I>e Not Wake the 8l(*|lif LOT*. •Two# Monday. On a grassy monad Within the forest Apvp. I haw a child stretch M on the ground— Twa* Cupid, flat asleep. Bis beauty it rack me far abo re Ail boys Pd ever WW o. : . But, aa I'd iwtw to banish lore, To look I did not moan. But Oh 1 thooe hmbs of perfect ship*, Prresfhg the fragrant eod 1 I sigh. HP'S instantly awake— A breath awakee the god. He quickly spreads hia rosy wing*. And bandies straight hia bow, wiih one of hia eharp arrows attngu My heart, and lays tno low. Go now, saM he, to ("bice's feet, And languish th.ro and weep - In rain her pity you'll entreat— For rousing mo from aleep. Forfeit en. Under the trees that afternoon. Across the meadow a and down the lane, Moped the aun to the wrst full so.®. Never a sliadow nor cloud of pain ; Do yon ever think, of H uow ? How ftenh the breeze from off the sea, Bonding the Uuuholls before oar foet. Bearing perfauM (Hsu hill Id les 1 O life, it seemed newer so sweet: Do you ever think oflt now ? What did we pay* I can not WU True love is vary silent sometimes; By your wards 1 remember well When we parted there l>nseth the lines: Do voirtverthink of them now? Only a-y*sr ago to-day, Yea, only a year ago ; and yet The g >!dou fig hi haa passed away, fU* summer sun has forever set. Do you, ever tluuk of it now ? IV ad is the past, and k verm ore Doajl is the love yoa whispered thai day; Dead, alas i are tho hopes 1 bore ; Dead is ay Mfo; yet I only pray That wtmsaav wot thtak of it now. THE ACCEPTED OFFERED!. Thq,evening was pretty warm, so 1 *t in my cabin with tny window and door open. I was reading bV the light ol" a wax put in a swivel-stands bnt, al though J was interested in the an Inject, 1 coiiT* not help being aware, in a sort of dreamy way, of the sounds which reach*! my ear thorn time to time. There w* tha "Harsh grinding and rattling of the Steam wteek at work discharging the cargo, the cries and curres of the coarse men at work; the striking of the balls on board.; the lapping of the water a; the wharf; the sounds of the great ferry | „ boat! which cro.-o! from Enst Boston to Boston proper. I was beginning to feel tired, alid was thinking or turulfig In for thu night, when the lamp that hung in the pMMKW-cwvealed the figure t the "second mattj' a great- roagh. sotky-loekißg fei 1 low. wi|h.aa warm a heart as ever beat in human breast "Oh," said I, "come in; sit j down and spin m* that long-promised yarn ofVouCi Take a cigarette— 'tis the only thin* 1 smoke; Fl! keep jon eom- j pa' saying. I produced two of .the littlhsir— B ■, and rre commenced slowly to exhsim '• VteH, Sawbones," he began, (I was the decMir), "I hate palavwr, so here goes. I was once mate of a coolie-ship. I am ' to speak of the coolie traile at thia wtne f bnt its about the oooliee that the atOrr is. lni not going to enter into timwOr plaee; bnt suffice it that onr chip ] * i gown one. ami that we were on a voya§*-tfijth a right heavy load of coolies. We were vyry tightly packed. I can tell, ▼om and no miajtake. Well, we had the blaelles on deck pretty much, and wv did al! could to ventilate and purify tbara ; and as yet we had had no disorder am<>ctor, boys are the gr'eW's; nnhiance am} torment that you ># fcave. afliuitor ashore—no mis taka-'TWe had two boys. They were lit tie dwarfish chits, but- as cunning and trickyg# young apes. It took'us all our j i k after Uu>se boys. Sometime* they too^ut—sometimes they leaned in . mischief: but weqe out of sight. yti J WSM be sure thejif were, doing no ! gooil. " Qeorge was the name of one. Barry that of the other. The whole ol the ship vasagaififet them, and tliey against thewfcmie ship. It was a game," and the little wpntoi re pktjed well. CM" course. {Key were from time to time, bat That seepwjljoact only as a stimulant. " one day jhe coolies got np a great nftir—at it was a great aflhir to thomr. poor erer.tirres. They were to givaa sortuf offering 0< fbeir god—or at j baet oar of than. *Tley wanted to be in Kis gowd books;you set, and so they made h'im this giit. I don't know all that wi>' in the bundle, bnt I think there vat rice. ' and T-fei jh" that there was money. The offering was 'fixVj |n the trunk" of the, main-ufasf—the track, von know, is the Imtton atfnir at the very point of the mast. Well, u was fastened uu during the day, ar.d the sign was. that if the god came In tie n'igliLaad took sway the bundle, he was well pleased, and meant to bless their Voyage. It was fastened all right, and they wet a ifratcb of their pwn to keep a j Sight rye'fo the bundle, so that they might see the eod swoop down and carry it 1 away. There was sko a group of coolies. at the sbnmds to see that there was ; no unhallowed inter*.-renco by the ship'* people. , " eluded into night, and a deuced dark night it was too—heavy masses of cfotid scudding across a sombre sky: ool*bed weather, but rather threat- 1 suing, yoa' know, f was on watch, feel ing rsthflr ggxi<>us as to how the night might turn out. Onr doctor, a native, came to my wide, lie was a very intelli gent fellow. I can tell you, and well edu catad.- fltxiid'nt believe in the god com ing down and taking away tho handle; but he was'at it JCM>I to express his mind before the fooiie*. They are rather dan gerons fa{tle at times. You read now and again of their losing in mutiny, killing the officers and crew, aje, even setting ffire to the whiff, and playing the den re generally. Coolie# are aot to be trifled with, ##fciaily when there is a great yxowd of them. Of course, they are ig norant and superstitious, and such ore al ways life with such people is at if ilisconnt, and no mistake. Well, the doWiVjind T were devising plans for ven •h, Topsul, we'll all be murdered in ro d blood, if they discover the trick.' \Y ho could it have been f " 1 could only echo hia question with a groan. I called the •second," inneh to hi* surprise and disgust; but having loft the deck in his charge, the doctor and 1 went on a voyage of discovery, "First we re paired to tuy room, and thought. Sud denly we bulk raised our eves, and staring at each Other, whispered: •The boys-' *Oh, call found them!' cried J; Hinly wait, if we make this vovage, and get quit of this load of gunpowder safely, oh, won't 1 • bet us hunt theni up," said the doctor. " So we set out for the fbrccAltla. We entered noiselessly, am! crept iu the direo tiou of tlte boys' bunks. At first there seemed nothing uousiial, The lamp* swung and creaked, tlie timbers strained, the water went thud, thud, on the ship's bows. We crawled nearer. We held our breath. Hush f W hat souud wots that I Was it not the chinking of money I 0 horror I " The doctor and I pinched each other black aud blue, aud shuddered. We crawled still nearer. We got behind a coil of rope and eonie barrels. We peeped into the corner where the