One I tbenkl'Ml OasMt# ■■sing Before the Fire. String alone by the fin', From every buraiag coal, Weaving some vague deairu, Some memory of Uia aoul. lte#n reeling forgotten fancies Calhug up buried dream# From the gray and amouldM-iug aahes. From the firelight"* dickering gleam#. " The path# of my hfe are pleasant. Made up of color aad light," And my gate, from the dying ember# <*•*• out to the starry night. To the aky la it# ckwided apUador. To the earth in It# abroad -if snow ; And my apirit f calling in yan for their host. seised tvery imagin able % capon thojr Could timl hi the hall, and rushed down the avenue, there to be hold the rather extraordinary ace lie formed by iiupt, the robber, pud their horse*. Hunt oouhl not #fcritAifil tin robber'a tjuiotiy remaining to be arraated, and nat urally sup|>oed he must have some assist ance at hand. But the mystery was soon explained, as the highwayman bursting into a hearty lit of laughter, exclaimed: •• lla-sou, my boy, hand over the cash ; I've won my bet. See! I've cleaned out Hunt with this! " So saying, Scott, for it was ha, held np the fry of hi* hull door. The burnt of laughter that followed thlv discovery was only equaled by the chagrin 'W the vinfortunate victim of practical joking. At tirst ho was furious, hut his courageous cksgagKf h*! st'lcml so se verely HiII his angkrVutl# oaused -norh merriment. " Come, come! " m;J Scott, 44 you are my prisoner aud must return W Ith IUC. Everything is fair iu war or low, and 1 had a ryht to take my owu means to win mv bet." The other* joined their host in making ' peace, and Hunt was brought back to the i house, but his reputation for bravery was gone forever. " Arrah ! Sltann, didn't the inasther do it hate ? " said the indoor servant, joining the ganom * ho u ii making tp v|ru;c*hot after hh ttruster Had rettfttJcd from his night's amusement. "An yer tight, Mick! *' fiqdted Shuin. "He did it* !>eautiful. But tell me how I Hunt looks." 41 As cowed as a whipped hound." 44 Thin I'm glad of that same, for he's been hecthoring of it long enough. It's always good to put down boasters." He Would not Marry Her. The Nashville Banner gives the follow - i ing. 44 A private letter was received here, giving details o! a murder committed re cently at a tobacco-stripping on the.larm of Will Card well, at which a good num ber of neighbors were present, and among them a negro man eighty years old. Some of those present, thinking to have a little fun at the expense of the ®'d negro commenced joking htm about'matrimony. He said that he did not know of my one to marry, whereupon one of the crowd suggested : 4 There's Moll Quails before you: why can't v.fti Harry her?' Cast ing a suspMon* glance at Moll Quails, and surveying her leisurely from head to foot, he slowly remarked that he would not have her. At this the woman in question became enraged, aud demanded an imme diate explanation. He replied that it was useless for him to say why: the crowd well knew the reason. (Amsidering this a reflection upon her character, the woman became furious, seized and beat him over the head until she thought him dead, and, without the least interruption from the bystander*, coolly strode out of the barn in which the altercation bad tak en place. Having occasion to return to the barn, she stopped at the door to make an inspection of its iuterior, and observ ing that the old man was not dead, and that he hail not withstanding his many wounds, arisen from where she had struck him down, she again seized the billet of wood and attacked hiin in the most fero cious manner, breaking his skull into frag ments and acatteriug his brains and blood some distance from where lie sat. His Advice. They tell a good many stories of Horace G-eeley, hut the following reads so char acteristically that it may be true. Trneor false, it is good. Horace was seated in his office one day. and was, at the time, in one of his chronic conditions of grumble and discontent, and was expressing his private opinion in a public way, when a colored gentleman was announced. 44 Let him come in," roared the philosopher, and an aged man, clad in broadcloth, gold rimmed spectacles, aud a caue iieaded with the same precious metal stalked in. *• Mr. Greeley, 1 believe I" he inquir ed. 44 Yea, I'm Mr. Greeley; what do you want?" was the gruff .response. f . 4 V Weil, sak." seating himself as lie de posited hit hat and cane on the door, 44 Well, sah, I've been thinking our race don't pay enough attention to scientific pursuit, ah." The cloud gathered on the intellectual countenance of the great journalist. It broke in thunder at that point. In a voice wherein were blended the shrill tones of a hysterical wouieo and the growl of a tiger, he exclaimed : "Scientific pursuits! yon infernal old fool! You want a hoc liandle and a tote ofNew Jersey—that's the scientific pursuit you want." IA Jfevel Cereraeny. The ceremony of choosing rompadret and comadrte for the awning year—a cus tom peculiar to the people of Spain and Mexico—was performed upon the advent of the new year by some of the ladies of this city. The custom is an old one, nnd its origin dates back many years. TLo manner of its performance is as follows: The names of ladies and gentlemen known to be mntnally acquainted are written np on slips of paper and deposited in hats, the name of n lady being Irawn simulta neously from one hat with that of a gentle man from another, tho two whose naifes are thus drawn to be compadrt* and co madret to each other for the year. The obligations incurred toward each other by the relationship are very simple. The gentleman is to be the escort of the lady on any and every occasion that she may desire; and she. in turn, must consider herself engaged for any and every enter tainment which he may wish to attend. Of oonrs# the relationship can be d | solved by mutual consent, either tempo- I rarity qr permanently, during the period I for which the agreement is made. The custom is an agreeable one in this particu lar, that it insures to both lady and gen i tleman an escort or companion thus doing away with the disagreeable incidents which sometimes occur through not hav ing partners for an entertainment. And it also secures to the lady having a co padrei the positive certainty of having some one to dance with at every ball.