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The Wife's Appeal.
Since love, dear lord, liee dead within your
eyes,
And pity speaks not in a single tone,
And no fond thought makes kind your cruel
touch,
Take a sharp sword and slay me. 1 must die.
Ah! once my heart was like the rounded moon
Reflected in still waters ; now it breaks,
Tossed by the whirling eddies of despair!
8weet were the days of youth, and sweeter
yet
The golden summers when your love was
strong, ?
Before Ohana blossomed into flower.
But when that brightness came I saw yetu
soul
Bend hke a slender branch beneath the bird
That, flushed with spring and weary of far
flight
Sinks, soft as snowflaks, on the rosy world.
Dreams the fair dove among the quiet trees,
Or speeds in sunny splendor o'er the fields?
What life mofe free and fall of pleasant things?
I am a foolish bird whose mossy nest
Is burned to ashes, and with wounded wing
I flit through flaming woods in pain and fear.
Is there a shelter in the withering world ?
Where shall I go ? What friend can oomfort
me ?
Oh, husband, love or kill me where I lie!
AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
Wmm in the two Countries as Developed
by the Statistics of the United States
Bsrud.
The report upon "Labor in Europe
and America," by Mr. E. Young, Chief
of the United States Bureau of Statistics,
touches especially upon one important
economical topic, the purchasing
power of wages on the two continents.
The question for the foreign mechanic
or laborer who wishes to immigrate to
this country is not so much the rate of
wages he can get here, as what the wages
win bring, and it is an interesting point
for the economist what the true position
of the laborer is in America compared
with Europe. If we compare two manufacturing
centers, such as Bradford, in
England, and the leading towns of
Pennsylvania, in this country, we find
the following difference-of retail prices
in leading articles of consumption and
in the cost of house rent and board.
These values are expressed in gold, for
the sake of greater convenience. The
laborer in Bradford in 1874 paid $3. vo
for hie barrel of flour ; in Pennsylvania
$7 for the same quality. The Englishman's
beef for roasting cost him 2"* to
2-4 cents per pound, the American's a 7 ;
English veal, the best cuts, was 24 oents,
the American 18 ; English leg mutton
2-4 cents, Am rican 16. The great standby
of the lat>orer, corned or salted pork,
was 16 to 20 cents in Bradford, 134 hi
Pennsylvania. Butter was 34 to 38
oents for the English laborer, 35f for the
American. Milk and eggs were about
the same in the two countries.
In the above and other articles of provisions,
it will be seen that the American
workman has a very considerable advantage.
In the cost of groceries, however,
he is not so fortunate. The Englishman's
Oolong tea costs him from thirtysix
to eighty oents, the American's
ninety-one ; green Rio coffee is only sixteen
to twenty cents in Bradford and
twenty-six and a half in Pennsylvania. \
Good brown sugar costs the Englishman
seven to eight cents, the American nine
and three-quarters. Singularly enough,
coal is more expensive in Pennsylvania
l than in the English manufacturing
I town, being five dollars and sixty oents
I per ton in the former and four dollars
K and thirty-eight oents in the latter. In
K dry goods the Englishman has no advantage,
his brown shirtings being
twelve to sixteen oents per yard, while
the American's are thirteen and oneV
fifth ; the English brown sheetings are
forty-two cents, the American's very
* * - - "?
much cheaper, seventeen anu oue-uuru.
j^K Cotton flannel is thirty to thirty-six
cents in Bradford, only nineteen in
Pennsylvania. In prints, the American
Las an advantage, his being eleven cents,
^^K against ten to sixteen for the English.
Medium satinets are, however, much
HB more expensive in America, being fiftyeight
cents to about forty in Bradford.
Boots are cheaper to the Englishman,
being two dollars and eighty-eight
Km cents to three dollars and eighty-fom
Wr cents, against fonr dollars and forty
cents in Pennsylvania. In house rent
and board, the Englishman's wages will
KJT go about fifty per cent, farther than the
W American's, four room tenements ooeting
^ the Bradford laborer five dollars and
seventy-six cents to seven dollars and
twenty cents per month, while the
American must pay nine .dollars and
thirty-seven cents. If a single man, he
can board himself in the English manufacturing
town for from two dollars and
eighty-eight cents to three dollars and
sixty cents per week ; in the Pennsylvania
town, if a mechanic, he must pay
four dollars and seventy-five cents. If
the lx>ardei is a woman, she must pay in
England one dollar and sixty-eight oents
to two dollars and sixteen cents pe:r
week; in Pennsylvania, if a factory
hand, three dollars and fifty-nine cent*.
It will be seen from these figures that
the purchasing power of wages in the
two countries is not materially cunerens
in regard to provisions, groceries, fuel,
and domestic dry go xls, the low pricey
of some articles in one country being
counterbalanced by the higher prices of
other articles in the competing country.
But when the matter of house rent and
board is estimated, the Englishman has
a very considerable advantage, though
we suspect he gets less for his money,
that is, the American laborer gets better
lodging and food than the English.