two voong. scapegraces dwelt. Yos, the tuetalie Bound proceeded from that direction. We stretched our necks- There before tnfr eyes sat the two little creatures, with the bundle between them, cosily but secretly dividing the spoil. Such a combination of daring and folly almost made us commit ourselves. Ilut we watched our chances, and powteod ou thm, aud clapped our hands ou their mouths, la au instant we had them tied up and gagged. The con tents of the bundle we quietly concealed about our person*, and dropped overboard when we wens aft- We sot a watch over the boya, and 1 read them a lesson in whispers, which put the terror of death on them. It was a dark niglit, you know. tSig h<*t up tic ty wnKUictd aud taken tit kttac.'r J • "Ah ! doctor, I'il never forget that voy .sg-. ( was forever thinking tliat the blackies were rising, or that they had fired the ship, or that they war* conspiring. On deck, I walked on ueedles and pins— every sound startled me. I had taken all possible precautions, had my arms ready, Ac.; but it wooki have been madness to have thought of resistance. 1 had all the burden wn tav own shoulder*, for 1 never told the skipper, aud the '.-ocotid' did not seem to understand the affair nor to ap predate our danger. Hut the native doc tor did; and assisted me ahly- Even my turn lielow was no rest; t could'nt sleep —I dozed and started till I was called on deck again. O, man, it was awful 1 Sus pense, doctor, is a terrible tiling! I felt just as if I were living over a volcano— never sure but that an eruption might no cur. It would almost Lave been a re-lit! to hive had the worst My hair turned gruy, doctor —no mistake, The 'second' even noticed that. I turned Asky and fanbtfliL Xo. doator I didn't drink ; that had nothing to do with it. How 1 rejoiced at the koo of each day! We made a prvuy good voyage; and 1 almost felt as if {he land, when wo first sighted it, wa* paradise! When we actually got that car go safely on shore, and I felt my tbioat still uncut, I almost thought it too good to bo true—no mistake!" 1 don't know bow many of my cigarettes Mr. Topaai stacked, but 1 know that the stock.was sadly reduced. "But, I say, Topsal," 1 putin, "what about the boys, you know ! Hid yoa give them an awful thrashing Mr. Tapani looked sulkier than usual as lie replied: ""Well, they got loose as soon as we got into port —slipped me. and deserted the ahip. That was the last I saw of tlmm.'' Spajoob Hospitautt.—a Spanish family asked some foreigners io a danee. The "dgncing went on till aliont luflf-rast onp, when the lady of the house bowod sffectionately to her friends byway of bowing tfiem out The family, she* said, werf going to sup per} Yet families of this kind have bo objection to snp—ay, ami right well, too —at the ei[>eiise, We re member a Yankee man-of-war giving a twll in a Bjianish Mediterranean port. Yankm officers are well paid, and the most cheerful of hosts. Champagne cocktails are found to eu'iveji the eagle, and are freely supplied to the friends of that bird. So the sujiper was excellent, and the eflect upon the Spaniards was extraordinary. Stont old ladies wore heard exclaiming, through mouthful* of unwonted fowl and tongue, that they thought it was to be anything like /*', they would have brought Tio Jorge— Uuele (ieorge. Where was lie on such an occasion ? Why was ha not having n slice off the rstranjcro ? The nephews of these old girls, meanwhile, organized a cuttingnt expedition, and luring dis covered wliere more champagne was, made a gallant attack upon the stores. A British vessel on the Mediterranean station, detailed to the coast of Spain, sometime* makes the mistake of attempt ing to begin friendly relations by a ball. The rosnlt, in every instance, is the same. The society of the place flocks ts the eu tertainment, and tbo entertainers never hear of their gncets afterwards. Issawitt.—lt is * curious fact that in the United States the ratio ol insanity is greatest among our foreign residents. ; Thus, in the United States the propor | tion of insane to the population is 1 to 1,031. Of onr native born people the insane are 1 to 1.961 ; of foreign immi granto as Ito 4Wi. This is bad enough, but is California the difference is even mnch more marked. In that State 1 in 489 of the whole people arc insane.; among natives, 1 in 858, among for eigners, lin 284. If the same propor tion prevailed in the whole couDtry, the insane of fhe United States wonhl num l,er 135,7Gb, instead of 37,382- Proha \ hly the principal reason for this differ ence is to be found in the severance f social relationships, and the lack of sym pathy and ef friendly intercourse to which the foreigner mnst nccessarihr snlimit when coming to a strange land. Soubces of Reveste. —The following official statemcßt shows the increase and decrease of receipts of the United States Treasury, from sources of revenue now taxable,"from September, 1870, to Janu ary, 1871, and September, 1871, to Janu ary, 1862: IMTW. Dtrrn*. Spirits... .11,938,248.00 Penalties. f175.023.71 T.bsceo . 600,700.83 Exempt'ns 6,666.683.91 Liquors.. 812,432.44 Banks.... 347,301.19 Income .. 582.316.91 Ga# 149,639.81 Stamps .. 770 368.24 Total 84,687,892 42 Total 86,730,617.82 A Paiwteb's Mistake. A good story is told of how a rising artist lately lost his reputation through a lolwter. He painted the seaside, and placed on the beach various common objects of tho seaside—ehells, urchins, crabs and a lob ster. But, alas, he painted the lobster large, ostentations, and—red ? Where upon it was suggested by his critics that it was necessary to paint near by the Byser which alone could have boiled it ie poor fellow has never recovered. THE CENTRE REPORTER. A Chapter on the Ifotae. Tlte iii|( ile.fiiption >f the Bcv end parts it' a horo', aud the recotu* luetuUbona lis to til* choice of different animals (or auv given 1 ail of work cam not fail to 1* interesting to wi'ty aiau who owns udtlrirM a horse, ami will in some measure enable each to eliooao fur himself, with aome degree of eertaiuty ! and satisfaction : The head of every liorsw should W small, hut not out of "proportion with the rest of hia body. A large, ivarue bead is a defeot ui every person's eye, and it haa no advantage* to compensate for its de-. fortuity. The head of the well bred horse possesses breadth and fullness itt l>arts where capacity is mvded. It is so *'le.iu" that everywhere subcutane ous vvina and muscles may ha distiu. guiahrs.l tbrongh the skin. The mns.'