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ASHTABULA TELEGRAPH JJS. REED Sz SO 1ST, Fubliskers. Independeat in all tilings. $2 in Advance. 7rA XXTX, No. 15. ASHTABULA, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL TmS Whole iSTumbe77475 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. MERCHANTS. . X)r, Good., Grocrle1,Ce7 and G.asj- ware, oooub ana duo. - , inau and Cap.; Tohcoos and Cnjara, ana everytning a " .'7,rJi,iii. uxn wear. -th tfaln street, Ashtabula. MM E. Jewell " CToinbes.) Wholesale and .. a. r e . fil l;. 1 nniuHa. retail ieaier m vi --- - - ; pVuiti and Grain : AgenU for American-and Union Express Companies and Cleve and Herald. Main street, Ashtabula, O. 1JU3 X. H. B. " SATAGK, Dealers In Choice Family Groeeriesand Provisions; also.pure Confectioner)', and the finest brands of To bacco ana ngara. ax. wRi.M. Produce and Commission Merchant for the purchase and sale of West ern Reserve Butter Cheese and Dried Fruits, Main street, Ashtabula, uino. hi.isi.r Ar TVI.KK. Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Family Groceries and Crockery. Wlllard's New Block. Ashtabula, Ohio. (ILKET t PEItltV, Dealers In Dry Goods, Groceries, crocKery anu vn-", next door north dT Fisk House, Main street, Ashtabula, Ohio. JT. JH. FAl'LKNRK A SON. Dealers In Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feed, Foreign ana Domestic rruiw. - " ' Water-Llrae, Seeds, fcc. Main street, Ash . tabula, Ohio. . W. KEDIIGIU, Dealer In lour, rors , Hams, Lard, and all kinds of Fish : also, all ?r ib urrwwriMt. Fruits and Oon- ft uurui i in. . . .j - - ; , , - , , . - i , . n..ni inmMt R V ines. fl2)l ItSCblUUVI J , - H. L. MOKRISOSI, Dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, Hardware, Crockery, Books. Paints, Ofts, etc., Ashtabula, Ohio. DRUGGISTS. Xl LYON, Drugs, Books. Wall Paper ( and Millinery, Conneaut, O. 14i-1ua IQABTI HEWBERKI, Druggist and . . i l t ' ...ml I uu 1 i T lt-,1 cm Medicines, Wines and Liquors for medical purposes. Fancy and Toilet Goods Main street, 3d door south Centre, Ashtabula, O. CUtBLEI E. SWIFT, Ashtabula, Ohio, Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Groceries, Perfumery and Fancy Articles, superior Teas, Coffee, Spices, Flavoring Extracts, Pa tent Hedlcines 01 eviry aescnption, rami, Dyes, VarniBhes, Br c ihes. Fancy Soaps, Hair Oils. c,all of which will be sold at the low est prices. Prescriptions prepared with suit able care. 1UilJ- GEORGE WILLARD, Dealer In Hard - ware Saddlerv, Nails, Iron, Steel, Drugs, Medicines, Paints, wils, Dyestuds, c, Main street, AshtabjUa. Ofcie. ; lto- HOTELS. FISK HOCSK Ashtabula, Ohio A. Field. Proprietor. An Omnibus running to and from every train of cars; also, a good Livery Stable kept in connection with this House to convey passengers to every point. LJol MANUFACTURERS. Q.C.CrLLEV, Manufacturer of Lath, Sid ing, Mouldings, Cheese Boxes, Ac Plaining, Matching, and Scrowl Sawing done on the shortest notice. Shop on Main street, oppo site the Upper Park, Ashtabula, Ohio. 10 HART IDT, Dealer In Granite and Mar ble Monuments, Grave Stones, Tablets, Man- tels Grates, Ac. Building Stone, Flagging and Curbing cut to order. Yard on Centre street. 12 ATTORNEYS AND AGENTS. JOHN T. STROXO, Attorney and Coun sellor at Law, and Notary Public. Office In Willard's Block, Ashtabula, O. 1443 .HOYT & PKTTIBONE, Attorneys and Csuneellors at Law and Notarys Public; of fice opposite Fisk House, Ashtabula, O. T.E.HQYT. 147 F. A. Psttibokk. W. H. HUBBARD, Attorney and Coun sel lor at Law. Otlice room 9 Haskell's Block, Ashtabula, Ohio. Will practice in any Court of the State, and In the District and Circuit Courts of the United States gHKBTOAN tc SON, Attorneys and Coun sellors at Law, ABhtabula, Ohio.; will prac tice In the Courts of Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga. 1IU3 Lab aw s. Bhebman. Johs H. Sherman. EDWARD H. FITCH, Attorney and Counsellor at Law and Notary Public, Ash tabula, Ohio. Special attention given to the - Settlement of Estates, and to Conveyancing " and Collecting; also, to all matters arising under the Bankrupt Law. lots CHAKI.ES BOOTH, Attorney and Coun gellqr at Law, Ashtabula, Ohio. UW5 K, B, LEONARD, Attorney at Law, Jeffer son, Ohio. Office in the Smalley Block 1362 E. A. WRIGHT. Real Estate and Insur ance Agent, and Notary and Justice of the Peace, Morgan, Ashtabula Co., O. ly-13&4 - HARDWARE, &c. GEO. C. HUBBARD CO., Dealers In Hard ward. Iron, Steel and Nai Is, Stoves, Tin Plate,Sheet Iron, Copper and Zinc, and Man ufacturers ofTin,Stteet Iron and Copperware. Flak's Block, Ashtabula. Ohio. li5 PHYSICIANS. DBS. H. H. Ac Li. B. BARTLETT.Hom- eopathlsu. No. 181 Main SU Office hours from 7 to IQ, a. m , and 1 to 2, p. m.,and eve ninga. Proprietors of the Electro-Thera- Seutio Bath. Residences H. H. Bartlett, o. 87 Main St., L. B. Bartlett, ad Door north from South Park Store. Main SL(14B3 HOWARD Ac GEER, Rock Creek, O. OtSce at the residence of Dr. Howard. 4t26 DR. E. I,. KING, Physician and Surgeon; offloa over piercers Store. 1 have a com- f leteset of Dr. Hadfield's Equalizers, with he exclusive right of Ashtabula county. Physicians are respectfully invited to call and examine the Instruments. Office hours irom 10 a. in to 1 p. m. Residence south of St. Peter's church. H20 DK. P. DElfBnAN. Phvsiclan and Sur geon, having located himself in Ashtabula, respectfully tenders his services to the citi ens of Ashtabula and vicinity. Dr. P. Deichman speaks the German and English languages fluently. His office and residence is lnamith's new block, C'entreslxeet. 1343 FOUNDRIES. TINKER Ac GREGORY, Manufacturers of Stoves, Plows and Columns, Window Caps and Sills, Mill Castings, Kettles, Sinks, Sleigh Sboea, Ao,, PhoBulx Foundry. Ashta bula,Ohio. ' km PAINTERS. A. Ac W. KYLE,, House and Sign Painters, Graining, Paper Hanging and Glazing ; Kal omining and Wall Painting a specialty 2U9 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland Ohio. All orders promptly attended to, and work exe cuted In the neatest manner. 1307 CABINET WARE. JOHN DUCRO, Manufacturer of and Deal er In Furniture Qf the best descriptions, an J very variety; also. General UndemiKpr ,nd Manufacturer of Coffins to order; .Vialn street, north of South Public Squar. Ash tabula, Ohio. 491 JEWELERS. ;JH R w do all kinds of Repalr wf i w,atche; Clocks and Jewelry, at 126 w?.kSe.t"a8ke"' Block-where he ' i?A .?iieoJrerwinuow. 1" store of A. C. Bootes, Ashtabula. 65-lvr ;J:.gtoh,otn ABhteb"" jgd. PUBLIC HALLS. STONE'S OPERA HALL, Orwell, Ashta tabula Co., Ohio on the line of A. Y. A P railroad; refitted, with stage and scenery' will seatoOO, and Is ready to rent to traveling troupes. R.E. STON E. Proprietor, mn PHOTOGRAPHERS. BLAKKSLEG Ac lOOKE, Photograph and Dealers In Pictures, Engravings, Chromos, Ac; having a large supply ol Mouldings of various descriptions, are pre pared to frame anything in the Picture line lit short notice and In the best style. HARNESS MAKER. PA ,,'0SD, Manufacturer and Dealer In Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Collars, Trunks, in'hf' P08" lk House. A-htaT bula, Ohio. . MISCELLANEOUS. 197 BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE II Dealer in Water-Lime, Stucco Land Plas ter, Real Estate and Loan Agent, AHhtRhula Depot. 1209 WM. HUMPHREY- J. SUin. BLYTH, Agent for the Liverpool Londq A Globe Insurance Co. Cash Assets over j,OUO,UOfl Gold, In th U. 8. 