Youth and Age.
While yet my blood rn foil *®d free,
Gay girls the Mu*e* seemed to mo,
"* Torover young. forever f*ir.
Wtth laughing ey that eholUng* ero.
No twfr wi.* ftoy <fßd* too* M *<*#s ;
' rf f *, tWy were in the mood;
Wo played at court* hip aU day taßg,
And corod our painlea* grief* with •°"P
fno happy day* t Hut, wiaor now,
|v matrons, with nnjoyful brow,
Tpjtud oyo* severe. that conquer mine,
"* tioo roplaoi" those witches fin*.
Their looks convict the tut thrift) years
Their* are the rook, the thread, the shear*
Symbol*, the artist'* triple elow
To matter, term, and wc**ur* duo.
Each lava a linger on her ftp
Aud sign*, " Beware 1 the momenta alip!"
How ahall i hope the ihroe l<> gaint
Together, triumph : singly, pain.
Gold ami Silver.
Lifr ha* two ages :
The silver and jovhlcu;
A book with I wo page*,
A new sad an ohk .
Now eland* before me
A litßo ebiM, peewit fcir;
/X \ Laugh'?** htff of efrr,
• Peach check* and golden hair.
fihe think* lif - ll '* she#?#.
And ahdf hoar*
She sunbeam*,
Aud gather* Life"* faireat flower*.
Near to that golden head
Silver i* shining,
Wita IUNUV pawing rare;
Jk * iAretanuj
# There thev are, youth and age,
Long hour* beguiling
With stories and maxima aage.
Talking and sauting.
My fife book's two page*;
Tho new and the oklen, i
The boauufcl pagva.
The ailver and golden.
The little Brown
dual over the brow ot ihe but.
Overlooking the valley below.
Where the feathery piae* are all tipp'd
With crystal* of beautiful snow;
A liUtte brown cottage doilt Hand,
And route at the ma a lee 1 know.
There"i Jemmy a red-headed lad ;
roll of buatnees from wonting tail night,
Mieefy Idettdiug hi* work with his play.
And seeming in both to delight,
Willi a motive that's higher than they—
An earnest desire to do right.
There 's Annie, a gay he tie witch;
With round roay cheek* and Mack eye*,
With a voire that w sweet a* a hrrd's,
fluid lips that wottid sc >rc to lei! he*;
With hands always ready to help—
la not little Annie a prize?
The grey-beaded grandfather ait*
!n a chair by the warm-glowing Are;
Half aaleep in the eoft light he aita,
And the ehihlron draw m ar to admire
The Hiin snowy locks and white beard
Which mark the long years of the aire.
The dear mother's grave, pleasant fare,
For a moment a dull shadow wears;
But shadows are there oat of place.
And the wj& ha* forgotten her cares :
hart lot 1* *1 •
Her hnsband's qnick footstepa ahe hears.
Tbeco i* p vurt j, *p says the world,
' Fd the litilcbrcvril house on fta iiul;
There are riches of value untold.
That the heart with contentment doth All;
The wealth that is better than gold.
That all acts may have if they will.
■r
A MARVELOUS EVENT.
Mrs. Janet Mowbray and her four sons
lived in 182S at Uartriek Hall, in tberoun-
tj Durham, England. Mis. Jli>*brj
vu a (all, power! u! w >m:u of great ener
gy anJ bravery, in her fifty-fourth rear.
Her sons were aged respectively thirty
four,, twenty -sever*, twenty-four, and
twenty-one. H-*r besb-md had bey* dead
many rears. Her two eldest sow were
married, and their wives and families lived ■
with her. The youngest, George, was
wild ami dieah ated, and had given hi*
mother much trouble. He was deeply *d
debt, and had been repeatedly threatened
with wrest. Mw.Mowbrgj wps wealthy, j
an 3 kept in her bedroom, besides a quantity
of valuable plate, a large sum of money.
' i j Ota rhrittxiwsetc Mis. Mowbray V sons
and daughters -in-law paid a visit to the .
residence of a relative, Mr. Chiker, ol
Chatersburg. The domestics, relieved!
from duty, were in tlreir own pcrtion of
tUo dwelling, enjoying tire festivities of
the season. Tie watchman, who was ordi
narily cu duty in kitchen garden, took a
" hty survey ol Jits beat, and joined the
roveUefu in th# kitchen. • >
On Christmas sight they were to have'
a small gathering of friends and neighbors,
and Mrs. Mowbray her an t> consider thc
neeessay arrangements. She would re
quire the old punch how I,and the ladles and
goblets which she kept-m tbo closet of her
beiregg She Went, accoidingly and
enimMytei ciqsftaud took out tit stiver, j
; stwTmirl <t ao'trdsMblf, reafly fot temoval j
the next morning. At the amc time she ]
hook cut a large old-fashioned carving |
knife and fork of a quaint pattern, and de
posited them on the shelf. She then re
turned to the parlor. After sitting and'
for some time, she took up the
, Bible and fumbled k>r lser sjiectacles. She
could not find there, ard at length remem
bered that she lad left them on the shelf
in the closet. She at once returned for
there. Entering her,.bedroom, *le placed
the candle on the drwinjj-tablc, and light
th ahe.entered ,
As whe took tlrf first ►top inside the
eloMt, she beard the sound as of some one
breathmg heavily. She looked up anil
saw right be/ore her the face of a man.
She waa a brave, resolute woman. She
advanced a step, and observed that a man V
head, tm- afid b *dy were tbrotieh the
small wiudqw at the end, as though in the
act of wriegling himself through the open
ing. In the man's right hand was a pistol,
and bis loft band had Loldof ash -II which
ran along the side of the Closet. The man
raised the pistol and fired. Mrs. Mow
bray mi on instant seized the huge carving
knife which lay on the shell, and advanced
toward the ruffian. lie- was struggling to
withdraw himselt from the window. Uis
bauds were on the sill, and bis head some
what raised, leaving his neck exposed;
Being unable to work hfreself out ol
the apertnre, he raised the pistol as though
to hurl it at Mis. Mowbray. The cour
ageous old lady made one step forward,
and dashed the keen blade across the man's
throat, layimr it open from ear to ear.
She then calmly retired, Hosed the closet
door; blew out the lamp, and t&kiog op
her candle returned to the parlor, first
hiving satisfied herself that not a drop of
blood bad stained her dress or bands.
Hall an hour after midnight her children
retamed home. They fimnd their mother
seated by. the fire, serenely reading fbc
Bible. They greeted her affectionately,
and prepaied to retire forth# night. Mrs.
Mow hi ay said, *' Boys, remain behind a
little. I wish to speak to you. Yon, iny
daughters, can retire."
When she was alone with her children,
■ho said, with d'gnity and calmness, M My
children, I have killed a man. You will
find his body fast in the small window of
the closet off ny bedroom;"
Her sons stared at her in amazement.
Tkeyt at first imagined ttat she most be
1 iboricg u iid <af surf*' m utal -itaoider; iiut
when sho rdatod to there, ptaisly/ and
tf#ard,
terse fashion, tpe etorygs, just told, they
saw that idxa VU tellng. them a simple
*6t
u Go," abe said, " make what arrange
ments you please. I will wait here, and
you can tell me what course is best to
pursue in this matter."
* The sons took the light and went to
their mother's room. They opened the
door, and there, sure enough, was the body
of a man hanging half through the window.
The floor was a pool of blood. With
difficulty the oldest son got near enough
to the body without stepping into the
gore to raise the bead, which was drooping
on the chest. He grasped the hair and
lilted the bead so that the light might fall
upon the face. As he did so, a cry of
horror escaped them all.
" Great God ! it is our brother George."
" What did you say li' a-ked Mr. Mow
brer, in • voice horribly calm, from the
doorway, wbitber she had followed unprc
• ' IY Hi.'i V: u. .: j
M.-y •••*•
FRED. KURTZ, Editor ami Proprietor
VOL. V.
1 oeirwl. * George! \V hat do you mean?"
The oldest son dnippnl the head to pre- j
j rent, it possible, his mother reeoßtt'iinc it,
; and atl of them endeavored to Mploiu
their exclamation, and jtvt their mother
awav from the spot. It was in vaiu.
'•Rovs," ahe >ald, ill her old, well known
tone of authority, 44 stand aside and Ist
me ree the tare or the villain 1 have slain."