— San Diego Union. A Bor's WANTS. —The following is n copy of the letter a small Hudson (N. Y), boy put in his stocking on Christmas eve : "Dear Santa Clans, I want yon to bring me something. I want you to bring me a big drum and two big drum sticks. 1 want a horse like Katy's, and a colt for Harry and a colt for me. I want, a lull frog, T saw one in the woods. I want a big dog like the one in the market 1, want to be a good boy and speak the truth." . AN OPPOBTCNITY LOB PRINTXBS. —As will be aeeu by ylvertisement elsewhere, a large and welTkuown and well estab lished Printing House in New York City tf j)ttered for sfilo on favorable terms. It is supplied with machinery and mate ruDs t# completeness, and offers a bargain to any one desiring to engage in the I printing business in the metropolis. THE CENTRE REPORTER. The World of To-Day. Tug money market of New York is easy. Tit* week'a ex|*rt of aped* I'm New York to Europe was $378,000. Tin: number of deaths by small |HX iu I'hiladclphia la#( week w a* 'dot'. TMK strike at Ciiarleroi, Belgium, is ended, and the men will resume work. OxiiiAir of the tow n of Monticello, lirew County, Ark-, lias been destroyed bv lire. Ttia proposition to submit the Consti tution to the people of I'tah has been defeated. THE recent cold in l'aris has been more intense than is shown by any record since 17Sf>. Isaac Rich, who died iu Boston left the hulk of his property to eudow a Methodist college iu that city. WKit-iNroKuxn slaticiana estimate the wool crop of the world for the rear 1871 at 1,181,519,000 bales. Tax alleged frauds in the election of the United State# Senator in Kansas, last Win ter, are to be investigated. THE loss of two vessels—the Urchin, off Carnarvon, aud the Mary 8., off Llanclly, with all ou board—is reported. Pit. llnxinoi t has been utnler medical restraint at a rH-iieen concentrated iu and around Marseilles, aud there are an unusual num ber of men-of-war iu the harbor. SEVERAL prisoners tried to burn them selves out of jail at Heulah, Mts. The active exertions of the lire department prevented a 44 frightful holocaust." TnU S.'internat revenue receipts in one day were #255.726. and the receipts for tho month to date, #7,334. l'tt>; the grand total for (he fiscal year is $72,767,- Sos. DR. James S. Gwyntm. who was convic ted of bigamy aud sentenced in New York to five years imprisonment in Sing Siug I'ris.Mi, itas been pardoned by Qfvernor Huffman. Ix the Ohio Senate a hill was pawed authorizing sqfcqol boards to make such rules as they think pr*>|*r to secure vac cination of pupils attendiug the public schools. THE NOW York dry goods market has been fairly active during the past week, especially in tbe leading stiles of cotton goods, many of which have advanced dur ing the week. THE total imports in New York for the past week were #6,134,738. The imports (Other than dry poods and specie) at the port of New York for the week ending January 19, 1872, 16,873,016. WHILE a number of citizens at Middie boro', Mass., were endeavoring to secure a maniac, the latter tired n|>on bis pnrj sners, wounding four meu, one it is feared fatally. He was dually disarmed and se cured. ADVICES received confirm the announce ment of the concentration at Havana of a fleet of Spanish war vessels, and from the number it is evident the Spanard* intend to be prepared for any emergency that mar arise. THERE ha* been a heavy bank robbery on Broadway, N. Y., in the open day. Ammonia was throw into the eyes of the messenger of the Metropolitan Hotel. It wss not difficult to take from him thus blinded SBO,OOO. HARRY FHERWAX has been arrested in Louisiana and brought to St. I.ouis by men who claim a reward of $3,000, said to have been offered by the Governor of Missouri for his arrest. 11c has been con victed of seven murder*. A new method of thievery has made its appearance in Pittsburgh. The;per petrator attends some chnrcb and sits by the door. When the collection plate is handed him, he grabs the contents and disappear* at full speed. THE A*"rtA demon dazzle says that relations have been resumed between Ger many and Brazil on the most friendly footing. The difficulty between the two countries has leen settled owing to the conciliatory behavior of Brazil. A WHITE boy named Watson and an Indian boy. each about 17 years of age. committed for trial for the tnnrder of Mr. Dickenson, merchant,of San Francisco, and for having robbed his store. A younger boy is thought to be implicated. As Indian delegation of Cherokee*. Greeks and Choctaw* called on the Presi dent of the T. 8. They opposed the Con gressional legislation which projwscd for them a Territorial government, and were satisfied with Such institutions a*they now have in the Indian country, Tns discovery of counterfeit fifties of the new series of legal United States ten ders will require that the entire circnla tionof this denomination he called in as soon as a new design can be prepared nt the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which will lie At least three months hence. Me. Bkb'.h, of New York, did not suc ceed in stopping the pigeon-shooting match between Messrs. Bennett and De Forrest on one side and Messrs. J affray and I'ong las on the other. The score was 41 to 35, Mr. Bennett being defeated. JafTray nnd Bennett, in another mnah, shot 16, De Forrest and Banks shooting 14. | Discovered Hl* Pedigree, According to a writer, the Indian chief Cocliao claims to be a son <4 William Morgan, who was supposed !