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3Chf flamdealer. j j. TII sr,7rt, mSHSbt, ITJ.TWOIB. tt&lCVLTUKAL AND DOMESTIC. A. Spring Sony. breaks ilic •aoraJog ^feesr; ; W i t h a w a r m e r b e a m ; ' " * > Now, O E»rth, awaken. , - From thy winter dram! -/ i g From some land of beauty, where the s wallow's wing *• W* Rests on balmiest zephyrs, i 1 Comes the radiant Bering. & •Odocwws southern With her garlands play, And the sullen snow-clouds Slowly drift away, la the woods and valleys 9 V- f't U;, UU'A'i4, And its silvery mtirmun Greet her as'sho goes. * the budding hedgerow*, I S * Through * he meadows sw t' | f Bright-eyed, stairy daisies si I Springing round her feet, 1 JU dkWitii the fragrant violets • 'v: : •. To her warm Hps prest, . - And the timid snowdrops Nestling in her breast. •JW Many a shrinking flow'ret From its nook she wiles With her tears, more precious 1'han h>T sunniest smiles. niokly will the fforeet Weave a leafy sue, F.re the sun can seek them With too ardent gaze. Haftte then, Earth, arouse Bid thy wild birds sing; v Let them give a welooiM , To the gentle spring!) Around the Farm. • TUBp the wash from the public roads into the fields where it can be made to spread over and fertilize as much sur­ face as possible. SCATTER your coal ashes tinder the plum and cherry trees from two to three inches thick and as far out as the limbs extend, and you will find it a great pre­ ventive to the ravages of the curculio. Also, mulch the currant and gooseber­ ries heavy with it. DEATH to cattle is often caused by dry leaves, husks and stalks of the cornfield, eaten in immoderate quantities. As long as corn is found on the stalks in the fields in considerable quantities or is fed daily, there is no danger, since this pro­ duces proper secretion and keeps the alimentary canal moving. Plenty of water is also a safeguard. POULTRY.--It is now time to set hens for early chickens. Warm comers in the stables or barns may be appropriated for this purpose where the other poultry are not permitted to go. The nest box may be carried there quietly at night and the hen left undisturbed. The ad­ vantage of having loose nest, boxes is, that the box and the occupant may be removed to wherever it is to remain. DON'T PICK OVER APPLES.--A corres­ pondent of the Country Gentleman say*: " W© are never too old to learn. For year* I practiced picking all my apples two or three times during the winter, and flattered myself that 1 was very dis­ creet in so doing. Last year I had a good many, and grew slack in my. duty, being very busy about many things, mid never touched them only as we used them. They kept until July, and were in splendid order." WATER IN WINTER.--Otfitagftftig milk need an abundance of water. The dry hay usually given affords little material for milk* and even with abundance of roots, unless water is placed within easy reach, cows will tend to fatten rather to milk production. A great diffi­ culty in cold weather is in having water so far from the yard that cows will suffer long before going from comfortable quarters to reach it. Whenever possible a cistern should be constructed under the barn or under ground to hold water for stock. COMPABE NOTES.--The object of farm­ ing is profit. Whatever does not con­ duce to this is of no account; and the art of agriculture resolves itself into the one question, what will pay best? The experience of a single individual upon ai single farm is not sufficient to settle the principles of practice. There axe no two farms precisely alike, and what would be a good system to practice upon one, might be exceedingly bad upon the other ; therefore, we cannot take tho ex­ perience of a single individual upon a single farm, but the safe guide is the united experience of all who have been intelligent observers. -- (lenire- Union Agriculturist. GOOD GARDEN WALKS.--Dig out the soil the width of the walk, and to a depth of about two and a half feet. At this begin by laying a foundation layer of large stones, fitted closely together. A second layer, smaller in size, should fol­ low the first, and so on, laying each suc­ ceeding layer of stones smaller in size than the preceding one, until the space is filled nearly level with the surround­ ing surface. A top coating of coarse cinders, and these covered with a few inches in depth of gravel and fine sand, will complete the 30b, and will give a substantial walk, that will always be dry under foot. It will improve the walk and the appearance at the same time, if the clinkers and the sand on the top are rolled down firmly ; and in the course of a week or two, when the material settles, it may be found necessary to add some more gravel and sand, to even the sur­ face.