With that ahe put her son* aside a*
| though they were" mere lads, ami walked,
| through the slippery pare that lay upon
' the fl.w lip to the body. She t<Hh the
I eaudle from the unresisting erap of her
■ first-born, and, with a hand that t rem tied
not, lifted the head of the dead man *o
| that the light shone full upon it. She
i gated at it atradilv tor ball a minute, then
! said, gently lowering it, until it rested up.
on the breast arnoti, " It tuy hey George."!
Mrs. Mowbray was the only oue in the
household who remained calm siul motiun
leas. The (study wa* in the wildest state
ol sorrow. The thuw brothers with diffi
culty educated the bodj lroni the wm
i doar. The authorities were notified, and
i every thing was kept a* quiet as p <--iblo. 1
(Tit# inquest was duly held. Mr-. Mow
! bray was fully exonerated, and th.e body
j was tenderly prepared for burial. The •
:val story was known to few outside the
i family and authorities. It was U lieved
by them that George, instead ot going to
j Devonshire, had remained lurkiim hi the
neighborhood, and had planned the rvb
; bery, and if need be the murder of his
mother. He knew that she w.>u!d be
; aloae that night, and that she had a large
I uin of money and valuable jewels in her
j room. The old nurse who had held
; George hi her aims when he first saw the
' light, took care of the body, aud prepared
it for the tomb.
She dwelt tenderly an the familiar
marks upon the limbs .ad face which she !
knew *o well, each of which had a story
'of youthful dating or foliy connected with
it. In due time the tuneral took place.
. The corpse was laid in the family vault.
| Only the family and one or two relatives
f attended. Mrs. Mowbray spent the best
I part of each day by the side of her dead
| so*. She showed externally no signs of
emotion. Before the lid was closed she
kissed the forehead and cut off a lock of tip
hair.
The dav after the burial she gave direc
tions to her eldest son to par all the doad
man's debts, which was done at once so
[far as known. Gloom settled over the
t hall. The wing of the bmluing In which
! the tragedy occurred was el *ed up, and
Mrs. Mowbray removed to a bedroom up
jstrirs.
On tka fifth day after the funeral a po*t
-1 chaise drove up to tbo dour ol ilai wick
; Hall, and from it stepped George Mow
bray, looking better than he had looked
for many a long day before be left home, j
i The servant who opened the ball door
started back, and almost dropped with
| fright. Hi* exclamations caught the cars
j il Mrs. Mowbray and hit sous, who j
j eensed to be dumb-founded. George was
as much astonished as any of them, and
gated from one to the otbei, perfectly lost
in bewildered surprise. there was no |
doubt of it. George M -wbray. whom
every body believed dead and in hi* grave,
was living ami before th* m.
- Mother,'* said George, advancing to
j wards her, "what is the matter? My j
return is easily accounted for. Gu reach-!
j ing Taw vale, I found that my uncle's
j family bad been unexpect ally aummoncd
to Loudon, a* my eldest cousin, Sir John
! •tray's wife, was thought to be dying. I
| tpqk a night's repose, and then started
J ha^agAgain, and here I an,"
Mrs. Mowbray walked up to bim, gazed
into his face, ami then, without a word,
| folded him In a passionate embrace. Each
of his brothers gra*ped bis bands and kiss- j
ed bim, as tliev were wont to do when be
j waa a boy and the pet of the family. The
old uurse, aroused from her neon-day
| slumber, embraced and wept over bitn,
land tha servants gathered around with
wet eyes and congratulatory expressions.
AH this time George knew nothing ol
j the true reason for this singular reception.
; Soon, however, the mystery was explained
Ito him. The effect upon him cannot be
• described.
Measure* were immediately taken to
bate rhe body of the uao who had been
buried as George Mowbray disinterred.
This was done, and ss the living George
i Good Wide the dead man, the resem
j t dance was seen to be ihe most extraor
j dinarv. The marks on the face and hands
corresponded with those otj George's, the
scars on the legs were similar, a.' >o, and
! the bair, eye-brows and linKer-nail* were
; marvelously alike. Who the dead man
was, wa* nerer afeertaioe-i. After George's
j return, bowerer, inquiries wen-made, audi
as it wra never deemed medial to make so
long as the dead mad was supposed to be
Mrs. Mowbray'a youngest son.
These inquiries led to the discovery that;
the day bcloro the tragedy three ntco, snp
Hjuartcrs atsu inn in a neighboring village,
one of them the Ismlioni thought he recog- 1
nized a* fcsviae been in Mm. Mowbray's
| service as a groom. The footsteps of three j
; pcilion* were also discovered in the gnr
( den, and tune time after a rone ladder
. and a borsc-trouffh, wlncir ha ! apparently
I been nsed to lay upnn the spikes at tin j
j top of the garden wall, were discovered in
the neigh hiring oojeo; but the name ol
| the dead man whs never discovered.
WHAT m INSANITY ?— At a murder
trial in Memphis, wherein an attempt
jto establish insanity was made on the
| part of the defense, t)r. J. K. Allen was
| called as an expert, and testified thus
| briefly and rationally : J have boon a
j practicing physician for nearly thirty
years; I have hud soma experience in
coses of Insanity, having l>een for ten
years medical superintendent of the
Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, and during
that time had over 2,000 crazy people
under my charge; I have heard the hy
pothetical case read by Mr. Plselan; I
am here as an expert, aud before answer
ing the question I wonld like to sav
that tbo wore I studied the qnestion of
flic Teas I understood it; end,
if yon ask me where it begins and where
it endß, neither I nor any pliysici in in
the world could tell you; m fact, ou oc
casions like this, lawyers make fools of
themselves in trying to make asses of
doctors." - The frankest medical profes
sional testimony ever given in court.
DIAMONDS,—A. leading diamoml/mer
cbaut cellmates the value of the known
diamond* in the world ot SIQO.OCO.OOO.
lie. sjiyo that there are in the United
Sinter diamonds wortji in the market no
less than $10,000,000. and that half this
value is represented by the stones owned
in New York city. Many of the gems
woru here by effete politicians, or sold
by them to pawnbrokers after the de
struction of theTaiiimuuylling, are said
to have once lielongcd to scions of the
noblest houses in Eurojie; but the pro
bability is that the greater part ate of an
inferior quality, and were bought in that
city of the peripatetie speculators.
BADLY FOOLED.—GOV. Safford, of
Nevada, in n letter to the San Diego
(CaJ.) Union, ' tells his experiences in
gathering diamonds and rubies. He
went out with a friend, and finding
rabies as plentiful as blackberries, they
picked np the value of a million or t wo,
and had them tested. Of the result he
says: "They proved to be garnets, and
of no valne, and the beautiful dreams of
schools and colleges we would build up,
and poor people we would make happy,
all vanished, and we found ourselves as
before, struggling to make both ends
meet *'
THE. CENTRE REPORTER.
FROM TIIE OL1) WOKl.n.
Antwerp I Ita Ohr*rlrlUM -- Calhe
dr&la—tlubena wad hla Kamoua Paint
Intra Arrived In Parte Our interview
with the Cualom Houae.
Antwerp, like all the old oltlea of the
region formerly known a* "the l.>w
I'ountrter," abound* in work* of art.
Hero the painter, lVter l'aul Kubett*,
achieved hi* grandest triumph*, and here
• hi* descendants are liviug in great wealth
and rrsjnotability. The labor* of Ruben*
and seen and admired everywhere; and
j you are pointed out the originals of hi*
genius in every gallery of Europe, you
are impressed a* much by his fertility and
j industry a* by his conceded genius.
