Seng. Fly, little seng. te my leva, Over the rolling sea ; Tell him bow bright are the stars shave; Tell him to weep not for me. Ki" off the ftd'injt tears My kiss of the dsva gone by; Tell him how fleet ia the foot of the years, Whisper—my lore can not die. Fly away into his heart. Borne on the soli Summer"* breath ; Sing to him, "low am! lover musi part— True love ia stronger than death." 9 Flying with the dying day. Over the star-lit ses ; Lull him to aleep in the land far away; Bring him in dreama to me. 44 This Year—Text Year." This year—next year- #ome 4 ime—never, Gaily did ahe tell; lioae-iea! after roee-teaf ever Eddied round and fell. Thia year—and she blushed doiunrsly, That would be too soon ; He could wait a little, auirly, "Tis already Jane. Next year—that's almost teo hurried, LsiiKkiugly, said she; For when once a girl is married, She no more is flee. Sometime—that is vague—long watting Many a trouble bring*; Twixt delaying and debating, Love might use hia wings. Never—word of evil omen. And she sighed, heigh-ho I Tie the hardest lot for women. Lone through life to go. Next year—early in the May-time, Was to be the day; Looked she sweet y towards that gay ti me, Gleaming far away. Never—fair with bridal flower* Came that merry Spring ; Ere thoee bright and radiant boars. She had taken wing. Thia year—hearts are bound by sorrow, Next year—some (org. t; Sometime— cornea that golden marrow Never—earth saw yet. CHASED BY WULVES. Y'our'e sneaking of being chased by wolves in the Oarada wood* recall* a sim ilar experience I once had in Ohio," said the old pioneer, a* he shook with sup pressed emotion, but whetner of a sad ar pleasant nature conld not be ascertained in the dint light of the fire-place. "Let u hear tbe yarn," we suggested, with a reportorial eye to an item for con sideration in a dull scaou. " Ob, it ain't any yarn, I a-sure TOO,"" aid tbe old man as he chuckled and grinned, until a glacial movement ol tobac co juice started from each corner of his roOw'h and pushed its way slowly down tbe wrinkle* that led to his stubble cov ered ebin bel w. u Shut the doar there sot hat mother can't hear what is going on, and I will tell you bow 1 came to get married." We complied with his request, and after storing away fresh-deposit of the weed, " that cheers but don't inebriate," ke drew his ebair closer to us and commenced: It was in tbe year 1850 tbat I came to Cleveland, and became employed in a hardware store on Superior street. 1 had spent all my previous lite on a farm, and bad become tired ot tramping around over tbe pastures, foddering sheep and cattle in winter, and working still harder in tbe summer. I won't say anything about tbe difficulties I experienced in getting employment upon my arrival in tbe city, nor how 1 tried every place in town, before I could find a boarding place tbst suited me until 1 btcame acquainted witb a wioow ladv who kept a tew hoarders on what i now known a* Euclid avenue. My landlady was accomplished and had evidently seen better days, but tbe death of her bo* band left her m reduced circum stances. hence her taking boarders as a means ot subsistence. She had twodauch tore. both lively, intelligent and possessing tbe graces that only ctuie (mm association witb tbe better class of society. Tbey were of extremely gar disposition, and I bad not been at the house s tn nth before I was hopelessly in leve with Fanny, the , eldest, and tbough at times awr manner* toward me ware fonder and encouraging, abe carefully avoided giving me an oppor tunity to be alone with her long enough ! to declare my passion. The winter had nearly passed without finding me any farther' advanced ru my i suit, un'il one night in February alter a heavy fall ot snow. I asked Fanny to take j a sleigh ride with me, to which abe con sented, and after tea I procure 1 as higb 1 stepping a pair of horses as could be found i in tb* city, drove up to the boose of my affinity, and in a few minutes we were whirling away out on tie old Cleveland J and Medina "turnpike. I had taken this i road partly because it led toward my old borne, and also owing to ita being less traveled at nisbt than tbe other thorough fares leading from tbe city, and wc were not likily to be irterupted in our nde or conversation. The night was just cold enough te make it ncce*s>ry to place my arm around my companion, the bor*e* were frisky and tbe moon sf one witb tbat peculiar light which is preferred by loven to all others, unless it be that ot a pat lor! lamp turned down ao low tbat as an il- ( lumiaator it is nearly useless. Through Brooklyn toansbip we whirled out into tbe coontry, where tbe lixbts : from the farm honsei became more scat j tered and tbe baying of a watch dog ws the only sound beard. Fanny who had previously sang, laughed and chatted mer rily on our ride, now became quiet; and as we came to a rise in tbe road that dis closed a level strip two or three miles in Icrgtb before us, 1 said to myself, " Before we have traveled tbe road now in view, I will settle my fate, and go borne a happier or more miserable man." liardly hid I come to tbe conclusion before I heard a peculiar rushing sound behind as. and looking round could see a flock of sheep coming at fall speed toward as, and liebind them were two or three dogs, which accounted forthefrightof the sheep which would doubtless run for aev eral miles before stopping, and give their owner mncb trouble in bunting them up tba next day. But a brighter thought came to me. Fanny was a city girl and had never seen a sheep save in the shape of cutlets or roast at her mother's table. 