SIASOHABUK PROVERBS. —There are proverb* extant which illnat rate opinion* with regard to weather, and these are generally accepted and quoted without question: " April in 1 May are the key* of the year." " A May flood never did geod." i" A swaraa at bee* ia May i* worth a load at * hay, But a swarm in July is not worth a fly. "Hon the eleventh of Anno it rain, ft foretells* wet harvest,men **in." " If the aeoon 1 of Juty he rainy weat her, '•will rata mere or leaa for Tour weeks togeth er." " A hot May makes a fht churchyard." " A snow yeYr, a rich year " " Winter'* Umnder and aummer'a fl.od Never hodod.a fanner good." *' A rainbow in the morning ia the shepherd's warning. But a rainbow at night ia the shepherd's de light," "If the run rise red and florv, wind and rain." The Burled Seed. Two thousand years ago a flower Bloomed lightly in a far-off land, Two thousand year* ago the seed Wa* placed within a dead man a hard. Before the Savior came to earth That man had lived and loved ami died. And even in that far-off land The flew or had Spread ita perfume wide. Snfcs rose and set; years came and went; The dead hand kept its treasure well. Nation* were Nora and turned to dust While life lay hidden in that shell. The ahnveiled hand waa robbed at last, Tha seed was buried m the earth, When, to! lbs lift, long hidden there, Into a glonou* flower hunt firth. duet such a plant as that which grew Prom such a aeed when Vuiied loa. Just "such a flower in Egypt bloomed And died two thousand years ago. And *ill not He who watched the seed And kept the lift within it* shell, When those he Wire* are laid to rest. Watch o'er their buried dust aa well? And will not He from 'ueath the sod Cause something glorious to artser? Aye ; though it akwp two thousand year*, Tet all that buried duet shall rise. Jaat sash a face as greets you now. Just such s f>rra as fibre we wear, Only more glorious far will n.-s To meet the Savior i* the air. Then will I lay me down in yeau* When called so leave (his vale of tear* ; Foain my flash shall Tnee God, E'en though I sleep two thousand years. SC.WIER SWEETINGS. 14 You might take a basket of those sum mer sweeting* down to Mjidow small's, BM:** " mother niine, if you say so." *ll vron\ f*k tr>n ten miuutea." "No? Where doe* she Hv ?" " Follow Um orchard wall, and turn do 9 Lover* l-aue, and itV the first cot tape on jotir left— so the anrvantstrll tne; rvo never Wen there." Bert \ ",ph, U.a#k yon! Tell Mrs. (?reaterei that there is nothing! like so well as sum mer swgetiags. 1 ' "SfceseM them with her compliments,'' said Bert, fibbing Awkwardly, hut leeliog that he owed sn apology to this vision ot loveliness lor having thought if her as an old wamnq in a mob cap. " Your mother is very kind. Won't you come in and sec my do were 1" "lfki will. Are these your children!" he asked. " They are my little scholars. You most bavemistaken me for the old woman who fiveil in a bhoe! "> VDo vow take rare of all thene flowers yourself?" he asked, while she pointed oat her favorite*. What a poetical employ ment . " Oh, it is not poetry, it is poverty that more-me." she replied. "1 make them into bduqnfts to sell. Let me give you these for your button hofe." -*Tb*aks: apd ? will order a bouquet of ywo awry day." " Oh. I si)all gtpw as rich as Crowns. Jon are too generous. One of my little scholars shall take it to you.'' '•Ifo; i? you please, I will come far it thyself"* ; "IVrtaifllyl It is time for me to ring my bell now : recess has been over these the minute-" *' " I suppose that ia a hint for me to be gone. ' i wish 1 was a little chap in your prims?,class? Good-by, jpn will see me towrrpg. "Where have yon been, Bert?" said Caroline {"the carriage. has beyn waiting ftifc liaTfiVnar.". "f Carried sotne apples to the widow Small"*," answered the guilty Bert. "MuLherftat them." lidyou 1 lias she any children I*' "Thexf were half a dozen or more the premises,", answered Bert; smUMiK "rdor fbntf always havje such a lot. I>oe afieltve to take care of tbtm her self?" * That Me mod to be Ler occupation." " k must be disagreeable ta be o.d and poor; too; to lufl four color, and see your eves fe'trea'.ipg into rout bead, your akin growing vglluw and wrinkled, and your hair gtdfing gray". Is she An awful old fright, BeAf" * Vao bad better go and see for your self. lasghqd her brother, "yonr taste is so different from mine. That new panier, for Ifittknee, which yon wore'yesterday, and thought so stylish, is simply hideous to dtp.'* • > ' fOh -wo. I bat* the neighborhood of poasrtf and trouble ; squalor gives me s qualm. Ko; I wjli send her some of ray o'd g(^rus—without panier*—if yon think she'ff nke them, but don't ask me to go fhd her.'' And the* they drove rtiund "and called on the Upton girls, and • (laroKne-dOet right of the poor widow and ber large family in discussing the new po -1 snake ted the latest t*le of eliignon*. BnA lieiA made amends for his sister's sltajXeonncgs. All the time that he chat ted with, Maria Upton, holding her scarlet yarns and saying gallant nothings, he was comparing ner with the widow Small, and flWftfcffitwx In hfcr beauty and demeaaor. OtHJvywfterdny bri had tliouglit Maria Up ton Abe prettiest girl in the World, with whom it would aot he difficult to get iQgiUj in Jase, bat jst now she seemed ,| IWIW affedbitioa* •♦What is on yonr mind ?" she asked, suddenly. "Excuse mp, but you don't •< yourself.