What the Arrh-FRnd said to the Yontig
Mau.
" Wlien ronr heart ii fillet with sorrow-
And Itope therefrom has fled!
When rou look toward* the morrow
With trembling fear and dread :
When life poems bat a buhhlc
And yon uptm the bi ink
Of madness, drawn your trouble
In drink, lad, drink !
*' Wlie bow your head In ouguisli
Under woe <M want or wrong f
At noch time* fool* may languish.
But wise men grow wore strong;—
Come nvy way iut yon lea* o them,
Oo years, and with them sink !
They conquer J we'll deceive lliem !
Come diiuk, lad, (bunk !
*' That's right 1- till up a beaker
Up to tire very brim!
Trouble ? it* graep grow* wanker!
IVatli" Have no rear of Utm!
Another and another
Nay do not slop to tlunk !
•Heaven and Home and MAt her f"
•' AU lost, my lad. in drink!"
My Yxlentine,
In mid life's wearying, noonday heat.
Rise* a vieion cool ami sweet.
Of happy day*, alas 1 too ilect.
Of home beside the gray old null
Of dripping water I timing w beet
Of school house parched on .now clad lull
Of knife-hacked bench and po.rwared book
Of curly-headed Phil's aly took,
111* cautious, lckomng r. tiger creek.
Tlie billet that he shyly kissel.
Twirls through the air—light* on the Ut
Of columned w onls - sure t. be taia**!.
Two merry hearts thai brightly bleed.
Pierced with a feat her-shafled reed
A Cupid begging low's Just meed.
Borne vers.-.- m a rcrawh-ig lqje ;
" I love my love. Is her lox e mine ?
Say, wilt thou be mv Valentine.'"
Ah, happy, happy, foolish day*:
PhUtp ha* won ami tore* th* | rsin*
The wrokl give, to a poet's lay*.
1 keep the faded, scrawling line t
•' I kns my love. I* hwr kite tuine *
Is still my only V sletiiine.
Ah! Philip, do you never think
Of painted sled of ■ill pond brink -
F t in chains a-liuk ?
T well to love; well to pray
That God will give me back, scute day.
Tou and the heart you took aw ay.
MINMFS WEIHMNtI I>AY.
How we got through the dressing til
time, I (loot know. That dreadful Miss
Miukin, the milliner, never sent home
BIT veil uii nearly teu o'clock ; aud as
soon sus 111 iU put my tires?, on we dis
covered that the sal J intelligent Miss
Mink in hail left all the tacking* in. It
was a quarter to eleven before they began
to put on my veil, am! everybody knows
what a time that takes. And there WAS
poor darling Fred down in the church,
in a terrible state I WHS certain. He
had some over so early. 1 saw hiin
drive past to the church when I was
only—well, I needn't say how fax ad
vanced I was in my toilette. N'ot very
far, I know. After a great deal of fus
aation, during which I hail asked
Pipehar—Pipcher is my maid three
times for the powder puff when I meant
the pins,and four times for my goloshes
when I meant gloves—oh, dear ! what a
long sentence ! well, after all this, 1
was reedv at last.
Pipcher pulled oat the train of my
dress to its uttermost length: and leav
ing its extreme end somewhere near xuv
bedroom window. I proceeded to walk
down-stairs, concluding that I, like Bo
peep's sensible sheep, should manage
to bring my tail behind me.
Down in tho hall was dear papa,
pacing to and fro in a perfect fever of
excitement, nervousness, and sorrow ;
which, dear -.nod man. ho tried to con
ceal. but failed miserably. I suppose
he was s< rry to be losing his little girl.
Suppose ; I knew he was. Was not I
sorry—very, Tory sorry—to be leaving
him ?
He lutd ptit on his gloves twice
already, and had taken them off, and
was proceeding for the third time to Jo
likewise, when he discovered that he
had a pair of shabby old driving gloves,
instead of the white kids that were
slumbering neglected in his chest of
draws, between one very high white
collar and two very. large pocket-hand
kerchiefs. I was by no means in the
sprightly mood in which I may now
seem to be indulging. On the contrary,
I felt particularly sober, quiet and
nervous ; with a great lump surging
ever upwards iu uiv throat, and no
strength at all in my knocking knees.
" Well, my dear,' said papa, feebly
jocular—" ready at last ?"
And I, having nothing more original
to remark in response, intimated that I
was.
And so off we went. The brides
maid-* had, of course, gone down to the
church loug In-fore. I was a great deal
too frightened and flustered to say a
word to papa as he walked aloag the
garden path, and through the garden
gate into the church-yard. There was
no need for carriages. And, luckily,
the day was mild, though in the win
ter ; and bright though mild.
I cannot attempt to describe the
scene in church, I only saw a great,
misty sea of faces and parti-colored
raiment, and, in the motet of it all, mt
dear old not a bit old.
you know, really—standing and looking
very white, I fancied, but rerr loving
all the same.
The organist was playing as we moved
up the aisle ; but what, I have not the
faintest eonoeption. The only thing
that I recollect in connection with the
musical portion of the service was that
the choir seemed to l>e a Tery unneces
sarily loug time in getting through the
psalin set forth for the special service.
I also haven recollection that I poked
out the wrong flui rof the wrong hand
to receive the ring, whereat Fred got
very red and flustered ; and as, just at
this juncture, somebody dropped a
pondemas family prayer book, the
loose leaves of which fluttered grace
fully in various directions, this interest
ing portion of the marriage ceremony
waa hardly performed with befitting
dignity.
However, '* all things glad or sail"—
fSwinburnian, isn't that ?j—must have
an end. Bo an end duly came to the
service ; and, leaning on rov darling's
arm, my own true husband now for
ever ; and conseions that I was looking
very frightened, but interesting withal
—for are not all brides interesting ?—f
oassed down the aisle, through the
thronging bright faces, out into the
bright winter noon, np the garden path
into the old home. Can I describe the
kissing*, and crvings, and congratula
tions that took place in one roam, or the
breakfast bid and the speeches made in
another ; Fred's short responses, or the
rector's round rhetoris ; or the howling
of my darling dog Doddles, when Mug
gles, the waiter we had in '.from Bbuk
ton-snper-Mare, trod heavily on his tail,
in vainly endeavoring to look as though
he, the said Maggies, was not testing
the quality of papa's wine in tho corner
behind the door ?
Well, it was all over at last. The
final grain of rice—which, by the way,
lodged in Fred's left whisker—had been
thrown—we didn't go in for slippers,
von see; tha last benediction had been
bestowed by the energetic besom of
William the gardner, who stood at the
gate to catch the lastof us; and we were
at length together alone, my husband
and I. My husband ! Hew strange,
and yet how delicious it was! To think
he was now mine forever. " Till death
us do part." sounded very fond and
true. But the words conjured up no
terror of the shadow feared of man,"
Death was too far away a phantom to
be feared. And I only heard a loving
voice at my side saying—
"Darling, darling little woman 1
Mice at last!" and felt perfectly silly
with happiness accordingly.
There were plenty of villagers at their
cottage doors and windows, and many a
head bobbed beamingly at us, as we
rolled along station wards through the
winter sunlight. The station reached
—a small sleepy junction on the Exe
ter line—we got out of the carriage,pt-
{ Mired for the trial attendant npon coup
es newly wed. We should have be
trayed ourselves just the same, even if I
bad done as that dear anxious old Fred
KIU:D. KUIiTZ, Ivlitormul Proprietor.
VOL. VI.
wanted mo to do. Hut, really, to go
itwnr with old trunks ami shabby
; clothe*. No. I could not.
