A Patient frwlltor.
Ton ow mo. Noli, • little nam.
But Ton neodnt psy, j-oa teediil p*T I
Tor it t*T oli*p.-s Tonr priepful home
I'll p&ea no mo d*y, T It paw scmo day •
And then, ** one who hop* for alms * •
(Not s tiling pay, not asking psv),
t*ll plead, " rm hungry lor a smile,
Then go my way lha go my way.
Another day HI ope your door,
A(1 pak and wan, all pale and was:
" I'd like a little sOvrwti.tiear.
To help me on, to help me on, R
And yet acain I'll halt to hag ; *
" I'm eold, my dear. Pm roM. my dear;
A Vie* would warm me through and through."
IVrhajM you'll hear, peril*pa you'll hear.
Then. Nell, if owning still your deht.
Ton grant me three, you grant me thoae,
111 give yon a receipt In full
Down on my knses. dear, on my knee* 1
The IHilldiitr or the Nest.
They'll come again to the apple-tree-
Robin and all the rest-
When the orchard hrwncbea are fair to see,
In the snow of the blossom dressed ;
And the prettiest thing in the world will he
Yb* building of the nest.
Weaving it well so round end trim.
Hollowing it with ears;
Nothing too far w<v for him,
Nothing for her too fair;
Hanging it safe on the topmost hrsk-
Their castle in the air. •
Ah, mother-bird, you'll hare ***** .lays
When the eggs are uad r your broast,
And your matt* itill fcsr for siUful way*
When the wee ones legre the iwst ;
Rut they'd find their wiugs in a glad aaiaxe.
Anil God fill ace to the rest. >
Be come to the tree* with all your train
When the apple blossoms blow ;
Through the April ahimnu r of son and rain
Ho firing to and fro; .
And sine to our hearts a* we watch again
Yonr fury bmldieg grow.
THE DUE'S ttOSD.
"Ifjou don't work lively. Hester, you
won't make your ten kuots to day."
Hester stofped short in her wuck. and
the buzzing of the big wheel ceased. There
was a mass of soft rolls, and the brown
reel by her da, with the results of her
morning labors in blue stocking-yarn.
She held the wheel firm in onohand, and
in the other a long slender thread attach
ed to the spindle.
" Well, mother," said she. quietly turn
• ing her face toward the window, "1 sup
pose. the sun trill rise and set just the
samoif J. dent spin my ton knots a-dgy,"
I s'poaa it wiii, 4 ' said Mr*. Preston.
She was a spare old kdy, and sitting with
her back bent to the *haj>e ot the rocking
chair hooped over. Her aharp elbows
struck out, and her rather large and coarse
shoe* jwqjected beyond the skirt of her
gown. *-You know your father likes to
see things moving indoors and out," she
went on, holding her knitting needles
suspended. "He hates laxj folks like
Canada thistles."
" And I hate to be driven as if i was a
park-horse." retorted Hester, almost bit
terly. "* I tell you, mother, X won't wear
ray life ant digging and dragging as you
hare joum."
" La, Hester, how you do talk. I never
thought 1 waa brought into The world for
nothing but to cook three meals of vic
tuals day, and to'tend to the dairy work.
"Sow, you make a fuss because you have
a little'chore of st. eking yarn to spin;
but it ain't so many years since I made all
the clutb for the family wear. and did
wgery stitch of my own sewing at night
Why. that year yonr father was sent up
to the. Legislature I made him a set of
twelve fine shirts. He was perty pertick
erler in them days; and 1 did ail the
stitching, after the rest of the folks had
Ned, with my toot on the cradle.
SylTesWsr was a baby then, and a dreadful
hectoring child. Every day 1 wove a full
etent ea itnsey waleey, for it was almost
impossible to hire help; and I got up reg
ular at five in the morning and milked
four cows"before I went a bunt breakfast."
" "What is the use of having a soul if
to slave in that wavf" said
Hester, as sbw gave a lirtle sharp jerk, and
broke her threw.i. '• You might as well
be a uiaabine and done with it"
"I don't expect you'll do as I have
done." ruwonded the old lady with a sigh.
' Folks fbirk nowa days to beat all.
Yotft"fatner, when he was younger, was a
dreadful driving man. Folks "must keep
domfJ a long as they etnfid ftUbd ; and
none off his boys now can betriu to do a
day's work equal to his'u. I won't s'pose
yvu. wean to follow jour sister N'ancv,
eitlssf, fiat site has had a pretty huvd row;
bull telijou what, Ilester, you'll have to
run off"more than ten knots of stockiag
yarfl' * "dSy ff yon mairr ' Joel' Selfridge,
lor he haint got a mite ot ambition. He
makm hie- think of rrry c!d speckled hen
setting oat till ere on chaey eggs. I should
n't be a mite surprised to-bear Joel begin
to cschlt; and i don't, see where he gets
his shHtlessness from, far there's the
Jedge, his brother, a reg'ler monqy catch
er. kmooth/and plausible, and ily, but with
hi* tree'always out for busing. 1 'spose,
Hester, ypnv'e 'boat made ay your mind
to-take j<*4. tor you don't Seem to favor
any. other young man. ami he's been coin
ing here f.kbiy for the last year. Your
{fatheaeaja i* coste him four quart* of oats,
and two or three good square meats every
.week, ■ tofbe talks about sending m bill
for bfthfa and horns feed in to the Jedge.
You tpW be h-ill never give his consent,
aiwTf you again, Hestgr, if yon mean
to. marry Joel Nelfridge, yoo and work
had better not fall nut."
" MwUler," mid Hester, with. a troubled
face, leaving hr wheel, and gojng overby
the hearty, ••you do Joel ajotioe. It is
father's opposition that rnakea him neglect
his bttsibess, and takes the spirit ont of
him. If he oonld marry tne he would be
come another man."
'• Hester," aaiii the old lady, emphasiz
ing Tier' words with her knitting-needles.
" wital's bred in the bane wIU come out
in tbe'tfisih. You can't make the whistle
eat taS!.'' -.v ...
i '• There's good stuff in Joel," <•*! Hea
ter, hex ooJor rising, and eyea f!ahiog.
"If the whole world was against him I'd
aland true. Folks may say what they
have WjUilnd to, bnt give Joel a chance,
and" *ill show that he can support a
family, and be a man among mtn."
- " Hity. Htyi" retorted the old lhdy, in
reduld#y. ** Hain't the Jedge boosted
him, and kep' a boosting of him, and now
be's<got<him up in tiie drug bnsiueM, and
few days he locks the shop and
coupe over iiere a courting, and Bassett
gMFUIbu custom. I tell yon, Hester,
wiAiT rVaa your age T wouldn't have
hrdftKl at a young; man that fooled around
#}ien lie ought to have been-to work.
Love is a good thingin its place, when it's
got a house and garden spot free of in-
oumbrenco, and pitiiity of firewood, and a
full iaeal cliist and floor barrel attached
io jt but it never was meant t go alone."
I< fifeatr Ymng her head. Iter mother
had t&e good hard ■enpee on Jmr side, and
•hwCMfedbly thi faith f ttUo offset it.
not say what she thought, that
th Joel needed was herself; but
she leaned against the chair, wd touched
her toother's gray head, and her roice was
pleading snd eager.
Wimther? said she, "don't you go
qpinft roe. I shall never come back beg
tl>(o old door, bat when I leave
home I wjjnt to have all tiring* pleasant,
and- not nc the neighbors a fiance to
talk.. rMotfier''—■ the girl
tljrdW Jigr #VoiS atiunfl tA# t Ac* led neck
—"you canVhink how it when you
were young:\how yoiyi hterf. bgat, and
your cheek jest bneTnin. You
wantwl to go to the world's end with him,
■oA{sot with a%gM4 If yon saw his
faults, you could forpve them, for yoar
heart-strings were .someway twisted and
tied With bis, and coald up| be undone.
