COXMO*PX.ACB. IWMitksrarkfiwm kWuM. h~ . Pb* *#ol* MatoS, wt*S Strifes arm* I m rr .1 Ut*~4l'* ml l ■■!■><< t •• Umn rsmw fm:j t btkUlt lb. ia#- ■ s>r* Urt.Mlt at# f atnglt DROPS Tlixt *k* Utoar* the bib. Titr niowstaiu * rnt t it. birtU k r..Hiut.iik so u speak ; Th. lit 14# Wtrni* of #amt .nil e*r*h H*#e m.il. it. peak a pexk. Not il t once llio niortiinjf a! ream* Tho gold above ike gray ; "S if f. llHwronil UtU.i \silow gleam* That make tho Asj Hie day, XM tPMn th. snow-drift Ma* a*ake# 5n purple*, ml. an J green*; whole bright retinue it Uk<# J# taakc hi r qu#n of qoceu*. Upon Use orchard raiu must (kit, And weak frv m root to root; And hlosMuua Noon) bad ft do withal Bvioro the fru.t u trust. Th. farmer need, must 90% ar-d rid. And wait tho wbeaten bread ; Th.n rt*My seated ; only it might tall in! I wonder if a pappoose couldn't t inserted somewhere : I do so long to blend the useful with the ornamental! Now, Hepaiiwh. you are a sensible married woman. competent to give good advice ; and I ask ran. what am I to do • Go round the world in this harlequin guK*. or give the whole thing a gnwt smash! I should be gisd to preserve a modicum of self-respect ; bat how can I, Inside of a balloon ' I shall appear in full spread on Thursday to stand the day. 1 can't sit down ; but "l atewU like the lean of a bed-prat *nd a cord ; Imig tgo up, you know Tin then, in every fibre of my stiffening. Tours truly. THE Gsjut Expakdzc I sat laaghiag over this ; when in walked Hester Gmywood, another oW friend. After the firot Mdctalioa. she slowly twirled herself round, and sank into a char exclaiming: " Behold the woman who dares!" Ah ! I saw; she, too, had on a new drees. It was of silvery-gray m&. made with one shirt, without a particle ol trimming on it, and a sveque just hound with a bias fold oi the same. Yes. she had dared. It was really a refreshing, sight; and she looked perfectly bewitching in the q taker-like costume But. than, Hester Gray wood is such a pretty little creature, she can ♦ help looking lovely in atything ; and she knows H. so It does'not require so great courage in her to dare. Yes, she looked charming. Yet. on • a second glance, there seemed a kind of barvne* about her. as if something were wanting. Was this be-jatjse I had looked an long on mountains of frippery that my eye and taste had both been corrupted ? Tan year* ago we all wore snch plain, single sklitr, and considered our selves elegantly dressed ; why should they look mean and skimpy now ? I read Lou's note to Heater, and she prom ised to join us at dinner on Thursday. " Extremes should meet," she said. She slaved on awhile, and we had a little talk on dress, and tiie bondage fashion Im poses ; ar how the ta.*te of che com mupit t U corrupted by the overloaded, ungraceful styles in vogae now, and oo many other thing*, such as eeoeible women do talk about when they get together. '* One of the greatest evils ol this absqrd overloading," said Hester, "it that it so fearfully overworks women. We hear a great deal about the hardships of the poor ehlrt niakers in our titles; 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 is a fair representative of a large class, and 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 wile and six children in luxury, especially as four of them are girb. Mrs. T is an ambitious woman, and nays she will have her children 'decently dressed;' that means fashionably dressed. Bhe can't afford to hire her sewing done; so, in addition to all her housework, she makes their dresses ; and if you have seen Grade, the ejdest one, you can judge what that implies." "She's a very stylish-looking girl," I said. " Yea: ami her mother is vary psond of her, as b aakurnl. She is just seventeen; and what Jbad rful oostimes she does Moom out in ! They an all afloat with pufls and ruffles, quills and frills. tHI there's scarce sn inch of unirirnmed space about her. And Clara and Nellie go by to school every room ing, cacli with another set of furbelowed upper skirts and under skirts, basques and sacks, while baby Belle—bless her dear little heart!—is all afloat, tjo, with tiDy ruffles on her tiny skirt." " Isn't she a darlinjf?" I cried. " Yes, lovely, with her blue eyes and ap ple-blossom cheeks ; but wouldn't she be just as pretty in a plain white dress with s bit of edging round the neck and sleeves, if it were the fashion f And the pretty Grade —ls the charm in her, her lovely complexion and fine expression, or in her furbelows and fringes?" "In her, of course," I said. "Children and young girls are never so pleasing as when simply dressed." " Certainly ; and our taste is corrupted when we do not see this. 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 stwirig-ujadiine is often going till after mid night. No wonder she looks broken down, and lias neuralgia and a diseased spine. She has done the work of two women, and it is the hardest kind of work, too. Every inch of those interminable yards of hemming a*d FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor VOL. V. hitvllng, g.thvrin# and tautening, psiar* through her ttager., to nv uethlug of the ! - -driving and titling, and Imaling and rtp 1 -•!*. 1 wwndvr the woman t alive. I don t believe there Is a vaornau iu the city harder worked " " Put why u'r th. daughter, help lin *" " Tl-oe# in whool haven'i av time iluuse doe. ait she can ; hut with her cwlU and caller*, ptutidng an.l pic-aking, cro>|ottlng and ro ourtiing. it would W cnid t-> expect her t>> do more than make the gl&iuewt jrlivui el her uuiler-e!oUia. " Put It's *bird," 1 Mild, "for. mechanic'* wife to go Into *uet extrwv.gan -e " " 1 dou I know a.a ineehauic . wife can be tipevted to l*e more seuslUle th.u aitv other woman." said Hater drylv. "A te form niut l-egiu somewhere eW, 1 fancy.*' "1 .uppone no, ' 1 a*hi with a sigh ; hut the whole rabjKt I* full of difficulties " '* All of which might 1* overcome if women had S spirk of indrjwndettce. Here U a tan cttde evd for them t * grapple with, now that ihey hare wakol tip to a sense of their strength and capabilities." •* Yes; they may as well begia a reform her#, as of the nation at the baJlot-l>oX," I ' isaid, laughing. " Put how to do it It the Faction. Is there any sUmlard by which rev* can be btdgd and regulated " " Not now," aud llenler ; " but 1 Iwlievc the principle, of art, true art. might he a|>- plievi to drees a* to other thing* ; that thrie ts an essential, intrin.ic Iwauty or ugliness iu oar garments, entirely irmpevtive of fa.ht.