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.— W<ujntr' Education
of Vtt Hvrv.
ExTBAfIRDWAnT CASE OF PoiSOStXO.—
A letter from Ilormtagv, Mo., gives an
account of a terrible case of uoisnuiug
which occurred in the town of Wheat
land. It app*ius that a young nmu
named Moore applied to the count*
physician for a prescription for some
medicine to care ague, and as he object
ed to taking quinine, tba doctor pre
scribed a done of bitters compounded of
Peruvian bark, dog-wed and whisky.
Young Moore took a do e of the bitters,
and started for his house, which be was
barely able to reach, and aoon afterwards
died. Doctors Red fie Id and Barons,
who had been summoned by Mrs. Moore
to attend her son, in order to relieve
the mother's fears that the yonng man
had been poisoned, each swallowed
some of the and soou after
wards started for their homes, but had
proceeded a short distance only when
Dr. Barnes was taken violently ill and
was compelled to dismonnt from his
horse, and was just able to drag him
self home, and died during the night.
Dootor Redfiold, feeling premonitory
sysmptoms of poisoning, spurred his
horse to his utmost speed and just
reached his house and fell insensible at
the door. He was carried inside and
died within fifteen minutes. The mat
ter had not been investigated when the
letter was written, therefore it is not
known whether tbeDoctor who prepared
the bitters made a mistake, or whether
the druggist from whom he purchased
the medicine committed the blunder.
OXEK. —Composition of S little boy, in
♦be Bishop Scott Gtamer Scbool, Port
land, Oregon, verbatim H literatim :
" Oxen is a very slow animal. They are
tery good to break up ground. I wood
rather have horses if they didn't have
oolic—which they say is wind colleettd
io a bunch. Which makes it dangereser
to keep horses than oxen. If their were
no horses people wood have to wheal
their wood m a wheel barrow. It wood
take tbcm two or three days to wheal a
cord of wood a mile. Oows are useful to.
I heard some people say that if they had
to be a sx or a cow they wood sooner be
a cow, but I think when it comes to be
milked on s cold winter morning I thiak
they would sooner be Men. for oxen
don't have to raise eslves—lf 1 had to be
a ox or a cow I wood be a lieller, but if I
con Id DO! be a heffer, and had to be both,
I wood be a ox.
A WHALER'S TBOPHY.— In 1858, the
ship Cutawlm, Captain Obed Swain,
struck n large whale near Charles Island,
one of the Gallipago<s. After holding
by the whale eight hours, the line part
ed, and the creature made off with the
iron in his body. Iu September, 186(3,
Captain Otis F. Hamblin, master of the
bark Platina, of Westport, captured the
same whale, ninety miles from the spot
where he was struck eleven years before.
The whale yielded one hundred and ten
barrels of oil. On cutting him up the
iron was found, marked with the ship's
name, Catawba, and brought home to
Captain Swain, by whom it was readily
recognized, The shank of the iron pro
jecting out of the blubber was entirely
corroded, bat the part beneath the akin
, wga as perfect as whan thrown from the
W
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., l'A., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1872.
Bifcher an Month.
I must, to (hwminM to von njon tin*
subj-ol of 1 loath (said the Itov. Mr.
lUtvhor,) f<ot with you tb usturnl re
pugimnoe of a topic ao disagreeable.
Mm ito not like to think of auythiug ao
opproanir,and it may IK* thought stiaugc
that a pro|a-r consideration of what is so
oousidrn d, will hare a tendency to eurioh
hfo, and makeit tuorofnl! and complete.
The transmutation of the feature*, tin*
alow decay, is trouble to contentplate, ao
that to me it in dtaagreaablr to harp npoO
the dead. It i* thought well to iuiaglue
how wo will fool when dying* 1" oldmi
time* they used to have a akelton hung
before thorn, to remind then) of death, to
rebuke pride, and lead moil to forget
worldiiuo-Hs. 1 dou't wonder the young
turn away from such a scene as that.
Th ao thing* are unwholesome, they
pollute the awtvt breath of hope, living
ta changing form, changing positiou.
Passing out from a lower to a higher
position. It ta the apreadiug of the
wing* which had been unfolded before.
It i* crowning men giving them the
sceptre. It ia not coffins, and decaying
honea we an* to think of. There are men
who believe they art* mude bott*r by i
spending whole ilava in sepulchres. Yew !
if worms are men's t>e*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<cn hid. The
wash-liowl served for mixing tho viands
in liefore putting them in a cooking pan,
while the "gnests" prepare the brood
and butter for the feast. Tho lightest
foot-fall ou the stairs wr.nld scatter the
fea*ter*. Out would go tho light*, aud
out would go tho "gnents" in stockpiled
feet, holier skelter to their rooms, leav
ing tho •"host" and his room-mate to
dispose of the reraaiiu of the "hash,"
the crockery nnd tobacco smoke ns Ixwt
thev might. The officer, with bull's eye
lantern in hand, always found these in
nocent ones in bed, soundly sleeping
—hard to wnke—igaornnt of nil tlint had
happened Bat they were pretty sure to
hear ttudr names rend out nt the evening
parade in connection with "Cooking in
quarters after Tupv," and "Toboreo
smoko in quarters after Tni#."
