A Song for September.
September ti*s the woodland o'er
With mt' T • brilliant color ;
The world I# bright* than before
flThy should our heart* be duller ?
Borrow and the rearlet leaf.
Bad thought* and sunny weather,—
Ah me! thia glory and thia griaf
Agree not well together.
This ia the parting reason- thia
The time when friend* are flung,
Aw<wi>ver* wow with many a kiaa
Their long farewell* are aighing,
Why ia earth *o gaity dreeaed ?
Thia pomp that autumn beareth
A funeral acouia, where every guest
A bridal garment woareth.
The Fird Tailing.
•' Yoal I aui off to-uioriow morn!
Next week I aafl for Indv I
And you"11 be glad when I'm gone—
Say, shan't you be, Lnclndy Y"
A Simmer flower, herself, the maid
Stoa . 'mid the swiH-t ayrtugaa,
A June pink in her hair's smooth braid,
A rot thud in her linger*.
T!ucVed from the ta',l bush ia tha vard,
\\ h.we white floweru waved about her;
Ar.d jwu-ting nev, r aoeainl eo hard
As j.ist then, to her lover.
Her lip began to grieve ; the ml
t';x u her cheek grew paler,
" It swms a strange choice. Tout," aha said,
" For you to be a sailor;
" And when the wild, black clouds I *ea.
And when the sight* are windy,
I—" " Bless your tool! you'll pray ftw ma;
1 know you will, Luciady!"
The rosebud from b r band be taok,
" lhi flow*," he aaid, "IU savu it.
And keep it ptiseed within a hook,
Reoieml ering who gave it.
44 I never eared, aa women do.
For garden bed# and posies,
But somohew -why, 1 never knew—
I always love J white rose*.
" Thev seem just made fbr weddiu'a • when
I come again from Indv
My bride, you'll wear white rose* than ;
Come, wont yoaf-*ay Lucuidj!'*
A sudden flame upon her check,
Her eyes the quick tears filling.
The an-wer gave she would not spots.
Lest she m'ght seem 100 williog.
For. " Tom." ahe aaked. " how can it be ?
Here, ah my life, you're known me;
No word of love you're said to me.
No sign you're ere? shown me."
And he said, " Tnie, bnl though I hain't,
My lore, I've wished you knew it.
And tried to speak, and felt too fa.nt
At heart to dare to do it;
" But when my mm 1 wa* fixed to go
A sailor, out to lady.
I aaid •TU hare a Ye*, or No,'
0 *ay it"* Yea, Lueicdj !*
" Tes Tom! it's yea!" the whispered ; whan
1 learned that yon were going,
I found yon had my heart; ti 1 tben
*Tas your* without my knowing!
Soft on her cheek fe 1. wet with dew,
A roaedeaf from aliore her;
A warmer touch her red lip knew—
The first kiss of her lorcr I
Thocyh stil'ed the *r ng m l hashed the laugh.
And hot the tears are starting,
What joy. that life can give, is half
Bo sweet as lore'* first parting ?
LOTE IN A " DOLLY TARDEA*."
1 b-Usjht tlie calico myself. So, you
aee, there couldn't have been any pos-ibb
mi-take about it. Nine yards, the regular
Dolly Varden pattern—so the shop-girl
tohi me at all events; -Treat islaud* of
pink and llne morning glories, surronnd
ed by rippling waves of preeu vines, and
a hnintning bird the iie of life tangled up
in each vine!
"Isn't it rather—rather large f' 1 aaid I,
dubiously.
•• Dear rae, no sir!" said the shop girl,
looking at me as if I hail been a South
Sea Inlander, ignorant of ail the ways ot
civilized life. " It'a email for the
tosh ion."
" It would make pretty curtains," said
I, satiricallv.
'*l> lly Vardens always comes in large
patterns, sir, 7 ' aaid the girl; aid Tm qnit
sure tbe yoong lady don't want any old
fashioned thing."
Nine yards ol French calico at forty :
cents a yard—aud a good deal of trouble I '
and the pretty shop girl had in making
change out af a five dollar bill. I remem-1
ber it all jtist as distinctly as if it wer<
yesterday ; and particularly good reason
I have to remember it, as you will per
ceive when yem have read this full and
track statement of affairs.
1 bought the Dolly Varden. and sent it
out to Cedar Glen by express, and Millv
wr> te back a letter full of ecstatic* anil
exclamstioa points, containing tbedistinct
assertion that " there never was such a
lore of a pattern,"' and also tbe tact that
she bad it "made up exquisitely," and
that I was " the darlingest duck of a
brother that ever lived."
44 Be sure and come op next week."
wrote Milly. " 4 1 am sure you must want
change, and little Joe ha* got the dearest
pear! of a tiny tooth, and the trout baked
in wine here are simply superlative, and
there is a receipe for lobster salad drvssin.
that Harohl says Delmoaiou can't excel.
The house- is roll of nice people, and 1
fully expect you to fall in lore with Ariel
Aubrey, a Southern beauty and heiress,
who ia here with the St. Johns. And
furthermore, Harold wants me to tell yon
that the fishing is gloriow— streams as
dark and cold as SITX. plenty of shade
nod BO mosquitoes. And if yon could
bring me up a piece and a half of blue
velvet ribbon jot the shade of the morn
ing glory in the sample I inclose-the
Bazar ears it is the thing for the flounce
of a Dolly Varden. But don't trouble
yourself unless it comes right in yonr
way."
" Comes nght in my way," indeed !
Did Milly supjiose pieces of bine velvet
rib'ton walked up Wali Street, or thrust
themselves into omnibus windows? I
murmured a gentle blessing on the on
reasonableness oi womankind, and con
trived toluse the "sample" ont of my pc
ketbook. Wouldn't yon have done the
same yourself?
44 But I'll run up to the Glen," I solilo
quized. "Cedar shadows, and whistling
blackbirds, and cool troni streams gurg
ling their brown waters over mossy rock*
sound delicious this tropical weather.
And I really would like to see Mis* Aubrey
although it is too hot to get up anything
but a languid flirtation until the ther
mometer falls below ninety."
So when Saturday afternoon came
round—with the stcple of o'd Trinity in
a scintillating haze of heat and the very
pine apples and bananas in Fulton Market
seeming to wilt and shrink under a sun
shine hotter than their own equatorial
clime—l put a clean shirt, an extra dust
er, and my silver incrusted dressing case
into a valise, and just caught the Hudson
River train as it steamed out of the Grand
Central abomination.
Everybody was on board; old Jones and
his three daughters going to We t Point,
Mr. and Mra. Freil Featherbrain en route
for the Catskills, and Miller and his wife
and plump twins going to a farm where
"cheap board' was advertised, and where
they blindly hoped to find " alll the coin
forts of a home," as per prospectus.
Everybody's baby was crying—and when
one considered the weather, one could
hardly find the heart to blame the pooi
little pink no-ed mites. I have always
contended that it would bo a good thing
for government to board all the babies in
en ice house during the heated terms; but
one or two mothers to whom I have in
cidentally mentioned the idea looked
upon me as a milder edition of King
Herod. I know I'd like it myself if 1 was
a baby.
What has all this got to do with the
Dolly Varden? Wait and see. I am
coming to it as fast as the Hudson River
express train will take me.
Wasn't it grand when we arrived at the
Cedar Glen station, a lonely liitle Gothic
watch tower among the woods, with pur
ple mists hanging over the distant hills,
and the noise of a hidden cascade some
where near by, making one feel cool in
spite of the 6tate of the thermometer!
Wasn't it glorious to feel tbe close velvety
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Tiv^ru'tor
VOL. V.
turf uniler onr feet, ami to breath# in the
k*y recti! <4 **gen that freighted the
atmosphere like win# I 1 could have
tw>) my hat in the ait ami huiratd like
a school hoy for wry lightac* of ln-art a*
I stood hre on the plaltorui in the |>ink
(,'low ot th* auu-et, with the train ih'tod
vrinc away through a deep gorge of rock*
ami iny>elt #.> to pcak, Imitated trotiDt all
Street ami thrice heated stone paxcuiecu
for three days at least.
There was the n*ual crowd round the
station: n hujre lumbering stage coach
with • •itlen Hons#'' painted in tnring
yellow letter* on the panels of the door,
and three airv light buggies and wagon
ette*, with Win skinned horvci champing
their foam flecked hit.-, and ailwr plated
harne s flashing hack the level evening
-nnahine; girl* in floating nuisliu- and
white Sw is* hats, and young meu in linen
euit and Panama*; young matron* with
brood* of children aw arming ot'oht them,
and ladle# of a certain age, who had cvi
dently come dowa because they Lad
nothing elan to de.
