Youth And Ape. While ret my b'ood ran full And free. Gay girls the Mtnox seemed to me, Forever young, forever Mr, With laughing eyos that chaUnge Itfe- No hour when they would not be wooed ; it I w, they were in the mood ; We played it courtship all <)y long, And eared oar pain less grie.'a with song. Too happy day* 1 But, wiser now. Three matrons, with uujoyful brow, And eyes severe, that conquer mine, 1 see replace those witches fine. Their loots convict the vuithnfty years Theirs are the rock, tho thread, the shears 8j ml>o!s, the artist's triple elew To matter, form, and measure due, Each lays a finger on her lip And signs, " Beware ! the moments slip!" How shall I hops the three to gain? Together, triumph ; amply, pain. The Song of the Decanter, There ru is nlit OeciMer. sad it* mntttS . .pm rr,.l • tl>e raSjr *me had ehSe,t u ami Sett tt c-j tal >,.le ; and th > v tut went hasußtue. to.siaiisc 3£.'a: •!- it flea. .! tlmotrh jiVe ho. "* reek tha vwkt" m Bete, n Mr* 1 • | at. ,-d O in the vi Site* * v th. t>;al VAJ Ma.nt tree, an.t tsas i s s that it. sue month .ni .train* t tare. The, mi. a.e, JWr ceßiraerera' thai IS vroe hv> •!.- ki. '•. r,t w,r hw tun,tied tt,.n,h,it th • rerr leet ,-t men ; tmt I *—'tsss th th. •ei' ii nioie- 'Pal I h.reo,vn saeNnt mis. this si, j-JSr tusns* oawawjjow, ao tearvd .t rsa.isl at Jv*t all eur th. Nr ray* that .te l. the hra n uvl . eura th*np,nta cp, and rmta teahame tha •*"1 J**?" ,hat ! thr r VWv ; tu the, iu ir'need ntiUion* vith th# la,, vs). *e "®ash na th- path n be til, waitwS •. .< hhxvl Wij tM, art •h'ie 1 k.lle-.t th. t.> r I h.,e daamni It- i-l The )..,! ra. the twuni. trervr vreuaUl *ack mats a, I. in m -tl. or m, na lb. ,e --s- rt bar*. Vo.ifht. tut Malt I[breathe npctithena. and Ihrj abn.k hS-ee 3 , i* -oh; ai,,l j by jo the treed Una 4 -inal maai to deuht ' IMID THE ALPS. tt ßy the way. Eawdon. what became ol that meerschaum of tours f" I asked him, as we sat one night over the camp-fire. '•What u*re!imP "The one yon bought of the old Ger man general at Holstein.* I secured its twin." "I may answer your question by t Jc iug what became of yours" returned Rawdon, puffing out the"smoke, "Mine! That pipe of mine did a vast amount of traveling, if you care to know. It iooked with its fiery eye askance at , the pyramids; dipped with me along the • serpent bordered waters of the Nile; t un ed its small pile of incense along the storied Rhine. It yearn**! pensively and dropjsed an ash by the ashes of llercu !an turn and Pompeii, ft wended its way Fast the 'lighthouse of the Mediterranean.' {lowered about Mecca and Medina, and at last, when in a poetic mood, by the Cas pian, immortalized by Moore's liquid Terse—in? lips related their hold and my pipe tell into the sea." '•Quite a histonr," remarked Ra srdon "Mice committed suicide." Larco laughed. '•Truth," said Raxdon. "As I stood on London Bridge, my heretofore faithful pipe leaped from my lips into the Thames. A clear case of voluntary suicide." "Yon had quite an adventure alter I left the party. Fitzhugh wrote me." •'Had I ? Let me see: it was soon after yon left the party that we made the as cent—l attempted it, rather—of Mont Blacot" "Yea, that was what Fitzhugh spoke of in his letter. What abont it all I" "One can hardly hope to do justice to any mine which one tells of Switzerland," bewail Rawdon, after a pause of thought. '•The country most be seen to be appre ciated, and it must by an artist eye and appreciated by a son! endowed w iih a deep religions sense of tlie miracles which God alone could create, to get the faintest oonception ot its wild, wonder ful, and magnificent scenery. So sudden and varied are the changes which the eye beholds, that it seems more like a fafry land floating in the unreal mirage of a dream than like anything real." "Aye." "The great height Mid magnitude of the mountain?* glistening with eternal enow; tlie awful cha?m# opening between them ; the bolt npright precipice#; the dark ravine#, with here and there a shadowed pool or lake, and the fertile valley# bloom ing in luxuriance, combine to make a picture of rare excellence, and of unsur passed wondrous beatfty." "Well! goon, Kawdon." "Seen on a cloudless day, the sparkling glacurs, piled up and pointed in rare and fantastic form, dazzling the eye and till ing the soul with wonder, litre a snow white city lilts it# #pires and glistening pinnacle# in frozen silence, like a mighty pttritaction. There, huge columns, like leaning towers ot marble, catch the sun's glare on their polished surfaces. Again, ono sees groups of marvelous statuary— figure? standing, leaning, anything—and seemingly in death like repose.'' "But about your adventure, Kawdon?" "It was not much of an adveuturei," he letorted. "We bad passed the winter at Genera, a small few of us, finding it pos sessed among its citizens many of the most learned and scientific men ot Europe. From this place the view of the Alp# is unsurpassed. Toward Spring, parties o( travelers going throngh the pisce made us restless, and we also started. As mar party moved on toward Urn hamlet where we were intending to tarry -a lew days and await a propitious time for ascending Mont Blanc. 1 was so unfortunate as to get mounted on the most treacherous steed in the lot. Never did Pegasu# throw his rider with less warning than my beast of a h.irse threw me. I escaped with, as I thought, the trilling Injury o( a sprained wrist. Bat I got deceived in judging that a sprained wrist was but a trifle, for my hand began to #well ami grow discolored, as Kr my thumb, It might as well have been a pine knot, for all the feeling there was in it; 'twas my right hand, too. The rest waited several days for me to make the ascent with them; but findiog that my hand mended so slow ly, they grew impatient, and went on without me. It did not much matter, for parties were coming up every week or two, and I should not Jact company. The tediousneas of my stay at the inn was very much brightened by the kind atten tions of my host's daughter, pretty Jennie Dessonnard." Kawdon paused. "I became impatient of the delay," ho continued, ''ja6t as you. Lnrco. are getting impatient because 1 d>Mi't talk quicker. No sooner did cautious people suggest the impracticability of my attempting the ascent at all, urging as objections the dangerous season ef the year, and the inconvenient