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-i -m- -.""•VVyJ . . . . . . . . _ . , * " • ' - > " ^ , , 1 • : " • . ?i- • ' . •' ;••••'••'•• 2fhe Ptlfnrg flaimfcaltr. J. VAN SLYKE, Pubootkr. MoHENBY, ILLINOIS. AGRICULTURAL ASH DOMESTIC. The Farmer. A farmer furrowed his swarded field, And faltered not for the day; He felt from the north a frost-wind blow, And the path of the sou WM gray, And the whdat-bird'e whistle he heard from the bough, And Lie knew that the weevil oft followed the plough. He bent his lowly form to the task. Believing ni* labor a prayer; 80 he plodded the pace of a cheerful man, Preparing his ground with care; "Whistled and plodded, then cast it main For the harvest hour the seeding grain. A farmer aat in his cottage door, Nodding a noon-time nap, And the whitened wheat across the way, Waved on the meadow's lap; " 'With heavy heads, in a slumbering hue. The stalks bent down in the August days. As the farmer dozed, he dreamed and smiled, For his acres waved on in his eye; And then the clink of the reapers he heard, * And his stacks and his mows swelled high; nd over his cheek a soft tear crept, or the joy he felt as he nodded and slept. He woke: in the haze of the hot afternoon, In health was he bent to the snath, And over the fields the gavels stretched, In many a winding path; 'The vision he saw had lightened his task, And he learned that to pray we in labor should ask. --Grand Rapids Eagle. -- 1 • Around the Farm. - WE had much rather have an old oow loose in our garden than to put it in -charge of one of these non- pruning gar­ deners.--Moore's Rural. To EXTERMINATE caterpillars on trees, they may be sprinkled with a sedation of one part of sulphide of potassium in 500 parte of water. This, it is said, will kill the insects, and do no barm to the trees. THE Cork oak appears to succeed as well in California as in its native coun­ try. Trees planted in 1861 and since pruned up, are now twenty-five feet to the lower branches. The bark on those trees is from one and a Half to two Inches thick and thd peeling process may soon commence. SCATTES your coal ashes under the plum and cherry trees from two to three inches thick as far out as the limbs ex­ tend, and you will find it a great pre­ ventive to the ravages of the curculio. Also mulch the currants and gooseberries heavily with it. Peaches and cherries require a dry soil, not so much as apple and pear trees. IN large grounds very appropriate and comfortable accompaniments are rustic seats. As they are often made they are not very lasting, because the moisture remains under the bark, decay sets in and worms follow, making the seats simply disgusting. By using peeled sticks, and .after they are put together giving them a good coat or more of paint, they become quite permanent af­ fairs, and lose very little of their beauty for years. A COBRESPONDENT of the Mirror and Farmer says: "Two years ago the "Colorado beetle attacked my potato crop. After trying various things with­ out success, I stumbled on a cask of lime which had become air-slaked. I commenced to dust it on the tops, and wherever it fell on the slugs they turned black and soon dropped off and died. I passed over the field three times between hoeing and blossom time, and found it not only sure death to the larva, but also of great benefit to the crop. Last year I tried the same remedy on another part of the town with the same good re­ sult. " A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Culti­ vator gives his experience in the growth of forest trees. Norway spruce and Scotch larch were planted, and in nine years the spruce trees were fifteen feet high, with twelve feet spread of top. In fourteen years the larch were thirty feet high, with a spread of twenty feet, and a circumference of four feet at the base. One larch was forty feet high in seven­ teen years, Silver maple trees planted in 1864 are now thirty feet higb, and seven to ten inches in diameter at the base,, Elms planted in 1856 now range from thirty to forty feet high, and are fifteen in diameter. THE POIJCEHAN OF THE WOODS.