Empty.
Your IMT crib ia la the EARNER yet;
I alt aad watah It, }*wt m day la ded.
Tern eantiol press act)a, my ranlahad pet,
It* pillow with yonr drowsy gulden head.
You cannot reach plump ami* to art my ktaa,
Or dart about with may, naked feet.
Babbling aoft syllables of that and thie,
A tiny night-gowned fairy, blithe and tweet.
ODM and for ail yon hare lain down to rent,
Not to rtae np because of birds or beam*, - ■
Once aad for an, with white flowers on your
breast.
To a! am her eoHlv and to dream no dreamt.
Bapty the home where fmlienonte and fair.
Your precious pretence made to bright a
part;
Empty your little crib, your clothes, your chair,
But emptiest of all your mother's heart I
Nothing Carrs.
Ay, nothing cares ; the buds peep ent
Through the glory of waving graasas ;
lbs Ume-trer tliags Its passionate brvstk
To Uie light wind a* it paaatea.
The rosea cluster, crtiuson and white,
In afitnoot glow and bloom;
The snnabiae lends its careless light
To the cradle and the tomb.
The wild birds sing "mid the wedding chime*,
Or the mourners' sobbing prayer*;
Tho seasons keep their stated time.
Life pa seen; nothing caies.
Our Joy oauuet soften the keen gray skies.
Or the sung of Sue glittering fort ;
Our cry cannot aaddeu Uic Spring's sweet sighs
On the merry breeacs tomed ;
Our woe dose not cloud the Summer's flush,
As it gladdens e'er land or sea;
Our triumph sinks down w hen the Autumn hnah
Claims its gravs tranquillity.
Oh ! never a touch of sympathy
Great Nature's magic wears ;
We strive and stumble, and moan, and die ;
Life passes ; nothing care*.
Oh! love them, while our days are bright,
Beauty, and fife, and Sowers;
Let them give our Summer added light,
let them bless our few bright hours ;
And when the certain ehadows creep
Over the path we go,
Let ua turn away from it all and weep.
And bear, aa we may, cur woe ;
Asking no comfort from outward things,
That hut Jar aad mock our prayers.
For a Rlier truth experience brings—
We die, an 1 nothing cares.'
TALERU3i*S LAST GIFT.
My darling stepped out trora the little
inn-window en the wooden balcony,
draped with vine-leaves and heavy bunch
es of half-ripened grapes, which overhung
the door of the os teria. It was a lapis
lazuli night, such as only known in Italy.
Below us lay a great water, calm as the
bay of coetcntmcat wherein to our lives
had now glided. Stars trembled there,
and the moos swung her full fed lamp
on the very edge of the ripple :hai wash
ed the shore. There came a heavy odor
of orange-blossoms from the gardens
above us. blent with the leaa rare odor ot
tobacco frem the pipes of ostlers and
wayfarers seated around the door below.
The murmur of their voices was all that
broks the silence.
Between the Mttria and the lake ran
the doaty high-road, where the diligence
halfan 1 onr ago had passed, and stopped
there to ehange horses. But there wss
not much traffic saving a cart or two,
oxen-drawn and laden with maixe, and a
curious old vehicle, half gig, half chaise,
bearing a notary from the neighboring
town to tho bedside of some village
Dives, cumbered in his last honrs with
the disposition of his wealtb,(so the waiter
informed me) Saving for these the dost
had slept nndisturbed, in layers several
inches thick, npon the read, daring all
the honrs we had been there. And now
the night had come, and even such un
frequent traffic would cease.
But, contrary to our expectations, as
we stood there hand-in-band npon the
balcony, listeniog to a cicala in the dasty
roadside grass and a frog in the water
weeds, and the hum of the smokers'
voices below us, there fell on onr ears the
distant cracking ot a post-poy's whip,
with the familiar accompaniment of jing
ling harness. A minute more, and in the
white moonlight we saw an open travel
ing-carriage coming rapidly toward us.
There was a rush among the smokers to
the front; the postilion worked np his
whip to a state of frenzy as he neared his
goal, and finally swung himself lightly to
the ground, sa he pulled up exactly "nn
der onr window. The carriage was occu
pied by two persons—a gentleman and
lady. The brad of the calecJu being
tin own back. I could see the man's face
very distinctly in the moonlight, which
wss as clear as day. I thought I re
cognized it; so, perhaps, did my com
panion, for she drew yet closer to me,
and I felt her little hand tremble in mine.
The doubt, if it was one, lasted but a
minute; the lady threw back her vail;
the small black-lace bonnet framed—
it dkl not abroad—that carved ivory fao
on which tho moonlight flooded. God
forgive me! I, had reasons to know It
to well; and so had she who stood be
side ma. My poor little darling nestled
close to me like s frightened dove, and
she palled me quickly back under the
shadow of the vine-leaves, as she mur
mured—" O Valerian! that woman again!
That woman here /*-
" My darling, what are ynu afraid *ft
She can do as no harm. Depead on it,
she >■ not tronbiing her head about we.*
"Why does she come beret Ob, Valer
ian. wp were so bsppy!"
"Hoebt Let ns hear what tbey any.''
" Bring out the litre de* etrangtrt. We
will see who has been passing this way."
It wss the gentleman who spoke.
" Joat. the romantic spot for a love-rick
couple," laughed the lady ; and her flee
musical laugh fell on my ear like a dis
cordant peal of bells. "I should not
wonder if there was some one staying
her a."
We saw the greasy strangers' book
handed to them by their courier, aid the
lady, by the light of the moon alone,
turned over the pages and read the names
written there. A dear little early head
was bidden on my bieist, and a small
voice whispered, plaintively:
44 Yon won't go down to herf Yon
won't see her f Promise me. Shell try
to take you from me. is she did before.
I shall die if yon go. Valerian 1"
44 Never fear, darling. She bewitched
me once; I was thad then, I believe. But
have I not something better cow f While
I hold my treasure here in my arms, what
to me are all the fairest women in the
world ?"
44 Ah! yon didn't think so once," she
sobbed; 44 and I know nothing can resist
her—nothing! Even now, yon cannot
take yocr-ejes off her. Ah! Valerian, if
she drags yon away frotn me tfiis time—"
1 pat my hand across bar month, and
listened with hungry eyes and ears.
44 Men Ditu /*' cried the lady, clasping
her hands and laughing. "Look here!
—what a rmcontrt /—read this: 4 Mom,
Yolrriar, peinirt Parit, arte sa fttmm.*
Only think of hit being here! I hxv#
not seen him since he threatened to bLw
out bis brains." a A
"Poordv||! Yon treated him very
badly, Oor&J Who did hf marry V
44 O, some little Englfeh model, to whom
be had beeaengagodforyeßTs—ever since
he waa a child. I wish bar joy of him.
Hare yen a mind to'see them T Shall we
stop the right hcref Yon wanted a
■ketch or the lake: he shall make me half
a doxt-n "
44 That sort of fellow's a bore," said the
gentleman, lighting his cigar 44 Betides,
you'll have U make the fellow believe
you're in love with htm again, in order to
get your sketches: and it Isn't worth it.
How can yon ever have found anything
werth it? Gratified vanity, eh. Yon
twisted him round yonr Httle finger, the
yeung fool, all the time I was in .Russia,
Well, I hope yon lonnd it amusing.
always think society of that second-rate
sort a nmifanco."