Wlnle Fro,l wont to get the tickets
| I s.iw ti the luggage. We were going
ito town. What better place for a win
ter houevtuoou? And wo lueatit to.ee
I a go v nl deal mooning aloiit with eves,
. month. Hint eur* open, like typical oouu
try eouaiua.
Joseph, prviporest of coachman, gave
lue an affectionate faro well. 1 don't
mean, of course, that he embraced mo;
and seeing the train tliat ;t* to l>eer us
away rapidly rearing, he fliokod Toiu
luy, the old h T<ts i>u the right flank, as
a gentle reminder for the sake of the
family to look smart. With a groat
deal of exceedingly and, aa 1 think, tn
i necessary noiae, the train came slowly
in, groaning a* if in jxaiu.
fhe next thing was to secure a ooupo
to ourselrea-at least, Fred seemod to
think so. After the passing of sundry
small coin, ami having run the gauntlet
of the inquisitive, surly, amused, and
. indifferent op_oug the paancngera wo
i succeeded; and found ourselves eom
' fortably ensconced, with all our small
traps about us. And when the truiu
| moved off, and my darling'. hand came
feeling softly for uiy waist, and then
stole lovingly around it, I forgot to be
scandalized, (why, iudeed, should I
have been?) and laid my nose on the
shoulder of his shaggy Ulster, and. felt
a* delightfully happy and as delioiously
frightened as anv silly little bride of a
few hours could be.
"Swindon ! Swindon! Stop here five
inmates." I was far too comfortable to
care lo get out. Resides Fred said he
would bring me something from the re
freshment rooms, lie would insist on
my having some sherry to keep the cold
out. The five minutes' delay exacted
by the contract of the vendor of vile
commodities had nearly expired. I
had put my lips to the sherry, w hieh
Freu finished, to get the sweetness, as
the silly fellow said, w hieh my lips had
left in the glass. He had restored that
article to its proper place and owuer,
and was just stepping into the carriage
when he suddenly turned, exclaiming—
" By Jove! I've left my "
The words were lost iu the diu. 1
saw the baize-covered door swing on
him as he passed through into the re
freshment rooms. I looked eagerly af
ter him; for I hated his being out of my
sight for a moment. Would he never
come?
A station bell rang violently. Several
guards and porters shouted "any more
going on?" The engine shrieked, and
moved. I started xp. helpless almost
by reason of the rugs so carefully folded
round me. 1 poshed past the passen
gers in the other coujie in the most un
ceremonious manner, put my head out
of the window. We were moving swift
ly awav now. The last advertisement
board had vanished behind ns, and all I
saw was my darliug Fred, now faraway
in the distance, frantically gesticulating
in the midst of a knot of porters, and, I
am afraid swearing terribly. My fel
low passengers tried to console me, but
I turned a deaf and ungrateful euto
their consolations, and got back to my
corner, nulled to the coupe door, and,
burying my head in the blue w mdow
curtain, utterly regardless of "my new
bonnet, cuml copiously iu my misery.
Wnat was I to do? Should I go on
to Faddington, and wait Fred's arrival
at the hotel we had fixed ujxjn ? I could
not. Hew could 1 meet the waiters and
chambermaids, a bride without her
bridegroom ? Should 1 wait at the I'ad
dingtou t< rrninx-- ? Should I get out
at the next station, and take the first
down-train back to Swindon? Should
I—-oh! what should I do, with all the
luggage looking so terribly new and
fresh; and my-elf, in my smart, new
things, an unmistakable case of brido ?
And by this tinis my gloves were quite
spoiled by the tears that were llowing
reckless!v and liberally dowu my woe
begone cheeks
What would Fred do ? If he were to
telegraph to the hotel to meet me on my
supposed arrival, what would the people
af the hotel think ? But perhaps lie
would send a message to Dideot to catch
me there. This possibility cheered me
considerably. So I dried my tears,
smoothed my disordered hair, pinched
my bonnet into its pristine shape, blew
my nose, and sat Ixilt upright iu readi
ness for Didcot; for by this time we
were visibly slackening speed. I let
down the window for two reasons: in
hopes that the fresh air would blow
awsy the traces of my tears; and in or
der "to be perfectly prepared to jump
out on the welcome platform, which 1
felt sure would restore my husband to
ma Before the train had come to a
stand-still, I had beckoned a porter to
me, and as he ran along the still moving
train, I managed to gsp out, in a voice
indistinct through excitement—
" Has a telegram come for me ?"
The man looked aghast.
" Has a telegram come for me ?" I re
peated, impatiently.
" What name, Miss ?"
To be called " Miss," too! Before,
however, I could answer him, I heard a
loud voice, a few carriages from mine,
asking— •
"Is there any lady here named
Douglas ?"
I could scarcely restrain myaelf from
bursting out of the carriage. He came
nearer, asking as he came. I leaned
out, and, as the man stood opposite me,
almost snatched what I rightly guessed
to be a telegram out of his hands.
" Yes!" I answered, "my name is
Douglas. Open the door, please, anil
take out my things."
Little fool that I was! Why did I not
carefully read the telegram first ? I only
glanced at Hie commencement of the
message: " Amcominy by next train."
When all my things were taken out of
the carriage, (as for the heavy luggage,
I forgot that entirely), when the train
had begun to move-—in fact, when it
was too late—l read the remainder of
; the telegram, which ran thus: " Wait
for me at Paddington.'*
It was only the presence of numerous
passengers and porters on the platform
that prevented me, there and then, from
bursting into tears. I restrained myself,
and the bitterness was the more Hitter.
What was to lie done? When did the
next train pass through Didcot? In
about an hour. Of course it stopped ?
" No ; that's the fast train through
only stops at Hwindon and Reading,"
was the consoling answer I received to
my inquiries. I could wot leave Didcot
for nearly two hours. At this I retired
to the waiting-room, and, sitting down
in a dark corner, gave way. I couldn't
help it. This was my "marriage day.
And my darling was not with me. Per
haps I should never see him again.
Perhaps there would be an accident.
Perhaps—perhaps—anil my fears came
afresh ; and I sat in my misery, feeling
utterly lost and forsaken ; and as differ
ent a creature from the happy bride of
a few short hours ago as could possibly
be conceived.
Presently a porter came in to light
the gas. it was ouite dark by this time.
I asked him to call me when the express
was coming. The man eved me as if he
suspected I contemplated suicide. I
satisfied neither his surmises nor sua-*
picions. I would have an eager gaze at
the train as it passed ; perhaps I might
get a glimpse of my darling.
The time went slowly by, and I sat
fiercely staring at the fire through my
tears. At last the porter called me.
" Now, Miss !"— Miss again !—"the
express is coining."
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
> I rushed out. I took up my position
where a miserable lamp oast a sickly
glare- the best in the station -on the
lino a hero the truiu must pas*. Ou it
r o.uuo—the two great rod lam{>* ou the
■ engine sit tiling like giant's eyes iu the
• ui :lit. I Inuit eugerlv forward, in spite
, Of the vv truilivs of the suspicious jx>r
tor, who seemed determined to keep an
eye on me. Quo by one tlto lighted
• carriage* went by. Not there ! Not
t there ! Not there ! Quicker than it
; t.ikea to describe tin*, the lut carriage
> whizzed by. And there, agiunst the
window, I saw my darling's profile. Ho
vi. ,s staring straight before him, moodily
• |vera*iug the hit rack At least, Una
! we* my impression, from this moment
ary glimpse 1 got. Of course he did not
see me, Ins poor, loving, foolish little
wife, standing on the bleak Didcot plat
form, in the darkening night. He could
not know her ; with sinking heart i got
back to the dingy waiting-room, back to
HIT chair and my tears. And tins was
my wedding day !