stiffness of my wrist, that ( made op my mind to risk the udc>rtakiDg at all hazards. This unhappy trait of character lies dormant, or is active, in ever? nature." • What do you mean about the danger- , ous season ?" "Well, I was detained by the illness longer than you think for, Larco; the summer and the season were alike over. That wound of mine had complications that you'd not care In bear about." "I had no idea of that. .Go on." "The arrival in the hamlet one night of a famous naturalist and several of my countrymen, accompanied by the noted guides, Ooutet and Devoriassond, decided me to no longer postpone the enterprise. My host and the doctor argued against it in vain. We — 1 and the new party—re mained ont late one evening viewing the beautiful scenery by moonlight. Mystic turret, tower and pinnacle were tipped with glistening and effulgent light. "I have seen that." "An hour or so before midnight, while my eyes wero rivaled npon a point far up the dazziing heights, where reposed what might be thought a garden of statuary, all the forms of the statues clearly defined— upright, bending over, recumbent—l be gan to think to tnyself what a disagree able effect this long gazing, even by moon light, has upon the srgan3 of sight—" "But why ?" "Because I got the impression that the petrified groups were moving. I looked away, rubbed my eye# and looked back again. The delusion still existed. I FRED. KURTZ, Editor .md Proprietor. VOL. V. "Young Jennie, bravo girl, stepped forward and began uncoiling the rope. "'lsm going down,' she said. 'M. Ooutet i* to fasten this about me; I csme for the purpose of descending the fissure,' "Tiicy tried to dissuade her. "If you will not secure mo, I w ill tic it myself,' she affirmed. "They yielded the point at last after some argument. With the tope* fastened about her, aud the lamp strapped to her breast, the intrepi 1 girl was slowly swung info the fissure. With her suti*. stool pointed at each end, site kept hcr-vlf from strikiug against the jagged sides. in twenty miuutvs .he signaled to bo hauled up—thee signaled them to stop. She had touched the bottom of the crevice, which w as wonderfully shallow, ami not fiudiug any body, ho conjectured that it must have lodged somewhere above. " Her lamp had streamed into the hasin an 1 discovered inc. She did not stop b ascertain if 1 was dead; but, taking the liues which she had brought, she bound mo to her—wrapping her mantle about my head, least in some manner it might aud cries. 'Tho avalanche! the avalan che !' "We Hood rooted to the spot. The thunder increased and ne&red us. Ya*t acre* of solid-mountain-ride were flipping with fearful rapidity toward the direction we were iu. There was of course no real danger. " 'The pinnacle yonder,' said the im movable I>e Yare, 'will save us. The avalanobe strikes it, shaves the irregular ities from its side, shoots it many angle* to the right, saving our hamlet at the ex pense of some other!' "He was right. From that or some other cause, the death-dealing mass ot ice rushed away into the valley beyond. " 'A dangerous season to make an as cent,' said everyoue, when we got down homo. But we resolved to try it. "Early on the morning of the 17th a party of six, accompanied by the afore named guides, started upon the perilous undertaking. After proceeding a short distance we w ere made to hmt by our guides, for the purpose ol being tied to gether, with sufficient space between us to allow of uninterrupted movements; then iu turn we were fastened to the guides themselves. It is doubtful if one in a score would safely return unless this precaution was taken, for there i* a con tinual tripping of heels; first one, then another, slipping and falling upon the glaciers. "You don't, Larco; you've not made the ascent." "And don't want to make iL" I growl ed, like a surly fox. Haw don smiled, and turned the fir* about. Then resumed. ' If we had got the idea there was either ease or comfort in the enterprise, it was speedily dispelled by actual experience. Shelves of rock met us everywhere, along which we had to crawl on our hands and knees; precipices towered above, up whieh onr weary way was made by boot holds cut with the hateheU of oar guides. Terrifying chasms yawned on either side. Mysterious fissures, whose bottom and depth were lost iu distance, had to bo iea{nd over with the assistance of a guide and staff. As we ascended, the air be came more rare, and the nose smarted with every inhalation. We made a tor tuous way, winding about to escape chasms and evade towers of ice, or trem blingly crossing abysses on frail bridges of snow that might crumb'.a at any step." "H >pe you liked it!" "We had a toilsome day. and did not succeed in making a very gt eat distance, for tay wrist troubled me after a few hours' exertions with it, and began to swell. However, we pitched upon a place to spend the night. It being partially shel tered from the cutting wind; and* while Coutet prepared the supper, 1 climbed upon a pinnacle to take in the magnificent v'ew stretched abroad before my eyes, k cannot be described except in faint out lines. Far below these icy fields reposed the verdant vales teaming with beauty and life; and placid Lemao, like a sea of glass, sparkled in the setting sunlight, while Jura's distant hills were well de fined against the clear sir. Thus night came on. But the stolca stillness that fell upon us, broken at intervals by the inde scribable crash oi the crunciiiog pieces of snow descending on every side, is beyond description. Still we got to sleep." " Glad yon could sleep, Kawdon 1" "In the morning we awoke refreshed, and resumed the accent,although I found great inconvenience from iny sore and stiff wrist, and was obliged to carry my staff in the other hand. Not to linger on detail*, we, at lasf. after much suffering and danger, reaeffied the goal which we songht. But I would say that if one un dertake* tliis or a similar enterprise with the fond delusion that through it all lie can maintain a d gniftd manner, he will find the fond delusion vanished." " Bun enttndn,'' " Many a chastn the traveler must paw on the horizontal. The sure feet of the guide crosses a narrow isthmus of snow, which ha is faarful an .untrained foot may dip upon; therefore the traveler must submit to a prostrate position and be haulgd eoroaa, his' hand taking the route of