The Robin.
BT JOB> o. **rmn.
PubHL from Cn th* lock* of RCH- ,
And listened to bear the robin *in.
Iter grandson. plating t marbles. stopped.
And cruel in sport, a* boy* ill bo,
••N*y I" said the cmndmothor ; "h*v<- you n>t
hoard,
My poor bad boy 1 of tho dorr pit,
brfdffa cool dew in hit Attic till,
And lets it fall on the aonla of mis;
Yon can tea the mark on hi* cist hroat still
Of fire* that acorch a* he drop* it in.
PiltfWKJiLHSK'itor 4 " uJ
Very dear to the heart of our Lord
Li ha wW pities the lest like Hint I"
"kaita • I said ta •****ntfu)
"Stag, bird of Ood. in my heart a* well;
E*eh (food thonjtht i a drop wherewith
To 4001 and loaaon the ire* of hik
!11 I*ay< ie of kwe.ifke r*h*ibi.* Jll! **
Tear* of uitT are routing dew,
Ani dear to'the tern of vLr< *"
WlUaulß uHlnm in ISie piM they do!"
Hon tMc t4nb (\i4*hf the lm Fash
ioned llufsik*.
(Thin* iikh iikei Elii f t
'lf there is it's doepinh don,
And .tout crop out at outv>nmrm titiue.
As it •hs s in a atllii or blown,
Or a Iwttehnian. ftr a YiiiVce,
•Vi T v lawI aw m'Y
t Nt. twr! tnew rM-okinm.l vLtei
Mean Wssst, and a good drat more ;
And when von are kwst ospecting the same
Jtp jie iial .i!aid, n'lsrief,
Wfwal>n-h. *t atoi4. MtbawaiTuw,
Aim it irocopef itbiOemia.- mtrth
. And **- they rtde by the siannc light
Of yowrteroely Uhnrfnj; hearth!
1 burnt maeb Iwv Aw an Iwjwn ;
And when Uw'• •Mm worth while
I*l*yd £ on iUp amokim; varnuiu,
I P*n"t ktvp h*Pk wmlr -
No nure than I ran * hniM,
When | f*e Hunt twt'Whu' tUal
With • tre*fhrua Wk, like a hungry w.if
Thai** vratchin' along th<> route.
T* ft* down in'tbr'" Chrenut ttuK U
N heen kan tin* for bur a wvek ;
Ami of all thr lurk I over ha.l.
That wa* ofteut Ihv ik*hvi streak.
I vrae fry-Hii' Nno ami Urvtl
A* 1 lay thar on tin- groun I,
But muftoy •)Uiok r <V l<u 1 ) s roused
ItH" cause I aoon dukitmil;
Fur the great I'antic line
Ran store afotur. uil thar w** Hie ear*
I tell you. the witkt waft tii.c :
On kaAia* flown at tiwtM'k,
An Inlun. with etotu Uere.
aroatxt hi* mint, I aw,
Waa aaU'fatn' the iitgm* 100.
I &U lakl iow for mc>o,
Fur 1 knew there'd U' a tune.
With the ingine's shriek, ami the Injun'*
whoop.
lake a thttuder storm in June.
On. n, like the wind it earn. !
Firm Ml that rtuwil *ll d:" '
" Sold! o!d!" cried I. while the Injun
And the <*re went oat of ftighl;
But never shall T. till my dying day,
Kit-get Itia look of fright,
I haint much Sure for an Injun,
hat 1 almost pitied him
Fur fc' ieiW totf* ftocrH Land
a bAhie griw. ? ' 1
r f.M: r
WHAT C AM or if. Vl.orsY.
It WAA a misty, yet sweet September
night. 1 nn see tii ky as it is hung
.. over Sttftum JSest, our sea-side home, tai
ry VJue, with here ami there a patch of
white float my and tho harvest
trnwui ruining up awl flooding all the world
with gfrWeu splendor. I remember how
the crimson roses bung about the door
heavy with t hair own sweetnes*; and what
sugp'sriwuojorft floated up from the flow
er he* in the dim M garden. I can ever
i ruifiwVr the dress I wore—pure white,
heraine that was the dre.vs in which mv
- htmhand-kwed me best. Did he Tore me
at all? th- yht V J yellow gold that
won him ?
1 mtucdiatelw aftf! our marriage we went
on theCootinJit, f here we rambled about
for a year or tpa.Jrinteriig in Rome, and
sjwiMling surf fMtivfr amid the Alps.
Toen ijrt tntand bomC .But the rum&n
--• W waal# if upon and we took
what Our coupflK anordo l'tyi the way of
life. Bi tl' midst of tjfhi wawlcr
\ *•;, in a country town amid the Safe.-*, my
■" • <t trouble (A#. >h t byyeconuday Jf
our sojourn at Ok hotel "in this place, to
which we had cotne tn accordance with my
husband's wish, I missed Imp. He was
frhirig for trout; una of our party suggcto
ed, andaakhfrJtkni'Kw *vc strolled down
ia§ made, me gUmcc that way. Hwrc thev
•'•P* V fide, ®y hubatid *u l a
J** 1 ™? *** db glossy
mowt 1 paired on ia aScnar; but
'hat sis-;t. tnjr husband returned
mt# mugfil' y, f wrr rwrrytjUnd cold.
I refused to Uncc, and *w*d j waa sog lor
him. J nre from phce to place,
hit pf Apliyitud© Use instant
we were in our own room he taught mv
T
! to&itm Hh*t tro ,i les
■ V 1BH" •wifjUK' *• *a o- 't wft >
' ronHRS c.udi nat tei) Mm. 1
was afraid to let him know that I doubted
his iiitegfftr.
u lJorace. H I qacptkmed timidly, "do you
ore tne,i p <
His fine eye* opened with astonishment.
But he answered pas-iy.atcly. "Ixjtd
you ? Aye, better than yon will erer
.J know, ViHet. r (
■•Did you—have you erer loved any one
else ?* ! faltered."
"Never. Viofct, on my honor."
I was happy, yet not entirely satisfied.
I was a wntpaa. K*o ate the forbidden
fhiit with Pariulise all aroand ber. 11
"Tben wbo was it. 1 (altered, that wo
man—l saw with you—this afternoon V
He started, Arjd flushed rerr red for a
moment, thefl hrfktuflted.
"Oh," he said, u jea!ous, are you 1 Then
I am sure yon love iw. But, seriously,
dear, I ought fr> apologize for my long b
--att;. That woman was a friend, i old
friend of mine—she * in distress, and! liad
***} reiisjied 7*
™ ■mxMbd my head in assent; yot my
heart was not quite at rest. After that we
went ci vil to the Swan's Nest, our sea
side liotne, and settled into aober married
life i and for some uiontlis our bliss was
perfect 5 and tben that dfe*dful , night
ttAhJ # ~ f
Hcrace has licen gone all day. He hail
not home to dinner as was hi* cifo
torn ; M after luring ordered tea,! dress
' Od'yeetftfnd mt down iri tlic roae-ha<lel
- t* 1^1 1" 'wait liim. Huwet. dnsir. even
ing ; the moon soaring up above the sea !
Still hg did m>t Come. l>ina<-r and *p|p i
baalfotll got .spoiled ; the llouci* in my
hair were fkefing, and I was sick and weary
with waiting and suspense. Horace had
never remained away no Jong since our
marnage. What could detain hii* so?
Vety slowly the erening went by. TVclve
o'clock came, the moon dropped out of
fight, leaving me in darkness. An owl
hooted from the top <jf the old willow, and
the surf beat with a weary, sobbing sound.
i v aried inj.s*]f up ipto a porfect tre
mor of alarm and nervous excitement; and
by degrees, the old doubt, or fear, or what
ever it waa, stole lock to my mind. My
husband was cruel to keep me in rucb sus
pense. He did not love me ! It never oc
curred te me that he might be detained
against hif will. When at last, the clock
vws on the stroke of three, I caught the
—T quick tramp <f bis horsf* fret. Alt it
aid pot greatly relieve me. I felt aigry ;
'i and instead of running down to meet him,
as my woman'* nature prompted me, I
yielded to my petted, wayward will, and
kept my aeat When be reached the porch
he sprang down flushed and eager.
"Violet," he cried, the.rooment be caught
sight of me, "and are you up yet ? lam so
sorey."
lie approached, both hands extended.
