Her WrtMey. "" Meit week is my little one'* birthday." Iwdiil alt mailt rw*T At the daintv white drew I >u making; " She ia two years old In May." And I thowaM bow Mr Bud fawtt k MTenld *r Wro-ye* oM .Uriiagl* ' In the drees like web of snowflake*, A* white m white could he, " I will put eome bade from my roses Am one her beaatifaihair. I And a fctw-bK won wriboantu, ' And the will be w Mr P* lb-day it my darling's birthday, In her new white garment diet* : She Uet In the purler nSST i t Wffh n Iftjr oto her breast. Still I know it it wot mv darling In the httle casket there ; She it keening her birthday hi HetTwn, JjVli. ro the Htnleet angeU ere. Tli< y hare given her t new white garment, I Nat mndc by eerthly handa s Ami crowned her with floutrn In the tunny Kden Lauds. Ceo tent menL i ' * In rwin do men "The heaves of their Airlune t fault aceua. ; Haith they now beet whet hi the beet Air them ; For they to etch tach fortune do diffueo At Un-T do know etch own moet aptly ute For not that, which nw cpvert most. it )>ett; Nor tbnt thin.,- worst whirb ml 4> m.A Mute ; ltur*tm*e tn, that til contented rett With that they hold ; each hath kit fortune in hat broat It it the mind th*t mak* th good <4- ill. That makcth wretch or happv. rtch or poor ; For eome. that hath abundance lit bit will. Hath not enough, "out wanta tn grvatoai tort; And other, thtt hath little, tfka no mere, Ji.it in that btU taboih n.-tear.rfwtee : J* wiadoin la n . J,t nriNf* ; #*!• tksrefrr* Tbey are, whir'., fpruince do hp vpm il*o< ; bitli each un'.o himself hit lifr may Awtuuite. % The Ivied Cottage. She dwells iu aa iviw.l cottage Half bidden by chestnut trees. Whw leaves bctir.w. when they wwver Have a sound bke moaning svias ; And oft iu the o hngarwl In the lone, long aununer eves. And sighed to talk to the maiden As low aa th flattering leaves: Th tell ber I fare bar beauty ; But all my wishes are vain— Mv heart, nsy heart ia the maiden's, Yet hers 1 never msy gain. • (onfldeutlal. . After Vaster thereTl t* a gran J wedding Aad sleigh-nds— providing there'a anow. • I shall send yon a card tn pried season, •> The envelope of which, you will find. In the point where the corner folds down, •i' Hss an L and s G tnterwroed. * Pre got me a new-fasbnmod kuunet, VP covered in feathers and lacs. While delicate ruches and flowers Fall gracefully over the free: My dress was imported from Paris- Am elegant lilac brecacic. * Which left oa a ship for this city In time to escape the htocksde. With bows of the daintiest satin. As white as the purest of snow, A rosette the size of a saucer, Aa inch from the tip of the toe. * r*r perfumes and gloves by tha dowen. And jewels—mamma save they're pure— * A love of a watch, with a diamond, 14 Too cunning for anything,"—wnrs. I'd nearly forgotten to mention The same of the man fin to wed ; I think it is Gibson or Gibbons— Just now I can't tell which he Mid. Tapa aays " he's rich as old Croesus,"" Who he U, I'm sure I rant tell,) Has a stnd of a dozen fine horses. With which I shall cut such a swell! An nroir, my dear Harsh, till Easter; Dome early, in seaapn to aee Tie bundles of thing* I cant mention : We start for the rimrCtt ai " sharp three." NABBY'S HI SB A m A knock at th squire's door. * An eager "oome in" from the squire, to whom ITTT out-ifc diversion is an inesti mable boon, he having just reached that uncomfortable stage of masculine couvales enre When fife becomes a burden not only to the so-called " patient" jumself, but also to those unlucky feminine relatives whose duty it to officiate as his '•ministerin.- angels." Mary, the servant, came in. " Please, Mr. Bosky, there's a woman down stairs who says she must see you. She's been here before sume sou were sick, and now she won't take * no' for an answer." "Show her up, Maty," said the squire, alertly, bnapUning up visibly, like the w^r-horse who scents* Che battle afar P *>ff. Not all the coty comfort of bis sur roundings, the * Sleepy Ifollowaa**" of his ea-T-chair, the pleasant picture* on the i. waft, the wood tUe which, now that the *■ trbitry twilight was settling down over the bit of gray sky left visible by tbcscur tains' heavy folds, danced and fleshed all over the room in rosy shadows, could re concile the squire to his enforced seclusion. Secretly he pined for hb< dingy old den of i an office, and chafed at the doctor's restric tions, which as yet forbade all thought of ~. business. But now the moral police force, • represented by his wife and daughter. * being luckily off duty, them was nothing * ro prevent his seeing this probable client. | u Show her up, Mary," mid the sauire cheerfully, straightening himself, and as suming as much of legal dignity as dress ing-gown and slippers permitted. Mary disappeared. Presently the door opened again. " Why, Nabby," said the *■ squire, "ss'it you ? flow do you do 7 •' Yes, squire, it's me,"said Nabby, drop ping down with a heavy sigh into a chair; '• and I don't do very Wrll. Nabby was a short, sqdahely built wo man of fifty, with considerable gray in the coarse, black hair drawn stiffly and uncom promisingly back under a bonnet about five years out of date. She had sharp black eyes, and a resolute, go-ahead ban ner. Evidently a hard-working woman; " yet in looking at her you could not help the conriction that sunethiog mora than hard work had plowed the deep wrinkles which ran across and across her forehead, and threatened to lilt her eyebrows up to l her hair. ■■ ■ . ■ !