The Land) Sort on . I dreamed that I wok* from a dream. And the bwr fallef It#!* t At the window two angel Sorrows Held bsrk 6> C*rfc4neoftijrk Tht; door wf side, and tho how# Wx* full t>f the morning wind; At the door two armed word##* Stood e ilsnt, wiHt faera Mind. ***' * * * 1 rtn to the )or. ■* .|M aim rt-IT *> ' We were fctandhtg in the doorway— My little wifr and I— 'A email, white hand npoa my arm. What Hw to heart u ht tore. > . J ah ail know her when f meet her. • 1 For #h.ni km me at the drer. TKK FI.K kLUIM; LIMP. i % The tkkret-efdva* vstera km nedlt institute J to induce convicts to hr-l lutv* ihuptovt* with propriety ; bnt this result w*s *ou Mt >*bt at. aud the greater the rogue. sometime*. the lit tler the luck, la feet, the** were three sorts of character* who used to obtain tickets. No 1, we will call kin, rot a ticket for ' prautM good l>chavior; No. 2 obtained hs tr showing the white of his eyes nhil* atremfcmt divine service, and perhap* working hrm-clt into the good graces of th* chaplain; No. .- was soeaewfml btcduea be .was a troobltsonia fellow to the office** ( ''„ sq * wa "t -*f JR£S$b *.ULJJhoroußh.! wßat-. and ripofci any thing— coimipient- 1 ln.tfear w*y* niadtnget fed ol hit*. wlre&fcVTOf m' m>T\r? tec HTabfi-h-l ing the t*Aet wrtdetn, reliermg the over otowatod coaviti establishments, was ear- 1 riedoitl—hew snct\ fsftilly for the public j wwl sasv he tuArved fhwn the fact that hehrfv alf convicts released on ticket were | seuf back for misconduct. KraTtrkK belonged to the class No. 3 aforementioned. He -was some sort ot, worker in iron by trade, and a Wmihtg tnra wan. at which phvtk be committed burelary, wis sentenced tofotwtecn vcai*' • penal servitude, and scot to Portland. .At the expiration of seven and a half years he j obtained a ticket, and returned to hi| na- | five place, where in a abort time he again, gpt into trouble, aad was sent for twelve PtoHkbfefeltW cfULv itil. Hia being tji('rwr nrported to Tbe House Office, sud the Secretary o( State issued aw ar rent for his aporebcusion when the twelve months should have expired. The intm- i ment was sent to the chief magistrate at ; Bow street, who Hum ivsued his warrant, j and placed tt hi the hands of ydur bumble j servant. I proceeded to Birmingham, obfained ywwscssion of Ifed, and brought Licit )>i *>ondou vtitb'tut a mishap. He was verr i amiable under bis re commitment: then he began to show hia teeth, and I knei I had a slippery customer to deal witln ' y I started with him by the 1 p. .w. train for Dorchester, and I.should mention, by the wpy," that we were nearly ola sire, dboot the same height, and altogether, fn a physical sehse. well matched. When' vte arrived at Southampton we bad tc change carnage*. and we lost moat of our ' travel ujc cwu]HiTik>as who had pone with us thus far. He attempted, in the con ! fnriov on the platform, to slip away ; but | thy eve had not left him for a moment, and my grip wis mi"his- e*at-4*rVe In a trice. • Ws wierwfh afeufed fa asm' rihMlffr, might do at a stop in a e*me of draneht.*. Chi leaving St utbamptnn it was dark, * and the lamp was lit in tlic carriage. Sta- I tion after Station was reached, sometime? ! dropping a pacngrr, or taking one up; 1 then, besides on cadres* but one remained; j then a trio of jolly-feced farmer* got in, I and ms-le tb* carriage echo with their bread toughs and heirty voices, f was 1 just wishing that their journey might be 1 to ®y destination, when the whistle , the lights of the village began lo cOurec round in their merry dance, tb'* train stopped, and our friends tbe tanners j wetegon*. 1/ t)ne penwnVnow remained, and he was i timid looking man, Who, bad [ mention ed the Jact tLal a notorious burglar was sitting beside brim, would doubt lev have guue into a fit, or out of tbe wimfovv; but i even he wis company, and eonld scream, in tbe evet t of trouble, if nothfng else. I said, jaft now. f wished tbe farmers had been going my way, and so I did of a truth j tor I ftlj a presentiment that I and my prisoner were in for a fight. I .igl i not like tpgLgngp cagriifceg, u a duH cm* 1 ndw might be an emptv one at tbe next 1 •tattoo, and it would trire betrayed fear. I kept measuring tpy man in my eye*, and is often caught trim evTacntly tneasurtug ttto. Ap unearthly shriek from thp engine, and, a stiddcu Iwcn of the carriage in rnuoding a rune, cauaed the prisoner, in recewertng bit equiiibrimn, Su display his handcafTs. The man was ootvff t*i? and on the platform hrtotW fhe train Had fairly stqppeo. "Tben we were alune. d Any more going on T' Hang! slam ! alam ! bang! a shriek, and we were off again. We.weio sitting op porite eacb <*tbcr. ami the light from the lamp fell on* each of our faces. His gyes glistened like a reptile's. 1 can't ?ay How mfeio looked, hut f know they were fixed as intently on him as a cat's on a mouse. 1 Ouf run how would take us .to Dor chester. A screech, and 1 knew the light* of a station we were pawing wety dancing outsido tbe window; but I did -not foot at them. Then out* hunji l.ogan to burn low for lack of oil. Still we otmld ,*e eaab " other distinctly. It gradually burnt lower and lower stjli; up again, with a beautiiuHirfgkt Bglitt down, down, down; then a glorious brilliancy; then out. ~Tn a moment we were in aaeh otherA arjii- . T diuped, in springing for his throat, anhn haiyfc fa|ti-nt-'i in the neck erchief ; bat, in dipping, bis hands shot orer my head, and I was h6ld by the vfllsin with bis hand? linked together at the "back oi ny week, % thi* means be bad fhe power of bringing ip v fape clove , to his, and he Was savagely, biting at me like a wild animal. 