oat*l4<>. Jnst a plrara thre' the darkasa* : The aft of two eyes ft* m a her* ; A glanco—hal Kmc glances are heaven; To enoh ew twi given To make Psradiee la a look. Jnrt a hn in the lame-light; A hand, and some glittering hair ; lint heart* haw boon broken, it "a aaid, And whit* a tool stained ml For faces low faulUcavlT (lair. Jost a ctrl in her hoantr. Hor glory of fte-hnee* and youth ; But what ban north hotter to sigh for - To liw for—to die for -- Than iatiocenc*, beauty, and youth f The Fenr Vthva, Alone. hy the sraahoro 1 musing go, And pensively regard the sky serene, That smiles impartial on the joint demean. Of earth and water. Meditating so. My thoughts turn inward, noting there the flow Of ewi.Hti.nt Intuition, that between Them and the *nJ make* me distinction know And sak, " Whdnce |m 11" Silence veils the aecne. Anon aw wifMi "Whlthsr, whither, whither V The Peat ertee auk, trem ocean's rolling wane. " Hither, ye*. lather : hither, tuther, hither ! The preset >t answer* Wont am island cave. " Thither, yea, U itiier ; thither, tiiither, thith er!" The Future thunder*, pointing to the grave. Again wan ailonee. Ornduaitv arose A Mill email voice hm cut the deep within My apirit saying, • 1 that am haw Ua And will ha; but no past or ftnnre knowa Tin immutable. Thinga end,andthing*begin ; Rut not the eternal essence, wherein grows \t hate., may hoM of time or taint with sin. liiitt Ui Hit* no HiitrUl thfUM. sl Whurty. iwirty, Bound and mihd, lVwn he comas To the ground. Furbr, cwriy, What s tail! Tat! as a fsather. Broad as a sail I Where is his supper 1 la ths shsll; Saappv, crsckv, Out it felt! Bar the Ore, Put on the pot ; Mere as has nipper, Hawing hot 1 JAM ART BILLS. Tlte year 18—prawed a very good year to r Mr. Archibald Lane. His business steadily increased from the first of January, and his profit* were as fair as they had ever been Heretofore, his expenses had kept o etoaely side by side with hi* income, as to leave his mind expressed with care, and in some donbt as to fntnre success; but daring 18—all had been so brisk in mat ters of trade, and so easy in matters of money, that his mind was uniformly eheer fal. and sometimes elated. He felt that, at last, he was entering the way to pros perity; away he had so long been seeking earnestly to find. As the year drew toward its close, Mr. Lane experienced a feeling of self-satis faction unusual at such times. Doubts a* to which wouid over-balance the other, his expenses or his profits, had usually made the last week of the year one ot great sobriety to Mr. Lane. In 18—, it was different. As the year waned, he had none of his old feelings, for he was well satisfied that he would have several hun dred dollars on the profit side of the ac count, above and beyond all expenses, something that had not occurred in former timet. "If I bare made both ends meet, I will be satisfied,'* was bis usual mental declara tion, when he proceeded to make up his •counts for the year. It was different new. "If I don't have five or six hundred dollars over. I shall be much mistaken." This was the pleasant remark of Mr. Lane to himself, as he began the work ot ascer taining the result of hrs year's business. All came out pretty much as he expected. There was a balance in his favor of about six hundred dollar*, after a liberal margin had been allowed for certain bad and doubtfqj account*. " Things begin to look a little brighter," said Mr. Lane, as he sat alone with his wife on New Year's eve. The younger children were in bed. and the two oldest daughters, Kste and Emily, were out, spending the evening with a triend. This was said after taking a cigar from his mouth, sod letting the smoke carl lazily about his bead, which was reclining on the back of a cushioned rocking-chair. " I'm glad to hear yon say so," replied Mrs. I An*. And she spoke from her heart. New Year's eve had not always been a cheerful time. " I've been looking over my affaire to day," continued the hnsband, " and find inyself better off than I was this time last year by at least six hnndred dollars." " That is encouraging." u I feel it so. I trust things are to be easier in the fotnre, and that we will get a little beforehand in the world. It is time; for I will soon be in years, and less able to give active attention to business." I'm pleased}on more than one account," said Mrs. lane," to hear that you have done so well this year. I've been a good deal worried to-day, about a bill that I had no idea would be half as large as it is. It was sent in this morning." *' Whose bill ie that?" asked Mr. Lane, with an apparent change of feeling. "Mr. Mercer's bill for dry good*.,' "I didn't know there was s bill there." " Ob. yes. Don't yon remember that you told me to get whatever the family waoted from him ?" " I didn't mean to run up a bill though." 4 *lt was so understood by tne. But that make* little difference. If the money had been paid down, the cash would not be on hand now.' 44 How mnch is the bill ?" 44 I'm most afraid to say P 44 llow much ?" 41 One hundred and thirty dollars." 44 Why, Anna ! Bless my heart! How in the world could vou run up a bill like that!" 44 I've bought very little for myself," replied the rebuked wife, in a subdued and choking voice. 44 Nearly all has been used for yourself and the children." 44 A hundred and thirty dollars! 0 dear! dear ! dear !" ejaculated" Mr. Lane, throw - ■ ing his cigar into the grate, and beginning to rock himself violently. 44 So much of my six hundred dollars' profit scattered to the winds! I wonder how many more bills you will have coming in!" This was downright cruel; and so Mrs. Lane felt it. She did not, however, punish him for the ungenerous remark with tears, for she was not a woman disposed on all occa sions to give way to this weakness. Her reply vu! 44 None that th* wants of the family have not required to be made." " But I wish you to pay cash, Anna. Yon know that, last January, when we were almost smothered with bills from all quarters, we made a resolution to pay cash for every thing during tlte coming year: and I thought tins had been done." 44 1 know very well that such a thing had been talked of," replied Mrs. Lane; 44 and, I believe, acted upon for a time. And I also know that you yourself told ine to open an account at Mercer's in the spring, when I asked yon for money to purchase summer clothing for the family." 44 1 didn't mean to have it go beyond Hhat," said Mr. Lane, modifying his tone. 44 But what other bills are there ?" "There is a bill at Cheeseman's for groceries." "That can't bo much, for I haye bought almost everything in quantities." 44 No I don't suppose it will amount to anything of consequence." 44 Any other bill ?" "No; none, except the bread bill.,' 41 1 thought you paid cash for bread ?" 