KcqnlMflfit* -- ji.m t — "*— l '■
Mow *H burM with yea, tow,
Ttuc }u*t the NwsSftU oiafv I, 1 - V|h
Ton ldrt to chiU (tab Mm
When you pasted from oor llfr **xy.
Mow w# buried with you, low,
Thtn the #pring of your young renown.
And Urn glow of the fre#h green tiurri IMTM J
That tew writing to m*k* your orown.
Mow M buried with ton. lore,
Thtn golden hopes and dreams—
Than aB the glitterius halo hnng
Round a true heart'# noble scheme *.
Tor oh I when the heavy *od lay ((might,
In the black December weather.
The hgbt of a bome and the attength or a life
Were left "neath thoir weight together.
There ware many around your grate, tow,
Whh an honest tear and prayer.
But one, as ahe knelt beeide it, knew
Hor youth, too, rested there.
Saturday Night.
Manng the little hats all in a row,
Itoad,i tor church on the morrow, juw know ; j
Washing wee fares and little Mack fists, , .
riattmg them rescty and tit to be kiH'd . 1
Putting them Into clean garments atgl shit, ;
That i* what mother# are doing to-night
Calling the little ones all "round her chair.
Hearing them lisp forth thoir auft ewniug
prayer.
Tellmg them shwies of Joeu* of old.
Who lores to gather the lambs to hit told ;
Watching, they listen with childish delight— I
That is what mothers aro doing to-night. ]
Spying out hole# in the little, srorti hose,
Lajhig by shoe* that are sown through the
toes, I
Looking oVr garments so faded and tiuti
W'ho but a mother knows where to begin?
Changing a button to make it took isht--
That is what mothers do night after night.
Creeping so softly to take a last poeys
After the. littles are aQ aM op ; \
Anxious bo know if the children are worn*.
Twsktrjr the blankets around aaeh tiUk form;'
Kwedig each Uuio fw, r wy and —
That is what mother* do night aft,T bight.
Kneeling down gently baaide the while bed,
Lowly and meekly ahe bow# down her hsad,
Pr*jtng as only a mother can pray,
"trod guide and keep them from goiig sAsay."
AMOS DYKES' FORTUNE.
The time of our little tale ah*n he some
*ixty yra ago, before etpress trains towt
along t the rate of fifty utiles an hour,
before chimney-pot hats were in fashion,;
and when there were many quaint old'
ways and customs in drere and manners;
which hare now faded quite away.
And the hero of our tale shall be Autos
Dyke, the son of the Hollington carrier.
Old Peter Dyke, the Hollington carrier,
lived in a little side place off the mam
street of the town, and commenced life
with only a few .shillings in his pocket- By
honest industry he bad accumulate,!
enough to establish a good business and, l
at last he became the lloiliagton carrier.
Old Peter died leaving a son about ten
years of age, and enough for kirn to atart
well in life, and something room. Bat as
he was so young it waa necessary that he
shonid have some one to look after him
and his property; and who so ht as the
tdUJer, Crust, to undertake the task!
Crust was nothing loth; he promised to
deien.l the boy and do the beet be could
for him ; and as Crust was an hoaest man
everything promised fair for Ainoe.
Old Peter Dyke's business was sold at
his death, according to his express wish;
and according to arrangement made be
tween the miller and the old man, the
proceeds were all invested in the mill—a
flourishing concern—and one out of which
ail the neighbor* said a fortune must soon
er or later be made.
The prospects of Atnos Djk% then, were
about as bright as those of any yoang .
man in his rank of fife all the country ,
round.
The rafller did not neglect his young
charge's education. He gave him the
Tery toat the neighborhood afforded, and
acted honorably by him in every way.
Thus grew np Am,is Dyke to manhood ;
and side by side with him grew Mary
Oust. And often, if the truth were
known, the worthy miller'hnked with
satisfaction upon them, as they sat one on j
each side-of his table, and thought that
perhaps some day, when he was gone,
Amos and Mary would be in their pllice*
at the bead and foot of the tahle, and per
haps the mill will be more flourishing
than ever.
There was one drawback ta this agree
able prospect. Amos Dyke was rather j
of dreamy nature—fie was often absent as
though his thoughts were far away, and
he htul to own that many a time when be
should have been attending what be was
at, he was building castles in the air in
stead.
Time passed on, as it wiU always keep '
doing, and Amos was now 10, and Mary
waa 18—and in another year, on .New
year's Day, Amos wonld be of age, am!
would come in for his share of the bull.'
He hoped also to come In for his share of >
Mary. 1
issli
worthy mill# entered into a large—too (
large iieeotrart to supply flour at s given |
Glee for several months; be thought he
ew what he waa about, and if others
had been as true to him as be was in hisi
dealings, all would have been well; but *
the contract proved his ruin. One dread-!'
ful morning the post bronght him the an- i 1
nonncement that he was a bankrupt—lie.!'
ysatkall of USeui
Ifonetfl John Crust could have Sortie
his owg losses well fnopgh, if He bad no i
one else tlkik of bit Time
was, when be ftad only bread and cheese;
and oa bread and cbeese he could fire ,
again; bnf tnere Rrere others to think 6f
too. Ah! the u others"—these are what
makes life's trials and losses often so hard I
to bear. To see tbesn want—to see them J
pinched; this soon doubles trials and
And the weiglit of it proved too much
for honest John; the trouble struck him
with a deadly chill, and lie did aot sur
vive long.
Amos tended the miller along with 1
Mary, daring his short illocae; and as thej
time drew near when It was the
* good m&u could not last long/he gave.
hem both bis last directions.
"Amos," said ths dying man, 'lf tbisL
trouble had aot come you wo|]fl sooner'
or later bars had all the HolHrigton mill
—your own share and mine too; ifot [
Mary is all 1 hare in the world, sad she
would have been yours, and with her
whatever I bad; but now it is til done. I
But whatever has gone our good name
has not; and, believe me, a good name is
worth money. 'Tis worth respect and
honor and trust, which are better thpn
money, bat these often bring money too. t
Tis an awful tiling when parents loavi j
their children a bad name; my poor
school-fellow Bence Porter need to ear i
that it took him seven years to wipe oft
his father's name from him—ay—seven
years? hard work, had he, as an honest
man, before any one for miles round
wonld trust him with a shilling, though
he was as honest as the sun. And, sow,
Amos, give np day-dreaming. Perhaps
von thought you could afford it when you
knew yon had a tidy fortune coming to
' yon, and while you had no responsibility
or care, for I was the head of evjkythijig.
Well, you were wrong there; no man
can day-dream without sowing to loss;
but if yon aoukl not afford it then, how
much less now. Believe me. Atnos, folks
do not dream themselves into anything
Be up and doing, and with God's blgaH
ing all may yet be well. Keep from
wishing, wishing, and be doing, doing,
and with industry, honesty, and thrift,
and blessing of your God, you WOl do"
well." J a
This was the last talk the miller had
with Amos about worldly things, tho' he
said much more to him about the happier
and better lawi—fcr 4 jM goL man had
that above which no loese* or bankrupt
cies could take away.
Mary Crest had to do what she conld
for her own living, for now the mill and
all belonging to it was to be sold; bnt she
had ber brave father's heart and cos rage,
and was qnite prepared for whatever duty
pointed out as a right coarse. Friends
found her a situation as companion to &
lady who lived in London. It seemed to
be in every way what was desiriMh; and
tbongL Amos would have kept her in abl-
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KUKTZ, Editor and J? ojpnrl or
VOL. v.
I lington If he could, Mary wis determined.
She reminded Amos of all her father had
said to him about day-dreaming—that
J honest work was vltat ill _)"'*#• tiretw;
I i! that if tiny both *tnota to ifi, honest
work would Sooner or later bring thetn
together as msn ottd wife. "How soon
wBl that to." ssnl NT-try Crust, " de
l>enJk'ni# Hhtdy, A Ads, qpon yourself,"
So thb miller's daughter wont off to
her situation, and Amos remained at Ilul
lincti n.
Amos Dvke was not quite without re
sources. The creditors of the Hollington
. mUlor, bu tiiwy wet, had as their chalr
wan a worthy " Frivud,'' named 11lp,
who, at the end of the meeting, addressed
Ibis brother creditors on bahalfof Amos.
