Iruter In Sprtaur* I Aim£ that the •▼allow did build agsui Her warm, aoft neat; T dreamed that the lark, wttli liia Joyout strain Ths glad earth blessed ; 1 dreamed that tha dower* from aartb did atari In bright sunshine, And I hold the* cloaa to my happy heart, Ferem mine. } In ona abort night at a tha tunny hour* P) north winds chilled ; In one abort night ara the tender fiowsrs With black frost killad; In one ahdrt night h**c the happy bird* Tbsir briaf joya t|d ; And the heart that thrilled at my loving word* It changed and cold. An Old Maid. Sitting with folded hsa-'s, that have dripped the needle aud thread, I.oskin; athwart the fields, whore the ever.lag light is shed On the waving gr.*, and fr -m wbo. ee arises the lowing of herds, While the happy leakage thrills because ef tha time of the singing of bit d*. foxty rings, sa I think bare circled bar lite tree's girth, Rixtjr years of the world, with its minified pathos snd mirth; How has she taken the time since her baby stejw wars set Among the anemone's bloom, and ihc.swecle of the violi t f 'What baa she been, who sitielh with dcUcate lights dropping down On the bowed head's stiver locks ami ths tokD oi the silkaa gowa f Has she not wslkol on the way that she ckos, at the gates of Tenth, Bright in the graces of holiness, grand is the splendors of truth ? Bearing the hopes of the sowing, the gladness of those who map, •tailing with those who are Joyful, weeping wuh those who weep ; Uraeiomly grave, serenely bright. with a wis dom Urge sad nu*i, A man s e'aar Jndienoot, a woman's lore and ths faith of a tittle child. In thai heart of hm nest la the children, tired of the ball and race, Reeled beeansoof the lorsthat shines in her IllUt |f• .yVomcp aud men too, whoss eyes bate sop; for the false or the dead, One silent clasp of that bra, calm band most deeply bas comforted. And many a hear, that booed* for its sin. and ▼St. coald aoa lay bar* Ths tLfvb of its shuddering uerves to a cold. analytical stars, Lying lone ou ths wayaids of lifat she, tenderly bciitlng above, Both soathc with the unguent ol mercy, and eheer with the strong wine of lore. Was there ever a pitiful cry in the depths of her gracious wool For the wifehood's Joy denied, and the m jilisr hcod's aureole ? Can her thought go baek to a lime whoa her patient footsteps trod Among the grieving thorns, alsue wi:h sorrow aud'Oeri f < H >wev#r it bo, on her fsc - is the look of sweet content That Comes when the music of life, of lavs and duty is blent; And rcacc is hers thai is mors than the joy of morning prime. And light tha* is greater than day, kas eome at heroTeomg time. trrwu t& Sttar&u Conner.) THE HihTUUY OF A DAT, AND OF A LIFE. ♦_ Mfi. Ltff*' bad been np for half an v koor, busy about one thing and another. v when Mf- Lundy rubbing Lis eyes, opsned vtlfem,an<! oouciuded titer thinking over the inattqr lor some five or ten in inert*, „ that it Was tiiuc for him to be getting ready ftfr breakfast. So l.e crept out ot * bed and commenced dressing himself. "I wish yew would get me some hot water..iAcuv." lie aid to his wife. 4 I must shave myself this morning." Mrs. 4 Lnady was busily engaged in dressing a Bcaistn^wppliia. u Ves, dear," she repl ed, ,4 tu a moment," gr.d kept on with her work, intending to finish'dressing the child "before she.went down stairs after water. Mr. Lundy wait ed about a minute ami then said impatient |y, ' 4 l wish you would get it for me now, - Agnes. I euii't linisii dressing myself uu til I ri.ava," The down the child and went for Tlte ajat-w while her husband aea'ed hiursefffflfa waited fqr her return. On receiving trhat by had gskcdfbr, Mr. Lun- ! dy onmoteieed -shaving himself; when 1 . about Lad done h* turned to his wife, wbo _ Fes feasting the room and said, 44 1 wish yon* would U-li Hill to eie&o that old pair of keota. My new uses hurt me." After ihaviiig god dressing bimsalf, Mr. Lundy " g-ehTtl6*'n stairs to read his newspaper until breakfast time, eight o'clock was the hoar, idthonjrh the food and the time did notuutrw tiHrether, a circumstance that fretted Mr. Lnndy who was a very punc tnr! map. Meanwhila Mrs. Lnndy had hemH and . five children to get readv for the morning weak and she was working diligently in '' order TO acc< mplish her task. But Mag ■ try's hair was stubborn and took twice as Tonga* tmal to comb into projer order, and Will's temper was in a worse roruli . tion than Maggy's Jntir, and worried the mother a great deal more; and then to help the matter, the baby wouldn't sit quietly with nar.-e, but cried gll th* time. 44 There I've broken my shoe-string," said Will, as the tic at which he had been jdrlong gave wnjf with a map. 1 ' 44 Give me a' fan, mother," called Mary, who was dreusing hetweif. Kve minntes were consumed m rnmmag ing drawers aDd boxes for a shoe-string, which ibhst be hnd. a* immediately after breakfast the- ehrldven must start for school and there wonld be no time then to look tor shoe-strings At ist, after an exciting aoeue of about three quarters of r.n hour, in which Mrs. Lundy was wor ried almost to death, the children were gof in order to meet their father at the breakfast table. And then Mrs. Lundy, in momentary expectation off* hearing the befl, commenced potting herself m right trim. Her bair wa* to ho oombed, and a more tidy dross to be put on, for her hns baad could not hear to see his wife at the .breakfast table in dialiabil|e. lier hair vpe all over her face, wljen ting-a-ling-a Jijfg w-unde-J "up tiie stair-war. For fall -'ten minutes she had heard her husband's "heavy tread, as he paced the floor, to her. uwmistakeahlo evidence that the cook was . .behind .her time. With nervous haste •ehe drove.the coaib into iter hair, creek! . It had broken. ' 4 £tyiud benrena, Agnes! Ain't you dressed'yet 7" exclaimed lier husband, eotiflng to the chamber door, with his watch in his hsnd. 44 Tt is teh minutes past eight i\ow. I've been jready and wairiajrWl ptyhpwJfL II CI 4 along in a minute. , JJve only gotjaiy fiiur to put Hp, and * dress to slip on,, replied Mrs. Lnndy. "A minute! Yes, 1 know whst your minutes are. I'm sure you've been np tag enongh to hare dressed for breakfaet a dozen times over." "Jfou forgot thatl had all trie children • to get ready," replied Mrs. Lands." _ _ Silenced, but not convinced, the has band went gruuihling down stairs and re commenced walking the floor, but with a heavier and more rapid step. ' '""'t , moit sanlyq *l\a In grM *lrafry this rtiorning," Mr. Lundy said to one of,the children after jhe lapse f lwoj||nqtes. * which seenled to tie impatient man at , f Li be| rd on the stairs, from his wife. 44 J!in glad of it," he rather gnrffly re spbnded. " I knew your minute wouldn't be much less tban half an hour. 4: I widi jod tfould try and be more punctual; 1 this ever being behind time annoys me tarriMy." There wefe .'ometneek words said about the time k took to dress and see after so many children; but they made ao impress ion upon the mind of Mr. Londy. They weremttered-as a kind of excuse, and he regarded them as of no more acootrnt. FRED, KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor VOL. v. "Thess sntmgc* are done to death," id Mr. I.undy. The w ite remained si lent, hut looked worried. ''Mere dish water 1" Mr. I.undy e-t iu* saucer down w itlt an expression of di-gust on hi face. The coffee wo* not to his liking;, I wish Agnes, yon would look a little after Sarah in the uioruiug. We haven't had any thing lit to eat at breakfast for at least a month," " I don't know how I can do more than I do, Mr. I.undy. I'm nre 1 haven't had a moment to breath in since I got up." "Still 1 think you might (pare a mo ment to tew if things were going ou alt right in the kitchen ; good meals are halt the comfort a man ha* at home " Mrs. I.undy sighed, hut answered noth ing to this ungenerous remark. " Your head looka like a perfect mop Agnes," said her hu-hiuid, as he leaned h.'n'k to p\a h teeth, alter having tiu i-hed his breakfast and made a more care ful observation of his wife's appearance. "You are gutting downright careless shout your person," Mr. Lundy did not expect any reply to this; and he was