44 He was really very tolerable. The
whole thing rather amused me, far a time
—until he began to take it grand
ttrietix. When he grew dnll and taciturn,
talked of nothing bnt death and despair,
of coarse I was oWiged te shut the doMr
in hiaiaca. It would rather Interest me
te see him again, though," added the
lady, carefully bpttoning her flora. 44 Let
as send for him/' I
And this was the WOBMJB fer wheqjk ene
FRED. KURTZ, Editornnd I'm],riot or
VOL. V.
abort year ago, 1 would bare UU down
my lito for whose sake I bad cad aside
the treasure wbicb, undeeonring aa I was,
I had found nettling in tuy heart onco
mere; Blind fool that I bail been f Ob,
tor thoae wasted, worae titan wasted,
hour*! I felt, in that moment, bow one
burning drop of shameful memory may
embitter a whole cupful of preaent happl
no**. Wee were there no justice under
beaveu; while faithful uteu, whose love
baa never swerved, are forever severed,
thia aide the graxe, from all they have
best loved on earth. Was it tny darling's
avenging angel who had brought this
couple here to-night, that my ears might
testify to the baseness of her who had se.
duced ins from my heart'* ttrst allegiance t
Thia ia what 1 heard the husband reply:
"i-V.i cktrt, it would be dull work for
me watching you try to rehook your flab.
No doubt you would succeed—you always
do. But I put it to yon fairly—ref-cv qut
oe'a raut fa pet's*/ You, who have had
tiupcrvr* at your feet—you may leave
your poor artist in peace at last, eh, to
the miserable enjoyment of his model
wife. She punishes him enough for his
infidelity before marriage, depend on it."
"Nodoubt; and 1 should like to have
seen my friend henpesked," replied the
Isdy with a smile. "It vu just because
he was to different from all the men of
one'a own set that I amused myself with
him, nto* cier, during your absence. I
knew yow would never hare tolerated him
in the house—as he never plays hrirti;
bat as you wore in Russia, it was rather
an amusing change often all the Uittt
men of the Jockey Club, to listen to thit
passionate sentimental painter, with his
talk about Christian ark and his enthusi
asm about the oolor of one's hair sad the
turn of oae'a neck, and las utter absence
of all conventionality. lie was quite re
freshing, I assure you, until he came to
be a bore. By the by, you never saw the
picture be did of roe, in the dress I wore
at the Princess Mathilde'a W eosfnsi/ f
If we stayed here the night "
Here the fresh horses were brought
out; and in the imprecations which ac
companied the tugging at the rope harness
and tLe shoving of the beasts into their
places st the iole, 1 lost the remiinder of
this sentence.
" If I have my luck, before we return
to Paris I'll seed to the fellow and boy his
picture," snic .ke husband; but to-night,
remember that Sch wartzonlieiui is to meet
as at Oomo."
" And he plays at scurf* !*' I will get
the miasmrc from Valerian, however
without your buying it, mo* <mi."
"Yon shall not have Jong to wait," I
murmured; and disengaging myself
from the arms of my darling, who* fol
lowed me, pile and bathed in team, I en
tered our little room, and run to n case
which stood near the bed. Among a
number of other miniatures was one
half-finished, which I had not looked at
for months. I seized a sponge full of
water, and passed it several times serosa
the hard, beautiful, white face, that
looked out at me less and less distinctly,
until nothing but the faintest shadow of
a face was left. Then I wrote with my
pencil acmes it: "Valerian's last gift."
I ran into the balcony. They were just
starting. Tho padrone, surrounded by
his satellitee, stood cringing and cough
ing at the door; the postillion was al
ready in his saddle, thecourier climbing
deftlv into bis rumble. I took my aim
just as the whip went " crack" and the
wheels, with a sudden jerk, began re
volving; the bit of ivory dropped
straight into her lap. She was startled,
sod looked quickljr up. Our eyes met
I was leeaing well over the balcony this
this time, with my arm atound my an
gel's neck ; and it was with no feigned
fervor sf passion that I pressed mr lips
to hers. The carnage was rolling out
of s : ght in the moonlight and the dust, .
hut I could just catch the scornful smile '
on that pale sculptured face, under its '
black lace bonnet, before a turn of the I
road hid the woman from me—for ever.
Yes, for ever on this side the grave ;
for I learn that she is now dead. It was
a painful, lingering end ; some interna! ,
torture eating away her life, and with it
her dcarly-sherished beauty. What com
fort had she in those last hours, when
ber husband was playing erarte at his :
club, and ber admirers had all deserted j
her, with no baby-fingers clasped about
her neck, no children's voices to cheer
the love forgotten silence * Was the j
solitary woman haunted by the memory
of lives she bad ruined, or hearts she hat]
! burned up and laid dcaohite ?
Why have I written down the story o
those few moments in a bdronv ? Be
cause I look back to tbem with thank
fatness, as to the crisis when my eyes
were fully opened. I know myself. I
know th-t until then, blinded by the
woman's beauty, I never really aaw her
as she was But for this, there had been
times barfly when I might have regretrial
that my little angel laaked the Athenian
grace sod brilliancy that in another
exercised so fatal a spell oYor me. AH it
is, 1 thank God for the helpmate he has
given me ; far her sweet trusting nature,
for the hesren of her face, which always
brings me peace when 1 look into it.
And when I see her baby curled Hke a
rose leaf on her bosom, and her two
Btnrdy boys, who clean father's palette
and mimic father's pictures in chalk
upon the stjidio wall—ah 1 well, I is.v to
myself, t!fte b nothing the Sch wart zen
lieim palace contains, nothing than poor
dead woman's life ever compassed, that
I would take in exchange for the joys
my wife has given me !
I A CASH OF OBI'KI.TT.—CoI. Freeman-
I Ue of the Cold stream guards Las for
ijßtsbed to the London 1 inua a eorres
t pond en re between himself aud the
>! Secretary of tlio Dublin and Glasgow
| Steam Packet Company which curiously
'■ illustrates the rigid adherence of the
t ordinary English official to regulations,
LI and his incapacity to discover any cir
f i cumatancea which might sanction any
' I deviation from them. Corporal Sinclair
II of the guards, while in the last stage of
! consmp''>a was refused admittance iu
' J to the cabin of one of the Glasgow and
Dublin steamers, on the ground that it
was against the lules of the company to
1 allow a cabin passage to non commis
i sioned officers or private soldiers so long
as thev wear the Queen's uniform, al
though no objection is made to admit
persons of the lowest grade in civilian
dross. So the nnfortunate man was
i obliged to take a steerage passage, the
i discomforts of which greatly aggravated
| the mata/*y from which he was suffering.
In reply to e remonstrance from Colonel
Freemantle a$ ainsl this inhumanity, the
.Secretary of the company Bays* that
Corporal Sinclair was informed that if
lie would cover his uniform with a civil
ian Overcoat he contd obtain a cabin
passage. But as the corporal p >ssesae<l
no such garment,'the permission was of
httte avail, and he became a victim to
red tape. The absurdity of the whole
thing becomes apparent when it is con
sidered that the shabbiest civilian in
England conld have obtained on this oc
casion what was denied to a brave and
deserving veteran.
At a recent Lima exhibition a clock
made by a Peruvian was exhibited, qnit6
wonderful in its way. It was fifty feet
seven inches wide. It mark* the weeks,
the seasons, years and centuries; it shows
the eonrses of the sun and moon, hoists
up and lowers daily the flag of Pern, and
presents pictures eoramemovative of the
great events in the history of Pern. It
strikes the bonis and quarters of hour*,
and plays oertain tunes at stated periods.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
A Kentucky Romance.
Not far from the forks of Etkhora lived
tke pretty little widow Fauutleroy, and
one of her foearest neighbors waa Owners)
l'eyten. The General had looked upon
the little widow very much at he did upon
Ida blooded horse Powhaltan " the
tiueat horse, air, in the Blue Grass re
gion."
The pretty little widow Kauntleroy had
been a widow more than a year, while the
General, having a great regard for eti
quette, had waited patieutly tor that time
to elapse iu order to declare himself.
Hut the widow with her womans art, kept
her lover at bay and yet kept bun in her
train, lie had escorted her to ttiis barbe
cue, and when returaing had expressed
his satisfaction at the prospect ot General
Combs and the success of the Whig
party.
The widow took aides wilL the Democ
racy, and offered to wager her blooded
saddle borne, Gypeey, or anything ele on
the place, against Po what tan, or anything
else she might lancy on the General'*
plaee The General's gallantry would
not allow him to refute the wager, which
he promptly accepted. By this time they
had reached the north fork of Elahorn,
and were about to ferd it (bridges were
not plentiful in thoae day*) wheu John
Peyton, the General') only sou and heir,
came up at a sharp gait behiud them.
