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Thai mako the dsj the day. N m from ths May awake* red* anj green. ; whole bright retinue it take# Xe make her queen of qaocu*. Vpom the orchard taiu must fait, AoJ soak fr ra root to red; And blossom* Mtxtw and fade withal Before the fru.t ia fruit. The farmer need* must aow and i.U, And wait the wheaten bread ; Than cradle, thrash ai.d go to mill. Relate the bread bread. swtfl heel, mar get the early about. Put, spite of all the din. It is the patient holding out, That makes the winner win. Make tais your motto then, at atari. Twill help to aiuooth the war, And steady up both hand and heart, * Rom? wasn't baTl in a day I" LOU'S BALLOON. 1 was sitting quktly in my to rn one morn ing, when a note from my eld friend, Lou livermore. was brought in. I was very fend of Lou, as, indeed, all her friends arc : though she still remains, like Holmes's aunt, — " The Qoia uugaiht red row Ga her nnsnl tree." She lives far up in ths country, but ociu ticnally comes to Hoc too an a vbit. Her nolo was as follows I>tut Htrsr.-Here 1 am at the Hub at the west end of it : Is thai the hubbiest part. 1 wonder? 1 am coming over to see you on TCuiMlgy. I meant togoto-dxv ; but 1 can't; I'm all tad up. -** clear tuckered out," as Aunt Tolly used to my. *• What has done itW hy. my new dress : and such adms! It will give you tits to see how my back is bukiwd up and puffed cut I m a regular lolkn ; a Mshii n-plate ; a anything that is huge and hideous,—a camel or diomedarv. tor example : only they, poor things I were born with hum pa ou their backs, and i wasn't. ♦•How came it so dformed? ' In an evil hour I listened to the voice of the tempter, and pat myself into the Lands of a city dress maker. " She's very stylish,"* quoth the tempter. little wrecked 1 In my ignorance wht that meant ; and I went to her rooms in sweet, confiding simplicity, bearing in an innocent looking dress, [ottern under my arm. 1 bod three set mm with Mr*. Outfit,* a most impos ing personage. of whom I stood in moral terror : aad at length emerged, transformed. 1 went in slim ; I came out stoat; I went in plain ; I came out hamp-haeked ; 1 went in with forty dollars in my parse; I came out with jnst enough to pty my tare home on the sue. t-car.—the ctilapsc having been trans ferred from at js-rwon to my pure with in CTcdibla celerity and ease. Verily, fashkvt •' doth make rowants of us allyea, and puff-Hilts also! 1 wish I had the courage to go through the world in a pored gown without i pinch or puff or pucker on it; but I haven't ; so lam a balbw>u. that by some incomprehensible machinery is raised into tnonntaiuous ridges. Surmounting these ridges at right angle* to my body-it there he a body inside this corrugated globe, of which I am iu serious doubt, to say nothing of an immortal soul—projects a fan-shaped bc-fringed. be-pnekered basque, looking, for all the world, like a spread turkey-fail. On the top of this projection a good sised trunk a!d be cumt>rtebly seated ; only it might fall in! I wonder if a pappoote couldn't be inserted somewhere : I do so long to blend Che useful with the ornamental! Now, Hepaibab. you are a sensible married woman. competent to give good advice; and I ask yon. what am I to do i Go round the world in this harlequin (tube, or gire the whole thing a great smash! I should be giad to preserve a modicum of self-resprrt; but how cm I, inside of a balloon ' I shslt iq.pear in full spread on Thursday to spend the day. 1 can't sit down ; but 1 stoeM like the lean of a bed-prat and a cord ; I 1 mig t go up, you know mi then, in every fibre of my stiffening. Tour* truly. Tux Guar EXPAKDED I sat laughing over (bis J when in walked Hester Gruywood, anofher oW friend. After the first salutation, she slowly twirled benelf round, and sank into a char exclaiming : '• Behold the woman who dares!" - Ah! I saw; she, too. hod on a new drew. It was of Ml very-gray rrfk, made with one skirt, without a particle ot trimming on it. ud a iocque just bound with a bias fold of • the same. Tea, the had dared. It was really a refloating sight; and she looked perfectly bewitching in the quaker-like centum*. But. then. Heater Uraywooi is such a prettr little • creature, ahe can t help looking lovely in anything ; and she know* H, ao it doew' not re>ioirr so great courage in her to dare Yea. she looked charming. Yet, on a second glance, there seemed a kind of Iwrcncm about her, as if something were wanting. Was this be-janse I had Inked ao king on mountain* <l frippery that my eye and taste had both been corrupted? Tsn rears ago we all wore such plain, single skiitr. and considered our selves elegantly dressed; why shoal J they look mean and skimpy now ? I read Lou's note to Hester, and she prom ised to join us at dinner on Thursday. " Extremes should meet," she mid. She stayed on awhile, and we had a little talk on dress, and the bondage fashion im poses ; ar how the taste of the oomraunit v i* corrupted by the overloaded, ungraceful styles in vogue now, and on many other tilings, such as sensible women do talk about when they get together. " One of the greatest evik of thk absurd overloading," said Hcstei, " is that it so fearfully overwork* women. We hear a gTeat deal about the hardships of the poor shirt niakere In our cities; and they are to be pitied, I know. But there are other women to be pitied too. Look, for example, at my neighbor, Mrs. T. She ka fair representative of a large clam, ami not an exaggerated case. Her husband is a hard-working mechanic, who earns a good living, and ought to lay np something for a wet day ; but he can't support a wife and six children in luxury, I especially as four of them are girk. Mrs. T is an ambitious woman, and says she will have her children ' decently dressed ;' that means fashionably dressed. She can't afford to hire her sewing done ; bo, in addition to all her housework, ahe makes their dresses ; and if you have seen Grade, the ejdest one, you can judge what that impliea." "She's a very Ftyh*h-looking girl," I said. " Ye*} uqd her mother is very jnoud of her, as IF Datoral. She k just seventeen ; and what wonderfbl oo*tames she does bloom out in ! fhey are all afloat with puffs and ruffles, quills and frilk. Oil there's scarce an inch of un trimmed space about her. And Clara and Nellie go by to school every room ing, each with another set of furbelowed upper skirts and under skirts, basques and sacks, while baby Belle—blew her dear little heart!—is all afloat, tjo, with tiDy ruffles on her tiny skirt." " Isu't she a darling?" I cried. " Yes, lovely, with her blue eyes and ap ple-blossom cheeks ; but wouldn't she be Cst as pretty in a plain white drew with a t of edging round the neck and sleeves, if it were the fashion ? And the pretty Grade —k the charm in her, ber lovely complexion and fine expression, or In her furbelows and fringes?" "In her, of couree," I said. " Children and young girls are never so pleasing as when 6imply dressed." " Certainly; and our taste is corrupted when we do not see thk. But there's poor Mrs. T. thinks it absolutely necessary to fol low the last fashion-plate ; so she works like a slave from morning till night and her sewing-muchine is often going tilt after mid-i night. No wonder she looks broken down, and has neuralgia arid a diseased spine. She has done the work of two women, and it is the baidest kind of work, too. Every inch of those interminable yards of hemming sgd FKED. KURTZ, Editor ami PiMjuiplor VOL. V. binding, gathsrinS and fastening, passes through her fingers, to a.v nothing of tire -striving and titling, and liasUug and rip ping. 1 wwn.h r the woman is alive. 1 Jon t beUcTt there Is a vaisuatt iu thw city harder worked " | *• Put why don't Ihe daughter* help her "Ttoww ia school haven't aav time thacu? IJ.wwad the can ; but with her cwtls and callers, prtvtidng au.l pi.- sk-ing, c(\H|a,-tilng and ,- UUetting. it would IS3 cttrel to ex|trvt hoi b' jco more than nrske the |vlaiuest ] i U tt el j her under-clothes." | " Rut it's absurd." 1 said, "for a mechanic's ' wife to go into such cxtravagmn.