Engaged for Money,
• with Wt a riftgl* thought,
Twe bstrt* thai heat u owe." Ah, sT**'
There may be oeh a thing indeed,
Bet far me, f must confoaa.
Two aoula with not one single thought
In eonrmon. i the okee Juet here ;
Two heart* that beat in different time,
And mine—iadrffcrent quite I fbar.
Ah, ine I there waa a time when I
Imagined loe wee *oteething true,
When Mfp wae aWiahitw oVr and o'er,
And Jura for tnr farmed ever new.
The river-bank whereon we eit
To-day, with pttleee dull and eh>w,
Wae once the tryeting-fdaee where-two,
WttilahttpeAband*. atehetl the watera flow.
Bui aff fwo soon that dream was o'er;
I learned a lesaon hard, though true;
The romanee of Utia Ufa i short,
And love, I And, w ahorter too.
Be new ny hand Pre given away;
*y heart—well, 'that remains my own.
I wender if the old man dreama
1 marry him Aw wealth alone t
CICOIL I **- ' ;
That eh a little joyona-hearted gut, to aee whom
it a blraatag.
That hvea a square or two flwm ma, upon our
qoic.' atreet;
Her merry &e in bright beyond the painter
aweet expronattig,
And tiippingly m dactyl* mow her tiny,
twinkling foot.
She aeenn aa if rite had nerer known a ohUdiah
care.
And the eoft October eunahine ia tangled in
her hair.
Above the dm of noiey girl a I catch her radiant
laughter,
Beneath the dnaky Undent en the long, long
anmmer dare.
And aee her foremost in the romp, with dozens
running after—
The flret beam glancing through a cloud
chared by a trodp of raya.
Tit but a poor aunilitude- -tho braveat would
not do—
For music, petfuma, tterlight, all eecm eoan
moaplaoa for Lout
At morning, when, with many book a, I meet
her on the way to
Her vhoot, I often wonder what they teach
my Utile friend;
The leeeona ehe herself might teach are wiser
for than Piste—
Simplicity and truth, the meant to e-mpam
wiaeri end;
But nrorii I with the privilege at tutor I might
claim
To aak her aoftly oftan-roua ? and hear bar
> aaewvr/attne.
And wmetimee when at church I aee her
hvppy, trustful fratores,
A Under, wayward thought will come be
tween me and the paalm.
That like to aueb a Utile child muet al we
emng creator,*
Inrimpie-miudod faith .ppear, withpaeaiona
h'imbed and calm.
Before the Eternal Troth ahall break upon our
gigtit go din—
Fee auch an one the Savior eaw, and bade coaae
unto Bin \
I Qt AIEB DETECTIVE.
We were five passengers in all—two
ladies on the baok. seat, and a middle- ,
aged gentleman and a Quaker on the mid- j
diss and myself in the front
~ the two laJTe? might have been mother t
and daughter, aunt and niece, governess
and ehar*e. or might have sustained any
othavtwiatieaship which made it proper '
for turo ladies to travel together unattend- '
ed *r : ,:
Tin wtiiddic-agerf gentleman was sprighly
. and talkative. He seen struck up an .
acquaint AE cewith the ladies, towards
whom in his teal to do he rather overdid |
the agreeable bowing, and smiling and (
chatting over his shoulder in away pain- ■
fully suggestive at this time of life, of a
" crick" in the back. He was evidently
a gay lothario.
The Quaker wore the uniform ol his
sect, and confined his speech, as igany a
parlimentarian would save his credit by 1
doing, to simply "yeas'' and ''nays."
As tor myself. I make it an invariable 1
rule nf the road to be merely a looker on
and listener.
Towards evening I was aroused from
one of those reveries into which a young
man, without being a poet or a lover, will
sometimes fail, by an abrupt query from 1
the talkative gentleman : I 1
* Abp you armed, air P
"I am not,"l answered, astonished, no > 1
doubt, visibly at the question. j'
" I am sorry to hear it," he replied ; 1 1
" for before reaching our next stopping
:. place it will be several hours in the night, j 1
and we must pass over a portion of the j
road on which more than one robbery is j
"reported to have been committed."
* The ladies turned pale, bnt the stranger
did his best to re-assure them.
""Sot that I think there is the slightest
danger at present," he resumed, " only
when one is responsible for the safety of!
the ladies, you know soeh a thing as a J
pistol to rench would add materially to;
one's confidence,"
■ " Tour principles, my friend," address
, log the Quaker, * l I presume, are as much
opposed to carrying as using carnal {
weapons V' \
" Yes," was the response.
" Have the villains murdered qn y of
their victims P the elderly lady nervously
inquired.
a Or have they contented themselves;
with—with plundering them t" addfd the
joupgfr in a timorous voice. { /
" Decidedly the latter," the amiable
gentle oian hastened to give assurance;
" and we are none of ns prepared to offer i
resistance in case of attack, so nothing I
worse than robbery can possibly befall
ua."
Then, after blaming his thoughtlessness
in having unnecessarily introduced a
disagreeable subject, the gentleman quite
excelled himself in efforts to raise the
spirits of the company, and had succeeded
• M well by the time night had set in that
all had quite forgotten or only remember
ed their fears to laugh at them.
. . „ Our genial companion fairly talked
himself hoarse. Perceiving which he took
from his pocket a box of newly "invented
cough candy," and after passing it to the
ladies, he helped himself to the balance
and tossed the paper out of the window.
He was iu the midst of a high encomium
of the new nostrum, more than half the
efficacy of which he insisted depended on j
its being taken by suction, when a shrill
whistle was heard, and almost immediate
ly the coach stopped while two faces,
. hideously blackenotl, presented them
selves, one at aach window.
" Sorry to trouble you," said the man
on the right, acknowledging with a bow,
two lady-like screams from the back seat,
but ' business is business,' and ours will
soon he over if things go on smoothly."
" Of course, gentlemen, yon will spare,
aa for as may be consistent with your
disagreeable duty, the feelings of these
ladies," appealed the polite passenger in
his blandest manner.
" Oh, certainly 1 they shall first be
attended to, and shall not be required to
leave their seats, unless their conduct
renders it necessary.
" And now ladies," continued the rob
ber, the barrel of bis pistol glittering in
the light of tha coach lamp, " be so good
aa to pass your purses, watches, and such
other trinkets as may be accessible with
out jruoh trouble.''
The ladies came down handsomely, asdf
•r were ao further molested. 1
One by one the rest got out. The mid
dle-aged gentleman's turn came first. He
submitted, with a winning grace, and was
robbed likad a Chesterfield. .
My oW£ affaire, like the sum I lost, are
foaming.
The Quakers turn came next. He
1 qtrietfy handed sftkr Ms jfocketbook and
watch, and wfidn asked if he had >">7
other valuables, said " Nay."
* A Quaker's word is good, eVen among
thieves; so after a hasty "good night" the
robber thrust his pistol into his pocket
and, with his two compaplons, one of
whom had the reins of the leaders, was
about starting.
"Stop!" exclaimed the Quaker, in a
tons more of command than of request.
"Stop! What fori" returned the other,
in evident surprise.
"F* f w two reasons,'' was there
ply, emphasized with a couple of Derrin
ger's cocked and presented.
" Help I" shouted the robber.
"Stop!" the Quaker exclaimed. "And
if any one sf your sinful companions ad
vans* a step to thy relief, the spirit will
V surely move me to Mow thy brums out."
. -The robber at the oftaette window end
FRED, KURTZ, Bdi tor ami Proprietor
VOL. v.
the one at the leaden' head th. night it a
food time to leave.
" Now, nt in friend," aaid th Quaker,
StflT hovering hi* man, " and take the
middle seat, but first deliver up thy pis
tol." The oil er hesitated.
**Th#e had bettor not itelay, 1 feel the
spirit move in my forefinger."
The robber did as he was directed, and
the Quaker took his place hjr his side,
giving the new comer the middle seat.
The driver, who vra* frightened out of
hie w its, now set forward at a rapid rate.