*ive been murdeird by the MMOHS MANY *r ago. The repeated a* such. rn WSlf,** party of Apache# lying in ambnah near El Pase, Texas, captured a man who was trying to. escape from quite a large party of men. At first he was destined for n cruel death, but the Indians grew to like him, and gave him his life, conditional on his prom ise never to leave them. He married the daughter of the chief, and at his death became the chief himself. Ho left four sons, the eldest of whom is Cochiae, the present Apache chief. This man, say the Apaches, taught their tribe the mysteries of an organization based on Masonic prin ciples, and instituted rites and ceremonies among his Indian warriors. He told them that he was taken prisoner in Batavia, N. Y., for having divulged the secrets of a great society. He 'was confined in Fort Niagara, and afterward driven in a close carriage through Buffalo, to Hennepin, Illinois, nnd thence taken in a flat-boat to the Mississippi River, and proceeded up that river on horseback to El Paso, where the Apaches captnred him. His compan ions had intended to give him to some Jesuit priesis among the Indians. The writer of this legend appropriately signs himself " Midnight." THE Grand Jury of New Orleans found v true bill against Lieutenant Governor Pinchback, Senator Butler and others for shooting, with intent to kill, and wound ing Mqjor Chester en New Year's Day. They were bailed at $1,500 eaeh. CENTRE IIALL, CENTRE CO., l'A., FRII Brcsslng the Hair, A fashion journal says thick, soft h(aids of three tresses are lite conspicuous f<-a lure in hair-dressing this winter. Ttwy are plaited smoothly, and in the day time are colled about the head, lying closely to it, ami showing much of it# natural con tour. The lady's own hair i# combed up frutn the nape of the neck, and formed iu a long roll, which sits closely to the hack ot her head. If her hair is not thick enough to make a handsome roil, it must he brush ed over a tansy. Then the braid isooiletl twice around this roll iu three plaits, oris twisted like a rope. Instead of small braid* mounted over topsies, iht) most useful bruid* for the present fashion are those of abort lialr mounted on three long point*, with a cov ering of long hair over them. Two ul the** braid* of three point* mounted to gether are wliat mod ladle* purchase. They braid smoothly, look very rich, full, do not get too small at the lower end, ami coal about #HO ; if made altogether of loop hair, they would bo very heavy, would ! not look thick when braided, a* the hair mat-, together, and would cost probably *OO. The fashionable chiguou i soil, igbt and loose, made Of a double braid mounted on point*, with a long French tw it tied in between, and i worn w iliiotit a net. It costs #25 or #3O. Water friutfs of blonde hair to wear above the forehead cost 4? 10. They are warranted to curl by merely dipping them in water and shaking them dry. A single long curl is again woru hanging from be hind the left ear. A natural curl of this kind, requiring only wau-r and not beat to drew it, coat* t?l2. Young ladie* wear a cluster of three or four long enrl* drop ping backward from the top of the head, where they are fasteued by a band ot bright ribbon or velvet. White hair i* far more exi*n*ive than any other color, some of it of very tine quality and great leugth costing as high as SSOO an ounce. Irou gray hair is sold by the inch, a braid twenty-eight inches long being an ounce; white hair gray hair thai haa grown white on the wearer, not bleached while by chemicals—cost* double as touch, and often uiore. liloi.de hair is fifty per cent, higher than dark hair. Hard on the Sheep, A siugnlar bird ri foutnl iu New Ze laud. It in the " Ken " and belong* to the Parrot family. Up to the advent of the Europeans, its food consisted main ly of the sweets of flower* and the lor ries of mountain shrubs, with occasion ally such iustcts as are found iu the crevices of rocks or Iwueath the lawk of tnes. with the occupation of the couutry by the English, its habits in this regard litrve materially changed, j Attracted by the uuwt-gullow* of the, back-country squatters, tlie lurj won | learned, in the m-aroity of other food, to tear its meal from the half-dried carcass of sonic slaughtered sheep, or failing to obtain thin, the drying" sheepskin* stretched on the mils of the stock van! were laid tinder contribution. Tne bird now tear* hi* food from the back of the living sheep. We are told by a local |per that for tiu- lost thn-e year* the Kbecp liwlouging to a settler in the Wunakn district, (Otago), nppe-ui-d afflicted with what was thought to lie a new kind of disease ; neighbors and aheiwrd* wore equally at a lon to account, for having never seen any thing of th- j kind before. The first appearauec of this aopposcd disease is a patch of raw flesh on the loin of the sheep, aliout the sice of a man's lutnd ; from this, matter continually run* down the side, taking the wool completely off tin- part it j touches, and in many ease* death is the result. - At last a ahejw rd noticed one of i the mountain parrots sticking to a sheep and jiecking at a raw place, and that the , animal seemed nuahle to t rid of its : tormentor. The ruu-holder gave direc tions to kep watch on the parrots when j mustering on the high ground ; tlie re-1 suit has leen that during the present. season, when mustering high upon the ranges mar the snow -line, they saw sever al birds surrounding a sheep, which w u t freshly bleeding from a small wound