.le should be flue, and of moderate length, the mouth iuvayialdy deep, for receiving ivaid returning tho bit, and the lips rath er thin nud tlruilr compressed. A tine., tight lip in a pretty sure indication of tin active temperament, and consequently affords a measure of the energy aud dur ability of tho animal. The nostrils should be large, so us to be capable of allowing the air to have free access to the lungs. Capacious 1 intes would beu! n use, if the orifice which connect*, them with the necessary external at mosphere was SO contracted that they Could uot become properly tilleil. The muzzle ought to bo fine a good way up. aud the parts above should enlarge siul denly, in oMcto give plenty of width ■ to the lower jaw, as well from aide to aide. This is a point of | great beauty, as it gives breadth of jaw itid expansion from eve to eye, while j the auieneSH of the hasd is generally maintained. The space between the two blades of the urtflerjaw ought to be broad and deep, so as to admit the neck tuul prevent pressure on the wiudpii*- when the head is flexed. The face, on a side view, should lie straight, or a very little concave; it should be broad be iweeu the eyes, but should tuper a little ! toward the ear*. Tlic eye of the liorso shouKl bo kimlly, strung, boll, foarleas, yet gentln-lookiug It shoulil not sliow much white, as that often indicates i vicious dispooition. A horse which exposes the vvhita of the eye when looking backward, is generally ou ilie nlert for mjschief, ami is uot to' be tmsterl with his heels. The ears are a pood index to the tem per of the horse. They act as a sort of telegraph of his will. They giva us a wftruiug of his intentions, uml often en able us, when the aiiimat is malevolent, to prevent their execution. Horsemen generally prefer ears that are small and situated not too far apart. They should be lively in m otion and erect; they give animation sud expression to tho head, and plainly indicate the animal's vigor and endurance. In all horses the neck should be fine :irrhed-lookfag where it joins the bead. Firmness in this locality adds greatly to the beauty of the lions, and generally speaks well for the purity of his breed in p. The setting-on of the head and neck should be such as to cause the nose to project a little forward ; still it must not be pushed o far forward as to constitute a " star gazer." The chest is bounded in front by the neck, on each side by the ribs and shoulder-blade*. Imlow by the breast bono, alHive by the spine, and Imbiud by the diaphragm, which separate it from the bowels. A line dr.iwn from the region of the kidneys, immediately behind the saddle-seat, and terminating at a f hort distance behind the girths at the breast bone, will point out, with tolerable accuracy, the position of th. diaphragm. It is a large expansion of muscntar tisane, and stretches across from side to side in §ncti away as to completely, separate the body into two great cavities. By its motion back wards and forwanls uilber of these entities can be lessened or enlarged as circumstances may requtre. The large cavity called the chest" which inter venes between the boundaries soecitied, is occupied almost entirely by the Wart and lungs. The longs are vary clastic nud are enviable of Wing greatly col lapsed or distended at certain periods during the process of respiration. The shape and size of the cheat arc mattcis of no trifling importance, cs they in a great measure govern the condition of the lungs. In evcrv instance the chest should le large and capacious, but its exact shape may vary it little, accord ing to the purpose for which the horse is required. In the aaixnal for alow work and heavy draught it may ap proach toward the circular form. In proportion as we pan from the draught nor*", through the different degrees of speed up to the racer, in the some pro portion must the depth of cheat, when compared with its ronndqevs, increuse. The carriage horse should have a round and deep cheat. The roadster, trotting horse and saddle horse still deeper, and the racers should be shaped like a grey hound, nt the same time preserving n fair proportion of breadth. Depth of chest is indispensable for sj>eed com bined with distance. Dogu VA.BI>EN Srrra.—Ladies who objocUto the gay chintz eolorsof regal ir Dolly Vardens, cay* a fashion joui nil, will find nt the furuihirfg houses sutn nier suits that retain the fashion of this garment without ita pronoun rod bright ness. For instance, there are cambric and percale suits with akirta of white ground striped with block, while the polonaise is white strewn all over with black flowers. The trimnling is a broad stripe of block percale with white braid, of open, looe bke pattern, laid on its edges. The skirt has the inevitable kilt pleating, a wide row at therbottom edged top and bottom with black, and two or three narrower rows above. A pretty effect Is given the polonaise by putting a deep triangular feeing of the material inside the front of the skirt, and turning it bark <• rrrsr*. Buff percale snite with blaek stripes on the skirt and black flowers on the polonaise arc marie in the way just described : also gray suits with white stripes and flowers. The Dolly Varden organdies, with pale buff, pen green, or blaek ground* covered with gay flowers, are among the most effective of the chintz-figured fabrics. These organdies hang softly, and their pale transparent grounds look very pretty over black silk When made in eUltorate fashion, and trimmed with two ruffles of the material, they coat $35. DEGRADATION. —'There is absolutely no bottom to the pit of degradation into which men voluntarily throw themselves. A saloon-keeper, named Holmes, in Galva, 111., was on a continuous drunk for ten days, during which time his horses were left to starve in a barn well stored with hay. The famished animals devoured their manger, stalls, and each other's manes and tails antil they had not strenth to gnaw, and then sank down and died. EDOCATIONAD. —Tliere are in the United States 51 normal schools, supported by 23 different States, having 251 teachers and 6,334 pupils ; 4 supjiorted by coun ties, with 83 pupils; 16 city normal schools, with 112 teachers and 2,002 pu pils ; all others, 43, supported in various ways, with 80 teachers and 2,508 pupils ; making a total of 114 schools, with 445 teachers, and 10,921 pupils. Thers are also 84 business colleges scattered through 67 States, having 166 instructors and 3,460 pupils. CENTRE H.M.1,, CENTRE CO., l'A.. EKIH.VY. Al'RlL I'd. 187:!. The New Uhurch Organ. at win w. niuiw. TKRTV'YE P I! s tr*n NEW IWRHM. OUR, fXr all tUvlr mv ku>l search ; 'rtiey'va douc jiit as thvy said they'd d*, Aud fetched It uiU> church. i'lK jr 'r U-uud i be crillM shall ha soon. A ad on the preacher's rifftil, They've hoistal up their new niaehlae In everybody's aight. They've (ot s chart*ter aud choir, Ag'ia my voice sod vol*; For it wss never Wiy desire, To praise the Lord by note I jr v s I i* .sS >t at ■' I've been s sislsr good au' true For like au' thirty year ; I've done whst seemed nty part ta do, An' prayed my duly clear ; I've BUUR the hyuius both slow aud quick, Just aa the preacher read, Aud twioe. when Deacon Tubbs wa* atck, 1 took the fork au' led t And uow, their bolil, uow-fhuglod ways Is eomiu* all about; 1 And I, right m ray latter daya, Am fairly erywded out! r 4*f rW kt Mr, * IM ■ i jit M ftu To-day the preacher, gixirt old dt-ar, With tears all in hit eyas, Read —— " I can mad my utla clear T > mansion* in the skies." I allays hked that Ideaaed hymn I a'poae 1 ai'ayx will; It somehow grahfitemy whim. In good old OrtooTille ; But wfleu that choir got up to ting, 1 couldn't catch a word ; Tliey rung the Uutl dug-goadest thing A hod* ever beard! Some worldly rliapa n standia' near, Au*>rht nt aeed them grt, I l>tdfrv*e 1 to every f*A. | ( in' i*y U, kul W A. And sister Brown—l could but look She ait* right front of me; She ntcriT wa* no *iti|rln' book. An' never went to be ; But then *he afar* tried to do The b.