I looked carelessly around, a* 1 lighted
tnv cjjar, with the eye of one who views
ihe world from a totally Mbotc point ol
view, but the next instant my jure was
arrested bv—a Dollv Varden.
IV identical Dolly Varden! I would
have known it tuieng tciv* of dry-go< d*.
mdes of calico, wit a it* blue and pink
eaarmng-elonv*. and tbe im?ta<ihle huro
min; biro* among the great grveu leaTe*.
And there it wa*, tbe centre ot a group ot
raucb-bepavered white and pink *nd*z.irv
musim*, with an Alpine parasol over ii
Lcsd, and a many-frilled huff foulard skirt
itelow, looped up to give tbe slender feet
ami ankle more play for walking.
(You see I baven'i been shop pi 0( for
nc-thirg. ler I don't believe the most ac
complished fa*hiou editre** iu I'hrotcndom
could "put in" the above technical terras
in Better stv lo.)
44 It'# Mirty quoth 1. to my own p<r
wnality—"Milly hcr*elt. She's contrived
to mis* me ; aud now lor a lark !"
Stopping only to ignite tbe ciztr and
xtvcit a good blue wreathed start, 1 stredi
torward, and moving as noiselessly as it
tbe *ott gtxsS uuder my teet wo* of velvet,
was at the side ol the Do'ly Varden iu an
in*t*nt, with my arra round its utotmcg
gloried, hu'uming-birded wa it.
" BvX>!" cried I, in stentorian accent.-,
lifting ibo alight figure off it* feet a* one
would lift a child, and rubbing my unt--
tache. according to the most approved
ashiou ol brot hcHj greeting, aero** a pa: r
of rose-leal li|<*.
Tnere wJ- a slight sen-am—a stiuggle—
be Dolly Yardvn slid out of my clasp,
crying out:
" What i* the meaning of this intuit,
Sir ? How dare you V'
Aad then, to my ineffable, unspeakable,
indescribable di-mav, I perceives! that the
uei'herous b!osoms of tbelMlv Yarden
had led mi- iuto a fearful blunder. For it
wasn't Millv. aftt-r all !
Net Milly, nor anything in Milly'* sem
blance, but a bcouiiful shady-eyea prl ol
-eveutcen or tkervsbout*. with chestnut
brown bir brushed IWAI lrom a loreliead
** smooth and white a* a calla lily h-ai
hp* like scarlet sea-coral, ami a throat a*
■Render ami stately a* Diana's own!
" How dare you. Sir i" reiterated thi
indignant nymph,the shady eveasparklinr
the rbcek* dyed ro*e red 44 I* thi* the
conduct of a geotleuixn f"
"I -I beg jonr paidon," 1 stammeied,
iecling a* it my blood wa* turned to tire,
nnd a* it my nerve* were tan* and needle*.
" I didn't mean—that ia. I thought it wa
rn y Mstet ! It'* all tbe Dolly Vat den, up
on my word and honor! 14
"He's crazy, dearl" whispered one of
ber companions, in a distinctly audibb
stxto voce. '' Let'# call somebody ! Let's
run away! Where's Mtllv ? Where'#
the station -muster 1 It mast beanee*p-J
lunatic! Oh dear! oh dear! where car.
the keeper have grttiii to! We mut ,
keepchr-e together Ariel, be~anc —" i
44 Ariel This, then, wa* tbe fair I
Southern beire** in whose eye* inv to
-anguine sister bad expected me to -bine !
The name wa* not so common as to be
readily duplicated. A pretty beginning
thi* ?
44 Lx iie*!" I cried, deprccatingly, 4 * in
tbe came oi Dolly Varden, uM you listen
to me I"
44 There! 4 gaped the last peakcr, 41 1
told you be was crazy ! Ob, do let's run f
" Ladie*," I Wgan, s second time, gra-p
ing my xahse a* it it wa* a shield ; but
mi intended oration wa* cut short by my
iter Milly'* plump arms arouml my
neck.
"It's Joe!" she cried. * 4 And I not
here to meet you ! I told them hew it
would he, whec they inHtod on goinr
around by the war of tbe < ccbante-J well!"
ln*tced ot returning my i*tor's greet
ing. I held her off at arm's-length, greatly
to ber a*t -nishment, and surveyol ber
with deliberate gase.
44 Yi-s, there tbey wrre. Blue and jink
morning glouf—the leave# of green, and
tbe humming-bitds peeping out here and
there and every where!
44 1 knew it!"' said I, comnonedly.
44 Didn't I say it wa* all tbe Dolly Varden's
fault 7"
Miss Aubrey colored and umilrd, and
began to look a degree or so lea# mortally
offended.
" You mistook me for Miss Harper 7"
she hreitated.
41 Almost a fatal mistake " I said, fold
ing my arms and trying to look penitential.
• 4 But, ronriderini* Dolly Vanlcn and all
the circumstances might I pray for Lir
givene** 7"
And tben and tbrrc I wept down on one
knoc, and then and there wa* flret intro
duced to Mis* Ariel Aubrey, and then for
given by her.
44 P-r the sakrof Dolly Varden !" she
-aid. laughing.
4 - But who on earth wa* to suppo*e that
two ladie* would go and put on gown*
exactly alike 7" 1 demanded, in my turn
tiegiuning to as<urr.e an aggrieved air.
•'Dolly Varden!'' corrected my i*ter.
44 Well, ii is rather a singular coincidence,
and yet, when one conic* to think of it,
it • thi mo<t natural 'hing in the world."
And she twisted herselt around to look
at ber prcrostfiou* pattern of a dre** with
the utmost complacency.
44 Feminine logic !" aaid T. 41 Mis* Au
brey, if you'll accept of rny arm up the
bill. I'll promise not to ling yon again—
without your permission."
44 It wasn't me, you know." eaid Mine
Aubrey. 41 It waa the Dolly Varden."
And now here come* the point of the
whole thing—a qne-tion which I want
the female world at largo to decide for
tne; is it proper or allowable, or deHyueur,
or whatever else yon cull it to l>e married
in a Dolly Varden? Bicanre I think iti*
the sweetest, prettiest, moat delicious gar
ment in the world—aud Ariel says, "Non
sense!"
For how should we ever have come to
this #tnge of wedding ring# and cake boxes
if it hadn't been for my sistcr'B Dolly
Varden? ___________
AFRICA.—In a recent letter to the Pall
Mail Gazette Mr. Win wood Reade, has
pointed eiit that Colonel Grant, in his
Brighton speech on Livingstone's location
in Africa, was certainly in error. Col.
Grant baa said that in his journey from
Zanzibar to Gondokoro he had met a ith
neither gorillas nor cannibals. As Dr.
Livingstone lm# met with both, he must
Lave miscalculated hi# position and been
mnch further to the west than he thought.
Mr. Reade, on the eontrarv, shows that
Livingstone's reported situation is two or
three hundred miles to the west of the
country traversed by Grant, #nd he there
fore sees no reason for thinking that the
former has lost his reckonings.
Square tlte Circle.
A O'trtepeuilnt of the give*
the following iutereviug ittfoluti . The
late deceased au'b r of 110 celebrated
"Moou lloaa," K chard Adam* Liw-ko,
I \tbe recent republication of which in the
history •( the N. w Y<rk press, baa re
vived it a-a auhject of eunvrn-atiou),
ih i li.ul lieen nia - >v year* n scelnded
invalid on Stafeu 1-lund, devoted to
i mathematical studies, tvaa aurprised, a
f, w month* before hi* death, by a visit
from a litp Van Winkle looking genius,
who announced hiuiaelf aa a weboolma--
: tor from th# interior of New Jeracy. lie
-aid he hidrallml to nqueat hir. Locke
ju-t to put him in <be nay of "squaring
j the circle." He had known no jwace
among hi* ueighbor# for aotue years past
; on account of that plaguey thing the
| oqoring ot the circle, and at length they
j had united to tell him that utiles* he
I could do it he was unfit to keen (chord
among them, and they would take t i-ir
boy aa a ay. He add. u that he had called
on tha Professor at Princeton about it,
who said it was altogether out ct hia line,
I and ho know of hut one mau who wa*
'ikely to do it and prove it to tlio satis
faction of everybody, and that wa* the
author of the "MoOU floax," who resided
on Staten Island. "So now I've huut-l
roil up," ho concluded, "1 liojwi you'll
be kind enough to do it, or give me a
certificate that it can't lie done." "Oh,
certainly," caul Mr. Locke, "with great
pleasure, aud I hope it will restore peace
between you and your neighln r* ; write
down your circle, and I'll tell jon how
to square it in a uiounuL" "Well,
"Squtre," said Rip "I don't know but
one way of writing a circle, and that i*
by puttiug down Situ degree*." "Very
good," -aid Mr. Loike, "nothing better
—that's it—uow a Id a unit to 3tio aud
ihe circle is squared. It ia now 361. the
square of 19, so you run take that to the
Professor with my compliments." The
astonished schoolmaster knew enough of
figure* to know that such waa the uude
ai .bio fact, and ho was very soon eeen
taring long strides ou the north shore,
with both bands deep in hi* |H>eketa, on
hi* way to Hergen Point, to illuminate
; New Jersey with the discovery.
