fiilli HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPERANDUM. Two Dollars per Annum. VOL. VII. ' KIDGAVAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1877. NO. 15. K Eollnn, Tlie following strikingly original and pictnr enqne poem Is by a young lady In Ohio. If she ran continuo to do as well as she has in those her firnt numbers, she will yet rank high among our American authors. Aew York Graphic. A lesonel of the winds. Enroclydon, That driveth from the bitter Thraciau shore. Brings this : What deeds the sea and I have done This passing night will make men murmur Bore; TIio dorp that hath already goodly store Of jewels and wrought gold and coined gold, Hatli gathered through his sunken secret door A largo" richer by a thousand fold Great perished lives and this is all that nliall bo told. A legend of the winds. The herald West, That haileth from the sea beyond the straits. Brings this : Long, long and vexed hath been their quest Who peek the lands before the sunset gates. But p.-nce nhall soon betide those tossed ship mates. A glad green shore the morning light shall show, And nioorige safe beneath the palms and dates 1 here, waving meads mtn neither reap nor sow ; There, fields of asphodel and poppy sprung arow. A legend of the winds. Aquilon keen, Tint Moweth through the North wild flames of fire, Who-io plumes are lances felt though all un seen, Erin;,'"' 0'M : Three- weavers have the gods in hire To weave yon well the garb of your desire, With diiys and powers and all delights are fed, Their distiiS feeding still the swift wheel's gvre; On the lands' verge they nit and draw the thread On the white i-liore where r one are living, none are dead. A legend of the winds. 1 he idlo South, That singeth old remembered songs most dear. As who within a dream lifts to his mouth A sighing mellow reed, yet doth not hear The sound that breathes : All through the golden year Aro flowers and fruits together on the be ughs : Hong fa'.h a pleasant tentage there, antar A deep, sweet stream, where many come with vows, And all crowned with some cooling green upon t! eir brows. Edith M. Th'imuf. CCNSTAN3E'3 STORY. ' . When my husband, Roseoe Arnold, asked me t in irrv him, I felt it neeessarv to tell him that I did not love him rs he loved me tliut I tin derstnod his devotion, because I had felt it for another tint other, Ivan Grey that to my husb and 1 had toglveonlva giatr.ful affection. Would that suffice? JIu s.iid that it would. He told mo after 'ard thai, through my weeping, hu did not catch thenai.ie : that he thought I said also that lav lover had dj, 4, From th - first, Itoscoe was a good husband. If I did u ,t appreciate him then, I was not unhappy, t hud bright, beautiful homo which lloseoe- named IlesperideB. The library was extensive, the conservatory luxurious. Books and Holers bring my ruling passion, my hus band had taken especial pains to gra ify me. After our buy was burn, nnd everybody pro nounced him a most healthy and' beautiful child, l.oscoe said to me: CoiHtanco. are you happy now?" I looked straight into his honest brown eyes as I truly answ red : " Yes, Hoc." Ho bent ami Kissed me with a delight I had never seen him show before. "IV.inst. volt aro mine !" be murmured. That was all he said. It was just t'.vu year's after our marriage. A few days later he received a letter. I asked whom it was from. " My sister," he answered. "I never knew that you had a sister," I said, in sui'i ri-e. 'Xo, I have never spoken to you of Ora. When my parents died m iny boyhood, Ora "vas a baby, and was taken by an auilt down to New Orleans, where sho was raised with her children. I have only seen her once since. She is vey pretty. This letter tells me she is to be married." Ho gave me the letter to read. It was writ ten on delicnto, fragrant paper, the penman ship i.vy and graceful, hut rather too fine. Hither a brief communication, prettily ex pressed, asl.iog us to come to the wedding. "To 'w Orleain in Julv ! I am afraid to take l.a'.;y, and I could not leave him.-' " I s ;e tliat wo cannot go. It is impractica ble. 1 will write and tell Ora." ' And give her my love, iSay that hope she will be very happy," I had been present at but one wedding iu my life, and that was my own. I was six-aud-twouty. It was very different from what I thought it would bo when I was eighteen. At eighteen I had been betrothed to Ivan Grey j at t-.iv-ui-.-MA i uiamcii jtoscoe Arnold. The suggestion of another wedding brought kbaok the past to me. When I was alone, and oaiiy usieep ill ins LaisKet, I went to a drawer in l-i private cabinet, and took out a nacket of lot- Fters and a photograph. i The litter was a vignette a face handsome as a Greek god's, with a perfection of contour that must ever be faseinstine. As I looked ut it. the peace of my heart fled awny. The breath of the past, fragrant, new, spring-like, swept over me ; the warm, imperious impulses of youth started to life in my blood. I looked at the letters, but did not open them. There was no need. I had learned each one l.y heart years ago. Tho packet wai small, and I sat with it held between my pahns for nearly half an hour. But I put away let tors anil picture at last, and sat down by tho open window, swinging the baby's basket to and fro. Just then I heard Itoscoe whistling lightly as he ran up stairs, and in a moment he entered the room, his hands full of pond lilies. i-8oe here, Connie here's a treat for yon! Aren't tlie-y beauties ?" II y favorite flowor! I took the splendid things from him and put them in a crystal globe of cool water. 