HK TWO Point* of Ttow.
W i,
■W tf * ort,im C n toilinit with axe and iri>dn
■ BMwen the fir-tree mwa ; B '
Tm wrf " danelng, dancing, dancing,
V Until the crowing'* cloer.
■ tho knit that led the waltrora there,
__ MX* t those foolish men!
They work white we take rar pleasure,
t s go on dancing, then."
Hp i 1
I The JMChif over, the dance went round,
■ . The "title blew clear and the fiddle liegan ; J
Quoth the ant to her train of workmen email.
■£.*" Industry, oee, ia unknown to man."
HF ]
■ " VTetl hoard our pile of hard-earned com, I
■. * hllJl wc lw rich when the* are poor:
■ <"nmcr'a the time for them to "waste,
■ Summer's the time for us to store."
k Rrifliug.
H Echoes of cstliedral music
■ Heard— tt may ha— long ago,
n i
H Haunt ns still ami Bee and grow ;
H They are driftiue, softly dnftmg
HB Throngi, the wild unreal of tiro,
■ Golden organ-acts®, uplifting
H Weary souls shore the strife.
H Though th clamor of the citr
■ Konnit <mr outer l>enu Mls
M Still tboae sacred n it Mjinn '
■ AH the chambers tf <M with h.V?
fcm. ClVts j ' % , | !
4 fox.;- the vtflej
■HHr :, ;n i> •mg *!?, ,
( hc stilicsai Acre ana "aim.
Of that in. w hoh.
the cadence of t pasha.
■ When the summer stmjktagtn
H adowu the crimson Wast,
■ THEN <LENAE OF ***' , , '
I ,f® ** usum- wtreogUwwsL •notind a ;
tV '".'"Agh- of that strata,
fHsLiT J br " w snionfiwd,
■■ nu u '-c heart piMw- young again.
***
the great world's ri :vmta
organ-aotea that tell ns
a new and better life :
music, awaetiy blending
the spirit's voicelm* cry ,
that have ih miiUiik,
of etrtmii v
WT Tim Flight of Ike Birds,
Utile birds, how do vou kuow
The way to go
and northwnnl, to and fro.' |
H|Btf U> the ether pitssl they:
fKfmBS We hnt obey
caiieih us iar away.
thac. i ealleth vear by year,
HMA NOW Ut< re, BOW here;'
Utakeldi the way appear."
ealleth mo
?mmk ye
igktas vrasting be!
BBHHpf" .Wwr'i Monthly.
DONATION PARTY.
things- when did you get
aaiic ' aid the merry Mis. Belles, m she
tea o'clock
m c a^ ,, *b|riving night, and found ber hu-
H &0 1 uioodilv alone, baring just
trip to Sew V<'k,id she j
H baurt.lv by the hand, and le^
WjTr o ' true wifely affeetkm twa bis
his seat and hooking as
off the track or bad his
sunk to the
. been here F she j
his silence.
■■B two."
on the clipper 7"
nodded.
V she continued, drawing
HHforcs. unpinning her shawl, ana r
hit.
j *
sh'> exclaimed shaking back her .
I wish you had got heme be- 1
that you 'might have with j
dotation party : we had the j
i would have given anything 1
been there; I have not seen a
tK many a day. Ob, I wish
■HK you had better save your re-
very sure I should not have j
at borne, and peeadventure <
staid at home with me:so ,
been so highly delighted with
make the bast of it. Aou.
friend to such doings "
sf Edward, you oould not have | ]
Mp plea-wd to-night. Why my i
HH.. % is fluttering with ioy jst to -1
It. Retiming thanks V tafjl
leather, by giving of ou* good <
HK Spoor and" needy." 1
% and medy," he repeated witi
mm, *jt Parson Allen you <*ll poari <
Rflßi be wife wears a better boa- i
HHKs. dinners than nine out i
jSflfkn Allen —psbaw, Edward, ■
IHHII iHltald talk about Parana <
■A with ten I
niM for i
■k ;w ** ;
guriy tuna
j <■" j true and I
Mik Jr' ibcepf home four i
■■■■ d'"r> r:: 1
<- smite t
fl;:<rend?"IBB^^BBBBBBj^H8
j i whole minat^^m^^^HHHHF
% 'oice began ki a aoft< ,
M don't know but I am | c
, , your donation parties, W] " j j
! B always seemed to ate, 1 P®°P 1
lit have a minister tbey V* i ]
1 and pay him wefl. wftlfr"
, <rumbli4 and not fevy
§e comnrenity to relieve ~
i n burdens, u.d if thty c^ n t V™ ' iSv 1
! v owingtu their poverty ft \
lam wrong in my estimate but I have '
thre*' suppose you tell me
;* where yon haw given yobr donation
flight that has set "my heart to flutter
.', hiwband, drew her hand mto his and j
yk'to up with a clear brow for his an
*TYOH know, Edward, bow many times
'hare talked about tim good Mrs.
R-own After raising a great femily of her
/ iE™ nd struggling through all sorts of
* sickness and trial, to be left a
/ -Zw' deoendant upon her own hands
Juld have seemed a sad but in
seemed a hard fate, d J we a ta
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
FSID. KURTZ, Editor MX Projvrietor.
vol.. IV.
we ier. said ' n*s he n"^ l , ,n . v , wifc
when ib" was A,* W Mr. beotl;
• he to* owe ol my little Henrv when he
1 hud his win broken. mi<l sir. Jones:
• Mother Brown, to be SUN HI help,' res
! rtf i 'fl't P* ,h * f w,t
slip Ofi niv cldldmi, I>>J bless her; ilesr
grnjalmoOier Brown. >'ll do sll I can,' mud
the fashionable Mn Grey; "she was with
im\ Utile Nettie, and lab! her dear little
form into the coffin " help her ? vee~by
hokot; iil the nnvsb butrher, Hopkins.
|'She ought to l>e supported by the public,
' and never know want, for poor widow as
she ha* been *w MH** > eats, she has never
let anybody want thai she could help, aud
I've know n her many a time, vhen -he was
earn iug bread with IHT needle, at a quarter
a dar and board henolf—drop all and go
and nunse two or three days at a thus,
with thoM that were too notr to help her
a mRe, and now site has them children to
care tor. Br bokey, I'll give in my dona
tion with a free hand
•* And so it went; every body willing to
help the widow iu her need, and we got
up the donation party for the widow for
our Thanksgiving tight, and oh! how glad
our hearts have been made, in making the
widow's cup to overflow with joy iu re
turning thanks toour Ileaveuly Father by
giving of our alandauee to relieve the
wants of the widew, grandmother and or
phaned liula one*. Yes, Kdward, my
heart tows Buttered with joy t joy that there
was so much of tie angelic in human heart;
joy that in this food land there is enough
for *ll. tad that so tnaan great and good
minds are plewdiig for the right of all to
live and love; h>v that every day the work
of charity and benevolence goes on. and
that woman is beaming to think and (eel
f.r woman and for the opm-ened. and to
tall upon her neighbors to lay their offer
lags of sympathy upon the altars of suffer-
heart*. Edward, dear as you are to
m. dearer than lifc, even your frown and
tplder words at this ttiomeut of our meei
qf conk! not banish that heavenly guest
an my heart, that the aged widow's
*|od bless you," and her tear of gratitude
hp usheced in there. Would that
evsrr Tillage and every town would use
t bet Thanksgiving a* we have done to-dav;
the*, indeed, would it become a time of
thanksgiving and prayer, acceptable alike
to maa and God."