M ploughshare and leaving a broad furrow ploughed for the next coiner to slide into. Again, the tension of tho nerves will, ere many hours, cause the legs to buckle and bend in exact imitation of a devotee of Baccboa. n j "Pleasant " " We encounte-ed a ' pleasant' tempest, too, thunder and lightning, when it seem ed as if the whole Alps were splitting from base to peak, so heavy were the lkcjuent detonation#. But we were #alelj up and getting back, having met with many incidents, but no accidents. When witldn a mile of the hamlet from which we hail started, the nearness of our jour ney's end tended to make us careless. Holding my staff somewhat heedlessly with my left hand, it so unexpectedly caught in a small fissure that my feet slipped from under me, and I fell. The smart jerk upon the rope drew out the knot, which must have been undoing for sometime; and being at the end ot the cord, I found myself loosed from the whole party and descending the pre cipitous giacier with, eariui velocity. In stantly aery ot horror from a.ove an nounced that the accident had been dis covered. But 1 was beyond their aid. "I draw in my breath as f listened. That I was not instantly killed in strikinir at the foot ot the precipieee, down which I had first desotnds'd, owing to my position office* 'IMIIIM ; but the shock of tho conenssion left a feeling as of paralysis. My staff I ♦till retained; bnt the point had caught and broken off. Down I went directly into tho yawning end of a fissure, my staff catching feebly at the jagged walls. No doubt the fissure was hundreds of feet in depth, but I was not destined to sound the bottom." "No!" " The rains and thaws, the catching and splintering of crumbling avalanches, bad poured ions of shelly ice directly into the mouth of the chasm ; and apart from be ing severely scratched by the sharp par ticles, and being stunned by the force of my stopping, alter the rajddify of my de scent, I was not seriously injured when I stopped. There I was, in a well-like aperture of rattling, shelly ice, and un conscious. The rest of what I learnt later." "Bntyon are alive, Rawdon." " Yes. ULotpatieil as the whole party were, they had yet the sense to hasten the descent to tfee hamlet, and procure ropes and lights —for night had then set In. •To secure the body,' said the guide*. And the new# spread, and the cry went THE CENTRE REPORTER echoing aleng tho village, 'Man lost Man lost in a whaam!' "in an hour's time the tw v guides, l>e Ya.ro and M outsit, and another guide, were ready to ascend tho slight distance to the point where the accident happened. Just outside tho hamlet they were sur prised to bo joined by Jennie lWsonard. She was kuown to bo as fleet of brut as the chamois, aud no one disputed her right to accompany the party. They toil ed up in the U3uro w hero I had disap pcared. and then held a consultation. Was it best to lower a lamp * Doubtless the depth would make such a proceeding useless. Should one of the men bo low ered by the others? This was an expe dition not to We eovoted. Tho party con sisted wholly of Urge, heavy men; their weight might make the grinding of the rope instant destruction; and, at any rate, Would be attended by great danger even to those who held the rupe. Yet there was no other alternative, seemed eo real that I touched De Vare's arm. " i>o you notice any thing unusual there beyond the cone—toward the Cham ouuix V "lie gazed steadily for a time and then spoke to the guide. Coutet sprang to his fret with a yell. "•An avalahehe! an avalanche!' shout ed the guide in stentorian tones. "We started just a* Coutet hail done; all taking a position to watch the descent. First, the movement was ao gradual as hardly to be noticed ; but, gathering pow er with its progress, it toon increased its siwed until a dull roar was distinguish able. "•What is its course?' anxiously in quired our host of I>c Yare. " 'Toward us. direct,' answered the im perturbable traveler. "We were filled with comdernatioo. As the roar increased, the villagers ruhed from their bed* in terror, uttering *hriek beat against the wall* of the chasm; and then gave the signal to be drawu up. "And drawn up we were in safety. 1 was borne back to the hamlet—where, though still unconscious, 1 was found to be living." "But the escape was marvelous, Raw don," I said. . "It was." " And what of Jeantc ?" * She married Ooutet." A Young Girl Saved. A New York j>a|wr says : A beantiful young girl visited the detectives in the Police Central Office and tokl thein that she was betrothed to George Strtsnas, aho was arrested for swindling. She desired to sec him. She was with her gtiardiau, a wealthy merchant of Broad way. The detectives hesitated, but she was finally permitted to we the prisoner. As she "entered the cell Strauss shrank back. "So," add she, "yon luve boon j>aying me attentions for over a year, and inveigled me into nn engagement, hut, thank God, I found you out ere it was too late. Y oti are a swindler and villain, and I never want to see you again. Here, take back jonr ring,"' ex tending an engagement ring richly set with diamonds. Strauss turned away, but the girl dash ed the ring at his feet, and went from the cell weeping. On an enamelled card which was hand cd to the Sun reporter was engraved, "Rosalie Mayer. She said that'about twelve months ago site became acquaint tsl with Strauss, who profe sed to b very wealthy. lie frequently visited her and escorted her to the gardens in the neighborhood. She noticed that he was recognized many times by men whom the detectives have arrested. Mrs. Rehfuss and her daughter, Min mf.