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.