1 would indulge in a strategy of the kind which is considered tair in love or war. Lowering my voice to tbe note of tbe staee Jibbenainosy where be speaks of tbe death ot his parents wife and friends.l said " Fanny, my girl, are you brtive—can you bear terrible news?" "Why, Henry, what is tbe ma'ter—what make* you so pale r A>suming a more tragic voice I replied : " Be firm, deareat—lely on me. •we are followed by wolves! # Look behind you and you can see the monsters who are already thirsting for our blood." Sue gave a hurried glance backward, beard the runninr son*"* f manr f**t, the deep breathing which when beard in ibe forest of tue north, causes the wildest di - may ; then drawing nearer to me, said : " I did not know there were wolves ao near the city, Henry ?" "Neither did I think there were any," I replied, " but It seems wc were mistaken, for these behind ns are of tbe gray species, and the mt dangeroas of any to meet. Driven by ban ger, they have aporoacbcd the settle ments, and unless our bot6es can go to tbe 1 Stone Tavern' in Parma before we are overtaken, we are lost." At this juncture tbe old curly horned leader, tired and out of wind Irom the long run gave vent to a prolonged beat which was fearful enough to scare a less timid girl tbaa Fanny. I sawed on the horses' bits, flourished my whip frantically around them until they were excited and apparently doing their best to escape tbe fate behind them, but I was secretly hold ing them back, to allow the wolves (f) to get closer. On came the bloody horde, panting for breath, nearer and nearer, un til I began to tbmw out the buffalo robes and blankets. "These will keep tbem busy chawing a few minutes." I said, "and wa may escape." fiat tb# *l)e*p hj|4 o ipptute for tb* roba, and wwa dot* b# FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. V. I arose in the sleigh, gave the win* to Fanny, saving: '• Dnw flur your life— I will sacrifice myself for yon," and nid a movement a* if to juiup >ut of tbo sleigh. " Never! never 5" she scrvauicJ, 44 wc will die together," and she pulled me dowu Ue aide her to await our late. While tl.ua employed I succeeded io obtaining a ha* tT avowal of Fanny, at the same time 1 WW holding back the hotece *o a* to let our puouter* go by. They came, the mon ster* separated and passed u< on either side, while I held inv hat over fanny'a face that she might not see the dreadful decep tion 1 had played upon her. Sue fainted the moment we were over taken by the wolves, and without tryiug to revive her, I turned the horse* home war*!, and only stopped to pick up the tolas which uad been thrown out to check the lerciou* animal*. After driving a mile or two, rnv now affianced wife revived sufficiently to hear how we were saved by a patty of slcigh-rider* who met unjust a* we were surrounded. Though ncrv.ru* ami weak from the excitement she recovered her buoy sncv of spirits before we snived home, and hsd promised, to keep .our ad venture a secret, a* I informed her, 44 the owner of the horses would charge me a leartut pliee if he Imew to what test hi* steeds hsd been put." Ami that i* my ad venture with wolves and bow I came to marry. " Rut did your wife never find out the deception you practiced?" we asked ol the old settler as he laughed again while thiuk mg of bis boyish pranks. "Not until about eight year* ago," he replied, when 1 told her ol it one evening when she was iron-ng." 44 What did be say?" ' Ji u i much.—not very much," answer ed our old romancer, but removing bis hat, be showed us a triangular space upon hi* bead such a* might have been made by a hot smoothing iron and with not a hair upon its surface.* We thought Fauny was revenged. Lightning. Sometime* lightning produce® complete and instantaneous paralysis. The sup pression ot movements >n tbe victim in tbee cases is so rapid that those who have witnessed it might have thought they suf fered Irom some illusion. Wbo awdil not think be was dreaming if he saw an unfortunate creature, full of life and activ ity, petrified and motionless as a rxk in leU time than it requires to witness tbe phenomenon? Jerome Cardan relates tba? eight reapers,w bo were eating tneir dinner under an oak-tree, were all struck by tbe same flash of lightning, tbe explo sion of which was heard far a war. When some people passing by approached to see what bad happened, tbey found tbe reap ers to all appearance continuing their re past ; one still held his glass in his band, and another was iu the act of putting a piece of bread into bis mouth, a third had hi* hand in tbe dish. Death bad come upon tbeiu sudddenlv while in these posi lions wheu tbe thunder-bolt fell. Azrad had seized upon them with so much vio lence that he bad impressed upon the entire surface of their bodies tbe mourn ful tint of bis black wing*. One ruigbt have laken them for statues sculptured out of black marble. The cata-tmpoe wa so rapid, that tbe faces of tbe victims had not time to take any expression of pain : life wa* suppressed so instantaneously that the muscles remained unmoved. Tbeeyrs and tbe mouths were open as in life; and had not the color of the skin been son uch changed the illusion would have been com plete. It has been remarked also tbat tbe features of persons struck by lightning instead of being contracted, usually as sume a calm, happy expression ; and tbe conclusion has been drawn that thev enter without shock or pain into tbe presence ol the Infinite Being. It has l*en assumed that death by lightning is the prelude to glory and happiness. A BIRO LAB TRAP.— Brown, down in Darby, keeps a grocery store. He bad been very "much troubled by burglar*, who bad'broken into bis establishment several times. So be rigged up a kind ol an arrangement with three or four double harreled shot guns, and fixed it at the back door at night, so that when anybody opened the door, the triggers would be all pulled at once, and tbe burglars would be blown to atoms. Then Brown poured a double hand lull ol bird sbot and old nail* into each barrel anJ went to bed. Brown's mother-in-law happened to want some kerosene oil during Ihe night; and as she didn't wish to rout Brown out, she got the key of that back door and went down to help herself. In about fifteen minutes Mr. Brown was arou*ed Irom bis sleep by a terrific discharge of ai tillery. He leaped Irom bed, and, armed with a horse pistol, rushed down to secure the fragments ol tbe burglar. Well, there lay his mother in-law, with about twenty pounds of lead in ber legs, and tenpenny nails sticking out of ber all over like thorn* upon a rose bush. Tbey carried ber up stair*, and she did Dot recover lor a year, while Browu not only bad to pay the doctor's bills, but to stay away from ber bedside in order tb save nix trvasea from dUhevelmcnt and bis ears Irom terrific lectures. It cost him about fifteen hundred dollars and months of unutterable misery. He does not set traps lor burglar* any more. A BRMILAK OaroHT BT TO COAT.