In those day?, mother, ybifl didn't think so
much ibent thW potato-bin w.d flour bar
nA'tViiU.'un\* ... <>. ,ar*T
ytm go on to be&kal!," re
tumai A# old lady, drawing the, back of
her haatl aeraas her eyeaJ Bible
sayihO. man must leave father anil mother
and cleave into his wWb, and I jrpose it's
tile' Ante sMh a woman ; but i tell yon,
Ifeater, it's mighty handy to he** worldly
fdede to cleave onto besides. Al. always
ag&e wfth your father on all So'- H ®
expeefe and if he B * B *. v
black was white, laws. I J. 60
too, but I think jest as I've ia ~
side. I glways saicj no man ®"
FRED. KURTZ, Editor ami Proprietor
VOL. V.
nixe over me. Aw oman can squint rottnl
a corner handier than a man can, and he
can fitnl way* of getting her a ill, and I
gnes* I've ruled the rotvm a* much a* the
Old Square has after all'* said and done;
hut he don't know, and I wouldn't have
him find it out for the world. I don't ay
I shall enkerridge Joel, hut it you have
made up your mind there's no use argufy
ing, tor you're a reg'ler horn Preston, aud
they ail hold on like a dog to a root. I
shall try to ease off things; that's all I
ean promise, but I must confess, Joel is a
pleasant creelur, aud you oau't help ItLiag
uiiu If you try.'*
Hester kissed the old lady's w ritikled
eheek rather more impulsively than so
necessary, and then, in a half-coaxing
shame faced *oit of way, she said;—
44 Mother, 1 expect Joel ever this after
noon. and 1 thought if joa didn't uiiud I'd
put a little haudful of tiro iu the sitting
room stove."
•' No, you'd bettor not," **id Mr*. Pros
urn, decidedly. " Vour father won't like
1 to lave any underhand courting going on
jlt will only rile him the more. Ue and I
did all our courting business up by the
kitchen firo. Mother thought it was econ
omical. Every Sunday night became like
i clock-work (we used to keep Saturday
j night in thetu days', ami there he sot and
j cored apples, and I strung mu, and wo
, killed two birds with one stone as neat as
any thing you ever saw. Joel had better
• be treated in an every-day sort ot fashion.
' In your lather's present state of mind it
won't do to waste caudle-light and fire
wood on him. And, Hester, you had bet
ter stir up some tritters tor sup(>er. The
Square va fond of fritters. I lia'n't lived
with him all these rears without finding
out that a good meal of victuals makes
considerable difference with his feeliugs."
Hester knew her mother was wise in
her day and generation—an experienced
woman ; to she set her wheel away and
I went up to her chamber—a little, cold,
| ueat room, with slooping wall.
Joel caiue driving to the gate. The air
was nipping, and spiteful gusts of wind
whirled along the valley. He fastened
his horse to the fence, and blanketed him
carefully. The boys, Hester's brothers,
had gone with lumber to the village mill,
and would not be back until late, if at all,
that night. The Squire was in the barn,
tinkering away at his sap buckets. The
cold weather had kept back the sugar sen
son, but a thaw might be hxtked tor now
at any moment. The old man was short
and stocky, with an eagle face, and iron
gray hair. All his motions were brisk,
and his words exploded something alter
the fashion of fire-crackers. Now a grim
sort of smile puckered the old face, as he
thought that long-tailed gray of Herrick'a,
the livery-stable keeper, might staud there
in the cold till doom's day for all him.
Then rub a-dnb-dub on the sap buckets.
Hester met Joel at the door demurely
enough. He was good-looking, tall, and
slender, and unconsciously elegant arid re
fined in appearance. The young mac
drew up to the fire with his overcoat on,
and Mrs. Preston engaged him in talk
about the weather and the neighbors. The
kitchen was large and light, with a fioor
unstained, and braided mats, and comfor
table chairs, and a great dock ticking in
the corner. There were pots of petunias
and Jbhen and chickens" in the window.
The bit of greenery made a pretty back
ground for Hester, who, seated in a low
chair, took out her company work, some
old-fashioned lace she was knitliug, which
nncofted and foamed over her black silk
apron. She was anxious as she glanced
out at Joel's horse, shivering under his
blanket, when the cold did not sting him
unto,positive uneasiness. The young man
still sat with his overcoat on, fingering his
hat and muffler, while Mrs. Preston talked
away about Sally Miffliu's eough, and how
the Selkirk children had all come down
with the measles. Hester saw how uu
comfortaMe Joel was, not knowing wheth
er tCMitay or go, so she ran out with a
•bawl over her head, set the long-tailed
gray free from the fills as quietly as possi
ble, and led him into the barn. She knew
ali Hie ins and outs of horse tackle, and
could*harness and unharness as handily as
a man'. !t was not long, therefore, before
the gray was munching oata in state.
The old Squire saw Hester do this high
handed thing under his very nose, so to
speak, and the strokes on the sap buckets
grew more savage than ever. When the
girl went back into the house she was
much relieved by hearing her mother
pay:— ~
- '• I guess the Square has put up yonr
horse, Joel, and you had better stay to
supper, and spend the night with its."
Hester had spread the tea-table, not
with the best napery and dishes from the
keeping-room cupboard, for her mother
had hinted that it would be impolitic t<>
make any change on Joel's account; but
everything was clean, wholesome, and
appetizing. There was the platter of slic
ed meat, the snowy bread, and golden
butter, and the dish of clear honey for the
1 tritters. The old man came in, and gave
a sort of snort when be detected Joel sit
ting snugly en-consed in a warm corner
by the iire. He drew his chair directly to
the supper-table, without reference to
anybody present, and his shaggy gray eye
broths met in a twisted frown—always a
most decided storm signal. With some
thing which emanated from his throat be
tween a grant and a growl, he pushed the
various dishes toward the nfiweloorne lov
er. It is a mild statement to say that
Joel was literally on pins and needles.
Hester's face was very red, but she main
tained herself bravely by the frying kettle,
and in a few minutes slipped a fritter,
brown, puffy, hot, with little sprangles
and crisp bits clinging to its edges, on to
the old gentleman's plate. His face re
laxed slightly, and a sort of juiciness crept
into the dry wrinkles about his month.
Presently two more delectable brown
puffs took the place of the one that had
already vanished, and the molified look
stole np to the knobby old nose, and high
er still to the keen gray eyes, and softly
united the twisted knot of the eyebrows.
"Wal, Joel, how's the Jedge?" in a pa
cific growl.
Joel almost sprang off his seat, the
question was so sudden and startling.
"0, the Judge; he is well," stammered
the young man, turning several shades of
red in quick succession.
" Making money hand over (Ist, I'll
warrant."
" Yes, he is doing pretty well," replied
Joel, so painfully confused that he dropped
a lump of salt into his tea in place of
sugar.
" Them lawyers have got long heads,
and sharp claws," said the Squire. " The
best way is to give 'em a wide berth.
There's an old saying I used to hear when
I was a boy ; tell the truth and shame the
devil; but I guess the devil don't often
get shamed that way by lawyers. There's
one thing I will say for the Jedge, though;
he's the likeliest of the lot. and he freezes
right snug to his business; but that ain't
a family trait, is it ?"
"What, honesty?" returned Joel: "O,
yes, I never knew a dishonest Selfriage."
"Humph,"grunted the old Squire, "did
you ever know a shiftless Selfridge ? But
there ain't no use asking questions. Every
tbinglias got a new-fangled name. What
are lazy folka called now-a-days, Hester 1
You have taught school and ought to be
acquainted with fashionable names."
"I'm sure I don't know," said Hester,
bending her head down over the fire.
"Now I recollect. They're called gen
tleman of leisure. If the Jedge can afford
to keep his relations without work, why
it's a mighty fine thing for them, and I
don't know as it's any business of mine,"
and with a metallic seund in the chest,
which might have been either a laugh or a
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
chronic cough, the old man arosetVom tlm
table, -ct his hat determinedly upon his
head, aud went away opt of the house to
do his evening chores.
Tlie lamp w as lit, the fire well trimmed
' and bright. Hester brought forth alarge
pstt of rosy-cheeked apples (Baldwiu*) to
I>are for the last hatch of mince pies. The
ceil knife glanced and shone, and pretty
red rings slid down from her comely
hands. Mrs. Preston was at work on a
long gray sock, a seek, anybody might
know belonged to the old Squire if they
had seen it in (,'hina. Joel had taken from
his pocket the joints ot hi* fiutc, aud was
screw ing them tightly together, and as the
old mau opened the door he heard his
i dame sav;—
"Ootue, now, Joel, gi*e us General
Greene's March, or Yankee Doodle.