But i turned from him and walked into
the hall
He stood for a moment, in silent aston
ishment, then followed and took my hand,
though I kept my face persistently averted
"Violet.* he said, "what is it ? Are you
ill, tired'? I was sorry to keep you wait
ing, hat these circumstances—"
"iTqyr mind the circumstances now !""
I exclaimed, pettishly. "I am very tired,
'and now that you are safe, 1 win go to
bed."
He loosened his hold on my hand, but
loolttsi after me. as I lakbi^-wkh.glance
I shall ue*er forge*, /i c*n see hfcu now
as be stood in the moonlight, so hahdsome
and noble: and I loved him so well! I
wonder why I turned from him thai tight. l
Heaven knows bow ft pained me, fcfThe j
FRED. KURTZ, Editor ami Proprietor,
t
VOL. IV.
spoiled, willful tetu|K-r, that HA* IHVII my
ruin, urged ut on,
Hid you ever speak a harsh word to one
you love, and feel something within vow
prompting you to speak another f Then
you understand how it was that I left my
husband standing there, wearv and sup|ier
fres.
"Violet, dear," he said softlr, as I paused
; involuntarily at the Lead i 4" the stairs,
1 Vtune Iwrk and let me explain ; you know
I have not kept you waiting willingly."
Hut I went on without a word; not to
our chauilier, but to a dressing room ex
clusively my own, ami dosed and locked
the door. 1 am sure the Evil One must
have had control of uic that night. In a
little while he came up stalls, ami tried tho
look of my dour; ami then he called my
name softly ; but I did not answer—ami he
went away.
A duteii times that night 1 lifted my
throbbing head from my tear-wet pillow,
Ito go out to hint to implore his forgive
ness ; but pride kept me hack. Thus I lav
steeples*, till morning. It was a wild
tUorniuff, tori, with drifting rein and sob
bing winds, and the sea thundering ou the
strand.
My Inisliaud was in the breakfast-room
; when I went down, lie turned ami said
kindly, "flood morning, dear. Are you
quite well P
• Quite well, tliank you." I responded,
crossing to a window ou the ojtpusite side
ot the room.
lie now, and I hoped he was coin ill r to
my side; but he only looked at his watch
ami said, "Be kind enough to lei me have
breakfast at once, Violet, if you can. I
am in a hurry, for I have important mat
tew to look after.''
1 rang the bell at once, and placed my
self at the head of the table. When the
ehcerlotis re|a*t was over, and my husband
rose to go, 1 felt the hot tears hliudmg
me. 1 could not let him leave me in anger.
1 had made a step towards him a hen he
spoke, and his words roused all my old au
ger ami discontent
"Violet, he said, I mar not !>e here to
dinner. Don't wait for me ; it is imjxissi
ble—"
"Make no excuse*, 4r, I replied haugh
tily ; none are needed."
Oh those sad reptuaehful eve*! But his
lips uttered 110 retort. He only said,
1 *Oood bye, dear," and went out.
; * I watched him from the window, hidden
behind a curtain, as he rode away through
the driving rain.
The memory of that day comes !>ack to
me like a terrible dream! Towards even
i ing my agony Iweame unendurable ; and
ia* the rain rea*el, I determined to drive
over to my father's bouse, in the neigh
boring village. About half way we met a
close carriage, containing a lady and gen
' tleman.
"Why, that'* Mr. Reado!" exclaimed
my coachman, a* the vehicle dashes! past
our plueton.
Unc glance contuiue<l his word*. It iras
my haistand; and by his side was the same
wetnan that f had seen with hint once Iw
' fore. My resolution was taken on the io
-tant. 1 ordered my servant to drive liack
to Swan's Nest. 1 would not await my
husliand's retuni; and 1 aid to myself I
could not even charge him with his infidel
ity ; I would go away at once, and never
let him see my face again.
In a short time 1 was ready for my de
parture. I wrote a note for florace, tell
ing him that I believed our marriage had
been an unwise one, and that I should be
I happier with my own friends. I bogged
him not to hunt me down as a fugitive ;
but to leave me to follow the bent of my
own inclination. I put the note on the
tabic, and went out from the house, whore
my life bad been so happy. In less than a
week, my father and I were on our way to
Italy.
At the expiration of two wretched year*
|we returned; and I learned from our"law
yer that my husband had sailed (or India,
first, making over to me, in fee simple, all
hi* real estate. He never, so the lawyer
said, expected to return. I went Imek to
Swan'* Nwt- Everything wa unchanged.
The rooms were just as 1 had left them.
My husband would not let them be touched
' the housekeeper said.
"Had she heard from liim 7" ! asked.
' "Only once," she replied, and then the
letter contained another; aud it was on
my dressing table."
I went for it myself and read there in
my old ro .m:—
"Violet," it began "you must pardon
this intrusion. It will be the last, for in
all human probability, the disease that now
consumes ute will soon give me a grave in a
foreign land. But there are a few things I
wish to say before I die. I was wrong
not to explain all to you from the first.
But I desired to spare you what you might
. consider a disgrace. 1 thought you could
, and would trust me. It wa* ray sister you
saw. She wa* vain and frivolous, and
eloped with a profligate. That marriage
wa* illegal, and Ethel wa* disgraced. She
came to tnc lor help. I could not refuse
tier. I wa* tnkrng her to a *afe asylum
when I tva* absent that night. You under
stand it all now. Don't be troubled, dear,
but forget me, and be happy. My sister
1 is dead now, and 1 lave not, I (car, long
|to live. God bless you, dear ! In heaven
> all these wrong* will be righted."
I For two years T lived alom al Swan's
! Neat—two year* of inexpressible agony :
1 then the new* came. A ship, homeward
Iwund from Calcutta, was lout and Horace,
lleade wa* one-of the passengers. That
I wa* the death of hope !
Another year dragged by. One sweet
May evening I strolled down to the sea
ilioro.j The sun-was setting in wave* of
indd a*d purple, and a full moon came up,
flooding the great sea and the long sf retch
of glittering san 1 with misty splendor.
The tide rolled in with a low, musical mur
mur. I sat down on a rock.
Far out upon the bar a stately vessel
swung at anchor, and a little boat from it
was coming in. I watched the tiny craft
with a kind of fascination. Presently it
grated on the sand, and a man sprang
ashore.
A wild, nameless hope took shafie in
lay heart. I arose and tottered forward,
blind and half unconscious. The instant
after a strong arm clasped me.
I looked up in the face above me. It
was wan and worn, and changed by suffer
ing, but I knew it in an instant.
"Ob, Horace! my husband!" I cried,
"forgive me."
Then I le't his tears upon my cheek, hi*
kines on my lips, and I sank into his arms
insensible.
It is all over—the remorse the loneliness
and the aching heart! We live at .Swan's
Nest —my dear, forgiving husband and my
e|f.
"I had engaged my passage," he said
"ip the steamer that was lost. But I fell
ill and could not come then; and that
sickness has restored me to you, thank
God!"
1 thank Him also, daily and hourly, for
this undeserved, this perfect bliss.
An Ojj> Man's Affection.—A Pitts
burg lady recently culled upon an old
man who had just lost his wife, with
whom he had lived for forty years. She
found him sitting, with folded hands, in ;
his lonely room, and while engaged in
conversation her eyes rested upon some
thing bright and soft which lay upon his
pillow. With a tremor in his voice
said: " Ah, madam, it is only my
dear wife's old wrappers. You may
think me childish, but at night I pat the
sleeves round my neck, and it comforts
me." Could human love find a more
affecting expression ?
Chableston, S. C., has had but three
postmasters since the foundation of this
Government,
CENTRE HALL REPORTER?
A Pirate's Treasure.
A few wis*ks ago, any* tin New York
Sim, a quiet, gentlemanly printer, euuie
to this eity from tie South, ami worked
lor a time on various morning |uqer* as
a "sub," He was a man of more than
| ordinary intelligenee, ami 111 addition to
iJIUe practical knowledge gill tied in the
Cum JM islug- rm >ru, he had a good elassieal
eilueatiou. Mr. Newell bml held si-ve
nd iKviitions of trust, but his appetite
• for stimulauts lasnming stronger than his
will to desist, he lost them through neg
lecting his duties. After a short stay in
New York, he shook hands with his
friends and bade tliem adieu, say ing that
he was going to shut for New Orleans.
His last words, delivered m a very con
fident toue, w ere:
" Boys, wheu I return, I shall be in a
position to entertain you at Dolmoui
j eo's,"
The following remarkable story from
the New Orleans fiiiiyusc, of the 9th,
throws light ou what was] sussing through
Newell's mind w hen he bade his good
! bye to his fellow-printer* :
Andrew J. Newell, recently a ooinposi
tor in this office, met his death by vio
lence somew here in Lake l'ontehurtraiu
about the fir t of the present mouth.
