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Vino Santo.
OnW'ltwi a strange, sweet story,
Of s 8sored snowy wine, *
Made by peasants on Lake Garda, ?
Brewed beneath the cross' sign; ?
Vino Santo called forever, ^
Sealed with seal of things divine? rj
Vino Santo, holy wine! ^
On the first days of October, s
Only in a shining son? J
Only in the dew of morning, J
Clusters lifted one by one ; 1
Thus begins the solemn vintage,
Vintage with the oroes for sign? 8
Vine Santo, holy wine t \
Pales the autumn, falls the winter, t
Lie the grapes nntonohed and still; t
No man hastes and noma hinders ?
While their subtle juieee fill.
Till the sacred da/ of Ohristmae, c
Day ofdsya, of Joy diving
Then is brewed the holy wine. g
Past the winter, paet toe springtime, 1
f., .Twl 1.U . C
For the joy of Vino Santo c
The\ who long most long and wait; c
y Only glowing heat oan ripen?
Glowing hea? and crow' sign, :
Vfeo Santo, holy wine!
Dear, to-day, the strange, sweet story, t
Sodden seemeth thine and mine; t
Thinoaed mtoeand all tree lovers, 1
Sealed by seal and signed by sign ; c
S.lenoe, patience, from love's vintage
l*ftpikae;la8t, in>DydLvin4 * J
t tine Sartto, holy wine! . " * ]
?Scribner. *
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9 TRE TERRIBLE SURPRISE. \
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The Story Retold af Osceela's Hlanghter In j
. jr ? # r the Semlaele War. ]
On the- twenty-eighth of Deoember, c
1886* says a writer in Harper's, General I
Thompson and a lieutenant left Fort (
King, near the present site of the town
of"0?il^. sguljLof Silver Springs Flori- J
da, I* A jrteratxra stroll. They were {
waikm? aJoiJfc, batting and smoking, *
going toward the sutler's sto^e, when f
suddailyp. alk unsTWpicfotLS of dflhger, 1
thejk received in their breasts the fire of 8
Osceola's band, who were hidden in the 1
thicket near by; General Thompson fell, (j
dead,' pierced with twenty-four balls, J
Liflnheaaat Smith with thirteen. This c
mgtsfcremaT be called the opening of a
th^lpn^Florida war. The little garrison 8
in the fori, hearing the firing, prepared 1
hastOyfor defense. They congratulated J
themasWse upon the re-enforcemeDts *
theyvere hotirly expecting?two oom- 1
panics of troops from Fort Brooke, c
Tampa. 1
Thai, very day, the twenty-eighth,
these two expected companies, under
the eemaadof Major Francis L. Da 'e,
of the Jfratth infantry,' were marching
northward aloDg the road which ledfrom I
Lit VWJJ UIU ill [wnruv toju- rifcy,
they were attacked by a large body ^
of Indians posted in the thickets not o
thirty yards from the road. Major Dade F
and ^t^^dpnoe^ guard Ml de%d at the t
fir*fcfire|' Jbdsed, half of the command c
were killed. The remaining officers ral- t
lied their men, fired blindly back into &
the thicket, and fonght desperately for 1'
an hour, when the Indians retired for a I
consultation. With the energy of a des- t
perate purpose the forlorn band began s
to buildj ^^breaet work of logs, but before t.
it was knee-high?that poor little unfin- 1
ished bre&sffrork that mutely told us *
such n story of despair?the Indians re- r
turned over tho ridge with a yeU, and 1:
recommenced firing, having almost cer- *
tain aim, so n$qc ^re they, and gradu- o
ally clos^^jb around the little fortifies ?
tion, until! when all had fallen, they en- I
tered it in triumph. "> B
An eye-witness, ,a negro who had fol- 0
lowed the Indian^.told us that as thoy 4.
entered, a handsome young officer dressed
in a blue lj&ek <**t the only man
who was not either dead or mortally ?
wounded, stepped forward to meet them, 8
and offered ms sword in token of surren- H
der; but the Indian to whom he offered 4
it shot him dead on the spot This b
young officer was Lieutenant Basinger. s
Another poor fellow, one of the officers, t3
with both ai ms broken early in the fight V
had sat, so the negro said, propped il
against the tree, with his head bent, and 3
minding, nothing that went on around t!
him*, unfeldtflrat a stray shot killed him;' d
and a third, with, one arm disabled, had &
continued fco fire nntil he, too, was e
A ff.ii- fol-innr fVna ormQ and anmo 1
of tbi,,ctothing from the troops, the f
Indians-,client off to meet the hind of t
Osceola, who had the same day accom- s
plisheu the massacre at Fort King, s
Great W?pt.oa in the Indian r
Oa the twentieth of February follow v
ing General Gaines passed over the 1<
samo mad on his way from Brooke to f
King, and came upon the scene of the
massacre. I was with'him, and we found
the adfaneeifuard lying where they fell,
with the bodies of Major Dade ana Captain
Eraser, the oxen attached to the y
cart, with the yoke still on them as if J
asle^e^rnd fncrb'slood the forlorn lit- v
tie breastwd&V * thickly studded ^ithh
balls, and within it our men, kneeling
or lyin&npon their breasts just as they D
were'dffen tne^ fired their last shot. In J
the dry air of the Florida winter they *
were but little changed ; we recognized
all the poor dear fellows, and buried ?
lhem, with moistened eyes; the detach-' *
ment moved round the litfclb breastwork *
to slow music, and the cannon which the
Indiana had thrown into the swamp was ^
recovered and placed vertically at the
head of the mound. But I shall never "
forget the sight of the men lying there ?
in theqgy bligg clo?lyg& so still and
silent," underthe lovely Florida sky.