--Scribner. WE never knew a farmer to take an ax or a beetle and go round and break s wheel here and knock in a'brace there, and crack this section and clip that one, among bis farm machines, wagons, and implements--that is, unless he was drunkI But some of them---pretty good farmers, too, in most things--get about the same results in a roundabout way. They stow the mowing machine in a leaky shed, where it is used sis a turkey roost, the lighter instruments are stowed' away where the cattle knock them down and break them; the carriage and har­ ness are kept where the stable fumes spoil the varnish; and a general slipshod style knocks off fifty per cent, from the •alue of the farming equipment. The farmer who " keeps thing® ship-shape " is generally the thriving man. " Down- at-the-heelativeness" will spread the blank-frost of a mortgage over a farm nearly as quick as rum drinking.--The Golden £ule. AM t tke Hooie. for som month is sage tea, sweetened with honey. It is good for chapped lips. SPONGE PUDDING . --Three eggs, Hie weight of the eggs in feutter, sugar and flour. One teaspooctful of aream of tartar, and half ateaspoonful of soda. Is best with wine sauce. CALEDONIAN CREAM.--The whites of two eggs, two spoonfuls of loaf sugar, two of raspberry jam, two of currant jelly; all to be beaten together until so thick the spoon will stand alone in it. A GOOD HAIR OIL.--Take lard and castor oil, in equal parts, flavored with bitter almonds. It is very good. A pint of sage tea, with a gill of bay rum, tablespoonful of salt, and a dozen drops of ammonia, is as good a remedy for fall ing hair as exists. Change the parting often; never tie the hair or screw it up with inns. Never wear false braids. In a word, treat your hair sensibly, and it will not be likely to desert you. IN case a knife or fork hancfle gets loose, set the handle upon end, fill the cavity with pulverized rosin, then warm the small part erf the knife or fork and insert it slowly, crowd it down firmly and hold it in right position until the rosin cools enough to set. As rosin is not soluble in water, hot or cold, the knives are not loosened. Where ivory handles have become yellow they may be restored by soaking a lew hours in a watery solution of sulphurous acid. 'The .acid in a gaseous state should not be used, as it will be likely to make the handles crack, 0AKAMEL8.--One-quarter pouftd of scraped chocolate, one pound of brown or white sugar, four tablespoonsfula of molasses, one cup of milk, and a pieoe of butter size of an egg rolled in flour. Put all the ingredients in a kettle except the chocolate, and when boiling add that. Boil until it becomes crisp when dropped into water. Then pour in but­ tered dishes, and when cold cut in squares. The caramels should be stirred after the chocolate is put in. To REMOVE RUST FROM STEEL.--Din­ ner knives sometimes get rusty and may be brightened by covering with sweet oil; let it stand for forty-eight hours and rub with unslaked lime, or powdered brick. A fine grain red brick, finely powdered, is good for polishing knives. Whiting is an excellent article for clean­ ing and polishing silver, brittania, tin, etc., when properly used, making it look almost like new. They should first be rubbed with it wet, then polished with it diy. . A Domestic Sorrow. Here is a characteristic conversation whioh occurred some time since between a certain Mrs. Smith and a Mrft. Jones. The husbands of both belong to the Blank Club, and upon a certain, occasion the two wives met and talked over their grievances. Said Mrs.. Jones: "My dear, do you know that 1 am unhappy ? 