A FAHHIXi EXPLOIT.
When the Revo'urion of 1830 net to,
Alexander Dumua, then • very young
man, aeemg nothing in life but one se
ries of tableaux, took his share in the
tnoro stirring some* in the capacity of a
skirmisher. He to Is the whole story in
his memoirs, and his account seems an
antioips'ion of ih i brst portions of Ral
ngas. But his narrative of his expedi
tion to Soißf-ous to seise some powder
will be found one of the most stirring
bite of adventure of modern times.
He heard Lafayette say that if the
King wore to advance on Paris there
would lie no powder to meet him with,
Alexander oonceived a bold scheme, and
proposed to the General to set off for
Soiasons—a town he well kuew—and
sous on the mag cine there. Lafayette
laughed at the idea, but contested to
give him a pas* to General Gerard, to
which Dunns coolly added "and we
reoommend his scheme to yc.i." From
Gerard he, with some difl u'.ty, ol
tainod a rq§ui*ition addressed to the
authorities ot the town for ? .e powder.
In this he ingenious y interpolated the
words "Minister olf War —a rank
which no one but himself had conferred
on the General.
With th s official docum -at he re
turned to Lafayette, and persuaded the
old patriot to write him a sort of letter
of introduction to the eitiima of Soia-
tons, recommending them "Alexander
Dumas, ono of our combatantV* bs a fit
. and proper person to whom u.ey should
handover the powder. The. our hero
—for such he wss on this occasion—-
prepared himself for as s ritcd and
aramaiirsn sdvontnro r.s c* . ly found
in the books of romance.
It was about 3 o'clock in the after
noon of the 80th of July, ISXk As he
was hurrying away he mt*. a young
Sunter named Bard, who w * only 10.
e aakea him to join. The ether agreed
with alacrity, and Alaxtnd sending
him back for hit donble-bsnrt'od pistols
and hia horse, sat off himseh m a cabri
olet for Le Bout-get, then the first post
on the road to Soissont, and which has
tunoe obtained tueh a disastrous noto
riety. Arrived there, ho ex ibited his
Lafayette and Gerard letter- to the
Postmaster, and demanded a chaise and
horse for hia mission. Tho Fostmaster
was friendly, and even em u-case, and
•nppUed htm at once witi; what he
aakeii He wont out to buy .om® pieces
of calloo—red, white and blue—which
were sewn jn a in-color flag fixed to a
broom-stick, which latter wa i .:©d on to
the chaise. With this tx igu they
started, to hopes of getting tc Soissous
about midnight About 1 o*< lock they
had reached the gates of Soiaeous,
through which they were a'iowed to
peas, "the door-keeper lit tlx dream
ing," says Alexander, " that ho was ad-'
xmtung the Revolution."
They went at once strai 3 -lt to the
house of Hutiu's mother, where their
first business was the manufcture of
a huge tri-color flag. She contributed
Jier blue and ml curtains, w ha iible
e'eth, and all the women of t ie house
hol I were set to work to set the piece*
together. Bv daylight tho Usk was
oomp stsd. The pole, of course, gxvo
no trouble, as the one from rhich the
Bourbon white flsg was floating would
answer. The flagstaff, as Ilumas said,
had no political opinions.
The pan they k <dameg i was really
Quixotic in its extravagance, and, in
deed, seems a'most incredible. Mak
ing ail allowance for Dumas'* bombast,
it will be seen that, at the mo t, he had
only been guilty of the novoli#t's exag
geration ; though at the lime the Btorv
of the adventure was all lut scouted,
it could not be disproved iu its facts,
which axe given with the mo t minute
details of dates, mimes and c'acce. It
was settled that Baidaid fiutin were
to take the flag and contrive to get it
into the cathedral under the pretence of
seeing the sun rise from th J tower. It
tho sacristan made any resistance he
was to be flang over the parapet. Then,
hmag 1 wercd tie wbti Aug and ae*
the m-oolor fleeting irom the tower.
Bard was to hurry on to ler d his aid to
Dumas, who would be eng iged at the
powder magazine. Such w. the dash
ing plan of the three men.
Tney started at daybreak, and Duma.*
made his way to the St Jt an, where a
small paviii. n. close to the gateway,
was used as the magazine. lie dared
not attempt the gate, but stealing
round, climbed up'the wall cautiously,
and took a poep into the fcrt. He saw
two soldiers busy hoeing in a little gar
den at the corner. He let himself down
sg-in and looked over at the distant
©.thedral Ee saw distinct y against
the sky the dark outline of some figures;
the white flig, after being tossed about
in an extraordinary fashion that could
not have been owing to the wind,
finally disappeared, and the tri-color
took its placet Now was tue moment;
his companions had done their part.
He along his double-berre'ed gun about
him, and began to climb the wall.
When he got to the top, hr saw the
two soldiers staring with wonder at
the strange flag on the cathedral, then,
cocking both barrels of his gun, he
leaped down and stood before them.
One was named Opt. Mo'lard, the
other Bergent Rason. He advanced on
them, presenting his piece, explaining
who he was and his errand. He was
Monsieur Alexander Dumas, son of
General Dumas, etc. He came in the
name of General Gerard to demand the
surrender of the powder, and there was
his order signed by the Genera!, which
hi piesentei with one hand, holding
his eocked gun to the other. The pair
were much taken back, and knew not
what to do, when the Colonel, D'Or
oourt, who was in command, was seen
approaching. The matter was explain
ed to him, and after many courteous
phrases, the treat▼ was arranged, by
which the three officers promised their
neutrality, and engsged to keep within
dxira. Thus the powder magazine
would seem to have been captured by
Dumas sing'e-handed. It has tho air
of a very brilliant achievement, and the
picture of the hero alone in the fort,
nis fingers on the triggers of his gun,
oouxteous'y but firmly controlling his
three opponents, is "a most dramatic
soeae. When writing the account of
his adventure, from which we take these
particular*, however, Dumas forgets
that to the official report furnished to
the Moniteur twenty-three years before
he had stated that three oi his fa.ends
were waiting at the gave.
Thus suooessfu', he opened the gate
and found his friend Bard. To hiifi he
handed over the charge of the magazine,
and went away to deal with the Com
mandant of the fort, Liniers. He found
this officer just rising and discussing the
news of the sudden appearance of the
flag on the oathedral. Dumas laid down
his gun at the door, introduced himself,
and made his demand for an order t<
removo the power. The other dto incd
ti acknowledge General Gerard's order,
and said that there wan scaroe'y am
power to the magazine. Tho Ccmmamf
ant seemed, in fact, rather amused, and
smiled scornfully when Dumas answered
that the pßrty at the magazine were hie
prisoners. A'exander, replying that he
would go back at once and bnng prooi
under their hand that tho powder was
there, made his bow and retired. He
flew back, found that he was right, and
returned present'y with satisfactory
proof that a large quantity of powdei
was in the magazine. sut when he
r iach?d tha Commandant's office he
found that the party liad been increased
daring his absence, and that Lenferna
a i o lloer of gendarmt s, and Bonvilliers,
Co onel of the engineers, were there in
full uniform, and armed. The Com
mandant addressed him in a sort of ban
tering tone, telling him that he had sent
for these officers, who, with him, were
ia command of the town, in order that
t ley might have the pleasure of hearing
M. Dumas explain his mission. The
young man saw that boldness woe his
only resource, and coo'y told him that
he had been engaged by Lafayette to
bring the powder to Paris or lose his
life, and that he insisted on the Com
mandant haoding over that powder to
hirr. The officers passed on Gerard's
order from one to the other with a sort
• of smiling oontempt.
"And so," said the Commandant, to
tie same tone, "so, single-handed, Mon
sieur Dumas, I think yen said that waa
your name, you propose to force me to
do this. You see that we are four."
The young man saw that matters were
coming to a crisis, and took a prompt
resolution. He stopped back. pulled
hie piatoto from his
ivKhet* wid promoted tbwa
itartled party. "You are (our, ho
n Idfd "genttomen. but wi< are fiv.v if
that onior is uot signed in five second*.
1 giro you niv word of honor, I wili
bow Tottr brains out, beginning with
the Commandant there 1" .
Ho owned ho foh n little ucrvou*, hut
he wini deterniitieil.
"Take euro," ho went on; "I mean
what 1 asy. I imi going to count. One
—two—three---."
| At this critical moment a aide door
wa (lung open and a lady dung heraolt
among them in a paroxyam of alarm.
