The Centre reporter., April 05, 1872, Image 1

Tender and Tree.
He stole from It* nest in my golden heir
A knot of ribbon bine ;
He placed on my hand a jewel rare,
And whispered soft aa ho hold it there—
lender and true-adieu, adieu!
The almond was bending with bloaeoms white,
The roses blushed through the dew ;
The violet smiled in the glowing light,'
And li(k> waa happy, and hoi>e bright,
Tender and IriMl adieu, adieu.
They brought my soldier home to me.
And my knot of ribbon blue ;
Rnfcgbe eruel wound on the brow waa hid
By the flag dropped over the ooftin U.l.
Tender and true—adieu, adieu!
The almond flowers in the hreetas shake,
The roses stilt blush through the de ;
But the apringtimc of hope will never awVo,
ktid the lone, lone heart will wail till it break.
Tender and true— adieu, aliou! __
Song.
01 to la
By tha aea, the sea 1
While a brave Nor'weater'a b'owiug,
With a swirl on the lea,
Of cloud-fain free,
And a spring-tide deeply flowing!
Wi'.h the low moon rot and large.
O'er the flushed turn* on'* marge.
And a little pink hand in mine,
On the sands in the long uioonshius!
O! to be
By the sea, the sea I
With the wind full Weat and dying,
With a single star
O'er the misty bar.
And the dim waves dreamily sighs I
O! to be there, but there ?
With my sweet I .ore nestling near!
Near, near, till her heart-throba blend with
mine.
Through the balmy hneh of the night's decline
On the glimmering hoaeh, in the soft alar
•bins!
Twilight.
lis fllmy veil oVr Summer skw-a'
It drew, and cooled their fervid dyes.
With tenderer und on field and del!,
The light serosa the landscape fell:
It flushed on lire-l Childhood's cheek,
And eatd: " Thy dmauty pillow eeck!"
To Plowman at his cottage door,
It whispered : " Best! day's toil ia o'er."
To wistfttl Watcher by the sea :
The mora may bring thy ship to thee !"
It crowned the Saint upon his bier ;
*• Sleep well, God's own I—tha night is here 1"
Kissed off tha tears fr m weeping eyes :
" Have faith!—the da; again shall rise 1"
Its passing ray, through chance! pane,
Wrote on the am : This life ia vain 1"
The epire's gold cross, athwart the aky.
Flashed ita last words: " *Tis gain to die!"
And thus? with van colored thought.
Wore evening shadows interwrooght.
Thus to the Earth the fading light
Gave benediction of the night.
A X (STAKE.
"Mr brother Paul Miss Linsley
Rivers," said Mrs. John Blaudford, intro
ducing her pet brother to her very par
ticular friend. " *
Mrs. Blaudford was just marries!, and on
the ere ol starting for Europe, and around
her stood a group of friends to whom she
was saying good-by. l.ins!cy smiled upon
Paul t -atkrvp, anil was then seized upon
bw the bride:
•• Now, my dear girl, write often to
your uid Jaequo. Don't get blue, do your
hair in a becoming way, and, my dear,
doi *t go and get married because /did. 1
dare say it's horrid—l am beginning to
suspect so, for John says I've got too much
baggage, when, Linsley, you t<wr there
isn't a thing I could do without! And he
won't let me take Snip, though the pooi
dear will go info consumption and die
without me- oh ! there's the bell! Good
by. darling. Good-by, Paul. See Linsley
safe t n shore. Good-by. papa, and Nellie,
tpd Aunt Ixmj ! *'
Amid tumultuous kissing the group was
torn asunder, Linsley at length finding
herself on shore, and watching the redd
ing steamer.
"So we have reallr lost our Jacquctta,
Mis Rivers."
1 .insley's thoughts had gone, in advance
of the steamer, to Rome. They came back
with some difficulty.
" Yaa," she sighed, unconsciously, " Jsc
quctta has gone to Europe."
Mr. Lathrsfi smiled. He carried her
sbawl and wraps to the carnage.
*" You will allow me the privilege ol
calling on you. Miss RiTers f "
" Certainly," with a little wave of her
hand. She sank back among the cushions,
and ibe carriage rolled away.
Excitement exhausted linsley. Now
that the w- dding was over and the bride
pone, she went to sleep for the better part
of two days and nights.
Linsley was not a wealthy young lady
—he was only a little water color ar/rVe.
Irving in rooms just out of the city. Her
hi other-artists said that she had talent—
she was a favorite with her patrons.
Jaequetta Latbrop, the heire< of a cool
hundred thousand, had tailen in love with
her at sight, and made her her bosom
friend. Jarquetta was a good-natured,
energetic brunette; Linsley was 01 e of
Hoimes's golden blondes; consequently
the attraction was mutual, after a fashion.
Linsley bad often beard her friend speak
ot ber brother Paul. She knew thai he
was a lawyer, in New York; but more than
this she did net know. She was never
interested in ;<eop!e she had not met.
Jarquetta had other brothers—Will, Os~ar
and Harry; they were all married, sbe
thought, but was not sure. They lived
South or West, wiib their families. It did
not matter to her about people *he was
never likely to see. And Paul Litbrup
she wa equally indifferent to.
As I said, after the excitement of the
weddirg wss over, she was in a torpid
condition tor the better part of two days.
Then sbe roused up and began to look over
her cards and letters, for Linsley bad an
extensive acquaintance. She had a power
of her own, which was neither in her
beauty nor in her talent; and ber acquaint
ance once made, she was not easily forgot
ten
One letter from her only relative, a re
tiring maiden aunt; two from pupils ; one
from a broken-hearted lover (Linsley al
ways bad one article of this kind on hand),
and one from an old pioft sor of painting
—her best friend; cards from half a down
people, friendly artists and ctberacquaint
a nee*—among them one of Paul Latbrop'*.
Jnbe. the porter, had had these missives
in charge fcr twenty-four hours, awaiting
ber resuscitation.
" Well, Jacque's brother has been here.
Pity T can't stand a little excitement with
out becoming cross as a bear and invisible
to mortal eve* immediately afterward.
Heigho! Well, this won't do; I must go
to work."
Linsley got out of her ea ;y-chair, dashed
cold water on ber face and temples, pushed
ber cluster.ng hair into a little velvet cap
sbe ware while painting, and rat down to
her easel. She bad a spray of Jacquetta'*
orange-flowers in a cup of water, and she
began to draw it.
Pretty soon there came a knock at the
poor, and Jube put bis woolly head in.
"Want to see gemman, Miqf Rivers?"
" No, I don't want to sec anybody; but
if any one has coma you may send him
up."
Whereupon P.iul Latbrop immediately
presented h-m*e!f. Ho looked a little
amused—Lin-ley slightly confused.
" I had only a day or two more in the
city," said Paul, seating himself easily near
her easel. I wanted to do myself the
pleasure of calling. Pray go on with your
work, if you don't mind ; it's very inter
esting to mo to see artists at work. Are
not these sum c ol my sister's bridal blos
soms ?"
He was very easy and charming. Lins
ley began to smile and look entertained as
he talked.
And while this unexceptional gentleman
sat opposite her easel, with Che light on
his rich hair and mustache and faultless
dress, it occurred to Linsley (surely it was
not strange), to wonder it he were married.
Somehow she thought not. .Tust then
Mr. Latbrop was saying:
" Lovely little figure in marble, by Bell
Hughes! My brother-in-law bought it of
the artist In Philadelphia."
His hrother-in-iaw—fats wife's brother 7
l'hen Mr. Paul Lathrop uiu married.
FRED. KURTZ, EJitor nl Fro|irictor.
VOL. V.
