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^ -r ? w ? ?? ???^ M11W Ml MM?Mk^M???M????>? II H ! "!? ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER. BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1878. NO. 41. VOLUME XXV* Old Jlerrj Boy's Song. The lord lores his land, and the mii>er his gold And the hnnter his horse and bis hoand, The bishop his port, &nl the warrior bold Rio crrrr\T-< 1 onrl fKa rtlam'nn And the sailor hi* law, And the beauty her give, And the reaper a bonny bright sky ; Bnt give me a cot, With love for my lo*, And a sparkle of mittli in my eye, And this ditty HI sing i With the pride of a king : " Though the cash in my coffers be small, The beet of all wea th 1b a good stock of health, With a heart that is thankful for all." While the dukfl ha* bis castle, the monarch his " { crown, 1 And the courtitr his title and name, J i And their ladies repose on their conoheB of ' down, And the minetrel is honored with fame, I will journey through life ] Without envy or strife, I Lookmg out for its beautiful flowers. And carry a light ' For adversity's night, Aod honey to sweeten its sours ; And I'D merrily sing ^ As I march with ? swing, Sinoe.honesty feareth no fall: I "The best of all wealth | j Is a good stock of health, ( With a heart that is thankful for all.' Let the lord have his land, and the miser his ; \ Kold, , , , ] And th^ hunter his horse and his hound, . ] And the bishop his port, and the warrior bold His sword and the clarion sound ; And the Bailor his lass, , And the beauty her glass, And the reaper his bonny bright sky; . J. But with lore for ray lot, j ] In a sweet little oot, j i And the eparklo of mirth in my eye, 11 I my ditty w.ll sing, ! I Spite of penury's sting: 1 " Though the cash in ray coffera be small, The best of all wealth Is a stock-of good health, j' With a heart is thankful for all." A NIGHT WITH A BEAR. ' i " Toll you what, Koxie, I wish father j and .Take had some of those hot nut- j cakee for their dinner; they didn't carry ] much of anything, and these are proper * nice." M Mrs. Beamish set her left Land upon ] her hip, leaned against the corner of the j 1 dresser, and meditatively selected anoth- ; j er nut-cake, dough-nut or cruller, as you ' f may call them, from the great brown pan piled' up with these dainties, and Roxie, who was curled up in a little heap j on the corner of the settle, knitting a blue woolen stocking, looked brightly j up and said: < "Let me go and carry them Bome, | mft. It's just as warm and nice as can be out-of doors, real springy, and I; know the way to th? wood lot. I'd just j ;love to go." I LotV sae?ten o'clock," said Mrs. j Beamish, putting the last bit of cake : into her mouth, and wiping her flDgers j upon he* sprou. "It's a matter of four , miles there by the bridge, .Take soys, j thougli if you cross the ford it takes off j a mAKA VaiiM errs rnnnH - n uuin v/x mv&u? jiuu % ^.nw t by the bridge, anyway." j $ "Oh, 110, mii; Unit isn't worth while, 't for pa fcnid only, hft night that the ice I ( wasstrirag pnonph yet to nled over all j} the wood he'd been cutting," said Roxic, ] i earnestly, for the additional mile rather j terrified her_ v. . it "Didhe? 'Well, if that's bo, it is all c right," .replied her mother, in a tone of ! r . relief, and thou she filled a tin pail with ' r nut-cakes, lkid a clean, brown napkin ! t over them, and then shut in toe cover [ I and set it on the dresser, saying : , \ There, they've got cheese with e them,' and you'll reach camp before they eat their noon lunch. Now, get on your ' 8 leggin's and thick shoes, and your co*t t and cap and mittens, and eat some cakes J before you start, &o as not to tafce theirs 1 f when you get there." . je " I wonldn't do that, neither ; not if t I never had any," replied Roxie, a little i resentfully, and then she pulled her t squirrel-skin cap well over ber ears, tied t her pretty scarlet tippet around her : r neckj and held up her face for a good- a by kias. The mother gave it with nn- c ' usual fevor, and said, kindly : t ' *' Qood-by to yon, little girl. Tako ^ good care of yourself, and come safe ! 1 home to mother." |l " Yes, ma. But I may wait and come t with them, mayn't I ? They'll let me i j ride on old Rob, you know." ! c "Why, yes, you might as well, I sup-1 i pose, though I'll be lonesome without i you all day, baby. But it would be bet- g ter for you to ride home, so stay." ? * 1? 3 *? Al 1.U ?A ! II was a loveiv aay iu mo inner part j of March, and although the ground was i f covered with snow, and the brooks and ] rivers were still fast bound in ioe, there j t was something in the air that told of f spring?something that set the sap in t the maple trees mounting through its s million little channels townrd the buds, B 8beedy beginning to redden for their i blooming, and Bent the blood in little j fc Roxie'p. veins dancing upward too, un- a til it hlnssompil in her cheeks and Hds I t * fairer than in anj maple tree. . f " How pleasant it is to be alive!" said \ the little girl aloud, while a Bqnirrel a running np the old oak tree overhead e stopped, and curling his bushy tail a L little higher upon hiB back, chattered j c .the same idea in his own langnage. t Roxie stopped to listen and laugh aloud, ut which sound the squirrel frisked ' r away to his hole, ami the little girl, j singing merrily, went on her way, . t crossed the river on the ice, and on the 8 other bank stopped and looked wist- ; fully down a side path leading into the t .denser forest away from her direct ryad. \ MI really believe the cheokerberries t muss have started, it is so springy," she j thought; "I'v^a mind to go down and i ( * ? ?t i t i ii_ i r> _ i, lOOK in wans jane CMIIH jL>ot?i-ucnj j Paahxre,' though I told him they were not bear-berries, bnt real eheekorber- i, ries." So,!saying to herself, Boxie ran a ] . few steps down the little path, stopped, ] stood still lor a minute, then slowly ( turned back, saying: I j "No, I wont, either, for may be I j i wouldn't get to the camp with the nut-1' cakes before noon, and then they would 11 hare eaten all their cheese. No, I'll go j; right on, aud not stay there any time at I ( all, bnt oome back and get the checker-1 j beniee; besides, mother said she'd beV lonesome without me, so I'd better not ? ?tav, any way." ' |i 80 Roxie, flattering herself like many an older person with the fancy that she was giving up her selfish pleasure for ( that bT another, while really she w.-is j, carrying out her own fancy, went sing- ; ing on her way, and reached the camp 1 jusvae ber' father strnok his axo deep j into the log where he meaut to leave it ; for an honr, and Jake, her handsome 1 elder brother, took off his cap, pushed j the curls back from his heated brow, and Rhook ?nt the bay and grain before old | Rob,, whose ^ whinny had already proclaimed dinner-time. " Why. if here isn't sis with a tin ket(1 'tie, said IT) be bound some of ma'am's cakes in it!" exclaimed Jake, who had rafter mourned at the said cakes not being ready before he left home, and | then he caught the little girl up in his | arms, kissed her heartily, and put her on Jfeb's back, whence she slid down, saying gravely: "Jake, ma says I'm getting too old for rough play. I'll be twelve years old next June." "All rigbt, old lady; I'll get you a pair of specs and a new cap or two for a birthday present," laughed Jake, uncovering the tin kettle, while hiB father eaid: " We won't have you an old woman before you're a young one, will we, Tib ? Come, "sit down by me and have some dinner. You're good to bring us the nut-calces and get here in such good season." The three were very happy and merry over their dinner, although Roxie declined to eat anything except out of her own pocket, and the time passed swiftly until Mr. Beamish glanced up at the sun, rose, took his ax out of the cleft in the log, and, swinging it over his head, said: " Come, Jake, nooning is over. Get to work," " All right, sir. You can sit s.ill as long as you like, sis, and by and by I'll take you home on Rob." "I'm going now, Jake," said Roxie, hesitating a little, and finally concluding not to mention the checkerberries, lest tier father or brother should object to tier going alone into the wilder part of the forest. " Ma said she'd be lonesome," added she hurriedly, and then her cheeks began to burn as if she had realiv told a lie instead of sugftestinR ?ne. " Well, you're a right down good girl to come so far and then to think of ma instead of yourself, and next day'we're working about home I'll give you a good ride to pay for it." And Jake kissed his little sister tenlerly, her father nodded good-by with some pleasant word of thanks, and Roxie with the empty tin pail m her hand set out upon her homeward journey, a little excitement in her heart as she thought of her contemplated excursion, a little sting in her conscience as she reflected that she had not been quite honest about any part of it. Did you ever notice, when a little troubled and agitated, how quickly you seemed to pass over the ground, and tiow speedily you arrived at the point whither you had not fairly decided to jo? It was so with Roxie, and while she was still considering whether after all she would go straight home, she was ilready at the entrance of the sunny northern glade where lay the patch of fincht red berries whose faint, whole some perfume told of their vicinity even before tliey could be seen. Throwing herself upon her knees, the little girl pushed aside the glossy dark-green I leaves, and with a low cry of delight jtooped down and kissed the clusters I >f fragrant berries as they lay fresh and aright before her. " O you dear, darling little things !" j :ried she, " How I love to see you i igain, and know that all the rest of the I pretty things are coming right along!" ; Then she began to pluok, and put | ;hem sometimes in her mouth, some- ! imes in her pail, and so long did she inger over her pleasant task that the I iun wa6 already in the tops of the pine- i ;rees, when, returning from a little ei;ursion into the woods to get a sprig j 'rom a " shad-bush," Roxie halted just j vithin the border of the little glade, rod stood for a moment transfixed with j lorror. Beside the pail she had left i >rim-full of berries, sat a bear-cub, j icooping out the treasure with his paw, i ind (rreedily devouring it, apparently juite-delighted that some one had saved ! rim the trouble of gathering Iris favor- ( te berries for himself. One moment of dumb terror, and j hen a feeling of anger and reckless j >ourage filled the heart of the woods- j nan's child, and, darting forward, she nnde a snatch at her pail, at the same j ime dealing the young robber a sharp ' )!ow over the face and eyes with the I >ranch of shad-bush in her hand, and ! nclaiming: "You great, horrid tiring! Every' ingle berry is gone now, for I wont eat j hem after you. So now!" But, so far from being penitent or \ rightened. the bear took this interfer-1 ince, and especially the blow, in very i >ad part, and after a moment of blink- j ng astonishment, he sat up ou his ! launches, growled a little, showed Iris ' eeth, and intimated very piainxy tnat ; inless that pail of berries was restored j it once there would be trouble for some ' >ne. But. this was not the first bear-cub ' hat Boxie had seen, and her temper j cas up as well as the bear's. So, firm- I y grasping the pail, she began to retreat j >ackward, at first slowly, but as the j >ear dropped on his feet and seemed j nclined to follow her, or rather the pail >f berries, she lost courage, and tuning, began to run, not caring or noting n what direction, and still mechanically grasping the pail of berries. Suddenly, through the close crowding >ines which had so nearly shut out the j laylight, appeared an open space, and 1 itoxie hailed it with delight, for it was he river, and once across the river she j elt as if she would be safe. Even in j * - * ovAnnd oa I ue ontJi gmiiuc DUO imon ?wuuu he burst from the edge of the wood, 1 he saw that here was neither the bridge | lor the ford which she had crossed in i he morning ; a point altogether strange j ind new to her, and, as she judged, urther down the river, since the space rom shore to shore was considerably rider. But the bear was close behind, nd neither time nor courage for delibration was at hand, and Roxie, after ler moment's pause, sprang forward ipon the snowv ice, closely fallowed by he clumsy little beast. At that very moment, a mile further ip stream, Mr. Beamish and his son ake were cautiously driving Rob across he frozen ford, and the old man was I aying: ' I'm afraid we'll have to go round by i he bridge after this, Jake. I pliouldn't ponder if the river broke up this very I light. See that crack " ? Tf nnnliln't. iln fnr Rnvio to flnmfl )ver here alone again," said Jake, prob- ' ng the ioe-crack with his stick. And Roxie?poor little Roxie?whom Fake was so glad to think of as safe at1 home, was at that very moment stepping ovir a wide crack between two 1 sjreat masses of ioe, and staring forlorn- i ly about her, for a little way in advance j appeared another great gap, and the bear close behind was whimpering with terror as he clung to the Jedge of the floating mass upon which Roxie had only just leaped, and which he had failed to jump upon. Shaking with oold and fright, the little girl staggered forward across the ice until at its further edge she came upon a narrow, swiftly, rolling tide, increasing in width at every moment?the current of the river suddenly set free from its winter bondage, and rapidly dashing away its chains. Roxie turned back, but the crack that she had stepped over was already far too wide for her to attempt to repass, and a gentle shaking movement under her feet told that the block on which she stood was already in motion, and that no escape was possible without more strength and courage than a little girl could be expected to p'ossess. The bear had climbed up, and now crouched timidly to the edge of the ice, moaning with fear, and seeming to take so little notice of Roxie, that she forgot all her fear of him, and these two, crouching upon the rocking and slippery floor of their strange prison, went floating down the turbulent stream. The twilight deepened into dark, the stars came out bright and cold, and so far away from human need and woo ! Little Roxie ceased lier useless tears, and kneeling upon the ice put her hands t I together and prayed, adding to the j petition she had learned at her mother's | knee some simple words of her own | great need. u: A yet more piteous whine from the cl I bear showed his terror as the ice-block a ! gave a sickening whirl, and crawling p< | upon his stomach he crept close up to ir I the little girl, ins wnoie air saying a? v* ! plainly as words coulu have spoken: P1 J " Oh, I am so scared little girl, aren't ? jou ? Let uj protect each other some- in j how, or at least, you protect me." di And Roxie, with a strange, light- P i lioarted sense of security and peace re- fc j placing her terror and doubt, let the ui | fhaggy creature creep close to her side, is and nestling clown into his thick fur, pi warmed her freezing fingers against his ej | skin, and with a smile upon her lips went 7( I peacefully to sleep. | d< She was awakened by a tremendous j U shock, and a struggle, and a fall into the j E : water, and before she could see or know ' ki I what had happened to her, two strong | te arms were round her, and she was drawn ; n< | again upon the ice-cake, and her brother I fr I 1 J.- 1 1 1 ??