After the wor was over they were reinterred
in .tlie military cemetery at St.
Augustiife, where" there is a handsome -5
monument to their memory. a
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Look Out for Fires! I
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About this time look out for fires 1
which might have been prevented by a 3
little ordinary care, is never an untimely *
warning, but it is especially timely at
this season, of the year, when untried T
heating apparatus aud that which has f
become imperfect or untrustworthy by i
serveal months of disuse, is taxed to its ?
unmost capacity in stores and dwellinga (
An Old Pioneer of >49,
From Bret Harte's story, " Gabriel
Jonroy," in Scribncr for January, we
xtract the following : A thick fog,
lease, impenetrable, bluish-gray and
aw, marked the advent of the gentle
runnier of 1854 on the California coast.
Phe brief immature spring was scarcely
ret over; there were flowers still to be
een on the outlying hills around San
Francisco, and the wild oats were yet
mwri nn fVm finntra fVtfttA motintainfl.
3ufc the wild oats were hidden under a
lim India-inky vail, and the wild flowers
bcoepted the joyless embraces of the fog
rith a staring waxen rigidity. In short,
he weather was so uncomfortable that
he average Californian was more
han ever inclined to impress the stranger
iggiessively with the fact that fogs were
lejdthy, and that it was the " finest
diiaate on the earth."
Perhaps no one was better calculated
>r more accustomed to impress the
itranger with this belief than Mr. Peter
Dumphy, banker and capitalist. His
mtspoken faith in the present and future
>f California was unbounded. His sin?re
convictions that no country or clinate
was ever before so signally favored,
lis intoleration of any criticism or bejel
to the contrary, made him a repreentative
man. So positive and unmisakable
was his habitual expression on
hese subjects, that it was impossible to
emain long in his presence without booming
impressed with the idea that any
>ther condition of society, climate or civiizatioD,
than that which obtained in Caliomia,
was a mistake. Strangers were
wrought early to imbible from this founain;
timid and weak Oalifornians in
langer of a relapse had their faith relewed
and their eyesight restored by
wxhing in this pool that Mr. Dumphy
cept always replenished. UnconsciousJ
people at last got to echoing Mr.
umphy's views as their own, and much
)f the large praise that appeared in newsxipers,
public speeches, and correspon
knee, was first voioed by Mr. uumpny.
It must not be supposed that Mr.
Dumphy's positiveness of statement and
joremptory manner were at all injurious
c> his social reputution. Owing to that
mspicion with which most frontier com0
unities regard polite concession and
Tiavity of method, Mr. Dumphy's
xrusque frankness was always accepted as
p amino. " You always know what Pete
Dumphy means," was the average critirfsm.
"Heain't goin' to lie to pie se
aiy man." To a conceit that was so outpoken
as to be courageous, to an ignot*noe
that was so freely and shamelessly
impressed as to make hesitation and canions
wisdom appear weak and unmanly
>68ide it, Mr. Dumphy added the rare
[uality of perfect unconscientiousness
inmixed with any adulterating virtue.
Corner Lots for Building.
To persons about to build a residence,
he following article from the Land
Mvner, on the most desirable corner to
ocate on, will be read with interest:
iThen a lot is on the northwest corner
1 two streets, it is best, in a sanitary
oint of view, for its frontage to be on
he west side of the street and the depth
n the north side. The house thus gets
he sun in the front bedrooms in the
.torning, and on the side of tho house,
x>king south, nearly all day. When a
ji is on the northeast corner, it is best
hat its frontage should be on the east
ide and its depth on the north side of
he street. The east side of the street
Doks west, from which quarter our preailing
cool summer winds come. All
ooma looking west are very cold at
igbt, especially at the time" of year
rhen sudden changes of temperature are
omnion. If the front bedroom windows
ace the east side of the street, they can
>e kept closed at night, and air
ecured from the sheltered side windows
n the north side of the street, on which
he sun shines nearly all day. If a lot
? on the southwest corner, it is better
bat the frontage be on the south side,
nd its depth on the west side of the
treet. The rays of the sun do not
trike th j south side of the street, while
hey do strike the west side in the early
Lalf of the day?thus getting the sunhine
and heat iu the front bedrooms at
be most desirable hours. When a lot
i on the southeast corner, it is best that
t should have its frontage on the south
ide and its depth on the east side, for
be reason before stated, that the sun
loes not strike the south side of the
treet, while its rays are poured on the
ast side from about noon till five p. m.