I There's the Squire coming iu, aud he's
! fond of music, too."
" You cau't eat it or driuk it," growled
the Squire, as he took his owu particular
arm-chair, and drew it up to the fire, and.
pulliug ofl Ins heavy hoots, hehl his stock
ing clad feet to the genial blaxe.
"But your ears can drink it." respond
ed the old lady, not knowing she had
made a pretty speech.
Joel plsyed one old air after another,
and the walls echoed the strain* pleasant
ly which seemed tryiug to bring the differ
ent heart-beats there under the root-tree
into consonance and harmony. When the
music ended, the old man, w ho had been
pondering with his chin suuk in his stock,
drew back a little, and laid his baud rath
er heavily upon the table, aud said, break
ing out suddenly;
" 1 s'j>ose the up-shot of the business is,
young man, you want to marry my girl.
You've kep' running here pretty nigh a
year and a half, and the matter must end
some time or other. Tain't my fashion to
daub much with uutempered mortar, and
1 tell you plainly what I've got against
you is your want of *tiddlne* ami propen
sity to fool away your time, and live on
other folk*. 1 don't propose to support
no son-in-law with my hard earnings.
Everybody round me must us* his own
hands and feet, and put in as much a* he
takes out. Xow that's the long and the
short of it, and I'm prepared to hear your
views."
Joe!, thus summoned, looked as if he
would much rather ruu away, but he stood
his gr<>nnd and spoke with his eyes cast
dow a, and his face slightly pale, while the
Squire's shrewd, keen countenance was
turned attentively toward htm.
"•I do want to marry yonr daugh
ter," he began, " and 1 shonld have asked
for your consent long ago, but I knew you j
were prejudiced against tue, and opposed
to taking ine into your family. It don't I
seem quite fair to condemn a man before
he has had a trial. Hester shall not re
*pent if she marries me."
" Fine promises never raised a hill of
potatoes," said the father sarcastically. "1
know good clean timber when 1 see it,
and I know- a crooked stick. I tell yon,
yonug man. you've got to put by your fine
airs and buckle down to hard work before
you earn a living for a family. I'm agin
shift less ae as, tooth and nail, and always
was. Hut, Hester, what have you got to
say I "
Hester had held the apple she was par
ing suspended in her hand. The color
varied in her cheeks, and now a tid of
crimson swept over them. Her voice fal
tered, and almost broke at first, but it
gathered strength and went on, so clear
and distinct, that it seemed as though the
old clock in the corner even stopped to
listen. "Father," said she, 44 f hope you
won't oppose us till the last I have tried
to please you, aud be a good daughter,
but there come* a time when a girl tnnst
listen to her own heart. 1 have faith in
Joel, and so I am willing to go with him
any where in the world. Whatever is
against him now will nil come right. We
will make our way togethor, and what he
has to bear and suffer will 1 bear and suf
fer with him. You never shall hear any
complaints, father, from me. If ourcup
board Is empty, it won't keep yon awake
nights; but don't ask me to give him up.
I ain too much like you, father, I hold on
till death."
" There it is," said the old man in a
heat, "yon are obstinate, and wiltul, and
headstrong, and mean tt> have your own
way if the sky falls. You'd aliitle rather
get the consent of the old man fljat's
clothed je, and schooled y, ami kep' ye
ever since you w as bom ; hut if you can't
get it, no matter ; lake the bit between
your teeth, and ride right over the feel
ings, and idee#, and wishes of them that
brought you into the world, and then see
where you'll be."
Hester covered her face with her hands,
and the hot tears began to make their way
through her fingers. The old man got up.
and sternly took his boots in one hand and
a long tallow candle in the other, and
marched away to bed without another
word.
Mrs. Preston.' who had been mixing
emptyings in the buttery, -with the d-w.r
on the crack, came out now, brushing the
dust of flonr from her apron.
" La, children," said she,"the old Squire
is more dangerous when he don't say
nothing, and seta in a brown study. It
looks to me as if the wind was changing a
few p'ints. It baa been blowing north
east a!>ont long enough, and I shonld n't
wonder if it got round south'ard. You
see, I come from down the const way, and
there ain't much about a weather-cock
and the old Square's disposition that I
don't understand."
The next morning was cold and windy,
but the vernal sun sent a feeling of glad
ness over the world. Nobody but Mrs.
Preston would have detectod that her has
band was more placable than he had been
the night before.
" You heard him scold aboot hiscoflee,"
she whispered to Joel; " it's a good sign.
I always heard say jest as long as r. child
cries out hearty it ain't agoing to die, and
jest as long as the old Square can find
fault with his victuals he ain't ag< ng to
do bloody murder."
Joel's horse was at the door. T.-e old
man got into bis big top coat. " I guess
I'll ride up to the village with you, fool,"
said ho; "it will save tackling iny horse,
and then I'll chance it to ketch a rid. hack
with one of the neighbors."
Hester stood at the window and v nich
ed them drive away an the creek. She
knew how it wonld end. She knew she
should never falter. Having put hei hand
to the plow, it waa not Hester's ay to
turn back. She was brave and s rong,
but a kind of mistiness crept np ov r her
dark eyes, as the wonder rose in hei mind
why the course of true love never d 1 run
smooth.
The village was just one long strc it for
stores, flanked by the Town-hall and
" First Church." It was full of g. rdens
and neat cottages, and, in Hummer time,
very shady and pleasant.
" Drive me to the Jedge's office." said
the old man, as they got down on XI in-st,
and I'd like to have you step in ai. ! wit
ness to a little business I'm going to trans
act."
They drove up to a small bwildin •, dis
playing a oouspicnous sign. The Judge
met them at the door. He was n tall,
stiff man, well dressed, with heavy watch
seals. His small eyes were keen r d in
quisitive, and the iron-gray hair wit scru
pulously brushed around his tempi* u .
"Good day, Squire," said he. "I'm
sorry I haven't had time to make < t the
papers in that cow case."
"O, 'taint a cow ease, Jedge; it's tlove
case," responded the old man, v ith a
species of snort which made Joel'f heart
sink. "You're a lawyer, Jedge, end if
there is a knot-hole in any subject you'll
be 6ure to take a squint through it. I
CENTRE IIA EE, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1872.
don't expect to pull the woyl over your
•eyes. Set right down, Joel; I wont vqit
to pay parllckerler heed to what I nut go
ing to *ay. You *co there are several
p'ints to tHIs hero love care. In the !irt
place, Joel i* your brother, and you nat
urally want to see him do well. You've
tried to help hiut f*rrard, 1 know, l.oyu
■ i* a cur'u* kind of distemper, 'specially
; when it* took the natural way. Joel Im*
got it pretty bad. He's been coming round
my place now for a considerable spell, and
I don't know but he would go uu csurt
i ing forever if 1 didn't fee! nailed upon to
nut iu a *tsy uf proceeding*. Tou sec,
Jcdge, Hester, my girl, menus to marry
Joel. When she'* once got her heart sot
on a tiling, there atuT no whoa. Heals*
I is tidy, and snug, and economical, and you
know a good wife 1* sometime* the
saving of a young man like Joel. Now,
coin* to sum up, you see how it * Jydge
You make ten dollar* where I do one.
I'm an old man, aud what little 1 Imu
scraped together must be divided equal
among my children You're right in th
| prime of iifo, atui hain't got a oltl in the
j world. **J'll giro Heelers good setting
out, and if yon want to help Joel, you cau
I step right ovr there to Vonr dusk and
| draw up a paper to the effect that yon II
; never see my girl eoiue to want. Your
, .join! is a* good as gold, l'et your name
I toil, have it all legal and rog'lar, and y<>u
1 -hah never hear another word of oppoei
! tiou from me.**
Joel sprang to his feet, his face fairly
quivering with indignation: " f>o you
tueau to insult me fhe cried. "1 won't
have this wretched bargaining over uit
flairs. Hiram, if Ton draw up that bond,
I I'll never toueh another dollar of yours a
long as I live. I'll show you I can sup
! port a wile without anybody's help eVeu
[ il l have to do it by days' works."