-- Taj)! tap I tap ! sounds out clear from the woods, as if a young drummer were trying to beat a tattoo. The noise really comes from a bright-looking bird, perched up high on some tall oak--now on one side and then on the other, some­ times with head downward, and then clinging to the under side of a large branch, occasionally knocking vigorous­ ly with his bill, as though he were at a friend's house and in haste to be invited in. It is the woodpecker, or, as he might be called, the policeman of the woods ; for it is his business to keep the trees free from any insects or grubs who love to make a meal from the soft green wood and often do great damage, even causing the death of the tree. Mr. Woodpecker's practised eye can tell at a glance where one of these burglars is at work. Woe unto him when he finds it out! for he is quickly captured, and Ali o Woodpecker makes a fine meal of him as his reward.--The Banner. boiling water, a little salt and pepper. Into this put ten onions, cut up finely, and one spoonful of flour. Cook till the onions are well browned anJ quite soft, stirring frequently. Pour all over the steak very hot. MERCURY exterminates fleas and bugs, but I think cleanliness the best and per­ haps the only preventive. The common house-fly I do not molest, balieving tbat it more than compensates for its trouble by clearing the atmosphere of effluvia and the animalcules which always arise from the putrefaction of decaying sub­ stances during warm weather. P#ACHED eggs may be prepared as fol­ lows : Put a quart of water in a shallow saucepan, with two spoonfuls of vinegar and a little salt. Place over the fire, and when gently boiling, break the eggs into it, holding them as near the surface of the water as you can. Cook slowly for about three minutes. Lay thin slices of buttered toast upon a platter and remove them carefully with a perforated ladle, drain one minute, and lay upon toast. How the Wounded of Brno's Command were Cai ried. rBtemarck Oor. New York Herald.] After Custer and Reno's great Imimn battle on the Little Horn, the removal of the sick and wounded became a sub­ ject of serious consideration. No am­ bulances could be got into the country, and the nearest point to water transpor­ tation was twenty-two miles distent. Bafts were advised, but the Little Horn is so narrow, shallow and tortuous, rafts could not get down it. Then it was de­ termined to carry the wounded by hand, but the soldiers were six hours in mak­ ing three miles, and it took 150 men to move the litters. A man is a heavy bur­ den, and two men could only carry about ten minutes without resting. The prog­ ress through the sage brush was tire­ some in the extreme, and it soon became evident, if the wounded men were to be got to the boat in less than three days, a better mode of conveyance than hand litters must be provided. Lieut. G. W. Doane, Second United States Cavalry, was the man for the emergency, and proposed to Gen. Terry that if he would halt for half a day he (Lietit. Doane) would provide horse litters for the sick and woUnded. The halt was ordered, and a detail of men placed at Lieut. Doane's service. He had no nails, but horses were shot and skinned for raw­ hide, which is the Indian's substitute for a nail; he had no rope, but the rawhide answered also for this. Two poles, thir­ teen feet long and seven inches in diame­ ter, were laid side by side, three feet apart, then two cross-pieces, seven feet apart (the length of a bed) were laid across the poles and bound to them with rawhide. Next, a network of rawhide was woven from one pole to another, just as we used to cord a bed with rope. Two loops at the ends, reaohing like a bent bow from one pole to another, com­ pleted the litter. A mule was backed in the front end, between the poles, which extended along his sides like a pair of shafts, and the loop placed over the pack saddle. Another mule was led into the rear end of the poles, with his head toward the front mule's tail and the loop of raw hides plaoed over the pack saddle and the litter was ready for transportation. A soft bed of grass, blankets, and robes was then made on the rawhide cords, and the man laid on it; with his head toward the front mule's tail and his feet under the rear mule's nose. It was astonishing how thes6 litters would carry. The spring of the side-poles and the giving of the raw-hide destroyed all jolt, and, after a little traveling, the mules would take a uni­ form step, and even trot without hurt­ ing the wounded. Forty-two of these litters were made in half a day, and the wounded taken in six hours over a dis­ tance that would have required three days to carry them by hand. Even the sitting down and {Sicking up of a hand- litter, the wounded said, caused them more pain than the trotting of the mules, with Dr. Doane's ingenious contrivanoe. Abont the Hoase. GRAPE CATSUP.