. " AgTee! agree J" ane cried. " Oh,
thia i* another revolt of the negn>ee.
Think of my poor father ml mother
whom they murdered iu Sen Domingo,
Alexander owne<l that the ladr a mia
take wa excusable, conaidering hi on u
natural tint (deepened bv violent bixofn
ing from the aun), and the peculiar
character of hair and voiee. Hilt we
inav wonder at the insensibility to
ridicule which could prompt him to set
down Mich a je*t at hia own expense,
The truth was. he *M O filled with
ranitv that all the nicer *en*e became
blunted, and he *a* even unconscious
of the roar* of laughter tin*) footiah
confidence* proiluool. The Command
ant could not resist the outrvstie* of In*
wife. Alexander declared that he had
infinite reapeet for the lady, but en
treated her husband to aend her away
and let the men fiuiali the busiueaa.
The poor Commandant prule*t\l that
his aelf-reapeet mutt tie re*}>ecU*L He
could not decently yield to a aiugie
man. Alexander tnen offered to sign a
paper, to the effect that the order hail
been extorted at "the mouth of the pis
tol barrel," "Or would you prefer.'
he added, " that 1 should fetch two or
three of my companions, so that you
should seeiu to have yielded to a more
reapeotalde force ?" The Coiumanilaut
accepted this proposal, and Alexander
left him bluntly declaring that no ad
vantage must W taken of the delay, or
he would return and " blow all their
brains out," and the whole party uuist
give their parole of lioaor that they
would remain exactly as they were.
" Yew, ye*," med the lad v. Alexander
low bow, but differed that it
wts uot her parole that he w anted. Ihe
Commandant gave what wa.- required of
him, ami Alexander, hurrying away,
speedily returmxl with two or time of
his men, whom he placed in the court.
Opening the window, he Imde them in
form the gentlemen insult that they
were ready to fire at the 6r*t signal; an
appeal answered by the significant
soutnl of the cocking of puns. _ The
Commandant understood, m d going to
the desk wrote out a formal order.
After this the rest was comparatively
easy. The uiagaxiue w* biokeu open,
carta were procured and loaded, and
at about 5 o'clock they w re outside
the town. Dumas was so exhausted
that he aank dowu on the gr. - , under a
h oil go, and fell fast asleep. Housed up
presently, he started on his journey,
and by 8 o'clock reached 5 il.cra-Cot
terats* where thev fonud the supper
ready, which had been ordered t .* day
before. After a jovial meal rhey set out
once more, and by 3 o'clock m the
morning were close to Fans, si the p*t
h*usc whence they had started. At 9
he had presented himself, together
with his )h> Jer, at the Hotel do Ville,
having triumphantly accomplished the
daring exploit he had nndt rtaki'U.
Fall of a 4'hurrh—Terrible slaughter.
At WiUiamsport, Penn., on Christinas
evening, the Sabbath-school attached to
'.he Baptist church at Netvlwrrv, in the
Seventh ward of that city, assembled to
participate in the ccrcmouie of Christ
mas night Borne three hundred no u,
vsmen and children were pr- sent, Th
ceremonies of the occasion had been in
augurated, and Mr. Kiusloo, of this city,
proceeded to address the chi'drea, when
v peculiar shake and quivering of tim
bers was felt that denoted x sadden
downfall of the building. No sooner
had the impression taken firm hold njion
those present than the floor gave way,
precipitating the whole assemblage into
the cellar below.
The church was construct-d with an
upper andience room, and it waa in thi
that the congregation had assembled.
The interior dimensions of tho floor are
twenty-six feet in width and forty feet
in length. There waa a centre girth,
with joists thickly placet! on each side,
and through the centre from alxore wen
two bolts connecting with this main
girth. Evidently the weight of those
assembled sprung the truss bearers, and
the supports slipping out of their places
can—! the terrible catastrophe. This
is evident from the fact that the timbers
were not broken. The guspipe, two
inches to diameter, which was beneath
the centre girth, was bent double by the
immense weight.
When the csaah came there went up
a heart-rending wail of mangled hu
manity. Children wildly shrieked for
their ]arenta and the groans of the
wounded and dying filled the air. To
add to the horror, the oil lamps of the
edifice ignited and bid fair to destroy
all in a general conflagration. Those
ontside worked with a will and nsed
every possible effort to rescue the liv
ing. The church was now on fire, but
providentially the flames could be reach
ed and were speedily extinguished.
Before the floor gave way many of those
within were able to reach the windows
and leaped to the gronnd, a distance of
fifteen feet. In the panic several per
sons were wounded by being run over.
•At eleven o'clock p. m., th" dead
bodies were removed and were identi
fied as follows: John Riche. Boyd Mf
haffv, Mrs. Duncan Campbell and two
children, a child of C. V. 8. McGinnis,
Miss Ladie Moffit, Miss Mary Fisher,
Miss Lizzie Boskin, Miss Grace Seaman,
Miss Tillie, a boy named Shuman, a
child of John Budd and Mrs. John
Wilkinson.
There were some fortv or fifty wound
ed, some of whom will prolmblv die.
Many of them were immediately re
moved to their houses in different parts
of the city.
The lire at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Fire Marahal of New Tfork, after
an exhaustive lamination of many wit
nesses, ia of the opinion that the recent
Are at the Fifth Avenne Hotel was
caused by accident. The testimony
clearly shows that the flames originated
a one of the servant women's chambers,
•hrougli which passed the laundry ele
vator, the open tig therefor being a
square aperture, cased with dry wood,
•xtending from top to bottom of the
bniliang, about ninety feet. This ele
vator opening formed, in effect, an im
mense chimney for the rapid progress
>1 the flamcfi. The woman wn<> occu
pied the chamber testified that she wi*
in bed. sound a*Toep, and awoke to find
herself surrounded by flame*. Her
clothing was destroyed, the bed cloth
ing on fire, and she bcraelf was badly
burned. She eacapcd into the hallway,
and gave an alarm; lmt the fire hail al
ready traveled to the attic, and an alarm
been given. The Marshal thinks that
the woman, in getting into bed, pro
bably stepped upon a match, which ig
nited her olotbing; the fire smoldered
for a while, but at hist increaacd, the
flames entered the elevator, the draft
narried dense smoke to the attic, which
there suffocated the eleven unfortunate
females, who lost their lives long la-fore
the flames could have reached their
bodies.
The evidence goes to show that th*
Fifth Aveune Hotel was well provided
with the apparatus for extinguishing
fires, ia the use of which the men con
nected with the hotel are frequently
drilled. All the floors are provided
with water mains, to which hose pipes
are kept constantly attached, and there
are alsa steam pnmps always in readi
ness in the basement. In the present
case it was not half a minute after the
alarm was given before some of the
hose had been stretched and water di
rected upon the flames. But the fire
hd evidently been burning for some
time before its discovery, and it was
then too lata to quiokly check its spread.
It is the man who determine* the dig
nity of tie occupation, not the occupa
tion which measures the dignity of the
man.
Farm, Harden and Household.
Mr. .Tames Go won, of Maryland, iu
1813, imported the fihort-Honi cow
Dairy Maid, bred by J. AVliitaker, of
Yorkshire, England. In 1R39, whon four
years old, she gave IBS l-'J quarts of
milk in one week, and the next yenr
| '.35 1-4 quart* ill one week. In each
case she hud suckled a calf three nionths.
An Illinois eorrcsjamdent of the
(Prairie Farmer) ou Sep. 10 commenced
feeding r<4t hogs, weighing l',4'J4 pounds,
sii averageaf a liWteover Hiß l-3pouud*.
He fed them 1,301) bushels of e>ru in 87
days, and found their weight 15,570
pounds, a gain of 6,140 |*ouids, an
average of 100 5-7 pound* for each hog,
and nearly 5 1-8 pounds of |wrk for
each buahcl.
Boil a turkey in aa little water a* may
lie, until the lame can lie easily sejm
rwted from the me*!, licmove all the
skin ; cut the meat in thia slices, mix
ing together the kglit and dark part*.
Season with salt and |iei|ier. Take the
liquid in which the turkey was boiled,
having kept it warm, pour iu ou the
Bleat, and mix it well. Shape it like a
lou.f of bread, wrap it iu cloth and pre**
with a heavy weight for a few hours.
When served up it ia cut iu thin ah oca.
Siime of our professional oooks can
shape it somewhat like the original biril,
so that one cannot tell at onee wheu it
is seen that it la lioned turkey ; but
this require* skill and lalmr.
