Wbw Uf Alls all ths lionid sir, And wl*a theweodavlvh masis rfat; tip allThs wakening flnwen rslo ioe, . -AnAbMs tsmiiNl'-nw of voet wwk " • OMh* W ih VMa i> fcnmniwV b*t In wron.t UM Hrssss of Spm* to kill; VTbsn garden* with iwftt** *tw *, And when the languid uasate i-tlll; o<<m* whoa U> ojwowA ImiM disclose TUe fiery wf the <wH4>lowi ross. dental" trio wtefi the Summer fade*, When all **• rsssV*ww>lt¥ m dead * iWtM StatuMa Votes Oh* enditeMWj,- chides, *.'■ CAntem m* VftCnTHs Raj / • • fttti Mite th tOor of ?oUul griof. C"BM cJi4v wlmn all wamtbis lust, w hou Autumn U> ftMa Wmtenyieldfci * ' COmo whoa the Wtwr odg of ftps! . , ttlirouxH tl tie yerdym ot U WUi * wßowtVuhn In cie* it dark and 4ML ~, xhyprdkoao* than la-doub* Uses. Suaihy Jtaslnp*. Owes hither. frienflt y>a hithar, friends! B,> grret the jqt *>• ' * I want t.*We (■tn. v;y For Ha Haunnado tHlnd irtmtm Now ohiu4H| no to twfigv* ThAphraolo uUS \ % I® Whet tha joyfUmrl-.cne* tha baaid^ aiffiuaKlhjwtri ,l ~* Coma kneel br ®e, olbandotl knaa; To rnunt stoop low if Ye would see,— j^awwiisa^iaajo? Two tn un I that aha* out all uio sky: Ij jttli fWwti was; aW '*.* ■wmm-apwwhwiteanesWeA -IL_l Or lot is waittug mujja of loC **' \ - And thsqce wo pasa out of oar Bight k „ •I IHtb liianr to MB, . the rtirtuu ai^t. Aatf oft wAanabaiAndw flltt ha plaoa, . | teste with dam opoa t fwa T IM tlttahmta cmhraot BafMd thwatadaAu atdaa day, IjMO airw ofhtwiwa aUaat wm play, * * JSftpyU—lM* away, 'j *®*r Watdt rwaa no knotr hdra it* with ma: Aran foci lVs\ near ; , Sa taadtwiy aha* cocuo to choar ! ATidlhoKi In aacrct lift ta tsi, T*k(>wl> A>w< r u Ulki aha la ad. a a-l a-l its laaTea tabaavaa oauproad. At tbd paai-o wityn my troait * I Ail ktonov pWduoqa rockt to nil; 1 Ufct Vnd haUt b*a rJf g*m , Mf t 7t>paß •"if eOYFESSIOX. tJ • I never knew til! this moment bow strong-ft'the yearning w Licit impels one wise am Jimm "with bope'ah# l#e tOpAr Mt htihwM VyW> some ear, even if finkim pathetic. For lree I titmot, though Tam Jvtfa 4d* without IMtkt m txue accauftt, n not .oßaoe* on record, knowing, that three mil! ke garbled reporti^mtkifikmy flwm blocker then it ia i k> not ex a world ffhich has no goal for me in it. The pWfefoTC eon never be mine; BIT prefer skani! career is closed. I couhl bnilK)ir thF 'xbarne j tfr ratfilr, It is tie Iteming to beer it, of becoming &- uis.4 Ui infamy, which is too fib-gust ing. The court-uiertiai meet* to-tnorrow— • would meet, ! mean, if there jrerq aqj out : to try. lem under sirest in my qnaners; fewiyi in . Is ro *• Ifr* \ k*taMMdlA*v f, * f lT peiff ilMm§ Mrl\ IKRf Mfi Hjfnr, Itr , refwadiunfovhM the sword. "My revolver tied Ttsema tor* paper-weigbte* I fill "these sheetZ, , i ...Thornier doe* vte rea*iaber..th*t lea 4erty where bre tin* met? A deli affair, I rimn-d that it would be, bat it peeved the hajifdert-evening of nt life. ! was en en sign then, fill! of youthful hope end coufi- Metite. 4 I her that night end ever riacq.' jour oagagt-meat was a foolish busi "Kfes, Tort bed. little means and no pros pects, end at court*: her parents disapprov ed qf it. was with that they yff re pereaaQM to/proouM.lbeir aaatal to our marriage when I got my company—a remote contingency, seeing that 1 cooid not -ewen/parclur raj-tim fttojkOlfcbt ittil dwi endwiwrt 4 Lion by a wtsnderoil piete oflaek; bofas for risirig hMier, there wis fo JBgjftXjOl khitCTfr; nfl iifiZhs jhexa was a war. Ivj fikehr to rem dale lieutenant to the end oi lft*ftapter. lam aloMy "Ondwof hkelr to be interrupted. knoww nle here at 4** depot; II anyone did, be wooM not fce+onxiou* io dtitn ae<fnAntai*-e. When the man who acts as my servert the oiaaer. I told him I sh onj/i noC want hkuitiß tomorrow mwruiag. rod Svc him a shilling 5 that will keep fifi* at ectotee* . I Hotwi.atmigeat vres thtt she remained true to me year after rear, while my rem anent was abroad! Surely women ba*< -been maligned. That I should be fait Hal was no erdoder at all ; my near 'relations were dead, and a man must eiiag to- some thing. Tv It was pt Brusofe,ui the Wertx Gallery, that I onoe saw a picture which is distinct In my kmi*.* The suicide baajnrt (red. .with on effect grotesquely terrible; his good angel-i floating away, with sorrow, fad, averted fecq; Lis bad angel, stern of look, offers a second weapon—needlessly, a Bat ail shi< haa nothing to dd with my ywwsAit purpose, which is to write flows Vtro^ t gepftjr.t or the circumstance* •wfllqh have bfougfcf me to my present go> out night at CibraljflL ifd pad spent niaoy solitary houra in had? nec last letter, and ia repining against that poverty which formed an iron bascicr between us. till 1 foK ready to do any desperate thing for money, and wished that the did firt>les_ about contract* with evil wlrt true, and that! had the chai*-' of making ooe. I had been my rounds, bat amble toletoafa etill % or guaTd-roora,! vet adored oat again along the fortifications, alone. There was no moon, but by star light 1 could the out- IfMVtf -rte JTWWI ahum kMM tSM-the form vf.a gn which was close tome, be cause tfie latter had an antra shade throw* or m- it by the .parapet. I don't know what esada ma notice this, hat i did, and mooed my position to try bow ranch better •Ibtfflirf sec the gutt #hen I wis faring the enbrtwirf. It is astoniuLing what little jplay with fbe attention wlten the maw i*brooding, As I was poering about the eon, a voioe istan it startled me: -e 4 ifr. Singleton, sir! for God's sake have mercy l , and do not eali the guard! I see yoabave discovered me, and throw myself "on your pity. //It is life Lam trying fcc give mam chances, sir.'' If. i loan not imagine why I did notseixe the man* and giro the alarm st onee. I knew who h vfUP—ne Taylor, a deserter who had lived: for months on the mainland with . a bapd or Spanish thieves, and who was identified by an English nobleman, travel- a public diligence a littlewhl.e back, as concerned in lira robbery of it. • iHe lied-been-apprehended'and faandUd . over to the gpfrison authorities ; and wa due of tie passengers had bdev killed fo tfae.Wgair, and there vrea aonclutive eri deuce that Taylor's band had fired the Ih tai shot, his fears for the result of Ilia court martial #ere well founded. ' Some Stfnnpe infetuatiob'now made me hesitate and parley with the fellow. .. y Hoar"did you escape?" I,asked. n By the window of the cell,' 1 be replied in tho Mine low, earnest, eager tones. •M>b, sir, if yon knew the difficulty I had —the despair with which I worked—the mad jov with which J found myself £ree( In afiother five minutes t ahoal<( hare been safe, ouly yon aaw me. J was born a gen tleman ; 1 can cot hang like a dog. Have pity P "Why appeal to me? you know mr duty." " It's a hard service for you, sir, in the army, for I know your story. I coold 6how you how to purchase your step. Ay, sir: I have treasure buried in a secret spot (fat yonder, let me go and—No, no! don't give the alarth; I see I have ollcuded yon, butt iwn mad. Llften, sir; there is a lit tle wayside inn fife miles c the road from Algeei'ras to Tarife; bebiau t theie is an orange grove, with a small pond iq the centra; a drain pipe, dry now—ah I" His pleading and my fiesitatiom were put an end to by hurrying f.nt in<l epq. fned shoute, KURtZ, Editor and Pioprietor, "Not tbeyeP' •*OomJ" "JyUMft, run *h paranot and lal hitun-ll dtvp, the depth beiR aiKHit cnwlea (bet. The action aoeiutd to Inwak a wpell. awl to a desire to atone for neglected duty, w as added a feel ing of becnopai numV afatmt the tuan who had *oiht to guile pic, 1 ctiied jm SSp-rW IS *We shall hate hjia ret, then, air; he in a trap, and eihnbt reach the tea with i einllensre IfiikA SumL or ni Drv. ,: Tl*l| a shot, f'msntljr aoofher obaDanyc; another ahol fnrtlur on. Then a (mute, and a shout, " f think he's down; but it's too dark.'' We jM a Iwatfwo, ami fount! the fugitive lying in a heap, vase less, and ke was ear ned to the guard-root* and laid out there, Uran and tuition loss. There was a patch id Vh>od on his brsast, and a larger one at his liack. , . The assistant surgeon came presently, grumbling. " I bad three lives, and Uiers ware sidy four Mi in the pool. I wish you would shoot your prisoners more con veniently, Sinrletoiw rsV |ys tM fellow is shot |u f.