48 No, clear j, I had not the remotest idea of anything of that kind. Ion are living in such luxury and ease that I sup­ posed you to be the happiest of mor­ tals." " Oh, no, I never Uiink of that, for I am too, too unhappy." " What makes you so unhappy V* "Oh, never mind, dear; it does not ooncern any one in the world but myself; but I am dreadfully unhappy. I sup­ pose that I am the most unhappy person who lives." " Do tell me what it is." " Well, my dear, if you will know, it is this: My husband goes out and stays all night long at the club and plays cards. Ain't that dreadful ?" Mrs. Smith gazed at Mrs. Jones very calmly and placidly and pityingly, and then remarked: " My dear Mrs. Jones, I was absolutely frightened; I was alarmed. I shuddered for fear you were about to relate some terrible mystery. You are not half as unhappy as I am.r I am the most unhappy, miserable woman that ever lived." " What!" said Mrs. Jones, " you un­ happy, and so much admired and ca­ ressed by society." • " Yes; the most heart-broken woman you ever knew." "What can be the oauseof this?" " Well, I'll tell you, my dear. You see my husband goes out and stays all night, and--well, he stays all night and tries to play cards, but can't. Those other fellows beat him every night."-- Boston Corn ier. national Centennial Items. • TWELVE men have been killed at the Centennial buildings in three months. . FOUR pictures from the Munich Art Gallery will be sent to the Exhibition. THE Sunday question is still being agitated in connection with the Centen- THE foreign exhibitors, as a general rule, bring their own show-oases with them. AN area of 668,440 feet, or nearlv thir­ teen acres, is oovered by Machinery HalL A COLOSBAX. statue of Prinoe Bismarck will be exhibited in the German Art De­ partment. THE Women's Pavilion is about fin­ ished, except some slight ornamentation and painting. THE exhibition of the Argentine Be- Sublic at Philadelphia will consist of D,00^> articles. FBOMXNKHT among the German collec­ tion of paintings will be scenes from the Pranoo-Prussian war. A FANCX pavilion occupies Spain's space in the main building, and is fully prepared for the arrangement of articles for exhibition. THE kingdoms of the Netherlands will exhibit 1,850 books published dur­ ing the recent years on educational to­ pics alone. THIRTY Indian families, with their dogs, trappings and paraphernalia, will encamp on the Centennial grounds, un­ der the direction of Prof. Baird. SPECIMENS of the engine and 'other machinery used in propelling a man-of- war will shortly be sent to the Exposi­ tion grounds from the Washington navy yard. AN English newspaper writer describes New Orleans as a city of many tongues, and pays its people a fine compliment by declaring that a lady may walk alone by day or night from one end of the city to jiiift other «nd jftpt ILLINOIS ITEMS. Hcte cholera prevails in Logan county. GBORGE W. LADD, a dry goods mer­ chant of Qnincy, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are scheduled at $40;000; assets about ^10|i'000« JOHN FITZFATRICK:, known as "Rowdy Fitz/' fell dead in a house on Iowa avenue, Joliot, on night last week. The Coroner's jury decided that he died from excessive drink and exposure. DB. MTRON H. HEWITT, of Peoria, has J>een cited to appear before the First Presbyterian church, of which he is a member, and answer to the charge of " unchristian conduct" in that he sings in the choir of the Universalis! of that cdty. WBSLB William Hogao, wife, and four children were crossing a bridge across the Big Sandy creek, three miles from Win­ chester, a few days ago, the wagon ran off the end of the bridge, which was covered with water, and Mrs. Hogan and three children drowned. PEKIN has closed a contract with two legal firms in that city to collect $50,000 in taxes that have been delinquent for several years. The lawyers receive a commission of ten per oentum on the first $10,000 collected and fifteen per oentum on the remainder. THE Union fair grounds at Centralis were lately sold under j udgment for about $5 ,000 to one of the stockholders, who agrees to let a new company, now form- ing, have it at that figure. They are raising that amount, and have over $3,000 subscribed already. REV. PHILO JCDSON, one of the foun d era of Evanston, Cook county, and one of the oldest surviving ministers of the Rock River conference of the Methodist Episcopal ch urch, died at his residence in that village one day last week, in the seventieth year of his age. The wives of Gov. Beveridge and Mark Kimball, Esq., of Chicago, are his daughters. A NOVEL, entertainment was given at Joliet, the other evening, in which Hon. Henry Snopp, ex-Mayor Steele, and other prominent citizens took part. It was an old-fashioned school exhibition. All the members of the class were over forty