/! rrraa til j was uenumg uiuoe uuuyd uci, ?ju uu ? j saying: | ar I " Oh, Roxie ! are you hurt?" "No, Jake, I?I believe not. Why, j m ; why, what is it all ? Where is this, and i fa and?oh, I know. Oh, Jake, Jake, I j of was so frightened!" And, turning sud- j ox denly, she hid her face in her brother's j ad coat and burst into a passion of tears. J of But Jake, with one hurried embrace and w< kiss, put her away, saying: ac " Wait just one minute, sis, till we m j finish tho bear; father will shoot him." th | "No, no, no!" screamed Roxie, her TJ | tears dried as if by magic. " Don't kill pi j the bear, father ! Jake don't you touch wl I the bear; he's my friend, and we were vi I both so scared last night, and then I, ar ; prayed that he wouldn't eat me, and he j an j didn't, and yon mustn't hurt him." i ca j " Well, I'm beat now!" remarked Mr. ! br j Beamish, as with both hands buried in j of i the coarse hair by which he had dragged : fo ; the bear to the surface, for it had gone | is under when the ice-cake had been broken | bi against the jam of logs which had stop- j tri ped it, lie looked up at his little daugh- j pa ter's pale face. j ta; " You and the bear made friends, and : dr said your prayers together, and he can't pr ; be hurt, you say ?" ke "Yes, father. Oh, please don't hurt on him!" : el( 1 " We might take him home and keep j mi him chained np for a sort of a pet, if he ' be | "will behave decent," suggested Jake, a j ba I little doubtfully. i de "Well!?I suppose -we could," re- wi plied the father, very slowly and reluc- de tantly. " He seems peaceable enough an now." Ct " And see how good he is to me," said ch Roxie, eagerly, as she patted the head bu of her strange new friend, who blinked thi amicably in reply. "Oh, Jake, do go of and get Rob and the sled, and carry him loc home, won't you ? ' "Why, yes, if father says so. and the mi critter will let me tie his legs." 421 The ox-sled was close at hand, for the at father and brother had brought it 4o the ge river before they began their weary rat search up and down its banks, not know- ms ing what mournful burden they might im have to carry home to the almost frantic lar mother. wo And Bruin, a most intelligent beast, ref seemed to understand so well that the in handling and ride were all for his own frr good, that he bore the humiliation of all having his legs tied with considerable ha equanimity, and in a short time de- ha veloped so gentle and gentlemanly a we character as to become a valued and ha honored member of the family, remain- fro ing with it for about a year, when, wish- roi ing, probably, to set up housekeeping vei on his own account, he quietly snapped cot his chain one day and walked off into the pe: woods, where he was occasionally seen Th for several years, generally near the lea checkerberry patch.?St. Nicholas. an< ab: "= nei A Professional Hog (Jnesser. soi A ? il.* vrfAnrlA*a /vnllorl I AIHUil^ tilO pivioooiuiitu nuuuoiovuuvu oat by the two hogs on exhibition in the 6P' New American Museum is Mr. William ?ni Hodgins, of Westchester. Mr. Hodgins "ju is only twenty-five years old, and was Pa formerly a telegraph operator, having ?m drifted to that occupation probably by ^ the less of his right arm in an accident ?* on the New Haven railroad. About two ca* years ago he discovered that his guesses SU1 at the weight of hogs' were so inevitably an< accurate as to warrant him in giving up de< work at the telegraphic instrument and ex* in turning his attention wholly to the an< other industry. This he found to be 7 lucrative. During the winter of 1877 P^r Mr. Hodgins won nine hogs at matches, em and this winter he has won six. Besides, aiff in the two seasons, he has taken the overplus money?by reason of being the acr second nearest guesser?fifteen times. In this singular way he made money in. enough to support himself, and, attend ing to his new business strictly m tne i"-.v winter, he was enabled to passiiis sumraers in yachting and other pursuits of oa* ease and pleasure. He acquired his ex- bu, ceptional proficiency in the beginning Pr< tlirough watching the progress of P11matches carefully, and through com- 008 parison of the copious notes which he du< made and entered very carefully in a the book specially opened for the pnrpo&o. Th He has a peculiar way, it is said, of making his estimates. Many have tried a^< to get hold of it, and many have thought to they were successful until the result showed them the error of their supposi- ity tions. As many as forty farmers, ac- Th quainted with his ability, were down boi from Mamaronock watching .him and UP tryiug to ascertain his estimates. Mr. by Hodgins says the largest hog he ever to guessed at weighed 694 pounds, and was th< killed at Mamaroneck last year. The 1111 largest of which he has any record was bo; kilad at Portchester, and weighed 1,100 *or pounds. This was killed seven years ago, and was slaughtered in the summer ov< time ont]of mercy for the miseries which j its bulk entailed upon it.? New York |U1, World* I as" I rpi. Counterfeit Greenbacks. | je The treasurer of the United States fur- I Bp nishes the following description of the wl reoent counterfeit five dollar notes on in the Central German and Union National ro1 I banks of Chicago, and the Farmers' ag ! National Bank of Virginia, 111. These go counterfeits were all made from the tie j same plate as the " Trader " of Chicago, an i and are printed in this way: The coun- wa terfeiters printed a n.umber of notes ar< i from the "Trader's" piate, leaving the gr< 1 word'B " National Bank of Illinois," and gu ! as a number of theso notes are still in sei j the hands of the counterfeiters, they are tin ! enabled, by having the title printed in, lei 1 to make a new counterfeit. This is the on j way the fives on the Aurora, Canton, re | Paxton and Poru banks were made. All ge ! genuine five dollar notes on the Central sn ! and German National banks of Chicago, bj have the name of Jno. Allison as regis- en j ter, while counterfeits have the name of m< S. B. Colby as register. All genuine pe fives on the Union National Bank of li Chicago are dated January 14, 1865; the counterfeits are dated Mav 10,1865. All di genuine fives on the Farmers' National vs Bank of Virginia, 111., are dated Sep- n( tember 1, 1866; the counterfeits are aj dated May 10,1865. The public will do ca well to examine carefully all fives on th Illinois banks, as Borne of these unfin- hi ished bills are still in existence and can tc be readily changed into a new counter- tl feit. oi SEVENTY MILLIONS STARVING. be Famine In Northern China nnd ltd Cause ?Chinese Arrlcultiire and Food?China nnd Other Nations. The northern provinces of China have ndergone during the past two years a imatic change which is almost without parallel among the settled and oivilized ortions of the globe. The remains of nmense bridges over wasted water mrses, ana tne Bigns 01 an ancient apulation much greater than the pre;nt, attests that its capacity for austaintg life has undergone an extraordinary iminution. Even the population of ekin is accounted to be much less than i irmerly. Famine, so far from being an ncommon incident in these provinces, : of very frequent occurrence. At the < resent time there are said to be in these ;tensive and almost unknown regions 1 ), 000,000 of human beings?nearly i Duble the entire population of the 1 nit-ed States?in a state of starvation. 