-e." I' 1 dou't kaow u a mecLaulc i wife can ho ripectcJ to be tuot • seiuibte than an. - other swntan." said Huatcr dryly. "A rw i form must Iwgiu somewhere else, f fancy " " i upp.vsc so, ' 1 aaid witli a sigh ; hut tbb while subject t. full of difiS.nlliec." •'All of which might be overcome if women hail b igurk of indt |H-ndetic Here U a ton rfble evil for them to grapple with, now that ther have wskol tip to a sense of their strength and capabilities." " Yes; they tuay as well l>egta a reform here as of the notion at the ballwt-boX," ! vtid, laughing. " Rut how to do it is the 3we*th>o. Is there any stattilan) by whK'h rest can he itvlgssi and' regulated-" " Not now," said Hester ; " but I believe the principles of art, true art, might he ap plied to dress as to other things ; that thru is au essential, intrinsic beauty or ugliness iu oar cartnenls, entirely irrespective oif faahhgi; in oirer wonts, that it is one thing to Iw well dressed, and another to be ftshionsbly " Yea." I sni-l; " but wlrat is it to be well dressed T" ' I can Ull TOO what it isn't," *aid Hester '"lt iur't to wear a huge protuberance on TOUT head or vour lack, whish. if you iu-.d been bom witli it, would have K-cn consid ered a shocking defiurwitT. It isn't to wn real ait the In. -* of the kuman figure, or to make it one mountain of trimming, when trimming rhould always he ssbwrt ient. add ing grocw, sa l defiuing outlines. Ami then, i too, it must be auuething permaneut. It 1 can't be the changing thing fodtionable dressing is. Art wouidu't make a balloon et us this inunth, aud a wean.ily-ikjped statue the next; she wouldn't tilt us up on heels that agonise oar love, and pilch Its dowa stair* to-day, and to-moriow see us on the ground i like so many tare-footed Indians " 'That would be comfort." I said. "If. < I when s draw was made, it would star tuade. i ami look well till it was worn out, it would j lessen half our labors. '• Well, Hepey, I believe tins irucd time is coming—the time when we shall have a higher civilisation, and break the chains fashion fetlere us with now. Then we shall distinguish between true beauty and deformi ty ; and oar milliaer* and dressmakers will be and nc t mahun ; and, instead at lopping and stretching as all on one iron bed. they will study adap'aliou to age. complex ion, and character, till we come out of their hands individual, aa well as comfortable and attractive When we think of it. isn't It strange huw it ever cutue about that we let ourselves ail be worried Into exactly the same shaped garments, no matter how <lif ferent we are in rise and figure * ' " Very strange and absurd," I said ; and Hester went away. Exactly at one o'clock on Thursday the Great Expanded arrived. She was a good deal puffed out truly, and made all manner of tun ot herself. When Hester Gray wood came in, wearing her untrlmmed gray silk, she rasdc a low obeisance. " 1 do thee homage, thou most heroic of womankind !" she cried. " I cast myself in the dust at thy feet, 1 envy, 1 adore thee, thou woman who direst!" Finally we got a little quieted ; though naturally enough, our thoughts still ran on dreas. " 1 am disgusted with myself." said Lou ; " I really am. 1 don't want to lie fashion able ; 1 couldn't afford it it 1 did ; but my tastes arc all plain and simple I onasi lcr such an aver-loaded, puffed-out concern as this not only ridiculous, but vulgar; vet here 1 am wearing it ; and I lose my self-respect in conseqoroc-*. But how could I help my self? How in the world did you manage, Hester, to get a sensible dress made f" "Jmt by my horribly obstinate temper." said Hester, laughing. " First I had a piUhed tattle with Mr*. Cuttit, and came off victori ous ; then I ran the g* n, 'ct of her twenty sewing-girls, who opened all their forty eye* in holy terror at the try ing on " ♦* I should as soon think of fighting Her inles," mid Lot. "There's no piatw where 1 am so thoroughly cowed as in dressmakers' looms, I don't dare to peep or mutter." " Yes ;—amiable people like you rather r.nbmit than make a fuss." "But they ought to make a fuss," said Lon ; *' it's sheer cowardice in my case, not amiability. Every lady's dress should be an expression of her own individual taste and character—but look at us! we are all turned out just alike, like ao many ninepins." "Well, what is to be done about it ?" I asked " Why not form an onti-fashioa society," said Hester, "and get all sen'ible women to pledge themselves to dress according to their own ideas of propriety, without regard to fashion ? ' I'D lor. U strength.' and organised effort the order of the day." "Capital!" cried Lou—"we'll draft ami sign a declare! ion of independence ; apd you, Hester, shall pat down yonr name with a great dash, Jobs Hancock-like." •• I'll make oat the list of grievances," mid I. "Easy enough to do that." said Lou; wornout mothers, bankrupted fathers, neg lected bshieg, disgusted husbands" " Hokl there f" I cried. " Husbands are as fond of dress as wives, so far as tuy experi ence tries." " Why do they keep np rocb an everlasting fault-finding with our extravagance, then?" " Well, my dear, men are not always severely consistent— tbey are eloquent on that thctne, I know ; but put a plainly-dresse l girl on one side of a man, and a fluttering piece of millinery on the other, aad ten to '>ne be will be enchanted with the latter •lohr. Seymour is not the only victim of "pink snd white tyranny." "Then men are in a measure responsible for the evil." said Hester. "So I tell Tom," 1 said. " Let every man who approves of simplicity ami economy de vote himself to the plainest-dressed girl in the room, turning a cold shoulder on those who wear diamonds and such like siuful 'thirds, and he will do more hi effect a refor mation than by years of preaching. Girls like to please nice young men, and no harm done either, just as young men like to please nice young girl*. The influence is mutual and wholesome. Let young men frown en extravagantly-dressed young women, and young women scorn on dissipated, fast young men, and a vital change In manners and mfWaJ* would soon follow." At this point in our discussion I heard lom's step in the ball; and with him came Prof. Downing, an old friend of his, whom he had asked to dine with us. The professor is a fine-looking man. beside* being learned, agreeable, an'! a bachelar. Now, Tom ami I never make matches ; but, having had sueh a good time together oureelrea, we do some times wish certain of our friends would tske a fancy to each other ; and the night before we had spoken of the professor and Hester, saying how nice it was he should happen to be in the city just then to meet her. Moreover, knowing his refined, almost severe taste, and his dislike of all display, 1 had all the morning inwardly chuckled over Hester s untrimmed drass ; it was eiactly the thing to suit his fastidious taste. How lucky it was she wore * '■ The dinner passed off delightfully. Tom was in his most hospitable mood ; lx>u and Hester brilliant; the professor genial ; and, the soups, salmon, and roaat lamb, all lieiug .done to a turn, the hostc* serene. The learned professor and the pretty Hester rould not hive come together under more auspicious influences , and Tom and 1 had great com placency in onr Httle plan A lew days after, Tom told me he had been drawing the professor out a little on our guests. "And what did he say at Hester?" I asked ragerly. "He said this: 'Miss Graywood is cer tainly quite pretty ; bnt what a pity it is she doesn't dress better ! Your friend, Miss Liy eriaore. sets her a good example there. " The horrid man ! and he pretending ts have classic tastes"' I cried. And (will you believe it f) Tom and I are now both quite sure that the professor who detests fashion and frippery, who admires oaly " chaste ae s'gns" and " classic outlines," is actually in love with Lou. And the balloon did it! yes, the balloon did it! Oh, the consistene.v of men ! THE CENTRE REPORTER. Effects of the lio-tmi ( alumltj u Ilasl nr*a affairs The N. Y. EWat'wjr /'ml go>d authority in tinaucinl aud commercial | aff.iirs— sura : It la fort on. tc, at lea-t *o far • i imutedUl* effects are cotter rne<l, Uiat the and uewi of the Boston couthgration reached its on Sunday, so tint a day's reflection could intervene before busi ness began. Had the Mow come more suddenly, a ilivulratN and widespread p.uie might have followed immediately. As it ia, business meu have hud tirao to recover their