The lively gvntiuman soon recovered his
vivacity. Tie was eepeoiallv facetious on
the Quaker's prowess. "You're a rum
Quaker, you are, W by, you drnu't quake
Worth n cent."
"I'm not a Shaking Quaker, it that's
what thee means."
"Of the ' Hickory,' or rather tbe ' Old
Hickory's stripe,' I should say,'' retorted
the lively man. But the Quaker relapsing
into his usual monosyllables the conversa
tion flagged-
Sooner than we expected the eoseli
stosped where we were to have sup|>er
and a change of boreue. We had deferred
a redistribution of our effects until we
should reach the place, as the dim light
of the coach latup would have rendered
the process somewhat difficult.
It was now necessary, however, that it
should bo attended to at once, aa our
jovial companion had previously an
nounced his intention of leaving us at that
poiot. He proposed a postponement until
after supper, which he offered to go and
order.
u Nay," urged the Quaker, with an ap
proach to abruptness, and laying his hand
on the other'a arm, "business before
pleasure, and for business tliere is no time
tike the present.''
•' Will thee be good enough to search
the prisoner ihe said to the men, still
keeping his hand, in a friendly way, upo Q
the passenger's arm.
I did so, but not one of the stolen arti
cles could be found.
"He must have got rid of them ia the
coach," the gay gentleman ruggcMed, and
immediately offered to go in ses .-ch.
"Stop!" thundered the Quaker, tight
ening hit; grasp.
The man turned pale and struggled to
release his arm. Ia an iastant one of the
Derringers was levell <d at his heart.
"Stir % hand or toot and you area dead
man P
Tbe Quaker must have been awtully
excited so completely to forget both tho
language and principles nt bit persuasion.
Flaring the other pistol in my hand
with dlnietioas to fire at either of the two
men that made a suspicious movement, he
went to a'ork on the Lothario, from whose
pocket, in less time than it takes to tell it,
produced every item of the missing prop
erty to tbe otter amazement of the two
ladies, who had begun iu no measured
terms to remonstrate against the shame
ful treatment tlie gentleman was receiv
ing.
The Quaker, I need scarce IT ADD, was
no Quaker at aIL, but a shrewd detective,
who bad been set on tha tnuk ot a band
of desperadoes, of whom our middle-aged
friend—who didn't look so middle-aged
when his wig was off—was the chief.
The robbery had been adroitly planned.
The leader of the gang had taken passage
in the coach, and aher learning, as he
supposed, our defenceless condition, had
given the signal to his companions by
throwing oat the scrap of paper already
mentioned. A iter the unexpected capture
ot the first robber, it was attempted to
save the booty by secretly passing it to
the accomplice, stdl believed to be unsus
pected. who counted on being able to
make off at the next stopping place.
The resalt was that both, for a season,
" did the Slate some servioe."
Diabolical Thixves. —The Journal
dft DAati quotes a letter dated Nijhi
Novgorod, in which an account is given of
a daring robbery perpetrated by thieves
of that place. The correspondent says :
"On the 3d of September at 7 o'clock, the
great theatre which contains one thoussnd
persons, was full. The piece represented
wae a favorite one.entitled "Crime and its
Punishment." Among those present
were the leading military and civil officers,
the bead of the police, and a large num
ber of police officers. While the first act
was being played, and the attention of the
spectators was fixed on the stage, a report
was suddenly heard, a slight smoke filled
the upper part of the theatre, and aery of
"fire" waa raised. Everybody rushed to
the doors but only one was open. Terror
became general when this was discovered.
\ The crowd was enormous, and persons
were thrown down and tramplec upon.
The thieves who had combined to cause
this alarm took the opportunity of seizing
whatever they could lay their hands upon.
They tore earrings from the women and
stole watches and studs from the men.
This scene lasted for about ten minutes,
the people employed in the theater and
the police made it known that there was
no trsce of fire. When tranquility had
been restored, inquiry was made respect
ing the articles stolen, and it was found
that the value exceeded 100,000 roubles.
Several persona were killed; three men
and a woman were taken to the hospital
dangerously wounded, and an actress re
ceived a very serious wound. The thieves
I contrived to escape.
DiaocsTßD.—A retired French trades
man was lately much diagurted at finding
various valuable personal articles myste
riously absent from their proper places.
Residing with him waa an old servant,
who had lived in the house thirty years
and a nephew. It was impossible lor
him to suspect either, and yet there was
not the slightest ground tor supposing
that the robberies had been effected by
auy one outside the house. He resolved
to watch. To his consternation he ob
served, one or two nights after, the
nephew, in bis night-dress, descend, take
various valuable articles, and proceed
with tbeni to a summer-house in the gar
den- On his return the uncle confronted
him, being duly prepared, we may sup-
Kie, for a "scene." be was disappointed,
e nephew appeared utterly unconscious
of his affectionate relative's presence, and
passed quietly up-stairs to his room.
Next day the uncle taxed him with his
extraordinary conduct. The nsphew do*
nied all knowledge of it. The summer
hpnse was searched, and in a cellar be
neath It all the missing articles were
found. Uis bad enough to have either a
somnafßbPiist or a kleptomaniac in a
family, lint tie two combined is really a
trial which we trust, for poor humanity's
sake will remain rare.
A BEPORTEB'B CREDENTIALS. —The St.
Louis reporters have queer credentials
to public entertainments. A few days
since one made application for entrance
to the fair grounds. The following
conversation thereupon ensued between
him and the guardian of the gate : "Got
a ticket, sir ?" " No, sir." " Well, you
can't go in then—stand aside." "But
Tm a reporter for the Glebe." " Show
me your credentials." " Well, here are
three passes on the Iron Mountain Rail
road, one on the Belleville Viranch of the
Dairo Short Line, one on the St. Louis
and Southeastern, one on the Fifth street
toad- Here's a copy of the Globe, a
ticket on a Chinese laundry, a reetanrunt
bill of fare, two toothpicks, a clean
hankerchief, a bnnch of keys and a
pipe." "Pass in, air."
" Speech is silver, but ailenoe golden."
ence the expression, hush money,
THE CENTRE REPORTER
Km perm tt illUm of I'ruavU.
Kate Field furnishes a Paris |>spcr the
following pleasant gossip about Kaiser
William: "I don'*, know whether it be the
effect of victory, luit certainly I uever •
inch a satisfied looking people as these
Germans. Their complacency is absolute
ly eiasperatiug, and ( do not wonder that
sanguine Frenchmen are driven almost
wild by the sight of a Prussian helmet.
A settled 'rock of ages' expression about
their faces expresses eternity rather than
time, ami to associate death with such
linpertuhahle life seetus almost impossible.
As to the Emperor, he carries out the idea
of everlasting life by being as active at
seventy-five as most men are at titty-five.
He is sun, moon and stgrs to every German
man. woman and child at Ems.
"That the Emperor's mind is eminently
[ -radical shows itself constantly, and that
ie dislikes ostentation is proved by his
life at Ems. Dressed quietly in a suit ,f
"pepper-aml-salt,' he appears among
people accompanied by a member of the
court; drinks his water at the spring Rke
every body else, shakes hands wi'.n his
friends, bo vra to every body and i'i*cour
ages ceremony of all kinds.
" When the Ksiser first went {„ £ma he
sent for all the physicians, rec citing theui
most cordially, and sitting on t he end of
the table during the en interview.
Upon taking leave of the he aaid : 'Re
member. gentlemen, th when you meet
me you are not to kr iOW rue, for 1 am a
poor man and eanno t at r,inl to buy many
hata.' Thia was a polite way for telling
the gentlemen lb a t St was a great bore for
hitn to return Mutations and that he bad
rather not b , recognized. No physician
of Ems wi' , he found remsvlug his hat at
the s?'pr.iat-h of the Emperor.
