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*f the sg* let at* of dngl* drops
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1 r,siurs m. o to apeak ;
7>e little htcms of sand and earth
Have mule R peak a peak,
Not all at once the morning streams
The gold aboro the (fray ;
His a tltotssanil ti; Vl,' j.U. w gleam.
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.''