1 ver since 1851, before which period | lowledge of these populous and mys- i rious lands was even less than it is < )w, famine has been among them a i eanent and familiar visitor, thoucrh ' lere is no record of one so wide-spread id terrible as the present. Drought, inundation and insurrection ay be set down as the main causes of mine in China, to which the ravages locusts, which sometimes devastate tensive regions in the north, may be [ded. Although the alluvial districts the country are reticulated by a net ark of c&nals, which bound every field id intersect every village, the hill and ountaiu regions are without any except e rudest means of communication, lere are, in fact, few roads in the emre worthy to be mentioned, and these, aicli survive as the memorials o! preous and more enterprising dynasties, [ e in a melancholy condition of decay id ruin. Even the immense stone usewav leading from the capital to the irial-place of the Ming dynasty, built solid blocks of granite, and towering rty-feet above the plain which it spans, impassable for vehicles, and affords it a rough and insecure footway for lius of donkeys and the bearers of lanquins and chairs. In the mouninous districts of the south no vehicles awn by animals are ever used, their oducts finding their way to the mar- 1 ts and their supplies to their villages . the backs of human carriers. Trav- c jrs in these provinces not infrequently i 3et long processions of peasants, some g aring chests of tea upon the ends of a i mboo pole slung across their shoul- a rs, some bundles of fagots for fire- p >od, and others a miscellaneous bur- t n of the rude products of their fields I d work-shops. In the provinces of 11 ? m r?i , ni . 3 ni I , nnil, onauning, onansi aua onensi i lmsy two-wheeled carts drawn by c llocks are employed to some extent, augli they afford no adequate means o conveying food to communities whose f sal crops have failed. p The most trustworthy authorities esti- b it-e the population of China proper at g 3,000,000, and of its dependencies i, about 26,000,000, constituting to- B ther fully one-third of the human D ;e. The support of this stupendous t L8S of human beings taxes even the ii mense and unfailing fertility' of the | j td to the utmost. Nowhere in the j, rid is agriculture pursued with more ]j ined skill and economy, and nowhere h the world is individual industry and r: igality carried to a greater length. In 8 foreign countries where the Chinese tl ve .gone, their thrift and diligence p ve far exceeded any with which they v re brought into competition, and they n ye never failed to extort prosperity j im even the most unpromising surindiners and prtnrlitiona. Their Derae ranee is proof against all forms of dislragement, and their fortitude surior to the extremity of oppression, ey gain and save where another race s skilled afcd diligent would starve, t* 3 the virtues which they exhibit ? foad they practice with equal steadi- a is at home. Every handbreadth of 1 is utilized to its utmost limit; hills ^ ) terraced to their summits; on waste i< ices a thin coating of earth is spread, 11 1 made to bear its slight burden of a rvest; every particle of fertilizing h .terial is saved with miserly care. So si portant is perfect agriculture deemed d the economy of the nation, that ?ne g the most august deitieB in the compli- f< ed system of Chinese mythology is H jposed to watch over it with peculiar T 1 exclusive attention, The temple A licated to it in Pekin is only second in ^ ent and splendor to that of heaven b i earth, and on a certain day in the ir, which is observed all over the eme with appropriate ceremonies, the ; peror comes forth in State from his ~ itere and mysterious seclusion, and ;h his own hands guides the plow oss the sacred field adjacent to the . ine. Rice is grown to some extent ^ all parts of the empire, though its ef production is in the nine southern )vinces. The northern plains produce " llet, and in the northwest wheat, rye, a, barley and maize constitute the Lk of the food supply. Manchooria >duoes in sufficient abundance black. Ise, which, with scanty crops of th'6 irser varieties of grain, and the pro- ? 3e of their flocks and herds, make up P i greater part of their subsistence, e province of Szchneu, lying near the id-waters of the Yang tse Kiang, P, )ve the port of Dang, the last opened oommerce, and nt the head of the rigation of the river, is of great fertil- * and its products of the widest variety, e mountainous region of the Shenai, anded on the West and south by the per waters of the Yellow river, is said, Baron Richtofer and Professor Dana, , be one of the richest coal regions in ) world, but it is as yet almost totally worked and the inhabitants upon its { ^ rders gather the reeds of the rivers | /vial qq tlinu lmvAfnr thnnnands I * years. Tobacco grows abundantly all ar the empire, ancl sugar-cano is sue- . isfully cultivated along the alluvium its principal rivers. j 8 Everything which it is possible to use > food is eagerly utilized by the Chinese, j ? ie fields and the waters, and the wil- ; ? rness are ransacked for their various | nil with a deligence aud thoroughness j lich is, perhaps, unknown olBowhere j c the world. Tho field rat and the bur- j wing mole, elsewhere the terror of riculturists, are to the Chinaman tjie ? od gifts of God. Certain favorite vane- ; a of dog are fattened for tho market , d esteemed a great delicacy Snails, iter newts, lizards, and even snakes, 5 not disdained as food. Mr. Winove Cooke narrates that one of his ides, a slim, meditative youth, who i: jmed during the greater part of the r ne to be revolving in his mind prob- 1 ns of a religious or metaphysical sort, t e day plunged into a laguno which the 1 tinue was passing, and presently emer- I d holding in his hand a small brown r ake which he had captured and killed e ' compressing its nock. Iu reply to t quiries he put his finger upon his 1 outh, which parted in a hungry, ex- t (ctant smile, by way of signifying that i ! intended the reptue for his supper. c Among the better classes culinary and j etetic usages of much refinement pre- c til, although dishes of mysterious sort, 1 )t untinged with a suspicion of cat, are 1 >t to alarm the apprehension of the oc- ( -sional Western guest. Mr. Oliphant, < ie secretary of Lord Elgin, and the i istorian of liifl mission to China, assigns t i Chinese cookery a place higher than f tat of tho English, but inferior to that i i the French. Mr. Oliphant enjoyed the 11 distinction of a dinner -with Tontai, a Shanghai Lucullus, of which he gives a pleasant description. The repast opened with bira's-nest soup, after which came shark's fins, entrees of rice curiously built up with tiny cutlets of squirrel and thin slices from the breasts of wild geese, and a host of other dishes equally curious and novel. Some of them were bo constructed as to uuiuit a small char^ - * - - v j 11. _ coal lire in tne centre, wmcn uerveu iao pnrpoae of keeping theip hot. With these viands, the cookery of which was of unimpeachable excellence, was served warm wine distilled from millet, samdhu, a potent and fiery beverage, dispensed in j small porcelain cnpp, and, concluding | the feast, thin chalices of red tea of a I fragrance and flavor of surpassing delicacy. . >.= The Chinese have recently signalized their hostility to railroads by purchasing and tearing up the first line ever laid down in the empire. It extended from Shanghai to Woosung, and was but a few miles in jength, though the implacable hostility which it excited sould hardly have been greater if it had stretched from Pekin to Hong Kong, rhe condition of the country is in marked contrast with that of India, which is threaded with its thousands of miles of rail, and whose famine-stricken provinces can thus.be swiftly reached hv fliA nnnntftTifinns .benefaction of the world. The recent famine in the eastern provinces of India had hardly been node known in Etfrope before relief segan to flow in copiously upon those perishing people. Upward of $6,000,jOO were contributed in Great Britain for this purpose, and the celerity with s-hich relief was brought to bear upon jommunities so remote and scattered ivfis due entirely to the lines of communication established by the enterprise of the British and sustained by the icquiescence of the Indian people. [Jntil China learns some new lessons ind exhibits a more generous hospitality awards the arts and enterprise of other lations, seasons of dearth among the solate provinces will continue to be leasons of appalling disaster. The vorld may pity her suffering people, jut the utmost relief which it is able to ixtend will be scanty and inadequate. AZMM