There is otic matter," said Mr. Joshua
Helps, " which I wish to bring before
i the meeting before we part; it is the cafe
of the young man Dyke. 1 think we
ought to show pity for that ytofig malf;
he is now beggared through no fault of
htsown; and I wouM propose a subscrip
tion on his behalf. If there le any who
will fbllaw me, I will give £lO to begin
with."
The proposition of the worthy Quaker
waa successful. ±'loo was raised ftr
A tnoa in the room.
"Look thee Lore, friend," said the
Quaker, "here are the materials for an
ample fortune. Fortunes have I wen made
out of a penny piece; how much more
can there be made twit of Now
stir thyself and this money bright and
thou wilt do well."
, Amos loek the inousy with tnuoh gmti
(tode, and in truth intended to do no eml of
thing* with it, but day after day slipped
j by, and while he intended to do a gnisat
; deal, he really did nothing.
And every day he found it harder and
harder to begin. Me had no immediate
necessity, for his money supplied hitn
with si! he required, and always thinking
that this thing and that thing were not
good enough, he allowed month after
mooth to pass.
One grand chance Amos let aiip. The
j HoUington carrier, who had succeeded
I his father, offered to give him a ehtre ot
' the business if he would put ±59 in it and
I undertake to drive one ot the team* him
; self, but Amos was above taking to the
! road, and so that chance passed by.
"Now." said Amos, as be sat dreamily
by tbe roadside one tbe Guilford
and London i-onch drove'Jhy with a team
"of w>ur splendid grays,'"Tt I could get a
share in a turnout like that tjwhooidn*t
nnad driving it"
Oa came the coach, and there is no
knowing bow long Amos Dyke might
have sat there had not an elderly gentle
man shouted to hint as he passed, and
cried, "Ab. friend Amos Dyke, Is that
thee f what art thou doing time* f Here
coachman! Hallo eoacbuian! wait offe
moment; we'll take up this young man
ior a mile or two, aad I'll pay far Urn.
Now then, friend Auioa, sqtuwxe in her#
by me ; now tell me how thaw art getting
I on, and what kind of bnsineea thou hast
i put that £IOO in, which allows thee to be
'sitting doing nothing bv he roadside j*t
' this hour of the day. My experience or a
£IOO is that it requires a gqgd deal of
looking after; but perhaps thou hast
found some new way of making money
while thou dost play.',
A few words, and indeed poor Amoa's
looks revealed to the shrewd Quaker bx
! actly how the matter lay. It was no part
of.thn. worthy man's attention to shame
Arncvjj before otber people, so he said no
more until tbey arrived, at thejiest stage.
Then, while the horses were being
changed, Josl.ua Helps said, " thou hast
nothing to do, so thou sbalt come to Lon
don with me; 1 will take care of thee and
bring thee bark all safe tit-morrow."
Atnos felt a thrill ofilefight at tbe pro
position, and, in the follneee of his joy,
told the Quaker of bis special attraction
tbve; uhW, -• id* simplicity, he even
ufni so f&r ft 3 fo "eohfesi that he used frv
qnently to ge and At on that seat, if hero
he had fonnd hiia, to look at tbe cos.cb
that he had a dreamy kind of pleasure in
thinking that It waa going to the plaoe
where she was.
"And will the coach's going bring thee
not say this because he did not believe .tl,
, love—no; he. He had loved Sarah Short
himrnlf, and never ceased natil he' had
made her Bnrah Helps: hut be did not be
lieve in dreamy love bnt In working love.
He used to say. "Orpah kissed Naomi,but
Koth clave onto bbn."
All that day Mr. Joabua Helps took
Amos Dyke about with him, continually
directing his attention to on# person, aad
one thing and another, la thf* fosfctou—
" Dost thou see that borse, Amos—mow it
Ifuttßt Hontthoo*-.-wttaitbßtr that man
Ts wafiring'fftt fikrcel ? llost thotj
perceive how everybody is ng some
where and doing something." And indeed
the young man need have had no greater
example of energy thai Mr. .Toshua him
! self, who pulling ont his watch often from
time to time, was evidently intent on get
'tltg through no end of arcWlt befbre eve
,ning.
when evening ram|, Amos asked if he
conld go out and tr> to get a sight of
Mary, as he was so fortunate as to be near
where she was.
" And how wilt thou go to her, an d
| with what sort of a tale I" said the Quak-.
i er; " how wilt thou answer her quewiaii
! when she asks thee whnt thon art doing.
' and how mnch nearer marriage thou aft I
I should be ashamed," said he, tl to Savh
' asked to see my Sarah under circumatac
rJStf&v&ißaißz S 1
[Now take my advice, young man," said
Dl| ' tremgfahergiitiyny with
ton# ffiis Aetftifg, ait" let vis ftalk over
! matters, and to morrow thon shalt return
[Wish me; and I teii be worth
■ a ten round note to thee, and more, If
: thon dost not go to see tbat young
woman, fam not going to tell thee how
it will be worth so much money, but 1 do
tell thee that it 1s so, and if thon takest
my word thou wilt find it so. too.
* That night the good Quaker kept Amos
at his lodgings, and talked with mm over
| his affairs, and over his faults, which were
gmtoanioßg-t the mott important of
" Now, 1 will start tlice," .aaid the good
man, " only on one condition, and that is,
that thou wilt promiee to go to see
thy Mary until thon canst give her agood
account of thyself and thv concerns—or,
at any rate, of tlfy Industry and efforts—
one such as thy conscience can approve
of."
These seemed very hard lines for poor
Amos. Still he agreed to them, for his
£IOO was slipping fast away.
On the following day good Joshna
AJSLFAJROITLO THET ,LT!
and
there mude an him that
the vohng ia*n shop Id hate the plaoe
originally offered to him. Mr. Joshna him
self ad vancerl what was necessary, on the
condition that it was repaid to hint in due
season.
• Varj many gtruggfeehad Amos with
himself as he, for the first time, put on hu
carrier's aitd preßwed jpstgrt with
the tbein, hot h ovwmime theta aIL
time during win oh he oodldneisee her,
all spurred him on to do the thing which
was right." * ■,. ,
Two long years had passed away, And
now Atnos had feirly and honestly set
himself to work. The long road Journeys,
the "all weathers," which he had to
meet, the old earner's exactness in every
thing—to a firtbing in money, to a
. • mluuto in time—all helped to make him a
.1 j btuiticwi man
11 At last the happy days came near. The
; ) old carrier sent for Amos one rooming,and
? tebl him he was I egiaulng to loci IH> oIW
i to go to the l.oudou stage auy more, that
n 1 be was about to give the journey up to
-' hiiu.
', luU turn when Amoi began to reflect
i seriously ou the past, aud see aliere he
(Stood at tbe preent, he fell that ho had
i earned the right to see Mary, and could
■ 1 give Iter by word of mouth a good accouut
a of himself; but tirst be fell ho ought to
- consult hta friend Mr. JosJiiln Helps.
I thou pay ine t>ack what I have advanced
•or thee, for whilst thon art In debt there
tis nothing tiiou ca>t Il'ine own !"
"•A.**' here it ia," Ataoa, polling J
i out a great leathant purse, aud counting
tl o •! <>\ out tat caiuen- on Mti table. "I
7 brouflit ft, for f cotfid'nor answ. r Mary if
! | she asked me if I owed anything."
. i "Then go and see thy Mary," said the
, .Quaker; "aud wheu thou eoawt back,
, come and toll tue how she is, and how
; much she has saved."
r Folks may wonder what the Quaker
r I wanted to know about Mary's savings for,
but he had a reaaou of bis own. lie
t j meant Amos now to marry Mary, and he
II meant to help them, too, but he would not
j: put his money where it wouht not be safe
? —into idle, dreamy, spendthrift hands.
r Bo Mr. Joshua bought up the business
I of the Hollington carrier, and also the
stage which dashed past dreamy Amos
. | with tbe four gallant grays, aud be made
f J a flue business of them all.