1 kept the too of mv head toward* bis mouth as well as I'conld, and be could snap at my hair, I increas ed the preMurfcsm his throat with all the desperation, of a madman, and slipped my head out of war horrible garotte. Our legs were entwined, and down we went wit ha fearful shake, and a fearful oath— ,h T sgsittJsnßKU.r permoet, and I was under, wkk Jiis kpcu upon my chest. l ||e <*dd |*|d. cults at the banc of my neck, and now, kind repdef, they y;ere 00 ay throat, with his IHts, dne otictfclf vvmf pressing on the floor I have heard of people having their hearts in their mouths, but 1 cannot tell what was in mine; be it what it might, it was very much jtoo la rge. I cannot ssy I g,ave up, bat I thought it ,was neatly finisbed with me. 1 was getting hewn, dered and losing my whereabouts, when what usually sounda like a demon's shriek, ca me to my ears lika the soft melody of ai asolian harp, and the cry of ' Tickets ready" was the signal for the fiend to FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor, •Himii'l ii'tboo '/ vol.. A . I jump tut aud try 11 make Uia eecaiw 1 hut no, I wih ririhh Mm, ami With a httle as sistance hi* hatuk wore cuffed tahind hi* ' I tack, w gut into a fly, and in a quarter of art hour lie aw safe'for the night in the police )M-u|>. I (hen betook myself to whert I usual |ly put up, sal down to a nice warm meal ; -n>'l forgetting to acrid my itmn hta nip • per—> Huff, toy shpnerv feet to the fire, ; atnl Mt very thank tit!.' Iid y m ever feet .thankful for an escape ftvm peril' 1 ! bare, many time*. A strange feeling, is j itgtot 1 1 fell quite comfortable, and uot at all | UH'iu.ed u> go out that uigUt; hut 1 had premised, on leaving l.u ulon, to be at (ho I station aud wait (tie arrival of a brother j elHocr and * convict, and they wet* due [hi ) torch rtftsr at about 10 r. w. t He .rasa queer fellow tin* mate td i mi'-e. He had little sparkling black eye*. hooked nunc, very rod, and a very pocu- Itar mouth; when he war pkp"h the t corners would go up, and xlsc-at' k-fcw a avmi-eircle, under his nose; but when iu the opp>>it* mood, the effect wa* directly : contrary. IVe—that doaen men em ployed on duty—found | it cold tnv4mg by night, and the ufisre < mentioned queer tellow, whom I will call i Tom, wa* determined to keep warm, and [tor that purpose (sought a heavy great j euut, beside# a tutu ol other thing*. We | all told him, wlieu be displayed this poo jih rou-s ca>e\ tlwl U wa* inutdi too heavy 1 an.f qjtta k*>oi*.i*. Inei er | wu pleas | ed Tcftfe ft, aftd that wa* lufticF-ht. I wa* waiting at the time hi* train ar > rived, aud when he and hi* man blundered |on to the platform I could scarcely refrain front laustiiug aloud. Tom looked like a atraw-*tnllevl guv, with hta arm* standing ! off frv>m his Isotly fir the simple rvav>u that they could iiwt. be induced to rgiu.uu at his siike, and hi* mouth was in a circle lof satiafaclion, Tbw thought cwos*ed my 1 tuiud that hi* prisoner might wasily get A way tWn him, but as he had put the font (mi for the first time In coming down by this train, the convict had no opportunity. However, we started towards the town, aenwu the fiebls that lie between. It wa* very dark, and a row of trees on 4ther side marked (he path. 1 wa* kis-ping mv eye ,•0 the ptrtooner a* much a* if he ksd been in inc custody, aud old Tom ws_- puffing and lowing afong a little lu the rear. In a moment, and like a ahadow. the man a. gone/ Goue where? Which way 1 Tom stood still and bcllowevl like a bull, and I, 1 trvmbling with excitement, *tarte*l off iu puiawit, at ban haaard. Da*hing hitm-r and thltltor, tripping, turning, and running in another thinking at the same time that I wa, more than likely, running away from the fugitive, but still h.Hind to Hy on soTnewherr, when su-ldet.lv I came to the edgo of. wliat appealed to me, a deep pit. I tried hard to jerk myself tack, but k was too late. In 1 went, head-first, aha i. came down, to my surprise, without hurt ing tnvscll in the least; for I had fallen on a cijci.mu, and that cushion an animated one. t gripped bold of it with superhuman strength, and struggled out (ol what had been a trap to both iff ttS) with the rtm aapy. 1 about* 1, and Tswn was HU with us, but minus hi* grest-coat. He had es caped from it to juin in thW pursuit, and did not know whore he lutd left it. We searched for some time, and when about to give up, came across the phenomenon, i standing a* holt upright with the arm* j extended, a* if old Tom bad been in it. : We then took the prisoner to the loek-up, as a companion to tay man for the night; j went tack to my comfortable fire, feeling j Tery excited; and retired to bed for the purp-.se of sleep and rest, but, in my case, to go through the events of the day again and again. J We got rid of our prtoonera next day, and returned in eourpfiny to Isiodow. T\r sold his "capital wjrm coat" cheap to a cabman, o "'tis n ill wind that blow* nobody gdef." HM*rr of the Snow Blockade. The first blockade on the L"nion Pa thi* brief intervals flicre has been a succession of snow and wind storms of great violence. The greatest Miismsß mtsrsws inches. But the detention of trains has been canscd by drifting and not by fall ing. saow. hi November _tt)e**ee"nd serioiyi bkxffcjri < i (iw£W*lliellAcee Inning been fonnd* insufficient to arrest the drifting snow. An effort was then made, to opep the road and keep it, open by tin l hsr M trtow-ynowV. 'df which flie Company hrnl thirteen that had proved 4noti"-trains were fitted out with accommodations on each for sleepintTarrd finding seventy five labor ers, and with two weeks' supplies of pro visions this 'WtAt fswk. in ad dition to. 4:f /triinurU fainfbrr of kki ployce; anil in this way trains have been sent over the rood. Ranchmen resident there tor the last twenty-five rears say that the present Winter has been the most severe in twenty-five' years. It is thought that the road can, i \Yinterjaf|cy<*i beve^ltijt|i^n|the NEEDED REOBOAKIEIKO. Artemns Ward, jne lietrayed into drinkin' to several people's healtlis, and wihin*"to mAe Vm robftstaf j>OHftible, . I continued drinkin' their hftafnl 'until my own was uff'Ct/d< CoMMkence was. I presented myself to Betsy's bedside late at nite with eonsidifrable licker con cealed about my person. I had graif-1 how got possession of a boss whip on my way home, and rememlwrin' some