--Take five pounds of grapes an<J one pint of vinegar; cook until you can strain through a seive ; to the juice add two pounds of sugar, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, half a table- spoonlul of sflt, one of black pepper, and one of cloves; cook down to two quarts. Moox MINCE PIES.--To mince-pie lovers, the following is a nice summer substitute for the real article : One cup of vinegar, two cups of water, one cup of sugar, one of molasses, one cup of chopped raisius, two of bread-crumbs, one-half cup of butter, and two eggs. Spices to suit. This is for six pies. IONING. --To iron smoothly, purchase a lew cents' worth of beeswax and rub it over the leaves of a thin pamphlet, which have been heated through with the flat- iron. Keep it with the ironing sheet and blanket, and when the flatirons are to be used rub them over the waxed sur­ face ; then wipe gently on a soft cloth. Shirt bosoms can be easily ironed in this manner. BEEF STEAK WITH ONIONS.--Broil the steak and cover with onions prepared as follows : Brown a quarter of a pound of butter in a Ikying pan; add one cup KILLED BT A BOG* The Centennial Buildings. The disposition likely to be made of the Centennial buildings when the Ex­ hibition is over, is the subject of an article in the Philadelphia North American. It says the ru­ mor of a contemplated purchase of one of the principal buildings for use as a railroad depot is without any tangible foundation, though by some of the officers it is expected that the Centennial management will be able readily to dispose of the material contained in several of the build­ ings to some one of the great railroad or other corporations of the country at §0 per centum of their cost. No prop­ osition for the retention of the main building, however, has yet been made, and the giant structure 'mil in all proba­ bility come down without loss of time, as will also Agricultural hall, and the Uni­ ted States Government building and the Woman's Pavilion, and their materials be disposed of to the highest bidders. Me­ morial hall, in which the money of the State is invested, Machinery hall and Horticultural hall, for the construction of which appropriations were made by the city of Philadelphia, will remain. The Best He Could Do. Among the passengers waiting at the Michigan Central depot the other day for the Chicago express was a man with a leg off,-two or three fingers gone, and otherwise a bad cripple. Some sympa­ thetic soul started out to take up a col­ lection for the benefit of the cripple, and the hat went round. Some gave liberal­ ly, and others what they could well spare, and the hat was finally presented to a young man with a very lean sachel in his hand. He slowly and solemnly pulled out a thin wallet, looked it over and over, and as the man with the hat requested him to hurry up he dropped the photograph of a girl with a long nose into the tile and said: " That's the best I can do for the poor man unless he wants the gal herself. It jerks on the heartstrings to part with that picture, but a man with one leg off must be loved and taken care of."--Free Press. A MOTHER of four cliildren in New Or­ leans has been convicted of regularly sending them out to steal. By practice they became very expert, and the profit of their theiving enabled the woman to buy a house and live comfortably. She devoted herself to the sale of the stolen articles and the general direction of the children. Terrible Battle Between a Humus Brut* and an English Bull-Dog. [St. Clairsville (Pa.) Oor. New York Times.] John Connolly, better known as Butcher Connolly, who obtained consid­ erable notoriety about the country by matching himself to kill rats like a ter­ rier, and to fight with dogs, has died here from injuries received in a fight with a bull-dog. Connolly had been hostler at the tavern here. On the 8th of July he got drunk and proceeded to a place sept by Bryan. Fogarty. Fogarty owned a full-blooded English bull-dog, which usually lounged about the saloon, and which, despite its savage appear­ ance, never offered to interfere witli any­ one. When Connolly entered the saloon this dog was lying under a small table in the room, with its eyes closed. Con­ nolly got on his hands and knees and put his head under the table. The dog looked lazily up into his face and wagged his tail good-naturedly. The human brute, however, by a sudden movement seized one of the dog's ears, which were half cropped, in his teeth, and, dragging him from under ihe table, oommenced shaking him. The bull-dog, true to his nature, did not utter a sound, although blood streamed down from his ear over his face. After two or three shakes