,l * WaMfe* Bowie ai the garden gate. Peild the daiey leaeea M* rt: * "He eooiee, come* not, he come*,' " ringa "he " Patience now, my foolieh heart; For daisy lea vex teU tralh, yon know j My low and I will Had it #o. •• Birdie, in the tree fcbove. Keep w*t\ Standing at the Rrda ga<\ While tha shadows longer grow Mw< yon the truth did tell; Wo haw found it not *o well." Only Acroa* the River. land wliefdjU• angvla And our loved one* are garnered forever,' White aong* of datHtranco in full anlho-na swtil, >|l Where sorrow* **r eotne, their Joya to dia jxd ; It ia only tctoaa the tiver. There's* lieaiynb rest, s heme of.Might, never; of where saints, clothed In I white, Kejoice in ths gooduesa of God, dsy and night; ,*. . a >' It is only screes the river. Tht rswoAsnsiens prepared ito the holy and pure, T*xu from earth, death their spirit* shall sever, When those vrho in Christ to the end, shall e dnre, * Shalt dwell In His pm—lf fbrevcr aeenre ; It is cud; serves the river. j There's a robe and a crown in that beautiful land. Which Jeans, the glorious giver. Shall bestow upon those who are worthy to f at and, When probation is post, tt ths Father's right band, 11 is only serosa the river. Then we'll Aar net the gloom that hides the brirfet shore. For Christ shall be there to deliver, And guide us in safety, though billows msy , roar, B* the light of Hit love, the dark water* • o'er; It ia only aeroas the river. (.RACK STANLEY'S DECISION. " I dare say, Gracte, yon have by this time, made up your mind as to what you j propose doingt" said Airs. Manning, in a 1 half doubtful manner, gliding into herj ueice's chamber and furtively casting her eyes over its rich and delicate appoint-! tttnts. "Yes. auntie, I believe I bare," re-j turned the yonng eW, locking up hastily from a just-finished noto on berVacfitoire. sad rising to -offer some courtesy to her aunt. "And pray what is HF said Mrs. Manning, peering searching!)" into the tender blooeyes of her neice, and evoking from her a treacherous blush. " Yon hnve, at least, taken long enough to come to a conclusion." Grace turned away to avoid tie gaze of Mrs. Manning, ami a happy couplet recur ring to her memory, she smiled pleasantly under the deepening blush, and gaily sang : "And of the choice who can doubt, OA testa w.tU love or throne* without." A frown ns% ed the questioning ex pression on Mrs. Manning's countenance, j and, reddening with anger, eke said : *• And so lam answered F* " You will' marry Osear Howard t" " That ia my intention, aunt, 1 ' said < Grace, firmly. "And will throw away alt chancee for j an alliance vrith William Duncan?" m " Without doubt, auntie." "And per consequence " said Mrs- Manning, a cold, sarcastic sneer distorting ! the symmetry of her beautiful lips. Hut Grace would not allow her aunt to ; finish her sentence. "Mast arrange at once to seek other I shelter than my uncle's roof. I feel—l know this." &>r a moment a look of tenderness swept over the face of the fashionable, worid-lovfcg woman. A sudden rush of j recollection brouirht befbre her the death- ; beil of her only sister, and the words with which she committed to her the charge of bur only child—a liule cherub of two year*, that hid its flaxen ringlets on auntie's bosom, and wept herself sick when they shut up pretty mamma in the box. All the wiheing gracefulness, all the tender affection of this child's childhood ! and youth came up before her heart's j vision, and she doubted whether her own 1 conscience would justify her, or whether her own happiness would be materially increased by proceeding harshly against berueice. Bat the world came in with its cruel cynicism; ?be had never loved, I herself; but aha waa rich and evied, and to place her p>n: ilese niece in the same 1 position, would, ia her tetimatioo, be ful-1 filling all the requirements of her adop tion. And then the voice of her dying sister stole up like broken chords of sweet mask, through her soul: "If my little girl ahould live to be a i women, do not force her heart, Emily.! Do not let her be sacrificed in marriage to any consideration, but the holy one, which should rule m the bridal. / married a, poor man—my family discarded me for it i —but I was happy; and now lam going to meet the husband of my lore, where marriage is eternal." The brown, fringed lids closed over the violet eyes, the pale lips murmured : "Lord, Jeftm, peer ire— my—spirit," A seraphic briflKnci-s flashed over the pale face, and 'tile spirit of Marian Stan-! ley had joined its love. Mrs. Manning remembered all this, and, i closing her eyea against niece for a few moments, sathdJPig com munioQ with her own soul. It was over. She get ap aud, without a word, left the room, returning almost immediately. "If It must be," she said, cooly, - " hasten your preparations," laying before | her niece a well-Ailed portemonuaie. "Thank you, aunt/said Grace, dedd-1 edly; returning the-pocket-book to her aunt, " I shall not need the contents of I ' - this. Ia the station that I shall fill, as the j wife of a merchant's clerk, I shall not! need a costly wardrobe, and it you will permit, what I have already will answer all lay purposes. Under the circum • stances, I cannot think of accepting a sin gle dollar from you." "Grace Stanley," said Mrs. Manning, sharply, "what will the world aay of met" w Nothing, aunt, but that your niece waa ungrateful, disobedient and rebellious —neither of which, thank God, ahe is— and deserve*! expulsion from your roof, with all the penalties that attach to self will and waywardness."'. * In the meantime she had doßDed her cloak and bonnet, and taking the note to Danton, in which she had toM him of her intention to marry another, she bent over and, kissing her aunt's forehead, rushed down stail's and was soon tnrouie to the t° r e Osgfw HowJM was em < >n street eha mat Willian. Danton. who drove up in a flashing phaeton, drawn by a paff 6f sleek, dappled bays, that seemed to scorn the earth upon which their dainty feet rested. Beside him sat a weTl-kept, liveried coachman, while all the appointments of the equipage evinced not only the wealth, but good taste of the owner. But about him there waa an alt of reck lessness and insouciance against which the pure soul of Grace Stanley revolted. Driving up to the pavement, he leaped from his seat and stood beside her. "Oh, dear, how lucky!" he exclaimed. " I was just going up to take you out, but —r—r Ah! I see. You are not dreseed for a drue," casting his fastidious eyes down upon her plain street drees, " and, upon my soul, i couldn't think of taking you oat without A chance of better dis play tharrtliis," laying Ids hand npon her aegfrstl sfntedcloak, and glancing • uir w her equally negative bat. " But, Grace," be took occasion to wisper, "I FRED. KURTZ, Editor outl Proprietor, VOL. V. .Hfcprrr much wish to sec von thlfjnofn e-wne to W'irtfi sort of a .rawKM < Mr njf.iir# tit ess*r. The okl sr%r|M>r says 1 must ir#t married; go to HfSandwich Island*; Jo something- Hop thia la*y dog's lift.. lam spending to much of his tnooojr,* 1 etc. Ho laughed, and, forgetting whore h *, caught tip (> race's hand, much to bar disgust. With an effort she withdrejMsit. and as calmly aa possible, "Thanks," she said, "Mr. Dauton. Were 1 eer so appropriate)/ derated, 1 could not drive out with you this alter noon; and as to our ojfair M txrur , you will have a note from me to-morrow that will define my position. 