SiNori-vK.—The N orris town Herald
-ays:—We recorded the death of Mr.
Charles Lyie, gatekeeper by lightning.
We also stiiti-1 that no mark* were visi
ble upon hi* body indicating that death
followed from other than natural c.use*.
We have -iuoe learned, however, that
in preparing the lady for sepulchre, Mr
Mowdav, the undertaker, could distinct
ly see where the electric flnid had entered
aud left the body. It ipprand to have
Mnmeiio-d at tlic Iclt shoulder and
taking a downward coarse, croax-d the
breast to the right side, descending the
right leg. lea mi g an abrasion of the skin
'w-tween two of the toes. But what is
quite wonderful in connection with the
matter is the fact tint upon the right
bread wa- the print of a leaf found on
the floor of the piazza at the dead man's
leet. The leaf was from au ailanthu* tree
m the yard, and with the stem measured
about five inches in length. The rib
veins and cellular texture of the leaf
were perfectly printed UJHIU the skin,
the whole having a red ap| oranoe. Mr.
Lvle died in a sitting jHsture ufxm n
chair, and when fonndjiis head inclined
to one aide. A* hi* clothes were not
disturbed iu the least, it would appear
impossible for the leaf to have come in
coutact with the akin. Iu comparing
the leaf found with the impression on
the body, the two were ex-clly alike in
-ire aud development. How the im
pression was made on the -kin is toe
mystery. It may have been the result
of a species of photography familiar
to scienti-ts, but our roadirs would no
doabt be gratified if somebody would
rise to explain."
THE Vr.KB "To BKKUC.''— i4 I begin to
understand your language better." raid
my French friend, Mr. Arcourt, to me;
"but your verbs trouble me still, yon
mix them so with your prej>o*ition," ,4 I
um forrv yon find them troublesome,"
was all 1 could -ay. "I saw our friend
Mis. Juues just now," cou'inuod he.
44 She says she intends t<> lireuk dotm
housekeeping. Am I right there t"
44 15re-.ik up housekeeping, ihe mail have
ald." 44 0, yea, I remember. Break
up housekeeping." "Why does she do
tuot ?" I asked. "Because her health is
so broken •iuto." 4 'Broken d<Mcn, yon
should NIT." "Broken dnrn, O, yes.
And indeed since the i-mallqiox ha* bro
ken up in your city—" "Broken out."
"She thinks she will leave it f r a few
weeks." "Indeed 1 And will she close
her house ?" "No ; she is afraid it will
be broken—broke*— How lo I say
that?" "Broken into." "CVrtaijily.it
is what I meant to say." "Is her son to
be married soon?" "No; th.it engage
ment is broken—broken—" "Broken
off." **Ali ! Iliad not heard that. She
is very sorry aliont it. Her son only
broke the news down to her last week.
Am I right? 1 am so anxions to speak
the English well.'' "He merely lrr.k>•
he news; no preposition this time."
"It is bard to understand. That young
man, ber son, i* a fine fellow ; a breaker,
I think." "A broker, and a very fine fel
low. Otuidtf." "8o much," thought
I, "for ihe verb 4 to break.'"
His Lrcx.—Noali Thorp P-kc wa* 73
years old when he died iu June last
r *orth nearly half a million of dollars
Ho came to New York from Fairfield,
Conn., torty years ago. with only fifty
cent# iu hi# pocket He worked on the
same bench with Jonathan Sturges, tho
millionaire, aa a journeyman tailor, in
Fairfield. A short time after hi# arrival
in New York, he entered a lotterv oflice
iu Broadway with his little two-year old
daughter Elizabeth iu his arms. While
lie stood talking with the proprietor, his
little daughter piek'*l up a ticket winch
was lying on the counter, nnd putting it
into her mouth, began lo chew it. The
lottery man took the ticket from her,
saying to Mr. Pike ; 44 Yon'd better
take that ticket now. I can't roll it. 44
Mr. Pike relnetantly purchased the
ticket, f-ir which he had |>aid one dollar
aud a half. lie put it in hi* pocket and
went from the pi TC feeling that he ltad
lieen swindled. That night the number
on Mr. Pike's ticket wn# culled, and a
few days later he received a check for
91.500.-AT. Y. Paper.
QUICKLY CHANGED.—Thi* "personal"
ol old Blncber, from the "Recollections"
of Lady Clementina Davie* : When the
special messengers arrived to inform
Blnchcr that Napo!eon had escaped from
Elba, and that his s< rvie. s would be
immediately required ia tho field, they
were astonished to find him literally
running round and round a large room,
the floor of which was covered with saw
dust, anil iu which ho had immured
himHclf under tlie delusion that lie was
an elephant. For the time it wa# feared
that Blurher was hopelessly insane, or
that ho was ao far suffering from delirium
tremens that hi* active co-operation in
the anticipated campaign would be im-
Cible ; but when the urgent news was
iglit him he at once recovered him
self. and proceeded to give his advice in
a perfectly sound state of mind, the
tone of which wa* thus, us by a sudden
chock, restored to him.
A snake with ten rittlen bit a negro
woman while plowing in a field in
Macon County. Ala. When discovered
the womnu was drad, her body lying
upon the snake, whose fangs were fast
ened securely in her breast.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1872.
Un The Torch ef Tut-ln-llay.
A correspondent nt Tut-in-Bay writes:
But to n turn to the long flout porch,
a* a gr< at many do iu ri l life after the
hops <-r the regular evening dance*, that
is just u* ph a-aut and don't oot any
thing. A gicut iiuniunt of fluting ia
done. If u mau never lul auy prtslis
position lo be "ajKwvnv" ho certainly
would have a Lad attack nftcr ft short
sojourn in this tttuto*p!icic. Although
the man who keep* the fancy store **yi
tin* is "a bnl at.isoufur engagement*,"
still there are and have IHOIU many adoa
poratc COM born this yror. As 1 have
watched I lnvo thought how well the
liues of l'raid fill the picturo :
"Our Icvc t.k# mail oth*r 1 -vee
A IIIIV g'ow, * lilllc #lior,
A Miksl *ud a fair of giovr#,
Au t ' Flv usl <el" Opoo Ilia rivsr;
tv'lllO ji-#ii>u*y ot Km* our * Hf,
A>iuc hspea of dying brok.ru U *rtcd,
A immature, * lock of L* r.
The usual vows—and thru we parted."
An amusing enno of this kind happnee 1
not long ago. A lawyer who had hi*
office iu tlic Masonic Temple, bud a
room on the ground fl r, w iili a witidou
on the portb. Htsm after retiring,
chairs were moved on the jiorth outride
hi* window, an<l diri c'ly he Lc.ml v
—low, but earnest voice*—principally a
man'* voice, and a* he wariu .l tu hi
subject it grew so loud that our frieu 1
was not only kept awake but could uot
avoid hearing what was said.