given by Connolly, his short hold on the dog's ear tore loose, and the #Jog fell to the floor with a savage growl, and rushed upon his inhuman assailant. Connolly dropped on his hands and knees and met the dog with a blow of his fist which staggered him back, but he at once re­ newed the onslaught. At this juncture two men who were in the place offered to interfere, but Fo­ garty exclaimed, "Let 'em alone. * I hope to God the dog will kill him." The second rush of the dog was more successful, and he seized Connolly in the forearm that was raised to knock him off. Connolly olutched the dog by the tiiroat and choked him loose, and re­ mained on his knees to receive the at­ tack. The dog made another rush, this time for the throat of Connolly, but was again foiled, and caught the man in the muscle of the left arm, biting it clear through, and tearing out a large piece of flesh. Still Connolly remained on the floor, apparently awaiting to seize the dog in some advantageous spot. The latter in his fourth attempt sunk his teeth in the left shoulder of Connolly, and the man could not shake nor choke him off. The dog shook his head and sank his teeth to their full length into Con­ nolly's flesh, but the man seemed pos­ sessed of the very nature of the brute, and gave no sign that he was suffering or of surrender. By a peculiar move­ ment he seized the foreehoulder of the dog, his most vulnerable point, in iiis mouth, and then the two brutes rolled about on the floor tearing each others' flesh. Blood ran in streams from each, and mingling with the dust that arose from the floor gave them both the ap­ pearance of demons. This latited at least five minutes, when the three spectators were sickened at the sight, and an attempt was made to sepa­ rate the combatants. The dog was seized, but all the beating, twisting and burning that was inflicted on him failed to loosen the hold. Finally, Fogerty drew a pistol, and with the remark, "It's a shame that the best of the two has to die to save the worst," plaoed it to the dog's side and shot him through the heart. Even after he was dead his jaws had to be pried loose from Connolly's flesh. Connolly attempted to get upon his feet, but fell back exhausted and weak from the loss of blood. He was given a glass of brandy, and a doctor was called in. Half of the large muscle of his left arm was bitten away, and his forearm was torn frightfully, the bone being exposed in one place. His shoul­ der was literally a pulpy mass, both bones and flesh being ground to­ gether by the teeth of the dog. There were other severe injuries on Connolly's person, and the doctor at once gave it as his opinion that the condition of the man was critical. He finally died in violent convulsions. Shyness Exemplified. A young lady in a neighboring town, one day last week, went into a dry- goods store and thus unburdened her­ self : "It is my desiio to obtain a pair of circular elastic appendages, capable of being contracted or expanded by means of oscillating burnished steel appliances that sparkle like particles of gold-leaf set with Cape May diamonds, and which are utilized for retaining in proper posi­ tion the habiliment of the lower extremi­ ties which innate delicacy forbids me to mention." The vender of calicoes was nonplussed, but, not wishing to appear ignorant, said that he was "just out." After her departure he ruminated in silence for a few moments, when a new light broke upon his distracted brain, and he burst forth with-- " By thunder 1 I'll bet that woman wanted a pair of garters." A Model Farmer. JimFrazierhas been cutting grain for over two weeks, and has one of the finest crops ever raised on the Missouri bot­ tom. He has one hundred and forty acres of wintbr wheat, and will clean twenty-five bushels to the acre; eighty acres of rye, sixty acres of barley and twenty acres of oats, making a total of three hundred acres of small grain. He has also four hundred and seventy acres of corn, eighty acres of which is in tassel, being the early Dent variety. He is feeding three hundred head of hogs, one hun­ dred head of which are ready for mar­ ket, and has just shipped sixty head of fat cattlc, and has several car-loads left. He commenced threshing his wheat Thursday, and expects to clean up the whole business before the machine moves. That is the way to farm. Who can beat it? Don't all speak at once.