44 We never did that Mr. Lane. The bake/ serves us daily, marking on his tally-stick the number of loaves; and once in three or six months sends in his bill, when it is paid." " How long has bis bill been running ?" "fHx month*, T W}vs, n FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor, VOL. V. " Ami will bt forty or fifty dollars?" " Not halt* of it," replied Mr*. Lane. " Well, what elan is tlitf. ("*, " Nothing more I "believe." "1 liotH? not. Here nreaUuit two hun dred dollars cut oil* at a blow from the supposed profit* ot the year. Coutouud these hills! I wish there was no auch thing as credit. 1 ' Mr Ijtno was, as a matter of course, unhappy rtvm that moment. Had these bills not ci sted, au.l the surplus ot the your shop n |h plunvmt of four hundred dollars, he would have been quite as happy as when he figured up at si* hundred Hut, in imagination, he had lC*n better oft by to© hundred dollars than the trnßj now discovered him to be, and the I©.* u felt as real. The remain der of C,e evening passed ghKnuily euough. Y hen Mr. Lane retired to bel he could not sleep for thinking of the dry good®, grocery, and bread bills. While he thus lay a> ake, memory assisted him to the knowledge of two or three other little matters of the same kind. There was an unsettled tailor's bill that might take twenty-five or thirty dollars to balance; and the boot-maker had something agaiust hiiu. Ten bushels of potatoes and three barrel* of apples that he had ordered sent home in tKtober, were yet to l>c paid for. At least fifty dollars more ©f his year's profits \ anislied. At last Mr. Lane fell asleep, and dreamed all night of bills, that came almost in a shower around him. On New Year's morning, he sat ailent and moody at the breakfast-table, eating but little, and looking no one in the face. All were oppressed by his state of mind, though none but his wife knew its nature and the cause from which it was produced. It was early when Mr. Lane went to his id ace of business, on the tuoruing of the irst of January; not so early, however, but that one or two persons had preceded him, and left behind them visible tokens r of the fact. On his desk were a couple ,of scaled notes. U opened theui with a vague presentiment of something disagree r able, and be was not disappointed. The . first contained a narrow slip of paper, , with a printed head, and certain written I characters and figures below, which plain- I I ly enough expressed the fact that he was . i indebted to a certain dealer in groceries f in the sum of seventy-six dollars. "Ob dear!" was the mental eiclaina | tion of paiu that followed the perusal of 1 this bill. That a little piece of pa|>*r, , three or four inches wide and six long, ' should have such power over the feeliugs of a man! The next billet was opened with a more nervous state of mind. As he broke the . : seal aud displaced the enveloi*. another r j narrow piece of paper, folded over from t the ends in three sections, dropped upon L j the desk. It was the bread bill for aix 1i months, and called for forty-four dollars I and ten cents. • j 44 Is it possible f Too bad ! too bad! too bad ! I had no idea of this." , j 44 Thus the unhappy man expressed bis ■; fellings. While yet holding this bill in his hand, a lad eutered the store; and coming i back to the desk where he sat, politely handed him aa ominous piece of paper, i aud retired. He opened it, and read : j " Mr. Archibald lane—Bought of," Ac. The particulars were an air-tight stove, jat twelve dollars; a cooking-atove, at | thirty; and various others matters of 1 ! Russia pipe, fire-boards, etc., in all, I amounting to fitly-live dollars. Though the genial beat frotn the air-tight stove had comforted Mr. lane every evening since it came hoiue, and he had enjoyed the im proved cooking of the new addition to the I kitchen department, he had entirely for ! gotten that the bill for these increased ad- I I vantages had never been settled. 44 1 declare!" he exclaimed, as he spoke, How came Ito forget that bill I 1 meant i to baTe paid it when it came home, and '! told Jenkins to send it in." Soon after this, Mr. Lane's young man came in from the post-office. There were ' three letters, each with the city post-mark, I and each with a bill inclosed. One, the j tailor's bill, wanted forty-eight dollars; another was from a hatter, and demanded i five; and the third was a jobbing carpen ter, who had been called in at sundry times to mend and make, and askod for ' the sum of twenty-three dollars and ninety- I two cents. Mr. lane read them over, and then ! placed tbent under a paper-weight on his desk ; uttering, at the same time, a long- I drawn sigh. ,! The morning paper was yet unread. It ,; lay on the desk beside Mr. lane; and, 1 more from habit than from any desire to I know its contents, he o;ened it and com , menced reading. An occurrence of some II interest bad taken place in a tfefghboring [! city, and he was in the midst of a narra- I live of the event, and much interested in it, when he started ami turned quickly at the eound of a voice near fcirn. A man had eutered, and was standing at his elbow. 44 Good-morning, Mr. lane," said th* | man. 44 Good-morning, Williams," returned Mr. lane. 44 Can I do anything for you to-day f" he added, in a tone of affected cheerfulness. 44 Not mnch," said the visitor, remov ing his hat as he spoke, and taking there from a small package of papers, which lie coimneneed turning over. 44 You haven't a bill against me C Mr. lane spoke confidently. "What do yon call itf" replied the man, as he drew a slip of paper from the pack age in his hand, and presented it. 44 One barrel of flonr; five hams; a bushel of corn meal, and a sack of salt. Bless me! Didn't I pay for these at the timet The man smiled and shook his head. 44 Why, it's nine months since I made the purchase! And I'm certain that I told you to send in the bill. I never like small matters like this to stand." "It lias been overlooked. But the money will be just as good now," was the pleasant answer. With a good a grace as ]>ossible for him to assume, Mr. Lane turned to bis desk, and drawing forth bis pocket-book, conn ted oot thirteen dollars saying, as lie did so, — " The next time I make a bill at your store, I wish yon to send it before the first of January." 44 1 won't promise," was the good hu mored reply, as the man bowed and with drew. The pleasure was all on his side, and he could afford to be in good humor. 