[!he cold winds of night can be kept
rom the best (the front) bedroom by
laving the windows closed on the east
ide and by opening them on the sonth
ide. These are important facts to be
ememlxred by those who are sublividing
large lots for sale, or by those
rho are erecting honses on large corner
jts, where they are in a position to
ront them either way.
A Heart that can Feel.
" I give and bequeath to Mary, my
rife, Hie sum o' one hunder pounds a
ear," said an old farmer. "Is that
rritten down, measter?" "Yes," relied
the lawyer; " but she is not so old
-she may marry again. Won't you
"lake any change in that case ? Most
eople do. ' "Ay, (lo they?" said the
armor. "Well, write again, and say
bat if my wife marries again, I will
ivc and bequeath to her the sum of
wo hunder p uuds a year. That'll do,
ron'fc it, measter?" "Why, it's jnsfc
oubling the sum she wonld have if she
omained unmarried," said the lawyer ;
'it is generally the other way?the
fgacy is lessened if the widow marries
gain." "Ay," said the farmer, "bnt
im as gets her'll desarve it."
A City's Milk Snpply.
The quantity of milk brought to New
fork daily at this season is very nearly
sfollows:
Cans.
I&rlem railroad 2.500
irie railroad.: 2,200
iorris and Essex rai road 1,500
lousatonic railroad 800
lidland railroad 800
Indeon River railroad -500
)tlier conveyances 1,500
Phis would show a daily consumption at
jresent of about 390,000 quarts daily,
h the summer season the city requires
ibout 550,000 quarts. The sum of $40,XX)
is expended daily for milk.
MASSES OF COPPER.
How Moan Copper Is Mined?The Dlfflcul- f0
ties Attending the Work. Y<
The largest continuous mass of copper J*
which has been taken ont of the mines r1
of the Lake Superior region was proba- Df
bly that from the Minnesota in 1857,
which is variously stated as weighing 3?
420 tons and 470 tons. Its length was
about forty-five feet, its breadth or ar
height twenty-two feet, and its greatest 00
thickness eight feet. All sneh masses Wl
are very irregular and ragged in their
form and thickness, thinning out gradu- J?
ally from a foot to a few inches, and
struggling through the vein until they j*
connect with other large masses. This rj
was the character of a mass found in jf
the Phcanix mine, ene of the oldest on
the lake, which mass altogether weighed ?
some six hundred tons. But this was m
really a series of masses more or less P
connected by strings of metal, yet no
one large part of it weighed, singly, over J
two hundred tons. A similar series of
masses, weighing about six hundred r
tons, was extracted from the Minnesota. 111
r\t Via PtimniT tnonAS ?MM frtTlT ^
kA/JLUO VI VUV JL, uw 11amwxw w ?v*w ,. ,
or five feet thick of solid copper. The J1
Cliff mine has yielded masses weighing jtJ
from one hundred to one hundred and
fifty tons in one piece. One of forty P1
tons was taken out this year, besides 8E
numerous blocks weighing from one to **
eight tons. This mine and the Central
are now yielding mass copper in abun- J
dance. - , 2
It is of course impossible to pick, or 88
to drill, or to break out such huge masses
of solid metal, when they are found T
by drifting upon the oourse of the vein. \
The method is as follows: The miner
picks out, or excavates, a narrow passage
or chamber upon one side of the mass, ~
laying it bare as far as possible over its j*
whole surface. It is usually firmly held jj
by its close union with the vein stuff, or y
by its irregular projections, above, below
and at the end. If it then cannat rc
be dislodged by levers, the excavation of n*
a chamber is commenced behind the 8E
mass, and this excavation is made large
enough to receive from five to twenty or
more kegs of powder. In one instance, J*3
in the Cliff mine, a charge of twenty-one
kegs of powder threw down two huu- m
dred tons of oopper. Bags of sand are
used for tamping, and the drift is closed
up by a barricade of refuse and loose
dirt. After such a blast the drift is, of re
course, charged with foul air, and it can- ^
not be safely entered for hours after- la
wards. If entered too soon, men lose e(;
all strength in their limbs, and fall 0f
down. ot
The huge masses of copper dislodged m
in this way are too large to be handled m
and got to the surface. They have to be
cut up. The copper cutters are called in, ^
and the mass is marked off in squares or ^
blocks of editable size. Copper cutting ^
is a distinct art, and requires considers- ^
ble skill and experience. Ordinary miners,
however skillful they may be, can- pa
not cut up oopper without long training.
The tools are eimply narrow chisels an
and striking hammers. The chisels are qq
shaped like the parting tools of turners. TO
They are made of flat bars of half inch w]
steel, about two inches wide and eigh- ^
teen inches long. They are chamfered ^
each way like a cold chisel, to form the ^
cutting edge. This edge is made a little
longer than the thickness of the bar.
The cutter holds the chisel and two men
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strike it. a tnin slice or cuip ui uuppei
is in this way oat oat in a narrow chan- 0j(
eel across tho mass of copper. The ^h
operation is repeated until the narrow ^
cut, but little over half an inch wide,
has been carried through the mass. The an
chips cut out in this way are long, nar- yo
row strips of copper only about half as ^
long as the groove from which they
are taken, the metal being condensed
and thickened by the force of the blow. jj(
This work is necessarily slow and te- y(
dious, and it costs $12 per square foot
by contract. At this price, the cutters
make $2 per day.?Scientific American.
