( 83k Jwwt-gtjmMlfitt. 18 PUBLISHED EVERY WKDNK8DAY, BY OFFICE IS ROBIS301T k BONNER'S BUILDING ELM 8TREET, TI0NE8TA, PA. 1 : 1 TICTIMS, f2.'oo' A YKAR. . No Subscriptions receivod for a shorter period than throe months. Correspniidonro Molioited from all parts or the country. Nonotlcp M ill bo taken ot anonymous comuiunicatloriK. Itatos of Adv .. One Sqnara fliiii-h ,oiifl insertion -OneRiiare ' mn month - - A OneSquare " three months p (.-. OneHquare " one year - 10 00 Two Hqnares, one year --IftOg Quarter Col. 80 00 Ualf . " " - - ' 50 00 . . . - loo oo Togal notice at established rate. Marriage and death notice, gratia. 4 All billa for yearly advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertine menta must be paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery. VOL. X. NO. 50. TIONESTA, PA., MARCH 20, 1878. $2 PER ANNUM. ( rff a Off) (1 fj o ' r . . . . l On Ire Didn't Sell. "I b'lleve HI Hollthe farm, Jane Ann, and buy . a honse in towi) j '" " Jonos niado an offur yesterday he'll pay the money down. lie Raid he wasn't anxious, bnt he had the cash to spare, And reminded me that nowadays oaih sales are Tory rare. The farm ain't worth muob, anyway, the soil Is mighty thin, And the crop it yield are hardly worth the puttin' of them in ; Besides, that ponky railroad that they re put tin' through this way . Will cut the old place slap in two Jones told me no to-day. I ain't afearod of work, you know my daddy alius said, There ain't a Mingle lozy hair In Nehemlah'i Load.' There wan't no lazy hairs, I know, in that old bead of his, For he did the work of three hired men in spite . of rhenntatia. ' ' ' " No, no, I'm not afearod of work of that I doa't complain I've tried to wbrk with willin' hands in sun- shlno and in rain ; And I've alius wore a cheerful faoe, exoopt at times, maybe, When them giddy, heal-strong steers o' nine would ' haw ' when I yelled 1 gee !' Perhaps it miy be sinful for a mortal to find fault With tolling hard both day and night, if he only makes his salt, But I've thought while cradlin' rain-lodged oats j on the side-hill over there, Tha'j my orons was mint too hefty for a small boned man to bear. It's cus'om when a-plowiu' alius been my stumpy soil .. -, . : , . ... . i To hum som goad, o'd-fshiooed hymn it sorter caned my toll J : . ' Bat I tell you wh&t.'twas pretty hard to smoth er the words of sin ' . . WhenoVr a springy root 'ud break and whack mo on the sbli. " " "". I moution thse Vre things, Jane Ann, because I'd like to lead A ptactful. blunitUfh klcd o' life, from all temptations freed, 1 ' ; B'i'. as I Mg Hea-iian ' (He exint and tatr- bngii abound There'll be somo tall profanity at times a floatin' 'round. '';. 1 . 1 .' ? ' So now if yoVre agreed, Jne Ann, I'll sell the farm to Jouos He'll flnl that what it lacks In soil is well made up in stones And we'll a ove Into the town next eek- what's that you're sayiu', wife You'll novor leave the good old plaoe as long a you have life? Well, there it goes again, I vum ! Gj on and have your say Your bound to woar theVeeohes -in a flggera tive way; But you'll flud I'll have my way this time, old girl, as well as you, 8o ir you're bound to stay rlgkt hore, by gran niesI'll stay, too !" The Old Squire's Mistake. " True hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." Squire Atherten owned a fine place, and bad a plethoric rent roll, bo that money need not have been au object in the selection of a wife for bis only son, Cyril - Not being of a romantio temperament, he hod given bnt little thought to the matter, merely looking upon it as es sential, that at some distant time Cyril should form some suitable alliance, so that the name need not die out ; but there need be no haste, and a fortune must be among the lady's advantages. What, then, was his surprise and dis may, when Cyril came to him one morn ing and asked his consent to a marriage with a poor young girl, the orphan niece of a small farmer, who lived some three miles from Atherton manor. A stormy scene ensued. They parted in anger. Cyril mounted his favorite Madcap " and rode at once to Deep dale farm. Ililda saw him coming and met him at door. The rash young lover had not waited for his father's consent to woo her, and they had beeu betrothed for several weeks, lie had led Uilda to believe that she would -be welcomed to his home, and given a daughter's portion of love. It was hard to tell her the bitter truth, and in his anger and disappointment he did not soften one harsh word his father had said, even to calling Uilda a