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 )<m doer,
* . Jot the rrind of the worM we# sweet;
the wwMerti with CTOsrtug weapons
Turned tack tov isruitvg feet.
1 KM to the shining whtjowo—
there the wtuged Sombre ftooJ;
Sfletit they held the rurtainrt
*1 And the light fa t (trough to * iooA.
*" I clomh to the highest winds* -
Ah! there, with shadowed hrow,
Stopd cote lonely, rhlnnt Harrow,
And that, my tore, www thn.
A Ktsw at 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 <voWl I aeh for more.
Titan the kindly glsucc of loving eyes,
A* ehe kissed me at the door?
l.ki ow she kive*ortth ell her Mori
The one who etande taeide,
And ihe yoare have lieen to joyous
oinoe ft ret I calks! her bride - ;
We're had pa run oh of happiness
WITHV we met ui y Wfore,
llu: the U* (quasi (inn- of all was
When she kissed m# at ths dor. ,
• Ah torn It neetMi* the! all the world.
With all fto wraith of gold.
T eery email ahd jvvvr tmlevd,
Ctai pared *uh what 1 hold I
And a hen Hue chanl* hang grim and <teik,
I scrip strut the more
Of " one" who waita the coming tkf
To kins me al tliw door.
If she tier* ifll'ege shall matter
The front upon tar head.
I know she'll lore me just the eame
An the mornbjg f* war# wed (
Bi\ the cufql* call h-r, '.
„ Ai d *h#g>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<H> 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, jn<nrvo4 hi* iottfuv th* gives
his ideAofro<94l9iti#il J t'lb fiver
attempted to roowcanizo my wifp but
onee. I SliaFf oofer attemjrt ♦ dr/it
again. I'd been to a public dinner, and j
had allowed myself To t>e 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<l from the
pleadings of her own heart if she had had
strength left to do so. Then, deathly pale
and panting heavily, site took from her
bosom a packet of letters written to her
by Brother Ernest. If they had been the
firice qt innocent blood, Minerva could not
tave cast theui down with more vehe
mence before the ministry.
With solemn emphasis the senior eld res*
spoke. " Let repentance have its perfect
work. Bead the letters aloud. Who are
they fifrim f
Minerva had apoken „„ hurriedly and
iacAWatoitly that her loveris name was
not yet known. With quivering lips she
wa* forced to rejieat it. A beseeching
look nt K1 dress Orangia told her that the
poor young sister prayed to be spared this
ordeal of reading the'letters; but not an
iota of tli* (-zone could tho eldre-s remove.
She couldvird/sadly whisper, 4 ** May, you
mvec coutjdy."
.Uni the wjkftle correspendence was
read, and the answers confessed,* word by
Worn, as well a* the sinning sister couhl
remember. One letter, written in Ger
man, she begged to have burned without
reading. The eldresaes of course were ig
norant of the language, and looked unde
cided.
"I will burn it here .right before your
eye*," entreated Minerva; and she took
from a work-basket belonging to Khlrcs*
Philomel tut old tinder box. and ffint, a
precious relic Once belonging to Mother
Ann. V\ ith leterish haste she struck fire,
and the oast moment Brother Ernest's
word* of love were converted into the
white ashes of her sacrifice. Think what
a sacrifice, when there were pages of
rhapsody such as this:
" My heart goes out to thee, my toul
cries out to thee in yearning, passionate
might I Life has become a dream! How
can I think it a reality f I was once sur
ronnded, in my fatherland, with beautiful
high-born women wlio had no power over
my heart, and here 1 have yielded it
wholly to thee, my enchantress, nay, my
pure saint! Oh, how vainly I strive
against my passion. Love at its wildest
was never so untamed as the love of my
undisciplined heart; and yet it is pure,
for I would not touch the hem of thy gar
ment, nor raise mine eyes to meet the
heavenly-pure brightness ot thine, unbid
den by thee."
Pages and pages like this, written by a
Shaker brother to a Shaker sister, in
Wisdom's Valley! Truly the "natural
affections" were a hydra-headed monster
n that afflicted vale, about those times.
A physician being asked by a patient
if he thought a little spirits now and
then would hurt him much, replied, " I
do not know that a little occasionally
would hurt you much ; but if you don t
take any, it won't hurt you at all."