Our hotel wa* close by the I'lace \ erte
! on the opposite aide of which i the Cathe
dral, and to this wo went the following
. morning, anxious to see the principal at
traction of the place, Ruben*' " Hesoerit
from the t'ro*a." We found the iminliugf
: covered with screens, which wonld not he
| removed till noon, after tuasa was over,
j The Cathedral ia the largest Gothic church
in the Netherlands, and it* spire i one ot
the highest in Europe, in part ot it isau
1 iron covering to a well, raid to have been
the work of Queniin MuUys, who, for love,
left the hjtnmier and the forge, placed a
palette oil his dexter thumb atul became
. a painter. We noticed a tablet on the
wall of the Cathedral, which is said to
i record the fact. Having nearly three
hours to wait betore we could see the j
j paint ing*, we drove to the Citidal of Ant -
} werp, where the general of the Hutch
forces sustained a aeige In and from
thence across the esplanade, and around
the boulevard*—which have taken the
place of the original fortification*, and ar |
j rapidly becoming a new Antwerp—to the
Grand and Petit Basin opening from the
; Scheldt, and thence along the noble quay*
; that line the bank of the river. We then
visited the Church of St. Jaques, and saw
the tomb of Kubens and his family, and
|on our way back to the Cathedral we
passed the statue* of Rembrandt and that
of hi* pupil and rival Yandyck. On en
! tering the Cathedral we found quite it
large number of perron* viewing the
paintings on the walls, but nearly ail were
grouped in front of the 44 Descent from
the Cross." This celebrated painting, I
like 44 The l ast Supper," by Da Vinci, is |
familiar to all the world. There arc few
who will not recollect the figure of our
Saviour, relieved agaiust the white cloth,
one portion of which, the man leaning
over Uio arm of the crosa holds in hi*
teeth, that he may freely use his hand* in
aiding to lower the body. Sir Joshua j
! Reynold* paid it the highest tribute ot'
praise, saj ing, 44 Kubens' Christ is one
of the finest figures ever invented; it i 1
:no>t correctly drawn, and in an attitude ■
most difficult to execute. The hanging of |
the head on the shoulder, and the tailing
ot the body on one aide, give it audi an
, appearance of heaviness of death that
j nothing can exceed it."
On# of Kulsrns" characteristics was to '
paint h'. relations in nearly all his sacred j
I pictures, and his first and second wiva,
his children, his father, hie father-in-law
and even his uncle, are respectively made
, to tignre as the Mary'*. tLe Infant Savionr, j
f Joseph, the Wise Men of the East etc.,
j etc.; and in one of his master piece*
i Rubens has painted himself as the Cm- i
tariou. The interior of this great temple,
divided into seven aisles, is nearly four
hundred feel long and two hundred and '
fifty wide, and the vast and lofty choir and
' nave, with the*e great divisions on cither
side, is very grand.
We afterwards visited the silk fact cries,
where we saw the process of manufactur
ing the celebrated Antwerp silk, which
jis very wide and can be washed like a
piece of muslin. We must do Cologne
justice in saying, that the dirtiest city we
were in on the continent, is Antwerp, and
if the river Rhino ran near it, it would ;
!do good service in cleaning some of its |
filthy streets. When a citizen of Antwerp j
' arrives in New York, the dirty condition
ot the street* there, must strikingly re- j
mind bitn of his own native city.
We left on the 6r. train for Brna- j
i -els, where we arrived after a quick run
of nn Itonr, and Wire corn fort ly located
j in Hotel de {'Europe.
Rru -tls is a great relief to those who
have ieen passing throngh the narrow
streets and dirty thoionghfares of many
|of the Continental cities. As wo drove '
through the city by their noble parka,!
with their majestic elms, making gigantic
avenues aud alleys of shades ; the round*
of music from the concerts in the gardens,
the monuments in the squares, the high
bright houses, and the broad and busy
streets of trade gave it quite a Parisian ,
look, and justified the strong compliments
the guide books, that all name it "the
j little Paris." On onr way back to the !
I hotel, after having drove through the'
' principal streets, we stopped at the Galarie
j >t. Hubert—inferior to the grand Galarie j
,at Milan, to be sure, but a very nice i
1 affair notwithstanding. Arcnnd the en
trance to Galarie were a number of an
cient news-woman, wearing sabots aud .
yelling out in stentorian tones the '"fourth
cditii n" of tho Brussels Ttlrtjrnm orafbsnc
other evening paper. The afternoon was
devoted to a drive through the new park,
which is in progress of construction, in
chiding a part of the forest of Soignies.
When completed, it will le a most royal
domain. The 27ih ot July wa* pusscd in
Brussels; and so much has been done
during the preceding dny, and while we
were here last May, in the way of sight
seeing, that we were comparatively at
res' nearly the whole day.
We left at 0.05 A. M., for Paris, in the ex
press train, fare for my wife and myself
SIO.BO, and our trunk 70 cents. As it
was only four weeka since the city had ;
been open to the world a.ain. after the
defeat of the Commnnists, wo heard bo
fore leaving Brussels the most exagger
nted stories about the difficulty in procur
ing anything to cat in the hotels or res
taurants, and as to procuring a earrisge
to take us from the depot on our arrival,
that waa simply an impossibility, as there
were no horses in the city to draw the
carriages, they having all been eaten np,
during the seige.
Having made np our minds to go to
Paris, we paid no attention to tho travel
ers Atorie* but started tor it, as mentioned
above. On leaving the station we crossed
the Boulevard, catching a glimpse of Port
de Hal on the left, and traversing the
iiver Senne near the forest of Soignies,
and after that rode through a highly cul
tivated country for some hours. At
Quevy (the Belgian Custom-house) anp
at Feignes (the French Custom-house)
the traiu was detained twonty minutes at
each place, while the officials examined
our baggage. They were very polite,
merely opening the lid of our trunks, and
then closing them, without further exam
ination. After reaching French territory
we noticeda large number ot German
Aoldiera a|#very station until we were,
near Padk The French passengers who
wcrttfulSb ainne carriage with ns, wore
very-Much excited every time we stopped
at a KuCnt, when they caught sight of
the 44, Germnir army of occupation." The
nearer we approached Paris the more
signs we saw of the great destruction of
property that had taken place. When
we had cotne in sight of the city, ruined
buiidings were to be seen on every side,
and they were on each hand as the train
ru?hed into the depot, where we arrived
at <5 p. M., after a long but highly interest
ing ride of nine hours. We were detained
by tho 41 octroi" officials for half nr.
h'uir, when we procured a carriage and
by 7 v. u., we were comfortably located
in tlie Hotel l'Athoncc in the Rue Scribe,
directly opposite the Grand Opera Houae.
B. M.
. t
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1872.
TitftNont X D.H. The followiug is (loiu
the Fort la til /Ve*: A. B. New man, as
it*nt light keeper at Mount lr*rt, i*
tho owner of a tlno Newfoundland dtig,
of which wo are tobl the lollowtug auec
' dote : One Sunday Mr. Ncwuian'* little
U>y, nine teais old, *lrate-l away ami wt
HI in* i tig lor al*tt two hour*. Tire uiotlier
went out of doors aud called tu hint, when
: tho dog, in tesjonae, ran up from the nltore
with tho hoy'a wet e*|> lit hi* mouth, and
ligniiicil by hla actlona that he denlrvd In r
to follow him. The mother, alaitued,
called the lather, who '■> h-e|itng iu the
house, and thev followed the dog a* quick
ly a* posvihlo. Down by the shore, on a
rock, the little boy wa* lying insensible,
bw clothe* wet, ss if he had be.u ilrneeed
I Irotn the water. Alter long efluita, in
which the dog rendeii'l all t!.u x*it*itcu
he could iu bt* mute way, the biy wa*
, resuscitated, and afterwards told hi* stauy.
Ho wa* on the licseli gathering shell*
wheu a large wave came in and carried
him off itt the undertotv. The dog jump
| ed in after him, but tho wave* prevented
. him lroni reaching tire Iwy fir route
minute*. He seized hui by the leg *1 hi*
j trowsers and tried to drag bim ashore,
! but the cloth tore in hi* teeth ; and the
hoy *id that he had an indistinct recti!-
i lection of the dog coming dowu below the
-urtace fir hiut again ; and that * the
last thing be wa* couroiou* ot. It seetn*
i (hat the d.ig b-td the fluid Up ou
the rock out ot the reach of tho wave* and
! had tried to restore hint. When b<- heard
the mother'* rail he took the cap to her to
infirm her, well a* he could, of the atl.-ur,
; aud hasten assistance.
J "Hxt A" ON TUK FAXAMA HAT. —Are
! you ntvare of the hea tlie* of a Panam*
; hat r It it of fine straw—straw so fine
-nd so exquisitely plaited, that it appear*
i:o he of one united glossy nature. It i*
I a* soft a* silk, and a* strong a* chain-mail,
and a* elaattc a* caoutchouc. If you are
| . aught in a shower of rain, and your
Faiixtna get* wet tkrough, you have only
to wring it out a though it were a towel,
1 and hang It on your walking stick to dry,
I and in a quarter of an Wtir it will have
, regained Its priL : n shape. The Spaniards
declare that a Fnuiuua is shot-proof, and
| an infalltbl* protection against utwtroke;
hut of there assertion* 1 have my doubts.