+i 411 East Twenty-fourth street, and Mrs. Frederic.; StlliiT, of 00l Ninth avenue, viritod the Central Office and asked to see the prisoners. Mrs. Hilliff, who is a widow, abont a fortnight ago was swindled out of 9250 bv purchasing two worthless watches. The prisoner having been conducted into the hack room of the outer office among about thirty detectives and reporters, the women entered the room. Mhts Minnie recognized Strauss, and cried out, " Das ist dcr greenhorn !" Mrs. SillifT gazed at him a moment and said, " Yaw, das ist dcr greenhorn." She was about to pound him with her umbrella, but the detectives interfered. Liudhcim was identified as one of the men who had swindled Mrs. liehfuss. Mrs. Rehfuss said that Strauss visited her and told her an effecting story of having just lauded and having been robbed. In the conversation Lindheim entered. To him Strauss appealed, say ing, " Oh, if you sir, but assist mo to get SIT things out of the Custom House, I would give yon f'2o and a piece of silk and some lace." " Why," Lindheim replied, " that would le worth 8600! I am afraid yon would remove your trunks as soon as yon got it. How much do you want?" "Weil," said Strauss, "82.V) would do. Good gentleman, help mc!" " Well, I wonld," was the reply, "but I am afraid to trust strangers. Have you nothing else yon could leave?" " Yes," said Strauss, reluctantly, " I havejtwo splendid gold watches and chains, but they were intrusted to mc to take as a present to a gentleman in San Francisco. I would be ufraid to let them go out of IBT sight." "Let me see them," said Lindheim, "that will do no harm." Strauss showed him the wnteha*. "These are worth a thousand dollars," said Liiulheim, seemingly surprised. Strauss took a handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped it about his face, saying that he had a terrible toothache. Lbidheim whispered to Mrs. Rehfoas, " Yen might ns well make a little money out of this. You are a poor woman ; I am wealthy." She paid for the watches, and Strauss and Lindeim departed. She shortly afterward learned that she bad been swindled. Mrs. Silliff, who wn swindled out of 8250, is penniless. Rtranss and Linrl h<-im were committed nt the Tombs. The other two wero sent to College Poiut, 1.. L, for identification by Mrs. Sophia Weiss, who was swindled tut of 8135. Tuk Pubss.— There is no editor of a newspaper or magazine who is not con stantly returning manuscripts full ot nse ful and good material, which he cannot, publish because it is not readable. Tlie style is turgid or involved, or affected, or slovenly or diffuse. If the stylo happens to be good, the subject is nninteresting, or is treated for rcholars, and lumbered with redundant learning. Of course the editor would not hurt the pride of the writers, and in politeness bo simply says that their productions are not 'available.' They think the editor stupid, and lie is content, so long as they do not accuse hi in of illnature. It is only whcnlliey charge him with the purposo of refusing nil writing that is better than bis own that he lotus patience, and regrets that he had not been frank and definite in the state ment of his reasons for declining their offerings.— with the oth r sailors but upon ray won? I don't think I hive seen a young English nobleman of all those whom 1 have looked uja>u that answered to the notion of " blood" so well n* this young fellow did. I suppose if I haJ made such a levelling confession as this iu public people would think 1 was looking toward* lreiag the labr reform candi date for President- But 1 should go on and spoil my prospect by saying that I dou't think "the white pine Yaukee i* the mora generwllv prevailing growth, but rather the pitch pine Yankee. Tnc l'aoriT* or BISK Bau. TOJBINO —A New York correspondent of the C i cago Timet gossip* aa follow* concerning professional bass ball player*:— The Mutual*, of New York, pay an average of $1,200 each to eleven plarer*. The Ath letic* of Philadelphia, pay 812 200 to eleven player*. The Baltimore C"ub, wt that city, hare appropriated sl2. 100 for ten player*. Harry Wright'* great 1W ton Club receive an average of 81,200. sotne of the player* not receiving more than S9OO or SI,OOO, while it i* said that the two Wrights—Harry, the captain,and hi* brother George, the hort Up, and beat general player in the country—each i* paid 83,000. The Haymaker*, of Troy pay the largest amount in gross, they dis bursing 815,ft00 for twelve player* an average of 81.!>00, The Cleveland Forest City club pay their men an average of $1,500. When it i considered these amount* are for aeven month'* serviee, it will he admitted that the pay i not bad. It i, however, unevenly distributed, the catcher and pitcher getting the larger share. Some of the pitcher* get a* much as *>3,000, because so much of the success of the season depends upon the skill, en durance and stauiina of the pitcher. In deed, I have been told that it require* to tempt Arthur Gumming* from the *id of In* pretty, new-married wife, no le # sutn than 83,500, or at the rate of $125 a week f.r seven months, with all railroad and steamboat fares, hotel bill*, Ac., paid while travelling. Camming* wa former ly pitcher for the Star* of Brooklyn, but is now engaged by the Mutual*. He is said to be the bel pitcher in the country. Farm anofT Dnpirwi.—Dwppdi is a weak stomach mode weak by over work, and, like a man made weak by overwork, it needs rest, needs repose ; but, a* we cannot live without eatiug.the necessity ranst t>© met by giviug the stomach as little work to do aa possible and that work should lie easy, just M we onrsolves, m the weakness of reeorery from disease, invite onr strength back by doing but little work and that which can be easily done. The cure of most cases of Dyspepsia becomes extremely simple and very certain, if these few first principles arc judiciously applied iu any given case—to wit: give the stomach but little to do; let that little le of a kind which is easily done, and let both lie so arranged fhat the stomach may do its work easily and speedily and have abumho;t time for rest. The work of the stomach is called "digestion," and means the process of preparing the fooa for yielding its nutrient portions to the system, to give it warmth, growth and strength. As a general thing, dyspep tics should not drink anything at meals, liecause there is a liquid iu the stomscli which dissolves the lood—in a sense, inelts it. If cold water is drunk, it cools this stomach-liquid, nnd it loses its pow er of melting the food, so to speak; as tbe cooler the water is, the less is it able to melt the ice in it. Of course, every physiologist knows that this comparison is not critically true; but it conveys the essential practical idea to the minds of the masses. ISVP.NTIOSS.— The greatest inventions seem to have heen almost simultaneously duplicated. Faust nnl Guttenburg still divide the honor 01 discovering the art of printing; and of the rival claimants of ibs covering the invaluable WHO of Cher, either may receive the praise. When Watt cudgeled the steam engine out of his brain, it was found that arnad French man had projected the whole thing on paper long lmtore, and beea imprisoned for boring people with his diagrams. When Morse threw off the magnetic tele graph as a spark from his electric mind, it was only to tind that Ampere was already (.'