Kdward Belle* bent his head low upon
the feaad of hia lovely and kmog wife, and
a tear fell upon that wedding ring, and
wahjf rdyaemembraaos of she troubled
sow b*i ened it to
fwirl upon that gecde finger, aid a deep
earnest "God bless yea, my Mary," made
them again as one.
GRAfIN RESOLVE.
" Please ma'am, a little girl to see yon.
ma'am," exclaimed the coarse voice of a
| servant, breaking in so abruptly upon
pretty little Grate Lovering* meditations
that ft caused br to start.
"Somebody after charity. I suppose,'" she
replied, rather pettishly, 'give her sotne
-11 liiog and send ker off. Don't trouble me
| any more shout her," and as the servant
1 disappeared, she, though never very hard
hearted or unkind, but sometimes neglect
ful banished ail thoughts of the little
girt from her mind. It was pretty near
the holidays, and she was trying to plan
how fiie eon d make it the most pleasant
New Year cf ker life, for, besides being
New Year,it was also the firat anniversary
of her samel life. And what should she
give tSeorge 5 She asked herself over and
over again, when suddenly the door
opened.
'• The little begger won't '.cavg, ma'am,"
was shrieked in her ear.
u What t nuisance!" she returned, • I
; presume fi thinks it is so near Christmas
and New Tour's that 1 must give her
money, five her that.'' and ahe passed
her a :wn< -'and mind, don't on any ac
count whatever come to me again, I wish j
to be alone.'
And the rai* no thought to what the
child's troulle might be, for to her, trouble i
as yet was bat a myth. Having lost her
mother in tarty childhood she had never
known bee esse, and when her father, a
cold, ni *an died yearn afterward, she
did not sore* for him. Then her guardian
put her to school vhere she was surrounded
by all the ctrnforis wealth could procure,
and when sheretumed 6om there sbe met
with George Lor*ring, her guardian's \
nephew. As the match was considered
equal she, in t few months, changed from
t iracie to Grace Levering. Since
then she bad Hit even caught a glimpse of
woe, and knesano other phase of it thaii
what ahe had sfen through a novel.
That nght tspeorge Covering was has
tening heme fro* his office dowti town, he
met writl a litth girl crying bitterly as if
her heart would break • his kind heart was
touched and he inquired kindly what
troubled her, out she gave him no reply,
seeming literally dumb with grief. It
wore upon his mad. but he tried to forget
it, and did not mint ion the circumstance
to Grace for fear of orryihg her.
Christmas went past ana New Year's
came atlas t. Grace L •verine's home was a
scene of festivity. She had decided upon
giving party—to be the most elegant
affair of the season—and every nook and
Koraer of her spacious home was crowded
Brith gaesta, among whom were numbered
fte wealthiest and most renowned of the
Briiete was music, finding and dancing;
writ costly Christmas and New
spread out for inspection; there
exoctics scattered around in lavish
Hiv easy the heart comes around to the
when we o#ae resolve to do
SyHhnd to drive away the mist of ill
that hangs over the spirit, by a
love and kindness. Mary replied
seeming to rememhu- that she had
repulsed.
HK until one almost believed they
suddenly transferee into some
There was all %t taste and
supply, and gaiety wy the ruling
Hgßof the hour. Hither yd thither,
of the gay, the youtliu) hostess
BHlaHround among the reveley.
MHted with her own success.
IS never was a heart so chofilaMly
hers that night
Lowering slipped out fry, the
for a moment, and he was
harsh voice at the street r .
jronc, you little beggar ! beg*,e!"
Heard the servant exclaim. " Why d 0
fou think the madame wants to be traiAled
with you or your note for to-night f
or I'll set a <tog on yen."
Lovering hastentd to the door.
" Who are you addressing, Tompkins ?
he asked, quickly.
♦ A begger, sir," faltered the servant.
"Come in," he said, looking out and
i catching a glimpse of a frail, dfiUyte child
I clinging to the pillar of the large piazza for
(support. '* Come in here out of tin bitter
- cold or you will perish. What do TOU
1 want, dearF he asked, kindly the
vering child of almaat wcmdrou beauty
stood befewe kim.
M please, air," ahe asked, exciteily, will
: vou give this note to Mi*. Loverii ' My
.(mother is dying- Do gixe ,t|o her,
1 sir T'
a I George Lovering took the noteklmost
•tupified, and tare it open; " for (ie said
r to himself) G'ace did not have any nereis
>f from him:
a DEAR GRAC®—Y° do not remmber
U me; but come, I pray, to
a 1 Madeline Howard I Ttatath
er flashed through George We ; ®rs *m.
e- He had heard the story of Mr. H#d s
r- eldest daughter marrying a poor Il§c
tw artist, and being turned way froaitfr
y) father's home when Grace but afd
iv |of three years- It wastht blow wfj
to i sent poor Mr ß - Howaraßp %i untnlg
tan grave, and ltti Grace W
her sister's nam* mentioned utttil her me
mory had alnmit faded from her miuil
And Madeline Vincent waadying! Surelv,
Grace must go to her.
"Come in into, and warm yourself,
dear, xaid George, leading the poor wait'
into a warm, comfortable room. " What's
your name I"
" Madeline Vincent, sir "
'' *lll call tirade -I am her husband,
and go to -tv your mother, **
1 cry quiet If lie .ailed Graric from miiitl
her guests, and told her where she was
wished for.
" 1-el me go to her now/" she cried-
M Mv poor sister, dying 1 dung! '>h.
George! dying!"
A fw moments more, andobrhad spolo
iai'd to such of her guests as would miss
her, and, together with George and the
child, started out to meet that sistar of
whom she had but the dimmest raooUae
tlou. They left the brilliant'v lighteil
streets behind them, and turneo nto om
of those lone, dark, dreary, ar.d almost
God-forsaken streets of New York.
Grace gaztd around her iu awe, and kept
closer to his side, as her eyes, for the first
time, foil upon real woe and degraiiation.
Here and there shouts of drunken laughter,
loud swearing, angry voices, and children's
weeping, fell upou their ears.
"And thin is New Year's eve," she mur
murvd. "Oh! George!
And the contrast of this scene to the
one she had left behind her, almost pat-al
ined her. Could such misery exist /
"My sister! surely she dors not live
here ?" she a->ked of the child, pitifully, as
she entered an old, tumble-down tene
ment-house, and led them upward and up
ward long flights of creaking stairs, that
bent beneath their weight.
" Here." aud the child opened a door
that led into a mean little attic, where the
dim glimmerings of a candle scarcely re
vealed the lipure of a woman lying up
a pile of straw. "Here! Oh, minim-i
she has come with mef
Grace hurried to the bedside.
" YUddie, .Maddie! is it you V* she crieil,
showering kiss upon kiss ou her poor face.
" It—is! Oli! Grace kwhv did you not
come sooner 1 1 have sent for you every
day, this long while; and I have watched
so eagerly for you. But, thank God! you
have come before I died. My child- "
u Maddie, Maddie, you must not die,"
she cried, agonizingly, as she realized the
bitter truth, that sue had so heartlessly
turned her own sister's child away from
her door. "We wiH take you home—you
shall be taken care of—vou shall live!"
" I cannot, Grace ; I am dying—famished
to death for want of food. Only care for
my child—oh, Grace V
During this conversation, George had
slipped out for a physician ; hut before he
returned Grace Covering had stood or
knelt, for the first time by the couch of
death.
The last words had been:
" My child, Grace ! my child !"