To KEEP THE Ftrra AWAT.—The Jour>
nal <f Chemietry gives the following pre
scription "'For preventing horses being
tcuse 1 by fliesTuko two or three
small hnndfuls of w.dnnt leaves, upon
which pour two or three quarts of cold
niter ; let it infuse one night, and poor
the whole next morning into a kettle,
and let it boil foi a quarter of an boor.
When cold it will he tit for nse. No
more is required than to moisten a
sponge, nnd, before tho horse goes out
of the stable, let those purts which sre
most irritable lie smeared over with the
liquor, viz., between and upon the ears,
the neck, the flanks, etc. *
Three year a ago a Gloucester lady
made herhusband promise that he wonld
give her each day tne five cent pieces he
h id iu his pocket, and ou his birthday, s
few dsys- sine*, she surprised him by
making him a present of a handsome
gold watch, costing unword of SIOO,
which she had purchased with the money
thus obtained. It akows how fast little
savings accumulate.
A lady waa urged by her friends to
marry a widower, and as argument they
sopke of' his two beantiful children.
<f vhildmt," repiusd the lady, " are bite
toothpicks; * person Wkats her own."
Thirty toua of Beetv per Acre.
We spent on* night and a part of a
day last year with Harris le*wi, a noted
dairy farmer at Franklin, New York, who
gave us some statistic* iu regard to his
fnnn management and the cultivation of
routs. He calculated that ho produowd
m arly thirty Uiusof leets |wr acre, lie
slated that about #lB per acre covered
tile e*i**iMi of ats*d, plautiug, cultiva
tion, aud harvesting, and the yield wu
tXKI bushels, ao that tho roots ooat almut
ft 1-2 cents a bushel, or not more than
7 l-'J cents allowing for valuo of manure,
interest on land Ao. Yellow globes and
imix*rial lrets were grown on a pari of
the same field the year previous, at an
expOUst* of about b'O |H*r sere, Vtd the
yield was so much greate.- that the cot
of the root* was alaiut two cents |er
bushel Ires Until the cost of the previous
season's crop, lie advocates feeding cat •
tie on a regular portion of root* each
day the whole time they are ooufiuod
from |ai*ture in cold weailicr, as pre lent
ble U> 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* .<?rfew/firriaf of San
Joae, from which we gather these detail*,
cites this as a fair specimen of " the
average grain farmer of California." It
is certainly some satisfacton to know
thnt, notwithstanding the fart that " he
ha* worked like a negro n'l these lmg
years," he hns "lost nil the money lie
carried with him to the valley, anil is.
without ilouht, worse off thaa nothing."
Tiif Smr BriLMMa Intemwt. —The
Treasury D<*pr ment of the U. 8. ha*
l*uwl a'cireuinr to Collector* of Customs
and other* to cirry into effect the jrt>-
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
sc<vud time be spike, her terror was too
first and she fainted. When the broth
er now rushed in, he saw a tbin
taeed man with a slightly bald head, la
a long vrlute night robe, and in bia rage
at the supposed outrage, fired at him
noosed, and then knoeksd htm down with
bis fit- Fortunately, his voter sawed
the husband from a second shot. lli
wife recovered from bee faint ooly to
faint agtin at the sight ol her husband's
tare and the sound of the pistol shot.
He finally got to brd again until morn
ing, when •• the baby," a child af about
two rears of age, approached the bed, aa
be bad been used to do and frigbtrned
at tho sight of a stranger, ran screaming
from the roooi.
Tripping on tha carpet the poor child
received a severe bump on its little
head. Matters were finally straightened
p at home, bat on the street bis
friends passed without speaking, and at
the bank be was not only refused par -
meet of a draft, but threatened with
arrest tor signing his own name is en
dorsing it- 01 course, a littlg explana
tion brought the various affairs all right,
but it took so much time to explain, and
fbr the eontution on bis bar bead to get
well, that the aforesaid cttiien vows be
will never thaw a cam, as he cucsiders it
a habit dangerous to peace and evan to
lite.
Are ants nt Cvna.— Pepillo Oonxolea,
who lately surrendered to the Govern
ment, went with his officers and a de
tachment af Hpanisb troops to the inte
rior, and captured the Cuban Majors
Francisco Diatroand Antonio Ecbemen
dia, Lieut Jose Aguilera and six of UttT
cia's men. Echememlia and Diago were
executed. Jose Aguilera, th* father of
the Lieutenant, surrenderrel the follow
ing d*v with eight men, bringing 81 ri
fles. both the Agmlrrsa have joined
the H pan tarda, and will probably imitate
the other Cuban officers in banting ap
their late companions for axecutjoo.