The lif* ef a Panama hat may he measured
by that of a raven. It l supposed never
to wear out. At all events, there is a
cunning hatter in New York, who, for
$lO, w ill undertake to return to you, a*
good as new, a Panama hat, which is
twenty rear* old, and has been in the
wars, and ship-wrecked, and thrown into
a lime kiln, a tan-jfll. aud a bucket ol tar.
This peerless hat U not to be purchased at
a mean price. It is the d-are*t head gear
manufactured. Red-kinned maiden*have
intoned whole canto* of Indian epic* while
they plaited and reweJ together those
minute circle* of straw. A good l'ansnia
will stand you in from fifty to seventy-five
pesos de oro—from titty to one hundred
dollars.
THE I'SETTL. —Tin- much neglected
hcuilock of our luutlnr country has
found a value iu the bark alone beyond
the richest pine wood of the country,
and now we h-ar of a company of S2SJ
-000 capital, whom- btutuetsa it is to util
ize all flic old tin and iron reraps hither
to thrown aside n* sortlib-ne, tliuugh in
amount e<itt*l to 30 jn-r cent. t>f all tbat
ia used. This city alone would fotui*b
nt least 10,000 t<>us a year of iron clip
pings or scrape, and now all this vast
material can le utilized. For every ton
of clipping* can lw- mode, l*t, 500 |K>umlz
of hydirochloric acid; 2d. 10 jn r cent, of
the waste made in manufacturing the
iron obtained by hinting it with notable
glass to prevent rusting; 3d, the employ
ment of the remaining honor for useful
purposes and a gmit Mtvtug of labor.
So advance*science. The scoria- of iron,
one© wasted, are now used in making
glass nnd cement*, which in turn make
artificial stone. Cotton seed, once want
ed, is nutde iuto the bo-t oils for all pur
pose*, and is a gre at fertilizer ; the once
ttselesz residum of go* nod Ute moat in
jurious gases are made into snlpliutic
acid, or oil of vitriol. The aniline dyea,
the green oil, the modder red, c-me
from coal tar, and $3,500,000 worth has
born sold of the aniline in nyear. There
IB no end to facta like throe, aud tliey
are aa encouraging as tltey are instruc
tive.—.Y. Y. P'lper.
H.\n CASE.—A respectable tnan came to
Memphis from New Orleans a few month*
ago, and established himself on South
C->urt street, adjacent to llteGayeso gas
office. His wife was nicely circumstanced,
enjoyed the comfort* of well furnished
rooms and an easy life. Being called
away an business, he found it necessary
to absent himself from the city a few
days. Those proved days of min and
disaster to him. On his return be found
bis little lmnte broken np, furniture sold
out, nnd wife fled to parts unknown. He
wont crazy.and was picked up by the police
and placed behind iron bar* in tlie Adams
street stattn-honse. That night, in his
demented rage, ho attempted to break his
head by knocking It against the iron
grating of his prison door. When found
l>y Mr. Forrest, tlie station-honse-keeper,
the blood was flowing in tarrents down
his face from the woands in his head, and
ho drank the ruddy stream aa it fell. He
would pauae occasionally in hia suicidal
operation to catch the blood In hb mouth,
crying ont with a demoniac satisfaction.
"I'll drink my own blood."
CUKE ron THE Orttix IIAIUT.—In a
recent report on the condition of the
English hospital at I'ekin, Chins, the
attending physician gives a formula for
"anti-opium pills." The remedy is com
posed of extract of henbane, extract of
gentian, camphor, quinine, cayenne pep
per, ginger and cinnnmon, with castiV
soap and syrup to form the mass, nnd
licorice powder to form the coating. The
efficney of these pills in overcoming the
opintn habit, nnd in preventing the suffer
ing on giving np the use of that poison,
i* stated to have been proved in numer
ous cases. The native remedies, it is
said, contain opium in some form, nnd
most frequently tho ashes of opintn al
ready smoked, nnd consequently aro in
efficacious—it being ns difficult to discon
tinue the use of tlie med'eine as of the
drug itself.
ABOTJT JEWELRY.—Cnnteos, which are
ever popular with the Indies, take tut un
usual high stand this season, combining
rare stones with exquisite workntnnship,
nnd elegant settings. Ktones adapted
for enmeo-eutting ore dense, thick, and
consist of different colors. The stones
most valuable for this purpose are the
oriental onyx and the sardonyx. They
arc also cnt in jasper, green chrysoprnse,
and amethyst. Tlie sardonyx gives tho
white figure upon tho pink ground, and
the chrysoprnse upon the green. Min
crvas, cut in stone which lias four par
allel layers, are very lieautifnl. The
ground is dark gray, tho face light, the
bust and helmet black, and the crest
over the helmet brown. Cameos cut in
coral, set in diamonds and pearls, are
very elegant.
Since it is demonstrated ia Wisconsin
that certain marshes, by judicious cultiva
tisn, can be rnado to yield from 150 to
JOO bushels of cranberries per acre, the
market value of which Is from $2 to
per bushel, the land has risen in value
from a trifle more than nothing to, IN
BO wo instances, $750 nn aero. The cost
of putting a marsh tato first rate hearing
condition it from 920 to S4O an aore.
The l.lghtulng Rod Swindle.
Ho many jteopl* have uffered front u
crowd of swindlere who do Icmiure* in
ligbliiing ICHIB, that we give the follow
ing *!ot \, in unlit that you may judgi
the awiudh-i* fiiiiu tire holiest men.
A matt of good ad drew, iu fact what
may W termed a good talker, inakra hi*
appearance, driving a smart turn out,
atid engage* tire owner of u liouro (if a
new one, so much the better,) iu couver
satuai, aud expatiate* on (ho advantage*
of having one s house or barn probated
from liglituiug. He ha* a collection of
uew*|>aper *lip cotthuuiug account* of
buildings that have been struck by
lightning, and in part or wholly de
itroyed.
If any of the.-c have occnrted within a
comparatively abort distance of the lo
cality where the agent then i*, *o much
lire Wtter. He so work* tip'ti lire fear*
of the houae owner, that the tatter, if of
a nervous temperament, fully expect* to
have hi* building* destroyed by the elec
tric fiuid the next time u thunder shower
eomMtfcal vv. He, fiually, usksto aee
tire price list of tire agent, and the latter
exhibit* it, and show* that for a com
paratively small sum, lighlutug rods,
with the necessary attachments, can be
erected- A bargain is airtn-k, aud it ia
agreed that for a sunt ranging from
to SSO, the house will be made safe
*g*iw>t electric fluid in whatever shape
it may com*, lh-fore tearing, howwver,
the agent look* over the building*, and
Miggcat* one or two additions, without
mentioning, bowevct, that it will incur
additional expense; or, if the purchaser
; i* cautious enough to make an inquiry,
| is Hssttted that the additional CXJH-UJM
will be trifling, and la a* nothing com
iarH! to the additional security tltat will
1 W afforded. The agt nt drive* away,
and in a few day* thereafter, two men
arrive, fully provided with ail the nsrea
*ary implement* and material*, and itro
| i-eed to erect the lightning rod* and at
tachment*. The work it done, and the
men drive awny. In a short time, a bill
for the work done ia sent in, ant! tin
house owner i. atoundid to find that be
i called upon to pay, not 825 or (£SO. as
he had KtippoM-d, bat from $125 to $250.
He call* at the office of the company,
and demands an explanation, lle.i* as
sured that the bill )• a rtim-ct one—that
the itcuu are pnqrerly tvmlaml, and
that payment must fa- made. He in
stance* the lwrgain originally made with
the ag' nt, and is told tltat that is of no
account, U-cnusc of the additions after
anrd made. Iu a rage, tire victim de
clare* that he will never psy the bill, and
is assured that Ire wilt Ire *ucd for it, and
that be will merely have the rx|reuse of
the suit, itt addition to hi* bill, to pay.