VA?Z? TVwi/JO -"ITtM/ JL XJ! f\t X Hie Legend of Roprecht the Robber. A whimsical legend, made the subject >f one of Southey's ballads, relates to a nan who was resuscitated after hanging, Lnd disappeared from the gibbet in a nysterious fashion. In ninety-one tanzns Southey tells ns the story of Roirecht the Robber, believed in Germany o have had some foundation in fact, toprecht, who had long been a terror to he inhabitants of Cologne, who at ength caught, tried, sentenced and exeuted. On the next morning, to the surprise f early passers-by, the gibbet was ound to be empty. One week later Roireclit was seen hanging there again, ?ut wearing boots and spurs "nstead of hoes. What this oould ali mean was aft to Peter Sno^e to telL He and his on Piet were driving home late on the ight after the execution. Passing near he gibbet they heard a low moan; lookag up they found it to proceed from toprecht. Robber and rascal though e might be, tney did not like to leave im in such a pitiable state; they cut im down, put liiru into tneir can, caried him to their-home, revived him, accored him and concealed him from tie authorities. Whatever virtues Rorecht may have possessed, gratitude j *as not among the number. He did ot deserve to have so clumsy a Jack letch to hang him,for we are told that? Because of the irons that he was in, He hong not by the neok, br.t by the chin; The reason why things had gone thus wrong Was that the rope had been left too long; The hangman s fault, a clumsy rogue. How Boprecht showed hi? ingratitude ( j his preserver was in this wise : On& ; lorning early, before the family were ( stir, he took Peter's horse and Piet's < oots and spurs and absconded. But i o _t._ i? J ran onuye, wuu tinu ouuio uwc ouupu- i >n of the man, overheard some of his ( lovements, and roused her husband ' nd son. These two mounted spare i owes, galloped- after him, kept him in i ight, overtook him, seized him after a esperate struggle, dragged him to the ibbet and there hanged him most ef- ' actually: | [is own rope was ready there; i o measure the length we took good care; ' nd the job whioh the bungling hangman ' begun, ] his time I think was properly done ] y me and Piet Peterszoon, my son. i A. Non-Committal Captain. Captain Ward was an eocentric of the , rst water, and one of hia peculiarities -as that he never gave the desired an- ( iver to a direct question. An amusing ^ istance of this evasive habit is related. ' lue morning, four of his friends, who J ere aware of this trait in his character, \ bserved him going to market, and after " Dme bantering, entered into a bet as to j le practicability of learning from him iq price he paid for hits purchase. They ( ccordingly settled the preliminaries, ( ad stationing themselves at different c. ointe along the Btreet which he must nss on the way home, awaited his com- ] ig. Very soon the bluff old gentleman lade his appearance, with a bunch of * igeons in his hand. As he approached, le first questioner accosted him with: ? "Good morning, captain ! What did ou give for pigeons this morning ?" "Money," said the captain bluntly, i he moved up the street. S The second gentleman, a little further a, addressed him and asked,? ' How go pigeons this morning, cap- ; kin ?" '' They don't go at all?I carry them!" as the equally unsatisfactory reply. Shortly after, he met the third, who c assed the time of day and inquired,? " How much are pigeons a dozen ?" "Didn't get a dozen?only bought alf a dozen !" said the old gentleman, ruffly, still plodding on his way. j Finally, the fourth and last of the j onspirators, cottoned to the wary old < alt, by observing in the blandest of Dnes,? , '' A fine let of pigeons you have there, j aptain; what did you get them for ?" | "To eaf?" was tiie pertinent and j mphatic rejoinder, and the captain j eached home without further molesta- , ion. If 'the pigeons did not take wing, | he joke did, And has been handed down ly tradition to the present day. Migration of Insects. \ Prof. Riley regards the migration o 1 nBeets as due to their multiplying more ! apidly than their means of support. 1 Che migration of rats is attributed to ] he same cause, and similar observations i lave been made as to other animals, tfany insects that are not normally of a J nigratory tendency exhibit it when press- < ?d by dearth of food. In these cases i hey oolleot together and migrate is 1 arge bodies. Referring to instances of 1 he kind, Prof. Riley, at a recent meet- i ng of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences, 1 itated that vast flights of butterflies took ' jlace at times from the equatorial regions 1 >f South America. Migrating swarms 1 mvo been observed at sea; and also in i ,he southwestern parts of the United : States, where the fact is frequently rejorded in local newspapers, especially i u September aud October, and occasion- i illy in the spring months. In every in- < jtance where observations have been uade, this migrating bufterfly has been found to be the arohippns. i FAKM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Farm Note*. The best method of testing the vitality of seeds is to place a few upon a piece of flannel and keep the cloth moistened with water and in a warm place. The proportion of these which sprout and the time required can then be easily noted. The following remedy for constipation in cattle is given: Feed no dry fodder ; bnt instead cut the fodder, -wet it thoroughly, and sprinkle some wheat bran and a handful of salt upon it. If this is not effective add half a pint of linseed oil or a quart of linseed cake meal to the feed twioe a week. Brain work and that of the clearest kind comes into profitable play quite au well on the farm as anywhere else. Look ahead, get a just view of the position; have ploughing, sowing, harvesting and selling all done at the proper time. Never nurry, but always drive work ahead. Know in the evening what you intend to do the next day. Have your rainy day and your clear day occupation designed beforehand. Always bring into requisition the full means for compassing the desired ends. In short, etudy and understand your business, and you will enjoy it and thrive on it?Cincinnati Gazette. Tk is oconnmv to feed vonr workinor stock, cattle, horses or moles, with a liberal hand. Do not expect to get first-class -work from them unless you do. Many men pamper a trotter or some fancy animal, which often is of no earthly use to its owner or anybody else, and let their teams go hungry. It seems the rule of some men to get as much work as possible out of their teams at the least possible expense. This is right in theory, but it is in redncing to practice that the grave mistake is made. The cheapest work is done with the best-cared for team.? Son of the Soil. Joseph Ramsey, of North Egremont, Mass., has discovered a rule for guessing the weight of hogs. He says;, "Multiply the length in inches from the point of the shoulder to the root of the tail bv the number of inches girth jnst back of the shoulder, and reduce the product to square feet. Multiply the result by twenty-two, the number of pounds weight of one square foot of pork. The product will give nearly the exact dressed weight." By this rule he lately guessed within a half pound of a hog dressing five hundred and Seventy pounds. Red plea* Beep Soup.?Take four pounds of fresh beef, or, what is better and more economical, a nice beef shank or " soup bone;" put it into four or five quarts of water; salt it and let it boil slowly five or sii hours; skim well; half an hour before you wish to take it up pat it in a cup partly full of rice, a small quanity of potatoes, carrots, onions and oelery, cut in small pieces. Fine Sponge Oake.?To the yolks of six eggs, well beaten, add three-quarters of a pound of powdered white sugar, juice of one lemon, half ponnd of flour, having in it, well mixed, one teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar, and