•- * - t. Nabby had lived with the squire's mother , fifteen years—from the time when Mrs. Hosley took her in, a ton-year-old orphan, who was, as the good did lady sometimes expressed it, •' more plague than profit," until she grew into the steady and reliable handmaiden, who finally, with every one's good wishes, married young Josiab Gould, and set up in the world lor herself. Old Mrs. Hodcy had long ggnqe, gon© to her reward, but the family still kept up a friendly interest in Nabby and her fortunes, the squire in particular being her "guide, philosopher, and friend" in all the emer gencies of life. •' Why, what's the matter now, Nabby V said the squire, good uaturcdly. "Are you sick 7" "Yes, I am" said Nabby, emphatically, with a snap of her black eyes. " I'm sick to death of Josiah. I can't stan 1 it any longer, and I've come to talk with you * about gittin' a divorce You sec he's ben a-grwin' worse and voisetiow for a good while. I've kep' it to myself pretty much, because I was ashamed on't, and then I kep' hopin' he'd do better. I've talked and talked to him, and said and done every thiug a woman could, but it seemed as if the more I talked the worse be grew." The squire looked at Nabby's rather sharp, hard face, and perhaps was hardly so surprised as Nabby expected that Josiab bad not been reformed by tbo vigorous " talking to" he had undoubtedly reoeived. " lie grew more and more shiftless and good-for-nothin'," continued Nabby, " till, finally, he didn't do much but ret round the kitchen fire, half boozy. K there's any thing 1 buret out Nabby. " k's a man forever set tin' round the liogse underfoot. And there I was a-takin'in washin', and a shviu\early aufL to (be kinder decent atad forehanded, and fcigi no better n a dead man oh mv hands, so far as hclpin' any was concerned. Aod.sq Ltpld him, time and again. workid just about enough, to keep himself iu drink. He knew he couldn't git any of my money for that "But I stood it till about a fortnight ago. I'd >een workin' hard all day helnia' Miss Barber clean bouse, and it seetnpdTils ' i FRED. KURTZ, Editor i\nd Proprietor. VOL. IV. If every bono in mr Ixwlv ached, I was to tired. I came along home, tlimkiu' how good my enp of tea M taste. The first thing I ace. when I opened the kitchen door, > old Htuk Slater settiii' there in my roc kin' chair. He and Jotiali were both drunk a* aa A.*w," said Nabby, lan dcring an iuuoccnt animal ui h-r taMe hir a simile. "They'd track oil the mud all over my clcau floor*. The cook in'-a tore was jammed t|f)| ot wqpd, roarin like all poaseoaed. 1 •yonder Mr hadn't burned the house up before ( got thetv. And they'd got my best tea jmt out to heat some water, and the water'd all b. led away, and the bottom come out. But the worst was to see n\v bus baud a-consort in' with such aeuiu of the earth as that miaerahle,kiw-lired Hank Slater. I tell you. squire, 1 was wad. 1 just thuir that kitchen door wide open, and sew I. u 4 tilt out of this house, Jos tali Could, and don't MKT let tue see your face mside on A again." / •• Sea he, meek as Moses,' IVhere shall 1 go to. Nabbv P " Set I,' I ilou't care where you go to, so long's you don't come near me. I've always lien a respectable woman, and I don't want none erf Hank SlaterV iriends round mv house.'" " Well T* queried the squire, as Xabby's nartatiou came to a pause. ,k Well," said Nabby, in rather a subdued tone, "he went off. And he hain't come back. And I want a divorce." " Sow, Nabby," remonstrated the -quire, " you dou't waut a divorce. 1 know you boner than that. You are not the woman to give Jewish up, and let him go to the bati, without a struggle. You Icel a little vexed with him now, and 1 don't blame TOU. It i* hard, tery hard. But you I now you took him * lor better or worse.' Do you think, yourself, it is quite right to break your contract because it proves the worse for you—because you are the stiong one and he the weak ouo of the two ? fbsf don't -tnke me as good Bible doc frin#,?ixhhy. * ' We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and Not to please ourselves,' you know. u Well, I dunno," said N'abby, twisting the owner ol her shawl dubiously. " 1 hadn't thought orit in that light, ) must say. It's so agg-avatia' to have such a man for a hushagd. Besides, I dunno's he'd come back now if 1 wanted him to." 44 Hasn't he been back at all 1" " Whv, yes, he did come once, lor a pair of pamaioous. But 1 didn't take no notice ol him." ".Now, Xabby. you may depend upon it, it wasn't the pantaloons he was alter, lie wanted to see if you wouldn't rel-nt. If he comes again, be* a little pleasant to him, and I'll warrant he will stay. Give him another chance, Nabby. Josiah isn't the won* follow in tbe world, by any mesn*. He has his redeeming after all. I believe he .rill do better, if you w ill try to help him. You know Josiah is one that bears a good deal of encouragement, Nabby ° Well, squire, I'll think it over. Any how, I'm obleged to you. You talk so sorter comfort in' to a body. Your Ye voar mother's own sou; just the same good heart. Would you be able to eat some of my choose, squire 7" "TYy me, aud see, Nabby," said the squire, smiling, not impervious to Nabby'* compliments. Nabby made her exit just aa Mrs. Hosley rushed in, full ol wilcly indignatiou that the squire had been al lowed to see a "client." Nabby's itome was over at " tho Cor ners," three miles from the village. She walked rapidly along in the fast-thickening darknvm. with the steady, strong gate be coming the self-reliant worn a i that she was. Yet even her unimaginative nature was not proof against the .depressing influ ence of the chilly, raw November evening. The wind whistled through the bare tree braarbe-*,whlch creaked and groaned mourn fully, and waved wildly up and dowu in tbe dim light overhead. The wind seemed to cherish a special spite against Xabby.i It blew her bonnet ofT and ber hair into her eyes, struggled madly with her for her shawl, took ber breath away, and firmly resisted her every step. F oallr, it began to send spiteful dashes of cola rain drop* in her face—rain that seeuicd almost to freer as it fell. 44 Josiah used to come after me with an umbrella when I was caught out in the rain," thought Nabby. 4 'tie was always real kind and good to me, after aIL I dunno - be ever give nie a cram word in his !ifo, even when he'd ben drinkin'." Here the driving, sleety rain and pierc ing wind pounced down npon Nabby with fwnetved fierceness, hustling ber madly around fn fiend sh glee. 44 An awful night to be homeless, Nabby," something seemed to sav. •* 1 don't care," Hid Nabby to herself, beginning to feel cross again and generally ill used as she grew wetter and colder. 