Linsley did not like hiiu so well after
I this conviction. It was intural to Iter to
'be jiulow of nti women's right*. "I
should not like my husband to lie making
j hittiM'lf m agree side to a young latlv," she
thought, appaivntlv iutent on ixuuug t;.o
j golden heart of an orange-bloom,
j "How long will it be be hire we shall
i probably hear from Jacquctla ate asked,
Paul could not say etactly. but the
question t\ minded him to a>k if Mist Riv
era had seen the netv silhouette picture*
just ,'r tu Paris-and her attention \va
switched off iu another direction. Pretty
*oon she forgot her prejudice, lor it was
evident that Mr. Lathrop could not help
being charming.
He made a long call, weut away, came
' neat day with theadhouettc picture*—took
j Liudsley to *ce a rare collection of private
pictures in the evening, gave her flower*.
; and the next day met her in Williams A
! EvestfV.
*' f am going t t-uiornvw, but w i-L to see
you first; may I call /" be asked.
•'Certainly,'' she answered.
She was busy and a little distracted with
new orders. She really did not give hiiu
another thought until lie came next day.
She tumbled a roll of drawing-board, a
st-rv\*co;ie, a photograph of Murtllo'v. Vir
gin and a rrayiut-case .-ut o( an ca-y chair,
and gave him the scat.
'• 1 canuot stay long. I told you I bad
an errand."
" Yea ; what is it I" asked Linsley. set
ting her dtawing straight.
' Mris Rivera, you want to go to Eu
rO|>e ?**
" Yta, I do."
" Will you go with mo V
" With you. Mr. Lathrop P'
"Say rattL please. With me?—yes.
Just wc two, and a new world before us."
He leaned forward with bright expects- ,
tron in bis eye*. Linsley sat still a* ucatb.
How dartd he f She was a poor girl—he a
wealthy man 1 position. She had been
familiar with him—too fiee. She was
>0 innocent, she had not thought to be
afraid; and be was without bouor, and had
no ivsjieet for he-.
Her heart felt like stone only that there
was a gnawing pain at it. She sat, pale
and silent, though she was wild to smite
her companion in bis handsome, waiting
face. Then her pride took lull possession.
" Mrs. Paul Lathrop would hardlv con
sent to such an arrangement, even if I were
willing," she said, looking straight into his
bland, brown eyes.
" My mother J"
" So si;—your wife."'
" Mv wife ! I never bad anr," he replied,
with a kind of schoolbor candor and bhmt
new that would have been amusing if Lins
ley had not been to deeply moved. She
could not sneak. Her compauion't lace
gtviv shocked.
" Good heavens!" he cried.
The two pale countenmces confronted
each other.
" Do you think me a brute P* he asked.
Linsley tried to answer, aud burst into
a tumult of weeping. Mr. Latbrop jumped
up, and walked the floor.
" Forgive me," sobbed Linsley at last.
"You spoke of your brother-in-law, anl 1
have thought you married all the time."
"My brother-in law! I thought you
would understand. 1 meant Jacquetta's
husband—John Blandford. He is from
Philadelphia. He bought the marble ot
Bell Hughes lor Li* new house," said Paul,
beginning to apprehend.
"Why did'ut you say so?' wept Lins
ley, reproachfully.
This trace of feminine weakness in bis
angel made the gentleman laugh.
" My dear girl, this is an awful state of
things; but you see it i all a mistake. I
am not married, and 1 meant to offer myself
from the very first moment I saw you.
Jac |utta hs employed reams of stationery
telling me about you; but I (el! in love
with you independently of that.
" I am rich and you are poor, but I am
not an insane idiot; ycu are sweeter and
better than any girl of wealth 1 ever knew,
and if I might call you my wife, I should
be more truly a man of fortune than 1
bavo ever been. Do yoa understand ?
Pray look up, Linsley. Will you go to
Europe with tue I"
Six weeks afterward, Mrs. John Bland
ford was confronted in Paris by Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Latbrop.
Experiments with Petroleum.
Some time since a series of fieri
meuls wan instituted in St. Louis for the
purpose of ascertaining the practicabil
ity of using petroleum us a fuel in the
manufacture of iron. These experi
ments have now lvn continued for sev
eral months, aud the results are sur
prising, as they go to show that the
liquid (ml is not only more economical
than coal, but is far better adapted for
the conversion of ore into superior
qnalities of iron. One of the tests em
ployed would seem to demonstrate con
clusively the value of petroleum boat in
iron mills. A lot of pig iron smelted
with raw Illiut is coal iu 1859 hail been
thrown aside as worthless owing to the
large abasement by sulphur, and though
frequent attempts had been made fioui
time to time to reduce this mixture to
merchantable iron, they had all resulted
in fniinre. A mass of this impracticable
material, 1,000 pounds in weight, was
treated with p>-tro!eusi heat, and in a
single hour's time was turned out in the
shape of iron of the finest quality,
closely resembling steel, perfectly free
from sulphur aud all other imparities.
It is claimed that common Irou Moun
tain pig iron can, by a single application
of the liquid fuel in the puddling fur
nace, be made into the best flange
boiler iron, equal to the first quality of
Sligo or Low Moor iron. It i 3 said that
iron mannfaetnred by thin process ex
hibits a tensile strength far greater than
that of Low Moor iron, as well as a ca
pacity to sustain weight much al>ove the
average. The experiments show that
petroleum is cheaper than coal in its
use and handling, so far us the heating
of the iron for the roll* is concerned,
while the saving in "scraping" gives it a
still further economic advantage, actual
trial having shown a saving over coal by
'its use of 993 pounds in the amount
taken out of the scraping furnace from
a quantity of 7,050 pounds of iron,
which was melted np. When it is con
sidered that these experiments have
lnen made under many disadvantages,
with temporary machinery, and hitherto
untried apparatus for the application of
the fuel, their great importance to the
irou industry of tlie country will lie
readily appreciated.
A Slnoexab Case.— Captain Elisha
Freeman was granted a divorce from his
wife, Charlotto A. Freeman, in San
Frdnciseo, on the ground of fraud in pro
curing the in arrive. Freeman alleges
that previous to his marriage he was in
sane on the subject of spiritualism and
believed that he navigated bis ship under
direction of the spirit of an old Spanish
pirate. He visited the defendant, after
wards bis wife, who claimed to be a
clairvoyant and medium, to consult her
as to whether the spirits were genuine
or not. She assured him they were gen
nine, and said further that in two days
he would see at the foot of his bed tne
women he must marry. He saw at the
time and place predicted, the medium
herself, and under the direction of the
spirits, interpreted through her, they
were married, much against his will. On
this showing a divorce wus granted.
Freeman is wealthy.
IMPORTANCE or A SINGLE VOTE.~FOUI
votes given in the Fifth Ward, of New
Yofk, luade Thomas Jefferson Preaideni
of the United States. One vote elected
Gen. Boot to the United Steles Senate.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Krvtu l(. WliiWwiotn HflnM
' " I.PAB i NMll lVro TEMt'TtTIOX.**
; " Are you going down *iaii again to
• night f" a*ked Henry lbsw, of Lis young
< vile, in a somewhat querulous tone.
"t)f course I am. Are you coming
with met" she replied, somewhat indif
ferently.
"No. I should think that you might
spend an evouing occasionally iu your
own room with ma. After working hard
• all day, I must say that Ido not feel much
like mixing with that set below. They
are full of gossip and scandal and tlirta
tion."
" No more so than other folks, I sup
pose If I iln spend an evening up here,
you read newspaper* to yourself all the
evening and have nothing to say to me;
*o 1 will go where I can find amusement."
Ar.d she turned to her gla>* for a final
I touch to her hair.
" Very w ell, I shall stay up here. Hut
do for decency's sake come up by ten
1 o'clock."
"That depends upon what is going on. j
I shall not break up a dance, or a gauie
of cards, lccaue the band* of the el rk
point to that particular hour." and a little j
tea* of the head accompanied this reply. ■
"Well, you will be the subject of their '
! scandal, if jtoti keep such late hours with- )
i out me, mark my words."