milk faced doll, whose pearly teeth and bright eyes had captivated him in spite of nis better judgment. " But we'll be married in spite of him, won't we. darling! He'll come to his senses then, I'll warrant. He'll think it . aUright when he can't help himself." llilda's rose paled as she listened to the eager boy, and the happy light which bad made her dark eyes so bril liant, had died away in somber shadows, but she answered with gentle resolution : " No, Cyril, two wrongs never made a right It doesn't sound like you to say such a (hiug. ' We are young and we can " wait until your father changes his mind. "That's what he'll never do," said Cyril, gloomily. If he takes a notion, an earthquake' wouldn't move him. If 'we wait for suoh a thing, we'll wait for ever." "Then it will be with a clear con science. Your father is an old man, and it might shorten his life, if you his only son should prove disobedient and un grateful. I cannot come between you and your father. Cyril listened to her with flashing eyes. I ' Then you will throw me over ? I who worship the very ground your feet have touched. Ob, Hilda, I did not think it of yon. My father wa right," he continued, gloomily. He said all women are alike selfish and mercen ary." "Don't Cyril; I know yon cannot be lieve it of me I Hear me I If you were to be crirrled in mind and boJy, and miserably poor, and no one elst had a prior claim to you. I would work myself to a shadow for you, and considej myself happy In doing "so. It is because I love you better than myself that I will not let you do wrong. But I will promise to go solitary and alone, so far as human love is concerned, to my grave.if it so be that we cannot marry. Dear, dearest Cyril, go home to your father snd do as he wishes, fully and entirely. Gods bless ing will surely rest upon the auttiui son." 1 ' Her voice broke.. With a wild im pulse she threw her arms aroiud his neck and kinsed him again ant again, between her sobs. It was her farewell. The next moment Cyril was Handing alone in the porch, and the heavy door was shut and bolted between them. After a few momenta of bewildering hesitation he mounted and rodt away. He could not but think forgifhgly of Hilda, as he recalled her anguished sobs, and felt her kisses burning upon his forehead she who had ever been so chary of her caresses. j bti-iveahe might; he did net again see Hilda. It seemed as thougi some unseen messenger was ever on tie alert to warn her of Lis approach. AJ last he grew desperate, and determined to leave borne. His father procured him a com mission in the army. He wished for a3 tivo service, and, as it was the feme of the Crimean war, he had no difficulty in carrying out his purpose. His regiment was one of the first sent out. Hilda heird of his departure withtear f ul eyes. Still she did . not regret the course she had tatceu. jonowinr uie noble example of Florenoe Nightiigale, the went to one of the hosrital training schools to fit herself to follow hej sol dier, if necessary, and nurse some poor victim of the war bask to life, or to soothe his dying moments if he wm be yond help. But ot'aer work was in store for her. A letter from home brought news of au epidemic of the most fatal type Df ty phoid fever in her own village.' The inhabitants were so alarmed that they were leaving the plaoe, and nurses could not be obtained, so great was the fear of the contagion. The concluding iUm was this : 1 " Squire Atherton is down withit, and of all the indoor servants at the manor, old Hannah, who took care of the mis tress in her last sickness, is the oily one left. She declares if she leaves the mas ter in his tore need, it'll only be feet first.' " j Without a moment's hesitation Hilda went to the matron, telling her ske was needed at home, and procured her dis charge. Then, laden with her precious, newlv-crained knowledge, she took the first homeward-bound train. Old Hannah was seated at the master's bedside, looking worn and weary, As Hilda came Boftly in, dressed i her clinging gray flannel dress, witl her glossy hair hidden by a close-fitting mus lin cap, she looked to the surprised old woman like an apparition. Hilda smiled and held out her hand as she whispered: ' Don't vou know me Hilda, of Deepdale farm? I am here to help you. I know what to do, so don't be afraid to trustme. I'll watch the master faithfully if you'll go and take a rest." Something in the girl's quiet, resolute manner impressed the faithful old servant that she was making no idle boast,or she would not have yielded up her po. As it was, weary human nature asserted ita olairas, and she went gladly. 