The rouup man wa* pouring forth the
talc of hi* admiration—hi* ardert love,
aa steadfast as the polar star, a* fixd a*
adamant. Blie seemed to like it very
wvll, but didn't say yea or nny. Ho the
adorer went on to the same train—be
happy that she wou!d li->t.-u, tbe happy
that he would sjxmk. This connnucsl
from twelve till two in tho w,-e hour-,
when the fair oi c ui<le a move. Tbe
wtetched SJKXIU Iwgged th*t she would
te'l him hi* fate then and there, but sin-
not. At lost she aaid, 4 'l will
tell you in the morning "
Imagine their horror ami surprise as
n wild cry euao from Hie deeplmn law
ver'n rooms 44 For CknTe sake don't
•ame back before t-n 1 t' >iue Imek ai
ten, aud I will be be here to hear tin
rest"
A QCTBXIT MATCH MITTX When
Edward the Fourth vc on the throne of
England, ho was so desirtous to secure
every letter or di*patrh written by
Margaret of Ai jon, that heroic wife of an
unheroic kinp, that the peualty ol" death
was awnrled against any person who,
receiving a letter, or being in possession
of a letter from Queen Margaret, delayed
in surrendering tl< same to th* govern
merit. One would suppose that ouch a
penalty would b ad every individual hold
ing such documents, tf not t surrender
at least to destroy them. But human
nature is jwrverse ; a!* bo'd. couragetm*.
defiant. Many of Margaret'* correspon
dent* hid away the letter* she had writb-n
to tLetn ; some of these have la'ely been
puLlUhed by ihe Caiuden Society. The
volume is one of the mot interesting of
the *er|e* published by that aoclety, and
the letter* theni**-lre# are credible lo the
writer. They allow her le* a* a fierccl*
strng-zling, deeply sorrowing, terrildy
avenging queen, than n* a sympathising
woman, not o busy in iier own affairs a*
to lack time for being interested iu tic
afiairs of other*. She i ever rea !y to
•ar a goixl word for a worthy man iweking
advancement, and her h-*rt r> -ponds t<
nppei!* from young maidens with whom
the course of true love doe* not run
smooth. For them, Q iceu Margaret
write* with affectionate urgency to that
sort of sire wlio is apt to *ay of a sailor to
hi* daughter, whod* unwelcome to him
self, 44 I can't iinngine what the girls can
*ee in Mieli a fellow, to like him!"
To such stern father# Margaret of Anjoti
write* like a wise and affectionate woman.
She may be called a 4 * ma'ebmak-r," for
she eetn to have gone to the work ot.
coupling with great alacrity, but we are
sure that many a young couple. In those
turbulent time*, owed lo her happine*
and a harmony in their married life which
roor Margaret never enjoyed iu her own.
Temul'' It-rr.
SroorwrtvK IMOTS—Tbe earnest and
persevering work* of those who have
charge < f the-children In *ome ,>f our in
stilntea for idiots i* not onlv wonderful
in it* results, bnt it is suggestive. Here
is a child *ix or oeven vrors old, unable
to walk, stand, talk, or taste, nnd hardly
capable of noticing what happens around
her. The snperintendent of an institu
tion for the inatme'ion of idiot* take*
this girl, and spends day* nnd weeks and
months teaching her to stand in a cor
ner. After five month* constant and
dnilv labor lie i rejoiced to *ee that alie
baa moved, of her own accord, one font,
a hair nnd an inch forward! Therefore
this patient teacher announces triumph
antlv that the child may be en rod. And
she i* cured, for in time ahe Iw-cntae onp
of the liest dancers in the institution!
Besides this, her mind and bodv im
proves satisfactorily in other repet-
Now if men and women can be found
who will thus labor and toil for years,
with unremitting attention and enre and
solicitude, to awaken the dormant ener
gies of poor little idiots, who at first
give about as much encouragement to
their teacher* a* might lie exp<>eted from
a lot of clams or oysters, and auch snr
nriing nnd happv results are thereby
i brought about, what might not be ex
! tw-cted if onr intelligent and sane chil
; dren were treated with something of that
I earnest, thoughtful, untiring cam which
! fhese poor idiots receive? We will not
1 di*cua the subject, but merely throw
out tlic suggestion.
WHAT SMOKOW OO Tirnoron, AND
WHT. —There T# a vouth before N amok
ing u eiear with keen enjovment. How
did ho acquire the liabit? Wn*lio alwnvs
a smoker? Assuredlv not. He associa
ted with friends who indulged in the
superfluous habit, nnd *9* induced bv
tlicm to follow their example; nor did lc
after a f w tentative effort# overcome the
difficulties which the task iuvolve*. ne
hod to persevere dilligentlv step by step;
promptly de*i*tig the moment he was
warned of a revolut'onary tendency
within hia stomach. I'loiunro there is
none during the period ot initiation, and
the amount d- rivnl when perfection La*
been attained is frequently qu< stionable.
To some the diffien'ti s to be overcome
are insuperable. We have not illustrated
the foregoing to exemplify Hie habit a*
being n pernicious oitc. We indulge in
a weed occasionally and have no objec
tion to smoking when nit carried to ex
cel'. Wo Htntdv intended to point out
thut whatever disagreeable impediments
stood in (he w:vv, tho example, desirable
of imitation or tlic contrary, would be
followed.— Tinsletj's Mar/at me.
THE MJSBIKO MEN OP TIIP METIS. —A
bottle, was picked up near Wood's Hole,
Mas*., containing a letter dated August
30, in which tho writer s.iys he was
n passenger on the steamer Metis wreck
ed on that morning, and thnt he was
then on a raft alone. After stating that
he had a wife and two children ho con
cludes the letter as follows : It is so
lonely to die withont friends n<ar you in
such a plaoe aa this. Mav God have
mercy ou me. I am a native of N< w
castle, Pu., ;am not afraid to die. Tell
my friends this. Ho, good-by, all. All
alone ! *ll alone ! ( Signed ) Charles
H. Paine.
Hints fe IVIiM,
An article oa " VYomou's Men," ia th*
Stlur lai/ Riv rw, contains liu-so hint*.
Nothing surprite* men more than ih* odd
ign-ir.iu-'o ot' women concerning thvui;
and half the unlippint iu married lif*
at hast in England, upriugt from tht
{U<>r*nre. A Lev cannot. Le made to un
dcrstgnd the ditference bet wet n a mail's
nature and requirement* and their oeu;
aud they condemn all that they cannot
understand. In those tew rational home*
where men'* -port* aud gathering*, nudus
lurbed by the presence ol petticoats, are
not tn-ide oeca-ton* for suspicion er rcmon*
alrjnce, the stock #t love and hnpplnost*
with w hlch mnrrird life b gtn is more like
the widow's cruse than el-ewherc; but
unfortunately for b<>th husband* and
wiv. *, these home* are ran*; w hits thy
tire common where a game of billiard* Ui
the oveiling i occasion for tear* or pout
ing, aud deadly < ffetise 1* taken at rlub
<1 inner* or a week's shooting. The conse
quence of which 1* deceit uy dissension ;
atd Mimetime* both.
The woman'* ideal man baa nous ot
the?-* erratic tendencies. Ilia Luouie-*
done lie come* home with tbe docility of
a a <ll bred pointer sent to heel, aud finde
energy enough after his bard day 'a work
for a variety of f flits ivtns which make
him more precious in her eyes than all lite
tad, the temper, the judgement, the up
rightness he has manifested in hi* dealing*
with the out*! te world. And the dome*
ticity which she claim* from ber husband
tbe demand* from her son. latchkeys
are tier abomination, and the " ga left
burning," i a* a beacon light on tlie wa>
of destruction. She ha# the profoundest
•Q-picion of all the men whom her hoy
call* hi* fnend*. She never know* Into
what lelscliief they tuay lead hliu, but *ke
i* ure it is mischief it they keep hint
sway from hi* home iu the evening. She
would prescribe the same social rcs'raint*
and moral regimen tor ber eon a* for her
daughter, and she think* the energies of
maxuline nature require no wider field
aud no Latser rein. But though he like*
tho* tame and tender men whein she can
tie up close to hr apron string* and lov
ingly Impri-on in Hie narrow domain of
home, she uccuml>a without a struggle to
the square jaw e l hrote of the Rochester
type, the mau who dominate* her by the
inrre force of superior •tn-ngth. and she is
not too ■ v<-ru uu Don Juan, if only abe
can flatter herself that ahe is the be*t
lyved and the la*t.
fhat these are the men most liked by
women 1* shown both by their own novel*
at.d by daily observation; and it seems to
u tknt among tbe rosay sobjecta for ex
tende<l a:u<ly ol late pro|-n*el for women,
s l-tu-r acquaintance with men's mind's.
* higher regard for tho nobler kind of
man, and the ability to.accepl love a* only
one of many qualities and not always th*
•!ronge*t or the tnoet praiseworthy ot
i,ia impulse*, would not be out of place.
"GcxrniK OTO ORIOIHAI. JACOBS." —
Few there are in thi# city who have not
iu-ard the expression Hist hesd* thi* arti
cle, an a fewer still who know from
vvhehee it originated. About thirty year#
ago two Jews, whose patronymic wa#
Jacob*, kept a bogus and second hand
jewelry #iere on the VMI *:de of Chatom
-trect, near I'earl, ov*r the entrance of
which w.o aim ply the name of " Jacobs. '
I'hny did a thrivingbnsine** for anumber
of yaara, their customer* being principally
shop girl*. vr*ant girl* aud laborers;
but the pa; Liter*' personal ralstiona w ere
uot ouiisble, and continued misunder
standing* c,ri*ed them to agn e to e{>crate.