"Then conie down with ir>c, Henry. 1 '
, prefer vour doing so, only do try to be 1
pleasant."
"And sit by patiently watching other
men flirting and dancing with my wife, i
That's what I ought to do, I suppose."
"I don't object to your flirting with!
any one, do 11" she said, archly.
" There you go. The moment ond talks i
seriously;—you never will listen to plain
' common sense!"
" Perhaps 1 should luive to hear too
much of it," she said, Coldly ad.ur.ing her
dress.
" You wonld rather listen to Trevor's
compliments, or Lieutenant Just s advice,
j perhaps."
"Most certainly they are more agree
able." And with this parting shot, young
Mr*, lease swept out of the room.
Her haaband resumed his papers with s
dissatisfied face. It was no new tiling to
see his charming possession so indifferent i
to his wishes and feelings, and yet the
pain it gave him was just as fresh and keen
a* when he first realized that she prefer- !
red pleasing herself, to studying his |
wishes. He was many years older than
his wife. They had been married eight ;
years, and had two little children. Their
entire married life bad been spent iu
; boarding-houses. A nurse took eutire
charge of the children, and left to herself.
Mrs. Bease followed her own inclination*
; in her choice of amusements, or devices
for passing the time pleasantly. Married
at sixteen, but imperfectly educated, and
of a lively, social nature, she became fond
of the excitements, of which a life in the
ciiy is full, to the young and thoughtless;
and while her proud, indulgent OTisbaud
joined her iu these pursuits, all this did
but little hanu. Rut he became more
absorbed in bis business. Tho birth of
children and his more sober year* revived
a natural taste for a domestic life; and
he began to he impatient of the cea*e!ess
round of parties, theatre-going, and the
thousand and one amusement* which his
wife seemed to prefer to himself and their
children. Reside*, the attractions of his
young wife drew too much attention from
the young men:. and he began to suffer
the pangs of jealousy, no le*s acute Ire-
cause alwurd, tor he gave his wife credit
for a proper sense of her dignity aa a mar
ried woman; still he fretted and turned,
and harrowed her with warnings, and re
flections on her friends, male and female,
till she grew weary of his unreasoning re-
straints and cast off their chains, declar
ing that she was perfectly able to take
care of herself. Rut her husband was
not the only one anxious about her. Mrs.
Notes, the mother of young Mrs. 1 lease,
who was the petted youngest of several
sisters, had congratulated herself ujK>n se
curing for her high-spirited daughter this
sober, kind husband of mature year*. over-
looking the possibility of incompatibility
of tas'.es and tempers. 44 Ella was young,
anil Henry could tn>nld her to his wishes,"
she often said, when the desirability of
the match was questioned. Rat Ella did
not ootne of a yielding stock. Original
and independent in raind and spirit, it
only took a year or two for her to deter
mine that 41 if she had made a sacrifice in
marrying a man twice her years, she
would take it out in self enjoyment."
And Henry Rease began to find the clay
lie was to mould hardening into atone af
ter an entirely different pattern from that
which he would have chosen had he ever
thought of it.
But here was his mistake. He never
thought of making her whatever his ideal
may hare been. It is a question whether
men do have ideals. Henry Rease's pat
tern-wito would have idolized him ; would
have liked everything he liked; would
have hated hi* bates, and. in short, would
have been only a mirror-like reflection of
himself in his best moods. For two year*
Ella tried to be an exemplary ditto of her
husband. Rut the pettiness of his dis
likes, bis unreasoning jealousy, even of her
mother and prepared the way for
weariness, and her boarding-house life af
forded her such frequent opportunities to
exchange his tiresome company for more
congenial dispositions, all wearing their
best that she grew away from
him and her children gradually, but
aurely.
When his wife left him, Henry Rease
aat thinking for a long time. In spite of
the grntitude due his mother-in-law, who
chose him for her daughter's husband
and protector, and was his champion
against the father and sisters, who rebelled
against the sacrifice of the youngest, ho
had no very great love for her. When
she would have advised and consulted
with him about hit wife, who was still her
child, he declined to interfere, ns he term
ed it, thus turning his best ally into an
eneinr. Yet to-night her advice kept re
curring to him as he sat alone with only
the soft breathing of liis little ones steal
ing through the silent room. It was this,
—good, sound, wholesome ail vice, if he
only would acknowledge it —" Give your
wife a homo of her own. It will cost
no more than to board in the expensive
manner yon do. Fill her heart and hands.
Let her realize the independence of house
keeping, and feel a sense of her responsi
bilities in life. You Lave no right to ex
pose her to the temptations of a boarding
house life, and association with roues, dis
solute men and women whose hearts may
be corrupt, if their lives aro not Yon
are absent all day from her, and do not
know the influences which are insensibly
changing her, as you often complain they
are doing."
Rut if he had been willing to follow
this advice, he did not feel sure that Ella
would consent. Wilful aud obstinate by
nature, she could not be forced into any
thing against her inclinations, and as to
her being influenced by affection for him
or the children, matters had reached
such a crisis that he dared not put her
love to the test.
Poor man, fighting against the harm his
own undisciplined nature had cansed, and
too little used to unraveling cause and ef
fect he brooded over his difficulties, while
music and song and laughter down stairs
went on, mocking his sadness, till lie
yielded to his feelings, and went to bed
and soon fell asleep.
It was after eleven o'clock, when Ella
returned to her room, when silence and
sleep kept undisturbed vigil. She bad
enjoyed a verv pleasant avening, for ex
citement was life to her, and musio and
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, APRIL o, 1872.
'dancing and somewhat riotous fun had
. banished time, and husband, and children
front her thoughts Felted and admired
by the male hoarder-, and envied yet
| liked by the females, she rvigttcd a fa
rorite and knew it; yet there were -boats
.itid difficulties to contend with as she was
! also well aware. It was a perilous season
for her. Weary of her husband's importu
nities, dissali.-ticd with hitu, and herself,
the subtle flattery of otio mail there, ruled
and governed her conduct more than he
would willingly have acknowledged even
to her own heart in her most disnairing
' moods. Hi* watchful glance was fell be
i fore she seemed to see it. To hiiu she se
i cretly looked (or the approval she was
1 sure to win. His disinterested advice, to
| try to bear with the difficulties of her po
: -ition, was so respectfully, and delicately
j intimated, that with the charm of hi* se
cret interest iu her, and her happiness,
glossing it over, she failed to see and re
sent the impertinence ot the unasked for
j advice.
And while she became more scrupulous
I !y careful uf her husband's dignity and
her own, could be have understood the
tumult of emotions w inch tilled her heart
as she stood before her gloss this night
iv iicu she did at la-t go to her room, be
might have slept less peacefully with his
little children pillowed on hi* breast, for
Ella felt a strange fear of herelt creep
over her, as she let down her hair, and
looked into the reflection of her dork (
bright eye-, deepened by the flush in her I
cheeks. What recollection made her turn !
sway from it hastily, and busy hersell
with preparations for the night! Who
had followed her up the dimly-lighted
stair, and whispered his good night in
words common-place enough, bnt with a
lingering pressure of the hand lie held,
and other meaniugs expressed by eye*
which know how much to reveal, and
how much to conceal I
She would rug think, but late as it was
; proceeded t<> twist locks of her soft hair
, up in hair pins, making a eurioua appear
! anoe with the little black horus sticking
every way over her forehead. She took
up a geranium lea!, which fell from her
; hair, placed there by another hand, and
■ putting it in a glass of water, stood it in
a dark corner of the closet, with a wilful
! look about her mouth which put iuto
' words meant
"Henry might lie jealous if he saw this
[ poor little leaf."