— Eliza Frey. the daughter of a respectable mechanic living in New York, while asleep in ber chamber, waa suddenly awakened by feeling a hand grasping her by the throat, and hearing a man threaten ber with death if she made any outcry or raised an alarm. The young woman screamed, notwithstanding the threat, and the ruffian attempted to escape through an open window. Miss Frey immediately sprang np and seized upon the skirts of the retreating rascal's coat as he was halt way oat of the window. Holding on to the coat, she redoubled ber cries for as sistance, and the man at length succeeded in getting away, leaving a portion of hia coat in the young woman's hands, joet nt the alarmed family came rushing into the room. An officer beard the cries for help and saw a man coming out of an adjourn ing alley divested of the nether portion ol bis coat, whom he immediately proceeded to capture and coivey to the station Loose. The prisoner waa recognized and proved to be Jebn McCarty, a native ot Canada, twenty-eigbt years of age. He entered the house through the window. THE STOEES Taut.—The Stokes trial is now in interesting progress, and a great crowd throng the court-room and hall way®. Mrs. Fisk has been present. A. large wooden model of the entrance of the Grand Central Hotel, including stairs, elevator, landings, etc , was produced for the inspection of the Jury, also two Urge msns eiving ground plaus of the hotel, with the vari JUS offices, stairs, etc. The first witness called by the prosecution was Charles G. Hill, who lives in West Troy, and was sb pping at the Grand Central Hotel at the time of the shooting, of James Fisk Jr. The other witnesses examined were Francis Curtis, of Roxbury, Mass., Peter Coughlin, the coal porter, John F. Cnambeilain, Patrick Hart, and Thomas Hart. The substance of the testimony is the same from all of them in regard to the shooting of Fisk by Stokes, and is a corroboration of the published account in the papers which ia familiar to all. Auout 80 editors, with their wives, iMtmhlr' Wtlh*qupott, °a hair wy to Erf* for a Summer eicursfon. THE CENTRE REPORTER. ff hat the Press can do. It is a aii|)|Htaition of many of our i brethren, sv* the address of Mr. Or*- 1 tner,before the Wisoouain Editorial Axmt eiatiou, that the press can create public sentiuieut, and, tlieralore, the* can ad vocate such opinions as they please and 1 lie sure of a large follow tug. I consider thia a grave mistake. In order to eser > civ a largo iutiueuoe the •*! must Ik- 1 in the hearts of the people. By our thoughtful suggestion* and eloqueut ex- 1 hortatious we may germinate and frue i' tify that seed. it is very much like the , | fountain which forma a great river. There is apparently very little of it at, J tlrat, but tlie other little atreaius which may lie made to tluar into it gradually i' raise it to a mighty stream, yet the origi nal fountain must be there or the river , J will not flow. In my long experience . in the press, I have frequently observed | that journula of extended circulation and i large influence have attempted to create a public vntiutent which existed only in , I their own offices or in their own potent aspiration*, but sucli efforts have alwai* proved lamentable failures. When the people come to vote on tlieir pet projects or pot meu, their supporter* are so few as to prove that they were trying to rai*c 1 a crop where no seed bad lieeu planted. I i I will uot say thai it is the proviuce of 1 tlie press to be sileut when we are not i sure the people will not respond ; tu the contrary, 1 insist it is its duty to speak < for the right and defend the oppressed i when there ia no apparent sentiment to 1 sustain it. But the editor must not la i disappointed if he tiods his toil and •< efforts uuavailng. He must still Inlaw j to do goo.l until some sjvtrk of his own feeling shall flash into the kindred hearts j of the people. Again he will witness the return of the good seed which he has 1 long been attempting to sow, and its '' steady growth and iucreasiug power will' I overjoy him, that he ha* at last stirred < I np the people to a full knowledge ®f i their wants, and now they are sure to ' obtain those reforms which will iui , I measurably mid to tlie vigor of the lardy j i oolitic aud the welfare of the nation 1 Thus can patriotism m its widest and < best sense lie gratified. , 1 WHipriso HORSES.—I would cant on ail who train or n*e horses against ex citing tbe ill-will of the animaL Many think they are doing finely, and are proud of their success it. huise training, by mean* of severe whipping, or other wise rousing and stimulating the pas sums, and then from necessity, crushing the will through which the resistance is prompt**!. No mistake can !>e greater than this ; and there is nothing that so folly exhibit* the ability ; judgment and skill of the real horseman a* the care and tact displayed in winning instead of re pelling, the action of the mind. Al though it may be neeesaary to use the whip sometimes, it should always l>e aj>- plied judiciously and care shoald le taken not to rouse the passions or ex cite the will to obstinacy. The legitimate and proper use of the whip is calculated to operate on the sense of fear almost entirely. The affections and better ua tnre must be appealed to in traiuing a horse a* well a* in training a child, but if only the passions are excited, the effect i* depraving and injurious, Tbi* is a vital principle, and can be diarcgard**! in the manugenent of the sen-itive, courageous hones only at the immiueut risk of spoiling them. I have known many horsos of naturally gentle character to lie spoiled by being whipped once, and one horse tuat was made vicious by lieing struck with a whip once while standing in bis stall. 1 have referred to these instances to show the danger of rough treatment, and the effect that may be easily produced by ill-usage, especially with fine blood hone*, and tlio*e ot highly nervous temperament. Many other case* might be cited, a* such are by no means uncommon. Sensitive horse* should never be left after they have been excited by the whip or other means until calmed down by rubbing or patting tbe head and neck and giving apple*, sugar or somcthiug of which the animal is fond. Kemcmber, the whip must tie used with great care, or it is liable to do mischief, and may cane irreparable injury.— We*t priewta ; wlinu I think of detth 1 think of immortaliiy. 