1 She soon came bock with a bowl of V. 1 . 1 1 . lt 1 . 11. warm soup. It tasteu graieiuiiy io uie young nurse, as she had not broken her fast sinoe the reception of the letteh After this, Hilda was left alone,, with the sick man. The night wore wearily away, the silence only broken bjr the restless moans of the sufferer, when Hilda would straighten his pillo, and pass her cool hand with a magnetictouch over his forehead, thus giving him a momentary relief. s After old Hannah was thoroughly rested, she and Hilda divided the time in the sick room, and by that means kept their strength Irom giving out. 1 It was a weary fight with death: but a strong constitution, aided by careful nursing, carried the squire through. The delirium passed away, and a deep slen came upon him. It was the ciisis. ' If he awakens rational and comfort able, he is saved," said the doctor. Vlf, on the contrary, he falls into a staie of coma, nothing can neip mm. Hours parsed on. Every tick ol the silver-tongued repeater on the mantle seemed to find an echo in the hearts of the anxious watchers. At last the critical moment came. The squire awoke free from fever, though weak as a child. He was saved. At first Hilda kept as much as posuble out of his sight, shrinking into the shadow of the heavy damask curtains when he was awake. Lut he did not seem to notice her, and she gradually forgot her antion. During his long and tedious convales cence he was often querulous and in tractable. Then Hilda wonld take a book and read to him in her low musical voice, and thus soothe him to sleep. She was only waiting until her pres ence was not absolutely ueeutni u go back to her self-imposed duty at the hospital. One morning she had been reading the Times, until the squire was, as she thought, asleep. Then the paper dropped listlessly in her lap. Her thoughts, unmindful of time and space, were with him she loved so faithfully selfsacriflcingy. A trembling voice suddi-nly roused her from her reverie : ' "Hannah tells me you are going away. Is it necessary? Can any other eick person need you as much as I do ?" Hilda looked at the old man in sur prise. A cadence, born of loneliness and sorrow, in his voice, touched her unspeakably ; and as she recalled the 1 ale, hearty squire, who often rode by the farm in the pleasant old da s, call ing out a cheerfnl good-morning to her uncle in his stentorian tone, tears came to her eyes to see what a wreak of his former self he had become. After a brief hesitation phe said softly: " If you need me I will not go away for the present." " I do need you very much," was the reply. " So that matter is settled. Now, nurse, I want to ask you a question. Have I ever seen you before ? Somehow yonr faoe seems familiar, but I cannot place it. Hilda felt the bio od dyeing her face, even to the border of her cap. She turned away, ostensibly to adjust the folds of a curtain, in reality to avoid a reply. Just then Hannah came in with the mail. Important news from the army was expected, there having been rumors of an engagement. " Get the paper, nurse, and run over the war items." Hannah caught the words and passed ou her way out. In her way Bhe was ns much interested as the squire. Was it not her nursling who was far away on the battle-field striving to win his spurs ? Hilda took the paper and ran her eyes over the columns. One painful moan escaped her lips ; the next mo ment she lay apparently lifeless on the floor. The heavy fall loosened her cap, and her hair rolled in all its rich luxuri anoe around 'her a kindly mantle hid her deathly face from even old Hannah's pitying eyes, A dash of cold water soon revived her, and as soon as the fright occasioned by her sudden illness had subsided, the squire took the paper, and saw facing him in staring letters : A BLOODY ENGAGEMENT, Great loss of officers and men Cyril AtherUn, of the Grays, mortally wounded, while endeavor ing to silence a bat tery. , The letters swam before his eyes. He could read no more. He rose feebly and dragged his shaking limbs to Hilda's side. "My poor girl," he said, brokenly. But he did not finish his sentence ; for, at the sound of his voice Hild i opened her eyes and looked at him, first in a dazed, dewildered way, then she put out both hands had motioned him away. " We have killed him between us 1 Do you hear ? You and 1 1 Oh, my darling 1 my darling I" The Squire turned to Hannah : " Who is this young woman ?" " Lord bless us, sir. Didn't you know it was