not disapjKiluted. Four children to wait spon at the tab.e kept Mrs. I.undy too busy to eat more than a mouthful or tw o herself. It tva# time to ■ l the three Oldest ready for school j i when they hail finished their tneai, aud (-lie left the table, where she had been a mere waiter, and uot a participant in the i I good cheer, to put on Maggy's gloves atid bonnet, to hunt up Will's luniks and cap, and to change Mary's dress, she haviug : spilled a cup of cotlVe on it at the table. •"The children w ill be too late for school,'' called out the punctual Mr. Londy, who had gone hack into the parlor to finish ' perusing an article, his impatience about breakfast had not allowed hint to read j through. Just then his boots were; i brought in. i - Why didn't yon black the old pair, as I said f" he the boy impatiently. "I didn't know you wanted the old pair," replied the boy. "Didn't Mrs. Luudy tell yon 1 wished them ?" •• No, air." '• Well. I do. Go and brush them up as quickly as you can. 1 ought to have been at the store long ago." Mrs. Lumly who was coming down stairs with the children, at last ready for j school, heard what had been said to the ; boy, atul was thereby reminded of her . neglect in not having informed him that , her husband wanted his old boots. " I declare Mr. Luudy, I forgot to tell ; John," she said. 44 1 have so much to thiuk about and see after." "No matter —I'll atteud to it myself ; next time. If you want a good servant, secure yourself,'' coldly replied Mr. Luudy. The children were at last off forachool. and Mr. Lundy about taking himself otl also said, as he stood with his hand upon the door": 1 wish Agnes, yon would see that Pnrab has dinner in time, you know how it annoys me to wait." " 1 will try to have it got ready," replied 1 the wife, an expression of pain ami lassi i tade parsing over her face. " Are you not well, Agnes I' Mr. Lundy asked. 44 No." she replied, 44 I've been snfferia.' with a dreadful tooth-ache si! the morn ing and I feel as if every nerve in my head were alter.'' 44 Why don't you have that tooth out f I would /lot suffer as yon do, if 1 had t" | have every tooth in ny head extracted." I Mrs. Luudy turned away with a feeling wf discouragement. She was heavily bur dened. and had no true sympathy. Mr. Lundy walked toward his store, health in every vein, and vigor in every tnoscle; ; and his wife went wearily up to her cham ber, half mad with pain, and every nerve excited and quivering. Arrived at his store, Mr. I.nndy smiled j and chatted with a customer, made a few entries' fn his books, filled up three or j four eheek, and paid two or three hills. These acts with a general supervision of j vvh-.t was going on, made up the sum of his doings, and brought him with a good , appetite at the dinner hour, when he set j off for home, allowing himself just the nttmber of minntes required to walk there, and expecting to hea p the tinkle of the dinner bell as he opened the street door j of his house. After Mr. Lundy had left for tlie store, his wife took the baby and carefully wash ed and dressed it, during all the lime ot j which operation its loud, piercing screams | rang wildly through her head, and caused 1 both tooth and iiead to throb as if beaten j with a hammer. After that she had to dress herself and go to market. Walking in the open air made her tooth worse, in stead of causing the pain to abate! When she came home, she was so completely ex hausted. as to be compelled to lie down for an hour; This brought twelve o'clock, when Maggie, Will and Mary came bound trig in from school, hungry and Impatient, and die mother had to see about getting their dinners, and attending totheir other j numberless little wants, until it was time for them to go to school agni u. Half-past one came; two was the regular dinner and remembering her husband's last words about punctuality, Mrs. Lundy went into the kitchen to sec what progress the cook was making, and found Sarah paring the potatoes, and looking as nnconcerned as it it were two hours to dinner time. '* Your dinner will be late a rain,'" said J Mi". Lundy. "Why is it that you keep, thing* bask in this way, when I hare told i you over and over again, that we wish din- i ner precisely at two o'clock " "My fire got down/' replied Sarah, in- j differently. " Why did you let it go down V " It got dbwn, ma'am," Sarah answered, with a torn el her head. Well satisfied from former experience, that dinner would only be retarded bv any effort* she might make to hurry Sarah, Mr. Lnudy retired and waited with a nervous dread the return of her husband, her and bead meantime aching, with a dull, liormz, frett'ng pain. Punctually at twoahe heard the street dour open, and Mr. Lundy'a decided step along the passage. "Is it possible! too bad! too bad!" she heard him say as he paused at the door of the dining-room, and saw that even the table was not set. " I wonder what good it is for a man to have a house of his own, if be can't have things a lie please*." " I declare, Agnes! I'm all out of patience," he said, entering his chamber a few mo ments attrrwards. "I told you when I went away this morning, that I wished dinner at "the hour, and there isn't even the sight of its being ready. It really looks as il it were done on purpose." " If I had the cooking to do, you should never wait a minute, but I can't always make servants do as I please," replied Mrs. Lundj. •' lust's all nonsense, I don't believe a word of it. 1 wonder how I'd get along in my busine-s if I was to lot my clerks do as they liked. I have a cettain order in my business, and every subordinate has his duties, and knows that they must lie done. Reduce all youi household matters to like order, and keep every one strictly to her duty, and you'll have things right, but not without." Mrs. Lundy feared her husband; or, rather, dreaded and shrank under his displeasure. If she had been moie inde pendent and spirited, she would have silenced instead of borne his selfish com plainings, but she was a meek, patient, suffering womau, who rarely spoke ol what she felt, or resented an indignity. She did not reply to her husband's dog matic and dictatorial words, any further than to say in a subdued manner. "If you had ignorant, careless, self willed servant girls to deal with, instead of intelligent clerks you might find it as THE CENTRE REPORTER. difficult I do to have all tbiur* luuidir." " Send then sway if tbey don't do •* you wish. I'd never k<p a girl iu the house an hour, if she iliuu't do even thing as 1 desired.' " Von don't know any thing shout it, Mr. I.undr. It is ca-y to say, send oil \ our cook if she is tvu or twratr minutes late with a uical, or serves it up badly, or does anvtbiug that is disorderly, but it is worse to lime no rook than a had one ; and as to good ones, they arc hard to be i round." Mr. I.undy met this with out of his sweeping specimens of argumentation*, and completely silenced hia wife. "Hut, he said, impatiently, "1 ean't wait you rook's movements. My bu-mess las to be attended to," and away be tlouuced from the house ; iu ten minutes the liell rung. " Tell Sarah that Mr. Luidy couldn't wait, aud that I don't waul any diuaer," said Mrs. I.undy to the waiter. As for the very punctual and amiable ; hushaud, he went to his store, aud sal through the sutirv afternoon, Without puttuig a hand or thought t > business. A littlepatiem-e would hsie lost him uoth iug. and nude both business an I bis wile happier. After Mr. Luudy left the house, lib wife tried to do souic plain sewing lor her chit dren that was very much needed, but, { with the maddening pain m her head and face, aud the blinding tear* in her ejree, <b<* fouud it impossible to make a stitch j correctly, so she laid aside her wotk, aud took the baby, thinking to nurse her if she could do nothing else, hut baby, wi ie awake and full of lite, was uot content to sit quietly iu her lap; hut must be dane iug and jumping every moment, l'atient- Iv for ncirly an hour did the mother l*'9i ; the j.tr ami shuck of the child'a quick motions, unt da sensation of faintm** canto over her, aud she was very utar falling from her chair. Alter resigning the