1. tlnuC I am here for a time of growth and when 1 am eall'd away I enter into an other stab* of being, fib let ue take account with myself how my w.rk t* being dime. What ia done and what ia neglected. A wwe contemplation of our stay here will tend to make a man inure faithful in tho performance of ins duties. We are not iui-re atoms floating IU the air. We are here for note* purjiose. And we kuow that we are in a universe placed here by God to pertect ourselves. When men go abroad to viait Prance and Eng lnud, do you suppose because they spetnl but a ahoit time in each city that it takes away their interest from that city f And l>ecaUM we are to slay here but a short time, is Unit any reason why wa should take no iuterMt in our stay hare ? It ruther intei sifi. s the interest, or should do so. Men who have no thought, of dying, let their affaire go loomlv. In youth, iu middle life, and even in old age, men have the opinion that they will never die. Aud so we twin ourselves that there is endless time for ua to pre pare ourselves, so that when men come to die they are acld<>m prepared, even in their ecouoaiical affair a, to leave. Just think what i* tl eeon iittou of yoar debts if you shouhl die ? What ale your plans ? The Crops of 1871. The report of the United States de partment of Agriculture for the year 1871, gives the following general sum mary of the quant tew, number of acres, aud aggregate value of principal crops of the United States iu that year : V.WW y 3—4.. y isWww. SwW. n*. rn. l&Jita Core.. Wl SM. 0 ji #i it! IPM?*.** Wbw XM.m.tm u.Hoa awtnw ICvw IXIUSM l.US.ttl 12.1tt.--tV oats sttitiouo *.j .v*t loj.tro tiv turiry. ts.na.sM t.iTTvs aiati.m Bu.hrbra.. s.rjs-rre titvti a.wyu.jan retsioss ito isi TOO i.tas.Mj noun Total ....t.M' UT.SM M,t-2 *63 sjeei 62., 12 Tul* . 36i !M.|M Mm. S3 2V*IHI Hr Mat ... 22.2*1 4< lv.oem 331.T T.utt Colloa tWrS 2,1 O.UOI t*-2S2.su The average yield, and cost value, and price p.-r bushel, ton or pounds, of larm prod acta for the year is estimated as follows: ta-Uan Com. btitbtl .....? 30.1 4*2 |U 01 Wbral. btutwl II J 1.35 it H Hym. ba*lMl lit T. 11 -t O u. bushel 30.5 sal 12 3 Barl*;, bahl to * It 3 Bu. kubiil, buUiri ........ Al l S3* It ST ISISb*.. t-hal . ■ K1 *3 ri-hwan. ttS.. .. ttt U St U>. I'U lIT U.SIS uSO The total nverntg* cash vidia per acre Of yield in the scvenu State* is given as follows: Muds ttl tTtvas* 11l *• w lUmpaww.... 24 36Arkaaas IT VT Vrmntt .. 30 It Tun. uses IS S3 MauscbatvMs 32 OS W#t Vlratals...... IS ST lUi *l' Is las,t 31 23 Kentucky 13 SS ipnawu a JT *i, Aid i t Ifcy*,*k?. 24 ttlMlafea 13 47 Pramglrwns ... 2V tSllUaaf* 12 '■ IrtosSre . ..J ... .. . IImK|SV!II I> OS Msr.hixi JT Minx„'U 11 as Virß.uls *u lows 10 n Jfwrlli i irotlna 10 iOMis* url ... 13 3* South Carolina t 41 Kaii< l 10 • sorrla... V 41 Nebraska. 9 #4 tfnmia 11 H1k1110m1t..... IV T.l Alstanu 13 IhHyA IV 41 MAS*UUd.I...II MNrtaUS 3* 4? LouUlu.l 14 SATtw Tsrrllortss.... 30 us A West Toint bup|er. N'.ithvvith-tnndiag t v e U. S. Gutdt at Wivst i'oint are kept under the strirt ret rules, the wild boys ooca**iouallv break them, forgetting tlie demerit marks sure to follow. One who has been there writes: Amusement* were indulged in, involv ing the violation of some regulation The most harmless of tbeao was "The Hash,"—a midnight feant at the quar tern of one of the eadeta. After "tape," nil the. ligtg* being out, the participants sou'd steal in one after the cither, when, tl•outer and the transom windows hav ing been darkened by blankets, the gas was again lighted. Then from under tho bodies and capes and out of tho sleeviis of overcoats came broad and but ter, and meal aud potatoes, pepper and salt, knives, forks, dishes and spoons, which those who were invited to the "hash" had "hived" from the nnws-hall at dinner time; and up the chimney, away from the eyes of prying officers, s gas oooking stove had h nal partial feeding, an, for example, omitting r K>t* a bile corns are dry st mid winter. 11-i expressed the Inlief, an tha result of experimcut, that beet* are ae tnaffy worth from 13 to 24 cent* per bueh el for feeding rows, a* eimpared with h.iv at 2tt a tun—the loweat of those a tiu'iatea affording an ample profit ou cost oi cultivuUoii; i>ui he thought the con sequential iwlvautUgv even greater still. In "iucicasid usefulneo* during the en tire season," lessened liability to disease, Ac., aud in the improvement of tb* bol ter and cheese which the milk produeea. The managers ./ the lactory in hi* ueigh iMtrliood math* two tsiU of tha milk of all their patrons for tin* press pnr|H>ae of deteiraining the relative quantity of milk pnaloced by cows fan on hay and root* aud tho** fed with hsv aud groin, and eon chid wl that lees are a* good, if Dot lictier for the production of rich milk than grain. After carefully looking at the subject in all it* btmriug*, he baa come to the (Mnrluaiou that beet* for cat'lc are well worth full aa inanv rents per bu*hel as good hay is worth dollar* per tun, and that the average ooat per bushel, when stored in the celler, with every item of espcut*, inehtdad, need not exarcd eight cents per Imatiel. As the prioo of hay in Oiitnu S*w York will prolmbly av* rage at least $lO per tan or over, there eaunot l>e auv risk iu grewing beets for dairy stock. Eirhtmye. A Shinirea System. In IHftl a raaa went into Napa Valley, Cat, and pim-hancd a farm foe 98,000 cash down. He sowed wbewiand bwley each season till '62, by which Um the soil wa* ao thoroughly exliausrd that it could no longer yield paying crow of tbeae staplea. He then a>4d out for a song, aud, aiter sowing all the land he could hire, or that anybody would allow him to work ou share# for two or three rear* longer, he went further up the valley and purchased two hun-lrwd acre* of new land thai had never b -en worked, aa beautiful as it could be, as level aa a house floor, and a* rich as ever lay under tha star-lit sky of Heaven. lie simply threw rough fence aronnd it, an ) a shanty upon it in which his family Uvea, while he devotes bia whole time arith all the taares and men that he oali command, to raising wheat and barley. He spends about two weeks out of each year at linme—one week with half-*- dx.