If he still refuse* payment, iratt t*
brought, and by dint of swearing to
each individual item on the part of the
agent and employer, the victim ia beat
en. and comjrellet! to pay, not alone the
swindling bill, but the orats of tbe suit
—no *mall amount. He ha* Won swin
dled throughout the whole tranaactaon,
but he baa no remedy. This i* but a
sjvcctimui of aeore* of well atilhcuticated
caaesu
Doos.—According to tlie Ixodon Kcko,
the F'reneh Society tor the Frotection of
Animals i divided on the question wheth
er dog* should be made to work or not.
Tlie tslitor of a journal published by this
Society considers idleness aa injurious to
dog* a* to men, and a* a contrast with
what he eon*idert the wretched existence
of unemployed dogs, quotas the instance
o| four honest workmen he LM seen at
the marble quarries of Uagnere* de
Bigorree, earning their livelihood by
turning on immense wooden wheel, which
is the motive power of aotne machinery
used for sawing marble. Tlie eldest of
there good dogs, and truc,i* lV*ar le Grin,
a brown bull-dog, wh canity off" his
twelve years, seven of which have been
spent in his present employment, remark
ably well. Hi* master tanght him hi*
business by himself turning the wheel on
all fours. Negret b almost as old a* hi*
comrade, and poreesrea tbe same estimable
qualities. He belongs to the respectable
corporation of shepherd Jog*. Cesar 2e
Noir b in the ptinte of life aud something
of a rireitr, bnl a pood workman. Faraud.
a shepherd's dog of uaexeeptionally happy
diqtoi-ition. b extremely intelligent, but
hasonefault—be "attitudinizes." When,
spectators are present be b apt te turn
the wheel with breathless baste, only to
let It rest when li ft to himself. Iwtch of the
comrade* works four lieur* a day on two
mea* of dog bieuit. Tho fraternity
have not yet learnt to strike, and any
met niter of it when taken by the paw and
interrogated regarding his connection i
with the International, invariably makes
no intelligible reply.
On OF THE PKSSt.TIttS OF GAPJtrMTT.
—The Boston f\>*rier re late* this of Mrs.
Lirabarjtw: The other evening she stopped
a Norfolk House horse-car at the eorner
of Essex street ami Harrbon avenue, and,
turning to a iaranlc friend who aeooro
paukd keft -aha rah! **• <ia.MA.ve, my
dear; I'll write to you to-morrow, and
tell you .ill about the slips that Maria got
when (the Was'in last week. Ard don't
you forget to send mo tlie recipe for apple
souffle. You've got my addreas, haven't
yottf No! Why I thought I gave it to
you in the dining-room before we started.
I certainly wrote it off on a piece of paper
and—Oh, ib in my bag; here it Is—no,
that's tho prescription. Tliet e—there yon
have it. Now don't forget to write, and
if yon see Mr*. Spooner to-night give my
love to her. If her bahy isn't any better
to morrow I should give it a teaspoonfnl
of sweet gum-arabic mucilage every hall
hour, and very littlo milk with boiled
maizettn. Y'ou can't be too careful, and
it would be a pity to lose the baby now
after getting throngh the terrible hot
weather wo have had this Summer. I
declare, I couldn't keep a linen collar on
nty neck oh n dry dress to my back holt
an hour. Why, if that impudent conduc
tor hasn't started the car. aud 1 shall have
to- Wait for tho next one !'■ She waited.
Brsixrjw,—i'ake advantage of modem
futilities, and accomplish us much in a
single day ns required mouths and years
formerly. Use tho means within'vonr
rcucli ; there is somethiug for every tody
to do, and a place for every oue who is
willing to work. Don't depend on your
own lungs alone ; use the lungs of tho
press. Treat your customers us your
friends, by serving them in the best
manner, and never let them bo deceived
or disappointed. Find rccrenlion in
looking after yottr business, and vottr
business will not be neglected in looking
after recreation. Buy fair, and sell fair,
take euro of the profits, nnd l>e economi
cal. Hhould misfortune overtake you,
retrench, work harder, but never fly
the track ; comfort difficulties with un
flinching perseverance ; should yon then
tail, you will be honored ; but shrink,
anil you will bo despised. The tricky,
deceitful and dishonest, are rarely pros
perous, for whore confidence is with
drawn, poverty is likely to follow. Rest
satisfied with doing well, and leave
others to talk as they will. Never speak
boiuitingly of your business ; keep your
own counsel about the management of
your affairs. Bo charitable according
to your means. To compote successfully
with a neighbor, participate in the
facilities to go ahead.
EPISCOPALIAN CATHEDRAL.—The?Epis
copalians of New York arc contemplating
the erection of it grand cathedral in that
city, at tho sugg. sriou of Bishop Hottur.
It is intended that it shall surpass in
sizo and beauty any chuish edifice in
this country.
A KMRood Decision,
A decision waa reoeeUy rendered by a
Superior t'rimiual Court Judge in
Muosachnrotta, which ia calculated tct
have a very aerioua eflect upn Ure Hun
day travel. Home two month* since it
appears that a Mr. Weather bee, of
ton, hurriedly made up hia mtud to lake
a Holiday trip uit the country. Having
b.vrulv fiad time to catch tue tratn at
the oid Colony Dejxd, he was uuable to
proenre a ticket. It ia a rale f tire
company that un addition of ten cent*
alial! ire collected under such rircum-
Ntancca, but Mr. Waatlierbee believing it
to be unfair, declined to comply with
the conductor'* demand. The matter
auhaequeiitly come before tire Municipal
Court, and rraullcd in the impoaittou
of a fine of five dollars and c wU, the
Magiatrate holding that there had Irecu
an e vac ion of fine. The oaae wa* then
ap]H*tld to a higher Court, on tire
ground that compauira running train*
ou Houtlay, except where there ia an
absolute neoeasitv for the aame, violate
a well-known statue of the Common
wealth, and, conariuently, have no legal
right to collect farea. Judge Dcveu*
imuretlinf* ly recognized Ihe force of the
argtimcnt, and the jury, acting on hia
ml vice, brought in a verdict of not guilty.
Under this decision, the railroad cotn
psuic* will he uuable to collect even the
ordinary fares from paaacuger* who may
succct*! in getting UJMIU the cars without
having procured tickets. At the Boston
depot* it is jvwnoble to prevent rough*
from jumping on train* ; but the rural
station* Wing completely open, oauuot
lie guarded without the aid of a force, to
muiutain which, would coat more thau
lire profit* of the Sunday traffic. In any
event, the dilemma ia sufficiently grave
to puf director* to their wit*' end, if
they do not decide to discontinue the
running of Sunday trains until the diffi
culty can W met by a legislative enact
ment,— -V. I*. I'nptr.
Tpz Aaouft"* or Sxaoir Tax**.—The
only United Slate* Government stamps
necessary w> be tured are for tobaeoo, tor
mented liquor*, proprittarv medicine*,
match *, and for checks, in fact, inter
nal revenue hueineo* will be hereafter
strictly confined te eoUeettng licenses and
ioxos, and aelling stamp* fur the manufac
ture sad sale of tobacco, liquor* and im-
I (tost* on bank* and bankers. It ha* been
stated that paper* issued October 1 or
after, no matter when they are dated,
' arc ! no stamp, and on thi* point tbe Jour
nal of Commuroe quote* an officer of the
Government a* reasoning in this wire.
If a man draws a deed of trust or promis
sory note, and doee not deliver it for a
year afterward* because the transaction
he intended to make hang* fire, or for
acy other reaoon, the date of delivery of
the doenment la the date of Irene, and lite
date (if at all) a stamp ia required, ll a
man arracnla a ranee of note* fur sale,
only the note* sold, and they only when
sola, need be stamped. The note* returned
to the drawer do not require stamp*.
Bat, if be should take the some note* sad
hypothecate them, they would all require
-tamp*, because they are "issued" for use,
snd are as much notes In Uv as if they
were sold ; and the date of hypothecation
must be the date of stamping. If a docu
ment upon which a stamp is now required,
and would not lie required after the firat
d*y of October, should be Issued then and
dated bock to a Period when stamp* were
required, it would not need a stamp if a
person who Irene* it can show that it was '
not issued till after Oct. 1, 1871.
