TV Yolo* of God. I h-*rd Thr "i Pi' ")•" "O t *• 33S* That blceaed aourd to hoar T Did not hia heart within him bum. Tenchd bf the wlran tone t Not o! for, now to rrlurn, tt purity *m (pone. Then fore, raidat holy stream mi J bower, Hie spin! ehook wish dread, . And catiVl the oeder* in thet hour. To veil hi* eona mme but Iraby natii she was two yetw ohl. bat •(. t r that time iter lather called her Fiddle, UvtiMe >be ww* always Luuir.mg or mak ing some sort of a noiae. Fwhflet lather *m a aatlot, ami went one vdjrage from which he never returned. His ww died Soon afterward, and thu lit tle Fiddle was an orphan. left in charge <>i hot good old grandmother. boa the child rlways called "Mauimy." Ow Sunday mora ma. Fiddle rat la her place in Swwdar scUool, when her teacher , raid quite suddenly, n Lore your enemies?' . She then told the children the meaning of the word enemy Fiddle replied, "Then Pomp Jmsea is my eoemr, and F can't do nuifln 'boot lovin'hiiu. cxa<-e I hate him." Her Uacbet repeated Che word* '• Bk>- , tt.exu that curse you, and pray for them which despitafuliy use yon and peiatciite yon." Piddle listened attentively, but *oo-i forgot bcr teachers words.. In the eye nin, fowewr, when the old flftbiodad , lamp war- lighted, am! Mammy placed her ■ huge spectacles on her note to sjicTl out a , chapter ot the Bible, Fuidle remembers 1 ber teweber's lesson. ( "♦Mammy." said Fiddle, ,: dd yer alhi> j ( hies* people thai' fu* yer T" ''Si, chile," raid her Mammy sadly, Ji ♦♦not allux; son* rimes 1 forgti Mid ass , back, again, 'can-- mr uienxxr is flallm' W, but a young 'un like you, KiddU kh , mamlar. •Mr memory is htllfn' Wee, too," raid , Fiddle, ♦•so when Pomp ewes me I cuss , back, and I hit him when I kin. 4 Why, I , couldn't never git afoug with Pomp with , co neh doin's as MeseinV' Mammy looked at ber reprorntflv aver ■ her spectacles toe a moment, then matter- , ed to herself, " I furl jrnt sach a temper ( when I was y.rang," acd began to tead ( her chapter. - e ( Fiddle beaan teasing the cat, and forgot • all about Pomp until she was in bed. Then . < a fjtrlment on I' snptcowtrer.'' "" Tbf next mormn* FfffSl stood in tV court iu the bright October son*bin*, ( gravely watching Paaup, who warn hulanc iu* kawsell uo hiafaaad. The righted himself; and, catching sight of Fiddle, a ] gleam cf micbtel snot across his black face as be exrhdmcd, ♦• Tte fiddle Is here, the fiddle * here," beginning at tbe same | time to dance a breakdown. : which so aitonisbed bun thra lap format fe repeat his jokjj lafl ')U f II I ; Fiddle was qaite pMtn with tbe result of hcjuuftw-ritttuf, Mil iu up stairs lie- j Me PJmp haw fewhreflw bis aston-l iahment. Fiddle took bold of the cat very ter.tly. when she reached Mammy'room, but tbe cat was not in a gOwiji/emper, and erected her back, and began hi spit at fiddle,who raid , u iHess you cat, bless - VO<, L_ II U ♦' Whet on arth arc doftT, nj!tl!c J" asked Mammy. " Mammy V old (lis "Mat shook with laughter wheti Fiddle answrred. ** Thr cat's cmain* mc, Maminy, and 1 am blcss in' her," .J1 f-ra uJkU IU eI r\ ♦' Why, chile," raid Mammy, "caUcaoH cuss." , Fiddle replied very earnestly, a Yes, Mammy, tlicr bin; ibcy don't CUM Wp Pomp; out they can do cat curaln'.l know, 'cause I've beard 'em." Fidflle sometimes forgot her teacher's precepts. One day tbe was playing in tbe court, and slipping on an oranV pul ing that some oat had carelessly thrown down, fell striking tbe back of her bead. Pomp, who saw the accident, was delight ed, and snickered and giggled, and at last roared with laughter. While Frddlo was slowly getting oft the ground, Pomp ob served, "The Fiddle lits done gooe got broke, and now wo can't dance no more." This was too much for Fiddle'* temper. She hew at Pomp, but she was only eight and be t ws twelve,'so*be bad tbe advant . . Overcome with rag* Fiddle went to her old grandmother, who took the child In her capacious anus, until Fiddle became quiet. •"♦Oh, Mammy, Mammy,'' raid Fiddle, " I wisti Pomp was dead!" " How, cbik.'," replied JUmniy, " that's wicked; Pamp to be sure ain't mudh good: all he knows is stand in' en bis head, or some suckus trick or 'nutber, bnt th? good Lord mad* him, ami it's my 'pinion lie knew what be was about. To be sure be made the flies, am! they're wn than Pomp, bat Its right ter wish the flies dead 'cause they can't 'pent, but Pomp kin. ■ Come howj honey, Marumy will sing for yos," and she sang: " Jesnr-, lover of my soul. Let me to Xby bosom fly!" " Mammy," said Fiddle, after the hymn was finished, " How kin I alluz 'member So bless Pomp ?" • ■ i &<*■ •* Yer have to pray 'bout it chile." 1 an swered Mammy; *t#p Wngenongh when you git mad to ray the Lurd's prayer." At last poor little Fiddle forgot ail her troubles and dropped asleep in Mamroy'p arms. Wbea she awoke Use next morning she was not well, her fall badly injured her, and from that day she gradually wasted away. Subdued by sleknw, when Mam my left her sitting in the court for the benefit of the air and sunlight, the child -V * ** v "* -THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Editor uod Proprietor, VOL. V. rarely answered Pomp wheu he teased her about her name. Fiddle sat out in the couit one day in the Indian summer. Iler large black eyes had become dreamy as if * etching souse fae s oil view. Pv. . ,p eamoaha*. ttrihog* his outwork of teasing ; he was provoked that she did not seem to hy jigm, pud to attract ber ntttfiftu n ho \ >*v at . htr, us ing IndlJTf Mti. She looked at him lor a moment solemn ly, rose to her Icet. spread out her hands a* she bad awe the minister do iu churob> and sain, • '•May the hlcMin'ol the Father, and at tl*> Jou, *iidt the Uoly Chost he with Vt tt few fed cwnrnav. Pomp'a mouth Hew open with amuae nunt. ami he almost shivered as she tin isbed the bei>e>lctioii and went away. That night Fiddle was very tiled, and Mammy rocket! the child until she tell In to an unease slumber. The sunlight streamed In the little room the mjtt roominc, when the oPI Vo nuui stole into steff her "chile" w are awake she war awake indeed, although >be did not tnSwer Mammy N call, for Death bad come earlier, and the child had awakctwd'to the fioysof *n eudlc-i life. The old wotuau waded and sobbed the entire day. and when the sunset hour came wet >|*nt with griet. Tnere was a low knock at the door, aud TVxwp entered. His tare had a woe-Vgoue exprt-ssiiui, and thenrVas a piece of rusty crape- tied 'u his MStVxabcUC. •' K'n I see Fiddle ?" he a.sk#d He stood looking at the litclees torto. (cur* rwuitng dowu bta black taiv. *1 | used to U-ase her, Mvuimy.'' smd he, '• hut 11 didn't mean imffiu, *uin\" aud the boy looked an it the solemnity of the bene diction rested upon him still. " This morning,"* contbvied the boy, " I held a berse lor a gviitlsuian and ha gave me some ujouef, and, Jlcauuy. 