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<eoii heed.
Oh! tn each wind, etch fountain low*,
, Jtarh whipped in the shade,
tIMi me. tny (toR J the mice to kueu,
And not to be allraid!
* IT ov
room by Milton.
[The following enhlime and adfecung produe
n.m was discovered among the remain* ot the
great epic poet;
1 am oU and blind!
Men point ainret emitten by (W1 frown ;
Afflicted anddoeerted ot my kind;
Vet lam tot eaat down.
I am wi)*t, yet strung ;
1 mommr not \ that I no k ugfr ece;
Poor, old and hetplcea, I the nore belong.
Father supreme: to Tboe.
Oh, mervifwl One!
W hen men are tartheet, then Thou art uioet
near,
tV'hen friends paa by roe, and my veakneee
shun,
. Thy chariot 1 bear.
' Thy glorious thee
Is leaning toward me ; and Ha holy light
Chinee in uj*-ii my loucly dwelling place—
* And there is mi more night.
On my bonded knee,
1 renognue Thg purpose dourly shown :
Hy riswu Thou hast lUrwaed. that I may tee
Tbynclf—Xhyefeif aluee
I have aight to fear;
Tbte dtknees t the shadow ofTby wing ;
Beneath it 1 am almost sacted : hers
Pen come no evfl 'hßig.
Oil seem to rtard
TrembHng. whete toot of modal ne'er hath
been,
tVrepp'd m the iadianoe of Thy sinless lend,
Which <lye hath uwvc swsi
ii§- Yimoaeonsaudeu*"I*
Shapes of reaptenaeut beautt round me throng:
t From angels' Hp# I serm to hear the flow
ofwofi and holy song.
It is something now.
When kearvn is opegiag en y stghlkaa see# t
IU4I in qjs u my ffUßt -slrsuis sublime *
Break oeer lue unsought.
Gife cw pom mylyie.'
I (id the stirrings of a gift divim- ;
Wiithin my N**omgt ow* unearth' lire
Lit by no skill of nunc.
THE CON<SI'EREB ENEMY.
FkKFc was a pretty little mulatto tM,
who lived with her grandmother in an
elacurc cuutl* Fhidlt had m> 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, *u<i yesterday, when
11 cuML-d at ber in fuu, she t<*l up aud
garfine the minister's bit sj>in\" 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 inn<c!es.
The int.L that is used slioakl be as fresh
as it BI possibly W had. if a cow could
by milked every time that the baby needs
feeding it whwid be all tW belter. At all
events the lullk should be freshly drawn
from thetidderht less* ritfee a day, and
to facilitate the preservation should W im-
boiled, ami tbgn cooled aud
kept on ice in closely-covered vessels. All
the water, too. that is given to infants for
drink sh mM first be boiled, aud, when
cooled and settled, enreftflly pouretl off
from the. lop. bottled, aiul kept on foe.
Tbe pftjegewf IwilJ if #m!les ami fWl'
tbe water, and'desfrovsthe vitality, to a
great extent at least #f the parishes it
may have con tamed. But to do still
more tow ards neutralizing any Injurious
effects of llto water, • few drops of pore
Cognac brandy should b* -added to every
drink give n.tbe Infant. Sometimes a few
drops of leipon Juice ,e c hlld is a year
old ot
camomile tea in the proportion of a tea
spoonful to winagWsfiil of water. A very
little sngar also shonld be added.
only against too large quantities at a time.
In iact the water thus given will aid in
coding the blood from within, and di
mintohiug iw tendency towards conges
Uon. even as the lotions and bathing exert
this effect from without.
FOB \Thihkt Dki.KREBH.— A
corredpondeßt, wlto sign* himself " one
who lias reformed," sends us the follow
ing : Capt. Hall wa* the commander of
the Great Eastern steamship. He had
fallen into such habits of drunkenness
that Ida moqf earnest efforts to reclaim
himself proved unavailing. At length
ha sought the advkm of aa eminent
physician, who gaVc him a prescription
which be followed faithfully for Keren
months. At the end of that rime he had
lost aH jdesifA fog liquor, alt hog ah he
bad pi|*y tp*. l**n ltd en|dbfD-y •
inost debasing appetite. The -reKcrip
riom/ahi<Ahe|fU'rw!-d.s aud
!<yir%§h lormlr# ntlw-r dmtkaiiß hffvo
>een 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, pok<a
11 H in the broad basket and stand* Irnrk
as if to view the effect.) did you hear of
that joke o.i Butn|a? (SIHJMI U on the
' shoulder and laughs.) "Biggest joke
of the season." (Punch lu the breast
l>oiie.) " 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|tit<ut i>tcrvalion, 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 f<dlowing six
years. He makes money besides getting
well rested and a fair start with the world.
A good idea.— Linn County Pilot,
ENORAVNTO WITH HAXD.— Glass ou
grnving and the shaping of atones by
means of a jet of saud, lias been tried
with suoeewa at Parts. Any pattern on
the glass may lie produced at pleasure,
or, if required the whole surface may be
ground or deadened. The cutting force
of sund is suoli, under the influence of
the blast, that it will pierce the hardest
snlMtunoes, even a steel file. A diamond
losea weight if exposed to the jet for one
minute ; and in the same time a topaz
entirely disaappeara. But to engrave
glass, the pressure ueed not be great;
and it ia found by practice that glasa
may be engraved if the aaud be driveu
by no greater power tliau the wind from
an ordinary blowpipe. On the other
hand, it is remarkable that little or no
effect ia produced by the full blast ou
soft Bubatauces, such as caoutchouc, pa
per, and the gelatine uaed in photogra
pby.
TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
Duty to the Last
Our frigate—the Columlma—lay in
the harbor of Algiers, the broad, blue
|ieunaut at the main, with ita white atara,
showing that the ahip contained the
commodore (Bainbridge).
One day I went aaltore with several of
the Bitdliiptuen, on liberty ; that ia to
•ay, we had the (lay all to ourwelvea, free
of'ordera, to do what we pleased, provid
ed we were not up to mischief
The commodore chaooad to be aabore
at the some time, AM we walked along
one of the Ktreets we aaw him on the
other aide of the wav ; a tall, liaadeoow
inau, with clear eagle eyes, and decided
countenance.
(liming from an opposite direction, ire
beheld a youth of at-veuteen, one of the
foremast haud, walking aa if intoxicat
ed. Usually, Henry West—sncli was the
name of the boy—was a ecber, well
behaved lad, who bad never yet been
punished for uiiabebavior.
We divined at once that, for the tint
time in hia life, he bad, by older ahip
unites, iieeu persuaded to drink. He
was a delicate youth, who hail just re
covered from a bad fever, which, for n*v
crwl weeks, bail eouflned him to the
" Kick Bay"—an opartment on the berth
deck, for the accommodation of the sick.
Thia lad was the son ol Tom West—an
old IKSUXWtin's mate, whom the commo
dore valued more than any other i**ttv
officer in the ahip, aa he had beeu vitn
him on several vovagea, and had the
honor of piping a whistle aboard the old
Constitution, which Bainbridge com
manded, during the action with the
Java
Old weat almost idolised his son. He
had never *|Mkrn a cross word to him in
his life.
Iu his turn, the boy would obey his
father's slightest wuh—never do any
thing to provoke him.
•• Ay. ay. he'll be commodore vet,"
West wonhl mutter to himself. " Blast
his eyes if he wont!"
The commodore beiug meo-vupiod
with bis own thoughts, on this day, ran
alap against the youth, almost knock
ing him off hi* feet.
-You big lubber,' exclaimed the boy,
pushing Bainbridge with both hands,
" why didn't you get out of the way
Even as bo'spoke, the ooxswam of our
boat come rushing out of a public house
hard by, and cat •lung the lad by the
collar drugged him off.
"Aboard with him at once"' said
Bainbridge. and. coloring with displeas
ure, he walked on.
The result of this insult to the com
modore, na* a 1 <>urt 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 <*"•'<! riwown
|
"If you low l a® . Toor * nM! to **>
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 *
(.<nr. i umf tha nam* of noo.
And t fluwy mo* qosrrste spring <iy
Prom triflAas Ariiabas ows.;
Ala*, he's grown famous and fr*y now.
And ha. lost W n* tastefor bonbons [ \
I stated kt> tba happiasl of John-!
i rawwteWSßWSw
j . Fad* and rand**.
. Tl*r* aw 450 Masonic lodge* In In<R
■ MM, and 25,000 Mason*.
An Albany gM ha* brought • Hbrf
1 soil against W mother.
A wire hooted by a galvanic irr o
! will ent wood Mho o w.
Milk ia selling nt a cent a quart It
some porta of MutncoeAa.
, San Jnaqoin Valley will yield thu
f year 86.015 tons of .ffatn.
1 i Tba line are my IWrnotire this year
'to young pan*, npP l " HP* l ** *"**•
You don't boar of a polUwnan being
~ run over —they wre never in the way.
A ladv ia Biebmond, Vn., baa ordered
for bor *klio.
Th. prwrol popnliOfo* of . oo
ootiling to tba recent oenaua, la s4,tell,*
; ° < OMioa U that power of u*a. which,
by ita deeds and action*, ghren laws and
rmlm
There were 018 draft*. 42! sjffl Wrtba
ISO matriagaa, and 331 birth* ia hew
York laat •*. *
H A Texan skinned a cow that died of a
cattle disease, became , Iorw Jf tod
the viriM and dtad id it if.
A voung man in Indisaa waa nearly
riunj to death lately -hik hieing .
•warm of bee*.
1 A(ktfiA mtn litdr Aw*l from ti*
dfects of a senocb from hie dog. thatwaa
leaping about in joy at meetengbiw.
There are 994 cbrose factorto. iaHew
York, which convert the milk of Bt,<WO
rows. Tu- i •. factories tn the United
States are UOL
It la add that A* are dying by tha
tbouaasd la Oneida Laks from th* bite
of a Ifttie n hit, bug, which attacks them
under the mica.
AhwLuuMt,< na" vow aaked, "Why
' are into lea V and
answered *Td wsdiu-lke acute angk*
of tenaore obtom >
; 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 <Bl into moulds It
is aid to he equal tooaiuial teone for
' l>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. <J*
I an American baby, am months old, on
his feet and he wfll immediately aav,
i 'Mr. Chairman,' and call the next cradle
to order.* • - . ■/' '..
On the proposed three ieet railroad
we yt,*ll have '2,000 poonda less on each
■ wh.v! of the paroenger coaches, and from
t 10,000 to 17,000 pounds km OC each
r pair of drivers of the locomotive traas
i porting them at high apeed.
> 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