1 have put ow in the post since coming out. 1 wiah you a pleasant drive. Good-bye!" And releasing her hand, she threw a thick veil OTerhcr face, and walked ra pidly nntil she reached the atore. When she entered, ahe sent to Oaoar Howard a notice at once of her presence; but he Wing busy, she sat beeide one of the counters nntil he eould come to her. During this time she wa* busy with thought. He whole life had Wen sur rounded with luxury, but nevertheless it was one of dependence. Would she be less dependent by giving up the luxury to which ah* had been accustomed to, be cause the wife of a man wholly depen dent upon his salary as a merchant'* clerk? "Yes," she answered to herself; "a wife should be a help and not an incnm Sranee to her husband, and a helpmate I am resolved to be ;" aud a look of smiling res*lre overspread her teat urea, as Oscar Howard approaching recalled her trom her abstraction. " What has brought you here this after noon, Grace I" he said tenderly, his quick intution not failing to note something un usual ia her manner. " Are you ready, Oscar, ts be married?" she asked, in a wisper. "Not exactly, dearest," he wispered. 44 1 have been trying to summon eoursge to ask of Mr. loicy an increas* of salary in prospect; 1 wish to make yoa as com fortable as possible." "We must get married at once," she said, firmly,-" without regard to your salary." "Well." he answered, in return, "to morrow, if need be," feeling that she had been impelled to her course by some un questionable motive. "Then to-morrow evening, at seven o'clock, at Church, let it be, Bring some ol your friends as witnesses, and with a single female friend, I shall meet you. Do not fail." She extended her hand to him across the counter, drew her veil over her lace, sod with tears of mingled emotions brim ming her eyes, she passed out of the store, and .hastened her steps to the house of her friend, to engage her services. From this interview, Oscar Howard retired to the private office of his em plover. He wa* pale and agitated; ami thinking the excellent young man wa* ill, Mr. Lacy sprang up from hi* jwat at his desk to offer him a glass of iced water. Declining the courtesy and taking the seat indicated by Mr. Lacy, Howard said: " I have come to speak to yon upon some- very important business. I am about to be married, sir, and " " Ah,"said his employer; "and " "I miust make bold to ask a small in crease of my wages." Mr. Laey's voice assumed a tone of calmness." "Have you never saved anything from your salary, Mr. Howard?" "Not until tbe last six months, sir. Up to that time I supported my invalid mother. Since her death, I have man aged to save cne-half every month." "Indeed! I did not know yon had a mother." "Yes, sir; and, could my individual wish have been considered only,l would have kept ber here for all time. But she was a terrible sufferer, ond her re lease, though it left my life very deso late, gave me n measure of comfort." "And who are vou to marry?" "Miss Stanley.'' "Not the niece of Manning, the ban ker?" "The same, sir." "How is this, Howard?" "I love her, and she lows me. That is all, Mr. Lacy." "And will not Manning do something for his niece?" "Nothing, sir, if she married me." "She could not marry a more worthy fellow." Thanks. Mr. Lacy; bnt she might marry a very much richer one." "And who is that?" "Williim Danton." "Yes,l see; the son of Manning's part ner. He has money, position, good looks—everything; this is passing strange." "I am inclined to think so myself, Mr. I-acx." "And yon think your sslary is not sufficient to snpport a wife brought up in the manner in which Miss Stanley was reared? I fear, Howard, yon have made a mistake." "1 have no fear, sir," said the young man, confidently. "Grace Stanley is made of tbe material of which every true woman should be made; and, in her ac ceptance of me, she is fally acquainted with my situation and prospect* in life. Yet 1 should like to surprise her with a few more comforts than she has reason to expect." "Yon are invaluable to me, Howard," 6aid Mr. Laev, "and without this incen tive I shotilif have doubled your salary in the Spring. Two months in atlvance cannot break me. Consider that settled, then,from thi* time,and God bless yon." Mr. Lacy shook Howard's hanu and bowed him out. • • "• • • * In the dimly lighted elinrrk—while almost all the city sat around their nuts and wine at well fil'ed boards—Grace Stanley's was a solemn, nud scarcely a cheerful wedding. Yet tliere was no trace of sadness upon the young bride'a countenance—only the pare and holy emotion which should fill a heart re nounced to another; while in Oscar Howard's smile, when the few friends around offered their congratulations, there wa* the trinrnph of bappinea-. It waa something like a nine day's wonder among the fashionable friends when tI HI fmnoiracement wa* made tbrougjjh the city jiapere, and some re fused positively to credit the rumor. 'Tmpoesiblel" fftid one and another— manoeuvering mammas, womeu of the world, marriageable daughters, and as tute fortune hunters. "Mrs. Manuing is far too sagacious for a thing of that kind to happen within the range of her power. As long ns Mr. Manning knows the value of moDey, and lin< any regard for social position, such a marriage could never take place from his house." "Perhaps they wished to get rid of her ; she was only nn orphan niece,'' said a lady in whose bosom was a very small share of human kindnesv. "But un adopted child," said a listen er. "From Mr. Manning's own hps I have heard he intended to make her his heir." "And young Danton was said to bo a suitor." "Very incomprehensible—very!" said an old society hanger-ou around drawing rooms of the rich. And eo went the gossip of Grace Stan ley's quondam friends, while she busied liersab in turning to advantage all the simple appointments o( her contrasted and contracted apartments on the third a • r.