If we oompture, on the other hand,
briefly, wages in the two oountries, we
find that the wool-sorter in Bradford receives
$6.77 per week; in the United
States, $10.91. A wool-washer, $5.08,
against $8.97 in this country. For
drawing and spinning wool the wages
are $9.07 in Bradford, against $18.61
here. The weaver receives $7.26 in England,
against $9.84 in this oountry,while
the overseer has only $7.56, against
$18.05 in the United States. In women's
ialor, in woolen mills, there is an
equal advantage in this oonntrj, the
American factory hand usually receives
double what the English woman can
earn. The condition, then, of the English
factory laborer in a woolen and steel
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manufacturing region, like Bradford,
as compared with manufacturing States
like Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,
would seem to be this : his wages have
about the same purchasing powcyr in
each country, excepting in house rent
and board; in theee the American suffers
at a disadvantage of fully one-half,
while on the other hand his average
wages is one hundred per oent. greater
than his competitors. The ultimate su'
periority seems, then, to rest with the
American factory laborer, at least in the
11 districts above mentioned.?New York
ISmes.
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Where the Bowlders Come From.
All have seen the immense bowlders
called "lost rock" in some sections,
scattered over the northern part of the
United States, which have little or no
resemblance to any mass of rock anywhere
in the vicinity, and have perhaps
asked the question: Where did they
come from ? also the heaps of sand,
gravel, and cobble-stones of various
i sizes, which form many of our ridges,
knolls, and hills, and which are totally
j unlike any fixed rock near them. All
BftVfl Kcnfinfiflc, Ameri- I
WiWU J^/UVUVUtvuM) iwrw-.?y.
can, are attributed to a single cause,
-and that is the great sheet of ice which
: nature stored up ages ago without the
j necessity of protecting it in an ice-house.
According to Agassis, the sheet of ioe
extended in this country as far South as
South Carolina or Alabama, and was
thiok enough to cover all the mountains
of the Eastern part of North America,
with the exoeption of Mount Washington.
This peak projected, a lone sentinel on
that vast waste of ioe, two or three hundred
feet. In the latitude of northern
Massachusetts, he conceives the ice to
have been two or three miles thick. The
bowlders were all torn off by the ad- j
vancing ioe sheet, from the projecting
rocks over which it moved, and carried
or pushed as "bottom drift," scratching
and plowing the surfaoe over which it
passed, and being scratched and polish- j
ed themselves in return, till thev were
finally brought to rest by the melting of
the ioe. They were not carried as far
south as the ioe sheet extended, seldom
beyond the parallel of foity degrees
north. The native copper of Lake
Superior was drifted four or fiye htm- ;
dred miles south; and the pudding
stones of South Roxbury, Mass., were
carried as far south as the island of
Penikese.
Getting Medical Science.
A New York correspondent of the ,
Cincinnati Gazette says : Every afternoon
during the season a couple of men,
with a horse drawing a close covered
wagon, are brought down in the municipal
ferry and landed at Twenty-eighth 3
street. All know what the wagon con- i
tains, and at night its load is conveyed 1
to the different dissecting rooms. Three 1
students generally form a copartnership <
in the use of a subject, which reduces ]
the co6t to a very low rate. A subject i
will, in cold weather, keep three weeks, ]
and during that time it will be thor- :
oughly dissected. About five hundred ]
subjects are thus cut up for the benefit '
of science every winter, in addition to i
a large nuflaber sent to physicians and '
to other institutions. They are gener- ?
ally packed for shipping in pork bar- 1
i i -_ ? hk i
reip, and can De naa m uua bli?-<e ?? w
per barrel. This facility in obtaining
subjects is a great assistance in the
study of anatomy. Formerly there were
such difficulties in the way of procuring
them that there could1 be but little attainment
in surgical skill. The late eminent
practitioneer, Alden March, has
told me that in the early years of his
profession he was in the habit of going
from Albany to Boston every winter with
a team and a wagon made for the purpose,
in which he brought back from six
to ten subjects for his own use and for
his students. In such trips he was generally
supposed to be a peddler. A subject
would in this way cost $25 at least;
bnt at the present day they can be landed
at Albany for $6, including the
freight and price of the barrel.
A Mnrderer's Defiant Flea,
George Morris, who so brutally murdered
the young mulatto woman, Sarah
Jones, in New Orleans, having been ar?-?--I
^1 an^0,1 omilf.v? hnt Judcre I
nuguuu, ? j , ?
Steele refused to accept the plea until
the prisoner had consulted with his
counsel, who was appointed by the c
oourt Morris was then remanded, and
was again brought to the bar of the y
oourt. He walked into the court room j
with a cold and defiant expression, evi- <
dently disgusted with the formalities of
the law, gazing around the room while j
the clerk was reading the indictment, ]
and when asked the usual question : {
" How say yon, George Morris, are yon i c
guilty or not gnilty f" ho answered in a ]
loud voice : "Guilty," at the same time "]
shifting his cap from hand to hand in a j
careless manner. " ?
Judge Steele said: "You still entet T
the plea of guilty ?"
The accused?Yes, sir. j
Judge Steele?I will not pentence you. i p
I prefer that a jury be impaneled to c
pass upon your case. Let a jury be im- c
paneled, and the plea of not guilty be c
recorded, and let the prisoner be re- s
manded* ?j
%The prisoner went back to ^the dock, r
muttering iuaudibly to himself. He j
afterward said tb.it Lo " did not want 1j
any fuss made about him; he was going f r
to be hanged anyhow, and the sooner j
the better."