1 Iroucht tlw--e yer flowers: kin 1 put alurativ Fiddle f" He tar down a small bunch of vwKfts bv the diMii tavT, stoopctl andkis'-cd the child more than ouce, acd amid the moaning* of Vfauitny he departed.— The Christ urn OH ion. ( holers Inf.tutuui. An eminent physician in Philadelphia ftiruishes the pnblio with the following rules in the treatment ol cholera Infantum: Keep the child cool by means of frequent and protracted ju. wawr cooler than the atin>flfifisr?r Tr tfloiempsrature of the atmosphere is very high—say abupt $0 to H Fahrenheit. ( * "if tt'i* close and eppßWre —the batlung should be repeated a number of times in the coarse of the day, the water for this pur pose being regulated to about 6* or To degree*. Sometime*, instead of immers ing the elilld in the water, it may suffice to sponge it copiously. Thua treated the child will feel coed and comfortable for several hour*, after which the process may be repeated, there being no cause for ap prehension whatever that the little one will bw weakened thereby (as is sometime* erroneous!y supposed < even if kept in the water far half an hour at a time. The object of this bulling i* to substitute a sun on ndmg medium, the tenqentnrn •: which may be regulated at will, tor the atmosphere whose temperature Is not so readilv modified. As to the diet. Uie most iuiportsnt arti cle of fod is uiilk, accompanied, after the tenth uioQth of the Input's age, with a small Jquaaiity ol cfnht*d wat r cracker soaked in tbu milk in tbe form of a "pap." Great care shpnld be taken not to oyer "hsMes don tut the warm *i'oo. as tbe fnnction of digestion at snch times is just aaiaueb o*er-e ty Wing overworked as are the fhnetirtns of the inneen assisted to reform, ia as follows : Sulphate of iron, 5 ftrgina; magnesia, 10 :raifFf peppermint ITnttT, II nmebms ; pints of nutmeg. J drnchm ; twice a y. IK T not; BUS.— A horribly nervous '.tdy aroompaimr.l by her hnsbund, ariv d in Baltimore recently on a visit, ami i m their way to a hotel, encountered two ittMpon the sidewnlk, quietly engaged in conversation. The lady inst uitly fancied the men intended harm to hef husband lend set up a violent screaming, and be fore the husband coold obtain an explo ration from her, he was in the baud* of t lap two men, they naturally sup]>oau>g t hat the woman bad been assaulted. An < xplanntion of the conduct of the lms liand was demanded, and tire uervons fe male perceiving that her champions were about to thrash her husband, quickly explained matters and relieved her hus band from the awkurd position in which her own folly had placed him. The widow is amply provided for, and the children, nine in nnmber, share . quaily in the rest, an exception beiag made in the case of Charlee, who is blind. He receives A greater amount than is given to hxa brothers and sisters. French's Hotel will not lose its fame, as 111 f > ilUT**..™iT 1' ■1 A •*> con tinue the hotel a monument to tneif fimef, Thfe pioneer i " That man," sa!3 a wag, " came to this eity forty years ago, purchased a basket, and ooimnenoed gathering rags. How much do you suppose he is worth new ?" We give it np. " Nothing," he continued, after a pause, " aud he owes ll&fte basket.,' Joe and his thirty. About twen y years ago there lived lit a back >iuartvr of one of our Urge cities a young lumber met chant, whom, for lack of another name, we will call him Joe. A stout built, clean-ski nucd, blue-eyed vnung fellow, with a brisk sweot-touiperou little wife and a baby or two in a two-storied brick house not far from his yard. No bo 'y knew wood better than Joe; nobodi bought or sold it more fairly. In other matters than wood, too, his strong com mon sense and downrightnes* made their mark; he was a man whom, In Westers slaug, ••you could tie to: " whether it w as .a church meeting or a temperance gather ing. or a mere social affair awoug the neighbors, Joe, modest, practical, tine tiai mod, was always made a referee and judge. In tlicae political aud religious questions he held himself outside of old ruL-s taU by one set of iun, which are so sditorn a|t to stilt any other: to bring suyihiug dowu to the hroad foundations of common sense aud simple right was his effort, and gave his power. Nobody could doubt that Joe, as a lumber trader, a father, husband, an 1 citiaeo, hail found precisely the right niche, aud was tilling it thoroughly. Satan eoines to every mail, however, once in his lifetime- Oue Spring lumber was dull: there was a comer in ash or a waste iu locust which Joe could nut mas ter. lie went into the political campaign then in progress to keep his uiind from the vexatious business, lie bad taken up the losing side, because ''it had justice with it,'" aud threw him elf into it bravely. Honesty and courage count even iu poli tics in the long iuu ; the luting side won; aud Joe found himself sot on a pedestal as a strong and successful oiator. A month or two afterward he found himself endow ed with a snug office in tokeu of appre ciation of his party. The income was double that of the lumber jobbing. Joe began to look less for the intangible verities called cotumou sense aud tight, aud to recoguUo that there was such a thing as his party; as pleasing, winnin a reality to t:lk and write incessantly about as ever bridegroom found a bride. ; Not that he did not still ground every act and word on the basis of a sturdy con science; bat the party was an agreeable something that he had served and that bad well paid the service. All this was twenty years ago. In one ot the showiest plaster palaces of the same city Joe keeps hia family now. He has his home at the hotels. lie is a Senator in the State in which lie lives. His patty , pays better iu that State, he save, than they do in Washington. They pay Joe well—on compulsion. He is a big, puffy, whitc-whiskert>d, nnrple-fsced uian, with diamonds in his shirt front, and an eye glass, through which he take* the measure of other men, himselt unseen. He can tell to a penny how mnch bleeding you will staud when you take a bill to him to pass. No man will grind your ax better, but yo shal! pay h>r the grinding. Wheu certain '• visionary theorists," '• nnpracti cals,"thrut a measure into the legislature on the merits of iu justice or philanthropy akma, it is a study to observe Joe's tat tfngi r on flabby chin weigh it as he might a child's bubble, aud thcu crush it in his palm. " Very pretty, but theoretical. Sir! theoretical! The party cannot afford to indulge such whim-whams. He give* a solid donation to the Church now and then, but he is seen no more in pew or vestry meetings. His wife aud rtiii dree are expensively hoisad and clothed, bnt Joe's [tt-r-eua! aoi'isitiunoe with them is but slight. Pontics are the business of life here to him and hereafter for all he knows otherwise. He is successful, too, in his trade; has been Governor already, and talked of as candidate for Presidrut before one or two campaigns. It is not improbable that some day his highest point of ambition may be reaehed. As a ruler lie would satisfy many ot his ftdlow ert. It. is true he would have as mnch tdda of science of philosophy of govern ment as an ox; the very alphabet ot Biiitical economy ia unknown to him. Nt he would complacently cempare daily his condition with that of Ji>e the 'umber trader, and, with praiseworthy integrity to one end, gather house to honse, stocks to stocks, to widen the contrast in these conditions. Outside and beyond, he would aetve hie party faithfully—in order to insure his next election. What more can common sense, or right, or the people ask of their servants? HOW SM*LL EjCPKNDnTRE? COCST.