'riee here!" said Roseoe. Ho had pulled off his straw hat, and tho curl ing hair ubout his white forehead was literally chipi'ing with perspiration. ' Hee how wilted I am, hurrying home through the heat to save your" lilies," he laughed. I brought him some cool water to bathe his face, laid out for him some fresh clothing, and went away to see if dinner was ready. Thus I took up, again, tho present. Another year went by. I was surrounded by comfort ; tenderly cared for. I resolved not to unlock the rosewood cabinet again. I was reading iu tho portico, one June aiorn ing, while Melisse, the nurse, was leading little Lyle along tho garden walks, when a carriage came whirling up the drive. I sprang up, fearing something bad happen e 1 to my husband. But, by the time I reached t ie open hall door, a lady! alone, wai coming up the eteps from the carriage. Hue was very young, richly robed, and instantly addressed me : "Are you not my brother Boiooe'i wife?" she asked. " I am his sUtor Ora, from' New Orleans." I don't remember how I welcomed her, but I threw open the drawing-room door, and she entered and dropped into a seat. " Where is lloseoe? I I have come to stay with you," she s id, her face pale as allies. I took a vague alarm at her . ppearauce, hut I endeavored to speak as usual. Yon are tired ill. lay off your wraps and let me got yon a glass of wmo." I went across tho hall to tho china rloi-e-t. When I come back bIio lay iu a dead faint upon the floor. Koscoe had gone out of town, and did not re turn until evening. I had had Ora taken to a room next mine and put to bed. She was a mere delicate ohild when undressed, not more than seventeen years old. " Oh, how good you aro how good yon are !" vl;c raid, with' heartrending puiho. ns I bathed ber timrjil.-s and rubbed her delicite liiuhs. I had studied medicine a little with lit v father, nnd I knew che was close upon a fever. At length sho lay warm and quiet, and soon fell asleep. I sat up until eleven o'clock, waiting for Kos coe. At length I heard his step in the hall. I hurried to meet him. He looked astounded at my news. " Why, what does it mean ?" he asked. Tha next morning Ora was in a burning fever. She talked incoherently she did not know me. Sho lay very ill for three weeks. Toor girl ! at ono tinie it seemed certain that she would die, but we kept her. At last, her first act of consciousness was to kiss me, and murmur : " I love you !" At last sho could sit up and talk a little. And then sho told Itoscoe and ine her story. I will not repeat it here. It was a tale too sicken ing ; of human passions inflamed by liquor : of mau's tyranny ; of woman's weakness. Her husband was false to her and to his manhood. She clung to him, pleading ; he knocked her senseless at his feet. And, before that, sho had borne oh, pitiful heavens, so much ! " Ho has killed my love for him." she said, white and shuddering. "I am afraid of him ! I had rather die than live with him again ! Let me stay here ! Here he will not find mo. Oh, Itoscoe Constance, let mo stay with you !" Wo soothed her promised earnestly that fhe should stay, protected, beloved by us." For the conversation was most hurtful' to her, and nearly brought on a relapse of her fever. Sj I found what 1 had never had a sister and I think we made her as happy as she could possibly be after the terrible blight upon her youth. She found a fund of comfort in little Lyle. who was very found of her, calling her "Lolo"in his soft, lisping accents. Sho was most unselfish and sympathetic iu disposition, and this latte." trait won from me, at least, a confidence. She sat with me, sewing, in my chamber, one day. lloseoe had just sent out from town a package of new books I wished to see. We bad looked them over promised ourselves much enjoyment in the long winter evenings coming. 'Whit a splendid man lioscoe isl'' Ora said, thoughtfully. "He is a companion a friend he is interested in everything' you care for he councils your wishes ministers to your tastes. Now iny husband never seemed to care for anything only to own nie !" Sho seld imor never referred to her husband. It seemed to make her physically ill to do so. I hurried awny from the subject. " I know I have a good husband, Ora ; I re spect him, I admire him. But yet,'' I added, 'I should have been happier if I had married another man." Then I told her tho tale ef my youth. Of my exceeding beauty of the tourist who wan dered to my mountain home of his beauty, his rliann, his power my passion for him. Of my invalid mother, who prayed nie not to leave her of the choice 1 needj must m.ko of his departure his subsequent dcM rtion. Of how my mother died bleniiiig me how my con science approved, yet my passionate longing for what I had lost. The hot tears rained down my faco as I concluded so deeply had my nature known this experience. Ora listened with wide eyes, quickened breath: ber work dropped upon uor lap. When I had done, she said : " What was his name (.'.instance? You have not spoken it." " Ivan Grey." "Have you a picture of him?-' she asked, in a sharp, suppressed voice. I unlocked the calino'. found the photo graph, placed it in her hand. S'.ij glanced -dropped it as if it had stung her. 1L is my husband, Constance '." 