years of age, and the programme consisted of compositions written and declamations delivered in their boyhood days. IN the United States Circuit Court at Springfield, on Monday last, a final do-; cree of foreclosure was rendered in the case of A. B. Baylias, trustee, vs. the Lafayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad Company. After thirty days, th© road is to be advertised and sold. The amount sued for is $1,300,000, which with the interest and costs addeds will make about $1,600,000. THE reoent disastrous fire at Spring­ field has had the effect of impressing upon the city couucil the importance of the police and fire departments. At the last meeting of Hie council a a order was passed requesting the mayor to reinstate all the policemen and firemen who were discharged some weeks since. Next morning the mayor said that he would not comply with the request of the oonnciL THE State-House Commissiduers have had an extra force of workmen Bet to work on the House of Repxesentatives and the adjoining committee rooms, in order that, they may be finished in time for the meeting of the Republican State Convention. The Opera-House, whioh was recently destroyed by fire, was the only building in Springfield that was large enough in which to hold a State convention, and the Commissioners are making every exertion to have the house ready to supply this want. THE|hog cholera is becoming a matter of serious concern in this State. Hie State Board of Agriculture, appreciating this fact, has taken action to gain such information from the infected districts as will enable it to afford relief to the imperiled swine-growing interest, which IB one of our chief wealth-producing resources. The board adopted a list of questions to be addressed to hog-raisers, whioh, it is hoped, will be promptly and fully answered by those receiving the circular. A PErrnoN is is circulation addressed to tho Mayor and Common Council of the city of Joliet, asking that an election be called to vote upon the question of in­ corporating tho city of Joliet, under the Cera! law of the State, passed by the General Assembly. Besides facili­ tating the collection of taxes, and re­ ducing the number of salaried officers, it would give the city another ward, and result in the division of the First ward, which now contains a population larger than three of the smaller wards of the city. A BLOOMING TON special gives some particulars of a recent tragedy in that city, as follows: " Davis, the man who was shot by Chrisman, on Tuesday night of last week, is dead. Before he died he gave the City Marshal a detailed statement of the affair. It appears the men had had some trouble eany Tuesday evening, but went into a saloon and set­ tled the matter over a glass of liquor, after which Davis went home. Chris- man then followed him to his house and again commenced the quarrel, when Davis attempted to drive him away, and Chrisman fired upon him four times, two of the bullets taking effect Chris­ man admits that he did the shooting, but claims it was in self-defense. The coro­ ner's jury held Chrisman for murder, and he was arrested on a coroner's war­ rant. PEORIA Items: The CJhie of Police a few days ago arrested a man named John W. Dukes, who is charged with commit­ ting several burglaries in Red Oak, Iowa, about two years ago. A large re­ ward was offered for Dukes, and his ar­ rest is considered an important one.-- The city council has appropriated $25, 000 toward the proposed See bridge! --Col. R. G. Ingersoll has(purchased the residence of Hon. Washington Cockle, The price paid was $40,000. Thomas Cratty has purchased the lager- soil residence, for which he paid $14,- 000.--John Dillon played an engage­ ment last week.--Ground was bro­ ken for the new Court House on the 20th of March, with exciting ceremon­ ies. The Judges of the courts, the Board of Supervisors, the City Council, and many citizens were present and partici­ pated. Judges, lawyers, and pioneer an t̂heoocasion. The boards trade Is be­ ginning to feel its importance. The mem­ bership fees liave been advanced from $50 to $250. 