We grumble nt the high price f pro
vision* ; bnt look st the provision*
within onr reach which tr will not
touch ! How few average Ausritlhi
will eat sorrel, for instance, y-t the
French make a delicious soup of it.
Thia wholesome plant grows plentifully
all over, and would furnish many a nu
tritious dish to the poor country work
man ; and if yon went to some of theni,
and explained the valuable pro|>ertic of
the plant, and it* inexnenaiveneaa—aince
it graws wild in the fields like a weed—
they would answer that they had never
tasted any, that they had never heard of
any one w ho had tasted any, and finally,
that they " didn't fancy it." This is al
ways the kiud of answer a would-be in
novator obtain*. You ask these same
people to try dandelion salad, which is
\t>rv pood eating indeed, ami they will
laugh derisively. But these prejudice*
are not confined to the tailoring elans.
The middle elasa is just us obstinate,
though, as it has money to buy other
ha*!, the obstinacy is not of so much
consequence. The midtflo-clusa hotiae-
Hiile has no spirit of adventure. She
never attempt* to stray beyond the ac
knowledged rwiitiue.
The ltiiilrcad Ma—acre on the Buffalo,
terry ami Pittsburgh Railroad.
A despatch from F,rit, Pnu., sava that
the immediate cause of the accident at
Prospect station was a broken tlnuge nu
the tender wheel. About sixty rods
west of the station is tx trestle work
some twenty feet high, over which the
locomotive ami tender of the eastern
bound express passed iu safety, but the
baggage mid |msseuper ear*—only two
coaches l**tiig in the tram —were thrown
from the trestle and struck top down
ward. The weight of the trackscrushed
iu the car*, closing up the window*. ami,
to render the situation even more terri
ble, the paaaenger ixwoh was partially
tilted upon its side, so tliat for the oc
pipanta of tliat side there were abso
lutely no means of oacape. Almost im
mediately the ear* took tire, the jusse ti
ger coach burning at both ends. Some
half dozen |K'r*tUH waiting at the station
Were soon at the sceue of the accident,
but they worked at an immense disad
vantage. No wuter conld ho had, ami
the snow that wus scraped np iiud little
effect in staying the flames. <>nlv two
axes were available, ami the woodwork
of thecarswji* (silted together so firmly
ami intricately that but little headway
eould Is* made with them. All the time
these efforts were l>eiug put forth the
fi.tmes were steadily gaining and the
shrieksof the imprisoned victims ua the
scorching lieut envelojied them was ap
palling to the Htoutest heart. Now and
then a rojs* was put through u crevice,
fastened to a form ami tin* sufferer pulh*d
out by niaiii strength. Sometimes it
would lie afifeh-ssbody, and the charred
arms, leg*, or head would drop off in
the struggle. In three or four instances
the head was thus separated from the
trunk, and in as many more eases the
body was bereft of its limbs. The body
of a lady was thns rescued from the
itanies, the head anil one arm snapping
off like a piece of charcoal, while the
other arm was untouched, a kid glove
covering the hand and her fingers wear
ing their jcwt*llcl omnmcnta. The body
wiH doubtless be recognised w-ith the
aid of the ring*. But for these it wonhl
have lieen impossible to identify it.
riie bodies of three other lailies were
taken out, neither of which, it is be
lieved, can be recognized. In all it is
estimated tliat four ent of the nineteen
forma removal from the burning car are
unrecognizable. It is supposed that in
addition to the liodica recovered a num
l>er of other* were consumed in the
burning car, ami that nothing but their
blackened bones will he discovered when
the fire is extinguished and the ashes
raked over. Adding these to the num
ber of injured that will ilie.it is esti
mated the total nunilicr of lives lost will
not fall short of thirty —the whole num
ber of persons in the two ears at the
time of the accident lieing almut fortv
five.
After the accident Frank Taylor, of
Oorry, one of the rescue! passengers,
wa leaning against aome object, and
seeing an acquaintance passing, called
him bv name. The friend turned round,
saw Taylor apparently uninjured, bat
suddenly he said, "tell my wife " and
Jell over dead. He must have died from
internal injury, hut the inmates of the
hurning cars wore shrieking for aid and
Mr. Taylor's friend did not see him
again until his corpse WHS brought in
and placed with the others. After the
groans of the dying were stilled in
death the stench arfsing from the burn
ing bodies is Raid to have been sicken
ing.
With no means of extinguishing the
flames, and the heat too intense
to admit of nil the Ixxlies being extract
ed, nothing could b done by the spec
tators but to stand quietly by and see
the remains slowly consumed.
The bodies thus far identified arc
Mark Haight, of Brocton, X. Y.; Wil
liam If. Osliorne, of Westfleld, X. Y. ;
Herman Ryan, of Faraliam, X. Y.; Ed
win H. Bell, of Sherman, X. Y.; Con
Moloney, of Brocton, X. Y.; Frank Tay
lor, of (V.rrv, Pa.; John White, of Lan
caster, X. Y.; August Curdat, of Ark
wrighi, X. Y.; Charles Metz, of Eden
Comers, near Angola, X. Y.; Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur F. Rice, Titusrille, Pa.: E.
Joseph Curt-in, of Titusville; William
Rankin, a laliorer. from Canndn; Jomea
11. McCarten, of Miller Station, X. Y.;
Four bodies only remain unrecognized.
All the wounded, but Maggie Curtin,
W. H. Tiekner, Mrs. Cornelia McCarten
and Fayette Flanders left Prospect sta
tion for their homes. At the Chantau
qua House, Maynlle, one John Doug
hiss, a Canadian, haa his left shonlder
and breast broken, but he may recover.
Harney Cook, of Lancaster, bad inter
nal injuries ; hia recovery ia very doubt
ful. There were thirty-eight* paying
passengers on the train, and five em
ployes back of the tender.
<3rville Swift, of Corry, was on "the
train, and his lxsly has not leeri recog
nized. Two of the four bodies un
claimed are shapeless masses. Mr.
Douglass, who was in the car twentv
flve minutes, say* several passengers
were killed outright, others were writh
ing about until suffocated, and others
were conscious nntil burned to death.
A Diffident youth wa* paying his
addresses to a guy lass of the country,
who had long despaired of bringing
things to a crisis. He called one day
when she wa* alone. After settling the
merits of the weather, the girl aaid,
looking slyly into his face : "I dreamt
of yon last night." Why, now !" " I
dreamed that yon kissed me." " Why,
now ! What did yon dream yonr mother
said ?" " Ob, I dreamed she wasn't at
home." A light dawned on the youth's
intellect, a singular sound broke the
stillness, and a few weeks after they
were married.
Two Holhbn Picture*.
W# itrnlM slung ffT *hfwghf*r#
nn evening or tor© Mr". orih •hop
window* glitter*.! with every roneeiv
ahl* #rticle which ffiaxl or lout tnstc
could IHHMHI>IV desire M n holiday pre*
cut. Ilich almwl*. ticketed " ('lump --
only sot* of fur*, marked well up
into tlni hundreds; cloak*; *liu; sil
verware; doll* iln'wol in the lot*l
ftt*hion, and held at n hundred dollar*
esoh; toy* of every hind; diamond ring*
ami pin*: gold-headed cane* ; eerily
trifle* of every sort; lienutiful articles
for the rich and reflned, and still more
costly article* suited to the t:ile of lite
vulvar rich; everything, in short, that
love or oatontatiun could leair to UM
an ita expression wan m those shop
window*, ami purohaecr* by the hun
dred stood before the counter* manic.
It actum*! that the genial ('lirinbiMn
aptrit wan in all heart*, that every hu
man being in that throng wm happy iu
the thought of ItoMtowing happiee**
IIJHIU other* The sijfht wa a pietur
tHwiuelv pleasant one, njnl we lingered
lovingly iu the midat of it, outehing
something of the glow of the ten thou
sand Chriatmaa fireside* represented in
the person* of the purchaser*.
tin the followiug evening we had ore
ea*iou to go into one of the darker ward*
of the city. There, in the top -atory of
a tenement-house, in a ningle email
room, we found a wi.lftw with two chil
dren. The room and it* furniture were
clean ami neat, though axeman voly iwstr.