44 1 hope that's the last," said Mr. Lane, aa he wound the string of his great pocket-book around and around its dis tended sides, and then laid it carefully back in his desk. But he was in error. Ere the day passed, his bootmaker sent in his bill, amounting to fifteen dollars; and from a lady's shoemaker came a little token, footed up with the sum of twenty dollars more. An upholsterer had been called upon to make a chamber caqiet, and do sundry little matters about the house daring the year: and he called foi eight dollars and thirty-four cents. Then the jobbing cabinet bad his account to settle with Mr. Lane, for sundry applica tions of his art to broken-backed chairs, rickety tables, loose veneering, etc., etc., for all of which he wanted sixteen dollars. Thus it went on, hour after hour, until toward evening. The glazier called for two dollars and|ahalf; the tinner called for five dollars; and the gasfitter for eight. By this time human patience, at least so far as Mr. Lane is concerned, had become well nigh exhausted. He feit like inakiDg a severe application of his foot to any man or boy who might again jurat}? ly* prem it#s with ft bull THE CENTRE REPORTER. He was sitting at hi* desk in this not very amiahlv mood, ifith the hills he had received since morning spread our before him. and a slip of paper 111 hi* hand upon which the whole of the sum* they had called for, amounting to four hundred and sixty-ninedollars and eighty six rents, had heeti added up, w hen he heard the door open and shut. Turning with a ner vous atari lie a the familiar face uf an old negro, w ho had polished his hoot* for the last half-doaen years, lie knew hi* er rand, and knew that this w a* adding insult to iiynry. Peter oaine ahbtfiing hack to ward the desk at which !.ane remained seated with contracted brows, revealing at each step more and more of his pol ished ivorv. " little bill, Massa lane," said the ne gro, producing as he spoke a diugy piece of painrr. This vis too lunch. It was an ordeal beyoud what ovcrtried patience could bear. "Clear out you black rascal!" exclaimed the sufferer in a passionate voice. "If you say • bill' to me, I'll cut vour ears oti" " Such an unextiecttHl ri-ceptmn from "Maasa wlHthad Iwett iiMiketl upon by I'etcr aaouo>ftliem>>si aniia'bb- men in (he world, completely aMoutided the p*or negro, aud he beat a baaty retreaL glanc ing back every now and then to see if an ink stand or paper weight were not *d vauciug in the directioai of hi* head with something like lightning speed. To sudden storm* there always follow* A deep calm, By the time l'etor had van ished through the door, retiring at a velocity which could not bo greatly in creased had seven devils beeugt hi* lute la, Mr. Lane'* mind was trembling hack from it* state of uncontrollable cxeittmuiit. Laving his face down upon tlte desk he sighed heavily. Mortification took the place of irritation, and anger against others, was succeeded by anger against himself. "Ah me!"' was breathed forth heavily at last; and raising himself up he gathered together the bills that were spread out be fore him, aud thrnsling them in the desk turned the key with a tirtn hand, making the lock click aa the bolt sprang to its place. When Mr. lane went hotue that even ing his mind was caliu. He bad passed through a day of trial and disap|>ointineat, but be knew the worst, and was prepared for it. Whet, the milk bill, milliner's and mantaumakcr's bills, and sundry other lit tle bills were laid before him, lie exhibited no emotion. They were to hi* feelings like a gentle breeze titter a violent tem pest. But one tiling lie was resolved, and that was to pay cash in the future for ev erything. 44 There mast be no January bill* next year." said he to hi* fainilr, after he had looked at the sum to pay long enough to be able to sjteak on the subject without visible emotion. " Let cash be paid fur everything in the time to come. If the money isn't in hand wheu the aant pre sents itself, let the want wait." This was a good resolution. But did Mr. Lane and his family abide by it f Next January will tell. Elephants at Sea. A few farts about the elephants now going to Chitlagong in the " Scotia," say* a Calcutta paper, may be interesting to our readers. The hoisting up into the air and lowering down into the hold of a ship, such huge animals is not only an unnsual sight to most men, but also a strange experience to most elephants. They w ere lashed with strong rope*, siting as far as practicable iu slings, hoi-led tip with crane* with threefold tackles, and lowered into the steamer * bold like bsle* of cotton. When in the hold they were placet! in pens built of strong tenk-timber baulks, bolted to the ship's side to prevent litem breaking loose. The fear ilto ani mal* suffered was the only pain they underwent, and by watching the eyes of the poor beasts their terror was very manifest; tears trickled down their mild countenances, and they roared with dread, inure especially w-heu being lowered Into the hold, the Ixittom of which wo* sanded for them to stand tipou. We are told that one timid ieinale elephant actually fainted, and was " brought to" with a fun and many gallons of water. At sea, it appears that the animals got into a curious habit of occasionally—evidently with a precon certed signal—setting to work rucking the ship from side to side by giving them selves. simultaneously, a swaying motion as they stood athwart ship, the vessel rol ling heavily, as if in a seaway. This they would do for a sjtell of an hour or more, and then desist for several hours, until the strange freak took them again. At Chitlagong, we hear that they were hoist ed ont of the hold, and swam onshore, thirty-five being thus safely landed with out any accident whatever. \Vh#n they were released from the slings it was a supreme moment for the inahont, who was always on the elephant's neck from the time of its touching the water to let ting go. As the word was given to "let go," each of the elephants, either from tlte lightness of his heart at being freed from his floating prison, or from his own weight we are not sure which—lightness of heart, like lightuess of heath causes elephants nnd men to play pranks—{dunged down deep into the water, the mahont an his neck. The anxiety on the face of the mahout, just one second before the plunge, was a study; so, too, was it when ele phant and man rose to the surface again, the former blowing water from his trunk, and the latter from his nose. Forty-four more elephants go down by the same steamer to Chittagong. A CoMMcxz DIVOHCK. There were some curious as well as bloody things done und. r the brief reign of the Commune in France. A couple wished to be divoroed. The tmmtuuuu granted the sep aration, the parties signing the following: I, upon my wife's request, authorize her to dispose of the cbambet nnd furni ture, which were our common property ; antl I authorize her to dispose of herself at her pleasure. I reserve for inyself that site can make DO request nor take any legal proceedings touching my liberty. We re-enter, on common agreement, into our full and perfect liberty, as if we had never been married, fhivl. ""** I acknowledge having received author ity for the furniture which was common between my husband and me ; the author ity to dispose of the said furniture; I on my side undertaking to have recourse to hirn for no rights. I leave his full and perfect liberty. Salut. —Neither Chicago or Indiana could beat that. Brcn A JOKE. —Upon the trial of a suit for divorce, one of the witnesses was asked whether lie had spoken to uoy ofthe jury since the trial commenced. 