4» *• -1 tenant' ^ ' Gentlemen's Fashions. SCARFS. * Slat scarfs are becoming very papu­ lar. At present most of them are dark in color and intended to be worn with » light pin in the center; but as spring advances, lighter shades will be worn. GLOVES. Gentlemen's gloves will be worn with one or two buttons, lie glove stores present a great variety of shades ami colors sufficient to match any suit or harmonize with complexion. A new shade ot lavender, very light, and a pe­ culiar feiiivde of brown tnorrn as " ehev- rette," are selling rapidly. Most gloves are stitched or braided on the book. Some heavy braids in fancy oolors are favored by purchasers. HATS. The spring style of silk hat is an im- <ovement over previous factions, being ess bell-crowned and heavy in appear­ ance than the hat worn during the fall and winter. Seen from the side it lee- sens in size slightly toward the top, while a front view discloses a slight out­ ward curve. The brim is narrow with a rolling or very narrow D'Orsay curve. For elderly gentlemen or for gentlemen with full faces the brim is a little wider. Stiff felt hats are much worn. Their briiXK? are usually narrow, the crowns generally rounded and not so deep as for winter hats. Besides black and other dark colors, there are mixed grays and browns to match the spring styles of walking suits. There are many styles of soft felt hate, ranging from those with a wide brim and tall crown to the more common low-crowned hats worn by boys. The light shades of silk hats will not be found in the hat store until the middle of May. EXIT BOOTS. Fashionable shoemakers say that boots have gone entirely out of fashion, and are now worn only by a set of old gentle­ men who disregard both comfort and style in their preference for them. But­ toned gaiters have been worn almost ex­ clusively by fashionable men during the winter, nut as the weather grows warmer, the Oxford tie will be the favorite shoe. The style is plain, with rounded toe of medium breadth, a little narrower than for the winter, broad, low heel and a single sole of medium thickness, which gives the shoe a solid but very neat ap­ pearance, and makes it very oou^ortable A Japanese Yiew of the Belknap Scan­ dal. Mr. Lanmas, the Japanese Charge d'Affaires, told the story of Belknap's fall while seated at dinner to several of the Japanese students and attaohes sent over to this country to learn our lan­ guage and our modes of government. A death-like silence ensued for some mo­ ments, only looks of horror and amaze­ ment being exchanged between these so- called half-civilized beings. When, they reoovered from the first effects of the shock, they burst out into a perfect vol­ ley of reproach and disgust upon any man so lost to honor as to acoept any bribe while discharging the duties of Ms aibn office. ** We care not, " said one almond-eyed child of the Orient, "to copy your government if this be the outgrowth of ye*?i«blican principles. We very much think we shall be called home when this news reaches Japan, for do you not say in your proverbs, • Evil communications corrupt good manners}' No, you may think eur country much behind yours in the arts and science, in the modes of government, etc., but such conduct in positions of trust is a thing unknown in Japan. We will go home satisfied to be as we have always been." And the poor fellows could actually eat no didner, so disturbed were they over the news.-- Washington Correspondent* of the Cincinnati Gazette. Don Carlos in England. A London letter of Mar oh 6 says: "Don Carlos with his suite, leaving Boulogne on Saturday morning, landed at Falkestone that afternoon; was in­ sulted by an unmannerly mob who had gathered on the quay; came up to Lon­ don in a saloon-car provided for him ; reus received at Cliaring Cross by a tol­ erably large and very enthusiastic crowd of Spaniards and Englishmen, and is now at Brown's hotel, Dover street, where he will remain for some time. Everyone who sees him is charmed with him, he is such a magnificent fellow physically, being over six feet tall His would-be majesty has a little business to transact here. His long campaign not been carried on for nothing. Money was needed and money was had, and now Don Carlos has oome to pay up. That royal cousin of his who died not long ago left him the comfortable sum of $40,000,000; his debts amount to only atibut $5,000,000; he can pay everything and have plenty left. He may put his money in the consols and have an income of more than $1,000,000 a year. This sum, with th* Ift* will enable him to live very comfortably. It would be very easy, now, to paint a picture of the mis- erv he has inmoted