4 " That's right, that's the kind of talk 1
like to hear," said the old man, chuckling.
*• I lope you will stick to that mind. No-
Uidv's going to hcitder ; but just draw up
the bond, Jedge. It won't do a mite of
harm.*'
'"lt"you draw that bond," broke out
| Joel furiously, " 1 shall consider evcry
! thing over between u*. You have uo
right to shame me in such away as that.
i It sounds as if you thought me an idle,
shirtless, good-lor nothing follow, and a*
if Hester was going to throw hcre!t
away. I'll let you know what there is in
me. II! show you that I can stand on my
, own row without the help of anybody."
'• That's right," shouted the old Squire.
• 4 Spoken like a man—-shows real grit.
But don't mind lum, Jedge; just you
make out the bond, t like to see tilings
down In black and white. '
Tht Judge had reluctantly put pen to
paper, and lie now handed the document
to the old man, who scanned it through
his silver-bo wed sjwos. 44 That'll do,
Jedge," with a complimentary nod, and
then he drew out a great leathern wallet,
and folding the paper slowly put it away
with an air of entire satisfaction.
i'or a long time Hester and Joal M
fcidge have livud in a pretty cottage in
Uie village, embowered in rose* and hnn
eysuidtles. When the windows are qen
in Summer time, what with music, and
laughter, and the sound of children at play,
it seems like a veritable rtu*ie-fclx Tha
old fhjnire ha* gruw.it garrulous and a lit
tle childish witliia these yekrs. lie often
goes to his son-in-law's store, and watch
es the merchant's brisk motions and quick
eye with peculiar pride. " Made every
dollar of It himself, t-ir," he is sot to say
to any stranger who happens to no about,
and more than once, much to ths annoy
anee of Hester, he has opened his wallet
and show n a paper, old, yellow, cracks d
at the cresses This is the Judge's boot!.
There are people who gay that this same
bond gave the needed spur to Joel's rath
er easy nature, aud made him the man he
is ; but there are others, with clearer eyes,
who perceive that the unfailing love and
encouragement eta true wife laid the
foundations of his best prosperity.
(luiiTomest Among Animal*.
A regularly constituted form of gov
ernmevit, elementary as it may appear,
exists among very many families of ani
mal* end insect*. I'eptiloa aro usually
solitary, exhibiting neither affection nor
social feeling*. A blind buffalo on a
Western prairie haa been known to act a<
an absolute sovereign over n va-t herd,
centrolliug their movement* as seemed to
suit his own views of what was best for
the common goiKL Horse*, too, in their
wild state, wherever found, invariably
obey the behest* of a powerful stallion,
who parades hi* forces, forms lines of de
fence, or suddenly gives orders for n stam
pede, as circumstances require.
Hogs, left to themselves, establish an
oligarchy, whether in Asia, Africa, or any
other continent. The suprSm authority
is invested in certaiu individuals, man
aging a proscribed territory, inid woe to
those trespassing upon their domain!
On concerted occasions they ail act to
gether like wolves for the accomplishment
of a grand design. Wolves separate as
soon n* they have accomplished their de
sign, but, unlike dogs, seem not to recog
nize a particular leader on their foraging
expeditions.
(irain-eating birds form associations.
Wild geese have an admirably organised
system of government. Migrating feath
ered races associate in Autumn for com
mon safety in their annual flights; but
carnivorous birds, as hawks, eagles, etc.,
are nnsoeinl and selfish. Domestic fowls
divide into families, nt the head of which
is a vigilant cock that watches his charge
with argus eyes. Ants, honey-bees and
wasps torm regular sovereignties. Keptiles
may occupy the same den.or crawl in the
same pool, but they manifest neither sn
interest in earh other nor concert measure
for safety or depredations.
HAW the Flute Indians Lire.
The Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprit*
says: One would naturally suppose that
the situation st present witli the Fiutes
encamped on the hills surrounding the
city to be rather rough, yet we hear of no
sickness of any kind among them, nor any
complaint abont anything. They "Otne in
town—men and women, great and small—
as regularly as usual, look as sleek as ever,
and just as joily as in midsummer. As
there is not a stick of wood of any kind on
the hills where they are camped, or not
even a sagebrush as large aa A man's finger,
it is wonderful how they manage to keep
from freezing to death during heavy, drift
ing snowstorms. The bits of boards and
small sticks wbich the squaws find about
town scarcely suffices tf* cook their meat,
and Is do scanty and precious thnt they
dare not venture the extravagance of burn
ing it for the purpose of keeping warm.
In order to keq> warm they must huddle
in their huts—old and young, great and
small, piling up together, irrespective of
condition. By going to the distance of
twenty or thirty miles from the city they
might find camping place# where they
could obtain an abundance of wood, but
they would find their means df subsistence
most precarious; In fact, did they depend
entirely on game all would starve to death.
Here they are able to fin# plenty of good,
strong food, and having that, they appear
to defy the inclemency of the season. One
stormy night passed in liven the best of
their sagebrush huts— e structure resem
bling a muskrat house—would probably
be the death of any white family that might
risk the trial; yet the Piutes laugh lit the
storm.
Only one person in thirteen bathes
oftcner than onoe a week.
Effects of an Knttlmuakr.
. T'liw detail* of Urn <.'*)|fyrnio earth
qnsko, write* a correivpi.mK rt, <x>w ti
have tittle variation, tin v are all sirk
euiug and horrifying. \ wish 1 had
never talked with one of throe " eyu
j witnesses." A young hwbtxnd had been
silting at hi* lirntiJo with bin wife. He
intended to depart in the morning for
this city, and tlie two were making the
uuot of the last time th®J would lie
together for several months ; the eaudio
had burned out aud they werw both
seated close to the open tireplace, the
. wife holding iu her arms n child of a tow
mouth*. After the shock, the husband
was found lying on ins f<x< dusd, a beam
ucms* Ina neck which, in falling, bad
nearly severed hi* lwmd from the trunk ;
S and the mother was so frightfully burned
\*T the firebrands tbftt she could not j
i have lived many minutes, and the infant i
! was discovered lifeless nearly it rod dm- j
Unit. A family of seven persons on the
! otitekirta of Visaliu who wore sound
' ualeop, were sunk, some two or thrv
foot below the surtace of th earth. All
were rescind, however, ulivo, except a
baby which was burned 4o death by
coming in eontnet with a stove. A moth
er was nursing S sick Child, s girl of 14
or 15, who liad been taken the day be
fore with chills and fever. After the
; shock neither could be found, the ruins
of the house itself even being swallow**!
j up iu the enormous tUnure which had
| been made mads iu the earth. Tin* lis
j sure ran serosa the ground of s farmer,
| who, fettling some pri sentiment of dis
; aster, in what foim he knew not, went
I out about one o'clock to see liis stock,
i Ait unruly colt bad broken km*' from
j his tether, and the owner was rhuasng
j him nlioat the lot when the shock e*ujr.
! The o*4t disapjxrarc-1, but the farmer
; has a'flnit-claes drain across his forty- 1
acre farm. These incident* of the ea
tus tropin* are but a few examples of
| many others. Had the district been,
densely populated they would liav been
multiplied by hundreds. As it is there
: are enough of tlu-m. To h-ar those
who witnessed tlum relate tht-ir exiw-;
.' rit-ncra is like reading a romance, but
they are facts, and such facts are rarely
met with. The rumors of v<deauic erup
tion hare proved groundless, all of
them. Tin- people throughout the dis
trict so viidently e<>B vul*-d have most of
them relatives or internals nequaititeuiec*
lierq, and the desolation that naa visited
the eonntrv is indicated hy the grief
stamped on many faces when any qites
> Hon tn relation to the subject is ak*'d |
- them or anr allnaion made to the sub*
' jeet "
A Chapter en (fold.
Baron Humboldt said that Iwfore Col
umbus struck the New World (14112), the
* amount of gold and stiver dug annually
! iinoiinU d to only 5250,U0P ; and that
' the gross amount of gold and *ilv*r in
. turn in the world was 5175,000,000, übAut 1
, nue-twclfth of our national debt. How
■ vnhisble was a dollar in those days 7
' Why, it would buy ten biiahcUof wheat I
' and"pay for five days' labor.