1 could only stare at her. it surely is, Constance," she said, winding ln-r arms about me. "Whin you first spuko of y.mr girlhood's ljvo in Blue mountains, I remembered to have seen some sketches my husband undo there, bearing date 1SC5. Teh years ago. Oh, Cemny, what im escape you inn do that you did not' many him ! To be the wife of Ivan Grey was reserved for my fate," she added, mournfully. ' Was Jlr. (irey's name Ivan," I stammered. ' Yes,'' she answered. I was forced to acre, t the truth. 1 rose, by-and-byo, and put the letters and the photograph ill the fire. And that night I tallied nlonu with my hus band. Through all eternity he will " never doubt uow that 1 love him. A Guiltless Man Condemned. In the year 1SG0 five men entered the residence of n clergyman named Sehroe der ut Wallvillig, in the Duchy of Luxemburg, murdered the servant, nnd left the clergyman himself for dead. The latter, however, recovered, nud declared tin t among the number of his assailants he recognized a young niun named Gillen. Five men, including Gillen, were put on trial, and nil domed the crime. Gillen even succeeded in proving that at nine r. M., shortly before the commission of tho crime, he was iu his bed. However, notwithstanding this and the efforts of a veiy distingushed counsel, the ease went so strongly against hiin that he was con eleinued to death, nud even his father ad mitted that the evidence proved him guilty. The sentence passed on the five convicts was subsequently commuted to penal servitude for life, aiul from tho time he entered prison Gillen refused all consolation, and, it was noted, never spoke to any of his fellow prisoners. Whenever an opportunity offered he vigorously asserted his innocence. And at length a day arrived when this was to be acknowledged. A few weeks ago one of the other live avowed on his deathbed the guilt of himself anil three of those condemned. " As to Gillen," he said, " ho had nothing to do with it; we knew nothing whatever of him, before or after." The government has ordered Gillen to be discharged. He refuses a pardon, and insists on his sentence being reversed. t Miserable Sermon, Anyhow." The Hartford correspondent of the Springfield Jiepublicun has this story of a Congregational clergyman of that city who exchanged with another : On his way home from tho church he found himself behind three ladies engaged in a lively discussion over the music of the service, ono condemning the soprano and another the tenor, while the third stoutly defomled both. As tho discussion grew warm, the third lady sought to pour oil on the troubled waters, and, in the words of the cleigyman, did so to perfection by a siupfle judicious ana trutuiiu re mark, to which all of them at once as sented. " " And what was that, pray ?" asked his interested auditors as he told the story. "Oh," said he, "she simply said, Well, it was a rniiterable termon, anyhow,'" Thoughts for Saturday Night. We ask ndvice. But wo mean appro bation. Millions of spiritual creatures walk tho earth unseen, both when we wake and when wo sleep. Anger is b'ool, ponreel nnd perplexed into a froth; but malice is tho wisdom of our wrath. Wise anger is like fire from tha flint: there is a great ado to bring it, anel when it does come it is out again imme diately. Praise is a debt we owe to the virtues of others, and due unto our own from all whom malice hath licit limde mule or envy struck uiimb. It is sometimes of God's mercy that men iu the eager pursuit of worldly ag grandisement are bullied; for they are very like a traiu going down an in clined plain putting on tho brake is n')t pleasant, but it keeps tho ear on the track. It is true there is nothing displays a genius I mean a quickness of genius more than a dispute; as two demauds encountering contribute to each other's luster. But perhaps the odds is much against the man of taste iu this par ticular. All our distinctions are accielental; beauty and deformity, though personal qualities, are neither entitled to praise nor censure; yet it so happens that they color our opinion of those qualities to which mankind have attached re sponsibility. Architecture is the printing press of all ages, ami gives a history of the state of society in which it was erected, from the Cromlech of the Druids to those toy shops of bail taste Carlton House and Brighton Pavilion. The Tower and Westminster Abbey are glorious pages in the history of time, and tell the story of im iron despotism and tho cowardice of unlimited power. As the arrival of enemies make a town to fortify itself, so that ever after it re mains stronger; and hence a man may t-.ay that enemies were no small cause t-j the town';! strength, so to a mind onco fixed in n well pleasing determination, who hopes by annoyance to overthrow it, doth but tench it to knit together all its best grounds; and so, perchance, of a chaugeab'o purpose, make an unchange able resolution. Art is the microscope of tho mind, which sharpens the wit as tho other does tho sight, and converts ivery object into a little nniverso of i'self. Art may be said to draw aside the veil of nature. To those who nie perfectly unskilled in the practice, milmbued with the principles of art, most objects present only a con futed mass. There is no more potent antidote to low sensuality tliuu tho adoration of the beautiful. Ail the higher arts of design are entirely chaste without respect to the object. They purify the thoughts as tragedy purities the passions. Their incidental effects are