83,8i000 Stacr jolders also personally liable 1213 ARCHITECTS. DAVID SLOAN, Civil Engineer and Sur veyor, Architectural and Mechanical Draughtsman. Offloe In Pierce and Red head's Block. Ashtabula, Ohio. 1420 i JOB PRINTERS. JAMES REED Ar HON. Plain and Orna mental Printers and General Stationers. Specimens of Printing and prices for the same sent on application. Office corner Mainand8pringstreets,Ashtabula,Q. UBU REPAIRING. O. L. HALL, Morgan. O.. will repair Clothe Wringers and all kinds of Sewing Macnines, in me Di manner nu -souabie rates. Addrerfs by Postal. 142 -Repalring done at your own residences. DENTISTS. .- D. E. KELLET.D.D. a, successor rf to G. W. Nelson, Main street, Ashta- hnl Ohio. " P. K. HAL -y Dentist, Ashtabula, Main and Park. ASHTABULA YOUNGSTOWN & PITTSBURGH RAILROAD. CONDENSED TIME TABLE Nov. JM. 1S76. Going South. uoiiig jural. Ex. I Ac'iu Stations. . Ex. Ac am 17 3(1 ...... 7 40 7 45 ts Ou 8 OU 8 18 8 27 8 37 8 40 8 50 9 02 9 10 14 n-n t 37 am 9 48 6 10 10 0U 23 10 13 flO 21 10 80 6 SO 1 SJ 10 00 2 30 p m m p m Harbor.. . . 1 30 1 20 1 15 L.8. A M.S. Crossing Ashtabula ... MooBon Hill.... . .. Austinburgh .... Eagleviiie Rock Creek.. .. Rome .....New Lyme. ........Orwell ... . Bloomfleld OakOeld Bristol ville Champion A. A G. W. R. R. Cr. Warren Nlles Girard Brier Hill Youngstown .... Allegheny Pittsburgh tl 04 12 68 12 48 12 38 12 28 12 25 12 15 12 03 11 &7 11 SO til x :il 23 p m 11 3 11 02 10 50 8 30 16 tlO 42 1 10 30 7 26 7 15 am j 7 45 4 35 4 25 p m AM trains dally except Sundays. F. R. MYERS. Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent. PITTSBURGH RAILROAD. L. S. & M. S.—FRANKLIN DIVISION From and after May 13th, 1877, Passenger inuilB Will luu mm iv"" " - OOISO WEST. No. 1.1 W. Ft. AM AM 7 20 7 25 7 29 00 7 40 6 25 7 47 44 7 54 7 00 8 15 7 48 8 20 8 20 8 31 8 45 8 47 9 21 8 55 10 10 8 58 10 18 9 08 10 45 9 15 11 07 9 28 12 13 9 S3 12 23 9 50 1 10 9 58 1 28 10 07 1 45 10 23 2 20 10 34 2 42 10 45 3 04 11 01 8 40 11 09 11 10 - 4 18 11 32 11 35 4 45 2 30 P X P M 1 Telegraph Passenger f mile to way dimes. GOING EAST. No. 2.1 W. Ft. 8TATI0JCS. PI P,M 2 20 2 15 2 12 4 SO 2 02 4 10 1 56 8 58 1 50 I 45 1 32 2 80 1 26 2 16 1 16 1 50 12 59 1 09 12 55 1 00 12 46 12 04 12 35 11 35 12 27 11 W 12 IS 10 82 12 08 10 21 11 55 50 11 27 9 04 11 19 8 46 II 05 8 16 10 55 7 85 10 45 7 12 10 25 87 10 14 10 08 ( 08 9 54 9 50 S 45 7 16 AM AM Oil City East.. 1 Junction foil City West I Reno Run t Franklin Summit I Polk iRaymilton Sandy Lake.... IStoneboro Branch. Clark 1 Hadley Salem Amasa f Jamestown... Turner Simon lAndover ...... Leon Dorset JetTerson Greggs Plymouth Centre Street., f Ashtabula .... Pittsburgh LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN R. R. GOING WEST. Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo at 9.-0U p. m., Erie 1:10 a. m., Conneaut 2:22 Ashtabula 2:5o a. m., Madison 3.-32 a..m Paines ville 4.-C0 a. m., Cleveland 5:15 a. m. special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo at 12:4a a. m., Erie 3:50 a. m., Ashtabula 4.-58, Painesville 5:40. and arrives at Cleveland at 8:35 a. m. Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut at 8:05 a, m., Amhoy 6:11, Kingsvllle 6:21, Ash tabula n:iss, bay orooc 0:48, ueneva 8:53, Palnes ville 7:28, and arrives at Cleveland 8:45 a. m. Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 6:55 a. m., Erie 10:15, Conneaut 11:17. Amboy . Kings vllle 11:33, Ashtabula 11:45 p.m., Say brook 11:58 Geneva 12:05. Palnesville 12:39. and arrives at Cleveland at 2:00 p. m. pacinc express leaves nunaio 12:40 p. m., Erie 3:55. Ashtabula 5: 15. Palnesville &0S. and arrives at Cleveland at 7:05 p. GOING EAST. Atlantic ExDress leaves Cleveland 7-30 n. m Palnesville 8:20, Ashtabula 9:05, Conneaut9:28, Erie 10:20, and arrives at Buffalo at 1:05 p. m. Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leave Cleveland at 11:15 a. m Painesville 12:27, Ge neva 1:07 a. m., bay brook 1:18. Ashtabula 1:30, Klngsville 1:44. Amboy 1:54. Conneaut 2:02. Erie 3:10, Buffalo 7.-00 p. m. Chicago and St. Louis Express leaves Cleve land at 2:45 D. m.. PainnsvillH S-X) Aahtjvhnla 4:13, Erie 5:25, and arrive at Buffalo at 8:05 , m. Conneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland at 4:50 p. m., Painesvil)e5:59. Geneva 6:38. Sav- brook 8:48. Ashtabula 7K.Klnswvllle 7:13. Am boy 7:23, and arrives at Conneaut at 7:80 p. m. Special New York Express leaves Cleveland at 10:30 p. m., Palnesville ll.-20,A8htabula 1S.-04 a. m., Erie 1:20 and arrives a Buffalo at 4.-00 a. m. MuThe Pacific Express will BtoD at Girard. Conneaut. Geneva and Wlllouirhbv dailv The Special N. Y. Express on Saturdays, and taicago express on sunaays only, will stop at all stations for which they may have pas sengers. B9Tralns ran by Columbus time. R. R. ERIE RAIL WAY. Abstract of Time Table adopted Feb. 25.1878. PULLMAN'S best Drawing-room and Sleeping Coaches, combining all modern Improvements, are running through without change from Rochester, Buffalo, Sus pension Bridge, Niagara Falls.Cincinnatl and Chicago to New York, making direct connec tion with all lines of foreign and coastwise steamers, and also with Sound steamers and railway lines for Boston and New England cities. Hotel Dining Cars from Chicago to 11CW No. 8. No. 12 No. 4 Stations. N.Y. Atlantic Night Express Ex. Ex. Dunkirk L've 1 06 p.m. . Salamanca.. " 5.00 a.m. 8 35 " Clifton " 7 05 " 1 45 " 7 SO p.m. Susp. Bridge " 7 15 200" 7 85 ' Niagara Falls " 720 " 9 06 " 7 40 Buffalo " 8 00 " ' 9 50 " 9 20 " Attica " 9 05 ' 4 10 10 30 " Portage " .... 6 99 " Hornellsvllle " til 15" 186 " 12 35a.m. Addison - I2 09P.' . 7 46 1 83 " Rochester ' 9 00a m. 4 00 " Avon 9 48 " 4 40 " Bath. " 11 87 6 46 " Corning 12 3Sp.m. 810 1 66 " Elmira " jl 92 " 8 47 ' 9 85 " Waverly " 1 54 ' 9 23 8 18 " Owego. ...... 9 80 " 1010 " 3 56 " Binghamton " 8 09" 1100" 4 40" GreatBend. " 8 38 " . . 6 08 " Susquehanna 8 66 " 115S " 6 80 " Deposit " 4 27 " IS 39 A. M 6 04 " Hancock " 456" 109" es Narrowsburg b 28 " 2 28 " 8 08 " Lackawaxen " 648 " 8 84 " Honesdale.. Arr 10 50 " Port Jervis.. L've 7 8S 'B 8 48 " 9 90 ' Middletown. " 8 18 " 4 40" 10 01 " Goshen ' 8 30 " 10 15 " Paterson MM .. 6 93 " 11 S5 " Neffark " 73u .. 2 06p.m: Jersey City.. Arr. 10 28 705 ' 1910 NewYork.... " iqhspm. 795 " ii BosUn " '4 20 P.M. 8 40p.m. Express Trains Leave New Torn 9.00 A.ffi. Cincinnati and Chicago Day Express. Drawing Room Coaches to Buf falo and Suspension Bridge, 6.00 P.M. Dally, Fast it. Louis Express, arriving at Buffalo 8.15 A. M , connecting with fast trains to the West, Northwest and Southwest. Pullman's best Drawing Room Sleeping Coaches to Buffalo, T.00 P.M. Dally. Paclfio Express. Sleep ing Coaohesand Hotel Dining Cars through to Chicago without change. 7.00 P. M. Emigrant train for the West, No, 12rundal!y and No. 8 dally, except Sunday. tMeal stations. ".Ask for Tickets via Erie Railway; for sale by all principal offices. JNO. N. ABBOTT, Gen. Pass. Agt.. New York. Lots of Lots for Sale ! Near L. 8. A M. 8. Round Hodic, urn A 1 Street. HOUSE & LOT . Corner of East Street and Bspk Alley. And other desirable property In the Village and at the Harbor r- Apply to 131 m KDWARD H. FITCH Srjryrfi not et easily earned In these times can be made In three month v one of either sex. in anv nart of the country, who is willing to work steadi ly at the employment that we furnish. 