A'UHM Dyke now changed the wagon for
I I tbe eoacb, and drove the grays many a
' time himself, lie never drank, and never
j I dreamed—at least by day. He worked
,' like an honest mau ; aud at last, by God's
) blessing commenced a new yRr himself
the proprietor >4'the whole concern. One
( thought often oume into the mind of Amos
r gnd bis witc, aud that was, how delight
ful it would be to purchase tiro old mill.
f i As time wore on this also was aoromtdish-
11 ed, and Amoe Dyke and his wife had the
, i pleasure of seeing two of their own sons
j (prospering in it.
fi Ananias HOUSE HTABIW.— I The fol
{lowing is a correspondent's description
f 1 of Uis viait to* an Arabian Stable; The
j; stables cover a large square apace, about
, | l'O yards each av, aud are open in tiic
i • centre, with a long shed running round
t ' the inner wulla. Under this covering
■ tbe boreee, about 300 in nnmtver when 1
, i saw them, are picketed during night.
t } In tlie daytime Uioj may atreteh tneir
. J legs at pleasure witluisthe oeatral oourt-
I yard. The greater number are accord
, i ingly loose; a few. however, were tied
,lup at their stalls. Home, bnt not many,
II had horsecloths over them. The heavy
( ! dews which fall in Wadi Haneefah do
uot permit their remaining with impnn
Ji%* in dm op- n night air. I was told
, *iiw> that A iw>rfltefto night %ind will oc
[ easinuallv injure the auimnls here, no
? less than the land wind doe* now and
. ♦ then tlsrir bretlgreu in India. Alvmt
, I Ihlf the r#yal stud waa present before
, me. the rest were ont at grnas; Fevsul's
, entire is mcturned at (KM) bead or
' j rather more.
No Arab dreams of tying up a horse
. by the neck. A tether replaces the hal
'jtar, and one of the aiiimal'a hiud
, ftfrwwrW alont the pastern by a light
[ iron ring, furnished with a padlock, and
cotfbertpd with up iriu chain of two
ft# or fliartuMmt In iuigth. ending in
? la rope. wKich is fastened to the ground
;| at come distance by su iron peg. Huch
'i is the cnatomanr metbral. Hut should
I the animal he restless and troublesome,
a foreleg is put under Himilur restraint.
Tt is well knonu that iu Arabia boraes
are much less frequently vicions or ro
fractory tbau in £itr<f>e. and liiis ia the
I reason wh# gelding! are her# so rare,
Ihupcb not unknown. No particular
P r fjmD>V' tlmt I could discover exists
' against the operation itself, only it is
I I seldom perforinc.l, hecanae. not other
- 11 wise neocseary, and tending of oourae.
' ! to dtanicish the value of tne animal.
BMLU> AMI FWLR.—Tiro following
■ i statement may bo reliod upon, aays a
New York Baker, although knpwu to
ifciary tosr hLiuhw tho craft: Seven j
jpi mud; of flour when baked produce
nine pounds of brtad. The average
iiuudH-r of barrels of flour u-roilhy bakers
,in Ke* Ymrk City of any sttuiding is
-(twetitar wetikly. The fkmr cosKwty #l2
;oach Wrrel ;tio highest pnoo is giveu
j Therefore,
; 2 barrel - per wvuk cost ...ttW (
> j Cost of labor and bakißg.SC.... 10 00
• I insan sloaSSuO. shop Ac., per
j week, say - 5
Value of bread made wick/y, Sj
i oa., at f cents .....1379 48
. f Value of cnipty barrcla sold <OO
t.n
' i We* proflt on week's sale (58 40
! This give# a not profit for tho whole
1 ! year of 8,040 9tt. Suck profit ought to
} content any reasonable person, on so
i small a capital invested. It may lw
i found that dome bakers far exceed twen
'J ty barrels weekly, others hake much
' 11#*. but the (drove stofefnent will serve
as n guid" to the actual profits in either
| cose. These sjM-culmtora are only content
'. wit ft what qorae would deem m fortune.
.[A iwohahls nawetly tor ibif extortion
' 1 vroulo he to nave the weight of each loaf
Uiitsd by law, aud the iriee only ultora-
Wfrite.^
[I How HE MADE HIS MUSRT.—Judge
i Davis, of Illinois, is n rich man. The
[ public may not know how he became
I wealthy. About thirty years ago, when
11 Judge Davis" was a practicing lawyer in
the West, he was employed by a Con
' , necticut man to collect Davis
[ 1 went to the place where the debtor lived
and fonnd him to be rich in landed poa
' sessions, but without a spare dollar in
money. He finally settled the bill by
giving a deed for a tract of land—a flat
moist and undesirable piece of land in
appearance, lying close by a sheet of
water, an<J consisting perhaps of sixty
acres. Davis subsequently met hiaCon
-1 neetiout client in At. "Lords, when tho
' latter, who seemed not to have the usual
Connecticut shrewdness, fell fo and gave
' him a regular "blowing up" for tuking
> the land rather than insisting on haviug
• #u WVt in bflhh." -Hn <!!<! ftot want any
I of your western land, aad be told Davis
i that having rccrived it in payment ot the
- debt, he had better keen it himself and
J pay the money out of his own pocket.
To* this Davis agreed. Stepping into a
r friend's office he borrowed SBOO, took
the Conneoticnt man's receipt for the
land, and held it for a rise. That land
1 forms part of one of the suhnrbs to Chi
' oago. Judge Davis line sold two or three
' hundred thousand dollars worth of it,
t and baa nearly a million dollars worth
' left. It is a striking example of what
• the Western jwoj>erty has done for its
' holder, and as the story has never been
' printed we thought it wonld le interest
, ""-HTSBTTTAHT
t , %nm CboB JKDWRC.—TIx- Osuge Iu
t diane area feonle, to -ay the
• k-oet of thain. They ore described as
? tali, handHoma men. attired in gay col
-1 orajazy, quiet and generally peaceable;
1 ana have many horse*, but not mnch of
i other property. ThflV live in tents made
of buffalo skin, are'addicted to "poker"
1 and whiskey, and claim polygamy as a
t privilego. Thcf generally tnartrjr all the
>, suiters of a family, numbering from cue
j to five. TLu.y are' opposed to nil mil
's roads, changes of government, white
squatters, and United States snrveyers.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., I'A., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1872.
Nailer* and the Nhlppiur Idiws,
Tbe Scauivu's Hxcbsnfe, says a New
York paper, affords a plessiug contrast to
tbe dingy little o(floes from which sailors
have been shipped at this port troin the
(•eginning t" tbe history of tiro city.
Everything is near abd clean about it*
spacious halls. On the tlrst l!<or is the
roadiug-rootn and tho savings bank. lh
setjoud story is aluiot culirely occupied
by a tine, airy lecture-ro>®). On tlie
tfiird, which is all iu uro rwoui, all the
work of shipping seamen Upon American
vessels is to M tloue iu the future.
At oue o'clock a few alteruiaius simro,
shout 300 sailors were present, and busi
ness was transacted with great celerity
by Captain Duncan's employee*. Cou
verwation* held with several sailors showed
that there was a variety of opinions aiuung
them about the workiug of the law, though
most of thetn favored it.
One middle-aged man said; " 1 am an
Atuerioan and a taarriesl man.. I don't
speud my whole time at eea. lam a rig
ger by trade, but can get no work at that
HOW, so I waut to go lor a short voyage
I think that somehow the boardiog-houe*
keeper* or runners get in here aud shove
their men—who owe theiu money—in
ahead ot ua. 1 have heeu here tbrec
Jsys. In that time four veesels have
token on crews, but I got no chance,
rhere was one for Cow Bay, two to
Itetnerara, and one to Martinique. When
the crew for ons of the Demerara vu*aela
was shipped, I applied at the desk, but
some men who I knew were not sailors
pushed three sailors up and got them
token in preference to me."
" Do you think timee pushing the sailors
on were boarding-house kecjrors or run
uerst"
44 1 don't know; but they were uot
sailor*. '*
Application being made to Captain
Duncan* by the writer for an explanation
of this mystery, he said that the idea of
<ther# being pushed forward was doubt
less a hallucination. He asked :
" Did the man say the Captain was
choosing uieu for himself}"
44 No; an order was sent to your ship
ping-master aud the men he took were
young Germans."
"Ah; that probably explains it. Cap
tains runniug short voyages in small ves
sela, baring so few sailors, are very par
tiralar about them. Active young Ger
mans are in great demand; they are thor
ough workmen and more docile that
native Americana. The order was prob
ably tor Germans; the shipper recognited
a squad of them near by and touk them
in preference to the American, who wa
thas led to imagine that he was slighted."
"Is It not possible that some of yonr
own ruaner* are beginning to take bribe*
already!"
" Scarcely ; I have given them distinct
ly to understand that any one found
making anything bnt his salary out ol the
busineea would be discharged. Several
men refused to take the work on those
terms."'