*'Hi j ref.-renoe to poverty ia not ttnfre
qoei 4 t. Upon tlie birth of ono of the
Grown Prince's children, a eoutier with
whom he chanced to be walking drew the
Imperial attention to a trinket, remarking
that it would be a suitable present for
the happy mother. 'Ah no,' replied the
cautious Wiihelm. 'that would be a bad
precedent, for if my daughter goes on
ailding to her family as she has begun. 1
should eventually be ruined. I sin too
poor for such extravagance.'
"Not long ago he received a beautiful
gold and silver escritoire, as a token of
gratitude from a wealthy banker whom he
had ennobled for largely endowing a bos
pita). Gazing at the superb gift Wiihelm
remarked: 'My subjects are better off
than 1 tin. I cannot afford to make my
friends such costly presents!' 'I dined
with llis Majesty yesterday,' said a Ger
man, whose position ia aot higher than
that of a hotel treasurer. 'lie is very
frank and friendly."
"The Kaiser frequently give* dinners to
tbe officers stationed near, or visiting
here, and in tact any person in the Gov
ernment emplov, either civil or military,
is eligible to this distinction, which is
considered ample compensation for ex
ceedingly meager salaries. The Kaiser ia
very like his photograph, only be ia not as
good looking as represented. Erect anil
soldierly in hia cairiage, portly, but not
obese in figure, he resembles an English
country gentleman, era solid, shrewd
man of Boston. What bis chin lacks in
force bis head makes up in obstinacy,
while there is sn extreme thickness of
neck and breadth of cerebellum that in
dicate unusual fighting and a
bull-dog tenacity. I should say it would
be difficult to pound a new idea into his
head or an old one oat.''
1 Nation of Pigmies.
To the south of Raffs and Sum, there
i* a very sultry and humid country? i
with many bamboo woods, inhabited by
the race called Dskos, who are no bigger |
than boya ten years old. that is, only
four feet high. They have dark, olive
colored cotupiection, and live in a eom-
Eiletely savage it ate, like the beasts,
laving neither houses, temples, nor
holy trees, like the Gallas, yet poaaes
sing something of an idea of a higher
being called Yes, to whom, in moments
of wretchedness and anxiety, they pray
—not In an erect position, but reversed,
with the head on the ground, and the
feet supported upright against a tree
or a stone. In prayer, they say:
"Yer, if thou really dost exist, why I
dost tbou allow oa to be slain? We do
not aak thee for food and clothing, for
we live on serpents, anta and mice.
Thou has made us. Wliv dost thou
permit us to be trodden under foot?" |
The Dakoa have no chief, no laws, no
weapons; they do not hunt, nor till the
ground, but live solely on fruits, roots,
mice, serpents, ants, honey, and the
like, climbing the trees anil gathering
the fruit like monkeys; and both sexea
go completely naked. They do not
marry, but live indiscriminstivc lives of
animals, multiplying very rapidly, and
, with very tittle |*arental instinct; the
mother nurses her child for a short time
only, accustoming it to eat ants and ser
pents as soon as possible; and when it
can help itself, it wanders away where
it will, and the mother thinks no more
about it. They have thick, protruding
lips, flat noses, and small eyes; the hair
is not woolly, and is worn by the women
over the shoulders. The nails on the
hands and feet are allowed to grow long,
like the talons of vultures, and arc used
in digging for ants and in tearing to
piecea the serpents, which they devour
raw, for they are unacquainted with fire.
The spine of the snake is the only orna
ment worn around the neck, nut they
pierce the ears with a sharp-pointed
piece of wood.
I* Rcsma. —Little grain is raised In
Russia, above St. Petersburg, and that
little, so damp is the climate, must be kiln
dried for preservation. In some localities
barley is sown as far north as Moaen ;
but it is only three or four times in a
century that the season is warm enough
and long enough to bring it to perfection,
and it is usually cut as fodder for the
cattle. All these latitudes depend mainly
for their cereals upon the richer harvests
of the south ; but their rivers are stocked
with fish, myriads of wild-fowl find a
home in the woods and by the lakes,
mushrooms abound, and the swamps are
filled with cranberries and whortleberries
that ripen despite the frosty air. Hie
wealth of this region, from, the Gulf of
liothnia to the Otiral, is in its forests and
ifilhcnee. The people are wood-cutters,
hunters, fishers, workers in metals, char
coal-burners. preparers of tar and pitch
and potash, makers of mats and of various
utensils from the bark of the linden, and
of coarse linen and cordage from the flax
and hemp of their low-lying fields.
A VKBT BAD CASE.—A Detroit woman
with the rheumatism censulted a clairvoy
ant, who went into a trance and wrote
the following startling description of the
case: M 1 find your case is one that baffles
scill. The discs is complycatcd; the spine
is mutch diseased; have hurt it by a fall.
The liver is ulsurated, cause you to rais a
thick mewcnsa. Your lied syrnpcthizes.
Yon hav spcls of feeling dizzy, and the
sorufulaiu the blood, which has destroyed
the -Vitality, causes some tendency to
dropsy. The throat is affected with Katarr
in the hed. Yon can, with proper treat
ment be helped. I hoap this is not too
late to Benefitt yon; if you want treat
ment I will attend you at wonca."
According to the Gazette de Cologne, the
consumption of opium in the United
States has latterly increased to a fright
ful extent, the importation of the drag
having angmen ted from 4,078,744 ounces
la 1870, to 5,041,046 ounce* in 1871
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOV EM HER 8, 1872.
The Holland Dutchman.
Ths a<t venturous Dutchman in early
life gor* to Java, wliere he patiently re
.mains fifteen or twenty years, makes his
fortune, hands over his sugar mill and
coffee plantation to son or nephew, and
returns to the country of levels, water,
and windmills, to spend the remainder of
Ids life. Under similar circumstances an
Anglo-Saxon would buy a villa un Lake
Como, a shooting box in Scotland, or a
chateau in the south of France, with win
ter quarter* in Koine, London or l'aris.
The Dutchman prefers to pilch hia home
' n *"g gy acres of motherland, in the midst
of fog ami rain. Hi* eye wander* peace
fully over the expanse of green and water,
wi'jK>ut craving anythiug more. The rain
fi'jod* the land as far a* the eye can reach,
sj&d he view* it with the happiness of the
turtle. Hi* boot sink* deep into the sat
urated grass, and he ha* the air of one
who walks over the *od of a compact
lawu. To watch the rich vegetation
growing out of the greasy, porous soil,
the grazing of the pluuip sheep and the
great black beeves, and the spiral smoke
of his pipe—this is the cup of pleasure
full to the brim. The tropical riches of
the hills and valleys ot Java become a
vague tire a in; here the Spanish castle has'
been reached. The Javanese life was pro
bationary ; this is the realization—the
house with a canal dug aronud it, a garden
teaming with vegetation, a drawbridge
with an arch bearing a Biblical inacription
or a Hollaudie proveib. Here is abound
ing platitude of soil and speech ; here is
happiness.
The soggy lethargy it the Dutchman's
buckler. A shrewd Yankee invades the
kingdom with a "patent," selects his man,
and talks to him with his habitual clear
ness and vivacity for several half hours.
The article ia good, labor-saving, money
making, and such as the native should
have. Why does he not take It f With
dull, iuipwwive expression he replies that
he does not want it. The New Englandcr
tries to make an impreasion on other
minds, bnt without effect; then he hasti j
ly packs his trunk and leaves for other
fields. This ia the fate of sn aggressive
nature on Dutch soil, and the Yankee
does not abide. Let tbe invention or im
provement be wbat it may, " he does not
want it." It is the llollandic " nun j>c
samts*."
In the canals, whieb are drains as well
as public highways, no dredge beats are
used lor keeping the depth requisite for
navigation, but the mud is pulled up by
band in leather pouches attached to long
poles. I spoke to a burgomaster of the
saving ot time and money, and tlie greater
efficiency there would be in uslug the
■team dredge for this purpose. Then
what would become ot our laboring men f"
answered he. " They would be thrown
out of employment and would become a
charge to the community."