not worth consider ationthere are soulu to whom not even a vestal is holy. I love a rerious preacher who speaks for my 8:ik, and not his own; who seeks iiiy salvation and not his vaingloiy. Ilo bo.'t deserves to bo heard who u:-es speech only to clothe his thoughts, and hi-i thoughts only to promote truth and virtue. Nothing is more eletestable than a professed deelaiiner, who retails his discourses as a quack does his medicines. ManMillo)!. Imports ami Exports. The chief of the Federal bureau of statistics furnishes a statement of our commercial transactions with foreign countries for the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1870, from which the following items of information are extracted. The ex ports of domestic products, re-exports of foreign commodities nnd imports of merchandise have been as annexed : iJou.estic exports. r.o-o.porU of foreign goods Total tllipol'U ..C55,41VWG9 ... 21,270.033 .$070,74,004 . 470,077,871 Balance 6200,050,133 Owing to the fact that the domestic exports aro presonteel in mixed values of coin and currency and the imports in gold the foregoing balance is an apparent one ; the real balance, however, will be sutlicicutly large to show that we are living well within our means and making preparations for a better order of things at homo. England and her possessions have been our best customers. Of the $ii55,4!W,90(.) of domestic products sent abroad they took $422,416,533, and 13, 334,587 of tho 821,270,035 of foreign commodities re-exported. Germany wus our next best customer, her purchases amounting to 851,107,147. France and her possessions received from us !?48, 327,0(10 ; Spaiu and her possessions, S2,1C9,71 ; the Netherlands and Dutch Indies, 13,092,513 ; Russia, $11,022, 285, and the balance was distributed among tho several nations of the old and new worlds. Greece receiving the small est amount, 143,235. A Nevada fourl. The following are the ceremonies in cident to a term of court in Churchill county, Nevada: The judge arrives at the county seat, puts up his team and sends an Indian runner in search of the sheriff and county clerk. The sheriff and clerk arrive, and the sheriff, standing up in his stirrups, proclaims: ' Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye; the district court of the Fifth judicial district in and for Churchill county is now open." Then the judge hitches up his team, gets into bisbugtry, nnd says: "Mr. Clerk, this court stands adjourned for the term." Then the sheriff and clerk and the Indian sit down in the sagebrush und play Iu diim poker, and the judge bids them a pleasant good-bye and drives off. A Sjioutintr Gas Well. The t wu of Wilcox, Pa., possesses a rare curiosity in the shai.e of a spouting gas well. There is an immense reservoir of gas in the hole, together with a Feein ingly endless supply of water, and there is evidently a gigantio and never-ceasing struggle between the two elements for t'ae mastery. For a few moments the gas will throw the water to the height of one or two hundred feet, followed (by ignitiug the pas) a volume of fire. Then the water will run back into the hole, FARM, UAKDEX AXU HOUSEHOLD. Turning; I'oiri to Pnxture. There is great difference, of opinion among dairymen in regard to the time when cows should be turned to grass. Many contend tiuit all kinds of stock should be kept tiff pasture grounds dur ing sluing until there is a good growth of grass. Tn other words, the herbage must hnvo obtained such a start that the ftock will not be able to eat it down short during the season, and thus they believe a supply is more fully insured. Another plan, practiced by many, is to let stock have the full rtiu of pastures as I soon as the snow is off the ground, al lowing u ro p-.cii on tne old grass nnd eat of the early vegetatinii as socn as it springs up. Tho chief reason urged for this latter course is, Hint the change from hay to grass in feeding should be as gradual as possible, in order that stock may bo kept in good health; that, if cows m spring mo turned suddenly from dry food upon luxuriant pasturage, the chiimre is very liable to produce seri ous troubles excessive scouring bloat ing and other disorders that impair health, often for n considerable lemrth of time, and even if they do not lead to the total loss of the auimal, they cause tho loss of her milk for longer or shorter periods. , Now, a middle course between the two plans named, we think, is to be pre ferred, nnd will give the best results. In the first place, it may be remarked, pas ture lands will be injured in productive ness by allowing stock to roam over the fields early iu spring before the ground is settled, and while it is soft and easily trodden up. The "poaching of the land "by the frequent tread of cattle destroys the grass in places, while the surface is rendered uneven or filled with holes made by the feet of cattle. Again, when the fro't is coming out of the ground it is often rendered so loose in texture that tho roots of tho grasses are easily pulled out,.aud cows feeding on the old herbage not unfrequently injure the turf by pulling up grnss'by the roots. It will be advisable, then not to turn stock upon pastures until the ground is fully settled and is not in eon d tiou to be injured by the feet of cat tle. Nothing is gained by allowing pas tures to Rot a tall grow th of grass be fore turning stock upon them, because they tramp the herbage down in'pluees, anil, by