44 Yes, sir, I spoke to Mr, ," pointing to a juryman with a face as rod as a blood t>eot. "What did you say toPhim ?" Witness appeared reluctant to tell. The attorney insisted upon the answer. 44 Well,"said the wit ness, " I told hirn that he had a pretty face to sit on a jury to decide whether a man was a habitual drunkard or not." A NEW IDEA.— The thermometer is now extensively used in hospitals to ascertain the temperature of patients, in order to de termine whether fever exists. The instru ment is placed under the arm, which should then be folded over the breast, and is kept there several minute*. If the mer cury stauds at one hundred degree* Fah renheit or ogr. treatment Jor fever indi rect*}. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., Fit 11 Laboring Mitt mid (Uric ITflCf*. Now that tilt labor question ill Btlrjn t ! mg ao much at tent lon in thin ** Oftier countries, inuitv lip interesting u> note A new ttpurs* in OHieii.lou, Milliliter ot' Foreign Affairs, directed nil i the HnUth exJinilt uhnuid to tvuiish re- I jK>ri a.-ito Uio iMuJjtu.n u( the working I classes in tlu> various countries, Ui<> i the* rwrelved, etc. Tlie reports were of I course, Interesting. The report front Hie Pmvihetof Armeu- I ia, Asia tin Turkey, stud diet the farms are I almost ail iu the hand* uj small proprie tors ami are generally h iiuus I to eight acres in The only employment 1 thr capita! ia in lending on usury ; am! 1 that, of course, only aggravates tne evil, i t'beavsragw earrtittg* of a field hand are' forty dollar*, and of weaver*-—flip princi pal Uiein.il of industry from sixty dob 1 are louuv hundred ami tweuty dollars a i} ear. The wage* of artisan*, hywever, are relat'u ely much higher- those of tun sons, carpenters and aniitlie, going up to pvonly-five centa ft day. forty cents, 1 and mechanics from fifty to sixty cents, j W >mcii earn from thirty* td forty cents. in Berlin" at least sfiteen per cent, ami j often twenty and thirty per cent, of the . resources of a vm-derats family *goes Ibr ! bouse rent. A budget of tlie estimated expenses of three type# of family was pre- , pared at Be-rliu. The first Iwluugiug to i thb lower class, is supposed to have an in come of from two hundred ami twenty ! to three hundred doHar*. Of that twelve i per cent goes fnr rent, sixty two per cent for living, fifty iwr cent fur cletlang, five per cent for fuel, aoik ouiy vu per smut . for amusements and pleasures. Thcfam-1 ilr of the scvcond class ft supposed to hare an income' of from four hundred mid fifty j to vis hundred d&fiara. 'Of thar fifty-fit <•! per cent goes for living, "eighteen per riyit J fbr clothing, twelve r>er cent for rent and only one and oacdiaif per cent for reerrs tiou. The family .of tin- thiol <*}*- is posed to have au income pf seven hundred and fifty to twelve hundred dollars. Of tbia fifty pet- cent Is assigned for cost of, living, eighteen per cent for clothing. ] twelve pr cent for rent and <*ly three aud one-half percent for jniuuwmauls. In these tables the statistician assign* no place to savings; hut yet it appear* Unit in Saxony tlib numher of indigent ]>cr*.'ii* diminished tweutr jer cent In thfe decade' from ISAS to IHh't. In ltoLnum, in the ruril diatrict* day laborers oni from thirty to fort*-fire cent* n day, aud women from sixteen to twenty cent*. In mauufactorict common work men are paid from thirty to lift w cent* superior lianda aiity reuta ami wojuru from twenty to fifty oent*. Jn the coal iniuca w ages vary from sixteen to forty cauls a day lor women and from eighteen to seventy ceuts for men. Mechanics, such a carpentry* masons, Ac., earn from sixty to eighty cents. Those who earn fmin one to two dollar* a day arethe ex ception. A comparison btgween the wages of Ix>ndon and Antwerp has )>een made, from which it apjear* that whore a mason earns fifty cents a day ia Antwerp he earus one dollar aud forty-five cents in Loudon, and the cost of living is about equal in both cities. Consequently Uie artisan cluase* in Belgium enjoy but little of the comforts of the same clae* in Kng land, and still less of those which their fellow laborers enjoy on this continent. Something About Will*. Hero are some rules governing the mak ing out of will*, which may provo impor tant if not interesting. A will cannot be made in language too simple or concise; it must bo written in ink, on paper or parch ment; and. if contained on one sheet, must lie signed at the end by the testator, in the presence rtf two or tnore u itfiessos, and, if written orwsorethan one sheet, the testator and witnesses had better sign each slieet. The witnesses must rigidly com. ply with every particular required by the attestation clause, at the end of which clause they must aign their names. A codicil to the will is to be made with the same regulation*as the will itself, and may lie written thus: This is a codicil to my last w ill and testament, bearing date the day of 18—, And which I flirecttd be taken as part thereof. I give, derise. and bequeath, etc.- As witness my hand this day of . Obliterations or al terations are dangerous, and when of ne cessity made, ought to be signed by the testator and witucss. Marriage afjrr mak ing aw ill, renders tjio will void. Jt is not indispensable for u witness to knqw the contents of the will, which may bo so fold ed a* to prevent any other portion than the signature and attestation clauses being read. (Soon MAN wens.—Young folks should bo mannerly. flow to He so in tlio vaca tion. Many n good and boy fool that they can't behave to *uit themselves in company. They feel tiiniil, bashful ami aelf-diitruetful the moment they are ad dressed by a stranger, or appear in com pany. There ia hut ono way to put over thin feeling, and acquire easy and graceful manners; that ia, do the bent they can ali the time, at home as Well as abroad. Good manners arcf not loarried by arbitrary teaching ao much na acquired by habit. They grow upon na by use. We numt be courteous, agreeable, civil, kind, gentle manly and womanly nt home, and then it will become A kind of atoond nature to Ite no everywhere. Coarse, rough inauncra at homo beget uhal>it of rougiiuean which wc can ot lay ofT if wo try, when we go among atrangern. Tho moat agreeable |*o plo we have over known in company are those w ho are perfectly agreeable at home. Ilome ia tho school for all good things, es pecially for good manners. KNAKIC BITES. —A medical officer writes to the Pwijavh Timet that during a long professional experience iu India he had never succeeded in curiug a case of sunk* bite by either the cobra or kerait. All the remedies reoently suggested proved use less, and the writer regards the ontlrq ex