It was ui>oat eight o'clock. I stood
ou the Paddiugton platform. The weary
Waiting was id lougth over. 1 should
take u cab to our hotel, and find my
durliug. When I came to take out my
traps, 1 found uiy traveling-hag was
mi-sing. 1 must have left it at Didcot.
Aud all my keys and moncv were in it !
After endless trouble, t found the
guard iu charge of the down-train, which
wa* Hist ou the point of startiug. I
gave him instructions, aud he promised
uie mv bag, if it was to be found, early
the next morning. Having given the
name of my hotel, and a substantial
assistance to his memory, 1 stood
absently watching the departing train,
while a porter put my things in a cab ;
when there, in a first-eta'a carriage, in
the act of wrapping himself iu a rug,
was Fred, going back in search of his
lost little wife !
" Fred ! Fred !" I screamed, regard
less of appearances ; and with out
stretched hands 1 rushed towards tin.'
carriage window. My foot slipped, my
head seemed to be whirling round, anil
I fell. A surging noise thundered iu
my ears, and then a voice said:—
"Well, little darling what's the mat
ter ?"
" Where are we I rasped.
" Close to Haddington," laughed
Fred. " Feel lietter after your nap,
darling ?"
So 1 had only been asleep and dream
iag I
Fraudulent Substitution.
A typical case is one recorded in con
nection with the celebrated Jean Maris
Farina, the inventor of the famous Fan
de Cologne. The following character
ir.tic story is current. A London dealer j
in perfumes, it is said, betook himself |
to Cologne, with a view of purchasing i
a plentiful stack of the genuine article, j
OB arriving he found the old town ;
swarming with Jean Marias, each aud !
all of them pretending to bo the genuine
descendants of the origiiial inventor, |
and of course the sole possessors of the '
irujvortant secret. What should he do ?
How was it possible for him to select
the right man among so uiauv ? After
long {Hindering the matter, lie makes
up his mind. He goes to one of the
most respectable looking establish
ments, iutrvnluces himself to the pro
prietor, and qfter a little preliminary
chat, enters on business. This portly
German assures hiui he has applied to
the right man; but these assurances do
not altogether allav the suspicions of
the Englishman. "The latter, notwith
standing, buys to a moderately large
amount, rccvivi * an invoice of the goods,
aud hands over a check for the sum due.
"Now," thinks he, "this plausibln fel
low will be frank enough to tell ine the
truth, seeing that he has my money," i
—and he puts the question to hi in— 1
" Are you really and truly the actual 1
proprietor of this property—the lawful
inheritor of the original .lean Maria—
or are you not ? You see, we have done
our business; you have the cash, and
may tell me the truth." The other j
hein'd and coughed and stroked his
moustache, I*lW<hl graciously, "washed
his hands with invisible soap in imper- !
ceptible water," as Ilood has it, ana st I
length with a kind of greasy smile, and >
a manifest securing reluctance, ac j
knowledged that there was—yes, he wits
' obliged to confess that there was* one,
only one, person in Cologne who hqd a
claim for priority over himself. " You
will g.ve me hia address ?" said the
Englishman. "Certainly, as von hnvc
so liberally dealt with me." fie hand
ed ov< r the address. The Englishman
badeliiin farewell, and driving off to
the place at once, there made large pur
chases to ten times the amount at least t
! which he had paid to his informant, i
and then returned well pleased to his j
hotel, considering that, on the whole, i
he had transacted his business satisfae- '
torilv. But while dining at his hotel, ;
he fell into conversation with a eonti
nental traveler, who knew Cologne well,
and all the ins aud outs of tho traffic ,
there carried on. The Londoner made J
a confidant of Iris new acquaintance and :
1 j informed him somewhat boastfully of !
the shrewd transaction of the morning, j
• M Oh!" said the other, "it is really a
pity to disabuse you; but you have i
been a little too fast—both the houses
you have dealt with to-day brlony to thr
' same proprietor; he is a very clever
' fellow, I assure yon."
1
Stuck with his Cargo.
' An American ship, the Kingin, wont
' into Singapore with I,7<X) coolies on
board. Her captain (Deville) was to
' receive 81(1,0(10 on delivery of his cargo
there; but, the 810,000 not being forth
" coming on his arrival, bo prudently
concluded to hold the coolies as collat
' crnl.
• After two weeks' trial iie finds it a
' rather troublesome job. His steamer
J is broiling under s tropical sun, recking
' and fuming with 1,700 coolies on Imard,
1 some above decks, some below, swarm
• ing down over tho side, dipping up wu
• i tor iu bucket* to cool themselves, and,
1 finally driven to desperation by the
1 sweltering iieat, they commenced jnnip
• ing overboard to try aud swim ashore,
and thus escape the torments to which
they were subjected on board. Tho
J persevering captain, determined to
maintain his hold on his collateral till
; his fto.ooo is paid, applied to the Uni
ted States Consul for aid, but in vain.
' He had no authority to aid him in col
| leeting his debt or holding his slippery
' collateral. He soon surrounded his
' steamer with a flotilla of floating small
• craft to catch the flying, or rather swim
ming, fugitives. As fast as they are
' | picked up on one side they jump off on
• the other, till one is reminded by the
• lively scene of the fisher boy witn his
apronful of the slippery finny tribe—as
f ; fast as lie picks up one another slips
' out, till tlie fun becomes positively ex
' citing.
' It would really be amusing, a corres
pondent writes, were it not so serious a
k | matter.
i In St. Louis last Sunday a gentleman
5 sitting in a barber's chair, while being
I lathered, observed the knight of the
- razor every now and then throw some
t soflp suds out of the mug upon the
t floor, and set his foot upon them. The
barber explained to him that there were
1, a lot of little snakes in the mug, aud
' that they kept crawling upon the brush,
but the gentleman thought he would go
;, out and get apaper before being shaved,
and he went.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1873.
It t* nearly four centuries since the
first colony of Europeans wus planted
in the island of .Santo Doming.) by the
Grand Admiral of Spam. Tin- iuu*l
beautiful, delightful, and bounteous of
all the iHlaiidH of the Western Main on
which his eve* had looked, it was railed
" Tile t'ladle of the New World." Ht-rc
: he fondly hoped to found an empire for
his sovereign, whose glories would
eclipse alt the splendors of the East.
The hope wus not extravagant. No
where lias Nature been more lavish of
her gifts. A mild and salubrious cli
mate, a soil which produce* spont.me
ou*ly richer harvest* than aYe forced bv
skillful husbandry in other land*, rtcL
i in the precious ori H, the island seemed
designed to be the abode of huppinesH
and prosperity. At the lime of its dia
oovcry it wan inhabited by a peaceful,
docile race, naturally indolent, but,
when roused, capable of energetic ac
tion, who might nave been educated by
just treatment to take their place among
civilized peoples.
The rapacity and cruelty of the inva
ders prevented the realisation of these
lofty hopes. Years of bloodshed and
oppression crushed the native race out
of existence. The sccoud century after
the discovery of the island had scarcely
j begun when the last of theui disap
peared. The oouqtiorors thought only
jof present gam. Their policy was to
squeeze as much as possible for them
selves out of the island, leaving poster
ity to shift for itself. Wars aud revo
lutions lent their aid in tho work of
' denotation, and made the " l'aradiso of
the New World" a pandemuuiuui of
; cruelty and hideou# wrong, ho far
from reaching the splendid development
which Colnmbns luqx'd for it, the isl
and is at tin# day ahnustaa backward in
the art* of civilization and peace as it
was when the luxrwlcsa race of savages,
less savage than their conquerors, idled
away their atntlea* lives under ltsgema!
skies. Its fertile plains lie untitled,
it* rich mines withhold their wealth.