-piWruheio was the good iu sending (or me? Got any soda and B. in the guard room f* • t* i ■ • • • 1 cannot give any ides at tha state of my jasitid after that aWht; I saemed to live, waU, (oik iu feverish dream. One thought hsfi takan pcsaessiou of mv bisin, sad-tor men ted me day and night; I tried, honest- JIT tried, to shake it ofl, and could not. If i Taylor's storv thould have been true; if a tiwssur* rwoilv were eoneealed in that gone*. tv6o could tell the owners. determined to end all this, lhere was no iu I no fyh* nr toga grove, or drain; 1 Arouia tetflly mysflT cTlhs fiction. So i got leave, and set out with a giddy brain and burning pufee for Algeciras, where I hired a horse, aud rode along the jfiinta road. To of what J had said to myself, it seemed quite natural to uw wh*u I came to a solitary inn, with xa orange grove behind it. I dismotufted "at the door, directed ray home to be baited, and ordered a fiottlv ot wine. Then, baring drunk a few glasses, I went out at if for a stroll, and penetrated into the orange grove. There was the little pond, and after a short search, I found the dm drakijp>j|p. I looked carefully round ; oof w tjfar wis near, so removing mv eoat and turning up uiy tbirt-tleeve, I knelt down and thrust my arm as far up the pipe as I could. I telt somethpw tharo. bqt ct uld not grasp it until 1 aftyta tile at the exit, and then igot hoid cit a bundle of a Ban dana handkerchief, knotted up in a bundle, and on owning it I found jewels. I got back to Gibralter, but have no remembrance how; and I must hare locked up the jewels in my desk before 1 lost eon "me— ob, that it had, quite!—l lound the accursed valuables there, safe. When well enough to travel. 1 came to England en sick leave, returning through Paris, where I disposed ol some of the jewels. Others I got rid of in London, timidly at first, then more boldly. They were "numerous and valuable, for though doubtless the me* i dealt with had good bargain* 1 soon lodyed money enough at •be agent's for the pnrcbasc of my step, ami' that just In ciue to save being passed over. A relative ol mine had lately died, and I attrfohted this accession of property to a ' fefftrr.* ' I rtifled mr conscience with sophisms, wis happy, liar iatber adhered honorably itq hit promise, and now that there was a proqpeck of nrr speedily fitting my cotu [ pany,welcomed me to his bouse, snd treated me," as did the rest of the family, with great cordialitv. All my hopes were on the point of fulfillment. Ah! I cannot [ dwelL upqn those weeks. , • Tbcy fled, and I tqenfi to London to make preparations for our msrnsge, and— bow shall I write on ' It would be im porib!*, were It not thst the liarriN of this old friend who once saved mv liie jrhen I Kanuxi.it, (dropping the Maori who stood over me with uplifted spear,) and who w!lLgt{ feJb **♦. a life, arc charged—t hf*i ppllroapfwd. I 1 went into the shop of Faoet & Watcrs, the great jewelfty. who bad already/pur chaflffl IM *4*7 '.u|llh)*f My btltfos, in order flo dispose of three emeralds wbicb were cut in a very peculiar way, and which I bad tbyMfonroo* *ef iroayd for sale. Mr. FaMlAiJSklf^hot'Jnr parttHT, was Uikiag to an elderly gentleman aslrn tered. and directly he aaw me be said— riHere is Mr. Singleton, my lord; you bad better speak to him about the matter yourself. Ms J I troublejKKartf step this way.sMri'flfogTbtoti k drall pre •mtiracnt at my heart, I followed the rttber fwo Into a priratc room. >- I km tb Earl of A-—said the stranger. ' I bowed. *' .May I ask whether you sold this diamond ? ' , "Teembit *, 1 sold this firm several." i but this has a particular flaw in it * ace." yxfiy what right do you question me 1" I asked. . ,* "By the right of s man who hid been robbed. You have disposed of several valuable Jewels to Mr. Facet, which were once set in my Orders aud in Lady A—-'# ornaments, and which were* seized by a blind oi Spanish brigands l>etwec* Seville and Cadiz. Yon have told Mr. Facet that they were I fit you by a cousin ; I reouire the name of that cousin, the proof of Ma death, means of discovering low my jevrejs came into bis bands." "And if I refuse to afford yo* any sid T* !•' "Then I aha If be under the painful ne cessity of sending lor a policeman." " h'uajl I bragen it out V was the first thought which paised throagh my reeling brain. But a moment's reflection showed me bow stupidly useless that would be, apd. I told hua the eaact troth. u i Lord A— looked tMdilr at me, Mil said—*' Hare yon any of the jewels in your " Yesand I prodneed the emeralds and several smaller stonos. 44 Will yoni lire Sfy-JWF* ,Bd d * drcsseo of the dealers to whom you have pqrted with the others, and kelp me to recover them t" •' Yw." * Then on those conditions, and provided I receive oerisin details tending to oonflrai your story, I will not prosecute youJ I know the colonel of jour regiment, tad win write to him for information about where yon yourself were at tbo date of tho attack on tho diligence. If his answers are not satisfactory, I kold myself free from thq promise not to prosecute-; lot I cannot compound the murder of an old ami faithful servant, and my valet was killed. In the meantime I suffer yon go at largo." u Bat if you mention the affair to mi colonel, I am • ™' ed man P' "I cannot help that; you must take your chance." It was thus that Lord A kept bid promise to bis ear, to break it to the sense* he has not brought me before a eivit tri bunal, but -his information has neeessistqd this court-murtial, and so signed my death farewell for rmr 1 j, •,. | ****** There vat as explosion, but it was not tbtt of ft wJoWf pfetoi j awty tbft moro- - " - TT * 7 i#s *iv ' * '•* • h i • f> j j.jiN nwwTbi'W • ,u ' i4l Ml 1,1 ,h **' trjpfliitoG un* *d . . THE CENTRE REPORTER. tng gun. an I Arthur Singleton, lietitvuant in the Royal Rrowiw, ataited up from the taUo in the guard-room at which he had been sleeping with bia bead ou hit anna, crying '* By Jove, what a horrible dream 1 have had! - and xxlut a lot* one ! And yet," he added, luokinf at his watch, " 1 cauutit have l<*u asleep many minutes, lor the Buard was turned out a quarter of an boor ago! 1 do believe I hare passed* lifetime while the gun wraa firing. Qum-r things, dreams!" lie sat down to write thia one while it was Irvsh iu his incmorv, ami finished his, task before he was relieved. The resold may be interesting to psychologists. I .1! 11 .ll ■ Shot with Cork, A lady residing on Second atroet re tired enrlv, us usual, the other uight, in good health, and with a feeling of se curity regarding her personal sufety, uot droaming of the pivixiwity of thuiger or the probability of injury from deadly weapons, whieli aim afterwanla supposed were at the time pointing at her Iroui the window just opposite her bod. While peacefully repcuaug and enjoying the ivmfort and iusury of a ouiy roam os a wiutur'a night, aadd.