A New-Trer MOIHXH.
How they gleam, the jrolden y-*ra.
On the anient eye of Youth !
In hi* ravished soul he hear*
All the music of the sphere*.
And tomorrow, then, is truth.
" These to-morrows all are mine "
O divine
Years of youth ! In his dream
How they gleam !
How they flee, tlie rushing vears,
Past the halting path of Age!
Sounds are in his startled ears
As of clashing swords and spear*
That a desperate combat wage
In a flight more desperate still.
" Will, oh, will
None W staysl ?" V v ' Ah, tve
Clow they flee !
IN t CLOSET.
Once, when 1 was verv prair, 1 Mai
denly lavaine heiress t> forty thotl
lyuul dollar*. Let uie tell you how it j
happened. I was only thirteen year*
OM when my father became bankrupt
and died, leaving my mother without
support, and with five voting children
on her hands. I wa the eldest daugh
ter ; then there were three little !v>v*
and baby girl. What were we h> do*
It Nvas a terribly dark time. Mother
had no acoimpliahment- that could Is
tumuvl 'to account, and I had stadieil j
hard, but was not old enough to be j
truated with even ii infant school. 1
heaol it [iropheaized that my mother,
being but thirty year* old, ami still
beautiful, would marry agon—wn\l
which filled me with anger and gru-f.
How dared they say such shameful,
thing* of mv mother?
I hud the'heart to move mountain* i
our aid, but not the strength to *weep a
carpet. I showed mv mother my d-li
cate hands and slender wrists, and
cried, when we were talking over our
affair*.
"Never mind, Norry. Yon can help
me in one way, if not in another," **id
m<ther. " You can tend Baby, end hvk
afti-r the Kit*. We mud all keep to
gether. I think I shall open * lodging
house—a very nice lodging-hoan."
At that time I had net the remotest
idea of what ahe meant. But 1 soon dis
• coveted. Mother hired a h-se in the
upier [airt of the old town where we
had lived so long ignorant of the shifts
of poverty, and fnruishoil all the chain- 1
Wra, with a view to letting the.m at-par
telv.
One after another, applicants eaine.
and the rooms were finally filled. It
was an old. though an exceedingly well
built house. The rooms were waina
•>'ted; tlio doors of red oak—their
h in dies of brass ; ami the windows all
h H) curious old inside shutter*.
But mother fitted up one little mom
for us children very pleasantly. It was
an east room, and pretty high up, so
that the window* overlooked the neigh- j
It smug roofs, ami commanded a view of
the harbor, with glittering water,
t!*j*, and shipping.
She cnrtaiued and carpeted it warm
ly. and pnt in a lad for Bab-. *.{ nws
a crib for Neddy, anil a trundle for the
two other little boys. We called it the
Nest. Here I spent most of my time.
Here mother, soon looking wearv aud
ouvvora, came to rest at times. 1 kept I
Babv warm and happy, sewed, and wore
a cheerful face while I thought sad
thoughts about mother. She kept no
M-rrant, but took rare of all those innn- 1
tnerable chamber* herself, ami it was !
• •aid, hard work.
I never heard her clear, soft voire
singing old tune*now; her white hjuids
had grown hanleneil and roughened.
My heart achnl when I fondl-d moth* r'a
hand*, but I never dareii burden her >
with my eompaasion.
I saw, by her palo, harassed fa--e>
that she had all she could War. sr.rt as
it seemed to be her <•: ly iMmhirt to find
The Ne*t comfortable, I did my duty
there unfailingly, and said little. But
it kept me pretty busy, mending for the
little boys, who tore their clothe* at j
school; amusiug Neddy, wh- > was sickly,
• *uJ tending the baby. Baby wns onr
eleiiglit and our dariing-r.-die WHS *.
pretty and winsome.
The Nest ha*l warr.v crimson curtain*,
and a carpet of crimson and black.
We had father's picture, and mother's
look. Opposite the door that opened
iDto the hall was another duor—the en
trance t* a large closet, which was never
opened, is it contniiual nothing but
some r? -Ing* and barrels, xrut some
old Minds which stood agnilu t tlie wall.
Arthur and Frank used to play " Put
Xewldj in." when he was mnafhty, ami
♦hrew over tbeir games. It WHS not a
Very cheerful place.
When we hail lived in this way six
months. I hail not become quite used
to it. As 1 sat by the table, mending
little stockings, and miking little
aprons, of an evening, it was so strange
to hi-ar great booted tnen go [smnding
over the stairs, and locking themselves
in their rooms. Sometime* 1 could hear
Mrs. Mackenzie scolding her maid.
Airs. Mackenzie's rooms were next
Thn Nest. They were very good rooms,
and she was a very .mpoftiuit person,
and kept a maid—a Milky girl, who
seemed always in a state of revolt. Her
mistress said she wna silly, but I never
discovered that she was any sillier than
any girl who had pretty checks, and
likes tej put a new Ixmnet over them,
and walk in the park.
Mrs. Mc -konzie herself was very good
looking. Eer feature*, though a little
sharp were very regular, her eves were
deep-et aud bright, and her hair was
black too black, it seemed to me, for so
sallow anil wrinkled a skin. She dressed
very carefully, usually in rustling black
■ilk, and wore a gold watch wwth innu
merable pendent charms attached. Bhe
was so pleasant to mother that I could
hardly believe my ears when I over
heard her scolding Jenny so ruthlessly,
and Jenny sulking and sobbing.
I could only surmise as to her history
for she never referred : Imt she had a i
way of sneering at the whole class cl
masculine lieings, which made me sus
pect she was disappointed in Mr. Jlai--
Kenzie.
Well, as I was saving, at the end of
six months I hail hardly In-come used
to the cliaiige. The children, poor j
things ! did not mind it so inueh.
One evening, after I had gone to bed,
the thought of their future* pressed
heavily upon me. Futlier had intended
to bring his bov* up with great care ;
now they would have to tumble up the
best way they could. The clock struck
eleven, and still I hail not fallen asleep.
It was Winter time. Tlie stariight, re
flected upon the snow, illuminating the j
chamber. Suddenly I saw something
creeping across the room. With a wild
throb of my heart, I raised my head
from the pillow. It was a strange figure,
bent, and huddled in a loose white robe.
Its head was almost entirely bald, and
it had strange, sunken jaws.
It crept noiselessly to the window. It
aeemed to shiver as it stood looking to
ward the distant glitter of the sea.
The children were all asleep. Frank
and Arthur in the trundle, Neddy in
the crib, and Baby in my lied. I sat np,
ready to spring to rescue any of them
if they should IK- molested.
The figure turned from the window, 1
went to the mirror, peered within, and 1
finally turned away, crossed the room,
und entered the closet.
I waited for it to come forth again,
but it did not come. In tlie utmost ;
suspense, I counted the minutes for ffve ;
long hours. At daybreak I fell heavily
asleep. How strangely I felt in tin
morning when I arose to dress the chil
dren ! Hail I seen a spirit, or was there
a ghostly figure linking in the closet ?
I was glad to get the boys off to school
oat of harm's way. And when, in the
course of the day, Baby, creeping about j
the door, pulled herself up to the closet
door, and rattled at the handle, I
snatched her away.
II was strange that I did not think of
the figure reappearing, but on the next
night I was awakened by a slight noise,
and, to my fright, discovered the
white figure creeping across the room
again !
It went to the window, rubbed the
frost from the pane, and looked out.
Again I started up, fearing some harm
would come to the children ; but after
peering in the mirror, as liefore, the
figure croaked the room, and disappear
at the closet-door. With my heart beat
ing almost to suffooation, I lay down
k pgnin, Two more nights this same
VOL. VI.
flung h*p)etied. 1 Iteeaiue almost sick
with anxiety and exeitemeut. I did net
knew what to do ; but to whom could I
go for help ? Every time that 1 Inked
at my mother's care-worn face, 1 eon
mu red the temptation to add this bur
den to her anxieties,
At length, one day, t summoned
courage to look into the closet Mu re
was nothing there.
Then 1 decided that the Intruder was
a ghost. Tina did net meinl matters;
it was dreadful to he so haunted.
1 slept v t >n badly. Bometuucs I
would fancy the figure present when p.
was net. Again, I thin* it visited me
wheu 1 was sleeping the tWp slutnlvv
of exhaustion.
Dae night I w as awki*ned by s J'ii-tv
ing sctwm from N*hlj' crib. 1
sprang up. Thr strange figure was
darting wildlv ataut tlie apartuu-iit, (
ami my little brother, sitting up. wide i
awake in his erih, start si fesrfnllv al it. '
while scream after sswiufi )ssiusi from
his pale lipn
But i a moment the figure rushed
into the closet, and 1 took tlie territii-d
child into my tad.