— Five cents each morning—a mere trifle. "Thirty-five cent* per week i* not much ret it would buv coffee and sugar for a whole family—slß.s2 a year, and this amount invested in a hank at the end of a year, and the interest thereon at six per cent., computed annually, would in twelve years amonnt to more than —enough to buy a good farm in the West. Five cents before bieaklast and dinner and sup per; you hardly miM it; yet it is fifteen cents a day—Sl.os a week. Enough to buy a small library of hooks. Invest this as belore, and in twenty rears you have over $3,000. Quite enough to buy a good house and lot. Ten cents each mniniug— not hardly worth a second thought—yet with it you can buy a paper of pins or a spool ot thread. Seventy cents a week— it would buy several yards of muslin— £37.so a year—deposit this amount, and yon have 82.340 in twenty years—quite a snug little fortune. Ten cents before breakfast and dinner and uppar—thirty rents a day; it would buy a bonk for the children ; 210 per week—enough to pay for a year's subscription to a good newspaper; 106.50 per year—with it you could buy a good melodeon, to pleasantly while away the evening hours. And this amount invested as before. would in forty yean produce the desirable amout of £15,- 000. TAKE AN APPLE.—A Minnesota editor in responsible for the following story : Fifteen yearn ago when Minnesota voted the State railroad t>onda, Mr. John Hart, living in Rollingatone Valley, after the election was ever, wo* invited by a friend to take a glass of "hop soda," bnt instead of taking a drink, he took two apples. One he gaTe to his wifo, and tlie other he ate himself. Both he and she saved the seeds of those two apples, which they planted, and from which sprung eight apple trees. Five of them have lived, have prospered, and grown to be hardy, vigorous, bearing trees. Lat terly, each tree bears from ten to fifteen bushels of apples yearly. At the fair in Minneapolis, last fall, ho secured two premiums of SSO each, upon the apples taken from these trees. Since I hey com menced bearing he has gathered from these trees nearly one thousand dollars' worth of apples, which have all origin ated from the simple fact that he took applas instead of lieer. COOL ENOUGH. —The late Chief Justice Doherty, of Ireland, used to tell this good story of bis posting days. He was going circuit in a post-chaise, and at a dangerous part, where the road skirted a descent, one of the horses which hud been behaving wildly all the way, began kicking furiously. Much alarmed, Do herty catted out: "This is outrageous. I don't think that horse lins ever been in hnrnees before." " Bedad, your lord ship's right. He was only took out of the field this morning." " And do you mcau to tell me that yon have put an unbroken horse in my carriage?" "Sop ra a sight of the leather he liar ever seen till to-day. And if he brings your lord ship safe to the fut of the bill, the mas- Iter says he'll buy him." CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1872. Indian Ponies. From the Baker Oily (Oregon) AW ffocA /ViMor i/ we extract the following incident in the life of Wsatern Aborig ine* . A Winl of Indian* from the Umatilla Reservation are in tow n selling off a lot of ea\UM< pollits. The print range* from fc'J Mto #4O. It i* nuito Melting to wv theao Indiana laa*oo aud capture one of their wild horse*. An eventing or two sine* we witnessed the capture of an uunmially wild one one that seemed to prefer death to the j lows of hi* native freedom. The hand { wa* first eorrellod. An Indian then took a btasoo, made out of leather, we judge, : and awiugiug it around and over hi* head a few time*, he ut length threw it, ; very dexterously and unerringly, over Ihe ueek of the cayuae. The manner in wliieh he pluugou, and jumped stiff-leg- Iged, twd struck with his fore-feet, vu f< artul to liehold. Four stalwart Indians were uscesaary to hold him ; aud for a • time he made them fiy mound ipiite ' lively ; lie then caused the hig crowd of white men ami boys to vacate the eorrtd | in a twinkling. For several minute* he would not per mit hi* fore-leg* to be lasnooed-striking it the Indian most savagely whenever he apprtiuched for that purpose. Meau -1 while the slip-noose being firmly held j by four Indiana, was gradually hat surely i choking hiiu ; and finally his breathing j could have been hoard a block or two j distant. At last an old ludiau managed I to get another slip-noose around hi* j fore leg* ; when that over his neck was aomewTiat loonened ; and tlie c lyuae, by a quirk jerk, was thrown on his side so j violently that it is really a wonder that r every rib on that aide was not broken. Next Lis hind feet were IsiMioed and tied firmly to liia fore-legs; then au ludiau ' slapped him patronizingly on his neck, ! side and fiauk, and then complacently sat down upon him, nnd remained there for aeveral minute*—the crowd mean ' while gathering aronnd the humiliated cay use. At length the Indian arose from liis seat, mid with a grin, he opened the uiouth of the horse aud spit in it ; ami after breathing iuto his nostril*, several timss, and s|>eaking to him in jargon, the animal was uutetteied ami made to J stand on his feet again. But he lacked ! much of being snbd led ; and he proudly bid defiance to his ml captera ; but his ■ eflort* to regaiu his freedom were un availing. ludiau skill proved more than ' a match f or the unfortunate cay use pony ; and lie was flnallv led and driven ( into the alable of his white owner, and ' disappeared from our view. Arnn xx WOMEN.— Many >f the wo men of Africa, any* Dr. Livingstone, are very pretty, and, like all Indie*, would have licen mneli prettier if they had only let themselves alone. Fortunately, i the dears could Hot change ehurmitttf , black eves, beautiful foreheads nicely rounded limbs well shaped forms, aad , small hand* and feet, but must adorn themselves, und this thev do—"oh, the hussie*!"