Hilda? Master Cyril's Hilda, who has been risking her own life to save vours ?" Hilda's voice interrupted them: " The grave is the lonesome couch we have eriven your bonny head, and your father may think it a better one for you than your low-born unaa sarin, ud, my own Cyril, could you but know how my heart ached when I shut the door in your face, and . sent you to do your duty: but you never, never will be the wiser ! You have gone forever, and thinking, too, that Hilda was cruel and heartless. Oh, cruel Hilda I and more cruel father 1 It made the old man's frame quiver like an aspen leaf to hear the bereaved girl. He felt himself almost a murderer, os the low plaintive tones made their ac cusation against him. He took her hand at last, and said : " My poor girl, forgive me and help me to bear this bitter, bitter punish ment. From this moment, be Cyril alive or dead. I will make amends to you for my unthinking cruelty both to doing well, and as soon ns he would be able to bear the journey, to be sent home, wearing on his breast a decoration earned by his own bravery. After this there was a happy house hold at Atherton manor. Lady Hargrave was versed in all the womanly accom plishments, anctshc found Hilda an apt pupil. V The squire could hardly show enough fondness for the gentle girl who had been so patient and tender in care of him through his tedious illness. The sight of her pretty faoe bending over her em broidery, or engaged in weavimg some delicate crochet pattern, seemed to him like a tangible promise that he was not to be left a lonely old man. oo the days wore on until the pale young soldier came home. Then there was quite a wedding the festivities con sequent upon the marriage of the heir of the manor being reserved until the re turn of the bridal pair from a lengthened tour in Italy, when it was fondly hoped that Cyril would be fully restored to health and strength, so that the tenantry could be made happy by his presence. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. A Turkish Assault Four Centuries Airo. J. W. De Forest has an article in Harper1 Magazine on "The Turkish Wars with the Hospitalers," from which we make an extract giving an account ot a Turkish assault on the city of Rhodes the chief city of an island of that name in the Mediterranean July 27tn, iju. Mr. De Forest says: To prevent the con struction of supplementary defenses, a cannonade of twenty-four hours was hurled through the breach. At sunrise on the 27th of July came the assault. The defenders, lying on the inner slope of the mound of ruins, worn out with long watching and continuous uproar, were mostly sunk in that deep sleep ox utter weariness so well known to the soldier. Before they fairly awoke and oommenced their battle, groups of Turks had scaled the ramparts on either side of the srap, and were firing down into it, while a body ot some five hundred had succeeded in flanking the line and enter ing Jew street. The grand master, conceiving that the hour of martyrdom was at band, unluri ed the great standard of St. John and called upon his kuiffhts to follow him to death. Their first charge Ifroke and slaughtered to the last man the unbe lievers who had penetrated the city. Next they rushed to the captured ram- Darts: the stairs were choked with rub' bish, but they mounted on ladders,- the Turks meanwhile hurtling stones and pouring in missiles. Twice wounded, twice pushed down the ascent, D'Aubus- son was the first to reach the summit. and the first to drive his half -pike into an Osmanli. Several others fell under his thrust, and meantime his companions were by his side, swiftly regaining the walls. Pala?ologu8 hurried forward a chosen body of janizaries to the support of his escaladers. Twelve of them, bound by a solemn oath to slay the grand master, fought their way up to him, and pierced his armor in three places . His followers, horror-stnoken and roused to franzy, rushed- on the assailants with renewed fury, sweeping them down the steeps and out of the breach. A general rout followed, bearing away the pasha him self, and tumbling back the fugitives into the Turkish entrenchments, while the swords of the Christians sprinkled the way with their blood. It was the nnai euort oi tue mvaaers, and the final triumph of the defenders. On the 19th of August, after a furious siege of three months. Palreologus with drew his armament, carrying away 15,- 000 wounded and leaving J),UUO dead, it grieves one to learn that the renegade esoaped the bow-string of his wrathful master, and was