" What ass it--what was it, Norry ?"
he ernsl.
1 told him he hail been dreaming
The other children woke up, and mother
cattie hurrying up from her room talow.
hut I tehl them that Neddy had had a
tad dream. and cried out in his sleep—
that was all. If it was not troe\ I hard
ly knew what the truth was. But 1
slept no more that night.
That xftrfUtioß, us I sat sewing in
The Nest, while Baby erept about the
carpet, and Neildv WUA takfllg a up.
there eanie a knock at the door, and
Mrs. Mackenzie entered. She never
took uy iiatiee of the little taya, but
she sometime* made slight overtures
toward Baby's acquaintance.
"What was the trouble hero last
night ?" she asked, submitting her jew
eled limn s to Baby's a iuuration, while I
she looked at me sharply.
I hesitated. But why not make a eon-1
fidant of Mrs. Mackenxie ?
Aftes obtaining from her a %olecm
rromiao that she would keep my am-l,
told her the whole story, {the listen
ed with diep attention.
" And so you thick it is a ghost. Miss
Nora ?" she said.
" { urn sure it is a gh-*-t," 1 answereil;
"but I cannot tell mother that tlie house
is haunted. for hr would ta frightened
out <>f it, gad we have no place to go.
As hftig as it does not hurt the children,
1 can bear it." j,
Mrs. Mackenzie looked at me with an
intensity which cmbsrriMni tue.
•' Midi Nora Rayuor," sahl she, "you j
are a brave girl, and you shall !••*;• niv
tiling by your bravery ami your devo
tion to your mother.
This sj-ei-ch puzzled me coudiderably.
But what was far more iyiiKWts'it, Uie
ghost came no mure into The Nest.
Mrs. Mackenzie reUiaiiied with it* a
year, doing "is many favors, but at last
sin- was taken very sick. To tlie l**t'
she scolded Jenuv; but at ♦ she
did.
Whenl saw ht-f ui her lust sickness, 1
diacnarerrit liiat she wore a black wig—
hf t head was entirely tsdd. Slu- wore
false teeth, also, the removal of ahieh
altered her apjx-nranee extremely. With- i
out her corsets and padding, she hi<kt d
verv b--iit, aged, ami feeble, und in her
white flannel night-dro?* appeared re
markably bke the pbosl.
After her death her will ws read, one
clause of which read as follows: " To
Nora Haynor, 1 bequeath the sum of
forty thousand dollars, > a re wan 1 for
her good t-euse."
Afterward I hml a cunversution with
Jenny, and related no rfriuige experi
enee.
" Law, Miss, it was Missis herself;
shr was always a-walking around in her
sleep at night. I've heard her snv that
she one* slept in that room you call The
Neat, and she liked it because you ran
see the sea from the windows. But if
you'd made a fussand exjiosed her with
out her wig uu, slie'd never have forgiv
en yon to her dying minute. Hhe
thought much of her good looks. Mi-si*
did. though she ws alw-avs a-scoldiiig
me for priukin', as she called it, if 1 mi
innch H* tied mv collar with a bit of rita
bon."
" But if it sen* Mrs Mackenzie who
came into Tlie Nest, Jenny, bow did she
get in ?"
" Nothing so i-a*y. Then 's a door
through."
And indeed the.re was a door opening
from Mrs. Mackenzie's nin into the
closet, but concealed on tile closet aide
by old blinds.
I came into possession of my money
immediately. We have a little home in
the country uow. Frank aud Arthnraro
studying professions ; Neddy is at ed
--' lege ; mother has grown serene and hap
pv again—her hands are fair, anil ahe
sings us she sews, while Baby, grown
sweeter and more winsome with years,
; does not even remember that we ever
kept a lodging house.
Mane) -making a Butt.
Again, there are men bora with a
geuiua for money-making. They have
the instinct of accumulation. The tal
ent and inclination to convert dollars
into doubloons by bargains or shrewd
inTcsuieuts are in them, just as strongly ,
marked and uncontrollable as were the
ability and inclination of Shaki-six-are
to produce a Hamlet and an Othello,
jof Raphael to (mint his cartoons, of
Beethoven t compose his symphonies,
or Morse to invent an electric ten-graph.
As it would have been a gross derelic
tion of duty, a shameful perversion of
gifts, had these hitter disregarded the
instincts of their genius ami engaged in
the scramble for wealth, so would a
Botch ild, an Astor and a I'calx sly have
sinned hud tbey done violence to their
natures, and thrown their energies into
channels where they would have proved
dwarfs, and not giants. The mission of
a Lawrence or a Cornell, equally with
' that of an Agossiz, n Bierstwlt or n
Powers, is defined in the fuetilties God
has given hini; und no one of them has
a right to turn aside from the paths to
which his finger so plainly points.
Academies, colleges, hospitals, muse
ums, libraries, railroads—none of which
. could have been jiossiMe without their
accumulations—are tlie proof* of their
usefulness ; and tlioagli the millionaire
| too often converts his brain into a ledger
and his heart into a millstone, yet this
starvation of his spiritual nature ia no
more necessary in his pursuit than in
that of the doctor or lawyer. Agassiz
ia reported to have said, half scornfully,
that he had " no time to make monev,"
having given himself to science, ftut
Irow could he get leisure to study the
secrets of nature if others hud not made
monev for him ?—[" Hotting on in the
World."
"Tlie Law's Delay."—Tlie law's de
lay, which so far back as Hamlet's day
wna a source of so much vexation aa to
make it a question with him whether it
was best " to be or not to be," even now
vexes and annoys. Eight years ago a j
suit was tried in New York in which
the sum of SIIB,OOO was matter of dis
pute. A verdict was then rendered, but
the matter was appealed from court to
court, and at last the case was returned
to the original court for retrial, where it
is exactly in the state it was eight years
ago. After eight years more of delay
and uncertainty a decision may be
reached.
An English " Man-of-War." The
Devastation ia the newest war-vessel of
the British navy. She (the man-of-war)
ia of 10,000 tons burden, and weighs also
10,§000 tons, is built mostly of Iron, and
carries an immense armament of the
heaviest guns. Bhe is also a ram, and
is constructed to run"down vessels and
oommit devastation generally.
CEXTRE IIAEE REPORTER.
Ku*la ami En*land.
The difficulty between Rnmii and
England in regard to Uie Khtvu Afghan
istsn question Cannot but give rise to
serious apprehension* that the |>-aoe of
the w.-rlu a ill not ta of long duration
Russia cannot retrace !>i ste|* in t-ii
trwl Asia sny mole necauae, if *lic should
il# s*\ tne half savage tribe* a Inch he
ll*a hitherto iuibjivu*l beyond tile fail
casus would rue ugmiut ht-r at. one man
and involve her in R struggle cMUi|>*rod
to aiueh thai |lh tlie t'itvasfiaiis nas
msigtiificant. l.nglund, on the other
hand, if she want* to picaelrv* be!' great |
Indian e** fib longer lu>k on ;
iran lit w!'„'e Knaaia is extending her
•uie in \*ia and penetrating U>warel tlie
tiulf of l'eraia. British prestige * a'
stake, and, if England *!.iuinl slnra
further sip* M tCeaim-ss towsnl Russia
the b'df-Mihdui d people in the Northern
part of the East Indies, a* well as the
Afghans ami other mountaineer* over j
whom England extends a sort of pro- :
tec t > .rate that is rather irksome ti tlie in, J
wMuhl pruliably tr>>at hi-e with as defiurit '
hostility tis Russia would Wis-t with at
the hands of het recently subjreUsl van- .
sari b wml the I'aueasus. Neither s'-lc
ean iv-nipronuse any longer, oinl the
great isdliaion tv'twcji the two {towers
is rapiiUv drawing nigh.
A conflict between England and
Russia, s a matter of cxnra>, would not
IH oonfiiuHl to the distant region* of
Asia. England would have to seize
Egypt in order to strengthen her imli
tary FORCE* IU Asiu us rapidly as jiossible,
and that would at OHM reoi>eii the dan
gerous t>riental ipiestion. 11l fact, it
may be sard that tlie breaking "lit of a
war between Russia and England in all
probability would decide tlie fate of
Enropeau Turkey, and that decision
cannot Is- reached without Austria mak
ing a desperate effort not to he "lint out i
entirely from the mouths of the IVanulm.
And, besides, will France, wln-n all this
occur*, Consent to retnaiu a* idle spec
tator, with M. Thiers, who ha* alwavs
emu tamed that his rountry never ahouul
allow Russia to carry her eagles to the
itolden Horn, at the heail of the Re
public ? Will Germany, owing so
much as ahe doe* to Russia on adsuint
of the hitter's friendly neutrality during
the roCenl war, remain inactive?