BE N'ETOHBOWJ.T. —Be sociable ; strive
to be ou nailing terms with the fatuities
who live nearest rem, and to gain on
iuflucnoe over thctn ; this can be the
more easilr done if yon are- rich ; in this
reiae. wealth b a talent: it ban instru
mentality for good which every man and
women ia bound to tine to advantage ;
for a talent nutmed or tirtemployod,
brings the disapprobation of tne infinite
oue. Aa long a* the world stands, the
maosm will look np to wealth ; thev
will do thing* to please the rich : will
le at pain* to get their commendation,
their recognition. Suppose tlie rich m u
and women of any clntreh were- to culti
vate a certain degree of socbblcucre and
fiicnditticos. of neighborly courtesy to
ward all living within a mile or two ot
the meeting houae, it is perfectly certain
that that ltotua would le more encour
nginglv filb-d on Sunday* than other
wise. Bnt then a good, a physicial good,
would come to the good doer. The
vlait to the poor man's dwelling involves
exercise in the open air ; by talking
with lib family, we get new view*, new
ideas ; have different phase* of life
presented to no, and new feelings and
new emotions come serosa the mind to
wake tip the power* within us to health
ful activities. In the name connection it
is advantageous for all. sick or well, to
mix among stranger*. It break* np Ute
wearing monotony of home life ; break*
up that stagnation of thought and
feeling and emotion which attends a
life of aamenere and inactivity.
A BTIUWOE DTSEABE.— lntense radia
tion of heat iu the great desert of Huhar*
produces extraordinary effect* on in sec Is
aa welt a* animals aud men. When a
caravan start* out to traverse that wide
waste of desolation, flies follow on in
Srodigioiiß multitudes, attracted, no
oubt, by odor from camels, but they
ooott drop dead by the intensified heat.
Fires burrowing itt hair, straw, or sacks,
are killed f! rapidly. But the most sin
gular of all b the malady to which men
arc incident after luting exposed a short
time to bunting samls and a vertical-sun
on that arid nnd life-forsaken region. It
is called raglo—a kind of brain fever.
The stricken traveler is delighted,
amused, and made extensively happy by
exhibitions of fantastic forma. He see*
mirages, palm Ircos, groups of tents,
shady mountains, sparkling cascades,
and "misty forms dancing delightfully
Itefore hi* entranced vision. Front all
that can IK- gathered upon tbe snbject it
appears that a certain condition of at
mosphere wholly free from moisture,
with intense solar heat, produces effects
on the brain very similar U> hoshereh.
Both exalt the nervous system, and speed
ily destroy all desire to exist, deprived
of that unnatural excitation of the brain.
BAD.—A correspondent of ths Bostos
Gloiu writes: 44 The traveller Is surprised
in Alcppa to see *vcry one's face marked
with an ugly scar. This is the "Aleppo
Button." it is not confined U this city,
but i < qtmlly prevalent in Bsgdad and
the cities w>etwecn. Every resident has
sores oomo out on him—on his face, If he
be a native, elsewhere generally If lie lie
from some other place. These are very
painful, and lost from one to two years.
After they heal, they leave an Indelible
mark in the shape ot an ugly looking scar.
The phyricians have not yet discovered
tho cause of this thing, uor any certain
remedy. I have known one person to
have ninety of these boils. Did Job ever
live ia this placet"
THE "FCXKKAL" or Psnx HYACINTH*.
—Ths " funeral" of Fere Hyacinthe took
place, according to the Loudon Echo, on
September 5. It ia the custom among
Roman Catholic communities to consider
any member that deserts them as dead,
and the oeremony of burying him ts gone
through, This was done at the Convent
of Dtuninioaus, to which M. Hyacinthe
Loyson belonged. A coffin was placed
in the middle of the chapel, and the ous
towary burial service chanted. It is said
the aoonh was 44 most Imposing."
i •..( f
The fialfr'tilrWA
Among the near kindred of tbo whale
ia the famou* nuicorti—not the compan
ion of the lion on the Uritiab coat f
--nrma, but ita eonnteroart among tbo
youilen of thedoep. Inferior ot size !o
the right whale, it lu the advantage of
a moid formidable weapon, with which
Nature has provided it for at yet un
known poraoMt. This i tb monafrtma
tooth wiiirtt pr rjerta from the apjror Jaw
of the amimal; it U aa large aa a man'*
thigh at Ute INMK-, turned in natural, and
khnrrily jaiinted at the end ; lroftuw with
in. it aiiowa externally the fiueet and
w lutret ivory known to the trade. The
Narwhal, or no*a-whale, wna so colled
ixx-auro the Dutch, who mrem to have
hail the ehriateuiug of moat quaint tlung*
in the northern region a, at tinit took this
horn, jirojertiug atraight ahead, leu or
even fifteen feet, for n groteaque long
nunc Home any the animal mrea this odd
appendage to jiieroe holea tlirougb the
ice when be conn-* up toLreathe ; others,
that he mow* off roaaced with it, on
which he grazra. There ia no doubt
that s a! timt-a. ha tranaffxra fian with hia
gigantic stiletto, *o that he may be able
to devour them at leisure.
The legend ha* it, that a king of
, Denmark, wishing to make aowebody a
1 present of a piece of the horn of the
I unieorn—for ztteh it wasloeg l onstdcred
1 —ordered ohe of hi* high officials to cut
j oil a piece of the thinker end of a fine
: q red men which ha potneasniL The
officer did ao, and, to hi* asluaishmcut,
found what he Ired looked upon a* a
solid horn wa* hollow, aud in the con
cavity he discovered a smaller hunt of
; tho une dtajre and the same *ub
tance. Tbe Utter wa* about a foot
long, and this resemblance to the teeth
•if men first led, it is thought, to the idea
that the unicorn might after all be noth
more than a gigantic tooth. In those
day*, however, the superstrtxou* people
rt inched marvelous power to the wonder
ful horn, and a brisk trade was carried
•m in fine specimen*, aud even in broken
; fragments.
The male alone posnaaara this formid
able weapon ; the female having, instead,
two small teeth, of little use for the pur
pose of attack or defense. In tbe male,
however, ene of these two is dispropor
tionately developed, while the other re
main a of diminuitve auu-, or disappear*
gradually altogether, very murk aa in
the cast- with the claw* of certain Crus
tacea-. At first aight, it wonld appear
a* if this giant of the deep, with hi*
terrible awottl would be the terror of the
seas, killing and devouring all tbat came
near him. On the contrary, huwevi-r,
the narwhal is a very harmies* animal,
and generally hi* own enemy more than
that of other*. Hi* month ha* no teeth,
and immovable lips, and i* > small that
Ire o*u swallow little else bat molluska
and little fish ; *nd Score*by, who found
in the stomach at one ot them strange
Wings a ray of two foe* in length, came
to the conclusion that the fish mo*t have
been find transfixed by the tooth, and
killed before it wa* devoured. Other
wise it would be difficult to understand
how an active flab shook! have allowed
i itself to be caught by an animal unable
to seize it with the lips or ret-in it with
the tongue, and in a mouth which had
not even teeth to tear it to piece*.
Their aa titne**, when they are alone,
i* mam loo* ; and their capture wocld
be almost impaasible were it-not for the
rurtou* halut lhay have of travebng in
immense troops, and of taking refuge in
kill* buy*, from wkifh they cannot easily j
escape. Small boats approach them, in !
snrh caao*, with preestnUon ; the poor
animals begin to crowd upon each outer ;
they prras their ranks *o riooelr that j
toon their movements are impeded, nnd
their enormon* weajxm* becrrue intor- i
laccd, a* each one tries to raise the bead
high in the air. They can neither es
cape nor defend themselves, and thus
fall an easy prey to the lances of the 1
whalemen. "CH</ /Y*A," in Dublin j 1
Unimrnty Moatii*.
Tit* I*lo*o re Tnutrr.—Leojtold
Do Meyer, the celebrated pianist had
rurh an'experience in Turkey! He wa#
sent for, when in Constantinople to
thump out some music before the Sullao
in the Heragho. It wasn't an easy thing
to da "You are rent for." ay* he. 'tat
eight iu the morning in orelrr to )ilay at
three in the afternoon: you wait seven
hour* in a vary fine gallery, whet* it b
forbidden to alt. From time to timcybn
are informed of what his highness b
doing. His highness has just got tip—
you must prostrate yourself. A littl"
inter you are- teld his hit-hues* is taking
lii* bath—you nrcvjomte yourself again.
His highncn* b dressing—yon reprostratc
yourself, ilia higbntsa is taking hb
coffee and you reprostratc yourself at
each of these particulars more profoundly
than before. At length, your piano is
brought in. The leg* have been taken
off so a* not to injure the floor,a previous
mosaic of rare wood*. The immense
rowd piano ia placed on five Turk*!