baby, Mrs. lamdv went into her chamber and laid herseli upon the bed, she had taken little or uo food that dav ; had becu suffer ing from severe patus, liad been worned aud excited with the children, and worse ttiin all, bt-r husband's ur-ympathising and unteeling conduct had made her leet wretched. Is it any wonder that she felt ill; or that, when Mr. Lundy returned in the evening, he should find her iu a con 'iitie.ii requiring medical treatment 1 The Joctor was •wiled in, he did not understand uer case. How could ha f The medicine tie gave created a strong revulsion in her system, aud did her actually more harm than good. She was con tints! two weeks to her chain- Iter, and then went forth again into her household, weaker and utore nervously sen sitive than before, to d rect. control aud iniuister to the wants of her ever-wanting, ever-active children, and to wait upon her nushand, consult his tastes and Lear his complamts whenever anything that went wrong in the household abridged his com fort iu the smallest degree. .Not l-si than three or four time* a year was Mrs. Lundy made sick in the way de scribed. When she has bendiug under the burden that was u>o heavy for her. her husband, instead of lightening, a< be might I easily have done, the load, or given her to bear it, laid on the additional weight that crushed her to the earth. But • no one suspected this—not even Mr. Luudy himself. The idea that lie was murdering his wife by a slow and cruel death would iiave shocked him ; and he would have thought such an iiitiiuxticu an unpardona ble out imp-. And yet such was really the (set. lie was uinrdertng her. Yesr after vear her duties ami her toil increased. The j history cf a day that we have given was :m epitomized history of her life. Mr. Lundy, so wrapped up in his schemes of ciin, and so rigid in his notions of order, punctuality and formal propriety, bad no aal sympathy fir his wife, and was ever -ompiainmg of the little trrrgularitie-o inei j dent to his household and ever adding to. instead of relieving, the oppressive, weary- j mg and ever-iocurring duties that were bearing her down. It wa a common thing lor him, robust and in high health. to sit in ! nis easy chair, with dressing gown atwl slip 1 t*ers, and ask bis tired wile, who could -ratrely move without feeling pain, to hand inra this, that, or the other thing; to ring l the bell for the servant, or even to go up ;o their chamber aud bring him Mimething trom a drawer to which he was nut willing that a domestic should go. Meeker, more , patient, ro rc loving i:i her character grew Mrs. Lundy ; by suffering she was pur-tied, j It made the heart to see her moving i l>y the aide of her erect, florid, elastic treadit.g husliand, more like a pale, shad owy hum than a real substance; and to fed assured that in a very little while tf c places that knew ber, and the children and irien'ls who lov -d her, would know her and love ber no more. At last she died, atid six little ones were left without the aflecfioiiatc care of a moth , <-r. If her husband, who wept so bitterly over hex too early grave, did, not murder j her, we know not the name of the word murder. When it was too late, lie could remember her tag suffering, her patience, her wrongs received at hi* hand*; but while she lived, he was too selfish to ap predate or properly rare for her. Every where—in hooks of domestic cc moray, in tales, e*says, newspaper paragraph* and in current converation do we hear iterated and reiterated the lesson of a woman's du ties to her husband snd in her household, j She must have everything in order, and i study the art of phasing her lord as scdu-; j lously as if he was the most eapt:ou, ex acting tyrant in the world. And, verily, 1 in his smsll way, be too often is a misera ble tyrant. A woman is expected to be perfect in every thing, and to d;>every thing. No allowrnce is made for the ill health consequent upun ber maternal duties, and for the peculiar wearying and all-engross ing nature of the cares attendant thereon. But who w rites and talks of the husband s duties? Who teaches him le-son* of for bearance, patience and kind consideration for his over-ta-ked wife 7 Little is said on (hit score. The world goes on and hun dreds, like Mrs. Lundy, go down to their grave* before their time, and no one dreams fhat their husbands arc accessaries to their death. But it is even so. Not in maternal duties alone lies the cause of the wile's pale face and drooping form, but in the over tasks ol her peculiar position: she is worked too hard—harder than the toiler in the cotton field. Too often she is nurse snd seamstress lorhilf s doses children and superintendnnt of her household be sides. She will bend over ber work night after night in pain or suffering from Inssi tude, while ber husband stys enjoying his volume byiher side, not dreaming* that it ts bis duty, in order to save his wife from toil beyond her strength, to prolong his labors, if that be necessary, in order to af filed her the assistance required in meet-.ng a thnusand wants of her children and house hold. It there arc any other tasks to per form, any extra exertions, the huthand is the one who should |iorlorin or make them, not the wife, for he has superior strength. We hear a great deal aliotit the husband coming home wearied from his store, his counting-room, his office, or his workshop, and the wife is repeatedly enjoined to re gard him on this account, and to provide comfort, quietude and repose for him at borne. This is all well enough, and she should do ao as far as lies in her power, but we doubt if aR many men come home over-wearied with toil to their wives as come borne to wives who are themselves over-wearied. Husbands, if you love your wives, think of these things. Don't say the story si'its Mr. So and-so admira bly. narrowly into your own sayings SDd doings at home, and see if it doesn't suit you in more than one particular. E.H S. One Boston physician has been vacci nated fifty-three tunes. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA„ FRIDAY, AL'RIL 26, 1872. The lirouklju Bridge. A N'-w Yrk paper, sjmaking of the i.*t lliver Binlge, yays that the proa sure of air in the csitaon now building is thirty pouti.ls to the square tuoh, or twins the ordinary atmospheric pre win re. Ouce iu the look aud the entrance clonal, it becomes necessary to have uu equal amount of pressure iiefore the door into | the caisson van be op< tied. To this cud air is forced iuto the lock until the right pre- Mire i reached. Let noon twenty mid Unrty men are at work in tho ehaintiera. The lowest potut reached in the eieavations ii within nine feet of the bed of the rock. The aver age depth of the sand, however, is about fifteen feet. Already boulders of trap roek are found uubctlded iu the quick nuiid ; these are brokeu up aud h(iitcd out by mean* of an apparatus similar to n dredging-iauchiue, working iu a huge shaft filled with water. The meu work in relays or " wstdiw," each •• waU-h " rt-uiaiuiug in the i*ai*sou for three hours. Working in that c impressed atuiospht re lut* its diauilvautugea, aud the men com plain of cramps sometime*, which, judg ing from their description, must be very painful, a-, oue of the uieu likened it to " teanu* the flesh from yer leg." The low, dim-lighted chandier*, filled witb suist, the ahiuirg (KKils of water, and the men toiling in the ilauuug go* ligh' amid ths rushing, rumbling uoiao of the sand syphons, combine I > make an m tcroatiug scene not easily forgotten. "Try and whistle," uggcted the con Tudor of the jwrty, uikl try they did. hut without ancccsa. Pucker their )ipa, ami blow us hard a* they could, no sound approaching a whistle can be produced. The voice, too, had a *trangi\ unnatu ral souud, us though uttered in a high key, all due to the couipr**od atmos phere. The iutoriar of the sides of the csimou slopes outward, not unlike ths lips of an enormous bell. Iu fact, the working of the structure is upon nearly the uuur principle as that of a diviug-liell, the pressure of the air keeping out the wai ter. When the bed rook is reached, and the caisaou fairly settled upon it, the in terior will be