on Spain, and of the cold-blooded selfishness he has shown in protracting a hopeless contest." Phenomenal Weather* The West and South have just now been visited by snow storms more severe than have been known there for years. At Memphis, where the Mississippi never freezes, and where the c%rttival has just been celebrated amid the bright­ est, clearest, and balmiest of weather, there was a snow storm which covered the ground to a depth of ten inches, and to the southward io§ an unknown dis­ tance the telegraph Hues am prostrate. From Ohio and Arkansas the heaviest fall of snow fear years is reported, so that business is suspended and trains seriously delayed. Meteorologically this winter has been remarkable in ail parts of the world. In Europe there have been storms of snow in most unu­ sual places; the severest cold has alter­ nated with unseemly warmth; torrents of water have fallen, and great rivers have overflowed their banks. In this country the weather has been remarkably mild, but with sudden and -violent changes like those now noticed.--New YmkQrapMo* . MEXICO'S REYOLUTIOH. **• Th»fc Led to th* PrmitW krwk-ni« Overthrow •( Lerdo Vore- tihadowed. The Few Orleans correspondent of the Chicago Times telegraphs to that journal the following interesting par ticulars regarding the formidable insur­ rection now in progress in our neigh­ boring republic of Mexico : "From passengers just arrived here by steamship from Mexico, much of in­ terest is learned concerning the revolu­ tion in that republic. They say the revolution has astonished everyone by the absence of violence and bloodshed, and by the extraordinary rapidity with which it has succeeded. No one fa­ miliar with th« condition of affairs in that country has much doubt of the overthrow of the present government, headed by PresidentLerdodeTejado. The existing administration has represented the moderate party in Mexico, » policy whioh exposed it to the hostility of the church, already stripped of $100,000,090 of property, and which in the last year has witnessed the exclusion of some of its orders. Besides the descendants of the States strongly under religious influence, the present government incurred the hostility of the red or most radical re­ publicans, who, far from beirg satisfied with the changes or reforms already made, demanded many others still more sweeping. They, besides, accused the present government of fanaticism and corruption, and, what to them is a still more serious charge, that of keeping a great many leaders out of office who want to be in. The opposition in the city of Mexico has for more than a year been extremely rancorous and active, as expressed in the journals and speeches of leading men. The headquarters of the pronunendes and their great strong­ hold is Jalapa and the surrounding country. The State of Puebla, which has very important industries, is revolu­ tionized, and Vera Cruz is well affected toward the cause. The territory held by the insurgents includes a depth of 250 miles, two-thirds of the distance to the capital, from the sea-coast, with an equal length of territory going west. One of the aqueducts, even that which supplied Mexico with water, was cut by a band of insurgents. On the Amer­ ican frontier Regina Colitna, through which the telegraph wires to the city of Mexico passed, have been captured, with most of the border country. It will thus be seen that the telegraphic treaty for connecting the wires of the two coun­ tries will not have much immediate value. The strangest intelligence yet brought from Mexico is thatPresident Lerdo should have allowed Cortinas to escape from his hands and return to the frontier, where he will, in a short time, be at the head of a considerable band. So far as can be ascertained, while the foreign population are opposed to all revolutions, they, as yet, regard the present one as an almost accomplished fact, Porfirio Diaz is not viewed with disfavor for the reason that he has been hitherto know for his mild and courteous manners and his liberal ideas of progress and improvement. It is thought he will take the field when Monterey falls or de­ clares in his favor. The army of Mexico is supposed not to exceed 25,000 men." ing no necessity of the editors hurrying # themselves about ball. The paper is 1 ' supplied free to every Indian-speaking m > Cherokee, but English readers have to ' pay a