merely pnnisned lor nis failure with the loss of his dignities and banishment to Gallipoli. " Impart a ore of Having U4 Haras. In a climate sochangeable as ours, the proper care and stabling or domestic animals are of more importance to their health and thrift tbau a large number of farmers seem practically to admit. Fall, winter and spring, storms of ram, snow and sleet not unrrequentiy last, two, and sometimes three days. No humane, prudent farmer should leave so important and reliable domestio ani mals as horses and cattle exposed to such storms during either day or night. It is greatly against the interest of any one to do so. Much has been said and written that stock does better to roam at large over the farm, but this is a sad mistake, practically we have proven to our entire satisfaction that such a prac tice is ruinous in the extreme to the in terests of any farmer who would make his occupation a profitable one. We are satisfied that stock of any kind will con sume almost double the quantity of feed, if fed in the pastures and wood lands of the farm, than if fed in good, dry, comfortable stables. This is in itself proof enough ior its advantages ; and then, in connection with this, it is not half the labor to feed and you and mm. xou snau oe io me as mnoVi mv il drier btAr &a thonch vou were Cyril's wife. But as long as Cyril was not reported dead, there may be room for houe. He may come bock to us vet." Hilda caught eagerly at the ray of hope. " Oh, tell me truly," ehe aid clasp ing her hands in her intense eagerness, until the nails almost cut into the ten der skin, "could :t be possible that there was a mistake? Do they ever put the wrong name down ?" " I have known of instances of one offi cer being taken for another in the haste and confusion of a battle, and this tele gram was Beut while the conflict was Btill raging." So they tried to hope evon while every one else was thinking sorrowfully that the kind, bright-faced young master wes lying with his faoe to the stars, no longer ignorant oi ineir voiceless my tenes. in his solemn sleep, Hilda remained at the manor. It was a oomfort to the old man to make, as he thought, this expiation for his fault, i iu. it.-i ... ." il. a household might be fully understood, he announoed her. to be his son's be trothed wife, and invited Lady Hargrave, his widowed sister, to come and lend the sanction of her presence to the young cirrB residence in his home, The next telegram brought cheering tiAwa. Cvril had htt au arm. but was Shocking Scene in a Church. A recent dispatch from Richmond, Ind., is to the following effect: City Marshall L. Schafer, has just returned from Knightstown, reports that himself, Park Page, from ltichmond, aad utneers Kehoe, from Indianapolis and Haynes, of Knightstowu, took Harry FoiweU, the Knightstown saloon keeper, arrested ou suspicion of being the murderer oi John W. White, to Carthage to-day, and arrived at the church just as the funeral services over the murdered man were oompleted. They took the prisoner into the church to looK at the corpse, lie evinced such agitation that the murdered man's sister screamed in affright. In stantly the crowd in the church made a rush upon the prisoner, whom tney tried to force from the officer. Revolvers were drawn, the women screamed, the preacher leaped upon a chair and ex horted the crowd to keep the peace, and only owing to his influence were the officers able to remove ox wen irom tne church. Upon the street the mob of sev eral hundred made another rush upon the officers, demanding tue pns oner, and crying, " onooi me muraer- er." "Hang him." "Stone him to death," and such like expressions. The offloera forced their way through the crowd with their revolvers, and took the prisoner to a justice's office, privately secured a hack, drove rapidly from town and took the prisoner to Rushville, across the country nearly twenty miles, Arriving there, they were met by a large crowd, but had no difficulty in locking up the prisoner in iail. loxwell is Baltimore rough, and bears a bad repu tation. It is the general belief that he in cuiltv. and be would have been lvnrh ed to-Jay but for the firmness of the nffit'ers and a few law-abiding citizens who anticipated au effort would be made to lynch the prisoner, see after the stock ; besides there is no everlasting tramping over the farm ruining the hope of next year's grass, as tramping over the pasture fields by a big lot of stock all win ter, and much of the time when it is very wet and muddy, almost ruins good grass