* * ' ,IL ' ' "Norvjou eitltffc" he ought have re- M>i|ti nmcu'thotfcitlfcr, perhaps," insteaAr . , t eWnWfirow to yndgq about that. &>*, what good have y*u done since . yesterday ?i? • - >• • .Oh yes; I harried a basket of sasbmer sweepings to-the Widow Small. wuqulty, this widow, isn't she!" * " Don't ask me; a lady's age is a sacred • ! sss4 I wear a false front piece and glasses r' agdl who wear false fronts, if it means ; f ben they would rather town, and say 'l*am glad to see you' when they wish yefor#— that he desired to balauce the past ac count, which made tip a pretty turn total of angared speeches and hsif-uttcred dec laration*, by crediting thetu all to friend ship. There vu an air of indifference shout him which she greatly mistrusted ; hut alio would not allow him to slip through her linger* *o easily. Publicity of private affair* was the bugbear of the Greaterex aonl: had she not received enough fragrant note* and letters from Rert to answer her purpose? Not that h Would descend to the vulgur ueeeasity of a breach of promise, but where was the harm of making him understand that he wa* compromised f "I have been reading Madame Sevigne'a correapondeuca," said she.- "and it strikes ■' me that yon resemble each other in pot-, seating the secret of tine letter writing, wheu most people run into twaddle." " I dou't know how to hear myself un der such a burden of praise. I feel that it is undeserved. " In order to oonviuoa you of its truth, perhaps 1 had better allow you to repe ruse a few specimeas that 1 have from one Mr. Berthold Greaterax. See! here they are ," unlocking a cabinet and showing a goodly parcel tied with ribbon. " l>id 1 write you alt those ?" said Bert, rghast. " Let me see them." "What are they 1" asked Caroline, withdrawing her attention from the styles for au instant. "Oh! love-letters?" " Love-letter* ?" repeated Maria. " I don't know.—Were they, Mr. Greaterex ?" j aside. 44 I don't reuiemher," #*id Bert. " I*l me read them, and I'll decide." " I don't dare trust you. People have away of burning up their old letters if they can lay hands upon them. Now perhaps I'm silly and sentimental, but mine are worth something to me. By the wsy, Mr. Greaterex, did you ever go into court when there was a breach of promise case on? Jerome took us in once, when they were reading the love letters, and it was so funny? Everybody was convulsed. They were very nice letters too!" Bert turned a little pale, lie vaguely remembered that at different period* he had believed himself seriously " smitten" i with Maria's charms, and had, no doubt, written in a strain becoming a lover, but how ardently or how explicitly he could not recall, lie knew that there bad been a breach-of promise case away back in the experience of one of hia ancestor*; and the case had gone against him. yet he had never fully recovered the tone of his sen sibilities, which had received such a shock "Give them to me," said Bert reaching his hanu for them. " Will you give me any thing in return of equal value? Will you give me the nosegay in your button-hole t" "It is beginning to fade. No, Miss Up ton." "Come into the garden, and I will give yon a fresh one. " Thanks." He followed into the garden, where she made a selection, and throwing Mrs Small's gift aside, put her own in its place. When she had finished be picked ; up the faded fiower and pressed it into j his pocket-book. "Olt," said Maria, a souvenir, some " The words broke off in her throat. "Who ; gave it to you?" abruptly. " The Widow Small," said Bert smiling. "Come you are teasing me. You j sha*ht see a single letter; and they are ever so interesting!" "How could they be otherwise when you were the subject f" And then Caroline called to them that j sb£ was going home, and the conference ended. So it was that Bert temporized, with j thai dreadful hint of letters being read in court for the diversion of the towns-folk hanging over his head. Had he been quite certain of their content* he migh: have defied them; but he was aware that j a young man in the first enfhrallment of fancy allows his enthusiasm to ruu away j with h>s prudence. But all this did not j prevent hitn from going daily to Mrs. Small's for his bouquet ,w hirh, by-the-way, he 'sometime* carried to Maria Upton, a sacrifice to Ncinesis: and these daily : ca|i at the cottage in I.overs' Lane became like daily bread to the hungry. He lived for them, counted the hours till it was time to set forth, prolonged them till the hostess was fain to spread her little tea table and invite her guest to drink nectar from china and to taste ambrosia hoine- ' made. Sometime# when the nights were 1 warm they took tea in the little arbor, with roses nodding in at tin; archway, and honeysuckles climbing the lattice, and j 1 mignonette spicing the dewy air; and there the moon would find them, listening to the sleepy notes of thrushes in the hedge, or talking of the dim, delicious fu ture as if it were some enchanted land toward which they were journeying to gether One evening as she bade him good night on her door step, he felt her hand tremble in hia. "What is it?" he ssked. " Did yon see a ghost among the plum trees ?" "Something startled me. 1 saw—l tlwoght I saw a face among the shrub berry." " Whose face?" "Oh, perhaps I was mistaken. It was a shadow projected from my fancy may hap, 1 " Yon are getting nervous, little one. You must not live here alone." And the next evening when Mr. Grcat erex loitered to the cottage, he found she had followed his advice; the doors of the house were closed, and play an!s , 'T<> lx>t" wre in the windows. The widow Small had vanished like the genius in a fairy story; Mr. Berthold Greaterex was be side himself, and ready to brave any thing in Maria Upton's power. What did a promise signify in comparison with losing his love? Let those laugh who win Somebody had seen a person answering to the description of Mrs. Small take the neon train for New York ihat day. Bert followed without more delay, wasted a week in hanging about the city before he betook himself to the house of his friend Mrs. Aberneth, in the suburbs. One aft ernoon, as be was turning over some en gravings