-n. In other word*, that it is one thing to be well dreewrd, and another to be fashionably dressed " *' Yea." I said ; " but what is it t-v t-e well dressed ?" • I can UH yen what it Isn't," said Hester •• It isn't to wear a huge protuberance on your head or vour back, wtiih. If yon had bee* born with it, would have been ooodJ ered a shocking dek-rrwity. It isn't to con ceal all the hiiew of the human figure, or to ! make it one n ountaiu of trimming, when ! trimming rhould always bs sabervieut. add- Ir.g grace, and defiuing outlinea. Aud then, too, it must he something permanent. It can't be the changing tiling f:*hiouabl<- dreasing is. Art wvuhlu t make a balloon of us this month, aud a -scanlily-draped statue the next; she wouldn't tilt u* up on heels that agonise oar toes, and pitchb. dowa stairs to-dsy, and to-moriow see us ou the ground like *o many lore-footed Indians " 'That would le comfort," I said. "It. 1 when a dress was nude, it wonld stay made, and lock well till it was worn out, ii would lemon half our labors." I '• Well, Hcpsv, I believe tho eood time i coming— the time when we shall have a higher civiliaatiou, and break the chain* f.ohion fetlers us with now. Then we shall distinguish between true beauty and dv/ormi- | ly ; and our milliters and drrsomaaers will be #rfw*M, and not mniutft , and, instead • 1 lopping and streu hing u* all on one iron bed, they will study adap'ation to age, complex ! ion, and character, till we come out of their bands individual, aa wetl as comfortable and attractive. When we think of it. Un t It strange how It ever came alxmt that we Wt ourselves all be worried into exactly the same shaped garment*, no matter how rlif ! ferent we are in sise and figure " Very strange and utwurd," I said ; and Hester went away. Exactly at one o'clock an Thu relay fhe Great Expanded arrived. She wax a good deal puffed out truly, ar.a. "There'a no plant where 1 am so thoroughly cowed as in droasmakers' rooms. I don't dare to peep or mutter.'' " Yea; —amiable people like you rather eubmit than make a fuss." "Hut they ought to make a fuss," said Loq ; *' it's sheer cowardice in my case, not amiability. Every lady's dress should be an eip***inn of her own individual taste and character—but look at nt! we arc all turned out just alike, like so many ninepins." "Well, what is to be done about it ?" I asked " Why not form an anii -fashion society." said Heater, "and get all sen-ible women to pledge themselves to drets according t* their o*n ideas of propriety, without regard to fashion ? ' I'uion is strength,' and organized effort the order af the day." " Capital!" cried Lou—" we'll draft and sigu a declare! iou of independence ; apd you. Hester, shall pit dawn your same with a great dash. John Hancock-like." " I'll make out the list of grievances," said I. "Easy enough to do that." said Lou; wornout mothers, bankrupted father*, neg lected bat>ies, disgusted husbands" " Hold there r' I cried. "11 u-hands arc as fond of dress as wives, so far as my aspen em* goes." " Why do they keep up such an everlasting fault-finding with out extravagance, then''" Well, my deir, men are not always severely comnstent— they arc eloquent on that theme, I know ; but put a plainly-dressed girl n one side of a man, and a fluttering piece of millinery on the other, and ten to one be will be enchanted with Ihe latter •lohr. Seymour is not the only victim of "pink and white tyranny." "Then men are in u measure responsible for the evil," said Hester. "Bo I tell Tom," I avid. " Let every man who approves of simplicity and economy de vote himself to the plainest-dressed girl in the room, turning a cold shoulder on those who wear diamonds and such like sinful 'thirfits, and be will do more to 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. I*l yonng men frown on extravagantly-dressed yonng women, and yonng women scorn on dissipated, fast yonng men, and a vital change in manners and mmals would soon follow." At this point in our dlscuaaion I beard Tom's step in the ball; and with him came Prof. Downing, an old m*nd of his, whom he had asked to dine with us. The professor U a fine-looking man. besides being learned, agreeable, and a bachelsr. b'ow, Tom and I never make matches ; but, having had such a good time together ouroelves, we do some times wish certain of our friends would take a fancy to each other; and the night before we had spoken of the professor and Hester, saying how nice it wa* 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 untrimmea dress ; it was exsrtly the thing to suit bis fastidious taste. How lucky It was she wore n! The dinner passed off delightfully. Tom was In his most hospitable mood ; Ix>u and Hester brilliant; the professor genial ; and, the soaps, salmon, and roast lamb, all lieing .done to a turn, the hostess serene. The learned professor and the pretty Hester could not hire come together under more auspicious influences ; and Tom and 1 had great com placency in our little plan A few days after, Tom told me he had been drawing the professor ont a little on onr guest*. "And what did he say at Hester ? ' I asked eagerly. •He said this: 'Miss Graywood is cer tainly quite pretty ; bat what a pity it is she doesn't dross better! Your friend, Miss Liy enaore. seta her a good example there. "The horrid man! and he pretending ts have classic tastes 1" I cried. And (will you believe it ?) Ton: and I are now both quite sure that the professor who detests fashion and frippery, who admires only " chaste de signs" and " classic outlines," is actually in love with Lou. And the balloon did it! yes, the balloon did it! Oh, the consistency of men ! THE CENTRE REPORTER. FfTrcU of tho Uo-I.mi Calamity ou llntl ae*s affairs. Tlie N, Y. Krtn*ng /V*t good authority in tiiiauoi.nl ami commercial aff.iiM— satrs : It i. forltiuito, at l\vt *o far aa inuediat# I'lloeta are MIQOI mod, thtft tho .ad now. of the Itoaton eoudagoaUou ronohad us on Hunday, ao tint a day'# n-fleetiou could nitorvono lu-fore l>ut ncs logan. Had llio blow rone more suddouly, n dUgatroin and kidt'iprwd muio uiitflit bnvo folloivod Immaliatelj. As it is, lurnnoss men lrivo had Ume to rtvovor their prrsi-iuv of mind and to a considerate