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A Tramp in Clover. jC
It is none of the world's business who .
the lady is or in what part of the county
she resides. The facts are sufficient to m
show how a lady, vulgarly called an old ^
maid, got a husband, and one that may
prove himself worthy of her. Six months
ago a tramp came to a Berks county
(Pa.) farmhouse and asked the daughter sti
for food, and it was given to him. He he
was considerably worse for wear, yet his
modest demeanor and gentlemanly bear
ing attrac led the attention of the family.
He was given work on the farm, and 00
shortly became a favorite. He was sober,
industrious, genteel and intelligent. *c
Gradually the daughter took a liking to
him, and" she loaned him money from
her own purse to purchase clothing
with. an
She encouraged him to keep himself yo
well dressed, and in a short time the sb
farmer saw that his man of all work had gr
suddenly become a fine looking and art
earnest suitor for his daughter's : and in do
marriage. It was first refused, but the rei
only child cried to her mother; the no
mother interceded, and finally the stern wi
parent gave his consent. It was virtu- sex
ally a romance in real life. The marriage wl
took place, the ceremony being perform- to
ed by a Reading clergyman. The young Id
man is tall and finely formed, is a Ger- su
man by birth, and has been in this coun- we
try not quite a year. He has a good oo
education, and wants to be a farmer, so:
The lady is proud of him, and does not mi
seem at all embarrassed when reference to
is made as to how she secured him. He
has made a "ten strike," and is now on
. . . . fTi
a fair way of becoming a ncn man oyand-bve.
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Rather Slow TraTeling.
BO
The following "general order," published
in the Pennsylvania Gazette, ^
Feb. 14,1775, is an interesting oenten- np
nial fact: pr
It having been found very inconvenient
to persons concerned in trade, that m;
the mail from "Philadelphia to New ^
England " sets out but once a fortnight fa
during the winter season, this is to give jD
notice that the New England mail will re
henceforth go once a week the year se
round; where a correspondence may be
carried on, and answers obtained to letters
between Philadelphia and Boston in re
three weeks, which used in the winter to se
require six weeks. By command of the an
postmaster-general. gc
Wm. Franklin, Comptroller. be
Hotel Charges.
The York (Pa.) Democrat tells the
llowing story : Not long sipoo two
3rk men visited Kansas. They stopid
at a hotel one forenoon, and after
nner one of them walked down to the
irber's shop to get shaved. The sh<?
as shnt, the barber living gone off to
ke his after-dinner nap. Then the
3rk man walked back to the landlord
id said: "With your magnificent
>untry, which is tn6'garden of the
arid, you ought to be the most prosper*
is people on earth. That you are not
due to the fact that'you don't attend
> business. You doa't look out for
ppers. Here's yourharber now, shut
3 and gone when he might have earned
n AAnfca hv sKftvina me. Now he
>n't get it, for I'm goiDg to Shave mylf,
and save mv cents* I have a razor
my valise, ana if yow will show me a
irror, I will shave myself." The landrd
said the barber was a shiftless man,
ho, like most Western men; couldn't
impare with Pennsylvanmne far attenDn
to business, and patience in seoopg
in the dimes; bttt he hoped they
ould all improve in time, and then he
lowed our friendr5nta a foom where he
und a good-sized mirror, and shaved
imself. Soon after, he joined his commion
and congratulated himself on the
Lccess he had had in saving ten cents,
id teaching Western men financiering,
fter tea the pair paid their bills and
ent to the depot to Uhe the train. On
teir way the man who hadn't shaven
id : " Pretty reasonable house, that;
llya dollar for dinner and supper."
Only a dollar I" said the other, " whv,
paid a dollar and a half I and a little
irther explanation showed that he had
sen charged fifty percent. more than
s companion. So bjck he went, and
jmanded of the landlord an explanaon,
and got it in these words : "The
fty cents extra is for the use of a room,
cu don't suppose we can have our
toms turned into barber shops for
>thing, do you?" and the man who
Laved himself went to the depot a sad'l
if not a better man. He don't brag
uch of his adventure since his return
i York, and it will be some time before
j attempts to give another Western
an a lesson in financiering.
A Theatrical Incident
Some years ago the manager of a well
gulated theater somewhere along the
le of the Erie canal .engaged a young
dy as a supernumerary. It so happenI
that the young lady had formerly
Bciated in some capacity as a " hand'
1 board a c&nalboat, a fact which she
is anxious to conceal. She evinced
uch anxiety to master the details of
:r newly choeen profession, and exbited
more than ordinary comic
lent. She was duly promoted, and in
ne became a general favorite with
>th manager and public. One night,
ien she was to app fcr m a favorite
rt, a oouple of boatmen foufrd their
ly into the pit near tiic footlights,
xious to see the famons comedienne,
le house was crowded, and after the
beidenoe of the general' applause
lich greeted her appearance, one of
e boatmen slapped his companion on
e shoulder and exclaimed, loud enough
be heard over half the houso :
*' Bill. I know that gal I"
" Pshaw? "-said Bill"*; " shut up." ,
"But"I'm sure I do. Bill. It's Sal
ukins, as sure as you're bom. Sbe's
I Flukins' daughter, that used to run
e Injured Polly, and ehe used to sail
th him." *'
"Tom," said Bill, "you're a fool;
d if you dont stop your infernal clack
u'll get put out. Sal Flukins I You
net know a sight if you think that's
K
Tom was silenced, but not convinced.
b watched the actress in all her moms
with intense jpterest, and ere long
i broke out again :
|*I tell ye, Bill, that's her; 1 know
r. You can't fool me?I know her too
dl. You just wait; lH fix her. Keep
?ur eye on me."