The wretched men support tb crushing
mass on their knees. 'Why,' you say,
'I can't play on a five Turk piano." It i?
thought thai yon hesitate because the
instrument is not horizontal. A cushion
is therefore pliwvd under tbe knees of
the smallest Turk. No one supposes
that a sentiment of humanity makesyott
hesitate. After a long explanation of
this refinement of civilization tbe piano
ia placed on its own legs again. The
Button appear*. After all sorts of *alama
E>u are told to play You ask for a choir;
ere is no chair. No one cv(*r nt* in
presence of his highness." M. De Mey
er suppresses one detail, however. Hi
played a long fantasia on his knees, and
when at tho end, the Sultan said he must
lie very tired, he oouvinced his high
ness of the contrary by moving around
the gallery on his LanJ*.
OFTEURA) HIS HantT—At an interview,
with the Fre-sidcnt of the United States,
of the Sioux Indians, Medicine Bear
opened the "big talk" with a speech bnt
before doing so, laid hishage calumet on
the mantle-niece, nnd after removing hi*
feather head-dress dehlwatoly proceeded
to nnsbirt himself to the no araail aston
ishment of the pale face* present After
divesting himself of his nether garment
he advanced towards the President, snd
holding it aloft, was about to put it over
the Great Father's bead, whoa General
Co wen took hold of it. and placing it on
a chair, told Medicine Bear, through tin
interpreter that the Great Father would
not wear it just then, bnt wonld accept
it ss a proof of his (Medicine Boar's)
good will. It seems tbat it was Medicine
Bear's war shirt, adorned, iu which lie
had lifted the linir of many a hapless vic
tim, and that he desired to present it to
the Great Father iu token or the estima
tion in whieh he held him as the big
chief of the pale face*. Among the
Teton Sioux, nnd in fact among many
other Indian tribes, similar garments
are highly prized, fabulous values being
set upon them by the wearers.
BENNETT'S WILL TO BE CONTEHTSD. —
James Gordon Bennett, the late editor
of the New York Herald, left a large be
quest to his wife, but only on condition
that she remained a widow. This condi
tion wili,it is said, be set aside by the
courts. It has been judicially decided
over and over again that all conditions
in restraint to marriage are opposed to
public policy and are simply ntdl and
void. Mrs. Bonnet itt mnah younger
than her late husband nnd may many
again.
TERMS : Two Dollars a Yoar, in Advance.
fid* and Fancies.
Retottv# Bwuey.—A pretty eow,
Ttie mourning rotor of tka Turk* is blue.
It ia atid flvvm are to U> cheap this
j winter- ,
New Orleans U suffering from a water
famine. ,
A mitwr f* far bom for fatting than
for firing. :
The season ia taking ft* leaves with
much a daw.
YVvmoat nteV 19.000.000 of stole
j penoila yearly.
Vaoderbilt'a income U twelve thousand
' dollars a dsy. *
Cashmere geata do bettor to Calif or
|ma than toka, i
; What ship dors a literary jwivato to
i vsde? AiiUiorabip.
Carpets fhougb bongbt by tit* yard
are worn by the foot
IhftasoMtetttos to be worn at tb* belt,
bsv* bees introduced.
A civil marring* tow to to be Intro.
1 need into Germany.
Miss Nihson received £3OO • night at
Drury Lane Theatte.
"Doctor, 1* tight lacing Injurious?"
" Of com t w. Madam."
A sorts! gtoa* to which the lsdtos are
ddieted. -A flilfwr.
Though a pawnbroker's to crowded. It
ia always a toaaaome place.
A new style of card-receiver ha* a va*
attached Ibr holding dowse*.
An exchange any* that Kansas Ktowas
would scalp a seal skin trunk.
Home peojdc at a crowded evening
party bud lttttoa on their tost
A promising ywsng man to all vy
i well; liettor bare a paying one. a*
I Tb* frtfit of K*aaa* this rear ia cat*,
i mated to be worth *2,H00,0U0.
When maV* chair be said to dislike a
pereoot Whan it can't beat him.
Oateaay wtfli aoon atnre and die of
I itaelf it no one takes it into todgn.
Ex-Emprets Eu?oali beautiful hair b
beginaiag to show threads of silver.
Good temper is like a sunny day.
shedding brightness oti everything.
"Going out with tha tide"—oeeoapa
nying the bridal party out of altajrh.
Praise tiie sea, aald wise old George
j Herbert, but keep upon tb* dy land.
The fashionable tohabiteats of Murray
t Hill have retarned to their eityottedas.
Mrs. Laura D. Fair's mother attempt
ed suicide by polaon, at Sau Franoaaoo.
Whisk quadruped* aw admittad to boll*,
operas, and dinner parties? White kids.
Vice stings na even to our pleasures,
i but virtue consoles us,even in our patoa.
I The Danish women pride themselves
in being the beat laundress era fu the
world. |-,-r ; ®"
■ Leudon bakks ood operatives agtea
upon n 12 hour syrtem, from < A. M. to
I4P. BE • '■
An Alabama tody has worboa a silk
j auilt tor the State fair, with fiOjOOO piecas
in it- .
i The Hew rtvle ol dreasrag the hair tw
the top of tha head caltod the wAore
pbine." ■ *'
A Kstoastto lmTy says the only thing
i hiek keep* Lout to her bast silk tim
| brella, 'ULI *i!j ni a,,. ,i * '
Book-keepers are said to be like ehik
<ms because they have to scratch for *
j living.
Why to the early grass lika a penknife?
Becanae tho spring brings ougi tfeio
hlades.
Wlint belongs to yourself and ia used
by cretyWodf more than yourself?—
: Your nstre.
Why is the coupling chain of a k>oa
motive like love? Becamee it to a tender
attachment.
Crows and bUekbirda are the bravest
creature* thaAfiy; thev never show tire
white feather, .
When s Kansas Indian dies, hto friends
choke n pour to death and bury it with
the deceased,
Young ladies who lace themselves tight
ly, when dressing tor dinner evidently pra
ter greet More meat.
The suitorsdMilwaukee, Wis., struck
tor $4 a day, and refused to ship unfil
theii terms were Oonceded.
A horse In Bartow connty,Ga.,kuo*ked
over a be* hire the other day and was
btuag to death by the boon
Tha character ia conversation which
commonly passes for agreeable is made
up of civility and fmlshood.
The Louisville Exposition contains
lock of hair six <eet long out from the
bead of a Swbw peasant girt.
A Hau Francreoo jonrrml states that t
wealthy minor has toltoa in lore with
Mrs. Fair, and will marry her.
The white elephant captured In Sism
takes rank after the Oueen, the heir ap
parent making nit* the elephant.
The difference between October and
November to, that while October leaves
fall, with November tha toll leaves.
Sunday to the strongest day, because
till the rest are week day*; vet, if it to
the strongest, why to itsa often brolftw.
This to Western f "Kemp's brewery,
with *85,000 of uroapoctiva lager, went
p in * finry. rtariot at Dubuqna tort
week." ij .
Pare 1L actotho was lately treated to
a funeral by hi* ox-aasodates of the
Dominican order in honor ol hto mar
riage-
Late naytian nd.vires state thst jtr
import ilutK-a of tho Srtand have been In
ereured 25 per and, the export duties
20 per cent.
Tliore wete no competitors at au Illi
nois fair tor a premium of $lO offered
to the oldest maidsn tody who would
state her age. : i i
A Michigan max of sixtv lately cele
brated hto wedding had dropped dead
from heart diseaae a few minutes after
the caremocy.
Tho i<Litnrc elacted iff. G.
Mitcbdl to the Fwted States Senate he
receiving Corbett twelve,
and Printoil^i.
A mnn In Michigan got off a rail road
train totrtr* without waiting for it to
stop, ami ijnmeiltotely joined the "in
unmerable caravan^"
A young lody studying French, and
finding that bello"- meant " fine,"
told eomabody in a letter that we had a
great deal of lately.
There are 23,800 ragpickers in Paris
who gather un every night, according to
statistics, SS;ODO baskets full of rags and
thrown away garetMrtrand b< eta.
A determined onslaught to being made
upon th' gambling houses of Gettnaay,
fire noted,suloopa, in wdl-known water
ing-places having recently been eked.*'
An exchange notes that, "In North
western Kansas there are fonr men to ,
one woman." JnNsw Knglsud factorias
there me often foremen to 100 women.