-et she could, she said ; She understood tbo time rtt;ht through. An' kep' it, with her head; But when she tried this mornin', oh, I had to Isugb, or o mgh t it kep' lier head a bobbin' so, It e'en a'lnost came off 1 An" Deacon Tubbs— ho all broko down. As one might well suppose ; Ho took one look at Bister Brown, And meekly scratched bia nose. He looked liis hymn book through and through And laid it on tho seat, And then a pensive sigh lie drew, And looked completely beat. An' when they took another bont, He didn't even rise ; But drawed his red bandanner ont, An' wiped hi* wcepin' eyea. 19 Mf M rwi huwkwmar vf, An' Wipf Kit W*pta' ryr*. I've lii-en a sister, good an' true, For five sa' thirty year ; I've done what seemed my part to do, An' prayed my duty clear; But death will stop my voice, I know, For be is on my track ; And some day, I to church will go, And never more come back, And when the folks got np to sing— Whene'er that time shall be— I do not wsnt no patent thing A squeabn' over me! Don't bother editors when busy. Quilp stepped into the imperial sanctum one morning to ask what he'd write about. 41 Write aliont?" growled the disgusted chief. "I think you bad better write | about face 1" oik t JKKIUN i trriK. The Largest Thoatrs In tJ> W*W-t the Lake at Couio ▲ Reeidenoe In Mllw, •te.. etc. In Milan we drove to tie A rub of Peace, altuated on the Piiutia d'Artftl, aud erected to ouiuinemnrate tlie eiimple tiun of the greet road over the Sioiplon by Napoleon. It ia it magnificent slruc. ture, aurmounted by bronze figure*. That in the centre, atanding iu a chariot drawn by aiz horses, is eaid to represent Peace, while those at the corners galloping on fiery ateeda into mid air, are declared L> let Pate's messengers, setting off to annouuee the advent of the central figure. t)o one ride of the Piazza d'Armt, ia the Amphitheatre, capable of bidding 8,000 apectatora. We were shown the iuterior by a young girl, the daughter of the janitor. The seats are made of turf, iuatrad ot stone, but the general appear ance of it is very much like the one we saw in Verona. We then drove to the Biblioteca Am brosiaua, but it being a feast day, we found it cloaed. We afterwards visited the Te atro La Scala. One of the attendant*' took us through the lobby and on to the stage, where we had an opportunity of viewing its immense size, it is said to he the largest theatre in the world, and ca pable ot aocommodaliug S,CL)O spectators., It has six tiers of boxes, nd most of iho|i*j are private, and the greater part of them have small rooms attached, into wloeU the occupant* of the boxes may retire be 1 twecn the acts. The stage is 150 ffet deep,! The theatre is said to light up very finely, but it looked to us a dark, dismal, dingy place in comparison with our theatres at home, and it is not to be compared to fhe| new opera house at Pari*. It was but a moment's walk from the opera-house to the " tialieria Vittorios Kmatiutde," which connects the PiazxaH del Duiuno with the Seal*. This is the extensive of all the wrcadi-s in Ka-' -is*#, ami coat nearly 52,<>00,000 to on- 1 struct. The length of it is about 1,000 feet, and it is fifty feet in width and near . tjr 100 feet high. It Is in the form of a latin cross, with an octagon iu tlie centre, over which rises a cupola, ISO feet high, and the whols of it eovured with an arch ed glass roof. The gallery is filled by res taurants and attractive shops where Jsaio, whose interest lies rather in iU great antiquity, than in any remark able beauty. Wo entered Hie chart Üby . a fine court-yard, surrounded by icc.-iit' torfibstonew, inscriptions and nearly-oblit erated frescoes. Our guide-book informed u*. " that the gales of tips clutch arc' said to be those which SL-A mbrtwe closed against the Kinperor Tbondoslus after tlie i-rnel massacre of Thessalogica, and a por trait of the saint was to be seen on tfes left side of the entrance.** The gates had rather an ancient appearance, and looked as though they might have been the ideh tieal gates that Sampson carried off from (■ aza. As to the |Hrtrait of the Saint, time and the weather have obliterated all tracee of liia fratnres. Tbo chtrch was undergoing restoration, so we could sop but little of the interior; but it ia stated to be filled with rare and curious ©Meet*, and is well worth a visit, ©specially If the visitor hss antiquarian tat*s. The following day we made an excur sion to the Lake of Com*, leavinffby the nooo train from Milan. The day we* hot and-ths road fearfully dusty, and we were glad b>leave the ears and take the stage for a drive through the town of Cotno to the wharf where we were to take tlie boat for CadenabbuL The town of t'omo is crowded with dark, narrow, filthy streets ami many churches, all of which are old and tawdry; and sotno gloomy palaces and dismantled dwellings. Then is bat little difference between one small ! Italian town and another. Tber are all alike—dirty and picturesque—glowing in color and reeking with vile odors. The aail op the Lake was very delight ful. The steamboat crosssd from Ota silc of tbe Lake to the other, stopping A Ef ferent point* to lend and recefvo paMpi gers and freight, and giving us an lent opportunity of viewing tlie trtDWrT frmn various points. Numerous bright villas belonging to tlie Milanese iris toe ra cy, surrounded by luxuriant gardens and Tineysrds are scattered along its bank*. In the forests above, the brilliant green of the chestnut and walnut contrasts with the grayish tints of the olive, which to nor unaccustomed eyes bore a strong resemMance to the willow. Tlie moua tains rise to the height of 7.400 feet, run ning down nearly to the edge of the lake. The scenery of the lake, a* far as seen from the deck of the steamboat. jrMi hles somewhat that of onr own beadtiwd Hudson river in the vicinity of West Point, though on a grander scale. We reached Cadcnabbla about five In the af ernoon.and put np at the