Sure enough he did fix her. Watckg
his oppprtunity when the,actress
is deeply absorbed in her pari, he
rig out iu a voice which rang through
e galleries : . 'I
"Low bridge 1" .
From the force of habit the actress inintly
and involuntarily ducked her
ad to avoid the anticipated collision.
Twn came the house with a perfect
dnder of applause at the "palpable
t," high above which Tom's voice
old be heard:
" Didn't I tell ye, old boy, 'twas her ?
>u couldn't fool me."
Employment for the Poor.
Those who ean give employment of
y kind to persona, ittole or female,
ung or old, out of work, at this time,
cruld not fail to do so. There are a
eat many idle people in the cities who
a very much in need of something to
, and who will not ask unreasonable
tnuneration for their services. It is
t bard to find them, or to oommucicate
th them. Thousands of them can be
en by visiting the various places
lere charity is distributed. It is better
furnish work than to give gratuities,
lsness not only produces individual
fFering, but is injurious 10 me puDiic
ilfare, mod a cause of loss to the whole
mmunity. If you can give or find any
rt of employment -for an unemployed
m or woman, or boy or girl, don't fail
How they Dbess.?The dress in which
lited States diplomats attend the court
St. James consists of a plain dress
at and vest with knee-breeches, blaek
k stockings and low shoes. It is not
ugly as would appear from the deription.
The object was to give America
a very unpretending and subdued
pearance, hut the dress has failed to
duce this result, for, with the excep>n
of Bangalese nabobs, the son of the
ikadoof Japan, and the khan of Khiva,
e American legation, amid a crowd
,ming in scarlet Mid purple and flashg
with gold and silver, are the most
marked and conspicuous persons to be
en.
Young ladies who are accustomed to
ad the newspapers are always obrved
to possess winning ways, most
liable dispositions, invariably making
>od ^jjves, and always select good husinds.
THE WATS OF CHINAMEN.
A Lecture on tke Chinese in California
and tbeir Pecaliar Habits.
Tke Chinese in California are being
lectured about by Prentice Mulford.
He said that the Chinese first entered
California in 1860. He trotted patiently
after the white man, and the two fulfilled
the fable of the hare and the tortoise.
The Mongolian has carried back
to his native land unoounted millions of
dollars. He does not assimilate with
us, does not even use our groceries,
does not allow his bones to rest in our
graveyards. The Chinaman is found in
nearly every avocation except law and
divinity. He built the Pacific railroad.
It had been said that Chinese could not
blast, because that was a process requiring
skill; but the Chinese proved his
- ability by making fifteen tunnels through
the Sierras.
The Chinaman does three-fourths of
the laundrying in California. Previous to
ironing the dean clothes he fills his
mouth with water, and with a great noise
diffuses it over the clothes, like a spray.
There are 20,000 Chinese in San Fran
i ^ i ai_ _ ir
cisoo. Tneir quarter nas me juouguium
architecture, the Mongolian garb, and
Mongolian groceries. Their food used
to be called "heathenish truck."
It is true that the Chines , from their
dense population to be fed, have acquired
the faculty of utilizing as food
everv nutritious substance ; and while
much of their food we should consider
unsavory, if not unwholesomely gross,
there are some articles eaten by them
which we might well adopt?for instance,
a soup made of shell-fish.
The Chinaman is a recreative barbarian.
He plays more and preserves the
spirit of $0 youth longer than we do.
In California he has theaters in which
a drama occupies months, like a serial
story in a newspaper. He never danoes,
and thinks dancing is an indication of
Anglo-Saxon insanity. He flies kites
and plays battledore and. shuttlecock.
His evening meal is prolonged, and he
is not a gloomy, silent eater. He is a
good agriculturist. With our comparatively
wasteful farming, and our completely
wasteful sewage of cities, how
would China have fed her three hundred
millions of people? He does not adopt
our jfligion, and has little of his own
except belief in God and the deyiL He
Siys more attention to the devil, as beg
dangerous. He has distinct ideas
An immortal state, and believes it to
be like earthly existence sublimated.
Sb lie spreads out a feast for the beldvea
dead,"believing that they eat the
evajkfratfons or exMlationof the riands.