He was LEFT.—A genuine touch of
woman nature, as well as human nature,
pervades tbe following Ironi a corres
pondent in Detroit: "A coiuf-wtable
old couple sat a seat or two in front of us
on the railroed during one of the hottest
day* of last summer. The journey was
evidently one of tho events of their
live*, and their curiosity excited the at
tention of llie passenger*. At a way
station the old gentleman stepped out
of the cars to get a drink, or to buy a
doughnut, sou heard the bell only in
time to rush to tbe door of the eating
house and see the train moving off with
out him. The old buly iu her seat had
been fidgeting, and looking out of the
window In her anxiety for bi* return,
and when she saw hi* plight, hia frantic
gesture* for tbe train to stop as it swept
farther and farther away, she exclaimed:
" There! my old man'* got left! heb**li
there, see lie has!!! Wa'U," ahecontiuu
od, settling back into her seat again,
•I'm glad on't—it's always been "Mam
my, vou'll get loft! mammy, you'll
get left!" all mv life long; and now he's
gone and got left, and I'm glad on't.'
"Her candid reflection on the accident,
and the evident satisfaction she felt in
the fuel that it was the old man and not
herself that was left, was greeted by a
round of laughing applause. Not a few
of the ladies In the car were delighted
that it was the old man and not the
woman who had 'caught it' this time.
For once, the lord and not the lady had
made the blunder, and 'gone ami got
left-'"
MIUTOBT TnAixiKo IN Fiuxro.— It
has l>een decided to transfer the super
vision of all the youths educated in the
lycrts, or French public schools, to mili
tary rtj*tiUurt, or tutors. The tutors,
as the French desigation partly indicates
have, till now, been drawn frum the pro
fessors of the Sorl>onne, and entrusted
with the care of tho collegian* during
the hours of study. Their duty is to
watch over the discipline of the estab
lishment, and to attend to the education
of the pupils by making them repeat or
rehearse their work prior to tho public
examinations. The new tutor* will be
composed of retired officers snd adjutant*
selected by the Minuter of Wsr. Every
college will have n captain as general
superintendent, whose special duty it
will be to preside over the preparatory
school. lie will alsohavo to inspect the
drilling exercise of all tho ptiails. He
will be second In authority only to the
proviaor, or master, and receiver, be
sides bis retiring pension, s salary of
1,600 franos, with roard and lodging in
the college. Under his immediate or
ders will be placed six lieutenants, who
will receive a salary of 1,000 francs, with
an indemnity of SOO francs for board and
lodging. Deride* these officers there
will be six adjutants, whose duty it will
lie to superintend the sleeping rooms,
passages and gymnastic exercises. They
will receive a salary of 800 franca, with
hoard and lodging. In short, the rising
generation will be handed over body and
mind to the military arm.— London ItU
graph.
TOGETHER.— After the action near
Breslaw, in Silesia, between the Prus
sians ami the Anstrians, which preceded
the battle of Lisas, and before the two
armica met in this latter contest, a French
soldier in Frederick's service, who bad
just deserted, was stopped, ami conduct
ed to the king. "Why did you lcaro
me?" said Frederick. "Because," an
swered the soldier, "your affairs are
too desperate." "Well replied the king,
"go back to yonr colors. Wo shall bav#
another battle soon; and if I lose it,
come and And mo out, and you and I
will deaert together:"
SKAIM. —The snail cultivators near
Paris have their pastures well stocked
again, we are told. The penaants in the
Champagne direct drlro a thrifty busi
ness by catching all the snails they can
anJ selling them to the regular snatl
growors, who shut them up in a fatten
ing park and feed them on various dainty
ealads until they become too large to
¥iss through a ring of regulation sine,
hey then send the snails to Paris, where
they aro eaten as a great delicacy, under
the name of Champagne oysters.
POMOWONS CAHDY.— Tbo English peo
{le arc again suspicions of tho attraotivo
ooking sweetmeats which load their
young ones into tenotation and bring
them into trouble. A Newcastle chemist
has been analyzing some of the stuff and
has published the resnlts, and as a mat
ter of course the people are shocked, and
wonder how the confectioners can do
ae, forgetting that if they did not boy
tha oandy with tha brilliant colors, it
weald not bt made.
Hints to Housekeeper*.
The woman beat fitted to make lite
! fireside happy, is ahn whose mtud is
will Mured with practical and useful
knowledge, is accomplished without af
(Delation, retiring and modest without
prudery, frank, free and gay, without
frivolity, and thinks her husband the
greatest man tho world ever saw or is
cverr likely to see. Faith in the latter
involve# a thousand endearing qualities
in u wife, which we have not time to
enumerate, lu a country like this,
w here there ie no established order of
aristocracy, where fortunes change
hands so frequently, there are Iwt few
'amities, the female head of which is not
required to attend to the economy of the
household; to be a good housekocfier ia
therefore, to be reckoned a principal
accomplishment in the girl for a wife.'
If fortune happily apcurwe her from tbe
necessity of partaking of the duties of a
housewife, the knowiudgc of direction
will tie invaluable, for servants are al
most uniformly earcleea. Indeed, when
we consider the selfishness of human na
ture, it ia perhnpa unreasonable to ex
pect hirelings to guard the internets of!
their employers aa faithfully as they
would their own. A great deal of waste I
occurs in the kitchen, therefore—for ifa
atauoe, iu the boiling of meats. Tbe !
cook will throw out the water without
letting it cool to takeoff the fat, or scrap*
the dripping pan into the swill patL
Now the grease is useful iu man* ways
It can be burned in tamps, mixed with
lard, or, when no pork baa been boded
with it, made into candles. Hits of
meat are thrown out whioli would make
hash. Route are burned that wuaUi
make soap. The flour is sifted in a
wasteful manner, or live bread pan left
with dough sticking to iL Pie crust is
laid bv to sour Instead of making s few
tarta for tea. Cold puddings are con
sidered good for nothing, when often
time* they might he steamed fur tin
next day. Vegetables are thrown away
that would warm for breakfast uieeir.;
Apple* decay fur want of looking over.!
Dish cloths are thrown where mice can
deetrvy tlu-ui Soap is left in water to
dissolve. If Bath brick, whiting, rotten
stone, etc., are used, much is wasted
uselessly. So much for prsrtial illustra
tion. All the instance* of eareleaanaas
we have enumerated are trifling in
themselvea, but, together with many
more which*ronkl be mentioned, make a
formidable whole. Thus the mistraaa of
a house will often allow her husband's
money to be wasted, thinking, the while,
that because she dresses more plainly
than some of her neighbors, she is a
moat superior economist.
TBI GMUT On*lß AHTUHT. —A Ro
chester paper aay: • Those who liav*
been led by fate* statistic* and spacious
arguments to fear that the great grain
trade of the Northern! is in danger of
being diverted from it* natural channel
of transportation and will And its way te
the *cabord. via Montreal, the Miasisaip
pi Itiver or other routes, would do well
to pause and reflect befurv regarding
their opinion as definitely fixed. The
reoeipta of grain at Buffalo np to the
present time are no leto than last year,
making due allowance for the Utm<wa
of tho ojH-umg of navigation in the
spring and just now shipment* which
hsve been delate! in the nope of a re
duction of freights, .or from other can#**
are pouring in at an unprecedented rate.
1 taring forty-eight hour* there were re
ceived at Buffalo 1,380,100 bushel* of
grain. A very large fleet of grain laden
vessel* is also on it* way from the upper
lakes, and some of them are constantly
arriving. In referring to the bnailM**
of the canal* tbe Buffalo Otmrriar *ay:
"It ha been exceptionality good, al
though it has not been aa profitable to
the carrier* aa that of the lakes. The
shipments of graiu by canal sinoe its
opening have already ciceeded 35.f100,000
bushels which is but WO.QOO lee* than
had lieen shipped last year at this time.
When we consider that the s<-aaon has
been two weeks shorter this year than
last, owing to tiie later opening of the
cnnal last spring we have reaaun to be
satisfied. Comparing the htisiness for
the same ntimlier of days in each war,
the ahipmenls are much larger this year
than laet." Theac faott go lo show that
nothing that ha* yet bee.u sanl in regard
to* diversion of the grain trad* is wor
thy of serious consideration."