Well, the Spain inrd* overrun Mexico;
and South America, and below 1502 <>m
thousand new mint** worn discovered in
Europe and Asia. In 154 ft the annnul
• vieW of gold and stiver hnd ir.cream-d
from 5250,000 to 5750,000, and the
' -i!vcr in use then amounted to §260,000,*
,000.
In IGOO the stock on hand was estima
ted .it 9050,000,000. - \ v
In 1700 it hail reached fI,MS,(WMW.
In 1W".0 it bad reached 51,tf00,§00,00n.
From 11110 to IKJ9 there was not ipttch
| uiiuiug ; a good doal of gold and silver
. were use*! in the axta, una. through
, " wn-ar and tear" the world's stock of
gold and silver d con wed to €l,sts,oaf>a
-oon.
From 1800 to 1&48, before California,
the world's supply of gold and rilver,
. through mines in Russia and North and
Suth America, increased Ui 54,11*5,01*0,-;
iota*.
In 1840 aame California. Australia
' followed, aud iu I*sß the rear'a yield
was $192,90(1,000. Statistics show that
, the world's tuiuunl yield of gold nud *il
. ver, wuco IH4S ha* licen $ 1.40,000, W<o ; i
I *o that, in 187(1, the nnionut of rndd and
*ilvrr in the world in mangy ana the arts |
' amounted to $7,900.000.f100.
Still the gold and silver i* iocreaxißg. j
Nevada ia opening up rich mines, Colors
.do richer, and one hundred mint* are
> living worked in Utah alone.
There is also lead enough In Utah to
supply the world, while California, Idaho.
' and Montana ore supplying gold in un
limited quantifies. "i'he "(Vunsttvek
Lode" ropjdiea thri-o tons of silver per j
week, the " Meadow Vallev," at iWhe, ]
three tons per w-ek (worth §52,000 per :
ton\ and .Mr. Webster nays there arc j
still 2,t*00 imworked copper, lin, bis |
in nth, silver, and lend mines within 150 j
miles of Suit Luko City.
America alone yielded in gold and sil
ver in 1870, 5100.000.000 ; and it was es
timatod that in 1871 the annual iucruase :
reached 5200,000,000.
(Jurat I.om or CArrut in Y*xa*.—
Both the late cold weather and tt
drouth have occasioned nn immensu loas
of cnttlc in many portions of Texas. In
deed, the stock interest baa not received 1
for many yean such a severe blow. Ac
cording to the Tex is papers it is estima
ted that 200,000 heads of entflr have
died during the pat few weeks in Wes
tern Texas. The loss has betn fearful
lietwcen the Ouadnlnpe and Nueoes
Rivers. In (lolisd slone 25.C00 animals
have lieen skinned, and aliont an Ciiuul |
numlier in San Patrico and Kfrgot j
Counties.
The Ban Antonio HrrnUi saya that Ik
a space of one mile opposite 11 el cue,
l,ooi* or more animals have leen
Within a sjwiee of three iniles, near hen
netly's Ferry, on tha Nueces 5,000 more
have died, apd many of the carcases
have been stri|pcd or the hides.
At last aeooiuits the cattle were dying
in Texas at a fearfnl rata, from Starve
tion. After the cold weather came a
terrible drouth, fttid there was lilerally
no grass for them to subsist upon. So
the loss of stock in the counties above
mentioned, in Victoria, De witt, Oon
zales and otlier neighboring portions,
this Winter and Spring, niav he estima
ted at about one half. We rejoice to
learn that abundant rnins have recently
i fallen over all the State.
TURFS.—The Agricultural Convention
at Washington : resolved, " that we ear
nestly advise and entreat the farmers of
our whole country, who are favorably
located for the purpose, to plant forest
trees, not merely for shade and ornn
ment, but bv the"acre and hundreds of
seres, in order to reprodnee forests, to
take the place of those thnt are Being so
rapidly and fearfully demolished in every
direction, thereby not only providing for
the actual necessities of those who are to
come after us. but ulao to avert calamities
that can neither be imagined nor de
scribed, thnt musf eventually
whenever our broad, land shall be strip
ped of its forests, end conseouently de
prived of the numerous beneficent influ
ences they are known to impart."
A pood, finished scandal, full-armed
and equipped, such as circulates in the
world, in rarely the production of a ain
fle individual, or even of a single coterie,
t sees the light in one ; is rooked and
nurtured in another ; is petted, devel
oped, and attains its growth in a third ;
and receives its finishing touches only
after passing through a multitude of
hands.
A Japanese Execution.
The decapitation of fonr men at Tube
i Yokohama), for the dime of stealing
forty Hot, is thus described by an fe
witnros of the acene : Th execution
1 ground was fenced tn the form ot n
eorrul, and stood amidst fields of waving
Itnrley. In one corner of this enclosure
was n inat-nbrd, aud jnst outside uf it
an emiinou* group of trees —otninoti* at
i feast to condemned prisoners, for the
fasl-decayiug skulls which lie around too
] plainly tell the tale of that sequestered
I pot. ' The birds aud dogs have been at
work iu the offensive burying idaoe, and
| have uue&rthed those remnant* of the
dead. The dread hoar appointed for
' tlie Kcutonced culprits to expiate their
crimes, ja 7i- M Hut at six a numerous
and somewhat motley group of foreign
ers and natives assembled. While mov
ing about ths spot, we observed prepa
ration* which have been mode for the
execution- A horizontal bar, upon
wltich are four ominous spike* project
ing upward —and whereon the heads of
(he doomed criminal* will be bleaching
in the *ufi. for two or throe day*—stand*
about two yards from the fence. Op -I
posit* to this are two holes in the'
ground, the dim. nstos* of which are
uUmt three feet by lj feet, and some
It inehas deep. Brsiile these tlte poor
wrotobsa will have to kneel when be
headed, tiiat their hoods may fail into
theui- Near one of these holes is s
white handkerchief on u tifT. In tlie
hut nit the executioners complacently
awaitiug the arrival at the procession
from the prison. Anxions to hate a chat
with,the chief headsman, a man apparent
ly; fifty or sixty year* of age, we enter
the mat shed and wi*h th'-mgood morn
ing, which is politely rorurued, light
cigars and enter into a cniversatiou re
garding the prisoners. Wc then casual
ly examine the exixntioner'* word, a
long two-handled one, and doubtless of j
the best steel. Moving outside again, j
we olwrrvs Qro im-xwa-ing concourse .
auxMHMto wftiaiu Umj dying throes of
the unfertuusto men.
But Htcn I that mwurnfulchant, soft
ly wafted over the field* of gram which
glow iu tliu morning munahine, betokens
the approach of the sad niwwwoa.
Nearer and nearer it apjiroaeiu-s us, mud
as its aorrowful lay isocnood by the hills
1 and mnpiorw around, a thrill of pain, of
I sympathy for those on whom another
morn will never brighten, is felt by al
most every heart that's there. Now it
jis within a few yards. Thrve men are
jearTy inf; •* mwry board*. b ld aloft on
j Kile"*, uiKn which ia written a declar
ation ol the crime committed by the
wdprita t tficu came Uuvo or four more,
having poles with a cross oovcred with
spikes at tit* 1 top—emblematical of the
prison wnd junttee: ttien follows string
f oflicers and ntt-udanta, in tha midst
ot whom are the prisoners—font very
fcydtfbgtM*). TKjWeJ3I |hnt with firm-
Hivse* i.<l awengro. hA the fburth. aiek
sm| owcrbflgKHl wgh tlistri-s, is being
caxrieg di a I m*., or t chair,
t A* they dhsi rtreiigh the gate, we arc
iom< what surprised to bear one of Ibmn,
• as he wulks close by us, say, oA iyw g>u-
I (tnim tt.' fgocsl moriiing) and then ex
prt-A* hi* opinion that tile terrible death
to attach be is doomed would resemble
going to Hi**t?p. The three men Rbe
iourth tH-iiqj in a state of semi-insensi
bility) take long, king f asm at snr
rounding object, ami tiieaneudantapro
c*e*l to blindfold them, their arms hav
th*rlK>kX bound Iwlutal ihm
licftWi-bwvltig fls jail. The thrua man,
each in turn, tfu-n gave utterance to a
aort of exhortnti.m and prayer. The
miserable wretch hi the k woo hi now
lifted oul aud placed inside tue hole on
hi* ke<-**. while two men stand behind
hi to holding his body—but there is noth
ing to plaoe bis bear) ujmn. Another
takes hitnhy the chin to i*ot his bead
Tn p&itioo, which lie stioeped* in doing
in a minute and a half, a delay torritdj
i agonizing to the vu tim.