Bote Belle Vne, which is situated close to the landing. After an excellent dioner, we took a short walk to the Villa ('arietta, which is situated close to the hotel. It is delight fully quite in . the midst of a beautiful garden and surroundi-d by lemon and cit ron trees. Wo ascended to the bouse by a broad flight of stairs, and on ringing the bell, the gate was opened-by a small boy, who very politely showed us through the mansion and the garden surrounding it.! Tlie marble hall contains a frieze decorated with celebrated reliefs by Tborwaldsen,, and for whieh 80.0.000 was paid, A so, several statnes by Canova, such as Cupid and Psyche, which is a perfect g*m of art. And Venus, Paris, Mngdajone, and many others, each one of wliioh was a treasnre in Use!f. We walked through the rcs£ of the apartments, AS this is What is called a 1 show pslaee ; it not having been occupied by its owner fbr many and then into the gardon, from wheure we had a tpost magnificent view of a sunset On the Lake of. Cotno. W< then returned to the hotel and there hired a lioat, which had the stars and stripes floating from the stern, and had a most delightful row of two hours on the lake. The moon rose soon after we left the hotel, and the air being warm and balmy, and the sky perfectly.cloudless, and being in the aociety of dear friends whom we had last seen when wc had bid thetn good-bye at the steamer .when we left home, and now met them once *y>re in tlis "land of Song," made it altogether one of the most charming evenings we had spent since we had been on the continent We landed at Bellagio a few momenta and afterwards pulled Up the lake as far as the cascade.of the Flume Latte, which Is pre cipitutsd in several leaps froiq a height of 900 feet, but the oascade being in the shade, it could not be seen distinctly, although* the roar of the fall could be heard after we were a mile away frdtn it. We saked our boatman it he knew where the palace i of " CUufic Melnette " was situated, but he said lot hip] never heard of the gentle* uum, mj did uotihiuk he had a palm • u tho lake. I It- evidently laid uot read " The I Imdy oi J.yn." I* AR*t-re-lurnlng to the hotel and retiriagi tA ouf room, wldch lopked out ou the Jake, [A Virg agrv-ably surprised f>r a •efenade gii eq togoi'H' ladies In tha hotel, and wtrioh > 'ontiimwl for over utt hour, and rguixiad up the day's enjoyment most agreeably. 1 The following morning we were up early, bed hiaak!b4, ayl t laa n took the 7 a. si. boat for Oouio, wiiofe we arrived in three hours, then toolc the cars, and by 1 r. if. a-e were back to our hotel in Milan, high ly pltMuael with our trip to the Lake uf Cm tin. In tho ftfternooo w vUted the private reaidencea of two of the wealthiest gentle man of Milan, and found tb fml up with everything that money ami good lastt eetive, that for a momafst we i were really deceived by it. ■ 1 The remainder of the afternoon was da* , voted to purchases and a final visit to the j Cigiu-dnd. this nun- going H|Mtn the root. I iSbre afreaditifi we were Abligad to pur ' chase tickets o! one of ttie sacristans, who j** a dfsk by the dope at tlif Kfot of the ♦dair*^e v And waTdliJ 40 rente, siuii. or eight centa. There wcra ear era I s<-eflylftiik4ng idht4uaJi sUudiag around •Be door, and wanted to know If we did not wish a guide to " show us *p '' No . ipld Uoii| " we tUnttght nvU.our qyy-sight [ we* itJgo<4 frMMlupi m>*t if gh® staircase terminated at the foot, we had an idea we wguld be Wile 4 iwadp it withoßt any as i siftaifrgL" "We h#n flawly walked uo the | 104 steps, each of which is numbered, till we reached tha roof of the Cathedral, the j ! view from which is the most por- j tion of it. The great extent uf the building j is more justly estimated there than fntu . ' any wart of the lnterW, and thw ej£ and ( mind are overpowered by the tnuUdsi3eof t architectural detaile. |he, sjaji • raemenU. | the its wilderness of piunacles. It ia eaay tv> > ' underaUnd why such buildings never are ! slid never cart be completed. The flicLc* j and spires of the interior are already oc ( ! copied by over 4.0W statues iu marble, | ltd they form one of the m**l ntieeable j features in the Cathedral. Tliey looked small and hnddled together when standing ih the street and * iewing them from befow,' 1 but when we stood io the midst of thjs 1 : lent a-einbly of statues, carved itt ail XI-1 Mjtori' of dorotioii, the effect aaa nnt striking snd impressive. We afterw ards ascended to the octagon I gallery in the tower, where we bed around ' •and below ns a wide and fine prosper*.< ifo ft ere so high np that it seemed t though we eottld throw sttni'- on the. ; gi"* rwf of tins Osdef* vtrtor Kniauuel, ( ' and vol it was two blocks front the Cathe I draL* We Lsd a delightful view of the , plains of Umbardy. gfitteriug with Uiwns an ! villages, and closed in oathefro'th iand west by the eternal snows of the Alne. the evening waa spe"' *stb Ameri can frienda. inthetiiardino Publico, which . *L. U tbe Central l'ark of Milan, Mid it* mo (•tliiaubl# prvim nidt. The following morning at iO.Sa we left Milan by tbe train for Ari>na. which ia situated at tbe fool of l.ake Maggiore. 1 should bare rt-mark that the railway at.aiian at Milan i* tbehand otn<*t one •• bave seen in Italy, and we were especially struck with tbe beaut* ot the fr*coea, representing the itciotupal Italian cltlM; and on!* regretted t bat more time had aoi been allowed for tbetrwiam nation. It ta a good rule, * ban traveling in Eerepe, to have pleat)' oT time to spare at (be station where one Ukraine trgln- Not onlr to e* that your trunk ia jrotrlj labeled to it* destination, and that you procure jv'itjuiket, but bava tia># to ace Uiat you get your ourrcct change, a* railway otlirials are sometimes Liable to make.ini*take*, and generally oot in your favor. It hlao gives you opportunity of viewing tie sUtion itself and the aurrouud ings. which aometitnes are wed worth see ing. B. M. A Mntmnta WASTED. Caldwell, Stun | ner countv, Kansas, ia in exceeding want of a minister, and has advertised for I •* itt tl#r icwmi*nfof tfce Bt.de. The ;idvrti-r .ystli!i| itba atfunty they F%v liarr l4kl itscßnoi ; Jolt, on tlx- by vnjf oßc of them," lie *y*, " would have been prevented / we could have had the gosjid." Now, iif the preacher will only come and "bring n religious friend with him, tho conniv will show htm 41 10 acroe of good land, clear, constant running wa iter ta it. enough timber tm U for fire ,hoa|tliy.alSlMpcr acre. - ' The advertiser diiC* not nay That he j* willing to pay tho money necessary to secure the clafm. ear does he intimate t ouythiag it) regard to salary. But, if tk'fclw a dn*ter at thi* end of the countrv who is d sirou* of a wide field for usefulness, where can he find a wider bought from two dollar* to ton dollars, will prodnee Xrom twelve to thirty bushels f com j>or here, ud from a bnls fc one bale (400 11M ) per acre, nnd much more with unproved cultivation. Land rente from two dollars to five dollar* per acre. One good hand can cultivate from t bcivfe t| fifteen acres, five acres in com and tdrrifi cot toil. This will require ondfnod horse, or mule, which can be nhrcliased here for 8140 to 8150, It is better for two paranup to work together. They will reqniiv dhe wagon, which will cost here •bout $125 ; two nlortrs, of $lO each ; one bull tongue plow for opening with, say J5 i. one small harrow, 85 ; one weed ing hoe for each hnnd. $1; and one chop ping ax. $1.50. Those articles, and all others that may be required, ran be bought here In "the county, r in New Orleans, which is only about one day 's travel from here. Two good hands will be required here to raise cotton. The 'abulia# and packing each bale will cost From 84 to 85. 