" What is tiro work of your runnerst"
" Oue thing tiroy have to d> is to hunt
up sailors when there is a deficiency ot
any sort. Another branch of their work
is to see that sailors shipped at this office
get on board safe and sober. Then they
take the captain's receipt for them."
Another sturdy-looking sailor said he
had no objections to offer to the institu
tion, except that he feared It might be
the means of bringing down wages. Said
he in broken English :
"Son boarding-honae keepers first
rate men. They never robbed me. I
always drew my own money atiJ paid my
own way."
Au official questioned about tiro foun
dation for this man's (ears, said the new
institution was likely to raise wages by
patting into the Lands of tiro sailor* the
money that had been previous!* filched
from them. There i a landlord# Asso
Matton, which meets at Hotanio Hall.
This Association has really been of some
use to sailors, because, being always on
the lookout for money due them, tiroy
bod aisled seamen in maintaining high
wage* —had, indeed, fixed price*. But
the had men among them hsd largely
counteracted this usefulness. These men,
caring only that sailors should get large
advances, would willingly see them shipped
for ?'.b a mouth, if the advance was high
enough.
" Bert if the landlord's Association has
helped saHor* to get high pav, how con
thoottlce help them to get higher!"
"In tiro first place, the ease and rapid
ity with which men are disposed of will
notnra'ly keep the supply down, and
small supply always stiffens prices. Then
the thirty two scattered shipping-offices
of the city, which were boOnd fo keep
going winter and summer, would often
firrce men to go under rate, to rut out
competitors. If the landlords could keep
watch of id! these offices, and keep them
from beating down, they will have no
difficulty in watching the rates of the one
otfioe."
An elderly German sailor was next
questioned. He liked the uew office very
well; he had seen the plan carried out in
Liverpool. A boarding-honse keeper bad
warned fiuu against coming to the Com
mfwfloner. but ho told him, 44 What for;
dou't I want to get a vessel I"
Captain Mount, of the schooner Susan
Wright, eame to the desk just then for a
crew, and was loud in praise of the office
Thia was the Lest tiling of the kind he
ever saw. Generally a captain knows
nothing of bis crew until they aro aboard,
but it is worth a man's while to come
and pick his own men out of this big lot.
44 1 have had trouble enough with those
old offices, lost year I ordered a crew
from one of them ; waited ten days, and
none oaine. Then 1 sent to another office
and got a crew right down. The first
shippers hearing of this, sent another,
libelled tbe vessel when she got back,
and it cost mo 8150 to get rid of them.
I'D stick to tills office as long as I live."
Much has been written of late about
the mysteries and miseries of sailor fife in
this city. Tiro public have been made
familiar with the 44 Ncptunes" or runners,
who get $1 besides wages for every men
they hrifig to the landlords; also with
the sailor 'awyers, who trrnnp up charges
of maltreatment against captains, and get
from SSO to 8300 hush-money from most
of the victims—the money going, one
third to the runner, one-third to tiro law
yer, and one-third to the boarding-house
keeper, leaving nothing for Jack. It baa
been estimated that 80,000 seamen ship
annually from this port, and that 8000,000
per annum bas been illegally taken from
thetn. The new Board proposes to pro
tect tiro sailor on ship and shore from all
the sharks that beset him. officials
will see that he gets his money; he will
choose his own boarding-house; will pay
25 cents instead of $lO or sls for s situ
ation. In short, the intention is that no
loophole shall be left through which iiis
eaemies may attack him.
Tbeio are 15,000 square miles of can!
fields in which.Pittsburgh is interested,
and 815,000,000 of Pittsburgh capital ia
invested therein. Probably $25,000,000
more hi invested in transportation, and
the total of all interests dependent, upon
these coal fields cannot fall abort of the
enormous Bum of 8100.000,000.
A Massachusetts yonng woman reoently
patented a square-bottomed pairor bag,
for the use of grocers and others, and
now aka haa fctifl further increased the
vftltlc of lu-i inveiition bv inventing a
smaetiine for folding, by which two girls
can make 80,000 bags per day.
An American l.luu.
A correspondent <f thr Louis villi) fx/-
7ti write* to that journal tbe following
account of tiro <iimntei with and sky
ing of nit actual lion, which, if it lie tine, j
is certainly very remarkable:
Although it uia.v appear strong.-, and
read bv aotue with a degree of doubt, j
especially by those *Uo had sup, osed
that our country was long -once freed
from the terrific roar ol the lion njd the
scream of the puuther, 1 w:h to make a
Htatemrat that will convince tfiem that
"UoU i* not the case <hi Saturday, July
JO, Mesar*. P. K. Lockctt, Thorns* Het
ties, Thomas Denton, and myself pre
pared ourselves uud left our homes to-1
gel her tor the purpoae qf having what'
we term a "deer driv- - ." After leaving
rnv father's form we hsd only gone a f< w 1
miles, wheu one of the oomoauy, Mr.
Denton, began calling to u* fFom a short
distance in such a manner as to ch urlv
iudicute that Something unusual wan the
matter. We at ouee left oor station# and
Lurried to liia relief, l3|ou our arrival
we trolrold iu oil his shaggiueas, a tlnree
locking and apparently man-catiiiij lion,
and that t.ro without any irou gratiug to
hold him at a projror diatauce, Some
thing none of u* luid aver auen outside
of a menagerie, and he being game that
wo bad failed to put on our programme
for that day, we felt a little nonplussed
in marting him. Having with no, how
ever, nine faithful and well trained dog*
they at once began an attack. The lion
becoming frightened began running and
fighting fiercely stl the while, almost
killing a dog at each stroke of his tre
mendous paw. lie had kept up tlie
fight until he had gone about one mile.
\\ e anxioiixlj followed, hopiug tbat by
some turn out dog* might become mas
ter* of the field. After panning him for
some time through the thickest and
darkest woods, known here a* "flsta,"
we tiuuliy came close upon him. and
found that he had aaociHlud tbe trunk of
a half fallen tree, and wna, when first
discovered in this place, peering out
from umong the limtni, his eves rel with
anger, and just in the m-t of hwpiug out
upou Mr. Denton, who hs|>peucd to see
ium iu time to comprehend the danger,
and U-iug possessed of a good nerve and
presence of mind, quickly raised hi*
gun and fired loth loursb. eacli loaded
with funrteen heavy buckshot, the shot
taking effect in the animals chest and
throat. He gave one guttural groan,and
dropped ont dead. Ire measured seven
feet in length, and waa two and a half
feet high. Where this inomdcr of the
forest came front or how he happened to
1m in our midst is something 1 am una
ble to explain; but that a real lion, onch
as above described, was killed in McLean
County, Ky.. is a fact that i* beyond
question. After the atiitual was killed
it was carried in a wngan to Bcbree City
and shown to more tixau a hundred peo
ple who had gone tirote to a picnic.
For tiro truth of this the reader is re
ferred to auy citie sof my town. The
pelt this u.'u csaW nam st Calhonn
Kv., by HBJ one who so desm-s
* " J. W. Ri PX.
THE Horsr. RWSR JACK BCILT.—"Tbe
house that Jack tuiH" lind interesting
antecedents. This famous jingling
legend, is Ix-beved to be an imitation of
mcdueval Hebrew paralde in tbe fertn
of a liymu, bat commemorative of the
t>riuct|ial eveuta in the hrotory of tbe
Jewish jH-ople. Tbe original ta to to
found iu the Jewish collection called tk-
Scphcr Haggahah, volume twenty-tfiinl.
4ml an interpretation of it was given to
the world so far back a# 1731. by P. N
I/ebrecfit, of le'iprio. Tlrorc are ten
verse*. Tiro first <wnisit of two line#
and a abort refrain, tlitis ; "A kid, a kid
my lather .bought for two pieces of
money." llefrain : "A kid, a kid."
This refrain u repeated at tiro end of
each venro. Tbe second verm- com
mence.# witli the worU, 4 "T111 , U came the
est and ate tiro kid that my fatlu-r bought
for two pieces of money." ThA third
retro runs: "Then came the dog, nB(
hit tiro cat. that nto the kid." etc. Tiro
fourth is : "Then came tiro staff, aui
beat tbe dog, tbat bit tiro cat. etc. Tiro
fifth is: "Th-'U eanro tiro fire, and
burned the staff, tbat Irost the dog,"' etc.