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Rheumatism in Horses,
Horses, a3 well as men, are frequently j g
attacked with rheumatism, and we some- i r
times meet with cases of this description t
that require"patience and perseverance e
to effect a cure. From mv own experi- a
ence in the treatment of this disease in e
; the horse, says a correspondent, I know i g
' of no more reliable remedies than the 1fc
following (though sometimes milder 1 g
remedies will accomplish the same pur- c
pose): Have a seton inserted in the t
shoulder, and use some of the following fc
1 liniment two or three times a day: Gam B
! camphor, three ounces; alcohol, one and g
one-half pints; tincture of cantharides, c
two ounces; tincture of aruioa, six d
ounces. Mix, and give internally two e
ounces of the following medicine morn- c
ing and evening: Iodide of potassium, g
one ounce; tincture of oolchilum, one j p
ounce; water, fifteen ounces. ] ?
*
A Singular Murder and Sulfide. I
Mr. and Mrs. Ritter were a middleaged
oouple who had long been residents
of Flatbush, N. Y. They were y
people in comfortable circumstances, r
and among the most respectable in the j
locality. A difference in religious belief
was a constant bone of contention
between the husband and wife, and led, t
indirectly, to a double crime.
The night previous to the murder and .
suicide there was a Methodist prayer
meeting at the house of a neighbor, and ,
Mrs. Bitter, who had for some time ,
manifested great anxiety for her husband's
soul, wanted him to attend the .
meeting with her. He declined, and ,
she went away alone, highly displeased .
with him. Ritter spent the evening at ,
the house of another neighbor, a mem- ,
ber of the Reformed Church. The
Methodist meeting was out, and Mrs.
Ritter got home and abed before her
husband returned home. When he re- *
paired to his bedroom he found that his .
wife had locked the door on the inside
and positively refused to let him in. Ho ,
found every other bedchamber in the
house and every room with a fire in ,
locked, and he was finally compelled to
go into the attic. The night was bitter ?
cold, and he got but little sleep. .
TKa TYAYf. mnrninur he came down and
found the kitchen unlocked, but his wife ?
not yet out of her room. She presently f
Appeared, and at once assailed him for
his persistent refusal to repent of his
sins. Warm words followed, and at last c
Bitter picked up a hammer that lay near c
and exclaimed: * 1
" We might better be dead than lire
in this way!" {
He theff dealt his wife several blows ~
on the head, and she fell to the floor.
Her screams were heard by Eli Eph- 8
grave, a neighbor, and he at once J
rushed into Bitter's apartments. He
found the husband standing over the ,
prostrate form of his wife with the ham- *
mer raised as if to strike again. Eph- '
grave seized hold of him and threw him
aside, and carried Mrs. Bitter into his c
own part Of the house. Bitter repeated ,
the above remark as Ephgrave went out t
with the wounded woman.
He was left alone in his room but a
moment, but when Ephgrave returned 1
he found Bitter on his knees before his c
bed with his head fallen over upon it c
and blood streaming from his throat to a
the floor. Bitter was taken up and laid
upon his bed, when it was seen that he r
had cut his throat from ear to ear with a a
razor. He died before a physician could
be called, and his victim died shortly *
after. 1
An Eccentric Englishman. *
Some months since an Englishman t
named Atkinson bought a country place B
near Pithiviers, in France. For ijnanj (
weeks thereafter carpenters and masons g
were busily employed in. repairing and h
altering the chateau; and after their n
work had been completed, Mr. Atkinson
issued invitations for a large dinner \
party to all the most prominent families ?
in the neighborhood. The guests ar- M
rived at six o'clock, and on taking their ^
seats at the dinner table noticed with p
surprise that there was not even one ser- a
rant to be seen. The soup was conmmed
in silent astonishment. When all
lad partaken of it, the host sounded a A
whistle, and as if by mAgie the soup 8]
plates disappeared, and three mttgaifir t:
5ent silver platters, each containing a p
roast goose, appeared. Little cries of 0
ierror were heard fronTthe ladies. Mr. u
ktkinson took no note of his guests' sir- jj
prise, but remarking that it was a very ?<
warm evening, whistled again, and the ^
whole ceiling disappeared, the host's g
alack coat vanishing at the same monent,
leaving him clothed in a white p
suit. The guests, alarmed, were about b
,0 rise from their chairs, when they found e,
iiemselves, their chairs aj)d the table y
raised iivb iwi ?wko duo uwi? j(
lowever, were soon lowered Again to the
3oor, and all took refuge in hasty flight n
'rom the demoniac abode. A judicial
nvestigation was instituted, and it was a
ound that Mr. Atkinson had been for
en years the chief machinist at Covent ?
harden theater in London, where he had g
imassed a nice little fortune. The dinlerwas
alittle freak to indulge his fond- ?
less for his old pursuit.
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Limit Your Wants. 11
From the natnre of things, the in- q
some of most of the inhabitants of the
arth must be limited, and indeed within ^
rery narrow bounds. The product of
abor throughout the world, if equally M
livided, would not make the share of
ach individual large. It is impossible ^
hat every one should be called ^ch. v
But it is by no moans impossible to be
ndependent And what is the way to ^
sompass this "glorious privilege," as 0
Burns appropriately designates it f j.