806 per week In your own town. You need not be away from home over night You can give your whole time to the work, or only your pare moments. It cosU nothing to try the business. Terms and $5 outfit free. Address at once, H. Hallet A Co., Portland, Me. 18y DREAMERY. I pity him whose heart la ssrrow holding The memory of lost-love to be a p&iu. Denies his hunger, maxrrr-llke enfot1fag As burled luss wuat rather should be gain. For me It is a Joy to live anew Tl.e days when fortune seemed a wulfcg slave: To change the evemnr s for the morning's dew : Aud strew the Sowers of old on passiou's grave. Vor ma Ith. ..la--.. ,nnAl To me with eyds half-closed aud dim with tear The pictured past, in tints that warm and solten. Liu.ucT tiusms mvsvmo uie uiim mmg fnn. To feel the hands that other cares have known With sweeust touch bestow their Ibnd caressing. And have my Hps in dreamful undertone Pour forth noon those hands a real blessing. To fed in tender trances, self deceiving Her kissei rain upon my upturned brow. A: d stretch my arms, my own deceit believlne To seize the Then, and bold lis treasures If ow. To know that in such hours, the best returning Of all I had to give of trust and troth. Stirs in my heart, and sanctifies Its riming To cheat a withered life that dreams of youth. Aad so as when in sleep our dead appearing We wake with clearer hope, and tempered grief. The pait but dearer for the future nearlug. The spring betokened by the rustling leaf, 80 I, my vision ended. Mess the dreaming That keeps my perished hope a living thing. And rise In prayer and nuth beyond this seeming To seek the eternal love with tireless wing. HOME SONG. Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest; Home-keeping hearts are happiest. For those that wander they know not where Are mil of trouble and full of care : To stay at home is best. Weary and homesick and distressed They wander east, they wander west. And are baffied aud beaten and blown about By the winds of the wilderness of doubt ; To stay at home Is best. Then stay at home, my heart, and rest ; The bird is safest In its nest ; O'er all that nutter their wings and fly A hawk is hovering In the sky: To stay at home is best. SUNRISE IN THE HILLS. I stood upon the hills, when heaven's high arch Was glorious with the sun's returning march. And woods were brightened, and soft gales Went forth to kiss the sun' clad vales. The clouds were far beneath me: bathed In light. And, in their fading glory shone Like hosts In battle overthrown. The veil of cloud was lifted, and below O lowed the rich valley, and the river's flow Was darkened by the forest's shade. Or glistened in the white cascade; When upward, in the mellow blush of dar. The noisy bittern wheeled his noisy way. "JOHN'S WIFE." "So John is married?" said Dr. More- larsd. ''Had the smallpox failed twice in business lost all he invested in the Middlecomb mining stocks and now, by way of a grand finishing stroke, has committed the last blunder that he can possibly be capable of getting married 1 Just like John !" Dr. Moreland was a bald-headed man. with aquiline features, sparkling eyes, and an iron gray fringe of hair around nis tempies ana. as uie moneyed man of the family, all his relatives looked np to him with the utmost respect not un mingled with a little awe ; for he had what is called a temper 01 nis own. "He hones you'll like it, uncle, said John Moreland's sister, a timid little old maid of two or tbree-and-thirty. "Hopes I'll like itf repeated the iras cible doctor. "Why don't he commit suicide at once, and then send word to me that he hopes I'll be pleased?" "Uut she:s a very Deauutui girl. "Beautiful!" Dr. Moreland elevated his aquiline nose in double-distilled scorn. "And of course she'll want India shawls and sets of coral and silk frocks, to deck off her beauty and where is John to get 'em?" ' And she is a poetess, uncle More- land." 'Worse and worse?" groaned the old man 'Knrnt nnririinra rtllttonlCSS shirts dust in all the corners, and inky fingers. A Poetess Y Just like John!" "Uut you'll call, nncie, won t you r "Call? What should" I call for?" sharply .demanded Dr. Moreland. "I can't congratulate heron marrying John, for I think she is a fool to do it I can't congratulate him, for I think he's a bigger fool still to entangle himself with a simpering doll baby of a wife, who writes verses! Pah! I've no patience with the folly of this world!" "Yes, but uncle JUy UCOl, 1UICIJAJOCU t-1 1 .riVJI Viaiiu, brusquelyj "I'm particularly engaged this morning, so perhaps you'd better go down stairs." "Yes, uncle, said Keziah Moreland, meekly. She was used to her nncle's rebuffs, and took them with a philoso phy which was worthy of a better cause. In spite of this vituperation, however, Dr. Moreland did call on the bride. He rang the door-bell of No. 99 Boltby Square at an early hour, as he chanced to be passing. "I'll catch her in curl-papers," said he to himself, his lips twitching with a ma licious smile. A little maid in a frilled cap and white apron, answered the door-bell. "Keep a girl, eh?" said Dr. Moreland. savagely, to himself. "And on John't salary! A pretty mode of economizing, that I" The little maid showed him into a sun ny parlor with an open-grate fire on the hearth, and hyacinths in the window, where a very pretty young lady was seat ed at her needle work, fehe rose to greet him and he was a little disappointed to see no trace of either curl-papers or inky nngers. 'I suppose you are John's wife V said he. The young lady smiled. "Yes," said she, "I am John's wife. And I conclude that you are John's nn cie, Dr. Moreland." "What, do you keep a servant for?" de manded the doctor, plunging abruptly in medias res. ' "To do the work." said Mrs. John, open ing her eye rather wider than usuaL "Why don't you do it yourself?" "Because I don't like washing windows and scmbbinsr door-steos." calmlv re sponded the bride. "My mother did her own work," curt ly remarked the doctor. "Uut 1 am not yonr mother r Mrs. John's feminine spirit was evi dently becoming aroused. "No," said Dr. Moreland, '"you are one of the women of the period. You pre fer to sit with folded hands, while your husband toils his life out to scrape to gether a little money 1" "You are mistaken there, Dr. More land," said the bride. "I may be one of the women of the period in fact, I rath er glory in the title but I am also one whohrmly believes in husband and wife Bharing alike the burdens of life as well as its pleasures." "Humph !" said Dr. Moreland. And if ever monosyllable expressed a whole dictionary full of obnoxious epithets, it was that "humph I" "You write poetry, don't you?" ji "Yes," said Mrs. John, not without a certain defiance In her tones," I write poetry," ' "Let me eive vou a niece of advice " said Dr. Moreland, with hands in his pocket and nose in the air. "Just burn up all your pens and paper, roll up your sleeves and go to work. That's the only . 1 , . f . , way 10 gei aneaa 01 una worm. TV, tri tit!,, V art?" aulA Mro .Trtlin "Yes, I think so?" said Dr Moreland. "I'm very sorry not to agree with you," suid Mrs. John, "but I take a ditlerent view of things. "Oh, very well, said Dr. Moreland, rising from his seat In high dudgeon. "Think as you please ; it's a free country. 4ime iree r- Won't you stav and t.