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CONDITION POWDER--The following preparation is very good, and will proba­ bly answer most purposes: Powdered Saltpetre, one part; black antimony, two parts ; flour of sulphate, four parts ; all by wMght. Mix these ingredients to­ gether, and give one table-spoonful once or t\*jMPa£:ik day, mixed in cut feed or shorts; 4 THE Rural New Yorker says: " Seta tomato'plant into each hill of cucumbers or melons, and you will have no diffi­ culty grith bugs on the vines of the lat­ ter. The plants can be tied to stakes, and, if well pruned when large, both they and the vines they protect can proceed with their fruiting,>without detriment to one another." SEBDS which fail to germinate readily mm be made to come up at once by soaking in camphor water. Pulverize a small piece of gum, and put it into a bottle of pure water, shaking it once in a while, and in a short time it will be ready for use. In this soak the seeds to be planted for a few hours. Beet seeds, etc., treated in this manner rarely fail. This method is equally good for hasten­ ing and instiring the germination of fresh seeds. WiNDOAiiL.--Blistering is sometimes resorted to for the removal of Windgalls and similar puffy enlarge­ ments, but the remedies applied are Generally only of temporary benefit, 'heir removed is also effected by com­ pression. Trusses, especially adapted for this purpose, are in use. Continued use or hard work will cause the reap- }>earance of these puffs, which are main-y due to a relaxed state of the synovial capsulee. EVERT owner of a garden should de­ vote a small portion of it to the growth of usfcful herbs. When gathering for use all herbs which are to be dried should be washed, separated, and care­ fully picked over, then spread on a paper and kept in a room until perfectly dry. Those •f'liich are intended for cooking should be stripped from the stems and rubbed until very fine. Then put into bottles and cork tightly. Those which are intended for medicinal purposes should be put into paper bags, labeled and kept in a dry place. How TO CHOOSE A PLOW.--Plows frequently annoy those who use them in a habst mysterious manner. They refuse to run evenly through the ground, and refuse to keep to the land as they ought 6) do. On examining them nothing seems to be wrong. Every properly shaped plow ought to have a slight concavity along the base of the landside, of one- eighth or three-sixteenths of an inch, so that the implement will "suck" into the soil and rim steadily. ^ This concavity may be shown by holding a steel square to the bottom of the plow. If this part is convex, as it not infrequently is, no matter how high a reputation the maker of the plow has, it will not stay in the ground, and will annoy the, plowman t|ill the.evil is remedied. The landside erf the base should also be slightly oon- cave to the same extent of one-eighth of inch or more, and never ought to be convex or bulging, under any circum­ stances. If these apparently trifling items are properly attended to at the time of selecting a plow, more trouble may be avoided which often seriously perplexes the plowman, and causes him to lose so much time which may thus be saved. --Prairie „Farmer. IMPROVEMENT IN CORN.--A writer in the Southern Cultivator relates his ex­ perience as follows: The seed corn is a variety I have been improving for four years past. When I commenced propa­ gating the corn, the ears had, as is usual, 14 to 18 rows, and would require from 90 o 125 ears to shell a bushel. The sec­ ond year, under my system of propaga­ tion, the corn had 18 to 20 rows to the ear, and 80 to 90 ears would shell a bushel. The third year the corn in­ creased 20 to 22 rows per ear, and 70 eprdl made a bushel The fourth year-- thelpreseift--my corn has 22 to 24 rows to the ear, and 60 ears, taken just as they come, shell out a bushel. I have a few fine ears that have 32 rows to the ear, whi<;h I expect to plant, and I con­ fidently anticipate a yield of seed corn tlitrefrom that will only require 50 ears ta the bushel, taken as they grow in the with anything like good land and average seasons. I will add that it has been a specialty with me for four to six years to examine minutely the finest specimens of corn in various corn-grow- ii^Sta^ee, and I have never yet seen any corn to equal mine. About the House. To KEEP MUSLIN FROM TAKING FIRE. --Add an mince of alum to the last water us*& in rinsing children's dresses, and they will be rendered almost uninflam­ mable, taking fire very slowly, if at all, and not burning with a flame. Mothers, who live in houses where open fires are kept, will do well to remember this.