-nly tber# wus a hiirj> report at the window, the whir of aeme kind of missile phasing through the room, and a sound as of a anot strut ing the person of the lady, followed by a sharp slinging sensation between the shoulders. A vream jiiereed tha air and stortlod tha members of the houvhold. who eame running to the chamber and frinnd the kdy fainting. Cold waU-r" was freely uaed. when the lady recovered and cried out that she was shot, and a boy was despatched in haste for a doctor on Third street. The phy | sieian tilled his pockets with probes and . forceps and knives and what-not. for (lie ( stirgsral visit, and went mailing to thi rescue, thinking, probably to save a poor suffering creature's life. Tha door i was opened, anil be hurried into the l room ; but instead of finding the patient writhing in pain and agony, he wav over | whelmed with surprise, and perhaps a | little disappointed, to t'uid her laughing , and lihnJung, as if enjoying oue of the Uwt of jokes. Before be could ask any | questions, she hastened to explain that' after ha was sent tor a memoer oi tue fiuuilv examined her shoulder, and no wuuud was found. She then remember ed that she hot! left a few bottle* of tie in the room near the window, and further investigation proved t hat one of the corks had popped out, striking her in the back. 1 which she thought was a bullet shot through the window. Tt was an amusing affair to the doctor, who likes a joke as weH as any one, and he joined with the family in a hearty langh at the wounded lady's expense, albeit he was a little dis appointeu in his antici|>atioa of a apleu diii case of cutting, slashing Aud probing. and—bia usual fee.— Lmvrvilic Courier JburnaL Suicide of * Jealous Young Wile. A most dbtresfcing esse of suicide oe , curred near Otuport lud. A youug and s very estimable gentleman named Davis, I who had been married but a short time, ' and whose* marital relations had been of; the most delightful character, received an ; invitation to attend country spelling-1 match a few mile* distant frotnnie resi dencc. He informed his wife of the in-1 citation, announcing to her that he would ! attend, inasmuch as he liad many per sonal friend* whom he would meet there. It seems that the wife was greatly ex-, cited at this announcement*, aud it has ■ since transpired that this exeiterndd was - the result of a foolish fit of jealous/, 'she I imagining he onlr desired to attend the ' school that he might flirt with some of | his former young lady aoquaiulancM. ' She told him if he went she would blow ; her brains out, aud lie would find her a • corpse when he returned. Mr. D.. how-. - ver, treated her Vhreat as a bit of bodin- 1 aifo, at>i giving it a second thoiraht. 1 This was in consequence of the plwfcant life they had so for lived together, their, happiness never having Uoen marred by i an unkind word, or, us fax ns he know, i even thought He therefore mounted 1 his horse and rode to the school-house. | He returned about ten o'clock st night, ■ wheti, uodn entering his residence, he, was horrifie.l to find his wife lying ip a pool of blood nphn the floor, a pari of her Anil blown ofl. bhe had too Mir-1 fnlljr executed lier threat The wound i was inflicted with a revolver, wltieb, from 1 the powder murks upon her face, mart! liave been held close to the forehead. ; The lady was an inteHigent, handsome i wotnm. Her rash act has almost driven her husband to insanity. They had l*en ! married but five -week's, and were ajjiar ently greatly attached to caoh ofligr. The tod affair has created profound sor row throughout tbc entire neighborhood, in which the unfortunate faintly lived. Maw Y*a*'s Dat. —Most of the news papers Uironghont tho country, says a New York paper, spuak favorably of the Several things' am indisputable. The custom of giving wine, spirit*, and punch to caller*, doc*, every year, result in a great deal of inebriety, "especially among young men. There ia But restraint or none stalk ad tlw day fk-otqarate* too often Sito A drntiieft lUrhrnalia, fcr which, we are pained to *ay, women are mainly Jde. yhpla mqral law or the matter is suspended, and nobody seems to deem it at nil discredi table to be tipsy on First of January. U our matron* and maidens will but think seriously of*thr dangers t > which ttmng men are thus exposed* tl ey will surely consult their own hajmn ssa ami aocini well-being by demons&at ng that genial good wishes are qui to consistent with a respectable sobriety. Ome's health and good fortune may surely 1* drank Mnoroely without an accumpwgyifig--hic cough ; odiaft flen<L although ho may not r<M about tlicdnlwing-room. TUB DIPTEIIKSCX.— Diamond-digging in Brmth Africa, as in nil El DbVado*, is s sort of lottery. For instance : three brothers workod separately,but near each other. One of them for a year's work, realized about fifty dollars over ex penses ; the other brothers realized ten thousand dollars each. Yet the work requires men of robust health, steady habits, and plenty of patiehce. The ad vice generally by tlioec who know is that no man who already has remunerative employment should engage in the work, and no man should go to the fields with out reserving money enough to take htm back in ease of failure. In Chins, the Emperor's physicians are liberally paid—so long as his Majesty con tinues In good health. But the salaries are suspended from the beginning of his illness, and it has been remarked that the hoar relative of the "San and Moon" generally enjoys uninterrupted health, i Here is a Missouri paper's notion of the high calling of journalism : "We a compelled to make this week's issue almost exclusively a local and advertise ment paper ; bnt took out for next week's. It will be one of the gayest, fiercest, hot test papers that ever went forth from as American news-raggery." 11 • j " Tell the mistress that .1 havs torn ths ! curtain," said a gentleman lodger to a female domestic, "Very well, jx ; mi* 1 treas will put it down M root," CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1872. Indians as Gamblers. In California the Imlians gamble some ' tiling after this fashion Tbcy all aa imbled iu a large sbantv, *utting in a | l irelo around a bright tiro to Urn uum Iter of about forty Mien, squaw* and mipcHiaes. They flmt proootxljtu moke up a slake for the great game of tlie eteu mg. Oua ludisu would lay down half a dollar, tlieu another of the opposite par* ►trrwvfw* cquEßfamaw ofn ouu ; eover it. Auothtfr WWfll4 lAYefosuk jiie hlankut . tieosf, by an ijjlmr, and po on, RUtil they hod a stuko | worth playing fur. Tbv whole stake ouusUted ot SH, in half dollars, about a phtg-hatiul of shell buttons and a large heap of clothe* and blankets, eomo of them very good, altogether ptolmbly be iug worth $150; ' They gwmUe with four pi. ce* of bono about tqo iuolio# long, two of which ore smooth and two marked with rings and strings tied around the uiddla. The gome is conducted by four old and ex peri, need fellows, two for each party, squatting'.on their knees on opposite shUd *f the fin*. Thny have be tore thcin a quantity of fin a dry grasa. and tkey roil up aach piecw of bone in a little ball, with their hands first before them •ml then behind them, ami the opposite party guesses in which hand is the marked hone. When one guesses the right Laud ho vays " we" (auinWr one righk) when he guesses ths left he says, ••ten." (number two-left). They have twelve small sticks for counters, and when ail are on one aids the game is •tided. Generally, oaly omj man gue.wes M a time, oud it he guesaes right (or Udh of Iho players Umv simply toos the bonus sevwvs the fire to him and hit partner, and they commence rolling them np. If he gucaw riffht fur one and wrong for the other, Gm one whom he gur***d right is Out' and atop* playing, but his partner roll* up for unother trial and tha guaoarr forfiits to them one of ths omit.*9. When nil the co mi tern am won by otoa couple'the gnm- it doue, and every Indian takes out of the stoke the article he depoaitcsl and thu oue kid on it so that every one of tin winning party .