The indignation of the Havana Cubans
is very great owing to the defection
of Gunnies, Vincente Garcia being al
most inntslixed. CapL Aguilera say*
that Garcia and rixty-five men have
gone to Santiago de Cuba, having be
c >me 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 <le
itched duty. In feet, he had two com
panies under hi* command. Re had with
bin a small hrsss Napoleon and an ambu
lance. Captain Tom waa aat net dis
ciplinarian, but a convivial fellow withal,
and food of creature comfort*, not many of
which were obtainable in the wild country
through which be waa marching. The
column had juat left the small hamlet ol
Jasper's Cross Road*, below Jacksonville,
wh-'n the Captain observed that ene of the
drama waa not beaten, and be directed a
lieutenant to inquire the cause. The
lieutenant soucbt the delinquent, and de
manded to know why be waa not beating
time. The fellow nodded mysfeeriowly,
and whispered into the officer's ear. "I've
Bt a pair of roasted chickens and two
rtlea ol whisky in my drum; and a chick
and a bottle are for the Captain.'' The
lieutenant returned, and. in a whispered
loon, reported to the Captain. "Zounda!"
cried Capt. Tom, with vehement sym
pathy, " why didn't the poor druromei
tell us that hie legs had given out ? 1
don't want men to march if they're lame
like that. Put btm in the ambulance,
air!" The drummer waa consigned to the
ambulance, and not lon* afterward Capt.
Tom and the iieutneaat went to examine
mure particularly into the nature of hia
A TOPCHIRO Ei'LOGT.-Tbe most touching
eulogy, and the meat comprehensive prob
ably, was uttered at the grave of Daniel
Wetieter, at the close of the tuocral rites.
A plain man, probably one of the neigh
bors of the deceased, came forward, stood
st the grave, and said, with quivering lips,
" Daniel Webster, the world will be lone
some without you." The quality which
won fbr Daniel Webster this touching
eulogy is not his greet end brilliant in- (
tellect, but Lis neighborly kindness.
In New York, last week, 641 deaths
were recorded, being equal to aa annual
saportgltiar of 86,8 par 1,000, (or tha prev-
NO. 28.
The (iallletiae.
When Dr. Joseph I gear* GuiHotla, on
the Ist of Daeember. 1739, proposed In
tba French Constituent Assembly to
alleviatatbe horrors ot capital punishment
by adopting a moebine which would dis
pease with the sue or swmd, hu was mere
ly reviving an old aooiri saner, which bad
•wen snperaeded in Germany, France, and
Italy by the very inslromeats ul dreapita
tum which be w* trying to abobsb.
Dr. Gotltertio'* motion ra n-t formally
acted ou until the 2t)lh of Marrb, 1792.
wbco a resolution vt passed ordering a
decapitating machine of the kind described
by *• doctor to be adopted. The plan
was submitted to the carpenter employed
by the government, who demanded 80©
franc* for making the machine, but finally,
after much chaffering, a hatter bargain wa*
made with a young German mechanic
named Schmidt, who agreed to formah
eighty-three of the new instalments—me
tor each department—for tba sum <rf JKV
francs esc fe. It waa float tiled cm the lH
of April, 1791, upon a number of rurp-es
at the Bicetre IfospiUl, and was fmad to
uork wttb rapidity and precis km. A weak
later it WW employed tor the decapitation
i<4 a ovnvictod highway robber named
}'•> 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?<h at 16 feet, and t ß aiu 400 feet of
white lime rock. Here a Mrttam <P
twenty-flee feet of brown sand wm track
(or the first time, and alter it aNklstoar
rock ; another layer of ten fe*t f shaK
twenty feet of Hme r<>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<u*d Htatea
I Wytrifi.' There der* imported 431,108
* fodfeu*, *Mi fke oooela
dm f the Wtw ernHoy. iteppd
pwifiiy immd tal r*qs(ttd the
•lentymau to give nni the hyw*. "Thiais
Um way I long b* equgbi."
During • tnaaok sssrerw thunder storm
the Bog. D. ti Hwnoad of Hanover.
10., iuU 60,900 yoag leant. nlodat
$3,000. It i* bl* .-d that ti*y died
from the elerU of the %btniog.
Among Abo Jflp dear people killed aft
the not in See Tori,
pvmtoH*Tsß vren Irak Aftoeo Ameri
can. tour German, three Eug'uh. one
Scotch, one Australian, tod oh Caae
han ' * '•
Two - frtend* meeting, one mnirkel
** I ham jmst met s wan who told me I
looked exactly like too. " " Tell me who
u m, that I may knaek him down," re
pbrd tba friei<) ?• Da't trouble your
anU," card he, "I dad that jaeU>
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.