The widow turned and bowed to John,
and rode on into the stream, but a little
behiud her companion. The east bauk
was very steep, and required the horses
to put forth all their streagth to reach
the top with their loads. As luck would
have it good, or ill, the widow's girth
broke just at the commencement of the
steep parr. The lady, still seated on
her saddle, slid swiftly bark into the wa
ter, while her horse went up the bank
like an arrow.
John Peytor leaped from his horse, and
in an instant caught the floating ldr and
I saddle, and, before the General had re
■ covered from his astonishment, was si
' the top or the bauk with hit burden. The
! little widow was equal to the occasion,
for she begged the General te ride on and
atop ber horse, which had now begun to
understand bis part ia the mishap, and
was beginning to increase his gait toward
j houte.
The General did as he was hid, and
soon returned with the horse. In the
meantime John Peyton had secured his
( own horse, and when the General came
back with the widow's horse the and
John were laughing merrily over the
ridiculous sccldent; but what further
passed between them is only known to
1 themselves.
John Peyton repaired the broken girth,
fastened the saddle again on ibo horse,
placed the lady in her seat, hade lur good
evening, mounted his horse, and taking
another road down the Elkhorn, rode
rapidly home, leaving the General to es
oort the widow.
It Is not necesary to relate how he en
tertained his fair companion with ponder
ous anecdotes of Mr. Clay and other
famous public men; bat when he reached
the Fauntleroy place he accepted the
lady's invitation to dismount and take tea
with her. Atter changing lier wet cloth
ing the pretty widow entertained her
guest with her brightest smiles and some
new songs. The General was delighted,
and expressed his delight, as Kentucky
gentlemen of that day would have done.
" Yon are the finest sougtress, madam, in
tba Blue Grass region."
When he bade her good night and shook i
hands with her on the porch, the wicked
little widow gave his hand a little sincere
—only a little—but it thrilled like an
electric shock through his great, ponder
ous frame, while she laughingly reminded
him of his wager. That night, in his
dreams, the little widow Fauntleroy was ,
repeated so often, and in so many be
witching forms, that he resolved to pro
pose tq her at their first meeting, nor did
he dream that he could be refused
The next morning s letter from his to
bacco factor, called General Peyton to j
Louisville, and bofore bis return the poli- j
ticsl contest in the Ashland district was ;
over, and wonderful to relate, John C. j
Breckinridge, the young Democrat was
elected to Congress.
General Peyton was both astonished
sod indignant. 44 Mr. Clay'# district, sir,
the fines' Congressional district in tlie
Blue Grast region, ha* disgraced itself,
air," was almost his first remark to his
neighbor, Colonel Beaufort.
To his son John he cominnnicaied his
intention to bring Mrs. Fauntleroy to
adorn the head of his table.
44 Sir. she is the finest lady in the Blue
Grass region, and I hope, sir, yon vill
always respect your future mother."
John, with a quiet smile, assured him
that be was pleased with his choice.
This pleased the General highly, for he
had been a little afraid Jehn wusld object
to a step-mother youager than himself.
Tlie next merning the General oidered
Poahattan brought out and led over to
Mra Fauntleroy's. Calling John he re
quested him to go with him to call upon
Mrs. Fauntleroy.
" The Whig party has disgraced itself
in Mr. Clay's di-triet, sir, and I am com
pelled to part with the finest blooded
horse in the State to pay my wager with
that lady, sir."
The black boy had led Powliattan to
the hitching rail ia front of Mrs. Fsuntle
roy's yard, asd, baring tied him, had gone
into the quarters to tell his brothers and
sisters of their mistress's good luck in
baring won the famous horse Powhnttan.
When General Payton and John arrired
they found the pretty widow and two
young lady friends in the yard admiring
Powhattan. The ladies were in high glee
and after the banal salutations the gentle
men were invited to take seats on the
porch, which they did.
Madam," said the General to Mrs.
Fsnatleroy, 44 1 hare come here like a true
Kentucky gentleman, to pay the wager I
hare lost. Powhattan, madam, is right
fully yours."
"But, General," said she, "I believe
the wager was conditional. It was the
horse or anything else on the place, was
it not!"
" Madam," he replied, "you are correct.
Dot there i nothing on my place eno
half in valne to TowhatUn. I cannot
permit jon to select an inferior animal."
The pretty widow blushed to the tips
of her fingers when she said: " You have
another and snperior animal here—your
son John; if he wonld but nse his tongue,
I think 1 shall cheose him."
There was a moment of silence, then a
Imgh, in which the General did not join.
He rose, and in the blandest manner bade
the ladies good night. To John he said :
•• Sir, you will remain.''
And that was the way John Peyton
came to marry the pretty Widow Faunt
leroy.
General Peyton never forgave his pretty
danghter-in-law her practical joko. In
after years he need to say: " Mir, she is
the finest lady in the Rlue Grass region,
but she lacks taste, sir."
As ISCPOKTAJST Bcrr.—A snit of some
importance and interest to the the public
is pending m the Marine Court of New
York. The widow of tbo late
Avery D. Putnam, who waa killed with a
car-book by Foster, haa brought suit
against the street Railroad Company for
damages resulting from the lost of her
husband. The evidence is the same as
upon the trial for the murder, which, it
ia claimed, shows that the conductor and
di ivdr, by the exercise of proper dili
gence, could have prevented the assault,
'and she legal ground ia taken that the
Company is liable in damages for the
negligence of its employee,
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1872.
" I Make No MKtakev."
A first-rate story is told of a very prom
inent man, who lived iu Detroit forty
yeais ago, and who at that time owned
more sleamboat stock than any inan in
the Western country, besides other wealth
to a large amount.
Like many ef the pioueera who acquired
rreat riches, he was very ignorant in all
that book* taught, hut his learning is
more like wisdom, and, in coinmoa with
many who have lived and passed away,
but left their mark behiud tliein, he knew
what tree weuld make shingles by loekiug
at it.
He had, at the tiuie of our story, .last
completed a splendid new warekoua* at
Hutfalo, and wanting a anitable clerk to
take charge of it, he advertised for one in
the paper*. The next morning early, a
candidate for the position presented him
self, rather too flashy a young man in
appearance, but the following coovarsa-
I lion occurred:
" Young man, when you make a mistake
in any of vour books, how do yeu correct
i it*"
The young man explained, in a vary
prefusa manner, how he should proceed
to make it all right.
"A ijood way, no doubt, le do it," ro
' plied the old man, " but 1 shan't want
you."
Very soon another aspirant pot in an
appearance. A similar question waa asked
' lam, and in a long aud eloqnea manner
he pointed out the remedy in all such
; cases.
All the reply waa: "Young man, 1
j shan't want you."
Some three or four othera droeped in
, during the day, and to each one the satna
t question was put, and they all had sotnr
smart way of covering up errora ia their
| books.
The old gentleman wo* entirely ignor
ant himself of the art of book-keeping,
hut he had wisdom in all things, which it
mre than a match for learning.
Just at the nose of the day a plainly
drvtsed man nith a bright eye aeda brisk
step called for the situation.
"Take a seat, air," said the old geutle
maa, "I want to ask you one question.
When yon make a lalse entry ou your
books, how do you go to work to correct
it?"
Turning upon his questioner a cold,
sharp look, the ycung man replied : " 1
don't make that kind of mistakes, Mr."
"Ah 1 my dear sir, yea are just the man
I have been looking for all day," and in a j
fee* momenta after, the man who corrected !
his blunders by not making thatn, vaa in- j
stalled in the office.
Five-Slant*( bats WKb Yonng Ulrk.
And now, girls, aavs Dio Lewis, let us
' rvturn to your drees. In a previous "-hat
*■l spoke of one feature of tour dre
which I venture to my must l>e changed
lieforo yon can have a eleur heed, good
digestion, and a healthy liver.
