One I<Mk, OM RMII* of low.
Annie, whs* tram afxr I ate,
The wavtr, of your train,
"hjeh yrm in staple fhehioa hold.
Tt "with t Una disdain,
I fly.
That I may feast my eye.
Aabold
A any hint of prey;
Bnt when I nearer coma —ah ma,
Ky courage feinta away 1
And when I am alone 1 mnae
That were vow only near,
Young Love with hie old melody
Should eo enchant your ear
That you
Nothing oouM aay or da
Bnt rtay.
And hid I/ore etill repeat;
And when Love, moiling, would rwfttee,
Bribe him with kisses awret 1
Bnt when eome pity Fortune shown.
And we, alone, oonterae,
Ala* for lore, I fear to ear
What Lore hade me roheane;
1 fear
To ntter Hopes ao dear.
LrolUyv
Only love's maaneee prove!
Oh, grant one emile to end my woe#,
One look, one atmia of love!
! Frwm lk Mwi> 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 <a tirred with longing
Thing* hMden of hfrt knew.
" t miy to pierce the future.
To bfl the veil of fate:"
Will ejusteiuv continue pteaaant.
Or will kfe become desolate t
The world would move en aa ever.
Though 1 aiept "neath the anow to-morrow.
And would wakmg to life immortal
Bring joy—or eternal sorrow 1
The Kfl? of my kind is an rmbtt,
Ardent, and glowtng, and bright ;*
And the aoul ia a pure white • tar let,
Shining with steadfast light,
funl of UFi hand remaineth
Nothing but ashes and dust;
And the soul out of death ta lifted.
But where *—we ran only trust.
One July l)aj.
The day that was so king in dying
Is gone at last, and red apou the Weal
Its blood is hring ;
The Wsst, that in the morning was to fair—
No trace at the dread favor ts.Bh.usUl wear,
At evening, on its breast.
Poor Day I some wild hope, some mad longing
Held thee to earth, an A made thy death a strife.
And a last wronging!
Was this thy secret ? Day I grieve for thee;
1 would that thy place had been given me,
I bold not so to lift-.
But were it nol the best to perish.
With fair, far Hope to smile till thou art dead t
How cooldat thou cherish!
Life if her death had come before thy cwnt
And yet—and yet—how wan the Went is grown.
But now' thy blood made red!
THE UALL-DOOK KEY.
Some years ago, when Ireland was in a
more disturbed, though hardly more dis
contented state than it i at present, and
murders, agrarian outrage*, and other
crimes were more common, a Mr. Scott,
who resided in the western part of the
county of Tipperary, was entertaining a
number of friends at dinner.
Amongst the guests was one named
Hunt, who had the reputation of being a
man of more than ordinary courage, his
claims to the character being the fact that
he stood six feet two in bis stockinsg, that
he always traveled alone, and armed to the
teeth, and was loud in speech as to his
bpiag ready for all corners.
His host. Scott, was a small but coin
pact man. who was loved by rich and poor,
gentle and simple, as the Irish peasants
say: he had always a joke for bis acquain
tances. " an' the pntiest sate on a horse ye
ever wed. bless him."
After dinner the conversation turned on
the state of the country, and how much
worse their own country was than any
other. Every one had something to tell,
but Hunt expressed it as his opinion that
the scoundrels should all be shot
down, and this was the war he
would treat any of them that dared even
to ahow a sign of molesting him.
"Come Hunt," said Scvtt, "tell if it be
trne that you carry a small artnorv in your
driving seat."
"Not exactly an armory, ScoU."rephe<l
Hunt. 44 But Ido carry a braee or two of
pistols in my dogcart. I think I should be
prepared in case of necessity, and, should
1 be attacked, shall use them without the
slightest compunction."
"Why, my dear, fellow, you don't ei
pect they will attack yon ?" exclaimed
Scott, in pretended astonishment.
"Well, perhaps not; but it is belief to |
be prepared fur these felloe s. Look at
poor Waller's esse; they were not satisfied
with one there. The ruffians killed the
whole family."
"Yes, indeed, that is trne," replied
Scott. " But, Unut. though I don't make
beta usually. I'll lay you fifty pounds, and
Hassett shall hold the stakes, that the first
man who attempts to rob yon of your
money or your pistols, when you are
traveling in this armed-to-teeth style,
succeeds. What yon say, is it a bet I"
44 Really, my dear Scott, it is a strange
wager," returned Hunt; 44 but 111 take it."
The money was deposited in Hassett's
hands, whose eyes twinkled, with merry
humor.
44 What are you up to?" said he to Scott,
as the latter placed his stake in Hassctt's
hands. '
" Bather shin " (never mind), replied
Scott.