in the parlor with Kate Aber neth, little Charlie burst into the room in tears, sobbing out thnt, "Miss Van Orme's gone and dead her self—in the school-room f Charlie didn't do it! Charley only said, 1 Mr. Greaterex is eonrting sister Kate in the parlor, Miss Van Orme,' and Mary said, 'Hush, you silly boyand Charlie was mad, and told that ma said so herself, and threw the primer at Mary; and then Miss Van Orme looked all white like and shut her eyes, and won't talk; and Mary said, 'Now you're done it, Charlie!' Did Charlie!" "Oh, you horrid boy!" cried Kate Ab erneth. "You are always in mischief. I suppose Miss Van Orme has fainted. Go and tell mamma." " Who is Miss Van Orme?" asked Bert. "Only the nursery governess. We do have such a bother with them. One has a temper, another has headaches, and now, when we thought we had got a jewel, here she is fainting!" " I think we ought to try and revive her," said Bert, taking Charlie's hand, while Kate led the way. But when they reached the school room Miss Van Orme had recovered her senses, and was sitting in an arm chair, while Mary vigorously fanned her pallid face. "For mercy's sake, what made you faint, Misa Van Orme?" cried Kate. " You almost threw Charlie into convul sions," THE CENTRE REPORTER Miss Van Ortn* stood tip and looked beyond Mis* Aberneth to Mr. Greaterex, standing in the doorway, who came for ward to her relief instantly. " You must not stand," he said, lending her hack to her seat. "1 think 1 hate found a friend of mine"—turning to Kate. " Why did you run away from your friends?" he questioned, relieving Mary ot the tan. "1 ran away from iny enemica, if you please." " Do you call in* one I" " Perhaps we had better withdraw," said poor Kale. tossing her head to con ceal her chragrin. "Cotue, children!" "Thank you," Bert answeied her; "I should like a lew minute* aloue with Miss Van Or me, if you please." "Oh you had better go back to Misa. Kate in the drawing room," said Mis* Van Oram, when the door had closed upon theui; "it will be a shame to disappoint Mrs. Aberneth; and, indeed, I can gel ou very well without you, Sir." " But 1 cau't get along without you." "Atsd yet you know nothing at all about me f" "1 am satisfied with my knowledge. 1 know that you are charming, and that 1 love yon. "You love a woman sailing under an alias! 1 am neither Mrs. Small nor Miss Van Ortne." " I don't care a fig who you are. 1 will marry you to-morrow, if you consent, un der whatever name you choose." "Generosity is catching. 1 will tell you my story." " 1 will uot listen to it except from the lips of Mrs. Berthold Greaterex." " l'iease yourself." 44 Thank you. Then I will come for you to morrow, and we will be married in church." But when ho returned to the drawing room and told his story to Mrs. Alberueth, she insisted that the wedding should take place at her ht.use. Every body was taken aback at Greter ex when Berthold wrote that he should bring his bride horn* the following week. 4 You uiay have seen her,' 4 he wrote, 44 when she waa Mr*. Small, and lived in the cottage in 1 .overs' Lane. You remem ber, perhaps, that you once aent her some summer sweetings. 1 owe my happiues to those precious apples. Caroline will remember the occasion, because she offered to part with some of her wardrobe to the poor widow." "Oh! oh!" cried Caroline, 44 he ha* married the widow Small and all her children! llow could he t She's old enoogh to be bis grandmother. Oh. dear! dear! dear! I shall never want U see another sntntuer sweeting as long as 1 live. 1 wish you would order Spades to cut down the tree, mamma. No wonder an apple brought trouble into the world, and shut folks out of paradise! It keep* its refutation up finely ! To think that the heir of Greaterex should marry a hid eous old widow!" Guess her surprise when Berthold open ed the carriage door, and there descended a little person, who threw aside her veil, and disclosed a dazzling skin of rose and lily hue*, eyes, like summer brooks, brown ami liquid, hair a ripple ot sunbeams—the semblance of an angel in fie*h and blood! " Where are the the the children 1" gasped Caroline. " Yea," laughed Berthold, "and where are the wrinkles, and the gray hairs, and the sunken eyes? fsshe an awful old fright, Carrie?" "Summer sweetings are nt so sour aftrr all, mamma," said Caroline, later. "1 guess Spades may spare the tree." The next week Berthold overtook Ma ria Upton in his walk. '■ I saw Mrs. tlreaterex in church,"said she. " Did you see an antiquity with a false front piece ?" " Sow don't be disagreeable; how could I know ? lly-the way I have tome news to tell yon: I am engaged." " Allow me to congratulate your lover. I suppose you mean to entertain him with these precious old letters of mine?" " Your letters ? Oh, I haven't the ghost of one left; 1 curled my hair ou them long ago; it was only the empty envelopes with which I teased you. But tell me abont Mrs. Create rex. I hear it is like a story." " Yes; perhaps you have heard of the Prudhomirio heiress? 