The executioner now steps up, and
] sutiluMi like a man about to perform a
loat of sport, takes aim. awl Ilia next
moment—with a sudden |tim of that
listening hWord and n siek* ning thud -
the luwd. saturated with blood, pdl* itita
the earth, tin* blood at Uie same time
< gushing from the hendleaa body which
ley quivering on the ground. The
{ hi KKf-stirineil best! is immeilinte'y liitmi
from its receptacle by the hair, and pre
srrded to the public "gaze with an air of
.stliaUetiun. Wate ris then poured over
it, the liMcaa trunk Uuug covered with
straw -mats and removal a abort distance
aWav. At a given sigu another is led
birth, and km-els at the other bole ; the
-auie scene of blood was again enacted,
j The third is now brought forwtud, his
-.laughter diflering from the others only
jin the fact that another headsman does,
! tlie work. AuJ now the fourth—tho man
pnrticularly remarkable for his seeming
uidifh-rence to the horrible fate which
awaited him—steps up to play his jwrt
in the <ir<*ulfnl tnigaly. Another aim
—another gleam of that terrible weapon
j of death, and the last victim sink* to the
.earth, " aahN-u"—-asleep in death. This
soene ,*f blood ia now ended, and four
liHtnan leswls are iqion those ugly spikes,
bleaching tn the sun, as n terrible warn
ing to'law-break era. Rnt painful as Uiis
recital may be, the Japanese inflict far
greater punishment* on those guilty of
forgery, homicide, etc., crucifixion being
quite common.
("ATTtiK Thikves.—A Texas Grand
Jury bus made n formidable present*
I rncnt of the crimes perpetrated on tlie
]W<qdr of their btato by the Mexican
iieoillts who gavtae the Mtin of conn-
U* Irni# Mverfi tils Iers nd Rio
fnnnfie. The iisel i# oellniiily very
iirar e JhiiiKtthc xh :ns. wlto are com
thniKkd by gooiral* of thr Iteqmblie,
and who wll plunder ojicnlv in Mexi
can market*. The sjioils of Texan citi
zen* nre said to a mount to 5,000 cattle
per monib, or 50.300.000 worth jier year,
j I'he rejKirt of the (Irand Jutv has the
; merit of Ix-ing pungent and direct in
language, nud fixe* on Cortina, the rauk
lip firneiql. the title <4 [' rshWng cow
*Sirtfi"rti'lhi on both Trodthrs." It
is clear that tbgse jwople ne<"d looking
after forthwith. - \ \ \
MAKIXO Ibirfisn —L. B. Hperrr, of
Mrtlone. N. Y., Heerrtary of the Berry
butter factory, reports as follows :—Fee
tory commenced receiving milk 24h of
May. and closed Oetoter 28th, 1871 ;
whole nnmbcr pounds of milk received,
425,088; pounds of butter made, 16,931.
Thus showing a fraction over twenty-five
and , one-tenth pounds of t° the
pound of luitter. Sales of butter averaged
a little over Mhrty-on* cents per pound.
The Union factory, of Bangor, N. Y.,
rc|>ort % ilays' tnilk. amounting to 233-
161 pounds, and 9,522 pounds of bntter
sold, making an average of 24) pounds
of unlit fogjgh pout*! i4>ntter. The
Cold Spring factory, of Malone. reports
441,267 pounds of milk received, and
fISMURftRtt Z,*Z
of milk. The Borley Spring factory, or
Chatnuqua, reports 270,811 pounds of
milk for 12,612 pounds of butter made,
or 22 55-100 ponnde of milk to one of
butter.
A HAUTAX pilot and three assistants,
who at great risk succeeded in getting
aboard a Qheoeo schooner which had
parted anchor and was going to sen with
the drift ice, were arrested by the agent
on bringing her in, for illegally enter
ing the vessel and breaking open the
cabin.
Thank God tor KnsAay.
Now a I*l be thanked ! that b has glvso—
J Ural huoo to a suit and *lOlll t
A As* of rest oos day la seven
Where toll is not the winner;
Rest for the tired and jaded brain,
The weaned band on Sunday,
That they might gather aUwngtb again
Ft* tod renewed no Monday.
The merchant in his counting-room.
The rlerk o'er desk and lodger.
The artisan at forge and loom,
The ditcher and the badger
The laborer, who must tuti and slave
From jrai iy daen on Monday
Until the wek sinks in its grave.
All cry ; *• Thank Qwd for (Sunday •
The day that lift* the weighty chain
Winch all the week hath honnd n*;
That respite riv.-a to heart and brain,
From thousand ear** aroond us ;
That tn the noisome march of life
Ho Uda us take, for one day.
Host from the battle and the strife.
Oh I Oud be thanked tor Sunday!
If thus by all one day of rast
Be baited, as leapt Is solely.
How to the Christian, doubly blest.
Must he the Habbtlh holy;
As, in faith's light, he lifts bis eyes
To the bright world where, one day
He longa to spend beyond the akiea,
A bleat. Mernai Honda? I
THE TWO TROIBLEN.
It wss a oold. fits mat eveninr in Novem
ber that two laborer* migto t have been seen
wending their way along the treeta of a
large manufacturing town.
Slowly they proceeded with dejected
1 countenance*, not exchanging a word until
the one whom we shall call Smith halted
1 before a neat little house and unlatched
the gate"- Then there wm such a look cd
utter misery and despair gleaming from his
eyre, that his companion murmured, u We
mu*t irut in Hmith." *
" Yre," be articulated glooouly.and go
ing to the cradle took up the six weeks'
old baby, and sorrowfully pressed it to
hU heart.
44 1 do wish you would put that child
down and get ready for supiwr," exclaim
ed hi* wifr. after enduring his gloominef*
lor some time.
He slowly obeyed, and then seated him
self at the table with a nigh. •
4 - What in the world i the matter with
you to night f" she asked, as she sat down
opp<eitehim.
nis voice trembled * he readied. u I
*ufpoe y<xi might as well know it first as
last. I have been discharged."
4 *There!" exclaimed bis wife quickly,
pushing back her chair; 44 just what "l
might have expected I I'd like to know
what we are grenr to do now—winter on
and aIL I declare. Hmith, you will torture!
me te death."
•• I am very eorvv, Lvdia. but I cannot
help it"
" Sorry! No, you are not sorry at ail.
You would Jut as lief see your wife and j
children starved a not. It's nothing in
the world but your poor managing."
•'Lydia, youare cruel. Instead of help
ing me to endure toy great.trouble, which
ia bearing me down to the verv earth, you
make it ten tunc* harder for me to bear.
1 was not the only on* discharged. There
w as Jim Hawley and ever so many others.
Business i* dull.
" Business is doll!" she mimkked after
h!m. 44 Always an excuse lor a worthless
man. To tbhik thst you hould be di*
charged now, just a* our rent is due; and
thex ww are wit of wood; and look at
my sham, woo't von f ray fret on the
ground. I wish I had never married yew,"
aud a -lark look accompanied the words.
The pour husband now covered hi* bee
with bU hand* an-1 gnwuod aloud. This
seemed to rucounigr hi* wife to go no; for
*he uttered word* more and more hitter,
nntil at httt, driven almost fo a state of
fremry, the wretcbrd man rushed trom the
bowse to the twvern. and there sought to 1
bury the thought* of the pa** and future
9) tue gum cop
In tba nmautime John llavrley, his com
paniou in labor, cutared bis home with a
sad countenance. But before he had 1
stepped over the threshold e loving pair
of arm* were thrown around hi* neck and
a pair of sweet Hp* were pressed to his.
He returned the sslctation saJly, aud then
inquired for the baby.