Then a cry from her little boy made her
hasten to st.H him, and taking him softly
from his father's side, without arousing
her husband, she crept into the roomy
crib with the child and fell asleep, a pray
er on her lips, and the babe, her best
safeguard, if site loved him, on her heart.
The next day Klla visited her husband
at the store aud was coaxing and winning
and forbearing with her lord, who In
stantly discovered himself to be a much
injured individual and acted perversely
and with taore than his usual capliousnees.
But she tired his temper over, and hav
ing done penance, for some unacknowl
edged wrong to him, she went home to
see her mother. But Hatlie Sims was
with her, and at >ke was Mrs. Noycs'par
ticular aversion, their reception was
rather chilly. Ella's sister* did not see
any evidence* of unhappines* in her. and
rather looked upon her as highly favored
and prosperous. So tueetiug nowhere
with the sympathy so much Unged for
unconsciously, she cauie away di-salutied
and wilful.
Trevor* who had BEEN OH the watch far
her the past hour, from the steps of a hotel,
haalencil after her w lien she had got a
■wife distance from the ere* Ut might note
their meeting, and found her in a earn nc
mood, which he could hardly l-ar. But
he had studied the intricacie* of thefrtiinie
nature, and by a judicious, soothing si
lence, or a few well selected word*,
brought her into a pleasant state of wind,
and made her feel more and more that she
wo* here, and perhaps here only, truly
appreciated and understood. They went
into a picture gallery, where people were
constantly coining and going, and ids well
chosen remarks, and a little instruction,
made Ella discover more beauties in the
pictures than all her husband's loudness
for paintings had ever instilled in her some
what uncultivated mind. Then they sann
tercd home through a secluded pari, and
sat on one of the benches to see the sun
go down, and Trevors recited some lines
from seine poet unfamiliar to Ella, and
they reachco the boarding-house soine
time before her husband returned.
When he did come, lie brought Ella a
sweet posey of violet*. They recalled to
her the wilted leaf, and she looked for it
in itshidiug-place. Bnt nurse had thrown
out the water, and after ali, what did it
matter f Ella thought. As she put hsr
tlowers in the same glass, the sentiment
of the leaf vanished with it? Henry
brought home ticket* for the theatre al.-o,
and was in a placid frame of mind, which
Ella was careful not to disturb. They en
joyed the play, and when walking home
through the solemn silenco of the deserted
streets silvered and deep-shadowed by
the moonlight, Henry reproached her a
little for deserting him the last evening,
Ella patiently accepted his reproaches,
and tried to feel that she would be all he
desired to have her.
Hut good resolutions aro dangerous
things to make, as every 0110 knows. They
only serin to bring upon us greater temp
tations to sin, as if the had angel lingering
near each one of us, feels the need of aid
and call upon the legion of his fellows to
help him to resist tho good tire crave and
turn towards. Tilings resumed their old
course. Henry was more trying than
ever, and Ella flew for forgetfuiness to
such society as she could soonest find, and
all was wrong once more.
Then Henry met a friend who had a
house which inn*t suit him. He went to
look at it, took Ella to do so—and finally,
with the compromise of a house for her
use—hired the place on a lease of three
years, Ella did not know ot this until it
was too late to retract, and she gloomily
yielded. Already her husband's animosi
ty to Trevors had taken some effect. And
Trevors declared that until the told him
he must give up her friendship, he could
bear all her husband's coldness and her
friend's animadversion*. Ella grew more
earefhl in her conduct, and avoided meet
ing him if possible, but he seemed to
divine where he could find her, and go
where she would, she met his watchful
eye, although ho did not always seek her
ont or speak to her. Yet a card left in
her room with perhaps only A word; a
geranium leaf, or a sprig of verbena, or a
single heartsease, kept him in her remem
brance, things easily destroyed, or un
noticed from their very insignificance; yet
Ella, half-dreaded, while she expected to
find them when she had not seeu him for
a day.
At last Ella went to her home. It was
tastefully furnished, and there were three
servants at her command to keep it in
order. Totally ignorant of house-keoping
or cookery—Ella left them to their own
devices, spending her time in riding about
the lovely country in which they had
taken up their abode, and otherwise en
tertaining the friends with which she kept
herself surrounded all summer. Henry
waa happier, and found lcaa fault with her
now, and she began to take more kindly
to her home. But troubles were in store
for her. Henry met with heavy losses;
retrenchment was neccaaary, and Ella
waa the fi'st to aay—"Sell the house, and
dismiss the man, and one of the girls.' 1
Then the cook got drunk and departed,
and Henry said that one girl ought to be
sufficient in their reduced circumstances,
so Ella braced herself to meet the emer
gency, and consented to what seemed to
l>e inevitable. Bhe was conscious that
now they were beginning where they
should have begun at first, but although
she had a brave spirit, ami could make
any uses *ary sacrifice, like that of sailing
tier horts; the smaller requirement*, the
daily petty- calls upon her time ami pa-
Hence ; the wear am) tear of strength, jut
to perform the daily sweeping, dusting,
making bed*, filling horrid *iuel)ing lamp*,
and ekausiug their chimneys, which took
up half the morning with a little tired
child clamoring tu lie taken up and held,
and an older one to keep out of mischief,
all this was almost too much for her to
bear. She went through it day after day,
hut with a growing seiiso of injustice and
wrong.
" Ketrom-hiiienl mean* that I am to do
everything, 1 soppoae. Henry does not
work any Inter, nor any harder since hi*
losses, but / mukt he uure, chamhermnid,
seamstress, all in one, and cannot ever go
to the city because it is a useless expense.
1 dul not marry for this.'*
No Ells did not marry for thia. Or
else she might better have lived a life ot
unmarried ease a few years longer, and
then, married and settled iu her own
home; her cures would have one by one
fitted themselves more easily to the back
lilted for the harden. But a long wearing
illness fell upon her, and these petty trial*
were spared her for a time. Her mother
nursed her through it, auother servant
was procured, and for a while she was
mother's pel again, as her brothers and
sisters called her. Her sickness was chas
tening in its effect. Long self-cemiuun
iugs with her owu heart revealed to her
that God in Hi* mysterious ways had spared
her from the coiumisaion of, perhaps, a
very great sin- It waa harmless to her,
but when a letter waa brought to her,
dated before her illness but never received,
and tlie read therein words of love openly
•xpressed bv the man she once admired,
and called iter best friend—she felt that
esc* she might have accepted that guilty
affection, and iter tout was abased in her
own sight. She made her atonement in
secret, however. The letter was destroy
ed, and Ella arose from her bed of sick
ness an altered woman. Bho discharged
one aerxant and look up Um duties once
so hateful, and perforated them in the
most scrupulous maimer. If her heart
sometimes failed, she would sit down and
think over the hour wlien the had come
to know herself, and renewed strength ]
filled her heart, a* ahe fwit that she was
only safe perhaps eat of temptation.
" We do not know w bat we are, till we
are tried, nor w hat wo can resist, til! we
are templed," she saiJ one day to a friend,
who was wondering at something she lead
heard, and little did that friend think that
truer word# were never spoken than these
uttered by Ell*. whose nightly prayer for
heavenly strength wss fervently sent up
in the words of our Lord,
" Lead us not into Temptation."
A kansas Marshal.