There is not a plow on the whole island,
aud the only steam-engine ever erected
there was destroyed by the Spaniards in
iB6O. Immense forests of tnahoganv
I and other prxcious woods sink, utilised,
to decaf.
An hi)*, thriftless population, debased
by superstition and ignorance, encum
ber the soil thev kuow net how uur can
to cultivate. Vet the island itself is
still s paradise. Nowhere iu the world
is to be found a more delicious climate,
more beautiful landscapes, a more
bounteous soil; and now that American
enterprise lias been directed thither, the
dreams of the Grand Admiral mav yet
lie realized. Though lying xutiiin a
week's voyage from New York, its de
plorable condition has kept it an almost
unknown country; and when, ia 1871,
the United States Commissioners went
down to ascertain the sentiment of the
people with regard to annexation, and
report ujioii tlie capabilities of the isl
and, they mav tie said to hare redis
covered the island.
Coasting along the shores where Co
lumbus found populous villages, a cor
respondent saw but scanty signs of
human activity. Luxurious fore*(arise
between the sea-shore and the mountain
range# which divide the island. The
maguificent bay of Samaria, at the < ast
ern end, present* scene* of marvelous
tropical lieaiitr, but of comparative sol
itude. The e!d city of Santo Domingo,
one of the earliest Eimq>enti settle
ments in the New World, stands on the
shore of this bay. Here is the grand
old cathedral, where the bones of Co
lumbus rested for more than two cen
turies; the massive walls built by Ovnn
do; tlie ruins of the house erected by
Diego Columbus, tho admiral's son;
and a curious well, constructed by hi*
brother BarUJoinc. It is a place which,
in it# decay, bring# back the memory of
manv a stirring episode in tlie history
of Bpanish conquest, and there is ect
tainiy no place in the New World of
greater interest. In ita fallen state it
retain# its unrivaled beauty; but long
years of adversity and revolution have
impoverished the old city, killing all
enterprise, and destroying all sense of
security.
Tlie correspondent"# account of the
Vega Real, or Royal Plain, lying be
tween the two monntnin ranges which
traverse the island from end to ead,
reads like the description of some en
chanted vallev. The name waa given to
it by Columbus, who was enraptured
with the glorious view that burst upon
him on reaching the summit of the Han
to Cerro, or Sacred Hill. In this plain
is the principal agricultural wealth of
the island; here is grown the grout crop
of tobacco which finds a market in
Hamburg; here are the rieh cocoa plan
tations; and here are the largest and
most thriving towns— Cotroy, La Vega,
and Santiago. Here, too, is the centre
of the raining interest, gold and iron
being found in the neighboring moun
tains.
From the Dominican part of the isl
and the correspondent proceeded to the
western division, occupied by the negro
republic of Hayti. I'liia end of the
magnificent island is iu a far worse con
dition than the eastern. All the signs
of the old French civilization are disap
pearing. There are no manufactures,
the government is bankrupt, tho roads
and bridges are falling into decay, the
towns are in ruins, ami the men are fil
ing on the industry of the women. Yet
the climate and the soil are favorable to
the most abnndnnt culture of tropical
productions. Tobacco, cotton) sugar
cane, ami coffee might be grown in
abundance; but the indolent populntioa,
easily satisfied, are content to subsist
on the spontaneous gifts of the glorious
climate. Where the orange, the ban
ana, the eocoa-nnt, the plantain, grow
of their own accord the natives have lit
tle incentive to labor.
The island once supported a popula
tion estimated at half a million; itcould
sustain upward of two millions in com
fort and plenty; but civil turmoils,
misgovmimcnt, and all the evils arising
from a degraded state of religion and
education linvo conspired ugninst pro
gress and development in every form.
The towns aro decaying. The fertile
lands lie waste. Huts in every state of
dilapidation bespeak the character of
the people. Except in the towns,
wheeled vehicles are unknown, and
produce is carried to market on mules
and donkeys. Yet in no country in the
world does nature bestow her gifts with
n more lavish hand. There every thing
flourishes as if it laved to grow. H o
the luxuriance of forest growths there,
and think what wisely directed enter
prise and capital might do in a country
where the soil and climate are so propi
tious! The new Romans Roy Company
have a glorious opportunity. The com
pany will have, according to the report
of the commissioners, " exclusive juris
diction for its officers and tribunals,
executive, legislative, and judicial, in
the poninsuln of Romans, ami over the
waters, islands, and reefs of the boy."
It is empowered to impose and collect
its own duties, taxes, port charges, etc.,
for its own use. Traffic with any other
portion of the republic is to be secured
to the merchants, " without any dis
criminating imposts whatever. Under
these auspices the island may Again
deserve tne name it once bore—-the
"Paradise of the New World."
The Kentucky Senate has passed s
bill prohibiting "the sale of liquor on
Sunaay.
kanto Domingo.
Tran*idautinx FUh.
At tho ehio of navigation by ico the
water i* drawn from the canals in the
vicinity of Rochester, New York, and
vast uutnWnt of lUh nceumtilale in the
great burins pear that city. Formerly i
tin -a- fiili became the spoil of slicit
fishermen a* ehose '• net th-iu for the
market. A few [years since the ilanal
("oiitnriuiioner*, ueting under the advice
iof Horatio Seymour, H. B. Roosevelt,
and others, gave the right of finhing in
ilu-a< water* exclusively to tho Gotnmis-
Molier* of the State. Their superin
tendent, Mr. Seth Green, at ouoe ar
ranged to secure these fish by mean* of
nets drawn beneath tho ice. The fish
i thus taken were plaexi in largo wooden
ears or tank*, which were kept beneath
'lie ice, and proaenred tho fish in perfH*t
oouditiou. Circular* statiug the varie
ties of fib ami tho description of water
to which they were suited were dis
tributed, nuil citizen# of the Slate were
invited to come to Rochester, bringing
barrel* or milk-cans, to convey such
fish as might be desirable for the waters
of their immediate iieighliorhood. The
fish are delivered to theui at Rochester
without cost.
The follow ing varieties are deemed
most favorable for stocking the general
waters of the Likes and stream* of New
York and the Middle States : I. Wall
eyed pike ; 2, Oswego bass; 3. White
fish; 4. Yellow perch; ft. Rock liaa*;
ti. Black baa*. Ine ruck bass must not
be confounded with the fi*h of that
name taken in the Delaware and further
South.
Waters suitable to Rie black baa*
should not be left untucked any more
than land which ia in jicrfect condition
for cropping, and it is a matter of doubt
which will yield the lietter return. Seth
Green, an authority ou fish-culture, and
a person of intimate knowledge of the
habits of all description* of fish, gives
numerous illustrations of the wonderful '
increase of black bass ami kindred fish,
lie instauooaa small lake in Westchester j
county, in which twenty-four baaa were
place,l by him. Tin* lake was not sfihrd
during four years, at the end of which
time a toil weight of fine black bass
were taken with hook and line during a
single season, ami this dram did not
diminish the supply during the succeed
ing summer. Each year gives an in
creased yield, affording excellent sport
ami a nutritious article of food.
The favorite mode of atockiug a lake
or stream is for a number of persona
residing in the vicinity to make a con
tribution with which "to defray the cx
jM-uses of one of their nnmixrr, who,
proceeding to Rochester with proper
vessel* for trau*i>rting the fish, will
receive such seed-fish from Mr. Ketli
Green as in his judgment arc best suited
to tlie location which it is proposed to
stock. Twentv dollar* ia, as a general
thing, an am]>!c fund to cover all ex
pense of travel and transjvortation of
the fish.