Many loads of aaltpork have been drawn
in funeral processions to be in theory
pkrtak^n of by the departed ; and when
its f{6mne?? is over he takes it home
and-eote it himself; As for his cooking,
he simply wilts his vegetables in boiling
wp-ter, and eats liis meat half raw. But
he has anodes, of literature, and on his
btxsipess sign he places, along with his
n&m4 and business, a verse from his
favorite poet or philosopher. His medicinal
pills are about as large as walnuts.
He is not allpwe^ to. testify in court,
but wherf ft is necessary1 to introduce his
statement, the Way to Wild him with the
solemnity erf an oath is to bring in a
living fowl and kik\it He has been
taxed while other foreigners are exempt,
but is not altawftd $9 testify in court,
nor his children to attend the public
schools. *'' * ' " ' ' '
Latest Fashion Notes,
. 6 *. FV I .<* ' IMlfO t. t .
Trains are narrower than heretofore.
occupying now only tna space 01 a nau
breadth. Walking skirts should not exceed
three yards around the bottom, and
pnoperly consist of one front gore on
- either side, and a single breadth of wide,
and two breadths of narrow material in
the back.
A novelty In dress collars are those
made Byron shape, and there is an effort,
where the dress color is of velvet,
to banish all white, in the way of lingerie,
about the neck. It is barely possible
this may finally prevail for street
costumes, but will hardly obtain for
house toilets.
! A reoenfc novelty in passementerie is
a check, half in gimp flowers and half in
dead gold. : Another and equally new
one is a passementerie of silver as line as
lsoe, and need as an applique on velvet.
Everything soft and cream-colored is
fashionable this season, and, in oonsequenoe,
the rage for the cashmere lace
continues; this is a fine creamy woollen
lace, made in thread lace patterns, and
much need for trimming purposes*
Fine wool sashes in check-like tartans,
very tong and wide, are trimmed on
ejther side with a black velvet band, embroidered
with delicate tracings in white
silk, and on one side only there is a sow
of fringe! These sashes are designed to
drape over a Waek silk or velvet skirt
and are quite effective.
For negligee,* tire narrow standing
linen collars, with j small points turned
down and rolled over, have the preference
over the wirte turn down collar?in
fact are the favorite style. 'Lace, crepe
lissc and tulle ruffles are worn for dinner
and evening occasions when full
dress is not required.
Silk stockings take the shade and
color of the evening dresses with which
they are associated.
Plate PaUencc.
The Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle says :
A Piute squaw is a study of patience and
cheerfulness under adverse circumstances.
The happiest face in town was
probably that of an old .leather-colored
female sitting on a pile of stiff mortar
before a budding going up ih the burnt
dTstrict. The lower end of the board
upon which her youngest was strapped
Wtys stuck into the mortar so that she
wis released jnf that hare. Her next, a
red faced shaver of three years, warm
and dirty in a coat of squirrel skins,
gnawed the undecqyed side of. an apple,
and the old lady herself sat with her lap
full of garljage, picking out and enjoying
the tid-bits, while the family ?mr renewed
work at her feet on the wglj-polished
bones thrown to it
-T >;
" And canst thou always love .thus,
Alfred," she murmured, "even when
age has crept npon me and left his
traces ?" There was a pause on his part,
but 'twas only momentry, when he replied,
in a tone of deep remonstrance.
"Can a duck swim ?"
THE PHILADELPHIA. CEXTETOA1L.
Some Interntlax Pacta u4 Flcnrea A Wat
tke Amor*. ,, *- B ;
At the Centennial reoepticm, at Philadelphia,
extended to President Grant
ana the United States Congress, the following
interesting figures and statistics
were given : The government of the
United States, by acts of Congress
passed in 1871 and 1872, created the
United States Centennial commission
and the Centennial board of fin&noe. To
them was intrusted the duty of preparing
and superintending the execution of
a plan for holding "an exhibition of
American and foreign arts, products and
manufactures under the auspices of the
government of the United States," in
Philadelphia in 1876. The Centennial
commission was formally organized
March 4, 1872, and the board of finanoe
May 10, 1873. They knew they were
engaged in a noble enterprise, and armed
with a consciousness of the results to be1
attained, they pressed on with nnfaltering
energy toward the great purpose of
their creation. On the fourth of July,
1874, the first shovel of earth was re
moved by the mayor of Philadelphia
from the root on which now stands
Memorial Hall. Sinoe that time there
has been inclosed for the use of the exhibition
230 acres.
The following braidings have been
erected and have either been completed
or are in a condition to be completed in
ample time for the exhibition : . ?
The main building oovering . .'21.47
Art gallery (Memorial Hall) 1.60
Machinery Hall 14.00
Horticultural Hall ..." ! 1.60
Agricultural building. ..,.10.15
Making a total of .48.62
Add to this other struct,urea, suoh a* the
government, leather, carriage, and photograph
buildings, of about twelve v <
acres, and it will give of actual flooring
for exhibition purposes about. 60.00
This is exclusive of the space occupied
by the buildings erected by foreign nations,
the several States and far general
purposes connected with the exhibition
The whole of them will not be less in
number than 150 buildings.1' Compare
this work for a moment with the grtat
exhibitions that have taken place in,
other parts of the world. The following
is a list of exhibitions elsewhere, witf
the space covered and the cost of erection:
8pae* Oottrtd. ! ICSMi
London, 1861 .30 acres. $1,464,060
New York, 1863 5% acres. 600,000
Paris, 1866 80 mmh. "* 4,000,000
London. 1862 ..24 acres. ..^,800,000
Paris, 1867 40^ acres.