His hotly was found lietween Salt Bay
and Higolets. In his right breast were
two holes, resembling gun-shot wound*.
Hi* jHvkcts contained iMqa-ra that leave
uo room to ilonbt his identity. He was
in search of the treasure of the pirute
' Lafiltc. It is generally lielievt-d that an
idiuont iueuleulable amount of wealth lies
couocnled on one of the islands. Sjai-iric
information of the wlieretdlouts of this
treasure reached Mr. Newell in a sort of
family trailition.
Many years ago, when n crusade was
beiug made by tins Southern States
against Lnfitte's crew, it is said that five
of the gang were ruptured near ltigolets
—three men and two boys. The men
were executed at once, but ow ing to the
extreme youth of the boy*, and the state
ment that they were forced to join La
fitte's Runl, they were suffen d to go iu
jiettce. Years afterward, when he had
grown to man's estate, one of these bora
obtained a shelter under the roof Nfr.
Newell's father, in St. Tammany parish,
where his mother still resides. lie was
sick and toil-worn, and the family did
all iu their power to alleviate his suffer
ing. But he gradually grew worse, from
day to ilav, and finally died, lu one of
the islands of the Gulf they had secreted
their treasure. He knew the place, iuwl
he w ould give her such specific directions
that it certainly could la- found.* These
ilircetious were written down and pre
served with scrupulous can- by the fam
ily. Evidently they put implicit faith
iu the statements of the dying rnnn—so
much so. indeed, that upon three oc
casion* the father of Mr. New ell started
yu search of the place.
But there appears to IK- U fatality almut
it. In the first expcilition the K-at we
wrecked, and he ami his eomjnuiion
barely with their live*. The
1 aecoail time ho was only two day* out
when the man he huil with him *m sun
stricken, and returning home with him,
he dual the next day. The third time
he himself was taken violently ill, and
had to return. The old man at this be
came superstitions. He L lirxed that
some fatal impediment prevented the
discovery and guarded tho treasure.
But ho transmitted the secret to his sou,
and for years young Newell has la-en per
; sis tent in his desire to go iu * enroll of
the wealth that lies hid iu tho Gulf. •
His first attempt resulted in failure.
He afterward communicated his secret
to a friend now connected with this office,
first putting him under the obligation
of an oath not to revial it, nuil never to
attempt the discovery unless by his di
| reetion ami consent 80 probable did
the tradition ajqa-ar to this friend, tluit
accompanied by Mr. Newell, he went in
search of the pirate's wealth. But a
storm came on. Their lx>at was dis
masted and the rigging torn and lock
After Is ntiug at-out the lake anil gnlf
for ten days they returned disheartened
They did not reach the island they w ere
in search of.
Since then Mr. Newell has been jw-r
--sistent in his deU-nnination to go again.
He trieil to persuade his friend to aceom
i pany him. Vnt the sail experience of his
first expedition had disabused it of it*
novelty, and induced him to abstaiu
from prosecuting his search again.
Mr. Newell wen' away iu his own lioat,
; reeently purchased and litteil up for the
purpose. How he met his fa'e no one
can till ; but his sudden and untimely
; death gives room for sjieeulation on the
' remarkable fatality that has attended
any search for the treasures of Lafitto.
A Ilrutal Fellow.
The have returned a vonliot of man
slaughter against Oliver Whittle, a pupil
at the Mottnun Grammer Srlns-l, Che
shire, England, for causing the death of
John Goodall, another pupil, by forcing
him into a Imtli of m alaiug water. The
circumstances as deserilied at tire inquest
were most painful. The boys Kiaribsl
with Mr. lleury Briggs, the master of the
school, and early one evening larth wore
in the bath room ; Whittle, who is in
his seventeenth year, apparently having
tho su|oriutcndeiiee —Mr. Briggs him
self was s)K-iiding the evening in Man
chester. The servmit-maiil supplied
Whittle with a bucketful of lioilitig water,
which he carried upstairs to the bath
room. There was cold water in this
I room, lmt UOIKKIJ seems to have noticed
whether any was put into the small hip
Imth which the deceased was made to
enter. Whittle was seen hi hold the
little fellow in the water, who screamed
loudly, as if in great puin, and, though
he was allowed to get out of the bath for
a short time, Whittle forced him in again,
' first making him hold out his hand, ami
thou striking tire palm with a stick two
or three times. lie also sent for a strap
to tic the deceased's hands. The little
fellow's skin begun to peel off in the
bath, aud in fact, he was fearfully scald
ed. He was put to lied shortly after
wards, bat nobody mentioned the cir
cumstances to Mr. Briggs—who returned
about half-past ten the same night—until !
Sunday morning. A surgeon was then
summoned, and he fonnd the hoy sink
ing, death ensuing nlxiut three o'clock
on Monday inoruing.
MARIUAOK EXTKAOIIOIN ART. —The Re
publican and SUmrlartl, of Montgomery,
announces the consolidation of tire Wal
k-ill Valley Time* with that paper under
the head of marriage notices, m the fol
lowing terms:
" REPUBLICAN TIMrIH.-In Mont
gomery, on April 24th,by Editor* Win
field aud Hehultz, The Republican ami
Sl'imlaril, to Miss Walk ill Valley Time*,
second daughter of Stephen If. Haver,
Esq. Tbehappy groom is now in his
seventh year aud the bride in her third.
No skimmington."
We hope this cross will improve the
breed.— Warwick A>h.
GOOD RULES.— The following rules for
the government of children, wliicii were
first presented in one of Jacob Abbott's
1 looks, are said to have been of grce
service to many successful teachers :
When you consent, consent cordially.
When you refuse, refuse finally.
When 'yem punish, punish good na
turedly.
Commend ofteD. Never scold.
TEE German Parliament hae agreed
to the additional elauses to the postal
treaties of 1867 and 1870 between Ger
many and the United States,
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JUNE !>, 1871.
Note* on the Fuddim*.
VVaU-r-proof suits are now made of
gray, blue, stone colored imported Eug
lish cloth. Tliey are cut in the form of
a long, loose oaeque, closely tnittonisl iu
front, with a diW'p cape In the- tnu-W,
which is fastened deftlv on each side,
forming the sleeves. Hide pleating* of
the materinl or wide galloon i* used as a
trimming, but many of them are plainly
hemmed, with no other attempt at gar
niture.
Elegant Leghorns for more elderly
ladies are trimim-d with blockgroa grain
piped with palest ecru, and ostrich tijis
of the two colors.
A novelty from Vlrol's is of black
grenadine, with square meshes huil
plainly ou the frame imd piped with
black gros grain. Moaa-roordmda, form
tin- face trimming, aud a deep mantilla
veil completes tlie bonnet.
The lovliest round hat is a round
crown aud narrow rolUd brim covered
with two shades of China eraja- iu the
violet tints ; price SSO.
Golored Guipure larce, so extensively
j uv'il this season for trimming linen suite,
varies iu price from SI to 83 for the
hand-made, and 50c. to SI for that made
bv machine.
Collarettes of silk, trimmed with one
or more raws of Valenciennes, and fas
tened in front by a silk eorxl nnd two
buttous of the material, sio quite tlie
rage, link, blue, grain, lavender, rial,
all colors are shown for these collarettes,
which can be made at home very easily
ty any one possessing a particle of iu
genuity. The juice ready made is 83.50.
French Breakfast seta, consisting of
collarette and cuffs, of muslin odged
with a crimped rttflle and narrow lace,
are very fashionable and cheap at $2.50
jK-r set
Brct<,-lli- are to IK- extensively worn
with muslin and silk dresses this *eason.
I'lain ones are of Hwit-i muslin, triimni-d
with one row of fluting. More elegaut
on-s are of Valenciennes insertion ami
inualiu embroidery, edged with Valen
ciennes lac*. Them-, when of real lace,
cost about 810. The imitation can be
bad for $3. Lu-e cajx-s will also IK- held
iu high vogue. These are made of al
ternate rows of muslin, puffing, and Va
lenciennes insertion, finished with Y'a
lenciennes lace.
Bbok silks at |l.|s a yard nr* miu
mended by merchant* as good enough
for wearing under grenadine. These
light silks answer Tory well for under
skirts beneath grenadine ; hut experience
teaches that they are not snliskintial
| enough for waist linings. A thick gnw
gram for 92 or |is(l is really better
economy.
t'ra|x- veil* for widows have np|>eare<l
I very long and wide.