The oeed-fiah mav be obtained until
the month of Marrh, or until the ice at
the distributing station become* too
weak to la-ar tin- men engaged in secur
ing the stock. Iu dcjtoaiting the fish it
is advissble to place them, if in a lake,
at a distance from the outlet, or in the
highest still water of a stream.
The black baaa deposits its spawn in
Mar, the Ixxl being watched by the fe
mnlo ami kept free from intruders.
From three to ait dava, dejiemling on 1
the teiu)M'rnture of tiie water, are re
quired to hatch the ova, after which the
female brood* her young, and keejis at
a distance such fi- h as may desire to
lunch on her fry. At the eml of twelve
months these fry will each weigh m
quarter of a pound ; at the close of the
second year upward of a pound. The
third spring they cast their spawn, and
the lake or stream may be thrown open
for fix lung with hook or hue, hut never
to the net, unless you desire to exter
minate the steck, which will otherwise
yield a never-failing supply of desirable
food.
During the year 1872 Mr. Green de
livered no lew* than seventy thousand
fish for seed purposes.
An Engll-h Pletnrc.
Some striking revelations, which,
happily, compare favorably with the
eonditioo of some New York tenement
houses in the Fourth Ward, reach us
from a country village in Dorsetshire,
England. A laborer of that place wss
summoned for a nuiftmee, owing to the
filthy condition and obscene habits of
himself and family. The cottage which
he occupied consisted of two small
rooms, each about nine feet square. |
Both had no fire-places, and but one
small window; in the lower room the
side furniture was n small table, in the
upper an indescribably filthy blanket
ami chaff mattress, which was shared by
the defendant snd his grown-up son
and daughter. It may be conjectured
what was the morality of people living
under such conditions, and a few ques
tions from the testimony will sufficient
ly illustrate the iguorancc of the girl:— j
'the Chairman (to the prisoner's daugh
ter, a wretched girl in rags): How old
are von ? Prisoner: I don't know. The
Chairman (to the prisoner): How old
is she? l*risoner: I don't know; she's
called Maria; but she's never been to
school. Mr. Bell: I Itclieve she is
about 18 years of age. The Rev. Carr
J. Olyn (to the girl): Would von like
to lead a Wttcr life if we get you a
place? Oirl: No. The Chairman:
Cannot von pet a lodging somewhere
else? (lirl: No. Prisoner; Yes, yon
can; I'll get yon lodgings snd pay for
them. The cause of the wretched ease,
however, was uoi their poverty, since
the father and son were earning gi>od
wages. Such n case of crime and de
pravity is a disgrace to England.
A Fable.
A veleano having discharged a few
million tons of stones upon a small
villag l , asked thf mayor if he thought
that a tolerably good supply for build
ing pur]>oses.
" I think," replied that functionary,
" if you give us another dash of granite,
and just a pinch of old red sandstone,
we could manage with what yon have
alreadv done for ns. We would, how
ever, be grateful for the loan of your
ernter to bake bricks."
Oh I certainly ; parties serve at their
residences," Yhen, after the man had
gone, the mountain added, with min
gled lava and contempt, " The most
insatiable people I ever contracted to
supply. Tiiey shall not have another
pebble I"
He banked Lis fires, and in six weeks
was ns cold as a neglected pudding.
Then might you have seen the heaving
of the surfacc-lKHihlers as the people
began stirring, forty -fathoms beneath.
When you have got enough of any
thing, make it manifest by asking for
some more. You won't get it.
Orn Eyes.—A yonng lady wha let
her lids drop on being spoken to tender
ly by a yonng gentleman is nnxious to
recover them, and offjrs a handsome
reward for their restoration. A nauti
cal gentleman of her acquaintance as
snrea her that they could not have been
properly lashed on or they would not
Lave been lost.
The Cortes' Committee on the aboli
tion of slavery in Porto Rico has declar
ed in favor oi granting owners an aver
age indemnity of €250 per slave.
A Singular Marriage Case.
Iu the Court of Common Ileaa of
Philadelphia Judge Ludlow rendered
iu the
case of the t'lty vs. Williamson, fur de
sertion. Ttria ease present* u number
of questions, all of tlieii) inter, sting,
1 and <n| view of the foots proved some
what novel. The real p] mat iff here is a
woman who alleges llist she married de
feudaut, lived with him us her huslamd
for sixteen years am! was mother by
him of seven children, nil of whom are
now dead except two, and one of the
survivors appeared Willi hia mother iu
! court. The defendant does not deny
that he wuut thruugu tiie ccivtuouy of
marriage with this woman, and that the
ccremouy was performed by a Catholic
priest in a private room at Antrim, in
Ireland, at or near the place of the then
residence of the parties. The cohabi
tation and birth cT children during the
period of sixteen year* is admitted; but
the defendant declares he is aud always
has been a I'rotestaut, and as
a fist bar to tJus motion an English
statute, passed iu the nineteenth year
of the reign of Oeorgo IL, which de
clares (chapter 13, section 11, "That
every marriage that shall lie celebrated
after the Ist day of May, 17V), between
a Papist aud any person who bath been,
or hath professed htm or herself to be a
Protestant at any time wutlun twelve
mouths las fore such celebratiuu of mar
riage, or between two Protestants, if
celebrated by a Popii-li priest, shall be
and ia hereby declared absolutely null
nml void to all intent# and purj-iM-*,
without any pnwvas, judgment or i<Mi*
teuee of law whatsoever.. A* a con sc
our uce it has been apgned that the chil
dren of these parries are bastards, ami
their mother nothing more than a con
cubine.
Story, in his Conflict of Laws <p. 85,
87, 91 ami 92 1, in substance maintained
' that whenever the laws of a foreign
country are in violation of the laws of
i God, sound principle# of morals or
settled principled of public liolicy, tbej
will not be recognised. We shall not
be told that a husband aud father may
oumr into this jurisdiction, make it his
domicile, and then, when followed by
his wife aud children, shall deliberately
turn them all out upon the cold charity
lof the world, proclaiming that every
right has been destroyed by virtue of an
. antiquated statute.
The evideuo* hers seems to he, at
Itest, in doubtful eoudiUou upon one
point, hut the weight of it aeesit to es
tablish the fact that this defendant con
sidered himself a good enough Catholic
to contract this marriage; tolire nnmo
' lesled bv any legal authoritr; tolxvenma
the father of **ren children by thin
wife; nor did the defendant li*eover '
how thorough s Pmtestsnt he was until
it became convenient to abamhm his
wife, establish a denial here aud con
tract another marriage with a woman in
this country.
It gives n.e great judicial satisfaction
to tie enabled, upon the facta before me,
to render a decision in favor of this ;
wife, to make this faithless husband
and father, who did not hetuiaie to
brand hia own offspring in an ojx-n court
of justice as a bastard, to ituder*taitd
that justice ia administered here and
that his conduct docs not fail, in the
moat unequivocal manner, t> meet with
the stcrnret and most uncompromising j
judicial condemnation. The Court or
ders the defendant to give security for
the maintenance of hi* wife.
Religious (rimi of England.