•miliar with the affair. And poor Klia- Ilowe could not be allowed to havo the glory of making the aewing-machino all to himself, but Thitnonnier disputed his claim, and made all France believo he had actually designed the thing, even though the ennning Yankee had got the start in the small matter of execution. Thitnon niet'e widow died a few weeks ago, and was buried in great pomp, the sewing machine manufacturer turningout in great number to pay their respect to the mem ory of the inventor of their craft, and alter the funeral they dined together and subscribed two thousand dollars for a monument to "The Inventor of Sewing- I machines." How TO Lrvx CHEAPLY.—Dr. Dio Lewis relates how lie lived for a week on food that cost 541 cents. He worked hard meantime, and gained half a pound. He took two meals a day. The follow ing are specimen ones: Sunday break fast, hulled Southern corn, with a little milk. Dinner the same. Total cost, six cents, Tuesday breakfast, two cents' worth of beans, with a half a rent's worth of vinegar. Wednesday dinner, two cents' worth of beef stew, a quarter of a cent's worth of pepper, and H cent's worth of hominy pudding. Saturday dinner, lobster, three cents; bread, one cent; hominy salad, on* cent; cracked wheat and milk, two cnts, This day he had A "spree"—coat, eeven cente. Titupkiu Versus Bodkin. Jeremiah Pitttpkin was an honorable citizen and a householder, uad among his els** lie was an oracle. He flittered him self oil his shrewdness. He often declared that he should have been a lawyer. He fancied that Solon Bodkin, Esquire, would have tared but siiiuly ngaiu.t him iu fe rcasic contest i'impkiii raised turkeys, and upon a certain occasion it hap|>ned : that a prowling dog made a raid upunhia | dock and killed four tine gobblers that ! were being fat ltd for the Thanksgiving market, l'mq kin make due inquiry aud investigation, and satisfied himself beyond a perad venture that the marauding canine was tho property of Lawyer Bodkin. Here was an opportunity he had long coveted. He waited upon the lawyer in his office, aud was warmly welcomed, and i invited to a seat. "Squire,' 1 said Pitttpkin, "a'posa a neighbor's dog should kill a lot of my turkeys, could I recover damages by luwt ' "Certainly," replied Bodkin, "youcan recover—that is, if you can prove the I'acL" *• O, I ean prove it. I've got the evi dence all r gitl aud tigLt. And to you think there can he no doubt?" " Not in the least. Aud now, wLat are the circumstances?" " Well, Squire, hst night yev dog killed four of my bent turkeys What do you think about it now?" " Why, my dear "sir, I think you can recover. That is the law. What is the amount of damage!" ''Them turkeys was worth a dollar apiece, Fqnire. Four dollars will settle." " All right," said Ihnlkin. "1 wish to deal It gaily# Here is tho sum." Aud the lawyer hamled over the four dollars which l'impkin took with a chuckle, and then departed. Jeremiah l'impkin had reached his home, having related his rhsrp practice with the lawyer to all hi* friends whom he had met ou the way. *r.d had ju*t told the story to his wife, when Deputy Sheriff Rcacher uuevreuaniously entered his domicile. "A small hill, Mr. Ptmpkin, which Squirw lt >.He says you sought advice upon legal point* bearing on the case. The bill is five dollars, sir—ex pense of officer, ono dollar—total, six dollars." l'impkin scratc! Ed h head vigorously, but he could scratch no path out from Uie trouble. He paid the bill, and from that time he was newr heaid to *]>eak boaat ingly oi hi* legal acumen. kagat ily of a Mare. A remarkable instance f the sagacity ' is it not reason ? of a tors' ha* rom to our notice. Mr. John Fletcher of Norwegian, owns .n unbroken cayuae mare which run* in a pasture adjoiuiug bi* house, The mare, which is very wild, has a young colt al her side. A few nights since, alter Mr. Fletcher had returned, he waa aroused by the mare coming to the window of his house, and by |Niwing, neighing, and in every way possible trying to get bis attention. This continuing for some time begot Ep a til went out and drove her away, and returned again to tied ; but she iuime diatelv returned, and if possible in creased her demonstrations ; he again went out. when the mare came UP to birn and rubbed her nose against aim. although alwavs -before *bc bad leen very shy of allowing any one to come within reach of her, then run on a few varda before him continuing her neigh ing then, as he did not follow her, she returned to him rubbing ugainst him in tbe most demonstrative manner. lie attempted to drive her off, struck hey villi a atick, and followed her a few vard* to frighten her away. A* *oon. however, as lie turned toward the house she returned and tried in every way to prevent him from doing so. He then remarked that her colt was not with her. a fact he had not noticed before a* it was quite dark. It occurred to liirn then to follow her, which ho did. So soon as she tiw lie was doing to she ran off before hiui, stopping e very few yards, turning around to see that he was stilt following, then again running on keep, ing up her calling, until she reached s distant part of the field ; where she stopped at an old " prospect bole. ' On coming up with her she again com raenctd rnbhiug against bim. and drew his attention to the hole, where be soon discovered the colt. It appears it had slip|ied into i" and was unable to get out. and the mare had taken this method to obtain assistance. Being unable to get it out alone, Mr. Fletcher went for some of his neigobors, aud with them returned. While they were taking the little fellow out the niaro manifested the most intense delight, and seemed almost beside herself with joy ; and afterward, when the men had got ont ot the hole, she came up to Mr. F., and placing her nose on his shoulder gave every sign of gratitude that a human mother might under similar circum stance*. Wlio will say the horse doe* not reason ? e reduced to than being the slave or vassal of a They ruled over the Waahoes with an iron rod. The latter had nothing they could call their owru, aud, when they