filled with concrete aud masonry. Twenty courses of stone have lieen laid upon the paiseon, utnl lb<* work is Iwiug pushed forward as rapidly a* j**- •nble. At present the work is somewhat retarded fur lack of *u<, which eaa Uot be Supplied fast enough. The Company has expended ('1,2(0,000, This include* the amount paid for right of way. They have on hand material amounting to nearly $35".Ui). Four hundred thousand dollars has been ex pended for lumber, and 8120,003 for ma chinery. It ia worthy of remark that the Company hiring the stone contract of fered S'-10,(W*> to be released from their contract. This offer the Company de clined, believing tliat they could not make auch advantageous terms else where. IVutbta have been expressed us to the stability of so huge a structure, lu re gard to this point, the raperinteiHicnt states that the opinion* of the most dis tinguished etigiucers have been sought upon the subject, aiul they fully indorae the plana. It has boon thought by aetue thai it would In- Beocsaary to t.uikl n pier in the middle of the "river. This would be imjKMLaible, from the fart that ('.ingress would never permit it, and even if it were built vose-l* would be const uitiy carried again*! it by the forn-- of the current ami injitm), and the Comjmny continually iuvolved iu suit* for damages. A wind traveling at the nle of sixty miles an hour, which i- an extreme c ue, would not away tbe bridge, even at its great elevation. It i* -x --pccted that steam cars will nm acr>a the bridge at the rate of twenty miles an hour. The entire cost of the struc ture, wlku completed, is estimated at 812 000, This ia thought to la* an outside figure. The United State* Navy, We have no facilities for building, and cannot build modern iron-clad war ve*! in any reason able time, either on our east ern or wcrtern waters. England, on the contrary, has shipyards that can turn out iron-clad * by the score, with their batter ies complete iti ninety day i froin the time the order for hailding is given. We have in existence no modern iron-clad inen-of war. To bo sure we have some light draught monitors, but to repair these for service will cost three millions ot dollars, and require a year and a half's tine, and when so repaired they are not equal to the smaller class of English vessels in engines, sea qualities, armor, speed, or battery. Hut England has a claas of iron-clad gun boats, with heavy batteries, four and a half inches of plating, drawing fifteen feet of wster. expressly designed for ascending the Mississippi Hiver, and together with these are about eighty light-draught ves sels for attacking forts. Her main iron clad fleet is composed of fifty-four heavy vessels, any one of which at sea is n match for our entire navy. These fifty-four ves sels carry two hundred guns, from a sev en-inch rifle to a gun enrryiag n six hun dred pound steel-headed aliot. These ships would resist the effects, at short range, of our fifteen inch const defence guns. We have no ordnance and no facilities for making heavy guns. In the Navy Re port of the past year, 1871, page 45, we read : " We cannot nt present make rifled guns in this country. No person will take a contract for them unless he is paid for the nice machinery he will have ta put up." Tage 86: "Our present condition ia a virtual abandonment of effort." • • • " Even the smaller states of Europe are greatly in advance of ua in experimental practice." • v • \Ve will he left be hind in the race of supremacy in advance." Wathinqtun Rrjutbhtan. An Agricultural Strike. No fewer than two thousand men have joined the Agricultural Laborers' League of England ; but inasmuch as it luis only recently been formed, the funds ware not sufficient for a general strike, so it was derided, for some reason, that War wickshire should take the lend, and there tlie strike of farm laborers has lieen general. Mnnv lnl>orers have gone from Hereford and l)orset, where they were getting 82.25 a week, to Yorkshire, where they receive $3.50. The Warwickshire i trikers are said to have chosen a particularly effective pe riod for their operations. The ground was in just that state in which the lnbor er is most worth his hire, and many farmers ore rejiorted to lmve nt onee consented to give a fourth of the addi tional sum demanded weekly. Tlie War wickahire demand in that wages should be raiced a dollar a week. The present rate is $3 a week. THE COST. —A contractor on the Mid land Railroad said, that it cost 83fif>,(K)fi to bore a tunnel tbree-fonrtht of a mile long, through solid rock, and lie would tunnel Broadway New York, if thev would give him a place to put the rock and dirt at the foot of the street near Castle Garden, for the same price, or for 8500,000 per mile; that he would arch it over, fix sewers, and get it ready for street cars for $700,000 per mile. The following congratulatory telegram was received from Cincinnati by a wed ding party in Nashville: "Congratulations on your nuptials. May your future troubles he only little ones." 1 lie Railroad 1 liferent. The railway statistics of the Uuifod, .State* are uot entirely accurate, and dif ferent authorities vary us to (tie actual n• inler of miles constructed. The mfles iu operation, are not less than 64,000, and some 4*1,000 lxMihla are iu progrntw of onus tract ion. More than half of ull those miles has been constructed during the lust ton years, and ut present rate of progrexa, the decode on which we have on tared will show a titilwwv growth of 50,000 miles. Tho amount of iron ro quired for these neir Foada i* aouietlaug enormous, while the wear and teat, ui rail* will neccsaitatc the nse of n* inueli more, a portion of which may he pro duced by rs-rolliiig. Kighty tons of mil to ii mile iudicste 5,120,00 ft tous for the roads already bmlt, i)d 4,(<00,060 for the coming 50,000 inifcs. Within ten years ncnily every mils of rail now laid will be relaiJ, ami with tlis miles to be built not lea* thau tf,000,000 tuns will be required. Tin- import of rail* at j wi se nt is nearly 600,000 tuna |>er annum, sn<l the home manufacture reaches some tlmic* like 900.000 tuna, a product uito gether of 1,500,000 tons, or enough tu reluy or ouuatruct 16,000 tntlea of J'T ] - Already we have many more miles, rtfj railway thou ull Europe, and however Ktitpeudous may lie the railway enter prises of that Continent, of Asia, and of Australia, the largest mileage will be laid here ; so that the greatest demand for the irou pioduot will be ui tho Uni ted States Thin railway development stimulate* the production of irou,• |-- je illy in this country, whero it i* pro gressing at a rate of speed which linla fair to place it iu the front rank of in- 1 duatries. Nothing can check the growth and ev|Miusinu of railroad outerprises. Iu lite new States they ore projeeb-d on a grand scale In the ohi State* Ij'f i links are considerably shorter, but W> less important; aud everywhere they keep pace with the national growth. In all our ctUea the street lines are laid. In the mining districts tho Wales gunge is received with favor, and two great iron ways ore slowly pushing their war to tho !*acitic to make, when completed, the third iron highwuy aero** tho eonti nent. The whole country feel* the im pulse, ami the general prosperity is ev erywhere enhanced. Already the invasl uieiitof capital is immense, and tho sum* yet to be placed in these enterprise* are fabulous in amount. Hut thay pay in the general material prosjierity as no other iuveaUuout aui.