-- Hamburg (Mo.) Democrat. Fost-Mortem Relations. The case of A. T. Stewart and his cousins has been superseded in interest by the case of Bridget Curtin and her cousins. Bridget was not a merchant prince or even princes* ; but she kept an apple stand for many years in New York, and_ by prudence and frugality amassed $5,000. The relatives whom she lacked in her life-time came to the $5,000 when she died a few days since, and the army of cousins to the third and fourth generation was almost as great as that with whieh Judge Hilton has been waging war. The battle ended, how­ ever, in the Curtin case by the discovery of , a first cousin, who took the spoil, leaving the others disconsolate. , r - CONCERNING CATS. VWoman Thinks they Ought to be Killed ' and Burled, Mrs. Jane Grey Swlsslielm writes all the way from Leipzig to the Pittsburgh Commercial to express her utter detest­ ation of eats. She expresses the opinion that the agricultural societies ought to offer bounties for their scalps, and goes on in this wise: " No one who has not paid attention to the subject can have any idea 'of the number of birds and birds' nests de­ stroyed in one year by one cat, and, to me, it is a wonder that there are any birds left in the United States. To be sure, there are very few. I«have heard more bird songs here in Leipzig in the seven weeks I have been here than I ever did in seven years at home, and there I lived most of the time in the country, while here I am in the city. Our street terminates abruptly on the confines of a garden which must embrace twenty acres, and is surrounded on three sides by high houses. Onr block is the last 011 the street, and our rooms at the end next to this garden, which is full of tall trees and shrubbery and flowers and pleasant walks, and I think there are more birds in it than in Cherryhill town­ ship, Indiana oounty, Penn., in which our summer home was situated, and which is a very large township, not less than twenty miles square. Every family there, but one, kept oats to amuse the children and catch rats, and as a cat never touohes a rat while it can get a bird, or a nest of birds, or eggs, and as they can easily follow a bird to its nest and cannot fol­ low a rat to its, there are not many birds left when cats fall to catching rats. No­ body raised fruit there except by acci­ dent. All the trees were decorated with caterpillars' nests, and the last year we were there the worms attacked the elder bushes and blackberries, the wain de­ pendence of the people for fruit. One might see * intelligent farmers' sitting caressing cats, while the worms were devouring their crops, and their faithful guardians were in pussy's maw. I used to be so tried that I should have been resigned to the dispensation of Provi­ dence if I had heard some morning that the cats were eating the men instead of the birds. It would certainly be a great blessing to the country if they would just take a taste off enough members of agricultural societies to wake them up so that they could see the havoc these cruel,, treacherous beasts of prey, these unnatural, monstrous companions of our children, have been making with our forest songsters and prairie fowl. Two oats will be pretty certain to destroy ev­ ery bird's nest on a farm of 100 acres, except those of - swallows and martins, which are out of tneir reach. The nests of the most valuable game birds are nearly all built on the ground, and are completely at pussy's service. The people eat no partridges, for the cats have not had quite enough. The worms eat the roses around our doors, while the oat stands guard over them at their tp keep the birds away, and we repay her labors by saucers of milk and no end of caresses." CENTENNIAL INCIDENTS. Extraordinary Case of Female Frenzy. One of the most remarkable oases of genuine hysteria on record was brought to light day before yesterday in Brook­ lyn, in a proceeding for separate main­ tenance by Mrs. Frederika Newman against Mr. Myer Newman. The parties are well known; the husband is a well- to-do merchant in this city, and the wife is a large, flue-appearing woman, noted for the richness and extravagance of her attire. She was in court, dressed in the tip of the fashion, and swore bluntly that her husband abused and maltreated her shamefully. The husband then gave his evidence (which, it is but just to say, was corroborated by several physicians and neighbors). He testified that, on the 6th Inst., she met him in New York and began an angry alterca­ tion. He proceeded as follows: "She was excited and began to cry; said she wanted to go to another house; rather than go home she would jump into the river; told her I oould not afford to rent another house; she