—by filing sph oditl teeth to point* like eats' teeth. It was distress ing ; for it made their smile—which had so much power over us—like tluit of >ct ocodile ormum uls scarce. .What would our ladies do if they had none, but pout and lecture on woman* rigidv I But these specimeiis of the fair sex ' make shift by adorning fine warm brown skin*, tattooing various pretty devices without eolora, that beside purp. *of , beauty MTt the hen ding tises of our liiglifaud tartans. They are not black, but of light warm brown color, aud so very sisterish, if I may use the word, ■ like a new coinage, it feels an injury done one's self to sec a bit of grass stuck through the cartilage of the nose eo a* i to bulge out the nhr sun, or wing of the nose of the anatomist*. t'azemlw's Queen, Mostia Nyorabe byname, would beesteemed a real heautv either in Lon don, Paris, or Sew York, nnd yet she lifti a small hole through the cartilage, near the tip ol her fine, slightly aquiline nose. But she had only filed one side of two of the front of her superb snow white teeth, and then what n laugh she had! Let those who wish to know go tee her. Khe was carried to her farm in a pony phaeton, which is a sort of throne, fastened in two very long pole* nnd carried by twelve stalwart citizens. .iKALOtOtT AND RbTKXOK.— A truly scientific revenge wa recently effected ly a ronng chemist in Venice nnmed Orlando Farnerini upon a pair of lovers w hose mutual passion had disturbed the current of hia own affections. He loved a young lady, but she loved a young tailor better. Orlando owed him money for clothes, and sent word that ho would pay him and make his betrothed a present if they would both come to hia laboratory. They accepted the invitation, and were politely received and slily led in conversation to the subject of electricity, about which hi had much to say. Both listened with astonishment, and were quite delighted when the professor proposed that they should allow themselves to 1> electrified. He bade them give him their hands, put the one pole of a Kumkerf apparatus between the girl's fingers, and the other into the tailor's hand, and then joined the currents. A terrible cry broke from the pair of lovers; They fell to the ground in oonvnlsive fits, then got np again, in the greatest torment, but Farnerini only laughed. The Two wretched beings drew the apparatus after them, tumbled over the furniture, and almost broke their limbs in their frantic eff'orts to rid them selves of the mighty current, but In five minutes they had become two distorted corpses. Then, and only then, Farnerini stopped the electric fluid, and went tore port the matter to the police, which lie did with the greatest sang froid possible. FATTEXINO CATTI.E OX GKAM. — In Great liritain and Ireland the wealthiest and mogt independent farmers nre those who occupy large farms or good grass land, and who fatten and aell annually large numbers of rattle. This class of fanners are called grazier* . tliey keep very little ot the land in tillage, do not winter large numbers of cattle, but buy two or three-year old heifers and sects in the spring, keep them on choice pasture during the summer and autumn, and sell betore the animals begin to lose flesh late in the fall. The vast heard* of Texan rat tle are sometimes managed in a similar way, being pnrchaed when in low condi tion, and driven on the rnnrhe and fed on sufficient prairie grass until they have be come nearly fat. Farmers who have good grass land shonld devote at least a porth n ot it to fattening stock. Good twoorthre* - year old heifers and steers, kept on a rich pasture for six months, would probably pay better than inferior tillage. The money would all come together, and the cost of transportation, compared with that of cereals, wonld be trifling. Every t'arine? should fatten all his young stock that arc not re juired for the dairy or yoke. Belling Btock of any kind before they are properly made up for the market is very bad management, and a great deal of money is lost by farmers in this way. The objection inci dentallyrniwd iu con nection with the one-cent poatnl cards, that improper auguage may lie used by writers, to tbe detriment of recipient*, is done away with by the fact that jer sons so disposed may do the same on the backs of envelopes now, and thut there is a post office order to preveut the delivery of such communications. A t ui| Meeting In the Olden Tluie. The order of Ui JUT would W altnoat , uniformly thi* : The horn (which *• long tin one, hutig ' lh preaehlug taml) un wounded ut auuriae, when it wtiM expected that all jierwon* in the tenia would rise. Half an hour later it wax Mown Hffaiu for family wotwhi|, ' which mn*t be olawrred iu every tent, after which breakfaat wa prejmred aud ewtcn. At eight or nine, according to the aea auu, the horn uunounceJ prayer meet ing iu the teuts; ut ten it proclaimed preaching ; after that followed prujer* ut the at an J and a call for wmirncru, or, UH it was more correctly and elegantly expressed, "an imitation to audi a* de aired an iuterett in the prayer* of tboto preaeut, from a conviction that they were winner*." Then came the IVCI M for the mid day ! meal, and after thin there was pleaching again ut 2V. u. There were prayer* ut the iiland and mourner* Palled forward , again, ufter which tlmro waa usually an ,' adjournment to the open part of the I ground, and .a 'grand prayer meeting organised iu "the ring." The ring meeting w* formed in thin way : If there were many mourner* at the alter, aa it was called—that i*, two or throe designated henohe* in front of the J pulpit— aome one in authority would order a removal, on which oine active fellow* would ahoulder a few bcucliM | and carry them to the Rqnare, and have [ them placed in a convenient mauner aud 1 ready lor the mourner* to kuee! by or ' j ait upon. Before these were removed, but iu an i incredibly nliort tiuie, enough utout young men would join baud* around the iieuehe* to form a compact iueloaure. I. Theae uguiu we re enclose>l by an outer riug of those w ho were the first to apriug to the place, that they might have a full view of the proceeding* ; for it wu* understood that this circle waa not to be entered except by the niournrra ami I thoe who arc t talk aud pray with them. The voung )>eoplo of tha country were | generally god singcra and they knew I the hymn* and tuue* mostly in uae, and I. the unrulier* who wou'd join in the hing ing would now lie aurpri-ung. Two resolute onea of the living wall of thia ring would le designated at once a* door pout* and doorkeeper*, who at their di* cretioo admitted person* within the en ■ closure. The mourner* were then brought on, and entering kuceled at the