And Grace had folded the little orphan
to her bosom, and mingled her tears with
hers.
But little more remains to be told.
Madeline was given a costly burial and
the little orphan was taken home and well
cared for. And then and there, amid the
bitterest tears of her life, as she stood by
the corpse of her starved-to-death sister,
and began to dimly realise how great was
the suffering that could and did exist so
near her, she almost loathed the brilliant
ly-gleaming lights and the gay laughter
that was then resounding through her own
home; and resolved tnat never again should
a child be turned from her door, of the
friendless not be Itefriended.
Good Advice.
Surgeon sententioualy expresses a
number of thoughts " wortli remember
ing " in the following appropriate sen
tences, wbich he published as "advice
gratis":
Nobody is more like an honest man
than a thorough rogue.
When you see a man with a great deal
of religion displayed in his shop window,
you may depend upon it he keeps aveiy
small stock of it within.
Do not choose your friend bv his
looks ; handsome shoes often pinch the
feet.
Eta not lie fond of compliments;
remember "Thank von, pussy, and
thank you, pnasy," kill the tat
Don't believe'the man who talks the
most for mewing cats are very seldom
good moaners.
By no means put yonrself in another
person's power. If yon put yonr thumb
between two grindeni they are very opt
to bite.
Drink nothing -without seeing it aign
nothing without reading it and make
sure that it means no more than it says.
Don't go to law unless you have noth
ing to lose ; lawyer's houses are built on
fool's hemla.
Put no dependance on the btbie of a
bag, and oonnt money after your own
kind.
In any business never wade into water
where yon cannot sec the Iwttom.
See the sack open before you buy
what is in it; for he who trades in the
dark asks to be cheated.
Keep clear of a man who does not
value his own character.
The Winter Fashions.
All velvet cloaks are either made very
long or very short. The style most in
vogue for young ladies is a shorff half
fitting basque, that requires two yards
and three-quarters of yard-wide goods.
The seams to these are left open to the
waist, the trimming extending up the
slashes. If the lace is very wide, it only
extends across the bottom, while the
heading, which is usually gimp, goes up
the seams. Sometimes, however, a nar
row edge of lace is put on to hedge the
gimp. No particular style prevails for
trimming across the shoulders. Every
lady should adopt in this respect what
ever becomes her figure. Slender once
bear a good deal of Trimming, while the
stout require lea, if any. The garni
ture passes straight around the waist.
No sashes or bows are attached this sea
son. The handsomest garments are made
high in the neck, with sometimes a frill
of black lace standing np around the
throat The front is held together gen
erally with an ornamental frog-button,
looped across with cord. Sleeves are of
the flowing shape, describing from ten
j inches to a half a yard in depth.
All kinds of cloaks but velvet ones
( h*ve collars cut either m revere, or the
vjxare French shape, which is the new
est and low enough to show the collar
an<\ iccktie. The sleeves to cloth cloaks
are mvie an easy-fitting coat to below
the elbw, when they suddenly diverge
into a svt of bowing one, six or seven
inches dep, and left open as many more
on the bui, of the arm.
CBVEUTT.—Four Chinamen, Ah Cba,
Lee, Jng, Wtpg Rung, and Ah Toke,
have been sentenced at flan Bernardino,
CaL, to two yurs confinement in the
State Prison and to pay fines of 8500
each, for whippingnnd burning a woman
of their own nationjlity. They tied the
poor creature to a tree, stripped, and
whipped her, then letter go, and repeat
ed the process, adding to it the torture
of fire by kindling brush about her,
laughing and joking all Vhe time. So i
California paper says.
Fotra of the irew of Trov-
have been picWjL 4 off Cap< ,
Spartiinento. They tt , fl JL
sel capsized, and hi.
wife and child, and '
were drowned.
CENTRE HAI.L. CENTRE CO., PA„ FRIDAY. VANUARY (>. 1871.
A College Explosion.
A Cambridge, (Si!ana.,) letter says
j One of the moat daeUudly out.-ago* ver
; committed by student* took place in tlio
louteineut of Ktoughton Hail, one of the
' duum tortus of lltmanl College. It oon-
I Mstod in exploding a small keg of gun
• owdur in the cellar immediately under
. (lie rooius occupied ly the mutubora
of Uie Freahumu Class. Thtf result
I was the destruction of alnioat everything
in two of the room#; the shook having
rained the floor of the room more than u
fiK>t, tearing up a plank in each of the
rooms, .scattering and destroying their
contents, and sending their occupant*
forcibly up against the ceiling. In two
of the adjacent rooms, one of which was
occupied by two Spring hold high-school
boys, not so much damage wan done
to furniture, but the floor was divided,
and one part ruissl nearly a foot. <)f
course, the rooms were immediately
tilled with smoke, which, pouring through
the floor, incteased the terror of the al
reaily terrified <>ccupr.nt*. (i lass was
shuttered, and door-sills wrenched, so
that the door could not tie opened, and
for some time there was a great state of
ootiftwion. An alarm of fire was started
and the Are department were quickly on
hand, but fortunately, (and strangely,
tix>,) tliere was no need of their services.
Some idea of the power of the concus
sion may be derived from the fact that
persons in the second story above were
knocked off their feet, and pictures
hanging in rooms in the third story
above vroro'sliakeu from their nails to
the floor. The Strang* -.-u thing about the
explosion is that nobody was hurt. Prob
ably there is not half an hour, except in
the night, when some person docs not go j
to the cellar for coal, :md if any of the j
students hail been there at the time, they ]
must have been lulled or very severely !
injured. Indeed, one of the students
hud a narrow escape, having been in the j
cellar but a few minutes bsfore. A per- j
son jiassing by, outside, Wa kuockeil j
down by the rush of air front Uie cellar j
and almost stunned. Of coin*e, under
tiro circumstances, the whole affair is
charged upon the Sophomores, Int noth
ing definite is known. A quantity of
fuse was found in the cellar, which 'may
aid in detecting the criminals. Presi
dent Elliot, at the chapel spoke of the
outrage, and desired the co-operation tf
the students in bringing the perpetrator*
to justice. His speech was heartily ap
plauded by Uie students.
A Chapter on Birds.
The enumeration of figure* in the im
portation of foreign birds into the Unit
ed .States is nn intending study. First
on the list comes the canaries, of
which there are over 40,000 brought in
every year, and probably 10,000 on many
more are raised in this country fori the
Surpose of sale. The nunrtw of bull
ucnea, goldfinches, thrashes, robins
and larks annually imported rise as high
us 500 or 600 for each variety. There
are fully 3,000 Java sparrows brought
to the United .States by vessel* from that
regioii, and fnlly as many parrots are
yearly sold in this City alone. Was bills
and other minute -varieties are scarce,
and seldom arrive in quantities of more
than 100 or 200 each year. Paroquets
and love birds, from Australia, follow
parrots in their relative importance. In
native birds, there is no reliable data to
go upon. It is roughly estimated that
about 10,000 mocking birds find their
way from the wild nest to the cage each
succeeding Summer. 'The average life
of these magnificent songsters while in
confinement is six years, when blindness
nuts an end to their T<x*alisni, for th*
bird drops an less it onn enjoy the sun
shine and the pausing scenes. The
' other singing or cage birda, already
mentioned as of native production, do
not probably roach 5,0® 1 for each tribe,
though the number is increasing every
season. The retail prices of birds, are
aa follows : Canaries, 84 or $6 ich ;
bullfinches, 125 for trained and 86 for J
the uutrained specimens ; larks, |4 each ,
robins and thrushes, 84 to 86 ; mocking
birds, 85 young ones, and 820 to 860 for
mature birds ; American robins, 82 to 83
each ; bobolinks, 40 cents; yellow
birds, 60 cents ; quails, 84 to 86 pea
pair, and California specimens bring $0
to SB. Eagles are of exceptional value,
according to varietv, ranging from 810
to 850 each. Wild* geese and ducks are
sometimes sold, but are not frequently
met with, being principally secured for
the purpose of exhibition. Java spar
rows are worth from 83 to 84 per pair.