then began to make a noise while on Grand street; I took her to a drug store, where she became quiet; on the ferry she again began to scream in a hysterical manner; on ar­ riving in Brooklyn, and after getting on board a car, she renewed the disturbance; the passengers were frightened, and we were obliged to leave it; we then took another car, when she again began screaming; I took her to the Wall House and tried to soothe her by giving her brandy and water; the noise she made was so great that the proprietor ordered us to leave; when we aime out she lay down in the gutter at the corner of Fourth and South Seventh streets; when asked to go home she said she would not until it was dark; I then hired a cab and drove her around Prospect Park until quite late, when we went home; on ar­ riving there she began to scream again, and 1 had to call for the assistance of my neighbors; she has frequently seratched and bitten me; she will at times scratch me, and then tell me if I will let her scratch me five minutes longer she will be quiet; she frequently sold my furni­ ture, and once sold my effects completely out; I am now paying rent for two houses, One in Bedford, and the other in Stuyveeant avenue; I could give, if necessary, the result of sixteen years' experience of just such treatment; it would fill a volume several yards long.-- Neu> York Letter. A Heroic Death. Mr. Sampson, a civil engineer of Prov­ idence, B. I., sacrificed himself at Nan­ tucket, Mass., a few days ago, to save some friends. He was in a small boat with two other young men. The latter went forward to adjust the sail and left Mr. - Sampson at the helm. By mistake he put the helm up instead of down, as he had been ordered, and the boat cap­ sized, leaving the three men clinging to an oar. Finding this insufficient to sus­ tain them, Mr. Sampson told the others that he thought their lives of more con­ sequence than his own, gave up his hold and immediately sank. His friends were rescued. An Interesting Talk with a Turn-BtUe Keeper. » [From the Philadelphia Tim**.] **Wo, we are not having so much trouble now as we had," said the neatly- ttniformed turn-stile keeper at one of the side entrances to the Centennial grounds to a Times reporter, "but still the fools are not all dead yet. You'll find, if ever the Centennial statistics are made up, that more than 10 per cent, of all the paying visitors make us more or less trouble by their mistakes." His was a gate that was not heavily patronized in the earlier hours of the day, and the writer was just congratu­ lating himself upon having an opportu­ nity for a long talk when this hope was demolished by the approach of a Fal- staffian German, whose puffing and blow­ ing as he ascended the slight incline leading to the gate could be heard for a hundred yards. " It vos hot," he puffed, as he drew from the depths of his trousers pockets a wallet almost big enough to serve an ordinary man for a valise, and took out a twc-dollar note. A/ter this he swabbed off his broad, red face--the reflex of many a departed lager--and waddled into the gate devoted to exhibitors and others on the free list. " The other gate, sir," said the polite attendant. " Tot vos der difference ? My money was goot; no?" An explanation five minutes long per­ suaded him to go to the other gate, but here another difficulty arose. The solid Teuton presented his two-dollar note, which of course was refused. "Mein Gott!" he exclaimed, "von blaces dey tells me I shall not go in at de gate because it vos for gomplimontar^ beoples; at de other they won't take mein money." Then there was another explanation, and at the end of twelve and a half min­ utes by the watch which is to regulate the time of the new State House clock, the irate German entered the grounds. For twenty yards or more he was heard grumbling, and he rather distrusted the genuineness of the crisp and now 50- oent notes given him in change. That Dutchman," said the gate­ keeper, **is a fair sample of the people we nave to deal with. We are required to be invariably polite, at the same time firmly enforcing the rules, but I can tell you in this sweltering weather a man is often tempted to break out into solid American cursing, even at the risk of losing his place. Old women, especially those from the country, are often very troublesome. The newspapers have done all they could to help us out, but these people don't read, it seems to me." " There are counterfeits presented at the gates now and then, are there not?" asked the reporter. " Not many