subscription of $1 a year. * ii All A NEWSPAPER is to be heart of the Black Hills. started In I'"-THIUTT thousand people are exoected at the Black Hills by May 1. ** ^ LONDON pays nearly one-third of whole income" tax of England. A BOSTON menagerie has two perform- ̂ , , ing elephants which are upward of seventy years of age. as ever. They are frisky '̂4 * my- THE Bavarian Government has put sudden stop to dueling by denying Chris-1 v? tian burial to persons killed in this I manner, holding them in the eves of titeB&s law the same as suicides. Wl« A NEVADA man reoently swallowed a^f wooden toothpick. When he is stand- ^ ing erect it doesn't bother him, but when* ¥ he sits down he is painfully conscious^* b he committed an indiscretion, that WHEU a "poor deaf mute" called at a" house in Buffalo the other day and asked^* for money in a good strong voice he wasff** given a " recoo nmend " to the next*' ' town. It was written with a ieatherjgl - P631- ~ DAVID OJUAB*, ol Hartfocd, is worthy- "enough," lie says; so he insists on glv-^,',^ ing away his whole surplus * .-•j.,/"' tthj SpiiBf Hie prediction in commercial circles of New York is in favor of a healthy upring trade. It is reported to be back­ ward in its opening, and that as a gen­ eral thing heavier sales are not expected than were made in the spring of last year. The probabilities are, however, that we shall more than hold our own, and that business will be done on a surer basis and with fair profits. The com­ parative shortness of foreign crops es­ tablishes markets for the produce and cereals of the country. These will be in good demand with steady and improving prices for the surplus grain crop with which tne country has been blessed. American manufactured goods are al­ ready on hand in large stocks, but the decline in prices has given them a pref­ erence in the market over foreign sup­ plies, and the improvement in styles and quality, stimulated by this fact, promises to command for domestic goods a sale over the product, of foreign looms. Business at present seems to be done chiefly for cash, with short credit only to well known and reliable customers. This is the pith of the business aows in the metropolis, and taken alfcogotlior is satisfactory.'--/St. Louis MepuMietm. amounting to $30,000 or $*0,000 a year." He gives to everybody, almost, exoep people who ask him. fPl A NEW tpie-aettirig machine costs $50G§p,s~ and sets 10,000 ems per day. The pros-p^ pectus of the thing, however, ncglecta||; - to state whether it can drink whisky, putf* on a " sub" gracefully, and call out overr"'̂ the room: "What sore-eyed, low-lived^* 'son of a saw-horse has got 14 xx I" A CHINAMAN in San Francisco rudely pushed into the mud from a|f # street-crossing by an American. He-t$>* picked himself up very calmly, shookki ^ off some of the mud, bowed very polite-; "C ly, and said, with a mild, reproving tone ;̂?:'* to the offender; heathen; good-byl 'Yon CM« art Silver. Apropos of the continuous fall in silver which is engrossing the attention of the mercantile world, the London Daily News publishes the following synopsis of the produce of gold and silver from all sources for the last twenty-five years The quinquiennial average production of gold from 1852 to 1856 was £29,900, 000; from 1857 to 1861, £24,000,000; from 1862 to 1866, £22,700,000; from 1867 to 1871, £23,600,000; and from 1871 to 1875, £20,41)0,000, thus showing a steady decrease^ while the opposite is the case with silver, viz.: 1892- 56, £8,- 100,000; 1857-'61, £8,200,000; 1862-'66. £9,900,000; 1867-71, £10,600,000; and 1871*75, £13,000,000. The News at­ tributes the great fall in silver which amounts to threepence in the rupee, or about twelve per cent, in India, to Its in­ creasing disuse, while the reverse holds good of gold. THE Kearney (Neb.) Press argues inf? favor of domesticating the buffalo, andP says: "The animals can be easily*? tamed, and made to do good servioe the harness ; that while Ins tail is not aog ,̂ very handy to twist, in every other rey ' , spect--sine, strength, get np, and etyleFr. --he Is vastly superior to the domestic^ W ox." Mas. E. D. GILLESPIE, of Philadel-?5f l > phia, who is engaged in arousing inter#!