The senior partner withdrew, and the
junior partner retained tbe busim #*. In
tha course of a few vret-ka the former
secured the adjoinmg store, and opened
an opposition e-tabliohmrnt, and over hit
door he raised a sigu bearing upon it,
"The Original Jacobs." In a few day*
the time honored lgn of "Jacob*" #a
taken down from the first store, and
replaced by one bearing upon it, 44 Tbe
Old Original Jacobs." 'lb# opposition a*
it may b# termed, determined hot to l*e
outdone, hauled down 44 The Original
Jacob*," and raised in its stead, 44 The
Go mine Old Original Jacobs," which
••cined to exhau*t the adjective, and so
tbe stood until, like the famon* Kilkenny
cats, they est each other np. One subse
quently went into the old elo' bnsine#*,
on the opposite side of th# street, and the
other opened n etieap jewelry store on
Broadway. The former partners after
ward* *tink into insignificance, but 44 The
Genuine Old Original Jacobs" passed into
a proverb.— A R . }'. J'opfr.
SKA Et-F.rn ANTR. l'cron gives tliia
deecription of the sei elephant, or pro
boscis s< al ; It lias the enormous dimen
sions of twenty, twenty-five, aud even
thirty f**-t in length, with a circumfer
ence of from fiftceu to eighteen feet,
Its color is sometime* grayish, some
time* blue-grnj, and more rnrelv dark
brown ; It is earless ; has groat whiskers,
composed of strong, eoar*c hairs, very
long and twisted somewhat like a screw,
with other similar hairs over each eyo ;
eyes large aud prominent ; stroug,
powerful pawa. margined with five black
mils, a very short tail, almost hid be
t-M .-n two Ihil hoiixontal fin*. When
iu n state of rejaise its nostrils shrunk
and pendant, serve only to make the
face to npjiesr larger,but, when he rouses
himself, respireu violently, is slmtit to
attack., or wishes to defend himself, the
prolioacis become* eulongnted in the
form of a tixtse to the length of nliout a
foot. Female* are destitute of this
organization, and have the upper lip
even somewhat cleft. In Iwitlr sexes tha
h iir is exceedingly eoarw and close, and
hence cannot le compared in value with
the finer skins of many other seals.
I(ARLACIIB'S TIIUSPRH-STOHH. - Apropos
of Libhielie. it wa after dinner at 0-re
House thnt I witnessed his extraordinary
representation of a thunder-storm simply
by facial expression The gloom that
grn luallv overspread his countenance
appeared to deepen into actual darkness,
and the terrific frown indicated tbe angry
louring of the h-moest. The lightening
commenced hy winks of the eye# and
twitching# oi the muscle# of the face,
succeeded by rapid sidelong movement#
of tho inouth which wonderfully recalled
to you the forked flashes that roomed to
rend the #ky, the notion of thunder
being conveyed by tha shaking of the
head. By degrees the lightningboo me
les# vivid, the frown relaxed, tbe gloom
departed, nnd abroad smile illuminating
hi# expensive face, n**nred you that the
ann had broken through the clouds and
tho storm wo# over. He told mo the idea
in oompanjr with Signor de Beguis. be
witnessed a distant tlmnder-atorm above
tbe Are de Triouipbo— Recollect ions of
J. R. I'lanche.
HAPPY —TheMcriilcn Republican sava:
1 \u amusing scene was witnessed nt the
d pat in this city a to w days ago. A
la ly of about sixty summers had jnst
married and was traveling with her
Mpoitsn. She was so delighted that she
wanted the people to rejoice with her.
Ho meeting a friend there she said to her
in a loud tone, evidently intcn led to l>e
heard by all in the room, 4 I am married
and am taking nty wed din' tower, and
these aro my weddin' clothes, and that's
my husband n-oomlnY and the old fellow
seemed to be as delighted as bin wife."
The Empr as Elizabeth of Austria h: I
wr.tten to the women's rights club in
Vienna: 44 Ladies, take my advice and
keep away from politics. There is noth
t jg but misery in it."
A Woman'* Counsel to W<MB*B.
" Shiiley D*re" gives otu useful
lout* to women iu their paragraphs :
ILiea a woman deserve r apr-ot wh calls
the work "f her aex d rod eery ? There
are woman who always ajwnk of it hy
name, hut thev are usually inferior and
anfleobwl, women who write *l*wt
" musses" aud iuea* s" for print, prig*
or gups of the f> miuui - gender, tiiwsonts
iu siM-U'ty, egotistic at home. These rc
the ida— who complain of cranija-d
faculties mid heavy burdens, whose time
aud ability are too precious to waste u
w-cing that the aoup piquant, or the
rtilrt* well oin-1. They bring out " last
arttclea" iu uiauuacrtpt to smuc particu
lar frietnla, ami Converge in u topic:.!
way, uucouseioiia what a stuffy odor
perviuli s their rtauu*, or how lle"kiugly
matclied all the colors of their furniture
msv he.
t do not speak of the wotnen who
neglect their honor* either for study or
society, hut of those half-ueihh' women
who perform comraoupLoc duties in a
grudging, diMlsiutui way, all the time
feeling that they waste, to u*c their
formula, " ahilitir* which might be m>
much better employed." They *hwt
rooms, and meiul clothes, and laikeeuke,
ami call tin* housewifery, and aay the
noblest coiling* of women means no such
frivolous pretense, but work geuiuneaud
comprehending, washing of dixbe* end
kettles, scouring of tinware, and black
iug stove*, paring ot potatoes and put
ting ou of coal, in abort, the wholw
horrid round iudiapenaahle to bright
houses aud goad fare. Many women
may not bo called ou to do these thing*,
hut every woman, princess or peasant,
ought to know bow they should be done,
aud have dexterity aud practice enough
to do them. This i* woman'* nrovurce,
which oil gentlewomen should learu,
ja*t a* men of rank learn the acteaco of
war, till they know how much send goes
to a charge of gtiupowdcr, and how
much labor gocato rquaring earthwork*.
Many peoplo are saying tin* over in
difli-reut ways—George Eliot and George
Sand indirectly, in their heroes and
heroines, who are never by any JMMI I
bilitv, afraid of the uieancat labor ; Mr*,
C'raik, Frederick Bretmr, and Mra.
Stowu more explicitly.
A NOVEL DEVICE.—Pigeon shooting
from the tr*|<* has of kte year* become
cn* Of Hi* standard sports with lovers of
the trigger, and the announcement
that a shout is to take place I* sure to
coll together a crowd. While many attend
to witness the trial* of speed.many other*
equally enthusiast!# over fiae shooting
remain away on tbe ground of cruelly,
deeming such shoot* a wanton destruction
ol poor, harmless birds. Many device*
have from time to time been originated
looking te the furnishing of something to
take the place of live bird*. While seme
have failed entirely and other# being un
reliable iu theii working*, eur sportsmen
have generally given all the go by and
bad recourse to the live bird*. Though
Yankee ingenuity is equal to altuoat any
thing, it has been the lot of England to
produce a device which in its u>rking*
teem* to be the de*iratuin <b-#ir<d, a epe
< unen f which w* were shown by a gen
tlcmen of Ho* city who recently aent to
England and obtained it. The invention
consist* of a nest bra-* iocotnotiv* wbi*
tie h*ped trap, fixed by a ground fork to
the earth, wbieb by spring action, give*
flight to a steel-winged bird, the motion
of which through the air i* wonderfully
natural and bird-like. The "Gyro" bird
i!na distance* ranging from thirty to one
hundred yard*. Tbe***Gyro" in it* fight,
exhibits innumerable vagaries, going off
with tbe steady flight of a pigeon, resting
on the wing like a hawk, or darling
swiftly forward in a straight line like s
•nipe. thus affording tbe very best prac
tice fot the education of the bond and eye
of the shooter. It can by despatched by
means of a I*ll and socket Joint to tbe
trap, iu any desired direction, and it isa*
aertcd that it i* for more difficult to hit
the ' Gyro" than a live bird.— Syracvi*
(A'. I*.) Journal.
A FRENCH DRAM*.—The Pari*
newspapers give d>>toiD of a most extra
ordinary and complicated drama \ Inch
is said to have taken place in Patio.