presence of mind and to la considerate stirYey of the situation— j in it word, time has been given for the exetcisc of their reason. The IOHM-S by the tire cannot fail to lie large, fbut we believe that they have boon greatly j exaggerated by the Nenmtinual part of the pom. Au attempt has also been made to draw a parallel between this tire and the Chicago fire, bat the circum stances, ut least so far as they I war on basinet*, are very different. Chicago owed nearly a very thing to the East, the debts Iwtng, in parf, ordinarv nieicantile I obligations and in pari in the share of real estate mortgages. In fact Chicago , was originally built up on eastern capi tal, and its business was in a large measure conducted on Eastern credits. It has been rebuilt, to a large exteat, by eastern and English, or Canadian capi tal. Itoston, ou the other hand, while old and rich, ia a creditor city I Kith in current business and in investment operations. The hisses, if we exclude : tho>e bv the sliarelieWeri of Insurance ewropantes in the Middle States and the foreign insurance companies, wfll fall 1 most heavily on Boaton itself aud on New Eogland, in the latter on the manufacturing (lintricts and ou aities identified with insurance interests. If • such a calamity had t" overtake any city iu the country, none was better able to bear it than lloston, and particu larly the section destroyed, which in cluded, iu a hniiaeaa jmiut of view, the wcalthie-t and moat aolid part of the city. A good share of the real estate iu the bnrut district is owned bv wealthy : estate, as au investment ; and perhaps no like amount of property ia the United States was so free of incum brance. The principal disturbance, in s legitimate way, which oar market for , securities here will feel, will be caused by Sides of the securities of iusurauce companies ; and these sales, as has been demonstrated in the past, will extend over a considerable space of time. A good part of those securities arc govern ment bonds, and it has bee* intimated that the Treasury will, in case of need, ■ buy sn extra amount of Iramls ; la a word, will give relief to the money market if necessary. If we are to bare tioablc, which, however, can he averted by wise and Arm action, it is the opinion of sool beads that the trouble will come rather from the foreign markets than from the 11nston fire. There tiro good reason*, however, to believe that every means will be used by the Treasury to restore confidence ami steadiness to the markets, and that the worst is rash Loss of IJfe at the Boston Fire. Hundreds of persons were injured, i bat only a few fatally, in the progress of the great conflagration, a letter writer ' describes a terrible scene which took place at tin-furnishing store of Hickman, ou Wushingtcn street, where tl.e walls ! bad been wrapt in a deadly embrace by j the flames, and had become weak and itottering through the intense heat. At length tin y fell, slid three men were buried up to the shoulders among the heavy fragment* of briek and stone. The terrible physical agony of their cries of anguisk which they suffered filled the frightened crowd with horror, bnt at first no one advanced to their succor. After a few moments two or three men crossed the street to where a portion <>f the wall was still avarhang ing the sjiot w here the poor victims were begging and shrieking for help, and tried by the utmost exertion of main l strength to pull and wrench them out of the horrible vice, but these efforts only made greater their suffering, and the . bricks aud other debria were still (idling at every moment, The men reliuguish ed the perilous and fruitless risk and retreated from the d.xngeiou* spot, and shortly afterwards, in frightful paroxy isms of pain and with cries that will ring in the ears of many of the spectators to tbeir dying day. the crushed masses jot humanity gave up the breath of life and were a moment afterwards buried by another crashing fall of the wall. A fireman named Spencer, belong ing to the Medford force, was injured by the toppling aver of another wall on Summer street, with a serious cut in the head. Mr. Daniel McC'lellan, of the firm of Charles Crosby & Co., No 4ti Water street, and an employe went into the building when it was blown tip. Strange to relate, Mr. McClellan escaped with only a blackened cwnntenance und the natural shack to his nervous system consequent npau such an experience. The employe also gat away, but the extent of his injuries are unknown. Wanted to irriTP, A seedy-looking individual walked into the Crawford House in Cleveland, a few evening** ago, and stepping np to the register, seized the pen and registered his name at the toot of the long list of the day's arrivals. It was a noble name- George Washington Botts—wiitten in a firm, bold hand, and with a big flourish underneath.. ft was plain that the seedy man was accustomed to making a flourish in the world, if it wers only with a pen. "Have a room!" inquired the clerk, in cidentally measuring the man with his eagle eye to see if lie wouldn't fit in one of his sky Itoadoir#. "No," said seedy shortly, picking his teeth with a splinter toothpick he had selected from the well assorted supply always found on the counter. "Supper then, I snpposet" added the clerk, prenaring to add an S to the end of George Washington Botts' name. "No, Sir, no supper," said Mr. Botts, with severity; "I simply want to arrive. A-r ar, r i-v-e rive, arrive. I want neither room, supper nor anything else, but I particularly desire to arrive. It is a long time since I have arrived at a hotel—a very long time" (his voice choked a little), "and I thought, if you hadn't any objec tion, I—l would like to arrive once more before I died." Here he was compelled to hide his emo tions in his coat tail, in the absence of a pocket handkerchief. The clerk, alwaya ready to do a good action, generously allowed the unfortunate individual to ar rive, and George Washington Botts, hastily drying his eyes with a pen wiper, wjung the captain's hand in mute though heartfelt gratitude, and then stalked gloomily forth into darkness and the night. It is interesting to find tbat the so called silver mines of Athens, from the profits of which Pericles is Raid to luive built the Parthenon, are now attractinp special attention, fire mines of Lnurium are Home veins of argentiferous galena running between the mica schist and limestone formations of the promontory of Laurinm, stretching from Senium to Athens. From the remains of the ancient workings, there are uaw being obtained about 11,000 tuns of bar lead, lowered in value by beiug very antimonial, whick contains above ten ounces of silver to the tun. (.•KNTIIE HALL, .CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DEC EM HER <l, 1872. Fin) 1 tig of a It- marksble Ipiiwilt. A very remarkable lawsuit, which has been for some timo pending iu the court* of Kentucky and Indiana, was brought to a termination a day or two b? the agreement of the parties to the suit to a compromise. Some years ago a (Sermon gentleman named (Sustavus Scliurman 'resided iu Louisville, lie was the possteaor of a x a aderuble amount of nropjsrty, lived iu good style, drove flue home*, nported a footman in livery, and claimed to lie a O crura it noblemen. He was married to a tlcrsiun young lady, hail a young and interesting fumily.aud to all appear ance* wit* pros|>erous and happy. But aa in aomany families, there was a ghost in tliia one,the secret of whoee existence did not come to light until the death of the principal sotor iu this little sra-ial drama, (lustavit* was a resident of Aix la-Cha pelie, a Utile city in Rhenish I'russia, puitucd the business ef rlotli manti'ac t liter, and was what might le eon aide red well off, hit real and |>ersoti,d estate lveiug worth atiout $ 100,000. He loved, or thought lie loved,a lady named Amelia Kbnrhsrdino tloll, daughter of one of the royal counselors, and in 1*43 he pro posed mairiage, was accepted, and the marriage ceremony was performed iu thut year. An aute-uuptinl contract was entered iuto Ivetwecu the two, ae cording to tlie code N'ajioleon, w hieh was in force at Aix-la-Cha|>elto l by which In case of the death of the husbend be fore the w ife,she became entitled to one eighth in fee simple of his