14 It serves him right. lie's made his bed, and he can lie in it." At " the Corners," the light streaming cheerfully out into the night from other homes made Nabby's little house look par ticularly gloomy and uniaviting. Nabby fambled under the mat for the door-key, (ambled witli stiffened fingers for the key bole, and, finally succeeding hi unlocking the door, felt her way in through the little entry. There i* always something "uncanny" about going alone at night in a dark and shut-up home. Even people of the best reguUtC'l mind* experience a vague suspicion of something behind tbim, a sense of possi ble ghastly hands about to clutch them in the darkness. Nabby was a woman, like Mr*. KJmund Sparkler, with " no nonsense about ber;" but, nevertheless, a cheerful tale ahe had read only yesterday in the CJironidt, about a burglar and a ionc wo man, kept coming into ber head, and she carefully avoided the thick blackness of the corners and the pantry door as she groped around the kitchen for a candle. Of course the fire had gone out. " Two heads are better than one, if one is a sheep's head," Nabby might hare been beard muttering out in the wood-bouse a* she stooped painfully down picking up chips; by which oracular utterance I sus pect she was thinking what a good supply of kindlings Josiah ahvayn kept on band for her, and bow much more comfortable it was in the old time* coming home to a house bright with light and warmth and Joeiah's welcome. For Josiah cherished the most profound admiration for Nabby—an admiration not unmingled with awe. He thought her a most wonderful woman. She was juat as beautiful to him now as in the old courting days, before the brightness and quickness of the black eyes had degenerated into sharpness, before the smiling mouth had acquired its hard, firmly set expression, before there were any wrinkles in the smooth forehead. People thought Nabby bad done well in marrying Josiah Gould— a pleasant, good-natured young fellow that every one liked ; a young mechanic ; not very rich yet, it was true; bat, with a good trade and such a wife as Nabbv, there seemed nothing to prevent his figuring as "one of our fiist citizens." Any body can be somebody in this coun try if they are only determined. But that was exactly the difficulty with Josiah. He never was determined about any thing. He fell into the habit of drinking because be lacked sufficient strength of will to avoid it. Then Nabby s sharp words, and his own miserable sense of meanness and self-contempt, of utter discouragement and despair, drove hiin lower and lower, and he sank down supinely into the Slough of Despond without effort or hope. I3y a beautiful dispensation of Provi dence, whenever a poor, shiftless, good-for nothing man is sent into our world, some active, go-ahead little woman is invariably i fastened to him to tow him along throqgb, THE CENTRE REPORTER. and keep hi* head above water. It s for the host, of course What would become of the poor fellow without her I At the same time, she sometime* tiuds it a little hard. Nabby was ambitious and proud-spirited, willing to work hatd, to save, tu do her part—anxious to gel on in the world ami stand well amoug the ntigbboi* The fact, gradually realiaed, that In ber liua band she had no help, no auiqmrt. only a drag and burden, and dually a disgrace, had been a diaa|ointnient ocubittering her whole nature. To have a husband that no one respected, that eveu the loy around town called "Si Gould," was dieadful to Nabby. PeAays it was hardly strange that she grew hard and bitter. Meauwhile Nabbv had succeeded iu Starting the fire, and having changed her dress, sat down to dry her feet until the tea-kettle boiled. But even the ruddy light and warmth with which the kitchen now glowed could not feud off tha drean news of the uight. The ram " tapped with ghostly finger-tip upon the window pane," and the wind howled and wailed around the house like the spirits of the hwt plead* iitg to lie once more taken hack into human life and warmth. Such a wind stirs in eren the happiest heart a vague sense of loss, irf change, of all that goo* to make up the uiisatisfactorinesa ol life. Dead sor row* creep forth from their graves ou such nights, and stalk up and down the echoing chambers of the heart. Nabby could not help wondering where Jewish was to-night. It was so lonely Mttiug there with no oue to speak to. liv truiug to the uioauiug wind, the creaking of the blinds, the loud ticking of the clock. "And Tbanksgivin' a-couup'," thought Nabby. "A pretty Thsukxgiviu' I shall have r The wind wuled tnd wailed, ami Nabby thought and thought. The very fact of having "freed ber mind," to the squire bad relieved her long pent-up indignation, anil now she felt more sad this angry. I p before her sceuiwl to n*e a picture of her life: the youthful dreams ami hopes, the changes and disappoiutiueuta, the love turned into wrangling. She even thought of Jewish with pity. For the first time *he " put herself in nia place," and realised how almost impossible it was for our w,!' mid she to herself. Nabby was one who met things half way. Accordingly, she walked to thr outside door, and, opening it quickly peered out into the darknem. There stood Jo*i-b—wet, sheepish, sorry.' Once be had started to go in, lut fcis courage fail ing, be lingered in dubious hesitation on toe door-step. " Why don't you come in, Joeiah 7" Mid Nabby. 44 I don't know's you'd want me, Nabby," replied Josiah, with all the meekness be coming a returning prodigal " Want you ? Of course I do," said Nabbr, heartily. 