neglecting to feed otherportious down, it soon becomes hard and woody and will not be eaten. Grass is sweetest and gives tho best results in milk when it is eateu off at regular intervals, and is not allowed to get a large growth. In this wav tho product is greater, while tiia exhaustion to the soil is less than it is where tufts of grass . are allowed to mature, and go to seed. Cow s ought not to be turned at once from hay to pasture, siuce'a Sud den change of this kind will be apt to affect their health. A belter way is to give them the run of pastures i'or an hour or two at first, and so allow them gradually, from day to day, to become accustomed to the change of food, end ihey should bo fed from time to time with hay after they liavo been turned to pasture altogether. Cows will frequent ly eat- greedily of hay when they have been out to pubture for n considerable length of time, and rations of hay will often be found useful in correcting a tendency to. looseness of tho bowels or scouring. Some dairymen are in tho habit of giving salt to animals at certain inter vals of time, but the better way is to keep it constantly before them or within their reach, so they can tako it daily or at will. Nature regulates the quantity of nlt needed much better than it cu'n bo dime by portioning it out at inter vals, and if the animal always has it within reach there is no danger of over feeding nnd the milk will show less vari tion in character. An important point to lie observed in the management of milch stock is to keep them iu a healthy, thrifty condition, and if cows on turn ing to grass are inclined to lose flesh and run down weak and thin, they should be fed rations of ground grain, and thus kept up to tho maximum in health and strength. Jtural Xcio Yorker. The IIuuMekeeier. Boston Baked Beans. Soak a quart oi oeuns over uignt, boil them till quite tender, then put them in an earthen pot, cover with water, put in the top of the pot half a pouud of fat salt pork, the rind scored in dice shapes, add salt if the meat has no lean on it, cover tightly, and bake four or five hours, or over night iu a brick oven. Beef suet or but ler may be used by those who do not eat pork. Chow-chow. Chop together, very finely, a head of cabbage, six green pep. pers, six green tomatoes; add two table spoanfuls of mustard, one tablespoonful of salt, a little cloves and allspice, and vinegar to wot it. It will keep a long time. To Pkeparr an Egg for an Invalid. : Beat an egg until very light, neld sea ' Mining to the taste, then steam until thoroughly warmed, but not powdered. ; This wi 1 tako about two minutes. An I egg prepared in this way will not distress even very sensitive stomachs. : To Make Souap Book Pastb. -Take a tablespoonful of good wheat flour and mix well in half a pint of water; boil to tho consistency of starch for laundry use; while it is boiling, drop in a piece f alum the size of a chestnut. Or, take half an ounce of gum tragacanth and put in a pint of water, put in a small piece of alum, and let it simmer until the gum begins to dissolve; then add water to ob tain the required consistency. The flour paste is the best. I'olalo nuun-I.iiuu Water. James A. Briggs, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes as follows: I a mi not a farmer, but I am interested iu good potatoes as well as having the labor of tho agricul turist productive. How to get rid of that pest of the farmer, potato bugs, has bothered many people. Last summer I was iu Essex county, N. Y., and 1 saw a farmer in Ids field killing potato bugs. I asked him if lie had ever tried lime on them. Ho replied no. I went out into the field, picked up some of tho bugs, brought them to the house and put some lime on them. Tt killed the little ones but not the full grown bugs. I then took some water, slacked the lime, and put it on " the big bugs," and they were soon dead. Strong lime water will kill potato bugs. The experiment is cheaply and easily tried. A Precocious Youngster. California youngsters are proverbially Erecocious, says the San Francesco Jost, ut it is a question whether the doings of a little ten-year-old iu the city prison, who hails from Chicago, are not the brightest yet. His name is Charley Le vine, and, all alone, friendless and mon eyless, he has traveled to this city over land desp;te the opposing efforts of con ductors, station masters and the brethren of that fraternity. As he sat on tho bench near the wall, his clothing in tat ters, his feet encased in consumptive bhoes, and no stockings, and his head surmounted by a tremendous hat, furn ished him by some kind-hearted and big headed immigrant, it was easy to believe, from his resolute tone, that he had done what was said. " How long were you in coming, Char ley ?" said the J'ont reporter. " Seventeen days. Got here last Sat urday night, 'n come up here. I'm going to stav here a couple of days. I like it. I used to live with my nuut in Chicago, corner of Splnin and Madison streets. My mother is out here at a place called Belmont, two stations down, I believe. She came out here a year ago. I've got a sister, too, at Council Bluffs, across the river from Omaha." " How did you get here without any money?" "Oh, I jest jumped on the cars 'n ftuck. They put me off at Omaha, 'n North Platte, but I jumped on again. They couldn't keep me off. What did I eat ? Oh, the immigrants gave me all I wanted. They gave me this hat. Monte sharps bother me ? No, I guess not. I only had five cents when I started, and I spent that for dinner. I didn't like Chi cago, 'n I didn't like my aunt, 'n 1 want ed to see my mother ; that's why I came. Came in on a boat named the Amelia." "When are you going to see your mother V" ' Oh, in a couple o' days. I've got a good bed 'n plenty to eat. 