Vicuna, 1878 60 acres. 9,8*0,006
Philadelphia, 1876...60 acres. 6,724,850
List of foreign nations that have accepted
the invitation to take part, with
the amounts appropriated for expehsCs,'
as far as ascertained J sizMUXJittq <
Great Britain, lGhili..... ? '
with Austria [Ownerof ail f ;t
and Canada goods exhi(goid)
8250.000 bited, aedafi
France and Al- . expenses. 1_ Wif
getia.. 120,000 HayS\T7.r. Germany......
171,000 ?eoexnela..v^i /^?^
Russia ? , [All' expen- .?
Austria....... 76,000 ' see, im'ounf "
Italy (govenv- limited]...,
ment $38,- Mexico.... vvrti
000, chamber Ecuador $10,006
of commerce Nicaragua.v. J*
888,000.).... 76,000 Persia A-75
Spain 156,000Liberia..:... . *lJapan
600,000Siam....
China ? Gaatamalaaud
Belgium 40,000 Salvador..':.1*' - ?
Denmark HoQduraa..;.. : .
(gold)* 16,500 Onited Slates r
Sweden A. i... 126,000 of Cbtorabia:
Norway 44,000 Hawaii........ J
Netherlands . , ? Argentiue oonI
Ample pro- federation .. 60,000
v i < i o a ; [Ownerof all
amount not goods exliiyec
known.] cited. ]^.....
Portugal ? Tauis *#..:? T
Turkey ? Orange Free t.
Egypt ? States....
Brazil ? Total....... - SO
Peru ?
Bolivia ? ' 4 '
Foreign nations who have erected and'
will erect buildings:
Great Britain 3Egypt.,.* J......2
Germany 1 Canada
Brazil 1 Austria..........'.V:'. 1
Sweden 2 inrkey.... ..1
Japan 3 Morocco 1
gp?4u 2 ^ ,Ji
Nations ......U
Buildings ...18
SPACE TAKEN BY FOBEION NATIONS IN KXUIBJrTION
BUILDINGS.
7VaT Artat\f Frrrtfrjn
Buildiiy/i. Spmes.
Main building 21.47 12.4
Art building (to be Increased). 1.50orer8<H?ct
Machinery ilaU 14.00 about 25 V a
Horticultural Hall L50 1-7
Agricultural HaU . .14.15 1-8
The following States bare had the ground
selected within the incloeure, and am
hating the work prepared far the area
tion of buildings for the use of their
citizens and exhibitors:
Pennsylvania, New York, Nevada
Ohio,' Connecticut, Wisconsin,
Indiana, Massachusetts, Iowa,
Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota,
Michigan, Kansas ? Arkansas.
New J. r8ey, West Virginia,
The amounts of money which have
been subscribed and appropriated toward
the work are as follows :
Total stock subscriptions, reliable.. #2,357,750
In which are included :
New Jersey #100,000
Delaware i",uuu
Connecticut 10.000 r
New Hampshire 10,000
Wilmington, Dei............ 5,000
11135,000
Gift* concisions and interest 230,000
Further ieoripti from conceirioDs. . 100,000
Appropriations by Pennsylvania..... 1,000,000
Appropriations by Philadelphia 1,500,000
Making a total of .* \.. .$6, 187,000
Amount still required to prepare for
opening np to May 10, 1876 1,537,100
Total cost ... .$6,724,850
Of these subscriptions and appropriations
about ninety per cent have been
furnished by the State of Pennsylvania
and the city of Philadolpbia aud their
citizens.
A hong Fall. * ' ^
The Sacramento Record UMon feUr
the following story: A miner mprd.
Towd, employed in the Oregon mifle, at
Eureka, wheeled a. car Uobl the 390-foot
level into the shaft, and fetfwith it to
the dump, 400 feet. Two miners went
down to his assistance,- and he was
brought to the surfaoe-JuetfiOBth filled
with blood, bufch-yttfd this and a sensation
ofthe region of the tack,
there were so indications of injury.
Xjflioaahe has received internal injuries
he will recover.
Items of I4PI
The richest" nan in WMM'bnlf
oonnto np n trifle over ?100,606.
Gray for ft* popular trimmihg
this ee?OB lor fa+mtMmd etoaka. Qa? k*
Mr. Moody says thai "the deril gee**:
to church more regoiarly tlflUr.Wir
body." m
year." " ' '
I In 1874in the cemeteriee 'n*sr
York 28,668 people mm bk-mL Im'i
1873 the comber vae 20,107. 5
The strike of the Sydhey <Ji,
waea ia oy?,Md.ito
turned to work at the reduced .wages/1
The recorder at
four of til? rioteiff&t th? dtyhdftoWfl *
months' tehbwi J
New Yorkcfty kntfeoHW*'#* UtfAfr?1
break up the lottery business hy.a?oa<i J
ting all the ?mil odea |ipgi(H
(d?r fari r?r r? Joa
In May if heHves till:
Nono will celebrate the nmetri anruver- .
at his consecration as 'SflMstfbp'Jli the*'
church of which he is now thwhauf^ '
A wearied yc:ing" lady -basinet the
departure of ,a todious caller remark-;?? .??