Tbe siatb is : "Then came the water,
and quenched tlie fire, that burned the
staff," etc. Tiro seventh is : ' 'Then aune
tiro ox. nn<l Jrnnk the water, thai
quenched tiro Arc," etc. The eicht is;,
"Thim came the butcher, and slew the
ox, that drank the smter," etc. Tiro
ninth is : "Then came tiro angel of death,
and killed tiro butcher, that slew the ox."
etc. Tiro tenth and last reus : 'TU<m
en me the Holy t)nc, l/Wd to- He, and
killed the angel of death, that killed the
butcher, thai slew tlie ox that drank
the water, that quenched tiro fire, that
burned the staff, that tout the dog, that
bit the cat, that ate tiro kid, that my fa
ther Iwmght for two pieces of money ; a
kid, a kid." It H evident that this is the
model of "Tiro House that Jack Built."
THR POO ASO THE BERK -A dog,
toing verv n.ueh annoyed by ijeoo, rati,
quite accidentally, into an empty barrel
Iviug ou the ground, and looking out at
the hunchnh> addressed his tormentors
thus : "Hail you been temperate, atitig
ing me one at a time, you might have
bad a good deal of fun ont of me. As it
ia, you have driven me into a secure re
treat ; for I ean map yon up oa fast as
von eomo in through the bnngbole.
Dearn from this the folly of intemper
ate *eal." When he had concluded, he
awaited a reply. There wasn't any re
ply ; for the toes had never gone utior
the bunghole, th-y went in the same way
he did. aud made it mighty wnrm for
him. The lesson of the fable is that one
cannot stick to lus pure reason, while
quarrelling with toes.
A TIDE FOWKB.—The New Haven
PnUnditnn says—"Mr. Henry Buahnell
of this city has invented a machine which
it is said Mr. Thurston, tiro celebrated
patent lawyer of Providence, calls the
most remarkable he over has seen. It
in tiro result of years of thought, and is
made to ntiliEe the power winch there is
in tho ebb and flow of tide. It is *o
mode that whether the tide is runuing
in or out, n wheel will turn the inven
tion, consisting iu preserving n constant
motion of the wheel. This power will
to used to pump air into a large cistern,
from which pipes will extend over a city,
tho compressed air being used as a mo
tive nower. Mr. Bnshni li intends to put
np tiro first tide wheel in the Quinnipiac
river where lie aays the tide malms in nnd
out with a force equal to about seven
thousand horse power.
A man and his wife at Keokuk were
lately arrested for selling liquor on Sun
day, when it was discovered tint they
hail au arrangement of religious views
exeently adapted to their business. He
said tliat he was a Heventh Day Baptist
and observed Saturday as a day of rest"
and devotion, and hcuoe claimed tbe
right to carry on hisbuiincss on Sunday.
The wife, on the othor-hand, belonged
to the Reformed Dutch Church, and had
no scruple to attending to the shop on
Saturday.
The children in the U. S. undar 5 are
5,513,843-2,707,887 male Dd 2,717,456
female; The male children from 5 to 9,
inclusive, are 2,437,442, and female
2,877,271; total, 4,814,713. fh male
inhabitants of all ages undar tl are
10,050,568, fc-mnle, 9,976,307; tots!,
20,n26,870. •
The New It'snrotul Field*.
/'A* SIM FntMritm BMIUUM gives the
following detail* concerning the recent
disc irerv of pi t-clous stotro* in A noons :
The existence of deposits of the precious
stones in F.astern Arisoui and Western
New-Mexico has la-en quite well sutkenti
! cstcd f<sr many year*. The Asees, at the
liuro of tbe Npsuiali conquest of Mexico,
bad Urge stole# of rubua, eiirorslds, uxt
turquoises, wbicti are not known to to
tuiid in any part of tbe nieseut teritory
, of Mexico, and which they invariably told
the ftmquerors eme fro si the north. To
[ this day disiuoods, mostly of an inferior
, quslitr, redely eat and clumsily act, are
j exceedingly ahundAUt in Mexico, and the
| fact thai they have a generally similar ap
| pear sore, and do not rearmble the Braxii
i*ii, African, or Asiatic diamonds in color
ha* led to the conclusion tbat they came
ftom tic id* sourowbere on tl># North
American continent. Tbete are also many
rums which were long mistaken lor tern
plet for religious worship, toing generally
located on tbe *ummits of c Hntnanding
bills, hut wbicii later investigations haw
ilenionatested to have troen intrenched
mining camp*, built In au erwtniela coun
try. One of these, in a good state of
I (reservation, tuty to seen on tbe hill on
l he westeru bonier ol the city of Prmcott,
Arizona; and between Preacott snd
Wick-buryli, on tbe bridle trail which
lead# up the iltMivampi River, ia a v9y
fine one, which we believe ha* trover hern
described in detail by any visitor. Una
bread flow <4 lava, extending many mil#*
southward from tto now extinct volcano
ot Mount San Francisco, in the northeast
era Anxona, many tnilr* from water, there
ore iu several place* ruina of what were
evidently mining romp*.
On the barren plain neat the head
quarters of the Colo.ado Cbiquito, a
of large red ont ha# thrown to tbe
surface large quantities of gravel, in which,
some years MIKC, a party under Kit Car
son lound rubies of a deep color, vary ing
in sixe Irutn a grain o* wheat to a small
pea. ManT of these were given to friends
now residing An tons, and about a
dox<--n of the rulues, with an emerald of
evry pale color, were given to a gentleman
now in this cilr by Fred. Henry, an oM
front ieraman. Tto emerald was brought
to thre city, ground by a lapidary and pro
nounced genuine. The rubies, acre, how
ever, too small, and tbe emerald too pale
to to of much value. Tbey are now in
ttre cabinet of Wt-lls Female t\.!lege, Au
burn. New York. In 1866 a man named
Lamtotaon. owner ola small grist milt at
Walnut Grove, on tbe llassiyampi River,
a few miles south-weat of Pmroott, showed
tbe writer a large hamltull of rubies, aonu
of which were of good sire, which he said
he found in bis mill-race in coarse gravel.
The stooe* abeady received in this city 1
comprise several hundred diamonds, vary
ia site from very minute particle* to atones 1
of Itk) carats. ' There are also a large
number of rubiea, many sapphire#—aonu
very Urge, a few black diamoud*, and a
halfdoxm emeralds; the Utter of an in
ferior quality. The value of the entire
rullwUon cannot to definitely stated, but
• portion which was exhibited to a few
t-r*oo* in tbe cashier's room of tbe Bank
of Califhroia to-day are <MimaeJ to to
worth fully SIOO,OOO. This docs not in
clude a quoit or more of smsll stones, not
yet carelully extmitrod,nor does it include
tbe large diamond before referred to. Tbe
region i not far from the projected rail
way. and the duoovcrT must result iu tbe
spivxly settlement by American*of a region
troretofore a wildenros# or occupied only
by a race of murderous savig#*.
TH YTOMAV QrwTio*.—A scrap of
OCWH lias just come to us all the way from
the Orkney Island*, which ia iikrly to
to received a ith considerable satisfaction
by those who labor for tiro complete re
cognition of wonmn'* right in tbia coun
ter. It appears that tiro Poor Law
fnpcctor. under tiro jurisdiction of the
Parochial Board of Htromnem. became
ao ill while in the discharge of his duties
that bis daughter, a very intelligent
yoang pemou, was permitted to act in
his atcwl. For a considerable time she
continued to fill tlie portion with such
•dgtiol ability that, upon the death of her
lather, she was almost ttnanimonaly
chonen as hi# an<-cc#aor. It so liappeiica
i that tho work of the Parochial Board
come to to reviewed by a Board of Super
vieora, oom|>naed of men who believed
tbat the common U# of Ho4land did
uot rccogtoxc the appointment of women
ido public office. Acting under this im
]ireltiion. an order waa issued for the
ejection of " a fit and proper pcroo*."
The Parochial Board, determined not to
give in, re-elected the young Wuly. Now
i it appear* that aew of a similar nature
wait Drought to the notice of the Lnw
Officer# of the Crown in 1856. aud that
; the decision arms against the appointment
for the reason referred to. In the mean
time tbe Parochial Board adheres fo it*
opinion that the appointment is legal.
The case, naturally, has excited a good
deal of attention among the inhabitants
of thu Orkney*, who, it i* said, propose
making it tlie basis for a petition to thr
British House of Cominonn in favor of
woman'# rights.