44 Come right along in. I'm goin' to have griddle-cakes for supper, and you must tend 'em whits 1 set the table." Griddle-cake* were one of Joaiah's favorite weaknesses, and Nabbr kti w it Josiah came in. If he ewr gets into heaven, probably his sensations will not lie one whit more delightful than they were now, as ftom the bleakness and gloom of the night, the forlornnesa of his wretched wanderings, he came iuto the coxy bright ness of the kitchen, and felt that he was home once more. How good the tea smelted! The fire roared and snapped, the tea-kettle boiled and bubbled and übbed its lid up and down, and from thf griddle the savory odor of tbe cakes as cended like a homely incense. .lonian's face, shining with mingled heat and happi ness as be turned the griddle-cakes, was sotnet hi ig worth seeing. Nabby stepped briskly around getting supper ready. It seemed so pleasant to set tbe table for two again, to h re some one to praise and appreciate her cooking. Tbe Novemlier wind might howl its worst now. Its hold on Nabby was gone. In platfe of all the bitter sadness that had hung heavily around her heart was a unrin feeling of happiness, of comfort and hope. All the explanation they had wished was this: Jmiab drew forth from under hi* shabby coat an exceedingly awkward and knobby bundle. " I've bought something for yon, Nabby," said he. The " something," undone, proved to he a very handsome brittanuia tea-pot. That tea-pot must have kuown it was a peace • iffering, with such preternatural bright ness did it shine and glisten. Something in Nabby's eyes shone and glistened too, although she winked hard, and scorned the weakness of a pocket-handkerchief. " Thank you, Josiah," she said : " it* a regular beauty, ami I shall set lota by it." W hicb. so lone as they understood each other, was, peraapa, as well as if Josiah had made a long-worded a|>eech of repent ance and reformation, and Nabby another of forgiveness. I wish I could say that Nabby ntrw scolded Josiah Spain. But I can't. How ever, she "drew it mild," tod there was a general understanding between them that this was only a sort of exercise made necessary by habit—a lark inn by no means involving biting. And Josian was so ac customed to it that he would have missed it, and not felt nat ural without bring wound np and set going for the day by Nabby. One dav, later in the winter, Nabby was washing lor Mrs. Hosley. "So you've taken Jotiah back again, after all 7" said Mrs. Ilotlev. 6 ii • " Well, yea, I have," said Nabby, ghing a last twirl to the sheet she was wringing out. 41 Josiah mayn't be very much to brag of; but tben.'you see, he's my own. and all I've got. We're gittin' to be old folk*. Jc'vh and roe, and we may as well put np with each other the little while we've g it to slay here." " How has frc been doing since he came back 7" " Firet-rate. He's walked as straight's a string ever setice. He's a good provider, now's he quit drinkin', and a master-band for fixin' up things around the house, and makin' it comfortable. I tell you what 'tis, Miss Hosley, we've got to n ake 'low •nces for folks in this world. We cau't have 'em always jest to our mind. We've got to take 'em jest as they are, and make the best on't." " I'm glad to see you so much happier and octter contented, Nabby." " Well, I used to fret and complain a good deal because things hadn't turned out as I expected 'em to; but lately I've thought a good deal about it all, and I've made up my mind that there's consider* ble comfort for every one i this world, alter all. We mayn't git jest wbat we want, but we git somethin'." In which piece of philosophy I believe Nabby was about right. Is u pawnbroker a man of principal ? Yes ; it is hit interest to be so. CENTRE 11ALE, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1871. Boston Inebriate Asylum. The Thirteenth An mini Report o? the WaeKlmlPfl Bbba Hl..>u, M* ,ia n document of givnit inlciest. The Home, ll ia known, is all institution for the treat ment of patients suffering from nUmholia disease, ami lbs Ibistou lioitao tr, we lu-lieve, the first of the kitiil in the conn* try, ami posatblv in the toiH. Duritig lite 111 yeurn of its etisU'uee it ha*treutou J.tttKl patient.* iluriug the last veiir "47i> have been reeeivixl. Nlr. Otis flupp.the l'lvvmleut of the L'oriroratiou, says : " With limited mraus ami imul#tiate aciximtuodaLious, the work of thcr nOjUH bus Ixv-u jiersyvpriiigly carried ou with luereaoiug energy, ami its efforts for gorxl have l>een aeknowblgever one hnudred out-door jmtients have been treated with gratifying muveus. ( Atmnt one-half the in-iloor paticiiUhave rrnmuod only a fortnipbt, the retuitinder for various puiinla from two to ait month*. Mr. Latrmtm says : 4 'We have no doubt, from present apponramxvi.that iwo shall liave more thorough reforiaa i lions than in any pnivious year. " The plan adopted by tlu 4 Home M mainly a mora) vm\ It in supposed that every applicant is deairous of reforming his habits, and of ridding himself of disease. There is no restraint worth mentioning, except inch as ia necqisa rr for tlie pre servation of good order in the Home. Xbt patient ph- Igtw In* honor to refrain from alcohol while resMitigin tlm Horn.-, and he ia not only exjiectod hut desired to exerrisei the moat j*erfeet freedom in to his personal movement*. There ia, in coacs requiring it, Medical treat ment, hut after a few day* this ia rare It iieceaaarv. The uund lathe chief pbym eian. ftv ever* cheerful encourage ment, by nndcvuiting personal kindness, by advice, and evert possible assistance, the reforming man in encouraged to rvlv uot upon other*, hut upon hiui|m- may bentertained; and.it in taken for granted Unit no man is deficient in tb-se, until he ha* heen tried repentedlv and always found want ing. Hut thy Home doea not pretend to offer a refuge for those who an-absolute •v incurable. This is n> |rt of its un dertaking ; nor, in justice to those under its care, who are struggling in bit&Tear nest. could it be permitted to become merely the temporary resort of those who desire* nothing except to be retard for the Uout from the fons*jueur* of a debauch which may at any moment lie renewed. The Home " roeaus business, " and thoac who managr it are in earnest. Tliev hold that for the incorrigible--for those who have passed the fatal point, and become more children so far as tiie power of the will ia concerned, menpjf gf re straint like those resorted to in other cast* of insanity, must be provided.either by tlie State or by private lilxindity. At the sannr time, tlv-sc chronic cases would dimitiiaft in niimTwr aa society i**- comes more and more abstinent. The Washingtoaian Homo- undertake* to solve only t>nr problem. snd that is to restore tlie enfeebled will to a moral and effective muscularity. ItrrrEW.