When Abilene the Texas cattle mart of
Kansaa, became soover-nw with thieve*,
cut-throat.*, greaser*, anil their like, thnt
| a man's live wss in danger, the people
pitched utton the notorious Wild Bill
for their Marshal, ami invented him with
authority to keep order. Thia he began
:to do, not so much by arrest* as by
(•hooting persistent disturber* of the
!>once after he had ordered quietness,
lii* name was sufficient terror to a ma
i jority of the evil inclined inhabitants to
cause a quietus upon their brawls when
he came near, from the fact of his kuowa
d- termination to get the first shot and
the unerring fatality of hi* shot*. Vari
ous stories as to the nnmber at thia
nmn's victims *ro extant, some highly
embellished, Imt the inoet moderate fix
i the number of men who he has coolly
, shot dwn at more than twenty. The
fact is he is universally dreaded among
the ruffian cists, and thia is the man
whom the people chose for Marshal, and
whom they emjtowcred with authority
lo quell disturbance*. Many people
may tie ready to ask, " Why did not the
citix<-us rise eu maaae and thinah out
the evil-doer* ?" Simply Itccauso the
evil-doer* exceeded in number the jteooe
itble cititen*. Violent disorder* often
times require violent antidotes, and
therefore WM this man Wild Bill, chosen
Marshal. He effected what a lew* des
perate man could not, and that was an
almost total cessation of street* fights ;
and after his retention of the offics for
some time it was really possible to go
through the itreeta of the city without
imminent peril.
It i* fair to think that a man who ha*
caiuuvl so much death in the world as
Bill has ninny enemies, and that they
thirst for lii* blood. A popular adage
among these rough character* is, "A
man that shoots much will die with his
hoote on," and it was current I v report
ed last Summer that a powerful move
ment aiunug Bill's enemies was n.i foot,
and that hemnst "look rhaqi." Now,
whether there was any concert of action,
I know not. but on the day of theeoun
t v fair in September last, there arose a
dispute among some men ; pistol* were
drawn, Bill orderixl peace, two shots
were tired, when he instantly shot the
two men who did it; one was killed in
stantlr, and the other lingered with twoi
balls m his breast for two day* and died. j
A mock iuvestirstion was held ; he was
cleared of all crime "in the execution
of the duties of his office," and the oc
currence was almost forgotten, when
it was noised abroad that the friends of
one of theso men whom the Marshal
killed had taken the war-path, bound
by an oath to spill his blood. This was
very early in December, and people are
disposed to give credence to the story
from the fact that the Marshal disap
peared from Abilene about that time, j
(>ein£ warned by hi* friends of this de- 1
terinmed league against him. Marshal
Bill is now in New York.
TITER AND Now.—ln 1754, Garnck, the
London theatrical manager, brought ont
a magnificent ballet pantomime, with
French dancer*. War having jn*t lie
foro broken ont with France, this en
gagement excited the indignant patriot
ism of the pit. A riot ensued; the
boxes took part with the dancers; gen
tlemen, incited on bv the ladies, drew
their swords and leajted into the pit ;
the gallery shouted with delight, nnd
|>e"lted both parties : hut the pit carried
the day. nnd after smashing everything
breakable they could lay hands upon,
proceeded in a liodv to' Southampton
street, and broke nil the windows in
Garrick's house. If In those days a
quiet man ventured to differ in opinion
with the bullies of the pit, they pulled
his nose, nnd otherwise malt real oil him ;
hut they only grinned when the gnntrv
in the boxes found it convenient to spit
upon their beads.
AM IRATE EwoT.mmiAM.—At a minstrel
performance at Milwaukee, the end man
made some facetious allusions to Eng
land and the Alabama claims. This was
resented by a son of Great Britain, whs
arose from his seat, pointed a pistol st
the sable songsters, nnd demanded re
traction. Instead of taking back their
words, they took themselves back of the
scenery in less time and less order and
decorum than that with wbieli they had
so lately appeared and made their ojien
ing bow. Hold Hengland WHS lead oat
by ths car, and ths pcrfonnsrs returned
to their vocation.
An infant in Springfield, 0., has be
come dreadfully swollen and thrown into
convulsions from tha effecta of a pin
•oratob,
Workmen** Home* In Europe.
Iu Ltoumurk the Building HooleUwi
form an Important feature of social life.
In IHUo, Messr. I'urmeiater and Waiu
, (the latter i- un Englishman), the largest
employers of lalvor in the cmiutrjr, start
ed a uew cottage system. The plan waa
that every ruetulter abuuld pay one
mark (D cental a week and find a riejxMtit
of one d'lllai. The bouses, when finished
or unoccupied, were to be drawn for by
lot; the member winuing would have to
pay a fair rent, and the exceas of rent
over Interest (six per emit) on the actu
al Ci at of the house ia credited to the
occupant, who in twenty-ight years
would thus repay the capital, and lx en
titled to tlie conveyance of the heuae in
freehold. Members who do not win are
entitled to reclaim the eutire amount of
their dejiosit* after eightet u years. The
society has built thirty-six two floored i
cottages in rows, each having a amail
court and garden, and with either three
or two rooms lewtdoa a kitchen, affording
in all accommodation for almut 28® per
aunt. The rent of the first fioor Is about
$33, and the ground floor about $32
per annum. For much worse accowmo- 1
dution other artisan* have to pay S4O
per annnm.
Throughout Prussia the homes of the
artisans are generally very poor. Of
late years rente have greatly risen. Some
thing is being done us improve matters ■
by the aid of Building Societies. In j
Sweden, where limber ia cheap and laud
is plentiful, the traveler sec* neat little
cottages, each with ita garden. Many of
the mine proprietors offer their work
men the privilege uf buying their houses
by easy instalments. In Russia manv
of the mill-owners have built for their j
workshops large houses constructed on
sauitarv principles and divided iulo
three ciatsw-s-bouse* for married couples, ,
for unmarried men, and for unmarried
woman,
Elegant Weddings.
There are elegant weddings transpiring
every night in New York. The other
evening the hu>t brilliant ot the season
vu con u mated. Ten thousand dollar*
were expended for flower* alone.
A very large room in the house was *et
with a tank, the tiu of the apartment,
which was tilled with water to represent a
lake, bhrubs and choice exotics horde: ed
it—lilies floated UJHJU it, and tiny hosts
fashioned of flo*'er, were sdrif' npon the
tide. Every door was removed from the
interiar of the honaa, and garlands of
rosea, witii trailing vines supplied their
places. Even sets of chairs and sofas
tuaelera, of course) were fashioned of ea
meliaa, and tlie floor was deep!* strew n
with choice floral carpeting. Within an
arbor, constructed of orange bloasoma, a
Ago re in white velvet gave her heart, or
its counterfeit, to another figure in full
drese. Perhaps the two will find sufficient
bliss in the thought of their w t-d Jing to
last them a couple of years. But I'm
thinking, people in these limes who will
throwr away <> tnuch for an hoor's tri
umph of mere display, w ill And their boat
a wreck before life together it half crossed.
There are not enough of the dear odd
fashioned weddings now a days. The
necessary aim of the young man it first
rich, then marry. Is the word helpmeet
obsolete, I wondert The age would not
he so fat!, o<>r so free in license and prac
tice, if we could slip back to our grand
parents' ideas about courting and matri
mony. Don't you think so. good peoplet
—Jbstasfr
Tsxtao C*R* OP LAMP*.— The easiest
w#y to clean petroleum lamp* is to wash
with thin milk of lime, which form* an
emulsion with the petroleum, sad re
move* every trace of it, and by washing
a around time with milk of lime aud a
small quantity of chloride of lime, even
the smell may 1* ao completely removed
as to render the vessel thus cleansed tit
for keeping beverage* in. If the milk
of lim* le used war in in Mead of oold,
the oj>oration i* rendered much ah. rter.
The !>e*t time for cleaning them is in
the morning, for nwsoui of safety, if
not convenience. Scarcely a week ]suit
es during tho winter months, but we
read account* of frightful secideuts
from kerosene lamps, exploding and
killing, or scarring for life woiueu and
children. A dimple knowledge of the
inflammable nature of tlx fluid would
probably put n stop to nearly all the ac
cidents. As the oil burn* down in the
lamp, a highly inflammable gas gnthers
over its surface, and a* the oil decrease i
the gn* increases. When then oil is
nearly commmed, a slight jar will often
luAamc the gas, and an explosion is sure j
to follow, dealing destruction aud death ,
with it. A bombshell is not more to be
dtenuis!. Now, if the lamp is not al
lowed to burn more than half way down,
such accidents are almost impossible.