THK RRMOIOC# ORDXRA or GEYMAST.—
Ttie statistics of the religion# oider# of
North Gern-ary have just been published
in tiro KortA German Gautte— liiaraorek'a
official organ. In Prussia, according to
there figure*, there ore ninety-seven order*
of men and congregations, numbering in
the aggregate 10H9 member*. Tiro Jesuit#
anil the Rcdemptorista are the strongest
orders, the former having eleven convents
with 160 members, and the latter five
converts with sixty-ninq member*. Ba
varia haa seventy-one convent# containing
1045 member*, while tbe Grand Dochy
of llesse-Darmstadt has four convents
with twenty-nine members. The female
orders of Prnaai* number 626, with 5586
members. Thl# is an increase of about
ISoo since 18*5. Tbe Bavarian nunneries
are 188 in number, containing 25*8 mem
bers. The superior# of tlie varioue male
convents are tnaiulv Italiana, though a
few are French.
NEW PAPBH.—A letter from Berlin
reprctcnt* I'rinoo Bismarck in a new
light—in tlmt, namely,of a paper maker.
The pajror manufactory established by
the Imperial Uhancelor on hia estate at
Vareiu boa proved ao (successful, say*
the writer, that it is impossible to meet
tire large orders which come from Eng
land. Thi* imper is made of chips of
fir—that, at leant, ia the chief element—
and the annual consumption of fir tree#
is at the rate of 6<X> kluftor to keep tiro
manufactory aupplied. A new workshop
is now Iroiug erected which will require
no fewer than 1,59° of wood a year.
The fir foreuta in the vicinity, which it
HON been fonnd necessary to ooqnire.will
furnish ample snpplies for several years
of tlio raw material for Prince Bis
marck's paper mill.
A IlaacuK. —Dnring the Commnneona
Viscount dc Be (fry was arrested and im
prisoned for refusing to join tire insur
rectionists. A certain Mademoiselle
Gnillot, who was acquainted with his
mother, determined to rescne him, and
went to the loek-np. She was granted
an interview, and so disguised him in a
workman's suit, which she had aonceoled
about her, that lie passed ent unnoticed
while she wire talking with the sentinel
about a ehutinieie's plaoe. The viscount
rewarded his fair ravior by offering ber
his heart and fortune, and they hatejosh
beta married in the Madeleine.
TKKMB : Two DoUttre a Year, in Advance.
■ J > ' I
lutlnf CfDr. |
A visitor Ut tbe Copper mine* of Ver
mont, tell* us bow ixl why they ro*it
□upper ore u folio**: From llie drs*ta- <
house (be sorted wy l nrriel to Ike KI
J*nt rout-bed*, to be freed from the
sulphur, wLtcb enter* lar*ety into the
composftk n of tW <m. The reset bed*
•re formed by placing tl the bottom •
layer of cord wood about ftffy tret long
by thirty wide, cm which the ore la piled
about Ave leet bkh. The wood hi then
act on fire, aod altrr it la thoroughly ig
uited, the bed ia covered with tine ore.
The wood ia soon tjurued, but it takcai
Irotn two to four born* to o*num the In
ftammable matter pnofabled in the one.
The procawa ot burning l> curious. I'urt,
the ore prooaoik fruan the bottom up, then
down, then up again, and then expiree.
The sulphurous I tune* Irvtu tboao mwl
bed. pen ado the whole valley, and aaatil
unpleasantly the uoatrlla and lungt ot tbe
eiaitor, whue they hare a deadly effect on \
vegetation. It ia curiam to note iww ,
much more mtsoejiti Wa to 4fcb poison some
htoda ut treea are than olbvr*; tbnabal '
antu-flra and white bitcUc* are *rm and
withered, while tbe aagar • maples near <
them are .till vigorous, and a forrat of
puis*, aomo nils* down the valley, la
thought to be dying from the tame cause.
The ore ia tran*pa*d in oar* from the
roast-bed* to the funmroa, in which tbe <
fuel uaed ia anthracite ami. Tue <m i
when it cutnm from the nunr* contnim 1
ten per rent, of copper, a much larger pro. \
portion than i found in the product* of |
Englirh mine*. Prom the tiret meltiug i
cornea the reguhi* or "mat,' cmtamhtf ]
thirty-lire percent, of copper. The regu*
lu, now in tbe form of thin, irregular !
alaba, ia broken up and placed on abeeta in
tbe roosting-lulu* to expel the remaining -
aaffpbur. Each batch goea through the ]
kilua three time*. Each mat ting ooctu** ,
tarty-eight hour*. The material ia then <
placed in the copper furnace. From this
•melting metal m obtained, mnty-flie per ,
rent, coriprr, and a regain* of aixty per
rent. Thia laat la returned to the furnace- ,
to ba rente! ted. During the proewn of
•melting, the slag or drum ia run off into
•lag pou. and wheeled away. At atated
time., ' tapping off" occurs, when tbe
melted metal u drawn from the twraae*
into the "baatat," The nptilu* forma a
•cum or cruat on lop, and m forked off,
and tbe pare metal h dipped into the
mould*, forming pig* "• about two hun
pounda weight. The *afag" la broken up,
and such portion, a* show sufficient tram*
of copper are rtmeHrd. Tbe roatthrown
•way. ' . a,n
raited fttade. Havj.
There were la the t"nit*d Sfario Navy
on July 1, according to the aemi-yearlv
Regleter.l.*Tf commiedened aud warrant
officer*, of whoee rank the following la a
i synopsis 1 Admiral 1 Vme-AdmfraJ,
IS Rar-Admiral*, SS Commodore*. 51
Captain*, W) Commander*, 145 Lieutenant
Commanders, 210 J.ieuteoatita, 100 Mas
ter*, 80 Ensign*, 185 Midshipmen, 15
Medical Director*. 15 Medical Inspector*.
50 *argeona and 75 I'aMed Aaaiafaat and
Aaaiatant Surgeon*, 146 Pay Officer*, £2
Chief Kngineera, IJ7 Flr*t and Second
i A*.latent Engineers, SO Chaplain* and
Professors. 22 Knval Constructor*, 191
; warrant officer* of the rank of (Innnerr,
' Boatswains, Carpenter* and Snilisakera,
' and 80 Mate*.
There were on active duty. The num
' ber of imam en and petty officer* fa about
I T,odo, and there are at present gg the Sn.
val Academy at Ananpoiia 192 midahip
men ot different claamw Tbe navy, on
Aog. 1, consisted of ITT veareU of nil
rntea and claaaee, 98 being men-of-war of
various aizea, 01 iron clad*, and 28 tag*,
hulks, Ac. There are at present bp vessel*in
com m fusion. Tbe 51 iron dads are. wltli
but few exception*. laid up In ordinary '
ia aeveral navy yards, and are said to be
in an almoat decayed condition. Four
are on the ateok* unffoiahed. Meet of
them were hoiU during the war, when
well aeaeooed wood wa* ao i-raros that
white o*k and other soft wood* had 46 he*
uaed in their conatrucUon. Of the men- ;■
of.war 7 are yat on the atocka unfinished;
11 are repairing at different yard*. 28 art'
laid up In ordinary, 4 are on duty a#o
school ahipa at the Naval Academy, aud 7 '
J are uaed an meet -ring ahipa, at ffie seek**''
navy yard*. Tbe other* are awed aa
' store ship, and-are on specie] earvice, far
| which the Yantic ia also ffltiog at N*wfalk; I
the Omaha and Richmond at PhiVadelfjMa,,,
and tbe Hwtfbrd nt Brooklyn.
—r±r"fd!sih* * " i
. • Ktrr fjMxtt H*tr Tmnn
• - Did von run agaiert me Ob purpaav?' ,
, • If yon chooee to look opnn tbe affair
, ut that light, yon mny tie mg Mr." "Tcrt,
. well; tinuv fake *<*'" and the speaker
r wut a pistol I all cmahipg through the"
I other's skull That bloody drama in
I one act was pet formed in San Antocio.
Texas. . The actor* werr both die per* •
, does, who chaueed to come in ooihMon
accitienfally in the street, tine *f thena
i thought the other nan against him on
, purpose, and hence the di.Josuc and the
. mnrder. The *urvivor, acconfing }0 the
, local account of the affair, e<H>Uy walked
> off. currying his pistol in liil hand, as
though to le ia rendineua to exchange
the oompliuienfa of the saum with any
comer whatever. But no one molested
' him; and reaching bis home, which was
tied to n jKwt, ho unhitched the aniaud.