- • i jyfcgff * gt - THE CENTRE REPORTER floor of * plain but genteel boarding buusr. At the displeasure of her adopted put cuts ib waa deeply gnuvrd: but Uaidc from this, littdo rvoked she what [the babbling world ©utalde babbled aUmt. She waa happy How ard' love; she was con touted with btr simple man nor of livmg; aud day paa*el into weeks, and weeks into months, aud ttouth* into year*. with no dimtuutiou Jo bor contentment, uo diwiuutiou to bar bappiut***. llut not long waa Oscar lloward'aa very much "pent ur I'tica." With bis doubled salary ho round at the end of the tint six mouth* after marriage, he bad no petty aunt laid by in the saving* bunk. At the end of one year they were en abled to exchange their single third floor back room in their boarding house for acv my suburban cottage. Tuo next exchange bv virtue of the young "olive branches" that were spriugiug up around their board, waa to a suburban cottage more commodious. A few judicious outside investments had much increased the young roau's finances ; and when physical aud mental affliction had rendered business burden some to Mr. Laey, he offered a partner ship to hi* chief clerk, which in a short time became an equal one, aud the firm of I amy A Howard hail the name of oue of the strongest iu the city. Hy th'a tins# a great financial crisis waa making gigantic strides toward the very heart of the money market. Men looked pale and anxious, shook their heads doubtfully, and gloomily watched the cloud th.it continued to spread and blacken the financial firmament, until it stood directly over the great mouey mart,enveloping thouaaudi iu its sombre pall. • 'They say that the house of JM. inning A Danton, too, ia likely to go down in the vortex," aaid one to another, care lessly, as Grace He.ward stood on tbe curb stone before her door, awaiting the coming of her carriage around the cor nor. She had then a home ia one of the principal aveuues of the city—her husband's duties not allowing a resi dence more remote. * "It caunot be," said ths other. "That is one of the moat reliable houses ou the street." "Bnt has been ruined by the reckless uess'of ths youngest partner. You will remember the firm is now Manning, Danton A Son. It has beon only twelve months since Danton, Jr. has been one of the firm; but they tell mo he has not ouly squandered money moat fearfully in all specie* of dissipation, but hs ha* made injudieiou^investments; and more, is strongly suspected of fraud in more than a single instance." "1 am sorry for the sake of Manning, that this is so. He is au old man, and, 1 believe, an honest man." "Yet they ssy hia house cannot sur vive another day's run upon it." "Terrible!** exclaimed tho listener. "Can't they get help?" "Not with William Dan ton's fingers in their monev bogs." "Terrible!" again exclaimed tbe sec ond mm. and shaking bonds, one went up aud the other down the street, leav ing Grace Howard to digest the unwel come news of ber ancle's business condi tion as best she might. The carrrisge so long delayed, now stood before her. "Drive to Mr.Howard's store at once." she nervously ordered the driver. Grace was still nervous and agitated when she entered her husband's pres ence. "Tell me, Oscar," the asked, with s tremor iu her Toire, "how much money I sm now the possessor of, in my owu right?" "Twenty two thousand dollars." "Can I have the use of it?" "Assuredly, my dear; it belongs to yoti; bnt what do you wish to do with it?" "I have beard that my uncle wae in serious financial danger." "And #o liave I," said her hnshantl. "1 must see him my few thouaaud* may be of some help to him." •'Grace," raid her busliand, sternly, "he has ntterly ignored vour existence, since your marriage, ami will you now expose yourself to injury and insult?" " My uncle is in trouble now, ()*car. I cannot forget his more than fatherly kindness in my childhood and youth. In marrying yon, I disappointed all the expectations they bad reared, for wealth, faahion, and worldly poaition for me ; and while I can never blatne myself for obeying the dictate* of my own heart, 1 dare not cherish a feeling of resentment toward them. If my money—inconsider able as it is—will be of service to my nncle, he must now have it." She held her lips up for herlinshand's kiss, and, being driven rapidly, soon wa.* landed at the door of her unrJe's office. Among the eager crowd that thronged tko door-steps, each man with a certifi cate of dejioait nervously clutched be tween bis fingers, she mtde her way into hia presence. His eyes glassed over with tears, ts they fell upon her palo face. Mr. Mauing had grown old, weak, aud childish, within a week ; and he wonld fain have laid bis silvered, aching, care-worn bead upon the bosom of hi* adopted child, and craved forgiveness for all his cruelty and neglect. The iron had entered his aoul, and he was a better man—a softened roan. " Can 1 aee yon a moment, nn*lo ?" said Grace, heating lmck, with a look, the crowd that pressed forward, in silent determination, to secure securities lie fore leaving the office. " Can I see-you? 1 must see yon a moment privately." Leaving Danton, Br., to battle with their creditors, her uncle led the way into his pnvate office and boltei the door " Ilow is it with yon, nnelo ?" she suid. Tell me all 1 Tell me the worst 1 Tell me quickly !" " Another day, Gracie," said her ancle, gloomily, will end the struggle, and I shall be bankrupt. Thi* would not have been, even now, hut William Danton has been a defaulter for a large amount, disappearing with the greater portion of the assssta of tho firm, just previous to the crisis. If I had but a small amount, could last through one more day, and satisfy my creditors, 1 could easily re-establish myself in the fublic confidence. Bat wliv should grieve yon with this, my child ? You cannot help me." " I can help you some, perhaps, uncle. Would twenty thousand dollars be of any service to you ?" He started to his feet, snd grasped her hand like a vise. " Twenty thousand dollars would save me from ruin." '• Yon can have it, then, by one o'clock," Without another word she rushed from tbe banker's office, and giving an order, in an hasty voice, to her coachman, distanced every carriage in passing, and ere long, in her husband's office, was nervously counting over the soft, old, yellow, greasy rags, that were laid ns an emollient upon the festering sensibilities of her uncle's creditors. Iu another half hour, these old, yel low, greasy rags were laid in her uncle's hands. Two—three—o'clock came-bank honrs were over ; tbe sun was nearing its setting ; financiers many of them financiers no more for life —lingered about Mnmmou's quarter, as if h>th to leave, discussing the events of the dsy, probing into the probabilities of the morrow. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMRER 22, 1872. •'lWr Mutuant!! How in it with liint?" ntti.l tin-until on tin atrial. "mitt on lii* fool," tlm mi*n '•How is that?" said soother cm the brink of bankruptcy, and upon the principle that "itiiserv like* company," wo pleased rather than grieved whim lie hoard that a looker had been carried down IU the general misfortune. "Got help from some source—God kuoua where!** ,'They tell me," said another, who wan lisleutug moodily, that a woman twice visited Manning's office today. IVrhupa her visit had something to Jo with his safety." "Describe her ** "On# of his creditor* told me she was a handsome, brown-haired, blue-eyed wotnau, ol twenty five, perhaps." "Can it IK'— yes, it must bo—Mrs. Howard. You remember she was the adopted child of Mauuiug, nud iueurred ejection from his roof because of her acceptance of Howard, over that scoun drel, eWiUiaui Danton. Howard is now one of the moat prosperous merchants iu the city. She, it must have been; and doubtless rendered her uncle assist mice, for 1 am told she is abundantly able." The morrow's sun arose ti|M>n many a closed firm in the street—closed for all time. Hut apt so the house of Mau uiug A Dantiiu. At tho regular Tiusi uofts hour their doors were oncm-d. There were few loungers arouuu their step* that day; other .step*, where ruin, gaunt and grim, grew into more definite form a* the hours udvaueed, where far more attractive to the interested or the eurums. And so on, from day to dav, stalked the uauic, hand in hand with poverty, until, euuteut with their work, they cast a triumphant smile upon the wreck they had made, and retired. Hy littlro, Mr. Manning, though shaken iu health, began to restore hi* shattered fortunes, and, re-established in publie confidence, his house aoou re gained its old popularity. It is nedless to say, Grace Howard was also re-established in the confidence aud the hearts of her adopted parents; and a great concession it was for Mra. Manning when she admitted for the first time to her husband, "Yea, Oracie was wiser than we." In Mr. Manning's iron safe there lies a legally-attested will, and by this testa meut, when death shall have claimed the uncle and aunt, Grace Howard is destined to bo one of the wealthiest women in the city. She is not yet aware of it, but Oscar sometimes says to his wife; "I don't think, dear, they dislike us veiy much." How t'arlette Lives, A correspondent of the Liege Gateile sends to that {taper from Brussels a de scription ol tbe condition and manner ol lite of tbe Empress Car lotto jn the chateau ol Tenrusren. Her physical state i* re presented a* being a* good a* ever it wa and much better than two yean ago; hut there is no chanse tor the better in ber 'n tellcctual condition. Hbe ha* degenerated to a sort of conscious chit Jishoeas, but wilhouf the least tendency to violence. Of course, she live* in a very retired style; it may tie raid she is alone in two rooms in the chateau, where she herself attend* to all tin care* id her small menage. Iter doctor h the only person to whom sli seems attached, and who a xeroses a de-wive InHjpetire ovr ber. She receive* hint every morning for half an *pj>e*r quieted after tbesc intcrridw*. The twenty-nine other individual*. of all ranks who compose her hooehold are far Irom enjoying such favor, tbe i mpress ac cepta their attention with rrpuguance, and frequently repels them *1 together. She dtnea always alooc; she lights her own fire, and doeamsny other things usually I oft to attendants. She spends the greater portion of the day iodiUqg telegraphic dispatches to Napoleon 111, whom *he still suppiwes i* at the Tufh-rie*. and to conversing with spirits which bsuot (she says! tbe upper storie* of the castle, and of wnich she alone, a* she boasts under stand* the Isngnagv. She i* loud sl*o ol spreading out rich toilettes on the chair*, ami pracuaro before tksm the ceremonial o| cmrt reception*. In her eve*, the robe# and cAo/irawr represent the ladies of France and Mexico. She Hatter* one and speaks harshly to auother, and thus speudt por tions of her time. Stranxo to tell, she seems to bare lost atl sflection for her hinslolk, even lor ber brother, and will not receive the queen, much lc*s the kmc, or the Count dw Ftandrc. The fear of being poisoned has gone; for the empress with an excellent appetite eats of all that ia brought to a neighboring room, where she goes to help herself. All bopca of her cure ha* disappeared—which ia the more sad aa her excellent j hysical health promise* a long life. Thoaght* Essential fa Health. If we would have our IKKHIW healthy oar brains most lie use], and used in orderly and vigorous ways, that tho life giving streams of force may flow down from them into the ex|iectaQt organs, which ran minister but as they arc ministered nuto. We admire the vigor ous animal life of the Greeks, and with- OK' injustice we recognize and parjly Sv.-k to imitato tho variona gymnastic nod other mean* which they employed to secure it. But probably we should make a fatal error if we omitted from our *alcuiation the hearty and gemwou* turnout ties* which the highest subjects of art, speculation, and politics were pursued hy them. Surely, in this m*e, the beautiful and energetic mental life wa* expressed in the athletic and grace ful frame. Aud were it a mere extniT.i ganro to oak whether some port of the lassitude and weariness of life, of which wo hear no much in our day, might be duo to lack of mental occupation on worthy subject*, exciting anil repaying a generous enthusiasm, us well u* to an over exercise on lower ones ? Whether an engrossment on matters which have not substance enough to justify or satisfy tbe mental grasp, lie not at the root of soma part of the maladies which effect our mental convalescence ? Any one who tries it, soon finds out how weary ing, how disproportionately exhausting ia an overdose of " light literature,' compared with an equal amount of time pent on real work. Ol this we may be sure that the due exercise of brain—of thought—is ono of the essential elements of human life. The jierfect health of a man ia not tho same na that of an ox or a horse. The preponderating cajiacity of hia nervous porta demand* a correspon ding life.— tornhlll Magazine, BtTRYIHQ HORSWI.—At a meeting of tho Hanitary Committee nt New York tho following resolution was passed rela tive to the burying of horses; KetolrtH, That during tho prevalence of the epi demic among horses in this city and nu til the farther order of this Board, tho New York Rendering Company be au thorized, under tho direction of the police, to burr the remains of horses dying above One Hundredth street iu vacant grounds above such street not contiguous to any inhabited dwelling. Buck interments shall lie in trenches, so thnt the whole body of the horse shall be at least four feet below the surface of the earth, aud each body shall be first cover ed with at least one barrel of ground quick lime, and then with fresh earth to a depth of not less than four foet. A man's for fancy work has suddenly seized on young ladydom, and all tbe plca*nnt young fellows are overwbelcmod with the products of their toil.