-- Country Gentleman. RECIPES. ID dressing salad mind this law * With two hard yolks use one that'8 raw. roast veal with rich stock gravy serve, And pickled mushrooms, too, observe. Roact pork, sans apple sauce, past doubt, la Hautfet with the Prince left out. Your mutton chops with paper cover, 'And make* them amber brown all over. IJroU tightly your beefsteak--to fry it. 'Jugttee contempt of Christian diet. To CLEANSE COLORED HANDKERCHIEFS. --D handkerchiefs made out of silk, make a good suds of warm water and rub them between the hands. Do rot wring them, but change the Water until clear. Then hold up by two corners until drained a little, and roll up separately in a cloth to squeeze out the remaining dampness, and iron them at once; put but one in the water at a time. Hot water turns white silk yellow. AN eminent nurse gives the following hints for the sick-room : " Never use any­ thing but a light blanket as a covering for the sick. The heavy impervious cot­ ton counterpane is bad for the reason that it keeps in the exhalations from the pores of the sick person, while the blankets allow them to pass through. Weak persons are invariably distressed by a great weight of bed-clothes, which • often prevents them from getting any sound sleep whatever. It is better to sleep in a cool room and dress in one that is well warmed, than the opposite. If it is necessary to heat the bedroom, let it be done by means of an open grate fire rather than by a register or flue." MANY persons have found relief from indigestion, and that nervousness which hinges on indigestion, in lemon juice. An old magazine contains the following still more agreeable prescription, for summer use, from Dr. James, a cele­ brated English physician, of "James' Powder " fame : " Dr. James begs his compliments to Mr. Richardson, and recommends him to take, every day. three or four half pints of the juice oi very ripe cherries. Put a sufficient quantity in an earthen vessel, and bake them a little, so as, in some measure, to destroy the elastic air in them. Then let the juice be pressed out and drunk, either with or without sugar. The juice should Ljf fresh every day, or, at least, should not be drunk while sour or fer­ menting. War in Europe and Trade in America. Europe still agitates the great doubt whether the peace will be preserved by the protocol just signed; and the burden of opinion certainly is that it will not. It will be remembered that even the speculation that the protocol would op­ erate peacefully was based upon the theory that Turkey would be well in­ clined toward its purposes. If Turkey did not regard favorably the assumption of the protocol that she would disarm; if she did not favor now the reforms she so fiercely opposed last January; if she did not make peace with Montenegro--in any of these contingencies Bussia would not demobilize her army; and, if she did not demobilize, the protocol would become mere waste paper. But now comes the news of the view taken in Turkey of the protocol. The Ottoman statesmen re­ gard its assumptions and pretenses as an infringement upon the dignity of their Government. They intend to reply and protest; and this does not encourage the prospect of peace, which, indeed, was never brilliant. In fact, the probability of war deepens with the energy of the endeavors to make peace, because the elements of the situation are irreconcil­ able. With the early summer will be seen a drain toward Europe from this oountry of all the supplies needed by nations at war. Already the Turks have drawn heavily on our shops for arms and ammunition, and the Russian armies are in great part armed with guns of American manufacture. But the waste of war will give the tide of regular sup­ plies an enormous foroe. The demand for breadstuff's, preserved meat, whisky, clothing, as well as the regular supply of ammunition, will fill the pockets of our farmers with money and set our mills and workshops in motion.