entire estate, and one-fourth of the estate during her life time, besides having a community of interest In all acquisition* to the com mon fnnd after marriage, which eoram-l nity of interest would entitle her to one half. The two lived happily together for some time, or apiwreutly so. The lifsof the wife, however, was soen rendered wretched ly the di-corerv that another had auppbifitol her in ber husband's affections. This however, was not ex actly the case; it was ahe iu reality, who had taken the place which nature had aligned to another. Scliurman had in his employ s nuoilwr of factory girls,ouu of whom, Catherine Itongels, was pos sessed of more than ordinary beauty. The impressible young bachelor, was •mitten with her beauty, bnt the iuexor able lawa of society governing the httlc Rhenish province tu which he lived held over him a terror of proscription which prevented him from doing that which his heart prompted. He loved Catherine Hen gels and hi* love wo* returned, but he married Amelia E. Gull, who brought to him a proud name and an extensive dower. Hut for the crime which Sehur man had cemmitted against hit nature he was amply punished. Ilia married life was unhappy, while his love for the lowly Cwthari Benewnw became more intense, now that it gel* impossible for tliem to lie legally milted. They met clandestinely, and the inter conrae coming to the knowledge of the uubappy wife, ahe became depressed be yond manure, upbraided her hnshand with kis perfidy, and threatened divorce. This rendered the husband d*wpernte, and, op-nly a*owisg his attachment, took Catherine Hon gels into his domi cile. Becoming discontented with tliu condition of things, Schurmun dccidod U|K>n emigrating to America, and came to this country. He returned in 1A49, and g-atlienng together what property he could, departed iu 1850 for the United State*, in toapaay with Catharine Hen gels. Before his departure, his wife iu st tut- d suit fordivoreu. t>* the arrival of Scliurman in Amer ica he proceeded to Iuisville, where he took nr> hia residence, and sued for a di vorce from his wife Amelia, which was granted when he immediate]? married the woman who had eloped with him. <Su-<tav-u* Hchurtnan purchased real estate in Indianapolis and Louisvilln,and by his tact and hnsiueas management in erensed his wealth to oTer a million ol dollars. At the time of hia death he bad seven children, two by hit first wife and five by his second wife. In making his will he left bis Prussian property ie his two Herman hei-s and hi* American property to his American heirs The first wife Amelia, learning of the death of br hiubaud, obtained posaee sion by legal proeeas of the Prussian estate, and ,sited for her share, as p-r marriage contract, of the descendant*' estate in America. Her son, finstaviu F. Sclmnnan, represented her with jmw er of attorney, aud the ablest lawyers in the city were employed to prosecute the ease. The pleadings wore voluminous and a* n vast amount of property wns in volved, great interest was manifested in the result. It speared, however, that ss the ease pcognwaed the plaiutifi weak eeed wmewli.it in enforcing her elaim*. Being iu a foreign country, and copies of proceedings in foreign courts Wing frequently rendered necessary as testi mony in the American courts, she be came wearied aud finally agreed to a compromise, in lien ef all claims, for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. The Old Soldier. The players are seated in a circle ; on# walks round holding a pen, pencil or anything he pleases to use, representing an old soldier. He holds it up and says, " What will you give this poor old soldier f" Tig; person asked must not use the words, white, b'ack, ves sr no, in her answer. If she doea sLe must jwy for feit. We wilt give an example : Frank holds up his "old soldier" and asks Susie, " What will you give this old soldier ?" Susie replies, "A watch. *' " Please don't give that; my soldier needs a coat." "I could not give him that." (She avoids "no.") "What will yon give him then; s hat ?"' " I think I will." As only three qnestions ean be asked each player, Frank passes on to Louisa, hnving failed to make Susan pay a for feit. " Louisa, what will you give my sol dier ?" "A pair of mittens." " W'hnt color shall they be ?" "Gray." "Gray mittens! O, do give him black ones." " No, I cannot." "A forfeit, Louisa, please, you said ' no.'" Thus the game goes round the circle. Process IN LiFft.-*rOlive Logan, in her new lectsre on "Successful People," was, when she spoke in Philadelphia, somewhat "personal" in reference rising newspnjier man of that city. "You have," said she, " in Philadelphia a man who is the living emtiodimetit of some of the prinsiples of my lecture. At eighteen ho had a Axed purpose in life, occupying an obscure position is a news paper office, without mffuenoe of any ac count. Ho said, ' I will one dny own this establishment.' It was regarded as an idle boost; but he hud energy and persistence, and to-duv ho does own and control it. If I would hold up one of many successful men as an exanipl to the yonth o( this city, I would men tion one whom you all know and honor —Georgo W. Cliilds, of the l.tdfjtr. Success may not bring happiness, but the day will come when judgement will sit upon our actions, and he who has achieved it worthily shall receive the grandest crown from the King of Kings." I f'lrruniktanees Altar Caves. In hia report aa Hcereisiy of the Wis consin Htate Society, Br. J. W. Hoy! gives expression to some very sensible views on the int|Mirtati< vof regarding spuissl oouditioua ie agriculture. That it m hi living a thousand miles from any aitflh-ieut market, ami Willi no iimmus of trunepoitution but wagons drawn by ox teams, should devote his energies to the j rubing of potatoes or turnips; that a farmer having elevated lands and dry j pastures, oulv tit for sheep breeding, should devote himself wholly to the breeding und t> situg of short horn ctit tlc ; or that a man located wituiu 20 unit • of New York or l'uiladelpliia, anu upon hiuda admirably adopted to the production of vegetables aud small fruit, should sew every square vard of it to wheat aud rve ; this should strike any thinking and intelligent person as the height of absurdity. Aud ytl bluudrrs equally senseless are made by not a few farmers, aud are |erarvered in from yW to year. Again, que would suppose that when an intelligent farmer raw all bis neighbors aud every body eUc'a neigh boia turning exclusive attention to pork raising, that it weuld he a good time for him to raise corn, meanwhile emitting nothing eaentisl to sternly and uniform mhvi-ss. But observation proves that aueli men are rare, aud th result ia that very soon everybody has uiorv hogs than his own crops will supply, and com has goue up quite lievond reach far profitable feeding. l>r tfoyt rays he once knew a farmer in Ohio who started out uudcr the guidauee of tba rule always to de Just what las neighbors pretty generally did nut do. lie was not far from Iwing a philosopher. The neighbors are still plodding aud grumbling. The philueo plier l as added farm to farm, owns hia thousands in bank stock, and fiuds no difficulty iu keeping hia tem(>er. Another farmer has flourished nearly aa well in the practice of doiug what hia uciglibota did, bnt doing it first. He was the leader of fashion in sgnottllure. and wa always reedy to discard the model be had given about the time the majority adopted it. During the late low prices of wool, when so many sheep-meu became disgusted, and eituer slaughtered their flocks or sold them out of (lie State ut a <aeiiflee, one large wool-grower peraevercd, and when the dejected woobgrowiug interest began to look op a little lie was ready to lake advantage of the rite, while others were buying back new flocks at a e-vqnd sacrifice. The Valley of (hamcnnh. Our ride of ILirtjr mile# w*s nearly ended, write# a correspondent, and we were entering the Valley of Chamoanii. We were greeted here hy the tinkling of belli around the necks of the cattle. We had beard that muaic for aorae lime, hut BOW there waa a pastoral melody upon all aide#. It U said that the flneat herd* are pro vided with a harmonious set of bells, which produce a time as the cattle walk home at milking-tiraa, resembling