iu the loin ; on other *b cp were noticed places where till* Kea had begun to at- j tack them. A School Ship. The Maasaobnsetta School Ship, a re | fonnatory vessel, to which for some years juvenile culprits have been scut, has failed as an experiment, notwithstanding the most kindly nursing by the Statu [and by private philanthropist*. Judge I Thomas Russell, Collector of the Port of 1 Boston, who lias been always warmly in terested in the shin, admitted in his evi dence before the Legislative Committee thai the plan could not l made useful nnd effective. He said that onr Ameri can foreign commerce had so decreas**! that it no longer created any demand for boys, or only a limited one. It wa* hardly worth while, he thought, to be at the expense and trouble of training lads for the sea, if most of them, after all, were to go into occupations 0:1 lnnd. Al rendy there is a surplus of sailors in our ports ; if !oys are shipped on Coasters, tUev pass out of the jurisdiction of the Mta'tc ; and if they are sent out in whal ers. tJiey usually desert on the first oppor tunity. Last year, ont of 200 discharged, only 20 were shipped. Then it was complained that the Judges have been in the habit of sending the worst INJV* to Hie ship, mauv of whom should have l>een put in the House of Correc tion. Nor does the life on board seem to lie of a character favorable to reform. The boys are crowded together ; any thing like a separate system upon a gen eral scale is impossible ; and the worst aoon bring down to tlieir own level tin least degraded ; so that the influences of the ship, considered merely as a prison, are bail, while the management is cum brous and difficult. The main value of tlio V(Bel seems to have consisted in the fact that it furnished a pretty toy to ex hibit to strangers. In the present state of our commerce it does uot even answer the purpose of getting tioublesoma boys out of tuo way ; aud even if it did; he must be an uncommon lad who could with stand the demoralizing influence of the forecastle.—V. V. Paper. A BOLD KIATPN, —The other day (says the Swiss Timr*) n little kitten unwarily plnjingon the edge of tho bear pit at Berne, fell between tho liars into the area beneath. Tho sjieetators held their breath ; but the kitten, by no means overcome by its toe's appearance, brist led up both coat and tail in courageous wrath, and with such effect, that Bruin, when quite within riach of the tempting morsel, was sufficiently discouraged to turn tail and walk quietly away, leaving the little kitten master of the field. WHAT TIIKT DRANK. —A Cincinatian figuring up says he has drank coffee at the rate of three pints per diem, makes the result, one hundred and two and three quarter barrels, and expects to repeat tho exploit if he lives and nothing happens. Another says that his average is ten glasses of beer a day, which gives n total of 1 110 kegs. lie hopes to l>e able to repeat the dose. Just imagine it. Goon BOY. —That was A very good little Ohio boy, -who picked up chips enough last fail p> buy hi# mother a piano, a silk dress, and a new bonnet, and his father a fast horse and a gold watch. Such " aw ful" good boys are scarce, even in Ohio. .shaker Fuulslintent. Shaker Imysiloing mischief were sharp ly sci veil, aaya a holy who is writing for the Oiihijty some very interesting sketches of her life among those [Miopia, At otic time sonic elders atul eldtvascs were visit ing Wisdom Valh-r, a Kiiaker settlement near Albany, N. Y . froui a distant **ic ty, aud lit ether Kbeti, who then had charge of the INIVSL, said to them : " I ulll goiug to escort the straugera through the art hard. Keep tiuiehiv at your work, grafting uud pmuiug ; be a-cn and not heard." lint they had discovered a htintble- In-e'a neat, and just before the viators entile they were in full cr.v, broml brims off, chasing the king lice through the ad joining buckwheat Held, bended bv Hns sl], n huudsoutc, rosy checked lad. " Keep hint dowu ! keep hiia down ! don't let him rise!" shouted lluavell, while the rest laughed and hurrahed, tmin|w, mas urod, but triumpliant tones, a the poor tmc wont booming uud bummiug rottrd the liat; and all litis time Brother EWu wo* escorting the visitors through the dnertetl orchanl. Not ii word was mid that day, and the boys assured each other with joyous giggles that Brother El* u had las u s<> busy hraggiug uliout his superior method of grafting tuat be never missed them But thai uiglit after the Imy a were iu bed Brother Elh-ii entered the long sleeping room, doing nj to ltussell he cried out, as if he had jiut made a di*en\vry, " lia, boy*, here's the king bee !" This woke Russell, who, starting up, was greeted with the out of a whip, and " Keep hiui down ! keep htm down! don't let him rise!" shouted Brother Elcn, as blow after blow fell upon the shoulders of the I>oor little Shaker. With sobs und scream* ie twigged for mercy, but all he got was the bodi, while Brother Eton, imitating his low, triumphant tone iu the field, rejieuted, " Bovs, hear the king bee but* ! just hear him \nixx ! " The rust of the transgressors cowereck in terror under their l>ed- clothe*, holding their pillows over the likeliest places of attaek. It was no use wishing theuuielves—as they did —at the North l'ole, for U-forc long every boy w as piteous!? muring and " buxxiug" in chorus. Many vcars after, Russell. with other* whom brother Kbcn had ill-treated, l-ft tlio society and threatened to promcate liiiu. He was, therefore, exiled for sev eral year* to a distant comniuuify of Shaker*, to <*oapc the consequence* of their revenge. New Procc** of lln-ad-Mnklrg. , , A new method of converting wheat in to bread has lately leen devised iu France, and is awiil to have found great favor wherever it has been tried. The ' |Boreas is sub-tautially a follow* : The wheat is first deprived of its outer cov ering or bmskny suitable machinery, after which the decorticated gram is subjected to several neees*i\eaoakings in tepul water, th teni|>cntturoo( the water i )>eing about 17* il g. Falur f*>r the first . bath, and about 105 deg. Fahr. for the 11>thers. By this means the guintno -1 resinous cover of the grai-i is dissolved ami removed. When fermentation oc ents, this gummy Mtlwtance, if left in • the insss, give* tlie dwngh a deep brown or blackish color, while its removal leaves the dough as white as in the ordinary process. During the soaking* the grain j absorl mi from sixty-five to seventy per ; cent of water. Alter the last bath it is redn ed to a paste bv means of mnchi ' nery vcrv similar to that used iu chocolate i mills, 'rhis perfectly white patc is next leavened. and after fermentation ia ; rendy for linking. Tlie advantage* claimed for tlio method are these: The same quantity of grain will yield thirty per emit, more bread than by the old process ; the bread is more nutrition*, and every way superior I to tliat made in the common way ; its ■ manufacture is also attended by a very ! i-onsiderable reduction of both labor aud 1 expense. It is stated that tlie process i has len independently tested by com nt scientific aud practical men, with I uniformly favorable result*. I C f xsnwruE Sit*win.—There are many j grade* of Cashmere, or, as it is some j times called, camels'-hair shawl—from tliecnmel-goat, of whose wool it is woven. The prices range as fbrionsly, from the *tipcrl>cal efforts of the loom to the limn j *>tv eh uii/ar, which is shoddy *f catneliT-hair, and mists S'2s in gold, and the small narrow-iKirdcretl squares worn by young girls, which are worth from 950 to Sl<*'. Of the less expensive kinds there seems nothing, on the whole, so well worth having a* the striped long shawls, which are to le had of gr>od qual ity for $75, and which furnish a warm aud handsome wrap for a lifetime. Of the choice grades, S2OO or SBOO will pro cure a fine and beautiful long-shawl, bor dered all over except for a small square centre. The antique patterns, which to the eye of taste are infinitely handsomer than tin 4 modern, cost a little less. The sum sounds considerable ; but when one lialanees years and perceives how much money is annually spent in providing temporary substitutea for this one large investment, which is not only a posses sion but an heir-loom as well, the ap|tn rent cxtravnganco becomes a no less ap parent eoonomy. SAUT or NKVADA.—Nevada is capable of supplying the world with salt It alMumds in salt springs, wilt marshes, and salt mountains, and great plains where the evaporation of ages has left deposits of salt almost illimitable in extent. For mining purposes, the salt of these depos it requires only to lie shovelled into sacks and transjiorfrHl to the place of use. For table and dairy pur|Mise it is not quite equal to Eastern wilt. It contains a slight percent, of imjmrity. which would have to lie remover! by re-evaporntion or some refining process to render it mar ketable for domestic use. This mav not lie the ease with all the dcjiosit* of this character iu the Stute, but applies to such of tliein us have been worked. Within fifty miles of Reno, nnd not more than one mile from the railroad, are some of the finest wilt springs in the world. One gallou of water will cva|K>rnte three pounds of the very best quality of HUH salt A DIFFERENT THIN o.—Mrs. Brown's pretty waitress got married the other day. 44 And I hear you are going to Austra lia with your husband, Kitty," said her mistress. 44 Are you not afraid of such a long, dangerous voyage." 44 Well, ma'am, that's his lookout. I belong to Aim now, an' if anything hap pens to me sure it'll be his loss not mine." 44 It is a vain thing, y#ung men, for you to put your finger in the water and, pulling it ont, look for a hole; it is equally vain to suppose that, how ever large u space you occupy in your own estimation, the world will miss you when you die." The last census shows that wc have in the United States 150 cities which each have over 10,000 inhabitants, AY, FRHRUAKY 0, 1872. A Ileiuarkable I'ruphecy. The following, which is known as " Mother Hiiiphin's I'rwjiluiy," was first i>uldih<-d in IHW, unci republished iu 1611. AH the events predicted in it, except that mentioned in the last two liiitm—which is still iu the future— have already come hi pass ; t'srrisgc# without burse* shall go. And accident* till the world with woe. Arouial the orld tbought# aksll fly lu the twinkling of an eye. Water altali yet mure wour hrain, but eludes the voice." lie idly lashed a siumce-trec that | crew close to the path as he spoVc ; the ' m-tion startled Violet's horse, and be threw her Wore she had time to cry out. I'hilip Ingcrsoli waofl his own horse in a trice —his heart beating hotly in his boom. mo," said he, 44 is it the light of my ere* that dazzle* yours 7 Wherever 1 move the screen follows." " No," said Violet, laughing constrain edly ; 44 it is the light of the other days, I guues." 41 The light of the other days, Violet, was not one whit more dazzling to me than that of the present," he said, going to her side, and dropping his voice to an under tone. 41 Thanks—but do not feel it necessary to make polite speeches to me. See how famously f sin getting on with my mosaic cushion. WonH it be a splendid 4 mud dle V I'm going to match it with a flame colored sun." " I hope you recognise my other effort of art as an old acquaintance of yours 7" 44 Which 1 This little imp? What is he doing? Shooting angels to make a pot-pic, as Mrs. Huid thought she had a confirmed habit of doing when she went to the asvlum 7 I mistook him for a comet at first, or a heavenly body." 44 He is a heavenly body ; and though he resembles an interrogation point with wings as much aa any thing, I thought his bow and arrow would speak for hini." 41 Oh, the little blind god, to lie sure !