surVoy ot the situation— in a word, time has been given for the exeiciae uf their reason. The lossea l>y the tire cannot fail to lie lurge, |but we twlieve that they have IHH-U greatly exaggerated liy the sensational part of the proas. An attempt has al*o Iteen made to draw a parallel between this tin* and the Chicago fire, but the circum stances, i>t least so far as they War on l>necomc weak and tottering through the ioteuae heat At length th-y foil, and three men were buried up to the shoulders among the heavy fragments of brick and sfone. I The terrible physical agony of their cries of which they suffered filled the frightened crowd with horror, but 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 wax still ovarhang , iug the sj*ot where the poor victims were begging and shrieking for help, and tried by the utmost exertion of main strength to pull sud wrench them out of the horrible vice, but these efforts only made greater their suffering, and the bricks and other debris were still falling at every moment. The men rcliuguisli ed the perilous and fruit less risk and retreated from the dangeiou* spot, and shortly afterwards, in frightful paroxv isms of paiu and with cries that will ring in the ears of many of the spectators to their dving da.V, the crushed masses of humanity gave tip the breath of life and were a moment afterwards buried by another crashing fall of the wall. A fireman named Martin Spencer, belong- I iug to the Medford force, was injured by I the to)>pliDg aver of another wall on Summer street, with a serious cut in the | head. Mr. Daniel MlfWhll. of the firm of Charles Crosby & Co., No 4ti Water street, and an employe went into the building when it was blown up. Strange to relate, Mr. McClellan escaped with only a blackened countenance and the natural shack to his nervous system consequent upan such an experience. The employe also gat away, but the extent of his injuries are unknown. Wanted to Arrive. A seedy-looking individual walked into the Crawford House in Cleveland, a few evenings age, and stepping np to the register, seized the pen and registered bis name at the loot of the long list of the day's arrival*. It was a noble name- George Washington Ilotts—wiitten in a firm, bold hand, and with n big flourish underneath. „ It was plain that the seedy man was accustomed to making a flourish in the world, if it wero only with a pen. "Ifave a room?" inqnired the clerk, in cidentally m-tasuring the man with his eagle eye to see if he wouldn't fit in one of his sky 110 uioir*. "No," said seedy shoitly, picking his teetli with i. splinter toothpick he had selected from the well assorted supply always found on the counter. "Supper then, 1 suppose?" added the clerk, preparing to add an S to the end of George Washington Botts' name. "No, Sir, no sapper," said Mr. Botts, with severity; "I simply want to arrirt. 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, always reaily to do a good action, generously allowed the unfortunate individual to ar rive, and George Washington Botts. hastily dry ing his eyes with a pen wiper, wgung the captaiu's hand in mute though heartfelt gratitude, and then stalked gloomily forth into darkness and the night. II is interesting to find that the so called silver mines of Athens, from the Crofits of which Pericles is said to have nilt the Parthenon, arc now attracting special attention. The mines of Laurium are some veins of argentiferous galena running between the mica schist and limestone formations of the promontory of Laurium, stretching from Senium to Athens. From the remains of the ancient workings, there are naw being obtained about 9,000 tuns of bar lead, Towered in value by beiug very antimonial, which contains above ten ounces of silver to the tun. FENTHK HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECEMHEK 0, 1872. finding of a Ib-raarkablc Lawsuit. A very remarkable lawsuit, which has been for some tiiuo pending in the court* of Kentucky and lndiaua, was twought to a termination away or two ago by the agreement of the parties to the nut to a com promise, Some vcirs tigo a (lornnm gentleman named iliutavus Schuruum resided iu Louisville. He \\*s the poaatwsor of * IN n idcrabU- amount of property, lived in good style, drove fine horse*, sported A footman in livery, and claimed to be u Oertnml uobh men. He was married to u tb-t aura young holy, hud a young and interesting family .and to all appear uucra wus pretqieroua utul happy. But as in aoinativ families, there was a ghost iu this one,the secret of whose cxiateuce did not come to light until the death of the principal actor in this little social drama. tinstavus was a resident of Aix In-Cba pelle, a little city in Rhenish Prussia, pin surd the business uf cloth mamriae tliter,and was what might le conniderad well off, hi* real and |M>rßouul estate iH'itig worth about fItKI.OOO. He loved, or thought lie hived,a lndv uauted Amelia f.beihardino (toll, daiiglrter of one of the royal counselors, and in 1*45 he pro posed mairiage, was accepted, and the marriage ceremony wo* performed iu thut year. An ante nuptial coutraet was entered iuto between the two, ac cording to the emit Najoleon, which was in force at Aix-lu-ChapeUe.by which In case of the death of the htwband la --fore the wife.slie liecaine entitled to one eighth in fee simple of his entire estate, and one-fourth of the eatata duriug her life time, besides having a community of interest In all acquiaitions to the com mon fund after marriage, which commu nity of intereat would entitle her to one half. The two liTed happily together for tome time, or api>oreitly so. The life of the wife, however, was soon rendered wretched by the discovery that another had supplant. 