•
A BKtresslng Mbtake.
the ilay lust week there arrived in
New Orleans a large invoice of castor
Imans (need in the mauitfuetnre of cantor
oil) eonsigmvl tv; one of the leading
dntg house*. In the et>nne of unload
ing-, the sack* istntainiug the beans,
were so skillfully - operated upon that
by the time they wi-re placed in position 1
on the levee some of them leaked bad
ly, und the castorht-axia were lying almtu
on the levee in a )>n-fusion that !>ore
strong testimony to the reckless spirits
of several merry, saddle-colored son* of
toil.
N"t far from the location of the pile,
an ugt i daughter of Africa "I'ln-d her
busy cures," which eonaisted, in tin
main, iu pre [airing first-daas uiamday
lum-hts for the leve mullow lungers.
uUtbrwino known a* InSg-skocsnH It
will Is- lwinllv to iVt*tary to state that,
although the-", lunches ur* ootisnler. d
quite healthy, they are not exactlV what
one would call for t ft flrsl-elass hotel
—iu fhort, thrit r>knpuirt?nt i-art* are
sliiu bono* and Is-aiis, deftly inter
tuiugh-tl and M-rveil up withont much
regaril for ceremony, except that which
demands n good deal of lunch for the
smallest ismsible snuuuit of filthy lucre.
The old lady referred to, having iui
eve to the maiu ciuuiee, no *-*>nvr espied
tin- Is-ins bmg ills nit lIS-m. that it
eurnsl to her that she wonld "guther
them in" uft-r the fashion of the old
sexton, and, by turning tliem to her own
ins-, save a considerable sum in her
household expense.
No Sooner said tlmu dolie, slid chuck
ling at her stroke of good luck, the fair
dame Conveyed the spoil* homeward,
where, in a shart time, she rooked them
to s proper consistency, and, on Satur
day last, tliey itp|H-ared in tempting
form before the hungry vi s of her eus
toiuers, who Wrestled their lunch on
that occasion with a vigor and ferocity
quite alarming to lu-hoid.
Tin* consequence* were distressing iu
the extreme, and involved the loss of
half a day's time to each man.
Brewing the Hair,
The day of the huge chignon is over.
That article is buried out of sight.
Peace be to its aslie*! But that great
mound on Hu- buck of the head was nut
so disfiguring as the present style of
leaving that part of the cranium an ut
ter blank. Our researches iuto this
subject have not quite satisfied lis
whether this fashion is inpii-d from tlie
Flat-headed Indians, the Chinese, or
the Fiji Islanders; but from the fact
that the hair is so bepnffed, la-frizzed,
and beerirled in a mans on the top of
the head, we are iiicliu>d to think tiiat
we are indebted to the Fijians for this
"tiling of lieantv." They adorn tin
male as well as trie female head after
this fashion; anil how tlie American !
male would look with sueli a head-genr,
we do not venture ati opinion, but fre
quent observation enables us to say
tiiat tin ordinary stVle of hair-dressing
at pre*ens, as arranged by the owners,
' is becoming to no American woman.
This i* to comb the hair up to the top
of the head, leaving a flat, straight,
even row of hairs in tlie back, with n
cushion, a coil, a ls>w, or puffs exactly
on the crown of the head, and a mass of
little frizzles iu front. The cushion or
coil has nbtMin or a jet eni-ircling it.
The hitter is most frequently used, and
is wom without any reference whatever
to the color of the hair, notwithstand
ing the verv olivions fact the effect of
tlie jet is almost wholly lost on blnck
hair, and is positively ugly on flaxen.
When the*hairdresser is rnlled in, this
style is, of course, vastly improved, but
no art can umkc it cither pretty or !*-
coming.
When women lenm to conform some
what to fashion, und nt the same time
to make fushion conform somewhat t*
them, they will nil listk better than they
do now. An urtistie arrangement of
puffs, braids, etc., on the top of the
head, in the present fashi -n, with smull
er puff* in front, interspersed with a
few little curls or frizzes, is a pretty !
style of dressing the hair, and with the j
addition of tlie fancy combs now worn,
looks quite distinguished, and would be
becoming if some part of the structure
were only carried down towards the
neek. Jsome of the fashion plate*
show ;neh designs with a coil, braid, or
curls simply and gracefully disposed nt
the back of the heud, and it is to Is
hojied they will lw more generally
copied.-
The jeta are haudaonie oninnu-nta
when arraiiged with an eye to the effects
of color. As a rule, the circles of jet do
not look well with ver- light or very
diirk hair, but the buttei'iiien and other
simihir designs are the prettiest hair
ornaments we have had for some time,
und with block hair or flaxen, only need
the interposition of a little brigfit rih
bon to make them verv effective.
Tlie Indian Question.—A cold-blood
ed, calculating geniun recommends that
the " Indian question" be met liy adopt
ing the English method of solving their
difficulties with the South African
Kaffirs and Hottentots. He says this is
done by supplying the Africans with
Birmingham guns, worth one dollar
each, wllich arp exchanged by the sava
ges for ivory and gold-dust. After the
first explosion, the savnge needs no
gun any more, and the question, so far
us he is concerned, may be sufficiently
settled. On the other hand, we supply
our Indians with excellent breech-loiwf
ers, which tend to keep our question in
an open Btate.
CENTRE MALE. CENTRE CO.. PA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY !>, 1873.
Hun 1/ titten Equ in a la a Traielrr.
Streets crosniiig each other at all all
gl< except right angle*. Htreeia built
up on Imth sides Willi plain, yellow
buck houses for miles in length. Atreet*
running under ro*ive viaduct*, built
of granite aud iron. Street* crossing
others ou arches of stoue. Streets Cotu
llieueuig bn ml and well built, with
magnificent edifices, diminishing iuto
dirty lane*, the aMide of poverty and
vice Streets commencing straight and
ending in a curve. Streets curved at
both ends ami crooked iu the middle.
Streets ) mveil with block* of granite,
others with aaphaltuiu. Exceptional
Ktrn-ta laid iu Nicholson. Streets lit
the West thugniiiceiii lieyoud descrip
tion, through which the rich roll in
elegant carriage*, attended by servant*
in oateiitations liveries. Streets in the
East where houest pwverty and hidi-ous
\ ici- jostle ugtuitNt each other ill tlie
daily ntrugglo for eiiatencc. Lane*,
alley*, ilnik court*, obsctire passage*,
by-ways, delusive roads, intricate |>atli*
anil Uncertain short cilt*. all Mruiigely
tv>nfllsed. Shop* in tlie East * here the
ncivrMtiea of life ore sold in aul> divis
ions at tl [H-iUlv apiece. ShoJ>* ut the
West filled t< repletion with silk-, at a
guinea a yard. A river spanned by s
score of stone bridges, eucli as firm and
solid ft* the earth Itnclf. Thousand* of
public buildings, rare specimens of
beauty, built by world-reuowued archi
tects, long since passed away ; monu
ment* like index fiiignw pointing to the
*kv ; counties* factories with aleuiler
cliunn- -, each one [Hiuring out a eol
umn of black smoke to cast a gloomy
iiall over palace ami shrine. Dock*
imilt far inland,with narrow gates o|H-n*
ing to the river ; dock# crowded with
ahipa from every quarter of the glote- •
innumerable )-M*ai-ngt-r tdetuui-ra *lnKt
ing the atvhi s of the ffridgv *, sb-aui
*hi|*i, *lii)>, bnrk*, schooners, barge*,
mvHii, mud Nnits, [WojH-liers, tup*,
dredging machines, war veasela, canal
boats, und floating hospital* uiril prison*
lying at anchor on the dirty water*
below the bridge*. Thirty milea of
river 1 ink. linedl with great warehouse*
and crowded with mercliiUidise from th<-
euite of the earth. Millions of people
to mei-t ; omnibuses, cabs, cart*, street
cure, drays, carnage*, wagon* rushing
through the crowded thoroughfares, or
crossing the bridge* from side to side.