1 remember wben the affair was much talked ot. and think ing it sad enough. Yon see, Pauline was the last of her family—she, and a cou-iu who iuhcrited in can- of her death. The common report was that her loneliness and sorrow worked upon her mind till she was pronounced insane, and carried to an asylum; and the cousin, being guardian and next heir, was left in irresponsible charge of the fortune, which was very large," " Yes. I know it," she answered, glibly; " the Prndhotnmes lived in great magnifi cence while they did live." "Well, Mrs. Greaterex was Pauline Prudhomme. It appears she was no more crazy than yon are; but having refused to marry her cousin, and he, fearing that she might marry elsewhere and will the fortune away from him forever, represent ee! her as insane, briled two physicians to serve his turn, and dispatched her to the asylum. One day she made her escape, and came here nnder the name of Mrs. Small, widow, to support herself by her own exertions, thinking the title of Mrs. would prove more protection than that of Miss, and insure respectability. But she was discovered in her seclusion. She took flight immediately. She met the keepers getting out of the train in which she took refuge, but they passed her unsuspecting. I followed on the next clay, and the rest you know. I don't auppnsc that yon ever heard of the cousin; hut in ease yon should ever chanee to meet him, his name is Lneien Thornton." "Lueien Thornton!" cried Miss Upton, tnrning deadly pale, and snppoiting her self on the inn of Mr. Greaterex. " 1 thank you. There ran be bat one Lticien Thornton. You have done me a great service, Mr. Greaterex, iu marrying Miss Prudhotnme. . I am engaged to her wick ed couain, but yon hare saved me the ig nominy of becoming his wife. Will you please call a carriage and send me home P' And it was the summer sweetings that btought it all abont. MEXICO. —I asked an intelligent member of the Mexican Congress, says William Cullen Bryant, how it was that Instead of submitting quietly to the result of an •lection as we here submit, even when it is pretty manifest that the successful par ty has used unfair means, his countrymen so olten resort to the sword, as if tha ques lion of fairness could be settled by cutting each others' ;broat*. "It is in our blood," be answered; "it is owing to tlio impa tience of our tern perment. The cure must be to invite emigration from countries like the United States, where the popular vote decides the matter, and the beaten party takes its revenjc by obtaining the major ity at the next election." The remedy is a sure one, but there is this difficulty in applying it, that the emigrants will not arrive until the evil shall be already cured, and the country in a state of perfect quiet. RELIGIONS. —The statistics of religion in the United States, just completed at the Census office, show the total number of church organizations upon the Ist of June, 1870, to be 72,151. Total number of church edifice* SS.OT4 Toul church •eceranxxUtlan tt.Sst.Mt Aggregate value of church property tSM,4'i#,Ml THE first theatre ever established in America was at Williamsburg, Va., in September, 1752. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., l'A„ FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1872. Through the Tunnel. lUivTUTta at t>. scavtaaoouu. Ruling up fr >iu Bangor, On the 44 Caste ru" train. From mi week'* shooting, In the Wood* of Mama ; Quite extensive whiskers. Beard, moustache as well, Kvt a 44 student follow • Tall and tine and awrM Empty sent behind him, No one at his side; To a | U-asaut stall >u Now the train doth glide. Cuter aged couple, Take the hinder seat; Enter gentle maiden, Beautiful, pttite. T/j7l 'Pt&av# iiici Blushingly she falter*, 44 Is tin* seal cugagtdF 4 iHee the aged coup e l 4 ruperly enraged,) Student quite ecstatic, Sees her ticket's 44 through, 4 ' Thinks of the long tunnel— ITiinka what he might do. So they ait and chatter, While the cindera fly. Till thai 44 student fellow' 4 Get* one in hi* eye ; And the gentle maiden Quickly turns about— -44 May I, it you phase air, Try to get it out 1* #• ; r ~ . * zSi? . | Happy " s'adent liBos," Feels m dainty touch; Hear* a genUn w.iip*r— "Does it hurt yon much ?"* .'izt, ack in which certain of the canls were trimmed at thi> sides to an edgo, unobservablc to the ere but easily perceived by the touch of the dealer. By this device the dealer knew the position of any card, snd by dealing two at a time necessary, va able to make the opposite players lose at will. Tins faUe deck of card* being inserted in to the box, the spectators, betting at choice against the bank, found that the dealer distributed the favors of fortune all to himself, and were at once convinced how immoral a thing gambling is. The expert testified that he had been in the service of the defendant, snd bad used the "strippers" to defraud the innocent cus tomers. The defendant denies tho use of the "akin game" at his place, and says the story of the expert is a fabrication rcanlt ing from a personal enmity. However that may be, that audi a sinful game is possible seemed to bo pretty clearly de monstrated in open court. KNOCKINO AH EM OCT WITH A HAM MER. —As a resident of Bouth Troy was bnilding a pig-pen, bin little son was as sisting. As the hid waa holding up one end of a board for his father to noil at the other end, he accidentally dropped the plank, which so enraged tho parent that ho turned around and aimed A blow at the lad with a hammer in his hand. It struck the unfortunate hoy directly in the eye, inflicting a horrible wound. The affrighted father hastened to a physician's office with his son, but was informed that tho sight of the eye wa i lost forever. A TZRIUBI.E explosion of petrolemn and gunjtowdor has taken place in Tri politisn, Greece. Twenty livea were lost instantly, and many persons received severe injuries, which in some cases, it is feared, will prove fatal. ift 'tl *II"i I. if Inruuktafli. luc<>n*sant! OmyOodf Inconstant t Whan a single lliqoglit of the* I mmd* all u> ahivrftnf ?>*■ the future and tha past! ?l I liicoiiMaut I When tu alt ep And dream tlial tho i art near me ia l> learu So much ot Heaven, 1 weep Because the earth and morning must return.