tirpation of tho snake* ns the only IUCIMIM of reducing the mortality of nearly JftOOO give* a. year which they inflict upon htv din. How (o (el Klcit. t'ut on the aits at an eight kevad flute, If yiaTrs Mil) a prtiuy nlanife ; Caen where you nan for a garden row . If yoii'nt uuly a * staid ihlatlc. Mow, whenever yn tlo* v.nir horn, ' ho |H-oplo can understand Thai you tut% lip sharp, toil yon won't In- (tat | In . uit > great brass hand. ; kf you carry a ntno- six inches long, < And a 10-ak can acaree U hmger I i HrJievr M a etgn "f jr-re* plion strong, And Utu lunger it Is, ths strouger. Hut it in tin- order of na*al tutn* Yitur organ la hriof til measure, 'I hen, I i*lty bring the sool of writ. Consider your pug a u< asiuw. Love your nwgfibor- l.ui mark the forcx Ut lite Roa| ! t at* of grnee Tho more you admire t •uraclf, my ftieuil. The hlgh< r your tMSghhor's |iUiia | clink vnur dlrao in th deneou's pan, A* if you were, throwing gofat, And si**-, with nu oy tw the bualuean hope Dt r(*iug a huttdrnd fold, Vkht tiM-r your reading is Utile or great, Ouote right. Or never quote ; I'obah your |>,4lile to doubt that tins furling una n-cipruonted. 1 took an interest in tbt* young couple beratsse 1 bad been the intimate trieod of their lathers, when tbev it TS young, and before the biurtnoas of life lei lis apart on separate Puads. Tout Tilbj per* and Sstii Welfit had bwui fast friend* both at school and at college; fa*t ftitstd*, boonxjtn|>aiiut*t, and sure pnrlnufw in every scrape as in every stroke of luck. I'ulil they took their decree* they were inseparable. After that of course their path* wore botuid to diverge somewhat. A* for nie, I Lit college two or three year* before the* did, tor my mean* were deader, ud it u nwonaary that I should, a loon a* |iuwihle, undertake the management of of my father** practice a* an attorney, e ho was growing old and fceblr. I went up to the t'uiveraity on a aprcial mriuttoii to lie present at the fwrting upper msm by Tom and Sam when they had taken their degree*. It was a great orewsion, that supper! I can well remem ber how the two retimed thank* for the toast of .their "bmlth ami success f" ttfiiduiK ujwtiaud in-hand and making one aprcch between them, Turn lirginuiug a sentence, which riata linhbrd. and then be fimuoe another lor Tom a • oonijdete, and •o on. Next day I was instructed to draw up their wiUaJ ill which each left all b pus xasd to the other, if he should sun ire ktui. The documents were drawn up. signed, and witnessed, and I was request ed to take charge of their. From that period I **W very little of either. Torn in regular course served bis curacy, and at last gut his Hi rug Sam gut iut a good maetiee, and I went on (nodding at my bnsinesa, which, though not vast, was ■ufticient to keep me osru|4ed and to awp ply in# with a modest competence. 1 heard occasionally from both |f my next visitor. Ham I VYelttt, of iinirwr! I emit! arc about bis , tniuulou* bp, tb# moment be tmreivd, that I should have an easy task with him. lie spoke softly, luckily, or old Tom might have m-ogntacd his voice, but, •• a pro caution, I innttopolixud all the talking, and s|*>ke in a low tone, until 1 had ham blub bertng like a ebild. "Attar all, Ham," aatd 1 raiaiug my vuioa, "y.ni Umlit b) tin* death, up Tllby would have been pleased enough it it wan your funei al instead of his 1" "No. hi would not," said Sam, with emphasis; "and for the money. I won't touch "--ami then lie turned whilst as a sheet, and ataro would, and they drove to Little Falls, where Iter. T. 11. lamdon. a Metliodi*t clergyman, performed the ceremony, liotta aaya : " Afterward ahe made me promise not to tell any one about it. and that is the reason I did not say anything about it at the trial. Hh<- waa myriad umler a false noma and I gave my real name. 1 auppoae I was a little dmtik at the tune." For seven Tears thereafter the woman lived with liotta and was support**! lsr him. aliil going onder the name of Wifson, for ahe had another husband living, from whom she lud never obtained a divorra. liotta aaya he never would have betrayed her secret but for the fact that ahe lately wrote him what Uo rails a "acandakwu letter," in which ahe told him that ahe had all along loved another man. at the same time abusing him aonndly for bring ing her before the pnblie. The letter proceeding thia one, and by metuis of which Mrs. Wilaon obtained an assign ment of furniture and otiiar property owned by LiotU, waa of a different char acter. After using many tertna of u --dearment, referring to past associations. tec , ahe wrote : " I am ao nnhappy. and can never be happy again. I will try and be good, and meet you iu heaven." Tjik VALCB or A ScBAP-ItooK Every one who taken a newspaper, which he in the leant degree appreciate*, will ofU>n regret to aee nny one ntimlier thrown •aide for wanto i glad lo ace in the iapcr, but which you would long since hare lost had it not IKMSU for your scrap-book. There in s witty anecdote—it docs yon good to over it yet, though for the twentieth tune. Next is a valuable re ceipt you liad almost forgotten, ami which you liavo found just in time to nave much perplraitr. There is n sward little story, the memory of which has cheered and encouraged you many a tins* when almost ready to dr*|ur under the pressure of life's care and trivia. In deed, yon hardly take up a single papur without perusing it. Jnst glance over the sheet before yon, and see how many valuable items it oontsim that would be of service to you n hundred times in life. A choice thought is for more precious than a bit of glittering gold. Hoard with care the precious gems, and see at the end of a yoar what a rich treasure you have accumulated. A (leaoral HIoJP^ Tliis time the scene is laid in Pennsyl vania ; the hero of the play is a teamster. " born, 1 ' and the B'bt hd do with beuzine. r. Tf amster is rWIg rheerfnlly along the public highway seated upon k load of ben zine. At ho travels he hat an idea that a social cigar would prove a good compan ion, so he lights a cheroot, and musing on thiugs certain aud uncertain, permits his team to continue tho journey according to their awn pleasure. Hut all things, good, bad or indifferent, must have an eud, and a oigar ia no exception. In due tituc tha cigar ia burned down to an unpleasant proximity lo our hero's moustache. Hous ed from his meditations he throws the stump behind him and is instantly an in voluntary participant ia a grand transfor mation scone. Numerous barrels of the exciubla'tiuid uuitein onogrand "burst" of harmony and light. Ths astonished driver concludes to stop on the road while tho frightened horses plttnge ahead at the top of their speed, leaving behind a firoy train which beara out the simile of a sort of terrestial comet. A collision stops the hoi*sos : ths frightened peasants itnagiue the millennium ; the owner loses his ben ains, the