*n teams in niwrly aeretckiug over the land and towing it, and another in harvesting the crops—provide! that there should be any to harvest, which l* doubt ful. He usually *t>w ten or twelve hun dred aerea of hired land. Ha ha* oarer done anything on his beautiful farm with the exception of the yearly crops of small grain, bos never planted one bill of poU toea, for family use, not a vegetable of any kind, not a fruit tree, nor ha* be a chicken, pig or anything else ; the land i* exhausted for him, because it will no longer produce wheat, and fences have gone to ruin. 7V* .- viainns of the tenth section of the Tariff act of June 6, which providrn Umt from aud after it* panaage all lumber, tint' *r. hemp, niaoita and iron ana atcel rod*, bar*, spike*, nails and bolt*, copper end composition metal which may be neece sary for the ronntruction and equipment of vOMiet* built in tlie United State. for the ptirpoe of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade be tween the Atlantic and Pacific j*Tt of the United States, and ftoished after the panaage of thin act, may be imported in Imnd under *neh regulation*, as tlie H eretary ol the Treasury may prescribe, and upon proof that miali materials have been uaod for the purpone afores.iid, no dutie* *b*ll le paid theri>on, provided that vessel* receiving the Iwneflt of the section shall not lie allowed 'o engage In the coastwise trade of tlie United States more than two months In any one year, except upon the payment to the United States of the dnties on which a rebate ia herein allowed; provided, further, that all articles of foreign production needed for the repnir of American Te*ela en gaged exclusively in the foreign trade may 1> withdrawn from bonded ware houses free of duty, under such regula tions as tho Secretary of State may prr- STfil)©. SAD STOHI.—Two weeks ego or mere n paragraph announced that a man named Crnven and his two sisters, who lind only recently arrived in this city, all became insane about the same time. The story was strange and sad, and its continuation is more strange and sad. Another member of the family residing at Malone, Franklin county, manifested symptoms of insanity at the same hour the same symptoms were exhibited by Iho three members residing in this oity. The Malone brother soon became a raving maniac, and was confined in bis dwelling. On one occasion he managed to secure pot-session of a Pistol, and with it attempted to end his lifu. One bullet f/om the weapon cut off a portion of his ear. A day or two ago bis friends de termined to send him to Ponghkcepsie, ami he passed through this city iu charge of u keeper. Rev. Father Craven, a piiest at the Provincial Seminary, ia a brother of the unfortunate parties 7Vuy, N. Y. Paper. NEWSPAPERS or THE UNITED STATE*.— The total annual circulation of newspa pers printed in the State of New York i* 692,770,868, being more than twice the number printed in any other State. The next greatest number of -vipies is in Penn sylvania, where 238.380,832 copies are annually printed. Massachusetts alse prints 107,791.953 : Illinois, *02,686,204; Ohio, 93,594,448. Then eomes Califor nia with 45,869,408 newspaper sheets per annum. WHTLE blasting at number four fur nace, Crane Iron Works, at Oataeauqna, Pa., e premature explosion occurred,raer m& Baat. Two othe^men Adventures After n Shore. A worthy citisen undertook to trim his beard a short tune since, and by a aUp -A the aeisaor* spoiled the cut. lie trimmed a little more, and stall more, tint it would look h>p sided ; so be went to the barber's and gut abated lor tb* first tame in twelve years, lie vu very busy and bud or** detained him in hi* office until a late hour of the night, and when be went home he found tbst hi. family had retired. This was not an unusual occurrence; so he at- Irnilr enteral by means ola pass-key, •ought his own room and undrwased with out lighting the gas. tie got paitlr into bed, when bt* wife a* torn* bed him by ut tering a loud and prolonged scream. He was very much alarmed for her and leered .he bad l.t bar teaaon. He implored her to tell him what wa the matter. At the sound of bit voice ahe screamed : 44 Ob, hdward, conic quick, and save me." 44 1 am here, dear." said be, but ahe only nicarut d the louder at the words. ll* sprang out of bed and bed just struck a light, when hi* brother-in-law, a muscu lar six-footer, rushed into the room and It red a revolver at his bead. Luckily It uua*ed, but hie flat did not. lor in a mi utile a pale-faced mail, with a bang white robe, staggered under a blow that doubted the aisc of hia organ of oun partHin. 44 My God," exclaimed the husband, "are vou all ctaxy P' u Bic*s my heart," exclaimed the m mlar brother-Mi-law. 44 If it ain*t Ned himeeU! Why, what oe earth tempted you to get youiweil up in that style T'Q 44 Vrnt atvle?" asked the much abused husband a be rubbed the growing lumt on hi forehead. "VThy, when did yoe sbaveT" It en all clew to bun then. His wire had put up her hand in the dark, 1 sua nieestnt tb shaved fsoe of a man, took her husband for an intruder She recognised bia voire at first, but the scme diagnsti-d with the oondnot of aoote of bis subordinates. Emilian Aguero, a friend and lately a companion of Igna eio Agramoute, has ovganixed a com pany of fifty surrendered mourgenta, urn) token the field against Ignacio Agrs monte. His column has attacked Area ta'* ooiiimu. The iaane of Muall bank notes failed to make the premima on gold decline. The Bpanianl* continue to send large sums out of the country, thus keeping up the gold premium. No answer lias lieen received from Madrid relative to Certain-General Valmaaeda's resignation, but a telegram from the Minister indicates that it is not accepted. Fortran Brum or tkb Sew.—Mr Robert T. Paine communicate* to Asifc sola's Journal m list of eohpaea visible in the Uuited Slates during the remainder of this century. The first central eclipse will be that ef September 29, 1975. which wiß he annular in part of the State of New York and in four of the New Eng land States, The u ratio n of the ring ou the central line will be three minute* thirty-nine second*. At B ebon it will be only two minutes twenty nine sec onds. The belt of country over which the annulm eclipse will extend will be 110 mile* wide, Within it are situated the observatories of Hamilton College. Albany, Harvard University, Amherst College, sad Dartmouth College. The first total eclipse will be that ol July 29, 1878, whoa the shadow of the moos will pass over British Columbia, Montana, Colorado, Texas and Cuba. At Den ver. Colorado, the eclipse will be total nearly three minute*. A HIXT roa TW* CAAAITAEL*.