craftky oksehrsHon of Mrs. Wafd In tile mornin* I snapped the whip putty lively, and iu a very hif'k %> yon need * *1 lAre* come, | Bestv,' I continued, crackin' the whip over the bed, ' I have cum* to reognnixn | you.' I dreamed that nite that some body laid a boss whip across me ucjtrai times, and when I woke up I tpUnd she had. I hain't drans much of any thing since ; and if I ever have another reor gunizin' job on hand I shall let it out." THE DLFFEEESCE. —The hundreds of, young men who eke out a miserable ex-J ihtence in this City under the fond delu sion that they will some day become bankers, merchants, and brokers of large mepns, could have wen the foby of their dreams if tbey had been present at a social gathering f "self-made" men, which was the great event of the year at Columbus, Ohio, the other evening. One hundred and seventy-five men sat down to dinner together, and out of this num ber there was not one who had not gained substantial wealth in a few years by personal effort. They had all the same story to tell. All of them had gone to Columbus without either money or friends, and they now represent an ag gregate capital of $10,000,060. IVojii five thousand to ten thousand young men could leave New York any day with out being missed. --IY. V. Poptr. Three Texan horse thieves were hung at Baxter Springs, Kansas. THE CENTRE REPORTER, A Hdtle with Death. J A startling nffVir took place In the town iof Uetl.ol, N". V. Tw-> iilUe girls llaieti l brooks ami llattie Sehonntuaior, pro ! twswling home, timk a " short cut'" acixwu Hlsi k bake, which was fro*>n over, ami was cori side red safe. When they htu! almost reached the further shore, HattU 1 broke through the ice, and in trying U help her out Helen lip|ed in UlO. They both tank, and w hen they came up, thev were entwined in each other's arm*. A young man name,! Kileain started towardi 1 the hole in the Ice, with thu Intention ol j git ing the girl* all the assistance in hit t power. Mhea he reached them they new 1 stniggling to grasp hold of the ice. kii i earn got hold of litem, and had them hall ' way out of the water when the ice gavr | way beneath him, ami all three wer plunged beneath the chilling water When they came up the lad began shout liug for assMance. Jarues llrooks, who ' vva In the wooda near hy, now came upon the scene. It was his sister in the water with the others, aud he ran to help her. In reaching out he slipped into the water. Both girls had been clinging to young kilealu, aud he was fast becoming ex hau>l*d w itli his effort* to keep them ami himself above the surface. Wlieu theOlliet hoy fell in, his sister let go of Kileain, and twined herself around her brother, lit succeeded in freeing hi* arm*, and then attempted to reach one edge of lite ice. I It would break away vt ith the combined weight of him aud his sister, and tired him so that he desisted, and the two boys began shout ing for aid. Thomas I lent, .-mother boy, was attracted by the cries, and rati to the edge of the ice, and iu stmuly hruke through. There were now live of them in the water, all struggling fearfully for life. A man named Max , ltoseker, a brawny wood-chopper, Imaritig the shouts of the children w here he was working in the woods, rau dow u to the lake shore, and beheld the situation lie had his little five-year old sou with him, and telling him to remain quiet on the shore, rnshed to the struggling little ones in the water, rtuly to share their fate. A *oon as he plunged in the water both little girls grasped hold of hi* coat, aud he was keeping theiu adoat, w heu his little son, terrified at seeing his father in the water, jumped in and gra*|ed hitn around the neck. The whole settlement had now l>een attracted to the shore of the lake, and the wildest excitement prevailed. Women faiuling. crying and prayiug; men snout ing, aud the chilled, tailing person* iu the water battling with death, that stared them in the face. Men shouted to do this and do that, and between it all nothing was done to aid them. W hen l'vseker found hi* little boy about his neck he seined him in his powerful arms, kissed him several times, aud with a look of des ! pair threw him far out upon the ice, where | he was taken up and carried to his mother. rThe little girls were now rapidly failing, i but young Kileain succeeded in climbitig j out on the ice and shouted for s tannery hook. Une was brought, and he succeed ed in pulling out the inanimate form of [the Schoonmaker girl as she was sinking : U-nealu the ice. Thomas I tent, father <>f the hoy who had already fallen in in aid ; ing the girls, now jum|K*t in to the assist ance of 1 K-seker and the rest, and after him went Thomas Hanley. These two sustained the almost exhausted aud frozen Deseker and the hoys until a plank and more tannery hook* w ere brought, and by their aid all safely landed. The girls, although believed to be dead, were resus- I citated. The others were restored hy warm fires and clothing. The affair created a sensation throughout the entire section of the country, and the eourarre and noble conduct ot lleseker. Hanley, 1 K-i.t. father and son. and the lads Kileain and Brooks, is a theme of hundreds ot admir ing tongues. Oufe**lon Among the Shaker*. A la-ly who once lived among the S!iak. la wrhilig sketches* of l|e Kb there. S | -caking of " Confession Hay," she tells the following story : The day of conKtoaion r.*:•■ at last, and with it most unlooked for and terrible dis closures. To the horrified amazement of the >s*rg>blud uiJrexses and jour el|o|ing tears. Sister Minerva went down '"mto the valley ol humiliation. 1* With a bitter struggle foe' composore, her dark eyes dilating.