Tux Fisnxntux *xn TILT S*x Swat
tow.— An Interesting association exists
between the sea swallows snd the fisher
men of Lake Palageri in Lapland. In the
centra of this lake ia an island on which
the fishermen bulkl their huts in summer.
At early dawn the sea swallows gather
round these hut*, and their crie* admon
ish the occupants that it is time to begin
the day's work. The boats are hardly
loosened from tlieir moorings when the
birds start oat to find a spot where the
fish are abundant. The boatmen are gov
erned entirely by the movement* of the
swallow*. When the bird* stop and re
double their cries, the fishermen know
they have found s spot where they will
be ropaid for their labor. They hasten
forward, cast their nets, and soon have
the satisfaction of finding them well filled.
In accordance with the old maxim that
the laborer is worthy of his hire, the
swallows receive their share of the booty.
Every fish that the fishermen tljrow np in
the air is gracefully caught by the birds;
end, indeed, they are ao taine that they
sometime* come into the boats and help
themselves ont of the net*. If one spot
becomes non-productive, the birds lead
the way to another. Toward evening
men and birds return to the island, and
the birds hasten to olear the boots of the
share left behind for them by the fisher
men.
COLORADO.— In Colorado poets seem
to be a natural outcropping of the soil,
though at present the growth seem* im
perfect. imagination is largely devel
oped, though with eom deficiency in tha
sphere of aocnnu , y r or porhans wc should
sav sobriety of statement. We take the
following from a looal paper. Perhaps
U is slightly high-fahitin' as to the fer
tility of tho soil, bnt that will l>e par
donrd;
Is it where the raMiagr* grew so fast
That they burst triih * noise like the thunder's
blast ? n
Is it whrre through the rich deep m< llow soil
The beets grow down as if lioriDg lor oil ?
Is it where the turnips are hard to beat.
And the cattle grow rat on nothing to eat ?
U it whore each irrigating sluice
la foil !>v water melon Juice ?
la it where every thing giowe to such mon
strous also
That the biggest stories appear like Hea ?
Tell me, in short—l would like to know
la this wondrous land railed Colorado ?
You're right, old boy, It id!
THET Pin IT.— -Away out In the north
western oomer of America dwell a hardy
people who are full of resource* and are
seldom to be balked in their purposes. A
man of mature years in Vancouver who
had a wile from whom he had been sepa
rated, lately bestowed his well-tried affec
tions on a girl of fourteen, and as the
girl's father took the liberty to object to
her receiving them, the preoions pair
went to work to prove that the old man
was crazy and incapable of managing his
own affairs. The girl swore to this state
ment and a guardian was appointed who
readily consented to the proposed mar
riage. We may be wrong in colling atten
tion to sueh a dangerous precepent, but
forewarned it forearmed.
A Gambler Hatted by a Child.
A man nwg)y fifty years old, named
Alexander Dewing, living on Labroese
street, and owning a vacant lot in the
KJxth ward, worth got on spree
aboat a weak ago, and fell info the hands
of two rascal*, who deserve at least a
ducking. One of diem is a yaung man
named Kidder, a machinist, and the other
a stranger in the aity, but a friend of
Kidder. When Iteming stalled out ha
had about fOO with hitn, and hia intan
tlon wa* to purchase a cow of a iuan on
\V pud ford avenue. |le was met by Kid
•lar, aaketlfo drink, and then the two sat
down in a saloon on Michigan avenue and
began tu gamble. Ho infatuate! did fum
ing become that he did not return home
hut once iu four daps. Kidder won bis
money, watch, and then two notes of
hand for fl3 and til? each-
i When Denting had nothing more to
I put ap he gave his own note of hand for
920 and lost '.hah This was Saturday
noon. One of the men got a blank dead,
filled tt out with a description of Denting'!
real estate and then filled him ap with
liquor, lent hitn one hundred dollars and
offered to play him for the property, they
to ran the chances of the wifc signing.
Tbe man accepted the offlsr, and before
dark had lost the money end the deed.
Then, while the stranger lent him money
to keep hits playing. Kidder went to
Darning's house Mid presented ths pspsr
for the wife to sign. She is not sols to
rpad, and, ha told her that it was bar
husband' life insurance policy, and that
sbe most sign it or she could never get
the mousy in cat* af his death. She was
abonl to alga, when one of her children
read tbe words "Warranty Deed" aloud,
and she caught the idea of what the ens
eal was about. She seised a chair, am! in
a moment sent the scoundrel out doors.
Not oonteul with this, aha followed her
two blocks, clubbing him at every jump,
and tbeafgot bar neighbors to bring bun.
husband none. The two men started for,
an officer to have Kidder arretted, when
he handed over the watch and agreed
to refund the money, but ran away
Saturday night without eo doing.—iMraU
Fret Prtn.
Tux MCTT*SO.—Tbe Signal, published
at Ventura, CaL, thus cumwritei the
valuable potato of Utia horse: Tbe
mustang or uative Califoraiaa liorae,
like Ute lodian. will soon be num
bered among tbe thing* of tbe past.
With all hia defect*, he baa qu tUties and
point* of rare value, and that should be
preserved. He can thrive and subsist
where the American or English blood
would starve, is fleet and sure footed aa
tbe mule, while hia power of endurance
under saddle are anrqualed. He is small
of stature, but aa symmetrical aa the
Arabian; wild by nature, and often
vicious, but always spirited, and, with
proper training and kind treatment, fre
quently exhibits al! the sflcctiountc sen
sibilitie* of the best breeds. It !a no
uoeommon feat for him to carry a
good rider one hundred miles in a day,
and it ia claimed that manv of them oan
go much further in that time. We have
specimens that at the age of sixteen were
aa gay and fiery a* thq best blooded five
rear oMs, and that would kill most
■nduriug of them on a short or long
Journey. A saddle bones they are pre
ferred ®jr all who know them beat, as
they are also for all light work. It has
always seemed to us passing strange that
no attempt has ever yet been made In
California to preserve the admirable
qualities of this ancient flock of homes
in their parity. To permit them to ig
nobly perish,"as now eecm* likely, would
lie as singular as unfortunate. Whoever
undertakes and succeeds ia bringing
him up to a higher perfection, or pre
serves hia present merit*, will earn a
name and a fortune.
Crete HS is Gxxava.-On# of the ooeer -
Mt ut (io(Tew custom* is their manner
of conducting their auction*. When a
man bid*, a wax taper ia lit, and liia bid
holds Rood aa long aa the taper last*. A
taper la lit for ensry bidder. Of aouree
the lat and bigheat bidder haa the best
ehanoe. A long-aide of the auction should
be placed the other queer custom the
Oeneveoe have, of making the world, as
tar a* in them Ilea, to stand still for
a couple of hours in the middle of the
day. Nothing can keep yonr ordinary
onsen of Geneva from throwing every
thing aaide at noon, and going to dinner.
The hanker locka up between twelve and
two, going on with bnahieea in the after
noon. Even the coachman, that yoti hare
taken by the hour, will want to leave yon
between twelve and one. The fact to,
there haa been nothing on the Geneves*
stomach bnl bread and ootfee aiace the
night before. It is unquestionably the
tneagreneaa of their breakfast* which
makes them ao prompt to disappear
between twelve and two.
A RettAßK*Bt.a Riven.—The Platte, to
a remarkahle river. On our way
through Nebraska says a correspondent,
we followed It for nearly three hundred
miles, flowing there nearly east, and
now, having crossed the first range
of the Kooky Mountains, we find it again
in the Laramie Plains, hundreds ef miles
nearer it* source, here flowing nearly
north, whenoe, alter a long distance, it
swings aronnd, passes through a gap in
the Hlack Hills and make* iu way east
ward and southeastward through Wyom
ing and into the western part of Nebraska,
where it is Joined by the South Fork, and
to thenceforward the main l'latte River
mentioned above. Some idea of the sise
of the territory we hare in thto region
may be formed by tho fact that the
Platte and its tributaries drain a region of
country larger than all New England,
New York and Pennsylvania.