Che method is very simple. It consist* n
u one rule: Limit your wants; make ~
hem few and inexpensive. To do this
rould interfere but little with your real g]
mjoyment It is mostly a matter of
labit Yon require more, or yon are
atisfied with less, just as you have ac- ^
mstomed yourself to the one or the 0
>ther. Limit your wants, estimate their ^
ost, and never exceed it, taking pains
ilwaysto keep inside of your income.
Chus you will secure your lasting inde- ^
>endence. Yonng men, think of this, jj
L great deal of the happiness of your 9j
ife depends upon it. After having your ?
noney, spend it as you choose, honestly.
>ut be sure to make it first
Starvation Food. ?
Those who have thoroughly investi- ol
^ted the matter assure us that- bread
aade from fine white flour is " starva-1 ci
ion food." It does not contain the hi
- it7
ilemente necessary to properly nonnsn n
nd sustain the human body. If parents u]
ixpect their children to grow up vith th
;ood health, strong nerves, perfect w
eeth, good eyes and nair, they mtlst not u<
five them fine white flour bread as a
onstant article of diet. It is believed w
hat the prevalence of early-decaying
eeth and premature grayness and bald- H
less of the head are largely due to the ai
feneral use of wliite flour. The whole
if the wheat, reduoed to a uniform con- qr
tition, without loss or injury of the food
lements, makes a nutritious food, which w]
ontaiusall the elements necessary for w<
-rowing and health. Fortunately many i ds
leople are beginning to understand this
mportant matter. wi
5END THE TWIG WHEN GREEN, t!
8
There was once upon a time?pa old v
fives used to say?a husband and wife, h
fho had brought up three daughters,
espectively named Karen, Maren and
letty. .
They might certainly have been reckoned
very pretty had people not known '
hem to be all three quite as stubborn *
nd contradictory, and desirous of hav- 1
g the last word. Metty was far the 6
nost disagreeable. By dint of time 1
here came two wooers for the two eldest 1
laughters, who finished by marrying.
But it was years before anybody ven- 1
ured to make up to Metty. At last, fl
towever, even she had a sweetheart. It F
3 true that he came from a long dis- 1
ance. The banns were to be published
hree times, and on the third day after ?
uch publication, which had been fixed 1
,t an out-of-the-way hour by the bride- c
rroom, he and Metty met in church in 8
irder to be married. When these par
iculars were settled the man, who was j;
n odd fellow, at once took his depar- *
ure. c
On the wedding day, the old parents ?
tad made their appearance at church jrith
.their daughter. But they had a
ong time to wait for the bridegroom.
Lt last he appeared, mounted on an old ?
;ray horse, with a musket slung across J
lis breast, a pair of worsted gloves on '
Lis hands, and a large dog at his heels. 8
No sooner was the marriage ceremony 8
iver than he said to his bride : " Jump *
in that horse, and place yourself before
ae, that we may return home." 8
She dqne so, although her father 8
ais0i a number of objections. He ooold 0
iftvp wifthAd that the newlv-made nair E
tad entered his house first of all, to eat x
omething. Bat the new husband a
could not hear of any such thing, and ?
hey went their ways. '
When they had gone tolerably far the 13
:usband let fall one of his gloves. 9
%** Pick it up," said he to the dog; bat 6
he animal let it lie, for anything he P
ared. r.. 0
*'Pick it up, instantly I" repeated he ; v
>ut again the dog did not stir. 8
After having commanded him a third 11
ime to do what he had bid him, bat t
nth no better success, and without the F
log's seeming to oare a farthing for his F
ommanJs, the man took up his gun h
nd shot him dead on the spot h
They then went their ways, and 0
eached a wood, where the husband had
, mind to take some rest Our travel- *
rs, accordingly, got off their horses, and 8
>ut the bridle on his neck. When the &
nan thought they were sufficiently rest- v
d, he called his horse three times ; but b
he animal took no notioe of his master's D
oiee, and went on grazing. On seeing s
his, the husband" took up his gun once 81
Upre and killed the disobedient horse. r
)n witnessing this sight the wife felt o
trangely uneasy ; and while continuing n
ier road, determined, come what might,
ever to contradict her husband.
Shortly after, he took up a green
jrig, and folded it so that the two ends Q
wnld meet, and presented it to his Q
rife, bidding her keep it, till he asked
o have it back. The newly married ?
air then followed their road on foot
fid'arrived without further accident at ^
Heir farmhouse. n
Here they lived very happily, for 0
letjy had fiot forgotten the resolution j
he bad taken in tne woods never to con- ^
radict her husband. She always ap- ^
eared so gentle and docile that nobody ^
ould have suspected that she was the ^
ntractable Metty. Now this is what 0
er husband said to her one day: j
'Should we not go and see your father, a
[etty, to ascertain 4iow he and your j
ood old mother are by this time ?" p
The wife declared that nothing could
lease her better; accordingly, the hus- ?
and ordered the horses to be harness- ^
d, and off they went. Towards evening c
icy had overtaken a flock of storks, all ^
>urueying together. ^
" What a ouantitv of crows!" said the ?
9 \J
lan.
"They are not crows, but storks," J
ud the woman.