The snbject then dropped, and the en
tertainment went on in real Iriih style.
Shortly afterwards Scott excused himself
for a few moments, and had a short consul
tation with his head groom.
* " Saddle Grapeshot," was his last order
before returning to his guests, "and take
hiin down to the fir clump."
" I wonder wltat the masther is np to!"
. said the groom to a fellow-servant.
"It's more thnn I know, Shann," re
plied the other; " but he's up to some of
his jokes with Misther Hunt."
"Arrali! thin is he now!" said
groom. " Thin it's meeself that hopes he*
take the consait out av him."
Tim groom then proceeded to carry out
his master's orders.
On rejoining his friends, Scott fonnd
Hunt, wiio had a lqng distance to go to
reach his borne, was preparing for a start,
and had ordered his dog-cart.
"Another tumbler of punch," said
Scott, who was anxious to gain time.
"Another tumbler, Hunt, And yon shall
g°•"
" Very well, Scott," replied his friend.
"But you must not forget our bet. I won
der, if I shall have a chance of winning
" Never fear, I shall keep it in mind,"
was the answer.
Hunt's dog-cart was now reported t
ready, and after finishing his punch he |
rose to wish his friends "Good-night." |
Hunt left the house, and was soon heard
outside looking to bis pistols and other
weapons of his "armory. This done, he
started in his dog-cart and drove down
the rather long and dreary avenue leading
from Scott's house. It was very dark, so
that he could not see many yardß before
him.
Snddenly he noticed a man on horse
back riding towards him.
"Stop!" exclaimed the horsemen, in a
rich brogue, riding up to Hunt and level
ing a pistol at bis head. "Stbop! or I'll
put daylight through yer big carcass."
Hunt palled ap in a fluster, and began
feeling for a pistol, biservonsness show
ing how much use it would be when he
found it
" Hnlo," cried out the highwayman,
"ave ye don't kape them hands ov yer's
off that pistol case, I'll blow the brains ov
ye ont this minute. Come, Mishter Hunt,
I want any small silver or gould ye may
have, ye may kape the notes. Come, sir,
git down an' hould yer horse's head whilst
I takes thine; quick, Mishter Hunt, the
pstherole 'ill be around soon ; down wid
ye! "
Trembling with fear, he did as he was
desired, and gave up his money and his
watoh to the robber, while he permitted
the latter to search his dog-cart for arms.
But what was tits unfortunate Hunt's
FRED. KURTZ, Editor nnd Proprietor.
7£ IS pl ~ rt
•WOT,. V.
A*toi*htiiout w hen ho saw the thiol' delib
erattly take put tier pi-talf andltyfllly tire
(Mm on, one by one, in oniek auoceaaion.
Hunt wa comidetelv dumbfounded at
thie audacity. The (allow would alarm
the neighborhood, and very likely bring
down the constabulary or military, who
ware at no great distance. Nor waa ho
mistaken, for scotl' gucsU, lwnauug the
rapid dheliarge .>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-ii<wi rte *tn(t iu the vicinity
of l'aris, and w a# recently released.
R AM-STX.. and other chiefs of the recent
re* oil in India, Lave been captured, and
lurculy -nine of their followers execu
ted.
THE R.B. War Department has already
commenced operation In strengthening
the fortitications on the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts.
A cvssttiEßJtniE force of troops has re
cently l>een 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 <r> !*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|<liug down the buckwheat, forget
ting the visitors, Brother Ebcu, all the
world, in their eager pursuit
lluaiM'll secured the price, and liurrowe.l
another hat to keep the king a jwisonor.
while an exultant circle furmc*i around
him.
•• Hear the king lwe boss, boya ; just
bear him buzz !" autl bo in k>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 w<mdmw da ;
Now strange, y< I shall la- true.
Tin- wt.rki upside down shall be,
Aud gold U found at r -ot of tree,
1 broach hula men shall ride,
Aud no horse or aas U st bis aide.
Under water men shall walk,
HhaH tide, shail sir- p. shall talk.
In Un- air men shall be seen,
In while, in black in green.
Iron tu the water ahatl float.
As eaav aa a Wooden bail,
tlukl ahal! be found, and found
lus hunt that's not now known!
Fuv and water ahall aotnlera do,
Kngland shail at last admit a Jew.
Tito world to aa end shall come,
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
THE STORY IT TOLO.