Ibuln-nils everywhere ; trains cro-sing
the to) - of the house* ; engines dragging
i-atwfe imles Underground; train* 'loot
ing under the striH-ts, train* thundering
ovprheml, while steam of unsi-en engines
is cimuug through the iron graung* at
your f< et. Flaming sdvertifci-uient# plas
tered about blank walls. l'lati-glas
*lio|> v, itidops brilisntly lighted fp-ai
the OUt-lde. Giu |ahoe st| rudialit
that ymi must wink when yon h*'k at
them ; giu )iln<-i-s in which the poor,
oilly working people spend for Is-er * hat
tlo-ir children nwd for ft**l and clothea;
gin palace* where cuunllewa women go
with n tent* iu their arm* to drink gin
with i.iggcd, bloated ineti. C'Jiurrhes
without -qU:d in the world ; churcjiiv
with gin palaces on iaeh snle ; churelies
filled on Sunday* with well drea**-d, m
tellige.d, contentisl Christian people;
elmreh--* whieh are [dai-fnl on exhibition
during the week for lure. Galleries of
ivaiutn gw, haunts of vii-e, gambling sa
loons, hott-U, theatres, museums, gar
dens, e -arts, clubs, banking institutions,
brew ei :es, colleges, M-hools, universities,
prison-, tiuirk> t. *talte, p.dai-i*s hustled
into obscurity behind dirty brick widls.
Imuiel M wliob-side busiiu-ss done ill
dark, narrow bins*. Building* of every
conceivable size, quality, ami value
*prend thickly over thirty five square
mile* < f area, and thinly over fur more
—•Und Loudon.
Heir tu an Liirlisfi RarntiHrt at mulct
Among the men brought up at tin
city )*.!iec court *i the i'lth ef July,
charge.l with gambling in e Chinese den
ill Little Itouk* street, is one whose
Anstniiian career ia well worth reeajiitu
latmg, im showing Uie degtvdation iuto
which, neii of high position fall wlu-n
tlitre or.ee enter upon what is very truth
fully, though vulgarly, termed a "lIMHM
life." Tichbtinie, if he of Wagg* A'ag
ga is '1 .ehborne, liuil some strange ex
perienees while he resided iu this jmrt
of the country, but his life ha.- hardly
liet-ii a eventful as Uiat of Henry Trav
er*, alias Thomas Gerald (iolding, alias
Frank Ibtgg, abas Powell. Travera, w - ho
is said to IM- heir to iui English baron
etcy, si ems In have sjx-nt hi* Australian
lite eii-fir within Uie four walla of the
prison i-efl. He first appeared in this
couutn in the year lfViS, having ar
rived 1 y a shin called ris> Ulcoates,
from I. indon. lie descnbeil himself as
Thotnai Gerald Golding, a lieutenant in
tin- roy d navv, and for some time he led
what is called a fast life iu Melbourne.
Towards the close of that year he ap
pearetl to have run short of supplies, for
on the first of February, IHKi, he was
brough* nji at the city court* an two
charges of obtaining money by fulsc
pretene -s, for wliich he was sentenced
to tiire< ami six months' imprisonment
at Pent ridge. He was liberated toward
Uie close of the year ; but he was not
at large two or three months In-fore he
had recourse to his old means of raising
funds. Ou the 21st of March, 1867, he
was a[q rehciidcd on four charge* of oh
taiging property on false pretences, and
received four s-nt-ne-s, nmonnting to
sixteen months. He served this period
at the stockade in Pentridge, but lie
wns little M-nefited by prison diaeipline.
H-> had triwii all he *ou)il to raise monev
by fraud, but he had now got the length
of his tetlier. A new idea seized him,
luul lie <;une out as a detective. He
went about for a time |M*rnonatiug one
of the elever neople, hut the gann- did
not answer ; lie was arrouted and one
more sent t Pentridge for two years.
I luring t his period he met with an s<-re
dent wliich brought on paralysis, nml
when he was onoe more set at lilH-r
--ty he had to sei k shelter nt the Immi
grants' Home and the Benevolent Asy
lum. He left tlie Home, and took one
of the female nurses with him, and the
disgrace which he brought upon himself
at the charitable institutions im|M-lh-d
the manager* of those institutions to
close the door ngaitlM him. Sometime
ago lie sent a letter to his F.xeellency
the Governor, asking his assistance, and
in tlint letter lie represented himself to
IM- the soil of Greu-ral Travera, then iu
India, r.rnl as there happened to he an
Indian officer iu Melbourne at the time,
it is understood that his Exci-llency
eommissiiuied liim to make inquiries as
to Uie truth of the statement when lie
returned to join Uie army. Should
those ro|>orts eorreet, Henry
Travera will one day be n baronet, and
we shall have another piece of romance
to record.
Future Eclipse* of the Hun.
Mr. Robert T. Paine communicates to
" Hillimaii's Journal " a list of eclipse*
visible in the United States during the
remainder of this century. The first
central eclipse will In- tiiat of Septem
ber 23, 1875, which will ta annular iu
part of tlie Htntc of New York and in
four of the New Englaud Hfates. The
duration of the ring on the central line
will be three minute* thirty-nine sec- j
onds. At Boston it will ta only two
minutes twenty-nine seconds. The licit
of country over which the annular
eclipse will extend will la- 110 miles
wide. Within it are situated the ob- j
aervatories of Hamilton College, Albany,
Harvard University, Amherst College,
und Dartmouth College. The first total
eclipse will be that of July 23, 1878,
when the shadow of the niixm will pas*
over British Columbia, Montana, Colo
rado, Texas, and Cuba. At Denver,
Colorado, the eclipse will be total nearly
three minutes.
1 he l-lliniiaii Mtip t auuli
That share aoener or later U eroaa
the Isthmus reiiiieeting North and
Botith America, at some point, there i*
not a shallow of ilollbt. That the tide
of commerce heiweeu Europe atid the
Lunti-ru shore* of NiWtli and Boutli
America on the one hand, aud China,
Japan, the East llldle* ulid l - joti-rii
Africa on the other, (a commerce, by
the way, which, great u* it i* and long
an It has eoiitlilUeil, it 1* but a te-gili
uiug eouipareil to *hat it will IM- before
tlie close of the ue*t half century,) i* to
continue to lw< tieflevtcd tell thousand
in lie* out of it* direct course by a few
mile* tun*- or !•-* of inauulain and
r.H-k i* entirely inconsistent with the
spirit of the age. It i* only a question
of time and money. Money i* tin-
Archimedean fulcrum U|H>II W liiuh, if
modi rn engineering can rest it* levi-r,
it eun, jietUapa, !m. Uv tuote the wotld,
but it i-iu limve anything In the world.
What [vecuniarv interest* demand
[Ki-iuiiary reaout'ee* will not fail to m'-
complish; And it i* not a question of
so very much money after all. A hun
dred million* of dollar* sound* pretty
large, but one get* usivl to lienriug it ;
and the people of tins eouiitrv have ex
pended that amount in kifling each
other, in fiftv day*.
By whom i it to la-constructed? It
i very easy to answer by whom it ought
to IH* constructed. Beerobuy Fiah ia
said to have stated that this country l*
comjM-ti nt for the enterprise without
European **ai*t*nce, and it needed no
aueh announcement to make tlie fact
patent to all that we not oulv can but
might to construct a ship canal across
the lathmtta. Both eoiuuiereiul and im
litienl n-MMtina make it ijuporitive that
the Aitii-ricun nation ahoultl own aiulivui
trol the great highway lift ween the two
oenlis
Mr. James Medeley, in a letter to
" Engineering," evincing a careful eoii
luderntum of the subiert, tviinpnN* some
of the rouu-s talked of, and rm-mmemla
a route scron* the Isthmu* i-f Fiiuaiua,
near win-re the existing railway mm
crosses, entering the Pacific by tin- Rio
Grande, a little to the north of the town
of Panama, where the railway now ter
minates. It would necessitate a cutting
for si-Tefal mile*, with a summit depth
of lis) feet, rapidly increasing in depth
from the summit each way, ad still re
quire about eighty feet of lockage. A
calm I aluiut the size of the Hnez canal 1*
i"*tnnnted toi-ost, even at excessive prim - *
for construction, als-nt one hutnlred mil
lion* of dollais, the major jsirtioii of
which would 1h- fer tlie deep cutting Mild
Uie lock*. But it is not questionable
whether locks are advisable ? Tliey ar--
certainly not desirable, ami wheu we
euuaider that the work i* for all time,
and will be of increased utility with each
succeeding year, anything that increase*
the expense, or iliuuuishe* the facility
of ojH-rating it, should IH- avoided, even
nt u very Isrgi-ly lncnased <-<t of onginal
construcliou. If a i-tiual rtii !*• is 111-
i trudi -l ai all, it can be and should In
constructed w lthoiit luck*.
Tidal Mater Bower: A New and Ei-fiil
SIIKXCDION,
Mr. A. E. Gorden, the iilitor of the
New Brunswiek, N. J., < Times,(has
made a suggestion in reference to th
utilizing of the |HIW> r of the tides,
which unpenra to ire not only novel but
praetieal and tuqiortaiit.