1 her in her husband's jff.'etions- This however, was uot ex actly the case; it was she iu reality, who had taken the place which nature had aligned to another. Scborwan had in his employ a numlwr of factory girts,one of whom, Catherine Bengeis, waa pos sessed of more than ordinary beauty. The impressible young bachelor, was smitten with her lieauty, but the iuexor able laws of society governing the little Rhenrih province in which he hvod held over him a terror of proscription which prevented him from doing that which hi* heart prompted. He loved Catherine Bengels and hi* love was returned, but he married Amelia E. Go!l,wiio brought to him a proud name aud an extensive dower. But for the crime which Sehur nun had caminittcd against his nature b was amply punished. ilia married life was unhappy, while his love for the lowly Cathari Ik-neasnw became more intense, now that it gel* impossible forttiem to le legally united. They mot clandestinely, aud the inter course coming to the knowledge of the unhappy wife, she became depressed be yond masure, upbraided her haaband with kis perfidy, and threatened divorce. Thia rendered th? husband desperate, and, op ""illy avowing his attachment, took Catherine Bengals into his domi cile. Becoming discontented with this condition of things, Sehurman derided upon emigrating to America, and came to this country. He returned in IM9, and gathering together what property he could, departed iu 1851 for the United States, iu eompanr with Catharine Ben* gels. Before Lis departure, his wife in st'tuk d suit for divorce. On the arrival of Sehurman in Amer ica he proceeded to Louisville, where he took up his residence, and sued for a di vorce from his wife Amelia, which was granted when he imtucdiatelv married the woman who had eloped with him. Gastavus H<-human purchased real estate in Indianapolis and Lonisville,and by his tact aud biisineaa management in creased hi* wealth to over a million ol dollars. At the time of his death ho bad seven children, two by liif first wife and five by his secoud wife. In making his will he left hi* I'nissiau property IE his two German hcire and his American property to his American heirs The first wife Amelia, learning of the death of her hu*baud, obtained posses sion by legal process of the Prussian estate, and sued for her share, as per marriage contract, of the descendant*' estate in America. Her son, Gnstanu F. Sehurman, represent.-d her with pow er of attorney, and the ablest lawyers in tlie city were employed to prosecute the cose. The pleadings wore voluminous and a* n vast amount of property was in volved, great interest was manifested in the result. It apenred, however, thit as the ease progressed the plaint ill weak ened somewhat in enforcing her claim*. Being in a foreign country, aud copies of proceeding* in foreign courts Wing frequently rendered necessary a* testi mony in the American oouita, she be came wearied and finally agreed to a compromise, in lieu 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 hold* it up and say*. "What will you give this pt>or old soldier ?" Tim person aaked must not use the words, white, buck, ves ar no, in her answer. If she does sLe must pay a for feit. We will give an example : Frank hold* np hi* "old soldier" and naks Htisie, " What will you give this old soldier ?" Susie replies, "A watch." " Flense don't give that; my soldier needs a coat." "I could not give him that." (She avoids "no.") "What will you give him thon; a hat ?' " I think I will.*' As only three qncationa ran be nuked each player, Frank passes on to Louisa, having failed to make Susan pay a for feit. "Louisa, what will you give my sol dier ?" "A pair of mittenn." " What color shall they lie t" "Gray." "Gray mittens! O, do give him black ones." " No, I cannot." "A forfeit, Louisa, please, you said ' no.'" Thus the game goea round the circle. BROCEM IN Lipfc.-rOlive Logan, in her new lectare on "Successful People," was, when she |>oke in Philadelphia, somewhat "personal'' in reference rising newspaper man of that city. "You h ire," snid she, " in Philadelphia a mnn who is the living emt>odimcc*l ouii-btious in agricitare. That n m iu living a thousand iniloa (rotu any .tifiioieiif market, ami wuk no tue.uis of traiwi|Mjrtation but -rag >ua drawn by ox team*, bhouhl devntu his energies to tho raising of potatoca or tin nips; that a farmer having elevated lands and dry piMtiit'f, ouly fit for sheep hi-oelitip, should devote himself wholly to tho hreeiliug aud r< sriug of short boru cut tle ; or that a man located wituiu 'AO uiih s of New York or I'uiUdelphis, aim U{K>U HTUILA admirably adopted to the prvnliiction of vegetables au J small fruit, should sear every square vsrd of it to wheat and rvo ; this should strike any thinking and intelligent person a* the height of alntmiity. Aud jtl blunder* equally seuseleas are made by not a few farmers, and me persevered tn from yet* to year. Again, one would aupjwjac that when an intelligent farmer raw all his neighbors uud every body else's neigh Una turning exclusive attention to pork raising, that it w*uhl he a good time for him to raise coin, meanwhile emitting nothing essential to sternly and uniform success. But olwrrvaliou proves thai such u.en are rare, and th# result is that very soon everybody has mora hogs than his own crops will supply, and corn ha* gone up quite Iwvond reach fer profitable feeding. l>r Hoyt says he once knew a farmer in Ohio who started out under the guidance of the rule always to do I just what lus neighbor* pretty generally ' did Hot do. He was not far froui l#ui a philosopher. The neighbors are still plodding aud grumbling. The philoso pher has added farm to farm, owns his thousands in bank atoek, and finds no difficulty in keeping bis tem|>er. Another farmer has flourished nemly aa noil in the practiee of doing what his neighlvota | did, but doing it first. He *rm* the loader ;of faahion in sgrieultnre, and was always ready to discard the model be had givc-n about the time the majority adopted it. ; i taring the late low prices of wool, when so many slu-* p-men became disgusted, and either alaughterod their flocks or sold them out of the State u t a sictifler, 1 one large wool-grower persevered, and when the detected wool-growing interest began to look up a little he wa* ready to take advantage of the risa, wlale others were buying back new flodia at a second sacrifice. The Valley of ("hamenniv. Oar ride of thirty mile* was nearly ended, writes a correspondent, aud we were entering the Valley of Chamounlx. We were greeted here by the tinkling of hells around the necks of the cattle. We had heard that music for aorae lime, hut now there was a pastoral melody upon all sides. It is said that the finest herds are pro - viJed with a harmonious set of bells, which produce a tnne as the cattle walk home at milking-time, resembling the air of the national Swiss anthem, and that this tnne so powerfully excite# the feelings of tlie Kwisa heart iu a