--New York Herald. A Romance of Real Life. Some thirty-odd years ago a young man and young girl in Sweden united their lives in matrimony and soon after migrated to America. Here four chil­ dren were born to them and the father and mother were "gathered home." The children were provided with homes, but the boys were dissatisfied with their quarters and vanished between two days. This was the year before Sumter was fired upon. One lad went to Min­ nesota, and the other went South.' When the war commenced each became a sol­ dier--one in a Minnesota regiment, the other in the Confederate army. In one of the fierce battles that took place the two brothers met a«d recognized each other. The meeting was brief, but long enough for them to immediately pledge that when the war was over they would unite and not again separate. This they did and settled in East Des Moines, where both are now residents, and one of them is a candidate for offioe, to be elected or defeated next Monday. This sounds considerably like a blood-and- thunder nov$l in one column, but it's all true.--Des Moines Register. Wales' Finances. Some of the English papers are urging that the income of the Prince of Wales should be increased by an addition of £30,000, or $150,000 a year. His debts amount tb $750,000, and it is thought that it would J>e more profitable to the nation to pay them than to have him go into comparative retirement for the pur­ pose of doing so. Sir W. Knollys, his treasurer, states that his personal ex­ penses are very small, and that no gen­ tleman of social position spends so little for pocket money. He has not only to keep up oostly establishments, but to maintain an expensive position as leader of society. His income is not equal to that of a number of his friends. When asked lately if the report of his intend­ ing to visit Australia was true, the Prince replied that he hoped so, because he greatly desired to see that region, and also because he would get a free passage there and back, and reduce his home expenditure. A Ring Smashed. A neat little job in connection with the contract for furnishing postal cards for the next four years has been spoiled by Postmaster General Key. It transpired that a small ring had been formed among the bidders, and that the possibility of supplying the style of card required by the department was limited to the favored few. Thereupon it was decided to reject all proposals and readvertise, giving to all manufacturers an opportunity to pre­ pare machinery for the construction of the peculiar card adopted, and upsetting the scheme for confining the competition to two or three firms. Square dealing with contractors, and the requirement of square dealing in return, is one of Gen. Key's strong points. WILLIAM M. TWEED. A Thrilling History of Bit Escape and Flight--Curious Methods by which He Etaded Pursuit--A Bargain la Prison, a Mysterious Sign, an Organised Band ol Protectors and Freedom. Harper's. Weekly publishes an illus­ trated article describing the flight and exile of William M. Tweed, Following are the chief points of the story: The approaching trial of the great $6,000,000 suit against Tweed threatened a demand upon his cash resources for fees which he plainly saw he should fail to answer. His remaining possessions were not available to raise ready money; and credit, especially with lawyers, was out of the question. His money gone, his courage broke down also, and he re­ solved on flight as a remedy for his bank­ ruptcy and his hopeless imprisonment. Having lost the great Judges and law­ yers of the courts he had created and controlled, he found himself foroed to fall back upon their clients, his fellow- Erisoners in jail. Tweed's messmate in iudlow Street Jail was Charley Law­ rence, the silk smuggler, whose extradi­ tion led to the abrogation of the treaty with England.. From him Tweed learned all the necessary details of the existing treaties and laws on the subject, and, having concluded upon flight, he re­ solved to reach Spain, as the most expe­ dient shelter, in view of the absence of any extradition treaty with that country. Another of the inmates of the Ludlow street prison was a person of many pro­ fessional aliases, who has since been lodged in a penitentiary in Vermont. He is best known by the name of "Bliss," and was the engineer of the extraordi­ nary Northampton bank robbery. He was also "professionally" engaged in the famous Washington safe bur­ glary. This person lodged on the upper floor, and had approached Tweed with a proposal to avail himself of the removal of the iron grating of his win­ dow, which was on the ground floor, and which would enable them both to es­ cape, the whole matter to be managed from the outside by associates of Bliss. The proposition had at first been laughed at by Tweed, but meeting his "profes­ sional" neighbor daily in the court-yard of the jail, where they took exercise, the subject was more definitely discussed, and, outside friends