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<sb*r~—oil was going pretty well.
" XUe skipper wis much eugiged below
—he was one of the kind that believe in
kecpitig,tiv steam up—high-pressure, yqu
hhb.wj Ju fill*,,] had command; the 'old
rain fierer Interfiled. I><>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
•<ihfhrree ship by kmdling Area, etc., and
so the waldh passed. When eight beDa
"trdek At midnirht, I turned in as soon as
i we relieved. It seemed scarcely a min
ute before I l-eard eigh(bells strike again,
and.l wipi/orced to know; that it was fonr
o'clock in the morning, and time for me
tp ,i) oon .deck to take my watch. The
that the wind had not risen
higher than when I went below, but that
night had. been intensely dark. It was
to at the time Le spoke. I commenced to
th,t ,fl - v
over—fthd, u not pwtp,
mJtWni? the gradwal fliftsfon'df tlienn
eeFtkip light,of early morning.
. my blood was fairly froxen
inVlw Veins by- a devjljsji uproar. 1
thought at first that it was matin j—then
fire. While I was cotnpniMig thy mind for
actioh. the screaming was renewed tenfold.
0ooli Wreained nod crawled On deck in
dozens. They were all violently excited,
t bnt did ndt seem disposed to do any mis
chief. I sent one of the hands to ascer
tain what was the row, before I gave my
command; Jmb before h\ retorned, the
sprang lo mj lide with a
glassy terror-stricken eye and trembling
limbe. 'Mr. Tomial' pays he, kf* lives
are in <hihgeil Who could do if? Yon
must act very pnidentlv, Mr. Topssl, or
f 7*ge-'
" w flire I was staling at the poor hor
rified doctor, unable to see his drifg the
, man retorned, and said that the row was
caustd by the cooliee having discovered
that'tins bundle was gone—or, as they
gaid, that their god hnd carried it off. It
was yet early dawn, apfl the creat fact
had jost been I had forgot
ten alioht the affair. Now I glanced op
at the track of the main mast No bun
d! was there. It was gone. Howl,
Nothing m tlm way of atmqaptario
coaid have removed it. Of coarse," we
could not admit the supernatural, (unless,
FREI\ KURTZ, Editor and Pntjwwlnr.
VOL. V.
indeed, a half formed Mispi<ion of the
devil hating done the thing). Only one
other explanation temauicd, that uf hu
man intervention. hut how l ami who!
I (sit cold aud giddy, a clammy inspira
tion ootid out on tup, and 1 felt shaky. I
nerved utyeelf. 1 mast act at onec, and
secretly.
"The doctor whispered; H>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<ar.
And boldly ara<trd in.
t thought I'd chxae their tune along,
An' tried with all my might;
But though my voice la goodan' strong,
I couldn't steer it right
When the* nn high, then 7 was low,
An' also con trainee ;
And I too fast, or tl.ey too alow,
To " tnanaiona iu the akiea,"
An' alter every vcrae yon know
They played a little tune ;
I didn't umleratand, an' ao
1 started in ton noon.
I pitched it ptrtty middlin' high/
! fetched a luaty tone.
Bui oh, al*! 2 found thai I .
. Waa a.ugtn' there alone!
Tbry langbcd a little, I am told ;
Rot I had done my beet;
A ml not a wave of trouble roliod
Acryaa my peaceful breast.
M, Ml,'J It, I <• r<#, |A >*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 Js<t
etry and fancy goods sre tnoatlv soTd. ft 1
is lighted by 2,000 gas jela; and when the ,
band plays in the evening, the chairs In '
front of the restaurant* are tilled with la- ,
dies and gentlemen, am! the gallery crowd
ed with people walking to and fro, it pre
sent* a most animated and lively appear
ance. I should mention that the gallery
is adurned with twenty-four statues
celebrated Italians, some of which we
thought good enough to havw be-u exe
cuted by one of the "old masters."
