod, ws blossom, sad sro Mast
Krv ws as ooant our days, our days thoy tfeo
so last
Thoy sM
Whsn scares began j
Aad orn wo spprohsod
Thai ws hogla to livs. our tlis is dons;
KM, count thy days, and, U thoy 4y too fast
For thy doll thoughts to const, roust ovsry
day ths lost. Framett Qua rim.
ITEIH OF ISTKBEHT.
Philadelphia is to hav an elevated
railroad.
Hi. Louis employs only colored trash
ers in her colored schools.
Nail-making hy machinery was origi
nated in Massachusetts in lb 10.
The Russian press pi.diet " sooner or
: later a war of III* or death with Eng.
I land."
What is borne without a walking
mat' bf A sole less spot.—Mew Hamt
/•
Large numbers of mules are being
i shipped from the United sta ten to the
W tutlndies.
The only kind of cake children don't
cry after—A cake of soap.— Tonk*rs
HUtUmtum.
There is a bouse on Mount
Colorado, which is 14.15? fed above ths
level of tbe sua.
I .steer beer has been exported from
the United Stales to ismdoo, in con
siderable quantities, of late.
When a man lias nothing but a few
broken teeth in bis mouth, can be prop
arly lie styled a stump speaker *
Two men and two dogs killed, by aet
ual count. 1.000 raU in tbe space of two
hours at a slaughter bouse near Vtileyo,
; o*l.
A child rigiiteen months old was re
cently stung to death by hea at Hanta
Ana, Cai lie received swentneu stings
j on his forehead.
A man is going to have bis name
■tamped upon SO.OOO.UUO toothpicks.
* That man's name will tie in everybody's
iiiuuili Meruit n llctorder.
" See here. Jones, why don't you feuos
in your premisesf" "Oh, Uiciw's no
; need of it so kmc as my wife's always
a-railing around the house, is there*
Yonktri QusttU.
Women owe a great deal to the press.
W • mean now. mure particularly, the
p inting press. If it was not for it wherw
in creation would they get their bustles
and circulars.— Y(mktr* Statesman.
A new disease, commencing with nr
vous twitching* in the legs and feet, and
ending in grtar emaciaikm, lias been
discovered by Philadelphia physicians,
who ascribe it to tbe habit of riding In
street car* instead of walking, and the
peculiar jolting motion of the ran.
Butterflies are covered with feathers;
hair* an- hollow tubes. The surface of
our bodies is covered with scale* like
those of a fish A single grain of sand
would cover a hundred of these scaiei,
yet a scale rovers hundreds of pores.
Through these narrow openings perspir
ation forces itself out. like water through
a sieve.
A new and singtttsr means of incen
diarism i reported by the (Mo*. In a
village of Poland a cat was saturated
with kerosene by an nnknown party,
and set on fire: the unhappy animal
rushed to and fro. spreading fire ail
around, till it perished in dames, to
gether with a number of buildings.
The Ball *nd the Dftll Fi*h.
The Tapeko (Japan) Time* may* the
•tor; given below was communicated
by m i-orre*p< ndent : The author of
" Schnyukidan "* who lived some sixty
years ng<>, WWOQW traveling in Muttu.
one of the northern provinces. Walking
one day near the sea beach he heard the
bellow of a bail, and went x the direc
tion of the noi*. He w:u then witneaa
of an extraordinary combat between
ton# cattle fish and a boll. An enor
mous pouipe. with b-ijtlu purple eyea
and tentacles six feet lone, had aita-ked
the qutdruped. Throwing its arms
around the body, the monster tried to
make tor the water with its captive.
Meanwhile other octopi. in iarg* num
bers and of great site, swarmed on to
the shore, which seemed tube alive with
their big round heads. Some ot tl<em
assisting their comrade, snoe ike him
attacked the hall. -'ragging it down to
tlie tea Their quarry, however, made
a brave resistance, and root* eded in por
ing its first foe in the head and belly and
shaking iuelf free from its emlirace.
Kef,-re it coald escape, however. It was
Urmly held hT a still larger monster,
while others took solicitous care of tiie
wounded one. The unlbrturstc b- xst's
lie 1 lowing attracted a crowd of fishermen
to the spot. One of the*, stronger and
braver than hi fellows, his liuihs
swayed in straw bandages, and a sharp
knife in his hand, boldly rushed to the
rescue of the nail, and cut through the
tentacles whio.i inclosed it Other
poalpes then attacke the fisher .to whose
aid his fellows h iatcne . and a tierce
fight ensued between men and monsters
in whi'-h the former were victorious,
many of the squids being killed, while
the rast escaped into the wsuv. Two
of the tentacles wound round the bull
were so heavy that one man alone could
not carry them. One wa twelve and
the other si x feet lung; tie* largest of the
two was subsequently hoiled in sections
at different tim<* in a big kettie. Some
years previous to this battle, rattle had
disappeared in a mysterious way from
the same shore. The fight between the
cephalopoda and th* hull enlighten* \
the proprietors as % their loss.
Down a I'll ate.
A chute it laid from the river's brink
up the steep mountain to the railroad,
and while we are telling it the monster
logs are rushing. thundering. flying,
leaping down thadecllvity. Tliey come
with the speed of a thundcrl>olt, and
somewhat of it* roar. A track of tire
and smoke follows them—tire struck by
their friction with the chute lop*. They
descend the 1.700 ft of the chute in
fourteen seconds. In doing so they drop
700 feet perpendicular. Thee strike tin
deep water of tne pond with a report
thai can be heard a telle distant.
Ix)gs fired from a cannon could scarcely
bare greater velocity than they have at
the foot of the rhute. Tltc average
velocity is over 100 feet in a second
throughout the entire distance, and at
the instant they leap from the mouth
their spee d must 1*- fulljr SOO per second.
A sugar-pine log sometimes weighs ten
tons. What a missle! How the water
is dashed into the air! I-ike a grand
plume of diamonds and rainbows, the
feathery spray is hurled into the air to
the height of a 100 feet. It forms the
grandest fountains ever beheld. How
the waters of the pond foam and seethe
and lasli against the shore.
One log. having spent its force by ils
mad plunge into the deep waters, has
floated so*as to be at right angles with
the path of the descending monster.
The mouth of the ehuie is perhaps fif
tiM-n feet above the surface of the water.
A huge logiiurled from the chute cleaves
the air and alights on the floating log.
You know how a bullet glances, but can
you imagine a saw-log g:ance. the
! end strikes with a heavy shock, but
glides quickly past for a short distance,
then a crash like a reverberation of
artillery, the falling log springs 150 feet
vertically into the air, and with a curve
like a roeket falls into the pond seventy
yard., from the log it struck. Truekee
Nev.) Republican.
Tirtnes of Onions.
Few people dteam of the many vir
tues of onions, and those few are enthu
siastic for the beneficent bulb, and be
lieve it a panacea for every ill. I.ung
and liver complaints are certainly bene
fitted, often cured, by a free consump
tion of onions, either cooked or raw.
Colds yield to them like magic. Don't
be afraid of them—especially if you are
married. Taken at night all ofi'ense
will be wanting by morning, and the
good effects will amply compensate for
the trifling annoyance. Taken regu
larly they greatly promote health of the
lungs and digestive organs. An extract
made by boiling down the juice of
onions to a syrup, and taken as a medi
cine, answers the purpose very well,
hut fried, roasted or boiled onions are
better. Onions are a very cheap medi
cine, within everybody's teach, end
they are not by any means as " had to
take" as the costly nostrums a neglect of
their use will necessitate.— Philailety/nn
Btoord.