-ilcn lunch with us, Uncle Moreland?" said the bride, soothingly. t V 1 , Bai1 Dr- Moreland. But there's one thine I want npon yonr mind and perhaps it would be as well for you to mention it to John too." ' "What is it, Uncle Moreland V "Just this r that if you come to want when you come to want, would perhaps, LK3 u inure currect eireBuion you aon l to so a It. come to me for aid. I wash my hands 01 you ana your poetry I Mrs. John Moreland smiled. "I assure vou, uncle," said she, "we never had the least idea of becoming pensioners upon your bounty." Terhaps you had, perhaps you hadn't," said Dr. Moreland, catching np his hat. "I wish you a very good-moming." And he descended the stairway, two steps at a time, and shook the dust of the offending household from his feet. Scarcely three months afterward poor little Keziah came in with a red nose and swollen eyelids, to tell Uncle More hind that poor John was dead. "Dead, is he?" said Dr. Moreland. "I said when he married that poetry writing girl that he had committed the last blunder he could be capable of, but it seems I was mistaken. He could die and leave her on our hands!" "Oh, Uncle Moreland !" sniffed poor uuie jveaan, Detween her tears. "Don't be a fool." said Uncle Moreland "I liked John as well as you did until he wore my patience out. And I'm sorry that he must needs go and die and put us all to the expense of a funeral." "What is to become of John's wife?" faltered Keziah, timidly." "I don't know that that's any of my business," said Dr. Moreland. It was scarcely a month after poor John s remains were laid in lireenwoou Cemetery when Dr. Moreland received a black-edged note. "From John's wife," said he contract ing his brows. "I wonder what she has got to say to me after all my warnings." From John's wife it was a neatly written missive which ran thus: Dear Uncxc Moreland: Will you come to me this afleniooo at 3 o'clock t and oblige. "Your ailecuouate neloe, Clara Morxlaxd.' "Ah!" said Dr. Moreland to himself. "I knew very well how it would be. I predicted it all along. She s going to throw herself on my compassion. Wid ow penniless blighted hopes and all that sort of thing. But it vxni't go doirn ;" buttoning his pockets with a signifi cant air "I warned her just how it would be, and I shall eive her to under stand that as she has made her bed so must she lie upon it." Keziah picked up the note when she was dusting her uncle's library, and look ed piteously at it. "You'll go uncle, won't you?" said she. "Oh, yes," said Dr. Moreland, "I shall go:" And he went accordingly. John's wife was sittincr bv the fireside. dressed in the deepest of black and look ine prettier than ever. Dr. Moreland sat himself down opposite, and looked hard at ner. Well," said he, "what do you want of mer "I wanted to ask your advice, uncle," said the young widow. About what r (instinctively clapping his hands over the pocket where he kept his money.) "About the investment of my money. "Of your money f" Moreland could scarcely credit his own ears, "Yes, my money ; the money I have earned by sending poetical contributions to the various magazines and periodicals of the day. It is not a great deal ; but it is enough to enable me to live com fortable' for the rest of my life, if I can only manage to get it suitably invested. Dr. Moreland stared. He had come thither prepared to steel himself against the supplication of a penniless poor relation ; but here was John's wife, entirely independent of him a moneyed personage in her own right. And the idea that that pale-faced woman should absolutely have accumulated a little for tune by her pen seemed incredible to him. Success is a wonderful softener of human nature, and Dr. Moreland's hard features relaxed, in spite of himself. ;- 1 mall be very glad to help you in vest it, my dear," said he. "And and I .ooii., h,'b. . ann,:i.i And if you have not decided upon a home, my niece, Keziah and I shall be very glad to have you come and live with us." No," said Clara, serenely. "I prefer my own home." is there nothing else 1 can do for you?" asked Dr. Moreland as he took his leave, after receiving the young widow s detailed instructions. Nothing more. I thank you." said Clara, coldly. Dr. Moreland went home, seated him self before his desk, and drew a long breath. "A superior woman," said he ; a very superior woman. What did she want, uncle?" said Keziah. "That's the strangest part of it" said Dr. Moreland. "She didn't want any thing. My dear, I never was more mis taken in my life than about John's wiie 1 ' Two hundred different varieties of fruit are grown successfully in Georgia. A billposter in an Ohio town covered the tombstones in a graveyard with ciiv cus cuts. Marriaee is becoming fashionable among the Catholic priests of Germany, the civil law protecting tnem. AFortWavne Qnd.1 conple were di vorced in thirty minutes from the time the petition was filed. It is better to have a clear conscience and be threatened than to have a bad one and be flattered. A woman in Mount Sterling. Ky., has been married six years, has three chil dren and is now only eighteen years of age. An ebony coffin lined with white sat in, with a lot in Pert la Chaise, was one the gifts proffered to a popular ' ' Pans, recently. Josie Fowler, of New Haven, Si-ai J candles and cores apples with a revolver. The young men are exceedingly respect ful in their attentions to her. A kiss recently cost a Beloit (Wis.) man $300. He was a baehelor, kissed a married woman, and paid that amount the husband to settle the affair. Italy rear $40,000,000 per year from her lotteries. The ticket-holders reap just half as much and yet lots ol men De lieve that lotteries are conducted on the square. Tt in clnimerl in fiprmanv that the drug known as curare is a sure cure fcr hydro phobia, as it paralyses the motor nerves, without affecting the sensitive ones, and stops muscular convulsion. An owl shot near Burlington, Vt., had steel trap and two feet of chain belong ng to a Hinsdale (N. H.) man, 011 its leg. The trap was set five weeks before in the Hinsdale man's hen-nouse, anu wau car ried about 100 miles by the captive. Before the Church of Our Lady of Atocha, in which th . King 01 Spain was i.,tai,r momoj a unfinp,T neroctually v.. J auua..u, ......... i . stands on guard. The Virgin of Atocha has long held the ranK 01 ioioei Spanish army. Hence the military honor. A Rincmlur rriinri ilence recently occur red at Nashville, where a man died on the fiftieth anniversary of his wedding, and the house in which he was married, caught fire and was destroyed upon the same day and within four hours 01 me time of his death. The men of Thiltnn. Kentucky, must have strong constitutions, for the Madi sonville Times says that in a fight over a game of cards the other day one of them was stabbed several times, the two worst cuts being one through the lungs and the other into the cavity of the stomach, in spite of which the wounded man is rap idly recoverius. A Boston girl fell while dancing on New Year's night and broke her arm. Kxclianae. Her brother should have taken her dancing partner out and schot timih head off. llarrisburg Telegraph. We have red 'owa' better than that, but less fatal. Hit him on the head a few times with a polka. Norristowr flerald. MANIACS AND MUSIC. Novel Effects of Sweet Sounds. The third of a series of hitrhlv inter esting experiments was tried a few davs ago, upon the lunatics on Blackwell's and A ard's Islands. The discovery was made by Pouza, of Turin, that he could influence the most