the air of the national Swiss anthem, and that this tune so powerfully excite* the feelings of the Hwiss heert in a strange land that it ia forbidden, upon pain of death, to he played ia the Swiss regiments serving France, so many desertions have followed the awakening of home longings in ths hearts of those who have heard it. We entered Chamonnlx tire*! hnt very happy. The fatigues of mule-riding would have been noticed sooner hut that our thoughts were diverted by the continuous panorama we were passing. The | roprle tor ot the llolel d'Aogleterrc met us most pleasantly, and we were taken at once to our rooms, and noon after met again at the table d'hote. The gay appearance of the dining-hall would make yoa sooner think yott were in some fashionable cirrle it Loudon or Paris than at the foot ut Mont Hianc, in a valley where man had not yet brought the iron horse or electric spark. The sight of laces and diamonds, draw inc-rivotn airs and all the paraphernalia of the city took of the keenea* of Alpine rambling#. After dinner we walked upon the terrace to !ok over the glaciers and snow-fields of Mont Blanc. One could hardly help recalling his idea of the appearance of Aft. .Sinai, a* it was filled with the glory of God, for the set ting sun had glorified everything. The labor of the journey was forgotten in the excitement of onremoUona, and we could hut wonder with David in the midst of nil about us, what vv* man that God should IKS SO mindful of him. It seemed as if the sun were loth to part with the werld, and had allowed his colors to rest most lovingly upon the snows that capped the summits, which, changing from gold to rose color, made one vast illumination of beauty ; and when night cast a vail over the whole, we lingered none the less entranced, remem bering what had been there, and with something, pet haps, of the feeling we have when we must hide from oir eyes what has given us a sweet jey upon earth. After planning to ascend the Monfanvert to cross the Mer de Glace, the following day, we hade each other good night A NEW INVENTlON. —Necessity is the mother of invention, and the horse necessity cansed a fearful strain on the inventive power* of the ingenious popti hit ion of the United .States, it is now nunouneed that n new engine for pro pelling street-ear* has teen invented, so compact as to occupy no more aporu than nn ordinary base-burning parlor stove, and which doss not intrude upon passenger rooiu. By the peculiar ar rangement of the various parts economy of fuel is accomplished, the smoke itself is eonsumed, and there is no soot, cin ders or noise. The engine has the power of Ave horses, and the ears, which are of the usual dimensions, can lie controlled, as to stoppage ami propul sion, quite as handily as though drawn by horses. The power ean be increased at pleasure up to capacity of a tweuty ttve horse power engine, thus enabling it to ascend grades of four hundred feet to the mile. The engineer ean "slow up" in the spice of thirty-two feet when the ears are going at the rate of twonty- Ave miles an hour. The engine is placed upon the rear platform, so that the win dows can be left open in pleasant weath er, without the annoyance of smoke or cinders, as there is none of either, while any dust that might be raised is left behind, tlms conferring a vast amount of pleasure and comfort upon the passenger. The tests made thus far have liven most satisfactory. LATINO TUB HANANA. —A eoireapin dent says : There i away we hnvo of eating bananas in the East which is worth knowing, thus—take a soup {date, strip half a dozen bananas, and with a silver fork mash them up, adding suf ficlent sherry and sugar to make tho whole of about the consistency of a thick soun. When so treated there is a flavor which may almost vie with that of tho most delicious fruit in the world —the Mangostecn. There is a great difference in hananns [abroad ; the best I remember eating were nt Singapore, They were also particularly good at the Cape dc Verd Isles ; In cliinnand Japan not so good, the slightest pink always prcfened The Duke of Bedford has given Mr. Boelim an order far a statue of John Banyan, to he presented to the town in whose jail the " Pilgrim's Progress'' was written during its author's thirteen years imprisonment. A Ma tit met i Ship. That the Itovaatatiun the new Famish ship of war, is a success, so far ae she has been tried, is now admitted. The ixinderoaa monster wldeh aqnat* npon the astonished waters with a deed weight ef 10,000 tons, takes any ordiuury waves with stolid iudifli-renee, whether she receive* them <-ndt>n, or upon bow, beam or quarter. The prodigious hill of foam which lirr stem piles up wheu under way, washes, as was expected, clean over her forward deck, aud she is often submerged sflj bat her massive mid section rides quietly enough, aud thoee on IxNirrl her when anchored in the rol ling tide wny nt Hpitlieed, aay tli.it she uui "steadier than the house* ashore." Mlie turns with ge*t reedineaa aud in a a smalt circle, aud her speed, aa proved in sit trials along the measured mile, ia not only equal to the promise of her de signers, but it existedi expectation. The mighty engines during this island of irou with an indicated power of 6,SOU horaae. with seventy-seven revolutions per minute, got fifteen knot* and a half out of the ship, and her mean rate at full ilon is thirteen koota and three-quart-- era. Here, therefore ia a craft which is vulnerable on'y to a very few guns, has the swiftness of a mall packet, and the bandiuess—thanks to her twin screws— of a tug. while she could utilise these qualities to hurl U|>oa the aide* of an opponent the awful force of all her ten thoussud tou moving with the velocity of a spear. On board this remarkable man-of-war there are uo leas than thirty four distinct and separate engines, an J, indeed, the value wtiieli she represents is as serious aa her fighting capacity What remains to be learned ia the Mia viorof the ugly giant in a real Biscay gale; aud whether or no the eui <fc-*e which she carries aft will or will no', prove a mistake in a heavy following sea. With stability awtirel to" 55 J , with no top gear to set her over, and with decks which can be hermetically sealed, she would lie safe euottgfe; but whenever she does roll, or pitch, or scud, the riv et* and fitting* in her huge body will be shrewdly trieJ. Except the Russian monitor Peter the Grtwi, nothing float ing could resist or even challenge audi a vessel at once so strong and swift. The torpedo, no doubt, rear yet be eo devel oped a* to make the Itovastotion, and ail her terrible sisters impotent against a drfeudul coast. On the-high aces at present she lias no superior. The Marriage (Vrrmony. 1 have seen very many cases of the sappoeed raw't-ajferd le marry disease, and examined many, and always found the symptoms to prove enotber com plaint altogether. The diagnosis had DM utterly false. It was a dea't-wawf to-Rurry trouble that was afflicting the patient. This was the story : Formoaa bad dwelt ta marble halls, and clothed herself in acrvs of purple and fine linen. Marriage with her means twenty thou sand a year. So 1 look at my two thou sand, snd esw'f trWord-lir marry, Q; the story was this t "i'olehrs vuki to dwell in uisrlde halls, and clothe heraelf in seres of purple and fine linen. Marriage with Aw, therefore, means twenty thou sand a year. So I look at my iwo thou sand, andean'! nJTard riamrry. Formula wise and truth-wise it is this : " Foolish girls wish to live idle, pampered and fashionable live*, and fooliah young men are seeking after foolish girla." In such a complication, marriage loses it* moaning, aud it ia wry natural for a young mau to say, I can't afford to marry." The truth ia, he caunot afford to marry after the style aforesaid, and he docs not wish to marry in a ae risible style, to which hi* two thousand woukl *j"y Amen. —But there are other than foolish gtria in the world. There are puis, modest mien, industrious hsbita. and uuaolfiih hearts. You are not apt to Ad them in the highways er in con spicuous places. Tuev make the heat wive* in tne world, while the St rat rig* Hung nukes the worst. L*sk for them at home, not in mcirty —that ficxiog, bubbling ealdmn, where pride, vanity and vapiditv, aewonod