In a cloaet adjoining ley the widow'*
8011, a bright ley of thirteen, whose
weekly canting* had once helped to keep
the family iu mi|>arutive comfort. lie
lay uow waiting for a nlow -coming death,
a* he had torn waiting for muny weary
week*. The mother, an iiulu*triona
woman, and a solior ami houeat one an
well, had found hut a ningle day'* em
ployment ami a ningle dny'a wage* du
ring the lant three month*. She had
mild one article nft.-r another, until now
alio hatl nothing left to neil ; uml the
kjhrtrima* time, which seemed no to-eu
fflful in the light of llie shop-window*
of the great thoroughfare, not half a
dozen block* 11*11*, win to her the dork
e*t and disomies tof day*. No one of
the lavinh hand* expending money in
the gaudy *hop* hud held out to li'r the
price of a aingle comfort for her during
IHIV: uot one of the generou* heart*
tin <re hail devised a plan by which she
ami Much a* *hc could find work to do
and wage* to earn.
A* we went away from that miserable
teuciuent-lioune rt*>m, and retnembeml
thut tlu* woman'* ca*c wa* only one of
many thou*aml* of such in tin* (,'hria
tian country, which *o recently gave
national (hunk* for ait abundance of the
earth's fruit*, and whlsh l* now cele
brating the lurth of that Toucher who
wa* cradled in a manger, and who,
tlireaghout life, "had not where to lnv
Hi* bead," two or tluree sentence* kept
ringing in o ir cam;
" And the poor heard him gladly."
" lunmuch u* ye have done it unto
one of the lcnri of thee. Uiv brethren,
ye have done it unto iue.'* "If arth
and Home."
The Centre <sf (iravlty of Population.
In a letter ts the "Nation," Mr. J. A.
Garfield nome altercating fact* in
regard to tuat inoeli-diaputnl i-nut, the
-antra of gravity of the population of
the Tinted State*. At hi* re|Uc*t Pro
fessor Hilgarvl, of tlis (fount Surrey,
tliulertiHsk Us unrrt nil the point with
scientific accuracy according to the host
fistir Mtwiim's. Hy supposing plane of
the exact niac ami sltnpt of tie- t'uitcd
Statu-;-. exclusive of Al-uika, k>lod with
the artunl populaliwit of the tour j*ri
oda, he pi ta, ly n Keriegof calculation*,
the rxaet centre of gravity, or the point
on which auch a pla<-e would Instance, at
each jsert'*!. Hv tlila metliiHt he fisuiid
ihisi point to be, HI ISl'i, in VianptutM,
near the raatcni fool of the Yppitlai-hitui
chain, mid nearly upon the parallel of
thirtr-uine ilcpree* nssrth latitude. In
IKV) it had en suited the uxutntaiua mul
moved wentwanl fifty seven uiils-a, to a
point nearly mmth of Parki-n-hnrp. Va.
lu IH>> it lit** 1 IUOVIHI eiphty-two uitlew
weetwunl, t<s a |miiit nearly aoiitli tsf
Chillic-stlie, Ohio. In I*7o it has!
roaehed a jsoint near Wilmington, Oh.o,
about forty-live mile* northeast of C'iu
cinnati.
Tim? it will lw MTII that the " Star uf
Empire " haa for thirty year* tnveieil
went word, along the thirty-ninth parallel,
at tiie rate of alxmt six or right miles a
rear, and tlut it neither goe* fast nor
ha* gone no far a* our wt—t ra follow,
citizen* have been in the habit of claim
ing. In future drradr* it is unite prob
able that it* progress * ill be wower. It
wonhl not in the next thirty year* get
beyond Bloomiugtou, Indiana, even ul
the rat*' of the hut thirty. But if, a*
we are inclined to believe, the migration
of population went of the present centre
of gravity to the region of country *till
further went i* quite a* great, if not
greater, than that of the population ea*t
of that point to the we*t of it, then the
change in the future will le alower than
in the |HO>t. A mere shifting of |mpula
tion on the western aide of the plain
will not affect the bulanee ; there luuat
tie an aettial increase of population in
larger ratio thau on the eastern aide.
The increase from births is undoubtedly
larger in new countries, but to offset
this is the increase from immigration on
the seaboard, a portion of which only
mores westward. The area of country
inviting to settlement on the eastern
slope of the Appalachian chain is, more
over, enlarged by the aladition of slav
ery ; the salubrious climate, the rich soil
and its profitable cultivation, and the
contiguity of the South, will conduce to
the rapid occupation of a region from
which hitherto free Inbor h-ia, for the
most part, I asm excluded. These vari
ous influences will serve to retard the
movement westward of the centre of
gravity.
I*. T. liarutini.
People will have their little jokns,
most of theni, however, prrfoctlj jtimml
uattired, nhout Mr. Ititrtmnt una the
hnljit which he has of liecomitiff iuvolved
in eonflaf?rations. The penth nian hinit
self seems no more to mind the fun than
he tinea the Ares, and even if he should
lie compared t'< a salamander, it wonhl
probably awnkeu in no uthrr feel
ing than n desire to ntld ffiat rare crea
ture to his next collection of birds and
bonstie*. It is well enough understood
lnr tliik time that Mr. Barn urn is, mor-
perfectly iueombttstihle,
ana that nothing but the destruction of
the whole world can prevent him from
being the possessor of lions, timers, and
elephants, of monkeys, nnaeondns, and
whales. "Rie thwhies lire extinct, but if
Nature slieuhl take it into her head to
issue a second series of tlint hip bird,
we nil know that Mr. Itanium would
have one of the earliest specimens here
in New liork for onr inspect ion. It is a
way of his, and we beg leave to say that
it is a very Rood way. (VmsidereJ
merely as a firbt-rnto example of the
never-sny-dio quality of human nature,
Mr. Iturnum is an invaluable rxitmple
to a community greatly given to exalta
tions and to corresponding depressions.
As n purveyor of innocent amusement,
and as asatisfierof a good deal of enri
ositv, Mr. Itanium is really one of the
public favorites ; and we incline to the
ladief tlint he will l>e pleasantly remcm
liertHl long lifter he has issued his last
announcement mid has gone, wo sin
cerely hope, to a place of which Fire is
not tile principal feature.
A woman should never consent to he
married secretly. Her marriage should
tw> solemnized in the light of publicity,
and not in the shadow of concealment.
Hhe should distrust a man wlie has any
reason for shrouding in darkness tho
act which—in his estimation, at least—
should be tho crowning glory of his life.
The man who always has some plot on
hand, who naturally takes to trickery and
concealment, and is never ready to hsve
his actions brought out into the clear
light of day, is apt to be so constitution
ally base, that he seldom, even by acci
dent, deviates into the path of honor
and virtue. No woman who values her
domestic happiness should never listen
jo the suggestions of such n man, in
favor sf a secret marriage.
The educated live longer than the
illiterate; the rich, longer that the
poor ; the good, longer than the bad.
A f'ollogc rm- Wild llwK
U ia in RatditTe Highway, Ixaudum.
Mr. Jaiuftch conduct* it. A n*wpaper
notice of a young tigrc**, which hud
broken looac, ran into Uic •tnwU,ni*iin
a tiny, played prank* with a paaning
brewer'* dray, and finally had law n an
cured by her keeper iumt with a crow
bar, ft rat informed ui<' that an institution
for the education of wild annual* wo* in
exiateuce.
Uiiunb' n note of it ih'tormiiig that I
w.mtd vi*il Mr. Jnmrucli muue flue day.
The rvnolvo roiuaiuc.l m alwy anco until
I *aw nmdhcr MtnouucMUMlt, ti the ef
f.w-t thai a tine young rhiuiHwro* ho<l ct
tortwl thcociniuiirv t> J>c cilu*Uwl for a
menmgeno. Not know ing how long thia
couroeuf tcochiiig might lost, I couclud
c.l to go to Itutclijto Highway at one.
In nnawer to my knock at the door,
Jiiuuach i>ro*>iit*l hiiuaolf in the
form of a ntul w nit (Icruinu, whom no
prudent lion or tiger would cart, to meet
if the mail hud a crowbar.
I cxplaimwl the object of my call, and
he eutcrc.l into my view* at on.**,
"I have only MUtall uniiualt. here," he
•did, "but come With me a little way
.low u tiie *trct, and you ahall oo my
Idfger pupil*."
no away went, Mr Jamrach telling
me, a* we pnawwabwi, that the rhiuocer
o* wa* to go to the Zoological (iarilen
next day. Ariivtwl at the courtyard, I
found my*elf Iw-lweeu two row* of uear-
Iv empty cag.w. l'a**iug on, we came
to a ladder leading to a loft, Mr. Jam
rach told me to mount, which hwl me to
a*k whether the rhinoceros wn* up
there.