I wish now to apeak of the drees of
tho middle of tho body. Every one of
us lives iu pnqiortiou to our breathing.
If we breathe strong, we live strong; if
i our breath is weak our life ia wuk; the
quantity of air we take into our longs is
ttie measure of our life.
Now, go with me to the bail room
Here we are. Notice that couple: they
are dancing. Watch them. When they
ntop olwcrve their breathing. There!
ha has takeu one deep breath, filling all
the lower part of hta tunes, and now lua
breathing ia tqnirt. But notice her
breathing. See how the upper part of
her chest worka£up and down. Watch
ker tea minute*. That panting "and*
pumping will go on.
What do yon suppose is the reason for
this difference? Do yon ftippooo the
Creator mode a woman's lungs so defi
cient iu size that she has to work that
way to get her breath? Among young
children there is no difference iu tire
breathing of boys and girls. If we visit
a farm where poisons of both sexes are
engaged in outdoor labor, with the same
freedom of Ureas, we shall not find the
women breathing in that peculiar wav.
No, the working and pnmping of thit
chest are owing to ber ureas. The low-1
or part of the lungs ia the large part.
There i where most of the breathing
should bo done. There js where the
man does most of bis breathing. But
she has so squeezed and contracted the
lower part of ber lungs that very little
breath can get down there, so that the
small upper eud D compelled to do moat •
of her breathing. It is that lil'le uppvr
end which U working away no.hard un
der ber ribs now . When a lady deuces,
inns, or goes p stairs, she suffers
thumping ol tho heart and labored
breathing, noibecanse tho original con
stitution of her breathing apparatus was'
faulty, but beoan*s -the so compresses
the lower, larger part of her lougv, that
she in like a person who has but a single
lung to breath with. There is a lack <t
breathing room and of course (ho breath
ing is labored. # u
With knife oo !corset-string, every,
woman should cry out, "Giro me liberty
cr give tne death I"
Perfect freedom for lungs, heart, liver
and stomach is indispensable to good
rn*piratiou, circulation and digestion.
Without auch freedom, living is not
living, but dying. . <
Railway Disasters in England.
There can be no doubt that railroad
management in England in mere uniform
ly, thorough than In this country. We
have, it is true, somd roads which are
managed with a skill and care and fere
-ight and liberal expenditure hprdjy aur
passed by tbe English roads, but wc have
too many other lines so bunglingly man
aged as to be hardly fit for transportation
of cattle, to say nothing of human beings.
But admitting that the English railroad
management is, a* we said, more uniform
ly thorough than onrs, it may be ques
tioned if it is not too highly rated hero. |
It is easy to account for this over esti
mate. We hear of our own accidents, or
af least the most of them, wsllfe we hear,
as a general thing, only of the most terri
ble of the disasters happening on the En
glish roods.
But that there is at times almost as
gross mismanagement on some nf the En
glish roads as disgraces certain of onr
own is evident from the complaints put
up br the people there, ss well as from
the official reports. Captain Tyler'a Gen
eral report shows that the number af so
cidents on English roods had Increased
from one hundred and thirty one, in 1870
to one hundred and seventy-oue, in 1871,
although fortunately tbe number of pas
sengers killed by causes beyond their own
control had decreased from sixty-six to
twelve, while there was also a decrease in
tbe number of passengers injured.
MORTALITT or CHIDREN.— A very dis
tinguished Paris physician says: ".I be
lieve that, during the twenty yrars I
practised my pofinsiou, twenty thou
sand children have been carried to the
cemetaries A sacrifice to the absurd cus
torn of exposing their arms. Pat tlib
bulb f n thermometer into a baby's
month and the mercury rises to ninety
degrees. Now carry "the same ta its
little hand; if the arm lie bare and even
cool, the mercury will sink to fifty de-
Srees. Of course, all tho blood that
ows through these arms must fall from
ten to forty degrees below the tempera
ature of the heart. Need I say, when
these ourrenls of the bflSod flow back to
the chest, the child's vitality must be
more or less eompromiaed? And need I
add tbat we ought not tab* warprised at
the frequently recurring affections of
the tongue, throat, or stomach?"
AbbetUford tu IfiTf.
Taking ail eonditions and siraum
stances iuU> account, I hardly know of
any place Ural ia fraught with such thrill
tog ant! puthetie associations. Myron's
Ni'Wbtciiii is nut half au luournful an il
lustration of the futility of smaller am
bitiuna, au>l it ia nut half an profoundly
steeped in the jHTaonal associations of
genius. There's the study in which the
great roiuuueist wrought; there's the
faded hl urni-chnlr F leather in which
lie used to ait; there's hi* library he
Ailed with the books he so loved ; here
lire the historic spears, and awurda, and'
ooraeleta. which he delighted to collect
around him. Yonder is the full-longth
painting of the much-loved aon who
kept the great uuua of Sir Walter Boott
for so abort a tioie Iwfura the living
world. All the race arc gone now but a
great grand-daughter—a girl of nineteen
—and she ia a Roman Catholic— (think
what Walter Scott would hare said to
sneh a family prospect ?) and perhaps
when ahe marries the name will wholly
pass away. Sir Walter's grand-daughter,
the lust survivor of the family, married
Mr. Hope, a great Rudimentary lawyer
and a ltoraau Catholic; and he, inherit
ing Abbot taford through her, took the
naue af Scott in addition to his own
Mrs. Ho)>c Scott died many years ago,
leaving the ope daughter 1 hare men
tioned. Mr. ITone Scott' married a
second wife, who also died. Thus there
are two of Sir Waller's dearest hopes un
filled. He hoped to found a great, broad
spivading familv, and a name identified
with vigorous Protestantism, and the
line has run down to one girl, and she ia
a devout Roman Catholic. Well, all
IhtM-c thoughts and many others reader
a visit to Abbottsford rather a melan
choly pilgrimage, with all the glory of
the memories that cling forever round
the bouse. . Bat it is hard indeed lo
keep up any feeling of reverence or md
ne*, or even interests, when you are
marshalled through Abtiottsford exactly
as if it were Mrs. Jarley'a wax works
You are shown into a waiting room,
where you havcta remain until the at
tendant has got through with the pre
vious party or gang of sight a-e ; for
they will only tske one gang at a time.
Then, when your turn comes, yon pay
fix peace each ;*tbe guiding woman takes
a wand in her hand and leads the wsy.
She peiuts out everything, and mum*
each relic in a measured, monotonous,
ice-cold tone, like that old wearied
school-mist rest going over some doll
task iu her dreatps. "Chair of Srr"Wa!
tor Holt; desk of Sir -Walter Scott;
portrait- of Hir Walter Scott, painted
by-—"any one you like-—" portrait of
Lady 8.-nit's silver inkstand, presented
by the Sultan of Ju(key-; sijver snuff
; box presented by tlie corporation of
I IMlingullth ; pistol that once liehmgcd
( to Prince Charles Edward ; pair of gar
ters. said to have belonged to Mary
Queen of Seotts ; misrellam •us collec
Hon of wea|>tma, owners' names un
knowu." Ho you are lead along, ashame d
of the whole tiling, womb-ring what Kir
Walter would have thought of it if bo
could only Laveforaevn, and finding that
every raj of decent emotion is dying
jont of you as jou drudge through jour
! measured and soulless ceremonial. At
1 the lime oor little gTtmj/ had git half
| way throng?!, it might hnve been Wood's
Museum, so far as moat of us were con
cerned. 1 vow ii I were the hair of a
grant man, I would not have this sort of
thing, 1 would rlopo the house and the
relics against all strangers, or 1 would
have them to see and gaze and meditate
,"without the preliminary sixpence or the
J accompanying clack of "the guida.
Parts a Humbug.