of the professional being called in, Tweed was pursuaded of the practicability of a plan which they presented, and for the execution of which he agreed to pay a stipulated sum. No member of the bar, nor his couhsel, nor any friend or person what­ ever of hiB previous connections knew of his proposed flight, or had any part in its execution. Neither did they know of his whereabouts at any time until it had become necessary for him to com­ municate with them after his arrest in Cuba by the Spanish officials. Tweed understood that he was to be taken in charge by a well-organized body of men, distributed throughout the country, hav­ ing every facility, their connections and method being thoroughly tested and well-established. He was furnished with a short key for telegraphic com­ munication, and one for postal facility. The latter included a system of incis­ ures through five different envelopes, with addresses at removed points. He was to find occasion to visit his house and deliver himself over secretly and un­ attended at his own door. The execu­ tion of the agreement included his land­ ing in Spain or under the Spanish flag, and on Spanish territory, safely and secretly. He was given the name of John Seoor, by which he was to be known to his new connections, and his personal identity and his own name were to be concealed from all persons without ex­ ception from the moment he passed out of his own stoop. The exact minute of departure was fixed at 8 o'clock in the evening, not more than one minute before or one minute after that hour. The time of his flight was left undetermined, but he was to visit his house on certain days. A sign was to be given by a certain mark upon the stoop, which he would see as he ascended the steps. Accordingly Tweed took occasion to obtain from the Sheriff and his keepers the usual " privilege of the jail yard " to visit his family and transact some business. Several such visits having been made to his hoTiae at the usual hour after dark, he secretly made some preparation of personal matters, and, putting his busi­ ness affairs in as good order as possible, finally reached the 4th of December, 1875, which proved the occasion of his departure. On the evening of that day he was driven in the customary hack, at­ tended by two keepers, to his house. Ascending the stoop, he saw the sign. It was about half-past 7 o'clock, and a dreary December evening. The signal at once aroused him with a startling shock, and (as he describes the occur­ rence) his blood and his nerves were filled with an electrical excitement which thrilled every fiber of his frame. Con­ trolling himself with some effort, healed his attendants to their wonted and wel­ come feast, which on this occasion was amply provided in the dining-room. The keepers ate, and Tweed took care also that they drank. At just the right moment, one of the keepers rose and went to a wash-basin in the room to wash his hands and get ready for the usual cigar after din­ ner. Tweed took the opportunity, rose also, and, saying he would wash in an adjoining room, he passed into the hall, closing the door as lie left the room. He quickly took the first hat and coat, and slipped out the front door. He was a fugitive. He saw the hack before the door without a driver, who took advan­ tage of the occasion in the kitchen. Not a person or sound appeared to respond to his appointment. It was not quite one minute past 8. He had stolen forth from his home to place himself in the hands and guidance of a picketed gang of desperadoes. As he shrank back un­ der the shadow of the stoop, it seemed to him a long period of doubt and self- examination, until his attention was at­ tracted by a noise of wheels, and he saw a common tradesman's wagon, such as is used by grocers and express drivers. He saw also a man's arm reach out from a cover, which was the sign that it was for him. As he descended the stoop he also saw a man passing slowly, which caused him to hesitate, but this person said in a low tone, " All right. Get in the wagon," So he scrambled into the covered wagon, which drove quickly around the block into Madison avenue, but, as they got there, a car having run off the track, some mounted police and passengers stood in the way, and the fugitive was stopped for two or three minutes. The wagon soon started again, and drove zig-zag across the city toward the North river, which was soon reached, and beside a big truck on the pier they stopped. The driver said, " Get out on the river side." Tweed got out, seeing