XpprojH>s of trains, the jxiinted vari
ety hare nearly disappeared, and the
square shape, sharply set on, is altogeth
er the favorite. l'lie remedy is easily
suggested to those who liave pointed
traius to dre®soa, if so !*> they are will
iug to l>e " curtailed of Uieir fair pro
portion*. "
A wide latitude is permitted to sleeves ;
the pagtxla, the simple semi-flowing, the
slashed alcove, aud Uie still prettier one,
' showing a very little of a fine linen un
dersleeve at the back, are all permissible.
Points and lxxhliees, of tlie old-fuali
ioued sharp kind, are appearing with
frequency.
Uie rage far Ixiws as a part of dress
trimming, is returning. In addition to
flounces, frills, and luce, a dressy suit
iias a uumlx-r of Ixiwa add**!, a* garni
niture to the already well-adorned cos
tume.
Lyons poplin*are almost as expensive
this'season as handsome Irish poplins.
The con! is not a* large and as even a*
in Pym's he*t, but the fabric is the sams,
aud the light quality more pleasant for
summer wear, while Uie coat is only $1
or SI. 25 a sard. The color* are rv* per
fect us in rich silks, tlie tea and I ron
Frou shades U-mg especially d®*irahle
for suits.
Tliree dollar* a yard is naked for the
beat summer silks—white grounds with
pencilled stripes of hlark or a color.
Tlie qualities sold for 92 ore warranted
not to spot, and very pretty silk* alike
on both sides, are shown for 91.25. The
silks of at ill lower price so largely dis
played in the early part of last season
are not to lie had now.
Small-uirahrd grenadines are used
this year in preference to tho largo
square meshes so long in vogue. Iron
grenadine, well-twisted, strong, and
three-fourths of a yard wide -the most
convenient width—is sold for 75 cents s
• yard. . This makes a pretty show, and
retains its color almost as well as finer
goods. Glossy silk grenadines in auiure
figures cost from 91 to $2.
What Came of a Joke.
John Hillen, a hog and cattle-drover,
was in a i*rter-liouse in New York, read
ing a newspaper, to which some one act
! Are a* a practical joke, lie was, natur
ally, angry when the flame reached his
hand, and left the place somewhat cxcit
| ed. Tlie next evening he returned, aud
meeting one Robert Simpson there,
charged him with having set fin- to the
paper, which the latter denied, and angry
words ensued between Uie two, finally
ending in Simpson striking Hilh-non the
head with a bung-starter, inflicting what
at the time was considered u trivial
wound, as Hillen went unaided to the
Fifth Precinct Station-house to have it
dressed, aud, having refused to give
either his own name or that of his assail*
ant, went away. The next day Hillen
wa* found lying in an insensible condi
tion in tlie street, and lwiug taken to the
hospital shortly after died. Simpson
wu* arrested and locked up on the charge
; of murder.
IN BZI.R DKFKM K. —At tlie Jersey 'En
gland) Assizes, Alfred Bridges surrender
ed to take his trial on the charge of
shooting, with intent to kill, Lieuten
ant Charles Frederick Campbell, of the
Hixty-ninth regiment, on February 15th
last. Lieutenant Campbell, in eomjmnv
with Ensign Le Breton, of the Euniskif
lens, was iu pursuit of Bridge* for the
purpose of chastising him for having
written insulting letters to some of the
female members of Lieutenant Camp
boll's family. Mr. La Breton wan armed
with a riding-whip and Mr. Campbell
with a small walking-cane. When Mr.
Campbell waa within three pari-* of the
prisoner, the latter drew a revolver and
fired two shots, the first of which missed,
the second taking effect in Mr, Camp
bell's left wrist, passing through the
bone and out of the other side. Mr.
Campbell apjxsared in court with his
arm in a sling. Tlie jury acquitted the
prisoner on the ground that he fired the
shot in self-defense. The decision was
received with applause.
AN OPINION.—A Western paper evi
dently does not believe in prize-nghting.
Of the late affair it says: "The mis
take made by the Hheiiff in Canada was
in not firing first and reading the Riot
act afterward. In that way lie might
have saved his own watch aud money,
and at the same time performed an act
of international courtesy, which would
have been deeply appreciated on thia
■id®."
IMPORTS. —The imports of foreign
foods at tho port of Beaton, since the
st of January, have been about four
millions of dollars larger than for a
corresponding period last year. The in
crease is more tnau 20 per tent, over the
imports of last year.
A New York Millionaire.
Heiirv Hart a noted New Yorker i
suiil to In- worth He eame
to New York froui Germany alwut forty
vonrs ago. Having some money, he
l-eeauto a pawnbroker at 81 Chatham
strr-et, and there, oarly and lab-, le„ lin*
exercised hi* remarkable acutem-i* until
he has amaased a eohaoorl fortuue. He
is U-lieved to own two thirds of all the
*tH*k in tho Third Avenue lUdroa.l.
Ho owns real estate iu West Twenty
seventh street, five houses iu Thirty
uiutli stres-t. property in Perry trwt
and itl Nineteenth street, the block of
buildings in Chatham street where he
lives, and much propertr elsewhere.
Mr. H irt lives aud transacts his bui
iieas without oanistaiice. Even his jrawu
broker shop is always chared, an I not
ouly th door but the window bluid*
or fastenings are bolted summer slid
wiutor. The aspect of the whole build
ing is that of a desolation. The same
dreary fact is true of all his property.
When property jioaso* into his hsuds
tho work of ileoay la-gins. He was never
known to rout to any one any |mrtioii
of iiis immense estate. His uiagmttreut
lirown-stono mansiou—it was a palace
wheu le bought it years ago—is rapidlv
going to ruin. The woodwork all
through the building is uffected writh
the drv rot Not a single soul hsa oc
copied it since it fell into his jvs*'vnon.
But in order, it would probably rent for
83,U*> a year. But Mr. Hart will uot
rent hi* pr qierty to any one.
Home year* ago excitement was creat
ed ly a ghost iu this very place of prop
erty. Tlie story of toe "Twenty
seventh street ghost" was published
throughout the country. Tlie house
which his ghostship haunted Ixiougtsl
to Henry llsrt. It turned out that the
ghost was a white billy goat la-longing
t< a neighbor which hod by aom- means
effected an entrance into the budding.
Mr. Hart ha* amassed his fortune by
|H-nuriou*lv hustemding the enormous
profits of }mwuhrokiug. How he con
trive* to |lay tlie taxes on his vast un
tenanted estates is best known by those
who retain tho secrete of the finances of
the city.—.Sua.
Tli* ** Wrb*tler" SUrj.
There is one tradition in tlie tier man
army which lias doubtless survived to
this tiny, and has been often gaily rw
1s tiled around the camp tires below
\tris. It ass told to l>r. Liebor by
Ocneral l'fuhl, of the allied army of oc
cupation iu 1815. After entering Paris,
tieiiend Pfuld was Military Governor of
oue of the divisions of Uie eity, and a
Prussiau soldier, native of Pomerauia.
wns oue day brought before htm for
having beaten his host, a French citizen,
lss-uus' he did not inspuiUv produce the
wlute !*vr—weissbier of llerlin -when
the soldier demanded it. The demand
a so extraordinary that the curious
General sent for the offending soldier,
and investigated the case. Tlte soldier
confessed everything. He had asked
for weissbier in Paris, aud, against the
most |KMtitive orders, had lwaten his
French host who did not produce it.
" Hut, mv boy," said Uie general, " 1
cannot understand you, \\nat do yon
mean by asking for weisabier iu Paris.
" I will tell you. General, what I
mean. When Uie Frenah were in Pom
erauia, in IH(M, I returned one day from
school and found that the French sol
diers were saragelv leating my old fath
er because they insisted ti]>on liaving
claret aine, and there was none, per
haps, in all Pomerania. It was a terri
ble sight; aud I took a solemn oath.
General, boy as 1 was, thnl should I ever
get to Paris as a soldier, I would de
mand weissbier, and if the Frenchman
did not instantly bring it I'd (log him
well. I'm only keeping my oath. Gen
eral."
General Pftihl said to him. " You
will have your punishment of course ;
but my boy," he added, kindly, "when
you come out I wnnt to see you."