Love birds bring 84 to 86 per pair.
Parrots and cockatoos range from 84 to
815 each for newly arrived specimens,
the tame and trained birds being pro
portionately higher, from 820 to 8100
for excellent siecimens. The aggro
gate amount of capital involved in the
business in this City alone is probably
8150,000, as the dealers also buy rare
animate whenever offered by sea captains
or their crew. — N. Y. Paper.
A WHITER In a western paper remarks
that there seems to lie a wonderful
chance for punning upon the names of
poets, ancieni and modern, and wa sub
mit the following list of conundrums,
none of which were ever in print:
Who was the tallest poet ? Long-fellow.
Who realizfsi the value of words ?
Words-worth.
Who was the most warlike poet?
ShakcsiHore.
Who worked in precious metals ?
Goldsmith.
Who was permitted to unlock the
m uses' scnitoire ? Key.
Who was rich in minerals ? Coleridge.
What poet supposed he was infallible ?
Pope.
Who wnßn musical poet ? Camp-bell
What poet was not a goose ? Drake.
What poet was not " blue ? " Greene.
What poet was never troubled with
milliners ? Hood.
What poet was well acquainted with
the last fashions for men'a wear ? Taylor.
What poet was not a colored man ?
White.
THE CHICKEN AND THE EOG.— Accord
ing to a German author the chick, at
the moment of escape from the egg,
weighs about two-thirds as much as the
original egg. If, therefore, it is desirable
to have strong and large chicks, it. is
necessary to see that, only the heaviest
eggs are hatched. The average weight
of hen'a eggs may be estimated at about
ten to the pound ; some weigh consider
able more and others much less than
this proportion. By pains in selecting
large eggs, it will lie possible, according
to the usual theory of selretmg for
breeding, to secure a race of chickens of
large size.
A SAD AFFAIR.—On Uie Elizabeth and
New Jersey railroad n lady, with her
two children, waa waiting at the depot
for a train bound for the metropolis.
While playing about one of the children
wandered on the track. The mother,
seeing a train approaching, darted after
the little one, the second child following
its parent. Unfortunately the lady
slipped, fell, and was unable to get ont
of the way before the train came dashing
along. She and the children {were liter
ally cut to pieces—killed instantly.
A ROYAL FAMILY.— Queen Victoria
has now sine grandsons and eight grand
daughters, together seventeen grand
children, of whom the Crown Prince of
Frntui* gites five, (one died in 1866,)
the Princees of Wales five, the Princess
Alice five, raid the Princess Helena two.
And the Queen has still five unmarried
children.
Iluntlng Wolves In Russia.
Against these luidyigbt luoisudure,
the Russian mujik lis* various resources
- the trap, the pitfall, the inseparable
! tafnir, or thhrt axe, a deadly weapon in
such u hand; but tlie programme of a
regular "wolf hunt" to the jWHIW*
w always thu stuuc. At mmw iimenad
I buur " btirll Liiti night and the da >*,''
jyou are arvujMKl (almost, as it sown*, W
fore von are well asleep) from a rough
couch in one of the little log-hut* of
some outlying village, by a violent (bake
of the shoulder, and a hoarse voice ad
monishing you to "get up, and look
sharp about it for there's no tunc to
!•. ' You make a hasty toilet, nnd rel
iving forth, see in front of the hut, in
tlm dim light of the coining morning, a
I huge dark, shapeless mass (which, as
! your eye* get used to the darkness,
uvuiiue* the form of a broad, heavy,
J throe-horse sledge, with very high sides,
not unlike an enormous washing-tub},
around which are tlittiug three or four
spectral figures with lanterns, the tlitful
{rlii re making their grim bearded faces
ook grimmer and less human than ever.
Onus ammunition, haversacks, are stow
ed away in the bottom of the conveyance
ami last, but uot least) a young pig;
your query reflecting which elicits from
the leader of the party only the oracular
answer that " it'll conp in hand hy-and
byand all being now ready, the
hunters squeeze themselves into their
places, the driver shakes his reins with a
" W'o-o-oi J" and away we go into the
darkness. Mile after mile of the frozen
wueto goes by like a dream, till at length
spectral aliodows of the forest slowly
gather round us, and tin- squeals of our
unlucky pig rwhose oars one of our party
is now pincWg lustily) begin to be
answered by another sound, which no
one who has once heard it will easily
forget not the long melancholy howl
wherewith a mtppeiion wolf may be
heard bemoaning himself on tlie out
skirts of Moscow, Almost any night in
the week, but a quick Matting cry, as of
oue who sew* his dinner coming, and
wishes to hasten the bring** id it And
there they come at last, the gauut wiry,
slouching fellows, with their bushy tails,
and flat narrow heads, and yellow, thie
vish. murderous eyes. There is perhaps
nothing on earth more thoroughly mean
and hateful-looking, at first sight, then
the genuine Kami an wolf; but the
rascal has a certain pictarcsqueneas of
[his own, notwithstanding, though of a I
•Saagreenble kind. There is something
I grind in the dogged and sinister tenacity
of its pursuit; coming on, with brad I
throtn forward, and sharp white fangs j
uuahmthad, untiringly and unrolent- j
iugly, Idte a hunting Fate,
•• Wi% hw loo* 0C)op. Which CM tin
Tb liuu<r •?; bate audi buou-re On.
i But then is no leisure for moralising
| now; for the wolves are almost level
with onr sledge. and it is time to let AT.
Bang ! The foremost of the park rolled
| over on his aide, kicking convulsively;
hut the rest gallop on, unheeding
Bang ! 'uuig 1 and two more fell dead,
blotting the snow around them with a
smear of dull crimson, home of the
boldest pursuers swarm up to the sledge,
and attempt to leap over the encircling
barrier; while we hummer them with
the butt-ends of our pieces, and chop at
their paws with hatchets, and slash them
across the eyes with hunting-knives—
the two hind most of oar party mean
while cracking at them over our should
ers as fast as they can load So for a
time the running-tight goes fiercely on,
maklhcr altogether a very striking tableau.
The white skeleton tracery of the frosen
turret; the long snaky line of the
pursuing pack, shadowy and spectral, aa
if bodied of the mist from which it
emerge* • the whirling figures of the
foramxA wolves amid Uie tossing sprat
of snow and curling clouds of Nuish
sniwku ; the ceaseless flash of the busy
riflds; the sUwming horstw, urged to
their utmost speed ; the driver, with bis
broad sallow face all ablaze with excite
ment, shaking the reins, and hanging
forward to ply the whip; the huge,
cumbrous sledge, rucking and reeling
over the spow with its freight of strug
gling forma--ail tins, seen in the dim.
uncertain light of the early dawn, has a
weird and ghostly appoenauce, sugges
tive of an uttruv of goblin highwaymen
upon one of those phantom mail-coaches
in whieh the bagman's uncle made that
marvelous journey which to much
astonished Mr. Pickwick. But "the jiace
is too stiff to lust," as onr leader observes
with a knowing grin. A run of full
speed through half-frozen snow tnoe the
feet of even a full grown wolf too severely
to be continued beyond n certain time ;
and, in the fane of stout resistance, the
beast's inherent cowardice is sure to
come to tlvo surface sooner or latex.