The inn- of tidal wuti r powi r to drive
mill* is common along our const*. The
oolimit Y method i to KIHII #ff the
month of a small inlet bv mtaii* of a
dam having ajtiice gsb- t" admit the
M-a water aliieli, by the n*- of the tide,
enter* uid fill* the enclosure. By tin
fall of the tide the euch-t-cd water dc
rivi-s *uAcieut head to drive a turbine
or otln r wheel, and so 'give motion to
tlie mill. But when the tide aguiu
rises of ctiurn- the hi-ail is ih-dtroyrel, so
that the mill ean only run nlti-riiati-ly,
during tw si-jiarale jHTijala of a few
hour* each out of the twi-uly-four. It
in this alternating and irregularity iu
the hour* of motion, together with the
jM-riiKle of entire inactivity, that pre
vent the employment of tins SJHW-1.-H of
motive power for general industrial pur-
The improvement siiggewti-d by Mr.
Gonb>n consist* in provnh'ig two water
Imsius, 1 mtli of which are to lM>*liut off
by duma from the sea. One of the basin*
is to serve a* a constant supply reservoir
of water, and it is to have a close dmn of
such width and liight that the tide
water, when it ha* risen to within one
foot of its normal hight, will legin to
|s>ur over the ilam and qutoklv fill the
reservoir. Tlie dam of the other basin
is to be provided with swing valve*
which permit exit of the water ut low
tide but prevent ingres* of water from
the sea. The basin, we will now sup
pose to lie empty. The water wheel is
to IM- placed between the two ba*itis,
*nd the fall of the water from the ri *er
voir into the discharge basin will afford
continuous motive power so long a* the
supply* of water la*t* anil until the ri*e
of water in the discharge basin destroys
tin- head. But a* this latter basin is
entirely emptied at everv tide, the head
will IM- alwavs kept glial, preMipjamilig,
of course, that the reservoir and the
discharge basin are made of proper size,
hi resp'-ct to this Inst juint, it is well
known that basin capacity on our coasts
is olmo'-t unlimited, and there are thou
sands of localities where extensive
water powers may la- thus provided and
maintained at a comparatively small
cost. We trust that Mr, Gordon will
proceed to elalmrate his plan and place
it before the hydraulic engineers of the
country for dreenasion.
A I'm■elide !.lqimr Lii>.
AVe recently gave an account of a suit
in Ilnvenport, lowa, by one Airs. Priest
ly ngniust Joseph Hierb for damages
for selling liquor to her husband. This
has now Iwen .closed. After Hierb'•
counsel had filed a motion for n new
trial, by the consent of Mrs. Priestly to
accept a homestead in Diiveiqsirt, valued
at $1,500, and Hierb to pay all cost* of
anit which will be about S2OO. The
verdict of the jury against him was
$2,520. His settlement i* a virtual ac
knowledgement of tie- correctness of
the verdict.
The resplt of this suit will have a
great effect in lowa. The People's
Temperance Association, under whose
nuapiees the foregoing case was pressed
to trial, lias given the following public
notice:
To Whom it May Concern.—AVe be
lieve it is now a well-settled fact thnt
under Uie statues of low*, the owners
of property, leasing tlie same, knowing
the property leased is being used for
the violation of chapter t>47, and nets
amendatory thereof <>f the laws of lowa,
said property is liable for all fines as
sessed against JM-rsons occupying said
premises." We propose hereafter to
take such steps in all liquor prosecu
tions a* will enable the (tburt not only
to punish the tenant, but the gentle
manly landlord lis well. If this hiter
esta yon, make a note of it. Are you in
danger? Htaiul from tinder. We mean
business. Giles H. Tusner,
President Peoplo's Temperance Ass'n.
The President above named is a man
who luia squandered a fortune, mid
nearly ruined a strong, robust constitu
tion by the use of strong drink; a man
wh* in vears gone by wna prominent in
his profession, that of the law, but who,
about two years ago, reformed, togeth
er with several of his associates, who
banded themselves together and swore
eternal warfare against the liquor traf
fic in Davenport. The association now
nlimbers about three hundred, and they
mean business. The result is tiiat
whiskey selling in Davenport ia nearly
played out.
lliiinarv tf tdteilLlng.
Advi-rtisai* are a<lept in ambiguity.
A Imly aiivertie* her desire to obtain a
huMluiml " with a ltomun nose having
strong religious tendeuciea," " A *pma
ter particularly f*nd ut children " in
form* the public that aha " wiahes two
or three, huviug lintie of her own."
Homebody want* "a rouug man to look
uftur u horse of Uie 'AfcUnxlist perana
uioii ;" u drujier desire* to meet with
sui assistant who would " take an active
interest in * small tlrst-clae* trade, and
m a quiet family ; " ami a Boston chem
ist fulvrrtiaea, " The geuUeman who
left his stomach for aiialyai* will plensi
call and get it, together With Uie rtwult."
Slipshod English is not, however, con
thn-d to the oil vert i*iug columns, or w
should not n ail of the shooting of s wild
cat •' by s llttb Is.y five fia-t Slid cijjht
niche* long ;" of a procession which
wufl " Very flue indetal, and nearly two
miles iu leugtii, as was also the prayer ,
of Mr. Perry, tlie chaplain ; " nor should
we lie much scandalized to note the fact,
recently stated iu some jouruel, that a
self-ntHde man arriviil in California
twenty vears ago with otilv one shirt to
hi* beck, aud since then ha* contrived,
by close application to buaineaa, to accu
mulate over teu millions." An English
theatrical paper, after auuouueing a
forthcoming lieurfit performance, went
ou ; "Of course every one will be there,
and for the edification of Uioae who are s
absent, a full report will be found in |
our next pa|H-r." The following adver
tisements sre oolleetqd from Irish
|HJHT* : " One pound reward. Loat, a
cameo bnss-h, representing Venus and
Aitoni* on the Drumrotidra road, alxiut
leii o'clock on Tuesday evening. '' Ad-j
veriioemetit at a wine merchant : * The
advertiser, having made an ailvautage
*iiis purcalisa, offers for aole, ou very low
terms, ulsiut six dozen of prime port
wine, lately the property of a geuUeman
forty year* of age, full in the lsslv, anil
with a high Liquet." The two follow*
ing emanated from a well-known livery
stable keeper : "To lie sold cheap, a
spleiiilid gray horae, eaiculated for a
charger, or would carry a buly wiU a
ifwiteh tail." "To be aidd cheap, a
male phaeton, Uie property of a geuUe
man with s movable head, as good us
new." "Ten Ahtlling* reward. Lost
by a gentleifiau, a white terrier dog,
exrupt the head, wl*h i* black. T
lie brought to," etc. To be added to
thewe Irish sdvrrtiseuiruta may be given
un English one, which was the subject
of a Lumorus article*in Uie "Saturday
lb-view," tine four or five vi-ara since
"To 1M- said, on Eradgrand piano, the
property of a huly, about to travel in a
wnluilt caae with carv-d legs."
Btanstrans lire In tenlre Mrvet, New
lurk (lit.
The fire which broke out shortly after
o'clock Tuesday evening in Uie t'axton
Ruildiug, No*. 81, (fl, *nd H5 (V-ntre
street, beside* consuming tbst large
struct lire and damaging several aiiioceiit
buildings, has probably nam Uie
death of M-VI-II ja-raona. Of the fifty
girls emphiyeil in the bindery of Archer,
Anderson A Co., on the ut>rer flisuw, it
waa at liret thought that all had escaped,
some with alight wouada aud brtnsiw
but MX of the gfeis and a boy cannot be
found, and their bodic*. if they have
not Leu consumed, will prolwtbly be
found IM-UCIIUI Un* debris.
AU day yesterday anxious inquiries
wi re made to Cap't. Kennedy, at tlie
Hiath Precinct Ponce Station, for the
following ia-rsona, all of whom were
doubthwa killed: Jane Ktewart, of 77
Charlton alre.t; Bridget MeGrath, ol
.'t3l First avenue: Margaret Itmudiue
and Marv Pmiahw, sister*, of 123 last
Tenth street; Margaret Bell and Char
lotte Bell, sister*, and James Bavins, a
L.y aged tw. *lve. residing at 164 Brooma
street. The girl* wete all employed a*
binder - tuid sewcro. All of them have
10-eu iniasnig sinew the fire.
The janitor of a building in the ueigh
borhoc-d of the fire state*! Uiat lie saw
a woman at a window waving a hanker
chief and imploring help from the crowd
la-low. Ins moment she was enveloped
iu flame*, and was *een no more.
The building fell iu fifteen nnmitea
nfter the fire wo* discovered; and anoth
er man i* said to have aeon a woman at
a window gesticulating, when the walls
fell ami crushed her. It ia fully con
filled that hal not the fire escape to
the Cox ton Building Jx-en in a neglected
and incomplete condition, there weuld
not have IMM-II Uie dn-a<lfnl loss of lite.