Always fill your lamp in the morning,
then you never new! fear an explosion.
CAKOJM ABOUT IT.— lt is astonishing
liw enliwWy cared ess people are about
their will*, and what trouble they thus
entail njxrn survivors. Some years ago
Lord Henry Seymour, brother of the
late Marquis of Hertford, died in Paris,
leaving his properly, which amounted
to $500,000 a voar, to the hrmpicet of
London and Paris. Lord Henry, al
though legally the son of an English
peer, tml resident in Paris, had never
been in England, and thus, no doubt,
same to employ a French expression in
making his will." The wond led to a <lia
pute among various inatitutiona in Eng
land, and inneh money was wasted at
law before a satisfactory arrangement
was arrived at. Irately, a Mr. Briscoe,
who had, for about forty rears, leen a
Magistrate and member "of Parliament,
and might, therefore, he presumed to
know something of business, or at all
events to employ some one about his will
who did, left a legacy to "The Victoria
Hospital." No sooner did this fact come
to light thnn t wo claimants were prompt
ly in the*fleld, vis: The city of London
Hospital, in Victoria Pork, of which Mr.
Briacoc had for twenty year* been a sup
porter, and the Victoria Hospital for siek
children, to which he hml not contri
buted. The Court of Chancery decided
in favor of the institution in which he
had so long evinced an interest.
MURDER or a TVITE AND THREE Caiir
iuißN. A horriblo murder was commit
ted six iailca north-east of Dayton, O.
A woman named Mnrv Marguardt. aged
about thirty-five, and three children,
aged resrertiv# six and eight yeara and
aix months, arc supposed to have lwen
killed by the husband, Leonard Mar
guardt. who is now in jail. Ths woman
was found in had naked, apparently
strangled. The children were found on
the bank of a creek, seme distance from
the house. The two elder bad been
drowned, and the infant's bead was
crushed.
CI'UE roa Iloor ROT.—A veteran stock
raiser gives in the Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel
the following as a certain cure for hoof rot
in cattle, tiorsca or sbeep: *' One teacupflil
of sharp cider vinegar, one and a half
tableapoonfuls of copperas, one and a half
tablespoonfula of salt. Dissolve gradually
on the hot stove, but do not let it boil.
When cool, apply it on the aflbcted limb
and hoof, ana also swab out the mouth
ot the animal with mixture. Twoor three
applications usually effect a cure. The
remedy has been used with perfect aueeaae
since 1818,
OI K rjREKiS LETTER.
South from Munich to Tyrol -A*bwwutlful
Woman and har Homantto Oarwar- -*o
miso* of tha Owrman Kountalaa. ate.,
ala.
At 10. lfl A.M. w* left Munich la the
Express train (or Schnellzug u they call it
m Urmiiy), fur Innspruck ia the Tyrol,
which (liar* we reached after a pleasant
ride of eix and a half hour*. Our route
after leaving Munich waa almuet direct
south. The railway net-ended the valley
of the river Inn, to the frontier bet ween
j Havana and Austria, where the country
became eminently picturesque. Soon
after passing the frontier, the train stopped
j at Kruffsteiu, to undergo the visitation of
the A uaLriau Custom House officers. After
a delay of an hour at the station, while
the baggage waa being examined, the
journey waa resumed. Schwartz. once
i celebrated for its now exhausted sifter
| mines, waa passed, and soon after the
white faced rock* of looked
| down upon llalle. Then came the Castle
!of Atnraa; then the crossing of the lan,
from which Innspruck derive* its nam*;
and then a long viaduct over the meadow*
terminated in the station of Innspruck.
; U was hut a short drive from the depot to
the Hotel "Oestem-ichischer Hof," and
it was not long before we were comfort
ably settled in a ooay apartment on the
second floor, looking out on the principal
street of the place. After dinner we took
a walk 'round the place, going thtongh
the principal street, past the Golden
House—eo called from the front and roof
of it being extravagantly covered with
figures and ornaments in gilt—to the
bridge that crosses the river Inn. The
1 sun had set for luuapruck; hut streaming
. over the vast inase ot the Martinswand.
I it* rays still shone on the mountains that
bounded the valleys on the east, and
brought out in strong relief Schloes
Atnrae (False* of AID rat), against the dark
foreet which formed the bark ground.
The view from the bridgw looking toward
Halle was very lovely. A long perspective
ot mountains on either hand: those on
the left in deep shadow; those on the
right betliud in ennligbt; and both, a* they
receded, faded more and more until they
were lost in lite pale bine bills in the
distance. The river ruehed with arrowy
swiftness away from the spectator, bor
dered on one side and the other with
the public gardens and their masses of
dark grven foliage. Children were play
ing under the trees, and on the bridge
there waa a constant stream of people
crossing.
The following morning we went to the,
llof Kirch*, which was hut a few moments
walk from the hotel. The great attraction
of the Church is the tomb of the Emperor
MatiniUitn the First. The centre of the
Church contains the marble sarcophagus,
on which it a bronze statue of the Em
peror. kneeling, and around the base are
events ia bis history illustrated in bronxe
and marble. Surrounding the tomb on
each aid* are twenty-eight bronxe statues,
life sice, almost blackened by time, stand
ing a* so man v sentinels, and representing
the leading characters of the age of Max
imilian. The chapel on the right of the
principal entrance to the church ia called
the Silver Chape), ia which are interred
Ferdinand, the Second Count of Tyrol,
and Philippine Welser, hi* wife. It is in
the tomb of Phiiippina that ia centered all
the interest of the place: where a reeum
bent figure in white marble represents the
wife of an Austrian Archduke, the most
beautiful woman of her time. The follow
ing is the history of ber taarritge, as I
found it in one of the guide books of the
place:
"Born of the people, and not in tLe
purple, the Emperor J- crdinand refused to
reoogaixe her as the ife of his son. Ths
daughter of a merchant oi Augsburg, aha
was not regarded as a fit mate for royalty.
In rain the happiness of her husband in
Iter society: in rain her own exemplary
life: in rain the lore with which all Tyro]
regarded hsr: in ruin the acoomptiah
meets and refinement which made tsrhloas
Amrass (the home of herself and husband!,
a centre of attraction for all thai was en
lightened and good, thres hundred year*
ago. The stern old man disowned ths
woman whose alliance was more honor
able to hi* house than any title of nobility
that he had the power to bestow. Year
after year thus paused; ths only drawback
to Philippiua's loving lite, ths only cloud
that ever crossed her husband's thoughts,
being this estrangement from hi* father.
What was borne lightly at first became
a heavy burden a* time wore oa; and
when twelve years had passed, Philippina
determined to see what the herself might
effect by personal entreaty. Choosing her
opportunity, and a lien the Emperor least
expected it, his son's wife, her two boys
at her side, threw herself at his feet, and
implored him to be reconciled to her hus
band. She was then in the prime ot
womanly beauty, and It was impossible to
resist her passionate entreaties. At first
the Emperor hesitated: but yielding at
last, lie removed the only sorrow that had
ever marred the happiness of the count of
Tyrol sud bis wife. Who this count ot
Tyrol was,, whether he was the first or
second who bore It, what he did, or when
lie died, few can tell. All that is known
of hltn, except by the historian, is that he
was the husband of Philippina Welser;
at d with her name and story all Tyrol is
familiar."