* Inconstant ! Alt, too true] Turned from the rightful shelter of thy breast, Mv tired heart flutters through Vhe changeful world-a bird wtllifut a negt. Inconstant to the cfowd * Through which 1 pass, ka to flic akh* above pile iicaie hummer cloud. But not to thee ; O, not to tlite, dear love. • I may lu- false to all Gi"earth nnwde, and every tender Ue 1 VSliich at < ms to hold in thrall ■ • This weary life of mine, may be a lie. i Hpl true as God'* own truth • • Mv sieadfssl heart turns baokward evunuoro To i"hat sweet time of yvwith Whose golden tide bi-*ta surli a barren shote. luc. lißiasl! Not my own The )>and which builds this wall beteocn our hv6*; On ita cold shadow grown To perfect shape the flower of love survives. God known thai I would give Ail other joy* the iwcstwl and the beat, For oue short hour to irro Close to thy h- art, iu cornier]* and ita rest. But life is not at! dark. The sunlight guidons many a hidden dojw j TU dove had tiud Its ark j (if praci-fu! refuge and of patient hoge And should another 4 # head .sleep on thy heart and it shouldciewau To lie uiv on ni*tMnt, O darling! hold it closer ft>r the dream. God will forgive the sin. If tu ii ia ; our live* are swept so dry, j So cold, so p**ion-c!ean, Thank Him death tomes at leal and so - Good-bv! RLE! NOIL The last note# of tho Sophie waltz died ( on the perfumed air, and th*d!u*-r# wan dered away in gr.uip*. Two, a lady and gentleman, paa*ed uito the Hopping occasionally to admire the bloom ( of some tropical tlower, then going on uti UI tbi-y reached a fountain, whose waters i fell, with a gentlo urarititir, into the mar-' 1 bl basin below. The subdued light ebone. j like the soft rave of the moon, upon a rene of beauty that wa* almost fauiilewk. j But to the eye of llie artist, there wa* nothing so bcauttfui a* the lady w bo aUx|d beside hiui. a perfect picture iu kersrll. , From her lovely face, with iu dark, starry eye*, and tender mouth, to the aat)o dre** tliat fell around her in graceful,g'.fytening folda, there w a# Bottling wanting. Seven year* be/ore, Robert Willard was i * poor artist, and she was Eleanor liny-, mond, the only daughter of a wealthy ■ merchant. He had loved her then, but could not ask her father to bestow Ma ,laughter's band upon one almost pehnl leaa. So, after gaining her promise to love | him and wait for liim, even ycara, be went i ito Rome to win tame and a fortune. Six months ago be had returned fr New York and fonnd her a cold, prowl woman bf (be world, the wile of Oscar LaftiWrt ami a ' leader in fashionable *ociely. Eleanof hail ; waited impatiently for a letter from her lover, but the months lengthened inv> threw ycara and she bad not heard from 1 him. It was not until after her marriage, i I and her father'# death, that she lesrwed 1 bow the latltr bad deceived her by kesip-1 j ing Robert'* letters, hoping she would for- j i get her girlish Unre. Her bn*band loved her just a* be did . t hie fine bonae, hi* painting* and bis stxtu art. Sht wa* beautiftd, she ads'rfied ul.' j bouse, aud abe wa# hi#. Her d!afhoqds ( were Uia envy of all her friend#. 81M; trail everything wealth could procUre. and i what reaMinabU wotnan could fail to be i : wder sneb circtances f Heir jiusbar.d bad Mid these things to t j himself aoQMlitart, when he basl rea.i.'jd lin a vague way tint his wife was restless and discontented. Since Robert Willard bad Curfte back.' the month* had pal likeday*. She Had been happy in meeting. Mm at rraapl iou*. : ibe theatre and opera, but iiad never askrd : tivnwll bow it would end. Not a word! concerning the pant had ever laen sjsoken between them, ard this was the last re ception of the #ea#on j#t before lent. " ' Rumor said l.e wa# going to Rome again ; that be wa# lie trot hedto n lady in Rotue, and would soon return to Ataerir* , with bi* bride. The evening wax nearly over when Eleanor wa# surprised to hear a well-, known voice at her side saving: 44 Mr*. Lambert, do you hevynnr favor > ita waltz ? bet me have my Wt dance in America with you." She obeyed in an abaent-tninded manner, and they glided into the dance, the wild, weird music seeming to her like a mourn ful requum over dead hopes. HoWolten, In happier days, they had danced to the same strains, when ahs tiad thought heaven could not be more beautiful than earth. How bitter and skeptical she had grown since then! What misery had crowded itself into her life, although it had only numbered twenty-five years! But the wait* was ended, and thay were standing in the conservatory before the fountain. The silence waa becoming pain ful when lis exclaimee: . " Eleanor. 1 must apeak at last! For. give me and listen ! Although I had heard yon were married, I came back to America for the sake ot seeing you. I thought I could be near you and beonly your friend. But you are unhappy, and every sorrow- I read in yoor face casta its shadow upon tny heart. I cannot see yon suffer an a be< ailant. Why did yon neve- write, and wbv do I find yon married to that msia *gilv void of principle and honor, and 1 know yon secretly loathe and diS " The protid look went out of h|rsp-<\ her voice was low and tender, Imrf •en full of unabed tears when ehe rep ft f k " Bobett, T never saw your letters. Mv father kept thctn. I heard of you as well and prosperous, but thought you had for gotten me and that 1 must forget you. Believing thnt, my heart waadead tolove, and my marriage with Oscar Latuhcrt saved tny father from bankruptcy I deserve your pity but not your censure." To the man who loved her, the aeven years of nnhappineas that had ScpareUrd thoin seemod to vanish, and she itmoj be fore him a gentle, pleading girl. IteffsH ( nly one wish in the world—to take her away and shut out every care and sorrow from her future life, rie said suddenly : " t'ou did love me as 1 always loved you! Will yon go away with met We will find a beautiful home in Italy, and my love shall make you happy. Say you will go!" f.' Jl i It seemed a great temptation to her. She would go away from the life of which she was so weary with him who loved her, the only one she had ever loved. " Place