- Th Farmrm ! tht iMKT proas, oud hold constant roifltquu.ealiou* by sign* and oorreapoudenee with their fellows everywhere. You on the other hand are scattered over the face of the country, are all day at work in your own fields, uud somctimee see whole week* pass by without a word of conversation with n ■ ugle aoul save those of your own house hold. This inclines so many farmers to 'old fogytam;' mokes you averse to pull together mid lgth to hold meetings to discuss tha interest* of agriculture, and then to combine for the purpose of pro curing the necessary l- gialatu-n. They, on tho contrary, have their guides, their boards, their exchangee, societies, and associations iu which they meet daily and in large cities nightly. One manu facturer or rniuer may have in his am ploynu'Ut 1,080 hands, and one 'railroad king* lo,ooi> men. And o they combine and bring pressure upon legislatures and governors while yon, like 'true laborers' are quietly at home happy to see 1 the ewes graxc and their lamoft suck.' Now 1 want to persuade you—and by ' you' I apostrophise all those who, taken to- S tiier, represents the rural mUroat* of e whole country—l want to persuade you to be more alive to your common 'welfare, to turn over a new leaf and aee that hereafter agriculture suffers no wrong through tack of co-operation and concert among former* or through want of advocates in high places. In persuad ing 1 mean to Convince. According to official statements, statements not gen erally very accurate, I adroit, but suffi oieuOy so In this instance, perhaps, to give an idea of your wealth —your crone last rear amounted in round ntinilwrs to i,806,000,000. That ia the annual pro duce of your labor, and it is increasing. What, oompared to this, ia the produce of the mines, the gains of commerce, or the earnings of railroads ? According to the last census there are said to be 12. 500,000 'bread earners' in the United States. These fill the months of the 39,000,000 million of people who inhabit the country. Thus, every one who is not a drone, has, on the average, to earn broad for three mouth*. Follosstng up throe statistics it ap|>eara that these sev eral industries subsist respectively : The agricultural and mechanic.*!, 23,889,000 souls ; the commercial. 2,326,000 souls ; tho maunlacturiug, 1.117,000; the min ing. 472.000; the railroad aud express men. 893,000. Foster the great National Agricultural Congress that had its birth tu this rity on the 28th day of May last. It has already spoken regard tonne of these great measure*, and ere its memorial could be enrolled and sent up k> Washington, the publie pre** took up the petition, sad legislators catching its spirit, passed—though they were upon the very heels ol th# sesaiou —an art in creasing the appropriation for the Sig nal Office, and commanding it to addrem its labors to the benefit of agriculture as well as of commerce. Thus we have an suspicious beginning and a good omen. The Government in Washington acted before it had rooeiv repeated these words at least 8,400 time*. Whenever a Fourth avenue car inne in eight, Itergh having quarantined the Third avenue line, a ataiupedo took place, scores of |xjmc designing person. Another one indignantly denied the right of March trot after remaining a prisoner far an boar* or two, told the searchir to take it and go to grass, throwing a package of ribbons and lace* on the floor. A lot of calico wa* lound on another, some velvet on nothcr and at least ten per cent, ot tbe whole number were found to be engaged in smuggling, Tbe officials were satisfied with confiscating the goods. The Great Manufacturing City of New JorwT. We copy the following statistic* of manufacturing in Newark, New Jersey, with the remark that near sueh a hive of industry, farming and gardening are of courae flourishing:— "The great Newark exposition of manufactured goods, the exclusive pro duction of that city, proved a decided success. In it there are more than 200 different branches of manufactures car ried on; the establishments in which they are conducted number about 1,000; they employ over 30,000 hand* (over one quarter of the population of 125,000 man, women and children,) to whom are paid annually wages to the amount of about 818,000,000, (an average of 8500 to each person,) aud that capital to the amount of 8-10.000,000 ia employed in these manufactures, whose prodneta amount to 870,000,000 a year. Of this 846.000.000 may lie classified na follows, in general terms, but with sufficient ae euraey na to amonnta : Over 81,250.000 are in drags and chemicals, over |2,000.- 000 in ttoota and shoes, nearly 84,000,000 in beer and ale. nearly 81,000,000 in cement, limo and plaster, nearly 11,250,- 000 in enamelled cloth, over 83.000,000 in clothing, over 81,250,000 in cotton and silk threads, 82,500,000 in hardware, 82,- IVOO.OOq in iron manufactures, $5,000,000 iu jewelry, over $5,000,000 in leather, nearly 82,000,000 in lumber, over $1,250, 000 in machinery, 82,500,000 in smelting and refining, nearly 81,000,000 in sad dlery and harness, 8750,000 in sashes, blinds nud doom, about 81,500,000 in tobacco and segars, 81,000,000 in varnish, over $505,000 in oxyde of zinc, and 83, • 000,(XX) in trunks, traveling bags and valises. FERTlLE.— Western Michigan is a fer tile country, and lacks not for fruit. Stat istics show tbe number of fruit trees now growing there to be as follows: peach trees, 900,000; pear trees, 140,000; plum trees, 30.000; cherry trees, 27,000; apple trees, 170,000; quince trees, 10,000. Thero ate also 180,000 grape vines; about G3O acres of strawberries are under culti vation, 600 teres of blackberries, and 900 acres of raspberries. TERMS : Two Dollftrs ft Tear, in Advance. fiMitki KM kldnapfrtr*. Tha New Zealand Herald give# Uie following particulars with reference to a case recently brought under investigation at the Water Police Office : "It appears that the brig Carl left levuka on the 4th of July, 1871, for the New Hebrides group, her mission being ' labor' and a search for lands suitable for a cotton , plantation. The crew consisted of the j captain, J. Armstrong ; the mate, Charles j Uawdtn ; the cook and steward, Dsvaa-; cove ; also George Heath, Willian Lewis, end two aativee of Somoa. Besides these the following gentlemen accompanied the vessel: Dr. Murray (an intended sharer in any land or