- hvir beatitfTdl feee white and set, she confessed that the "baneful poison of natural love" had crept with insidious but giant strides into her heart. What must have been tier conviction of sin when, with t>K courage of despair, she admitted that Brother Ernest t* Shaker who had left the society and gone back to the world) had absorbed all her tlmugiitr far many months. She had borrowed his books, learned his language, talked to hi(u\ Mddenly awakened and alarmed at Hie*lyriipathy, congeniality, aud admiration which site felt with and for him, she wonld have f!e the hand-* of others. "l)o yon ai' that unu ahovt ling in ctxd ? Well, hi* rhildrvn, and children like Ida, will jos tle yorir |iam)H'ml sou* and rrde this land," said nu old New Yorker, the oth er ilny. Tho old uauies have reused iu the pulpit. The fumed men of the bur seldom hate a auecoasor. Tho etuiuent juriata earrv their honor# with them to the grave. Merchant-princes are oblit erated. The reason is clear. The fath ers laid the ltivi* of businee* one way, aud the sous build another. Men tliat earned their fortune* by hard work, by dilligence; that knew aiiU-eu houiw' toil, hy persoual attention ; that were their own book-keepers, salesmen, cash iers and jmrlera, are followed by sous who do n.* little u* iNunulde ; who dele gate to others all tlie work they cwi, aud who know more of the roud than the ledger. Eamoua hotel meu were gentlemen, men of intelhgenc>, men who were the equals of the leat in the land, and who never sunk the gentle man in tlieir trade. Young mey who fling the examples of their aires to the winds and it easy to squander a valuable name, nin through a fortnue tpiieker than it was generally la coming have in no wise beeu abandoned. The Kkirt of a velvet dreaw, to bo iu ivrfcct t.nate. ahould be a moderate train, entirely devoid of gerniture. Brct-JMORT L St aoicxL 01-EKATJOX. The San Francisco f'ofl given this: During the progress of a trial in the Munici|Ml Criminal Court, a physician wna placed upou the staml to explain tlie nature of a wound inflicted by the de fendant upon the complainant. Ia giv ing Ilia testimony lie ucacribcd a novel mode of extracting hulk-la. lie awid ; •' The bnllef entered the right side, a litUo 31*rrp the hip, and in probing the wound I discovered where the bullet by. I wa* compelled to enlarge the orifice of the wound in older to introduce the forccpe, and bad just got that instrument on the bullet, when the wounded man, who wna eonniilerablv under the in fluenec of Hquor. struck mc a powerful blow on the side of the head, which caused me to fall to the floor. H<- then nui nwav ; and when 1 recovered myself I found my fore*pa, in one cor ner of the room, and near the iuatrn ment wa* the bullet, which had Iermnnent funds of the Con vention to npwnrd of 980,000. — Port land Advertiser. MILKY.— Tho people of Wolcottville, Conn..having suffered from the extortion of milk-dealers, who charged ten cents A quart, were relieved by a tender-hearted farmer who supplied them at eight cents. Thon the old peddlers underbid the new comer, and Hold for six cents, which induced the ungrateful people to "go brtck" on their benefactor, where upon he gave thorn up in his wrath, and tney are again the victims of the mon opolists, and are thus forced to my ten ' cents a quart with 00 hope of relief. At the Foot or the brand i 'Maun. Chlann M aintain, *t wlmar # Iko t'ol rt" Hjiring* t* liritnl, hs* tarn ptonowuee.! by trawler* of world-will* reputatmn " the arsuilevt mountain ut the world." t) stately Chimin ! rugged, taUl and grand, Iboreath the ttha.l •* of thy br>* we stand ; Hut as we w atoli the aunabuio through each rtfr Ttre rays id gold and crime.ol glory drift. We M a preiMtiiee we cannot ciprea* ; A beauty and a souse of lovclino** j That eoolhes the weary, to ike lired givm rest, And caluia ail turSHUI iu the banian breast. , The rug*, d front of Lutliei's I'ulptt stamls Where, uverlouking sll tlis osstward laiul. It seems to eay "a later irutli 1 teach, And one within man's universal rwavh ; Tlie aid Aides quite away the new come* in Full worthy of the crown it hath to win ; And humsuklud, advanced to higher plaue The shiuing raiment on ila white throne reigns.' i And as we turn our glance# to the the West ttnr vision (aits ou t'arssmu's umlwred crest ; And if stili higher altitude we seek We rest contented on Pike'a hoary peak ; . While north aud south majestic rang.. tower Wbuse 1 wiled lirow change frualage with uwnh hour, And now in snnainne, now in shad.vw show Ihcir changing glories to the plain* below. O grand Chiauu ! from day to day we **rk . Aud (iu fI.SU thee the reel iff which we apeak ; The *kialug apleudur iff thy amrutug crown, the purple gtoriee of each afternoou. These, these are I hire eternally, and we Tlie grateful homage bend the witting knee, Aud like • child upou iu mother's breast itencath the shadow of thy brow we nq. HiW* A*. /'ay, of whom I write. Sheeonldn't help flirting if she'd tried, and it wasn't her fault, of course, if meu were taken in by the round, childish far* and great, in nocent blue wyes. For they were, scores of them, ami Kitty went on her way re joicing—completing their bewilderment by the sly looks and sinilaa and blushes, that really meant nothing, but were very ef fective, nevertheless. But, 111 an unluokr hour tor Kitty, the •aid " Yes"' to a dark, melanoholly young man, who had been her shadow tor mouth*. Hhe wa-n't in earnest, but did it for the "fun of the thing," and because •he wanted to kuow how it fait to be "en gaged." It resulted aarionaly, however, for in spito of exproM command* to tlie contrary, the accepted snitor went direct ly to her father and told him all about it. Mr. Day looked at hi# daughter mi ehievoualy that night, as she sal behind tha tca-ura with aueh a coaiicai assump tion of dignity. "Rio I'm to lo*e my little housekeeper before long, am If" questioned he, igni fleaotly. Kitty blushed scarlet. " Mr. Gilbert called on me to-day, He is an excellent young man and the son of one of my oldest friend*. I heartily t| pove your choice, my dear." " He promised to keep the engagement a secret," said Kitty, in a vexed tone. "80 he told me, bat concluded after ward to break hie promise rather than act dishonestly. For It xrpuldn t have been quite fair to have concealed the engage