Ht# Covvimows.—Napolean had earn
eat idea* of life, to say the least. "Do you
dread tha war as endangering ray life t"
he asked. It was thus that In tha times
of conspiracy, attempts ware made to
frighten ma abont Georges, lie was said
to be every my track : thai
the wretched being was to fire at me.
Well! suppose he had. lie would at the
utmost have killed my aid de-camp. But
to kill me was impossible. Had lat that
time ac<*>rtfr>?t*hed the decrees ol fate ?
I feel myself Impelled toward a goal, of
which 1 am ignorant. The moment 1
have reached it, as soon as 1 am nolooger
of service, an atom then will suffice to put
me down. But till then all hnman efforts
will avail nothing against me. Whether
lam In Paris, or with the snny, is there
fore quite indifferent. When my hour
comes, a fever, or a fall from my horee in
hunting, will kill me as effectually as
a bullet. Our day* are numbered."
SIMMER IT*AT. —The last summer sea
son has exhibited unusual conditio!*
throughout the world, fhe heat has been
excessive through the northern hemi
sphere, In America, Europe, India, etc.,
so much so, indeed, as to involve a great
loos of life direotly by sun-stroke, and in
directly by a greatly increased mortality
from other diseases. Exceasi ve rains have
prevailed in various parts of the United
•-intes, while others have suffered from
unusual drought. It is many ytars since
there have been snch terrific exhibitions
of tli under and lightning, many individuals
and large numbers of domestic animals
having been killed, while tornadoes of
great severity hate been vary prevalent.
TERMS : Two Dollars a Tear, in Advance.
"■tii <4% * . Ml'Jl Uktii i: d
Ihe Row* or aalneea.
Th* ReeUta of NapUs oootaias the fol
lowing account of the loss of two gentle
men in the orator of Vesuvine, who with
great temerity insisted on being lowered
down to the dark egvern immediately
below the otiflee of the crater i *'A party
was formed to ascend Mount Vesuvius in
Urn Caff* di Europe. The party consisted
of tw<> American*, three Englishmen, and
one Frenchman. They took oaiiiages
from the eaffe for Ilesina, reaching there
at half-past eleven f>. V. Having pro
cared horses, guides, and other necessaries,
they started for the burning mountain
and began tbe SMeut, on Laigl (JarogUo
leading as eieerone, ami arrived at the
base j* iltt typwnjnurt cone further than
Which haregf do not go. His tourists
then began ue ascetfl over tbe hillocks
and boulders at lavs until the vicinity of
the crater was reached, when Messrs.
Jamas Wilcox and Francois La Mieur, aa
American and a Frenchmen, Insisted on
being lowered down to the cavern which
fa formed below tbe month of the volcano.
Tlie guides, who provided themselves with
ropes for that purpose, ootnplind with the
request of the foreigners and lowered
them down. The mo an Lain being per
fectly quiet no danger was anticipated j
but when one of the party above tbe
crster called out to the rash adventoram,
no gnawer was returned. Thw guides
growing anxious, crfed, " GenUnuian, it
would be better for you to hold on to tbe
ends of tlie rep,*. Still the ropes re
mained alack, and no answer came from
the sulphurous and mirky oavrra below.
Twenty minuter passed and the adven
turers were yet silent. It wae then pro
posed that one of the guides should he
lowered down and bold on to the ropee
until he had investigated the appearance
of the cavern base, lie had hardly en
tered when he ertad out loudly; U 6u!
■a ! non c'a nivote ehe una pietra etretMs
gima!" (" Up ! dp! th are's nothing here
but n very narrow roek U*)
As far as any living person can tell the
rest, the unfortunate stnmgera, the vic
tims of their own imprudence,were buried
into "tlie mysterious abysses of Mount
Vesuvius.
In thia same month, sixteen years ago,
two Eag'Ubmen of birth and iortuna, and
a French comedian committed the aame
terrible error. Tbe earn# ambition which
urged lb em to scale the icy heights of
the Mstterhornaieo nerved them to search
insidious Vesuvius while It slept, and
they were either lost in some labyrinth of
lavs and ashes or emcahered *y vapor of
snlphor.
How Ah Sit Keep* th* Day.
Tbe San Francisco BmlUtt* says It ia
the custom among Chinese bona* ser
vant* to stipulate with tbmr employers
for a portion at Sunday, on which day
tho* visit their countrymen in the
Chineea quarter, talk-over the news from
home, have their heads shaved, go
through with their genuflections and
salaams in joss houses, smoke opium,
Ac., some of them closing up the day's
performance* by gettiag rid of their
week's wage* in the Chinese gambling
houses, which are so thickly located
along Dupont street The sidewalks
swarm with these gregarious beings,
wlioee nature it is to nndJle ia flocks on,
the surface and burrow in hands beneath-
Their dens are hives of industry <m week
day*, and room# reeking with amok® on
Sundays. A visitor who venturns fee id e
ha* to step over the prostrate bodies of
opium smokers, and feel hi* way through
clouds of smoke, meantime holding hi*
noae against a sickening stanch of fetid
breath, decayed flab—in abort, a >n
giomerabon of odors nowhere b> be
found outside of a cellar reeking with
the fume* of a crowd of Chinese. For
the sake of the delegable pleasure to be
fsnud in such places, John frequently
refuse* to take good aituations in the
emiutrw; like Bridget, he must be in
town, where he can at least once a week
see hi* "cousin." Tbe Chinese have,
baste of uncles and oousina—
especiallythe latter—are counted bv the
■core. They regard aa cousins those
several remove* further than a white
man evar thinks it worth hia while te
inquire. These ' cousin*" are generally
friend*. all belonging to the same com
mercial company, and when they meet
on Sunday, the jabbering it energetic
bejrond description. All day and late
in "the night John keeps up hia round
of visits among hia cousins, but manages
to be on baud Monday morning, ready
for work, which he generally performs
cheerfully, and with fidelity.
Holland a It Iv
BafTon said Holland vras the lowest
country of the globe, bat be waa mistaken
The greatest depression in the earth's
surface is fonnd In the plains about the
Deed Sea, thirteen hundred feet below
the level of the Mediterranean. Had he
said the lowest in Europe, he would
, doubtless have been correct, as a large
1 part of the land is thirty feet beloer the
surrounding sea level. The greater part
of the ooantrv to oompoeed of the mud of
the Rhine, as the soil of Egypt has been
formed trrza the deposits of the Nile.
What haa not come from the many-mouth
ed Rhine to the gift of the sea. Holland
dikes against the sea from without and
the rivers from within, and theae streams
present the same difficulty as the Mtosto
•uripl—the gradual rising of the bed from
alluvial deposit, and the consequent neces
sity of additional diking. For a number
of years the water of the riven, like a
wild beast in leash, has been led to the
sea by embankment, but thto does not
always prove sufficient.
There are Franoh scientists who have a
theory thet Holland is gradually and con
tinually sinking, and will ultimately dto>
appear. Thto opinion rests on researches
made at three separata point* of the coun
try, which show, according to these geolo
gists, that the level haa undergone oen*
siderable depression. The prooese to to
•low, however, should the theory prove
true, that the inhabitants of th present
and following centuries will hardly be
disturbed. There to an old legendary
prophecy of like tenor hovering about the
fishermen's villages on the coasts, that
the sea will one day take back what was
once taken from it. Bat.before such a
submersion takes place, the ingauuto of
man may doubtJeea be relied on for find
ing some means of averting the disaster of
AUantis. '
IIOBSB POWER.— The term horee power
bears among engineers three very different
meanings, being, however, generally auali
fied by the adjectives nominal, indirect,
or actual, each of which refcra to certain
special data upon which the estimate
of power is based. Nominal hone-power
is generally estimated from the diameter
of the cylinder, the length of the stroke,
multiplied by a certain standard velocity
of piston and pressure of steam. Asjcach
engineer decides for himself what this
pressure and velocity shall be, the stand
ard varies with different makers, and for
all practical purposes a statement of the
diameter of cylinder and length of stroke
would convey a far clearer idea than any ,
mere expression of nominal hone-power.