Joan 11—, who had falb-u into needy
< ircamotancoa after having occupied a
good poaiUou in trade, engaged himself
a* coachman to Monrieur L , an ex
director of au insurance company, living
in tho Avenue Tnidaine. In a few weeks
Jean H iuitiated himself into the
graces of the family to such an extent
that eventually hi* master determined
to dismiss him, lint the wily coachm in
suddenly eloped with the eldest daugh
ter of tho houno. Motia. L. searched mi
aud wide, bill could h-arn uo tidings of
hia lost chilvl, until he received a lettor
from Jt'.UJ H. in which, after begging
forgiveness for carrying off the young
hidv, he nsked her father'# consent to
tbetr marriHge as tbe only means of re-
Siring the dishonor of the family.
(His. L. immediately rushed off to the
luldreaa iu die* ted in the letter to rescue
Lia daughter, but before he reeched i*,
owing to the heat and excitement, he
was struck with ft fit of apoplexy ami
died iu a chemist's shop. The sudden
death of her parent struck the young
lady with remorse, and *he returned
home, when alio succeeded in obtaining
her mother's pardon. As she did not
ootne down to breakfast, tho servant
went up stairs and found her dead on
the bed. Khc had poisoned herself. On
the sight of the body the mother went
raviug mad, and is now said to b on
tho point of death.
LOST AND Fontr.—A enrir.na episode
occurred at tbe Hamilton Gamp Meet
ing in Mnasarhusett* recently. A haW
about six month* old wa* found in a rail
road car. It wa# taken to the pulpit nnd
exhibited to the congregation ; and a
childless, charitable conple. Mr. and
Mr*. Ash worth, agreed to adopt the lit
tle astray. It was christened "Hamil
ton Ash bury Aahworth," and seemed to
hnve got a good thing, when, unfortun
ately or otherwise, the mother of the
Imbe made her appearance, claimed it.
and carried it off. It turned out that
the baby had ben abandoned not by it*
mother, but by a cruel, heartless, and
most extraordinary grandmother.
TUB NATHAN CASE.—Notwithstanding
the moral ceriainty expiesstnl by the
jrolice of New Yoik of lorrester's guilt,
Iho prom eution of that gentleman has
been discontinued, n# the technicalities
of its evidence will not hear the test of
criMs-examinntion. Ho end* tin dozenth
fiasco in this famous case. Forrester
himself, it appears, is in a fair way to
excape his thirteen year's imprisonment
in Illiuois owing to some reported flaw
in the requisition from tho Government
of that State.
PRKSIBVINO FBOIT IN GLASS.—New ts
tho time to preserve fruit. Tke best and
cheapest preserve dishes aro of glass.
The only trouble is they break so when
being filled with hot fruit. Thi* is
remedied by folding a towel, or making a
mat of cloth about six tolds thick, com
pletely saturating it with cold water. Set
your glass jar on this mat dry and eooi,
when the Iruit can be poured in boiling
hot aad tbe glass will uct break or crack
more than tin or wood.
TERMB : Two Dollar* a Year, in Advance.
An Aut Battle.
I sin s pedagogue in the rural dhtrlcts
of Nswtou Coauty, kit, and my school
houM bad been lufesivd fer several
months by s specie* of large black ants,
much to the annoyance of the lilli* bare
footed idiuhn aud there aeemed no way
of getting rid of the pent, for like th
plagues of Egypt, to kill oue. two would
ertn P> aupp yIU pl*c. But what was
my Btouiaiiment, a few tnornings since,
on coming into my erhoul heuw, te find
the floor literally atrewn with dead and
dying ante,and upon ac!o*er examination,
wa* at ill more aatonisbod to find that a
tattle wa* raging among them in all it*
fury, more sanguinary and latal ikon any
I ever witne**cd (and I *aw man) a hard
fought battle daring the late unpleasant
nca*) or reud ol in the annola of hi*pry
A much larger number were lying dead
than ware left engaged, and I thereby
enclu-ed tha the h ttle had raged with
unabated ferocity all night.
Moat of the combatant* eigaged, were
grappled in a deadly embrace,while other*
but recently commenced wer* * landing
erect on their hinder leg* and sparring
for the advantage with oil the science of
the most experienced •werdroien or pugi
lists. The un>*i fatal point of attack and
the one fir which, it seemed, all contend
ed, was the ligament which Joined the
main body with tbe head, lhts vital
member oace wind In the powerful nip
per*. death succeeded without a struggle
aud the victor wa* then ready aud esger
fer another engagement.
Ke undue advantage was taken by
either party, and no two would endeavor
to overpower a single one; nor was there
any flinching or wavering iu a single in
stance, for whenever two bellgerents met
it was certain death te ene er both par
tie*. Never, perhaps, were two artnioe
more equally matched in numbers,
strength ted valor; and consequently, at
the ch-ae ef the bottle, which lasted two
tiighls and a day, a* new recrolte contin
ued to arrive every moment, there were
but few left and probably none of tbe
vanquished army, urns rivalling the valor
of the heroes of the Alamo and the Spar
tan bnud of Leonidaa. Observing closely
I oonid see s slight difference ia the ap
pearance of the contestants, one set bring
perfectly blsck with a large bead, while
the other was n orer brown, writh a small
er head, though both about equally
matched in size and strength. Dismem
bered leg* were tnore numerous than the
dead,and many a poor unfortunate though
valiant here, being entirely deprived of
hit supfHtrters as thus left, korv de com
bat. to die on the field.
The next morning I swept up the dead
and dying of both art me* (for I would not
disturb them while engaged), ouxmnting
to thou (and*. It wa* a ls*oo for the
phiicMMpher a* well a* the naturalist, and
caused use to moralize mure than a little,
the Brownites were undoubtedly the Tie
tore as I occasionally see an old veteran
of that specie* hobbling about on two or
three leg* over the battle field, but a big
headed black soldier wa* not te be seen.
| Aw Eorron WITH A Pitnoro—Tbe
editor of the Atlanta Wrtkij nay# : After
! all, an editorial life has some pleasant
thing* about it. Our model subscriber
u one of the pleaaantewt. He ha* #ub
scriimd for Hie llVel/jr ever since it waa
started and aavs hia suliacriptiou will
close with hi* obituary otic which we
Pwrfully promised to insert, free of
charge.* He ho* known u ever since Ue
rime when we w<rae little, abort, pink
Irrane* aud our linguiMlic attainment*
were of the moat limited description.
) He used to bring us sugar plums then
; with much tbe same manner tliat he
i tiriugs us new au'weribera now. He
dways said we were a bright child (how
ircnibleoome this editorial 4, we" it, it
makes us feel #• if we were twina), and
when we tutnbhd promiscuously down
-lairs—which bjppe.uod on an average
about twice a |eek —didn't he always
say that it was an unfailing *ijro Hist wo
shouldn't grow up to be foolish ? He
kept tho district school where thn voting
idea# that now edit the Atlanta wwdVf
had their first artillery ?*raetic?. It wo*
from hia iuatroelioaa that wa first im>
billed the love of pol.rsv llabio diction
and good language generally that aston
ishes the native* of Atlanta, and reduce#
Ihe editor of the rival pajier to despera
tion. When oar model sntwcribercomca
to see ua, he knock* at tbe door {tentJy,
comes in and stava about five minuto*.
tolls ua hia bnaiucm in plain wor.ia.bsnds
an a list of new aubseribem, pays liia
bill without any objurgatory leraark*,
says tbe HV-i/y always was aa ably eon
ducted journal and oonstautly improves,,
ia glad we're no successful, thiuka our i
LET editorial calculated to do a great
deal of good, sends kind remembrances
to our mother, speaks a Yd'aioant "ord to
the sub-editor, and goes with our bles
sing following down the stairs.
A Honsan CASTLB.—AggaUin, now a
rtiin, aaya Henri Brown, waa onon a ]
robber castle, concerning which there
re many terrible traditions. One of
the lawless chiefs entirely outdid the
nnraery Bine-beard in cruelty. He wts
in the' habit of taking a new wife cTery
month, and yet he never had bnt one at
a time. He'neem* to have been so con
scientionsly opposed to polygamv that
he always killed his last cotißort before
securing a new one. He had the reputa
tion of being extremely careleea ras|>ect
ing the marital righto of others, fre
quently seizing and carrying off the
*?H>ua<is of even the moat powerful Ivarons,
who, as is related, so far 'rotn Iwcomiug
inccnacd, sent him valuable presents as
tokens of their friendship and gratitude.