The liondim Xonconfirrttu*t but now
completed its religious eeusn*. and
published UI'IM showing the religious
accommodation fuinih*d in eighty
four towns of England and Wnlea, ex
cluding the metropolis. The population
of the eighty-four towns is S,fll9Ui
The number" of places of worship is
4.843 ; the number of sitting* is 2,644,-
848, and tlie proportion of sittings to
population is 44 per rest Adopting
Uie old rule that only 58 per cent of
the eulire popnUtiou require religious
accommodation, by reason of tlie mice*-
sary absence of children, invalids, and
others, it would appear tlist there is s
deficiency in these eighty-four towns of
oulv 14 per cent. In the e>iini* of
1861, which his been token as the basis
of the comparison now instituted, no
separate returns were made for seven
of these towns, and consequently a
comparisiiu can now only ls< made in
the case of seventy-seven of them. This
comparison shows that in the last
twenty-one years there has leeu an in
crease of 1,527 plmees of worship, and
of 829,337 sittings. Hie population of
the towns haa increased at tlie rate of
34 per rent., while the religions accom
modation haa augmented at tlio rate of
49 per cent. The comparison as be
tween the Established Church and the
unestablishcd churches foots up as fol
lows: Established Church, 1,508 placer
of worship, 1,040,672 sittings ; urn-stab
halted churches. 3,335 places of wor
ship, 1,603,8."! sittings; m favor of un
estahlished churches, 1,327 places of
worship, 563,179 sittings. Thus it ap
jx-ars that in these eighty-four towns,
with sn aggregate population of nearly
6,000,000, the Establishment provides
two-fifths of the means <if public wor
ship, and the religious bodies outside
of the Establishment three-fifths. Tlie
increase of the various religions bodies
within these twenty-one years is stated
to lie aa follows: The Established
Church, 34 per cent. ; tlie Human Cath
olic Church, 80 per rent; the Uni
tarians, 34 per oent; the Wesley ana,
34 per eejit. ; tlie CougrcgatioiialisU,
60 per cCirt.; and the Baptists, 53 per
cent.
A Feeling Tribute.
A Philadelphia editor thus relieves
i his mind on a subject familiar to all
newspaper offices—the inevitable l*ub.
Doc.: "We owe our thanks to Judge
Kelley for the latest Patent Office re
j ports. We already lwive sixteen hun
dred of these interesting volumes in
I our little library, but they have
read and re-read so many tunes that we
know every page of them by heart.
This new volume came opportunely and
grntefnlly on Christmas morning, and
that night we gathered our little family
around the fire and read it through to
them. The affecting tale entitled ' Im
provement in Monkey Wrenches,'
seemed to touch every livart, snd when
we came to the climax of the little story
about ' Reversible Pieboards," there
was not n dry eya between the front
door and the stable.* During the read
ing of the piteous narrative entitled
' (lain Washers for Carriage Axles,' the
whole family gnve expression to bois
terous emotion, and the hired girl waa
so much excited that alio lost her pres
ence of mind, and went around to her
mother's inadvertently with six pounds
of sugar and a butter kettle full of
flour, and eaino home at midnight in
toxicated. We can never sufficiently
thank Jndge Kelley for the innocent j
enjoyment thus furnished us. The i
memory of that happy evening will 1
finger in our minds very much longer
than that hired girl ever, lingers when
she lights on a lot of. substance which
she thiuks will suit the constitution of
her aged parents."
A certain little damsel being aggra
vated beyond endurance by her brother,
plumped down upon her knees and
cried, "O, Lord, blees my brother Totn.
He lies, he steals, he swears ; all boys
do; as girls don't; Amen."
Term®: 0*2.00 a Year, in .Advance.
Witchcraft.
It was in Germany that lite belief in
witchcraft aeema to liave first taken that
dark, systematical form which held so
fearful a sway over men'* mind* in the
sixteenth and seventeeth centuries.
There the wilder superstitious of the
ancient Teutonic creed have been pre
served iu greater force than iu *nv oth
er part of Europe. Tlie pious legends
of Cmsartus of Hr jstrrbach, who flour
ished in the earlier part of the thir
teenth century, are lutle lietter than a
mas* of stories of magic and sorcery.
. Tlie imaginative feelings of the people,
and the wild eharaater of many part s of
| the country, were peculiarly calculated
to foster superstitious of this charac
ter.
In fscf, we mar there trace back dis
tinctly most of the circumstance* of the
earlier belief relating to witchcraft to
the mythology of thr ante-Christian pe
riod. The grand night of meeting oi
the Germau witches was the Night of
Bt. Wulpurgis, which answer* d U> one
of the religious festivals of the Teu
-1 tonic trilies before their contention. In
after times two other night* of annual
assemble were added—those of the
fount* of Bt. John aud St. Bartholomew.
It i probable that, as Cbrtsriauity gain
ed ground, and been established as tiis
the religion of the state, the old reli
gious festival*, to wbii b the lower and
mere ignorant pari of the people, and
particularly tlie weaker sex (more sun
cepuhle of superstitious feelings j, were
still attached, ware celebrated in solita
ry places and iu private, aud those who
frequented them were branded as witch
es and sorcerers, who met together to
hold communication with demons, for
as such the earlier Christians Itokcd
upon all the heathen gods. This give*
us an easy explanation of tlie manner in
. which the heathen worship became
transformed into the w itch craft of the
middle agt-s.
At an early period it waa common) v
believed that the witches pale through
the air to place of reudezroua on reeds
and stick*, or on brooms, which latter
. were the articles readiest at hand to
women of Uris classic society. The
chief place of meeting of the great an
nua! witch festivals m Germany appears
to have been, from an early period, the
Bracken Mountain, the highest part of
the wild Hartz chain: but there were
several other places of resort.
The persons believed to liar* been
initiated at tbeiraMaembiies were looked
1 upon vntli dread; for they were sup
posed to be capable of injuring people
in various way*, both in their persons
ami their possessions, and their malice
was especially directed against little
1 children.
One of the earliest trials for witch
craft, unconnected with other offences
on the Continent, is that of a woman in
the bishopric of Novsra, on the north
ern border* of Italy, aboat the middle
of the fourteenth century: and it illus
trates the general belief which also pre
vailed in Germany at tliat period.
I (appear*, from the slight account
which remains of the trial, that the I ve
il ithen held by the Church was. that
women of this' class could by their
touch or look fascinate men, or chil
dren, ar beast*, so as to produce sick
ness or death; and tlicy believed fur
ther, that they had devoted their own
souls to the denicn, to whom also they
bad done personal homage, after baring
trampled under foot the figure of the
cross For these offenses they were
judged by the most learned theolo
gians to be worthy of being burnt at tkc
stake
Hie ( cots bone to the Dogs.
The New Orleans Titttr* tells the fol
lowing at the expense of one of tlte
leading reaidenU of that cite, wlio wan
known aa a nnscr, and at the time of
his death, a few Tears ago, was found to
l>o worth a round million more than had j
lieen reputed :
A certain beverage, dispensed at fire 1
cents a glaaa, and which had been a few
years in vogue in our city, had loug ex
cited the curiosity of our friend, until
at last it overcame that prudence which j
we called above by another name. One
balmy morning be was seen at the cor
ner of ('amp street and Natchez alley,
where the late R. F. Nichols in those
days kept his ixqmlar establishment,
ap]>arently in au uneasy state of mind,
ami was presently observed to pass
softly in. This was the first and ouly
time such a circumstance evei happened,
and it was not strange that a few jx-des
triaus should find themselves uncon
sciously standing together outside,
watching. It need not be supposed the
old spendthrift faced tliat way, or in
curred auy danger of discovering that
he wa* detected, or raised his eyes high
enough to encounter any stray smile
that might have been playing on the
face of the little fellow who waited on
him that idle morning. Indeed, aooner
than we write it, the tiling, for better
or worse, was done, and the victim
. ro.ichcd a conscious state in time to re
ceive various queer salutations and
. greetings passing ut. The next day a
friend passing his bachelor's room, and
who had no knowledge of the previous
incident, heard him speaking very
, earnestly, aa if in a quarrel, and. ac
companying his words, plying a rawhide
with vigor and effect. The flogging
abated, and breathless, and apparently
in pain, the operator, in slow snd bro
ken sentences, soliloquised: "Will vou
do it again, yon extravagant, prodigal
rascal? Fin- cent* gone to the dogs.