ment firoia me." " 1 don't know why. Fin sure. It's only a bit of iny fun, anyway, i never meant to marrv iiim." Mr Day lookril at her sternly. " I'm not jetting, ahe added pettishly. " He tlirew himself iuto such* posse-a that I was fairly frightened into saying • Ye#.' and sorry enough I've been for it since." " Are vn in earnest, Kitty f Ye* i am," and tfu- l>lua cya flashed defiantly. "I* it |>oMiblc that a daughter of mine ba *<• little feeling and principle!" "Now, pap*, what i the o of lectur ing! You know me of old. I'm lu trou ble and want you to help me out of it." "Hut you've given jour word, Kitty, and must abide by it." "Didn't he break hisP " \ es, and was jnstified in doing *O. But yon are not. "Still, TO give you a choice of two evil's if you think marrying young (Filbert one. Few girls would. Either keep yoor promise and make the tart, of circumslanccw, or break it aud pass tho w inter in the country with your aunt Dorothy, For I'm not going to haTo you play fart mod loose with ineua hearts after this fashion." Kitty looked up in her father's taeedis talievingly, lint determination was written there; and filled with audden dismay, she began to plead for a reprieve o! tlie sen tence. But Mr. Day wouldn't listen. " Y'on ran atay in ths city and participate in its gayetiea on on# condition only, and that I've mentions.!." said he. "Wa* ever anything so provoking!** muttered Kitty, after her fatbnr had gone downtown. "Aunt Dorothy lives in a forlorn-looking old place, and it'* a per feet wilder tup* around liar, and paps knows that sheia thorroasest old maid in sxistence. But T'll tasveu witlt him yet." The next morning Kitty aaaonncwd her intention' of remaining in the city. "But pnpn, if Mr. Gilbert himself should grow tired of tlie engagement after kffowtng me better, yon'll not pnnish me for that will yon?" and her eyes trembled mis chievously. "Certainly not, child. What a que* tion to ask ? " But Kitty haecu fur one circum stance. He accidentally (f) overheard a eotrver sat 10a between her cmisin and another gentleinan. KiUy was tha tlierne of the fflaoonraa. " She's a dear liUle girl, hut • regular virago," said Jo*. " Everybody'a afraid of her wlieu she gets into one of her tan trains. She jost rave# and goe* on in a way that's pametly friglitfal. There'# a taint of ioMnity In the blood, you know ; her aunt and grandmother dk-d in an in sane asylum." Young Gilbert listened, shuddriing. These words explained the. aoeit* that had t-urrled Litn before and awakened fore bodings for the future. "You saw her father coma down-town last week with hi* head aH bandaged up. and heard him leß, perti#pe. how terribly he'* afflicted with Mtiralgia, continued Joe. "Poor old gvtitlnman ! Twas KiUy did tta mi*- thief, for in one wf bar angry fiu she threw the flat-iron pcroa* th# talK and it hit him in the tctnpie. He's anxion* to mar ry Iter off, and I hear Gilbert's to be Ute happy man." That Individual turned pale. He re tneiatared Mr. 1 tar's eagerness In for -1 warding his suit, and the wish he had X --preaacd that hit daughter's marriage should take plana at an early date. Though his love fur Kitty was a* strong as hia< •hallow nature wa# o#|*at4riC Jkeling. a. vixecisk wife would ho uuvnJuraide. But wasn't It )H>sslb!e her cousin was mistaken, or had hs colored the picture a little too highly! Ila reaolved to wait for farther development*. They catne speedily. A week later 1* called ou Kitty —jw*i at dusk -and was 1 ushered by inulaka (?) into the library. The door hatweea that and the dining room stood slightly Ajar, a wonuuth shrill voice reached him from thence Wa* It Kitty's! Yea, he recognized It; he had beard it once before, pitched ia the same high key. " Iton't tell me yoa diduH mean to," •he screeched, more like a mad w oman than anything et*e. " You did, yon did, yon wretched little Imp!" Then there wa* the aouml of a heavy blow and the shriek of a child. "Oh' don\ don't Mis* RittvT" wailed a pitiful voice. "'Twas so dark I couldn't sec when you run up against me, and then I stumbled ami lull and tha pitcher got broken, and i tried to keep the milk off your pretty <1 rem. hut couldn't." "1 oa stumbled and fell," mimicked Kitty. "Well. I'll teach yon not to an other lime. Take that, and that, and that," giving the child blow after bkiw that resounded through the room. "Stop yonr snivelling too. IK you bear? ill make yon if you 1 on't" Tha aoh* were hushed np, and Kittr wwntou: "'Twas the prettiest dress 1 bad, and it's spoilt completely ; and all through your oarcfesanca*. you little into! Oh! if I'd only a cow hide! 'twould do tnc good to give yvu such a whipping as you deaerve." " Kitty, let that child alone," said a new voire; and Gilbert recognised it a* her eonsfnV. " I shall do no such thing! Get out of tht way, and mind your own buaineas!" she shrieked, and thre was lotuelbing that sounded like a bottla whizzing through the room and crashing np against the wall. Then a roan's groan was heard distinctly. "Oh! Kitty, how could vou?" said her cousin, reproachfully, " You've cat iny cheek terribly; aoe how tlie blood run#!" Gilbert didn't wait to hear anv more, but fled from the house, resolved thai he wouldn't marry such a vixen, though site i had the face and lortn of a Hebe. The front door had no sooner closed on him, than the actors in the shove drama went off into spasms of merriment Kitty st.KM! revealed in the gas-light with dree* uuiqjnred; there was not a cut to be seen on Joe's face; the child was no where visible. "Oh! oh! 