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1872.
The Son* ef Succcviful Mca,
Next |o the iiiquity, "What becomes
of the pin* f" an lutereatiug qneetiou
would IK-, What lwcaruew of the *ous of
successful men f A few men and a few
firm* are iu the hands of the fonuder* ;
bat thvw are the exceptioos. The old
name and the ild trade generally paase*
int> 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 <rue<i, and find themaelvea,
while ycirng, at tlie point from which
their father* started. One thing is quite
marked in New Y-rk. It is tlie fact that
the heavy busim-a* is getting into the
hamls of foreigner* —Uiu heavy impor
tcrs, the great hankers, and notch of
tlie trade of value is slipping oat of the
hands of American*, as the trade of
England ha* got into the power of the
Lombards.
Faihien .Notes,
A new style of glove for ladic* is made
of oposHum skin; it ia very soft and
durable, and can be worn in ftill drew#.
A basket of fit, won* fit cm side red by
gentlemen to be a very urt-Uy ntul ai
urupriato valentine to aeuu a young lady
friend.
Barque of a diflerent eob-r and ma
terial from the skirt and otcrdtui, ore
fashionable forindovir Unlet*.
For rough-aud rradv wear, black Eng
lish water proof cloth, trimmed with
Hercules braid, uiakcathe uioat scrvicu
able costume.
Oold jewelry, which is never used in
deep mourning, may be permitted when
the mourning is light enough to
admit of white, but uvun then, to tm iu
good laitr, it shoo Id be associated with
)•.
Indoor drewaes are made up much
plainer than formerly. Overckirta are
frequently omitted, aud the toilet ia ooti
oiderod complete with a plain dciut-trum
skirt and a stylish Iwmqun.
Blue can bo worn with a variety of
colors, and gray and brown as well.
The hair is worn lea* puffy and frixzy
than fonnerlv, although the ahnrt curl*
over the forehead, .*> 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 I<cu
extrnctial hy the force of the blow."
The doctor also stated that a* a surgical
operntiou it was a complete auccea ; but
he did not wish to p-rform one in the
maimer described every day iu the we<-k.
Exnnrr T ZHTIMOXT — There was n fresh
example of the worthlcnvncss of expert
testimony during n recent trial for for-
Scry at Taunton. A couple of experts
ispo<M<sl of the prisoner at the tar very
summarily. When Mr. Honrv D. Hyde,
of Boston, his counsel, bunded the smart
ret expert four old envelopes and naked
him if he could tell whose handwriting
was on them, tha witness, after hiking
time to examine them, snid that "the
superscriptions on the envelopes were all
in the same handwriting, and all written
by the man who forged the check." Mr.
Hyde at once took the stand, and tnkmg
the envelopes, said, " This ono was writ
ten hy tlie clerk of the Boston Water
Power Company, this one by a friend of
mine in New York, tlie third is my own
handw ritiup, nud the fourth is the pris
oner's, " witat an tinting his statement hy
producing the letter* received in some of
the envelopes.— S/irimqflM R'jmhlican.
SutorxAß CASE.— A new rood to fame
has been entered by a gentleman of Flor
ence. Casting about to see how he could
obtain distinction, he could think of no
better way than that of swallowing a fork.
He therefore took a plaited utensil of
this sort, introduced it enrefullv into his
gullet, prongs downwind, atul quietly lot
it drop. After this he went to the hos
pital, where he lives nt the public
cost. He is "interviewed" daily by
doctors and others, and bulletins regular
ly npis-ar, describing his condition. The
odd met of the business is that the fork
does not seem to give the man the slight
est uneasiness. He cat*, drink*, smokre,
walks abroad and enjoys himself in the
most unconcerned manner, nnd it is even
hinted that he thinks of swsllowing a
knife byway of providing a compauiou
for the fork.
LBOACT TO BAJ-TIST CinitcHrs or
MAINE. — By the will of tho late Byron
Greenough, of this city, a legacy which,
in tho final result, will amount, it is
thought, to at least was be
queathed to the Maine Baptist Mission
ary Convention, nn organization that
has in charge the interests of the feeble
oh arch ea of the Htatc. This gift, by the
sudden death of the testator's widow,
has now tacorao nvnilahic, nnd will
swell the ]>ermnnent 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*. /'<tooc.