—An ilhnrtrutioir df the bet that a would-be hitci is often the worst bitten of all comes from llccsc River, California. A roan entered tlio office of the photographer iti that place and wmri ed a tingle picture taken. The artist named his price, which happened to be aisjtit tk>ab!a the ani<*mf the stranger would jey. fto. ftw considerable Iwn ter. (he visitor projmsrd to have a half length picture taken for hnlf price. This was agreed to, and the subject paid hut money, and odf-ptod what he conoid end to be an exceedingly graceful and pleasing attitude. The usual operation i wrrrgutioUtrough with, and soon a first rate picture, consisting of a floe view of the subject from the waistband down, was finished and delivered to the w siting customer. There was no mistake ;it was a half-length picture fr half price ; and after delivering himself of a few ex clamation points the customer sulked off, believing, J .obnbly, that lie had paid well for a view of hi# boot# evon at half price. DID NOT READ THF. PATERS.— One of the painful result* of not reading the newspajM-rs is reported in Saratoga conn - ty. It appear* that at a recent fire prop erty was destroyed on which there was an insurance of 52,60n. The owner tripp ed lightly into the office wlu re his policy was drawn, and producing the document, said be guessed he would take that money, Tho agent looked at it, expectorated a quantity of tobacco juice on tho caller's nigh boot, and then exclaimed ; " Why in thnuder don't iron rend the paper* ? I gave notice n fortnight since in the public pr** that the oompany went down —fiat ousted—when Chicago went np. Hail you read the pnjiersyou could have renewed your policy in a company that hadn't exploded, and been *o much in. As it is you are so much out." We trust those who follow this man's example will take warning. MOTHER CAREV'S CIUOKKRS, otherwise called the stormy petrel, are sea-hinds, dark-colored, and nbout tlio size of a swallow. 4 A vessel was once wrecked near the Bahama Islands, and only one ptraon was saved out of the ]iansetigers and erow, and that one person was a woman who had lost her husband and child. Ths people tycatod her kindly, hut she was very much grieved at her loss. She lived in an old tower near the sea, and she uacd to sit nearly all day long on a high cliff and play with the petrels. She get them very tame—so Luge that they would come at her coll, and she used to feed them out of her hand. As she grew old her name changed ftn Mrs. Ciurey to Mother Carey. And the sailors, believing this story, gave them the name of Mother Carey's Chickens. CONSOLING.— Gent in wont of situation (bitterly)—' l Call again to-morrow ! What's the use ! Here, I paid my fee a month ago, and walked here and **ay report* at headquarter# tliat he is snugger than j luijf wreu in Its ttcd. Forthwith 3d. le I'roprietaire cornea on a visit of iiutpee j lion. He polifvly a*ks you to let liini aae a chimney iu the bedroom, which he |ia afraid wauU rq>airiiig, the kitehau [ sitiTe. which he tliiuk* of improving, or a dressing-room wiudowr. which will nei ther ahut nor opeu. When he is satis fled that the tenant has made himself \ comfortable, and would I* a loser by a iirmtiiettfrmruf—tit least until the carpels are worn out —lie discovsr* that lie let i the place too cheap, nod tightens the screw roeurdiugly. I'our life uwy he rendered insupportable by th neignliur •it erliead, underneath. or u the same flat. The nobbier on the liltli who is ' uot obliged to study the convenience of i the inhabitants on the fifth floor, may find it aeoraaary to the well-being of iu* family to kcap tapping st soles and j heals through tlie small hours of the uioraiug. A dog-faucying old Inly i* a still greater peat. She subjects her fal low-lodgers to a nameless luseot inva sion, to sav noflrug Af ether things which offend the uw and eye*. What ido you think, you who lire iu detached ' villa*, of the retired grocer inhabiting , the rmvilion in the gank-u and keeping poultry ? Having pa**'d forty year* in las Faubourg St. Martin, this estimable ' member of society fancies a house csferv ! rue H forth'*, near the Champ* Elyweoa. : in the eonutTT. To rvalue® the pleaaorea •' of a rural life, and the comfort* too.-fur he ia fond of a fresh egg, he peoples hi* j patch of garden w:ib galliuaccou* crea ture*. Aa ho is a heavy, plodding sort * of person, and. if his Wile doea not c*l umuiate liim, snore* like a ploughman, ' it do.** not matter to him when a city 1 life derange* the nervous system of his j cocks and hen*. Hut nobody who i* at i all wnksful can enjoy a really refreshing sleep within bearing distance of the nam tartioi crowing aud cackling of the trn i tiled birds. And what, if you live on j the first floor, would you not do w. re tlie proprietor to let the Uiop on the ground ftooi to a butcher, or to an iudl vidnnl wanting to start an office for wet nurecs? Imagine the clatter of twenty peasant female, all #|j a cart ivstaiulng the Bhow ftahih, then another with the cheetah*. or hunting leopards, bowM, and liwliny be off. Away we pa ncrtxa country. get* ting dreadfully knocked about, aa wr .drive over everything, aud tlo carta have no spring*. We have got nlmot tliree miles, and now the Wfilflttcnt la-gins, a* we tee nti immense herd of antelope*. The Bhw Rtbib doc* not drive straight at them, but keoj>a work ing rotuid, udgr.ulufl\"dging in. The cheetah* sniff the ' keeping their DOOM pointed iu th direetiou of the herd. We are with it. about two hundred yards ; the hood tw taken off and a chee tah let loose. He starts oil nlmost at right angles to the direction of the henl, gradually working in. Every now and then, tire sUtcly old buck throws back his hum*, showing symptom* of alarm ; bat the running cheetah crouches down behind some bnsh, remaining there until the doer bogiu to graxo again, when he steals a few yards. For a hundred yards or no a cheetah lia* greater speed than a deer, hot after tlvat distanec he is done. This onr friend well knows ; so ho wait* till within that distance to diaeover him rolf, siugjes out the back, ehoe.