alranga land that it ia forbidden, upon pain of death, to be played ia the Swiss regiments serving France, so many desertions have followed the awakening of home longing* in the hearts of those who have heard It. We entered Chamounlx tire! hot very happy. The fatigues of mule-riding would have been noticed sooner but that our thoughts were diverted by the continuous panorama we were passing. The | roprie tor ol the Hotel d'Aogletcrre met us most pleasantly, and we were taken at once to oar rooms, and soon alter met again at the table d'hote. The gay appearance of the dining-hall would make you sooner think you were in some favhionahlo circle ia London or Uaria than at tlie foot ol Mont Blanc, in a valley where man had not yet brought the Iron horse or electric spark. The sight of laces aud diamonds, draw ins-room airs and all the paraphernalia of tlie city took of the keen*** of Alpine, rambling*. After dinner we walked upon the terrace to loek over the glaciers and snow-ficlda ol Mont BUoc. One could hardly help recalling hia idea of the appearance of Mt. Sinai, as it was filled with the glory of (tod, for the set ting sun had glorified everything. The labor of tlie journey was forgotten In the excitement of oar emotions, and we could but wonder with David in tke midst of all about us, what tr** man that God should l>e so tnindlul 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 wo must hide from our eyes what has given us a sweet jey upon earth. After planning to ascend the Montanvert to cross the Mcr de Glace, the following Jar, we hade each other good night. A NEW l.svavnow.—Necessity I* the mother of invention, and the horae necessity caused a fearful strain ou the inventive powers of the lngvuiou* popn lation of the United State*. It is now nuuounced that a n*w engine for pro pelling street-cars has Iwcn invented, so compact a* to occupy no more apace than nn ordinary base-burning parlor stove, and which does not iutrvdc upon passenger room. By the peculiar ar rangement of the various parts economy of fuel is accomplished, the smoke itself is consumed, and there is no soot, cin ders or noise. The engine ha* the power of five horse*, and the ears, which urc of the usual dimensions, can be controlled, a* to stoppage and propul sion, quite a* handily as though drawn by horse*. The power ean lie increased at plcnstire up to capacity of a tnenty flve horse power engine, thus enabling it to ascend grades of four hundred feet to the mile. The engineer can " slow up" in the space of thirty-two feet when the car* arc going at the rate of twenty five miles an hour. The engine is placed upon the rear platform, so that the win dow* cm be left open in pleasant weath er, without the annoyance of smoke or cinder*, as there is none of either, while any dust that might le raised is left behind, thus conferring a vast amount of pleaanre and comfort upon the passenger. The testa made thus far have been most satisfactory. LATINO THE J.ANANA.—A eorrcspin dent says : There i* away we have of eating bananas in the East which is worth knowing, thus—take a soup plate, strip half a 'lor.cn bananas, and with a silver fork mash them up, adding suf fictent sherry and sugar to make the whole of about the consistency of a thick soup. When so treated there is a flavor which may almost vie with that of the most delicions fruit in the world —the Mangosteen. There is a great difference in bananas [abroad ; the best I remember eating were at .Singapore, They were also particularly good at the Cape do Verd Isles ; In china and Japan not so good, the slightest pink always preferred The Duke of Bedford has given Mr. Boebm an order fer a statue of John Banyan, to be presented to the town in whose jail the " Pilgrim's Progress" was written during its author's thirteen years imprisonment. A Manimet'i Nhlp. That the Ib-vaalatiu the new Earliab ship of war, i* a success, eo far aa atie has been tried, ia now rdmßted. The {Mmderons inonater which sijuata upon the astonished waters with a dead weight ef 1(> 000 tons, takes any ordinary wave* witn stolid iudiflcrence, whether she receives tbrm end-on, or upon bow, beam or quarter. The (trodigious hill of foam which her stem piles up wheu under way, washes, as was expected, elcan over her lorward deck, and Ac ia often submerged aft} but her tnaasivn mid section rides quietly enough, and tboee on board her when anchored in the rol ling tide way at Hpttliead, aay thai she was "steadier than the houae ashore." She turna with great readiness aud in a a small circle, ami her speed, as proved in sis trials along the measured mil*, is not only equal to the promise of her de signers, but it exoood* expectation. The mighty engines driving this island of irou with an indicated power of 6.&0U ho race, with seventy-seven revolutions per minute, got fifteen knots aud a half oat of lbs ship, and her mean rate at full atcam is thirteen knots and three-quart era. Here, therefore is a craft which ia vulnerable on!y to a v<*ry few guns, has the swiftness uf a mail packet, and the bandinet*—thanks to her twin serews-- of a lug. while she could utilise theae qualities to hurl uj-oa the aidt* of an opponent the awful force of oil her ten llumsiud ton* moving with the velocity of a spear. On board this remarkable man-of -war there are no lent than thirty four distinct aud separate engines, auJ, indeed, the value which she represents is as serious as her fighting rapacity What remaiu* to be learned is the Mia vkir of the ugly giant iu a real Biscay gale; and whether or no the rid which she carries aft will or will not, prove a mistake in a heavy following tea. With stability assured to &P, wrlth no top gear to sot her over, aud with decks which ran be hermetically sealed, she would be safe eoongfc; but whenever she does roll, or pitch, or scud, the riv et* and fittings in her bnge body will be shrewdly tried. Except the Russian monitor Peter the Greet, nothing float ing could resist or even challenge such a veoeel nt mice so strong and swift. The torpedo, no doubt, mar yet be ao devel oped aa to make the Devastation, aud all her terrible sisters impotent against a defeudol coast. On tha-high seas at present she has no superior. The Marriag* (Vrrmony. 