'twas too funny!" gasped Kitty ; " that whine would have deceived ahybody, 'twas so natural. I half started myself, thinking 'twas really a child's voice instead of yours. Y'oti deserve a reward f merit far such splendid acting." "Give me one then, and let me choose It myself," whispered Joe. " Well, what will you have?" aud site looked up archly. "Yourself." * * " Wbtt modest demand !' r There was a mocking smiJo on his lips, hut her eyes full beneath his. "Do yon think aot" and taking the 1 mischUviui# little face betweon his bands, lie scanned It closely. What lie saw there was evidently satisfactory, fur he kissed it over and over, and Kitty, though she resisted a little at first, finally submitted with a very good grace. "Tis well to ba off with tha old love before you are on with tho new," whis pered he, slyly. "Gilbert's done for. and I've stepped into his place." " But he didn't treat me in thhi way," ponted she. "I hope net. "'Twould he worse for him If he had. I'd sboot him in a min ute," and Joe tried to look belligerent, but failed woefully. Mr. Day was surprised the next morn ing by a call from Kitty's late suitor. The young man svemsd ill at ease, and stam mered a good deal iu making his errand known, "I understand, sir, that insanity is hereditary in your family," he began awk wardly, " and—,and—" he paused and tried to collect his ideas—" that Kitty's annt and grandmother died in an lunatic asylum." " All a mistake," responded Mr. Day, pompously. " There never was a case of insanity, either among my own kiodrad, or that of my late wife." " Hat your daughter, sir, has a peculiar disposition, and 1 find It isn't suited to mine at all. We should he miserable to gether, 1 desire, therefore, to srithdraw front tlie engagement." " Ami hate you told Iprr thisl" thun dered big listener, white with rag*. Per Mr. Day really had a violent temjH-r, and didn't need to feign its possession, like KHty. " I tear me! the father is worae than the daughter," thought the young man. Aloud he answered, " Oh, no; I catne to you first." (The fart he didn't dare face Kitty with any each proposition.) "Well, air, all I Lave to #av is that vonVe a mean, contemptible villain, and if yon don't get out of my office this mia- 1 ute, I'll kick you down stairs," and he fore She words were fairly out of Mr. Day# Mouth be started to make hia threat good. Young Gilbert made a haaty retreat, convinced that not only Kitty, but Mr. Day, also, were partially insane. Kifty listened detnurelr to ler father's version of the affair, and the anathemas he hurled against Iter recreant lover. Onus, though, daring that narration the •hook so with laughter thai he looked at her suspiciously. Hut aba put 00 at once such an hir of wretchedness that he as crihed it to mortification aud wounded pride. It was not till two years after wards that he learned the truth, and Kit ty wm married to Joe, who, I forgot to say, was not her own con em, though the called him *O, but a sort of distent rela tion. Mr. D*y received the revelation good humomlly, (Joe had always been his special favorite), and wa* ready enough to laugh with the reat over the way In which he had been out wittcd To shave SetonUaoafly. Aa men oowtinne to shove and to be . linved. wo transfer to our eniiiuma tho , following brtof arutay npni staving, which from Use poo of a celebrated authority : .. | " Never fail to well wash jour beard j with snap and water and to rub it dry, i irmntiliatel v before you apply the !atliw, > of which the more yoa use, and the. thicker it is. Use easier you vftil ahave. " Never use warm water, which makes ' ,a finder faob. In cold w (wither place . your eloaed raxor in jour pocket or nn- i iler jour arm t<> warm it. The moment j you leave your bed (or tath) is the beat) time to ahave. ** Always wipe vow raeor clean, aud strop ii bafiuro putting At away; sad al ways put your ahartttg-bruah away with the lather on it. '' Tlia razor (being only • very fine *aw| aliould be moved iu a sloping or sawing direction, and held u-ar> flat to vonr face, ears lwing taken to draw the •kin Be tight aa possible with the left hand, so as to pram-nt am *wn surface, •nd to throw out the beard. " The praeUcaof (trussing on Hut tdge of n stropping it soon rounds it; the jinsuwre ahould be directed to the back, which should never tie raised from the strop. If you ahave from bed i to iwiint of tht- razor, strop it from pmnt t to heel -, but if you begin with the point j tli akanug. then strop it from heal to i point •' If you only onco put away your razor without stropping it, or otherwise jwcfeeUy cleaning the nlge. you must no longer expec* to ahave eeJl aud enay, the snap and damp so soon rait the fine teeth and edge. " A piece iff aoft pisUvbather xhonld always be kept with razors, to wipe them with. rurtealflea ef ?be Bible, A man who was condemned to solitary confinement for life in § prison, relieved the tedion*nwof the year* by aocertain lng-tbe following f*-V : The Bible eontauis .H.bMA.ptft letters, 7Ti).fiF2 worda, 31.17J innoa, l.lcv chap ters, and tib books. Tha word "and" occur* 49.277 times ; the ward " Lord" occurs 1,555 time*; the ward " reverend" occurs but once, which is in the 9th verse of the filth l*tudm. The middle verse is the tth vers# at the lIMh Psahn. The '2lst verac ot the 7Ui chapter of Ezra contain* ail the letter* iu the alplm! a-t • xcept the letter J. The flnust chiqiter ' to read ia the 2f>th chapter of the Acta at A perilrw. The 19th chapter of JI. Kings and the fifth chapter of Isaiah are aKkc. The longest versa the !Hh verse at the Mth chapter of Bather. Tho abortesA vernt* is tin- deth verse of the 11th chapter of SU John. Tin- Ctli, l&th, 21 st aud3lst verses of the 109U> I'satmarc alike. All the verse* of the l.TOih Psalm end alike. There arc no words or names of more than six syllable*. j-; — r~ —I A SixorxxH CAML In Philadelphia s singular trial took place —That of one William Osktns for the murder of ht write. Oskiaa was acquitted on tli ground of insanity, this insanity taing proved to have resulted only and wholly from excessive use ot alcoholic stimu lant*, and to be in nowise pexmanent. hi-rwhUry or constitutional. His coun sel do* cornea into Court with an appli cation for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the jwtitidncr was ap raatod for the murder of hta wife ; that be was tried and acquit ted on the ground of insanity ; that since anal acquittal he lias recovered bin reason, and ia now of sound mind, and is detained in custody without put reuse. Tit* tone of the latest discussion of tho Alabama difficulty, ?