Opposite the entrsnoe to the Silver
Chapel, is the monument and status o
Andre Flofer, and on each side of him are
the monuments to hi* brave companion*
in arms, Spcchbacher the soldier, and
Haspinger the monk. The status of llofer
represents him as a Tyroleee peasant,
with a rifle on hia shoulder and a banner
la hia hand.
On leaving the Church ws took s drive
to Sehloas Am raw to visit the home of
l'hilippins Weleer. The drive was per
fectly charming. After leaving the city,
and when we reached the beantiful terraces
that overlook the valley in which it was
situated, it looked like a collection of toy
houses, we being so far above it. Having
procured a pass, we had no difficulty In
gaining admission to the palace. The
attendant who took us through thecuttle
had bceq Jiv iug in it nearly sixty years, and
there was hardly a stone or plank in it,
but of which he could relate some legend.
The rooms were filled with portraits of
the family, and antique furniture. It has
not beeu inhabited for over a hundred
years, but is kept in repair and nsed as a
show palace. The view from the tower
over the valley is perfectly msgnifioent.
Before leaving the palace, we were shown
the Chapel, which has been lately restored,
and is used by the inhabitants living in
the vicinity.
On returning to Innapruck we drove
uuder the Arch of Trinmpb, which is
situated at ths southern extremity of the
city, and was erected over a hundred years
ago, by the inhabitants, in honor of the
entrance of the Empress Maria Theresa,
with ber husband, Francis the First, on
the occasion of the marrisgs of their son
Leopold. Owing to the heavy rains that
had been prevailing for some time in the
Tyrol, one of the tunnels, through which
the railroad ran, had been vary badly
damaged by a freshet that took plaoe a
lsw days before our arrival at Innapruck,
TEBMB : Two Dollari a Year, in
m we were obliged to take diligence aa
for M Mtttri before we could get § trria.
A whole day iu paused between Inn
•prock end Verona.
We were op at 4.50 a.*., and after a
drive through the rain of three how*,
reached Matri, where we purchased our
ticket*, had our baggage weighed, and
then commenced the aecent of the Brenner
Pare. TbU la the lowcet of th# Alpine
paaaea, but the scenery we thought in
in aorue plaowgrand. We paaeed through
many tunnels, and over a number of
bridgea on tha route, and it reminded oa
very much of the Semtnering Fas*. After
{mating Bttralofrtr Moo#. tut e*itt of a
great victory gained hy Andre llofer over
the l>uke of Pantile in 180. the railroad
is carried through a narrow gorpe, and
soon after the great fortreea FraaxesCsste,
mounting over one hundred and thirty
cannon, strides aa it were accuse the val-
Ivft commanding the roads to Intuqirack
and Verona. A abort time after leaving
the fortress we paaeed Brixen, and when
we reached at Botcen we got an excellent
lunch at the reatanrmut attached to tha
station When w arrived at a place
called Ala, which i* a frontier village on
the border* of Italy, we all had to leave
the car and wait an hour while ear bag
gage was being examined by the custom
house officer*, and then owing to some in
formality in our tickets, we were obliged
to procure new one* for the Italian por
tion of the roed.
The lieket agent waaao long giving the
passenger* their tickets, that we all ex
pected to be left before we could procure
them. But everything baa an end, and
after being very much exercised in mind
and body, took ear aeata in the train
again, after seeing our trunk was in the
baggage car, and in a few moment* we
were on our way onoa more to " Sunny
Italy."
If a soldier of the English army u ab
sent f-om hia company for twenty-one
consecutive days he is considered a de
serter, and is tried and punished ac
cordingly- The court-martial that tries
the wld"r fur this grave offence, if they
find him guilty, sentence him to a term
of imprisonment for a period not ex
ceeding six hundred and eighty-four
days, and also to be marked with the let
ter D (deeerter). Turn mark la indeli
bly branded on the left breast In lime
of war, a deserter, if caught, is shot.
For a criminal offence, sneh aa theft or
any disgraceful conduct the soldier is
tried by a general or district oonrt-mar
tul, which consists of eight members, a
field-officer and a judge advocate.
If found guilty, ne is sentenced to tin '
dergo a term of imprisonment dismissed
the service with ignominy, and marked
with the letters B € (bad character). A
soldier who receives this sentence loses
all his title to pay or pension, forfeits all
service medals and decorations. Drum
ming oat has been abolished in the Brit
ish army. It consisted of the following :
When a soldier was sentenced to be dis
missed the sen-ice with ignominy, the
entire regiment paraded in two single
files, facing inward. The prisoner is led
to the head of the line, where the court
martial and finding is read aloud by the
adjutant After which the drum-major
proceeds to cat off hit facings and huh
tons, then the smallest drummer-boy in
the regiment gets a halter and placet it
round the prisoner's neck, the two next
smallest drummers .fab in behind him
with their drama and strike np the
" Rogues March." He is led down the
entire lina of the regiment in this fash
ion. and out of the barracks, where the
ptovost sergeant takes him to prison.
(' urponil punishment has also been abol
ished. not only in the army, bat also in
the Bntiah navy. A non-commissioned
officer who is sentenced by court-martial
to be reduced to the ranks, has his
stripes cut off in the presence of the en
entire regiment. It is the duty of the
drum-major to brand deserters and bad
characters in the presence of the adju
tant and doctor of the tvgimeut.
COST OP A Rawocmwa. —A rhiu osoeros
was lately added to a menagerie now ia
Cincinnati. It was imported direct from
Sumatra. The price paid for the animal
was 810,000 in gold, on board of the
Teasel, the purchaser assuming all risks
of landing and of transportation. Tak
ing twelve per cent as the average value
of gold, it would bring the cost of the
animal to 811,900 in New York. Add to
this the coat of transportation, feeding.
Ac., to Cincinnati, say 815U, and the
total cost of the animal would be 811,350.
This rhinoceros is the only cue of the
kind ever imported to America. It is
called by the Malays the " Badak Taps,"
or Recluse Rhinoceros. So called ba-i
cause he is not gregarious, like his African
congeners, lt is generally found alone.
It is also sometimes termed the "Mod
Waliower," from the fact of its wallowing
in maralur places, and oovering its hide
with a thick incrustation of rand. This
is done to avoid the torture of mosquitoes
and other mordant insects, which cluster
about the tender places, and drive the
animal, thiek-skinned though it mgy be,
half mad with their conatMt and painful
bites.
Mux AMP WAT**.— Wayne Clerk,
Copenhagen, N. Y-, asked the Fanners*
Club whether there was a sufficient de
mand tor condensed milk to maks it an
object to en gags in the biuuneas. A
long discussion occurred, In which the
milk dealers were roughly handled, and
the exact quantity of water they added
to the farmers' milk was stated at 24,00(1
quarts per day in New York, by a milk
farmer from Connectinit, who further
said the farmers never added water to
the milk. Mr. Smith said it had been
stated that the profits of s condensed
milk factory using 5,000 gallons a day,
were over 8160,00 per day. As this
seemed to he true, there was an oppor-
tunity for people to go into this business
and win. Pure condensed milk would
be a lees perishable article of merchan
dise than fresh milk, and if supplied at
a fair price would be eagerly purchased.
Bcnuiwo op A SCHOOL- Hoi ax.—The
Harvard school-house, in Charley town,
Mass., caught fire from a defective flue,
while some three hundred and twenty
children w ere in the boilding, many of
them in the upper rooms. There was a
great panic and a rush for the stairways,
which were old-fashioned and narrow.
But, owing to the self-possession of the
teachers, nd the prompt presence of the
police—who opened a pdsaage through
the excited crowd Outside— and broke ont
the windows of the lower story, thua af
fording additional means of exit All the
children escaped from the building. Sev
eral were considerably injured in the
rush, but none seriously ; and some j>t
the teachers fainted after the excitement
was over. The school-house was de
stroyed, with the exception of the walls.