that the truck cov­ ered him from observation as he alight­ ed. A man stood near the truck also, who indicated that Tweed was to descend into a row-boat, in which he quickly em­ barked and crossed to the Jersey side. There he was met by another vehicle in waiting for him on the shore road, when he Was driven off into the region beyond the river and palisades, in a direction and to a termination where he had never been before, and could not now ascertain or indicate. At an old farm-house Tweed was reoeived by another of his new-found friends, and in this refuge, disguised, he continued from Dec. 4 until the first week in March, always un­ der control of the two men who hail managed his escape and contracted for his safety. He did implicitly what they directed, and they held biro in hand like trainers. He slujp, he . ifltee, he walked, he rode, ate and drank" only aa they instructed him, and it may be remarked here that this discipline and relation was maintained until he closed his engagement with them satisfactorily in Florida. On March 5, Tweed left Jersey City and took up his temprrary abode on Staten island, about half a mile from Fort Wadsworth, at the Narrows, in a fisherman's hut, with his two com­ panions. Here the party staid two weeks, making preparations. Mr. Tweed not only lived at this shad man's hut for two weeks, but even made a visit across the channel and stopped a night in Brooklyn. During his stay on Staten island, a light and fast-sailing little schooner was fitted out, and manned by himself and two companions, with a negro boy. He started at last from a pier in front of the fort in a row-boat in the night, and slipped away upon a pleasant breeze. In due course, and without anything noticeable, they reached the lagoons on the coast of Florida. At one of the lighthouse stations they made a definite stoppage again, Tweed taking board with the keeper of the light as John Seeor, an invalid gentleman, seeking a restora­ tion of health and the recreations of fishing and hunting. Here he parted with his guides from New York, closing his contract with them at that place. Here Tweed was joined by a person who is known as Hunt in the reports of his subsequent arrest This man was a Florida guide, and with him Tweed spent a long time in the interior, camp­ ing out, hunting and fishing. Subse­ quently he returned to St. Augustine, which place he left in a fishing-smack for Cuba, and he and his companion, Hunt, landed ten miles outside the har­ bor of Santiago de Cuba. The remainder of the story is devoted to an account of Tweed's adventures in Cuba, his subsequent sailing for Spain, the arrest at Vigo and return to the United States. Quick Time Across the Continent. New revelations of the possibilities in quick transportation of freight across this continent have been made recently. A few weeks ago six car-loads of tea were trihsferred from San Francisco to New York in thirteen days by the Baltimore and Ohio line. This time has just been beaten by twenty car-loads of silks, tea and fancy articles from the City of Peking, which left San Franeisoo on March 20 by the Central and Uttiuii Pa­ cific and the Baltimore and Ohio route (continental fast freight line), and arrived in New York March 30 at 6 p. m. The train passed St. Louis March 27; Cin­ cinnati, March 28; Parkersburg on the 29th, and Baltimore on the 30th, at 9:20 a. m. It made the unprecedented time for a freight train of ten days across the continent. The freight is consigned to Tiffany & Co., Brown Brothers & Co., Drexel, Morgan & Co., Carter, Hawley & Co., and other New York firms; but about half of the total shipment is to go on to London, and will be sent by Liver­ pool steamers sailing from this port to­ day. All the goods are from China and Japan, and their total value is very large. This fast freight train is an experiment made to show the English importers from China and Japan that the trans-Ameri­ can route offered them the best and speediest conveyance of their Oriental purchases.--New York Tribune. Onr Beef Exports. Dr. Edward Young, the active Chief of the United States Bureau pf Statis­ tics, has prepared the following inter­ esting statement of the quantity and value of fresh beef exported from the United States to Great Britain during the eight months ended Feb. 28, 1877 : ^-TOTAL EXPORTS.-^, 1876. found*. I'a/iif. July • 1,170,300 $ 101,250 August 1,365,000 134,811 September 3,451,560 218,005 October 2,719,685 139,038 November 4,193.980 391,402 December 3,774,480 825,905 1877. January 2,572,460 255,430 February 4,963,610 421,457 Totals 23,200,955 $2,087,298 To England.. 