" Turn the chaise roand and take us
ack home," was the order the husbaiyl g,
ave his servant.
They accordingly returned from Q
rhence they came. (
Some time after the husband again ^
sked his wife if she did not long to see ^
er aged parents.
Of course Metty wished it heartily.
)n the road they met a flock of aheep.
"What a large flock of wolves," cried
tie husband.
" They are not wolves," observed the e,
dfe, " but sheep." r g
" Turn round the cart and take us p
ome," ordered the husband of the ser- p
ant. And this was accordingly done, j
A third time the farmer asked his wife jr
f they ought not to pay a visit to her x
Id parents, and as she acquiesed eager7,
tne old horses were once more har- w
cased. They had gone over a deal of j
round, when they met a flock of hens, p
" What a quantity of crows," said ^
ae husband. b
"Quite true," said the wife. . f(
This time they did not torn back, and
'hen they reached the dwelling of the p
Id folks there were great rejoicings. ^
laren and Maren likewise came with f
ieir husbands. The mother took her w
aree daughters into the room, for she y,
U8Tery curious to question Mettv as to g,
er mode of living, and to know whether ai
ie was satisfied with her husband. 2
taring this interval, the father kept fill- fe'
lg a large jar full of silver coins, which p,
e placed on the table before his sons- g]
i-lu saying it would belong with its ^
intei. 4s to the woman who was moat m
nedienw
Oil hearing this, tlie eldest began to
y out: "Karen, my beloved; come
ither fer a moment?come, my dearest
ar#a-" But all his appeals werg lost
pon Karen. Even when he whin into 01
' * ' * - - -- ?-> a nrnrt Vinr ft!
teir oeoroom, auu ur^u^ ?,w . ...
ith a kind of gentle violenoe, he could | ar
>t make her eta- st
The second husband fared no better or
ith* liis Maren. ar
It was now the third husband's turn, is
e merely went to the door, knocked, 11
id said Come here, Metiy." dc
Out she came in a moment, and in- to
rired whether he wanted anything. th
Ho answered:-"Merely the sprig th
[rich I gave into your keeping when a ]
3 were in the wood on our wedding pt
iy." wi
She gave it to him at once, as she al- cu
?ys oarried it in her pocket. Then bo
he husband showed it to the others,
aying : 44 Behold 1 I bent this branoh
rhile it was still green?you ought to /
iave done the same I"
Merit less Martyrdom. s
For the existing state of things, in *
ery many cases, farmers' wives are
hemselves to blame. They put too c
auch heart into their work, and not ^
nough brains. They set their affections
ipon preserving an immaculate order, jipon
doing everything which they con- .
ider indispensable to good housekeep- 1
ng, with a conscientiousness worthy of ?
> higher object They act the martyr,
itterly ignoring the fact that martyrdom .
b only'sublime when the object of derotion
is worthy of the suffering endur- *
id. If the farmer's wife would use her .
ntelligence more, and consider that her *
hief function in the family is to make ,
i home, not to be a mere housekeeper; .
o be a mother, not a drudge to supply .
ler children's physical necessities; to
>e a helpmeet for her husband, not in ?
ine or two particulars merely, but in .
11, then would come the beginning of
letter things, If she would consider ,
hat upon her depends in so great a depee
the cultivation in those about her j
t mslkotin foaf^a and flia Tift?
'A lUUHDUj {C9VUOWU VMUUW, UJUM
Qg np of the life into something higher 11
han the mere execution of life's chores, ^
urely she would not exhaast all her ?
trength upon that which perisheth with *
he using, 1
I know farmers' wives whose husbands ^
re worth from $100,000 to $200,000 who a
re frequently without help, simply beause
good help is scaroe, and poor help f
iot to be endured by them; so they :
rork from four in the morning until late
t night, and expect their neighbors to 8
ommend them when they declare they
lave not read a book or paper for ?
aonths. There are others who keep
ome help, but do not take the time *
;ained thereby for recreation or im- ?
irovement, but hold on to the old ways
1 doing things which furnish extra j
rork enough to consume all the time /
ained; as, for instance, with a sewing ?
aachine idle in the corner, they sit paiently
sewing by hand little calico "
latches together, which are too small to
int through the machine, and which it ?
i perfectly absurd for any woman to ex- ?
anst her nerves over. let women, ?
verworked women, will commit this
oily, although a very slight exercise of
heir reasoning.powers would suffice to Q
how them that when comforters can be ^
lcked so quickly, and when cotton and ^
roolen blankets and white spreads can ^
e bought so cheaply, it is deliberate ^
inrder of time and vital strength to
pend so many precious Lours over in- v
igniflcant, ugly patchwork quilts. Agicultural
fairs should be ashamed of en- _
ouraging such work by offering premi- ?
ms for it. ^
n
Let us Help One Another. ?
This little sentence should be written n
n every heart and stamped on every fi
lemory. It should be the golden rule u
racticed not only in every household, d
ut throughout the world. By helping c
ne another we qpt oply remove thorns I
'om the pathway and anxiety from the e
lind, but we feel a sense of pleasuie in fa
or own hearts, knowing we are doing a
uty to a fellow creature. A helping n
and, or an encouraging word, is no loss a
> us, yet it is a benefit to others. Who h
as not felt the power of this little sendee?