"She i* uot up there," replied ho.
" Hhe i* In-low in n den. Yon will have
to *eo her through a hole in the floor-
Hlg."
1 low li til rough the hide I pooped, all J
there ohe wu* nibbling Uv. Mr. Jam
rach now went away, htimftngiuwovrr k
the guidance of the keeper. Tin* ker>-
er wua a man ulimmt a* worthy of study
a* tiie auirnid* under hi* charge ; very
short, with umaeular cheat and hruwuy
arm*, hi* eye* ntcndily lix*l npou you,
whether he or you were sja-ukiiig, <s>iu
muuioative, and full of anecdote*. 1
hail no niMiuer IM-gun to **k huu qu<<*-
tioaa than the rjiinoorma lut-'l mudo to r
self invisible.
"So ho, Mouta," said he, coiling her
by her Indian name. " I'll t--acli yon
letk-r mariner* and down through tiie
floor he bold* d. Sei/.mg a murderous
l.Hiktug wcujKin, half pike, halt hatchet,
he began to Ixutg away at the creotarc,
who, though with many snort* and
grunt* she .wmie out into the light,
could not have Iq-eu hurt, t now saw
that her nose-iiorn, from w hiclt tiie
uame of the animal ouuies, wa* nearly
gone, and inquired tiie reason.
" It I* til- invariable rs-auit with all
the uew-oomerw," he reptiest. " Tliey
lire Ui th habit of ruhl-uig -way the
|ssiut of the horn agiuuat th- ai-ie* of
their ilelia f.sster tiiall it coil lie prtHllloewl
nt the luwse "
lie tohl tut- that it ana eustu-r to pain
the ooiitideuo" of a lion than a tiger, yet
tlinl tipi-ro illl-i tipreaae* A><llhl s K-CS-
Mioually have pretty *ey*,
" That vs r\ flpTea u liieh Caebps-il,"
is si.i he, "km * tue a* 11, an 1 uemoJ
very foud of me. Often when I wn*
1-assiiip her sleii ahe *rnuhl thrust out
with paw*, and Iseekolied ni' toward
her."
" And did you accept her heitatkinV
usksil 1.
"Often; nrui putUup her ruiwa on
either srle of my urs-k. alls' would c*ir*sa*
nn-. Lion* ntnl tipera -r*- pent i*s ejioupli
when k. (heir deu* , but if tin A chance
Us p't lu-sM', nil tlis ir uatur.d feris'ity
return*, arul frreudahipa are f-rpotten.
Y-sii iiniist ish-i*r n-s mercy. There i
only one wuv then."
" And what :a that ?"
" Ku-n'k them on the hs-n-l That in
h--a I scrie-l the tipren*. I felled her
with the blow of a crowbar."
"And bd she ever forgive you?" I
aak ml, " Tin re ** an end of cnrenailip, I
fancy."
" Not a bit of it," ssoid the kiss-per
" She forpavc ins-, and ufb r i few day*
we were a* po-*l friend* a* rvsr.
" Yon must have a -somewhat danger
ous bfs' -if it, 1 think. Ar* yon never
iifrai-1 ?
" Not of lwaats. and lunl*. Rut the
auakie -ugb ! I don't fancy them over
much."
" Mr. Jamrnch deal* in snake* t*s?"
I aaked.
"Af all aorta. I understand their
way* after a time - rutth-sn ike* and
cobras—and am mjt ad verse t--handling
them. Ston-I still In-fore the former,
but retreat from the Utter. In either
cose you w ill not le bitten. The puff
adder i* different from lmtii. Y'ou must
neixe him."
" Hsiw ?" I aaked. " With t.-ng* or
pinei-r*?"
" We have not a pair of either on ttis
place."
" How dts you catch theni, then ?" I
imiuired.
" S-'izi- them," he replied, "by the
n-ck, In-twii'ii finps r and thumb, and
hold them fast. That"* the only safe
w-av to deal with them."
" Ibi you wear glove* ? "
"Yea ; very thin gloves. Thick clog
the finger*. Poiaon won't jam* even
through kid. Then, you kimw what a
rattlesutike i* gong? to s]o. lie aotttid*
hi* rattle twice In-fore lu- *tnl;w. The
cobra, too, risss * up to give you warning,
but a puff-adder i* a* meau aa hi*
look*. **
Bussing along lietween two rows of
cages, while listening attentively to kv
informant, I felt a soft velvety touch
on the back of my hand. Looking
ronnd, 1 pereeivisl a creature*--not quite
a monkey, but a lemur—begging some
thing to eat.
"They are great ghltten*," he said ;
"but nothing odiuoarisl to these," open
ing a door where half a hundred mon
keys were grinning.
"I>o you sell monkey*?" I Baked.
"That's a large part of our trade.
We imported over a thousand monkeys
Inst vear."
"And who buvs them ?"
"Organ glanders and menageries. We
sell a few as pot* and many go to the
Continent."
"At what price do yon bold mon
keys ?"
"That dejMMids on quality and breed
ing," he replied. "A ring tailed female
monkey, of gentle dis|KM)tinii and cor
rect deportment, will command twenty
pounds, while n common hlne-fnee con
im (anight for five." •
"And the vonug rhinoceros ?"
"\Ve sold her to th Joologicitl (iar
dens for five hundred pounds, mid a
poor bargain it was for lis. Hlie cost us
every penny of it."
Tidmreo and l.lquor.
Our countrymen *fM-iul more money
for the luxuries tlinn for the necessities
of life. It is no wonder that many peo
ple are ptsir when their hard earnings
are waalied on indulgence which do
harm instead of good. Bread is the
fV'nt staple of f'sal, and ?2IHfK>O,(XIO
were sfs'iit Inst year for flour to feed
our jx-ople. But the tolaveeo mild iu
the country for chewing, and smoking,
and snuff, cost £250,000,000; about £7
for every mnn, woman and child.
This la bad enntigh, but the cost of
intoxicating liquors consumed in I*7o
£fl00;00t,000, averaging nearly £2O for
every man, woman and child. A large
amount of this is used in jastr families,
and riiliiC'D them to want and wretched
nesa.
If the young people of the land would
tk'fnse to toufiii tolmeeo ro liquor this
fearful extravagance would soon cease,
wid the wealth of the country increase
with marvellous rapidity.
A New Bridge.—The proposed bridge
over the Hudson river near Peek skill
will be one of the Inrgest in the world.
Ita length between the towers will ba
1,666 feet. It will be suspended 155
feet above the river by 20 cables made
of 70,302 milea of stdl'l wire, and will
weigh altogether over 17,000 tona. Its
working strength will be equal to 2.40' 1
tons, and its breaking strength 25,1'1
tons. Three million tons of ooal, be
side* a million tons of other freight, are
expected to pasa over thia bridge annu
ally.
Good temper is like a sunny day,
shedding brightness on everything.
WORK;
or, CHRISTIE'S EXPERIMENT.
lly I iM'tU M Aicorr,
Amkir Iff "I,nl* Womm," " Old ffiaAijcsf
Girt," " IMtU lf*," rtr , 0<
CIIAPTKK L
CII Mini a.
\ FN r BKTBKY, UMTC'* gtng to to a
- V in-w I v.-taratlon of ludapcwdffßoa "
" Hit** and **ve u*, what do ;oa moan,
. lil 1.1 f " And the atarlloii old lady preripl
tatad • pie In'o the o. en with dratruetlv*
tmale "
" I itinau that, iming of age. i am |lnf
to ink* core of mvaelf, and not to a hiinlen
any longer. I'ncl* * Ultra mo out of th*
way , Ibtnka I ought In go, and, <on*r or
later, w(l) toll uioao 1 don't tntwid to nail
for Utat, Imt like the |**>|do Iu fairy tai*.
travel away Into the world and aoek my for
tune I know 1 aau llivl It "
l liilallo emphaaii-d her a|i**c!t by oner
getk' deinonaliallooa In tha hrrad tiuugb.
kneading tb* dough aa If ft waa tor doaglny.
audaho waa nbaplng It to mil horwelf; while
Aunt Hotooy b! IM-olng, with uplift*)
pi* f>ik. and aa tuu> U aaloiiiali*Ul m bar
placid lace waa oapabl* of exprnaalnff Aa
the gtrt |>au*ed, with * dechlod thump, th*
old Mi rxc'nbned :
" What croay idee you gut into your toad
now f"
" A very MH* and w-naible one, that'* got to
b* worked out, * pU-aae listru to It. mahm
I'*e had il a g0.4 while. I've thought tt over
thoroughly, and I'm mr.. it'a th" right Sung
for me to do. I'm M enough to take on, of
myaolf; and if I'd born a bov, i abould haw
been l.dd t>do It long ago. 1 hate to to da
|wnd. Nt, and now there'a no neod of It; I can't
bear it any longer. If TOO wre poor. I would
not leave you, or I nevor forget how kind you
have torn to inc. lam a burtlon to Uioi, and 1
luio-t go wh< ro I ran lake ro of ruywlf. 1
can't to happy lid I do, for there's nothlug
here for me. I'm aiek ut this dull town, where
Ito one idea ia to *at, itnnk and get ricti. I
don't find any frb oda to UUp me a* I want to
to h> Ifred, or any wurk thai I can do writ; ao
let me go, Auniy, and hud my plaer, wbalrver
M ia."