19,4U9,955 1,701,118 To Scotland 3,791,000 386,180 The constant growth in the exporta­ tion will be noticed. The average price of the beef per pound was 8 9-10 cents. Anticipated Vengeance. An 8-year-old boy was trotting up the avenue when a snowball struck him on the ear and laid him out. He uttered a few dismal howls and started off; but a gentleman halted him and asked: "Why don't you go over and lick that boy ? " I ain't big ernuff," was the reply. "But won't you do anything at all?" "Not now. I know who he is, and I'll fix the hull family. His father is going to run for Congress some time, and my father will get on the returnin' board and count him into the middle of next week." Massachusetts Farm Products. The Massachusetts census last year shows that the total value of farm pro­ ducts was $4,800,000 ; hay yielded $95,- 000, the orchards $295,000, garden sauce $214,000, eggs and poultry $416,000, and milk $702,000. The value of the State's natural and manufactured products last year was over $800 for every man, woman and child. A PERSON elected a constable in North Carolina has been fined $20 under a State statute for refusing to serve. FAJHI0S»S YABAEIES. PI^UMNBSS IN FASHION.--The tide of ladies' fashion abroad has turned in fa­ vor of excessive plainness in dress. Materials are still to be rich, but the make is to be severely simple. Short mantles instead of long, and no more gorgeously fanciful embroidery. All ornament is to be reserved for the bon­ nets, which are to be massive structures, rain l>ow-hued and a perfect pcuterreot flowers. HOSIERY.--Hosiery for general wear is shown in all fashionable colors, presenting the most part one shade throughout, the the only ornamentation being silk clocks on either side, which, though sometimes in self-color, are generally worked in contrast, such ae deep blue, red, or yel­ low on brown ; the same on gray, etc.; the varieties here being of course too great for special enumeration. Pale colors are also relieved by contrasting clocks, and black hoisery is' enlivened in a similar way. All the above styles find representation in cottons of different nlities. Lisle thread, mixtures of e thread and silk, and pure silk; and for children are repeated with scarce any variation. MICROSCOPIC HEAD-COVERINGS.--The new bonnets, says the New York Trib­ une, are the tiniest tilings imaginable for a full-grown head, and they are evi­ dently made to suit the human face di­ vine, provided the possessor can be made to divine the intentions of the milliner or designer. One shape has a soft, limp crown with close fronts filled in with a full ruche of crepe lisse, lace, raveled silk, or a puffed border of gros-grain silk. The Normandy, with iiigh silk crown, is another juvenile shape. These two shapes will probably attain great popularity. The " Mother Goose " bon­ nets of last year are abandoned; one could not be expected always to look funny, as rthose grotesque bonnets de­ manded. A new shape is a modification of the picturesque Devonshire. It has a high, square crown. The fronts are rather close and drooping. The Devon­ shire of last year reappears with a broader crown, less oonieal, and narrower brim. Still another bonnet has capote sides, but the brim projects above the forehead to admit of face trimming, and the crown at the back gradually slopes downward and ends in a small cape. LADIES'SHOES.--There are few changes in the styles of ladies' shoes. Each year brings into more general use comfortable, broad shoes that have full, wide soles with extension edges; these prevent crowding, and leave the foot in its natu­ ral symmetrical proportions. Buttoned boots of French kid are preferred for dressy walking shoes, and also for the house. For heavier walking boOts the Curacoa straight goat-skin is made up in the style just described for kid boots. Very serviceable boots are also made of the India straight goat, with its deep black color and high polish. Boots made entirely of serge are very little worn, but many ladies like laced boots of heavy English serge with " foxings " of kid. In the summer low shoes will be worn for the street and house. Misses' and children's shoes are made with low heels and broad soles, giving the foot its natural shape and position; for very small children heels are abandoned al­ together. A LITOJE OF EVERYTHING.