-times oat with prceasely-doublo wimt lis west in with. AH this is very simple, but it took ma nearly two bour to penetrate iutg the whole mystery at it, such a wonderful •mount of juggelerifl*, mammertea, man ipulations and incantations do the In dians eueompsMi it with roaud about. As soon as the Indians eommenco rolling tip the bones in the hay, thy fall to whipping their arms bock and forth, W furc will behind them, staying their bodies backward and forward, and chant ing t " ILk-mso, ha-man, ha-man." or •• ki-yi, ki-*i, Iti-vi," or something else, each" chanting wliaterrr-raits bioi, but leaping perfect time with his compan ion*. Then pretty soon tliay bold np their hands to their breast with their elbows akunbo, twist their bodies around, as if they were in mortal agony, and red ore their* chant to a mere grunt, "Eh-nh, uh-uh, üb-ufi," though they grunt in perfect Uuie with the twisting. A Fright fat Death. A little girl six year- of age mot with a horrible death at Huguenot, X. Y. The mother of the child hearing screams rushed to the sitting-room and discov ered the little girl enveloped in (tones, and an English bull-dog, tearing her burning garments off ber with his paws uad teeth. He hail already token over bolt of Ixtr clothing off. oad, it is lie licvcd had he been left akin® he w.wtld have saved the HtUe girl's life. The mother crazed at the sight, rushed for ward and dnsped her child to her bos om, and held lier close, Uius baffling the efforts which the faithful dog made, al though singed and burned dreadfully himself, to tear off the clothing. The girl wa horned to death, and the mother fearfully burned'. The dog that exhib ited inure than human sagacity in its efforts to save the child, had been her constant companion, having tieen raised with her. Since the burial of the child occurred, he waudcxs from room to room as if searching for her, uttering a plain tive whine expressive of hie grief. He takes no food, uud it is believed that be will pine to death. Hint.- to Young Hen. These words of wisdom are from a paper in tha last number of Lomiar* Society : After all, in looking out for a wife,'a man must consider how she will show at the fireside, rather than at parties. You can learn so much of literary and acholic tost ON, the favorite liooks that are al ways in hand, the music that is regular ly studied and sung, the kind of asso ciations, and the general order of tastes. It is by far the lieat way of getting up a flirtation, which is not , done and benignant Love-making ts an uncommon pleasant employment for the winter nights. Yen may talk of the perils of young men when they come "up to town j hut there Is no better safeguard than giving such young fellows the asso ciations of home ana swwt woman. Parents make an immense mistake tak ing too severely monetary a view of the young fellow's prospects. I never knew a voting fellow under ever sc dun a cloud who, with purpose an I ability, could not work out his way into tha sunlight. Better even the long engagement, or the early marriage, than many other sup positions that might be put. SHOTCE or A Brroiouooif.—ln a Mis souri town a voting man named Chuff?n, blew liia brains oat with a revolver. He had won the affections of a young lady, aadtheday for eelehratlng the wedding nuptials was set. The ceremony was to take place at the residence of the bride's parents. The duy arrived and the invit ed gnosts had assembled, and at the ap pointed hour everything was in readiness. The bride was dressed in her wedding attire and nothing seemed lacking but the groom, who did not make his appear ance according to promise. After en daring lengthy anspenae, a brother of the intended bride, went in search of vonftg ('baffle, and found hint in his mm house lying on the. bed, with two bullet holes through his forehead and a revolver grasped in bis hand. Ue lay face down ward and the lied clothes were saturated with blood. Hia wedding suit, annotat ing of blsek alotli, was found in a trunk in the room. * , Tunc Honrtons or HATABA.— Further particulars of the recent murder of tlie young students in Havana are developed. It ia well known there that at drat only fonsof the lada were condemned to death, bnt the court considered that nninlier too small to satisfy the demands of the vol unteers. The two Bermudez brothers were draWn. One of the Judges, Apoli nsr del lUto, exclaimed : " This is hor rible ! How ean we snatch two sons away from one mother ? M and one of the Bermudez Brothers was condemned to destb, the other to the chain-gong. Young Verdugo, who was shot, was with his mother at tbe church of Nostra Seno ra del Pilar when the supposed desecra tion of the grave* took place, and anoth er victim, the little fellow Llera y Medi na, was with his family ia Maatanras at ; fhe time. " NEW LOJJDOK is fitting out another wbaUag fleet, A Wallk's Hlstary. i A small boy was lately picked up bv 11lie Dubuque police, and gave the fol ■ lowing history i I do uot know my ago, bu* I was horn iiu HabuU My tsir<wta ore both dead. The first I can ivum iuh'* I began io pick op ny livniM Vw *ud thery, just where 1 could flvnl it. I some 1 times got n lltfle foqd by dfiiug cjpirtsa for people, and ycrimionolly some one wonld give me an okl <at. or a pair |ff shoos, whan f had any. I picked up where they bad boon thrown away. I ucvqr , took any food or clothtw i without leavo, I uovqr wgyt to subool. I slept around in barns uud sheds, and sometimes in dry goods boxev for t#o Winters I slept" In a swat! hut, with on uM man. a f-wmlloa in the wood, and these I got unto and such as I could find, ivud full which 1 naught in Uip river. But I bvml for two j4utamers in a large hole jiu Urn bank of the river up ton aids Qidaiio, in a place called the " cut-off" We had flhdrtttc tltaos and Itveil Hko klugs, riftfWi and prairie chickens, ducks and potatoes. TTiere was two boys wish ma who run away' (Tutu Uolotia, Ona of tlieoe boys was named Marfiu. 1 d't know where lie ,is now but out time h and I had a Hue ride iu the caw. W wsut diwn to Duu- ; Jeith oae day, and when nogqe was look ing, wc git in a wheat car, *>on after U|e hrakemau or aomctvody came and locked the oar, and we voile all the wsv t fatten (so; nod it was a long ride, hut we eat lots of n heat, you bet! When the nun opened the car at Chicago he looked strange at ns, and then aware some, but* we got out and ma away. I had a pretty tough time is Chicago' I stayed with a negro faxmiy when 1 was there. The Ix'TS aru pretty bod. hyyf iq Chicago. When I left there I cam out to VVtseou ; sin wilh a cirdua. I went in io do chorea, I to help fold up tents, Ac., and when we i were iu Dartingtaa f gok twdly hurt m, my arm wtwa I was leantiag towimitu r soil It, and was sirk. Then I cook) not wotk and thsy euohk'd me, sud kioknd mi\ audi ran awsj the nvxl Joy. Titen i I got on a former's team oua .rod? to Council Hill, and then walked on the railroad to Dubuque, and a man aoou got me and put mo in the Poor !l<>iuw, and I have lieeu there two year* Ift both my feet frozen sotuo tune, 1 don't know when it was. A Xlmbaippl Excration. At CiMnada, Miss., Frank M.ITS was hung for the murder of his wifa oy4>i son. some tiuio since, lie ronfntaed the crime, as well as the raurd- r yf his four tear old child, Although fie "kept np a brawn face until tfao day of execution, at that time the murderer entirely gate out, and prosed himself aa errant eow ard. In the mortaag, when the jailor went to awaken him, ho found ly ing on the mattruea with 14 body drown up in the smallest |>uasih]e apace and cor crcd, as was hw face, with Lluk<-(a. At the time he was seemhjpdy rteopluc, but his manner of brraHring allowed that it was feign, d. He alee attempted inaaa Uy. Ho rafused to more acid it waa necessary to mo /owe in drawing lwu. lie was carried down stairs and placed in a chair in a wagon, which also contained his oof fill, a rough stained pine coffin. He was ironed and closely guarded. After a pravcr, the was about Alsys neck. <uid the set drawn close a behind the rigid ear. As it was being affixed May* lor tbo first time said "Oh, L -idy ! oh, Lordy " ! in an almost unintelligible toftc of "vofeo. Not soother word was uttered by him. Standing him up on the trap two men held him ere. t, while his arms and lega were srootety fastened and lbs white gap drawn or his face. Then the sheriff gave the sign si and the rope waa cut A cluteh at the phtfarra t curds with hishands as he went through, a few eonrulidrs grasps—and all