4 HER British Majesty's steamer Sttaria visited Nssapu to investigate the air cumstaneee of the murder of Bishoj) Patterson. The natives fire# npoa the steamer's boats, whereupon the ship shelled the village and the sailors killed a number of natives and burned their canoes. J ; 1 bJ a A Wiaconsin girl has committed sui cide because she was afflicted wfth warts. Sew York Fashion*. There is nothing taore noticeable In i lli# recant uuportaifoiia of dty goan the rare aud deficata sbadM which ffllstingnish' tiKist of tha fsbrire. It I must ba ivinieaaad that tbaao tinto are . cxvaodiugly Uie eye—oo at ' tractive, that lad ire, wlmu purchasing, i are too apt to ha beguiled by the beenly iof the cohw, without giving a thought; as to whether or no it will be becoming ; to their |>euluir complexion and atvle. I i A fact winch should be considered in ; | tho selection of tlia new colore is that , 1 many of Hie tinta widch appear very | charming in the bright daylight iu whioh j they art purchased, lone half threr Wtß* ; ty whB aubittl to ga-UgljA, which af i eouraa renders them unlit for eveutng. ! This is true of the pseon or |*aswl I ehadae, which are either green with j bluish cast or blue with o ffmmiih caat, and it may ba itaU-d aa a rule that ail i dark shades of grreu and ldae or pur i pia and lilac ioar ttiere Rwuty under artiflotal light, while soaiiet ami orange, I light preews. light brosrn aud tho van-1 ous other hght tinta, such aa Wa roae and blue at 1 paru, grow more brilliant, j Of eouraa the oatno uiav le auid of liuta i suitable for evening when suluaittad to i the light of day. A* there iiauof was a time when the fashion* were more varied than they are at present, peujilr hare very little excuae ' fw dreaaiug In a manner unl>reoming j to their particular ati !e of form and fan- < tare; yet we every day eee very stout ladies adding to tfodr stoutness by *- j oeedtngty bouffant patiiart ami loivped-1 up skirts, while slender ladsue, failing to { take advaatago of a style which is par- ; ticularly suited to tlieu, frt-aueuUj eon* , tent themselves with slight f >opiog or almost straight hanging skirU. j Wmiz ttLrwntt* J*errra snd tho ' favorite tight fitting or h*H light fitting j I polonaises, are booomtng to abort j figures, tha circular men tie*, eapre, and talmas should be sroidad. Very deep , ! snd elaborate trimming, cormieting of i flounces and puffs, upou mi uuder-skin i mskee a short, stout person asspere" vmuld call a '* l society htdy's" toilette. For other | handsome fabrics suitable for the street 1 ( or house very high prices are aaked. t Amoag these' maieruis is Mir camel's j heir aerge, which nuqres from 82 to < 2.'J5 a yard. We have also camera hair ! ! cloth for polonatvw, which dlsptaf * the small amure and dfUcate soiled i color*, and which coats a large sum. Of i ioo ime these mterialaaT far the preaqbt cost of thamatarisL , Other Imp dooms fabrics lor spriDfP and i summer- wtiioh include pongee serges. i pong— foulards, aergw foalanli, great- ' adincs of good qmdity and the foulard • silks with Polly Varden flgurre—iwaga i ~ from 81W to 8200. All those materials; make costly eostumes. yet we cannot ftifly sympathise vrilh ewtaw fsalnon writer*, who express great eatisfaetioii at what j tbev cailh reaction in favor of lees exjSen-, tbey cuius reaction in favor of lea* exjJen •lVP fabrics for atreet and lmnw drwea*. Good fabric* ara occasionally 'mtight for a mod*rata cum, but aa a rule we doubt the economy of buying poor material# which mar coat a bUle leaa money, but which reanire aa much or mora inw miag, ano arbieb coat aa much far mak ing aa the beat material. i ■ • 41 ' " Tran!rtlg CalUrv Mr. George T. Anpril, president of the MaaaachoaatU Society for the Pre- Tnotlvxi of Qruelty to Animate, ban written an e*ay on the ueaceaity and practicability of aoma change in our mode of Uwnaporting cattle m this couu ! trr. The subject ia treated in it finan cial and Kaiii'.orj relation*, and Mr. Au- K'etl shown that aa at pieaent conducted, transportation octomona both disease ami uuneceaaanrcniwnditttre. He qnotea Mr. Horace W. Jordan, a member of the Brighton Board of Health, as anthonty for the assertion Uiat at Chicago all tiie poor cattle, bulb, stags, and everything disagreeable ara picked Up, and 1* tkia is what we get ftom Chicago." a market whence, in KW9, 294,717 cattle were shipped to Eastern citie*. THsease is of course the consequents? of this, and when wa remember that iff New Torit city alone nearly two million rwine r.re oaten annually! te say nettling of the beef meat, we amy well feci disgusted whoa it is ahowu. as it i* showu, that onr met In via of transporting them are responsible for much of the disease. Shrinkage on the 294,717 cattle amount* to more than 29,471,700 poo mi* of beef, and thia fact telle the flnanci-U atorr. Mr. Angell thinks that the only feasilde plan of le*uing these evil* is in legis lation which shaU compel transporters to use one of the five improved stock eara which hare been invented, and anv of which, he believes, would accomplish the desired end. Tnmrr**.—A young German named George Mechlin died, in Die* N. Y., from the effects of trichinosis. About aix week* ago the deceased and one For nesina and Ilia wife, with whom He boarded, and a |eljDW-Ipdspr named fVinenhoß, wer*' 'srffcAd at the *ame time with violent vomiting and diarrhc •nfTering from tvphoid few*, and was treated for that disease. The real malad v was not discovered till a few daya before hia death. Of the two remaining victim* the wonau Has recovered, bnt I tho man gnihMlut * ekitical condition. Cariw.