Who has not needed the en- s
ouragement and aid of a kind friend ? o
[ow soothing, when perplexed with e
)me task that is mysterious and bur- b
ensome, to feel ? gentle hand on the s:
boulder and to hear a kind voice whis- b
ering: "Do not feel discouraged. I g
ae your trouble?let me help you." h
That strength is inspired, what hope o
reated, what sweet gratitude is felt, and e
lie great difficulty is dissolved as dew fa
eueath the sunshine. Yes, let us help r
ne another by endeavoring to strength- v
n and encourage the weak and lifting &
tie burden of care from the weary aha d
ppressed, that life may glide smoothly a
n andffcie fount of bitterness yield a
tveet waters; and He, whose willing h
and is over ready to aid us, will reward u
ur humble endeavors, and every good b
eed will be as " bread cast upon the a
ufcers to return after many days," if not a
) us, to those we love. fl
* - k
A Fish Story. *
A Florida correspondent of the At- e
iota Herald, in the course of an inter- 1]
sting communication regarding Florida si
sheries, says: The best fishermen in p
'lorida are the pelicans and ospreys. A h
eiican consumes about a peck of fish a p
ay. They flock about the. straiie ana a;
ilets by thousands. Supposing there n
re 2,000,000 pelicans in Florida?and
lere are certainly more than that?thev
ould eat 500,000 bushels 0/ fish eacn
ay, or 182,500,000 bushels per year,
ho millions upon millions of white and 0!
lue cranes,- herons, curlews, gulls, fish- tl
awks, kingfishers, and other water tl
>wl, devour thousands of bushels of a
sh every twenty-four hours. Au ex- h
erienced man estimates that 700,000 r(
nshels of fish a day are required to T
led the birds of Florida alone. This tl
onld make 225,500,000 bushels each p
ear. Add to this the billions of fish si
vallowed by sharks, bass and others, p
ad the sum total will reach nearly ai
000,000,000 bushels destroyed by h
athered and finny fishermen on the b
*ninsula in twelve months. At first a]
lance these figures appear enormous, $(
at let any man make his own esti- m
ate, and carefully figure it up, and he ol
ill find them under instead of over. cl
' Tbe King of Beasts*
Samuel Haughton, author of a work
I "Animal Mechanics," writes to Na- no
re of the relative strength of the Hon ai
id the tiger : 41 I have proved that the ?s
rength of the Hon in the fore limbs is lo
tly 69.9 per cent, of that of the tiger, A
td that the strength of the hind limbs at
only 69.5 per cent, of that of the tiger. ee
may add that five men can easily hold th
>wn a lion, while it requires nine men at
control a tiger. Martial also states re
at the tigers always killed the Hons in fr
e amphitheater. The lion is,-in truth, k]
pretentious humbug, and owes his re- fu
itation to his imposing mane, and he
II run away like a whipped our under
xmmstauces in which the tiger will
Idly attack and kill." be
A POACHER'S TE58EABCE.
'* . . , .
i Crime that vu Set te the Cretit of the .
German Seldlers la France.
A Paris letter to the London Times (
ays: At the Haute Marae assises a
tase has been tried, resulting in a espial
sentence, the circumstances of which '
leserve publicity. In 1850 a man, still (
roung and of indifferent character, 1
tamed Rambouillet, who carried on f
>oaching with audacity and success, was
urprised by the gamekeeper of a forest i
u the Haute Maine, An information 1
ras laid against him, and he was ]
irought before the correctional tribunal, 1
ondemned to the forfeiture of his gun, 1
o a fine, and even, I believe, to imjrisonment
Rambouillet received the i
enteqee without a protest, acknowledge {
ng. the offense imputed to him, and re- j
olving to turn over a new leaf. He t
:cpt his pledge, and from 1850 tp 1870 <
ie laid himself open to no reproach,
le seemed bent on blotting out by his
;ood conduct the stigma of his con
A Al,? 1
lemnation. wnea ae uiou iuc KamC ^
;eeper he avoided looking at him, hot g
rifch the air of a man harboring a grudge,
?ufc like a man prevented by shame from ?
nconatei ing the witness of his fault,
t was observed, however, that be often
solated himself from others, and fre- 1
[uentjy passed his time in wandering *
bout the fields wdhoufc its being known ?
rhither he directed his steps. This also 1
ras attributed to regret for his delin- J
[uency. He regained public esteem, 1
nd his son married honorably.
Strange to say, Bambouillet was gov-. *
raed for twenty years by a single idea, c
hat of vengeance. His apparent con- 1
rition, the rectitnde of his conduct, his ?
adness, and his gestures, were all di- c
ected toward one aim?vengeance. For t
wenty years, rooming, noon, and night,
te lay wait for the gamekeeper against 1
rhom he had vowed vengeanoe, and for c
wenty years that vengeance escaped s
dm. 3 a
In 1870 the war bftke out, the Haute a
fame was invaded, the forest in whiah d
he gamekeeper lived was occupied by
he German troops. One December ?
ight, Bambouillet, whom every one c
apposed to be at a distance from the J,
eighborhood, took his gun, slunk from a
ree to tree tnrongh the .Germans occu- ?