your hand in mine, Eleanor That shall mean yea." Suddenly between herself and UiA earfi est eyes seeking her own, there arose a scene of childhood. What had awakened such memories at that hour? She stood by her dying mother, whose hand rested upon her head "with loving caress, while she spoke her last lareWelL Every word came back to her now: "My daughter, you will remember your'moth er's words long years after the lips that uttered them are dust. When you are tempted to do wrong, repeat this prayer : ' Lead us not into teuintAtlon, brtt deliver' us from evil.' God will hear my mother less girl, aad save her from sin." Eleanor Lambert had lived a gav, frivo jfoua life; she knew hut little of moral courage, still te* of Ohriatian duty, but a mother'* love bad left a germ ef goodness i in bar heart that the world had not do struyed, and the remembrance of a dead mother ga\# her nUgngih to answer; "1 cannot go. We must part forever I now. If 1 were vour wile, I should be a 'better wotnfln. ftut there will be an end •if nty unbapphiea* by-and-by, and when ! f am dead you will love my memory better ' for busing saved you and myaelf from i sin." !)> gave Id*) her band, wbicli he held . in both of bis while lie said . " Dear Eleanor, you are right. For the laf time, fafewilL A moment later be w a* gone, and within the month he sailed for Europe, and they never tuet again. But Robert WiUnrd'a i recollection of her face a' parting lives on natives AS the 44 Mater Dolorosa." Tou may perhaps have t-en this same painting ' at the Academy of Design, and wondered i if eh sad, beautiful eyes ever looked from 1 Mortal fnca. -' v • M M 1 ! .J. ■ A Cat-afcfroptie. A Rentleman Jiving u> UzookJyn, who take* gr.-xit vivJigjil in but flour garden, j wua for ati;ig limo intiob annoyed by ] tbo depro>b>ti.'ua of lib neighbor*' cat*. ' ft tu thonph b'i* particular ! pat den wo* wefei-tad for Hie areite at tin , nightlrrevel# of all the ont# ia the city. | liebqH-ndeut of the dewdatkm they • btuugbtt utmti Jbt# row, tulip, geranium, and oibct flQustp, tlsey kq>t the whole botpsahuld awaku every night by tlwu iiuyM-aut ahJ notay #cfitumagea. Driven i t last to dckpeiurifin, the annoyed cittr.en luiff lb itujbosh one wight lately with a will-l<#aslel ahot-gwn, and when I the <*>ner** wet o in full w-aaton, biased .( away. Iu a couple of wight* eight feline*. ft-H victim# to hia unerring aim. As am- j I nail matter ia good for vegetation, he di tcnniued ! kuigout o( the gtvund. To anrimi late them somewhat to tha briliiaoey of I the flower* around, hfi adorned each tail, with roh red cdreamar*. In doing this he simply had an w to the baauiifuL i hut the effect upon tie friends and rela i litrce ol tho bwncd pii awe* was aa ringn-'i i*r as sstidii tori- On the first evening j after burial, wtir frieud heard a mrist i uututursl nihl terrible howl of anguish 1 |ra hi* guided!" Rushing to the window. ' l>y the Sght of the moon he Jeaciied Hhro.- or fd on end, their talla were awdl ed to double their natural proportion#, and ea. h oal waa standing stiff otnin ita tovnada, nji|iareutJy .flpeU-bpund. For a minute they ihga stood, horribly howl ing. and tfi n, with a aimnltaneoua shriek, tber all * dashed madly over the (■ nee, itt.il* fletl in terror away. Binc ' thai ntir friend ha* been enabled on ' night* to *! Jaw is violated from COUtitlcis motive*, ind anpaivntlv, without any '• motive. - Murdercommitted on o*< rr pretext under the sun; and : yetthe (by a owing. pqfhapa at li.Uid, wo venture to say. when |uroan lilo wiil , he tutk-n lor renaults lltborty unaligned. Wo xjeet to rend a I too* t any niovnine sonic -wh account us lliis in the newt ] pajwrS; This community wax shocked joatcr lav by bearing that John Doe, a ujnu of quiet flnd studious habits, and somewhat ' known in a literary way, had murdeml m cold blood an unoffending neighbor, Itirliisl itoe. Mr. Due perpetrated the 1 horrid d d in o|et day, in the crowded j street, without the slightest provocation. j When a parsing policeman seised him, uud asked him what had prompted him to fnibne liia hands (this will no doubt , be the reporter's exact language) in the Idood of a • fellow-crest nre, he made no reply. Then followed this oollisptv: j ruli^-man—Arc yon insane, Mr. Doe? Da*—Never saner in my life, i Polieeman—had ltoo ever dona you i any injurs ? Doe—None whatever. I had no ill ! feeling against the poor fellow. Policeman—Why then did you murder him? • • - lioc—Merely for business purposes. Policeman—What can yon mean? Doe— I mean that I Hah to lecture, and I have killed the man to give myself n start. I meant no harm by it. I have done this thing as the liest means of ad vertising myself. My subject ia "Our Duty to Our Fellows." How many tick i-te can I put you down for?—AW York IWftme. i] ft C*SA-*.A court ot Mi|:k]ii -• :<* M th Avy Dcpart m Atr>n tie cOc dt Etipfeia O. H. 1 Ve ld 4, who l.i amAflSly ■iSniosed from t lift Navy li Ml* IrPrflDiftnl Lincoln for allowing the . Confederate privateer Florida to rttn by hia squadron and the blockade into the port of Mnlwle. A1 though Captain Preble never had a trial, it was charged Uujt lie was guttty of gross neglieence. CM'htfd Aliflfl.'wlio com manded the ndVfHft nttlfe time, testified that by n rumdtifufrrt in flying the Brit ish flag he gw wittrt'l bailing distanor of , l'r|bb<> snuiulron, and was promptly d t fll| thereupon he ran aown the English flag and run tip the Confederal* flng ; thnt Preble immediately flred a shot across hia bows, and in less than three minutes flred n broadside into the Florida, .which' tore the Teasel all to pieces, killed oe man and wounded eleven ; and that Preble thoroughly and completely discharged his duty. The only plaoo the wife of a Congress man can fairly trust him—and we write thin advice tu Whalf of virtuous inno cence —is the Washington Club. The Washington Club is composed nlmost Jknttivfiyf of &t'.'