There ace over one thousand old dis
used mining ahafta within thecity limits
of Dubhqne which require securely cov
ering up. Pleasant phce to drop in,
Dubuque.
One line of the celebrated tapestry at
Plyuiouflto worked by Miles Standtoh'u
■ "Incline my 'hart* to
•doe' thy wtil." What a "deer" girl she
must have been,
t bite
NO. 44.
Why doe* a freight ear nead
locomotive? Because the freight ittet
make* the cargo.
' If fiMa im, * I',, 1 InaA oattitt III* ?■s'„
IT WlOT© It ||
When a matt !* tried cmrthiug and
fonti't tt will n-4 answer, lot \ m go
where thrtetoaaoahoand try that
Why to a moth fiaMtotiuf around a
.-audio like a man getting m a horse?
BeoaoM they are both K „i n g to a! : it,
(Wilier ia nailed h.r one w the poet*,
"month of the Ira hewa mid balmy air.
what raomaof toads ita.ae# with softened
glare."
A young man i* Lawtowtlto. Ky. an;
swered * matrimonial advertisement and
became the accepted suitor of hie own g
stater.
October ia ©ailed, by on© of the poets,
•• Month ad the*"/# hues and balmy air,
when summer lead* it* *illi soft
ened glare."
A one-armed man in Salem, lately ap
plied fm a divorce on the ground* that
■ the hnudlW 1 bed gliea hi* wife In mar
riage. waa loot, and that the contract
1 was therefore void.
In Sooth Bend, Ind., they nae small
packages of quinine for ebsngn- As
. fferyho ly tehee it, they look upon It
the **mo as legal tender, and it passe*
off withont difficulty.
A ladf abont to marry, waa warned
thai kr intended, *lthonb a gaod man.
waa TUT awentrie. Well, ana arid, if
be ia very unlike other men, be ia more
likely to be a good husband.
Economy ia wealth. A well-regulated
Newark tomib ate hash for breakfast in
tort yr. and tire
mother is, in eooaeqoeoce, enabled to
display a •* tooehi^dkerehlef.
" Mayor Mndffl, of Chicago, hm iaaned
SSmSSm to the poHre anthortttoe
directing them to enforce the tow for
bidding tlie aale of intoxicating honors
on h i., iay.
* John Tigia. wife and infant, with two
other men and a boy, toft Litchfield, TIL.
on the Poledo and Wabash Railroad, on
a hand car for their homes ton*?*
ran into by a passenger train, and Tigie
wife, and child were killed.
A strange death occurred near B*-
Otuer, Ut A yoong man named Robert*
began bleeding at the then at the
fijQlSj tlifi Mood OCHBOd Otti Oi
the pores of the skin. In this condition
b* litigered three or tonr day*, when be
died.
An awful accident occurred at Atiant*.
Oa. White Hsmnal Gartoy. of Dekalb
County, was driving bis mto *d three
children to ©bureh, a tree toU across the
wagon and killed the lady and one child,
anXVounded, probably/stally the other
two children.
Mattie Howe, who waa indicted for
murder in the first degree for kflling her
new bore child, waa found godly in
Pougbk<**pete, N. Y.,of tnandanf i
tire fourth degree and aontenoed to one
rent a impnaoomeat w the Albany
Penitentiary.
An English gentleman who has jort
returned to the city fw® a faahi'mahte
watering-pi*-*, where As *' ll .'^A U "
summer, mtate* lut he lost £lls there,
Tbuslv Fire hnndred dollars (£100) ia
gambling, and fifteen pounds in fiesta,
irotM diaaipiiUou.
Goracnor Randolph, of New Jersey,
received the first deapeldi
that vu sent over the wires u hi* Stated
U was a despatch to make the heed and
heart of young romantic manhood swim.
It we* fmmslady, and eonaiatod of tort
one word-—"Ye*.
In the shoe shop* oi Lynn, Mas*., are
some venerable relics of the past ,or
instance there to a lap stone teat has
been nw 1 in the me shop tor 127 yeare,
and a top which boa been used on tire
aatne bench for 69 year*. The latter
belongs to John Chare.
The Main# farmers bare been Hmi>i
with an abundant bay cqpp,
range oae half Una than they did tort
year at this time. The potato wop will
not he heavy on areoont of the Urge
quaniitv of nan that ha* fallen, wbtete
in m any localities bad occasioned ret.
lhere to a huge erep of apples.
The Gmmbweh omH+ to responsible
for the fotiowMNT A prominent citizen
of this village went home a few night*
since at a tote hour, and gently Urered
on the door. "Wire i# itP inquired his
better hslL to which very propel in
quirv the hearUesa man replied by ask
ing "who do you expert at Una hour of
die night?" I*T * J
TortoteeabeU jewelry, dt, and to sate*
made my plain, arc greatly to *m*ajb 7
faahkmsbVtodies. They are StsklnkH
with esqntotcly cut monograms, which
are cut out of hcil.and placed on each
article of the art. The engraving of the
monogram* make these seta quite expen
aire, imported shell lewelry i erl y
mounted with cokawi stone*. * -n* ety.e
is well suited to young todies.
Trat TtTMtß*.—Frederick Douglas
tells this, good Story : I was hungry
once, very hungry indeed, and I hadas
little conference with a brotbw store on
the subject °* helping myself to a taritey
that I saw fluttoruig in one of U hot
bousre. I told Bandy (for it was Sandy
that I was hungry, wanted
sonsettiing to eat, but that 1 had religious
scruple* against helping mjrseiy to that
taiCT JW that he w a praying
mm,, a Oxl-fmring man. and I wwitod
b advice on the •object. He told me
that it w*s rather a UekHA question in
ethics. There was some risk about it,
but a* tor as the act iteetf waseoncerned,
it tu perfectly legitimate. He said you
are vour master's property ? Tea, seid I.
Unit turkev to your master's property ?
Yea. II you put that turkey into you,
that turkey does not oenee to be the
property of your master, but only adds
to the value ot the property to another
form So it was simply a question of
removal. I said that it stood to reason,
the whok thing was clear to reason, and
I helped myseff
How to Choose a Wot-W# ven
ture to give the following recipe for the
selection of a wife; "A place for erery -
tliing and everything to its place, said
an old man to hi* daughter. "Select
not a wife, my son. who will ever step
over a broomstick. The son was obe
dient to the lesson. "Now," said be,
pleasanUy, on a May day to one of his
companions, "I apiwtot this broomstick
to choose me a wife. The young tody
who wft! not step over H shall bnve the
offer of my hand." They passed from
the splendid saloon to the grove. Some
tumbled over the broom.itick, .others
jumped ovei it At length a young tody
stooped ami put it in its place. The
promise wan fulfilled. She became the
wifeof an educated and wealthy young
man, and be the husliand of a prudent,
industrious, and lovely wife. He brought
a fortune to her and she knew how to
cave one. It to not easy to decide which
was trader the greatest obligations; both
were rich, and each enriehad the other.
A New Game,-A new game of otitis
called Pedro, a modification of the game
of old stodge, is now Played on the rail
road trains. The Ronton Trmmript
reporter who has evidently been practis M
ing the game, describee it thus: The
five spot of trumps is Pedro, and scores
five in the game to whomsoever holds it
at the conclusion. It can bo taken by
the six spot or higher card. The s, um
ber of the game is raised from seven to
eleven, and the rest of the count is unal
tered, they rating to this order; high,
low, Jack, Pedro, game.— The lat
three counts to the final winner, and if
he be fortunate to have all fire,he scores
g in the game.
' Mohawhr —A book has appeared em
tepilnfl all the destructive traits f rulers,
Jgoe the foundation of kingdoms to the
bud of the eighteenth centary. Altogether
Iherc hare been 8,542" sovereigns, reigning
ovftM nations pof these m were de
throned, 64 abdirst3d*p committed
suicide, 11 went mad, 505 were slain in
combat, i2S made prisoners, 25 martyred,
151 murdered, 62jioisoned, and 108 con
demned to deathg" France includes 83 of
these monarch a, of whopi 11 are alas ted
as idiett—a number no otlter state stir
passes—ore only as "learned." two were
dethroned, five restored, and W# W!
abdtotttod—Napoleon 111.