1 have aeeu very UUBT nw of the anppoaed ran't-afardtomarry disease, and examined mxaj, and alwaya found the symptoms to prove another com plaint altogether. The diagnosis had lcen utterly falae. It vu a r Davidson ha* determined npon Pollard's Peak, Summit Station, as the proper place for the national observ atory. kis peak a located Irs* than a utile from Summit Station, whieJi is cvea thousand aud forty-eight feet above the sea-level.and the highest point of Hie Cent-sl Pacific Railroad. Castle Peak, seven mile* from the summit, was examined by Professor Davidson with the view of making it the place for tie oWcrtatory, hut the atmosphere from the peak was found to be too hazy, and the mountain itself too difficult of cccesa to make it a desirable place for agro nomical, barometrical,and atmospherical ol>**T ration*. Castle Peak has the advantage in nltitnde, a* it is nine thou sand sewn hundred and sixty-four Let above sea-level, or one thousand nine hundred and sixty-four feet higher than Pollard's Peak. The latter, however, is easily accessible, lieiug less than half a milo from the railroad, *nd the atmos phere from it* summit ia remarkably clear, and for thi* latter reason it has been selected by Professor Davidson. An appropriation of fifty thousand dol lars baa leen made by Congress for the erection of the necessary building*, pur chase of telescope*, aud other necessary instrument*. The telescope to be used will be second in size ta none in the United States. Once established, the olwervatory will be a permanent fixture, and will receive an annual appropriation from Cougresa of from twenty-five to fifty thousand dollars." Be Economical. —" Take care of the nonuiee." Look well to jour spending. No matter what comes in, if mora goes out you will alwars be poor. The art is not in making money, but in keeping it. Little expenses, like mice in a barn, nit'D they are many, make great waste. Hnir by hair, heads got bald; straw by straw tho thatch goes off the cottage, an.l drop by drop the rain comes into the chamber. A barrel is soon empty, if tho tap leaks but a drop a minute- When yon mean to save, begin with your mouth ; many thieves pass down tho rod luue. The ale jug is s great waste. Iu all other things keen within compsss. Never stretch your legs fur ther than vonr blankets will reach, or you will soon be cold. In clothes, choose suitable and lastiug stuff, and not tawdry fineries. To be warm is the main thing; never mind the looks. A fool may make money, but it needs a wise man to spend it. Remember, it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one going. If you give all to back and beard, there is nothing left (or the savings bank. Fare hard and work lianl while von arc young, and yon 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 au Asiatic, about five feet ten inches high, of digni fied bearing, slightly built, of darker complexion than the majority of higher class Japanese, with a thin, composed face, somewhat Mongolian in cast, full lips, and dark eyes. TKUMB : Two Dollar* a Year, in Advance. What h#p Wrm Poor. M Fate ia against ma. I in* tor could succeed ia anything. lam doomed to poverty. Hate 1 in near tlit. meridian of life, a Urge family upon my bauds, aoita and daughters just at that age alien tlier become particularly expensive, and need much money spent upon litem to lit litem for the positioiia I wish tit<*ui to ocoupy ; bat I nave not got it to attend unless 1 involve myself drefM r in difficulties a Inch have mlaeya encompassed me. What ia tba rv**on I am poor T" Hucli are Ibe eompUinU of hundreds of meu in onr mid.-4 alio are struggling as tliey struggled all tlielr livea to main tain a style of living they fancy necea aary for tin* bappineaa of themselves and families. The main points ia to make other* lielieva they are pooaessed of greater wealth than they really are—ae to be though! poor would destroy all the corn f or U of real wealth, did they poasevt thriu. Ileuoe they labor and plan to deceive their neighbors even aa they ore deceiving themselvaa TbU ia an inlatuaUon which leads such men down a life of poverty aa wall of intense misery. With out limited or amtll incomes they will spend money lavishly before the" public tn the dress and ornaments of their families and tn their houses, followed by ac aqua] panutnonioeaaase towards themselvaa and their business conveniences in private. Hpeadiag more than they receive, they are con stantly in debt, and to maintain their credit among their Inenda and debtors, occupies much of their ttme, and muuopohaea the beat energies of their minds, and thair capacity for making money ia correspondingly weakened, and what ta clearly the road to fortune ia overlooked tn the search for a path oat of the entanglements of their vloun tary position. The habit of spending money twice over, via. : once in anticipation of its receipt and again when it is received, is the cause of moat of the poverty in tbo world among the intelligent classes aa no one can practice it without besom ing involved pecuniarily, and il persisted in it willcntail hlc-h>ng poverty. But let such a man atop wbare be is, forget the Mrs. Uruudya and their gos sip, strike out for himself s new path, never use a dime unless it is in his pocket, snd only nine cents of it then ; saving the other and putting ft on in terest. Let him learn that his children can enjoy themselves fully aa well and fit themselves for life much better without the many fashionable pleasures, so com OUD, ao expensive, and aa useless ; let him, in fact, live independently and free from debt, and my woid for it, his com plain la of Fate will cease. Accumula tion, though alow at drat, will soon as sert itself ; and the feeling of embarrass ment and constant anxiety, sitting likes weight npon the mind, destroying its elasticity and power, will give way, and a time wilt be given to the brain which will enable a man to see clearly before him, and ten to one fortune dawns upon him before he isawareof it. If many wives would seek the cause of the sober looks they see npon their hushaods' faces, and would know why his locks bleach out ao rapidly, let them inquire into his pecuniary mat era, and if possible draw aside the vail, behird which he shelters his pride even Inc, hut wife ; and if abe.finas that he is liv ing beyond his income, let her see ts it, as she values her happiness and that of her children, that she support his arms and his heart in the carrying out of any ; resolution be can be prevailed upon to adopt, to turn the current conveying him on to destruction and misery. By this means much misfortune may be averted. Habit* of the OpOMum. The -dweriraa Xatwmlut hat the fol lowing interesting | concerning the habit* ef the opossum : The ani mal ia widely distribute*] in the United State*. It dwell* in hollow toga, stamps, and in hole* at the root* of trees—does uotTurrow, bnt takes possession of holes already made. Into (new he will carry lea res" nam? his tail for the purpose, and provide himself with a comfortable bed when bad weather threaten*, it does not hibernate, but hunts it* food at all season*, is slow of foot and not very wild. It will eat liaeon, dty beef, ami carrion, any kind of fowl, rabbit*, any kind of small game, almost til the insects and fruit* of every Tariety. being esjxfially fond of mask-melon*: and it is eaten in turn by mint people, the flesh l>eiug considered delicious. This has a flavor resembling that of the flesh of a young hug. but it is sweeter and lews gnivs. Negroes and others are ex ceedingly fond of it; however, hold a very different opinion, and will sooner starve than eonaume it The ani mal is habituaUj incautious, and when attacked seems to possea* little power of resistance ; literal! v suffering itself to lie eaten alive by the turkey buzzards, while it lies oa its side and protests against the proceediug by a succession of grants. Exceedingly tenacious of life, it will survive a severe crnnebiag by the dog*, when it seems as though every hone in its body had been cracked. Al though sometimes found concealed under the floors of houses and out-buildings, it refuses to be domesticated, and is be lieved to dwell bat a short time in any one place. Swiss Working People. The wircs reeeived by the operatives of Switzerland are very meagre, bring from thirty-three to forty per cent, low er than in England, and from ten to fifteen per cent, lower than in France. In |thc French cantons the operatives are better paid, but the expenses of liv ing are higher. In Switzerland weavers receive from $1.92 to $3.12 per week; dyers from $1.68 to $2.64 per week; silk spinners from $1.92 to |2 4t per week; printers from $2.89 to 83.60 per week; stockiag weavers from 82-40 to 4.32 per week. Gas workers are paid 72 cents a day, powder makers 96 cents; tool and furniture makers GO cent*; paper makers 50 cents; brewer* and cigar makers from 38 to 75 ceota; vine dressers from 38 to 52 cents; and agricultural laborers from 24 to 38 seats. Smiths, joiners, tailors, g&rdeneis, book binders, shoemakers, and carpenters, receive from 38 to 56 cental day; and watchmakers, bakers, wheelrighta, and ordinary mechanics re ceive from 20 to 34 cents a day. Mower* are paid 70 cents, and gunsmiths from 72 cents to $1.14 a day. The average of wages ia very low, and only in a few cases amounts to 72 cents a day. On the other band the cost of living and the prices of provisions *e very moderate. Male workmen coa 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 clotbed at the coat of tne manufacturers in estab lishments. Mutual aid and co-operative societies abound, while charity and pau perism are almost unknown. Unfortunate cattle owners on the Mexican frontier will be pleased to learn that a ktter has been written to Matam oros by President Lerio and the Mexi can Foreign Minister, statin# that the Frontier Commission will strisrtly inves tigate complaints ss to cattla stealing, and that the Mexican Government will uid that of the United States in putting an end to all disturbances. NO. 49. A ItriM A very ri-mariable oomrounieaUcra, entitled "The to* fflgh- Und Inch,' to published in Land **d | W.dtr lor Beptomber f, ami oonlgius a circumstantial account, apparently eon- Mtlcied verd>s, by Frank Rowland, •f * remarkable beast In L*"b Heuro. Thin, according to tbe arttoto, M seen j by the writer en Iwo occasion ill August, when tbe weather *M still and hpt, and I lb® M*a like glass. The animal resem- i bled a serpent, and iU length wnn enti untied at about ninety-six feet. The l*>dy was thrown in a nuoeeaaton ot uu duiatione or carves, eight in number, in •dditioe to the bead and neck. The motion of Ut animal wan canard by die I undulation of than* curvea, and aa ■ trrtnely rapid; in fact, it mad® a Li siug ruab through the water quite audi j Ida from th® resselof the oWrVor, the I *ea being quite •till, and ne wind bio*' lag. 'ill® party o bear ring the animal was in a tail-boat, aid at one time within one hundred yard*, at which distance, by mean* of opens -glansee. it eoald be aeen very diatinctly. When nesreat, the a®a ooold be plainly noticed running off it* neck and tbe back of it* bead aa it do® from a low flat rock which haa been sub merged by tbe wavea. The carroa into which it threw itaeif were supposed to be tor the porpaae of exposing at ranch of tbe body aa poaibla to the air, as when muring rapidly It appeared to be perfectly straight. Some of tbe party thought that the tumult of wale* about the neck was caused by a leaking motion aa of a mane, bat nothing of this kind was clear It distinguished* The hand appeared dot, and Uie obserrei* could see distinctly the chin. Morn# thought they could liitriuguish a black flu stick ing up, but of this the? were not certain. In tba distance tbe color t black Tbe writer colls attention to the doe® ! resemblance of this animal in its general i character to the see-eerpent so frequent ly reported as existing in the Norwegian fiord*, and states that tbe reseaiblaaoe heretofore noticed to a string of iwwrals, one after the other, was rcry staking. Tbe idea of this being a school of nor posas was considered entirely absurd, as tbe water was perfectly clear, and the undulations were occasionally quite fixed for soma seconds. Tbe elongated bead and neck were always manifest. Oc casionally the greater part f the body would sink below the snrfeoa, fearing, the head and neck exposed. Mr. Bockland, in commenting upon this communication, refers to rations drawings, figures, sad descriptions of; early writer* as being corroborated in ererr respect by the account Jtui given ; and he thinks that the coasts of Norway and of Northern Scotland are certainly inhabited by tiring creatures which, for the want of a better natne, may be called great sea-snakes. The Red Sesu A writer in tbe Londpn