refractory cases of luimiy uy .met ngnu it nas, however, been reserved to America to demonstrate that the raving maniac can be effected Dy music. Mr. J. N. Pattison, tlie celebrated nian. ist, accompanied by Dr. M. A. Wilson and ComniissionerThoinasBrennan.paiil a visit to the lunatic asylums on Ward's and Blackwell's Islands and made a se ries of experiments which were of a char acter both to astonish and instruct those in charge of the insane. At Blackwell's Island the doctor pro duced, forthe purpose of experiment, the very worst cases of acute mania in the establishment The first woman subject ed to the experiment was a sharp-fea-. j 1:1.1. j- 1 , , ,1 uircu, nine muiviuuai, wno perpetually muttered between her closed teeth. Mr. Pattison began playing the introduction to the Lich no wsky" Sonata of Beethoven. The effect was immediately perceptible. The woman who had previously been kept in a "straight-jacket," smiled, and began to talk in the key in which the musician was playing. A reporter of the Star, who was present, seeing the influ ence produced, asked the pertormer to change the key. The result was that the tone of the maniac fell into the domi nant key in which the performer was piaying. Not satisfied with these first results, and doubtful whether it might not be by chance that this curious effect was pro duced upon the patient, the newspaper man asked the performer to play "Han del's Fugue" in E minor. The woman talked in the key in which he was play ing, although she seemed perfectly insen sible to other influence. The key was changed six or seven times with the same uniform result What is perhaps more extraordinary than the foregoing is that the pulsation of cataleptoid patients was influenced, in a marked degree, by the varied strains of the player. A pulse of 120 was re duced within two minutes to 74. A temperature of 90 was lowered in three minutes to 72. A raving woman, notori ous as a fighter of her nurses, was com pletely subdued, and sat crying while the strains of "Home, Sweet Home" were played for her. Another dangerous lunatic, a German woman, was appealed to in the strains of Kucheh's "iraundie Schauiben heim vxirf ziehan." She immediately began to cry. The Wacht am Rliein" was next played for her, upon which she became per fectly furious, danced, gesticulated. swore, and used the most violent lan guage. Perhaps the most extraordinary experiment of all was that tried npon a cataleptoid patient, who had lost the power of locomotion. He was placed in the middle of the floor, was unable to walk, and was propelled rather rudely by one of the nurses. The strains of the celebrated Es Zogen drei Burschen uohl Lber den JCnem," reached his ear, and he immediately began to dance to its time. He was restrained by the doctor and his assistants, and the air was changed to the "Wanderer." The effect was magi cal. He became immediately quiet and tractable, and behaved like the most rational man in the place. A woman, who was listening to the "Wanderer, got up and exclaimed: "How beautiful, my God, how beautiful I" sat down and relapsed into her previous state of apathy. These are among the first experiments that have been made upon the insane by music It is due to Mr. J. N. Pattison, the celebrated pianist, that they nave been inaugurated. Every possible aid has been rendered him by Commissioner Thomas Brennan. It is not too much to say that the heart of the latter gentle man is really in the work. He said to the writer: "If it was only possibe to substitute music for the 'straight-jacket,' and for every kind of restraint, I should be the happiest man in the world. The sight of so much misery as I have to see every day almost breaks my heart, and I am only too glad to nave an opportu nity of trying whether it is not possible, in some way or other, to mitigate these fearful sufferings of humanity without a resort to the force which we have been hitherto obliged to use. If we can do so, we shall be benefactors to our kind, and we shall be amply repaid for any trouble that our investigations have given us." Old Si on the Moffett Registers. Old Si came in yesterday and wanted to know "What do one of dese heah Moffit reg isters set yer back? dat is, what do dey COST' "A Moffett register? Why. man. what do you want to Know for?" "Ef you'll 'skuse me, dat ain't what I axed yer." "Well, I don't know what they cost I don't keep a bar-room or keep count 01 how many drinks 1 take. "Xes, sah; I know dat; Dut wnat 1 wants to git at ar de price ob de registur." Do you want one r "Dat I does and wants hit bad." "What for?' "Wrell. ef I on'erstand hit ebery time yer turns de crank de bell rings an' de clock wurk counts one?" "That's about it" "Jess so. an' dere's er place in distown dat needs one of dem mersheens wusser dan dey needs er clock iner hosspiteL" "Where is that r "Out dar at de church I'se heppen to boss. You see ebery time dey takes up de collekshun de plate don't count 'cor din' ter de way de folks sez dey put in! Dat ar" is de pint do de folks put in wat dey does, er does de plate-mover git some ob de cash mixed up wid his coat sleebes?" "Well, what is your plan now r' "Hit ar to 'tach de registur ter de plate an' inquire de collecter fer to turn de crank an' ring de bell one for ebery five cents dat's put in de plate. Den de gas meter 'rangements'll show jess how much hit orter pan out Yer see, dere's some parts ob 'ligion dat's got ter 'pend on science to help hit keep strate." "That's a new kink, Si ; but what are you going to do when they put buttons in the plate?" "Dar now ! Dogged ef I'd tho't ob dat! I's gotter to go back an' mend dat plan somewhar." And the old man went off badly bothered over the problem. He Got Tired. Yesterday forenoon a fatherly-looking man appeared at the corner of Wood ward and Jefferson avenue and asked a pedestrian where the Home of the Friendless was: saving that he desired to adopt a child. He was given the infor mation, but after the lapse of an hour he had progressed only one block. He seemed to have put away several glasses of beer, and his eyes had a heavy look as he asked of a boy: "Bub, kin you tell me where the Friend of the Homeless is?" The boy told him, and the Btranger went up as far as the monument, wan dered around by the market, and at noon he was heard asking a woman : "Mad-am, kin you tell me where to find the Home of the Homeless, as I want to a-dopt a orphan ?" She didn't know, and he didn't seem to care much, as he felt sleepy. When dragged out of an alley ubout mid after noon he looked vacantly around, and queried : "Iz zhis er Friendless of er Homeless, er er Houseless of er Friendless, or er Friendship of er Homeless, or whaz T' "Do you want to adopt an orphan?" asked the officer. The stranger lurched along for a whole block, deeply thinking, and then an swered : "Nozur; I want a orfun to a jopt me," He was adopted till the next session of the Central Station Court. Detroit Lincoln at the Theater. A late number of Scribner's Magazine Jives some interesting reminiscences 01 Lincoln, from which we extract the following : "Lincoln liked to go to the theater. It gave him an hour or two of freedom from care and worry, and what is better, freedom from the interruption of office- seekers and politicians. He was on such terms with the managers of two of the theaters that he could go m privately by the stage door, and slip into the stage boxes without beingseen Dy trie audience. Concealed bv the friendly screen of the drapery he saw many plays without pub lic observation, unce, 1 remeniDer, we were alone together at Ford's theater, in a box directly under the one in which he was afterward assassinated. He was in a remarkable flow of spirits, and made many comical remarks on the progress of the play. Edwin Booth was playing in "The Merchant of Venice," and, as we sat, two or three 01 the supernumeraries, who wore scarlet hose were constantly . 