then add the whites of six eggs, well beaten. Sauob Piquant.?To two ounoes o melted butter add a small onion, chopped flne; stir, and when nearly fried add a spoonful of flour, ana when browning add half a pint of broth, salt, pepper, a pickled cucumber chopped, four stalks chopped parsley, and mustard. Boil gently about ten minutes, add one teaspoonful vinegar, give one boil, and serve. Plain Lemon Pie.?Slice one lemon as thin as possible in little slices not more than half across the lemon; put in one cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of water, one tablespoonful of flour; put your flour, sugar and water together, and place your lemon all around on your crust before putting the liquid in; then wet the edge of the crust and turn under the top crust, and pinoh tightly together to prevent the juice running out. Baker's Graham Bread.?Make a 3ponge as for white bread with "wheat Hour, say one square of compressed yeast to two quarts of water; when Light, make up the dough with Graham lour and one-half a teacupful molasses; let stand to rise again; then make up the loaves with the hands, and when light Dake. How to Manure PovrN Muoce??fnlly. Thfl Tlutter. C!heenc and Eaa Reporter iius tells how a Mr. I ii-uton, who keeps jleven different kinds of fowls and is rery successful in their management, sarea for and protects his hens: Mr. 3enton, found weak lye and wood ashes in effedraal remedy for the canker, rhe doctors recommend chlorate of iotash. Ashes are also excellent for the lens to wallow in and he kept a box in , jach c?op for that purpose. This sffectually keeps off lice. The flowers , >f sulphur sprinkled in the nest of set,ing hens is excellent. Mr. Benton's < )rincipal feed is Indian corn, which is cept constantly in reaoh of his hens by : neans of boxes in the partitions, one lerving for two coops. Water in a dish ' let under a nail keg with a hole cut in he side serves for watering. The nests ore in a long box along the ends of the joops. The hens enter through holes 1 aid are then in comparative darkness, lads on the outside give aocess to the lest. Mr. Benton thinks Indian oorn . he best grain for hens because of its leating nature. In addition he feeds craps from the table, butchers' refuse ind green stuff. Corn and fat will at ince set hens to laying Al)oat Parrots. Deacon Green waa talking about par- ( ota the other day. He eaid he once mew a parrot that was not as polite as ' Pippity," the one mentioned in a story jailed "Tower-Mountain." The parrot that he knew would swear whenever le opened his bill. It had been taught ' oj the sailors on board the ship in which .t had oome from South America. When J ine deacon knew it, it belonged to the ffidow of a very strict minister. It had been brought to her by her nephew, a midshipman, as a Christmas present. It ' teas lucky for him, just then, that the , aid lady waa stone deaf. She was very uross with the neighbors when they told ( ber what wicked words the bird used, [t was a great pet, and she would not ; believe anything bad about it. But at last it swore at a visitor who was a bishop, [ ind, soon after, it was no more. Since the deaoon told that story I have \ bad a paragram about another parrot; sne that lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1 Elve years ago. This one could laugh, (veep, sing songs, make a noise like < "smacking the lips," and talk. His talking was not merely by rote ; he would speak at the right tinies, and say ( what was just right to be saiil then and there. He spoke the words plainly, bowed, nodded, shook his head, winked, ' rolled from side to side, or made other , motions suited to the sense of what he was saying. His voice was full and Blear, and lie could pitch it high or low, and make it seem joyful or sad. Many curiouB tales are told of him, but the most remarkable thiDg about him is that he actually lived and really did the things named.? St. Nicholas. BULL FIGHTS IN MADRID. Brntal Exhibition In Honor of the Recent Koyal Marriage?MlcUenlng 8cene which the Young Queen Enjoys. A part of the five days' festivities in honor of the marriage of the King of Spain to the Princes Mercedes was devoted to the Spanish "sport"?bullfighting. A. Madrid correspondent of XTaM TT 1- ry, J T1. .J ir . hud now iuiiv jcj-vvjmiy jroai gives ine following account of the savage exhibition on the second day, given in special honor of the newly-married pair: But Linden has seen another sight to-day. Yesterday's corrida was paid for by the grandees of Spain. That of to-day has been dedicated to the king and queen by the city corporation. The same style, the same lavish expenditure, the same magnificent display at the despejo, and the Bame dresses have characterized this corrida. It has been a beaptiful day. The people of Madrid, quieted by the assurance that they are to have toos ftir themselves, have been orderly and in better humor than yesterday, but there have been no cheers for royalty. mi i i xue pituitt wub ttkui mure imposing wjday, for the bright sun warmed the scene into still greater brilliancy. The caballeros en plaza were yonng, handsome and excellent horsemen. The bulls were very different from those of yesterday's corrida. They fought like tigers. The first one that came out went full tilt at everything he saw, tore off a halberdier's sleeve and then attacked an alguaoil, knocked his hoivo, down and carried off the alguacil's hat. The second, bravely attacked by the caballero. wounded the horse, dhnrged into the midst of the helberdiera, and, although wounied with the halberds, went back to them two or three timee, actually biting them in his fury. The third, called by the sporting reporter in ' to-night's newspaper " an elephant with i bayonets," was, in sporting parlance,' "high, tempered, powerful and willing," and of muchos pies (many feet). He first picked up an alguaoil, horse and all, ! and threw him over into the midst of the halberdiers, tearing almost all of his ! clothes off. He then galloped away, but t 1. - _ 3 J 11- _ 1 came instantly duck. ana onargeu at uie j halberdiers agaiu. Then the caballero came prancing up j to him, and a beautiful sight it was, his drees, horsemanship and horse all per- 2 feet in their kind, and raising his horse with one hand, precisely according to the combat, he thrust the rejoncillo into i the bull's shoulder. And then this " powerful" and " willing " creature turned and thrice threw the horse and ? rider to the ground, and then and there gored that beautiful horse to death, de- ? fiberately standing on the poor caballero's stomach and chest, on the velvet ] satin and lace doublet while he gored ( the horse. What that poor boy's feel- ( ings must have been, as he lay there ( under the tramping hoofs of a mad bull T cannot be conceived. The bull-fighters * did all they could to entice the bull ? away, but in vain. He only left the ? horse when it was dead, and charged at the halberdiers again, giving time to carry the cabellero to the infirmary. It was all like a horrible nightmare?too horrible to seem real, ? The next cabeDero accomplished a feat < seldom recorded in the annals of boll- < fighting. He billed the bnll outright t with his rejoncillo. The king rose to ( his feet and bowed to him, and, after ( the fashion of corridas, people threw 1 their hats at him and their cloaks for f him to walk over. 1 Four more bulls were fought in the ' ordinary way. Such a corrida has ' seldom been known. Twenty horses ' were killed. As for the last bull the intelligent say there scarcely ever saw such * a bull. He was everything, and had so ? "many feet"?this meaning that he J was a swift runner?that he caught and T * J -11 J.V-J. Kna nt 1 WJBCfcJU tui vunt WIUIO Wltuiu uio uuo v>? vision. We are told in to-night's newspaper that several distinguished foreigners have bought the heads of the best bulls killed to-day and have ordered them