1 monntcd, and rrnlc off Into the country.
The body of the desd man was jacked
up snd bnried by the authorities N"o
one cared for him or for his fate, lie
died as tbe fool dietli. and his
will probablv oouie to a like fate.
"Bloody and deceitful uten shsN not
live out half their days."—Jf. K. Ledyrr.
NtuRLT SnuxautD.—A m.ai named
Henry Neeh-y went down In n well in
St. Louis, for the pttrjioee wf recovering !
a hat which had been dropped ia. jlB.i 1
a short time be gave n eitmsl of distress,
; which told those shore that ho gaab j
! ing overcome by foul air. There was
1 but little time for deliix-ratioti. A rope
was hastily procured by the bystmdera,
' one end of which wae formed into A ,
1 noose and let down to the anfferer.
after angling a moment, the man in the
well gave the rope a little jerk, and the 1
men at the other end commenced pulling 1
it up. When about half way out they
discovered that the noose had fallen 1
over the man'a head, and that he was i
dangling by the neck. Horrified at toe ;
discovery, "they wisely concluded, that
death by strangulation wae no worn
than death by snfloeatkm, and ao they
continued to pull away until they landed
Neeley on terra ilrrua in an unoncious
state. By the of plication of proper re- 1
storatives he was resuscitated, and is
now doing well.
ii
DAD THE BrrFAto.-Baffa]© Bill will
weep when he reads in a Western paper
of Daniel Otto, ot Osborne City, Kansas,
who, while chasing the buffalo recently,
wounded the animal with hi* pistol,when
the infuriated brute turned upon him.
Flight was impossible, ao Mr, Otto seize!
! the long bair on the shoulder of tbe buf
falo and mounted him. While seated on
the animal's back, he reloaded his pistol
and put the load right fn the bock part of
tha front shoulder. This brought Hie
buffalo to hit knees and sent Otto whirl
ing about ten feet ever his head. Gather
ing himself up, be looked around, and
there sat the buffalo on hi* knees gazing
at him with no friendly look, hat one
more load finished him.
The stages of Darwiulfiin are sanl to be;
froritive, tail; comparative, t*flor; super
lative, tsillesH. * -
NO. 38.
The Monk* of La Trappe.
I found tba Ifofy House of La Trappe,
1 avs a eorrespoodent, eoariatad merely of
• lore* irregular stone building. in the
centre of which w0 and unsight
ly bo!fry; • high, rough wall asperating
ttte inmate* from tho ouMde world.
Immediately surrounding tho eoovent
there vera a boat two hundred acres of
land id eultlvstiun, principally bearing
ruUa, and in the distance largo heaps ri
roots apparently Jnot dag. Hut tho sound
of oa human* voire aouM ba hoard, no
ohirp of a bird, not area tho hark of a
dog. A sort of melancholy awe crept
orer tee ! Minoet fell as If I wort tho
loot aad only man In tho world.
A# I Marml (b* t#rt* of w
con root toy driver rejoined me, and re bo
polled the boll its doll clang echoed and
re-echoed through o *! the talent cmtt
yard. In a few momenta I heard a sound
as of shnflling footsteps apprqacldag the
gate, a little graling the door was
poshed hook, and a surre red |
UM strangers for a tnomenl tho rusty
bdlta ware Miot and tho heavy door
awaked upon Us hinge*. befcTems stood
a was of sixty, with bent lorrt aad eyas. ,
the lids of which were rod. His peat
heary Hps moved afifha wet* shaking,
ywt not a sound asaapod him; Us crown
was sharen. hot around his ureptaa a *
coarse gftr hairs stregglad. u if wishing <
lommetrvw thsbsrren turioundiufa; 1
ho wore a cMtoelrof dirty yellow iannol, 1
I from the shoo Idem of which depended a
Uaa jr hood— tbqgaruMUii reached nsaHy
to his feet, and w*e confined at the waist ,
by a cord of common tewh on his fset
• roan* loatlMr shoes, inottly a totara- ,
bit staia of repair: stocking* dlsdataad.
After making known my errand ta this
fearful eoneferga, and asking pertniseioo '
to inspect the consent, tba monk without
say reply, turned hie back, and wmn
tinentiy iffitiWtff til* door In cmr ft<m \
My bewilderment tasted not long, how
*4r. I heard balls ringing Within, many
feet bui r> ;ug to and fro across the pared
courtyard, tho ports agtased opened, a ,
motion was made to ma to enter, and
hanged instantly In tba fare of toy driver.
1 folio wed my mats guide, wba step pad
orory tan pares to prostratoTiimeglf upo*
the hard etoure, to wurehlp tba great
image of Christ crucified. placed la relief
pCfLe front of tla main building. On
toahfng around the irregtrtar cbnrtvuri I
found it was hoed with liuis wnrkstmps.
ia whiob, I afterwards learned, frerpthwg
la made that Is worn or naal by the
brothers of this strange order. • ,
, Tim door opened aad Father llabrit
entered. He ta one of tb# member* of
this order ssrern to eternal aCMbce, hut
commtasinaed to recta** at rangers, and
speak to them only. He hna a bright,
cheer* face, and. after I hadjfcutod my
errand to hitn, be replied that oJ *h
secrets of Ws older he waa not permitted
to speak; neither of tho reaooao for shop
lion of this aooatic life. When a member
waa accepted by them, aad entered thyir
convent, his past Ufa waa obliterated, even
his aatno forgotten; in fact, when the
fta received bto, no name would be
placed upon the tablet that covered bss
remains. As foy myself, he hade me ac
cept hf hospitality, look with Wm crer
the convent and grounds, vbeeree all I
(hose to record, and finally aohed me to
partaku of some dinner. I accepted with
Hubert *wis followed by two Other
prismas owa habited as a Ttpppist, only
mom dirty if fmaaible than ths portor who
admitted me. and the other, s tot. Jolly.
round-Willed monk, clothed in a black
iret'ir with a silken aaah. lit- had black,
uparkliag ayaa, wbUe teeth, ta* a hard
cruel mouth, fat, characterlcri band* aad
a ptrrritnr. toft vote* like * ?treacherous
ret. fba Area monk bora the trey on
which waa the dinner, which ho placed on
tho table. T asked Father Hubert why
these tevOiere store dressed## differently.
"JhaSe iibUck Is hyre on probation
and tor tafttUßOti from another order. Ho
4a towfototoMed a apaafc intil bo aa
sa* mr vo. J ffiW*
bim to join you in your meal/
* tMNK m ww rear ktaregPat the
table.' flfif waited ?pon us. Tbo repast
€MMs*tntb&ted of thin soup of
hot milk in which floated a fepv pta# of
hired that reaatomij eiedadtto* premtat
of tbp spare; roasted ritatob*paahd
The chapel waa vary hiterosftng and a
aitar at the extreratty. fv irrefalirf*
trios throughout the rietewwre creatore#,
in sombre i mtmcnto kneeling with tlietr
heads hwrmt in books, or prostrated in ;
the moat abject positions on tho fold |
floor, Hast aacspaotediy I oanrn upon,
three UH*UC-, crouching rloae to tlie wall
in dark pleoea, hkc will beasts in t heir
lairs, when I caught glimpses of their
faces I fancied "I saw the worst type of
The human countenance where great:
lines uf sorrow- and crime, or both, were
traced in indelible Aarueters.
mote auftortay—but not a word or sound
—oh, it was tsrrihlal Thare were but tow
quite Touag man amongst there aacatioa,
but let tt be flurever unwritten bow jouib ,
would bury itoaif ia this bring grave • and I
| let it be forever unwritten, too. how Age
i can drop Into an unknown grave, unwept i
Kr a single tear, unaolaoed by a single
1 sigh ef bomsn sympathy • 1
Out !%tc the broad garden, at the vary 1
it,
- e Have yon then a foaeral t. -<lajr PJ
•* Moaatear,* ha replied; each nionk i
ia regnfased to take out a spadeful of earth ,
every day to make a gram If by the
time it is huished there ia no tenant we ;
fill it up again aad reoommaoee another,
ft refnbdTus oTdeatE" . *
each grave receiving na occupant
a treMen crosa Is placed without inaorip-
or other record. Dead! dead! |
dead r '
k On going thvoogh toe workshops 1
> Father Hubert did sot speak U) his 1
brother-priests, hat made signs which
were anewered by the hands as ta the 1
asylums of the deaf and. dumb. The
iuen's teeth were blackened, their general
appearance far from cleanly, their whole
aspect savage—indeed I should any ha-,
mauity nearly blotted out. There are now
tiring slity ft embers in this convent of
Westmael.