Already three or four gaunt, shaggy
hairud veterans, who had probably made
a good rapper overnight, Win to bang
back, as if doubting the wisdom of risk
ing their lives for a hypothetical break
fast ; the epee-1 of the rest slackens by
degrees ; and at length the whole pack
drop off, as if by tacit agreement, leav
ing us to pass our way unmolested, AS
we emerge again into the open plain,
across which the first beams of the rising
sun are just beginning to fall, we see the
last of nur grim followers sinking away
like a belated spectre into the ghoetlv
shadows of the forest that wo have quit
ted.
EXOLISH ESTATES. —During the past
few weeks the two finest estates which
have for e length of time Ixwn in the
London market have passed out of the
hands of the aristoeraey into those of
successful railwnv contractors. Honton
Downham, in Norfolk, iomos for its
splendid partridge and pheasant shoot
ing, has been sold by the Dutches of
Cleveland for $405,000 to a Mr. Miick
enEie, who already owns extensive pro
perties both in England and Scotland ;
and, now, Mr. Brassey has bought for
$566,000 HoythmpPark. in Oxfordshire,
from the Earl of Shrewsbury* premier
Karl, which was loci occupied by the late
Duke of Beaufort. 7*he proprietors of
both these properties begnn life n work
ing men.
THEN AND AOW. —It is just a hundred
years since the following (slict was pro
mulgated in Paris ; "Whoever shall con
trive to draw into the Inmda of marriage
a male subject of his Majesty, either
by means of mnge or pearl powder, fals
teath, fals busts, fals hips, or high-heeled
shoes, will lie prosecuted for sorcery,
and the marriage will be declared null*."
It is pretended that were this law in
force at the present day the courts would
be more oeenpicd.
MrsKKATH have a curious method of
traveling long distances under the ice.
In their winter excursions to their feed
ing grounds, which are frequently at a
great distance from their abodea, they
take in breath at starting, ahd remain
under water as long as they can. They
rise to the ice and breathe out the air in
their lungs, which remain in bubbles
against the lower surface of the ice.
'I hey wait till this air recovers oxygen
from the water ana, ice, and take it in
again, and go on till the operation has
to be repeated.
THE MAGKITOPE oi the Western gram
movement, this year, its indicated in the
receipts at the five lalie ports of Chicago,
Milwaukee, Toledo, \Detroit and Cleve
land, which were, (worn January 1 to
latest dates, 82,842,(!f17 bushels ot grain,
and 51,992,221 barrels of flour, against
68,439,934 bushels ofkrmin nud 4,745,323
bar/els of flour in 18'yt
Hon thV Dremi lu Washington.
At a rocenfi fsaliionable party in Wusli
mgtou the fufidwuig toilets arc noticod:
Mrs. tkm. BbOrmau was simply attired
ill a black silk, Uh* ladies receiving with
her were very riWUy dfeuaud. Mrs. Viu
oeut wore a wbitd Utualin siigJitlv looped
alM>ve a white silkNj'cttiwQat, and a scarlet
satin pannier and sodioc. Mrs. Ander
mul wore a aatin, trinuued
with cherry autiy, ail a |mint-lace shawl
fell graocfullj v r bf shouldur*. One
of the most Imautifur drcsses was that
worn by a very pretty blonde, Miss
Williams, from Baltimore. Thia wm a
ill*.- saUn, with whiUi uufcbn ovcrdroaa,
tastefully made and triuuiged. The dia
monds worn by thia ladv were
magnificent. Necklace, earnings, urooch,
and an ornament for the htur were all
composed of cluHters of thefcP precious
fftoiue. Mian Minnie Sin rmu wore a
blue silk dresa, and liwr sister dreaa of
tlie same color and ii*berial,Nwith an
qvcrdreas of white muslin, inaple witli
puffs ami rows of maertiou. Mi#" Edoa,
of (le.irgetown, a brunette, wipre a
white silk, with deep, black flounoes,
and scarlet flowers were placed ins her
dark hair and looped in the sl.-eveaor her
draws. Miss Benjamin, of Cold Hpriflg,
won* a white taristane, made short, ad
looped above it was a delicate shade df
gmvu turlyUne, very Ucgauing to her
rosy complex ion. Nlrs Gaines attracted,
as she always does, jgrunt attention, and
looked as you#£ as if she bad uot urged
hur great claim for a hundred year* or
so. She wore a pearl-colored aatin,
trained skirt, mid a white satin head
dreea trimmed with feathers and flowers,
imd KH-ured by white ribbons beneath
her chin. Senator and Mrs- Williams
were caUwln very hands<una couple as
they proiueuadml togctlicr. Mm. Wil
liams worn a white siia dross, with a
court train cut in scallops nml bound
with bine satin. The petticoat was also
of blue satin. Miss Lizzie Porter, •laugh
ter of Admiral Porter, wore a pink silk
trimmofl with white mimhn and lane.
Mrs Nnuirt, niece of Gen. Butler, wore
a rich lifeck velvet, trimmed with black
lane and oatrirh feathers. Mrs, R. 8.
Cox waa proeout vritli licr husbaml. Her
dress waa lavender ailk, with white mus- j
tin drujKfd above it.
Rare Between a Horse and LorouioUif.
The Pittsburgh Lfuirr tell* the follow
ing storv : The following are tlie parti
culars of an exciting chase of s trotting
horse over the WallkiU Valley K&ilroad :
Last Wednesday morning, as the train
from Gardiner approaching Lackey's
Bridge, about two miles from Gardiner's
Station, the engineer, in coming around
the curve on tlie down grade towards
the bridge, saw a horao ahead on the
track, which, owing to the high embank*
stent, he knew could not got out of the
way. The animal, which was once a
celebrated trotter, becoming frightened,
started to run toward* the bridge, and
it was then Ah* engineer saw the inport
aneo of the etep which lie was obliged to
take. Knowing that he could not stop
tii* train, d became a race for lifo as to
which should reach the lttidg* fiwt
If the horae arrived before the engine
it was almost aura to throw it from
the tract, perhaps into the abyaa Wlaw,
together with Ine whole train of pas
senger coaehea, sacrificing every life on
board. He threw the throttle-valve all
tlie way open, and dashed down tlie
grade at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
On plunged the horae, and on came the
i>onderous thunder-machine with a deaf
ening roar behind. Half the distance
had been traversed, and the horae was
within a few feet, of the stone-work.
Every pound of steam was forced into
the cylinder, and the engine gave oue
mighty lunge, striking the animal upon
the right hip, throwing him high into
the air, char from the stones below,
where he fsß, with his bead turned
partly under him. never once stirring
alter he was struck.
A* to Lou Bremen.
Mut fashion* owe their origin to an
attempt to give promineuoe to the
strong point or hide the weak point of a
king or queen. Thus powder came in
to vogue to conceal a queen's gray hair,
and Urge perukes because a kiug was 1
bald. We learn, however from a Belgian
paper, that the custom of Lubes exhibit
ing their Imsts in all the beauty of na
ture has a far more romantic origin. ;
In a battle ia which tlie French were
engaged ' all dates, we may mention, are j
reserved,) their ranks were broken,
and they were routed. When they re
treated their woman loured their breasts
and entreated them to pierce them
rather than permit them to fall into the
hands of th enemy. This was too
much for the gallant Gauls. Nerved
witii courage they turned, renewed the
combat and were victorious. From that
hour French have at festal occas
ions always lawn twcustonied ,o wear
their dren.se* low. In fact, when you
see one who appear* to have forgotten
the upper part of her ilress, it is no
proof of iuuelicacy. but simply an in
dication of the j>ower of national senti
ment Tliis satisfactorily explains what
many ignorant peojde have taken for
impropriety. We live and learn.