Violet 81irre put down her work and
looked out at (lit- window ; Mmbody was
coming acruM the lawn. Bbe turned to
the glaw involuntarily to put a stray lock
aaide, to Settle her lirowa and fallals, "to
see how she looked," in short; not that
she was eapeeially rain of the (mack-bloom
complexion, of the ripple of yellow hair,
of the ripe red lips atiii smiling ores, but
because-—because it was Philip Ingersoll
i-oin.ny across the lamu. 110 runic in like
a west wind
"You'll spoil your eyes yet over that
*vof*ted-worlt." be said, taking Violet's
embroidery out of ber # baiid*, and filling
iu wmog *UUIu with the wrung color.
*' Hear me:" she cried, "you're just
xpoUiug my cushion cjver ! 1 shall have
! to pull it ail out, unless you make some
ihiug pretty."
"I shall make something beautiful, de
pend upon it. Tbia cushion is to be of
randou or mosaic work, I have understood,
and your design any thing that fancy or
Icrling dictates! Now I in lend to add a
few stitches, and you will pull them out at j
your peril. I want an interest in this
cushion ; and when my part is complete,
if it doseu't pirate you, why, say so!"
Eur hall a down afternoon* or more I'bilip
stooped to cuix)uer worsted-work, and
finish his random design upon the cushion.
"There,' said be, "it's given me a bead
ache ! What's good for headaches. Miss j
Violet r
" Pauluila powders, peace, and a pillow."
" But your hand on my bead, and feel
how hot it is."
" That come <f suck close application.
I declare! Where did you learn to do:
wonted-work ? Tbia eye you have fash
ioned here w enough to startle the strong
minded."
" Natural talent; that eye speaks.
Come, who's tor a gallop through the woods
to-day, to the tune ot the wind t I'll
bate the borcaround in no time."
*• 1 can't go," said Maud; "don't tempt j
me."
" But yarn will, Violet V i
" Yra, I w ill. I waa just thinking that
these Indian sum mc r days were too few,
and fair to waste m-doora.''
"Come then; we wall lie off acms the
river ami into Folly-unll w oods."
V iuh t ran to put on ber hat aud hahit
while be ordered the burses, ami tbey set
off in the best of spirits, the wind rufliing
ber yellow hair and tossing the purpJv
plume* of ber hat, the bloom deepening j
upon ber cheeks she looked like some .
brilliaiit (lower.
•' If one oould only write all the poems
tbe autumn woods inspire!" aai<i ! ngcr
. soil. u it's like a tunc, you know, which
J itaclf in >our 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.
<ecing that she neither moved nor s|oke;
and lifting her, be found that she had fall
en against a projecting point of stone, and
tier fair face was a mass of cuts and bruises.
| He got ber home with help of some men
j who were felling timber in the wood, aud
i railed the doctor, who declared that the
iieaiiiiful Grecian uose of Violet Starre
] was broken, and her lovely check would
' always carry the soars of ragged wounds.
In a few weeks, however. Violet was up
bd about as usual, but she aaw nobody at
home, and declined invitations abroad.
When she walked out she was disguised
behind thick veils. *' Though nobody
would ever guess I was Violet Starre—l
am sulliuiently disguised already," she
said to herself. She soldo** walked iu
i.he thorougbtares, but in unfrequented
lanej ami bv-ways. One day she was
met by I'hilip Ingersoll in her solitary
stroll, whom no amount of thick vdis
could deceive.
" Violet," said he. 44 you never allow me
to see you now. I see Musi ami your
too tiler, and any one but yourself. I haunt
your door like jour shadow. Do you
mean to get yon to a nunnery 7"
'• I never tuougbt ol it; but it wouldn't
be so bad now ; I shouldn't frighten any
one there."
u Violet, you will always lie lovely to
me."
" Wait till yon see me without my veil.
Sir: no compliment* tili then."
" Well, do you remember the veiled lady
in Hawthorne's 4 Zenobia V"
" Whom Theodore was not brave enough
to tritt 7 Yes."
44 Well, lam braver than Theodore; say
that I may see you w hen I come again."
14 If it will be any pleasure, yes; I sup
poe it looks vain to hide away. But
somehow—lt may le silly—but 1 would
rather look vain than ugly."
41 1 ran not imagine you in such a plight."
" Then you had bettor not come.'
• 4 1 never silt render ground once ceded."
When he acted upon this iwrmiasion he
found Violet busy over her random-work
cushion, with an old fashioned screen ol
white silk embroidered In palm* and
parade* standing in a carved rosewood
(nunc before her.
44 The tight troubles my eves," she said,
in apology: "they are not <uute strong
yet;' but he observed that k they sat
together with their accustomed familiarity
she constantly shifted it between them.