tying the lorest, and, at the risk of be- ^
ng captured and shot, facing the great- c
st perils, and resorting to the most g
udacions stratagems, creeping almoct
n a level with the ground, ne succeeded
a reaching the gamekeeper's lonely oot- F
age. 'mere was a ugnc in iu? wuiuuw,
.'he gamekeeper and his wife, lost in *
hjs solitude, amid hostile troops, were *'
eated eide by. ^de. ' .R^mJboaniet
ratched them some time through the a
tearing surrounding tfcb cottage. The ?
amekeeper remained mofcionlese by his
rife in spite of theiurious barking of y
is dogs, for since the enemy had occuied
the forest, the dogs had always t!
a iked every night Bambouillet &
eased his gun, took a careful aim, and b
red. Two despairing- cries were tl
tiered inside the opttage, the dogs re- r
oubled their noise, all aronnd distant h
alls of " Woher da were heard, and ?
Umbouiilet hurried along the paths, a
scaped, and disappeared from the dis- t!
riot p
The next day it was told how the Ger- p
ians had killed the gamekeeper's wife,
nd all the neighborhood mustered at fc
er funeral. . v
Peace was-signed Bambouillet re- tl
umed his former life. The occupation a
eased, and then everybody ventured to *
xpress the horrttr excited by bo coward- c
j a crime committed against a woman *
itting peaceably at her hearth. Bam- l<
onillet had become more gloomy. A b
nawing despair had penetrated his tl
e&rt He had committed a useless ti
rime. Not. only bod his vengeance M
scaped him, but he felt that any afcampt
against the gamekeeper wonld
ecall attention to the crime of 1870, and
rould divert suspicion from the German
oldiers. His irritation increased every a
ay, and often fonnd vent in threats j\
gainst those aronnd him. A few^ weeks p
go one of these scenes was repeated *
etween Bambouillet and his own y
aughter. "Ah, yes," exclaimed the n
itter, "you want to serve mo as you n
arved tlve gamekeeper's wife; but I tl
m not afraid of you." Bambouillet ai
inched. The conversation became r
nown and reached the ears of justice, tl
tombouillet was arrested, convicted, q,
ondemned to death. The jury answered o
very question put to them affirmative- k
r, and withont extenuating circum- w
tanoes. They felt that a man who had ai
lotted revenge for twenty years must 0
ave acted with premeditation. The T
risouer'a counsel had, of ooursc, urged I
? an extenuating circumstanoe that he f<
lis took his victim. U
1 ?, o
Jfew fork Cattle Market i d
- ? 81
The annual review of the stock traffic 0'
fNew York for the year 1875 shows *
iat there has been a small decrease in p
le number of beeves received, a very w
tarkcd falling off in the receipts of a
ogs, and a moderate increase in the ?
?ceipts of veals and sheep and lambs. w
he average price of beef cattle for H
ie year is thirty-two cents per hundred r*
ounds higher thau for the year 1874 ; I
leep ranged forty cents per hundred j?
ounds lower, and hogs aboutone dollar T
id twenty cents per hnndred pounds p
igher. The total cash value of the hi
eeves, sheep, calves and hogs received
ive in this market during the year, is
30,000,000, and the annual cost for
arketing this stock, including the
larges for yarding and feeding ti:ere, is oi
ose to $2,000,000. w
" tl
His Hotes. 0
w
Saveral years ago, a noted highway- e]
an was arrested in the south of Ireland, h
id curiosity drew numbers to the jail to Gj
so the msa loaded with Irons who had tl
ng been s terror to the country, tl
mong others was a bapker, whose notes 0]
. that time were not held in the high- p
it estimation, wha told the prii&mer
iat he was very glad to see him there a
last . The highwayman, looking up, gt
plied : Ah, sir, I did not expect that y,
om you?indeed, I did hot; for yoti ^
low weir that when all the country re- n
ised your notes, I took them." 0I
? P
"Smothered Venus " ia a Californ A
sh: in mate of its name it is on]H ai
sefsteak f?cl onions. * a
?rf ,?T?iii
Items of iBtereti,
A bill providing for the ?bolitio? of
;he death penalty and the substitution
pf imprisonment for life has passed t.wo
readings in the Mexican Senate.
_ ? . ' * <">' VtA**
Thero is a dog on the frontier of. Daiota
Territory which singly and afdfife
carries the mail over a route of *ifety
niles, through all weathers, aa straight
is a die, and none dare molest hina^ ^.
The wife of Houston, the chief enpSt*
^??!t "b#' w*
11s life while trying to save the women
passengers of the ill-fated vesseh has
pecome insane from grief atthe<)eath of
ler husband. ^;! >4
Conflict of ideas. A.New Primus
paper, which prints' a long editorial
leaded " The treasure of wickedness
profits nothing," has its first' page 'UBirely
occupied with the advertisement
>f a huge lottery swindle.' f
LittlerSmarty Adams, a hoy who-lives
n Boston and reads the practical jpjws
nthe newspapers, pulled away his siser's
chair as she was about to seat' herelf,
and the poorgiri'a spine was iieritusly
injured by the WJel fall whjflh
ollowed. . > .,tj. ?