" Hut I do need you, deary, and you niuml
think t'neh- don't uke you. H* doea, uoiy to
d 'li'l show iv and "hen your odl way* fiet
him, be aiu'l pleasattt, I know. I ibat •*•
why you cant to eoutetged; live fired tore
•II my d|-a, and Uever found the p'aoe lane
some, t<r the folk* unuei ;htorl.," and Aunt
Ueteey looked perplexed by tto new idaa.
"Vo* and 1 mn very .liflkaroat, ma'am,
there waa more vnaat put into my o-mpowflou,
I guess, and after state hug quiet In a warm
corner to long, I begin lo f> rueoi, and ought
l to kn< ad<*l up tq umr, ao that 1 may turn
out a wholesome |.af. You mat An thl*; so
let m* go where it eau to duu*. elae I aha!) turn
sew and good tor nothing. TViea that moke
Ito matter any fleanr? " And ChnatteV M-n
--ona facu ■ laxr ! mki a anils aa tor aunt's ava
went ftua her lo tto nierV-mokted loaf offered
•* an iUustratlon.
" I Vint yuti mean, Kilt; ; tat 1 wiar
thought on't before Yuu ha better na than
me ; th-iogh, let me tell vim. too ntu< b empftna
make * braad poor rtofl. like balscrV trash ; and
too mark working op makes it bard and dry.
Now fly around, f r the big oeen la noat bad,
and il:b> rake takea a sight of lima in the
nnt*a.
"Ton bvn*t *a-l I might go. Anuiv," Imgan
lh* girl after a hint pan-*- ib-vuUd by lb* old
lad* to tbr pr-j-araUo-i of sum- compound which
eon J to require great r.Wt* if moasnr
tie at in it# ingredients; lr Im ahe replied.
Aunt Iter*** mnualy interlarded lier |s-*<h
• Ith audil-le -hrerti-ma Us hi TWcJf .from tbe
nointdni Itefiwe her.
• I au/t ncs right to keep aa. <har. ef run
cWssh to Uk*apuhufaaJt<. I'm worry ma
alnt happy, and think yon might f naa'd mty
teal egg* tit vulVa arid whi lew Usgetlw
Hut if ii* <au t and fad that y>m nwit i two
-tit* of uar . "1* aprak to I'nek-, and ef he
*v a s-iuts-r* t.f frs-ab h moit j. go. my dear,
atfl take m* hh-watn* with yon (nut furgetua'
Its rover with a piece of
I'hrvaUe'a laugh otswl thnsugb the kitchen;
ual tbr oi l lady emih-d benignly, .piite ancon
•cj tie "f tie-1 anise of tbe girl'a me rimagi.
"I ahall aak Tncie to-ai-.-ht, and I know he
won't Then I -shall write U aoe If Mm
Flint baa a room for B. wht re I ears ata* till I
get an..-tiling to do. Tltare i plenty of work
us Use w.srkl, an-1 I'm nt a braid of It ; s vwiU
*-a hear g-mtl ue*a of ms. Itae't look aad
f w y is kts -w I neser eonld lyt TWO. TI if
I abottM tiers-m- Ue greatrwl fl-lv in tbe land.*
And (Ttnatir k-ft Uu jaluta ssf two fl-wnr but
aflsetionatr handa -*n tbe <4d lad* •bnakkta,
aa hc ktaard the wrinkled face that bad never
• >-rti ■> fr- wn t" ber.
Full of h<s|srfnl fatwiaa Chnstk-v aalttsd tbe
pan* and buttered the dough in |<leaaant ftsr
g'tbiliscw* at all mundane attain., and th In
<t*croua dtatnav s-f A tint lV*-r, who Pstkiwy)
her alwut rectif• In* ber inMakcw. and watch
ing over ber sa If th-a wu-lden alw-nn- of mirvl
had r<ued s.!Vpi. |. m* at tier mjilts.
'• Cncte. I want Us go away, and get my own
Hviiig. tf you piaaar." sraa <lmte' abfltt-t
cituung, aa tby eat around the num.;
Are.
" lfcy I ahal'a tbal t" s) Fwk Fix* mus
ing fhm tbe tow be waa cnt<-*iuj, with a eaa
<lh to ]*rilaiis |sroximity to In* tsewspapor and
bis tins-
Christie r pesiel rsiiwt's ami was much
rrlH>vt when, after a meditative stare, the uU
' man tiricflv ana*
j " Wal, go aJifcad."
" ! was afraid yen might Utink it raah or aiHy,
mr.'
" I think it's ttir heat thing ten IWIM <l<; and
I tlhs ynnr ffsst ansa in piir,**lij' mil."
" Then I may rrallv gr. ■*
' • Nona's ever von tike. DouY neater UK ahmit
It till ron'ie ready, then 111 no von a tittle
nniltuig to start off with " /awl t'oolc Knee
returned to " The Farmer'# Ftv-nd." aa if eat
tic were mure Interesting than kindred.
I "bristle'was aoc-ustntned to lua rnrt *]vch
and rarelesa manner- had expected nothing
more cordial: and, Inrning to her aunt, aaid,
rath.r hittcrty:
• Didn't I'teU von he'd h® glad to hare me
go? N" matter! When I've dme somrthuig
to be penttd of. be wiU he as glad to see mr back
again " Then her mire changed, her rj-rs kin
died, and thr firm bpa softened tntli a tilth
"Yaa.rO try my experiment then IU get
rirh: fonnd a home for grh Hke myself; <te.
Utter still, bra Mrs. Fry. a Florence NtghUn-
Bl-t* "
" How are yon onl for stockings, dear t*
t "bristle's castles in the air vanished at the
premie question ; twit, after a blank look, she
answered pleasantly:
" Thank yon fir bringing mr down to my fast
agaio, when I was searing away too far and 100
fast. I'm poorly off. ma'am : hut if won are
ktilUing User f. r n>e, I shall eartain(y start on
it firm foundation." And. leaning 'on Aunt
tk-Uy'a knee, aiie psttentlv discussed the ward
r-'fcr >|it>ti a from hose to haad-gcar.
" IVwit you think reij could lw Contented atir
way. Christie, ef I make the work lighter, and
h are mu more time ffw TOOT honks and things?"
sslted the old lady, loth to lose the one youth
fill • irmont In her <|nt*t hfe.
" No. ma'am, for I cant find what I want
here." waa the dee* lad answer.
" What do von want, child '''
j " Look in tnc fire, and 111 try to show you."
The old lily obediently turned her spectacle*
that *y, and Christie said in s ton* half ac
tion*. half pi* vftU.
"Puyihi mv those two log*? Well, that one
iiis<tl)ilering dlnmallv *wy in the corner is
wh*t ley life i* now ; the 'other bbsing and
ringing is whht I w*nt mv life b> he."