—Tlie t!binesc carte Ue wmte is a curiosity. It consists of a huge sheet of bright scarlet psper, with the owner's name inscribed in large letter*—the big ger the most exquisite. For extra grand occasions this card is folded ten times, the name is written in the right hand lower corner with a humiliating-prefix like " vour very stupid brother, "your unworthy friend who bows his head and pays his respect*," etc.. etc., the words •'your stupid" taking the place of oar , "yours respectfully." It is etiquette to return these cards to the visitor, it be ing presumable that their expense is too greatJfor general distribution. I I IMPOSITION UPON A CHILD.—The latest dodge of a parent to overcome his son's aversion to medicine, and "doctor" him at the same time, occurred on Prospect street, where a cronpy youngster was in duced to make quite a hearty meal from a plats of buck wheat cakes and "maple syrup"—hut the latter prov ed to be niee syrup of sgqylls. The boy said he '•'thought something ail the molasses the minute his father him to eat all he wanted to."— Leader. TERMS: Two Dollars a Ye*r, in Advance. A Plaaster at flea. A aeamsn Ml overheard from tie Ef --: tub (war t#aitier Ariadne, and a cotler ' war saait m aetrcb if him At that time there was an heavy aw on that the rot i ter capsiacd. The haavy aea completely C>*#iit"l the Ariadne, a long •btp. ft am n steered close to the struggling ">. 1 *nd the first cotter wtu accordingly wan ! lrf d. To the horror of every one, lint S (tost. ■# aho was being loweted, waa atove j is—the officer# and men bring precipitated into tho water. Two officer# and eleven men were tho# traffling In the waNr . lose along tide the .hip. aad a atmrtar number ome bundled ytraitC No oth*r ! boat waa available, ana tite-belts, gratingf, ropes—to het. ever) thing that could be pot bold of—were thrown to those near the ship, and thejr were all fertanately rescued, except one men, who was killed by getting under the ebip'a counter. At tention, which had been temporary dt vert - •d, wae now again tumsd to tbd unfortu nate office## and men of the other boat, who were one by erne aaen to he swept exhausted into the aaa, until only five were left The Ariadne wm then backed •Hern full peed, and brought withis reach of theaurviTore, threeof whom were taken off the cottar, end one swam to the •hip fretn a spar to winch he had elwag. And now came the moat beart-rendmg ►ccue of all. The fifth and laat surmor had managed to Host alnogaide, b: hand# had grasped the boat fall*, hie whtr teem ed re all human probability awcred. when nature, to long and ao acverely tried, < ouid bold out no kiuxei; hit strength Wted bun. and be fell hack into the #re- is? yet, bovrever. waa he given up by hi* gallant comrade*. Mr. Ellia, boat-ewaia. and one oftthiwe who have lived to tell the Ule of tbe ill-fated captain, sprang into; the water and mm to the t**tance of of tbe drowning man. He meeeoded w fertrog hold of him, and had brought hi* ahug*de when be, (Mr. Elba,) waaetruck by n bolt on the de of the akip, which waa rolling dreadfully, and, partiaSf aton ncd, he was obliged to let go bia bold re j order to aave hia own life, and the twice , rraruad sailor aank before the eyes of !!. I Tbe gloom which thi catastrophe baa caat j over those on hoard the Ariadne may be ; more tesily imagined than described. To all eleven live# were lost by tha disaster. The fL Beraerd Iteg. ft was u May 1817. A furiow anow- j storm, accompanied by for thundering avalanche*, darkened the air. Suddenly Barry, who bad been tying on tba flaw ol the great kitchen ofthe monastery, sprang up, and ran to the worthy brother who then performed the duties of head cook to this hospital cfttabUahiaeat. H was wwil uidtotood what the dog wanted. A email eask, containing breed and a-ine wa ; fattened to bia neck, and, attended by a ] colleague similarly provided, he rushed j out into the tempest. A league from the. fDoia*t€rv t he ioiiitd * little boy, four : tear* old. Inns half dead in the anow. Hw mother'had been struck down by and buried under an avalanche. Lying down by the boy, Barry licked bit face and bauds till ue came to bimecli, and then, with coaxing whine*, induced htm to climb i upon his back. and twine bis arm about lit* neck. And in this manner the dug and 1 child made their appearance at the numa* tery gate. The unured dog then led the ' t'U* supplied. There *re bat few |Chines here, and dewier* in the drug m* that its conaawption it confined almost delusively to Americans. o* fon-ignera 1 other than Chinese rarely ate it A gregt deal of it l sold to servant girls, who ana 1 supposed, however, to procure it for their mistresses. That the vie# of onimu sat ing U becoming common in other parts i of the country is rendered probable from the fact thai a bill baa passed both Houses iat tins Kentucky Legislature ororidis* i that, on the alb davit of two respaetehle t I citizens, any person who through the -j esire nse of oplnra. arsenic, hashee*h, | .. r anv dmg liaa become incompetent to 4 manage himself or hi* estate with ordinary , prndence and discretion, may be brought, lrtbfe a jury, and oa proof of such a state ot facta may be committed to the custody 1 . iof one or more persma to be appointed ; I by the court, srith power to oontee anch ipi nion in any private asylum er in one I i of the lunatic asylum* of the Bute. i Inos Clam. —Admirers of the old wooden hno-of-battle ship, with tie heart u| oak. and the thouaana memories that song and romanoe have helped to en dear, will pluck up spirit again from a rather provoking accident that has hap pened to one of the boat of the British i roc-clad*. The Ifoltpw, commanded bv Lord John Hay, waa ran into by What the Armv and Nary GtmUt de scribes as an "old Dubhn pig*io.t, nod besides having her porta and boots carried sway "was mauled so severely'" a* to be obliged to nut into harbor for repair*. The odd pig-Wat, on the other bond, appears to have sustained no injury at all. and went on her way without any difficulty It will be remembered that at the battle of Lissa the moat formida ble iron-clad in the Italian Navy was run dorn and mink by Admiral in n wooden vessel. The same thing, if we mistake not, occurred in other wars. It would teem, therefore, that ironclads are not yet invincible even to unarmored nut agonist a Tltott Hiceui.—Nearly all the coma, bunion*, incurvation of nails, etc.. winch are peculiar TO civilization, being unknown pedal trouble* in aavaw or barbarian lilb, are traceable to high heel*. Notwith standing shoemakers know this to be true, they continue the fashion, which gives em ployment to chiropodi*ta—or, as they are known in plainer language, corn doctors— a lucrative profession, which thrives by the folly of those who rather he lame than w ear easy shoe* or boot* of vulgar patterns. Any elev ition of the boel drive* the toes into close* quartern, and corua develop to notify the individual there is not room enough at the point ot the shoe. Being too tight across the ball of the great too joint inflame* it extensively; that is a bunion. If tbe pressure is not removed, which is the only permanent telief, a dis tortion of the toe joints follows, and a perpetual crop of cc ms is certain as seed time and heels—none of that trouble. A FishStobt.