>!• Jol timifias. sober, steady, qmet, business men, who meet in its elegant rooms for a little relaxation from their many carta The club ia al wavs ooeued for a evening with prayer, and after these jrious gentlemen ait artemd and read good books, or discuss light, doctrinal points, such as "Tran- Kubstantiation," "Infant Baptism," " Can a man marry his onnt ?" or " Is it moral, or In any sense in accordance with revealed religion, to kill yoor mother-in-law ?" The virtue of prosperity is temper ance ; the virtue of adversity js fortituda An lustrument or Torture. 1 The knout, aaya a writes who saw it i \ used in Russia 4 eOntiata of a handle 1 about a foot and a half long, with • piece of twisted blue of about the name length. , To this blue ia attached, by a loop piece a thong, prepared to almost metallic bsidneaa, tu length about four or five feet, perfectly flat, and a little more than an inch broad. It is changed after every six or eight blows, as it ia considered un fit for use when it becomes at all soft The principal executioner, having placed himself within five er eii feet iof (he prisoner, with the throng of (he knout on tha ground, rather bo 1 j hind him, then draw it forward, retains | it slowly and steadily till it had attainad the proper tV*fcU<>u, when he brought it dowu with tremeudoua force upou the i! middle of the criminal's back leaving a deep crimson mark of nearly an inch | iu breadth, extending from hia neck to the waistband of hi# trowaers. Upon re ceiving the blow, the wretch uttered a scream, or rather a yell of agany, the in tensity of which' -I never beard ap • proached, while every fibre of hia body Neemad in a violent and instantaneous contortion. With scarcely any interval the h|ow waa rejieafcd, followed by the laniv result, the appe frightful yen, the ! same appalling shudder. The second 4 mark upjieared about an inch from, and ! parallel to the firat; a third, fourth, and fifth blow followed in quick suoreseion, when the operator stepped aside and re I signed hia place to his assistant. The blows from the latter pen light, when compared with those inflicted by the el der executioner, more no, Indeed, than ' the difference letween their site and ' strength, great aa it was seemed to jus tify. After giving eight blow#, the assistant 'Hired in his turn, wlu-a his principal, i who in the uicsuiume had flttad on a j fresh throng, resumed the dreadful task. He was again succeeded by the young man, who ia like manner had renewed the efficacy of his wtjMT blows were inflicted oa tho lacerated back of the parricide. About the fifteenth stroke, hi* struggle* having partially loacned the ' fastenings, it was found necessary to 1 stop and have them fixed more firmly. From the first to the twentieth blow each was followed by the same #cream I aud convulsions; from the twentieth till ( the fiftieth both gradually became weak -1 er—the latter had, indeed, degencrab-d into a aort of shivering. After the flf tic tli, both ceased, the criminal's hem! feß to one side, sod though each touch of the knout brought with it a ewnvul i ; siva shudder, be ► sensed to be perfectly t unconscious <4 pain. The punishment concluded, the chief executioner took some instruments from ' I.is (nig and with them marked the male factor on tha forehead, on each cheek, j and on the ehhi. Tbia, 1 understand was merely a form typical of branding, which, aa wrU aa slitting the nostril*, was always inflicted upon a kuouted criminal until the humanity of the Em peror Alexander prompted him to abol ish both practice#. The marks are noa ' made with a cold instrument, and are, 1 believe, eeaily effaced. The criminals back now exhibited a most horrid spectacle. It waa one man g)ed blocked mass, of a deep crimson hue; yet, still mangled aa tt was. no blood" ran from it. A common cart bav ing been dreirn up into th square, the executioners untied the strap by which the malefactor wa* bound to the stake, and. with the sa#iatanca of the guards carried him to and placed him in tie cart, throwing hi# shirt lightly over bun. then hia cation, than, over all a mat When removed from the stake he was quite insensible; to much #o that I did not suppose he would survive until he reached the boapital; but I was mistaken, for upon observing him aUentivnly, after he had been placed in tba cart, 1 per ceived lie kad to far recovered aa to at . tempt to move one arm. I could not , obmirv* any surgeon attending the exe ' eutiqn. nor indeed would it hare been of aav consequence,as the number of stripe# ! is specified, and whatever happen*, they must be administered, i He was driven- ofl to prison with the same guards and att#sidenta as *t firat— i the whoie affair from the arrival till de ( partureof tbepriaorer, not lasting twen ty minutes. What became of liim after j ward I eoulJ not learn, hut I Lave little 1 doubt that he died in a few day* ! from the fever and mortiflestiou that were likely, or certain, to follow such re vere injury. Oa the event of hia recov ery. he would be eent to end hit life in j the mines of Siberis, and this could ; scarcely be call *d the least part of his ; punishment. Such is the knout. KaarmxTtojt n Fian.