driver finds but a single screw left to remind him that lie onee owned a wagon, and—the ourtnin falls. A BKDTAL MOTH tut. —A woman named Case, living at Decatur, 111., murdered her bov a few days aince by foroiiig hint to kindle n fire with kermtene wkue she remained in bed. The boy poured a quantity on tho fire and wanted to de sist, but tho woman ordered him, with au oath, to put on more. An explosion followed, and he was burned to death. He was twelve years old. FOUND wt. —The Grand Duke Alexis found out tfie strong point of Nixgara af ter s half-day's stay there. The land lord oil urged an enormous bi11—91,500 at tbe rate of 975 for each member of the suite for tho half-day. The young muu at onoe declined the preposterous impo aisfofi," Mrd' ftftf *attofln* w* ffhally re. duced to 91,000. Horioty and t'oahiou. Hint IHtutl* and Mtwtil flouuutw ia the hi tret Innlitouahlo style of trimming atlk uudcrakirts. The lifeakiug of a vodduig ring iatmiil to W a aigu that it* owner will soon he a widow. The lab-*t fashion at partit* and Ger mans ia to hang a wiath-thc I tough ln-hole, M now einuddeml quits the cor rect thing by our mwiety young man. Tho latest style in ringw ami bracelets is in Use shape of a aornwiil, with robv eyea, and the buck atuudod with amall precious atones. Fichus, or tighl-fitUug cape*, or wuisls of vol wet plush or velveteen Jtlw- color of the dress are veiy much worn with strwwt cost time* this ammo. lilsck silk rotUimtw trimmed with Cftiin chilla and the for of the stiver fox, are very elegant for reoejitsona, and fot the street, although rather conspicuous. A bachelor nays " all " be would re quire in a wife would l*e a good disposi tion, bwsuty, good figure and oonnar- Uons, couvoraatiouai tdlenta, elegant and poliahud uuuiuera and—money. The latest style of bows for Uie neck are of point or Yalenoieiitiea lace, msde in the shape of a pyramid, small at Use top and large at the bottom, and ia made to cover the whole front of the waist. Wlnt'' lace veiln, dwtted with Mark, are uo longer worn, tut titer make the fare look aa if euamelJed, and tare a " fas* " look to the qateUwt dnwaed lady. Plain tulle, pointed in front and odged with luaiteet lace. u the style now m at pre ferred The laU*t fashionable ornament for adurnipg a lady's hair of an evening ia a bandran of amall gilt balla, whirli Unkle n>ft lT with each motion of the wearer'* baud, and are a pretty areom]anmieiit to the mono and running fire of amall talk. Som<- New York bulim, wiahing to pat down the high-priced dreas-maksrs and milliners, have formed a society and agreed to make their own dreauea and iMinneta, and ahov an amount of akill which ia not equalled or excelled by even tlie French A Pncrusm PAKADT- -The mystic uoeiety known aa the " Btrikera" made their 29th parade in Mobile recently. Th aulijcct of iihiatratioaa waa the " Realms of Fancy." They were borne through the street on ten street-ears. First—An iceberg, drawn by Polar bean Journeying towards the north pole, bear ing a poet and philosopher of the Dar winian aahool, in search of lml* who have emigrated north to escape the tyranny of man ; upon arriving, they are trrented and tried, with a a|M>rtaman, tiie soul of a lady who has been decorating herself with featheis. and a French cook ; a bird of Paradise aaJndge.and the jury composed of otiier birds. The next waa the wonder* of the Deep—N<*ptotne% ear drawn by sea lions, surrounded by all kinds of flali; mermaid*. who have al lured a sailor bov to tlu-ir cavern ; Davy Jonea' locker. fbe next waa Fairy Land —fairies, elves, Jtc., Chariots drawn by Untterfiiee. The next Christmas Eve Santa Clans' car drawn bj reindeer, snow man. Jack Frost, icicles, Ac ,Christ mas characters, roast beef, mince pies, plum pudding, and all good cheer of the senaon ; bariaqiun aa Christmas pant* uiinw. It ia said the eoatnmee were magnificent, and the display waa wit nessed by thousands, among them num ber* of strangers from the North. LirKnin A Pro* HAWnjc—ln New AJhsny, Iml . a little son of Mr. John Kndi.'inet with an aecidtwt which should he a warning to all hoys in the future. It seems that the little follow went to the pump at the market space, and very foolishly touched his tongue to the iron liandU, to aMHWtain if it waa cold. Of course the result waa not only fearful, but extremely painful. The tongue, liaing very moist and warm, and iron being a good eonductor of beat, the moisture and heat were almost iuatanHy withdrawn from the latter by the cold handle, and it froze tight. The little fellow endeavored to with draw Ida tongue, but could not Several gentlemen went to his rescue, but it required the most careful handling to loosen the boy's organ of taste from the iron. They ejected as lira upon the han dle. ami rubbed it with their hands fully five minutes liefore thev succeeded, aud then a piece of the akin of the tongue, about the sire of a nirkk*. waa left on the handle, leaving the surface of the tongne where it had come in contact with the handle ns white as though it had been neared with a eed hot Usui. During the time the twfr -Ms fast, he gave vent to ltia xrruojpliag agony in loud aud ooutiuuous screams. liaytUa Proverbs. Tho day Unit the little chicken ia pleased ia the very day that the hawk takes hold of him. Eggs ought not to dance flfti stones. Before yoti ajwak turn tongue overaevt n times. When yon go to the donkey's house ilottt oak if lu* ears are long. A liWastow may have courage before his niasl^j.l.>or. It's only vo shoo that kaows wheUu-r the stocking has holes. Good soup may be made in an old saucepan. wears sjmrs, but be ia no horseman for all that. Pardon does not heal the wound. A pig that has two owners ia sure to die with hunger. Very l>aeen arrested aad is lodged in jaiL. ABHAMBI>. —TIic people of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas, are again ashamed of tlia name of their town, and are agitating the question of changing it. Tliey tried tliat once, some nine years ago, by act of the legislature—calling the name SnutacMe. Every wag in the county had his joke over it, and the name was som transmogrified Into "Sow-tail," by whieh name it waa commonly known, and letters for the town were thus direeted. Tho next session of the legis lature they made haste to become Grass hopper again. Lord Conrtenay, a young English uiihleiuuu, has gone into iiankruptcy wflh aeGts* amounting to 0tZ1,"306, of inure than four million* of dollars I TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. ttssrew Ntrstt fiMttaa. A picturesque tww of tbs street pope lotion of Moscow is given in the follow inn sketch : Neither ctthedral, nor bazaar, nof hos pital has more charms for the stranger than th* oat-door life of tlr diy The streets we of varying width; crooked, jmvej villi sharp, flinty stonos. and lined with buildings of every stytr of ardhitee tore. Cbnrchse, palaces, pink