Tlie t'axton Building, No*. 81. 83 and
R" Outre street, which, wiUi the con
tents, waa completely destroyed, was
owned by Robert Craighead, whose losa
ia estimated at $7.*>,000. which is but pax
tiallv (viveird bv inunnc-. The aec-
ond irtooi was occupied by the New York
Newspaper Union. The third floor was
occupied by Dun, Barlow Ac Co. as a
printing establishment. Thr fourth, fifth
and sixth floor* were occupied by Arch
er, Anderson k On., bookbinder*.
Two i r three adjoining building* were
badly damaged.
The total loss by the Are i* estimated
at over $600,000, which is partially cov
ered br iusuraniw.
What he Knew About Threshing.
The Titusville " Pre**" give* an ac
count of a young man from an Kustern
city, who hail lx-en visiting rural friends
in "thin vicinity. After seeing a farmer
thresh out a "flooring" of onto the other
morning, hi- asked and received permis
sion to swing the flail a few minute*,
upon assuring the agriculturist that he
was "perfectly familiar with the art of
threshing." Expectorating upon hi*
hands, Uie young man went nt the oat*,
but at the "first pus* knocked the horn
off from a new uiileh cow Uiat was
leisurely chewing her cud in a neigh
taring stall. The second awing caved
in the head of the farmer, who tno nght
lie wn* safe enough as long as he roost
ed on top of the fiuining mill in the
other end of the bam, but without dis
covering the havae he was making, the
city nrtist kept at his latars; the thinl
|i!n fell upon the oats, the fourth kill
ed a hen in a manger near by, and the
fifth pas* of the deadly weapon was the
best of all, for it came around lx-hind
the young man ltoomerang fashion, and
taking him under the lower jaw, knock
ed him down, and thus put an end to
the work of slaughter. The mere fact
that the city "thresher" returned to
consciousness an hour tafore Uie farmer
did, allowed the former to get several
mile* out of town tafore hi* effort* at
threshing out* were discovered by his
neighbor*.
Taking Cold.
When a cold settles on the onter cover
ing of the lungs, it become* pneumonia,
inflammation of the lungs, or lung fever,
and m niativ eases carries off the strong
est man to the grave within ft week. If
cold falls ujHin Hie inner covering of the
lungs, it i* pleurisy, with its knife-like
pains and its slow,"very slow recoveries.
If a i-old settles in the joints, there is
rheumatism with its agonies of .p">b
and rheumatism of the heart, which in
nn instant sometimes snaps asunder the
cords of life with no friendly warning.
It ia of the utmost practical importance,
then, in the wintry weather, to know not
ao much how to cure a cold as how to
avoid it.
Golds always come from one cause,
some part of the Imdy taing colder than
natural for a time. If a person will
keep his or her feet worm always, and
never allow himself or herself to ta
chilled, he or she will never take cold
in a lifetime; and this ean only ta ac
complished l>v due care in warm cloth
ing and avoidance of draft* and expo
ure. While multitudes of cohfc come
from cold feet, perhaps, Uie majority
arise from cooling off too quickly after
becoming a little warmer Uian is natural
from exercise or work, or from confine
ment to a warm apartmeat.
in I tine Ink*— Interesting Experiment*.
The Ixmuty and variety of aniline
dves has, for ■ long time, induced man
ufacturers to use them for tlie making
of inks. Formerly, red inks were pre
pared from cochineal aiul ammonia, and
Llue inks from Pruasiau blue and oxalic
acid; but an esceediugly cheap rml llfk
mav be made by simple dissolving a
little gum in a vary diluted solution of
undine rod. Thia ink may be immedi
ately used, aud the solution must not be
100 strong, or the complementary color
! green I will appear. Violet aud blue inks
with aud without a greeniah tint, are now
much used. Tlie so-called bleu soluble
is readily available for making them. It
>a prepared like red ink, and the name
ia the ease with the " patent violet."
Aniline dyes may also be employed lor
the preparation of sympathetic inka,
which formerly were very much in vogue.
Letters written with aniline red will dia
< app-ar w hen exposed to the vapors of
ammonia, in which case we obtain the
colorless roaaniline, which is scarcely or
not at all visible. After some time, es
pecially if warmed a UtUe, the tetter* ap
pear again in their original beauty.
NiehoU<Hi's blue yields a still mure
te-antiful sympathetic iuk. To produce
it Uie blue is dissolved in • solution of
teirax, to which a little gnm ia added.
When used, this ink ia scarcely percep
tible, but wheu expoaed to the vapor of
muriatic or acetic acid, the characters
ap)iesr iu a dark blue; but they diaap
jer if expoaed to the vapors of am
monia.
The followring in an intereating ex
|s riioent, and may be of interest to pop
ular lecturer* oh chemistry : Whit*
flowt-rw, made of paper, and white ailk
nbtema may be variously colored, with
out any one recognising how it is done.
It ia a wcllTtuowu fart that if an aniline
dye, in the utate of a very fine powder, ia
spread ovrr a sheet of paper, and "the
lis>e dust removed, there remain im
perceptible pqrticlee, wluoh, however,
are siittic-u-iit. if diaaulvi-d, to intensely
color Uie whole sheet. To this end it is
only necesoury to moisten the paper with
strong alcohol, or with a solution of alco
hol and acetic arid. TTii* experiment
may tie carried nut by making roeea or
other flowers from paper. White ruaea,
ifeo*ered with fuchain tu the bum of
dust, when immersed in spirit* of wine
or other proper solvent, are immediately
changed to Itf-aullful red ruaea. Hilkea
rtblsm* may lie treated in a similar man
ner. By dropping a few grain* of ani
line dyea into wine glasses and adding a
solve tit, variously colored liquor* may
te- obtained by uieaiia that few person*
are able to detect. A white liquid may
lie colored red, aud decolored by sibling
ammonia. In fart, many interesting ex
peri met it* ean be perforated with tlieae
ilVl'S
Epidemic Beluduu*.
There are plenty of stones at this
kind. For mstouoe, in nunneries it is
not at all uncommon, from the secluded
life, and the attention being fixed upon
one subject, a particular set of ideas and
feeling*—Uie w*nt of * healthy vent, *o
to speak, for the mental activity —that
some particular odd propensity Las de
veloped itself. For isi stone*-, tn a nun
nery abroad, many year* ago, one of the
youngest nun* began to mew like a cat,
nnd nil the others, after a time, did the
same. In another nunnery one began to
bite, and the other* were all affected
with the propensity to bite. In one of
these instances, Uie mania waa spread
ing like wildfire- through Germany, ex
tending from om nunnery to auother;
and they were obliged to resort to se
vere measures to drive it oat It was
act down in some instance* to demoni
acal possession, but the devil waa very
easily exorcised by some pretty strung
threat ou the part of the medical man.
The celebrated physician Boerhave waa
called in to a case of that kind in an
orphan asvlntn in Hoilaud, and I think
bis remcily * a red-hot iron. He
heati-il the' poker in Uie fire, ami aaal
that Uie next girl who ftdl into one of
UuMie fits should le burnt in the arm;
tbi* waa quite sufficient to stop it. In
SooUaud at one tune there was a great
tendency to bre-ak out into fit* of this
kind in the church- *. This was jtartic
ularlv the rose in Hhetland; and a very
wise minister Uicre told them that tbi
ihrng could not l>e permitted, and that
the next person who gave way in this
manner--as he was sure* they could con
trol themselves if they tileroed—should
be uken out and ducked in a pond.
There vi* no necessity at all to put the
threat into execution. Here, yon see,
the stronger motive i* substituted for
the weaker oue. And the stronger mo
tive is sufficient to induce the individual
to put a check upon himself 1 have
atud that it usually happens with the fe
male sex, tlumgh sometimes it occur*
with young men who have more or lesa
of the same constitutional tendency.
What ia nooeaaanr, is to induce • strong
er motive which will call forth the pow
er of self-control, which lias been pre
vious! v abandoned.
A Ten Thon-rend BolUr Bible.
In Uie liookstore of Mr. Bouton, on
Broadway, there ia now on exhibition
what ia certainly the moat valuable copy
of Uie Holv Bible ever compiled. It
represents tlie industrious toil for thirty
year* of an English collector of Biblical
"prints, etchings, engravings, original
drawing* in oil and water colors, and
authoritative or carious editions of the
Scriptures, and ia now roughly valued
at $lO,OllO, though it real price may
very likely prove to be nitien higher.
The complete text used is that of Dr.