--Chenille remains in vogue. The Breton is the ooming costume. Parasolettes (little par­ asols) of every description are in use this spring. Comfortable, broad-soled, low- heeled shoes grow in favor every season. New French dresses have blouse waists and pointed girdles. The new evening dresses are mode in the Princesse shape. Steel with gold and steel with silver are used as hat ornaments. Tunics are elegantly embroidered in sprays of coral and leaves. Light-tinted smoked pearl buttons are used on both light and dark dresses. Deep organ flute pleats appear in the back of some of the new basque patterns. Princesse tunics, with plaited skirts, for misses' wear, are represented in foreign journals. Colored percale bands, covered with colored Hamburg embroidery, are shown for trimming fine percale and Scotch ginghams. The trim­ ming for white muslin dresses is Fay- eux cut work in open designs, copied from early church lace and mediaeval cut work. The Byzantine mosaics now Kink very high; they are extremely fine and quite expensive, as the ground-work is also in mosaic. Lockets are not as much worn as formerly, young girls avoiding anything about the throat. When used, the locket is generally at­ tached to a gold collar, in place of the black velvet ribbon so long used. Cuba--The Question of Intervention. Cuban affairs are likely to demand the attention of President Hayes at an early day. During Gen. Grant's term the at­ tention of the Spanish Government was often called to the brutal expedients often resorted to by the Spaniards in their attempts to suppress the insurrec­ tion in Cuba, and in letters of instruction to our Ministers to Spain, and in other State documents, the disposition of the United States Government to insist that the war should be conducted in accord­ ance with the usages of civilized nations was repeatedly asserted. The promin­ ence of domestic political questions dur­ ing the last year has prevented public attention from being drawn to the pro­ gress of the Cuban war, but the publica­ tion here of a proclamation issued by Gen. Martinez Y. Campos, Commander- in-Chief of the Spanish force, dated at Santa Clara, Cuba, March 23, in which he announces that no quarter will be granted to Cuban insurgents or desert­ ers captured after the 1st of May, has aroused new interest on the subject. It has caused a repetition of the question in prominent' circles, what is to be the policy of the United States Government toward Spain, and especially what atti­ tude will the adminstration assume in re­ gard to the Cuban: war ? Secretary Ev- arts will undoubtedly give his attention early to this subject, and will take such measures as will leave no opportunity for the Spanish Government to misun­ derstand just what the policy of the President in this respect is to be.-- Washington Cor. Chicago Tribune. Barnum Sold. The prince of humbuggers has been humbugged himself at last. A facetious Texan lately caught a full-grown mule- ear rabbit, and, for his amusement, wrote to Barnum about it, giving a glowing description of its fleetness, the difficulty of its capture, its habits, etc., without naming the beast The alert showman^ anxious to possess so singular an offered $25 for it. It was promptly ex­ pressed, the check duly sent in return, also a free ticket to the show, with appreciative letter from Barn urn's agent: "I am anxious to see you, for you ace the only man living who ever humbugged Barnum. The rabbit is worth here Ml the markets 75 cents each." ALL SORTS. FfcswcE consumed 600 tori*' dgttM ettes in 1876. *. • A SOUTH CAROLINA man's nose kicked off by a cow. * <?- THE past winter has been the wimujt * known in Russia for ten years. y IN 1870 one-fifth of Egypt was saidifc belong to the Khedive and his family, ~1*vt JOHN T. BBIGOS, the Rochester seodt - man, has been mulcted in $8,000 dam­ ages in a breach-of-promise case. SAGE brush, which has hitherto been regarded as valueless, is being gathers® and sold for fuel by the cord in Nevadu, TURN your ear toward any two women conversing together just now and yon* will find the subject to be the spring ashions. PRESIDENT GARRETT has ordered thf employes on the Baltimore and Ohio road to make no distinction between white and colored people. HEREAFTER the students of Williams College must stay indoors on Sunday af­ ternoons, as walking on that day has juafe been prohibited by the faculty. THERE are about 9,000 Italian, toiieit by sea and by land engaged in procuring , and preparing coral as an ornament fiflr, the various nations of the earth. THE recent vigorous prosecution of parties for the violation of the Gambling