— Tbs following letter, found opon a profeas ienable beggar latelv arretted at New burvport, Mass., while repreeenting him self rs the eon of a clergyman, ia needy Hrenmabaneea, and thus robbing them of their charity, speak* for it* iteelf: Newbury port, June 6.—Darting Old Wife:—l did Arst rate laei night consid ering that this ia a small town of only 12,0 m). I made 18 90 clear. I have to keep a little to go oa with. I send yon a money order 89; take it np to the Poet Office to the hole where they buy the poetage stamps, and they will give you the money. Get your boots and hat at oaee for my sake, dearest. I will have plenty of money in a few days. A cler gyman's wife here, when she heard I had s baby, gave me e lot of baby elothes; them's with me. In haste, my own preo ions wife. Tonr loving husband, La wui. How TO Bnccaa an I SCUBAS an PES axon. —The following circular is issued by the Acting Commiamoner of Pensions of the Uuitea States : Perseus who are al ready pensioned under the act of June ft, 1866, at either of the rates of 815,820 or 625, are entitled, by an act named June 8, 1872, to increase rates, and may secure such increase without formal application and without the intervention of an attor ney : nor will any attorneyship be recog nized in each oases. A letter from the pensioner addressed to this office, enclo sing his present pension oertifloatm end giving hts Poet-office address, will be a sufficient presentation of his claim for the increase. The oertifloatm will be en dorsed by this offlee and then forwarded to the pension agency at which the pen sion will be payable, and the peasionflr will be notified of sueh transmissions Lena* FAUOI at Now Ton*.—These orthiftpfttx fim **• New Tort dtvm 1,000 eeree eaflh. j TEEMS : Two Dollar* a Year, In Advance. Peer Plillooddj. A loam Foot PUliouddy ia a par pgyeiu uf delight. His MM danood and twiokied, bis round, dimpled checks were all aglow. Even bis ears ware red with esdtemeni 4, Hsve yon beord the news f bo shouted, dapping bis bands in eostscj. 4 * Not • word," I said, wondering whether at last fortune had aauled upon I'oor PUlicoddy. 44 Why, what do you suppose * utile Pitnpton's wife's uncle Los dies) in Ja maica and left all the Pimptona rich and two big toora, starting from tbo cor ner of Poor PilHcoddy'a eyea, earned the twinkle all the way down his roead, rod cheeks' " Oh, there goes Little Fimpton him self," ha cried ; and running up to the shoemaker, he gripped him by tlie shoul der, and me by the arm. and dragged us across the street to " PtUiPodily't Apoth ecary." "It's my treat," said Poor Pillicoddy. "Shall it be ginger-pop or lemon-sod a 7 Better sjy soda—with cream on such a day "—smacking his lips nactnousty at once over the teuton with cream, and the S olden happiness that had ialkn upon is friend Little Piatptoa. , The little shoemaker took it all very calmly- windfall, sodawatar and Pilli coddy. The Weal Indian legacy had bem altogether unexpected. But his joy arete .-d tempered by n sense of his baring de served a fortune from somebody—sod why should it not oume aa wall from bis wife's loag-ataorddrgoUaa uoelv aa from any other qoartar. lie *aa very glad of it—bat it was quite in the natural order of things, you know. H was Poor Pilli coddy who flung aphis bat,*ud shed tears, and stood treat—lemon soda with cra*m. And that ia always the way with Poor Ptllieoddy. I might have known that th* good naws had uothtng ta da with him. Poor he has alwaya bom, and poor ha | will always remain. Hi* heat clothe* are threadbare, and shiny at the angles. His dinner would lie vary fafr ftom a •* square meal " for most folks, lie ia always run ning around with rahacrlptlon papers for other psopi*, no wane oft in this worid'a goods than himself. He naUcs his pegged books down tu the welt to win a pair of patent-leathers fur lus neighbor. He makes a joke of what be calls bis own bad fortune, and ia beoide himself with joy when anybody elue ia rit lock. The only thing that grievas Poor Pilli coddy ia the anggwttna, from one who ia aware of bis ways, that charity begias at home ; that area aa old bachelor owes something to hi marl/; that he realty ought to devote a little more time to his own interest. Than, indeed, ha is wounded and cast down " Oh. oh !" the. poor feDow sobs, and the twinkle goes out -if his eyes altogeth er and follows the old wet path down his cheek, till tear nnd twinkle are Hike lost in his frayed, white shirt oollar. " Oh. oh 1 would you have me threw away mv ooly happiness ? I am too aeHLb—l aan t do it, I cant do it," moans Poof Pillicoddy. Frenrh Day in Beaton. On the French Day in the Boston la bile*. when the bend of the Genl* Be pahhenioe, of Parte, deflk-d down the meti) eiale of the chorea, the whole net audience, chorus end oivhatn arose n greeting than with great cheering. waving hats and bandkencloeta, and making all sorts of friendly dosvD*tia tiana. This reception lasted fully fir* minute*, the Iwnd evidently feeling grate fully pleased. They formed sewn t-etrrle upon the platform, with their leader in the centre. A*eo mas comparative quiet ww restored, the band struck tip " Hail, Colombia." This waa uoexpeeU don the part of the nndieaoe, and every one in the whole house rose to their feet and steed •n the Beats. Three Urge bankete of flowers were sent to the band from the andieoce. and another indescribable scene f euthnaiMtk< waving of handkerchiefs end bats, and cheer after cheer ensued, completely drowning the music for a few moments. The band, however, played the American national hymn through sod .were again cheered at iU conclusion. Thcv performed Meyerbeer's *' Marche aax'FTmbaeox"*B the overture to " William Tell" eliciting the henriieat applause. A □ other presentation of flow • crs to M. Paulas, the leaden, addef seat to the applause At the conclusion of this, and amidst the greatest enthusiasm, Mr Gilmoreap peared upon the rostrum with his baton. The organ and hands under his direetiot struck up the opening of the '• Mar* seilloioe," when it appeared as if the gnat morn of humanity had almost become wild, eo extravagant wen the expressions of dalight The demonstrations wore continued for many minute*. The Band Repuhlicoinc then