KITTV'a HTRATAGKM.
Such a little witch a* she was, this
Kitty I >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 ha<l a motive in it. A plan
bad suggested itself to her mind for ent
wining !oth father and lover. Rut she
didn't mean to Lurry, and tagan to pave
the way for ita success oautinusly.
As good luck would have it, who should
call on her that morning hut cousin Joe,
the firm ally and abettor of *ll her child
ish mischief, and as ready to ?ielp her now
as then.
"Uh! Joe, snob trouble as I'm in," and
*ta clasped her hands with a pretty little
gesture of appeal.
" What, you, Kitty? Is your canary
bird fractious, or Is It something shout a
new dress or bonnet that don't equal your
expectations!"
Kitty looked at him so reproachfully
that ho was sobered in a minute.
" Tell me all about it," whispered he.
" I'm engaged," and if she'd been an
nouncing her own funeral, slio couldn't
have done it iu a more solemn voice.
Joe blushed up to the roots of hishsir,
and clasped and tinriasped his hands in a
nervqu* sort of wsv, hut didn't ssv any
thing. v
Kitty watched him maliciously. "It's
to that young Gilbort. lie's a splendid
follow, and has great dark eyes and the
dearest little moustache. You know hlin,
don't you ?"
•• No—yes—a little,"stammered Joe, to
the delight of Ms listener, t "'But what's
tho trouble about! Won't your father
consent!" and lie looked so utterly wretch
ed that Kitty, with a faint twinge of re
morse, hastened to teH him the true state
of the caee.
He brightened un wonderfully, " Then
you don't love Um man after all?" he
aaked.
" Well, I don't know," she answered,
meditatively. " I never looked into the
matter much. I suppose he's as good as
any one, bat I'm uot in marrying mood at
present."
Joe's countenance fell again. •' Will
you tell me just what you wantf" said he,
a little sternly.
" Mow dont be cross, Joe 5 you're the
"tdy friend I have in the world.'' and
Kitty nriaed bar soft eyes Imploringly.
ll- was mollified at owe. " Why not
break with Gilbert aud accept 110-alterna
tive t suggested he. "'fwon't be so
very dull nt aunt Dorothy's, I'va a col
lege friend In tlic neighborhood and can
visit you occasionally.'
" F* that the only plan that has occurred
to you f" oo*w.-red Kittv, sareasthwilly *
" y*M hat en't miwh ingenuity if you ain't
davjse some other way v ( getting wa out
of this dUvtuMsa. I've no intention of he
coming an animated foaail. Xow listen
to what I propose "
Then ICltty dlel<sed tier plot, and Jo*
listened approvingly, and the two head*
were still bent close together when young
GtUwis sailed an lioer later, lie entered
unannounced aud Kitty gave suelt a start
and blush at him Uial Jus's Iprpes again
-ank to zero. Bat if he'd been scusib)*
he'd known that her embarrastuent wu
the result of surprise rather than emotion.
She was very arch and winning that
meriting until after Joe left, (the little
witch knew ka was on nettles all the time)
thou she changed her lactic* and grew
oold and distant. "So you had to t*U
■••pa, alter all I" yho sneered, " men can't
leap a secret."*
Iter lover triad to exnlatn, hut she
wouldn't listen, ami gave him such a ra
ting as wauld have done credit to the
shrillest nnd noisiest of virago*.
"JU this a ipsoiiSW ef her temper!"
thought he. escaping into the street a*
MHtnar p-m-iWr. "Who'd have thought
her soft eyes oould flash *O, or the line#
of her face sharpen in such a enrioos amy ?
Khe really looked dangerous"
Had he seen Kitty laugh and clap her
hand* as b vnatoWl /W.tn tire aoaaa, he'd
hate been more pur/tod than war.
The next time they met die greeted
hitu wiUt each a (-harming MU.IV, ami
Im-ked *0 naive and uucouseuju* that tins
little epivnlc wc-uld have passed irom his
memory if It Lsdn't l>ecu 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<m MHt ?
lMdkm F<* Moil Gamut.