The Iter. J., ii. Barclay ventures to dif
fer from t|i papular estimate. Pie write*
to the Lutheran Obterrer 'lf there b
ny unmitigated humbug on ths face of
tho earth It is Paris.' People rislt it be
cause It Is the fashion, and learn to mur
der a little French and to praiee delightful
Parte, as they pronounce it, hecuse it is
the fashion. Pap* has its beauties ; it is
s fine city, but there Us wearisome same
ness about its streets. Uniformity be
comes Urcsdme. Tolfortn, as a rule, In
heigfit, uniform In style, the Mansard
rohf H-everywhere prevalent. No one
can erect an edifice nntl! submitted to the
Royal Architect, who Insists on certain
rules, one tnsn power, the curse of na
tions and churches. There is not in Paris,
exorpt her Opera lion*e, a sinrls building
equal to Bennett's lit raid office or the
Park Batik, sate In extedsiveness, and yet
we are of the conclusion that when
European vldpnrs are going ints eestacles
aver the second city of the world It h the
taahioa, and that explain# and covers n
grsat deal. If Paris is over-estimated,
much more is ber army a swindle. The
Prassi&a victories lessened it considerably
in our estimation. W# saw, probably,
xtLO .0 of the flower ot tbe army, via: the
Versailles troops. Thsy were wplkisg
scare-crows; titer were the slou.hiest,
dirtiest, worst dressed,' meanest drilled
troop* I ever daw on parade. Our
cherished dream fs gonethe days of the
Old Onsrd are over. Ibe spirit of the
great Napoleon .will turn sorrowfully
away. Icbabod is written on ths banners
of France, for. tbe glory hath departed.
A word qn what is hit of the old army.
We wont in llie broiling sun tp. the Hotel
dt-s Invalid?*, the asylum of the old
soldiers of Nayoloon, and the place where
his'ashe* repose; hnd so we compared
France, net with other* but with herself.
In the hospital and aronnfi tins grounds
we saw Vetrerans ot ninety years of age.
who pat to shame the best blood v>f
modern . France. Men who, fought
through the suns,of Egypt and the snow*
of Kpesia, grizzled andweat)ierbeaten.
hut still erect as pineq, broad shouldered,
stern old soldiers, whq recall \he glory ot
the Old Onsrd—the last lingering light*,
of a ones powerlal nation. We could not
but think of what these old men must
lisre felt for the humiliation of their land,
how they must have bled at the degen
eracy of the moderns.
"And what is the matter with France!
Wherein lie* the secret of ber overthrow!
It is contained in. two words—ignorance
end licentiousness F'
IMPROVEMENTS II CASTINO MKTAIA—
The invention ol Mr. W. Seders, of
Philadelphia, Pa., relates to A novel me
thod of discharging the molten metal
1 from the furnace er crucible In which it
has Icen melted, and of coating or trans
ferring the same Into moulds, or into an
other furnace or crucible, without pierc
ing any part of the earth or bed of the
furrir.ee, or removing the eraoihle from
tlm furnace in which it has lifen heated,
ana without exposing the molten metal
during its tranrit to lue action oi the oir,
thereby avoiding the oxidifcihg effect of
the Air thereon, and preventing the coa
vejanco of air along with the metal juto
the mould. In carrying out this inven
tion the transfer of the metal is effected
threngb a pipe or conduit by the agency
of atmospheric pressure, ene end'of the
Maid pipe or conduit dipping down below
the surface, of tho molten metal iu the
furnace or crucible, whilst the other end
is iu direct communication with the
mould, so that on exhausting, or parti
ally exhausting, the air from ibe interior
of the mould, or group of -moulds, the
molten metal will flow freely therein, be
ing foreed along the pipe or conduit by
the pressure of the atmosphere upon the
turfnes af tho metal in the furnace or
eruaibk.
A French society has desida<Lihai it
prolongs the lives and increases the hap
piness of dogs te moke them work.
A Spanish Herso Hare.
A Udy ouvsponfrtit writes (row o*ll
- I never will target my tight of •
hora lid, ami I guru you wight like to
hoar it. u it ru a lingular ou It waa
iu 1862, on tbo oay of the fYata #i San
Kafaet, a day held in the hifbrst revafcuoe
by the Spanish people, who teatity thait
revrrcuee by drinking, gambling, and bote*
racing. The festivities are kept on for
three daye, and bootha ate creeled, aud
cawpa are fumed, and the whole Spanish
pojuUtion cougtagate—men, women, and
children—and the old priest of the nearest
mission lends the airing grace ol his pres
ence te the occasion. Formerly tbry
added a boll fight to tha list ol amae
tueoU on that day, but the Americans
made an maris abjections that tbia part
waa left off. The place tbia year selected
for tha festiaitica waa down near San Lo
renio, and large bootha were on eaery
aide, filled with people, mostly Spanish,
though many Americana were present.
At noon a herald rode up and down,
(■reclaiming that the races for the after
noon were about to begin, and in a trice
tiie bootha weie descried, and the track
was lined with the cipeetant crowd. The
race track was merely a leael road, a mile
in lenelh, aud straight, not in a drele, as
we hare oar*. The horse* were all Call •
iornta and Mexican mustangs. Some ol
tf.em wera magnificent, aid the lidcia
weie resplendent with silver jingling orua
menu down their pantaloons and birder
mg i heir jackets, and their crimaon aasbea.
which, with jcweli-d-baudled kmres show
ing tluongh their folds, gasa them tha ap
pcatanre ol the baudtowe dark pirates •
read of. The men merely rode up without
preliminary, aud dashed down the track,
no effort being made to time tue boracs.
The one who reached the goal tint took
toe prise. They all run their horses—
never trot them.
It is astonishing to see the feats if agil
ity the men perform while their horses
aie at full speed, tor they will reset, dewn
and pick up a ball dollar from the ground,
sod never miss. Chicken* are but id in
the ground, leaving only their heads stick
ing out, and neu will ruh past like tbe
wind, and suatrh the head off wary time.
This is looked upun as the tunny part. At
last tbe ladirs' races were to take place,
and several rode up and rode tlir races
without any mishap, which was wonderful,
considering that they rode bare backed
and at lull speed.
After several roots had taken place, won
repeatedly by a Urge, handsome acnortta
on a cinnamon-colored mustang, another
girl made her appcaranoe on the ground on
a black mustang, whose delicate, springy
step, arched neck and flashing rye snowed
it* blood and fire. The girl herself was a
perfect apparition of beauty. Her eyea
were larga and brilliantly black ; her
mouth ripe, with full, intensely red lips,
and her rich black hair kuog far below ber
waist. Sho was very small, and exquisite
ly proportioned, with tiny, arching bpauish
bet, and she was dressed in white, and
wore no hat, but bad a quaint silver chain
around ber bead to Mod back ber bsir.
Doiens wai mot beautdul at any timr,
but litre on bar magnificent borvr, every
motion grace utwquaJcd, and w.t'u tba hot
blood flushing in tier checks, she certainly
was u n*ar what might be called radiantly
beautiful at nusaible f.r any oe. Riding
up to tbe pule, abe Aung out bar challenge
to the victorious rider, who smiled con
temptuously at bar and her borae, and ac
cepted it disdainfully, and in a moment
both bocsea were flying over tba ttnirac.
Tuey were both well matched ia point of
steed; but Dolores bad tba finest borae
and it waa a delrium-preJucing aigbt to
MM Lim gather tor the great leapt which
carried ibetn to tba end of tba goal before
I write ft, Dolores ahead.
Then they turned and came back to tba
starting paint. Dolores still In advance,
looking wildly tnnmpiiint,wi(b two spots
o< Are on her cbeeka, at tne ton* plaudits,
when liar bone stepped into a gopher hole,
•iisbilv stumbled, and lost the race by
ba|f a length. Dolores tode slowly up to
tbe pole, jumped Irom ber horse like s
flssb, tod drew ber dagger beiors sny one
bad the slightest ideaol ber intent on, and
plunged it up to tbe bat in ber horse's
neck. He shiveied a little, looked mourn
fully at Lrr a moment, then Icll at bor
feet dead, tbe blood staining her wtiite
dress. That broke up tbe H pestc." Dolores
rode .iff immediately, and somehow even
tbe Spaniards did not care to stay longer,
and that was my first bono race.