was over/ Just three and a half minutes af ter the trap rope was severed the last con traction of his muscles was noticed. Surgical investigation afterward proved that his neck ws* -broken, and it Is sup pnsed that he suffered little at nA pain, as death was almost instantaueoan. While struggling jnsl aftpr passing through the trap a load armun was heard from a young woman in the crowd, who threw up her hands ami fell sense less. She was the sister of him whoso death she waa then witncMinc. Bol>* were to be heard proceeding from all -(uartors of the crowd, which iturnedi idely dispersed. Our !fc.ighber Mexico. As'evcry reader of the papers may beadily judge for himself, our neighbor Mexico, is iu a deplorable abite of civil war. In fact the whole country is in one state of revolution. This does not teem to tie i divided Iwtwrcn two parties or two cbicf*. but into many, although the grand objact of the revolutionist* papers to be the rejection of Benito Juarea as President of the republic for. another term of fonr years, upon the ground " that he lias already lite.vidcd over four teen years—a period lenghtened con-' trnry to the sjierit 'ff wet the letter of the constitution, and that be has just se cured liia nominal and illegal re-election by using elements which pertain to the whole nation, and by violently 'Mumping out the rights of a fine jieople entitled to free suffrage." While the rcvolutionliata arc divided nmoug themselves as to who will be Jnnrer.'socroasoT there is no doubt of their unitv against the President. It is a fact to whieli attention should be called that the military men now engaged in this revolution arc the, arae men—general*. colonels and officers of lower grade—who sustained M. Jan res in the content against the French Intervention and who most distinguished themselves in the engagement* which took place be tween the liberal forces and those of tha French, Austrian* and Imperial Mexi cans The revolution appears to be general to a frightful extent. Armed bands are scouring the country, levying contribu tions aud committing outrages of every nature. The whole country is flooded with " proclamations," issued by chiefs of these bauds, aud our unhappy neigh bor is suffering more severly than aver before. Press gangs are everywhere en gaged in forcing men into the "armies," and life and property are nowhere safe. Soi.ro FIOUBEB,— The papers are no ting the high prices paid to foreign sing ers. None of these figures, however, come up to what Barniun paid Jenny Liml. She received $208,675 for nine ty-five concerts, which give an average of $2,196 per eoneert, or $43,920 ( for twenty nights. He also paid all the ex penses of Miss Lind, her eomponionand servants from England, and all their be tel and traveling expense* up to the last concert, besides furnishing her always with a private coach and homes. The receipts of the concerts varied from SB,- 000 to SIB,OOO a night, Ten concerts realized over $140,000. This was, in 1857, when a thousand dollars was more than a thousand now-a-days. ' It is the fashion for a bride, after the reception, to slip on the oldest| black silk trees aha owns, and with har new*, pads husband slip down the bask stair- SAM sad out of the basement door, where they jump into a earriage, and ara off on their wadding tour, without bidding any one good-bye, i Sinrular C'Ate. The foil"*** TioUbon* out m Eg , lrtuil ha* called Die stuaitioa of the press t<> a ftiinilinr eats that uoeurrad orur thriw hundred years ago. It it MI ! bitevestilig that we glte It trt our raad- I er*. It eem* that In IM* Martin < IttarTßi 4 native of Diaaay, belonging to Loo nl*e* of wall to-do poaimttt pro prwbiw, married * girl, by name traiule Jo ftuk. Tbqjr ** AWf year* of age at tliia time fpd it wa woo year* before Martin'* son *aa boi to tliein. Hi ft ton. prov.id to b' I very l*d j bow. H< married, however, and it wan, believed hod Uled down and reformed. Bobbing hi* father and leaking detection ihe ran away, diverting hla hemic. Mead while hia father Jittd, Wring lira mutate utd four daughter* in the hand* of a brothnr who nwuuged ii in tin; name of 1 Marliti. At the end of eight rear* the | Inet Martin or one whom every one at j I'unoe reeoguixediusaA, reappeared, and • waa welcomed by hi* wife ihrtrande, by hi* hi* uuaic, and by ait hi* .friend* and aajiiaint mm*, living with , them for three years without smiling • , shadow ttf aupun'u- Hia wife, who had ; been warmly attached to her husband ■ before his disappearance, wa* overjoyed ' at hi* *hpp< >■*-<! return, cfung to the new I eomer with redoubted sflHtton, and IK>MJ I him two children, one *A whom dual in Ictula* an#- Heewwlly, Imwever, a *ol<Us happened to go through the village of Artiguee, who, at a private in* u-rvi.-w, communicated to Ih-rtnmd the startling iOtelf!genoj tilftt her real hus -1 band, Martin Guerre, vtasHvintfin Flau ! <(wthat he Irwi Seen a ecudior like ! huutuM, and had lekt a leg, carried off , ig a! cannon-ball at the llitUs of Hi. Laurent No notice was takes of this ciudai M it w* bciifvod to W and all parlies liviwil happily for three rear* alien a JugxiL arose between Martin and hie imcta" fcbout the property, and t violent (jtumh -took place, the auric i froqwonay awfeiwtti&g the nephew, i Uaaie Futm and teat of hia eoos-iuidaw , cmWwtrwd to pnrv**l on CtrUwudo V> [ JXar'tti a* an impostor. But • so withstood all ,tuv*f nafumeute, And to every dAubt urged Wrmfist the man now*' |VTwuiatTOi her noabanfi, shh in-1 *lMitly replied that be must * either he Mart lis Cittern- or the devil its his akin." tier imprisoned husband was presently Moaned o bad, and on hie return to hi* village he was again received by her l with every tuark of conjugal attachment But oh tne fHPnwinp day, early in the siftrmiag. km undo ivrrw. with his fottr' j Mma-io-iaw, took* into Martin'a house with arms ui their hand*, and. prof on* • ing to Ml by poyrcr i attorney in the * lVs name, wrested Martin, charging hlttf with fr*>l |od deception. The | power of attorney, however, aa it ww* i piowsd, was onhr sigaed br Bartrande in the evening of thai same tlay.. A ii-ng trial ooauwl ui which may wia- I oesnra Uw*HrtelW- the idiuuly of Martin. , wbijo oUwr* asaoited Umt ho waa an imiKwtur. Hi* wife would not or could 5 nrl jlvc criflchcc eithftf for or against 1 the man. her mttfd having boccme won fnacd by thia {mrpiexing state cf affair*. |. JavaiffMnc. however, comhfncd to hh htt* the Judgiw <■> g** their aeatonc* linffvor of tho ivuongr, when a man •udhnghimaelf Martin Guerre, and with, a wooden lag, answering the d<wcription 'givfu by the aoldier to Bartrande, ap , lu court He waa immediatciir < arwwtcd and <ynffnid to a roll, depriv ing him of ail ccatraaaimtioa with tha outer world, and. being amnatly examin ed. hv antared into ad the parucular* i rv#p-- ting his family, ku village, and acouainL:i< o with tfouaidmralda accuracy, * but yet 'not with the mlauteunaft, with ♦ the promptness and certainty which had i ibedh 1 driphtyed by tha flnrt pritoner i thrpogkoot the transaction. Tba two Martiu% wore then coafrontad. sai both i stood dm teat of ctoawexamihition with , firtaaos* ; nut itws obacrved that the . aaw comer, although consistent and ! positive, whs ia uwqacnt instances, and especially in mattcva of domcctic and i t-onjugai concerns, lea* glib and explictt j than bin advetoary. They war* plied wpaxatoiy withpu<tioas on topics which j bad hiUwrto never baa a alluded to in , the Iri.tl, but ths ftsuwert wara arpudly ir.uly and. fully satisfactory on cither ' side, Wilis- MH-S wer* thi callad—dlrst, the brother*, nwkt the tistar* of Martin (iuerrc. wlio, M they entered ona by ona i and cast a glanoo on the aaw coiner, threw their arms around hia bsck. btlrat ing into teal*, aalluig him tkair raal broUnjjc, and uliig lee purjoa a thoa- Kufd tunes for liafing allowed Uiainaalvaa to bo Qie dupe* of a grass deception, which bad ftquftllv (hiPosad upon all MhHr nwiiftbolw. 