joined in, and finally the whole chorus, orchestra, bands, 'or gan and audience joined in the French song of freedom, the cannon joining is with hoarse resonance. The nudimnoe kept upon their feet cheering until f"riy bonne. The chorus of the "• Mar seillaise " was repeated with all the ac companiments at the command of Mr. Gilmore, the enthnsiasm not abating one jot The French band followed with " Yankee Doodle," and finished with the •' Star Spangled Banner " and the Mar seillaise. They retired amidst the most Srofnae cheers and plaudits of the na> icnee, which hod increased in numbers very perceptibly since the opening of the concert, and at this stage of the jperform ances there were nearly (W,OOO in the Co liseum. EXCUSED roa 4 CAP**-— Cspt. Too Bucbtn* nv out with hi* cotnpau v on letter. The disadiul me to which it wua afterward put in the wbotaale massa cre of innocent men, women, and oron children made itw itnr name a horror, and probably contributed not a little toiuam teinr adapted in England and the (Jotted Stale*, instead of the gattowa, m g mean* of irflicting capital punish meat. It con aisu of a Mock rearing between two up right grooved posts, between wbiob stems a heavy weighted knife with an obliqnr edge. The sufferer t strapped firartg to.*, plank, and thrust bar downward between the poets, ao that his neck u directly un der- the knife. A sprang ia touched, the hoary, town-edged blade descends, and the head ia *e*red from the body a* earify as a sharp raaot sevm a hair. Dr. GaiUotin himself narrowly.ammaed being a victim of the inetramcut vrbkb bean bis name. He was thrown into prison dunnr the reign of terror, but arm released eat the death of Roheaiderro, re ' named the practice of his profearige in Paris, and died quietly in hia bed ail (be 28th of March. 1814.* The story chat he died broken-hearted beet um of the udhmy attacked to hit invention to, at course un true. . j L The question whether death by the qmliotiae is comparatively painless aa* raised in France soon altar the rrtnltpdoc tion of the instrument. In 1795 Dr Summering, in the Mntifw, ikmeuncad it m too rapid in its operation, and main tained that sensation did not ceant ten j mediately alter decapitation. Many perlmcots were tried to test the truth of this theory. Eminent phytkiaas as-ido onsly attended executions, and by strik ing at tbe severed hood, shouting in its ear, and diver* other wart, endeavored to ascertain whether sensation aurvivad tbe shock of decapitation. „ r # . Tan Sifvu'i Caeir ar Cnicsoo.— Tha fhleago Thbm** givee tba aooowat of what the ariß j***ed through in boring 1,220 toot la that city: Tbe drill bad,*n amy time of if through the first fifty fleet; boring with great readiness through clay tbsm came 385 feet of aiate and rottm rock, which waa pretty easily disponed of. Then fire fret ot quicksand, which eaeot ad made things generally uncomfortable; then a 12 foot mutate of send and atoms; then the drill worked ita gray alowfy through 102 fret of hard rook, after mert ing which the water made its appearance, and tbe well was filled; then came 110 lect of white limestone rock, which was pierced slowlr, but having made its way through, tbe diligence of tbe drill was rewarded Eth a soft tin at," in tbe wav of ffltt I it of dev. More limestone to tha depth of tsraatv'five foot followed, and then a mixture of state and abate, and alter tba: fortj feet of eoapstonr, then slate tpgfaM a de?rk and fifteen feet of slate and rotten rock. This cared al most • badly a qoicksaud, snd an iron pipe of the fiae of tfe troll was let dpwn to cover the trracberoro apet. Below this wr rcntv fire foet ot lime rook ttdl, twtlro feet ol sandMonc roqk, eighty-*W feet of lime rock, ant) then, a* a depth <*' I 105 feet, a crevice, lined, as hqferw de ! scribed, with metallic ffcnt. containing water, thirty feet below which the flow neatly doubled. Bxtmrrt Crittenden of Keotucky, was at one time engaged In defendinc a man who bad been indicted far a capital offense. After an elaborate**! powerful defease, he ofeaed has effort wtefa the following striking and beautiful aile gory: * When Ood, in Hw eternal conn aLcoaeeired tbe thought of manH erratum. Re railed to him the three minis', crs who waft constant!r upon tbe throne—Justice.' Troth, rod Jieery—and thro sddmteo them 5 ' Shall we make wan f* Then saM dustier: ' Oh, God, make him not, for be will trample upon Taj lam' Truth made answer also: 'Oh, God, malm bin not, for he will pollute Thy nsocusariea.', But Mercy, dropping upon her knees, looking up through Mr tears, exclaimed: • Ob, God, make : nn—l will watch over him with my care through all the dark Stbs which be may hare to tread V Then *i made osaa, and said to bicsr 'Oh, maa. tbou art tbe child of mercy; go and deal sritb thy brother.' * Tbe Jury, when he bad finished, were drowned in Uus, and. against evidence and what must bare been against t Ucir own cootie Iter* brought in a verdict of not guilty. A Oocstt SLkat Fight—An election waa held in a Kansas oounty to deter mine the oounty aaai, and resulted la fu ror of Augusta by a majority of 800 rotes. Thw people of Eldorado opposed tbe election on the ground of its illegal ity, and applied to the courts for an cos der to restrain the Commissioners from counting tbe ballots. A few days after about 160 armed men, roth teams, en tered Eldorado for the purpose of taking the oounty tfleets to Augusta by force. But the people of tbe former place met them in force and armed also, and they made no attempt to pursue their design. Great excitement prevails, and it is feared that another raid will beundertak en, and possibly blood shed. The Court has decided that it cannot issue an in junction, and thus the matter stands. A Stoat*.