A BAP AT C'OHNKB LoAjraa.—An ex
change goea for corner loafers as follows:
" That young squirt on the corner, wiUi
his hat a little on one side, Uie stump of
a cheap cigar in his mouth, and nature for
every young lady that p—iaa— ia a loafer.
I)o you know whore he gets his money ?
His mother earn* it for him taking in
waahing. Poor soul! Kin* thinks her
lx>y will get work soon. Ho rouhl And
work enough to keep him bnsv fifteen
hours a day, if he wanted it. Ibit he i
a lazy loafer, and don't want to work. If
he gets a place he shirks or tUxw his
work so poorly Uiat lie ia soon dis
charged. He never works for the same
man twice. Or prrluqi* ha is particular
what kind of work he docs. He is will
ing Uiat his mother or sister should sew
or wash to earn money for him to spend,
bat he is n little particular, he is. what
work lie does with his luiud*. lie hxiks
down on that sweaty earjK-iiter who
hurries by him and uo<ls condescending
ly at his friend, the shoemaker, and
sends a whiff of smoke into the eves of
the bedaulied Painter, wiUi lxith hands
full of pots and brushes. He couldn't
Iwirrow ten cent* of any of them. They
know he would never pay Uiem. They
earn their money. He begs his of ltia
mother. Stylish lioy, isn't lie ?"— Ex.
EXPKBIMEKTH. —Let every farmer try
some experiment on his farm this sea
son. and carefully lvjmrt its result* to
some agricultural publication for the
benefit of his brother fanners. If each
one will thus add what he can to the gen
eral stock of infornuition, great good
must result. One carefully conducted
experiment, though not conclusive, is
of more value than even a large amount
of theorizing. If yoti are in doubt of
the value of subsoiling, try it on small
portions of several different fields, and
note the results.
If hauling muck on to your sandy
lands, or saud into your elav looks like
too much work for tlie gain likely to be
made, try it on a small scale this year
and *c®. If yon have not snvtxl vonr
liquid manure, get. out a good pile of
muck or loatn, use it in yonr stables,and
try its value on your land or meadows.
If yon have not been ill the habit of
raising rootu for your stock, try a quar
ter of an aero this year and satisfy your
self whether your course ia the best or
no. If you have had no fodder here
tofore to carry your milch cows through
the dry season, by all means try it this
year.
It ems to us that every farmer should
attempt to make some improvement in
his farming every season, and wo know
no way so satisfactory as that of trying
experiments, one at a time. Hometbaa.
MKXIOO. —It is believed that there
will lie no Presidential election by the
jxople, and that the choice of President
will devolve ii|on Cor grew, which, it is
expected, will be largely coini>osed of
partisans of Lcrdo. Juarez, it is aliened,
is using the public funds, while Leruo is
also spending money liberally, to pro
mote their resjiective interests in the
Presidential campaign. Whoever may
bo elected, it is expected that his oppo
nent will inaugurate a revolution, and
attempt to assume the office of Presi
dent. by force of arms. The friends of
Porflrio Diaz are powerless. Za masons
is their leader, and he is directing the
party bo as to favor Lerdo. A rupture
of the Lerdo and Porflrio parties is im
minent.
There arc 90,000 shoemakers in Penn
sylvania.
Hie Years' Growth of a Mate.
The complete eeusus of the Htato of
New York snggt-sU some curious 00m
1-arin.uis aud eonelusiona, eapeeiolly in
re-gard to the conditions of growth that
have prevailed for the past five year*.
One fact is evident from the moat cur
sory examination of the figure*—namely,
that the tendency to the oeutrwlixatioo
of population in our ritieaia rapidly iu
nroaaing. while the purely rural distriots
•how 1-1 titer an actual decraaae or a very
alow aud almost inappreciable growth.
Following this point, through emjiar
isons of the Htato census of 1A65 with
the Federal census of IH7O, we find that
the total population of the Htato amount
ed to 4,402,7H8 in IK7O, and that in 1865
it was 3,831,777- allowing an aggre-gate
increase of 571,011 in five years. But of
this whole uiereaae, tho growth of two
eitiea- New York and Brooklyn -ac
counted for mote than one-half, or 315,-
678. New York gained 215,051 in five
years, and Brooklyn gained 90.727. If
to this we add the increase of West
chester County (28,792) for the same
perioil, which is re-allv r |ait of the
growth of this City, the increase con
sisting chiefly of lire overflow of our
own |M>pulation, the total to be deduct-d
frotu the State aggregate is !5W,470.
This leave* only 231,541 as the total in
crease of the State ouUide the cities of
New York and Brooklyn and the County
of Watohcster—or an annual average of
aliout 46.U0U.
Taking this ltabtnoe of 231,541 as a
new jKiint of dejiarture, we find Hurt no
leas sa amount than 73,764 must be de
ducted from the total to account for the
increase in the population of ten otlier
•itn-a— h-aviug only the small remainder
of 157,777 to repreaent the increase of
all the rural districts in the H ate for
half a decade. This result may Ire re
garded a* due to three causes—the de
parture of young farmer* from the old
liotnostoads to seek thair fortuues in tire
eitire aud large towns, the gradusl in
crease in the quantity of laud hchl by
•ingle owner*, and the tendency to emi
grate to new homes in the West The
cities are growing rapidly at tlie exjiense
of the country, aud in these centres of
Copulation, trade-, and industries of all
iuils are flourishing more and more.
.V. Y. I'nper.
American* In BrailL
It is kno* u that a few years sine quite
a number of Americans went to Brazil
to live, aud it is also known that most of
thoac aho could not get away have suf
fered terribly. The following story is
told by a cormqxiudeut :
The writer of this sketch was walking
down tlte Itun Dericta, the great boule
vard of llio Janeiro, one evening last
January, when he was accosted bv a mis
erable, ragged at d squalid-looking ob
ject, who implored him, " for God's sake,
give me only a rinlr " (less than a quar
ter of a cent) "to get something to eat."
The wretched man said be had been in
Brazil four years. He had left a voung
wife and child in Baltimore, and had
emigrated with many other*, whom he
said were then as destitute as he, hoping
to rc)iair his fortunes, but instead, he
had been going rapid]v down hill ever
since he first landed in Brazil The gen
tleman—-fo% despite his haggard look
and ragged ®p|tearaicc, the man bore
tlie semblance of respectability—said he
was a graduate of the Jefferson College
Medical School, in Philadelphia, and
had at one time a large and lucrative
practice in Richmond, Va. When reach
ing Brazil he at first endeavored to prac
tice medicine among tlie American col- (
onists of the tain Paulo province, hut
the colonists were a* poor aa he, and he
was finally eom]M>lled to return to Rio
Janeiro sick at heart aud much more
sick in laxly. Wandering a'*out the
dingy streets of the vast city for days
ujon days without * place to lav hi*
head or scarcely a morsel to eat, he at
last applied to the city authorities for
employment, and though greatly debili
tated by long suffering and exposure, he
accepted employment on the public
highways. Under the scorching rajs of
a torrid sun this gentleman trundled
his barrow through Uie streets of Rio
Janeiro, filled with sand or stone for the
pavers st work on the boulevards. Fi
nally Ui'* doctor waa taken ill, and was
eonseauenUy obliged to relinquish even
that laborious means of subsistence, and
a few days after the rencontre on the
Rua Dereita. spoken of almve, he was
found dead in a filthy hovel in an ob
scure section of the eity. Being a Pro
testant, he was denied a Christian bu
rial by tho ecelesinatical authorities,
when fortunately a few geucrous-hcsrted
American sea-captains and the officers
of the United States Flag-ship " lain
custer '* had Uie jxior fellow decently
interred.
Simralar Story from Mew Orleans*
The New Orleans f'iraynnr publishes
the following atory in a department of
the pajier where, a one of its 1000 l con
teiupornries say*, reliable statements are
usually found :
" We heard this n.oruiug in the May
or's nftiee of a deplorable circumstance
connected with the exeeuUon of lhe twro
Hpsniard* on last Saturday. The rope
with which Uie miscreants were hung
had been purrhaeed from a merchant
doing business down town, who, it ap
appesr*, had, at the time the purchase
was made, been iudneod to witness the
executiou. He was present whin the
murderer* were made to jmy Uie jiennlty
of their crime, ami the scene, revolting
as it was, msde a deep impression upon
hia mind. An hour or so after he re
turned to his house, the evening jiapcra
appeared. While reclining in his arm
chair, hia wife read to him the detailed
account from one of the paper*. Sud
denly he interrupted her rv exclaiming
in a frightened tone, " O, I see the.ra 1 I
see them ! " and scarcely had these word*
escaped lum when he dropped dead.