'Bartran io' hrnna next, and in her ensa also the ffrst rigiit of the ! mau wdfii tka WoOdes Icgsoemed to cause the acalea at onca to faD from her eye*. , *bc sai|k ouhar kie<w before Uia &ua . baad she liad ao gricroasly mid yet so unwittingly wronged, and she urged in her exculpation the astonishing resem ! Mance between him and tha villain who had dawivad her, and the readfnos* with ; which hia own sister* and all the village of Artigut hail falle* into Iter awn 1 union. The earae revulsion of fashng manifested itself in all the WIUMSM* who, were bronchi in In succession, especially in those who had been foremost in ae knowledcing Ins first pretender and to give evidence iifiMs favor. The passion ■tearwnt and flawing tears of the lov ing wife carried roUTietvm to the hearts cl tha judges The man with the wood en leg was reinstated iu all hie rights aa Marfan Ourrre. and tfc* impoator, Arnauld de Tilh, wa* eondemned to be hau£cd and burnt. Before he was led ont for execution he avowed that he had served ss a soMier with Martin Guerre ; that he had lived with him on sucb terms of friendship an enabled him to gain possession of all his secrets, and that upon his return from the wars, hav ing accidentally fallen In with some person* who had mistaken him for hit friend, he hail conceived the scheme of taking that friend's name and plaae—a scheme which had at first succeeded to the full extent cif his expectation. ;n*. ' ; I >• Ait IOEORAWT Do®.—An eld farmer went out one day looking over his broad scree, with an ax on bis shoulder and a small dog at his heels. They espied s woodehuek. The dog gave ebaso and drove him into a stone wall, where ac tion immediately cominebced. The dog would draw the wopdehuek partly out from the waC, and the woodehuek wottld take the dog haek. The old farmer's sympathy getting high on the tide of the dog, he thought he must help Mm. So, putting himself in position, with ax above the dog, be waited for the attrac tion of the woodehuek, when he would eut him down. So an opportunity offcr ered. and the eld man struck, tint the woodehuek gathered up at the same time, took the dog in far enough to receive the blow, and the dog was killed on the spot Forty years after, the oW man, in relating the story, would always add : "And that dog don't know to this day but what the woodehuek killed him. According to report, the Bois de Boulogne, which was devastated during the late war, is to be replanted with for est trees of fifteen year's growth. Of coarse the difficulty and expense of transplanting matured trees is vaty grant. TBE Herman expedition to Yenexuela will be commissioned to enforce the na tional claims against the government of the South American republic, A Chinese Mnperstltlan. They tfU • stranga rtory about Chineae superstition It will be remcmbarad that a large portion ot the kingdom was flooded not lug since by a break in the levee of the river T-a-ahui-h*. As dam age was Uirest*- nod hw, a mimwogar was sent from IVkin to iuapact Uu UiroaU aued tqsit. Ha found a small hoi", and grary sign ot coming disaster. But in the hi !u it as a large fili, This was da* ojsrad to be a god, and ibe conclusion drawn was that it Would W impioua to try to stop Sim passage of A# watai*. as it was plainly the will of Heaven that the bank ahoahl give way. When the catastrophe bad aatnaUy oe ourred. and ea<-ooiaive attempu to fill the breach had failed—the rushing stream having swept w!-v and reads swav— the talc grew. It was then said there wore two fuLa, one of which had gone np the country, while the other re mained about tha opening, end that of course it would be useless to do anything until the wandarwr returned. A few days later Tau tai of Tteut-ain, in hia ca pacity of conservator of riwara, Ao., had none to the break in the Eudio, on the West of the city, to sacrifice to Yuen- Shen, a fabulous tortoise or fish, who is 1 supposed to eontrol tbewaters. He went m Kfeat state, accompanied by other oflb ciala Tttblea ware placed upon the nv er hanks, a tablet, ineense urn* eandle sticks, and all other neoeseary parapher uidia planed in their proper place*, and then this strange eemoony began. Be sides tha actual worship, the principal business was a long pravar oflered by the Tsu-tai, who recounted the sufferings caused bv the flood, the fruitless efforts to top the various breaks in the banks of ths rivers, snd besought the fl*h-god to allow them now to be repaired. Tha works at this spot ware then reoom menAed at ouee. Unfortunately, Ynen-flhea does not secan to have been entisfit d, for before long the waters again asserted their pow er and swept away all the material gath ered to resist them. Then the Ton-ten grew angry and paid another visit to the breach. ineense—no offering*. Can non took their plsce and the magistrate roundly rated the god tor hia non-com plianoe with hia wishes. Didn't I tell yon so and no, and yon paid nq attention ? Von don't core for the trouble caused to so many thousands of people, Ac., Ac." Bang! hang! bang! the cannon were let fly st htm, and the worthy magistrate went horns feeling that be had done hie duty! There eon 1* little doubt, wheUi* be made any impraanoa on Yuen-KLen or not, that ha has to a certain extent ~ icd ia convincing the peppW that he is not rsponsbl for the flood, and in coafirming tha popular superstition. An Eight-Hear Uw. Oov. Hoffman of New York, In his message, speaks as follows of the Eight hour law : In 1870 what is commonly called the Eight-boar law waa enacted by the Leg islator® and approved by ma. It pro- I. hd, among other things, that eight hours shall constitute a legal day's work upon all the public works of the State, and that any public officer who should violate or evade its provisions might b® remaned by the Governor wr by the heads of departments to which such of See?'was attached. By this Act the Legislature intended to hold out the promise, on behslf of the State, to labor ers who nugfit be employed on any pub lic work that the? should receive a full day's wages at currant rates Iff, sight hoars work. The spirit of the promise has been kepi; yet no esse has ari*#B where a removal of a public officer conld legallj be made. The laborer understood the law to provide for a reduction of the hours, bnt not of the wages of labor. The State ought not, under the forms of law, to deceive aay portion of its people. Its practice should be in aoeord with its prof. Winona. It demands a general obedi ence to its statutes, and should itself set the example of conformity with its own laws. While the law stands upon the -urate book the professions embodied in it should be made good by such amendments to it as will render the ful filment ef its purpose certain. i Fuumta nt Oaaaos.—The fact that in | the waters of Oregon and of Washington Territory, a* well a* of Alaska, salmon cannot Va captured with the artificial fly nor, Indeed, token at all with the line fa a disappointrabnt to aportaman who have tried the experiment, and the sub ject hat beon dwelt open aa exhibiting a strong oontraat between the habits of ; the Western fish and theae of the North Atlantic. It ie alao maintained, and generally bclievwd; fchut of the myriads of talmon that aaeend the Western rivers, few pr none retrace their eourse to the nee, bnt succumb to tlie fatigue and dangers of the ascent, and to the exhaus tion produced by the spawning operation. Certain it ie that the ahoree oi the Col umbia and other great stream* during the salmon eeasou are lined with dead fish throughout their entire length, fur nishing rood for innumerable hawks, eagles, hurnund, crows, etc., aa well as for mammals of various kinds. Quite reeendv, however, it has been ascer tained that while the salmon will not take the fljr. as stated, in the rivers, they will do so in the salt-water outside their mouths. _ „ lira em HoerarenAwe —We wil! give to intellect, and te all virtue*, -the honor that belongs to them, and still it may be boldly affirmed that economy, taste, skill and neatnem in the kitchen, have a great deal te do in making life happy and prosperous. Nor is it indis pensably necessary that a house should be filled with luxuries. The qualifica tion* for all good housekeeping can be displayed aa well on a small scale aa on a large one. Skillful eookiug is ae readily discovered in a nicely baked potato, or n respectable johnny cake, as in a nut brown sirloin, or a brace of can rot-backs. The charm tf good housekeeping is the order or economy and taste displayed in attention to'little things, and these little things have a wonderful influence. A dirty kitchen and had rooking have driven many a one from home to seek for eomfort and happinasn somewhere else. See to it, all ye whe are mothers, that yonr daughters*!