W'e afterwards visited the church oi,
San Atuhr<>aio, 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
<Kold bring together. Thegardpn attached
! to one of the houses was udhg unique in
its a ay. Tim proprietor had erected an 1
immense ail at the bauk gf ft, and on the j
wall* ami the houses surrounding Urn gar
den , ha had painted views of distant
ifioantains, with a cascade raehiug down
Into the garden on one side of It a castle,
through the window of which a young |
girl could be seen looking through the j
bliud*. On the left aide of the garden
was represented a house, ihe door of which
was open, and through which ladies and
ganUfuian were to M seen walkldg, while
j others on the steps-Vere, apparennr. juit
. -teppiug into the gai den for a promenade.
It waa painted so well, aud in stielnt-Xoe)*-
lent pi-r*i>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<tuv®d|hg lethal gy
[wnllfMtJe, <hqyp#e hod five mux
' tier* fn on# year. **Werr > 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
<inn than Kansas ? Moreover, il there
h* any minister with the complaint ("so
rnre in clerical circle*) of dvapepaia, un<l
with the money to spare, here i# on of
the pretliest possible opportunitie* for
securing a good digestion and 100 acre*
of land into Iho bargain.
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COTTON (Jnowixo.—A correspondent
writing from Rose Hill, Mississippi. aavs
of the e st of Qottoa growing : Improved
Isud In this oownty Mi Ix> 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 go<pl*
U>an 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 as<pear still I
shorter. Rls not pleaaaut to be told .
: that dross l ibrjo" have risen iu prjoe in ,
Europe, yet such is unfortnuah I.T ■ lis*
fsct Tlie prioe which must le paid for
s handsome costume here is already ao
J high that we believe any increase on
this side must haYo tha effect of rednc-'
11sp the wardrobe of many of our city j
i fashionables.
' BnJts of tha finest quality are $5 50 u
| 6 a yard, which with making and trim-!
miug makes the oust of the costume about j
g175 a ISO, sod two or lb roe uch dresses
i are genaraiiy eouiidared neaesn-.ry in
• what our "society I>spere" 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 mteriala<lrape handsomely
aud purchasers are told that the elotb win
last a lifetime, but in the various changes .
i mt.it h fashion renders nrcoeaary, we
doubt whctlkcr this great duraluldy will,
i ;>aT 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 diarrh<ws.
Dciaenholt, after Buffering for several
dav* great pains in hia musclca, died, a*
it m mpmoaad, from inflammation of
Ug tied*. fcfcehlin'a symptom* were
also mistaken, and he was darter* 1 by
the aapient physicians who attaaded him
to l>c •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.
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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'<vjd monks to the boned mother. But
I theyr were two late. She was passed re
covrry. A ticb njfrchaot of Berne adopt
'cd the orphaned chiW, end seven yean
'later, took the worn-out dog into 1m
houie. But Barry eculd not eaist without
laboring for man, and soon died. A pie
i tut* of bint, with the rescued boy up-n
hi* bark, vet clings in tba old monastery,
and be himself, the little eask still upon
; hit urck, stands stufed in the munrum at
Berne.
Orira.—Tba of opium is
i thi* country is increasing enormouriy, soil
; waff informed prena say that the drog
giat* of New York *ell enough of the wttd
,vt keep JO,OOO confirm eJ opium eaters
c<.'ttUi>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 a<l aeolh p>4 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, &a<l
m go end catch them.'
A person speaking of a mm not iw
-1 merkeble for hia suavity, said he did
, not like hia manner*. "H manner* !
\1 did'nt know that he had any," aaid a
lyßpi ■
A Cleveland dry gaoda eterk. a poor
orphan desires to engage board where
the secret of how he pastes Ma hair down
! in scollops will be considered a sufficient
equivalent.
A Spanish paper etetoe thai at a lmll
j fight, one of the picador*, who wee
incugfod on a velocipede instead of •
I horse was never once knocked down
I throughout the whole proceeding*.
A faahion journal eenttdem how we
! shell furnish the parlor, end solves the
nmMetn by how en inventive
. husband made beautiful sofas and otto
mans out of packMg ***• stuffing the
wats with uttww and cotton, and cover
ing with chtotx. i
Anoauin ooeof the smaller towns in
; Maine was elected to office and got hit
f name In the papers, end the officers o. ja
! hawk went tat Mm to pay him ffit,
i which had been in the bank fourteen
yearn, end Ibev !>ad 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.