* him for a few minute*, raukea a spring on his bark, toppling him over and seizing him by the neck. The poor Iwast suffers; but onr attention is attracted by a really pretty Right—the flight of the remainder of the herd— composed of two or three hntidfrd of probably the most graceful little creature* in the world, who, in their retreat, spring over all the little btishas that obstruct their path. The " sbirka rees," or huntsmen, run up to Hie victim ami cut hi* throat. He is then cut open, ami aoino blood eaught iu a wooden lodic. This is held near the cheetah's nose, and is so tempting that lie lets fp> his hold of the neck, drinks the blw d, is hooded and again placed iu the cart, ready for another nm. We have two or three more, aud return to an excel lent lnneheon at the place, drink the Ouicower's health, which he gracefully through nn interpreter) acknowledges, expressing his gratitude and tb pleasure it gives him to see so many guests. He then takes the ladies to see the Ranee— a privilege denied to tho gentlemen. This ends the morning's aimis meut. She Oter IMd If. It is easy to overdo n good thing, and the "slip'' between the "cup and the lip" is so readily found. A mechanic rejoicing In the name of Dubois, and a resident of the city of IMroit, took to drinking, aud was speedily transformed from a hard-working roan into a drnnk en sot. His good wife soolded, entreat ed, diminished the thickness of his heard without the use of a rater, but could make no change. One night Dulmis ar rived home slid found that his wife and his coat had changed places—the Utter lay on the floor aud the former was sus pended from the hook. Up rushed DUIKMS to the rescue, took his wife down, and after much labor brought her to her senses. The attempt at suicide completely sobered him, ana like Ohadiah Oldbtiek', ho turned over u now leaf. He promised never to drink again, and probably would have kept his word if his wife had been able to keep her own counsel Bat she was inst smnrt enough to inform several of her neigh bors that the apparent banging wos a put-up job, the rope being tied under her arms. The knowledge of this little praotioal joke coming to Dubois's ears he first thrashed the whole family, then performed some extraordinary feats of furniture-smashing, and finally left thq premises, and has not been seen since. One hundred and tweuty-oue and three-fourths miles of sidewalk were des troyed by the Chicago fire, to replace which little less than one million of dol lars will have to be expended. A Freurh ft lory. A few Jsj-s ago, iu France, imuokxl oway the hull eh lid of the unfortunate Lot iiriiutw, who wna e*rtWtted for roblierj, una proven innocent, but • short time itfb-r his death. He was a young mad l of fortune, and came to Paris with Ida wife ami olublreu to moke his way in tint world, ami was of n gay but most ex cta|ilnry chiuaFtor. llai uin some slook | trauooclioini with a man he had acciden tally tnL LtflUflssi went into Uie conn try with hiui, returning the next day. The wune night the wat to Lyons was nddied, and the txu,Ulltoiis and a paMvu 6 1 er muivUrod. Tim men who cnmmitteil in mui/*/ ! the otlmr bruM. The poltoe sinm got upon the trull, and it wa* found that the ' casual ac*|iuilitrtuce of JgHutrvjues Was a friend of one of the men who committed the deed, ami the yeuog man wus also taken into ouatody. Ikifore tha Court, Lcauivpna fell a Victim to tha common French habit of beiug " so oockoiuw of everytbiug." ll give up the pivjjv-rtT if the legal stigma oould be re moved froin their name. V uder Is mis XVITf,, Ciisrlos X., Louis Philippe, the Republic of 4M ami of hi, the reign of Napoleon 111,, sad even to the lust (lov erninent of Frsr.ce, these unavailing aitpeul* wrerc made. The inuoeetlce wan clear, but it could not be legallv recog nixed. One after another Use- elul e*nnpis. Why jua tixn has been so obstinate in refusing to recognise its error. I can not say, but it enema that there is some 1.-gai difficulty so great, that suorttsfive tioveruments, for ttree fourths of a century, have pre ferred to continue an lujustiee and a wrong, rather than confess that justioe could lie deeetwxL — Pttria f rwflws* ifrst • * 4 Hs Never jfdverllaca,** There is a bright picture of the man who Jinv not advertise. *He is distin guialied very easily by bis careworn and •byactad countenance. He" is grasping —holds fast to what be has, and luoka ajH.n all customer* with distrust The miserly eagerness with which he clutches the pay for his goods create* an antipa thy for bun in the minds of hi* uatruna, and they generally leave liiia. His store is any thing hut inviting, aa the good* are not displayed at all, aad a bleak ap pearance of the walls is the consequence. A* night he lights hi* atom with the jtoomt quality of candies, which shod a pale glimmer over bis goods, giving them an old and dusty look. At his stoie you will lie certain to find mean whisky, soft s>ap, damaged groceries and drv g<**ls—*ll last year's fashion, Ac. lie seldom (rive* anything for pub lic improv(-meats or charitable purpose*, nnd menaurrs mankiud generally in his rwn half buabr-L Such a man never helps to build railroads, staamltoota, telegraph ligea, or any thing of that kluti. If the balance >I mankind were j like htm. stage coaches would be the 1 only public conveyance*. Where great cities now stand, a few doable pen lg --l house* and * bar-room would br instead, i (.Villages and school* would new have j been thought of, and biiaaful ignorance would now reign supreme. He is never pueird on the topics of the day, nor is ho informed in regard to commercial affair*, lieoaiiae he ahnt* himself off from that son re* of information by discoun tenancing the press, the only means ' through which it can be attained. And i when he dim ha is not generally lament led. j . , . A Jew Ktnd of Plastered Wall. According to tho EcienJi4t Pre**, a new kind of wall is coming into ate in Eng land. and, if wo mistake not. srientine thiug hits lcen introduced already in this O HlN try to onm* extant. It IA thus described. "Over a frame-work of strong crow-wires, of about one-eighth iu thickuew, there is woven by a power ful pressure, fibrous matter which ia saturated with a solution that rentier* it Arc-proof. It ia then subjected to a very Kwerfnl pressure. A eoatiug of very hi cement ia tlirtancc, it ha* the advantage, perhaps, over con crete walling, in enabling a wall to be made of not more than one and a half inch or two inchos in thickness, and vet its ou-dity is said to greatly deaden sound. THE AXVIL Exrnosios.