or ydlow whitewashed cottages of praasnU are jumbled together, and from whIWW l point yon Look some pitta resane groap of domes and towers delight the eye, m | petehaoee dovn the vista yon oateh a' glimse of the Kremlin wall. Through these avenues poor the va ried imputation. Princes pass in fbehr swift carriages, and perhaps the Metro* , noli tan, bidden in his stately ooaoh Slid drawn by sLeek black horses of noble breed ; merchants dash by in their dros kies -men, it maybe, of enormous wealth, and whose transactions are now with Paris and now with Pekia ; drays and country earts lnmber along driven by ixiissnls with white blouaas tanked into high boots, or tied with a string--their feet mossed in shoes mad* of plaited reeds or strips of limetree bark-a btoess like shirt of pink ealioo (why, with thni* florid faces, they should eboos* pink. I oaanot understand) over the trowserm, vmflned at tbs sraist by a saah or a belt , of leather, and above this, an Urn in hcast of noon, a srrappsw of sheepskin reach ing below the knee—while often there la no oovering for the heed bat the yel low, matted hair, bound with a fillet and falling low on the shoulders as the fall beard falls on the breast . la the open apeoes stand the coachmen with their vehicles, waiting to be hired— dressed in lew, brued-orewned, black bate: naftaua of dark cloth fitting close about the neck, bat without a collar ; padded st the hips, doable in front, and fastened under the left arm with six metal but tons ; whils their thick white gloves, when not in nae, are secured' by the thumbs to their girdles. Man osrry about buckets filled with salted cucum bers, selling them one by one, to the prceent crowd ea a relish for their black bread, which they est as they go. At the churches and the street shnnes of the Virgin, pa wars-by make tha sign of the erues, and even prostrate themeeivee ;in their reverence. Nones appear clad in the Russian national eoetame—e white undergarment, rather low in the aeak. ! with full, short sleeve ; a dark skirt gath ered into a band just above the bosom, and suspended by straps over the shoul der*. and a belt above the waist, from which depends a long white spree. Ear rings and a necklace of beads are worn, and on the bead a high, torban-like cap of some bright color. This stri k ing bat rathor formless attire teems now to be given over to nurses and court ladies for State occasions, when lbs head-dress biases with jewels Mer chant's clerks, when not busy, may be scon sitting in the shop doors pterin** chaos or dominoes, and twrhaps bedding, a pet eat tha while. Loads of birch-wood go by, sold st twenty rallies n cord-a large sum for the peasants ; bat n little wood farts them long, s* their brick ovens are not allowed to coel and air fa exclu ded. Boldjers conscious and unbending in then an i forms are always in view, end the dark faces ef Gipsies, Tartars Bsr-j stsa* and Jews are a pleases t relief a/far the fair monopoly of the avenge Rus sian*. Why is it that the men ef, the Slavonic family are au muefa eomctise than the women ? Handsome men abound, and donbtlam there arc loeaty, grscefnl von here, though they ate rarely risible in church, or at* est, or ba zaar. . , I saw only one or two who could he called beautiful, hut they ahosrod the pnembUiUea of the rmae dainty creatures with the lily complexion, bine and Monde hair, which we ascribe to aagefaf; the type, perhaps, of the Anastoaisa and Natalie* whom the early Cxan chose ut of all the land to share the throne. The women of the lower ctaem*. with their flat feature*. and hair, and eyes, and ■kin oi the mine hue, have ordinarily nothing bnt an honest, good-natured ex pression to redeem their round faces from positive aglineea. - They wear loose hoots, short skirts, long aaoqwes,of wed ded cloth or sheepskin, tie s thick hand kerchief over their heads, and a little' distance look so much like man that you, nan hardly tell whether yon arc gazing Ivan or Nadia. A STOUT or TR* Ft*.—The world will probably never know of half the suf fering which has been caused by the Chicago firi>. Day after day we hear of some new case of 'heart-rending distress. A man wa* recently met traveling toward California, who had a very afiecting story to re bib' Thirtr years *go he went from the East to Chioago, and set tle! in that city. After working hard ar a clerk for some time, he waa taken aa partner in an iron foundry, at which bus men* be was supjroaed to be makiug a large yearly income ; but put as be Waa, to all apj>earanoe*, in the smith of anc iw*, the firm lost heavily and became beakxupt. He then went to 8t Louia, and worked there for several years, final ly retaining to Chicago with his savings and abuted another foundry. Fortune did not favor this enterprise either, and he was on the lookout for something naw when the fire swept over the remnant of his property, ana threw him with his wife and four Jr.tighter* upon the world, hornet pan and penniless. But even ali this adversity was not sufficient to crush the indomibihle spirit which possessed him. Instead of waiting to shed tears over the ruins, he started at once for the gold mines of California, where, it is to be bo|K>d, he may soon succeed in finding a nugget large enough to make up for all his losses. TRAWRPORTINO I'ssa. —Lieut. Smidt of the Danish Royal Navy—has recently in vented and put in prnctieal ojerafiu a simple method whereby live fish of all kinds are securely transjiorted from the place where naught and delivered at any Hoalioard or inland town, or market all as fresh and lively as when in tfietr na five element And indeed they ore kept and carried over the whole route, no matter how long it be, i* there native element Briefly, the plan is this. A water-tight tank of suitable siw is provid-, ed and attached to the smack, or fishing craft. Into this tank the fish are turned as fast as taken, it being first filed, of eourse, with water of the immediate vicinity. When a smack thus has her cargo of one or more well-filled tanks, she starts for her market. Lieut, Smidt provides each vessel with an iugenioualy constructed air-forcing pump, by means of which fresh atmospheric air is drivm into and infiltrated all through the en tire body of water in each tank. Thus the water is renovated, and its tippy population breathe freely. This pupp ing in of the air it, of course, to be re peated as often as required—say three times in twentv-four hours; and, as they can be carried over land as well as on water, these denisens of the deep can be delivered, all fresh and frisky, in their native brine, wherever wanted for con sumption. - A MAN in New York has been arrested on complaint of over one humlred ladies, who stated to him that while passing along Uroadway after Ihe cloqe of the theatres this person would bqyipgar their (1 reuses and cloaks with kerosene oil, com pletely destroying {bow, _ H>w to tint the weight of * wall—Scale key. 7 **** How to have eggs all winter--Boy them. . f f ■ + K Florida three-year-old has * heavy heard. A California!) makea gin ont of toga brash. A magnesia mountain has been discov ered in Oiagon. A tittle boy defines snoring as letting off sleep. A vase in a California hotel is labelled 3th pick. A Joint Affair with bnt n Single Party to it—Jihcumatism. ( The Jfowrtf* Srimtm predicts the ana wiil barn oat in 44,339. A vasnUtk ww nearly chocked to death recently fay his swelling notes. Gravity fa no more evidence of wisdom than a paper collar 1s of a shirt. MasaanbnaaMs has sixteen cities. The aggregate population of fifteen of them A new style of ear-ring fa a crystal in the shape of a snail, retting on a leaf of NO. .5. An old Both*!) tew was that no oonplo should be married on til they had been FhffftL'fld two TttUl, - What fa it thai has thiwe fact and can- SLPhfSswf ~ 4 la Milwaukee, when n dtatcngoiahed gntot arrives, he fa taken to a lager beer vanlt wd'edlertainpd. D. 0. lines it A |tty in Hew York recently brake off her en te^ jeotiemw .^because "to his Mfrnberi •• Auntie," said s tfttfc three year old one day. *T dont like mine apron fafrbNf so dreflbl. fife much torch omw makes the fatness taicb my bareness." The Cheek Indiana now number lAAOO, and own nearly 4,000,000 aercs (if lrnud, with tl.sii.OOi) in money which to held to trust far them by the Ovvera- Foor spqrtasea Jrom Randolph. dur ing a four weeks' rittt to Oiuntuek Hound, V £, bagged 300 canvas back duck*. 4Wdaeksor other aperies, 100 gsseoj and 14 swans. One of the beat toasts eve- given : •' Women— Mmfatt wwd on ou* lips, be cause it amape Itouj the bottom of our hcsOftS-** ' ■ "The ifi&rrttttoa In. Cube has now hated more than two year*, and w both armies destroy everything they come soman, one may imagine bow de vastated the island ia A dfhagoMtoide loaded a prttd with powder and wad, and filled the chamber wifh water. He thee placed the muzzle to his Month and fired. The effect ww terrible, the whole top of his heed being Mown off A men in Ulinofa has patented an iron shingle roof. The shingles are aboat 6 by 13 inches, lap each other as aa to en sure a water-proof roof, and are fattened by headless nails. The patent is asid to be leas expansive then state. A vowtig tody tn a snburban town who has received the attentions of a young man for sometime, on bring naked what hi* bnttnem wan, replied amveiy. "Oh, he ia a Jtdtomar lor dry goods firm in Button." She meant drummer. Two men own needy 3,000,000 acres of land in the San Joaquin Valley, CaL; the traveller may ride 45 mites in a lino upon it, and may foßow a fence around a single paatnrc for sixty-five mile*; while one other man monopolizes 350,- 000 acre*. r The latest style ef amtong presents of fpmpL in earthen ditties made flat, in which the flowers are regularly planted and growing. which fa a far more aensi tse present than the old style of baskets, which, with the utmost care, only tatted ' a day or two. Tbd xnpplr of India rubber fa aaid to be inexhaustible.' Each tree can bo farmed for twenty saoossmi* years, and v it-Id* on an average three tablespoon fats a day ; 43.000 of these trees have been counted ou a tract of land thirty mitet long by eight wide. A farmer out West, recently bargained his farm to another farmer forfMOO, but wfaen the day and purchaser arrived informed him h wiJe was in a hysterics about the trade and he guessed be would 1 isck cut r 'Bot, " said the pnrcbraer. have corns a long dfafanc* . want the farm and must have it. How much more would induce you to aril it f* " WH, * replied the agriculturist, "give me HttO more, and tat her cry.*" to* *" o*sa.i AcwtVnx Knr A Com.— This CM b* dc*o if tha grroand is sufficient ly rich and properly managed. Half the ground should be in clow, which will bo rend* to cot in J one and will last three months; oac-fourth should be put iaoom for fodder, in drill* two feet apart, plant ed quite tJncklr in the row (It prams ton foot and well hoed and weeded; this muj he o*ed occasionally to help oat the clover, if necessary. The remainder ot the grtffind should be pot in turnip*.or supar-beeta, or partly both, and way yield SOt) bushels. which, with the stalk* left or or, will feed the cow through the winter and eatH clover is ready again. Remem ber, the top* of the beet* and turnips will last quite a time if uaed economically. Keep them in a cellar in a heap, well preened down and covered with board*. Locatanrsvs Sioaai*—The following particulars of railroad signals will be in teresting : One whistle of the looomo -1 live means " down brakes; * two whis tk*." offbrakea;"threewhistles, "back up," continued whistles, " danger ;" a > eontinuej succession of short whistles is the cattle alarm. The conductor's sig nal, by a sweeping parting of the hands on a level with the eyes, means "go ahead." A downward motion of the hand, "atop." A beckoning motion, "to back.'' A lantern raised and lower ed vertically signals starting ; swung at right angles or across the track, to stop; swung in a circle, to back- A red fiag. waved on the track is s signal of danger; hoisted at a station is s signal for stop ping: stnckuptrv the roadside is a sig nal of danger on the track ahead ; carried unfurled on an engine is a signal thht another engine or train i* on its way. I MA RATION STATISTICS.— An analysis of th ah-B* lauded at New York from toreim, ports in 1871 may be interesting as exhibiting the (heterogeneous nature of the immigration for the year. It is based upon the manifest supplied by the masters of arriving vessels : Coaotrto* of Biltk | CoaotrlM of Btrtk. Ireland Doc mark W* Scotland IMU HS WaUa l.* I XMS UIMM BBS OBT- I Hal*•••• • *J™ nan ttspirea... .SS.SSl ! Mlaocilaneous.... J.IH swwwlrr.. ww ( ——- Toaa SMI T"*alin law ' SHE DlD.— The Southbridge Journal says that a farmer's wife in Dudley re cently had a footrace with a woodchudk, uund caught him when ho had got half Way into his hole : And there she sat and held his tail. And held his tail, and held his tall. And there she sat and held his tail, for two boom, until her husband caxno and killed the beast THE Chicago Republican records that " two small piles of calcined bones and ashes were found in the ruins of the Tro nic nt House. They were in the midst of a heap of fire shll burning, although three months had elapsed since the fire. •By the fragments ef bone, alone, the doctors were unable to determine that a human being had met his fate upon that spot" • TSE brig Jessie Lowe was boarded near Calais, by some French fishermen, and was found to be abandoned although she was in good condition. It is'fuspect ed that a mutiny occurred on board; that, the captain was murdered, and the crew left the vessel to escape the" conse quence. Jepwy Court of Pardons re fuses to commute {be sentence of the nmrdew of" Pet"