— .V. V. paprr. The \Tur*man s Paradise. Sum. Hand may bv termed, tn one sense, the |*rsdite of workingmeu, for employ ers, tbe authorities and private person- y|g with each other ia xealoualy promoting their material interrsls. Politically and socially, all sra on a looting of alwolutr •quality, education ia alike tor all. ami wealth is very evenly distributed. In no other country w land ami property go equally divided among tbe mass of tbe peo ple. As there arc none very poor, so then are none very rich, and there are not more than three per cent, of the population w ho return themselves at being of " no <ccupa tion " Thia it partly due to the thorough Iv democtatc spirit which prevail*, and |Urtly to the amtu* aud manageshtb size ot toe republic. It Aai-ista of twanty-lhrv canton*. <wch having it* own peculiar lan*, manners and custom-. The principle of dceentislmtion i* %*tned to it- exirvme point, and everything i- done by mutual voluntary a**i*taoee, fnemlly comb'natton and co operative societies, in Which nop Urw, workmen, and, indeed, all chwavaj n.eet on an equal loo.ing, and in the most Ira tenia I spirit, to devie schemes for the general welfare The Swum operative lives in his own borne, aurrounded by his family, and at |>are times cultivating bis own land, while the Swis* agr cultunst, in bis leisure hours, works at mui handieralt or trade, ucb a* watchmaking, weaving, toy making or wood carving The mutual relations between nilstera and men arc excellent, and though they have in one or t*u in - Inn co- l>c*n disturbed, it has always been due to foreign agitator-. In tiroes of de preaaion ol tradu. the employer* keep the factories going even at a dirvct pecuniary loss to tliemselTfU; tbe* subscribe to the niek and penaiun funds ami the school*, lib erally assist in cases of accident, and wbtn struck down by iilne-s the operative may be certain nt biting as kindly treated as it he wcte with his awb family. It i stated that the nsult t this considerate bea< vo lence >* viaibie in the almost invariable good conduct and laboriously ronacH nlioua work of the men. They are likewise al tarhed to each other, and any quarrel among tlieinaelrea is usually referred to tiicir employer, and his decision is consid crvfl by thein ultunable and binding. Sin owe How*. It a person will study the anatomy ol the foot of a young horse that hn* never beta shod, he will readily perceive that more skill i required to fit a shoe eor rectly than simply to nail a shoe to a Mock of wood, Every blacksmith should pro cure a foot of some horte that has not worn a shoe for a lone period, so that lie may the more readily perceive and under stand how to fit the shoe to the insensible shell of-the hoof. The wear aud tear in cident to traveling falla almost entirely on the sharp rim of the hard shell of the hoof when the foot I* not shod. When a horse la to he shod, the ahoea should be fi:ted to the feet, rather than the feel to the shoes, the weight of the animal should rest on the hard shell of the hoof, and not on the soft solo on the inside of the shell. Besides this, the frog, which an swers the same purjuite beneath the foot as the largo rolls of india-rubber urgj<* railroad car*, should never he pared nda*. Tne frog will wear away aa fast as ft if portion of it will need to bo remove' li hence every proprietor of a horse slmull charge the horae-ahoer not to remove Hip part of the frog. A great many country smiths, who do not understand what oflioo the frog performs, will cut away a large proportion of it every time a slme la fitted to the foot. Another thing abonld never lie allowed, which is applying a hot shoe to the hoof to bum it flown level rather than ahave it. A hot shoe injures the elasticity and tenacity of tlie hoof; "hence a blacksmith should never be allowed to tit the ahoea by burning the hoof. MOMTANT STATISTICS. — TLIE f< are the last tables issued by the census authorities of Ureal Britain and tJic I 1 sited .States, aa well aa from some of! the leading insurance oomimnios : acaertA*. fngland ....,. At death In 48 Denmark >...1 fin. 4i 1te1gtam........ i ..' 1 An. 41 N rway and Sweden 1 do. 41 Austria. • 1 do. 40 Prussia 1 do. S3 AiraucAa. New Rngland States 1 death In 08 MuMle States. -1 do. 88 Mohthern RUtoa 1 do. 70 Western Htatea 1 do. 81 Northwestern States 1 do. 130 Pacific States 1 do. 115 Atlantic States 1 do. 80 flulf States 1 tin. 08 j Mississippi Valley States 1 do. SO' LOOKPP EVANS, who was convicted and sentenced to three years and a half im prisonment for medical malpractice, has been liberated from Sing Sing, the Court of Appeals having granted a new trial on the ground that an error waa made by the judge in his charge to the jury. He gave bail in SIO,OOO, and it is not expeete<\ that he will again be brought to trial,; owing to the diffiouly of fluding the wit nesses. What Caased the earthquake. U At n wwautifie future <W>h vered in Ban • ! Joae, California, the lecturer, Frof I ■ Mtewart, mrd that for many year* he had I I closely observed and tuduuJy r effected upon earthquakes and their uauae. The result of Ida muling, study and obwrva lions U an opinion that tb'T are caused by the meeting of electrical current* ' which wore, 0110 \i|K>u the earth'* sur face, tic other to the region of eland*, uud that tliey ara brought together by those natural conductor*, vapor aud rain ulouda—the meeting of the two cur • rent* Kpon the •nfiiteeet tbe earth caus ing an earthquake. l'r.d, htewart alao ; ounntauiH tt*f the w rnkh> phenomena arc coiitrolulife by the same means that \ • c j"iUol .<4i*li|Mitiuf *> d prevent it, • ttmmfth frtru'cotnltrctor*. JTorn destroy ing our houses. lie aay* the iron rail* of railway* hkkitUy iponduefcurt of tie rtei tricuif that caiMe* enthquakes U lightning rod* are pftbsta-lectricitj that eaapitli sapji* ade|#|flup ng a thunder- j storm. lie maintained iu hi* lecture that jhy IUCAO of AtaF y other conductor* it is fr> th# i.w*r./mui) to no distribute the force of the electric current* which catlap earthquake* that thev .will be a* | htithlr** m th* lightning MnJuctadl Jown a lightning-rod iuto the earth, lit . nave thgl the tran*ouutiuutal iron track , mill a fie* ire alruady doing tin* valuable t,ervice for California, in tending a jart: of the oarUajMbi* forces far aud wide into the heart of the continent, by which i (•Uhtrtbiitiou the danger nud intensity of tk< hraltf ark lwp.-dlfcht4i F The laic earthquake furnished the uuwt j opportune and ensuring proof of the j sounduAtH of Iwtftrt'a theory. Ktartft j tig.* utwoMthpjric OQniktiun which hw tl*atr mjnia ta briiip the two electric cnrreuU t..get bur then . iuUd_tud what ■ MOT! steajfes:, The shock was felt all along the line# of i the riulwav* (r<p Oakland to Winne uaeca, Urng Wi aKe-nW* at points near- I ant to Ut.t point wher* the cloud on : doctors aero uiot deu*c, and where the , oppoMug electrioal current* may ba as- I Mimed to have been first brought to gether. Off the line of tiie railway any ' considerable lindane*- there waa no per eeptihlo shock, or at lesurt only a very | alight one. At Han Francisco, hitherto ' auppt *ed to he standing on the most quaky ground,there a a* not shock enough to eauae alarm, though at (*Uaad it lasted over a minute, and waa -larthng. j In San Jam- it lasted not lea th u a minute and a half, part of the time severe 1 teouf h In Shake tj:6 pla.-4.-r from wall*, 1 and everywhere fo-.frn-e people in alarm j from their bed* apd a number out of .ithrr hqf. At (patf. dw*c|y on tie f IWr'of l|e railwav.fwentY-flve mile* west, •of Hsu Jose, tLe shock was strong enough to tfir->w t>S Jb raon out at bed, and it was also heavy on tbe line of the road lastward, since the railway track < lu>* J>*enJ:tiil slow a r lhear hav* been four , oshf u|ihqi*ki y llj<4li*4t*|tbe**iu<- course tni* one followed, none of thetn ri-ncif :ig Hot |'r:i!pup-i>-nl all, and all of thciq lling gi *t, sfv- N in the towu* directly u|Kin the liuc of the railway. , The Obv-rianre of Easter. Tbe proper day fur tho observance ot E i*tor was ah toach aa a matter of dis-! ••tuition, and oven of bitter feud, among tbe early Ghrriy-..a*, Al>t <iM|iati)cgtn to emmetuo.*atv tb- l*u4iag vvbuu in our Savior's history for ni&nv years after He nrrepuop. It ia said that tbe A pus-, tka it t ct-W)t>r*td Easter in tho vcar 68, though there ftectua to be no authen tic authority for the * tote moat. Iu the second century, howeTer. the festival was strictly observed, and it waa toward the clove of tlrnl century that tb dispute began between the Eaalvru and WiwU-rn Churches us to the day on which it should be kept. Tlie Asiatic Chtirvbva veer# :ie,-'4*nnal to celebrate tbe Crtief fixion on the 14th day of Nisan. the first month of the Jewish year, and the Re-' surrection three days afterward. Thus! the Asiatic Easter generally fell on a! week day, a source of religious \ elation to tlie "Western • hjra'hf*, who, moreover, cejchrrtod tlr rnschid least the nipLt la.