—'The jnry of inquest upon the death of Mr. tj. H. Campbell, who was killed by the explo sion of an anvil in Montoinery, AL-K, while it was being used to celebrate a political event, have ret imed a verdict 111 which they say : "We, ihejnry, are of the opiuion that such a calamity oc curring on a public thoroughfare and ia the midst of a crowd of peaceful eitixena, pursuing their usual avocations, in vio lation of law and utter disregard of human life, is nothing less than murder —and that the authorities permitting, and the parties instigating or engaging in sueli dangerous and uncalled for practice*, should lie held to a strict ac comitabHity by the Grand Juries of the country." BEITEB I, ATE TRAS NEVER. —A stranger recently entered a store in Btdfast, Me., aud naked the proprietor if he had any demand against a certain person. The merchant, after some time recollected some old notes for small amounts, which he had laid aside as worthless. Upon limiting them up the stronger counted out the money, principal and interest for fifteen years. He had contracted the debt* when a young tnau, and being unable to pay them he went to Califor nia, where he remained till a few weeks ago, and-had been successful in business; and on his return his first care had been to look up his old creditor. SHE Cotnj> SEE HIM. —At a trial, not long since, one of the witnesses, an old lady of some eighty years, was cloaely questioned by the opening counsel rela tive to the clearness of her eyesight " Can you see mo ? " said he, ' Yessi" W HS answered. " How well can you sec mo ? " persist ed the lawyer. " Well euough." responded the lady, "to see that you're neither a negro, an Indian, nor a gentleman." The answer brought down the house. It is a queer woman who asks no ques ons, lut the woman who does is the uerist Drape failure la CaUfarahu. Good grape-land here costs from fltt to Mil per aarr. When the latter pries is the land has fueilitiu* for irri gation. At prcseut ? many think irriga thm utiiienwasry iu new vineyards ; Imt ; vines aecioter iterc. After that, a surfn. surfn. to k>ep down the weeds, w ail that M required, aad costs about II SO per aura. Water for , irrigation costs about 15 yearly. Phi iug per acre, costs alowtt $1 the first *ar, #2 tho second, ana #8 a fear when Iw vinca are in full bearing. This work is done chiefly by Indians of MecfefliA. At tlie end of'throe scant, the vivid taay be iwrimated at five j-mna* L grapes to the vine ; at four years, eight pounda ; and at five years, twelve pounds and upward. The whole cost of an acre of grapea—including price 6f laud, cutungs, water and cultivation, up to' the time thcr cnnmence iK-ariog, maybe estimated not to exceed ft Hi. The year ly ex pence after this, without oouating the cost of gathering and sanding to market, would be only abont ftlO per acre. The raanufacturem of wine in Los Angeles are willing to buy aH the grapes tliey can get. The price ranges from 65 c.-nts to tl jier 100 pounda. This would give the price of an acre of grapes as ranging fcum s7* to #IOO and upward. When omdr Mite wio* they would be worth #i>Ai or #4OO. Tak ing the lowest price paid for Ute grnj*-#, the profit per aw, srfter paving for cul tivation, gathering and hauling to mar ket, can not he teas than SSO IA is sel dom that s piece of laud pvodaotng no thing bwt grapes is sold, sad, therefore, we have but little to the way - of, aciaal sales from which to form an opinion re lative to the price of an acre of vine yard ia full bearing. But wc can derive our conclusions from another source equally trustworthy. A hundred dollars will bring their owner ia the way of in terest, from #l4 to #lB annually. From this we may conclude thai an acre of grapes that"bring* its owner a profit of #3O yearly, is worth s3oo a good return for the #46 originally invested. Oeer- UlH'l A bad C hapter. Of the number of illegitimate chil dren born in New York, aays a local pa per, it is difficult to speak with any pre r-isioa. In Earopeof countries, ww know almost exactly the proportion of illegitimate to legitimate births." In Harduia, it ia 4.00 par cent; iu Sweden, 6.56 ; in England, 6.72 ; in France, 7.01; in Denmark, 9.35; in Austria, 11.38; iu Uararfa. 30.39. Among A tics: it fe be tween 8 snd 4 percent in English citiev: in flwnan, 8; in Berlin, 14.9; in St Petersburg, liifi; in Vienna, 46. Tin* general average of illegitimate to legiti mate children u> Europe ia 12.8 per omL Supposing thai the sverage in New York ia tne tame as in Amsterdam or in Lon don, aay 4 pec cent, there were, in the live year* from 1860 to 1485, gbt on Mm hanks of fM/mmitainew*, a Wat fifty miles comh of fort Wayne, amis found It occupied by a family who few 1 rich for Indiana, and ti sorted of son aidfnU* pfafMlpin keem and kkb ' He wot on to nay that the of) tor evening h* nofioad thaQh&Mf. Una of tug women vaa light and her *ki t under Wr drear white. sad aq he enteii Into conversation with her, whirit ML ' not dMfb-nH, na *he -aptllit Mm* lengfogt of t W Mlm, -MM Ml '.Man rim ♦a# white, bat bad been unrated away apit I a vaty aaall aid. MM Could only t*- , memto-r (bather Ml WMP \ tost .aba bad bvndjn boose oa*h# of the to* unnilxir of her father'* family, and tba 1 order of their agea ; bat she could not 1 recall the name of the bum from wkieb ■ she waa taken. FaaoiwOod by this romantic dory, yH uudettdllto* *° let the facte W known, Im wrote a land acnt it to my utvefan of Laa , carter m tbfl phi* ucawwt the Nu*qu ! banna that bo could wanralmr of any importance. After, aa I bare raid, ritep inf foffta pet effi<*- for many laoofbc, It . üBAMrt through Mm oalumna at my little journal. nod in thai wny got to Mm 235S^'S?'