eottoa-growittgepeoulaiioa that might be available; and four others— Mount, Wilson, Scott, and Morris. The vessel arrived at Afi without taking any men or being successful in exploration, bat a block of land was purchased from the natives. No white* were on the island. Yarn* in large quantities were purchased here, and alt went well. The native* cams off in large numbers to trade with the people on the ship. While trading, however, a boat's crew waa sent to sound for an anchorage, but th* boat was fired at by ether native*. It is alleged that this conduct so incensed th* crew and passengers that on the return of the boat aa attack was made *• those trading. Home doacn men were captured, and some few were shot. Every one Joined in the outrage. They next sailed along Eepiritn Han to, not touching, end ■lighting Cap* Cumberland. Tbey stood for the Solomon group, and at the lalet of | Hants Anna many native* cause to trade. Here, when the canoes came alongside they were npaet, and the vessel's boat* picked np th# native* when they were attempting to awim to shore. On this ; occasion there waa a native shot la th* water because be happened to be armed | with a bow and arrow. About tweH4meo were taken. They then tailed along th* coast of Maylaytoe. No men were obuin :ed here. They proceeded to tits Straits of Maylaytoa and Yaabel Island. Natives came out, and having traded with them for some time, their canoes were captured and broken in the following meaner. Either (when their eenoee were aloffipftdei e number of the men jumped into one of ' them, end eo by lb air descent upset or sank it, or else heavy weights, auch aa place* of pig-iron attached to a rope, j were suddenly thrown down, and thus lb* canoes were broken up. The native* I invariably took to the water, and moat ol ; them were ptcini np by the ship's boats, j Several natives were taken on this oo i caaion. There were no lives lost. The* then proceeded to the Florid* Island. ! shortly after the eoeae of the murder of | the crew of the Laviaia schooner, of Sydney, as detailed below, wbeo one of < the boats took three or funr men, th* ! number being uncertain. No violence in the way at shooting occurred at Florida Island, aa no canoes cams out except in th* case of those taken. The Carl re mained bnt a abort time there." The Herald adds: " The scoooer Lavinia i arrived In port a few days aiaoe from the Solomon islands. During her cruise I among th* group a terrible catastrophe i occored to a number of her crew, insti- { gated, no doubt, by the outrages that Lav* been committed an the natives by : vessel* la search of laborers. The follow } tng particulars of what may be termed e i massacre are taken from the log of th# ! Lavinia, and have been famished to na by I captain Brodie : "On the 2dth of April Iwe anchored in a small bight at the : eastern end of the Florida Island. We i ilshed her# for ten day* very successfully, I the chief Domo rendering his assistance | in keeping ,order among the natives on j shore. It waa by hia advice that we I shifted round to Moboli Harbor, a boat | four mike IMRI where we then were, j On Monday the 6th of May, w# arrived at I Moboa, and got our house up. randy tor I curing bccbe-de-tner. Tbe native* at i that place indicated treachery. Friday th* 10th, everything looked very quiet on shore and not many native* about. After we had our breakfast I told Lonia Nixon and five natives to get into th* whale boat, aa I was going away to look for another harbor. Before getting into the boat I particularly told the three men on board the steamer to allow no natives on board. We started with a fine breeze right aft. After we got away about four miles the wind begin to freshen into a stiff breeze, and I begin to be sfiaM, if we went away any farther, tbe natives would not be able to poll back, so I tam ed round and made for the schooner. When we got about 800 yards from tbe reeee] we beard a shriek, and, looking toward the shore, we saw a native swim ing off to the boat. We nulled towards him, and, to oar surprise, found him to be one of our own men, and, from what we could make out of him, and seeing no movements on board the schooner, we pulled along shore. Tbe Florida natives were yelling and brandishing their spear* at us, and 1 surmised their must be some thing wrong. As we pulled up to the schooner we all got ready for boarding, and on getting alongside we jumped up nil together. Hoeing no natives on deck we rushed to the hatches to see it they Imd got possession, but titers were not a living soul on board ; but we saw one of the most horrible sights imaginable. Jamce Shearer was lying alongside the windlass with his head split open, and several wounds in bis side. Charles Wolf was lying amidships, with his head batter ed in and his brains scattered over tbe hatches. George Heller* was lying with his heed nearly severed from his body. I think, from the appearance of the bodies, that Hellera waa the only one that had a struggle with the natives. Shortly after we got possession of the schooner our own natives rushed out of the bush into the water, and 1 eent the boat and picked the S all up. ________ A WHOM FAMILY BCRIXX> ALIVK.—A family by the name o( Hunt, consisting of the father, mother and three children, have been living on a claim some two miles from Marion Center, in Marion, County, Neb. Their house was situated in a ravine, bnilt of stone and roofed with dirt and sod, which was supported with timbeia. A few nights ago, as some persons were returning home from a dance, tbev noticed that the tool had fallen in. They immediately went to tho house and found that the roof had fallen in npon the family aa they lay sleeping in their beds. The party went at once to relieve them, and, upon tak ing the dirt awav, found the mother and three children aeud, and the father ao fastened and held in his place that he waa even powerless to help himself. Th* i oof was very heavy, and came down iu crushing force npon tbe inmates of the fatal honae. For hours the father hail lain {tinned to his bed, and waa com pelled to hear the dying agonies of his wife and children ; compelled to listen to their piteous cries lor help. Out on the prairie, beyond human reaoh, im mured in a living tomb, the hours slow ly dragged along, and still no help. Still the appeal to "Father, help us," until all of human agony waa endured, and then a silence crept over that abode, which was but the atiltneaa of death it self. JAR.