now. Some time ago a lot of swindlers drove a flourishing trade in that line, but the Commissioners rooted them out. I think the few coun­ terfeits presented now come to their holders in the ordinary course of busi­ ness. There are peaces around the grounds where 50-cent notes are kept for the accommodation of visitors, but they are generally fresh from the Cen­ tennial Buik." " You must see some queer people once in a while," said the reporter, " I should say so. Whv, almost the first customer I have in tlie morning is an old lady who has told me in the strictest confidence that she is the owner not only of the Centennial grounds, but of Fairmount Park itself. She seems to take delight in strolling about her im­ proved property, but I don't believe she speaks to anybody on the grounds. Another of my early birds is a daily visitor to Machinery hall. He has a notion that he has nearly solved the problem of perpetual motion. The only drawback to his success, he thinks, is the destructibility of metals, and this trifling defect he feels sure to overcome before long. I believe he can't make the combination of metals he desires without capital, and I shouldn't wonder if he haunted the grounds in order to raise the wind." " These turn-stiles seem to me a little narrow," said the reporter. " Well, they're good enough for the ordinary run of mankind, but now and then somebody comes along that can't get through, and we have the deuce of a time to fix things. One day a lady weighing 420 pounds (and actually as broad as she was long) applied at one of the gates for admission. She had a 50- cent note in her hand, but, contrasting the note with the size of the lady, the doorkeeper thought it was an old-time 3-cent sliinplaster until he had looked at it through a magnifying glass. Then he asked the lady in the politest lan­ guage to come in. " 4 Where ?' said she. " • Here,' said he. Then he looked at her and turned pale. There was not a turnstile on the ground that would admit her, and the odds were twenty to ene that she could not squeeze through any of the ordinary exits. He was in a quandary, but at length he decided to send for a Commissioner. When that official arrived an order was issued ad­ mitting the lady through one of the open gates used for" carts and wagons. To register her one of the keepers had to pass through the turnstile and afterward come out in the usual way. Not long ago a fat boy from the tar West (he weighed nearly 500 pounds) was passed through in the same way. The turn-stile keeper was somewhat indignant that the mother of this youthful mountain of flesh should have endeavored to pass him in at half-price on the ground that he was a minor." tiaribaldi to the Front. Garibaldi has a new pet nationality. He writes to the Servians: " MY DEAR FRIENDS : In the name of oppressed peoples I thank you for yeui udefatigable devotion to the holy cause. To-day every generous soul in the world ought to contribute to the deliverance of the Christian slaves from the horrible despotism of the Crescent. From Can- dia to the Pruth all peoples more or less oppressed must shake off the criminal yoke of the yataghan. My heart is with you and all other valorous souls that join in the holy crusade. GARIHAI.M." All Sorts. QOTTMAH, county, Ga., boasts of negro 104 years old. BUFFALO has more widows ft*" amp other city in the land. CONCHO county, Tex., has not M rain for seven months. „, THIRTEEN law students were examined for admission to the San Francisco bar, and not one was accepted. . papers say their .wheat is at­ tracting Enronmn buyers, it being of a grade much used in France. EDMONIA LEWIS creates statues, and then calls any one who ob­ jects to them " immodest and not van of mind." " PUFFY" Cuban belles at Saratoga horrify ladies from some other places by smoking cigarettes at thair bedroom windows^ MISS MABTHA BOHANNOH got tired of lounging around, and, going into the Missouri mining business, has become r;cli M like everything," Two BOOS, which had been left in a nest by a discouraged dnck at Oneida, N. Y., a few days ago, were subsequent­ ly hatched out by the hot weather. THE Corpus Ciu*istj (Tex.) Times ed­ itor has been studying human nature. He aays: To owe is human; To pay wp divine. Tn Pall Mall Gazette is still urging women to become sailors. How would a crew of women behave when the Captain ordered them to whistle for a breess. --Free Press, THE new Sultan, on taking possession, found cooks in the palace, but for cer­ tain Oriental reasons confined his diet to boiled eggs