Kit to'a etlition of King James's Bible;
but this i* but a fractional jxvrt of the
sixty huge folio volumea through which
it is spread. Sometime* Uie reader will
turn over fifty couserutive pages of il
lustrations Iw-tweeu these scattered frag
ments. Such subjects, for example, as
" Susanna and the Elders." or " Bauiel
in the Lions' Den," are enriched with
scenes of illustrations drawn from every
field of art—the convent missals of the
mediieval ages, the strange, fancifnl,
strikingly falsi- drawing of the Italian
masters, "the grotesque works of Dutch
and German painters, and the later and
more truthful efforts of modern artists.
In all, this wonderful monument of lov
ing devotion to a worthy hobby inelndes
no less than 30,000 illustration* of va
rious kinds, some of them worth from
fr'tO to SIOO each, and extracts from some
thirty editions of Uie snored text. Such
a treasure ought speedily to find a pur
chaser in some of our few great libraries,
where it would l>e an nnfailing spring
of. dt-light and instruction to artists and
men of letter*.
/fr i'hrrrfut. —" Be cheerful," saVH
the man who is easy it his circumstan
ces, missing DO loved face at the table,
nor by the hearth. But does he ever
consider how hard it may be to l>e cheer
ful when Uie heart aches, and the enp
taurd is empty, and there are little fresh
graves in the churchyard, and friends
are few and indifferent, and even God,
for the time taing. seems to have for
gotten us, so desolate is our lot ? How
difficult for one man to understand an
other in such different circumstances!
How easy to say "Be cheerful 1" How
hard he "would flud it to practioe, were
he stripped of all life's brightness !
Death of a Famous Cat,— It will be
remembered thnt Uie late Miss Sarah
C. Lewis, of Braintrec, Mass., in her
will bequeathed the income of her house
and furniture and an allowance of two
dollars a week to Mrs. Josselyn, for the
cure of a favorite cat, named Otta.
Thiß novel bequest lias been carried out
until this time, when the cat died of old
age. The house and land now tacome
t he property of the Univeraoliats in West
Scituate, in accordance with the will of
Miss Lewis.
NO. 2.
llcerher M tewd Nature.
As to the miraculous power poMieaaed,
by the apostles, of besllng the sir*. Mf.
ifeeeher in a sermon said he would not
attempt to aaalise it now whether it had
analogies in our own time or whether it
belonged to or was a part of the great
scheme of nature winch waa poaay*ed
by noma pmoni km! whWb would by
and bv bring forth marvel* /uah a* of
old. It waa m&nileal that in the days of
the apostles there was such power,and
that such fruit flowed from the exercise
of it; that while it waa voluntary in
many cases it waa In raany other in
stances involuntory MM overflowing.
Thus when Jesus waa touched by the
woman she waa instantly healed, al
though he did not know it till after the
miracle had keen accomplished. So the
apostles were filled with *ucsh power that
people placed fluuapdjNf even so tliat
their shadow might fall on them, and hi
Paul's case they brought handkerchiefs
to him that he might impart to them his
womlrous power. Mr. Beertier said he
had alluded to this peeaage in order that
he might speak o f ooeeaiona and uncon
scious influence of power that whitm
we know and roe ap, and that which fol
lows as the shadow follows the body,and
which we do not intend to understand.
Men give fresh power one upon another
human life ia a )- rpetuei interchange of
thought and infiueoqe ; eveiw strouf
faculty carries with it s Went influence,
witli its direct intended action also as
indirect and unintended action. Is j
these tlays and in thi* community tlsere
was no need of speaking of the direct
activities of Ufa ; they wee* potent *4 j
pateut to all, but the involuntary set* j
might well deserve inquiry.
A man's voluntary act* might he |
i prompted by secret motives, but thi#
iinconacious'influence waa more in thr
line of until re and more to be depended j
upon. For inataaaft, a man aright make
t iicn Is with a man whom be be did not
j like for the sake uf advantage ia buav |
ileus, ami hidden dislike would 1*" com j
i-ealid, but hi* unconscious influence
was as if he carried fetid odora about
I his person. He raav button np hia coat I
mid trv to hide them, but the odors do {
not aak him whether they shall smell or
not; they will swell stood. So a aalflsh
man will make a whole room uncomfort
able, although the man does not mesa
*iiv harm, vet evenr one in the room
will feel that something is going from
him, something ia being drawn from |
him bv this one maa'a artfiahnraa. Bo
onmbativeuem in tte latest form U more
iliHagreeable than in its active uuuufea-
Uttiona. 111-nature stirs everybody up.
A sourness, a morose, jieeriab pettrocas
affects all about it, as a moist, cloudy
(lav seems to suck out more moisture
from na, and make us mow uncomfort
able than a dry, cold dag, when the mer
cury ia at aero. Wherever iil-naturod
persons pi they carry diacomfort; awl
yet they do not intend any wrong. They
•ay we aw not reajxmafMe, we do no- j
thing wrong. But a man ia responsible
for hi* temperament, ao far as that emu
be restrained from devb-i|c:n<-!i! hi
cess of goodnrm may be the cause of
diacomfort to thoa* urwUinl about it.
There are persons that by temperament
or by i-irmmatancea are lifted above
the c- mimon infirmifii'* of peraona not
ao will situated or endowed. If they
hold this in spirit of noetmscioaaneas
it, ia a aonroe of happinnaa; bat deliver
me from a person who uaver does wrong
and who know* it, deliver me from a
man whose tongue-never makes any mis
take*, and who keeps account of it all
the time.
If there be anything peovokiag
poor siunerw, it is one of theae perfect
pt-raoun who move altout UN and are a
perpetual stinging rebuke to onr infe
liciu-a. Deliver me from one of these
perfect—-oonsaously MM- person*.
I don't believe in swearing, yet I can
understand what Theodore Parker
meant when be amd that ho never liked
Washington till to he hoMPd that he
swore. Uughtor.f It Ist in one point
of infirmity. There are pewoa* who
carrv tlicmselves with such waxlike per
fiction thai a *sh would relieve them;
it wrould bring them nearer to the tmuiu
sample of humanity. Good men also
shed an influence aluwad of which they
are entirely uncotiaciotm. The summer
sun ripens the seed which ia planted by
man, but it also ripen* a thousand nut*,
said plant*, and flower* away out on the
prairie, that were not planted by man.
There is another da** of men who may
be called the Inbriaatoij of society.
When a train stops the engineer jump
off. and. taking his long -necked can he
pour* the oil into a hundred places ao
that it can circulate all through the ma
chinerv. We admire the engine and
the mgioeer, bill who Uiiftks of the oil,
and vet the imwer of the locomotive is
larcelv due to the oil So there aw
men who aw lubnoator* in society to
keep it from squeaking A man that
; ia naturally good-natured w one of
them, and ia a benefactor to society.
And he tends also to make others
good-natured, for if yon go in an imte
blc mood to eat your breakfast, yon
proliablv find that there ia another per
son over opposite you fhat ia also ill
naturvd. .laughter.)' There aw some
men that seem uataralfy able to canv
good nature into society, as spice wood
i to carrv odor*. _
I sav. bleaa the gKid-oatured men. I
hst 1 wish there were a great many moi*
of them—men that have no rough
points; men that jou csn. "cuahion on.
I would not have all the world good
natured. but there is no danger, not the
least. < Laughter, i Bteeaed *re thev
that move nround in society with such
an liiflnenoe. Coming h<*te 4 teff"J
they sat. " I hare not done much of
>d the store, few the clerk that thev
found perplexed and n Hewd by a kind
wonl. It is sometimes a comfort even
to look at a good-uatured man. I was
ruling from Indiana one. night, and it
was so cold I thought 1 should free*e;
all at once 1 saw a bgW; * we drew near
I asw it was a fire from a blacksmith s
forge, and there were the gitwt logs
smouldering- I waa so rttfd ttiat to tell
tlx- truth 1 cried, and 1 wanted to get
down and warm myaelf, but 1 waa afreid
1 should not lie able to get on agaia, but
1 felt wsruie-r for just looking at it, and
1 did not freere to death. (Laughter.)
Ho there are men whose very presence
seems to warm you, although you can
not tell why it ia *ff It i* a good in
vestment to have a good uatiun-, and to
lie all the time exhaling'it, fpr you don t
know how many will lie benefitted by it;
there an l some of you here, T am afraid,
that will never hear of Any. So wit and
humor carry forth a pcrpetnaJ blewing
If any haa irot wit don t snppreas
it; it is c blessed thing to have every
thing that stVikea you seem funny, for
mirth almost invariably works wiui be
nevolence; wit and humor work with the
upper seutimeut* —they tend toward the
spiritual, the divine. There ore men
that do not suppose there is *ny mirth
in heaven, but I say I doubt when a man
resits the Old Testament if he thinks
that Mr. Beecber oonoluded by urging
his congregation to live so that an influ
euce should go out ftoxu them to tlio
community in whioli thej dwelt, bios
sing not onlv themaelveirbttt til around
them.