to be stuffed so as to preserve a nouvenir of to-day's corrida. The young queen is very fond of bullfighting, Heaven save the mark I We think her majesty haa reason to be satisfied with her nuptials. Fifty-three noble animals have been slain in her very presence. I shall never again see her under any circumstance without thinking of the bull-fights of which she is so fond. t A Literary Curiosity. A lady occupied a whole year in searching for and fitting the following thirtyeight lines from English and American poems. The whole reads almost as if it had been written at one time and by one author : LITE. Why all this toil for the triumphs of an hour? ? Young. Life's short summer?man is but a flower ; Dr. Johnson. By turns we catch the fatal breath and die ?Pope. The cradle and the tomb, alas! so nigh. ?Prior. To be is better far than not to be. I ?SeioelL pvi/Mirrii ail man'fl lifft ma.v Rflfim a trneed v: I '"""O" ? X I ?Spencer. Bat light cares speak when mighty grief is 8 dumb? ?Daniel The bottom is but shallow whence they como. a ?Sir Waller Jlalph. your fate is bat the common fate of all; . ?LongfeUorr. [Jnmingled joys hero no man befall. s ?Southwell. Nature to each allots his proper sphere. fl ?Concrete. Fortune makes folly her peculiar care : ?ChurchLl. s Custom does often reason overrule. t ?Rochester. A.nd throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. u ?Armstrong. r Live well?how long or short permit to heaven ?Milton. rhose who forgive most shall be most forgiven, f -Bahey. * 3in may be clasped so close we cannot see its ' face? ?French. r file intercourse where virtue has not place. ?UUfttei uiuc. ^ rhen keep eacn passion however dear, f] ?Thompson. g rhou pendulum betwixt a Bmile and tear ; ^ ?Byron. Her sensual snares let faithlees pleasure lay, ?Sniollet. 0 With craft and skill to ruin and betray. c ?Crahbe. 8 Doar not too high to fall, but etoop to rise ; 0 ?Massinger. h pTe masters grow of all that we despise. li ?Crowley. t 3h, then, renounce that impious self-esteem ; n ?.lentlie. Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. ?Cotcper. rhink not ambition wise because 'tis brave. Sir Wm. DavenauL? ri rhe paths of glory lead but to the grave. a ?dray. 8 tVhat is ambition ? 'Tis but a glorious cheat. d ? Willis. fc 3nly destructive to the brave and gr?at. v ?Additon. E liVhat's all the gaudy glitter of a crown ? ^ ?Dryden. ^ The way to bliss lies not on beds of down. ?Francis Quaries. How long we live, not years but actions tell; F ? Waikins. J That man lives twice who lives the first life ' well. ?Uerrick. c Make, then, while yet ye may, your God you c friend. ? Wm. Mason. Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend. \ ?UiU. ] The trust that's given guard, and t? yourself ; be just; ?Dana. For live wo how we may, yet die we must. f ?Bftakeepeare. c Chronology of the Rosso-Turkish War. 1875. July?The Herzegovinan revolt has i assumed serious proportions. August?The great powers appoint a commission of iLquiry into the condition nf TT.nrnnAOTt Tiirtflv. 1876. January?The great powers unite in the Andrasfiy note to Turkey demanding reforms in European Turkey. February?Turkey gives a limited assent to the Andrassy note. May?Outbreak of Moslem fanaticism ; at Salonica. Dethronement of Abdul; Aziz. Outrages upon Christians in Bulgaria. ; July ? Servia commences hostilities ! against Turkey. September ? England demands that j Turkey punish the perpetrators of the ; Bulgarian outrages. Russia gives notice to England that it considers the Turkish atrocities in Bui- j garia to call for the intervention of the i powers. October?On the demand of Russia, i Turkey suspends hostilities with the re- j volted provinces to give opportunity for ! peace negotiations through a conference ' nf nnvAra November?The czar says that if the j conference fails he shall act independ- : ently in holding Torkey to account. The conference assembles in Oonstan-1 tinople. / 1877. January?The conference dissolves, its j propositions being refected by Tnrkey. j March ? Russia, Germany, France, Italy and England nnite in a protocol of | warning to Turkey. April ? Turkey angrily rejects the protocol as an tuiwamntea interference. April 24?Russia declares war against Turkey and orders its army across the frontier. May 17?Ardahan captured by assault. June 2?Kara invested. July 2 ? The Russians across the Danube. July 18?First attack on the Shipka Pass. July 31 ? The Russians defeated at j Plevna. Angust-September?Desperate fight ,ng for control of the Balkan passes. November 17-18?Kara carried by ! issault. December 9?Surrender of Plevna. December 31 ?The Turks evacuate iotia. 1878. I January 19?The Russians enter Adriinojple. February 7 ? Fortifications of Con- i itantinople abandoned by the Turks. J February 8-13?The passage of the Dardanelles by thef British fleet; threat- . med occupation of Constantinople by i he Russians ; the British Channel fleet >rdered to Gibraltar; active military , ^reparations in England. February 14?The British ironolads j mchor at Princes' Islands, thirteen miles ( louth of Constantinople. ( 7 ? I 1 Blade of Grass Seventy Feet High. 1 The bamboo, as those who have itudied the elements of botany know, is I sounted among the grasses. In its native < slimes it grows to the height of from > hirty to fifty feet, and some species oc- } iasionally attain anjaltitude of eighty or i iven a hundred feet. It is certainly re- 1 narkable that the plant should grow : leventy feet high in an English hotlouse; but this has recently occurred at 3yon House, the mansion of the Duke < )f Northumberland, near Twickenham. J The London Gardeners' Chronicle says: i The veracious author who compiled ! or the children of all time the fairy \ itory of " Jack and the Beanstalk " un- j ortnnately omitted to tell hid readers in 1 vhat clime was situated the loca.lz.oi the emarkable growth which he chronicles,or vhat kind of bean it was that thus enabled i Tack, by its extraordinary vegetable de- j relopement in a single night, to discover , i new and unknown world. What plan$ ( s there that oompines marvelous rapid- ( ty of growth, "direct ascension and j itrength of wood so fully as does the | jamboo of India, the land of tradition md of fable ? certainly not ascending to he clouds in a single night bat produc- j ng an upward developement that is raly astonishing in its rapidity. If the 1 abled Jack had the skill in olimbing : hat most modern Jacks possess, he ! vould have found it comparatively easy o have worked his way to the summit c )i that wonderful bamboo mast now to ? >e seen in the tropical house at 8yon, ! ehich is as big around as a good-sized eaffold-pole, and about seventy feet in leight. This superb shoot has develop- 1 td a growth of over sixfcv feet in three 1 nonths, and having reached the top of a he glass dome has now been forced to 1 >end its point downwards, as though, c ike Wolsey, it had reached the highest 1 >oint of its career long ere its conrse * ras done. This wonderful stem is at T east twice the size of any other shoot I rom the same plwit, and deserves to ? ank amongst the marvels of vegetation n oar exceedingly ungenial and ecoen- a ric clime. ^ ????? g Words of Wisdom. z Despair has ruined some, but pre- i umption multitudes. J Delays increase desires, and sometimes c xtinguish them. -t Let them obey who know how to rule. J The near miss of happiness is a great j aisery. Haste trips up its own heels, fetters a nd stops itself. . 8 Look well into thyself; there is a t ource which will always spring up if t hou wilt always Bearch there. f The virtue of a man ought to be meas- 1 ired, not by his extraordinary exertions, t mt by his every day conduct. I Liberality, courtesy, benevolence, un- 8 elfishnesa, under all ciroumstances and * awards all men?these qualities are to c be world what the lincbpin ia to the 0 oiling chariot. 