— A fisherman at Alton, 111., reoently took a wagon-load of fish in the following manner : Ho ent two holes in the ioe some distance apart, and pnmped the water from ona hole and ran the current into the other. This created a vacuum in the first opening, and an ar tificial current in the water under the ice, setting toward the hole where the pnmp was in operation. The fish in the lake were so benumbed by the cold as to be powerless to resist the current, hence they were floated directly into the open ing of the ice, where they were soooped ' out by the thousand. Switfe*rf' 4 When. first, thy vrtanta§>ff r#e# I ftumd! When, after. MHIM lor# M aitiwnal; ( When. U>va wse MWrmgo-bounA; 1 #M *U ih.e#, HWMrtiMUt. Dy all the Joy* Ibalkrv# haigrowa; PT ell the eowfartahmwe W# ehown; by All tb# happioww we'*# know*; lam ell thins, ffwMOieart. ; | While tore aball boom daily mm; While htuii tn band oar wort u done; |? Wbll* lift nfcell bold • 'Mil' t in* t m be all tMne. Swaetbaart. Ml ijl .XXX iL.JgUMS Parlt end fH They <*U whiskey " bogle ia Cheyenne. ' The rate in Qevehuwl breweriea ll sight get m drunk M huanoe. An old aaying is that whether mea J marries or not, oe hi • *° M B wt **• ! Hositon lace parsed!er>vws overb'adfc ; ilk arts the latest nmtMj in that line. ' Hii of the foreign diplomat* at Wash ington are marril to American wives. IABH ned wide sash rihboAa art com ing in fsaloon again fur bouse and street |(xwtamef, . . ... , A Western jj death of a pupil by jmßlag bis ear out by the root*. PiMhionabhi jowg ladies eonajdee evening* at home as the gweleet "bows is existence. The principal amusement of Ameri can* is Paris is in looking in at tha shop windows. The speed of a comet Is often eight times greater than that of ai telegraphic message ; that i., we are told ao by ad ,-oUfie people. Hir Waller Ssott said that tha battle of Waterloo created in the British cm pare W.uOO widows. A aad commentary upon a victory. Pointed a4 ftotracea are tha latest rivle of tn mining dwaaea, and make the ladiee lock like small peram- NO. 10. ImUtmtf ntnmgt. A grocer had a pomud of pr rntnrn *4 to hi* with • ooOf stotmg, " too mucb trad (or table m ad not enough tor building purposes." A combination of newspaper proprie tor* to England is contemplated to ti* purpose £ti lauraduig the lew of libel mid Teutimi IclliJM. The "Prnnk- H)M tb- etwee of Engfoad-a eano k. greet that it far adi V* ri'V oQm calamity under ahich we suffer. This U the way they put it now : Mr. Clemen ton, • tilented "equine abduc tor*-of Mianaeota, ni pwreilm) upon to attend a "neoktks sociable ' lately. The populaiiew of Oraal Britain m pUowl 31,000.000; that of Fran## •i Sf.tmo 000, and of Russia • high m 70,000,*. A monster flak, resembling an ale phawt, but covered with seeks, baa been washed ashore aaar Cape Batten* It is thirty fet long. •'lf tou don't give no • dime," and .a Tonng hopeful to hie mamma, "I know * bj who'* got the mcwflltM, &aad not been able to | find the owner before. A formed by reports of the prevalence of small-pox, the Major of Huntington, lad., baa issued threat : ening fine, imprisonment, end stripes upon the lra bach to any one who ap juwr* on the public streets after having i been exposed to the disease, i Mrs. Lilies, of Wyandotte, Kansas, nt cisitme a few drr* since, and left her two children, erne of tbem an infant, at home alone. Durin* bsr absence tba elder baby covered the tittle <* up with shavings, and then art fire to the pile with a match. The child was burned to * crisp before help could arnve. Here is an iUnafoalion of the pow •team. Tbe great pyramid of Egypt weigh* 3 %Tdo.ooo.ofc> ton*, and> Mound ing ID Herodotus ft took tbe blxar of 100,006 men twenty year* to build it Dr. Lirduer affi-ms that 480 ton# of coal, with an engine and lioiating ma chine. would have raised every atone to its position j Methodism i* becoming huge in ex i tent and raat in number*- In the oen- I tmaarv vear, iha various branches in * Anserica were estimated at 2,W>0.000 of , neoole ; now the two largest bodies in IhcVuitcd States sow reach that num ber. while an the branches in Canada and' the United State* embrace a popu lation of 31,800,000. OnvMtfth of the inhabitants of the United States, or 8.000,000, are nader Methodist uifln r Ohio liquor law which enables the wive* ot drunkards to recover dam ages from the sellers of Honors.is being used as an instrument of blackmail. Dissolute husbands end unprincipled wives stCVlu.nbns, have combined their talents to make a baadaomc income from the saloon keepers. The husband get* drunk, and the wife straightway demands of the sinful publican the payment of twenty, twenty-five, et fifty dollars, aa the oaae mav be, on peril of a sut for damage*. This law evidently needs a Kttledoctoring. ♦*> Sew lerk and Erie. During the past fortnight New York and Erie stock has been the excitement of New York and London slock brokers. It ran up as high a# no cents ana fortune* have been made and lost in it A New York paper my* of a scene intheßdard: " Orders to buy carac from all direction*, and the brokers rushed back and forth yelling even more *b" ia their wont, which ia saying a great deal indeed, aa" any one can tee tif▼ who ha* ever had his senses con fused by looking down from the vis-.tora gallery, which, by the way, was despite the Krt assign" from iGOO.OOO ,to $4,000,000 it to ft single account from Baltimore. The New York accounts, on the same ride, no doubt suffer to much larger sum*, bnt the Street is arenstomed to heavv and violent differences in the fortune* of Wall street speculation. It may be noted in this instance, "however, that nearly ail the loeaea fafi at borne, while the profit-" , inure to the Exchange# of London and the Continent, and their correspondents behind the scenes in New York. ' Tint Sparrow. —When the English ' sparrow was first introduced into New York, a policeman was requued for each t bird to save him from his natural ene mies. Now the sparrows have increased until they are more numerous than the , population, and the bird* are so thick that one has to walk carefully in th# 1 squares to stepping on tk em. , Tbe v are busy bud*, inll of fight, tame t and bold, and they quickly expel My , other species of fowls of the air which \ intrude upon their happy hunting . grounds. __ £ Clbajtik© Casks. —A correspondent, 9 writing to the American Farmers Club 3 says that he has known a very foul cask e t d be entirely cleansed hy filling it with - dry earth and leaving il four or nve day a. J The earth treatment, followed by tcald ing lime-water, will sweeten anything.