tiencbc*, while a brother or leading voice would I start "Cone, rs Mourns poor tod ui*edy,"or *otu similar snug. iu which •very available voice would join, Dot a brick of the Wall* of this tabernacle ■ keeping silence. Then followed a prayer, then a song, I and then prarer, and at laat u ateady I stream of song and supplication, run , niivg together like the iwrts of a fx'jn*, r hatmoiiixing iu afhte of all discord. ' Eni-HASts —A Boston jmpcr mt: la 'jit nut pleasure to have, couTeise with ' you, one of thoae individuals whopuuet ' j nate thoir relation of a hat they onusider particularly good stories or funny occur - ' reuee# with poke*, nudge* or dig* in 1 your nb* The worst of it is, the joke* of these funny creatures are made up of niue pmi nudge* and thmsta, and one part wit, *. for inatance, iu listening to ' the ntury of a largo-beaded mat: trying ' on a small hat, we endured the foilowiug: J "Br Uio by, Mpeakiug of btU, pokoiie.) " Rumps. yon aee, w*s int atMiut 'looming out of the hotel dining ball." ' (Nudge in our ribs with cltow.) " Well, be'a got treiuendous big head, 3 on know. ' j (grab* on lap|>el of our coat;* ao two of 1 i ii* just hid his hat. (wiuk aud punch in . riloi with bouj index linger.) and put fonr other feller*' drab hata just like his 1 in its place." (Poke into aliirtdxiiuotn.) '• Bumps comes out, tries first one hat, ipoke,) then another, (punch;) finally, ' ha! ha! he got mad, aud (elbow jab) d the third on" on so hard he split ' it open.'' (Tremendous thrust in atom | aeii.) " Ha! ha! ha!— Jim Bnstah'# hat! And Btimps had to stand treat—three ' • t*)ttlc—ha! ha! ha' '* (Tremendous slsp lietweou shoulders, that took all the | remaining breath out of our liody.) Fai.sk Haml—s<>me time since when it was announced Uint the story that jute braids and "switches'' were infested with insects, was merely an invention ol the enemy. the women took heart and boilt higher and stronger. lint now a distinguished chemist who has been in vestigating the matter says that although it i true there are no parasites in jute, still it is sure to destroy the human sculp if allowed to remain long in contact with it. He says that in the preparation of jute onrroaive sublimate, a most deadly mercurial poison. and nicotine, the essen tial principle of tobacco, are used, and that tlie jute, becoming brittle like spue glass, breaks into small part ids which enter the pores of the sculp, and, intro ducing the poison, cause first slight irritation, and afterward serious ulcera tion. Hiinilnr. though leas marked ef fecta follow the wearing of other substi tutes for the natural covering of the head, so that evil results follow in any case. These facta are not stated in the t xpectatiou that they will make the least difference in the aide or use of the nrti eal, but simply that we mnv le utile to rv to the multitude of bafdheaded wo men ten years hence, "we told yon xi !' Whkn tiie Dark Cometh.—A little girl sat, at twilight, in her sick mother's room, busily thinking. All day she had been full of fun and noise, and had many times worried her poor tired mother. " Ma," said the little girl, "what do you suppose makes me get over my miachief and begin to act good just a out this time every night V " I do not know dear. Can yen tell me why ?" " Well I guess it's because this is wb n the dark comes. Yon know I am a little afraid of that. And then, ma, I begin to think of all the nnnghty things I've done to grieve yon, nud that |ierhaps yon might die before morning, and so 1 liegin to act good." "O!" thought I, " how many of us wait until tlie nark comes, in the* form of sickness or sorrow, or trouble of soun kind, be fore we 'begin to set good.' How much lietter to be good while we are enjoying life's bright sunshine : and ' when the dark comes'—as it will, in a measure, to all—we shall be ready to meet it with out fear." It as EM ai. A.NCR. —A very remarkable old mail died iu London, at the age of ninety one. lie bore an extraordinary resemblance to the first Napoleon, and boasted to the hour ot his death ot hsving won the battle ot Jena. . The following was his story, which, however true or lalae, was univers ally accepted: During a critical moment of the battle, Alholiuo (this was the old man's name), seeing tbe soldiers begin to waver, mounted a horse, and galloping in front of the troop*, cried out, "I am your Emperor! Faicwell!" llis corporal* uni form and his resemblance to tbe Emperor created surh enthusiasm in the ranks that they pressed forward and the battle was won; not, however, before tlie Prussians bad noticed tbe cheat, and Albolino was seriously wounded. lie lived upon a pen sion in Paris until quite an old man, and then went to end hi* days in London. Colliery Kxploslon* and the Weather Thirty years ago George Bteuhenaon wrote concerning colliery " Generally speokiug, there iuw been some fault' iu the ventilation of miura when acciJents hare occurred." Thla view haa beeu antpljr confirmed by aub •M|tittcrvalion, and accident* are no* extremely rare where thorough ven tilation ia imured. It haa beeu found, however, that the weather exert* an im portant influence on the prooeaa of ven tilation, and either in thia or aome other way ia intimately connected with the occurrence of expluaiona. Kociety ia shown that accident* are moat frequent when a aerioua break occur* after a period of calm weather. Iu the first warm daya f apring explosiona are alao common. Out of 65# exploaion, 'JM or IN |H-r cent, arc aaaocialed with low kilometer; l&i with auddeu elevation of the temperature of the external air ; and 101 remain unaccounted (or on meteorological ground*. 1 Vrioda of low barometer, and u auddeu riae of temper ature, are thua both charwctemed by the frequent occurrence of aecidenta. The effect of a riae iu temperature on the ventilation of the mine ia thoa ex plained : The natural temperature of a mine of the depth of 50 fathoma being 55 deg., that of one 200 fathoma deep 70 deg., aud ao on (speaking generally), if the temperature of the t-xteina) air rieea to 55 deg., uatural ventilation must c ase iu ahaliow pita, and similarly in other eases. Accordingly, if a warm day oc cur* in the cold season ol the year, and the furnaces are not in action to keen up the current, an exploaion ia very lixely to occur. It hat long liecn olieerved that when the barometer, after having stood at a high level for a time, liegina to fall more or leas rapidly, the accumulations of foul air and gas in the abandoned gal leries and Assures of a mine emit part of their contents into the venlilatiug cur leuta which flow post them. Issuing ihtu in gieater quantity than usual from the cavities and fissures into the work ings, sml more e*|>eciallj into places where the air if stagnant and already more