Gone to Texas. —Such is the nieh to
Texas that 2,000 wagons with emigrants
are said to have panned recently through
th. town ef Baxter Springe, Kansas,
du ing one week, and 600 wagons went
through a part o{ the Indian Territory
in one day. The town ol Dennison,
Texas, only two mouths old, has a imp
utation of 2,0014 already.
The Virginia Legislator® has just
voted to make 22d ol February a legal
holiday. j,..
- * 4 J*
Farts m* fwmttm.
rbmm #m !>&• ilplwbrt of tha 111
whereto _ th*y write m bills A
| It is mi IBSBa faat among rufl
food men that a new road is apod for at
1 least fifty k>peio#nta in the euuib)
i ♦hrougia which It row tit* fl**t •****■
Maine hnabnndaeoma s trick m tall**
tit. mere. A man tolls hi wife that be
is going to Att*angutt*taß*ogowwougcA
ongo fishing. Be than raqaaata airhl*
' friends to call at thabowje,
his whereabout*. ha^turoajjie
I poor woman is exhausted, and doam I
•ipeak again for • month.
At the Imperial Artmnti at <*•*#
; tinopte. an Iron-oted W awad! is M
ready for launching. This is tha firs
"hip of this kind tjiat ha* atw MJ
i oonstraetad in Turkey after Turkiih
plana with Turkish material and h J
native workmen.
' Ons of the saddeat sights in this Mb
•on of m veer, is s young man who haa
waited outside th# church of an evening
until ha ia chilled through, only to ma
his gir! walk off with soma raaeal who
ha. been msida si! the time, toasting
bis sinful shins at tha atove.
Fire of tha swasOeat words in tha En
glish language liagin with B, whwsb is
Snlr a Heart. Heme. Home Hap
pineas nnd Heaven Heart is a hope-
I,kv, and home it a be*rt-|>Uoe and &
that man aadlv mitiaketh who would ex
change the hsppineaa of boma ft* M>f
thing laaa than Leaven.
There aw, at preaent, ttiree**ub
marine telegraph oaWea between Ameri
ca and Europe. A new rnbls ia noon to
b# laid by the French oompmj, nnd
tdl another by the Great Western
Telegraph Company, mahiag fivu i *"•
The total amount invested in all then*
cables will be thirty millions of dollars.
A iliapateh from Tripoli (Syrta) •*
uounees tha arrival in that city V {
-evert 1 engineers sent from Constanti
nople byM Preeaet to eon#ttit tha
nitad proposed by Midhat Pasha.
TWflioe wUJetmneet the Mediterranean
and the Persian Onlf It will pass by
Palmvm, eroaa the Euphrates, Maeopo*
tarnia, the Tigris, and will terminate in
Ibigdad, where it will owt the wad,
already begun, from the P*w*n Gulf.
The Dahlonegm " Signal"
the following: "A fatioonahto bela
waa promenading tha street* of Dahlon
dga, when she attracted the attention of
an old gnfond gentleman, wh wua at
work when she jpaeaed hir* The old
linkey stopped ni* work, an gazed in
tently at her until aha turned tha em*
aer, ifa, mare in pity than admiration
he soliloquized thualy: • Wonder what
is that aha got on her back? I apeok
she's gwine to the springs for to git cur
ed. It s a pity far her she's dat way.
Hbe's party gtL
Tha object glass of toe Allegheny
OWrvatorr, at Pitteburg, Paanayt
nou, whidi waa tr.s-u-novmlj stolen on
• dark mght some'tima mro.lm.lmen
found and restored to its place to good
order. Its value waa $4,000. It was
carried off by an intelligent agrt of a
thief who probably expected that •
reward would he offered for its scton,
enabling him to make a little money by
fha operation. He deposited it a •
stable and his pal stole it from him.
But ft finally eame into the pniaiiaeflMi
of the pottos and it was earned bourn.
. jii . j. m -r
, As hngbshaaa*'* Opiate* af Wemem.
A London writer has something to say
<>n the great topic of the age—the rights
and duties of voumo. Bis opinloii may
not coincide with the wader's, but he
talk* well and forcibly. Be think* thwa
ia no denying the fact that women are
not so popular among men as they
need to be. Marriages are not so nu
merous in comparison with th* |wjm*-
tion, and, if we may infer acythina from
the diroroe court, they cannot b* to
anooeaefuL What is the reason of it all?
Aw m-n mow exigent or are women less
loving t Ia it our fault or their* * ho
right-thinking man wishes women to be
unuwaut or silly ; but no man wants to
see their intellect cultivated to tb*-
cluaios of their affection*, the deaden
ing of their instinct*, or the amuhiltitou
of their sense of duty. It is one thing
to have for a wife n mew bmnlre* doil,
whose ideas of life an bounded by
fashion on right aide Mid plfeanw eo
tha left, and another thing to have a
learned mumror. whose heart has be
come :itrot L e.l in favor of her bend,
and who has thopped the charnetonaties
of her wontanfaood in the dm-ma.
It may be quite right and proper that
women ahcawl wndemtand com anctions
and the differential oakolu*. if they se
strongly impelled that way, that they
should even put enthusiasm into to*
study of logarithms, and .find enjoymMt
in digesting some of the atiffeat doc
trines of politaeal eoonomy; but it ia
better that they should Ve tendw to
men and gentle to children, careful
housekeepers kindly miatreeeee, wan
toned leaders of society. It is good for
them to have knowledge, but better to
k.-ep love. Trt this is jnat what eo
rnanv of the "advanoed women have
not kept.
The odd antagoniun to men profeoaed
bv them, the painful fhwßcation of
all the home-life, both ia lto affections
and in its duties, which they deciare has
created almost a distinct class among
them, and it is not s lovely scene. Hiey
aw enthusiastic for the franchise, and
pswiooate for an equal share the eo
called privileges of men, but they ere
only aouraful of the disabilities and oh
ligations alike of sex in all ihrt wd***
to marriage, the home, and cbilaren
tn their regard for intelleetual ambition
thev have ceaaed to wpert the erio
t tonal aide of human nature; ens in
their demand for free trade ia the wto
of the world, for leave to share in all the
specialities of the man's life, thev have
forgotten thai part of their own L*PP'
neas lien in ministering to his. ' his,
then, ia the weeoa why they aw not so
popular among men as they used to be.
&Tak, instead of hetoaates
nists, not lovers; can it be wondered at
if meu have followed as they have been
! led, and have left off adoring a groupcrf
indeterminate persona who only desired
to he feared.
This is one class of women who am
unpopular with men, and deservedly so.
Another is that of the women whose
whole souls awl oentewd upon " getting
on in society,'' and who regard men, as
husbands, merely as stepping atones to
that end. Marriage means with them n
banker's book, ana the liberty accorded
to the wife which waa denied tb the
maiden. The man counts for nothing,
provided always he ia not exceptionally
stingy, tyrannical or jealous. Granted
a moderate amount of liberality and *
easiness of temper, and he may be ngiy,
old, vicious, utterly unlovable through
out What does it matter? Be haa
money; and money ia the Moloch of
our day. So the woman of this class
paeaes through the sacrificial fire all her
beet affeetiona, her poetry and aspira
tions, her hopes, her dreams, and sella
herself for so much a year sterling—
" getting on in society ' being her re
ward. It is not because the grapee ara
sour that poor men dread and dislike
this claasa of women; and it is only be
cause human perceptions are eo very
easily blinded by vanity and passion,
that'the very men who pay the price
ignore the worthleaanesn of the thing
tney buy.
Interesting Discoveries.
The Moabite Expedition, according
to a report recently read before tha
British Association, has discovered on
the borders of the desert east-south
east from Heahbon the ruins of a mag
nificent palace in an excellent state of
preservation. A quadrangular wall of
freestone, 51® feet on each side, incloses
a brick palace, On the otherside of the
only entranoe is an architectural front
of carved work 180 feet long and 17 feefi
high. This ornamental front displays
animals, birds, flowers and men, chisell
ed with great delicacy, and eight cham
bers with valted roofs still remain.
This palace is believed to have been
erected about the end of the nixth oen
tury. The basin of the Dead Sea was
also explored, and it was discovered that
whila the western side i* bed of marl,
destitute of vegetation, the eastern side
is well supplied with water, snd is cover
ed with small plants and trees. Palm
trees grow ] uxuriantly toward the north*
extremityJof the Dead Sea.