TUB Sraox or HTnasßria.--Tlio mini
ber of guns of all kinds employed was
'241 : 44 of tbeOewere used ny the Ba
densere against the citadel ; the remain
der by the Prnaaians against the forti
fications al>out the city. As regards
calibre, 58 were rifled it-pounders ; 80
rifled 12-ixiiinders ; 83 mortars, 2 rilled,
8 smooth 80-pounders ; 19 50-pounder ;
the remainder 25 an<l 7-pounders. The
number of shots fired in the 31 days of
the actual bombardment was 193,722;
among those 68.000 shells, many weigh
ing 180 i<ouads The average ]>or day
was 6,249 shots; per hour, 209 ; tier
minute, 4-5. The operations extended
over six weeks ; but the formal bombard
ment liegan ou tiie 20th of August, end
ing on the 27 of Septemlicr.
It WAS Taot'oar a wonderful event
when Eugene Aram was tried and exe
cuted for a murder committed fourteen
vears lief ore, but a man has been
brought before a Loudon magistrate on
a charge of felony and embezzlement
which dates hack more than double that
time. The felony *us represented by
7a 6d. the embezzlement by £lO, and
the defendant had endeavored to make
some amends by sending the prosecutor,
lus former employer, Ids. worth of mist
age stamps. The magistrate put it to
the latter whether, after the lapse of so
many years, he intended to proceed
against the mnn, and the prosecutor
replied that he was determined to
put (he law in foroe. Fending further
inquiry, the defendant was released on
his own recognizance.
ON THE CAITTCLATION of Thionville,
5,000 French troops were paroled. A
majority of the besieged were mneh en
raged at the surrender, and some of the
troops threatened to explode the mag
azines, but they were dissuaded from
tUcwU purpose upon the appearance of
the women and children, who, on their
knees besought! submission. During
the action 50,000 shells were thrown in
to the city, involving damages to the ex
tent of over $5,000,000
THE San Francisco Jews have Voted—
-88 to 24—to abolish the old custom of
forbidding men and women sitting to
gether in the synagogue.
The Fighting Outside Paris.
The dreadful osjiect of the battle-field
outside Paris, after the great sortie, ia
thus described by a correspondent of
Uie 1 mudou Times :
" There is a park inst at the extreme
end of the village \ libera, on the Paris
tide. before and all around it raged
the buttle. The chateau is office?*' quar
ters. How it suffered ! There is scarce
ly * window-sash left in oue side of it,
and to approach it there is no necessity
to make use 'of the entrance gate. The
wall is snuudied from top to bottom in a
dozen places. I entered near the gate
and the first sight I saw was 10 dead
Saxons in a row. Their faces were
cover*yl, and three of their comrades
watching over them. Passing through
the park in the direction of Paris, I
walked out through an embrasure in the
wall and came upon raising ground. It
was one of the hottest parts of the battle
field, and almost the center of the aoeue
' nghting. Heavens, what a sight !
To see the men advancing under fire of
the forts, and (ailing at every step; to
see the French and the Saxons, amid
that horrid din of artllierv shooting one
another dowu with L'luumepot wad needle
gun ; to hear the •hurrahs' followed bv
a volley, and as the .smoke cleared awav
to And the Hum thinned and living men
advancing over the prostrate bodies of
dead and dying was horrible, but noth
ing like so horrible as the sight of this
battle-field, with hundreds of dead lying
there in the cold air, the sun shining on
their gliastlj features and stiff forms,
while the cannon on Avron and Nogent
were ,thundering with sound* which
shook the earth for miles around.
" One of the great grdtifb I came up
on was composed of 60 French soldiers.
A few Saxons and \\£Lewbergera lay
arouud them ; but thptermans had al
ready removed and laid in their last
sleeping-olaee most of their dead. The
center of the group was formed of a
cio*e hue of 46. Von could not have
placed a body between any two. They
tell shoulder to shoulder, just re they
had stood to fire By far the greater
number of them were on their backs,
with their faet t# Paris and their heads
to ViUiera. Alas, it vas painfully evi
dent tli at many of thei, and of others
whom I saw subsequently, had not died
instantaneously, bat had* lived probably
many hours without a hand to lend
them succor, and in piercing MQOW and
frost One poor fellow lay > a his faoe.
He had two rifle-wounds in his back.
He had partly stripped hirna*|{, and' he
died with a hand on each bdiet-hole.
Several had taken off their loapsacks
and placed them under their hoida, and
so pillowed hod breathed thjir last
breath. Others clenched tbeii water
bottle* in one hand, but had been mable
to remove the cork, and died without
being able to wet their lips in then ag
ony. Sone, in their sufferings, had
burrowed their faces in the thick day
on which they lay, and turned thur
blood and earth-stained faces upwaifl
liefore they expired. Two 1 saw wh>
liad their* arms fixed and their fist*
clinched, as if, while dving, they wets
engaged in a pugilistic encounter. Only
very few were on their sides. These
hoq their knapsacks under their heads.
There were men on whose faces beamed
the smile of an infant, and whoae coun
tenances were like handsome wax-work.
The expression of others was that of
terrible agony. Everv feature was con
torted ; their legs had been convulsively
jerked up until their knees stock into
their stomachs, and their finger and
thumb nails 'had been squeezed until
they became riveted into tne palms of
their hands. Behind, before, and at the
corucm of this line of 46 dead men were
others, Saxon, and French. One had a
frightful wouud in tlie faoe. He had
pulled his hands up into his sleeve* to
warm them, but his cap had fallen off,
and the blood clotted on his hair till it
was all in bloody mats. Near him was
another who hail taken a biscuit from his
knapsack and the bottle from his side,
and had partaken of a little of both.
More than one of the slain had died with
the hands clasped in prayer; and near
one I found a little plaster medallion of
the Blessed Virgin- A portion of the
edge had been shot off it. The Chasse
|>ols and needle-guns were still in many
a dead man's hand, and lying between
his arm and his body.
Similar were the sights all over the
plateau between Villiera and Brie, and
Villiers and Chainpigny : and among
the corpses were knapsacks, helraents,
shakoe.s, bayonets, and many a letter
sealed and directed to relatives and
friends in Germanr and France. Near
a cemetery situated on the battle-field
itself. I oaw between '2OO and 300 dead
French soldiers collected closely togctb
her ; thev had been removed from where
they had fallen and collected in that
spot for burial, .ill were regulars, and
a considerable proportion of them were
men at least '25 to 30 years of age.
There were dead nearer to Paris than
any spot I visited, though the fortifi
(■ations were much too close to lie at all
ogrseable, and Neuflly-sur-Marne and
Fontenay-soua-Bois seemed to be within
a few minutes' distance on my right and
left. I hoj>e there were no wounded.
No anuistiw for the removal of the dead
and wounded had been agreed to ; but
| both sides Lid l>een removing them by
j night So late as last night some of the
German wounded were found among
the dead, and are now in hospital.
What must have liven their sufferings
in snow and frost since the 2d inst, for
they had been lying out day and night
j since then, if not since tlie 30th !"