or leas foul by admixture of gas, the volume of the explosive portion of this mixture will increase iu consequence of the mcieaaed rapidity of diffusion, or in other words, the explosive boundary will extend itself. Tuts extension of the explosive boundary is gradual, and in aome cases a considerable time may cUpa* before the lioundary has readied its extreme limits and begins again to recede. Duriag all this period the mine will be in an abnormally dangerous con dition. aud this explains why explosions may occur aome days after the barometer ha* reached its lowost level and when, perhaps, it ia again on ths rise. Impure ventilating currents sometime* give rise to accidents by increasing rrther than diminishing the exploaive character of the gases withiu the pit. The |apcr couclndea by atatiug that the evidence fairly justifies the view that moleorolugical changes are the proximate causes of most of the acci dents ; Imt whatever th-sc changes may be. it is abwriutehr necessary to keep a most careful watch over the amount ol air proving through the working*. Rat CATTHRCO.—The following i* laid to be the mean* used by the pro!national rst catcher* of Pari* to destroy th ver min : They take a deep tub with water on the bottom. and a little elevation in the middle like an island on which is only *|ace for ju*t one rat to sit. The ton i* covered, aud has % large hslan**l valve opening downward; on the mid dle of this voire a piece of fri -d pork or ehee*e is fixed, aud w hen the rst walks on it to get the cheese, the valve goe# down, drops the rat in the water, and moves back in position. A road is made from a tat hole to the top of the tub, by means of a piece of Itoanl rubbed witu rheete ao a* to make the walk attractive to the rata. In the course of a single night some ten or twenty or even more rats may go down, and if the island was not there they would be found most all alive in the morning quietly swimming around; but the provision of the little island saves the tronble of killing them, because their egotistic instruct of self pnncrvstion causes them to fight for the exclusive possession of the island, of which in the moruing the strongest rat is found in solitary |toaseasinu. all other# Icing killed or drowned around him. Tick Chicauo Fikk Ixsibakcb*.—The aunual insurance report just issued by the State authorities in Illinois, Las aome in teresting Information in regard to how the Chicago fire affected the insurance com panies. haftrfg a paid up capital of 819,- 847. 4.15, and on accumulated net surplus of 15.010.67122. Of the 864,760.461 Chicago losses of the seventy-four com panies doing business in tbe State op to the time of the fire, 89,562,863 has been paid, and the insurance report estimates that over $12,000,000 win yet be paid. This will make about 83 per cent, of tlie lessee of the said eeventy-four companies that will be paid. The report closes with a pretest against an evil growing out of competition, and one which is on the increase. It Is the prevalent practice among agents to take risks on property at ita full value, and frequently at an amount greater than ita value. "The moral haaard in this kind of underwriting," says the insurance commissioner, " become# iearftilly great, and may we pot infer that many a>f the firea now occurring through out the country are the result of itf Ido not say that companies permit or that all ngents are guilty of this error; but that it is too general cannot be denied." It is even suggested that legislative action may be liad to prohibit insurance risks of this character. Tn* Old Practice Ravivan.—Mr. John Dorcas, who lived near Tipton, lowa, says he lias allowed his land to rest after the manner of the Jews, every seven years. This he doee on what is properly known an the wet year. He owns four hundred acres of land, and he, although having a large family of sons, has not plowed a furrow for corn or small grain. The seventh y#ar he devotes to building and repairing fenoes, planting trees and other improvements, which are, to a great ex tent, neglected during the six years of ex ten-ire farming. After the 4th of July he l>egins to plow the heavy crop of weeds under before they go to seed, tliua enrich ing ami resting his land and getting the lead of his business for the furt martial, which sen ten red the vouth to one hundred lashes. •' It'll kill him—it'll kill him !" matter ed old West, whose province it was to sdminister the cat o'-nine tail*. The old fellow's heart was almost bro ken. Never before bad Henry got in toxicated ; he had been a model for all the other sailors until now. Often during the night watcbua, I would aee the old ltoaUwain's mate walk ing the deck, a ith tears glistening in his eye#. It would lie hi* duty to pnnish the Iml —ay, his was the ham! that must shower I ashes upon Uie bap- back of his |or bov. Would he do so ? Would not his heart fail him a*> he lifted thoae shorn, cutting thonga above his buy. who, little more ti.au a skeleton since Lis convales cence from the fever, had grown yet mure tliin since his confinement in the brig. Sometimes I would glance at liain hndge when he would come up on the spar-deck for his efteruoon walk, and wonder if he ever thought of the lad in he brig. Occasionally, it seemed to uie that bis piercing glnnoeiu that direction, always softened a little when it rrwtod on the old Imatawain'* mate, not far off I believed he felt more sorrow for the fa ther than for the sou. At length the day fixed for the lad'* punishment arrived. The lioatswaiu sounded a long call on his whistle; then bis voice wa* heard ringing through the ship : '• All hand# on deck t* wit ties# punish ; ment I" The grating wa# already in its pine#, just forward of the gangway. Thither the master at-arms led the youth, lashed hi* feet to the instrument, and his hands, wide apart, to the bulwarks. The boatswain's mate—old West— cam# forward, a# pale as death. And vet. not a tremor shook his frame. He walked iip, and drawing the "cat" I out of its sheath, began stxnightcmng the string*. There was hi# son, right before him— his poor wasted back showing the pro tending U ties, which were to shrink be s efttli the dread fnl laaboa. I glanced alternately at old West and the commodore. The poor boatswain's mate compress ed hi# lip# suddenly, and raised a hand to hia eyes. When he took it away I saw two great tears in hia sea-bine erl*. I saw hi# broad breast heave, as if he were striving to keep back the choking solo that were ready to break forth. As to the commodore, he showed no emotion that 1 could perceive. His conn ten an oe had the usual look of stern re pose; his clear, piercing eyca gleamed unflinchingly. A moment there area a dead silence ; then the voice of the captain was heard : " Go on boaUnram't