with vice, sputter into assimilation. Find litem helping in nursery, pantry, or kitchen ; not saun tering with beaten rUre on a frequented ptoHietiade, or dawdling among French novel* in the boudoir. Hotr-trv fYeskw. The drawl National ob*ervate7. Of the grent national observatory, a Nevada paper say* : •• We understand that Professor Davidson lifts determined n|m Pollard's Peak, Summit Station, as the proper place for the national observ atory. bu peak s located less than a mile from Summit Station, which is seven thousand and fort v-eight fee t shove the sea-level.and the highest point of the Oent-al Pari Ac Railroad. Castle Peak, sewn miles from the snmiait, was examined by Professor Davidson with Ihe view of making it the place for tie otwervstory, but the atmosphere from the peak was found to be too har.y, and the mountain itself too difficult of recess to make it a desirable place for astro nomical. lmronictriral,au<t atmospherical ok-ervationa. Castle Peak has the advantage in altitude, as it is nine thou sand sawn hundred and sixty-four fet above sea-level, or one thousand nine hundred and sixty-four feet higher than Pollard's Peak. The latter, however, is easily accessible, being less than half a milo from the railroad, and the atmos phere from its summit is remarkably dear, and for this latter reason it has been selected by Professor Davidson. An appropriation of flftv thousand dol lars baa leen made by for the errction of the necessary building*, pur chase of telescopes, sud other necessary instrument*. The telescope to be nscd will be second iu size te none in the United States. Once established, the olMwrvntory will bo a permanent fixture, and will receive an annual appropriation from Congress of from tweuty-tive to Afty thousand dollars." BR ECONOMICAL. —" Take care of the penuies." Look well to your spending. No matter what comes in, if more goo# out yon will slwnys be poor. The art is not in mskisg money, but in keeping it. Little expense*, liks mice in * barn, wsen they are many, msko great waste, lluir by llsir, heads got ludd; straw hy straw the thatch goes off the cottage, an.l drop by drop the rain comes into the chamber. A barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks hut a drop a minute- When yon mean to save, begin with your month ; many thieves pass down the ml lane, The ale jug ri a great waste. Iu all other things lteep within compass. Never tretch your legs fur ther than yonr blankets 'will reach, or you will soon be cold. Iu clothes, choose suitable and lasting stuff, and not tawdry fineries. To be warm is the main thing; never mind tlic looks- A fool may make money, but it needs a wise man to spend it. Remember, it is cosier to build two chimneys than to keen one going. If yon give all to hack atd lsard, thsre is nothing left for the savings bank. Fare bard aud work hard wbilo von are young, ond you will have a chance to rest when you are old. It is said that the Mikado of Japan is going to England to look for a wife. The young emperor is tall for an Asiatic, about Ave feet ten inches high, of digni fied bearing, slightly built, of darker complexion than the majority of higher doss Japanese, with s thin, composed face, somewhat Mongolian in cast, full lips, and dark eyes. TKIIMK : Two Dollarg a Yoar, in Advance. What hr#| Mm four. " Fate U against me. 1 deter could succeed in anything. lam doomed to poverty. Hm I ain near tbo meridian of Ufa, a large family ujoa my Lamia, •one and daughters just al that age a Leu (Ley beootae psrlieularly expensive, and n-ed much money epeut ujkui them to fit them for lb# position* I wish them to ooenpy ; bat I bate not Sot it to spend unleaa I involve myself eeper in diffieiUtim which hate always encompassed me- What ia the rs*-o I am poor F* Huch are the complaint* of bundreda of men in oar uiuM who nre struggling as thev struggled all their litea to main tain a style ol living they fancy neeea aary fur the happineaa of themaelve* and families. The main points ia to make others Iteliete they are pcwecaeed of greater wealth than they really are—aa to be thought poor would destroy aU the comforts ol real wealth, dul they posses * theui. Ileuce thev labor and plan to deceive their neighbor* even as they are doeeiviug themselvea This is an iutotualiun which leads such meu down a life of poverty aa well of intenae misery. With out limited or small incomes they will spend money laviably before the'public in the dress and ornament* of their families and in their house*, followed by ac equal parsimonies sues* towards themselves and their buainesa conveniences in private. Spending more than they receive, they are con stantly re debt, and to maintain their credit among their fnend* and debtor*, occupies much oi their time, and monopolises the best energies of their minds, and their capacity for making money ia corwapondiogly weakened, and what ia dearly the road to fortune is overlooked in the search for a path out of the entanglements of their vloun tarv jKisiticra. The habit of spending money twice over, via. : once in anticipation of its receipt and again when it ia received, ia the cause of moat of the poverty in the world among the intelligent clawee as no one can practice it without besom tng involved pecuniarily, and ii persisted in it will entail lite-long poverty. Jtut let such a tnan atop where be ia, forget the Mrs. Orundya and their goa aip, strike out tor himself a new path, never use a dime anlesa it ia in his pocket, and only nine cents of it then ; saving the other and putting U on in terest. Let him learn that bis children can fojoy themselves fully aa weU and ft themselves for Ufa much better without the many faahionabla pleasure*, so com mon, ao espeuaive, and a* useless ; tot luui, in fact, live independently and free from debt, and my word for it, ku com plaint* of Fate wiU cease. Accumula tion, though alow at first, will soon as sert itself ; end the feeUng of embarrass ment and constant anxiety, sitting likes weight npon the mind, destroying its elasticity and power, will give way, and a time wiU be given to the brain which will enable a man to ace clearly ln-fore him, and ten to one fortune d*wm upon him before be ia aware of it. If many wives would seek the cause of the sober looks they aee npon their : htubaods' face*, and would know why ' hia locks bleach oat so rapidly, tot them inquire into hia pecuniary mat era, aud it poaaibto draw aside the vail, behind which he shelters hia pride even from hia wife ; aud if abe.finas that he ia liv ing beyond his income, let her see te it, us she values her happiness and that of Iter children, that she support hia arms , and hia heart in the carrying out of any resolution he can be prevailed npon to adopt, to turn the current conveying him on to destruction and misery. By this main* much misfortune may be averted. Habit* of the OpoMum. The Antrim* Xat*r*U*t bu the (ol lowing interesting concerning the habits of the opossum : The ani mal is widely distributed in the United Stat**. It dwells in hollow log*, stomps, and in holes at the roots of trees—does aorturro w, but take* possession of holes already made. Into these he will esrrr 1 o*re*, using his tail for the purpose, and provide himself with a comfortable bed when lad weather threatens. It doea not hibernate, but hurt* its food at all Masons, is slow of foot und not vers wild. It will eat bacon, drr beef, and' carrion, any kind of fowl, rabbits, any kind of small gatne, alm<i*t all the insects and fruits of every Taricty, being especially fond of musk-melons: ami it is eaten in turn by manv people, the flesh Innug considered delicious. This hse a flavor resembling that of the fleali of a young hug. but it is sweeter and less gross. Negroes and other* are ex ceedingly fond ot it ; dog*, however, hold s very different opinion, and will sooner starve than consume it The ani mal is habitually incautious, and when attacked seems to posies* little power of resistance ; literaMy suffering itself to be eaten alive by the turkey bursal-.ls, while it lies 01 its side and protests against the proceeding by a succession of gruote. Exceedingly tenacieos of life, it will survive a severe crunching by the dogs, when it seems as though eTery bone in its body had been cracked. Al-1 though