Taw a and I'Mitrj.
The New York 7Vi bunt has a genial ar
ticle An tbe moral influences ol country
life, compared with tbe influences ot an
oehsr kind which beset tbo#e In the city.
In November, society in the city draws
its breath, looks over its accoutrement*
nd provision* for a new campaign. The
season, has opened, it says, solemnly,
through its organs of ths fashionable
press. Which does not mean as one
tnigbt suppose, that the world had been
made afresh; but only that the opera
bouses are open ; that there is a certain
vim in the drama that was lacking from
Jane until October, that two or thro*
noted women are ready to receive the
beau moods, and define its business end
inniigjor the next three month*.
Oat*M* ot tiie cities, bowsver, the sea
son So* a different and broader meaning.
What are one or two opera houses or
blazing boll rooms te the legions of quiet
homes which warm and make baman the
oonntry from sea to sea ? The stubble
changing from bronze to yellow, the burn
ing sumac lighting its tercb in the hedges
Site cold bine mist lining out the water
ceurses in the landscape, are ths signs
jnst now of lh* beginning of the universal
"season," the closing in ol domestic life
about the home centre. • # •
We who live in cities, in the midst of the
chatter of tree-love and doily foul tamper
ing with fonl things, are apt to underrate
the integrity of domestic life in the silent
bock ground of the nation. We forget
that every Messalma who hecomee a pub
lic nuisance, every single cose of adultry
or divorce, signifies unnumbered happy,
modest home* of which we never hear.
We urge tho importance to day, in every
one af these homes to which we have so
cess, of keeping straight and clean through,
this season and every other their fealty to
the old notions of raarrUge and a Chris
tain tamily government. There lie* their
strength now and that of ths whole peo
ple hereafter.
PACINA HOUSES. —Ia Barbary, pacing
horses are held in such high estimation
that the method of making a spirited
trotter skaekle like a boat in a chop aea
la reduced to science. To make them
rack easily, a ring of lead covered with
leather is put round each hoef, a cord
from each weight ascends and is fastened
to the saddle, front and rear; neat, a
strap rnns horisontally frem the fore to
the hind foot on both side*. Being rather
short, It is impossible to make a long
step. Restraint compels the aaiinal to
practice a new gait to progress at all. At
Koon aa a habit is established of going
ahead thus tethered, the desirable object
is fully and permaneatly accomplished.
A HEBREW CUSTOM. The Hebrews
break a wins goblet at their marriages, as
illustrative ol an important canonical truth
—tbat Is, to impress upon the married pair
the divine ordination of tbe Creator, as
laid down by the Leritieal law, of tbe in
doasoiubility of tbe marriage eontraet, tbe
difficulty of dissolving tbat contract being
couaideied as insurmountable es tbe im
possibility of replacing tbe shattered frag
ment* of the glaia.
All powerful aenls lure kindred with
each other.
Scene* Among Ike German*.
A writer from Dresden, in the Chicago
Inter-Octai, leys that the forced service
in the army la the main cause ef the
great emigration, and ao great hat it
been this season—over SO.OOO—that
soldier* have been detailed to gather tha
crowi, and dwelling* are absolutely not
to lie found, muaitn and frame tenia
being thrown *p In llerlin to oeoua
tnodate the ineomtug population, who
are giving np their little butnae with the
firm intention, aa soon as they can get
passage, of finding other* in a country
where they imagine no want exist*.
Iu Germany the child of but few
years of age is aet to labor, either in
currying the universal korb (basket),
suited to their siae, upon their back,
dragging their wagoua through the
street*, or working in the field. Tb*
korb holds a'out one and a half bushels,
and it ia girl* or women alwava who
carry them, either unloading coal boats,
for which they receive five pfennigs for
two full bakeu (aboutone and a quarter
cent#), or bringing them to market filled
with produce, and many time* have I
seen a full-laden one placed upon the
rounded back of an old woman by a
bnrlv man. who walked by her aid#
tangoing and Iking while ahe toiled
along with her heavy load.
Women almost invariably make the
mortar and carry it to the builders. They
drag about the streets ooal or other mat
ter in wagons holding nearly a ton, upon
one aide of the tongue themselves with
a strap over the shoulder, and upon the
other a dog. They dig and plow in the
field*, at time* harncvaed with an ox.
They break the coal in pieces and carry
it up to the houses and assist in sawing
wood, which ia done on a standard three
feet high, one at either end of the aaw,
while the man splits it ready for thorn
to deliver.
Tbe ]*>a*autry are nnsoutk In their
appearance, aud rough in their manner,
paying ltUia attention to tbe graces of
fife, aud yet have a delight in flowers
and music, which baa no lack of food
in tbia lam] ol beautiful art. Their diet
ta simple, consisting mainly of black
bread, made soar purposely, sausage,
and ooflee or beer. Freah meat they
have but seldom, and the workman
aeema to thrive on hie lump of bread
and cheese aud potatoes, which be eats
at least fiva times a day, and washes
down with the beer made at home,
brewery beer being too expensive for
his daily use. They hare, afbw all their
harvests, a feast, to which all neighbors
resort, gayly dancing tbe evening away.
In one of our country walk# we iunocent
ly walked into a stable where tbe women,
aa natal, were threshing, and tha men
idling abont, as it vras not their work.
A fine waa demanded from us as from
otliera for tbe entertainment which was
to follow. Jam now tbe potatoes are
all gathered and merry-making* are fill
ing the country round. Their pleasures
are simple, but their life ia hard, with
no pro<q>ect of change, and America, the
heaven for women and children, and
field of future prosperity for men, is
longed for, and every exertion made to
reach it
A Humorous Fire-Incident.
The Are, my* a Boston paper, sraa
i prolific in amusing incidents, even
j daring its momenta ot supreme** horror,
and Uie Indicrous vent cheek by jowl
with the aerions to alar greater extent
than it is possible to conceive by those
who kcrt themselves aloft from tbe
scene. Nut the least laughable of the
! incidents to which we allude was that in
which a middle aged lady played im
-1 l>rtjut parte. She waa somewhat on
the skadj tide of forty, tall, thin and
; liony of aspect. Her sandy hair was
' screwed op into numberless rigid carls
on either side of her face, and a crunched
' Itonnet fluttered defiantly down her back
and was only prevented from falling off
, Ity the ribbons br which it was tied
round her neck. Her rusty black draw
| had been evidently harried on at a mo
ment's warning, as it was buttoned and
| hooked in a style of labmathine per
' plexity. She pushed ber way through
' the excited crowds, while the fire was
raging at its highest, wringing ber hand.*
and shrieking frantically for "Clara,"
who implored, wept, atormcd and moan
ed for "Clara," enlisting everybody's
sympathy. "Will nobody put out s
band to rare the poor thing ?" she em.
plored in almost frantia accents. "Oh.
dear! Ob, dear ! Mr little darling will
be burnt to death !" Even the moat
hardened felt for tbe agony that seemed
to be urging the p**r woman to mad
ness. Firemen stopped their work to
ask ber where her ' Clara" was, and
several crowded around bvr with proffers
of assistance if she would only be ex
plicit. But not a coherent explanation
could be gained from her. Bhe contin
ued to wring ber bands and to ruonn,
"Clara, Clara ; my poor Clara." In the
meantime a thrill of terror went through
tbe multitude at the idea that some
human creature war in deadly peri! of
living burned to dcatb, and no intelli
gence of her whereabouts was to be
gained from the balf-demeuted woman
before them, who rqpked to and fro.
nebbing and refusing to be comforted.
Presently, with a wild shriek of joy, she
darted forward shouting "Clara ! Clara!"
and stooped down. Croueliiwg in tbe
corner was a large white eat. with sin col
fur. which,'with curved hack and swollen
tail, stood biasing and spitting with
fearful energy. As the old lady stooped
to pick ber (tailing np, the ung-atefnl
cat flew at her, leaving tbe marks ol her
claws on her face, and darted off in mad
terror amid the jeers, laughter sad
hootings of the croud, her frantic mis
tress darting after her with the bonnet
living enaign downward like a signal oi
distress.