The Paris theaters hove beep < o^>laining
of hard times, but it turns out
hat their receipts for the year wfil
,mount to $6,00^000, aaainrifiAQOIiOOO
n 1873, and 83,740,080 In 1873, in i!*et,
onsiderably larger than they have ever
>een before. *
Thirty Chineee students who Ii >tely
eached this oountey with the pur pose
if being educated in HewHsgiand oeieges
are to be allowed fiUaen year^for
tudy. They have the promise of jugn
ifflces under their government Vfi^n
hey return home. ''*4? .
There is a lady out in Gilifoinii brie
ranched and forty years old, who in tbe
nly woman in the entire State who
quarely acknowledges her age vfcen
&ked. In fact, it is said that sap afraws
tendency to rather overstate than un
lereetimate her years.
When General.. Shennaai aucUAai
here is room in America for 40,00(UK)0
eople who may be willing fo iqU m toe *
round cities he toMh truth that etght
o be heeded. If iria remark wtiAmAAo
istribute some of,the midlife igg^.of
itie8 to the Western prairiaf tjm
-rangers may hare their tbwry'fulfi Bed.
A young man in Robkford, :I1L,
iromsed to many Emma, and then1 Mame
involved with Mary, who had him
rrested. il Yen will be eontto tbe pententiary
if you do not marry her," laid
he judge, referring to,Mary. ^Sierfpon,
Emma stepped up to the prisoner
bd advised him not to mind abo&ihtif,
?ut to save himself by marrying' liny;
rhichhedid. . . vr >,.10
To remove stumps from a field* AU
hat is necessary is to have one or mme
heet iron chimneys, some fourorfivkufeet
igh. Set fire to the fctuHip spd pfkoe
he chimney over it, so as to ??##? 4hh
aqtaaite amount of draoghtiafcthsrlalam.
It will draw hhe a gtosj^nTfcPB
tump will soon be consumed- W?1
everal such chimneys of different toes,
he removal of stumps may be AesfeiAilished
at merely mommal labor ami fei?nae,t
\ ttu J
A negro's.cabin waa baped ia Samar,
8, 0., and hiatiam?y~were
rhen the fire begaft, .Their escape by
he door and single' window waa Crib1 off,
nd he brelma hole fettereoft
-'tucfc. to aeeeeuu w mcu ^
ould only get one out at a time, lEs
rife and two children wer<5 faMf out,
saving one childbehind:' The scjfprd-fti
is last descent was b*<flj brmied. ij^
tie spreading flames, tofc b?_ brandy
ried again, and waa bnf?fcd M
ith the child. , ITrr*. 7^
What Pooty ijj&Bf
I am haze. And- if tfnsiawfcat they
ill the world, I don't think mnJh bfft;
fc's a very fiannefly world, and smeftf df
aregorio awfully. It* a draidtt* fight
orld, teo, and makes me blink* I toll
oo. And I don't k now what to do w*h
ij hands: I think Til dig my fists; fn
ty eyes. No, I won't; PS sotirae at
ae corner of my blanket and ehrar ifcap,
ad then 111 holler; * wliatem happens
'11 holler. And the more paregoric
ley give me the lender Til jelL* JW*t
Id nurse pute the spoon in the opnwr
f my month in * verv uneasy wag and
eeps tasting my milk herSelfaH rtfie
1rile. She spilt straff in it hafc night,
ad when I hollared, trotted me.. That
f6 ,?*. bygg ?,*? ? *f>' "MWj;
here s a pin stacking fn me now, and if
say a word about rtFH be trotted *r
>d; and I wouW rather hate oatefip
*. I'll tall yon who J ate. , I>fpn#d
at to-day. I heard folks aaj: " Hpsfi,
on't wake np Emeline's baby;** ana I
lppoee -tut pretty white-i?ced wpun
ver on the pillow, is EmeHne. TTol-1
as mistaken; for a chap was in here
ist now, and wanted bo see Boh*'baby;
id he locked at as and and J "Aw*?
fanny little toad, and looked jast ,lifce
Ob/' He smelt of cigars. I wobder
ho else I belong to. Y?*; thdrrfs
aother?thafs f yOaarfui * -iftiMras ..
Gamma's baty,, so it was." > Iuda*fe y-1 .
do not know who l bqkrag tQ~Mt " ? .
11 holler, and wkj be 111 fin<F oak
here comes Snuffy, with eatnf^;IMfc . N
in going'tb sleep. J1 wonder why ray
ands won't go wheiel went the&Ate.
; k g"Vjyn * , (MBit*.
Increase of Human Health*
Says the Hew York Ledger i t tfcme
f our correspondents want it (know
bether men live as logg nowa^W f9
ley did a thousand years ago, and if
ley are as large and strong now as 'they
ere then. It is difficult te get "Blithe
tact truth with regard to Una sabjtet;
at, of late years,, it hat become a matter
f belief among the best informed, that i
le health, strength ahd longevity'bf
ie civilised portion of the htHUtl- fttOe
re greater now than, at 8n3^<4onner
' at
As to the comparative size ol the
lodernsand the ahdenth, it
sue rally conceded that sw baw<ieadintage.
The snita of ancient armor
hioh are preserved inail parts of
>pe are confessedly too small for men
f average size in these days. And n!s |
robable that a prise boat crew of any
merioan or English college ooaid row
round the best crew thai palled oars