-* all aeeompliahed, by ah experimental knowledge of good housekeeping. VERT oOl.— The Saraioffim* thus sea sonably effuses : O, bud' this is dice ! How we lovn widder add the beautitui adow—the rigging of merry bells—the log ieiglea on the eordiees—add, ax "Jacked" so fldely eggapreasea id : "The frosd apod the widder pede," all eebbide to redder this, the widder season, the Host rharbig, lovely add beauditnl of all the aeasods. Dode you tbig so ? Whad if wud has a liddle cold .id din hoed, so that one's dose stubbed up t Tou eaddod expect that this world I will have dotbig id dit bud fud, cad you? A Texas paper nays: "We have been asked why we stopped publishing tbe list of marriage licenses issued by the dark. Because a great big stnnd-up-\n the-mud out there in the sandhills said we published bis daughter as married when she wer'n't, aud that he wo n jd hit us on tbe head hard enough to J our ankles out of joint. Is the satisfactory ? Mr. Moffat of Ohio fi 7e d te mU a bullet out of his gun. He succeeded Agedei -- 1 ' TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance, Marriages la itpu. Mat of the Japanese marriage* j a visitor, ara (1m result of • femtlf ar rangement, prepared a long ** " 1 advance, una usually ckaractorixod by | that practical good amass wtiiah la one iof tin* national trait*. Tb* bride baa ! no dowry, but the receive* a very ivb ■nd complete trouMao. But It la nee i taaarr that sbs abottkl hare a apotiras reputation, ft gentle and amiable cbarae ! u*r, m proper t-Jucation, and skill to ram dtirt a Lou*-bold. iV-uniary eosridcra t tioua are of secondary importanee, and they rawly take ths for* of awwy. When a fathsr, mho baa a* mala cbild, gives bia only or aldoat daughter in mar- L. h husband la called tbe adopted ■on of u5 family, taken tba same name, and inherits t hi \nda or barioeae of bia father-in-law. . . „ Tba wadding generally rii* j"* 0 " wban the bridegroom baa attain** b* twentieth your, aod tba brida la la bar sixteenth. Early In tba mornlaf of the appointed day, w trooaaoan of tbe lat ter i carried to tbe bridegroom'# hoeae and toatefully arranged tn tba rooms prepared for tba festival. The tmagm of the goda and tbe patron aointa of tba two families ara also anapendod there, before a domestic altar adorned with flowers and buapefl with offering* Lao qunrod tables support dwarf oedara and figures respreaenting tbe Japan em Adam and Ere, accompanied by ttr venerable attributes, the centenary uraoa and tortoise. Finally, to #ompl*te tl* tableau by a loan* of morals and patriotism, there are always to be fannd among tb* present* a few peonages of edible sea-weed, mussels, and dried fish, whieb suggest to tbo young couple to* primitive nourishment and ancient simplicity of tbe Japaaeos people. Toward noun, a splendid proaoaainn j •mters tbe hah* thus prepared; the votmg wife, clothed and vailed in white, advance* escorted by two bridesmaids and followed by a crowd of relation* neighbor* and friends, in festal cos tumes glittering with brocade, aaarlet, gsuxe, and embroidery. The twobri Asa maids perform tbe honors of tbo hoass I arrange tbe guest* order tb* eonraea of, j tbe collation, and flutter from one group ! to another to see that all are aorrod. They are called tba male and female butterfly, whieb insects they a* ox peeled n represent in tbe style and orna ment of their garment* "In place of oar sacramental Fas, they bare recourse to an expressive s.vuiUiL Among the objects displayed in tbe middle of tbe cricle of guest* there is a metal rase, shaped like abasia, and furnished with two spoors. This! utensil is elegantly adorned with bands of colored paper. At certain signal, ono of tbe ladiea of honor fills it with aski ; the other takes It by tbe handle, lifts it at bigfa u the lips of tbe kneeling bride and bridegroom, and canscs them to drink from it alternately, each from tbe spout oa his or bar aide, until tbe liquor is-cxhaueted. It Is thus that, as buv tmnd and wife, they mutt Ugetoer drain the cop of conjugal life, each drinking from one ride, but both tasting the same ambrosia or tbe aame wormwood. Tb* poor clmaoi—one may say, tbe masses of tb* population—are generally free from the social vices wbkih are eu coaraged among the higher nlssira by tbe license allowed to them. Tbe bouse holds of the shop-keepen, artisans, laborer* and cultivators of the auil, exact the constant care and toil of tbe father and mother, the union of their effort* in order to provide for the needs of their familie* There are wwidi-d couples who labor and savs heroically for yearn, in order to paur tba expenses of their marriage festival. Then is one rather amusing custom, however, whereby this expense may be avoided. A couple of respectable oeop) e have a daughter, whole acquainted with a good voting fellow who would oe an excellent husband for bar, except that he lacks the neceswiy means to give her the customary wedding-present* and keep a free ta&e for a week, for the two famuli cs. Tbe parent* coming home from the bath one fine evening, do not find their daughter at home. They in quire in the neighborhoodnobody baa seen her, but the neigh bora offer to assist to find her. The parenri eraser* tb* offer, and toe procession, constantly increas ing , names from street to street until it reacliea the dwelling of the lover. The latter, protected by his closed screes*, in vain pretends to be deaf; he is at last eblitred to yield to the demands of the crowd. Be* opens the door, and the lost daughter in tear* throws herself at the feet of her parent* who three tee her i with their malediction. Then, the tender-hearted neighbor* ] moved by the acuo* intercede; the mother relents; toe father remains hanghty and inexorable; the interaeaaioo of the neighbors increases in eloquence, and the young man promises to Jm the most faithful of sona-of-few. Finally, the ran stance of the father * overcome ; he pardons his daughter, pardons the lover, and calls the latter ina son. Ah st once, sa if by magi* caps of saki cir culate among the crowd; every one takes his or her place oa tbe mat ting of he room ; the two outlaws are seated in the midst of toe eirele, drink their bowl of saki together, the marriage is pro claimed ia the praaenee oS a sufficient number of wituesss* and the poke# officer enters it upon his list the next Bridal trips are unknown in Japan. Instead of Wring the newly-wedded pair to themselves, way pretest is em ployed to overwhelm them with visits nd invitation*, always accompanied with feasts and prolonged libations. TRIALS or SCOAH-BEKT.