41 She is sleeping sweetly in her cradle
She ha* been a perfect litrie darling all
daf. Supper is waiting, so make haste :
Here ia wanu wit or and a towel. Arc yon 1
not later t ban usual to-night 7"
44 Tea. Mary ; I bring bed news to you."
u Bad new*!" hc exclaimed turning
pale, as for the first time *bc noticed that
•something was wrong.
44 Yet; I wsa discharged to night, and
I do not know as I can g?t anything to
do before spring. Bttsine** is swdull."
" Is that all 7" asked hi* wifr. with a
sigh of relief. 44 1 thought it was tosne
thing terrible, the way you looked."
" And ia it not terrible enough ? What
will bt come of u thia winter if I am out
of employment 7"
44 The *atm- find who feeds the sparrow
and clothe* the lilies of the field, will not
let n* suffer, dear James."
" (lod blm you, Msry. There i sweet
mmfbrt ia ronr word*.''
I " Ami now let us hrtnir|ier, M exclaim
ed the wife cheerfully. ''Sea, ] have
j-our favorite disb—shortcake and tat.
j Do not let your troubles impair your ai
' petite, and then, alter tea, we'll talk it
! over. Cod doeth everything for the beat
; And a* onrdiv, so shall oin strength be."
1 In the evening it wa determined that
the rjnart-rt rent should be paid immedi
ately, ami a new supply of eoal obtained,
and the remaining portion of the monev
plaeed in the wife's hands to be daait with
a* sparingly as possible.
Then Mary suggested that all her pretty
parlor furniture should bo put away in the
garret, and the front room let out. Further
than this they could lay no plana, and as
the husband went out to pay the rent, the
future looked so dark to tbe young wile
that ahe could not altogether restrain bcr
' fears ; hut seeing strength from on high,
her fcce won? the same cbeorfhl smile when
her husband returned, and" lftth* did W
know that during all that nightlong, while
he and bis baby were soundly sleeping, his
wife lay awake planning tor the hiturc.
Three months have passed without a
day's work all that time, and now another
quarter's rent is due. In vain tbe laborer
thrust his bands into his empty poeke's,
and in vain racks his brain for some solution
of the problem how the rent is going to be
paid. Tbe lodger had paid hi* money
monthly, but then that was not enough
to meet tbe sum, if he had it, and of course
hi* wife had spent that just as fast as she
had received it, ami it was a every day
wonder to James how Mary managed so
well.
tVith fee'ing of deep despair he entered
the house. The taWc was spread with the
same favorite dish. There was tbe short
cake and toast, flanked with a golden lump
ol butter, a plate of honey and a deep dish
of roasted apples, to be served with suyar
and cream, while at his wife* plate sat the
steaming tea-pot. Aa James took it in,
all at one glanoc, be greatly wondered at
the frugal, yet comfortable way of living.
How bis wife bad been able to' make that
small amount of money last so long was a
mystery to him, and yet be could not help
wishing inwardly that she had been more
economical; then, perhaps, the rent might
have been paid, and he felt that it would
have been better to have subsisted on one
crust of bread rather than to be turned
out of doors homeless.
He refused to sit at the table, pleading
that he Lad no appetite. And a great,
TERMS : Two Dolkra a Year, in Advance.
Jar*** tear arose in tb at mug man% t jet,
ai he iniormad bit wife thet on the mor
row (be; woold be torn*!! ftom their
borne, to go be knew not where, M be had
not a dollar in hie packet to aw-ore them
a room ehewbera.
"I that it i" exclaimed bin wile, in a
aolt tone, and trij|ied op stairs and soon
returned and plievd two tea dtdlar bill*
in his band.
" Where did you get tbeto P be askad
ageriy, turning tbetn oeer on bla hand*
w (bough to ascertain wire (bar (hay were
really genuine or not.
•* I ranted them." replied hie wife gay If.
" 1 knit afgbsua abawia, chikliwn's booda,
aai <jiM* and M*ks, at Ant only ft* tboee
wbont ! providentially beard wished arti
cle* ot tbeTttnd, and afterward* wan em
ployed to furnish a trimming eatabliibi—dt
with my work."
u You keftt lit aeenit from me V
44 Yen, becaoee I thought yon woold be
aortied fur fear I wa* doing too much.
I bee to knit dearly, and oooaider it more
of a pleasant pastime than labor."
u God be prained for giving me such a
wife !" exclaimed bee bnaband, earnestly;
and, preming bia wife and child closely to
hM buaom, atd: " Her children arise op
and nail Iter bleated; her bnaband aim,
and praiaetb her. fur many daughter* bare
done virtuously, but thou exoidiaat tbcm
all."
• a • • • • •
Twenty yeara bare |waned, and James
llairley fa a rich man. But Joaepb Smith
■a a eon firmed drunkard while bia wife ban
long eioee panned frum earth a victim of
tntw-ry and want.
Why will not wives **Ut their bo-
Iwnds to bear their trial* with helping
band* and hearts ? If they would but do
no, bow many (amities would be tared
from rain, and bow tweet would be thuir
reward, not only upon earth, but ia heaven.
Snnohiae 1B Teal.
A lamp of coal, it is often ud, it
look up of ntubeun. We ld be
, hew Ui is more readily of the diamond*,
which ib juot * crystal of carbon, far it in
NO bright and sparkling, and makes
brilliant sunshine in a shady place. But
(■▼en the dull, black ooal has been formed
of the sunshine of long forgotten sum
mers. Every sunbeam that fell upon the
rlub-mosst* and ferns of the old cosh
i forests enabled them to withdraw the
minute, naseeo carbon from the air, and
form out of it their own soh.l tissue.
Xhrr thus eaged and imprtsonwd the
Hosting light itself, and wrought its
bright threads in their loots into the
1 !. untifnl patterns of stem and leaf
a bieh they showed.
To form one of the little rings of wood
in the trunk of one of the old piaea took
the sans bine of a long summer falling
upon all its thousand learns ; and who
can tail bow much sunshine has been
worked up in all the stores of coal that
lie concealed under oar feat ? This
' prisoned sunshine w* set free whenever
wc kindle a fire of coals. When the son
ceases to shiue upon us in these cold,
misty days, we draw upon the sunshine
of s million years ago to drive away the 1
frost and make us comfortable. The
source of all labor is the sun ; and we
get the bsorflt of bis labor when we
; barn the coal or the wood in which he
bus condensed and preserved it No ray
|of sunshine has ever been wasted or
; thrown awav. It is because nature has
been so thrifty in her household ways
that we are enabled to be so prodigal of
our resources to-day, spending more fhan
one hundred militant of tout of oosl
every year, and with that vast consump
> Uon of aim labor producing all the varied
and extraordinary work that we do un
der the son. Why is a lump of coal
j black, if it is composed of sunbeam*,
, which every one knows contains all the
. colon of the rainbow ? Why it it black,
if it it made up of the green stems and
' branches and loaves of plant* * It is be
came Its particle* are so formed and are
ranged as to take in alt the light that
falls upon it. without giving back any
portion. A white object reflect* all the
light, and black object atwnrbs all the
light What becomes, then, of the colore
which the black ooal has withdrawn from
I the sunshine ? Are they lost ? No !
nothing in this world is lost. Everything
ia accounted for. When any tiring has
Nerved its purpose in one form, it seems,
to vanish altogether; but it reappears in
another form, and in it works anew:
There is everywhere change, but not loss.
A growing plant absorbs some of the
colors of the sunbeams that n Hirish it,
and reflect* others in its prevailing hue
—yellow, or blue, or ml, or purpk.
Bit the colors that it absorbs are not,
lost; they generally reappear in some
other or idler part of the plant 80 the
colore of the sunshine that arc absorbed
in the black coal come out in the colored
flame* of the blazing fire. The red aad
vel low flame over which you warm your
hands ia just the flower into which the
sunshine. cna aled and stored up it the
coal for ages. Lis blossomed. But more
than this ; the last colore of the rainbow
in coal are brought oat still more itrik
ingly by our modern manufacture*.
Every one has heard of, and very many
(arsons have seen, what arc called the
coal-tar colore. Richest and brightest
hues of blue and green, and mauve and
magenta, and COM and yellow, are ob
tained from tar, and tar is obtained from
coal.