land. There is not a word that can be said to favor out-door feeding, Feed under shelter. This is the way to secure good profits lor your trouble, since every farmer has more or less stock to feed during the winter months, if a stock barn is properly constructed, well lighted, dry, comfortablevand thorough ly ventilated, animals of all kinds will endure confinement cheerfully, with no desire to be outdoors. A good barn contributes to the con venience and comfort of everything, and imparts an air of thrift, neatness and order to the entire farm that never fails to favorably impress all who visit it. Light, warmth and ventilation are i dispensable to the health and develop ment of animals, and these conditions should be found inevery barn. Many a farmer loses more than enough grain in the course of five or ten years to build a good bnni. An ample, well arranged building of this kind will supply the place of several other unsightly itruo- tures which occupy space and necessitate trouble, not being adapted to what could be termed a food system of feeding. It is argued that it is too expensive to erect big barns for feeding all the stock on a farm. This is true, isut then tne Darn must bo built to suit the farm, and this changes the matter. A small farm will need a small building, and a large lurm, one more capacious. So the expense of building need not be more for either than they can afford. The pdvantages and convenience resulting from them demonstrate that it is ti ne economy to have them. Better do without some thing else aad secure neat, convenient barns, and each succeeding Beason win prove more clearly the wisdom of the investment. Practical Farmer. Itertiies. A Chrap FnuiT Cake. In one quart of sifted flour add a teacup of sugar, half a cup of butter, one cup of washed, dried currants, two heaping teaspoons of baking powder and epioe to taste ; rub all thoroughly into the flour, then stir in cold water to make a sun batter, Bake an hour, first half hour quickly, then slowly. A Swiss Soup. Boil three pouuds of potatoes, mash them well and add slowly some good broth, sufficient for the tureen. Let these boil together ; thn add some spinach, a little parsley, lemon, thyme and sage, all chopped fine : boil all together five minutes penoer and salt to taste : lust bafoie tak f . . . .. . i ii ing it off tne nre io serve auu iwo wen beaten eggs. GoiiPEN Lemonadh. Make a lemon ade rather more tart than for ordinary drinks ; take as mauy eggs as you have used lemons, and beat until thoroughly light, adding during the process, half a cup of powdored sugar to a half dozen eggs ; when thoroughly ugnt, pour mio the lemonade, keeping it well stirred. This makes a delicious, cool and healthy drink, and w particularly acceptable to ladies. Corn Dodgers. One quart of corn meal, a tablespoonful of Urd, two eggs, a tablefipoonful of salt, scald the meal, with the lard in it, with boiling water, cool with a little milk, add the eggs, beaten light, beat very hard for ten minutes, mako them tlrin enough with cold milk to drop off the spoon and re tain their shape in boiling lard ; serve hot. Have the lard boning uoi wnen you drop them in. Excellent Roixs. Melt m one and a half pints new milk a quarter of pound of butter lard will answer, or one-half the quantity each of lard and butter. Have ready two and a half pounds sifted flour, in which mix well half a teaspoon f ul salt, one grated potato, which should have been boiled the day previous, that it may be peifoctly cold. As Boon as the milk is lukewarm, Btir it in ; add a teacup of yeast and knead welL In cool weather let it stand near the stoe, that it may rise in three or four hours ; then put in a cool plaoe an hour or more; then work in half as much more butter, incorporat iug it thoroughly in the dough. w 11.. : lvt xorm u mio r 'no, piumi u i a f A. 1 ...... 1 , , I .Lam .IDA ntlAlt BT hour, then bake iu a quick ove The man who would like to seejJu Items of Interest, A Btitch in time saves harsh language A bakers' congress has just been held in Pans. TEere are in Prussia 61,398 teachf rs, . but out of this number only 5,538 nre women. Wisconsin has 20,000,000 acres of land which have never been broken or felt the plow. The Paris exhibition will be open evenings, and will be lighted by an elec tric light. Chicago had 365 failnres during 1877.. One for every day in the year, including the Sundays. Why is the chin the most unlucky part of the body ? Because it is constantly getting into scrapes. Good striving Brings thriving. Better a dog