* 44 Yes; none so blind as those who won't see." Having broken the ice ot Violet's re- serve, Mr, Ingetwoll never gave it time to skim over again, hut pteeented himself sl uiost daily, lie always took bis position now on tueother side of the served, where liy two aat, withdrawn Irotia observation, in aw orhl of their own. Ibe family call ed the space behind the sateen "Violet's reception-mom," but no other vWor waa admitted there. They wtre returning one winter after noon bom s matinee, Violet's hand slip- IKHI into his ann and held there; the gas light* flickered against the ateel blue twi light kv, where a handful of stars waa sprinkled ; evety body was hurrying and hugging himself against the cold; but three two loitered along the way, nappy and warm enough in each other's neigh borhood. '*l have an insatiable curipaity, n aaid Violet, "to know where all these people arc going-into wbat sort of homes, along what tough highways of life. If one <*crn beautiful. You see, a broken nose changes the oul-liac* and the extwewioa essentially." Violet ahivhred bemud her thick veil, and lent an eager at tention. 44 Well," said the other, "why should he marry an ugly woman merely because she is unfortunate?" 44 The fact is, he felt himself to blame; lie invited her to nde, and it was the flirt ing ol his whip which startled her horse; there you hsve it in s nut-shell. It was simply a matter of duty. His mother j told me hereelf that it never would have happened but that Philip's conscience ran away with his judgment. There, I must tear myself away. Don't mention any thing I've told you; I shouldn't like it to reach the parties concerned, you know.— Will yon pull the strap for *uie. please 7" ••he said to Violet j 44 it is so crowded here. TUauks"- - working ber famagu cut, while 1 Violet sank like a crushed (lower into the Tacant wit It seemed strange to her ; that she should vet be alive, having listen **' to such tidings! Two school side her were laughing over the unknown quantities in their algebra lesson; a pair ol lovers were smiling into each otbci's eye*, standing in the aisle with each a hand in the same strap; some Calcutta merchants were discoursing of jute, butts, lttiM-cd, and duties; the sunbeibis were glinting in at the car w mdow; every thing and every body were just wbeie they Idfi oeao hall an hour ago; she only, of all that assembly, had epitomised tiie suffer inga of a lifetime in oor sharp pang, had lost 44 the light that never wa* on sea or ' shore 1" She made no ado. but went hone in a sort of blank amazement, and wrote to Philip Ingeiwoll that *hc released him from the engagement; on the receipt of which be dropped brush and palette, and replied : 44 If you are in earnest, dear Violet, which I can hardly credit—if, after all mv protestations of love, you believe that I never would have asked you to marry me j bad 1 not frit myself to blame for your : accident—l refer you to the illustrated rebus which 1 Rnisl ed in your cushion of randon-work the afternoon of our unfor tunate ride, and when a proposal of love could not be suspected to savor of duty or conscience. Even worsted-work ha* it usas, I find. 44 Always faithfully your lover, 44 PHILIP IKUKKSOU.." Violet took up ber sola cushion and looked at it cuiiouslv ; all the figures ran into each other an i blurred their designs. "HI oould only be sure that he loved me before !" she murmured ; but what can this randon-work prove, Maud ?" she asked, with assumed carelessness, 44 did you ever translate this rebus that Philip savs he worked into my cushion ? Did you f" 44 Msrcy! 1 nope so." answered Maud, coming to look over her shoulder at tiie cushion; 44 it is as plain as a man's nose on his face. 1 guessed iu that afternoon you were riding. I wondered afterward if your disfigurement would annul it, but he stood the test, you see." 44 Well," impatiently 44 and what it it, pray 7" 44 Don't you know ?" 44 No. 1 never dreamed that it had a meaning." 44 0h, what a stupid! why—there's an eye, symbolic of the first person singular, alias Philip Ingersoll; then there's the little blind god of love—you know him, I hope ; and there's a star in violet flo*s; literal translation ' J torn Violet Starre P " And so when Philip Ingeraoll followed his ietter he found one person convinced that he loved Violet Starre in truth as well as in worsted-work. 44 1 know new," said he, 44 that worsted work was invented to prove the fidelity of lovers!" Tbe world is an excellent in gen eral bat a very bad one in particular,^ TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advaocav sinlif Ik# Baby. Mr*. F. A. Moore, in her book. "A Loot Life," published by O. W. Carle ton of York, gives u* tho following chapter on the advent of a bobj into the house: A child to a wedded jair ia either a H"d(*a barrier between theta. Happily it ia usually a bond. To KWoor and tint 111 Wayne it waa a b~- rtor. They j regarded the littk waif branded upon the abort of life at their feet with aa 1 different eye* aa if one were looking upon it from Heaven, tbe other from Hades. To one it waa a poor, helpless, lovable mite, very sweet and blessed to the heart ao hedly disappointed in ita own grand ' dre-siu of love. To the other it waa a troublesome, unimportant girl-baby, who ■treated vmat expense and had no bturfneaa to be anything bat a boy. A boy, to W named Austin Wayne, Jr., •>u>d t>> lie brought up after hie own our rect ideal—this had been Mr. Wayne'a greet e six station And here waa the little good-for-nothing, the perfect image