?8 loolifid out ^/ tl* Wdow:
" I think we are going to havt a beamifnl
sunrise.* 1 >.w?k *iT *i
The Brit&h <*mri4)f l6dtiB^vpl<ta6->..
decides that a person formerly h proctor's
clerk, naw living mainly A>n di allowance f ,
from his m dm#** '
himself as a." gentleman." r t '
A hunter of Brain^^^on.j ^S9e!^
xmt in the wdbds reoen tly, nffschargjMI
his guft to clear out the Liarroi,
known to hiBia -infthettkhappeaed^ bet
* Wo TO '
When, a Frenoifaimy nf&eir fis bon*
vicited of Mom: his epaulettes Wh'iorn
off, his ewofd 'iff broken? an* w-private*
steps ^froinjihe jnufo^and^ hi|o. *
^ jhenray tfrej
for the painting and fnrm ihing, the
ladies for the omp#\ ap* j&e. OPftecJ
m te htomf
which cohceWB! th& $W?e ^rctfld^llfe1'
.decrease of the quantity' ^***ter?w'>
spiingR, fifost, andjs4terctett?ee?iiihiAhoe
or(h^WS8
-iJ-TkU ?mm In *>' trrsarf adl tl?
A Western 'journalist, "w56se We has
just presented him with twin/ , and who,-**
for tniilHMK^JNl Oqnpdbcl Ssokgicct
his panes for one 4fl9V
unable to issno our pafc&r pe&eo&af in
consequentW Ikehirf#ar<* Wh &***
makey1) r> tgumv* ioa ? odw nbtn imwi
\, |?rtoi?**faWhdl 4m atsAefa
iS?Lttt? W&&W MVW1IM*'
shut and nparv if taian^lawiiBkb rfw
illuatralipn,^ SM^VffflflMltottoi i '
?f WnS&Zuw i'mvn *>?
| iili yi xx>i tew jmib *#w .Wo?
l*etrok Free Ti?ium, T foiwlf %
a Martt Tw?n mw fttefcf po4M
Niagara fall** heaeihe far j dhla
^iwf|wSn|
with no voieo sit el!.' b
v AtJutodien hot#>Ih^ril^?fcitf
ho^vacnishtia ? chain addpaejkdUkiesdo
Tim late Mr.
good clothes, aadh?ito^>lft <??,^ow
000. Thonehf mtmrnik ttdpfesifaofaw
nr an Kato a . inod.6K]QM'QCwiOX< TJjUT ..
M H ^ iar.
and finds tb"> b*d <*0tB<fefc tttraWNMP**
himself engstfediwovgigaflftuxstgtggle n
to crawl under his shirt .noanaf
The Atlantic contiMMt m eeeal, to
swallow np avees# jptf graraeufeifcfttr
onoe a week. The sea nominally causes
the trouble, tfr>oHBEa
women at tfad boltefltaf IC *m : h lo nc?i
Ifuome of the odws attnud ?
try only kn?* haw ibair < wnarawnro,/
l g ?bottf iW*<?W?f #>? ?i.
to rjwSsfS"" W' "
If yon were a Washington cl'efc mow
you'd get dotra awftfl early in the mornlag,
work likti fun and endeavor to prove a
to yopr superior 4MUj?i goyeug^pntwould
loee a thousand dollars a minute
by getting rid of yoiL . h
What Does he Want Mis Paper For J .
complain of ^is paper^hecausei^ col^
tains advertisements. 1 What ijoes* that
man wa?l a newspape# >ftt# f ^ ?to ^
want it only foe u the information .it .
gives. Nov it matters not to him
whether it oomee in t}v\j|hfP^ nf an adStfQBfcg
The knowledge is what wa are after.
Where does ihe 'te&jtf- feet MaWnfr
knowledge of*fanft^tarpfementk* and
seed ? < JDid yrfa riot And (fee sealer,yOt
now i
tasing department of your farm journal?.
That new crdtivafor tbkt'ifo* '
work several linths IfettdPahAF chcwper
than the oH oue>wk6i$ did jcuijnii *
that? Among s the advertisements'
Those new sweet potatoes that yield1 so
finely, ana oso* bo mvmj, wwro <uu j-m
learn Ooiio^QiBg thewf jThat cew^itjT %;,
clnne^tih^t|?.W<#*.J* f. ,
^iamtis of <? newspaper.
^ , Th^^jfSrtiirfng doWmi >5f thin nJwt- '
paper are ct follyvwh ptena <ary ; ?
value ^ ?...
iSey are ^he IroricatorB that ton -thd'; ,r<'
Machine.: i'e* papers conld Hrv qn
.their anbaorptfea* qiMV 4h? .
advertising and pine-tenths of the
I apers n th^ United States would die
out, &ri the balance be obliged to raise
their-'obscripUon price.
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