— An illustration of the effect of (be jar produced upon the particles of iron in a rail or a cannon in constant iite, may be got by scattering iron dust upon a piece of glass, under which there lies a magnet, and tapping the glass gently. The particles of iron rearrange themselves in new lines, as in granula tion, and this is what destroys the life of the railway track or oolumbiad. NO. 47. Parts aad Fancies. Ring bolts—Divorecq# Domestic mails—Mswied men. There ia a hug epidemic in Tennessee. Poultry are having the cholera in lowa. Cora ia cheaper tnan wood for fuel to lowa Itme kilns. Old settlers' astorietiona are becoming an insulation in the West. An editor who wss g**nf courting, ssid "be was going to presa." Land in some parts of Florida is offered at eighteen cento per acre. England makes 83,500,000 worth of bar old rags into paper yearly. A Western woman, still living baa a son over warty-three years old. Piper booses si* being made practice* tie. habitable aad comfortable. Why ia dsnetng lika new milk? Be* causa Si strengthens the ealvtt. #tf is aa oW coat tike aa iron kettle? Became It represents bard ware, Athens, Oa,. has a paper nessed the Cat, with the motto " I can aerateb." A iehooner trading between Dublin and Glasgow baa a womaa for captain Half a doean St. Louis murderers await the tedious formality ot acquittal. The SpnagfWd loafers bave token to throwing kerosene on todies' dremes. A tooth of the emperur Napoleon was lately sold in Brnasefe tor lfiO franca. An lowa lawyer has been indicted few swindling a widow out of a war chsm. A lawsuit was settled the other day to Michigan by pfetob in tb# court room. A Memphis paper defines advertising to be "a blister which draws customers." Consumption to some parts ot Amnios onuses 28 out of over? hundred deaths. \ Higmarck's rigs'* c®* l him 82 25 a day MOTHS beer and wine (4all lor Lis own i all trass hoar no fruit- The orchard growth ia amatt. Humble spirits glorify A circular saw bunt lately in Ktahigao aad one of the pieces split a man's head open. Markiia told Cooke that the ft rat quart ft cat ion of so actor was to feagn to stand still. i, If yon court a young woman, and you arc woa and ahe is won, you arfll Both no oae, Tho introduction of farotga fish into Pennsylvania waters has bsen vorj soe oasgfiuL Fifty tboosand Amertsaas sailed from New York this season to make tows to Europe. A Tennessee family have been poison d by eating sorghum that had Mood is a aroc vat A Connecticut orator emphasised his tpeeeh by amaahing a HO show case tho other day. Hodibrto calls matrimony a perverse fever beginning with boat and ending with frost. A barber is trial to San Francisco for killing a woman .because she refused to marry him. For riding habits, the colors meet la vogue are black, invisible green, dark blue, and chocolate. Two dog* ia a New York pit fougtabflv* boars, brfort a brutal crowd, brtonroos killed the other. A saloon keener in New York was shot because he declined to donate a prine to a target company. A Troy two year old got a piece of peanut into Its windpipe the othar day, end died therefrom. Sixty-five new eoioni in dross material* bavr been introduced to the uetwe of tha (cmmine world this Fall. Tight fitting ideerefess jackets of vel vet will be much worn over street cos fames of silk during November. Pride aad vanity are purveyora of trouble and danger; proud penam are neither safe nor happy. A Chinese inventor has discovered how to send by telegraph an exact fee simile of a signature. The real estate which the Rotkscbtltl* own in Europe exceeds in value eight mil lion dollars. Tho meeting of the three emperors at Berlin coat William I. rix or aevea hun dred thousand dollars. Mr. Wa H. Seward's estate ia estim ated st 8200,000 and by Lis will is divided equally among his four children. A Wisconsin tornado recently blew down 200,000,000 feet of pine, and killed 40 yokes of oxen. In Texas when a congregation wants a new church, the member* go to work and build it themaetroa. The flood* in the South of France have subsided. The damage done to farm* and vineyards is extensive. Ten* Haute ha* a young man who eats, fit* and makes all the drame* won by bts mother and four siatera. Children playing with matches at Vernon, Mich., burnt up a barn contain ing the whole seasons crop. Men aro bora with two eyes, hut with one tongue, in order that they may see twice aa much aa thay my. The Registrar General oi tba Colony of South Australia estimate* its population at midsummer, 1872, at ISXy>O9. Columbine ia the very pretty name of a young Danbury girl —that ia at home ; at" school thay call her " Lam." There have been a good many marriagea of late. Tbia will aceount for the lact that nothing now-a-daya singular. It is not a healthy and robust faith that seeks refuge in authority, and flies for shelter to an antiquated creed. Half tha paper* in tha South my that the tobacco crop ia unusually good, and the other half my it ia unusually poor. The police of Jackaon, Mich., are pro hibited from smoking, drinking, and sit ting on dry goods boxes while on duty. There are two things in the world that are not safe to trifle with—n woman's opinions aud the business end of a wasp. Young married poople who have their house built should have it bailt round, so that discontent can find no corner in it There is some talk of starting in liOndon a comprehensive Cuurch, which shall admit worshippers of all sorts and condi tion*. Life according to the Arabic proverb ia composed of two parts—that which is lt, a dream, and that which ia to come, a wish. The berries of the moanUin ash are employed in rotDC of the forest regions in Earope for the manufacture of alcoholic drinks Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil, and tha man who is indifferent to everything. Who aro the most exacting of all land lords? Why, children; because they never fail to make their own fetbera and mothers pa-rents. Denmark women are very polite. Won der if they woald give a soat in a street car to another woman if there was plen ty of room on both sides. It is said that 875,000,000 worth of fuel is burned yearly in the United States,and 8100,000,000 worth of lumber is used in building and in manufactures. Major & W. Ifnrrirk. (Ztbtnmw*. 