i of hi* mother—end inheriting all her mUicr' foible—, no doubt—-oom* to j scatter hia plan to the four wioda f It j wan a disappointment wbich even hia philuaophy could hardly soothe. At least he would make her reception proaaic enough. He liad no rhapsodies to pronounce. //- bad no thriUa in hia ln-art over the mere fact of being father- He would regard the baby in the atrong *t practical light. He w uld see that, from the very first, ah. aboukl have no flummery about her. To this effect he anqpunoed next morning aa nurse waa warming the young lady "a feet, and Kleuor waa eagerly watching her from * among her pillow a, that abe should he called " Mehitable." "Law ! don't hamper the child with a j name like that f" frankly exclaimed Mrs. j Griffin. " I have selected another name I" said Elonor. with thai sweet calmness so irri tating to nature* like Mr. Wayne. Tbia opposition but gave t rat to his admira tion for the name of Mehitable. He was seized with sudden affection and rever ence for a long dead aunt—passed into those realms where I trust such ugly names are forgiven snd forgot ton —and Mehitable had been the name of that on fortunate relative. After a brief discussion, ending ia s *tleuco on Elenor's side, that might or might not have been acquiescence, the name was considered settled upon the little voyager for life. " You can call her Hittie, you know. Hittie is not such s bad name." ut the nurse consolingly, after Mr. Wayne had gone out, and the sun-light seemed to come back again. " I wished to call her Genie, for the Doctor's wife; bnt it makes no great dif ference. She ia the same baby, yon know, whatever the name may lie,*"— turning a fond glance upon the little Mehitable, who continued to rub her rose-red feet together and to square ofl at the air with her microscopic fists. in auperb iudifference to the* personalities regarding her. " And I am sure I wish to have Mr. Wayne pleased," Eb-nor added, bravely trying to hide away this little new bitter- 1 ne* from the nurse. Mrs. Griffin gave a snort of disdain which she instantly turned into a chuck ling caress for the baby, and said with jocular asperity that she should like to see ber husband undertake to name a bahgr of Aera against krr inclination ! Who, pray te!L did a baby belong to. liody and soul, if not to the mother ?- the mother who bad dreamed night ami day of it, —and then not to be allowed to name it! Goodness, why didn't Mrs. Wayne stand up for her rights ? " Why. since baby is all mine, I can afford to let the name be Mr. Wayne's," Elinor had answer* d.—"l ought to be generous enough for that,'' a little laugh. Here the baby received mow caresses, between which nurse muttered she had always believed there was such a thing as being too good, and that she would just like to hear of a baby named Mehi toble Griffin. The Grand Geyser. A letter writer who has been on the Yellow Stone, thus speaks of Geysers, and the Grand Geyser in particular : The most striking exhibition of Na ture's forces in this wonderful region is that of the "Grand Geyser." While we were in the Fire Hole Valley this geyser played only at intervals of about thirty-two* houra; but when it was in active operation the display was grand beyond description. A* we stood near the orator or Wrin. it threw up, with scarcely any preliminary warning, a col umn of hot water eight feel in diameter to the height of two hundred feet; and ao steady and uniform did the force act thatAlie column of water appeared to be held there for some miuutes, returning into the basin in millions of prismatic drops. This was continued for about fifteen minutes, and the rumbling and confusion attending it oould only be compared to that of a charge in battle. The steam j>onred out in immense mass es, rising in r-ionds a thousand feet or more in height. After the Grand Geyser had ceased playing the water of the basin retired from the trainee, and the temperature fell gradtuuiy to 150". Another geyser in the name group, and named by the Longford party "Old Faithful.' was far more accommodating, and played at intervals of only an hoar, throwing up a column of water at least six feet in diameter and one hundred and fifty feet high, for a period of alnrat fifteen minutes. The ease with which this column of water was sustained at the great height during the period of its operation rendered it a marval of beauty as well as of power. PAVAUF-S CLAIMED. —It ia claimed that in consequence of the failure of thia Gov ernment to give tlie proper notioe of the blockade of Southern porta, established by Mr. Seward's proclamation of 1861, the English owners of the Teasels which were captured in attempting to enter Southern porta during the days allowed by law for the blockade to become eflec tive, arc making up a bill ol damages to present to the Board of Arbitration ; and that this is done by and with the advice of the officials of the English Govern ment, who claim that there exist just grounds for those claims, and that there is uothing in the ooustrustion of the terms of the Washington Treaty to pre vent the presentation and allownnco of these claims.—JV. F. Paper. THE MORMON TEMPLE.—' The Mormon Temple is the wonder of Salt Lake City. This edifice, which ia to contain, among other things, a throne for the Messiah, " when he shall descend and reign upon the earth," is to cover much less spaoe than the Tabernacle. The order of ar chitecture is peculiar to itself, yet has a Gothic appearanoe, and the edifice is to be built of granite from foundation to the topmost spire. The walls are now about six feet above the surface. When they were level with the ground a mi lion dollars had been expended igx>n thorn, and when completed, the whole structure is to cost ten million. VERT Low.