Attempted Robbery of the tutted State*
Treasury.
The Washington Patriot says a lx)ld
attempt to rob the United State* Treaa- j
ury was made the other night The!
captain of the night-watch, in mating i
his round*, heard a suspicion* noise
near the Currency apartment, and, upon
opening a door, "a burly uegro r made n
savage tlmrst at liim with a club. Bo- j
hind the negro was a white man, who j
also had a club, which he was in the
act of nniug on Cutler, when the latter
blew u whistle and closed the door. The
burglars then retreated, and Cutler
quickly reopened the door, drew a
seven -shooter, and called on them to
halt. They did not heed his order,
however, and he gave chase, attempting
to fire his pistol, nveof the chambers of
which did not explode, owing to the
defective cartridges. Finding his wea
pon useless and having no other means
of attack, Cutler rapidly ran'to the door,
at the same time blowing his whistle to
arouse his force. The watchman on the
inside, hearing the alum, mistook the
direction, and ran to the northeast in
stead of the northwest corner of the base
! ment, and before they could traverse
the space between the door and the west
frout of the building, in the darkness!
the robbers escaped. J
THE CACTTS FENCE is an liistitutia
peculiar to Mexico. The variety of th
plant used for this purpose is called tt
organo. It is eight sided and shoots n
straight as an arrow, from ten to twent;
ftve feet in height an d ftve to eight inch
In thickness. The fence builders c
the cactus in sections of the right lengl
stick the cut end into a French, cover f
earth around it to the v depth of a foj
and the fence is made. Tne pieces i
setas closely together as possible, and
they take root and grow fo" oentun
the fence improves with age, instead
going to decay like other fence*,-
TERMB : Two Dollars a Year, in Ativan©'
The (Jueition of Privateering.
I la the New York Chamber of Com-
merer the question of privutoering wax
f discussed. The committee made the
following report:
i Hmoliml. That the perfect immunity
i from capture of ail private property
upon the ocean in time of war is demand
by an enlightened sentiment of justice
and the improved spirit of civilization,
not leae than by a due consideration of
the bent interred* of commerce.
Rrwlwl. That the Government of tin
United States bo resperfully solicited
I to Uko Mich measures as it may deem fit,
to have tiie principle expressed in th>
preceding resolution incorporated in the
code of Maritime law.
Discussing the question Mr. A. A.
Low thought that the views in the re
port were identified with those given in
times past In IH&) the Chamber acted
upon the matter. He could not recall
whether at that time he voted for or
against that action of the Chamber. But
since then we had a war. War is a
dreadful calamity, and we have learned
s leason we never knew before. Nations
are governed by their interest, not by a
mere sentiment The United States
wished to keep the Paris compact of
international regulation, but England
dissented, and furnished the Confeder
ates with shijis of war, which raptured
and burned our vessels. The nations
looked on with condemnation of the act;
at all the colonial porta of threat Britain J
the rebel pirates were furnished with
supplies liberally, treated with great ,
hospitality and allowed to depart upon
their way* of destruction and revenge,
and British captains were ready to com
mand their ships, while our vessels were
refused supplies sad ordered sway.
England was governed solely by her
sentiment, and not try the compact of
Paris; a war between us and any foreign
nation must naturally be a maritime war
Hit comes (I hope* it never may) we
would fight it portly out in Canada. Our
ports would be lioznbarded. Such a com-j
pact would not be maintained. In such .
a war all the material injury iufficf<sl
would be upon the saa. In the present
war we can see that private property is
not very nicely respected, and life is not j
much more valued than property. It
seems not just the time, while large
claims were pending against England,
for losses indicted upon us, to forego
the use of arms which we can use. In
1860 we bad a commerce about equal to
that of Great Britain ; now it has needy
passed away, and I do not believe in the
expediency of withdrawing the chances
we have while there are yet unadjusted
claims. Mr. Marry was not sustained
in his plan to abolish privateering; then
was t general outcry against it We
hare no navy to cope with other Power*,
but Ttith an improvised navy we could
sweep the seaa. We must not be govern
ed by sentiment but by interest A
treaty on the basis of this report would
lie popular in England on account of ita
commerce. It would be unwise to adopt
the report
Value of Bnarrinatlon in SmalbPcx.
Most of our readers are aware of the
extent to which the small-pox has rav
aged Prance, and especially Paris, and of
the continued discussion oi rem edict and
indications of the disease. In response to
a request from the minister of the interi
or to the Imperial Academy of Medicine,
the following statement of established
tcta waa returned : First, vaccination
is a jtreaervatire against small-pox : sec
ond, in every instance, after a certain
time, re vaccination is expedient to se-
cure complete exemption from oonta
giot; third, revaorination is an abso
lute security from danger; fourth, re
vaorination is useful at all ages ; it can
be implored without inconvenience du
ring the existence of the epidemic, and
it is perfectly well established that in
certain localities —in the bosom of fam-
iliss, in boarding-schools, and other ag
glomerations of individuals—i! has suc
ceeded in arresting upon the root an ep
idemic just begun; sixth, the actual
epidemic of small-pox. which prevails in
Paris and other points of French terri
tory, has supplied a most convincing
proof of the protective power of revsci
nation ; finally, it was stated tost in va
rious army corps, and especislly in the
Garde de Paris, and in many public and
private establishments, particularly in
some of the mnniripal schools, the small
pox was entirely cheobedfafter revacina
tifin; and also that die latest statistics,
especially those colleofed in the civil hoe
pitalitias of Paris, prove in the moat
positive manner that persons recently
revaocinsted have been attacked only in
a very small proportion, and very lightly,
and so as not to figure in the statistics of
mortality. It is, therefore, concluded
that it is* in the highest degree important,
both in the interest of the individual and
of the puhiic, to continue to extend in
every possible way the practice of rerac
cinataon.
A Story for Little Boy*.
The four-year old son of a neighbor
evinced an ingenuity and perseverance
in an emergency which brought a pres
ent reward, and augurs well for his fer
tility in expedients hereafter.
He was spending a part of this last
summer with his grandfather, who is s
country merchant, and, boy-like, was
l*>th anxious for candy and not bashful
in making it known. One day his moth
er forhade his asking il again ; he solved
the difficulty in this wise: The next time
he went to the store he hung around for j
I :• long while with entire obedience to the
I command, but finally an idea struck him
1 and walking up boldly to his grandfath
er. he says. " Grandpa, I wish you would
I give me "some candy without my taking
for it." Of course grandpa took the
hint, and the boy got his candy. But
such an evasion of her order hardly sat
isfied the mother, and so she explained
to the little shaver that what he said was
really asking for the candy, and told him
he must not do so any more. He promised
obedience, and obeyed m this manner :
Soon afterward, going to the store, some
one asked him how he got along this hot
weather. He quickly and ingenuously
replied : " Pretty wall; but I'm wtful
sw*dty—for candy" Who doubts that
this " perspiration " was relieved, if
candy would do it ? It is certain that no
further candy commands were hud upon
I him.
PEACE PNOPOSANA —A special despatch
to the Manchester Guardian, from Bei lin,
says: "A conference of the representatives
of the neutral powers has been held at
the Foreign Office here, at which the
following basis for peace was agreed to :
il. Acquiescence in the annexation of
i Luxemburg to Prussia. 2. The recogni
i tion of the German Empire. 8. The
,of an indemnity to
It.oOO francs, the
the German
'. of
to
lie One Sore
** ru> pom*** *At.i.*tv
This month of 'May, one pleasant eventide,
| a foune girt *iiunsr on the er.so;
I cams upon bar where the ways divide. ,#
! Auu wud, " God keep you, maiden, from of
two.
j " Maiden, the CM of love von keep and aava,
1 And five you ali your haul desires," I cried.
Then sue : "Pray Sell me gentle sir and Have,
Wither yon wsnd this pisasant etentiile?"