1. 1: r 1": . 1 . 1, ' in me line ui aiguu x many uie 1 resi dent said, "I wonder if those red-legged, pigeon-toed chaps don't think they are Dlavine this play? They are dreadful numerous." Just before the act-drop went up each time, he consulted his pro gramme and said, "This is Act two eyes," or "Act eye V," as the case might De. And as we went nome, ne saia, it was a good performance, but I had a thousand times rather read it at home, if it were not for Booth's playing. A farce, or a comedy is best played; a tragedy is best read at home." On another occasion at the same thea ter Lincoln saw Forrest play "Lear. But he was more impressed by John McCullough's playing of "Edgar" than by the great tragedian's acting. With a certain simplicity 01 manner, ne asked, "Do vou suppose he would come to the box if we sent word ?' I replied that the actor would undoubtedly be gratified to hear a personal commendation from him. Mr. McCullough, accordingly, was brought to the door of the box, all dressed in stage rags and straw as he was, and the President thanked him very cordially and with discriminating praise, for the pleasure which he had received from the performance. J. H. Hackett in his part of i alstau, was another actor who gave Lincoln great delight With his usual desire to signify to others his sense of obligation, he wrote a genial little note, expressing his pleasure at witnessing his perfor mance. Mr. Hackett, in reply, sent a book of some sort ; perhaps it was one of his own authorship. He also wrote several notes to the President. One night, quite late when the episode had passed out of my mind, I went to the White House in answer to a message. Passing into the President's office, I noticea, to my surprise, Hackett sitting in the ante-room as if waiting for an audience. The President asked me if any one was outside. On being told he said, half sadly, "Oh, I can't see him ; I can't see him. I was in hopes he had gone away." Then he added, "Now, this just illustrates the difficulty of hav ing pleasant friends and acquaintances in this place. You know how I liked Hackett as an actor, and how I wrote to tell him so. He sent me that book, and there I thought he matter would end. He is a master of his place in the pro fession I suppose, and well fixed in it. But just because we had a little friendly correspondence, such as any two men might have, he wants something. What do you suppose he Wants f 1 could not guess, an d Lincoln added, "Well, he wants to be consul to London. Oh, dear." The African Honey-Bird. The honev-bird is about as large as a gray mocking-bird, and is of similar col or. It endeavors to attract the attention of travelers, and to induce them to fol low it. When it succeeds thus far, it almost invariably leads the person who follows to a nest of wild bees. While on the route, it keeps up an incessant twit tering, as if to assure its follower of suc cess, and often alights on the ground or a bush, and looks back to see if the per son is still in pursuit The native Afri cans, when conducted by the bird, fre quently answer its twittering with a whistle as thev proceed, for the purpose of signifying to their conductor that they , 1 11 - . uri . 1. 1 1 .. are sun ioiiowing iu w ucu uie uiru ar rives at the hollow tree, or other place where the honey is deposited, :t hovers over the spot points at the deposit with its Dill, and percnes on a neignoonng bush or tree to await its share of the plunder. This is the usual termination of the adventure. But sometimes the honey-bird seems to be actuated by a love of mischief, and then instead of leading the traveller to a bees' nest, it conducts him to the lair of some wild beast, and then flies away with a twitter ing which sounds a good deal like laugh ter. Gordon Dimming, "the lion killer," once followed a honey-bird which con ducted him to the retreat of a huge croc odile ; and, having introduced the trav eller to this august presence, the little feathered joker took a hasty leave, evi dently much delighted with the success of his trick. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Some persons have doubted whether the Babylonians were guilty of such "ex treme cruelty" as to cast persons 'alive into a burning, fiery furnace, as in the case of Shadrach, Meshach and Abedne go, mentioned by Daniel (iii. 26.) They are strangely lorgeuui 01 innumeraDie fiery martyrdoms, very much more slow in their torture, and therefore more cru el, than the seven-times heated furnace of Babylon. H. F. Talbot has discover ed ample proof in the Assyrian writings that both this punishment, and that of casting men alive into a den of lions, as Daniel was treated, were in common use in Babylon during the reign of Assurba nipal. who preceded Nebuchadnezzar on the throne by less than twenty years. Saulmugina, the younger brother of As surblnipal, having risen in rebellion against his sovereign, and having failed in the attempt, was not spared by his angry brother. The following brief record is sufficient to tell its own tale : "My rebellious brother, Saulmugina, who made war with me, was cast into a burn ing, fiery furnace." Many of Saulmu gina's adherents were treated in the same manner, and the remainder were otherwise disposed of in the following way, as Assurbanipal very pithily says: "The rest of the people I threw alive among bulls and lions, as my grandfath er, Sennacherib, used to act ; and I, fol lowing his example, have thus treated these rebellious men." Truly may we exclaim with the Psalmist, "The dark places of the earth are full of the habita tions of cruelty." London Quarterly Be view. a it How Stanley Made His Way. Mr. Henrv Stanley is reported as say ing that the first line he ever wrote as a journalist was an account of a naval engagement that he witnessed from the masthead one of the earlier ones of the war. He sent it to the Herald. It was accepted, published, and liberally paid for, and Stanu'V rcccivcu uuueriiig let ter from Mr. Bennett, as Stanley's was Jie onlv account This so fired the boy's ambition that he pplied himself to read ing and study as vigorously as he could, and the formation of the resolution to travel and write. An acquaintance says of him in the Cincinnati Commercutl : "Hib powers of labor were immense, and he never tired nor lost his temper. I have known him, after riding all day in tho ambulance, to remain up the entire night, wrapped in an overcoat and blank et, ana on 111s xnecs, Dy tne aia 01 a 1111 low candle, write, the liY'e-long night, several letters to different papers, yet on the same subject changing language and ideas, so as to be ready for the courier who started at break of day, and then trust to the jolting of the ambulance for his nods of repose, on the narrow roads to repeat the operation if he could se cure any news or smelt u chance lor wigther letter Early Rising. There is another class of