MADNKSS. —When George the Second
proposed giving the command of the
expedition against Quebec to Wolf, great
objections were raised by the ministry;
and the Duke of Newcastle, in partionlai;
begged His Majesty to consider that the
man was actually mad. Mad, is he,"
said the King, "well if he be I wish hi#
madness was epidemic, and that every
officer in my anuv was taiaad with iv',
<.Xt :j% . ' .1, f i if IKfU *1
NO; 4>.
>li ~n ~it \U* ni j >j-j I->- ■ m
An fmltoa Iraisw.
The Lneknow Thm telU u that w
litfle While ago a gcnttouiau, ilwniwd
a. of ••rathar pwyomoastng apvaaraope.
same to that plaoa, brtoging wflh him
Hteia of httroduction to sevenfi pe€.|>to
ia moderate uircumntanoes. with these
ueopto he lived, sod having r< pn >• *
hiiuwif as k gentlemsn of promooe, be
ing sefie owner and jjumaaaor *f on* lakh
and fifty thouaand rupees, ♦ treated
with the at moat dofeme .• and rourtoar,
and farther, wee permitted to mln the
affecttona of a young trifese only
ucraoual Httrwtio! - apjHmred _to be ■
profusion of valuable jewelry I Art ertt
sUntiy sported. The young lady *-
plained that her father wee ai extra ea
~i-. .i:i . <■: atattooertat some
thing toes than a thousand mfito !■
Ooaao, and pomessieg an IfrUei im
mgaaarnhto extent mnfiaoelotuyle val oe.
to which he waa the hem**. A match
was very soon arranged, and the yeuog
couple, as happy as <"-!?!- and iJwrtWjl
combined could make (hem, mar|
ried, and left Luc-know on thialf vrthSf
tour a few days ago. And hart the toky
to ha a happy one, should *'
fortunately, thia is not the ead of the
tale. The: gt-nUi-inan took pfe bride to
Boxsr, where it turned out tbat he was
. imaged in the truly detechdte and
highly remunerstive profeerton ef fire
man on the Eert India Ilealw*|, drawing
the munificent salary of forty CUpeea a
month, and It was with feehaftS of *n
atterud anguiah that he foil it hi" dirtg
to inform the lady that n>e lakh and a
half of the rupees were in the hands of
another party, who obstinately n fused
to give up the mewv on the gronod of
his being th* rightful owner of it The
bride ben the,diwpiH-cuunent wfth
stomal equanimity, and informed her
LusbaadL with unfaignrd rtsglwh .4frrt A
similar^difficulty exirtecl with ! regard to
her father's estate near Cmmo. The
estate was there ail right of course, but
H was encumbered to eaeh a® (xteut that
it was imjxwkMbto to get at tt The na
ture of the enrumbranoe, t<., -wee '
tnemrty jM-caUar; an old acmuwtor tort
another estate on ton of it, iff be ob
stinately refused to take it off. fiend the
whole of the valuable iewlry. rthirit had
proved ao excellent a bail, had k< re
turned to the hnde'aaartelr and th* other
ladiee from whom it had heeri hearowed
for the occasion It is said ttmt the pur
lieer their oornmon disapfwiniment with
a very good grace, and are sa, happy as
can be expected under tbi ctvoum
stances. " t ~ •
j) , '1 A
Mngolnr KaraMW - ' I
The fftottl Batfkmttm * Mecawm
journal has been publishing *tjf iu
favor of polygamy, and gritag >-ten e* of
b*pptnM ;a the pjural marnsgirtfrfr. A
an te some of the the Wl
Lake Tdbuu teQs the ionowtng which is
couched for as strictly trurr'- j
A lew tvsrs ago there lived is tho town
ofßpsmtii Parka man who was blessed
with a loving campeoion. She wait 'the
wile of his parly years, kind, tovtaf and
ifTsctiomate. She burly idolised her hus
band, bis love for it r r: ( ; <-,u .!. They
lived ouly a those do who lore each other
with true affection. But the Bittern wort
ronthmally advtong the boshaaa te take
another wife, teßtng him it M the only
tras road tosalvamam -1 t
"Bat," said he; ' ray poor wife will fl*
i may. She could never be sattcited wito
that state of nie."
"What!* said the bishop, tate ysa. pnte
1 tend V s br gowmcd by yottr wifel,. Aw
you going to loaeaalrrttoo that you may
pleaae voor wife? It mm damaed foolery
hke tLat that ptayrd (he d*vi with man
in thofisst .plana; fee pleasing a woman
would (brew away your a)ratfe%] Kg
! 1 advise von to take anotbvr wife as qaick
s pnsdbie or rim dread the fii wifr of the
Loid." ' sti
Hearing thw, the poor fellow was pre
vailed upon to take another wife. He did
ao. and as he said, his poor wife became
traatic. Alter a<"T*nt,; with arirt far a
few months she bveamc hopttetaly insane;
than her lot* tunate to the molt deedly
hatred. She was cootinnsUy swearing
vengßanoe against her hashand. In thej
coarse or time her husband died, and his 1
funeral procoarioo pa*vuc her door, the ran i
t ett^and,foil owing tbr fct-aw, thmar itawea
I at it the whole way to the grave, cursing
> the deed man as the earn* rt all her Iron
; bta. In a few months, aha heart# pawed
i IWITi W >|
i The TVfrmte add*: *Now let the reffott
iv# and honest Mormon answer what torn
it that poor distracted wile curaed and
•toned because of her blighted lilet We%
it not -polygarayT" -
: 11 ■ - ■
Bona Dam*.—Among the names
> registered at the Tonal* th* other night
was tost of a youth about 15 yearn of
" who had been arrested for dniiik
s cnne*s. But he was not drank; nor had
he been drinking.' . H* waa, tmmmat,
i in good, sound health, but gave all th*
I external iadieattoßß of Uiac intoxicated
! when arttstod by a police officer. ITpo*
urotesting to U* keeper of th* Tombs
| that he was not mt^xseated* it wae re
vesled that the unfortunate youth nao
! lieeu born a natural dttrakard ctr rather
1 that he had always acted like such a
thing. He said that although in good
health, ha had never bean able to wuik
without staggering. His apeeeh w* l*
unlike tbrt of persona in a decided strte
of intoxication ; and when excited he
a ouUl mutter and reel. The unfortunate
youth was detained until the next day,
and waa not rent to the courts to be
gased at through judicial apeeteelvs. A
subsequent iareatiirdian of Hm' b
prove® thgt the l*d had been telling the
truth about himself, bat his condition
revealed a demonstration of the natural
law ttat the child is a fair copy of hia
parent*. It appears that prior to .mar
riage the father had Itoou a eefiret Bat
cis turned mehriJta, S"d whemtha farts
became known to the woman thus sud
ttouiy and ftmutpeotec&y, the wept in the
most.tattiblc manner. ,Ahmort wrt-h-'-n
--heartod, she conlemplatl the ifofartv
miserv in store for her. Months passed
awitv." when H was discovered that the
child, at thres years of age, arte*
strangely ; and at the end of six months
i the unhappy woman realised all her
j forebodings. The effeotproduced ttpon
the mother was not without its taftaanc*
upon the fattier, however- Kealizuw,
in the midst oT tears of liftter utiguyh,
the sin tbat hud been visited upon the
child, the man reformed. He has now
several bright children, and most ex
emplary ones, tooi ibey are. Bnt the
boy that was brovtght tot* the Tombs
was not drank, but had had entailed
upon him a life of V- Poptr.