sometimes found concealed under j the floor* of house* and out-bmldings, it refuses to be domesticated, and is be lieved to dwell but a short time in any one place. Swiss Working People. The wages received by the operatives of Switzerland ore very meagre, k ing from thirty-three to forty per cent, low er than in England, and from ten to fifteen per cent, lower than in France. In |the French rontons the operatives are tietter paid, bnt the expenses of liv ing are higher. In Switzerland weavers receive from 81.91 to 83.12 per week; dyers from 81.68 to |2.64 per week; silk spinner* from 81.92 to $2 44 per week; printers from $2.3* to 83.60 per week; stocking weavers from 82-40 to 4.32 per week. Has workers are paid 72 cents s day, powder makers 96 oeuts; tnol and furniture makers 60 cents; paper makers 56 cents; brewers and cigar makers from 3H to 75 cents; vine dressers from 33 to 52 cents; and agricultural laborers from 24 to 38 seats. Smiths, joiners, tailors, gardeners, book binders, shoemakers, and carpenters, receive from 38 to 55 cents a day; and watchmakers, bakers, wheelrights, and ordinary mechanics re ceive from 20 to 34 cent# a day. Mowers are paid 70 cents, and gunsmiths from 72 cents to $1.14 s day. The average of wages is very low, and only in s few cases amount* to 72 cents a day. On the other hand the cost of living und the prices of provision! Wre very moderate. Male workmen caa obtain board and lodging at from 81 to 81-32 a week, and female operatives at from 84 cents to SI.OB a week. In country towns the price is much lower. In the northeast ern cantons, where mechanical weaving is carried on entirely by women, the girls are lodged, boarded and clothed at the cost of the manufacturers in estab lishments. Mutual aid and co-operative societies abound, while charity and pau perism are almost unknown. Untortnnate cattle owners on the Mexican frontier will be pleased to learn that z kttcr hat been written, to Matam oros by President Lerdo and the Mexi can Foreiga Minister, stating that the Frontier Commission will striwtly inves tigate complaints as to caftld stealing, and that the Mexican Government will aid that of the United States in putting an end to all disturbances. NO. 49. 1 Marine Menster. A fry remarkable ooramnnirathm, mtillqd "The Bern Serpent ui High land Loch,' im published ia Ltad amd W.rttr lor September T, and contain* • circumstantial account, apparently con sidered rerari'HM, by Frank UuAflratd, •fa remarkable beast la Ieh Kouro. This. according to tbe artieta, men by the writer wu two occasion in August, when the weather was still and Lot, and the ana like gias* Tbe animal tamm- Wed a serpen t, and its length was rati mated at aboat ninety-six feet. Tbe Iwdy was thrown ia a Mioeession oI tin durations or curves, night in number, in addition to the bead and neck. The motion of the animal waa estiM-d by the undulation of the**- corves, and Waa et trrmely rapid ; ia (ant. it made a tu* king rush through the water quite audi hi# from the vessel of tbe oWrrer, tbe tea being quite still, and tie wind Wow tag. Tbe party observing tbe anirnaj waa in a fail-l>at, aid at one time within one bond red yards, at which distance, by means of opera-glasses, it eutid be tee® very distinctly. When nearest, the aea ooald be plainly noticed running off its neck end tbe back of He bead an it doee from a low flat rock which baa been *al merged by tbe wave* Tbe cartes into which it threw itself were auppoaad to j be for tbe purpose of exposing as much of the body as possible to the air, as when muring rapidly it appeared to be perfectly straight Borne of the party thought that the tumuli of water kbout the neck *a* caused by a laabiotf motion at of a mane, but nothing of this kind waa dearly distinguish**!. The head appeared flat, and the observer* could see distinctly the chin. Borne thought they ooald distinguish a bUck fin stick ing np, bat of this they were not certain. ID the distance tbe enter waa black. Tbe writer mils attention to the close resemblance of thia animal in ita general character to the sea-serpent ao frequent ly reported a existing to tbe Norwegian fiord*, and states that tbe resemblance heretofore noticed to a string of VssrraU, one alter the other, was Tcry Striking. The idee of this being a school of j**r poaea was considered entirely absurd, m the water was perfectly dear, and the undulations were occasionally quite fixed for aoms seconds. The elongated bead j and neck were always manifest. Oe aaionailr the greater part of the body would sink below the surface, leaving the head and neck exposed. Mr. Boeklaod, in commenting upon this communication, refers to rations drawings, figures, and descriptions of early writers as being corroborated in ever* respect by the account just given ; and he thinks that the coasts of Norway and of Northern Scotland are certainly inhabited by bring creatures which, for the want of a letter name, may be called great tea-snake*. Tbe Bed Ben. A writer ia the Londpn Jfiwi remarks that the Bed Sea is father noted for be ing hot, but the greatest heat ia said to be in August and the early days of Sep tember. There are burning deserts on each side of the aea, and the hot air from them is must intense in this month, and mast come by whatever wind may chance teldow. • • • • * ,*| Sleeping on deck becomes the fashion, ind every night increases the number of what seems corpses laid out in rows. At last, as we get near the middle of the Red Sea, the ladies find it impossible to exist in the cabins below, and they have their beds brought on deck. Wiping the perspiration from the face and neck is the only jwsuible occupation. If you try to write, great drops gather and come down with a splash on the paper as if from a thunder cloud. Men with bald heads seem always to have a crop of pearls coming np through the akin. All the pores ol the body seem like j* i ual fountains of water. The sight on the forecastle is very striking at night. There are the crew of Lascars, and the seedy Wallahs, or negroes, who do the : stoking—soor fallows, they come up from their fiery Gt henna gasping, at times fainting, in this climate. The ; stewards also take refuge on the fore •astie. and it ia the only plsce for Hie , second-class passengers, and among them there are two Chinese women, a : Malay woman, end a group ef ayahs from Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. There are twe Jewa from Singapore, an ' English groom in chat ere of a horse, and a few others, a different chra, who can net afford to pay first-class fans. All come on the forecastle, except a lady or two, who do not like he thick crowd ing of the fire pen*, !*r the whole place is a mas* of human beluga. Tbe beat is [ far toe great for fun, singing, or even conversation. Everyone lays himself down to rest, and remains there absorb ed with his own sensations till sleep gives him complete repose. TThere evpr there ia a spot where a man can put his body the place ia soon filled. The "Fat" .Sheep. Some twenty-five years ago, when I waa pastor of a church ia ■ I took occasion one evening to attend a social | meeting in the church in that place. A* is tbeir custom on such occasions, one after another rose and gave in his or her experience. After some time a man in humble circnmatanoc*, small in stature, and with an effeminate, squeaking voice, rose to give a piece of his experience, which was done in the following manner: " Hrrthern, I bare been a member of the chttroh for many year* I have seen hard times ; my family haa been much afflicted, but I nave for the first time in my life to see my pastor or any of the trustees of thia clinrch cross the thres hold of my door." No sooner had he uttered this part of his experience than he was suddenly in terrupted by one of the trustee*, an aged man, who rose and said in a load, firm voice: "My dear bretber, yon must pnt the devil behind you." Ou taking his seat, the pastor in charge quickly rose, and also replied to the little man as follows : < My dear brother, you must remem ber that we shepherds are sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Whereupon the little man rose again, and in answer, said, in a very loud tone of voice: • Yea, and if I'd been a /at one, you would have fonnd me long ago." The effect upon the audience can be better imagined than described. MOVING WXST.