>oth in England and In this country, give some reason to hope that the miatimlerstonding which lms ariacn may be so managed ss not to de stroy the.' Treaty. Tb® people of both conntrir-e sue uracil more scnsilde and moderate tluw some ol their nasumcd leaders. They would like to see tin present dlffieulties settled honorably and j>esceahlr. That is their mam idea—and under tlirec eiimmstiuiees it would he a great pity and a great shame if so great A Treaty ahould he lust. nuU-ss from ab solute nacuasity.—A". T. I'opr. A Dr*x.- -A duel was fought tat ween Speaker Carter and Captain and Chief of Police A. N. Badger, at Bay St. Louis, Mia#. The weapon* were nfles, and one shot was exchanged between the combat ante at sixty paees. Both missed, and immediately after the first fire the sec onds interposed, and the principals de clared thamneivea satisfied. The cause of the challenge is believed to havo been the testimony elicited before the Congres sional Committee. Carter was the chal lenged party. BRKT-BTJOAH.—Amherrt Agricultural Collage has instituted another domestic industry for the country, in tha matter of making tact-sugar. Bun dry experi ment# therein having proved suooesaful, it is propot ed to form a company which shall ta exempted from taxation for ten years to develop the future possibility of making sugar cheaper than it now is. THKEK OUELUKHN BRAWKN TO DEATH.— In the town of Jefferson, Minn., the residence of Julius Haus together with his barn and live stook were burned. The wind was blowing a gale at the time, and before the inmates could lie awakened the entire upper portion of the house was a mass of flames. Three children were burned to deeth. JAMES MCLACOHUM, was sentenced in New Yorfcto twenty years in State Prison for g&rroting a German. TERMS : Two Dollar* a Year, in Advance. 9 J (lead of America* H ree. The American* hare .teadily eoeoor aged trotting, while we have turned our attention to galloping. W oowae the different circunwUiiiWA of the two : countries account to • certniii eaten* (or thrw different teste*. The A#wi can. are not in the habit of rroming nor hafe they any raoe Ooar*.i worthy iof the name. All their sport # l MO" eaerily eomc off on their road*, or raoe oocm-a hard aa road*. Consequently their aport take* the form of trotting, i end a good t rotter is uwful for aay pur i |mmhs. We. on the contrary, in oar wr ing overlook our irofwrnl *o4. or at lewd loee night of it ia the immediate • icitemcal of th" match we aspire to train our horeea to gallon a abort dis tance m the •hottest jxMtoble time, en couraging the muet noah** of ell pares for lire in-art impracticable of all pur pose*. W'e neither hope nor dir* to write down tacing and galloping. We ••tily denire they naould not be praeiiaud ' nud encouraged to abuae. There ia no iwceao exhilarating a* a rapid trot; and I it in arrange, indeed, the* trottingabouhl not be more .ulit vaUxl with a nation of lidate and dri.em The quabttos of the American trotter am precinolf three ! that make a gewl troop horse. Htamiua utnl endurance are indispensable, for ! they mu.t trot eitraordinary distances.; Blood they muet have, or they could never show themselves " game" aa they do. If trotting rem* into regno with ua, breeder, would have to look to anb* atrno# without neglecting blood. Three A mermen bono* display, beaidaa, .•xtrsofdiaary vitality. Their cclebri tie. frequently prolong a life at never* | 1 match running to twenty year., and vigorous nature decay*in ita natural coon*. while oora. aa an American re mark*, are rim off the turf in thirty month* Of oouiae the secret of thft* vitality ifc to t* aougbt in the oonattta ' ti<>n and education, not In the climate ' The practical American know, you can-i I not exact with impunity of an infant i the work of e man in baa prime. Nor ean anything lie stronger than the lan* , guage in which American sporting men condemn our English practice. We | may import barba from Stmtn and Mo rocco,or do anything else to solidify the ' wt batata* and reinvigorwte the strain 1 But what will it aD profit, or how ean i | we look for permanent improvement, while we permit is a pr settee* condemn ed by Hik'rMM end &Mua- I diato front, but too late to give the signal | f warning before passing tbe spot The < | ponderous machine wta stopped as aoou j i as possible sud the trembling engineer j took the bock track with gloomy fore-; j boding* to look up the corpse- His feci- < ings can probtibly be better imagiued than expressed when be met the object of his search coming to meet him with I fist* doubled up, and other indications n*t favorable to the bodilv .comfort of the engineer. A speedily executed right-about-feoc movement was made, and the engineer outdistancing his wrath- J fl pursner, reached his engine and fled inglorioualy from the scene. * j J --I —— IJS An Extraobiunasi Anm-moN —Mr. Strong, last season, made several hun dred ascensions, some of which were fraught with narrow escapes. In the ascension which Mr. Btrong made from' Shellbiax, Mo., he met with a peculiar sdveuture. AH was ready for the serial trip, and just as he was about to step Into the basket, some of the ropes let go, tripping him np, and he hung by his legs, tangled in the cords. For a mo ment the balloon swayed to and tirx, and Mr. Strong grasped at the first object that came withiu reach, aud that wae a lady, catching her about the waist, just as the balloon leaped into the air. Up they went in this strange position, with the crowd looking on in breathless horror. The lady thus nnwiliingly token up fainted and fiung a dead weight in bis arms, but Mr. Strong kept his presence of mind, and at last made the descent, landing the lady safely amid the cheers of the iMnblM throng. ANAXYZINO UIIX — Dr. Husaom has analyzed the milk ef 22 cows, four of which were no badly attacked by conta gious typhus as to necessitate