superstitions borne down to us from the crabbed times of our Puritan ancestry which I fancy we shall also shamefacedly own. They were the daily maxims which formed a part of the teaching in every genuine New England home, and their perma nence as a part of our mental constitu tion is an encouraging circumstance to educators who sometimes are inclined to think that even line upon line and precept upon precept fail to make their impression upon the wayward mind of youth. To remove this fear, we stand as living monuments, boldly avowing first, that we find it constantly difficult to con vince ourselves though our reason tells us that we are absurd that it is not a moral duty to rise before, or, at least, with the sun. Day by day, as we de scend to our 8-o'clock breakfast, we are conscious of a certain sense of moral torpitude which we know to be unrea sonable. It is in the effort to shake off this sense, which is only a remnant of an old superstition, that I write. The gen eral axioms on the subject of early rising, which helped to make the New England Primer and the Farmers' Alma nac a never-failing source of supposed improvement, and which were afterward re-enunciated by Franklin, do not apply to the present day nor to city life. What is gained even for useful work by rising at b' and then being obliged to take a nap in the middle of the day? Why not do np all our sleeping at clean sweep for work. If again, one could carefully rake up and cover the embers of his fire at 9 p. m. and sleep the sleep of the righteous till 6, he might possibly rise at 6, or even 5, though why avart in lint moa anv cnA . . ... should insist on doing two houry work before eating, and call such action virtue, I could never understand. Circum stances alter rules as well as cases, which is what we of Puritan stock find it hard to understand. I myself know two young women of New England birth and training who, though thev go into much evening society, and are frequently awake at midnight or after, each week during the New York Winter, yet persist in being punctual every morning'at the half-past 7 breakfast of the family. True, they have no appetites ; true, they take long naps in the afternoon ; true, they break down every year by March ; yet they gallantly return to the assault every Autumn, and would feel ashamed and guilty if they did otherwise. So strong is the force of superstition I In the future more perfect davs it will be considered a sin to awake any one from sleep except in cases of life and death, and our grandchildren may per haps be free from the inherited weak ness of believing, because the flowers and the chickens and the birds wake when the sun does, that therefore a hu man being should do so. By what logic do we select the one action of waking as suitable for our imitation ? Cause of Dreams. We cut the following from a paper re cently read before the Alumni Club ox the Chicago University by Dr. T. S. Haye: By far the most productive cause of dreams is external impressions. M. Giron de Buzerlinque, somo years ago, made a series of experiments in order to determine what effect, if any, exter nal impressions had upon dreaming. If he left a foot or arm exposed he invari ably dreamed of traveling in a cold country and of suffering from the sever ity of the weather, especially in the par uncovered. Mr. Maury also made a series of ex periments with the same end in view. "First experiment: He caused him self to be tickled with a feather on the Hps and inside of the nostrils. He dreamed that he was subjected to a hor rible punishment A mask of pitch was applied to his face, and then torn rough ly off, taking with it the Ekin of his hps, nose and face. Second experiment : A pair of tweezers was held at a little distance from his ear, and struck with a pair of scissors. He dreamed that he heard the ringing of bells. This was soon converted into the tocsin, and this suggested the days of June, 1848. Third experiment: A bottle of eau de cologne was held to his nose. He dreamed that he was in a perfumer's shop. This excited visions of the East; and he dreamed that he was in Cairo, in the shop of Jean Marie Farina, Many surprising adventures occurred to him there, the details of which were forgotten Fourth experiment: A burning lucifer match was held close to his nostrils. He dreamed that he was at sea (the wind was blowing in through the windows,) and that the magazine in the vessel blew np. Fifth experiment: He was slightly pinched on the nape of the neck. He dreamed that a blister was applied. And this recalled the recollection of a physi cian that had treated him injiis infancy. Eighth experiment: A drop ot water was allowed to fall on his forehead. He dreamed that he was in Italy, that he was very warm and' that he was drink ing the wine of Orvieto. JNmth experiment: A light, surrounded y a piece of red paper, was repeatedly placed before bis eves. He dreamed of a tempest and lightning, whkh sug gested the remembrance of a storm he had encountered in the English channel in going from Morlaix to Havre." A Dr. Gregory having applied a bottle of hot water to his feet one night, dreamed that he was looking into the crater of a volcano, and was almost stifled by the heat Another physician, having applied a blister to his head, dreamed that he had been scalped by Indians. a a is Cremation at Calcutta. Nearly every stranger inquires first for the Burning Ghat, or cremation grounds, where the Hindoos burn their dead, and single Y-isit generally suffices. I "went there the day after my arrival, and found an inclosed space on the banks of the uanges, witn steps leauing aowu w m wiiter A dozen or more men were standing around or raking the ashes of some smouldering heaps, and our ap proach was the signal lor an appeal ior mwv. On one heap was a 1-ody half consumed, the fire still burning fiercely, and another pile, on which lay the body of a woman, was lichted just as we en tered. The wood was dry. and perhaps had been saturated with oil ; at any rate flamed fiercely up, so that in the little time that we were there the work of de struction went on visibly. No patent furnaces or other improvements are used here ; there is only a pile of wood and the body that is to be cremated. After the body has been destroyed the ashes are thrown into a sacred river, a form of sepulture eminently satisfactory to the pious Hindoo. Formerly, the cremation was more theoretical than real, as the men appointed to perform the work would put the most of the money for wood into their pockets, and throw the body into the river after it was hardly more than scorcnea. orpe uuuuug r the Ganges were an hourly sight am' sometimes dozens might be seen in a sir gle day. Complaint was so general 1 1 the government stepped in and lit. something to say ; it did not endeavor put a stop to cremation, but it required 1 1 work to be thoroughly performed, a stationed policemen at the ghat to m that its orders were carried out. is a to :.. "I The total number of strikes in Eng land in 1877 was 191. If all the peopio who engaged in them were to work un interruptedly for the next ten years,ana the advance for which they struck, it would not recoup them all they had lost during the twelve months of 1877. In France strikes are avoided by the ConseH ,!,m 1'rudhomnes, a tribunal which takes cognizance of disputes between employ ers and laborers respecting wages. It inquires into the questions ut issue, the state of trade, the cost of living, etc. It seeks to do justice to both parties, and ta decisions are generally satisfactory. 