Another of the outlaws hurled all his
prisoners from the top of the rock into
the abyss liencath, and ia rerordod to
have murdered in thi* manner more than
a thousand unfortunates in a single year.
Thia fellow, according to aocouuta, waa
a veritable monster.. There was no sjweics
of iniquity or crime wtiich he did not
practice; and though every effort was
made to take him. dead or alive, ho in
variably anceeeded in escaping. He
*u supposed to have made a compact
with hi* Satanic majesty, who. finally
fearing he might be excelled by the
bandit in wickedness, seized the scouu- ,
drel a he was trying to get awny from |
oome of hia euemiee by climbing over ft
ridge of lock, and bore Mm down to
the Pit, the earth opening ana snlnbnr
ou* flames nhooting up, as is nital and
proper under snoh circumstances. The
ridge, which resembles a wall, aud ex
tends from the river to the summit of i
tbe hill, is still known a the Teufcls
rnauer, or devil's wail.
TEAT.—A* fuel, tho peculiar proper
ties of peat render it esjiecially valuable
in metsllnrgy, giving out an iutenseheat
with a good volume of fisrae, leaving no
slag and but little ash. It ia almost en
tirely free from tbe presence of sulphur
and phosphorus, those deadly enemies
against which the iron masters are wsgiug
an incessant warfare. When proper
ly treated by machinery, peat may le
made hard, compact and dense, so that
it will liear the severe usage to which it
ia submitted in a blast furnace, and will
produce pig iron of a very snperior qual
ity, which, when converted into bar ,
may bo bent completely double without
exhibiting a single flaw.
MEALS AND HEALTH.—Take* them at'
regular hour*. Breakfast should be en
joyed aoon after rising, and before any
laborious exercise. Eat no Lite suppers.
Hevere physical or mental labor during
the laat hour, either before or after
meals, should be avoided when possible.
. NO. 41.
Human ftafMjr Valves.
Hmall men are very largn in little dr
oit*. While you ere measured only by
your village yon tm possibly • pheno
menon. But the town shrinks a* all,
and ties Stole is really nukind in the
swiftness ot our self reduction. The Iqrd
of the village town meeting * lib s fluent
Pmgue swells -luld-'uly into th- -ite of s
state*Dian to the village eve. Off he gore
to the Legislature, end be finds pieaty
of peri. Higher etilt be iwa to Con
ftmst sod hw is silent Tbe village
wonders that it* great tutn ties dwindled
so sadly, aud that bis eloquent von* is
not heard. But the truth is that the
Legislature auil Coutpreaa have lifted bis
lid aud the vsteir *4 conceit has escaped.
ll*, too, would have exploded in the
village, but Use World baa Ibw
asfoty valve. For tbe higher a MB
riae* the more iu> medial wlv he is measur
ed by picked met), lbs puWftfc we
think, i often decern*!, and even ire
. fer* gilt to gold. But the world kufcwe
* great deal about ft* greatest men de
spite the proverb. It doea not admire
:-ihulwill, but it deifiea Shakespeare.
1 Tbe instinct of respect for W .alringtoa
is aa true aa any other law of Mature-
Lucy iuga vwwetly in the parlor, and w
mile or weap as aha swats us w.tb to*
otig. What more ooold Pasta d. or
i Catalan! ? Ho Luey mast go to Paris
and baa prima donna. But iheo it fa
no longer Jane in tha next bonae, and
Mra. Jones, who sing*in the choir, ffilb
whom she ia to La measured ; it is frith
! Malibran, with Jenny Jind. And paly
; if *be be really one of tha great singers |
will ahe stand the tremendosu teat (
It ia ao with your verse# my dear
Corydaa. You have the poet of hpnor
lin tU eountry paper. You are the poet
jat the oattie show, and yours are tha
tides on tha Fourth of July and the or igi
• nal hymn* when tha new pastor ia or
(butted. Uis undaraicod that you are a
genius, and sueb a brisk fire of adulation
; is kept up under your boilers that Won
ure perilously full of steam. It wiwld
|be sad that wueh aa excellent boiler
should burst for want of • safety waive,
i And aa you have just published a neat
t volume of the poetry that has bean com-.
mended by lh paper in which moat of
it first appeared as combining tha sub
limity of Milton with the sweetnoao of
Thomas Moore, your pressure of steam
ia extraordinary. Really no man and no
boiler ought to carry so muck; and when
j vou find a safety valve in the great city
..ureal. Ton ought to ba vary grateful
that you ho*e been saved from a catas
trophe—bat 1 fear that yon am not
A PSRISUX SIOBT.— Tha GamfU An
rrikaaana narrates a story tha fasts of
which it guarantees; Baptiste Coonert,
I it aays, waa a valet in the service of the
: Marquise d P , whose hotel is ait
istcd in the neighborhood of tbe Champ#
EU sees He wi discharged for an actul
indetieaey, which showed alarming symp
uitna of a tendency to vice. He ia now
ihirty-aeven yaara and oet of employuiret.
Tna morning before yesterday he preeent
ed himaell at the house of hie former raft
'rees and begged an Interview with tha
Marquise, which was at once granted,
j '• Madame," said be, knowing her to be
Itiud heart*) tod graeroua, "I am vary
i poor and unhappy; take me into year
service agate, I beseech you. I am
ashamed ol my conduct, and will stone
for It by future devotednem. 1 * He then
' threw himself at the feel of the Marquise,
t wbe was affected by the tale, which he
j had apparently learnt by heart, and took
hha back at increased wage*. At 3 in the
vfternoon, Mma. da P—— ordered her
carriage and went to pay some visits, and
<>a starting told the valet to take advan
tage ol the opportunity to ioatal himself
ia Id* uhl quarter* and await bar return,
which would not ba till late at night.
The rogue thoa befog left master of the
situation, entered the boudoir and l*d
room of his mistress, and commenced
operation*, la a tow minutes, drawer*,
! teisaa and afe* were opened and cleaned
i of their valuables In coin, bank notes, and
jewelry, the whole of which Baptise slip
i jted into a valise, which be had brought
[ with him and disappeared. The theft
was oot discovered tilt 6 oVrlock, but tha
police Wing immediately pot epon the
alert, the valet waa arrested in the w ait
ing room of the St- Lazare Railway Sta
tion, with tha valise in hia hand. Tbe
value of tiia property stolen and thus for
tunately recovered was about 140,000
franca.
ITAKOIC GaATirrna.—Louis tbe Four
teenth. who had uooe bombarded Algiers,
ordered the Marquis de Que*ne to bom
hard it a second time, in order to punfth j
their Infidelity and insolence. Tbe de
spair In whioh the Corsairs found them
selves at not being able to drive tbe fleet
off their coast*, which did them ao much
mischief, caused them to bring all the
French aUrea, and fastening them to the
mouth# of their cannon, the different
limb* of their body were blown even
among the French fleet. An Algeria#
captain, who had been token on a cruise,
and verv well treated by tha French all
the time tm had been their prisoner, one
day perceived, among tbo#e unfortunate
Frenchmen who were doomed to th# fat#
juat mentioned, an officer named CboineuL
from whom be had received the most
singular kindness The Algerine immed
iately begged, entreated, and solicited in
the most pressing manner, to save the
life of that genoroiu Frenchman; but all
to no purpose. At last, they were going
to fire the cannon to which Choieenl was
fixed, the captain threw himself on the
body of Ms friend, and closely embracing
him" in hie arhia aaid to the cannonier,
44 Fire 1 since 1 cannot seve my benefactor
1 will at least have the consolation to die
with him." Tha Dey, in whose presence
thi* scene passed, waa so affected with it,
barbarous and savage aahe waa by nature,
that he now readily granted that, from
dictate* of humanity, which he had just
More refused with so much savage fe
rocity.
JOKES.— So, again, Scholasticn* and
i hia friend, who, aa it chanced, waa bold,
having oocasion to keep watch together,
agreed to divide the duty between them,
each in tnru sleeping while the other
| kept watch, to be bv his partner awaken
!ed when the time of his other watoh ar
rived. During one of Hcholaatieus's
-leaping times, hia friend played him the
t rielMjf shaving .his bead. Schnlanticus,
on waking, pet up hia Land, and feeling
his Lead bald, cdled out in alarm, that
" they had awakened the wrong person F'
On another occasion, having a house to
sell, he tiring* with him one ot the
soneecf the wall "uaa sample of the
ho ias." Ou another, seeing las doctor
coming up Abe street, he lodes behind a
wall, 44 being ashamed," as he says " to
meet tho doctor—ft is so long since I
have been ill." And thin a thievish
slave continued to steal his wine by bor
ing a hole in Ihe bottom of a jar, the
mouth of "which Scholasticns had care
fully sealed, and when a friend in ex
planation suggested that, although the
seal# at top were safe, perhaps the wine
hod been alistrttcted from the bottom,
"loufooir says Scholasticng, "don't
you see that it is not the bottom of the
wine but the top that is gone !"