' Hless me. wtisi an idee! They are both a
bnraiti' where they are put. snd both will be
sshrs to-rnerrow ; an what difference doe* it
rakeT"
Christie smiled at the literal old lady; bat
follow iiig the fancy that phascil her, she sdded
NIWM :
" I know the end is the same ; bnt it does
oi.tkt a difference how tliev turn to ashes, and
how 1 sis nil my iifr. That log, with its one
Mall <qwt cf fire.'irtvea neither Mfir m* eirniih.
bnt lie* strrling Waponucntly among the rin
ik'is. Hut the other glows hum end to etwl wilh
clocrfril little fian-e* that go singing an the
1 chimney with a pleasant sound. Ita light fills
the re m and shines out into the dark; its
warmth draws u* nearer, making the hearth
tin I osiest plsiv in the haw, and wv shall *ll
miss the friendly bliyo when it die*, le*." she
lililrsl, a* if to herself, " I hope my lift- may be
ike that, so that, wbethrr it he long or short
il will IN tiM-ful sud cheerfril while it Lata, will
lie missi d wln-n it ends, and aav* Bouething
' tN-hiiid Iswide* ashes.
T i'n;;h she only half understood Ua-m, the
girl's wonts touched the old lady, ami made her
look inxioitslv at ibe eager young fhee gaslng
m> wisttuilv into the Ore.
" A goisl smart Mowln' up with the tM<lns*ei<
tviniA tnskc the given slick burn most a* wrll
as the dry one aflor a sjsll. I crues* oontwnt it
•>* is the IM-I'll* for young folks, ef they winim
only think so."
" I (UrcssT you arc right, atintr; but I want
to try lor njnrtf; ami If I 'fall, I'll coma buck
am) lil|ow your al*i*. Tuung folk* aln<*
have discontented lit*. Ton know. Didnl you
whfi von were a girl f
" Hl.ouUln't wonder rf I li<l; hut Enoa caror
■lone ami ) forgot >m."
" Mv Km* haa not come along Tot, and nevnr
may ; *<> I'm not going to ait and wait fnr any
man to gi*e mo independence, if 1 can oarn it
for myself." And a quick glance at the KUiff.
rrav old man in the corner plainly betrsved
t .at. in Chriatle'* opinion, Annt Briar mado a
l*d bargain whan aha exchanged bar girlish
aaplrationa for a man whoaa aoul waa in liia
pocket.
•• Jaat liha bar mother, full of htfalnlin no
tion*, discontented and aot in bar own id aa ; a
poor capital to atari a fortin' on."
ChriaUo's aye mat that of bar uncle peering
orar the top "of hi* paper with an eipraaaion
that alwara triad her patience. Now it waa
like a dash of cold water on her enthusiasm,
mid liar face fell aa aha anawered quickly :
" How do you mean, air T
•' I mean 'that you are atarttn' *ll wrong;
your redie'ltw notions about independence and
—lf lillt* won't come to nothin' in the king
run and you'll make aa bad a failure of your
life aa your mother did of hertt."
" Pleao*. Aunt My that tm ma ; I cant toar
i t"' j "ball neve, ilinnk 1.~ l.fe * ,
ftIRW Inr TnWTn nwR lIPfWII, ■H f I
m ,'rt.c ssi
If 1 can i and I'd rather h* what roy hither
•i j tunttoi Ift t.. than aft the mnwyjrou at*
nfTltit up. In*l mr the r>)ea ir* *f beftig Itchar
ih*e y* r WhtoH. *■
. M Howr pM. d#*r. betoWt mm*holpirm t"
wtilHiwr.*] Aunt ft-i*e, f. 1a t rm.
Inn though <#* had IWld an 1
her outer <i.*u*al. her Votno *M*T>A ami 4M
d, ud hr Indlgiiatfoii WM of lb" inward ..
" t'n4e IfttHilotryiuebf *ytng*uhthlK*,
aad tht* ia *• rwaaoo whv f •wt to go *w*y
| gut *h*t|) and Mm r Mid Jialruat/Ut a*
bI. I d'eil aathin** t can mafc* yon nnder-
M*a.| *t feeilitK. t** IU HVe In try. and then
rn Or"T *p*ak nt l< again ." and earw/nl't
i-silr-illlng voire and fuy. fhri*fl alowlv ad
ded. with a look Dhot wenld haeetawm pattieii
etily dogamtf lo one who eoold hava u*d r
►t/w*l the ln*Mn* nf a almeg iMttirw for light
and freedom " T*n aav Jan dimeowned. ,
(k>.<4 aad amtaiina* : iheilna, and l*n gUd
of il |am di< <*)tont< "I, her .u*a I cant hetg
frcllng thai th'-r* la * better *ort of Ufa than
thta .fell .HIO made ep f eveilaaMng work, with
no ..tijert Nil MM*. 1 eant aiarva my Mul
for th" aak" of my l>ody. and I nx aa'tn get Mil
of tli> treadmill If I een n* proud, a* y<e
Mil 11. hocamw I bate d-yemdum* wh.ra there
iM't awy lov to mat* it hoaiabl.- Vnu d-mt
MV iu *otd*. <*t I know yo* lm?mdg m
a home, though v.* wth call me ai rr*l. |.i.
• !>* I'm *.**. lin tiling to week, but I
want wigk Tcvi |*it m* heart into, and If A
It doua me good, no m*nei how hard H la. 1
<>oiy aak hw a uhaiaw tr> to • nooftiL tow*
■uinan. and 1 dont lidak U>at la a bml aetid
tlnti Fren if f <mfv do arhai mr dear mother
■MI. ram my dvmg hmMwilv and liopptly, ' d
irate * l- .nufui rxaiaplo Iwiwod mm, lo help
one oh if woman a* !.w Inip ma, f aha!: he
aatleAed "
itoMUa'a w*M taluwwl • war Ito I*4 word*,
for tl.o Ui<*ebta and fee'iag* wld.-k had l**-n
wnrMmr wHhtn tor daring tto UM few <ia had
Mined htg deapiv, <*d tto re-ointuw |o n*
louao (im tto 4d bfr bad *■ teen ItghUy
mad* Mr Pwvou had b<*M-t tohtud hi* p .
IMW tn ll.i* tetuanai eeipeermg with a aenM of
dawximfort *bMb "a# n# h'bun Hi* ttoato
ti.* h*rda nyrowliM and aenoad, !b*v dl.l
IK* anrien him, and wIM ftotall* |nmi "ItJ.
learfai tor unala ruga, Mfntg. akmly, M
to hg'it-d hi* oandV
*• IX I'd refuand In W yen g tofrur. Td
arrant" it now; tor w* and hrmftin' in. my
rirt, and yon are run' wtor o*T got U, M
th* aoo-.*r off tto totlrr fv iltoii M.
(MM am may a* wot War-, for w*
oan t niidorotand tto aaota nf tor higher
natur' aa Oiriait. call* M and we'ra had toterin'
Oneagh fw one ntgto" A"d wtih a yrim laugh
tto old man quoted tto toM, wonued. but in
'irder.
•T'le-* there, dear He* a grwvl ory, and to
ell air in tf I " puryod Annt lleUey. aa lb
toavt foctal "pa crnahed aar. for Ito gnod
•nql h*t * m<wl 'ltd faahlonrd and dutiful two
•f tow load and ■•■*. r.
"I ahau'i Tf h"t act, lor it ia high Urn* I
Mvia off. TV* aiared for v>*w *aa; now I'm
more towiM* Ihan nomtort and w* | go.
(*nd MMU'o. mv dear old aunlv. and don't look
treniiW-t fr-r 131 to a lamb wkilr I 4**."
Raring ktmwd th* 'id My. Chriati* awaol
bar work a*ay. and ml down u> wt Ito H>
lor which was Ito Arat Map kernel frvedute
UTire u *ria don* ah* drew near to tor friend-
Iv rMtoW. ttoffra, and rili lat*i(He tto "lgb<
•at Oitbldng tenderly "f Ito pw*. twave'.y <4
Ito present h<p*f*l f th" ftifwre Twwutv
nn* |s-wwr*v, and her Into* if see* a toad
• brar a pair of hauda; tumo ttoalwwwr of mm*
>Vf England rlrla- itOsge*ee, noiys and
"smiwe-ws*. mn practical gift* all hid
dMl node* tto abv prida that mn>m m*Ha tw •
geulal atm attlaof*-. ma-h rouanem sad enthu
siasm. and tb* anint whlrh nan rise to toruiam
wton 'to *•*! tn- meat wm.