had gathered a winter's supply of gram seeds, roots, and pine nuts, along came their inexor able task-masters, and carried off every thing. Lodges, women, baskets, horses, food of every kind* and description, were appropriated by them, and the starving Wsshoes were turned out among the bleak hills, with no more subsist ence than the wolves themselves. General HaJleck an it i* almost im possible to trll tbe &fferen- between u party of Pi-UU* and a party of Chines®, if fbrj were talking, ana in a place where they coultl not be seen. The Pi-Utea ate singularly free from the trice of intemperance. Their women are virtiioua, and nnehastitr iapnniabed with death. Tbe tribe is adopting civilization no rapidly that it ia probaUe a few vearm will are them blended with the whites. Poacibly future KU teamen of Nevada will Ixiaat of their Pi-l'te blood, much ia tbe time manner that Virginia politician* and Virginia gentle tuen of yyjt. day boart of baring tbe blood of Vocaljpntas in their veins. 1 Sermon n " Psik" When Consul Will was home for vses rion, the boy* always.expected plenty of fun. Tbe fart frolic before be west back to hia studies wa a long tramp after baxlo nuts. As the* were hurrying along in high glee, tney cams upon a discouraged looking man and s dis couraged looking cart. The cart ww* standing before an or chard. The man was trying to poll it up hill to hia own boas*. The boy* did not wait to lw invited, but ran to help with a good will. "Posh, push," wa* the cry. The man brightened up : cart trundled along a* fast a* rheumatism would do it, aud in five minutes they all stood panting at the top of the hill. * Obliged to ye," said tbe man, " yoo jnrt wait a minute and be hurried into the house, while two or three pink ap roned children peeped out of the door. " Now boy*,' said Cousin Will, " this ia a small thing : but I wish we could all take a motto ont of it and keep it for ife. " Push !" it is jnrt the word for a grand clear morning like this. '• If anybody is ia trouble, nnd you see it, don't stand back ; push 1" "If there's anything good doing in any place where you happen to be, push !" " Whenever there's a kiad thing, a Christian thing, a happy thing, a plea aant thing, whether it ia your own or not. whether it is st home or in town, at church or at school, jnrt help with all your might; push !" At that moment the farmer came out with a dish of his wife's best dough nut* and a dish of his own best apples ; and that was the end of tbe little sermon. How rr I 'REX* TO BE H A sum —Though would-bo suicide* are ootiiaei resuei tated, it is seldom that half-*Uangled victims of the law's majesty retaru to I tell of their experience. A man named Franks was sentenced to be banged in Fiji, last rammer, for the murder of a Mr. Thomas Muir. It was the first at tempt in Ftp to carry a capital sentenoe into effect, in a civilixed way. The pre parations were bnnglingly made, and after the drop fell Franks was apparently dead for alout three minutes, when he revived, raised one arm, and got hold of the rope. One of the officials on the impulse of the moment ent the man down, and soon after a reprieve arrived. Franks said that when the bolt was drawn and he fell, he thought he felt something break at the back of his neck, and he was praying, and thinking of God and Heaven. Then the memory of a wreck from which he was rescued pasted liefore his mind. He saw himself cling to the chains until washed away; then seizing a rope attached to a floating spar, and clinging to it until washed back again on deck by a heavy sea. All the details of the wreck passed through his mind, and then came the thought, "Why do I not die?" Finding he could breathe, he suspected an intention to torture him by prolonging hit suffering*. The Fijians seem to have bad enough of the Wastern method of execution, and it is understood that Franks has leen lvnu*h ad from the country. Whether Fiji will return to the roaat-oven system remains to lie seen. WHAT DID If* Loax ?—Tommy went to the cars with Uncle Jacob. On reach ing the station. Uncle Jacob got into the train to secure seats and Tommy was to bay tbe paper. Tommy paid a half dime of his at the news-stand and started for the cars, his paper and two cents in hia liand. Undo Jacob took the paper and gave him a coin from his pocket, evidently supposing it to be a five cent piece. It was a cent, and Tommy look ed at it on bis hand with the other two, making-just tbe price of the paper, and waa a little puzxled, bat yet pretty cloar that he had not hia due. On the whole lie hesitated to arraign his uncle, aud so put his coins in his pocket and said nothing, ilia uncle road hia paper. Pretty soon it occurred to Tommy that OA the matter now stood, his Unde Jacob must think be bad kept two cents of bis without any sort of acknowledgenent, and this would never do. So Tommy resolved to give his uncle two cents and say, " here are two cents which I did not give you wheu I got your paper." And this he did when Uncle Jacob looked np from his reading, and so closed the transaction, leaving bis uncle in ignor anoe of his loes of pocket money. How many cents did he lose, boys ? The following is one of tbe rule* of tha Fat Men's Club: "If any woman gains a greater avolrdapole than yours, don't dis pute her. Let her 'evo-'er-dupoli. NO. 43. lira* of Interest. Wee! Point ttcva at present 249 cadets. Dallas, la., has a Jail made of boiler Iron. Baraine won't be tried till November* Pattl recoiveo SI,OOO per night in J/>nion. Oxy hydrogen g* la naed to light tua •treet lamps of Baffalo. It U imfe to sat aatiaagea whenever pig ia cheaper than dog. An Indiana boy haa been poisoned by eating caator beans. The nobby boot for bdia* wiH ihia winter be made of velvet St. Lonia haa 81 flour mills that nae 60,000 bushel* of grain per day. Milk even at ten cents a quart, ia the cheapest animal food that can be ward. AU the Illinois village# are making cities of themselves under a general law. A Cheshire, Conn, farmer mcpecto to harvest B,On bushels of apples this year. A society haa been formed in Indian apolis to aaaist girls in finding employ ment. The new way of drawning the hair on the ton of the head ia railed the ••Josephine." . A stable-keeper in Chelsea, Mara., was lately bitten by a spider and dmd from the effects. A number of French priests are said t* purpose following