law has had the effect of almost wholly suppressing that vice in Portland, Ore. THE British army estimates provide this year for 131,720 men, a net increase of 836 ; 3,815 men deserted in the past year; 29,350 joined the line, and 38,437 the militia. OFF the coast of Virginia, about five miles from the mainland, is an upon which roam numbers of ponies a* wild as the mustang. How or when they settled there is not known, A CORRESPONDENT of the Si Louis Republican has discovered, down in Arl kansas, skeletons seven feet high, sup­ posed to have been left there by De So­ to's men on their way to the Centennial. ACCORDING to statistics of the Depart­ ment of Agriculture, at Washington ̂ the wheat crop of 1876 reached nearly 250,000,000 bushels. The corn crop of last year amounts to about 1,295,000,000 bushels. THE disaster that followed a cry of fl» in a Memphis theater was solely confined to the boy who shouted. He was cuffed and kicked out of the building, and when he gc* home his father added a sound whipping. Sill. Hi NDRRD MiLiiiON pounds sterling are invested in railways in the United King­ dom* and railway stock yields an annual income of £53,000,000. Some 280,090 persons are employed in connection witll the British railways. IT is a curious fact that at the recent election in New Hampshire the towns of Exeter, Hanover, New London and ton, all seats of noted institutions of learning, all voted against the amend­ ment abolishing the religious test. THIS inscription has been put on if Connecticut tombstone : " Here lies the body of Jonathan Richardson, who never sacrificed his reason w the altar of perstition's god, and who never believed that Jonah swallowed a whale." THE Southern humorist known as Bfll Arp was recently killed in Texas by fall­ ing from a wagon. He was not a literacy man by profession, but was a farmer. < His quaint ideas were put into shape fat;? * publication by a newspaper friend. THIS is the way the world moves: 'A. lecture is to be delivered in Cincinnati and telephoned to an audience in New York, and, owing to difference of timrfL it will be heard in New York " an how before " its delivery in Cincinnati «« ANOTHER fatal football accident has oo*. •« curred in England. A few days since ̂ during the progress of a game at Stroud* Mr. Holloway, one of the players, re­ ceived a blow which, for a time, he seemed to feel severely. On resuming play, he became faint and died shortly • after being removed from the field. TWENTY-FIVE Creek Indian boys no#' in the States attending school are located as follows : Wooster University, Ohi<v - 6 ; Central College, Ohio, 2 ; Henderson, College, Tennessee, 10; Howard Col­ lege, Alabama, 5; Nashville College^ Tennessee, 2. The five Creek girlVt * Fort Smith, Ark., 2; Alabama, 1; Ful*'• ton, Mo., 2. IN conformity with the decision arrived, • at by the International Conference of 1872, respecting the measures to be adopted with regard to diseases of ani­ mals, the Governments of Italy and EJI»-: '• gland have agreed to communicate recip* " rocally by telegraph all news relating to the cattle plague in their respective countries. THE shipment of seventeen mules from Kentucky to Glasgow, where they are to do the work of dray-horses, is an inci­ dent that worries the souls of Britisli stock-raisers. The introduction of Ameri- can butchers' meat has already cut down their profits, and now the irrepressible Yankees threaten to supply the kingdom with beasts of burden. AN anti-kettledrummer puts forward the theory that tea is a foe to a fine com- Elexion because "if tea be mixed with uman blood, tannate of iron is formed, turning the blood black, and, if the skin is soaked in tea, it becomes like tinned leather." Hence, according to the alarm­ ist, it follows that tea absorbed into the veins will give a dusky hue to the skin. APRIL SNOW. What do you say to the snow to-day t" " Oh, the*robins and roses are coming. For south wind and sun will And the old way; And the brown l>een soon be humming. • <« you've had your revel--you've had your day! Oh, snow it is time for leaving! For never 'round paths of warm, sweet May Should the winter's ghoet be grieving !** *' What do you say to the snow to-day "" " Oh. the" red in the maples is glowing, If still in the heart of old woo«ls you dehi)T The pale anemone's blowiu*;. " Y.i'i'. e held your revel--you've had your day, To the tune of the north wuids' humming; But there never was June yet that k»»t her way, And the robins and roae« IN coming !** --Yiryiniit #'. Tottnsfnd.