-f.ire tbo Be surrection. In the rotgu of Antoninus l'iu*. P<!yc*rj> vainly endsavqpad to barmviiigo the contending auction of tbe Church ; and it was uot till tlie Council of Aries tw held, in 1114, that anything like an un der* binding vm arrived at. At that Coruuril it was decrwl that the festival of Easter should be observed on tbe Sunday next after the fall moon follow- 1 ing the 21st of March. U was also de creed that if tho *2ist of March came on Sunday, the festival should be observed , on the' following Sunday. This was to keep clear of tlie Jewish Pamgvcr, , which, was, of course, kept on the day ( of the fnll moon. Tbe decree, however, was far from lieing unanimously accept-' e<l: and. at the instigation of the Em- 1 |w*ror Con* Untitle, it waa solemnly af firmed at the Council ot Nice, in the year fi'iS. From thrt time to the roetifl- j cation of tlie calendar (which had aot ( ten days out of the true reckon ing': by . I'opc tircgoiy, in U3Bt, Foster *' cele brated on tho same day by all the Chris tian Churches. Tlie (ireek Clmrch. however, to this day lias never acrepted Gregory's ealendur. A Sea l.lon Rookery. It was near the end of May, lfiMS, MY* a letter in the Overt runt Monthly, when we I arrived, and soon after the rookery of clap matches, which were scattered around the j island, began to augment, and large nutn ixiM oi Aiming males made tluur appear net, beieliiitj fotj|i tin 1* sjaij, ugly io If it, arid ampin* (fl at, or jilartinj > i I wlterjlrit *PT r iPNH velflci y, tiidßrfi|ueij|lv <l!|virA jnt-ifethe roll- n< it Jnirgiag the laming breakers, tnd, wading up the, each, or, with seeming effort, climbing ; some kelp-fringed rock, to dore in the i scorching sunbeams, while other* woukl [ lie sleeping or playing among the beds of sea-weed,with their heads and outstretched | limbs above the surface. Hot a few days elapsed before g general tynlcntjpß began fer themistiry dl" the <hlKi*Dt fobkenea, and the victims of the bloody encounters were to lie scon on all tales of the island, with torn lips or mutilated limbs and gash #<l fhlesi r |,U ncs and then an nnfortu ' ants ctAttnra wrosld be met with minus an eye, or with the orb turned out of its soc ket, together with other wounds, present* ! ing a ghastly appearance. As the time of "lianling up" drew near, the island be came one mass of animation; every beach, rock and cliff, where a seal conld find a foothold, became its resting-place, while It c.aifctle'is bird sf" oM males capped the sumuiU, suil flif miitetl clamoring* of the vast assemblage could he heard, in a calm day, for miles at sea. The south side of the island is high ami precipitous, with a projecting ledge, hardly perceptible from the beach below, upon which one immense lidti mdnnfct*! feMtfab; and There remained for several week*—till the season was over. HowJie ascended, or in what manner he rcttrfd tti er, was a myitory toonr nnmeroua *lifc'e crew, as ho came and went in the night; for "Old Gray " —as named by the sailors—was closely watched in hie elevated poei jion during the time when the men were engaged at their work on shore. Snt TBAVKBS TWISS. whose wife mys teriously disappeared from London dur ing the'examination of Mr. Chaffers up on the charge of publishing articles defamatory to her character, has become nsane. TERMB : Two Dollar* a Year, in Advance. Home Keasvaabi# Hagrestiim*. Ths firat thing in ths Spring on my own farm, writes Jssph Harris In ths .f*asri<-n Agrn tJiui nl, is to Ist otf ths watsr that, accumulate* on ths surfaos. No matter how rsreiulljr tbo dead farrows and outlets maw have been mad# in tha Fall, thers it always tnorc or lets to ba dons in ths Spring, to provids frss surest for ths water. A fw hours work with a hos aud spade, at tbia ssasou, will often let off thousands of gallons of w ster, which otherwise woulk soak into the •oil, and kssp It wst and cold for sewse*! week* Many a farmer would in this way •avs enough in ons year to pay ft* a dot en good papers and a score of ths Uat | ngriuulturul books, in lotting otf a shnl low pool of watsr, tho easiest and quick est (dan is to cotntnauce at the pool and make a little furrow with a hoe, letting the water follow yon. But where the water is in a somewhat dsop basin, with little apparent tail from it to tho outlet, a belter plan W to < uunncutw at the outlet, j and dig with a spade up to the basin, and, in order to he sure that you lots no foil, dig the ditcb deep enough to let the wa ter follow you np to the basin. In this way 1 have rarely found a basin that oonld nut ho drained. There is nothing that people are so often deceived about as 1 the aiuuuut of tall to land. * * * Da les* we can do tha work iu the Winter, Spring is the best time to dig uuderdraiut. The land Is full of water, and it is much easier digging than in the summer or Au tumn. And it is no slight advantage to have water enough to level by. If the water tisws freely through tho tiles when ' laid, and care is exeretsed in filling in the i ditches, and parking the noil round the i tiles t gbt enough, to bold them in piece, there is little or bo danger of their stop ping afterward. • • * Harrowing Winter wheat is a practice 1 woeid corn eal!/ commend. Many fa.met* are afraid that the harrow will pull uu the wheat, but such is not the aase. If the land is dry, a good heavy, forty-toothod harrow will destroy many weeds, break the crwst, stir the soil, and greatly benefit the wheal, j• • • Harrowing meadow* and pasture* is often very beneficial, and 1 am surprised that the practice is so generally neglected. I Put three horeo* to e harrow, and get on ! and ride. Harrow the field both ways, and lap, If necessary. A Bporting Jake. Gordon Cutmaing's new book of bmit ing adventures contains this story r"I remember a ;oke placed off on a man wboMdeedain the amldle were not mp p swsl to lose aught of their importance by bia own deecriptiou of them. Some TuongnUrs of the eautoouient baring purchased a village pig. bad been in tbe habit of sending it out for a mile or two m a cart, and hunting it h-une with long bamboos. By this course of training piggy acquired wmd and some degree of l*-ed At length, on a day appointed, he was taken ont and secured by tire leg in the covert. The usual party, with the addition of the mighty huuter, w-re as sembled at the mens table, when a native earae up and reported a fine boar marked down. Horses and spent* Were called fur, and with the guide in advance, all proceeded to tbe jangle side. Nirarod auuaauced hie intention of refraining frvrn nil active part in the proceedings, on the ground that it would he unfair for an old ami experienced hunter like him self to take the B}>ear from a lot of young (•"flows to whom tbe sport was new. He was, however, assured that without his vain -.We aid the game would probablv escape, and that it was therefore hoped he would not practice such extreme aelf dt-niaL On the riders taking up their 1 pxitiust men were sent to free the beast, which speedily appeared, and in expeeta tien of the customary chevy, made off at its boot par**. By judicu.ua management, all the field i?ot "thrown out with thecx ceptiuo of Nunrod, who was **on riding like a man, and coming up to the pig hand ovi r luud. Muking a a <dl-dir< sctoa rush, with u li -uviphrut about be speared the beast, and a fcV wore thrusts rolled it 'over. The other riders now gathered round the redoubtable hunter, who was seen aUudiugiiy Ao aid* ol tbe pro* rat* 'gwnnitree.' waving bus cap and brandish ing hi* blood-stained apeac. •Gentle men,' be cried, ' R waa too bad of me, bnl, really, when I saw tlie boar break cover, my blood got up. and I was quite unable to restrain myself.' At this mo ment a villager who had been previously well roached, came running up end de manded payment for bia property. It wm long before Kirarod again enter tained the mesa with hia hunting CP ploita." A Key tea Persoa'a Name. Br tbe aeoompanytng table ol letters tbe name of a person or any word may be easily found out in the following man ner: A B 1> H P r C E I Q E F F J R G (1 G K S | .1 I. L T Jv K M M U M N N N V 0 0 0 O W Q R T X X s ft Y 7. Y U V V T Z WW * W y. i t Let the peraon whose name you wish to know inform vou In which of the uptight column* the fie* letter of bis name is con tained. If it bo found in but one column, it i* the top letter; if it occurs in more than one column. R ia found by adding the alphabetical numbers of the top letters ot these columns, and tbe wm will lie tbe number of the letter sought. By taking ' one letter at a time iu thia way the whole number can be ascertained. For example take the word Jane. J is found lu two columns commencing with Band H, which are the second and eighth letters down the alpbatwt; the sum ia ten, and the tenth letter down the alphabet is J, the lottne sought. A appear* in but oue column, where it stands at the top. N ia arvn in thv columns headed with B D and 11; those are tbe second, fourth and eighth letters ol the alphabet, whioh, added, gives the four ! teenth, or N, and so on. The use of this table will excite no little curiosity among those unacquainted with tbv lurrgoing tx j iilanation. STRAJSUK SCIT.