—Rather the most novel mode of emigration by rail, combining economy and comfort, is an Eastern cotemporary. Attached to a through freight train was a common car, containing a man and bis wife with all their furniture and household goods, be sides their family horse and carry-all. They were emigrating from Boston to Nebraska, having chartered this freight car to take them through for 8300. I they meet with no uncommon deten tions, there seems to be no reason why they may not make a pleasant trip of it. If successful, this may be the inaugura tion of still another new way of doings; and the time may be near at hand when imigrant cars, fitted up with special re ference to the accommodation of emi grant families, may be set a running over our Western railways, and become as familiar to the public as sleeping cars or Pullman's palace! * wMHgTflf IMMNNfIt •- ~j Time is tbt chrysalis of eternity. ■ 'The beat lan for a "poet InsplrnteM). How to put a bono " on bis met tie"- State hi tn. Neckties of very gsy colors are once more fashionable. Dubuque is said to be the best-drained city in the United state*. Bill Shanka aaya that courtship ia| Win, but matrimony is blister. The tools are to be removed from the bridges over the Thames at London. „ What ia that which goes eg the hi end down the hill and yet never moves f The road. Railroads have now three gangs*—* broad gadget a narrow gang*, and a "DoßtetWaka that instead of giving credit to whom credit Is due, tta cash had better be paid- . The b*t conundrum oni: In my nrat my second rat, my third and fourth 1 atef Ana. In mt-I-ate. An Ersalviilc, Indiana, moth* lately sacrificed her own Ule in saving bar child from the fkamea. The remnant of the Beminole tribe in Florida is divided into three families of about twenty persons each. A little girl was lately frightened to death in Michigan by two boys, while cm her way home from school. A Chicago young man waa recently quite smitten by a neighbor's wife. Bhs smote Mm with a roiling pin. A Bt Louis girl has inherited gr./AV 000 from bur betrothed love* who waa an officer in the Spanish army. Trieing to define love is like tricing tew kno how yoo earn tew brake thru the im; all you kno about it ix yu fall in and got docked. Prince Harare, eldest son of tho Khedive of Egypt, who has finished bis Oxford career, will soon depart cm a three years' totur around tbe world The gilded gambling saloons at Ems are dosed, to the great indignation of many old habitue*. The royal degree forbidding further gambling waa read on Hie 'Jfito of September. They will haw the gospel preached ia peace at Yovknlle.Tenn.. if they have to fight for it. A gentleman named Sterkey waa promptly shot on the spot for dis turbing n meeting three. The blossom can not tell what betwrare of its odor, and no man can tell what become* of his influence and cramp!*-, that roll away from him, and go beyond his ken on their perilous miasma. Strange to ray, Louis Napoleon desires to take u his abode in Germany, and has asked the German Government if be might do so. Be was answered that his presence tore* would be unwelcome. The effects of the suppression of the liquor traffic are already visible in Dan bury. A woman who one month ago handle knew where to get bread for her children, now bass complete set of new Jewelry. At one of the New York np town cbumhes a slate, containing a list of the weddings to be raMbreted during the wedl, is hung in the veatibola every Sunder for the benefit of the young ladies 'of the eeagregatscn. A painter being asked to estimate the cost of painting a certain house, drew forth pencil and paper and made the following calculation : " A naught ia n caught ; three into five twice you can't; ill paint your house for fifty dollars. Sergeant Bates, the American wbe started to walk from Glasgow to London, bearing unfurled tbe flag of his country, ia on his Journey, every where ba is green ed with the ebecre ef the people. 11# re ports that be has in no way been molest ed. These biautiful little crew*area, flying squirrefa, are now bred in cages by the itinerant dealers who display thn in the thoroughfare*. The one* bred in captivity are perfectly tame, allowing themselves to be bandied even by siren- MRBk ♦ Poor Garlotia," tbe ex-Empress of Mexico, is reported to posset a fori una of 15,000,000, which will be inherited by her brothers, the King of Belgium :ind the Count of. Flanders. Her fortune was inherited from Leopold I. of Bel gium. Path and Nilason are now singing in opera at St. Petersburg, and toe friendly rivalrv between toe two stare creates a pleasant excitement. They do not crane into immediate collision, although vying with each other in favorite roles on alter nate nights. " Ma, why donH you apeak f naked little Jake. " Why don't you say anthin' funny f* " What can I ray t Dant vou see I'm bray frying doughnut* t Say something funny, indeed 1 " Wal, ver might sav 'Jake, wont yer bCT a cake f That 'ud be fanny." m Borne practical joker suggwrted through tbe ScuaUjk Americas that rubbing lite beard off with a pumice stone (a file would answer tbe same purpose ®as a much better way than taking it off with a raxor. Some fellow had the nerve to trr it, and the result waa that he got Ms beard off. and akin, too. By an agreement between the two government*, the thaler of Germany will be considered as equivalent to sevenfT-flve cents in United States coin of gold value. A remembrance of thia will be useful in the interchange of money orders between the United States and tbe German empire. Colonel Titos C. Bice, a reeloae who tuul been living on an old barge at For tress Maura* 1 since the war, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Some twenty year* ago he waa a prominent citisen of Richmon J, Vi, and colonel of the famous M Black Morse Cavalry. M The fatoer of a boy whose reracify is not so marked as bis back, asked the teacher why it waa his eon didn't hare a better acquaintance with figures, and was considerably electrified when the teacher tenderly observed, "I really don't know, unless it is because figures won't lie." Mr. Cornell continue* to lavish money upon bis university. He has commenced the building of an extra workshop for the purpose of supplying the manual labor students with increased means of earning a support. It will be provided with machinery and an expert foreman aa teacher. A smart lad in San Antonia, Texas, recently took his stand by the side of a Mind organ-grinder, nml, hat in hand, solicited alms. When his hat was nearly filled by tbe sympathetic pasaess-by, he walked off leaving the orginist grinding away, utterly ignorant of the whole transaction. The Prussian Government has decided that the dames an Sac re Ccsor de Dteu, an Order implored chiefly in the relig ions instruction of Catholic girls and children, ia to be considered as akin to the Jesuit Order under the late act, and the members are consequently to be expelled forthwith. When a man thinks that nobody cares for him, and that he is alone in a cold and selfish world, he would do well to ask himself what he baa done to make anybody care for and love him, and to warm the werid with faith and generosi ty. Generally those who complain the most have done the least TBI CUT or lion*.—Since Rome be came a seat of government it baa, like Berlin, greatly increased in population, and the demand for booses necessitates the ionnatkm of entire new streets. In the excavations and lerelings now being made the most interesting discoveries, have been made. Not a sewer is ting nor foundation laid without the work man's pick coming upon rare objects of art or t lie debria of monuments ; among these are mosaic pavements, tombs, marble and bronze statues, inscriptions, pillars, baa-reliefs, etc., the remains of ancient monuments, known and un known, and an abundance of tools, medals, jewels and other small articles. A better field could scarcely present itaeif just now to the study of the aremologisfc and antiquarian, for the his tory of ohl Rome is written in her soil, and every step upon it remind? the traveler of Byron's fervid exclamation : " Stop ! for you tread upon * empire's dust.''
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