We may menUon that the deceased gen
tleman had for some time been afflicted
with heart disease, and Uie impression
which the accuc at the scaffold tuade
up m him had evidently hastened his
death.
FOOLED HM. —Most Ixiy* of ten years
anil Upward have, in their circus experi
ence. iNVomc tolerably familiar with Pe
ter Jenkins, who generally oomm tum
bling into the ring in a state of bcaally
intoxication, to the ucver-ending aston
ishment and delight of th<> sjx<etators,
and, after a terribly fnnny dispute with
hi* old friend, the clown, turns out to be
s first-rate rider. In Waterbury, Conn.,
lately, the unsophisticated policemen
who vera on duty in the tent, took this
Migrant tumbler for a genuine drunken
interloiKsr. and displayed their zeal by
insisting upon putting him out for dis
turbing the show, of which he was, in
fact, marina far*. It was with some
difficulty that they could lie made to see
the joke, ami allow Jenkins to continue
his jovial intoxication, and puss through
his regular metamorphosis.
Now GEKMAM. —A Strasbourg paper
states that an order was issued on the
14th nit. that German is to supersede
the French as the language in which
instruction is to be given in all the
schools of those parts of Alsace and
Lorriane now ceded to Germany, French
only being taught aa a foreign language.
An exception, however, is mode with re
spect to the districts in which French is
really the language spoken by the
plo.
A a English Romance.
The TichlMinie case in England is at
tracting much attention. The family a*
first introduced waa comjasesl of Sir
James Tirhlrornc, grnff and violent and
disHiiMtol, alwavs drinking, and often
drunk ; his flight*, aentimental, liaif-
Freuch wife, she had an Kuglish father
and a French in >ther, and had been
Uwu, bred and spent uiuat of her life in
France ;) the cUhwt sou, who has all kia
father'* bourijihueaa and his mother's
waywardncks, and who, betwecu the two
IwrenU, finds Iris home, as he call* it,
" A hell U|KIJ earth." lardy Tirhborne,
completi-ly under the influence of tire
pneto, handed the IKIJ over to them for
education. He began life under the
Jiauiteat St. Onu-r, jassscx! next to tire
military college at Handhuret, got a corn
mission in a dragoon regiment, the
Carabineers, served with his corps t
Dultliu and elsewhere, but soon took a
disgust lsth at the profession and tlie
company among which le wan thrown.
He ukol to iKtoae and awoke with his
inferiors. His brother officer* laugh's!
at the young fellow's half-French, half-
Knglioii jargon, for French was then his
more familiar tongue, and reprobated
Iris low tastes aud Uxme lotnjawionfc.
He sold his rontmimiou and started to
see life and seek adventures in Honth
America. From Havre he sailed in
March, 1653, to Yal|suwio, pushed in
land toHantiago, where Iris body w-rvant,
a. man named Moon-, waa taken ill; then
set off ah m a on a purposeless ramble
hither and thitlier, turned up at Bio,
smi in April, 1854, end>urked <h-ad drunk
in tire Blanche, bound for New York.
From that day to this the Blanche has
never la-en heard of. One of her tmata
was found U>ttorn uppermost, lmt no
jiaaacuger or sailor who was on Iroarel
except it be Sir Boger, the prment
.claimant,) has ever reaiipcared on earth.
It was assumed that the vrusrl ha<l gone
down at sea, the underwriter* paid the
insurance, Bodger'a will (for Iwfore leav
ing Euro|K- be had UUMIC a will) was
proved, anil the old liaronet. Sir J unw 1
dying soon after, Sir Alfred, the second
son, succeclcd to the title and 1-states. |
Hit Alfred did not long *njov hi* in
heritance. He 4U in IHfifi, sua shortly
after, in the same year, an ixnr w Irmti,
who is the actual ttOMMMir of tin prop-,
i rty and nuik. Meanwhile old Lady;
Tiehtionie, refusing to believe that W:
i rkloMt nun wo* tW, had la-en advertis- •.
nig in all kinds of English, colonial and ,
foreign pajer*, and on the d<-th of her
Mtimd sou redoubled the activity of her
march. In the beginningof 1866, a man '
a|i|Mntl who declared hi maid f the long-|
loat Roger, and was soesptc.l aa each by 1
the ladv whom he claimed aa mother, i
lowly Tkhborne di<l not herself long
survive, but to the hour of her death
she maintained her faith in the identity
of her returned prodigal, allowed him
£I,UOO a war and supported, try advioe
and advance*, the legal steps IK- proceed
ed to take to assert his right*. The rest
of the family for the laoat part repudi
ated the new corner and pronounced him
an impostor. The claimant's account*
of himself since he was last seen reeling
drunk on board the ill-fated Blanche, at
Bio, is that the vessel aank. but not
until after the jametigere and erew bad
got into a cnnplc of loat* ; that the
boat* aoon parted company, Imt tin 4 one
in s bich he sua Ml in with an American '
vessel, which took the party to Mel- <
liourne. Roger was three day* and two 1
nights at sea in the small boat, and i
m arly three months on board the *hip j
which landed him at Mclbonrnn. There, .
be says, he got employment un a sltoep
farm. adopted the name of Thomas Cas
tro, and after a while married.
In 1866 he beard for tlie first time of
his father's death, and hurried hack to
England. On behalf of the child of four .
years old, who has hitherto been rccog-,
nized as the baronet, it conh*tded that
the claimant i* no other than Arthur
Ortoo, a Wapping butcher, who had
worked hi* way out to Valparaiso before
tke must, knew the South American
ground over which " Sir Roger" pro
fesses to hsve traveled, and falling in
with some old servants of the Tiehborne
family is Australia, picked up from them
sufficient information to jams himself of!
as the misaing baronet. Since bis return
to England he has also won out Moore,
the *" a lio aooomjMuiied the real Sir
Roger from Havre. to Valparaiso. It is
certainly remarkable that of nil thosv
who sailed with him from Rio in the
Blanche, the claimant should be the
only one who has ever reappeared : that
be should have married and settled in
Australia without communicating in anv
war with his family ; and that lie should
so long liave delayed hia return to claim
the title and oatatc. But the most stag-1
gcring jNirt of the ease is the personal |
difference* between the claimant nnd the .
Roger who went away in 18&3, It ia ad- (
mitted by his own counsel tlmt, at tlie |
latter period, Roger Tichlwroe was slight
in figure, with fair aud rather Irnk hair,
and light coloml eyes. Tlie prcocnt
•• Mir Roger" is of hroad and bulky
frame, with crisp, dark hair. Auother
reuuirkatile discrepancy is that the
Roger who went away spoke Ireoch
laittrr than he spoke English—-French
was. indeed literally his mother tongue—
but the Roger who lias now turned up
doesn't know a syllable of the language.
<>n tin* other hand, however, the claim
ant evidently know* a good deal (how
ever learned) about the Tichlmrne family
and rotate*, i* sworn to a* the real Roger
by several relative* and old friends of
tile house. There ia one test he offers
to submit himself to, which keeps up the
romantic nature of the narrative. Roger
before he quitted the country parked up
a number of documents in a *11 |*or
cel which he left with Mr. Roaford, the
steward of the Tieliborne catnte*, with
instrnctions to open it only in the event
of his death, aud the claimant offers to
state the content* of that parcel in order
to prove his identity,
8I;CB A .SwnnMJt—ln New York re-J
cently. James 8k John, an ernuid boy, j
lfi year* of age, waa arraigned on a
charge of swindling by means of bogus
telegrams. He pretwuted no lees than
aixteeu bogus dispatches to business
men in one day, receiving 93 <wh for
them. Having formerly been dispatch
txy, he had obtained a telegraph hook,
and thus turned it to account. He will
suffer for his ingenuity.
MONEY IN KANSAS. —Money-borrower*
have rather a tough time of it in Kan
sas, whether they succeed in getting *
loan or not. Iu the first place, tlie legal
rate of interest ia 12 per eenk per na
utili!, which is about as much as any
man in ordinary times would care to
carry. Then, if a poor fellow's note
goes to protest for non-payment, the law
allows six per cent damages on the
whole amount. Then, if a suit is
brought on the note, and sustained, the
maker must pay not only the legal costs,
but the charges of the Holder's lawyer.
Under stich circumstances, a Kansas
man had better think three times before
he fixes his autograph to one of these
" Yalue Receiveds ; but we fancy that
it is much in those regions as it is every
where else, and that "short" gentle
men there leave pay-day to take care of
itself.