—A suit for a breach of contract, ola rather nowct character, is now pending in one of the Vermont court*. In effect, a pontic maiden sue* a man for promising to buy her and then refusing to fulfill hi* contract. It seems that the lady had a farm which the man wanted to pur chase. She offered the property and her self for §30,000, and refhsed to sell sepa rately. He aocepted the terms, pud the mcney, obtained the title deeds ot the land, and was so well satisfied with his hargain that he insisted on her keeping the rest of the purchase herself. She did not appreciate his magnanimity, and insisted on bis marrying bcr. He declined, and now she has sued him for a breach of con tract. Om,TT.—The Hartford Erening Post says : A Canaan man hung, himself, and a jury of hia neighbors was emjtaanelled, in accordance with the requirements in the ease. After mature deliberation upon the evidence adduced, one of the number was asked what conclusion he had reach ed, when he frankly responded, "Oh, there haint the least morsel of donbt in my mind of the critter's guilt" A leap year motto for ladies—look well before yon leap. NO. 17. The Mormon Chief. I asked tbe Elder, write* a correspond ent, bow many wWaa Brtgham had, ao a* 1o get eotne authority upon that disputed point. l iving with hire bar* in tba house," replied tba Elder, *• be only baa sixteen, but than thai* am a number of other*. I really don't know how many at# uiarr.td to bitn or or tb# territory, many of wbom b# baa not even aeon *ln the bcwr they were married " • What m tbe ore of tbat aort of mar-. riag* ?" i asked, with as ev# to tbe prac tical aa well a tbe spiritual. •• Tb#a# MrriMi are lor tbe next worid; tbey are rpmtual mamagt*. Wo believe that marriages are for time and eternity. Because 1 marry a woman ft h M sign (hat lam going to lire with ber. She ta tea fed to me for eternity. For instance, a lady whom, perbjpa, I baee neerr seen before, comae to me with a letter of retro doctren horn eom#o< oor church officer*, sayteg tbat aba was a good, deserving lasiv, and drera to be united to a man for eternity, why, I should consider it my duty to marry tbat lady, although I might net er see ber again in this world." " But sappesn tba lady baa a husband?" I added. " Tbat don't make any diSarance j the can be saaied t# me just tba same parbapa ber husband iaa worthless fellow, and in every way unworthy of her." •' fwt your wivea object ?" "Ob, no, wo understand all that; there isn't so tuucb objecting going on as yon think, wb#tbr we marry to cohabit, or iimply tor tba next world. I dsdrrt mar ry my saoond wtla until my first bad coo sealed. X said 1 wanted MNM more dul dren—some anas to bear my name. It ww the Lord's will tbat I should here them. My first wife consented and told me ta do the Lord's will, and I married again, selecting a much younger woman than ray ft rat wife, and aba bora some fine boy*." I gtee tbiaa* a specimen al tbe aort of talk one wdi bear among tbe eiders and tboaa high in authority in tba Mnrauti church. Thay talk as freely about their taniilie* as tbey would about tbeir oxen. And all this wickedness, these brutal prac tice*. this degradation of women, has nothing tor ttr foundation but a pretended revatntkm to Joseph Smith from Heaven, of all the humbug and bosh, superstition and clerical quackery that was never pumped into any creed or sect, the Mor in ana have It, Yet tbeir diabolical creed is not more marvelous than their psrfeet auKwrity. All at Brigham's sixteen wive- with whom be lives have borne him children fiwpt aoe, called Amtlit Amelia w his most notod write, spirited, plaacaot and ot American birth. She is onl/ thirty-two, lacking wane years of bring half u old as berhusbend. Ilia ariraa arc of all agoa, hta last two being quite young, mere girla in laet, when they married biw. I asked a (ientile gentleman of tbeir acquaintance why they abooM be sock looia an tr> marry in eld man with over a dozen wire* el ready. Waa it for lore 1 u No. indeed,'' said ha, •' for 1 know they dkl not love km.' * Went they compelled to marry him P " Ob. no ; tbej aid it ot their own th* trill, as they thought It is a certain Way to go to beyveti." Brigfiam has sixty-right children, about forty of whom are teraries. T|ej art all ages. Irom three war* to thirty. Several of Ms older sow ate J ouug men of psoomw and position. He is the lather of a good deal of talent, and soma of his children trill be heard of in ths world hereafter Om night, at the theatre, 1 was particular ly struck with ths good, 1 might say I superb acting of a young lady, and quite hattdsome withal. I made inquiry and learned *bc was a daughter of Btighsia, and one •( the aires of H. B. Clasrsou. Clasrsos being a man of wealth sad stand ing, and devout Morssou, baa married two •f ling ham's daughter*, in addition to bis at her three wives. Isn't that a curious way to do 1 It cer tainly is to ua Gentiles; but to the Mor- j mona it is all perfectly correct and prope* ! In several States s man i prohibited from marrying his dead wife's sister, bat here in I'tab it it much the style to marry two j sitters at once, betides having srrerrij other wives. But at long as it is necessary to have two or more wives, f think he is© wits man who arould marry sitters, if pos sible. Many of BrighanTs rhildrve are hnd sotne and lovable. Those by one of his wives, Mrs. Decker, are particularly to. He provides wall for bis numerous som n-law, and takes great pleasure in seeing his children well married oil and happy, i if there can b® any happiness ta the Mor i moit married stats, which I doubt. A marriage takes place in bh family now ! very often, as his numerous flock are rap- I dly maturing. Ono of his daughters married recently. I beard o! one who had to run awar to marry, Bngbam bring op posed to the match beesnse the young man who loved lis daughter also loved !