.MiS stolen ffcom ntoem mxtj rear* befbfo. The brother of France* who wat.eubr tiro year* and a half old when hi* u* ' waa carried off by the Indiana, drifted fir the Indian rouatry in romnam.Wttli 1 lite eldest meter, who bad anted hi* to tear, and another brother, then tiring in Ohio, born after the eapuviir aa Francos. After a b*ng fonrney found a little wigwam aaoitg the MWat 'lndiana "We drnfl knCW From**." mid the water, " tuoaaoi aim' lote, the' i Mil wt bar Aral dnfrar. lon, hmrtiif-r. buocnditcA to tha hVmkwaath jfaop , whan ahc waa foot jaai* <ked t>< l aerenty five. fSie wne Cinteil. jeweled, and dreaaad like an dim) in all rwperta Nothing feyt bar hair and bar aorwd akin fndioateid bar : origin- Tbey got an tetari*ratnr, nCkanf .her noma and .whatn dm waa Jhhni. '• How came thai nail gone? ' ad ! flte •Ideal ateter. She anawerod, "' My elder ; brother pounded it oil when I waa ailttfta obild in the shop." They bad dfaootcrod ithe Vup i rt water Ther aafced bar (*hrwtiai. name, flhe bad facgaCMd it, '• WaaftFtaawaar 4 Aa M aoutten bj reveiatmn. ahn aoanwrad, ."6t" It waa the Arte lim# ba had heard it|n> opnncad iu ataly yawa. Here the? were met, two Mown and two aiatera, tela* having been arparated foe* more' Can ' hair a century. The brothma wege wnlk -1 ing the cabin, unable to apeak, tha ateter . waa drowned in tow*, bat tha poor Indian i ant moteunleaa and pa—tralcn. She ouutd net epoak a word oi Bmrfuh. She •bd not know when Sunday came. She waa carrittl off by the Indians, and when she bo w op ab< married ohe of tletr number. He either diad or ran away, l-and then Wbe married a Miami chief. I line* dead. Khe had two in, 1 both imanaed. wbow ahitty-tanr yws ago, . lived in all the glory of JboduMi cats::, v ,dccr-alun i k4ba, W oow-aHn head dr—ill, they bad borcca in Bbundanoa, and when the Indian deter aoc-omjauued hi-r nr-tr r- iaSive*. aha bridled bet bfrafl and mohntnd if walrldc. M night abe I alept Ob tea floor, with her blanket around ben Thmr would not pcwde . her to return to Wilde*ban* awt win* , the invitetecm waa eatendnd to her CMI ■Bd NaT WrWhand on hia deaW-bed She would deter troroffmte J 111 now neorte nhmte-tw yea**iwwf thin win to chald waa turn km tear I nanaate' hamcitt Wyauning hcraelf haa lcen gathered k her fcflil iM ! and moat of bar double family who wm't living In 1838 i with the bxoftptooi, y believe, of Mr. Jtanrph flSoenm, now on# f the most iwfluential and eiilzoM of Sevan ton. Among 1 the chaagea that have taken place in thia loop interval, lew am mart interesting thai) thia teausfoimation from mwlaa tion to Wbanam. s: . r ; -ji- —unu -ujlu luii-i Rom. AoDoiaoiufKW tw Tbteigjin i On# of the .-ihfeMomat the recent Tcsaa I State Fair, at. UdnaUm. gave. an iog auconnt of hia tertence te tha hotel, which illustrates the crowded am ilition of tiie taverns at that tame. • When 1 got there, I jost mid, 4 Qap i tain, I wrote Tter alxntt aht weeks asp to ! save me a room ; I hope yon have dtone foC 'Ortainlv I bavo; - waitOX, |u wbeola' ,*o*e if I choose to wear il it'a, notexly'a baa inces,' he replied. '"VTetL nays I, ia aB - of this artillery company in thia roou* V- About half the Occwpanta were changed every day, and I could teff every new arrival the number of hia room the in stant I eot oyes on him. V Hallo, Colo nel, just got in I' I would faj- 'lm— dust in, and locky enough to get a room.' ' What a vout number 7*l woajw' Ma. Ninety-ohe,' waa cure to be the reply" ; v - • • ■■, 1 " Maipuaf nt 3Puit Itewram-* Among t he marriage notioet the Htrvmrte, was the! of Fernandez de OimAntte and Mraa Let la Addison, b lady ttf that eitv. The ceremony wsa performed by Right Rev, Bishop Domino*" flmunaraal ear-* enmataace in connection, I watte the, affair ma, that the bridegroom, wkbte Spanish Charge d'Affuira in Borne, waa represent od by proxy. Miaa Addison had been nfcndyuig m Rome for iteteral moutlimfn cotniwnv with her onnt. a'widow.' The of Hpam availed Rhneelf of n privikwiffmeted under the law of. the (liuroh,,. and sppoiuteda brother nUbe bride jho represent hio>. Th lady left for Waghtegtnn ltet even ing, and will sail for Europe in a few T§JTfk.iii t i I .i.i 1 ... Kikdkk&h ro AkikaiA—Kindness in the treatment of animala- cPi)eciaUy of horses—is now very generally substituted for the harshness and twvertoy which were formerly practiced We have ob scorved, with grate satisfaction, the en tent. to which thjf change has taken place. It js not among educated people aloue, but it pervades the atablee gen erally, and is noticeable among bosuers and stable boys. Man are still perse cuted, maltreated and slaughtered, and wars are as cruel and inhuman a# ever; but it is a pleasure to feel that dumb beasts, at least, are more kindly treated i dlai - rf *&i itii >Jtt ' t ft ...j ... Jli.VO. 46 wiMifcfc imtte itiir! fff#i t d CWWH^te|fswsh W kteUT ..^sr V Far bteund mntelpllow tte faster. Of evfl grain no good eeed can ecans. Prosperity gains a raalitod# o# Mends. H is wtec that knows when be is well ratongb of. FVillow wim ftiT mihtr jfwiju/t uml, Ttesmte no Joy ro groat m that which springs froraa kuwl act or plmmnt deed hooU a h>w York genttemsn upward# of thirty dollars to take a young lady to thtiffin this season. He "learned to lovn sateher,' and bad to pay Miss Youstiy of Noshnllu •113,000 for M doing. Ilever fp to bsd at night Ulymi know something iiwfte, which you did not know In the mooring. The best ilhwtrotion of perpetual motian 4hat we know of ia s woman's AMtafll.wflMß te king of her baby. " *The Bktm Arnrmtd of Mbdteon. Wia, pnhlishni roeriant subeeribemw deed, which rounei them to aeenee of their obligations.' There re flva mimffia In TW* year Wring Ave i Aundays eedh. A thing i M~„ gtf gnrsnrani# filNhiifisite* liain Jin 1 .lAttPw' wNJthn*dig * in fifty ysuci ft dww not prove aJttea jMMrn broker I iaof no inqateitiv# tern of mind bSmuse jbe amnte to know the name and addram R tto* oewnte of gtovea have krag mtekto which are n --o fvisb r' -.1 tS 1 *s r ra Said loavda, lu white ' The asasMtd valuation Of the real rotate of Phitedetphis mrn.u&.ms. tajariou" 1 Bampt from M A tmhte rMwisedoaaeng ether Wedding pasoeote two euwing-meehmtxt, throe ptaucs. twelve see piu-Uers, and rsglr* femilf Pihlos. large t>M sixtrrtn y*wm bftll iJhm iMMt dtoBMWBr in fcw..iHEi taty-two 'the best taljker, and at tke richest mam Slid grost 'j - *H girla are waffa, are huge ones % *' f*_-i>ln{olw *' i- ia-ii- rot *• Y i,Hi i.Jf. IWmT 9 ftW * WLS-* teen; " te Wsbthe bovs lisve the habit cf spplvi!:^ 1 theta to list r lips us sealing tbetr VUWUL"*! . window*,an*