(Yirmim WM one of ibat Iser- aaaa at wonaeti
wise, nw*lfwtcljr a*owsd w lit talai.ta. earnm*
•r1 trne-hoartcd, ur drvcu ).* nt-atssaitv
t#mfMvam*nt or pri oriels <*H Into the world
to And MMrport. hsepmas" and hosuaa far thwfc
a-lvcs Men* torn been dtwcmrtrwd, mar*
•sesy* shadows ftv substance and s*W'.>vf.r
tiictr n*V ton hue: tbr weakest lorn thtkt
and ibaminlTw; but the dnaftf
struggle on and after danger and -MW nra
at la-4 the best paaM>n lhl> world nan fire
i>v the fa mnnW'P at a br*vc ami cheerful wpir
It. neb In wlf-lnioaMy, setf-or-etc-l. s-clf.
help Tht wan tha real dwftn of Christ!*'*
heart; ht- wan to tw her Imi inn and reward,
and to thia hap*T end ah* wae akw!* yet hum •
hr ho-nbt by the kg discipline of hfr SS'l
hht.
Hitting abate omv* in tha night, she tnt to
strengthen berae'f with at! tha rood and help
ful n mortae ah# eoud recall twte ahe
wet* awa* to fln-nw |dan> in tha mat i
--kidswn world. Hb< thought of her neither. an
hVe heraetf, "ka had bi*rftc the eotntnonplarm
hla of home till aba a-ukl hrar it a-s loneer.
TVeu had gone away in teach. a* meat anoatr'
gtrt* *r>- foeeod Us do. Had tret, bra] and
manual a per gewUciwaw. and. after a few
rear* of genuine t-ajipi.<--w n'llttmhird *va b*
much earn and p'Wih, hsdJotlew-1 him out
of the world, Imvtng b*r Ntlb child to the pro
tect* *- f her tsmthrr.
t"hritv Vv-ko-l hack over tbe long, koeiy
sreavw aba had ersent In the old ftr-r*-hs-n*r
phvi-lUur to wobool aad church, and doing ber
tusk* w{th lead Aunt D*t-ev while a cbik); aad
ak'wtv grswhnr into girlhood, with a wortd of
i*-nai< t<ckd wo ta a baart bwagrv Aw lore
aad a larger, wobier bfa.
ttbc had tried to at<p*aac ihie htine*r in ain*
wars, hot base ! Ht-Vs >selp R*r father's old
honka war* ail wise could command, and thewe
►he wore out with much r- sdlar l-.her tvt-f
his refined taetcs she Amnd nothing to attrKf
ber is tbe as—wty of the euam ; aoi and
often coarae aleat her. Kb* trmd to
lfltr the ( atom nrta whrne one ambition was
to " get marrvsd " and whoee aubfeeUs of eou
vcrsatum were " amart Uas aria " and " aMe
detwnee.*' ftbe frw-d to hr'iere thai the admtra
<*• sisd record ef th* Mntt voting fsrnwo* wree
w--si h atrivtng lor, bat when -son wsd!-to-V>
ns-ighbor lsul his acrre at her fis-l, she f.-uial
it inijs-seifite to arw|s for b* UfrV enipa-ai--n
s mail wtiose s ad waewrappod up in prt<- cat
tle and big turnh-si.
I'stele jww never om'-l f.srwive ber f-r thia
psssee of Aißy, and < Vi-fit i-lablrsss that nb*
of thror '.hires would nuroly lappa, if abs head
on there with no vent for her full heart ami
bos* mind Kbe w-uld either marry Joe Rut
ts-rAeld in abe<-r d-wpeiwtion. ami" hawaw a
farmer's houoehckl -Irudgs-; settle down into a
•our spinster, ermfetit to ms*e butler, gnsstn
and lav up mw afl bar day*, or do what
poor Matty Hi one had done, lev to crush aod
curh her norsh- and ssptraikms till the atrugpW
CTW* bio lis nl. and ibau In a At of despair, end
ber life, sud lutt > tragic story to baunt tbrir
ijtilet river.
T- wsespe these IWtes l-wt one war aptieaaed ;
us bn-ak bass from this narrow bfc ami go nut
into the world and sec what aba o-uid do for
hers If. Thia idea was full tsf enchantment for
tb eager girl. and. attar much iwrnawt th-saght
►be b*d rssobred to try it.
" If I AO. f can erwno back." alte said to her
self ►vet. while abs- ssmei tbe thought of
failure, ft* with all ber shy pride she was both
hraew and ardent, aad ber dreams were of tha
tbe crudest sort.
•• I won't marry J'W ; I won't wear tnvsctf out
in a district -ch.-J for tlx- mean stun they giro
a woman : I wont delve swwr beer wtn-rr lam
Rot wanted; and I mat end my fife Hke a
eowarvl because it is dull and hard. IU try njr
fbte as mother did. and perhaps ! may succeed
as weil " And Chris** '* thought* went Will
tlenug awar take the d<. sweet pnat when she.
a iiappr child, lived with loving parents in a
differ *nt world from that.
Loaf Id Dm* trader memories, she sat till
the old rooon-taoed ekwk behind tuudoor struck
twelve, then the iisi- <ns vanished, leasing their
bemson behind them.
As ah.: Vlanced lock wmnl at the sux-nSdertv g
fire, a *Yr>d>r ptn of fiame shot up from the
log that had bland so rtn-ertly am) ahne upoo
her aa ale- want A f-l otnen. gratefußy
sortie I than, and remembered orieu hi the
var to come.
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thacpataaadfw Ayla. Sta t raanaiwaaad Kra Yatk.
aw <Mt,n *V *l.l MRtnm
■ ■ f 1 .
Whj Jtailw Vw HaitW.
"I think s woman is tmnrntlon*
lifiuy," aaid Jcnkis*. "Wht-n Lt* *
riirbt, *hp' the npbt—rt thing thai float*.
When *bf V wrntig. •b®'* th® lugsroAt
nniMUMw thist plow* th® nan, wren if h® *
littl® mid don't draw two feet of wnter.
Perhnp* it iMi't jiwt the thing to Njr t
hoT like too, hot Ton"11 new npenk
of it if I teti yon a little something
"Oh, never ?** I assured him.
"WeH. I 'twme I might have been n
miimed man." and Jenkins Avoided my
eves by pretending to dieoover t horse
shoe in the rosd.
•Too don't ssy so r I exelnimed in
ondisgnised sstonishment, for it hsd
never ooenrred to me thst s man like
Jenkins eon Id marry
"Yam, I waited on" s girl onee."
"Wss she besuUfnl ?" I inquired.
"Well, 1 should any fair to middling."
responded Jenkins, pursing his lip*
if be determined to make a candid judg
ment. "Fair to middling, barring a
few freckles.
"But ran didnt leave her for the
"No, 1 didn't leave her for the freck
le*. She was a good girl, and I waited
on her. It dont seem pomible now
thst I rs'alv waited on a girl, bat I
did."
"And why didn't von marry her ?" I
I inquire*!, warmly.
"It wasn't her fftttlt," Mid Jenkins.
"Bbe was a gtwd girl."
"Then why didn't yon marry her?" I
inaiated.
, "Well, there was another fella w got
to hanging round, imd—you know how
such thing* go. I ww boar, and—
didn't tend up very well, I a'poee—and
j —ahe got tired waiting for me—or some
thing—and the other fellow married
i her, but I'we never hlahted her. Bhe *
J been sorry enough. I guess."
Jenkins gave a sigh of mingled regret
and pity, and the subject was dropi>od.
—"Scribner's Magazine."
Rattlesnakes Fighting.
Mr. W. H. Dickson, who lives near
'DesAre, Ark., while passing through 1.
an old field grown np with weeds, had
! his attention attracted by a noise a few
rods distant, and went to see what caus
ed it He discovered two large rattle
snakes fighting, and watching the battle
i for some time. They would raise their
hoads nearly three feet from the ground
and strike at each other, inserting their
; poisonous fangs in the bodies of each,
| and release themselves and do the same
thing over again. During the fight they
would occasionally emit a white-lookinc
flnid from their months. Mr. Dickson
shot one of them and the other escaped.
Ho afterwards found the other dead near
where the battle was fought. One of
them was five feet long, large, and had „
seventeen rattles. The other was six
feet long, slender, and had twenty-six
rattles. This is the first time he ever
heard of rattlesnakes fighting. It is
death to the victor as well as to the van
quished.
A boy, abont ten years aid, named
Lait, entered the Detroit police- station,
with anxious countenance, and to the
interrogations of the sergeant, he re
plied : " Oh, it's the old folks again,
pounding and mauling each other, and
smashing up the dishes. I've talked to
em, and reasoned with 'em, but they
keep right on. It's getting dreary np
there, and I gnesa you'd better bring
'em both in, and give 'em three months
each, and let 'em be put in separate
oella." •
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