twHt."' Up went the dreadful instrument— the eat with its nine tails. Now, the boatswain's mate staggered as if about to fall, nearly overpowered by his emotion—by the thonght of thus punishing the delicate lxy to whom he had never spoken a harsh word. But he must not shrink. Up went the cat, higher and higher- Tlie instru ment was abont to descend—the boat swain's mate would do his tinty. Hardened old fellows who'had been often flogged were seen to shudder many an eye was moist. "God forgive me!" muttered West, between hia white lips. There was a rushing sound and the cat whined through the air ; but it did not touch the poor lad. Commodore Bainbridge caught the arm of the boatswnin't mate in a firm grasp. " That will do," he said with a half stnlle. "Yen are a trump old fellow. I did this only to try yon my man, to ace if you woufd do your duty to the last— flog vonr own son ! T forgive tlie boy," he audfd, to tlie captain. "Send him forward, sir." He was obeyed. Not even the strict discipline of a frigate eonld keep dowu the men's en thusiasm. Their cheers rolled all over the liarlor, and np to the very skies. " God bless yon, air,' began old West, aho seemed ready to fall at the commo dore's feet Then remembering hia duty, he saluted, and walked to his place. Again I glanced at the commodore, and thought I saw in hia eye, the half subdued expression of a joy greater even than that he felt when, with the old Con stitution he won the victory over the Java. According to a recent census, the total population of the Russian Empire throughout its whole territory ia 81,W0,- 000 souls. Of these 61,420,000 are embraced in European Russia, 5,819,- 863 in the Kingdom of Poland, and 1,794,911 in Finland. The increase dur ing the last 4 years has been at the average rate of*4 per cent, but this j varies largely in different provinces. NO. 34. A bamblla* Hdl. John Morriaaey at Hsratoga controU the greatest gambling mtaMiahment in the United States. Hia domicile it o** o *; ed directly in the rear of Congrma HaU and embraces ssveral lots, for which he paid $30,000, though their original own er bad only a tew yea previoualy pur chased them for alxiut one- fourth that sum. Over #300.000 have bees ex pended on th* building*, *0 that the total investment has not fid Law short of s quarter of a million ef dollar* The gambling house la • sopendrue turw of brick, tastefully ornamented, te approached by aa imposing flight of •teja, and te guarded by metellie effigies of mystic animate. You enter s wide, ruomy. airy, stone hall, and turning find yourself iu the reception room. No ho tel of the kind approaches It iu tagte and elegance. Here you meet, or at least the writer and uia friends met, •bout eleven o'clock the other night, some fifty or sixty men assembled; eoS'** seated at omj little table* dtecnaafig wine, others rambling around eydpg things curiously, but the majority steal ing up, bat on bead and oane iu httjd, smoking freely and talking (occasional ly swearing) loudly. Passing through this reception room, w entered a room said to bo, and we should eaoeoive just ly, the most enticing jungk which has vet been afforded for the retreat of Jbe American ttgar. TO* carpris eori efer SLSUU, The chandritetx are of grsea *ud gold of exquisite workmanship; - Hi* brackets are gem* iu their w*y; the apartment te flooded with gas (there he lug sixty-six burners ia this room alone;; ftiere an* aeverui mirurs of the largest alee and finest quality known outside of a king's pake*; there are brouae knight* and usturwl and artifi cial flowers and ornaments in profusion ; the walls are light and neat and ehan, and are pleasantly suggestive to the eye i the ceiling is elaborately earved, and. moat prominent of all ars the tables scattered throughout the length and breadth of the apartment which toll (heir own atory—tablet of faro, roulette, rouge-et-noir, Ac;—just now the rouge et-noir table seem t to be .the chief at traction. The dealer ia an old gamUer. with white hair, long white based < and gold spectacles, and could rwadilf be mistaken for a clergyman. He la "sa sisted " by an adipose and Asahy *port in x light suit and highly <. •! r-*d neck tie. Perfect silence is preserved, mid a heavy game te beiug played. And now the crowd transfers itself to the roulette table, sad now we find it busy at faro, The tiger ia a c hameleon, mid aaaamaa all formal But although thousands of dollars have chauged hsuds since we entered the room, the utmost order and outward decorum ia preserved, and aa wa tea Ti the apartment and pam on through the hall into the commodious and cool read ing-room, a here files of the leading journal* are preserved in a much mate systematic ununer than te customary at the large hotels, we caa soarocly rsaliae that we are in a " bell" at aIL Worm Not Txu. a La.—Two boya were iu a school-room alone logctbet when some ftreWOtka, contrary to U master's prohibition, exploded. "TO*, one boy denied it ; the other, Bonnie Christie, would neither admit aor deny it, and waa sevetriy flogged for his ok stinacv. When the Iwya gotaloae again " Why didn't you deny it T" sskwd the real definqumU "Because there were only we two, nod one of us must have lied," said Bonnie. " Then why nut my tliat I did It 7" * " Because von said you didnt, and 1 would snare the lis." The boy's heart raeited,Bannie'* moral gallant rv subdued him. When school resumed, th* young r of no marched up to the master's desk and said, "please, air. ! can't bear to be a bar—l let off tba squibs," and burst into tear*. The master's eye glistened on the self acruarr, and the unmerited punishment lie bad ioflicteii on his school-mate smote his conscience. Before the whole school, hand iu hand with the culprit, as if they two were paired into the confession, the master walked down to where young Christie est, and said k>ud with some emotion:—Bonnie— Bonnie, lad--heand 1 beg your pardon—wa are both to bbum* The school waa hnahei and still, aa older schools are apt to be when some thing true sud noWe te being done —so stm. they might have heard Bonnie** big boy tear* drop proudly on hia poekot book. a* he sat enjoying tho moral triumph which subdued himself as well as s'l the rate and when, lor want of something eke to say, he gently cried, " Master forever !" the glorious shout of the scholars filled the old man's eyes with something behind his snectsclos, which made him wipe them before be rs mimed the chair. , SixorLAaSnuut.