Xm remarks that the Bed Sen is father noted for be ing hot, Irat the greatest beat ia said to be in Angnt mod the early days of Sep tember. There mm burning desert* on each side of the mem, mnd the hot air from them is most intense in this month, and most o>me bj whatever wind may chance teblow. Sleeping on deck becomes the fashion, and every sight increases the number of what seems corpses laid out In row*. At last, sa we get near the middle of the Red Sea, the ladies find it impossible to exist in the cabins below, and ther hare their beds brought on deck. Wiping the perspiration from the face and neck is the only poeaible occapation. If von try to write, great drop# gather and come down with a splash on the paper as if from a thunder cloud. Men wito bald heads seem always to have a crop of pearls coming up through the akin. All the pores oi the body seem like perpet ual fountains of water. The siglst on the forecastle is very striking at night. There are the crew of Lascars, and the seedv Wallahs, or negroes, who do the stoking—noor fellows, they come up from their fiery Cnhenna gasping, at times fainting, in this climate. The stewards also take refuge on the fore castle, snd it is the only plsoe for the second-class passengers, snd among them there arc two Chinese women, a Malay woman, snd a group of ayahs from Ceylon, Madras, nd Calcutta. There are twe Jews from Singapore, an English groom in charge of a horse, and a few others, a different class, who can net afford to pay first-class fare. All come on the forecastle, except a lady or two, who do not like he thick crowd ing of the sleepert, i*r the whole place is a mass of human beluga. The beat ia far toe great for fun, singing, or even conversation. Everyone laya himself down to rest, and remains there abaorb e.l with l;i< oun M/n&ations till sleep gives him complete repose. Where over there ia a spot where a man can put his body the place ia soon filled. The "Fat" Mteep. Soma twenty-five yean ago, * ben I was pastor of a church ia . I took occasion on© evening to attend a social meeting in the church in that place. A* ia their custom on such occasions, one after another rose and gave in hia or her experience. After some time a man in humble circumstances, small in stature, and with an effeminate, squeaking voice, rose to give a piece of hia experience, which WJMI done in the following manner: " Brethern, I hare been a member of the church for many year*. I have seen hard times ; my family baa been much afflicted, but I have for the first time in my life to see my pastor or any of the trustees of this church oroas 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 trnsteee. an aged man, who rose aud said in a load, Arm voice: . • My dear brether, you must put the devil behind yon." On taking his seat, the pastor in charge quickly rose, and also replied to the little man as follows : •• My dear brother, yon 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 tene of voioe: • Yes, and if I'd been a fat one, yon would have found me long ago." The effect upon the audience can be better imagined than described. MOVING WEST.— Rather the most novel mode of emigration by rail, combining economy and comfort, is mentioned „bj an Eastern eotemporary. Attached to a through freight train was a common car, containing a man and bis wife with all their fnrmtnre 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 iroigrant cara, 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! I tent* of Interest. Tims la thaabryaattsof atarnlty. The bent lan for a poet —lncptralloft. How to put a home " on his mattfe"- Shoe hltn. Neckties of rery gay roloca arc once more fashionable. Dubuqae i said to be tbe beat-drained city in the United tato* BUI Shanks says that caurttblp is blitt, but matrimony is bttatn. Tba tools are to l>e rumored from the bridges over tba Thamoa at London. „ What is that which go*, up the hi and dowa the hill and 7*t never mores ♦ Tbe road. Bailrosds bars now three gauges—-a broad gauge, a narrow gauge, and a mortgage. Dobbe thtaka that Inataad of giving cridittA whom crtdit Is dsi the cn*. hsd butter b© mM, Tba best oonundrum out : In ray first , m, second sat, my third and fourth! atof ! A ns* To An ETantalle, Indiana, motbar lately ■irriflevd her own Ufa in taring bar child from tbe flames. The remnant of the Seminole tribe in Florida is di rided into three families of j about twenty person* each. A liltl® girl was fefely to t death in Micbiian by two boys, while tm ! Iter way home from school. A Chicago young man was yeeently quits smitten bp e neighbor's wife, fihe ►mote trim with a roiling pin. i ASt Louis girl haa inherited , 000 from her betrothed lorer who wae an officer in tbe Spanish army. ! Trieing to define lora is Uka tricing taw kno how you cum tew brake thru the tea; all you kno about i* UyuMl and gat ducked. Prince Raman, eldest son ef tba Kti<-dire of Egypt, who has finished his Oxford career, will seon depart on a three tears' tour around tbe world. Tbe gilded gambling saloons at Em* art cLaed, to the grant indignation of many
act, and the member* are consequently to be expelled forthwith. When a man thinks that nobody care* for him, and that he ia alone in a cold and selfish world, he would do well to ask himself what he Las done to make anybody care for and love him, and to warm the world with faith and generosi ty. Generally those who complain the most have done the least THE CIXT OF ROME.— Since Rome be came a aeat of government it baa, like Berlin, greatly increased in population, and the demand for houses necessitates the formation of entire new streets. In the excavations and levelings now being made the most interesting discoveries, have been made. Not a sewer is dug nor foundation laid without the work man's pick coming upon rare objects of art or the debris of monuments ; among these are mosaic pavements, tombs, marble and bronze statues, inscriptions, pillars, bas-reliefs, etc., the remains of aneient monuments, known and un known, and an abundance of tools, medals, jewels and other small articles. A better field could scarcely present itself just now to the study of the arcseologist and antiquarian, for the his tory of old Rome is "written in her soil, and every step upon it reminds the traveler of Byron's fervid exefhmation : " Stop 1 for you tread upop aa empire's dust.'