their imme diate killing. Four were apparently sound, and fourteen were in a doubtful condition. He concludes that neither the milk nor the meat can give the dis ease to men ar to any animal but rumi nants, but they are totally unfit for food, and their sale should be strictly prohibit ed. PramssioN hss been granted by the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission - ers to run boats from Lockport to Chi -1 cago on the cable plan. Why earn If W- laaAtoapa to mllmani gray To-flum* will chass all th. cWoAeaok* Stray. To-awwww, yoae*,aar Ac duott. With lb* taffon-boad EmA of today, * W* I . a*. iii#l -mae a ,■■* I LL Ik*:\ Wlllf { llw ■hi nil afftiMimit ip rju Of • jy new wptTWwt Ay dalay. If to-day born of yesterday hsflte cur will, Tteunaiua. Wi ann mute -fusi nii. Tuewl*. f* maottadM wMI* Aa pore aa tha aofMUHageaiar Thai round* into wavaa of Mght Tooover earth 1 * pfNfol ***. Th* gal* may I- algbln*. the ftnstUaffettmy. Trt P*smmw wtil spark!* to cryeMUaa apray. - • To-morrow Wllh roaea ia nswwl, A teodrewysd sjlph <#' tba May; , T|a|l|i| garland* of Momnw* arrtpMt In a cWl*Wlka heprwriA nl way. Teday may be barren, a dull In tba *r. Tomorrow yanag spriag-tite will bed wry wbcee. ; To-morrow lb* Uinta without faur, Fulling hack to lb* worMßaod* *®uo,' 'ATI king,' Air tba mmW'tfcO bare, Tk* World new a attentat bird or of be* Ja-morruw abai) übo with rtttoetp gin To-morrow |a regal for all, With a ao*|Ara of Jov* lb * hand: Tba waary but wait for barwUt, ■ To aprlngtotbe MMWiial land, per lb* apauef te-dny aa may tairfolfr grope, Baft tbf *rvh of te-msMow.J* gfowtnf with iwp*. NO. 10. i MMC JFsB< l i®Sw IM your knga tk air of thaaaaeivea. Black adk and cniudin aproua bay# ww in faahion again. The latent atjdr til lev! Wovliffef full drean have Mean and - eighteen- bnttona. Pail tattini for fulidraea tu>d bouuMt wenr have entirely anpenaded the court 1 train. >1 Jet Irniida and ornament* are very much uacd at preaent for ornamenting ■fMheaiUuaaw to bathe moat faahiou able atyl* f dteaa good* far fall drew* 1 nextacaaon. When a man haa "no mind of his ' f own" hi* wrife divee him a j pteeadf battk Fin font lire indbea.il aaid to be the . perfection of height for a Woman and | five feet eight ineae* tar a man ! s There ia a fanner in the Weal who, ! year* ago, wheta a bow, Marked lwxfo for a firing. H# now wn* three dog*. Iti* told the more duaay, awkward. > and ungraceful a man i*. the warmer Uu heart and more wamtive hia feeling*. Bin uionth* ia nowaday* • >asidei*d to be the extreme h-ngth of time that an ; engagement ahould exiat before marri age, * * A Cleveland youth had to pay S3O be i fr* he got alear .from the re*h action of giving a giria bottla ot "Time you" perfume An oyater, iti* aaid, con Ma* aa much i j mmrtallaaeaiaaaaiiet of raaatbarf, and ; tin* ia the raaaoa they am reoouunended ! for inralida. Two mcrchanl* of Ocncr*. HKnoi*, -!sasstfjsr.sss railroad rate*. Whan a woman can. faint, tad ha* a capital opportnaity for fainting, aid yet doesn't Wat, yon may be am* thai aba hr* aoaw ether feint in view, Poatamonth, X, HL, takes the premium for long and faithfnl domestic *crvke. A maiden weenfly died thora who was a aarrani women ki one family for wxty ninayeam- Chicago slaughtered ewioc numbt-ring 1,075,187. The imagination ktec* iteett in the -nbfime contemplattoa of them oords of ham, aeree of chops, othca of aausagea and league, of trichina. Henry S." Evans, Stab'- Senator from ' the Fifth Pcnnsyfvaaia District, fied at Wtotrheataay Pean, Hw death caeate* ,a tar, for the accottd time, in the politi cal partica in the State Senate. Alphonw (who ha* had an Attack of > aMtiwr-in-law): "Parhfon, tnedam. it ia not m trunhla aat yoar daughter is my wife. Xon J It if beewwe ih i* not at> orphan when Ac m married to me! A little boy, after watching the born tug of the achool-housei'intil the novelty uf die thing had ceased,started dowa tfo. street, sajing, "I am glad the old thing I is burneddown; I dldftl have my jdgf7 t teasow, nohow.*' . The ptrijaaior of a now raner at I Atlanta, Oa., hairing dedated ita* ha ! will " condemn the wrong and ap{dand 1 the Tight," <** woa the tato will keep him m busy aa a school-boy with a hornet in lus trousers. A young wife on being lately asked ' what she sfc'Wdfl do in ewe# her husband i should fad, replied, " line on wans to be ; sure. I hare two and ha hat two, with bauds at the end of them." We will ven- I tore to mv that rem pie will never fail- I The Lhnberger Fire Tnenrtmce Com l*kiy iisa started in ita printed tfona the following qocttion* : 1. Do too keep aeow? f. Is it * letnale cow ? 'kla Ha farrow cow A lattwlticking foowT fo Iskerwamaused milking? 1.,,-#. r> Ift*l*MW. it I. How chaagiag t* tbe ipt of jn*n I Fitua toAle worfte towttwe*. ftoa: Ham* pftmuare* in aar foatb we stor*. Hat *re our (ttm it unrked by rarft; 1 ~ in m waia eat, we rest fc* bcwOi, | Analter eternity in death. The town of Londonderry, N. H.. hold* ita charter on the condition of giving the Uowreor a peak at 'potatoes j every year, aad pays the penalty of *■ corporate cxi--T. n,v regularly; It is an
m the oofltu was placed on the oatafalqqa numerous caudles were light ed on each side, and the service began with chanting, which contained over an honr and a lmff, during which there were four absolutions, rj _ The Most Rev. ArchbShop McClcwkey, of New York was in tbe sanctuary. The bishops moved around the coffin, then* the celebrants and assistants took their positions, and tbe requiem mass pras celebrated fr|d&bu(i Whelau, of Wheel- MeCloeky * preached the funeral seraWSl The coffin was then taken in solemn procession, amid mourn ful music, to the basement of the crypt under tbe main alter, where it was de posited, the Miserere being chanptd meanwhile. , U A^,, f JujtOßß AND N KWffIP.WEKB.—Bt'I ll branches of the Ohio Legislature have passed a bill providing that the wading of newspaper reports of a critae shall not render a man incompetent to sit is a juror in the case. T =