8 The truest help we can render to an r fflicted man is not to take his burden rom him, but to call out his best * trength, that he may be able to bear 1 lie burden. f Hearts more or less, I suppose, most j f us have, but we keep them so close- a ased1 and padlocked?we wear an out- 0 ide so hard or dry? that little or none f the love that may be within escapes ? r> gladden those around us. And so T ie passes without any of the sweetening ^ r> sooietv that comes when affection is ? ot felt but expressed. ( - s Dead Letter Office Oddities. L The late sale by the post-office depart- ^ aent at Washington of unclaimed pack- c ges sent to the dead letter office bowed the extensive use made of that d noile of transportation by all classes of c raders and others, the articles for- T rarded being as various as those ordi- t< larily intrusted to express companies, t Lu unclaimed package was recently re- h eived from the New York post-office, e ontaining a roast spare-rib, a large t >iece of roust veal, several pounds of p erked veusion, and several buffalo 4 ongues, potatoes and onions, a pound p if butter, a loaf of fruit cake, a lot of i andy, raisins, nuts, oranges, apples, \ itc.; several small bottles of wine and 1 whiskey, two boxes of cigars, and two t jimburger cheesos, There rrere also [ n the same package salt, pepper, vine- t rar, etc., for the seasoning, and in ad- i litdon an abundance of flour and yeast, t 4< 0 Pilgrim, Comes the KIght So FmI?' 0 Pilgrim, oomea the right eo fast? t Let not the dark thy heart appall, [Though ltom the shadows vague and vast, For Love shall save tu all There is no hope but this to see Through tears that gather fast and fall; Tnn OTfiaf to mrlih TjOva must be. And Love shall bays us *11. \ x Have patience with our loss fed pain. Our troubled space of days so szftall ; We shall not stretch our arms in Tain, For Love shall sive us alL 0 Pilgrim, but a moment wait, And we shall hear our darlings call Beyond Death's mute and awful gate, And Love shall eave us all. ?Celia Theater in Scribner. Items of Interest. Riches that have wings?Gold eagles. The better the times, the more the dentist looks down in the month. Miners have a superstition that whisfcr, ling in mines is provocative of ill?lnck. Great Britain has expended $69,000, 000 in twelve years in bnilding ships ofwar. * " Hewers of wood and drawers of water." Wood engravers and marine nrintflrs. I Three hundred and thirty-nix bees weigh an ounce and 2,160 fill a pint measure. The rabbit is timid, but no cook can make him quail. This is a fact in natural history. . The United States furnishes seventy per oent. of all the tobacco imported by Great Britain. . " When a mother goes on a whaling ex* pedition she rarely fails to get all the blubber she wants. Great Britain imported last year 54,; 162,888 hundred-weight of- wheat '{of home consumptien. . ,jr Tue imports of France during 1877 amounted to $751,273,600, and fne exports to $695,864,600. A clergyman who lives on the seashore fjays he prefers calm Sundays, "because he is opposed to Sabbath-breaker*. ' A charitable lady in London established a home in that oily for women ?1? *?- -3 4a mf rtmr> rman <wl WliU iltMi. laueu TlVUilU) vu luuouinMiiuw, in nine months the applications were 300; and of these forty-two were from ladies of rank. uttnoai. The "United States has 661 head of cattle to every 1,000 population, Denmark 587 head, Norway 564, Sweden 482, Holland 895, Switzerland 888, Germany 384, iuatro-Hungary 854, France 825, Russia 325 and Great Britain 800. The old, old story: A man went into % store on West Hill last night, and picked np a gun. Of course he didn't know it was loaded. It went off. So lid the man. And the man who owns, jr, rather, who owned the gun, would give twenty dollars to know where they trent. s The Congressional Directory shows that out of 369 members ot Congress Dnly 193 are natives of the States which they represent. Only one State (North Carolina) is represented entirely by ative born citizens, while the delegations of ten States do not contain a single native. \ Some one remarks " It is not what ' - ? A I. - X A.* tUi people eat, due wnai wej uigenk, mat makes them strong. It is not whatthey grain, bat what they save, that make# them rich. It is not what th-*y read, but what they remember, that make* them learned. It is not what they profess, but what tbey practice, that makes khem righteous." * "V " Three tazi dogs, the greyhounds of central Asia, have been brought to the Zoological Garden at Paris. They are the first ever Keen in Europe and are distinguished by the extraordinary length jf their heads, their ears, long, pendant ind silkj, like those of the spaniel, and iheir hairy legs and feet, which look like ihose of snaggy poodles. A boy in a Biddeford, Me., primary HJXIUUi JTWCJULJJ WOUO IV IUO (vuvuv* n??>? ears in his eyes, and raid his mother raa dead and that he couldn't stay in whooL Of course the teacher told him o go at once, bnt just as he wan learinR he room she asked him when his mother lied. "She died four years ago, ma'am," vas the young urchin's reply. The eacheV let him go, however, as a reward or his ingenuity. / The following "deathnotioe" is transated literally from a Znrich newspaper ; ' I communicate to all my friends and acquaintances the sad news that at three >. m. to-morrow I shall incinerate, Hoarding to all rules of ark. my late QOther-in-law, who has fallen asleep vith faith in her Lord. The funeral irn will be placed near the furnace. The >rofoundly afflicted son-in-law, Branlolf-Lichtier." Mark Twain, in his January Atlantic article, pronounces an india rubber tree ehich he saw in Bermuda, a fraudulent rrangemenfc, because its branches bore leither shoes, suspenders, nor any other ndia rubber fruit of that description, le also saw a mahogany tree which be Loesn't call a fraud, therefore, we infer, hat its branches were loaded down with >ianos, bureaus, cabinets, oentre tables, ,nd other mahogany fruit of a useful ;in&?Norristovm Herald. Miss Alice McKee of Chicago was un ble to pay the rent of her humble tpartments, and a constable .entered hem in order to levy upon her furniure. She protested; he insisted, reusing to show his writ of authority. He tad obtained entrance by representing hat he wished to obtain board. Miss LTnTTeA f/vik a Distol from a bureau and hot the intruder dead. Chi the trial it cas proved that the pieces of furniture in which he was levying were exempt aid that throughout he had exhibited i olence and stupidity. The jury imnediately acquitted her. Dr. Hildebrandt, the African explorer, las been describing hie travels to the Berlin Geographical Society. He was ibhged to be very adroit and ingenious a dealing with the natives. Among the lataitas he was regarded as a magician, nd was forced to pronounce incantations in the unfruitful fields. For this puriose, at his request, specimens of all he plants and animals in the vicinity Fere gathered by the tribe, and after laving served as a " fetish," were careully packed away in the collections. )n another occasion he was attacked by everal hundred natives, who beat a tasty retreat when the explorer advanced oward them armed with a photographic amera. Dr. Cones, the naturalist of the Hayen Survey, does not seem to care for ompany. On the door of his office, in Yashington, is the inscription: "Notice o Visitors?Blessings brighten as they ftke their flight;" and the walls nre inng with such mottoes as these: " Exunt Otnnes." '4 He who robs mo of ray ime confers the charm of his personal iresence at the expense of Science." 4 Freedom from interruption confers u leace of mind that religion cannot ;ivB." "Brevity is the soul of wit in asitiag," 44 The simple fact of a door ias a certaiu suggestiveneso. " It is said hat the collection is so antique that icople often stay over a train to see hem?and him. But one interview inder such circumstances would seem ;o be quite sufficient.