There are hidden beautice in every
thing, and there arc wonders in the fire
stranger than any faces and castles and
pictures that the* fancy sees in its glowing
heat in the twilight hours—wonders, the
half of which has not been told.—
, Coal and Iron Rtoord.
A Singular Affair.
The wifr of • cattle broker named Weuie
waa ranrdered at Pittsburg. Pa. When
discovered, the woman lay on a bed and
pi escntcd a bon ible spectacle. There wi
a deep, rapped gaah on the throat, extend
ing almost from ear to ear, nearly two inch
es wide, which had penetrated the wind
pipe. In addition, there was a terrible
awing cut on the hack of the neck, ex
tending into the spinal column, and, with
that on the throat, almost severing the head
from its trunk. While bar husband was
in the room, the dying woman, unable to
speak, glanced at bim, lifted her right hand,
drew it across her throat, as if in the act
of cutting it, and then pointed it at her
husband. Putting a pencil in ber band, an
officer held a piece of paper for her, on
which she wrote as the murderer,' Peter
Weiae." Weise appeared at last t6 realize
that he was in danger. Being acensed of
the crime, he became much agitated, fell
down on his knees at the bedside, and un
plercd his wife to save him from being
hanged. Ho denied by signs that he had
djne it, and intimated as far as possible
under the circaosstances that she was her
own murderess. Blood was found on the
door in considerable quantities, and the
razor, badly nicked, with which the cat
ting was done, was discovered in a ceener
of the room, and he was covered with blood
The neighbors say the two were in the habit
of quarreling.
How THEY DID IT.— Word oame to
the town ootmcil of Edinburgh that the
rope of the chief bell had given way. It
was necessary to decide whether it should
be spliced ai a coat of two shillings, or
replaced by a new one at a cost of two
and sixpence. Three solemn dinners
were held, coating ten pounds each, and
it was finally decided, on the score oi
economy, that the rope had better be
aplieed.' They decided, "As faithful
stewards of the public funds, they were
bound to be careful."
Frightened by the Earthquake,
The effect of tW saeorraivs shocks
upon the miner*, nays a California letter,
■ was singular. Some of them threw them
•elves prostrate la terror, while others,
half clad mid in th grsotarf fright, took
to the woods. Our artist baa caught the
expression and appearnnce of two of thaw
a (Sighted men most earnestly, yatattba
same time somewhat ludicrously.
NO. 18.
Pacta and Pasties.
No franking privilege exists ia Eng
aad.
Cash advances—attentions ho a rich
widow.
Wbteb is the ugliest hooi ever worn f
—Falsehood.
The bitter end—the last half inch of a
penny cigar.
1 The conjunctive mood—thoughts of
It is easier to plant acorns than to
transplant oaks.
The mother's heart gives 4th joy at
Mac baby's Ist Bth
Of all the birds 'that please us with
thuir lays, the moat popular is the hen. |
Smart young men, and gossiping, pert
girls, are the persona most to be dreaded
in society.
A little girl in Mfimohs was lately
frightened to death by the Boise of a
mill into which she ran.
The infallible cure for rheumatism is
now flannel and patieaea; and for goat
taa and toad 'cl exercise.
If your wife does abuse you, you have
the pleasant oonartoasneaa that she will
net jennit any one alae to do so.
Boaneta and round bats sue so much
alike ia shape and trimming this season
that it ia very difficult to tcH which is
which.
A sour oM bachelor makes the remark
that a girl who is now termed a beautiful
blonde, would, a few yean ago, have bams
called a tow head.
Zukertorf is believed to be the beat
chess player ia the world, bring engaged
in that profitable game sixteen hours
out of every twenty-foul.
Make larJroad murders so expensive
that no company can afford to perpetrate
them; that's tbe wmj to abolish that#
" harrowing catastrophes."
The annual production of petroleum
fa tbe Cnited States, was, fa 18, 88,-
000 barrels, and. in 187®, 6,600,000 bar-
rata.
The greater the difficulty the more
giorv in surmounting it. Skillful pilots
gain their reputations from statins and
dangers.
He that is taught to lire upon a little
owes more to tus father* wisdom than he
that has a great deal left him does to hie
father's care.
Loring wife at Long Branch : " The
horrid surf makes nut keep my month
shut." Sarcastic husband: "Take some
of it home with yon."*
A night clerk who was called op by a
woman who wanted to buy "a cents
worth of matches," in e Lowell drug
store, politely told her to go yhwe brim
stone was free.
Mr. George W McCnß, is building an
Episcopal Church in Nevada, end when
it is completed mkstds to send out a
rector, and pay him a handsome salary
for ten years.
A Burl* street seen#: "Dear lady,
said a child exposing a toy for sale,
"buy this." "Whet is As pnoe?"
"Judge yourself, madamc ; I here eaten
nothing to-day."
The hair on a camel weighs shout ton
pounds and sells for mors than one hun
dred dollars, which shows that it was not
only hi the day* of Mohammed that the
animal bore a greet prophet.
The Chicago Eecsu'eg Port introduces
flic obituanr of Prof. Morse with the
following appropriate textH i* line ia
goue out through all the earth, and his
words to the cud of the world.
The digestive organ* of the Japanese
excite the curiosity of the medical pro
feesrioa. Thiwr fondue* for sour cu
cumbers and hard eggs is startling to
quiet Cttixeus of dyspeptic proclivities.
A maiden who had once been jilted
wrote her own epttaph. as foDows .
*• Here toe the tody Sf one
Who died of ooasUney stone.
Stnnm' tdrenre with steps courageous.
For this disease a not cestegwus!"
A Richmond paper lately had this
Statement: "The Grand Jury met yes
terdar and made one Indictment—the
name of the party (Mr. Lohnaan) we hare
been requested to withotd for the pres
ent."
A sportive hunter of Detroit who kept
e flack of whisky with him on e shooting
trip, struck a race course in the suburbs
on his return, and walked around it all
night, wondering why he didn't get to
town.
A young lady says she cannot see any
thing so wonderful in the newspapers
predicting the weather, as they always
know beforehand what ihe fashion* are
going to be. and she is sure there is
nothing in nature so fickle as the fash
ions.
And old man of seventy committed su
icide in New Hampshire the other day
ht canto he was hopelessly addicted to
hsbite of dissipation and intemperance.
Near IT all his life he had been the vic
tim of his appetites, and finally gave up
the struggle.
The Havana (Mason Co.; Illinois)
CMaritm says the chinch-bug* are making
preparations to clean out the entire corn
crop this season, unless some way can
be found to destroy them; and a good
mnv farmers are getting ready to rake
and burn them.
A Western steamboat captain favors
the world with a computation of the ton
nage of Noah's ark. He makes it out at
22,368 tons, which he says, exceed* the
tonnage of all the 125 steamboats on the
Mississippi and its tributaries, from St.
Louis to St. Paul.
Judge Anderson, of Belmont County,
Ohio, recently issued a marriage license
for the twenty-eighth sob of Charles
Brandon, there being five ttß younger
than he. The father of three thirty
three children formerly lived in Bellaire,
and had been dead only a few years.
He had three wives.
The brightest minds are most subject
to the diabolical seducemente of intem
perance, Who, in the circle of his own
acquaintance, does not remember some
shining intellect, some bright orb of
mind, rising in splendor, and mpidlv as
cending to a refulgent day, but suddenly
shrouded in everlasting night ?
Olive Logsn commenced one of her
lectures at Newark, recently, with the
remark, '* Whenever I a pretty girl,
I want to clasp her in my an&" "So
do we," shouted the boys in the gallery.
For a moment Olive waa nonplussed,
but, recovering her self-possesKion, abe
replied, "Well, boys, I don't blame
you." _______ l
GOOD ADVICE —Don'T he diseour aged
if occasionally you slip down by the way,
and others tread on you a little.' In other
words, don't let a failure or two dish eart
en you; accident* will happen, Bnd mis
calculations will sometimes be made,t bings
will turn ost differently to our rap eola
tions, and we may be asfferem. It is
worth while to remember that fortune is
like the skiet in the month of April,
sometimes cloudy, and sometimes clear
and favorable.