WHY IS IT.— A correspondent under
the head " strange," oaks how it is that
in all advertisements for culinary aasis
tance 44 plain cooks " only fti6
and prettv ones never sought. He seema
to forget that advertisements for ser
vants come not from the gentleman, htii
the lady of the bouse.
TERMS : Two Dollar! a Year, in Advance.
Brief Facta atoaf Bees,
There are throe claaaea of bees In a
hive—the worker, queen and drone.
Quern* are raiaed by pectfliar f<*sl and
trentonml from egg" that would other*
1 wise produce workers.
I Th< worker Is an ondeveiopod female
Workeiw, in the ahamce of a queen,
Honnttinw-1 lay < gg*. Ttoac mvsrfawy
i uruiluiv druDM.
The quaes lives from two to flveyeawL
, The worker from two to Iho* inonffjjj j*
the wcukiag seeeun, aw! fnoin x to
; right during the anusm of rest
J The qtw-cu is Bfrtoftod •*
#ixtorti days from the egg. SBf worker
in tweutjr to tweutj-oac, and the droficf
iin twenty ftmr. 1
The queen usually wniflMMM laying
t from seven to twelve days attar leaving
Uie cell, end ia capable of laying from <
MM) to BUUU nggo in a day. , ,
Tho impregnation of the queen alwire* '
tokos place uataide the hive, on the
wing, and gi*n<ally the fourth or fifth,
day after Inaving tin* cell. Knvptinglß
rare caeca, one tmpregnafiou anawHh for'
life. The drone she has mated with diee
: immediately.
' The eggs of an a impregnated qaeea <
>' product uothing hat droaet; and it ia :
generally concede.! that impregnation
i does uot ufinet to. dreiwi . ooa- \
laeqaentiy the. tiwlopnnpnfi of a pure
; Italian <|ueen k pare without regard to
the drone she ha* tuatod with. >, (
The queen and worker arc provided,
with stinga ; bat while the latter will
doc it upon any provocation, the for
' mer will only use it at her own rank, j
The d m raw have no atiaga
One queen, aa a rula, ntaU that is tel
j crated in a hive; tot previous to throw -'
tng off 'aftor-awarma," torn r WW
queens are permittid in the wane hive
tor a short tone, but the extra ones are
| soon disposed of. In case of rttperwd-'
log a queen, the old One fa pre*aerrcd
intO the new one is fitted to take her'
[dace. Queens have a deadly hatred for
cwrh other, and sill deatroy, if pcruut-;
i ted. ail queen tori* Mvw, f
ind will fight each uthor until tianw ia *
, but one left alive.
Wax, like fat, is an animal nradnct, |
nd ia secreted hy the h* in tirtn scale*
!on the under ride of the body. White,
loing this they eouaantelarge qaanbtiaa (
1 of honey—from fifteen to twenty pound*
' tor every [tound of wax aaeretod.
i A fritfbterud baa, or una tilted with
! honey, i* not dispowri to sting. : ... t
A "good **mrm cuutoiw about twenty
j thousand toe*. ..
j A stmug or mcdinm hive, with a
laying queen, is never a.-riotislytlvnbkd
with the moth worm : but * hive with
out a queen or the means of raising mm |
Ml wire to betebwk hi them. i
Bees reoognise each other by tistar
j scent
j The first one of two weeks of the
young bee's life is spent inside the hive,
as nurse or wax worker.
| The range of a hceft flight tor food ir
generally within two or three mfkw ;
i much greater range ta of but little bene- *
i fit to Item.
The b'rsjw Cull are.
The crape culture ia tiecoming a moat,
' :m[>ortaut branch of industry in Mtoon- f
j ri, and it is estimated that in a lew yeare.
the wine crop aiU be* worth more than j
i anv other agricultural prudmrtion of thai
State, corn and wheat alone Wierpted. !
The town of Itevmnnn in Oaaomiode
| eountv, which was ocitted in ItMO by a 1
| German settlement noddy from Piute
dclphia, and now has a papulation of j
jioSTte the moat of
: the gtapc-gruwiag and wine-making in
tcrest. The vintage of Hermann was'
> about 450,0tW gallows teat year. In that*
ivgion, when a vineyard i in good bcar
j ing condition it yields, with a favorable
Mwooo. a profit of about s9tKr pcraitiw. i
i The entire coat of vineyards, preparing
tle soil and sotting and training the'
vinos till tbev came into hearing, varies ;
| from firJOO to ffiOO per sere, white the
annual coat of cultivation afterward
ranges from SSO to SfiO ptw acre*. An
acre of <\>iMX*rd vine* for market jmr
poare will yksld from 10,000 to IS.OM
|M>nnda. which will *11 at an iwrw
price of ten cents a pound. Tin* whole
uumfier of acres planted In and around ■
Hermann is l*etw-n thm* and J/pui; j
i hundred, and all the way to the Gascon
ade river, a dutanoe of about seven crib*.'
jin a continuous vineyard. From the
•meres* attending it in Haacooade county.
1 grape-growing ia rapkfiy sprewditig into
different portions of the amttii half of
Missouri. Eight or ten million* of seres
Iving idong the UiUaidcn or in the warm \
voileva of this pewtiuo of timtitato lauds,,
too, tbafi have hoen Liatilisril wttrtftlcss
when compared wlih the Jtohcr alteVte*.
of the river and the prairie—have, lawn
' found to bo the DOR productive of aIL
t Three hunts are still cheap, anfl thon-
I rentte are annuahy making tiu-ir tews
upon them It is claimed that a groat
portion of Miawmri posareoc* the requi
rito aoil and climate for fairing VtWty
, variety of grapes, and th vitire are te-iag
abnuiLuitly [oante*l in *U |.wrtti of, tin.
State. In many locahtie* the vinwh iri*
ixwmr no largi* and nuacfwu* to to
form a oin-pteuows feature of arety
co)Me and thicket f **
t , A _
What (aa IN* Bate.
\V' b\r nearly arrived at the nliJTen
ium in diy goods as n*gate diecpafaai
qnalitv, and styK and it teqnite [xnaible
for a is*ly to attire herself well tor ojnun
that five years *g*i woshf law been
I tardy sufßcicnt for hct glore* sad hatiA
kerchiefs. W"ith twenty five th'ltere a
tedv can now purclwse the mntmaLs for
a linen, a white, and liaen aasgv anit,
with money enough left lor a pair of khl
! gloves, n jwrasol, and pretty scarf for the
ncek. If the lady has plenty of ingenuity
and leisure she can contrive three riylirii
costumes of these materials, in whiyh she
will always be presentable, and look as
well, if not better, than some who sjwnd
many times that amount, but ao injadio*
iousfy that their toikttrs are never etfep
tivo, idways lacking that indeacnlwble
" DubbuM>.t " which chiunw.k*risaa tlw?
effort of owe endowed hy nature and ob
servation witli skill and taste sufficient to
evolve wonderful combinations from tha
dimplcst material*. At teari to a New
Tor* paper given to fashion gossip tells
*. _j . ••
WHIUK YHK UABHKST BBirwKmss nf
England produce each from seventy to
ninety mtilious of quarts of base annual
ly, the largest breweir <rf Gfttnaiiy prv
duces about twentytitiii ! milbons of
quarts, and the largest of Aiwtna abOlit
thirty-eight million* bt, quarts Irre
*pctive of its export and import, Mag
land consumes about one honored and
twenty quarts of that beverage annually
to each head of her population ; Belgium,
sixty-four; Germany, forty-melt; AGM,
trio, twenty ; France, eighteen ;! ..Bwu
zcrland, slxtoan quarts. At Mtm.A,
Bavaria, about two hundred and thirty
quarts of teger-baer to eaah head of the
Simulation are consumed anntllilly.
unich is the most noted city for beep
drinking in the world.
NEW HAWK boaate of a horse chestnut
tree that blossoms on one ride one year,
on the other ride the next year, fond*
suocfcosive years, and then interrupt* the
regularity by blossoming all over on the
ueventh year.
While settling a woman's estate in
Worcester. Mass., the other day, an
item of six dollars was allowed her
daughter for attending her funeral.
Whii fn'iliMt- Jtw * rrc-ruunv ilmiiiii;
. H win, Mr Ml titm]****- 1 "'
W W WiWiw StMMM,
• 1 ,
Wtw Witt* * mm- will tea# *® *
A<tkw uwt Ul uwror warn
*fl^3l|E£sei
1 "Aral taks m tJKMMtlbrlMM(ta Sr -
A vagrant uud te wmroaey.