'u I think I'll shiy here 'n git rested. Funny, ain't it V I eiime iu here jest to see what it was, n tl:ey wouldn't let me go out, but 1 elou't c ue. I'll o down ou tho train to Bel mont. It s only two stations, and '11 only take two trains at most. What's them fellers Chinamen ?" Nodding acquiescence, the reporter h-i't him, and wondered what the future of the plucky little youngster would be when, so weak, small, and young, he had already traveled thousands of miles unaided in search of his mother. Fashion Xotes. The clingiug, slender style is the rage. Drapery of all forms worn quite low down, Pauiers are no longer fashionable, not even small ones. The mirello sack is just the garment for traveling weur. The shawl-shnped fichu will evidently be quite a favorite. Tiie charming fichu having a point in the back is much admired. Fichus w ith hmg pointed fronts tied over the breast are a la mode. The Italian collarette made of Valen ciennes lace is very handsome. A rich collarette composed of shells made of lace is exceedingly dressy. Neck garnitures arranged in crepe lisf.e are soft and pliable in wear. Lace footing forms a lovely linish for the neck of a full dress toilet. Half handkerchiefs of silk, richly trim med with lace, are quite the rage. In regard to trimmings, fashion has given a wide latitude. The styles are so confined to what may be called individu ality, that thero is no standard, and yet a sort of uniformity in expression is ob served. The rage for India galoons still con tinues, and will evideutly figure very largely for at least two seasons. There is quito o large variety in this form of dress embellishment ; some is grave and much is quite gay in style. The prices are also varied ; none is very cheap, and ami none is very high. The Impertinence of Beggars. A ladv, who is quite benevolent, says that each person who solicits alms has a peculiar stylo of his or her own, and that that btyle is either made up of gross im pertinence or a professional whine. She bus yet seen only a few who did not in some manner consider it a favor to have food or raiment given to them. One youth always addresses those from whom he solicits gruffly as follows: " Guv me some cold victuals." Another in a dole ful way says: " P-l-c-a-s-e m-a-r-m, give me a penny to buy a loaf of bread for my sick mother." 'if a penny is re fused she flirts herself away quito angri ly, and for several minutes bombards the house with feminine imprecations. Ono woman is always after clothing. She is familiar with the name of about every piece of clothing a man, woman or child would be likely to wear, and she makes a separate inquiry in regard to each, as to whether the lady has it to spare, not being satisfied until she has gone through tho whole list, and in her mind checked off each article, unless the door is closed in her face. One day she was given a white skirt, and after looking it all over she inquired: " Hain't you got one with a ruffle on to it ? I think that looks so much more genteel. " Bloodthii otiness of tho Crab. By observations made at the New York Armarium, it has been discovered that j the hermit crab possesses more intelli gence tlian it, lias generally been given credit for. Tho following incident not only illustrates this, but hows that the crab is an auimal of prey: One day a good sized Lafayette fish was seen with one of these crabs clingiug to its gills. The fish gasped, strugaled violently nnd (hook itself as if to rid itself of its tena cious pueniy. The crab would not let go. Tho fish grew gradually weaker until its struggles ceased, and it sunk ta the bottom of the tank. Tho crab then I began to feed upon its victim. Upon examination it was louml tnat the crali had actually pinned the gills of the fish to its sides, preventing it from breathing. A "Lion" Hunt In-Virginia. A telegram to the New York Herald sayB : The animal supposed to have been a lioness, which created such con sternation and terror among the citizens of Hanover and Henrico counties, has at last beeu killed. It was tracked from the upper portion of Hanover county to the low grounds on the banks of the Ohiekahominy, and then down the Brooke turnpike to a point within five miles of Richmond The tracks of the strange beast were plainly visible in the J farm of Mr. JJencott on the lirooKc road, and by ftctual measurement they were over five inches in width, nnd four in length; these tracts were sunk so deep in the newly plowed soil as not to leave the slightest doubt in the minds of the experienced zoologists and hun ters that tho auimal was a lioness, or some such monstrous beast. Wheievi r it was seen the people fled for fear of being attacked, and the greatest caution was observed by the parties who had been hunting it for a whole week. In the upper portion of Hanover a regular military force, composed of the rank and file of the militia, was organized to pur sue the beast. But every effort siguidly failed until tho animal was discovered in a shed ad joining a barn, near Hungary, in Hano ver county, by Mrs. Samuel Bowles, when she went to milk the cows. As soon