TUB SWOUD OF WALLACE. —A curious
fact, MTI the Pall Mall QattUn baa joat
come to light iu connection with the al
lege.l Wallace Sword in Dumbarton
Castle. It would appear that some
months ago the Grampian Club.through
their secretary, applied to the War Min
ister ta obtain the a word for the Wal<
lace Monamrnt on the Abbey Craig,
near Stirling, that it might there be ex
hibited to visitor*. A reply baa been
received from the War Office staling that
the late Duke of Wellington canted the
aword to be examioed in 1925, and that
it was found to belong to tho period of
Edward V., and to have been iu all prob
ability used by that monarch wlun he
entered Cheater in state in 1475. The
result it that Mr. Ccrdwell has given in
structions that the sword at Dumbarton
Caatle should no longer be exhibited ss
that of Sir William \\ all&ce. That such
HI; order waa not issued in 1835. when
the discovery was made of the real
character of the weapon, may probably
be ascribed to an amiable wish on the
part of the authorities of that period not
to wound the susceptibilities of theSoot
ish nation; but ibe postponement of the
revelatioo which will now tome as a rude
shock to onr northern neighbors, was
really an act of crnel kindness, since it
led to another fifty years' expenditure of
1 ervent patriotic emotion over a weapon
which, instead of being a genuine relic
of Wallace, was the sword of an English
king, and an Edward to boot.
Never talk of ypur parentage, for if it
la honorable you virtually acknowledge
year claims to rest on the merit of others;
tideg good lie* at length come eut of
Naaareth; or If it ia neither your conver
sation can be Interesting only to yourself.
TERMS : Two DolJars a Year, in Advance.
QablM Culture
It ha* often been aaarrtod that there to
> evidence of benevolent design ia the
' distribution of natural productions, nod
■ that tha maladies incident*! to nay given
region are moat effectually dealt with by
the use of those remedies which the
1 country itaeit afford*. Th* trees of the
1 obiuona family faroi*b a notable eseep
lion. They are Indigenous only la err
1 tain part* of Boetb America, while the
malarioas fevers which their alkaloid*
alone can conquer are not by any mean*
confined to those districts, or even to
that continent, The terrible scourge
known in this country M fever and ague
is not only general throughout the South
and West, hat prevail* in nutty Idealities
in the and Middle States aad la
Europe aad India. The oalf known
specific to quinine; and oar reader* will
be interested in the story of Ikftewiy
and the measure* adopted to cultivate
in other lands the tree from the bark
of which it to made.
The tree* sometimes attain a great
magnitude in South America; bat a* aa
after growth sprioga from their root*
when they have been felled, the* often
appear only aa large ah rub*. They are
all evergreens, and the flower* which in
•oat kind* are white aad ia othera pur
pltoh, are very fragrant, sad r-uemble
those of litoe or privet The bark to
known by v&rioe* names-•Pernyiaa bark,
Jesuit's berk. China, quian. qu'equina,
cinchona bark, etc. With regard to the
diwmvary of its medical virtues, tradition
affirm* that the natives of Peru had for
age* b. en ia the habit when aick, of
drinking the water of a bitter to ream,
until at tot soma canons person discov
ered that this water derived its qualities
from the bark o' a certain tree the trunk*
of which were washed by th* current
This bein;j knew* to make a decoction
of the berk was of noon* a simple me
thod, an J ia moat eases more convenient
than going to the river to drink. The
name Cinchona area given to the genu*
by Ltnnmna in eomphment to theOmnt
em del Oinchon, the wile of a Spanish
v>c roy of Pern, who. ia 1638) first ear
ned it to Europe. The Jesuit mission
aries afterward curried it to Rome, and
thus it acquired the amine Jesuit*' bark.
It was also called De Logo's powder,
after a cardinal of that name, who was
particularly active ia wibo ending aad
dartnbntiag it. It attained grow.; celebrity
in Bpain and Italy,but.runoualy enough,
the Protestants would have nothing to
do with it. Falling, however, into dis
use ia Earope, it was again brought into
notice by Btr Robert Tolbor or Talbot,
who introduced U into England in 1682,
aad aoon became fsmont .'or the cares
be affected by it* means. The new rem
edy was adopted by the moat celebrated
physician* of the age, and its use soon
after became genera 1.
Quinine to vary insoluble in water, end
to therefore generally used in the form
of sulphate or distil phate, whieh dis
solves readily in alcohol and water, and
to prescribed in almost all the case* to
which the bark was auppocad to be ap
plicable, the use of the bark itoalf being
almost entirely discontinued.
California AgrieuUare.
The agricultural resources of Califor
nia am almost fabakms, bat it requires
peculiar methods for their aacceasful de
velopment The rains being tote in Oc
tober. The grass to green all winter
)onr, a plowing commences on the fint of
December; wheat, barley, oata and other
crops are sown as soon aa the land can
be got ready; and towing and ptontieg
are continued aa tote aa March. The
farmer ha* that three or four mouths to
put in hto crops. South of Sao Francis
co frost to raftwly known. Rosea bloom
throughout the Winter. The flower
garden to constantly fuU of flower*. The
acacia*, the pepper trees, the live oaks,
and many other shade tree* keep their
foliage green the year round. Indian
corn is planted from March to May, and
harvested a* late aa December. Wheat
and barley are commonly sown for hay,
and cut before their heada fill in April
or May. When the hay crop to col, eoro
ia planted oa the same ground, ao that
two valuable crops are obtoiaed from
the same field.
After the middle of April the raias
cease, and the whole harvest aeesoa to
absolutely without rain. Thus the far
mer to not hurried, aad the harvest pro
ceeds with nooc of that haste and anxictv
altout the weatber which troubles the
Eastern farmer. The amdl grains ate
usually gathered by ft machine called #
"header," which clips off only the bead*
of the grain stalk. Wheat, oeta, fthd
ltorley are threshed on the field, put into
bags, and left rithcw on the field or
along the railroad, few week* often, in
the open air, and until the crop is noki
and shinped. The grain doe* not aareat
nor is it liable to injury fro* th ex
posure. Ha*, too, is baled or stacked on
the field, and left then until it k wanted.
Potatoes an left in the fround long af
ter they are fit for digging. Thus it in
evident the farmer has, iu the long, dry
California Summer, an immense sdrau
tape over his Eastern competitor. He
needs fewer hands, he is not hurried,
and be requires no costly granaries or
barns to shelter the products of his
fields.
Nor does he need to put away tnueh
food for his settle. A quarter of an now
of beets, replanted as they are used, will
support two cows daring the whole year.
Work horses receive barley and hay, bat
sheep are never fed; market cattle fatten
in the pastures, and horses not at work
get no food unless what they pick op in
the fields, in Winter as well as Summer.
The alfalfa, or Chilian clover, which is
now beginning to be largely sown, does
well to feed to pig*, to cows, and even to
gow horses, snd bean enormous crop*
a low ground or where it can be irri
gated, as much as fifteen tuns have been
taken from an acre; it is not eut from
December to April, but yields from six
to eight cuttings in the year. CatUe
snd herses are nor© easily kept in good
condition iu California than elsewhere
in the United States, and the farmer
needs no such substantial stables aft in
the Eastern States. . ,
Loaorvmr OP FAKMICJW. —In late
address before the Farmers' Club of
Princeton, MAM.. Dr. Nathan Allen aaid
that according to the registration report
of death in Moasachuaseta, published
now for abont thirty years, and pre
served with more aocnracy and complete
ness than anywhere else in the country,
the greatest longevity is fonnd to be oh
Uinod in agricultural life. In the ten
different occupations, as given in these
reports, the cultivators of the earth
stand, as a class, at the head, reaching
on an average the age of eixty-flve years,
while that of the next elana, merchants,
is only abont forty (501) years ; that of
mechanics of all kinds, abont forty
eight years; and that of rhoemakcrs,
about forty-four years. Thus there is an
advantage of about fifteen yearn on the
aide of farmers as eompared with mer
ehanta, as they reach an average age bat
little short of the threescore years and
ten allotted by the Psalmist to human
Ife.