—Oueri the strongest phase* the strikes and lock-out* have yet assumed was that of Urn butchers of find dersfield. England, who recently held a meeting to ceaslder what steps should be taken in rooseqaenc* of the publio die •vstistaction with the high price at meet, sod the dissatisfaction of the butcher* with the unrerouiterative nature of theii trade. It was then agreed that no butcher should sell meat to anybody for fourteen dare, under a penalty of £2O, tn be given to "the Huddersfleld Infirmary. The only parties exempted from this dreadful ar rangement ware the purveyors having contracts with public institution*. It is difficult to see what other affect this action on the part of the Hudderedeld butchers could b*"e then to create a much livelier trade tn beef and mutton, far fourteen days, among the butchers of the surround ing towfta la Yorkshire. Miul—The London milkman serves his customers on foot He carries a large tin vessel, and about tais are swung a number of smaller, quart, pint and half pin! tins, which are filled and left at the customer's door. His ineeaasnt cry ns he hurries along is aryeo-yip? He dwells on th* " a-y*o" to the length iff two full notes, but brings on the " yip' short and sharp, with a round turn. In Hi Jamos' Park, at tho fruit and cake tesnds, they keep cows, which are milk ed for you at the rate of twopence per glass. " Th* milking is performed bt aged milkmaids, who live under umbrel las and sell stale cakes. Whxhk ark thb Girls ?—The Mon treal Wtt<■** says that in that city there are several thousand surplus women, and yet it te next to impossible to procure female servants. Advertising is of no use, and tbe intelligence office* have re fused to take the names of applicants for help, as they cannot be furnished. No wonder the query ia put in so despairing a tone. We imagine, however, that if the editor of the Witntts should adver tise for a wife instead of a servant he would find out very shortly where the girls had gone to. Effxct or a Bad Cold. —Little flve years-old Annie who was suffering from a bad oold, went to pay a visit to auntie. Daring the day she related her varione successes at school, and ended by declar ing that she could read a great deal bettoi than Sahina, who waa eight years old. " Well," questioned anntie, " wouldn't ll sound better If some one else said it!' "Yea," answered Annie, with a sobei countenance, " I think it would. I hatx snob a bad oold I can't say it very w*U.' My Pirn* Urw. And smites wvr* Uk ri*M MioONn{ ' "Mr d*rtls, H b wrote <*"•' Ami to provoit I ■**> 0i 41bm> , At Boar'i thcyll glv* J • b**p, if wo pi*** mbf—"■■■.' Hot at TrwUrs's tbsy wU '• q3i**P- And make ■* W** haW*** 1 *f Jota*." Wall, w* quamted one momte* a***" l * (. tba happiasl of John-! i rawwteWSßWSw j . Fad* and rand**. . Tl*r* aw 450 Masonic lodge* In In ; The Uma to poHM jour aoul m ga ticnee is when joc; let blown off fa the street and your eyes m too fUH of dirt to aee which way it goes. ; Loving wife at tba aa ah** "Tlh , horrid mrf makes jne keep my month I bnL" Brotal husband t "Take • . of it home with yon. then." A larger prarpor&m of white flower* an uagant than any color ~ yel- iwm nest, then red, blue, violet, i gteen, orange, brown and black. I Furnace dag maybe made wteffd by 1 allowing it t*> ran ntiding and engtneeriag jmrposes. In 1835 the City Treasorerof Chiosgo • resigned rather than take the raaponsi ; bibty of hoatewlM SB,OOO at tea per 1 cf. ut- intereat, j ayabfe m one year. Two boats ware capeteed in the Niag ara River, two men b*ipg in < mm and two etokteea ia 1 all oarriod ov the falls and drowned. [ In New Hampshire Oo^ t or t . af points the fudge*, and they hold thcr Ji * alacos until the ago 'of .MWDlfi anka regiowtl for good an 1 aoffivicat can**. . The nearest chirm i* in Oie term of a . compass, and shout the u fa eanL . The oldaat charm iaihtte form of an en . compass, and shout thgmgba of aascnt. Tho gambler Momway, who tort F25. sSs° 1 even by betting oa Loagtellow te Sarar 1 grocer, when qpmpkined 'o about t bv Jrin7'% this time of the year tbc I bens ara not well, and often Ist bad 1 Roman Catholics In the United States bare church awaohUo far 1 ,'SIO,- • 514, and Evmigelkal ProtoatenU for 1 14,642,185, the diftereace U-iag eight to . young rufflana of Bardand. r Oregon, nwwd a Chinaman and a*t oil f his uneae. Heading guiltjr, they were t flud #3O each, or ten dayV imprison -8 meat. • i A San Franaiaeo paper aaya: "Two ' Chinamen collided with knives on Eagto , creek a few days ago. Cue of thii h ' quit mining. Bis ffmnds 'wuikadufl " and put him in it." The hardest thing in the woridfora . little man to learn k that people dcm*t i give themselves the trouble to think j about his lMknew. Tbis M equally true I iu ita moral spplioation. Soutlu-rn Cslifornis has been vited f by aeveral dond-bursta, whidi have done i great damage to the growing crops. In , one instance a whole vineyard was de stroyed by the washing away of a rnll- W Wendell PhiHipa, iu ataateating the I precocity of the Yankees. The St Louis Dispatch says "that tf r twelve New Jersey jurymen titan* case - of murder and oonciodeto Imng the pur t derer, which they generally do, that indi > ridnal is usually hangol Tbe fcme of i hew Jersey justice ImveUout West i it seems. . r It ia mid that by the expenditure of > £36,000.0f' for levees on the Miasimippi ■ River, 7,000,000 acres of cotton hind and 2.5U0.U00 acres of sugar tend would be reclaimed, tlie anntml product of which, • it is estimated, would amount to $150,- i 000,000 gold. - | Air caafke are old aa Adam, ai WW be herc there ia not a man, woman or muld, 1 but what haa built or ia building theie. r And Ihey will continue to build ana be ! built as long aa there is a living person 1 on th earth, the child looks forward to the time when ft will have grown op to 1 manhood or womanhood, sud tetti whnt 1 it will do and be when it machea thaipaa t .Tti, tea wheat field on th* west side f of the San Joaquinriver.Calilornia, Unr ' ty five * mfleain length hv eight in breadth with an area of 179,000 adres. Estimating the average yield at sixteen bushels to the sere, it would gke a , total yield of 8,864,300 buahela. or 84,015 ' tona. Thia amount of grain would Joad , 8.601 cam, which, if made upia,onefc train, would reach for ojrer eighty milee, *" r The laat rat atory fcufrom Chicago. 3 Iu a boruae wkeqe had become i vary troubleiome trdpf, lyi J been long f act, but to no purpose. Tiually some , of the family determined to wrick e trap. It waA cunningly set Soou a e young rat appeared, and waa abut step ping on the fatal spring *> an old rat rushed to the rescue, seiaed the mAmreet h juvenile by the toil and dragged him off Q to his hole. . Advices from "the dty of Mexico re is present the kidnapping which ia*t pree s ent prevailing in the vicinity ma wme •r thing dreadful. Numbers of gentkmen 1. of rank and wealth have been gagged and it transported from Iheir homM, and only " e few of th* brigand* captured. The rr oooduot of th* Ameriean Minuter m a some iaatencee i* exciting a gocKl oeal 1 " censpre. :J