-*-" Old Hundred" has rolled gloriously up to heaven many times be fore, bat never before in such fullness of glory, writes one who in Boston listened to it sung by 80,000 voices. The slow sua** method enables the chorus to at tack it with wonderful precision and to unite in it with magnificent effect, and the audience bel.l their breath until it broke forth in whole-souled and unani mous applause at the last bar. The sound seemed solid, and this solidity was the distinctive feature, for it was gamer nljy agreed that the loudneaa and volume of tbe eound were not so exceptional. It w* uplifting, inspiring—and osa came down to earth to recogmxe bow sueoeas fnliy was the "World's Peace Jubilee* inaugurated. E. L. W. Joins, who swindled a widow lady of Pittsburg out of a large sum of money by lepieeeuHag himself as an Epiaeopal alercjman of large wealth, Facte and Faaefoa. j A (format) prince aaid to be traveling imaog, In Kentucky. £& Florida ia the only Htafo to the Union without a daily newepepar. A Pekin, 111. woman died of rage in a dispute about an Btnbreila, Chicago trneriW aattiKtod-aha had a (Ire, BOW aha waoto a jubilee. Maryland cotton factories or nsuma 80,- 000 batoa of oottoa par weak. Woman can bold appointive ofleaa la Illinois after the I rat of July. Athena, OIL, baa a paper named the Cat, with the motto, " X cao scratch." - A Paa da laa maa —aabiiged to or der ra*Uoa toe fonr one day L 4 weak. f A fiery, untamed deed ad Winona, Minn , haa bitten bi master ao that hia ttnn bad to he amputated. '' The potto* df Vienna hare notified the newapaper* that the publication of mat rimonial advertisements mnat be stopped. Western Tennesson up you can't beat heron ancient oegroea. She' haa one 130 yean old. The todies of ?aria, Ky., an forming an soil-upaak-eril of -ycmr neighbor-ao defy. Good thing. Mr. Atouinder, of Kentucky, haa aold two abort-born heifers to an Englishman tor IIS.OOO. Row {* it a storm looks heavy when it keeps lightning? and the dfrker it gets the nOm It lightens? A small lake has boon discovered among toe Cascade Mountains, is Ore dt iisc wah two thousand tart high 1 *"* Tba boiler of a learner on the Ohio rivnrwsnteiad ma Saturday evening of 1 last' we*k, tearing the I ant In pieces and seriously wonading and scalding nearly everybody on board. A wealthy man m Pike Cjnnty. Ind., renuitfy died, having left bfc property to all the widows within a ramus of eight iaPea from bit residence. Romeo wan anetf-made elephant. He came to this canty without a dollar ia hit track took ©ne*J>y's adviee. went , West, and died worth 940,000.—J9- MWt A maiden Inly being asked why aba bad never mam d, replied that she bad never seen the man for whom she was a day for forty Un Dio Jjftwta of Beaton haa gone i abroad to stndy. in- a prßettcal manner, ; the Jinropean metheda of physical ent .tute, and die Turkish bath L It is wrtbasted that JJLGOOJXW tons at Wetniooos and It.'fiO.'W tons mthra 'rt to cot! Wet* mined W the U Mamma— w How splashed you are, .Uke | Toe meet, hem been walking is ail the pqdplpe vouconld Sad !* Alice —Well, Mamma. Bob and Mary would walk OB the kdf where there were no 'ampa f* N. B—Robert and Mary are engaged. A young man named Warren Sicker, while cleaning oat bm bench is a bobbin aod spool manufactory in Alton. S. H., tka ether day. brought kia head in eoo rect with the otrenlar aaw. the aaw cat ting * go*b from oar to ear; He lived about thirty minutes. • A, hdi keeper is Virginia was lately brought before a magistrate fur rruettj Jo his daughter, occasioned by I>lfllMffiteliieriover to drive through Afr'SSU free when she bad charge of it Like one of Slitkßpeare'aheorinee, "She W •tolled her love." Loral edttiug moat he jolly is Salem, Washington canty, S SC. Tbe editor f the jV-* r -c -tjti v raeeired the follow ing delightful missive ; Team fellers went tojkgsft us feller* nanus oat of your <%!<* g* J®" ■"** * busted. This is buuuness. the Awl thing whioh strike* (be eyo in enUriug the pretty little church is Swaapscott, ia Uib notioe • " The seals in this Chapel are free to au. A cordial invitation It extended to aB stranger* ind friends to enter and occupy the best wnt* and worship God with nr." i, If there is any foil v greater than that of pouring kerosene oil upon the smoul dering cinders to make them kindle, it ia fißing a kerosene ferny while burning. A Celtic maiden in Ohio a lately guilty of thin foehahe*M and haa heen thereby spoilt fnredt aaefal or ornamental pur sT * 5- Rodtaway beach, formerly a most popular summer resort, bat within the last few years fallen to a secondary "watering place, has it re vival. This re jtrrcamtion ia esnaed by Hie bniiding of the Son thai d* Railroad, by means of which Roekafwav bench can be conven iently and gmohly rr*%ched from Brooklyn. . * •• Niea wnather far eors I" said a minis ter np the valley to one of his parishion ers, the other day- " Xe" M the old fasma"but bad for grain and grass." A few days later they met again. " A fine rain we had yesterday," said tbe minister ; "good lor grass and grain." "Tea,** was the replv, "bnt awful bad - *y * L Noted N ambler. The IMH is laid in one of the moot celebrated German KnraaaH " What a Sldden influx of jtiople into the room t ot, indeed, we ah ill aee a celebrity. The tall, light-haired young man coming toward us, and attended OT such a re tinue, is a young Saxon nobleman who mede his appearance here a short time ago, and commenced his gambling career by staking very small sums ; but, by the moat extraordinary leek, he was able to increase his capital to such an extent that be now rarely stakes under the maximum, and almost always wins. They say that when the croupiers see | him place his money on the table, they immediately prepare to pay him, without waiting to see which color baa actually won, and that they have offered him a handsome sum down to desist from play ing while he remains here. Crowds of people stand outside the Karsaal doors every morning, awaiting his arrival, and when he oomes following him into the room, and staking as he stakes. When he ceases playing they accompany him to the door, and shower on him eongratula tions-and thanks for the good fortune he has brought them. See how all the peo ple make way for him at the table, and bow deferctnances 1 He does not bring much money with him, his luck ia to gj-eat to require it He takes some notes out of his case, and places maximums on black and couUwr. A crowd of eager hands are immediately outstretched from all parts of the table, heaping up silver and gold and notes on the spaces on which he has staked bis money, till there scarcely seems mom for another coin, while the other spaces oa the table only contain a few florins staked by skeptics whooioa tb4teyto the count's luck. He mm ; and the narrative proceeds to describe hiacontinued successes, until be rises from the tatals a winner of about one hundred thousand franca at thai sitting—fht flbrahdf.