— In Mar lasts, a package of sugar-beet was sent from Germany to the editor of the 7YtAww, It was divided in half-pound parcels, and sent to ten different States for trial. fid ward Pools of East Steoudsbourg, Penn., was on# of the experimenters, and he haa aeat a box of hu beets, with a statement of the soil, cultivation, and yield. The Held was a gravelly loam, in a region where blue limestone is com m.wa, a strong soil quite well dressed with stable manure, and thrae bushels of wood ashes. They grew to the average aiae of about thrae inches across the top, sad the yield was at the rate of 200 bushels per acre. Some of them have bean sent to the Agricultural Collide of New Jersey for analysis, the object bring to learn the percentage of sugar. Mr. Wells of Connecticut. Mr. Elder of Ohio, Mr. Daws of New Jersey, and other farmers to whom seed was sent, are requested to report as to soil, cul ture, manuring, rise, yield, and if they will send a smalt package for analysis so the relative amount of sugar ean be known, the experiments may result in some advantage. The problem is to find out what parts of the country will grow, not the biggest, but the sweetest beets. Th* YKAB 1872.—The year 1872 aon tains fifty-two Sundays. September and December eaeh begins on a Sunday. Januarv. April and July, on Monday. October is the only month beginning on [ Tuesday. February begins and ends on Thursday. Consequently we have five Thursdays, which will not occur again ! until the year 1900.' In the year 1860 f February will have five Sundays, which 1 will not occur again until the year I*M The yew 1871 began on Sunday and wul i end on Sunday. This will eecur again , jr 1882, an 1 every eieveolb yew there aft*, lost, a vessel. Fifty-one peraou* wars eon rioted tori year of violating tbe postal lam A destructive fire httectmrredrt ¥b do, at which 600 Louses www destroyed. In Nebraska are said to average three home bi a hall la length, A Scotch minisfer refused, baptism to the child of a man who aalla milk en Monday. Song of tbe New Yo* ear horn in stormy weather : A heart bowed dowa by weight at' whoa P " Quadrat say* be don't mind the naked nose tbe trees aw putting on, but b* mottoes the earn is shocked. In tbe opinion of lh London Jinn Mr. Cateear* served hie government seriously but in judiciously. When a young ladiea receive pweente from geuttomn tbey inform " mamma, f t if shelnquires, that it was a "phitopen* pro<llll , -f. NO. 3. Gameo jewelry is ell the jag* this yeas || and lockets ami ear-ring* and brace lafe,mdepmfyM*4&dMmMMl aud pearl* Oregon housewives are said to define eodato be that erettoff whisk you wit U hfecuita to make them get ep and bump themselves A snowy owl from the far north •* never before seen u tide vicinity," bss been shot during December is every State from Maine to Texa* "RaWde m the aseond degree "is what they null it In Kansas, wheufls woman hangs herWf and the rope break* Flattery is like a flail, which. If not adroitly need, will bos your own ears in stead of tickling thorn oi the corn. Paradoxical as It may aero* be who reals and staggers most in the journey of life, takes (to ttmfghtost cat to perdi, Hon. A doctor was adted to dupe# tbg " Landers. w He deciimJ; tot lb praaaad a wiUiagnces to lance toe dan* eer* * ■ , " Have yon much fltb in your lag f asked a person of a flabarmau. ** Ya* then'a a good eel in It," w* tbe nttbac ftllDDtifV rc&lf. Yonagmen mutt be rarefulW they visit a lady oftonartfcae once a week, or twtoe a month, as it la a year 'that lbs todtos ara privileged. An exchange waste to know, since wo-r-k Is proooeneed wbl, Why p-o-t-k fa net pronto u<w4 pirit f Tbnra qnsw thiSStoiy. "it Wm!7|Mpii£C jof 4,800, but expects an increase of 10,000 next year by immigration. Men ara requanHf Übs tea; tba real strength and goodness ara not properly drown out of toe* antil they have bean fer a abort time in hot wafer. One of the Chicago papers lifueet* that they eouM not bane kept their greet fin until tbe arrival of ths Grand Daks l^bryts A new style of far ut known by the name of welverin* and will b* it is •aid. as popular .next season a ssaWtia • a t\aim us mii> During the period of twelve yaara, from th*Wnßi of 185S to the close of IflTO, t,T,iO9 Geemsn unmtgrants arrived in this country. * 0, Amy] never to wear a ring on your third fine * nuJesa yw ara rraOy eugagedL Msnrasa asys it often preveata a good offer!" About a par up* n deaf and dumb couple in New Jersey ware married. Lately tbe wile gave birth to a child, and can now both bear and speak. At a Chine* funeral In San Franciaoo, a hundred carriages wwe to K*>™h twenty profeMßonisl mourners, and five wagon loads of provisions and flower* A man being founded La Orome, Wi*, with seven ttshs in bia beck, tbe Coro i-x * jury brought in a verdtot of "pwb abiemarder." Avery csntiousjory. .9 affvetotion; nothing indifferent, for that is silly. An effort to being made to rwrtoeth* old faehioued brocades tor evening UMr ettea ; and when made into a court train, trimmed with old costly hoe, they sra v. ry riegant and stylish. " Black bee drew** over Itohtieotorrd silk skirts ere vy feshionablc this year, but are vesy rare, as they oort from HS,- 000 to •fl.ooo in gold, and it is not eveiy one who eon afford that. Stolt £iSE^mS*toe wiUc'to'geo e rally the greatert tool Four curb depending from the top of tbe bead, where ttwy are toafemed by a knot of Mack vein*, or bow of bright ribbon, to toe latest fashionable style for dressing the hair, for young ladle* Some people see en icataiu* of attri butive jetties in the feci feet CeL Aab tnon of Mississippi committed suicide with toe mme pistol be used onee in shooting a South Carolinian in a dnel. Tbe latott style of dearo-rards used al Gilto and jmrtiea ara in toe ahmm of a book, bound in an imftttton ofoiwna leather vritb a small gilt papml attoehed to one ride by a narrow red ribbon. Tbe visit of an American squadron to Japan aroma to Jare arot that country into ertadeu Admiral Rodger* and bis officers were presented at Court and en tertained by the dignities several days. A man in San Franrinoo who bad not heard of the Chicago fire, arrived there last week. After looking at tb* ruins be touted to a atnmgmaad asked : "How long did the rarthqnake last, old sport ?" A female thus cruelly applies an old saying: ' "Iftttrtuira never erase Statt* And w), kfe binW %SXSUmS£- The Methodist Episcopal Church for the year just dos<~tts toetoe membership at 1.229,210, and probations imjm, heiagao toetemw of *®be" of hC.JAL and a decrease of probations A lady yrh© refused to gb> riter bear ings eharitv sermon, hed her l>oektt picked aaabe waa kavtog tottb On m.imfr the she said ; The person could not find the way to my ~ pocket, but tbe devil did." A proposition to light toe stretta of an Indiana " city" waa opposed by the Com mon Council on the ground toat thieves would be enabled to see when thev were watched, and oooaequmitly it would be impossible to o&teb them. A lady bad her dross trimmed with " bugh* before going to a ball. Her little tlaiurhU'r wanted to to know if the bugleTwould blow when she danaed. eOn no," said mother, "papa will do that when he aeea the bill!" The Indiana in upper Michigan ara employed to carry packages of nitro plvcerine on their neks. As none of them have stumbled yet, they ara not aware of the fato that is at the same time before them and behind them. Christianaburg, V*, is in eeatodea over a venerable turkey gobbler who baa build<d for himself a nest and ib now gravely sitting upon four apple* It . presumed that his action ia intended as a , pave satire upon the woman's ngbto , bnsinesa. mv . ,lj , -, Jt : mrtA nij. The subject ef sympathies anci mu petliies is extremely curious. Boyle fainted wbwi he heard the splashing of water. Schager tinned pale at Hie sigh t of water cresses. NSWKM became fever ish when he saw a fish. Aiffibon tail el a clergyman who always Muted when he heard a certain verse in Jeremiah read; of a lndy who could not endure thejouch of silk, satin, or the velvet skin fa peach ; and of an" officer who could not bear the sound of drum. Stephen Pearl Andrews states clearly enough that 41 the Abeolatoid and Ab straetoid Eleoicntiswius ef Mac eebosa or reappears by analogy within the Be* latoid end Coneretcdd Baboriaam'' We really don't ksow vbtffe* tO ** witbfetoof***
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