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Dmrrsrcnvx HTOBM IS PAROTS.—
Parties arriritig from points in Dakota,
where the terrime hail storm took plaoe,
state that the storm did an immense
amount of damage, and fully corrobor
ate the reports heretofore published.
Hundreds of aarcs of corn were com
l detidy deatroyed, the storm raging with
great fury for over half an hoar. Hail
htonea of an immense size fell in great
quantities. No low of life hao yet been
reported, this terrible stores will be a
severe blow to the settlers in Northwest
ern lotra and Eastern Dakota. w|g had
antiripatod a heavy yield of corn, ,
——-— —
OCT OF Puaa —A streuge viaitor, in
tba penon of a apuiglitly billy -goat, made
Umself at home in an eastern watering
place a few days since. While the
gueito were dancing in the parlor, in
earns the goat through an open window,
and made a rush for one d*Bi>i,H f
Vkb had the gayest anof ribbops:.
For a few minwteo things were lively ia
that room*. He fieri charged npfoi the
tnusieiaos, damaged the haae riol and
fta player, end finrflji took refuge nwder
the piriform.
1 ikar'SM tbcuKkt* bad Cowa
| W her b*BfiFW a *miließ, ami atotare
dear.
As aba lay there watehteg tbeittrk, deep were,
AJt mottoateaa, alt atom.
r ***■ ■*
Thea I baaed a wdm. aa f*aea and boya,
Aad a bolrierew troop draw to*,
trttbar aow wfl retreat there Wry tori?
Ware* bat* UU tba atamjagUV t
Ore glare*, the rikl glare* ri ahuattd itoag,
Nb cret btoiad bre; abe gare ma aprtag,
And Uwre IbUowad a qdaab eu4 a breadaatag
ring, ... *• 'SP ,
On tb* tab* where tbe
Kb* bad tare toem tbe hre of engantto mm!
Ts aearee did I wreae foe tbaM
Por f knew to* waa aria ta ber *is boare thaa,
Jtlri; Mill Ilaiigw paatj aiaatd tfmr again,
'par toe me a water-rat.
Itema #f Intereet.
The Oeaveland Htnld mcntiona an
organ grinder of that city as " aa oU
veteran auiride Inducmr."
A cottage was laAaly purebared in Eng
land for a laborer, the prim of which waa
#A.V>. The oori of tba oooveyaaca wan
exactly #IOO.
The /atofwmfrei 1a abarpiy after tba
lo bia blindneaa. ,
The airike of eohl-eninaw in Clair
the laiuiog f>mp*B!*e baring acoaaded
to the demands of tb# mtnen-
Tfa* diamond and ruby reports am
mtoiug qotte * ttoh. and
arinngeaMita are batag torek there to
orgninca a eonpaoy. and to MM aa
ageut tor a anppfy of the gems.
A man at tosep caught a mouse in his
mouth, at Lawrence, the other night
Tba nmwwM USed, ftmMh" ®*" *® k
up in a tarriMe fright lire mouse erne
cwkght nibbUug. while the man waa
r*t!uhi QiDIMM' .
I dUftlU ""rl " • "*•: : .1,
A. churKA man at Daauarisootta,Maine,
whflc a funeral wregutow on at a hoore
! 7sEti&2K®&+*Sl
and aunt ihcm -ff kidto and blows.
Tbe Iriehman heiagrehcdj*y thejndga,
when be appbe-11 for abeepre toMl wbV
kry, if heM <** g?m! taoral <*sricr.
rerJictl: "Faitkfarbougg. I don't wetba
nerewrityoCa pri moral eharecter to aril
A ritteen of Matofo who utgre lagWa
tien to protect tba toreria. say* that
wwinptoito i the woods to
PMIML the acreage vuhiu;<-of water to the
rmmnm-
A eri of paper ear whrnbon one of tbe
Pttllman mm numtog to Jerere City
have ran new !* <•<♦ miW of tack,
and worn eat < • uth one act of Mcri .
tares, which have Sren replrecL The
* ill run only
from various potatotay thri wheat, corn,
and oris bare bare gnite generally
proatratod <x .
Tbe of kUdzid. in an article
have barn kiltod. TQ,<W riven to thatr
wboiaaion to the ttpatoeE authorities,
end 10,000 honM. fijSWareia, mid 8.000
tfword* been captured.
Owing to several recent railway casual
km bM, mtittomdu *•
mja^ng.'iiLrri
to secure mere safety to pagamgrre.
TwohrettHW,namoJ FMar wd Mribvw
aaiaitfagfewgg
damp.' Mathew waa smoftMied on at
tempting to save hi* brother, and two
oth.-r pwwrn, ta nilerepttag to nw
them, caree near bring thoir lives.
Tying a line (on aha end of which ia
a fish book} to a large rocket, hitching
the book to a man's nai, and then grt
thic trim to fire off tb* rocket, tba
St lore, of pteritoal jokingin Troy
It work# to th< intense retomabment of
tl vic tim aad the Wlnre amusement
of the friMre. T
T .' Muhre hmbeftoen predict' that
SSSSrohSi plfajy. hm
•Saototot 'Haibernreu 22&.OO0.;
end the Kennebec snen over 100,000,000.
•. Josh BiUiag. in bia ajeottons " How
to pick out a r. -i ham, "'ftood booses
are stain*, and good men, that deal in
cony kind of boaare. are skaraer, *Aa
hoocri nun u the work ov God,
this femuaiwying Ml written, in grate,
anguish of heart, by tha ttto Alexandre
Pope, just after buying s good family
boai.**
Good thing on Gre>*l Sherman
W%n* be and his retta were intbeCan
caons they were Jpritod to an elegant
breakfast, at which they large
unmlMW of official peirewwgea. When the
visiting asurtv came to hale they were
preeentadwith s hiD for the bnwktset,
of <Nriy on©
Flu France, aa invantor of boots with
which to wnta on tba water made a pub
lic experiment, when, revs the account,
the bocia infeM floabd. toit tha in
ventor, with his heed rihdre water,
mvmwl to be caiareure oa nonveraatiou
with the fbbee, which would have prob
ably ended with h atrffberiion if a boat
hrei not pkficad him up. I
The Mflwnukee 9ord of Trade held
a meeting to adopt meawM**fte prevent
irer oornere or any othUrnmmicioua com -
lunations interfreixigwtthiaghmateoom
meroe. A resolution waaaitopted instruct
ing the Board of Diraciora torepOTtauch
amendment to the n|lWs Chamber
as in their judgment shall beat tend to
prevent these abuses.
. Tbe new United States post-office law,
allowing small dry parcels or woskagee to
be rent through the post-office, at tbe
rate of onlv i cents for teeh two ounces,
although not yet gretoreHy known and
understood by the pubhe, has already
created a large amount of cutra work at
the poet-office, and ta likfiy to prove
extremely popular. The express compa
nies are, in consequence, already lower
ing their charges upojn small articles.
A start is told of an editor who died,
went to beeves. bt pre denied admit
tance, ket be should meet some delin
quent Buboeribere, and pad feelings be
engendered in thai peaceful cfime.
Having to go somewhere, the editor
mit appeared in tha. regitetaof darkneea, .
but was pomtivelv Ji
aa the place waa foil of drimqaent eub
•cribera. Wearily the aditait.turned beck' v
to the celestial eity, aud toW met by the
watchman at the puriab with a smile,
who said: M 1 was mi^kea— you ran
enter; there ia not a BeSnqnent subscri
ber In heaven." Lri Ata be a timely
warring to those who nkgltet to pay the
printer.
• There ia always something irreaiatibly
comic in tbe story they nsedlo tell about
a foppish passenger > Mississippi
boat,wbo just for a little luat jumped on
show at a landing and dwreng a bowie
kuiia, rushed to a gawky, tarring fellow
at a wood pile, and eiwuuped: "I,ve
found you at last; youlre ffle man Ijva
been looking for." The gawky looked at
him tor a b#H u second, thm rtraighten-
SFout bis arm* hke *■ JDJIKKUU, aad
knocked the.follow ovtrboael into tan
feet of water. Besundng his Dotation
flguinst the wood pile, be ffiawled out, .
Is ttiere any badv tare it that bout
toukiugfortnar*