What would yonr credit be good for, if
it should become known ? Would luiy
body trust you ? Wouldn't you die a
beggar, as you ought ?" And, presently,
calling himself by his Christian name,
r its abridgement, he responded, con
ceding the wrong, ami delivering him
sol/ iu a solemn way of a "sacred oath"
never to repent the offense—" no;
uever, never. He sentenced himself
also to confinement at home that dny,
but the next reappeared to receive
various queer congratulations which
perplexed him.
Rrsn.-rs or a Railroad Aootdrvt.—
In tin* yesr 1857 a terrible railroad acci
dent occurred at a junction on the
Michigan Central Railroad, near Chi
cago, forty persona being killed. The
Ufinois Legislature, then in session,
took the matter up, and passed a law
requiring, as in this State, the stopping
of all trains at that and similar places.
A sharp Chieagoan, seeing a ehauoc for
speculation, concluded it would be a
good thing to invest there, and he did
so, paying S3O per acre for one entire
section, and $7 per aero for half of an
adjoining section. The land, to-day, is
worth from $2,000 to $5,000 per acre, and
Cornell, for so the place is called, has
grown to le ODe of the most valuable of
the suburban villages of Chicago. The
improvements proposed for the coming
year embrace a block of brick stores,
over a hundred dwellings, and one or
two factories. And all of this from a
railroad accident.
Dr. Aimerui Grow, of St. Louis, be
lieves that shaving the hair macadami
zes tho road iu the" smoothest style to
Heaven. He is so zealous in his belief
that his friends have had him arrested
to prevent him from disfiguring them.
Aocording to the Doctor's theory, tl •
gen time ain States Prisons a r? the only
ones to W saved.
A Comical lair Hiory.
A gentleman living near M*di<m
station, on Um> Memphis and Little
I itook road, left lus house to go lo Ike
I village, lie had not prooeaW mora
than two hundred yards, mounted on
a lineal descendant of Balaam's MM,
arben be encountered a big, paw
black bear. The bear waa astonished,
and, without taking time to think, hur
ried tip a aal/ berk hickory, and "rat
ed himself very comfortably on a limb,
thirty or forty feet from the pound.
The farmer waa completely puzzled- If
he rode to the kouae to gel bia gun the
hear would surely escape. He, thero
fore, tied Ike mule—a king-eared, rack
j mciioiy mule, forty or fifty year* of
age—to Ike body <if the tree. The
mule waa bridle-wise, but no bridle
could bold him, and a strong leather
•-able wa kept coiled about W neck.
With this he waa fastened to the tree.
' The farmer started to the kouae, and
Bruin, divining bia ideas, deemed it
proper to get away. Ha doubtleae sua
peetod that a gun waa coming. He
•-ame slowly down, tearing tka bark
from the h*ly of tile tree. It rattled
ibout the sleepy mule's head, who bad
not vet aeen the bear, and dreamed not
of the proximity of the ugly beset
The bear descended slowly tiu he waa
within five feat of the mule'# great ugly
head. Tlicn it was that tbe stupid, in-1
uocent, unsuspecting male looked up.
If o bad never aeen a bear before. Hia
knees smote one another. He grew
pie in tbe face. Hia eyea were pro
tected from hia haad~4b# farmer aaid
—kali • foot. Hia tail waa alowly lift
ed, the hairs all turned awrv, till it
stood at an angle of forty-live de- :
grees above tbe spinal column, ami then
it waa that the mule bored a sigh and
emuled a smite. It waa an unearthly
sound ; the farmer fifty yards away says
it shook the ground where be stood
watching the progress of crania. The j
hear suddenly twisted itself about and
reaaeended to its perch. he mule
swooniaglv fell at tbe base of tbe tree.
He Ist still and apparently lifeless for
a time, when Brum again attempted
tbe descent; but the terrified mnle
bowled and roared even more terribly
and ptleoualy when the bark began to
fall, and he dasbed and danced alxmt
the tr?e eo frantically that Bruin hern
iated, and finally, in stupefied amaze
ment. sat upon the limb upon which he
first rested. Tbe farmer came with his
ride, and a bullet soon stopped the
pulse-beets of tbe bear. It fell heavily
beside the mule, and strange to toll,
as told to us, the mule and bear died
side by side—the one of a mortal wound,
the other of mortal terror. The beer
was still black as Erebus ; the mule's
face waa already white with an inde- i
scribable agony of mortal fear.
In Greet Peril.
Last Summer, m a Denver paper tell*
the *torT, a young lady of that city
joined a "part j on a trip to Middle Park.
One evemqg while the party were at
Grand Lake, enjoying the fishing ami
beautiful scenery of that favored apot,
the lady atarted alone for a stroll down
the stream, hunting for " specimens,"
which abound there. Her interest in
the collections led her further and
further from the camp, until the tun
went doarn. The growing darknees
warned her to return. Gathering up her
treasures, she was about to go, when a
cat* like growl startled her. Looking
in the direction from whence it came,
on the hank of a stream a few feet from
her, she saw the crouched form of a pu
ma, or a Rocky Mountain lion. Lying
flat upon the ground with his tail mov
ing uneasily from aide to side, with the
bristles on his hack raised like those of
an angry oat and with shining evcballn,
he was \toh!ng his fsir prey. The sit
uation was one which the stouteet heart
ed hntiter would not have envied, for
the lion, when it will fight, is a fearful
enemy. His motions showed too plain
ly that he meant mischief. A hundred
thoughts flashed through the lady's
brain. She thought of similar adven
tures she had read of, but no gallant
young man was near to save her, as
there should lisve been. She was then
too far from oamp for her voice to be
heard, if she should shout, which she
did not dare to do, for her cries would
precipitate the attack. Nor dare she
run, for the same reason. She thought
of what she had read of the power of
the human eve over animals, and then
she stared kirn in the eyes. But the
lion commenced creeping toward her,
his eye glaring. The young lady sank
to the gronud, hopeless of escaping.
But a deliverer was at hand that the
knew nothing of.
A mile or two down the stream s band
of Utea were encamped, and it appears
that the lion, a few hoar* before, had
attempted to make a meal ont of one of
their ponies, bat was driven off. Two
or three of the Indians had followed
him with a dog and guns, and just aa
the young lady sank swooning to the
ground, the dog dashed upon the eoene,
distracting the animal's attention. A
moment later and the crack of a rifle
Broke the evening's silence, and wound
ed, the animal fled.
Atr Otw.
Probably Ue mod perfect air RUBS
in the world are thow made in London
for the use of British poacher*. As
they make no smoke and consequently
no smell, they are not so eaaily detected
aa tirearm* when need in game pre
serve*. It m a mistake, however, to
snppose that they make no noise. When
charged, ao aa to produce the effects
abov.- described, the report ia quite
sharp—fnllv aa sharp a* that produced
by gnupowder. When lightly charged,
the report is of course diminished ;
but the force with which the bnllet is
projected is also proportionally lessen
ed, and ao ia the recoil. As a weapon
for secret assassination, therefore, the
air gun does not possess much advan
tage over a good rille-eane. Few per
sons are, however, aware of the slight
charge of powder or air that is necessa
ry to prod uoe a fatal wound at ahort
distances. Experience teaches us that
s bullet that will go through a half-inch
board will kill a man if it strikes him
in a vital and not too well protected
part. Now, a bullet can be projected
from a rifle with a force sufficient to
pierce such s board at twelve pacea, by
uieans of a charge of powder not great
er than that which wiu lie on a silver
three cent piece; and provided the
charge be ignited quietly, aa by a pill
lock, the noise of the explosion will not
attract the attention of persons who are
sixty yards distant. The small pistols
iu common use make very little noise
except when discharged in confined
places; and yet, if the ball should
strike a vital part, death may be caused
instantaneously by a wound from them.