which works Than a lion that shirks. Professor Gorini, of the University of Padua, treated the body of Victor Em-. manuel with a preparation which made it as hard as marble. " Tell your mistress that I've torn the curtain, said a lodger to a female domestic. "Very well, sir; mistress . will put ii down on the bill as extra rent "The bright lexicon of yonth," in which " there is no such word as fail," doea not seem to be a very popular dio- t tionaryin the mercantile community just ' now. , Wonder if it wonld be considered a remarkable original observation if we should intimate that the stuffing has been knocked out of Turkey. Cincin- ' nati Breakfast Table, " You're getting a great deal of silver, aren't you ?" he said, as he paid his fif teen cents at the lunch counter, and took half the toothpicks in the tumbler. "Yes, bnt we're getting short of tim ber," replied the clerk. Mr. Sam Clay, of Bourbon countv.Ky., owns nearly enough laud to enable him to ride to Paris, Ky., on his own prop erty. The profits on his farming opera tions enable him to buy 500 or 600 acres ' of blue grass every year. A new piece of music, composed by a New York newspaper man, is entitled the "Editor's Waltz." The title-page ' should be embellished with a picture of v the editor waltzing after a subscriber who is seven years in arrears. It is when a boy finds himself, without any solicitation on his part, assigned to a position between the ruler and his teacher s knee, tnat he feels the impera- . tive necessity, or at least the desirabili ty, of ordering the immediate mooiiiza- i tion of all his lorces. jsurungton t Hawkey e. Sixtv-flve of the eighty-one lives lost ' at the Ashtabula disaster have been paid ' for by the Lake Shore and Michigan S mthern railroad company at a rate a eraging $5,000 apieco. The most ex-' pjnsive life cost the company 89,000, . and a newly married coupje were ap- ( praised at only $3,000. A Californiau has inveu ted an ingenious water faucet, through which, if water ib . drawn, it comes out as cold as ice-water. Boiling water placed in any receptacle, i and allowed to run through, will be found cool and fit to drink. The faucet i contains numerous small tubes iuclosed in larger ones, and between the outside T of one aud the inside of the other certain chemicals are packed, which produce the desired eft'eut. A co-operative society of working men in Paris, in the hope of obtaining -steady work and remunerative prices, t have opened a shop at 2 Boulevard du ' Temple for the manufacture and sale of underclothing for both sexes, and of flow ers, hats and dresses for women. There . is also an association of journeymen tailors established on a firm basis, at 72 1 Boulevard Sebastopol and 33 Rue Tnr bigo, which advertises that it obtained a prize at the Philadelphia exposition. A popular Newport (B, 1.1 clergyman was sitting in his room a few evenings ago, when a man knocked at bis door, and said his services were required at a boarding house a short distance away. The clergyman went witn tne messenger, but the expected wedding did not come off. It was found that a sick man, in an outburst of gratitude, had informed, hia female attendant that he would marry her if she would send for a minister, but he had changed his mind and refused to keep his promise. A lady contributes to the JSVi Jerus alem Messenger, for the information o.f the children, a little result of her obser- vation in natural history. It is the way Puss has of showing when she is thirsty aud when she has drank enough. "If. she wants milk," writes this observant lady, " you will notice that her long tail stands straight out Jixe a panuer. an the blind man. Giv her a saucer and watch her tail ; as she eagerly laps the milk, the tail gradually droops from its position, falling lower inwAr until it rests on the floor. Then Pussy has finished her drink, and wants no more. Try it." The American whaling fleet of 1877 m i mi n r was very suooessiui. inere wwo special disasters, and no changes iu the business worthy or note, wp-b the continued additions to the fleet. Twelve vessels were built during the year. The present fleet oonnista of 18 J vessels, against 172 on Jiury 1, 1877, 1G9 in 1876 and 163 in 1875. The North and South Atlantio ocean employ over 100 vessels, while the more fruitful grounds oUhe Pacifio ooean, Japan a: ul New Zealand are almost deserted. 11 North FaciAC fleet lost three ve.. ' iiteen vessels came ou wun Jf l.Otio barrels oi oil auu j whalebone. i
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