-WAUKIXO. —I have don# good deal
of looking on while waltsmg u iu pro*
gmw, car* Tier. E. R Hale. I hare
n ted three Ttrietiee of wilhwri I.
Those to whota'tha tmsiiHsm it t hard
tod ptiuful necessity. to which they
were pre-ordained and commanded, and
which and be fulfilled. A boat nina
tw a out of twenty of the waltzing cou
ples I hove teen, tarred their pmemtioD
to thin variety of nervine, ted, sewuat
and sorry. but brave. 1 There ere
thoee to whom the daare it a fine art.
who ester upon it as artists, gbd to carry
out perfectly a ayatem of invention,
which beceneeit is existing in aoeiety, it
it well for them to sustain absolutely
well. Thcte people do not hare the
agonuvl look of the first citae; they am
pkwaed wit j theawelvna, which it tome
thing, and they are worth study, aaillua
t rating one more form of kanhony out
in action. The third variety— mostly
Gwnnana by nationality—-ere people who
are thoroughly happy, unconscious and
at ease as they dance. Titer dance at
the thistle-do im floats, which we boya
md to cell a tephjr. When yon see
their unconsciousness and really childish
simplicity in the matter, it fa hard to
frown at waltzing, or b* find any wrong
in it
ASOCT UTAHS.— The elementa which
enter into the composition of the subject
of glass ere ailtx or flint, soda, potaA,
lime, day or its metallic basis. and mini am
or red lead, the matter which color* bouse
painters* priming. Tbey arc mixed to
gether In the crucible of the glass-house,
and then combined or melted by the aid
of fire. Th temperature (in all case*
high) at which fusion la attained, varies'
with the kind of glass and the ingredients
of which it is composed. Window-glass
is made of flint, soda and lime; bottle- j
glass, of flint and iron, (in the shape of'
ferrwgineou* sand.) soda. Kmc and clay: i
crown-glass, of flint, potash aad ham; and
so on for other kinds of glass. The great- j
er the ntnnber of bases used in the com-'
position, the more easily they ere melted j
into glass. Hence, for cheap glasses, <
each as little-glass, the manufacturer
mixes as many different element* bs poa- ■
•ible, in order to obtain hi* result at the j
least possible expenditure of feel. Never
thejess. aa often happens, what is gained !
In one way la lost in another; for thej
greater the fasifaility of tha glass, thej
more it is liable to decomposition by at- ]
tnospheric and other influences.
As Earn VEER 'S EXTEHIHSC*. —Acc <rd
inglo th< Niagara Falls oneof the
night raginpers in Uic New YoA Cea
tral Tarda at Sitspemrirai Bridge cpe
niuiotni two radically difT.-xant sensa-Lous
in a verw brio/ period of time a few nights
ago. While mnning his engine he ob
sanrad a* man an the track tu tho imn>-
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
<dd custom, derived from the mother
I couutty.
I A new hate tor g. ntlcm o has
been invented, which an or
' dinarr beaver, bwt is lined inside with
i thin plated steel, the object being if a
mail is attacked in the street at night
:he can either ward off, or give blows,
! with this veritable " crush hat"
An exokaii** says in Ihe eoui%- of a
brief editorial explanation to a poet
whose oontribntion is declined : We
cannot print your poem on "A
Drowned Boy." la the firstplace yon
speak of your -subject as " floating in tbe
water. 1 ' and in the eeoond as V lying on
his bier." Which is it, water or bier ?
The Funeral of Archbishop Span Wing.
Acbbishop Spanlding was buried be
neath the altar of the Cathedral in Balti
more The church was packed with
bishops and priests.
An immense funeral procreaton was
formed, headed by the Pfpal Zouaves,
and three young men carrying a large
crucifix and immense wax candles. The
priekts and students followed, dressed
in sacredotal and other robes.
Next came the bishops in mitred array,
and after (Stem the paHbearera. The pro-,
cession pawed down the marble steps of
the amiupiaoopal residence in this order
and out into the street, Muffle drums
were beaten, bells were tolled, and the
priests chanted the miseref*.
On entering the cathedral a dirge '
moaned from a great orchestra.
As soon >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 =