®# est in the exhibition of women's work al|f#t the Centennial Exposition, says that women invented the celebrated MoCor- t, .. mick reaper, and another woman theil * bell punch now used on the street onr%g|; but the inventors were too poor to obtainP/3? patents. . THE custom of drinking: win# ..... of liquor is a great economic benefit w France. The harvest of 1874 produoed*** 1,386,000,000 gallons of wine, of wbfcbfe*'® four-fifths were consumed in the ooai*#**# try. This enormous yield was valued $650,000,000, or more than the ui wheat and cotton crops of the Ui THERE are 1,234 men, 86 steamers, 87^5? venels and 18 factories engaged in ther' 1 oil and guano business of Maine. ing 1875 no less than 712,000 barrels oIN* ̂ fish were taken, an increase of 90,00$ j ̂ over 1874, and 1,800,000 gallons of made, an increase of 21,000 gallons.̂ I The amount of guano prepaid was 22J ' * 000 tons. ijg PABTON was not the first man whotfr ;̂ married his wife's daughter. Some fifh^giA years since, "Elder Anderson," a well- known, Baptist preacher in Connecticut, *' married a widow named Douglass, with^* ̂ two children--a boy and girl. Whem#t̂ ' she died, he married the daughter, * whom he had a son, whose father his jgwidfaiher and whose mother wa ̂ . _ . . . wmi m A. T. SnwAir is about seventy-eighty j H. B. Claflin about sixty, VaiidOToilfc I about eighty, Bonner about forty-eight,'^' * j Dana about forty-nine, Hivarte about flf-^4';s# j t^-flvo, Courtnov about foriy-flvc,%4#l; j Dtoughton about fifty-ais, Uceoher about? t.#,} sixty-three, Storrs about sixty, Bowesiv* 44 fibont sixty, Moultou about forty-nine^. MJ«" Fullerion about fifty-four, Porter about- - fifty-two. AT BMW- . ESatfr ' From port to port fair breezes blow; ^.tfl But the ship mast Mil the convex m, A Banaway Horse ImpaleC On the line of the Perkiomen rail­ road, in Montgomery county, Pa., re­ cently, a team of fine horses standing near the railroad station took fright and ran sway. Near a saw mill about 300 yards distant there was a large wagon standing, with the tongue pointing toward the flying steeds. The horses ran with unchecked speed upon it, and the tongue and chains entered the breast of one of the poor brutes, and passed through its body, coming out at the hips, a distance of over four feet; two feet of the tongue, beside, protruding through the body. ^ A Newspaper in Jail.* v The Cherokee Advocate, published at Talequah, in the Indian Territory, lias its editorial rooms in the second story of the jail at the Cherokee capital, in ac cordance with the act which provided for its establishment. It is very conve- in tha case of libel suits, there be- Nor may gbe etimlfhter go. 80, man to man: in fair aooord, On thonght and will, the winds may watti But the world will bend the pasting waiJi * ' Though it* ahorteat oouna be straight. • • i -? From cool to soul the shortest 11M » *<»•**** At beet will bended be: A ̂ The ahlp that holds the stralghted Manila, <••***' f>tt| StlU sails the convex sea. * --Mm AvfeCJMtfe*»aertomtH. --•--; --*M Secretary Br is tow's Mnilmt tknMimw So much has been said about en>oi- ̂ f %k sive establishments, and Mrs. fct«L imw tow's known wealth is so great, thatr îr* every one was surprised at the rexj-r<mw modest residenoe selected by the 8ecre-.~ tary of the Treasury, and there is float- ing about a veryjamusing aaeodote which"'* illustrates Mr. Bristow's quiet fashion of̂ *** ̂ seeking for f ̂W ,, . „ „ „ a very desir-y able house already furnished, and after #»,„• looking it over, inquired the rent ' " Seven thousand dollars!" answered the , " agent. Mr.̂ Bristow aaid nothing but * seemed considering some important ™nf-m *** ter in utter abstraction. At hist a gentle- man with him,, growing impatient, de- manded to know his decision. "Oh, yes!" ^ said the Secretary; "$7,000 I think the agent said!" "Yes," said Ms friend. M " Well," responded the Secretary, "I h was wondering what I could possibjy do *** " with that other $1,000!" Of ooures yon ̂ know a Cabinet minister's salary is only $8,000 per year. That $7,000 house was not rented, but you will find Mrs., Bris- tow receiving in very pleasant parlors on K street, ana when you have talked with her five minutes you won't know or care what the rooms are like or how much anything costs. There is nothing in the least ostentatious about the menage, and though Mrs. Bristow dresses richly there is never anything conspicuous in her tea- lets. Her rare loveliness of character wins her the best affection of eveiy one. -- Washington Cor. of the Boston Jbiir*, iimt' & •