„ I!" . ■ i-'.' V-J.l- 1 -
'■ f < Fart* and Faarle*. f i '
How to not along vUL Have it (faff
• jjigtnt affair with hot A tfcmte party to
it— nil (illiiat ism.
A Maryland#* hita 144,'fi00 peach trees
in blossom thi* spring
I TV outer *4 4io wind was ditoovewvl
tor the iuu who wont mat mm! found it *
1 UN' ••>,- J t **> '!'•;> -•> jp! <!{
.The MVM> variety of Infer is called
■ "Audit lumoriirtM Brattnwbwoiger
J" \* -"•-
•I ' "'f* •' " .. *l.'? ?
G< nttemen t dlaw>Mrtv should
wear white esttlirie n*ek-tim instead of
black aflh, to be Jo thy burilion.
■ There is * tluima; .jane. ir
000.
, A Wisconsin poßtUMustt r baa writ** to
Washington tor "*om denial rweau
y aqlng eob to
Detroit boa a bwehdora' elab, tin
memltera of which haw ntn to warn
iMfttowf lemlha* fiWMW •<* * brick
ty'li hda MyUftA tfffibg-uddp for lattice'
am baa a fan iaacrtri m tb handle,
which can be alao wad MI a screen from
WW
A baatoroo* npntberaiTr ia Boatoa ex
poses a cake of map ta hi* chop window,
with toll imrMaiWl tasnir*i<m "Cbctqjer
than dirt." 1
The fiottnoaa on drawm this mmrnm am
gathered toatoad of plaited, and the
' Pnteaaiec" ia toe wort favorable style of
■ oiuntiua*. if?* 1
The ••Mlnoimt potato ban" ia so
' Menaced by a <s>afcMßpory to be "sitting
ia Wadtora latere; WJWmra and waiting for
business." :i, ;, • ~,,
A jU^riiveS*oisv **f date I*.* J. iitiiii'ii f r*m
' the old Cambridge hnryfag-gtound, waa
! totrnd ia a Hsi-vsstt stadoat's mow the
1 ndarht.
A' Aetefinr ggristdfiuMPufi says .
** N ever'platet pour potatoes curly. It ia
the rerfv potato that am ton Hw worm It
, _, i *I I , r ( -| r Marfrd-l-ii -flarWtte wflaa flasa# *'
IS Rp mil wnfl Willi l#f*"flf Wn I4A*-
A Ftoridaaoe iwfieenuwi who toned a
candle iKirning in a cellar, amid papers,
straw, and rubbish. and pert it ot, waa
, mvrrelv rtnnJ bj tlw* owner next day,
Jiistaow pooplaare inquiring how to
make hot -d*. About a qoartor of a
ponpd of cayenne pemw* rpr.nkl- d ia
mat before nctirinK wffl ptobaMy make
it warm etwejrtt
1 TbeKaaawt pawed an net
' tiurt Winter wbirh proddwttwl reporters
who attend Vfil report priic-Wth in
fhst Slate sill be' siibjertwl to hawy
Itscß and inii>i Isodtotoi in the |H*uiten
iiary.
' A 'state Senator of faaaMiw, has nob
tidied a eardln which he nays that his
44 dtmmt at suicide" waa aotofap; mows
than toe manh of the carelaw faaodiinß
I 4 firearms, aU Watr—mta to toe eootrary
An iwhaaa orwutor dark has fonnd ia
his oidee a certtfkwUs which r, li:
" This w to cortufy that I, Wiftaw Hands,
ia agreed that Jim Brown shall bee mi
, Daughter Patocy to wifc thin I7lh day
| geaewerry. 181 L"
An Alexandria comsspoadeat aamrta
! that northern risitors hswiwt off all the
lwtton.i on Htc rnsbion* in Washington's
• i>cw in fbriW ehnrch. and aw* 'now carry
mg off piece* of the staff. Both hattowi
; and cßWitona are modern
1 One of the new now to whirti sponge
lis bring pnt is that of pads to he placed
' tmdor nWiioanstta as well as under
neath those in potion, hedwwma. etc.
■ H'wvtofore, cotton waste or wadding
i a as awd lor this porpow .
A tkaciaanli paper aaya that in that
i cits rliiwwkcTi and aeaanstassar*. who —* -a
lomprise the greater a amber of work
woman. do not average more than $6 a
work for forty wecka in the year. The
remainder of toe time they am oat of
I work. ' . .
i Tha nctors el the Bariin Boywl Theatm
their aslariaa. *lm php waa atopfwd,
bat toe manager paying them, Uw actom
want m the stage toowttano the play
and m rotui% hisacd tiy the aadieaee.
■-'..1 I. H- 1 ..I' 1 "!"
igaa vuiv t - - ~.-j
,11 . twpKlMHDrplMßts.
It ia aatonhhiag how tame okphanU
Income after. King wane time domesti
os|r<l. Tl*> mahout and hia family, and
the elephant all ooupt the tsame liettae.
The ricplamt has h .hnnwof eakeaof
i snlmntmcd bread, jmpamd tor him at
thesatpo tone as his isk ttoy aB .
it hgetoer. I hare seen their child, an
infant not able to walk, in charge of the
elephant, 'tl waa heSHj meat amnaing
NtottataMtoki to see toe aohiritmk do-
Jtared hytoia gijgantic nurn, . As hia
little chArgr wontd Mm ocariy ont of
Nlii'lWihtNiai tl*e place whf ho was
iwetatod. he wemidatoetoh mi W trunk,
and gently lifting the infant up, place
luSwTomMR feet.' After playing
.wheat awe tton\ the ehild got tired ami ■
went to sleep, the cleihant meanwhile
tircaking on a gm*n branch ftwun a
nrijtoborlnp ttori waved it gently hack
wards sad forward* own #> flto of the
ikMISWr.u f '■ ' 1 ! t'le flier, should ditt
jn Vi< shailbor The creature
i might Itavo haesi tofightta do Uua, lait it
tiK DTovot ut what sxtraonianiry sagm
ritT these stomal* are pasaWaea. I waa
onoe otrtotf k tiger party, in which there
waaofemah- efspltaot noMMtoddy tame
and sggacioua. She used to come to oar
tout everytoorning * nfle we were break
farting tuid tog breml. or
anv;isifig etoe llattwaa to to had On
she would waft oirfr> fne bmsitar, and
(oirclmaewweelaaoata, and woe betide the
•totoer if. h to toeat Imr.
More than oncc.the maneut informed na,
she bad polled the stole atop over the
haafis of the kaavinh dealers who had
B#gipmhcr fair exchange for her
monev. Blie would draw the cork from
abotde with her trunk, no matter how
tightly it was.: hammered down, and
drink* its contents. It appeared, indeed,
that she wts given' to strong hqoore ; and
the nwdtoat tokkoa son had been rcpeat
odly dead ilruntakm jpmUemen had
piven her a mifficwnt quantity of spirits.
t Tw bnokete fulh he informed a% waa .
4mnli the ncocasary quuntity to make her
groggy. We did nbt. however, toy tho
exp<uinwt. thinkhig that tut inebriated
eh-phont in a close ounp would to about
as paSSiWn customer as a bnM in a chi
na shop. ( d*jw ■~, ;..
Tax KUP or THE CATBBITXLABS.—
[ From the cater] liltar region in Tennessee,
■we learn, that their numbers have not
decreased since mention was made a few
days ago of their stopping trains on the
Memphis and. Tennessee Btolroal The
dauttge to crops is immense. Trees
throughout the whole length of the road
have toen entirely stripped of their
fOKagA, shd everytiiing green has been
eaten by these peats. They accumulate
to such swarms oh the track that, when
finished, they have the consistency of
soap, and the wheel* of the locomotives,
at tunee, slide round and round without
moving the trtu us. It ia a Strange phe-.
nomcnon, and can to accounted for by
np one- From 30 cars the trains bayu
been mluced to 7, and even then, in
some instances, they have "been stopped.
mil ft Hi ,
, A nanoE mastiff dog became mad in
Irving! tin, New Jersev, and, in nilining
through the town hilled two small dogs
and bit seven! others, which were im
mediitely dispatched. The hM mastiff
waa pursued and shot, hut not killed At
length he found refuge in a forge, where
one of the hfocHmitha gave him hia
quietus with a sledge hammer.
NO. 23.