44 (\>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 <*<uld
get behind those masks which they all
wear, and know what was taking place in
their experience, what plans and hotir* and
disappointmt-uU they conceal, wouldn't it
be tluer than any neve! 7*
" l**t ua begin with each other, then, 1 '
aaid Philip; " tell me first, what hopes
and plan# you hide away Irotn the com
tuuu gaze T'
"I r she latigbcd. " Ytaij I hope some
time- to go to all the symphony concerts,
and wear a camel's hair shawl."
"kit hope is inure presumptuous than
■ that, Violet. 1 hope to talt you to ail the
' symphony concerts, with a wedding-ring
on your linger. May I/" and Violet
must have firm consent, lor the next day
there waa a diamond like a dew-drop
tiaahiug upon her hand, and, in apit of
scars, a look ol happineas that daxxlcd the
beholds.
The diamond had repoaed upon Violet's
finger hardly a month whoa Mr. iugeraoll
was called out of town to paint the portrait
ot a beautiful heiress, the ward of lua uncle,
who had occasionally visited at hi* moth
er's. The Idea of jealousy in connect! u
with his absence never ccourred to Violet,
while he write letters hill of the extrav
agatioea of lovers, that read so much like
pure (toetry ; but having several order* in
the neighborhood, be waa obliged to post
pone bia return almost daily. -- Mr.
Crayon wishes me to faint bis child," be
would write: "Mrs. Vermilion wishes to
sit for Matte Stuart: thus 1 shall be
obliged to remain away frum you still
longer, which disappoints mcjsorely"—till
Maud said:
" I suspxt he's having too fine a time
out there ; you had belter have him home
without delay. I wouldn't trust a lover
ot mine within eya-sbo* of Mis* Heather's
!aci nation*. Violet slap Iter thousands,
but Mian Heat bur her ten thousands.*'
"I'm sire I shall not ask hint to return,"
answered Violet, fur the first ume experi
encing an uncomfortable sensation ; "if
be wishes to do so, be will need no urging.
if he perfers to star, 1 would not have him
come at any solicitation of mine. Beside*,
he has finished Miss Heather's sittings,
and he sard site bad begun to fade." But
somehow the suggewUon rankled and re
fused to be exorcised, till abe forgot it for
a while; but every now and then ir re
turned to ber, like a pain that ona vaguely
remembers at waking, groping about in
one's cott-oiuusncss lor the wound that
caused it. What il he should succumb to
MM Heather's beauty ? It would not be
wonderful. The only winder was that
he sbould ever have cared for herself—
with her ugly scara; and they began to
burn and throb forth with.
She had been cut shopping one day, and
getting into a crowded car to return, was
obliged to stand jammed so closely against
two ladies who were seated that she could
. overhear their remarks without an effort.
44 It would never have happened, I sus
pect, but for that accident," the elder lady
was saying ; 44 it wa* a dreadful misfor
tune. truly. 1 have only seen ber once
-inee, and 1 should never have guessed
that she bad l>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<s tomw,
Connieter whilst iaenmntatn.
* j" I H fl-fl —
Facta and fancies.
Met profit*—a fisherman'a. 0
A thorn in the bnab {a worth two in the
hand.
Moving for a new trial—popping to
Mrs. Number Two.
He who declare* all men knavea eon*
ricta at leaat one
Clergymen, like brakomen do a good
deal of oonpling.
" Figures won't lie" ia not supposed
' to a woman's figure.
Leavenworth has a divoree anit styled
Jelly vs. Jelly. Family jam did it
Home married people always go to bed
quarrelling, yet taey never tail ant.
A Maine woman has swallowed 270
' bottles of cherry pectoral, end still livea.
When ia aa encampment moot likely
to barn well f When the tenia are pitch
ecL
k stitch ia time save* nine. Those
who have got one in the side, be thank
ful. . _
The oat is a wonderfnl builder ; we
have seen a cat ran ap a how in five
minutes.
Ia Virginia raeentiy a prisoner who had
been dead three months wae granted a
pardon.
To what color does a flogging change
a boy'a complexion ? It makea hint
yell O.
"Parting is such sweet narrow," par
ticularly with a riaeked looking-gia?-*
and a toothlem oomb.
The beat way to improve the lot of a
woman ia to pot a good booas on it, and
a good man in the house-
Note for Darwin: In time the mul
berry ttw brooms* a silk gown—and a
silk gown baeamas a woman.
French Arci—makers say that an Ameri
can customer ia worth mora to them
than three of their own customer*
It is mid that the Hgbt of a match will
frighten a wolf, but a lose match some
times fails to keep the wolf from the
door.
Omaha is proud of having a distant
eotstin of the Gmad Duke permanently
nettled aa piaaist in one of its lager-bier
; saloons.
I An Ohio lady sent bshk a book abe had
'•rd#-r>-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,