as she saw it she ran back to the house and in a terror stricken manner related to her husband the fact that she had seen the lion. Mr. Bowles before returning to the spot fired off a pistol and gave the alarm to the neighbors, and soon a party arrived with rifles as sembled at his house. This party stealthily crept to tho barn, entered it and securely fasteneel the door behind them. They then made a recounoisance, and through some chinks in the weather boarding saw the supposed lioness lying in n corner of the Bhed. Tho parly lost no time, and soon they inserted the muzzles of their rifles in tho opening between the boards, nnd at a given signal, after taking deadly aim, a I leaden volley was poured into the bodv : of the animal anil it expired almost in stantly. When they "were satisfied it was dead the body was inspected by tho victorious slayers, and found to be that of a male animal of a dark yellowish color, measuring five feet ten inches from nose to tail and two feet eleven inches in height. It was an enormous carcass, the like of which had never be fore been seen in that section of country. But it was not until parties had arrived from Richmond that it was discovered to be a monstrous dog, a cross between a Newfoundland and a Mount St. Ber nard, which had recently been brought to this country by Mr. Benjamin Bar bour. The animal had strayed off and kept tho country in a state of intense ex citement. The military forces and hunt ing parties were all disbanded, and Hau- over once more rests quiet. Capture of Famous Brigands. Writing of Sicily, says a correspond ent, reminds me of the capture of the Alfani brothers, two famous brigands, who were arrested in Palermo on Easter Sunday. The two brothers, who have been for some time the terror of Sicilian provinces, and on whose heads was set a price of 1,000 each, ventured into the city to pass the day with some comrades and friends. Although perfectly dis guised and surrounded by trusty friends, the police in some mysterious way, dis covered thai tho brigands were in Paler mo, and nn ingenious plan was laid to capture thein. Two police agents dis guised themselves as peasants out for a holiday, and strolled about tho city un til they got near the. house in which the brigands were feasting with their friends. When within ear-shot the jiretended peasants feigned to quarrel. Words ran high, and the two made such a noise that tho brigands came to the window to see what was the matter. They saw, as they supposed, two peasants quarreling, and, enjoying tho sight, tho brigauds re mained to look on. At last the pretend ed row reached such a pitch that one of tho disputants drew a -revolver, upon which the other rau away, and the brigands' house being the nearest refuge he ran directly into the doorway, his ad versary wifh the revolver following in hot pursuit. Meantime another part of the phm was being curried out. While the noise outside was going on the house had been gradually and quietly bur rounded by the police, all in plain dross, however, and all more or less concealed, except two, vt ho, at a given signul, sud denly appeared on the scene, as if a' tcocted by the dispute. Seeing one man, revolver in hand, pursuing another, what more natural than that they should in turn give chase ? The first two rush ed into tho brigands' house, the others followed, a whistle was heard, and still other men appeared, and before the brigands comprehended the situation the room where they were was filled with armed men. Then, but too late, it flashed npon thein, and, although both brothers at tempted a desperate resistance, the odds were too great for them, and they were soon overpowered. Pinioned and handcuffed to each other, they were brought out into the streets of Palermo, where the report that ti e terrible Alfani brothers had at last beeu taken spread like wildfire, and the peo ple crowded into the streets, cheering the police as they marched along with their prizes. t inc aiooii s npecu iiici i-nMiig, It may not be known, to the world in general that the moon's speed is inereas ; ing. Astronomers call the phenomenon j secular aeceleration, and the fact lias been considered an established ono ever since astronomy took rank as a science. Ancient observers, like Ptolemy, fixed the acceleration at teu seconds iu a cen fliry, and the estimate wus considered accurate by succeediu g observer , Mod eru astronomers have found reason for doubting the accepted estimate, and Pio fessor Newconib has made elaborate re searches into the matter. He communi catee! the result of his labors at tho re cent meeting of the Academy of Sciences, and proves by his data that the rate of increase is only nix eecouds a century. As this is but six one-hundi eJths of a second in a year, we need not borrow 'un easiness through fear of any disastrous results during the lifetime of the present inhabitants of the globe, Items of Interest. A war poet Tho bom-bnrd. A put-up job roper-lianging. Tho cat It never reigns but it purre. ' The Centennial's Child " is what n Western paper calls tho permanent exhibition. Why is a man more devout when lie Jins a' cold in his bend ? Because he is on his sneeze most of the time. t A vagrant who had been fined regularly every week for begging requested tho magistrate to fine him by the year .at u reduced rate. Only six cireussea will take the road this summer, f.nd the small boy who isn't extra good will run n