A Salt Lake City actress twoke, and
fonfid a burgular in her room. She
instantly sprang up and turned on the
full power of her voioe in a blood-curd
ling stage scream. Dishing down her
jewel box, the burgolar left with standing
I Part* and Fawie*.
▲ promising Jnng man ia all *"y
srell; bettor have a payiog one.
( liforcfa gwnw will fhla yaar
| realize an ag|refih profit of $30,000,000.
A Lmo* vonng lady bus helped load
and unload forty-one load* of hay tbi
MMUKML
A Chicago doctor araorta thai threw
are 15,000 habitual ilnisikanir iu that
1 flit/-
An experimentalising Californian got a
htntdrad pound* of opium out of aa acta
TfoHocreaso la the number af lanatlca
j ia oatutat considerable ttocawwaatlirou|t.-
oat England.
| Haw Immf chopped op fine with £*•
is a new. "feed" which Ctorenana oonsidwr
a core or prevunlivo of djapepaia,aaw il
aa of long diaeaauo.
The Marquis of Bate ia the principal
owner of a new line of steamer# from
Cardiff lo Kew York. WUI hia *ih
be Bate Jack*?
A despatch from Ban FnuMjfoeo aays
that MaSda Heron has been denied •
abowaniM from the "aetata of the lata
Henry Byrne.
St Joe county, Mich., aa*ed ita re
cords from fire by letting them be hid
den in tbe wood*, and now offers
to know tbe spot
A man who has a red headed sweet
heart addressed her aa "Sweet Ashore;
loveliest of the fair." Sweat Auburn
got mad about it
It ia smarted that the Czar of Ectasia
will demand the abrogation of the Treat y
of Pari* for the narpoaw of co-operating
with Austria and Pruaaia-
A few brkld parties linger at Kiarera
and their billing sod cooing, it i said by
a bachelor who has jest returned, can be
beard shore the roar of Hi# fall"-
English b-a>ta and shoe* are now In
great dwaenl in lb# Ara-rican market.
Tbvy are wot handsome, but broad, own
tortabU- and well made.
An old ladr who beard that a young
friend had loat a place by mi* dreneenor
aaehiritably observed tuat "threw was
alien a woman at tha bottom of ft,"
Hera ia tbe heading of one of tbe
Canton, Mia*., papers aw
net tonal article- "A carousal, an epiwtk.
a cowhide, a pistol, sad a skedaddle."
They pretend is Kew Ho-tford lhat a
man there fell from a fence and di-lo
cated his hip, but that in crawtiog away
bs fail again and adjoated tha fracture.
Tbeloageat bridge ia the world ia said
to ba on the Mobile and Montgomery
R*iir.^ j over tbe Tenses and Mobile
rivera. It ia fifteen talks in length, and
has tea drewa, one for eech navigable
ehaaneL
It ia related of Araasld. the Janaema*,
that ha wished his Wend Hiebok to
assist him in e new work. Kkhola
replied "W are now old; ia it not time
to raatr "Beatr exclaimed Areaold;
'-have we not all eternity to rest is?"
Describing the Inebriate Asylum at
Ward's Wand, the Kew fork Trtb*i
■aye: •' Within the past four jean about
one hundred women bate occupied
rooms in the asyhun. Of ibaa* nearly
one-third have been ladies moving ia
tbe hkheet rirelea of society. Tbey were
all middle-aged, and neerly all had been
married.*
Ttw beat ia Switzerland is reported
to have been intense during the peat
season. Cattle have gone to their etalls
at daybreak for shelter; and the danger
fromVraUnrbes has been ao intensified
warned by iaatinet, the chamois
of the mountains left their precarious
haunts, and mingled with domestic herds
in the valleys.
A Kew Hampshire paper stye : • A
man bom London Centre started law!
Friday with a load of bay for Concord.
Ilia wife adviaed him not to smoke lus
pipe on the way, but he laughed at her.
Prettv soon he came bach with moat ef
bis clothe# gone, his hair and eyebrows
singed, and the iron work of his cart in a
bag upon his shoulder. Then his wifa
laughed."
' An idre of the reel wealth and the
eommand of the wealth of others poe
•eaaeti by the great banker* of Europe,
may be inferred from the fact that tha
Rothschilds' subscription to tb* last
French loan amounted to tSSO,O> 0.000.
and that of tha Barings to
One gentleman alone, a member of tbe
ITouae of Common#, put down hia name
through the Rothschild*, for 0,4)00. Off).
A aariea of ©xpwritaenta iuatitnled to
teat the average !•** in weight by drying,
•bow* that corn lows one fifth, and
wheat one-fourteenth by the process.
From this the statement ia made that
farmer* aril) make more by selling un
sbriied eon. in the fall at seventy five
cut* than tbe following MUDBX r at one
dollar a bushel; and that -heat at $1 30
In December is equal to $1 50 for tha
same in the following June. - Tbi- eati
mate is made cm the bams of inter*** at
seven per cent, and takes no account of
the deprewiattons of vr rmin. These
facta a worthy af oomideratiOL.
A Twxxrr-Two YEARS- Cturex
Tweaty-two year* ago, Jamra Steele, of
this city. wbo*e father wa Samuel Steele,
a well known coppersmith, sailed Irom
New Louden nra whaltMbip rbat wa soon
after the death ol Zachary Tayhw. It waa
a good while ago—as thing* now go—an<i
•neb a project as tbe Atlantic Ocean tele
graph, or tbe abolition ot negro slavery by
a uivil war, wvnld have stamped if* annun
i ctator aa a wdd lunatic. Mr. Steele lelt
the ship at Australia, and waa by his
frtenda hers supposed to be dead. Ha
sent many letter*, but none of them were
received, and until this week—when he
again mad* bis appearance in Hartfura,
hiving arrived last week at Sew London —
ba did not know ol tbe death of h father
bio brother and other relatives. His ad
ventures since 1850 among the savaacs of
the South Sea Islands, and in Kew Zealand
bare included a wild and strange variety,
and bo has met pretty much everything
bat death. 11a shipped on different whal
ing vessels, and cruised all about tee anti
podes, where Spring begins in September
and Winter in June, He finally married
an English girl in Australia, who has now
inherited soma raonev, and Mr. Steele
thinks ot buying himself a home here once
more.— Bart/ord (Conn.) Tinas.
FHTTTS.—A NIK through our market
shows at a glance how prolific our fruit
crop is. For the last ten years peaches
hare not been so plentiful or of snch fine
quality. The plumbs also are of the
finest "flavor, and will oompare with any
in the world. Our pears from Jersey
and our own State equal any grown in
Franoe. Grapes are in abundance, and
will be more plentiful in a few weekr.
A man who has sold (rrapes for years
says that he shipped 875 worth of grapes
i to'a dealer in the southern part of New
; Jersey, not twenty five miles from where
they "were grown. The explanation of
this anomaly is that the grape crop is
bought np by speculators in tue winter,
and that consequently sometimes the
fruit can be bought in this city twenty
per cent cheaper than where it is grown.
Watermelons and mnskmelons area drug
in the market—.V Y. P"per.
DIGESTIBLE FOOD.— Food is not well
digested that is not agreeable to the
taste, and flavor is qnite as important
in element as the quantity of nourish
ment in a given article. What is not
acceptable to the palate is not appro
priated to the system. Besides, some
thing more than nutriment is tequired
act! a diet confined to the moat nutri
tious articles would soon produce disease.
Variety is indispensable. The stimulus
of meats, the bulk and fragrant, juices of
roots and fruits, und the carbon of butter
and fat. are all requisite to healthy diet;
and is not economical, whatever it oost '
in money, that does not keep the body
in its best condition. The appetite of
the healthy is the best guide in the
mstter.
A city geptlervan who had bought a
place iu the country, rather aroaaed the
neighbor* by appearing in bis meadow
with a actthe in one band and u um
brella in the other. When our inform
ant came a W4V there wfre five d"ct<> s
on the fence, sharpening their ku ves,
and even the potato-bugs had dropped
implements of labor and were watching
the man's maneuvers.