The only advantages possessed by the
air gun are its perfect cleanliness and
the fact that the parts are not liable to
be corroded anil rusted. It never re
quires cleaning; but the labor of charg
ing the condenser may be fairly offset
against the labor involved in meaning
ordinary firearms after they have been
used. —lnduitrtai Monthly.
There ia said to be a sage for black
silk stockings among the fashionable
ladies of London. From a bachelor's
point of judging, it is evident that the
rage in New York is for mud-staiaed
stockings. They seem to be the most
worn.
)j ft Hams a# Igftfirt *
LittU fiab hsvu a good notion a* to
the ooaunearia* of life—they always
i begin <m a small scale,
If a lady begins to faint, bring her a
glass of wator, and if aha faints entire
ly away, bring her to.
Cattle thieves ar flourishing in Bait
Lake. They steal by wholesale, taking
a thousand head at a time.
The fashion of elaborately trimmed
bonnets is said to lw dying out. They
' were oro-rfMc®ed laats ysnr.
Young ladies are wearing bright
colored sashes looped far down on the
left side over black silk dresses.
A pair of boots in low*cost lust two
loads of potatoes, and to raise the pota
toes just wears out a psfe 01 bw,to -
Weighing paper with sugar is an of
tenee which renders grocers committing
, it liable to prosecution and severe fines
t in England.
A seven-foot kangaroo in Australia
had a battle with three men, three bor
tea, and tour dogs, and whipped them
all
Hevea thousand four hundred and
ninety-seven Chinese coolies were im
ported into Havana during the past
! year.
Hen from the scene of the fight with
tbe Mod<x say that the squaws took
part in the battle. ons soldier was
killed by • squaw.
A Hartford paper say* "the dull
•]uality of the gas enables the gas com
pany to declare a brilliant dividend of
twenty-five per cent"
A true bill has bee* found against
Robert Bowles, in the Central Criminal
Court o i London, sod hia trial is ex
pected at an early day.
A dispatch from Bordeaux says a ras
as!, supposed to he British, went ashore
on tbe const near that city, and all on
board are probably lost.
A Massachusetts undertaker, with the
riii of a potheens on, waylaid a fuaerri
proctsMUoa, and stopped it until his bill
tor the coffin was settled.
lowa farmers have discovered that by
filling their dressed geese wilh water
sad allowing them to trsese an inereaan
of weight can be obtained.
A lady asked a gentleman, who was
suffering from influence, " My dear sir,
what do you use for your cold V "Five
handkerchiefs a day, madam,"
A man advertises for a competent per
son to undertake the aaleof u new med
icine, and adds that "It will provo
highly lucrative to tbs undertaker "
Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, is
now bring with his thi-d wife, sod
twenty-one children can exclaim: "My
father is a Senator from Mississippi."*
NO. 0.
Th. LrlW of the Anglo-Saxons made
no changes in style for three hundred
veers, while the tsea of that period
'were continually changing the fashion.
The Balances in the V. 8, Treasury
Currency, $3,344,465; coin, $64,436,857,
including #34, 747. '.win coin certificates;
special dr].<,it of legal tenders, $30,-
060,000.
The price of coal has again risen in
England, causing the suspension of
wurk at many of the iron furnaces, and
depressing the market for English Rail
road Securities.
The bill abolishing the franking
privilege after the Ist of July next,
with the Senate amendments, wa* paused
by the V. 8. Hons* of Representatives
by the extraordinary vote of 143 to 48.
A sweet little boy only eight years
old—ldeas bis little heart—walked into
the scene of a teacher's examination at
Oswego, last week, and bawled ont
Ainu* your toller is down to the
house."
An English newspaper, speaking of
the large amount of coal imported from
the l ulled States, thinks it probable
Hint a system of iron el earn colliers will
carry United States eoal to all parts of
the world.
Schoolmistress, to dull little boy—
"Johnny, I'm ashamed of yon. When
X was your age, 1 could road twice aa
well a* you can." Johnny—" Tea m, but
you hail a different toucher from what
rve got,"
Josh Billings says: "We read that
Esau sold hi* birthright for soup, and
many wondered at hisextcavagance; but
Esau discovered early what many u man
has discovered since, that it is hard to
live on a pedigree!"
A bill has passed the Indiana Legis
lature providing that transient visitors
from other States not be granted di
vorce* unless the alleged cnua* of com
plaint was a legal ground tor divorce in
the State where it occurred.
John Hunt, at Cairo, EL, placed the
butt of his rifle on the ground, with
the muzzle leaning against his breast,
when his powder-norn fell on the ham
mer in such a manner as to discharge
the weapon, killing him instantly. ,
The colliers on strike in South Wales
are much incensed at the proposition to
import coolies to supplant them, and
several owners of mines have received
aaoovmous letter* threatening them
with "assassination if the coolies an im
parted.
Some questions very naturally sug
gest themselves to an inquiring mind.
An amateur fanner wonders "why, on
mil this fair earth, the ground is spread
bottom aide np, so that it must be turn
ed over with a plough before crops can
I be raised."
Mr. Charles Town Fowler, a London
! reporter who died lately, had given hie
attention during thirty years singly to
1 the writings of fiiw. He pursued his
' peculiar line of reporting with ao much
earnestness that, it is said, he literally
lived upon a fire engine.
Captain Jack, the Modoc* chief, pre
i serves regular military discipline, and
drills his men every day with the assis
tawao of persons well acouainted with
military tactics and amoAahing, and
who are supposed to be renegade whites
who have become their allies.
The Mayor of Detroit says that 'he
pulled down the small-pox flag from a
:enementowned by him "toconserve
i the public peace," explaining that boys
congregated around it and "dared
j cadi other to scale the fence and ap
proach the house on which the flag was
displayed.
A New Orleans woman, who was told
by a "Yoodou priestess" that her
daughter, recently buried, weuld revive
on the third day, went to the tomb at
the time designated, had the coffin
opened, shrieked, and clasped her living,
frantic child in her arms, realising that
she had come just in time.
The Oarlist insurrection in Spain ia
assuming formidable proportions. The
Paris I 'nion saya their line* extend
through the Northern provinces of
Spain from Cape Creux to Cornnna, and
t lut they are flourishing in numbers,
arms, mid resources. Mail communi
cation* hsee ceased between Spain and
Paris for a whole week.
Two minutes suffice for a Swedish
execution with the new instrument just
adopted. The victim ia made to stand
np iDside a hollow cone, hia .head pro
truding from an opening at the apex:;
another cone ia planed over his head,
which brings a curved knife against his
neek, and the executioner slices hia
head off by a single movement
The Salem witchcraft has revived in
Sullivan, Me., where a father, mother,
and four children have been frantic for
some weeks over the supposition that
their house ia infested with witches,
whom they declare to be some of their
neighbor*. To exercise the evil spirits,
they have broken np nearly all the fnr
niture and dishes, and vary the exercise
by shooting at imagined devils in the
apple trees near the house.
Japan has recently taken two impor
tant progressive steps, which indicate
that the recent report of a conservative
reaction among the rulers of that Em
pire is untrue. The first of these stefis
is the decision to create an elective
Parliament of two Houses, and number
ing 600 members, by which step, for the
first tine in the history of Japan, the
peoplewillhave a voice innub'ic affairs,
foe second step is the issuing of a de
cree by the Government, which makes
the sale of young females Jor the pur
pose of prostitution illegal under severe
penalties.