chance of being left outside the canvas. "Are these soaps all one scent?" inquired a lady of a f juvenile salesman "No, ma'am,' they're all ten cents," replied the innocent youngster. Some one writes to know whether head aches are apt to run iu families. Very likely, but it's tho head of the family that suffers most from them. The war maps of Europe don't get in quite enough mountains. If there was one more range people would feel certain that there was not enough level ground iu Turkey ior a croquet purty. It is a curious fact that au eight-year old boy can't Bit for five minutes on a cane-seat chair without getting the back- aehr, but he will walk right out and sit on the top of a hitching-post for half an hour and feel like peaches over it. Extract from a letter from Atchison, Kan.: "The ground is tremendously dry here ; the big rain of lust week did not reach tho ground ; the grasshoppers stood on their hind legs nnd drank tho water as fast as it fell. So I am informed. " Au English bride walked .from the church door to the altar on a' carpet of evergreens flowered with roses, lilies and violets ; but it won't be n year before sho will be scratching her husband's back with an old clothes brush in the most prosaic and satisfying manner. " I think my dear," said the President, as he took his' nightshirt from under the pillow, " that wo will give n dinner, by-and-bve, and have Sherry " "Ruther ford !" said Mrs. Hayes. " have Sheri dan and some of the army people," con cluded the commander-in-chief, as he adroitly slipped into bed, and left Mrs. Hayes to tuck up the- baby and turn dowu the gas. Commercial JiulMin. Kaiser Witbelm owns so many honor ary medals and marks of decoration that when ho wants to wear them all at one time ho has to put some of them ou an other man, his own coat not having acre age enough to contain them all, and ho won't stick them on his trousers for fear they will get under him when ho goes to kit, down. This news comes over by cable, ami if it is not true it is not our fault. Mouniins iu France. As regards mourning, the French aro far more sensible than we are. Iho rules of bowed shutters, and of wool and crape habiliments of the hue of outer darkness, would appear absurd to this peculiarly intelligent nation. Their rules on this head are extremely precise, each shade and stvlo of mourning being severely regulated. A widow must wear mourning for two years. Sho must wear black woolen stuffs, with collar, cuffs and veil of crape, for one year ; she must not creper or friz her hair, and she must wear a cap in the house during that period. At the end of one year she can wear black silk trimmed with black lace; this not very oppressive costume is tie rircur for six mouths. During the following six mouths, all shades of violet, gray and lilac, are permissible, after which, her two years' mourning having expired, she can dress as she pleases. 'Hie mourning for a parent cr a child is to be worn for one year ; six months of crape mid bombazine, three mouths of grays or purples. V r a crmidparent the rule is six months, nud for a brother or sister four months, tho half of which period only is to bo pasted in black stuff and crape. In deep mourn ing it is not considered proper to wear kill gloves, cloth be ng considered ap propriate ; nor is any ornament, even of dulled jet or of a Berlin iron admissible. When the head of n family dies, the ser vants are put in mourning as well a3 the relatives. Each servant receives from the heirs two complete toilets, one for every day wear and one for Sundays. Absten tion from society or worldly pleasures is marked by tho duration of the eleep mourning only ; that is to say, for one year after the death of a husbanel or wife, six months after that of a child or parent, etc. Apphton'a Journal. Not n l'enieily iu AH Cases. Mr. Oscanyan, in his book ' The Sul- j tan and his People," tells the following ! anecdote of a Turkish physician, whose prescriptions nnd method of treatment ! will interest practitioners in this country : A person exceedingly ill of typhus fever called in one of these medical gen- tleinen, who, although ho considered the case quite, hopeless, prescribed for his patient, and took his leave. The next day, iu passing by, lie inquired of a ser vant at the eloor if his master was not dead. " Dead ! No; he is much bet ter." Whereupon tho doctor proceeiled up stairs to obtain the solution of this miracle. " Why," said the convales cent, ? I was consumed with tLirst, anel I Jrank a pailful of the juice of pickled cabbage." ' Wonderful 1" quoth the doctor. And out came the tablets, on which the physician made this inscription: " Cured of typhus fever, Mehemed Agha, an ud holsterer. by drinking a pailful of pickled cabbage juice." Soou after, the doctor was called to another patient, a -yaghlikgee, or dealer in embroidered handkerchiefs, suffering from the same malady. He forthwith prescribed " a pailful of pickled cabbage juice." Ou calling the next day to congratu late his patient on his recovery, he was astonished to be told the man was dead. The Oriental Esculapius, in his bewil derment at these j heuomena, camo to the safe co&clus'on, and duly not ?d it in his memoranda, that " although in cans of typhus fever pickled cabbage juice is an efficient remedy, it is not, however, to be vised unless the patient be by pro : fession an upholsterer." i
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