3ertohs Editemf IWA *•*,) h in tha lector* fild thi* season with " Sww lmgkd H tionjL M Thfedry goods ifltffTm Oißdnnati threaten to strike, aid tha Enquirer wishes that they wuW, and Hour mi, leaving their patera sad wagm to women. Atfaaay way to gat rid of cockroaches Is to spread sprig* of tansy whom they are tvosHil—c*>r, sad thnr will lw ft is aio in driving awny Mask sots. ™ * Aw Wearer, who had never quarelfed with his wife, raid tb* l**t day of Ida mar riage was a* hsppjr tha first. Another widower slid the lat (lay of h marriage was the happiest. An exchange says that the correct an •war to the gentleman who wrote tha song. "Why Sd I Marry?" ucrald ho, "Breamae yon met a woman Who was a first class looi" Two men, who had just got through a hard examination, were overheard talking the other day, ia oae of the ttoad lan guages. Their accent reminded the hearer of the voices of the past Tobaoco pouches of sgoiml shin are the latest novelty. The bead and toil of the animal are retained aa ornaments, and a pink silk or satin lining tdda materially to the spperaoce of the molt nark. Borne ingenious obeerrer has discovered that there it a remarkable resemblance between a baby and wheat aioee it is first cradled, then thrashed, and finally be comes the flower of the tomilj. An exchange say* * This b the fifth trout caught this year from the same 'hole,* the total weight of which if sis pounds." " Good," ssjs the Ottawa Ciri tm," now we know what a hole weighs/' The IT. - Treasury inlaw*. are. In cutssir. Mi 445.-fM; coin, et*dtog 822,- 7J9Xrtf o| cin certificates, mMfi| special deposits of legal tenders for demntton of certificates of deposit, 822,- 910,000. It ready requires more delicacy of touch, a bettor acquainted* with the inner emotions of the heart, and n sen.4W pathos of sentiment to make a dedaKtion of love than it does to put •ip a stove. A young woman has poisoned herself in Tirana. In a wote, wbidt .tha bad left poa a table near the had no which the lay she bad written: "My hat cigar draws very badly, therefore I am Ursa of life. Good night." A rouutry gift, coming from the field, was told by her cousin that she looked as a daisy khaed by dew. "WeH.it wara't any fellow by that name: butt it was IHd Jones that kissed me. I told him every person ia the town wold find it out." Massachusetts has a senaational cane of two young men who carelessly spit to bacco juice on a buyer's coat tall, and were fiand twenty dollars and one-half the coats, with the alternative of thirty days in prison. They have appealed. There are some smart men and animals in Beth county, Ky. A calf leaped one hundred tot down n did, escaping unhurt and a boras, buggy and minister tumbled down a ledge fifty hart, landed an a stump, and damaging only that and the vehicle. Mim Florence I Johnson, a lovely i young lady of Morrtatown, InA, tow brought a breach of promise suit against Alamo Truer. a waaltby fill Mini if of Indianapolis. Damages are laid at flfl.- 000. Both parties art of the high** f spectabiUty. One should not he downcast at fail area. They are often far better for Use student than snceaca. He who goes to school to his rabtetuw will always have a good schoolmaster, and will not be likdy to become cither idfeoroonemted. Thrcc-fonrtfas of the difflmltire and miseries of men come from the tart that most want wealth without earning it, fame without deserving it, popularity without temperance, rtwport without virtue, and happiness without holiness A cortwqmndrat asking n faahio editor how should n lady going bograr riding dims heraelf, was answered, " either by putting them oven the head, or stopping into lima, whichever will keep your sweetheart waiting the short est time." The wife of a professional gambler a Omaha, lately seeing a needy man begging, wettt into her hatband's gmmb ling den and raised s comMcrabte sum •f uMNMgr from the blackleg* there as sembled. which she presented to tho poor stranger. I* Mnram'tes, naxtttj. a ymg girl, named Ima firm, - fused' to buy her a geld watch. To tb# general astonishment of the court and au dience. the jury acquitted bar. Extreua tiw ftffUlWtHftfifl. Jamas B. Diamack, an engineer, attach ed a piece of railroad iron, wejghing sixty I-Mid. to his body, and holding it in his sand*. walked to tha end of a wharf, at Mew and jumped overboard. H body was recovered. Depression. conse quent upon ill haalth, was tha cant#. A very fetal hen disease has prevailed ia Massachusetts tha past year. Whole flocks bare been swept rtf by it, aocna farmer'. Wing one or two hundred fowls * by it, Including turkeys. Altogether there moat have been several thousand fowls died from this diroest. A man brought a friend to a Troy doc tor tba other day, to bave a wound in his bead dressed. The so affected the eaoort that be Tinted nnd fell on the curbstone, inflicting n similar contusion on his own shall, and tha two walked away holding one another up. Mia. Muffin Margaeh, of Mradvilte. Pa., ia, or rather was. a "poor shot" indeed. On last Thursday, while shoot ing at a mark with a pistol, she fired so wildlv that instead of hitting the object aimed at. she tiwt beraell through tho head, inflicting a wound that aoon proved fatal. The charaeterivtic of the umbrella ia its power of changing shape*. You can leave i brtn new t)!k with as ivtirv and row* wood handle at any public gathering and within threg,hoara t will transiorm itaelf into'light blue or faded brown cotton, somewhat lew in site tbsa a circue tent, with a handle like a telegraph pole and five fractured riba. Hero we have a good example of French wit; "A doctor, like everybody else at this reason, went out for a day a sport, and complained of having killed nothing. -That's the consequence of having neglected your business,' ob served his wife." So writes a correspond ent An American or English woman would not have said that A young marriad lady in New York wears a peculiar breast pin, which has excited admiration. It is apparently a beautiful carving in tome dark, glossy stone, of a lion's head heavily set in red gold. In reality it is the front of a favor ite meerchaum belonging to her hnsband He was an inveterate smoker, but to please her, gave up the habit, and she wears this peculiar ornament as a trophy of hervietory. The forthcoming report of the C. 8. Postmaster General will show that the ex penses of the Department were increased during the past year as compared with the preceding year, by about two and a quar ter million of dollars, mainly for increased transportation and other istal facilities, foreign and domestic, and that the increas ed receipts have nearly kept pace with the expenses, the increase being a little over 82,000,000. At Eranston, 111, while the rite of bap tism was being administered in the Bap tist church, in the presence of a large congregation, a portion of the floor sud denly gave way and precipitated one-halt of the assembly a distance of fourteen feet to th> ground. Only four ©r five per sons were badly lmrt—one lady receiving several internal injuries and a young man having his foot crushed. Several others were slightly Injured. A delegation of the TJto Indians, who have been in Washington for the past fortnight, consisting of Antero and Tab beronua, the principal chiefs, and Wan deroder, a subordinate chief, to charge ot Special Indian Agent, G. W. Dodge, called npon the President to say good-bye, and expressed their entire satisfaction with the arrangements whi