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llebhijws.—The Jemttk ifssKWfsr says
there are "nothingarians" jn the Jewish
as there are in other religious oomiauai
ttes, and Uujr include bnukera and law-
Sera ,and such like who will hot close
leir business places on the Sabbath or
holiday". The Hfetttcffct think* that
there are not lam than eighty thousand
Jews to New York because the New
Year holiday* found upwards of thirty
.synagogues crowded to excess, and there
were at least twenty temporary shrines
opened for the solemn season, all full, to
repletion. In the eastern section of the
oity, from Fourteenth to- tiaventieth
street, there-were tea mind(ilatla fitted
up as qynagogwete sad all were 1011. The
majority ai those attending these tem
porary fante seldom viait the synagogue
they M rnb! inpabHo worahtdp^
foot is agate* ermrymux. *****
Tha present fasblanSbV qptxuin takes
-off horfbonnet with a roml^
Wan WttHate-lfa®®* pocket hattdlMf*
ehtef (he oi%toij pa wiper t
Ofctofe Hi aatwmd *f thpgruM chaos*
predating fltotaa-trf th* VMMu
A loving swain In Maine dofiicatod a
napkin ring " Tomy almort rtfe."
The Gaadsa Wi oountaittfarir eg*
from their man-teg* not their birth.
If e t>t>er end a quart of wMskey were
left together, which wiuld b drunk
ftrrt t
m aa alias, of the W<wtjtodi*s, ere
wilfc |p,*' *■
Tstng Island he* fifty-nine trrnit poade
erctworiea, are north 51.-
An flatten end a Japan*** woman
have Um married ia GtUtorota. What
a mixta re ! J , ?,
The average of 16,400 persons weighed
el the C>.' n. u exposition wee only
160 pounds.
A party of me in CaMwrtl, Kansas,
lately disposed of eleven hsrae tbeivee
stone toll ewoop. •
A at#* on the ooleide of St. JLonie
<Ath4 out say*- Care cannot "wait for la>
tiitokiaa good-by.
to 'To nli e good broil—tear® a letter
from one of yoar old sweethearts where
your wife can find It.
Stream has horrified the
twinging back with hum fro® Iketon
the viae of tohaano-obewing.
A Kaoaas pioneer attended Banrem's
■how end eenf Uiet the Mummy wasn't
*' nothing but e jerked lojoa.
Adrire* from Porto Btoo, vie Havana.
Oct. l'Jth, state that the anger crop Una
year promisee to be abundant
A woman recently died in England
from inflammation produced by a email
uteoe of atttaheU frying into her aye.
The Doyleetown Demoreat my*'.
"When autuma merriee winter the wefrr
ding rakes ere frr-etad." How sweet!
' An aequrintmoe of toe Mobile Tr^***
t-SSptaftt®? 1
Letter* from Newfoundland any it is
now pretty certain tbat the oateh of cod
itt be leee than two-thttd* of lart year.
A Woman in Jersey County. 131..
challenges any man in the ooonty to n
plowing match with her lor #lo® a aide.
Lightning to impartial in its dertrue- §
tteT ft ZflmrSTton <**•**••
farmer end (ho pntooe o# the Spanish
king.
Why to a aelfiah friend like tbelrttor Jj
1 Benna*, thought th* first in Jg
pitv. be in the tort ia help.
Jurteneeh stoknoas is wfmrtod
western town to "make the j.hysicmiis
ha" This to rstber an indefinite J
statement. ' j
. A new style of eardrop screws tote the
toU of the tortared member, so that toe
lart or diamond tests upon the wee if
with ne support. • l - i
The efforts mad* to outtasate the tea
plant at CaJUu*. California, have en-
Srrir failed. Nwlyanoftbeptonte.it
to stated, ate dead.
i Wore rem baa fefiea in New Hemp
'fbuHt H-
A young Engliah aabool girl was tote
lv 1 whtepfd with a birch rod on her
naked person for receiving a love totter
ftpoffl a voting man.
A Londoner war recently sentenced to
four months iasgrimmmont with hard
labor for burning out a oafs eyes and
knocking Its teeth down its throat
ft to reported that some of the ferti
ieksWe mtfßnen are realty becoming
atoamedat the toigo number of todies
who make toeir own bonnets.
U to a enrimm toot that attempts at
midd from Waterleo Bridge have in
camaed alnee eoah wide pablioity was
given to the death of Alice Btoncne 0-
iirid* %
There tea mas in CWnmbns ao fond
of laoti vwftoat toils said, after paying a
man altuLhh walks down hope with mm
ao as tone aw the money as long as
It 1s esrimated that fee annual lorn to
lOssoari from insect depredations
amounts to 560 000,U00. This estimate
was made by the gfeudeni; t the Stole
Hbrtienltarrt Atciety.
EboT wood weighs 63 pounds to the
ouhat- fcKJk; liguuntrifae the same ; hie-
Torr, 52 podncte; birch. 45 pound, j
bw4. r.ydllow pine, 88; cedar. 38 ;
white pidhM; and cork, 15.
lira, Elisabeth HOl, of Geneva, N. T.
.bed reoentiv from congestion of toe
atomach, produred by a p*t of cloth
Am !ufis square which she had swal
louetf. - n
As you begin to rtart up toe fires, look
well to your chimneys, that they are not #
eraektd, and am thai no pipo-hoiea are
wstepped, or filled with combustible
matter. ,
It to reported tost two third* of the
priceta in Paris era randy to follow
example—as soon as they
can Ami the eeaemtirt American widows
wi(hs7v^ptooe.
A hot wa,ter mitraiUenr has been in
vented tad wit In nee In India. It is
intended ft# shipboard, and can give at
• abort mag* a very murderous broad
aide of amWxng steam.
It to aaidtbe odors of Oolong* are not
such as We might expert from the name, /
and by a like unfitaem, the eioeedmglj /
dirty cite of Antioch doe* a consider
able business In step manufacturing.
Although th* number of new steam- *
beats now budding for lake and river
navigation in the west and fouthwert is
not equal to that of former yean, vet
the aggregate tonnage exceeds any for
mer ycanr work.
An oU tody of nearly eighty having
reoeatjy hanged hertelf in Kentneky,
the coroner's Jury una divided in opinion
ooaos ruing the nice ptyehfllogical dis
tinction between temporary insanity and
a "fit of hanger."
Chicago's last wonder of smartness la a
bov who began bnstoess aometime ago by
aeliing a aqwe Prt> d • ot
envelopes,and now ownsastationsrv store
a paper rohm and a printing office, and
prepMW to adit a weekly paper,
lit Jfaai before geing to befleet two pig's
lent and a etdd apple pie. In leso than
an hour you will see a make larger than it
a hawser devouring light blue haired
child ran which Lgve just escwed from a
monster with sorrel eyes and a red hot
overcost.
m The engineer and fireman of a Tennessee
train, at foU apeed, lately had a fight
which malted adversely to the engineer.
The fireman then suddenly reversed the
ctagtee with eueh a shock that several can
pgr* smashed and the train delayed
several hours. *
Lord Kinnaird has informed hie tenant
ry in Perthshire that he will make a re
duction itrtbe rent of hie farms oommen-
SHWtowkh Ike Isas which Lis tenants
have sustained by the badness of the har
vest. Nito the View of carrying out this
totentioa, he will take into Ms counsels
two of Ms tenants. '
. Heme ef the uHre feehioahble todlee
of New Yortt have iotrodueeda new cue
torn, or rather readoptad a trtfiy old ono.
When an a*|uatotanoe catami te ao un
fbrtunate as to find the ladies cmt, instead
of beihg asked to leave hie card, he la re
quested to inscribe his name In a hand
some visiting book] '
The Amherst Standard is ifeiponsible
for the following : "One of epr sopho
moreshfts devised a new wky*f tolling
had news. He writes home to his father,
••I came near losing thirty-setpn doUars
tost wA " Anxious paren| writes back
that that the mpoey was
not lost, and wunt to knoWhow near.
By return mail, "Came witoiuVma of it,
lost thirty-aha;:"'- 5 2. -• w -3S&'