I" To you I oome, • lover leaf and true.
To tell yon all my bops and all my care;
Your love is what I seek . Than jmu
No woman ever seemed to me more fair.
Wil and Wisdom.
The greatest truths are the simplest*
so are the greatest men.
Old maids are dwrtl*d as embene
from which the sparks have fled. !
i The worst of an imaginary danger is,
that if often leads ns to overlook a real
j one.
It is always difficult for a doctor to
NO. 1.
. keep hi* tempv >• ion he loses hi* pa
_ J tiencc.
gl The real value of friendship <<.nsi*ti
i more in what we feel than in what wa
| inspire.
Many people drop a tear a! the sight of |
r .listrew, wh< wmhi do Utter to drop a
- I sixjs-nee.
' | Hhow a good roan hi* error, tuid ba
■ tnnis it into a virtue ; u had man doubles
' | his fault*.
There never exi -ted a man that did
I not say, in the course of his life, <w*e
brilliant thing.
A man i< half known when voo see
. him; when yon hear him speak you
know him all out
The Danbury " News " say* that tlie
reason scbool-lioys delight to dig and exj
plore caves is because of the recesses,
their.
Wluit is tlie difference ltween a sol
dier and a fashionably dressed young
lady ♦ One faces the powder, and the
other powder* tlm face.
There are two eventful peri ->ds in the
life of a voman : one, when she wonder*
who ahe will have ; the other, when alia
wond>-r who will have her.
I m-ver knew a man who deserved t
be well 1 benight of himself for hi* morals
uid who had a slight opinion of the vir
tue of the other sex in general
A country girl coming from the field
wm told by her cousin that ahe looked
as fresh a* daisy kweed by the dow.
j "No, indeed," was the reply, "that waa
not hi* naiae."
Since it lies become the fashion for
men to confess their pant errors very
frequently in book*, it is Ixildly ansertea
that there is no difference b.'tween m
autobiography and a naughty biography.
John Ilandolph waa once, on a race
course, solicited to bet by a strungr, Vj|
who said : "Smith, her", will hold the
stakes." " Just no, " replied the deeeend
nt of Pocahontas, "but who*ll hold
Smith?"
A week or so ago a surprise at Pitta
field, Mm*., broke a stove, three chain,
a sofa and a lot of crockery during their
stay at the house of the party surprised. '||
The family ha* no further wish to ba
surprised.
A short time since a Mr. Knott waa
tried in an ulterior county of Georgia
fori violation of law. The verdict of
the jury mm; " find the defendant
Knott guidv." The judge was at a loss
whether to sentence or not.
TOT Labrador fishery is as id to have
been a lamentable season. The catch
was not within a third of what it was in
the previous year, and the result is that
several hundred fomilieaof fishermen are
rendered deatitnte for the Winter.
Whew the petition of Victoria C.
Wuodhnll asking that she may be allow
ed to vote, waa presented to the C. K.
House, several members shouted. "Oh,
vea, let her vote !** "By all means, let
"Vic vote r The petition was tabled.
Mr. HAI, of (Mmo, was impolite
enough to get into his wagon ana start
for the cirrus without inviting Mr.
Townsend to go along, ao the latter shot
him with tod shot If the offense is
repeated, Mr. Townsend will use sings.
A fcredeamar who had failed In the
city of Bangor, wrote on his front door:
" Payment suspended for thirty dm.
A neighbor reeding this said.: "You
have not dated the notice." "No, said
i he, "I Jo not intend to do eo; it would
run out if I did."
The Grown Prince of Prussia, after a
combat before Paris, reviewed hia victo
rious Bavarians, one of whom eyed him
with a broad smile. "What is up, eon
rade ? " asked the Prince. " Why. is it
not jolly," waa the good-humored reply,
"to ace vour Royal Highntwe just as be
spattered with dirtjaaftbe rest of na."
A "personal "* in a'New York daily a
week ago stated that. "if John Smith,
formerlv of Philadelphia, will call it No.
-Blank street, he will hear something
to his advantage." John called. There
stw about 250 of him—and he baa been
calling at the rate of fortr-aeven per day
ever sinee the " penmnal" appeared.
A boy was sent by hia motlwrto saw
(dove-wood out of railroad tiea.WGoing
out doors shortly after. she found the
routb sitting on the saw-honse, with head
•down. The mother asked hm hopeful
: son wire be wm oast down. and why he
didn't keep at his work. The bw re
tried : " My dear mother. I ted it hard,
very hard to severe old ties.
Portland. Me., teethe champion mean
man. The fellow, known to be in cosa
j fortable cireuinatsmoes, made .an agree
■ meet with an aeqaintanee to take a
daily paper on uteres, and received four
dollar* a half of the subscription. His
method was to lounge in a certain store,
read the paper that others bought, carry
it off and givcf it to his unsuspecting
partner.
A candidate trawling through on* of
the rural precincts of a certain county, a
few <3*T wmv. rode up to a farm-house,
and thus accosted a tow-headed urchin
who was seated on the top of a gate post:
Bub, where*# your pa f * The young
ster replied : " Pap's just gone down be
yond the cow-ehedtodig a grave to burr
the old dog Towser. The old fool tolled
himself a barton* at candidates for Sher
iff. Be* you one?" The candidate rode
On. mmg~ mm—m—Sß
Ponosous SEKPKHTS ArwrmaMA.—
Although the number of poisonous ser
pents in North America is sufficiently
great to render it a matter of consider
able uncertainty to the unlearned wheth
er any given individual is likely to
prove dangerous or not, we may eon
crratnkt* ourtclv©® ni being better off
than the Anstndiiuis. In the recently
published catalogue of the serpents of
that country bv l)r. Krefft, of Sydney,
we find enumerated about eighty-three
species, of which onlv twenty-three are
non-venomous. Of the sixty poisonous
kinds fifteen are sea snakes, which are
frequently encountered when bathing.
The total number of serpents catalogued
I as occurring in America, north of Mexi
co, is about one hundred and fifty, of
which only twenty-three are in any way gi
poisonous.
WAHTED TO TBI HIS LCCK.—A man
having married a woman who had already
had four husbands, was asked why ha
became the fifth. He said lamof an
adventurous disposition, and having
heard that her first husband ran away,
that the second hung himself, the third ,
shot himself, and toe fourth drowned
himself, I wanted to try my luck, and see
what would become of me ; and I'm
afraid," he added, with a sigh, " that I
shan't have the pluck to do what any of
my predecessors did."
Ax intelligent boy in the national
school of a large and populous town in
Lancashire, on being examined, among
others, by the commissioner, was asked, j"
i "Do you .know any of heaij
j and cold ?' " Yes, Sir. Heat ex pands, ?
, \ and cold contracts." 4t Good, my hoj~f
' you have answered well; now an exatf
'' i pie:" " Why, Sir, the days at Midsuin
| mer are and in tht Y
k|mDm-NXCT &rer in Ciudaoftti was
Bfjy brought to his senses, mid a'-
Bmds through a window,} after a
Branch. Two of the §•***
tAL i 11 and death would !*? *-
timely d 9