until he reorganized the kitchen bureau. THE Moravian Seminary at Bethlehem. Pa., has been in existence ninety-one years, and in that time had 6,772 pupils. This institution is at present in & Nour­ ishing condition. AT a shooting match in Savannah, Ga., the other day, Mr. I. W. Moore, at the distance of sixteen paces, shot from the* mouth of Constable Frank P. Fox a pipe, twioe in suocession, AMERICAN Bhines, Switzerlands, Brightons, Badens, Ems, etc., are get­ ting altogether too common in the United States. A CHILD in Troy, N. Y., who had1 put in a crib for a morning nap with a green veil over his face to keep the flies from worrying him, sucked in arsenic and coloring matter and died in oonvul- dions. JOHN HINDS, Sr., of Ilockport, Ind., ! • is one of the heirs of the Jennings estate in England, which will divide $180,000,- ; 000 among the heirs, leaving Mr. Hinds' ' share between $700,000 and $1,000,000 --when he gets it. A siNouiiAR coincidence is mentioned in the Oswego Palladium: "James Clark, ageq 72, and his wife, same age, of Pulaski, died Saturday night. They were born, died and were buried on the same day. Both died of cauoer." '•'ii A MARJIIAGE took place recently at , Jevington, England, the peculiar fea- ' ture of which was that the bride had no arms. The ring had to be placed on the ' * * third toe*of the left foot, and she signed the marriage register with her toes, '• >< A CHISA*A* was washed through a tailrace at San Andreas, CaL, recently, & and carried a distance of several hun- : dred feet; was dumped out at the end with a fall of twenty-five feet, and had a leg broken by a rock falling on him. A KENTUCKY paper says; "Farm hands are now in demand, but we notice many able-bodied men, white and col­ ored, idling about town--complaining of the hard times and nothing to do. That's what's the matter with the coun­ try." A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelphia Day suggests that the oMIndependenoe bell be repaired so that it may be rang again,, He says it can'be done by put­ ting in a lighter tongue and sawing out the crack, and leaving an opening similar to that of a tuning fork. PAY but 1 cent postage hereafter to any part of the United States upon any newspaper weighing 2 ounces or less, and 1 cent for each additional 2 ottnoes or fractional part thereof. You are at liberty to write your name on the out­ side wrapper or on the paper, if yon choose. WBEBIS tlie Moosetocbraaguntlc Pours its waters iu the Skuntic, Met along the forest side Hiram Hover, Huldah Hyde. Blig, a maiden fair and dapper, He, a red-liaired, stalwart trapper. Hunting beaver, mink sod skimk, In the woodlands of Suedunk. She, Pawtucket's pensive daugiiter, Walked beside tne Skuntic water, Gathering in her apron wet, , Snakeroot, mint, «ud bouncing bet. " Whv," he murmured, loath to leave tier, <• Gather yarbs for chills and fever, When a lovyer bold aad true Only waits to wither you t" --Bayard Taylor. A EAUJBOAD employe, in charge of three hands, some miles above Taylor, Tex., on the International and Great Northern railroad, attached his hand-car to the construction train, and thinking to ride on the truck would do as well, got aboard with his men. Soon after the train started; at the first bend in the road, the hand-car lost its equilibrium, and sailed through the air after the fash­ ion of a kite, throwing the occupants off, and killing the boss instant%. The others escaped serious injury. THE Argentine republic is mafcfag fair progress. In his recent address to Congress, President Avellanda said that the nation enjoyed profound peace, that wheat-growing had quadrupled within the last five years, and that the exports of 1875 were greater than those of any previous year. The President also ob­ served that the Government expenses had been reduced 14,000,000, and that three railroads had been opened for traffic since October. Considering that the Argentine republic has not escaped "hard times," this report is satisfactory. HARDLY a week ago, says a New York paper.it will be remembered a boy from Porto Bico was arrested in New York for trying to throw a railway train oft" the track "just to see it jump!" On the 12th of July a precisely similar event 00- curred near Paris, where a policeman found a boy, 11 years old, Charles Pru- niere, busily occupied in rolling down stones on the track of the Great North­ ern railway from the top of the railwsy bridge. When arrested and questioned, the amiable child replied that he wanted to "see the fun when the train came along." .