1 at Some Little Things. Beans, properly cooked and mnch is contained in those two words form a most healthful and nutritious diet And yet not one farmer in fifty plants beans; or even buys them for his table. They form first rate material for a square meal, for a square half day's work. Potatoes ought to go on every farmer', table, well-cooked and smoking hot baked, boiled or mashed, three tunes a c'-ay and yet not one farmer in ten in the west lays up a supply to last him over winter. Onions are healthful and nutritious, raw or cooked, and are highly relished by most persons, yet but few farmers raise them and store them away for winter. Parsnips, carrots, turnips, etti, are raised by few farmers only, yet they help set off a table very much, and for sonn are almost indispensable. Put in heaps or nits out doors and well covered with soil, or placed in the cellar and covered with soil or sand, they keep in good con dition all winter, and are very different from tne shriveled, dried-up things that are left exposed in the Cellar to the in jurious influences of the air. How few tinners lay in a supply of winter cab bage. Although it in not very nutritious; yet it is highly relished by most people, and a dinner of corned beef and cab bage, well cooked, with other vegetables; etc- will keep one from starving. We could mention many other vegetables; omitting fruits entirely, that ought to be stored away for winter, but desist Farm ers must look ahead and provide well for their families. Really, and we mean just what we 6ay, one of" the chief rea sons that so many boys, and girls too, leave the farm is, they can find sc much greater variety of food in towns and cities than they get at home. They are growing, their systems demand much food and good .food. They are always hungry 'as wolves. They have active, vig orous bodies and brains to support If the old folks will recollect the appetites they had when young and how rapidly they would make good victuals disappear, they can appreciate the condition of their children. And so we say, by all means, provide in summer for the wants of winter by laying by adequate stores lor that season. A Sensible Hired Man. A "Hired Hand" writes the following good sense to the Bloomington Leader. We commend the reading of it to every man who works for another: "The supply of farm-hands is greater than the uemand. Wages are very low, but they are as high as can be paid at the price the farmer gets for his grain and hogs, the products of the farm. Another thing is, that it is the inherent right of every man who has help to hire, to hire it as cheaply as he can. Another thing is, that you often see men idling their time away, and, if any one in their confidence says any thing about it, they will reply, 'O, well, I can't afford to kill myself for $15 a month.' Now, this is wrong; a man is just as much bound to do a month's work for $10 as he is for $50, if that is the current wages, and he agrees to work for it ; he is not to do what he considers a day's work in pro portion to his wages, but an honest day's work. Last summer, I saw a man scoop ing corn in a car ; he had about so much work to do, as he was keeping it away from a steam sheller. He let it choke several times ; when he was asked if he could not keep the corn out of the way of the sheller, he replied that he could, but swore that he would not for a dollar day. The consequence was that anoth er man would, and the man lost his job. How to be Agreeable. Some one has well said that the true art of being agreeable is to appear well pleased with all the company, and rather to seem well entertained with them than to bring entertainment to them. This is a good plan for one who has no great confidence in his conversational powers. A man thus disposed may not have much learning nor any wit; but if he has common sense and something friendly in his behavior, it conciliates men's minds more than the brightest parts without this disposition ; and, when man of this turn comes to old age, he sure to be treated with respect It is true, indeed, that we should not dissemble or flatter in company ; but one may be very agreeable, strictly con sistent with truth and sincerity, by a prudent silence where he cannot concur, and a pleasing a&sent where he can. Now and then you meet with a person so exactly formed to please that he will gain upon every one that hears or be holds him. This disposition is not merely the gift of nature, but frequently the effect of much knowledge of the world and a command over the passions. A Filter to Purify Air. At a recent meeting of the New York Academy of Useful Arts, attention waa called to a simple method of filtering the air of an apartment The object is to free the air from dust, excessive damp ness, and, possibly, from the germs ot malaria. The contrivance consists es sentially of a fibrous woY-en fabric, strengthened bv brass wire. It is to be applied to windows and ventilators, and may be of service on railway cars to ex clude dust It has the merits of check ing drafts while admitting air. Its gen eral use might tend to prevent the spread of malarial diseases, and modify the dangers that dirty streets occasion to the health ef city residents. Mark Twain once made a pray". tut the effect was lost as none of his hearers eouid see any fun in it It is suggested that the Charter Oak Life Insurance company's name be chanced to Slippery Elm. Matthew was called from the receipt of customs in the days of Jesus, and im mediately begun talking of refunding. "It is said that short dresses will be worn in the spring." But whether they are to be shortened at the top or bottom not stated. There will always be more or less ex citement in the household that possesses cat and a back fence, or a poor piano and a healthy girL A reporter has found a baby thirteen inches long, and a pound and ten ounces the other' way. It will have to be spanked with a cigar lighter. A man in Harrisburg, Pa invited his friends, recently, to his "grand annual bawl!" He has been married eleven years and has eleven children. A Kentucky man who went to the Black Hills writes back to a local paper, saying : "Offer a premium at your com ing fair for the biggest fool in the country, and I'll try and get there in time. The following obituary "Pr:-111-in Memphis pnier upon a man killctl py a circular saw. "He was an nnnght Chris tian, a good citizen and an but of limited information v. ith regard circular saws." The petrification of a lody is strange, lint not so much as the turning of a dead iiody into 14 second hand bricks. That i.Vor h.mneiied in Brooklyn the other day witli the corpse of a nian who had $00,000 insurance on his life. Mr. Moodv in a recent sermon said: am willing to be like the spider and hold of things above." Why didn't Mr. Moody say he wished he had been devil so that he could have held that conversation with the Savior ? "Ma-Sinnott left seven trami to work his wood-pile, and rt turning after a short absence found them gone ?,niV!! handles of his plough sawed off. They probably thought they had gone furrough nutC "Whut's tho difference," asked the fnrher in arithmetic, "between one lard and two yards?" "A fence!" said Tommy Beales. Then Tommy Baton the ruler fourteen times