*gxr beer. Brighton tried to break off I I he match and keep his daughter home, lt his home bed so many doors to it thai | be could not watch them all at once, and i *b got away. II this teaches any moral | at all, It is either to have fewer daughters I or fewer doors. An Appeal. The Tictborne claimant has made an Appeal to the F.ngliah public to snpplj j funds to aid him in hi* cane. He any® f 1 That I am Roger Cbnrlea 1 hmghtv Tichborne I solemnly declare, and which | fact I hare already proved by eighty-x , witnesses, and will prove again by more j than two hundred, if necessary ; and that I am not Arthur Orion I will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt by wit-; nesaee who knew both Orton and myself. As to the tattoo mark-, at least twenty-1 fonr disinterested aitneaees will pmve that I, Roger Tichborne, was never tat tooed. but that Arthur Orton was, there will Iw conclusive evidence forthcoming. But, be sll this Mit mar, trne lovers of justice will, I feel satisfied, never allow me to be convicted witliont a fair trial, which it is impowible for me to have without counsel, solicitor and wit nesses on niv behalf ; and I, therefore, appeal to the public for subscriptions | for my defense. Caged as I am, it is impossible for me to get a single witness without the as sistance of my solicitor. RttriT or A Put SCRATCH. —The in fant daughter of Mr. L. p. Miller, who resides in Yellow Springs street, Spring field, Ohio, is suffering intense pain, and the physicians hardly expect her recov try. While the iifant was reposing in the arms of its mother, through a sudden movement of its head it reoeived a severe scratch from a pin upon its face, close to one of tts eyes. Nothing wsa thought of the socident for the time, but the neat day the flesh around the nje began t© swell in an alarming manner, and the pa rents summoned a physician at once, but before his arrival the flesh had puffed up so as to entirely close the eye. Another physician was called in to assist, but it seemed next to impossible to alleviate the sufferings of the infant. The swelling ex tended to every part of the head, so thor uoghly had the poison become diffused. The infant was thrown into convulsive fits through the intense pain. A SHOCKHto accident occurred on tfcc raoe-cooree at Lnrgan, Ireland. A stand on which were about two hundred per sons gave way and about thirty of tnem were seriously injured, some, it is feared, fatally. Tba f >4lt bereft moid know, ft weblil stay atasahedlsrerer. Nor into lU tells ssa gsww. And If thou eonldstkaew tUy okre awaaiaaaa 0 bates una. pvrfsot and awoetl Then woeldet be child fureyer, ! Completer whilst laeomptete. I The tamer's Daughter Kneeling by tee stream 1 saw gate, Use formal* daugbtea- Drinking-In ber reef gwbn Dipping up the water. Klin had thrown her bat aabta. Bare her arm and shoulder j Each nacußiou* charm displayed, Made my toe* tbe bolder. So T SlowTy, tenderiy, Wem and knelt baafde bar, Drank with her tram out tbe stream. Blushing Kitty BMer. And I aatd—"Tbs goat telle ua lift, is Mks a river ; Khsfl we IK* its waters twovt Ateapa drink together T Many years bav# psseed ua by, LAe the finwtog water, But I drink U!te stream to-day With Beta, tbe farmer* daughter. . 11 B". "J Facta and Fanctea. A poaer for an oeuliab—window blind. A wUKog mind—the generous tenia for. The woman question—Wbnt hnd aba on ? Wolf seal pa are legal tender with wbiab topov taxre In Arkansas. The papa repreeent thai laborers are very sramrert-present in Canada. "Put a skylight through him" is a new slang expression hailing from Oali legate- A fashionable reporter of the West save, " Misp H- wore no jewel but con sistency." The practice of wearing veila over the eves is aaid to be very injurious to the eight. None are ee poor that they cannot take a paper, but many are ao mean that they prefer to Steal It, I The largest national church in the work! is the Uteok at Bueaiit, with over 40,000,000 In da nuaka. 11 tm Ikst mniw thin a mi!- U m wiunswii wot ■ - *•- Hon of eattfe bur* pcrnhed tn Texas daring to© part Wmtar. The kurpe uoiaHei of yonag ladies suffering fr tn banioaa baa rather sent Preach bed* oat of fashion. A Detroit woman marched her way ward daughter out of a disreputable house the other day at the anule of a pistol Two curious suicides hare taken plana at Pari a, both oeeaskmed by the remorse of the wtwsi at having aooldod their wives. *■ F.merseu says : li the gnat booae boldof nature. the farmer stands at tho door of the bread-room and weight to meh hit I©al" The isst question that has troubled philosophers is this:—Which ceases a gitl the moat pleasure. to hear herself praised, or another run down t Ole Boll's concert troupe were in a bona* in lowa which was burnt, and Ifn Bull ran into the street in his night clothes, with bis fiddle under bis arm. "The strongest propensity in a wo man's natoce," aaya a careful Undent of the sex, "is to wast to know what is going on, and the next is to boas the job. f-> Some people are ao given to the per version of troth that they will go across ' the street in the mod to tell a lie when ] they could remain dry shod and tell the truth. * - It's no oa® token a man feels " blue •* to console him by aayia: "Eveiwone has bis skeleton," because in hie individ ual case be thinks hiraneW the represent ative of a whale anatomical museum. A gentleman of Ellsworth, Me., made a bet with his wife that he could undress, go to bed, get up, drees and then undress and go to bed again while she was pre paring to go to bed. He won his baL ' * A man called another aa extortioner for suing him *' Why, my friend, * re plied the man who tarwght the suit, " I did it to oblige yon." "To oblige me. Uideed—borr so K " Why to oblige you to |4y me.** The wile of e Welsh minister. John Evans, ashed her busbend, "Do you I think we shall know each other in heav jen r " He replied, "To be sure we shall; |do you think we shall be greater fools j there then here t" | Progressive teeeher to pupi! of the ne | riod—"Bnry daw Hooker, just take that chewing gum right out of your mouth. ♦ Little girls who chew gum in school | need never expect to become President J of the United States. ** A young factory girl at Ameobnry, Mass.. was recently sent to a lunatio boylum because .ltenad fallen so violent fvln love with a voung man that it was not stfs for him and the young lady that he proposed to marry. A doctor and a military officer became enamored with the name lady. A friend fcsJ her which of the two suitor* she intended to favor. She replied that "it waa difficult for her to teU, aa they were each killing eieeturoe." A servant girl tohl ber master the other morning that she was about to give his wife warning and qruit the house. "Happy girl! would totl oeuld give her warning and quit the bouse, too wes the brutal response. A French countess seined a philoso pher at the supper table and exclaimed, " While they are cutting up the fowls and we have got five minutes to spare, do tell me the history of th® world, for I want to know it so much." It is related of a quareisome gentle man in Pikee County that had been ignominiously cuffed and kicked by a nval bruiser, he explained his defeat bv saving. "He conic to me so sudden. I didt have time to (tot mad." A Western paper predicts that one of its State Senators " will live and be honored and beloved by th© State when the tail psairje gras refuses to tigh a sad and plaintive requiem over the graves of some of hit defamers." Where does the money come from to pav for the wondrous displays that are made at openings ? asks a city journal. Gorgeous reception -dresses, labelled "onlv $800; " modeotsnits, SlfiO ; linen suits, of which one wants at least half a dozen, 575. Philosophers are made of just such men aa the on© whom th© wind robbed of hit hat. He didnt chase it at all; he simply appropriated the covering of th© loudest laugher near him, at the same time fetching him a blow that made hia noa© bleed. • A Russian printer baa invented a type setting machine which, toe 8t Peters burg papers assert far surpasses all simi lar machines that have hitbetobeen pro , duced. It sets in an hoar thirty thou j sand letters; it costs five thousand ! rubles, and one thousand letters set thereby east only five cents. A Western paper relates a touching tale of aspiration for knowledge. A routh and a maiden leaning over the front-yard gat®. Tim® night Fair Lunar Mid several stars studding,gazing a* the same The maiden breaks the poetic silence: " Henry, dear, oh how I would like to study Botany ?" A person who was called into court for the purpose of proving the correct ness of a doctor** bill was asked by a lawver whether "the doctor did not make several visits after the patient was cmt of danger." No," replied the wit ness, M I consider toe patient ip danger aa long m the doctor continues his visits.' The village subscribers of an exchange grumble because they do not receive i some of toe numbers of that paper; and i yet, the majority of these fault finding > individuals keep bull dogs in their front I yards, to encourage the earners when they call The little fellows want the i editor of that journal to either furnish them with shot guns or sheet-iron breeches.
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