Per* Hyadatoe'a mat rimonial example. The popular preacher, Stover, of Ken tucky, uaa been an "older" sine® he waa thirteen years of age. A Michigander sneered from his noeo the other day a mienie hall that had entered bis eye daring the war. A lied marriage is lute au electric ma chine; it makea you dance and you can't let go Tbe new setter bonnet, shaped like a sailor bat is shows in black mid colored velvet. The St. Louts Republican publishfed a marriage notice beaded ilttggin*— < Pleasant There ia atid be a spring in Amherst, Vs., which throws up peach rtcmes by j tbe bttibeL Msny a man who thought he had made a bargain buying ailks fiada that he haa got worsted. For riding habits, the colors mast in vogue are black, mvtsible greet, dark blue, and chocolate. The voting lady who thought the oouW j make her voice clear by straining it, made j a great mistake. Oafe keepers aay that the use of ab-' sinthe is steadily increasing among tbe younger society men, toe act Jurt coming Baxter, Kansas, assure# immigrants in I search of a good place to stop, that no one has been murdered there for three, dsya. Pere Hyaciathe was lately treated to a funeral by his ex-associates of tot I Dominican order in honor ol hismgr-1 riage. _ Late Haytian advices state thsl toe import duties of the island have beea ia- i creased 25 per cent- and the export duties 90 per cent. We cannot gather grapes of thorns, sol we must not expect kind attachments' from persona wholly folded up in sal dab' schemes. j It Is stated that of toe B*4 railroads in toe States, only 104 pay dividend#, the other 260 never pay anything at all to lb* stoak holders. In the murder rare of Mr*. Lxura D. Fair, at Ban Franeisao. after being out neariy xty hours, the jury rendered a verdict' of acquittal The mother of a charming Doboqu# j girl would not let her marry a conductor because aba didn't want her doors slammed oft The average salary of eighteen Bap- j tint preachers iu North CaroUna is a trifle over one hundred and twenty-five dollars a year! A wile wrote to her husband, absent in California, that toe looter he stared sway toe better As liked him. Rather I equivocal tost. The Oregon Legislature elected M. C. , Mitchell to the United States Senate he , receiving lorty-ooe votes, Corbet! twelve, and Prime four. There wore no competitor# at an Illi nois fair for a premium of |lO offered to the oldest maiden lady who would I state her age. | Raw beef chopped up fine with onions | ia a new "feed which Germans consider < a cure or preventive of dyspepsia as well j as of lung diseaaea. English boots and shoes are now in ! great demand in the American market. ] They are not handsome, but broad, com- I fortable, and well made. A colonv of communists 1.500 strong is I established in lowa on a tract of land com prising 30,000 sci c*, which they very ap propriately call " Amania." "Insults," said a modern pbiloaopber I "are like counterfeit monev; we cannot hinder their being offered, but we are I uot compelled to take them." Henry Clay, after he lost tbe Prrai dency by an injudicious letter, said that it wis better to ride fifty miles to see a j man than to write him a word. In view of tbe style of political warfare prevailing in the present campaign, a sermon ia promised from the text, "Con aider the lie—liea, how tbey grow." A man in Charleston, S. C., has been relieved of a Guinea worm which had taken lodgement in his leg. These mon ster# will grow all through a man. Advices from Rio Janeiro announces that the election for members of Congress throughout the country has resulted in favor of the Government candidates. A Terre Haute woman's pet puppy re cently swallowed a diamond ring from her finger while she waa feeding him. He waa considerably "entup" about it soop afterward. The postal treaty between the tailed i Stab* and the German Empire for tlie ' exchange of postal oroens is now in op eration. Seventy-one cents, gold, has 1 been fixed as the value of the German thaler. A model bill, made ent by an old farmer against his neighbor, reads as follows: " Neighbor A, Dr. to B to horse and wagon goin' to mill once since and twice before, one dollar." It is computed that $75,000,000 worth of fuel is burned yearly in tbo United States, and that 8100,000,000 worth of lumber is need annually in building and in manufactures. The small-pox Is reported as raging furiously in many places on the Pacific coast of South America. The disease is said to be unnsally virulent; and at Santi ago, Chile, also. A lady in Portland owned a deg that gave birth to a litter of twelve pups. After their birth the dog arringedgfrairen on one side and five on the other, anil then strangled the seven. It is reported that the cupola of St Peter's, at Bom*, shows unnistakable signs of decay. A Conftnission or Papal architects and engineers has been appoint ed to examine it A Lowell girl claims that she won her husband by a stratagem. He fell in the river, qbc grabbed him, and when be came to the surface he was very much excited, and proposed marriage. . Nothing la mem lintlijlln of the earn leatMM or lifa than the sight <4 a well tffaaotepwd mate ervntwre speasMfet fitSe to plane a silver dollar to" a HHf* ott ittfet >to"'t ae inch of and let a squad ofnOy# sooprt* in trying to take out the piece with thelt tooth. President McOoeh, of Prbceton Col lege, says he haa never asked for n dollar for the college* and does not wish that when he dies the text shall he s "And It came to Mi that the beggar died and he -wee hnritd " It ia said—ov have not tried the expert ment—that by setting a glass fruit Jar on a folded aoweh thoroughly soak*! m cold water, the fruit can be poored in boiling hot, with no more danger of breaking than with a tin can. In one of his recent discourses the Rev George O. Harding aaya: "John Wesley [.reached forty-two thonaand awrnona. at the vet* of fifteaa a week. Mr Weeley never had a clergyman's sore throat, or a year's leave of absence, with all expineea paid." Alsatian* are preparing to take opthetl rMtdeaoa to Nancy, and nnrabera of others will go to other places. Daring the laid fortnight 19,000-have left Met* to seek home* under French J aiiadiction, and the city ia already reduced to a population ef only 10,000. At Valley Stream, Long Taknd, a man fell between two trains of car# ia "ttcmpt ing to jump (rem one to the other. W itb the exeetitrm of a alight contusion be was unharmed. When some id tb railroad t-vnpierces stooped to nick bim up he waved them off, saying M leaa pmk up my owe eorpae." A coeplc who were divorced tweoty three ymr# ago, the wife meanwlrle having married another hoaband, were re married to Colorado. On bearing ol tie death of t.ia aneecaaor the firet husband renewed his salt and the lady returned to her earliest iota. That waa aaly old Scotchman, who on marrying a very young wife, was ratbed by Lis friend* on the inequality of their ages. "She will be near me," be replied, kh to elotc OUT IHM!.