— A letter from Ottawa, Kansas, informs us that sora is a drug in that market at 25 cents and potatoes are dull at 40 centa per bushel. The cause is the difficulty to transport the spare produce on account ot the exorbi tant rates of freight obarged on railroads. ftffChlhl. If ky'aay devtes wrtai irwhafigi lis rosebud ita fSatityem*! know, It would t*v rnsebwt icvsvsr, - Nor fata ita faUacss grow. And if thou wmttat knew thy ewn xwuetm*s O IMUe one perfect M swsstl Thou woakUt be d>:i-il, because the leaves were uncut j She thought it waa aa unfinished copy, ' and was right Before the sixteenth century ladies wed to skewer their draaaes with bits of wood ; in IMS a sharp inventor gave them the ackewmty of pins- There ia no mora pitiable sight than | that of a husband sad father reeling home at tb end of the week, having left the part of hia week's wages at same ' drinking saloon. At Gteeeoe, Minnesota, while the mercury stood at twsatj-two degrees, a beautiful mirage appeared, which ren dered distinctly risible tbe Minnesota* River, fifty miles distant A man in Nebraska ssad be eould handle a rattlesnake the une way M a snake charmer. The churlishness of of the undertaker in demanding pay in advance delayed the funeral four days. At a leap year party in Atlanta, Geo., the young ladies bo wed their manliness by having the following mottoes in con- || spicnaasplaces: "Wemean business." "Mow is our chance," "Waiting is te dious." A new wsy of ooUerting bad debts has been invented in Brooklyn. A lad waa observed a -few days ago, standing in front of a d selling and supporting a large bulletin-board inscribed. "Waiting for $3.37" —the amount of the family gro cery bilL A Kansas paper's cow obituary says: "Therets not s farm wagon ia theooon trv that site has sot stolen something out of; not a gate in town that she has not opened ; and the atones that have been thrown at Her would make five NO. 0. miks of turnpike." A Kid. sixteen yea old, took ap a position in n chair opposite the door of the Grand Pake's room, in St* Louis, determined to ace Alexis. Ptor thirteen boars she kept faithful waieh, when she ru driven away by the erod hotel keeper, with oat having her innocent wish gratified. The Kentucky Conrt ol Appeal* in l declared that mutality of an engagement maw be prosed against a young lads " by showing that she demeaned herself aa if she concurred in or appro-red the yoong man's promises or offer. It is not neces sary that there should bean express pro mise on either side." The New York Evening Post liming said " a very slender man asked a friend what character he had better assume at i the masquerade, and wax advised to chalk his bead and go as a billisrd-cne," the ' btrritr- Journal suggests aa an improve ment that " be might braid his lags and 1 appear as a whip-lash." ' My son," said a good mother to her voting hopeful, "did you wish yoar teacher a happy New Year?*' "No, ma'am," responded the boy. "Well, whv not." " Beeauso," said the youth, "she isn't happy unless die's whipping some of as bors, and I was afraid if I wished her happiness she'd go far me." The wife of a member of the Arizona Legislature, whose house, when her husband was absent on his legislative duties, was attacked by Indians, shot siz, and the next day wrote to her hus band. " Dear John, the Apaches attack ed the ranche. I have won the fight. Yon need not Come yourself, bat send some more ammunition.'* A Norwegian seventy years old, at White Bear Lakq, Michigan, had the most extraordinary fight with a wolf on record, last week. The animal tackled him, and he fought, firet with a dub, then with a pitch-fork, and finally he got a rope around the neck of the beast, and therewith drew him to a carpenter's vice, into which he screwed his head. Then he got a gun and killed him. A Clintog county. lowa, man, having a toothache, determined to extract it by the Indian method. He went to the woods, bent over s sapling, tied a string to his tooth, and the other end to the bush, laid calmly down on his back, and let go. The tooth vanished through the tree tops with a sound like the whistle of a minnie ball, and carried with it something lees than a pound of gums and "sieh." A farmer in Warren connty Pa., set a steel trap for a com thief, and next morning fonnd his game secure. The poor victim had thepart of the hand in the trap frosn. He bad reached in from the outside of the crib, and, of course, when caught, was povreriess to release himself. The trapper invited the captured chap to come in and warm after releasing him, but he plead busi ness elseVhere and declined the offer. An Exfedhtok. —A British army of 10,000 men, with 400 elephants, is teing organized at Chattuck to conquer the Looehiaa, a people living on the north eastern frontier of India. The tea-plan ters were encroaching on lands which the Looehias claimed as their hereditary domain, and about a year ago the Loo shiaa descended on the homes of the plaaterc, massacred a number of persons, and carried oft captive an English lady, Miss Winchester. The British Govern ment has resolved to retaliate. The in vading forces are under command of Gen. Bourchier. Ax Exqush Mubdeb Cake.—A cable telegram reports the conviction of a Church of England clergyman, Rev. Jno. Selby Watson, for the mnrder of his wile, Anne Watson. The terrible crime, for the commission of which a clergyman of the English Church has forfeited Ms lift l to the laws of his country, was committed at Btookwell on either the night ot Sun day or early in the morning of Monday, the 7th ana Bth of October, 1871, under extraordinary and revolting circumstan ces. The murfierer placed the deal body of his wife in a box made to order, under his direction, air-tight and water-tight, intending to send it ofi by rail,