RAISINS TAXU BT MoaeeeßT. The
old-fashioned process ol raising taxes by
means of patting np to contract the
monopoly ot tb# uisnnfaetnre of a particu
lar ai tide ot daily uae is In tores in Prance.
For the lucifer match msnopoly, it is said,
five tenders have been mads, one ofleriog
20,(#0,000 Irenes a ysar lor the exclusive
privilege of making matches (or Franco.
H—
BMWliift'f ©rang trop to httovy.
4i fl*vfnl thing ia the long ronphmth.
Fern mm bt sfv,Q to fSr hr na
tional debt JF
Right principle* will by mo means suit
wrong practice*.
The height of iOl port! ncaee-—A afcing
• Jew what hi* Christian mm to. is
Contentment to th* trne philosopher's
•lon* ; neither have been iliv#red.
T.tagblng END offer* to tough again *t
•my man la the Ueioa for WOO a
Lot jourexpenaea be en eh a* to leave
a UtUno ia yoerjpockot Beady money
to a Mead la need.
Wbteh travel* f astern, beet or cold!
fleet, of sourm; because yon can catch
I Add.
Why, If you ere relied loudly, most
yom wear a wig I Because you Are to>/ei
After.
Whet did the spider do wham be name
oat of the ark f Ha took a ly aad west
home.
When doaa as frtoVmaa moat rv-e ruble
sSeotehmea t Why, wkeo he's kilt as* 1
tirdy.
A prairie fire ia lowa eeptared and
; oonaamed 600 out of a flock of 1,000
< ebeep.
All the difrreooe.—The ancient* nroed
their dead; the moderaa earn their 11 v
iag.
Kin never eomee done. One evil
thought lead* often a aad and dUgraeefal
end.
Vanity to never at it* full growth till
it BfM-eadeth into affectation, aad then It
to complete
A tody ia Lanearier, Pa., totol* died
of fright on the breaking out of a fire la
aa adjoining building.
A dairyman aaya ropy milk be* ia hto
herd of tea followed the free feeding of
bran when gram ia failing.
A bill for the imppr**>ioß of religion*
corporation* ha* breu introduced ia th*
Italian Chamber of Depatto*.
Mm Crittenden, rhom Laura Fair
deprived of support, baa been obliged to
take boarder* to eean a livefbood.
An lowa dog Hutched himself with
sack farm, under a lent her jHK after a
rabbit, that H required three man to get
him oat.
The fleet automation of aa Ant'rieea
balls cm watering the Cathedral of Ml>
lea was. - Ob, what a church to get mar
-iadiar
A little girl ia flaerameoto, Cal, lately
bad a been lodge ia Iter throat, aad her
windpipe bad to be split open for it*
extraction.
NO. 50.
1 The British* Admiralty ta aboot de
ipatsbmg tbe eamtts Challenger, ©t
1.904 tons, on a tctootifio expedition
around tba world.
At a county fair hi Stillwater, Minn.,
Ilia* Ida Viodoa rweitid a valoabin
ring as a premium far hatug the band
•ouest lady on tbe ground*.
The wife of Dr. Benjamin P. Hardy, a
prominent physician of Baa Franeboo,
took chloroform to cure neoralgia, and
died from the efleet* of the done.
Wendell Phillips aaya: - Pot an
American baby, six months eld, on ble
feet, sad he will immediately aey: 4 M.\
Ciisirmaa,' aad call the aest cradle to
order.'*
The rumored resignation of 1L Thiers
proeea to bare been a canard, although
in the pro—at eondittoo of aftaira ta
Prance such as event la not at all
improbable.
Farmer's children are tbe hope and
tbe lit# of a nation. If they grow up
intelligent, moral, patriotic, there is hope
for tbe country for a continuance of lima
A Western stockbreeder wants a
price far a sheep weighing 830 pounds,
fhia it just the season when we expeet
to hear of heavy weather from that part
of tbe country.
An item is going tbe rounds stating
that a Detroit Bailor refused to ship on
ooard a vessel after seeing a rat swim
ashore from her, and that tbe vernal want
down tbe very next trip,,
A man of loam Falls, who has a linse
kin, asserts that, with wood and corn
n about equal parte, tbe fire ta better,
and scarcely more expensive, and that
tbe lime ia somehow vastly better.
The man who produce* the largest
yield to area cultivate.!, with the leect
expense, and increases tbe fertility of his
sou, is the moat scientific farmer, how
ever ignorant be may be ef the fact
There is nothing which contributes
OWN# to the sweetness of Bfe than Mend
•hip; there is nothing which disturbs
our repose mure than friends, if w* have
not the discernment to cboom them w-IL
A man in Kent County. Michigan,
baa been engaged fur a long time in mak
ing pore strained honey out of the joiru
of baaswood, and commua sugar, and
the people tbetvaooute have just found
ttim out. *
The thickncs* of rock intervening be
tween tbe central and eastern sections
of the Hoossie tunnel ia one eight at a
mile. The aound of the drilling at one
of these headings ia distinctly heard al
the other.
Three-fourths of the diißcul'ie* and
miseries of men eotne from the fact that
most want wealth without earning it
tame without deserving it, popukrity
with temperance, respect without virtue
and happiness without holiness.
A man will (He for want ef breath a
five minutes, for want of fleep it en
lUya, for want of water in a wrek, for
want of food at varying intervals, de
pending on constitution, habits of lite
and the circamsuoors of the occasion.
An IndianaooUa girl si afitictai with a
mania for stuffing small articles into her
ears. The doctor who ia treating her
has washed out five pieces of Straw, two
of coal, an apple MM, two small chicken
bones, a piece of gravel and a black
beetle.
The results of many of tha strikes in
England bare been to introduce female
labor into titnatioat whrro previously
men bad been employed. Thus large
numbers of women we now employed by
tbe London bakers in piece of men who
have struck for various reasons. .
The father Of the boy whose veracity
ia not so marked as his back, asked the
teacher why it waa his sou didn't have a
better acquaintance with figures, and
waa considerably electrified when the
teacher observed, 44 I really don't know
unless it ia because figures won't lie."
A Kansas county court has decided
that an Indian trader who took a squaw
"ftcr tbe Indian fashion was thereby
legally married to her, so thst the chil
dren inherit his property. The decision
will sffect a great many persons in tha|
Weat, and tbe case will he carried up.
' The oldest inhabitant in eastern Tc7.as
has never seen such a dry season as this.
Small streams that were never known
to oeaae running before are now nearly
dried tip, and Trinity la to low it can be
forded in many places by horsemen ana
crowed by footmen on logs and rocks.
Gentlemen, where do you think that
beefsteak comes from f* aaid tbe land
lord, planting his thumbs in his waist
coat arm holes. ' 'From near the horns,"
was the qoiet reply of ona of the board
ers. It is singular, but that landlord
has not put any conundrums to those
board era since.
At a philosophical lecture, lately de
livered in New York by Prof. Pepper,
the lecturer having dipped his hand in
ether, pat it in bailing water and the w
out an egg; he then washed bis band in
concentrated ammonia and stirred
melted lead with his finger, to the aston
ishment of most of the audience.
A reverned gentleman at Newcastle
one-Tyne, England, is glad to have
found"® reason for commending the wasp.
He says this generally maligned insect
proved very serviceable in his bot-bousee
the past season, clearing oat tbe mealy
bug—even leaving rips grapes untouched
in pursuit of this great peat of the vine.
A second Davy Crockett baa been el
ected to Congress. He cornea from tba
Third District of Tenaessee, and his
nams is Bill Crutohfleld. Me is said to
be as ugly "as an old shoe,"and though
a man or rbeana dresses like a median
a plain, blunt man, untutored bit fall of
sense, and one who always "
business." /