** w Wwl refotrW >ther of the party, "I've bed twa wives, *nd they opened my sen." A Csrlmrilla (III.) wife becoming angry became she coul l not have the !e*t werd to a dispute, recently put her akk boa bind out of doom at midnight and in a thunderstorm. In the moramgthe found him on the atoop dead from exposure Bbe ia in the muae asylum. A tradesman to Bristol, Eng., baa Jus* made a monster umbrella tor an African chief. It is 8 feet in cireomfcrepea. the iancewood ribs being fret oug, and there are 140 yard'. material in it It is covered wKh red, blue, and whit* cbiutx, and nkes two men to expand it. The celebrated BpaniA monastery of the Eaeurial was struck by lightning, and enveloped in flame*. The Roy si Palace, 1 the rare old books, paintings, tad cosily I manuscripts have all bean destroyed, and jit was expected that the manaoleura and •uturner residence of the Spanish kings would be consumed also. , " The old oak chert" tragedy hm been repeated lately to Kansas. Two children * ia Bock Oreak. ogeel seven nod ten, were left at heme by their mother, and la their play climbed into a large chert, " which closed with a spring." and they were •urierf in that •Bring tomb " and when found ware smothered to death. A passenger train from London to Edin burgh warn in collision, while runnine at 'frtll speed. With a freight train near Car j lisle. Cumberland Count J, causing toe ia stantinoons death of eleven person*, and ' injuries to many others so severe that it infrared several wffldle. Budi an acci dent ia almost anpreeendeated to Eng jland. km Apt Ppil. The New Fork ootreapondaut of the Ovuand HrrM teP.s how a poor young man of New York City came to own lots ea Stltgn island. Two yearn ago a hotel keeper, well • known throughout this country, opened 1 an elegant hotel at one of toe mart fee. I quented summer resort*. He wanted a i cterk. Appltoatioa for the ppaSnon was made by a young man, a fine-looking fid -1 low who mfeed to being very poor. | If yoa would share my rainy-day refiee tiors JOB mart not Vote sight of the fact that ha waa indeed dreadfully poor. I Mr L did not think las* of him be cause of bis poverty, though afterward he bad occasion to think of it as an exist n i fact at toa time be was employed. For Ibe did employ htm, and prooeech d to in struct him in regard to hi* dcttea. The burden of hi* instructions related to the bills. and were rather singular. He told ' the poor young man that when he made out a bill for party he should make it appropriate—which meant to harmony with their style and appearance, number f trunk*, and amount of luggage gener i tfiv. diamonds, and ao eu, and above all, it should have no connection with what they had actually got in toe w*y of extra* or aartoiag- He informed the young man that people generally who stopped at Lis house did not notice a bill of items "Did he comprehend ?" He thought he did—aftd Hme proved that he did. The hotel flourished meanwhile. The rlilt patronised It—people you know, with a loyal contempt for items. 1 Near the oioee of this last season a i gentleman from New Yorksteppedin ; the office ol the C Hotel and reked toe proprietor for toe clerk, torn poor venue man. Mr. L told him he waa out would he to prteeotly. Would he wait! "Well, yes," said toe rtnmger. "1 am anxious to see B (the clerk); am negotiating with him ftw a line of property over on Staten Wand. "Oh, then it cant be B Joo want to see. He hasn't any property,' Mr. L politely explained. ♦•Yea, it is B said the stranger. "You have a clerk by that name, haven't you f n , "Yea," said the poor young man a em ployer, oonfidently, "but he is poor ; has I nothing; came to me very poor, two tears airtv You can wait and fee lain, of oouree; but I do assure you you hare made a mistake." At this moment B came to, walked up to the stranger at once, and shook '■ hands. _ Mr. L spoke up. "Here, F this gentleman called to see you, he Bays about tome property you own on Staten Island. You haven't any property there, S| have you t" . . "Yea, air," replied the young man, modest, though unembarrassed. ."How does this happen!" questioned Mr. L——. Didn't you come here own ing nolMtog-r- very I ****" The poor young man straightened up with the air of an honest man, discharging a eacred duty, and thus he did say. "Yea. sir; I camiTinto your employ poor. You instructed me to swindle and cheat our guests. My holding my posi tion depended on my following instruc tions. I did follow them, and 1 put a share of the results in ltd own pocket. To dav, I am eomparatifelrfich, and I own that property this aßultetean wishes to bov. Now, what Snrtyof do wiih met I should really like to knew.", • WAXTSD, A Box to ATTES BA*."— The paper dropped from my hanu aa I read this advertisement. It seemed as though I read, " Wanted, a boy to go to ' perdition." I fancied I aaw a bnght, earnest boy going toa bar room, seeking H a living by that fearful trade of aeluug , wine and rum. I could imagine how, ■ one by one, all the good impulses and , desires he had in toe beginning fell be for© the ©Til influence of the dram shop: how he learned to drink, to swear, and to steal; how bad companions came around him and helped him on to ruiu. Ah ! my lad, or whoeve jyou are, who mav be temptod by such a call, let rue totf you that yon bad better work in the field" or at the forge,or digging ditches— anything honest—than to degrade your -1 self by selling death to others. No mat tar how hard you work, no matter if it so ls your hands or clothes, so long as it leave* yonr heart pure. Beware of such "good places" aa wiH lead yon into the i snares of the evil one. There we many doors, besides those of bar rooms, which , are almost the same as gateways down to the world of woe,— Morning Light. |jj