The loss to the city is $40,000.
l_j
Scene in a horse-car—Car stops: smil
ing young lady enters: every seat full.
An old gentlemen rises at the opposite
end. "O, don't rise," said the lovelv
girl. "lean just as well stand." "I
don't care whether yon sit or stand," he
replied. " I'm going to got out."
TTalled Lake, which is the greatest
natural curiosity of lowa, Dr. White,
tlie State Geologist, says has been form- \
*d by the expansive action of the ioe,
wnich pushed the rooks from the bed of
Upa lake to their present position.
NO. 14.
The Earth* Soldier.
Facta and Fancies.
Leaves, Vmds and flowers aip mot*
wont in bonnets than feather*.
Htraw hoßMta this smarm sad import*
ml in bin, green and rv colors,
NtripM dresses are to be very fashion
able nest Hprin*, •fa ceh m style.
Hvmpathy is aai<l tub* the golden key
which unlock* the huurts of othera.
The Empire of Japan contemn about
a* many inhabitants as the Uflntd States.
Hleevelens jackets of black silk, trim
reed witli kwa SN very mnch worn this
, season-
This saying ta aacrßjcd to John 'Brown :
"It is a mighty thing for a man to do all
ha can."
The best way to got rid of troublesome
friends, we are told, is to lend them
sous money,
A celebrated author say* that spite
and IB nature are the most expensive
1 luxuries In life.
" The latest style of hid boot* for ladiee
have buttons on both aides, and are
witlkjut stitches.
White linen guipure laoe, or inaerttoa
is very mnch naod this seas on for trim
aaing thin dresses.
A new style of sleeve button is of
tortoise abeu, with a raised inltisl letter
iu e lighter color.
The Chinese picture of ambition is a
mandarin trying to catch a comet, by
patting salt upon ita tail
Olympia, Washington territory, with
a population of about 1,500, supports
two daily and six weekly newspapers.
In I&2T Chinese editor censed soma
false intelligence to be inserted in his pa
per, and suffered the death penalty in
consequence.
It is said that Chinamen in Ban Fran
rtftoo frtminWt tbnr lick eomfadi*, lnrt
after death, take great care of their mor
tal remains
Prince Frederic Charles af Prasaia
while in Boms is eaid to have aesertsd
his to the candidature tot the
throne of Spain.
■ Twenty-three todies ta considered the
pmper erne lor a tody's waitt at the pres
ent dey, when small waspd ike waiste ara
no longer admired.
A new style of ornament for the hair
is a small bird's neet of filagree gold, Iu
which is a small gilt bird with wings ex
tended and jeweled eyes.
The old fashioned lariated locks of hew
at the ride of the face, known by our
grandmothers as "epit bava
come into fashion agma.
A mail who was told by a clergyman
to retaranura ua* wire. repuwi w •
had trouble enough with hi* own, with
out renumbering after men'# win*
The "meanest man" In Central Illinois
in n fanner iiring near Doaatar. He dis
ehnrgee bin kbatwi Saturdaynigbt, nod
charges them for boned over Sunday.
A member of State Legbintme,
speaking of n fortunate follow member,
remarked day or two nine*. "Td raft
nr hare bin luck than n liftmen to steaL"
A good men, who ban anen much f
the world, and is tired of it, aays: " The
grand essential* to happinesa are notno
thing to do, something to km, and noma
dung to hope for."
Apparently wry little was left erf Mr
Teppia of Detroit. just after be tried to
light a fir# with kerosene. for the paper#
nay, " The doctor thought he could earn
one arm and one eye."
Boston pay* its female teachers an ar
range of W7.9S per month, and Newton
*65-54. These are the higheat arrances
in Maaaarhneetta. The lowest is the
town of New Ashford. which pays only
lift.
Vice-President Colfax aaya that the
happiest daya of hit life were when he
was a printer. Come to our office, Schuy
ler, and yon tball hare the old fat liar
joy at twenty-fire cents a thousand.—-
LotreOComrier.
The following nob"<* waa posted in
front of the ErteOpem House., "Pay no
attention to Gould or any of his hire
lings. *• Underneath it tone wag wrote :
"If anyt-riv hank down this noti*
•hoot bun ai the spot Jons A. Da.
A Maryland widow, bring on the
Eastern shore, eo worked npon the feri
inga of a voting man threatening to mar
ry hum that be tamed orer all hia prop
erty to her and enlisted in the nary as a
common sailor, where be thought he'd
be mfe.
Physicians nay that the reason why
pneumonia is so prevalent this wear
among the ladies, is on account of the
rack*, which are too warm and
air-tight, and produce colds if left off or
worn in a doreroom where the body be*
cornea overheated.
A Berlin paper aeya tint a contractor
of mason* work has been condemned to
two ream' imprisonment, and the car
penter to one and a half ream' imprison
ment, by one of the German conrta. for
crimmrf neglect in their work the build- *
ing falling in conseyprence.
A new uriide of ladka* wear is an
Alexia polaaaise, the waist of which has a
steel trap concealed by a masked punier.
When a voniig gentleman, who is regard
ed aa a good catch or otherwise, places
his arm around the woman's waist he
heart a " diak." and finds hia arm
caught A big brother and lamp enter,
and it it neck or nothing with the victim.
A soldier who was an inveterate joker
and punster, baring had baa note, left
cheek, and a portion of hi* chin car
ried sway by a shot was asked bv some
of hia comrades if thej could do any*
thing for him. " Boys," said he, speak
ing as web as he could in hia mangled
condition, " I should like a drink of wa
; ter mighty well, If I only had the face
! to ask for it
TH* CLOCK or SAMS SOTCL— It it REBU
ted of Frederick the Great, of Prussia,
the! in going through He reception
room of his palace at Bans S oei. lie
foond i workman who busied himself to
get on the top of a ladder to take down
a clock from the wall, bnt owing to the
smoothueas of the marble floor, the lad
der oonid not be kept firm. " What art
tbon doing here, my friend f " inquired
the king "lam a watchmaker, an
swered the workman, "and I have re
ceived orders from the superintendent
of the palace to repair this clock : I
have been trying to take it down, but
cannot succeed, as the ladder docs not
stand firm." "Ascend the ladder," said
the king, "and I will hold it for you while
you are at work." This done, the work
man departed with the clock. On the
followiug morning, the king was inform
ed that the clock td the reception-room
had been stolen. No sooner had his Maj
esty heard this, when he found to his
chagrin, that instead, as he believed, of
assisting a watchmaker, he had been
made the dupe of a thief. The king at
once issued an order saying, " Let him
ran ; I have been an accomplice to the
theft"
Fumes kDvaansnr©. —Paris has quits
outgeneraled New York in unique modes
of advertising. A short time ago there
appeared upon the Bois de Bpulogne a
handsome li&rouehe and a fine pair of
hones. Within the vehicle was seated a
gentleman, on either side of whom was
s lady in full ball costume, and without
bonnets- One of these ladies had a pro
fusion of golden locks, exquisitely ar
ranged ; the other was a brunette, with
hair equally flue- Both turned their
heads towards the apparently favored
gentleman sitting between them, whom
they seemed to be addressing with great
animation. The first impression on the
spectator, after admiring the beautiful
hair of the ladies, was one of wonder
ment that thsy should venture abroad
in so oold a wind so lightly clad. On a
close inspection it appeared that they
were wax figures, and that the carriage
was the ambulatory advertisement of a
b air-dresser.
Dosresnr TRAGHDT rsr IMDIAMA.— A
farmer named Willis Williamson, living
near Mancie, Indiana, followed his
daughter to Dalesville, where she had
gone to marry one Lindry. Ee found
the young woman at the house of a rela
tive, and cat her threat, killing her in
stantly. He then shot himself twice in
the month with a revolver. His wounds
are anppoeed to he mortal H has *
ugt family^