—M Grehaut, in the course of a lecture on rrepiration in fishes, states, that, as shown by pre vious writers, fish are able to live tn wa ter until almost the whole of the nxvgon it contains in a state of solution baa been t shausted. This was shown by a chemi cal examination of some water in which lire Ash were preserved, and which, after the expiration of a certain time, showed so entire alwence of oxygen, no change in the amount of nitrogen, and double the amount of carbonic acid. Another cunons fact noted by the lecturer was that fish breathe by their akin as well as by their fills, nearly as great a change in the composition of the gaaaea contained in the water being observed when the animals were suspended up to their branchiSß as when the whole body was immersed. lie also stated that the pres : t-uoe or absence of the swimming bladder had little effect on the product of rospi [ ration. A FIOWT WITH A* AuroAToit. —The I .Savannah JVVtri hat the following : As Mr. t\'illim Kelly, an old catiren of Bradford County, Florida, was retwrn •ing home from Starke, be espied an alli gator basking in the mud bv the road side. He dtsmownte.l, and, taking a hatchet from his cart, approached the reptilo for a fight. In tho twinkling of au eye his feet were knocked from nndcr him, and hia legs caught in the monster's month. Being an old roan, the flgbt ' would have gone against him had not a colored roan by the name of George Rufl, who happened to be passing along, dia pntclied the alligator with a piatoL Mr. Kelly's leg waa considerably lacerated, so much so that it ia probable he will never again attempt to chop a Shiurian with hia little hatcnet. RCI.ES rot Brstxrss MM.—From soma i published "ules for Business Mm" we extrret the following in relation to arfver tiling: T*ke advantage of modern facili ties. Use the means within yoifr retch ; increase and multiply the means of infor nation. To compete succeetfully with a neighbor, participate in the facilities af forded to go ahead. Don't depend upon your own lungs alone; use the lungs oi the pTeiw. Mate it known by printer's ink that you are prepared to do business Sell at small profits for caah, and make it known through the newspapers. All that any honest, legitimate concern requires good judgment, close industry, unwavering integrity, superior workman*! p, fair prices, and to do better bv customer*, it poMibled than others in the same business—and give it publidty. Thb richest tin mines in the world gyp those of Cornwall England. TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. The Feed of the Thibetan*. During the summer moot lit titer nee rorr little fremit meet They do not like it boiled, and ere not mrtisl to It rew, utile** it be* been dried. In November there ia e greet slaughter. end a wealth? man, who na* perhaps 7,000 ebaop, wtll, kill Buo at tbie time for bia year's con-1 sumption. The animal after being killed ia skinned and gntted and then; placed on ita feet in a free current of I air. In a couple of day* it becomes! quite hard and ia then rrady for eating, j It ia kept in this way for more than a rear without spoiling, even duriug the j rainy period*. When long exposed to the wind of Thibet it becomes ao dry j that it may be rolled into powder be-1 tweeu the band*. In this stab- it Js| mixed with water and drunk, and used in varum* other way*. The Tbebetnos eat animal feod in endleea forme. and a large portion lire on nothing elae. The liver# of sheep and other animals are ciinilarlr dried or franco, and a*a much prized hut to strsnstwro lky are eery distasteful for their biUeraea# and liard naet. The fat ia dried, peeked in the stomachs, and then aeot to market or kept fur home use. &'itli regard to edible vegetables, it la stated that wheat, barley, and buckwheat sown In April or May and irrigated, are reaped in September, barley in Thibet taking the place of potatoes in Ireland, four-fifths of the population living on it Decides, these the other craps are composed of peas, turnips, and a little mustard, lite grain ia ground in eater-mills. Thebreadiaallumtarened, and cooked ou boated stoves or gridirons. The sweet, pure farinaeeou* taste of the fine flour equals the beat American pro duce. The staple food of the country ia champ*, called tuttem in India; it M a finely-ground flour of toasted bailey. It is intx-h eaten without farther cooking; ui'xed up with hot tee it is called panic, and when prepared with tepid water it la known ai am. If any of our readers wish la enter upco "postures new" in the breakfast dejwrtment, they may try tsolr ve, which, to be properly appreciated, should be taken at daybreak before any matutinal ablations. It is s sort of broth made with mutton, champs, dry curds, hotter, salt and turnips duals are alao reared in considerable flocks, but ior their milk rather than their flesh. The milk of yaks, cows, *bevp and goats ia used alike far making tried curda and the various preparations of milk used by these people. Marat' milk is uot used la Eastern Thibet. A Califs rata Trip. One who baa been there telle bow to make a California trip.and the time to devote to it. tiers are some figures for a five weeks tear : m— CUea—toS— giee— - - § ll Lata J Sai riatiKoa— — *aillaiaSta ..... S Tto —a* VaJejr. to l— a—ad— Hl • Tfc Oi 7—. * mTomHt—iumw m—at*—)——a la lk>Cal |kin and a** la Ua* vdto y.) It tUcarn to itoeago .......... J Total -... M If vou can spare mors time, you >buol only our silence, whien coat# us nothing. " One-half the year rain and flowers, the other half dtwt and sky," is Brofc Harm's daaanptto* of California. A CosoMtisai editor offers to " vseei nsts, froe of charge, all new, prepaying subscriber* to his paper for thirty days.' A baby is Detroit swallowed a watch hut week, and the doctor any* its symp toms are like those of lick douloureux. Thacs was s btiie issMl j Wkee th*r oriehbortbeae Bad ktd IhSr age* is W MhssU garden, Mw aasd la aaS thsm. to She buagbt sum esbso, And made hmastt s hewhag Mtr Tardsn. A good old man. who dfcri tn Near Hampshire lsft *i ,er to pick it up and wonder where it from and ask unnecessary questions concerning the peculiarity of tne folds. We know of a young man who did that net long einoe, and he eouldn't get another girl tq danoe with him daring tbe evening.